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Saturday, April 13, 2019
Sauk Rapids Herald embarks into 165th year
Vol. 165, No. 1
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BY NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER
SAUK RAPIDS – The Sauk Rapids Herald begins its 165 year of publication with the printing of this issue, Vol. 165 No. 1. It is the oldest weekly newspaper in Minnesota and Star Publications LLC. is proud to continue its legacy. The Sauk Rapids community newspaper began in April 1854 after Jeremiah Russell founded the city. The weekly publication, Sauk Rapids Frontierman, was the first newspaper established in Minnesota outside the city of St. Paul. Throughout its years, the newspaper has been known as the Sauk Rapids Sentinel, Sauk Rapids Free Press, and St. Cloud Sentinel, which was published in east St. Cloud. When the paper returned to Sauk Rapids it continued as the Sauk Rapids Herald. Owners Lee and Madge Batcheler (19351970), Rollie and Winnie Doroff (1970-2015) published the paper in the year’s leading up to Star Publications’ ownership. Names and organizations such as W.H. Wood, Benedict and Gildon, H.P. Wood, Fred Daggett, J.C. Ross and Ed Vandersluis are all documented as having published the paper in its earliest years. Star Publications LLC., owned by partners
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Campbell retiring as SRRHS band teacher BY ANNA HINKEMEYER STAFF WRITER
SAUK RAPIDS – Scott Campbell has been a familiar face in the music department at Sauk Rapids-Rice High School for nearly three decades. “I started in 1991, coming in after a teacher who was here only one year, and I’ve been here ever since,” Campbell said. But students in the 2019-20 band program will need to adjust to a new director. Campbell will be retiring at the end of this school year after 28 years. He will direct the final concert of his SRR career at 7 p.m. April 25 in the SRRHS Performing Arts Center.
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Scott Campbell directs the concert band during a concert in February 2017 in Sauk Rapids. Campbell will be directing the final concert of his career at 7 p.m. April 25 at Sauk Rapids-Rice High School before he retires this spring.
“Running a program like this, with all of the extracurriculars, takes a tremendous amount of energy,” Campbell said. “I simply don’t have the energy it takes any more, and I won’t settle for giving my students anything less than my best. It seemed like the natural time for me.”
When Campbell began his tenure at SRR, the band program had 24 students in the upperclassmen band and 45 in ninth grade. “The program was depressed, diminished really,” Campbell said. “Marching band was canceled the summer before I started. There were only
two bands and very little extracurricular opportunities.” Campbell’s earliest days as band director consisted of seven periods in the school day – two of which were taken up for band practice and the rest were teaching lessons. “I often wondered in
those days if the program was ever going to develop,” Campbell said. “I felt stuck there for a while, but I put some of my ideas into action and it paid off. Marching band was the first thing I felt needed a
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Eickhoff named 2019 Sauk Rapids Citizen of the Year SAUK RAPIDS – The Sauk Rapids Citizen of the Year Committee has announced its newest recipient. Mitch Eickhoff was declared the 2019 Sauk Rapids Citizen of the Year April 9. Eickhoff will be recognized at an open house reception at 4:30 p.m. April 22 and at the 6 p.m. Sauk Rapids City Council meeting the same day. Eickhoff, who is employed by Jimmy’s Pour House, was nominated by David Rixe for his charitable efforts in the Sauk Rapids community and beyond. Eickhoff is a co-founder of FGHC Active, a non-profit running organization which fundraises for charities. He organizes the Trots for Tots 5K in conjunction with the Sauk Rapids Fire Department’s Toys for Tots Drive each December, as well as several meat raffles and 5K runs which benefit organizations such as Tanner’s Team Foundation and Anna Marie’s Alliance. PHOTO SUBMITTED Eickhoff has also helped people overMitch Eickhoff is congratulated April 9 at Jimmy’s Pour seas. House in Sauk Rapids. Eickhoff was named the 2019 In November 2017, he traveled to Sauk Rapids Citizen of the Year.
OBITUARIES • Joan M. McDonald • Sylvester “Pat” Warzecha • Donald P. Zwick
PUBLIC NOTICES
• Benton County Advertisement for Bids - pg. 19 • Advertisement for Bids Sauk Rapids -Rice Schools Security Upgrades - pg. 11B • Summons Notice - pg. 12B
Nepal with Impact Marathon. He worked with burn victims and through his experience proceeded to raise funds in Minnesota to send to Burn Violence Service in Nepal. In May, he will take his second trip with Impact Marathon, traveling to Malawi, Africa. He is raising money for the organization, which provides education, athletics, medical attention and wildlife conservation on the continent. According to the committee, the charitable work Eickhoff has done – and continues to do – impacts the city of Sauk Rapids. Eickhoff grew up in Sauk Rapids, works in Sauk Rapids and continues to have a positive impact on the community with efforts in organizing and fundraising for people in need. The committee said Eickhoff is always personable and willing to lend a hand. It is because of Eickhoff’s passion for helping others and his seemingly endless ability to give back to the Sauk Rapids community that Eickhoff has been selected as the 2019 Sauk Rapids Citizen of the Year.
• Assumed Name - Granite City Excavating - pg. 19 • Sauk Rapids-Rice School Reg. Meeting, March 25, 2019 - pg. 11
• Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools Request for Bids - pg. 19 • Mayhew Lake Township Notice - pg. 19 • Benton County Delinquent Tax List - pg. 12 - 17