Author Archive
Reflections of Phillips
Thoughts on the enduring value of being involved and supporting your community. By DIANA PATINO-CRUZ My name is Diana Patino-Cruz and I come from a Hispanic household. I currently live in Coon Rapids, but lived in Minneapolis for many years. I work for Tri-Valley Opportunity Council Inc., which offers Head Start, child, and family programs for agricultural workers in rural Minnesota and North Dakota. I really appreciate my job because it gives me the opportunity to work with families I can relate to. I work with migrant workers who have many different stories. Some travel every year and work in different fields. Others come from their home places to a new country in hope of finding a better opportunity. I love giving back to my community which needs help and support. I lived a block away from Waite House in the Phillips Neighborhood. We visited Waite House often and it was always important to me and my family. We would go to the food shelf, and this helped us financially. [...]
Monthly Update: Phillips Community Oral History Project
By PHILLIPS COMMUNITY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT PARTNERS A page from a scrapbook of Ebenezer Tower history, shared with Myrna Bowman by tower residents and staff. PROVIDED BY: Phillips Community Oral History Project Welcome back to the Phillips Community Oral History Project monthly update! This Column is an important part of the Project’s outreach to the Phillips Community. Its purpose is to share key progress milestones and to remain accountable to the people of Phillips. The Oral History Project is continuing to gather histories from Phillips residents through scheduled interviews and pop-up events. In October, we hosted one pop-up interview event at Ebenezer Tower, and also visited the Phillips Clean Sweep to interview attendees and volunteers. We will continue to schedule interviews and plan pop-ups; if you’re unable to attend one but wish to be interviewed, please reach out to us at the email at the end of this update. Below are a couple of highlights from the [...]
Good Boy
from the series Movie Corner... 4 out of 5 Stars Horror By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Howard McQuitter II Good Boy is a film that is difficult to pull off. To its credit it creates enough dread and creepy scenarios for one to be drawn into its dark corners and sometimes unexplained behavior and unexplained illness of the dog’s master. It is the dog, Indy, who’s the main character in this horror movie that mostly takes place in an abandoned house. Sony Pictures Todd inherited the house from his grandfather, and he brings a trusty Golden Retriever with him. Dogs are blessed with a sense of smell 10,000 to 100,000 times greater than humans. Dogs have up to 300 million olfactory receptors compared to humans’ 6 million. Good Boy is director Ben Leonberg’s debut feature film as well as the owner of Indy. A dog’s love is like no other for it is without judgment or condemnation. It’s Indy who sees and hears the dark menacing figure lurking around the house. [...]
