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With the new school year come several new teachers and one new support staff all eager to build relationships and begin a positive experience: Melissa Sheppard - Replacing long-time school counselor Mary Beech is no small task, but Ms. Sheppard is more than capable. She was bom and raised in the Adrian/Ellsworth area and is really happy and comfortable working in a rural school. Ms. Sheppard earned her bachelor’s degrees in psychology and criminal justice from South Dakota State University and is currently finishing her master’s degree through Arkansas State University. For the past several years she has worked as the behavior interventionist and school registrar at a Sioux Falls middle school, and before that time she worked as a sexual abuse victim counselor. Her position at MCC is quite varied and she approaches her tasks with purpose and determination. “I want to advocate and guide students to help them meet their academic, personal and social goals. I want to make an impact, giving students hope and faith. I will cheer them on and never give up!” Ms. Sheppard looks forward to getting to know all of the students in seventh through twelfth grade and provide them whatever kind of support they need for a positive school experience. She has three children of her own and one young grandchild. Though much of her spare time is spent finishing her own school work, she loves time with family, time outdoors and barrel racing.

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Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS) in the Slayton area, sponsored by Second Harvest Heartland distribution will be held at the office of A.C.E. of Southwest Minnesota – Murray County at 2989 Maple Rd., Slayton MN. Distribution will take place on Thursday, September 8th, from 1:30 – 2:30 pm. and also held at the Fulda Food Shelf at 305 S. Lafayette Ave., Fulda MN. Distribution will take place on Monday, September 19th, from 1:15 – 1:45pm. Remember if you cannot be there, please have your proxy pick your items up for you. For more information, call Joyce at 507-836-8705.

Murray County 4-H receives a grant with the assistance of Jeff Boerboom, Boerboom Seed to help upgrade the electrical system in the Murray County 4-H Buildng. Pioneer Seed (Corteva) offers local Pioneer Sales Representatives the opportunity to help local organizations apply for grants to assist with program upgrades.

Soybean and late planting. There is a reason why the old adage is “August and sept make beans”. Weather conditions have a large impact on yield potential, with timely rainfalls throughout pod-fill the most important factor. Unlike corn, which requires the accummulation of heat to grow and develop, Dr. Naeve says that, “a soybean crop is pushed to maturity.” In years like 2022 in which soybean is planted late, the period during which vegetative growth occurs gets shortened considerably. Consequently, fewer leaves are added to plants and rows may never close, reducing the overall photosynthetic capacity of the crop. With fewer leaves, less energy gets stored in them to be remobilized later on to form seeds during reproductive growth.

Many Farm Service Agency (FSA) programs require all program participants, either individuals or legal entities, to be “actively engaged in farming.” This means participants provide a significant contribution to the farming operation, whether it is capital, land, equipment, active personal labor and/ or management. For entities, each partner, stockholder or member with an ownership interest, must contribute active personal labor and/or management to the operation on a regular basis that is identifiable and documentable as well as separate and distinct from contributions of any other member. Members of joint operations must have a share of the profits or losses from the farming operation commensurate with the member’s contributions to the operation and must make contributions to the farming operation that are at risk for a loss, with the level of risk being commensurate with the member’s claimed share on the farming operation.

The Murray County Central volleyball team began their 2022 season with a trip to Canby to take on the Lancers. The Rebels faced a very good team in the Lancers and struggled from the get go with many aspects of the game, specifically in the hitting game.

CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH, Slayton, MN. Pastor Darby Lawrence.

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