https://www.mransomwriter.com/ransom-notes daily 0.75 2024-03-21 https://www.mransomwriter.com/ransom-notes/2024/3/21/work-hard-be-honest monthly 0.5 2024-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1efdfa35-afff-401b-aa4f-370bb249d054/aunt+jean+cropped.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - Work Hard, Be Honest - Make it stand out Aunt Jean engrossed in Work Hard Be Honest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/783f8ca8-96e5-4c16-bdee-41c34b616e4d/young+dad+and+jean.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - Work Hard, Be Honest - Make it stand out Aunt Jean with my dad, Jim. 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No, It's the Masters! - Make it stand out With Ben at the 2019 Masters Golf Tournament https://www.mransomwriter.com/ransom-notes/2021/3/20/the-battle-of-turtle-creek monthly 0.5 2021-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1616278292203-LR5DDEWTRCBK26CEE6KK/Scan_20210320.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - The Battle of Turtle Creek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1616278437173-DK561DIWFFAA1RVEMM3J/TurtleCreekClub_18_9_BSS.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - The Battle of Turtle Creek https://www.mransomwriter.com/ransom-notes/2020/3/12/just-keep-paddling-jr3hr monthly 0.5 2021-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1584024081049-H94VDTNAQFFYV5FR2TUP/Fess1.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - "Just Keep Paddling!" 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Ron loved the outdoors, especially on days he could catch fish like this big muskie. https://www.mransomwriter.com/ransom-notes/2019/10/12/thanks-for-the-memories monthly 0.5 2020-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1570922085089-PLZ9Q9PTCJJYJDFXBKMY/Sue+graduation.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - Thanks for the Memories Sue’s high school graduation picture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1570922445427-9636GWEFA9HHKCDV07RZ/with+Willie.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - Thanks for the Memories My dad and Sue with Willie Nelson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1570922177633-WRJSI61FM184Z66K50M0/sue+being+sue.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - Thanks for the Memories Sue being Sue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1570922277778-D6W1VRM3R3CWEELSZNF9/willie+on+stage+1.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - Thanks for the Memories Just off stage with Willie Nelson and his band — Midway Stadium St. Paul https://www.mransomwriter.com/ransom-notes/2019/3/20/all-the-time-in-the-world monthly 0.5 2020-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1553092328287-3AJSV1BREI9AQLU9LANP/Good+Cover.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - All the Time in the World https://www.mransomwriter.com/ransom-notes/2019/1/9/charlie-girls-light-still-shines monthly 0.5 2019-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1547082725909-ERLC7W1QISZH5267WPH7/charlie+girl+logo.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - Charlie Girl's Light Still Shines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1547081334368-4ZQMUARNVR03MYRKSKBC/charlotte+2.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - Charlie Girl's Light Still Shines Charlotte McManimon (Charlie Girl) touched many lives during her short life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1547081601493-NEZW0XPFJBE7W7WLEPPX/photo+5.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - Charlie Girl's Light Still Shines Vidar and Emily Vikre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1547081793356-K6KBSPJHH0QGG4T1NE9N/photo+1.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - Charlie Girl's Light Still Shines The McManimons: Crosby, Ryan, Kelly, and Elliott https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1547081446322-X5WLX1PSCGINKOPCFJFQ/clark+big+heart.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - Charlie Girl's Light Still Shines Clark Hillestad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1547081146824-JY4XUXJF5DZEDXDDHVU7/benefit+1.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - Charlie Girl's Light Still Shines The 2017 and 2018 Charlie Girl Foundation benefits were held at the historic John P. Furber Farm in Cottage Grove. https://www.mransomwriter.com/ransom-notes/2018/5/26/a-memorial-day-memory monthly 0.5 2021-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1527385061936-HHT8TVZ7NNTM3X40SCH9/flag+by+clear+lake.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - A Memorial Day Memory Clear Lake, Iowa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1527385648875-P98VCURAMIC40NKT90J9/Dad+-+hi+res.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - A Memorial Day Memory Jim Ransom https://www.mransomwriter.com/ransom-notes/2018/5/12/a-final-blessing monthly 0.5 2018-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1526132506156-DSZ93I63UWZ6KPYI5FS7/C7+-+tom+in+uniform+viet+nam.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - A Final Blessing Tom’s entering photo into the U.S. Army https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1526132389248-K49DIJZ6RGFPMPBBWRYN/Tom+Mayo+Clinic.