Start out the New Year with a First Day Hike and a chance to view the winter landscape. The Minneopa Area Naturalist will lead a guided hike on the campground side of Minneopa State Park. America’s State Parks First Day Hikes offer individuals and families an opportunity to begin the New Year rejuvenating and connecting with the outdoors by taking a healthy hike on Jan. 1, 2023 at a state park.
With the use of checkoff funds, the Brown County Corn and Soybean Growers made a monetary donation to the Sleepy Eye FFA Chapter to provide biodiesel that was used to transport students to the National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis October 26-29.
The GFWC Qui Vive Club met Dec. 1 at Lillian Stimpert’s home.
SLEEPY EYE CHURCHES Calvary Baptist Church, Pastor Phil Siefkes, 794-6048, 220 4th Ave. SW, calvary-answers.org Sunday Service - 10:45 a.m.
The Christmas story is one of “good news and great joy” and that beautiful story will be retold in a live Nativity Pageant, December 9 and 10 in Springfield. The pageant will be performed under the stars with one performance at 7 p.m. each evening.
SLEEPY EYE CHURCHES Calvary Baptist Church, Pastor Phil Siefkes, 794-6048, 220 4th Ave. SW, calvary-answers.org Sunday Service - 10:45 a.m.
I am writing this the day after Thanksgiving — this marks the unofficial beginning of the Christmas season. Lights are going up, special sales are being promised, and end of December plans are being made.
Sleepy Eye YES! Team (Youth Eco Solutions) is set for its 12th annual “Recycle Your Holidays” lights collection. “Recycle Your Holidays” is an initiative originally sponsored by the Recycling Association of Minnesota to help Minnesotans recycle old holiday lights instead of disposing of them into local landfills. Now through Jan. 20, Sleepy Eye and area residents can dropoff their unwanted light strands at one of six locations: Brown County REA, Sleepy Eye Ace Hardware, Schutz Family Foods, Trinity Lutheran Church, Sleepy Eye Public School, and St. Mary’s School or Church.
The Sleepy Eye Senior Citizens Club met Nov. 11 at the Sleepy Eye Golf Club for lunch, followed by a business meeting with 11 members present. Judy Kunkel agreed to be co-chairperson with LeAnn Hale. Club dues will remain at $3.