With over 200 employees across multiple locations, Citizens Alliance Bank focuses on small towns, family- owned businesses, and the local communities where their branches are located. Locally, Citizens Alliance Bank has locations in both Montevideo and Granite Falls, where they offer agricultural, commercial, and personal banking done locally.
Baseball 2.0 It’s time for Spring Training. It’s like baseball season.
Mary Beth, as most of us knew her, worked throughout her life to bring justice to a world full of injustice. She was a strong and independent woman who tried to give voice to the voiceless and empower those who felt powerless. She was a lifelong social justice advocate who sought out opportunities to support those she thought needed her help. Consequently, Mary Beth was a very busy woman throughout her life. Mary Elizabeth Faimon was born on April 5, 1944, in her beloved Saint Paul. She passed from this world on January 18, 2023, at Methodist Hospital after struggling with chronic, and finally, acute respiratory issues. Her chronic lung issues took her strength and robbed her of her independence, and finally of her life. Mary Beth was born to Edward A. Faimon and Hildegard Mary Faimon (Jesh). She was the granddaughter of the Honorable Albert Faimon, a Minnesota state representative from 1939 through 1941. She attended St. Luke’s for grade school and graduated from Our Lady of Peace High School in 1962. In 1967, Mary Beth graduated from the College of St. Scholastica with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work. Following her college graduation, she entered the Peace Corps in 1968 and volunteered her talents in Ubon, Thailand where she taught English as a foreign language through 1969. While she was there, she also traveled to Cambodia, Laos, and Burma. Following her return to the United States in 1969, she worked in Ramsey County Human Services as a social worker. She also returned to school at the University of Minnesota and in 1981 earned her Master’s degree in social work. She also received a post-graduate certification in behavioral analysis. After completing these programs, Mary Beth developed and directed the In-Home Family-Based Services Project from 1981 through 1983, and worked at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work to direct a grant project. Mary Beth then shifted her focus when she was recruited and began her teaching career where she taugh
From Staff Reports Chippewa Valley Youth Club has plans in 2023 to open their summer program back up in order to better assist families utilizing the program to have quality child care in the summer. Currently, Chippewa Valley Youth Club has also been working on redecorating their aftercare rooms.
Sons of Norway will meet at 2pm on Sat. March 11th at the Granite Falls Kilowatt Center.
Direct Assistance to Crime Victims Survivors Bill Becci ten Bensel & Women’s Rural Advocacy Program Staff The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Justice Programs (OJP) distributes approximately $54 million annually in state and federal funds to programs across Minnesota providing services to crime victims. The Minnesota OJP has informed all current grantees, including WRAP (Women’s Rural Advocacy Programs), that all states are receiving VOCA reductions.
Another of the wonderful services that Prairie Five offers is tax assistance. We have tax clinics available in several locations in our five counties (Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine) provided through our partnership with the Internal Revenue Service’s VITA program.
Dear Editor, In reference to the snow storm 2/21-2/23/23, I want to take the opportunity to recognize the staff of Avera Granite Falls Care Center who hunkered down in the building or stayed in town versus going to their homes out of town to ensure that our resident’s needs were met. This includes housekeeping, dietary, nursing assistants, and the nursing staff. Thank you to Linda Roschild, Natalie McPhail, Crystal Schjenken, Lee Timm, Ada Thomas, Laura Beyer, Alex Peterson, Amy and Kelsey Rhode, Isaac and Ruby Esparza, and Lorie Tjaden. We made it through the COVID outbreak and the snowmaggedon TOGETHER! Thank you, Justin and Amanda Aurelius, for picking up odd hours and working together to help us fill the open shifts.
Belview GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Sundays: 9 a.m. Holy Communion, 10:15 a.m.
Having attended many sporting events over the last couple of years, I’m continually entertained by the conversations the youngest of sports fans are having during the games. Quite often, the youngest fans are crowded right up front, where the action is, and they have lots to say.