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The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, February 27, 2013, page 10
Brownton’s
Cabin Fever Days
Brownton’s Cabin Fever Days kicked off Friday
night with a mystery dinner, “Murder is Par for
the Course.” Above, the Sheriff (Keith Tongen)
lines up the suspects for interrogation by the
audience, including Macon Green (Jesse Messner),
Sandy Trapini (Mona Geier), Nemo Brandt
(John Sanken), Toten Klubs (Michael Selle),
Birdie Bigelow (Paula Schons) and Carrie
Bagshot (Shalon Werner).
The weekend’s events ended Sunday with a community
pancake breakfast hosted by the Brownton
Lions Club. Brenda Miller, above, attended to one
of the griddles.
A smoked pork chop meal was
served Friday night as part of the
mystery dinner theatre. Above,
Leone Kujas passes plates to
Karsten Nordby, left, and Ryan
Dahlman, right.
Caddie Toten Klubs (Michael
Selle) gives some clues as to who
may have murdered his boss, golf
pro Holin Wunn, during the mystery
dinner, “Murder is Par for the
Course.”
The Brownton Baseball Association hosted a bean
bag tournament Saturday in the Brownton Area
Civic Center gymnasium. Among the participants
were Jesse Messner, left, and Jeremiah Albrecht.
Other events during the weekend were kids’ activities
at the Brownton Public Library Saturday morning
and a concert by George’s Concertina Band at
the Brownton Community Center on Saturday afternoon.
Lost Highway, one of the Midwest’s premier
country rock bands, entertained a small, but
avid crowd Saturday evening in the Brownton
Area Civic Center gym. Proceeds for all of the
weekend’s events will be donated to the Civic
Center, which was transformed from the former
Brownton school building. Among area
organizations that assisted in the three-day
celebration were the Brownton Lions Club,
Brownton Women’s Club, Brownton Fire Department,
Brownton Baseball Association,
and Brownton Area Resources for Kids
(BARK).
Chronicle photos by Lori Copler & Trisha Karels