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By KATHY PAULSEN
Staff Writer
My mother says that all the stars that twinkle in the sky are probably our loved ones telling us they are happy in heaven and that they look over us every day.
Another twinkling star has recently been added. Someone who made a difference, a big difference, while living and working among us.
Gary Nordlie had a personality beyond dispute. He was true to himself and his fellow man, doing his best to live a more-than-satisfying life while he encouraged and advised others.
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By KATHY PAULSEN
Staff Writer
While still licking our chops and wiping the gravy off our chins from another fabulous Thanksgiving, we are reminded that our recent feast just serves as an appetizer for the annual Wild Game Feed at Geneva Bar & Grill Saturday, Dec. 7.
Held under the heated "big top" in the parking lot at Geneva Bar & Grill, it draws people from near and far. This annual event was started some 29 years ago when Judy Thompson suggested to the hunters who had wild game in her freezer that maybe this would be a good way to raise money for the cancer crusade. What started oh so small all those years ago has now grown to be an extraordinary event.
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By REED WALLER
Staff Writer
What difference has the new technology made to the way learning is done in our schools?
That question was addressed Monday evening as NRHEG seventh and ninth grade students made iPad-assisted presentations to the school board on the progress of their projects.
Food waste composting
Four of Mrs. Feist’s seventh-graders described how their group had organized around the problem of food waste in the New Richland cafeteria. They were developing a plan whereby they could convert thrown-away food to compost.
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NRHEG High School Principal David Bunn has announced the names of students selected to the Honor Roll for 1st Quarter 2013-14:
“A” Honor Roll
Grade 12 —Emily Christenson, Hailie Clausen, Kellen Ferber, Kendra Grothem, Presley Johnson, Hannah Lundberg, Paige Overgaard, Ryan Patraw, Douglas Rudau, William Swenson, Carlie Wagner
Grade 11 — Nicholas Bartness, Karina Gaona Quezada, Colton Hagen, Ryann Hagen, Julia Kanngeisser, Grant Kyllo, Jake Langlie, Melissa Malakowsky, Keith Maxon, Hudson Mrotz, Jordan Mueller, Sandra Quezada, Andrew Shutrop, Anna Stork, Trevor Tracy
Grade 10 — Anna Bailey, Bailey Burg, Abby Christopherson, Nicole Edon, Lizzy Hagen, Destiny Hill, Katharine Lewer, Grace Logan, Anna Lundberg, Elijah Lutgens, Jessica Nafe, Corrie Powell, Torrie Stencel, Kayanna Wibben
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