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In the 1970’s, a group of citi-zens concerned about the lackof subsidized rental propertygot together and the RoyalVilla Housing Complex wasconceived. The original Boardmembers did a significant jobof planning and interfacingwith the City of New Richlandand the Housing and UrbanDevelopment Department.Those efforts really paid off asthe Royal Villa complex be-came reality, and it continuesto serve the New Richland areawell. It is conveniently locatedacross the street from the NewRichland Care Center (NRCC)and the ball diamonds. It’s lo-cated a few blocks from mainstreet, where a Bakery, Grocery

store, Meat market, Cafe,Bank, Post Office, HardwareStore and Auto supply and re-pair center are located. TheRoyal Villa continues to providesecure, convenient, affordableliving for many seniors includingthose seniors who may have aloved one living across thestreet in the NRCC. The RoyalVilla has a security system, ele-vator, stairways, a communityroom which is connected to akitchen for group entertaining.Coin operated laundry facilitiesare on site, and the groundsare well lit with benches and agarden area. Off street parkingis also available. The building ismaintained with an on-siteMaintenance person and SiteDirector.Of the 30 apartments, the

majority are single bedroomwith one two-bedroom apart-ment and each has a privatepatio which is accessible via asliding door, a kitchenequipped with cabinets, anelectric range, and refrigerator.All bathrooms have showerswith seats and grab bars forresident safety.

Cable TV outlets are also ineach unit. Various activities arescheduled by residents, and allactivities are held on a volun-tary basis.Rent is income based and the

rent includes electricity, heat,water and garbage. The apart-

Royal VillaHousingComplex inNew RichlandBy Gary Korogi

ments are open to all personsregardless of race or creedwho canmanage their own af-fairs, maintain the apartmentandmeet the established assetand income limits.

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ing more about the Royal VillaApartments and look forwardto sharing some history from afew of our tenants. We wisheveryone a Happy, Healthyand Prosperous New Year!

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Back in 2010, while I was serv-ing in the Minnesota State Sen-ate, I was introduced to acompany called Repnet righthere in Waseca. It was in thebuilding on the southside oftown next to the railroad tracks.I must admit, I drove by Repnetnumerous times and nevergave it a thought as to whatthey did. I met the owner,Scott Landes, who by the waystarted the company and stillowns it today. I found out thatthe company’s corporateheadquarters is in Bloomingtonandmanufacturing in Waseca.Now, 10 years later I’m learning

even more. I spoke with Direc-tor of Operations, Josh Stanglerabout the company that isnow called “Rhino.” I askedJosh to give me a rundown onthe last 10 years. “We are nowlocated in the old Brown Print-ing Building where the binderyused to be. We went from40,000 square feet in the old fa-cility to 80,000 in this one.”Stangler went on to say, “Whenwe were Repnet, we did notmanufacture anything at first. Itwas a slow progression but wenow manufacture the majorityof products we offer.” Whatabout growth I asked. “Themajority of our business is withinthe United States, but we dohave some business outside ofthe US. I’m proud to say thatwe’ve hit 50+ employees thisyear and started a 2nd shift inJuly of 2019. And yes, we didpick up some of the greatBrown Printing employees.” Inoticed in your brochure thatyou call yourselves “DamageControl Experts” what doesthat mean? “This means wetake pride in knowing the in-dustries we serve and are veryknowledgeable and help pro-

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vide solutions to our customers.It isn’t just making a sale wevalue the relationships we havewith our customers and wetake pride in building leg-endary relationships withthem.” Stated Josh. He wenton to say, “Because we servemultiple industries, there alwaysseems to be new things hap-pening. From a gas companybuyout to more and more fibergoing into the ground, there isalways new activity. For us per-sonally, we started offering fullcolor digitally printed signs in2019.”As their website (www.rhino-

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Gyles and Carol Randall

The RipplesOur LifeMakes(part two)By Mike Parry

Many people know of theNeighborhood Service Centerin Waseca. Many people havebeen through the doors to lookfor items that they need in theirlives. Clothing, dishware, food,electronics and so on. All do-nated by so many people.Thousands upon thousands ofitems to organize and display.

