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By Mike Parry“Reset” was the answer given when asked, “In one word can you explainwhat’s happening in the world today?” Interesting I thought. Many things inour lives today are being reset. The way we go about our daily business is beingreset and at this time of year I think about all the events canceled in our area.Dam Days in Morristown, Hay Daze in Janesville, Farm City Days in New Richlandand the list goes on and on. Of course, the County Fairs all across the countrycanceled. How will the fairs reset? Let’s first go back and find out why andwhere fairs came from. So, I went to the internet and started searching the his-tory of fairs. So much information out their so I’ll share a few items. I found thatthe first fair was held in the early 19th century. The word “fair” can be tracedback to Latin roots. Most likely taken from the Latin feria, which means “holyday,” the earliest fairs were days marked for leisure and religious celebration.Thought to have begun in the Roman Empire, the feriae were a series of reli-gious days that were acknowledged and funded by the government. Thesepublic holidays often consisted of games, competitions, and other festivities.By the Middle Ages, the Roman feriae had evolved into a venue for foreignmerchants to not only gather together, but also buy, sell, and trade their goodswith the public. These fairs combined the historic festivities with temporary mar-kets, and were often tied in with a Christian religious day, such as a Saint’s FeastDay, and held at local parishes. The combination of commerce, religion, andfestivities became the hallmark of Medieval fairs, which remained popular forseveral centuries.

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As time passed, fairs movedaway from their early religiousassociations, and began tofocus more on agriculture,competition, and education. Inthe US, agricultural fairs did notbegin to catch on until theearly 19th century, when thefirst American fair was held inPittsfield, Massachusetts. Thisearly fair, organized by ElkanahWatson in 1807, was a small af-fair consisting of only sheepshearing demonstrations. AtWatson’s urging, other areafarmers began to showcasetheir livestock at public gather-ings, where they were then

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judged and awarded for thequality of their animals. Watsonfurther developed his vision ofwhat would become countyfairs over the years, later includ-ing activities for men, women,and children, and allowingmerchants to sell goods at theevent. From here fairs grew allover the country.Reset. According to Diction-ary.com, the definition of Resetis: to set, adjust, or fix in a newor different way: to reset priori-ties; to reset prices.So how will the fairs “reset”moving into the future? I don’tknow, but if it all began as aform of Christian religious days,then maybe the world is tryingto tell us something?

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in more athletes.When people think of snap fit-ness they don’t usually see it asa place to train athletes, butwe are actually a 12000+ sq ftgym. With two turfed roomsdesignated for athletes. Wealso have a batting cage weuse for shooting pucks, base-balls, basketballs ect.I think its very important forathletes to workout as a team,and its important for them to betogether at practice or in theweight room at school, but Ialso think doing the VSP skills afew times week can take thoseathletes to higher levels in theirgame.My goal is to get athletes to abetter mindset. I don’t care ifthey are not the best player, Iwant them to give 100% effortregardless of talent. My goal isto change their mindset to al-ways take pride in their per-formance, whether it be schoolor sports. Not everyone can bean A student, but if they aregetting D’s and I know theycan get B’s, I expect that effort.If everyone on a team has thatsame mindset to give 100%,that team will be unstoppable.

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Many of us drive by the build-ing on the corner of 2nd Av-enue NE and North State Streetdaily. Somemaybe 2-3 times aday. The outside looks thesame but the inside of 124North State Street there’s bequite the transformation. Ithought it was time to check inwith Jeremiah & Jaala Miller,owners of 4 Seasons Athletics.On August 1st, it will have been7 years since the two went outon a limb and purchased thebusiness. How was businessprior to Covid-19 was my first

question. “We really found agroove before Covid hit,”stated Jeremiah, “We werefully stocked and prepared tooutfit the local teams as theyheaded to the State BasketballTournaments. We were also inthe works to hire another em-ployee and had prepared forthe Baseball/Softball seasonwith some new apparel. Wewere very in line with our busi-ness goals and made someslow changes that have reallyworked out. We stepped backa bit after we opened andredid our business plan andgoals to better align with ourcustomer’s needs.” StatedMiller. You’ve recently madesomemajor changes inside thestore. Tell us about them. “Eversince we bought the store,Jaala wanted to brighten theplace up a bit. We needed tocontinue to operate at maxi-mum capacity and the ideajust didn't fit. Once COVID hitwe took full advantage of ourtime and brought her vision tolight, with a few bonuses!”Miller went on to say, “Westarted with moving the fittingroom to a bigger, brighter lo-cation. Jaala then wanted to

