Harkening Back

News from Clarissa's Past

25 Years Ago

May 31, 2000

Ernie and Diane Silbernagel, owners of the Independent News Herald, have sold the newspaper and printing business to Ray and Marlo Benning of Clarissa. The Silbernagels have owned the Eagle Bend News and Bertha Herald since 1970. They combined those two papers with the Clarissa Independent in 1992, creating the Independent News Herald which covers the communities of Hewitt, Bertha, Eagle Bend and Clarissa. Ray Benning is originally from Browerville and Marlo (Meiners) Benning is from Clarissa. Ray comes to the newspaper business with 10 years of printing experience. He has been employed at the INH for the past year. The business will officially change hands on June 1. Another change taking place will be the removal of the Linotype from the print shop. The Linotype, which was used to set lead type for the newspaper in the days before offset printing, will find a new home at the Print Shop at the Danielson Farm at Spruce Center.

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Eagle Valley Elementary held their annual Track and Field day on Wednesday, May 10. The Tug of War Champions were: Matt Aspengren, Michael Villareal, Rachel Wagner, Tiffany Hess, Ashley Coburn, Cassie Snyder, Justin Hlatkey, Tiffany Doehling, Emily Olson, Nick Notch, Ryan Kasper, Andrew Dreger, Kyle Klein, Aaron Gabler and Brent Green.

50 Years Ago

June 5, 1975

Two members of the Clarissa High School choir have been selected as members of the 1975-1976 All-State Choir. They are Debra Aspengren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Aspengren, and Pat Lunemann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lunemann.

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The Clarissa baseball team finished their regular season last week and captured the Sub-District title. The team then went on to District play and dropped their first game to Sauk Centre.

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