Morning Announcements for July 8
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“I’m headed to the Gunflint Trail to stay in a yurt for the first time! Excited for a little alone-time writing and reading in the woods and some on my paddle board time on the lake!”
~ Mayme Simms of Minneapolis
“After one month of our cat being missing, she finally made her way home to us. We are so happy to have kitty back in our lives. We are feeling fortunate, lucky and relieved!”
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“On Wednesday my husband Ray and I will be celebrating 31 years of marriage. I credit MPR with luring Ray as a undergrad student at Michigan Tech to move to the Twin Cities for grad school at the UMN which is where I came to go to undergrad and the rest is history.”
~ Jennifer Pyper-Muno of Columbia Heights
“Excited to welcome 7,000+ LGBTQ+ singers to Minneapolis for the GALA (Gay and Lesbian Choral Association) Choral Festival July 10-14. Choruses from all over the world meet to create music and change lives.”
~ Rickard Simon of Minneapolis
“My book got accepted to the Duluth public library!”
~ J.M. Allen of Rochester
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