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Our First Venture To South Dakota Black Fork Farms' roots trace back to Gordon Omen's great-great-grandfather, Poppy J Omen, who immigrated from Germany and farmed in Southwest Minnesota. The distillery operates on the same land where Gordon grew up, now primarily dedicated to distilling operations. Gordon's inspiration came during a trip to Budapest, where he experienced a field-to-glass bourbon that sparked his vision for creating something similar using his family's agricultural expertise. While not a control state, South Dakota has its own share of challenges - distribution, limited visitor traffic, and some of the coldest weather in the lower 48. Tyler joins me to talk through these challenges and how BlackFork Farms is overcoming them.  It's a small operation, but boy that gift pack was beautiful, and they clearly care about the grain and cask - and that's all that matters.  Thank you to Tyler for entering the Whiskey Ring! Thanks to our Presenting Sponsor, BAXUS Baxus is the world's leading collectible spirits marketplace, with user-friendly options for buyers, sellers, and collectors looking to vault their collections. Use my link below to visit the BAXUS.CO website and sign up!  BAXUS Website BAXUS on Instagram BAXUS on Facebook BAXUS on Twitter/X BAXUS on LinkedIn _________________________________________________________ If you haven't joined the Patreon community yet, please consider doing so at patreon.com/whiskeyinmyweddingring The Bottle Share Club - the $25/month Patreon level - is SOLD OUT! You can still support the podcast for as little as $1/month, and $5/month patrons will have first dibs if a $25/month member retires.  If you haven't yet, please follow Whiskey in my Wedding Ring and the Whiskey Ring Podcast on Instagram and Facebook, and subscribe to the newsletter on the website.  BlackFork Farms BlackFork Farms Website BlackFork Farms on Instagram BlackFork Farms on Facebook  

Officials in the southwestern Minnesota community of Windom are dealing with flooding on the Des Moines River. In Jackson, residents and volunteers have been shoring up levees along the Des Moines River with sandbags.The house perched over the eroding Blue Earth River near the Rapidan Dam fell into the rain-swollen river Wednesday night.After viewing flood damage in southern Minnesota by helicopter yesterday, Gov. Walz and Sen. Amy Klobuchar said the state is likely to be eligible for federal disaster aid.And Minnesotans will have another shot at applying for an electric bicycle rebate next week on July 2. Find these headlines and more at Mprnews.org.Video: House near Rapidan Dam falls into Blue Earth RiverMinnesota flooding: Rapidan Dam near Mankato holds, roads and state parks closedMinnesota e-bike rebates: Window set to reopenRead the latest edition of the AM Update newsletter.Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or RSS.

In this archival radio interview with Earth Songs (modern indigenous music), host Alexis Salih sits down with Paul LaRoche, the founder of the American Indian group, Brulé. LaRoche candidly shares his life journey, from being a Native American child adopted by a non-indigenous family in Southwest Minnesota to his powerful and inspiring reunion with his true heritage, a moment that shaped his unmistakable musical style, fusing elements of both his formative and native cultures. The interview presents a deep insight into how LaRoche unfolded his unique creativity, combining traditional Native American music with the sounds he grew up with, effortlessly straddling the delicate balance between cultural respect and inspired music production. Discover the gripping story behind the birth of some of Brulé's most celebrated albums, notably 'Hidden Heritage' and their 22nd CD release 'Tribe'. Listen to the fascinating tale behind 'Tribe', initially born as a soundtrack for a Native American Broadway musical and then shelved after a mixed reception. Rediscovered years later, 'Tribe' was reborn, affirming its relevance and freshness in the music industry. Throughout the episode, listeners will be treated to snippets of Brulé's enthralling music, a testament to their unique contemporary and traditional Native American sound fusion. This episode is a compelling odyssey that follows the legacy of Paul LaRoche and Brulé's movement within the music industry, forging a new music genre while illuminating poignant aspects of personal and cultural growth. Tune in to hear this vibrant intersection of music, culture, and identity.

