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greatest frontiersman, Davy Crockett! Of course most of us remember how he died at the battle of the Alamo but there is so much more to know and admire about Davy Crockett (btw, he never called himself “Davy” but went by David). He actually grew up in Tennessee and eventually was elected to Congress! A direct quote from Crockett’s autobiography states his feelings about Congress: “many men seem to be proud they can say so much about nothing!” He must have been referring to the future Dumorats – Pelosi, Schumer, Nadler and Schiff! The article goes on about his hunting days in Tennessee and also a bit about his family life. He was a great American and I wonder how he would have reacted to today’s terrible partisanship in Congress? Our country is in a very difficult time with the COVID-19 pandemic and now I hear that Pelosi wants to start another investigation in the socalled mishandling of this pandemic! At the same time, I saw a video of her asking for political donations for her campaign! For someone who in the full view of the American public tore up the State of the Union address, she should be “locked-up” for treason and being the most negative politician in our beloved America! Remember the Alamo, but NOT Pelosi! Chuck Bracken Cannon Falls, Minnesota “The Lone Ranger Rides Again!” I am the Lone Ranger. “I am not a crook” or a liar. If like a spider I spin and spin it’s not malfeasance or a sin because I got an election to win! Wanna keep my seal and my podium! When I beat this plague you’ll say, “Thank you for being so brave!” and I’ll say, “Hi-ho, Silver! Away!” I am the Lone Ranger. I ride high in the polls as Sleepy Joe and Crazy Bernie fade. See my silver bullets our best scientists make? (Tonto, get that outlaw Acosta outta my way!) How about Doc
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Fauci? Ain’t he great How’d he get to be a rock star just by shootin’ straight? I am the Lone Ranger. I shot my way out of tight spots before, you know. Have you ever shot par at Mar-a-Lago? Nasty Nancy tries to get the drop on me, but she draws as slowly as old Lady Liberty. I am the Lone Ranger. Mike Mannequin plays Tonto by my side. You chose us to take you on Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride. Did you know William Tell wrote his overture for me? Get back to work, America! “Work sets you free!” I’ll wear my N95 mask to the last, if you please. Unmask me and you’ll see the face of every disease. William Tecku
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Silent, too? No news? Coup d’etat Attempted coup news? Nothing to see here. Everyone knew. Yes. Everyone knew. Everyone knew the Steele Dossier fake news, too. Steele Dossier – Russian disinformation paid for by HILLIARY, as everyone knew. You, too. You knew. Everyone knew: CIA & FBI, too. Whew. They knew. Who’s who. Attempted coup. Coup. You all knew. It’s news. But you were silent, too. And you knew. Attempted coup. News. News. Steele Dossier. Fake. Silence. No news. Whoo. Whoo. Who knew? You all knew – attempted coup. Fake Steele Dossier. You know. You
know. Coup. Meant to oust you know who. News. News. News. As the Dems nearly pulled off a SILENT COUP, unreported by you. Gregg Schweiger Duluth, Minnesota How many lives? Several politicians and pundits are saying our economy should not be reopened because that would cause more deaths from the virus. None actually know how many. But we have done many things that would certainly cause more deaths without knowing how many. Wisdom is needed and that requires some context. A good example is our Civil War. Both sides went in knowing the costs, human and property, would be great. About 620,000 American soldiers died, about 13,000 per month for the 47 months of the war. This was much more than in World War II, and our population during the Civil War was only 30 millions. Our population is more than 11 times larger than during the Civil War. Civil War losses would be equivalent to almost 150,000 per month to our present population. And these were only soldiers. They do not include the uncounted deaths from malnutrition and exposure among refugee populations, both black and white. Our Civil War population tolerated these losses because once war began they had two choices, victory or defeat. The Union could not quit the war without ending the Union. The Confederacy could not quit the war without ending the Confederacy. Both sides suffered losses for higher reasons until the final military decision. The issue now is our economy, upon which we all depend. Shall we allow our economy to collapse without fighting for it with less resolve than our ancestors did for a nation of their choice? We are faced with a sort of war, worth losses in search of victory. Defeat is not an option. Bill Rees Duluth, Minnesota
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Registry tracks global ICU experience The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and Mayo Clinic have partnered to launch the first global COVID-19 registry that tracks ICU and hospital care patterns in near real-time. Created by SCCM’s Discovery, the Critical Care Research Network, the Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS) will reveal practice variations and provide a rich database for research into effective treatments and care. The registry, which is growing daily, features a dashboard of data based on more than 3,400 patients from 110 health care sites in eight countries. Updated regularly, the dashboard tracks data on trends such as mechanical ventilation duration, ICU length of stay, ICU discharge details and the type of medical support patients receive, as well as patient demographics: gender, age and race. “The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced unprecedented challenges to health care systems worldwide, but we live in a more connected world and we must work together and learn from each other’s experiences to help reduce the severity of the impact,” said Rahul Kashyap, M.B.B.S., M.B.A., Mayo Clinic researcher and principal investigator of the VIRUS COVID-19 Registry. “This dissemination of aggregated knowledge shared in a single database
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in a timely manner will be essential for comparative effectiveness studies. It will be a game changer.” The open-access, observational study and registry includes de-identified clinical data of adults and children admitted to a hospital for COVID-19 care, using the REDCap data capture system, a highly secure Mayo Clinic database. Sites will have access to their own data at all times and can submit ancillary research proposals to the SCCM Discovery Steering Committee to use the VIRUS dataset for research. The registry arose from the recognition that the global health community was unable to gather consensus data in a timely manner during the 2014 Ebola outbreak. The registry illustrates how rapidly vital data can be pulled together in the spirit of collaboration. Four days after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, Vishakha Kumar, M.D., M.B.A., co-principal investigator and acting director of research for SCCM’s Discovery, and Dr. Kashyap discussed the need for a registry. Four days later, on a Sunday, Dr. Walkey tweeted, “Is anybody doing a COVID registry?” and by the end of the day the group had a plan to move forward. May 14, 2020 7
Here’s How: Using the right lumber makes projects easier Dear James: There are many indoor and outdoor house repairs I have to make. There is a big range in lumber prices. How do I determine what type is best for various projects? — Stan H. Dear Stan: If you think it is difficult to select among the various types and grades of lumber at a big-box home center, a professional lumberyard would stagger your mind. For most
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DIY projects, your local home center should have an adequate variety to satisfy your needs. The two primary factors to consider when selecting lumber are its physical properties and its cost. The most important properties are strength, durability and stability. Costs can range as much as 500% from rough framing lumber to high-quality finishing
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Club Saratoga plans to open bar May 18 Dan Lowe is certain that by the time you read this, Gov. Tim Walz will have extended the stay-at-home order that was originally to have ended on May 18. “He likes to do the drama and wait until the last minute, and Thursday or Friday say he’s extending it two weeks more. I know he’s going to do that,” Lowe said. No matter what the governor does, Lowe plans to re-open his business, Club Saratoga in Canal Park, at 3 pm Monday, May 18. “We’re not going to have dancers. We’re just going to be a bar,” Lowe said. “Somebody’s got to do it. I can’t believe in this country, we’re laying back and letting this happen. It’s bizarre to me. It’s a dictatorship that has happened. The thing by about a dictatorship, JIM you should never like LUNDSTROM it because you’re not the one being picked on because you will be next.” Lowe said he understands the reason for the original two-week lockdown. “Walz almost had to do a lockdown because everybody else was,” he said. “I don’t blame him for that. He was looking out for our best interests. But right now we’re eight weeks into this thing. It’s gone way too long.” Lowe believes the virus has been politicized and also that there are financial incentives to keep the state in lockdown mode. “This has become a money grab and they don’t want to see the money end,” he said. He sent a detailed list of the various millions and billions being provided to states to back up his statemenet about the money grab. Lowe said he is aware of other business owners who share his feelings, but preferred not to name names.
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“I don’t want anyone else to get into trouble,” he said. “But I’m a big boy and somebody’s got to do this. If you’re going to let people into big box stores, just because you have a tall ceiling doesn’t mean it’s any less contagious than if you’re in a bar or restaurant.” Lowe said he is bringing back two bartenders to work, and there will be guidelines to be observed. “We’ll have stools spaced out six feet and they’ll be marked in case they get
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shuffled around,” he said. “We’re going to have masks and hand sanitizers all over. We’re going to take temperatures with a medical grade infrared digital thermometer. Those are the guidelines. We’re doing what the bog box stores are required to do. It;s apples to apples. We want to be on the same playing field, and we will be on Monday. We’re going to be very conscientious about it. We’re not bringing the girls back, but we will. We hope others follow suit.”
To keep things light, Lowe said his drink special will be $3 bottles of Corona until they’re gone. “And no one over 90 allowed,” Lowe added with a laugh. Lowe is in tune with a group of small business who last week announced they were suing the state for deeming them non-essential businesses and shutting them down. They say the shutdown is unconstitutional under the Constitution’s Equal Protection
Clause. According to a press release, the plaintiffs are represented by attorney Erick Kaardal and were identified when they contacted the Government Oppression Hotline. Other interested businesses can join the suit by calling the hotline (844-744-4870). The hotline is linked to the Free Minnesota Small Business Coalition, the spokesperson of which is Dan McGrath of Minnesota Majority, who earlier in the century led the failed charge for stronger voter ID laws in Minnesota to stop fraudulent voting. The lawsuit asserts that Gov. Walz has acted beyond his legitimate powers by picking winners and losers, and claim the decision of what makes a critical business was arbitrary and without any effort to base categories on defined public health or economic standards. “The Governor lost his constitutional compass in sailing the State of Minnesota through the COVID pandemic,” Attorney Kaardal said in the press release. “The consequence
of his unconstitutional categories is massive suffering for small businesses on an unprecedented scale. We’re hopeful that the appellate courts of Minnesota will agree that the Governor’s categories of ‘Critical Sector,’ ‘essential,’ and ‘Non-Critical Exempt Businesses’ are not narrowly tailored to meet a compelling state interest.” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison issued a statement in March upon Walz’s stay-at-home order, saying the governor’s authority to issue the executive order “is firmly rooted in Minnesota law.” Just weeks later, when Walz issued the first extension to May 4, Ellison reiterated that the governor’s stay-athome orders are backed by law, and businesses who do not obey yhe law could face fines up to $25,000 per violation. “If there are non-exempted businesses that do not comply with the order, however, I will use the full enforcement power that the Order extends to my office,” Ellison wrote.
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Webcams feature ambassador wolves of IWC
Two new live webcams featuring the pack of ambassador wolves at the International Wolf Center are now featured on explore.org. Explore.org is the world’s leading philanthropic live nature cam network and documentary film channel. Their website features hundreds of live streaming cameras focused on nature and animals across the world. The International Wolf Center maintains a pack of ambassador wolves at its interpretive center in Ely, Minnesota. “Our followers passionately observe our pack through webcams on our website, so we know there’s a great interest in this 24-hour access,” said the center’s Executive Director Grant Spickelmier. “By adding two cameras to the explore.org network, we expect we’ll be able to educate even more people about the natural behaviors of wolves.” “[The new wolf camera] is one of a kind,” said Charles Annenberg Weingarten, founder of explore.org. “It can’t be more sacred and I’m so excited to be a part of the wolf pack. Welcome wolves to the explore.org family!”
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Members of the ambassador wolf pack at the International Wolf Center in Ely enter the frame of one of the new live webcams from explore.org. Explore.org’s cameras are operated by a network of volunteers, so viewers will be able to consistently observe wolves as operators zoom in and/or move the cameras around the wolf enclosure.
In addition, representatives from the center will be online at set times every week to answer questions from viewers on explore.org’s commenting boards.
“It’s incredibly hard to observe wild wolves,” Spickelmier said. “Cameras like these make it possible for anyone, anywhere, to watch our Ambassador pack and learn about wolf behavior. This effort fits in very well with our education-based mission.” A microphone is also part of the experience, making it possible for viewers to hear the wolves howl. Mornings and evenings are typically when the wolves are most active. “We’re appreciative of the work that the explore.org team has done to make this partnership happen,” Spickelmier said. “Without their generosity and their expertise, this wouldn’t have been possible.” To see the cameras, visit explore.org The International Wolf Center advances the survival of wolf populations by teaching about wolves, their relationship to wild lands and the human role in their future. For more information about the International Wolf Center, visit wolf.org. The International Wolf Center advances the survival of wolf populations by teaching about wolves, their relationship to wildlands and the human role in their future. For more information about the International Wolf Center, visit wolf.org.
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Should Trump be America’s postal potentate?
that’s emanating from the White Here’s how I feel about the value House. of our nation’s postal service: “The By controlling a $10 billion line of humble Post Office is a community credit that the post office must have fixture, a civic inheritance, a rural to get through the current coronavirus lifeline, and one of the last vestiges depression, Trump is demanding cuts of a shared civic culture in America. in the wages, benefits, and rights of our Tolerate it, treasure it, and don’t let stalwart postal workers, plus authority the vicissitudes of global capitalism, over hiring top postal officials and the contempt for government, or a viral right to raise postal rates. outbreak take it away.” To help stop Trump’s Those are my sentiments, power play to become but not my words. America’s postal potentate They’re from The and privatizer-in-chief, get American Conservative information and campaign magazine, calling on resources from the people of all political by American Postal Workers persuasions to save this Union: USMailNotForSale. vital public institution. org. The men and women One thing we’ve learned of the postal service have for sure this year is that been steadfast in their no national crisis is too duties – especially in times awful to keep Trump & of national emergencies Company from exploiting it for their – literally delivering for the American plutocratic political purposes. people. COVID-19 is a God-Awful crisis, but In today’s terrible pandemic these workers have kept communication and late one night deep inside the White commerce flowing. No matter who you House, a dim bulb flickered in our are, how rich or poor, living in teeming present president’s head: “Eureka,” Trump exclaimed, “here’s our chance inner cities or isolated rural reaches, to kill the U.S. Post Office!” postal employees are on the job so Of all the things a president you and I can get our mail, medicines, might focus on during a devastating food, household necessities, election pandemic, hijacking your and my ballots, and other basics brought right public mail service, bankrupting it, and to our doors. then privatizing its profitable functions A stamp is cheap, yet the wear, tear, has become a top priority for this and cost for the postal workforce can brooding madman. be high – for example, about 1,200 of Bizarrely, Trump has ranted that the them have been infected by COVID-19, post office should charge higher prices and at least 44 have died. for us customers to ship packages, Yet, the entire public system is now and he bemoans the fact that postal under direct attack by a manmade workers are unionized and earn pestilence called Trumpista-vitriolitus,
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middle-class wages. So, in February, with our economy collapsing under the weight of COVID-19, Trump struck. Like nearly every business, the Postal Service had suffered a crushing loss of customers and needs emergency funding to keep America’s mail moving. Congress quickly proposed a bipartisan $13 billion postal lifeline as part of its $2 trillion national rescue package. But our personally-piqued president said: “No,” threatening to kill the whole bill if it included a pandemic grant to save the public post office. The U.S. mail service, however, is enormously popular, so Trump can’t just blatantly choke off its survival funds. Instead, he’s taking the agency hostage, offering to provide a $10 billion “loan” from the treasury department – contingent on the public entity agreeing to his draconian demands that it raise postal prices, gut postal unions, and cut postal services.
Trump’s provisos are postal poison pills, for they would destroy the agency’s morale and service, undermine popular support, and clear the political path for profiteering corporations to seize, privatize, and plunder this public treasure.
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The social distancing we really need Social distancing is essential to worse. Immediately doctors, public stopping the spread of the COVID-19 health officials, and even the makers disease. To accomplish this much of of Lysol, responded with warnings the economy has been shut down. against using highly toxic disinfectants Millions of people have been laid off. as anti-virus medications. All of our lives have been disrupted. His staff, of course, spun his But there are several acts of social statement claiming he was misquoted distancing we have failed to take. and did not recommend drinking One of the biggest threats to public bleach. Trump back-pedaled saying to safety is Donald Trump. His statement reporters the next day, “I was asking a suggesting people inject disinfectants question sarcastically to reporters like to combat the corona virus is a prime you just to see what would happen.” example. It is time to distance the In a time of crisis making sarcastic country from this dangerous and remarks “just to see what would irresponsible president. happen” is highly irresponsible. His behavior from day one in office This whole incident shows a has violated all the normal political complete lack understanding of standards of decency. His ignorance, the consequences, or concern for arrogance and many boneheaded the impact, of his statements. The statements have been dangerous to consequences? Poison control centers the nation in many ways. Now he is were reporting a significant increase in proving to be a real and present danger calls related to household disinfectants. directly to individuals. People are Trump’s dangerous, premature getting sick and dying because he can’t promoting of the malaria drug keep his mouth shut or accept the hydroxychloroquine is another advice of experts. example. He repeatedly From the beginning of touted this drug as a the COVID-19 pandemic, “game changer” despite Trump has made many the drug not being inaccurate, misleading and approved for use against inconsistent statements COVID-19. by that have created There have been no confusion and doubt about clinical trials and the the best course of action few studies done have and undermined the inconsistent results. But advice of medical experts. this has not stopped These reckless statements Trump from making have contributed to the irresponsible statements slow and ineffective response to this and playing doctor. disaster. Many of his statements go In promoting the drug he has been beyond the standard positive spin fed quoted saying, “I’m a smart guy, I feel to the public during crisis situations. good about it – What do you have to Many of his statements are grossly lose? – I want them to try it, and it irresponsible and border on criminal may work, and it may not work. What negligence. if it doesn’t work? It’s nothing lost …” His statement about injecting What have you got to lose? Trying household disinfectants should have untested drugs on the basis of “feeling been the last straw. At one of the good about it” is simple stupid. Playing pandemic news conferences, Trump doctor when you are not one can have speculated about injecting household serious consequences. disinfectants to kill the virus and Of course Trump is not running the suggested scientists should test this country into the ditch on his own. He idea. He was reacting to a prior briefing has many enablers. that household disinfectants can kill The Republican-controlled Senate the virus on surfaces. Being totally has enthusiastically approved and ignorant of almost everything, he abetted his many outrageous, illegal apparently had no clue that there is a and destructive behaviors and policies difference between cleaning non-living in the last three years. The handpicked, surfaces with toxic chemicals and extremely conservative, Supreme injecting those chemicals into a living Court has condoned much of his human being. illegal actions (incarcerating children, This profound lack of common bypassing Congress to build the wall, knowledge is disturbing on its face. But etc.). his reaction to the widespread horror Much of the news media has been and ridicule of his statement is even complicit by not challenging false
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statements and by disseminating false and misleading information. Trump’s unpresidential behavior is an embarrassment to conservatives, but because his administration is destroying all oversight of business and funneling unprecedented amounts of money to the 1%. So Trump is tolerated and encouraged. As I have written often, Republicans and their policies HURT PEOPLE! Their reaction to the COVID-19 crisis is another example. Here is the proof. • Rather than helping the people and public health institutions that really needed support, the multiple corona virus bailouts are turning into a boondoggle of huge proportions that is bailing out large businesses and cutting taxes for the wealthy. • Even the individual bailout
payments are skewed and give money to many people who do not need them while giving nothing to the truly poor. • Republicans have fought vigorously to limit support for those laid off because of the pandemic. They are threatening to cut of unemployment to workers who refuse to return to unsafe workplaces. • They have opposed financial support for state and local governments who are bearing the brunt of the pandemic costs. Republican Mitch McConnell said the states should go bankrupt! • In defiance of common sense and basic human decency, Republicans want to strip millions of families of health insurance during the pandemic. They have a lawsuit pending in the Supreme Court to completely invalidate the Affordable Care Act. • Prematurely opening the economy is yet another example of Republicans putting the money before people. • In Wisconsin Republicans are suing Gov. Evers to end his public health efforts. It is time for some much needed social distancing to protect all of us from these morons and their harmful, destructive, and dangerous greed. It is time for some good old fashioned shunning. Shunning, shaming, and expulsion have traditional been used to isolate and control behaviors and beliefs considered unacceptable by the larger society. People should stop paying attention to the clowns. Media should stop reporting the lies. In November we should vote the bums out. November should be a widespread repudiation of Trump and his enablers.
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Whether the weather When a person such as me who pay patient. It was affordable. I was is not especially people friendly (for in an eight-patient ward, not so bad which, incidentally, I feel I am owed until one of us started dying at 2 AM. some thanks) grows weary of social It wasn’t me, but almost wished it distancing (isolation) I can only begin was until they took the afflicted to a to imagine what the family minded, death room down the hall. Even so his gregarious or socially active feel to the passing was noisy. point of emotional pain and suffering. To the good I carried on a lively BoIt can only be a matter of time Jou relationship with Bill Mawakesik before the bands of restraint weaken from much further north. My few and snap or are thrown off like hated words of Oji-Cree made him smile shackles. Even when before a helicopter seemingly necessary and returned him home. in our interests restraints Not a bad experience, on freedom of association my time in Canadian and action is hardly health care, but I did have desirable except, perhaps, to wait nine months for by by those seeking shelter the arthroscopic procedure in restraint and desirous deemed non-urgent. of paternalistic protection Indeed, a knee blown up in from outside. size was not going to kill The womb was a cozy me right off. Months of place, I’d suppose, but vivid pain, disability and we had to be pushed out, didn’t we? muscle loss weren’t scheduling factors. Once out it is sometimes a challenge Well, it wasn’t the scheduler’s pain, was for a few of us to not favor a return it? Did leave me with a notion why to immersion in protection. A few Canadians come here (or used to) and months of being protected is enough will pay for prompter treatment. to nurture a second thought or two. Think of it. In the space of four Watchers of Highway 61 began months hospitals and clinics have seeing an early return of Canadian become among the most ill-omened motor homes returning north. Why places on the planet. Reminds me risk the pox in the states when of another out-of-use term: croaker, the advantages of lower density referring to doctors. When things got transmission awaits back home? bad (often too bad as in too late) a I wonder if anyone’s ever done a person would go to the croaker. Going count. How many leave Northern to the croaker meant you were in Ontario for Florida each year? It was extremis, a Latinate expression that’s more than a few, but I’ve never seen a possibly too western or over-accurate. number. Last spring an eager robin took Anyway, seems disaster drew roost on my porch and was well into numbers of snowbirds north ahead of brooding before I realized the situation. season. Lake ice is easing up, but will I let her get the chicks out but was Canada open its border in time for the not speedy enough removing the nest fishing season? because the horny robin did it again. Lots of hinterland Canadians rely on The shameless bird was obviously U.S. fishermen to start off their season. unaware of Planned Robinhood and On whom will the blackflies feast if the threat species expansion poses. we are not there to provide prime U.S. This spring with little to distract flesh? It will be an ill season to be a me I plan to be a plague on robin hungry bug, though on the brighter reproduction. There is no room in this side if you’re a leech you may get a inn, or at least on this porch. I suspect reprieve or even a full pardon. providing male robins with tiny Speaking of leeches (an out of use condoms would be ineffective, so my term for medical practitioners), some ban on nesting will have to do. It’s the percentage of patients to Duluth/ best I have isn’t it? Superior, Twin Cities, and Mayo (etc.) Seeing masked desperados in 40 were Canadian. No one counted the degree weather pumping gas makes me number of Canadians who came to the wonder at what temp and humidity U.S. for speedier treatment than found will masks be given up. Imagine under Canadian Universal Health Care. the same scene at 82 with similar Because I lived near the border I humidity. Time to promote masks with used the Canadian system as a fullsweat absorbing upper rims, isn’t it?
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Think of the killing to be made selling that needful innovation. Or maybe save your money or maybe wait and see. I wonder if the schools are building socially distanced bleachers for spectators. But that’s for next year, isn’t it? Almost overnight public schools became not only unnecessary but potentially lethal. How does an institution recover from that? Likely the same way the makers of AYDS diet candy survived the AIDS pandemic; by going out of business. Remember how at first AIDS was a curse visited on a few who deserved it? The public health response was somewhat lethargic as I recall it. And there wasn’t as much political meat at play for working agendas into higher frenzy. In effect we are in an Impeach a Virus mode of banishment
and removal by any means thought necessary. The trouble seems to be, however, the absence or weakness of thought put into the supposed cures. Seems advocates of political curealls conveniently forget the health impact of job loss and economic stress. If you recall (and fairly well known) loss of job and income is up there with relationship failure or death in a family. Not only that, as any teacher might agree, if you leave a classroom of normal kids alone with nothing to do it won’t end prettily. People are messy and get more so when idle. Being alive is a risk that ends in only one way. We could wonder if living risk-free was life at all. With that view in mind maybe too much call to keep us safe offers us something less worthy packaged as good.
