Dad Had Friends Dad had friends. Names like Bucky, Zeppy, Finky, Skippy, Tubby, Pinky, Deeder, Windy, and Itchy Sam would surface now and again while he recalled stories to match each one.

Monday, August 11: Baked Pork Chop, Pork Gravy, Scalloped Potatoes, Mixed Vegetables, Wheat Bread & Margarine, Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, 1% Milk Tuesday, August 12: Chicken Cordon Bleu, Sliced Carrots, Green Peas, Red Delicious Apple, Wheat Dinner Roll, Margarine, 1% Milk Wednesday, August 13: Salisbury Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Brown Gravy, Green Beans, Dinner Roll & Margarine, Lemon Bar, 1% Milk Thursday, August 14: Tater Tot Hotdish, Whole Kernel Corn, Apple Crisp, Wheat Bread, Margarine, 1% Milk Friday, August 15: Beef Lasagna, Peas & Carrots, Cauliflower, Dinner Roll & Margarine, Fresh Orange, Sugar Cookie, 1% Milk.

By Kathy Schwartz, Murray County Master Gardener The best time to dethatch is mid-August through September. The best time to aerate is mid-August through October.

This coming week will be the Murray County Fair and all its events. We can remember years past wghen the big event of the fair was what we could exhibit for prizes and then the resulting check.

CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH, Slayton, MN. Pastor Chad Duffy.

By: Joanne Bergman The Murray County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, August 5, 2025. Luke Schryvers, CEO of the Murray County Medical Center presented his monthly report to the Board. The figures for June were slower, a normal month of June for the facility.

The Slayton City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday at 6:00 p.m. All council members were present.

FOOD VOUCHERS AT PRESENTATION, COLORING CONTEST AND COOLER GIVEAWAY DURING MURRAY COUNTY FAIR Join us under the tent on Thursday, August 14 at 3:30 pm for a presentation – “Aquatic Invasive Species – Prevention is Key, Introductions have Consequences” from Jeffrey Flory with the MN Department of Natural Resources. Food vouchers will be distributed to all who attend.

July 24, 2025 2:11 PM: Request for an ambulance in Slayton City. Murray County Ambulance was paged.

By Crystal Reith According to Pastor Galen Spinler, he retired to go to work. After 13 years of research and development at Hormel Foods in Austin, Minnesota, Spinler retired in June 2025 to become the new pastor at Slayton United Methodist Church and Lake Wilson United Methodist Church.