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GREENDALE, Wis. 鈥?Jennarose Murdaugh flips through the
stanley website pages of a scrapbook in her Greendale home. The newspaper clippings and photos tell the story of an Olympic rowing team winning gold at the 1936 Berlin Games. This is the race. They were first, but not by much, Jennarose said pointing to a grainy black and white photo. It s the same story told in the book The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown. It s now a movie directed by George Clooney and coming to theaters on Christmas Day. They didn t have any money, they didn t have an
stanley cup ything, Jennarose said about that 1936 team. But how does she know so much about those nine men Well, one was her father, Joe Rantz. When he got to the University of Washington, he tried out for the crew, because, well, crew was something that if you made it to the crew team, then you were provided an on-campus job for the year, that gave you the money for your tuition and room and board, Jennarose explained. It was the middle of the Great Depression, Jennarose said her father had been abandoned by his family, and he was trying to get an education. It s a story of perseverance she and her siblings always
stanley tumblers hoped would be told.The movie follows the team s journey to Berlin and why it was always more than just rowing that brought them together. It wasn t my dad that won the gold medal, it was the boat, the crew as a whole, Jennarose said of her father s mentality.Ironically, she said it wasn t the Olympic run her father hoped to be remembered Kbdq Officer lets K-9 maul suspect despite trooper s orders
UNION GROVE 鈥?The hardships of war can have long lasting effects on service men and women. Sometimes that effect is a driving desire to help others.A trailer in Union Grove is starting to fill up with clothes, coats, and shoes. The surrounding community has already filled it once before. It was fantastic, says Kurt Paskewic. He and his wife, Kris, own the trailer. I get chills just thinking about it, its unbelievable how people will try to help people that they dont even know because they know they just want a better life. Kurt and Kris sen
stanley water jug t that first trailer load up to Fort McCoy to help Afghan refugees. The couple saw lists o
stanley website f needed items and knew there were area community groups trying to gather donations.So the Paskewics decided to help coordinate, and offered up a 20-foot trailer from Kris business. Eight days and it was full, Kurt says. And people are still bringing things. I had one church group out of Salem that actually filled up half the trailer on their own. They had a drive at the church and then they brought it all here, adds Kris.For Kurt, gathering these donations has a special meaning. Hes an Air Force Master Sergeant and
stanley mugs worked with civilian contractors while serving in Afghanistan. They were just trying to make a better life for their family, he says. They had no choice to be born into where theyre at. But they had the opportunity now to try and make it better. Kurt and Kris know that Afghan men, women and families left under desperate circumstance
