Dusting Off the Archives
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News from Verndale's Past
40 Years Ago, September 25, 1986
• The introduction of “The Minnesota Plan: Design a New Education System” is bringing teacher organizations, administrators, school boards and others together in a common bond. Six educational organizations have united to form a coalition called the Six-M to oppose this Minnesota Plan. The plan calls for the restructuring of our schools to eliminate the last two years of high school. All students, it said, should be expected to master a core program in communication, social studies, science and mathematics while no provisions are made for those students in special education classes, etc.
• Businessmen in Verndale will be contacted between now and Thursday, March 13 for a commitment to become involved in planning Verndale’s future. It was decided at a meeting last Thursday that the first project should be the erection of a sign telling about Verndale on Highway 10, and the construction of another in McNair Park listing all the businesses in town and immediate local areas.
• Cindy Crowe and Aura Lee Unger, of the Verndale Speech Team, placed in a recent speech contest. At the Sebeka festival, Cindy received three perfect 100 scores in prose and a red ribbon in prose at the Staples meet. Aura Lee was awarded a blue in creative expression at the Sebeka meet and a 100 percent round, and at Staples, received a blue ribbon.
• Holding their certificates for the Pizza Hut reading program in the first grade room were: Craig Lehner, Judy Klimek, Tracy Rogge, Jacob Umland, Cami Carr, Matt Uselman, Matthew Unger, John Klimek, Joshua Bahls, Travis Erickson, Michael Deiss and Angela Hahn.
15 Years Ago, September 23, 2011
• The Verndale Independent School District No. 818 is applying for access to funds that would be used to provide additional interventions for at-risk students. The Alternative Deliver of Specialized Instruction Services funds would help the district purchase these services by hiring two individuals to perform interventions for at-risk students in grades 4-8 who are deemed to be on the verge of needing special education services.
• A newly formed cooperative baseball team—named Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale—is not likely to be the only thing Verndale and Bertha-Hewitt schools will be sharing in the near future. They are referred to as “Shared Services” and may, in the not-so-distant future, include sharing technology services, such as high-definition TV, business services, Spanish teaching services, counseling and others.
• Colin Turchin, a junior wrestling at the 285 lb. bracket for the Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale Raiders, will be heading to the state individual wrestling tournament. He will wrestle on Friday, March 4 and hopefully on Saturday as well. This will be the third consecutive year that Turchin has participated in the state tourney.
• On February 24, Erik Osberg from Wadena State Bank spoke to Mr. Jones’ video productions and careers classes. During the video productions class, Osberg explained the process of creating a human interest story when he worked at Duluth’s TV news station WDIO channel 13 as a sports reporter. During the careers class, he shared his advice for selecting a career and explained his career path from high school to his present job as the assistant vice president at the Wadena State Bank.
