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Published February 29, 2012, 12:00 AM

February 29th, 2012

Photos from the February 29th, 2012 edition of the Echo Press. Click here for more photos.


A team of brave souls from Massman Automation Designs in Villard took the plunge Sunday with gusto.



Photo by Amy Chaffins.

  • A team of brave souls from Massman Automation Designs in Villard took the plunge Sunday with gusto.<br /><br /><br /><br />Photo by Amy Chaffins.
  • Staff from Douglas County Hospital’s Emergency Room were decked out in their medical gear when they jumped into Lake Darling. The nurses' reactions lit up the crowd with laughter.<br /><br /><br /><br />Photo by Amy Chaffins.
  • A duplex on Kenwood Street in Alexandria went up in flames early this morning. (Contributed photo)
  • For the second time in three weeks, fire broke out at 823 Kenwood Street in Alexandria. The house was boarded up, no one was living there and, at this time, Alexandria Fire Chief Jeff Karrow called the fire “very suspicious in nature.”<br /><br /><br /><br />Contributed photo.
  • Those who took part in a 30-hour famine at Lake Community Church in Alexandria last weekend posed for a group photo.<br /><br /><br /><br />Photo by Al Edenloff.
  • Eric Morken, Echo Press<br /><br />Senior Whitney Gesell pressured the ball in Alexandria’s 1-3-1 press against the Otters’ Anna Monke (34) last Thursday night.
  • Douglas and Pope County 4-H members who competed in a national Avian Bowl included (left to right) Megen Way, Zoey Gustafson, Jared Sorenson and Jill Cihlar.<br /><br /><br /><br />Contributed photo.
  • The Osakis Senior Club held a Matchbox racing day in February.<br /><br /><br /><br />Photo by Lowell Anderson.
  • Matthew Bittmann (left) and Jack Wieberdink (right) competed in the Regional Spelling Bee on February 21 in Fergus Falls. Bittmann finished in 3rd place and will advance to the state spelling bee on March 1.<br /><br /><br /><br />Contributed photo.
  • The 7th and 8th grade math team from Discovery Middle School in Alexandria (above) finished its season in 2nd place. The top individual scorers were Matthew Bittmann and Jake Wheeler (pictured to left). All team members are listed in the article.
  • The 9th grade math team also finished its season in 2nd place. Team members include (left to right) Halley Score, Eric Branch, Tyler Kay, Kyle Pietrowski, Carl Branch and Cody Weisel (pictured at bottom left of page). Eric Branch finished the season in the West Central Division in 5th place, Carl Branch was 7th and Weisel was 8th.
  • The students pictured will join numerous other piano students at a Winners’ Recital at Calvary Lutheran Church in Alexandria this Sunday, March 4 at 6:30 p.m.<br /><br /><br /><br />Contributed photo.