The last week MONTH has been a combination of a bad dream and a funeral. Every time I turn around, Lois is looking at the building and crying. It’s not just us that are grieving, either. Everyone seems to have had a connection to that building or the people in it. Who didn’t take dance lessons there, have a tooth filled there, live there after a divorce, or play Ms. Pac-Man in Suzy Q’s? A thousand times a day we think, “I can get Harley a new toothbrush at The Barn”, or nail clippers for Randy, or a bag of Jalepeno chips that I meant to get for Doc S. (my other Boss at the Tooth Fairy gig).
There is a Facebook page for all the updates, thanks to Comet Carol Carlson and Mary Conger (who is updating it from THAILAND..wow!) called Brown Building Fire Relief Efforts. There is a big Block Party Benefit tonight and Friday, and the following updates are from that page:
There is a local fund set up to receive monetary donations at the Cook Area Credit Union:
24 S River St
PO Box 1058
Cook MN 55723
Phone: 218-666-5940
Fax: 218-666-2149
Email: cookcu@accessmn.com
Lobby Hours of Operation:
Mon -Thurs: 9:00-5:00
Friday: 9:00-6:00
Here’s a slideshow of the pics I took the night of the fire and since. Better full-screen. Or worse. :/
Loveyabye
PS: Yes, the flowers, the bricks, and everything there still belongs to us–Lois and all the other tenants. Please, out of respect (and safety), stay off. Thank you.
Click to view slideshow.