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Trump can’t mask his message to Indian country: Live and let die The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the Dine/Navajo people hard, inflicting the highest per capita infection rate in the country after New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. The Navajo Nation is the largest reservation by in the country, larger than West Virginia, straddling Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. Half of the more than 300,000 enrolled members reside on the reservation. Navajo President Jonathan Nez has issued some of the strongest stay-at-home measures in the country, including a weekday evening curfew and a complete, stay-athome curfew for the entire weekend. Nearby Gallup, New Mexico, with a large Dine population, has enacted a complete lockdown, with the National Guard prohibiting entry. As of May 5, despite these efforts, there were 2,559 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Navajo Nation and 79 deaths. Among the victims, 28-year-old Valentina Blackhorse, a beloved champion of Navajo culture and a community leader. She left behind her partner, Robby Jones, and their 1-year-old daughter, Poet. “She really loved her family – her parents, her sisters, her nieces and nephews. She loved her elderly. She loved children,” Jones said on the Democracy Now! news hour. “She was a kind and hardworking lady, and she was warmhearted. She would do anything for her family.” Jones is a detention officer with the Navajo Department of Corrections, and contracted COVID-19 at work. “When she was taking care of me, I guess she contracted it,” he said. “She started showing symptoms – shortness of breath, body aches, loss of taste and smell. By the time I started feeling better, ... that’s when she started feeling sick.” Valentina Blackhorse tested posi-
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Valentiina Blackhorse, a beloved champion of Navajo culture, died earlier this month from COVID-19. tive for COVID-19 on April 22. She died the next day. She had won numerous pageants, being named Miss Western Navajo and Miss Dine College, among others, and hoped to run for office in the Navajo Nation government one day. Dr. Michelle Tom, a member of the Navajo Nation, is a family physician in Winslow, Arizona, just across the Navajo reservation line. She spoke about Valentina’s death on Democracy Now!: “It’s a reflection of what we’re going through as a people, and it correlates with what this virus can do to our young and someone who was very motivated, loved our culture, spread our rich and strong culture, and our language. That’s what we’re trying to fight for,” she said, adding, “She was going to lead our next generation. It was a hard loss for our community.” The Navajo Nation, along with the nearby Hopi, Pueblo, Zuni and Gila River indigenous communities, have endured despite centuries of genocide, oppression and systemic racism and poverty. The novel coronavirus pandemic is afflicting them disproportionately, as it has African American and Latinx populations across the U.S. Access to water is challenging on the Navajo reservation. “That’s from a long state of his-
tories with treaties and our relationship with the [federal] government,” Dr. Michelle Tom explained. “Our infrastructure for water has never been at the capacity where we can provide water for everyone on the reservation. So, you’re telling people to wash your hands for 20 seconds, and yet people are trying just to get water just to drink and to cook with.” President Donald Trump made a rare trip May 5, visiting an Arizona N95 mask factory, where he ignored factory rules by not wearing a mask. Guns ‘N Roses blared from a factory sound system, playing the song “Live and Let Die.” It’s not clear if it was a coincidental music choice or not. Trump also met with elected officials, including Navajo Nation Vice
President Myron Lizer. The Navajo Nation joined a lawsuit filed by numerous native tribes against Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, for his abject failure in disbursing $8 billion promised to Native American tribes in the CARES Act. “The amount of money that’s being sent to ‘Indian country,’ as we call it, is the largest amount in the history of the U.S. And you deserve it. And you’ve been through a lot,” Trump said to VP Lizer. “The Navajo Nation will soon receive over $600 million. That’s a lot. Should I renegotiate that? Can we renegotiate that?” (Laughter.) There was no laughter back on the Navajo reservation. “Today, the federal government announced that they intend to release a portion of funds appropriated by Congress over one month ago to tribes to help fight COVID-19, but I’ll believe it when I see it,” President Jonathan Nez, who himself tested positive for the virus, replied. “We couldn’t sit around and wait for those dollars, so we’ve had boots on the ground in nearly 20 communities giving out food, water, firewood, protective masks and other supplies ... We lost many of our beloved relatives and family members to this virus, but our teachings also tell us to move forward. We will and we are.” *** Amy Goodman is the host of Democracy Now!, a daily international TV/radio news hour airing on more than 1,400 stations. She is the coauthor, with Denis Moynihan and David Goodman, of the New York Times best-seller Democracy Now!: 20 Years Covering the Movements Changing America.
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Another pandemic: Republican voter suppression Hey! Hey! Hey! Supremes! How many Badgers did you kill today? We are in the middle of a deadly COVID-19 pandemic that may last years, but we have been attacked for 244 years by another pandemic which started in Philadelphia when 56 white guys signed a proclamation that “all men are created equal.” I guess signing it wasn’t much of a problem for 27 who owned slaves or made lots of money off the slave trade. But it started a pandemic of voter suppression decimating us every year since. Let’s see. If all “men” are created by equal, shouldn’t all sane men and women regardless of color or wealth or social position be able to vote? But white guys have always come up with reasons to suppress the vote of “them” by limiting the voting power of “them” who don’t look like them--or who do not think like them – or don’t have property and assets to match them. Remember when only property owners could vote? When only men could vote? When only whites could vote? When those who did not have a street address couldn’t vote? When the polls were open only one day? When Tuesday was picked as Election Day because horses took two days to travel to the polls? The list goes on and on and on…
legal cases surrounding the possible postponement of the spring voting day was the worst decision ever made by the court in its 231-year history. When I was principal of Fargo South High School I often had to deal with students protesting the Vietnam War and the draft. The angry shouts of “Hey! Hey! LBJ! How Many Kids Did You Kill Today?!” often were heard in the school activities. Both the Wisconsin Republican Supreme Court and the U.S. Republican Supreme Court observed the “home/shelter” rules of COVID-19 by voting by teleconference for the Wisconsin Republican Party’s position out of sight and place of each other. That’s why I have used the phrase “Hey! Hey! Hey! Supremes! How many Badgers Have You killed Today?!” If you did not follow nonsensical rules regarding mail-in ballots, you could stand in line for hours to vote and commit suicide. Five polling places for possibly more than 300,000 voters in Milwaukee when they normally use 180? Poll workers in hazmat suits and goggles? That’s democracy? The hell it is; it’s fascism. It’s two pounds of shit in a one-pound bag. Both courts forced Badgers to play Russian roulette with COVID-19 in order to vote! Beyond despicable. In the end, I wonder how many Badgers will have died because both Supreme Courts had forced them to the polls during a pandemic. The five Republican Supremes didn’t even have the guts to sign the decision while they were “saying”: “Some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice we’re willing to make!” Members of both courts should be charged with attempted murder.
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Why do we need 544 federal politicians? Aren’t 535 enough? When the decision was made in 1932 to put the phrase “Equal Justice Under the Law” on the Supreme Court building, some suggested the word “equal” was unnecessary because “justice” implied it was already “equal.” But Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes refused to drop “equal”: “It’s appropriate to place a strong emphasis upon impartiality.” It’s too bad the members of the Supreme Court don’t remember the phrase when they enter the building. Court watchers say the recent decision by the Republicans on the two Supreme Courts upholding the Wisconsin Republican Party in the
Leaders without empathy are often killed “Fragging” may be a new term for some readers, but the practice has been around for centuries in both civilian and military life. Military leaders – from squad leaders to generals – have been killed by their own troops because they have failed
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In an address to a joint session of Congress on November 27, 1963, President Lyndon Johnson requested quick action on a civil rights bill. (LBJ Library) to show empathy for human life. In World War I officers of both armies were shot in the back by their own troops when ordered to leave the trenches and cross into No-Man’s Land. Leave the trenches to be sawed in half by Maxim machine guns? Crazy! You don’t give a damn about me! We have lots of fragging in civilian life also. We have mass shootings every week. Disgruntled employees are killing supervisors and employers after they have been fired for some reason – or no reason at all. That’s fragging. When the American people, particularly its draftees, got fed up with the stupidity, waste, and senseless killing in the Vietnam War (such as capturing a hill in the afternoon and then giving it up at night – only to attack the same damn hill the next day), troops often ended up “fragging” superiors by throwing fragmentation grenades into their tents. Between 1969 and 1972 the military had nearly 900 incidents of “fragging.” We are in a COVID-19 War today that has already killed 36,000 Americans from babies to centenarians
in three months. Do Republican Supreme Court justices sending voters to their deaths for political reasons think they are immune to fragging? They had better read some history. And now that we have 400 million firearms, from .50 caliber sniper rifles to semi-automatic AR-15s to 12-gauge shotguns, civilians can frag too. Some “leaders” do such stupid things, like stupid and naïve former Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Molby, who flew 8,000 miles to Guam spending $243,000 of taxpayer money, to tell 4,900 sailors on the Theodore Roosevelt that their captain was “stupid and naïve” trying to save them from COVID-19. He was booed off the ship. I’m a little surprised he wasn’t fragged by pissed-off sailors. Now more than 700 sailors from the carrier have tested positive and one has died. The only leader to come clean out of this mess is Captain Brett Crozier. He should get his command back immediately. Trump and the admirals involved are the type of “leaders’ that get you killed quick in combat.
Civil rights leaders in the Oval Office in January 1964. From left, Roy Wilkins, executive director of the NAACP; James Farmer, national director of the Congress of Racial Equality; Martin Luther King, Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; and Whitney Young, executive director of the National Urban League. (LBJ Library) A brief history of the voter suppression pandemic A few blacks voted during Reconstruction days after the Civil War. They even elected members to Congress. But the assassination of Lincoln resulted in the resurrection of forces opposed to voting by former slaves. The scarecrows of Jim Crow were raised in every former Confederate state, essentially institutionalizing slavery again. The Ku Klux Klan in their dunce caps and white sheets raced through the South from Wilmington to Amarillo lynching, burning, raping, intimidating and killing the Emmet Tills and the Medgar Evers. Corky and I spent more than three years in Jim Crow territory in the 1950s while I was a Marine Corps officer, experiencing “WHITE” and “COLORED” signs first-hand. Jim Crow laws enforced segregation and essentially reconstituted slavery. (In Birmingham, Alabama blacks and whites could not play checkers together. In Oklahoma blacks and whites could not be in the same boat.) My three top sergeants were black decorated Korean War veterans who had to walk in the streets of Jacksonville, North Carolina, instead of on “white” sidewalks. Walking on the sidewalks got you beaten. Trying to vote got you killed. Viral pandemics come and go – but the U.S. voter suppression pandemic has been 24/7 for 244 years. A southern president who fought to end voter suppression President Lyndon Baines Johnson,
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an early Texas segregationist, gave his finest speech urging Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965. I wish I had the space to print all of it: “Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote. Yet the harsh fact is that in many places in this country men and women are kept from voting simply because they are Negroes. Every device of which human ingenuity is capable has been used to deny this right. The Negro citizen may go to register only to be told that the day is wrong, or the hour is late, or the official in charge is absent. And if he persists, he may be disqualified because he did not spell out his middle name or because he abbreviated a word on the application. And if he manages to fill out an application he is given a test. The registrar is the sole judge of whether he passes this test. He may be asked to recite the entire Constitution, or explain the most complex provisions of state law. And even a college graduate degree cannot be used to prove that he can read and write. For the fact is that the only way to pass these barriers is to show a white skin…Their cause must be our cause too. Because it is not just Negroes, but really it is all of us, who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. And we shall overcome.” The Voting Rights bill was passed, but many of the outrages listed by LBJ then mutated to more outrageous state laws to keep minorities from voting.
to “One Man, One Vote?” Does one dollar equal one vote? Why does free speech cost money? How many votes does Jeff Bezos of Amazon get with his $138 billion? One? A hundred thousand? A million? Do you still get one vote if you’re bankrupt? How many words do you get for a dollar or a billion dollars? Why do politicians need campaign money? If they say something worthwhile and beneficial to the country, isn’t it repeated by the free press? 2010: Citizens United Case flooded politics With billions. This 5-4 decision by the Republican Supreme Court changed campaign spending laws that had existed for more than a century. Republicans salivated over this decision until they drowned democracy in Grover Nordquist’s bathtub. They increased the value of “free” speech” a billion-fold by spending billions to buy school boards, town boards, county commissioners, city councils, legislatures and legislators, and finally buying, leasing and renting Congressmen. 2013: (Shelby v. Holder) Chief Justice John Roberts claimed race discrimination was over because Obama had been elected. In another 5/4 decision the Republican Supreme Court gutted, filleted and threw away
the head from the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by removing the supervision of elections in seven states from the Justice Department. Southern states immediately went fishing for every possible way to keep the poor and minorities from voting. They became geniuses and mobsters at it with about 300 different voting restrictions, so far. 2019: Roberts: Gerrymandering districts? What’s that? Roberts: “Courts can’t do anything with that. It’s a political question.” After all, it’s only destroying democracy. What’s wrong with “purple” Wisconsin when Republicans have 10 representatives and Democrats three in Congress? What is that called, Mr. Roberts? P.S. Why not nominate Bernie Sanders or Nancy Pelosi for president at the convention? They are both twice as smart as Joe Biden, speak with articulate authority, and with their experiences in leadership, are currently the most effective leaders of the Democratic Party – and the nation. And Bernie has also supplied the party platform. Of the last 10 Democrats running for the presidential nomination, nine of them are smarter than Joe. Guess who was “Moscow” Mitch McConnell’s favorite Democratic senator? Yup, it was Joe.
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The risks of wearing masks And the important Plandemic documentary that has gone viral Dr. Russell Blaylock has written a comprehensive fact-filled article on face masks, describing the research showing that the use of masks in many patients can easily: 1] cause hypoxia in some patients; 2] cause hypercapnia in those same patients; 3] impair one’s immunity; harmful respiratory viruses (and by bacteria as well – good ones and bad ones) when exhaling (thus forcing the viruses – and the bacteria – to be rebreathed again and again instead of being excreted from the body’s respiratory system); and 5] increase the concentration of potentially harmful viruses in the nasal passages which could then increase the likelihood of those viruses entering the brain via the olfactory nerves. Read the excerpts from the Blaylock article below about mask-wearing and ask yourself: “why haven’t the many scientists, bought CDC and DOH bureaucrats, bought politicians, journalists, etc. think about the downsides of requiring, under penalty of law, the wearing of masks by perfectly healthy, uninfected, asymptomatic people – especially those living in areas of the country where the
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risk of coming in contact with a case of COVID-19 is 1 in 10,000! And then wonder about what other anti-COVID strategies have been planned by these same fulltime professional COVID pandemic cheerleaders: 1] “flattening the curve” (thus decreasing the chances for herd immunity and also increasing the chances for the well-propagandized, theoretical “second wave”); 2] testing large percentages of the population – even asymptomatic people – with unaffordable, unreliable test kits that are notoriously flawed because of their many false positives and also false negatives), thus ensuring that more and more people will be erroneously diagnosed with COVID, when in reality, many of the testpositive cases will be simply due to a recent common cold from a benign coronavirus; 3] doing intrusive, aggressive and costly “contact tracing” of asymptomatic, uninfected persons that had a false positive test; and 4] aggressively propagandizing the public in order to increase the demand for the inevitably-flawed, poorlytested, fast-tracked, highly-profitable vaccine (profitable, that is, for the patent-holders and the investors of Big Pharma and Medical Technology stock, including those at the CDC, the WHO, GAVI, Bill Gates & Company, etc) – noting, importantly, that there has never been a vaccine developed for any coronavirus infection in the entire history of past coronavirus miniepidemics). Here are some excerpts from Dr. Blaylock’s important article, which was
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“It is known that the N95 mask, if worn for hours, can reduce blood oxygenation as much as 20%, which can lead to a loss of consciousness, as happened to the hapless fellow driving around alone in his car wearing an N95 mask, causing him to pass out, and to crash his car and sustain injuries.” Dr. Russell Blaylock titled “Face Masks Pose Serious Risks to The Healthy”: The article can be read in its entirety at technocracy. news/blaylock-face-masks-poseserious-risks-to-the-healthy/. “By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain.” – Russell Blaylock, MD “Researchers found that about a third of the workers developed headaches with use of the mask, most had preexisting headaches that were worsened by the mask wearing, and 60% required pain medications for relief. As to the cause of the headaches, while straps and pressure from the mask could be causative, the bulk of the evidence points toward hypoxia and/or hypercapnia as the cause. That is, a reduction in blood oxygenation (hypoxia) or an elevation in blood C02 (hypercapnia). “It is known that the N95 mask, if worn for hours, can reduce blood oxygenation as much as 20%, which can lead to a loss of consciousness, as happened to the hapless fellow driving around alone in his car wearing an N95 mask, causing him to pass out, and to crash his car and sustain injuries. I am sure that we have several cases of elderly individuals or any person with poor lung function passing out, hitting their head. This, of course, can lead to death. “A more recent study involving 159 health care workers aged 21 to 35 years of age found that 81% developed headaches from wearing a face mask. Some had pre-existing headaches that were precipitated by the masks. All felt like the headaches affected their work performance. “Unfortunately, no one is telling the frail elderly and those with lung diseases, such as COPD, emphysema or pulmonary fibrosis, of these dangers when wearing a facial mask of any
kind – which can cause a severe worsening of lung function. This also includes lung cancer patients and people having had lung surgery, especially with partial resection or even the removal of a whole lung. “The importance of these findings is that a drop in oxygen levels (hypoxia) is associated with an impairment in immunity. Studies have shown that hypoxia can inhibit the type of main immune cells used to fight viral infections called the CD4+ T-lymphocyte. This occurs because the hypoxia increases the level of a compound called hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), which inhibits T-lymphocytes and stimulates a powerful immune inhibitor cell called the Tregs. This sets the stage for contracting any infection, including COVID-19 and making the consequences of that infection much graver. In essence, your mask may very well put you at an increased risk of infections and if so, having a much worse outcome. “People with cancer, especially if the cancer has spread, will be at a further risk from prolonged hypoxia as the cancer grows best in a microenvironment that is low in oxygen. Low oxygen also promotes inflammation which can promote the growth, invasion and spread of cancers. Repeated episodes of hypoxia have been proposed as a significant factor in atherosclerosis and hence increases all cardiovascular (heart attacks) and cerebrovascular (strokes) diseases. “There is another danger to wearing these masks on a daily basis, especially if worn for several hours. When a person is infected with a respiratory virus, they will expel some of the virus with each breath. If they are wearing a mask, especially an N95 mask or other tightly fitting mask, they will be constantly rebreathing the viruses,
raising the concentration of the virus in the lungs and the nasal passages. We know that people who have the worst reactions to the coronavirus have the highest concentrations of the virus early on. And this leads to the deadly cytokine storm in a selected number. “It gets even more frightening. Newer evidence suggests that in some cases the virus can enter the brain. In most instances it enters the brain by way of the olfactory nerves (smell nerves), which connect directly with the area of the brain dealing with recent memory and memory consolidation. By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain.” *** Thoughts on the new Plandemic documentary that has raised the ire of the COVID profiteers noted
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above and the Sudden Rash of Big Pharma “Trolls” that have been instructed by their paymasters to get ahead of the unwelcome truths that are being revealed about the origins of the disastrous health and economic outcomes of the Bill Gates, et al (Likely) orchestrated COVID-19 “Plandemic” (To see what all the Plandemic documentary furor and official censorship is all about, click on https:// visionlaunch.com/plandemic-a-mustsee-micro-doc-about-corruption-drfauci/. And then ask: “why is the mainstream media cooperating in the banning of this important, welldocumented information contained in the film, for it is simply an interview with a respected scientist who is even willing to testify in a public hearing?” The powers-that-be behind the banning of Plandemic and the
disparaging and slandering of Dr. Judy Mikovitz are obviously afraid of something that will expose them for planning something evil. Tyrannical corporate forces, starting with Google and YouTube and the CDC and Big Pharma and the MSM have kicked into high gear before any more of us Sheeple are allowed a chance to view some unwelcome truths that are considered dangerous to the powersthat-be. There have been any number of proover-vaccination trolls that are being well-compensated by Big Pharma/ Big Vaccine corporations (that have ruled the world for awhile now) by recommending the banning of the documentary. Examples include any number of similarly-ignorant, shameful lobbyist/troll “journalists” that write for newspapers like the Times, the Post, the Herald, the Tribune, the Daily News, the Journal, the Chronicle, the Register,
the Observer, the Sentinel and virtually every other Big Pharma/Big Vaccinecontrolled major media outlet all over America and the world. I urge readers to watch the Pandemic clip before it has been banned – and then ponder the history of fascist Germany when Josef Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment, did the same thing to resistant German truth-tellers when failed to conform tot the “approved totalitarian narrative.”
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Trump supporter wins special election A Northwoods state senator will be the next representative of the 7th Congressional District. According to preliminary results, state Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, won by about 14 percentage points, or about 28,000 votes. The Associated Press called the race shortly after 9 p.m. The special election was called after Republican former Rep. Sean Duffy resigned in September. Tiffany faced Democrat Tricia Zunker, the Wausau School Board president and a Ho-Chunk Supreme Court justice. Tiffany campaigned on a promise to be an ally to President Donald Trump, by emphasizing his closeness WPR to the president and steadfast support throughout the eight-month campaign. In remarks on Facebook Live from his home, Tiffany called the win a “decisive victory.” He thanked Zunker for the campaign and said he will dedicate himself to promoting an economic recovery. “I have one goal as I go out to Washington D.C., and that is to
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“Despite a global pandemic and the lack of universal mail-in voting, we showed what can be done, and we laid the groundwork for this seat to turn blue in November.”
Democrat Tricia Zunker, who plans to run again in November
get America back up on her feet again,” Tiffany said. “We’re Americans, and we’ve been through difficult times. We know how to go out and turn things around, and we will do that again.” Trump, who repeatedly tweeted his endorsement of Tiffany in recent weeks, congratulated him Tuesday night, writing that “he will do a FANTASTIC job for the people of Wisconsin, and the United States.” In an election night statement, Zunker’s campaign said the results show that Democrats have momentum in Wisconsin, pointing out that no Democratic House candidate has
gotten more than 40 percent of the vote in the district since 2012. “Despite a global pandemic and the lack of universal mail-in voting, we showed what can be done, and we laid the groundwork for this seat to turn blue in November,” Zunker said. Both candidates have said they will run in November’s election for a full term. Voters found protective barriers, hand-sanitizer stations and strict social distancing requirements at the polls. Across the district’s 700 municipalities, about 250 Wisconsin National Guard members assisted at polling locations. The sprawling 7th Congressional District comprises all or part of 26 counties, including much of central Wisconsin and the Northwoods and all
of northwestern Wisconsin. It has been a conservative stronghold, and voted for Trump by more than 20 points in 2016. The global pandemic that struck in the middle of the campaign forced Tiffany and Zunker and their supporters to shift to online organizing events and virtual get-out-the-vote efforts. On Saturday, the Trump campaign boasted that volunteers had made more than 1 million phone calls to voters in the district supporting Tiffany’s campaign. The president has tweeted his endorsement of Tiffany several times in recent weeks. Zunker had called for the election to be held entirely by mail, but Gov. Tony Evers did not push for a change. Both campaigns promoted absentee voting.
Report: Counties could see $68M loss in sales tax Counties might see millions more in losses from sales tax revenues than previously thought, according to the most recent estimates released from a research division of the Wisconsin Counties Association. The latest report from Forward Analytics finds counties could lose $68 million in sales tax revenues – roughly 15 percent of the $462 million that counties expected to bring in this year. In late March, the group forecast counties could lose $55 million if the state’s “Safer at Home” order lasted through May. Forward Analytics director Dale Knapp said the revised figures factor in March estimates of retail sales, April sales tax collections and unemployment data.
“With the information that’s coming in now, it looks like there’s a decent chance that things can be a little bit worse than we thought,” Knapp said. April tax collections were down $870 million compared to the same month last year, according to the Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau. Preliminary data from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue showed retail sales tax receipts for clothing were down 46 percent along with a 38 percent decline for restaurants and bars. At the same time, online sales tax receipts grew by 49 percent. Knapp said the counties that will be most impacted by the loss are those that receive a greater share of sales tax revenues from tourism, as well as those that rely more heavily on collections as
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part of their overall budget. Sauk County, which includes the Wisconsin Dells area, is among the counties expected to see the greatest declines with an estimated 20.6 percent drop in sales tax revenues. Dave Bretl, the county’s interim administrative coordinator, said the county board will weigh how to deal with the projected $2 million shortfall. Door County is also projected to see a 20.7 percent decline in sales tax revenues or a loss of $928,261. Door County Administrator Ken Pabich said the county was conservative in its projected revenues, budgeting for $3.75 million this year. Still, he said the county board will have to decide how to make up for a shortage in sales tax revenues.
“There’s multiple tools that are available. Anything that ranges from obviously dipping into our fund reserve, which is what that’s kind of there for, for those types of expenses,” said Pabich. “Or, do we do similar things that the state’s doing, let’s say at the state or the university level, where they’re looking at doing some type of furlough program in regards to make up some that difference?” Counties could receive funding from the state, which is expected to receive more than $2 billion in coronavirus relief through the federal CARES Act. But Knapp said that money wouldn’t be able to go toward lost revenues. Congress is discussing a second round of coronavirus relief that could help replace lost revenues.
