“Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon” will be Saturday, May 10

The annual "Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon" will be Saturday, May 10.
The run will start at 7am at the school parking lot in Holdingford and end at the trail shelter in St. Joseph.
Please come out and cheer the runners on.
Sharon Hobbs, the director of the Marathon says they still have registration openings to participate in the run.

If you want to run this year's marathon the website is www.lakewobegontrailmarathon.org

For all you skaters out there the ice skating rink is open down at the Veteran's Memorial Park in Holdingford.

Bring Your Skates

The skating rink is open at the Park

Cross Country Cyclist Discovers Lake Wobegon Trail

I went to a meeting for the fall Family Picnic on August 29th tonight.  There was a interesting bicyclist by the name  Randy Modesitt, who was looking to have a restful evening as storms had come through the area today.
 He had not been aware of the trail here, until he met some other bikers and they told him about it.  He was very impressed with the beauty and uniqueness of it.
  He is on a cross country bicycling trip from Portland Oregon to Parkersburg, West Virginia.  Where hie is a 5 th grade teacher.
He had many interesting stories about his travels. If you are interested in his adventure, he is blogging about his trip here.

Ice Skating in Central Mn

Want to go ice skating ? You won't find a better skating rink than the one in Holdingford. Lots of ice and plenty of close free parking. The City maintence Dept. did a good job creating and upkeeping this rink. Come and enjoy !!

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Megan Huls a Minnesota Vixen

Megan Huls, from Holdingford has signed on with the Minnesota Vixen — one of 35 teams in the National Women’s Football Association. She is one of 4 women in the St. Cloud area to be on the team.
For more of the story, St. Cloud Times




Times photo by Seungjae Seo; sseo@stcloudtimes.com Football players Megan Huls, Michele Braun, Erica Mois, and Lyssa Heimbecher are in the Minnesota Vixen women’s tackle football team based in of Minneapolis. All four are from the St. Cloud area.

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June 14 - 2008 Caramel Roll Ride

Start planning those spring bike rides. Here is a big one for the area.
June 14 - 2008 Caramel Roll Ride
This year starting from Holdingford the Route: From the Holdingford covered bridge bikers can go south to Albany or north to the Mississippi River or both.
Some details
Distances: 14, 28, or 47 Miles
Number of Riders expected 300

Prices: $15 Adults - $10 under 16 before May 31, $5 more after May 31.

Description of Ride: The proceeds from this ride will go to cover the costs of building the Holdingford Covered bridge where we will have a 9 am ribbon cutting and party after the ride.
For registering and more information contact

Sponsor: Lake Wobegon Trail Assn
Phone: 1-320-293-9364
Website: www.lakewobegontrails.com

Cliff Borgerding Ride Organizer
Address: 33504 Shorewood Dr
City, State, Zip: Avon, Mn. 56310

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Holdingford Express Region 8C Champion

The Holdingford Express is the Region 8C Champion.
Jeff Swenson, their 29-year-old catcher, was named most valuable player of the Region 8C tournament. Elliott says "It's a testimony to how well he hit and how well he caught as the Express made their way back to the state tournament". Read the whole story in Tom Elliott's St Cloud Times Column.
Holdingford plays the Watkins Clippers at 11 a.m. Saturday in Norwood.
Pat at the "Power House" is organizing a bus trip to the game Saturday, check with him for details. Cost is reported to be $15 for the bus, which will leave at 9:00 a.m. They will be staying for the St Stephens's game which is right after.
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New Skateboarding Park

Here is another cool project. Andrew Piasecki's dream has come to reality. He wanted to build a skate board park for the City of Holdingford as a Eagle Scout project. He worked through the local H.I.P. committee. Which if you remember got started with training and a grant from the Initiative Foundation. He raised funds from a number of local businesses and organizations including the American Legion, Lions Club, Sno Flyers Club, The Hair Salon, Two Rivers Enterprise donated steel and developer Tim Berscheid has donated a half pipe. The other pieces of equipment include a grind rail, grind box, quarter pipe and launch ramp, that were built by Andrew and friends. It all sits on top of a 30’ x 50’ concrete slab. Good job Andrew! I know the young folks around here will put this to good use.
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Keaton Guston Wins Awards

From the St. Cloud Times today in in Tom Elliott's sports column he reports that Keaton Gustin, Holdingford High School graduate, who finished his freshman year at Ridgewater Community College, recently earned a boatload of honors after helping the Warriors earn a Junior College World Series berth.
*He was named the Minnesota Community College Player of the Year,
*was a first-team NJCAA All-American,
* the NCJAA Region XIII player of the year
* the MCCC Southern Division player of the year.
He finished the 2007 season with a. 403 average, nine home runs, nine doubles, a triple and 51 RBI.
He also earned KLTF-AM Victory League offensive player of the week honors after helping The Holdingford Express knock off Avon and St. Stephen on its way to the Region 8C Tournament.
What a year for this young man! Congratulations Keaton

