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News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago February 21, 2001 DeeAnn Durheim, daughter of Delvin and Debra Durheim of Eagle Bend, will be competing for the title of Minnesota Simmental Queen for 2001. The contest will take place on Friday, February 23 in Rochester at the annual Simmental Association Banquet. DeeAnn will be presenting a speech to a panel of judges and will be evaluated on her knowledge of the Simmental breed of cattle. ********** On February 2, the Lakewood He

News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago February 14, 2001 The Kids Teaching Kids program took place last week at Eagle Valley Elementary. It is a peer teaching program dealing with the “dangers of alcohol, drugs and driving”. The sixth graders at Eagle Valley divided into groups and were assigned classes from kindergarten through sixth grade. They prepare and practice four lessons to present to the class. The program has been around since 1984. Funding comes from the Departm

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago February 8, 2001 The successful “Cafe” in Browerville has changed hands. Vicki Heid and Doris Winter are now the former owners and Sherry Crider has taken the reins to continue a 20 year tradition of good eating for customers. Sherry brings her charming ways to her new job and folks will recognize the sunny blonde as a former waitress. ********** The Browerville Tigers took on the Silverstreaks from Osakis last Thursday. The Tigers

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago February 14, 2001 Eagle Valley Science Fair winners were: Cody Snyder, Jesse Seifert, Nicole Hess, Jayme Godding, Missy Kassube, Tyler Berg, Patrick Perish, Kayla Salathe, Nicholas Harren, Taylor Lunemann, Jacob Peacock, Cassie Snyder, Mikayla Krause, Matt Aspengren, Joseph Harren, Emily Olson, Justin Hlatky and Melanie Weishair. ********** The Rebels boys basketball team defeated Swanville 56-54 last Tuesday in an exciting Prairie

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago February 1, 2001 The Tigers defeated the Pillager Huskies on Monday in Conference Play, 58-42. Browerville jumped to an early lead and never trailed. The enthusiastic fans were treated to an exceptional game by our Tigers as they out-played the Huskies in all phases of the game. Pacing the Tigers were Ryan Gritz with 14 points followed by Jacob Boone and Josh Ostrowski with 13 points each. ********** Harvey Christensen, Lee Konetzk

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago January 31, 2001 The women of Faith Lutheran Church and Immanuel Lutheran Church of Eagle Bend made a joint effort to make mission quilts. The material was purchased with money donated from the Lutheran Brotherhood. The quilts are sent to foreign missions, fire victims and home missions. The sewing group averages about 10 projects per month. If anyone knows of a local need, you can contact Evelyn Oftedahl or Linda Peterson. *********

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago January 31, 2001 Members of the Bertha-Hewitt Drama Club performed their contest one act play about Bobby Fisher on Friday at the Bertha-Hewitt School for both the elementary and high school. They performed for the contest on Saturday at the sub-section level. ********** Ruth Neil, grade 10, daughter of David and Ann Neil (formerly of Bertha) won the Millennium Youth Challenge Writing Contest and received a $100 savings bo

News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago January 24, 2001 If you’ve noticed some commotion on the west end of Main Street, it is Jerry Host moving his tractor repair business into the old bus garage. He’s moving the business from his farm located just outside of Clarissa on County Road 11. Host has been in the business for about 38 years. He said he gained all of his experience from working on tractors and started when he was growing up on his parent’s farm. ********** On Fr

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago January 25, 2001 Last year’s junior class did an excellent job decorating for the 2000 Prom. After many hours of hard work, the high school gym was transformed into our own “Underwater Paradise.” Magnificent fish, rocks, shells, and seaweed decorated the underwater world in the colors of blue, teal, and purple. Columns of seahorses flanked the couples as they walked through a sparkling curtain. A beautifully painted mural of lost tre

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago January 24, 2001 Eagle Valley’s Sno-Daze Queen is Lisa Brown and King is Jacob Asfeld. ********** The Eagle Valley boys basketball team added two big conference wins to their record last week. On Tuesday, the Rebels defeated St. John’s Prep 64-48, and on Friday, they defeated Browerville 73-71 in a come from behind, overtime win. The Rebels’ team play appears to have turned a corner from the low scoring struggles they had earlier i