Big Stone County, Minnesota - Living Rural and Loving it!
An event at the Ortonville Community Center Hosted by Kelsie Thomas and Scott Simmons Wednesday, August 23, 2018 Ortonville’s Park Board member (and newly appointed President of the Board), Kelsie Thomas takes her part in the review and use of the parks very seriously – and wants to …
This is always a fun summer event in Beardsley! Kids playing in the Park, delicious pork supper, great conversation and… this year’s safety demonstration was provided by the Traverse Electric Co-op, Inc. out of Wheaton. I’ve embedded the demonstration from the Facebook Live post below …
As Mary Hillman, the Big Stone Lake Area Chamber Director, spends late nights at the office and her days running around coordinating Ortonville’s largest annual event — with the City Crew busy “dusting up” the town — and countless volunteers have organized groups to assist with the celebration, it is absolutely heartwarming to see this post (pictured below) on a private Group “You know you were raised in Ortonville MN if you remember…” After first letting it sink in how excited Ty Adams is to be returning to Ortonville with his family for a 30th School reunion and Cornfest – then seeing that he received 10 recommendations from 24 people with an exchange of conversations within 66 comments — and of course noticing that we have some really highly recommended dining options, I thought… this is really what life is all about!
Living Rural and Loving it, here on the MNbump!
Enjoy the weekend, everyone!
What were the recommendations? …here they are in no particular order.
Downtown Diner, in Clinton
Lakewood Supper Club
Big Rock in Big Stone City SD
Off the Green (Ortonville Clubhouse)
Club 7-75, near Odessa
Alley Cat
Headwater’s Grill & Bar
One More in Beardsley
The 135th Celebration in Clinton has begun! Event Flyer Link There was an “Over 80’s Gathering at 10:00 this morning at the Trinity Lutheran Church. Check out the photos by Janine on the ClintonMN Facebook Page A very fun parade! The Opening Flag Ceremony has …
The Smallest Art Gallery in Ortonville held an Artist Reception for Corina Kells on Thursday, July 5th from 5:00 to 6:30. Corina Kells specializes in expressive conceptual photography to capture complex emotions such as fear, sadness, confusion, and isolation. Her goal is to bring awareness to …
Ortonville enjoyed a stop by a few participating in the 2018 route of the SRI CHINMOY ONENESS-HOME PEACE RUN last night. (welcomed by Mary Hillman and Kevin Benson of the Big Stone Lake Area Chamber of Commerce) The Peace Run is a global torch relay that symbolizes humanity’s universal aspiration for a more peaceful world. Now in its third decade, the Peace Run is humanity’s largest and longest grassroots effort for peace. Since its inception, the torch has visited more than 140 nations! Check out their website & the 2018 North American route at this link!
In this first video, they sing the Peace Run Song for us:
In the next video, they shared some background and information about the run:
And in this last video, they shared a song that they sing when they are with a group of children:
Yesterday was the annual 4th of July Parade in Odessa, here on the MNbump! They start at noon with a (mostly) lawnmower parade followed by a community potluck meal at City Hall. City of Odessa history Link! Thanks to Rob Rakow for sharing a few …
Meet Main Street Industries! Although most of us are aware of the annual Main Street Industry’s auction and dinner, I’m not sure that many know of the extent of services that they offer – both to businesses and residential homes. In this time of low …
This marked the third year for this new event on Big Stone Lake in Ortonville. Those who worked so hard to start Lake Days wanted the focus to be the lake and getting people together to enjoy the park and each other. As with most, there is great food, beverages, and music – this event focuses on gathering people to enjoy a volleyball tournament, bean bag tournament, pickleball – and the youth had an opportunity to learn how to fish – they had
workbooks, class, treats & then some hands-on opportunities with their new fishing rod, tackle box, and some tackle! 4-H helped to sponsor the youth fishing event – and more activities for the kids. Although the weather threatened a bit, all the activities went forward and the weather passed. It was a great (full!) day at Lakeside Park on Big Stone Lake!
One minute video – highlights from the event:
Thank you to the Big Stone Lake Area Chamber, Big Stone County 4-H, the Downtown Revitalization Committee and the City of Ortonville for sponsoring this event!
As always, events do not happen without the dedication of lots of volunteers! Thank you to all!
Quote from the MPR Article: Bonnie Carlson was skeptical. Making money as a small-town grocer was tough enough. How would selling a local guy’s garlic for a premium possibly help her? But she didn’t say no when Big Stone County farmer Russ Swenson and Kathy Draeger, …