Tis’ the season – it’s a phrase we hear often these days. We are in a season of holiday celebrations, a season of hustle and bustle, a season of balancing want vs. need, and of course, a season of giving. And while December is a time we tend to think more about the spirit of giving and receiving, it’s a need that our communities and neighbors have year-round.
While my son was deployed in the Middle East, I wrote about my grandma’s great cookie mission. Each week she would bake and send box after box of cookies and then, once they arrived, my son would go around base and hand them out to all of his fellow soldiers that were around at distribution time.
Community members gathered last Saturday for Santa Day in Echo. The event included Free BINGO for turkeys, hams, and meal sides thanks to local businesses donating/ sponsoring the BINGO items. These businesses included Farmers Coop Oil of Echo, Dan Larsen Tax Preparation, Granite Works, Echo Fire Department, Sharon’s Headquarters, Gjerset Trucking, Sunset Funeral Home, Kotek Trucking, Farmers Union Insurance of Montevideo, Kvistad Farm, Bendix Plumbing and Heating, Daryl Kuehn Heating and AC, and Pederson Farm Partnership. Hickory Lane Farm of Echo donated the potatoes for the BINGO meal side bags.
Congratulations to Whitney Tennis & Stephen Winger on their marriage last Saturday! (Whitney is the daughter of Todd & Amy Tennis). Caroline Streich & family attended their second cousin Mike Beninga’s funeral at St.
Prairie Five Community Action has wonderful options to help fill any holes in your holiday shopping list! Give the gift of safety with a punch card or monthly pass for our RIDES transportation system. Winter weather driving can be so dangerous and even going out to warm up the car and scrape the windows gets tedious.
This week’s photo hint: This photo was published in a 1992 edition of the Advocate Tribune. Last Week’s Answer: Dale Peterson Guessed by: Margot Richter, Kathy Anderson.
Jayden Wilson, a 2021 graduate of ECHO Charter School, read and signed his oath of office to become the youngest member of the ECS Board Thursday night during the Board’s December 9 meeting. Wilson, 20, from Granite Falls, said it was a weird feeling not having been out of school long and already holding a position that usually fell to older people.
OF THE WEEK Submitted by Myrna Stölen A Note from Myrna: A German Chocolate cake recipe. I don’t know how the frosting is, as I didn’t make it.
A winter storm moved into Minnesota late Monday into Tuesday. This system brought freezing rain and snow to the state of Minnesota and has caused traveling difficulties. Warnings were posted for most of the state for difficult driving conditions.