Jim Lutgens
Frosty clue No. 3
Identify FROSTY and win some cash! Prize money totaling $1,250 is waiting to be won. FROSTY is a Waseca County resident chosen to be an ambassador for the Waseca Sleigh & Cutter Festival. Follow the clues and guess FROSTY’S name.
Grand prize is $250. If you are at the official unmasking at 9:30 p.m., on Friday, February 8, you will win an additional $50. Unmasking is at the annual Sleigh & Cutter dinner and dance at the VFW Club Room, 113 West Elm Avenue, Waseca, MN. First correct guess from Janesville, New Richland and Waseca win $100; and if you are at the unmasking you will win an additional $50. Four lucky winners at the unmasking will win $75 each. Another four names of people who correctly guess FROSTY’S name, but are not attending will win $50 each.
Contest rules:
1. Clues are published by the Waseca County News (wasecacountynews.com and Facebook); NRHEG Star Eagle; Waseca Chamber of Commerce; and KOWZ/KORN radio.
2. One guess allowed each week.
3. Entrant must live in Waseca County and be over 18 years of age.
4. If there are multiple correct guesses, a drawing will be made to determine the winner.
5. If there are no correct guesses, a drawing will be made from all entries received.
6. Entries must be received before 3 p.m., on February 8, 2013.
7. Submit entries to:
a. WASECA: Submit entry at GOLDEN TOUCH BEAUTE SALON; 110 South State, Waseca, MN 56093; or mail.
b. JANESVILLE: Mail or drop off at GOLDEN TOUCH BEAUTE SALON; mark your entry as “Janesville.”
c. NEW RICHLAND: Drop off at NRHEG STAR EAGLE NEWS; or mail to GOLDEN TOUCH BEAUTE SALON, mark you entry as “New Richland.”
Frosty sponsors are CULLIGAN, LATHAM PLACE, iWEALTH – Brad Connors, DOMINO’S and MEDIACOM. Please thank these sponsors for their support of the 17th Annual Frosty Contest!
The third clue:
I'm getting older
And got off track
But laziness
Is something I lack
The second clue:
In a crowd full of people
I always shine
One of my hobbies
Is to make things rhyme
The first clue:
It's time to play Frosty!
So guess if you dare
I once was a packer
And have been dunked at the fair
Medallion clues No. 3
The hunt is underway for the Waseca Sleigh and Cutter Medallion, and the prize is big. The lucky finder will receive gift certificates valued at $1,250. The Medallion is hidden on public property within the city limits of Waseca. If found, the Medallion should be turned in at Charlie’s Hardware in Waseca.
Medallion Clues for week 3
Only two weeks left! Just WHERE do you suppose that lost medallion landed?
A whole lot of heart in Geneva
2013 cancer auction wraps up, bringing total to $83,000
AUCTION ADVENTURES — Above, Jesse Quam, left, displays a Schwinn bicycle donated by Whitey and LaJune Hagen during the second and final weekend of the 2013 Geneva Cancer Auction Saturday at Geneva Bar & Grill. Below, Asha Lighthizer of Blooming Prairie, right with hairdresser Lisa Full, donated her hair for “Locks of Love.” (Star Eagle photo by Kathy Paulsen)
By KATHY PAULSEN
Staff Writer
Whitey Hagen caught and auctioned off a chicken 30 years ago, and for 29 years, the eggs have been rolling in as big money makers for the Geneva Cancer Auction.
Deviled eggs, pickled eggs, hot eggs, raw eggs, and egg omelets; dozens of eggs have found their way to the auction block and have received fabulous prices for this charitable event. Nobody seems to tire of making, buying and eating them.
Like Whitey says, "With $100 or more a dozen, that is only $10 apiece."
Hagen was involved in a cancer auction in 1975 that raised $256. This year, $83,000 was raised during the auction and other fundraising events in Geneva.
NR Police investigating case of mutilated cats
By JESSICA LUTGENS
Editorial Assistant
Tragedy has once again struck New Richland, only this time it wasn’t an accident. It was the work of several individuals who must remain nameless.
On the morning of Friday, January 18, a call was made to remove two dead cats from the roof of a building on Main Street. How did they get there? How did they die? Well, that’s the disturbing part.
Eyewitnesses have confirmed that a group of adolescents were seen torturing a cat two weeks ago. They proceeded to kick the cat until death and threw it onto the roof of the building. Two weeks later, a second cat was found on the roof. The second cat was mutilated, in the words of one witness. The head had been cut off, the legs were cut, and there were several stab wounds.
News briefs/Notices
NRHEG vs. USC wrestling meet postponed
The NRHEG vs USC wrestling meet scheduled for Thursday, January 24th has been postponed until Saturday, February 9th at 12:00pm in New Richland.
