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All Of 2006 / Education

ALL OF 2006 / Music

2006 ROCORI FOOTBALL COVERAGE

The Best Stories Of 2006

VIOLENCE... OUR KIDS... VIDEO GAMES
If you have children or grand children, this is a must see 5 minute video.  A child will witness over 200,000 acts of violence in mass Media before he or she turns 18.  Research indicates that this same media violence has a negative impact on natural brain development.

Stephanie Stracke is a ROCORI Student Councilor and a member of the Project SERV staff, a special task force brought together following the shootings at ROCORI in 2003.  In this story Stephanie, who has her own teenagers at home, talks about how the exposure to screen violence can cause increased aggression, fear and desensitization to real life violence.

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ROCORI Drumline 2006

The ROCORI Drumline began in 1976 and has been a member of the Minnesota Percussion Association since the organization was formed in 1992.  The 2005-6 Drumline has 28 members under the direction of Percussion instructor Dick Rausch.

In this story you'll see the 2006 ROCORI Drumline performance of "Through the Streets".  You'll follow the group as it journeys through the world of percussion, searching for a bit of color in life.

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Local Collector Reflects On KIRBY PUCKETT

The "Land Of ROCORI" has a great tradition of producing great baseball players.  Our Cold Spring Springers have been to the State Tournament 40 times over the past 81 years and have won it 7 times. 

In a town with such a strong baseball tradition, it might not be surprising to find out that we have our own "Kirby Puckett Pl".  This street sign is located on the corner of a home that houses a mini Kirby Puckett museum.

In this story you'll meet Ken who has collected over 2500 unique Kirby Puckett baseball cards.  From mugs to bobble-heads, Ken has most of what has ever been produced representing the baseball career of Hall of Fame Kirby Puckett.

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RUSSIANS Visit Land of ROCORI

Last week a group of Russian Building Products professionals made a visit to Stonecrafters in Rockville.  Vern and Kurt Salzl provided the contingent with a tour of the fabricating facility, a trip to the Cold Spring Granite pit and a visit to the new Rockville City Hall.

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ROCORI Jazz Choir

The ROCORI Jazz Choir is an elite combination of High School singers who try out for the privilege to be a part of this special performing group.  Students are chosen both for their singing skills and voice quality to match the total integrated sound of the group.

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RAIN GARDENS @ Lions Park

This story includes many great shots of people from around the community who helped to plant the Rain Gardens over a two day period. 40-50 persons took part in the planting and did a fantastic job in the 80 degree plus scorching temperatures.  There were smiles on everyone's faces and the word fun could be heard floating through the group throughout the day.

Marlin L. Wirtzfeld (Obituary)

Marlin L. Wirtzfeld

Age 76

Cold Spring

March 23, 1930 - December 31, 2006

Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 5, 2007 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Cold Spring, MN for Marlin L. Wirtzfeld, age 76, who died suddenly on Sunday in McAllen, TX.  Burial will be in the parish cemetery.

Relatives and friends may call after 4p.m. Thursday (TODAY) and from 9:00-10:30 a.m. Friday at the Wenner Funeral Home in Cold Spring.  The Cold Spring Fire & Rescue Dept., Catholic Order of Foresters, Knights of Columbus and Cold Spring American Legion will pray at 7:30 p.m. followed by Parish Prayers at 8:30 p.m. Thurs. evening.

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River Lakes Varsity Girls Hockey vs Fergus Falls

First & Second Period

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The River Lakes Stars varsity girls hockey team takes on the Fergus Falls Otters in a classic battle of the net.  The Otters are first to get the puck in the net and have a early 1 goal lead. By the end of the first period Fergus Falls would score again and our River Lakes girls would be down by two goals.  In the second period the Star's defense would step up and hold the Otters to a two goal lead.  The Stars offense would have some great opportunities on the Otter's net but the puck never went in.

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THIRD & OT

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The River Lakes girls showed how great they can be. After trailing by 2 well into the 3rd period, the Stars would scrape their way back into the game and tie it just before the buzzer ended the period . You'll have to watch this story to see how things end up in overtime.  You won't be disappointed.

7th-9th Grade Wrestling Tournament

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In this story we'll see the ROCORI Middle School wrestlers compete at a tournament recently held in St. Cloud.  We'll also see an interview with varsity coach Paul Court and his observations about the varsity season thus far.

St. Peter & Paul 4th-6th Christmas Program

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The kids from St. Peter and Paul Elementary School in Richmond bring us their version of the 12 days of Christmas. The 4th-6th grade students sing a lovely medley of songs.

St. Peter & Paul K-3 Christmas Program

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When Christmas comes around each year we get to see some great performances by our local children. In this performance we see the Kindergarten through 3rd graders give their rendition of what happened during the days leading up to Christmas.

Michael A. Merten (Obituary)

Michael A. Merten

Age 77

Richmond

November 6, 1929 - December 23, 2006

Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 29, 2006 at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Richmond, MN for Michael A. Merten, age 77, who died Saturday at the St. Cloud Hospital.  Burial will be in the parish cemetery.

Relatives and friends may call after 5:00 p.m. Thursday and from 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Wenner Funeral Home in Richmond.  Parish prayers will be at 5:00 p.m. followed by the Richmond Fire & Rescue Department at 7:30 p.m. Thurs. evening.

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