UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday, May 30th: Granite Falls Legion Memorial Service 10 a.m. Serving food upstairs in the Legion at 11 a.m.
May 2022
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Beyond Reason
In the Hundred Acre Wood, during the season of spring, you will find Piglet spring cleaning, beating his rugs outside his tree house. Some say spring cleaning comes from Persian New Year (first day of Spring) or the Jewish anticipation of Passover. Others say it’s just the first time you can leave the windows open. Either way, it’s the time to streamline. But how?
From the Editor’s Desk
Whenever I have the opportunity to look through the newspaper’s archive books, I’m more than happy to spend hours leafing through the pages. While leafing through the Advocate Tribune archives I’ve come across classmates and photographs from my years at Yellow Medicine East. There’s even a photograph of me in the fifth grade at the school’s spelling bee.
Softball team takes on Lac qui Parle Valley, KMS
Last Tuesday, the Yellow Medicine East softball team played a double-header against Lac qui Parle Valley at home. In the first game, the girls took a loss 0-7.
YME Parent Teacher Organization hosts Father/Daughter Dance
Last Friday, the Yellow Medicine East Parent Teacher Organization hosted a Father/Daughter Dance with a “sockhop” theme in the Bert Raney Elementary Gymnasium. The event was held for BRE students in Kindergarten through 5th grade, and was organized by volunteers who helped with concessions, making bars, registration, running the DJ booth, taking photos, running games and prizes, set up and take-down. The dance has not been held for the last couple of years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event featured snacks, raffle prizes, a photo booth, and, of course, dancing. There was a freewill offering at the door. Photos Submitted
Thursday evening storm causes damage from winds
Between five and six p.m. Thursday evening, skies grew dark over the area, as a storm moved in that would produce winds that were recorded at up to 75 miles per hour in nearby Canby and up to 107 miles per hour in eastern South Dakota.
Bonita “Bonnie” Cordes
Bonita “Bonnie” Cordes, 75, of Pipestone died on Thursday, May 12, 2022, under hospice care at The Good Samaritan Communities of Pipestone. Visitation was held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, from 5 - 8 p.m. at 710 SE 4th St., Pipestone. A funeral service was held on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pipestone. Interment followed.
Michael Steven Sather
Michael Steven Sather was born February 27, 1955, in Montevideo, the son of Harry and Viola (Swenson) Sather. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Our Saviors Lutheran Church. He attended school in Montevideo graduating with the class of 1973.
Guila Kurtz
Memorial services for Guila Kurtz, 97, of Echo will take place at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at Rock Valle Lutheran Church rural Echo. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 20, 2022, at Sunset Funeral Home in Echo and will continue one hour prior to the service on Saturday at the church. Private family interment will follow in the Echo City Cemetery.
Adventure into History at Minnesota Society Sites and Museums this Summer
From hands-on Native Arts workshops to guided walking tours of the longest stretch of Victorian mansions remaining in the country, the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) welcomes all to learn and enjoy Historic Adventures at its sites and museums.