The grassroots American Indian Movement got its start in Minneapolis administration agreed to consider their demands and pay for them to return home. The action made AIM a target of COINTELPRO, the FBI’s covert operation meant to disrupt domestic political organizations. In 1973, AIM received a request from Gladys Bissonette of the Oglala Sioux Civil Rights Organization. The traditional Lakota people on the Pine Ridge Reservation were being terrorized by white vigilantes and The American Indian Movement supporters of tribal president Dick (AIM), founded by grassroots activists Wilson. In response, AIM joined the in Minneapolis in 1968, first sought traditional Lakotas in occupying the to improve conditions for recently village of Wounded Knee. Surrounded urbanized Native Americans. It grew by hundreds of federal agents with into an international movement whose military weaponry, the Natives battled goals included the full restoration government forces for seventy-one of tribal sovereignty and treaty days. They demanded hearings on rights. Through a long campaign of their treaty and investigation of “confrontation politics,” AIM is often the BIA. Two Native people, Buddy credited with restoring hope to Native Lamont and Frank Clearwater, were peoples. killed. Major news organizations AIM’s rise occurred during a time of remained onsite throughout the extreme hardship for Native Americans conflict, reporting headlines across in the Twin Cities. A decade earlier, the world. the federal government had passed the While three men – Dennis Banks, Indian Relocation Act, Clyde Bellecourt and which promised good jobs Russell Means – are and housing for Natives generally acknowledged who moved from reservaas leaders of AIM, tions into cities. Many of many Native women by the thousands who migratalso made extraordinary, ed, however, found only often anonymous, MINNESOTA low-wage labor, substandsacrifices for the ard housing, discrimination, HISTORICAL movement. Among these violence, and despair. Their were Pat Bellanger, an SOCIETY spiritual ceremonies, outoriginal AIM member lawed since 1884, were still illegal. whose nearly 50 years of service AIM’s initial actions were meant to the movement earned her the to bolster Minneapolis’s Native nickname “Grandma AIM”; Sarah population. To aid victims of police Bad Heart Bull, who was beaten and abuse, they formed the AIM Patrol. jailed in Custer, South Dakota, while AIM also helped establish the Legal protesting her son’s murder; and Rights Center, which provided free Anna Mae Aquash, a member of the representation to the poor, and the Mi’kmaq First Nation who left her Indian Health Board, which provided family in Canada during Wounded Native-centric medical care. In 1972, Knee, where she took up arms and AIM founded Heart of the Earth fought alongside the men. Survival School. History may view AIM as a militant Later that year, AIM widened its group, but AIM saw itself as a spiritual focus to the national stage, joining the movement. Before, during, and Trail of Broken Treaties. The purpose after Wounded Knee, AIM members of the walk—which began on the West participated in Sun Dances, sweat Coast and ended in Washington, DC— lodges, and other long-hidden was to demand that the government ceremonies, helping to coax them fulfill its treaty commitments. Upon from the shadows. arrival, AIM members occupied the In 1974, Banks and Means were Bureau of Indian Affairs Building. tried for conspiracy and assault at the After nearly a week, the Nixon federal courthouse in St. Paul. After a
nine-month trial, AIM declared victory when Judge Fred J. Nichols, citing government misconduct, dismissed all charges. The movement, however, had begun to splinter. Infighting, jealousy, and the FBI’s efforts to divide them had sewn suspicion and paranoia. The murder of Anna Mae Aquash, whose body was discovered on Pine Ridge on February 24, 1975, marked the beginning of the end of a united AIM. Members blamed the FBI and one another, destroying trust within the movement.
AIM’s last major action took place in 1978. The Longest Walk was commenced to protest the imprisonment of AIM activist Leonard Peltier and eleven federal bills that threatened treaty rights. Several hundred Natives marched from San Francisco to Washington, DC. The walk achieved much of its purpose: the anti-Native bills were defeated. But the greatest victory of the walk, and perhaps the movement, came on August 11, just days after protestors arrived: President Jimmy Carter signed the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, lifting the ban on Native American spiritual practices. Bellecourt continued to lead the Minneapolis branch of AIM into the 2010s, fighting derogatory team names and police misconduct and founding the AIM Interpretive Center.
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Gaming and climate change: What’s the connection? Dear Earth Talk: A friend’s dad said it was such a shame that video gaming causes so much global warming, but I don’t see the connection. —Jake, Windham, VT
with the advent of better computer graphics and processing. What’s more, when technology in recent years enabled mobile gaming to be set in motion, the industry’s potential skyrocketed. In 2018, the revenue for gaming products in the United States was $18.4 billion; industry The connection between analysts expect the figure video gaming and climate to be closer to $230 billion change is mostly about a year by 2022. energy use. In short, the But this popularity huge growth in gaming, by doesn’t come without and the inefficiency of an environmental price. the consoles from the For starters, the mass major manufacturers like production of boxed video Microsoft and Sony, has games – the kind that led to a surge in electricity come on CDs or DVDs and demand associated with which you load into your computer kids’ enjoyment of Fortnite, Minecraft, or console – generates tons and tons Roblox and other popular gaming of carbon dioxide (CO2), the leading platforms. greenhouse gas. Researchers have The first video games came out in found that ~0.39 kilograms of carbon the 1950s, but their popularity has dioxide are released into surrounding increased exponentially since then
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Environmentalists worry that use of power-hungry gaming consoles could be slowing our transition to renewables. Credit: EVG Photos, Pexels airspace with the production of each single boxed game. While less than half a kilogram of pollution doesn’t seem like much, it adds up when you figure in how many individual games are produced. In the last year alone, the production of just one popular new
Xbox and PlayStation game, FIFA 20, led to the emission of almost 600,000 kilograms of CO2, roughly equivalent to the energy needed to run 100 cars for a year. The carbon emissions linked to video gaming don’t just end at production.
Once the game is purchased, it requires a gaming console to actually play it; these consoles are especially energyinefficient. Certain gaming devices such as the Xbox Series X produce 0.07 kilograms of CO2 for every hour played. Another way that video gaming contributes to the climate crisis is that there are a multitude of ubiquitous games that have extensive “play times,” squandering substantial quantities of energy. Popular video games such as Assassin’s Creed and Grand Theft Auto V can take upwards of 35 hours to complete – and that’s just the main storyline, disregarding freeplay and extra “missions.” The average gamer will use more kilowatt hours of energy in a year than an energy-efficient washing machine. Meanwhile, heavy gamers consume almost three times as many kilowatt hours annually as typical moderate users. But eco-conscious gamers (and parents) can be happy that Sony, Microsoft and other console makers are streamlining production processes to align with wider efforts to curb CO2 emissions, and consumers can expect future iterations of Xbox and PlayStation to sip electricity compared
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to current models. Likewise, most new games are available for digital download these days which spares the packaging and shipping – and related greenhouse gas emissions – of individual CDs and their plasticwrapped boxes. ***
Dealing with allergies the eco-friendly way
In springtime, the trees are blossoming, the flower buds are opening and the grass is green and lush. There is beauty all around, yet for the 50 million Americans living with allergies, the spring can be one of the most challenging times of the year. Allergic rhinitis – or hay fever – is common no matter what age you are and can also develop later in life. Managing your allergies and easing the symptoms can be done naturally, without harsh chemicals that damage the environment. Dust Mites: Many of the allergens that affect people in the spring originate in your home. House dust mites in particular are one of the most common triggers for not only allergic rhinitis, but also asthma. They multiply quickly in spring time. These minute little bugs are only a mm long, but can cause some serious skin rashes and breathing difficulties. They feed
off your dead skin cells – dust. If you consider that every day you shed 1.5 grams of skin every day, this is enough to feed a million hungry dust mites. The only way to get rid of these little critters is to clean. The most common places they accumulate are in carpets, bedding and furniture. They burrow themselves deep into the cloth fabric and can only be removed by cleaning and washing. Deal with the source of the problem by dusting, vacuuming and mopping – then you will improve the symptoms of the allergy. Spring Pollen: Pollen produced by trees, grasses and plants in springtime can cause big problems for those living with allergies. The pollen is released into the air to help fertilize other plants. When it gets into the nose, the immune system goes into overdrive and sees this as an unwanted presence. It then produces histamines into the blood to attack the allergens. Unfortunately histamines give you itchy eyes, a runny nose, a cough and the other symptoms that we commonly associate with a pollen allergy. There is nothing we can do about dealing with the source of the pollen, which can travel miles on the wind. Natural Remedies: You can get antihistamines and other allergy medication from your pharmacist or doctor, however, there are natural ways
to deal with this too. Nasal irrigation using distilled water, a little salt and ¼ teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda will help remove the pollen, so that your body doesn’t produce histamines. Butterbur is a herb that can be used to reduce the symptoms of pollen allergies – scientific studies have found that it contains a natural chemical extract called Ze339 which counteracts the symptoms of the histamines. Research has also found that the herb is just as effective as over-the-counter antihistamine medication. Quercetin is another natural ingredient that is proven to help the fight against pollen allergy symptoms, it also helps to boost the immune system. It is a powerful antioxidant that is found in apples, berries, black tea, grapes, peppers, onions, broccoli and red wine. Upping your intake of Quercetin is easy, just drink the wine in moderation. Some of the causes of spring allergies are unavoidable, in particular pollen and other airborne spores. You can however treat the symptoms of these allergies naturally, without the need for harsh chemicals that have side-effects. These eco-friendly remedies are easily found and definitely won’t damage the environment.
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Wind energy cargo helps Port of Duluth-Superior gain second consecutive Pacesetter Award The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation announced the recipients of its Pacesetter Award for international cargo tonnage increases during the 2019 shipping season. That pentad included the Port of Duluth-Superior, which earned Pacesetter honors for the second consecutive year. Four of Duluth-Superior’s six cargo categories posted season-over-season tonnage increases in 2019. General cargo, comprised of project cargoes, breakbulk and heavy-lift industrial pieces, led the way with a tenfold tonnage increase. Wind energy cargo arrivals paced the surge, with Duluth Cargo Connect welcoming a single-season record 306,000 freight tons of wind energy components to the Clure Public Marine Terminal. Grain, the port’s No. 1 export, also moved briskly in 2019. Paced by by wheat shipments, READER grain tonnage STAFF posted a 20 percent increase over 2018 and a 12 percent improvement on the five-season average. In total, the Port of Duluth-Superior registered a 16 percent season-overseason increase in international tonnage shipped. Eighty-five overseas
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vessels visited during the 2019 shipping season, the most since 2010. “On behalf of everyone in the Port of Duluth-Superior, we’re pleased to accept this award, and especially excited about earning it in consecutive years, which reflects a sustained level of achievement, as the criterion is a season-over-season increase,” said Deb DeLuca, executive director of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority. “It’s a collaborative effort that makes the Port of Duluth-Superior a thriving world port and we appreciate all of the numerous partners who play a role in that effort. Especially during this time of great disruption and
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North Shore lenders named top-producers The presentation of the $8,000 check was made to Shaye Moris, executive director of Second Harvest. Presenting the check are Knights of Columbus representatives Fritz Wrazidlo, Grand Knight - Council 8268; Paul Sever, MN KC District #4 Deputy; and Andy Brunette, Financial Secretary - Council 8268. uncertainty, I want to draw attention to the important role of the working men and women throughout our port. These essential workers continue to ensure supply chain continuity every day. They are truly the Port of DuluthSuperior’s backbone.” The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation established the Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award in 1992 to recognize achievements of U.S. ports whose efforts resulted in increasing international tonnage shipped through the Seaway, excluding Canada, in comparison to the previous shipping season. Since the award’s inception, no port has earned more Pacesetter Awards than the Port of Duluth-Superior (17). In addition to the Port of DuluthSuperior, the ports hoisting Pacesetter honors for international tonnage gains during the 2019 season included the Illinois International Port District, the Port of Green Bay (Wisconsin), the Port of Monroe (Michigan) and the Port of Oswego (New York). “Congratulations to the five Great Lakes ports being recognized as Pacesetter Award recipients for their achievements during the 2019 Seaway navigation season,” said Craig Middlebrook, deputy administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. “The dedicated teams of professionals at our ports work hard to move increasing amounts of cargo safely and efficiently.”
Knights deliver to Second Harvest The St. Joseph’s Knights of Columbus at Holy Family Parish in West Duluth Council officers, (Fritz Wrazidlo, Grand Knight; Andy Brunette, Financial Secretary; Frank Gerard, Treasurer; Mike Reckinger, Secretary; along with Paul Sever, KofC District Deputy and Father Ryan Moravitz - Holy Family & St. Lawrence Cluster) while not being able to meet with our membership since March due to the COVID situation, decided that we would make a general donation to Second Harvest to show and demonstrate our support for their organization and outreach. Knowing that they distribute to more than 180 outlets and serve more than 44,000 people in the Northland, we felt that a we could help out in some small way. The council’s project morphed into a Northland challenge to other Knights of Columbus councils, not only in the Duluth District but within our region. Eight Duluth councils as well as councils from Ely, Hibbing, and Virginia/Mountain Iron responded. What started out as a modest donation idea from our council, grew to $8,000 overall! Since one of the founding principles of the Knights is Service to Community, we felt that this was a great opportunity to walk the talk. Knights Councils that generously donated are as follows: St. Lawrence
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Julie Reinemann and Chana Stocke of North Shore Mortgage were named Minnesota Housing Top Producing Loan Officers at the Platinum Level for their loan production during 2019. The Minnesota Housing Top Producing Loan Officer Program awards outstanding loan officers biannually at three levels: Platinum, Gold, and Silver. Loan officers meeting the threshold for each level based on regional production are recognized as top producers. “Julie and Chana have dedicated their careers to North Shore Mortgage for well over half a century combined. We are extremely proud of their outstanding achievements and could not be more grateful for the commitment they show to their clients,” stated Joe Johnson, Sr. Vice President of North Shore Mortgage. Homeownership builds equity and is the primary driver for building wealth for American families. Each year of successful homeownership typically adds $5,000 to $10,000 in household wealth. It also creates stability for families and stronger connections within our communities. Minnesota Housing supports and
strengthens homeownership by partnering with local loan officers like Reinemann and Stocke to provide affordable homebuyer loans. Firsttime and repeat homebuyers can access programs with fixed interest rates and down payment loans up to $17,000. More information and eligibility requirements are available at mnhousing.gov. In addition to homebuyer loans, Minnesota Housing also offers home improvement loans and finances single-family and multifamily homes across the state.
County board waives property tax late fee The St. Louis County Board has approved waiving the late fee for two months for people struggling to pay property taxes due to the financial impact of COVID-19. To be eligible, people must fill out a brief application, which can be downloaded from the county website at stlouiscountymn. gov/propertytaxes. The deadline to apply for forgiveness of the late fee is May 31. Anyone granted the abatement then has until July 15 to pay their property taxes for the first half of the year. In her comments to commissioners, County Auditor Nancy Nilsen noted that St. Louis County residents typically have a high rate of paying property taxes on time, but that this is an unprecedented situation. “The only thing state statute allows us to do is waive penalties for late payments and that is what this resolution does,” said Nilsen. “Tax payers do not have to wait until July 15 to pay their first half property taxes, however. In fact, I suggest people send in payments as they have the money to pay, so that it is not overwhelming for them come July 15.” The Auditor’s Office has been closely monitoring the amount of payments as they’ve come in in recent weeks, to gauge if this abatement would be possible. Property tax payments help fund not only the county’s operating costs, but also those of all cities and townships, school districts and other taxing authorities within the county. Most of those jurisdictions indicated they would be able to continue operating if at least half of payments came in on time and the rest were paid by July 15. Nilsen noted that payments received to date have now surpassed that 50% benchmark and said, “It is now safe to say, we can move forward with providing some relief to those that need it most in our community.”
Commissioners voted unanimously in favor of the resolution. This abatement does not apply to properties where tax payments are already in escrow, properties that are classified as Utility, or for properties that have had a delinquent property tax payment within the last 10 years. In addition, no refunds will be given for property taxes already paid. Completed applications can be submitted by email, mail, fax or via the secure drop boxes outside the courthouse in Duluth, the Auditor’s Service Center at the Miller Hill Mall, and the Government Services Center in Virginia. Property tax payments can also be dropped off at these three locations. For more information visit stlouiscountymn.gov/propertytaxes.
WTIP wins regional Murrow Award GRAND MARAIS, MN - The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) announced May 12 that WTIP is among the winners of a 2020 regional Edward R. Murrow Award. The Murrow Awards are the embodiment of the values, principles and standards set forth by Edward R. Murrow, a journalism pioneer who set the standards for the highest quality of broadcast journalism. In the small market radio category, WTIP won for Best Podcast Boundary Waters Podcast The award is for overall series content based on the submission of Episode 18: A Father’s Dream, the story of Erik Dickes from Omaha, Neb., who recorded an audio diary on a trip to the BWCAW in May 2019, to commemorate his late father, and tell the story of a canoe trip they had planned to take together in 2018. Joe Friedrichs, WTIP news director, and founder and co-host of the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast, said, “We started this podcast three years ago to create a platform for sharing stories from this amazing region. To have the series recognized with an Edward R. Murrow Award is among the highest honors I can imagine. This is a tremendous achievement for WTIP listeners and supporters of our Boundary Waters podcast and the paddling community.” Podcast co-host Matthew Baxley added, “This podcast is all about tapping into the diversity of people who have been transformed by the wilderness and allowing their stories to be experienced by the listener any time and place. This award really reflects that.” For complete episodes and more
information about WTIP’s Boundary Waters Podcast visit wtip.org/wtipboundary-waters-podcast Regional winners automatically move on to the national round of the competition with national winners announced in June.
Submerged in Mystery also recognized CBS 3 has been honored with a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Hard News Reporting for the February 2019 submission Submerged in Mystery, which looked back at the 1978 disappearance of then-44-year-old Sally Tharaldson and 63-year-old Virgil LaPanta in Duluth. The story, produced by CBS 3 anchor Anthony Matt, highlights the research of a life-long Minnesotan captivated by the disappearance. “The Murrow Awards are among the most prestigious in broadcast and digital news. It’s an honor to be recognized by our peers for our team’s work and dedication to journalism,” said Kevin Jacobsen, CBS 3 news director.
with Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College English instructor Darci Schummer to produce the publication. Due to the high number of exceptional art submissions, the editors elected to have the anthology feature its pages in color for the first time. Among the artists featured in the journal are Charlie May, Anna Granholm, Kaitlyn Rain Hagenah, J.M.S. Swenson and James Springett. Featured writers include Suzanne VanHoever, Jabari Simpson, Deborah Rasmussen, Jan Chronister and Liz Minette. In lieu of an in-person celebration for latest edition of The Thunderbird Review, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College will celebrate the release virtually by featuring contributors reading from their work and publishing images of the selected artwork at facebook.com/thethunderbirdreview. For more information or to purchase a copy of The Thunderbird Review, contact Darci Schummer at 218-879-0845 or via email at dschummer@fdltcc. edu. People interested in purchasing copies of the anthology can find them on Amazon. Funds from book sales go toward producing the current publication as well as the next edition.
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Thunderbird Review anthology published Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College has published the eighth edition of its literary and arts anthology, The Thunderbird Review. The journal features writing and art submitted by students from Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College and residents of northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin communities. The Thunderbird Review provides an opportunity for students to gain handson experience in writing, editing and publishing at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College. The journal received many highquality submissions this year from both established and emerging writers and artists. The editorial staff spent hours poring over and discussing all the wonderful writing and art. The student editors this year were Alberto Torres, Dakota Burton, Katherine Welman and Janice Rarick, and they worked
Area car clubs and car collectors are getting together this weekend to share their enthusiasm of the hobby in the area again this weekend. Organizers are expecting once again to have more than 100 vehicles in the lineup. They will leave Nick Glumac Drive off Commonwealth Avenue at 10 a.m. and then travel thru Fond du Lac, Jay Cooke Park, Carlton, Scanlon, Cloquet, Scanlon, Proctor, Hermantown and the Edgewood Vista parking lots before heading down Piedmont Avenue and taking Skyline Parkway back across and ending at the Clyde Iron parking lot sometime between 1 and 2 p.m. For more information, individuals can call 715-392-5236.
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Duluth Herald May 14, 1888 A WAGON BRIDGE. A PROPOSITION TO FORM A JOINT STOCK COMPANY TO BUILD A BRIDGE TO WEST SUPERIOR.
West Duluth and West Superior have now so many interests in common that a wagon bridge connecting the two is a positive necessity. There is not a single business man in West Duluth that would not be benefited by the building of such a bridge, and so much is it desired that there is every probability that within a short time a joint stock
Ad appearing in the May 14, 1890 edition of the Duluth Herald.
company will be formed to build such a bridge, if the necessary legislation can be procured. A semi-public meeting of representative West End business men was held on Saturday night and a committee was appointed to visit West Superior and ascertain the feeling of the business men upon that side of the bay, and as soon as this committee reports there will be a public meeting called to consider the proposition. The idea is to run the bridge from the extreme end of Rice’s point to the end of Connor’s Point and to provide for a roadway, foot path and railroad bridge all in one.
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Wade’s heavy hitters were smiting the spheroid in various and timely places. It was a one-sided contest and Duluth won by a score of 14 to 7. Gagnon, one of Wade’s new men, pitched Saturday’s game with rarity of precision and good judgment. But seven hits were made off him and three of these would never have been credited had Shepherd been in his usual form.
Duluth Herald May 14, 1910 SEVENTY-FIVE BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE WEST END
Building operations at the West end are attracting much attention this spring, not only from real estate dealers, who are always in touch with the situation, but rom the casual visitors, transients and would-be investors. Inquiry among contractors results in the statement that before the year
has closed that there will be 500 new buildings erected at the West end. It is estimated that about seventy-five of this number are now in the course of construction. During the past two or three years there has been a movement on foot among working men at the West end to buy property and erect homes of their own. For this reason, there are more frame residences erected than brick flats. On the hillside district, the Piedmont avenue car line extension has done much to boom the building situation. Since the car line has been assured rentals have gone up and property is being held for higher prices than formerly. Much building is being done along the hillside and much more is in prospect. Bergstrom Bros. have recently completed a modern two-story brick flat and store building at Twentysecond avenue west and Third street, southeast corner. On the southwest corner is the new edifice which the First Swedish Baptist congregation of the West end has in course of
Judge Davies was on the bench in the municipal court this morning, and as a result some of the old-time drunks received an unusually large dose. Ed Mahoney paid a fine of $7 and John Maloney went out for seven days. Mary, better known as “Mother,” Lanagan, Peter McAvoy, Frank Wright and John Gaivin, all of whom had been arrested before, were given seventeen days each..
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Duluth won the opening games of the season from the Palace team of St. Paul. On Saturday, in spite of raw, penetrating winds and a moist atmosphere a good sized crowd of fans kept trying to get within the rays of the sun that crept over the top of the grand stand and rooted lustily as Manager
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been leased to E.A. Nelson, proprietor of the Mutual Electric company and the Star theater of the West end. He has arranged a booking service with the Sullivan & Considine circuit of New York.
Duluth Herald May 14, 1920 ARRANGE FOR CONVENTIONS Scandinavians Outline Plans For Big Meeting Here Next Summer.
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construction. The church is to cost $25,000. Besides the Swedish Baptist congregation, other churches will start building operations at the West end this summer. The St. Clement’s Catholic parish will have a new $35,000 church, the largest in the West end, at the southeast corner of Twenty-first avenue west and Third street. The excavation work for this edifice has already been completed. The Seventh Day Adventists have purchased a lot at Twenty-second avenue west and Fourth street and arrangements have been made to build. The new church will cost close to $10,000. The Grace M. E. church, northeast corner of Twenty-second avenue west and Third street, will be remodeled at a cost of $10,000, the work to commence at once.
Plans for various meetings and reunions of organizations of Scandinavians and persons of Scandinavian extraction who will meet in Duluth this summer, have been outlined by committees and representative members and arrangements for the meetings are being made. Receptions and other forms of entertainment are to be provided for.
One of the members representing the Solor-Lag said today that all preliminary arrangements had been made The headquarters during the convention will be the Spalding hotel. Business will be transacted and several lectures and a great banquet will be given there. An attendance of nearly 1,100 delegates are expected. The convention will convene June 23. The local committee of the Nordlands-Lag held a meeting at the Commercial club Monday night. Prof. O. E. Rolvaag of Northfield, J. B. Baumann, the poet and register of deeds of Carlton county, and Rev. J. Skagen of Minneapolis attended the meeting. One of the committee said today: “The Nordlands-Lag consists of people from the Northern coast of Norway, where most of them prior to coming to America were fishermen and sailors. They were virtually born and bred on the water, for which reason water has a peculiar attraction for them. They are therefore intensely interested in visiting Duluth and seeing the great body of water and the harbor here.”
It was also announced in The Herald this week that the Norwegian societies of the city are considering a proposition to build a Norwegian hall at the West end. Members of the committee favor a location on West First street, near the business section of the West end. A type of the brick business blocks which are being constructed at the West end is the Nelson Bros. knitting mill, on the upper side of Superior street, near Twenty-first avenue west. The new factory is on the lot adjoining the present location. The building is completely fireproof and covers the entire lot of 50 by 140 feet. The factory will be modern in every particular and especially arranged for the comfort of the employes. A large number of skylights will be placed The west half of the first floor has
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Kristin Jean Baldwin (Medjo) 1977 – 2/11/2020 Kristin Jean Baldwin (Medjo), 43, of Saint Paul, Minnesota, died on February 11, 2020 following a brief and aggressive battle with breast cancer. Kristin grew up in Duluth, attended Marshall 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 her husband (Brett) and son (Cooper) of St Paul, and by her parents Dennis and Sandra Medjo of Duluth, her aunt Susan Medjo of Washington DC and many cousins. A celebration of her life will be held at a later date.
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Robert E. Powless 1933 – 4/25/2020 On April 25 Robert Elroy Powless moved gently into the spirit world in the presence of his loving family. He is survived by his wife Linda Graham Powless, his daughter Marcia Karen Powless, his son Blair Graham Powless, and his five grandchildren Dane Malcolm Powless, Makayla Blair Powless, Key Robert Powless, Yvonne Simone Powless, and Preston Lafayette Powless. He is loved unconditionally and will be truly missed by his family. Robert served the Anishinaabe community and the larger Duluth community as an educator, mentor and as a community leader for more than 40 years. He was a very social person who enjoyed being with other people: telling jokes and laughing, extending compliments to others, and taking part in important discussions. His intellectual contributions to local communities were always compassionate and were always well received. He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. He made a point of shaping profound loving relationships with each of his grandchildren, and was supportive and active in the lives of his two children. When asked recently what the best decision that he ever made was, he replied “Having Linda love me.” A memorial service will be held when circumstances allow. The family will invite the community to join them in celebrating his life at that time.