Talk'n Throws with Lizzie Virgl- Currently the throws coach at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, Hammer PR 65'88,  coached at Chadron State and Tiffin and Southwest Minnesota State, Graduated from Southern Ilinois where she broke 12 school records. Texas Track and Field Association Informative website for all things Texas Track and Field4Throws.com Family owned business offering all quality implements at reasonable prices. Code Talkinthrows10ReadyUp Athletic Development ReadyUP offers team consulting, semi-private & private strength and conditioning in the Austin area.Big Frog of Colleyville Handles all printing and embroidery. FiberSport Discus We are taking the guess work out of discus selection. It is not just about rim weight. NTX Timing NTX Timing a professional timing group that can handle any level of event.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Talk'n Throws with Lizzie Virgl- Currently the throws coach at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, Hammer PR 65'88,  coached at Chadron State and Tiffin and Southwest Minnesota State, Graduated from Southern Ilinois where she broke 12 school records. Texas Track and Field Association Informative website for all things Texas Track and Field4Throws.com Family owned business offering all quality implements at reasonable prices. Code Talkinthrows10ReadyUp Athletic Development ReadyUP offers team consulting, semi-private & private strength and conditioning in the Austin area.Big Frog of Colleyville Handles all printing and embroidery. FiberSport Discus We are taking the guess work out of discus selection. It is not just about rim weight. NTX Timing NTX Timing a professional timing group that can handle any level of event.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

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After a sluggish start to winter, the new year is bringing a wallop of what we haven't seen in a while: snow. Especially for parts of Southwest Minnesota and around Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where travel is not advised. That part of the region could see nearly a foot of snow by Tuesday morning, and there are winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories posted. Some school districts in places like Canby, Luverne and Worthington have moved to online classes, and other districts even cancelled school in places like Lake Benton and Pipestone. Nobles County Sheriff Ryan Kruger joined the show from snowy Worthington with a firsthand experience of the conditions.

So, you missed some of this today? Click to listen: Our listeners come through on ideas for the Minnesota Adventure Cards that didn't suggest anything in southwest Minnesota. Listen to get some ideas! Also today, the international wife carrying competition WILL be happening in June! We suggest some strategy. We have an episode of "Am I the Jerk?" a Jason Mraz song and story that leaves us both near tears, talk about resolutions, Amazon ads, Pierce Brosnan shenanigans in Yellowstone AND In The Kitchen...New Year beverage ideas! 

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Andrea is a 5th generation farmer and entrepreneur from Southwest Minnesota. She farms alongside her parents & husband. Their operation consists of commercial cow/calf, feedlot and row crops. Andrea shares her story online to advocate for agriculture, stay open about her mental health and #KeepItReal daily to remind people not everything is as it seems on social media. Follow Along with Andrea: @thatfitagvocate on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter. @simplyempowered.co on Instagram! Thank you to Ag Chicks Sponsors: Strayhorn: Use code AGCHICKS at checkout ⁠https://www.strayhorn.com⁠  ------------------------------------------------ Merch: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.agchicks.net/shop⁠⁠ ⁠  ------------------------------------------------ Find Ally: Website: ⁠⁠⁠ https://agchicks.net⁠⁠⁠  Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/agchicks⁠⁠ ⁠  Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠https://facebook.com/agchicks⁠⁠ ⁠  YouTube: ⁠⁠/ agchicks --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agchicks/support

Many Minnesotans woke up this morning to air quality alerts this morning, and while air quality is expected to improve throughout the day and into Friday, as of noon the air in Southwest Minnesota is still classified as unhealthy for people with lung or heart disease, older people, and the very young. Yesterday smoke from Canadian wildfires settled over the middle of the state, casting what looked like low-level smog over us, causing record poor air quality for the metro. If you were outside at all, you felt it, you could almost taste it, and it wasn't good. Experts say this will probably not be the last time the air will be smoky this summer. Host Cathy Wurzer spoke with Mayo Clinic Dr. Greg Vanichkachorn about the short- and long-term health impacts of breathing wildfire smoke. MPR meteorologist Sven Sundgaard puts the Air Quality Index in context and gives us the weather forecast.

