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Leaving a legacy
Rusten, Davis place 5th at state tennis
— Sports page 1B
The McLeod County
Glencoe, Minnesota Vol. 117, No. 43
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November 2!
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clocks back!
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
General Election set for Tuesday, Nov. 4
By Lori Copler
Editor
The General Election is set for
Tuesday, Nov. 4, and polls throughout the state will be open from 7
a.m. to 8 p.m.
Area precincts and candidates are:
• City of Glencoe. All voting for
the city, Glencoe-Silver Lake School
District and McLeod County Commissioner District 2 races, as well as
state and federal offices, will take
place at the Glencoe City Center,
1107 11th St. E, Suite 112.
All city of Glencoe voters may
vote for the at-large City Council
position. Candidates are incumbent
Lori Adamietz and challenger Allen
Robeck.
Seats in two of the four precincts
also are up for election. John
Schrupp, incumbent in Precinct 2, is
running unopposed. In Precinct 3,
incumbent Gary Ziemer is being
challenged by Marie Thurn.
The city of Glencoe also is included in McLeod County Commissioner District 2, where incumbent Ker-
mit Terlinden is being challenged by
Doug Krueger.
Also on the ballot are candidates
for the Glencoe-Silver Lake School
Board. There are three open seats,
for which they are five candidates.
They include incumbents Clark
Christianson, Jason Lindeman and
Anne Twiss, former GSL Board
Member Gary Schreifels, and newcomer Pat Fogarty.
Glencoe also is in Minnesota
House District 18B, where incumbent state Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen,
R-Glencoe, is being challenged by
John Lipke, DFL-Stewart.
• City of Brownton. Voting takes
place at the Brownton Community
Center, 310 Second St. N, Brownton.
On the ballot in city races are the
mayor’s two-year term and two City
Council seats for four-year terms.
Longtime Council Member Norm
Schwarze is running for mayor, as is
resident Sarah Potts. Current Mayor
Jay Werner did not file for candidacy.
Incumbent Doug Block filed for
re-election to the City Council. Former Mayor Curt Carrigan also filed
for the City Council. Incumbent
Council Member Chuck Warner did
not file for re-election.
Brownton residents also will vote
in the GSL School Board election
and House District 18B election, as
well as for state and federal offices.
• City of Biscay. There were no
Election
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McLeod Coop Power
planning solar array
along Lindbergh Trail
CUP to be on Nov. 4 county agenda
By Lori Copler
Editor
McLeod Cooperative Power is
planning a community solar array
system on Lindbergh Trail in Glencoe, near Arnold’s.
Sue Pawelk, customer service
manager of the cooperative, appeared before the McLeod County
Planning Commission Wednesday,
Oct. 22, for a public hearing on the
cooperative’s application for a conditional use permit (CUP).
No one appeared at the public
hearing, the commission voted to
recommend approval to the
McLeod County Board of Commissioners, which will consider the
CUP as part of its consent agenda
on Tuesday.
Pawelk said the solar panels will
provide electricity directly to the
cooperative’s customers, who pay a
one-time cost of $1,550 per panel to
subscribe. Pawelk said this allows
customers to utilize solar power
without having to construct solar
panels on their own property. The
array has a 20-year life expectancy,
at which time the panels will either
be removed and the site restored, or
panels will be replaced by new
ones.
The cooperative owns the site
near Arnold’s, where it currently
stores poles, and is planning an initial array of 100 panels in an area
about 36 feet by 66 feet in size on a
7.44-acre parcel of land. There is
room for additional panels, if
growth is warranted, Pawelk said.
She added that the cooperative
will continue to allow Arnold’s to
park some implements at the site, as
it has done in the past.
“They mow for us,” said Pawelk,
“and we want to continue to be
good neighbors.”
Zoning Administrator Larry
Gasow said the site is small enough
that it is governed by local governments, including the county, rather
than by the Public Utilities Commission or federal agencies.
The cooperative hopes to begin
construction in spring 2015.
GSL Lakeside celebrates
positive MMR results
Chronicle photo by Lori Copler
Ooey, gooey fun
Glencoe-Silver Lake’s Early Childhood Family
Education (ECFE) hosted a “harvest fun night”
Friday that included several fall and Hal-
loween-themed activities for children. Above,
Ryan Freitag and daughter Lydia played with
“goo.”
County approves help for Baldwin Court
By Alyssa Schauer
Staff Writer
The McLeod County Board approved contributing dollars, not to
exceed $12,000, toward excavating
costs to assist in the drainage issues
at Baldwin Court near Lester
Prairie.
Scott Borst and John Pafko, residents in the Baldwin Court area,
presented commissioners with an
outline of the work to be done,
which includes laying drain tile,
and job estimates from Litzau Excavating, Inc., Juul Contracting and
Rickert Excavating.
Borst said he’d like to see the
project begin as winter is coming.
“I don’t want to hit spring without
this getting done.”
Commissioner Sheldon Nies
asked about the timeline of the project and questioned if McLeod
County gets involved, “do we need
to rebid and get our own bids?”
Highway Engineer John Brunkhorst said the county wouldn’t have
to get new bids. “$100,000 trips
that threshold (of considering rebids),” he said.
The bid from Litzau Excavating,
Inc., totaled $42,150; Juul Contracting bid $32,621 for the project, and
Rickert Excavating bid $29,722.
“Litzau’s bid was way too much
for any of us (neighbors) to cover,
and Juul Contracting was outside of
our personal budget, too. I prefer
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choosing Rickert Excavating,
though I know it’s not a general
consensus between all of us neighbors,” Borst said.
He continued: “But dollars dictate. All four of us can each afford
to pitch in $3,000 and we know
there’s going to be a shortage on
our end.” Borst said if the county
could contribute to the project, he
and his neighbors would pursue
others who could contribute to the
project, such as Bergen Township
and possibly McLeod Co-op Power
Association, which has electrical
poles and lines in the affected flood
Flooding
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Looking Back: Indian summer temperatures last week
were great for fall yard work.
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By Alyssa Schauer
Staff Writer
Glencoe-Silver Lake Lakeside Elementary School is celebrating academic achievement after finding it
has been designated as a “celebration school” following MMR (multiple measurements rating) results.
Assistant
Principal Diane
Schultz said
Lakeside Elementary was
designated a
“focus school”
in 2011 and received Title 1
funding with
the goal of “attacking
the
a c h i e v e m e n t Diane Schultz
gap” in the school.
“We were in the bottom 10 percent of Title 1 schools with the lowest focus rating. And so our goal
was to work on closing the school’s
achievement gap for students of
color, special education students,
students of poverty and English
learners,” Schultz said.
To “attack” the achievement gap
issues, Schultz and her team at
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Lakeside implemented a school improvement plan to address academic
areas that need improvement and
other issues that caused Lakeside to
be considered a “focus school.”
A site leadership team was created of staff who meets for a half day,
once a month, and assesses the
needs of students, looks at best
teaching practices and works on
connecting with other administrators in the junior high and high
schools.
“We used to meet for one-hour
sessions but found that wasn’t
enough to do what we wanted to do.
Now, we spend half a day planning
and that has made a huge difference. We have the time to really
work on assessing students’
achievements and successes and
look at what we need to improve
on, so that the students are learning,” Schultz said.
She said the site leadership team
consists of subcommittees for math
and reading so that staff can assess
the needs in each classroom and
consider the best teaching practices
Lakeside
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that deadline will be published as space allows.
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Happenings
Helen Baker book fair set
Helen Baker Elementary School will host a Scholastic
book fair Thursday, Oct. 30, from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.,
and Friday, Oct. 31, from 8 a.m. to noon, in the Helen
Baker gymnasium. The theme this year is “Sir Readalot’s
Castle … Enter the Kingdom of Books!” The selection
will include titles appropriate for children in preschool
through eighth grade. Visit the fair for a chance to win
free Scholastic books or merchandise.
Auxiliary Halloween party
The Silver Lake American Legion and its Auxiliary are
hosting the annual kids’ Halloween party this Friday, Oct.
31, at 6 p.m., at the Silver Lake Auditorium. This event is
free and open to kids ages 12 and under. Preschool children are welcome and should be accompanied by an
adult. There will be games, free treats and drawings for
prizes.
Submitted photo
The New Auburn Lions Club is sponsoring a candidates’ forum for city candidates Thursday, Oct. 30, at 7
p.m., at the New Auburn Fire Hall. Candidates include
Doug Munsch for mayor and Sheri Lowden, Craig Lowden, Corey Schwanke, Barb Schutte, Vickie Holtz and
Roger Becker for council members. Each of the candidates will have a chance to speak, with a question-andanswer session to follow.
Women’s club to meet Nov. 5
The Brownton Women’s Club will meet Wednesday,
Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m., at the Brownton Community Center.
Legion Post 95 to meet Nov. 6
The regular monthly meeting of Glencoe American Legion Post 85 will take place Thursday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m.,
in the basement of VFW Post 5102. All members are encouraged to attend. Lunch will be served upstairs in the
VFW Post.
Good Shepherd fall luncheon
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Glencoe will have
its fall luncheon and bake sale Thursday, Nov. 13, from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The menu includes hot turkey sandwiches, potato salad, relishes, chips, dessert and beverages. Take-outs and deliveries are available. The church
is located at 1407 Cedar Ave., Glencoe.
Sportsmens Club to meet
The Glencoe Sportsmens Club will meet Monday, Nov.
3, at 7:30 p.m., at the Glencoe VFW meeting room.
Creative Foods class bake sale
The Glencoe-Silver Lake Creative Foods class will
have a bake sale Thursday, Oct. 30, from 10:45 a.m. to
11:30 a.m., in GSL High School Room 140.
Trick-or-treat at Millie Manor
Millie Beneke Manor in Glencoe welcomes trick-ortreaters on Halloween, Friday, Oct. 31, from 4 p.m. to 6
p.m.
Seniors club to meet Oct. 30
The Glencoe Senior Citizens Club will meet Thursday,
Oct. 30, at 12:30 p.m., in the Glencoe City Center Senior
Room for socializing and games. The senior citizens club
also will meet Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 12:30 p.m. All senior
citizens are invited to attend. More information can be
obtained by calling 320-864-3799 or 320-510-1551.
Abundant Table meal Nov. 5
The Abundant Table community meal is celebrating its
second anniversary with a Thanksgiving meal. The meal
is free and open to everyone, including families and children, the elderly and all who are seeking fellowship or in
need of a helping hand. The meal will be held Wednesday, Nov. 5, in the Christ Lutheran Church basement fellowship hall located at 1820 Knight Ave., Glencoe, and
includes roast turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and
gravy, cranberry relish, green bean casserole, relishes,
Abundant Table bread and pumpkin pie. Doors open at
4:30 p.m. for fellowship; the meal is served at 5 p.m.
RSVP by calling Christ Lutheran Church at 320-8644549. Remember, there is a place for you at the Abundant
Table.
Soup, sandwich dinner set
Faith Presbyterian Church in Silver Lake is hosting a
soup and sandwich supper Saturday, Nov. 1, from 4:30
p.m. to 7 p.m. The menu will include various soups, hot
and cold sandwiches, dessert and beverages. There also
will be a bake sale. Tickets are available at the door.
Trick-or-treat at Cedar Crest
On Friday, Oct. 31, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., residents
at Cedar Crest Estate in Silver Lake will welcome trickor-treaters in the dining room. Cedar Crest is located at
1401 Main St. W.
Vets welcome at Lakeside
On Tuesday, Nov. 11, veterans are welcome for donuts
and coffee at Glencoe-Silver Lake Lakeside Elementary
School in Silver Lake at 7:30 a.m. Following breakfast,
the veterans are welcome to attend the all-school meeting
at 8:10 a.m. in the gymnasium.
Thanksgiving meeting set
There will be a meeting on Thursday, Nov 6, at 7 p.m.,
at the Silver Lake city offices, for the purpose of planning the 11th-annual citywide Thanksgiving dinner.
There is as much work leading up to the dinner as there
is on Thanksgiving Day. This event takes many volunteers and supporters to host this free-will dinner so please
plan on attending this meeting.
Rusten, Linda Roisum, Lois Steinhaus, Shirley Michaelis
and Patti Zebell. In the back are Sandi Dammann, Darlene Dammann, Barb Smyth, Dee Crenshaw, Donna
Schmidt, Jan Benton, Mary Kay Engelmann and Fran
Downer. Not pictured are Gladys Tonn, Joe McPherson,
Maxine McPherson, Carol Beltz, Joan Proehl, Saundra
Proeschel, Judy Sellnow, LeeAnn Armstrong, Marge Farrell, Elaine Sommers, Mary Hayes, Shirley Schwarze,
Sharon Czycalla, Clarence Zebell, Claudia Thunstrom,
Dorothy Voigt, Marilyn Templin, Sandy Braun and Barb
Seipel.
Care Connection thrift store
continues to support hospice
By Alyssa Schauer
Staff Writer
Since first opening in January 2008, the Care Connection thrift store in Glencoe
continues to support hospice
services in McLeod County
with the help of many, many
volunteers.
“All profits generated from
thrift store sales are used to
help defray cost for home
care and hospice clients,”
Pam Ainslie, hospice volunteer coordinator, said. “Because of the many, many volunteers who give so generously of their time we are
able to help hospice clients.”
Ainslie said the store
opened through “ConnectCare,” a nonprofit home care
agency that offered a broad
range of professional health
care services brought to
clients in their homes. On
Jan. 1, 2013, ConnectCare
joined Allina Health Home
Care Services, also a nonprofit organization, to continue to provide services as a
home care and hospice
agency.
