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moments in time

8 Glory Days,
by Mike Nistler

I recentl y had the opportunity to return to the campus of the university from which I graduated some 30 years ago. I was there to speak to a group of students about Minnesota Moments magazine. What an experience!

11 One man’s Christmas wish list,
by John DuBois

Dear Santa , I realize I haven’t written you in a while. Well, OK, it’s been a really, really long while. Fifty years, you think? ...

12 Alone in a blizzard,
by Ethelyn Pearson

departments

LETTERS 5

CALENDAR 7
Winter events for everyone.

FACES & PLACES 9
Young entrepreneur - Twelve -year-old Kenedi Kokesch of New Ulm has a business that’s for the birds. That’s a good thing, not a bad thing.

Cover artist - THE COVER OF the first holiday issue of Minnesota Moments was a painting of a red barn done by Sauk Rapids artist David Neron.

Home makeover update from story in last issue

BOOK REVIEW 16
‘ Tis the season to read.

PHOTO ESSAY 32
Away in a manger. A Christmas Eve service was held in a barn on the Chad and Amy Leither farm between St. Joseph and Cold Spring last year. The Leithers, who are members of Peace Lutheran Church, Cold Spring, will host the event again this year making it their third time welcoming parishioners to their barn.

IN THE KITCHEN 36
Stir up these gifts in a jar.

BACK IN THE DAY 43
Courthouse ornaments. If you’re in to collectibles , you might want to get your hands on one of 100 limited edition ornaments being sold by the Stearns County History Museum. The ornaments show the Stearns County Courthouse as it was in 1922. Only 100 of the ornaments have been made. They can be purchased for $15.95 plus sales tax at the museum.

GUYS AND GARAGES 44
Step back in time in this garage. If you wanted to make a
movie about the early 1960s and have it set in a gas station, Mike Nystrom’s place would be the perfect location.
No need to go to a Hollywood prop shop.

PICTURE THIS 48
In the early morning mist.