𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐲 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓: ‘Cowboy’ Rex Haugen: True confessions, untold stories Longtime coach put his ‘brand’ on Pelican Rapids

by Louis Hoglund

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Old coaches and cowboys don’t fade away—they retire to the poker table, enjoying prolonged card games interrupted by trips to the lavatory. Rex Haugen, with two of his card-playing buddies, left, Chuck Gulsvig, and right, Loren Bjerke.
These guys don’t sit up all night shuffling decks in a smokey backroom. They gather around the gambling table Sunday afternoons—after church, of course.

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Rev. Anna Monke-Gervais, left, is pastor at Zion Lutheran Church on Franklin Lake, northeast of
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Meanwhile, mom Beth Monke is finishing up at Luther Seminary in 2025, on her path to ministry.

Beth is serving Tonseth Lutheran, southeast of Pelican Rapids, as an intern—where Anna also served a few years ago when earning her degree at Luther Seminary.

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