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Janet L. Provost 6/1/1933 – 4/6/2020 Janet “Jan” L. Provost, 86, longtime Billings Park resident, died peacefully April 6 at Solvay Hospice House in Duluth, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Superior, to John “Jack” and Gertrude (Harris) White. She married Ronald Provost on June 18, 1955, and they celebrated 58 years of marriage before his passing in 2013. Jan attended area schools, and graduated from Cathedral High School, where she was Homecoming Queen. Jan was a longtime active member of Cathedral of Christ the King Catholic Church, and was a well-known area peace activist. In 1983, she founded the Northland Chapter of Grandmothers for Peace. Jan is survived by five daughters, two sons, longtime special family friend, Ron DeGraef, two sisters-in-law, 14 grandchildren, 8 greatgrandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. A Memorial Mass at Cathedral of Christ the King Catholic Church will be held at a later date. The Downs-LeSage Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. To leave an online condolence or to sign the guestbook, visit downslesage.com.
Troy Andrew Volkenant 4/13/1979 – 4/19/2020 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.
John “Jack” M Carr 9/10/1940 ~ 5/9/2020 John (Jack) M. Carr, 79, of Duluth, died of cardiac failure at Essentia Health St. Mary’s Medical Center. He is survived by his wife Dianne, with whom he spent 52 good years of marriage. Jack loved going up the Gunflint Trail, spending time at his cabin, and fishing. Due to Covid-19, there will be no funeral. However, there will be a blessing of the ashes at Park Hill Cemetery with the Honor Guard in attendance. The date will be announced soon. Arrangements by Dougherty Funeral Home, Duluth. James R. Johnson 4/23/1967 – 5/5/2020 James (Jim) R. Johnson, 53 of Duluth died suddenly at St. Luke’s. Jim was born in Ely to Hugo and Delores Johnson. He was raised in Soudan and Virginia and graduated from Mountain Iron-Buhl High School. He worked in customer service for CenturyLink and then at Goodwill. Jim enjoyed Art, drawing; watching the Vikings and the UMD Bulldogs. Private family services will be held. Arrangements by Dougherty Funeral Home, 600 E 2nd St. Duluth, Minn. Eleanor Myrtle Loyear 1/20/1929 – 4/28/2020 Eleanor (Ellie) Myrtle Loyear, 91 of Duluth died in Edgewood Vista Assisted Living. She met Glen Loyear when he was in the Navy. They were married on Sept. 20, 1952. Ellie was a member of 1st United Methodist Church and a wonderful couples club, where she and Glen made many friends. Ellie and Glen were also very active in the West Duluth Moose 1478 Service Fraternity. Where Ellie became Senior Regent and Glen became Governor. Private service will be held at Dougherty’s Funeral Home and celebration of life at a later date.
Zipper merge saves time, hassles hassles. – Heloise Dear Heloise: I implore you to help educate drivers on the “zipper merge.” PET PAL With all the road construction going Dear Readers: Kathy A. on around the country, we all would be sent a picture of her resso much better off if drivers cued special girl, Gracie, learned about this. – Diana who is a cancer survivor. C., via email To see Gracie and our other Diana, I’d be happy to Pet Pals, visit Heloise.com pass on this information. and click on “Pet of the Readers, imagine this: A Week.” highway lane is closed up Do you have a funny ahead with the requisite by and furry friend you’d like signs alerting you. Do you to share? Email a picture immediately move over, or and a description to Helodo you wait until the lane ise@Heloise.com. – Heloise closure is upon you? The zipper merge is the preWASTE NOT ferred move. Lower your speed but wait Dear Heloise: I recycle evuntil you come upon the actual closure (cones, arrows, etc.), and then alternate erything I can. If I cannot reuse a box, I use a box cutter and cut it or fold it with the vehicle next to you, like the until it fits in my recycle bin. I grew up teeth of a zipper, to become one lane. This has been proven to reduce traffic with a mom who recycled/repurposed everything she could! “Waste not, want backups and congestion, and it creates not” was one of the lessons she taught a feeling of justice and equity that no us. My trash bin is never full! one is getting unfairly ahead of anyone I loved your Mom’s columns; love else. Next time there’s a lane closure, prac- yours, too! – Rachel R., San Antonio, Texas tice the zipper merge to save time and
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Healthy aging the Mediterranean way
BY CHARLYN FARGO Creators Syndicate
Here’s yet another reason to try the Mediterranean diet, which is actually not a strict diet at all but a pattern of eating that focuses on fresh, whole foods and avoids highly processed foods. New research finds it may support healthy aging. And who among us doesn’t want to live a long, healthy life? Research published in The BMJ in February 2020 found that the Mediterranean lifestyle helps alter gut bacteria, which, in turn, helps reduce frailty and promote healthy aging. The gut microbiota of more than 600 people in five European countries were profiled before they began a oneyear-long Mediterranean diet. When their gut bacteria were checked at the end of the year, they had better bacterial diversity in the gut, and the bacteria that increased in volume were associated with reduced frailty (improved walking speed, hand strength and cognitive function, and less inflammation). Just what is a Mediterranean diet? It is based on the dietary habits of people in Italy and Greece. Much of the diet consists of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, herbs, nuts, seafood and olive oil. Poultry, eggs, cheese and red wine are consumed in moderation. Red meat, refined grains, processed foods and sugar-sweetened beverages are only consumed in small amounts. How can you get started? Start the day with a bowl of oatmeal with fresh berries. Have some tuna over a leafy green salad for lunch and a piece of salmon over brown rice with vegetables for dinner. Enjoy a glass of red wine
with dinner, too. Think fresh, whole foods. As you age, you’ll be happy you did. Q and A Q: Is it better to eat a bigger breakfast or bigger dinner? A: It turns out eating a big breakfast compared with eating a big dinner has a significant effect on metabolism, according to research published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism in February 2020. Researchers used a process called dietinduced thermogenesis, which is a marker for metabolism, to measure how the body uses energy after eating. When people ate more for breakfast than dinner, their diet-induced thermogenesis was more than twice as high as when they ate the same number of calories for dinner. A bigger breakfast resulted in lower peaks in blood sugar and insulin. Researchers found a smaller breakfast was associated with increased sugar cravings throughout the day. Go ahead; have that omelet and whole-wheat toast in the morning. Then go lighter in your evening meal to burn more calories. RECIPE We all know whole grains are good for us (and part of the Mediterranean diet plan), but how do you incorporate them into meals? Here’s a tasty breakfast using wheat berries. It’s from Food and Nutrition magazine. SWEET WHEAT BERRY BREAKFAST 1 cup raw wheat berries, rinsed
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1 cup red pear, diced 1 cup red grapes, diced 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 2 1/2 cups vanilla yogurt Rinse wheat berries in strainer and place in a pot with 2 1/2 cups water. Bring to boil, and then cover and simmer until wheat berries are tender and most water is absorbed, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat, and drain any remaining water. Place wheat berries in a medium bowl. Mix in pear and grapes. Stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. To serve, place 1/2 cup wheat berry blend in bowl, and top with 1/4
cup vanilla yogurt. Serves 10. (Serving size: 1/2 cup wheat berry blend with 1/4 cup yogurt.) Per serving: 140 calories; 6 grams protein; 28 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram fat; 3 milligrams cholesterol; 4 grams fiber; 12 grams sugar; 38 milligrams sodium. Charlyn Fargo is a registered dietitian with SIU Med School in Springfield, Illinois. 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
Eating out during the pandemic When the restaurants and bars and coffeeshops and cocktail lounges closed mid March, I grieved. I hadn’t realized how much time I spent going out to eat or how much I’d miss it. You could still get takeout food, but that felt both odd and risky. Odd because, stripped of the ambiance of the dining room and rituals of service, restaurant food loses much of its magic. In the harsh light of your own dining room– assuming you’re a halfway decent cook and can find by your way around an Aldi – you start having second thoughts. Many of our mothers said “I could have cooked this at home for a lot cheaper.” And so, often, can we. “The only good thing is that someone brings it to you and you don’t have to do dishes.” But with takeout? No they don’t, and yes you do. If you’re health-inclined you might add “how much oil did they use back there?” and “for $11, that’s not a lot of protein” and “I wish they had given me more salad,” all things you could have fixed if you had cooked it yourself. Risky because what if you get coronavirus? We soldiered on. Careful planning gave our family of four three weeks between grocery runs. Takeout became a rare thing, the way the fitness trainers and financial advisers say it should always be. But I’m not a purist. The first takeout meal I had during the thick of things was from Wasabi in Superior. They get the nod for “only sushi place I could find that was open for lunch during the pandemic on a weekday,” though I’ll accept correction if I missed one. I understand there was a Japanese sushi master who made his apprentices spend 10 years doing menial tasks like carrying water before he allowed them to cook the rice. That’s focus. This is a cuisine for extremely subtle palates, which I do not have. I think all
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Lining up for service at Wussow’s Concert Cafe on Central Avenue in beautiful West Duluth. of Duluth and Superior’s sushi places are good and I don’t think I’d be able to tell the difference in a blind tasting. Long story short, the salmon rolls I got from Wasabi were good. I also ventured to Wussow’s Concert Cafe. That menu posted on Instagram switches daily and as I’m hungry quite often (a topic for another article) it’s constantly appealing to me. A pineapple arugula salad, zesty and accented with craisins, was the highlight of the meal. The breakfast burrito was a satisfyingly dense little number with a nice hit of cheese and pork, though I AGONIZED over not having the vinegar bite of the pickled onions/veggies which I am almost but not entirely sure were supposed to be on there. The line was pretty long so I didn’t go back to fuss. (I added pickles at home). Finally, I’m hopelessly biased because I’m writing a cookbook for
them, but I did make a trip to OMC Smokehouse. Korean barbecue fried pork belly on a zesty cilantro jalapeño slaw? It’s hard to argue with that. And the ordering/ pickup system is pretty efficient! I wouldn’t turn down the chicharrones either, especially with
their homemade barbecue sauce. The stay-at-home order ends soon and I intend to venture out again when it does. These are good times for family but bad times for snacks.
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From Japan to New Ulm I’ve always been a fan of Japanese beer, but they do some strange things. Dry beer? What does that mean? Marketing gimmick, I’ve always assumed. When I saw Kirin Ichiban advertising “First Press Beer, 100% Malt” I got sucked in. “Kirin Ichiban uses only the most flavorful portions of the finest ingredients.” Hmm. What does that mean, and how do they do that? I’m puzzled enough to purchase a six-pack. It’s a perfectly good lager. But what does all this “first press” stuff mean? I know what it means for olive oil, but for beer it’s meaningless. But it sucked me in. So I went to the Kirin USA website, where they say: “1990 saw the launch of Kirin Ichiban Shibori, a unique brew made exclusively from the first press of the wort. Today, Kirin Ichiban is brewed by partners all over the world. As the world’s only first press beer, Kirin Ichiban is
the true embodiment of beer at its purest.” The company compares the process of extracting “only the purest, most flavorful portion” of the mash to using a French press for coffee. The resulting lager “is a distinctively crisp, smooth and full-bodied flavor from start to finish.” Well, I can’t argue with that. If I’m reading the information correctly, Kirin Ichiban is contract brewed by other breweries. The website USA website mentions Anheuser-Busch, so that must be Kirin’s American brewing partner. I still don’t quite get the concept of “first press” beer, but forgetting that for a moment, this is a fine lager in the Japanese style, which is often the German style. Let’s move on to something more easily understood, a big oily 10.1 percent imperial oatmeal stout called Magic Formula for Peace, a collaboration between Mikerphone Brewing, Modist Brewing and Surly
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Brewing. What a treat this impressively big, bold stout is. It’s brewed with espresso, oat milk and “sweet orange peel.” The espresso, sure, that’s evident in the taste, but the “sweet orange peel” and oat milk is submerged in the mix. But I didn’t miss them. This big bruiser is completely satisfying, tasting like the darkest night of the year. I forgot I had a can of it in my backpack to give to a friend. When I reached into said backpack for a soda while driving, I grabbed a can of this beer instead, and without looking opened it, brought it to my mouth and them smelled its intoxicating aroma. I tried to prop up the opened car on the car floor, but it tipped and soaked the carpet. What a maroon! And, finally, on a sunny but chilly day I felt the siren call of hefe weizen. First I picked up a four-pack from a famous old Munich brewery and immediately looked forward to cracking open a deiicious hefe weizen from this venerable brewery. And then I saw a sixer from another venerable brewery, but a closer one – Schell’s of New Ulm,
Minn. Good choice! Schell’s Hefe Weizen is a delicious Bavarian-style wheat beer that pushes all the right flavor buttons – tasty, tangy, banana-y and spicy with a clove-like flavor. The Schell’s website says they first introduced hefe weizen in 1984, making it the first beer of that style released in this country since before Prohibition. That’s impressive. More importantly, this beer is absolutely delicious and, if you are a fan of hefe weizen (I know not everyone is), this is highly recommended.
Winery to watch: Scattered Peaks Scattered Peaks is the pet project of Derek Benham, an avid surfer (“scattered peaks” is a surfing term that describes sets of waves) and a bit of a daredevil by in his private life. When it comes to wine, however, Benham is all business. His company, Purple Wines, has forged a reputation for solid wines at modest prices with brands such as Raeburn, Four Vines and Avalon. The company sources grapes from the Central Coast of California to Sonoma County’s Russian River Valley. A few years ago, Benham decided he wanted to have a Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon and launched Scattered Peaks in 2015. A couple of years later, in a stroke of genius, he hired longtime Napa Valley winemaker Joel Aiken to oversee the project. Aiken had spent more than a quarter-century making wine at the iconic Beaulieu Vineyards before striking out on his own several years ago. Aiken’s first vintage was 2017. He made a Napa Valley cab ($40) using grapes from one of his favorite appellations, Rutherford, blended with grapes from the nearby Pope Valley (a sub-appellation of the Napa Valley) and a few other spots. It’s a beautifully structured Napa cab that’s a steal considering the price of Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon these days. But the real news was the launch of a small-lot program with the 2017 vintage, which was off to a great start. The grapes are sourced from two very special vineyards, the iconic Morisoli Vineyard in Rutherford and the Sage Ridge Vineyard near Pritchard Hill, at the base of Howell Mountain. Only 900 six-packs (450 cases) were produced, and the wine retails for $125. It’s a sensational Napa cab that will give the likes of Spottswoode, Stag’s Leap, Cakebread and Duckhorn a run for their money. Better yet, plans are in the works to produce a separate wine from each vineyard. “It’s a fun project,” said Aiken. “They
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say get the grapes you want and make the wine you want.” When your winemaker’s name is Joel Aiken, that’s sound advice. 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. Milagros de Figuero 2015 Tempranillo, Ribera del Duero, Spain ($99.99) — This is Figuero’s hotrod expression of tempranillo, and a souped-up version it is. Richly layered with aromas of blackberry, blueberry and mocha, it was allowed to rest in barrel for 16 months before bottling, a technique that imparts notes of baking spice and oak vanillin. Complex and ripe without losing its structure, this is a wine to lay down in the cellar another five to 10 years though immensely enjoyable at this early stage. Rating: 95. Paraduxx 2016 Howell Mountain Red Wine, Napa Valley ($82) — This winery was founded on the premise that not every red blend from the Napa Valley had to necessarily follow the Bordeaux model. For its Howell Mountain red, Paraduxx goes full Aussie with a combination of cabernet sauvignon and syrah that comes from the playbook of the great Australian red Penfolds Grange. The result is a blockbuster red with uncommon depth and richness yet beautiful structure for longterm cellaring. Notes of blackberry, blueberry and leather dominate, with a whiff of lead pencil and oak vanillin. It’s brilliantly done. Rating: 95. Ehlers Estate 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley ($65) — This vintage from Ehlers Estate showcases the ripe characteristics of cabernet from the upper Napa Valley, where the growing conditions are typically warmer. The
Ehlers cabernet exhibits remarkable richness and density, shows rich black-fruit aromas and offers a hint of graphite (some would say pencil lead) for good measure. It’s beautiful to drink now but a good bet that it will age very well over the next five to 10 years. Rating: 94. Vallado 2017 Organic Quinta do Orgal, Douro DOC, Portugal ($39.99) — Dry red wines from the Douro region, famous for its sweet Port wines, continue to raise eyebrows. They are some of the finest red wines in the world. They age exceptionally well. And in general, prices are well behind the quality curve. This beauty from Vallado is an excellent example. A blend of touriga nacional (the money grape of the Port region), touriga franca and sousao, this inky, massive red is built for the long haul, showing impressive depth and powerful structure, aromas of blackberry and cassis, and a generous touch of wood spice. Added bonus: The vineyard sources are 100% organic. Rating: 93. Dutton Goldfield 2017 Pinot
Noir, Ven Der Kamp Vineyard, Sonoma Mountain ($68) — This vintage from the Van Der Kamp vineyard is made for early consumption. That means it’s ready to drink now, showing bright flavors of raspberry and cherry with soft tannins and a full, round palate. Earthy aromas of forest floor and notes of wood spice provide additional complexity. Rating: 91. Lucas & Lewellen 2017 Hidden Asset, Santa Barbara County ($27.99) — This eclectic red blend (malbec, merlot, syrah, petite sirah and cabernet franc) delivers aromas of blackberry, blueberry and currant with surprisingly supple tannins and an inviting dollop of wood spice. It’s made to drink now, and the price is modest for a red blend of this quality. Rating: 91. To find out more about Robert Whitley, visit creators.com. Email Robert at whitleyonwine@yahoo.com.
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Forests have layers
Leatherwood is a distinctive member of the shrub layer in eastern North America. It’s yellow flowers brighten up the early spring woods. Photos by Emily Stone.
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ith snow still clinging to north-facing slopes, and tree buds waiting for warmer days to open, the trees in a forest can look like they are doing their own form of social distancing. I like to focus on the positive, and call this “see-through season.” As I’m walking familiar roads and trails, I can see through the forest to notice rock outcrops, pools, big trees, and even houses that I’ve never noticed before. By June, many of our forests will be dense walls of green, especially along the edges. Right now is a great time to observe their structure, and the shape of the landscape beneath them. As I continue to share with you pages from Forest Lodge Nature Trail’s new interpretive booklet, I’d also like to remind you that the USDA Forest Service recently announced that this trail and many others are closed to the public, in alignment with current federal, state, and local guidance for social distancing. Happily nature is everywhere, and you can still make observations as you hike close to home. Forests Have Layers Forests are composed of trees, of course, but that’s not all. There are five main layers to a forest. The canopy is where the crowns of tall trees meet and intercept most of the sunlight. Shorter trees form the understory as they grow toward the sun. In some places, enough light filters through that the shrub layer is welldeveloped. This layer extends from about knee-high to a few feet above
your head. These bushes, shrubs, and Some woody plants are here, too. The young trees provide food and shelter seedlings of maple trees can survive for wildlife. Deer browse on twigs that for decades while growing only a few are easy to reach. Many songbirds hide inches tall as they wait for a gap in the their nests in the dense foliage. Insects canopy. The shiny, dark-green leaves of take advantage of shelter from the wintergreen are common in northern wind and sun, and become food for forests. It has bell-shaped white birds and other animals. Pollinators flowers that develop into fragrant red buzz around flowers, berries. They are food for and many critters eat the ruffed grouse, deer, bears, resulting fruits. chipmunks, and mice. Nearby you’ll see the Below the herb layer rounded shape and warm is the forest floor. This CONNECTIONS is where dead stuff gets tan bark of a leatherwood by shrub. Its twigs are recycled back into soil by a extremely flexible, and team of decomposers like its small, yellow flowers fungi, invertebrates, and brighten up the forest in bacteria. If you see a forest early spring. Maple-leaf where the herb layer looks viburnum grows here, like a grassy lawn, then it too. Its twigs, leaves, and buds are probably has an earthworm invasion. oppositely arranged, which means Worms are not native to the north, they are paired along the stem. White because glaciers froze the soil. Plants flowers become dark purple berries that here have adapted to growing through birds love. Beaked hazelnut also thrives thick layers of dead leaves. Now when in the shrub layer. Tiny, sausage-shaped the worms decompose those leaves catkins (a type of flower cluster) dangle quickly, it changes the habitat and off the twigs all winter long. Its nuts a lawn of Pennsylvania sedge takes provide food to insects, squirrels, bears, over. (Be sure to put your extra fishing and more. worms in the garbage!) Under the shrub layer, we find a If you look off to the side of the carpet – or maybe just a few sprigs trail, you’ll see a small depression. – of herbaceous plants in the herb Depending on the season, it might be layer. Sometimes, barely anything can filled with snow, or water, or just mud survive under the deep shade of the and leaves. The wet ground prevents trees. With soft stems, these ferns, many trees from growing, so herbs grasses, and wildflowers stay close to and shrubs become more common. the ground and provide habitat for Small pools like this provide important ground-nesting birds, mice, and more. habitat for insects. The airspace above They must survive with very little them also becomes important habitat light in the shade of the other layers. for bats. Bats use the open space to dart
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A bat with white-nose syndrome. about and catch insects. They may also get a drink by skimming over the open water. Some bats are in trouble, though. A fungal disease called white-nose syndrome is killing bats in North America. This cold-loving fungus infects bats while they are hibernating in caves. You can help by putting up a bat box in your yard, and by protecting important bat habitats like this forest opening. Thanks to Wisconsin Master Naturalist Volunteers Thom Gerst and Kay Meyer for their help in drafting this booklet! Emily’s second book, Natural Connections: Dreaming of an Elfin Skimmer, is now available to purchase at cablemuseum. org/books. Or order it from our friends at redberybooks.com to receive free shipping! 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 COVID-19, but we’re still building our new exhibit and bringing you educational content.
It’s a buyer’s market, but should you buy? The coronavirus travel deal was airlines, cruise lines and hotels even too good to pass up. For just $500, be there when I travel, given the state Danielle Tedrowe could enjoy a week of things? Is it right to buy a cruise at the five-star Live Aqua or resort stay at such low Beach Resort in Cancún, prices? Mexico, this fall. “It was Should I book these a phenomenal rate,” coronavirus travel deals says Tedrowe, a property now while everything is manager and travel agent cheap? by from Austin, Texas. No one knows how long An 80% discount for an the deals will last. Airfares oceanview room at the may be at their lowest Live Aqua Beach? That’s point now, but cruise not a deal; it’s a steal. tickets and hotels could The travel industry is in drop further, depending on a tailspin. Everything -- I the rate of recovery. mean everything – is on sale. The conventional wisdom seems to “We’re seeing flight prices that are be: If you see a deal you like, buy it 30% to 40% lower than historical now. Travel companies will try to raise averages,” said George Zeng, CEO of prices as soon as they can to make Moonfish, a company that analyzes up for the revenue lost during the global flight data. “I suspect flight lockdown. They won’t keep their 80%prices won’t get much cheaper.” off sales going one minute longer than Restless travelers who are they have to. confined to their homes are seeing For Tedrowe, the decision to book these coronavirus travel deals and the Live Aqua Beach Resort was easy. wondering: Should I book now before “The hotel was offering free the bargains are gone? If I buy, will the cancellation up to a week before check-
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in,” she said. “If the pandemic is still going on in early fall, I can cancel or reschedule without penalty. This gave me a sense of security while also providing me with something to look forward to.” Will Hatton has seen fares as low as $5 on Ryanair. He says he would have booked them but wasn’t sure he could get to Europe to take advantage of them in the coming weeks. “As tempting as it is, I have actually passed up opportunities like this,” said Hatton, who writes the Broke Backpacker blog. “I don’t know how long it may be before we can travel freely again. I hope this will be over within a month or two. But governments are uncertain about how long we will need to be in quarantine.” Travel experts are worried that some of the companies discounting their products may not survive. Adrienne Sasson, a travel adviser with Rubinsohn Travel in Jenkintown, Pa., says she’s seeing a lot of aggressive discounts from luxury villas and boutique hotels. “My concern is their financial
health,” she explains. “Will some of the smaller boutiques and villas have the funding to remain open and in good repair while they have no income from guests?” We’ve already seen the demise of the online travel agency Bookit.com and the Alaskan regional carrier RavnAir. But look for more cessations soon. Her advice: Book with some of the bigger brands of hotels, resorts, and cruise lines. They’re far less likely to go under during these difficult times. There’s another question that these coronavirus travel deals raise. Is it morally right to buy such a deeply discounted product? Is grabbing a $5 airfare taking advantage of a situation – or helping a company get through hard times? “If they don’t want people to make the purchase, don’t offer it for sale. The reality of a capitalist economy is that companies have the freedom to succeed or fail,” said Nelson Sherwin, a manager at a human resources company in Palm Harbor, Fla. © 2020 Christopher Elliott.
