December 2022

Kilowatt Community Center News

Take the 16th Annual Community Health Challenge: The objectives of the 16th Annual Community Health Challenge are to encourage people to achieve a healthier lifestyle and to get more people active in our community. Join together with three other friends to form a team. Collect points for weight loss, and participating in community events over a 12 week time frame. The cost of the challenge is $10 per person/$40 per team. Your reward, other than feeling better and looking better, may be a cash prize! The first weigh-in will be anytime between January 3rd – January 15th. We will have a middle weigh-in anytime between February 11th – 19th, and the final weigh-in will be anytime between March 25th – April 2nd. The deadline to register a team is Sunday, January 15th.

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Lorna Schmidt

 The funeral service for Lorna Schmidt, 91, of Willmar, formerly of Vesta, will be Monday, December 19, 2022, at 2 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Vesta. A livestream…

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Beyond Reason

7:15PM. The center atrium at the mall. A large, temporary structure houses “The North Pole”, an ad-hoc collection of holiday lights and fake snow. Rob weaves his way past a “Closed” sign, through the short maze where a line usually forms, and pokes his head behind the curtain.

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YME girls take losses last week

Last Tuesday, the Yellow Medicine East Girls Varsity Basketball team took a loss to Minneota with a final score of 56-82. On Thursday, the team took to the courts again, taking on Russell- Tyler-Ruthton for a 53-72 defeat. Leaders in that game included Hannah Stark who scored 17 points, eight rebounds. Complete scoring from that game follows: YME (1-3) 19 34 — 53 R-T-R (3-0) 28 44 — 72 Individual Scoring: Hope Stark 7, Ella Cherveny 2, Ruby Bones 8, Stella Schuler 14, Alana Almich 5, Hannah Stark 17.

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