2022 Seniors . . . Well, here you are about to graduate. I’m sure you’re pinching yourself at the prospect of reaching your goal of the last 12 years. I think of you all as caterpillars. You’re about to leave your cocoons; your high school and homes, to emerge as butterflies and fly away to your futures.
Vicki’s Camp N Country Jam is a brand new camping and country music festival that will be held July 7-9 near Redwood Falls. Vicki’s Camp N Country Jam will provide a small, intimate camping and country music festival with a VIP experience for all attendees.
The GFWC Woman’s Club met at Veterans Park on April 19 for a photo presenting $500 to the Huey Project before going to Hackers Farden Center for their meeting. Jacque Novotny and Rose Schwartz were co-hostesses; nine members were present.
The GFWC Qui Vive Club met May 5 at the home of Pat Stevermer, with five members and two visitors present. Lillian Stimpert provided the program. Items were brought for the Eagles Healing Nest at Redwood Falls.
Laundry Love National started in 2003 when a houseless man in California was asked how he could be helped. “If I had clean clothes, I think people would treat me more like a human being,” he replied. There are now hundreds of Laundry Love locations nationwide.
Gary Vait drives the preschool bus for Sleepy Eye Bus Service and says he has the best riders in town. He likes them and they like him. He takes the children to school and back home after class— one group for morning preschool and another in the afternoon.
I would like to acknowledge all who have worked on and donated to the fundraiser for our granddaughter Ellanor. We are grateful to God for how He provides and demonstrates His compassion.
Sleepy Eye High School seniors received honors and scholarships at a program Wednesday evening, April 20. Twenty students were awarded Gold Cords for academic success and many scholarships were announced. Commencement for the SEHS Class of 2022 is Friday, May 20 at 7 p.m.
Twenty-two students from Sleepy Eye High School’s Natural Resources class toured Highwater Ethanol on April 20 to get a closer look at the ethanol production process. During the tour, the students learned about the different stages of the ethanol production process such as income grain grading, grain handling, fermentation, grain storage, dried distillers grain production and storage, ethanol storage and shipment.
One of the most confusing plants in your garden is rhubarb. This vegetable is never eaten as a vegetable but is used as a fruit. Rhubarb is our ‘Citrus fruit’ of the north and is often called the pie plant. Those who have eaten the raw petioles fresh from the garden will not be surprised to learn that rhubarb is one of the most acidic of vegetables, its juice having a pH of 3.1 to 3.3.