The Minnesota Highway Safety Center will be offering 55+ Driver Discount Courses locally on the following days: -May 24th Four Hour Refresher Course: 1 to 5 p.m. Montevideo Community Center. -June 15th Four Hour Refresher Course: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Granite Falls Senior Center.
Belview Sundays: 9 a.m. Holy Communion Sunday May 7: 9:30 am Sunday School, 10:30 am Holy Communion Sunday, May 14th: 10:15 a.m.
Mort Meyenburg Vicar of Healing Waters Lutheran Parish, Lutheran Seminary Student I find there are some stories in the Bible that are better than others to help us through issues in the 21st century. The story of the Israelites leaving Egypt is one of those stories.
Last Tuesday, the Yellow Medicine East varsity boys baseball team took on Renville County West in Sacred Heart for a 13-3 victory. Scoring from that game follows: YME 200 065-13 16 1 RCW 000 030-3 5 4 Hitting - YME: Cody Dahlager 4-5 r-2 sb-2, Braden Nelson 2-4 rbi, Bryce Sneller 2-4 r-2 3b, Nolan Hildahl 3-4 r-3 rbi-2 2b roe sb, Jake Odegard 1-3 r-2 bb sb, Landon Anderson 2-4 r-2 rbi-3, Drew Almich 0-2 r-2 bb, Andrew Flaten 2-3 rbi-4 hbp.
When you bang up your knee so it swells up like an elephant’s and it brings tears to your eyes to take a step, the orthopedic guy gives you a knee brace to wear requiring four straps to be wrapped tight around the leg and hooked and held tight by Velcro strips, a piece of equipment that I, a professional humorist with less mechanical ability than the average primate, need to remove every night when I go to bed and reattach in the morning. My wife could do this in a jiffy but I made her go to Minnesota to play the opera (she’s a violist) because I love her and because I don’t want her to see me as a pitiful helpless wretch.
David Hagen, 73, of Greensboro, Ga., formerly of Granite Falls, passed away on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at his residence. Memorial services will be held on Friday, May 26 at 2 p.m.
Over the last year, the Granite Falls Senior Center has undergone a number of improvements to make the facility not only more functional but more appealing. Updates include installing new flooring, allowing for the floor to be seamless, without tripping hazards, and easier to clean up, with a slip-free surface. There was also a complete paint makeover in all of the rooms within, and new kitchen cupboards and countertops. Senior Advocate and Senior Center Coordinator Jan Lerohl also notes that the kitchen now has a stainless steel serving table.
The Granite Falls Community Artist in Residence program, also known as GF CAIR, is amping up to begin their 2023 season. Last season in 2022, the GF CAIR was Leah Cook, of Maine, and as the GF CAIR’s Communications and Creative Marketing Director Lyndsey Eckhardt said, “Following the wonderful CAIR artist Leah Cook’s 14-week residency in 2022, a lot was learned and a lot was gained.” While Cook’s residency was 14 weeks long, the next CAIR artist residency stay will be for six months.
Six drivers win their heats & features to kickoff the 2023 season at Fiesta City Speedway. Alex Grinager led the entire Pure Stock feature for his first win of the season.
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