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ENTERPRISE
Serving the Communities of Arlington and Green Isle, Minnesota
www.arlingtonmnnews.com Volume 131 • Number 26 • Thursday, January 8, 2015 • Arlington, MN 55307
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Editor’s Note: The following article is a summary of
the major news stories in the Arlington and Green Isle
area during the final six months of 2014. The first six
months were featured in last week’s edition of the Ar-
lington Enterprise.
JULY
The Arlington City Council unanimously approved a
motion to hire Kirby Weckworth as the new mainte-
nance worker for the City of Arlington.
The Arlington City Council heard a summary of
the flood debriefing meeting as presented by City
Engineer Jason Femrite from Bolton & Menk, Inc.
The interior of the Arlington Community Center re-
ceived a facelift.
A reconstruction project of County Road 166 lead-
ing out to the Arlington Sportsmen’s Park was well
underway.
Green Isle area farmers worked to resolve drainage is-
sues because the natural flow of ditch water through the
culvert along Highway 25 had been restricted.
An informational public meeting was held to dis-
cuss the future of the Green Isle Post Office. It was
later announced that the Green Isle Post Office
would provide six hours of window service each
weekday.
Arlington Mayor Jim Kreft informed the Arlington
Enterprise that he would not seek re-election for a third
term.
The track at the Sibley East Athletic Complex was
resurfaced by Athletic Surface Construction, Coon
Rapids, at a cost of approximately $49,000.
The first stage of a two-year full reconstruction proj-
ect of Highway 19 and 22 was well underway in Gay-
lord.
Four new lights were installed by Kunkel Electric,
Mapleton, at the Sibley East Athletic Complex in Ar-
lington. The new football/track lights replaced the
old lights which were approximately 40 years old.
The filing period for open seats on the Arlington City
Council, Green Isle City Council, Sibley East School
Board and various townships opened.
AUGUST
Courtney Eibs, Henderson, was crowned as the 2014-
2015 Miss Sibley County during coronation ceremonies
at the Sibley County Fair in Arlington.
The Arlington Historical Society (AHS) presented
a historical plaque commemorating the 125th an-
niversary since the founding of Thomes Brothers in
downtown Arlington.
Races developed for the Arlington City Council and
Sibley East School Board.
The Green Isle Irish baseball team placed second
in the Region 7C Baseball Tournament and earned a
berth in the upcoming Minnesota State Class C Am-
ateur Baseball Tournament.
In the primary race for First District County Commis-
sioner, Bobbie V. Harder received 125 votes while
Matthew J. McConnell netted 120 votes. Incumbent Jim
Nytes received 118 votes. Nytes later requested and lost
a recount by just one vote.
The Sibley East School Board voted 5-0 and adopt-
ed a resolution relating to the issuance of school
building bonds not to exceed $43,045,000 for the con-
struction of new elementary school in Gaylord and
renovation/additions of a high school/middle school
in Arlington and calling a special election on Tues-
day, Nov. 4.
Nine new teachers gathered for an orientation at the
Sibley East Public Schools in Arlington.
The new LED electronic sign and accompanying
panels were completed at the Arlington Community
Center.
The Green Isle Irish baseball team posted a 3-1 record
in the state tournament and finished the season with a
34-6 record overall.
SEPTEMBER
A ceremony to celebrate the 125th anniversary of
Thomes Bros. in downtown Arlington was held on Fri-
day afternoon, Sept. 5. The event, sponsored by the Ar-
lington Historical Society (AHS), drew a crowd of over
100 people, including 21 former Thomes Bros. employ-
ees. The ceremony included a brief history of Thomes
Bros. by AHS Secretary Dwight Grabitske, recognition
presentations, and comments from co-owners Dick
Thomes and his son, Brian Thomes, and former owner
Joe Thomes. A bronze plaque was also unveiled honor-
ing Thomes Bros. on its 125 years and the five genera-
tions that have served the Arlington area.
A tribute to the U.S.S. Sibley was permanently dis-
played and featured in the west entrance hallway of
the Sibley County Courthouse in Gaylord.
Informational meetings for the proposed $43.045 mil-
lion Sibley East bond referendum were set.
Construction continued on the bridge that crosses
the High Island Creek near the Arlington Sports-
men’s Park. The County Road 166 bridge adjacent
to the compost site was nearly complete.
Year-In-Review
Continued on page 7
Year-In-Review
Enterprise photo by Kurt Menk
Members of the Arlington City Council posed for a group pic-
tures minutes before their orientation meeting on Monday
night, Jan. 5. Front Row: (left to right) City Administrator Liza
Donabauer, Mayor Rich Nagel, City Council member Jennifer
Nuesse and City Council member Michelle Battcher. Back Row:
(l to r) City Council member Jim Heiland, City Council member
James Jaszewski, City Council member Galen Wills and City
Attorney Ross Arneson.
By Kurt Menk
Editor
A new era began for the Ar-
lington City Council during
its regular meeting on Mon-
day night, Jan. 5.
With their family members
in attendance, Mayor Rich
Nagel and City Council mem-
bers Michelle Battcher and
Jim Heiland took their re-
spective oaths of office. Each
official will serve a four-year
term on the City Council.
The three new officials
joined veteran City Council
members James Jaszewski
and Jennifer Nuesse at the
first meeting of the new year.
The City Council unani-
mously adopted a resolution
to appoint Liza Donabauer as
the city administrator. In the
same move, the City Council
approved her contract. Her
annual salary, excluding ben-
efits, is $68,850.
The City Council unani-
mously and separately adopt-
ed resolutions to designate
the Arlington Enterprise as
the official newspaper and the
Arlington State Bank as the
official depository.
The City Council also
unanimously adopted a reso-
lution to ratify the mayoral
appointments and commit-
tees.
The following City Council
members and local residents
were appointed to the follow-
ing committees:
Appointees To
Municipal Offices
Vice Mayor: Jim Heiland
City Attorney: Ross Arne-
son
Health Officer: Represen-
tative from Sibley County
Public Health
Emergency Management
Director: Tim Haggenmiller
Delegates To
Extra Municipal Agen-
cies
Minnesota Municipal
Utility Association (MMUA)
Delegates: Jim Heiland and
Liza Donabauer
Minnesota Municipal
Power Association (MMPA)
Delegates: Liza Donabauer
and Lisa Tesch
Cable Commission Dele-
gates: Galen Wills and Bruce
Hanneman
A-GI Wastewater Board
Delegates: Jim Heiland, Jen-
nifer Nuesse and People
Service representative
Prairie Line Trail Com-
mittee Delegate: James
Jaszewski
Sibley County Library
Board Representative: Jean
Olson
Minnesota Valley Region-
al Rail Coalition (MVRRC)
Delegate: Liza Donabauer
Sibley County Economic
Development Corporation
(SEDCO): Dick Thomes
Sibley Medical Center
Foundation (SMC): James
Jaszewski
Council
Committees
Employee Relations Com-
mittee: Michelle Battcher
and Jennifer Nuesse
Finance Committee:
Michelle Battcher and James
Jaszewski
Public Buildings Commit-
tee: Jennifer Nuesse and
James Jaszewski
Streets Committee: Jim
Heiland and Galen Wills
Utilities Committee: Jim
Heiland and Galen Wills
Police Committee: Galen
Wills and Michelle Battcher
Miscellaneous
Committee
Firefighter Relief Com-
mittee: Rich Nagel, Liza
Donabauer and John Zaske
Ambulance Department
Committee: James Jaszews-
ki, Michelle Battcher, Liza
Donabauer, Kevin Sullivan,
Bob Lueth and Todd Sand-
berg
Fire Department Com-
mittee: Galen Wills, Jim Hei-
land and Fire Department Of-
ficer Corporation
Citizen
Committees
Cemetery Committee:
Liza Donabauer, Tony Voigt,
Jennifer Nuesse, Lindsey
Drexler, Lyle Rud, Dennis
Van Moorlehem, Laura
Kloeckl and Wendy Weck-
worth.
Economic Development
Authority: Cynthia Smith-
Strack, Michelle Battcher,
Jennifer Nuesse, Dick
Thomes, Tim Kloeckl, Dean
Bergersen, Larry Sorenson
and Tom Hatlestad.
Community Center Com-
mittee: Liza Donabauer,
Annie Shotliff, Tony Voigt,
Jennifer Nuesse, Bekah
Lundstrom, Julie Warweg,
Deb Brinkman, Tim Haggen-
miller, Amanda Feterl and
Kurt Menk.
Library Committee:
Kathy Homme, Galen Wills,
Sue Morrisette, Dee Czech,
Jean Olson, Pauline Wie-
mann, Lee Zwart and Krista
Kube
Park Committee: Tony
Voigt, James Jaszewski, Alan
Ihrke, Robert Thomes, Jim
Pederson, Gary Hultgren,
Karan Pichelmann and Jerry
Ebersviller
Planning & Zoning Com-
mittee: Cynthia Smith-
Strack, Michelle Battcher,
Janet Deno, Jim Carlson,
Dwight Grabitske, Mark
Pauly, Bob Pichelmann and
one vacant position.
Shade Tree Committee:
Liza Donabauer, Tony Voigt,
Rich Nagel, Jeff Pinske and
two vacant positions.
Task Forces &
Commissions
Arlington Historical Soci-
ety: Curt Boeder, Greg Gob-
lirsch, Pauline Wiemann,
Dwight Grabitske, Ramona
Bade, Mike Noack and Ann-
marie Trocke.
New era begins for Arlington City Council
By Kurt Menk
Editor
There were a pair of 3-2
votes as the Arlington City
Council held its first regular
meeting of the new year on
Monday night, Jan. 5.
The City Council first dis-
cussed a proposed amend-
ment to Ordinance 295 which
regulates the possession, sale
and consumption of intoxicat-
ing and 3. 2 percent malt
liquor within the City of Ar-
lington. The proposed amend-
ment included a move to de-
crease the seating capacity for
a Sunday liquor license and
change the hours of sale.
The discussion centered
around the changing hours of
sale. Under the current ordi-
nance, last call at a liquor es-
tablishment is before 2 a.m.
and patrons must leave the
premises by 2 a.m. In addi-
tions, employees must leave
the premises by 3 a.m. Ac-
cording to City Attorney Ross
Arneson, the current ordi-
nance does not allow for a
transition period between last
call and when patrons have to
leave the premises.
City Council member
Galen Wills made a motion to
have last call at 1:30 a.m. and
patrons out of the bar at 2
a.m. In addition, employees
would have to leave the
premises by 3 a. m. City
Council member Jennifer
Nuesse seconded the motion.
The motion failed by a 3-2
vote. Wills and Nuesse voted
in favor of the motion while
City Council members
Michelle Battcher, Jim Hei-
land and James Jaszewski
voted against the motion.
Battcher then made a mo-
tion to establish last call at
1:45 a.m., patrons out the
door at 2 a.m. and employees
off the premises at 3 a.m. The
second was made by Heiland.
That motion passed by a 3-
2 margin. Battcher, Heiland
and Jaszewski voted in favor
of the motion while Nuesse
and Wills voted against the
motion.
Since it was a minor
change to the ordinance, the
action taken was considered
as a first reading of Ordi-
nance 295. The second read-
ing of the ordinance will be
held at the next regular meet-
ing at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan.
20.
In other action, the City
Council unanimously ap-
proved a motion to approve
the $22,501 payment to Un-
derground Technologies of
Minnesota for televising the
City of Green Isle via the Ar-
lington-Green Isle Sewer
Fund.
City Administrator Liza
Donabauer announced that
the meeting with the town-
ships and the City of Green
Isle for fire and ambulance
coverage will be held at 7
p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29.
In another matter, Don-
abauer announced the presen-
tation of the annual Darwin
Mathwig Community Service
Award will be held at the Ar-
lington Firefighters Dance on
Saturday night, Jan. 31.
The City Council, in anoth-
er move, unanimously ap-
proved a motion to approve
the 2014 audit services agree-
ment with Abdo, Eick &
Meyers.
In addition, Donabauer an-
nounced that the leadership
conference for experienced
and newly elected officials
will be held in Mankato on
Friday, Jan. 23 and Saturday,
Jan. 24 and in Brooklyn Cen-
ter on Friday, Jan. 30 and Sat-
urday, Jan. 31.
Arlington City Council has a pair of 3-2 votes
News Briefs
Birth Announcement
Local officials are honored
The Arlington City Council, during its regular meet-
ing on Monday night, Jan. 5, unanimously separately
adopted resolutions to recognize former Mayor Jim
Kreft and former City Council members Curt Reetz and
Jason Ruehling for their years of service to the citizens
of Arlington.
