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Hopkins High School student organizes event to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day
HOPKINS, Minn. — The Allies defeated the Nazis, but Holocaust survivors and their descendants are the enduring victory.Elly Fine Sternberg's grandparents, Esther and Berek Latarus, were both transported to Auschwitz yet made it out alive."Hitler tried to destroy them but he didn't. In fact, they had multiplied," Sternberg said with a smile to WCCO. "There was no bigger gift to my grandparents than to come to America, raise a family, be members of their community and then see grandchildren and even great-grandchildren born."Despite those triumphs, survivors like the Lataruses could not overcome time; Berek died more than two decades ago,...
Plymouth Quiz Bowl Team advances
The quiz bowl team from Plymouth Middle School is set to compete in a 160-team national competition. The National Academic Quiz Tournaments’ Middle School National Championship Tournament will be underway Friday, May 10 in Rosemont, Illinois. Quiz bowl is a competitive, academic, interscholastic activity for teams of four students. Quiz bowl teams use buzzers to answer questions about science, math, history, literature, mythology, geography, social science, current events, sports and popular culture. The matches feature a blend of individual competition and team collaboration, since no...
Edina falls to first-place Wayzata baseball team
Wayzata High’s baseball team came to Edina’s Braemar Park May 3 intent on moving closer to the Lake Conference title. The Trojans achieved that goal with a 6-2 victory, but it was a hard-earned win. The Trojans used a two-run home run in the top of the seventh by Michael Reem to pad its lead to four runs. In the bottom of the seventh, relief pitcher Brady Lash shut the Hornets down. ...
Edina falls to first-place Wayzata baseball team
Wayzata High’s baseball team came to Edina’s Braemar Park May 3 intent on moving closer to the Lake Conference title. The Trojans achieved that goal with a 6-2 victory, but it was a hard-earned win. The Trojans used a two-run home run in the top of the seventh by Michael Reem to pad its lead to four runs. In the bottom of the seventh, relief pitcher Brady Lash shut the Hornets down. ...
Local Middle Schoolers Shine at Unified Bocce Ball Event in Jordan District
Last week, students from various middle schools in the Jordan School District met at Oquirrh Hills Middle School for a Unified Sports Bocce Ball Tournament. The event began with a torch lighting ceremony, symbolizing unity and sportsmanship.
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