This week we visit with researcher, writer, planner, Lorrie Chang to talk about her work with ArtPlace America's Community Development Investment (CDI) program. Along the way we will explore how artists from the Zuni Pueblo, and Southwest Minnesota worked with community developers to integrate arts-based tools and strategies as an enduring core of their practice? BIOLorrie Chang centers an arts and cultural-based approach to community change and development as a path to collective liberation. At PolicyLink, she designed and evaluated the nation's first Creative Placemaking technical assistance program for The National Endowment for the Arts, served as the research partner for ArtPlace's experiment to integrate arts and culture strategies into community development organizations, and supported six arts organizations advancing equitable policies across the country. In East Portland, she led community engagement rooted in storytelling for The People's Plan-- a plan by and for the people projecting a vision for a thriving Black community. As a Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' Truth Fellow, she explored, "How do we find and empower TRUTH?". Last year, in stillness, she humbly pursued, “What does liberation look like for me?”. She now seeks to alchemize her journey of personal liberation to serve collective liberation. Lorrie holds a Master's in Urban and Regional Planning and resides in San Francisco. Notable MentionsThe Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership (SWMHP) is a non-profit community development corporation serving communities throughout Southwest and South Central Minnesota.Partnership Art: In 2015, SWMHP was one of six organizations that received funding through Artplace America to participate in the Community Development Investments (CDI) Program. The CDI Program was launched to investigate and support place-based organization incorporating art and culture into our core work, allowing us to better fulfill our mission of creative thriving place to live, grow and work.Place-based Productions: We are a production company that explores community stories through site-specific performance and the arts. Our work cultivates stewards of community identity by connecting people to their common places, stories and relationships.Our goals are to foster creativity, play, and, above all, a sense of place.ArtPlace America was a ten-year, $150 million collaboration among a number of foundations, federal agencies, and financial institutions that operated from 2010 to 2020. Our mission was to position arts and culture as a core sector of equitable community...

This month Sioux Valley Energy spotlights a key account member New Vision Cooperative.  We visit with New Vision Co-op's CEO Matt Ashton about agriculture and how New Vision serves their members in southwest Minnesota. 

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Dan Miller is entering his second season as the Boys' Basketball Head Coach at San Marcos High School in Texas.  He was previously the Head Men's Basketball Coach at LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas for seven years. Miller guided LeTourneau to three 20-win seasons and two NCAA Division III Tournaments while compiling an overall record of 110-64. Miller also spent time as a collegiate assistant and as a head high school boys basketball coach at Seven Lakes High School in Katy, Texas. After a stint as an assistant at the University of Southwest Minnesota from 2003-04, Miller built the program from scratch at Seven Lakes. In his nine years with the Spartans, he posted a 218-70 overall record, winning four district titles, three 30-plus win seasons, two regional appearances and seven straight playoff appearances. If you're looking to improve your coaching please consider joining the Hoop Heads Mentorship Program.  We believe that having a mentor is the best way to maximize your potential and become a transformational coach. By matching you up with one of our experienced mentors you'll develop a one on one relationship that will help your coaching, your team, your program, and your mindset.  The Hoop Heads Mentorship Program delivers mentoring services to basketball coaches at all levels through our team of experienced Head Coaches. Find out more at hoopheadspod.com or shoot me an email directly mike@hoopheadspod.com Follow us on social media @hoopheadspod on Twitter and Instagram and be sure to check out the Hoop Heads Podcast Network for more great basketball content. Grab a notepad before you listen to this episode with Dan Miller, Head Boys' Basketball Coach at San Marcos High School in the state of Texas. Website - https://www.smcisd.net/Domain/1635 (https://www.smcisd.net/Domain/1635) Email - basketballandbrew@gmail.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/brookcupps (@RattlerMBB) Visit our Sponsors! https://www.drdishbasketball.com/ (Dr. Dish Basketball) Mention the Hoop Heads Podcast when you place your order and get $300 off a brand new state of the art Dr. Dish Shooting Machine! http://www.fastmodelsports.com/ (Fast Model Sports) FastModel Sports has the most compelling and intuitive basketball software out there! In addition to a great product, they also provide basketball coaching content and resources through their blog and playbank, which features over 8,000 free plays and drills from their online coaching community. For access to these plays and more information, visit http://fastmodelsports.com (fastmodelsports.com) or follow them on Twitter @FastModel. Use Promo code HHP15 to save 15% https://www.coachingportfolioguide.com/hoopheads (The Coaching Portfolio) Your first impression is everything when applying for a new coaching job.  A professional coaching portfolio is the tool that highlights your coaching achievements and philosophies and, most of all, helps separate you and your abilities from the other applicants. Special Price of just $25 for all Hoop Heads Listeners.   Twitter Podcast - https://twitter.com/hoopheadspod (@hoopheadspod) Mike - https://twitter.com/hdstarthoops (@hdstarthoops) Jason - https://twitter.com/jsunkle (@jsunkle) Network - https://twitter.com/HoopHeadsPodNet (@HoopHeadsPodNet) Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hoopheadspod/ (@hoopheadspod) Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hoopheadspod/ (https://www.facebook.com/hoopheadspod/) YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDoVTtvpgwwOVL4QVswqMLQ (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDoVTtvpgwwOVL4QVswqMLQ)    

