County fair season has officially kicked off, and I couldn’t be more excited! As someone who works for a radio station, I’m incredibly lucky to attend five county fairs each summer: Yellow Medicine in Canby, Chippewa in Montevideo, Stevens in Morris, Swift County Fair in Appleton, and Lac qui Parle in Madison. At each of these fairs, you’ll find a KLQP booth, and you … Continue reading FAIR SEASON FUN
Summer community celebrations are truly special, and I love seeing how each town in our area puts its unique spin on things. Working in radio gives me the fantastic opportunity to be involved in many of these events. It’s a lot of work for the organizers, but always worth it! Let’s dive into a few of them:Boyd Good Time Days is a local legend, said … Continue reading SUMMER CELEBRATIONS
I am always surprised when I post something on my social media sites and it gets a huge response from my friends and family. When I think it’s just a random stupid post but yet my followers respond to it like they are entering a contest to win millions! One such post was last weekend. I was in the Brainerd lakes area last Sunday with … Continue reading RUNNING ON EMPTY
The end of Johns Journal is upon us. John Millea from the Minnesota State High School League is retiring after 15 years of writing stories about high school athletes. I think I have read all off them from the beginning. I have blogged about John a number of times. I had the chance to interview John about his career this week and he was kind enough … Continue reading JOHN AND I ARE ALIKE
This past week I have been interviewing the area state golf participants in preparation for the state golf meet this week. I have been interviewing high school athletes now for over 30 years and you would think I would be experienced enough to ask the right questions and make it look easy. For some reason I still struggle with conducting a good interview. Interviewing teenagers … Continue reading THE ART OF THE INTERVIEW
This time of the year is all about section sports, graduations, and working during the Memorial weekend for me. Since working at the radio station full time since 2008 my Memorial weekend consists of section softball and baseball and some graduation parties on Saturday and Sunday. Attending the LQPV and Dawson-Boyd Commencement ceremonies and then attending as many graduation parties as I can. On the morning … Continue reading SPORTS AND GRADUATION
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