Kreft, who did not seek re-election, served a pair of
four-year terms as mayor.
Reetz, who did not seek re-election, was either a city
employee or City Council member for the last approxi-
mately 30 years.
Ruehling, who did not seek re-election either, served
a four-year term.
Council accepts resignations
The Arlington City Council, at its regular meeting on
Monday evening, Jan. 5, separately approved motions to
accept the resignations of San Juanita Ramos, Cathy
Spicer and Eddie Aranda from their positions as part-
time Community Center attendants.
Sibley County lottery winners
Two Sibley County residents were recent big winners
of the Minnesota Lottery.
Dustin Hamilton, Gaylord, won $20,000 by playing
the Lottery’s Season's Gold scratch game. Hamilton
claimed the prize on Friday, Dec. 26, 2014. The winning
ticket was purchased at Casey’s General Store in
Mankato.
Sharlene Anderson, Winthrop, won $10,000 by play-
ing the Lottery’s Silver Bells scratch game. Anderson
claimed the prize on Friday, Dec. 26, 2014. The winning
ticket was purchased at Kwik Trip in Apple Valley.
Chamber to meet next Monday
The Arlington Area Chamber of Commerce will hold
its regular monthly meeting at the Emergency Services
Building at noon Monday, Jan. 12, according to Cham-
ber President Kevin Lindstrand.
A vice president is still needed for 2015. This individ-
ual would move up and serve as president in 2016.
A co-chairperson is also needed for the 2015 Arli-
Dazzle festivities. Lyle Rud is one of the co-chairper-
sons.
For more information on either position or to indicate
interest, please contact Todd Sandberg at 307-251-6396,
Kevin Lindstrand at 507-964-5868 or Kim Schneider at
507-964-2809.
City Council accepts donation
The Arlington City Council, during its regular meet-
ing on Monday night, Jan. 5, unanimously adopted a
resolution to accept a $200 donation from Melsha Con-
struction, Arlington, to be used toward improvements to
the Dan “Buck” Thomes Field at the Arlington Sports-
men’s Park.
Gruenhagen sworn in
State Representative Glenn Gruenhagen, R-Glencoe,
was officially sworn in for his third term as the legisla-
ture began the 2015 session in St. Paul on Tuesday, Jan.
6. The swearing-in ceremony took place in the House
chamber, and members took the oath of office adminis-
tered by Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
Lori Gildea. Gruenhagen will continue representing
District 18B which includes portions of Sibley County
and portions of McLeod County.
“Constituents can continue to count on me to fight for
smaller government, family values, and lower taxes,”
Gruenhagen said. “Minnesotans chose to bring balance
to the legislature, and now have a Republican House
that will put a stop to runaway taxes and spending, and
focus on the priorities Minnesotans care about.”
Gruenhagen, who was first elected in 2010, will serve
on the Agriculture Finance Committee, the Civil Law
and Data Practices Committee, the Health and Human
Services Finance Committee, and the Higher Education
Policy and Finance Committee.
Paul and Melissa Rosen-
feld, Arlington, announce the
birth of their daughter, Elise
Claire Rosenfeld, who was
born at the Ridgeview Med-
ical Center, Waconia at 6:22
p.m. Thursday, Jan. 1.
Elise weighed seven
pounds, 10 ounces and meas-
ured 19 inches. She was wel-
comed home by siblings,
Rylie and Gannon.
The grandparents are Bren-
da and the late Orlin Rosen-
feld, and Greg & Kathy
Homme.
The great grandparents are
Chuck and Kay Homme,
Graceville, and Dennis and
Helen Kittock, Arlington.
Enterprise photo by Kurt Menk
Living Mayors
The five living mayors who have represented the City of Arling-
ton over the past five decades gathered for a picture at the
Community Center on Monday night, Jan. 5. Left to right:
Arden Kreft (1970-1993), Dick Thomes (1994-1998), Dave
Czech (1999-2006), Jim Kreft (2007-2015) and Rich Nagel
(present mayor).
By Julie Sievert
Agriculture Educator
U of M Extension
Sibley County
Has your farm been in your
family for at least 100 years?
Are you planning to apply for
Century Farm status? Appli-
cations for the 2015 Century
Farm Recognition Program
have recently been released.
Contrary to what some may
believe, the Century Farm
Program is not a program
through the University of
Minnesota or University of
Minnesota Extension. The
program is co-sponsored by
the Minnesota State Fair and
the Minnesota Farm Bureau.
If your farm has been in your
family’s ownership for 100
years or more, you can apply
to be recognized as a Min-
nesota Century Farm.
To apply for Century Farm
status, the farm must be at
least 100 years old in 2015
according to the abstract of
title, land patent, original
deed, county land records or
other authentic land records.
The applicant’s family must
have owned the farm for 100
years or more. For purposes
of the program, “Family” is
defined as parents, grandpar-
ents, aunts/uncles, siblings,
children, first cousins, and di-
rect in-laws (father, mother,
brother, sister, daughter, son).
While continuous family
ownership of the farm is re-
quired, continuous residence
on the farm is not. The farm
should consist of a minimum
of 50 acres and must current-
ly be involved in agricultural
production.
Century Farm status is only
conferred to a farm once, so
if a new family member takes
over the farm, they cannot
submit a new application for
century farm status. Applica-
tions can be found online on
the Minnesota State Fair
website at: http://www.mn-
statefair.org/general_info/rec
ognition. html or can be
picked up at the Sibley Coun-
ty Extension Office. The
deadline to apply is April 3.
Recipients of Century Farm
Status in Sibley County will
be honored at a ceremony at
the Sibley County Fair on
Sunday, Aug. 2.
Applications available for Century Farm status
Arlington Enterprise, Thursday, January 8, 2015, page 2
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Arlington Public Library League
Planning Meeting
Monday, January 12, 2015
6:30 p.m.
Arlington Public Library
We will be meeting to plan programming
and activities for 2015. Your ideas and
input would be greatly appreciated.
Any questions, please
call 507-964-2766
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Henderson Baseball Association
Tenth Annual
Dinner/Comedy Show
Saturday,
Jan. 10
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Henderson RoadHaus
Event Center
featuring Fancy Ray McCloney
Dinner 6:30 p.m.
Comedy Show 8 p.m.
***Silent Auction starts at 3 p.m.***
Proceeds go to Henderson Baseball
Association and Hilltop Park
Tickets available @ Henderson RoadHaus,
Evolution Shirts and Bender Hardware.
For more information call 612-756-4069.
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Chili & Soup Feed
Sunday, January 11, 2015
11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Arlington Community Center
$
6.00
Dessert and Beverage Included
3 yr and under free
Proceeds go to Local Club Scouting Programs.
Sponsored by the Arlington Lions Club.
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Annual
Fish Boil
Knights of Columbus
St. Arthur’s Council #10172
Arlington Community Center – Arlington
Friday, January 16, 2015
4:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
*Benefits the Chad Johnson Fire Relief Fund.
Tickets available at Brau Motors, Lensing Insurance,
Thomes Brothers Hardware, Y-Not Plumbing and Heating
Donation –
$
10.00 (In Advance)
$
11.00 (At Door)
Children Over 6 –
$
5.00; Children Under 6 – FREE
– ALL YOU CAN EAT! –
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Sunday, January 11: Arlington Conqueror’s
4-H Club, senior citizen’s building at Four Sea-
sons Park, 5 p.m., Clover Buds meet at 4 p.m.
Monday, January 12: Arlington Chamber of
Commerce, noon meeting.
Arlington Township Board, Arlington Com-
munity Center, 7:30 p.m.
Arlington VFW Post 6031 Auxiliary, veteran’s
building at fairgrounds, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, January 13: American Legion
Post #250, veteran’s building at fairgrounds, 7
p.m.
Wednesday, January 14: The Minnesota
River Area Agency on Aging trained health in-
surance counselors are available from 10:30-
11:30 a.m. at the Ridgeview Sibley Medical
Center in Arlington. To schedule help at a dif-
ferent time or location, contact the Senior
Linkage Line at 800-333-2433.
Arl i ngton A’s Basebal l Board, Arl i ngton
Haus, 7 p.m.
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Ridgeview Sibley Medical
Center is pleased to announce
that Charles J. Snow, MD, a
board-certified obstetrician
and gynecologist, Western
OB/GYN, A Division of
Ridgeview Clinics, will begin
seeing patients in Arlington
in January. He also sees pa-
tients at the Western
OB/GYN clinic locations in
Waconia and Chaska.
Dr. Snow’s medical special
interests include contracep-
tion, infertility, gynecological
surgery, and general and
high-risk obstetrics.
He is a graduate of the F.
Edward Hébert School of
Medicine at the Uniformed
Services University of the
Health Sciences, in Bethesda,
Maryland. He completed an
internship in OB/GYN at
Keesler Medical Center, in
Biloxi, Mississippi, and a res-
idency in OB/GYN at the
University of Minnesota. Dr.
Snow was the director of the
OB Simulation Center at
RAF Lakenheath, United
Kingdom, and medical direc-
tor of the Women’s Health
Clinic at Offutt AFB in Ne-
braska.
For more information
about Dr. Snow or to request
an appointment, visit
www.sibleymedical.org or
call 952-442-2137.
About Ridgeview
Sibley Medical Center
Located in Arlington,
Ridgeview Sibley Medical
Center is a critical access
hospital—providing urgent
care, general surgery, and
24/7 hospital and emergency
services to residents of Sibley
County and the surrounding
area. It is part of the
Ridgeview Medical Center
network, which also includes
a hospital in Waconia, a mul-
titude of primary and special-
ty care clinics, emergency
services and specialty pro-
grams, and Two Twelve Med-
ical Center in Chaska. For
more information about
Ridgeview Sibley Medical
Center, visit www.sibleymed-
ical.org.
Dr. Charles Snow, Western OB/GYN, to see
patients at Ridgeview Sibley Medical Center
Dr. Charles Snow
By Kurt Menk
Editor
One hundred fourteen units
of blood were collected dur-
ing the American Red Cross
Blood Drive at the Arlington
Community Center on Tues-
day, Dec. 30, 2014, according
to Karan Pichelmann.
“Thanks to all of the
donors,” said Pichelmann.
The goal was overwhelming-
ly reached. The Red Cross
also donated long-sleeve t-
shirts to all donors.”
First time donors were
Nick Thies, Brian Thies and
Jim Dieball. Mike Bergs re-
ceived a one-gallon pin while
Lorraine Neubarth netted a
four-gallon pin. Elvera Win-
ter received a five-gallon pin
while Ellerd Mathwig netted
a 12-gallon pin.
The Red Cross donated
snacks and juices. Hot turkey
sandwiches, chips and bars
were served to all donors.
Locher Brothers, Green Isle,
furnished the beverages.
“Thanks to everyone who
also came to help set up,
serve the luncheon and
brought in food,” said Pichel-
mann. “It was greatly appre-
ciated.”
The next blood drive is
scheduled for 12:30 p.m.to
6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10.
Nearly 115 units collected
during recent blood drive
in Arlington last Tuesday
The Sibley County Fair in
Arlington was presented one
of six Seeding Change grants
during the 124th Annual In-
ternational Association of
Fairs and Expositions (IAFE)
Convention.
The Seeding Change cam-
paign was an industry-wide
effort to highlight how mem-
ber organizations are posi-
tively impacting the commu-
nities in which they live and
work.
The IAFE International
Convention Program Com-
mittee judged more than 50
entries, ranging from commu-
nity gardens to charitable
fundraising efforts and more,
with winners selected among
each fair size category and
associates. For submitting a
winning entry, the fair has
won a $1,000 grant, courtesy
of ETIX.
The Sibley County Fair
partnered with numerous
local groups to hold a world-
class bull-riding event to
raise funds for Jared Allen's
Homes for Wounded Warriors
organization, which builds
homes for soldiers who have
been injured in combat. The
fair was able to write a check
for $18,000 to the organiza-
tion and U.S. Marine veteran
Colin Faust was able to re-
ceive assistance toward his
new home.
The International Associa-
tion of Fairs and Expositions
(IAFE), based in Springfield,
Mo., is a voluntary, nonprofit
corporation, serving state,
provincial, regional, and
county agricultural fairs,
shows, exhibitions, and expo-
sitions. Its associate members
include state and provincial
associations of fairs, non-
agricultural expositions and
festivals, associations, corpo-
rations, and individuals en-
gaged in providing products
and services to its members,
all of whom are interested in
the improvement of fairs,
shows, expositions, and allied
fields.
