From the Pen of the Mayor: May Day: Special spring day has unusual history—from labor union movement to baskets

by Mayor, Brent Frazier
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Like a billion or more around the globe, the Pelican area Catholics are excited about the new pope—especially Rev. Lucho Palomino, right, and Deacon Mario Mancilla—posed here with a photo of the Pope Leo with St. Leonard’s Church in the background.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨—𝐏𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝖥𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖫𝗎𝖼...
Chet Nettestad, pictured here in 2012, when he ran for the Minnesota State Legislature—as a Democrat. Otter Tail County is missionary territory for Democrats—so needless to say: Chet lost. The consolation for Chet: He didn’t lose quite as bad as previous Democratic candidates.
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“Service” is something that extends beyond the military for the vast majority of veterans—as many of them return home and continue serving at the community level. Pictured, the late Larry Hovland, far right, representing the VFW as Pelican Rapids students, was awarded for a patriotic essay contest. Date of this photo is uncertain.
‘𝑇𝘩𝑎𝘯𝑘 𝑦𝘰𝑢 𝑓𝘰𝑟 𝑦𝘰𝑢𝘳 𝘴𝑒𝘳𝑣𝘪𝑐𝘦’ 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘃...
Pelican Rapids Girls Varsity Track and Field Team—Champions 2025. The last time the Pelican Rapids Track & Field Team earned a trip to the Section 6A “True Team” Meet was in 2018 and 2019. From that team, Maddie Guler (Concordia College) and Abby Syverson (Bemidji State) went on to compete at an elite level. PHOTOS COURTESY KI GOHDES
𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 ‘𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞’ 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝖧𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝖾𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍 ...
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𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜. 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫...
Pelican infielders, Treyd Dokken at second base and Kenneth Carrasco in the background. PHOTOS COURTESY NATE MCRAE
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Pelican 5-6th grade volleyball team; from left, back row: Coach Isaman, Nicole Diaz, Kloe Klovstad, LilyAna Pixley, Dakota Budke, Esther Peter L to R middle row: Amya Hovland, Jemma Januzewski, Kayse Kirkwood, Allie Field, Lainey Motz L to R front row: Brooklyn Berry, Marybeth Breen Not pictured that played in Underwood: Jayda Wolf, Mackenzie Spaeth, Piper Hoadley, Olivia Martinez
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝟧-𝟨 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋...
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