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We just passed Columbus Day last Monday a day we cannot forget. Old Christopher completed his voyage over here to discover America. He didn’t know where he was going and didn’t know where he was when he got here and didn’t know that Lief Erickson had been here 400 years earlier. That’s the way it goes with those Vikings. They traveled all over Europe raiding and stealing valuables, land, and beautiful women for their wives. They liked those black hair brown eyed girls. They took them back home had a family and those blond blue eyed Vikings produced some black hair kids. That’s where the term black swedes comes from. Ha. My friend Ole asked Nels “who was that dizzy looking Blonde I saw you with last week?” “Oh that’s my wife. She died her hair”. Well anyway Columbus got the credit for discovering America but we know who really got here first. I was in for pie day last Friday and visited with Priscilla, telling her how we appreciated her pies. I said you sell them too cheap. $2.50 for pie and coffee is not enough the pies alone are worth more than that. But she said I will only be here one more week. I might start again in the future but that’s all for now and she thanked everyone for coming in week after week. What a great lady! It’s that time of the year when we think about moving back to Florida for the winter months which we have done for many years now. We always hate to leave here but are glad to arrive there because of the time of year and the weather. Then, we will wait for spring to come so we can come back. It’s easy to say that, but there is a lot of work to do before we move. We have to get the boat out of the lake, we have to drain the cottage, put things away for the winter season, and rake the lawn, then make reservations for the trip and then we have to reverse the procedure to come back here again. We are so lucky to have great friends on both ends, and we need time to say goodbye to these great people and neighbors, and next week we will say farewell to all you friends until we see you again in the spring. The summer has been a good one. I am past my hunting days but if I was still hunting, this would be ideal weather. Shucks. So for now please keep a song in your heart and think of us. You are our friends and we want to keep it that way. We have worked together for 125 year, and we hope this bank can keep going for a long time to serve this wonderful Bonanza Valley community. Right Dave?
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