Concert Association seeks members

FAIRMONT — The Fairmont Concert Association’s fall membership drive will begin Monday and continue through Sept. 13.

To join, call (507) 235-9276, (507) 238-2892 or send a check with your information to Fairmont Concert Association, 757 Shoreacres Drive, Fairmont, MN 56031.

The concerts for the 2018-2019 season include: Band Stand Boogie on Sept. 22; Leon Williams, baritone, singing a Christmas program; Charlie Albright on the Piano on March 14; folk singer and guitarist William Florian on April 4; and Gary Arbuthnot with flute and piano on May 5.

All concerts start at 7 p.m. and are held at the Fairmont High School Performing Arts Center.

Concert Association members also may attend five five bonus concerts in Blue Earth.

Admission to the concerts is by season membership only. Prices are as follows: students, $10; adults, $50; family, $110; patron, $125; sponsor, $150; and benefactor, $250+.

Mayo adds primary care provider

FAIRMONT — Dr. Timothy Sheneman recently joined Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont. He will begin seeing patients full time on Monday.

As an internal medicine provider, Sheneman’s focus is the primary medical care of patients, especially those with multiple long-term illnesses.

In addition to being board certified as an internal medicine physician, Sheneman is certified in neuromusculoskeletal medicine. This specialty diagnoses and treats conditions involving nerves, muscles, soft tissue and bones.

Originally from Montana, Sheneman received his training from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine – A.T. Still University in Kirksville, Mo. He later completed his internship in integrated family medicine/neuromusculoskeletal medicine and a residency in integrated internal medicine/neuromusculoskeletal medicine at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri.

For more information, visit mayoclinichealthsystem.org

Former Congressman Boswell dies

DES MOINES (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell, an Iowa farmer and soldier turned politician who served 16 years in Congress, has died. He was 84.

The Democrat and former state Senate president, died at a Des Moines hospital on Friday after suffering complications from a rare form of cancer, said family spokesman and former chief of staff Grant Woodard.

Although he focused his political career on agriculture, securing services for veterans and their families and helping college students with financial aid, Boswell may have been best known for his plain-spoken, courtly demeanor. The civility he was known for in the state Senate initially carried over into his congressional campaigns, and he gained national attention when he and his first opponent stuck to their agreement not to launch personal attacks. Later campaigns, however, weren’t quite as gentlemanly.