The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center's 32nd annual Great American Think-Off question asks “Is there only one truth, or are there many truths?” Finalists in the essay contest will debate views.
The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center's 31st annual Great American Think-Off question asks if freedom of speech is worth the price paid for it. Everyday people will debate it at an exhibition.
“I’m guessing 50 years ago, the gas was under a dollar a gallon. It’s something you've got to do, and you do it whether it’s $1 a gallon or $5 a gallon.”
Mike Koering, who has grown and sold pumpkins for almost two decades, harvested his fourth conjoined pumpkins this year. Boys-N-Berries Farm in Brainerd also grows pumpkins and harvested conjoined ears of corn this year. Both oddities have been a hit with produce shoppers.
Les Mason was a tall, gangly kid from central Minnesota who didn't have combat experience against the Japanese. As it turns out, he was the perfect candidate to guard Japanese war criminals for just those reasons.
The area man estimated it took about 20 tries to finally get up on the high stilts. When he fails, it takes about four minutes to get the stilts built back up again to try another attempt.
