News & Views of Phillips Since 1976
Tuesday December 16th 2025
Hundreds of Scouts and Friends are Cemetery”'s Caretakers throughout the year
190 Girl Scouts along with Friends of the Cemetery continuing their caretaking helped prepare this sacred place for winter during the 159th Fall season since the Cemetery’s first burial. Photos by Tim McCall
By Sue Hunter Weir
Another season at Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery has ended””its 159th to be exact. With the exception of Veterans Day, Sunday, November 11th, the cemetery will be closed until April 15th, 2013. That doesn”'t mean that work on the cemetery will stop. The next phase of the fence restoration is due to begin shortly””more sections will be removed, restored and returned in the late fall.
Over 190 Girl Scouts and their parents volunteered to help put the cemetery to bed for the season. The occasion was the Centennial Day Year of Service by the Mississippi River Valley”'s Minnesota-Wisconsin Chapter of Girl Scouts. Beth Hart, longtime Phillips community activist, organized the event; the girls spent the morning of October 13th raking and bagging leaves. And there were a lot of leaves to be raked.… Read the rest “Hundreds of Scouts and Friends are Cemetery”'s Caretakers throughout the year”
Tracking Running Wolf: Falling Prevention. “What can I do?”
By Connie Norman
We see Elders in the community and others with balance issues that come to Running Wolf Fitness Center. I just wanted to share some statistics with you and talk about ways to prevent these falls from happening. We want a society where older adults can live safe, healthy and independent lives. While falls are a threat to the health and independence of older adults and can significantly limit their ability to remain self-sufficient, the opportunity to reduce falls among older adults has never been better. Today, there are proven interventions that can reduce falls and help older adults live better, and longer.
Each year, one in every three adults age 65 and older falls. Falls can cause moderate to severe injuries, such as hip fractures and head injuries, and can increase the risk of early death. Fortunately, falls are a public health problem that is largely preventable.
How big is the problem? (Centers for Disease Control)
One out of three adults age 65 and older falls each year,1 but less than half talk to their healthcare providers about it.
Among older adults (those 65 or older), falls are the leading cause of injury death. They are also the most common cause of nonfatal injuries and hospital admissions for trauma.… Read the rest “Tracking Running Wolf: Falling Prevention. “What can I do?””
Argo & The Watch
By Howard McQuitter
Argo (2012)
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Warner Bros. Â Mystery/Suspense/Drama/History
Cast: Ben Affleck (Tony Mendez), Alan Arkin (Lester Siegel), John Goodman (John Chambers), Clea Du Vall (Cora Lijek), Taylor Schilling (Christine Mendez) Victor  Â
Garber (Ken Taylor), Bryan Cranston (Jack O”' Donnell).Running time:120 minutes. Director: Ben Affleck.Â
An international crisis sparks on November 4, 1979 in Tehran, Iran, at the U.S. embassy when hundreds of militant Iranians take 52 Americans hostage. The C.I.A. backed dictator Shah has to flee Iran for his safety.
During the chaos, the Americans in the embassy desperately try to destroy any and all documents that implicate American secrets. Six American diplomats manage to flee to the home of the Canadian ambassador. While the world is focusing on the hostage crisis (“Nightline” with Ted Koppel emerges as a nightly television news show continuing today long after Koppel retires), few, if any, are aware of the “Argo” operation sponsored by the C.I.A. agent, poses as a movie producer financing a movie in Tehran. Tension builds around Tony while he”'s walking the streets of a fragile Tehran. I think “Argo” could have been even more suspenseful than it is, but anyway is a very good movie under Ben Affleck”'s coat.… Read the rest “Argo & The Watch”
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