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Good morning from Collegeville,

Charlie was a trooper. He went to bed without a fuss on Friday night and slept until after 8 in the morning. We had help from his cousins from next door, Elijah and Hannah, ages 6 and 4. On Sunday we ventured down to Otsego to 101 Market to play in a corn pit and participate in cistern pump duck races. If you have not spent a family fun day at 101 Market, check it out. The prices are very family friendly and the plants and vegetables are great too. More important, there is a Coldstone Ice Cream shop next door.

My nickname in high school was “Alky” because I drank so much beer. Fifty years ago this fall, I signed up for The Institute of Technology at the U of M and from then on I had another nickname, “Murray”. Bob Soltis was the only fellow in Upsala that called me “Murray” and why the name of the football coach at the U was assigned to me by Bob was a mystery. I rarely see Bob Soltis any more, but if I happened to meet him on Main Street in Upsala, I am sure that he would still call me “Murray”.

When the band aid comes off, I may have another nickname, “Scar Face”. One of the duties of a Senior Account Executive/Site Coordinator at MPR is to set up the banner at the MPR Connects events. We held one of those meetings this week at The Holiday Inn and in the process of setting up the banner, it came loose at the top and the end of the upper bar hit me in the space between my nose and my upper lip. It looks like I lost a fight with a tiger. Two deep gouges. It was lucky that I looked up at the last minute or I could have lost a chunk of my nose. Fortunately I am of the generation that carries a handkerchief. The staff at the Holiday Inn helped to make me presentable.

The show this week is another live show from the Fitzgerald Theater. Special guests include distinguished Broadway actor and Academy Award nominee, John Lithgow, acoustic duo from Montana, Storyhill and Nashville guitar heavy Steve Wariner. Plus, Peter Ostroushko and Butch Thompson sit in with The Guy’s All Star Shoe Band. Enjoy the show.

“The time to be happy is now; the place to be happy is here; the way to be happy is to make others so.” Robert Green Ingersoll

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