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Forest Hills Golf Club participates in ‘Socktober’

New socks are rarely donated to homeless shelters and other organizations that help those in need, but they are one of the most requested items by those groups. To remedy this situation, Socktober, a nationwide movement where individuals, organizations, and communities hold sock drives for local charities, was born. Socktober was launched by Kid President creator Brad Montague four years ago. It’s a movement to get kids and grown-ups to help the homeless in an easy, fun way.
This year, the Forest Hills Golf Club participated in Socktober. As a membership, they collected 243 pairs of socks during their annual Member Appreciation Forest Fest Event.broadstreet.zone(48036);
“It was great to see so many of our members up at the club and participate in the Socktober sock drive,” Forest Hills President Brad Holzinger said in a press release. “It was a fantastic evening for our membership and we are thrilled that 243 pairs of

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After 123 years, Thurnbeck Farm turns a page

Photos by Cliff BuchanThurnbeck Farm was founded more than 120 years ago. The farm, now ceasing its turkey operation, has been an economic staple of Columbus for decades, and the Thurnbecks who farmed it have been community pillars in both Columbus and Forest Lake for generations.
Darrell Thurnbeck knows full well the ups and downs of farming. It’s part of his family history.
Thurnbeck, 72, and his sister, Diane Rueb, 76, grew up on the Columbus farm 4 miles west of Forest Lake hearing stories of the Armistice Day blizzard of Nov. 11, 1940, when the family’s turkey flock was nearly wiped out by the sudden and fierce storm that struck with little notice. The family, desperate to save some of the flock, sheltered 200 birds in the farm home.broadstreet.zone(48036);
In 1991, the Halloween blizzard hit Darrell Thurnbeck’s turkeys with a cruel blow. As the late fall snowstorm pounded the area with more

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