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NRAFS fundraiser Friday at Waseca
There will be a Float for Food fund raiser at the Waseca Walmart Friday, August 16. It will start until 1 p.m. and last until 7. Root Beer floats will be served and a free will offering is required. The proceeds will go to the New Richland Area Food Shelf.
Donations, volunteers needed for new signs
Are you a supporter of NRHEG High School athletics? If so, now is the time to show it. A committee has been formed to look into the placement of signs honoring NRHEG state championship teams for girls’ basketball and cheerleading. “We’re looking for donations and volunteers,” said committee member Dawn Halgren. “We have some pledges already, so we have a good start.” If you’d like to donate or help, call Halgren at (507) 465-8109.
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By JIM LUTGENS
Staff Writer
When it comes to the New Richland American Legion, the old guard might be getting a little too old.
Norm Eckart, Adjuctant for Post 75, said it’s time for some younger people — like it or not — to join and be active with the post and Color Guard for funerals and parades.
“We’ve got guys 90 years old actually with the Color Guard,” said Eckart, who at 69 is the second-youngest member of the group. “And, one by one, we’ve been burying them. We had five or six funerals in July. We’ve got to get some younger blood in there. I’m just not sure how to do it.”
As Adjuctant the last four years, Eckart has handled all paperwork for the post and he’s seen a decline in membership,- Details
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By KATHY PAULSEN
Staff Writer
The small yet ambitious Ellendale Area Heritage Society has taken on the responsibility of saving one of Ellendale’s significant little buildings from demolition.
But why set up shop in Gus’ Station and start tearing it apart right away? To get it back to its original look.
In such efforts, the Ellendale Area Heritage Society and SCHS members have been wielding hammers and paint brushes on the interior and exterior. They have thoroughly replaced decayed flooring with original boards hidden by the service counter.
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Superintendent Dennis Goodwin looks like perfect fit for NRHEG
READY, WILLING AND ABLE — Dr. Dennis Goodwin has impressed the NRHEG School Board, staff and community members with his enthusiasm, energy and optimism during his short stint as Superintendent. (Star Eagle photo by Jim Lutgens)
By JIM LUTGENS
Editor/Publisher
If you’re the parent of an NRHEG student and you spend time talking with new Superintendent Dr. Dennis Goodwin, you ask yourself one question.
How did we get so lucky?
Goodwin, 55, comes to NRHEG with all the tools: a wealth of education and business experience, a genuine desire to make a difference, old-fashioned family and Christian morals that fit like a glove in this rural stretch of Southern Minnesota and, perhaps most importantly, a desire to be here and stay here.
“This is not a stepping stone for me,” said Goodwin, who was lured to New Richland after a year as superintendent in Platte, S.D.
Goodwin thought he had found a home in Platte, a town similar in size to New Richland, but once he visited here he knew differently.
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Ellendale City Council
By SCOTT GROTH
Contributing Writer
The Ellendale City Council met Thursday, July 25 with Mayor Engel and all council members present. Visitors included Eric Haefner of Bolten & Menk, Shannon Sweeney of David Brown & Assoc. and Pete Paulson, Manager, Ellendale Municipal Liquor.
Mayor Swearingen asked for a motion to approve the agenda as printed.
The first item on the agenda dealt with street improvement projects the City is contemplating. Haefner, with Bolten-Menk, the City’s engineering firm, was present to answer questions. Also present was Sweeney, from David Brown & Assoc., who was there to help answer financial questions.