News from this corner of the world regarding May 2020 events:
1. The mayor of Conger fell off a ladder – the ladder is okay, the mayor had foot surgery.
2. Susie Peterson, the great one, retired on May 1.
3. I got a May basket from a great lady CEO (Four candy bars, two cookies and a big hug) named Genie.
4. Chris, the great mail delivery person, found a May basket in our mailbox.
5. A Wren that is a very good singer is the victim of a protest by two stay-at-home keep a social distance sufferers. The Wren starts singing about 5:30 a.m. right under their bedroom window. The protestors sign reads: No singing wrens allowed between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. (In small letters the sign also reads: Robin Red breast that includes you, too!)
6. Someone put a sign by our front door reading: warning, two cabin fever occupants.
7. The Albert Lea dump, also known as landfill, opened Monday May 4 at 3 p.m. Cars, trucks and other vehicles were lined up back to the black top and south to the pumpkin patch at the stables addition to the city of Albert lea. An interesting sight at the entrance gate was a Tom Turkey courting two females. As the hen turkeys walked away it was quite evident he wasn’t the one!
8. The following is a true story as reported by two Minnesota conservation officers from the Baudette area: While working a spring fish-run activity on the Tamarack river, they found a deceased Pelican floating in the River. Further investigation into the cause of Death of the Pelican revealed it had bitten more than it could swallow. They found a 25 or 26-inch walleye was in the pelican’s bill. The walleye was still alive. They were able to release the walleye to continue its spawning run up the Tamarack River.
9. As reported in this column, Cinderfeller farmer Virgil Thofson lost one shoe size 9 ½ along Highway 13 after finishing planting 350 acres of corn just before midnight on Earth Day.
He put out a lost item important message (It was his favorite work shoe) with a reward to the finder upon returning the shoe.
A biker from New Richland was on his Harley headed home when he spotted the shoe. He stopped, admired the shoe as he put it in his saddlebag. He got home, tried it on, wow, a perfect fit! Probably $300 for a new pair!
The biker saw the lost and found article in the New Richland Star Eagle newspaper and contacted Virgil. Yes, there would be a reward as new the work shoes were almost $300 per Virgil. In delivering the shoe the biker asked to see the other shoe to be sure it was a match. It was and Virgil gave the biker $300 as the reward. Virgil replied, “One shoe alone isn’t worth anything; now you have $300 to buy your own pair of shoes and I have my favorite pair of shoes. The biker revved his bike in salute as he drove away!
P.S. Honor a veteran or two on May 25.