2022 YME SNOBALL ROYALTY CROWNED
Queen Yansi Flores and King Ean Clarke. SIGNATURE STILLS BY MARIAH 2022 Snoball Queen Yansi Flores was crowned at the Coronation Ceremony held Monday afternoon.
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Beyond Reason
The big day is approaching. No time to waste.
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK
Over the weekend I took my daughters to the ocean for the first time in their lives. It was a trip planned for quite some time - before I knew what my current working situation would be. And so, with our non-refundable plane tickets, we boarded a plane late Friday for a weekend in sunny California. I'd decided a while ago that to visit the ocean, they needed to visit somewhere warm and especially during the winter months. Thanks to a lot of help from willing contributors, the three papers were able to get out on time with full coverage of events. It really does take a village, and I'm very grateful to have the help so I could get away for the weekend.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
First of all, the recent week’s editions of the Advocate Tribune are much improved and I feel like I am reading a hometown newspaper. There is more local news and coverage of area sporting events now. Thank you for that!
Esther Anderson
CHANHASSEN, MN (ORIGINALLY OF CLARK- FIELD, MN) - Esther Lillian (Pease) Anderson passed away on Sunday, January 30th, 2022 at the age of 95. Esther was born in Trego, Wisconsin, and was the third child of Lillian (Rice) and Hollister Pease. The family moved when she was six years old to Dexter, MN where they farmed and raised cows, pigs, horses, chickens and bees.
Jaime and Bonnie Surerus
HANLEY FALLS - Jaime and Bonnie Surerus, of Hanley Falls, Minnesota passed away 8 days apart in January of 2022. A visitation will be held for the couple on their wedding anniversary, Saturday, May 14, 2022 at the Wing-Bain Funeral Home in Granite Falls from 1:00 – 3:00 PM with burial immediately following at St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery in Granite Falls.
River Ramblings
Back in 1951 my mom’s older sister, then a young widow with two youngsters ages seven and three, packed up their clothes and a few belongings and boarded a train to California, to start over and build a new life for herself and her kids. They stayed with her brother and his family near Oakland, and she soon found a job working for the city there.
A sock puppet speaks: meet your CAIR Communications Direct
Greetings! Since you’ll hear from me each week about CAIR 2.0, the 2022 Community Artist in Residence reboot, I figured I should introduce myself. If you’re reading this, feel free to picture a sock puppet mouthing every word.
“Happy are those…” (Psalm 1:1a)
Once upon a time there was a young girl who was never satisfied with what she had. When her friends would get the new name-brand jeans, she would feel less-than because she didn’t have what they had. When her friend’s parents got a new car, she would feel less-than because her parents didn’t have a new car. She judged everything she had by what others had. She never took the time to like what she had. These feelings became the foundation for a life of always wanting more; a life of never being content; a life of superficial happiness.
Equipment Grants available for access to healthy foods
Funding for equipment that increases availability and access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food to underserved communities is now available. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is now accepting applications for the 2022 Good Food Access Program (GFAP) Equipment and Physical Improvement Grants.