President Sharon Lanctot and First Vice President Margee Keller: members of the American Legion Auxiliary Nels T Wold Unit 20 Crookston attended the 87th Annual Fall Conference held October 27-29, 2022 in St Cloud, MN hosted by the American Legion Convention Corporation. The Conference was held at the Rivers Edge Convention Center in St Cloud, MN. (Pictured, Sharon Lanctot and Margee Keller) State President Mary Kuperus was the presiding officer. President Mary has chosen the Meditation Rooms at the three new Minnesota Veterans homes as her project. Money donated will go toward the movable alter, alter cloths, candles, music technology, books for the library, chairs, artwork for the walls and other items as requested. She is hoping to raise $10,000 for each home. The new homes in Bemidji, Montevideo and Preston will need a lot of support from the Auxiliary and other organizations. Her Fall Project was to collect clothing for the St Cloud VA Health Care Center’s “Clothing Room.” Thank you to the Crookston Community for your donations and to the Golden Link for collecting them. President Mary was thankful for your generosity.

One snow day and a late start was a quick way to end our seasonal fall weather. We were lucky enough to wrap up our fall athletic season before jumping right into the next. Our Golden Eagles volleyball team celebrated their last match with a five-set thrilling victory on senior day over MSU Moorhead, women’s cross country finished 16th at the NSIC championship and continue to grow the program, men’s cross country notched some personal records and season bests, our soccer team had nine exciting home matches this season and added some wins on the board, women’s golf put up some of their best rounds in program history, men’s golf had one of their best tournament placings in seven years, and our trap team finished sixth in the nation. Besides their fall sports, our student-athletes have excelled in the classroom as well with an overall 3.2 GPA. These are all great accomplishments and we’re very proud.

The Minnesota Beef Research and Promotion Council (MBC) elected Tom Olson as new chairperson to serve on the board. Olson previously sat on the board as the promotion committee chair and represents Districts 2 & 3 in North Central and Northeast counties.

Veteran’s Day is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11 to honor and celebrate the service of all our U.S. military veterans. Major hostilities of World War 1 formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the Armistice with Germany went into effect. At the urging of major U.S. veteran organizations, Armistice Day was renamed Veteran’s Day in 1954.