Several weeks ago we reported on a new style and format that CherryRoad Media is bringing to a number of its newspapers around the country. Our group in southern Minnesota is the next to go to the new digital printing method, starting with the June 5 edition.
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The Sleepy Eye FFA Members of the Month are Braylon Nelson, JP Montemayor, Noah Rossbach, and Breanna Lopez.
As we have celebrated Memorial Day again this year, we recall the sacrifice of our service men and women. Christians have the solemn duty to remember and honor those who have died in service to our nation, as we believe in an eternal destiny. Our hope is that we go to be with the communion of saints. We pilgrims in this life, who are called to an eternal dwelling prepared by Jesus. We are called to assist those who are on the way to perfection in Christ. In particular the living are instructed to pray for the dead, that whatever perfection they lacked on earth, may be completed, so that they may enter worthily into the perfection of heaven. In the book of Maccabees this explicitly happens for soldiers who died in battle.
Earlier this month, Jamie Heiderscheidt of Trinity Lutheran Church reached out to the Herald-Dispatch with a “good news” story — something we are always happy to have. Heiderscheidt said she is part of the church school program at Trinity and wanted to share how the church has built up the program in recent years.
Following are the River Valley athletes who advanced in their events at the Subsection track meet on May 22 to compete this Saturday in the Section 2A meet at Mankato West, where they will vie for a berth in the State Championships June 10-12 at St. Michael-Albertville High School. The winning time/distance is in parentheses.
•The Twins Youth Baseball Clinic will be held in Sleepy Eye on Sunday, June 1, 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Prairieview Park. The Sleepy Eye Baseball Association, Brown County REA and Sleepy Eye Community Ed all help with this event, as well as parents of children 6-12. Register at TWINS.COM/CLINICS or walk-ins are accepted.
The Sleepy Eye Woman’s Club met on May 20 at the Dyckman Free Library. The focus of this meeting was arts and culture. Anne Klinkner was the guest speaker. Anne enlightened club members with a presentation on weaving. She talked about the history of weaving itself and her personal history of weaving. Anne showed videos of herself weaving, gave a demonstration on a table loom, and displayed a variety of samples of her work.
The May 20 Community Blood Drive collected 116 units of blood, almost to our goal of 123. We want to thank Afinitas (Haala Ind.), Schutz Family Foods, Americana Community Bank, Sleepy Eye Online, the Sleepy Eye Herald-Dispatch, SAM and KNUJ Radio, and the Sleepy Eye Event Center for their help in putting on the blood drive,