Sibley County Fair is selected as
a seeding change grant winner
Submitted Photo
Sibley County Fair Board members Dennis Van Moorlehem,
left, and Barb Bening, second from left, posed for a picture at
the check presentation. Van Moorlehem and Bening are also
members of the Minnesota Federation of County Fairs.
By Kurt Menk
Editor
The Arlington and
Green Isle area, along with
the rest of Minnesota, was
hit by a deep freeze and a
little snow earlier this
week.
The area received about
one inch of snow late
Monday afternoon through
late Monday evening, Jan.
5. The temperatures also
dropped into single digits
below zero by Tuesday
morning, Jan. 6. The wind
chill, at the same time,
also dropped to between
20 and 30 below zero.
Schools in the Sibley
East School District had a
two-hour late start as the
wind chill continued to
drop to 25 to 35 below
zero on Wednesday morn-
ing, Jan. 7.
The temperatures are
forecast to climb to 10 de-
grees above zero with an-
other quick bout of light
snow by Thursday after-
noon, Jan. 8.
Deep freeze hits area
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Letters To The Editor
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By Kurt Menk
Editor
This page is always dedicated to letters to the editor, guest columns and
editorials, but I wanted to take some time this week to share a few amusing
stories about my very close friend, Tom Noack, who recently passed away.
I was very fortunate to be Mr. Noack’s closest friend for nearly 30 years.
We enjoyed many fun times together, especially as coaches for the Sibley
East junior high girls basketball program for nearly a decade.
Mr. Noack was a character and known for his one liners. He once told a
girl that she “played defense like a rock.” When a parent asked about the
progress of her daughter on the basketball court, Mr. Noack responded that
the girl was working hard and improving a lot, but “was still a little klutzy
like a baby deer.” After a player had forgotten the play on offense and was
running back on defense, Mr. Noack said loud enough for her to hear, “Oh,
so you don’t know the plays, huh? That’s okay. It’s only the last game of the
season.” When a player was defending her opponent too far out from the
basket on the weak side of the halfcourt, Mr. Noack shouted out, “Get back
in Sibley County!” One time when he noticed a player standing around and
playing lazy defense in practice, Mr. Noack shouted, “What are you doing
down there? Relaxing and having a beer?” When an opposing player was
standing in the lane too long, Mr. Noack would shout out to the referee,
“She’s growing roots in there!” or “How many seconds - one, two, three...”
A couple of years ago, Mr. Noack was coaching his seventh grade team in
the conference tournament and his Lady Wolverines were playing poorly. To
make matters worse, the opponent was playing over their head and seemed
to get every break. When an opposing player spun around, fired up a prayer
and hit a 15-foot bank shot, Mr. Noack looked up to the ceiling like it was
the heavens and muttered, “Just nail me to the cross!”
A favorite story is the time when the seventh graders were scrimmaging
the eighth graders. Mr. Noack’s team was working on an isolation play and
he wanted to try it out against my eighth grade team. The play was very
simple. The point guard passed the ball to a wing and the rest of the players
cleared out. The wing would then drive hard to the basket. The first attempt
did not work out well as one player apparently didn’t get the memo and for-
got to clear out. The end result was a train wreck in the middle of the lane.
Mr. Noack became very upset. He blew his whistle and hollered to the girl
who had forgotten her assignment, “What are you doing down there?” I was
standing out of bounds along the baseline and started to giggle. To avoid
any further laughter, I put my whistle in my mouth and bit down on it hard.
I was praying that the girl would not answer and just let Mr. Noack continue
to rant. Then it happened. The girl threw her arms up in the air and replied,
“I don’t know what I’m doing down here.” To which Mr. Noack replied, “I
don’t know what you’re doing down there either, but you just screwed up
the whole play.” Well, it didn’t take long and the waterworks started. The
girl started to cry and Mr. Noack felt terrible. A few minutes later, the girl
was standing alongside Mr. Noack at halfcourt and he leaned over, gently
elbowed her in the shoulder and said, “Hang in there.”
Mr. Noack, who was known for using milk 10 days past its expiration
date while cooking, would often times tell me at practice about his supper
from the previous night. On one occasion, Mr. Noack said he ate a bunch of
leftovers and an entire ring of bologna. The bologna, he said, had been in
the refrigerator a long time and didn’t look very good. “A little bit of it was
green, but I just boiled the hell of it,” Mr. Noack said. “It must have been
okay. I didn’t get the squirts or anything.” It was classic Tom Noack.
Another classic occurred one season during the year-end pizza party at
the swimming pool. Mr. Noack and I were serving pizza and I was also
handing out bottles of pop to my eighth graders. One seventh grader asked
Mr. Noack for a pop and he replied, “Look, I’m nice enough to buy pizza.
It’s your responsibility to buy your own pop.” The girl snapped her head
around, looked at Mr. Noack and said, “Whaaaaat? Pizza, no pop?” This in-
furiated Mr. Noack. He looked at the girl and replied, “Oh, so you want all
of my money.” With that, he reached into his back pocket, took out his wal-
let, grabbed a fist full of money and threw it up in the air. It was suddenly
raining greenbacks on the deck of the swimming pool. We didn’t have a sin-
gle player dive for a loose ball all season, but suddenly there were girls div-
ing for greenbacks all over the pool deck. Mr. Noack was really fired up.
We sat down and eventually a couple of girls had collected all of the money
and gave it back to Mr. Noack. The entire seventh grade team then left the
swimming pool and, a few minutes later, returned with three bags of pres-
ents for their coach. They would sometimes push him to his limit, but in the
end they loved Mr. Noack.
An all time classic was the smoke ‘em if you’ve got ‘em story. One day
at practice, Mr. Noack commented that his family was cleaning out his
mother’s house and they had found a few cartons of her old cigarettes. Mr.
Noack looked at me, shrugged his shoulders and said, “Well, you can’t
throw them away.” So Mr. Noack took up smoking. He would often give me
an update on his progress at practice too. His daily habit was to smoke one
cigarette on his drive from Arlington to school in Gaylord during the morn-
ing. He also would smoke one in his car on his drive home after practice.
Depending on his mood, he would smoke a few more at night. A few
months later, Mr. Noack arrived at practice one day and announced that he
had smoked the last cigarette. “The last pack was really dry, but I smoked it
anyway,” he proudly stated. With that, Mr. Noack quit smoking - cold
turkey! It was vintage Tom Noack!
Mr. Noack was always a fixture at our annual Menk Family Basketball
Tournament in St. Peter each winter. He would walk into the gym wearing
his famous black framed, athletic glasses from the 1970s. Much to the de-
light of my nieces and nephews and their friends, he was known for his fa-
mous “Noack no look pass” which was always intercepted by an opposing
player and taken the other way for two points. He was also good for one off
balanced bank shot a year that would come out of his hands like a skud mis-
sile and nearly break the backboard.
If Mr. Noack were alive and saw this tribute in the newspaper, he would
be irate. He didn’t mind my humorous stories about him being told amongst
friends in a small group. In fact, he enjoyed them. However, he didn’t like
to be in the public limelight. A very private and spiritual man, he was a sim-
ple and humble person who would rather be behind the scenes. Mr. Noack
was a throwback to generations before him where people looked out for oth-
ers first rather than themselves. He always tried to do the right thing and if
he gave you his word, you could take it to the bank. Many people will never
realize the countless contributions and donations he made in the community
and school district over the years because they were always done anony-
mously. This was a trait taught to him as a youth by his father. An act of
kindness is not a good deed if you seek out recognition and fanfare for it.
Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player Jackie Robinson once said, “A life is
not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” There is no doubt
that Mr. Noack, in his short life, made a tremendous impact on many indi-
viduals, especially young people as their teacher. And those individuals, in-
cluding myself, are better people because of him.
By John Marty
State Senator
Beginning this January, Minneso-
ta entrepreneurs and investors will
be able to go into business as Public
Benefit Corporations. These benefit
corporations will be accountable to
their owners or shareholders, like all
other businesses, but they will also
be committing to serve other stake-
holders in their business - including
employees, customers, the health
and well-being of the community
and the environment - as well.
After a decade of pushing for this
alternative business structure, I was
pleased to see the legislation pass
with strong bipartisan support last
session.
Many business people want to
look out for the public interest, but
they are concerned that under tradi-
tional corporate law, their fiduciary
responsibility to stockholders pre-
cludes them from paying better
wages or protecting the environment
if profit margins are affected. Some
of those businesses hire attorneys to
draft customized legal documents to
allow them to commit company re-
sources to meeting a social purpose,
but this legal work can be expensive
and risky.
Marty
Continued on page 7
New for MN in 2015: Public Benefit Corporations
To The Editor,
The ruling by the Honorable
Kevin W. Eide raised more legal
questions than it seemed to
settle.      Judge Eide was quoted,
“Minnesota Statues 205a.07 and
123B.7 set forth guidelines for pub-
lication of notice in connection with
bonding referendums.”  This is a
strange premise. The Judge sees a
Minnesota State Statute as a guide-
line, and not State Law.  Here is a
look at the two Minnesota State
Statutes.
Statute 205
Publication and posting of elec-
tion.
The clerk of a school district shall
give two weeks' published notice
and give ten days' posted notice of a
school district primary, general, or
special election, stating the time of
the election, the location of each
polling place, the offices to be filled,
and all propositions or questions to
be voted upon at the primary, gener-
al, or special election. The notice
shall be posted in the administrative
offices of the school district for pub-
lic inspections.
And Statute 123B.7
Subd. 12. Publication.
(a) At least 20 days but not more
than 60 days before a referendum
for bonds or solicitation of bids for a
project that has received a positive
or unfavorable review and comment
under section 123B. 70
<https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statute
s/?id=123B.70> , the school board
shall publish a summary of the com-
missioner's review and comment of
that project in the legal newspaper
of the district. Supplementary infor-
mation shall be available to the pub-
lic.
Neither statute mentions how
close the election was or wasn’t.   It
does not concern voter turnout.  It
does not concern number of meet-
ings, websites, or articles published.
The statutes only concern is the
proper notice that must be given.
And sets dates these notices must be
given.
Judge Eide further stated, “on the
part of the School District, there is
ample evidence of a lack of training,
and attention to the statutory notice
requirements.  But there is no show-
ing of fraud or misconduct.”  Fraud,
misconduct, neglect, ignorance, ar-
rogance, or any other reason is irrel-
evant.   The matter of the law is
whether the law was violated.
Judge Eide continues “The Court
fully agrees that the notice of the
positive review by the Department
of Education lacks important infor-
mation about the identity of the dis-
trict and the purpose of the bond-
ing. ”   This statement alone is
grounds that the law was violated.
While he affirms the Notice re-
quired by statute was not met, he
gave it no weight. Rather stating that
the Department of Education should
revise the form. He further accepted
the supposition that if the full and
correct notice had been published it
would be likely more voters would
have voted for it rather than the re-
verse.  This is immaterial. The fact
the notice was not complete as pub-
lished violated the law.
And finally, the filing date as
meaningless he concludes, “While
the court does not find this argument
to be determinative of the outcome
of this case, the legislature should
clarify this requirement. “   No clari-
fication is needed. As you can read
above the Statute is clear, publish 2
weeks before the election and post it
at the school offices 10 days before
the election. 
Judge Eide’s initial ruling cobbled
together extraneous arguments and
excuses in his dismissal, and did not
uphold the law as written.  No Judge
has the power to ignore the
law,  thus the appeal.
Bob Rezner
Arlington
Why appeal the judge’s ruling
To The Editor,
This week marks the beginning of
the 2015 legislative session. A pri-
mary objective for this session is to
pass a balanced state budget that
will help Minnesotans thrive. I am
looking forward to a productive ses-
sion and working with my Senate
colleagues in an effort to control the
ever increasing size and cost of state
government.
Budget
We are going into session with a
billion dollar surplus and a key issue
will be how that money is going to
be allocated. It is also important to
consider whether Governor Dayton
intends to increase the budget. In
2004, the state budget was $26 bil-
lion and now it is just under $40 bil-
lion while during the same time pe-
riod our population remained rela-
tively stable. I am concerned that we
cannot afford to continue to finance
budget increases at the rate of over a
billion dollars a year. Consequently,
I will work towards passing a bal-
anced budget that is beneficial for
all Minnesotans.
