July 2, 2010
Good sunny morning from Collegeville,
It has a been a beautiful week in central Minnesota. The forecast has been for thunder storms this weekend, but hopefully they will hold off until after our 25th annual Hagstrom/Osberg Golf Open. My mother and her sister had 10 children between the two of them and every year we gather at the Little Falls Country Club and participate in a “scramble”. There is a traveling trophy with the names of the winning team engraved on it. After golf, we go to brother Bill’s house south of Little Falls for a picnic. My wrist will still be in a splint, but I can putt.
Erik is spending a lot of time helping with the clean up in Wadena, but things are getting back to normal. He and the kids came down to Upsala last night to pick up a spare air-conditioner from his sister Kerry, since the shade trees are gone. Soon there will be a website up and running to aid in the re-planting of trees in Wadena.
I closed on the sale of the yellow house last Friday and I won the 4th quarter sales contest, so Barby and I will be going to a performance of A Prairie Home Companion in the fall and we get to stay at The Saint Paul Hotel. “Thank you” to all of you who chose to use Minnesota Public Radio to “get the word out” about your business or your event in fiscal year 2010.
The show this week is the last live show of the season and it will be performed at the Ravinia Festival Pavilion in Highland Park, Illinois. Special guests include Nashville Hall of Fame singer-songwriter John Prine, Howard Levy, Andra Suchy and the regular cast of characters. Enjoy the show. Garrison will be flying home after the show to arrive in Avon at Fisher’s Club on Sunday, July 4th, for the Lake Wobegon Community Choir Annual Reunion. The event will take place on the public beach in front of Fisher’s. Music will start at 7:30 PM or so and at 8 PM he will invite the crowd to sing patriotic songs to celebrate Independence Day. It is free and open to the public. Be sure to bring a chair or beach towel. Dinner inside is not free but worth every penny. For reservations call 320-356-7372.
I am going to have surgery on my wrist next Wednesday, so there will be no note next Friday. Enjoy the holiday weekend.
“I have a tip that can take five strokes off anyone’s golf game. It’s called an eraser” Arnold Palmer
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