By Jenny Kirk Murray County Central High School welcomed four international exchange students this academic year and they represent four different countries around the world. Leaving one’s family, community and country to experience another culture might be quite intimidating to some young adults, but not for these four brave teens.

Marketing Assistance Loans (MALs) and Loan Deficiency Payments (LDPs) provide financing and marketing assistance for wheat, feed grains, soybeans, and other oilseeds, pulse crops, rice, peanuts, cotton, wool and honey. MALs provide you with interim financing after harvest to help you meet cash flow needs without having to sell your commodities when market prices are typically at harvest-time lows. A producer who is eligible to obtain a loan, but agrees to forgo the loan, may obtain an LDP if such a payment is available. Marketing loan provisions and LDPs are not available for sugar and extra-long staple cotton.

Monday, October 9: Chicken Fried Steak w/Gravy, Mashed Potatoes w/Gravy, Carrots, Dinner Roll w/Margarine, Fresh Fruit, Lowfat Milk. Tuesday, October 10: Chicken Noodle Casserole, Broccoli, Cinnamon Baked Apple Slices, Dinner Roll w/Margarine, Lowfat Milk.

There seems to be two usual conversations going on nearly continually: politics and weather. In the weather we have had considerable days when rain was strongly predicted and all we got was a small sprinkle.

Little Purple Flowers The bunch of purple flowers appeared out of nowhere—or so it seemed. The warmth of summer was waning and the dust kicking up from the gravel road was a reminder of last week’s hot temps.

Southwest Initiative Foundation (SWIF) has launched a new grant program, Fostering Social Connection in Later Life with funds from the Paul and Alma Schwan Aging Trust Endowment Fund. This program will provide funding to southwest Minnesota-serving organizations working to reduce and prevent social isolation and loneliness among older adults in the region.

By John Stenen When a person dies, there is only one of two places in which they go; to heaven or hell. This is what the Bible teaches. Hell is a place of eternal torment prepared by God for the devil and his fallen angels. God desires that no human should ever perish in hell, but He desires that they repent from their life of sin, (that includes all of us; for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God).

CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH, Slayton, MN. Pastor Chad Duffy. Office Hours: 8am to 4:30pm. Phone: (507) 836-8291. Sun. Oct. 8: 9am Sun. School, 10am Worship Service; Wed. Oct. 11: 6:30pm Confirmation; Sun. Oct. 15: 9am Sun. School, 10am Worship Service.

The Murray County Central Rebels were back in volleyball action against the Southwest Minnesota Christian Eagles last Thursday evening. The anticipation of playing good conference competition was only overshadowed by a milestone set by setter Kate Slettum as she dished out her 1000th set assist of her high school volleyball career.

The MCC Rebels were on the road this past Friday night taking on the Saint James Saints in a game that, with a win, would get them above the .500 mark on the season. St James was looking for their second win of the year but they have played teams tough and have a tough running game.