“Current reimbursement
from Medicare, medical assistance and other insurance
does not cover the total cost
of quality home care and hospice service. Extra home
health aide visits to clients,
musician visits, bereavement
follow-up calls, volunteer vis-
its, grief mailings and booklets, and community grief
support groups offered by Allina are not covered by insurance,” Ainslie said.
She said with the continued
low insurance reimbursement
rates, donations are extremely
important. “They allow us to
improve the quality of life for
persons in their last stages of
a terminal illness and their
loved ones following a loss.
“It is truly the volunteers
who give their time, as well
as individual donations, monetary or otherwise, that keep
these valuable services available to people in Glencoe,
Hutchinson and the surrounding communities,” Ainslie
said.
The thrift store, located at
1114 Hennepin Ave. N in
Glencoe, has evolved since
opening. Ainslie said the children’s room has been remodeled and a new “vintage corner” has been created.
“New merchandise arrives
daily and is expedited to the
sales floor as soon as it is
marked. You just never know
what treasures you might
find,” she said.
She added that the store has
a wide selection of adult and
children’s books. “Care Connection is the perfect place to
find books in good condition
for much cheaper than you
can buy them new. You may
even find some older “Golden
Books” in our vintage corner,
among other very reasonably
price aged and antique
items.”
Ainslie said the store also
caters to those shopping for a
gently used purse, handbag or
a pair of jeans. “In our store,
you’ll even find crafty people
looking for quilting material
or unique dishes to create
works of art. With a little exploring and imagination, the
possibilities are endless,” she
said.
All of the items sold at the
thrift store are donated, resulting in 100 percent profit
toward Allina’s home care
and hospice services. Donations are accepted during
store hours, Tuesday through
Fridays, from 9 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.
The store also is open the
first and third Saturdays of
each month, from 9 a.m. to 1
p.m., and receipts for donations are available to be used
for tax purposes.
Ainslie said the store is always looking for volunteers.
“Feel free to stop by and pick
up an application or call the
store at 320-864-8007 for
more information,” she said.
She added: “Whether you
are a customer, a donor or a
volunteer, you are an integral
part of a wonderful team effort that allows people to live
quality lives with dignity
while remaining as independent as possible.”
Carlson’s Orchard
Bakery & Restaurant
OPEN through Wed., Nov. 26!
NOVEMBER Hours: Tues.-Sun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. • Lunch 11-4
Order your
Thanksgiving
Apple or Pumpkin
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Plenty of your favorite
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Operation Minnesota Nice
annual collection under way
Linda Krueger of Glencoe
and her team of volunteers
are beginning their annual
collection for Operation Minnesota Nice, which collects
items and creates care packages for deployed military
personnel.
Helping Krueger with the
local effort are Colleen Benjamin and LaDonna Stuber.
Krueger said Friday that
she has cleared her basement
and is ready to get back into
the work of collecting and
packaging up items, including toiletries, snacks, and holiday items.
Those wishing to contribute either items or monetarily may contact Krueger at
320-864-5944.
Corrections & Clarifications
An article in the Oct. 15
edition of The Chronicle regarding the Glencoe Planning
Commission reported that the
former Glencoe elevator is
owned by Olson Construction
of Cologne. According to
McLeod County tax records,
it is owned by Olson Elevator, LLC, of Cologne.
*****
The Chronicle erroneously
reported in its Oct. 22 edition
that the Glencoe City Council
will split its two 2015 street
improvements projects — the
Lincoln Park work set for
2015 and the Armstrong Avenue reconstruction for 2016.
It was only a recommendairon of City Administrator
Mark Larson, and no official
City Council action was
taken at the Oct. 20 meeting.
*****
The McLeod County
Chronicle strives for accuracy in its reports. If you
find an error, bring it to our
attention. Call 320-8645518 and ask for Lori
Copler, editor.
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A dinner for the volunteers at Care Connection thrift
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Monday, Oct. 13. The store, solely run by volunteers,
contributes 100 percent of its profits to health home care
and hospice services in McLeod County. Pam Ainslie,
volunteer coordinator, said it is with the help of the
many, many volunteers that help defray the medical
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from left to right, Gloria Hilgers, Jan Giese, Joyce
Kroells, Mopsy Karg, Vi Zebell and Deloris Donnay. In the
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Finance Committee has no recommendations on wages, benefits
By Rich Glennie
Correspondent
As the Glencoe City Council puts on the final touches to
its proposed 2015 budget, its
finance committee on
Wednesday afternoon discussed, but made no recommendation, on wage and benefit increases for city employees.
The discussion involved
whether that salary and benefit package increase should be
more in line with the county
and school district’s recent increases, or something else
considering city employees
will be picking up a larger
portion of their own health
insurance expenses in 2015.
Currently $41,000 has been
budgeted for the increases,
according to Todd Trippel,
city finance director, and that
comes to about a 2 percent
hike. He said every percent
increase equals about
$20,000. While Public Employee Retirement Association (PERA) costs are rising
minimally at 0.25 percent,
city health insurance costs
jumped considerably. The
city employees will pick up
more of that cost in 2015 as a
result.
City Administrator Mark
Larson said city employees
received 2 percent increases
the past two years and increases were flat for several
years before that. He said
with a 2 percent increase coupled with higher employee insurance costs, “city employees are not bringing home
any more dollars.”
Council Member John
Schrupp said a 3 percent raise
“is not out of the question.”
He said the city “is doing
more with fewer employees.”
City Council Member
Kevin Dietz, a retired police
officer, said it is difficult for
Glencoe to compete with the
metro areas and other communities to the east on wages
and benefits. While he said
most of the longtime city employees were not likely to
leave for higher wages, the
younger employees might.
Mayor Randy Wilson
replied the city “will lose
people, but we have to budget
appropriately.” He said he
had a hard time going for a 3
percent raise and instead favored a 2 percent hike.
But Council Member Gary
Ziemer said at 2 percent, the
city would be outdone by the
county and the school district.
The county is updating its job
descriptions and reclassifications and is looking at adjustments of 5 percent at the bottom range to 3 percent at the
top. The Glencoe-Silver Lake
School District settled on two
two-year contracts of about
2.56 percent increases in
each. Those contracts expire
June 30, 2015.
Ziemer said he didn’t want
the city to be seen as the lowest paying “just because we
can.”
“We have a good (city)
staff,” Wilson said, but he
added the city needs to stay
“a little frugal” because there
is no clear idea of what the
city’s local government state
aid will be in the future.
The City Council will further discuss the salary issue
before the annual Truth in
Taxation hearing in early December. After that hearing,
the City Council will give
final approval to its 2015
budget.
In a related matter, Schrupp
said he has been on the City
Council for eight years and
not seen a raise for council
members. He suggested the
City Council consider that,
too. It also was suggested that
instead of a raise, a per diem
be set for council members
who need to attend conferences and other meetings outside the city.
In other matters, the finance committee:
• Heard that the city has received an offer from Miller
Manufacturing to buy two
parcels of property in the new
west industrial park for
$100,000. Larson said the
offer is on 19 acres of property in Lot 1 blocks 3 and 4. It
includes about 12.8 acres of
buildable land.
In 2012, Miller Manufacturing bought 9.36 acres for
$50,000 and is now completing a building addition project on that land. In his offer,
Miller Manufacturing Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) Dan
Ferrise requested the two
parcels be left as ag land for
zoning purposes until the
time it is developed, and then
rezone it as industrial.
The finance committee
took no action.
• Heard that the house in
the west industrial park,
which was sold to Crow
River Habitat For Humanity,
needs to be moved by June
15, 2015. Larson said he expects the home to be moved
to Hutchinson before that
deadline. In the meantime,
the city will continue to heat
the home and bill Habitat for
the costs. Habitat will insure
the home.
• Heard from Council
Member Dan Perschau that
he would like the street
widths on Seventh and Ninth
streets to be at least 42 feet
wide, instead of the proposed
36 feet. Eighth Street also
would remain wider because
of the proposed on-street hiking-biking trail from Armstrong Avenue east to Hennepin Avenue.
The streets are part of the
planned 2015 street improvement project around the Lincoln Park area.
Perschau said he has
thought about the input he
has received from his constituents in the Lincoln Park
area and felt changing all the
streets to 36 feet wide “would
significantly change the
neighborhood.”
Also, Perschau said at 42
feet wide, that would cause
fewer trees to be removed,
another big issue with his
constituents.
The truck-turning radius on
Seventh Street near Jungclaus
Implement is another reason
to keep the east-west streets
at least 42 feet wide.
lord and a tenant on Seventh
Street E.
2:51 p.m. — An officer and an
ambulance responded to a medical emergency. The address was
not recorded.
2:57 p.m. — A driver was cited
for driving after revocation and
was brought to the Law Enforcement Center to post bail on a
warrant. The traffic stop occurred
at Highway 212 and Chandler Avenue N.
3:43 p.m. — A driver was cited
for speed at Highway 212 and
Chandler Avenue N.
4:04 p.m. — A driver was cited
for driving after revocation at a
traffic stop on Highway 212 and
Morningside Drive. A passenger
took over the driving.
4:58 p.m. — A driver was cited
for driving after suspension at a
traffic stop on Highway 212 near
Dairy Avenue.
7:24 p.m. — Officers responded to a verbal argument on Desoto Avenue N. A male party left for
the evening.
11:35 p.m. — A suspicious
male was reported in an alley in
the area of Ninth Street E and
Desoto Avenue, and it was discovered he was wanted on a warrant from Sibley County. The
male posted bail.
SATURDAY, OCT. 25
12:15 a.m. — A medical emergency was reported on Prairie Avenue in which a woman fell in a
bathroom. She was taken to the
emergency room by ambulance.
2 a.m. — A driver was cited for
no insurance and the vehicle was
towed after a traffic stop on Newton Avenue N and 14th Street E.
4:27 a.m. — Officers dealt with
an “uncooperative intoxicated
male in the street” on Fifth Street
E.
10:43 a.m. — The police department assisted the McLeod
County Sheriff’s Office with a cardeer accident in the area of 100th
Street and Dairy Avenue.
2:02 p.m. — A set of keys was
found on the corner of Fir Avenue
N and 16th Street W. The owner
of the keys was found and they
were returned.
11:04 p.m. — Officers responded to a noise complaint at an
apartment on 16th Street.
SUNDAY, OCT. 26
12:12 a.m. — A driver was
cited for driving after revocation
and given verbal warnings for
speed and no proof of insurance
at a traffic stop on Chandler Avenue N.
7:25 a.m. — The police department assisted the McLeod County Sheriff’s Office with a burglary
report in Plato.
8:58 a.m. — A person fell and
injured a hip at an address on
Prairie Avenue. The person was
taken by ambulance to the emergency room.
5:44 p.m. — A small dog was
found and returned to its owner.
MONDAY, OCT. 27
2:53 a.m. — A report was received of a suspicious vehicle
shining lights on houses on Seventh Street E. It turned out to be
a newspaper delivery person who
was trying to find the address of a
new subscriber.
11:07 a.m. — A driver was
cited for driving after revocation
at a traffic stop in the area of 10th
Street E and Hennepin Avenue N.
2:22 p.m. — A person on 16th
Street E was arrested on a warrant and taken to the McLeod
County Jail.
5:56 p.m. — An officer was
asked to speak to a 10-year-old
child who allegedly stole $40
from his father.
7:11 p.m. — Officers responded to a domestic situation on 11th
Street E.
10:40 p.m. — A medical emergency was reported on Prairie Avenue. The woman was taken by
ambulance to the emergency
room.
11:58 p.m. — An officer assisted McLeod County Jail staff with
an inmate.
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Glencoe Police
Chronicle photo by Alyssa Schauer
Library open house
The Glencoe Public Library had an open
house Thursday to show off its two
newly renovated rooms. The first room
has been restored to replicate a 1932
classroom and the other room is a historical/reading room that houses classic
books, archives of the Glencoe Enterprise newspaper and big cozy chairs that
welcome any reader. Above, the Rev.
Linzy Collins enjoys the comfort of one of
the leather chairs as he converses with
youth librarian Gabby Fountain.
GRHS prepared for Ebola
Following guidance from
the U.S Centers for Disease
Control (CDC) and the Minnesota Department of Health
(MDH), Glencoe Regional
Health Services (GRHS) is
now screening all patients
who come to the GRHS
emergency room, urgent care
center or clinic for the symptoms and risk factors of Ebola
infection.
Low risk, but deadly
Fluid situation
Plan in place
For more information about
the Ebola virus and updates
about GRHS’ screening procedures and protocols for isolating, stabilizing and transferring patients with suspected infections, visit grhson
line.org/ebola.
The Glencoe Knights of
Columbus are sponsoring a
paper drive Nov. 20-22.
Items collected are newspapers (including glossy inserts), magazines, catalogs,
phone books and cardboard.
All items must be clean and
dry. Newspapers should be in
paper bags, boxes or bundled
and tied with string or twine.
Corrugated cardboard and
box board (cereal boxes)
should be kept separate. Plastics cannot be accepted.
Items can be dropped off
Thursday and Friday, Nov.
20-21, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.,
or Saturday, Nov. 22, 8 a.m.
to noon, in the upper lot of St.
Pius X Church in Glencoe.
About GRHS
Glencoe Regional Health
Services was founded in
1941. It includes a 25-bed
critical access hospital, a 110bed nursing home and a 40unit independent senior housing complex in Glencoe, and
outpatient clinics in Glencoe,
Lester Prairie and Stewart.
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location with both the symptoms and risk factors for
Ebola infection, its patientcare staff is trained and
equipped to immediately isolate the patient for the protection of others, stabilize the
patient’s condition as needed,
and safely transfer him or her
to one of Minnesota’s four
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guidance from the CDC and
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monitoring the Ebola outbreak closely and working together to be as ready and capable as possible should a
case of Ebola surface in Minnesota.
