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Vol. 169, No. 28
Playing, promotion, passion
unite Firefighters share high fives, hugs, safety messages
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Bob Zwick likes sharing his passion and love of softball with his grandchildren Brooklyn (left) and Axel Zwick. Zwicks desire to share the game and to help teach and promote it are reasons he is being inducted into the Minnesota Softball Hall of Fame.
3 inducted into softball hall of fame
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Continuing UAW strike watched closely by Sauk Rapids repair shop
BY HERMAN LENSING STAFF WRITER
There will be 20 individuals inducted into the Minnesota Softball Hall Fame Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Historic Holmes Theatre in Detroit Lakes. Three of them — Bob Zwick of Sauk Rapids, Gary McCarney of Dayton and Gary Tripp of St. Cloud — are fairly familiar with the elds at Bob Cross Park in Sauk Rapids. It is more than the elds that they have in common, however. All three have played with successful teams and earned reputations of being associated with state championship caliber teams and/or national quali ers. Most importantly, the men all have a passion for softball. The three have played, promoted, organized and taught the game they enjoy being around. “The camaraderie and competition,” said McCarney of his reasons for staying with it for 56 years.
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PHOTO BY TIM HENNAGIR
Mississippi Heights Elementary School kindergarten student Blakely Klaphake gets ready to give firefighter Kaden Cahill a celebratory high-five Oct. 10 during a Fire Prevention Week presentation at the school in Sauk Rapids. Sauk Rapids Fire Department firefighters also visited Pleasantview Elementary School with their fire safety message. See inside this week’s Sauk Rapids Herald for more school visit photos from Fire Prevention Week.
D&B Auto Body concerned about supply chain changes BY TIM HENNAGIR | STAFF WRITER
D&B Auto Body’s Brandon and Nikki Anderson are keeping a watchful eye on a national labor issue. The ongoing United Auto Workers strike involving labor and the three unionized U.S. automakers is having a local impact. The rst trilateral strike in the UAW’s history is affecting the parts supply chain. “We are unable to get most of the parts we need from the ‘Big Three’ automakers PHOTO BY EVAN MICHEALSON — Ford Motor Co., General Motors and D&B Auto Body technician Kenan Anderson adjusts a new bumper reinforcing bar on a 2016 Chevy Impala during repair work Oct. 11 in Sauk Rapids. Shop Stellantis, which covers Dodge, Jeep, owners Brandon and Nikki Anderson are keeping a watchful eye on the Chrysler and Fiat,” Nikki said. continuing United Auto Workers strike, which is affecting the parts supply chain to their business.
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OBITUARIES Jan Handeland Helen L. Landowski Barbara Matteson-Becker
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PUBLIC NOTICES
• Mortgage Foreclosures (3) - pg. 15 • Probate Notice - Maleska - pg. 14 • City of Sauk Rapids Summary Ord. No. 2023-813 and 2023-814 - pg. 14 • City of Sauk Rapids Reg. Meeting Minutes, Sept. 25 - pg. 14
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