Eugene Thomas Turek, age 89, of Faribault, passed away on Monday, June 12, 2023 at Milestone Nursing Home in Faribault. Visitation will be held on Saturday, June 24 from 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. at Schoenbauer Funeral Home in Montgomery with a prayer service to follow. Interment will be held in the Calvary Cemetery in Montgomery. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to Disabled American Veterans or donor’s choice.

MISSING PERSON ALERT: The Prior Lake Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing teen. Keira Dupey, age 13, is 5 feet, 4 inches tall, weighs 100 pounds and has black/brown hair and brown eyes. Dupey was last seen on May 25 leaving a facility in Prior Lake with Kari Steele, who is also a missing person. Dupey may have traveled to St. Paul or the surrounding suburbs.

Late in the month of April, many students from Tri-City United Schools Future Farmers of America (FFA) team headed to the State FFA Convention, April 23-25. Some of those students placed very well among their competitors around the state, including two taking home first place awards.
Samantha Tiede, Class of 2023, took home first place for an original song she wrote and performed in the talent category. She was able to play and sing the song she wrote in front of the entire group at Williams Arena, which was also broadcast on the arenas large led billboard.

Despite a hard-luck loss against the tournament’s top-seeded team, New Prague’s indoor softball team rebounded with a big win and captured third-place honors at the state tournament last weekend at Chanhassen High School.
The Trojans opened the tournament with a win over Osseo. They dropped an extra-inning clash against Dakota United before winning the third-place game over St. Cloud. New Prague finished the season at 8-3.

In the history of a few dumb mistakes I have made over the years, these two are some of the more expensive ones
The $340.35 mistake I recently acquired an ultrasonic cleaner. Being a noob at this, I tried a couple of metal objects but couldn’t fully tell if it was working. I mean, they seemed clean but were tarnished and I didn’t have any solution for that.
I figured that I should throw my glasses in there and get all the nooks and crannies clean on them. In a matter of five minutes, it managed to take off about 50% of the coatings on my glasses.

Dallas Jerome Horejsi was born on March 25, 1948 to Charles and Leona (Honza) Horejsi in New Prague, MN.
On March 20, 1971 he married Marsha Petersen. Dallas was a Vietnam Veteran. Proud member of the Montgomery Honor Guard, Montgomery VFW, Montgomery Legion and Minnesota River Valley Masons.
He worked at Minnesota Valley Engineering (Chart) for 40 years. He loved fishing, especially his yearly Canada trips with his buddies.

Friday, May 19 Montgomery Mallards 1, Belle Plaine 8 (7 inns.)
The Mallards hosted Belle Plaine Friday, May 19 in a non-league, exhibition game and fell short by a score of 8-1, dropping the Mallards overall record to 2-1. The Tigers started off the game with a first pitch home run followed by another round tripper two batters later. The Mallards answered in the bottom of the first when Pat Lloyd scored on a Cole Pint single, but that’s all the offense the Ducks would muster on the night.

Rodney “Rod” Kaderlik, age 67, of Montgomery, passed away on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at Mayo System New Prague. A celebration of his life will be held on Sunday, June 25 from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. at the Revival on Main in Montgomery.
Arrangements are with the Schoenbauer Funeral Home in Montgomery. 507-357-6116. On-line condolences can be placed at www.schoenbauerfuneralhome.com.

Scoring two runs in the fourth, seventh and eighth inning, the New Prague Orioles thumped Faribault, 7-0, Sunday, June 4, in New Prague.

Dorothy (Jindra) Pauly, of Jordan, passed away Friday, June 2 at Mala Strana Rehabilitation Center in New Prague.  A Time of Gathering will be held on Monday, June 12, 2023 from 4:00 – 7:00 PM at Ballard-Sunder Funeral & Cremation, 104 1st St W, Jordan, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 11:00 AM with visitation time one hour prior at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 313 2nd St. E, Jordan, MN, with Fr. Neil Bakker presiding. Interment Calvary Cemetery, Jordan.

As I sit at the Memorial Day program put forth in Montgomery, I can’t help but see the group that is here — veterans, loved ones of veterans, and a very few outside that realm. The average age is maybe around age 60 or an age where people felt directly affected by the threats of war and that our freedom could possibly be affected personally.

The theme of the final band and choir concert of the 2022- 2023 school year was The Magic of Music, in relevance to Disney and their mid-winter trip to perform there.
Songs ranged from “You’ll Be In My Heart” and “The Family Madrigal” to “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” to “How to Train Your Dragon.” The night ended with some senior recognition and the live concert band playing against a movie of different Disney scenes put together by band student Aidan Miland.

A new set of three wings for the Wings Walk Art Project was placed upon American Legion Post 79 on Thursday, May 26.
The wings are a part of the 2022 Paint the Town grant that was applied for through the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation by Tri-City United Schools. It has been a community collaboration between the school, Montgomery Area Community Club, American Legion Post 79, VFW Post 5340, and other community members.

A year after they surprised the field with a strong performance win at the state tournament, the New Prague indoor softball team is heading back to state hoping to put both facets of the game together to enjoy another strong showing.

With the Tri-City United gymnasium in full attendance on the evening of Friday, May 26, the Class of 2023 walked in processional to the classic “Pomp and Circumstance” by the concert band. The posting of colors by the Montgomery Honor Guard and then the national anthem by concert band and choir.
Principle Alan Fitterer welcomed the entire group and Kaia Krocak gave a student welcome speech. Senior Danessa Buckingham directed the concert choir singing the Alan Menken piece, “Go the Distance.”

It took awhile for the Orioles’ bats to get going Saturday, May 27, but they were able to score a bunch in the middle part of the game as New Prague defeated the Shakopee Coyotes, 7-1, and extended its record to 5-0, the team’s best start since 2015.
New Prague’s Anthony Mader scored in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings and also added a RBI double. Jacob Mader had three hits including a RBI double of his own. Collin Dorzinski had two hits as he continues to be one of the Orioles’ hottest hitters.