Last Place Hero to play at First Avenue

After only being together for two years these young Hastings men are beginning to make some waves in music. Joe Rowan, Dan Rowan, Zack Klimek, and Nate Hicks are the players of our favorite local alternative rock band "Last Place Hero". Last Place Hero has recently announced they will be gearing up to play at the infamous First Avenue in Minneapolis in December.

If you haven't seen Last Place Hero, now is the time to hop in the car and make a quick trip to First Avenue in Minneapolis this December and catch their high energy show. The show is a nice mixture of their favorite cover music and original songs. It's Last Place Hero's original music that really gets the crowd on their feet and waving the cell phones.

As a side note to any Hastings English teacher that happens to go to these former students myspace site; the old adage of "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink" does come to mind.

To the lads, I love your music, but, rhythm doesn't have an "e" and double check your spelling on Minneapolis. I close my eyes after that :) .

Click on the myspace link below and hear some seriously good music and discover a bit of the flavor of my favorite band Last Place Hero: you will be glad you did.

YMCA & Youth First, Hastings Halloween Party

Youth First and the Hastings YMCA have teamed up this year to put on a Halloween Party! By combining the events they will be able to provide more activities, prizes and fun for all.

The event will be from 5PM to 8 p.m. Friday, October 26th in the Hastings Middle School so bring the family and share in the Halloween activities, food, and of course candy!

This is a non-profit event and is free for all those who attend, so please bring a donation for the local food shelf. If you would like to volunteer or give a donation for the event call Jake at the YMCA, or Ann at Youth First, (651) 480-6175.

New Coborn's Opens!

Great News for the people on the south side of Hastings. The much anticipated Coborn's Superstore has opened! Besides the grocery store, Coborn's will have a liquor store and gas station. So far many of the clients of the store have been impressed with the store.

If you have the chance please stop in and give them a warm welcome to Hastings!

Hastings National Karate goes to The Diamonds!

The 30th annual Diamond Nationals World Karate Championships were held in St. Paul, MN on October 12-13th. To those of you not familiar with Diamond Nationals, it is a world tournament open to all karate schools and is considered to be the premier karate tournament in the nation.

The Hastings students ranging in ages from five years to sixty+ competed against the nation's best in areas of traditional form, sparring, and weapons. The Hastings National Karate School has consistently had one of the highest number of student participation rates in this tournament with their students earning an extraordinary amount of the top awards as well. As you can see from the picture above, they are carrying on that strong tradition.

Congratulations to all the students, parents, and instructors for participating and putting on some incredible performances throughout the day. All your hard work and efforts deserve a big round of applause.

If you would like to learn more about the school go to: Hastings National Karate .