Shared by Katherine Brozek, Communications Manager, CentraCare – Redwood It was late in the evening on Christmas Day when the fire alarm went off at River Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center in Redwood Falls, setting off a series of events that led to the transfer of 35 residents.
This time of year, everyone’s talking about one thing: how much collective weight we put on in December (I know I did my part). On a related note, they’re also talking about New Year’s Resolutions or NYRs, as no one calls them.
Another Epiphany. I will gladly embrace it, too. Epiphany can, of course, mean January 6th. That is the day of the Church calendar supposedly when the Wise Men found the little child Jesus. So, if the Lord keeps me going to the next January 6th since the last January 6th, I should be grateful.
SLEEPY EYE CHURCHES Calvary Baptist Church, Pastor Phil Siefkes, 794-6048, 220 4th Ave. SW, calvary-answers.org Sunday Service - 10:45 a.m.
After a few pleasant hours spent paging through the 2022 editions of the Herald-Dispatch, the following stories were deemed Sleepy Eye’s top stories of last year. The news was good in 2022, there were no stories of tragic incidents.
•Boys Hockey: The Eagles boys hockey team played in the Fergus Falls Holiday Classic on Dec. 27, 28 and 29, coming out with a tie, a loss, and a win. On Dec. 27 they played host Fergus Falls to a 3-3 tie, with all scoring in the game coming in the 1st period. On Dec. 28, the Eagles lost to Detroit Lakes, 2-3. Austin Uecker scored the first goal and got an assist on the second. On Dec. 29 the Eagles defeated Fort Frances, Ontario, 4-2. Uecker scored a short-handed goal to start the scoring in the game.
The Indians’ boys basketball team was the only team in town that was actually scheduled to play on Monday, Jan. 2, the night before school would have resumed if not for the heavy snow storm forecast for Tuesday—which moved the Tuesday games of the Indians’ girls and Knights’ boys to Monday also.
KOFFEE KUP, Dec. 29—HIGH GAME: Gloria Engholm 170, Jan Seidl 158, Brenda Walden 148. HIGH SERIES: Jan Seidl 442, Gloria Engholm 425, Diana Sellner 368. HIGH TEAM GAME: Yuban 416. SERIES: Hill 1,111. STANDINGS: Yuban 7523; Hills 60-38; Butternut 53-45.
The Indians girls basketball team played in an invitational tournament at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall on Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 27 and 28. The lost to Lac Qui Parle Valley on Tuesday but were victorious over Minneota on Wednesday.