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‘I’d rather go to Superior’ The story of the 1978 Bulldog-Gopher showdown It was early in the third period inside the sparkling new Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, and arch-rivals Minnesota and North Dakota were battling ferociously in the NCAA hockey tournament championship game. Neal Broten, a Gopher freshman by from Roseau, carried the puck into the Fighting Sioux zone. The Gophers were leading 3-2, and Broten slipped the puck through a North Dakota defenseman and lunged after it as it slid toward the North Dakota goal. Goaltender Bob Iwabuchi came out of his net, boldly, to clear, while Broten was ever so slightly tripped by the defenseman he had just beaten. Broten let himself fly, and as he was coming in for a landing, he reached out with one hand on his stick and speared the puck, which popped up in the air and cleared the broad-sliding Iwabuchi, landing just beyond him an instant before sliding into the goal. The goal, at 2:48 of the third, made it 4-2 and allowed Gopher goalie Steve Janaszak to hang on, despite a goal at 9:56 of the third by Marc Chorney, bringing Minnesota a 4-3 victory for the third NCAA title for coach Herb Brooks in the last six of his seven years at the helm. Brooks, of course, went on and brought a dozen Gophers with him and won everlasting glory with the 1980 U.S. Olympic team in its gold medal quest. One of the fantastic things about having saved dozens – hundreds – of notebooks from the early days of my sportswriting career is that when you go back 40 or 50 years ago and reread them, it’s as though you are thrust back in time with the chance to relive them – the perfect elixir for the current pandemic shutdown of all sports. The two notebooks that were required to contain everything that happened in Minnesota high school, college and pro hockey during that 1978-79 season is an
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Coach Herb Brooks with his 1979 NCAA Champion Gophers. University of Minnesota photo. example. That was 41 years ago, folks, and it caught my attention because I have always claimed that the Minnesota title team in 1970 was, in my opinion, the greatest team in college hockey history. And for sure, I said to former UMD coach Mike Sertich, 1978-79 was the best year ever for college hockey, especially in the WCHA. Sertie, who was an assistant to his onetime mentor Gus Hendrickson at UMD in those years, said I might be right, but UMD had played the Gophers to a standoff throughout that season, just as North Dakota did. In fact, with all the talk about great UMD teams in its history, everybody overlooks the 197879 team, which, starting with Mark Pavelich, John Harrington and Curt Giles, was outstanding. In the final regular-season series that year, Minnesota beat North Dakota 5-2
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in Williams Arena in the next to last game to move within one point of first place, in position to snatch the WCHA championship from the Fighting Sioux. Check off the honor roll of scorers in that game: Minnesota led 2-0 on amazingly quick goals by Billy Baker are 0:38 and Rob McClanahan at 0:59 — 2-0 in the first minute! David Christian countered for North Dakota at 3:54, and Mark Taylor tied it at 12:48. Tim Harrer restored the lead 3-2 two minutes later. No goals in the second period, but Phil Verchota and Steve Christoff scored third-period goals and Minnesota won 5-2. But North Dakota came back in the final game of the regular season when Bill Himmelright and Phil Sykes broke a scoreless game with goals at 1:02 and 3:14 of the second, and Christian scored at 8:56 for a 3-0 lead for the Sioux, as a huge crowd of 7,996 jammed Williams
Arena, after 7,989 were swinging from the rafters the night before. Down 3-0, big Don Micheletti scored in the last minute of the second period, then Billy Baker scored with 6:53 to play with a missile from the left point. and the Gophers pressed for the equalizer, down just 3-2. But when coach Herb Brooks pulled Janaszak in the final minute, David Christian broke free and rushed the empty net – stopping at the crease before blasting a snapshot in at 19:21. The 4-2 victory gave North Dakota the title at 22-10, with Minnesota three points back at 20-11-1. Overlooked in the flurry was that UMD and Wisconsin tied for third with 40 points, one behind Minnesota. UMD was 18-10-4, Wisconsin 19-11-2 in the 10-team WCHA. Back at the start of the season, at the Duluth Arena before it was called the DECC, the Gophers and Bulldogs had a
fantastic series. Bill Oleksuk gave UMD a 1-0 lead late in the first period, and Eric Strobel tied it 1-1 for the Gophers early in the second. Phil Verchota and Don Micheletti scored 33 seconds apart late in the middle period for a 3-1 lead, but Brad Palmer opened the third with a UMD goal. Verchota scored his second of the game at 7:01 of the third, and Glenn Kulyk scored his first of two in a row 13 seconds later, and the game headed for overtime 4-4. Steve Christoff opened overtime by rushing across the blue line and rifling a 35-footer past Bill Perkl to give the Gophers a 5-4 victory. “Keith [Hendrickson] made a great rush, and they come right back down and score with their only shot,” said UMD coach Gus Hendrickson. In the second game, Gus turned loose his two Olympic prospects – Mark Pavelich scoring at 2:04 and John Harrington at 7:09 for a 2-0 UMD lead. It opened up in the second, with Neal Broten scoring twice, his second coming at 15:07 to ignite a goal splurge. Kulyk scored at 15:25 of the second, Steve Ulseth tied it 3-3 for Minnesota at 17:19, and Pavelich put UMD up 4-3 at 19:51. Four goals in a little more than four minutes. Strobel tied it for Minnesota at 4-4 in the third, but Oleksuk drilled a shot into the upper right corner at 11:32, and the Bulldogs prevailed 5-4 for a split of the two identical scoring games. It wasn’t until the final game of a total-goals series that the Gophers got away. Goals by future Olympic teammates Christoff and Pavelich made it 1-1 until Harrer, ever the sniper, scored at 9:55 and Minnesota won 2-1 despite Perkl’s 45 saves, as 7,676 fans watched. Game 2 saw Bart Larson and Steve Ulseth stake Minnesota to a 2-0 lead. UMD’s Curt Giles followed up his shot for a goal-mouth feed to Oleksuk to cut it to 2-1, but Broten deflected in a shot for a 3-1 first period. Gus Hendrickson switched to a 2-man forecheck in the second period, and Harrington and Oleksuk scored to gain a 3-3 tie. Harrer, however, put Minnesota back up at 4-3. Nobody could contain the explosive offenses, but Christoff put the Gophers up 5-4 at 9:04 when Giles hooked him up and rode the check all the way to the end boards before Christoff kept his focus and snapped a shot that glanced
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in off Perkl’s skate. A minute later, Micheletti converted a rebound and the Gophers escaped with a 6-3 victory, advancing them toward the NCAA tournament. It also gave the acidic Brooks a chance to zing Duluth, which he seemed to enjoy doing to me, especially after we became close friends. After the game, Brooks said: “We beat a good hockey team, and we had to have a helluvan effort. But I still don’t want to go there – I’d rather go to Superior!” A look at the scoring race in WCHA
games only showed UMD’s Pavelich third, Harrington seventh, Dan Lempe, Giles, Oleksuk and Kulyk all among the top 50 in the 10-team league. Minnesota had Broten, Christoff, Micheletti, Baker, Strobel, Harrer, McClanahan, and Verchota on that list. North Dakota had Kevin Maxwell, Taylor, Doug Smail, Rick Zaparniuk, Cary Eades, Bill Himmelright and David Christian. Wisconsin had Mark Johnson, Lee Grauer, Theran Welsh, Scott Lecy, Bob Suter and Rod Romanchuk.
Most of the Gophers went on to Team USA; most of the Fighting Sioux went directly to the NHL. And the league scoring champion? Dave Delich, Colorado College, with 25-45—70, while Mark Johnson was second at 2541—69, and Pavelich third at 23-40—63, followed by Broten and Christoff. College hockey is played defensively tighter these days, but those who recall the snipers from 1978-79 will never forget them.
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Milwaukee Admirals named AHL Champs in short season The American Hockey League (AHL) announced Monday it will cancel the remainder of its season due to the coronavirus pandemic. This comes after the league suspended play March 12. The league’s standings are considered final and official, the AHL announced in a news release. That makes the Milwaukee Admirals, who had the league’s best record when games were halted, by regular season champions. WPR “We’re grateful for the regular season that we had, and I’m happy for the players that they’re going to be rewarded for that success,” said Admirals President Jon Greenberg. It’s not quite as sweet as winning the Calder Cup, the trophy that’s presented to the team left standing at the end of the playoffs, he said. But the team has plenty to be proud of, he added. The Admirals, a minor league affiliate of the NHL’s Nashville Predators, played nearly 85 percent of their regular season games before the season was cut short. They were the only team in the league to post a winning percentage above 70.
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The Milwaukee Admirals had the top record in the American Hockey League when the season was suspended March 12, 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Photo courtesy of the Milwaukee Admirals It didn’t surprise Greenberg that the AHL opted to officially cancel the rest of the season, Greenberg said. Still, it hurts. The last few months have felt a bit like a boxing match, he said. “Somebody is really working your body, punching you in the stomach, and you get it once and then you get it again and then you get it again,” Greenberg said. “And it’s like, ‘OK, I give up.’” Despite its abrupt ending, Greenberg
will take away a lot of good memories from this season, he said. The team had a 13-game winning streak, the longest in franchise history. The Admirals also retired the jersey of former player Darren Haydar, who helped the team win its first Calder Cup in 2004. This season is the team’s 50th. The Admirals started as an amateur club in 1970. Now, they’re at the highest level of minor league hockey. Monday marked exactly two months
since the team last played. It won a sellout game in Milwaukee on March 11, before the AHL went on hiatus. Since that time, the Admirals have continued to receive support from the community, Greenberg said. Instead of requesting refunds for the eight home games that were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, season ticket holders have opted to roll over that money for next year, Greenberg said. Sponsors have also stuck with the team, he added. “I think it’s a real testament to the Admirals brand that people have chosen to stick around and be part of what we’re doing moving forward,” he said. *** Another Cream City team could find itself in a similar predicament. The Milwaukee Bucks were leading the NBA when the season was suspended in March. Greenberg said he hopes the Bucks will get the chance to finish what they started. Unlike for minor league teams, lucrative television contracts mean the NBA could resume playing games without fans in attendance. In fact, the league has taken some recent steps toward returning. In some states that aren’t under stayat-home orders, teams reopened their practice facilities last week, and health officials in Florida authorized the Orlando Magic to test players and staff for COVID-19.
How good is The Last Dance? WILSON LAKE… When the ESPN you to say otherwise. hype machine kicks into high gear it So, placing my ESPN indifference can be heard the entire sports world aside, they are currently airing a over. For myself, I’ve had an on and docu-series titled The Last Dance. It off relationship with the network chronicles the final season of the over the years. When they first came Chicago Bulls NBA twin 3-peats of the into existence anyone fascinated by 1990s. sports was thrilled to observe this The focus is on the 97-98 season of new medium. As time went forth, and the club and what Coach Phil Jackson in going for as much exposure and named it when it was determined by growth as was possible, the network the team management that Jackson had some missteps but would be coaching his last continued on until they go round in Chi-town. did indeed become “The There is much speculation Leader” in sports coverage as to why the team decided and news. That they gave it was time to fold the tent themselves that moniker after that year, but the only by earned them some thing that makes any sense contempt in some circles, is that if the team won the but with no one really NBA title again, creating challenging them on that, twin 3-peats within an the tag stuck. eight-year span, that it was As with all ventures going to cost a fortune to there would come a bring the team back intact. time when the network may have Management wasn’t interested in that suffered from some overexposure, and used the excuse that the team and considering that they were then would be on the decline beyond that trying to fill upwards of 3 channels year. I think not. I believe that group with 24/7 content and programming, had one or two more titles in it. the product got stale and seemed to The doc does an excellent job thus lack direction. They did televise and far with using cutbacks to previous somewhat promote my beloved NHL seasons and personnel to create a years back, on the other hand, it crescendo that will take the viewers up was also abundantly clear to me that to the tenth and final episode of the hockey was the one of the four major series. sports that got the least attention from After six episodes, it hasn’t the network. actually answered the question as to Then, in what I can only refer to why a team’s management would as misguided, they began to fill out purposefully break up a dynasty that their programming by televising poker appeared to be anything but finished, tournaments. This began their descent but I don’t believe we are going to ever into irrelevance in my sports viewing get the real answer to that. So, the best world. thing to do is to sit back and enjoy one I recall looking at a weekly format heck of a lot of footage from behind of theirs back then that included 167 the scenes, much of which hasn’t been hours of poker programming. I was viewed before. incredulous. My own NBA viewing had mostly Nothing against poker, and I must centered around the career of admit that playing cards or even board Hibbing’s Kevin McHale, who was games were ever of much interest to a Golden Gopher great, and went me, but poker isn’t a “sport,” it is a on to become one of the league’s 50 game of chance. best ever, as well as a 3-time NBA Not long after that, when the NHL Champion with the Boston Celtics. started to air their games elsewhere, The Celtics-Lakers rivalry in the my ESPN viewing went down to eighties was must-see TV at the time. just about zero. Their endless self But when the ‘90s Bulls run took promotion, their crowning of shape, I quickly latched on to that themselves as the “Leader” and other too, fascinated by the players and minor offenses basically removed them personalities of that club. from my sports radar. And that’s not Of course, the central character to say that they haven’t achieved some within all of this, Michael Jordan, was great things when it comes to sports as magnetic a sports personality as broadcasting and journalism, because there ever was. By the time Chicago they have, I’d be being dishonest with began to win titles, he was already a
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global icon. In fact the doc alludes to the fact that there are most likely only three athletes in history that are known globally by a singular name – Ali, Ruth and Jordan. The soccer world would demand that Pele be added to that list, and I wouldn’t disagree with that. With four more episodes to go I have been riveted to this and the ratings have been more than favorable for the network. Of course, with the sports world all but shut down at this time sports diehards were going to latch on to this no matter what. Make no mistake though, this documentary stands on it’s own two feet. There are no holds barred, no censoring of language that otherwise would get the beep button and no topics were off limits, nor did Jordan himself ever exercise his power to delete any part of the content. I very much enjoyed the Bulls run back then, and now, getting to see the back stories and behind the scenes footage has brought it all back. I can’t wait to see the final installments of this great series. *** THE NHL HAS YET to make any decisions on how and when to proceed with a conclusion to the regular season and then transition to a Stanley Cup tourney. But there has been plenty of “chatter” of such the past week. The latest rumors have the league scrapping the remainder of the regular
season and entering into a 24-team Stanley Cup tournament. This scenario could feature a best-ofthree play in format. No matter what the league looks into though, obstacles abound. If not completing the regular season goes forward, there will be unfulfilled TV commitments. If the league opts to play games in a “hub city” format, there could be border-crossing issues. I have heard that there is some support for a late May resumption of play. Is that too soon? What if a “second wave” of the virus suddenly took place? Would the league be forced to halt operations a second time? It truly is a difficult situation for all involved. The games would be held in empty arenas, and I wonder if the tournament would get the type of TV ratings the NHL would normally see. I’d watch, but I’m a hockey addict for which there is no known cure. This is obviously a most difficult matter with no easy solutions for any one facet of it. While some of the populace grows impatient, I believe we need to err on the side of caution. Stay safe my friends… PEACE
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Not What It Looks Like On April 22, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Mayor Bruce Wilkerson was hard at work at a house he has been renovating when he smelled cigarette smoke and “heard a ruckus” outside, so he went to investigate. The former police officer found blood on the cellar door and a bag containing women’s clothing inside, but after determining there were no reports of missing women in the area, he told the Bowling Green Daily News, he went back to his work. Later, the electricity suddenly went out, so he returned to the cellar and this time found a young woman. “She said, ‘I’m hiding from someone,’” Wilkerson told police, then she ran away. Police haven’t identified her, but Wilkerson wanted to set the record straight before “a story would come out that I had a lady locked up in my cellar.” [Bowling Green Daily News, 4/22/2020] Quick Thinking Eliza Ruth Watson, 37, raises chickens in Gray, Maine, so she’s used to seeing foxes nosing around, but as she worked in her garden on April 23, the fox she spotted didn’t run when she tried to scare it off by hollering and waving her arms. Instead, the animal lunged toward her, ready to attack. “Thinking back on it now, the fox was a mangy, stanky fox,” Watson told the Sun Journal. She responded by kicking it, but “it kept coming back, and I kept kicking it.” Finally Watson grabbed the fox around the neck, and as it fought back, she shoved it into a large pot used for scalding chickens, sealed the lid and called 911 and her husband. At the hospital, she received five rabies vaccine injections. “People kept asking, ‘Are you the one who wrestled the fox?’” she said. “It’s certainly not how I expected to spend my day.” [Sun
Journal, 4/24/2020] Zoom Fatigue • A videoconference meeting of the Vallejo, California, planning commission got a little weird on April 20 when commissioner Chris Platzer announced, “I’d like to introduce my cat,” then was seen throwing the cat off-screen. Later Platzer was seen drinking a beer, and after the meeting ended, city staff could still hear him making derogatory remarks about the commission, the Vallejo Times-Herald reported. In an April 25 email to the newspaper, Platzer apologized for his actions and said he has resigned from the commission. “We are all living in uncertain times, and I certainly, like many of you, am adjusting to a new normalcy,” he wrote. Mayor Bob Sampayan said he was bothered by Platzer’s “whole demeanor during the entire meeting.” The commission had scheduled a vote to remove Platzer on April 28. [Times Herald, 4/27/2020] • ABC News reporter Will Reeve made an internet meme come to life on April 28 when he appeared on Good Morning America to report on pharmacies using drones to deliver prescriptions. Looking dapper in a sport coat and open-collared shirt, Reeve no doubt thought his home setup would camouflage the fact that he wasn’t wearing pants, CNN reported. Twitter had a field day, and Reeve himself tweeted back, “I have ARRIVED ... in the most hilariously mortifying way possible.” [CNN, 4/28/2020]
blowing dust near Dusty (seriously, near the town of Dusty) on SR 26 and SR 127,” the NWS tweeted. According to Fox News, the Washington State Patrol reported that SR 26 was “fully blocked” about 3 miles outside of Dusty after a car and a semi-truck crashed. The highway remained closed for about six hours. [Fox News, 4/28/2020]
The snakeskin itself doesn’t offer any added protection, but the masks would allow for a filter or lining to be inserted and removed. Wood hopes to add alligator and crocodile skin masks to his offerings, although alligator, “the diamond of leathers,” would be more expensive. Wood said he will be buying animals from local hunters to meet the demand. [Miami Herald, 4/19/2020]
Least Competent Criminal North Carolina State Highway Patrol officers stopped Lance Gordon, 32, on April 24, for speeding in a car belonging to Angela Lee, 47, of Holly Springs, whom Gordon said was an acquaintance. WRAL reported authorities grew suspicious after Holly Springs police were unable to contact Lee to confirm the story, and in a subsequent search of her house and car, investigators found Lee’s body in the car’s trunk. Gordon was charged with Lee’s murder, along with stealing her car. [WRAL, 4/27/2020]
Name in the News Police in Gwinnett County, Georgia, finally caught up with 35-year-old Speedy Gonzalez, of Buford, on April 25. Gonzalez had been wanted in connection with a theft in January, when multiple checks were reported stolen from a mailbox in Suwanee, the Associated Press reported. Gonzalez allegedly cashed the checks, used the money to buy more than $3,000 worth of merchandise at Home Depot, then returned the goods for cash. He was charged with forgery, identity theft and theft by deception. [Associated Press, 4/28/2020]
Desperate Times In Logrono, Spain, an unidentified man pushed the envelope on Spain’s stringent lockdown rules, which make an exception for pet owners, who are allowed to go outside briefly with their pets, according to Gray News. The National Police tweeted a photo on April 24 of the man being arrested for sitting on a city bench holding his pet fish a fish bowl. [Gray News via 14News, 4/24/2020] Entrepreneurial Spirit Brian Wood, owner of All American Gator Products in Dania Beach, Florida, is taking face masks to a whole new level by fashioning coverings made with the skin of Burmese pythons. “Some people want to make a fashion statement even during this pandemic, so I want to give them options,” Wood told the Miami Herald on April 19.
Irony The National Weather Service issued a dust advisory on April 27 in eastern Washington after wind gusts of more than 40 mph kicked up a wall of sediment. “We have had reports of
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Ewwwww! Three roommates at Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon, Iowa, were charged on April 20 with assault in response to an event that took place on March 13. According to nwestiowa.com, Lindsey Ann Cundiff, 20; Kyiah Elaine Kastner, 19; and Ellie Thompson, 20, allegedly removed dry skin from the bottom of one of their feet and added it into a fourth roommate’s shredded cheese, then watched her eat it. No word on what else was in the dish. [nwestiowa.com, 4/21/2020] Send your weird news items with subject line WEIRD NEWS to WeirdNewsTips@ amuniversal.com.
Why shop locally? Reason #1 Keep dollars in Duluth’s economy For every $100 spent at a locally owned business, $45 stays in the local economy, creating jobs and expanding the city’s tax base. For every $100 spent at a national chain or franchise store, only $14 remains in the community
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Mercury gets ghostly In the 19th century, the phenomenon of ghost ships was not entirely uncommon. Vessels were found adrift in oceans, cargo intact, not a soul on board and an eerie void where the explanation should be. A lucky angle of communication planet Mercury to Pluto invites by us to fill in the details of our own ghostly mysteries with a story or two. ARIES (March 21-April 19). If you were so strong in yourself that no one else’s opinion could possibly deter you or rock your confidence, you would also be out of touch. So, right now, don’t worry so much about being strong; just be you. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your confidence comes from a wellspring of integrity. You know what you’ve done, what you have and who you are. You don’t require constant reminders of your greatness or tons of reinforcement
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to feel good. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). “The voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses,” said the poet E.E. Cummings. Your heart will interpret this voice when you look into the eyes of another and you will understand all its sad, sweet messages. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Love is complex and yet you can’t sort it out with logical thought processes. Overthinking leads to error. Get your head out of it, and let your heart do the work. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You appreciate when people are friendly and helpful, especially when you already know them. Otherwise, you wonder they’re up to something. Your mood: quietly on guard. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You can safely assume that everyone and everything has something to teach you and go from there. By the end of the day, you’ll be like a student coming out
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of a very long lecture, ready to blow off some steam. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ll be delighted by the success of unplanned events. Just don’t let that deter you from making plans. Spontaneous twists usually work out best when there was a plan to veer from. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Pain is a signal. It is possible to feel pain and not be hurt by it. For example, endurance sports enthusiasts may experience this as they push through a workout. Pain is part of the process. Hurt is a judgment. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You know your limits and your triggers, which makes you more powerful, not less. But take into account that things like that change. You get stronger and braver. Test and push yourself today. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You will tend to your many responsibilities, pay what needs paying and fix what needs fixing. If it were also your job to have fun, what would you do then? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You
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think about things in a certain way that you may not even be aware of until you express what you’re thinking to a friend. The act of articulating yourself brings about new insights. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). There’s no easier way, no shortcut available, no hack or guide that will provide the answer. You just have to find it as you go along. Luckily, this hard way is also the fun way. CELEBRITY PROFILES: Eternal beauty Candice Bergen won so many Emmys for her role as Murphy Brown that after the fifth one she declined future nominations. The Venus-ruled Taurus brings classiness, razor wit and clever versatility to each new project. Bergen has natal Mars and Pluto in Leo, the sign of show business. Look for her in the new drama As Sick As They Made Us. Write Holiday Mathis at HolidayMathis. com.
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Prednisone not really a miracle drug One Pill Makes You Stronger Jill Stegman
After 40 years of marriage, Jill and Don Stegman had it all – two beautiful children, a stable relationship, fulfilling careers. But a brush with cancer and subsequent complications upended their lives. Don survived the cancer but was saddled with a sinister sidekick that transformed this gentle Dr. Jekyll into an
evil Mr. Hyde: a white her own way of coping. pill called prednisone. One Pill Makes You What was supposed Stronger: The Drug That to save him instead Scorched My Soul is a deftly killed him – by his crafted memoir that own hand. combines a love story, by With 44 million a cautionary tale, and a prescriptions true testament to human Midwest written per year, resilience. It is also readily Book Review for everything available in a digital book from format (Kindle, $3.99). allergies to Jill Stegman has short immune system stories published in many literary disorders, prednisone journals and has also been a finalist for is something of a the Glimmer Train Emerging Writer’s miracle drug. But Fiction Award and has been nominated the side effects for Best of the Net anthologies. She has (mania, psychosis, an M.F.A. in fiction writing from Pacific depression) University, Oregon. Her mentors have took Don’s life and included Benjamin Percy, Mary Helen nearly ruined Jill’s. In the Stefaniak, and Kevin McIlvoy. months and years after Don’s death, Jill reels from grief but finds Lotus Laughing Marie-Celine Sinclair
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High on the balcony of an ultramodern apartment above a riverside cityscape on New Year’s Eve and the fringe of a new decade, ten friends gathered. With six hours to pass until the midnight hour, Lillian invites each of her guests to share tales of extraordinary, mystical and inexplicable events that have occurred in their lives. These are tales that nobody would ever believe but are true. Haunted by the 11:11 numeric configuration, bestowed a life mission, and visited by ethereal beings not of this earthy world, Lotus Laughing will speak to the depths of your inner self and challenge you to probe your long-forgotten past. An inherently fascinating and quite compelling read from first page to last, Lotus Laughing: Extraordinary Tales of Mystical and Inspirational Life Experiences is as thoughtful and thought-provoking as it is unique and entertaining. It is also readily available in a digital book format (Kindle, $3.99). A journal keeper, a researcher, a lover of writing and the aesthetic, an author and an English teacher.
