Correction
Please note the time listed at the end of the article in last week’s edition about poet Athena Kildegaard and Brendan Stermer’s poetry reading at Java River was listed as 6 p.m. The start time for the event is 5 p.m.
Beyond Reason
An Exchange with the Easter Bunny Early one morning, Rob and the Easter Bunny met in a sunny, dew-pearled meadow. The rabbit had a basket of Easter eggs at his side.
PRAIRIE NOTEBOOK
Pre-Garden Efforts & Anxiety A friend asked me if I’d been out gardening yet. I assured him that, “Yes, dressed in waders and wearing a snorkel”, I had ventured forth onto my plot.
Earl Norman
Earl Norman, Montevideo, died on Friday, April 2022 at his home at the age of 78. .
Nancy Ryman
Nancy Ryman of Montevideo died on Monday, April 11, 2022 at St. Cloud Hospital at the age of 80. Funeral services will be held on Monday, April 18, 2022 at 11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, rural Watson with Pastor Marie Eckberg officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mark Edward Laechelt
Mark Laechelt was born July 20, 1958 at the Clarkfield Hospital in Clarkfield to Merlyn and Alice (Wick) Laechelt. Mark was one of six children. As second to the youngest, he and his little brother Merle were always getting into some kind of trouble. Mom knew, when it was too quiet, that they were up to something.
Faith Column: “Father, Forgive Them”
Jesus begins the lonely hours on the cross. He wears the sharp crown of thorns, which cut his head deeply. He feels the pain of the open wounds from the nails. Jesus, our Savior, does not think of himself at this moment. He is thinking of everyone else. His pain is not the issue - love is. Love is revealed in his words of compassion, mercy and grace. Jesus called out to the Father and prayed for us. “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”
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.
Cooler weather returns
Much of the central, west central, and northern Minnesota saw temperatures into the upper 40s and low to mid 50s on Sunday. Portions of southern and eastern Minnesota, however, even saw some 60s! Minneapolis hit 61 degrees, while Jackson, Windom, and Austin all topped out at 63 degrees.
News from Milan
I’m hoping from seeing the throngs of pheasant roosters that it means we’ll have a good hatch of pheasants. But if they don’t quit their kamikaze flights in front and over me they might have a short life.