Toothpick Boss creates replica of St. Wenceslaus Church
By:
Pamela Sherlock, Special to The New Prague Times
An up close photo shows the detail of using roughly 13,280 toothpicks to recreate St. Wenceslaus Church.
(Photos courtesy of Pamela Sherlock)
Jerry Hackett has been an avid gardener all his life, famous for growing tomatoes taller than he. But when he and his wife, Pat, moved from their retirement home in Bemidji in 2016 to a one level townhome in Shakopee to be nearer their children, there was simply no space for Jerry to ply his green thumb. Keenly active, Jerry needed something to do. Then he remembered the toothpick projects one of their...
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