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Reede Gray hosts world cultures day

Posted May 10, 2012 @ 12:28 PM

Where in the world is Kyrgyzstan?

What do people do for fun in Morocco?

For 1,500 students from four area schools questions like these and hundreds more were answered Monday during a world cultures day held at Reede Gray Elementary School.

‘October Baby’ is worth seeing

Posted May 03, 2012 @ 01:05 PM

When I first heard about the movie “October Baby” I wondered what kind of message it would portray on the big screen.

If one solely went by the reviews I checked out prior to going and seeing it for myself, I would have gone into seeing the film with a bit of cynicism.

After all, the movie critics used words like controversial and polarizing to describe this film – all because of its topic.

Local composer to have newest piece performed by RVHS band

Posted May 03, 2012 @ 09:53 AM

Bruce Bednarchuk stood in front of a group of RVHS musicians playing saxophones, flutes and clarinets working through a new piece of music.

No, he was not serving as a substitute teacher but was helping them understand a piece of music close to him – because he composed it.

Muetzels offer talents to Dollars for Scholars

Posted Apr 25, 2012 @ 08:18 PM

Lawrence and June Muetzel's children all graduated from the Redwood Falls schools, so donating items for auction at this year's Dollars for Scholars fund seemed like giving back.

Get Lawrence and June talking about their talents, though, and you'll find they'd rather talk about the other's.

Four RVHS speakers qualify for state

Posted Apr 18, 2012 @ 07:03 PM

Four members of the RVHS speech team placed high enough at the Section contest held this past Saturday to earn a spot in the Class A state speech contest being held Friday in Chanhassen.

Among the four RVHS competitors are two who are making a return trip to the state tournament and two who are competing in the same category. The participants are Sam Felt, Brooke May, Justine Melges and Ahnna Malecek.

Movie night at Redwood Alliance

Posted Apr 12, 2012 @ 01:24 PM

It is hard for any man to admit being a father is a challenging role, but finding the courage to seek a better relationship with one’s heavenly father and as a result a better relationship with one’s children can be accomplished.

Taking that first step is the topic of a Sherwood Pictures (the makers of Fireproof) film called Courageous, and this Friday night Redwood Alliance Church in Redwood Falls is hosting a free showing of the movie.

From Redwood to the red carpet

Posted Apr 12, 2012 @ 01:15 PM

At one point during Nick Stanton’s climb up the Hollywood ladder, he made a promise to his mom, Judie Fox.

That promise — based on her request — was if he ever made it to the red carpet she would be his date.

“I was somewhat kidding,” said Fox.

Stanton took it seriously, and after hearing a piece he and his co-writer Devin Bunje had written was up for nomination for a Writers Guild award he called and told his mom....

Hollywood actor David Frankham discovers Redwood life

Posted Apr 05, 2012 @ 08:34 AM

Sergeant Tibbs, the cat who saved the puppies in Disney’s 101 Dalmatians, is in Redwood Falls this week.

So is Larry Marvick, the 23rd century engineer who helped design the starship Enterprise on Star Trek.

Actually, they and many others are all here in the person of retired British actor David Frankham, who’s making a repeat visit to Redwood this week to visit friends.

“Redwood Falls is a very friendly place. It’s like a backlot set of a perfect little American town you’d see in a movie,” he said earlier this week, having lunch in a coffee shop.

COLLECTION CONNECTION — Virginia Fabrizius’ skydiving ornaments recall times in the air

Posted Apr 02, 2012 @ 11:53 AM

Virginia Fabrizius threw herself out of an airplane for the first time when she was 19 years old.

She was living in the Twin Cities, and some friends from vo-tech suggested they go sky-diving across the border, in Baldwin, Wisconsin.

“It was old military gear, really heavy equipment,” she said last week, adding, “We made five jumps.”

Since then, Fabrizius has made over 800 jumps, the highest time from over 18,000 feet.

In 1990, Fabrizius got her first Christmas ornament with a skydiving theme. Today she owns 56 skydiving ornaments, and is always on the search for more.

“Every Christmas I tell my kids, ‘You know what to do!’ and they say, ‘Yeah, look for skydiving ornaments.’”

RAT opts to change 2012 production, now set to do ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’

Posted Mar 28, 2012 @ 08:44 PM

Redwood Area Theatre (RAT) is going to be performing its first non-musical comedy entitled “Arsenic and Old Lace” this year.

Due to difficulty filling music, instrumental and choreography directors the RAT board made an unanimous decision to delay its musical production of “Into The Woods” until summer 2013.

