July 22, 2011
July 22nd, 2011 by admin
Good morning from Collegeville,
It was too hot this week. Yesterday, the weather turned just in time to enjoy an evening at a free concert on the campus of the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph. Also, Kim Poganski, the Director of Events and Conferences, hosted a Business After Hours in the Gorecki Center late in the afternoon. The food was awesome. The new chef at CSB is living down the way from me in the Millstream Shops & Lofts. He and his wife have two beautiful Collies and one of the two of them can be seen taking long walks with the dogs every evening.
At the BAH, I met a lovely couple that are retired and every summer they rent an apartment on campus. It was so typical of CSB to invite them to the BAH. John and Judy met at St. Cloud State in the late fifties. They are sad, because soon the students will be back and they will have to go back to Fort Meyer, Florida. If anyone knows of a short term rental in the St. Joseph area with no stairs to climb, let me know and I will forward the info to Judy.
Next Thursday evening, Prudence Johnson will be on campus at the Darnall Amphitheater on the north side of the Benedicta Arts Center. The show starts at 7:30. Just follow the folks walking along with their chairs and blankets. If you come late, you may be able to sit on the stage like I did last night.
This morning Greg and Tama Theis hosted Chamber Connection at 912 Regency Plaza in downtown St. Cloud. The founder of Helps International, Steve Miller, was there and he did a marvelous job of explaining the mission and focus of the organization. Greg took 12 days in January to go to Guatemala to help in providing some of the folks with a special stove, the Onil Stove, which saves thousands of trees and provides a safer environment in the huts. It costs only $150 to provide a stove and I plan on doing that. Should you be interested in doing the same, please contact Greg at [email protected]
The show this week is compiled from events onboard the ‘MS Maasdam’ as the cast sailed the Northwest Atlantic, the Canadian Maritimes and the Saint Lawrence River. Special guests include the master of foot-stomping French Canadian folk music, LeVent du Nord and Genticorum, the reunited Hopeful Gospel Quartet and some of the regulars like Peter Ostroushko, Storyhill, Andra Suchy, Vern Sutton and Butch Thompson. Enjoy the show. During the summer months, you can also catch the show on Sunday evening from 6 to 8 on the news network of MPR stations. If you need a station location and frequency map and program schedule simply contact me.
“Clear thought requires courage rather than intelligence.” Thomas Szasz
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