Download a photo of Ben Lecy, YME's industrial technology teacher
GRANITE FALLS, Minn. — The May edition of Pioneer PBS’s public affairs program Compass features an update on the Asatru Folk Assembly in Murdock, the first in an occasional series exploring Dakota place names and the Yellow Medicine East greenhouse. This program will air Thursday, May 13 at 9 p.m. and will be viewable online at www.pioneer.org/compass after the original airing. Viewers are encouraged to visit Compass on Facebook and YouTube to give feedback on the stories.
During their city council meeting on April 14, 2021, the Murdock City Council and their lawyer, Don Wilcox, concluded that the Asatru Folk Assembly; a whites-only, separatist organization, has not been in violation of their conditional use permit. However, the city was unaware that an additional temporary certification had been issued by the city's contracted building inspector, Mike Jacobson.
Pioneer PBS storyteller Tanner Peterson has started working on a project to explore the origins of Dakota place names in the Minnesota River Valley. This first segment features Wanyeca Wakpaden (Firefly Creek) in Pezihutazizi (Lower Sioux Community).
From aloe vera to tomatoes and jalapeños — students at Yellow Medicine East learn how to grow plants that they can eat and use. Ben Lecy, YME's industrial technology teacher, and Darrel Refsland, YME's ag instructor, explain how the YME greenhouse was built and what's on the curriculum. his year, there's an added learning bonus: how to battle a gnat infestation.
Viewers with story ideas and issues they would like to see discussed on Compass are encouraged to contact Pioneer PBS via email at yourtv@pioneer.org or call the station at 1-800-726-3178.
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