Author: <span>Griff Wigley</span>

Published December 13, 2009 by

Photo album: St. Dominic’s annual celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Father Denny Dempsey, annual celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. Dominc Catholic Church, NorthfieldOne of the GBM morning regulars, Jose Rodriguez (“Hey you tender white boys!”), alerted me to yesterday’s annual celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Dominic Catholic Church here in Northfield. (On the church’s Comunidad Hispana web page: “St. Dominic is the spiritual home for the majority of the 1,500 people of Hispanic descent living in Northfield.”)

I got permission from my former seminarian buddy, Father Denny Dempsey, to take photos at the 5 PM Mass featuring “traditional Mexican dance, meal, and Mariachi band.”

See the album of two dozen photos, the large slideshow, or this small slideshow:

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Denny Dempsey Jose Rodriguez Our Lady of Guadalupe St. Dominic Catholic Church

Published December 12, 2009 by

Go Vikings! And take Senator Dick Day with you

Vikings-logo I agree with Republican activist Andy Brehm who has a commentary in today’s Strib: The Vikings? Great. Gambling? Not good. "Dick Day’s proposal to pay for a stadium with proceeds from a ‘racino’ sounds painless, but would in fact be very damaging." That would be soon-to-be-lobbyist Senator Dick Day.

I also agree with Craig Cox, a former colleague at Utne Reader, who chastised the Strib in his letter to the editor last week for not asking Vikings owner Zygi Wilf some hard questions:

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Published December 12, 2009 by

Keeping CodeRED a secret: two months and counting

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CodeRED Emergency Preparedness police

Published December 11, 2009 by

Photo redux: Sesquicentennial Governors Ball. Shades of next week’s Beaux Arts Ball

Sesquicentennial Governor’s Ball Northfield’s last big ball was the 2005 Sesquicentennial Governors Ball. Next week will rival it: NAG’s Beaux Arts Ball, part of Northfield Arts Guild’s 50th Anniversary season. I’ll be there with my sweetie, hopefully 1) not stepping on her dancing shoes; and 2) taking better photos than this one.

You can purchase tickets online here.

See the album of 147 Governors Ball photos, the large slideshow, or this small slideshow:

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Beaux Arts Ball Great Hall NAG 50th Northfield Arts Guild Sesquicentennial Governors Ball

Published December 11, 2009 by

CAC’s Christmas Sharing program serves 363 families with 889 children

We got this via email yesterday from Doug Peterson, retired Northfield Public Schools guidance counselor.

Doug Peterson Northfield held its Christmas Sharing program this week that involves a large number of  residents. The idea of giving to others in the community started about 40 years ago when Mary Dyer-Bennet and friends collected used toys to be distributed by the Northfield Police Department. This year the expanded project served 363 families with 889 children.

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Christmas Sharing Community Action Center Doug Peterson

Published December 10, 2009 by

Photo redux: Jingle Bell Run 2005, 06, 07

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5th Bridge American Center for Philanthropy Carlson Capital Management HealthFinders Collaborative Jingle Bell Run

Published December 10, 2009 by

If Tiger was your son/patient/parishioner, what advice might you give him?

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Tiger Woods

Published December 10, 2009 by

Norsk Julegudstjeneste: great music and niiiice sweaters

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Andrea Een Norsk Julegudstjeneste St. Olaf

Published December 10, 2009 by

9.5 inches and downtown is all cleaned up

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