Some week, junior senior cub reports. . .

By Tom Obert
Cub emeritus

This has been some week around the ole home town.

We just received the note below from Mikko Cowdery, the guy I like to call the poet laureate of Douglas County.
Don Kelly, husband of DFL activist Edith, a journalism colleague of Dad's, who wrote a monthly letter to the Echo espousing the liberal point of view on all matter of subjects, died on Sunday at age 84.
Two acquaintances from the golf club, Ed LaFave (82) and Wayne Lock (71), also died this week. Regular golf partners, Jerry "Doc" Hanson and Erv McWilliams, are also dealing with health issues - Doc had a stroke in Park Rapids last weekend but appears to be doing fine now. The last we heard about Erv was that he was hospitalized in Minneapolis with a possibility that he might need a leg amputation (long time infection problems).
And now in today's Cardinal Connection, we learned that basketball player Sarah Weaver was injured in last night's game in Fergus Falls - the game was delayed 30 minutes while she was taken to the emergency room with what was diagnosed as a severe sprain to the lumbar region. Sarah has always been my favorite player because of her hyperkinetic energy - Sarah was also sister Gretchen's favorite player from her one game as a fan.

Subject: lies and damn lies from mikko
Dear Friend - If you're getting this note, it's because you are among the people we love. First of all, to quote Mark Twain, The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
I went to the Alex emergency room last Saturday with chest pains, but they could find nothing conclusive. So we made an appointment to have further tests at the St. Cloud Hospital cardiac unit, starting at 8a.m. on Tuesday.
Again the EKG, x-rays, and blood tests were inconclusive, so I took an echo-stress test which was also inconclusive. I didn't want to go home without knowing what the symptoms meant, so I asked for an angiogram. This test discovered three clogged arteries on my heart, which were repaired then and there with stents.
The prognosis is good. And for the price of a new Saturn, they left me feeling like a new man. Just got home yesterday - and wanted to let you all know that I am still alive and kicking. Tudy and I plan to take it easy for a couple of days, but we'll be in touch.
Love ya. - Mikko