You look like you need more protein. In this episode, we discuss how to incorporate beef into a healthy balanced diet with Andrea Severtson. Spoiler alert, beef is an important source of iron and protein in our daily nutrition. Andrea also discusses how she's been advocating for beef on social media, and shares some useful tips for sharing your agriculture experience online. Andrea grew up on her family's crop and cattle farm in Southwest Minnesota before attending South Dakota State University. Her number one goal in life was to become a veterinarian, but plans changed and she returned home to the farm after graduation to help manage the cattle portion of their operation. As crushed as she was, she found herself in the darkest of those moments, and what truly lit her soul on fire. That just happened to be her love of health and fitness, and advocating for agriculture on social media.    Check out Andrea's website at https://www.thatfitagvocate.com

Thanks for joining us, today we welcome Brad Schmidt, Manager of Agronomy at Regeneration Nation. We've had the pleasure of knowing Brad for several years and he was one of the speakers at our first AgEmerge event back in 2019. Brad has a passion, not only for soil health but for bringing people together to share their regenerative management experiences. Brad had the opportunity to work and learn under Dr. Dwayne Beck at the Dakota Lakes Research Farm where he saw and experienced firsthand how these practices worked in some of the toughest soils. Listen in as Monte and Brad discuss the power of producer-based research, diversifying your operation, including why other companies are interested in these practices and working with growers that are building soil health. Brad grew up in Southwest Minnesota, attended college at South Dakota State University receiving a Bachelors Degree in Agriculture Science. He worked for Dwayne Beck at Dakota Lakes Research Farm while attending school and after college, worked for Cronin Farms in Gettysburg SD on their very diverse cropping and ranching operation. Brad then became the head Agronomist for Ducks Unlimited in the US for 3 years. Working with DU he helped found their Soil Health Program to work more closely with farmers to reach their goals of profitability and reach DU's goals of conservation work. Nearing the end of his time with DU he founded Regeneration Nation LLC. Regeneration Nation is a biological-based company focused on increasing profitability and bringing more value back to farmers and ranchers with the power of biologicals. He also serves on the board for Holistic Management International and is a part-owner in his family's direct marketing business where they sell Regeneratively Raised meats direct to consumers. He's married to his wife Ashley and they have one son and live in Brookings SD. Got questions you want answered? Send them our way and we'll do our best to research and find answers. Know someone you think would be great on the AgEmerge stage or podcast? Send your questions or suggestions to kim@asn.farm we'd love to hear from you.

Find out what they are doing out in Southwest Minnesota today, and it's not inside a mall or clicking on an online shopping site. Andrea Joy is out in the elements doing what she loves. Find out more with Mike Max.

Hear from Dr. Gokhan Anil, who serves as Southwest Minnesota’s Chair of Clinical Practice, and also physician champion on a committee working to protect safety in our buildings while we continue working in a COVID-19 environment.  

Growing up in Worthington, Minnesota, Liz Collin found inspiration from how much her grandparents loved watching the news. She became a news junkie at a young age and got her broadcast debut covering a tornado in Southwest Minnesota while working at a small radio station. Eventually, she went on to report for TV stations around the US before landing at WCCO TV in Minneapolis. An Emmy-winning reporter, her investigative journalism has led to policy changes in the daycare industry as well as for Minneapolis 911 operators. You might not guess this hard-hitting newshound also plays the organ and the violin. In fact if she weren't a journalist, she'd be a fiddler in a country band. Her son Anthony makes her melt and focus on what's truly important. Liz cherishes every day she gets to watch him become the person he was meant to be. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rural areas are taking steps to improve their connectivity and are developing high-quality Internet access on par with the best services in urban centers. When smaller communities band together, they increase their chances of developing fast, affordable, reliable community networks that serve a larger swath of people. This week, Christopher speaks with Travis Thies, General … Continue reading "Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services Offering Rural Speed, Reliability – Community Broadband Bits Podcast 396"

