June 2024

Dr. Harold Wilmot was born in 1898 in southern Minnesota. After graduating high school in 1915, Wilmot attended Hamline University. His studies were put on hold in 1917 when he joined the United States Army Ambulance Service after learning of the need for ambulance drivers in France. While in France, Wilmot and his Model T Ambulance were part of the battles and offensives at Champagne, the Marne, Oise-Aisne, and the Meuse-Argonne. He served for over a year, returning to the U.S. in May 1919.

The library is hopping now that summer has started. Families are looking for ways to keep the kids entertained, both at library programs and at home with stacks of books. Some school employees have more time to catch up on reading in the summer. Some community clubs and activities take a break in the summer months, giving their members more free time for a few months. Plus it’s easier to get to the library when we have so many hours of daylight and we’re not dealing with winter roads. We’ll see how the summer roads are once the local road construction projects get going.

I have a Father’s Day movie recommendation: “The Way” is a stunning movie about the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela with Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez. It’s a story of journey, and grief, and loss — but it’s also a story of a group of complete and total misfits who come to hate each other … and then love each other. They end up inspiring change in one another every bit as much as the 800-kilometer pilgrimage route. In a sense, no matter how dysfunctional they seem to be at times, they become something like family.

Realtors and real estate agents have helped millions of people find homes over the years. Such real estate professionals wear many hats, not only helping people buy and sell homes, but also serving as sounding boards and calming influences when unforeseen, and sometimes frustrating, issues arise during the process of buying and selling a home.