Abaalmarinta La Sharafay

Nancy Palm Countryman '59

Nancy waxay sannado badan u doodi jirtay dhalinyarada iyo ciyaaraha fudud ee Dugsiyada Minnetonka. Xiisaheeda, taageeradeeda iyo adeeggeeda daacadda ah sannadihii la soo dhaafay iyada oo loo marayo Diamond Club iyo Bennett Family Park ayaa damaanad qaaday in carruur badan ay ka qayb qaadan karaan ciyaaraha iyo inay helaan tas-hiilaad aad u fiican oo ay ku sii wataan riyooyinkooda ciyaaraha fudud ee Minnetonka.

Nancy waxay xiisaynaysay ciyaaraha hore. Markii ay dugsiga sare ku jirtay waxay ku lug lahayd ciyaaraha sida gabadhu wakhtigaas ku lug lahayd. Inta badan ciyaaraha gabdhaha waxay ahaayeen horyaallo nooca gudaha ah. Waxay firfircoonayd Ururka Ciyaaraha Gabdhaha (GAA), halkaas oo ay fursad u heshay inay ka baxdo fasalka si ay u siiso tartanka kooxda tennis-ka wiilasha inta ay ku jiraan tababarkooda, iyadana, "waxay ahayd inay ka faa'iidaysato." Waxay diiradda saartay tennis-ka, dabayaaqadii 1950-meeyadiina waxay ahayd haweeneyda ugu sarreysa ee tennis-ka ee Minnesota, laakiin sidoo kale waxay ciyaari jirtay baseball-ka iyo softball-ka, "iyadoo la socota ragga." Waxay sidoo kale ahayd tifaftiraha xayaysiinta ee buugga sanadka.

Nancy oo ku dhalatay Minnetonka, weligeed ma aysan guurin wax ka badan laba mayl iyo badh meeshii ay ku dhalatay. Awoowayaasheeda ayaa ka soo haajiray Scotland waxayna gaareen oo keliya waxbarasho fasalka lixaad ah. "Had iyo jeer waxay xoogga saaraan muhiimadda waxbarashada, waxayna u codeeyaan canshuuraha iskuulka iyo afti dadweyne," ayay tiri. Waxay si buuxda uga go'an tahay inay Minnetonka ka dhigto meesha ugu fiican ee carruurta. "Minnetonka had iyo jeer waxay ahayd bulsho isku xiran," ayay tiri. Waxay dhiganaysay Dugsiga Hoose ee Groveland, Dugsiga Hoose ee Deephaven iyo Dugsiga Sare ee Minnetonka. "Waxaan lahayn macallimiin aad u wanaagsan, waxaana u malaynayaa inay tahay sababta aan dhammaanteen si fiican u soo bandhignay. Waxay yimaadeen munaasabadahayaga. Way na danaynayeen."

Nancy waxay si mutadawacnimo ah ula shaqeysay Bennett Family Park, oo hoy u ah kubadda kolayga dhalinyarada ee Minnetonka iyo kubbadda jilicsan, muddo 42 sano ah. Waxay laba jeer madaxweyne ka ahayd waxayna hadda ku jirtaa guddigooda madaxweyne ku xigeen. "Waan jeclahay meeshan. Ma jirto meel kale oo la mid ah," ayay tiri, "Bennett ma laha magaalada, laakiin waxaa leh ciyaartoyda iyo qoysaska." Dhawaan waxay la shaqeysay mutadawiciin kale si ay u ururiyaan $1.2 milyan oo loogu talagalay dhismaha.

Nancy iyo ninkeeda, Jim, waxay is guursadeen 1962. Waa waalidiinta afar carruur ah, Steve, Scott, Rob, iyo Cathy (oo hore uga tirsanaan jiray Guddiga Dugsiga Minnetonka) iyo ayeeyooyin iyo carruur shan carruur ah leh. Nancy waxay ka qaybgashay dib-u-mideynteedii fasalka 50aad sannadkii 2009, waxayna ku ciyaareen ciyaar kooxeed oo kubadda jilicsan ah oo ka dhacday Bennett Park.

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