News & Views of Phillips Since 1976
Friday December 26th 2025
Carl: Curious, Sense of Wonder and Fearlessness
Pans made by Carl and his workers at Domestic Sheet Metal and sold to Maid of Scandinavia Catalog
By Thorbjorn Adam
I met Carl the day my family moved to Ventura Village. He was scraping the last ice off his immaculate sidewalks. Over the next years I had the privilege to spend countless hours with him. We worked on projects together and we traveled to his boyhood farm. We shared weekly meals together. Three themes remind of me of Carl”'s life. His endless curiosity, his deep sense of wonder and his constant fearlessness. Even as a boy he tried to make wings to fly like the birds. Be it nature or modern technology he was always in awe. Keeping him off a ladder was next to impossible. My family and I will miss Carl.
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Phillips Clean Sweep
The 2014 Phillips Clean Sweep was an incredible success. The weather was perfect and the best part of the day was the great time all the residents and volunteers from all four Phillips Neighborhoods had. In the three hours between Breakfast at the Welna Hardware parking lot & Lutheran Social Services AND Lunch & Entertainment at Stewart Park, neighbors removed an amazing 28,580 lbs. of trash from the ‘hood. That total does not include untallied mountains of recyclable bottles, cans and paper.
The Annual Phillips Clean Sweep is the largest such event in Minneapolis and is truly a community building experience. The 2015 Phillips Clean Sweep will be on Saturday, October 10th, 2015. Put it on your calendar and don’t miss it.
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