Sometimes it takes a whole village----It has been taking everyone in Stillwater, Mn. to try to piece together what actually happened during last years Lumberjack Days. They had "Lynyrd Skynyrd" as the feature band and had plenty of fine beer, so what could have gone wrong? Turns out they had just too much beer and were a couple hundred porta potties short. Anyway, sometimes trying to get in touch with your heritage just backfires.
Stillwater is a special place for me, cause I used to picnic above Stillwater on the bluff in "Pioneer Park," Wonderful view. A scene right out of Huck Finn. Something to check out.
If you go to the Lumberjack days, there will be some bland bands they are hoping will keep everybody away, or at least a few of you who came for the music. I will try to keep you informed on how the weekend turned out.
As a P.S., the only lumberjacks I knew of were a Mr. Tozer, who was a lumber baron of Stillwater and left money for students of Washington county for college scholarships ----hundreds of them over the past 50 years. Many of my siblings and friends owe their schooling to his generosity. So, this weekend, Mr. Tozer, we remember. Thank you.
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