Al Batt
Al Batt: Memories of cold are cold
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting Twenty below zero temperatures are one of those things that make memories. I’ll remember my eyelids freezing open. I ...
Al Batt, Author at Austin Daily Herald
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Barbara Orcutt, 74
Barbara Olson Orcutt died February 5, 2021, at St. Mary’s Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota, after falling ill on December 30, 2020. Born Barbara Ann Olson, daughter ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, February 23, 2021 7:07 am
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Robert Allen Justice, 82
On Friday, February 12, 2021, Robert (Bob) Allen Justice, loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away in Surprise, AZ at the age of 82. Bob ...
by Al Batt, Wednesday, February 17, 2021 1:12 pm
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Al Batt: Hard not to comment on the weather — but it’s cold
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting I had a chance to win $500 on a radio show. They asked me how many strings a clarinet ...
by Al Batt, Wednesday, February 17, 2021 6:50 am
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Sharon L. Wagner, 90
Susan Louise Wagner, 90 of Austin, Minnesota, passed away at home surrounded by her family on Thursday, February 11, 2021. Sharon was born June 10, ...
by Al Batt, Friday, February 12, 2021 6:02 pm
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Al Batt: Stuck in the maple syrup of life
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting What’s up? I’m trying to remember what day this is. That sounds exciting. It is when I get it ...
by Al Batt, Wednesday, February 10, 2021 6:30 am
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Al Batt: Otto and his palindromes
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting Why don’t you ever watch the Super Bowl? My team isn’t in it. Who’s your team? Bubba’s Pinheads in ...
by Al Batt, Wednesday, February 3, 2021 6:30 am
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Dwayne “Nels” Nelson, 93
Dwayne “Nels” Nelson 93, of Charleston, SC and previously of Hilton Head Island, SC passed away from Covid-19 and a pre-existing heart condition. Nels was ...
by Al Batt, Monday, February 1, 2021 1:19 pm
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Al Batt: Snow plow drivers are the knights of the winter roads
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting I’d hate to be in your shoes. Why? Because they’d be way too small for me. Driving by Bruce’s ...
by Al Batt, Wednesday, January 27, 2021 6:30 am
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Al batt: Now why would they want me in the game?
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting Remember that basketball game when all the fans were chanting, “We want Batt”? I don’t remember that. The coach ...
by Al Batt, Wednesday, January 20, 2021 6:30 am
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Lois M. Paulson, 86
Lois M. Paulson, age 86 of Austin, Minnesota, passed away Sunday, January 17, 2021, at Primrose Retirement Community of Austin. Lois Margene Grangaard Paulson was ...
by Al Batt, Monday, January 18, 2021 4:54 pm
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Al Batt: Judging fish who can’t climb
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting Another year has gone by and what have we learned? Nothing. That’s not true. I learned how to hoard ...
by Al Batt, Wednesday, January 13, 2021 6:30 am
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Al Batt: Learning what you can in the new year
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting It’s the same thing after Christmas each year. The feeling of peace, love and understanding? No, the feeling of ...
by Al Batt, Wednesday, January 6, 2021 6:30 am
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Al Batt: The tunes from the Elvis of farm animals
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting How was your Christmas? It was wonderful. I got everything I wanted. It makes me think. About how lucky ...
by Al Batt, Wednesday, December 30, 2020 6:30 am
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Diane Deuser Keenan, 80
Diane Deuser Keenan, age 80, of Austin, died Monday, December 21st, 2020. Diane was born November 23rd, 1940 in Fort Dodge, Iowa to Wally & ...