Back in early December when we launched the LG membership plan, I blogged that my goal for the week was 25 memberships. That was a typo. I meant to say “for the upcoming quarter.” Heh.
Today, we hit 25 memberships: 8 businesses/organizations and 17 individuals/couples. Let’s call them the Founding Members!
To celebrate our modest success, I’m turning off the ad banners for a while to give everyone a break. (They’ll be back!)
Founding members include:
Brothers Jon Feldman and Matt Feldman from Cannon River Tree Care were pruning trees on Bridge Square this morning in the middle of our gorgeous snowfall. Jon said that winter…
A couple of parents of local teens have alerted me that Synergy Dance Club (Facebook group) events at the new Onyx/Olmeca night club in Burnsville are increasingly drawing Northfield’s teens…
I got a tweet in mid-January from NHS ED Hayes Scriven that the Jan-Mar 2010 Northfield Visitors Guide was available. The flash version is embedded on the NHS home page…
There’s an ice palace in the Carleton Arb, just off the start of the Ann Sipfle Memorial Ski Trail. Candles are stuck on the sides of the inside walls. Looks…
Eric Johnson sent me these photos last week of an owl perched on his patio porch light. What kind of owl is it? (Hint: it doesn’t hoot.)
Susan Hvistendahl alerted me to an article titled A Guy’s Take on Love and Romance in the Jan/Feb issue of Girlfriends magazine published by I 35 Target Media, a sibling…
I spent most of my time chatting and eating at the Rice County Humane Society’s Annual Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser at the Eagles Club on Sunday since volunteer Bridgette Hallcock was there taking photos. Hopefully, she’ll publish those soon.
RCHS board member Kathy Jasnoch, pictured here with volunteer Sandy Vesledahl, commented here that over 400 people attended. Here are four more photos:
About 18 months ago, Tracy blogged about Northfielder Barbara Burke’s book deal.
After a few twists and turns, it happened yesterday. Barbara wrote at the end of a blog post:
Today, February 1, 2010, is the day the beautiful hardcover edition published by Hay House is released in the US. The book is sold in India and will be available in the UK in March, as will the German translation.
Barbara’s book is The Napkin, The Melon & The Monkey: How to Be Happy and Successful by Simply Changing Your Mind. Hay House’s (publisher) Heal Your Life website has a blog post on the book here.
The Hay House page for the book says this about her: