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News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago March 14, 2001 The FLA Region Star Event was held in Staples on February 16. Pictured are the FLA members that placed at the competition. Crystal Hess received a gold rating and will participate at the state level April 26-28 in Bloomington. Jackie Karnes, Jessica Karnes, Jenny Gabler, and Renee Coburn, all received a silver rating. ********** St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church of Clarissa played in an eight team volleyball tournament held

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago March 15, 2001 The 2001 Todd County Dairy Princesses were crowned on Saturday evening at a banquet held in Clarissa. The princesses are Katrina Ann Ahrens, Sonja Stoterau and Brenda Becker. Todd County Dairy Ambassadors are: Rhonda Lee Brekke, Melissa Wiese, Brandy Bruder and Jill Walburn. The princesses will now compete at the regional level. ********** The roof on the Todd County Highway Department maintenance shop in Staples has

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago March 14, 2001 The eighth graders from Eagle Valley constructed solar systems that are required as a graduation standard project. Along with the solar systems they had to prepare a report using the scientific method. They had to have an introduction, hypothesis, data, conclusion a minimum of two questions that they formulated and further investigation to prove the project if they had more time to follow up on it. The judging was done

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago March 14, 2001 People eat every day, at least most of us do. But sometimes it isn’t possible. Sometimes the cupboard is bare. That is when the Bertha-Hewitt Food Shelf can help. The food shelf began in the early 1980s. “It started shortly after we begun the Head Start program,” said Sharon Howe. “The teachers were going out into the homes of the children and they sensed a need in the community for a food shelf. At that time Ju

News from Verndale's Past 40 Years Ago, September 25, 1986 • Completing their training sessions on Monday evening were the six candidates vying for the Miss Verndale title. On Monday, they went through the interview process which is held prior to all pageants, and later this week will begin practice of production numbers. Candidates are: Tammy Swanson, Pauline Colby, Rachelle Adams, Valerie Kern, Jennifer Ninneman, and Kim Trosen. Tickets for the April 12 pageant will go on

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago March 3, 2001 Adeline Stracek, a current resident of the Sun Rose Courts apartments, enjoyed sharing stories about her family in the early days when they first came to this area. In 1940, their home was eight miles north and one mile east of Browerville in Moran Township, and consisted of two small rooms with no water or electricity. She was born on November 8, 1919 in Chicago and grew up living over her father’s hardware store in si

News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago March 7, 2001 Senator Mark Dayton, member of the agriculture committee for the state of Minnesota, took time to meet with local farmers in Clarissa on Sunday, March 4. Dayton, along with Congressman Collin Peterson, have held several of these types of meetings throughout the 7th District in the last few weeks. The focal point of the meeting was to discuss the crisis in the dairy industry because of low milk prices. ********** The annua

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago March 7, 2001 The Bertha-Hewitt-Verndale Raiders wrestling team took second place in the Class A State Tournament. Pictured are: Manager Pat Cannon, Drew Schmidt, Joeb Oyster, Jeremy Miller, Cullen Captain, Jared Oyster, Seth Moenkedick, Brian Braaten, Tyler Fuller, Adam Richter, Dave Voeltz, Reggie Rach, Justin Messer, Jake Oyster, Tevor Balbach, Coach Kirk O’dell, Coach Lee Truax, Jason Rurup, Adam Becker, Keith Bowman, Cas

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago March 7, 2001 There is a place for local teens to gather—the teen center in Eagle Bend. The Spot has been in existence since 1989 when a dedicated group of parents, educators and clergy were instrumental in getting the teen center started. An advisory board consisting of eight adults and 22 students was formed. Financial assistance was provided by several organizations in Eagle Bend and Clarissa. With adult supervisors, the teen cente

News from Verndale's Past 40 Years Ago, September 25, 1986 • The introduction of “The Minnesota Plan: Design a New Education System” is bringing teacher organizations, administrators, school boards and others together in a common bond. Six educational organizations have united to form a coalition called the Six-M to oppose this Minnesota Plan. The plan calls for the restructuring of our schools to eliminate the last two years of high school. All students, it said, should be