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Memories of the Minnesota River mudflats Towards the end of summer there was a place in the river bottoms that all the kids from all the high schools in the cities seemed to know. It was a place in the Mississippi River bottoms in the cities, although few but me of the others knew that it was not the Mississippi, but the Minnesota River, because I paid attention to such things, and if you were young then all you knew was the airport and the great airplane runways over the river, and maybe Interstate 494, possibly Cedar Avenue.

BEYOND Reason

REASON Ms. Roberts Barbara Millicent Roberts came into this world in 1959.

Wondering ’61

Wondering ‘61 The Bowser Chronicles on 61 Anybody with a television in the 1980’s knows who Bowser was, but these Chronicles are not about Sha Na Na or its lanky bass. If you have been corrupted by video games, you may have thought these Chronicles were about the main antagonist in Super Mario Brothers.

Chicken Salad Stuffed Tomatoes

Ingredients - 6 beefsteak tomatoes, (1/2 to 3/4 lb. each) - 4 cups chopped rotisserie chicken - 1 1/2 cups chopped tricolor bell pepper mix (from 1 [8-oz.] container) Instructions Remove and discard tops of tomatoes; then core and seed them.

Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad

Ingredients - 8 ounces rotini uncooked - ½ pound bacon - Meat from one rotisserie chicken - ¼ cup sharp cheddar cheese shredded; plus, extra for garnish Instructions Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, and cook the pasta according to the package instructions. Drain and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking process.

Rotisserie Chicken and Dumpling Casserole

Ingredients - Meat from one rotisserie chicken - ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter; - 2 cups self-rising flour; - 2 cups milk; Instructions Preheat the oven to 350F. Remove meat from rotisserie chicken and set aside.