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Published May 31, 2011, 10:08 AM

Memorial Day observance continues despite storm sirens

The Memorial Day observance at Willow River Cemetery in Hudson drew a large crowd Monday despite the threat of rain. In fact, speaker Howard Nelson’s speech was interrupted by the sound of storm sirens at about 10:30 a.m.

By: Doug Stohlberg, Hudson Star-Observer

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    Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2115 and American Legion Post 50 gathered for a formal photograph before Monday's Memorial Day observance at Willow River Cemetery in Hudson. The group includes, from left, John Helgeson, Howard Nelson (Memorial Day speaker), Bernie McSorley, Jim Fosse, Warren Brown, Mark Schiltgen, Art Feyereisen, Orland Spielman, Jay Livermore, Mike Schlegel, Dale Schmidt, Gordy Knudson, Dave Kvarnes and Bob White. The bugler in front is Jameson Krause, grandson of Art Feyereisen.

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The Memorial Day observance at Willow River Cemetery in Hudson drew a large crowd Monday despite the threat of rain. In fact, speaker Howard Nelson’s speech was interrupted by the sound of storm sirens at about 10:30 a.m.

The severe weather, however, appeared to be well north of Hudson, and after the sirens subsided, the ceremony continued. Sirens in Hudson sounded three times on Monday, but no severe weather threatened the immediate Hudson area. Sirens sound throughout the county whenever a storm warning is issued. It sometimes confuses citizens because the storm may be in other parts of the county and not always a threat to an area where sirens are sounded.

For more Memorial Day photos see the atrtached photo gallery.

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