Dr. Kathleen Jordan Project committee presents at Historical Society banquet

Last week, the Chippewa County Historical Society’s Annual Banquet included a presentation on the Riverside Sanatorium that housed tuberculosis patients in Granite Falls from around the area. The presentation was given by members of the Dr. Kathleen Jordan Project, including Mary Kelly, Peggy Kvam and Carol Heen, who have been working on the project since January of 2023. The committee has worked to create a public tribute to honor Dr. Kathleen Jordan’s dedication to human rights and humanitarian services including her medical testing of children throughout Minnesota to work towards eradicating Tuberculosis. In 2024, the committee held an event attended by over 930 people to honor Dr. Jordan’s legacy, and worked with area schools to include the work in lesson plans. At the Chippewa County Historical Society banquet, the committee highlighted some events for 2025, including a KFAI Broadcast in April, launch of a YouTube Channel, a display at Chippewa County Heritage Days in May, and Swensson Farm in September.

“Let everything that breathes praise the Lord! Praise the Lord” Psalm 150:6

The book of Psalms is the longest book in the Bible based on both chapters and number of verses. There are 150 chapters and 2,461 verses. Many of the chapters (also called psalms) are attributed to King David’s authorship, while some are credited to the writing of Moses, Asaph, and the sons of Korah. Moses is the most well-known after David due to his trials of mediating between God and the Israelites. Psalm 90 is Moses’ psalm. It is a communal psalm which talks about Moses’ concern for the well-being of the Israelites wandering in the wilderness. Next, Asaph was a Levite, also known as a talented musician during the time of King David and Solomon. He was also a prophet whose psalms were used by kings to lead worship. Psalms 50, and 73-83 are usually attributed to Asaph. And lastly, The Sons of Korah is a little trickier. The descendants of the Korahites were soldiers with King David. There are three descendants of the line of Korah who go on to become great musicians and are known to write psalms: Heman, Asaph, and Ethan. Now, Heman was a grandson of Samuel, he was known for this wisdom and wrote his lament in Psalm 88. There are a few men known as Asaph in the Bible, this one is probably the same as listed above. And Ethan, another one of David’s musicians, was also a prophet like Asaph. Ethan, Asaph, and Heman served as choral directors of the Psalms. Often the heading of their psalms will say it is a “maskil” meaning it would have been accompanied by music. The sons of Korah are credited with writing eleven different Psalms. Psalm 42, 44-49, 84, 85, 87, 88 all express highest praise to the Lord.

YME baseball defeats KMS, ACGC

Last Tuesday, the Yellow Medicine East Boys Varsity Baseball team took on Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg for a 10-1 victory. Leaders in the game included Gunnar Fagen, who struck out five at the pitching mound. Complete scoring from that game follows:

YME boys golf competes

Last week, the Yellow Medicine East Varsity Boys Golf team traveled to the Marshall Invitational The boys team took the 11th place spot with a score of 395. Complete scoring follows:

YME softball takes on Minneota/Canby

Last Tuesday, the Yellow Medicine East Girls Varsity Softball team took on Minneota/Canby in a double-header for a 0-10 and 0-3 loss. Leaders in the game included Brianna Nelson who was 2-for-3. Complete scoring follows:

YME Track and Field competes

Last Tuesday, the Yellow Medicine East Varsity Track and Field teams traveled to Montevideo to compete in an invitational The girls team took the fifth place spot with score of 32, while the boys team took the sixth place spot with a score of 58. Complete scoring follows:

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