Sauk Centre Herald and Dr. Freese

Sunday, January 23, 2011. It's above zero this evening, which is practically tropical compared to the last few days.

Talking with someone at the Sauk Centre herald today, I learned that the Herald owns the Melrose Beacon now. A little more checking, and I found the article I'd missed:

"Sauk Centre partners purchase Beacon, Enterprise"
Dave Simpkins, Sauk Centre Herald (December 28, 2010)

Actually, it's Star Publications of Sauk Centre that bought the Stearns Morrison Enterprise and Melrose Beacon from American Community Newspapers II, ACN, of Plano, Texas. Star Publications of Sauk Centre is what happened, I gather, when the Sauk Centre Herald and Dairy Star merged: and Carol Moorman has gone from being the Herald feature editor to the editor of the Beacon. If you want more, you'll have to check out that article.

I don't want to seem too cocky, but Sauk Centre's doing okay when it comes to its local newspaper. Then there's Main Street Theatre, downtown. I think they're at a half-dozen screens now, with 3D projection equipment for at least one of them.

Not bad for a town of about 4,000.

Dr. Freese has a new diagnostic gadget at Eyes on Main now: a two-laser scanner that gave him a pretty good look inside my eyes - and records the images for future reference. It doesn't replace the older up-close inspection, but that visual record could be really good to have, in case I do develop some sort of eye issue later.

Apart from the industrial-strength prescriptions I use now to see past about 18 inches, that is.

There's more, but it's getting late and I've got a few chores to get finished.

Glittering Snow, Soo Bahk Do Tournament

Sunday, January 16, 2011. Sauk Centre's snow cover has been getting touched up fairly often, so we've still got a sparkling-white blanket. It's the light, fluffy variety, happily, so I didn't have much trouble yesterday, clearing a space to stand on while grilling burgers yesterday.


Grill outside in winter? Sure: Why not?. January 15, 2011.

I spent most of today in St. Cloud, taking pictures at the Soo Bahk Do tournament there. And giving my wife and #3 daughter a ride there and back. They were with the Sauk Centre Soo Bahk Do class.


Folks from Sauk Centre's Soo Bahk Do class doing a
group form. January 16, 2011.

That photo is of folks from Sauk Centre doing a group form, or pre-determined sequence of motions.