When Barb Streed became pastor of Faith Lutheran in Dodge Center, she said, the congregation had restructured the church council and was trying to decide what the congregation’s ministry should be.
They “talked and prayed” about what God was leading the congregation to do and alleviating food security kept coming up, Streed said.
“All of us had thought about alleviating food insecurity,” she said.

Last thoughts of winter
Although the weather may not be conducive to moving on to a new season, some last thoughts from the winter sports are still in order. I was sad to see the girls lose to Goodhue in the sub-section semi-finals, as I have followed the team closely all season and had hopes, like the team had, that this might have been their year. But it just wasn’t to be.

Finally, it looks like spring may be here. I say that cautiously because we all know what kind of snow March can bring to southern Minnesota. I guess we better enjoy it while we can.
A couple of short notes.

Triton Science Teacher Allison Horejsi said she was “shocked” back in November when she learned she had been selected as Triton Public School’s Teacher of the Year.
Although she didn’t have to submit her name to the state Teacher of the Year process she decided she did want to go through the process for the experience but she did not expect it to go any farther than the local level.

The first free throw bounced off the rim. The second did the same, falling into the welcome hands of Panthers' Macoy Schwierjohnann. He turned, sprinting down the court. The Panthers were down by one. There were seven seconds left - no timeouts. Schwierjohnann passed the half court line, crossed over left and drove through the lane. Fans held their breath as he leapt for the basket, but the ball was knocked out, sailing out of bounds.

Blooming Prairie had its title hopes dashed by Goodhue 38-33 in sub-section semi-final girls basketball on Tuesday, March 3. 
The game at Rochester featured some frantic defense by both teams, as the Wildcats took their second win of the season over the locals.

 
It was kind of interesting on Saturday morning watching a group of young people on ice, with brooms and pushing a ball toward a net. In a way it was like ice hockey, but not really. It was called broomball.

Driving along on Minnesota roadways has basically become like swerving around an obstacle course. 
If there’s not an idiotic driver you’re trying to avoid from bad driving behaviors, there’s always a pothole or two or three to dodge. 
Our roads are nasty, disgusting and downright frightful. 

Education issues have moved to the head of the class in the Minnesota Legislature in the past several weeks.
Last week Rep. Peggy Bennett, R-Albert Lea, introduced two bills, one that would reduce the number of state-mandated tests for Minnesota students and one that would address teacher shortages in a number of disciplines.