How does this all get done?With leadership! In this case,the leadership of Toni Larson,Executive Director. When youtalk with the employees at theWaseca Neighborhood ServiceCenter pretty much the samething comes out of theirmouths. “It’s her passion. Any-one can do the books andspreadsheets, but every daywe see her in action. With peo-ple. It inspires us. You won’tfind anyone with a biggerheart than Toni’s.” You can seethe ‘Ripples’ Toni’s life is makingin the lives of many and thiscommunity. And that’s whatcaught the eye of Gyles andCarol Randall of Waseca.What they have seen in thecommunity over the last 48years is now leading their Phil-

anthropic decisions. I sat downwith the two and asked a fewquestions like, Why the Neigh-borhood Service Center? “Wehave observed many peopleand places in this community,”Gyles said, “and this facilityhelps a lot of people.” Caroljumped in and said, “Toni isdoing such a good job. There’san oura around her. She is anexcellent PR person and is sogood with people. She was ahuge part in our decision. I toldGyles let’s do it now.” Hence,

a $8,000 dollar donation to theWaseca Neighborhood ServiceCenter. “The need is here, theneed is now,” Gyles stated, “Sotalking with our children, Scott& Jill, we decided that our willbe two part, now and after ei-ther one of us pass on.Waseca has been very goodto us and it’s time for us to giveback.” Said Gyles.Three people whose life’s

have and are continuing tomake positive ‘Ripples.’


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Let’s take alook at thosegiving back!(Continued)

Kim and Marcia Berg from Edina Reality who gave a verygenerous monetary donation for the Backpack program!

We must begin with a spe-cial mention of one of ourteammembers here at WANSCGalen Spain who passed awaysuddenly on December 9th athis home in Otisco Mn. Wewere saddened by his suddenpassing. As Galen’s wife Elainesaid “Galen found his passion inretirement” Galen worked asthe Food Shelf Coordinator forthe past five years after a ca-reer at E.F Johnson. Galen wasexceptional at his job and re-ally cared and had a passionfor our community! Galen wasalways willing to be a teamplayer at fund raising eventsand wherever needed! Wemiss Galen, Our thoughts andprayers are with Galen’s wifeElaine and family and we thankyou for the generous monetarydonation in memory of Galen.So many individuals and

groups of individuals havetaken the time to come up withideas to give back to those inneed! Kim and Marcia Bergwho are local realtors withEdina Reality decided to give a

percentage of every homethey sold to raise funds for theBackpack program and do-nated $3750.00 for 160 schoolage kids a week to receivemeals on the weekends.Pat Jewison a Realtor with

Edina Reality comes into thecenter and reminds us everyyear to apply for the Edina Re-ality grant to assist those inneed! Gyles and Carol Randallwhen you phoned, came inand met with me to explainyou had included the WasecaArea Neighborhood ServiceCenter in your Will but had de-cided to give that monetarygift now instead, it was a veryspecial day for the Neighbor-hood Center and for me, Yourmessage was heartwarmingand very special!Omg what a Christmas party

fundraiser! A hand delivereddonation of over $3000.00 wasdelivered to the center. An an-nual Christmas party was heldover the holiday season, every-one who attended gave amonetary donation in supportof the food shelf and wow asfollows, Trevor Kanewisher,Cheryl Bressler, Scott Lang,Thomas and Linda Lang, JohnPriebe, New Richland BuildingSupply and Hardware, SnowConstruction Services, DeRaadAccounting, Thomas andSusan Kraus, Bernie and AnnGaytko, Ward House Brewery,El Molino LLC, Katy O’LearysBeef and Brew!These special events, ideas

and inclusion in your lives makesuch a difference to those inneed and the work we do, allof us at the Center are sograteful for your support!A generous donation in mem-

ory of Ethel Nodland was given

for the food shelf, we are sorryfor your loss.In loving memory of Dan

Gades, Peggy Gades gave thefood shelf a generous dona-tion, we are sorry for your loss.Renata Berg, with gratitude,

wow! Thank you somuch for allyour support in so many ways,Niki Trivepi and the guys atAlex’s house all your supportand help is so valuable in ourcommunity and our efforts!So many individuals take the

time out of their lives to drop offa monetary donation, give oftheir time andmost importantlyto think of others in so many dif-

ferent ways.The list of all of you is fabulous!

