By Jenny Kirk It takes a lot of hearts and hands to juggle all the needs of students in a PreK through 12th-grade school, and while new staff members Marcus Engbarth and Greg Scheitel might not be front and center in a classroom at Murray County Central, but both play vital roles in the district.

by The Chartis Center for Rural Health As part of National Rural Health Day on November 16, Murray County Medical Center announced it has been recognized with a 2023 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in Quality and Patient Perspective. Compiled by the Chartis Center for Rural Health, the Performance Leadership Awards honor top quartile performance (i.e., 75th percentile or above) among rural hospitals in Quality, Outcomes and/ or Patient Perspective.

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By Jenny Kirk Among the many items of business tackled at the Murray County Central School Board meeting on Monday, Nov. 13 was the approval of the fiscal year 2023 audit report and the acceptance of a living green hydroponic gardening system.

All Conference Awards Abby Loosbock Honorable Mention Kate Slettum All Conference Emmi Peltola Honorable Mention.

SCHOOL MENU Monday, November 20: Breakfast: Trix Cereal Bar, Fresh Fruit, Assorted Fruit Juice, Milk. Lunch: Italian Dunkers, Steamed Corn, Diced Peaches, Fresh Fruits & Veggies, Milk.

The Murray County Christmas Project is again planning to provide toys and gifts to over 300 eligible children in Murray County. We are accepting donations of toys and gifts for children 0 through 11 years of age. We also need stocking caps and mittens. Monetary gifts are also accepted to help with the purchase of gift items.

Monday, November 20: Tuna Loaf, Creamed Peas, Fruit, Bread w/Margarine, Lowfat Milk. Tuesday, November 21: Thanksgiving Dinner.

By Arnold Krusemark This was the week of Thanksgiving. Normally we have snow on the ground which lasts all Winter. Not so this year. We’ve had one and only one snowfall and that all melted promptly. And then the trees lose their leaves this time of year. We did see some green tree leaves earlier in the week, but nearly all are gone as we write this column. And then there’s the thanksgiving dinner we’ve mentioned. Our Duluth relation found a floating lake island which grow cranberries each year. For many years they supplied the family and some neighbors with fresh cranberries - costing only gas and oil for the boat motor. This writer can’t remember what we had for main meat in earliest Thanksgiving dinners but things changed when my first grade teacher gave me six goose eggs one year. They all hatched and grew. We harvested one for thanksgiving dinner but this was the only hen goose in the batch. The goose was great tasting. One local relative told us the next day she had gotten sick from the goose and had to throw up. The goose was just as delicious coming up as it was going down.