Jessica Stölen-Jacobson Editor jstolen-jacobson@cherryroad. com Whether good or bad weather, this itinerary for a day out with family in Granite Falls can work for both indoor and outdoor adventure.
Cynthia Christians Reporter cchristians@cherryroad.com If you have a weekday afternoon off a place to spend some time and maybe learn a little history of the area is at the Historic Chippewa City. Set upon 20 acres of land where highway 7 and highway 212 meet, the city has 24 buildings on site to tour and is set in the 1800s.
Director of Aging Well, Prairie Five Community Action Council, Inc. I’ve previously written about how we live in an agrarian culture and am excited to share some resources available specifically for us.
The final Makers Market on the River Walk was held on Thursday, August 4th. Vendors lined the River Walk while the band Machine Hill played live music for Makers Market goers. There was a graphic designer, a candle maker, an author, and a baker among many other artisans offering their goods for sale. Makers Market will resume next summer.
Jessica Stölen-Jacobson Editor jstolen-jacobson@cherryroad. com With the high gas prices, not only is a day in the City of Montevideo a short drive but offers a variety of activities to help kids burn off energy while enjoying the outdoors.
Lori Petersen Montevideo Area Memory Loss Network (MAMLN) When I started as a Memory Care Coordinator seven years ago, I quickly became aware of a tool called the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) which is also known as the Reisberg Alzheimer’s Scale. Even though Alzheimer’s disease is sometimes broken down into 3 stages, (early, middle and late) there is another staging system that was developed by Dr.
Cherry Heisner Our prayers are with Jerry & Pat Nikolaisen after the fire in their home. Thankful theirdog was rescued!Welcome Bill Jahn to the 70 Club! Bill shares his July 5th birthday with his son Pat & daughter inlaw Jamie Ryan!Welcome to the 70th club to Pat Nelson whose birthday was July 30th! Caroline Streich & Mark Streich visited Caroline’s sister & Mark’s aunt Florence Haas at the Madison Lutheran Home Friday afternoonJuly 29th.Jeff & Sharon Lobdell went to Souix Falls to visit Sharon’s daughter Sammy & Rain & Jeff’s sister Barb & Jerry Mead.
Jessie Hennen Granite Area Arts Council Last week’s first-ever Open Studio hours at the Makers on the Minnesota gallery (every Thursday from 2-5pm!) were a rousing success… in that they coincided with our CAIR staff meeting, which meant the people who run your community artist in residence program talked shop for a while, then headed to the basement of the building to spray-paint its pillars with colorful designs. It was a productive session: we came up with a lot of potential slogans for our program! Though the spray paint fumes were intense and my notes are – well – somewhat less than legible, I think I canmake out a few…“GF CAIR 2.0: Art!‘Cause why not?”“We’re all just puppets, man.” “Group of people come together to make things sometimes! Degrees of success vary.” “Cobwebs, cobwebs everywhere…” (Oh, no, that was just something Ali moaned while struggling to hold up a stencil.) “All things are like the river.
Cynthia Christians Reporter cchristians@cherryroad.com The final Makers Market for 2022 will be held on the River Walk Thursday, August 4th. One of the vendors that will be in attendance is West RiverHemp.Ellie Schuster and her family own and operate West River Hemp.
Mort Meyenburg Vicar of Healing Waters Lutheran Parish, Lutheran Seminary Student We’re back to waiting. A while ago I wrote on Psalm 25:5b, “…for you I wait all day long.” I was reminiscing about being a kid and asking, “Are we there yet?” There are many Psalms about waiting for God and I can’t help but think about what I dowhen I wait…when I wait for anything.