Archive - Sep 2015

The Glencoe-Silver Lake girls’ tennis team transitions to the postseason this week. After the Panthers took on Hutchinson in a rescheduled match to close out the regular season Tuesday afternoon after the Chronicle went to press, the team is scheduled to play in the Wright County Conference Tournament on Thursday at Orono.

It’s been a predictably difficult season for GSL, with just one player – senior Lindsay Wedin – with any previous varsity experience. The Panthers fell to 0-18 after a 7-0 loss to Holy Family Catholic on Monday, Sept. 28.

The self-employed, such as businessmen and farmers, as well as many retirees, have always struggled with high insurance premiums.  
Some of those proposed large increases for individual coverage may be offset by tax credits, but many don’t qualify for those.
On the other hand, premiums in employer-provided programs are only expected to increase 4 percent on average.
Insurance companies are saying that the individual market is just too small to spread out the costs of premiums, while the employer-provided market is much larger.

We were in his new digs and the topic came up about Yogi Berra’s recent death at age 90. It was like a light bulb went off as Lee rattled off statistic after statistic about the great Hall of Fame Yankee catcher, his teammates and sports in general.
Yogi’s death seems to be the end of an era of post-World War II baseball. Berra was a veteran along with the likes of Ted Williams, Bob Feller and many other ballplayers. They missed years of the sport due to the war, but picked up where they left off once the war was over.

with months and months of planning and research had finally come to reality.
Goettl opened her new store, The Health Nut Pantry, in the former Gerry’s Vision building on Greeley Avenue on Monday, Sept. 21.

The Glencoe-Silver Lake School Board met Tuesday, Sept. 22, with Superintendent Chris Sonju to discuss the district’s strategic plan for 2015 and beyond. Sonju constructed the plan this year based off recommendations from the World Best Work Force Plan.
During the meeting, the Board agreed to slightly alter the mission statement for GSL, changing one word, “environment,” to “culture.” The new statement reads, “Creating a culture where education is valued, excellence is expected and lifelong learning thrives.”