Memories and Metaphors

This afternoon I rode my bike to the Albert Lea Public Library in search of a book recommended to me by my friend, Sara Aeikens. She told me she’d written an article in “Albert Lea Remembers” about Mitch’s Gas Station, a once popular hangout that had been left to vandals and had become an eyesore in her neighborhood.

Sara, with the help of others, prepared the small station for auction, but not before meeting some measure of resistance. In addition, two tanks in the ground in front of the store had to be removed. Once this was done, it was finally auctioned off and sold to Family Treasures Estate Sales, who then fixed it up to be the beautiful building it is today.

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