Roseau Times-Region - Serving Roseau County for over 100 Years - The Official Roseau County Newspaper

Every so often I think of the people I miss. Some just brought a smile to my face while others were a touch of class.

Many of them were just passing acquaintances that I bumped into during interviews.

Others were friends, neighbors, and storekeepers.

Some were scamps and damn few were saints.

It was a nice mix of the good, the bad, and the ugly.

It must be almost 30 years since I found myself with a bunch of ladies of all ages who had been manual telephone operators in Roseau when they worked in a little building next to the now long gone Children's Home.

That was when they had to individua...