Local team works towards solutions for substance use in rural communities

com When 6W Community Corrections Director Midge Christensen approached Montevideo City Manager Robert Wolfington with a proposal to join a committee that would work towards finding solutions geared towards rural communities in dealing with substance use and abuse issues, Wolfington didn’t hesitate to agree. “I’ve had conversations with community members about concerns with drug abuse in our community and programs that are available here now, but I have to admit I don’t have a ton of personal experience with it or even professional experience with it, so I jumped at the opportunity to participate in this as the novice in the group,” says Wolfington.

David C. Brandon III

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Darlene Fultz

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From the Editor’s Desk

Last week, I decided to take on redesigning my bedroom, as it’s the one room in the house I haven’t touched since initially decorating it when we moved in seven years ago. Around that same time, my grandmother had given me a box of keepsakes my grandfather had saved from his youth.

Thunder Hawks take narrow loss to West Central Area

Last Thursday evening, the Thunder Hawk boys varsity basketball team took on West Central Area in a home game for a 56-57 loss. Leaders in the game included Devin Ashling, scoring 16 points with six rebounds, two steals, while Cooper Dack added another 10 and one block to the team total.

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.