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News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago June 20, 2001 Sandi Friest could be called a “Jill of all trades.” She does or has tried just about every artist venture imaginable. She has even built a few houses with her son-in-law, Dean, including the one they built in Clarissa which she calls home now. But the thing Sandi loves doing is making quilts and rugs. The rugs she makes don’t slip easily and are much thicker then most. She makes rugs for people out of their own rag materi

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago September 28, 2001 Darryl Christensen, his wife Bonnie and their children were present at the Browerville City Council meeting to let the council know they are unhappy with the odor that emanates from the lift station located about 60 yards from their home in Browerville. Darryl sat at the table and talked with them about the “very offending odor” he and his family have been living with for five years. He shared several conversations

News from Eagle Bends Past 25 Years Ago June 20, 2001 Members of the Eagle Bend Senior Citizens Center received a delightful surprise on June 12. The were the recipients of a $1000 check from the Fraternal Order of Eagles of Alexandria. Frank and Dorine Firkus had learned about the Eagles’ grant from their daughter, Deb, who was the manager of the Eagles Club in Alexandria at the time. ********** At the June 11 meeting of the Eagle Valley School Board, its members were face

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago June 20, 2001 John Olston Sr. and his wife were eating dinner on Wednesday, June 13, when they heard the noise of a storm coming. Olston’s daughter-in-law and her four children live in a trailer home about a mile down the road. When their son’s family saw the storm coming they got into their vehicle and drove over to Olston’s looking for protection. They got into the hallway in the middle of the home when the roof started to

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago June 14 2001 Sharon Host, manager of the Browerville Liquor Store, is pleased to have the remodeling and renovations done and is looking forward to a grand reopening this weekend, June 15 and 16. The expensive remodeling started in March and most of the interior has been revamped to make the store’s atmosphere brighter and more user friendly. ********** The May meeting of the Lonestar 4-H Club was held at the Mike Motl home and was

News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago June 13, 2001 Lueann Duda was officially installed as Clarissa Postmaster on June 8. She took her oath from Victor Zellgert, Acting Manager of Post Office Operations and regular postmaster at Little Falls. Pictured with Lueann are sister Marlyn Duus, brother William Duda and sister Caroline Erickson who were able to join her for her new installment. ********** Clarissa upped its record to 3-0 in the Hi-10 with a win in Wadena on Sunda

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago June 13, 2001 Danelle Denman of Eagle Bend recently participated in the inaugural Spring Hairstyling/Haircutting scholarship competition held at Northwest Technical College in Wadena on May 23. A cosmetology major at the Wadena campus, Denman participated in the haircutting portion of the competition and finished fifth and earned a trophy. Sandy Baso and Darlene Weibye are the instructors. ********** Five Eagle Valley athletes atten

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago June 13, 2001 Molly Moenkedick was one of the essay winners in the writing contest sponsored by the Minnesota Twins. She received two free Twins vouchers and a certificate of participation. “Hi, my name is Molly, I am 11 years old, and my father actually passed away about nine months ago. But this doesn’t change the way I feel about him. I still imagine Dad as my same wonderful father that I always admired.” ********** The m

News from Verndale's Past 40 Years Ago, June 18, 1986 • Superintendent James Madsen accepted a check for $200 from Masons Louie Youngberg Sr., Warden and Charlie Miller, Lodge Master, to help cover the cost of purchasing 52 ash and black spruce trees providing a windbreak around the west and north sides of the athletic field. Members of the FFA did the preparation and planted the trees. • Bound for Hewitt was this house that once belonged to the railroad. It was located in

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago June 7, 2001 Sonja Stoterau, Dairy Princess, and Rhonda Brekke, Dairy Ambassador, met with Mr. Petermeir’s and Mrs. Michael’s third grade classes. They presented the program “Milk: From the Cow to You”, promoting the use of dairy products. The students were treated with ice cream cones afterwards. ********** Congratulations to Marge Morawczynski for winning the Amana microwave drawing at Browerville Hardware. Pictured with her from