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - A Final Blessing Dr. Tom McDonald https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1526132707300-V9ECPEPPEAG8XLEOCEIA/image-asset.jpeg Ransom Notes Blog Page - A Final Blessing Tom at the 12th Evac Hospital in Cu Chi https://www.mransomwriter.com/ransom-notes/2018/5/5/a-sons-farewell monthly 0.5 2018-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1525563359463-5K8EFEMZEPD13VZ3F679/mom+and+dad+wedding.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - A Son's Farewell Mom and Dad were married on August 27, 1948. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1525561723968-AJ66MXPSGTBJ0E9JQ9FH/Scan_20180505+%283%29.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - A Son's Farewell Mom and Dad on their 35th wedding anniversary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1525561529227-ZBZYOV5AG3C02ZYU38RB/Scan_20180505.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - A Son's Farewell Enjoying a good book with Mom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1525562533962-SBYFHRR3PD8XYUCP01BZ/just+mom.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - A Son's Farewell Mom in 1995 https://www.mransomwriter.com/ransom-notes/2018/3/2/courage-in-the-face-of-adversity monthly 0.5 2018-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1520017630223-G9TESWE079Y5T5KENH3J/Rebidas+Photo+4.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - Courage in the Face of Adversity Helen with her three children: Stanley, Ann, and Frank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1523140648502-UK3A06R8EJTMGXN5KRVN/Rebidas+Photo+1.jpg Ransom Notes Blog Page - Courage in the Face of Adversity Photo taken in 1929 at a Utrajczak family wedding. 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/298453e7-1176-46e5-b6e0-16965d275b69/2021+Sargents+history+booklet.jpg Company History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58d13c8ec534a5e7b8444d62/1490198785061-8DO6BASUR51V87BQ33Z6/dust+jacket+cover.jpg Company History Rochester Golf & Country Club—Celebrating a Century (2016) Pages: 180, Printing: Johnson Printing, Book Design: Emily Benike, Editing: Marjorie Toensing Located two miles west of the heart of downtown, Rochester Golf and Country Club celebrated its one-hundredth anniversary in 2016. Many of the world’s best golfers, including Gene Sarazen, Walter Hagen, Patti Berg, Byron Nelson, and Arnold Palmer, to name a few, have played this classic A.W. Tillinghast–designed course. This coffee table book contains photos and stories of the club’s history. I was privileged to be asked to write it and thoroughly enjoyed collaborating with graphic designer Emily Benike and editor Marjorie Toensing to create it. This project, and the Club, will always have a special place in my heart. Foreword Rochester Golf and Country Club. Just the name evokes contemplations of history and tradition. When I agreed to chair the Centennial Committee in 2015, I was eager to learn more about the club’s storied past. As we began to compile the historical memorabilia and stories that would be used in this book, I began to reflect on my own history at RGCC. Before moving to Colorado in 1980, our family belonged to the club, and I have fond memories of days spent at the pool, on the tennis courts, at the golf practice facility, and on the course. Some things have come and gone over the years. A platform tennis court, one of the few I have ever seen, commanded hours of battle with my brother and friends. Dodging wayward golf shots on the tennis courts increased our agility and provided added suspense to a tennis match. The diving board at the deep end of the pool called out to us for cannonballs, jackknives, and a few belly flops. The distinctive dull, flat “thud” of a Persimmon wood driver reinforced a crisply hit shot. Caddies struggled to manage two bags while attempting to locate a sliced ball deep in the woods. Although a number of things have changed at RGCC, many others have not. A massive, picturesque American elm still protects No. 18 green. Plaid pants never seem to quite go out of style. Stories of a Shelden or Member-Member tournament win continue to be retold months after the occurrence. Les Fields plays his trumpet at an event or a member’s birthday. Friends and family gather in a fun and welcoming environment. When we began working on this book, we quickly realized that the record keeping had not been as diligent as we might have wished over the years. Historical artifacts had been scattered. Boxes of memorabilia left in the lower level of the new clubhouse had been flooded during a torrential rain in 2002. Boxes that remained had minimal historical relevance. Substantial efforts have been put forth by a number of individuals to compile the material for this book and for the Centennial Hall and other celebration venues. Mike McNeil, John W.R. McNeil, Betty Kazos, and Martin Keefe scoured the Post-Bulletin and Historical Society archives. Mike Ransom, Mitch Anthony, and Chris Rustad structured an interview process for long-standing and former members. Mike Ransom and Emily Benike categorized the historical and more current information that ultimately formed the foundation for this book, which they organized, wrote, and designed. Numerous others have participated in our Centennial Committee, assisted with events, created Centennial Hall, and provided input. Thank you to all who have contributed. I hope this book brings back as many cherished memories for you as it has for me. I look forward to creating even more memories with all of you. Here’s to the next one hundred years at Rochester Golf and Country Club! 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