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An Ex-Wife’s Journey from Darkness to Light Salina Womack
An Ex-Wife’s Journey from Darkness to Light is a story of Samantha and her challenging journey navigating the unexpected life she is forced into. Samantha rediscovers the person she used to be, embraces the person she is, and battles for the person she needs to become to find her light. Samantha never imagined when she asked Lawrence if he wanted to be married that he would tell her no. She had never been a fighter, but along her journey she found something worth fighting for. Based on a true story, An Ex-Wife’s Journey explores the single parent role, love, life after divorce, friendships, dating, family, death, and finding oneself through it all. A fascinating read from cover to cover, and based upon the author’s life experiences (but with names and circumstances changed to protect people’s privacy), An Ex-Wife’s Journey is very highly recommended. It is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $7.99).
Mean People Suck Michael Brenner
Some leaders believe they need to be mean in order to be effective. Their lack of compassion creates negative relationships that lowers performance and profits! Michael Brenner’s Mean People Suck: How Empathy Leads to Bigger Profits and a Better Life uses real-life experience and proven research to show why instead of blaming others, we can look inside ourselves, and learn how to use empathy to defeat “mean” in every situation. This insightful guide shows leaders, and employees how more emotional communication increases profits and enhances lives. Readers will learn: Why employees are unhappy and the power of empathy to turn things around; How organizational charts disengage employees by neglecting the human
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element; Why empathy seems counterintuitive to success; The secrets to a happy, meaningful and impactful career. Brenner has been recognized as a Forbes top CMO influencer, a Top Business Keynote Speaker by the Huffington Post and a Top Motivational Speaker by Entrepreneur Magazine. He is CEO of Marketing Insider Group, where he has worked with more than 75 brands in building effective thought leadership, marketing, and employee activation programs. He effectively draws upon his years of experience and expertise to deftly craft a thoroughly ‘reader friendly’ DIY instructional guide. It is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $9.99).
The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary Catherine Gray
The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary teaches how to find satisfaction in ordinary living, exploring why there is such a focus in society on extraordinary achievements or experiences and surveying the emotions that come from making efforts that never quite seem to be fulfilling. Chapters emphasize that cultivating the joy in ordinary things of life, which can be as simple as eating a roll or taking a hot shower, is the path to ultimate and more regular satisfaction, and is more achievable than striving for extraordinary, rare experiences. Anyone looking for a self-help primer about enjoying daily life more fully will appreciate this focus.
Beer: Taste the Evolution in 50 Styles Natalya Watson
Natalya Watson’s Beer: Taste the Evolution in 50 Styles is more than just a listing of beers: it provides a history that surveys the evolution of different styles of beers, from lagers to porters and sour beers, accompanying its discussion with examples from modern fare that encourage readers to sample and understand different tastes. Beer holds a wide range of flavors and styles even though it shares basic ingredients. This survey of more than 50 beers discusses brewing basics and historical
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challenges that led to new directions, considers how historical precedent influences modern brewer choices and customer tastes, and includes recommendations that allow readers to understand this process.
Free Thinker
Kimberly A. Hamlin Free Thinker: Sex, Suffrage, and the Extraordinary Life of Helen Hamilton Gardner appears on the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage and returns to the women’s history limelight the story of a woman whose battle has all but been forgotten to modern readers. Gardner became a famous reformer and was a key player in getting the 19th Amendment through Congress. She also was the highestranking woman in federal government. Her core convictions are central to the story presented here, which covers her transgressions, achievements, tireless work, and why her efforts to expose racism in the women’s movement have not received more general publicity until now. Gardner changed her name, moved to New York, and devoted her life to women’s rights. This biography covers all facets of her life and times and represents a key contribution to women’s history and women’s rights struggles.
Boneheads & Brainiacs Moira Dolan, MD
Boneheads & Brainiacs: Heroes and Scoundrels of the Nobel Prize in Medicine belongs in collections strong in medical history and provides a series of in-depth biographical portraits of the often-odd personalities who contributed to the craft of modern medicine. It focuses on the winners of the Nobel Prize from 1901-1950 and probes these recipients’ strengths, weaknesses, and the sometimes-odd sets of circumstances which led them to new heights. Readers interested in medical history and biographies will find this a lively, engaging series of insights into how
success is achieved, either purposefully or by accident.
Parenting Bright Kids Dewey Rosetti
Parenting Bright Kids Who Struggle in School: A Strength-Based Approach to Helping Your Child Thrive and Succeed”was specifically designed and intended to guide parents through the challenging and often unfamiliar landscape of raising kids who have been labeled with learning differences, including dyslexia, ADHD, autism, sensory processing disorder, and more. Parenting Bright Kids builds upon Harvard professor Todd Rose’s groundbreaking research in the “Science of Individuality”; Helps parents target their child’s jagged profile of strengths and weaknesses; Explains a child’s context of learning and multiple pathways; Teaches revolutionary techniques to encourage strengths and mitigate weaknesses; Helps parents manage the emotional fallout of raising a child who does not conform to the “average” model of learning. Drawing from her own experience as a parent of a child with learning differences (who is now a highly successful adult), Dewey Rosetti outlines clear lessons from a quarter century of advocating for kids who learn differently. It’s a unique and expertly written, organized and presented work that will be enormously appreciated by parents of children with learning differences and difficulties. Rosetti is the co-founder of Parents Education Network (PEN), which aims to educate parents and teachers on the latest and most effective methods for helping children with learning differences succeed in school and in life.
How Not to Diet
Michael Greger, MD, FACLM Every month seems to bring a trendy new diet or weight loss fad – and yet obesity rates continue to rise, and with it a growing number of diseases and health problems. Clearly, it is time for a different approach. Enter Dr. Michael Greger, the internationally-renowned nutrition expert, physician, and founder of the Nutrition Facts website. With How Not to Diet: The Groundbreaking Science
of Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss, Dr. Greger now turns his attention to the latest research on the leading causes (and remedies) of obesity. Greger hones in on the optimal criteria to enable weight loss, while considering how these foods actually affect our health and longevity. He lays out the key ingredients of the ideal weight-loss diet – factors such as calorie density, the insulin index, and the impact of foods on our gut microbiome – showing how plant-based eating is crucial to our success. But How Not to Diet goes beyond food to identify 21 weight-loss accelerators available to our bodies, incorporating the latest discoveries in cutting-edge areas like chronobiology to reveal the factors that maximize our natural fatburning capabilities. Greger builds the ultimate weight loss guide from the ground up, taking a timeless, proactive approach that can stand up to any new trend. Comprised of actionable advice and groundbreaking dietary research, How Not to Diet will put an end to dieting by replacing those constant weightloss struggles with a simple, healthy, sustainable lifestyle.
Herb Magic
Patti Wigington Herbal magic is a powerful method of inviting protection, love, health, and wealth into your life – it can even aid a metaphysical practitioner in finding guidance through divination. Perfect for fresh and seasoned herbalists alike, Herb Magic: An Introduction to Magical Herbalism and Spells is a thoroughly user friendly guide to magical herbalism that introduces the spiritual side of herbs and how to use them in folkloric spells and rituals. Herb Magic provides an informed and informative overview of this old-world magic belief system, including advice on the best time to practice, building an altar, and setting intentions. Readers will also learn about the healing properties of dozens of sacred herbs, how to unlock their power, and magical uses before exploring 75 easyto-follow spells and rituals, including simplified magic for the witch on the go. Patti Wigington is an educator, licensed Pagan clergy, and founder of Clan of the Stone Circle. May 14, 2020 49March 26, 2020
Rousseau teaches perseverance The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau
Louie plays along from his rooftop home. He dreams of one night going down there and playing along with those cats, but they might not want to play with him. You see, Louie, well... he’s a rat. Now, this wouldn’t be a story if he hadn’t gone down and asked Felicia, who sings and plays guitar, if he could play with them...would it? Felicia and the Rat is a story about a rat who finally found some friends to play with and includes 11 original soundtracks for instant listening! Children can just scan the codes and enjoy a musical rendition of the story! Mauro Magellan is an illustrator, graphic artist and musician who has written and illustrated adult and children’s books. He is a songwriter and drummer with the popular Nashvillebased band, Dan Baird and Homemade Sin.
Michelle Markel, author Amanda Hall, illustrator
When Henri Rousseau was a young man he wanted to be an artist. But he had no formal training. Instead, he taught himself to paint. He painted until the jungles and animals and distant lands in his head came alive on the space of his canvases. Henri endured the harsh critics of his day and created the brilliant paintings that now hang in museums around the world. In a beautifully rendered picture book, author/storyteller Michelle Markel’s vivid text is perfectly complemented by the vibrant illustrations of Amanda Hall, and artfully introduces children ages 5-9 to a beloved painter and encourages all young readers to persevere despite all odds.
Ned The Nearsighted Butterfly David Monteith, author Nikki Dawes, illustrator
Even butterflies have legends. Stories they share while gathered together. Tales they tell to inspire and explain. The story of a butterfly called Ned is among the oldest of the butterfly legends. Like most tales of butterflies, it is a story of change. Ned The Nearsighted Butterfly is the story of how butterflies learned their unique flight. An original, nicely illustrated, and thoroughly entertaining story by author David Monteith and artist Nikki Dawes, Ned is especially and particularly recommended for collections for young readers ages 8-11.
Bear and Fred: A World War II Story
Iris Argaman, author Avi Ofer, illustrated Annette Appel, translator Based on true events and beautifully illustrated, Bear and Fred: A World War
II Story is the story of a friendship that will last forever – as told by Fred’s best friend, his beloved teddy bear. During World War II, Fred must leave his home and live in hiding, apart from the rest of his family, but he always keeps Bear by his side. Bear knows it’s his job to take care of Fred and make sure he doesn’t feel alone. After the war, Fred and his family are reunited and leave Holland for the United States. And still Bear is with him. When Fred grows up, he and Bear part for the first time when Bear is sent to Yad Vashem (the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Israel, where this picture book for children ages 6-9 was first published) to show the power of hope, friendship, and love. Unique and charmingly illustrated, Bear And Fred: A World War II Story is unreservedly recommended for young readers.
Felicia and the Rat Mauro Magellan
Louie lives high up on a rooftop. Sometimes he feels lonely. He likes to play the drums, but he doesn’t have anybody to play with. Down on the street however, it’s a different story. When the moon is high in the sky, the cats come out to play.
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It’s A Great, Big Colorful World Tom Schamp
One winter morning, Otto the cat looks out the window and sighs, “Why is everything so gray today?” Luckily his friend Leon the chameleon is around to show him just how many colors there are in the world. It’s A Great, Big Colorful World is filled to the brim with brilliantly illustrated objects as Leon and Otto identify people, places, and things of every hue. On pages dedicated to infinite shades of a single color, Tom Schamp’s brilliant drawings play with perspective and unexpected pairings. An enormous Bengal tiger lords over an orange-tinted world, while a giant blue whale dwarfs elephants, pairs of jeans, and police officers. Throughout, cleverly inserted puns and allusions will elicit plenty of laughs from parents and children alike. Parents will enjoy the numerous ways color is depicted and kids will spend hours looking for their friends Otto and Leon as they traverse the busy pages. Best of all, this delightful adventure comes to a perfect end when all the colors come together in one beautiful, joyful rainbow of fun. Fun for children ages 2-5.
The Hunter and His Dog Sassafras de Bruyn
The Hunter and His Dog: A Fantastical Journey Through the World of Bruegel is a wordless picture book that excels in capturing the nuances of the 1500s artist’s landscapes and scenes with great detail and unexpected moments. Kids of all ages as well as their adult readers will benefit from an early introduction into Bruegel’s art forms and scenes, capturing a series of his paintings and documenting their evolutionary process in fine detail. The result is a work that is best enjoyed by those who would teach the young about Bruegel’s works, art, and meaning. Many an adult relatively new to Bruegel’s works will also be engrossed by this accessible, colorful collection of his themes.
Blue Skies
Anne Bustard Blue Skies is recommended reading for ages 8-12 and tells of 10-year-old Glory Bea, who anticipates a miracle in her father’s return from a war that ended three years ago. Glory can’t accept the adults’ messages that her father died in France on the front. She retains faith that her father is still there. Maybe it’s up to her to find him. When she learns that a train will stop in the town he was last seen in, she decides to take matters into her own hands to help her lost father find his way back home. A heartfelt, engrossing story emerges about life, death, faith and proactive dreaming. Bustard captures a patriotic spirit in post-WWII America in this novel inspired by the real-life Merci Train. Although the book’s outcome is fairly predictable, it offers well-researched details about the era and themes relatable to a modern audience. A subplot regarding Glory Bea’s playing matchmaker for her two best friends adds humor and interest, highlighting the protagonist’s determined attitude. Anne S. Bustard is the former co-owner of Toad Hall Children’s Bookstore and MFA graduate from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
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Learn the Awesome Alphabet on Sesame Street
Bert and Ernie tackle the letter L in Sesame Street’s Awesome Alphabet Collection.
Sesame Street: Awesome Alphabet Collection Shout Factory $14.98 As my two-year old goes from infant to toddler and is more of a sponge soaking up data and information I try to keep his media above board with things on education, and having Sesame Street as your driver in the club bag is a clutch one I have to say. He can watch Elmo, or Kermit or Bert and Ernie with content while I get his meals ready, and he gets the chance to learn something in the process. by So yeah, damn right I grabbed Awesome Alphabet Collection as a surrogate parent! The disc is less a series of show episodes and more focused on segments, all of which surround a particular letter of the alphabet, that the Sesame Street puppets and humans talk through in a means of education and illustration. Occasionally a celebrity will pop by, whether its singers like Norah Jones, Pharrell Williams or Smokey Robinson, or actors like Ricky Gervais (The Invention of Lying), everyone gets a chance to work with a letter or two on the alphabet.
Sesame Street has their stuff dialed in and has for decades, and you get a sense of that (new or rediscovered) when it comes to Awesome Alphabet Collection. The segments aren’t very long, maybe 3-5 minutes, you get your nugget of information to take away, and you move onto the next one. The characters ham it up a little at times, but you’d expect them to be who they are for a sense of relatability to the young viewer. It connected with me back in the day and it connects with my kids. If you want your toddler to learn things and you are pressed with other things that have to happen in the process, having him or her learn the alphabet from Elmo and Norah Jones isn’t a horrible way to do it. Awesome Alphabet Collection is entertaining and a valuable resource, and your kid will go back to it frequently, as mine does. Everything is presented in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen and looks fine. Colors are reproduced accurately and the image doesn’t include notable and/or prolonged edge enhancement or smoothing in post-processing. Grover looks like Grover, Big Bird looks like Big Bird, etc. The sound is Dolby two-channel which isn’t a surprise, and it sounds clear as you’d like. Dialogue is clear and consistent and lacks any directional effects or immersion that it would try to mirror in a six-channel track. It sounds like Sesame Street. There’s a segment called “Elmo’s
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Amazing Alphabet Race,” where Elmo tries to find the letters of the alphabet around Sesame Street before a timer goes off. There is mention of printable activity sheets but they weren’t included with the package. Speaking of same, the package mentions a Sheryl Crow song that doesn’t appear on here, go figure. Awesome Alphabet Collection gets you to learning the alphabet, and some of the words your child knows get associated with them easily and in a fun way, without having a textbook or chalkboard in front of them to do so. Technically the disc is fine and the supplement is OK, but the main event, seeing the Sesame Street ensemble do their work, is the treat here, as it usually is. *** Lately I’ve been using Paw Patrol the same way I had (and sorta still) use the Peppa Pig films for my son, albeit in a different way lately. In the past I’d been using them as a means of occupation while his meals for the day are made, now they are tied in to how he goes to bed the previous night. We’re in sleep independence now, and if he does not stay in his bed or room, no Paw Patrol the next morning. We’re not at a live or die without it point yet, but we could be getting there? The premise of the show is very much like one you may be accustomed to when you were a kid and discovered television for the first time; a group of friends (in this case, dogs) join up when they are called upon to solve a case, for lack of a better word. It’s storytelling 101, introduce characters, provide conflict for them, show how they
negotiate conflict towards resolution. This particular disc, titled Ultimate Rescue, focuses on the rescue portion of things. The show is computer animated, produced in Canada and shown there and in America on Nicklodeon, culling episodes from the show’s fifth season (a sixth is underway). The show is a little out of my kid’s age (he is almost three) when it comes to some of the jokes that the characters utter, but it nurtures the problem-solving aspects that are valuable to kids around that general age, and he is mesmerized by it, so it works for us. It’s that rarified air of Paw Patrol trying to capture a couple of different pockets of crowds that shows like (and exactly) it tend to stumble; the dogs look nice and on the surface of the ‘talking dog’ veneer it works, but compared to other shows like Peppa or Stinky and Dirty, it doesn’t overly commit to one direction more than another. On the surface it’s muddled but if you’re getting more out of it than your kid, we’ll need to have a talk over some bourbon or something. Is or should Paw Patrol be the coparent in surrogate form while you get your child’s and your own stuff ready over the course of a day? Of course not, but I wouldn’t rely on it too much in your bag of clubs, so to speak. Your child may go back to Elmo but it could be too late. The Video: The five episodes of the show are presented in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen and they look fine. The show is computer animated but looks cartoonish, no real looking dogs or people here. Extras: The only extra is an episode for a show called Top Wing which conceptually looks like Paw Patrol; a quartet of birds who are friends team up for challenges or tasks to do each episode. Not entirely sure what the difference is, but I’m not the demo…yet. Final Thoughts: There are some gaps in logic when it comes to Paw Patrol. It’s the too hot or too cold of children’s televised programming, always flirting with ‘just right’ but never consistently achieving it. Technically the disc is fine, as is the bonus episode. If you need to do food prep for your kid, it’s fine but not special.
Perhaps you missed Prince’s 80th birthday... No, not that Prince – the hirsute hero born in Depression-era comic strips EDITOR’s NOTE: This feature from Hal Foster biographer Brian Kane was offered to mark the 80th anniversary on Feb. 13, 2017 of the debut of the Foster comic Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur. We figure it’s never too late to celebrate the comic hero with the page boy haircut. By Brian M. Kane Before television, when most films were still black and white, the Sunday comics were an oasis of color in a Depression-era gray world. Highly popular comic strips drove newspaper sales in the early 20th century, so it is little wonder that their creators were regarded as celebrities. The epic Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur by Harold Rudolf “Hal” Foster premiered in the color comics section on Feb. 13, 1937. Before Prince Valiant, Foster originated the adult-protagonist adventure strip genre by adapting Tarzan as a black and white daily strip in 1928, which was followed by the Tarzan color Sunday feature from 1931-1937. Faced with imposing financial and creative constraints as a workfor-hire artist, Foster focused his considerable skills as an illustrator toward producing his own strip. The extraordinary effort resulted in international prominence for both Prince Valiant and Foster. Today, after 80 years, “Val” remains one of the few adventure strip characters still in print. It is difficult to imagine the impact Foster’s Prince Valiant had on 1930s and 1940s popular culture. When Prince Valiant began, Superman’s debut in Action Comics #1 was still more than a year away. Many of the first two generations of comic book creators owe a great debt to Foster. Young comic book artists studied Foster’s technique, sometimes copying panels from his strips. “Swipes” of Foster’s art can be found in the origin of Batman, and in comics drawn by Jack Kirby, the co-creator of many of today’s movie heroes, including Captain America, The
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Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant in a 1940s propagana piece.
Hal Foster at his drawing table in 1947, his 10th year creating Prince Valiant for newspaper comics pages. Avengers, The X-Men and Thor. ost importantly, Val epitomized a knightly moral code, creating an ethical standard of conduct that exemplified truth, justice, and what it meant to be a hero. Seminal works such as The Hobbit, The Sword in the Stone and The Chronicles of Narnia were nonexis-
tent in February of 1937. By the time Joseph Campbell’s groundbreaking The Hero with a Thousand Faces was published, Prince Valiant had already spent 12 years on his own monomythic hero’s journey. Yet, unlike in Campbell, Val’s adventures included strong, selfreliant, heroic women, attesting to Hal’s wife Helen’s influence on the strip. For the uninitiated: Valiant, a lowly Prince of Thule, fell in love with and eventually married Aleta, Queen of the Misty Isles. To Hal’s and Helen’s credit, Aleta became a role model for the millions of capable women running America during World War II, fighting off offenders with her wit, charm, intelligence and, on occasion, a hidden dagger strapped to her thigh. Aleta was kicking butt long before Princess Leia, Katniss Everdeen or most of the Disney princesses were even a thought. Though set in the time of King Arthur, Foster’s Prince Valiant was surprisingly contemporary. During World War II, Val fought the Huns, resulting in the strip being canceled in German newspapers. In 1943, Val befriended a boy with a withered leg who could not “play soldier” with the other boys. Nevertheless, the boy was encouraged to hone his skills so that one day he could be “arrow-maker to
King Arthur.” The story appeared a year into a polio epidemic and 16 months after Pearl Harbor, and was a call to service to all who could not go off to fight. After the war, as American troops returned home, Val and Aleta sailed to the “New World” and had a son, heralding the coming baby boom. Then, as the demographics of 1950s America changed, multicultural couples in Prince Valiant married and had children just as they did in the popular sitcom I Love Lucy. Foster’s Prince Valiant is not just an adventure, or romance, or humor strip – though it is sprinkled with all those elements. Prince Valiant is a graphic novel about life, where people fall in love, wars are fought, children are born and grow older, hearts are broken, friends die in battle, couples marry, and even disfigured and disabled characters young and old, male and female, have a place and purpose in this brave world Foster fashioned. While some may feel Prince Valiant is archaic by today’s standards, perhaps its unabashedly inclusive “Might for Right” message is simply ahead of its time. Long live Val! Brian M. Kane, Ph.D., is the author of the IPPY Award-winning biography Hal Foster: Prince of Illustrators, and edits the New York Times bestSelling Prince Valiant reprint series from Fantagraphics Books.
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Bible-thumping salesmen “Eloquent and genuinely funny. No other land could have imaginably produced this picture.” – Penelope Gilliatt, The New Yorker (1969) The documentary Salesman, shot in the mid-’60s and released in 1969, is a landmark film. It might feel odd to read a declaration like that about a work whose style is fairly modest and whose subjects are quite unassuming, but Salesman’s storytelling is so intelligent, revealing and artful that its indelible mark is left by not only on viewers but on the whole artform of nonfiction cinema. Salesman follows four Irish Catholic bible salesmen from Boston as they make their daily rounds. Their company has partnered with local churches to get folks to state their interest in fancy new bibles, and then the door-to-door men have to go in Bible salesman Paul “The Badger” Brennan in the Maysles Brothers documentary Salesman. and seal the deal. But quite often, by the time the effort to mock a guy he stops to ask Since there are no designated bad subjects that are barely influenced salesmen come, things have changed. directions rather than listen to what guys, viewers can find themselves by the presence of the camera. At Money has gotten tight. Interest has the guy actually says. quietly cheering for both sides in these one point, a customer randomly puts waned. After all, how many bibles does The film doesn’t add talking-head awkward selling encounters. Maybe the on a warped Beatles Muzak record one family really need? commentary from sociologists or elderly couple will reconsider and sign to enjoy mid-sales pitch. It’s hard to And at $50 a pop (roughly $350 economists on the degradation and up for the cheaper monthly package. imagine such a guileless move from a in 2020 money), how many of these commodification of American religious Maybe the salesman will realize this documentary subject now, post-reality working class and working-poor life, because it doesn’t have to. poor housewife is already pushed to TV. That moment is innocent, ugly, families can actually afford it? All you need to do is watch these her limit and will humanely let her off sad, and funny: just like the film that As the film illustrates, these hard-sell encounters. This isn’t just the hook. contains it. encounters aren’t exceptional. The a bible: it’s educational, it’s art, Salesman was shot with specially The Blu-ray: Salesman is packaged salesman hears “no” all the time, but it’s a financial investment, it’s an made lightweight equipment to with fold-out featuring an essay on the the talented ones know how to turn it investment in your future. facilitate easy filming both for film by Michael Chaiken. around and make their commission. These bibles become whatever the subjects and for the sole crew The Video: Sourced from a 2017 From its four subjects, the film finds the salesmen think the customers members, Albert Maysles (camera) restoration, this AVC-encoded 1080p its main character in Paul Brennan need them to be. And the customers and David Maysles (sound). (Editor 1.33:1 transfer is highly rewarding. (nicknamed “The Badger,” maybe for sometimes succumb thanks to their Charlotte Zwerin shares the possessory Much like Criterion’s Robert Drew set less than flattering reasons) because own guilt and decency, not wanting to “A Film by” credit on the film.) Their from a few years ago, this disc boasts lately he can’t turn the “nos into lead-on the kind salesman who they unobtrusive style has been dubbed a excellent clarity and contrast for a “yesses. Paul’s cold streak makes him invited into their home. “fly on the wall” approach or “cinema 16mm film that was shot cheaply and bitter which, in turn, sours his sales The film sees these men as generally vérité.” In the contemporaneous quickly with available light. Some pitches and kills more potential sales. decent too. They just want to make interview included on the Salesman minor damage here and there, but for Even when the four salesmen a living, and they do it in the way disc, the Maysles brothers shrug off the most part, this looks outstanding. leave icy Boston for sunny Florida that they have been shown. There both of these terms, in favor of the The Audio: The LPCM mono in the film’s second half, Paul can’t are a few different sales conferences more accurate phrase, “direct cinema.” audio is necessarily limited by catch a break. He starts off with good shown in the film, where the bible And it is Salesman’s directness that the technology with which it was intentions, but is soon waylaid by the company higher-ups scold and cajole makes it so powerful. It finds the captured, but it never sounds distorted confusing layout of an Arabian-themed their workers to rack up higher sales drama in the unforced reality of daily or overwhelmed by surface noise. neighborhood with street names numbers. The salesmen are told that life. Of course, the process of filming It’s fascinating the way that the such as Sharazad Avenue and Sinbad they are a positive force for their something changes it. But, in a lucky“Globesman” parody (see Special Street. It doesn’t help that Paul is also communities. So: SELL! SELL! SELL! lottery-ticket way, the Maysles found Features below) goes to the trouble to so stubborn that he expends more
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The Maysles Brothers – David on sound and Albert on camera – filming their “direct cinema” masterpiece Salesman. duplicate this specific narrow kind of soundtrack. Optional English SDH are provided. Special Features: • Audio commentary by Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin - An extremely valuable commentary, ported over from the 2001 Criterion DVD. Maysles manned the camera, while Charlotte edited the film. • Maysles Brothers interview (HD upscale, 31:27) - A 1969 TV interview by Newsweek’s Jack Kroll that’s informative and opinionated as the brothers energetically discuss their approach to making movies and their views on Salesman. • Bill Hader interview (HD, 9:36) - Hader discusses both his love for Salesman and the way it was carefully translated and augmented into the loving parody of Documentary Now!’s “Globesman” episode. • Documentary Now!: “Globesman” (HD, 24:50) - I would argue that the Criterion Collection is a major reason that a series like Documentary Now! even exists. I mean, in what world do former cast members of SNL make reverential fun of a Maysles brothers movie, if not the one where Criterion helps maintain the nonfiction film canon? So it’s cool to see the company returning the homage by including this great episode, which swaps in globes for bibles but sticks close to a lot of familiar details from the original doc. • The Rabbit on NPR’s Weekend
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Edition (11:43) - A 2000 radio segment, in which Dan Collison catches up with James Baker (and his son) to discuss events in the film and the life of a bible salesman. Final Thoughts: Salesman eloquently speaks about the American experience just by letting it play out on screen. Criterion’s original DVD presentation was already strong, but with the A/V quality boost of Blu-ray and the delightful inclusion of the related Documentary Now! material, this release easily makes it into the DVD Talk Collector Series. In addition to Salesman, Criterion offers these other Maysles Brothers cinema verite classics: Grey Gardens (1976) and the follow-up The Beales of Grey Gardens, individually or as a boxed set; Gimme Shelter, the sad tale of the Rolling Stone concert at Altamont – with the Hell’s Angels as security. a man is stabbed to death; and The Rock Box, which along with Gimme Shelter, includes The Beatles in A Hard Day’s Night, Monterey Pop documentary (by D. A. Pennebaker) and in The Who’s rock opera Quadrophenia (with Sting in the role of Ace Face the bellboy).