Monday, September 23, 2019 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Cowles Auditorium Humphrey School of Public Affairs 301 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 All around Minnesota, communities are redefining what it means to have a healthy economy and an engaged workforce. Tom Friedman has been traveling to towns in Minnesota and around the country to wonder why some are prospering, while others are losing population and jobs. Tom Friedman's presentation is the culmination of an 18-month event series, traveling around the state to explore how older workers could be part of the solution to our state's workforce shortages as Baby Boomers retire. Join us for the series conclusion on September 23rd to hear best practices and ideas for reviving towns in Minnesota. Featuring: ● New York Times columnist Tom Friedman ● Courageous Conversations series moderator Gary Eichten ● Panelists from Southwest Minnesota, the Iron Range, and the Twin Cities Brought to you by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, with generous support from the McKnight Foundation.

Last night I shared the trailer for The Secret Garden remake which just dropped.  It is a visual feast for lovers of gardens everywhere. The new adaptation of the children's classic stars Colin Firth and Julie Walters and is set for release in April (2020). It looks fantastic.   The Secret Garden is a children's novel written by American author and gardener Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was first released in the early 1900's as a serial in The American Magazine.   The story is about a young girl, Mary Lennox, who was living in India with her wealthy British family. She is a spoiled, neglected little 10 year old girl. When cholera kills her parents, she is sent to England to live with a widowed uncle, Archibald Craven, at his huge Yorkshire estate. Mary learns that her dead aunt had a walled garden which has been locked away 10 years, ever since her death. Determined to find it, Mary finds the key to open the garden and she discovers a lost  paradise.  Spending time in the garden is transformational for her; she becomes softer and kinder and more optimistic.  That's why the trailer ends with this quote, "This garden; it's capable of extraordinary things. Now will you believe in the magic?"     Brevities #OTD  Today is the birthday of the Irish-born botanical steward of the plants collected by Lewis and Clark; the Philadelphia nurseryman, Bernard McMahon, who was born on this day in 1816. McMahon's lasting legacy was his American Gardener's Calendar. Packed with monthly directions and information about all things gardening, McMahon's Calendar was the most popular and most comprehensive gardening publication of the first half of the nineteenth century. Through his work, McMahon was helping to shape the gardening identity of America; which was becoming more distinct and defined as it transitioned away from English traditions. The Calendar was like a gardening bible to Thomas Jefferson and it was that connection that led McMahon to become his gardening mentor. It also meant that when it came time for Jefferson to pick a curator for the Lewis and Clark expedition, McMahan was his pick. Lewis and Clark are forever remembered for their famous expedition which led to many botanical discoveries. The live plants and the seeds they had collected were expertly curated by McMahon who didn't dither; especially with the seeds. Once the specimens were in his hands, he immediately set about cultivating them.  There were constraints placed on McMahon. As the sole nurseryman fortunate enough to steward the collection, he could not propagate the plants for profit (they were the property of the United States Government) and he could not tell anyone about the collection (at least not until Lewis and Clark had a chance to write about it). In honor of his work, the botanist Thomas Nuttal named the genus Mahonia for McMahon. Mahonia is an evergreen shrub, also known as Oregon holly. The low-growing shrub can be kept tidy with pruning and looks like a holly, although it belongs to the barberry family. The Mahonia produces yellow flowers followed by clusters of bluish-green berries that turn red in the fall. The red berries attract birds and gardeners love that it is a favorite of cardinals. Mahonia has a glossy, dark green foliage that turns a gorgeous bronze in autumn.         #OTD Today is the anniversary of the death of the botanist and chemist John M. Darby who died on this day in 1877. In 1841, Darby wrote one of the earliest floras and he focused on the south eastern United States. His flora was practical and regional, so it's no surprise that his work became a textbook for botany in the South East. After John Torrey and Asa Gray had released their North American Flora, Darby's work was one of many regional floras that started popping up all over the United States. Sadly, Darby's work was basically dissed by Asa Gray who felt that Darby's work was amateurish. This dismissal was too hasty and ignored the rigorous botanizing performed by Darby throughout the South East and his obvious grasp of the distribution of plants throughout the South. Darby taught at Auburn University; at the time it was known as the East Alabama Male College. Darby was the "Julia Ann Hamiter" Professor of Natural Science. Darby taught there until 1861, when the college closed due to the Civil War. It reopened again in 1866 and Darby resumed teaching botany.       #OTD   Today is the birthday of the Panama Orchid Hunter and son of Lincoln, Nebraska, Abel Aken Hunter, who was born on this day in 1877. In a biography of his older brother, it was mentioned that all the kids in the Hunter family were, "born naturalists, for they knew all the birds and many of the plants and insects around Lincoln, [Nebraska]." When Hunter was just 15 years old, he was appointed to the United States Postal Service. It was a career choice that would supplement his collecting efforts all through his life. Hunter was like many Plant Collectors; he worked his regular job with the post office for almost 30 years while pursuing his passion for botany on the side. Hunter attended the University of Nebraska to study botany. Hunter was appointed botanical collector for the University of Nebraska in 1899. In 1905, when Hunter was promoted to mail clerk, he was making $58 a month. Eighteen months later, Hunter transferred to the post office in Gorgona in the Canal Zone in Panama. The move was an excellent one for Hunter; his pay jumped to $1,250 a month and he was smack dab in the middle of a botanical paradise. 1910 brought a fateful friend to Hunter. The amateur horticulturist Charles Powell was a nurse and he had been transferred to Gorgona. Although he was two decades older than Hunter, the two got on famously. They shared a mutual passion for fishing. Early on in their friendship, while they were fishing, they spied an incredible sight. Hunter is recorded as saying, "Look, Powell–orchids! Oodles of orchids! Treefuls of orchids! Let's get some of 'em." Needless to say, that day they literally brought home a "boat-load of orchids" and the orchids made their way to collectors across the globe. A year or two later, the Canal work in Gorgona wrapped up and both Hunter and Powell transferred to Balboa. From that point on, the two men would coordinate their vacation requests so that they could go on botanizing trips together in Panama. Powell created a special relationship with the Missouri Botanical Garden after he gave them 7,000 plants. In return, Mobot established a Tropical Station in Balboa, Panama. Powell was its first director. Hunter was his successor. The Station became a jewel in the crown of remote locations owned by Mobot.  By the mid 1920's, Hunter was collecting with MOBOT experts like George Harry Pring. They once traveled to a remote part of southwest Panama to hunt for orchids where Pring recalled the perilousness of their quest and the natural instincts of Hunter. He said, "To obtain varied genera and new species it is necessary to climb the 'barrancas' [steep, rocky slopes], ford streams, cut one's way through the jungle, and hunt for the coveted orchid, and it is truly a hunt. Hunter's sharp eyes detected almost everything within range." A week before Thanksgiving in 1934, the Director of Mobot sent a party of three researchers including Paul Allen down to work with Hunter; their primary mission was to find where the Sobralia powellii orchid originated. Hunter's gut told him it would be near the head waters of the river they were exploring. For three days, they made their way through rapids and a tropical rain storm. Nothing was going their way; they were ready to give up. They were standing at the edge of a natural pool of water near the crater of an ancient volcano when Allen decided to jump in for a swim. As he climbed out, Allen's journal records this fantastical moment: "Climbing out [of the pool] on the opposite side my astonished gaze was met by a plant with great milky white buds nearly ready to open. The long-sought prize, Sobralia powellii, had been found. Its native home was no longer a mystery." Allen called this area "a garden of orchids" and would not disclose the exact location. Allen and Hunter found hundreds of small orchids in this spot; incredibly many were new to even Hunter. It was a veritable orchid treasure trove. This trip was everything to Hunter. He had been diagnosed with intestinal cancer. It was his last run. When it was clear he could not go on, Allen brought him to a hospital in Panama City where he died on April 6, 1935. Allen finished the expedition alone. After his death, Hunter's wife, Mary, operated the station at Balboa for 18 months until, fittingly, Paul Allen was appointed Director. Allen went to Balboa with his new bride, Dorothy. They had been married for 10 days. As for Abel Aken Hunter, many orchids have been named in his honor, including the Coryanthes Hunteranum, or the Golden Bucket orchid.         