Lifestyle

Submitted On Friday, Aug. 19, the Sleepy Eye FFA Chapter conducted a farm safety carnival for Summerfest at Eagles Park in Sleepy Eye.

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Gerhardt Miller Faith United Methodist Church This Labor Day, 2022, there are blessings to count. Despite record inflation of prices, opportunities for employment are abundant.

Koozie Group held an Open House from on Thursday, Aug. 18, hosting guided tours for the public, with a steady flow of interested visitors from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Site Manager Jeff Ibberson said it’s been 10 years since the last Open House and they were pleased to offer tours of the facility in operation. In this photo, the tour guide tells his group about work done in the cutting department. Deb Moldaschel

“Why would anyone want to do that?” That was my exact thought when little 8-year-old me asked my parents, after a Saturday evening Mass one summer’s evening, what the priest did when he was not at Mass. As good parents, wishing to inspire a sense of devotion and holiness in their young son, they had replied with, “Well, Father prays for us because we are his spiritual family.” Then, pointing to the little parish rectory, they continued, “Father lives alone in that house and gives his whole life to God and teaches us how to get to heaven.” Although they were doing their best, I am sure, to inspire me to live a holy life, I just remember being very confused and repeatedly thought “why would someone ever want to do something so boring?”

Pastor Nathanael Mayhew Grace Lutheran Church It was the middle of the game. I was on a softball field playing on our family’s coed softball team.