Remembering father’s WWII service; and turbulent times on college campuses during Vietnam era

by Steve Frendin Guest contributor
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Pelican Rapids Press reader Jan (Jaeger) was inspired to write after reading Brent Frazier’s column about memorable school bus drivers. Pictured here, Russel Knutson—early driver and bus company owner-operator.
𝑫𝙤 𝙔𝒐𝙪 𝙍𝒆𝙢𝒆𝙢𝒃𝙚𝒓 𝑾𝙝𝒆𝙣? 𝖡𝗎𝗌 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗎𝗆𝗇 𝗄𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗅𝖾𝖽...
Jim Hetland in Army uniform, early 1960s.
𝐀 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲: 𝖢𝗋𝗒𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗅 𝖫𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖺’𝗌 𝖩𝗂𝗆 𝖧𝖾𝗍𝗅...
An advertising poster for the original Wizard of Oz book by L. Frank Baum, published in 1900.
𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜’𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡!...𝖨𝗇𝖼𝗅𝗎𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖶𝗂𝗓𝖺𝗋𝖽 ...
Kids today don’t have a reference point, but the Walt Disney movie Pollyanna was a simple, elegant film about positive, charitable optimism—thanks to a naively “powerful” little girl. Young Pelican Rapids Pastor Alex Ohman, above left, had no idea about Pollyanna—until now—and he is smitten by her kindness.
𝖲𝗈...𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 ‘𝖯𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗒𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺’ 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝗎...
Youth hunt a success in Star Lake area
World champion beatboxer Kaila Mullady will be performing at M State in Fergus Falls on November 14 as a featured guest artist at the college’s fall band and choir concert. Beatboxing is a skill rarely seen on rural stages, and M State Music Faculty Laura Quaintance says the college, “has never presented a concert quite like this one before.” There will also be a Halloween season-appropriate performance of “Ghost Train,” a spooky concert piece that includes visuals of a mysterious train ride.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝖬 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗍𝖾’𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝗅𝗅 ...
New Pelican police officer sworn in
Traffic was steady at the Pelican Township voting precinct on Nov. 5, which is located at the Pelican Rapids Public Library. Five votes were cast within the first couple minutes, according to Pelican Township election officers—two were waiting at the door when the precinct opened at 7 a.m.
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