Kettle River News

I am looking forward to attending the Finnish luncheon Tuesday, Sept. 20, at noon at the Kettle River senior center and seeing what we will have then — maybe another reading on the area’s history. This is always a great time to visit with friends we see only once a month. The last Finnish luncheon for the season will be Oct. 18.

When I was young, my next-door neighbor had an ice box. The iceman would bring her blocks of ice every day. During the hot summer days, all the neighborhood kids would anxiously wait for him to stop in front of our house and bring the ice into her house. As soon as he was gone, we would all run to grab a small chunk of ice from his truck. It always seemed to taste so good. It wasn’t until I got older that I realized that the ice was cut from the river during the winter and stored, packed in sawdust, until summer. However, I don’t think we ever got sick from eating that ice.