“U.S. health officials and
health-care providers large
and small are doing their best
to implement protocols that
are changing on a near-daily
basis as our knowledge and
experience with the Ebola
virus and disease process
grows,” said John Bergseng,
DO, general surgeon and
GRHS medical director.
Health – Unity Hospital in
Fridley; and the St. Paul campus of Children’s Hospitals
and Clinics of Minnesota.
GRHS will follow guidelines from the CDC to protect
its patient care staff from the
Ebola virus should a suspected case occur. Staff will wear
protective gear, including a
disposable full-face shield
and mask, fluid-resistant fullbody suit, fluid-resistant shoe
coverings and two pairs of
protective gloves. The CDC
guidelines also provide specific instructions on how the
protective gear should be put
on and taken off. GRHS’
frontline patient-care staff has
been trained in these procedures.
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Services ambulance staff
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Ebola virus in Minnesota is
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The disease is not spread
through air, food or water. It
is only spread through direct
contact with the blood or
bodily fluid of a person with
symptoms of Ebola or who
has died from Ebola. To date,
there have been only four diagnosed cases of Ebola in the
United States and none in
Minnesota. Three of those
cases were in health-care
workers who had recently
treated Ebola patients. Although the disease is rare and
not easily transmitted, Ebola
is deadly. According to MDH,
Ebola kills 50 to 90 percent
of people who contract it.
Symptoms of Ebola include
sudden onset of fever,
headache, vomiting, diarrhea
and abnormal bleeding. Risk
factors for Ebola are:
• International travel within
the last 21 days to a country
with widespread Ebola transmission (Guinea, Liberia,
Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo);
• Close contact within the
last 21 days with anyone who
has recently traveled to or
from a country with wide-
spread Ebola transmission; or
• Direct contact within the
last 21 days with a person
who has been diagnosed with
Ebola.
TUESDAY, OCT. 21
9:46 a.m. — Officers and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded
to a medical emergency on
Louden Avenue N for a person
who was not breathing.
2:41 p.m. — The police department assisted the Minnesota Department of Corrections with an
arrest warrant from Dakota County. The person was taken to the
McLeod County Jail.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 22
9:54 a.m. — A small gas leak
was discovered at a meter on
Morningside Drive; Centerpoint
Energy was contacted.
9:56 a.m. — A person fell at
the medical center, hit their head
and was bleeding. An officer and
an ambulance responded.
10:30 a.m. — An officer addressed a blight issue on 10th
Street E.
3:34 p.m. — A female fell at an
address on Hennepin Avenue N
and was taken to the emergency
room by ambulance.
THURSDAY, OCT. 23
3:05 a.m. — The department
received a report of a male sitting
in a vehicle in a parking lot on
Morningside Drive. The male said
he was using WiFi. He left.
3:53 a.m. — An officer assisted
the McLeod County Sheriff’s Office with a squad car vs. deer accident. There was no apparent
damage to the car.
10:41 a.m. — An officer responded to a request for a welfare check of a resident on Ford
Avenue N, which was made by
Social Services. The person took
herself to the emergency room.
1:50 p.m. — A theft was reported on Hennepin Avenue.
3:05 p.m. — There was a report of a suspicious car on Chandler Avenue N. The driver was
waiting between appointments.
FRIDAY, OCT. 24
12:03 p.m. — Officers mediated a civil dispute between a land-
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pinions
The McLeod County Chronicle, Wednesday, October 29, 2014, page 4
Head to the polls
Tuesday, Nov. 4
Our view: Local city, county
contests should draw high turnout
P
eople may well be looking
forward to Nov. 5, the day
after the General Election,
and the relief that will come when
the political advertising that is bombarding the television and radio airwaves will finally come to an end.
But despite the general disgruntled
feeling that prevails during the campaign session, most area voters are
anticipating the arrival of Election
Day and the opportunity to shape the
future of their township, city, school,
county, state and federal governments. There is something about the
privilege to vote, guaranteed by the
U.S. Constitution, that stirs even the
most anemic of political blood.
The McLeod County area has always been a stronghold for grassroots politics, which spur some of
the highest voter turnout rates in the
state of Minnesota. The 2012 General Election had a 92.26 percent
turnout in McLeod County, well
above the statewide turnout of 76.11
percent.
What draws voters to the polls is
choice. And nearly every local ballot
has that — the city of Glencoe has
contenders in two of its three council
races; the Glencoe-Silver Lake
School District has five candidates
vying for three open seats; both
county commmissioner districts
have two candidates from which to
choose; the city of New Auburn ballot has six candidates competing for
two council seats; Stewart has four
candidates for two council openings;
the city of Brownton has a mayoral
race; and the Minnesota House District 18B race has one of its more intense competitions in recent years.
Not to mention there are races in
some townships.
A large number of candidates have
stepped up to offer voters a choice,
and we should be grateful for that.
And the best way to show gratitude
for those who come forward to serve
is by going to the polls Tuesday.
As is so often stated, voting is not
just a right in the United States, it is
a privilege that is unheard of in other
parts of the world.
Take advantage of that privilege;
it is your chance to shape the future
of your community. Please go to the
polls Tuesday, Nov. 4.
— L.C.
Letters to the Editor
Gruenhagen responds to letters
To the Editor:
I welcome the opportunity to respond to my critics, Don Rudy and
Gary Ballard.
On education:
There are several primary reasons
why I voted “no” on the K-12 education omnibus funding bill. First,
the bill spends millions to expand
the control of the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) by establishing Regional Centers of Excellence. The MDE’s goal is to micromanage local school districts and
teachers. After serving for 16 years
on the GSL school board, I have witnessed numerous boondoggle educational experimental mandates sent
down by the MDE and the U.S. Department of Education such as the
Profile of Learning, Outcome-Based
Education, Goals 2000, Race to the
Top and Common Core, etc.
These unproven educational experiments on students waste billions
of tax dollars and do nothing for academic achievement. In addition, the
DFL eliminated the “Graduation
Rule” for high school students. The
graduation rule was an academic test
that students had to pass in order to
graduate. Since being implemented,
the grad rule has resulted in doubledigit gains in academics for all students, but especially inner-city minority students, reducing the
achievement gap between Caucasian
and minority students. Minnesota
has one of the worse achievement
gaps in the U.S. This problem seriously damages the future for thousands of minority students and also
dramatically increases our social
welfare costs.
Eliminating the grad rule takes
Minnesota education a step backward to social promotion. Social
promotion passes children from one
grade level to the next, regardless of
their academic achievement. The
practice of social promotion has resulted in approximately 40 percent
of graduates entering college needing to take remedial math and Eng-
The McLeod County
lish courses, driving up their college
cost.
I am a strong supporter of local
school district control and support
additional funding to local school
districts on the student formula
which allows local school boards
and administration to spend the tax
dollars in the classroom where learning actually takes place and not on
bloated government bureaucracy.
The bullying bill passed last session is another unfunded mandate on
local schools. Not one Republican
voted for the bill. It is also a gay activist bill. The DFL House author
thanked two gay activist organizations, GLESEN and Outfront Minnesota, for allowing him to carry the
bill. The intent is to mandate sexually explicit material down into the elementary grades. See Minnesota
Child Protection League for more
info.
On higher
education spending
I voted for the House bill that
froze tuition and added $100 million
of new funding to the University of
Minnesota and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MNSCU)
with good reforms and accountability.
Unfortunately, in conference committee with the Senate and governor,
the final DFL bill added an additional $150 million of spending with little reforms or accountability. I will
not vote to spend additional hardearned taxpayer dollars without reforms and accountability measures
included in the legislation.
On minimum wage:
The Congressional budget office,
a nonpartisan federal agency, estimates that nationally raising the
minimum wage to $10 will eliminate
approximately 500,000 private-sector jobs in our nation. Both the
Chamber of Commerce and National
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Zero coordination, but still love dancing
So I joined a fitness dance class
last week and I learned something
about myself. I have zero coordination and no rhythm.
I have been getting tired of my
mundane routine of lifting dumbbells and running the tireless black
belt on the treadmill at Snap Fitness.
And I’m sick of Jillian Michaels’
tyrannical “30-day Shred” home
workout DVD and I can’t even finish the once-fun “total body cardio”
and yoga routines on Autumn Calabrese’s 21-day fix program.
So I’ve been looking for new
ways to exercise and when my
friend, Brittany, invited me to attend
a “ReFit” dance class last Wednesday and Thursday in Dassel, I was
intrigued and had to try it.
I was running late for Wednesday’s class (naturally), and Brittany
and I had to squish together towards
the back of the room and hop right
into the middle of the first dance
routine.
I was a bit intimidated at first, as it
seemed like I couldn’t get a grasp on
the leg kicks and the arm punches,
but chocked up my lack of talent to
the crowded room and the fact I
missed the warm-up exercises.
After all, I’ve spent countless Saturdays dancing the two-step and
Alyssa Schauer
waltzing with Grandma at the Legion. There was no way I was uncoordinated!
Thursday’s class proved me
wrong.
Brittany and I arrived on time
(miracle!) and secured our spots at
the front of class, directly in front of
the wall of mirrors, so as to not miss
a beat.
I was ready to dance and felt confident as I kept up with our instructor Laura on the shimmies and the
shakes during the warm-up.
“I got this,” I said to my reflection
and then missed the turn, left kick,
turn and punch and spin kick.
And repeat.
I watched in awe as the girls
around me and Laura moved their
shoulders left and right and coordinated high kicks to the fast-paced
rhythm of Train’s “Wonder What
You’re Doing for the Rest of Your
Life” while I just flailed around like
a sunfish at the bottom of a fishing
boat, trying to keep up.
My arms were like spaghetti noodles waving carelessly above my
head as I tried to move my hips to
the bongo beat of the salsa music.
I looked like a monkey in tennis
shoes.
At the end of the class, Brittany
said to me, “That’s what I love about
you. You have absolutely no idea
what you are doing, but you’re dancing anyway.”
I guess my lack of coordination
was that obvious.
But despite my dancing ability or
lack thereof, I had a blast and I actually sweated more than I normally
do during a workout. I even had pain
in some muscles I didn’t think I had
and decided to incorporate dancing
into my fitness routine.
I’ve even transformed my apartment into a ballet studio for the time
being so as to not look like an escaped animal from the zoo when I
attend next week’s dance class.
We’ll see.
Glencoe needs better graffiti artists
I think we need some better graffiti artists in Glencoe. What I have
seen painted on the city streets, sidewalks and grassy areas is not overly
impressive. Colorful, but not very
artistic.
Anyone can make the orange letter “H” and spray paint it up and
down city streets and boulevards
from fire plug to fire plug, or spray
paint streets with the blue, red, yellow or white measurements in feet
and inches from manhole to manhole. And the little colored flags
stuck all around the letters: well,
that’s just cute, but not that cute.
If these sprayed-painted symbols
had been done on business store
fronts or on residential garages in
the community, the perpetrators
would be in jail. But not these
artists. They are hired help — city,
county, state and private utility
workers marking water and sewer
mains, telephone lines and electrical
connections. Much of the “graffiti”
is around the courthouse, and will
likely be there awhile. At least until
snow arrives … and stays. The least
these “artists” could do is make the
spray paintings of something we
could enjoy viewing, like a mural,
instead of marring the look of the
downtown area with this modern ab-
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Bolland and Alissa Hanson,
Creative Department; and Trisha Karels, Office Assistant.
Letters
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however, must be signed. Private
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any letter.
A guest column is also available to
any writer who would like to present an opinion in a more expanded
format. If interested, contact the
editor.
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Rich Glennie
stract line art.
By the way, there is writing in the
grass near the county parking lot on
10th Street. It is in cursive and hard
to read. Someone want to translate?
Oh, you motorists may have to get
out of your vehicles in order to see
this artwork. You also may have to
put down your cell phones and quit
texting long enough to see what I’m
talking about.
There are other things I see on my
morning retirement walks that make
me wonder, too. Like these:
— Why do the sidewalks installed
in 1937 look so much better than the
ones put in over the past decade or
two? My walks along 10th Street
each morning, in particular, include
sections built by the WPA workers
Ethics
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County Chronicle strives to present
the news in a fair and accurate manner. We appreciate errors being
brought to our attention. Please
bring any grievances against the
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grievances to the Minnesota News
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protecting the public from press inaccuracy and unfairness. The News
Council can be contacted at 12 South
Sixth St., Suite 940, Minneapolis,
MN 55402, or (612) 341-9357.
during the Great Depression. They
look a bit worn after nearly 80 years
of use, but appear in better shape
than the cracked ones that were installed a number of years ago when
16th Street was rebuilt. They must
have forgotten some ingredient in
the 16th Street sidewalks … for
crack prevention. Some of the
cracks are long and wide. Maybe the
public employee graffiti artists can
spruce up those cracks. An orange
“H” would look nice.
— Why don’t homeowners trim
the low-lying branches that hang
over their sidewalks? My wife and I
feel like limbo dancers in some
spots, and I don’t bend that well
anymore (actually never did). So I
walk on the homeowners’ lawns to
avoid losing my cap, or an eye, to
the low-hanging branches. Perhaps
they should put more Miracle Gro
on their trees to get them to grow
taller, faster.
— Why does it seem like walkers
are going uphill no matter where
they travel in Glencoe? Maybe it’s
just me, but I always seem to be
going uphill, or at least my legs
seem to think so. Doesn’t seem to
Press Freedom
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the U.S. Constitution:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press…”
Ben Franklin wrote in the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1731: “If printers
were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would
offend nobody there would be very
little printed.”
Glennie
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By Jackee Fountain
Mini-wreath workshop
The Glencoe Library will
host a Holiday Mini-Wreath
Craft Workshop on Monday,
Nov. 10, from 2 p.m. to 4
p.m.
