Jason Evans from Mammoth Cave, Kentucky will be performing live music at Bluenose Gopher House on Saturday, July 16th. Evans says he’s been a songwriter as long as he can remember and writes about life in rural Kentucky.
On July 7th, Alex Schlangen was convicted of a Felony charge with a Stay of Imposition and sentenced to 15 days in jail with credit for time served of four days for an incident that occurred in Granite Falls on February 5th.
Dr. Emmy Ho, Orthopedics, and Amanda Enestvedt, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, are now seeing patients at Avera Medical Group Granite Falls in Granite Falls, Minn. Both medical professionals are based at Avera Medical Group in Marshall, Minn. and are seeing patients in Granite Falls on an outreach basis.
The heat and scattered showers at times over the past month, have been adequate for most of our sweet corn growers. I spoke to one sweet corn grower, and she said that the corn should be ready for all of us to eat any day! For many of us, this is one of our favorite times of the year when we can enjoy fresh local sweet corn.
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.
An incident on January 24th has led to a conviction to a Waite Park resident who failed to attend his own jury trial, submitting correspondence to the courts stating he is a “natural freeborn sovereign”.
Granite Falls Police Department Schlangen, Alex John, Richmond; Offense date 2/5/22 Dangerous Weapon - Discharge Firearm - Municipality (Felony); Plea 5/9/22 Guilty; Disposition 7/7/22 Convicted; Court Decision 7/7/22 Stay of Imposition; Local Confinement (15 Days, Stay 0 Yr 0 Mo 0 Days, Credit for time served: 4 Days); $500 Fine. Bo, Toe, Marshall; Offense date 8/27/16 Traffic - DAR (Misdemeanor); Plea 7/6/22 Guilty; Disposition 7/6/22 Convicted; Court Decision 7/6/22 Payable without Appearance; $200 Fine.
When I was in grade school most of my report cards said things like, “She’d be a good student if she just paid attention.” I meant to pay attention, I just seemed to lose interest in whatever we were studying before we got to the end of the study. Because of this, I didn’t always do as well on testing as I could have because I didn’t know what the subject was really about. Occasionally, there would be something that I would remember; this didn’t mean it was the most important part to know, it was what caught my attention. For example, I still know all the words to a song I sang as a solo in first grade, a song I’ve never heard anywhere ever again.
Sunday July 10th 9:15am Coffee Farewell Party for Pastor Jeanine Megorden was held at Clarkfield Lutheran Church. She was given a quilt in her favorite colors black & white by the church ladies,a bouquet of flowers & a basket of cards.
We’ve all found ourselves in situations that are undesirable, don’t go as expected, or are just plain disappointing. “What is the lesson in this?” or “Where is the opportunity in this?” are two questions I’ve learned to ask myself to gain some perspective or pull myself out of negativity about it.