As follows, Barbara Kiesler, Mar-garet and Todd Gades, JeffFette, Suzie Root, Bonnie andMerlyn Proechel, Viki and Den-nis Neidt, Janette Larson,Joann Suitlief, Linda Griffin, Di-anne Forsythe, Anne Gerberand Charles Rohwer, ChristineAamot, Lyn and Lois Spies,Linda and Timothy Berndt,Robert and Joyce Brown, TracyAdler, Hilary Kruger, Jean Slat-tery, Lamarr and Susan Sather,Bruce and Debbie Tappe,Richard and Lois Nelson, Lake

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Shore Inn residents, Steven andPatricia Forshee, Brad and TrudiConners, Cheryl Milbrath, MollyByron, Joan Meyer, Jim Britton,Charlotte and MatthewHarguth, Rosemary Britton,Christine Hoffmann, JoanMeyer, Blair and Deanne Nel-son, Theresa Neigebauer!!Karen Wendt thank you for all

your support with the adminis-trative needs here at the cen-ter!Special Thanks to Michelle

and all at Wells Fargo alongwith Vicki Neidt and cash wisefoods for your wonderful sup-port with the school supply pro-gram this year!iWealth and community

members, Thrivent Financial,The Boxcar Bar the Lions club,and Grace Lutheran churchalong with Beth Krause, WendiHansen, Sean Pomeroy, theBoy scouts, the YSL studentsand somany community mem-bers, volunteers and businessescontinue to make our Holidayprograms possible in this com-munity!In closing Karissa Nelson along

with 40 Friends and Familypacked 20 operation childboxes and backpacks for localkids in need and filled themwith socks, toothbrushes, soap,washcloths and other fungoodies along with Lakesidegolf course members bringingin bags of wonderful toys closeto the Holiday! We just have tosay that we were so thrilled tobe able to give those toys andBackpacks out up to the lastpossible minute for kids in need!What you do matters so

much!Special Thanks to Marty

Hofmeister, Roger Ignaszewski,Mike Bailey and Gary Huckfeldtyou all really gave such greatsupport on such short noticewith helping pick up food forthe Holiday programs and thefood shelf! To all the volunteersat WANSC and all of you weare so grateful; you give us theability to do the work we do!Thank you to each and every

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Let’s take alook at thosegiving back!(continued from page 6)


Generosity

By Jill Courtney,Director

My character is determinedby me doing the right thingwhen no one is looking. – TEAMAcademy Creed Charactereducation is one of the mainfocuses of TEAM Academy. Allstudents start each day byreciting the TEAM AcademyCreed. The Creed has state-ments that teach us to be hon-est, responsible, show courage,be generous and compassion-ate to others, cooperate, showrespect, and persevere.Our character word for De-

cember was generosity andAdopt a Family is a giving tradi-tion we have done for over 10years. Our school social work-ers select up to three TEAMAcademy families to adopt

each year. Then, students andstaff bring in spare change forone week and all the moneyraised goes to our families wehave adopted. Each year wehave been able to raise a littleover $500 to use for ouradopted families. The namesof the families are always keptanonymous but the students doknow we are raising money forkids at TEAM. It is so rewardingto see how much the studentsget into helping others. An-other December tradition toshow generosity is our choirsinging Christmas Carols atColony Court. We were also

able to sing at Pizza Ranch thisyear! Our students are doinggreat things at TEAM Academy

and we are very proud of thecaring young citizens they arebecoming!


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I am thinking of you, Waseca. You have been on my heart since I learned of the incident that occurred a few days ago. I am

praying for complete healing for Officer Matson, healing and transformation over all involved, and f or the Waseca community to know God’s Truth, hope, and peace.

I don’t believe it’s a coincidence this was on my heart to share well before January 6th. I knew in December we would pick up where we left off last month, which ended with three questions to ponder: Do I have buried pain? Are there emotions I’ve been afraid to face? Are there people in my life I need to forgive?

These can be hard questions because...well because it requires courageous vulnerability and inevitably feeling uncomfortable. Our most natural response to painful emotions and experiences is “Make it stop!” We often do whatever it takes to not feel pain. (Numb. Avoid. Develop addictions. Even take our own lives.)