Unearthed Words “Caught in the doldrums of August we may have regretted the departing summer, having sighed over the vanished strawberries and all that they signified. Now, however, we look forward almost eagerly to winter's approach. We forget the fogs, the slush, the sore throats and the price of coal, we think only of long evenings by lamplight, of the books which we are really going to read this time, of the bright shop windows and the keen edge of the early frosts.”  ― Denis Mackail, Greenery Street       Today's book recommendation: Straw Bale Gardens Complete by Joel Karsten In May of 1994, Joel Karsten experimented with 50 straw bales on his childhood farm in Southwest Minnesota.  He was trying to come up with a new way to grow vegetables at his new home in the Twin Cities which was on terrible clay soil. By June, he realized the plants in the bales were twice as tall as the plants growing in the soil. He kept refining his methods until his Straw Bale Gardens were discovered by a local reporter in 2007. Now, twenty-five years later, Joel Karsten is the recognized pioneer of Straw Bale Gardening, with his first book an acclaimed NY Times Best Seller and fans around the world. You can hear Joel's incredible story on the Still Growing gardening podcast. I interviewed Joel in a three-part episodes 515 - 517 and you can hear his incredible personal story and his method of growing in straw bales. And, you can hear about the amazing impact his technique has had around the globe in Episode 556.   Today's featured book, Straw Bale Gardens Complete contains all of the original information from Joels first books, but it also goes much deeper, with nearly 50 pages of all-new advice and photos on subjects such as growing in a tight urban setting and making your straw bale garden completely organic. There is even information on using straw bale techniques to grow veggies in other organic media for anyone who has a hard time finding straw. If you've attempted a straw bale garden without using Joel's expertise, you really should get his book, or at least listen to those very thorough interviews we did, and give it another go. It's an incredible way to garden in the most challenging situations and in Cold Climates, you can gain extra growing time - somewhere around 6-8 weeks - in the shoulder seasons of Spring and Fall - that alone makes it worth doing.   Today's Garden Chore Winterize your strawberry beds. Prune out runners that you don't want for next year. You can begin the thinning process by potting up your strawberry runners so that you can have even more strawberry plants next year to share at a plant swap, to share with friends or to add to your own garden. I just sink my pots into the ground and then I can deal with them in the spring by snipping them off the mother plant - I let them remain tethered to her throughout the winter. While you're at it, now is the perfect time to clean up the bed. It's also THE time to add a final boost of fertilizer. This time of year, I like to add a fresh layer of protective mulch around my plants to help them survive the winter.     Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart On this day in 2005, The Boston Globe shared a little Q&A Segment written by Matt McDonald.  A reader had asked, Why is there a large statue of a woman on the south bank of the Charles River in South Natick? Matt's Answer was as follows: "The 9-foot-tall statue represents Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, a Roman Catholic name for Mary, the mother of Jesus. It can be seen from a dirt pullover area on the shoulder of Route 16. But, from a distance, it's not obvious that the statue is of Mary. And its placement, on a rock outcropping overlooking the river with no structures nearby, is unusual. So, the statue has led to imaginative theories about why it's there. "I can't tell you how many call up and ask who it was that drowned," said Janice Prescott, president of the Natick Historical Society." Turns out the statue was put in place by Daniel Sargent, a grandson of the wealthy horticulturist Horatio Hollis Hunnewell. Sargent converted to Catholicism as a graduate student at Harvard. He placed the statue in the back of his beautiful property overlooking a bend in the river. "A 1938 newspaper clipping shared the Latin inscription at the [base of the statue which translates] as "May flowers bloom on this earth."       Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day." 