Committee Assignments
For the upcoming legislative ses-
sion, I will maintain all of the same
committee responsibilities I had in
the last two sessions, with the ex-
ception of the Sub-Committee on
Elections. While election law con-
tinues to hold great interest for me
because of its critical importance to
the people of this state, I requested
to be assigned to the Transportation
and Public Safety Committee prima-
rily because I feel we must address
the needs of roads and bridges in
rural Minnesota. The following is a
list of my committee assignments
for the 2015 session and a brief de-
scription of issues for you to look
for:
Judiciary
A budget to fund the Court, Prison
and related agencies will be deter-
mined. Also, since Minnesota is
under a court order to reform the
Minnesota Sex Offender Program
Letters
Continued on page 10
Legislative session begins this week
Obituaries
Thomas George Noack,
age 58, of Arlington, died at
the Mayo Clinic Hospital in
Roches t er
on Monday,
Dec. 29.
A Memo-
rial Mass
was held at
St. Mary’s
C a t h o l i c
Church in
Arlington at
11 a.m. Sat-
urday, Jan.
3.
Visitation was held two
hours prior to the Mass at the
church.
Thomas was born to
George and Verna (Budke)
Noack in Arlington on Jan. 3,
1956. He graduated from the
Arlington-Green Isle High
School in 1974. He also grad-
uated from St. John’s Univer-
sity with a degree in teaching
in 1979 and served in the
Peace Corps for 2 ½ years in
Botswana, Africa. Tom
taught and coached at the
Sibley East Public Schools
since 1984. He enjoyed
working multiple summers at
Glacier National Park. Tom
was also a member of the
Knights of Columbus St.
Arthur’s Council. He loved
nature and the environment
especially at the lake cabin
and enjoyed spending time
with his family, particularly
his nieces and nephews.
Tom is survived by his sib-
lings, Bobbie (Paul) Murphy,
Mike (Mary) Noack and Joe
(Ruth) Noack.
He was a loving uncle to
Carla, John, Tony, Anne,
John, Joe, Danny, Katie and
Jackie.
Tom is preceded in death
by his parents.
Thomas George Noack, 58, Arlington
Tom Noack
Roger Allen Horstman, age
63, of Arlington, passed away
at the Oak Terrace Health
Care Center in Gaylord on
Mo n d a y ,
Dec. 29.
Memorial
s e r v i c e s
were held
at the John-
s o n -
Mc B r i d e
F u n e r a l
Chapel in
Glencoe at
10:30 a.m.
Sa t ur da y,
Jan. 3.
Chaplain Helmer Heckel offi-
ciated.
Urn bearers were Roger’s
grandchildren ~ Trystan
Horstman, Peyton Lightfoot,
Austin Frauendienst, Amber
Frauendienst, Alex Frauendi-
enst, Mason Horstman, Gage
Horstman and Mara
Horstman.
Military honors were pro-
vided by Glencoe American
Legion Post #95.
Roger Allen Horstman was
born in Glencoe on Sept. 5,
1951. He was the son of
George Horstmann and Ber-
nice Carlson. Roger was
baptized as an infant and later
confirmed in his faith as a
youth at First Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Glencoe.
He received his education in
Glencoe and Hutchinson,
and graduated with the
Hutchinson High School
Class of 1970. Roger also at-
tended vo-tech. He entered
active military service in the
United States Army on July
20, 1970, and received an
Honorable Discharge on Nov.
10, 1971.
Roger made his home in
rural Arlington. On Aug. 23,
1972, he was united in mar-
riage to Denise Olson. Their
lives were blessed with three
children, Trinity, Rachael and
Justin. Roger worked as an
iron worker at Amerect Inc.
in New Port. He was a mem-
ber of the NRA.
Roger enjoyed hunting,
fishing, gardening and col-
lecting guns. He especially
enjoyed teaching his grand-
children gun safety and skills.
Roger loved spending time
with his family and friends.
Roger is survived by his
children, Trinity Horstman
(special friend, Sharon
(O’Brien) Brueggemeier) of
Norwood, Rachael (Darrel)
Frauendienst of Gaylord, and
Justin (Charity) Horstman of
Brownton; grandchildren,
Trystan Horstman, Peyton
Lightfoot, Austin Frauendi-
enst, Amber Frauendienst,
Alex Frauendienst, Mason
Horstman, Gage Horstman,
Mara Horstman, Ellie
Brueggemeier, Faith
Brueggemeier, Betsy
Brueggemeier and Jesse
Brueggemeier; twin brother,
Ronald (Joyce) Horstman of
Lester Prairie; siblings,
Geraldine (Wayne) Schwarze
of Brownton, Gail (Steve)
Jakobitz, of Lonsdale, Keith
Muenchow of Jamul, Calif.,
Kevin (Julie) Muenchow of
Plato, and Curtis Oberlin of
Hutchinson; foster families,
Hank and Darleen Becker
and their sons, Leon, Byron
and Scott, and the late Ralph
and Lucille Wagner; nieces,
nephews, other relatives and
many friends.
Roger is preceded in death
by his parents, George
Horstmann and Bernice
Oberlin; and brother, George
Geltle.
Arrangements were han-
dled by the Johnson-McBride
Funeral Chapel of Glencoe.
Online obituaries and guest
book available at
www.hantge.com. Please
click on obituaries/guest
book.
Roger Allen Horstman, 63, Arlington
Chester M. Templin, age
77, of Arlington, died at Ab-
bott Northwestern Hospital in
Minneapolis on Wednesday,
Dec. 31.
A memo-
rial service
was held at
Immanuel
Lut he r a n
Church in
Gaylord at
11 a. m.
Mo n d a y,
Jan. 5. Rev.
H a r o l d
Storm officiated the service.
Visitation was held at the
church from 9:30 a.m. to 11
a.m. Monday, Jan. 5.
Interment was in Immanuel
Lutheran Cemetery in Gay-
lord.
Chester was born to Till-
man and Hilda (Vogt) Tem-
plin in Glencoe on Sept. 14,
1937. He married Marcia Lee
Grewe on Dec. 19, 1958. He
worked at P&H Gas Co.,
Crystal Foods and was a
longtime manager of High-
land Commons in Arlington.
He had a passion for farming
and polka music. He enjoyed
spending time with family
and friends.
Chester is survived by his
daughter, RaNaye (Ross)
Grunzke of St. Peter; grand-
children, Amanda (Brock)
Wiley of Belle Plaine and
Danielle Grunzke of Easton,
Conn.; sister, Lora (Glen)
Beneke of Glencoe; brother,
Harold (Bonnie) Templin of
Glencoe; brother-in-law, Vir-
gil Grewe of Burnsville; and
nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by
his parents; wife, Marcia;
parents-in-law, Albin and
Erna Grewe; and niece, Sarah
Beneke.
Chester M. Templin, 77, Arlington
Chester
Templin
History
Roger
Horstman
LaVerna Borchert, age 80,
of Winthrop, died at the
Golden Hearts Assisted Liv-
ing Center in Arlington on
Wednesday,
Dec. 31.
Fu n e r a l
service will
be held at
the Zion
Evangelical
L u t h e r a n
Church in
Winthrop at
11 a.m. Fri-
day, Jan. 9.
Visita-
tion will be held at the church
from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thurs-
day, Jan. 8 and one hour prior
to the service time on Friday,
Jan. 9.
Interment will be in the
Winthrop Cemetery.
LaVerna Lois was born to
Leonard and Berdina (Schiro)
Uecker on the family farm in
Penn Township, McLeod
County on April 26, 1934.
She was baptized and con-
firmed at St. Matthew’s
Lutheran Church in Penn
Township. LaVerna attended
District #64 rural schools. On
Sept. 7, 1951 she married Lu-
Verne Harold Borchert at St.
Matthew’s Lutheran Church,
Penn Township. To this union
were born three sons, Randal
(1952), Greggory (1961) and
David (1968). LaVerna had
various employment through-
out life which included help-
ing her husband with farming
in Transit Township, Sibley
County, working many years
for Trebelhorn and Associates
and culminating with her
banking position at the
Winthrop State Bank which
ended her working career in
1999.
She had a passion for
cleaning, loved playing cards
and dancing. She was a long-
time member of Zion Evan-
gelical Lutheran Church, a
former Sunday School
teacher and an honorary
member of its Ladies Aid.
LaVerna was currently a
member of the Ladies Auxil-
iary to the VFW Post #6031
of Arlington. After failing
health was discovered in fall
2011 and when she needed
assistance with daily living,
she became a resident of Oak
Terrace Assisted Living in
Gaylord on Sept. 7, 2012, and
transferred to Golden Hearts
Assisted Living in Arlington
on July 23, 2014.
LaVerna is survived by two
sons, Greggory (Royla) of
Arlington and David (Karrie)
of New Ulm; granddaughter,
Sara Borchert of Duluth;
grandson, Dylan of New
Ulm; brother, Reginald
(Kathleen) Uecker of Brown-
ton; nieces, nephews and
cousins.
She is preceded in death by
her parents; husband; son,
Randal; and grandson, Aaron.
LaVerna Borchert, 80, Winthrop
LaVerna
Borchert
90 Years Ago
January 8, 1925
Louis Kill, Editor
The many friends of Henry
Muchow of Transit, will regret
to learn he sustained painful in-
jury when his feet were frozen
in his heroic attempt to rush his
family to safety when their
home was burned to the ground
last week. He ran from the home
barefoot to his garage and start-
ed his car to take his family to
his neighbor. In backing out of
the garage the car was stalled in
a snowdrift. He was forced to
shovel and thus experienced
some delay. The thermometer
was then registering near the 20-
below mark. After releasing the
car he drove to the Woller home,
but in the meantime, little realiz-
ing in his excitement the danger
he was in encountering, had
both feet badly frozen.
Small pox claimed its third
victim at the M. McNamara
home in Jessenland last week
when their six-week-old infant
died of the disease.
Jacob Zeiher, a Russian renter
living on the Meyer farm south
of town, was taken into custody
by Sheriff Zacharias last week
and charged with the illicit man-
ufacture of liquor. He was in the
act of making “moon” when the
sheriff came to his place and ad-
mitted his guilt. At present he is
in the county jail without being
sentenced. Due to the destitute
circumstances of the family, we
understand, sentencing may be
suspended upon the condition
that defendant will not violate
the law in the future.
The annual ice harvest was
begun this week and local con-
sumers are now getting their
supply. The ice in Silver Lake is
said to be of exceptionally good
quality this year. H. M. Noack
& Sons’ Packing plant, our
biggest consumers are having
their supply cut at this lake and
Wm. Sauter has the contract for
the hauling. Considerable ice
will also be shipped in from Wa-
conia and New Ulm.
55 Years Ago
January 14, 1960
Louis H. Kill Editor
It was announced this week
that Arlington will soon have
the services of Mr. Dale Jones, a
professional photographer. Mr.
Jones, obtained through the ef-
forts of the Arlington Commer-
cial Club, has purchased the
Clarence Sylvester home and
contemplates a complete reno-
vation to house his studios and
living quarters.
The infant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Alloyd Hebeisen, was
Christened Sunday at St, Paul’s
Lutheran church by Rev. H. J.
Molotky. She received the
name, Connie Dawn.
Herb Kruger, proprietor of
Kruger’s, one of Arlington’s
leading clothing and dry goods
establishments, will soon be un-
dergoing extensive remodeling
that will enlarge the present
store and include a complete
ready-to-wear department.
Kruger’s remodeling is one of at
least a half dozen that have been
undertaken by Arlington mer-
chants during the past six
months.
35 Years Ago
January 9, 1980
Val Kill, Editor
The first baby of the 80’s was
born at 11:27 a.m. on January 1
at the Arlington Hospital. Mar-
ilee Jean was the first baby of
the new year. Her parents are
Carol and Donald Dammann of
rural Arlington.
The first winter storm of the
season struck this area over the
weekend. Near blizzard condi-
tions existed all day Sunday and
lasted until Monday morning.
The storm featured winds up to
40 miles per hour with about
two inches of snow. The wind
picked up a great deal of dirt
and blew it around with the
small amount of snow. The mix-
ture stuck to homes and farm
buildings.
Steel beams were unloaded
for the new Bernard Rucks
Equipment Inc. building to be
located next to the Standard sta-
tion on the lot where the old
creamery used to be.
Dave McCarthy was named
wrestler of the week by New
Ulm KNUJ radio. This was only
the second time in A-GI
wrestling history that an Indian
wrestler was named. Last year
Roger Henke was the first
wrestler named.
20 Years Ago
January 12, 1995
Kurt Menk, Editor
The new Cenex Convenience
Store opened for business on
Monday, January 9. The busi-
ness, owned by Robert and Mar-
sha Pautsch, is located just north
of Sparetime Bowling along
Highway 5.
