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Good morning from Collegeville,

 One warm sunny day after the other.  Swimmers in the lake in the latter part of September.  It doesn’t get any better than this.  Christmas Eve is three months from next Thursday. 

 Garrison might retire in two years.  I read about it in the newspaper yesterday.  I am sad.  His column this week touched on the stroke that he had Labor Day weekend and in the article he referred to it as a “chastening experience”.  He has a young daughter and I am sure that he would love to walk her down the aisle someday.  He says that he wants to keep the show going and he would like to be the show’s producer.  No matter what, it will not be the same.

 The Carlos Creek Winery Food & Wine Festival was a hoot.  The Lamont Cranston band on Friday night was wonderful.  MPR had a booth there and I met so many wonderful folks beginning with the volunteers that came to help me.  On Saturday, John and Helen, Judy and Gene, Sue and Debra made the day a special one.   On Sunday Carol and Diane helped out while my co-worker Chris was there.  The owner estimated that 13,000 folks showed up on Saturday and 4,000 on Sunday.  Some of the food vendors ran out of food by 6PM on Saturday.   I met a young musician, Gregory Michael Bruce.  He played a guitar and sang from the wine patio both days.  He will be famous someday.  He is a pharmaceutical student at NDSU in his sixth year. I will keep you informed as his career develops. You heard it here first.

 The show this week is the last of the rebroadcasts with some swing tunes, hot salsa numbers, polkas, a hula, one tango and couple of waltzes.  All of this to help you get warmed up for next week’s Street Dance and Meatloaf Supper in downtown St. Paul   You can attend the street dance even if you don’t go to the show.  It will start at 7 PM or even a little sooner.  Garrison will come outside after the show and entertain you for free.  The meatloaf is wonderful.

 “It’s not important that everyone is just like you, but it is very important that there is someone just like you.”  Charles “Tremendous” Jones