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News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago July 4, 2001 On Sunday, July 1, a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house was held at the new Eagle Valley Clinic in Eagle Bend. Pictured are: Tim Rice, president of Lakewood Health System; Dr. Bill Mennis, Staples physician; Michele Fisher, St. Cloud CentraCare site administrator; Tom Hock, P.A.-C; Mel Nefstead, board chairman, Lakewood Health System; Dr. Paul Van Gorp, Long Prairie physician; Toni Tebben, site coordinator, CentraCar

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago July 4, 2001 Amy Ashbaugh is doing something that a lot of people never think of doing. She is going to Spain for eight weeks to study Spanish. Amy is a 1996 Bertha-Hewitt graduate and is the daughter of George and Jean Ashbaugh from Hewitt. She graduated from Concordia College in May 2001 with a major in Spanish. Being out of the country is not new to Amy. She was an exchange student in Peru and when she returned she went to

News from Verndale's Past 40 Years Ago, July 9, 1986 • Crews from Minnesota Power and West Central Telephone worked feverishly to restore services to some of the areas where lines were disrupted. Pictured, they are working in front of the home occupied by Lena Rieck following the storm which whipped through a five block area of Verndale only minutes after 1 a.m. on Friday, July 4. Scott Miller, police chief, reported his car was blown from the road as he rounded a curve in t