I’m with you. I’ve spent much of my life trying to avoid pain by stuffing and numbing it away. Step-by-step I’m starting to face the facts that avoiding pain is 1. Not possible. 2. Not healthy or

helpful to me or those around me. 3. Often leads to experiencing even more pain. So where does this leave us? I believe it leaves us with some choices. There is true and ever-lasting Hope in the presence of pain. But it requires acknowledging what is

going on in our hearts and choosing to walk through the hard stuff with Jesus who offers complete healing, peace, and restoration that our souls long for.

This is not a checklist to ensure healing but I simply want to share what’s been helpful for me rece ntly: A book entitled “The Supernatural Power of Forgiveness” by Jason Vallotton. Journaling. Getting deep er into God’s Word. Sharing/praying with my Pastors and other trusted people. God is breaking through as I come before H im and others with nothing hidden..raw, real, messy pain and all.

If you desire healing and breakthrough in your life, too, pray with me today: Jesus, I need You. I’m hurting. There is pain in my heart. I’ve tried to numb or avoid it. But today I choose to acknowledge

what’s going on in my heart. I entrust my heart to You, for You are trustworthy. I choose courage to day. I ask that you show me what our next step is so that I can live fully and freely, with joy and hope abounding. Amen.

Suzanne Barbknecht - daughter of God, writer, photographer, worship leader, pastor, missionary to th e Northland - originally from the fertile farm land of Waseca, now resides in the Northwoods of Bemidji and is passionate about living a lifestyle of hope while in spiring others in the same. Connect more at www.ignited- hope.com, www.facebook.com/suzanne.barbknecht, or [email protected].

By Suzanne Barbknecht


Waseca Sleigh & Cutter Festival January 25-February 29, 2020

CHILDREN’S DREAM CATCHER Bingo at BARDEN’S - Waseca - Mondays @ 6:30 November 4th through March 16th. $40.00 minimum prizes .

16th Annual event at STARFIRE EVENT CENTER Saturday March 28th @ 2:00

RED DIRT ROAD BAND At the dinner/dance Friday - February 7th at The Waseca VFW Club

$1,750 FROSTY CONTEST - 23rd AnnualSponsored by: CULLIGAN, LATHAM PLACE, iWEALTH - Brad Connors, DOMINO’S, MEDIACOM, LAKE SHORE INN, ME LCHER’S POWER VAC

$1,750 MEDALLION CONTEST - 23rd AnnualSponsored by: ACE HARDWARE, WASECA COUNTY NEWS, CASH WISE, FIRST NATIONAL BANK, DIVERSIFIED CREDIT, WASECA VFW CLUB POST 1642, M. PETERS ENTERPRISES

CANNON OLD WEST SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP Sponsored by: PIZZA RANCH, SUBURBAN FURNITURE, McDONALD’S, THE ROUNDBANK and ROUNDBANK INSURANCE

SATURDAY, JAN 25TH Vintage Snowmobile Race on Clear Lake in front of BoatHouse Grill & Bar. Contact Larry Spindler 715-556-6345

SATURDAY, FEB. 1st TONERS LAKE VINTAGE RIDE, Registration 9:00 – 11:00. Contact Marissa 507-461-4501 0r Mark 507-835-5480

WEDNESDAY FEB. 5TH ICE SCULPTING In front of new Public Safety Building (Waseca Police and Fire Departments). Sponsored by: Kibble E quipment, WASECA AREA FOUNDATION, WASECA VFW CLUB POST 1642, STATE FARM - Gloria Butler, WALMART, TESCH SERVICE CENTER, AN ONYMOUS and the WASECA SLEIGH and CUTTER FESTIVAL

THURSDAY, FEB. 6TH ICE SCULPTING In front of Waseca Public Safety Building.

FRIDAY, FEB. 7TH ICE SCULPTING Last full day of sculpting - come to view the sculptors creative chain saws at work - In front of W aseca Public Safety Building.

20TH ANNUAL CHILDREN’S COLORING CONTEST Grades K-4 draw winter scenes. Art is displayed at the Waseca VFW Club

SLEIGH & CUTTER DINNER Waseca VFW Club 5:00 to 7:00 choice of steak or walleye. Purchase tickets at the door. Fischer Farm s meat raffles.

