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Published January 7, 2010 by Griff Wigley

Premier Bank’s nifty double play

Last week I got emails from Sandy Vesledahl and Bridgette Hallcock at Premier Bank, alerting me to an upcoming pancake breakfast fundraiser for the Rice County Humane Society (RCHS). (Dog photo by Bridgette, taken at last year’s Susan Perry Memorial Walk for Animals.) I assumed they wanted me to blog about it so I pitched them a Locally Grown membership instead:

‘Twould be great to have Premier Bank as a member of LG. Then you could promo events like this as a community service of Premier. Of course, you can also promo bank-related products and services, too.

Sandy then had the brilliant idea of the bank not only buying a Locally Grown membership for themselves but a separate one for RCHS so that they could do their own sidebar membership blog posts.

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Bridgette Hallcock Kathy Jasnoch Premier Bank Rice County Humane Society Sandy Vesledahl

Published January 6, 2010 by Griff Wigley

Icicles are in season

The sunny cold spell has produced some fabulous icicles around town. I think the east side of the McClaughry Building might have the biggest one. The awning over the…

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icicles McClaughry Building Tavern

Published January 6, 2010 by Griff Wigley

EDA’s new economic development brochure raises questions about the City’s problematic web site

Randy Jennings, Occasional Press, sent me PDFs of the new Northfield brochure that he created for the City of Northfield Economic Development Authority (EDA).

It is intended to be used as a take-away piece when Economic Development Director, Jody Gunderson, and others meet with business folks and investors considering moving a business to or starting a business in Northfield.

It’s a classy-looking, well-done brochure (and that’s not just because he used some of my photos). I don’t know how much it cost. Anyone?

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EDA Livefront Mike Bollinger Occasional Press Randy Jennings

Published January 5, 2010 by Griff Wigley

Podcast: At-Large Councilor Rhonda Pownell

On our last podcast of 2009, we tried to decipher the Nfld News column by City of Northfield At-Large Councilor Rhonda Pownell titled Teamwork: Time to let go of fear, unforgiveness. So this week, she came on our show to explain it herself. From there, we broadened the discussion to include overall City Council performance for 2009 and anticipated new goals for 2010.

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Rhonda Pownell

Published January 5, 2010 by Griff Wigley

Photo albums: Downtown Northfield below zero

The vapor rising from the Cannon River as it flows over the Ames Mill dam has created a wonderland of hoar frost in a small area of downtown Northfield during this recent cold spell.

See my two albums of photos:

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Ames Mill dam downtown Northfield weather

Published January 4, 2010 by Griff Wigley

Could low tech crosswalk flags work for Northfield?

Robbie and I were in Hudson Wisconsin over the New Year’s weekend and noticed that they use DIY crosswalk flags on some of the intersections along State Trunk Highway 35 as it runs through the city.

Can you think of some busy areas in Northfield where these might work?

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crosswalks

Published January 3, 2010 by Griff Wigley

N-n-nippy 2010 thus far, with one exception

The bank thermometers read –28, –25 and –23 degrees F. at 7 am this morning. Carleton’s Weather page was showing –22.5. We’ve been below zero since New Year’s Day around…

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Brendon Etter Carleton College nippy

Published January 2, 2010 by Griff Wigley

The hell with New Year’s resolutions. Instead: 6 habits. Join me

Last week, I got a tweet from Brian Clark alerting me to a blog post titled The Definitive Guide to Sticking to Your New Year’s Resolutions by Leo Babauta, author of The Power of Less and the Zen Habits blog (follow him on Twitter). As you’ll see if you read that post, Leo’s got a new blog called 6changes dedicated to his 6 Changes Method.

The appeal of his approach was immediate to me, especially tackling one habit at a time, taking baby steps, and using ‘triggers.’ And since two of the 6 steps involve public accountability, blogging my progress makes sense. Want to join me?

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6 Changes Leo Babauta New Year's Resolutions Zen Habits

Published January 1, 2010 by Griff Wigley

Drive-thru at Hogan Bros? Not.

KYMN’s Tim Freeland is covering the story of this overturned car at the front door of Hogan Brothers this morning. You’d better check to see if yours is missing. I…

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Hogan Brothers KYMN Tim Freeland

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