start painting the interior dis-play walls white so we decidedit was the perfect time to do it.When we moved all of theproduct to one side of thestore, we noticed the carpetwas pretty well worn. We had afew choices, try to clean it, re-place it, or see what wasbelow. We started tearing it outwith the idea we would mostlikely replace it. As we tore itout, we had old tile starting tolift off and noticed woodbelow. I got some mineral spir-its and cleaned off the woodto discover solid oak floors! Weworked on trying to figure outhow to get the old tile off andwith the suggestion of mybrother, we rented an air chiselto break up and dispose of allof the tile. We then talked tothe experts at ACE Hardwareand they set us up with big floorsander. Jaala went over theentire floor 5 or so times with 24grit paper and got all of the tarup that held the tile down. Wethen proceeded to remove theold fitting room, some corkboard around the entrance ofthe store and painted the en-tire place! Once wewere donepainting, we put 4 layers ofpolyurethane down. It turnedout perfect, the color of thewood mixed with some of theblack tar in the grains gave it agreat weathered look. Thewalls and the floor make it looklike an entirely new store withrustic charm.” What else haschanged I asked? “We alsoimproved our front counter. Weremoved the glass display andput shelving in there, we tookoff the top portion of thecounter to give it a totally levellook which will be easier forcustomers to pile all of thegreat apparel they want topurchase on. We are workingwith Glitter & Grace to add

some home decor and accenttouches to the walls (All itemsare available for purchase),and we did change the namea bit. We wanted to stick withthe roots of the store butwanted to align it more with ourspecialty. We are now called 4Seasons Apparel & More, LLC.We will continue to carry sportsnecessity/niche items likehockey tape, volleyball kneepads, baseball pants, andmany other items for sports, butwe really specialize in the localschool apparel (Waseca,NRHEG, JWP, WEM) which wehave in stock, Waseca generalapparel (for the camper or fanof the city), and now carry nonbranded fitness gear!” A proj-ect like this requires somehelper’s, right? “There are a lotof people to thank so I hope Idon't forget anyone.” Jeremiahsaid, “First we could not havedone it without the help of ourvery close friends Jared O'Brienand Chris Wilson. We also hada ton of help from my brotherJon Miller. We got a lot of helpfrom local businesses ACEHardware, Suburban Furniture,and Glitter & Grace. We hadour biggest fans and the peo-ple who have supported usfrom the beginning cheer us onthrough the whole process, ourfamily! I also want to thank ourkids, Maurela, Bailey, Preston,and Coy for their help and sup-port. They are right with us theentire way. It is great to seethem grow up and have pridein our family business. Wecouldn't do it without them.”I’ve said it many times before,I love watching young entre-preneurs grow their businesswith passion and pride. If youhaven’t stopped in yet, pleasedo and thank Jeremiah &Jaala for their commitment tothe Waseca area and Schools.

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Say TheWords

By Mike Good

"I have a dream"- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Four score and seven yearsago"

- Abraham Lincoln."That's one small step for man,one giant leap for mankind"

- John Armstrong."Ask not what your countrycan do for you. Ask what youcan do for your country."

- John F. Kennedy.

We've all heard thewords...those immortal words.The words that have changedthe world.I was recently listening to apodcast where Oprah Winfreywas interviewing someoneyou’ve probably seen on thebig screen from time to time -Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.About 10 days before this inter-view, The Rock’s father passedaway. In the interview, Oprahasked him if he felt that he hadbeen able to say everything heneeded to say to his father be-fore he passed. While The Rockand his father weren’t terriblyclose, his immediate responsewas no. He didn’t say every-thing he wanted to his fatherwhile he still had the chance.At the same time, The Rock toldOprah that he hadn't heardeverything he needed to hearfrom his father before he died.While very sad, this ideacaught my attention. There ispower in the spoken word. Thatpower doesn't have to comefrom timeless words thatchange history like those