DANCE Red Dirt Road Band at the Waseca VFW Club - 8:00 pm to close. MISS WASECA COUNTY SLEIGH AND CUTTER • MISS WASECA COUNTY SLEIGH AND CUTTER OUTSTANDING TEEN • MISS SOUTH CENTRAL • MISS SOUTH CENTRAL OUTSTANDING TEEN • SLEIGH AND CUTTER PRINCESSES 23RD ANNUAL FROSTY AND MEDALLION CONTESTS winners announced at 9:30 pm

SATURDAY, FEB 8 - SUNDAY, FEB. 9 AL KUNZ MITE HOCKEY JAMBOREE at the Waseca Community Arena

SATURDAY, FEB. 8TH 12TH ANNUAL SLEIGH & CUTTER CURLING BONSPIELCurling on Clear Lake by the Boat House Grill & Bar ; Register at the Boat House Grill & Bar by 7:30 am - games start at 8:00am. $200 per team, 3 game guarantee. Contact Brett at 715-491-0884 - clearlakecurling.org

SLEIGH & CUTTER PARADE START TIME: 12:00 noon. Parade starts from the Waseca County Fairgrounds and runs through downtown Waseca. GRAND MARSHALS: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION (LEMA) PARADE ATTRACTIONS:MISS WASECA COUNTY SLEIGH AND CUTTER • MISS WASECA COUNTY SLEIGH AND CUTTER OUTST ANDING TEEN • MISS SOUTH CENTRAL • MISS SOUTH CENTRAL OUTSTANDING TEEN • SLEIGH AND CUTTER PRINCESSES Cannon Old West Society will perform prior to parade.

FERMENTALS OF WASECAHave a free beer & wine tasting event at TRIO in Waseca from 1:00 to 3:00. Visit: www.triowaseca.com

ANNUAL MIKE FILZEN MEMORIAL RUN 10:00 am registration at Boat House Grill & Bar – 11:00am departure – with or without snow – 6 stops ending at the Boat House Contact Jake (507) 461-2510


Waseca Sleigh & Cutter Festival January 25-February 29, 2020

SUNDAY, FEB. 9TH SNOWMOBILE SAFETY RIDING COURSEContact Marissa at 507-461-4501

FRIDAY, FEB. 14TH VALENTINE’S DINNER - DANCE PARTY AT THE WASECA AMERICAN LEGION CLUBShrimp or steak dinner at 5pm; band following dinner.

SATURDAY, FEB. 15TH CROSS COUNTY SKI AT WASECA COURT HOUSE PARKEvent starts at 1:00 – groomed trails and bon fires. Contact Joan at 507-835-7700 or Gary at 507-833 -9281 or 515- 351-1281

ANNUAL VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE SHOW/RIDE/RADAR RUNRegistration 9-11AM. Show at 11AM in front of Boat House Grill & Bar. Prizes. Contact Seth 507-837-9230 or Marissa at 507-461-4501

BEAN BAG TOURNAMENT AT THE MILLRegister from 9:30 to 10:30 Tournament starts at 11:00. Contact Abbe at 507-461-1434. Band TravAce and the Generators play at 8 :00 after fireworks on Clear Lake.

FIREWORKS ON CLEAR LAKENortheast of BOATHOUSE after sunset. The Explore Minnesota traveling monument “#ONLY IN MN” will be on Clear Lake from Jan 27th through Feb 17th - location to be determined. Come to watch fireworks on the 15th and take a selfie of the monument wit h fireworks in the background. FIRST TIME MONUMENT WILL BE ON ICE WITH FIREWORKS!

SUNDAY, FEB. 16TH Waseca Sno-Secas Club Ride Registration 10am – ride starts at 11am from the Boat House Grill & Bar – contact Jake 507-461-2510

SATURDAY, FEB. 22ND INTRO TO FAT TIRE WINTER BIKE RIDE AT WASECA COURT HOUSE PARKEvent starts at 1:00pm Groomed trails and bon fires. Contact Curt at 507-835-4610

EUCHRE CARD TOURNAMENT Held at BARDEN’S BAR in Waseca. 1:00pm start; 100% payback; Signup at BARDEN’S. Call Shane for more info: 507-835-5343

SUNDAY, FEB. 23RD FREE FLAGS FOR VETS - RUCKING TO REMEMBEREvent to support service and veteran’s families who have lost a member to suicide. Walk starts at American Legion Club, travels north around CLear Lake, continues south and returns to the American Legion Club. Short program before walk starts. Contact Jeremiah at 507-835-5267

