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Question: What is the difference between careless or reckless driving? What about “exhibition driving”? Answer: In general, the difference between reckless and careless is that “reckless” is generally “intentional” or the driver “should know” that the driving behavior could injure or kill someone. Here’s more detail on how they differ: Reckless driving - This involves a motorist who’s aware of and disregards the risk that their driving behavior may result in harm to another or another’s property.

The November Lunchbox Lecture will be held Thursday November 9 at noon in the 4-H building on the Murray County Fairgrounds in Slayton. This month’s topic will be presented by Megan Narvey, Conservation Outreach Specialist at the Minnesota Historical Society. She will be presenting “Saving Your Stuff: How to Care for Art, Heirlooms, and Personal Collections.”

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MCMC’s own Amber Sorenson was honored on Monday, October 30th at the Minnesota Health Strategy and Communications Fall Conference in Bloomington, MN as she received the MHSCN Rising Star Award. “The MHSCN Awards of Excellence honor exceptional efforts in health care strategic planning, marketing, public relations and communications from the past year.

NOVEMBER 1, 2023 1ST QUARTER WRAP-UP As we now have entered November and are winding down the first quarter of the year (November 10th), we are looking forward to upcoming events like our annual Veterans Day program, the annual MCC American Education Celebration, and the annual Musical put on by our drama department. We also are looking forward to the winter sports season and the upcoming holidays.

The 2023 Farm Service Agency County Committee Elections will begin on Nov. 6, 2023, when ballots are mailed to eligible voters. The deadline to return ballots to local FSA offices, or to be postmarked, is Dec. 4, 2023.

The Slayton Kiwanis Club is a local chapter of Kiwanis International, a service organization that is focused on improving the world, one child and one community at a time. The Slayton Kiwanis Chapter contributes funding to community organizations or projects and children’s initiatives, including: MCC graduate scholarships, Murray County Early Childhood Initiative, Scouts BSA, and more. The group also partners with local organizations to offer programming initiatives, including K-Kids – a partnership between MCC & Slayton Kiwanis for fourth and fifth grade students to learn leadership kills, self-development, character building, and participate in adult-guided service projects. Programming also occurs through presentations at regular club meetings from local speakers on topics of interest. Recent topics have included regional trail planning, an exchange student program, and advance care planning.

In 1837, a young lady just eighteen years of age became Queen of England. When she learned of this she dropped to her knees and asked her Heavenly Father to help and guide her through the coming years.

There is a Log in the Way There’s a reason for everything— or so I’ve been told. This time I applied these words to a verse being read in the book of Matthew.

Monday, November 6: Chicken Fried Steak, Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Mixed Vegetables, Bread w/Margarine, Fruit, Lowfat Milk. Tuesday, November 7: Biscuit w/Sausage Gravy, Egg Bake, Cinnamon Apple Slices, Lowfat Milk.