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Good rainy morning from Collegeville,  

We do need the rain.  The tulips are beautiful.  I picked a few from the yard in Upsala and brought them indoors.  I am not sure how they migrated to the yard, but they come up every year.  With the help of Kerry and the girls, I did get the yukon golds in the ground.  Now both tillers need repair and if I can get that done, we may have a garden after all.  There is no one in Upsala that works on small engines anymore.

 Tonight is opening night at Fisher’s Club in Avon. This is their 78th season.  George “Showboat” Fisher retired from major league baseball in 1932.  He had played for the Washington Senators and the St. Louis Cardinals.  He had no desire to get tied down with a year-round job so he opened Fisher’s Club on the northeast shore of Middle Spunk Lake.  A savvy nightclub owner from St. Cloud suggested that George try selling walleye and so he created a secret breading recipe and the legendary Fisher’s Famous Walleye was born.  

After a couple of years of being closed at the end of World War 11, Fisher’s reopened in the summer of 1946.  They decided to make it a “bottle club”.  It remains a bottle club, so if you want a hard drink, you will have to bring your own bottle.  The liquor inspectors made the new ownership stop the practice of allowing patrons to store their bottles in the lockers built into the wall.  The lockers are still there with the names on the doors.  They do serve wine and beer.  

In 2005 Garrison Keillor and some of his local friends purchased Fisher’s Club and it re-opened in the summer of 2006.   “Spending hot summer nights on the lake with fine friends, good food and a cool beverage is what Fisher’s has always been about.”   Check them out at www.fishersclub.com  or  call for reservations 320-356-7372.  Be sure to try the Bee Bop A Ree Bop Rhubard Pie for dessert.  

The show this week is another live broadcast from New York City.  Special guests include singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle, vocalist Heather Masse and stage actress Kate Beahen along with the Royal Academy of Radio Actors. Enjoy the show.  

“It’s a matter of putting one foot in front of the other, or just doing the next right thing, so to speak”  Michael J. Fox