A look Back at 1994:
Elementary students attended
their final day of classes at the
Green Isle Elementary School in
early June. The Arlington-Green
Isle School Board unanimously
adopted a resolution to close the
facility at the end of the 1993-
1994 school year.
John and Karl Mueller, rural
Arlington, were inducted into
the Minnesota Livestock Breed-
ers Hall of Fame.
Construction on the new ad-
dition to the Sibley County
Sheriff’s Department got under-
way during 1994. The new addi-
tion is expected to be complete
sometime this spring.
Participants who assisted in
saving the 452nd General Sup-
ply Company from possible re-
location to Arden Hill attended a
celebration of appreciation in
Winthrop during August.
The Sibley County Board of
Commissioners and Sheriff
Roger Graham recognized Ar-
lington resident Wayne Mc-
Cormick Jr. for rescuing his
brother Jonathan McCormick,
from High Island Creek on June
28th.
Dorothea Alma Laura
Vinkemeier, age 93, of Gay-
lord and formerly of Belle
P l a i n e ,
p a s s e d
away at the
Oak Terrace
Health Care
Center in
Gaylord on
S u n d a y ,
Jan. 4.
Fu n e r a l
service will
be held at
St. John
Lutheran Church in Belle
Plaine at 11 a.m. Thursday,
Jan. 8.
Visitation will be held
from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. prior
to the service.
Interment will be in Oak-
wood Cemetery in Belle
Plaine.
Dorothea was born to
Charles and Alma (Wolters)
Petzel in Arlington on Nov.
15, 1921. She grew up in Ar-
lington. On Nov. 29, 1938,
she married Earl Mueller in
New Rome. She later mar-
ried Marvin Vinkemeier in
Belle Plaine on May 7, 1976.
She lived on a farm near
Belle Plaine and later moved
into town. Dorothea was a
homemaker and also worked
as a custom house cleaner.
She loved gardening, flowers,
needlework, baking, cooking,
playing cards, dancing and
old time music. She is also a
former member of the St.
John Ladies Aid.
Dorothea is survived by her
daughter, Elaine (Marvin)
Riebe of Arlington; six
grandchildren, Cynthia (Dan)
Lapadula, Richard Mueller,
Kristie (Dan) Gerold, Ross
(Denise) Riebe, Connie
Trebesch (fiancé Mike) and
Dean (Diedra) Riebe; 16
great-grandchildren, four
great-great-grandchildren;
step children, Beverly (Her-
man) Eggers and Roger
(Linda) Vinkemeier; six step
grandchildren and step great-
grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by
two husbands; son and
daughter in law, Kenneth and
Elenore Mueller; and two
brothers, Melvin and Harvey.
Dorothea Vinkemeier, 93, Gaylord
Dorothea
Vinkemeier
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Sports
The annual Knights of
Columbus Free Throw Con-
test will be held at the Sib-
ley East Senior High School
in Arlington on Sunday, Jan.
11.
The registration will
begin at 12:30 p.m. while
the contest will follow at 1
p.m. The doors to the school
will not be opened until
12:30 p.m.
The contest is open to all
boys and girls ages 10-14.
For more information,
please contact Kurt Menk at
the Arlington Enterprise of-
fice at 507-964-5547 or
email kurtm@arlingtonmn
news.com.
KC Free Throw Contest
set for Sunday, Jan. 11
Photo courtesy of Bruce Badgley, Motorsports Photography
Five-Year Plaque
Arlington Raceway promoters Bob and Susan
Allen accepted a five-year plaque for sanc-
tioning the Hobby Stock and Sport Compact
divisions with IMCA during the national
awards banquet in Lincoln, Neb., on Nov. 29.
Presenting the hardware was IMCA Vice Pres-
ident of Operations Brett Root, right.
Photo courtesy of Bruce Badgley, Motorsports Photography
Series Leader
Along with the Arlington Raceway track title,
Michael Stien, Ceylon, paced the RaceSaver
Sprint Series of Minnesota and Allstar Per-
formance Minnesota State point standings in
2014. Pictured from left to right during the na-
tional IMCA awards banquet are Mike Long of
division title sponsor Eagle Motorsports;
Michael Stien; RaceSaver founder French
Grimes; and Brett Root, vice president of op-
erations for IMCA.
Happy Birthday and Happy
Anniversary to the following
local and area residents com-
pliments of the Arlington
Lions Club Community Cal-
endar.
January 9
Bryce Kloeckl, Nina Post, and
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Schrupp.
January 10
Hunter Deno, Nancy Krentz,
Joyce Morreim, Helen Quast
and Julie Traxler
January 11
Jarid Halverson, Jordan Noel
Harren, Nicholas Voigt and
Geri Weber
January 12
Amanda Olson, Matt Schauer,
Scott Sorenson and Robert
Thomes.
January 13
In Memory Of Jason Lovaas,
Danny Ross and Randy
Walsh.
January 14
In Memory Of Julie Kitoff,
Rob Brau, Mary Farniok,
Keith Herd, Dr. Michael Mc-
Carthy, Elliot Olson, Saman-
tha Zila, and Mr. and Mrs. Pat
Nienaber.
January 15
Darin Karger, Jen Otto, Gra-
cie St. John and Amber Zum-
Berge.
*****
Although he was a qualified
meteorologist, Hopkins ran up
a terrible record of forecasting
for the TV news program. He
became something of a local
joke when a newspaper began
keeping a record of his pre-
dictions and showed that he
had been wrong almost 300
times in a single year.
That kind of notoriety was
enough to get him fired.
He moved to another part of
the country and applied for a
similar job. One blank on the
job application called for the
reason for leaving his previ-
ous position.
Hopkins wrote, “The cli-
mate didn’t agree with me.
The boss joined a group of
his workers at the coffee urn
and told a series of jokes he
had heard recently. Everybody
laughed loudly. Everyone,
that is, except Mike.
When he noticed that he
was getting no reaction from
Mike, the boss said, “What’s
the matter, Mike? No sense of
humor?”
“My sense of humor is
fine,” he said. “But I don’t
have to laugh. I’m quitting
tomorrow.”
There was a captain sailing
on the sea during a battle. His
servant came up to him and
the captain said, “Bring me
my red shirt.”
So, the servant did as the
captain said.
After that the servant came
up to the captain and said,
“Why did you say bring me
my red shirt?”
The captain said, “Well, if I
get shot they won’t see the
blood.”
The next day the servant
came up to the captain and
said, “There are 50 ships on
the horizon.”
The captain said, “Bring
me my brown pants.”
*****
“Nothing sucks more than
that moment during an argu-
ment when you realize you’re
wrong.” - Unknown
*****
A young and foolish pilot
wanted to sound cool on the
aviation frequencies. This was
his first time approaching a
runway at night.
Instead of making any offi-
cial requests to the tower, he
said: “Guess who?”
The controller switched
the runway lights off and
replied: “Guess where?”
Too Tall’s Tidbits
By Kurt Menk
Editor
The Sibley East varsity
boys basketball team toppled
host Worthington 84-63 in the
third place game during the
Daily Globe - Trojan Holiday
Classic on Tuesday night,
Dec. 30.
Senior Zac Weber poured
in 24 points for the winners.
Senior Jordan Petzel and
freshman Gavin Bates also
paced a balanced scoring at-
tack with 15 points each
while Darin Neisen also hit
double figures with 11 points.
Senior Andrew Bullert
dropped in nine points while
senior Lukas Bullert and
freshman Austin Weckwerth
scored six and four points re-
spectively.
The Wolverines hit 18 of
34 shots from two-point
range for 53 percent and
drilled nine of 17 three-point-
ers for 53 percent. Sibley
East also sank 21 of 29 chari-
ty tosses for 72 percent.
Sibley East controlled the
glass by a 34-27 margin.
Lukas Bullert and Andrew
Bullert pulled down seven
caroms each while Neisen
and Petzel snared six and five
boards respectively.
Petzel also contributed five
steals in the win.
The Wolverines will travel
to Norwood Young America
in Minnesota River Confer-
ence action at 7:30 p. m.
Thursday, Jan. 8. Sibley East
will also host Le Sueur-Hen-
derson in MRC play at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13.
Boys defeat Worthington 84-63
for 3rd place in holiday tourney
By Kurt Menk
Editor
The Sibley East varsity
girls basketball team lost to
Dawson-Boyd 59-42 in the
championship game during
the Home Town Bank Holi-
day Basketball Tournament at
the Redwood Valley High
School in Redwood Falls on
Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 30.
Senior McKenzie Sommers
and junior McKayla Stumm
paced the Lady Wolverines
with 14 points apiece. Junior
Alyssa Weber tossed in eight
points while seniors Autumn
Dose and Kelli Martens and
sophomore Hannah Wentzlaff
added two points each.
The Lady Wolverines hit
14 of 46 shots from two-point
range for 30 percent and three
of 11 long bombs for 27 per-
cent. Sibley East converted
only five of 15 free throw at-
tempts for 33 percent.
Sibley East grabbed a total
of 35 rebounds in the setback.
Sommers pulled down 10
boards while Dose snared
nine caroms. Wentzlaff and
Weber had five and four re-
bounds respectively.
Weber also contributed five
assists and four steals while
Dose collected three assists
and three thefts.
The Lady Wolverines will
host Norwood Young Ameri-
ca in Minnesota River Con-
ference at 7:30 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 9. Sibley East will also
travel to Le Sueur-Henderson
in MRC play at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 13.
B-squad
The Sibley East B-squad
girls basketball team defeated
Dawson-Boyd 44-36 in the
title game during the Home
Town Bank B-squad Holiday
Basketball Tournament at the
Redwood Valley High School
in Redwood Falls on Tuesday
afternoon, Dec. 30.
Rachel Rettmann paced a
balanced scoring attack with
12 points. Emily Doetkott
also hit double figures with
10 points while Alli Harter
pumped in nine points. Taylor
Brinkman scored six points
while Ali Stock tallied three
points. Faith Young and Mor-
gan Stearns added two points
each.
Brinkman also contributed
six assists, three rebounds
and two steals. Rettmann
added six boards, two thefts
and one blocked shot.
Girls fall to Dawson-Boyd 59-42
in title game at holiday tourney
By Kurt Menk
Editor
Head coach Chad Johnson
is taking the Sibley East var-
sity wrestling team off the
mat this week as a precau-
tionary measure for skin is-
sues.
“We had one possible staph
issue,” said Johnson. “We just
want to make sure we don’t
spread anything and that all
kids are good.”
There will be no practice or
competition on the mats, ac-
cording to Johnson. Practice
will consist of only running
and weight lifting.
In addition, the wrestling
room will be disinfected with
strong disinfectants and
bleach during the week of
Sunday, Jan. 4 through Sun-
day, Jan. 11. The wrestling
room will open again on
Monday, Jan. 12.
The Wolverines will re-
sume their season at Nor-
wood Young America on
Thursday night, Jan. 15.
Sibley East takes a break from the mat as
a precautionary measure for skin issues
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Sibley County Court
The following area and re-
gional people recently ap-
peared in Sibley County Dis-
trict Court, according to Sib-
ley County Attorney David
Schauer and Assistant County
Attorney Donald Lannoye.
*****
Joshua F. Kirckof, age 25,
Arlington, appeared in dis-
trict court for a Bail Hearing
after being arrested on a war-
rant issued due to failure to
appear for court hearings on
two separate files alleging
fifth degree sale of a con-
trolled substance.
The court set bail in the
amount of $2,000 cash or
$20,000 bond. If Kirckof
posts bail, he must go on the
Sibley County Color Wheel
Drug Testing Program and
have no use or possession of
alcohol or drugs. Kirckof’s
next court appearance is
scheduled for 11 a.m. Thurs-
day, Jan. 8.
*****
Jon A. Stumm, age 31,
Gaylord, MN appeared in
district court for a Bail Hear-
ing on new charges of second
degree possession of a con-
trolled substance and fifth de-
gree possession of a con-
trolled substance. Stumm
also appeared for a Bail
Hearing on allegations that he
violated the terms of his pro-
bation on an underlying third
degree DWI charge.
On the new charges, the
court set bail in the amount of
$5,000 cash or $50,000 bond.
On the probation violation,
the court ordered Stumm to
be held without bail.
Stumm’s next court appear-
ance is scheduled for 11 a.m.
Thursday, Jan. 8.
*****
Nathan K. Jones, age 26,
Gaylord, appeared in district
court for a Bail Hearing on
charges of second degree
possession of a controlled
substance and fifth degree
possession of a controlled
substance.
The court set bail in the
amount of $10,000 cash or
$100,000 bond. If Jones
posts bond, he is ordered to
be on the Sibley County
Color Wheel Drug Testing
Program and to not use or
possess alcohol or drugs.
