June 2022
Beyond Reason
If you take financial advice from this column, in the future, you may not be able to afford to read this column. That said… let’s talk digital currencies. There are more than 18,000 cryptocurrencies on the market but what is it? Most agree it’s a digital currency that operates outside the traditional government/banking control, instead using public ledgers known as blockchains. But did you know that anyone can make a digital currency with a little coding? Yes, you and I can make our own digital currency. Late Show host Stephen Colbert’s crypto is called Ijustmadethatupeum. But is it a currency?
From the Editor’s Desk
The time has come for my Grandma’s last shipment of cookies to land somewhere overseas. For the entirety of my son’s deployment, my Grandmother has been on a mission. It started with her sending a batch of cookies to him, as she had been sending to him since his arrival at Fort Drum. Upon receiving his first shipment of “Grandma Cookies” overseas, he promptly distributed cookies to as many soldiers as he could, wanting to spread the grandmotherly love to boost morale.
Koenen and O’Malley compete at State Track meet
Two Montevideo High School Track athletes, Avery Koenen and Francis O’Malley, qualified for the state meet held last week. Koenen finished off the state meet with a 6th place finish in the 300 hurdles, running a personal best time of 47.07. She was additionally the state runner-up in the triple jump, improving her school record to 37’ to move into first with only two jumps left, but the final competitor hit a perfect jump and passed her score. Francis O’Malley was state runner-up in the discus, increasing his school record to 164’8”. Photo Submitted
Two local Lions Club members earn the Melvin Jones Award
Dr. Jeffrey Anderson and Lee Sorenson were recently awarded the Melvin Jones Award. The award, presented through Lions Club International, is provided annually to recognize outstanding individuals involved in the Lions Club worldwide. The Melvin Jones Award is named for the founder of the club, and is the highest form of recognition, embodying humanitarian ideas consistent with the nature and purpose of the club. It is awarded to those who have gone above and beyond to serve the club and their communities.
Gary Huntley
Gary Huntley of Montevideo died Thursday, June 9, 2022, at Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital at the age of 70.
Yvonne Bluhm
Yvonne Bluhm of Clara City died Friday, June 3, 2022 at the St. Cloud Hospital at the age of 58.
Steven Paul Skogrand
Steven Paul Skogrand was born to Paul and Minnie Skogrand in Montevideo on August 26, 1950. Steve lost his short battle with glioblastoma brain cancer on January 4, 2022 in Lewiston, Idaho.
Arlean Magdalena (Langmaack) Bevins-Mounts
A Memorial Service was held Saturday, June 11, 2022, at United Lutheran Church in Elbow Lake for Arlean Magdalena (Langmaack) Bevins-Mounts. Arlean was born September 30, 1930, in Pomme De Terre Township, to Henry and Christina (Kastner) Langmaack. She graduated from Elbow Lake High School in 1948 and was united in marriage to Alvin A. Bevins in June of 1948. They lived in Detroit Lakes and then North Dakota for a short time and then moved back to Elbow Lake. They were blessed with three children. Arlean was married again in the fall of 1986 to Robert L. Mounts and was blessed with three step-sons. They also resided in Elbow Lake and wintered in Texas.
Letter to the Editor
April of 2019, city and county elected officials voted to build a public-owned fitness center, even with four private held and private financed clubs already in Montevideo, and more in nearby towns. Politicians spending $3.1M of the citizens’ money to attack private sector business is the purest example of socialism.
PRAIRIE NOTEBOOK
Now that most of my gardening friends have their gardens planted, it’s time to think about adding mulch to our plots - if we haven’t done so already. Garden mulching is the process of laying material over the soil to retain moisture, regulate temperature and minimize weeds - and adding nutrients as they decompose.