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in box Journalists can’t see the forest (for its trees) Below (at the link) is an article about the role that journalists play in our world, which deals with something real and unfortunate – (that the force of propaganda can be used by a corrupt President to threaten the very nature of democracy). Nobody is playing a game here except those who are trying to hide the outrageous damage that’s already been done by a President who, (like a spoiled brat), thinks that he should be able to do any corrupt thing he wants, (without consequences). So, there’s no “both sides are to blame” argument here. It’s President Trump who has clearly violated his legal authority as set forth in the Constitution— (at his own Behest)! propagandaprofessor.net/2020/02/09/isneutral-journalism-really-neutral/ “… Imagine you are a journalist. A real journalist – not a hack for Fox ‘News’ or OANN or Breitbart, but someone who actually has an interest in keeping the public reasonably informed. Say you’re writing a story about a particular development and you want to, or feel obliged to, report what several public figures say about it – even if at least one of these public figures is blatantly lying?” “Now here’s the question: do you identify the blatant lies as lies, or do you simply report faithfully what everyone said and hope (naively, one must say) that the public can sort it all out? Does your journalistic commitment to impartiality require you to avoid factchecking? (or does your journalistic commitment to truth require you to fact-check)?” (my words) So, please quit ignoring the writing on the wall and read the entire article above. It’s easy to understand, that concealing the false in the name of obligatory and “balanced” news reporting, doesn’t truly enable the public to hear the facts, even when the facts are clearly known! Peter W. Johnson Superior, Wisconsin My thoughts about Asian Culture My family moved to Lake County in 1985. My Dad, Rodger was the Assistant Pastor at the Presbyterian Methodist Church in Two Harbors. After Mark Lake, the head Pastor, and his family

moved to Colorado Rodger became the head Pastor. I was in 2nd Grade in 1985 when we moved to Northern Minnesota from Indiana. There was a Chinese boy who was adopted and rode our school bus; his name was Lee, which is a common American name whether you’re Asian or not! Because of his cultural difference he got teased. Not all small towns have ignorant people in them, but sometimes it can be tough to live in them if you look different, like Lee, who was one of the few minorities who lived in Two Harbors in the mid-1980s. We moved to Duluth in 1989. I was in 6th Grade then. In my homeroom was a girl named Mary, who is Vietnamese. Her parent’s were teachers – her Mom Patty was a painter who taught at St. Scholastica. Her Dad, Bob Kosuth, is a Vietnam veteran and he taught Chinese Studies at UWS. I shelved books at the Duluth Public Library when I was in high school. In the mid 1990s Patty Kosuth had a painting on the mid-section of the stairs to the 2nd Floor. Mary Kosuth is now a scientist. There was an article in Duluth News Tribune about a study she did on small plastic particles showing up in the Great Lakes in the. Not only were they in the water of our Great Lakes but also in some of our craft beer that has used Great Lake water. It is sad to hear about discrimination pitched toward Asians. Just because the Coronavirus originated in China shouldn’t mean anybody should treat Asian-Americans different. They’ve contributed to America in profound ways. Like Painter Patty and Scientist Mary Kosuth. Andy Cragun Duluth, Minnesota So much suffering The corona virus has hurt many people here in the United States. I feel for people here. So much suffering. The world is also suffering and quite often it’s the poor who are the ones living on the edge not knowing where their next meal will come from. War and economic embargoes are exasperating the situation in many countries and much of that is a result of U.S. foreign policy. It is time for us to insist that the U.S. government cease their brutality around the world. The U.S. is at war militarily or economically, which is devastating to many. The strategy of the U.S. as it tries to change a country’s govern-

ment is to make life miserable for the people so that they will turn against their governments making violent coups more likely in some cases. (Chile-1973, Honduras-2006, and Bolivia recently are examples of ousting governments that were trying to help their poor.) Venezuela is a prime example. Although the government there has helped poor and middle class people in health care, education, housing, and other social programs and the people have voted for President Maduro and are supporting it, the U.S. continues to try to destroy it. Same is true in Cuba and Nicaragua. In Yemen the U.S. supplies bombs that Saudi Arabia uses to kill and blockade them. They are suffering from a terrible cholera epidemic. Iran is also suffering under the embargo that the US has forced on them. The Palestinians are suffering and are prisoners of Israel. Think of poor Gaza! Now with this additional pandemic that everyone is experiencing, all the people of the countries I mentioned are really hurting and it is us the taxpayer that fund what the U.S. is doing. We must force Washington to do what is right and stop the crimes against all of these people. None of those governments are our enemies. None of them are threats to the U.S. or to any of us. We must stop making life miserable for people around the world; we must stop the killing. America is not helping to stop the spread of the corona virus – it is making it worse. We need to reign in the horrible things that the U.S. does to the people of the world. How arrogant and criminal and shameful. Steve Johnson Ely, Minnesota Science crucial to defeating virus The U.S. and entire globe are currently, rightfully, focused on the ongoing novel corona virus pandemic. The magnitude of virus-related illness, death and uncertainty has shocked our personal, societal and economic way of life in a manner not experienced by most people living today. This pandemic has also vividly exposed the shortcomings and fragility of our health care systems and overall national infrastructure. Of particular importance is the ability of our government institutions to plan for and competently respond to such threats. We also need public confidence in our government’s expertise. An item of good news is the overall public

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acceptance and compliance with the difficult science-based measures needed to blunt the spread of the virus. This is a major factor, because faith in experts, particularly scientific expertise, has been declining in the U.S. for decades. Continuing a sciencebased approach is critical if we stand a chance of creating a thriving nation for the future. Whether in defeating this virus or addressing a host of other threats, excellent science, advanced and implemented by competent governance, is crucial to our success. John Lindell Bayfield, Wisconsin Science crucial to defeating virus Recently a small group of people, many of whom support Donald Trump, have begun defying stay at home orders and social distancing. They are protesting in tightly packed groups in public areas at state capitols. But, medical experts are telling us that relaxing public safety measures now will result in more outbreaks of Covid-19, will overwhelm the health care system, and many more people may die. In normal times people have every right to protest what they don’t like in our society pretty much however they wish. But just as no person has a right to yell, “FIRE!” in a crowded theater when there is no fire, people do not have the right to ignore public safety measures while protesting during a pandemic. If protesters were the only ones likely to be infected by COVID-19, that would be tragic, but when protesters risk infecting innocent people, it is criminal. Some Republican members of Congress and state legislatures, including some members of the Wisconsin Legislature are also advocating these protests. These legislators are working to undermine stay-at-home orders that are in place to protect the lives of Americans. Fortunately, it is an election year and many of these representatives must stand for re-election. We recommend participating in a different type of protest – by voting. In Northern Wisconsin there is a special election on May 12. There is a primary election scheduled in August. The election for President, Congress and the Wisconsin State Legislature is on November 3. Let’s elect responsible leaders that choose the lives of people in the United States over their own self- interest. The situation we are living through now shows that our lives may

well depend upon our votes. Start your protest now! Request your absentee ballot for the upcoming elections by contacting your municipal clerk or by going to https://myvote.wi.gov Cindy Dillenschneider & Jason Maloney Washburn, Wisconsin

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New president elected by Superior City Council meetings debating and voting multiple times. Mayor Paine was unable to make a tie-breaking vote because, with one councilor abstaining, the election was not a perfect tie. This went on from April until June 18, when City Attorney Frog Perell concluded the councilors could use a deck of cards to decide who would become the new council president. Fennessey drew a 4. Mayor Paine drew a card on Ludwig’s behalf because she was against the decision to draw cards at all. He drew a 2. The months long divide in the City Council did not stop them from creating policy and running the government, but it did make the council appear dysfunctional. This is why it was significant on 7th District Councilor Ruth Ludwig . Photo Tuesday, when asked again to elect a credits: Felicity Bosk City Council President, they did so in one vote. At its April 21 meeting, Before the vote was Superior’s City Council held, Sutherland asked elected Ruth Ludwig to the mayor not to break be its council president, a tie if one occurred. He and Tylor Elm as vice asked the mayor to let the president, after just one councilors work out a tie by round of voting by the for themselves. Wisconsin council. State Law says the mayor This came after a FELICITY is considered a member 5-5 split among the 10 of the council, and they BOSK councilors and a tie are to vote in the case of breaking vote for Ludwig a tie. by Mayor Jim Paine. The Ludwig said to the vote was between Ludwig and 8th councilors before they voted, “this is District Councilor Craig Sutherland. In 2019, a tie arose while voting for the moment I’m supposed to voice all the things I have accomplished, council president. The election then but no one on the council was between Ludwig and Councilor Brent Fennessey. It was a 5-4 tie, with accomplishes anything alone.” She one councilor abstaining, and 6 votes then described the things she has learned and admires about each of needed to win. her fellow councilors. The council spent months of Ludwig was elected to represent

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Here’s How: Parquet hardwood

floors are easy to install Dear James: We like hardwood parquet floors, but it is expensive to have them installed. Are do-it-yourself parquet flooring “kits” easy to install for inexperienced DIYers? — Chris H. Dear Chris: The two primary types of hardwood flooring are traditional long strips and parquet. If you are an inexperienced do-it-yourselfer without a power saw, installing strip hardwood flooring would be difficult but not impossible. Each piece must be nailed or

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glued separately, and your errors will be very noticeable. Parquet flooring is available in many patterns and wood types such as maple, walnut, ash and oak. The small 1-by1-foot squares offer the flexibility of varying the floor design throughout a room. The identical flooring pieces can create rooms that look completely different. Although not technically a “kit,”

adding hardwood parquet flooring is truly a simple project for even the inexperienced do-it-yourselfer. With the crisscross pattern of parquet flooring, minor misalignment of a few square tiles is not particularly noticeable. Since labor costs are significant when installing flooring, the savings can be substantial.

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Preparing the surface of the subflooring is key to a professional-looking floor. Take some time initially to remove all the furniture from the room instead of just tying to move it around as you work. Remove the baseboards and shoe moldings. Mark the location of each one, or you will surely forget when it is time to reinstall them. The parquet tiles can be installed over almost any subflooring that is stable. Using a sander, remove any high points on the existing floor. If you are installing it over existing tiles or other

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Earth Day turns 50 And some people still don’t get it

By Jim Lundstrom When arch-conservative groups such as the Appleton, Wis.-headquartered John Birch Society dismissed the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, as a communist plot because it fell on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Soviet revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin, Earth Day founder Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson had a great rebuttal. He pointed out that millions share birthdays every day. In fact, he said, Lenin also shared his birthday with St. Francis of Assisi, Queen Isabella and, “most importantly, my Aunt Tillie.” Hard to believe for anyone who was there at the first Earth Day, but April 22, 2020, marks the 50th anniversary of the day designated to think about the planet that bears us. Gaylord Nelson’s dedicated effort to turn our collective attention to the environment is a legacy in good hands with his daughter, Tia Nelson, who was just a few months short of her 14th birthday on the first Earth Day. “Earth Day was successful beyond my father’s wildest dreams,” Nelson said in a recent telephone interview. “Twenty million people gathered that day. It launched the environmental decade, in which more environmental laws were passed than any other time in history. A Republican president created the Environmental Protection Agency. The Clean Air Act was passed. The Clean Water Act was passed. The first green generation was born.” Nelson is managing director for climate issues with an organization called Outrider that has two missions - Ending the threat of nuclear war and reversing the course of global climate change. She also spent 17

Students march on the first Earth Day in 1970. Photo: NYC Municipal Archives years as a policy adviser for The Nature Conservancy, and then first director of the Global Climate Change Initiative. She returned home to Wisconsin in 2004 to serve as executive secretary to the Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands and co-chaired Wisconsin’s Task Force on Global Warming. Nelson left the state position for her current work with Outrider in 2015, short months after a gag order was imposed on her and the board staff, banning them from talking about climate change issues. The board is made up of the three state constitutional officers, which at the time was made up of two Republicans State Treasurer Matt Adamczyk, Attorney General Brad Schimel and Democratic Secretary of State Doug LaFollette. Adamczyk, who was voted out of office in 2018, said at the time

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of the gag order that climate change and its source is still debatable. The gag order for the board staff was just lifted last year, after the two Republicans lost their jobs and were replaced by Democrats. That dismissive attitude to science would have upset her father, Nelson said, adding that if he were still here (he died July 3, 2005), “he would be most concerned about the politicization of science,” she said. “To make sound public policy we need sound science and strong leaders. I think that would concern him.” But, she adds, “This is a journey, not a destination. As long as humankind is seeking a fine balance in sustainability on a finite planet we will have to rise to the rise to the challenge. And it will take a long and enduring effort to maintain a sustainable future.” Recognizing that this is her leg of the

Tia and her father, Sen. Gaylord Nelson, in 1968. Before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 1963, Nelson served two terms as Wisconsin’s governor, only the second Democrat to hold the job in the 20th century and the first from northern Wisconsin.

Honor Earth Week through the Great Global Clean-up The 50th anniversary of Earth day is April 22. It marks an awareness of the growing threats to the livability of our planet, and what future world our children and grandchildren will inherit. The first Earth Day in 1970 brought 20 million Americans out to rallies, motivating Congress and President Nixon to create the EPA and pass the Clean Water and Clean Air Acts –- all of which are currently under threat of regulatory roll-backs. In the spirit of empowering us all to make a positive difference where we can, we’re proposing that we convert Earth Day to Earth Week. From April 19 through the 26th, we are asking our fellow citizens to choose a time for participating in Duluth’s

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version of the Great Global CleanUp. Choose either your neighborhood or one of the favorite sites you cherish in and around Duluth for a socially distant and responsible walk and trash pick-up. Wear green and/or blue to celebrate the coming of Spring and the waters of Lake Superior. Then register your actions at cleanup.earthday. org. By extending this commemoration over a week, we should be able to spread out participation to make social distancing more easily achievable. Let’s honor our small piece of the planet and give ourselves some extra relief from being so hunkered down indoors. We hope to see you (from a distance) during Earth Week!

“Earth Day was successful beyond my father’s wildest dreams....It launched the environmental decade, in which more environmental laws were passed than any other time in history.”

Tia Nelson, daughter of Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson journey, Nelson is unveiling a film this Earth Day – When the Earth Moves – that pays tribute to her father as the founder, but also gives hope that others are going to continue this journey. “I wanted our film to not be simply a reflection of the past,” she said. “I wanted to use that story as a source of inspiration for people today to see the power of individual actions.” The short film features two people who might be seen as politically polar opposites - former South Carolina Congressman and RepublicEn founder Bob Inglis, and youth activist and Sunrise Movement co-founder Varshini Prakash. But they in fact are in agreement about climate change and perfectly illustrate Nelson’s idea for Earth Day. “I thought Varshini Prakash and Bob Inglis wert the perfect people to bring voice to my father’s original vision for a multigenerational, bipartisan, socially just environmental movement,”Nelson said. “Varshini is an advocate of the Green New Deal. Bob is founder of

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RepublicEn, a conservative Republican organization. He’s dedicated his life to climate change action. They have different perspectives on the appropriate policy responses to the challenge, but they are united in their sense of urgency to address climate change, the greatest environmental challenge of our time. “We were able to show the diversity of voices, generations and political affiliations, united in seeing this as an enormous challenge and an enormous opportunity to help us forge a more sustainable future,” Nelson continued. “I was so grateful and delighted they joined me in helping tell my father’s story and make it contemporary and even relevant on the 50th anniversary.” When the Earth Moves premiere virtually at the EarthX Film Festival (earthx.org) on April 22 and the Smithsonian Earth Optimism Summit (earthoptimism.si.edu) on April 25 and will then immediately be available on YouTube and at outrider.org.

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Jan Provost’s efforts for peace continue in her absence

“While you are proclaiming peace rapped on their window and said, ‘I with your lips, be careful to have it just baked something. Would you like even more fully in your heart.” some?’ That was so her. I chuckle every That quote from St. Francis of Assisi time I think about it. And they politely seems to sum up the work of Jan Prosaid, ‘No, thanks,’ and they never came vost, the founder of the local chapter back after that.” of Grandmothers for Peace who died Jan Conley, Jan Provost’s friend of alon April 6 at the age of 86. most four decades, recalls that it all beTalking with friends of hers in the gan with Superior’s 4th of July parade. peace movement, you soon realize that “Jan had never participated in that she was an extraordinary woman of way, marching down the street, so she faith. was a little bit anxious “I met her down at the and didn’t know how she ELF Navy base, protesting would be received. But she the nuclear weapon comsat in the back of the truck pound that was there,” with the kids and waved said longtime peace acand showed signs, and she by tivist Donna Howard. “ always considered that the She was always there, she start of becoming an activJIM was faithfully there. She ist.” founded the local GrandDecades after starting LUNDSTROM mothers for peace chapter, the local chapter of Grandwhich was founded on the mothers for Peace, Jan had hope of eliminating nuclear weapons. become a fixture in the local peace She brought so much. She brought movement. spirit and a loving fierceness. There was “I met her before the Iraqi war almost a perfect contrast in her – sweet broke out under Bush.” said Karen faithfulness and opposition to violence Barschdorf. “People were gathering in and military aggression.” Duluth to pray for peace. I was by myJan’s peace activism began at the self and her daughter Clarice said, ‘You behest of her sister, Barbara Wiedner, should meet my mother,’ and that was who in 1982 – during the Reagan-era Jan. So I met her there. Then was innuclear freeze movement – started vited to join Grandmothers for Peace. what is now an international organiI had objected to the war for a long zation, Grandmothers for Peace, by time, so I was delighted to become protesting about nuclear arms kept at a involved. We started doing different nearby Air Force base. things, standing on corners together, When Barbara suggested that Jan protesting the war. She was in not too start a chapter of the peace group good health for some of the time, but in their hometown of Superior, Jan if she could do anything, she was gobalked, according to her friend Karen ing to do it.” Barschdorf. “I met her moving in the same won“When she was asked by her sister, derful circles,” said Dorothy Wolden. “I if she would start a chapter up here, met her after 9/11 when the commushe was very nervous about doing nity was starting to really explore ideas anything like that. She figured in Caliabout peace as opposed to revenge. fornia it’s one thing but in Superior, After 9/11 I started seeing her at more Wisconsin it’s quite another thing to events and she recruited me to join be pushing on this,” she said. Grandmothers for Peace, even though Karen laughs as she recalls a story I’m not a grandma.” from the early days of Jan’s involveWhen Dorothy told Jan she’s not ment in the peace movement. much of a joiner, Jan said, “‘You can “In the first stages, there was a black do whatever you want,” and that was car that would park about a block or all she needed to hear. so away from her house and it would “She let in the organization anycome day after day,” she said. “There body who had good ideas. Nobody were a couple of fellows in the car. Jan, ever abused that privilege. It led to a being the Jan she was, went down and lot of really creative work,” Dorothy

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Jan Provost about to ride in the 2019 July 4th Parade in Superior. said. “We never had to get a stamp of approval from a committee. Jan was super-enthusiastic about anything someone wanted to do that would promote ideas of peace and work for the cause of social justice.” She added that Jan’s inspirational work for peace will continue. “The work will continue,” she said. There’s a core group of members who have been involved. Jan’s been ill for some time and she helped us organize eight or nine of us. We often would meet at her house because she was still very involved, but she gave some of the decisions making and idea generating to this core group, which I am

proud to serve on. That’s her legacy. I don’t think we’ll ever know exactly how many people she has influenced. She often told her children, you can catch more flies with honey then you can with vinegar. She used that. She was always the sweetest and kindest person. There’s always been serious political disagreements in this country. People don’t always respond positively to people who question military ventures. But I never saw her return any rude gestures or make remarks about people’s judgments. She would just smile and say, ‘Well, they don’t know’.”

Jan Provost in her wheelchair with some of her friends and fellow activists.

Superior plants pride in the community The City of Superior beautifies the community, adds pollinator habitat, and protect shorelines by planting native trees and shrubs along Osaugie Trail thanks to a grant from CN-EcoConnexions From the Ground Up and technical assistance from America In Bloom. The City of Superior is pleased to announce it was awarded a grant from CN-EcoConnexions From the Ground Up program to plant trees and shrubs in key locations to beautify the community, increase bird and pollinator habitat, and protect shoreline areas. On Monday April 20, city crews prepped sites along the Osaugie Trail between Barker’s Island and 18th Ave. East for the planting of 250 trees and shrubs. Species selected for this area have been vetted by a committee of city, county, and UW-Extension staff for durability in our climate, soils and, in this location close to Hwy. 2/53, the ability to tolerate salt. “These trees and shrubs will provide more cover, shade and wind block for trail users on what has been a very exposed section of the Osaugie Trail. The specific species were selected to provide habitat for birds and pollinators. And, as is common with native species selected for these sites, the root systems of these plants will help stabilize soils in the area while increasing the rate of rain and snowmelt infiltration into

the soil which will help limit localized flooding.” said Water Resource Program Coordinator, Andrea Crouse. Species include Hackberry, Sugar maple, Pussy Willow, Blackhaw Viburnum, Ninebark, Black Chokeberry, Low-Gro Fragrant Sumac, Smooth Rose, Red-osier Dogwood and Elderberry. Some lilac will also be planted along the trail to add early season blooms and fragrant flowers for trail users to enjoy. Grant funds also allowed the purchase of additional trees, including Tamarak and Black Spruce which will be planted on Barker’s Island where invasive Buckthorn was removed as part of the Inner Beach Restoration Project. Seventy trees, including Paper Birch, Choke Cherry, Red Pine, and White Spruce, were planted on Wisconsin Point in the summer of 2019 as part of the Dune Restoration Project thanks to the grant funds and technical assistance from America In Bloom. What had originally been scheduled as a volunteer planting event has been modified due to Stay-At-Home orders in Wisconsin, with City of Superior staff handling the plantings. The city hopes to host a volunteer event later in the summer to showcase and do any necessary maintenance of the new plantings. For more details on the grant program, visit AmericaInBloom.org/CN

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Dem turnout surged in Supreme Court race Judge Jill Karofsky won double-digit victory over Justice Kelly Democrats tried to stop Wisconsin’s April election, but when they couldn’t, their voters had the last word. While the election for Supreme Court justice was officially nonpartisan, Democrats turned out far and wide for Dane County Judge Jill Karofsky, giving her a lopsided 55-45 percent victory over conservative Justice Daniel Kelly in the race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. “Geographically, almost everything that could have gone right for the Democrats basically did,” said J. Miles Coleman, associate editor for Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. Amid the continuing coronavirus pandemic, Wisconsin had never experienced an election quite like this one, where voters and poll workers wore face masks and gloves to handle ballots, and a decrease in polling places led voters to stand in line for hours in Milwaukee and Green Bay. Despite all that, voter turnout hit 34.3 percent, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission, making it among the highest turnout state Supreme Court races ever. Only 2016 was higher, when both Democrats and Republicans turned out to vote in competitive presidential primaries. This year’s turnout percentage also matched the 2011 Wisconsin Supreme Court race, which was viewed as a referendum on former Republican Gov. Scott Walker just a month after he signed his landmark Act 10 law restricting the power of public-sector unions. Democrats had long hoped this year’s presidential primary would give Karofsky a boost, but that seemed unclear after most presidential candidates left the race, former Vice President Joe Biden emerged as the party’s frontrunner and COVID-19 put a stop to traditional campaigning. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont suspended his campaign April 8, the day after in-person voting concluded in Wisconsin. Barry Burden, University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor, said that likely gave some Democrats more of an incentive to vote even if the race was all but decided. “It may have been why Bernie

Dane County Judge Jill Karofsky won a lopsided victory against conservative Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly. Sanders decided to stay in the race through Wisconsin,” Burden said. “His supporters tend to be enthusiastic and very passionate — attached to him personally. And they may have come out just as a show of their support for him and his platform and that trickled down to help Karofsky in the Supreme Court race.” According to unofficial results released April 13, almost 68,000 more people voted in the Democratic presidential primary than voted for Kaforsky. Sanders came in a distant second to Biden, but he still received about 293,652 votes. What seems clear is that most voters cast their ballots before Tuesday, heeding the government warnings against large crowds and voting by mail instead. While the total number of absentee ballots cast isn’t yet known, nearly 1.1 million ballots were returned as of April 13, the deadline set by a federal judge for when ballots must be received by clerks. Burden said absentee voting was “completely off the charts” in this election. “Absentee voting is a new process for a lot of Wisconsinites,” Burden said. “This is a state that has relied mostly on face-to-face voting at traditional neighborhood polling places. That got turned upside down in this April election.” Both political parties took advantage of this. Milwaukee and Dane County

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— both Democratic strongholds — led the way, but the Republican-friendly Waukesha County was right behind them. But Karofsky cut into Kelly’s numbers in Waukesha, Washington and Ozaukee counties compared to the 2019 Supreme Court race that sent conservative Justice Brian Hagedorn to the bench. She also won Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago counties in east-central Wisconsin. All three were won by Hagedorn in 2019, Walker in 2018 and President Donald Trump in 2016. Coleman said when the state Supreme Court results are broken down by congressional district, they strongly resemble Wisconsin’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s double-digit victory in 2018. Coleman said it was noteworthy that Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District, held by U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, went overwhelmingly to Karofsky after being carried by Trump in 2016. He said other statewide races since 2016 had followed the same pattern. “Karofsky would have carried the Kind

district by about 15 points, so that’s a pretty substantial change,” Coleman said. “Trump’s win in the 3rd District is looking more like the exception than the rule.” Coleman cautioned against reading Karofsky’s win as an indicator of how November’s election would turn out, saying judicial races in Wisconsin “tend to be pretty volatile.” Burden urged similar caution. “I think it’s difficult to draw much of a line between what happened in this race and what we’ll see in November other than there’s a lot of voter interest,” Burden said. “For a millionand-a-half people to participate in the midst of a pandemic is impressive.” Wisconsin Public Radio, © Copyright 2020, Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and Wisconsin Educational Communications Board.

