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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
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VALUE SHRS OR SH/ PUT/ INVESTMENT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DISCRETION MANAGER SOLE SHARED NONE
3M Co. COM 88579y101 657 4,585 SH   SOLE   4,585 0 0
American Express COM 025816109 1,577 16,618 SH   SOLE   16,618 0 0
Ameriprise Financial Inc. COM 03076c106 444 3,702 SH   SOLE   3,702 0 0
Apple Computer COM 037833100 4,399 47,341 SH   SOLE   47,341 0 0
Archer Daniels Midland COM 039483102 254 5,750 SH   SOLE   5,750 0 0
Autozone Inc COM 053332102 3,043 5,675 SH   SOLE   5,675 0 0
BP PLC-Spons. ADR COM 055622104 4,016 76,131 SH   SOLE   76,131 0 0
Baxter Intl Inc COM 071813109 252 3,479 SH   SOLE   3,479 0 0
Berkshire Hathaway Cl. A. (100 COM 084990175 380 200 SH   SOLE   200 0 0
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.Cl.B COM 084670207 7,528 59,483 SH   SOLE   59,483 0 0
C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. COM 12541w209 5,262 82,485 SH   SOLE   82,485 0 0
Chevron Corp. COM 166764100 3,369 25,806 SH   SOLE   25,806 0 0
Cisco Systems Inc. COM 17275r102 3,617 145,553 SH   SOLE   145,553 0 0
Coach Inc. COM 189754104 4,105 120,066 SH   SOLE   120,066 0 0
Comcast Corp Spl Cl A COM 20030n200 5,187 97,265 SH   SOLE   97,265 0 0
DuPont deNemours COM 263534109 2,911 44,489 SH   SOLE   44,489 0 0
Duke Energy Corp. COM 26441c204 3,886 52,384 SH   SOLE   52,384 0 0
EMC Corporation COM 268648102 2,820 107,068 SH   SOLE   107,068 0 0
Edison International COM 281020107 5,563 95,739 SH   SOLE   95,739 0 0
Exxon Mobil Corporation COM 30231g102 1,088 10,804 SH   SOLE   10,804 0 0
First Mainer Bank Corp Reorg COM 320795107 1 10,200 SH   SOLE   10,200 0 0
General Mills COM 370334104 2,402 45,717 SH   SOLE   45,717 0 0
GlobalStar Inc. COM 378973408 127 30,000 SH   SOLE   30,000 0 0
Home Depot COM 437076102 267 3,294 SH   SOLE   3,294 0 0
International Business Machine COM 459200101 351 1,938 SH   SOLE   1,938 0 0
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 5,245 50,135 SH   SOLE   50,135 0 0
Lockheed Martin Corporation COM 539830109 5,216 32,452 SH   SOLE   32,452 0 0
Loews Corporation COM 540424108 5,947 135,120 SH   SOLE   135,120 0 0
MDU Resources COM 552690109 243 6,931 SH   SOLE   6,931 0 0
Markel Corp COM 570535104 5,422 8,270 SH   SOLE   8,270 0 0
Medtronic, Inc. COM 585055106 4,222 66,212 SH   SOLE   66,212 0 0
Merck & Co. COM 58933y105 3,103 53,642 SH   SOLE   53,642 0 0
Metlife Inc COM 59156r108 2,853 51,351 SH   SOLE   51,351 0 0
Microsoft Corporation COM 594918104 5,267 126,295 SH   SOLE   126,295 0 0
Nestle SA ADR COM 641069406 4,297 55,327 SH   SOLE   55,327 0 0
Noble Corp PLC COM g65431101 4,983 148,469 SH   SOLE   148,469 0 0
Novartis AG-ADR COM 66987v109 5,015 55,396 SH   SOLE   55,396 0 0
