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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

News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago June 6, 2001 The Eagle Truck Stop spread it wings on May 18. That was the day that the Hemming brothers from Bertha and Michelle Gettel cosed the deal on the convenience store just off Highway 71 in Clarissa. They made the purchase from All Star in Bertha who had owned and operated the business previously. ********** The Broncos track team went to Moorhead State University on Thursday, May 31, to compete in the Section 6A track meet.

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago June 6, 2001 Sarah Sieling and Dustin Switters, seniors at Bertha-Hewitt High School, have been named the Outstanding Vocational Education Students for the 2000-2001 school year. The Freshwater Education District, in recognition of students who have excelled in the vocational education area, sponsors this award. ********** BHV and the rest of Section 6A traveled to Minnesota State University, Moorhead, for the Section 6A Tra

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago June 6, 2001 As part of Older Americans Month, the Minnesota Board on Aging sponsors an annual essay contest for sixth graders on the topic, “My Grandparents” or “My Best Older Friend.” The Eagle Bend Senior Center and Nutrition Site sponsored the contest for Eagle Valley sixth graders. The winners, Rachel Wagner and Ryan Kasper, were invited, along with their parents and grandparents, to a supper meal at the Eagle Bend Senior Center

News from Verndale's Past 40 Years Ago, June 11, 1986 • Work is progressing according to schedule on the new gymnasium floor, the old floor having been removed earlier last week. On Friday, Doug Petermeier, pictured at left, and Jerry Holstad, of J and D Construction of Richmond, were busy installing sleeves for anchoring the volleyball nets while Rich Brown of Verndale, in the background, worked at leveling low spots. The floor is in really good condition—it was originally

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago May 31, 2001 With the beautiful spring weather we have enjoyed a full slate of golf action. This is going to help us prepare for our upcoming sub-section tournament. On Thursday, May 17, we finished our conference action at Pebble Lake Golf Course in Fergus Falls for both the boys and girls teams. Lindsey Dickinson led the team with a score of 106 and received the All Conference recognition. The boys team was led by Justin Noska’s sc