Archive - Feb 2015

Amber Earl and Nathan Skarhus of Glencoe announce the arrival of a daughter, Elizabeth Rose-Mary Skarhus, born Jan. 29, 2015, at Glencoe Regional Health Services. She weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces, and was 21 inches long at birth. She joins a brother, Aaron Joseph-Alan Skarhus, age 2.
 

Oakley Clark, a freshman at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, was named to the fall semester dean’s list. He is the son of Jerry and LeAnn Clark of Glencoe.

South Central Electric Association on Feb. 6 presented Ray Eberhard of Glencoe with a $500 scholarship at its facility in St. James. The scholarship was established in memory of former South Center Electric meter foreman Daron Hunstad, who died in 2012. The scholarship was available to students attending the powerline technology program at Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Jackson. Eberhard is in his first year at the college. He grew up on a dairy farm near Glencoe, the son of Bob and Gloria Eberhard.

A motion to repeal the city of Stewart’s rental inspection ordinance failed on a 2-2 vote Monday night.
New Council Member Curt Glaeser made the motion after the City Council had a lengthy discussion with resident Keith Fredrickson over the ordinance.
Both Glaeser and Council Member Chuck Kruggel (who also took office in January) voted in favor of Glaeser’s motion, while council members Kevin Klucas and Jim Eitel voted against.

Former Chronicle sports editor Lee Ostrom used to tell me that once a person hits 50, “it’s all maintenance.” Which I think was just a nice way of saying “it’s all downhill from here.”
There comes a time in life when a person has a hard time recalling a memory, or wonders obsessively if they left on the iron, stove, oven, lights, forgot to turn down the thermostat, or feed the dog before leaving the house. Or wastes precious minutes looking for keys or a phone that were right where they belonged all along.