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.

By Arnold Krusemark It is now November. Daylight Savings ends this week-end. The weather is getting colder and we have had our first snowfall. The seasons do not (normally) change in a day, but we usually get only a few snow flurries a time or two before we get inches on the ground. Time will tell how things go this year. As for our garden produce, the above ground things are essentially done for the year. This leaves the root crops left to be dug and brought in. And the rest of the house outside and yard work to get done before it really gets cold. And winter sets in. If you planted trees and shrubs be sure they get watered so the roots get established before freezeup. And then there’s the house winterizing too. One is to clean out the garage so the car goes in, make sure the snow shovels are available, and the snow things for the car too.

CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH, Slayton, MN. Pastor Chad Duffy. Office Hours: 8am to 4:30pm. Phone: (507) 836-8291. Sun. Nov. 5: 9am Sun. School, 10am Worship Service; Wed. Nov. 8: 6:30pm Confirmation Class; Sun. Nov. 12: 9am Sun. School, 10am Worship Service.

“The talkative listen to no one, for they are ever speaking. And the first evil that attends those who know not how to be silent is that they hear nothing.” - Plutarch Aman of few words recently told me about the acronym WAIT, which stands for “why am I talking?”It was apparently conveyed to him in the context of business meetings, and the intent is to get people to think before they speak, and more specifically to consider whether what they are going to say has anything to add to the meeting.

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