Northfield High School English teacher Tom McKown talks about what it took to create Rock n’ Roll Revival VIII this year. He sat in front of the camera for the…
Category: <span>People</span>
Word came yesterday that Ron Griffith, former Planning Commission member and co-founder of Just Food Co-op, died peacefully at home in the company of his family. Ron had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year. A memorial service is planned for Saturday, March 28; the details will be determined later. Ron’s family is requesting that people donate to the Ron Griffith Young Leaders Fund (blogged here earlier) in lieu of flowers.
Councillor Betsey Buckheit paid tribute to Ron on her blog, and the notice in the Northfield News provides some brief biographical information about this wonderful man, whom I felt very fortunate to know. (continued)
Today’s StarTribune article, Northfield Historian Resurrected a Ghost Town, tells the story of Northfielder Alvin Houston, who made a significant contribution to our understanding and documentation of a piece of…
It was about 15 degrees F on Saturday afternoon (but sunny!) when I took these photos of Stew Moyer, in shirtsleeves and um, rubber gloves, doing nose wheelies and riding…