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Well, Karl Oskar Days are upon us next week. Once again the great people who organize the event have outdone themselves. First and foremost, make sure to purchase your Karl Oskar Days button at any of the local businesses. By purchasing the button, you will be qualified for cash drawings of $50, $150 and $250. Not bad for a $2 button. Also this year, if you had thought about searching for the Karl Oskar Snuff Box in years past, this might get you going––the prize for finding the snuff box this year has doubled to $500! You must have a button to claim any of the prizes. Clues for the snuff box hunt will be posted at noon daily at Lindstrom Foods, Carlson’s BP Station, Lindstrom Antique Mall and the Chisago County Press. Good luck!

On Wednesday July 5, there will be a Farmers Market held at St. Bridgets of Sweden parking lot, an outdoor Community BBQ at Lindstrom Foods, and finally another wonderful Harmony in the Park concert. Be sure to bring your own lawn chairs!

Keep checking the Chisago County Press to see about Karl Oskar Days events and times, and if you take a photo you think really captures the Karl Oskar Days feeling, please e-mail it or bring it in Monday, July 10. Who knows maybe your picture will be in the Chisago County Press.

The Chisago County Press is still looking for someone to cover Taylors Falls City Council meetings. The meetings are usually held Monday nights. You would be expected to attend and write about the meeting, and submit your story the following day. It is a wonderful opportunity for a person to really get in tune to what their city is up to. If interested, please call Matt or Denise at 651-257-5115.

Don’t miss this week’s Harmony in the Park concert at Lions Park in Lindstrom. This week’s featured band will be The Inside Out Band. The Scouts will be in the park selling refreshments so all you have to bring is your lawn chair or blanket.

On a different note, Saddam Hussein's attorney, who had been defending the former dictator, was recently killed by terrorists in Baghdad. It seems this has outraged the former head of Iraq so much that he and seven co-defendants have vowed a hunger strike until international protection is provided for their defense team. Let me get this right––a former dictator known worldwide for mass murdering his own people, torturing innocent victims and responsible for thousands of despicable acts, is threatening to not eat until his lawyers are protected? Hussein is so delusional that he thinks even in a cell he holds power of some sorts. I say let him starve himself to his demise. That way relatives of tortured Iraqis can get some piece of mind knowing he is in so much discomfort. The very next day this man of steel broke down and was demanding a nutritious meal. What a strong, strong man. I guess he just got so used to eating Cheetos in that secret hiding spot that he couldn’t make it 24 hours without them.

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