Girl Scout cookies hit RF: 3/4 million of them

• Cookie courier

Ray Radd of St. Paul said he'll be working for the next week, assisting with delivery of Girl Scout cookies to communities across western Wisconsin, throughout southern Minnesota and norther Iowa.
• Cookie line

Troop leaders and "Cookie Moms" from River Falls and Prescott lined up in armory parking lot to await their orders of Girl Scout cookies Wednesday morning. Steve Dzubay photos.

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Girl Scout cookies hit River Falls Wednesday morning, all 5,500 cases of them.

A snaking line of 15 mini-vans and sport utility vehicles looped around the armory parking lot as four Girl Scout employees toted cases of Thin Mints, Samoas and Tagalongs from trailer to trunks.

Tina Boeh, product sales manager with Girl Scouts of Minnesota & Wisconsin River Valleys watched over the process.

Boeh said sales are off perhaps 3 percent from previous years but that still meant 5,500 cases, each loaded with 12 boxes of cookies, were off-loaded in town.

Throughout the day, troop leaders and other volunteers shuttled cases of cookies to homes and at least one business -- the River Falls Journal warehouse -- for sorting into delivery lots.

Those who've not yet had the chance to purchase cookies can look for Girl Scouts to be selling at various venues around River Falls in the coming month.

Scouts will have sales tables set up this Saturday and next weekend near the entrances of Dick's Fresh Market and Econofoods in River Falls. Sales will occur between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

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