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Some know this line - Living to Serve - as the last in the FFA Motto. For Sleepy Eye FFA members, service may be one of the first words they think of when they think of what FFA is all about.

I would like to remind everyone about the parking ordnances in town both on a normal day and when a snow emergency is declared. The ordnance in town is that a vehicle must move every 48 hours. To comply with the ordnance the vehicle must leave the block to have considered moved. Going out every two days and rolling it forward one foot does not satisfy the ordinance.

We hear a lot about new year’s resolutions this time of the year. Now, more than at any other time, people think about making changes in their lives. This often involves things like getting more exercise, eating healthier foods, or spending more time with family. Or people focus their resolutions on accomplishing a specific goal related to work or home. These resolutions almost always have one thing in common. It is not just any change in our behavior or life, but a positive one. We make such changes believing this will improve our life, our health, or our relationships. This is a good thing.

Take proper precautions on the ice Take a Kid Ice Fishing Weekend is this Saturday, Jan. 15, through Monday, Jan.

Jacob Stevens is a senior at St. Mary's High School. He plays football, basketball, and baseball and plays lead characters in school musicals. Jacob has served on the Student Council throughout high school and is Vice President this year. Jacob works at Sleepy Eye Family Aquatic Center and at Sleepy Eye Coffee Co.

Congratulations to the Holiday Lights in Motion committee for another great season at Sportsmen's Park! With "too cold" conditions on Friday night, the final event night was held Sunday, Jan. 2.

Celebrating five generations, the Steffensmeiers posed for a Christmas Eve Day photo. In the center is great great grandma Gladys Steffensmeier of Sleepy Eye holding Brixxon Weber. To the left is Brixxon's dad Cody Gent of Morgan, and to the right are grandma Krista Gent of New Ulm and great grandpa Lynn Steffensmeier of Morgan. SUBMITTED