Thursday, September 22, 2011

Benefit for cancer patient and Villard native Zachary Hoffman is on Saturday, Sept. 24

Visit the Pope County Tribune/Starbuck Times website to read Zachary's story. He is a five-year old student at Minnewaska Area schools from Villard who was diagnosed in August with a malignant brain tumor called medulloblastoma.

http://www.starbucktimes.com/main.asp?TM=16164.37&SubSectionID=16&ArticleID=9438&SectionID=1

A benefit will be held for Zachary on Sept. 24 at the old Minnewaska West Elementary school in Villard from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. as a family fun festival. There will be carnival games, a tractor pull, a silent auction, bingo, raffles and food.

Additional donations for Zack can be sent to Zachary Hoffman Benefit Account, care of Eagle Bank, P.O. Box 43, Villard, MN 56385 or dropped off any of the four Eagle Bank locations.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

School is about to begin at Minnewaska Area high school

The fall sports season is already underway, with a full list of Lakers varsity teams getting into action over the past couple of weeks.

This past Friday night, the Minnewaska Area Lakers football team dropped its second game of the season. They were stung in the home opener 13-7 by neighboring rival Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta.
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