5 years ago

Citizen’s Advocate

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

The Henning BPA (Business Professionals of Amercia) chapter had a great showing down at the National Competitions in Dallas, Texas from May 9-13. Colin Geyer, who was a senior at Henning School, had advanced to the national contests in two events and placed 34th in Advanced Accounting and 37th in Systems Administration Using Cisco.Rachel Borchardt, who was a sophomore, advanced to the nationals in Extemporaneous Speaking in which the students are given two topics relating to Business and must prepare a speech in 10 minutes and give that speech in front of a few judges.  Borchardt received notice on Friday that she had placed in the Top 10 and would be competing in the Finals on Saturday morning. She then was called up on stage at the Grand Awards Session and finished in sixth place in the nation. Ethan Severson, who was also a sophomore, advanced to the Nationals in two different events.  He finished 33rd in Network Administration Using Microsoft and then received a call back into the finals in PC Servicing and Troubleshooting where he was asked to do an application part of the test.  

A mother’s desire to see her breast milk being used for good has lead to a new program at Perham Health.As part of the new program, breast milk can be donated at Perham Health and given to mother’s, who for one reason or another, cannot produce enough breast milk for their baby.

25 years ago

The Henning Advocate

Thursday, June 3, 1998

Tired of the day-to-day grind of your present job? You could try what Pete Loofe of Lincoln, Neb., did recently…except most people around these parts don’t wear three-piece suits and enforce federal trucking regulations. Still, you could chuck it all tomorrow and buy a resort in West Central Minnesota, right? Well, that’s what Pete and Linda Loofe did, and as of May 5 they are the new owners of Linden Park Resort, on the east shore of East Battle Lake.

After much public discussion before the Henning School Board and elsewhere over the past couple months, a private corporation comprised of Henning Public School students quietly opened for business this week as “The Hornets Nest.” Cindy Shaw, named last week as the store’s full-time manager, reports that the first week of the new business will be for the most part a continuation of the preceding Simple Pleasures’ ice cream and candy lines.

The East Otter Tail Soil and Water Conservation District Board recently signed a joint powers agreement with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture to partner with the Northern Sand Plain Monitoring Cooperative. The goal of the cooperative is to measure and monitor the impacts to ground water resources by the use of pesticides and fertilizers in the out wash sand portion of the county, to develop agricultural chemical management plans to reduce or eliminate the measured impact, if needed.

50 years ago

The Henning Advocate

Thursday, June 7, 1973

Oakwood Golf Course opened Saturday for the first time to soggy weather. Frank and Neil Johnson are the co-owners of the new recreation facility.

Hennnig will host the second annual Otter Tail County 4-H Field Day on Saturday.

75 years ago

The Henning Advocate

Thursday, June 5, 1948

Neglect in pulling up the anchor of a small home-made boat caused the drowning of two Clitheral people, Harold Butler, 31, and Mrs. Alton Butler, 21, at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday at West Battle Lake. Alton Butler, the only party on the boat who could swim, was rescued by a party of fisherman who heard the cries for help from about two blocks away.

100 years ago

The Henning Advocate

Thursday, June 6, 1923

The outstanding case in district court appeared to be that of M. L. Sondegard, the New York Mills creams station operator who sued Editor Ed. O Qualey of the New York Mills Herald for libel in the sum of $100,000. The case has held the attention of the court of two or three days. The jury deliberated three hours and then decided that plaintiff had been injured to the extent of $304, and so awarded Sondegard. The parties to the case have been scrapping for three years and both sides have lost money and considerable sleep. Editor Qualey has not decided whether to pay the award or to carry the case to the supreme court.

125 years ago

The Henning Advocate

Thursday, June 2, 1898

Latest news from the seat of war—The steamer Florida returned here at 7 a.m. today having landed 400 U.S. soldiers and a vast quantity of ammunition.

A special to the Minneapolis Tribune says: “Advises from Havana say that a heavy engagement is taking place at Santiago where Schley is supposed to have Cervera cornered.”

Admiral Dewey has given orders to foreign boats to leave Manila’s at once, from which it is conjectured that the commander contemplates some action.

It is said that the castor-oil plant is abhorred by nearly all members of the animal world, that moles may be driven from a lawn by planting a few castor beans in it, and that neither the terrible army worm nor the all destroying locust will eat it.

The out-come of baseball games and buckwheat cakes usually depends upon the batter.

It’s a good deal of satisfaction, at any rate, to know that Columbus wasn’t a Spaniard.