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  • Joined: August 30, 2022
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Avis Stangeland

CLARKFIELD - Avis Marie Kilpatrick was born on November 29, 1936 in Clear Lake, SD to Andrew and Hilda (Rehder) Kilpatrick. On August 1st, 1955, Avis was united in marriage to Oscar Stangeland in Lake Kampeska, SD and the couple had four children: Debbie, David, Allen, and Brenda. The family resided in Gary, SD for a short time before moving to their long-term home in Clarkfield. Avis loved gardening and helping to care for her neighbors’ lawns, reading, and embroidering. Upon her move to the Clarkfield Care Center, Avis really came out of her shell and made friends easily with her sweet and bubbly nature.

Andrew McCrea of the American Countryside Radio show interviews locals

Andrew McCrea of the American Countryside Radio show stopped in Granite Falls for the 100th Anniversary of the Cooperative Act. McCrea interviewed locals for an upcoming radio broadcast. He was joined by his wife Paula, and together they talked to Les Bergquist, of the Kiwanis popcorn stand, as well as Tamara Isfeld and Dani Prados of the Granite Falls Area Arts Council CAIR Artist in Residency Program, amongst others. MINNESOTA

YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY COURT RECORDS

Granite Falls Police Department Moist, Justin Tyler, Granite Falls; Offense date 11/21/2021 Disorderly Conduct - Brawling or Fighting (Misdemeanor); Plea 2/14/22 Guilty, Disposition 2/14/22 Convicted; Court Decision 2/14/22 Sentenced Local Confinement (90 Days, Stay 0 Yr 0 Mo 88 Days For 1 Yr Credit for time served: 2 Days); $100 Fine. Melodee Jo Spring, Granite Falls; Offense date 4/21/21 Drugs - 5th Degree Possess Schedule 1,2,3,4 - Not Small Amount Marijuana (Felony); Plea 2/14/22 Guilty; Disposition 2/14/22 Convicted; Court Decision 2/14/22 Stay of Imposition, Local Confinement (6 Days, Stay 0 Yr 0 Mo 0 Days Credit for time served: 6 Days); $200 Fine.

River Ramblings

Last week, after finishing this column and supposedly emailing it in Tuesday morning, we scrambled to get things in order and then early Wednesday, we left for a few days of travel. Imagine, if you will, my surprise at getting several messages late last week asking why the River Ramblings column wasn’t in the Advocate Tribune. I was sure I emailed it in, but searching my email files, after getting home on Monday, revealed little, except how baffled I was that there was no sign of the email that had my column attached. Nothing in the “Sent” email file. Nothing in the “Draft” file. Nothing, anywhere.

CLARKFIE.D NEWS

Clarkfield American Legion & Auxiliary will meet Wed. March 9th at 3 pm at City Hall.

The journey of decluttering our lives

Last year’s January column about The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning method of downsizing was one of the most popular in terms of people reaching out to request the author Margareta Magnusson’s summary of the concept. While the name of her book is what initially caught my attention, I realized that the idea of what we have and what we allow to surround us and how it ultimately affects the quality of life had been in the back of my mind for quite a while.

“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