Comparing the candidates Northwest Wisconsin is having another election May 12. This is a special election in the 7th Congressional district to select a new member for the House of Representatives. The contrast between the two candidates is huge. Tricia Zunker is campaigning on real issues facing Wisconsin. She talks about health care access, prescription drug costs, family-supporting wages, Tiffany Zunker student debt, clean water to drink, improving our schools, and having SUPPRESS YOUR VOTE. honest elections. She has thoughtful, The choice for Congress on May 12th specific explanations of her positions is very clear. A look at each candidate’s on her website. own words on their websites speaks Tom Tiffany is running on empty volumes. Tricia Zunker identifies eight slogans. He wants to “fight socialism” issues she thinks are important: and “defend freedom.” His campaign “Health care, the Farm Crisis, website is full of inane statements Education and Children, Standing about “standing with Trump,” “outup for Working People and of-control spending,” ending “overProtecting Equality, The Economy regulation,” and “draining & Infrastructure, the the swamp.” But these Environment, Campaign meaningless sound bites Finance Reform, and are not the real problems Criminal Justice Reform.” facing Wisconsin residents. These broad categories We will either have indicate concern for by a representative of the people and a desire to people or a representative address real problems. of big money and out-ofWithin each category she state corporate interests. discusses serious solutions. But first a few comments Many of these are typical on voting during a liberal policy objectives pandemic. and you may not agree with them. But Republicans constantly work to she is at least honestly telling voters make it harder to vote and to maintain what she believes and what she will try an undemocratic process. They have to do to accomplish. gerrymandered voting districts, passed Tom Tiffany lays out 14 issues he will unnecessary voter ID laws, reduced champion: numbers of polling places, weakened “Standing with President Trump, campaign contribution laws, and Reducing the Deficit and Cutting tightened early and absentee voting Spending, Building an Pro-jobs restrictions. During the current Economy, Protecting the Unborn, pandemic they refused postpone the Draining the Swamp, Securing Our April 7 election or to allow broader Southern Border, Defending the absentee voting despite the danger to 2nd Amendment, Championing voters and poll workers. Agriculture, Supporting Rural Veterans, The April 7 election saw 34% of Continuing Energy Independence, eligible voters vote. This was a record Making Healthcare Affordable, for a Supreme Court election and the Encouraging a Convention of the “liberal” candidate won. More than States, Working for Free and Fair Trade, one million absentee ballots were filed. and Delisting the Grey Wolf.“ On May 12 it is critical that EVERYONE These are slogans, not real issues, VOTES. If you are worried about the most people are worried about. Nor virus, vote early or by absentee ballot. is it clear what is meant by these Call your municipal clerk to get the statements. Several are standard details. DON’T LET THE REPUBLICANS

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conservative talking points (cutting deficits, promoting jobs). Some are simply throwing red meat to the rabid base. They are intended to fire up the racist, xenophobic, gun nuts. Tom is obviously running on Trump’s coat tails. Several sound OK (health care, free trade, energy independence) until you read between the lines for what he is actually advocating. The issue of delisting wolves is simply ridiculous. Tom claims a wolf population of 1,000 (in 5.6 million humans statewide) is hurting tourism and property values. There is NO evidence for these statements. Tom apparently believes in fairy tales. One issue (protecting the unborn) is very clear. Tom does not think women should control their own bodies or reproductive choices. These “issues” do reflect Tom’s ideological rigidity, limited knowledge, and lack of substance. If elected he will be a compliant, rubber stamp for big money and corporate interests. Taking a closer look at several issues will further illustrate this statement and the contrast with Tricia Zunker. Lack of health insurance and the extreme costs of health care are major issues. The current pandemic illustrates the failure of our expensive, fragmented, for profit, health insurance system. Tricia says “No one should die because they can’t afford to go to the doctor.“ No one should go bankrupt paying medical debts and everyone should have access to affordable healthcare. She supports a voluntary “Medicare for All” as an addition to the Affordable Care Act options. This may

not be the best solution but at least she is talking about possible solutions. Tom rants about universal health insurance being “socialism.” He believes free markets and competition will solve the problems. This ideological belief is not supported by reality. For many decades competition has FAILED to lower costs of health care. We have the most expensive, and least successful, healthcare system in the world, because free market healthcare is about profit and NOT controlling costs. Tom is simply wrong on this issue. He appears to be stuck in his ideological beliefs and unable or unwilling to look at real solutions. Support for public education is another significant issue. Tricia supports well funded public schools. She says, “Higher education must be made accessible and affordable. We need to begin to tackle the growing student debt crisis.” She believes local community colleges and trade schools are essential for people and the economy. She believes educators deserve respect and should be valued for the important work they do. Tiffany doesn’t support local public schools and his voting record as a Wisconsin legislator prove it. He has repeated voted for school voucher programs that weaken public schools and DO NOT provide better education for students. He voted to expand school vouchers statewide which provides tax dollars for private, mostly religious, schools. He supported Scott Walker’s $4 billion cuts to public school funding. There is a bumper sticker that says, “Voting is like driving: ‘D’ is for going forward and ‘R’ is for going backward. ” If you are concerned about health, protecting the environment, public schools, women’s rights, decent wages, and improving the economy for everyone and not just the top 1%, you need to vote for Tricia Zunker. We need a representative who cares about people, isn’t blinded by political ideology, and has the ability to look for real solutions to our problems. Tricia Zunker is clearly the better choice to represent us.

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What to and who to? What to do when the villain is unknown and unseen? I’m reminded of Blake’s invisible worm that flies in the night with its dark secret love that my life destroys. (“Sick Rose,” a decent poem; I wonder do students still read Blake or has education progressed to something else? Who to blame for the unforeseen is easier and more in keeping with human traits. Because it surely was not by our fault we assign blame to others. What a relief! My mother had an ever faithful tactic to explain things going awry: “I blame the parents.” I winced every time she said it, as you likely do as well, and rightly so. Blaming parents is judgmental and old fashioned, painfully so. Our reasoning selves know better than judge one based on another. This doesn’t mean we will be reasoning as much as it means we’ll spot (a more selfsatisfying habit) the failing in others. I do so by getting irked at many come-late-to-theparty who now know it all. Can you name the political, cultural, entertainment, social, etc. leaders who took an epic stand on pandemic preparation? We had ample tax and tuition proposals, multiple strategies for securing and opening borders, many plans for making wealth and creating income justice. Exactly who on any level said let’s store a surplus of viral protective gear and tools for infection treatment? Does the name of any leader come to mind? I think of none. This is understandable, however, as we were occupied with gender pronouns and unconscious racism in shampoo. We were busy with those important matters and perhaps should be happy virus doesn’t select by color or ethnicity. Corona is bias free, hooray! Justice at last! To be fair, from time to time a voice (Bill Gates among them) raised pandemic concerns. They were ignored, and to some extent labeled hostiles to globalist ideals. Why fret over disease when we were all one people in trust, love, and peace? Turns out love, trust, and peace isn’t much strategy for dealing with disease. Nor was it ever. Pause with me a moment to consider why our species separated into language, color, and culture groups? Why weren’t we a mono-culture all along? I suspect separation had survival advantages. Within closed company people were relatively safe. They knew this was so on the animal level all beings share as a “sense.” Long before any bacteria or virus was known people knew certain wells were bad. (Tea, beer, and wine substituted for foul water.) They knew ports where visitors arrived from afar were often

the starting places for new plagues. Staying safe was partly a result of keeping within your own group. Mingling outside held risks people recognized on a level simple as basic reproduction. Successful societies understood the worth of fidelity and the danger of promiscuity. Selling one’s body was a short career usually leading to unmentionable ills. The “clean” living were spared that so long, that is, as they stayed within set limits. Anyone who did not recognize the jet age, speedy global trade and absence of border controls held serious risk was being willfully deluded either for the sake of greed or philosophy. For the profiteer and the dreamer the result is the same, plus one gets to blame the other as a feel-good culpability escape. When reality comes knocking it bangs the door hard. It does not recognize ideals, status, dreams, bottom lines, or stores of gold. As an “it” virus is gender free and fully adaptable as circumstance permits. Disease can’t be convinced, persuaded, or brought to see reason. It had only to await its opportunity to begin its party in the ballrooms, stadiums, and temples built seemingly to welcome it to our eager arms. Is there blame to share round? There is if you’re like my mother ready to point an accusing finger at a handy authority figure. To our better reasoning blaming the parents sounds awful. We dislike the idea of holding one person accountable for the acts of others (though in some groups this is a highly popular and successful strategy). Most of us rightly balk at making you pay for what your brother or other kin did. Another side, however, to mother’s blame approach was its sign of person who took their own parental responsibility seriously, perhaps too much so. But where precisely is the line between being too serious and too lax a parent? Is the line between leniency and discipline clear cut and is it the same for all individuals in differing circumstances? Much of the time it’s probably not at all definite or clear. People muddle along making their way forward with the complexities of personal and social interactions and responsibilities. Holding others responsible for things outside our (or possible much of any) control is a human habit of long standing. We attack what’s seen as “outside”. It’s what we do. In that the person who thinks themselves openminded and peaceful is no different than a defender of tribe. Godly and ungodly share a desire to attack things and people they see as contrary to their sphere. I used to think my mother’s blame tactic extreme and rare. Well, it certainly isn’t rare. I recently heard a person

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I recently heard a person so convinced Trump was at fault they thought the death of a million was a price worth paying if it got rid of the demon Trump. I’m glad of one thing, not having to live with a feeling like that inside me.

so convinced Trump was at fault they thought the death of a million was a price worth paying if it got rid of the demon Trump. I’m glad of one thing, not having to live with a feeling like that inside me. Blaming any city, state or national leader is the same authority accountability my mother used pointing the finger at other parents. Welcome to my mother’s world where parental figures are everywhere to be found.

On a differing tone the total success of North Korea combatting the pandemic must be noted. Elsewhere in the real world viruses don’t recognize politics. It takes only communist socialism to fix that. The decree is out and must be obeyed. No corona in North Korea. Other nations possibly deal with disease by decree as well. Time will tell.

Hey folks, I’ll talk, you listen

(The following updated column has only tacit approval from the National Union of Friendly Americans (NUFA). The column isn’t necessarily unfriendly, just a little bossy. Still we like its message simply because it deals directly with so many knuckleheads but we like friendly to a fault, even when dealing with knuckleheads.)

a problem with telling the truth for years. The NCNP and its minions have no problem making things up if the talking points obfuscate the truth and win an election! The election of Donald Rumpt, Payosa Loco, the Crazy Clown, are ample proof of that and nothing has changed as we head toward November. I’m sure the Rush Limbaugh’s and Sean Hannity’s and I’ll talk, you listen. the Fox News gang didn’t expect to As a youngster I loved that phrase, be in cahoots with Rumpt or Breitbart put forth back in the ‘60s and ‘70s by News but that’s the hole the electora fairly audacious sports columnist in ate fell into after years of propaganda the St. Paul Pioneer Press by the name aimed at the white folks and the of Don Riley. No matter middle class and the folks where I was, if a Pioneer who just don’t seem to Press was available I think things through for bought it just to see what themselves very often. A he was poking at. whole batch of people apby My esteemed colleague parently seem just fine to The Masked Fan knows let other people come up exactly who I’m talkwith ideas and opinions ing about. Riley would for them and then lead mainly talk about sports, them to pasture. of course, but he wasn’t That’s not at all what afraid to wade into other social or poDon Riley meant when he said “I’ll litical events of the day. The Masked talk, you listen.” Old Don was saying, Fan is the bearer of that tradition. you bunch of boobs, you’ve been had Don Riley, these times are made for and I’ll explain how. you. So that’s what I’m saying now. You I’ll talk, you listen. bunch of boobs, you’ve been had. As we wade deeper and deeper into Cut the crap with the fake news. the morass of not telling the truth, the Journalists navigate by the newspawhole truth and nothing but the truth perman’s North Star, the conviction it appears so evident that purveyors that there is such a thing as objective of misinformation have held sway in truth as explained in a recent column this country for decades at the very by David Shribman, executive editor least. The backers of the New Conof the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. servative Neanderthal Party (NCNP), Shribman wrote that objective formerly the Republicans, have had truth can be discovered and delivered

“through dispassionate hard work and passionate good faith, and that the product of that effort, if thoroughly documented, would be accepted as truth. “Mr. Trump has turned that accepted truth on its head, sowing doubts about the veracity of news reporting by promoting the notion that the mainstream media spews ‘fake news.’ Employing an evocative, sinister phrase dating to the French Revolution and embraced by Lenin and his Soviet successors, he has declared that great portions of the press are the ‘enemy of the people.’” I’ll talk, you listen. We have a tax cut plan that was concocted behind doors, without the professional advice of economists, lawyers or accountants and it’s added a trillion a year to the national debt. Now the coronavirus swoops in and we’ll toss another 2 trillion into the mix, just to save working people and the economy from calamity. Tax cuts in time of plenty! Nothing can stop the booming economy – except maybe an unexpected pandemic.

The false notion that you can simply cut taxes until there’s nothing left and expect to have a functioning civil society of 326 million people is ludicrous. The history of tax reform is one of diminishing results for the people of this country. Take a little wander into the history of our tax system. The tax burden for the wealthy and corporations has been slashed through the years and has left us with the fiscal inequality of a banana republic. The constant lowering of tax rates, primarily for the wealthy and corporations, has left the burden on the shoulders of the working class and future generations, many of whom believe that cutting taxes is a good thing, yes a good thing, when we have faltering infrastructure and educational debt, increasing poverty and the most expensive health care system in the developed world. I’ll talk, you listen, said old Don Riley!

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Will April be cruel?

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Etching of the plague in Florence, Italy, 1348, by Luigi Sabatelli.

14th century black plague started something beyond thoughts and prayers I see Donald the Lyin’ King has decided that Easter will not be a good time to fill churches – but maybe April 30 will be. King Donald had talked so much about the virus and April he reminded me of the words of one of my favorite poets T. S. Eliot in his first lines of “The Wasteland,” an epic poem about humankind: “April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of a dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring roots in spring rain.” Medical experts tell us they have identified 6,828 viruses so far, including COVID-19. Consequently, viruses and bacteria have plagued Planet Earth for millenniums. At this time we have no idea April will be the cruelest month. I think the current pandemic scientists are figuring on several cruel months. The 14th Century Black Plague, also called the Bubonic Plague, killed almost half of the population of Europe. It was caused by bacterium Yersinia pestis transmitted from rats to fleas to humans. Fleas could not tell rich from poor, so they bit everybody they could smell. The plague killed rich nobles, knights, bishops and priests, as well

as poor peasants, serfs, tradesmen and harlots. It took more than 200 years to regain the population lost in that pandemic. The fact that the church, religion and God did not protect them shook people to the core, often destroying their faith. The wealthy left behind decided to learn more about life rather than genuflecting and exercising blind obedience to the pope and various other mystics. Leaders invested in independent scholarship. Answers to survival questions were avidly sought outside of prayer and dogma. The Black Plague forced the Renaissance on us, a classical revival of art, literature, music, science and learning.

Are “thoughts and prayers” effective against both firearm and virus pandemics? I’m writing we have had 217,801 COVID-19 cases with 4,857 deaths in the U.S. so far. The 24-7 news cycle is all about the spread of the deadly virus. This year we will probably have 100,000 wounded and 40,000 killed by firearm – as we have had for years. In other numbers, we have killed 12,000 with firearms in the same period the current virus has killed 4,857. How many news TV minutes or printed words have been

consumed in the last three months about our firearm pandemic? I see the National Rifle Association and other gun groups are suing and urging states to declare gun stores as essential businesses – like grocery stores, pharmacies and gas stations. Priorities, priorities. Among the many plagues in the 16th and 17th Centuries some of the most memorable English literature was written, with the plagues prominently mentioned. Shakespeare wrote several of his 37 plays while being self-isolated from plagues. Romeo and Juliet was one of them. The bubonic plague hit London in 1665 and killed 100,000 people – onefourth of the population. This disease was very painful because lymph nodes were turned into black “buboes” that literally blew up. Many sufferers committed suicide by jumping into the Thames. Sulfur was burned in the streets to purify the air. Death carts were sent by authorities to collect the dead for a fee. Thieves often broke into homes of the dead and sick to ransack them. Plagues were always a time of “social dislocation.” In Italy popes fled to country estates while the people originated the idea of isolation because they thought plagues entered the body through the pores of skin.

Pope Francis did not vacate the Vatican on March 27, 2020, as he addressed the world at the Urbi and Orbi prayer in St. Peter’s Square. But it was unusual. He was the only one there. All Roman Catholic churches in Italy have cancelled masses for the duration of the COVID-19 virus. Pope Francis celebrated Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, the Easter vigil and Easter Sunday at the central altar in St. Peter’s with no one in the audience. Thoughts and prayers have not kept Italy from having thousands suffer and die since January of 2020. Historian Raymond Keene brings up what has happened to religion’s role in discussing modern plagues: “Five hundred years after the Renaissance, at a time when nations and corporations rival the church in their claims to people’s loyalties, the world is experiencing as even more dramatic expansion of knowledge, capitalism and interconnection. Air travel, telephones, radio, television, motion pictures, fax machines, computers and now the Internet combine to weave an increasingly complex web of global information exchange….We’ve landed men on the moon and machines on Mars, unleashed the power of the atom, deciphered the genetic code, and unlocked many of the secrets

of the human brain. These dramatic developments in communication and technology stimulate the energies of capitalism and free society and the erosion of totalitarianism.” Listening to Jerry Falwell, Jr., Franklin Graham, and James Dobson of Focus on the Family, there is no doubt religious ideology has not kept pace with scientific ideology – and common sense. They think Jesus Christ is a “perfect” predator capitalist instead of a democratic socialist. Many people are replacing holy water with hand sanitizers and bleach.

Has “In God We Trust” become “In God We Divide?” According to a study by Eastern Illinois University, 55.7% of Americans in 1988 were members of traditional, mainline churches, 36.6% were members of evangelical and born-again denominations, and 7.7% said they were not religious. By 2018, only 30 years later, traditional denominations (Roman Catholics, Lutherans, etc.) had dropped 20 points to 35.5%, evangelical church membership had grown 4.8 points to 41.4%, and the nonreligious had TRIPLED to 23.1%. I wonder what these figures would be in 2020 after three years of Donald the Lyin’ King and the Southern white evangelicals grabbing power and substituting white supremacist fascism for Christianity. No wonder new studies indicate more than 40% of young people have taken part in tsunamis emptying church pews. The evangelicals have picked the irrelevant, irreligious “Chosen One”– King Donald – to lead their white supremacist, pro-gun, anti-abortion, anti-LBGTQ+, America First, Make America Great Again, anti-science, and, yes, their anti-Jesus Christ political platform. They have decided that power is the only way to create a fascist, theocratic government. The Republican Party, with only two goals, predator capitalism and lowering taxes, has attached itself like a giant parasitic sea lamprey and sucked out the votes of “Christians” who seek eternal power. As early as 2015 Pew Research found that white evangelical Protestants preferred the Republican Party by a margin of 68% to 22%, while nonreligious voters leaned toward the Democrats by 61% to 25%, No wonder communion wine is turning to vinegar. “In God We Trust” did not become our motto until July 30, 1956, when

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President Dwight Eiesenhower signed the bill to counter the idea that Joe Stalin had become the “God” of atheistic Soviet Russia in the middle of our “cold war.” Big deal. More propaganda.