The workshop is presented
by the Minnesota History
Players and sponsored by the
Minnesota Legacy Amendment and McLeod County
Public Libraries. Space is
limited to 20 adult participants so registration is necessary. This free program will
be held in the Glencoe Library Activity Room. Please
call or visit the Glencoe Library to register.
November has several programs for children. Lego
Club will meet Tuesday, Nov.
4, at 6 p.m. Call the library to
let Miss Gabby know if you
will be coming. Tuesdays and
Saturdays are the days of the
new Toddler ABC Storytime.
Both days have storytime at
10:30 a.m. and the same activities are presented for the
same week. Friday, Nov. 28,
is Movie Day at the Glencoe
Library. The PG-rated movie
will begin at 1 p.m. All children are welcome to watch
the movie. There is no cost
and no registration. What a
fun activity to do on a vacation day in the fall.
Looking ahead to December, the Glencoe Library will
be part of the Glencoe Holly
Days celebration. The annual
Elf Party will be on Saturday,
Dec. 6, at 10:30 a.m., and
will have Christmas games,
activities, snacks and wrapping presents for the children
in need in McLeod County.
Attendees are asked to bring
an unwrapped new gift for a
child. More information is
found on the Glencoe Library
website or at the library.
The Glencoe Library will
be closed Tuesday, Nov. 11,
and Thursday, Nov. 27.
If any community member
has not seen the Glencoe Library’s finished historical
rooms, please make a point to
visit the Glencoe Library and
enjoy the new spaces. One
room is renovated as a 1932
classroom and serves as the
book sale space. The second
is a Historical/Reading Room
with bookcases full of classics to read while relaxing in
the comfy furniture. You may
also study or use the library’s
WiFi and research on the microfilm reader. The renovations were provided by a
Minnesota Historical matching grant and the Friends of
the Glencoe Public Library.
For more library information,
please visit our website:
www.glencoe.lib.mn.us.
Glennie Continued from page 4
bother my wife, though.
Hmmm.
— Ever wonder why those
plastic tops for styrofoam
coffee cups never quite seal
properly? While I’m typing
this, I managed to spill hot
coffee down the front of my
shirt. I think I’ll sue. The
problem is it wasn’t hot
enough that I even noticed at
first. And it wasn’t Macdonald’s coffee, anyway. So
much for that get-rich-quick
scheme.
Maybe I should work on
my coordination. You know,
cup-to-mouth technique. Or
just stop pretending I can
multi-task. Either type or
drink coffee, just not at the
same time.
Rich Glennie was the editor of The Chronicle for 23
years. He retired Aug. 1, but
still plans to submit an occasional column.
Area News
Seneca closing in Arlington
ARLINGTON — Seneca Foods will close its Arlington operations in spring 2015, according to the Arlington
Enterprise. The local vegetable canning factory employs
46 full-time employees and 150 seasonal employees. It
has operated in Arlington since 1905. Tim Benjamin,
chief financial officer for Seneca Foods Corporation, said
“economics left us with no choice but to close the facility.” Benjamin said the company is working with employees on relocation options.
Longtime city clerk to retire
COKATO — Peggy Carlson will retire as the Cokato
city clerk at the end of 2014, according to the DasselCokato Enterprise Dispatch. Carlson has served as the
city clerk for 33 years. Carlson is planning a phased retirement, in order to assist the new city administrator and
clerk as they become accustomed to Cokato.
By Rich Glennie
Correspondent
Mike Drew, city public
works supervisor for streets
and parks, said the first week
of the new leaf-vacuuming
program came with compliments as well as complaints.
Speaking to the Glencoe
City Council Monday night,
Oct. 20, Drew said there were
a lot of good compliments
about the program, which
vacuums leaves from the
city’s streets throughout the
fall instead of residents having to haul their leaves to the
compost site as was past practice.
But with all new programs,
Drew said, comes growing
pains and this was no excep-
tion.
The biggest complaint is
that the noisy equipment
starts work at 3 a.m. and runs
for about 16 hours a day with
the two-man shifts.
He said it took about 19
hours to clear one quadrant
within the city the first time.
Another complaint was the
equipment needs to make two
or three passes on a street in
order to pick up the leaves.
“It’s a learning experience
for the operators and community,” Drew said. He suggested people raking or blowing
their leaves into the street put
the leaves in windrows “as
tight as they can.” He said
with some of the leaves
spread up to eight feet wide,
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Federation of Independent
Business (NFIB) opposed the
minimum wage bill because
of the negative effect on
small and mid sized businesses. Unskilled labor and minority youth will be hit hardest by this loss of private sector jobs.
The way to raise wages is
by having a competitive tax
and regulatory system, which
will allow the private sector
to grow and prosper. In North
Dakota, the starting wage at
McDonald’s is $15 per hour
and at Walmart it is $20 per
hour, but it is not mandated, it
is a result of a booming economy. We could experience the
same in Minnesota but not by
government mandate, which
only hurts our businesses and
the less fortunate in our communities. Mandating an increase in the minimum wage
is based on misguided legislation rather than sound economic principles and tax reform.
On global warming:
Gary Ballard is right about
one thing: I do not believe in
the “theory” of global warming as promoted by Al Gore
and the United Nations (UN).
And, in fact, the global warming alarmists have now
switched the name of their
theory to “climate change”
because the facts no longer
line up. CFACT.org verifies
there has been NO global
warming in 16 years.
County asked to
revoke permits
SIBLEY COUNTY — The
Sibley County Board of
Commissioners has tabled a
request from the Cornish
Township Board of Supervisors to revoke permits for the
Sibley Wind Substation project. The Gaylord Hub reports
that the township made the
request “because of alleged
violations of county permits,
changes to Wesco’s ownership structure and the need to
protect the citizens of Sibley
County.” The Board tabled
the request in order to study
documents submitted by the
township’s attorney.
Police chief leaving Hector
HECTOR — Pat Callahan, Hector police chief, has
submitted resignation to accept a similar position in
Zumbrota, according to the News-Mirror. Callahan gave
his 30 days’ notice to the Hector mayor in mid-October.
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quires the operators to stop
and remove the sticks, slowing down the removal
process, Drew said.
Drew also asked residents
to keep leaves away from
street corners because the machinery cannot easily navigate around corners.
The operators also missed a
couple of streets the first
week through town. “But remember, we’ll be back next
week,” Drew said.
The goal now is to cut back
on the time needed to clear
each quadrant, Drew said,
and that might allow for a
later start of the cleanup in
the morning. “But now, we
need to start at this time (3
a.m.),” Drew added.
The City of Glencoe currently has position openings on
the Cemetery Commission, Park Board, and Planning
and Industrial Commission. If you are interested in
serving on any of the above mentioned commissions or
boards, please contact the city offices at 864-5586. Interested candidates must be registered voters and reside
in the City of Glencoe. Applications will be accepted
until positions are filled.
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CITY OF GLENCOE
LIGHT & POWER COMMISSION POSITION
OPENINGS
The City of Glencoe currently has two positions open for
the Light & Power Commission. If you are interested in
serving on the above commission, please contact the city
offices at 864-5586. Interested candidates must be registered voters and reside in the City of Glencoe. Applications of interest for serving on boards or commissions can
be picked up at City Hall or are available at www.glen
coemn.org. Applications will be accepted until positions
are filled.
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it forces the operators to
make more than one pass.
Tighter windrows would help
the operators.
He also said his operators
may be trying to clean up too
much. He said those operators
will be back each week until
the snows flies.
Another issue is people
raking their leaves into the
street “days before,” Drew
said. As a result, some of the
leaves are run over numerous
times, compacted and a lot
more difficult to pick up with
the vacuum. He suggested
raking the leaves to the curb
the night before, if possible.
Sticks in the leaves also
pose problems with the new
vacuum equipment, which re-
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The 31,000 U.S. scientists
(9,000 with PhDs) who
signed the petition opposing
the global warming theory are
constantly denigrated by taxsubsidized scientists eager to
keep their gravy train of tax
dollars flowing for their research. Please realize that scientists reporting evidence for
climate change are receiving
billions of tax dollars in subsidies and those scientists
who expose the lies of climate change are not.
The promotion of the Cap
and Trade Tax is a scheme
based on the theory of global
warming. It will do nothing
for our environment, but it
will cost our economy billions of tax dollars, which
will be transferred to the UN
and other under-developed
countries, driving up the cost
of energy, goods and services.
The International Climate
Science Coalition, The Heartland Institute, and CFACT,
are just three of the credible
organizations publishing scientific critiques of the fraudulent pseudo science of global
warming.
On Nov. 4, please vote for
candidates who oppose waste,
fraud and abuse in government and require accountability on the expenditure of your
hard earned tax dollars.
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Brownton’s public works supervisor
resigns; city seeking replacement
By Lori Copler
Editor
The city of Brownton is
searching for a new public
works employee after accepting the resignation of 17-year
employee Mark Streich.
Streich has accepted a job
in the private sector and his
resignation is effective Nov.
12.
The Brownton City Council met in special session
Thursday night to start the
advertising process for finding a replacement.
City Clerk Ella Kruse said
Streich has agreed to assist
the city in the transition to a
new employee through the
end of the year, provided the
city continues to offer him
health insurance until Dec.
31. Kruse said she will have
to check on whether the city
can continue to provide insurance on that basis.
“I feel we should do whatever we can to help him out,”
commented Council Member
Chuck Warner.
Streich is currently the
public works supervisor and
holds licenses for the wastewater and water systems.
Public works employee
Chad Draeger asked the City
Council about possibly dividing supervisory duties between him and the new employee, with the new person
primarily supervising the
wastewater system while
Draeger supervises the parks,
streets and water systems.
Draeger said if he takes on
supervisory duties, he would
like a salary increase.
“I think we understand
that,” said Warner, who indicated the Council will consider Draeger’s proposal.
The city agreed to start advertising for a replacement
for Streich in area newspapers, the League of Minnesota Cities publications and
with the Rural Water Association.
The Council agreed to a
Engagements
Sievert
— Unseth
Katherine Sievert of St.
Francis and Isaac Unseth of
Lester Prairie, together with
their parents, Yvonne and
Scott Sievert and Ruth and
Nathan Unseth, joyfully announce their engagement.
Wedding and reception to
be held Jan. 1, 2015, in Minneapolis.
Katherine Sievert,
Isaac Unseth
Genz —
Plevell
Darla Genz and Alex Plevell of Watkins announce their
engagement.
Parents of the couple are
Bill Genz of Winthrop,
Margie and Steve Longstreet
of Pipestone and Fred and
Diane Plevel of Tomah, Wis.
The bride is a 2004 graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato, and is currently employed as a lead
vendor specialist for Encore
Capital Group of St. Cloud.
The groom is a student at
St. Cloud State Technical and
Community College and is in
the military.
starting salary of between
$45,000 and $55,000, depending on qualifications.
In other business, the City
Council voted to pay a onetime cost of $27,500 to install
an industrial standard heater
in the natural gas transfer station near Stewart.
Kruse said the transfer station wasn’t initially heated
because it was constructed
for the United Grain Systems
facility northwest of town,
which doesn’t use natural gas
during the winter.
The cost of the heater is estimated at $36,000 to
$40,000. Kruse said the city’s
$27,500 share includes “no
maintenance, ever,” for the
heater.
The City Council agreed to
the cost, contingent on a paperwork that specifically
spells out that the city will
not be responsible for any future maintenance costs for the
heating system.
22 Brownton
seniors met
on Monday
Twenty-two Brownton
senior citizens met Monday,
Oct. 27, at the community
center.
Cards were played with the
following winners: 500,
Gladys Rickert, first, and
Bernetta Alsleben, second;
pinochle, Pearl Streu, first,
and Zelda Baysinger, second;
and sheephead, Harriet
Bergs, first, and Lowell Brelje, second.
Lil Lindeman won the
door prize, and Pearl Streu
served refreshments.
The next meeting will be
Monday, Nov. 3, at 1 p.m.
All area seniors are welcome.
Becker tells of Girls State experience
Editor’s Note: Sloan
Becker, daughter of Sean
and Mylei Becker of
Brownton, was the Brownton American Legion Auxiliary’s selection for participation in Girls State this
past summer. This is her
personal account of her experience.
Girls State was a wonderful
experience that taught me so
much.
On the first day, we were
split into towns where we
built our government. In my
town, we used the weak
mayor structure.
Then we broke into caucuses. There, we decided who
we sent to the county caucus,
and who was the town caucus
chairman. I had the honor of
becoming the city chairman
and an automatic delegate to
the county caucus.
After that, we went to our
county meeting. In our county meeting, we decided what
kind of city and how many
officials we had. Anyone interested in becoming councilmen, sheriff and any other officials that were needed in the
counties then gave a short
speech on why they thought
they would be best for the
job. I ran and won as a councilman.
After that, we broke into
caucuses. In those we voted
for a chairman and I was
lucky enough to be trusted
with that responsibility. After
that we discussed what our
platform should be. After
agreeing upon that, we decided on which members should
go to the state convention. I
was lucky enough to be cho-
sen as chairman, therefore I
was an automatic delegate.
At the state convention, we
had eight people run for the
state chairman, and I also was
blessed enough to receive
that honor.
Later, we received speeches from everyone looking to
become an elected official on
why they thought they’d be
best for the job. Then all of
the people looking to be nonpartisan official,s like judges
and auditors, gave their
speeches to the opposing parties.
Then, just like in the real
world, we had primaries and
after each party had their running mates, we started the
campaign. This was after, of
course, each party had agreed
on a platform that the party
The Brownton Lions Club
will host its annual youth
Halloween party Friday, Oct.
31, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.,
at the Brownton Community
Center.
