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Tuesday, February 07, 2012
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News Briefs
Tuesday, February 7
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Local growers honor own at annual banquet
|  | | Francis Svoboda, left, president of the McLeod County Corn & Soybean Growers Association, surprised emcee Nathan Winter with the 2011 Friend of Agriculture Award Saturday night at the Pla-Mor Ballroom. Winter is a University of Minnesota Extension educator and has emceed the last several association banquets. |
The 28th annual banquet of the McLeod County Corn & Soybean Growers Association, also marked the 50th anniversary of the Soybean Growers Association, according to Francis Svoboda, president of the county association.
It also was a time for the local growers to honor some of their own members and activities as well as talk with local ag dealers and suppliers.
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| | Park board recommends new shelter, plus addition | After a two-hour meeting Jan. 25 between Glencoe City Council members and member of city's parks board, the park board decided to concentrate on replacing Oak Leaf Park Shelter No. 2 and put its long-range plans on hold for now.
The joint meeting agenda included not only replacement of the biggest shelter house, but a possible campground master plan at Oak Leaf Park as well as upgrades to the Aquatics Center.
|  | | Aquatics Center maintenance issues upcoming | The other major topic of discussion at the joint City Council-park board meeting Jan. 25 involved maintenance work at the 11-year-old Glencoe Aquatics Center in Oak Leaf Park.
| | | McLeod County GOP caucus sites announced | | The McLeod County Republican Party announced the sites for its Feb. 7 precinct caucuses. Registration at all the sites will be at 6:30 p.m. and the caucus begins at 7 p.m. | | | County DFL precinct caucuses set Feb. 7 | | McLeod County Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) precinct caucuses will be held at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 7, at the following locations: | |
| Sports
| | GSL boys notch 1st league win | | Mitch Sanchez put up 22 points, including eight in a 15-6 separation surge, and teammate Ethan Maass added 19 tallies, as the Glencoe-Silver Lake boys' basketball team won its first Wright County Conference game of the season, topping Dassel-Cokato, 66-57, Friday (Jan. 27) at home. | | | Triple 'A' selections serious about school | Caitlin Miller and Levi Davis, this year's Triple "A" students at Glencoe-Silver Lake High School, are fans of the other.
About Miller, Davis says, "She's very hard-working, very outgoing. ... She just gets her work done." | | | Stifter leads GSL girls to 45-40 win | | Senior point guard Jackie Stifter led the way, tallying 11 points to go with six steals, four rebounds and four blocked shots, as Glencoe-Silver Lake downed Dassel-Cokato, 45-40, in last Friday's (Jan. 27) Wright County Conference clash on the Chargers' court. | |
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