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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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NDDC forum on tourism
By Griff Wigley, on June 4, 2008, 6:05 am
  The Northfield Downtown Development Corporation (NDDC) hosted a tourism forum yesterday morning at the Archer House.
L to R on the panel: Kathy Feldbrugge, Northfield Area Chamber of Commerce; Michelle Weber Egeness , CVB Advisory board; Brad Ness, Defeat of Jesse James Days (DJJD); and Hayes Scriven, Northfield Historical Society.
Mary Rossing, president of the NDDC and Chamber Board member, chaired the forum.
Click play to listen. 1 hour, 3 minutes.
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The Northfield Downtown Development Corporation (NDDC) hosted a tourism forum yesterday morning at the Archer House.
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...
I think the group photo says it all re the CVB presentation.
Norm, could you spell it out for me? I missed the meeting and haven’t listened to the podcast.
I asked Kathy and Michelle why, if they believe in collaboration and the importance of the CVB’s Visiting Northfield website, do they not link to nor grab the Flash embed code for the Northfield Entertainment Guide, the best thing out there for promoting Northfield tourism to a nearby audience.
They didn’t have a link to it on the links page, only obscurely at the bottom of the Chamber’s calendar page. I said that it should take someone 60 seconds to fix that. I said that it took me 10 minutes to blog the June NEG with the embed code and a PDF link, that they don’t need a new website to do that, that any web person could easily put it on any of their web pages and change it once/month.
They said they didn’t know about the lack of a link to the NEG and appreciated the feedback. But it was among my laundry list of complaints in my CVB blog post. Maybe neither of them read that, but that’s all the more irritating to me. They’re willing to be on a panel with 20 people in the audience but not willing to pay attention to a discussion where there’s a daily audience of 400-600?
To their credit, the link to the NEG was added to the links page by yesterday afternoon. Why not take a few more minutes and 1) add a linked thumbnail of the NEG cover to a widget sidebar; and 2) add the NEG flash embed code to the Things-to-Do/Culture and Entertainment page?
I wanted to ask this question of Michelle and Kathy after hearing all that the DJJD folks and the James Gang riders do for Northfield tourism for free.
Why not use some CVB money to have the Gang perform their re-enactment someplace strategic where they’ve not done it, eg, the Mall of America in August?
The CVB paid someone to put up the ‘Visit Nfld’ sign on Hwy 3. This would seem to be the same.
Griff,
I want to clarify that I was not sleeping in that picture. LOL, that is probably the worst photo you have ever taken of me.
Don’t feel bad, Hayes. Mary has the same effect on me, too.
JUST KIDDING!!
side note: Newcomers to Northfield organizing event at the Cow tomorrow, 5-7pm.
http://northfield.org/content/northfield-newcomers
Perhaps of interest, an article in the Strib about Mpls’ CVB:
http://www.startribune.com/business/19551269.html?location_refer=Homepage
I was impressed with how much the DJJD committee does with little money. And both Hayes and Brad knew what worked on their respective websites, traffic stats etc. It seems that both Brad and Hayes are accomplishing a lot without a lot of money.
On the other side, the CVB reps could not answer some simple questions and did not provide any tangible evidence that what they were doing is working. No web stats etc. The CVB seemed to take credit for St. Olaf visitors. I think the college does this on their own. They print a nice, but rather generic brochure about Northfield and make it available. Maybe the CVB would be wise to have a Carleton and St. Olaf representative on their board since the Colleges bring a lot of people to town.