Musician Gunderson Makes Final Push in Kickstarter

Making music isn't a cheap venture. Virginia, Minn. native Preston Gunderson has always known that.

That's why he turned to the fundraising website Kickstarter to fund his next album.

Gunderson's Kickstarter campaign is in the final days and he and his street team are making a final push to raise the money he needs to help create the album of his dreams.

Gunderson has until noon on Friday, March 1st to reach his goal of raising $11,500 to fund his next album.

Gunderson's last album made it's way into the top 100 on the iTunes pop chart and he's hoping that this album, "Getting Good at Starting Over" can have even more success.

Gunderson has been active in the Northern Minnesota communties doing lots of work for flood relief efforts following the summer of 2012 floods along with his community at the College of St. Scholastica.

If you've got a few dollars to spare, the link to his Kickstarter campaign is below:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/89762439/getting-good-at-starting-over

More music from Gunderson can be found on YouTube and iTunes.

MMA Returns to Black Bear Casino

Saturday, February 8th was fight night once again at Black Bear Casino in Carlton, Minn. as the Fearless Fighting Championship returned for the 12th time. The show, titled Relentless, put on quite a show for the fans and lived up to the name. Fighters stepped in to the cage and held nothing back.

The action was non-stop from the sound of the first bell, until the final punch was thrown.

There were 18 fights on the card, including one title fight and two professional bouts.

More information to follow.

Photo by Sarah Packingham

Jesse Rogge (top) from Duluth's Twin Ports Mixed Martial Arts begins the brutal ground and pound against Gordon Hanson. Rogge went on to finished the fight at 1:25 of the third round due to TKO. This fight was Rogge's second win in a row. Rogge won his previous fight by submission.

 Photo by Sarah Packingham

Mario Smirl gets interviewed following his first cage fight and first win. Smirl defeated Paul Bouiver at 59 seconds of round two. Smirl trains at Twin Ports Mixed Martial Arts in Duluth, Minn.

Photo by Sarah Packingham

Victor Tobias from Twin Ports Mixed Martial Arts attempts to outwork opponent Mike Oravis in the first round of their fight. Tobias went on to beat Oravis by head arm triangle at 1:30 of round two.



Getting Back Into the Swing of Things

I’ve been wanting to get back into this personal blog thing for awhile and let’s be honest, I’ve just been lazy about it. Absolutely, incredibly lazy.

My last blog that I started was strictly about sports, which was great, for those who like sports. But that way, it weeded out some potential readers.

This blog is going to be a little bit more vague, but give some extra attention to those hobbies/pastimes I love the most. Those hobbies include: sports, music, exercise and fitness.

Please consider subscribing to my blog. I promise to keep you entertained, get you fun and different information on various sports, local musicians, new workout tips, recipes and every once in awhile, I may even give you a glimpse into my life.

For those of you who were previous subscribers, I promise not to disappoint you this time.

~ Sarah