John Christensen benefit set for Sunday
A benefit in memory of John Christensen is set for Sunday, Jan. 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ellendale Community Building. Everyone is welcome.
This will be a celebration held in memory of a wonderful man. A free-will donation will be collected for a scholarship for John’s son. Supplemental income provided by Thrivent Financial. For more information or to donate call Becky Lassahn at (507) 684-3040.
Winning streak continues to climb
Win over Blooming Prairie leaves Panthers alone atop Gopher Conference
By DALE KUGATH
Sportswriter
The New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva girls’ basketball team blew out three opponents during the week.
The wins over Maple River, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown and Blooming Prairie left the Panthers with a 13-game winning streak and all alone on top of the Gopher Conference. NRHEG climbed to 7-0 in the conference and 15-1 for the year. All three wins came on the road where the Panthers have won 11 of 12 games this season.
Maple River
MAPLETON – NRHEG came into the non-conference game as a heavy favorite and did not disappoint anyone Jan. 14.
The Panthers romped to an 86-20 triumph, dropping the Eagles to 2-13. NRHEG defeated the Eagles 78-34 last year.
It did not take long for the Panthers to establish complete control. NRHEG led 58-6 at halftime.
NRHEG boys see record slide to 4-11
SHOOT FOR TWO — The Panthers’ Nic Mangskau goes up for a shot against WEM in New Richland last week. (Star Eagle photo by Chris Schlaak)
By DALE KUGATH
Sportswriter
Carrying a two-game winning streak into the week, the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva boys’ basketball team ended the week on a three-game skid.
The Panthers suffered a non-conference loss to St. Clair, and then dropped Gopher Conference setbacks to Waterville-Elysian-Morristown and Blooming Prairie.
St. Clair
ST. CLAIR – NRHEG played its best defense of the season in the first half at St. Clair Jan. 14. St. Clair was much more aggressive in the second half and overcame a halftime deficit to capture a 72-65 win.
The Cyclones, who defeated NRHEG by eight points in the Mankato Bethany Tourney, improved to 9-4 this season.
Tough week for Panther wrestlers
By DALE KUGATH
Sportswriter
The New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva wrestling team faced one of its toughest weeks of the season on the mats last week.
The Panthers were soundly thumped by two of the top teams in Section 1A at Chatfield last Thursday, losing to Kenyon-Wanamingo and Chatfield.
An extremely tough field at the Hutchinson Invitational saw NRHEG finish last in the eight-team field.
Coach Paul Cyr’s Panthers are 1-0 in the Gopher Conference and 2-3 for the season.
Chatfield
CHATFIELD – Chatfield built up a 42-0 lead and cruised past the Panthers 51-18. The Gophers are 22-1 this season.
Van/bus service to be offered in New Richland
Due to increase demand for local services, Waseca County Transportation Project will introduce a twice-monthly van/bus service within New Richland.
The rides would be to any local merchant such as: Wagner Foods, New Richland Drug, Morgan’s Meat Market, medical/dental/chiropractor, breakfast/lunch downtown, and visiting with friends and family. They will be able to pick up inside and outside of New Richland and people can call in advance or on the day they need a ride.
Those good old winter days of years gone by
We just experienced the end of another year and nostalgia seems to always sneak in. We think of the all the years behind us, and what might have been.
I look out the window at the snow and I am more than satisfied with the light covering. My mother recently told me about the snowstorms that she experienced growing up.
Her stories make me glad that I didn't have to experience them or live through them. I am also glad that I am able to live inside a nice warm house.
My mother said that somewhere she has a picture of my Grandpa Hanson’s aunt who was visiting our family one winter while she was growing up. Before Aunt Emily left, she wanted to climb the huge snow bank that was packed between the house and barn on my grandparents’ farm.
The snow bank was high enough so one could barely see the barn roof and hard enough to walk on. In fact, the snow was packed so hard that it took a big Caterpillar tractor to remove it.
Climbing to the top of the snow pile was not an easy task as my mother said, and she went on to say that Aunt Emily was a tough, good-sized elderly lady. Aunt Emily finally did make it all the way to the top and had her picture taken sitting on top of the snow pile.
Mom also says that the road between the old Dr. Ertel farm, which is where Bob Swearingen lives now, and my Grandpa's farm, which were south and west of Ellendale, had a short piece of hill that often tried to mimic Donner’s pass. The neighborhood men and boys had to shovel a path for the old snow plow so that it could make it through all the snow. The operator of the snowplow hit that big snow pile so hard he had bloodshot eyes.
My Grandpa Schember used to plow snow in Waseca County. We have the pictures of snowdrifts that were up over the telephone wires with my Grandpa George standing on the top.
The winds that blew the snow back then must have been really long and hard. They had some terrible blizzards back in that time period. I am sure that many of them laugh at what we call a blizzard today.
