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ISAAC THOMFORDE PLAYING FOR THIRD IN SECTION INDIVIDUAL TENNIS TOURNEY

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The Section 8A Boys Tennis individual tennis tournament moved indoors to Choice Fitness in Grand Forks, North Dakota because of the threat for rain on Wednesday.

Crookston’s Isaac Thomforde (#3 seed) was the only Pirate left on the final day of the individual tournament after winning two matches on Tuesday in Crookston.

On Tuesday, Thomforde beat #14 seed Lucas Rantanen of Thief River Falls 6-1, 6-0. In the quarterfinals, Thomforde beat #6 seed Jowell Gamez of New London-Spicer 7-5, 6-3.
On Wednesday, Thomforde took on#2 seed Jett Cornelius of Thief River Falls in the semi-finals. Isaac had a great first set and won by an impressive 6-1score. The second set was an exciting back-and-forth battle, but Cornelius outlasted Thomforde to win the set 7-5, forcing a third and final set. The momentum Cornelius had going into the third set was obvious as he cruised to a 6-1 victory to win the match and advance to the championship.

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Thomforde took on #4 seed Kenneth Schmiesing of New London-Spicer in the third-place match.
The first set was another back-and-forth battle for Isaac as he lost a heart-breaker 7-6 and 7-1 in the tie-breaker. Isaac bounced back with an impressive second set as he won 6-3 to force a third and final set. Unfortunately, during the match, Cornelius lost the championship match, and Isaac knew he wouldn’t get a true second match, but that didn’t stop him from battling for the third place medal.

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OBIT – Bradley Harold Jenkins

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Bradley Harold Jenkins, 71, of Crookston, MN, passed away early Saturday morning, May 20, 2023, in the Benedictine Living Community Crookston, where he had been a resident since January 13, 2022.

Brad was born on May 16, 1952, in Fargo, ND, one of four sons of the union of Harold and Angela (Erickson) Jenkins. He grew up in Moorhead, MN and was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. Brad attended Oak Grove High School in Fargo and graduated with the Class of 1970. While in school and for a few years after he was a member of the Gentle Egg, a rock band that played locally. After working in sales for a few years Brad moved to Crookston where he purchased a home.

Brad is survived by a brother and sister-in-law, Michael and Deborah Jenkins of Fargo, ND; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Harold Jenkins; mother, Angela Jenkins Vollrath Brady; 2 brothers, Douglas, who died on October 31, 1970, and David, who died on December 4, 2015; and a niece, Amelia. Blessed be the memory of Bradley Harold Jenkins.

A memorial service honoring Brads life will be held in the Stenshoel-Houske Funeral Home, Crookston, at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, June 15, 2023, with Pastor David Finsaas, officiating. Visitation with the family will be for one hour prior to the service. The funeral will be live streamed by going to Brads obituary page at www.stenshoelhouske.com and clicking on the prompt to view. Messages of condolence to the family may be made on the website as well.

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OBIT – Ralph Vigoren

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Ralph Vigoren, age 70, of Fosston, MN, passed away on Monday, May 22nd, at Essentia Hospital in Fosston.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 31st, at Bethel Assembly Church in Fosston with Pastor Seth Johnson officiating.

Interment will be in Froen Cemetery, rural Fosston. Visitation will be held from Noon until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday (31) at the church.

Arrangements are with Carlin Family Funeral Service of Fosston. Messages of condolence may be sent and a live stream of the service viewed at www.carlinfuneral.com. Memorials will be donated to the Sand Hill Lake Bible Camp.

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13TH ANNUAL CROOKSTON BOYS HOCKEY ALUMNI GOLF OUTING SET FOR JUNE 3

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The 13th Annual Pirate/Blue Wave Boys Hockey Alumni Golf Outing is scheduled for June 3, 2023.

On Saturday, June 3, they will be hosting an 18-hole golf scramble starting at 11:00 AM with lunch provided at Minakwa Golf Course. Registration for golf is limited to the first 20 – five-person teams, so please sign up early. The cost for golf is $85/person or $25/person if you graduated from Crookston High School or Sacred Heart High School from 2019-2023, which includes pizza at I.C. Muggs. We are also selling $100 raffle tickets (only 200 tickets available) with an $8,000 winner. If you are interested in the $100 raffle, please contact Sam Melbye (melbs98@hotmail.com) for tickets.

