THE CROW’S
NEST--------------------June
9, 2008
Wow! Did my senses “pop”
early this morning during my
walk around Edinburg. The
air was permeated with the
sweet, lush fragrance of
lilacs mingled with the pure
freshness of the springtime
rain we had late yesterday.
Every flowerbed I walked by
had an array of beautiful
tulips and geraniums among
other flowers. They were
growing in our gorgeous
rich, black soil. How
beautiful to look at as dawn
was breaking in the east.
The quiet stillness of the
morning was challenged by my
need to have Travis Tritt
singing “Here’s a Quarter
Call Someone Who Cares” in
my ears. That was followed
by other hard-core country
to include Merle Haggard and
George Jones. Springtime in
North Dakota can be fickle,
but this morning was
beautiful.
We were blessed with over 2
inches of rain this past
weekend. How timely and
welcomed the rains were to
the area farmers. I hope
the weather cooperates as
well for the rest of the
growing and harvest season.
Brandon is doing so great.
He goes back to Minneapolis
this coming weekend for
walking casts and therapy.
I hope Brandon won’t mind me
telling this story about
him. Last Saturday his mom,
Suzy worked at the grocery
store, Market on Main.
Jessica Ellingson had
Brandon out for a ride in
his wheelchair so they
stopped to visit Suzy. As
Brandon and Jess were
getting ready to continue
their ride Suzy gave Brandon
a candy bar and asked if he
needed anything else.
Brandon replied, “just
another hug mom”. My heart
did a flip-flop. What love
there is in the Kartes
family. It truly was a
moment I needed to share
with everyone. Thank you
Brandon, Suzy and Chuck for
being a part of this
community.
It was a big night for
Bernice Flanagan at the
Polar Annual Meeting last
Thursday. Bernice was named
Polar’s Business Person of
the year. This is an award
well deserved as Bernice has
such a fun place at her
Edinburg General Store. Not
only is she an astute
business woman, but also a
true advocate and promoter
for Edinburg.
Congratulations Bernice.
Jim Otto and Chuck are busy
building a storage shed for
us so I think I need to go
to my rhubarb patch and pick
some for a rhubarb pie. I
hope I can make it as tasty
as Effie Ulbergs used to
be. She used to always make
a pie for Chuck.
Congratulations to Diana
Sorbo on her very recent
engagement. There is lots
happening in the Sorbo
family with Andrew’s wedding
the first part of July. We
also had a great time with
Katie Monson home this past
weekend for her bridal
shower. Her wedding is not
far away either.
New babies will soon be
here too. Tracy (Gustafson)
Barclay is due any day and
Ruth (Wild) Stumf is
expecting in the fall.
Bert Eisenmann suffered a
stroke last week. Marianne
said yesterday he is doing
great and hopefully will be
home from Altru in Grand
Forks today. We hope you
have a very speedy recovery
Bert.
Have a great day. The 125th
is behind us so this should
be a relaxing summer. We
will visit later.
I
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