Dusting Off the Archives
- Trinity Gruenberg
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News from Verndale's Past
40 Years Ago, January 8, 1986
• Since the Verndale Historical Society acquired the Waisanen Heritage House, there has been a lot of discussion on the age of the house with the beautiful interior, with many stating the house is over 100 years old. Charles and Lenora Brown were among the original investors in the townsite of Verndale; purchasing the southeast 340 acres on May 6, 1879. An abstract search of this property shows that on March 8, 1880, A.E. Brown sold his Verndale property to D.B. Mason and purchased a lot from Charles Brown.
• Gathering up used Christmas trees last Saturday were members of the Verndale Boosters. The number of trees was down this year by over 20, with only 30 collected this year. Pictured are: Dick Tangeman, Wayne Mills, Jim Runyan, Mark Callahan, Chuck Tangeman, Gary Bramer, Armond Awanson, Eric Runyan and Joe VanDam.
• Booster Basketball played on Thursday night, January 2, instead of the usual Wednesday night. Terminators took a quick lead on a running game against Deer Creek whose outside shooting got hot. Terminators defense succeeded in keeping a four-point lead. Their rebounds got a lot of baskets and widened the lead to eight points. The inside game controlled the boards as they continued to hold the lead despite advancement by Deer Creek. Terminators won 48-39.
• A large number of those attending the open house of the Waisanen Heritage House on December 29 enjoyed pulling taffy. Among them were Ruth Jenson and Bert Johnston. It turned out beautifully and was very tasty.
15 Years Ago, January 6, 2011
• Sara and Jeremiah Schwanke of Verndale welcomed daughter Hannah into the world on January 2. Hannah was the first baby of the new year born at Lakewood Health System.
• Kent and Linda Solberg, of Verndale, were recently honored as outstanding conservationists at the annual meeting of the Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, December 5-7 in St. Paul. The were selected by the Wadena Soil and Water Conservation district for the award. They were recognized for a variety of reasons, including they are more than willing to share their experiences, knowledge and skills with anyone in low input, grass based farming.
• The Friends of the Wadena City Library received a big Christmas present this year, only the present wasn’t from Santa Claus, it was from Louise Hulting, a long time Wadena resident and former employee and volunteer for the Wadena City Library. Hulting passed away last spring, but her support of the library did not die with her, Hulting’s estate donated $40,000 to the library.
• Sandie Cottrell, Technology Integration Specialist at Verndale, applied for a $200,000 grant through the Minnesota Department of Education. The grant has been used over the past year for all new equipment such as 24 laptops with carts, two cases of 20 IPods, five sets of student response clickers, 18 webcams, four IPads, two document cameras and 12 Eno Boards.
