As I sit on a chair in my office on a Saturday morning at 9 a.m., I look at my window thermometer showing 79 degrees!! I know this will be an inside day with a fan and air conditioning while watching the Twins beat the other team. The Twins are an exciting baseball team with the great ability to come from behind and win. When the Twins are behind after six innings, ‘’Don't Panic.’’ The seventh, eighth and ninth inning are Twins comeback innings of exciting baseball. Today was different, ‘’No Comeback!!”
An example of how much enthusiasm the Twins are creating this year was shown by:
This is the 31st year of Lutheran Night at the Twins with a bus Sponsored by Central Freeborn Lutheran Church to the game. This game (August 12th, 2024) the bus was full the earliest so far with a stand by list of 12 wanting to go.
One of the interesting events at the Twins is honoring those at the game if the birthday person is present and gives permission by saying, “Happy Birthday,” on the scoreboard. Genie's birthday is Thursday, August 12th when she is on the bus Sponsored by Central Freeborn Lutheran Church. Guess what Genies is looking forward to seeing on the scoreboard!!
Over the years, Genie has found many other celebrities sharing the same national holiday of August 12. For example:
Cynthia Crabtree by beaver lake, Richard Eastvold of NRHEG fame, Paul Hanson of Beaver Lake, Gale Nelson Albeart Lea, Jess Nelson of New Ulm, Cherrie Schiltz of Albeart Lea to name a few big heads on August 12th.
The following was published in a South Dakota Municipalities Brochure:
“Thank god for small towns” You know you're in a small town when: Third Street is on the edge of town. You know you're in a small town when: You don't use your signals because everyone knows where you are going.
You know you're in a small town when: A baby born on June 14 receives gifts from local Merchants as the first baby of the year. You know you're in a small town when: You speak to each dog you pass by name and he wags his tail at you.
You know you're in a small town when:You drive into a ditch five miles out of town and the word gets back before you do.
You know you're in a small town when: you dial a wrong number and talk for 15 minutes anyway.
You know you're in a small town when: You can't take a walk for exercise because every car that passes you offers you a ride.
You know you're in a small town when: You miss a Sunday at church and receive a get well card.
You know you're in a small town when: someone asks how you feel and listens to what you say.
“Thank god for small towns and the people who live in them.”
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Bob is a retired AAL (Aid Association for Lutherans) agent, currently working on his master’s degree in Volunteering. His wife, Genie, is a retired RN, currently working on her doctor’s degree in Volunteering. They have two children, Deb in North Carolina, and Dan in New York. Bob says if you enjoy his column, let him know. If you don’t enjoy it, keep on reading, it can get worse. Words of wisdom: There is always room for God.