His next court appearance
is scheduled for 11 a.m.
Thursday, Jan. 8.
*****
Mackenzie M. Dyre, age
19, Winthrop, appeared in
district court for a Bail Hear-
ing on charges of second de-
gree possession of a con-
trolled substance and fifth de-
gree possession of a con-
trolled substance.
The court released Dyre on
her own recognizance. The
Court ordered Dyre to partici-
pate with the Sibley County
Color Wheel Drug Testing
Program and to not use or
possess alcohol or drugs.
Dyre’s next court appear-
ance is scheduled for 11 a.m.
Thursday, Jan. 8.
*****
Kristina K. Gadbaw, age
21, Gaylord, MN appeared in
district court for a Bail Hear-
ing one count of fifth degree
sale of a controlled sub-
stance, two counts of fifth de-
gree possession of a con-
trolled substance, and one
count of fourth degree DWI.
The court ordered Gadbaw
to go on the Sibley County
Color Wheel Drug Testing
Program. The court also or-
dered Gadbaw to not use or
possess alcohol or controlled
substances and to be subject
to random testing at the re-
quest of law enforcement.
Gadbaw’s next court ap-
pearance is scheduled for 1
p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29.
*****
District Court
The following misdemeanors,
petty misdemeanors and gross
misdemeanors were heard in Dis-
trict Court December 19-26:
Minnesota State Patrol (MSP);
Sheriff’s Office (SO); Depart-
ment of Natural Resources
(DNR); MN Department of
Transportation (MNDOT):
Yahye S. Cali, 28, Edina,
speed, $145, Arlington PD;
Martha E. Cordova, 34, Glencoe,
disorderly conduct-
offensive/abusive/ noisy/obscene,
disorderly conduct-
offensive/abusive/ noisy/obscene,
unsupervised probation one year,
local confinement 30 days, stay
30 days for one year, no same or
similar, $185, Arlington PD;
Scott P. DeVlaeminck, 39, Gay-
lord, driving after revocation,
continued, unsupervised proba-
tion six months, pay costs, re-
main law-abiding, no driver li-
cense violations, no driving with-
out insurance, $100, driver must
carry proof of insurance, dis-
missed, Gaylord PD; Cody A.
Tessmer, 25, Gaylord, drugs-pos-
session of drug paraphernalia-use
or possession, drugs- possess/sale
small amount of marijuana-no re-
muneration, $185, Gaylord PD;
Guy A. White, 47, Gaylord, vio-
lation of city housing code, con-
tinued, unsupervised probation
six months, pay costs, no same or
similar, remain law-abiding,
$200, Gaylord PD, Seferino
Aulis, 49, White Bear Lake,
speed, $125, MSP; Amanda J.
Connolly, 27, Belle Plaine,
speed, $125, MSP; Danielle M.
Degre, 30, Gibbon, driver must
carry proof of insurance when
operating vehicle, dismissed,
MSP; Kari J. Dietel, 37, Arling-
ton, speed, $125, MSP; McKen-
zie J. Elder, 19, Winthrop, no
drivers license in possession or
fail to display upon request, driv-
er must carry proof of insurance
when operating vehicle, dis-
missed, speed, $50, MSP; Travis
T. Frank, 30, Waconia, speed,
$145, MSP; Lisa M. Gaffney, 36,
Arlington, child passenger re-
straint system-child under 8 and
under 57 inches not fastened,
$135, child passenger restraint
system-child under 8 and under
57 inches not fastened, seatbelt
required, dismissed, MSP; Rod-
ney R. Greder, 56, Pine City,
speed, $125, MSP; Francisco G.
Moreno III, 28, Gaylord, seatbelt
required, $110, MSP; Bradley M.
Moses, 28, Gaylord, domestic
abuse-violates order for protec-
tion within 10 years of previous
conviction/adj of delinq., dis-
missed, SO; Rodney D. Paske-
witz, 40, Redwood Falls, speed,
$125, SO; Consuelo Proano, 27,
Le Center, speed, $225, SO;
Wanda K. Quick, 41, Belle
Plaine, speed, $145, SO; Roger
A. Horstman, 63, Arlington, duty
to drive with due care-speed
greater than reasonable, $125,
SO.
Year-In Review
Continued from page 1
Proposed tax levies were set by the Arlington City
Council, Green Isle City Council, Sibley East School
Board and Sibley County Commissioners.
Green Isle resident Shane Sheets shipped an Amer-
ican Flag provided by the American Legion Post 408
to the U.S. Pentagon. A request to fly the flag at the
U.S. Pentagon was granted and then was returned to
Shane Sheets with a certificate. The flag was then
immediately shipped to the FOB in Kandahar,
Afghanistan, where his brother, SSG. Robbie Sheets,
had it flown, a photo taken, then sent back home to
wait for his arrival. SSG. Robbie Sheets, who was in-
jured in Afghanistan earlier this year, took it one
step farther and flew a separate flag in Afghanistan
in honor of the members at the Green Isle American
Legion Post 408. This flag was also returned with a
certificate. Months later, SSG. Robbie Sheets re-
turned home safe and sound. He presented the flag
to the Green Isle American Legion Post 408. He also
brought the  other  flag that took an incredible jour-
ney from Green Isle to the U.S. Pentagon to Kanda-
har, Afghanistan, then back home to Green Isle to
show Green Isle American Legion member Harlen
Voight.
OCTOBER
Lukas Bullert and Kelli Martens were crowned Sibley
East Senior High School’s Homecoming King and
Queen during a coronation ceremony in Arlington.
Lukas is the son of Craig and Linnea Bullert, Arlington.
Kelli is the daughter of Kevin Martens, Gaylord, and
Lori Jacobus, Gaylord.
Public informational meetings were held in Arling-
ton, Green Isle and Gaylord for the proposed
$43.045 million Sibley East building bond referen-
dum.
The Arlington Enterprise reported that Seneca Foods
would be closing its operations in Arlington during the
spring of 2015. That news was officially confirmed by
Tim Benjamin, CFO, Seneca Foods Corporation.
The softball/baseball field at the Arlington Sports-
men’s Park was christened Dan “Buck” Thomes Field
during a dedication ceremony. Approximately 100 peo-
ple attended the dedication ceremony which took place
at home plate. Thomes, who passed away in March of
2013, tirelessly served as president of the Arlington
Sportsmen’s Club for a quarter century. Not only did he
direct operations of the club, Thomes also managed
softball leagues and teams, performed routine mainte-
nance and organized park improvements. He was instru-
mental in the Arlington Sportsmen’s Park ownership
transfer from the club to the City of Arlington. As an
employee for the City of Arlington, Thomes also devot-
ed extraordinary time and effort to the Arlington Sports-
men’s Park.
The Green Isle Fire & Rescue took delivery on a
2014 Fire Engine. The truck was on a Freightliner
chassis and the remainder of it was built by Custom
Fab and Body of Marion, Wis. The truck featured
seating for five people and a 1,250 gallon-per-minute
pump. The total investment on the project was
$280,480. Funding of the project was made possible
by the City of Green Isle, and the townships of Green
Isle, Jessenland and Washington Lake. There was
additional funding from private donations and an in-
surance settlement. This truck replaced the one that
was destroyed in an accident in October of 2011.
An open house was held for the 45th anniversary of
the Sibley County DAC.
NOVEMBER
Voters in the Sibley East School District approved a
$43 million building bond referendum 1,634-1,538 dur-
ing a special election on Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Rich Nagel was elected to a four-year term as
mayor for the City of Arlington. Jim Heiland and
Michelle Battcher were elected to the City Council.
Incumbent Dan Woehler and candidates Laura Reid
and Sarah Ziegler won the three open seats on the Sib-
ley East School Board.
Incumbent Shawn Harms and candidate John
Schauer won seats on the Green Isle City Council.
Incumbent Joy Cohrs and candidates Bobbie Harder
and Gary Kruggel won seats on the Sibley County
Board of Commissioners.
Sibley County Administrator and former Arling-
ton City Administrator Matt Jaunich was officially
offered the city administrator position in Hutchin-
son. He later accepted the offer.
The Arlington Historical Society (AHS), in coopera-
tion with the City of Arlington, was working to establish
a city museum located on the lower level of the Old Fire
Hall building on Main Street.
A group of voters, headed by rural Gaylord resi-
dent Nathan Kranz, filed a lawsuit in Sibley County
District Court to contest the recent passage of the
Sibley East $43 million building bond referendum.
The sixth annual Sibley East American Education
Banquet was held at the Arlington Community Center.
Wall of Fame honorees were Mari Lu Martens, Helen
Engelmann (representing the Milton Engelmann Fami-
ly) and Sue Vos. Other award winners were Jodi Weber
(Paraprofessional of the Year), Jim Swanson (Outstand-
ing Retiree), Marjorie Matthiae (Friend of Education)
and Stacy Pauly (Teacher of the Year) and Dennis
Vinkemeier (Support Person of the Year).
DECEMBER
Ashley Mercier, a senior at the Sibley East Senior
High School, was chosen by her classmates as the Sen-
ior of the Quarter.
Approximately 8,000-plus people packed Main
Street for the annual Arli-Dazzle Parade in down-
town Arlington. The other Arli-Dazzle activities were
also very well attended.
A lawsuit filed by rural Gaylord resident Nathan
Kranz to contest the recent passage of the Sibley East
$43 million building bond was dismissed.
The Arlington City Council unanimously approved
a motion to approve a three-person police depart-
ment.
Sibley East School Board members Anne Karl and
Scott Dose each received a clock at the conclusion of
the School Board meeting in late December. Karl and
Dose both served two terms on the School Board.
Year-In-Review
Additionally, it can be chal-
lenging for companies who
do create a customized legal
frameworks to educate con-
sumers, vendors and investors
on how their social purpose
fits into their business model.
Recognizing that there was
a need for this new corporate
structure a team of top
lawyers from the corporate
law section of the Bar Associ-
ation volunteered their time to
re-draft and refine this legis-
lation. They created a system
that is simple enough that a
small start-up business should
be able to form a benefit cor-
poration on their own, with-
out hiring a lawyer. With this
carefully crafted legislation,
and strong support from many
business owners and entrepre-
neurs, Minnesota joined the
growing number of states that
enable formation of benefit
corporations.
The new law gives busi-
nesses the option of incorpo-
rating under the traditional
corporate structure or under
this alternative Public Benefit
Corporation (PBC) model that
acknowledges their responsi-
bility to other stakeholders as
well as shareholders. Those
who choose to become PBCs
will spell out, in their charter,
their corporate mission.
They will either commit to a
general benefit, where the
corporate mission will aim to
serve the broader community,
or to a specific social pur-
pose.
These benefit corporations
will file an annual benefit re-
port describing how the com-
pany pursued and created
public benefits each year.
The state will not evaluate the
social value of PBCs; the
market will. Because these
reports will be publicly avail-
able, investors, consumers,
and the broader public will
have the information to evalu-
ate the good these businesses
perform, and can reward com-
panies accordingly.
Business owners recognize
that it is a very real asset to
have a positive reputation and
public trust. It creates loyal
customers. Similarly, many
employers recognize that
good compensation for their
employees results in happier,
more productive workers.
Benefit corporations move
beyond philanthropic and
government financial support
and tap into the resources of
the private sector to make a
positive impact.
Many business people have
always understood the impor-
tance of protecting the envi-
ronment, ensuring public
health and safety, and treating
workers fairly. The Minneso-
ta Public Benefit Corporation
Act is not a miracle cure to
our society's problems, but it
is another tool to help those
businesses accomplish that
mission.
In these days when corpo-
rate scandals and corporate
greed regularly make head-
lines, benefit corporations are
a step in the right direction.
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SENIOR DINING
Call 326-3401 for a meal
Suggested Donation $4.00
Meals are served at Highland
Commons dining room
Monday-Friday
Monday: Tator Tot casserole,
green beans, peaches, bread,
margarine, pudding, low fat milk. 
Tuesday: Oven crispy chicken,
mashed potatoes wi th gravy,
mixed vegetables, bread, mar-
garine, poke cake, low fat milk.
Wednesday: Lasagna, Califor-
ni a bl end vegetabl es, l ettuce
salad with dressing, garlic bread,
margarine, bar, low fat milk.
Thursday: Roast pork, whole
potatoes, buttered cooked cab-
bage, bread, margarine, rosy ap-
plesauce, low fat milk.
Friday: Meaty beef stew with
carrots and potatoes, cole slaw,
breadstick, margarine, apricots,
low fat milk.
