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Dorothy Young: Amaryllis for Christmas and presents in the milk house

Remembrances of Christmases Past  By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — One of Dorothy Young’s late husband’s favorite flowers was an Amaryllis. “He would go to a store and come home with an Amaryllis to bloom for Christmas,” she said. In fact, even now, Dorothy has two Amaryllis plants in her apartment in Colfax.

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Club 40 sets up ‘giving tree’

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The new owners of Club 40 are starting a new tradition: a giving tree. “It was one of our patron’s ideas, Graham Schindler. He said we should put up a tree in here, and he and I got to talking about donating gifts. I called Shepherd of the Hill…

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Penny Noer: I remember barn chores on Christmas Eve

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Genevieve (Penny) Noer grew up on a farm in the Town of Otter Creek during the Great Depression. She and her husband, Juul, owned and operated Noer’s Drug in Colfax for many years.

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