Le Sueur chalk art fundraiser supports research in fight against Alzheimer’s

By CARSON HUGHES carson.hughes@apgsomn.com

Corner Drug and Le Sueur-Henderson Community Education recently brought the fight against Alzheimer’s to the sidewalk with a new community-wide chalk art campaign.

At the Le Sueur Farmers Market on June 3, Corner Drug and Community Education kicked off a month-long fundraiser to support Alzheimer’s research by providing artists of all ages with chalk to draw their own Alzheimer’s-inspired artwork on the sidewalk.

Throughout the month of June, youth, adults and local businesses were encouraged to register with Community Education and submit a photo of their chalk art to Michelle.steiger@yoursterlingpharmacy.com. Winners in each division received prizes.

Ar twork was posted on the Corner Drug website at yoursterlingpharmacy. com/alzheimers-donations/ and community members will be able to vote for

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Now bringing the liveliness back to Kenyon’s main drag is part of her motivation for opening a restaurant. She had the feeling the other day that maybe it’s happening.

“The other day, I was doing something and had the shades open,” she said. “I watched these ladies.”

She recounted how they walked from store to store, business to business, spending their entire afternoon on Kenyon’s main road.

Then her pizza ovens came in, she their favorites with their dollars, which will benefit the Alzheimer’s Association, the nation’s largest non-profit specializing in Alzheimer’s research and care.

Alzheimer’s affects more than 6.5 million people in the United States over the age of 65, according to the Mayo Clinic, and is the leading cause of dementia, causing serious loss of memory and cognitive functioning in those with the disease.

The effort is an expansion of Corner Drug’s yearly efforts to raise funds for Alzheimer’s research each June as a pharmacy under Astrup Companies. Last year, the company’s divisions raised a total over $72,000. which included over $37,000 raised by employees and $35,000 matched by Astrup Family Foundation.

Now, Corner Drug is encouraging the whole community to get involved with the goal of raising $40,000 companywide and $75,000 in total with a $35,000 match from the Astrup Family Foundation.

“We are hoping this is something that will grow every single year and eventually maybe even include Parks and Rec needed help carrying them, and she noticed her friend standing outside.

He came over to help her, and she bought him some beers for it. In the meantime, the ladies were still storehopping.

“It dawned on me that people were parking and walking around Main Street and Kenyon and actually had places to go,” she said. “I haven’t seen that in so long, so I thought that was cool. You know, hopefully there’ll be other people that will have businesses on Main Street too. It’d be awesome to see it flourish again.” and have a sidewalk walk so maybe people come to visit Le Sueur just to walk around town and see the art,” said Corner Drug Pharmacy Manager

The food

Anderson describes the food at Angie’s as “diner-like.” She hopes her food has a homemade feeling, but isn’t dismissed as something “you could make at home.”

The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner most days. Sunday will have a special dinner option that’s a little more complicated, like an entree with multiple sides and a drink.

Her big controversy of opening week was pizza. She originally planned to have it ready for the grand opening on Thursday, but when it came time, she discovered it wasn’t to her liking.

Michelle Steiger.

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“I’m still tr ying to perfect that,” she said. “I thought I had it, but I let the sauce sit for a couple of days. I was like ‘Nope, it’s too spicy.’ I only put a teaspoon of cayenne, but I just wasn’t really vibing with it.”

She guessed pizza should be available in a month or so, once she has more practice.

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