The event is open to children in sixth grade and under.
There is an entrance fee of $3
per child, and a maximum fee
of $10 per family. All proceeds are donated to the
McLeod Emergency Food
Shelf.
The Lions Club also will
be collecting old eyeglasses
and hearing aids for recycling.
Anyone interested in help-
ing with the games is welcome to call Penny Lindeman
at 320-328-4192. Please
leave a message.
Lunch also will be available for purchase the night of
the party.
Thurs., Oct. 30 — AA Group mtg. next to Post Office in Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for info.
Fri., Oct. 31 — HAPPY HALLOWEEN
Mon., Nov. 3 — Tops Weigh-In mtg., 5-5:30 p.m.;
Brownton Senior Citizens Club, Brownton Community Center, 1 p.m.
Tues., Nov. 4 — Narcotics Anonymous, Brownton
Community Center, 7 p.m.; Brownton City Council, 7
p.m.
Wed., Nov. 5 — Brownton Women’s Club, Brownton Community Center, 7:30 p.m.
Thurs., Nov. 6 — AA Group mtg. next to Post Office in Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for info.
Alex Plevell,
Darla Genz
FRIDAY, OCT. 31
5:30-7 p.m.
Brownton Community Center
Grade 6 and Under
Entrance Fee: $3.00 per child. Max $10 per family.
People
would like to take to the state.
After the campaign was
over, we went to the voting
booths and took part in the
democratic process. Then it
was just a waiting game; that
night, after supper, the results
were announced and our new
governor was Anna Gardner.
The next day, anyone who
was in the city or county government was given a mock
trial and the rest of the citizens were split into the House
and the Senate. On Friday, we
went to the Capitol and tried
our cases or passed bills.
Girls State was such a
wonderful experience and I
am so glad I was able to participate. I would like to thank
the women’s auxiliary of
Brownton for the opportunity
they gave me.
Brownton Lions Club sets Halloween party
Annual Brownton Lions
The wedding is set for
April 24, 2015, in Puerto
Morelos, Mexico.
Submitted photo
Sloan Becker of Brownton was the Brownton American Legion Auxiliary Unit’s delegate to Girls State
this past summer.
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Jeepers Creepers
we will also be collecting old peepers!
Bring along any old eyeglasses and hearing aids to be
donated to Lions International for recycling
www.firstmnbank.com
Anyone interested in working can contact
Penny Lindeman at 320-328-4192, leave message.
Lindsey Becker of Glencoe is one of 127 students enrolled in the honors program at Bemidji State University
in Bemidji. Bemidji State University’s honors program
has a long history of providing intellectual and creative
excitement as well as academic challenge for students.
Becker is a sophomore studying elementary education.
Daughter born to Strobels
Kyle and Leah Strobel of Plato announce the arrival of
a daughter, Henley Claire Strobel, born Oct. 10, 2014, at
Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia. Henley weighed
6 pounds, 9 ounces, and was 191⁄2 inches long. Grandparents are Kevin and Laura Dahlen of Dassel and Robert
and Michelle Strobel of Plato. Great-grandparents are
Arthur Dahlen of Thief River Falls, June Buenger of Bemidji, Richard and Dixie Cliff of Rosemount and Bernice
Strobel of Arlington.
Yureks announce twins’ births
Chris and Jamie Yurek of Glencoe announce the birth
of twin sons, Evan Daniel and Benjamin Ronald, born
Oct. 13, 2014, at Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia.
Evan weighed 5 pounds, 13 ounces, and was 19 inches in
length, and Benjamin weighed 5 pounds, 10 ounces, and
was 171⁄4 inches long. The boys join siblings Kailey and
Jordan. Grandparents are Dan and Joanne Biederwolf of
Glencoe and Ron and Roxy Yurek of Silver Lake. Greatgrandparent is Marion Biederwolf of Menomonee Falls,
Wis.
Girl born to Arlington couple
Dominique Buffet and Joel Farber of Arlington announce the birth of their daughter, Elliana Dakotah Lynn
Farber, on Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, at Glencoe Regional
Health Services. Elliana weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces,
and was 20 inches in length. She is welcomed home by
big sister Tatiana. Grandparents are Sara and Rob
Schmitz of Long Lake, Gene Farber of New Germany
and Jane Rischmiller of Gaylord.
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available for purchase.
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SL Council approves to repair
storm sewer for $14,000
By Alyssa Schauer
Staff Writer
At a continuation of its regular monthly meeting last
Wednesday night, Oct. 22,
the Silver Lake City Council
approved hiring Juul Contracting Company for the
storm sewer repair on Oliver
Street at a cost not to exceed
$14,002.50, with monies
coming from the street improvement budget in the general fund.
The Council met Wednesday night due to lack of quorum at the Monday, Oct. 20,
meeting. Only Mayor Bruce
Bebo and Councilor Eric Nelson were present.
On Wednesday night, Public Works Supervisor Dale
Kosek presented councilors
with bids from Juul and
Hjerpe Contracting, Inc., of
Hutchinson. Hjerpe bid
$14,902.50 for the project.
Both bids include furnishing and installing a dual-wall
storm sewer, removing and
replacing bituminous material, removing and replacing
concrete curb and gutter and
hydro seeding.
In other matters, the Council:
• Hired Borka Excavating,
LLC, to haul and remove
snow for the 2014-15 winter
season at a cost of $70 per
hour per truck.
• Reviewed the Municipal
Liquor Store (MLS) report to
find the business is having an
“extremely good year.”
City Clerk Kerry Venier said
profits are “well above average.”
The monthly report shows
a 6.07 increase in net profit,
up from 3.08 percent in September 2013. Operating revenues were $17,932, up from
$16,905 and expenses were
$15,332, down from $15,772
in September.
The year-to-date report
shows a net profit of 12.46
percent, up from 6.08 percent
in 2013. Operating revenues
totaled $197,819, up from
$185,054 last year. Expenses
showed a total of $146,169,
down from $161,235 in 2013.
• Heard the planning commission met and reviewed
some of the surveys that have
been returned. The commission will begin tabulating the
results at the November
meeting as surveys are due
Oct. 31.
• Consolidated the planning
commission and tree commission into one entity and appointed Connie Kratzke to
serve on the commission.
Venier said Kratzke has a
“deep knowledge of trees and
would very much like to
serve as the city’s arborist.”
• Approved health insurance rates for full-time nonelected employees.
• Accepted donations from
the following donors:
Silver Lake Lions, auditorium and floor repair, $3,000.
Silver Lake Civic Association, auditorium floor,
$5,000.
Silver Lake Pool and Parks
Organization, floor, $500.
Silver Lake Sportsmen’s
Club, floor, $1,000.
Knights of Columbus,
floor, $1,000.
Silver Lake Legion, floor,
$1,000.
Degree of Honor, floor,
$300.
Al and Pearl Branden, auditorium remodel, $500.
Helen Piehl, remodel,
$150.
Senior dining site, remodel,
$335.
Silver Lake Legion Auxiliary, remodel, $1,000.
Joleen Nowak, remodel,
$100.
Silver Lake Lions, remodel, $2,000.
Robert Ardolf, remodel,
$300.
Harry and Rita Bebo, remodel, $10,000.
Silver Lake Sportsmen’s
Club, remodel, $1,000.
Sam Shimanski, remodel,
$500.
Anonymous, remodel,
$100.
Silver Lake Lions, hole
sponsor, $100.
Silver Lake Lions, royalty
program, $800.
Knights of Columbus,
pool, $673.88.
Donation jar, pool organization, $67.89.
Silver Lake Legion, fire
department, $1,500.
Silver Lake Lions, fire relief, $200.
Crow River Sno Pros, fire
department turnout gear,
$4,000.
Silver Lake Lions, fire department, $1,190.
VFW 1720, veterans monument, $500.
Silver Lake Legion, veterans monument, $3,200.
Silver Lake Lions, veterans
monument, $500.
Silver Lake Lions, MLS
mats, $1,000.
Various donors, ambulance
fund, $430.
Mark Broderius earns Eagle Scout
recognition in Boy Scouts of America
Mark Broderius, son of Lee
and Geralyn Broderius of
Glencoe, has been awarded
the Eagle Scout award, the
highest advancement award
in the Boy Scouts of America.
Broderius is a senior at
Glencoe-Silver Lake High
School and has participated
in band, choir, jazz band, National Honor Society, student
government, musicals, the
spring play and Knowledge
Bowl.
Over the years as a Boy
Scout, Broderius has held
many troop leadership posi-
tions, including patrol leader,
quartermaster and librarian.
Among other requirements,
a candidate for the Eagle rank
must plan, develop and give
leadership to others in a service project helpful to any religious institution, school or
community.
His project was to reorganize the balcony at St. Pius X
Catholic Church in Glencoe.
This was accomplished by
purchasing and assembling
storage units for the video
equipment and music that is
stored there, and also by recarpeting the risers for choir.
Weather Corner
By Jake Yurek
After a very pleasant, above-normal run of weather,
things cool off this week as we head into November.
Average high temperatures for this time of year should
be somewhere around the 52-degree mark. Last week
was a very welcome surprise as we stayed 10-20 degrees
above normal.
A Canadian front pushed through the area early this
week bringing a cool-down to more normal temperatures.
Highs to end the week and weekend will generally stick
in the 50s. Friday will be slightly cooler with temps not
making it out of the 40s, so bundle up all the little ghouls
and goblins as they head out trick-or-treating.
We rebound back into the 50s for the weekend, so all
in all, it should be a fairly decent run of weather. Rain
stays away for basically the entire forecast period so it’ll
be another good week to get fall chores done. A storm
system will move along the Canadian border Sunday into
Monday, so we could see a few stray showers depending
on the exact track.
The extended shows much of the same continuing with
near-normal temperatures and a chance of precipitation
every four days or so. Have a great week, all; Happy Halloween!
Ma dobry weekendem
Mit dobry vikend
Wednesday night — Lows 33-39; clouds.
Thursday — Highs 51-57, lows 27-33; mostly clear.
Friday — Highs 42-48, lows 27-33; clear.
Saturday — Highs 47-52, lows 33-39; partly cloudy.
Sunday — Highs 52-58; partly cloudy.
Pillars of Character
The Glencoe-Silver Lake High School pillars of character for September include
Stephanie Welch, responsibility; Mitchell
Rothstein, responsibility; and Cassie
Medina, caring.
Submitted photo
September students of the month
The Glencoe-Silver Lake High School
students of the month include, in the
front, from left to right, Hannah Kunkel,
Thalia Otero, Madison Posusta, Molli
Cacka and Kirsten Barott. In the back are
Ben Rockswold, Logan Artmann, Garrett
Ober and Courtney Zajicek.
SL bloodmobile set Oct. 30;
donors eligible to win $5,000
Mark Broderius
Save the date:
11th-annual
Thanksgiving
dinner set
Please mark your calendars
for this year ’s citywide
Thanksgiving dinner in Silver Lake on Thursday, Nov.
27.
Everyone is encouraged to
attend and share all of the
things they are thankful for.
As always, the dinner is in
need of volunteers to help,
along with donations toward
the event.
It is a free meal for all, so
please plan on signing up and
sharing this day with the
community. The goal again is
for everyone to enjoy a great
meal, share stories with others and most importantly,
leave with a smile and know
the residents of Silver Lake
care.
Look for more information
in the coming weeks. Sign up
will be at the Silver Lake city
offices or call Mayor Bruce
Bebo at 320-327-3157.
The Silver Lake blood
drive is set for Thursday, Oct.
30, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., at
the Silver Lake American Legion club rooms.
Volunteers will be calling
in the next several weeks to
set up appointments. Donors
can also schedule appointments by calling Margaret
Benz at 320-327-2249. Walkins also are welcome.
During the month of October, all presenting donors will
be eligible for a chance to
VOTE
Donald Lhotka
– Rich Valley Supervisor –
Best Man
Wins!
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KCs paper
drive slated
Oct. 31, Nov. 1
mn Garden Party at Faith
AutuSoup
& Sandwich Supper
The Silver Lake Knights of
Columbus Council No. 1841
will hold a paper drive Friday, Oct. 31, and Saturday,
Nov. 1, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The trailer will be parked
on the north side of Holy
Family Church in Silver
Lake.
Items accepted include
newspapers, junk mail, magazines, paper bags and cardboard.
Cardboard should be kept
separate from papers. No
plastic, please.
Profits will go to the Silver
Lake Ambulance, Silver
Lake Fire Department and
Silver Lake winter festival.
For information or help
hauling papers, please call
Ray Bandas at 320-3273115.
Faith Presbyterian Church
Silver Lake, MN
‘Light up the Night’ features
jack-o-lantern display
Starting Wednesday, Oct.
29, and running through Friday, Oct. 31, a huge jack-olantern display will be located at the Glencoe City Center
to “light up the night.”
The goal is to have 100plus lit carved pumpkins on
display at the City Center and
everyone is invited to participate, including businesses,
employees, clubs, kids, families and anyone else in the
public.
Bring a carved pumpkin to
the City Center on Oct. 29
win a $5,000 Visa gift card,
courtesy of Suburban
Propane.
Individuals who are 17
years of age or 16 with
parental permission, weigh at
least 110 pounds and are in
generally in good health, may
be eligible to donate blood.
High school students and
other donors 18 years of age
and younger also have to
meet certain height and
weight requirements.
between 3:30 p.m. and 7
p.m., or on Oct. 30 or Oct. 31
at 7 p.m.
Include a battery-operated
light inside the pumpkin; no
candles please. A display of
the carved pumpkins will be
built and will be lit each
evening from Oct. 29-31.
Pumpkins can be picked up
Oct. 31 at 9 p.m.
