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- The Marcus Welby of law, by Lance Heisler | Lampe Law Group
July 31, 2010 | 7:45 pmGrowing up in North Dakota during the 50s and 60s, I was privileged to experience something that's all too rare now - the old-fashioned family doctor. "Doc" delivered babies, set broken bones, treated pneumonia, and helped Grandpa with his newfangled hearing aid. Doc knew the community, the families, and the individuals whose basic medical needs he treated from birth through the end of life. Some of you who grew up in that time, and perhaps in smaller communities, may remember a Doc of your own. . . . → Read More: The Marcus Welby of law, by Lance Heisler | Lampe Law Group
- Kitty Mania at the Prairie’s Edge Humane Society, by Sandy Vesledahl
July 28, 2010 | 10:51 pm
Let’s talk about cats, cats and more cats! Why?? Because Prairie’s Edge Humane Society is full of cats and we have many more arriving daily. As of today, there are 44 cats on the adoption floor with more awaiting their surgeries so they are ready for adoption. There are cats in every corner of the shelter who need homes! We are in desperate need of homes for these cats. We cannot emphasize this enough. So we are having a cat sale and we are calling it Kitty Mania ! Kitty Mania is this weekend, beginning Thursday, July . . . → Read More: Kitty Mania at the Prairie’s Edge Humane Society, by Sandy Vesledahl
- On Watermelons and Widgets, by Tom Swift
July 12, 2010 | 11:50 am
The free market does many things well, but we know it does not do everything. Even market fundamentalists concede that the public must build roads, put out fires, police streets, and provide national defense. Most people, at least those to the left of the Tea Party edge of political spectrum, accept that the government must also be involved in education, disaster relief, and health care. That is, certain services must be rendered — necessary services, universal services — whether or not those services are financially profitable. If your house is on fire, you do not have time to . . . → Read More: On Watermelons and Widgets, by Tom Swift
- Vintage Band Festival Contra Dance, by Dan Bergeson
July 12, 2010 | 10:56 am
Okay, so most of the news about the Vintage Band Festival so far has been about the bands. But there’s a number of other events during the weekend. Like the VBF Contra Dance, for instance. The Vintage Band Festival Contra Dance will feature music by The Dodworth Saxhorn Band of Ann Arbor, Michigan and will be led by dance instructor/caller Robin Nelson. Dancing will begin at 8:30 p.m. with a “Grand March” led by 60 costumed members of the 1st Wisconsin Infantry Brigade, followed by a variety of period dances including polkas, contra dances, schottisches, reels and waltzes. . . . → Read More: Vintage Band Festival Contra Dance, by Dan Bergeson
- The Animal-Cruelty Syndrome, by Tom Swift
June 27, 2010 | 8:00 am
Even before I read the first word of this article I had a visceral reaction to it. The accompanying photographs — my eyes tend to skip over photographs in magazines — affected me in a manner that is difficult to articulate. I knew, immediately I knew, I was not going to like what I was about to read. In fact, for that reason I put the piece aside. Not now, I thought. Maybe tomorrow, I said to myself. But, then, I couldn’t not read it, either. If you have not done so already, I hope you will read . . . → Read More: The Animal-Cruelty Syndrome, by Tom Swift
- Puppies! Puppies! Puppies! by Kathy Jasnoch
June 27, 2010 | 7:54 am
June may be Adopt A Cat month here at Prairie’s Edge Humane Society and we have lots of wonderful cats, but we also have PUPPIES! We have a male Newfoundland mix named Chong who is 6 months old, he was a stray so we don’t know a lot about him. He loves to play! We also have three Australian Cattle Dog mixes who are two months old. Marcia, Bobby and Cindy were born at the shelter and spent some time in one of our fabulous foster homes. They are now back at the shelter and ready to find . . . → Read More: Puppies! Puppies! Puppies! by Kathy Jasnoch
- Relay for Life of Rice County, August 6th, Rice County Fairgrounds. By Sandy Vesledahl
June 23, 2010 | 9:35 pm
