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by Trinity Gruenberg trinity@inhnews.com When one thinks of the Nativity, the image is familiar—Mary and Joseph in a humble stable, surrounded by farm animals, with an angel nearby. Edward Blashack of Bertha has taken that traditional scene and expanded it far beyond the stable, transforming it into an entire city complete with camps, farmland, and intricate details that bring the story to life on a much larger scale. The basement of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Bertha

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago January 10, 2001 Bertha-Hewitt Snow Daze King and Queen candidates: Holly Graphenteen, Stacy Denny, Jill Shingledecker, Andrea Ward, Nathan Hagen, Billy Davis, Justin Messer and Dustin Switters. ********** It was a tough assignment for the Bears to come back after the Christmas break going over two weeks without a game and then getting back into action on a Saturday afternoon opposite the Viking/Saints in a football game. Th

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News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago January 3, 2001 Students in Bertha-Hewitt from preschool to sixth grade are involved in the new Bertha-Hewitt danceline. Sixth graders Amanda Kneisl and Britinie Borst are teaching the girls. The third through sixth graders involved are going to be performing at the Central Todd County Care Center on January 20. ********** Teacher Cathy Riewer shared they have been studying nutrition and working on a graduation standards t

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago December 27, 2000 A short school board meeting culminated in a tour of the new addition is what happened at the Bertha-Hewitt School Board meeting on Tuesday evening. Members of the board heard again from Doug Cederstrand from E and V Construction Managers. He told them the progress being made is good and everything is on or ahead of schedule. All the concrete sidewalks are complete, however, landscaping and parking lot strip

Ray and Marlo Benning are celebrating 25 years as the owners of the Independent News Herald. They purchased the newspaper from Ernie and Diane Silbernagel, taking over the business on June 1, 2000. The Silbernagels had owned the Eagle Bend News and Bertha Herald since 1979 and combined these papers with the Clarissa Independent in 1992, creating the Independent News Herald. This publication is the official newspaper of Todd County, the Bertha-Hewitt and Browerville School D

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago December 20, 2000 The new chapel at the Bertha-Domian-Anderson Funeral Home was dedicated to the memory of George Domian and “Swede” Anderson. Pictured by the dedication plaque were Joe Schuller, Rhonda Amundson, Nora Anderson, Jon Johns and Jerry Anderson. ********** During the latter part of the regular meeting of the Bertha City Council on Monday, December 11, new Mayor Gary Kleen and new Council Member Brad Rach took

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago December 13, 2000 The city of Hewitt will have two bars in January if everything gets approved for the re-opening of the Hewitt Bar. Darlene Boman from Eagle Bend is working on getting the bar operating again. She plans to leave the name as Hewitt Bar for the time being. She is working toward getting the approval from Todd County and work done to operate the kitchen/restaurant portion of the bar also. ********** Domian-Ande

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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