We want to help them last a millenium
- Details
- Hits: 922
By DEB BENTLY
Staff Writer
“These windows are 100 years old,” observes Caleb Penic of Winona’s Cathedral Crafts. “We want to help them last a millenia.”
Penic and coworker Jason Peterson were in New Richland last week to “storm proof” the large stained glass windows at the north and south ends of All Saints Catholic Church. The work entailed refinishing–even to some degree refurbishing–the wooden framing around the windows.
Made of cedar, the frames were beginning to weaken in places. Penic describes finding a small 12-inch tree growing from the wood easily 30 feet above the ground.
Sections of the frame were replaced and the whole frame was expanded and tightened by inserting bracing screws.
Marty Nelson’s Security insurance becomes Americana
- Details
- Hits: 2124
From left, Marty Nelson, Tom Sorenson, and Kiana Bumbusky.
By Deb Bently
Staff Writer
When it’s difficult to let go of something, sometimes the solution is not to let go…at least not entirely.
That’s the approach Marty Nelson, 76, who had operated his Security Insurance Agency in Ellendale for 40 years and more, has taken in allowing his business to move under the umbrella of the Americana Insurance Group, Inc, which already has branches in Albert Lea and Wells.
The “umbrella” opened September 1. To bring about the transfer, Americana co-owner Tom Sorenson and agent Kiana Gumbusky began working to help modernize Nelson’s…long-established practices.
Nelson and Gumbusky will be operating the agency together for the next year or so, and both agree they have much to learn from each other.
Hollandale holds centennial
- Details
- Hits: 1373
Hollandale festivities enjoyed by hundreds
By RACHEL LOVERINK
Staff Writer
The community of Hollandale may not be bustling like it once was, but judging by the droves of people gathered in the center of town last Saturday, this 100-year-old piece of small town America is still very much alive in the hearts of people near and far.
The highly anticipated centennial festivities began with an alumni softball game, hosted by Hollandale Christian School. Male and female alike joined in for this Friday night event and thankfully nobody got injured. Each and every spectator even snuck in a few chuckles in as well.
Frerich installed at NR parish
- Details
- Hits: 1772
By MELANIE PILTINGSRUD
Copy Editor
As of July 1 of this year, Father Glenn Frerichs is the new priest presiding over All Saints Catholic Church in New Richland and Sacred Heart in Waseca, two parishes which clustered for the first time just as Frerichs was installed there.
Frerichs, who grew up near Little Falls, Minn., and was raised Catholic, was ordained to the priesthood in Winona, Minn. in May 2000, 23 years ago.
Frerichs began with a degree in Industrial Technology and worked for the Bose company in Texas building prototype models of computers and other technologies. Then, in Jan. 1994 Frerichs had a powerful conversion experience that changed his life.