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NRHEG elementary performs ‘The Wizard of Oz’
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By DEB BENTLY
Staff Writer
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“It is a very exciting thing,” observes Prairie Fire Theatre director Brianna Homan. “Traveling around and teaching young actors about the power and challenges of theater.”
Fellow director Meredith Ayedelott says the key is to show and share the same level of energy with the performers as is hoped for from them. In addition to that:
“Everything has to be planned down to the minute.”
The two-hour performance of “The Wizard of Oz,” as interpreted by writers and composers Daniel Nordquist and Deborah Pick, featured nearly 80 NRHEG elementary students from kindergarten through sixth grade. Prairie Fire directors Ayedelott (as the scarecrow) and Homan (as the wicked witch) joined their young proteges on the stage.
Board tours new facilities
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By DEB BENTLY
Staff Writer
NRHEG School board members spent more than an hour during the April 17 meeting touring some of the newer Career and Technical Education (CTE) facilities at the secondary site and hearing about the opportunities the facilities, finished in the fall of 2019, have opened up for students.
First on deck was “shop” teacher Brad Root, who showed board members some recently completed student projects ranging from two-seated adirondack chairs to birdhouses. He indicated the entire room, telling board members that it was once divided into four separate work areas, leading to a lack of adequate work and storage space, not to mention some potentially unsafe working conditions.
Fundraiser well attended
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By ELI LUTGENS
Publisher/Editor
About 100 hungry area residents helped themselves to tacos, company, and raffle tickets by about the midway point of the Ellendale area food shelf annual donation drive on Sunday, April 23 at Ellendale United Methodist Church.
Event workers included some of the nearly two dozen food shelf volunteers, who help with the food shelf throughout the year. Also helping were Ellendale area Boy Scouts from Troop 7 out of Albert Lea.
They were NRHEG freshmen: Wyatt Larson, Jordan Brouwers, Jacob Karl and Devon Nelton.
Hit Parade
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By JIM LUTGENS
Sports Editor
For the NRHEG High School softball team, it was the exact opposite of the season opener.
The Panthers, who were soundly subdued by the state's top-ranked team earlier in the week, bounced back with a one-sided 19-1, five-inning victory over Triton at Dodge Center Friday, April 14.
"This was a great team win," said NRHEG coach Wendy Schultz.
The Panthers were proficient both pitching and hitting the ball.
Home on the diamond
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Reese returns as assistant, battles cancer
Editorial note: Part 1 of 2. A portion of this article was taken from a 2016 article written by Jim Lutgens when Legion Field was renamed Jeff and Carol Reese Field.
By ELI LUTGENS
Publisher/Editor
Baseball, God, family.
But not always in that order.
Those three pillars have guided the life of legendary NRHEG baseball coach Jeff Reese for more than 40 years.
Fans attending the Panthers' home opener last Tuesday were welcomed to a surprise as Reese's name was announced as an “assistant coach.”
“I still get goosebumps and butterflies,” Reese said. “I guess when I lose that it’s time to stay home… I always wanted to finish up here. I’m always a Cardinal or Panther in the heart.”