Call Annette Ahlfs at 320864-5231 or Barb Jenneke at
320-864-5761 for more information.
Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014
Serving from 4:30-7 p.m.
Menu will include various soups,
sandwiches and dessert selections.
Tickets: Adults $7.50, Children 4-10 $4.00,
Children 3 & Under FREE
Come check out the Bake Sale too!
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Silver Lake Liquors
“Your Hometown Liquor Store”
Halloween Costume Party
Friday, Oct. 31 • $100 for Best Costume*
*Rent your costume from Grandma’s Closet
and receive a “Buy 1, Get 1 Free” Drink Coupon!
Country Fried
Grubers
Music starts at 8:00 p.m.
MEAT RAFFLES Every First & Third Saturday of the Month!
Starting Nov. 1 @ 5:30 p.m. • Proceeds to benefit local organizations!
SilverOnLake
Muni
and Off Sale
200 W. Main St. • 320-327-2777
For any Silver Lake news, story ideas
and photo submissions, please email
information to Alyssa Schauer at
alyssas@glencoenews.com; drop in
dropbox at Silver Lake City Office
call the Chronicle office at 320-864-5518;
mail to PO Box 188, Glencoe, MN 55336;
or stop by 716 E 10th St., Glencoe.
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Weather Quiz: What are some of November’s weather
extremes?
Answer to last week’s question (What are the newest
forecast models out last week saying about this year’s
winter?): There’s been a lot of doom and gloom about the
upcoming winter with a good chunk of forecasters saying
it’ll be as bad as last year. Recent models say differently
as they give this winter even chances of being warmer or
cooler, so basically an average winter. Winters like last
year typically only come about every 30 years or so, so
hopefully we won’t have to worry about another one like
that until 2043.
Remember: I make the forecast, not the weather!
Submitted photo
The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, October 29, 2014, page 8
Mildred Esther Vasek, 91, Silver Lake
Obituaries
Patricia Ann Meyer, 68, of Gaylord
Patricia Ann Meyer, 68, of
Gaylord, died Saturday, Oct.
26, 2014, at Ridgeview Sibley Medical Center in Arlington.
The funeral service will be
T h u r s d a y,
Oct. 30, at
11 a.m., at
Immanuel
Lutheran
Church in
Patricia
Gaylord
Meyer
with interment in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be Wednesday, Oct. 29, from 4 p.m. to 8
p.m., at the Egesdal Funeral
Home in Gaylord, with a
prayer service at 8 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour
prior to the service at the
church Thursday.
The Rev. Harold Storm
will officiate at the funeral.
Eunice Asmus will be the organist, and congregational
hymns will be “Amazing
Grace,” “For All the Saints,”
“On Eagle’s Wings” and
“Jesus Loves Me.”
Honorary pallbearers are
her grandchildren, Jessica
Epple, Madison Kobb, Taylor
Williams, Litzy Meyer, Jamie
Hiniker, Nerisa Hoag,
Melanie Zamzow and Chase
Williams.
Pallbearers are her grandsons, Reese Wilkens, Wayne
Kask, David Cody Kobb,
Daniel Meyer Jr., Steven
Epple and Tyson Kask.
Patricia Ann (Patzold)
Meyer was born May 12,
1946, in Glencoe, to Ervin
and Eldora (Duenow) Patzold. She was baptized as an
infant on June 2, 1946, at St.
Paul’s Lutheran Church in
Stewart. She was confirmed
in her faith as a youth in
Stewart. She was educated in
Gaylord and Glencoe, and
was a graduate of the Glencoe High School class of
1964.
On Feb. 22, 1964, she was
united in marriage to Harvey
Meyer at St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church in Stewart. After their
marriage, the couple resided
in Glencoe and Mankato, and
most recently in Gaylord.
Their marriage was blessed
with five children, and they
shared 50 years together.
Mrs. Meyer was employed
at Young America Corporation, Telex in Glencoe, Matson Super Valu, Kmart and
managed Food-N-Fuel.
She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in
Gaylord. She enjoyed playing
board games, reading, embroidering, watching her
grandchildren’s events, baking and cooking. She had a
big heart and loved to spend
time with her husband, children and grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband, Harvey Meyer of Gaylord; children, Dan (wife
Darlene) Meyer of Winthrop,
Shelly (husband David) Kobb
of Jacksonville, Fla., Dodie
Williams of Philadelphia, Pa.,
and Shawn Meyer and Aidee
Sandoval of Winthrop; grandchildren, Jamie Hiniker, Nerisa (husband Jeff) Hoag,
Wayne Kask, Melanie (husband Jesse) Zamzow, Daniel
Meyer Jr., Reese Wilkens and
his fiancé K.C. Kane, Jessica
(husband Steve) Epple, David
Cody Kobb, Madison Kobb,
Chase Williams, Taylor
Williams, Litzy Meyer, Edward Sandoval and George
Sandoval; great-grandchildren, Jonathan Hiniker,
Skyler Kask, Tyson Kask,
Blake Kask, Preston Kask,
Alivia Epple, Owen Hoag
and Michael Hoag; siblings,
Cheryl (husband Norman)
Schwarze of Brownton,
Lynette (husband Gerald)
Lorentz of Gaylord and Julene (husband Gary) Kluzak
of East Grand Forks; nieces,
nephews, other relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Meyer was preceded
in death by her parents, Ervin
and Eldora Patzold; sister,
Sharilyn Patzold; son, Scott
Meyer; father-in-law, Marvin
and Gertrude Sievert; and father-in-law, Benjamin Meyer.
Arrangements are with the
Egesdal Funeral Home in
Gaylord. Online obituaries
and guest book are available
at www.hantge.com.
John Charles Popelka, 66, of Glencoe
John Charles Popelka, 66,
of Glencoe, died Monday,
Oct. 20, 2014, at United Hospital in St. Paul.
A Mass
of Christian
Burial was
held Thursday, Oct.
23, at the
Church of
St. Pius X
in Glencoe
with
the Charles
Rev. Antho- Popelka
ny Stubeda
officiating.
Kelly LeCrone was the
song leader and Sue Mielke
was the organist. Musical selections included “We Are the
Light of the World,” “Lord,
When You Come to the
Seashore,” “Gift of Finest
Wheat,” “Panis Angelicus”
and “Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above.”
Honorary pallbearers were
members of the Glencoe
Catholic Cemetery Board.
Pallbearers were Patrick
Barry, Steve Popelka, Jason
Popelka, Taylor Alsleben,
Ron Maresh and Pat Maresh.
Interment was in the Glencoe Catholic Cemetery in
Glencoe.
John Charles Popelka, a
child of God, was born to
John C. and Mary (Vacek)
Popelka on Jan. 17, 1948, at
the Glencoe Municipal Hospital. He was baptized in January 1948 at St. Joseph
Church in Silver Lake, and
the Sacraments of First Communion and Confirmation
were received at St. Peter and
Paul Church in Glencoe. His
education began in District
29 as a first grader, then St.
Peter and Paul/St. Pius X
School for second through
eighth grades. He graduated
from Glencoe High School
with the class of 1965. He
furthered his education by attending Nazareth Hall and
Seminary for two years.
The Glencoe area has been
home for Mr. Popelka for all
his life, as he took over the
family dairy farm in the late
1960s and stayed on the farm
until health problems necessitated a change to less-physical labor. In April 1987, he
took employment at the Glencoe Veterinary Clinic until he
retired, but he continued to
help part time at the clinic
until his death.
There were challenges in
his life that might have made
others want to give up. But
these strengthened his weak
trust in God. It can be told
today that alcoholism held his
life hostage for 25 years, until
Aug. 21, 1992, when, in the
pit of hell, he turned to the
help of AA — a turning point
of teaching him to be of service to others and drawing him
to be actively engaged in the
Catholic faith.
Mr. Popelka was known to
be a recycler, fix-it man and
restorer of anything he was a
steward over. His motto was
not to discard, but to preserve. In his last years, he
chose to live the single life,
finding great fulfillment in always being available for others, church and community.
In the past 16 years, Mr.
Popelka was very involved at
St. Pius Parish and School,
serving in various ministries.
God was his focal point; from
there the church gave him
strength to live life in this
world to the fullest.
Mr. Popelka is survived by
his brother, Francis (Delores)
Popelka of Hopkins; sons,
Charles Popelka and Gary
Popelka; grandchildren, Taylor, Nathan and Chloe; and
many relatives and friends in
the Glencoe area and distances away.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, John and
Mary Popelka; and sister,
Margaret Schaeve.
Arrangements were with
the Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Henry ‘Hiney’ Zajicek, 78, of Glencoe
Henry “Hiney” John Zajicek Jr., 78, of Glencoe, died
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, at
Meeker Memorial Hospital in
Litchfield.
A Mass
of Christian
Burial was
held Tuesday, Oct.
28, at the
Church of
St. Pius X
in Glencoe
with
the Henry
Rev. Antho- Zajicek
ny Stubeda
officiating.
Sue Mielke was the organist and Mary Ann Thalmann
was the song leader. Musical
selections were “Here I Am,
Lord,” “Jesus, Come to Us,”
“I Am the Bread of Life” and
“Prayer of St. Francis.”
Payton Lee was an honorary pallbearer. Pallbearers
were McCoy Zajicek, Jessica
Lee, Craig Zajicek, Tammy
Meyer, Scott McKenzie and
Brent Meyer.
Interment was in the Glencoe City Cemetery.
Henry “Hiney” John Zajicek Jr. was born Nov. 16,
1935, in Rich Valley Township, the son of Henry and
Frances (Bednar) Zajicek. He
was baptized as an infant and
confirmed in his faith as
youth at St. George’s
Catholic Church. He attended
school in Glencoe and was a
1953 graduate of Stevens
Seminary.
On Sept. 28, 1963, he was
united in marriage to Janet
Meyer by the Rev. Skoblik at
St. George Catholic Church
in Glencoe. The couple made
their home around Glencoe,
and their marriage was
blessed with two children,
Pam and Jason. The Zajiceks
shared 41 years of marriage
before Mrs. Zajicek’s death
on March 22, 2005.
Mr. Zajicek was a farmer
and worked at Glencoe Butter
& Produce, retiring after over
35 years. He also worked at
Shamla Oil Company and
Seneca Foods after his retirement. He was a member of
the Church of St. Pius X in
Glencoe, where he was a
member of the Knights of
Columbus.
He enjoyed playing cards,
sightseeing and having morning coffee. He loved spending time with family and
friends.
He is survived by his children, Pam Mallak and her
husband, Gary, of Silver
Lake, and Jason Zajicek and
his special friend, Trisha
Schwanke, of Silver Lake;
grandchildren, Jessica Lee
and her husband, Steve, of
Silver Lake, and McCoy Zajicek and his special friend,
Tamera Williams, of Silver
Lake; great-granddaughter,
Payton Lee; stepgreat-grandchildren, Felix Lee and Evelyn Laakkonen; siblings, Ray
(Alice) Jilek of Glencoe,
John (Rosie) Jilek of Glencoe, MaryJo McKenzie of
Shakopee and Jerry (Karen)
Zajicek of Hutchinson; sisters-in-law and brothers-inlaw, Laurina Zajicek of Glencoe, James (Corrine) Meyer
of
Brownton,
Judith
(Thomas) Thiesfeld of Crosby, Jerome (Rose) Meyer of
Hutchinson and Jerald (Connie) Meyer of Cokato;
nephews; nieces; other relatives; and many friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Henry and
Frances Zajicek Sr.; wife,
Janet Zajicek; and brother,
Joe Zajicek.
Arrangements were with
the Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Mildred Esther Vasek, 91,
of Silver Lake, died Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, at the
Hutchinson Health Hospital.
Funeral
services
were held
S a t u r d a y,
Oct. 25, at
Grace Bible
Church in
Silver Lake.
Honorary
pallbearers Mildred
were Sheri- Vasek
lyn Cline,
Londa Kokayko, Kimberly
Upshaw, Jennifer Schuette,
Jill Vasek and Alissa Carlson.
Pallbearers were Jake Vasek,
Dean Dostal, Beau Vasek, Jeremy Vasek, Andrew Vasek
and Michael Vasek.
Interment was in the Grace
Bible Cemetery, Silver Lake.
Mildred Vasek was born
April 10, 1923, to Leslie and
Sophie (Totusek) Dostal in
Hutchinson
Township,
McLeod County. She was
baptized Aug. 5, 1923, by the
Rev. Edmund Wrbitsky, pastor of the Congregational
Church of Silver Lake. She
was confirmed in her faith on
Nov. 28, 1937, by the Rev.
J.J. Yarkovsky.
She became engaged to
Leslie Thomas Vasek on Aug.
3, 1942, and on June 29,
1943, they were married at
the Congregational Church of
Silver Lake. Their marriage
was blessed with four sons.
Mrs. Vasek enjoyed baking
for her grandchildren and attending many of their activities. She enjoyed traveling
and scrapbooking. She especially enjoyed her winter
home in Texas for many
years. Her love of music continued through her whole life
as she entertained her friends
at Cedar Crest and Harmony
River with her keyboard. She
was a lifelong member of the
Congregational Church in
Silver Lake (Grace Bible
Church), a member of the
Degree of Honor in Silver
Lake, Gideon’s Auxiliary and
the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 141.
She is survived by her children, Gerald (Susan) Vasek
and Randall “Randy” (Julie)
Vasek, all of Silver Lake;
daughter-in-law, Aurora Rasmussen of Aurora, Neb.;
grandchildren, Sherilyn
(Arron) Cline, Londa (Paul)
Kokayko, Kimberly (Daniel)
Upshaw and Jeremy (Kelly)
Vasek, Jennifer (Mike)
Schuette, Jill Vasek and
Michael Vasek, Andrew
Vasek, Alissa (Trevor) Carlson, Beau (Mariah) Vasek
and Jacob Vasek; greatgrandchildren, Kaelyn and
Caleb Cline, Owen Vasek and
Chyler Vasek, and Andrew
and Josh Upshaw; sister,
Dorothy (Roy) Lord; sisterin-law, Loretta Dostal;
nieces; nephews; other relatives; and friends.
