You can call him Dale
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New superintendent comfortable on first-name basis
HAPPY TO BE HERE — So far, Dale Carlson has been comfortable with his decision to take the job as NRHEG Superintendent. (Star Eagle photo by Jim Lutgens)
By JIM LUTGENS
Editor/Publisher
NRHEG’s previous school superintendent, Dennis Goodwin, was a down-to-earth enough guy, but he liked the idea of being called doctor. He felt it was a title he earned, and you respected him for it.
It’s also a title earned by Dale Carlson, NRHEG’s new superintendent, but he’s not a stickler for formalities.
“I hope it’s Dale,” he said. “I’m really more of a first-name kind of person.”
Carlson, 53, comes off as a warm, genuine person, with an easy smile and a Leave It To Beaver upbringing. He’s guiding NRHEG on an interim basis, though he’s not ruling out the possibility of a long-term contract at some point if both sides see fit.
Digging pink
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Volleyball team raises funds to fight cancer
NRHEG volleyball player Corrie Powell hugs her grandma, Sandi Kurth, while grandpa Randy Kurth applauds during Dig Pink Night at NRHEG High School Friday, Oct. 9. The volleyball team raised $700 to help fight breast cancer. (Star Eagle photo by Chris Schlaak)
Coronation 2015
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Nafe, Altermatt wear the crowns
Above, Jessica Nafe is crowned 2015 NRHEG Homecoming Queen by King Michael Altermatt as Abby Christopherson looks on Monday night in the high school gymnasium in New Richland. Below, Altermatt, Dempsey Tucker and Palmer Peterson react after Altermatt's crowning. The Panthers face LeSueur-Henderson Friday at 7 p.m. in the Homecoming football game. (Star Eagle photos by Chris Schlaak)
From Sweden, with extra vowels
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Exchange student enjoying stay with Tollefson family
CULTURE CONTRAST — Swedish foreign exchange student Linnea “Lilly” Strom-Olsen has experienced many cultural differences since arriving in the United States in August. (Star Eagle photo by Jim Lutgens)
By MARK DOMEIER
Contributing Writer
NBC recently cancelled a sitcom titled Welcome to Sweden. The show centered around an American who moved to Sweden to be near his girlfriend, who was from that country, and to get away from the bustle of New York. The episodes showed Sweden as a relaxed, welcoming country where most people got along with each other.
New NRHEG foreign exchange student Linnea Strom-Olsen said that is a pretty accurate description of her home country. Strom-Olsen, who goes by Lilly, is staying with Mark and Sandy Tollefson, and their daughter Emma, of New Richland. Tollefsons said they had been contemplating hosting an exchange student for a couple years and have a little more room in the house now with both sons Carter and Spencer off to college.
‘Little is huge’
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Speaker leaves students spellbound
SPELLBOUND STUDENTS — Tasha Schuh, a quadriplegic from Ellsworth, Wis., held the interest of NRHEG students on the first day of school. (Submitted photo)
By MARK DOMEIER
Contributing Writer
Sixteen feet is a long way to fall. Falling that far and landing on your head on a concrete floor is often a tragic fall; survival odds are long.
Yet, that’s just what Tasha Schuh of Ellsworth, Wis., did in 1997. While working on a production of The Wizard of Oz at her high school in Red Wing, Minn., Schuh fell through a trapdoor, breaking her neck, fracturing her skull, and crushing her spinal cord. She was in a coma for eight days and wasn’t given much chance to live.
Yet there she was in front of the NRHEG student body on the first day of school, speaking about her life experiences and how to deal with adversity. “Yes I can,” was a phrase she taught students to say in sign language, a phrase she has used as a mantra often during her recovery and subsequent embarkation on a career as an inspirational speaker.