UPDATE x2: For real this time! After a great amount of confusion, Franken’s Range parade schedule is finally in my hands.
July 3 (today): Al joins the picket line at a labor protest outside the Hibbing Wal-Mart. I have been seeing this picket line the last few days and will be posting about it at another date. Then, between 6-7:30 p.m., Al is in Aurora and Gilbert for pre-Fourth festivities. The Gilbert parade in particular is a special Range tradition, mostly because of Gilbert’s status as the one-time booze capital of the Iron Range.
July 4: Al Franken is in Eveleth at 9:30. Eveleth is another of the classic Iron Range parades. Then, at noon, Al is in Nashwauk as originally reported (with the wrong time) here. After that, Al goes south. HOWEVER, Team Franken is working the Keewatin parade (which is at 2) and other Northern town parades. So if you have a parade in your town and want to walk with Team Franken, just look for the DFL signs.
My apologies for the mistakes in earlier posts on this topic. I am reminded of my old newspaper days: the fastest way to get attention is to print inaccurate information.
Politically, Franken is wise to include the Iron Range on his Fourth of July swing. Yes, the Range is considered a DFL stronghold, but we have plenty of swing voters who left the area for suburbs and exurbs. They come home for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Fishing Opener and Fourth of July (the only of the four open to political campaigning).
Ironically, the Browns spend Fourth of July near Duluth, but that’s a story for another time.
The Nashwauk parade is the one at noon. The Keewatin parade is at 2 pm. I’m walking with Team Franken in the Nashwauk parade with a couple other people and it certainly would be more fun if Al was there.
Btw, your twins are adorable! I’m glad you posted a picture.
Aaron Brown. You work for a newspaper, but you can’t afford your own hosting for a blog? Wow. I guess I should have expected as much from a Cherry kid who works in Hibbing. Even the newspapers in Hibbing look like mid 90s crap. It’s called social media integration, NOT covering the site up with banners that you can’t close.
1) I am an independent contract writer for a newspaper, so I can’t afford used Kleenex. If I actually worked for a newspaper I would learn to go without Kleenex.
In all seriousness, I can afford hosting but I use Google because it’s easy and I don’t have time to dink with stuff.
2) Are you messing with Cherry? If so, I will cut you.
3) Newspapers in Hibbing? You mean newspaper in Hibbing, right? Mid-90s, I concede the point.
4) What banners are you talking about, hoss? I’ve got some lame ads on here, but nothing that should mess with your world.
5) Don’t be sad, Saddened Ranger.
Hey, Aaron, Thanks for the parade schedule! I googled and googled and googled and your bloggy was where I found the info. I hope I see you at Nashwauk with Christina and the bbs. I’ll try not to mock Franken. I will really, really try. Ha ha … luff luff!
Stephanie