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Redeemer Lutheran final service June 26
Aerial view of Reedemer Lutheran Church in Kingston, taken in May
2008. Staff photo by Gaylen Bicking.
Although this Sunday's service
will mark the last regular sched-
uled Sunday service at Redeemer,
Another service of closure will be
held later this year at a date to be
determined which will mark its
official closure. Bishop Ion Ander-
son of the Southwestern Minne-
sota Synod of the ELCA plans to
be present for this service. For the
past eight years, Redeemer and
the other two congregations of the
Triune Parish have been served by
Rev. Mike Nelson as their pastor.
Redeemer Lutheran Church of
Kingston, will hold its final regular
Sunday worship service this Sun-
day, June 26, with a 10 a.m. service
of celebration of its 107-year his-
tory followed by a pot luck fellow-
ship meal. Redeemer, a member of
the three-point Triune Lutheran
Parish has invited the members
of the other two congregations,
Grace Lutheran of rural South
Haven and North Crow River of
rural Cokato, to join them in this
special worship service. Friends
of the congregation from the sur-
rounding area are also invited to
join in this special service.
Redeemer Lutheran was
founded in 1904 by Finnish immi-
grants in the Kingston commu-
nity. There were affiliated with
the Suomi Lutheran Synod until
that synod merged with several
other Lutheran groups to form
the Lutheran Church in Amer-
ica (LCA) in 1960. They remained
affiliated with the LCA until 1988
when another merger formed the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America. They have been affiliated
with the ELCA since that time.
Take two steps to support bee pollinators
variety of native and introduced
flowering species. Honey bees
forage two miles on average from
their colony Can 8,000-acre area),
so the more flowering plants avail-
able to them, the more honey they
produce, the more pollen they
obtain, and the healthier they are.
Native bees prefer native plants,
although they do forage on clo-
vers, alfalfa and flowers also used
by honey bees. Native bees and
honey bees live well together, par-
ticularly when they have access to
an abundance of flowers.
If you use pesticides, please
read the label. It is against the law
to apply some pesticides when
bees are foraging in the area, and
some compounds are more toxic
to bees than others.
The Farm Service Agency (FSA)
and Natural Resources Conser-
vation Service (NRCS) provide
farm management advice with
cash incentives to establish per-
manent, non-crop vegetation on
highly erodible lands. The Envi-
ronmental Quality Incentives Pro-
gram (EQIP) provides funding for
the enhancement of bee habitat
on private farms and ranches.
Contact your local USDA-NRCS
office for technical and financial
assistance to establish pollinator
habitat on your land. Also, visit the
Xerces Society website for regional
plant lists and a wealth of infor-
mation on how to support bees
in agricultural and urban land-
scapes: www.xerces.org/pollina-
tor-conservation.
The University of Minnesota
has maintained an internationally
recognized research and Exten-
sion program on honey bees since
1918. If you would like more infor-
mation about bee research, visit
the Bee Lab website at www.exten-
sion. umn.edu/honeybees.
We stay healthy eating bee-pol-
linated fruits and vegetables. It's
our turn to help bees stay healthy.
St. Jude's Novena
May the most Sacred Heart of
Jesus be adored, glorified, loved,
and preserved throughout the
world now and forever.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for
us. St. Jude, worker of miracles, pray
for us. St. Jude, help of the hopeless,
pray for us.
Say this prayer nine times a day.
By the eighth day, your prayers will
be answered. It has never been
known to fail. Publication must be
promised. Thank you, St. Jude.
BSM
By Maria Spivak,
U of M Extension
Bee populations are in decline
in Minnesota and throughout the
nation. As bees are vital pollina-
tors of our fruits, vegetables, flow-
ers and seed crops, it is critical
that we support their health and
diversity. Fortunately, there are
two easy steps to take: Plant bee-
friendly flowers, and reduce pesti-
cide use.
All bees, honey bees and native
bees, need flowers for their nutri-
tion. To stay healthy, bees need a
wide diversity of flowering plants
that produce pollen (their sole
source of protein) and nectar (car-
bohydrates) over the entire grow-
ing season. Sadly, many bee-
friendly flowers are contami-
nated by insecticides, which can
compromise bees' nervous and
immune systems, making them
vulnerable to viruses, parasites
and other bee diseases. Honey bee
colonies are dying from a combi-
nation of nutritional stress, pes-
ticides, diseases and parasites.
