July EDA update
The EDA Board meeting had a light agenda for July. The financial reports for all the EDA programs and the EDA Coordinator and Chamber Director Reports were all presented as printed.
July 2022
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‘Back to School’ trip for Adult Day
Two members of Bright Days at Sleepy Eye Adult Day Services are former students at the Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children, which is now the Minnesota State Public School Orphanage Museum in Owatonna. So, a ‘back to school’ summer trip was planned for the whole group.
School business handled quickly
With just a month to go before the school year starts, the Sleepy Eye School Board had mainly quick routine items on the agenda at their July 20 meeting, finishing their business in 17 minutes. Superintendent John Cselovszki told the board that he and Facility Manager Doug Domeier met via Zoom with the Ideal Energies project manager to review the scope and sequence of the Solar Array project.
Legion struggles before entering postseason
On Monday, July 11 at Mankato, Sleepy Eye Legion lost a close baseball game to Mankato American in 7 innings. Mankato American 7, Sleepy Eye 6 Starting on the mound for Sleepy Eye was Arian Saenz.
Ask a Trooper” What to do if in a crash
Question: If involved in a minor auto accident with another driver what steps should be taken at the scene by both parties? Answer: Crashes happen every day in Minnesota. Crashes are one of the State Patrol’s primary duties.
From the Editor’s Desk
I really like musical theater but over the past several years have noticed a bad habit I have. Even after covering the pre-show publicity for local musicals and knowing I would enjoy the show, I often end up not going. (Then I regret it when I hear the rave reviews.)
First Security Bank honored as Business of the Year
The Sleepy Eye Chamber of Commerce held the 2022 Business of the Year Appreciation Luncheon on Thursday, July 14 at the Pix, honoring First Security Bank. The Business of the Year award recognizes a Chamber member business that, among other qualifications, shows a dedication to making Sleepy Eye a better place by giving back to the community in some manner.
St. Mary’s Class of 1942
Monica (Steffl) Hertling and Charles (Chisey) Hansen, both of Sleepy Eye, are the two remaining members from their class of 20 students who graduated from Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s High School in 1942. They held their 80-year reunion at Lake Villa Maria in Sleepy Eye on Tuesday, July 19. Submitted
Luxembourg’s Cardinal Hollerich to visit the Sleepy Eye area
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg is coming to the Midwest of the USA in late July and August on a pastoral visit where he wishes to meet the people. The Cardinal is carrying on the long-standing tradition of some of his predecessors who visited the Luxembourg communities in the Midwest over the past 121-years: Bishop Jean Joseph Koppes in 1901, Bishop Leon Lommel in 1965, Bishop Jean Hengen in 1975, and Archbishop Fernand Franck in 2000 and 2007.
Works in progress.
I am nearly finished painting a portrait of my son, Hans. It seems to me that the portrait is not bad. Hans says that the portrait is “great.” (Please note, I do not use that word to describe that painting or any other art that I have ever attempted.) I suppose that the portrait is a decent likeness of the subject, and that is generally desirable in portraiture.