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Good morning from Collegeville,

My mother was 36 years old when she had to move back to her home town to raise six children on her own. We may well have been the first AFDC family in Upsala and one of the first in Morrison County. All six of us have paid a lot of taxes over the years so the government came out ok on their investment.

For that reason, the story in Thursday’s St. Cloud Times about a 4th grader in St. Joseph raising money to buy a Rainbow Play System for the low-income housing complex that he and his family live in, got my attention. Dominic Ballou, age 10, has raised $1,200 towards a goal of $2,000. He has been delivering a short speech to area businesses and asking for donations. Rainbow has agreed to match whatever amount he raises. Dominic is a Boy Scout and he has been selling popcorn for that organization for a while now.

It would be wonderful if we could help Dominic to reach his goal this next week. My check is in the mail and if you want to help, simply email his mother Amber Wies at [email protected] She will call you and give you the details.

The APHC show this week is a live broadcast from the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. Special guests include one the country’s most respected voices, Suzy Bogguss, bluegrass guitarist Bryan Sutton, songwriter Lynn Peterson and organist Ken Double. Plus the Royal Academy of Radio Actors will fill out the bill. The News From Lake Wobegon will bring us up to date on the town in the county that the surveyors missed. Enjoy the show.

“Remember, what you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else, but what you are will be yours forever.” Henry van Dyke