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St. Mary’s Catholic School is proud to present “Matilda the Musical.” Based on the novel “Matilda” by Roald Dahl, Matilda Wormwood (played by Natalie Fischer) is a little girl with incredible curiosity, an exceptional mind and a bold imagination— and, unfortunately, has the worst family in the world. While her parents (John Miller and Abigail Schwartz) are content with trashy TV and sketchy money- making schemes and her brother (Owen Weiss) is lazy and uneducated, Matilda prefers to lose herself in her much-loved books.

At this year’s Veterans Day Dinner at the Sleepy Eye Servicemen’s Club, the military service of women will be honored. Betty Jass, SMSgt, USAF, Retired, who is Adjutant of American Legion Post 7, has put together the program for the evening. Jass said there are about 20 Sleepy Eye women who are veterans of U.S. military, representing most branches of the military.

After a two-year Covid pause, the Sleepy Eye Area Historical Society held its annual meeting on Thursday, Nov. 3, at the Sleepy Eye Event Center. The guest speaker was Kathleen Backer, Executive Director of the Brown County Historical Society. Backer spoke about the importance of preserving local history and the relationship between the Brown County and Sleepy Eye historical societies. Backer has recently announced her retirement from the position at the end of this year.

A group of volunteers gathered on Oct. 30 to help with a Catholic Financial Life project to make about 140 paracord bracelets for Operation Gratitude, an organization that includes the bracelets in care packages for deployed soldiers. Paracord gets its name from parachute cord and can hold up to 550 pounds of weight. The bracelet provides 7.5 feet of cord that can be used in an emergency. Local veteran Kayla Nason spoke to the group spoke about her time in the service. Pictured, front from left: William Braulick and Gus Hoffmann. Middle: Grace Hoffmann, Josie Helget, and Nell Weiss. Back: Heather Hoffmann, Caroline Currans, Nora Hoffmann, Kia Suess, Elizabeth Currans, Charlie Hoffmann, and Addie Hoffmann. Not pictured: Shayna Sellner and Marcy Bode.

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Let me begin by saying that the Babe Ruth 100th Anniversary Celebration that took place on October 15 was a great day! Hours of family fun and baseball related activities at the ball field, and then an awesome program afterwards at the brewery with interesting speakers and performers.