http://traffic.libsyn.com/talkinglead/TLP_309_Midwest_Honor_Flight.mp3 Your Leaducation continues with another episode of the Talking Lead Podcast. In this episode joining Lefty is Nick Dooley of Dooley Defense and Abby Bartosh with Midwest Honor Flight. Midwest Honor Flight is a non-profit, 100% volunteer organization in Northwest Iowa, South Dakota, and Southwest Minnesota dedicated to providing Veterans with honor, respect, and closure with an all-expense-paid trip to Washington D.C. to visit those memorials dedicated to honor the service and sacrifices of themselves and to fellow Veterans. Trains & Planes Jackwagons: This week's Talking Lead Jackwagon Train hauls off a woman terrorizing her local DMV , Meth gators, a Democrat from Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District and more.Lead Head Brigade Heroes: Lead Force One zooms in to pick up some honorable passengers. Making the Plane this week is a Bullet-riddled U.S. flag that survived D-Day, a 61-Year-Old disabled man defends his life against Craiglist predators, a Navy SEAL that put actions to beliefs and more.

Nebraska is at 10-2 heading into Saturday's 1 pm game with Southwest Minnesota. Robin Washut gives his take on the state of the program. 

This is our introduction to our podcast for agriculture news and knowledge. My brother and I are corn and soybean farmers from Southwest Minnesota and we are trying to connect farming and agriculture to people that are either involved in agriculture or non-agricultural people seeking information.

Native Opinion Episode 97 “Our concerns do not matter. They only hear what they choose to hear.” How to Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Website: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a voicemail: Call us! (860) 381-0207   NOTICES: Reminder…the Native American Music Awards is October 14th, and you can watch it live for FREE! Visit: http://singlefeathermedia.com/live  to register! Also, voting is open for the Native American Music Award music nominees…20 categories! and they need your vote! Vist www.namalive.com and look for the vote now link! Voting is open up through October 13th… please vote for your favorite Native American Recording Artists! APPROPRIATION Discussion of the robohontas twitter thread.. THREAD SOURCE: https://twitter.com/robohontas/status/910657882462420992?refsrc=email&s=11 Who is Twitter User “Robohontas”? SOURCE: http://www.robohontas.com/about MUSIC BREAK ARTIST: Irv Lyons Jr. (Onondaga) TRACK: “Get Down Tonight” TRT: 5:18 2017 NAMA Nominee BIO: At age 8 while living on the Onondaga Nation Irv was handed a guitar. He was a lefty and his mom said, "If you're going to learn to play it is going to have to be on this." Playing flipped around and upside down has proven to be a metaphor for his life. Irv Lyons Jr.,s sultry vocals and finessed guitar playing brings to the band a distinctive sound rooted in Latin-influenced jazz, as well as country and blues. Irv has opened up for Dickie Betts, Grammy Winner Joanne Shenandoah and NAMMY winner Jana. This Oneida Nation Native is a major contributor of original material for his other band The Fabulous Ripcords including straight-ahead blues, instrumentals, Latin, and roots rockers. With this group, he's graced the stage with such talents as Santana, Steve Miller, Blues Traveler, Ry Cooder, Rick Derringer, Phish, John Lee Hooker, Edgar Winter, Leon Russell, Kim Simmonds, Terrance Simien, Gene Taylor, Bill Kirchen, Dickie Betts, and Chip. Irv won a SAMMY with The Fabulous Ripcords for best Americana CD in 2010. Find Out more here: https://www.reverbnation.com/nativeman   ARTICLE 1 TITLE: Difference Between Culture and Subculture DATE: July 28, 2015  AUTHOR: Nedha SOURCE: http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-culture-and-vs-subculture/   ARTICLE 2: TITLE: Theodore Roosevelt: ‘The Only Good Indians Are the Dead Indians’ SUB-TITLE: Roosevelt: 'I don’t go so far as to think that the only good Indians are the dead Indians, but I believe nine out of every 10 are' AUTHOR: Alysa Landry DATE: June 28, 2016 SOURCE: https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/history/events/theodore-roosevelt-the-only-good-indians-are-the-dead-indians/?utm_content=buffer34520&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer   ARTICLE 3 TITLE: New Age ‘Ghost Dance’ Held in Southwest Minnesota, Indigenous People Respond SUB-TITLE: ’Ghost Dance' organizers call it a "ten moons dance", say it's not cultural appropriation AUTHOR: Sarah Sunshine Manning  DATE: September 2, 2017 SOURCE: https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/native-news/new-age-ghost-dance-minnesota-indigenous-respond/   ARTICLE 4 TITLE: DOI Secretary names Kiowa citizen to Indian Affairs post AUTHOR: Written by Department of Interior DATE: 13 September 2017 SOURCE: https://nativetimes.com/current-news/14808-doi-secretary-names-kiowa-citizen-to-indian-affairs-post

We'll head over to Augsburg College and talk with Augsburg assistant coach Chad Johnson, Southwest Minnesota State's Jesse Nelson and Rochester's Randy Rager on Episode 21 of The Guillotine Grapevine. We'll also start the show with a quick rundown of the weekend's action at Augsburg and the University of Minnesota, but this episode showcases Division II, Division III and the Junior College wrestling scene in Minnesota. SUBSCRIBE TO THE GUILLOTINE GRAPEVINE iTunes | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | Soundcloud | Google Play Music | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content -- scratch that -- if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.

Paul Blanchard has coached at nearly every level of scholastic baseball, from high school to junior college to NCAA D1, D2, and D3. And he's doing this all while not straying far from his roots [...]