Arrived in Slayton on Tuesday, August 15th With a G rand Entrance and an eremony.

By Sophia Gaul, 4-H Extension Summer Staff Murray County 4-H clothing project members completed their exhibit judging as well as Fashion Revue judging on August 8. Performing Arts judging was held the same day.

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

Farmer Wellness Minute; the colonoscopy… it’s like checking tile lines. Its August, I know tile lines are the farthest from your mind at this point in the growing season; however, they do make a good analogy to getting a colonoscopy.

Monday, August 21: Chicken Pasta Salad, Sliced Cucumbers, Fruit Salad, Dessert, Low Fat Milk. Tuesday, August 22: Pasta w/Meat Sauce, Romaine Salad w/Dressing, Fruit, Texas Toast, Dessert, Low Fat Milk.

By Kathy Schwartz, Murray County Master Gardener Fertilize established (mature) trees and shrubs in late fall or early spring when active growth occurs. These trees and shrubs do not require a lot of nitrogen and typically get enough from lawn fertilizer applied nearby.

By Arnold Krusemark This column will arrive with you readers the last day of the Murray County Fair this year. We hope the Fair has been interesting in many ways.

The Garage Sale Next Door It was a grand week I’d committed to long ago and thus I was in full swing of things. In other words, I was watching the grands — two out of the dozen.

Eight teams raised over $71,000 for the 2023 team event. 82 Survivors were registered for this year’s event. The Survivors participated in the traditional survivor walk. Survivors were treated to a Pork Burger meal and Malt as well as a goodie bag that included a prayer cross engraved with Hope and a pair of feet to remind them that Every Step at Relay brings Hope.

By Mark Zinnel- Buttermaker Reporter Luverne had no trouble dispensing the Buttermakers in the Region 13C semi-finals. Hadley’s attention switched to the veteran Fairmont Martin squad. Hadley played their hearts out but let the series fall through their hands as the Martins took out the Buttermakers in 2 games. Here is the series recap: GAME 2– MONDAY – LUVERNE 13 vs HADLEY 2 – 8 INNINGS Game 2 of the Region 13C semi-final series was switched to Monday evening. The weekend rain outs meant that Hadley would lose their home field advantage and be forced to win twice on the Redbird’s field to advance to the championship round. Buttermaker vet, Sam Erickson was given with the assignment to shut down the veteran laden Redbird squad. The way things started out, it looked like Hadley was up for the task.