She was preceded in death
by her husband; sons, Darrell
Vasek and Gary Vasek; her
parents; infant brother, Harvey Dostal; brother, Irwin
Dostal; and sister-in-law,
Vera Vasek.
The Maresh Funeral Home
in Silver Lake assisted the
family with arrangements.
Online condolences can be
made at www.mareshfuneral
home.com.
Laura E. Michaletz, 89, of Glencoe
Laura Elnora (Ahlbrecht)
Michaletz, 89, of Glencoe,
died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014,
at her residence.
Funeral
services
were held
S a t u r d a y,
Oct. 25, at
First Evangelical
Lutheran
Church in
Glencoe
Laura
with
the
Michaletz
Rev. Ronald
Mathison officiating. Dawn
Wolter was the organist. Congregational hymns were
“Abide With Me,” “For All
the Saints” and “I Know That
My Redeemer Lives.”
Pallbearers were Darroll
Engelmann, Gary Ziemer,
Mara Michaletz, Anne
Michaletz Burgart, John
Michaletz
and
Peter
Michaletz.
Interment was in the First
Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in Glencoe.
Laura Elnora (Ahlbrecht)
Michaletz was born Dec. 30,
1924, in Biscay. She was the
daughter of Harry and Alta
(Todd) Ahlbrecht. She was
baptized as a child on June
14, 1934, by the Rev. Haack
at her parents’ home, and was
confirmed in her faith on
May 29, 1947, by the Rev.
Bert Streufert at St. Peter’s
Lutheran Church in Bergen
Township. She graduated
from Hutchinson High
School, after which she
taught in country schools,
among them Heatwole and
First Lutheran.
On June 1, 1946, she was
married to Vernon Michaletz
by the Rev. Happel at Church
of Peace in Glencoe. Their
marriage was blessed with
two children, Jerilyn and
Russell, and they made their
home on a farm in Helen
Township until 1995, when
they moved to Glencoe. The
couple enjoyed over 53 years
of marriage, finding time to
enjoy traveling, collaborative
handicrafts and spending
time at their lake home in Annandale, where they taught
their four grandchildren the
fine arts of fishing and cabin
life. Mr. Michaletz died on
May 6, 2000.
Mrs. Michaletz’ pastimes
and pursuits spoke to her
dedication to her family, faith
and friends, whether entertaining her grandchildren
with stories about their forefathers, participating in her
long-standing monthly couples’ card group, or providing
hospitality to friends and
neighbors by way of her inspiring cooking. She was a
faithful member of First
Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Glencoe, where she was a
member of the LWML and
church quilters. She also
worked at McLeod County
Public Health Nursing and
was an active member of the
VFW Ladies Auxiliary, and
she cherished the memories
and friends, new and old, that
she made while giving back
to her community.
Mrs. Michaletz’ attention
to detail and care was as apparent in the loving retelling
of the stories of her youth as
it was in her exquisite crocheting, embroidery and
quilting. Her narratives connected generations and were
a testament to her adept navigation of the significant
world changes she saw during her lifetime: as a young
teacher, she recalled mornings warming up her oneroom schoolhouse with a
wood-burning stove, and as a
grandmother and great-grandmother, she embraced e-mailing her family with new
recipes, developments in her
ever-blooming garden, and
news of her family and
friends. Through her unfaltering memory and persistent investigation, she documented
for her family a full and richly annotated history of their
ancestors, from England and
Germany to Biscay and
Lester Prairie, and New York
and Michigan to Hutchinson
and Glencoe, and her accounts demonstrate her loyalty to both the truth and to the
relatives and friends for
whom she loved and cared.
Mrs. Michaletz’ love of
beauty and life was a magnet
for the thankful mirth, abundant flowers and much-loved
visitors, and her memorable
suppers and meaningful con-
versations often included
heartfelt stories of friends and
family now passed. We now
remember Laura likewise,
and she has left an indelible
footprint on all who have appreciated and will appreciate
her loving and passionate
dedication to history, friendships, faith and family.
She is survived by her children, Jerilyn Ring and Russell (Janice) Michaletz;
grandchildren,
Mara
Michaletz (Peter Ramgren),
Anne Michaletz Burgart
(Evan), John Michaletz
(Katy), and Peter Michaletz;
great-grandson,
Colin
Michaletz; sisters, Etheline
Clasen and Adeline Darsow;
sister-in-law,
Esther
Michaletz; and nieces,
nephews, other relatives and
friends.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Vernon
Michaletz; parents, Harry and
Alta Ahlbrecht; and sister,
Marion Schuette.
Memorials are preferred to
First Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Glencoe.
Arrangements were with
the Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel of Glencoe. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Thank You
Thanks for the many cards,
flowers, memorials, expressions
of kindness and sympathy extended to us on the passing of our
husband and father, Ray Rettig.
Special thanks to Rev. Paul
Tessmer, Chaplain Joel Sund for
all the the special prayers and
visits, and the Zion Ladies Guild
who served the lunch.
Thanks to the wonderful staff
on the Wooded Glen wing at
Harmony River Living Center in
Hutchinson, and the Ridgeview
Hospice staff who cared for Ray.
Thanks to the professional staff
at Dalin-Hantge Chapel in
Winthrop for their kindness and
help in the funeral planning.
Thank You
We would like to thank
everyone for the many phone
calls, memorials, food and
kindness shown to us during
the recent death of our
mother, Gladys Busse.
Special thanks to Oak Terrace for her care, Ridgeview
Sibley Medical Center and
the Egesdahl Funeral Home,
especially Kelly and Avis.
Also, thanks to Pastor
Mathison for the beautiful
service and to the ladies of
the church for serving lunch.
Your thoughtfulness will always be remembered.
God’s Blessings to all,
Elaine Rettig
Terry Rettig & family
Perry Rettig & family
Rick Rettig & family
Lanny Rettig & family
Dennis, Eileen & family
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Carolyn J. Pohlen, 67, Hutchinson
Obituaries
Clarence Smykalski, Columbia Heights
Clarence A. Smykalski, 88,
of Columbia Heights, formerly of Silver Lake, died Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, at
Crestview Lutheran Home in
Columbia Heights.
Funeral
services
will be held
T h u r s d a y,
Oct. 30, at
11 a.m., at
The Maresh
Funeral
Home in
S i l v e r
Clarence
Lake. The
Smykalski
Rev. Tony
Stubeda will officiate. Interment will follow at St. Adalbert Cemetery in Silver Lake.
Visitation will be held
Thursday, Oct. 30, from 10
a.m. until the time of the
service, at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Jim
Noreen, Adam Noreen,
Randy Frach, Nick Keocheler, Keith Butcher and Anthony Zelazny.
Mr. Smykalski was born
April 17, 1926, east of Silver
Lake, on the family homestead. He was the son of
Frank and Frances (Bachinski) Smykalski. He was for-
merly employed as a welder
in the Minneapolis area. He
enjoyed polka music.
He is survived by his sister-in-law, Celia Smykalski
of Hutchinson; many cousins,
other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents; two brothers,
Hank and Ernie; and by a sister and brother-in-law, Jenny
and Martin Yaeger.
The Maresh Funeral Home
in Silver Lake is serving the
family. Online condolences
may be made at www.maresh
funeralhome.com.
Marvel F. Slanga, 87, of Osseo
Marvel F. Slanga, 87, of
Osseo, formerly of Silver
Lake, died on her wedding
anniversary, Oct. 23, 2014, in
Brooklyn Center.
A Mass
of Christian
Burial will
be
held
t o d a y
( We d n e s day) at 11
a.m. at Holy
F a m i l y Marvel
C a t h o l i c Slanga
Church in
Silver Lake. Visitation will
be one hour prior to the
Mass.
Interment will be in St.
Adalbert’s Cemetery in Silver
Lake.
Marvel Slanga was born
May 27, 1927, to John and
Clara (Littfin) Knoop. She
married Francis Slanga on
Oct. 23, 1947. Together they
owned and operated the Slanga Hardware Store in Silver
Lake. They enjoyed traveling
to the western United States
and visiting the national
parks. They also enjoyed
working on crossword puzzles. They spent time at their
cabin near Maple Lake. Mrs.
Slanga loved living in Silver
Lake. She will be remembered for her beautiful smile.
She was preceded in death
by her beloved husband,
Francis; son, Mark; and
daughter, Judy.
She is survived by her
daughters, Carol McLain,
Connie Shovelin (Jim Buettner) and Barbara Toovey;
grandchildren, Michael Shovelin, Amanda McLain, Jillian
McLain, Sarah Jappe and
Kelley Toovey; great-grandchildren, Megan Meier and
Davontey Parker; brother,
Ken (Marlys) Knoop; and sister, Arlene Leier.
Memorials are preferred to
North Memorial Hospice.
The Maresh Funeral Home
in Silver Lake assisted the
family; www.mareshfuneral
home.com.
Deaths
Oct. 30, from 10 a.m to 11
a.m., one hour prior to the
service at the church.
Arrangements are with the
Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe. An online
guest book is available at
www.hantge.com.
Township, Glencoe, with interment following in the
church cemetery in Helen
Township.
A gathering of family and
friends will be held Wednesday, Oct. 29, from 5 p.m. to 7
p.m., at the Johnson-McBride
Funeral Chapel in Glencoe,
and will continue one hour
prior to the service at the
church on Thursday.
Arrangements are with the
Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe. An online
guest book is available at
www.hantge.com.
Marcile Arlt,
88, of Glencoe
Marcile Arlt, 88, of Glencoe, died Wednesday, Oct.
22, 2014, at Glencoe Regional Health Services LongTerm Care.
Funeral services will be
today (Wednesday, Oct. 29)
at 1:30 p.m. at the JohnsonMcBride Funeral Chapel in
Glencoe. Interment will follow the service at Oakland
Cemetery in Hutchinson.
Visitation will be today
(Wednesday), from 12:30
p.m. to 1:30 p.m., one hour
prior to the service at the
chapel.
Arrangements are with the
Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe. An online
guest book is available at
www.hantge.com.
Vera Picha, 79,
of Glencoe
Vera Picha, 79, of Glencoe,
died Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, at
Glencoe Regional Health
Services Long-Term Care.
Memorial services will be
held Thursday, Oct. 30, at 11
a.m., at First Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Glencoe
with interment in the church
cemetery.
A gathering of family and
friends will be held Thursday,
Mildred Buske,
96, Hutchinson
Mildred Buske, 96, of
Hutchinson, formerly of Silver Lake, died Wednesday,
Oct. 22, at the Senior Care
Center in Windcrest, Texas.
Funeral services are today
(Wednesday, Oct. 29) at 11
a.m. at the First Congregational United Church of
Christ in Hutchinson with interment in the St. Joseph
Cemetery in Silver Lake.
Visitation will be one hour
prior to the service at the
church.
Arrangments are with the
Dobratz-Hantge Funeral
Chapel in Hutchinson. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Aaron Goette,
43, Green Isle
Aaron Goette, 43, of Green
Isle, died Monday, Oct. 27, at
his home.
Memorial services will be
held Thursday, Oct. 30, at 11
a.m., at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Helen
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lager) Pohlen was born Jan.
4, 1947, in Sheldon, O’Brien
County, Iowa. She was the
daughter of Berny and Bertha
(Van Heauvelen) Dolieslager.
She was baptized as an infant
at First Dutch Reform Church
in Sheldon. She was educated
in Sheldon and was a graduate of the Sheldon High
School class of 1965. She
furthered her education at
Western Iowa Technical
Community College in
LeMars, Iowa.
On June 17, 1967, she was
united in marriage to Thomas
Pohlen at St. Patrick’s
Catholic Church in Sheldon.
Their marriage was blessed
with three children, Michael,
Katherine and John. The couple resided in St. Paul and
later moved to Hutchinson in
1973. They shared 47 years
of marriage.
Mrs. Pohlen was a loving
wife, mother and homemaker.
She attended St. Anastasia
Catholic Church in Hutchinson, where she was a member
of the Council of Catholic
Women (CCW). She was a
co-founder and a volunteer
for Birthright of Hutchinson
for over 25 years.
She enjoyed sewing, paint-
ing and creative crafts. She
was affectionately known as
the “Garage Sale Lady.” She
especially enjoyed spending
time with her family, grandchildren and friends.
Mrs. Pohlen died of complications of diabetes and
muscular dystrophy.
She is survived by her husband, Thomas Pohlen of
Hutchinson;
children,
Michael Edward Pohlen and
his fiancée, Anica Heggelman, of Minnetonka, Katherine Anne Pohlen of Minneapolis and John Matthew
Pohlen of St. Paul; grandchildren, Danielle Pohlen,
Samantha Pohlen, Cameron
Pohlen and Lila Pohlen; sisters and their husbands,
Evonne and Ray Schultz of
Darwin, Helen and Jan Verdoorn of Hartley, Iowa, and
Betty and Tom Gonnerman of
Sheldon, Iowa; many other
relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Berny and
Bertha Dolieslager.
Arrangements were with
the Dobratz-Hantge Funeral
Chapel in Hutchinson. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Sibley County Veterans Office seeks
submissions for military family tribute
A Minnesota Military Family Tribute memorial is being
planned for the Minnesota
State Capitol Mall.
The tribute will feature 87
“story stones,” one for each
Minnesota county. Excerpts
from correspondence between military members and
their families will be etched
on each of the stones.