Native bees are threatened by a
lack of uncontaminated flowers
and a lack of undisturbed nesting
sites in the ground.
In Minnesota, honey bees gain
the most nutrition and make deli-
cious honey from clovers, alfalfa,
and basswood trees. Bees also col-
lect pollen and nectar from a wide
Freezing a tasty way to preserve
berries
By Debbie Botzek-Linn
U of M Extension
We know summer has arrived
when we bite into a juicy sweet
strawberry or tasty ripe raspberry.
Food preservation season begins
with preserving berries by freezing,
canning, drying or as jams and jel-
lies. The freezing of berries is a great
place for a new food preserver to
develop their preservation skills.
Freezing saves time, nutrients, and
can maintain the fresh taste and
color of fruit.
Preserve fruits as soon as possi-
ble after harvest and at the peak of
ripeness. To clean, place the berries
in a colander, dip in cool water and
gently swish and drain. Do not soak
berries in water.
Fruit can be frozen with sugar,
in a sugar water syrup, or unsweet-
ened. Unsweetened fruits lose
color, flavor, and texture faster than
those packed in sugar or sugar syr-
ups. Sugar substitutes, if used in
freezing fruit, add a sweet flavor but
are not as beneficial in preserving
color and texture as sugar.
A convenient way to freeze ber-
ries is to tray pack. Simply spread
a single layer of berries on a shal-
low tray and freeze. When fro-
zen, promptly package, label, and
return to the freezer. Most frozen
fruits maintain high quality for 8 to
12 months when frozen in quality
freezer containers. Be sure to main-
tain your freezer temperature at 0°F
or below.
Whether you have your own
strawberry patch, visit a "pick-your-
own," or stop by a farmers' mar-
ket, you have wonderful access to
berries, and that is a "berry" good
thing.
Creative Mosaics Workshop at
Annandale Library
Teens and preteens, ages 12 and
older, are invited to take part in a
Mosaics Workshop at the Great
River Regional Library Annan-
dale location 2:30 to 4 p.m. Mon-
day, June 27. Artist LisaArnold will
help students experience the joy of
beautiful mosaics materials while
learning the craft. Students will be
introduced to mosaic art, materi-
als, tools, technique and design.
They will learn various cutting and
shaping techniques, use numer-
ous tools, and create thefr own
work of art. Younger children are
welcome with a parent present to
help with materials, glass, cutting,
etc. The attendance limit is 20 and
pre-registration is required. This
program is funded in part with
money from Minnesota's Arts and
Cultural Heritage Fund.
For more information, contact
the Annandale library at (320) 274-
8448.
Great River Regional Library
(GRRL) provides library services at
32 public libraries in Benton, Mor-
rison, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd
and Wright Counties. It provides
Central Minnesota residents with
nearly 1 million books, CDs and
DVDs, 250 public computers, pro-
gramming and information ser-
vices.
Annandale Area Public Library
hours Mon. 2-5, Tue. 9-1 & 2-5,
Wed. 2-8, Fri. 9-12 & 2-5, Sat. 9-12
Cokato Museum opens temporary
display
New temporary display, In
The Summertime We Would to
open at the Cokato Museum, with
reception recognizing long-time
museum assistant, Audrey Tack.
The Cokato Museum & Histori-
cal Society announces the opening
of its newest temporary display, In
the Summertime We Would ....
This display features fun looks
at the many different activities
people would engage in for sum-
mer-time entertainment, play-
ing baseball/softball, enjoying a
parade, going golfing, and even
taking in a movie at the local the-
atre. In the Summertime We Would
officially opened Tuesday, June
21, which by no coincidence is the
date of this year's summer solstice.
For more information, please
contact the museum at (320) 286-
2427, on the web at www.cokato.
ran.us, or check out their Facebook
page.
The Cokato Museum is a coop-
erative effort of the city of Cokato
and the Cokato Historical Society.
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