My Stories Of Life

Click To Play *QUICKTIME *Phone Three Cold Spring residents were honored for their volunteer work at the 2007 Chamber Holiday Banquet held on December 5th at The Great Blue Heron. Chosen to receive the 2007 HomeTown Pride Awards were Joe Willenbring, Theresa Larson and Duane Kuss. In this story you meet Duane Kuss, who is very active at Peace Lutheran Church, the Cold Spring Area Maennechor, the Chamber of Commerce, 2020 Cold Spring, and the 2007 "Vote Yes" Referendum campaign along with other local organizations. Click here to check out other 2007 Hometown Pride Award Winners Joe Willenbring and Theresa Larson

Click To Play The 400 Club in Rockville Minnesota hosted their annual vintage snowmobile race on Pleasant Lake. It was the coldest day of the winter this year, but that didn’t stop the racers or spectators from coming out and seeing some fantastic racing. This event serves as a warm-up for many of the riders who are also participating in one of the regions biggest snowmobile races of the year, the One Lunger 100. Congratulations to all that participated in this event and special thanks to the 400 Club for a wonderful job hosting all of the racers and their families.

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Click To Play *QUICKTIME ` *Phone A year ago, the Sand River Hilton V trailer was hauled onto the property. Last spring we took a first try at leveling the 70 foot building, last fall we put in the two gas heaters and the new front door, and in this story we clear the trees around it to allow more sunlight in to keep things dry and to prevent trees from falling on the trailer. This six minute story demonstrates how to fell a tree that is only 4-6 feet away from the trailer you're trying to protect.

Click To Play *QUICKTIME *Phone This story will provide a flash back for many who watch it. Back a dozen or so years ago, my brother-in-law and my brother were riding snowmobiles on the Snake River between Pine City, MN and Lake Pokegama... about 5 miles west of town. It was at night and my brother-in-law mistakenly went too wide on the river as he was approaching the lake and ended up driving right into open water. The video you're about to watch shows the same location he went in at but during the day. It also shows his nephew, Ryan, purposely crossing the water on his snowmobile. Here's Ryan's quote about snowmobiling on water... "When first going for it you know that if you go down there are going to be some big problems!! It was just me and Matt Furlong no other spectators except a van stopped with it's family on top of the bridge to watch. Huge risk factor on the river and it gets your heart pumping. You even get short of breath when thinking over it. BUT THE FEELING GOING ACROSS IS EXHILARATING. It was pretty neat that the snowmobile didn't slow on the water, in fact it still accelerates while going across. A few trips across later I was able to back off to half throttle."

Click To Play *QUICKTIME Here's a quick story where Duane sets the stage for the Kansas/Tree Felling weekend. Duane is on the road to the Sand River Hilton passing through the towns of Olglvie, Mora and Quamba. He's listening to Kansas all along the way and is pretty hyped for the coming weekend.