Enterprise Dispatch Blog

Carolyn Holje of Dassel told a funny, but “awful,” story Thursday about the restroom in the Universal Laboratory museum in Dassel. She was explaining to the Cokato Dassel Rotary the purpose of the $375,000 fundraising campaign to add an annex to the building. The building has only one restroom, it’s not up to code and not handicap accessible.
The Dassel Area Historical Society was hosting a special event in the museum, a four-level building, she said. After viewing a play in one of the upper levels, about 100 people came downstairs to enjoy refreshments, and make a stop in the only restroom. As a result, the sewer backed up and made a mess of what the embarrassed organizers had hoped would be an elegant, cultural event.