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News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago December 6, 2000 Selvey’s on Second, formerly The Pie Pantry, located on Main Street in Bertha is under new ownership. Dave and Beth Selvey of Bertha took over the business on October 15. They purchased the business from Joyce Moore. The Selvey’s are both from the area and decided to get into the restaurant business because “they wanted to make Bertha their home.” ********** The squeal of brakes, the sound of breaking glass,

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News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago November 29, 2000 Joseph De Sciose, a photographer from Manhattan, New York, has taken literally thousands of pictures. He has had many pictures published, but he never had one of his photos published in the New York Times until he submitted one of the Bertha-Hewitt Color Guard getting ready for a competition in Milaca. Band Director Ken Nelson received a letter from a former student who now lives in New York who was elated w

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago November 22, 2000 Dave Ruby was at the November 13 Bertha City Council meeting. Ruby talked to the council about the schedule for the Bertha Community Center’s completion. The week of the 13th, they plan to get the roof metal and wall metal put up. The week of the 20th, they hope to have plumbing and electrical roughed in. They are looking at a January 1 completion date. ********** Kent Smith, president and owner of Diamond

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago November 15, 2000 When Jean Shaw started working seven years ago at The Hangout, Bertha-Hewitt’s School Age Childcare Program through Freshwater, she wasn’t sure what she was in for. “I really love it. I enjoy interacting with the children. It is very interesting seeing boys and girls who are now juniors and seniors who still ask if they can come to The Hangout,” said Jean. ********** Three mayors were elected by write-in v

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 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 Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago October 25, 2000 Doug Cederstrom from E and V Construction was on hand at the Bertha-Hewitt School Board meeting to inform the board of the progress of the school addition. Drywall work was progressing in the head start and early childhood rooms and that overall, things were progressing very quickly. Cederstrom did say that some time was lost while waiting for some mechanical deliveries and the aluminum deliveries. They would

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago October 18, 2000 Jim Truman likes shooting archery. In fact, today he is getting ready to go out with his son-in-law, Chris Ingebritson, and do a little deer hunting with the bow. It has become popular enough in our area that Truman started an archery range at Little Moran Hunting Club. Truman went over to see Steve Grossman, who owns Little Moran Hunting Club, and Little Moran 3D Archery was born. ********** It was a real