“Mr. Positive” Retires after 40 years at Bridgeview School
“Mr. Positive” Carl Bentson, 61, was honored with a sumptuous Mancini’s dinner on March 18 for his 40 years of
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Author: Tim Rumsey
Piano lessons – finale
Ever since the first piano – outside – the UFM clinic column in December’s “Community Reporter,” letters have been pouring in. Well, three. One congratulatory, one asking about a “rash down there” and one cease and desist note begging for a “column about anything other than another piano.”
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Piano lessons, part two
We last left our beloved outside-the-clinic-piano at the end of January 2017. Under the UFM carport entrance. Inviting, daring patients to tickle the ivory.
February 2017 was piano neutral. Actually, piano nada. Not much action. Then, all of a sudden, St. Patrick’s Day was upon us.
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Recollection of a recollection
Notebook Recollections This column was previously run in the community reporter of December 2009 This January, as you read this
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Piano Lessons , part one
Notebook Recollections 10-20-16 Our clinic had an outside piano. Three actually, Minnesota weather being what it is. Number one was
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The greatest West 7th bicycle ride in the history of the world
Notebook Recollections Sunday, October 5, 2010. 75°, mid-morning. Blue, blue sky. And Bruce Peterson needed Mississippi Market produce. It was
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“Red” Heroff was West 7th all the way
As sure as the fall leaves turn in West 7th, St. Stan’s fall festival unfolds every year on church grounds.
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A piece of Ancker Hospital
Ancker Hospital was St. Paul‘s “City Hospital.” Started in 1874 in the donated mansion of Dr. Jacob B. Stewart (Civil War hero, Stewart Avenue). It was built for the poor and various lost souls of the city. In 1883 the famed and feared Dr. Arthur B Ancker took over as hospital superintendent. He was city hospital 24/7 for the next 46 years.
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