Today a group of five of us picked trash in Crow Wing County. [The group is Bethany Lutheran College Friends]. I had some cancellations and so we were down to one car instead of two. We picked around Fort Ripley where the Nokasippi runs into the Mississippi. A reporter from The Brainerd Daily Dispatch is doing a feature story on senior citizens who do volunteer work. Our group of volunteers has been selected. We spoke with the reporter at the Baxter Caribou before we went out to the site. A photographer followed an hour later and snapped some pix of the group in action.
As I crossed the Nokasippi I looked over the side and saw a big section of someone's dock hung up below. I snapped a picture and will put it in the blog when I came back home.
The trash picking season ends for me on or about October 17th. For three consecutive Saturdays pickers will be working the Hwy 169-62 area in Edina, Hopkins, and Eden Prairie.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
The story behind this sign
I had intended to put the name of the coffee shop where I am a regular patron on this sign. There are three coffee shops in close proximity to this site. The manager of the shop repeatedly told me that he didn't think he could get approval from higher HQ. I asked my friends at the coffee shop what I should do when the site became available. They told me to put my own name on the sign since the coffee shop manager wouldn't make a commitment.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Adopt-A- Highway Minnesota
This section of Hwy 62 in Hennepin County runs from Hwy 100 to Gleason Rd. The pick is scheduled for October 3, 2009. Call Norman Teigen at 612-750-9101 for details. It'll be a great day so join in on the fun. Assemble at the Caribou Coffee Shop at 169 and Bren Rd. in Edina at 8:45 AM.
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