Bowling Scores
KOFFEE KUP, March 3—HIGH GAME: Jan Seidl 177, Gloria Engholm 162, Ruth Hoffman 155. HIGH SERIES: Jan Seidl 449, Gloria Engholm 444, Marge Prokosch 391. STANDINGS: Hills 111-57; Yuban 102-66; Butternut 102-66.
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River Valley speakers continue to do well
Once again, the River Valley speech team competed in two tournaments this past week. On Monday, Feb. 28, the junior high speakers competed in the RTR junior high invitational in Tyler. Aubree Paplow, prose, and Lily Kallevig, extemporaneous reading, both earned first place champion titles in their categories. In humorous interpretation, Kali Nachreiner was second place runner-up, while Paige Schwarzrock placed sixth overall. Third place finishes went to Taya Beyer in extemporaneous reading, Leo Hovland and Lily Pingeon in duo, and Ayvah Wendt in prose. Overall, River Valley scored 30 team points, earning them the first-place team trophy. The team from MCC was a close second place with 28 team points, and the speakers from Fulda earned third place with 21 team points.
Sleepy Eye Public School News
Just a month ago, we had been in the midst of a COVID-19 Tsunami with both buildings experiencing high infection numbers. I am happy to report that things settled down here finally. Our numbers continued to go down and at this point we have no known cases in our buildings. Hopefully we are out of the woods and we do not have to pivot back again.
From the Editor’s Desk
My fingers (and a couple toe pairs) are crossed, hoping there are stories, photos, and ads on the pages this week. We are muddling our way through our new “content management system” for the first time. If you find something weird, it is fine to tell me about it, but it is also possible it is just a goof that won’t happen again.
Brown County Browser
Greetings from the Brown County Assessor’s Office. We are finishing up values for Assessment 2022/Taxes Payable 2023, along with preparing for a computer conversion.
The Community Newspaper
When I was growing up in the early 1980s, we had a weekly newspaper in our town. There was a woman assigned to cover our little neighborhood. I remember her calling each week to ask my mother what was new in our family. Did Jeremy make the honor roll this quarter? Had we gone on vacation recently? Did we get a new pet? She would take this information from anyone in the neighborhood who was willing to share it and would write a column each week. When the paper came out on Wednesdays, my mother was always excited to read what was going on in the neighborhood. Everyone on our street knew each other. We played outside with the kids every day until dusk. My parents were in a bowling league with our neighbors. We had a block party in the street in the summer. When a new family moved in everyone welcomed them and introduced themselves. I guess you could say it was a great community.
Finstad announces run for Congress
Brad Finstad, a fourth-generation resident of the New Ulm area, who formerly served as President Donald J. Trump’s State Director for USDA Rural Development in Minnesota, announced his candidacy for Congress in the special election for Minnesota’s 1st District.
MarkThomas – 31 years
Serving funeral homes with quality memorial products has been the goal of Mark Thomas Co. since Mark and Sandra Beito started the business in 1991. At the start, printed funeral products—memorial folders, thankyou cards, prayer cards, bookmarks and register books—were the only focus. In 2003 the business expanded to include cremation urns, flag cases, crosses and crucifixes, cremation jewelry and memorial candles. In 2020 Mark Thomas Co. acquired Northwest Specialty Sales, a distributor of funeral and mortuary products. Last year Lakeside Publishing was acquired, expanding the printed product line and customer base.
Over 400 years combined experience
Owners: (Years with the company in parentheses) From left, Mark Beito (31), Sandra Beito (31), Julia Coulson (16), Casey Coulson (16). Shipping: Front: Operations Manager Joe Bruggeman (13), Idalia Martinez (1), Cheyenne Holmes (1).
St. Mary’s Class of 2015
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s High School Class of 2015 held their class reunion on Feb. 19 at the Braun residence. Pictured front from left: Jared Rothmeier, Sleepy Eye; Cody Gilliland, Willmar; Jaden Wait, Eagan; Erika Ries, Minnetonka; Kacie Goblirsch, Minneapolis; Tayler Hoffman, Sarasota, Fla.; Laura Pelzel, Ames, Iowa, Rebecca (Schmitz) Scharmer, Waunakee, Wis.; Kameron Trebesch, St. Cloud; and Rebecca (Zinniel) Kern, Eagle Lake. Back row: Colton Borth, Sleepy Eye; Carter Krzmarzick, Sleepy Eye; Eric Goblirsch, Marshall; Lucas Heiderscheidt, Sleepy Eye; Brandon Helget, North Mankato; Elliot Braun, Farmington; Jay Helget, Burnsville; Sabrina Portner, St. Paul; and Anna (Miller) Gangelhoff, New Ulm. Present but not pictured: Seraphim Surprenant, Minneota; David Surprenant, Sleepy Eye; and Jennifer Sellner, Morgan.