Girls track and field Page 10
Herald Sauk Centre
NUMBER 48 • VOLUME 156
THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023 3 | WWW.STAR-PUB.COM
Speaking at state
A Minnesota
Easter
PHOTO BY BEN SONNEK
Sauk Centre High School speech team members Luke Middendorf (from left), Sydney Zollman and Christopher Polipnick take a quick break April 25 at the high school in Sauk Centre. The three are advancing to state speech competition April 29; Zollman’s category is dramatic interpretation, while Polipnick and Middendorf are in duo interpretation.
Three from speech team to compete April 29 in Apple Valley
PHOTO B BEN SONNY EK
Giliany (left Karen Neg) and pick up e ron out of the ggs during the snow egg hunt AEaster 22 at Eag pril Healing Nele’s st Sauk Centr in e.
BY BEN SONNEK | STAFF WRITER
Sauk Centre High School is once again sending speech team students to state: senior Sydney Zollman and juniors Christopher Polipnick and Luke Middendorf. The prospect of advanced competition may be taxing on the nerves, but the trio is receiving advice and working on their performances in preparation. “I am really excited for Luke, Chris and especially Sydney, since it’s her senior year,” said Annie Sorenson, head speech coach. “They have all worked so hard this season, and all of that hard work is paying off. I am beyond proud to have these students representing Sauk Centre High School at the state competition.” The state competition is Saturday, April 29, at Eastview High School in Apple Valley, with rounds starting at 10:15 a.m. The students earned their spots at state through their first-place finishes at section competition April 15 at New London-Spicer High School in New London. Zollman’s category is dramatic interpretation. When she placed first in her category and learned she would be going to state, she was excited because it meant her speech season would continue.
Speech page 4
Easter page 2
Storks and lifesavers Emergency personnel awarded at council meeting BY BEN SONNEK STAFF WRITER
Whether saving lives or welcoming new lives, Sauk Centre’s emergency personnel are well known for their dedication to the community. During the Sauk Centre City Council’s April 19 meeting at Sauk Centre City Hall, Ambulance Service Director
Kathy Struffert presented Stork Awards and Lifesaver Awards to EMTs and police officers. First, Struffert, with the assistance of Dr. Mari Thomas, presented Stork Award pins to EMTs Quint Swedenburg and Richard White, EMT-Paramedic Brian Zales and Officer Dean Jungles. As previously reported in the Sauk Cen-
tre Herald, the team assisted in the Feb. 25 delivery of a male infant in Sauk Centre with no complications. While Struffert is uncertain if this is the first Stork Award given to members in the service’s history, she is certain it is the first time since the city bought the ambulance service in 1986.
City council page 3
There for the patients Ladda enjoys volunteering in hospice care BY BEN SONNEK STAFF WRITER
Starry PHOTO BY MARK KLAPHAKE
Kate KcKeown and Nate Schirmers pause for photos during the Sauk Centre High School Prom April 22 at the Margaret Shelby Auditorium in Sauk Centre. Prom page 2
ST R
Publications The newspaper of today is the history of tomorrow.
Nobody should be alone toward the end of their life, and Becky Ladda began volunteering in hospice care to ensure that would not happen. She has been volunteering in this area for a few months, but meeting the patients, hearing their stories and simply being with them has kept her coming back to help. “I am there not to get them through their death,” Ladda said. “I want them to live as much as they can in those last few months or weeks.” Ladda and her family moved to Sauk Centre from Hanover about seven years ago because the cities were getting too congested. A graphic artist, she had never worked in health care before. In 2002, though, Ladda’s father-in-law, Herman Ladda, was very sick and had hospice care for a while, and six years later, her mother, LaVaine Utz, had hospice care for a few days. “I thought it was an amazing thing for us,” Ladda said. “The people
Scan me
OBITUARIES
to start or renew your subscription!
Eldred W. Athmann Alverna J. Mayer Sandra Olson
PHOTO BY BEN SONNEK
Becky Ladda stops by the CentraCare-Sauk Centre Care Center April 24 in Sauk Centre. Ladda has been a hospice volunteer with CentraCare since January.
were just lovely. So, that had always teer firefighter for about 30 years, been at the back of my mind.” and the family always volunteered at Ladda’s family has always been the school and church in their area. involved in volunteering. Ladda’s Ladda page 4 husband, Mark Ladda, was a volun-
PUBLIC NOTICES • Mortgage Foreclosures (5) - pgs. 7 & 8 • Assumed Name - Redhead Creamery Spirits - pg. 7 • Assumed Name - Redhead Creamry and Spirits - pg. 7 • Melrose Township Annual Road Tour - pg. 8 • City of Sauk Centre Information Meeting - pg. 8 • Public Notice of Abandoned Vehicle - pg. 8 • Sauk Centre Public Schools Request for Proposal - pg. 7
$
1.50