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  • Joined: August 30, 2022
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Jon “Whoopie” Alan Anderson

Jon “Whoopie” Alan Anderson of Granite Falls was called from this life to eternal life on April 15, 2022 after holding on to hope and having faith and a strong will to live. Jon was born August 30, 1961 in Clarkfield to Orville and MayEllen Anderson. He was baptized and confirmed at Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church, and attended school at Granite Falls High School, and married Tammy Bergman at Granite Falls Lutheran Church on August 22, 1992. They established their home in Granite where they raised two sons, Jacob and Nicholas. He loved Tammy and his boys unconditionally and unselfishly.

Letter to the Editor

As the Mayor of a city in Southwest Minnesota, I hear from employers all the time about the shortage of employees. We see signs in the front windows of businesses and billboards all around that are advertising for employees. Sign-on bonuses is growing rapidly as with starting wages for these jobs. For jobs that require a 2-year accreditation or a more advanced 4-year degree, many businesses are getting very creative in paying for all or part of the education in exchange for a commitment to work. New or struggling businesses sometimes do not readily have the financial resources available to get these employees.

“The Lord is God and has given us light.” (Psalm 118:27a)

Imagine it is night, you are driving along a lonely country road, you stop at a stop sign and your headlights fail. They just stop working. The car is running fine, but you cannot see the road. The moon is but a sliver. The stars are distant. You cannot see where you are going. There is nothing you can do; so, you wait and hope. In his book Standing on the Promises, Louis Smedes wrote, “Waiting is our destiny as creatures who cannot by themselves bring about what they hope for. We wait in the darkness for a flame we cannot light. We wait in fear for a happy ending we cannot write. We wait for a not yet that feels like a not ever. Waiting is the hardest work of hope.”

Service, not self: Granite Falls American Legion Auxiliary revitalizes membership

The American Legion Auxiliary was first established in 1919 with the idea to support the American Legion and the nation’s Veterans. The first department in Minnesota was established in 1920. While Granite Falls has had an American Legion Auxiliary group in the past, membership and meetings had fallen to the wayside. A group of members have now revitalized the organization, holding their first meeting in March. This month, the meeting was held to establish those members with Wanda Seidler, President of Minnesota’s District Seven branch of the Legion Auxiliary in attendance for a ceremony in which the members took an oath, and newly elected officers were installed.

Meet your YME High School TRAP Team

Meet your YME High School Trap Team: (Back row L-R) Logan Hoff, Brayton Hammer, Will Lecy, Andrew Winter, Preston Berends, Tarrick Rupp, Ryan Brouwer. (Middle row L-R) Mathias Vonderharr, Tarin Gatchell, Parker Levitz, Connor Olson, Aidan Martin, Braden Eisenbacher, Owen Slettedahl, Garrett Cobb.

From the Editor’s Desk

My son, who is currently stationed overseas, seems to have acclimated so much to his environment, he has a hard time with remembering what time of day it is in the United States. And so phone calls happen very early in the morning. Most often moments after I actually wake up.