Jonathan Ceplecha drew on his military training to formulate a plan for survival. Author: Danny Spewak Updated: 10:16 PM CST January 5, 2021
REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. During his three decades in the United States Army, Jonathan Ceplecha learned how to rely on a “sitrep,” an abbreviated term for “situation report.”
Military service taught the 59-year-old that he can analyze any circumstance – no matter how dire – and formulate a solution.
Four months ago, on August 27, 2020, Ceplecha’s training helped save his life, when a routine landscaping exercise on his Redwood Falls property left him pinned under a tree. With nobody around to hear his screams for help, Ceplecha spent the next four days in pure survival mode, drinking rain water to quench his thirst and sipping from nearby plants to provide his body with nutrients.
In many ways, 2020 has been a year of change for the city of Jordan.
This year, students found ways to learn outside the classroom and welcomed a new superintendent, while Jordan residents elected a new mayor and leadership for the city.
Despite all the unknowns, Jordanites still found ways to embrace the traditions that make Jordan, Jordan.
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Jordan elementary, middle and high school students faced a new challenge in 2020 as distance learning became the norm in early March and again in late November. Courtesy Jordan Public Schools
As coronavirus case numbers spiked in early 2020, Gov. Tim Walz signed an order temporarily closing Minnesota schools.
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