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By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General ManagerApril 11, 2016Now that the NCCA Tournament and the Master’s Golf Tournament are over, it’s back to work for all of you. I include myself when I say that. All I can say is I hope you fared better on your pools than I did. ----- Just an FYI — the citywide trash pickup starts next week. Be sure to follow the rules for what you can haul to the curb and how to sort your junk. If you are like me and drive around…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General ManagerMarch 28, 2016This column is mostly about this, that and the other thing. Did you notice this past Easter weekend how Easter Sunday started out with the winter white stuff on the ground and then grass covered lawns by the end of the day? Compare that to this past Christmas. If you remember, that day started out with brown grass everywhere only to be covered by the winter white stuff by day’s end. I noticed…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General ManagerMarch 14, 2016A few weeks back I wrote about 4-year-old Owen’s debut on the ice at a local hockey tournament. Owen is the youngest Peterson grandson, and I must admit I was impressed by his drive, determination and apparent enjoyment of the game. We also took in a Sioux Falls Stampede game that same weekend. During the national anthem prior to the start of the game was my proudest grandfather moment of the…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General ManagerFebruary 29, 2016On Monday I attended a video presentation at the Palace Theatre by Roger Brooks. The video screening was made possible by Gary Papik and the LIFT Executive Board. It was kind of a continuing education piece on the ongoing “destination branding” process Luverne is undertaking. The video was titled “How To Successfully Sell Tourism … and get the funding that you need.” The message wasn’t so much…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General ManagerFebruary 15, 2016It’s been a couple of weeks since the youngest Peterson grandson took the ice for his first mini-mite tournament. Tournament maybe isn’t the right word because they didn’t keep score; there was no goalie in the net because there was no net. Come to find out that for the mini-mites instead of nets they use a wooden box with holes at each end that the kids try and shoot the puck into for a goal.…- February 09, 2016To the Editor: This is a reply to Rick Peterson’s question as to why the red line in hockey is red. The line has two purposes: first, to divide the rink in half; second, as a line to help with a game delay called “icing.” It started as a solid line, but with the invention of black and white TV, the line was broken so it could be distinguished from the other blue lines. In today’s professional…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General ManagerFebruary 02, 2016Well, I believe this weekend will be my hockey fan “coming out party.” The youngest of the Peterson grandsons plays on the mini-mites team for Redwood Falls, and they’ll be in town this weekend taking on the locals. It’s almost un-American not to be a hockey fan in Luverne, and while I never played hockey, nor do I fully understand the rules, maybe it’s about time I did. One of my coffee buddies…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General ManagerJanuary 18, 2016Did you notice the funds in your checking account seem to be coming up short this month? Sure, the depleted checking account might be the result of overzealous Christmas shopping, but in my case, and for many of you that I talked to, shortages of $250 to $500 seem to be the norm due to the new premiums of the unaffordable health care act. I know ISIS and immigration are the hot topics of the…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General ManagerJanuary 04, 2016I suppose seeing how this is my first column of 2015 — whoops, I mean 2016 ... (It usually takes a week or so for me to get the year right.) By far the best thing to happen in 2015 was that we were blessed with the birth of our first granddaughter, Brooke, which of course is really special, and it gave me column fodder throughout the year. Believe it or not, Mary and I were invited back for our…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General ManagerDecember 22, 2015Christmas 2015 is tomorrow, and while everything around us seems to be changing, at least the Christmas story remains the same. I noticed at least one other thing that hasn’t changed. It seems the Christmas shopping list has stood the test of time and modern technology. With the advent of the cellphone and all things computer, I was happy to notice shoppers pulling out their paper Christmas list…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General ManagerNovember 23, 2015It’s Thanksgiving week so we tend to spend a little more time than normal thinking about those things we are thankful for. Because of everyone’s work and family schedules, our family celebrated Thanksgiving this past weekend. The time worked out well because it was also the weekend of the youth deer hunt at the Blue Mounds State Park. I entered our grandson Carter’s name in a drawing, and he…
By Rick PetersonNovember 09, 2015By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General Manager Are you kidding me? Affordable health care, my A$$. This column is in no way a reflection on our local insurance agents. In fact, I can’t imagine the guff they are taking as the annual renewal time for health insurance is upon us. This is the second go-around for open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act, and health care has been…
By Rick PetersonOctober 12, 2015Well, both the Rock County Pheasants Forever banquet and the Minnesota pheasant hunting season opener have come and gone since my last column. To give you an update, the local Pheasants Forever chapter hosted one of its most successful events in recent years. Credit for that success goes to the hard-working committee that plans for months and to the tremendous support the local chapter receives…
By rick petersonSeptember 28, 2015I like to think after 38 years of marriage I know when my wife, Mary, is playing a mind game with me. Recently, however, I discovered she has me right where she wants me even though I think I am in control. Case in point. I was getting ready to watch the first Minnesota Vikings game of the season a couple of weeks ago. Like all good Vikings fans, all day long I was anticipating that night’s…
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing General ManagerSeptember 14, 2015In August the Ken Burns documentary, “The War,” was being rebroadcast on public television across the country. I happened to be going through the channels one evening and was lucky enough to come across the film and found myself watching for hours. The reason I figured the “The War” was being broadcast across the country is because on Saturday, Aug. 29, we received a letter in our Star Herald…
August 31, 2015So the other morning I was going through the channels on television. I ended up landing on the History Channel and the show was about where words and sayings came from and how they got their start. I learned that the saying “Good Bye” actually got its start from that saying “God be with you.” The word “hello” got its start when Thomas Edison introduced it as a way to answer the new telephone…
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