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The Culpepper and Merriweather Great Combined Circus is coming to New Richland Sunday, July 29, with performances at 2 and 4:30 p.m. under the big top in the lot behind NRHEG High School. The event is sponsored by the New Richland Commercial Club. Advance tickets available at Wagner Foods, First Impressions, Red Leaf Cafe, City Hall, or Pam and Larry Goehring at (507) 463-3421.
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Benefit Sunday for cancer-stricken NR resident Reese
BETTER DAYS — Darrin Reese and his sister, Diana Weller, as they appear on his Facebook page.
By ELI LUTGENS
Contributing Writer
A benefit for Darrin Reese will be held on this Sunday, April 8, at New Richland City Hall. Donations will be sought to help cover medical bills associated with treatment. Breakfast will be served by the New Richland Lions Club.
Reese has been an active volunteer in the community. For years, Darrin has volunteered with the Ellendale food shelf and has worked in the community helping anyone in need. It is now time for the NRHEG community to return the favor.
Reese was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma on Feb. 28. This form of cancer is aggressive and has no cure. It is however, treatable. With six rounds of chemotherapy, every 28 days, he can go into remission. Currently in stage two, if the chemotherapy is successful, Reese could go into remission for anywhere from six months to 10 years.
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NRHEG School Board
By REED WALLER
Staff Writer
Among the action items on the NRHEG school board’s agenda Monday evening was approval of a request for the NRHEG Marching Band to perform at the 100th American Legion National Convention in Minneapolis on Aug. 26.
The convention will kick off the American Legion’s 15-month centennial year celebration with special events, exhibits and more.
The American Legion’s first convention was also held in Minneapolis, from November 10 to 12, 1919. It was attended by 684 delegates.
Board approval was required to accept the request because the event will be held on Sunday, and it is District practice not to schedule school activites on Sunday without Board approval.
Young Writers and Artists Conference
Fifth-grade teacher Jessica Williams and five 3rd and 4th-grade students reported on their participation in the Young Writers and Artists Conference held March 6 and 7 at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato. The students attended classes and workshops on topics such as Storytelling, Character Creation, Writing and Selling, Communicating Through Illustration and Design, Homemade Cards, Journalism, Drawing in 3D, and meeting authors and artists.
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1,000-point scorer Lundberg a man of many interests
IT DIDN’T GO TO HIS HEAD — Benji Lundberg is crowned NRHEG Homecoming King by high school pricipal David Bunn. (Star Eagle photo by Chris Schlaak)
By MELANIE PILTINGSRUD
Contributing Writer
The Panthers will be losing an outstanding basketball player, and the high school an outstanding student when Benji Lundberg graduates this spring.
Lundberg, who recently made his 1,000th point, plans to play basketball and major in accounting and business at Gustavus Adolphus in St. Peter this coming fall. Lundberg says that will be fun because one of the role models from his freshman year, Spencer Tollefson, will be a senior there next year. “He was a senior when I was a freshman in high school, so it’ll be the same in college then,” says Lundberg.
“They were really interested in me for basketball,” says Lundberg of Gustavus Adolphus, listing some of the campus attractions. “I’ve been around the college a lot of times before because my brother and sister went there before me, and I know St. Peter really well. I know people who have gone there, and they said it was always really fun, and the visits I took were phenomenal. It’s close to Mankato, and it’s like an hour from the Cities, so it’s in a good area.”
Lundberg is saving up for a car to make those future trips to Mankato and Minneapolis. He currently works as a cashier at Casey’s in Ellendale. “I enjoy getting to interact with lots of people and talk to them,” he says. “And a lot of people that come through are regulars, so they sit or stand by the register and just talk to me for a while, and ask about how basketball was and how life’s been, so it’s fun.”
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By KYRA POSSIN
Panther Press
Over the past few months, there has been a lot of uncertainty about whether there will be a spring play. I’m here to tell you, it is happening! High school One-Act Play director and chemistry and physics teacher, Amanda Inouye, has spent many months determining the details.
When asked about why a spring play was decided instead of a musical, Mrs. Inouye said, “Well, it was really the kids that got it going. They loved doing the musicals, but the format left out some students who believe they aren’t good singers. We have a lot of seniors who are very strong actors who want to have fun with their talents.”
The play is called “I Don’t Have a Clue” by Craig Sodard. It is a laughter-packed murder-mystery party with a bit of a twist on a typical game of Clue. While enjoying their “Capone caviar” and “Ma Barker biscuits,” the guests invited to protagonist Carol Robinson’s hysterical 1929 “whodunnit” party will experience more than an elaborate three-course meal.
Auditions were held on March 13 and 15, and there has been a big interest. The next several weeks will be filled with lots of hard work and practice. “I Don’t Have a Clue” will be performed on Friday, May 18 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, May 19 at 2 and 7 p.m. in the high school gym.