Murray County Fair Received Platinum Sponsorship Donations from the following groups. Thank you to everyone who helps support the Murray County Fair..

By Mark Zinnel- Buttermaker Reporter Hadley opened the Minnesota State Amateur Tournament when they faced the Elrosa Saints in Dassel. Just like previous State appearances, Hadley would once again be bounced out in the opening round in another heart-breaking loss. Here is the game recap: ELROSA 4 vs HADLEY 3 Nobody expected much from the Buttermakers against a young Elrosa Saints squad, but the Buttermakers held their own. The Buttermakers had the ballpark rooting for them as underdogs as they and had a chance to pull an opening round upset.

The drought affects crop conditions as well as the potential for disease development. Dr. Seth Naeve, Extension soybean agronomist, traveled Minnesota recently assessing the soybean crop. Despite the drought, soybeans are looking reasonably good. However, we are living “paycheck to paycheck” in terms of soil moisture and need rain for the crop to develop and yield.

Laddie Carda & Curt Erickson 59.0 Mark Zinnel & Bob Veenhuis 56.5 Tom Keller and Larry Hafner 54.5 Steve Haugen & Terry Schmidt 54.0 Don Hansen and Bob Schoenbaum53.5 Jerry Braun and Dick Davidson 53.0 Brad Bergerson & Neal Everson 49.5 Randy Pankonen & Jeff Carlson 49.5 Steve Wynia & Gary VanHove 49.0 Tom Pryor & Bill Bryan 48.0 Larry Meyer & Larry Plantz 47.0 Tom Ackerman & Chris Davis 44.0 Tom Andrews & Jon Heidebrink 43.5 Mike Groen & Mark Gauer 39.0

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

GET THE DIRT By Kathy Schwartz, Murray County Master Gardener Lift potatoes and onions from the ground after their foliage dies back. Spread the harvest in a cool, dry, well-ventilated, shady spot to cure for about 10 days.

“Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.”

The story is told of Cyprian the Bishop of Carthage in the third century; he wrote a letter to his friend Donatus, “It is a bad world, Donatus, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered, in the midst of it, a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret.