๐™€๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก!...๐–จ๐—‡๐–ผ๐—…๐—Ž๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐–ถ๐—‚๐—“๐–บ๐—‹๐–ฝ ๐—ˆ๐–ฟ ๐–ฎ๐—“ ๐–ป๐–บ๐–ผ๐—„๐—Œ๐—๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—’

by Louis Hoglund
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An advertising poster for the original Wizard of Oz book by L. Frank Baum, published in 1900.


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Kids today donโ€™t have a reference point, but the Walt Disney movie Pollyanna was a simple, elegant film about positive, charitable optimismโ€”thanks to a naively โ€œpowerfulโ€ little girl. Young Pelican Rapids Pastor Alex Ohman, above left, had no idea about Pollyannaโ€”until nowโ€”and he is smitten by her kindness.
๐–ฒ๐—ˆ...๐—๐—๐—ˆ ๐—‚๐—Œ ๐—๐—๐—‚๐—Œ โ€˜๐–ฏ๐—ˆ๐—…๐—…๐—’๐–บ๐—‡๐—‡๐–บโ€™ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—๐—๐–บ๐— ๐—‚๐—Œ ๐—๐–พ๐—‹ ๐—‰๐—Ž...
Visitors inspect the restored, free-flowing Pelican River and the new pedestrian bridgeโ€”one of many projects putting Pelican Rapids on the map and setting stage for future generations.
โ€˜๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏโ€™ ๐ƒ๐š...
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๐‘ช๐™ค๐’„๐™ค๐’‚ ๐’‚๐™ฃ๐’… ๐‘ช๐™ค๐’Ž๐™ข๐’–๐™ฃ๐’Š๐™ฉ๐’š ๐–ฏ๐–พ๐—๐–พ๐—’๐—๐—‚๐—…๐—…๐–พ ๐–ฟ๐—Ž๐—‡๐–ฝ๐—‹๐–บ๐—‚๐—Œ๐–พ๐—‹ ๐–บ ๐—Œ๐—๐–พ...
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