Created: June 14, 2021 07:25 PM
(ABC 6 News) - If you ve driven anywhere near downtown Rochester lately, you ve probably noticed a major road is missing. The city is in the middle of a year-long construction project on North Broadway.
Construction there began in April and is expected to last through November this year. The construction is blocking off a major part of downtown Rochester and restricting access to local businesses. I would say our business is down thirty to forty percent, Jeff Minske, who owns Minske Bait, Tackle, and Custom Rods, said.
Jeff s business is right on North Broadway. He said the construction is making it difficult for customers to get to his store and it hurts because this is normally his busiest time of year.
JAMES FREDERICK DEROUIN
A little man with a big heart. In his high school class of 100 (50 being boys) eleven of them were named James. To lessen confusion they decided to call each other by their middle names. That is how Jim/Fred got to be known as Jim to some people while others only knew him as Fred.
Jim/Fred was the original owner of the Only Shoe Repair on North Broadway, known for its excellent workmanship and the tree out front with brightly painted shoes hanging from the branches. He took pride in his work and won several national shoe repair competitions.
Ex-Husky Mark Pattison Begins his Quest to Tackle Mount Everest
The former UW and NFL wide receiver is one step away from reaching the top of the world s Seven Summits.
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Apr 1, 2021
Mark Pattison, the former University of Washington and NFL football player turned mountain climber, is off to the Himalayas.
On Tuesday night, he left Sun Valley, Idaho, for what could be two months of intense mountaineering in Asia to navigate one of the world s biggest challenges.
Rather than hold up four fourth-quarter fingers, the one-time Husky wide receiver has seven raised high for this adventure.
Pattison will attempt to reach the top of 29,029-foot Mount Everest, which rests on the Chinese-Nepalese border, ranks as the highest peak on the planet and for this climber will the last of the Seven Summits to conquer.