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The NRHEG PTO will host its Community Night Out Saturday, April 2 at the Geneva Community Center starting at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the NRHEG Elementary School office in Ellendale.
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Benefit set for April 3
STILL ON THE JOB — A benefit is planned for April 3 for Dean Grubstad, left who along with his wife, Theresa, owns the Red Leaf Cafe in New Richland. Dean remains on the job despite his battles with a rare bone infection. (Star Eagle photo by Jessica Lutgens)
By JESSICA LUTGENS
Staff Writer
When Dean Grubstad started experiencing soreness last fall, he assumed it was whiplash from a past accident. He did not expect it to lead to a three-week, life-changing hospital stay — and he wasn’t the only one who didn’t see it coming.
It was around Thanksgiving of 2015 when Dean’s symptoms surfaced. He went in to the doctor, who agreed that it was probably whiplash and put him on steroids. After three days, Dean began feeling better, but the fourth day was a different story.
“It was like I took a 180,” said Grubstad, who owns the Red Leaf Café in New Richland along with his wife, Theresa. “I couldn’t move my left arm, and I started having convulsions.”
He and Theresa then went to the Owatonna hospital. He was admitted and treated for two days for what doctors had thought was pneumonia after x-rays showed a mass that appeared to be on Dean’s lung. However, an MRI revealed that the fluid (mass) was actually located behind the lung, which changed things.
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NRHEG Community Education will host defensive driving classes.
An eight-hour class, which entitles individuals to a 10-percent reduction on insurance premiums, is April 18 and 19 from 5:30-9:30 p.m. in Room D107 of NRHEG High School in New Richland. Cost is $26. Register by April 11 by calling 888-234-1294
A four-hour refresher course (must have taken the eight-hour in previous years) is April 21 from 5:30-9:30 in Room D107 of NRHEG High School. Cost is $22. Register a week before the class by calling 888-234-1294.
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Spencer Tollefson, a 2015 graduate of NRHEG High School, was a member of the Rochester Community and Technical College men’s basketball team that recently finished second in the National Junior College Athletic Association national tournament.
RCTC finished with a record of 30-3, advancing to nationals after winning the Region XIII championship.
Tollefson, a three-sport standout for NRHEG, saw most of his playing time early in the season, averaging from five to 10 minutes per game. His playing time decreased after a teammate returned from an injury. He averaged about three points per game.
“It was a fun season, I guess,” said Tollefson. “It was a lot of work.”
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There will be a preschool open house to register for the 2016-17 school year on Tuesday, April 12 in Ellendale or Thursday, April 14 in New Richland. You can attend either site and register for either site on these dates. The open house will start at 6 and end at 7:30. The registration fee will only be $20 if you attend the open house. Otherwise it will be $25 if you are registered by April 22 and do not attend the open house. After April 22 the registration fee will be $35. If classes fill up, you will be put on a waiting list.