Monday, July 31, 2000
I’ve always been a bit skeptical, I’ll admit, about Buffalo Bill’s Lanesboro connection. Never having seen any mention in Fillmore County history books that the legendary scout, buffalo hunter and showman ever spent any t
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Change of venue
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By John TorgrimsonMonday, July 31, 2000
The Fillmore County board is now meeting where the zoning office used to be.
The change of venue occurred after commissioner Donald Boyum complained that the U-shaped arrangement at the former commissioner's meeting room left some board members' backs to the audience. Board chairman Gary Peterson suggested the switch to the vacant zoning office.
For those of you who were unable to attend last Tuesday's commissioner meeting, the new room looks like it was built in 1957, which it was. It has brown-checkered tile flooring and white walls. A cabinet on the south wall is stained blond, a style that was popular back in the 50's. The ceiling is yellowed with age and the florescent lighting gives everything a goldish patina. The only thing on the wall is a big round clock.
The room has some history. Apart from all the zoning permits that have been issued; last March, Candace Rasmussen, the attorney for convicted child-murderer Howey Kramer met the media in the room after her client was found guilty of second degree murder. She said that her client maintained his innocence and that the whole thing was a terrible tragedy. The prosecutor, William Klumpp, on the other hand, couldn't quite understand why Howey didn't get murder one. After a six week trial, it made for high drama. But, I digress.
The folding tables and green padded chairs in the room look haphazard, as if they've been hauled out of deep storage. The tables, in particular, could use some resurfacing, as patches of pressed-wood particle board are showing through.
The commissioners, as they came into the room, looked confused.
"Is this the official door?" Commissioner Duane Bakke inquired, as he tiptoed over to the chair by his nametag.
There are two doors to the room, which must remain open to comply with open meeting laws. Both doors face south, which is a big time no-no in the Feng Shui world (Chinese spiritual energy), because the big bad dragons that spawn in the hallway get trapped in the room and have to pass over the commissioner table to get out the other door.
People walked up and down the hall during the meeting and you could hear the click, click, click of their heels. Next door, the heating and cooling system belched and hummed.
The audience, if there had been one, sits on folding chairs that have been hand painted a cream color. All in all, the room had a third-world fee .....
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The Fillmore County board is now meeting where the zoning office used to be.
The change of venue occurred after commissioner Donald Boyum complained that the U-shaped arrangement at the former commissioner's meeting room left some board members' backs to the audience. Board chairman Gary Peterson suggested the switch to the vacant zoning office.
For those of you who were unable to attend last Tuesday's commissioner meeting, the new room looks like it was built in 1957, which it was. It has brown-checkered tile flooring and white walls. A cabinet on the south wall is stained blond, a style that was popular back in the 50's. The ceiling is yellowed with age and the florescent lighting gives everything a goldish patina. The only thing on the wall is a big round clock.
The room has some history. Apart from all the zoning permits that have been issued; last March, Candace Rasmussen, the attorney for convicted child-murderer Howey Kramer met the media in the room after her client was found guilty of second degree murder. She said that her client maintained his innocence and that the whole thing was a terrible tragedy. The prosecutor, William Klumpp, on the other hand, couldn't quite understand why Howey didn't get murder one. After a six week trial, it made for high drama. But, I digress.
The folding tables and green padded chairs in the room look haphazard, as if they've been hauled out of deep storage. The tables, in particular, could use some resurfacing, as patches of pressed-wood particle board are showing through.
The commissioners, as they came into the room, looked confused.
"Is this the official door?" Commissioner Duane Bakke inquired, as he tiptoed over to the chair by his nametag.
There are two doors to the room, which must remain open to comply with open meeting laws. Both doors face south, which is a big time no-no in the Feng Shui world (Chinese spiritual energy), because the big bad dragons that spawn in the hallway get trapped in the room and have to pass over the commissioner table to get out the other door.
People walked up and down the hall during the meeting and you could hear the click, click, click of their heels. Next door, the heating and cooling system belched and hummed.
The audience, if there had been one, sits on folding chairs that have been hand painted a cream color. All in all, the room had a third-world fee .....
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Plan Now for Fall Vegetables
Monday, July 10, 2000
It’s not too late to sow seeds of many short season vegetables. Many gardeners want to get all their seeds in and then just let it grow! But staggering planting dates will give you a longer harvest season. This week there .....
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It’s not too late to sow seeds of many short season vegetables. Many gardeners want to get all their seeds in and then just let it grow! But staggering planting dates will give you a longer harvest season. This week there .....
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Scenes from Childhood
Monday, July 10, 2000
We stand on a cracked sidewalk, looking across a cyclone fence at vacant lots and trees, all that remains of the Sumner Field Housing Projects in North Minneapolis. In 1938, the year he was born, my husband's family becam .....
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We stand on a cracked sidewalk, looking across a cyclone fence at vacant lots and trees, all that remains of the Sumner Field Housing Projects in North Minneapolis. In 1938, the year he was born, my husband's family becam .....
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The elusive Blue Racer
Monday, July 24, 2000
In an edition of this column published earlier this year (Fillmore County Journal Vol. 15, No. 34, May 29, 2000) we briefly examined how the physical geography of the Upper Mississippi River Valley, in combination with th .....
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In an edition of this column published earlier this year (Fillmore County Journal Vol. 15, No. 34, May 29, 2000) we briefly examined how the physical geography of the Upper Mississippi River Valley, in combination with th .....
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A mystery writer visits
Monday, July 10, 2000
Running a motel in Helena, Montana, was a very confining business, the mystery writer and Chatfield native, Elizabeth Gunn told an audience last week at the Harmony Public Library. "There were whole years where we didn’t .....
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Running a motel in Helena, Montana, was a very confining business, the mystery writer and Chatfield native, Elizabeth Gunn told an audience last week at the Harmony Public Library. "There were whole years where we didn’t .....
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Hauling
My family and I went to a wedding in Wisconsin on a recent Saturday morning. The wedding site was straight east of our place about one hundred twenty miles. There was no good way of getting there due to the negligence of the last glacier that failed
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The accidental artist
For Hong Kong native Peter Mak, the journey to Lanesboro isn't as far as it seems. You see, Mak's exhibition of art work at Cornucopia Art Center has a local connection. Mak's wife is Barbara Tammel, the daughter of Marilyn and Donne Tammel of rural
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Curdlecod goes Asiatic
Chester and Cynthia Curdlecod are the local gourmets of Flabbergast County and one evening last week we were invited to their home for dinner. They take pride in their ability to prepare sumptuous meals from the local fish, fowl and fauna and avoid b
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