It was a cooler day on the course for MCC golf as they competed in a duel at Worthington. The Rebels brought a full squad for both boys and girls to compete against a challenging Trojan squad. MCC didn’t rise to the top of the leaderboard, but was able to get in some good experience on the course prior to sections.

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The 56 th Annual Lake Area Technical College graduation ceremony was held Friday, May 12, 2023, with nine hundred twenty-one graduates. The following students were presented their diplomas by Tiffany Sanderson, President of Lake Area Tech.

Monday, June 5: Chicken Fried Steak, Mashed Potatoes w/Gravy, Mixed Vegetables, Dinner Roll/Margarine, Dessert, Lowfat Milk. Tuesday, June 6: Pork Loin, Candied Yams, California Normandy Vegetables, Bread/Margarine, Bar, Lowfat Milk.

May has come and gone. Now June is here. The big thing about June will be the calendar start of Summer - also the ,longest day of the year. This writer remembers one time when I was still in the Army Reserve and had overnight duty the starting day of Summer.

Corey Skogrand, CFP, ChFC, CLU a private wealth advisor with Van der Hagen, Skogrand & Associates, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC in Marshall, has qualified for the company’s Circle of Success annual recognition program and will be honored for this achievement in 2023.

CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH, Slayton, MN. Office Hours: 8am to 4:30pm.

Walking Down the Gravel Road Dry gravel was making its way to the surface of the road upon which I trod. Better than the snow laden mush that had recently disappeared from the six months of snow we’d been buried in was the thought protruding. The sun poked its way from behind the clouds only for a time before the light showers helped melt the few remaining piles of snow.

By Kathy Schwartz, Murray County Master Gardener Annual flowers usually bloom heavily, so fertilize every 2-4 weeks with a water soluble fertilizer. A key strategy in preventing plant disease problems is to purchase healthy transplants.

By John Stenen A brother in Christ went to the same Bible School as I went to and started a Church in South Africa. This was when there was tremendous racial tension and violence between blacks and whites. His Church grew to become one of the largest Churches in the country, and politicians and other government officials as well as many religious leaders from all over the country came to his church to find answers to their main question. “How is it” they asked, “that all these black and white folks can come together and get along, and even love one another as they do?” The pastor simply told them that the blood of Christ unites us all, and as Christians, we are one with Christ and one with each other. I like what I once heard a man say, “Where there is Grace, there is no race.” When Billy Graham preached in Selma, Alabama in the 1960’s, he insisted that blacks and whites sit together and worship together. Some of the religious leaders said to him, “Billy, you set the Church back 100 years.” Billy replied, “Oh, that’s too bad, I had hoped to set it back 2000 years.”