father's day

Father's Day is about more than just me
By Rick Peterson, Tollefson Publishing general manager
June 15, 2021
Sunday is Father’s Day and the funny thing about Father’s Day for me is I don’t consider it a day set aside for me as a father. I know that sounds rather confusing, but what I am trying to say is Father’s Day for me is more about three other very important fathers in my life. First is my father, or Dad, as I called him. He died of cancer at the age of 47 some 40 years ago. I think about him often…
This (year’s) Father’s Day picnic was (a little bit) different
By Brenda Winter, columnist
June 22, 2015
It was just another Father’s Day picnic. Except it wasn’t. This year was different. A 7 pound, 10 ounce first-time guest made the difference. Wrapped in pink, dressed in a pink “Daddy’s girl” T-shirt and actually looking a little pink, the special guest slept, stretched, yawned and slept some more. Around her, those gathered ate their hot dogs and hamburgers. The men talked about horsepower,…

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