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Twenty-four St. Joseph students from St. John’s Preparatory School were recently named to the fall semester headmaster honor roll. They are the following: Isaac Fromm, freshman; Marisa Gaetz, junior; Hallela Hinton-Williams, sophomore; Claire Kissela, seventh-grader; Joel Kissela, eighth-grader; Lauren Kissela, sophomore; Courtney Larson, sixth-grader; Adam Lepinski, sophomore; Ben Lepinski, sophomore; Grace Martone, sophomore; John Martone, freshman; Reid Nydeen, eighth-grader; Taylor Nydeen, sophomore; Savannah O’Hare, junior; Daylin Paulson, freshman; Clare Pfannenstein, senior; Cole Pfannenstein, sophomore; Emily Powers, senior; Olivia Schleper, eighth-grader; Sarah Schrup, senior; Thomas Skahen, senior; Justin Terhaar, junior; Kathleen Walz, junior; and Anja Wuolu, junior. Students must earn a grade-point average of 3.50 or higher to qualify for this honor.
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Abigail Donnay, St. Joseph, will play for the University of Minnesota, Morris Cougars Women’s Swimming and Diving team for the 2014-15 season. To follow the team, visit ummcougars.org.
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Barbara Krueger, St. Joseph, recently graduated from Arizona State University, Tempe.
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The College of St. Benedict recently received a $6,000 grant as part of 20 regional arts projects awarded funds by the Central Minnesota Arts Board. The CSB award is for Kiss the Fish, to be presented Jan. 30-31 by Indian Ink Theater Company at Gorecki Family Theater at CSB. Outreach activities will engage college students and youth from the Central Minnesota Boys and Girls Clubs. The CMBA uses three criteria in evaluating applications: artistic quality and merit; ability of the organization to carry out the proposal; and the needs of the community. Organizations may apply for up to $6,000 with a 30-percent match requirement for any one project or combined projects totaling no more than $6,000 in any one grant round. Organizations may apply for up to $8,000 with a 50-percent match requirement one time in any of the three grant rounds. Funding for these CMAB Grants is provided through an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the state’s general fund, and its arts and cultural heritage fund created by the voters of Minnesota. The CMAB supports collaborative and innovative arts opportunities through partnerships and financial investments in Stearns, Benton, Sherburne and Wright counties as one of 11 Regional Arts Councils designated by the Minnesota State Arts Board. The CMAB works with community partners to increase access to the unique cultural assets of Minnesota. Visit www.aroundthecloud.org Arts and Events Click and Go Guide to see a full listing of these arts events and more. For more information about the CMAB visit www.centralmnartsboard.org or call the office at 320-968-4290, or toll free at 1-866-345-7140.
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Live United announces contest winners
Congratulations to Solina Jasso and Zach Stang from Mr. Schaefer’s fifth-grade class at Kennedy Elementary school for being two of the 10 winners in United Way’s Live United Essay Contest.
Last month, United Way of Central Minnesota teamed up with U.S. Bank and Times Media and asked fifth-graders from all over Central Minnesota to share how they Live United in their communities. United Way received nearly 100 essays from schools across the service area. From those 100 submissions, United Way chose one grand prize winner and nine runners-up.
Kendra Orbeck from Rocori Elementary school is the grand-prize winner and will receive a $300 Visa gift card. Jasso, Stang and the other seven runners-up will receive a $100 Visa gift card.
The other winners include: Logan Richter, Carmen Robak and Maricela Vega from Rocori; Sofia Fischer and Malcom Snowberg from Madison; Rachel Voit from St. Katherine Drexel and Patrick Ebertz from Stride.
Jasso and Stang share how they Live United:
Jasso: I live united by helping my friend, she is deaf. I help her by helping with her homework and show her sign language too. I even help my grandpa. He has a blood clot so I help him by shoveling his snow and mowing his lawn and cleaning his house. I also go to my mom’s work and she has a patient who has special needs. I play with her and I am her best friend. Since she has special needs she doesn’t have a lot of friends so I play with her like Wii and other things so that’s how I Live United.
Stang: United means joined together. It also means to be agreed in harmony. I Live United by creating harmony with my family and neighbors.
My family is busy. The evenings go by fast, so my dad cooks batches of food on the weekends for supper during the week. I help my dad shop for the ingredients and peel vegetables. We bring food to my aunt and grandma who don’t get out much.
I also help shovel my neighbor’s driveway. She lives alone and it is hard for her to do by herself.
Being united brings harmony. Helping brings happiness to others and to me.
Jasso, Stang and all the other submissions are great examples of how simple acts may seem small, but they can have huge impacts on others in the community.
Thank you to all who submitted essays and congratulations to the winners.
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Pictured at Rumors practice (front row, from left to right) are the following: Aimee Minnerath, Karla Reichel and Tamara McClintock; (back row) Brad Busse of St. Joseph and Paul Undersander. Great Norther Theatre Company presents a dinner theater production of Neil Simon’s Rumors Feb. 13-15 and 19-21 at Great Blue Heron, Cold Spring. For more information, visit thenewsleaders.com and click on Jan. 9 People.
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Great Northern Theatre Company presents Rumors by Neil Simon
The cast of Rumors, under the direction of Tamara McClintock, is hard at work practicing for their upcoming dinner theater show, Rumors, by Neil Simon. Performances are Friday-Sunday, Feb. 13-15 and Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 19-21 at the Great Blue Heron in Cold Spring.
Set in an elegant apartment, the deputy mayor of New York and his wife are about to host a celebration party of their 10th wedding anniversary. When the first couple arrives to find the deputy mayor injured, and his wife nowhere to be found, the fun begins. Each couple that arrives is trying to protect the next from learning anything that might be harmful to their friend’s career. The explanations get crazier, and the rumors fly. You won’t want to miss this hilarious classic.
Cast members include the following: Brad Busse of St. Joseph, Aimee Minnerath, Karla Reichel, Brad Undersander, Jim Dwyer, Jax Pearson , Matthew M. Tuomi, Rebecca Simpson, Chris Groth and Ashlee Anderson.
For ticket information, watch for an upcoming advertisement in the Newsleaders.