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Wabasso Rabbits over Indians

After a week of weather postponements, the Indians softball team traveled to play the Wa basso Rabbits on Tuesday, April 19. It was very cool and breezy but not raining, so the game was on.

Master Gardener: Rhubarb

One of the most confusing plants in your garden is rhubarb. This vegetable is never eaten as a vegetable but is used as a fruit. Rhubarb is our ‘Citrus fruit’ of the north and is often called the pie plant. Those who have eaten the raw petioles fresh from the garden will not be surprised to learn that rhubarb is one of the most acidic of vegetables, its juice having a pH of 3.1 to 3.3.

SouthPoint donates for Huey helicopter project

SouthPoint Financial Credit Union donated $2,500 to the Legion’s Huey helicopter project. Pictured from left: Rick Mages, Legion; Kurk Kramer, EDA; and Tiffany Ludewig, Mollie Beranek, and Max Meine of SouthPoint. Submitted

Community Education News

The 2021-2022 school year will be ending in May. The year has nearly been normal with classes in person everyday unless there was inclement weather and most scheduled activities were held with a few things needing to be rescheduled. The weather has not been very conducive to the spring sports schedule during April so many meets and games will happen in May.

Less street repair, more fun

There should be a lot less street and utility construction going on here in Sleepy Eye this summer. We have no large construction projects planned for this summer. There will be a few smaller projects going on here in town. As soon as the weather permits the bike trail around the lake will be getting crack repairs done and then a new fog seal will be put on it. We will be doing some smaller asphalt surface repairs throughout town, most of which will be a mill and overlay of the street surface.

Lunch and a Bite of History

The Brown County Historical Society invites the public to Lunch and a Bite of History on Thursday, May 5, Noon to 1 p.m. at the Brown County Museum Annex. Featured speaker, Megan Schnitker, will present, “A Story of Local Native Plants.”

Church Schedules

SLEEPY EYE CHURCHES Calvary Baptist Church, Pastor Phil Siefkes, 794-6048, 220 4th Ave. SW, calvary-answers.org Sunday Service - 10:45 a.m.