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News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago November 9, 2000 The Tigers showed off their Section 5A trophy to a large crowd of exuberant fans on Friday at the Fargo Dome. The Tigers cinched the championship, defeating the Eagle Valley Rebels 21-14. The Rebels were 10-0 for the season and had earlier handed Browerville their only loss for the season. The Tigers-Rebels game was one of the most exciting of the season. It was a great game! ********** The Browerville FBLA Chapter

News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago November 8, 2000 Shellie’s Hair Design in Clarissa has been in business since October of 1997. Shellie Hinzmann, now Drayna, graduated from Northwest Technical College in Wadena the last day of August in 1991 with a degree in cosmetology. Shortly after graduation, Shellie began working for Darlene Weibye who operated the Hair Cellar in Clarissa. ********** Superintendent Dale Svaren is shown presenting a check to Barry Sarff. Barry cr

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago March 15, 2000 Mike Schwantes has been the head of maintenance for the city of Hewitt for 22 years. When he started working for the city it was as the city police officer. He served as a police officer while the water system was being installed. He worked as an officer until January 1, 2000 when the city signed a contract with the county. After the water system was put in, Mike became the city maintenance man. ********** The

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago November 8, 2000 “This war is more serious than we ever thought.” —excerpt from a diary kept in 1918 by Jess Roach. His daughter, Cynthia Roach Haack, shared the following from her father’s diary and remembrances of her uncles, Dan and James: “About 50 ‘doughboys’ served from the Eagle Bend area. Frederick E. Cossentine was the first local man to die overseas: thus, the name of the local American Legion chapter.” ********** The Eag

News from Verndale's Past 40 Years Ago, November 13, 1985 • Two items which received unanimous approval by all school board members at a meeting on Thursday, November 7, were a program for talented and gifted students and the teacher salary proposal. Faith Rudnitski, administrative assistant, presented plans for class offerings for talented and gifted students. She told the board they would begin in the winter trimester and be held after school hours. “These are the kids wh

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago November 2, 2000 The Tigers football team advanced to the section 5-A championship game on Wednesday at the Fargo Dome with a 28-7 victory over Dawson Boyd and a 26-15 victory over Wheaton this past week. The Tigers will meet the undefeated Eagle Valley Rebels in the championship game with kickoff at 5:30 p.m. Mitch Johnson put the Tigers first points on the board with a 31 yard scamper and followed that with a five yard run for a sc

News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago November 1, 2000 Last week the Eagle Valley Elementary School Patrol was installed. Pictured are: Candace Young, Cole Sablovitch, Trooper Andy, Maria Pieper, Nathan Ahrendt, Rachel Allen and Rachel Wagner. ********** Mrs. Hommerding and her third grade class visited the Central Todd County Care Center residents in Clarissa on Friday, October 27, at 1 p.m., to play Halloween bingo. Everyone had a great time, lots of smiles and good conv

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago November 1, 2000 The Eagle Valley volleyball team played in post season play at Upsala on October 26 against Henning. The Rebels defeated Henning in three games. Heidi Korfe had an excellent night hitting the ball. Heidi Godding also had an excellent night picking up some hard hit digs and played the net well. The Rebels ended the season with 12 wins and 10 losses. 50 Years Ago November 6, 1975 The Eagle Bend FFA Chapter will receive

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago November 1, 2000 “History is repeating itself,” said a delighted Gary Westergren, “With the reintroduction of pheasants in northern Todd County. It’s really nice to see people coming in to hunt, and staying with relatives or friends instead of paying for motels. Westergren is the president of Ringnecks Forevermore, Inc. who is responsible for the repopulation of pheasants in the area. The past two weekends, the Ray Brasel fam

News from Verndale's Past 40 Years Ago, November 6, 1985 • Sign-up sheets for guys interested in entering the second annual Miss Tootsie contest sponsored by the Verndale PTSA are located at the municipal liquor store and Dorie’s Diner. More contestants are needed and will be welcomed right up to the time of the show, which will be held in the high school auditorium at 8 p.m. • Winning first place in the jack-o-lantern contest for pre-school and elementary students were: Je