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The McLeod County
Glencoe, Minnesota Vol. 117, No. 47
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014
GSL Board eyes May building referendum
By Alyssa Schauer
Staff Writer
In a two-hour workshop session
Monday night, the Glencoe-Silver
Lake School Board agreed “something needs to be done” about the recurring maintenance issues at Helen
Baker Elementary School and the
space issues at the high school, and
decided to pose the questions for the
public next May in another building
referendum election.
At its regular board meeting two
weeks ago, the Board heard there
have been heating issues at Helen
Baker, and discussed how much
more time and money should be
spent on the facility.
Superintendent Chris Sonju asked
the Board Monday, “What is it that
you would like Michelle (Sander,
business manager) and I to move
forward with? At this point, what is
our driving force?”
Sonju said besides the heating
problems at Helen Baker, other issues in the district need to be addressed, such as the lack of secure
entrances at Lincoln Junior High
School and the high school, the lack
of classrooms to accommodate efficient learning, the lack of activity
space, lack of locker rooms and lack
of “21st-century space.”
“These are huge concerns. Still
huge concerns at the high school …
What do we do with Helen Baker
then? Invest in it? Or sell it? What
do we do with the third graders? Do
we keep them at Lakeside, or bring
them to the Glencoe campus?
What’s next? What are your
thoughts as a board?” Sonju said.
“First of all, I do believe we need
to act on Helen Baker. Whether it’s a
new building or whatever. We need
to go to the community and we need
to say, ‘This is what is happening
with heating and this is what it’s
going to cost to upgrade and replace
a heating system. We have to be
right up front with the costs,” Board
Member Kevin Kuester said.
He said the public needs to know
what everything will cost. “If people
don’t hear what those costs are
gonna be, I don’t think they’ll sup-
port a new building,” he added.
Kuester explained that the boilers
are “good” at Helen Baker, but that
the delivery system is deteriorating.
“The piping hasn’t been upgraded
since it was put in.”
Board Member Jason Lindeman
said currently, there’s piping on the
outside walls at Helen Baker to
“band-aid” the heating problems.
“It’s not very sightly,” he said.
Business Manager Michelle
Sander asked Kuester what else
could be done to “get the word out.”
She explained that countless newspaper articles have been written and
public forums have been held to do
just that. “What else can we do?”
Kuester said he knows many peo-
ple do not attend the public forums,
especially those against the referendum. “And I don’t know, do people
read the newspaper? Some do, but if
we don’t get that information out,
we won’t get the public’s support.”
Sonju said it’s roughly $12 million to upgrade the heating system at
Helen Baker, and those costs included other upgrades the building
needs, such as a new library, computer lab and secure entrance.
“Obviously, those aren’t solid
costs, as those are just beginning
plans if we were to keep Helen
Baker in the plans,” Sonju said.
Referendum
Turn to page 3
E-cig talks
tabled again
by county
By Alyssa Schauer
Staff Writer
The McLeod County Board,
meeting Nov. 17, yet again tabled a
decision on adopting amendments
to its tobacco ordinance and postponed the vote to its Dec. 2 meeting.
Public Health Director Kathy
Nowak and Jean Johnson, public
health educator, presented a revised
proposal of the ordinance for board
members that included language
more closely aligned with that in
the state tobacco ordinance regarding e-cigarettes, and changes in
wording, such as “smoke-free” to
“tobacco-free.”
The county’s ordinance also includes banning e-cigarettes in public places such as restaurants, bars
and workplaces, whereas the state’s
tobacco ordinance does not.
Johnson said she feels banning ecigarettes at all workplaces could
help lower the state’s average of
youth who have tried e-cigarettes.
“The average number of students
who have tried an e-cigarette in the
state of Minnesota is 12.9 percent.
The national average is 2.8 percent.
Our kids are trying them at a much
faster pace than the nation, which
is sad,” Johnson said.
She said kids see smoking in
public and have the perception that
e-cigarettes are OK. She also said
she feels as if smoking e-cigarettes
in public is sort of “advertising”
that they are not harmful.
“We don’t want to go beyond the
state law,” Johnson said. She said
the purpose of the ordinance is to
regulate and prohibit indoor use of
smoking.
Glencoe resident Doug Krueger,
commissioner-elect for District 2,
spoke about his concerns with
more government control, and felt
the argument about kids’ perception of smoking isn’t valid.
“They (e-cigarettes) are not
proved to be harmful at this time.
How can you ban something that’s
not harmful, and based on perception?” Krueger asked.
Johnson said discoveries are
being made that e-cigarettes are actually “very harmful.”