The Armistice Day Storm that occurred on November 11 will always be a story that is talked about. The storm started out on as a nice, sunny day that quickly developed into havoc. For that matter, the Halloween storm of ice and snow that we had here in our area back in 1991 demobilized us for a few days and then some.
Winter arrives and reminds us that we live in Minnesota. Not that winter isn't expected, and that there aren't people who look forward to the many sports that can only be played in the cold and snow, it does surprise us from time to time.
It also seems like there are those who no longer want to see winter arrive and they are able to head for warmer temperatures and enjoy a different part of the US for a few months.
There is a plus side: that fresh, cool, clean air cannot be duplicated anywhere else, so we may as well enjoy it. When the snow is blowing around, all we can do is dream ahead to spring when we can get back out in the garden and see the green grass again and think about the dozens things we put off until spring and summer come.
Something did come to mind recently about how technology did a good job with an invention of insulated type gear that keeps one warm without bundling one up like the abominable snowman.
There were no “thinsulated” snowsuits and gear - not even Carrhart back in those early years. Long johns or underwear was the first layer many people would put on; wool, if you could handle it without itching.
Socks, too, were often wool and probably layered, to boot. A pair of jeans and then a pair of bib overalls, flannel shirts and lined overall jackets.
Most of the farmers wore yellow gloves that had to be changed often, as they got wet easily. Some wore leather "chopper" mitts over their regular gloves, which helped keep their hands dry and warm. And then there were the wool caps with ear "flappers." (Do they even make them anymore?)
For the big day or the trips to town, it was the sheepskin overcoat, a long and bulky and canvas-like material that stopped the wind. Most people also wore woolen scarves to cover their necks and face if you faced the wind. Straw was put in the sleigh to help soften the ride a bit and a tanned horsehide blanket was placed over quilts for those travels in the sleigh.
Once again, my grandpa comes to mind. He would wear a sheepskin coat, long and cumbersome, wool socks and underwear, head and hand gear, heavy woolen shirts and double the pairs of pants to try and keep warm.
Most kids went to school in wool snowsuits, and they weren't pink and blue and made from slippery, shiny material like they are today. When they got wet and had to be dried, the wool smelled something terrible. Mom said there was one good thing about drying all those wet clothes — it put moisture in the house.
The kids wore boots or buckle overshoes that reached almost to their knees. It is funny that kids could even move with all those layers of clothes they had on.
Once the scarf was wrapped around the face and the gloves were on, and they were ready to head out the door to play, then they would more than likely have to make a "pit stop" before heading out the door and have to go through the whole process of getting dressed up to withstand the cold weather all over again.
Women, bless their stylish souls; they may have worn men’s jeans for chores sometimes, but when they were going to town or to church, they wore skirts with long cotton stockings. Coats were usually quite warm as well.
Sweaters were a must. When the school board banned girls from wearing long pants to school, wool skirts, long cotton stockings were pulled on over lumpy underwear.
I will continue my story about those "good old winter days of old" in next week’s edition.
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Birthdays and Anniversaries:
• Thursday, January 24th: Morgan Sophia Luhring, her 8th; Renee Polzin, Greg Menefee, Mary Cunningham, Trevor Tracy.
• Friday, January 25th: Calvin Thomas VanderStoep, his 4th, Sophia Mabel Olivia Mrotz, Max Thomas Powers Brekke, his 6th; Emma Meiners, her 5th; Paula Olson, Vernon Simonson, Lana Thompsen, Troy Phagan, Ladawn Hatch.
• Saturdday, January 26th: Andilynn Leigh Knudson, her 4th; Russell Nelson, Bonnie Peterson, Pat Reese Ceplecha, Linda Oldenburg, Angela Borchert, Donna Borchert Knudson, Amanda Abel.
• Sunday, January 27th: Anna Mae Lee, Jon Berg, Linda Davis, Nancy Ingvaldson, Paul Larkin, Keegan Brighton, Myrtle Peterson, Ken & Waynette Peterson, Bruce & Rose Ann Kubicek.
• Monday, January 28th: Brian Brekke, Kevin Stieglbauer, Kalei Wilson, Caleb Brocker, Ruth Paulson, Denise McGowan, Rachel Schei, Lona Berg.
• Tuesday, January 29th: Molly Jo Wayne, her 5th Jalen Aaseth, Rick Seath, Andrea (Hanson) Carter, George Dettman, his 83rd, Kim (Harpel) Johnson, Zenobia Haberman, Stephanie Jensen.
• Wednesday, January 30th: Alice Richards, Allison Grunwald, Renae Wallace, Trudy Nelson, Cody Boverhuis, Dennis Jensen, Jeanette Fetterly, Michael Robinson, Scott Morreim, Wally Wobschall, Missy (Wayne) & Sean Engel, their 4th, Paul & Diane Stollard.
May your special day be a happy memory and tomorrow a bright new promise.