Can a woman who’s lived in Rock County most of her life get lost driving to Beaver Creek? It can happen and I blame my father for it. My dad built roads for several years before we came to Luverne. So he felt at home on road surfaces that most people would avoid. Every time we drove somewhere and came upon a Road Closed or Construction Ahead or Detour Ahead sign, he would say, "Oh I think we can make it through that." And every time we tried. I actually had to get out of the car once to move a road barrier so my dad could get through. Sometimes we made it. Sometimes we didn’t. But we always had to try. I always take County Road 4 (Old Hwy 16) when I go to Beaver Creek. I was unaware of the construction going on until I got to the edge of town where a sign warned me: Road Closed Ahead. Somewhere in the deep recesses of my mind I heard the phrase, "Oh, I think we can make it through that." So I ignored the sign and continued down the pavement. When I reached the actual construction site and the road barriers, I heard the same phrase again. However, I decided to heed the warning and I turned south on a gravel road. I went one mile and turned west on another gravel road hoping it would take me to Beaver Creek. I ended up at a dead-end farmstead where an old, old dog barked at me incessantly. The old beast probably hadn’t seen a strange vehicle by his house for 10 years. I retraced my steps, then went another mile south and turned west at the first opportunity. If I ran into another dead-end, I would follow in my father’s footsteps and drive through whatever lay in front of me. The gravel road went on forever. I finally called Jessica at the library to see if she could run a MapQuest search to save me from wandering the back roads of Rock County for the rest of my life. But just as she answered the phone, I came to the paved road that goes past the Beaver Creek Golf Course. I was saved. The library can save you in many ways: save you money, save you time, save you from getting lost and save your kids from getting bored this summer. It’s sign-up week for the "Catch the Beat" summer reading program. We have something for all ages. At 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 13, Mr. Twister will be here with magic, stories and balloon animals. All ages are invited. Check out this fabulous new novel for your summer reading pleasure. "Pretty Girl Gone" by David Housewright. Mac McKenzie has a lot of old girlfriends, but only one went on to marry Jack Barrett, the current governor of Minnesota. She calls him with a desperate request to meet in secret. Lindsay Barrett is carrying an anonymous e-mail that contains an ugly rumor about her husband. They have evidence that Jack Barrett killed his high school sweetheart. Lindsay says it’s an outright lie, but the truth lies buried in the small town where the governor grew up. Mac packs up and drives straight into the governor’s past with the brilliantly conceived plan to poke around and stir up a little information. But a nasty little group of political movers and shakers aren’t above kidnapping and murder to protect their interests. He continues shifting through a complex web of interlocking secrets and lies. It’s up to Mac to sort truth from untruth before a vicious rumor becomes a political nightmare — or worse, the "outright lie" is proved a solid, irrefutable fact.