March 26, 2015
Good cool morning from Collegeville,
We are redoing the kitchen at The Parsonage in Upsala and I will be supervising the installation of the new counter and sink tomorrow so this is going out early. The 50’s style tin sink was beyond repair. Thanks to my very creative old high school buddy Bob and his cabinet shop all will be new soon.
On October 2, 2004, I attended the APHC show at The Fitzgerald Theater and when I sat down to look at the program, I loudly proclaimed “They took out Upsala”! The front of the program was a map of central Minnesota and they had removed the dot and name “Upsala” from the map and positioned a dot and the name “Lake Wobegon” where South Elmdale used to be. Bob, the cabinet maker, and his wife Shirley live in “South Elmdale”. All that is left of South Elmdale today is a small church that is no longer used on a regular basis. The congregation moved to Holdingford a few years back. I have attached a copy of the program.
The APHC show this week is a rebroadcast of a show recorded at the Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Virginia. Special guests include Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver who will play “Blue Train (Of the Heartbreak Line)”. The U.S. Fleet Forces Band performs “The Klaxon” and Robin and Linda Williams and Joe Newberry sing “Rocky Island”. In addition, Rob Fisher and The DiGiallonardo Sisters perform “Jeepers Creepers”. In Lake Wobegon, Sarah Peterson worries her parents by becoming successful. Enjoy the show.
Tonight Visual Arts Minnesota presents their “35th Annual High School Art Exhibition and Competition” reception and award ceremony at the Paramount Theatre Lobby and Studio C in downtown St. Cloud from 6 to 8. I have many fine pieces of artwork in my collection purchased from past shows. I hope to see you there.
“You are not merely here to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” Woodrow Wilson
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