SATURDAY, FEB. 29TH Pageants: MISS WASECA COUNTY SLEIGH & CUTTER and MISS SOUTH CENTRAL PAGEANTS –at the Central School Auditorium – starts at 6:30

SATURDAY MARCH 28TH 16TH ANNUAL SLEIGH & CUTTER CHILDREN’S DREAM CATCHERA fund raiser for children with life threatening conditions in the Waseca area. Sponsored by the Was eca Sleigh and Cutter Festival. Event held at STARFIRE EVENT CENTER. Bingo starts at 2:00pm - 15 games - large blackout. FISCHER FAMILY FARMS meat raffles, silen t and live auctions. Sleigh & Cutter members andvolunteers will have their awesome baked goods on the auction.

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New YouthPastor inTown

By Mike Parry

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Pastor Brad from Christian As-sembly Church is excited abouttheir new Youth Pastor and so isthe Good News. I teached outto Megan Gilbertson andasked he to tell us about her-self. Here’s what she had tosay.“I was born in Sioux City Iowa.

I have two siblings bothyounger than me. I movedaround a lot as a child be-cause of my dad's work but wehave been in Minnesota for thelast 10 years. I went to SaintPeter High School and justgraduated from MinnesotaState University Mankato witha degree in English Educationin December. I really enjoyspending time with my hus-band and family. We enjoyplaying board games witheach other. I also really enjoycrocheting, knitting and crossstitch. I take a lot of joy frommaking things for other peo-ple.” When did you realize youwanted to be part of a min-istry? “I would say I haveknown since high school that Iwanted to be involved in Min-istry in some way. I wasn't surewhat that would look like. Iheard a call on my life to servethe Lord. I have always en-joyed being around kids and Ireally love seeing them grow inthe Lord. I have been blessedto work with Randy Christensenand he helped me to grow inmy capabilities of kids ministry.This last summer I had the op-portunity to intern with him andI learned so much about howto lead a strong children's min-istry. That really sealed my de-cision. I had gone to school forEnglish education and I sawthat I could use these skills verywell in Ministry. Pastor Randypresented me with this oppor-tunity in Waseca and I am veryexcited to continue to learnand grow to help kids come toChrist.” What is it you get from

the position? “ The biggest joyfor me is seeing them first comein and then really blossominginto feeling the love from Godand showing that to other peo-ple. That makes it all worthwhile to me. My biggest goal isto pour into the younger gener-ation so that they can do thesame when they grow up asstrong Christians. When I get toheaven some day, I want toknow that I did my part in get-ting (with God's help workingthrough me) as many peopleas possible there with me.”

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Happy New Year! Have youever told yourself that "This isthe year! This is the year I'mgoing to set a resolution andstick to it!!! This IS the year!!!". Isuspect we’ve all said it onceor twice this time of year - al-ways with the best of intentionsand a desire to make positivechanges in our lives. Yet, whattypically happens? If you're likemost people, the positive in-tentions quickly fade awayand you’re left with thethought “well, there’s alwaysnext year!” But what if therewas a resolution that was free,easy to put into practice andhad the potential to changeyour life in positive ways thatare almost unimaginable?You might be asking yourself,

what is this magical resolutionthat can be such a gamechanger? It’s actually prettysimple…it’s the practice ofgratitude. I know - you mightbe thinking, “Ok, great, I can

say thank you to people thatdo nice things for me, but, howcan practicing gratitude be soimpactful?” Well, scientific re-search suggests that practicingand expressing gratitude canhave a host of positive benefits.For example, practicing grati-tude can:• make us more optimistic• improve our physical health• help us sleep better• improve our self-esteem• improve our friendships• make us happier• make us better employees• make us more giving• increase our frequency ofexercise

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Wow...who wouldn't sign upfor all of those amazing bene-fits? But, with all resolutions,being successful in making pos-itive changes in our life takeswork - whether that's draggingyour tired body out of bed inthe early morning to head intothe gym or preparing theweek's worth of healthy mealsto keep you focused onhealthy eating. It's no differentfor gratitude. Initially it takesreal, intentional "work" to de-velop a habitual practice ofgratitude. So, how can youpractice it? Well, here are afew fun activities that can helpyou start building a practice ofgratitude that can, in turn, leadyou to a happier and healthierlife in 2020.Start a Gratitude Journal -

