September 2022
Mayo Clinics offering flu vaccine
Preventing the flu is always important due to the number of hospitalizations and deaths it causes each year. With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever to do everything possible to reduce illnesses and preserve health care resources.
Beyond Reason: My Daughter
Friends have asked why I haven’t written about my four-year-old daughter. Some know me as a doting dad and conjectured that I was too deeply in love to make fun of her. Incorrect. I only make fun of people I love. And golfers and pickle-ballers. Okay, I make fun of a lot of people. But that very much includes the ones I love. It’s how I show love. I admit it’s immature and there are better ways to show love. And yet… here we are.
It’s Hard to Be Humble, Really Hard
No, not planning on paying homage to a certain country music song… A recent lesson with my seniors led me to recall just how hard it is to put aside the desire to place oneself at any position other than the top. Discussion followed a video by Shaun Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage. Achor is an entertaining speaker and along with the humor was the idea that happiness = more productive work = getting the things you want, not the mantra of hard work = getting what you want = happiness.
Donald Ervin Garten
Donald Ervin Garten, 82, of Waldorf passed away unexpectedly on Monday, September 19, 2022, at Allina Health Faribault Medical Center. A Gathering of Family and Friends was from 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. on Friday, September 23, 2022, at the Donald and Patty Garten residence (75 Blashack Street, Waldorf, MN 56091). Private family interment will take place at St. Mary Cemetery Columbarium in rural Waseca. Dennis-Steffel-Omtvedt Funeral and Cremation Service in Janesville are handling arrangements.
Mae Vivian Brekken
Mae Vivian Brekken, 100, of St. James died on September 19, 2022, at her home in St.
Dolores Darlene Hanson
ODIN: A Funeral Service for Dolores Darlene Hanson, 93, of rural Odin will be 11 a.m. Thursday, September 29, 2022, at St.
Backyard chickens on discussion at St. James City Council meeting
At their Sept. 20 meeting, the St. James City Council heard Mayor Gary Sturm read the proclamation for St. James Women of Today week and handled several other business items including the 2023 levy and allowing backyard chickens.
Quarterly EDA Newsletter – Sept. 2022
The Saint James EDA is excited to announce the Quarterly Newsletter. The EDA newsletter will cover EDA sponsored events, grant updates, updates on investments being done in the community, and city updates. The newsletter will be published on the City of St. James website and will be shared in the Plaindealer during the months of March, June, September, and December. If you have any questions, please contact Brianna Sanders at 507-375-1289.
Hope at Watonwan Relay for Life
Watonwan Relay for Life gathered at the county fairground for its annual Relay for Life event on Saturday afternoon. It was a cold and windy afternoon.
The Little Lad
With a wave and a smile the little lad acknowledged the gentleman standing in the pew directly behind him. With tilted heads—one upward and the other down—their eyes met. Intentional it was on the part of the lad as the eyes behind the saucer- like layers of glass glared back.