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Archive - 2020

December 23rd

Home for Christmas

Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/23/2020 - 12:54pm

Jaxson Hoffman celebrated the good news he was finally able to leave Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis Dec. 8 after his second stay where he was treated for multisystem inflammation syndrome in children (MIS-C).

Bright lights

Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/23/2020 - 12:53pm

(Back row from left) Couple Dean Ellingson and Leah Spring decorated their house on Frank Street in Silver Lake with their five children. They recently moved to Silver Lake from Eagan and were excited for the extra space in their yard to decorate for the holiday season.

GSL trapshooters finish seventh in fall season

Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/23/2020 - 12:51pm

Norique Stuewe (left) and Katrina Dummer were the top two trapshooters for GSL’s fall team. The team consisted of 36 shooters, seven girls and 29 boys.

Seasonal setup

Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/23/2020 - 12:49pm

Kayden Woytcke placed the figurine of the Baby Jesus in the manger in the Nativity display at the Church of St. Pius X Saturday morning. Kayden, his sister, Addilyn, and parents Joleen and Zach Woytcke were with members of the Knights of Columbus George Essen and Jason Jacques setting up the seasonal display along East 10th Street.

Glencoe lighting winners 'a light in the darkness'

Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/23/2020 - 12:48pm

Tracy and Jeff Papke won Glencoe Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual lighting contest this year. Their house on the corner of East 15th Street and North Pryor Avenue is decked out in 10,000 lights that took the couple about 30 hours to put up.

Mother-daughter duo finds chamber medallion

Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/23/2020 - 12:46pm

Kaitlyn Boesche (left) and her mom, Donna, found the Glencoe Area Chamber of Commerce’s medallion in a planter outside the law office on North Hennepin Avenue. They plan to split the prize money between people in need and local businesses.

Soccer, football players earn post-season honors

Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/23/2020 - 12:20pm

A football season that started late and a soccer season where schools came together to form a cooperative team is part of a fall season that will long be remembered and hopefully not replicated anytime soon. Still, Glencoe-Silver Lake student athletes earned honors for their performances on the pitch and gridiron.

(For the complete story, see the Dec. 23 print edition of The Chronicle.)

GSL senior earns honor for two sports in same season

Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/23/2020 - 12:17pm
By
John Mueller

Silus honored in football, soccer

He enjoys playing both sports enough that when the coronavirus pandemic created an opportunity to compete in both sports this fall, Damien Silus took advantage.
Along the way, Activities Director Dean Schwirtz confirmed Silus earned an honor nobody before him at GSL him has earned.


In inaugural fall season, GSL trapshooters finish seventh

Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/23/2020 - 12:15pm
By
John Mueller

The GSL trapshooting team finished the season in seventh place in its conference with 14,058 points. Spring Lake Park High finished first with 19,979.50 points and McGregor-Aitkin-Cromwell High finished second with 19,954.50. Overall, this was the GSL’s best season ever. The team had a lot of new shooters and watching them at the first week of practice, trying trapshooting for their very first time, and at the end of the season, looking at their scores, and seeing consistent improvement from day one was amazing, said coach Laurie Dummer.


LaDonna Totman, 87, of Gaylord

Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/23/2020 - 12:08pm

LaDonna Marie (LeBrun) Totman, 87, of Gaylord, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Dec. 2, at Oak Terrace Assisted Living in Gaylord.
A private family graveside service was held Wednesday, Dec. 9, 11 a.m., at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery, near Little Falls.
Pastor Dave Sperstad was the officiating clergy.
“Amazing Grace” was the congregational hymn.