The American Cancer Society Relay for Life is a life-changing event that gives everyone in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. At Relay for Life, teams of people camp out at local parks or fairgrounds and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Because cancer never sleeps, Relays are overnight events. Relay for Life of Rice . . . → Read More: Relay for Life of Rice County, August 6th, Rice County Fairgrounds. By Sandy Vesledahl
- Critter Cam live from Prairie’s Edge Humane Society, by Sandy Vesledahl
June 16, 2010 | 9:04 amNow Showing! Live Kittens playing! You can now watch our adoptable animals at Prairie’s Edge Humane Society (PEHS) live 24/7 on the new Critter Cam installed in conjunction with KYMN Radio. Thanks to the fine folks at KYMN radio we now have a live feed of our adoptable animals showing on our website and KYMN’s website, Tim and Jeff are AWESOME! Currently the Critter Cam is featuring kittens available for adoption. Watch them play, sleep, eat, and everything else they do 24 hours a day 7 days a week! It’s better than anything you can see on TV! . . . → Read More: Critter Cam live from Prairie’s Edge Humane Society, by Sandy Vesledahl
- Save the Northfield Depot: fundraising help needed. By Lynn Vincent
June 11, 2010 | 11:34 am
A BIG Thanks to all of you who came to last Monday’s Volunteer Organization Meeting, and to those who contacted us saying you wanted to help but could not make the meeting. We have pretty full support for Communications and Design and Build sub-committees, and we got a web graphic designer to help with the site. Alice Thomas is facilitating the Communications group, and Steve Edwins is facilitating the Design and Build group. What we are missing and really need are Fund Raising people. We have two grant writiers, but we need folks who are committed to the . . . → Read More: Save the Northfield Depot: fundraising help needed. By Lynn Vincent
- Photo albums: 2010 Prairie’s Edge Humane Society Walk for the Animals, by Bridgette Hallcock Photography
June 11, 2010 | 8:09 am
Thank you to all of those who came to Alexander Park on a beautiful Saturday morning in May to help support Prairie’s Edge Humane Society! I have placed all of the fun photographs on my Bridgette Hallcock Photography Facebook page so that everyone can see how much fun we had! See the two 2010 Walk for the Animals albums here and here. If you would like a print, please contact me, as the proceeds will benefit the animals at PEHS.
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Who should run for mayor and city council? How about school board and county board?
By Griff Wigley, on April 12, 2008, 7:50 am
On our podcast earlier this week, we began spreading rumors about candidates for Northfield City Council this fall… people who either might be considering filing or who are being lobbied to run for council or mayor by others. Since then, I’ve heard a few more names.
- Betsey Buckheit
- Dana Graham
- Dave Hvistendahl
- Dave Maroney
- Dixon Bond
- Jane McWilliams
- Jessica Peterson
- Jim Pokorney
- Ken Malecha
- Kris Vohs
- Lee Lansing
- Noah Cashman
- Ray Cox
- Scott Davis
Expiring terms:
- Lee Lansing — Mayor
- Kris Vohs — At-Large
- Scott Davis — Second Ward
- Arnie Nelson — Third Ward
Who else would you like to see run for council/mayor? Attach a comment. In a week or so, I’ll create a straw poll.
According to this positions open/candidates needed page on the LWV site:
NORTHFIELD CITY COUNCIL
OPEN SEATS: 2nd Ward, 3rd Ward, one At Large
FILING PERIOD: July 1-15, 2008
(last date to withdraw, July 17)
FILING FEE: $5.00
WHERE TO FILE: Northfield City Hall
801 Washington Street
PRIMARY ELECTION: September 9
(If more than 2 file for one seat)
GENERAL ELECTION: November 4
LENGTH OF TERM: 4 Years
NORTHFIELD MAYOR
OPEN SEAT: Mayor
FILING PERIOD: July 1-15, 2008
(last date to withdraw, July 17)
FILING FEE: $5.00
WHERE TO FILE: Northfield City Hall
801 Washington Street
PRIMARY ELECTION: September 9
(If more than 2 file)
GENERAL ELECTION: November 4
LENGTH OF TERM: 4 Years
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but I’d have a hard time during the sabbatical not paying attention to see if that was actually the case. I think the more places in Northfield...
Our next mayor:
- Brendon Etter: Less Stupider Than You Might Think
the slogan of a winning campaign!
