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They had planned to get a little more work in during the holiday break. But when Eden Valley-Watkins called GSL Saturday, Dec. 28, and said the rain and accumulating ice made travel conditions too dangerous, there was no reason to do anything but cancel the remaining games of the Panthers’ annual holiday basketball tournament.
GSL was expecting to play Eden Valley-Watkins for the tournament championship Saturday evening. The Eagles had dispatched Hill-Murray, 65-35, in the tournament opener Friday.

Through seemingly no fault of his own, Mid-Minnesota Builders' co-owner Kenny Grimm hopes the telephone will ring with an applicant willing to work in the construction industry. He’s been waiting too long for his liking.
Employers like Grimm and Adam Revier of Revier Welding of Glencoe need employees to enter the trades and take skilled jobs that will allow their companies to meet the demands of customers and grow. But without enough employees to fill open spots, the companies are unable to grow.

By Lee H. Hamilton
Representative democracy is based on a simple premise. It’s that ordinary citizens can make satisfactory judgments on complex public policy and political issues — or at least grasp them well enough to decide who should be dealing with them.
But the significance of that premise isn’t simple at all. It means that our country’s future depends on the quality of democratic participation by its citizens. Collectively, we have to make discriminating judgments about politicians, policies, and issues. Not just once, but repeatedly and consistently.

Carol K. Barton Chambard, 98, of Redmond, Wash. passed away peacefully in Redmond, Wash. Dec. 6, 2019. Having lived in Santa Maria, Calif. since 1983, she was only recently a Washington State resident, because of the necessity of assisted living and having a family member nearby.
Carol was born and raised on a farm in Silver Lake, the only girl, and youngest of three. In her autobiography, completed at age 86, she stated, “The ‘good old days’ weren’t always so good in terms of physical hard work, but I believe we were as happy, or more so, than succeeding generations.”

Patricia Goodell, 79, of Lester Prairie, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, at Glencoe Regional Hea;th Services in Glencoe.
A memorial service will be held Thursday, Jan. 2, 11 a.m., at Johnson-McBride Funeral Chapel in Glencoe.
A gathering of family and friends will be held Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, 10 to 11 a.m., one hour prior to the service at the chapel.
The Johnson-McBride Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements. Its website is www.mcbridechapel.com and it hosts online obituaries and a guestbook.