Are we watching the destruction of the christian religion? I try to have an afternoon martini every day in tribute to my favorite character, W.C. Fields, who drank lots of alcohol because he often said: “Do you know what fish do in water?” I have admired W.C. because he rose from selling oranges out of a cart on the streets of Philadelphia – to juggling before the queen of England at age 18, to filling out movie contracts with his own salary figures while dominating Hollywood. My favorite story about him involves the drinking of lemonade. He always had a thermos bottle filled with martinis on the movie set that he called his “lemonade.” One day the camera crew dumped his martinis and filled his thermos with lemonade. During a film break W.C. strolled over and took a big sip and exploded; “Who in hell put lemonade in my lemonade?!!” It brought down the set. W.C. was known in Hollywood as an atheist. A close friend visited him on his death bed in his home. He discovered W.C. in his bed paging through the Bible. The shocked friend said: “Bill, what are you doing? You’re not a believer!” W.C. replied: “I’m just looking for loopholes.” For 27 years I was a Roman Catholic because I was raised in it. For 60 years I have officially been a Lutheran because Martin Luther had better ideas. At 88 I have read parts of the Bible over the years, sometimes looking for loopholes. Actually, a few lines in Ecclesiastes have stuck with me: “For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they all have one breath, and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity. All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.”

science views. The Bible seems to be a collection of gossip about Gods, various myths about a “creation,” Adam and Eve, ancient parables about violence, sex, faith-healing, space travel, poverty and wealth, resurrection, economics, and good advice. That’s why I think Charles Darwin was right in “The Origin of the Species.” The three animals at the top of the present “chain of being” are humans, chimps and bonobos. We share about 99% of the genes in our genus. The three are similar: Chimp characteristics: patriarchal, ambitious, excitable, and violent. Alpha male leads community. Chimps are territorial and band into aggressive groups to hunt down other chimps often in bloody, brutal and fatal conflict. Lower ranking males form coalitions to attempt to topple Alpha leader. Sex is used for reproduction and recreation. Males spend a lot of time competing for sexual favors. Bonobo characteristics: matriarchal, female-centered, erotic. Both males and females forage for food. Females and young eat first. They use sex to solve conflicts and avoid violence. Bonobos are both homosexual and heterosexual

and form long-lasting bonds. They have multiple sex partners and avoid infanticide because no one has any idea who their father is. Human characteristics: add to all of the above: greedy, generous, hateful, loving, mendacious, truthful, narcissistic, altruistic, heroic, cowardly, brutal, forgiving, vindictive, ignorant, self-educated – and the list goes on. According to some scientists, chimps, bonobos, and humans are close enough to form a single genus called Homo. Orangutans are identified as being 14 million years old, great apes developed from them about 9 million years ago, and then humans came from the apes about 5.5 million years ago. The chimps and bonobos split from us about 2.5 million years ago – but they didn’t go very far! If you are going to vote in the 2020 election – just for fun – apply some of the above characteristics to chimphuman Donald the Lyin’ King and Speaker of the House bonobo-human Nancy Pelosi. Why not call all three top animals “Chimmanobos?” It has a distinctive ring to it.

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Should we ask the expert? One detail in particular caught my attention during the school board’s interviews of superintendent candidates. The boss of the candidate from Green Bay had once been a lobbyist. John Magas, our newly hired superintendent, mentioned this in both rounds of the interview process. He referred to his boss’s lobby experience as something he valued and had learned something from. Not many years ago, being a former lobbyist would not have been such a glittering gold star on the resume of a superintendent. Lobbying state government, however, is increasingly becoming part of doing business (and another taxpayer burden) for school districts and other forms of local government. In both tiers of the interviews, our school board questioned candidates about their experience “working with legislators” and “legislative platforms.” The Minneapolis Star Tribune wrote about this lobbying trend in its March 3, 2016, edition: “The lobbyist of the public imagination is decked out in Gucci shoes and a bespoke suit, arguing on behalf of a corporate behemoth or powerful labor union. But (these days) plenty of lobbyists work for slightly less glamorous clients: the cities, counties, school boards, watershed districts and other government entities that spend millions every year lobbying the Legislature. In other words: Government lobbying government.” Our public school district hired a lobbying firm last year. ISD 709 hadn’t had a lobbyist in the Minnesota capital for about a decade. If memory serves me correctly, the last lobbyist was making about double a teacher’s salary plus a per diem for meals and lodging. His position was axed when the budget started taking a nosedive under Dixon’s massive mismanagement. ISD 709’s budget is still in recovery mode, after the folly of the Red Plan, but precious pennies have been reallocated for a lobbying presence during the state’s legislative sessions. The school board hired a firm called the Costin Group. One of the lobbyists from Costin, working on behalf of our school district, is prominent DFLer and former city councilor Jeff Anderson. My problem with lobbyists is that

I think it’s time our school board starts taking a closer look at the “experts” it keeps blindly following.

they are just pr/sales people. After last year’s legislative session, Mr. Anderson gave the school board a “report” in which he declared: “All of this is falling down on you from above.” In other words, a DFL lobbyist sent by a DFL-dominated school board to lobby DFL legislators produced a closed loop of the same story: All of ISD 709’s fiscal problems are due to failures from the State of Minnesota, and none of the mess is due to poor local decisionmaking. The problem with this manufactured story is that it hides real problems under a cloak of victimhood and stymies accountability. Anderson and his partner, Gary Cerkvenik, from the Costin Group, were part by of the team that came up with the idea to tear down Central High School and borrow a boatload of money against the district’s maintenance fund to put up another building for Administration. The Costin Group lobbied DFL legislators at the start of this legislative session, and succeeded in getting bills moving in both the state Assembly and Senate. When the deliberative process of our government boils down to a DFL-DFL-DFL “information” loopthe-loop beginning with the school board Chair not even reading the resolution in the boardroom – where is the check-and-balance? Who in our local leadership is really looking at this idea – an extension of the failed Red Plan – with a jaundiced eye and asking any question other than the same question that dominated the Red Plan process: “How can we shove this thing through?” Taxpayers are paying for government lobbyists to lobby government, but are taxpayers really the beneficiaries of their lobbying efforts? The main purpose of lobbyists is to convince government to spend more money.

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Lobbyists also try to convince government to spend money differently – to prioritize spending and channel resources to propitious missions, such as educating our youth. The problem still comes down to properly vetting the proposal our salesmen-lobbyists are pushing, however, and making certain it will produce the claimed results. Duluth should have learned one hard lesson by now: If a massive investment in educational facilities fails, that failure will actually HURT real education in the classroom. Lobbyists’ first cousin: consultants The American Association of School Administrators (AASA) has an article headlined “The Consulting Boom” on its website. The article examines the recent trend to hire management consultants in school districts: “Schools seem to be increasingly following the business world’s lead and buying expertise when they need it. And consultants in turn are keeping close watch on a potentially lucrative market – a market that includes more than the traditional superintendent searches, workshops on classroom discipline and the latest curriculum trend or help with finances…” The article quotes from the executive director of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy Studies: “Consultants are hired with an agenda in mind. And given their need to be hired – and stay hired – their findings can drift toward the conclusion that school districts are looking for. What that results in is year after year of giddy good news.” The author of the article, Donna Harrington-Lueker, points out that “many outside experts (being hired by school districts) are also former insiders – superintendents, principals, technology directors and others. And some (administrators) are wary of the closeness of their connections.” She quotes a superintendent from Strafford Mo., who expressed his viewpoint on this consulting boom in blunt language: “I see it as a form of prostitution. They’re trading on their past and their connections.” The biggest problem with fast-talking expert consultants is that they can so easily bowl over school boards. Former Board Chair Ann Wasson (one of the Red Plan’s biggest boosters) declared that “the experts and the facts are my leading force to the desperate need of the plan for our district,” and waxed in

the boardroom about the “hours and hours and hours” that had been put into the plan by “professional people with degrees and backgrounds in numbers and how things work.” Most of the “hours and hours and hours” invested in the Red Plan were spent conjuring up a scheme to push it through and sell it. The taxpayers of Duluth were shepherded to the fleecing barn by people who truly were expert at “how things work.” Predictably, a huge expenditure of our city’s wealth only managed to make our schools more unequal. The last time I checked the school-ranking service SchoolDigger.com, Duluth East was ranked 66th out of the 494 high schools in the state of Minnesota, while Denfeld High was 318th. Out of 518 middle schools, Ordean East was ranked at 56, while Duluth’s western middle school was ranked 387th. Congdon Elementary was 22nd out of 847 Minnesota elementary schools, while Stowe Elementary, on the far western edge of the city, came in at a bottom-scraping 655. Does anyone in Duluth still believe we were well advised by these highly paid experts? Marshall Helmberger, owner of the Timberjay newspaper in Tower, Minn., called Johnson Controls’ hustle in the St. Louis County district “a classic case of over-promise and under-deliver.” “So why the continued push for consolidation?” Helmberger further asked. “In many cases, it’s simply conventional wisdom. When you’re told something frequently enough, you simply accept it as true. But I suspect there’s more to it than that. In many cases, consolidation is pushed by special interests, such as consultants, engineering firms, large contractors, and the building trades, who are often tapped for studies, strategic plans, and large capital projects that frequently go hand-in-hand with consolidation efforts. “School districts are like enormous ATMs for many in the private sector,” Helmberger continues, “and that’s particularly true as school districts and the challenges they face grow larger, requiring ever more advice from outside ‘experts.’ These purported experts are often well connected politically, and they’re happy to foster the conventional wisdom surrounding consolidation and its supposed benefits. It’s hardly surprising that their efforts influence the thinking of

legislators…Consolidation, in effect, has a large and powerful constituency – and the ‘kids’ don’t have much to do with it, despite the rhetoric you might hear.” A lucrative market The same consultants seem to cruise around the school district circuit, getting hired over and over, sometimes as other firms. The consultant the school board hired a few years ago to help “tailor” its levy referendum questions and sell a tax increase to the public was the same person, in a new firm, who did the Red Plan survey. That survey was a textbook example of a consultant being hired with an agenda in mind. Its findings definitely drifted toward the conclusion Dixon and his supporters were looking for. The most egregious – patently false – promise embedded in the survey was the claim that “the cost of each proposal would range between $257 to $271 million – but, due to savings and sales of unused property, almost half that total is already paid for.” In its 2007 Review & Comment document, the Red Plan’s corporate expert, Johnson Controls, brayed to the State of Minnesota: “Residents support the Duluth Public Schools issuing bonds for the facilities plan, if

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the District uses the plan’s cost savings and property sales revenues to reduce the total cost of the plan.” It was all nothing but a slick sales job, and should have made our school board more – not less – leery of fasttalking experts. Another consultant brought into our flawed consolidation process was the demographer who produced the study used to determine school placement and boundaries. Members of our school board have pointed to the St. Paul district’s huge fiscal deficit as proof of a problem with state funding, but as Superintendent Gronseth has stated in the boardroom many times, “Enrollment is the base of the budget.” The same demographer who blew it here, blew it in St. Paul, as well. The following is an excerpt from an article published April 12, 2017, in the St. Paul Pioneer Press: “St. Paul Public Schools (district) is preparing for a substantial decline in enrollment, just two years after an unduly sunny report. In January, 2015, (the Red Plan’s) demographer predicted the (St. Paul) district would gain about 2200 students in the coming decade…” But, now, in actuality, the reverse is coming true and “the district expects to lose 2200 students in the next 10 years, in

addition to the 1,000 St. Paul lost in the last two years. The district should (theoretically) have 33,000 students by 2016, (the inerrable demographer) told the Board Tuesday. Her previous report (from just two years earlier) projected 38,200 by 2024.” A month earlier the newspaper reported: “The St. Paul Public Schools will consider an early retirement incentive and an array of program cuts to close an expected $23 million budget deficit next year.” Gronseth is right on this one: Lack of students equals lack of money. An inaccurate enrollment prediction does no good. A new attitude needed What I’ve wanted for a long time is a house cleaning of all the experts who misled us. I was actually hopeful when I saw a new financial adviser listed in the school board’s agenda, a while back: R.W. Baird. What looked like something new turned out to be more of the same. A managing director at Baird previously worked for Northland Securities, the firm that underwrote most of the Red Plan bonds. This individual and his wife (who has worked as business director for a couple of school districts his companies have done business with) have had more than one brush-up with unhappy

taxpayers. In a Feb. 2, 2017, article headlined “Stillwater school officials can’t explain financial advisor’s six-figure payday,” City Pages exposes the fact that a contract with R.W. Baird lists this consultant as the “exclusive… advisor,” but no documentation can be found verifying a competitive bidding process for the contract, or specifying the $115,155 fee wired by the Stillwater district to the company. “It seems to me a person ought to be able to find this document showing how much (Baird) was supposed to get paid,” a board member from Stillwater told City Pages. The City Pages article is on the internet. At the minimum, the way business was conducted in a couple of other Minnesota school districts was sloppy – extremely poor judgment about appearances. This financial consultant – Michael Hoheisel – played a role in the Red Plan and is now a member of the group of advisers who conjured up an extension to that misguided investment: District 709’s terrible scheme for the Central property. I think it’s time our school board starts taking a closer look at the “experts” it keeps blindly following.

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Demystifying the statistics In the past few weeks, I have emailed out a number of powerful pieces that were written by respected journalists and researchers. I received the following complaint about the length of the emailings (all were about the COVID-19 issue) from a fellow anti-war, anti-tyranny activist. It went something like this: “Gary there’s too much to read, with all the other stuff I feel I need to keep up with. I wish I had more time. But, quickly reading over the piece, the 1% figure caught my attention. If it was likely I’d die once in every 100 times I went somewhere with the car, I’d feel that was too high of a risk to take. The coronavirus seems to fall into that 1% category, if not higher.” My answer went something like this: “Given that the entire planet seems to have been bamboozled by the endlessly repeated distortions of COVID statistics, I feel it is my obligation to gently correct you about your understandable fear that the risk of dying from a coronavirus infection is ONE out of 100 (1%)! I suspect most people who get their by information from the Mainstream Media have the same (irrational) fear. “Please pay attention to the following statistical facts that contradict what is being propagandized on every media outlet: “You and a multitude of others have similar, irrational, propaganda-induced fears of dying of the new epidemic (which has only affected a tiny fraction of the population and has contributed to the killing of an even tinier percentage of the population). “It must be noted that only 0.1% of the population of China ever got COVID, despite well-propagandized media reports that successfully made most of us think that the entire population of China was at risk of dying. “I sympathize with your thoughts about considering the risks of catching the virus, but I would suggest doing a more formal risk assessment calculation from the statistics that are published by the record-keepers as innately flawed as they are, given the serious evidence that there are a significant number of false negatives AND false positives with both the PCR swab testing and the serological antibody tests. In fact there is reported to be as many as 40% false negatives with the more technically difficult-toperform (and unaffordable) coronavirus

antibody tests that have not yet been approved for widespread use because. “Here are some of the calculations that I have recently made. “The assortment of statistics concerning the risks of actually getting COVID as of mid-April are far less than the 1 out of 100 that you mentioned, which if true might even make me concerned. Hint: The risks are far, far less. Read on.” 1] The reported number of COVID infections (not all lab-confirmed!) in the U.S. (as of today) is 564,000 cases. The U.S. has a population of 330 million, which, when divided into the 564,000 calculates out at 0.0017, which represents a minuscule percentage chance of getting infected of 0.17% (17 chances out of 10,000). 2] The risk of dying of COVID in the U.S. (23,000 deaths so far, again an inflated number, mainly because of the many false positive PCR tests and the actual over-counting “guesswork” involved in filling out the death certificates) is even more unlikely at 0.007% (23,000 divided by 330,000,000 equals 0.0000696, or 7 chances out of every 100,000 Americans). 3] Most of this minuscule risk of dying is borne by the frail, the chronically ill, the elderly, the malnourished, the over-medicated, the overvaccinated, and the terminally ill patients that are vegetating, often bed-ridden, in nursing homes. etc. 4] An important, but rarely mentioned statistic is the number of presumed COVID-19 deaths per million population of any given nation. In the U.S., that number, as of mid-April is 15, meaning that only 15 Americans out of every 1,000,000 have died of COVID. That means that 999,985 out of every million Americans HAVE NOT DIED from COVID. 5] To put the U.S. presumed COVID deaths per million into perspective, the number in the Scandinavian countries is in the high teens or twenties per million. Italy’s COVID deaths per million population is 218; Spain’s is 201; Germany’s is 11; Canada’s is 3; Israel’s is 3; China’s is 2 and Brazil’s is 1; etc.) 6] Another important number to understand is the number of all cause deaths that occur each day in any given country, a number that has been averaged out in recent decades. As an example, 2,500 Germans die every day and 7,755 Americans die each day. Naturally, the vast majority of deaths occur in the elderly population that are mostly pre-

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terminally ill, including what happens during every one of the viral influenza pandemics that occur every year. 7] America’s All-cause Daily Death Number is 7,755 (2,830,690 deaths per year); India’s Daily deaths amount to 26,670 deaths; Japan’s is 3,630; Italy’s is 1,737; France’s is 1,647; Russia’s is 1,444; Canada’s is 780; Brazil’s is 920; Australia’s is 447; Sweden’s is 250; Israel’s is 122; etc. 8] It is important to realize the locations of deaths in America occur 60% of the time in a hospital, 20% in nursing homes and the other 20% occur outside of institutions, usually at home. 9] For Minnesota (population 5.6 million), the risk of contracting COVID (total, as of mid-April = 1,621 cases) is a minuscule 0.00289%. The vast majority of the cases are in high density metropolitan areas in the south of the state. 10] My Duluth home is in St. Louis County (population 199,000). As of April 18, there are 2,071 cases with 111 deaths, which yields an incidence rate of 0.00037 (or 0.037 % chance of getting a COVID infection) and a death rate of 0.0000198 (or a 0.002% chance of dying from COVID). 11] The risk of contracting COVID for those of us that live in the northern half of Minnesota is even tinier. There were zero cases Up North until mid-March, following which the numbers only gently trickled up. 12] One must keep in mind that the CDC’s Bureau of Statistics is strongly encouraging (actually ordering?) all American physicians to list “COVID” as the cause of death on discharge and death certificates of every patient that was either test-positive or simply suspected of having COVID during the hospitalization, illness or death. This is true even if the patient was a terminally-ill, Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) elderly patient

who would be expected to succumb to pre-existent cardiac, pulmonary, renal, immunologic and/or hepatic diseases that were also being “treated” with potentially toxic prescription drugs. 13] Because of the significant incidence of faulty and unapproved PCR tests, it is important to be mindful that an unknown but significant percentage of test-positive cases are actually false positive cases and, therefore, patients with common colds (or even no symptoms at all) can easily be erroneously confirmed as COVID-19! There are also known to be a certain percentage of cases of benign coronavirus illnesses, including A] cases of the common cold that can be caused by a coronavirus; B] cases of MERS or SARS-type coronavirus infections; or C] asymptomatic carriers of one of the many other nonCOVID-19 strains of benign coronaviruses. 14] In Iceland’s extensive screening system, there is a 50% false positive rate in totally asymptomatic Icelanders who never developed any flu-like illnesses. Were these folks just on the verge of getting a common cold, carriers of a benign, non-COVID-19 coronavirus or was the test flawed? 15] So, I say to those of us who are fortunate enough to live in nonmetropolitan areas like northern Minnesota, take a deep breath, take a walk, take a drive, go to the grocery store, exhale when passing someone on your un-masked walk, consider even giving a big hug to a fellow, un-infected, hugcompliant friend that has quarantined him- or herself for the past couple of weeks – and stop worrying so much. 16] But, don’t forget about the global elites, for they may be either orchestrating this crisis or are making cunning, profitable use of it.

The many crimes of Barack Obama It was necessary to elect Donald living in a racist America. Sure enough, Trump because of the crimes of Barack Rush Limbaugh’s calculations blew up Obama. I probably won’t remember in his face. That was Barack Obama’s them all any more than I can first crime – getting elected 50 years remember a day’s worth of President too soon. Trump’s crimes. Black kids learn early from their I’ll start with the first which is clear parents to be squeaky clean, and to me because I thought about it a Obama was no exception. He led the great deal as an elementary school least corrupt administration in U.S. kid. That was in the Sixties during history. But Limbaughers weren’t all the centennial of the Civil War. My wrong about white concerns. They Topeka, Kansas, elementary school had argued that civil rights were no longer just been integrated, making me one of needed. Then they sniffed that Obama the few white kids in America who ever was arrogant for saying that “elections actually sat side-by-side have consequences…” with more than one or two And then Obama black kids in class. committed Crime number Wondering when a two. He had the gall “Negro” might actually to enact what he had have chance to get elected campaigned for. by president I did a little Obama wanted to mental math. At the time expand America’s stingy there were still about medical coverage to 10 states that made it people who depended on impossible for blacks to emergency rooms. vote. They also had laws GOP Senator Mitch against letting black and McConnell, intent on white people marry. It had taken a keeping America the stingiest nation hundred years to integrate schools so I in the Free World, told the press his figured it would take another hundred priority was ensuring that Obama for there to be a black president. I was became a one-term president. off by 50 years. Health care would require every Instead of 2060 Barack Obama got Democratic senator to support Obama’s elected in 2012. That was Obama’s first plan even if they represented “red” crime. It was only possible because the states. Obama passed the Affordable hapless Bush Administration resumed Care Act without a single Republican a war with Iraq, sat on its thumb while vote. New Orleans was laid waste, followed The president’s third crime was by the Republican’s deregulated home telling a lie to pass the Affordable Care mortgage rules causing the loss of Act. The new law did not guarantee millions of homes and bringing the Americans the right to use the doctors world to a hair’s breadth from a second of their choice. Sensing that fudging Depression. this was the only way to cover tens Ironically, Obama’s election was of millions of uninsured Americans, abetted by “conservative” screamers Obama made the guarantee. It’s one like Rush Limbaugh, who thought lie vs. 12,000 for Obama’s successor, the real menace was a woman, Hillary but it cost the Democratic senators Clinton. Rush and his mini-mes told who voted to insure America. After their listeners that Obama was a much he won control of the Senate, Mitch more gifted candidate than the former McConnell would get six years to show first lady. (Shades of their praise for the consequence of winning elections. Bernie Sanders?) Obama’s fourth crime would be But what they were counting on was repeated every time a cop killed an another Thomas Bradley to guarantee unarmed black citizen. The president a Republican victory. When black sympathized with the victims. The Los Angeles Mayor Bradley ran to be first offense didn’t involve a killing. It governor of California the polls all was a simple arrest of a black professor said he was a shoe-in – except that for walking into his own house in the voters lied to the pollsters. Afraid Boston. Henry Louis Gates, who you that they might be thought racist they may recognize from the PBS show couldn’t tell the pollsters the truth. on genealogy, was reported to police So, Limbaugh and his minions by a neighbor who thought it was heaped praise on Obama, who was sure suspicious that a black man would walk to lose. into a house in her neighborhood. I had more faith in American voters. After Professor Gate’s arrest Obama I thought Americans were tired of said something unpardonable. He said

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Sure enough, Rush Limbaugh’s calculations blew up in his face. That was Barack Obama’s first crime – getting elected 50 years too soon.

it was obvious that the cop had acted in haste. How dare he? Limbaugh had assured white people that civil rights was over now and here was a black president sticking up for black people. When President Obama tried to sooth White America’s hurt feelings by inviting the cop and the professor to a “beer summit” in the Rose Garden, the Fox News Crowd sneered. Every time a black kid was shot and

the president cried foul, Republicans were outraged. When school children of any race were shot en masse their voter’s first concern was that Obama was going to take guns away. After his reelection, fearful gun worshipers stormed gun stores to stock up on guns the way coronavirus worriers had fist fights over toilet paper. Assaulting the Second Amendment was Obama’s fifth crime. Finally, when a blowhard TV billionaire jetted around the country claiming that Barack Obama was a Kenyan only to have the State of Hawaii provide the president’s birth certificate, Obama was provoked into committing his sixth crime. He roasted Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Imagine that! A president treating real news as fake! Only a fake president would do that. Harry Welty takes more potshots at Trump at lincolndemocrat.com

