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Cancer auction completes another year of fund-raising
ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER AUCTION — Whitey Hagen stands next to roses given in honor of Karen Hammersmith’s 23rd year of being a breast cancer survivor during the second and final weekend of the 2016 Geneva Cancer Auction. (Star Eagle photo by Kathy Paulsen)
By KATHY PAULSEN
Staff Writer
Once again Whitey Hagen did his testing, “One-two-three, can you hear me?” as the second weekend of the 2016 Geneva Cancer Auction got underway Friday, Jan. 15.
“It is great to see all of you here, ‘cause after all we are from Minnesota,” said Hagen, referring to how bitterly cold it was outside.
“We had a hell of an auction last week,” said Hagen, pausing before adding, “This is a cancer auction, not a hen party,” trying to remind people to tone down the visiting and pay attention to what was going on.
The first item up for bid was a blanket donated by Geri Sorenson. He explained that Geri donated an afghan to the auction for the past 41 years.
“She gave me her 42nd afghan for the cancer auction before she died this past year,” said Hagen. “This one is special.”
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When boxing hit its heyday in the sports world
(Editor’s note: Part six of a seven-part series about local, area, and state amateur and professional boxing.)
By RODNEY HATLE
Contributing Writer
Area sports pages in the winter of 1947-48 headlined Golden Gloves district tournaments that would culminate in Minneapolis for the Upper Midwest championships.
Reports were also about wrestling, basketball, hockey and others, along with enough baseball to keep the fans informed of the coming seasons: local and area as well as minor and major leagues.
Locally, it was the New Richland Red Sox of the Maple Valley League before joining others such as the Four County. Previous to World War II, the “Sox” had made the Southern Minnesota League playoffs twice. That league was now semi-pro and thus “expensive” with a membership which included the likes of Owatonna, Albert Lea, Austin, Faribault, Rochester, and Mankato.
Readers nowadays may be surprised to know that the University of Minnesota boxing team was then traveling to Nebraska with “three lettermen veterans of the 1947 team which ushered in boxing as an intercollegiate sport.”
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New Richland City Council
By JESSICA LUTGENS
Staff Writer
The New Richland City Council’s first meeting of the year was held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, January 11, with councilperson Amy Ihrke absent.
Scott Eads presented the police report; the department responded to 77 calls for service and had 68 additional contacts/activities in December. Two felonies were reported, both still under investigation pending reports from outside entities.
For the year 2015, the NRPD responded to 1082 calls for service, which is down slightly from 2014, according to Eads.
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Superintendent's Corner
By DALE CARLSON
NRHEG Superintendent of Schools
2016 is here and the NRHEG School District is busier than ever as we near the half-way mark of the school year. I hope you will have an opportunity to attend and enjoy a number of the school events and activities taking place during the winter months. You will find more information about our activity schedule on our school district website.
My December article highlighted the School Board’s plan to engage our communities in the process of developing a strategic plan of continuous improvement that will provide us with a roadmap designed to lead us to achieving our vision as a school district. Along with this vision, the plan will clearly identify and confirm our purpose or mission, and affirm what core beliefs and values we believe in, live by, and expect from all of us.
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The Nortonna Lodge 1-638 of the Sons of Norway will meet on Monday, Jan. 18. Supper will be served at 6 for a cost of $7 and the meeting will follow at 7 p.m. at the Owatonna Elks Lodge, 126 East Vine Street.
The program will be “Share Your Heritage Night.” In preparation we would like you to think about a special story or bring a special item from your family that reflects something about your Scandinavian heritage. We will try to include everyone, so it might run into coffee time, but we can drink coffee and listen at the same time. Join us and share your story. For more information, contact Nina Zak at 507-451-5841 or Cindy Hokanson at 451-9301.