They accept payments for golf through PayPal and Venmo (@CrookstonHockey). Click on the link, and you will be directed to a secure PayPal site to complete the transaction.

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U.S. Surgeon General says social media presents mental-health risk for youth

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U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said on Tuesday that social media use could lead to mental health issues among children and teens. Murthy called on policymakers to enact stricter guidelines, writing in the U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory: “There are ample indicators that social media can also have a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents.” 

Murthy said the advisory is not meant to be exhaustive on the topic, rather it draws on available public evidence.  He tweeted: “Nothing’s more important to parents than keeping our kids safe. And when it comes to protecting kids’ wellbeing on social media, parents need more support.”

In the advisory, Murthy points to a 2019 longitudinal study that concluded adolescents spending more than than three hours per day on social media “faced double the risk of experiencing poor mental health outcomes including symptoms of depression and anxiety…Our children and adolescents don’t have the luxury of waiting years until we know the full extent of social media’s impact. To date, the burden of protecting youth has fallen predominantly on children, adolescents, and their families.”

A general advisory is a public statement that calls attention to an urgent public health issue and provides recommendations on addressing it. The Surgeon General’s document listed several suggestions for parents, lawmakers and tech companies, which included creating so-called “tech free” zones and establishing scientific advisory committees to help craft policy.

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Driver who crashed box truck near White House charged with threatening president

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The National Park Service announced on Tuesday the identity of the man who crashed a rented box truck into the security barricade outside of Lafayette Park near the White House on Monday. The crash occurred shortly before 10 p.m. on the north side of Lafayette Square at 16th Street.

The U.S. Park Police said they took 19-year-old Sai Varshith Kandula, of Chesterfield, Missouri into custody and charged him with assault with a dangerous weapon, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, threatening to kill/kidnap/inflict harm on a president, vice president, or family member, destruction of federal property, and trespassing. No weapons were found inside the truck, a Park Police spokesperson said.

The U.S. Secret Service said Kandula was driving a box truck that crashed into the security barricades near the White House. Anthony Guglielmi, a Secret Service spokesman, said in a statement on Twitter that a preliminary investigation indicates the driver may have intentionally struck the barriers to the iconic square, adding: “there were no injuries to any Secret Service or White House personnel.” Unnamed law enforcement sources report that Kandula told investigators he wanted to take over the government and kill the president; authorities were looking into the suspect’s mental health.

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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez are engaged

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his partner Lauren Sánchez are engaged. The billionaire is also the founder of space company Blue Origin, and was aboard a 2021 flight into space and back on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket.

Bezos and Sánchez, a former broadcast journalist, first went public with their relationship in 2019. Bezos and Sánchez have kept their relationship low profile, with details mostly private outside of being photographed at public events. In 2022, the couple spoke with CNN at their Washington DC home for their first joint sit-down interview where they talked about their philanthropic work, and giving away Bezos’s vast wealth to a variety of causes. Bezos described the Emmy award-winning journalist as “the most generous, most big-hearted person that you would ever meet,” and “an inspiration.”

Bezos was previously married to MacKenzie Scott for 25 years, with whom he shares three sons and one daughter. Sánchez was married to Hollywood agent Patrick Whitesell for 13 years before finalizing their divorce in 2019; she shares two children with Whitesell. Sánchez is also mom to son Nikko, whom she shares with former partner and retired NFL player Tony Gonzalez. No additional details about the couple’s pending wedding plans were immediately available.

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‘The Crown’ Season 6 to premiere on Netflix this fall

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Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria announced at Netflix’s virtual Upfront presentation that “The Crown” Season 6 has been slated for a fall 2023 release.

The sixth season of the historical drama will focus its attention to the royal love story between Prince William (Ed McVey) and Kate Middleton (Meg Bellamy), chronicling the pair’s fateful meeting on St. Andrew’s campus and the subsequent romance that followed.  Season 6 is set in the 2000s as William begins his time at University determined to have a normal life when he meets Kate, who hails from Berkshire.

In addition to McVey and Bellamy, the final season of “The Crown” is rounded out by cast members Luther Ford as Prince Harry, Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II, Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip, Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret, Dominic West as Prince Charles, Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, Claudia Harrison as Princess Anne and Olivia Williams as Camilla Parker Bowles. Bertie Carvel will take on the role of Tony Blair, while Salim Daw plays Mohamed Al Fayed, and Khalid Abdalla plays Dodi Fayed.

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