SIBLEY EAST ELEMENTARY
BREAKFAST MENU
Arlington and Gaylord
January 12-16
Breakfast is served at 8:00 a.m.
daily. A 1/2 pint of milk is served
with each meal daily. Menu is sub-
ject to change.
Monday: Gripz, yogurt, juice,
milk.
Tuesday: Two pack Pop Tart,
fruit, juice, milk.
Wednesday: Mini Cinnis, fruit,
juice, milk.
Thursday: Muffin, cheese stick,
fruit, juice, milk.
Friday: Cereal bar, fruit, juice,
milk.
SIBLEY EAST SCHOOL
MENU
Arlington
January 12-16
A 1/2 pint of milk and an enriched
grain product is served with each
meal. Additional milk is available
for 40 cents each.
Menu is subject to change.
Monday: Chicken patty, oven
potato, squash, lettuce, mayo,
fruit, milk.
Tuesday: Pizza, romaine salad,
green beans, fruit, milk.
Wednesday: Shrimp poppers,
cheese plate, hash brown potato,
veggie sticks, fruit, milk.
Thursday: Soup, hot ham and
cheese sandwich, pickles, veggie
sticks, fruit, milk.
Friday: Mexican haystack, veg-
etable fixings, rice, corn, refried
beans, fruit, milk.
SIBLEY EAST SCHOOL
MENU
Gaylord
January 12-16
A 1/2 pint of milk and an enriched
grain product is served with each
meal. Additional milk is available
for 40 cents each. Menu is subject
to change.
Monday: Chi cken patty on
whole grain bun, oven potatoes,
squash, fruit, milk.
Alternate: Burrito.
Tuesday: Pizza, romaine salad,
green beans, fruit, milk.
Alternate: Rib on bun.
Wednesday: Shrimp poppers,
macaroni and cheese, broccoli,
fruit, milk.
Alternate: Assorted sandwich-
es.
Thursday: Chi cken noodl e
soup, hot ham and cheese sand-
wich, pickles, veggie sticks, fruit,
milk.
Alternate: Meatballs.
Fri day: Mexi can haystack,
tomatoes, lettuce, refried beans,
corn, fruit, milk.
Alternate: Sliced turkey wrap.
The Ladies Auxiliary to
VFW Post 6031 met at the
Veterans Building at 7:30
p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, accord-
ing to Secretary Ramona
Bade.
It was the annual Christmas
party. Group #4 had the meet-
ing room very festive and
served abundant and deli-
cious snacks.
President Carol Dammann
presided with 17 members
and one guest present. The
guest, Second District Vice
President Mary Tiede, came
to do the annual inspection.
All general business was
conducted. The organization
held a collection for the vet-
erans at the Hastings Home.
Under new business, a mo-
tion to pay the dues of the
three honorary members, who
are in convalescent homes,
was passed. A motion to give
the VFW Post a monetary gift
in appreciation of all of their
help and support at the VFW
Fair Stand passed. A motion
to make a donation to the Ar-
lington Historical Society to-
ward the remodeling of the
Old Fire Hall that will be
used as a museum was
passed.
Having no further business,
the business meeting was ad-
journed.
Carol Dammann read some
very nice Christmas stories
and awarded door prizes.
Thanks to the Group #4
members for the very enjoy-
able evening.
The next meeting will be
held at 7:30 p.m. Monday,
Jan. 12.
VFW Auxiliary to meet on Monday, Jan. 12
UNITED METHODIST
Arlington
Rodney J. Stemme, Pastor
www.arlingtonunitedmethodist.org
Saturday, January 10: 8:00
a.m. A-Men men’s group.
Sunday, January 11: 9:00 a.m.
and 11:00 a.m. Worship. 10:15
a.m. Sunday school.
Tuesday, January 13:
11:15a.m.-1:15 p.m. Partnership
meeting. 6:30 p.m. Education
outreach.
Wednesday, January 14: 3:45
p.m. Confirmation. 7:00 p.m.
Choir.
Thursday, January 15: 10:00
a.m. Day apart at Hutchinson.
10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Wor-
ship on cable TV. 1:00 p. m.
Women’s Bible study at Jean
Olson’s.
ST. PAUL LUTHERAN
(WELS), Arlington
Bruce Hannemann, Pastor
Web Site:
www.stpaularlington.com
E-mail:
Bruce.Hannemann@stpaul
arlington.com
Saturday, January 10: 3:00
p.m. CES family bowling at Gay-
lord with Pizza at school after.
Sunday, January 11: 8:45 a.m.
Sunday school. 9:00 a.m. Family
Bible study. 10:00 a.m. Worship.
Monday, January 12: 7:00 p.m.
Council meeting.
Tuesday, January 13: 6:00 p.m.
Counting committee meeting.
7:00 p. m. Vision committee
meeting.
Wednesday, January 14: 2:00
p.m. Bible study. 3:45 p.m. Pub-
lic school Confirmation class.
7:30 p.m. Choir practice.
Thursday, January 15: 10:00
a.m. Bulletin information due.
11:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Services
on cable TV channel 8. 4:15, 5:15
& 6:15 p.m. Home vs New Ulm.
7:00 p.m. Outreach meeting.
GAYLORD
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Gaylord
Bob Holmbeck, Pastor
Sunday, January 11: 9:00 a.m.
Sunday school. 10:00 a.m. Sun-
day worship service .
Wednesday, January 14: 6:30
p.m. Wednesday evening Bible
classes and youth focused. 8:00
p.m. Supper-Welcome!
ST. PAUL’S UNITED
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Henderson
Deb Meyer, Pastor
507-248-3594 (Office)
Find us on Facebook:
St. Paul’s UCC Henderson
Sunday, January 11: 9:30 a.m.
Sunday school. 10:00 a.m. Wor-
ship. Soup luncheon. No Confir-
mation.
ST. PAUL’S EV.
REFORMED CHURCH
15470 Co. Rd. 31, Hamburg
Dan Schnabel, Pastor
952-467-3878
www.stpaulsrcus.org
Sunday, January 11: 8:30 a.m.
Sunday School and Adult Bible
study. 9:30 a.m. Worship service.
Tuesday, January 13: 7:00 p.m.
Consistory meeting.
Wednesday, january 14: 6:30-
8:00 p.m. Catechism class. 7:30
p.m. Youth fellowship.
ORATORY OF ST. THOMAS
THE APOSTLE
Jessenland
Fr. Sam Perez
507-248-3550
Thursday: Weekly Mass at
5:00 p.m.
ST. MARY, MICHAEL
AND BRENDAN AREA
FAITH COMMUNITY
Fr. Keith Salisbury, Pastor
Friday, January 9: 8:30 a.m.
Mass (Mar).
Saturday, January 10: 5:00
p.m. Mass (Mar).
Sunday, January 11: 7:30
a.m. Mass (Bre). 9:00-10:15 a.m.
Elementary religious education
classes (PreK-5) (Mar). 9:00
a.m. Mass (Mic). 10:30 a.m.
Mass (Mar).
Monday, January 12: 8:30 a.m.
Mass (Bre and Mar). 8:00 p.m.
AA and Al Anon (Mar).
Tuesday, January 13: 8:30 a.m.
Mass (Bre and Mar).
Wednesday, January 14: 8:30
a.m. Mass (Bre). 9:00 a.m. Word
and Communion (Oak Terrace).
3:15-4:30 p.m. Elementary reli-
gious education (K-5) (Mic). 5:00
p.m. Mass (Mar). 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Jr./Sr. High religious education
(6-11) (Mar).
Thursday, January 15: 8:30
a.m. Mass (Bre and Mic). 7:30
p. m. Narcotics Anonymous
(Mic).
TRINITY LUTHERAN
32234 431
st
Ave., Gaylord
Glen Bickford, interim pastor
Sunday, January 11: 10:15
a.m. Worship.
Wednesday, January 14: 1:30
p.m. WELCA. 3:30 p.m. Confir-
mation. 7:00 p.m. Council meet-
ing.
Thursday, January 15: 6:30
p. m. Joint Bible study at St.
Paul’s.
ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN
(Missouri Synod)
Arlington
Gary L. Ruckman, Pastor
507-964-2400
Sunday, January 11: 9:00 a.m.
Bible Class. 10:00 a.m. Worship
with Holy Communion.
Wednesday, January 14: 6:00
p.m. Confirmation. 7:00 p.m.
Ladies Aid.
Thursday, January 15: 5:30
p.m. Deadline for bulletin.
EVANGELICAL
COVENANT CHURCH
107 W. Third St., Winthrop
Kyle Kachelmeier, Pastor
507-647- 5777
Parsonage 507-647-3739
www.wincov.org
Friday, January 9: 6:00 p.m.
MOPS.
Saturday, January 10: 9:30
a.m. Prayer meeting at church.
Sunday, January 11: 9:30 a.m.
Worship. 10:45 a. m. Sunday
school. 1:00 p.m. Annual meet-
ing.
Monday, January 12: 7:00 p.m.
Women’s ministry play and plan.
Tuesday, January 13: 7:00 p.m.
Leadership team meeting.
Wednesday, January 14: 9:00
a.m. Prayer coffee at Eunice’s.
6:00 p.m. AWANA.
Thursday, January 15: 9:30
a.m. Women’s Bible study. 6:30
p.m. Men’s Bible study at Peik’s.
ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN
(Missouri Synod)
Green Isle
Eric W. Rapp, Pastor
507-326-3451
Friday, January 9: 10:00 a.m.
Deadline for Sunday bulletin.
Sunday, January 11: 8:00 a.m.
Bible class. 9:00 a.m. Worship
with Communion. 10:00 a.m.
Sunday School. 10:15 a.m. Bible
study with Rhonda.
Tuesday, January 13: 8:30-
11:30 a.m. Pastor at Zion. 7:30
p.m. St. Paul’s Annual voters
meeting.
Wednesday, January 14: 6:30-
7:30 p.m. Confirmation and Wed.
night school grades 1-5.
PEACE LUTHERAN
(Missouri Synod)
Arlington
Kurt Lehmkuhl, Pastor
www.hispeace@frontiernet.net
Sunday, January 11: 8:15 a.m.
Sunday school. 9:30 a.m. Wor-
ship service with Holy Commun-
ion.
Tuesday, January 13: 7:00 p.m.
Adult Inquirers’ class.
Wednesday, January 14: 3:45
p.m. Catechism.
Thursday January 15: Church
council meeting.
ZION LUTHERAN
(Missouri Synod)
Green Isle Township
Eric W. Rapp, Pastor
507-326-3451
Friday, January 9: 10:00 a.m.
Deadline for Sunday bulletin.
Sunday, January 11: 10:30 a.m.
Worship service. 11:30 a.m.
Bible study & potluck.
Monday, January 12: 8:00 p.m.
Zion annual voters meeting.
Tuesday, January 13: 8:30-
11:30 p.m. Pastor at Zion.
Wednesday, January 14: 6:30-
7:30 p.m. Confirmation and Wed.
night school grades 1-5 at St.
Paul’s.
ZION LUTHERAN
814 W. Brooks St., Arlington
Dan Hermanson, interim pastor
507-964-5454
Sunday, January 11: 9:00 a.m.
Worship with Holy Communion.
10:00 a.m. Sunday school/fellow-
ship. 11:15 Annual congregation
meeting (lunch will be served fol-
lowing meeting by youth group).
Tuesday, January 13: 6:00-
7:00 p.m. TOPS in church base-
ment.
Wednesday, January 14: 5:45-
7:00 p.m. Supper & Confirma-
tion. 7:00 p.m. church council,
choir practice, ZCW General
meeting-installation of officers.
Thursday, January 15: 9:00
a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Zion service
on cable.
CREEKSIDE
Community Church
Christian & Missionary
Alliance
114 Shamrock Drive, Arlington
John Cherico, Pastor
507-964-2872
E-mail:
creeksidecc@media-combb.net
Saturday, January 10: 8:00
a.m. Men’s bimonthly fellowship
breakfast. Bring your appetite!
Sunday, January 11: 9:30-
10:15 a.m. Adult and children’s
Sunday school. 10:30 a.m. Wor-
ship service. Nursery provided
for children 0-4 years old and
children’s church ages 5 through
fifth grade.
Wednesday, January 14: 7:00-
8:30 p. m. R. E.A. C.H. youth
group.
SEVENTH DAY
ADVENTIST
7
th
Ave. N.W., Arlington
Robert Brauer, Pastor
507-234-6770
Church 507-304-3410
Saturday: Church services at
9:30 a.m. Bible study at 11:00
a.m. Fellowship dinner at 12:00
p.m. All are welcome.