above. There is power in thesimple words. Words of grati-tude. Words that we all need tosay. Words that we all need tohear.Words may seemmundane tomany of us. A simple collectionof letters that have meaningwhen combined. They’re just atool we use to communicatewith others. We use words everyday, all day - words are beingused all around the world as wespeak. In fact, you are readingthem right now. Just collectionsof letters. And while wordsseem so common, I think manyof us don’t understand theirtrue power. While words havethe power to hurt, they alsohave the power to heal. Wordshave the power to create pos-itive change all around us. Theycan bring a smile to someone’sface on a bad day. They canprovide a sense of encourage-ment for someone goingthrough a rough patch in life.Words have the power to cre-ate lifelong friendships anddeep connection with others.There is one caveat however,unless there is action behindwords, they have no power.Words need to be spoken.Words need to be written.Words need to be communi-cated with others in order fortheir power to truly be ex-pressed. We need to say thewords.Unfortunately, The Rock nolonger has the opportunity tosay what he’d like to his fa-ther… nor does he have theopportunity to hear what heneeded to hear from his father.However, luckily, many of us stilldo have that opportunity. Wehave an opportunity to saywhat we need to say to ourloved ones. We have an op-portunity to hear what we needto hear from our loved ones.This opportunity is one of life’smost precious gifts.Think about the people in yourinner circle. Who is in that cir-cle? Your parents? Yourspouse? Your siblings? Your chil-dren? Your friends? Maybeeven your work colleagues?You know who these peopleare.Say the words.Say "I love you" to those thatmean so much to you. Say "I'm

grateful for you and the impactyou've made on my life". Say"thank you for being a part ofmy life and for playing such acrucial role when I needed youthe most".Just say the words.Whatever those words mightbe for you to convey your ap-preciation and gratitude forthat person. Be genuine. Behonest. Be true. Do not forfeitthe opportunity to harness thepower of words to strengthenyour relationships because thisopportunity will not be thereforever.Imagine if Martin Luther King,Jr, Abraham Lincoln, John Arm-strong or John F. Kennedy did-n't say the words. How mightour world be different becauseof that decision? Imagine if you

choose to not say the words, tocommunicate your gratitude,toward a loved one. Howmighttheir world be different be-cause of that decision? Now,imagine a world where you dosay the words. A world whereyou do express the depth ofyour gratitude to those close toyou. Imagine how beautiful theworld would be because ofthat decision. You can changesomeone’s world simply by thewords you say. So, dothat…say the words.—-Mike Good, creator of The Gratitude Spark, resides in

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This month a field trip to theRed Leaf Cafe on Broadwaygave us a chance to meetDean and Theresa Grubstadthe operators of the café. Welearned they have operatedthe café since 2014 and bothhad restaurant experience be-fore purchasing the Red LeafCafe. Dean has cooked inmany restaurants over theyears, and before acquiringthe Red Leaf, he was cookingat George’s of Geneva.Theresa worked at the Owa-tonna High School kitchen andan Assisted Living Center in

Owatonna. On the north wall inthe restaurant, they have alarge wall painting of seventrees with red leaves. Whyseven I asked? Theresa saideach represents a brother orsister from the family. Ok, whyare the leaves red? Theresa ex-plains we adopted that frommy parents. It seems when herfolks retired, they found abeautiful place in the countryand her mom was skepticalabout moving from the city tothe country. Her dad reassuredher mom that he would alwaysbe there to take care of her.One day after her dad camehome from a golf outing, heannounced to his wife thename for the acreage wouldbe Red Leaf Acres, not be-cause it was loaded with sugarmaples or red oaks, but he hadcleverly taken his name and hiswife’s name and combinedthe two. The Red Leaf Cafename is special as it is familyand family means a lot to bothDean and Theresa. She wenton to tell me each day she is atthe cafe, she is reminded offamily when she sees the mu-rals. She went on to tell me

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about many community mem-bers and high school studentswho have worked there foryears and still help out aftergraduating from college. Theyalso praise Larry and PamGoehring for all the help theyhave always provided, and asthe Covid pandemic changedthe operating practices, theywere quick to offer deliveryservice and provide additionalassistance as needed.In 2017, they were asked ifthey had interest in assumingsummer operations at the St.Olaf Lake concession stand.They put together an operatingplan, updated the equipment,hired additional staff and havenever looked back. Althoughseasonal, the lake setting allowsarea residents to enjoy variousspecials Thursday-Sunday. Fri-day evening, they serve up ei-ther fish or ribs. In New Richlandthey offer indoor and outdoorseating and are open forbreakfast and lunch six days aweek (closed on Sundays).They also run catering services.On a rare occasion they get achance to get away to camp.Dean and Theresa enjoy

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Our summer sure seems to beflying by while we are busylearning and planning for whatour school might look like in thefall. The three scenarios that weare preparing for are: In Person,Hybrid with social distancing,and Distance Learning. TheMinnesota Department of Edu-cation will let us know whichscenario we will use to start theyear within the next two weeks.We need to develop the threeplans in case we need toswitch between them duringthe school year. Our schoolboard just approved the pur-chase of 90 more Chrome-books. This will allow everystudent at TEAM to have theirown device next year. Wehave measured each room tofigure out how many studentscan fit with the six feet of socialdistancing. Our math curricu-lum will also be upgraded giv-

