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Writer's pictureJodi Rae

Brainerd International Raceway & Blessings



When Joe and I were dating, he gave me a ring early in our relationship, a promise ring. Purchased at Van Drake Jewelers in West St. Paul.


Joe was very much into working on his El Camino, 'soupin' it up' big fat tires, and rumbling engine, "Hot Rod's" were my favorite, not race cars or motorcross (sorry Michael Gauthier!).


This little ring my future husband gave me was used in our wedding ceremony.





It wasn't until several years after our wedding I'd discussed getting the other part of it, which he stated he'd never thought to purchase. I went to Van Drake's and discussed this with Craig Olsen. He stated he'd just melted it down after all of those years, but he could recreate it.


Then, thus began the discovery of the process of building a new partner of the ring.


Mr. Olsen created the wax ring and I tried it on. It was so delicate. I was very excited to have this piece, it was completed in no time. Then Craig welded the two pieces together.


I am searching for this item, and other rings my spouse gave to me per the letter Raynard Youngberg has stated, "the jewelry is in his possession", even though as state, I sent him a certified letter, and the Askov Mail Clerk attempted to personally deliver the letter of request to have my jewelry back.


But what of Brainerd Raceway International, Crow Wing County, Minnesota?


I guess, unbeknownst to me, my son's father had a slight change of heart being with us. When I firstly told him of being pregnant, he'd suggested giving Jason up for adoption. I did not even think for a minute of this and was sadden, but forward moving due to my parents support I was able to stay with them in their home in West St. Paul, Minnesota.


Just before Jason was born, Joe tossed a letter in the mail box of the front door. My mother called to me as I was sleeping. She'd obviously read the letter, and handed it to me. The message was "he and Brian Lind, my high school classmate, they were going to Brainerd Raceway!" Instead they went to California to visit Crystal Meyers, his 'horse-showing girlfriend' whom apparently he was still "in love with" though he'd made no mention of this to me during our dating years.


The following are some items missing from my collection of jewelry which might be considered, 'Royal Collection' given my discovery of our ancestry, and my descendant from King Edward III, King James I, Stewart, King William IV, but they are small items that are dear to me and not really of the 'royal estate' if you did not recognize me as "A Royal" before, then it is just simply cruelty and theft for Raynard to have allowed me to be locked up for six months via "his socialite friends of Pine County", who instead told the judge I was asking the sheriff to look for a dead man rather than I was as I am today, seeking my jewelry back.


















Well Joe and Brian, who is sitting to my right in this photo, they did come back from California, and in this photo, I am five months pregnant with Jasmine, and we were married with my father's blessing (as you can see in the above picture) at the Church of St. Joseph West St. Paul, Minnesota.





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