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Oct. 4 – 10, 2020 is Fire Prevention Week. This year’s theme is “Serve up Fire Safety in the Kitchen.”
Meet the Sleepy Eye Fire Department
Front row from left: Scott Braun, Shane Martinka and Ron Zinniel. Back row: Shaun Heiderscheidt, Jason Helget, Dusty Schueller and Leon Steffl.
Front row: Jeff Zinniel, Brad Hoffmann, Scott Maurer, Josh Wersal and Kevin Hoffman. Back row: Cal Mertz, Dan Schottenbauer, Mike Suess, Francios Uys and Keaton Borth.
Front row: Aaron Schauman, Tyler Heiderscheidt, Scott Krzmarzick, Clark Trebesch, Colton Borth. Back Row: Alan Windschitl, Alex Bruggeman, Aaron Bruggeman, Todd Ries Jesse Fischer, Logan Zuhlsdorf. Missing Jesse Como, Tom Braulick, Ross Fischer and Mike Tauer.
The Sleepy Eye Fire Department responded to a combine fire at 3:20 p.m. September 30. The fire was located at John Maas’ farm located northeast of Sleepy Eye. The John Deere combine was a total loss.
Sleepy Eye Education Association president Mindy Berkner presents Denny Mangen the 2020-2021 Friend of Education Award. Denny is joined by his wife Chris.
Denny Mangen was honored Sept. 25 as the 202 Friends of Education Award Winner.
Mangen joins previous award winners Mel Cook and Duke Cook, Arneson Distributing, Dave Vosbeck, Julia Coulson, Darla Remus, Karen Okerman and Shari Hittesdorf.
Presentation Speech
With an appreciation for his efforts to support Sleepy Eye High School I am proud to nominate Denny Mangen for the 2020 Friends of Education Award! Education based athletics play a large role into the overall experience for students, Denny Mangen has volunteered many hours of his time to help support our programs.
For more than 10 years Denny has volunteered without pay for the following Sleepy Eye High School activities:
1. Announcer and scoreboard operator for all home football games
2. Announcer and scoreboard operator for all home boys basketball games
3. Announcer and scoreboard operator for all home baseball games
Other functions of volunteer support include:
1. Periodic Announcer and scoreboard operator for home girls volleyball and basketball events
4. Scorebook personnel for away boys basketball games
5. Bus driver for multiple events
6. Support with grounds keeping and concession stand at High School baseball games
John Mangen Award:
Denny and his family produced the John Mangen award. This $500 scholarship goes to 1 deserving baseball and softball player each year that exhibits special character traits, this money is to be used to help support the recipient’s college education.
Denny has always been a true supporter of Sleepy Eye High School, the participants, coaches and parents truly appreciate all he has done for us!
The Sleepy Eye Servicemen’s Club Chartiable Gambling along with the City of Sleepy Eye placed flags along the shoreline of Sleepy Eye Lake on Highway 4. The United States Flag is at the top of each new pole along with the City of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota and each branch of the military also represented. The awesome display was completed Tuesday September 15, and to give it a grand entrance…Mother Nature added a spectacular sunset that evening.
SouthPoint Financial Credit Union has been honored with two awards by Minnesota Credit Union Network (MnCUN) and the Credit Union National Association (CUNA).
The credit union is a recipient of a 2020 Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Community Service Award and a 2020 Louise Herring Philosophy-in-Action Member Service Award.
The Dora Maxwell award recognizes credit unions for their activities they coordinate that benefit their community or a specific charity. SouthPoint was honored for CU Forward Day, a statewide day in Minnesota during which credit unions spread kindness in the communities they serve. Last year, SouthPoint took a different approach and implemented activities for the staff to do as a large team to help foster rapport and cohesion among employees. In three hours, employees made 110 fleece blankets that were donated to adult men, women, boys and girls, wrote 86 letters to military personnel and impacted 438 children for area weekend backpack food programs.
The award is named in honor of Dora Maxwell, an early credit union pioneer. One of the original signers of CUNA’s constitution at Estes Park, Colorado, Maxwell worked as an organizer for the movement’s trade association (then called the Credit Union National Extension Bureau) and held numerous volunteer positions at the local and national level. In addition to organizing hundreds of credit unions, she developed volunteer organizer clubs and worked with organizations on behalf of the poor.
The Louise Herring award recognizes credit unions that demonstrate in an extraordinary way the practical application of the movement’s principles in serving their members. SouthPoint was honored for their Employer Benefit Program. The purpose of this service is to offer an employer benefit program that builds relationships with community businesses by offering financial services to its employees at no cost, while creating a less stressed employee and working environment.
The award is named in honor of Louise Herring, an active supporter, organizer and champion of credit union unions. She was the Ohio delegate at the 1934 national credit union conference in Estes Park, Colorado, where she signed the original constitution for a national credit union association. Herring believed that credit union should work in a practical manner to better people’s lives. She saw the credit union as more than just a financial institution. In her own words, “the purpose of the credit union is to reform the financial system, so that everyone can have his place in the sun.”
SouthPoint’s Dora Maxwell and Louise Herring winning entries will advance to the national competition, where they will compete with financial education projects from credit unions in other states.
“SouthPoint has a strong commitment to giving back and is proud of the important work we do in improving financial lives and investing in our communities,” SouthPoint CEO Jay Gostonczik said. “In addition to promoting financial wellness, each year we generously contribute our time, talent and financial support throughout the communities we serve. Helping others by providing financial support and education is at the core of our mission to enable and empower our members to be financially successful and help our communities thrive.”
