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PHOTOS COURTESY OF LOUโ€ˆHOGLUND, CHEN DADE


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Surfacing of Highway 59, north of downtown Pelican Rapids, was in high gear this week. Here blacktop is being applied by the Pelican Valleyโ€™s Riverfront on Main and Community &โ€ˆLife Services.
๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐–๐€๐˜ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐‰๐„๐‚๐“ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„ ๐–ฒ๐–พ๐–ผ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—‡๐–ฝ๐–บ๐–ป๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐— ๐–ผ๐—ˆ๐—†๐—‰๐—…๐–พ...
This closeup photo of 1956 PRHS Homecoming Queen Donna Larson (Haugrud) radiates the natural beauty of young women and the elegance of homecoming coronations back in the day. Her simple crown and scepter made me smile, probably made by the art and home-ec classes. I recognized this young woman because she would marry Wayne Haugrud, raise her family here, and teach Sunday School at Trinity Lutheran Church in Pelican Rapids in the 1970s. I was in her 8th-grade class. She made me think the man hanging on the Cross might be someone I wanted to know better. Maybe thatโ€™s why I think she looks like an angel, or at least a fairy godmother.
For rural young folk of the past, โ€˜coming homeโ€™...
๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐–ข๐—๐–บ๐—‹๐—…๐—‚๐–พ ๐–ซ๐–บ๐—‹๐—Œ๐—ˆ๐—‡, ๐–ฆ๐—‹๐–บ๐–ผ๐–พ ๐–ก๐–บ๐–ผ๐—„๐—Œ๐—๐—‹...
A group photo was taken at the new Pelican Rapids trailhead, prior to a walk-bike event on the trailโ€”including a session on roundabout safety in downtown Pelican Rapids. The event was spearheaded by Patrick Hollister, Partnership4Healthโ€”held during Pelicanโ€™s Homecoming festivities.
๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐–ข๐—’๐–ผ๐—…๐—‚๐—Œ๐—๐—Œ, ๐—๐–บ๐—…๐—„๐–พ๐—‹๐—Œโ€“๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ โ€˜๐—Œ๐–ผ๐—ˆ๐—ˆ๐—๐–พ๐—‹๐—‚...
Deep in their own territoryโ€”at their one yard lineโ€”Pelican quarterback Grady Larson feeds the ball to Mark Kapenga as the Vikings try to push into the open field.
A tense win for Homecoming
Speaking at the Fergus Falls Public Library on Oct. 1 were, from left, Moorhead Mayor Shelly Carlson, former Minnesota Lt. Governor Marlene Johnson, and Ashby Mayor Amy Johnson. Photo by Tom Hintgen
๐‘จ๐’“๐’†๐’‚ ๐’˜๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’‚๐’›๐’† ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’” ๐’‚๐’” ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’š๐’๐’“๐’” ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ...
It was โ€œSenior Recognitionโ€ for the Pelican girlโ€™s soccer team Oct. 5. Seniors Hanan Mohamed, Hailey Zavala, Brooklyn Scoplitte, Sadie Funk, Hamda Ibriham, Dulce Martinez, and Yoselyn Urbano posed for a photo with their families.
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The Longfors sisters all returned for the Pelican Rapids High School Hall of Fame program on Oct. 5, where Jessica, left, and Rachel, right, were honored. Middle sister Nancy, center, was an exceptional athlete herself. The three supported one another through high schoolโ€”including after-hours practice and activities in their hometown of Erhard, right next to their church, Grace Lutheran.
โ€˜๐†๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญโ€™ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐–ง๐—ˆ๐—†๐–พ๐–ผ๐—ˆ๐—†๐—‚๐—‡๐—€, ๐–ง๐–บ๐—…๐—… ๐—ˆ...
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