3 more candidates for mayor filed just before 5pm:
Lee Lansing
Jon Denison
James Schlicting
Here’s the final list, though candidates have 2 days to withdraw their names:
Mayor
David Hvistendahl
Paul Hager
Mary Rossing
Eduardo Wolle
Jon Denison
James Schlicting
Lee Lansing
2nd Ward
Betsey Buckheit
Jerold Friedman
3rd Ward
Alan Lindberg
Erica Zweifel
Don McGee
At-Large
Kris Vohs
David DeLong
Dana Graham
I got this email attachment from James Schlichting:
Tried to email Mr. Schlichting, and it bounced back, from his site, not my typing.
Same thing happened to me, Bright. James, fire your tech staff!
Nfld News:
Councilor Denison files for mayor
http://northfieldnews.com/news.php?viewStory=45396
Last-minute filers for election include Lansing, local lawyer
http://northfieldnews.com/news.php?viewStory=45397
Nfld News has a new story for today’s paper: Four more file for mayor on last day.
http://northfieldnews.com/news.php?viewStory=45424
The previous two stories have been ‘buried’, ie, the links still work (comment #157 above) but they’re not visible from the home/news page.
The sidebar on that page has the complete listing of candidates who filed for the other races:
NORTHFIELD SCHOOL BOARD
Kevin Budig
Diane Cirksena
Robert Hardy
Katy Hargis
Ellen R. Iverson
Anne Maple
Peter Millin
Jeff Quinnell
RICE COUNTY BOARD, DIST. 1
Matt Drevlow
Jacob G. Gillen
RICE COUNTY BOARD, DIST. 3
Milt Plaisance
F. John Rowan
RICE COUNTY BOARD, DIST. 5
Jerry Anderson
Gary Bruggenthies
Jeff Docken
Mike Piper
DAKOTA COUNTY BOARD, DIST. 1
Craig Altendorfer
Dean Birnstengel
Joseph A. Harris
Doug Riles
STATE REP, DISTRICT 25B
David Bly (DFL)
Tim Rud (GOP)
STATE REP, DISTRICT 36B
Pat Garofalo (GOP)
Bev Topp (DFL)
U.S. REP,
DISTRICT 2
John Kline (GOP)
Steve Sarvi (DFL)
Griff,
Bad news.
We can only hope I recover.
I saw Jim Schlicting this morning and he said that the email address above should be working shortly, so I’d encourage anyone to try again tomorrow or in the next few days.
Let’s hope that Jim will alert us here when it’s working.
Now that we know who’s running, I’ve started a discussion about the mayoral race: 2008 Mayoral Race: What are the Issues?
Further comments and discussion specific to the mayoral race welcome – over there!
The Star Tribune posted a piece about Northfield last night, Candidates flock to replace leadership
Dear Ms. Davis,
This is just so typical. Your posting, where you attempt to divert attention from the salient issues I have been raising here for so very long, also completely ignores my candidacy for the mayor’s seat.
As hard as that is to believe, I guess we can expect nothing less from such a self-interested, inside-the-system, entrenched cronysta like yourself.
Not me. I’m an outsider. An agent for change. Smoky. Sensual.
And you’d better believe I’m back in the race! Rise up, my people!
Full details here.
I witnessed first hand the Etter machine at work today. The Brendon Etter campaign bus was busy soliciting votes from dog walkers in south central Northfield. Do not overestimate the power of the stealth write in campaign of Mr. Etter.
Brendon, may I offer a slogan? “Good, Etter, Best!” You could campaign as the middle of the road, dare I suggest, mediocre alternative. It would be unseemly to showboat as the “Best”. Yet, you’d not want to be just “good”–because that might suggest you’d have to slink off to some packing house town in Kansas or Nebraska after your humiliating tenure as mayor here. Capice?
Sounds good, Curt! Glad to have you on-board as a highly-paid strategist / spin doctor (payment from outside sources only to steer clear of pesky campaign finance laws).
My first initial and last name spell “BEtter”. I thought about running with the slogan “Can’t find a Better man.” It’s a Pearl Jam song, too. The kids’ll love that.
But why limit myself to one or two slogans? I say run with as many as possible, whipping them out as circumstances warrant.
Keep the great ideas coming!