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When the bat challenged the wiindigo By Winona LaDuke Think of crisis as opportunity. The Chinese characters for crisis are wei ji. Danger and opportunity. That’s now. Take a breath, maybe look at the night sky and see if you can see any stars. Enjoy this moment and breathe when Mother Earth gets a breath from our closed factories. Let’s be better when we come out of this cluster of crises. Let’s appreciate each other, localize our economy, get cleaner, healthier, and grow some victory gardens of this millennium. Rowen White, the Seed Saver, calls them Resilience Gardens, or maybe Sovereign Seed Gardens. Now’s a good time to start those seeds. Crisis often brings out the best or worst in communities. Or as some have pointed out, fear is contagious, so is joy. Let’s catch hope and gratitude. Now is our time to shine in goodness. The reality is that federal policies have failed. Start with stuff from China. Tariffs on Chinese goods meant that some of the massive incoming (virtually everything is manufactured in China) has been stuck in the ports, or never arrived to the supply chain. That was before the virus. Then China was shut down. We should just rethink that material economy. That’s to say, we don’t need a lot of junk that we buy from China, and we could do it different. Take that shrimp on your dinner plate – raised in Scotland, deveined in China, and brought to you by Walmart. That’s a crazy equation of energy and life. The Trump Administration also canned the pandemic program. Maybe we won’t do that one again. As AP reports, “Public health and national security experts shake their heads when President Donald Trump says the coronavirus “came out of nowhere” and “blindsided the world.” They’ve been warning about the next pandemic for years and criticized the Trump administration’s decision in 2018 to dismantle a National Security Council directorate at the White House charged with preparing for when, not if, another pandemic would hit the nation.” “It would be nice if the office was still there,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institute of Health, told Congress this week. “I wouldn’t necessarily characterize it as a mistake (to eliminate the unit). I would say we worked very well with that office.” There’s no easy answer to the opening of Pandora’s box. An airborne, very

contagious and lethal virus. Not good. Makes me want to stick in the woods. Then there’s the oil markets, pretty much a direct blow at North Dakota and the Tar Sands. That had to do with a price war between the Saudis and Russia, aimed at knocking out the marginal producers in the tar sands and fracking fields. In late February, the massive TECK mine project was abandoned, citing economics including the economics of successful resistance mounted by Indigenous Climate Action and thousands of people. The buffalo of northern Alberta are pretty happy about that. Then came Suncor’s recent announcement that it will shut part of its production down in a two-year old mine, Fort Hills. They are also delaying new mining projects. That’s massive. The Husky Refinery, the one with the explosion on 2018, is stopping repairs. As the Star Tribune reports, “Given the current safety and public health risks, Husky has begun a systematic and orderly suspension of major construction activities related to the Superior rebuild project,” spokeswoman Kim Guttormson said. Besides, that Husky is cutting $ 1 billion in expenses, to keep the big tar sands producer afloat. Maybe that dangerous refinery will never re-open. Then there’s this: pipeline companies are asking producers to cut back in oil production, because the tanks are getting full. In the midst of this, it’s pretty ironic that the Line 3 Project is intended to go forward. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency cancelled the public hearings on the project, and generously extended the time table for one week, expecting people to testify for a minute and a half, at three video Town Hall meetings in April. That project – if it goes ahead – will bring 4,300 workers to northern Minnesota, which in the midst of an oil price crash, a reduction in demand, and a pandemic, seems like a really bad idea for the state. The fact is that a virus brought to us by a bat is changing the world, or the world of the Wiindigo. We have some stories of the epic bat in Ojibwe history, and this is a new one. Maybe our descendants will call this “The time that the Bat killed the Black Snake.” COVID 19 has caused unprecedented social disruption and wreaked havoc in the markets. With the world coming apart at the seams, Helen Mountford, of the World Resources Institute, thinks investment in clean technology and infrastructure could help put it back together again. “We have a great opportunity now to transition more quickly. This is a

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Winona LaDuke. Photo by Keri Pickett moment when we can implement measures to help boost the economy, create jobs, and build climate resilience.” Forbes magazine (now including links to homemade face masks), notes, “… even in these dark early days, it’s possible to make out what could be a silver lining: The crisis points to the potential of a new normal that’s better for our climate future as investors reweigh their portfolios in light of current events. The virus has already given us a sneak peek into our dependencies on energy prices and the transition to a low-carbon future, a kind of stress test. The virtual freezing of air travel and shutdowns of factories has dramatically reduced air pollution in China and Italy, and will likely result in a significant drop in energy demand and, thus, carbon emissions, at least for a time. But perhaps there’s a more durable trend: Amid the wrenching market falls of recent days, which were also influenced by Saudi Arabia’s move to flood the world with cheap oil, we’ve seen that the renewable energy sector and other companies less reliant on fossil fuels have been relatively favored by investors.” In other words, move on. North Dakota and Minnesota governors have a chance to make a real transition for a more secure future. Tribal leaders have the same opportunity. Here’re some suggestions: Victory Gardens would be the way to go. In 1943, nearly 40% of all fruits and vegetables grown in the U.S. were grown in victory gardens. There were gardens

planted in backyards, empty lots, and schools grew gardens for their lunch programs. Even Eleanor Roosevelt took part by planting her own victory garden at the White House in 1943. Melania Trump could illustrate her gardening skills and garden wear. We can call them Resilience and Hope Gardens. Then look to decoupling our relationship to big oil and big energy. I know that North Dakota and Minnesota have long been wedded to that economy, but with massive layoffs in the Iron Range, and the potential for Enbridge to inundate our state with 4,200 mostly out-of-state workers coming into the north, we need a better plan. Think of it this way: Enbridge uses more energy to pump that sludge than any other consumer in Minnesota. That’s crazy. The main line uses the equivalent of two nuclear power plants worth of energy to move that dirty stuff. Now that seems like an ass backwards plan, Minnesota. There are more than l0,000 people laid off in the tar sands. Governor Walz can be more visionary than strapping us all to the next decades of vagaries in the fossil fuel market. It’s a shame that while wind and solar are two of the fastest-growing industries, most of that production is overseas; the parts come into the port at Duluth. It’s the same with medicines, textiles, equipment, you name it. Time to re-localize and re-industrialize in a way that makes sense. Now would be the time for a massive Green New Deal, sort of like an Enlightened Stimulus Package. We might call it the 8th Fire, or maybe the Sitting Bull Plan. Now is the time for our tribal leaders to be visionary, and courageous. The stimulus money can reboot the old economy, or we can move towards the next economy, the green one. How about better jobs? Like the ones which don’t require foreign oil, and the ones which build local economies and manufacturing. Now in the quiet time of quarantine is the time to make that dream and plant those seeds. Let them be organic and bee friendly. That’s my hope and plan. Winona LaDuke is executive director and co-founder of Honor the Earth, a Minnesota-based environmental justice organization led by indigenous women, dedicated to protecting First Nation homelands and resources, and empowering communities with energy independence through renewables.

Douglas County Mental Health CCR receives grant for changes Superior – Recognizing mental health as a top public health issue in Douglas County and acknowledging significant gaps in care and barriers to access, organizations throughout the community have come together to create a Coordinated Community Response (CCR) group to better understand individual agency work, to research crisis stabilization models, and to build hope and cooperation across systems. Toward this goal, North Country Independent Living has been granted $475,347 for the next three years to begin the process of urgent reform to community mental health crisis response. This Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin grant will allow the Douglas County CCR partner organizations to come together to explore current systems, evaluate effectiveness and implement change. Lynn Goerdt, UWS Social Work Professor and a key partner in the development of the proposal stated, “This grant can be a game changer for mental health in Douglas County, because it is intended to change our ability to respond locally to mental health crisis needs in a way that will be person centered and recovery focused. We should significantly increase our ability to assist people to prevent a mental health crisis from escalating to a point where they find themselves far from their community and support network.” In the next three years, partners will come together, working cross collaboratively, to develop priorities for change, to develop and implement a system for individualized crisis planning, and to put in place a HIPAA compliant method for data sharing. Additionally, the group will explore models for peerfocused community supports. If you or your organization would like to take part in this community-wide systems change work, contact North Country Independent Living Project Manager Tracy Henegar: tracy@northcountryil.org.

selected by 38 member college and university presidents in Campus Compact. This includes three honorees from The College of St. Scholastica: • Thomas Morgan, winner of the Civic Engagement Award. Morgan is a professor in St. Scholastica’s Global, Cultural and Language Studies department and directs St. Scholastica’s Alworth Center for the Study of Peace and Justice. For many years, the center’s annual speaker series has brought internationally known authors, artists, scientists and activists together with community members, students, faculty and staff, to discuss the most compelling issues in modern society. This year’s focus is criminal justice in the United States. • Andrew Bailey is the winner of the Student Leadership Award. He was a 2019 Phillips Scholar and is the College’s Student Government Association president. As a Phillips Scholar, Bailey created Bailey leadership development for rising 7th and 8th grade students by designing a training program – that empowered them to become leaders in their schools and communities. In his Student Government Association leadership role, he advocates tirelessly for students on topics such as equity, affordability and mental health. • CHUM, or Churches United in Ministry, is the winner of the Community Partner Award. Under the leadership of Executive Director Lee Stuart, CHUM serves 8,000 low-income, homeless, hungry or otherwise marginalized community Stuart members each year by providing emergency shelter, food and street outreach. St. Scholastica partners with CHUM by putting Catholic Social Teaching into action. Campus Ministry student leaders work as CHUM Delegates, organizing efforts through education, advocacy, and service. St. Scholastica President Barbara McDonald, Ed.D, said the awardees “represent the best and most dedicated civic and community engagement leaders and partners in our campus community. We are very proud of them!”

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St. Scholastica students, faculty, community partnership recognized for civic leadership Duluth – Students and faculty from The College of St. Scholastica, along with a Duluth advocacy organization for people who are homeless, have received awards from the Minnesota chapter of a national higher education organization promoting civic leadership. Campus Compact announced the winners of the 2020 Presidents’ Engaged Campus Morgan Awards. Nationally, this year’s awards include more than 100 honorees

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St. Scholastica student honored as Newman Civic Fellow Duluth – Chantell (Chanty) Armijo-Cruz, a student leader at The College of St. Scholastica, has been named a Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact, a national coalition of colleges and universities working to advance the public purposes of higher education. Armijo-Cruz is one of 290 students nationwide who make up the 2020-2021 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows. Armijo-Cruz, a junior at St. Scholastica, is double-

majoring in Social Work and Psychology. She is from Richfield, Minn. St. Scholastica President Barbara McDonald, Ed.D, nominated Armijo-Cruz. “I am honored to be chosen as a Newman Civic Fellow,” Armijo-Cruz said. “I would like to thank Chris Davila (director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion) and President McDonald for their support and dedication to Armijo-Cruz student success. This will enable me to develop my commitment to social justice through networking with other students around the country who are creating meaningful progress.” The Newman Civic Fellowship is a yearlong program for student leaders who demonstrate a commitment to finding solutions for challenges facing communities locally, nationally, and internationally. Newman Civic Fellows gain a variety of learning, training and networking opportunities that emphasize personal, professional, and civic growth, including being part of a national conference. The fellowship also provides fellows with pathways to apply for exclusive scholarship and postgraduate opportunities.

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: A Beacon of Hope for Many Duluth – Safe Haven Shelter and Resource Center, in observance of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW), April 19–25, is raising awareness and hopes to educate the community about the important resources and services available in Duluth and the surrounding area. This year’s theme – Seek Justice | Ensure Victims’ Rights | Inspire Hope – recognizes the individuals and groups whose advocacy inspires in victims and their loved ones a feeling of hope for progress, justice, and healing. Through a grant from the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), Safe Haven created ad signs for the sides of DTA buses for the month of April, aimed at spreading awareness of these important issues. They also are using social media to highlight each of Duluth’s crime victim service providers – one organization each day of this week. “We are constantly humbled by the strength and resilience of the survivors (and their children) we serve, and we want them to know they are not alone on their journey to safety and healing,” said Brittany Robb, Safe Haven executive director. “Together and with the support of the surrounding community, Safe Haven will continue to support survivors even during the current national health crisis.” The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) leads communities in the annual observance of NCVRW by promoting victims’ rights and honoring crime victims and those who advocate on their behalf. OVC and Safe Haven encourage participation in victim-related observances throughout the year. For additional information, contact Safe Haven at 218-728-6481 or visit Safe Haven’s website at safehavenshelter.org. For more general resources, visit OVC’s website at ovc.gov. April 23, 2020 25

1918 Minnesota Influenza epidemic “I had a little bird, its name was Enza. I opened the window, and In-FluEnza!” Children innocently sang this rhyme while playing and skipping rope during the 1918 influenza pandemic that caused an estimated fifty million deaths worldwide. 675,000 of these were in the United States; over 10,000 were in Minnesota. The influenza virus that caused the worldwide pandemic originated in Haskell County, Kansas, in early 1918. By March, 100 soldiers at Camp Funston, Kansas, now Fort Riley, became ill by with the flu. As the MN HISTORICAL soldiers were SOCIETY deployed to fight in World War I, they carried the virus with them and spread it rapidly worldwide. The first flu case in Minnesota was reported in Wells in the last week of September in a soldier who had returned home on leave (train travel was effective in spreading the virus). Additional cases were quickly reported in other areas of the state. It produced high death rates among children younger than five years old, adults sixty-five years and older, and, more unusual, people between twenty and forty years old. Signs of the disease appeared quickly, and a victim could be healthy in the morning and dying by late evening. Extreme and agonizing symptoms included cough, exhaustion, general body pain, chills, fever, congestion,

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An influenza awareness poster showing a Red Cross nurse with a gauze mask over her nose and mouth, 1918. Poster Collection, U.S. National Library of Medicine, Digital Collections and bleeding from body orifices. Victims could develop highly unusual, devastating lung damage resulting in pneumonia, cyanosis (blue skin), and quick death, or secondary bacterial pneumonia. The intensity and speed of the disease stunned doctors. The flu, also known as the grip or grippe, occurred in three waves in 1918: March to early summer; the fall; and winter extending into early 1919. The highest mortality occurred during the second wave, when returning troops brought the virus home. Although named the Spanish flu, it did not originate in Spain. Spain, however,

was the first country to report cases since its newspapers were not under war censorship. The hospital at Fort Snelling admitted its first case of influenza on September 27. Within ten days, 850 patients had been admitted, most with the flu. Two hundred of those developed pneumonia, with sixtyone deaths. Most of the patients were men under the age of twenty who had enrolled in the Students’ Army Training Corps (SATC) at the University of Minnesota. Close contact in classrooms and barracks was likely the cause of the explosive spread of the

infection. The epidemic peaked there around October 15. From November 5 through November 16, 1918, the Aitkin Base Hospital admitted 158 patients. Upon admission, 122 were diagnosed with influenza and twenty-seven with pneumonia. Seven people with the same last name from Andersonville, probably a family, were admitted on November 5—five with influenza and two with pneumonia. To reduce the spread of the flu, health officials directed Minnesotans to rest, use handkerchiefs, and go to bed and contact a doctor if symptoms arose. They discouraged standing in crowds, spitting on floors and sidewalks, and sharing drinking cups and towels. Government officials throughout the state closed public spaces in an attempt to prevent the spread of the flu. Schools, libraries, dance and pool halls, theaters, bowling alleys, churches, and lodge halls were shuttered. Public events such as parties, meetings, and funerals were banned. After children in Bemidji flooded a school playground on the Sunday after school was closed, the mayor authorized ten men to patrol the city to ensure the stay-at-home ban was respected. The epidemic affected multiple areas of community life. In St. Paul, operating elevators in buildings with less than seven stories was prohibited to reduce human contact. Streetcar drivers were directed to keep their windows open so that fresh air could circulate; the number of riders allowed was reduced. Retail businesses could not advertise sales and their hours were regulated. Postal carriers and the Boy Scouts delivered influenza information

Check out all there is to do online with Minnesota Historical Society While MNHS historic sites and museums remain closed, there are still many ways the public can engage with Minnesota history. MNHS has created a new webpage with resources for Minnesotans to do #HistoryatHome all in one convenient place. At mnhs.org/historyathome, you’ll find options such as: • Now is a good time to share stories and reflect on family history, then research it online. • Watch videos to discover the stories we share From musicians reflecting on their

memories of First Avenue (the club turned 50!) to artists discussing their work as part of MNHS’s Native American Artist-in-Residence Program, viewers will find a variety of engaging video content. • Become an expert on Minnesota Discover a wide range of Minnesota stories from diverse perspectives and time periods by exploring MNopedia, Minnesota History magazine and MNHS Press books. • Research the MNHS collections and archives

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Dive into Minnesota records, artifacts, digital newspapers, oral histories, art, photos and more that MNHS has collected since 1849. • Color our collections Find activity books, coloring pages and brain teasers created for Minnesota kids. •Take advantage of distance learning tools. Explore a variety of educational resources aimed at teachers and students, including free access to the Northern Lights Interactive Ebook. • Tune into MNHS Press author events. Join virtual author events on

the MNHS Facebook page, including weekly kids’ storytimes and book launches for Duluth: An Urban Biography by Tony Dierckins and A Woman’s War, Too: Women at Work During World War II by Virginia WrightPeterson. In addition, MNHS is working to document the impact of the COVID-19 health crisis on Minnesotans as it happens. The public can submit stories, images, videos and more to this form to potentially become a permanent part of the MNHS collection. ß

Automba—eighty with the flu and fifteen with pneumonia. A good portion of the area had also been severely damaged by the forest fires. In 1920, the Minnesota State Board of Health reported that there had been 257 influenza deaths in 1917 (before the new strain of the virus entered the state). That number jumped to 7,521 in 1918 and 2,579 in 1919. The majority of the deaths occurred from October 1918 through January 1919— October, 2105 deaths; November, 3,260; December, 2010; January, 1012. During that same period, Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth reported 1,103, 944, and 327 deaths, respectively. The number of deaths due to influenza dropped dramatically by the spring of 1919. In May 1919, the Office of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, reported that the Native American population in Minnesota was 5,792. From October 1, 1918, to March 31, 1919, there were 1,633 influenza cases in this hard-hit group. Eightyfive deaths resulted, with a fatality rate of five in 100. (The data were likely incomplete, and it is unknown whether the deaths of Native Americans were included in the state total.)

Since there was no effective vaccine or antibiotics to treat flu complications, people turned to home and commercial remedies. A Dr. Delmore in Roseau County advised eating squirrel soup. Gargling with disinfectant solutions and wearing gauze masks to prevent exposure to cough and sneeze droplets was common. Quarantine to prevent exposure was the primary means of managing the epidemic. In 1918, viruses were unknown, and the cause of influenza was incorrectly attributed to a bacterium known as Pfeiffer’s bacillus. It wasn’t until the 1930s that scientists proved that the flu is caused by viruses. Editor’s note: A pandemic is not equivalent to an epidemic. In an epidemic, a disease affects large numbers of people within a relatively local community, such as a city or county or state. In a pandemic, a disease affects people across a broader area, such as a nation or continent. Therefore, the sections of this article that refer to the worldwide influenza crisis of 1918 use the word pandemic; those that refer to the spread of influenza inside Minnesota, including the title, use the word epidemic.

“Use the handkerchief and do your bit to protect me!” poster drawn by Clifford Berryman, 1918. Poster Collection, U.S. National Library of Medicine, Digital Collections to homes, stores, and offices, but compliance with the regulations was variable. On the night before the public events ban went into effect in Minneapolis, people gathered in lines outside theaters despite the risk of disease exposure. While some protested the changes, monetary cost, and income loss while complying with the rules, others blatantly defied them. Minneapolis and St. Paul health officials were inconsistent in managing the epidemic in their cities. Dr. Henry Bracken, the secretary of the Minnesota State Board of Health during the epidemic, expressed frustration with the shortage of nurses and doctors to care for the sick. One-third of doctors were already supporting the war effort, and others were in northern Minnesota caring for forest fire victims. Others were sick themselves, had died from the flu, or feared exposure to the disease. Burial of the dead was complicated

by a shortage of coffins. Undertakers, grave diggers, pall bearers, and clergy were also ill and dying. The Warren Sheaf in Marshall County reported that influenza claimed the life of a couple who were married on October 23. The bride died on Thursday afternoon, October 31, and the groom died the following morning. They were buried in the same grave. The priest who married them died on November 2, ten days after the ceremony. On November 22, Captain F. L. Smith, medical director of the Northern Military District of the Home Guard, reported on his tour of the towns and hospitals in his area. He closed the schools in Kimberly and Aitkin. By then, the epidemic had ended in McGregor, but Brookston had thirty-three flu and ten pneumonia cases in the hospital, with sixty people being treated at home. Eight people were in the Floodwood hospital and 160 patients had been treated in

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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY Duluth Herald April 24, 1888 A NEW FIRM.

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John D. Grube, the pioneer butcher of Tower, was in town last night and his rotund Teutonic visage was vested with more than his usual benign smile. When the cause of this excess of Joviality was enquired into Mr. Grube explained that he was glad because he had associated himself in business with one of the rising young men of Duluth, and that he was upon the eve of starting for Kansas City to procure a large shipment of cattle for use at Tower. Mr. Will McQuade, the eldest son of Sheriff S. C. McQuade, will be John Grube’s partner in future, and the two young men, with the backing that they have at their command, will make a strong team. Mr. McQuade up to the present time has been connected with the Duluth Packing company, a concern that has done considerable business of late in Duluth and vicinity, and which is one that will probably extend its operations in the future.

Duluth Herald April 25, 1898 THE AIR SHIP AGAIN.

The air ship passed over Duluth about 8 o’clock Saturday night. It was going west at a rapid rate, at an apparent elevation of 2000 feet. The body of the ship itself was discernible in the twilight. It seemed about the size of a quart cup. Those who claim to have seen it are John Drannen, jailer at police headquarters; R. J. Gillon, police patrol wagon driver. Mr. Gillon says that his attention was called to it by a fireman at No. 2 hall, whose name he could not recall. He says that his son saw it, and Jailer Drannen says that his attention was called to it by his children. Mr. Gillon says that it carried a white light and Mr. Drannen says that the light was red. When first seen, it was over the bay. It travelled steadily and swiftly to the westward and was in sight about fifteen minutes. The light seemed to vary in intensity. All who saw it are certain that it was not a star.

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Duluth Herald April 26, 1920 VIRGINIA GAMBLERS ARRESTED BY POLICE

Virginia, Minn. (Special to the Herald) – Oscar Granroth, 106 Second avenue, charged with running a gambling house and Ainor Silrinen and Gust Lundstrom, charged with gambling, were arrested this morning in a raid by police. Granroth is out on bail of $100, and bail of the others is $25. All will appear this afternoon before Judge Bliss.

Duluth Herald April 24, 1909 FLOATER TAKEN FROM THE BAY The body of a man, believed to be Christ Fossom, from the papers in his pocket, was picked up from the bay near the Singer dock, on lower Lake avenue, yesterday afternoon. The remains were badly decomposed and the indications were that they had been in the water since late last fall. The features are so badly decomposed as to be unrecognizable, but the clothes are in good condition. A heavy coat, and cap and mittens were on the man’s body when it was found, indicating that it must have been late in the fall or during the winter that he came to his unfortunate end. A careful examination failed to disclose any marks of violence, and it is the belief of the authorities that the

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man came to his death accidentally. Several employment office tickets, the means of identification, were found in one pocket. The remains are now at Durkan & Crawford’s undertaking parlors, and an effort will be made to locate friends and relatives of the deceased.

