tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18937286.post3106743830672867281..comments2023-10-26T01:38:32.151-05:00Comments on The Cepia Club Blog: Regenerating CommunityScipio Cepicanushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17631830262399035550noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18937286.post-44735246080985100562008-10-15T20:35:00.000-05:002008-10-15T20:35:00.000-05:00Well stated. I grew up in Centuria in the 70'...Well stated. I grew up in Centuria in the 70's & 80's. It was a wonderful place to grow up....like our own little Mayberry, U.S.A.<BR/><BR/>I have since graduated from college, gone to grad school, found employement with a Fortune 50 company in St. Paul, and made my home in New Richmond.<BR/><BR/>I miss the good 'ol days of a Centuria gone by. When I make the occasional pass on my way "up North", I'm saddened by the utter breakdown and decay. What a sad little town it has become. It was once such a lovely little bedroom community with a thriving mainstreet business area.<BR/><BR/>I remember the days when we had two grocery stores on Main Street--yes, two! At the same time, the community well-supported a hardware store, clothing store, a beauty shop, a full-service drug store, a small shoe store, and of all things....a full-service television shop (remember when they used to actually repair TV's and not just dump them in landfills?).<BR/><BR/>I guess this is what some call progress....mostly the Sam Walton's of the world.<BR/><BR/>Heidi 'Aherns' Viebrock<BR/>Former Centuria ResidentHeidi Viebrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01646991008304490951noreply@blogger.com