Sleepy Eye business who offer On the Job Training to local students presented information at the OJT Job Fair on Tuesday, Jan. 11 at the Sleepy Eye Event Center. This was an opportunity for students who are eligible to partici-pate next school year to learn more about the jobs available.
It was another exciting night in Sleepy Eye on Tuesday, Jan. 4, when the Lady Knights drove across town to play at Sleepy Eye High School gym. With both teams having excellent winning seasons so far it was bound to be a good game.
Sleepy Eye Medical Center welcomed its first baby of 2022 on Wednesday, Jan. 5. Baby boy Zayden Saint Martinez joined the world at 8:01 p.m., weighing 8 pounds, 8 ounces and measuring 20.5 inches long. Proud parents are Vanessa Astorga and Abraham Martinez of Sleepy Eye. Zayden was delivered by Dr. Harman Dhaliwal. • “I asked if there had been any babies born this year. They said no, so we knew we might be (parents of the New Year’s baby),” said Abraham. • First-time-mom Vanessa said she was nervous about delivery at first, but things changed as labor progressed. “It was scary at first. As soon as I felt him coming, though, I got really excited. Once he was here, everything was so much better.”
For those of us who’ve been craving a little silent night since Thanksgiving, there was World Introvert Day on January 2. And I missed it. Introverts being introverts, I guess no one was out there promoting it.
Trying to tell the difference between what expected behaviors are and what might be the signs of a mental illness isn't always easy. There's no easy test that can let someone know if there is mental illness or if actions and thoughts might be typical behaviors of a person or the result of a physical illness.
I promise, I am not going to get all deep into "truth" and "big lies" but I do want to follow up just a little on what I wrote last week. I published the same column in the Redwood Gazette and also published it online for both newspapers. When I publish on our websites I also provide a link from Facebook. I can track how many people looked at the article on the website, but Facebook is where I see comments.
The Eagles varsity hockey teams have been very successful so far. With just under one month to go in the regular season, the girls are 13-2. The boys have just over a month to go and are 10-3. Both notched 3 wins last week. Sleepy Eye students are among the stats leaders for both the boys and girls teams. Austin Uecker leads in goals with 11; Brooke Arneson leads the girls in goals with 17 and Julia Helget is second with 14; Helget leads in assists with 20.
The New Ulm Area Eagles wrestling team took second place out of 10 teams at the Gerry Bakke Memorial Invite in Buffalo, Saturday, Jan. 8. The Eagles had four wrestlers competing in championship matches. Wyatt Pollard (of Sleepy Eye) placed second overall for the 145 weight class. PROVIDED
Sleepy Eye was host to Renville County West Monday night, Jan. 10 and suffered another loss, RCW 55 Sleepy Eye 42.