Summer is marching right along with very rapid speed with less than a week to go in June. Be sure and stop by the library and pick up a summer reading booklet for yourself and any family members that don’t have one yet. Summer reading will continue until Friday, August 12th with lots of free books to give away, fun programs for kids and families and an escape room for teens and adults. Get your books out and start reading!
It was the twelfth of May, it was warm out, the grass was green, and folks had already been mowing it when36 inches of snow fell on the banks of the Pipestone River. Floyd left home at 7 a.m. in a canoe on its maiden voyage up to their Marsh Lake Cabin 14 miles away to meet his brother Frank. On the way he checked traps and picked up 18 beaver and at least 40 muskrats. He skinned nine of the beaver on the riverbank. He testified that it took him about nine minutes to skin a medium sized beaver and about 15 minutes for a large one.
When the school year ended, the Summer Lunch Program and the Buddy Backpack distribution started at the Backus Community Center. The Summer Food Service Program was established to ensure that children continue to receive nutritious meals when school is not in session.
Seven kittens that are 10.5 weeks old now; six are pending adoption and one is still available. You can always submit a pre-adoption form in case anyone backs out also.
Dear Amy: I started seeing “James” three months ago. I am 35 and he is 40. We both have successful careers, great communication, and an appetite for adventure. It has made for an amazing start, but I struggle with some baggage.
Bronco Kelby Anderson finished tied for 14th at the State Class AA Girls Golf Tournament last week. Day 2, Wednesday, June 15, was shortened to 9 holes due to lightning and rain in the Jordan area.
Kevin Peterson returned a phone call last Wednesday morning from a boat. Probably not that unusual for a man who’s spent the better part of the last 45 years with the fisheries division of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
The most overlooked vegetable that I know of is Kohlrabi. I seldom see it on the seed racks of our local stores so you will probably have to look for it in seed catalogs. Lucky for us, seed catalogs are all on-line.
Nature’s anglers, these American white pelicans are fishing in the shallow, but quick current of Rainy River. Both male and female pelican develop a knob on their beak before the breeding season, a sign of the birds sexual maturity. American while pelicans are a monogamous species, and most likely pair each year on their breeding grounds. Both males and females take turns to continuously incubate and guard the eggs until they hatch, usually about 30 days later. PHOTOS BY BEN SUNNE
Ross and Bennett Hamers show a nice Lake of the Woods walleye caught a week or so ago. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO .