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'Jiggs' Blanck dies at 73

Howard H. "Jiggs" Blanck, a businessman and public servant who possessed what seemed to be...they thought their father, Howard A. Blanck was a role model for Jiggs Blanck. Their father served on the city council from 1949-51 and from...

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Our opinion: 'Jiggs' Blanck

...social networking" was commonplace, Howard H. "Jiggs" Blanck was connected to the people and city he loved. To...spirit. Every city should have the support of a "Jiggs" Blanck. Brainerd was fortunate to have him in its corner...

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Howard 'Jiggs' Blanck

Howard Harvey "Jiggs" Blanck, age 73, of Brainerd, was called home to the Lord on Tuesday...Minn., to Howard A. and Lois S. (Hanson) Blanck. Howard 'Jiggs' Blanck He attended Brainerd Schools and graduated from Washington High...

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Obituaries
It's official! The ribbon-cutting of College Drive

...when the city reconstructed the Laurel Street bridge. He recalls then Mayor C. Elmer Anderson and Council President Jiggs Blanck driving across the bridge waving."This is so exciting," said Wallin. "There are 15,000 people a day going through...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-10-26/its-official-ribbon-cutting-college-
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Goedker won't run for re-election

...next year he encouraged people to consider running for his seat. He said he remembered former council member Howard "Jiggs" Blanck encouraging him to run for office 10 years ago so a candidate wouldn't run without opposition.Goedker, 40, said...

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Political
Council members say goodbye

...member of the Noon Sertoma Club and a recent graduate of Central Lakes College. Originally encouraged by Howard "Jiggs" Blanck to run for mayor so he could put his name out there, Goedker lost his first race for a Brainerd city post, but won...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-12-16/council-members-say-goodbye
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Thirty Lakes Watershed District announces board members

Thirty Lakes Watershed District announced Howard "Jiggs" Blanck as its new advisory board member. The district's other advisory board members include: Robert Albrecht, Alex Bogdanovich...

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Council remembers 'Jiggs'

The Brainerd City Council on Monday held a moment of silence for a former council member, Howard "Jiggs" Blanck, who died Dec. 1 at the age of 73. Council member Bob Olson, who served with Blanck on the city council in the 1970s, said...

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Overheard

I have no doubt he's up there now kind of organizing things. -Mary Koep, Brainerd City Council member, on the death of Jiggs Blanck.

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This was Brainerd

...There will be six candidates on the ballot for two seats when school district voters go to the polls Tuesday: Howard "Jiggs" Blanck, Ruth Gmeinder, Forest Hyatt, Jim Koerper, Steve Smith and incumbent Jim Rabehl. 30 years ago (1979) A report...

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