Kristen J. Huhner, age 58, of New Prague, died peacefully, surrounded by her family on Saturday, June 9, 2018.  Kris was born on January 28, 1960 in New Prague to Raymond H. and Doris C. (Gehlen) Harpel.  She grew up in Montgomery, attended Holy Redeemer Catholic School, graduated from Montgomery-Lonsdale High School, and attained a degree from Winona State College with a double major in social work and Spanish.  She began her career as a social worker while living in Georgia after her marriage to Philip Simon on April 15, 1983.

The New Prague Trojan adapted softball team lost both of their games at the State CI Adapted Softball Tournament June 1 and 2 at Coon Rapids High School.
The Trojans lost to two of their Southern Division opponents, Chaska/Chanhassen/ Prior Lake/Shakopee and Burnsville/Farmington/Lake ville. The Chaska team went on to the championship game, losing in eight innings to St. Cloud, while the Burnsville team defeated South Suburban for the Consolation championship.
The New Prague team also included players from Tri- City United, Belle Plaine and Jordan schools.

The first of a series of musical concerts will be held Thursday, June 14 at Montgomery’s Memorial Park with music starting at 7 p.m. The band Maria and the Coins will be performing. The band bundles danceable, big-picture pop ambition into earnest, honeyed indie sensibility. 
 
“We have this wonderful venue in the park that we don’t use enough. So, I approached Brian Heck, city administrator, and he said this is something he has always wanted to do, and if I could organize it, it could happen,” stated local volunteer Carol Freid.
 

The 54th annual Waterville Bullhead Days celebration starts Friday, June 8 and runs through Sunday, June 10. Friday events include the Medallion Hunt, a Karaoke Contest, the 62nd annual Miss Waterville Pageant, and a Fireworks Display. Saturday there will be a Softball Tourney, Kids Fishing Contest, NAPA Remote Control Car Demolition Derby, Bean Bag Tourney, and Pedal Tractor Pull, and a Karaoke Contest. Sunday is the Grand Street Parade, Waterville Lions Kids Bingo, and Raffle Drawing. Check out the June 7 edition of the LIFE/Enterprise for more on the festivities.

Taxpayers will be picking up the bill for the clean up of approximately 20 tons of construction waste that was dumped in a Waterville Township ditch on Tuesday, June 5 or Wednesday, June 6.
According to Waterville Township Chairman Alan Gehrke, the mess was discovered along 470th Street on Wednesday morning and was then reported to the township and Le Sueur County Sheriff's Office. The ditch is located north of Waterville and west of Highway 13.

New Prague won three games last week to move up in the Dakota-Rice-Scott League standings last week, while Webster won back-toback games for the first time in three years and moved out of the D-R-S cellar. Faribault also won a pair of games to move to .500 on the young season. New Market and Elko hosted a tournament and did not play any league games. New Market remains in first place with a 7-1 record, while St. Patrick dropped a halfgame back after losing to Prior Lake.
Last week’s results

The lawsuit against the Le Sueur County Historical Society took a small step Monday when a judge approved binding arbitration to determine an official membership list.
 
Mark Vandelist, District Court Judge of Minnesota's First Judicial District, gave both sides of the lawsuit 90 days to enlist in the help of an arbitrator who will simply resolve the question of who are members of the historical society, a nonprofit organization.
 

Chad Johnson, physical education teacher and head wrestling and head girls' and boys' track Coach for Sibley East Public Schools, has been named the new high school activities director for Tri-City United High School.
 
The announcement came via an email from Superintendent Teri Preisler to school board members and news media outlets on Saturday. 
 

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The Tri-City United Titans suffered a shutout loss to Belle Plaine on Thursday, May 31 in the Section 2AA Tournament. 
 
According to Coach Bruce Davis, his team started out trailing and couldn’t catch up.
 
“We watched the game slip away early and couldn't recover in a 10-0 loss,” he said. 
 
Belle Plaine started out the scoring on a double by Andrew Hunsader and a single by Garrett Boblitt in the first inning.
 

Ashley Kes, a new TCU alumna, was one of 122 seniors to receive a diploma at the TCU Commencement Exercises on Friday, June 1. After speeches, songs and stories, the Tri-City United students crossed the stage as high school students and became alumni after receiving their diplomas. Student speakers were Thomas Witte and Anya Menk. New alumna, Sofia Kaunonen gave the student farewell. To see more photos, pick up the print edition. (Wade Young Photo)

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When your child invites the neighborhood over for brunch, you have two options.
You could refuse. Crush her plans and have her renege the already delivered invitations.
Or... Just go with it.
Last Saturday morning, my house was filled with friends and neighbors.
Having the brunch inside was not the plan, but the morning proved too cool to hold the event in the garage and / or on the driveway. So, we cleaned and set up tables and rearranged a few things to make room indoors.

Over the course of two days due to rain, the Tri-City United Titan Baseball Team defeated Maple River to advance in the Section 2AA Tournament on Wednesday, May 30.
 
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Maple River 4 0...1...0...0...0...1...2
Maple River got off to a start in the 2nd inning on a sacrifice fly. 
 
According to Coach Bruce Davis, the Titans were on the heels of the Eagles, answering each run with one of their own.
 

After a busy Memorial Day weekend, the New Market Muskies and St. Patrick Irish are tied at the top of the DRS standings, both with 7-1 records.
The Muskies upped their win total with wins over Webster and arch-rival Elko, while St. Patrick defeated Lonsdale and St. Benedict before taking their first loss at the hands of Veseli.
Two games were rained out Monday afternoon, Shakopee at New Prague and Montgomery at St. Benedict. Makeup dates have not been announced.
Last week’s result:

The New Prague Trojan Adapted softball team went on the road for their state play-in game and came home with an exciting 10-5 win over host Anoka-Hennepin. The game was played at the Andover YMCA gym.
The win puts New Prague in the State CI Adapted softball tournament, which will be held Friday and Saturday, June 1 and 2, at Coon Rapids High School. This is New Prague's fifth trip to state, but the first trip since 2011.

After failing to resolve issues and determine who is a member, the lawsuit against Le Sueur County Historical Society (LCHS) heads to court on June 4.
 
Kevin Wetherille, one of the attorneys for the 16 plaintiffs who claim to be members and asked a judge on February 21 to require LCHS to grant them access to financial and governance documents, and for a fair election, said they are still running into barriers.
 
One of the barriers is the membership list.
 

Yvonne Trcka, 77, of Montgomery, died at Mala Strana Health Care in New Prague on Friday, May 25, 2018, from a stroke.
 
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, at Schoenbauer Funeral Home in Montgomery from 4 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 31, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. with visitation from 9:30 a.m. to time of service. Chaplin, Deb Mechley will be officiating. Interment will be at St. John Catholic Cemetery in Montgomery.