Surreys on Lake Wobegon Trail

Holdingford Helping Hands has a neat new service for folks. They have purchased three, four wheel Surrey bicycles. Two standard SURREYS that are designed for three adults and two small children and one SURREY LIMOUSINE designed for six adults and two small children. The public can rent these out at $10 and hour for the standard surrey and $15 an hour for the Limo. They will be available Friday and Sunday, noon to 8:00p.m. and Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Seniors (60) in the area who are registered with Helping Hands, will be able to use the surreys free of charge on Mondays and Wednesdays. Reservations must be made a week in advance, and if requested, Helping Hands will provide a volunteer to pedal the surrey. To reserve a surrey call Helping Hands 746-9960.
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36th annual Holdingford Men’s Slow-Pitch Softball Tournament

The 36th annual Holdingford Men’s Slow-Pitch Softball Tournament will be held July 13-15 the weekend of Holdingford Daze. It will be a good time, get your team signed up NOW!
Entry fee for the 16-team tournament is $100, with trophies and cash for first, second, third and consolation champion.

For more information, contact Cyril Ebnet.

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Lake Wobegon Trail

I have noticed the Lake Wobegon Trail is being well used. This morning I went down to get the mail there was a group of about 20 bikers getting ready for a ride.
Organized events coming up you might want to check out are the
Saturday, June 9 Carmel Roll
Sunday July 8 The 27th Annual Tour of Saints
Saturday July 14 The 5th Annual Lake Wobegon Trail Bike Ride
Also check out this article about the Albany to Holdingford Trail at Minnesota Trails

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Holdingford Express Baseball

The Holdingford Express Baseball Team has a really neat website, with all kinds of information on the team, including a calendar of upcoming games and a countdown to Holdingford Daze when there will be a 2 day baseball tournament as part of the Holdingford Daze festivities. Get out and support the team !
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Track legend Chet Blascziek

There was a really nice article on retired phy-ed teacher Chet Blascziek , by Times assistant sports editor Tom Elliott, in the St. Cloud Times about his tenure at Holdingford High School, he is beginning the 39th year of involvement in the athletic program. In Blascziek’s 38 years as head coach, Holdingford won 33 conference titles. The Huskers took second the five times they didn’t win either the Great River Conference, or from 1979 to today, the Central Minnesota Conference titles. Under Blascziek, there have been six state individual champions and 60 athletes who competed in the state meet. That's a very impressive record !
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Caramel Roll Ride scheduled

submitted by Megan Huls
Please join us for a sweet roll along a sweet trail! The Lake Wobegon Trail Association and the Stearns County Park Department will be cosponsoring the Caramel Roll Bike Ride with caramel rolls, fruit, juice, and coffee available to boost your energy along the way. The ride will be held on Saturday, June 9, with registration at the St. Joseph trailhead center from 9 to 10 a.m. Preregistration can be done on the Lake Wobegon Trail Association
Order a tshirt as ride memorabilia. From St. Joseph, participants can peddle their way on to Avon's Cabin Cafe, Albany's shelter near city hall, and Holdingford's TK's Restaurant and Lounge with refreshments available at each stop. Shuttle buses will be available in each town. Bring your mom, son, best friend, and great aunt to this sweet event. And don't forget your helmet. Come bike where the women are strong, the men good looking, and the children above average! For more information call (320) 2556172 or e m a i I Megan.Huls@co.stearns.mn.us.
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Angela Krych Breaks Swimming Record

U of M Mankato,records fell at NCAA Championships, at Buffalo, N.Y. with freshman Angela Krych from Holdingford, earning All-American honors. She swam to a ninth-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke with a school-record time of :58.53 Krych advanced to the finals by swimming to a U of M Mankato school-record :58.61 in the prelims.more
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Softball League Organizational Meeting

The Holdingford Softball League will have an organizational meeting at 7:30 p.m. March 18 at the Holdingford American Legion.

Teams in the women's, men's and co-rec leagues must have a representative at the meeting. An opening remains for one women's team. For more information, contact Cyril Ebnet at 746-2338.
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Alumni Jill Rademacher

The University of Vermont plays The University of Minnesota tonite the game is a homecoming for Vermont sophomore Jill Rademacher. she is a native of Holdingford She led Holdingford to a record of 19-7, the best mark in 23 years as a senior in 2004-05. Rademacher was a three-time Central Minnesota All-Conference First Team selection and also earned a spot on the All-Subsection 19 First Team. She was a 1,000-point scorer (1,231 points) and is the first student-athlete from Holdingford to earn a scholarship to a Division I school. She is just the second Minnesota native to play for the Catamounts. I know she will do well but I still want Minnesota to win.
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