With the passing of former Blue Earth mayor Rob Hammond, I thought this would be a good time to share my favorite Rob Hammond story. Just a heads up – this is not a story that you expect to read after someone dies. But first, some background information is necessary. My wife, Pam, and I ...
I like watching CBS 60 Minutes on Sunday nights. I have been watching it for many, many years. I seem to always learn something from it every week. Am I a dedicated, “never miss an episode” kind of watcher? Well, no. Sometimes, especially in the summer, I am busy off doing other things. ...
Wow. OK, for those of you who like to read the Faribault County Register right away on Saturday morning, this one may take you well into Saturday afternoon to get it all read. For those of you who like to know what is going on in Faribault County, this one is for you. This week’s issue of ...
What the heck just happened? Here at the Register we are already talking about future events we are going to cover, and it is things like proms and graduations. We are talking about May coming and that is the month we work on our Best of Summer magazine which comes out each year on June 1 and ...
Overall, I pretty much love my job. I must, since I am still an editor after 50-plus years. I love to write, and I love to tell stories. So my job is perfect for me. Well, most of the time anyway. But, there is one thing I have to do in my job that I just plain don’t like. In fact, I ...
I think of myself as a pretty calm and easy-going person. I like to think that I am a pretty nice guy who likes people and is generally friendly to pretty much every single person I meet. But there are times when I get upset and even mad and angry. Although I do try and keep those times to a ...
For those of you who love to see photos in the Faribault County Register, this issue is for you. It is chock full of all kinds of photos, from the front page to the last. For those of you who would rather read about the events in Faribault County, well there still are quite a few stories and ...
I grew up in suburbs of big cities, like San Diego, Denver and the Twin Cities. When I went off to college in Mankato I thought it was a small town. But in 1971 I discovered what real small towns were and I was hooked and never went back to the big city. I have lived in several small towns ...
“He chose...poorly.” I heard those words spoken in my head several times in the past week or two. They are said ominously, with a pause between the words “chose” and “poorly” for dramatic effect. Perhaps you have heard those words before. They were spoken by one of the Knights ...
A question for you. If you had a chance to travel in a time machine, which way would you go? Back to sometime in the past or off to sometime in the future? I have asked a few people that question this past week and it seems to be a split between the past and the future, with the past slightly ...
