April 2023

Thunder Hawks baseball takes a win in season opener

Montevideo opened its 2023 baseball season last Friday with an impressive 13-4 home win against nonconference Yellow Medicine East. Landon Olson went 3-for-3 and collected four RBIs for the Thunder Hawks, and Jackson Baldwin, Brady Snell, Gannon Reidinger and Luke Kuno all had two hits apiece.

Garrison Keillor and Friends

Spring leaped out at us in New York last week — suddenly one day it was 80, just like me — it sprang at us shang a lang lang as once we’d sung so we were sprung from the steel corset of winter and I took a couple of Londoners to lunch at the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station where, when I was 11, I ate my first oyster on a trip from Minnesota with my dad. I saw him eat one and so I ate one and I trace my independence back to that 1953 oyster — when you eagerly devour something that would disgust your beloved aunts, you’ve taken a step toward becoming your own person.

Move it!

Your body was designed to move. If you don’t exercise enough and sit too much, you are at greater risk of chronic diseases, especially as you age. These chronic health concerns include heart disease, type 2 diabetes, certain cancers (including breast and colon), osteoporosis, dementia, and depression. The following are harmful changes in the body and health risks linked with sitting too much and not getting enough physical activity: excess belly fat, inflammation linked with chronic disease, and a weakened immune system. Regarding your heart and blood vessels: poor blood circulation, greater risk of high blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol levels, higher heart attack and stroke risk. As it pertains to your brain and nervous system: reduced brain function and low mood, difficulty with learning and memory, and faster brain aging. The encouragement to go exercise and make a difference by MOVING your body remains strong. No one can do it for you! There are many things in life out of our control, but truly caring for your body by moving it and making healthy food choices is WITHIN your control. Need some encouragement? As us about our health sessions and coaching options!

Springtime means temporary road, trail closures

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will begin temporarily closing some roads and trails in state forests, state parks, recreation areas, and wildlife management areas as the spring thaw impacts road conditions. Seasonal melting makes these roads and trails too soft to support vehicle traffic without damage. Depending on weather and local site conditions, the temporary closures could remain in effect until sometime in May.

From the Editor’s Desk

Last week’s edition of the Advocate Tribune had a big error, that led to many a message left. Somehow all five of us that look over the pages before printing somehow missed that a story from Page one was missing the jump on the inside pages. I can’t explain how all of us missed that, but we did. Human error happens. Our deepest apologies for that.

Support Local Businesses

A video by the DNR aims to educate anglers about how to properly handle large fish during catch-and-release. Being properly equipped and understanding how to handle a large fish is critical to ensuring the fish’s survival after release.

Montevideo Arts & Event News

Yes, Jessica Stolen-Jacobson is the editor of this paper, but she is also an extraordinary portrait photographer with a superb artistic flair. Her exhibit, Chiaroscuro (kee·aa·ruh·skyur·ow), will be shown at the K. K. Berge Riverside Gallery, May 1-27. Her artist reception is Thursday, May 11 from 7 to 9 p.m. She requests that attendees dress in their finest for this reception though fancy dress is not required.

News from Milan

I really thought that spring was here when we had a couple of days of warm 70+ days. Silly me. There I go, thinking again. And as I write this, there are snow flakes drifting down. They would be pretty and welcome is this was October or November. But, what can you do. Live with it. We’ll probably just jump right to summer in a couple of weeks.