The Czech Heritage Club is hosting a “Dumpling Make and Take” at 7 p.m. Tuesday March 12, at the New Prague Library.
Anyone ages 9 and up is welcome to attend. Hana Matousek, a native of the Czech Republic, will show how to make a fast and simple kind of dumpling that the participants will make and take home. Hana has been active in different food events, especially with the Czech and Slovak Sokol Minnesota, and has taught many cooking and bargain classes.

Sandmann, Gene Lloyd, age 81 of Webster, MN, passed away at his home on February 25, 2019. Gene retired from the City of Burnsville after 28 years. He is preceded in death by his parents, George and Gladys, and sister, Joyce McGowan.

One is a slob. The other is a compulsive neat freak.
Circumstances force them to share an apartment.
Let the laughter begin.
Curtain Call Theatre brings “The Odd Couple, Female Version” to the area for two weeks, beginning Friday.
The Neil Simon play has been a crowd-pleaser since it debuted on Broadway in 1965. Twenty years later, Simon wrote a female version which debuted on Broadway. In Curtain Call’s version, Olive (slob) is played by Heather Jenness, and Florence (neat freak) is played by Linda Gare.

Aelred A. (Butch) Wagner, age 80, of New Market, MN, died peacefully on Sunday, February 10, 2019, at the St. Lucas Care Center in Faribault, MN.  A Mass of Christian Burial will celebrate his life on Saturday, March 9, 2019, at 11:00 am at the Church of St. Nicholas in New Market, MN.  Visitation will begin at 9:30 am.

Harry Tuma, 75, of Montgomery, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester.  Visitation will be held on Tuesday, February 19 from 9 to 11 a.m. at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Montgomery with Mass of Christian Burial following at 11 a.m. with Father Victor Valencia officiating. Interment will be held in Calvary Cemetery in Lonsdale.
Harry was born on June 16, 1943, in Lonsdale to Emil and Emma (Smisek) Tuma. Harry attended Immaculate Conception School in Lonsdale and attended New Prague High School.

New Prague Area Schools will be closed, Monday, February 25, 2019. It will be a blended learning day.
No Kids Company, WRAP or Preschool.
Fitness and Aquatic Center will be open regular hours.

New Prague Area Schools will start two hours late on Monday, February 25th. Road conditions will be reassessed in the morning as plows are able to work on clearing roads.

High winds took out a transformer jumper, causing a brief power outage in part of New Prague Sunday, Feb. 24.
New Prague Utilities General Manager Bruce Reimers said the outage occurred around 12:30 p.m. and affected just a few customers in the area of First Ave. SE. Power was out between 45 minutes to an hour before crews were able to make repairs.

New Prague High School wrestler Nick Novak was the lone Trojan to qualify for the State Class AAA wrestling tournament March 1 and 2 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
Novak lost in the championship match at 120 pounds, 4-2 to Ben Lunn of Shakopee, then defeated Theron Wendt of Lakeville South by fall in the true second match to earn his second state berth.
Teammates Colby Dunkel, Joey Novak, Jake Trachte and Brennan Rutt all won third place matches, but none had an opportunity to wrestle for true-second.

The New Prague Trojan girls basketball team received the No. 5 seed in the Section 1AAAA tournament, which begins play Wednesday, Feb. 27.
New Prague (13-12) will travel to No. 4 seed Lakeville South (9-17) for a 7 p.m. game on Wednesday. The Cougars defeated the Trojans 58-44 on December 20.
Farmington received the No. 1 seed and will host No. 8 Rochester Century. Rochester Mayo is No. 6, and will play at No. 3 Rochester John Marshall, while No. 7 Owatonna is at No. 2 Lakeville North.

William “Bill” A. Pass, age 84, of Jordan, MN, entered eternal peace on February 20, 2019, at New Prague Mayo Hospital.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday, February 26, at 11 am, with a time of gathering 2-hours prior, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Jordan. Father Neil Bakker will preside, with Bill’s sons acting as urn bearers. Military Honors will be provided by the Jordan Vets and New Prague Honor Guards. A family private burial will be held at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.

Despite orders from a Le Sueur County judge and a retired, court-ordered judge, the Le Sueur County Historical Society (LCHS), has not turned over all its records.
A motion was filed on February 8, 2019, to have Le Sueur County Judge Mark Vandelist address the many missing documents and hear reasons why they haven’t been produced.

Author Julia Cook was a special visitor to Eagle View Elementary School in Elko New Market on Thursday, Feb. 21. She visited all three of New Prague Area Schools’ elementary schools talking to students about the things they can learn and reading a few stories from the 90 books she has written. Students at Eagle View, Falcon Ridge and Raven Stream elementary schools read her book “Bubble Gum Brain” as part of I Love to Read Month. For more see an upcoming print issue of The New Prague Times. (Patrick Fisher Photo)

Last week, The Times used this space to talk about the efforts of local snowplow drivers. There is one other group of public employees who deserve accolades for their efforts during this snowy winter:
School bus drivers.

It’s a 25-year tradition that feeds several hundred people in one night and helps feed many more throughout the year.
The St. Wenceslaus Church Soup Kitchen group held its annual Soup supper Monday, Feb. 18, in the church basement. This year’s event served 316 guests, who enjoyed either chili, vegetable beef or chicken noodle soup.

Last week’s story on the closing of the New Prague Shopko Hometown store drew a mixed reaction from many on social media.
On the New Prague Happenings Facebook page, dozens of people lamented the loss of the store, with some adding that they feel sorry for the employees. However there were some who posted their opinion that the store was not worth having in town, and said they hoped something better would replace it.