Hiroshi Teshigahara’s 1984 film Antonio Gaudí is ostensibly a documentary about the famed Catalan architect of the title. However, those looking for background on Antoni Gaudí’s life, or a synthesized understanding of his work, should seek a more straightforward doc about him (Criterion has handily provided two of those in this disc’s bonus features [see below]). Teshigahara instead crafts a dreamy, impressionistic study of both Gaudí’s buildings and of his homeland that has been oft-described – aptly – as a tone-poem. Structured somewhat like a travelogue, the film soaks up bits of Catalan art and culture between visual investigations of Gaudí’s different creations. This approach creates a natural context for Gaudí’s work, locating its place both within Catalan art and within Catalan life. Teshigahara sometimes creates a steady editing tempo by juxtaposing angles from different close-up details, but just as often he lets Junichi Segawa’s camera float into and around the spaces that Gaudí created in long takes. The accompanying musical score by Toru Takemitsu often consists of sparse ethereal tones, suggesting a somber spirituality well-suited to the subject. Segawa inspects and traces Gaudí’s shapes, which are rarely regimented into straight lines. Inspired by natural forms, Gaudí’s designs curve and undulate. Façades droop like they are covered in stalactites or were melted away like wax. An apartment building he designed, Casa Milà, looks like a vision from a Cronenberg body-horror flick. The roof of another building, Casa Batlló, looks like the multicolored scales of a giant tropical fish. The film climaxes, as it logically must, with an exploration of Gaudí’s unfinished magnum opus, the Basilica of La Sagrada Familia. It’s a giant church whose four main spires are so tall that they are visible from other Gaudí works throughout Barcelona. (Teshigahara essentially teases
La Sagrada Familia earlier in the film by presenting it obviously in the background of other segments.) The importance of La Sagrada Familia is such that Teshigahara even breaks protocol an hour into his film and includes an interview with one of Gaudí’s then-living collaborators, Isidre Puig Boada, to comment upon Gaudí’s working method and his eventually thwarted vision for the church. (His design models were destroyed after his death, and the church currently remains a work-in-progress.) Antonio Gaudí can be a bit like a trip through a beautiful art museum where you don’t pay for the guided tour or even bother to read any of the placards. For some, it will surely be a wonderful and unfettered experience; others might find themselves hungry for hard info. This reviewer cheated and watched the bonus features first to get some background, so I could just enjoy the mood and style of Teshigahara’s film without fretting too much that I wasn’t properly understanding things. It worked for me; maybe it can work for you too. The Blu-ray: Antonio Gaudí comes with the bulkiest booklet I’ve seen with a Criterion Blu-ray in quite a while, presumably because this is an upgrade from Criterion’s 2008 DVD release. It includes an essay by Dore Ashton, as well as two separate pieces by director Hiroshi Teshigahara, one in conjunction with his father Sofu. Special Features: These have been ported over from the 2008 2-DVD Criterion release. • Gaudi, Catalunya, 1959 (HD upscale, 19:28) - Shot on color 16mm, this silent film documents Teshigahara’s first trip to Catalonia with his sculptor father, Sofu. • Interview with Arata Isozaki (HD upscale, 13:08) - Isozaki is an architect who was an art school friend of director Teshigahara. • God’s Architect: Antoni Gaudí (HD upscale, 59:32) - An episode of a 2003 BBC series called Visions of Space, hosted by art critic Robert Hughes. This takes a more conventional travelogue tack than Teshigahara’s film, but it offers more hard information while covering a lot of the same ground. • Monitor segment (HD, 15:56) - Directed by Ken Russell in 1961, this is a simpler overview of Gaudí’s work, but still quite informative and entertaining. • Sculptures by Sofu - Vita (HD upscale, 17:26) - A documentary portrait by Teshigahara of his father, as his work is being set up in a gallery show. Final Thoughts: A mostly wordless exploration of the architecture of Antoni Gaudí that’s both soothing and exciting to watch. Highly Recommended.
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One smart Monkee
Take a time trip to 1973 with the ‘new’ Michael Nesmith release Just as Paul was the cute one in The Beatles and Ringo was the goofball and George the mystic and John the smart one, The Monkees, being a manufactured-for-TV band, followed that model, with Davy Jones as the cute one, Micky Dolenz as the goofball at the drums AND singing lead vocals, Peter Tork as Peter Tork and Michael Nesmith as the smart Monkee. Nesmith, like Tork, was an actual musician and songwriter when he was hired to become a Monkee. In 1965 – a year before he became a Monkee – he wrote the song “Different Drum,” which was first recorded for an album by the bluegrass band Greenbriar Boys in 1966 and then became a radio hit This is the cosmic partnership of in 1967 when sung by Linda Ronstadt the title. In Rhodes, Nesmith found and the band Stone Poneys. He offered the song up for use in The Monkees TV the sound that suited both his mournful voice and lifted his lyrics, show, but the producers rejected it. or as Nesmith writes in the excellent Nesmith bristled at the disregard booklet that accompanies the CD: “At for his musicianship as a member of McCabe’s, the thing that distinguishes The Monkees, and when he left in my and Red’s dance routines is that 1970, buying out the final years of his he’s high and I’m not. During those contract, he was already working on days I didn’t work high. You can his second album with “side” group hear how close we were in rhythms The First National Band, which some and everything else, but you can also credit as being one of the pioneering hear how cosmic he is. He’s going country rock groups of the era. They played alongside Gram Parsons and the off into places that you don’t think up musically but you can think up newly formed Flying Burrito Brothers. cosmically. And because he played the The group included, at Nesmith’s pedal steel, which is a from-the-ground insistence steel guitarist Orville “Red” up cosmic instrument, Rhodes. he was able to sail within Despite releasing two those skies and in those radio hits (“Joanne” circles. He was able to make and “Silver Moon”), something happen on a The First National Band cosmic level. disintegrated in 1971, by “I had done my work but Nesmith and Rhodes spiritually in terms of continued playing setting up the base and together. the circumstances inside A document of that the poetry of the song, time was recently released working out the melody on 7a Records, a label and working out the other devoted exclusively to things that go into creating a song. The Monkees, and it is easy to see But when he came in sailing over the why Nesmith insisted on playing with top of it and diving into it like a huge Rhodes. The two make beautiful music pool in the back of a huge hotel and together, as Cosmic Partners shows. walking on the water and floating on The 17-track CD was recorded on Aug. a carpet and everything in the pool – 18, 1973, at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, a music store and concert venue in Santa that’s when he starts to add what he adds.” Monica, Calif. Read the above while listening to Nesmith opens the show with the almost any track on Cosmic Partners melancholy “Tomorrow and Me,” his and you’ll get the picture. well-strummed acoustic keeping time Nesmith says on the recording that as Rhodes sings and soars on his pedal he and Rhodes were doing traditional steel, producing big, dreamy, creamy country (they both launch briefly into notes dripping through the air.
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The Monkees were Peter Tork, Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones and Michael Nesmith. a Hank Williams’ “Cold, Cold Heart”) until they got “spaced out” by “eating doughnuts and stuff” (the booklet explains that Rhodes was into making potent edibles at the time), “and ended up doing strange things.” Nesmith told the audience to watch for “a lot of funny things going on” in Rhodes’ eyes as he plays. Then they launch into a couple of instrumentals, one of which (the polka “Rose City Chimes”) shows off Rhodes’ skills with the traditional country sounds of a pedal steel, and then “Poinciana,” which allows Rhodes an orchestral approach to his instrument, as well as the swelling sweeps that sound like hearts melting. Just before finishing on a high note upon the advice of Lon Chaney
Jr. (“Play the hits.”) with the two aforementioned Last National Band hits “Joanne” and “Silver Moon,” Nesmith tells a two-part Monkeeera tale – or, as he says, “when The Monkees trip was going on” or the “strange 1968 star trip”– called “The Great Escape.” That was great advice from Lon. “Joanne” is a beautiful song, both the way Nesmith sings it and the way Rhodes propels it. A nostalgia trip was going on in the early 1970s, and as a young man I said I would never be nostalgic. But now, after listening to this CD, I am deeply nostalgic for 1973. Who love’s ya, baby?
New Power Generation featuring the music of Prince Sept. 20 at Earth Rider Brewery Fest Grounds Prince’s New Power Generation band has announced a fall concert that includes a show at Earth Rider Brewery’s festival grounds. Tickets go on sale 10 am Friday, May 15 A special online-only presale takes place Thursday, May 14, 10 am to 10 pm, with an exclusive password from JadePresents.com. Advanced general admission pit tickets are $31.21; advanced general admission tickets are $19.99; general admission pit tickets day-of-show are $36; general admission tickets are $24 day-of-show. Additional fees may apply. Event link: jadepresents.com/ event/2020-new-power-generationsuperior/ The reunion of former members of the New Power Generation (NPG) – including a number of those in the original configuration – was born out of the official Prince Tribute concert in October 2016. The longest-running member of the NPG, keyboardist Morris Hayes, who also served as Prince›s musical director for many years, was tapped to do the same job for the official tribute concert held in honor of the legendary artist. Hayes brought many of the original band members back together to serve as the house band (where they were joined by other NPG alumni throughout the night) for the epic musical celebration and the feedback from the fans was that the official tribute concert was both exhilarating and healing. Given the overwhelming response to that historic event, Hayes, Sonny T, Tommy Barbarella, Tony M, Damon D and Levi Seacer met with one of Prince’s former managers to discuss an official reunion in order to bring a live celebration of Prince and his music to “fams” throughout the world. Their intent: to honor their boss, their men-
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tor and his music. The band has since joined forces with other Prince alumni and world class artists to perform their own tribute concerts to their legendary mentor and brother, Prince. NPG’s official lead singer is MacKenzie. MacKenzie has wowed both audiences and critics alike. The “Prince fams” (as Prince called them) quickly embraced him. MacKenzie’s immense talent coupled with his unique and reverent approach to the songs never strays into an impersonation. The NPG strive to play as if their famous boss was still front and center. Their shows are a non-stop musical kaleidoscope of the most iconic chart-topping hits from all eras of Prince’s career. Classic NPG songs like “Diamonds and Pearls,” “Gett Off,” “Cream,” “7” and “Sexy MF,” are intermingled with hits from throughout Prince’s illustrious four- decade-long career such as “1999,” “Let’s Go Crazy,” “Pop Life” “Sign O’ The Times,” “Purple Rain,” “U Got The Look” and “Kiss.” Tickets are available online at JadePresents.com or Etix.com or in person at the Earth Rider Brewery’s Cedar Lounge taproom (earthrider.beer).
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Friendship in Duluth WWF, 60s, relocated to Duluth, seeks friendship/activity partner with older single newcomers to Minnesota. Enjoy coffee chats, hiking, xc skiing, canoeing, classical music, reading and listening to people’s stories. And you? (58487:4/11)
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seeking men
Social distance for now Searching for interesting man to share letters or phone calls. Let’s get to know each other this way, for now. Preferably 60plus, single, honest, caring and affectionate. Range area only. (58542:4/23) Coffee? Wine? SWF, 70’s, slim, above average, seeks SM, any age, any area (I like to drive) who is lonely too. (58540:04/03) Maybe Mid 60’s, active, liberal, looking for same! N.S., light drinking, non-motor sports.
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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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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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Exploring SWM, 5’10”, brown, blue, enjoy RV camping, boating, ATVing, travel, staying home. Seeking LTR with any race. Piercings, tattoos a plus. (58547:5/14) 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)
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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. (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
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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, 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 attrac-
tive, 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
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Personals 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)
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) 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) 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.
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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)
Men
seeking men
Pantie Play Looking for another 60 year old that enjoys wearing panties and stockings. Intrested? 58546:4/23) M4M Attention Turkish trained to provide for make muscle attending and care. (58534:12/30) The smaller the better MWM 60-plus looking for a male friend. caual get-togethers. (58529:12/5)
Looking for LTR. (58496:5/9) ISO Life Partner SWF ISO ages 50-62. Enjoys camping, hiking, kayaking, music & more. Honesty important. No drugs (58394: 4/13)
Women
seeking women
Looking for love I’m 64 years old. Love movies and music. Candlelight dinners, walks on the Lakewalk.
Etcetera Lay down the law WF, early 50s, seeks WM 50s to spank, punish and ground me. (58527:10/24)
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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)
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)
Puzzle Answers
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) 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)
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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 WGM 36, fully scene. ISO M a good time 10/18)
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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) Senior fun time 70, 67”, NS, Bi, fun time, tall, up close-personal, enjoyment. (58436: 8/7)
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Vagrant Queen Syfy 10 p.m. Elida (Adriyan Rae) takes off
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Judge Lola Carmichael (Simone Missick) in All Rise.
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NBC Sports Special NBC 1 p.m. Certain people have expressed a disdain for the ongoing sports replays, but Top 100 lists never get old. This special counts down the 100 best games in NFL history, from Super Bowl upsets and near-perfect seasons to unbelievable weather conditions.
Movie: Joker HBO 7 p.m. Beaten down by society and his own mental health at every turn, party clown Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) reaches a breaking point and begins to spiral into villainy in this film. This unique take on the DC Comics villain earned high critical praise.
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Employment Job Opportunites Graphic Artist needed soon. Adobe Creative Suite ,pagination skills a plus.Send resume to: info@readerduluth.com Needed Immediately Some one ASAP to work with elderly, nice lady to do some errands, shopping, Doctors appts. etc. No housework. Must be kind and honest. Have to have car, insurnace. Must like pets and be kind to animals. Good pay. Variable hours. 341-9027 LvMessg. Business Opportunity. Photo/ picture framing equipment, Fletcher 2100 & 3000 mat/glass cutters, Vacu-Seal programmable press. Extra supplies incl. $7500. value selling for $2500. Can purchase items separately. 218-830-1255 Looking for fill in-part time local delivery driver. Drive my cube van earn $150.00 per day. Background check and drug screen required 218-393-3902 Living Well workshop series is for people with conditions such as chronic pain, diabetes, arthritis or mental health conditions. We are looking for volunteers and professionals to become class leaders
to motivate and inspire. Leaders co-lead a 6-week workshop with another certified instructor in a community setting of their choice. Must lead one workshop per year. yourjuniper.org. Wanted: In search of Talent Manager & mentor to help me rach my potential. I am a comedian & speaker with electric personality. I have potential to impact the world but I need a believer to believe in me. I want to make the dream attainable.Write me: Benjamin Jorgenson, 2 East 2nd st. Duluth, MN 55802 Adults 18 or older and generally healthy wanted for research on the physiological and subjective stress responses of individuals who use marijuana regularly. Compensation provided. U of MN Medical School Duluth Research Study, 218-726-8623. President’s Liquor has full & part-time employment openings for stock clerk, cashier, maintenance & office assistant. Apply inperson at the Liquor store. 3824 E. 2nd St. Superior, WI. Ask for Jim Have lots of nest stuff 4 sale. Have Amazon acct. Need someone w/ internet sales ability. For info 218348-2903
“Ever wonder what the world looks like at 5am? Always dreamed of having afternoons off? Amazing Grace is looking for a full time breakfast line cook. The right candidate will be: Reliable and skilled in the arts of time management; Ready to become an indispensable piece of our ever-growing team; Able to work fast-paced professional kitchen; Excited about working in a from-scratch kitchen in a family owned restaurant; Stop by & pickup an application, we look forward to meeting you.” ARE YOUR KIDS IN SCHOOL? V.I.P. is in need of a few good
Employment kitchen workers. Day hours available when your kids are in school. If you are interested call your nearest V.I.P. or stop in. NO EXPERIENCE NEDESSARY DRIVERS WANTED Looking for self-motivated people that would like part time work transporting people to appointments in your area. Great benefits. Please leave message 612/978-2115 Paperboy looking for help with marketing on internet. 218-3482903 Housekeepers Wanted Must be available mornings and weekends. Apply in person at the front desk/ Allyndale Motel, 510 North 66 Ave. West and Cody St. Looking for an amazing career and a great place to work? Aerostich is hiring! View our video and all available positions at www.SewAero.com. Arrowhead House Foster Care has part time employment opportunities working with adults with mental illness. Day/evening & awake overnight positions avail-
able. Competitive wages, paid training, paid time off and employee bonuses! Call 218-727-8040, or apply online at www.ahprograms.com Work Wanted Sharpening Service 29 years exp. Circle saws, planer knives, Zamboni knives, tec. John 218879-6143 Experienced pet sitter would love to watch them in your home & house sit. References. Call 218380-3340 Trudy. $0. one dog, $5 each additional Licensed Nurse-Duluth/Superior area. Good driving record. Will assist clients: DRs appts, meds, shopping, lunch, some light housekeeping duties. Avail. 2-3 hrs on weekdays. Reasonable rates Call Lynn 218-348-7393 Experienced personal care assistant/home health aide looking for jobs. 29 yr old female with reliable vehicle and valid insurance. can run errands, clean, do small projects, drive u places, assist u with things inside and outside of the house, shovel, as well as assist
with activities of daily living. 218481-3388 Educated hair stylist willing to come to your home and do your hair. Very fair rates. Wendy 715919-0979 Senior will do phone fundraising/ surveys. PT, afternoons, downtown Duluth. 218-940-9005 Reliable man to care for elderly in home. Run errands, work in your home. Very diversified, excontractor. Call for details 218409-4725 Feet on the Go! Yes! I will come into your home to give you a pedicure. 218-208-7950 Handyman. $13/hr - Call Ryan @ 218-428-1626 Musicians.. Anyone looking for a drumset or Bass player? I play both. 612-396-8307 GUITAR LESSONS from Austin, Tx professional new to the Twin Ports! (Also Bass & Vocal) go to new levels! Call 512-565-5000 Guitar lessons available. 16 years experience. All styles, reasonable rates. Contact Aaron at 218-760-1599.
