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By RACHEL HOREJSI
2019 NRHEG Graduate
It’s hard to fully comprehend the losses that the class of 2020 is currently facing, but one look through any high school yearbook is all it really takes to grasp a fraction of what they must be feeling. Flipping through a yearbook is looking through a group’s high school experience; the achievements, the friends, the classmates, and so much more. One look at everything that seniors typically accomplish throughout their four years of high school is what yearbooks are all about.
All those memories help a person realize that the hours of studying, stressing over college applications and scholarships, trying to make friends, dealing with changes, figuring everything out, was worth it in the end because of that one final chapter. High school graduates never forget their senior year because it is a student’s last chance to make memories, say goodbyes, and leave a last mark on the school they’ve grown up in.
I remember my last few days at NRHEG last year. I walked down the halls one last time; even though the halls were the same that day, I felt different. Nostalgia. Excitement. Butterflies. The thought of leaving terrified me, even while I was bursting with excitement for the futures which awaited my classmates and me. Each one of the year’s “lasts” was intense; our last homecoming, last snow week, last class trip, last day, and especially our last walk across the stage when we all grabbed our diplomas, hugged our parents, and said goodbye to our teachers and friends.
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By JORDAN HOREJSI
Panther Press
NRHEG has entered a new phase of education, a phase in which students meet with their teachers electronically on Mondays and do school work at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic spreading worldwide. Many Americans have been ordered to stay home until May 4, limiting social interaction to prevent the further spreading of the coronavirus. Students and teachers at NRHEG have had to adapt to online learning and have had to find new ways to keep themselves from getting bored at home.
A survey was sent out to students in grades 6-12 about what they have been doing since having to stay home, and a whopping 90% of the students answered that they have been watching movies and TV shows in their spare time.
Kendall Johnson, an eleventh-grader, stated, “With my free time in quarantine I've tried way too many new hobbies.”
The top five activities students have taken part, in according to the survey are watching TV shows and movies, eating/snacking, communicating on social media, surfing the Internet, and reading.
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Ellendale’s newest business opens in Floors 4-U building
PANTHER PRIDE — Allison Muilenberg stands next to some of the merchandise offered by the Panther Den, which recently opened in the Floors 4-U building in Ellendale. Below, more samples. (Star Eagle photos by Eli Lutgens)
By ELI LUTGENS
Editor
“It was a Godsend,” according to Allison Muilenburg, regarding the new addition to Floors 4U, the Panther Den.
Last weekend, the Panther Den held its grand opening and began selling NRHEG Panther merchandise. After the recent closure of New Richland Drug, many in the community were left wondering where they could go to find Panther apparel. Muilenburg and the Ellendale Community Action Group already had it covered.
“It was about two weeks before they (the New Richland Drug Store) announced they were closing when we first discussed the idea,” remarked Muilenburg. “We didn’t want to step on anyone’s toes, but then a couple weeks went by and we all found out about the drug store closing.”
No one was happy about the drug store closing, but Muilenburg saw an opportunity to help better the community.
“Our goal is to put the money from the Panther Den back into the community,” said Muilenburg. “We’re planning to use the proceeds from this to help pay for the Ellendale digital sign.”
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Looking Back is a regular feature on the pages of the Star Eagle.
100 Years Back – 1920
• Many are inclined to believe that the scarcity of good teachers is responsible for the fact that the rural public is coming awake to the advantages of a consolidated school system, but the writer is of a different opinion. We are of the belief that the farmer can see so many other arguments in favor of consolidation that the problem of supplying teachers fades away into oblivion.
• Gilbert Johnson’s barbershop and billiard parlor was broken into Sunday evening between eight and ten o’clock, and about five dollars was taken from the cash register. The party entered through the back door and after finding the five dollars in the register began moving things about in a search, undoubtedly, for more.
• Among the various diseases we have in this vicinity appears those of whooping cough and measles. In the March issue of the Pictorial Review appears a very instructive article on whooping cough, which takes 10,000 babies in the United States annually.
• No excitement over Tuesday’s election. At the polls in New Richland village last Tuesday, 58 votes were cast. Of this number but one voted against the re-incorporation of the village.
• Prohibition is hitting Minnesota hard. Recently the Austin jail was sold because of the poor business it was doing and now comes the report that the Cass county prison is suffering from a lack of use and that during the past three months prisoners have been responsible even in this day of high living costs for a board bill of $0.00.
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Hoelscher, Kath crowned for Snow Week
John Hoelscher and Summer Kath were crowned 2019 Snow King and Snow Queen, respectively, during NRHEG High School Snow Week festivities.