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Annual Wild Game Feed this weekend
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By KATHY PAULSEN
Staff Writer
Now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of the party.
The annual Wild Game Feed has been held on the first Saturday of December for 30 years. It is an event that helps jumpstart the holiday of giving while enjoying the festivities of the season.
For 30 years the guys have had a large tent set up in the Geneva Bar & Grill parking lot to accommodate the large crowd that turns out for this yearly event.
The temperatures are supposed to be back up in the 30s by the weekend but even if it isn't, the heated tent will keep one warm. It really gets heated up at 10 a.m. when people line up to try the variety of wild game that has been donated and prepared.
‘Secret Agent Band’ rocks NR High
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MEN IN BLACK – Spies were the message, as the NRHEG Marching Band, a/k/a "Secret Agent Band," let loose with spy tunes and spy antics last week at New Richland High School Gym. (Star Eagle photo by Chris Schlaak)
Indoor Band concert is infiltrated by musical spies
By REED WALLER
Staff Writer
Dangerous looking men in black suits and sunglasses, femmes fatales, and even James Bond took over the New Richland High School gym Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 24 and 25, when NRHEG’s new band director Sam Boerboom presented the band’s Indoor Marching Band Concert.
Visitors to the school event enjoyed a less conventional assortment of ensembles and instruments, and some theme choreography.
Benefit for Isaiah set for Dec. 7
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By KATHY PAULSEN
Staff Writer
A benefit for five-year-old Isaiah Schutrop, son of Chad and Monica Schutrop of New Richland, is being planned for Sunday, December 7th at the New Richland City Hall. Isaiah was first diagnosed with Stage 3 Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a child’s form of Lou Gehrig's Disease, in December of 2013.
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is the leading genetic killer of infants and young children. It is a terminal, degenerative disease that results in the loss of nerves in the spinal cord, as well as a weakness of the muscles connected with those nerves. SMA impacts children’s ability to walk, stand, sit, eat, breathe and even swallow.
As a child with SMA grows their bodies are doubly stressed, first by the decrease in motor neurons and then by the increased demands on the nerve and muscle cells as their bodies grow larger. The resulting muscle atrophy can cause weakness and bone and spinal deformities that may lead to further loss of function, as well as additional compromise of the respiratory system.
Still unbeaten at The Barn
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Gophers win big in Wagner's college debut
2014 NRHEG High School graduate Carlie Wagner (33) raises her arm in joy as the University of Minnesota women's basketball team sings the Gophers fight song after their season-opening 109-60 victory over Southeast Louisiana at Williams Arena in Minneapolis Friday night. Wagner, who has yet to lose a game at Williams Arena after leading the NRHEG Panthers to consecutive state championships, had six points, five rebounds and four assists in her first collegiate contest. (Star Eagle photo by Jim Lutgens)
Two years was quite enough
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Lee Johnson talks about WWII like it was yesterday
RIGHT THERE — Lee Johnson of Ellendale points to a picture of himself during Basic Training in Arkansas in 1945. Also in the picture, fourth from top in the far right row, is rural New Richland resident Richard Crumb, featured in an earlier article in the Star Eagle. Johnson, 90, is a 69-year member of the American Legion. (Star Eagle photo by Jim Lutgens)
By JIM LUTGENS
Editor/Publisher
Lee Johnson still remembers the day the lieutenant pulled him aside.
“He said, ‘Lee, you might think I’m nuts, but I just wanted to know if you wanted to re-up for another two years,’” said Johnson.
The lieutenant was right.
“I said, ‘Hell no! I’m ready to go home,’” said Johnson.
And so it was at the end of World War II for Johnson, a lifelong area resident who still lives in his home across the street from NRHEG Elementary School in Ellendale.
Interviewing Johnson is not like talking to a normal 90-year-old.