The Granite Falls Historical Society and Granite Area Arts Council collaborated with a Murder Mystery Dinner Theater Fundraiser: Murder on the Yellowstone Trail this Friday and Saturday at the Rock. Area residents came in droves to take part in the interactive performance, engaging to vote on the potential return of Prohibition in Granite Falls while also determining each evening’s murderer.
The Granite Falls Riverfront Revitalization held a meeting at Falls Café and Canoe on the evening of Wednesday, October 26th. There were 10 people present, including the group’s board members. Currently the treasurer’s position is open on the board, and they are looking to fill it. If anyone is interested, you can contact the GFRR group on Facebook by searching Granite Falls Riverfront Revitalization. They’ve also got a brand-new website that can be found at www. granitefallsriverfrontrevitalization. weebly.com. The group spoke about trying to organize a few events, one of which is singing Christmas carols by the river near the footbridge on the Winter Solstice, which is on Wednesday, December 21st. Another event they are trying to coordinate with is Ole’ and Lena Days. Possibly a lefse fling and some Smooshing. What is Smooshing? It’s a team event in which there are four people that have strapped themselves to 2x4’s and the goal is to be the fastest team to complete the course. There is some serious coordination involved with successfully completing a Smoosh game - for example, everyone needs to move together as one unit. A gentleman at the meeting explained to everyone that years ago there was a lefse fling, Smooshing, and bed races that were all held during Ole’ and Lena Days. GFRR is interested in bringing some of those activities back.
Last Friday evening, the Advocate Tribune, Montevideo-American News, Tri-County News, and Bluenose Gopher Public House co-hosted the Minnesota Cook-Off event featuring the best of Minnesota-style recipes from contestants. At the event, the late Howard Mohr’s wife Jody Mohr presented a copy of “How to Talk Minnesotan”, and a reading of “The Long Goodbye” was done by Editor Jessica Stölen-Jacobson. Tasters brought donations for the Food Shelf in the form of canned goods and cash, and voted on their favorites. Winners were: Hotdish - Jessica Stölen-Jacobson, Jell-O - Betsy Pardick, Bars - Cynthia Christians. Jody Mohr is pictured with the winners.
Over the weekend, volunteers gathered at the newly opened Advanced Recovery Opportunities (A.R.O.) building in downtown Montevideo to help put together a haunted house for the community. The facility is located in the lower level of the former Old National Bank Building in downtown Montevideo and serves a broad area in sobriety support. A small fee was charged to walk through the haunted house, with a little over 150 people visiting over the two nights it was held. All of the proceeds will go to assist in A.R.O. programs and operations.
Crowds gathered from look-out points along the Highway 212 overlook, and at Memorial Park on old Hwy 67 to watch the implosion of the former NSP plant just off Highway 212 on Wednesday morning. Xcel Energy hired company Veit to implode the structure most recently called the Minnesota Valley Generating Plant. The facility was constructed in the 1930s, providing electricity throughout the region until the 1990s, and was retired in 2009. Among the many bystanders were film crews from Kare 11 News, and Pioneer PBS’s Postcards, which will air the story of the building and the people that worked there in their upcoming Season (air date to be announced). Businesses and community members throughout Granite Falls reported hearing the sound of the implosion, and feeling the ground shake. Photos are stills from drone footage provided by Bill Sietsema. Follow the QR Code at the end to see video from the event.
On Friday, the Yellow Medicine East Varsity Volleyball team traveled to Clara City to take on MACCRAY in the playoffs. The team took a loss, 1-3, ending their season with a final standing of 7-17. Scoring from that game follows: YME (7-17) 21 14 25 22 MACCRAY (20-10) 25 25 21 25
Last week, the Yellow Medicine East Boys and Girls Cross Country teams traveled to the Section 3A Championships at Luverne High School. Leaders for the boys team were Dylan Castillo, finishing 93rd with a time of 20:33.70 and Connor Olson, finishing 125th with a time of 22:49.60. The girls team took the 15th place spot with a score of 397. Leaders included Sanjana Pullan in 42nd place with a time of 22:07.39, Anjeli PUllan finishing 43rd with a time of 22:07.76, Karina Jahn finishing 107th with a time of 25:50.25, Evelyn Martin finishing 109th with a time of 26:08.86 and Izabella Anderson finishing 125th with a time of 29:43.84.
Try to drink more water. Most of us don’t drink enough water every day, and water is essential for our bodies to function. Do you know over 60% of our body is made up of water? Water is needed to carry out body functions, remove waste, and carry nutrients & oxygen around our body. Since we lose water daily through urine, bowel movements, perspiration, and breathing, we need to replenish our water intake. Furthermore, drinking water helps in losing weight. A study carried out among overweight or obese people showed that water drinkers lose 4.5 more pounds than a control group! The researchers believe that it’s because drinking more water helps fill your stomach, making you less hungry and less likely to overeat.