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Running in the rain builds resilience at Hardisty Invitational
The Hardisty Invitational Race ran on Thursday, Sept. 12, with 608 runners from 33 different schools. The weather wasn’t quite as agreeable as it has been in some years, with rain on and off and chilly temperatures. Race volunteer Brittany MacMillan called it: “Running in the rain, toughening kids through cross country.” The Hardisty Invitational has been running for over five decades, thanks to the dedicated volunteers who run it year after year. See more photos and story Page 14.
Sedgewick family keeps ‘first day of school’ tradition alive Leslie Cholowsky Editor
When Sandra Erickson, from Sedgewick, was growing up in Germany, it was a tradition to send all children attending school for the first time a special care package with all their school supplies for the first day of Grade 1. Erickson has kept the tradition alive, first back in 2021 when son Zackery started Grade 1, and this year with son Emmett, who started his Grade 1 at Central High Sedgewick Public School this fall. The package itself is called a “schultute,’ which Sandra hand makes and decorate. She says it is full of all the school supplies he needs, plus a few small gifts and some candy. Sandra says it’s a tradition from her part of Germany, “as well as Bavaria, and many other places in the world.” She remembers her own schultute, saying it was one of the most exciting things about starting school. She adds, “The first day of Grade 1 is a turning point in life of every German child and family, so they celebrate it. It’s considered a rite of passage.” She’s happy to continue the tradition with her own sons, making their first days at school as special as her own was.
The Community Press office will be CLOSED Monday, August 5 the Civic Emmett Erickson, left, for started his first day of Holiday. school in Sedgewick with a schultute, like hisTuesday, mom Sandra, We willjust reopen Aug. 6 at right, did some years ago back in Germany.
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