Alice Kvistad
Services for Alice Kvistad, 90, of Granite Falls took place at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 27, 2022, at Rock Haven Church in Granite Falls.
September 2022
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Kilowatt Community Center News
Healthy Tip of the Week: What is a superfood anyway? Fruits and vegetables are protective to health as they’re helpful at reducing the risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, and some cancers. They’re also low in calories, which helps prevent obesity.
Volleyball team takes on Wabasso
The Yellow Medicine East Volleyball team took on the Wabasso Rabbits last Thursday for a 0-3 loss in their first game of the season. Leaders in that game included Hannah Stark who had five kills, four serve aces, two blocks. Gracie Kleven scored an additional nine kills, fifteen digs. Scoring from that game follows: YME (0-1) 19 23 23 Wabasso (1-0) 25 25 25 Individual Scoring: Serving (aces): Hannah Stark 4, Kiara Sakry 1, Nicole Rillo 1, Riley Streich 1; Set assists: Aria Peters 30, Gracie Kleven 1, Kayla Nordaune 2, Sakry 1; Hitting (kills): Kleven 9, Stark 8, Sakry 8, Rillo 9; Blocking (aces): Peters 2, Kleven 1, Stark 2, Nevaeh Chaparro 3, Rillo 5; Digs (5 or more): Nordaune 27, Sakry 19, Peters 18, Kleven 15, Streich 8.
YME Tennis team starts off season
Last Tuesday, the Yellow Medicine East girls tennis team took on Luverne for a 2-5 loss in their season opener. Scoring from that game follows: Singles: Hope Stark, YME, def Rayann Remme 6-4, 6-4; Liz Ross, YME, def Tori Hemme 5-7, 6-1, 10-2; Priscilla Muehr def Hope Foy, YME 6-2, 6-2; Augusta Papik def Emma Keller YME 6-1, 6-1 Doubles: Katharine Kelm/Sarah Stegenga def Katelyn Luepke/Abigail Jimenez YME 6-0, 6-0; Cassi Chelsey/Roselynn Hartshorn, def Sarana West/ Brianna Nelson YME 6-1, 6-0; Morgan Hadler/Caitlin Kindt def Reagan Streich/ Breea Johnson YME 6-0, 6-0.
This week’s scheduled YME sports events
Thursday, September 1st: -4:30 p.m. Girls Varsity Tennis Match vs Lac qui Parle Valley at Home.
Notes from the Granite Area Arts Council
Your new community artist in residence Leah Cook was welcomed by a popcorn-munching, icecream- slurping crowd at the Memorial Park picnic shelter on Thursday the 25th. “How did this mini artist debutante ball go, Leah?” we asked, and she answered: “I gotta tell you, Granite Falls, you really know how to show to welcome a person.
River Ramblings…
Dave Smiglewski Travelers on Highway 212 have recently experienced a shift onto a new segment of roadway between Cologne and Chaska/ Carver. The shift places both directions of traffic onto the newly built lanes that will eventually be for west bound traffic only.
Granite Falls Chamber News
Greetings! School is starting and Fall is almost here! It has been busy at the Chamber office this month. Each month, about 30 to 40 inquiries are made thru telephone calls, emails, and visits to the chamber office/ lobby. Update on August’s website analytics and Facebook information… In the month of August, our website, Granitefallschamber. com has had increased activity, with our Local stories/guides page, Events page, Newsletters page, and Member Directory pages getting the most activity. On Facebook, we received over 1,000 FB likes with our Shop Local post and we have 1,442 FB followers and Instagram 208. Follow our Facebook page for up-to-date information.
Memory Care Corner: Gaining Insight
A couple of articles ago, I explained the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS). In my last article, I shared about the Theory of Retrogenesis and how this theorizes that Alzheimer’s Disease will cause the brain to deteriorate in almost a reverse order of how it once developed. Today I am going to combine the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) and the Theory of Retrogenesis (which to save space I will abbreviate to ToR) so you can hopefully gain insight into the care needs of people living with Alzheimer’s. To review, in the GDS, there are seven stages to Alzheimer’s Disease. The first stage there are no complaints of memory problems and no evidence of cognitive deficits upon examination. The second stage is very mild cognitive decline and there are some reports of memory problems. According to the (ToR), stages 1 & 2 places the person abilities as that of an adult. Stage 3 on the GDS shows mild cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment. At a stage 3, an individual might find it harder to keep up with a demanding job and may start to have some denial about memory issues. By utilizing the ToR, this compares to that of an adolescent. This makes sense to me as an adolescent, for example would have difficulties holding a demanding job.
Clarkfield Community Closeup
Clarkfield American Legion & Auxiliary Potluck Supper at 6pm at the City Hall on Wed. September 14th. Jerrod Lobdell & Brittany Swenson got married outside of Cold Springs last weekend. Those attending were Jeff & Sharon Lobdell, Lacey & Aaron, Samantha, Seth & Tessa.