NRHEG Star Eagle

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Fans pack gym twice for Indoor Marching Band Concert

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PHANTOM OF THE OPERA — NRHEG High School Band members donned masks, above, and generally had fun and displayed pride during the Indoor Marching Band Concert Nov. 19 and 20. Below, Director Tim Siewert presents Hans Frank the award for Panther of the Year. (Star Eagle photos by Chris Schlaak)

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By NICOLE BILLING

Editorial Assistant

The NRHEG High School Band had its annual Indoor Marching Band concert on Monday, November 19 and Tuesday, November 20 in New Richland. The concert began at 7:30 p.m. with the doors opening for the public at 7. 

This year, the school made an exective decision to host the concert two nights, due to how popular it has been in the previous years. The concert was a success again this year with two bleachers filled both nights. 

This year’s theme included songs from the movie The Phantom of the Opera.

The first group to perform was the jazz band, which performed four songs. They played songs such as “That’s How We Roll” and “Gospel John.” 

NRHEG School Board

By REED WALLER

Staff Writer


Remodeling drawings on view

Plans for the remodeling of the New Richland High School kitchen, cafeteria, commons area, and main entrance will be on view at the NRHEG New Richland Media Center Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 7:00 p.m., following the district’s annual Truth in Taxation Hearing at 6:30. The public is invited.

Visitors will be able to examine and discuss details of the upcoming improvements to the building, which includes an expansion of the cafeteria into what is now the south portion of the Media Center, to create an expanded Commons area, and a redesigned kitchen, plus a more secure entryway to the building and redesign of the office and services area.

By KATHY PAULSEN

Staff Writer

We've done the turkey bit for Thanksgiving and it was traditionally good to please the appetite, but just around the corner is another tradition. The annual Wild Game Feed to be exact.

This year it will be held in Geneva this Saturday, December 1.

This annual event is held under a heated tent in the parking lot at Geneva Bar & Grill. It draws sportsmen and women, as well as those who don't hunt, to partake of the wide array of food prepared from wild game donated by many of the local hunters.

This event started 25 years ago when Judy Thompson suggested that "her men" empty the freezer of wild game they had shot. The wild game was prepared and served in hopes of raising funds for the cancer cause

Recovery from aneurysm attributed to prayer

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REMARKABLE RECOVERY — John and Lucille Nechanicky are grateful for Lucille’s remarkable recovery from an aneurysm in May, a recovery they attribute to prayer. (Star Eagle photo by Kathy Paulsen)


By KATHY PAULSEN

Staff Writer

The word — aneurysm.

It is not a nice word, considering what it entails. Many of us may know what it means, and less of us might know how to spell it. 

It is a hard word to spell and it is hard to think what it would be like to experience it, and then live with the condition.

Webster's Dictionary will define it as a dilation of a section of an artery due to a weakness of the artery wall, often resulting eventually in hemorrhage.

To Lucille and John Nechanicky, it is much more than that.

25th Annual Christmas in the Country Sunday

The 25th Annual Christmas in the Country will take place on Sunday, December 2 from noon to 5 p.m. in Ellendale. Local stores will have drawings, refreshments, and bargains. Also included will be pictures with Santa throughout the day, kids bingo with Santa, a craft show and bazaar, and a Christmas and Holiday Music Concert. Also from 2–4 p.m. will be an old-fashioned Christmas Open House at Whispering Oak with Christmas treats.


Pancake feed for Chris Besser set for Sunday

On Sunday, December 2, the New Richland Lions Club will be holding a pancake feed benefit for Chris Besser.

The event will take place at New Richland City Hall from 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Chris was diagnosed with lung cancer on July 6, 2012, and is currently taking chemo and radiation treatments, and hasn’t been able to work since that time.