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By KATHY PAULSEN
Staff Writer
A benefit is planned for Sunday, March 9 for Shannon Rhoades of Ellendale.
Recently, Shannon was snowmobiling with a group in the Rushford area when the ski of her snowmobile caught a culvert marker. The snowmobile rapidly changed course and fell into a six-foot ravine. Shannon had to be airlifted to a hospital in LaCrosse where the doctors determined she had a crushed vertebra, as well as two breaks to her pelvis.
Ironically, Shannon lost her father, David Rysavy, as a result of a snowmobile accident in 2010.
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Green Eggs and Ham breakfast rescheduled for Monday
NRHEG Elementary will hold its annual Green Eggs and Ham breakfast on Monday, March 10, postponed from Friday, March 7. The breakfast will last from 7 a.m. until 8:15. Please join us in this annual breakfast in support for “Read Across America” that started March 3.
Pontoppidan to host waffle breakfast
Pontoppidan Lutheran Church in rural Ellendale will host an all-you-can-eat breakfast featuring Dad’s Belgian Waffles Saturday, March 8 from 9 a.m. to noon. Tickets are $7, children 5 and under free. Carry-outs will be available. Pontopppidan is located at 96571 SE 75th St., Ellendale.
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School closed consecutive days as storm hammers area
WINTER BLAST — Larry Goehring of New Richland, above, uses his snow blower to clear downtown sidewalks last Friday. Roads were closed, school was cancelled and events postponed as a two-day blizzard hit the region. (Star Eagle photo by Jim Lutgens)
By JIM LUTGENS and KATHY PAULSEN
Of the Star Eagle Staff
Feeling a little edgy lately? Notice anybody else acting a little cranky? Blame it on the weather. Welcome to the winter that will not end.
The winter of 2013-2014, already the ninth coldest on record with more sub-zero temperatures in the forecast, added a new twist in the region last week — a good old-fashion blizzard that dumped some 7 inches of heavy, wet snow, causing road closures, school closings last Thursday and Friday and dozens upon dozens of automobile and truck mishaps.
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Making a Difference:
NR’s lucky to have Norm, Sharon Eckart
SMALL TOWN PROUD — Sharon and Norm Eckart with their dog, Corky, who they of course obtained from a neighbor, are proud to call New Richland home, evidenced by the many volunteer activities they’re involved in. (Star Eagle photo by Jessica Lutgens)
By JESSICA LUTGENS
Contributing Writer
To some, they’re parents. To others, they’re grandparents. And to our community, they are pillars, giving an abundance of time, effort, and care, never asking for a thing in return.
Norm and Sharon Eckart are natives of New Richland; both grew up here and graduated from New Richland-Hartland High School. They married young, and Norm, a Vietnam veteran, was drafted into the military, where he served three years shortly after their marriage. But nothing could hinder their relationship.
“We were high school sweethearts,” Sharon commented humorously, although the endearing look exchanged between the two said it all.
“We’ve had arguments, just like anyone,” Norm said, “but we always sit and discuss it.”
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NRHEG School Board
By REED WALLER
Staff Writer
Facing pressure from disappointing test scores and new state laws mandating performance evaluation, the NRHEG School Board heard arguments at Monday’s meeting for adding two new positions.
In a report to the board, instructor and Education Minnesota representative Deb Bently detailed the requirements of the new Minnesota law.