CRYSTAL “TICO” BLUE
Crystal “Tico” Blue, 59, of Granite Falls passed away on Sunday, March 5, 2023, at her home. Celebration of Life was held Friday, March 10, 2023, at 1 p.m. at Wing-Bain Funeral Home in Granite Falls. Following the service there was a gathering at Tolley’s. Visitation was held 12 - 1 p.m., one hour prior to the service. Crystal Kay Blue was born on December 28, 1963, in Marshall, the daughter of Elmer “Chris” and Mayvis (Christensen) Etrheim. She grew up around Marshall, Hanley Falls, and Granite Falls and attended Granite Falls High School. In her younger years her brother Billy could not pronounce her name and started calling her Tico, which stuck as a life long nickname. In the mid 80’s Tico obtained her GED and enrolled at Granite Falls Vo-Tech, earning her degree in machine tool in 1990. She started working part time at Chandler Industries during school and has continued to work there for 30+ years. Tico had a way with words and made new friends everywhere, always one to help whenever people asked. She enjoyed cooking and made huge holiday meals so she could pack up meals and bring to people who didn’t have family near - Thanksgiving was always her favorite. Tico enjoyed gambling and participating in pool league. She enjoyed long weekend trips to pool tournaments, casinos, and occasionally Vegas. On one special trip in the fall of 2014 her friends, Jamie, Lori, Greg, Gary Dean, went to Vegas and then Jamie and Gary Dean surprised her by renting a car and driving her out to California to see the ocean as they knew how much she had wanted to see an ocean all her life. Tico is survived by her children, Tawnya (Scott Anspach) Anderson of Montevideo, Tremayne Blue (Jen Holien) of Clarkfield; brothers, Earl (Donna) Craig of Clarkfield, Ricky (Jane) Craig) of the Twin Cities; as well as other relatives and friends; and her cat Baby Boy. Tico is preceded in death by her parents, Elmer and Mayvis; brother, Billy Etrheim; niece, Melinda Craig. Arrangements a
2023 Power of the Purse event to support Early Childhood literacy programs
Power of the Purse is an event that brings together women from throughout southwest Minnesota with a commitment to our youngest learners. Proceeds from this event support programs such as Imagination Library, Stuff the Bus school supply distribution, Born Learning Trails, and more. All money raised will support local initiatives that help prepare young children in our area for kindergarten.
Customers encouraged to monitor natural gas meter and furnace vent
With the snow fall totals inching toward winter season records across Great Plains Natural Gas’ service territories, the company is encouraging customers to inspect their natural gas meter and furnace vent areas to make sure there is not a buildup of snow and ice. Customers are encouraged to clear the snow and ice away from the meter set and the furnace vent area.
Angel Fund provides help for kids in need in Montevideo School District
com For years, an informal fund has existed in the Montevideo School District designed to provide kids in the district with needs identified such as eye exams, winter coats, and more. For the last couple of years, it has been more formally named the “Angel Fund”, and the district has worked to make the community more aware of its existence.
Minnesota Corn announces 2023 scholarship recipients
Today, Minnesota Corn is excited to announce the recipients of its 2023 young adult scholarships. Nicole Koziolek of Northfield, Brynn Lozinski of Clara City, Meredith Taylor of Randolph, and Charles Tesch of Henderson will each receive $5,000 for their college educations.
Beyond Reason
It’s time for Spring Training. It’s like baseball season.
Xcel Energy seeks comment on proposed transmission infrastructure
com Last week, representatives from Xcel Energy hosted an informational open house at the Kilowatt Community Center in Granite Falls in order to present information on the proposed routes for an upcoming transmission infrastructure project to serve Upper Midwest customers. In addition to the information available by way of fliers distributed talking about the construction process, working with landowners, and electric and magnetic fields, Xcel Energy provided rows of large printed maps for landowners to see where their property is in relation to any of the 15 proposed routes.
Team United takes 5th place at state tournament
Over the weekend, team UNITED wrestling traveled to the Twin Cities for the State Tournament. In the Class AA state tournament, the team took 5th place. In round one, United lost to Kasson-Mantorville 18-47. In round two, United won against Mora 42-30. In Round three to earn the 5th place spot, United won against Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus 35-32.
“Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!” (Psalm 95:1a)
Vicar of Healing Waters Lutheran Parish, Lutheran Seminary Student My husband and I love rocks! That may sound strange, but we see so much beauty in rocks. It could be the color, the size, the shape, even the mixture of how an individual rock is made up. It’s kind of funny that of all the different billions or trillions of rocks there are on earth, there are only three main types of rocks: sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic. Each of these types are formed by different processes that take place, like melting, cooling, eroding, compacting, or deforming. Agates are our favorite “rocks”, but agates are not classified in one of these three main types of rocks. Agates are considered mineraloids and they form naturally when an empty pocket inside a host metamorphic rock fills layer-by-layer with microcrystals.
CHURCH SCHEDULES
Assembly of God, Clarkfield SUNDAY: Sunday School 9 a.m.; Worship 10 a.m.; Evening 7 p.m. Wednesday: Teens 5 p.m.; Young Explorers 6:30 p.m.