Looking Back
News from Bertha's and Hewitt's Pasts
25 Years Ago
October 30, 1996
Lori Ostrowski, who owns and operates the Ostrowski Day Care in Hewitt, and the children under her completed their food drive for the Bertha Food Shelf. Ostrowski said, “We partly did it to inform the children in daycare that not everyone has food in their cupboards.” Eleven children participated in the food drive which raised many items from noodles to canned meats. The Pizza Hut in Wadena gave each child who participated a certificate for a personal pan pizza. The children who participated were April and Dylan Templin; Dakota, Madison and Autumn Aeling; Kenny, Kayla and Brandon Fah; Michelle and Madelyn Zahnow; and Alex Rach.
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The Bertha-Hewitt Bears opened the Section 6C playoffs with a win Tuesday evening over the Lake Park Audubon Raiders. Corey Hennagir ran through the Raiders defense for 149 yards on the outside while John Becker and John Klimek hammered away in the middle as the Bears accumulated 250 yards of rushing on the night. They defeated the Raiders 28-6 to advance to the semi-finals of the section where they will meet the Waubun Bombers on Saturday night in Bertha.
75 Years Ago
October 31, 1946
In the first USO Report Bulletin issued by the state headquarters, it was revealed the village of Bertha now tops all communities in the state in its response to the fund request by subscribing 282 percent of its quota in the drive held recently.
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The game which will decide the football championship of the newly formed Park Region Conference will be played on November 6 at the Wadena High School athletic field. The Bears will represent the east half. Parkers Prairie and New York Mills are playing a tie-off to represent the west half.
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