St. Mary’s Class of 1994
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August 2024
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SE Baseball Association receives Twins grant for outfield fence project
The Sleepy Eye Baseball Association announced last week it received a Fields for Kids matching grant of $8,000 from the Minnesota Twins Community Fund to help replace the outfield fence at Eagles Park, which is used by youth and amateur baseball teams ranging in age from 4 to 54 each spring and summer.The fence project is much needed and at least 15 years overdue, according to the association.
36 attend challenged ride event
The Golden Rose Riders 4-H Club, volunteers from 4-H Clubs in Brown County, Blue Earth County, and additional horse enthusiasts helped host an annual ride earlier this summer for kids in the area with disabilities or challenges.The event consisted of learning how to brush, lead and pet a horse and feeding the horse treats.
Food shelf donation
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Students teach farm safety awareness at Farmfest
FFA members from Sleepy Eye traveled to Farmfest Aug.
Hundreds of hours. Thousands of records. Man with local ties did the legwork for others’ cemetery research
As treasurer and record keeper at Sleepy Eye’s Home Cemetery, Jane Fischer was accustomed to calls from folks researching their family history.‘Is so-and-so buried there?’ they’d ask.To confirm, she’d open one of her filing boxes, pick through the old index cards containing the life and death details for some 4,000 people and provide whatever details she could.That was a typical inquiry.Then there was Gary Schroeder.He wasn’t interested in just one of those cards.
Mayor’s Message
The last couple months, the primary focus has been on the budget.