Anita LeBrun’s months-long campaign to allow her retirement home to serve alcohol paid off Tuesday, when Amira Choice in Champlin, Minnesota, held its first happy hour under new state law.
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LeBrun, who testified before state lawmakers in March, drank a glass of pinot grigio wearing a shirt decorated with glittery wineglasses.
“It was very rewarding,” said LeBrun, 82. “And to think that we started way back in February, it just gave me a good feeling that I had done my best.”
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed the bill — known among lawmakers as the “Grandparents’ Happy Hour” bill — on July 14 allowing state nursing homes and assisted-living facilities to serve alcohol without an additional license. The new law went into effect Saturday.
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With her legal fight complete, LeBrun said she is looking forward to dedicating more time to her book and gardening clubs. She said the past few months have taught her and her peers a lesson.
“You got to keep plugging along,” she said, then deadpanned: “Even if you’re old.”
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