Sixth District Walking Tour Kickoff Today!

I kick off my walking tour of the Sixth District today, exactly one month before the Sept. 9 primary, with a 20-mile hike along the Lake Wobegon Trail from Freeport to St. Joseph.

At 9 AM this morning, I will be at Charlie’s Café in Freeport, accompanied by my family, to meet local residents and listen to their concerns. From there, I will proceed on foot along the Lake Wobegon Trail with my four children (aged 13, 11, 9, and 2) on bicycles. I expect to reach the Albany trailhead by noon; the Avon trailhead by 2 PM; and the St. Joseph trailhead by 5 PM.

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UPDATE

Still standing after 20 miles on foot along the Lake Wobegon Trail from Freeport to St. Joe.

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IN THE MEDIA

From the blog of St. Cloud Times political reporter Lawrence Schumacher

The Political Quarry Digging for the truth in Central Minnesota

Just Like Caine Did

College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University professor Aubrey Immelman is getting his campaign to win the 6th Congressional District Republican Party nomination from U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann off to a walking start.

Immelman will begin walking the district from end-to-end at 9 a.m. Saturday with a kickoff press conference at Charlie’s Café, 155 Main St., Freeport, on the western edge of the district.

He and his four children (ages 2 to 13) will walk the Lake Wobegon Trail to St. Joseph on Saturday, according to a news release.

On Monday, he said he plans to begin walking U.S. Highway 10 from the St. Cloud area to Blaine, and ending up in Stillwater by the end of the week.

Immelman said it will give him a chance to “introduce myself to Sixth District residents, listen to their concerns and talk to local media.”

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Note: Making the kids walk the 20-plus miles from Freeport to St. Joe might border on the cruel and unusual, so the older ones were on their bikes and the 2-year-old in a bicycle carriage.

At the St. Joseph trailhead of the Lake Wobegon Trial after completing a 20-mile walk from Freeport to St. Joe. (From left to right) Pam, Tim (13), Elizabeth (9), Matt (11), Patrick (2), and Aubrey Immelman.

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IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST

The Homecoming

By Sharon Cohen | The Associated Press | August 9, 2008

Veterans and volunteers hold U.S. flags during a June 14, 2008, memorial service in Bloomington for Minnesota National Guard soldiers who were killed in Iraq. (Photo credit: Jae C. Hong / The Associated Press)

Full story (Part 7 of 7)

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