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Scholarship Recap

The Corcoran Jaycees awarded over $10,000 in scholarships to Corcoran’s graduating seniors during a recent ceremony at Corcoran City Hall.  JC Scholarship Chair Lisa Novak and other JC members, along with the Mayor of Corcoran Ken Guenthner, were in attendance to present each scholarship recipient with a certificate.  Fifteen high school graduates received a $750 scholarship.  Following are the 2007 scholarship recipients:

Buffalo High School:
Allison Eckhoff
Andrew Burns

Delano High School:
Kerri Maurer
Leandra Skeege
Wyatt Shallbetter

Maple Grove High School:
Becca Picha
Logan Peterson
Rachel Johnsrud

Osseo High School: 
Rachel Schlegel

Rockford High School: 
Blake Ambruster
Joah Schwecke
Melissa Brickley
Rachael Franssell

Wayzata High School: 
Carl Lymangood
Kristin Luebke

Corcoran Country Daze Recap

 

After several months of planning and two days of set-up the first day of Corcoran Country Daze 2007 finally arrived Friday August 17th and things remained dry.  The softball teams kicked off the 24-team tournament shortly after 6 PM.  The band "The Law" took the stage to provide great free music under the big tent from 7:30 pm until 12:30 am.  The numbers were small that night as the crowds expected from the truck and tractor pull went elsewhere.  Despite the forecasts, things were still dry Saturday morning as tournament play continued...but set-up for the free family day activities was frantically underway trying to accommodate as many planned activities as they could under the tents given the impending rain!  The tractor, police, fire and rescue exhibits were there along with several crafters and kids games.  The Old West reenactments provided entertainment as well as startling shots from their pistols during the shoot outs.  At 5 pm more great live music began with the band "Switch" until 7:30 when the stage was cleared to make room for the Killer Hayseeds.  The band took a break shortly after 9:30 for the fireworks display.  Several cars parked in the lot to enjoy the show along with those in attendance at the concert.  It was also at this time that the final softball teams wrapped up play in the tournament, agreeing to a tie and splitting the cash prize vs. playing another game in the mud at that hour.  Results of the softball tournament are as follows:  Co-champions: Majors/Corcoran JC's and Team Bud, 3rd place: Dave's Sport Shop - Plymouth, 4th place: Inn Kahoots - Hamel, Consolation Winner: Hit Men - Maple Grove.  (The home run contest was cancelled due to rain.)

Minnow racing and the nail game were entertaining the crowd under the big tent, $1 to play and the winner got a t-shirt and the pride of knowing they won.  The raffle drawing was held on stage at midnight with the band drawing the winners.  Amazingly the same name was drawn for both prizes, the brand new Polaris ATV and the $500 cash check!  But that winner chose to donate back the money so another person could win. The band continued their last set and closed the house down.  Clean up began immediately after.  With a short break for some sleep for the volunteers, clean up continued again all day Sunday.  The youth baseball tournament that had been planned for Sunday was called off due to all the rain and the condition of the fields.  Thanks to the many sponsors of the event it wasn't a total loss.  "After three years of decent weather, one rain out isn't so bad.  Hard to complain when we needed the rain so badly!  At least we didn't have lightening to contend with, that would have shut down the whole event.  We hope to go bigger next year and bring in someone like the Johnny Holm Band in addition to the Killer Hayseeds to celebrate our 5th annual." Said Chad Robran, of the Corcoran JC's and the Country Daze Planning Committee.  Mark your calendars for the 5th annual event next year, August 15th & 16th 2008 - rain or shine - and come out to support your community and this great event.