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Archive - 2019

December 24th

Craig Miller, 62, of Glencoe

Craig Miller, 62, of Glencoe, passed away Sunday, Dec. 22, at GlenFields Living with Care in Glencoe.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, 11 a.m., at First Congregational United Church in Glencoe.
A gathering of family and friends will be held Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, 9:30 to 11 a.m., 1½ hours prior to the service.
The Johnson-McBride Funeral Chapel in Glencoe is handling the arrangements. Its website is www.mcbridechapel.com where online obituaries and a guestbook are available.

Annual Silver Lake Winterfest celebration

Hundreds of Silver Lake and area residents enjoyed the annual Silver Lake Winterfest Saturday, Dec. 21, at the Silver Lake Auditorium and American Legion. The event included horse-drawn trolley rides, a visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus at the American Legion, coloring contest, live music and refreshments at the Silver Lake Auditorium. There were also plenty of door prizes given away donated by local businesses.

Oelfkes want their Christmas light display to be a family tradition

The Oelfke family – Jason, LaRissa, and their children, Lina, Rori and RaeLynn.

Farewell to a coach, mentor and friend

Dan Tschimperle (right) and Buz Rumrill celebrated a state football championship at the Metrodome back in 1987s. The two men coached together at Silver Lake for many years. Tschimperle passed away Dec. 9.

Pilots deliver hope for Christmas

Pilots from the Glencoe Airport – Carl Iliff, Mike Gavin, Dave Goff, Brad Trostad, and Stuart Selchow – recently picked up donated gifts at the Flying Cloud airport Eden Prairie and delivered them to the St. Cloud airport for distribution to 38 Minnesota hospitals, including Glencoe, two Wisconsin hospitals and five Ronald McDonald houses. (Above) Gemma and Brady Goff of Glencoe carried gifts to the collection hangar in St. Cloud.

All smiles

Lauren Heuer and her sons Ryder, 7, and Carter, 1, had a good time sledding with their mom at the city sliding hill Saturday afternoon, Dec. 21. Mild weather brought out plenty of adults and children alike to the park on North Greeley Avenue.

GSL art club is refuge for students who want art, unity

The GSL art club meets in Shanda Landes’s room after school Tuesdays and Thursdays, where students work on projects like the one pictured above.

GSL wrestlers split four as Voelz reaches 100 victory mark

In a stretch that saw the Glencoe-Silver Lake/Lester Prairie wrestling team struggle with illness in splitting four matches, junior Zach Voelz claimed the highlight of the week when he earned his 100th victory.
Wrestling at 152 pounds, Voelz earned the milestone victory Tuesday, Dec. 17, against Sibley East. Best of all, the GSL/LP junior claimed the win with a technical fall, 15-0 win, over his opponent.
“Zach’s gotten a lot better at his takedowns,” said coach Lance Wurm. “He doesn’t have to rely only on his mat wrestling. Now he scores more points with takedowns.”

Panthers battle back to even

After opening the season with three losses, the GSL boys’ basketball team has recorded three wins in a row heading into its holiday tournament this weekend.
The Panthers crushed Tri-City United by 40 points Tuesday, Dec. 17, before topping New London-Spicer in a win coach Robb DeCorsey deemed “gritty.” He was pleased with the defensive intensity his team brought to the home game. The Panthers spent the week working on defense in preparation for the Dec. 19 game with New London-Spicer. DeCorsey was not available for comment after the contest. Statistics on the game were also unavailable.

Girls hoopers can’t douse fire, cage the birds

The Panthers’ girls basketball team split their last two games, a loss against Holy Family last Tuesday, Dec. 17, and a win against Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (GFW) Thursday.

Holy Family 74, GSL 58
Holy Family, an always- tough Wright County opponent, got off to a hot start against the Panthers, scoring the first 10 points unanswered. After that, coach Jeff Monahan said, the girls started to settle in and play a better brand of basketball.

(For the complete story, see the Dec. 25 print edition of The Chronicle.)