Tag: Mr. Positive
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Lunch with the one and only Mr. Positive
The fall weather is extra-ordinary today. 80°. Blue sky. Patches of atmosphere with the correct water content and altitude have been tricked into Cumulo-Nimbus white…
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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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A community lesson for the whole world
Lucky I am to have made a documentary portrait of Carl Bentson. Mr. Positive is a half hour film about a good neighbor who never…
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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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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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Notebook Recollections: A Little About Me
Local icon Tim Rumsey walked to work most days from 1987 to 2000. He began as a form of exercise but kept at it for his…