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on?” You should scrub the item, wet it with disinfectant and then let it dry on its own. Don’t wipe the solution off. Q. I am 68 and live in a senior apartment community. I have a lot of arthritis, and until recently, I have been attending an in-house exercise class. Three days a week, a professional instructor led us in aerobics, balance and weight training. This has kept me alive. Sadly, the class is now canceled. I don’t know how I will manage my joint pain. Do you have any suggestions?

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Troy Andrew Volkenant Troy, the son of Larry and Nelly Volkenant, was born in Duluth at St. Luke’s Hospital on April 13, 1979, and passed away April 19, 2020. Troy attended Hermantown High School and was also home schooled. He had a variety of interests and hobbies. He loved to fish, hunt, trap and was very talented at word burning nature scenes. Troy enjoyed helping with raising domestic farm animals and doing his chores. Troy and his siblings also raised rabbits, hamsters, kittens and tropical fish. Troy’s mother taught him and his brothers and sisters to do crafts, cook, bake, make maple syrup, jellies, can fruits, vegetables and pickles. Troy was preceded in death by his grandparents, Kenneth and LuLu Steffen of Duluth, and Anthony and Evelen Volkenant of Hector, Minn.; his mother, Nelly; his brother and best friend, Darin; and his uncle, David Volkenant of Hutchinson, Minn. He is survived by his brothers Lance and Brent, sisters Cindy (and her husband Jeff Merrill) and Kristy Meidl; stepmother Kim and stepsisters Jackie Wells and Marsha Forrester; numerous uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces and cousins.

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Jan Provost June 1, 1933 April 6, 2020

Kristin Jean Baldwin (Medjo), age 33,

of Saint Paul, Minnesota, died on February 11, 2020, following a brief and aggressive battle with breast cancer. Kristin grew up in Duluth, attended Marshal High School and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in English. She loved learning and teaching, so she pursued a graduate degree in education. In 2002, she found a new calling, working full time with autistic children. In 2008, she transitioned to working in education, supporting students who had been marginalized in school. Kristin and her husband Brett met in 2003 and married in 2008. When their son Cooper was born in 2008, she devoted herself to raising him in the best environment possible. In her spare time, she explored her many interests, including tennis, writing fiction, politics, and disability advocacy. She is survived by husband (Brett) and son (Cooper) of Saint Paul, and by her parents Dennis and Sandra Medjo of Duluth, her aunt Susan Medjo of Washington DC and many cousins. The celebration of life to be held on May 3 at the Como Park Conservatory has been canceled and will be held at a later date.

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The members of the Northland Chapter of Grandmothers for Peace are grateful for the life of Jan Provost, our founder and leader. Jan died April 6, 2020. Jan was a woman of extraordinary gifts, the most memorable being her ability to establish connection with every person she encountered. She had a wide network of dear friends. She established our chapter in 1983. Her sister, Barbara Wiedner, founded Grandmothers for Peace International, working for the elimination of nuclear weapons. Barbara urged Jan to start a group in their hometown of Superior. Jan took up the banner with trepidation but quickly drew in many of her close friends, women from her church and eventually any likely activist she met in the Twin Ports. She was a magnificent recruiter for peace. With her leadership, our group has represented in marches and demonstrations from Clam Lake, Wis., (at the annual Mother’s Day calls for the closure of the nuclear “trigger” based there until the facility closed in 2004) to the School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Georgia, to Washington D.C. We have been a consistent presence at events here, from parades to vigils. Grandmothers for Peace has provided baked goods and monetary donations to local causes. We have tabled at gatherings and spoken at events. Our Peaceful Gift Drive has collected and distributed thousands of gifts locally for more than 30 years. A consummate volunteer and cheerleader, Jan led a life of service and joy. She called each of us to do our best while honoring our priorities and limits. “Family first,” she counseled. Her children and grandchildren were the treasures of her life. They shared her love with us generously. Jan made each of us feel cherished. She believed in the power of change. “Keep planting the seeds!” she urged “You don’t know where they will sprout!” Jan faced many health crises and challenges. She was undaunted. “I’ll be back (demonstrating) on that corner with you!” When the corona virus kept us all at home, she reassured “When this is over we will have a big picnic in my yard.” “You are doing the work!” she proclaimed. We share her faith in a better future through determination and caring.

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Quarantine club Business aid A message from the Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation President and CEO Holly Sampson: Our local nonprofit organizations, and the people they serve, are facing immense challenges in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Many serve our most vulnerable populations – those who struggle for food, clothing, shelter, and health care even in the best of times. Other nonprofit organizations, those who enrich our lives through the arts or by supporting our natural areas, for example, are struggling to operate since they so often rely on fundraisers or ticket sales, which can’t take place. In response, the Community Foundation has established four funds designed to swiftly and efficiently make grants to these crucial non-profits. • The COVID-19 Northeast Minnesota Response Fund will deploy resources

to nonprofit organizations in the seven counties of northeast Minnesota. • The COVID-19 Northwest Wisconsin Response Fund will make similar grants to nonprofits in Ashland, Bayfield and Douglas counties. • The Chequama-Care COVID-19 Response Fund will make similar grants to nonprofits in Ashland and Bayfield counties. • The COVID-19 Two Harbors Response Fund will make similar grants to nonprofits in the Two Harbors area. Congress has made charitable giving more attractive in 2020. The recently enacted CARES Act permits a charitable deduction of up to $300 (for cash contributions) for those who do not itemize deductions. For those who do itemize, the CARES Act does away with the 60% of adjusted gross income contribution limit and allows a 100% AGI limit for 2020. And those 70½ years of age may still make charitable

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contributions directly from their IRAs and thereby avoid income tax on those IRA distributions. (This is general information, not tax advice. Please consult your tax adviser.) Please go here to contribute online, or send a check (noting the fund you are giving to) to: Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation, 324 W. Superior St., Suite 700, Duluth, MN 55802.

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Round one of emergency child care funding totals $9.8 million to support family child care providers and centers serving children of essential workers More than 1,200 Minnesota child care providers will receive about $9.8 million to continue serving children of essential workers through the first round of emergency state funding announced Monday by the Minnesota Department of Human Services. A total of $30 million has been authorized by the state to assist child care providers. Selected applicants will receive an award on a month-to-month basis. Monthly grant awards start at $4,500, with up to $15,500 additional funding based on added services and capacity. Providers who meet eligibility criteria may apply for future rounds of grants through the Child Care Aware website at childcareawaremn.org/providers/ emergency-child-care-grants/.

Duluth Transit Authority All rides are free in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Please limit your bus travel to essential trips during this time. Reducing the number of passengers on each trip can help reduce the spread of illness. The last trips of the evening Monday through Saturday are just after 9 p.m., leaving downtown. The last trips of the evening on Sunday are just after 7 p.m. also from downtown. A shuttle runs 10:10 a.m. to 6:10 p.m. each day, including Sunday, departing Miller Hill Super One for Menards and Walmart at :10 and :30 past each hour. Go to duluthtransit.com or call 218722-7283.

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry has introduced a template for businesses to use in their efforts to create plans that adhere to health guidelines that would allow them to re-open The template for businesses is available at dli.mn.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ COVID_19_business_plan_template.pdf. Once a business has a plan developed, they should email them to DLICovidPlan@state.mn.us. More updates for workers and businesses are available at dli.mn.gov/updates.

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Finances If you need assistance finding food, paying housing bills or other essential services, dial the United Way Helpline at 211. (In Minnesota you may also dial 800-543-7709 and in Wisconsin 877-947-2211.) A specialist will help locate resources in your area. Food AEOA food shelves (St. Louis County): 800-662-5711 Damiano Center, 206 W. Fourth St., provides free bagged meals in the parking lot Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday for: Continental breakfast 8:30-9:30 a.m. Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dinner 5-6 p.m. (Fri., Sat., and Sun. only) Kids’ Kitchen, Second Avenue West entrance, serves boxed meals MondayThursday 3-6 p.m. Damianocenter.org Duluth Public Schools serve free carry-out lunch and breakfast for Duluth students age 18 and younger, 10:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays through May 4. Other meal hubs are served by school bus 10-11 a.m. For updates,

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You can help buy their lunches Duluth Sign is hosting a Facebook fundraiser called “Thank You Health Care Workers,” dedicated to raising money to provide free Burrito Union lunches and free “Thank You Health Care Workers” vinyl stickers from Duluth Sign, directly to local health care workers. The original goal of $1,000 was passed in the first week. The hope is to continue providing more free lunches and stickers for our hard-working health care workers. Every $5 donated provides one lunch and sticker. So far lunches and stickers have been given to the staff at Ecumen and Edgewood, and visits to other facilities are planned are gearing up to make another delivery! Here is the link to donate, also containing more information on this fundraiser: facebook.com/donate/316927002614930/166586314812703/

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Health care If you need health insurance visit mnsure.org or call 855-366-7873. In Wisconsin visit access.wi.gov or your county health and human services. (Douglas County 715-395-1304) Essentia Health: essentiahealth.org, 855-469-6532 Lake Superior Community Health Center, lschc.org Duluth: 218-722-1497 Superior: 715-392-1955 St. Luke’s: slhduluth.com, 218-249-5555 Wisconsin State Health Dept.: 608-258-0099

Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank (NE Minnesota and NW Wisconsin): 218-727-5653 Superior Public Schools has a mobile service that provides breakfast and lunch at various locations (Superior High School, SuperOne, WalMart, Park Place and more) weekdays 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For times and locations go to superior.k12.wi.us or call 715-394-8707. Union Gospel Mission, 219 E. First St., Duluth, serves curbside lunches Tuesday and Thursday 12-12:30 p.m. Dinners served Sunday through Friday

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Minnesota Responds Partnership that engages local, regional and statewide volunteer programs to strengthen public health, preparedness, response and recovery. Become a qualified volunteer by completing the online orientation. mnresponds.org Northlanders in need of help during Corona Crisis Facebook group to lend a hand to others in need from the Duluth/Superior area. Seniors Age Well Arrowhead delivers groceries to seniors and needs volunteers to make the deliveries. Students home from school also wanted to make check-in phone calls to seniors and make cards that can be delivered with the groceries. 218-623-7800. Douglas County Aging & Disability Resource Center: 715-395-1234. Senior Linkage Line (800-333-2433) is a free service for Minnesotans that can help adults 60 and older find answers questions and locate services. Twin Ports Mask Brigade Collecting donations of unused masks for doctors and nurses. twinportsmaskbrigade.com Unemployment Minnesotans looking for more information on Unemployment Insurance can find it at the Department of Employment and Economic Development website mn.gov/deed, and sign up at uimn.org or call 651-296-6141. Information about Wisconsin Un-

employment may be found at dwd. wisconsin.gov or call 608-266-3131. Veterans Any veteran who has been financially hurt by COVID-19 can apply for a special needs grant through their local County Veteran Service Office. Duluth: 218-725-5285 Ely: 218-365-8203 Hibbing: 218-262-6090 Virginia: 218-749-7110 Vikre Distillery Vikre Distillery, 525 S Lake Ave. in Canal Park, is giving away free organic hand sanitizer 12-5 p.m. weekdays. Bring your own 16 oz. container, one per person. For larger requests, email info@Vikre.com. Check their Facebook page for updates or call 218-481-7401. A GoFundMe page has been set up to take donations. (Go to gofundme.com and search for Vikre Distillery.) Sutherland CBD & Dr. Juice USA Sutherland CBD and Dr. Juice USA, both on Tower Avenue in Superior, are now offering handmade hand sanitizer. And hundreds of bottles of their product are going to first responders in need. “In these difficult times everybody’s got to do their part to stop the spread of this thing, to stay safe,” said Jacob Tout, CEO of Dr. Juice USA. While they are selling the four-ounce bottles at cost (about $3) all sales go back into production so any financial or ingredient donations are welcome. You can call, or order online for pickup. Contact Dr. Juice at 715-718-0912 and Sutherland CBD at 715-718-8050. Arts Arrowhead Regional Arts Council resources for artists to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic: aracouncil.org/ covid19-resources Indy Music Livestream Concert Clearinghouse: Facebook page to connect independent musicians with audiences in search of livestream concerts. Livestream Cover Challenge: Facebook page in which musicians challenge fellow musicians to learn and stream cover songs. Quarentunes: Facebook page for live music shows during the quarantine. Virtual Duluth: A place to post all the upcoming virtual events happening by talented community members. To submit entries to this list, please email info@readerduluth.com. April 23, 2020 33

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A more perfect nugget FLASH IN THE PAN by

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It’s rare to find an omnivore who doesn’t appreciate chicken. America’s most popular meat is poised to oust pork as the world’s favorite animal protein. When that preference is combined with the the fact that human beings also love our foods breaded and crispy, we can begin to understand why chicken nuggets have become so wildly popular. Even vegetarians and vegans love chicken nuggets, which explains the recent explosion of fake chicken nuggets onto the food scene. Chicken behemoth Tyson Foods is now selling Raised & Rooted chicken-free nuggets, while several startups, including NUGGS, Daring Foods and Rebellyous Foods, each has its own crispy breaded chickenesque product. KFC, meanwhile, is tweaking its Beyond Fried Chicken nuggets from Beyond Meat. Industrial chicken processors love chicken nuggets, too, as they offer a way to use parts of the animal that we don’t normally associate with food. A study published in the American Journal of Medicine tested chicken nuggets from two American fast food chains and found neither contained more than 50% chicken meat, while a Singapore study found the nuggets there can contain as little as 15% meat. These quasi-meatless nuggets also contain nerve tissue, bones and lots of fat, and are augmented by soy proteins that are similar to some the ingredients in plant-based nuggets. Because it’s gross to think about the true identity of a chicken nugget, many

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people simply avoid doing so. They taste good, especially when dipped in some tangy, spicy or creamy sauce, so we eat them. But there are signs that the ability to overlook what is in an industrial chicken might be waning. Chicken nugget sales have been falling in recent years, and nobody is quite sure why. Perhaps chicken lovers, as well as meat eaters, are growing wary of mystery meat. Without the mouthfeel to back it up, maybe tasting like chicken isn’t enough. For some, anyway. The first time I served homemade chicken nuggets to my kids, they informed me that my crispy little creations were not, in fact, chicken McNuggets. “I didn’t say they were chicken McNuggets,” I explained. “Just chicken nuggets.” They remained unimpressed. In fairness, my first stab at chicken nugget making was a flop. They were potato-shaped, bland in the middle and on the verge of falling apart. But there was no way that I was going to be outdone by Ronald McDonald. So I decided to try to come up with a homemade version that could hold its own against a Happy Meal, without abandoning my principles. It turns out that making chicken nuggets without bones, cartilage, fat or nerve tissue is not impossible. I read several recipes online and made a few more attempts. Things finally came together when I had the thought — so obvious in hindsight — to add mayo to the mix. The flavor improved and the

nuggets held together. My kids agreed. My nuggets taste like real chicken, and they have the texture of chicken. Because they are, in fact, chicken. A More Perfect Nugget Makes 2 servings • 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast (or chicken tenders) • 2 tablespoons mayo • 1 teaspoon salt • 1 cup flour • 2 eggs • 1 cup breadcrumbs • ¼ cup grated parmesan • 1 teaspoon paprika • 1 teaspoon dried thyme • 1 teaspoon dried oregano • 1 tablespoon olive oil Mince the chicken as finely as possible, and mix with it with the mayo and salt. Set up a three-bowl dipping setup, as if making fried fish. In the first bowl: plain flour. In the second: the eggs, beaten. In the third bowl combine the bread crumbs, parmesan and seasonings. Use your hands to shape the chicken

mixture into nuggets. One by one, pass each nugget through all three stations. First, roll it through the flour so the egg will stick. Then roll it through the egg so the breadcrumbs will stick. When all of the nuggets have been coated, preheat the oven to 450, add the olive oil to a baking sheet and spread evenly to coat. Place the nuggets on the sheet, spaced so that no two nuggets are touching. Bake for 12 minutes and then flip them. When turned, the undersides that now face up should be nicely browned. Bake 12-15 minutes on the other side, depending on how brown the bottoms got after the first 12 minutes. When browned on all sides, remove the nuggets from the oven and allow them to cool. This step is very important, because some people cannot control themselves around a plate of hot, golden chicken nuggets. Serve with your favorite condiment.

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CHARLYN FARGO

Creators Syndicate In these unprecedented times, many of us are turning to our kitchens – both for food and for the soothing ritual of baking and cooking. I know I take great comfort in making bread now more than ever; it makes me feel grounded in the present, and it makes me feel strong and empowered to be able to feed my family and myself. I make my pizza crust from scratch, too. It literally takes minutes in a food processor or a KitchenAid mixer. Last week, I made banana muffins with my turning-brown bananas, slid a few into a Ziploc bag and took a few to the neighbors (keeping my social distance, of course). It was a way to share – and to check on my neighbors. Community, care and comfort are things we can all lean into right now, and baking is a wonderful way to embrace all of these. Food has always been a source of sharing and caring for me, learned from my late mother and plenty of 4-H food projects along the way. As a dietitian, I believe food can be a journey to health. We all have a little extra time as we shelter at home. Use that time to nourish yourself and your family with more fruits and vegetables, whole grains (make those banana muffins and homemade pizza crust with half wholewheat flour). And consider a stir-fry or a Buddha bowl to get more vegetables in your meals. In addition, don’t forget to hydrate and exercise daily. I’m sending my thoughts and

inspiration for ways to stay well-fed, safe and healthy. Q and A Q: How can I get more iron in my diet? A: Red meat and other animal proteins such as poultry, eggs, fish and shellfish are the best sources of dietary iron because they contain a readily absorbed form of iron called heme iron. Liver and giblets are also high in heme iron. The other source of dietary iron, called nonheme iron, is found in plant foods such as legumes, grains, nuts, seeds, greens and fortified foods such as breakfast cereals and enriched bread products. Nonheme isn’t absorbed as efficiently as heme iron. Pairing plant sources of iron like beans, lentils, tofu, whole grains and greens with a source of vitamin C like citrus, strawberries or peppers enhances nonheme iron absorption. Recommended iron intake for males ages 19 and older and females ages 50 and older is 8 milligrams per day. For females ages 19 to 50, the recommended intake is higher, at 18 milligrams per day. RECIPE Stir-fries are a great way to boost your intake of vegetables. This one is from the Tufts University Health Letter. ORANGE-SESAME CHICKEN STIR-FRY WITH BROCCOLI AND PEPPERS

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1/2 cup orange juice 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons lowsodium soy sauce 1 teaspoon sesame oil 1/2 teaspoon honey 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce, or to taste 8 ounces boneless skinless chicken breast halves or chicken tenders, trimmed and cut into thin slices 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch 3 teaspoons vegetable oil, divided 1 1/2 cup frozen (not thawed) pepper stir-fry vegetables (onions and bell peppers) 1 tablespoon ginger, minced or finely grated 2 teaspoons garlic, minced 2 cups frozen (not thawed) broccoli florets 1/4 cup water 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds Combine orange juice, soy sauce, sesame oil, honey and hot pepper sauce. Place chicken in medium bowl or shallow glass dish. Add 2 tablespoons of the orange juice mixture; toss to coat. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator 10 to 15 minutes. Meanwhile, add cornstarch to remaining orange juice mixture; mix with a fork, or whisk until

smooth. Heat 2 teaspoons vegetable oil in a large skillet or stir-fry pan over medium-high heat until hot. Drain the chicken, and add to the pan; stirfry until lightly browned and cooked through, about 4 minutes. Transfer to a plate. Add remaining 1 teaspoon vegetable oil to skillet. Add pepper stirfry vegetables, ginger and garlic; stir-fry until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add broccoli, and stir for a few seconds. Add the one-fourth cup water. Cover and cook until broccoli is heated through and tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Push vegetables to side of pan. Stir reserved marinade to redistribute cornstarch; add to pan. Cook, stirring sauce in center, until sauce boils and thickens, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir vegetables toward center of skillet, and add reserved chicken. Cook, stirring, until heated through, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Serves 2 (1 cup each). Serve over brown rice, if desired. Per serving: 350 calories; 30 grams protein; 20 grams carbohydrates; 15 grams fat (2.5 grams saturated); 3 grams fiber; 12 grams total sugars (1 gram added); 570 milligrams sodium. Charlyn Fargo is a registered dietitian at Hy-Vee in Springfield, Illinois, and the media representative for the Illinois Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. For comments or questions, contact her at charfarg@aol.com or follow her on Twitter @NutritionRD. To find out more about Charlyn Fargo and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at creators.com

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Button up your Canadian Tuxedo Sick of quarantine, social distancing and bored with my own tedious company, I felt in need of some happy liquid, something light and refreshing to free me from the depressing reality of the pandemic and its subsequent paranoia. A trip to the neighborhood liquor dispenser was in order, and there I found two bright ideas just waiting for me to come to their rescue. First I must make a quick digression. In another time and at another place, I frequented a small distillery that made a delicious winter craft cocktail that they called a Canadian Tuxedo because one of the ingredients was maple syrup and Canada produces 71 percent of the world’s maple syrup. But I was unfamiliar with the term Canadian Tuxedo. I had to ask someone what it meant and was told that it refers to a suit of denim. Well, that’s a good one, as they say, but I wanted to know more. How did a denim suit come to be known as a Canadian Tuxedo? We can thank Bing Crosby for that.

As the story goes, while on a Canadian hunting trip in 1951 Der Bingle attempted to rent a room at a glitzy Vancouver hotel while clad in denim jeans. He was refused a room until the management realized just who it was they were so stridently attempting to keep out of their hotel. When denim-make Levi Strauss heard that a hotel tried to give Bing the bum’s rush for wearing denim, they created a denim suit and presented it to the beloved singer, and the Canadian Tuxedo was born. And that leads me to the first beverage, Wilderness Tuxedo, a raspberry sour ale from Bent Paddle Brewing of Duluth. The can appears to be made out of a raspberryby colored flannel shirt (the wilderness tuxedo of the title). This is an American take on the traditional sour beer known as Berliner Weisse and infused with delicious raspberries. Light and tart, this tasty 4.4 percent ale is just what the doctor ordered. Bent Paddle has a whole series of

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Bing Crosby models the Canadian Tuxedo, specially designed for him by denim-maker Levi Strauss. Wilderness Tuxedo beers with a variety of flavors that include passion fruit (known as lillikoi in Hawaii), mango and guava and a combo of berry flavors

(rasp, blue, black and boysen), as well as an imperial with pineapple and blackberry. I look forward to trying them all. BP also does a Wilderness Tuxedo with cucumber and lime, but my other purchase was Chill Vibes, a sour ale brewed with cucumber essence, from Boulevard Brewing of Kansas City, Mo. Now I know both of these are considered summery beers and I was drinking them in the early days of spring (even though it still looked and felt like winter outside), but, dammit, this is just what I needed. The cucumber in Chill Vibes is undeniable, so you really have to be a cuke fan to like this beer. And I am. If you usually take cucumbers in your salad, try drinking this alongside and I feel it will meet your daily cuke requirements. Again, this is a sour wheat ale, also on the low alcohol side at 4.5 percent. That’s actually high for a traditional Berliner Weisse, which weigh in at about 3 percent. Cheers to sours and the inventive minds that pair them with unusual taste sensations!

