I remember repairing a broken cup years ago. It was one of my favorite cups, so I glued it back together. It was never quite the same again, so I used it for a pencil holder. I tried to make the repair invisible, but I wasn’t able—the cracks always showed. I didn’t know at that time, that there was a Japanese art called Kintsugi that started in the 1400s. Kintsugi is known as “golden repair.” According to wellbeing. com, “It was thought to be the invention of Japanese shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, who charged his craftsmen with finding a more thoughtful, aesthetically pleasing way of fixing a broken tea bowl, rather than the traditional method of using ugly metal staples. Using precious metals, including gold, Japanese craftsmen started to bond together pieces of pottery by drawing attention to, rather than away from, the breaks, which in turn had the effect of making the break the most important part of the piece itself.”

Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach was in Montevideo on Monday and had the chance to meet with many corners of the community. At CCM Health, she saw how the wellness center has been a valuable preventative health resource.

SWWC held its workplace campaign to benefit United Way of Southwest Minnesota (UWSWMN). SWWC raised $2,516.00 with payroll deductions and one time contribution incentives.

Kyle Reitmaier joins the Yellow Medicine County Soil and Water Conservation District as a new conservation technician. Reitmaier grew up on a farm in Rockford, Illinois, and raised horses. After high school, he enlisted in the Marines and spent four years as a Combat Engineer working in construction and demolitions with foreign militaries.

Brielle Meisch, granddaughter of Marvin and Loretta Garbe of Montevideo, and John and Pat Meisch of Altura, was featured in The University of Minnesota Medical Laboratory Sciences Program Newsletter this month.