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Employment Professional violin/fiddle lessons. Credentials: Performance degree U of M Twin Cities, toured nationally as American/ Celtic/Nordic/Rock fiddler. Duluth. References. 218-2353235 Eli Bissonett Free Piano Lessons for Beginners in your home. If you have the desire to learn the basics this is a good start. I will not give lessons to under 18 without others present. Jay 218213-4687
Alernative Therapies Mind Body Spirit Harmonization with Tachyon Energy. One only a few Tachyon Chambers in U.S. Superior, WI 715-501-4046 Lost/Found Lost - Black I-Phone on Dec. 16. Within 4 blocks of East High School in the snow. $50 reward Text/Call 218-213-6213
I buy homes, multi-units and land. Cash $. 218-5562542 webuytwinports.com_ Meetings NARVRE Unit 92 - Protecting Railroad Retirement - we meet the 2nd Thursday of each month at the West Duluth American Legion at 1 PM World Word Writers’ Workshop meets noon every Monday at the Garland Room at the Vaughn Library in Ashland, Main & Vaughn. until Dec. 30. 2019. All genres of writing will be approached in a workshop environment from journalism to poetry with special emphasis on film documentary. We will be publishing an anthology if there is enough interest. More information: editor@worldword. org or 715-274-2202. Needle Art Guild of Duluth Membership Lunch at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd 45th and Colorado Street, Duluth. September 23, 2019. Lunch at Noon Program at 1:00 - Mary Mulari, nationally known designer of sewing projects will present “Vintage and New Age Aprons Free & open to the public. Scandinavian Crime Writers Book Club meeting in Duluth Call Kirk 612-558-1318
Wanted_ Wanted: Furnished bedroom, apartment, or cabin in Duluth area for senior couple for for month of August. JANEorTOM@gmail.com Disabled P/T employed male in need of stable housing, room or basement with available kitchen. Far East End. Please call James 218-461-0703. Will provide all inside/outside upkeep, maintenance, Have you bartered, sold etc. for your property/home. Swap for free but private living quarters on site. Multi-skilled 70 yr old man. or traded an item you’ve Excl. Character. 218-213-43-69 MINNESOTA HUNTING LAND Wanted. Earn thou- listed? Let us know so we sands on your land by leasing the hunting rights. Free can keep these listings up evaluation & info packet. Liability coverage included. to date. The experts at Base Camp Leasing have been bringing landowners & hunters together since 1999. Email: Contact ads@readerduluth.com info@basecampleasing.com Call: 866/309-1507 with changes. BaseCampLeasing.com
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Real Estate Hunting Land 40 acres Ajoins 2000 A County Land. NW Douglas County. Buildable, heavily wooded. Wood value $26k - Taxes $670. $67,900 218-4285844 WILDERNESS HUNTING CABIN with storage shed 1000 ft. off forest management road on leased land in St. Louis County Brimson area. Call 218-391-4131 or 218-879-6585 For Sale: 2.35 acre lot w/100’ shorelineon Lake LaVerne, WI. Motivated to sell: $27,000 Call Lori 612803-6607 for details. For Sale: 1978 2 bedroom, 2 bath mobile home in Sunnyside Estates, Cloquet. Needs repairs. $1,500. or B.O. 218-481-5881 Responsible non profit animal rescue looking for pet friendly rental housing, fenced yard, spactious. Rent to own pref. ASAP. 218-576-8534 50 acres hunting land. 2 enclosed deer stands, building site, power & phone access. Westerlund Loop, Solon Springs, Wisc. 920-344-8016 Mobile home $18,500 Vintage Acres/Gary 2br//1ba includes appliances. Quiet. Lg yard/garden area. 218-464-5524 2-Bedroom Cabin on Siskwit Lake, 500’ frontage, Cornicopia, Wisconsin 847-710-2967
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14th Avenue West & 3rd Street Wood setting near Enger Tower in the middle of Duluth. 2 bedroom apartment, everything included 950.00 a month Newer secure building, views of bay, OSP, laundry, non-smoking, no pets. 100 yards from hiking and biking trails. Students and young professionals welcome. Call Dan. 218-348-8008
Rentals__ Large 2 bedroom apartment in West Duluth. Available Sept. 1st Call 218-940-6237 Condo in Aspenwood 3 bed - 1.5 bath, garage,fully firnished. All utilities inc. Available October 1st. 6-8 month lease. $1,595. 218-390-7291 Newer 2 story side by side duplex in Superior w/att. 2 stall garage. 2bdr w/full & half ba gas heat & water. $1025/ mo + util. & dep. No pets. Avail. May 1 Call 715-394-2028
Seeking Rental - Whole house or private entrance w/o shared ventilation. Chemically sensitive tenants - Can Afford $800-1000 per month depending on utilities. Asthma triggered by poor indoor air quality. Call or text (218) 260-5091 $350 1 bedroom util. incl. Cloquet. Shared kitchen, bath, living room. No smoking, pets or kids living with you. 218-464-7849. Hobby Sawmill-Hunting Lodge. Needs new renters or buyers. 218-727-1928 ______________________Cozy two bedroom apt. In Lakewood township. $875/month available Oct. 1, 2016. Included in rent is water, heat, garbage and WIFI. wildlife. Shared laundry. No pets; no smoking or smokers. 218-330-0769. Fisherman cabin 1 mile from boat landing on Lake Superior. For info or pictures call (715) 682- 2568 Vacation Rental. Causeway on Gull, Nissewa, MN. 2 Bdrm, 2 bath, sleeps 8 May 13-15th. Close to marina, free boat slip. 218-865-6591 Lake of the Woods, MN 30 acres for sale with well, septic, power & sheds. Minutes from the lake! Excellent summer, winter fishing & hunting. Close to resorts. Asking $78,900. 218-242-7304
$48,000 Wooded Lot with Creek & Well 6632 Hwy 61, Little Marais
Ready to build on level site. Year round access. Well, electricity, and identified septic 1-3/4 acres includes: 25’ travel trailer, 18’ X 18’ Shed, mature trees, winding creek
Contact: Mike 651-406-8221
Build your Vacation Home or Cabin Very nice, remote 10 acres. Fully surveyed, driveway in, building site fully ready. Walk down to lake and fish for Walley, Northern and perch. Ducks, Geese, Deer, Moose and Bear roam the property. Build your dream home, or hunting cabin. Located in central Lake County. Forrest service road accress, not plowed in winter. 18 miles from Finland, MN. $35,000
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4 dr collector car. 17,700 original mil. Museum quality. $15,000. 218-778-688 6 after 6pm
2017 Nissan Leaf SV ALL ELECTRIC, Charge with house power,107mi Range,back-up camera,GPS,Bose audio,heated seats. 16k miles. $14,500 or BO. 218-428-5631
1962 Cadillac Coupe Deville. Family owned, original papers, $18,000. 218-969-4369. 1981 Buick LeSabre. 4-Dr., dark blue, 19,000 miles, flawless. $9,500. 1998 BMW Z-3. Headturning black beauty. Spoked wheels, 5-speed, extra rims and tires, $9,750. 715-682-6116. 1973 Blue Lincoln Continental, 27K Mint Condition. $15,000. 218966-1748 1999 Toyota SR5 4x4 Classic extended cab. Excellent to mint condition. Cap, steps, frontguard, rear air shocks, sun visor & chrome package. $12,500. or BO 715-2783055 2003 Ford Taurus. New tires, good runner. Good for parts car. Has rusted frame. $750. or BO 218348-2434 95 Cad. 6 door-9 pass Limo. Very clean. 52K New vinyl roof. $3,500. OBO 218-628-2606 1997 Lincoln Luxury TOwn Car. Arizona vehicle, never seen snow. Lo-miles. $5900. kept in Minong 715-466-4607 or 715-520-0345 1974 VW Super Beetle. Fair con-
dition. 138,000 mi. ‘98 paint-green. Bayfield area. $2,750.00 7157793203 Collector 1968 GM 3-speed column shift transmission #GM-17 part #3925647 and bell housing. 218-525-1477 2008 Ford Focus 4cyl sedan 4D SES 144k miles. $4500. 2000 Toyota Corolla 4cyl sedan 4D LE 90k miles $2900. 218-727-6724 1983 Buick Regal Limited mint condition V6 Air , cruise ,all original carpet still new, seats velour 25,000 miles. $8000,00. (218-6242143 Sold AS-IS for restoration or parts. Collector 91 Buick Riviera, 68 Chevrolet 3/4 ton pickuo. 88 Mercury Topaz, 74 Mercury Montery 218-525-1477 2000 Dodge Intrepid, still runs good, (been babied), FW drive, tires fairly new, $178,000+ miles, $2000 or BO 218-786-0339 2003 Saturn LW200 Wagon. Great shape, great runner, low miles. Economical family vehicle. $4200 obo. 218-940-3659 2000 Dodge Neon. Good shape w/139k miles. PS/PB/AC. 4 cyl. Two new tires. $1800 or BO 218263-8292 1979 Pontiac Sunbird coupe, all original 44000 actual miles, never been in the snow. 4 cylinder ,4 speed, custom wheels, must see ,picture available,$4500 OBO 218-475 -2767 Single Owner, 2010 Steel Gray, Level 5, Toyota Prius, 42,000 miles, maintenance up to date, new tires, GPS navigation system, JBL Speaker system and Bluetooth for hands free cellphone connection. Excellent condition. In garage in winter. $19,500 call 218235-1698 1989 Cadillac Fleetwood. 75k Imaculate. Collector plates. A/C, cruise, power seats & windows. $5,000 or BO. 715-409-5431. $5,000 BO. 713-409-5431 or 218Trucks, Vans, 346-3622
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1999 Toyota SR5 Ex-Cab 4x4 ExCond-mint, Caps, Steps,Frontguard, Rear Air Shocks, Sun visor, Chrome pkg. $12,500 715-278-3055 94 Ford Bronco-One owner (not OJ) 133k New alternator, tires, brakes etc. $1,500. ask for Rene’ 218-464-0757
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86 GMC Rally STX 8 passenger Van 2500. 5.7L (350 V8) 168K, hitch, 2 extra tires, owners manual, very good cond. $3000. 218-4285416 88 Ford Econoline E-250 Camper Van. Flacon 190,351 Windsor motor, 144,000 mi, runs drives great. New tires 7,000 mi ago. Many new parts. $6,900. 218-780-6436 2012 Chevy Captiva Sport V6, 67k excellent cond. $10,000. 715-3632646 or 715-292-1043 Vans-SUVs-Non Business 6 door 9 pass Limo. Nice Arizona car. No rust, new vinyl roof. $4500. OBO 218-628-2606 or 218-391-2535 1947 Willy Jeep attachment to make manual lifting Plow into power!! $75.00 218-6242143 96 Dodge Dakota ExCab, V-6, 137xxx mi. $1850.00 218-7493993 1997 Red Chev 1/2 ton, Z71, leather, 3rd door, push button 4x4++! 157000 mi. $3850. 218749-3993 2015 Yukon SLT. Fully loaded. 50% wear on tires. 103KMi Free of accidents. $34,750. 218-349-8334 2004 Ford F-150XLT 4WD CrewCab. V8 Auto, 168K 2nd owner. Remote Start, 2 sets wheels/tires. New Battery, spark plugs, coils. Susupension upgrade. Tonnau cover, side steps. Mechanically Excellent.. Well-maintained. Over $12,000 invested. $7,500. ot B/O 218-206-1045 1987 Dodge Ram 1/2 ton Pickup. 2WD 318 Auto, no rust. Nice upholstery. Runs good. 130k. Nice tires-orig paint. w/topper. Clean $2,650 218-269-0153 1999 Jeep Wranger Sport. Hard top, full doors. $5800. OBO 715747-2350
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Knaack Jobsite Tool Box, 23” H x 48” W x 24” D. Powder paint finish in excellent shape. $100 OBO 715-209-1228 1964 John Deere 2010 C Series Diesel Crawler/Loader $5,000. 218-966-1748 New engine hoist chevy picker & engine stand $150. for both. Diamond plate truck tool box 70” outside 5ft inside 15” depth $100. 6 1/2 ft fiberglas topper off chev pu $50. 218-848-2007 12 Tine Spring Tooth Cultivator on
steel wheels. $100. 5’ Tow-Behind Field Disc $50. 715-817-8327 8’ dumpbox insert for pickup truck. 12v elec/hyd self contained. $1400/b.o. 218-729-5273 Int. single axle clam truck. $2500. Semi hyd wrecker boom $1100. 1999 Chev ext-cab 4x4 119k. $4500. 218-258-3935 Boats/Bikes/ATV/Sno Arctic Cat Snowmobile Suit. Like New, paid $260 make offer cash only. 218-834-3709 Trek 21-speed, disc brakes. Perfect condition $125 or BO Call Jim 218-491-4201 2004 HarleyDavidson Heritage Softail. Lots of extras, helmet, available. 12,000mi $10,000. 218966-1748 14ft fiberglass fishing boat, molded seats $200. or BO 218-848-2007 1985 Honda Shadow 650 122,000 odometer. Runs good. Comes with brand new helmet & leather saddle bags. $900 OBO 715-813-0757 OLD MOTORCYCLES WANTED Collector looking for old motorcycles sitting in the barn or shed collecting dust mostly looking for 60s and 70s motorcycles but possibly newer ones as well what do you have? Cash paid! Call me 320420-7675 Reasonably priced 20’ Pontoon boat w/ 4-stroke engine and power lift. 928-234-3325 2010 Yamaha Cruiser Red, 1000cc, 1,800mi, saddlebags, removable backrest, windshield, cruise control. Like new $5000. 218-410-2616 Ranger snowmobile trailer. 8 ft wide, 10 ft long, tilt, 4 ever lic. aluminum, spare crank up tongue. Ready to go nice trailer. $1150.00 218-749-3993 1998 AlumaCraft 185 Trophy 150hp Johnson, 6hp Nissan, 2 Locators, Marine Radio, 4 Downriggers, 2 planner boards, 7 rods & reels. $10,000 or BO 715-8178030 2252 Ciera Express. Set up for Lake Superior. Asking $10,000. or reasonable offer 218-348-5450 91 H.D. Sportster 1200cc Rebuilt & modified. Good cond. $5,000. OBO 218-724-1946 1972 Harley 50cc Did run last 1988. It’s been hung from ceiling inside my house since then. Asking $1,500 or BO 218-940-4984
1981 Yamaha 100 XS full dressed motorcycle w/39k miles and a full dress parts bike with it. Asking $1000. 218-263-8292 1995/96 Ski-Do Free Style. Also trailer for 24ft pontoon boat. 715682-5305 1972 Classic S-S Swan 43 Custom. Freezer/fridge/watermaker. Hull #64 of 67. 715-747-2350 Trade my 17’ canoe for small fishing boat. 218-525-6707 17” cedar strip canoe. Brand new, hand built in No. Minn. $1700. 218626-1262 10’ Jon Boat. New ores. Good shape. $200. 218-788-6636 20-foot Kayot Aluminum Pontoon Boat with 25 HP Evinrude outboard motor. Deck has been replaced. Duluth area. $1,500. 763-3890318 Auto Wanted Auto parts needed. Hood, grill & headlight units for 1997 Buick LeSabre. Hopefully not too expensive. 218-600-7105 Leave Message. Wanted: livestock trailer. Around $500 or less. Nothing fancy. We can make repairs. Hauling alpine goats to Arizona. Text 218-3401273. Have a chicken coop I can trade. Older snowmobiles, motor cycles, mini bikes and most small engines. 218-269-5455 Wanted: Junk Cars & Trucks. Junk cars and trucks for scrap. Partial proceeds benefit Douglas County Humane Society. Thanks. 218348-6942. Misc-Auto\Traillers Wanted: older 1/2-ton, 2-wheel drive, full-size pickup in good running, rust-free condition. 218-9299161. Wanted: 5-hole 13 inch trailer wheels with or w/o tires 218-2634676 1929 Inline Six Double D motor & transmission $1,000 or BO 218410-5011 New Kumhp Solus KR21 Tire & rim P225/70/R16 $75 BO New Dayton tire P215/65/R16 $40 BO 218-3435114 2009 Montana 5th wheel, 4 slides, located in Cloquet, Spafford Park, many extras, $22,900 obo. 701 509 7757 Brand new Kumho-Solus Tire and wheel, 225-70-16 (KR21) $50/BO
New Dayton tire 215-65-16 $25. 218-464-2824 34-foot Jayco Eagle Bunkhouse Travel Trailer. Sleeps 9, 16’ Awning, Lots of storage. Self-Contained. Shower. Price lwoered to $5,500. Duluth area. 763-3890318 2-Crager S/S Chrome reverse wheels 14” Uni-lug $200. 218-5251861 4 Weather Master, Snowgroove, ST2-195/55 R15 Tires $100. 4-205/70/R15 $100. 218-724-5358 Diamond Plate Aluminum Pickup Tool Box, 14” Deep, 60” Long, 20” Wide with 5” Overhang, Single Cover. In Great Shape. $100 (218)743-3933 Brand new Kumho Solus KR21 tire & wheel. 225-70-16. $85 OBO New Dayton tire only. 215-65-16 $50 OBO 218-606-2011 4 truck roof bar light. Chrome, new. $10. 218-848-2007 New engine stand. $50. 218-8482007 Trailer hitch fits Jeep Grand Cherokee, Reese Model 51010, like new $75 obo 715-794-2089 ARE Chev white topper. 6’ wide. Slider windows & screens Brake. Like new. 218-525-1477 4 Hankook Ventus V12 ev0. 245/45 ZR 19 Extra load tires with less than 7,000 mi. $200 218-4093913 4-275-65-18R (F150) Goodyear Wranglers 8-9/32 Tread $100. 218341-0396 Lawn tractor wheel weights. 30lbs each. Fits 8 or 10” rims. $60 obo. 218-729-5273 2002 Chrysler TOC passenger outside door handle. $30. 218591-7712 L&R front fender script emplems and chrome fender scoop ornaments for 69’ Firebird. $50 firm. Cash only. 715-718-0092 F-150 fiberglass topper, blue $100. 715-591-8217 Music Jusek Violin. Made by a master in Prague 1926, #107 valued at $4,000. Will trade for cash and a good violin or BO Call Jim 218491-4201 Conn Organ - Free if you have children, otherwise $20. Also, consol TV, beautiful cabinet - Free 218624-4900
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35 String Irish Harp made by Duluth Harp maker David Kortier. Excellent cond. with case. $1800. 218-428-0563 Two 15” JBL speakers w/tripods, Peavey XR-600 P.A. Head. For band or solo. $500. firm 320-6308004 4-piece PDP drum set with cymbal stand and double bass pedal. Excellent condition! $300. Call Terry at 218-206-7571 Fender KXR-60 Keyboard amp50amp 12”speaker $135. 218-2351475 Ibanez Micro Bass. Great for beginners. Black New $195 OBO 218-235-1475 Fender Jazz Bass, black, humbuckers. Like New $400 OBO 218235-1475 Two Lawrence green box flashers. Mac 1 Eagle graph--Lawrence. $75. 218-984-2669 Jay Turser Sanatoga Electric Guitar w/all the bells & whistles. Gotta see to appreciate w/hardshell case $100. 218-393-1375 Hammond organ J-122 model w/ bench. Great condition. $100 or best offer. 218-244-1629 SWR studio 220 bass head and 2 AMPEG 4x10 cabs $600. 5905664 Old Tunes for new Harpists. Spiral bound books 3 hymns; 3 Christmas/holiday, and 2 folk tunes/ classics) with 15 original arrangements, suitable for all harps. $20 612/308-1792. Rocktron Amp. 120wt 2x12. On board reverb, distortion, chorus, tuner. Loud and gig worthy. $175. 218-269-7042 Wanted Two- or four-wheel folding grocery cart, less than $15. Call evenings, 218-940-9005. Small cast iron wood or pellet stove. 218-834-3709 lv messg Honda Trail 70, Z50, XL70, SL70, XR75 motorcycles. 218-428-3474 Cheap-used recesed ceiling fan. 218-310-1781 or 218-276-4985 Cheap used/refurbished room, window or portable air conditioner in good shape. 218-310-1781 Wanted - snowblower with electric start, 8 HP more or less. Reasonable - Leave or Text message to 715-610-1710 Duluth or Superior Are
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2 into 1 stock muffler from early 80’s Harley FX 218-341-2841 Sets of Dresser scarves. 218-9409005 evenings Reasonably priced 20’ Pontoon boat w/ 4-stroke engine and power lift. 928-234-3325 Seeking private woodlands to sustainably harvest balsam boughs in Sept & Oct. Cash paid. Senior couple. 218-428-5220 Super 8 Viewer. 715-919-1028 Wooden duck decoys: sell large wooden carved eagles. 729-5671 Plastic model cars and car kits, parts & pieces. 1/24 & 25th scale. 218-393-1375 Your old resonator or Dobro guitars/parts. Desired by man of limited resources for a project. 715817-1813 Wanted to buy. Forging tools. 218590-6507 Computer/Elec Ham Radios-Best Offer. Text only for info & pics. 218-750-7981 Old “Air Master” radio. Text only for info & pics. 218-750-7981 Dell Inspiron desktop 100 dollars.218-341-2607 White Baby Monitors $10. or BO 218-310-1781 or 218-276-4985 Bluetooth Music Light up bulb. $25. or BO Mini electric cigarette roller. Blue&Black comes with pushstick & brush $30. or BO218-310-1781 PS2 Console w/3 controllers. Slim PS2 $40. or BO Will trade for other electronics. 218-310-1781 or 218276-4985 RCA digital converter box wth remote, gently used-still in box. $35 or BO-will trade for other electronics. 218-310-1781 or 218-2764985 1940 RCA console radio, excellent condition maple wood. $500.50. 218-624-2143 Appliances Two window air conditioners. $75 each or best offer. Small chest freezer, $25. Kenmore dishwasher, $50. wood-burning stove, $100. Upright piano, free. 218-370-0711. ATTENTION LANDLORDS: Frigidare washer, Maytag dryer, X-Large Kenmore Refridgerator w/ice maker, Maytag Convertible Dishwasher. Downsizing. Excellent running cond. Some scratches from moving. $1,000. for all. 218241-1842
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Frigidare Freezer, commercial duty, 32w 30d 72h white $200. Electric kitchen stove almond $65. 218-848-2007 Cube-style dorm fridge in good cond. $40. 218-638-2399 Frigidaire frost-free 14.4 cu. ft. freezer. Never used. $300.00 Pickup only 218-390-8426 Jen-aire Glass Top Stove. Works great. Best offer 218-724-5358 Wood space heater $50. 218-7214481 Stove for home, cabin or garage. Burns wood or coal. $95. 715-3998569 White Kenmore microwave. $10. 218-206-1278 Two 250 gal fuel oil tanks. Paint red for gasoline. $50/ea. 218-8482007 Furniture Full size box spring and mattress, very good shape. $30 cash only takes both. 218-834-3709 48” round oak pedestal table, small oak library table, ornate oak buffet, multi-drawer draftsman cabinet. Make offer 218-830-1255 White ceiling Fan $10 or BO 218310-1781 or 218-276-4985 Ceramic bear collection (15) with shelving unit. $25. Call 218-5257702 Wooden kitchen table, 12” leaf, 6 chairs. Very sturdy $100. Light tan couch-unfolds into bed, steel frame $100. Both items in V.Good Cond. 218-390-2629 4 Drawer Dresser 24”H 71”L Excellent Condition-solid wood. $10. 218-348-2900 Full length lawn chair with cushion. $10 call 218-525-7702 Miscellaneous H&R 22 pistol with leather holster, $150. 12-gauge pump shotgun, like new. $350.218-848-2007. 16mm sound movie projector. Runs very well. $100. 320-2602464. Chest High Waders. Size 11 $35 cash only. 218-834-3709 Baseball basketball cards. great condition. please call 218-4810175. or email. Patrickgjaros@ gmail.com. Caboose Stove. Best Offer. Text only for info & pics. 218-750-7981 Compost toilet, no need for electric or water, great for cabin or hunting
shack $200. Igloo fiberglass dog house w/floor $25. Cattle water tank $50. 218-848-2007 Trek “3500” 21 sp. shocks, disc brakes. $150. 218-491-4201 Jim Western paperbacks. Nice selection from Zane Grey 60 different titles and Louis La`Mour 80 different 50¢ each..715 364 2899 ask for Zeeb
Sports Cards: Baseball, Basketball & Hockey Rookies & Stars - Mostly from the 80s & 90s. Call of text 218-391-4274 Never used still in factory-sealed box. Simple Clean Automatic Litter Box. Cleans itself every hour. Cats love them. $80 715-376-4502 $90 or best offer Ecolet compost toilet great for cabin /hunting shack
Twig area 714 296-2646 Silk screen picture of the Duluth Depot. Matted and framed. $100. Call 218-525-7702 25 beautiful plants. $5 each or less. Variety. Call 218-525-7702 For sale: Saris bike rack. Mint condition. Originally $128, will sell for $60.218-727-8687
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Cadillac XT5 changes name -- slightly -- changes ride, interior, capability more. Photo credits: John Gilbert
XT5 wins alpha-numeric quiz Maybe Cadillac is planning to give us all a quiz. Line up all the luxury car buyers and see if they can identify and distinguish among an ATS, a CTS, an XT4, an XT6, a CT6, an XTS, the XRS, and an XT5. Then ask us all which ones are cars,
which are SUVs, and which are a combination, sort of combining the station wagon of the old days, the crossover SUVs so popular today, and the luxury sedan that we used to know and love. The XT5, which I recently road-
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tested for a Coronavirus Pandemic week of social distancing around Duluth, Minnesota, and which is this week’s subject, caught me my surprise. I’ve driven several Cadillac models, as General Motors’ elite brand tries to pull itself up to compete with the best
luxury vehicles from Germany, Japan, the UK, and even Korea. But I am a purist for type-face fonts. I absolutely hate the futuristic font on the Minnesota Vikings uniform numbers, with serifs jutting up, looming down, or melting off the
White leather seats, soft-touch dash, carbon-fibre trim dress up revised XT5 interior. edges, everywhere. I want to be able to distinguish the numbers at a glance, so make the uniform numbers as simple and straightforward as you want – maybe making them italic if you want to get daring. The numeral 5, for example, should have the top horizontal bar end, just end. If you put a serif on the tip of it, now at a glance you have no idea whether it’s an S or a 5. With that in my brain, when I saw I was going to get an XT5 for a test, I was certain it was going to be an XTS – which I’ve driven, but is always pleasant to drive. But Cadillac can celebrate scoring an “Aha moment” on me when the vehicle showed up as a quite sleek, station-wagon-wannabe, with nice lines and the dramatic grille Cadillac has featured recently. But when I pulled out the equipment sticker, it said “2020 XT5 Sport AWD.” No serifs, so the 5 is a 5 is a 5, as it were. I had driven an XT4, which is similar and powered by a 2.0-liter turbo 4-cylinder. And I’d driven an XT6, which came with a 4, a V6, a V8, and turbo versions of most. So I had to do a little research on the XT5 Sport. And then I figured the heck with it – let’s drive! Impressive interior, high-tech switchgear, comfortable bucket seats, in white leather, thank you, and only a requisite few minutes to make sure I realized how the shifter works. With all the LED lights and accent
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lights and ambient identifying lights on the roadway below your doors and tailgate at night, the XT5 certainly signals when it arrives or departs or stops to let you in or out. A panoramic sunroof covers both front and back buckets, and the storage area in back has a neat, sliding aluminum barrier that you can use to isolate grocery bags or other items to prevent them from flying around. But most impressive is when you get into D and pull out into traffic. Swift and sure, this thing has enough power to keep up with any of the luxury cars or SUVs, even if you’re still not sure which category this belongs to. The test car, being a Sport model, rises above the 2.0 turbo and was fitted with the venerable 3.6-liter V6, with direct injection, turning out 310 horsepower at 6,700 RPMs, and 271 foot-pounds of torque at 5,000 RPMs. The engine is mounted in front, and is either front-wheel-drive or all-wheeldrive, a twin-clutch unit controlled by a 9-speed automatic transmission that can be manually operated via paddles
on the steering wheel. I may be one of the rare auto journalists who like and use paddles, because I’m a long-standing stick-shift guy, and being able to run the revs up and shifting when you want, or using the left paddle to downshift, which is a huge advantage when you drive down one of the many ultra steep avenues in Duluth, without any threat of sailing right on into the bay. There is a luxury version above this Sport, but this one had enough hightech options to boost the price from $55,000 to $59,340, including the advanced visibility and tech package. Oh, and the attractive “Shadow Metallic” paint is worth $625. If you think the XT5 seems a little longer than you anticipated, it is. It came to life to replace the SRX two years ago, and it rides on the new redesigned Cadillac “global” chassis. That stretches the XT5 out 7 inches longer than the old SRXa wheelbase 2 inches longer, and the track is 1 inch wider. Modern building techniques and
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materials conspire to make the XT5 slightly smaller and sleeker-looking than the SRX was, yet with more interior room to play with. Most of that was spent on improving rear seat riding in the two-row vehicle, with 3.2-inches more legroom, and the added feature of reclining rear seats. The ride is comfortable and the luxury of real wood, real carbonfibre, and real leather makes a strong impression. The handling feel is good, too, and for a big vehicle, its agility is very good. For some reason, I found that in performance steering, there was a little looseness between the steering wheel and the agility. But that might be because I had the mode set to “Tour”
rather than a higher performance Sport setting, which might have taken care of my nitpick. All of the contemporary connectivity stuff is on board, and thankfully Cadillac has improved its “Cue” system to not go haywire every time you tried to change the station or go to a difference screen on the dash unit. One other catchy attraction is that the XT5 had the optional 20-inch wheels, mounted with 255-35/20 Michelin tires that helped keep us planted in every sortie. Not sure how much importance buyers of a $60,000 Cadillac carwagon-suv vehicle would put in fuel economy, but with EPA estimates of 18 city, 25 highway, we averaged 20-24 mpg in mostly city driving. This might be among the most impressive vehicles Cadillac has brought out in a decade or two, but remember, if you go into a showroom to check one out, jot down the numbers and letters that matter most – X, T and 5. Hold the serifs.
Seven inches longer than the SRX it replaces, the 2020 XT5 with a sleeker look and more rear room.
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