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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 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

by Trinity Gruenberg trinity@inhnews.com A packed Bertha City Council special meeting was held on Wednesday, May 27, called by Mayor Deb Nelson on behalf of the department heads. At the previous special meeting on Monday, May 18, City Clerk Brenda Roberts submitted her resignation, citing a hostile and disrespectful work environment created by some council members. Other council members did not wish for Roberts to resign, while other department heads took issue with a commen

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

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To the Editor: Watch your language The is Pascal Blase Bulcher speaking on the subject of swearing. All of you that are reading this know full well what swearing is and how huge of a number of people swear on a day-to-day basis. But here are a couple of things you probably don’t know... Did you know that the United States has the largest percentage of population that swears on a day-to-day basis? Did you furthermore know that people in the United States actually swear

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago May 30, 2001 As members of the Class of 2001 eagerly await their graduation at Wadena-Deer Creek, Superintendent Earl Mathison also chose to “graduate”. He is retiring on June 30 after spending the past 35 years as a teacher, principal and superintendent. Mathison became the principal of the Eagle Bend School in 1971 and remained in that position until 1977. Then he moved up the road about seven miles to become superintendent

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago May 23, 2001 The May 14 meeting started off with Dale Schaefer’s maintenance report. Schaefer said that a manhole has shifted four inches right off its base at the north end of Third Avenue SE. It needs to be dug up and reset. ********** On Wednesday, May 9, the honor awards ceremony was held. Stacy Denny, daughter of Gene and Mary Denny of Hewitt, was the recipient of the Baush and Lomb Honorary Science Award which goes to

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago May 16, 2001 The Eagle Valley and Bertha-Hewitt Schools are using a new game to help teach their students. The Stock Market Game is an interactive educational tool that can be used in grades 4-12 to teach a variety of subjects including math, social studies, language arts and business. Jan Hierl at Eagle Valley and Mike Bauck at Bertha-Hewitt are the teachers who are working with a carefully designed curriculum. In this port

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