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Author Jack Kornfield, whofounded the Insight Medita-tion Society in 1975 andplayed a key role in bringingMindfulness Meditation to thewest said, “When we get toocaught up in the business ofthe world, we lose connec-tions with one another – andourselves”. So we ask thequestion, “are you out of yourmind”? Or, do you let thechatter of your mind which isbased on either the past orthe future dictate your feel-ings, and decisions?All we truly have is the PRES-ENT moment! The goal of alltypes of meditation, whetherit is mindfulness, contempla-tive or transcendental, is toquiet our mind and bring ourfull awareness to the presentmoment. According to astudy by Harvard University, itwas shown that 47% of a per-son’s waking hours are spentnot being aware.So how do you come to thepresent moment? Usingmeditation/mindfulness, helpsa person slow down, breath,center and essentially findthemselves exactly nowhere

else but the present moment.We all have an innate ca-pacity for openness, curiosity,kindness and nonjudgmentalthinking.Studies have shown thatdaily mediation lowers yourheart rate, lowers blood pres-sure, improves your immunesystem and calms the parasympathetic nervous system.It really isn’t hard to do. Itcosts nothing. You need nospecial equipment! It can beas simple as pausing duringyour day to take some deepbreaths, notice your bodyand where you may be hold-ing tension. You can useguided meditations to helpyou sleep, you can use affir-mations to ease your mind,and you can simply just sitand experience the depth ofthe silence. Don’t worryabout all of the thoughts inyour head. Long time medi-tation instructor, PemaChodron, a Buddhist nun, wasonce heard answering thequestion, “when does themonkey-mind disappear?”and her answer was, “I don’tknow it still happens to me”!Meditation has become awonderful tool to balanceour present-day tensions,fears and uncertainties.When we learn to go into thesilence of themindfulness/meditation andtruly embrace the presentmoment, we find that there israrely anything to fear. ThichNhat Hanh reminds us that,“the present moment is theonly time over which wehave dominion”. So…will youchoose to look at life and it’scircumstances with a mind offear or a mind of peace.As always… the choice isyours to believe, ALL IS WELL!

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It’s fascinating how a photocan take you back. As I look atthis moment captured on awarm July evening last sum-mer, it’s like I’m standing bythat fence once again, capti-

vated by the blending colorsand clouds in the sky.There is also so much morethat floods my mind when I seethis photo. I’m taken back toeverything that was going oninside of me the days surround-ing this moment. It’s remindingme there can be profoundbeauty right in the midst of theharshest of pain.In themidst of grieving the lossof someone I knew who tooktheir life, followed by some in-tense, painful relational cir-cumstances and other stressesin life, simply put, last summerwas HARD. Triggering. Painful.On top of those things, a fewhours after thisbreathtaking moment wascaptured, I awoke to a kidneystone.It. was. HORRIBLE.I had never experienced painlike that before.This head on collision withsuch intense pain challengedand stretched me to standupon His Word that Jesus diedfor full freedom’s sake, includ-ing sickness and disease.I will say that it lasted 40 hours.I find that intriguing when you

consider the number 40 in theBible...but those are reflectionsfor another day. I do absolutelybelieve God accelerated thepassing of this stone. But that’snot the main point I want tomake today.What I want to drive home ishow intensely and profoundlybeautiful, powerful, and trans-forming His love and nearnesswas in the midst of the harshestof pain in those 40 hours.When I look at this photo,

there are undeniable re-minders of pain that still stir uptears today, but right in themidst, there are reminders ofGod’s nearness and promisesto comfort those who mourn,be near to the brokenhearted,and to heal, save, and deliver.I’m learning to face painthrough this lens of hope andredemption. Praying for us alltoday to embrace the same.Love you all!


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In June of 1932, June was born on the Reese family farm near New Richland, MN. She attended most of her early years of schooling at a country school, then spent her high school years in New Richland, where she graduated in 1951. She met, then married Norman Holmen in 1952. They raised their family of three boys and two girls together near New Richland. In 1960 they purchased the country schoolhouse that June attended in her youth and made it their home.

June worked for Birdseye for 13 years when her kids were young, she then moved to E.F. Johnson for the next 25 years, finally ending her last 13 working years as a cook for the New Richland Care Center. She also stayed busy caring for her children. Her husband passed away in 1976 so she was a single mother for much of their teenage years. June says that she enjoyed her jobs and spent her free time volunteering, crocheting, gardening and then canning her produce.

About a year ago she got very sick and needed more care. June chose Colony Court because her pastor had recommended it. “I love it here. The people are great, and I’ve never been treated like this in my life!”

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