News from WKS Band Director Kerri Bilben: “Congrats to the (William Kelley) High School Band who received Superior ratings at State-Section contests today (Monday, February 27th). The brand new Jazz Band received an Excellent rating.
Kristina Rafn and Katya Gordon of the Lake County Press both received awards from the Better Newspaper Contest. Awards were presented in January at the Minnesota Newspaper Association convention.
We All Make Mistakes An elderly lady did her shopping and, upon returning to the parking lot, found four males sitting in her car. She dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, proceeding to scream at them at the top of her lungs that she knows how to use it and that she will if required – so get out of the car! The four men didn’t wait around for a second invitation but got out and ran like mad, whereupon the lady loaded her shopping bags into the front seat and got into the driver’s seat.
Funding the Outdoors Last week I talked about government rules and regulations, how their importance in our modern society has grown along with the human population, and evolved as values changed and new challenges and threats emerged. The flip side of regulation is the ability to enforce them, which always involves money.
If you like hockey, this time of year in The State of Hockey is a veritable smorgasbord of the game we love. In the past week, the Girls State High School tourney was held and Gentry Academy prevailed in Class AA over Andover by a 4-1 final and Warroad repeated as the Class A Champ with a 3-1 win over Orono. At the annual Ms. Hockey banquet this afternoon, Edina senior netminder Uma Corniea was chosen as the senior goaltender of the year and Andovers Ella Boerger was crowned as the Ms. Hockey winner. I got to see several tournament games over the week and this event just keeps getting better and better.
Reluctant Editor’s note: The President of Canada will soon join the Great March for Community Newspapers but first he has an important hockey game to attend. The President of Canada brought the champagne to Tolton R.
Last weekend, the Two Harbors Mite 2 Maroon team participated in the 'Colder by the Lake' tournament in Superior. After a hard fought first game loss, the team battled back to win the next three games. These were the first games where they 'officially' kept score for these Mite 2s and their schedule depended on whether they won or lost.
It was a very snowy afternoon when I met LeAnn Carlson. She was clearing the snow from in front on the One Old Loon Quilt Shop for the 3rd time today.
