{"id":1727,"date":"2006-11-10T22:23:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-11T04:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/2006\/11\/10\/the-dogs-name-is-mary\/"},"modified":"2006-11-10T22:23:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-11T04:23:00","slug":"the-dogs-name-is-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/2006\/11\/10\/the-dogs-name-is-mary\/","title":{"rendered":"The dog’s name is Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s an email I (Orin) got from my dad the other day. Yes, this is the entire email:<\/p>\n

Hi Orin and Erin. Just to let you know that Erick was elected mayor and the
dog next door got 5 votes. DAD<\/i><\/p>\n

You see, in my hometown of Tyler, Minnesota, no one had filed to run for mayor by the filiing deadline – no one really wanted the job. My folks’ neighbor put a sign out in his front yard that his dog Mary was running for mayor. Eventually, a friend of mine from high school, Erick Harper, decided to run, along with a couple other guys, as a write-in candidate.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This is Erick. You can see a little more about his victory and other exciting aspects of Tyler, Minnesota life here at the Tyler Tribute<\/a> web page (that’s the weekly newspaper).<\/p>\n

For instance, elsewhere on the site, you can see a picture of other neighbors of mine growing up, Lorraine and Mervil Knudsen, trying to vote at the high school gym:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
I’m not sure who the elction worker is. Sorry.<\/p>\n

There’s also an interesting story on the 1939 time capsule discovered at the old hospital building which was recently torn down, about a block from where I grew up.<\/p>\n

Anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s an email I (Orin) got from my dad the other day. Yes, this is the entire email: Hi Orin and Erin. Just to let you know that Erick was elected mayor and thedog next door got 5 votes. DAD You see, in my hometown of Tyler, Minnesota, no one had filed to run for…<\/p>\n

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