Readers write in (including a Reader reader) From time to time, I receive mail with broad wine questions of interest to all readers. I received two this week. Tom Bowman writes: “I enjoy your by column in the Epoch Times and was hoping that you could give my wife and I your recommendation. We are more inclined to favor white wines and usually the sweeter ones like muscat cannelli and moscato. Do you have any recommendations for us?”

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At one time, slightly sweet wines were the norm, rather than the exception, and quite popular throughout the U.S. Italy’s Riunite Lambrusco, a sweet red wine from the Emilia-Romagna region of central Italy, once sold more than 10 million cases annually in the United States and still claims to be the best-selling Italian wine of all time in the U.S. Though Riunite’s numbers have dwindled, now hovering around a few million cases sold in the U.S. per year, the category for medium-sweet whites and reds remains strong. A few of those wines I enjoy, particularly with fruit tarts, cakes and cookies, include the slightly effervescent rose Rosa Regale, a Brachetto d’Acqui from the Piedmont region of Italy. The 2018 Rosa Regale ($20) took a gold medal at the Winemaker Challenge International Wine Competition in January. The Eberle 2019 Muscat Canelli ($22) was another big winner at the Winemaker Challenge with a gold medal and a score of 90 points. Refreshing, fruity and only slightly sweet, this is one of the finest examples of muscat canelli in America. Douglas Folsom writes: “I know you must be busy and I do not expect an answer but I am overwhelmed with the selection of wine. I am fairly new to wine and I read your articles in the Duluth Reader [Editor’s note: Thanks for reading, Douglas!] I find your articles interesting and informative but of all the wine I have bought, rarely do I find a brand in your articles that I

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recognize.” It is very true that there are literally thousands of wine brands in the United States. Keeping track of all of them is impossible. I try to focus on brands that are either well distributed nationally or from the more popular wine regions that attract hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, giving them tremendous exposure to a national audience. But even those wines can be difficult to source in smaller cities and towns across the United States. A simple internet search could very well expand your options and the selection of wines available at your fingertips. Wine.com is a reliable company based in San Francisco that sells wine over the internet. The selection is broad and even includes many hard-to-find wines I seldom see, even in my home city of San Diego, California. Wine-searcher.com provides another sort of service I find useful. Plug in a wine’s name and vintage and retail outlets around the nation that sell the wine you are looking for pop up. You will also find that many of those retail outlets offer free shipping on some orders.

excellent palate length and a spicy finish. Rating: 93. Wente 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon, Wetmore Vineyard, Livermore Valley ($35): The Livermore Valley east of the San Francisco Bay area seldom gets the attention it deserves, which serves to keep a lid on prices. That makes it an exceptional resource for wine lovers more interested in value than cachet. Wente’s Wetmore Vineyard Cabernet from the 2017 vintage is a value gem, delivering layers of ripe black fruit aroma with supple tannins, a touch of wood spice and impressive length. Rating: 92.

Morgan 2018 Syrah, G17, Santa Lucia Highlands ($25): The G17 refers to a highway in Monterey County that connects many of the top vineyards, but the most important reference on the label is Morgan, the longtime Monterey producer known essentially for stylish reds and whites that are crowd-pleasers but don’t cost a fortune. This modestly priced syrah is another beauty from Morgan, showing notes of blueberry and blackberry with smooth tannins and a spice note on the finish. Rating: 90. Follow Robert on Twitter at @wineguru. To find out more about Robert Whitley and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at creators.com. Email Robert at whitleyonwine@yahoo.com.

Tasting Notes Wines are rated on a 100-point scale. Wines are chosen for review because they represent outstanding quality or value, and the scores are simply a measure of this reviewer’s enthusiasm for the recommended wine. Drusian Prosecco, Valdobbiadene Superiore Cartizze ($27): The Cartizze cru is probably the most coveted patch of land in Valdobbiadene. The wines from Cartizze are the epitome of elegance and finesse in the prosecco world, and this nonvintage Drusian is a beautiful example. The mousse is fine and persistent, gentle on the palate but with exceptional length. Aromas of pear and citrus are refined, subtle and intertwined, a beautiful example of a Cartizze cru prosecco at its absolute finest. Rating: 94. Dutton Goldfield 2017 ‘Deviate’ Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast ($72): Winemaker Dan Goldfield strikes again with this beauty from the cool Sonoma Coast. Sourced from the Jentoft and Putnam vineyards, the 2017 Deviate is a densely colored pinot that shows luscious aromas of cherry and raspberry, April 23, 2020 39

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EMILY STONE At left, aspen trees have pale white, gray or greenish bark on their twigs and upper branches. Right, hemlock needles are short, with a tiny stem and two prominent white stripes on the underside. Photos by Emily Stone. Some folks lump all trees in the genus Populus into one category that they call “popple.” This group includes bigtooth aspen, quaking aspen, balsam poplar and cottonwood. Popple trees can be hard to tell apart, and they all have seeds that float through the air on fluffy “cotton.” Look up! The tall trees behind the marker are bigtooth aspen. Their spade-shaped leaves have large “teeth” on the margins. The leaves of quaking aspens are smaller, with finer teeth. Their long, flat stems tremble in the slightest breeze. As you walk the trail, watch for them quaking or shimmering in the wind. Both bigtooth and quaking aspen have pale bark on their twigs, upper branches, and young trunks. Old aspen trees will have brown, furrowed bark on their lower trunks. In contrast, birch trees have dark brown or purple twigs, but they have pale bark on their branches and trunks. Beavers eat the inner bark, twigs, and leaves of aspen trees. Deer, moose, and elk browse on the leaves and twigs. Ruffed grouse feed on the buds and the flower catkins. Many summer songbirds feed on insects found in the tree’s canopy. How many more aspen trees can you spot along the trail? They are especially visible surrounding the parking lot at the trailhead. Common Conifers At this stop you’ll find three common evergreen trees: balsam fir, eastern hemlock and black spruce. Each of

Left, balsam fir needs are “flat and friendly.” They feel relatively soft if you grab a twig. these trees has short needles that attach individually along the twigs. They look very similar, until you know the tricks to identification. First, the polite thing to do when meeting a new species is to shake their hand. Seriously! If you grasp a twig of spruce needles, they will poke your palm. If you grasp fir or hemlock, their needles feel softer. Next, pick off an individual needle. Can you roll it between your fingers? Spruce needles are square in cross section, so they will roll. Fir and hemlock are flat, and they resist rolling. Finally, turn over the needles. Firs and hemlocks both have pale stripes on the underside of their needles. Hemlock needles are shorter that fir needles, and also have a tiny stem at one end. You can also look at the bark. Spruce

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trees have scaly bark for their whole lives. Hemlock trees have flaky bark that turns to thick ridges as they age. Fir trees of all ages have relatively smooth bark interrupted by resin blisters. Here are two sayings to help you remember: “Spruce are spinny and spiney.” “Firs are flat and friendly, with racing stripes like a fir-rari!” Northern Red Oak Towering above you is a northern red oak. It is the most common type of oak in the Northwoods. This tree is known for its acorns and shiny leaves with pointed lobes. White oak and bur oak leaves have rounded lobes. Red oak bark has flat, parallel ridges that kind of look like ski tracks. Acorns are an important food source for chipmunks, squirrels, mice, deer,

black bears, ruffed grouse, turkeys, and blue jays. Native Americans soak acorns in several changes of cold water to remove the bitter tasting tannin, and then grind them into flour. Oaks don’t produce a good crop of acorns every year, though. As mast trees, oaks save up their energy for three to five years before producing thousands of acorns all at once. All the trees in an area will mast in the same year, and with so many acorns available at once, the critters cannot possibly eat them all. Some, at least, will survive to grow a new tree. How do the trees know when to mast? Some scientists theorize that the networks of mycorrhizal fungi that connect a forest by the roots may help the trees share resources and information so that they can all produce acorns in the same year. All flourishing is mutual. I hope you can get outside soon and enjoy some of the trees in your own backyard. Emily’s second book, Natural Connections: Dreaming of an Elfin Skimmer, is available to purchase at cablemuseum.org/books and at your local independent bookstore, too. For more than 50 years, the Cable Natural History Museum has served to connect you to the Northwoods. The museum is currently closed due to the COVID-19 virus, but we’re still building our new exhibit and bringing you educational content. Connect with us on Facebook and Instagram.

Plant of the Month: Wild Black Currant The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources 2020 April Plant of the Month is the wild black currant (Ribes americanum), a member of the gooseberry family. Common throughout Minnesota, wild black currants grow in a variety of soil types but prefer moist or wet conditions. Their habitats include stream banks, swamps, wet meadows, lakeshores and woodland ledges. This common Minnesota shrub is a source of food and cover for many animals, including Minnesota’s state bee, the federally endangered rusty patched bumblebee. Identification Wild black currants have multiple ascending, arching or tailing stems three to six feet long. They are smooth,

but new growth is hairy and older growth may be ridged or winged. Leaves are alternate (attached singly to the stem), palmately lobed and sharply toothed, growing three to four inches long and wide. Small yellow resin glands dot both leaf surfaces but are more numerous below. Petioles (leaf stalks) are hairy. Cream to yellow-green flowers bloom

from early May into June in a drooping cluster of six to 15. Fruits are smooth, up to a half-inch long, and blue-black when ripe in July or August. Planting Recommendations Choose a moist or wet location in full or partial sun. Plant bare root seedlings in spring, and potted shrubs from spring through early summer.

Space the plants five to six feet apart to improve air circulation and reduce risk of fungal diseases. Fruiting begins when the plants are three years old. Arching stems may root at their tips, eventually forming thickets. Wild black currants can be aggressive in disturbed area with little competition. In diverse native communities, they occur as scattered individuals and in small colonies. Currants and related gooseberries are intermediate hosts of white pine blister rust. This fungal disease rarely kills Ribes species, but it is deadly to white pine and other five-needled pines. Many of the disease-resistant currants available at nurseries are cultivars of European black currants (Ribes nigrum) and red currants (Ribes rubrum). Native currants are preferred for greater pollinator benefit, but they are uncommon commercially. For a list of native plant suppliers, visit dnr.state. mn.us/gardens/nativeplants/suppliers.

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Perunovich ranks at the top of Hibbing, UMD stars The Scott Perunovich Era of UMD absence of playoff games and NCAA hockey has ended, gloriously, with tournament action. the Bulldogs winning two straight “I’m excited about it, going to the NCAA championships and in perfect next level, although I haven’t talked position to win a third this virusabout it too much with anyone from hampered season. Perunovich won the the Blues, so I’m not sure what they NCHC scoring title, and climaxed his want me to do when the league starts third straight All-America up again,” Perunovich season by winning the said. 2020 Hobey Baker Award His three years have as the nation’s best college flashed by, but in each hockey player. of the three Perunovich by Perunovich overcame the has made a tremendous frustration of a season that impact on UMD’s team wasn’t allowed to end by and seasons. He left signing an NHL contract Hibbing High School after with the St. Louis Blues. his junior year and played That means at age 21, the for Cedar Rapids in the 5-foot-7 flash passes up U.S. Hockey League for a his senior year of college season before coming to eligibility and leaves on the table a UMD, where things happened fast. possible fourth straight All-America The Bulldogs had gone to the NCAA season, the possibility of a second final in 2016, losing to Denver, and straight Hobey – plus the possibility of the rebuilding was expected to be an unprecedented fourth consecutive huge, with no less than five freshmen NCAA championship. – Perunovich, Dylan Samberg, Mikey With no games to get aroused for, Anderson, Louie Roehl and Matt hockey observers have been busy Anderson – joined sophomore Nick concocting virtual games and arguing Wolff as the top six on defense. over various all-time teams. So the Amazingly, UMD won the NCAA question arises of where this UMD tournament, and Perunovich led the team in general, and Perunovich in team in scoring. particular, fit into the school’s scenario. The next year, the Bulldogs won it Not that Perunovich has had time to again, although it was less of a surprise, think of such vagaries. with those five freshmen defensemen “I’ve been up at our cabin ever since not only having proven themselves, school closed, doing a lot of yard work but as solid veterans. Perunovich was and stuff to stay in shape,” Perunovich hampered by a back injury to end the said last week. “There’s been a lot of season, although he came back and action, but it’s all been good.” played – carefully – but earned his The transition from college star to a second All-America honor. future in the National Hockey League “I was at about 65 or 70 percent, and has been sudden but swift in the that’s why I came back this season,”

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Scott Perunovich is also up for NCHC Player of the Year. Photo credit: John Gibert

UMD’s Scott Perunovich turned on the jets to escape from his zone against North Dakota, just one part of his Hobey Baker skills. Photo credit: John Gilbert. he said. “I wanted to finish my college career at full strength and give it my best effort.” He did that, with 6 goals, 34 assists for 40 points as the leading scorer on UMD’s team and also in the entire NCHC. For his three seasons, Perunovich has 20-85—105 for his 115 college games. “For sure, I’d rather set guys up than shoot, because it’s always more satisfying to me,” he said. “But I’ve been working on trying to shoot more.” Along the way, several other Bulldogs took advantage of pro offers and left school, including Mikey Anderson a year ago, and Samberg this

season, along with Perunovich. Wolff, who had finished his eligibility, also signed, with the Boston Bruins. That leaves only Matt Anderson among those five fantastic freshmen coming back for his senior year, which should be another major rebuilding project for coach Scott Sandelin. “It will be a big opportunity for Mattie,” said Sandelin. “He’s filled a role for three years, but he’s been a little overshadowed, and he could have a breakout year as a senior. We need a new goaltender and a lot of new defensemen, and there’ll be some good competition, for a change. Even when those five came in as freshmen, we knew they would be solid, and that

they can do things a lot of players can’t do. “Scott has always had that great ability to make plays and ignite our offense, and we’ll all be watching him as a pro. I don’t like to single him, or anyone, out from this group, because everybody has contributed so much and given us such great leadership. Those guys played a lot of hockey for us.” Perunovich and Wolff became partners on D, and both had a mischievous streak that didn’t escape Sandelin’s notice. “They were both jokesters,” Sandelin said. The question of where Perunovich fits in among the elite players to ever come out of Hibbing is interesting, because Sandelin himself was a top defenseman who went from Hibbing to North Dakota and then to the pros, and he was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award in 1986. In the list of the top Bluejackets, Gary Gambucci, Mike Polich, Bob Collyard and Joe Micheletti might be the consensus top four, but if so, Perunovich stickhandles his way right in among them. “And maybe he’s the best ever,” said Gambucci, who was an All-America at Minnesota and played in the NHL. By signing a pro contract, Perunovich will also be judged anew, as to where he fits into the UMD elite list, where he became the sixth player named Hobey Baker. He followed Tom Kurvers, Bill Watson, Chris Marinucci, Junior Lessard, and Jack Connolly. No other college team has had more than five. Kurvers, who led UMD to the 1984 NCAA final four, was named Hobey Baker at that Lake Placid tournament, the day before the Bulldogs lost a 3-overtime heartbreaker to Bowling Green. Watson won in 1985, a day after UMD had lost a 3-overtime heartbreaker to RPI in Detroit. Now an assistant general manager with the Wild, Kurvers scouts the colleges for prospects and has maintained a close perspective on UMD’s teams. “Scott controls play,” said Kurvers. “He has puck skill and puck poise, and his ability emerged his freshman year and has only improved by the end of his junior year. Not many guys have the ability to calm a game down or to speed it up. “And I assume he does that in intrasquad games and in the biggest games of the year as well. He’s not big, but he has strong legs. It’s not important to be tall and it allows him to play lower to the ice. The game has changed a lot in the last 15 years, and

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he has the ability to keep the puck in a great place, and the strength to be elusive. “We’ll talk about him in a few years. He’ll have to shoot more in the National Hockey League, because he can’t keep beating guys at that level, but he has sure hands and is sure of his decisions, and he can bring calm out of the chaos.” UMD’s rich history on defense include the likes of Kurvers, Maciver, Curt Giles, Dave Langevin, Jimmy Johnson, Keith Hendrickson and

a dozen others. Where does Scott Perunovich fit in? As a three-time All-America, three time team scoring champion, league scoring champ, Hobey Baker winner, and a player who has never lost an NCAA tournament game, he ranks high. “I was always proud of being from a school that had so many Hobey Baker winners, but guys would say we never won a championship,” Kurvers said. “What Scott Sandelin has done is turn UMD into a team that has won three

championships, and is recognized as the best program in the country. And it is still turning out Hobey Baker winners.”

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Sands wristwatch recalls Hockenheim race If you need to know the time, just Laguna Seca, and others. ask. You’ve probably never heard It was captivating, with the riders of of Roland Sands, either, but he was the top factory bikes running through a motorcycle road-racer, and even the 10 turns, and the riders who won the AMA 250cc. Grand Prix competed were heroes of the highest championship back in 1998. He also sports magnitude, even though they designed motorcycle parts and used seemed to be doing it out of sheer his artistic touch to make racing bikes passion. The road of those Ducatis is better, even after he found it more impeded in my memory forevermore. lucrative, and safer, than riding. Along about 1989, the University Before we get on with that story, let’s of Minnesota hockey team was consider that we don’t know when embarking on a trip to Europe to play this crazy coronavirus and its stifling in a series of regional tournaments effect on sports and everything else we in Germany and Switzerland. I was enjoy will last, but it gives me added covering the Gophers at the time, appreciation for all the notebooks I’ve and since my wife, Joan, and I had hoarded. There are no limits to the never been to Europe, it seemed reminiscences I can summon up to like the perfect opportunity. I had replace a good springtime ballgame or vacation time coming, and I was hockey playoff. sure the Minneapolis One, of course, is to Tribune would pick up the reiterate that I have expenses. Silly me. written a book, Miracle in The more I arranged Lake Placid, by SkyHorse for the trip, the more by Publishing in New York, attractions we discovered. which has one more I had gotten to be close week to run as Amazon’s friend with a fellow who promotion of the month. was public relations You can get the e-book chief for Porsche, and version via Amazon.com he set me up with some for $2.99 through April. memorable sessions inside That is a real, live Porsche’s tech center example of the benefits of saving my when driver Tee Fabi was trying to notes over the years. Forty of them, to get a Porsche powered car up to speed be precise. at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. My notes encompass hockey at all My friend said that, since I also was levels since the 1960s, and also auto writing about cars, that if I ever went racing, and automotives of all sorts, to Germany, to call him and he would plus other sports in that time, such as a arrange for me to get a Porsche to drive few Twins games that can lead to great while there. stories. For another time, perhaps. We timed it to get to Germany for One roundabout tale is that while the first Gopher hockey tournament, my current run of test-drives of the then we’d have time to tour a little, newest autos has stalled a bit, I am now and get back for another exhibition road-testing a new wristwatch, and game, then we could drive north to it means I’ve got a lot of time on my Frankfurt, where we had credentials for hands, and on my wrist. press days at the legendary Frankfurt It starts out with my love of auto Auto Show. After that, we could head racing, of all sorts actually, but Indy south, for Lugano, Switzerland, up into cars, road racing, drag-racing, you and over the Alps, and down to Milan, name it. After several years of that, which was only a short hop from the 3-mile road-racing track first Monza, where we had credentials for called Donnybrooke Speedway near the Italian Grand Prix. That left time Brainerd contracted to hold a series to return through the Alps to the small of motorcycle road races. And over town in Switzerland where the Gophers several years, Donnybrooke – named had one last tournament. by owner George Montgomery in When I called my friend, however, memory of Donny Skogmo and Brooke he said the only time he couldn’t get Kinnard – worked out a deal to hold me a Porsche was when all the cars the U.S. event on the World Superbike would be at the Frankfurt show. We Championship tour. Like Formula 1, were wiped out, but I happened to the top motorcycles offered only one have a contact from Audi, and the Audi race per country, so it was a big deal official jumped at the opportunity to for Donnybrooke to get the race, over get an Audi Coupe quattro for me to the likes of Watkins Glen, Elkhart Lake, test drive. All he asked in exchange

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Roland Sands Signature Series ICON wristwatch, above, shows classic race style. At right, a 30-year-old souvenir t-shirt from a rainy day stop at Hockenheim in Germany. Photo credits: John Gilbert was that we tour the Audi factory at Ingolstadt, Germany, on our way to the auto show. We flew to Zurich, took the train to Munich, then were picked up and whisked to Ingolstadt. We walked the assembly line and interviewed a couple of executives, then were presented with a new Audi 80 Coupe quattro, and sent on our way. It was the greatest and most eventfilled two weeks imaginable. We stayed one night in a small motel in Nurburg, home of the legendary Nurburgring race track. After attending the totally captivating Frankfurt Auto Show, we drove south on the autobahn, cruising at about 120 mph and feeling totally safe. It started to rain very hard as we came by a sign for Hockenheim Ring, another racing track. We pulled in, and incredibly, it was the weekend of the German World Superbike Race. I wrangled a couple of press credentials, and we walked into the pits, rain-soaked, but found a couple of riders who recognized me from Brainerd. The Alps, and Ayrton Senna dominating before a last-lap mechanical failure knocked him and his McLaren-Honda out of action at the Italian Grand Prix, were highlights. Driving back into Switzerland, we took the high road, literally, so we could stay overnight at Davos, where Herb Brooks had coached in 1981, after the Olympic feat. The hotel operator was thrilled that a friend of Herbie’s came to visit. At the end of the trip, we returned

the Audi to a predetermined site at the Zurich airport, climbed aboard a big jet, and were whisked home. Thirty years later, I was contacted by a public relations woman who regaled me with the design work of Roland Sands to make the ICON Signature Series watch to celebrate his history as a motorcycle racer and designer of parts and accessories. She said they had a small number of samples for journalistic reviews. I described my history of covering motorcycle races “from Brainerd to Hockenheim,” and the next thing I knew, a package arrived with my “test drive” inside. The watch has a simple, classic look, and the leather band has raised ridges that are remindful of the leather racing jackets Sands has designed. The watch is straightforward and simple. But I’ve only tested it a few days, and it will take much more to give it the total scrutiny it deserves. If you’re interested, check it out at timeconcepts.net and you’ll find it in assorted colors of face and band, for $225. I’m still trying to find out if Roland Sands ever raced at Brainerd, but if he did, I’ll bet he was on time.

