By Aaron Swartzentruber Greenleafton, MN So here’s the question, “Where are you going when you die?” Another question is, “Can you know where you’ll go?” The answer is, yes, you can know. In this article I’m mostly talking to people who believe that Jesus paid for their sin but they’re still working to gain favor with God and to have a “chance” of getting into Heaven. If … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2018
Government this week
Monday, February 26 • Rushford-Peterson School Board, Forum Room, 5:30 p.m. • Spring Valley City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. • City of Rushford City Council, City Hall, 6:30 p.m. • Chatfield City Council, City Hall, 7 p.m. • Chatfield School Board, High School Media Center, 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 27 • Fillmore Central School Board, High School Media Center, 7 a.m. • … [Read more...]
What is love?
After ten years of “singlehood,” my boat found a safe harbor. I was 30 when I “fell in love.” In the friendship Glenn and I enjoyed for the year preceding our engagement we spent hours talking to each other. Glenn expressed the opinion that people place too much importance on being “independent” when in fact we should become more “dependent” on each other! One day my … [Read more...]
Houston Girls Finish 22-4
One could see the success coming. Houston girls basketball played last year’s good 1A East teams tough. They began this year as about the only (former) 1A East team with continuity. Twenty-six games later, Dale Moga has the good team. Houston ended the season with three more wins to finish 22-4 (SEC-East champs). It is the best Hurricane girl’s campaign ever dating back to … [Read more...]
Buchholtz Tops 1,000; Knights Sweep Sweep
In the span of a few hours, versus Chatfield, Kingsland b-ball players posted some rare feats. In Spring Valley, Lauren Buchholtz started the night 13 points away from 1,000. Late in the first half, after a Knight steal, the 5’8” junior guard out-raced all for an easy glide in lay-up. It put her at 1,001. She joins Paisley Larson (1,296), Amy Mahlum (1,217), Cheyenne Losey … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
Wrestling Section 1A team tourneys took place. FCMLC (10-seed) lost to D-E (7-seed) 64-9. The Wolves’ season concludes at 2-16. LARP (6-seed) beat Triton (11-seed) 57-24. The Screaming Eagles then fell to Chatfield (3-seed) 54-22 in the quarters. LARP finishes at 10-11. Chatfield fell to Goodhue (2-seed) 46-22 in the semis. The match was tied 22. The Wildcats took the … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (2/12 – 2/16)
Lanesboro 46, FC 59 (FC: L. Ristau career-high 19 pts (9-15 FGs); Josh Peters 15 pts; Nate Haugerud 12 pts (6-7 FGs), 6 rebs, 5 assists. L: C. Schwichtenberg 22 pts (4-12 threes); A. Luck 14 pts (6-6 FTs). Falcons had a 19-3 first half run) Schaeffer Academy 71, M-C 61 (MC: D. Wyffels 16 pts, 8 assists; Dylan Loppnow 12 pts, 9 rebs; Brenden Kerns 11 pts; Logan Richardson … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (2/12 – 2/16)
SG 51, M-C 53 (MC: Payton Danielson 16 pts, 9 rebs, 6 stls; Jordyn Newgard 12 pts (6-7 FTS)) Hope Lutheran 30, R-P 38 (RP: L. Lawston 15 pts, 7 rebs, 5 stls) L-O 32, FC 82 (FC: Kelly Ristau career-high 15 pts, 13 rebs; Paige Donlinger 13 pts (3-3 threes), 5 rebs; Madison Scheevel 12 pts (4-9 threes); Grace Miller 11 pts, 4 stls. Falcons hit 11 of 22 threes. FC has won … [Read more...]
Wrestling Team Sections (2/15 & 2/17)
(1A Wrestle-In) 11-seed Triton (5-16) 24, 6-seed LARP (9-10) 57 (LARP took four by forfeit, forfeited one. Gable Speltz (120), Sam Schwendinger (126), Jacob Meyer (152), Sam Puetz (160), and Noah Herber (182) had pins, Carter Jonsgaard (113 > 8-1) a decision win for Screaming Eagles) (1A Wrestle-In) 10-seed FCLMC (2-15) 9, 7-seed D-E (5-7) 64 (Wolves forfeited four … [Read more...]
A little of this, A little of that
I may have been watching too many episodes of “Ancient Aliens.” I am wondering what humans will be like in the far, far distant future. I predict that humans will no longer have voice boxes. Instead they will have a texting device installed in their hand at birth. Fingers will be elongated and pointed at the tips, better to text with other humans. Many are bemoaning the … [Read more...]