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Stargazing - by Eli Lutgens

Last week, I was too immersed in the loss of Jane Wagner to write about much else. Our community lost another legend last week, Winston Evenson.  For Veteran's Day in 2021, I really wanted to write about Winston. Each year my staff and I go in search of recommendations regarding which veteran...
You know the feeling like someone’s standing right behind you? That feeling came over me Sunday evening as I worked on the newspaper. Slowly at first, then more strongly. I spent the day working on the Jane Wagner story, reading stories, talking to people, and finally, putting ink to paper...
This year I wrote and published more than 60,000 words in my weekly columns. If you’ve read them all, you can add one more to the number of books you’ve finished, since that’s a typical word count for a full-length publication. I found out this week the Minnesota Newspaper Association will be...
Friday morning Mr. Tim Loonan called me. I missed his call so I stopped in to see him.  He appeared pleasantly surprised as he informed me that Waseca’s Youth Football Association would be holding an event on Monday he thought I might like to attend.  He was right, and I’m glad I attended...
Many things run through my mind each week as I put the paper together. More accurately, after and before the paper is put together. As I perform the electronic task of piecing the pages together, I think entirely about where things will go; I also worry whether any stories, pictures, and cutlines...
I successfully enjoyed my third Thanksgiving dinner Sunday afternoon. Finally, Thanksgiving can be put to bed. (“Put to bed” is a newspaper term for when the newspaper is sent to the printer.) I was enjoying some time with friends this weekend when someone present made a comment about...
I successfully turned 26 years old on Friday.  To celebrate I had lunch with my mother and spent the evening with my friends.  One of my new friends learned it was my birthday Friday evening and insisted on baking me a cake. So on Sunday when I came to visit, she surprised me with a...
As I look back on this past week, I can’t help expressing my appreciation. First, I appreciate the people of our Waseca County community. If good, hard-working, positive-minded people are “gems,” I spend my time surrounded by diamonds. Examples from this week are the two activity directors I...
Mr. Dave Zika asked that I write about my love for the baby boomer generation this week.  Dave happened into the Pioneer office this week while Deb Bently and I were interviewing a potential new writer for the paper.  A discussion about Generation Z, those 25 years old and younger, and...
The world welcomed my niece Aria Leigh Nowak into the world Saturday evening at about 11:30 p.m. Congratulations to my sister Jessica and her fiance Damon.  My sister tells me she went into the Owatonna hospital at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday. Both she and the baby were pretty exhausted by the...

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