The Sibley County Veterans Service Office is collecting submissions of correspondence for inclusion on the
Sibley County stone. Submissions can be from any time-
frame from the Civil War to
the present, and need not be
from a conflict. It can be a
letter, telegram, e-mail, or
even a video, which will be
transcribed to written word
for inclusion on the stone.
While only a small portion of
any submission will be
etched onto the stone, likely a
portion of a sentence, the stories depict the stories of the
lives of military families.
Submissions can be sent to
the Sibley County Veterans
Office at P.O. Box 1061,
Gaylord, MN 55334, by Nov.
14. The chosen family will be
offered the opportunity to attend the dedication of the
tribute on June 13, 2015, at
the expense of the Sibley
County Veterans Office.
Other components of the
tribute will be a Gold Star
Table and a Thank You Military and Veteran Family
Walkway. Visit the tribute
website at www.militaryfami
lytribute.org for more information and artist’s renderings
of the tribute.
Betty Smith,
68, of Glencoe
Betty Smith, 68, of Glencoe, died Saturday, Oct. 25,
2014, at Glencoe Regional
Health Services Long-Term
Care.
The funeral service will be
Saturday, Nov. 1, at 11 a.m.,
at First Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Glencoe, with interment following in the
church cemetery.
Visitation will be Friday,
Oct. 31, from 4 p.m. to 7
p.m., at the Johnson-McBride
Funeral Chapel in Glencoe,
and will continue one hour
prior to the service at the
church on Saturday.
Arrangements are with the
Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe.
An online guest book is
available at www.hantge.
com.
Fun and easy Halloween treats
The weather has been so
nice it is hard to believe Halloween is in two days.
I remember as a child having to plan a costume to fit a
winter coat underneath because it was so cold out. And
there was that one year when
we had feet of snow.
Last year I made these Halloween treats for a group of friends. As a former co-worker once said, they are more assembling then cooking.
They were really easy and a hit with the
group for how cute they are. They most difficult step is unwrapping the candies.
Carol Joyce (Dolieslager)
Pohlen, 67, of Hutchinson,
died Monday, Oct. 13, 2014,
at St. Cloud Hospital in St.
Cloud.
A Mass
of Christian
Burial was
held Saturday, Oct.
25, at St.
Anastasia
Catholic
Church in
Hutchinson
Carolyn
with
the
Pohlen
Rev. Jerry
Meidl officiating.
Bev Wangerin was the organist and Lucy Newcomb
was the song leader. Musical
selections were “Ave Maria,”
“The Lord’s Prayer,” “I Will
Follow Him,” “We Will Rise
Again,” “Jesu, Joy of Man’s
Desiring” and “Song of
Farewell.” Special music was
“Alleluia! Alleluia!” on compact disc (CD).
Pallbearers were Connie
Ericson, Cindy Schultz, Kay
Baumetz, Ramona Greenhaw,
Judy Hagen and Judy Kiser.
Interment will be at a later
date in Resurrection Cemetery in Mendota Heights.
Carolyn Joyce (Dolies-
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SawStop technology saves GSL student’s thumb
4 teens injured
in Sunday rollover
Four teens were injured in
a one-vehicle rollover two
miles west of Gibbon on
290th Street on Sunday, Oct.
26, at about 1:20 p.m.
The driver of the vehicle
was identified as Brittney
Nussbaum, of Glencoe. Others in the car were Alicia
Nussbaum, 13, Blake Clairmont, 12, and Trisha Nussbaum, 10, all of Gibbon, and
Daniel Meyer Jr., 18, of
Glencoe.
Alicia Nussbaum, Clairmont, Trisha Nussbaum and
Brittney Nussbaum were all
taken to New Ulm Medical
Center by the Winthrop Ambulance Service for treatment
of nonlife-threatening injuries.
The vehicle, a 2003
Chevrolet Silverado, sustained heavy damage. The accident is still under investigation.
Responding to the accident
were the Sibley County Sheriff’s Office, Minnesota State
Patrol and Gibbon Fire Department.
Flooding Continued from page 1
areas at Baldwin Court.
Nies questioned a contractual agreement between
neighbors before the project
began and Borst said, “Obviously before we put any shovel in the ground, we’ll make
sure we have an agreement
between all of us neighbors.”
He said he would have the
notarized signatures before
construction began.
Brunkhorst recommended
the county contribute up to
$12,000 towards the costs, as
County Road 1 is affected by
the flooding issues, too.
He said that should cover
the engineering study and
boring work needed through
the road.
“Where does the responsibility lie to see the project
through,” Nies asked about
the county working with private parties on the project.
“Us,” Borst said.
“I’d rather invest dollars in
making a difference at Baldwin Court versus doing a
study. These people spend
thousands of dollars out of
their pockets to try to solve
this (flooding) issue,” Commissioner Paul Wright said.
“I’m completely in support of
helping these people out.
They need a safe spot for
their homes,” he added.
Nies reminded commissioners that this isn’t the
county helping out private
parties. He said County Road
1 is affected by flooding
problems and this is the county working with private parties to resolve an issue.
He said it is the responsibility of Borst and Pafko to
“maintain complete transparency” with the county’s
engineers on the project.
On a 5-0 vote, the Board
approved to contribute up to
$12,000 for the tile line, with
money coming from the highway department.
In other matters, the Board:
• Approved the 2014 edition of the McLeod County
emergency operations plan.
• Appointed Joseph Rosholt
to the temporary full-time position of assistant McLeod
County attorney.
• Approved a quote from
Bergmann’s Country Living,
Glencoe, for $43,085 for the
removal and disposal of existing carpet and the installation
of new carpet for several locations at the courthouse.
Building maintenance supervisor Wayne Rosenfeld
said a lower bid of $42,083
was received from Fashion
Interiors (Glencoe) past the
bid deadline.
The county commissioners
agreed that deadlines are set
for a reason, and accepted the
bid from Bergmann’s.
“They are both great companies, but a deadline is a
deadline,” Commissioner
Kermit Terlinden said.
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Dave Meyer, plant manager for Glencoe Light &
Power and a retired U.S.
Army master sergeant, will
be the guest speaker at the
GlencoeSilver Lake
H i g h
School Veterans Day
program.
The program will
be
held
T u e s d a y , Dave Meyer
Nov. 11, at
10 a.m., in the high school
gymnasium. The public is invited.
Meyer joined the U.S.
Army on Nov. 21, 1980, as a
high school senior. He served
with the HHC 2nd Battalion
136th Mechanized Infantry as
a motor transport operator
and a petroleum supply specialist.
Chronicle photo by Alyssa Schauer
GSL high school student Richard Wilson holding the
saw blade that saved his thumb.
Lakeside Continued from page 1
for students.
“We work in four- to sixweek cycles, so that way we
can see what is working and
what is not, and change it before the student moves on to
the next grade without learning the material. We look at
the overall proficiency in
reading and math and work to
improve the quality of teaching and learning,” Schultz
said. “It’s a continuous improvement cycle.”
Schultz said her staff focuses on four questions: “What
do we want students to know?
How will we know when they
know it? How will we respond when they don’t know
it? How will we respond
when they do know it?”
“We ask these questions
whenever we meet and look
at the data so we can assess
each student, skill by skill, to
ensure they are learning,”
Schultz said.
In reading, Schultz said
staff has implemented mini
lessons and more small-group
work so that teachers can better address individual needs.
She said teachers also implemented the use of sentence
frames and “student turn and
talk,” so that there is “purposeful teaching of vocabulary. Students have to answer
questions in full sentences,
using vocab words of the
day,” Schultz explained.
She said teachers have also
been working with the RtI
(Response to Intervention)
specialist who coaches teachers in understanding and triangulating student data to improve their instruction based
on the needs of the students
in their individual classrooms.
“We implement these same
techniques to improve math
proficiency, too,” Schultz
said.
“We’re very excited about
our growth. These are key
pieces to continue that cycle.
When I received the news we
moved from a focus status to
a celebration status, I cried. I
was thrilled for our staff.
Their hard work — the blood,
the sweat, the tears — was all
worth it. I’m so proud of all
of our staff.
“You often wonder if what
you’re doing is working. Is
all the effort we’re putting in
worth it? Yes. Academically,
we are making great gains for
all the kids,” Schultz said.
She said the school improvement plan is something
districtwide administrators
are working on so that all
staff is on board to meet those
students’ individual needs in
their entire education.
“It’s an ongoing process,
and we are still have a lot of
work to do to get to reach our
goal of an 86 percent reading
proficiency. The site leadership team is continuously
working with the math and
reading committees to study
best practice and provide personal development opportunities. We make goals for each
year and assess the evidence
to see growth,” Schultz said.
She said Helen Baker Elementary is in the process of
developing a school improvement plan and that by January, grades kindergarten
through 12 will be “vertically
aligned” across all curricular
areas.
In 1988, he transfered to
Service Battery 1st Battalion
125th Field Artiller, and in
1990, went to Korea as part
of Operation Team Spirit.
He transferred to the U.S.
Army Reserves as a lanes
trainer at Camp Ripley in
1991, and later became a construction platoon sergeant for
the 461st Engineer Company.
Meyer returned to Korea in
2000 as part of a CJLOTS
(combined joint logistics over
the shores) mission.
On Feb. 10, 2003, three
days before his son Dawson
was born, Meyer was activated to go to Iraq, and was deactivated in June when the
Army cancelled the mission.
He retired in 2004.
Meyer’s family includes
wife, Tammy; daughters,
Erica, 21, and Amanda, 18;
and son Dawson, 11.
Women United meeting
to feature guest speaker
All women in the Arlington
area are invited to the fall
meeting of Women United on
Saturday, Nov. 1, from 9:30
a.m. to noon, at the Arlington
United Methodist Church,
303 W Alden St., Arlington.
The guest speaker is Lyndalou Sorenson. Sorenson
and her husband are both
deaf, as are their seven children. The Sorensons have
been in ministry through
Deaf Opportunity OutReach
(DOOR) for nearly two
decades.
Lyndalou Sorenson’s desire
is to see everyone have a relationship with Jesus Christ,
and one of the ways she encourages other Christians is
through songs. Despite being
deaf, she has a beautiful talent for music, through American Sign Language (ASL)
music.
Women United is interdenominational. A free-will offering will be accepted for
Women United and the guest
speaker. There will be a light
complimentary lunch in the
fellowship hall following the
meeting.
For more information, call
Sheryl Voigt at 507-3045990.
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filings for candidacy in city
races, in which the mayor’s
term and three two-year
council terms are up for election (one of those council
terms to fill out a vacancy in
an unexpired four-year term).
Biscay voters cast their ballots by mail.
• City of Plato. Voting takes
place at the Plato Fire Hall,
112 Second Ave. NE.
Running unopposed for
mayor is incumbent Bob
Becker. There are two candidates for the two open City
Council seats. VeeAnn Wood
is seeking re-election, and
newcomer Jake Nelson also is
on the ballot. Incumbent Julie
Wischnack did not file for reelection.
• City of Silver Lake. Voting takes place at Grace Bible
Church, 300 Cleveland St.
On the city ballot is Mayor
Bruce Bebo, who is running
unchallenged for another
term.
There are two open City
Council seats, with no candi-
dates. Incumbents Pat Fogarty, who filed for candidacy
for the GSL School Board,
and Eric Nelson chose not to
run.
• City of Stewart. The
polling site is the Stewart
Community Center, 551 Prior
St.
Incumbent Mayor Jason
Peirce is running unoppposed. There are four candidates for the two open City
Council seats. Incumbent
Cindy Merrell filed for reelection. Also on the ballot
are Curt Glaeser, Chuck
Kruggel and Kevin Masrud.
Incumbent Mike Knox is not
seeking re-election.
• City of New Auburn. Voting takes place at the New
Auburn City Hall, 8402
Fourth St.
Doug Munsch is running
unchallenged for mayor. Running for City Council openings are Sheri Lowden, Craig
Lowden, Corey Schwanke,
Barb Schutte, Vickie Holtz
and Roger Becker.
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He said the saw made its
appearance on the market in
the early 2000s, but “I always
thought my sermon on wood
shop safety was enough. I
preached about wood shop
safety so much, and in my 22
years of teaching wood tech, I
never had an accident.
“But last year, I approached
the school board about purchasing one of these SawStops for students’ safety, and
it’s incredible that it already
saved a student’s finger,”
Sundblad said.
He said the saw blade carries a small electrical signal
that changes when the skin
contacts the blade, as the
human body is conductive.
“The change in the signal
activates the safety system,
which is the blade retracting
from the table,” Sundblad
said.
He said an aluminum brake
springs into the spinning
blade and the blade’s angular
momentum drives it beneath
the table, and shuts off, all in
less than five milliseconds.
“What would have been a
mangled thumb for Richard
was just a scratch,” Sundblad
said. “It’s amazing.”
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By Alyssa Schauer
Staff Writer
If it weren’t for the latest
technology in machinery,
Glencoe-Silver Lake senior
student Richard Wilson
would have lost his thumb in
wood shop class last spring.
Wilson, who was a junior
student in Mr. Mike Sundblad’s class wood tech class
at the high school, was cutting a block of wood when
the table saw made an unusual noise and retracted back
into the table.
“I told Mr. Sundblad, ‘Hey,
I think I tripped the saw,’ and
he said, ‘What do you mean,
tripped the saw?’” Wilson
said.
Sundblad realized the saw
retracted because it had
sensed Wilson’s thumb at the
edge of the wood, which
would have otherwise been
mangled if not for the “SawStop.”
Sundblad said last year,
GSL invested in the “SawStop” table saw, which is the
number-one saw recognized
in the industry.
“The saw stops within
thousandths of a second. The
blade senses skin, sweat, heat
from the human body, and
stops sooner than immediate-
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