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  • Joined: August 30, 2022
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2022 Western Fest Royalty candidates announced

Miss Western Fest Candidate Emily Pederson Parents: John and Beth Pederson Siblings (give names, ages & relationship): Hailey (17), Josie (15) Top 5 Hobbies/Interests: Reading, working, spending time with friends and families, traveling and experiencing new things. Top 5 Extracurricular Activities: FFA (Future Farmers of America), working (Falls Boutique and babysitting), and volunteering Community and Church involvement (list up to 5): Volunteering to work concessions at the rodeo for FFA and Rock Haven.

Pride of the Pacific

Despite temperatures climbing into the nineties on Saturday, a large crowd gathered for the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum’s annual Ray Fagen Memorial Airshow. This year’s theme, Pride of the Pacific, was in homage to the military planes and vehicles of WWII, and featured the planes not only from the Fagen Fighters museum but from at least three other military plane museums in the United States.

YME Trap team State Championship results

YME Trap Team Coach/Manager Sandy Berthelsen says, “Wow! We had quite the exciting State Championship day June 14th with 1st and 3rd place wins plus a lot more.” Those results from the State Championship follow: 1. Brayton Hammer took 1st place shooting a total score of 93/100.

SUMMER STAYCATION SERIES

With the high gas prices, not only is a day in the City of Granite Falls-owned Memorial Park a short drive, but offers a new, state-of-the-art playground for children. The park is the second-oldest park in Granite Falls, and sits on 141 acres of land.

From the Editor’s Desk

Last week, you may have noticed a QR code appearing in the newspaper. This has been an idea I’ve been working on for a little while, to provide an even more immersive experience to some of the news we share.

Mankato musician to provide entertainment at July Makers Market

Musician Crista Bohlman, from Mankato, will be the next artist providing live music at the next Makers Market on the Riverwalk in Granite Falls on Thursday, July 7th, 2022. Bohlman has been creating and performing music since she was just three years old, when she began playing the violin at New Ulm’s Schell Brewery with Paula Marti.

Get to know the Western Fest Reigning Royalty

Elliott Kling, Junior Princess 2021-2022 Favorite memory from your reign: Car rides to events and Zorbaz! Future plans (college/career): Equine therapist or Vet tech Favorite Western Fest event: Rodeo! Advice to this year’s candidates/royalty: Have fun and make memories! Parents: Heather and Matt Kling Siblings: Elayna Sponsor as candidate: Granite Family Dentistry Emily Cobb, Western Fest Princess Western Fest 2021 Favorite Memory from your Reign: My favorite memories from my reign have been getting closer with my fellow royalty and the endless laughs and jam sessions we have had before and during our parades. Future Plans (College/Career): I am currently attending Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Luverne Minnesota to become a Radiologic Technologist.

YES House hosts “Sunrise at Midnight”

On Friday evening, the YES House hosted “Sunrise at Midnight”, a traveling four-person production created by Taous Claire Khazem. The production was a 45 minute act, based on folktales from the mountain regions of Algeria. In the program, Khazem writes, “In 2008, I went to Algeria (where my father is from) and worked with a group of eight actresses in Bejaia. We went into the mountains and collected folktales from old women, then created a show based on three of those stories. During that period, I came across other folktales that had been translated into French. They were raunchy, violent and full of twists and turns.” Khazem’s production was created in 2017, and in 2020, the small troupe began a tour of Minnesota with the act. The visit to the YES House is part of the current tour that also included stops at Carleton College in Northfield, and The Little Theater in New London. Photo by Jessica Stolen-Jacobson

Beyond Reason

Coffee by my side, I sit on the dock, overlooking North Arm Bay of Lake Minnetonka. It is 6:02 a.m. Everyone who writes about these sorts of times describes it as quiet and peaceful. They deliberately ignore the Hitchcockian quantities of birds hellbent on their morning song. It’s loud out here. A family of geese paddle somewhere slowly, honking. A loon calls someone, maybe his mother. I face east which means the sunrise is directly in front of me, just above the horizon. Sunrises are a bit like the Minnesota Vikings, best enjoyed with a gaze that I’ll call indirect. I do not wish to be the guy wearing sunglasses at six a.m., but I suppose we all have a cross to bear.

Education Beat: Stopping the Slide

Summer is a time for kids to kick back, take a break from routine, and enjoy lazy days. It also, in many cases, is when learning loss- aka “The Summer Slide” can take place. Summer setbacks are nothing new regarding academics and the phenomenon has been researched by educators since the beginning of time. On average, student achievement can decline over the summer by up to a third of a prior year’s learning gains. Loss is usually greater in mathematics than in reading, and higher grade leveled students are more noticeably affected than younger learners. The summer slide can be measured in both social skills and classroom discipline, in addition to academics.