Author: Tim Rumsey
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Mr. Positive is Ill, Part Three
It is verified factual that Carl Benston – Mr. Positive – has had seven months of stage four esophagus cancer and six months of “no…
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Losing Brother Mark
August 1980. I was five years into my first real doctor job after interning one year at Minneapolis General Hospital. Family Doctor at West 7th’s…
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Mr. Positive is ill, part two
OK, here’s what we know about neighborhood treasure Carl Bentson’s health and well-being from part one. He was diagnosed with stage–4 esophageal cancer at the…
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Mr. Positive is ill
I’ve driven by Carl Bentson‘s St. Clair State Fair House every day for 30 years. Like so many others, I have to. To right-start my…
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“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 service at Bridgeview School. Nobody…
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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,…
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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…
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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 column, Mr. Positive is oozing…
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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 a 1926 Raudenbush upright player…
