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  • Joined: August 30, 2022
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FROM THE EDITOR

Last week, I wrote about how this week was going to have a whole new look. If you read that, and saw the front page this week, you're probably thinking "what the heck?" (I said heck, yes, because we're probably mostly Minnesotan here). Well, shortly after last week's paper went to print, it was announced that we would be working with the former company's systems for just one more week. Thus, no new look just yet.

YME boys basketball team defeats Benson

The YME boys basketball team defeated Benson 80-53 last week in an away game. Leaders in that game included Bryce Sneller who scored 16 points, while Owen Torvik added another 12 points to the team total. Scoring from that game follows:

Quad County Cobras take part in Section 3A tournament

The Quad County Cobras traveled to the Section 3A wrestling tournament in Hutchinson Saturday, placing 11th, with a total score of 37. Scoring from that meet follows: Key: (Weight, name, won-loss, place) 106: Griffin Howard, 0-2 113: Blaine Carroll, 0-2 120: Tarrick Rupp, 1-2, eighth 138: Bryan Rhode, 0-2 145: Javier Jackson, 2-2, fifth 160: Nolan Hildahl, 0-2 170: Hunter Ridler, 2-2, eighth 182: Jasen Jansen, 2-3, sixth 195: Jacob Savig, 1-2, eighth 285: Austin Sweep, 2-2, fourth .

Sharon Krogstad

GRANITE FALLS - Sharon Krogstad, age 64, of Granite Falls passed away on Saturday, February 19, 2022, at the St. Cloud Hospital. A Celebration of Life will take place Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 11:00 AM at the Granite Falls Lutheran Church, interment will take place in the Spring. Visitation will be held on Saturday, one hour prior to the service at the church.

Sound made visual

Art Commons, one of Canada’s largest art galleries, is currently featuring a curated collection titled Indigenous Motherhood and Matriarchy that houses an exhibit with the work of Wicanhpi Iyotan Win (Autumn Cavender-Wilson). The show opened in December 2021, and runs through the end of this week, with the ability to view the entire collection virtually. The collection involves multiple artists, working to highlight women’s resiliency and strength, and is curated by a Cree artist named Autumn Whiteway. Whiteway curated the collection first in 2021, and the current collection is the third installment of artists.

“Mighty King, lover of justice…” (Psalm 99:4a)

One of the Oxford lexico.com dictionary definitions of justice is "the quality of being fair and reasonable.” In Psalm 99:4, the psalmist wrote, “Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.” The psalmist is telling everyone that God, the Mighty King loves being fair and reasonable. Looking back over the Old Testament, God keeps in relationship with the people even as they continually mess up. Over and over God brings them (the people of Jacob) through their hardships until they are no longer in exile and are able to go back to their homeland. This is God fulfilling the covenant promised to the people and the psalmist of Psalm 99 is proclaiming God’s holy reign, God’s holy justice, and God’s holy favor on the people. And through it all, the psalmist is urging people to worship God.

Raising Funds for Arts + Fun

Last week, CAIR was thrilled to guest-host (and be soundly beaten at – congrats to winners Craig and Deb) trivia at the Bluenose Gopher. My sock puppet alter ego Jebbie had a lot of unexpected opinions, and – thanks to Nicole Zempel – learned some important facts about the World’s Oldest Rock. We were impressed by the players’ collective knowledge and strong sweater game. Personal highlight: the gentle head-pat Jebbie the sock puppet received from one participant on his way out.

YME Triple A Award winners announced for 2021-22

Yellow Medicine East's 2021-22 Triple A Winners are Ean Clarke and Jenna Weir. The Academics, Arts and Athletic Award was established in 1988 by the Minnesota State High School League, and is awarded annually to one boy and one girl from each member school. Jenna is the daughter of Shelly and Rich Weir. She has been in choir and competes in softball and will be made her sixth trip to the State Dance tournament over the weekend. Jenna plans to attend Mitchell Tech to become a Radiology Technician. Ean is the son of Christina and Lynn Clarke. He has been active in band and choir. He has participated throughout his high school career in Cross Country, Basketball and Tennis, where he was a State participant last fall. Ean is undecided as far as college plans. PHOTO SUBMITTED