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I took some photos and videos on Saturday of the 1st Annual Northfield Table Tennis Open that I blogged about last week. It was held at the Northfield Middle School and was sponsored by the Northfield Senior Center.

 Jerry Holzer Russ Margulies Chris Bashor Patrick McKown Singles - 1st Annual Northfield Table Tennis Open Doubles - 1st Annual Northfield Table Tennis Open 
Among the Northfielders participating, L to R: Jerry Holzer, Russ Margulies, Chris Bashor, and event organizer Patrick McKown.  The other two photos are of the lists of participants, singles and doubles.

The 40-second video below shows players both warming up and in competition. Jeesh!

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laserfiche I was surprised to learn this week that at the end of 2009, the City of Northfield spent $23,000 for a laserfiche/document management system (p. 13 of the disbursement PDF; company: Crabtree). I thought it was still being considered. I asked City Clerk Deb Little to point me to the council agenda, packet, and minutes where the purchase was discussed and voted on.

Surprise #2: Deb wrote:

This was approved through the budget approval process.  In addition, the dollar amount falls under the cap that the City Administrator is able to approve.

No Council discussion? Not even a consent agenda item?

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