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The painting is titled “Freedom From Want”, a Norman Rockwell masterpiece that depicts a family gathered around a table in anticipation of a delicious Thanksgiving feast. In the picture, a man who is assumed to be the “Grandpa” stands at the head of the table. A large carving knife rests alongside his plate as he eagerly watches his wife present a turkey set on a silver platter and baked to perfection. In a moment, he will begin carving off slivers of tender, steaming turkey meat that will be served to each hungry family member.

At a special Glencoe City Council meeting on Monday, Nov. 28, Council awarded the bid for the airport terminal project to Ebert Construction at a cost of $1,050,182.69. That is well over the engineer’s estimate of $694,296.
Councilmember Allen Robeck voiced concerns and asked about any potential savings and asked if the contractor was willing to negotiate. Adinda Van Espen, Airport Engineer for SEH, stated that they may be willing to negotiate, but that the city needed the bids to move forward with the grant application.

During the November 14, council workshop the Glencoe City Council had discussion on the occupancy ordinance update, an update on the bituminous patch paving and discussion on the possibility of a dog park in town.

Jeff Monahan
Head Coach of
Girls Basketball

Tell us a little about yourself.
I have been coaching at GSL since 2012 and coached JV for 4 years. I applied for varsity in 2016 and have been the head coach since.

What inspired you to become a Head Coach?
You know I applied for the JV job in 2012 and was hoping to be on Zach Otto Fischer’s staff for years as the JV coach. Learning from Zach and being around his program for 4 years, and when he moved onto college. I thought it was the right fit and time to apply, and having 4 girls in the program helped that decision.

The Borg’s found their passion through helping others. This passion started with in-home adult care in 2009 and has grown to include the new adult day center Touch of Gray in October of 2022.
Sonya Borg is a local Glencoe graduate and Allan is a graduate of Chaska High School. The two met when they both were managers at McDonald’s in Norwood Young America. Allan worked as a part of the McDonald’s team for 18 years, but found it was not for him. Allen stated that he “prayed ‘God lead me to where I should be, I’m not in charge, you are’”.