Santa visits Wood Lake shut-ins

Over the weekend, Santa visited Wood Lake shut-ins including Ethel Gabbert and Vilene Kussatz. The lights were also lit at the park in Wood Lake featuring a new manger scene constructed by Bruce Helgeson of the Chop Shop in Wood Lake.

Guess Who?

Each week, the Advocate Tribune will share a photograph from our archives for you to “guess who”. To submit your guesses, send us a message by email to jstolen-jacobson@cherryroad.com or message our Facebook page. We will publish the answers the next week.

Falling temps and wind

The roads have been very slippery at times over the past week or so. I know the slick roadways contributed to many crashes during the long Thanksgiving weekend--including some fatal crashes.

Garrison Keillor & Friends: Walking to church on a cold day…

We had a couple of summery days in November in New York but now, thank goodness, summer is over and we can get back to business. Thanksgiving is done and we spent it with talkative friends and since I was brought up to believe it’s impolite to interrupt, I sat through a two-hour dinner saying nothing but “Uh-huh” and “Oh, really.” And on Sunday I stepped out into a bitter cold wind and walked to church. It felt good.