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AGRICULTURE
Misc. Farm Items
LIESKE TRACTOR
Wanted: Your OLD TRACTORS,
any condition, make or model. We
also specialize in new and used
TRACTOR PARTS AND REPAIR.
Call Kyle. Located west of Hender-
son. (612) 203-9256.
AUTOMOTIVE
Parts, Repair
$$ DOLLARS PAID $$ Junk vehi-
cles, repairable cars/trucks. FREE
TOWING. Flatbed/ wrecker serv-
ice. Immediate pick up. Monday-
Sunday, serving your area 24/7.
(952) 220-TOWS.
EMPLOYMENT
Business Opportunity
DIRECT SALES: Conklin dealers
needed, to use or market “green”
products made in Minnesota. For
a FREE catalog, call Ken and
Myra Franke at (320) 238-2370.
www.frankmarketing.com.
Work Wanted
HANDYMAN: Will do remodeling
of kitchens, bathrooms, hanging
doors and wi ndows, pai nti ng,
sheet rocking, texturizing or any
minor repairs inside or outside.
Wi l l al so do cl eani ng of base-
ments/garages. Call (320) 848-
2722 or (320) 583-1278.
FOR SALE
Heating/Air Conditioning
Special-95% Goodman gas fur-
nace and programmable thermo-
stat, $2,200 installed or AC unit,
$1,900 installed. J&R Plumbing
Heating AC, Lester Prairie (320)
510-5035.
REAL ESTATE
Wanted
FARM SITES ACREAGE NEEED
i n the areas of Sacred Heart,
Renville, Danube, Olivia and Bird
Island. Call Bob at Continental
Real Estate. (507) 644-8271 or
(507) 828-1072 or email Bob at bj-
vanhee@mchsi.com.
RENTAL
Apartment
Village Cooperative of Hutchinson
(320) 234-7761. 55+ Senior living.
One-2BR, 1BA unit available. Call
for your tour! Come in and check
out our many amenities and how
to receive homeowner benefits
with Cooperative Living! Equal
Housing Opportunity.
1 & 2BR-Arlington. Rent based on
income! Month to month leases
and deposit pay plans! (507) 964-
2430 or (507) 451-8524,
www.lifestyleinc.net. TDD (507)
451-0704. This institution is an
equal opportunity provider and
employer.
1BR apartment in Arlington. no
pets. No smoking. References re-
quired. Available immediately. Call
Dan for more information (507)
964-2973.
RENTAL
Apartment
Updated, spacious one and two
BR apartments in Renville. In-
cludes heat, water garbage. New
stove, fridge, air conditioner. Pet-
friendly. Call (320) 564-3351 for
appointment.
RENTAL
House
Two, three and four bedroom
houses for rent in Olivia. Please
call (320) 212-3217.
Want To Rent
Wanted: Farmland to rent 2015
and beyond. Curtis Weckwerth
(507) 380-9128, Wayne Franzeen
(507) 380-2466.
Young farmer looking for land to
rent for 2015 and beyond. Com-
petitive rates and reference avail-
able. Call Austin Blad (320) 221-
3517.
SERVICES
Building Contractors
30 Years professional home repair
service. Interior/exterior. Fair rates
for quality work. Call (320) 359-
0333.
Misc. Service
CUSTOM LOG SAWING- Cut at
your place or ours. White oak lum-
ber decking and buy logs. Give
Virgil a call. (320) 864-4453..
LINSMEIER TRUCKING
A MN based company is now hiring
Company Drivers & Owner/Operators
to pull hopper bottom in the upper Mid-
west. Home weekends. Call 320/382-6644
NOW HIRING
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bonus, flexible home time, extensive bene-
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help! Win or pay nothing! Contact Bill
Gordon & Associates at 800/938-7051
to start your application today!
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Golden Hearts
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individual for hands-on
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month and four
weekdays per month.
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Golden Hearts
Assisted Living
602 Marion Dr.
Arlington, MN 55307
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Wedding Section of the Sibley Shopper
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Anyone wishing to advertise in this special issue
please contact our office by Thursday, February 19.
Call Ashley at the
Sibley Shopper
402 W. Alden St., P.O. Box 388 • Arlington, MN 55307
Phone: (507) 964-5547 • Fax: (507) 964-2423
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Submitted Photo
Students Attend WE Day
Students from the Sibley East Senior High School Student
Council and National Honor Society recently attended WE Day
at the Excel Energy Center in St. Paul. WE Day is a rewards
day for student groups that complete service projects for their
local and global communities throughout the year. Guests at
the event included Colbie Caillat, The Band Perry, Magic John-
son, Martin Sheen and many more. Both student groups have
completed service projects for organizations such as the Chil-
drens Hospital and the Sibley County Food Shelf. This event in-
spired these students to give back to their communities and
they have already started planning service projects for the re-
mainder of the school year. Front Row: (left to right) Maddie
Kjellesvig, Taylor Pfarr, Ashley Grack, Alexus Kreft, Rachel
Sorenson, Ella Lundstrom, Sierra Suedbeck and Shelby Voight.
Back Row: (l to r) Tom Schmidt (counseling intern), Seth
Fredin, Devan Tupa, Laura Zender (NHS Advisor), Liz Thies,
Paige Nelson, Mikayla Perschau, Breann Walsh, Karley Lind,
Annie Kreger (Student Council advisor) and Karissa Sorenson.
(MSOP) this issue is likely to
be debated at length in the Ju-
diciary Committee.
Capital Investment
Since it is a budget year, I
am not anticipating much of a
bonding bill. However, if a
bill does come forward I will
bring it to your attention.
Rules and Administration
In the Rules and Administra-
tion Committee, we will work
on a variety of procedural is-
sues relating to the legislative
process such as the timing of
when and if bills should be
brought forward for debate on
the Senate Floor. Early in the
session it is pretty quiet but as
various deadlines and the end
of session approach, that
changes dramatically.
Finance
Like Ways and Means in the
House, the Finance Commit-
tee in the Senate will review
all bills involving any state
spending. Because this is a
budget year, there are 18 com-
mittees that will likely pass an
omnibus appropriation bill
and all are debated in the Fi-
nance Committee before
heading to the Senate Floor
for passage. Consequently,
this committee becomes very
busy, particularly late in the
session.
Transportation and
Public Safety
Public safety is one of the
most important functions of
government and will be a pri-
ority again this session. I also
anticipate discussion involv-
ing our transportation infra-
structure, as many roads and
bridges, particularly in rural
Minnesota, are in dire need of
repair. I will work to ensure
that all of Minnesota benefits
from future investments.
As always, if you have
questions or suggestions,
please contact me so stay in
touch.
Scott Newman
State Senator
Letters Continued from page 4
Low-flying helicopters will
be used for white-tailed deer
population surveys planned
by the Minnesota Department
of Natural Resources for Jan-
uary through March in central
and southeastern Minnesota,
if suitable snow conditions
develop.
“We use aerial surveys to
help monitor deer populations
in portions of Minnesota,”
said Gino D’Angelo, DNR
farmland deer project leader.
“These flights provide data to
improve our understanding of
how deer populations respond
to management, which helps
us to make decisions about
future deer hunting season
regulations.”
Deer will be counted dur-
ing daylight hours at an alti-
tude of about 200 feet. These
counts are used to estimate
deer numbers in deer permit
areas. A representative sam-
pling of 1 square mile areas
within the permit areas are
flown that allows for a statis-
tically valid representation of
the population in a given
area.
“The goal is to complete
deer permit areas 214, 215,
218, 219, 221, 223, 224, 229,
241, and 248 in Becker, Ben-
ton, Cass, Hubbard, Meeker,
Mille Lacs, Morrison, Otter
Tail, Pope, Sherburne,
Stearns, Todd, Wadena,
Wilkin, and Wright counties;
and deer permit areas 341,
343, 345, 347, and 348 in
Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue,
Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha,
and Winona counties,” D’An-
gelo said. “Successful com-
pletion of the surveys re-
quires continuous snow con-
ditions over the survey areas
in order to complete them
all.”
Aerial elk surveys are also
planned for the Kittson Coun-
ty and Grygla elk ranges in
northwestern Minnesota.
Questions about survey
flights should be directed to
the DNR’s Farmland Wildlife
Research office in Madelia at
507-642-8478, the central re-
gional wildlife office in St.
Paul at 651-259-5756, or the
northwest regional wildlife
office in Bemidji at 218-308-
2651.
DNR to fly deer and elk surveys
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
FARMLAND FOR SALE OR RENT
The Arlington Economic Development Authority owns farmland
totaling approximately 14.37 acres, not all has been tilled in the
past. The property is located east of CSAH 9 and north of the race-
track/fairgrounds. The property is commonly known as the “Nickel
Property.”
The EDA is accepting sealed bids for sale of the farmland or lease
of the farmland. The term of a lease would commence January 28,
2015 and expire on December 31, 2016. Sale of the property is pre-
ferred to leasing the farmland. Additional descriptions and maps of
the property are available for viewing at the City of Arlington, 204
Shamrock Drive, in Arlington.
Bids should be sent to Arlington City Offices, Office of the City
Administrator, attention Nickel Property, 204 Shamrock Drive, Ar-
lington, MN 55307. Sealed bids will be received until Noon on
Tuesday, January 27. Bids will be opened and read aloud at 6:00
p.m. on January 27 in the Council Chambers, 204 Shamrock Drive.
The bids will be presented at the Economic Development Authority
after opening.
All bidders should include their name, address, bid offer, and con-
tact information. The EDA reserves the right to reject any an dall
bids for any reason. For more information, contact Cynthia Smith-
Strack at the City Offices at (507) 964-2378.
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
FARMLAND RENT
FORMER SWENSON PROPERTY
The City of Arlington owns farmland totaling 10.45 acres abutting
Highway 5 and CSAH 9, commonly referred to as the “Swenson
Property.” The City of Arlington is accepting sealed bids for farm-
land rent. The lease agreement will commence January 28, 2015
and expire December 31, 2016. Additional description of the
Swenson Property is available for viewing at the City of Arlington,
204 Shamrock Drive, in Arlington.
Bids should be sent to Arlington City Offices, Office of the City
Administrator, attention SWENSON Sealed Farm Rent Bid, 204
Shamrock Drive, Arlington, MN 55307. Sealed bids will be re-
ceived until Noon on Tuesday, January 27. Bids will be opened and
read aloud at 6:00 p.m. on January 27 in the Council Chambers,
204 Shamrock Drive, and will be presented at the Economic De-
velopment Authority meeting following opening.
The bidder must include their name, address, bid offer, and contact
information. The City/EDA reserves the right to reject any an dall
bids for any reason. For more information, contact Cynthia Smith-
Strack at the Arlington City Offices at (507) 964-2378.
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Room 1 (West)......................................144........................
$
180.00 per event
Room 2 (Center) ..................................240........................
$
240.00 per event
Room 3 (East) ......................................160........................
$
180.00 per event
All Rooms ................................................544........................
$
600.00 per event
Extra Day Rental ..................................................................
$
300.00
Council Chambers ................................40 ........................
$
40.00 per event
Kitchen Rental ......................................................................
$
100.00 per event (Non-Catered)
$
50.00 limited use
(in conjunction with Catered Event)
Damage Deposit ..................................................................
$
250 Visa/Mastercard or
$
500 Cash/Check
Damage Deposit (One Section) ....................................
$
150 Cash/Check/Visa/Mastercard
Miscellaneous Fee Schedule
Weekly User Rate (one section only)..........................
$
120.00 per time
Hourly Rental Rate (2-hour Max)..................................
$
40.00 per hour per room
Set-Up Fee ..............................................................................
$
100.00 per event
Attendant Fee ........................................................................
$
100.00 per attendant
Dish Rental (Full Setting) ................................................
$
1.00 per person
Wine Glasses..........................................................................
$
0.15 per piece
Linens ........................................................................................Set by Distributor
LCD Projector ........................................................................
$
50.00
Fee Schedule for City Chartered Civic/Non-Profit Organizations
The following fees are all-inclusive, except for dishes and linens. The following fees will be
charged to help defray the costs of staff time for take down, utilities, supplies, cleaning,
upkeep of the grounds, snow removal, and trash removal:
City Chartered Civic and Non-Profit Organizations
Sunday to Thursday Rentals:
$
220 per event
Friday & Saturday Rentals:
$
300 per event
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Changes to outside vendors (bars and caterers): Fees are charged to the respective bar
when alcohol is served at an event and to any caterer who utilizes the kitchen.