Do you wonder about the historic buildings in downtown Sleepy Eye? Do you want to know when they were built, what businesses they housed, see old photos? Well, now you have an opportunity to learn more about some of the buildings on Main Street.
There was no lack of enthusiasm for Divine Providence Community Home’s Red, White & Blue Parade held Friday morning, July 1. Miss Sleepy Eye Royalty, SouthPoint Financial Credit Union representatives and a host of community friends decorated and dressed pets, wagons, strollers, and bikes to parade past Divine Providence Grandfriends in DPCH’s North Courtyard area. The Parade’s Grand Marshal, Aut Seidl, escorted by Miss Sleepy Eye Royalty kicked off the community’s Fourth of July celebration. The parade ended with patriotic treat bags and snacks provided to parade participants by DPCH, South Point Financial Credit Union and Schutz Family Foods.
Jack’s Basket, a nonprofit organization with a mission to celebrate babies with Down syndrome, has a special place in the heart of some local families.
Sleepy Eye Public School Class of 1957 held their 65-year class reunion at the Jim and Marcia Marti home on June 24. Pictured are classmates who attended, from left: Russ Sorensen, Sharon (Sommerfeld) Black, James Marti, Scott Seifert, Beverly (Webskowski) Guza, Judy (Schultz) Christenson, and Beverly (Alt) Carnell. Spouses also attended: Gail Sorensen, Ed Black, Marcia Marti, Joyce Seifert, and Marlys Lockner. Submitted
Sleepy Eye FFA Officers attended an officer workshop to plan for the upcoming school year and to get to know their fellow officers better. The team, with the help of advisors Mrs. Hoffmann and Mr. Hendrickx, covered a lot of business such as officer duties, the chapter’s budget, and team goals.
After a two year absence due to the pandemic, the Sleepy Eye Area Historical Society (SEAHS) is bringing back their fundraising food stand. On Thursday and Friday, July 7 and 8, they will sell Walking Tacos and Hot Dogs in the Holiday Lights in Motion food stand at Schutz Family Foods. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday. This event has been an important fundraiser for the historical society in past years.
At their May meeting the Sleepy Eye Lions Club welcomed Lions 5M3 District Governor Gordon Mulder as guest speaker. This was also the club’s membership awards night and Mulder presented the awards, thanking members for milestone years of membership and service.
The Community Ed office in Room 109 at the Sleepy Eye High School is serving as the box office for the Sleepy Eye Community Theater this summer. Advance reserved tickets can be purchased 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through July 14 for “West Side Story.” The show will be staged at St. Mary’s Auditorium on Thursday, July 14, 7:30 p.m., Friday, July 15, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, July 17, 2 p.m.
Maybe it is money trouble or the burden of caring for a sick relative. Maybe it is your job. Maybe it is the traffic. Maybe it is the pandemic. Whatever the cause, everyone seems stressed out these days. People once hotly debated the idea that stress can affect your body, but we now know that stress can cause both short- and long-term changes to your body and mind. The more we understand how stress affects us, the more we learn about how to cope better.
Last week the Sleepy Eye VFW baseball team had three big wins. Tuesday, June 21, at Springfield Sleepy Eye 6, Springfield 0 Talan Helget pitched 4 innings with 0 runs and 6 strikeouts.