‘Here comes the judge’

Posted Mar 26, 2012 @ 11:18 AM

The Morgan Community Players are back at it with its 24th year of performing and entertaining.

“Here Comes the Judge!” is a two act comedy full of suspense that takes place in a courtroom full of people who eventually all get taken hostage by a dognapper.

COLLECTION CONNECTION - Nelson’s leather-bound books will last generations

Posted Mar 12, 2012 @ 11:29 AM

Jan Craig Nelson doesn’t have much time to read these days. As a child support magistrate for Redwood and 10 neighboring counties, he spends a lot of time out on the road and in the office.

But when he gets the chance to read, he’s got the books to do it with.

Spread out in his home and old downtown law office, he’s got over 100 leather-bound books, “the vast majority of which I’ve not yet read,” he admitted last week.

Bailey’s eye

Posted Feb 27, 2012 @ 01:41 PM

For Christmas a couple fo years ago, Bailey Hansen’s parents got her a digital DSLR camera.

Ever since, the RVHS senior has been clicking away taking photos of everything from people to still life.

Hansen’s eye for things photographic was confirmed recently by Buena Vista University and the school’s art and graphic design department.

A couple of months ago Hansen submitted five photos she had taken to a high school art student competition called the Western Iowa Salon Exhibition (WISE).

“They picked four of my photos for the show,” said Hansen, adding there were 60 pieces of art selected for the show out of 160 entries.

Dancing with the Stars, 2012

Posted Feb 15, 2012 @ 07:41 PM

Raising funds for cancer research has never been so fun.

Storyland opens at Redwood library

Posted Feb 08, 2012 @ 09:15 PM

Austin Gunderson walked quickly into a room filled with amazing adventures, stopped, turned his head to the left then the right and one could see he was not sure where to go first.

Should he build a snowman, hear snow crunch under his feet, read a Spot story or enjoy time in Peter Rabbit’s house.

The good news is he and others can do all of them at the Redwood Falls Public Library as part of a new traveling exhibit called Storyland which is on loan from the Minnesota Children’s Museum.

Jordan's juvenile reading

Posted Feb 08, 2012 @ 08:51 PM

Sometimes people mistake Jordan Woelfel’s age when he’s working behind the counter at the Redwood Falls Public Library.

“Some people guess I’m 15 or 16,” he said last week.

Actually, he’s only 13.

Minnesota ‘Over 60’ band seeking new members

Posted Feb 06, 2012 @ 01:42 PM

Playing music is a lifelong activity, and a group of Minnesotans who perform around the state are a testament to that reality.

Called the Minnesota “Over 60” Band, the group is made up of members who are 60 and older who perform in numerous parades, at county fairs and in a variety of other venues during the summer months.

While the group started in Sibley County back in 1953 as the Sibley County Senior Citizens Hobby band, the group continued to expand, so nearly six decades later the group includes people from a wide variety of communities and walks of life.

Redwood area Relay For Life ‘Dancing’ fundraiser coming soon

Posted Jan 30, 2012 @ 02:27 PM

For the fourth year in a row, a local Dancing with the Stars fundraiser for Redwood County Relay For Life is being held.

There are two performances scheduled for the weekend of Feb. 18-19 with both shows in the PAC at RVMS/HS in Redwood Falls.

Ramsey Park celebrates its 100th birthday

Posted Jan 30, 2012 @ 12:05 PM

June 28, 1912 was a big day in the history of Redwood Falls.

Nearly 5,000 people, more than lived in the town at the time, turned out to witness Governor Adolph O. Eberhart proclaim the official opening of Alexander Ramsey Park.

A ladies’ chorus and the Redwood Falls Military Band provided music while hundreds ate a picnic lunch at tables or cloths on the ground.

Every elected official in the state except the railroad commissioner came to Redwood Falls to tour the new state park.

It was the first-ever Ramsey Park Jamboree, and when it was over, it ended a story that began in the 1890s, when Dr. J.H. Riheldaffer purchased the lots where the Redwood River met Ramsey Creek.

Mexican Train Dominos a big hit at Garnette Gardens

Posted Jan 23, 2012 @ 12:34 PM

Every Wednesday and Saturday night at Garnette Gardens, danger-loving residents get together to ride the Mexican train.

That’s Mexican Train Dominoes, to the uninitiated.

How the game got started at Garnette Gardens is lost in the mists of time, but resident Arleen Lange recalls she brought it to Redwood Falls.

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