TimFreeland.com

I was pleasantly surprised this morning when I found a large story and a photo of me doing card magic at the "Health Finders" gala on page 3A of the Sunday edition of the Faribault Daily News.  What a great event.  It was well attended and very classy.  I was able to walk around the crowd and entertain individual tables while they had dinner.   I was able to turn the "oh crap a magician" look into a "I can't believe what I just saw" look.  That's why I do what I do.

I did have to question the placement of this story.  Please don't confuse it's elegance and philanthropic tone with the murder and drunk driving story found on the left rail and the sex sting story on the right rail.  But heck, I work in the news industry.  There's only so much room on a page to fit in all the local content.

FARIBAULT - Magician hobbyist Tim Freeland delighted diners at Saturday night's "An Evening Under the Stars" HealthFinders 5th annual gala.
He did card and other slight-of-hand magic tricks. Those attending the gala, however, knew there is no magic cure to the issue of families and individuals without health insurance.

"The need is so great," said Rae Crumsby, co-chair of the HealthFinders Board of Directors. "When the free clinic started in the summer of 2005, it was open one night a week. Now it's open two nights a week for three hours each night, but we are scheduled out with appointments a month or more in advance."