𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜’𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡!...𝖨𝗇𝖼𝗅𝗎𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖶𝗂𝗓𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝖮𝗓 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒

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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Jim Hetland in Army
uniform, early 1960s.

𝐀 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: 𝖢𝗋𝗒𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗅 𝖫𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖺’𝗌 𝖩𝗂𝗆 𝖧𝖾𝗍𝗅...

Pelican Rapids Press reader Jan (Jaeger) was inspired to write after reading Brent Frazier’s column about memorable school bus drivers.
Pictured here, Russel Knutson—early driver and bus company owner-operator.

𝑫𝙤 𝙔𝒐𝙪 𝙍𝒆𝙢𝒆𝙢𝒃𝙚𝒓 𝑾𝙝𝒆𝙣? 𝖡𝗎𝗌 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗎𝗆𝗇 𝗄𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗅𝖾𝖽...

Kids today don’t have a reference point, but the Walt Disney movie Pollyanna was a simple, elegant film about positive, charitable optimism—thanks to a naively “powerful” little girl.
Young Pelican Rapids Pastor Alex Ohman, above left, had no idea about Pollyanna—until now—and he is smitten by her kindness.

𝖲𝗈...𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 ‘𝖯𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗒𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺’ 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝗎...

A group photo of soldiers who served with William Albright in WWI.

𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 & 𝐰𝐚𝐫: 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, “𝘗𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴,” ...

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Stairs have been poured at the retaining wall along Highway 59.

𝐏𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐈𝐃𝐒 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲...

The Wizard in the Emerald City, with Dorothy and her companions.

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