Part 1: The 2020 Stanley Cup has been won by... MOUNT ROYAL… What if life as we Getting to a final standings was arrived at knew it had never changed because of a using a simple points per game average global pandemic? played out to 82 games. When decimal What if there had been no work, school points appeared, I used simple rounding or basic disruptions of life due to a viral rules, going up or down as needed. In the epidemic? event of a tie, I used the normal league What if the world of sports had continued tiebreakers. forth as we would normally be I didn’t use a hard and enjoying it at this time of year? fast formula in determining The Men’s NCAA D1 Frozen series winners. That was a Four would be kicking off as combination of data, stats, you read this edition of the head-to-head history, home/ Worldwide Duluth Reader. away performance, team W-L by Major League baseball would trends for the season, L10 be underway for the regular records, goaltenders, coaches, season. abdominal gastric reckoning Tonight, as I write, there and more. would have been a Men’s Final If I was trying to achieve Four Champion crowned. The one solid formulaic method for Women’s Champion would doing this, I’d probably still have been determined last night. The NBA be experiencing mental contortions. Those would still be in full swing. And my beloved do exist though. There aren’t many of them, NHL… would be on the doorstep to the and of the ones I’ve examined, few, if any Stanley Cup tourney. of them ever call a tournament, or choose a The regular season would have concluded winner correctly. I may as well tell you now this Saturday past, and fans the world over that the MN Wild didn’t get in. They got 91 would be crafting their brackets and making points in the exercise and didn’t make it. plans to be at the games or hosting some Let’s get to it… watch parties at their homes. In the WEST, Central division; C1) COL, As of today the NHL is still on hold as C2) STL, C3) DAL. In the Pacific; P1) VGK, are all other sports, amateur or professional. P2) EDM, P3) VAN. Wild Card WC1) NSH, And as much talk as there has been regarding WC2) WIN. In the EAST, Atlantic division; the resumption of play and when that might A1) BOS, A2) TAM, A3) TOR. In the Metro; occur, we appear to be nowhere near a return M1) WAS, M2) PHI, M3) PIT. Wild Card to normalcy yet. And there are no signs as to WC1) CAR WC2) NYI. This results in the when we might be. So, I wait and hold out following brackets; hope. A1 Bos vs. WC2 NYI. As far as sports go, sure I miss them, A2 TBL vs. A3 TOR especially my usual heavy intake of hockey. M1 WAS vs. WC1 CAR But honestly, I’m more concerned with the M2 PHI vs. M3 PIT human race right now and how we might C1 COL vs. WC2 WIN be when we emerge from this event at some C2 STL vs. C3 DAL point. I’m more concerned with how our P1 VGK vs. WC1 NSH country will look when this deadly situation P2 EDM vs. P3 VAN eases up upon us. I’m worried every day In the Eastern series 1, based on head-toabout my grandkids and kids, family and head, goaltending and the NYI late season friends. It is an unsettling matter… struggles, I’ll take BOS. In series 2, TOR has When it does return, and it will, I believe the better head to head record this year, but that I will probably appreciate hockey more when it becomes crunch time I’ll take TBL’s than I ever have, and all sports for that coaching, defense and Andrei Vasilevskiy’s matter. They have been a huge part of my play in goal over TOR. In series 3, I like life. WAS’s overall game, goaltending and So, I thought the other day, what if the experience level to carry them over CAR, NHL season had never been disrupted? What but neither team was playing well at the time would a Cup tournament look like for this of the schedule interruption, and CAR had year? both goalies on IR. I started examining as much data as I In the 4th series, I am anything but a PHI possibly could and came up with a final fan and PIT’s excellence during the Crosbystandings for the purpose of determining Malkin era has earned my respect. But in a playoff structure and went from there. spite of a couple of trade maneuvers, PIT’s

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overall game hasn’t elevated. Flyers 1st season veteran coach Alain Vignault has the Flyers playing peak puck and they prevail. In the Western series 1, COL and WIN stood even in their season matchups, I’d have to give WIN an edge in goal and in team play, but even with their ‘X’ factor in Coach Paul Maurice, I don’t think they can stop COL. In the 2nd series STL has owned DAL (4-0-0-1 this yr) since beating them in double OT in last year’s tourney. I can’t come up with a reason for them not continuing forth with that. In series 3 the VGK will face NSH. While the Pred’s have been one of the hotter 2nd half clubs, the VGK have been hotter. The VGK roll. And in series 4, EDM has some of the best talent and special teams on earth, but give up almost as many goals as they score. Goalie Jacob Markstrom wins this series for VAN. In Round 2, in the East, the TBL hold an advantage over BOS in head to head play this year (3-1) and I feel if they are on their game goalie Vasilevskiy finishes the job. I

can’t explain why, but PHI has owned WAS this season. (3-1) I have visions of the Flyers young goalie Hart falling at some point, but not here, plus give me Vignault over Rierdon behind the benches. For the West, COL and STL were even in their season series. I’d like to think that the Blues pedigree brings them to another Conference Final, but if the Av’s machine is going full blast, I think it will be COL here. The VGK and VAN had only played twice thus far this season, (1-1) but this has the makings of a great matchup. If VAN struggles to score and Marc Andre’ is “on” this series will be the end of the road for VAN this year. So, am I “off my rocker” at this point or are these some prognostications that could happen? I think there is some merit here. There absolutely IS parity in the NHL, and if last season’s tourney proved anything it’s that fans had best be prepared for the unlikely. NEXT TIME: The Conference Finals and the Stanley Cup Final! 1093

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Annals of Isolation In Melbourne, Australia, “a bit of boredom in isolation” led 27-yearold astrophysicist Daniel Reardon to experiment on March 26 with an idea to stop people from touching their faces – a necklace and accompanying bracelet of magnets that would sound an alarm whenever someone reached up, The Guardian reported. When that didn’t work, Reardon started playing with the powerful neodymium magnets, clipping them to his earlobes and nostrils, and that’s where things went wrong. Two magnets inside his nostrils became stuck together, and he couldn’t separate them. Reardon tried using pliers, but they became magnetized: “Every time I brought the pliers close to my nose, my entire nose would shift toward the pliers and then the pliers would stick to the magnet,” he said. Finally, his partner “took me to the hospital that she works in because she wanted all her colleagues to laugh at me,” and doctors applied an anesthetic spray, then manually removed the magnets. “Needless to say, I am not going to play with the magnets anymore,” Reardon said. [The Guardian, 3/30/2020] Donuts Delite in Rochester, New York, has found a special way to pay tribute to immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci. Since March 23, the shop has been printing Dr. Fauci’s image on thin, edible paper, then applying it to the buttercream frosting on its doughnuts. Nick Semeraro, franchisee of the shop, told the Democrat & Chronicle: “He’s on TV giving us the facts; you’ve got to respect that. ... People are buying them like crazy. We’re making more right now.” The doc doughnuts go for $20 per dozen, curbside pickup and delivery available. [Democrat & Chronicle, 3/30/2020] A survey commissioned by Mentimeter, an interactive presentation company, found that 12% of people

working from home turn their computer’s camera off during a video meeting because they’re wearing few or no clothes, United Press International reported on March 26. Along with that, Walmart Executive Vice President Dan Bartlett told The Washington Post, “we’re seeing increased sales in tops, but not bottoms,” a phenomenon presumably driven by video conferencing workers who do leave their cameras on. [United Press International, 3/26/2020; Washington Post, 3/28/2020] App developers Daniel Ahmadizadeh and Christopher Smeder have good news for those in the dating pool during this time of social distancing and staying at home. Quarantine Together is a text-based app they launched on March 15 that asks users once a day whether they’ve washed their hands, and if they say yes, they’re introduced to another user. Nivi Jayasekar of San Francisco told CNN she was eager to give it a shot: “It was a hilarious idea. I feel like it’s an opportunity to form a deeper connection with someone before meeting them,” she said. Ahmadizadeh reports that sign-ups have been growing by 50% every day. [CNN, 3/29/2020] Doggone It! Alberto Tito Alejandro, 51, was arrested following a high-speed chase after Washington state troopers received multiple calls on March 29 about a car hitting two other vehicles south of Seattle and then racing away at speeds up to 100 mph, AFP reported. Trooper Heather Axtman said when officers got close to the 1996 Buick, they were shocked to see a dog sitting in the driver’s seat. Alejandro was steering and pushing the gas pedal from the passenger seat. “When we took him into custody,” Axtman said, “he admitted to our troopers that he was teaching his dog to drive. ... I’ve heard a lot of excuses ... but I’ve never had an excuse that the dog was

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All In MedFet UK, a small company that supplies people who indulge in medical fetishes, donated its entire inventory (“just a few sets”) of disposable medical scrubs to Britain’s National Health Service on March 27 after being contacted by desperate procurement officers, Metro News reported. “When we, a tiny company set up to serve a small section of the kink community, find ourselves being sought out as a lastresort supplier to our National Health Service in a time of crisis, something is seriously wrong,” the company posted on Twitter. It also took the opportunity to provide a PSA: “Whether getting ready for some kinky fun or guarding against a virus outbreak, the single most effective method of infection control is scrupulous hand hygiene.” [Metro News, 3/28/2020] Discovery Friends Callum Gow, Josh Grossman and Carson Schiefner in British Columbia, Canada, all in their early 20s, decided a hike away from more heavily traveled trails near Alouette Lake would be a good way to maintain social distance on March 20. There have long been rumors of a stash of gold hidden in the area, but the treasure they discovered was completely different: a secret camp, including supplies, that hadn’t been touched for almost 30 years. “It was almost like one of those time capsules that you run into,” Schiefner told the CBC. The hikers found sealed boxes, a radio, a Coleman stove, first aid supplies, a knife, tobacco and, apropos to current day, a big roll of toilet paper. A log book revealed the camp had been used from 1986 until 1991, and through social media, the hikers managed to find some of the original campers, including Rick Senft. He explained that a group of friends calling themselves the B.C. Weirdness Federation set up the camp, but “life

gets in the way” and they gathered there less and less. “They’re probably some of the best years I had,” he reminisced. [CBC, 3/29/2020] Desperate Measures After three days quarantined in his house in Mexico, Antonio Munoz got a yen for Cheetos. With the neighborhood store just feet away, but out of reach for a nonessential trip outside, Munoz enlisted the help of his chihuahua, Chokis. Munoz attached a note and $20 to Chokis’ collar and sent the dog across the street. Sure enough, Chokis returned with the Cheetos, and Munoz told Metro News on March 25 he has repeated the trip two other times, bringing back different flavors of potato chips. [Metro News, 3/25/2020] Government in Action Business Insider reported the U.S. Navy installed new toilet and sewage systems on two of its aircraft carriers – the Nimitz-class USS George H.W. Bush and the newer USS Gerald R. Ford – but found they “reportedly cannot withstand demand without having problems.” Frequent clogs require the Navy to “acid flush” the sewage systems “on a regular basis,” each flush costing $400,000, a Government Accountability Office review indicated. The carriers house a crew of more than 4,000 people. [Business Insider, 3/24/2020] Can’t Win A tractor-trailer crash and subsequent fire near Dallas on April 1 lay waste to an entire load of a hot commodity in these bizarre times: toilet paper. The Associated Press reported the driver was unharmed, but the TP “burned extensively” and spilled over the interstate, which had to be closed to traffic. The truck was hauling the large rolls typically used in business restrooms. [Associated Press, 4/1/2020] Send your weird news items with subject line WEIRD NEWS to WeirdNewsTips@ amuniversal.com.

An open letter to John Prine By William Tecku Dear John Prine, I’ve been meaning to write to say thank you for writing moving tunes that told the truth.But tonight, as I search for my “forever” stamps by the light of Mortality’s lamp, your obituary breaking news makes the full moon sing the blues. Don’t know why I never get to all the things I mean to do like writing this letter to you. You get snail and e-mail inside the Pearly Gates? In heaven as you drink your vodka & ginger ale and puff away on what you told us would be “a cigarette nine miles long” know how I always did appreciate that never for royalties or accolades did you early or late put pen to paper or play guitar until your fingers ached to write songs that made me laugh, that

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made my heart break. On the bright side of tonight’s dark side of the moon, at least you didn’t die young, didn’t die alone, didn’t come home from the army like “Sam Stone,” didn’t miss years like you sang Jesus did, didn’t have to write Abigail Van Buren like in “Dear Abby” you did. At least at the age of 25 your soul was old enough to write “Angel from Montgomery.” At least your better angels kept you from flying as high as Icarus when your words and music flew you from obscurity to celebrity. At least you knew the love of a loving wife and family. At least during your 50-year career your songwriting peers,

Kristofferson, Goodman and Dylan, to name a few, applauded like your fans and were in awe of you. At least like Twain, Hemingway and Edna St. Vincent Millay you lived up life and wrote it down, at least, until the Corona blues sang your body to a higher ground. You sing me to your mom’s hauledaway home in “Paradise.” You strum me to surreal shores in “Lake Marie.” You get me daydreaming about throwing away my TV when I hear you sing “Spanish Pipedream.” Free falling at the speed of light I fell for someone’s happiness listening to your “Speed of the Sound of Loneliness.” As a man of

letters you are rare. Your songs are letters written spare. Your 183 words speak like a million in “Hello in There.” Good night, John. Take your final bow. Thanks to you we get by better somehow. A Pink Lady moon shines for you to infinity. As readers reread your biography what they remember best is your legacy: With great care you shared your humanity. Sincerely yours, a fan . . . one of many.

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Pete Thelen’s got his blues working and he just wanted to let you know Baileys Harbor resident Pete Thelen comes out swinging on his latest – and what he says is his last – CD release with the equally upbeat and ominuous title Best for Last. Sounding like Door County’s version of smooth bluesman Bobby “Blue” Bland, Thelen kicks off this 12 song CD with “You Make It Easy,” where he and colleagues in the band make it sound easy to be a totally laid-back, inthe-groove hepcat, laying it down like the late, great previously mentioned soulful Mr. Bland. (On a sidenote, what an ironic name for someone so nonBland! If our names fit our jobs, Mr. Bland’s last name Equally chunky and stinging guitar would be Soulafire, or something like work is delivered by KK Martin. that - ditto my friend, Mr. Thelen.) Thelen’s lyrics include the classic, Saxist Bennie Hughes lays down make-me-smile-every time reference to a grindhouse solo, and, with an “Jody,” the guy who steals everyone’s uncredited trumpeter, nicely girl while they’re far away fighting punctuates “You Make It Easy” foreign wars or just off at work at the throughout. Ford plant. It’s one of those spooky Now, with a project he says will be blues songs, and Pete seems to have his last full-length recording, you’d think Pete would be hogging the whole a predilection for that sort of song because there are several of thing. He’d have good them here. reason to, but as anyone Number Four, too, is a who knows Pete, that’s guest artist - Rena Haus not they way he rolls. is the vocal star of “PartPete’s heart is too big and Time Love.” Playing off her generous to be like that. by melodically is pianist Mike He shares the space on Shellans. this disc with musical pals Pete returns on the fifth he’s made along the way. song, a duo between him Six of the 12 tracks feature and his old pal Mike King others, beginning with on the unlikeliest of blues track 2, featuring Annie instruments, the accordion. Dekom seductively and powerfully But it works beautifully. The song is delivering Pete’s “Some Kind of Sign,” called “Get’n Down to Business,” and which also includes blistering slide they do. Oh, that bass you hear, that’s guitar from Charlie Prazma. also Mike King earning double pay on That’s followed by Lester Chambers his accordion. delivering a a beautiful take on Pete’s My favorite song on the CD might mournful “Wind Up from Mexico.”

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be Number 6, the trippy “Voodoo King.” It starts off with a military drumbeat provided by John Hoffman IV, then a psychedelic guitar (Charlie Prazma again) interjects as Pete sings about the Voodoo King, sounding like he’s singing in a dark New Orleans alley, with his voice eerily echoing, reverberating off the walls and the thick, low-hanging clouds you know are there. It’s scarifying. Track seven features the strong vocals of Linda Moss, singing stingingly about “Storm A Brewin’.” Again, Charlie Prazma’s stinging guitar is front and center. He’s also playing bass on this track. That guy has a lot of hands! Next, Pete duels with the tenor sax of Jim Massoth in the song called “Lost & Found.” Track 9, “Move On,” sounded instantly familiar, but I wasn’t sure why until I saw the droning instrument featured is pat macdonald’s cigar box, played by pat himself, and

all the other sound coming from the aforementioned Hans Christian, who owns the Sturgeon Bay studio where Pete recorded three of the songs on this record. Track 10, “Spider Lake,” is another one of Pete’s spooky blues songs, but this one is taken straight into cinematic stereoscope, with Hans Christian providing the musical atmosphere with a gifted producer’s knowing touch. More blistering slide guitar provided this time by John Reuter is featured on the next song, a loping blues called “New Pain.” Pete closes with the beautiful “Thoughts Passing Thru,” with Hans Christian’s cello work giving sweet gravitas to this parting shot. The rock ‘n’ roll wizard is going to make everything OK. Nice one, Pete! You can buy a copy of Best for Last at pete-thelen.com.

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These days, it’s not easy being Social Animals

Band has to cancel tour while about to issue major label album “But I can feel bad things coming When I have good things going.” That could be the true story of Duluth’s own Social Animals, who while recently in Norway as part of their Europe/U.K tour, get the call – the tour is over. Get home immediately. Ditto the big national tour with Beach Slang, all as a kickoff to this summer’s major label album release and all the subsequent hoopla of touring and such with that. Yes, that, too, has been delayed. But even more interesting is that those lyrics at the top are from a song, “Bad Things,” on the new Social Animals EP that drops with radio on May 1. Besides featuring what could be the theme song of the band, the three-song by EP rocks with the precision of a wellhoned band working with a great singer/ songwriter (note the fantastic vocal gymnastics in “Bad Things”). “Seems to have an unintended comment on the current situation,” Dedric Clark said in a recent telephone interview. “I’ve been hearing that a lot. People have been saying it’s really timely. Unfortunately. I didn’t plan for that. “It’s classic Social Animal. We’ve always made the joke that, somewhere we crashed and have been living in purgatory. Something really good will happen and then a major pandemic happens and takes away our first major European tour. We work so hard and feel like we’re finally making it, and they say, you have to get on a plane and go back home. “But,” Clark continued in a way that sounded amazing from someone obviously on the verge of being discovered by the rest of the world, “things could be worse. We could be sick. Our families could be sick. So it’s not that bad. We’re not going to stop now. I don’t

think we can at this point. I don’t think we know how to do anything else at this point. We’re not discouraged. We’ve just gotten really tough skin from bad things happening. I think that’s what separates bands that keep going and those that don’t. You The Social Animals, from left, Boyd Smith, have to really believe in it or be really Roger Whittet, bass; Tony Peterson, guitar. bored.” The band was on its Scandinavia leg are ready to go back and do it. Are they of the Europe/UK tour when the corogoing to be looking forward to getting navirus tide turned for the worse. back out there and having fun or are “We were in Norway when things they going to be too scared?” got really bad,” he said. “We didn’t get Of course on everyone’s mind is the to do the UK side. We had a lot of stuff delay of the major label release, and set up there and the shows were going when it will be released. to be much bigger there. But it became “It was going to be this summer,” pretty obvious everything was go- Clark said. “Right now it’s really hard ing to shut down. It was shutting to tell. The goal behind it with us being down while we were touring.” on tour for our first major record and That was to be followed by an the first time Rise and BMG are behind American tour at some prestige it, the plan was to get us on a bigger clubs around the country, ending tour right away. It’s tough to say. on Earth Day at the Union Club “We’re really proud of this album in Washington, D.C. and I’m really excited for it to come “We’d been to a lot of those out,” he continued, adding that there spots and I was really looking will be vinyl. “We’re working on a couforward to seeing those rooms ple things to put some extras on it, but again,” he said. I don’t know where it’s at at this point. Clark said it’s hard to know what’s Despite the social distancing, the Soahead for the band with everything cial Animals remain social. delayed, but he has faith in what he “Everybody’s good.” he said. “We and his bandmates are doing. “Right now, I don’t know what the situation is going to be for us on,” he said. “I know there are talks of rescheduling the UK tour. We’re in the process of talking to a couple tours that are planned for the fall that we’re really, really excited about. But right now nothing has been moved and hopefully things are cooled off and people feel safe enough to come out to shows. We’re wondering how soon people

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drums; Dedric Clark, vocals, guitar; keep in touch constantly. We’re so used to playing. All we do is tour. We’re trying to do as much as we can separately. It’s weird, being on the verge of a release with a major label, and then having to completely rework the whole process. But we’re working with it and the label has been amazing. They’re constantly trying to get things moving.” Until this thing ends, you can catch up with the Social Animals on YouTube every Saturday at 6 pm, with social media voting for favorite songs. “We’re going to be doing YouTube livestreams, I will be anyway, “ he said. “That will be how we keep in touch with listeners at this point because that’s the only way we can. We’ll do that and try to make it as live as possible from my apartment. And at least have a conversation with people since everyone’s so isolated “

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Local musicians keeping busy, making music While venues are closed, local bands have a tour promoting them, One Less are getting creative with how to reach Guest felt like putting their album out their fans, who are staying home due now will make a positive difference for to COVID-19. Most venues closed some of their fans. March 16, but before that shows slowly “We just felt it was time to put began canceling in concern of large something out. It’s been a couple years group activities. Many in the making putting this bands have been active on together when you think social media, reaching out about it, and people need to entertain their fans who some positivity right now,” are staying safe at home. said Muska. Their album The rock-and-soul release show is scheduled by band One Less Guest for May 2 at Thirsty Pagan kept busy preparing for Brewing, if bars and the release of their first restaurants are open again album, Monochrome, that by then. released April 20. They did Norshore Summit has a live-steam March 20 that been working on their was viewed over 6,000 times music individually, learning some new “We’ve also been working on a instruments, and doing a “distance batch of new songs via the internet recording project.” by sending and editing audio files and “What we’re doing here is building have been doing zoom meetings once one of our songs, “Oceanside” from a week,” said guitarist Nick Muska. the floor up,” said guitarist John Iver “Luckily, we all have small home Ostlund. “Sequentially, notating the workstations with mics and cameras drum part into a MIDI file, recording set up.” the guitar and bass parts, recording While some bands have been putting lead vocals, backup vocals, and violin. off releasing albums until they can It kind of passes the baton when

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Feeding Leroy Held a Facebook Livestream at White Winter Winery April 9 one part is finished to the next. Each recorded part is sent back and then we will mix it all together and release it.” Feeding Leroy singer and guitarist Sonja Martin said they were supposed to be in Texas at a music festival during the time. “We are missing all of our people and gatherings big time,” she said. “We partook in a full day zoom gathering with our festival friends that were supposed to be in Texas this last week. It was super cool, folks took turn playing songs while everyone listened. It was a reminder of the spirit of the festival and how much we support and love one another.” Singer-songwriters have the social-

distancing advantage and are keeping busy doing livestreams from home. Severio Mancieri was frequent face at Sir Ben’s and Wussow’s. He traveled back to his hometown in Iowa when the shutdowns began in March. There, he said he’s been hiking, writing new songs, and hosting live streams. “I’ve been quarantining down here in Iowa. All the shows are cancelled, obviously. I’ve been doing some live stream shows from home and at local breweries down here in Iowa.” Mancieri added that the time off has given him ample time to perfect his craft.

