Monthly Archive for March, 2008

Mystery Photo of the Week (March 31)

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Lynda Jensen, Editor
on March 30, 2008
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milkhousegallry.jpgThe Enterprise Dispatch web site is hosting a weekly Mystery Photo taken in the Dassel, Darwin, Cokato, or Kingston area. Those who correctly guess the identity of the photo will be added to a monthly drawing for a free subscription to the newspaper.Answers may be entered below via Blog post, e-mailed to Lynda Jensen at news@dasselcokato.com, or mailed to:Attn: Mystery Photo, Enterprise Dispatch
PO Box 969, Cokato, MN 55321
(No phone calls please).The first person to correctly guess the photo of the statue at Daniel’s Restaurant in Cokato last week was Sonny Nelson of Dassel.

The most complete answer of last week’s picture was given by Kathy Munson of Cokato – “That is the statue that is to be a replica of what Daniel Erickson (Pam Braatz’s father) looked like.  He is who she named the “Daniel’s Restaurant” after.”

Remember the white doors on State Patrol cars?

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Lynda Jensen, Editor
on March 28, 2008
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newsquad1.jpgWell, they are back, since the state has decided to return to the old look. The purpose is to make the squads more visible, probably due to the number of accidents and (unfortunately) fatalities that resulted from troopers being killed while making traffic stops.

World War II women to be honored

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Lynda Jensen, Editor
on March 28, 2008
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Fort Snelling will be host to a special service that will honor World War II women veterans Thursday, May 8 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the 934th Airlift Wing Officers’ Club.  RSVP is required by April 25 by calling (651) 297-8818 or email esq-j@juno.com.

Local bird watchers needed to track bird’s plight

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Lynda Jensen, Editor
on March 28, 2008
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Populations of Rusty Blackbirds are crashing, according to the Audobon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Their numbers have plummeted as much as 88-98% over the last few decades, according to data gathered from 1966 to 2006 by the North American Breeding Bird Survey and Christmas Bird Count. Bird watchers across North America are being asked to help scientists track migrating Rusty Blackbirds, April 1-7. Continue reading ‘Local bird watchers needed to track bird’s plight’

Changes are unfolding

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Kristen Miller
on March 26, 2008
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Dassel and Cokato are starting to see some pretty big changes that are quite exciting. Downtown Cokato, for example, will soon have a visible food shelf on the corner of Broadway and 4th Street. Continue reading ‘Changes are unfolding’

Bye bye, Bunny

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Lynda Jensen, Editor
on March 24, 2008
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before.jpgIt’s a typical Minnesota spring — that is, winter refuses to let go of its grip, even though it is officially spring now. As requested by my co-workers, I snapped a shot of this snow bunny Friday, thanks to the snowstorm moving through — but by Saturday (see the “after” shot below), the bunny was gone. Nevertheless, there remains to be plenty of snow cover, even though I heard a weather forecaster say that everything would melt by Easter Sunday. Not so!

The weather continues to cartwheel this way and that with colder temps today and warmer days predicted, or as meteorologist Paul Douglas says “it may be the icing on a cold, strange cake we’ve all been forced to eat this winter.” Continue reading ‘Bye bye, Bunny’