Lifestyle
Albion quilting ladies continue decades long group
If you were to go down to one of Albion’s Church former church school class rooms the you would find the ladies quilting group working on one of their many quilts. Janice Brekke, Sharon Lee, and Jean Knudson, hand make 10 to 12 quilts a year.
Community Calendar
Monday: Coffee with the Mayor 2 p.m.; Liver and Onions at Eagles Club 5 p.m. Tuesday: Rotary Club, 12:10 to 1:10 p.m.; St.
The Community Newspaper
When I was growing up in the early 1980s, we had a weekly newspaper in our town. There was a woman assigned to cover our little neighborhood. I remember her calling each week to ask my mother what was new in our family. Did Jeremy make the honor roll this quarter? Had we gone on vacation recently? Did we get a new pet? She would take this information from anyone in the neighborhood who was willing to share it and would write a column each week. When the paper came out on Wednesdays, my mother was always excited to read what was going on in the neighborhood. Everyone on our street knew each other. We played outside with the kids every day until dusk. My parents were in a bowling league with our neighbors. We had a block party in the street in the summer. When a new family moved in everyone welcomed them and introduced themselves. I guess you could say it was a great community.
Hi to all our community residents
My name is Rhonda Miller and I am the Regional Accounting Manager for the Minnesota newspapers, and a few others, owned by CherryRoad Media. My office is located in our St. James site. I have been with the newspaper for almost 30 years and have dabbled in quite a few different rolls along the way.
Senior Spotlight: SAIL
SAIL, stay active and independent for life, formerly known as Bone Builders is a exercise program to help participates stay active and help them be independent in life. The first leaders of SAIL were Linda Hackett and Audrey Swanson in 2013.
A Message Worth Sharing
Are you ready for March? I am sure there will be many conversations . . . about everything currently in the news. Russia. March madness. Don’t forget to change your clocks this weekend. High gas prices. All the evil happening in the world.
Watonwan County Corn and Soybean Growers donated books to schools
Above: Dale Busch and Thomas Eng delivered books today to St. James Elementary.
BACK IN TIME
Looking back in time to see what was happening in St. James during the week of March 3 in the years of 1982, 1992, 2005.
Life changes but the Bible doesn’t
I’m old enough to remember how it was to NOT have GPS or cell phones as we navigated the streets. If I wanted to go somewhere unknown I needed written out instructions. I vividly remember turning down the radio in order to see the numbers of the houses… not sure why that worked, but it always did. When the instructions were incomplete or mistakenly written down, I was lost. I would often feel that moment of panic, anxiety, and I broke down many times crying in despair. We live in a world of panic, anxiety, and multiple crying spells. Life isn’t always predictable and it doesn’t always seem possible to turn down the noise in order to see the future ahead of us.
Chili Cook-Off
Foods I had its trimester chili cook-off on Thursday and Friday. This trimester 4 teams were formed in the class, all of which created their own recipe for their chili.