We’ve all heard about this one.Heck, just look at the multitudeof gratitude journals at yourlocal bookstore. It’s a powerfultechnique. In fact, journalingmight just be one of the mosteffective ways of building a

habit of gratitude. All it takes isa few minutes each day towrite three things for which youare grateful. The best partabout this technique - the in-tentional focus and apprecia-tion on the positivity in our liveseach day that comes with reg-ular journaling will only lead tomore positivity - it’s the true def-inition of a positive ripple effect.Create a Gratitude Jar - Start-

ing a Gratitude Jar can be afun project for the whole family.By creating a Gratitude Jar,you can go through the yearwith a new habit of thankful-ness that is easy and fun to setup, requires only a few secondseach day and costs only pen-nies to put together.All you have to do is grab a

slip of paper each day, writedown something you’re grate-ful for and the reason behind it- then just drop it in your Grati-tude Jar. Consider using the fol-lowing prompt “I’m thankful for______ today because ______”.The reason that a Gratitude

Jar can be so powerful is it pro-vides a visible and tangible re-minder to help us pause andconsider all of the things forwhich we are grateful. For a funand memorable activity, gettogether with your family onNew Year’s Eve to read throughall the gratitudes that havebeen dropped in the jar overthe past year. You’ll beamazed at how much youhave had to be grateful for in2020.Write Gratitude Letters - Writing

a gratitude letter might be thesingle most powerful and influ-ential of all gratitude exercises.It’s as easy as 1-2-3. First, picksomeone who has made amajor positive impact in your

life that you’ve never fully ex-pressed the depth of your ap-preciation toward. Second,write your letter. Take yourtime, be detailed and strive toconvey the magnitude of yourappreciation for their wonder-ful qualities and the impactthey have had in your life.Third, deliver your letter in someway - ideally this is done in per-son, but, if that’s not possible,give them a phone call or jumpon a video chat and read yourletter of gratitude to them.The impact of this exercise

cannot be overstated. Notonly for the receiver of your let-ter, but, also for you, the writer.Do it once…do it monthly, butknow that the impact of this ex-ercise will be pretty incredible.So, over the course of 2020,

look for ways to build a regularpractice of gratitude. Have funwith it and, as you begin toform a habit of gratitude, you’llquickly see some really amaz-ing positive changes in your life.Oh, and best of all, for this NewYear’s resolution, you won’thave to drag yourself out ofbed at 5:00am to get to thegym on those cold winter morn-ings.Happy New Year everyone!Mike Good, creator of The Gratitude

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Upon the confirming diag-nosis of a fracture of the leftradius, I formed my healingteam, which consisted ofAcupuncturist Dr. Hua Zhu ofHealing Hands, Dr. MichaelHarvey of Beschnett and Har-vey Chiropractic, and LindaGrant; Reiki Master of HealingHands. The goal we collec-tively set forth was to achievebone growth in 3 weeks (nor-mal expectations is 6 weeks).The protocol was as fol-

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sumptionThe electrical simulation,

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with an emphasis in increas-

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did return to the frozen tundrathis year, I mean to Minnesota,and when I did so, I returned torural living. Were there are sig-nificantly more deer runningaround then there are in asouthwestern Missouri city.One Wednesday night after I

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She was born Helen Proehl at her grandmother’s house in Mankato on the 4th of July 1926. “I’m a firecracker!” she says. She grew up on the family farm in Mapleton and went to country school (the Johnson’s School) through 8th grade. After a short time at high school, her father passed away and she was needed full time on the farm. The family moved to Waseca in 1943 and she took a job at what was then called Fairmont Canning, which is now Birdseye.

Helen met her “someone special” while hitching a ride with one of the company drivers on her day off. That driver was Clifford Schoenfeld, and he and Helen married a few years later. They rented different farms throughout the years and raised their family of 5 children – 4 boys and a girl together. They spent a lot of fun times dancing at the Kato Ballroom. Helen also enjoyed sewing, embroidering and gardening.

This past spring Helen fell, and her boys decided that it wasn’t safe for her to be living at home anymore. They moved her to Colony Court because her sister and mother had both lived here in the past. “Of course, I’d like to be living in my own house, but I don’t mind it here.” she says.

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January Resident Profile

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