Petsmart Inc. COM 716768106 3,364 56,251 SH   SOLE   56,251 0 0
Pfizer Corp COM 717081103 3,214 108,282 SH   SOLE   108,282 0 0
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 4,581 58,285 SH   SOLE   58,285 0 0
Qualcomm Inc COM 747525103 5,282 66,695 SH   SOLE   66,695 0 0
Republic Services Inc COM 760759100 3,675 96,794 SH   SOLE   96,794 0 0
Royal Dutch Shell PLC-ADR A COM 780259206 250 3,031 SH   SOLE   3,031 0 0
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 3,645 30,900 SH   SOLE   30,900 0 0
Siemens AG - Spons ADR COM 826197501 2,451 18,545 SH   SOLE   18,545 0 0
Target Corporation COM 87612e106 3,201 55,239 SH   SOLE   55,239 0 0
Techne Corporation COM 878377100 1,486 16,052 SH   SOLE   16,052 0 0
Teva Pharmaceutical SP-ADR COM 881624209 5,751 109,702 SH   SOLE   109,702 0 0
The ADT Corporation COM 00101j106 4,099 117,325 SH   SOLE   117,325 0 0
The Mosaic Company COM 61945c103 4,080 82,507 SH   SOLE   82,507 0 0
Total SA-Spon ADR COM 89151e109 3,282 45,455 SH   SOLE   45,455 0 0
Vanguard Total Stock Market COM 922908769 3,262 32,050 SH   SOLE   32,050 0 0
Verizon Communications COM 92343v104 266 5,435 SH   SOLE   5,435 0 0
Wells Fargo Company COM 949746101 229 4,366 SH   SOLE   4,366 0 0
Willis Group Holdings Ltd COM g96666105 3,860 89,150 SH   SOLE   89,150 0 0
WisdomTree Total Dividend Fund COM 97717w109 323 4,510 SH   SOLE   4,510 0 0
Xcel Energy Inc. COM 98389b100 2,112 65,525 SH   SOLE   65,525 0 0
iShares DJ Select Dividend COM 464287168 548 7,115 SH   SOLE   7,115 0 0
iShares Russell 3000 Index Fun COM 464287689 207 1,754 SH   SOLE   1,754 0 0
Vanguard FTSE All-World Ex U INTL EQ 922042775 3,014 57,645 SH   SOLE   57,645 0 0
Bank of America 7.25% PFD 060505682 475 405 SH   SOLE   405 0 0
Goldman Sachs Group Inc 3 Mo L PFD 38144g804 2,119 103,800 SH   SOLE   103,800 0 0
JP Morgan Chase 5.5% PFD 48126e750 1,630 71,100 SH   SOLE   71,100 0 0
MetLife Inc. 3 Mo LIBOR + 100b PFD 59156r504 1,187 50,175 SH   SOLE   50,175 0 0
Metlife Inc. 6.5% PFD 59156r603 1,481 57,975 SH   SOLE   57,975 0 0
PNC Financial Services 6.125% PFD 693475857 2,267 82,564 SH   SOLE   82,564 0 0
TCF Financial 7.5% Pfd PFD 872277207 773 29,050 SH   SOLE   29,050 0 0
Telephone & Data Systems 6.625 PFD 879433852 1,383 55,400 SH   SOLE   55,400 0 0
US Bancorp 3 Mo LIBOR + 60bp PFD 902973155 4,170 187,835 SH   SOLE   187,835 0 0
Wells Fargo 5.85% 09/15/2023 PFD 949746556 2,986 115,125 SH   SOLE   115,125 0 0
Wells Fargo Co 7.5% PFD 949746804 279 230 SH   SOLE   230 0 0
CBRE Clarion Global Real Estat RE 12504g100 3,068 336,801 SH   SOLE   336,801 0 0
SPDR DJ Wilshire Int'l Real Es RE 78463x863 1,957 44,228 SH   SOLE   44,228 0 0
Vanguard Reit Vipers RE 922908553 2,095 27,998 SH   SOLE   27,998 0 0
iShares Cohen & Steers Realty RE 464287564 1,325 15,173 SH   SOLE   15,173 0 0