Opinion
Guest column: Celebrating 22 years with gratitude
The New Year marks a big change for me personally and professionally. After 22 years on staff, I’ll be retiring from Southwest Initiative Foundation (SWIF) in January. My heart is full as I look around southwest Minnesota and think of all the good we have been able to do together. I wanted to share a few of my favorite memories with you in parting.
MMS December Students of the Month announced
Montevideo Middle School Students of the Month for December are: Emily Koosmann, Ava Spray, Kason Staton, Bailey Heidecker, Sonny Dahl, Ivy Field, Ally Osbon, Collin Day, Varalee Dresser, Andrea Cardona Chavez, Cali Janke.
From the Editor’s Desk
jstolen-jacobson@cherryroad.com My youngest child decided recently that she wanted to become a dog mom. She wanted her very own pet that would be just hers.
From the Editor’s Desk
The weather the last two weeks, I swear, was out to get me. Each day that there were events planned to be covered for the paper, and tasks that must be done on specifically those days, the weather lashed out and made everything come to a standstill.
Beyond Reason
Resolve for the New Year This time of year, everyone’s talking about one thing: how much collective weight we put on in December. (I know I did my part.) On a related note, they’re also talking about New Year’s Resolutions or NYRs as no one calls them.
From the
Jessica Stölen-Jacobson News Editor jstolen-jacobson@cherryroad.com The days leading up to Christmas were filled with snow, wind, subzero temperatures, and thus cancellations. Of everything.
News from Milan
Thank you, Mother Nature for relenting and allowing some warmer air to move into out area. I was tired of listening to the drip of my faucets. It is supposed to prevent freezing of pipes. Don’t know if that really works, but I was willing to try. I had 3 faucets dripping for several days. It’s a good thing that I don’t pay for water. I have turned all of them off for the week.
News from United Way of Southwest Minnesota
As the snow falls outside, I start to think about traditions. When my sister and I were younger, we would break out Christmas cookies saved in the freezer from the year before on the first snow of the year.
Live Well, Age Wisely:
Director of Aging Well, Prairie 5 Community Action Council With 2023 just around the corner, this is a good time to share some of the options and opportunities available through Prairie Five’s Aging Well program which serves Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, and Yellow Medicine counties. We are grateful for grants that we receive from the Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging and the Southwest Initiative Fund which will continue to fund these services in part in the new year.
Beyond Reason
The Year in Review: 2022 Just what was 2022? Like many years that came before it, 2022 was also a year. But 2022 was different in that it was new.