The following stories are based on actual happenings in Cloquet and my impressions of the events.

I am old. I escaped the rigors of the frigid Minnesota winters over twenty-five years ago and moved to sunny Florida. I worked in the news media off and on since I was fifteen years old. I worked for the local weekly paper, writing articles and my own column called �Thoughts about� and then served as the news director for the radio station doing news of local interest. I also did a morning radio talk show for five years.I feel with a certainty I need to tell the parts of the stories that never made it into the headlines. My family have nagged me to write these stories for years, but I�ve enjoyed just being a storyteller and amusing friends. But I am old, and the stories probably should be told. I will try.