‘The City We Became’ turns New York’s boroughs into multiracial avatars Every city has a beating heart – New York has six, in three-time Hugo Award winner N.K. Jemisin’s stunning opening to her new trilogy, The City We Became. Once a city reaches maturity, it gets a soul. “Its slums grow teeth; its art centers, claws. Ordinary things within it, traffic and construction and stuff like that, start to have a rhythm like a heartbeat, if you record their sounds and play them back fast. The city ... quickens.” But something goes wrong during the birth of New York City, and its avatar, a homeless black teenager with an artistic flair for tagging, is injured. Being the Chosen One isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. “I’m still hungry and tired all the time, scared all the time, never safe. What good does it do to be valuable, if nobody values you?” he thinks. Representatives of the five boroughs have to find a way to reach him ... and form Voltron (as I joked to eye-rolling colleagues, who apparently were not

child nerds during the 1980s). Actually, they need to get to him before the Woman in White, an alien intelligence who infects others via Lovecraftian tentacles, does. Manhattan, call him Manny, is a college student with a violent past he can’t quite recall – “smart, charming, well dressed, by and cold enough to strangle you in an alley if we had alleys,” as Brooklyn, a former rapper turned city councilwoman, puts it. Queens is a South Asian math genius. Staten Island, the lone white avatar, has a racist cop as a father. (Manny spends way less time panicking about his memory loss than I would have, but Jemisin has so many clever touches, such as the avatar of Manhattan being able to use money and credit cards as talismans. Libraries, of course, are sanctuaries.) Before reading The City We Became,

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the novel’s setup reminded me of Ben Aaronovitch’s highly enjoyable fantasymystery series, Rivers of London. But Jemisin is doing something entirely original here. Early on there’s a scene that could serve as a litmus test for readers: Manny, having commandeered an old Checker cab, heads to FDR Drive, the scene of an infestation – and a traffic jam. Using an umbrella borrowed from a reluctant commuter, he jumps on the roof of the cab, preparing to joust with evil. Jemisin doesn’t waste time on explanations or pleasantries. Her story is an unapologetically ferocious parable of modern race relations. She expects readers to keep up. If you know that H.P. Lovecraft, a Hitler supporter, had some very ugly ideas about race, those wriggling tendrils take on an added creepiness. She also expects you to know that when white people call the cops on

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people of color trying to enjoy a park in real life, they don’t have the excuse of an alien intelligence having taken over their mind. In interviews, Jemisin, who saw each book of her Broken Earth trilogy win a Hugo Award, is pretty forthright about the racism she experienced as a science fiction writer of color. Accepting that third award, she said, “This is the year in which I get to smile at all of those naysayers: every single mediocre, insecure wannabe who fixes their mouth to suggest that I do not belong on this stage, that people like me cannot possibly have earned such an honor, and that when they win it’s ‘meritocracy,’ but when we win it’s ‘identity politics.’” The great Octavia Butler (Kindred) once asked rhetorically during a TV interview: “Do I want to say something central about race? Aside from, ‘Hey, we’re here’?” With her career, Jemisin has added an emphatic, “Deal with it.”

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Searching Mate on the Range SWF; 5’ 5”; NS/ND Outddors, walks, movies, cuddling, traveling etc. (ask) ISO compassionate, lovable guy w/ humor. please be NS; interested in LTR; honest, will answer. (58463:01/28) A special friend for coffee, etc. WWWF, 65, 5’6”, chubby. Likes: Crafts, bowling, fishing & so much more. Limited due to knee braces, but willing to try new things. (58535:01/16) Looking for my one and only SWF, 51, heavyset, looking for someone to spend the rest of my life with. Hope you are the one for me. (58525:10/24) Grand Rapids or surrounding area ISO my life partner that rides a Harley or India 0 n. I’m a DWF, 67, 5’6”, average weight, NS/ND, long black/ chrome hair, brown eyes. Three things are important to me, God, family, riding motorcycles. Live on hobby farm. Like being outdoors. Let’s have coffee. I’ll buy! Exchange photos. (58519:10/10) Seeking Partner Looking for a life partner. I’m a WF, 64, divorced a long time. I’m ready to retire and go down a new road with a kind, adventurous soulmate. I love God, cuddling, fun, the outdoors, travel, sharing and caring. (58512:7/25) Looking for a nice guy Hey! Let’s have some fun things together-outdoors, or just watch TV/movies. Mid 60’s height/weight average. Ok if later LTR. (58508:7/16) Where are you now? Two Dobermans. The Ore House. Orange Crush. Pie and coffee. Rocky Raccoon. West Duluth apt. couch. (58494:5/2) Looking for a best friend DWF, 49, brown hair, hazel eyes, ISO quality honest, loyal, financially stable WDSM for fun, summer events, concerts, fishing, camping, snuggling in the winter, watching movies, love motorcycle rides, great sense of humor, tattooed & pierces, may lead to LTR. (58490:4/11) Biker who enjoys life DWF, 52, ISO WM, someone

who knows how to treat a lady. Love the outdoors. Honesty & loyalty a must. (58486:4/11) Looking for you WWF, 76, walking converstation, fishing, dancing, facebbok account. 5’6” brown hair & eyes. (58471:08/17) Warm & Spiritually Minded Individualist, NS/ND 58 country soul, artist, fisher, nature hiker, gardner, baker, active, trim, in good health, seeking skilled male counterpart for companionship, eventual marriage. (58469:08/16) SMART & SASSY SFP, 31, 5’5”, 140 lbs, brunette. Loves nature, sunshine, coffee, gardening, cooking & target shooting. Seeks potential LTR between ages 32-40. Must have integrity (58433:06/11) Spoil me and I will spoil you! Attractive blonde SWF - 71, 5’8” wanting travel. laughter, love & more. I love to fish both deep sea & lake. Looking for intelligent, kind loving man. (58432:05/31) Companionship LTR Uses walker 68 yrs young. Chubby & busty. Enjoys christian activities NS ND Books, travel, movies, cards & games, dining out, RV camping. Kind & honest w/sense of humor (58430:05/31) Country Girl Looking 5’7” medium build 66 yr young country gal NS ND loves to travel & be appreciated (58429:05/31) Home on the Range SWF, 5’4”. Looking good! Seeks tall handsome SWM in 60s, educated, kind, honest with sense of humor. Likes animals, Lakeside, sauna, camp fires. Must be loving. (58426: 11/9) Seeks Christian Man DWF, NS/ND, 59. Enjoys bicycling, walks, music, dining out dancing, snowshoeing, camping. ISO christian man w/similar interests. (58419: 11/9) Hot with Cabin Fever Seeking happy, healthy, 60ish gentleman in Central Lakes/ Cotton area for some lake time. Northern, WI ok too! I’m fun, fit, easy on the eyes. Let’s toast the sunset. (58412:8/31) Lonesome in Ashland Looking for caring, honest man, understanding of physi-

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Personals cal imperfections to talk and go out with. F 60s, NS/ND. (58409:8/31)

soinate, sincere, kind gentleman in near age group. NS/ ND. (58354:6/23)

Try a Senior Moment Active, adverturous, affable, nice, nurtuting, nimble. Petite, positive, playful. Smart, shapely, spunky. ISO fit young (67-77) codger for smiles and converstion, serandipity, exploring. (58403:6/8)

From the Range WWF, 62, NS, likes the outdoors, walks, animal lover, garage sales, dining out, movies. ISO honest, caring man to enjoy lfe with. Will answer all. (58352:6/23)

Compantionship WWF, 70, looking for companion to enjoy life with. Love football, picnics, and dining out. Must be honest. (58398:5/4) Looking for Soul Mate SWF ISO friend who likes camping, coffee, outdoors, travel, estate sales, and hanging out. Send photo. (58394:3/30) Looking for my Sweetheart DWF, 58, 5’5”, 160lbs, NS/ND, likes to cuddle, hold hands, camping, traveling, cooking, walks. ISO Christian guy 55-70 for friendship and possible LTR. (58374:12/15) Searching for Comanionship DWF, NS, retired veteran female. 63, honest, considerate, loves to laugh, visit and talk. (58373:12/15) Let’s Seek God’s Will Together NS, 51, tall, exotic, attractive, Christian F. Fun, nature lover, educated, epicurean with diverse interests, healthy living. ISO Christain male 45-58 years young with similar interests. (58370:10/13) Searching for Mate 72yr old F ISO LTR with a pas-

Female Activist Seeks Companionship Seeking like minded Liberal gentleman for friendship and fun. (58340:4/14) Looking for Older Gentleman 77yr, DWF, blond, 5’5”, 140lbs. ISO older gentleman. I love reading, animals, movies, quiet times, fun. Let’s talk. (58342:4/14) Wondering? SWW, 5’11”, 185lbs, 61yrs. Is there a lonely guy out there with a colostomy pouch? I have one too. Let’s meet. (58343:4/14) Soulmate Wanted Men 55-72 yrs old. 180-210 lbs. Kids okay. Write me. (58336:3/24) Lake Superior Country Girl Pretty, 5’3”, mid-50s, healthy, fit, well read, ISO companion to dance with, garden, dine out, hike, explore life, earth, universe, off grid life style. (58327:2/18) Seeking Companion How old is too old? WW. ND/ NS. Educated, traveled, experienced, bilingual. Don’t get any wild ideas now. Talking is a start. (58319:1/14)

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Wants the Farm Life DWF, 51, 5’6”, auburn hair, blue eyes. Not afraid of hard work. ISO NS man 45-60 who loves family, nature, animals, fishing, farming, warm fires and romance. I would like to spend the rest of my days with the same. I have other interests too, could I be the one for you? (58311:11/19) Looking 4 Romance SWF looking for a Jewish man. Brown hair/eyes, 5’8”, 170 lbs. Want a pal-lover-romance. (58304:10/8)

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Living romance novel! Let me lead the way into our very own love story! SWM, tall, attractive, passionate, mysterious, James Bondish! Respond, I want to meet. (58545:4/23) Looking for love WM, 58, seeking mature BBW for dating. I have many interests. Camping, travel, concerts. (58544: 4/23) Time for fun & happiness DWM, 70, 5’8”, 170, brown hair, blue eyes. I am caring, honest, helpful, loving, youthful. I like to do anything once & more. Enjoy outdoor fun. (58543:4/23) Unique Interesting Cat Needs Suitable Kitten If you enjoy cooking, forest hikes, art, picnics, travel, antiques,cats & dogs, are 50 to 60 years old? NS, open to learning, fond of bald men, then scratch my itch.

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(58541:04/03) Lonely Again I’m 6’ brown retired from the rock scene, but still roll. (58539:03/25) Won’t be sorry Am looking for partner 63 on disability, heart surgery. Ok now 5’10” 185lbs DWM ISO L&R Hope to find home to gether, Avarage looks (58538:02/24) Seeking a mature woman SWM, tall, dark, handsome, romantic, in search of a mature woman who enjoys living life with a fun down-to-earth man with many interests! (58537:01/23) Romantic looking for lady SWM, NS, 71 5’9” 160, trim, fit, seeks fun-loving girl 50’s or 60’s Duluth, NW WIsc. casual hiking, dinners, old movies, good music. Possible LTR, photos! (58536:01/10) Young 70 Looking for Female 55 & up Retired, divorced Iron Ranger in Bemidji would like lady who enjoys life and wants to enjoy with partner who treats lady as lady should be, respectfully. You may be her! (58531:12/12) Desiring an honest, intelligent significant other I’m likable, are you? I’m slim, attractive, humorous, middleaged, ISO possible LTR. I enjoy walking, movies, cooking, cuddling and music. I’m financially secure. Let’s bask in utopia. (55829:11/21) Mesabi Bike Trail DWM, 60s, 5’8”, 165 lbs., seeks Christian healthy in-shape gal 50s-60s. Love for outdoor music, biking, camping, lakes,

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sunsets. Humor a must. I’m honest, secure, please be the same. (58528:10/31) Looking for fun & partner DWM 69, 5’10”, 215 lbs., NS, light drinker, muscular, well built, looking for fun honest woman. Like to cuddle amd love. Like camping, swimming, traveling, movies, TV, staying home or pen pal and romantic. (58526:10/24) Best friend and partner DWM, 60, 190 lbs., 5’10”, looking for LTR with woman that loves camping, hiking, canoeing, fishing, road trips and just quiet nights home. (58524:10/24) Hopeless romantic in Two Harbors 61, on pension, fairly attractive, spiritual, love gardening, cooking, watching movies and cuddling. If this appeals to you please respond. (58523:10/24) Not the age, it’s the mileage WM, 61, 6’, 250 lbs., NS, light drinker. Not handsome but handy, easy going, honest, homebody. Very affectionate, likes to cuddle, slow dance. Enjoys shore fishing, light gardening, easy walks. movies, music, cooking and more. ISO cuddly, warmhearted woman 55-65 for LTR. (58518:9/5) Respect joy & fun for you Tell me your story. I’m attractive, healthy, athletic, Amtrak retiree, 6’, slim, financially stable, liberal, NS. Enjoy hiking, swimming, cooking, movies, writing personal letters, conversation. ISO F LTR, any race or age. I like reciprocally gentle foreplay. Seesaw with me as

friends. (58516:8/8) Tired of being alone WW, WM, 61, blonde, blue eyes, 5’11”, honest, caring, hard-working. Retiring in November. Will answer all/ (58513:8/1) Lonesome old guy There has to be some lonesome lady in the Virginia area that would like to go for coffee & conversation, maybe play some cribbage. (58510:7/16) Seeking Honesty SWM 57 looking for SWF, fit, educated,love to travel. Camping, adventures. Picture a plus but not required. Must be romantic. (58508:7/16) Attractive Discriminating Ninety Intellectual Stimulating NS 5”9” 170lb seeks slim-trim female biologically 65ish independent fox to persue happiness. Wine/ dine, dance, karaoke. Upper North Shore -Let’s explore!. (58507:7/4) I am a reminiscent sentimental romantic Professional writer, community education teacher, 6’1”, thin, NS, middle-aged, enjoys hiking, classical music, reading, humor, loves holding hands, cuddling, open-minded, conversationalist, adaptable to your desires. (58506:7/4) Partnership Have a nice country home, some pets, camping, fishing and learning. ISO a lady to share and communicate with. Will exchange photos. (58505:7/4)

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Want to love again WM, 62, 5/3, 140, ND/NS, faithful, honest, passionate, seek LTR. Love camping, fishing, hiking, cuddling, holding hands, bonfires. Seeking younger to same age. Want to share love, life and hardships. So much to give. (58504:6/20)

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Looking for love I’m 64 years old. Love movies and music. Candlelight dinners, walks on the Lakewalk. Looking for LTR. (58496:5/9)

New to Grand Rapids DWM age 78, NS, looking for NS woman 60-80 who likes road trips outdoors, fishing, dining out & financially stable. (58502:6/13) Oral herpes for oral herpes 40s male looking for lady who has oral herpes. I do, too. 46-59. Slim or average build. Picture, please. I’m tall, ave. build. (58501:6/13)

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Loving, honest, passionate DWM, 74, 180, 5-8, looking for honest woman. Like gardening, dancing, outdoors. Active, LTR, looking to adventure, try fishing and other sports, anything new. (58493:4/25) Togetherness DWM, NS, 74, 180 lbs., 5’8”, likes cooking, gardening, woodwork, dancing, Hallmark Channel. Looking for LTR, life partner. Learn from each other. (58488:4/11) 41 seeking 50-60 Seeking lady age 50-60 for dating that leads to LTR. I’m in Superior. 6’2”, 225 lbs., Caucasian, dark brown hair, brown eyes. (58485:4/11) Tall Horse Lover DWM 65 6’2” 180lbs ISO country woman. Where are you? Let’s meet so we can horse around. Honest, sincere & marriage minded. (58481: 4/6) Looking for a wonderful best friend Single man 60 yrs, seeks lady that loves life, movies, fishing, sports, cards, board games, cooking & grilling together that wants a true, best friend. (58480, 4/6) Still looking in North Central WI SWM 63 NS/ND 5’8” 160lb. Still believe life is meant to be shared. Enjoy the outdoors,good conversation, self sufficiency & people w/the same values. No games, just the simple life values. (58479, 4/6)

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The smaller the better MWM 60-plus looking for a male friend. caual get-togethers. (58529:12/5) Fishing friend with benefits MWM, 64, looking for a guy with similar intent. Love to fish, a little play time when the bite is slow. (58521:10/10)

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Etcetera Lay down the law WF, early 50s, seeks WM 50s to spank, punish and ground me. (58527:10/24) Seeking Trans Woman SM seeking sub. TW for live-in FWB/LTR. No DU! Reply w/ photo and phone. Women welcome too! (58495:5/9)

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Male transforming to female 58 Y.O.G.W.M. 5’8” 165lbs, tone, cute-cross dress nicely, have started medical gender reasignment process. Seeks younger in-shape Gay-Bi cross dressor. (58441:3/11) Seeking young women S.S.ND. 62 M. Seeking young women for N.S. leading to CT. I seek a young woman who is very sexual wishing for an older sexual man. Attention

photo & ph. (58440:11/8) Lady Boy where are you? Older male ISO a deep friendship, someone to appreciate your mind & your body. Someone appreciative of the arts. Height & weight proportionate. (58439:11/9) Daughter for dad SWF 50 ISO S/D WM 50-57 spank & punish me when I’m bad. Go do something fun when I’m good. (58438:08/16)

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Wake me up, stud Northern Wis. Looking for playmates, top or bottom, for right stud, nice package. (58503:6/13) ISO Top SWM WITI. 67. seeking christian SGWM for possible LTR, photo, phone please. (58453:5/31) Looking for a connection SWM 70, working artist w/ strong interest in books & music. Physical fitness important. Someone simpatico with those values. Carpe diem. Send phone or email (58439: 11/8) Show me the way WGM 36, fully blind & new to scene. ISO M friend to have a good time with. (58438: 10/18) Biverse Bear ISO friend, mid-40’s Looking for hunt, fish & discreet Biverse friend 18-50 verse discreet friends with benis satisfaction. (58437: 9/30)

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Friday, 4-24

Chrisley Knows Best Bravo 3 p.m. Todd is furious when Savannah returns home for Jackson’s third birthday with a puppy in this rebroadcast that kicks off an afternoon marathon of the popular reality series. Meanwhile, Chase tries to bond with his dad but for all the wrong reasons.

Saturday 4-25

Premiere League Download NBC Noon This special documentary chronicles what many fans consider the greatest final match day in the modern era of soccer. Take a look back at Premiere League matches from the 2011-12 season, when Manchester United won the PL title.

Sunday, 4-26

Deadly Cults Oxygen 6 p.m. This series’ Season 2 pre-

miere features an investigation on a prominent selfhelp guru. After an intense sweat lodge ceremony, three of the guru’s followers die, leaving the police to determine if it was accidental, or if they were pushed too far. The Simpsons Fox 7 p.m. A charismatic young preacher, Bode (voiced by Pete Holmes), comes to shake things up at the church in Springfield in this new episode. Concerned and a little jealous, Reverend Lovejoy begins an investigation into the newcomer’s mysterious past

Monday, 4-27

The Neighborhood CBS 7 p.m. Dave (Max Greenfield) and his wife Gemma (Beth Behrs) moved to a tough L.A. neighborhood, where they managed to bond

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(Times listed are based on Central Time Zones.) with their neighbors Calvin (Cedric the Entertainer) and Tina (Tichina Arnold) in this comedy, despite vast cultural differences. Dispatches from Elsewhere AMC 9 p.m. Don’t miss the shocking conclusion to this weird and whimsical series, as Peter (Jason Segel), Simone (Eve Lindley), Janice (Sally Field) and Fredwynn (AndrÈ Benjamin) solve one final mystery from the Jejune Institute in this season finale.

Tuesday, 4-28

The First 48: Catching a Killer A&E 7 p.m. In a new episode of this docuseries, Detective Justin Ritter must use the fragmented statements of five witnesses to determine the real killer when a combination of guns and meth results in the death of a young man in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lost Gold of WW II History 9:05 p.m. In this Season 2 premiere, investigator John Casey heads back to the Philippines armed with advanced new technology, where his new team is able to use high-tech satellite imaging to locate three possible access points

to Yamashita’s hidden gold.

Wednesday, 4-29 WWE NXT USA 7 p.m. “The Queen” Charlotte Flair continues her reign over NXT after winning the Women’s title from Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania. Tune in to stay caught up with the only sport still airing live, and see if Adam Cole can retain his NXT Champion belt. Ghost Hunters A&E 8 p.m. This new episode takes viewers to the Jeffersonianstyle Hotel Halsingland in scenic Haines, Alaska. Sitting between the Chilkat Moun-

Daryl Marston, Grant Wilson and Kristen Luman in Ghost Hunters. Photo credit: Justin Bettman/A&E

tains and Lynn Fjord, this historic former military base is now reporting paranormal activity.

Thursday, 4-30

Tommy CBS 9 p.m. Edie Falco stars as Abigail “Tommy” Thomas, the first ever female chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Her tough personality and intense work ethic help her work with her team against threats to national security in this hit new drama. How to Get Away with Murder ABC 9 p.m. Oscar and Emmy-winner Viola Davis stars as the brilliant law professor Annalise Keating, whose life was turned upside down by an unusual murder. The mystery finally unfolds in this critically-acclaimed dramaís gripping final season.

Friday, 5-1

Movie: Back to the Future Showtime 10 am Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is sent back in time to 1955, where he meets his high school-age parents (Crispin Glover and Lea Thompson) and must make sure they fall in love. Catch this entire trilogy of beloved

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Tune in for back-to-back episodes of this intriguing series that features unique love stories. In this episode, a woman with 17-inch-long fingernails tries a round of speed dating to find her perfect man. Someone with a very itchy back, perhaps?

Charmed CW 7 pm Donít miss this unplanned final episode of Season 2. After being forced to halt production, this reboot won’t return until Season 3. Madeleine Mantock, Melonie Diaz and Sarah Jeffery star Movie: Raiders of the Lost as magical sisters Macy, Mel Ark and Maggie, known as the CBS 7 pm Charmed Ones. When live TV is out, Hollywood’s best is here for us. Saturday, 5-2 Tune in for this Spielberg My Paranormal classic starring Harrison Ford Nightmare as Indiana Jones, a legendTRAV 9 pm ary archaeologist on a race This new episode reveals to find the biblical Ark of the the creepy callings that led Covenant before the Nazis. paranormal investigators and Karen Allen also stars. mediums to their chosen profession. A kid’s game that Monday, 5-4 opens a portal, an angry old All Rise man’s bullying spirit, and a CBS 8 p.m. demon making nightly visits Reflecting the impact of a to a young girl are featured. global pandemic like COVID-19 on the criminal justice Saturday Night Live system, Judge Lola CarmiNBC 10:30 pm chael (Simone Missick) virtuSketch comedy livens up ally presides over a bench Saturday nights with bits trial due to social distancing about pop culture, politics measures in this timely new and modern life. Having episode. launched the careers of some of the biggest names in comSongland edy, the series also features NBC 9 p.m. a weekly celebrity guest host Ester Dean, Ryan Tedder and musical acts. and Shane McAnally mentor aspiring songwriters as Sunday, 5-3 they try to convince a major Strange Love recording artist to use their song. The reality TV show TLC Noon

shines a spotlight on the creative process as producers work with promising young talent.

Tuesday, 5-5

7 Little Johnstons TLC 9 p.m. In this new episode the Johnston family is attending an annual “little people” conference in California; Amber and Trent decide to drive to San Diego for the trip and rent an RV, meaning a whole week in close quarters with the entire family.

Wednesday, 5-6

The Masked Singer: After the Mask Fox 8 p.m. With live performances on hold, Nick Cannon hosts this special series (from home), that invites celebrity fans and former contestants to remotely discuss their favorite moments from past seasons of the show. The guests also play games and music.

Thursday, 5-7

Mental Samurai Fox 8 p.m. Contestants try to answer questions with speed and accuracy as they are transported around the set in a capsule that can rotate 360 degrees in this unique game show. Rob Lowe returns as host, testing players on their memory, knowledge and sequencing.

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