Important athletic-related changes

Follow along, please!

First, it should be noted that on Thursday night shortly before 19:00, MN-DOT closed all state and federal highways in multiple western Minnesota counties. This included Pope County. Be aware! Further announcements regarding this will be released on Friday morning.

On a side note, the Brooten Medical Clinic, an extension of the Glacial Ridge Health System, is scheduled to open at 8 a.m. as usual on Friday, February 8. They closed the Walk-In Clinic in Glenwood on Thursday night. In the same breath I want to show gratitude to GRHS in Glenwood for the advertising they've provided the Bonanza Valley Voice in recent weeks for the Brooten Medical Clinic. The Voice will have extended coverage of the Brooten Medical Clinic in upcoming issues. I look forward to providing some "history lessons" on how the medical center came to be in Brooten. (This dates back to the 1980s when GRHS opened the clinic in Brooten.)

Glacial Ridge Health System in Glenwood has been one of the most steady and loyal advertisers and supporters of the Bonanza Valley Voice with the previous owner and with my family. That should not go unnoticed.

Back to sports news:
The B-B-E Jaguars wrestling team will host a triangular to complete the regular season on Friday, February 8 with Quad County and Benson. The tri will be at the B-B-E high school. The first match will feature Quad County and Benson. Next will be B-B-E and Quad County. The Benson-BBE match will complete the tri. Note: Quad County is a wrestling co-op comprised of student-athletes from MACCRAY, Renville County West and Yellow Medicine East high schools.

Also on Friday night, Feb. 8, the B-B-E Jaguars girls' basketball team will host Maple Lake. This action (C, JV and varsity) will take place at the B-B-E elementary school.

Finally, the B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball games (C, JV, varsity) with Eden Valley-Watkins that were supposed to take place on Thursday night (Feb. 7) have been moved to Tuesday, March 2.

Bravo to administration for getting all this lined up! This takes nothing less than a herculean effort to move games and line up the logistics of volunteer and paid help. It should not go unnoticed. Please spread the word. In today's technology age, there's no reason folks should be uninformed of these last-minute changes. You can quickly steer people to this Bonanza Valley Voice sports blog - bookmark it while you're at it!

While I have your attention here, I want to briefly give a big shout-out to the B-B-E/Paynesville Pirouettes dance team as they gear up for Saturday's (Feb. 9) Section 4A championships at Montevideo high school. Action begins at noon. Don't miss out on the feature article on the dance team in this week's (February 7) Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper! (Page 7 to be exact)

This kind of blows my mind: Governor Walz has sent members of the National Guard to Renville County to rescue numerous stranded motorists who have been caught in the current blizzard-like conditions. This was announced around 10 p.m. on Thursday night. The National Guard armory in Olivia has been set up as headquarters for this effort.

These weather conditions are nothing to take lightly!

Further weather-related updates are posted at the Bonanza Valley Voice website: https://bit.ly/2GkbiwG.