February 2023

Squirts win Albert Lea tournament

The NUSE Squirt C Hockey team earned a 1st place finish in the Albert Lea Hockey Tournament, going undefeated in all four games! They defeated White Bear Lake 5-3, Minneapolis Grey 5-2, Apple Valley/Burnsville 9-1, and West St. Paul 3-2. Pictured, front from left: Elijah Lovig, Rylan Hillesheim, Jace Sandmann, William Lemarr, Jack Peterson, Henry Wunderlin, Eli Decker, Brody Hoffmann. Second row: Lincoln Reinarts, Jaxson Lund, Reagan Fowler, Jackson Warmka, Alex Leske, Grady McMonagle, Kyre Ostrom, Landon Schneider. Coaches: Assistant Coach Brian Lovig, Head Coach Dustin Hillesheim, Assistant Coach Nicolas Schneider.

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Bowling Scores

KOFFEE KUP, Jan. 26—HIGH GAME: Gloria Engholm 189, Jan Seidl 181, Brenda Walden 180. HIGH SERIES: Jan Seidl 480, Gloria Sellner 440, Brenda Walden 426. HIGH TEAM GAME: Yuban 423. SERIES: Hills 1,160. STANDINGS: Yuban 93-26; Hills 77-42; Butternut 60-59.

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Knights win crosstown game

Friday night, Jan. 27, the Knights drove across town to play the Indians at Sleepy Eye High School. The Knights came out victorious, but not like they did when the two teams met on Dec. 12 and the Knights won 100 to 57. This time it was a much closer contest with the Knights winning by only 8 points.

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Kindling of a Kind

January means colder weather, which means we get to set things on fire! Okay. Best fire practices include a fire pit or, in my case, a fireplace. Otherwise, it’s arson. Which is bad. Unless you’re an arsonist. Then, I hear, it’s like, better than drugs good. Still illegal. But I guess some people can’t help themselves. Hence, prisons.

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Why I am in Minnesota, if you wish to know

We came back to Minneapolis to see snow on the ground, there being none in Manhattan yet, and to drive around the old neighborhood where I lived when I was broke. It was 1969, I’d quit a comfy job at the U so I could write a novel and become famous. I had an infant son and he and my wife and I lived there for several months, then the money ran out. She suggested we live in her parents’ basement and instead I applied for an early-morning shift at KSJR at St. John’s University and Mr. Kling hired me. I was the only applicant, I discovered later. That shift led to “A Prairie Home Companion” and 42 years of amusing myself on radio. So when I drive by that house, I see an enormous canyon between what might have happened and what actually did, and I say a little prayer of gratitude.

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