Bodie Croninger Wins Limited Late Model Feature at Fiesta City Speedway
The Limited Late Models made their first appearance at Fiesta City Speedway on Friday night for Fiesta Days. Jason Best took the lead at the start of the Pure Stock feature.
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Minnesota State Community & Technical College spring 2022 graduates
The following area students are among the 590 2022 Spring Semester graduates of Minnesota State Community and Technical College, with campuses in Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Moorhead and Wadena. -David Hidalgo, Advanced Heating, Vent, AC & Refrig.; Granite Falls.
Minnesota West announces spring 2022 Dean’s List
Minnesota West Community & Technical College, announces the Spring Semester 2022 Dean’s List and congratulates the following students for their outstanding academic achievement. Students must be enrolled in at least 12 graded credits and earn a minimum 3.5 grade point average to be eligible for Dean’s List Honors. Spring 2022 Dean’s List Honors were extended to the following students from Minnesota West Community & Technical College:
SMSU spring 2022 semester Dean’s List
Southwest Minnesota State University announces the students recognized for academic achievement during the spring 2022 semester. An undergraduate student who completes 12 or more A-F graded credits and achieves a grade point average of 3.5 or higher will be considered for the Honors Dean’s List.
Kilowatt Community Center News
Kilowatt Community Center Healthy Tip of the Week: Though some memory lapses are normal as you age (forgetting where you put the keys, a word at the tip of your tongue that you can’t retrieve), serious memory decline is not a given. You can keep your mind sharp and reduce the risk of serious memory impairments by concentrating on what you eat.
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.