Brendon, I must say that your write-in strategy is brilliant.
The primary will limit the playing field to two candidates. Until then, you can simply wait, in a smoky, sensual, and dare I say stealthy, manner.
After the vote narrows the field to two, you’ll only need enough votes to beat out two candidates rather than five!
I foresee you’ll focus on the “Jesse Ventura” voters. Perhaps you should begin growing your facial hair now, so you can have full-frontal-facial dreads by November.
You won’t need to spend any money on the campaign, nor will you need to show up at any forums or debates.
I would recommend hand-written yard signs that say “Etter is Better”, and don’t bother beginning your campaign any time prior to October 31st. In fact, a Halloween-theme might be cute.
Just as Ventura did, you could totally throw the pollsters off. Also, a wild card like you can really have an effect on the Vegas bookies–you’re going to cause an unbalanced book, which means for once the gamblers might be able to top the bookie and beat the race odds.
Britt Ackerman said:
You won’t need to spend any money on the campaign, nor will you need to show up at any forums or debates.
Hmmmmmmmmmm, I wonder where I’ve seen that work before?
Good luck Mr. Etter, I’d be honored to serve with you (as wheather I win or lose I’ll still be on the council). I’m not offering my endorsement by no means, as I’m sure you’d not take it anyway LOL.
Brendon:
You’re running.
You’re not running.
You’re in reruns.
How can a hopeless cronyist like me ever hope to keep up with the lean, mean (not to forget smoky, sensual) outsider machine?
Britt, Jon, Tracy, Thank you for the helpful comments. I agree: I am almost too handsome and dangerous and mysterious to be in something as trivial as politics. I knew this going in, but I’m so glad you are there to remind me. (This isn’t exactly what you wrote, but I can read between the lines. The love is clearly there.)
You know, we’ve been through so much together… there was that one time… remember that? That was so great! Because of our intense shared histories, and all we’ve learned from each other, I’m glad that each of you is marching lockstep behind me in my race to power.
Tracy, here’s some guidance to help unwrap a little bit of the mystery behind the man. Not too much, or it wouldn’t be a mystery.
Incidentally, I’m looking for some free bumper stickers, buttons, yard signs, t-shirts for the campaign. Anyone?
Brenden, I have some slightly used Gore and Bush lawn signs, etc, if that would help (you could write in your name and change the “president” to “mayor”.
Boo-yaa! (That’s something the kids say.)
Damn right! I want those signs, Bruce! This is exactly the sort of outside-the-box-plot thinking you want in your friendly neighborhood statistician.
I work at the Carleton Bookstore, or you could drop them off with my wife at Leota Goodney’s office above Blue Monday.
I’ll edit the signs, and then I would just need some volunteers who would somewhat-willingly post the signs on their lawns.
Anyone?
Well, I guess this had to happen…
Read the details here.
Remember, it’s for your own good.
[...] After having his A Play A Day & Lysteria blog featured in the January 2008 “Best of the Twin Cities” edition of Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine (The best blogs by locals–from near and far), Brendon Etter, textbook manager of the Carleton Bookstore, earlier this week announced his candidacy for Mayor in a comment here on Locally Grown. [...]
There’s a Council Candidate Informational Session at City Hall tonight, 6 pm.
There’s no agenda/info about it on the City’s website that I can find. Anyone know what the hell this is about?
Hey Griff, why not just call the city and get the information directly from the source. There is life outside of the blogosphere. 645-8833
Let’s take a wild stab here. The filings just closed, so there is a meeting for all the candidates to explain the job they’re seeking and the election process and laws and answer questions. There’s no agenda published because it’s just an informational meeting for candidates with no official business. It will be open to the public, but it’s not a public meeting in the traditional sense. It’s done every election cycle in most every town around.
How’d I do, Scott?
Mr. Wm. Bassett, the former interim city administrator, is conducting this info session .
Will they hire him a second time, to do one for candidates running for
the Vacated at-large seat of C. Cashman, after those candidates file between Aug 26, and Sept 9th?
Big, BIG night at City Hall … 4:30 EDA infill committee meeting; 5PM Special Charter Commission meeting, 6 PM Candidates info session, 7 PM Planning Commission meeting…
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