“That’s not truly true,” Krueger
argued.
“Well, I’d rather be safe than
sorry,” Johnson said.
Commissioner Sheldon Nies
asked Johnson and Nowak if law
Ordinance
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Chronicle photo by Lori Copler
Former grocery building comes tumbling down
Demolition of the former Mark’s Economart grocery building in
Glencoe started late last week and continues this week. Above,
a heavy equipment operator uses a claw to remove debris from
the interior of the building. The city of Glencoe purchased the
property and hopes to sell it for economic development. Once
Chamber honors volunteers at luncheon
By Lori Copler
Editor
The Glencoe Area Chamber of
Commerce honored two volunteers
and elected three new board members at its annual meeting and
luncheon Thursday, Nov. 20.
Kelly Rach, this year’s Chamber
vice president and next year’s president, received the Chamber’s Community Volunteer Award, primarily
for her church work. She also is
very active in the Chamber, including serving on the Board of Directors and with the Ambassadors and
event organizer committee.
Rach is a financial advisor with
Russ Runck & Associates.
Gale Hoese, president of Security
Weather
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the building demolition is complete, the city is considering reestablishing 11th Street west of Greeley Avenue as a two-way,
rather than one-way, street. It was changed to a one-way street
many years ago when the grocery building was expanded.
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Bank & Trust Co., was named the
Mike Popelka Chamber Volunteer
of the Year. The award was named
after the late Mike Popelka, a businessman who exemplified dedication to Chamber efforts.
According to David Nelson,
Chamber president, Hoese was chosen because of “his leadership at
Security Bank, his support and encouragement for his employees to
volunteer, and for his service to the
Chamber events and committees.”
Most notable, Nelson said, are
Hoese’s efforts in economic development for the Glencoe area.
Nicole Grobe, branch manager of
Mid Country Bank, and Scott
Rhodes, natural foods manager at
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warmed for a snow melt over
the weekend, but the chill returns this week.
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Coborn’s, were elected to the Board
of Directors. Rachel Schuette, customer service manager at Miller
Manufacturing, was re-elected to
the board. She had been appointed
last year to fill out an unexpired
term.
Larry Anderson, outgoing president, also was recognized for his
year of service as president.
Outgoing board members are Anderson and Lisa Ahlbrecht.
Anderson also reviewed the
Chamber’s activities for 2014, including the Business Expo, Cinco
de Mayo, a reorganized and abbreviated Glencoe Days celebration
(thanks to flooding in June), a golf
tournament for GSL scholarships,
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weather observer.
the Taste of Glencoe Seasonal Sampler, a joint effort with the Hutchinson Chamber on the farm-fatigue
program, Holly Days, the candidates’ forum and more.
Anderson also highlighted some
economic development achievements, most notably the 10,000square-foot expansion under way at
Miller Manufacturing, which will
add 20 jobs; DaVita Dialysis, which
will create about dozen jobs; the addition of 10 jobs at Starkey and six
new jobs at MiroMatrix. Also highlighted were the expansion of Snap
Fitness, the renovation of a building
Chamber
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GSL Knowledge Bowl teams
participate in first meets of season
Two on Tap coming to Glencoe
Broadway showstoppers Melissa Giattino and Ron
DeStefano are bringing tap and song to Glencoe with
their holiday show, Two on Tap, on Saturday, Nov. 29,
at 7 p.m., in the Glencoe-Silver Lake High School Auditorium. They will perform unique song-and-dance
arrangements of Christmas favorites. This concert is
sponsored by the Glencoe Area Performing Artist Series. For more information, call Darlene Dammann at
320-864-3424.
Happenings
Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 27
The annual Glencoe community Thanksgiving dinner
will be held Thursday, Nov. 27, at noon, at First Congregational Church, 1400 N Elliott Ave., Glencoe. This
event is sponsored by area churches. There is no charge;
a free-will offering will support the local food shelf. All
are welcome, including families, seniors and singles.
Bake, craft sale set Dec. 6
First Congregational Church, 1400 Elliott Ave., Glencoe, will have a bake sale, craft sale and luncheon on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Featured will be
lefse, rosettes, krumkake, cookies, candy, baked goods,
crafts and gifts. There also will be “Santa’s Attic Treasures.” The luncheon will consist of hot pork sandwiches,
homemade soup and pie. Take-outs will be available.
Live music will be by Creekside Jazz.
GRHS Foundation tree lighting
The Glencoe Regional Health Services Foundation’s
annual Tree of Lights lighting program is set for Sunday,
Nov. 30, at 5 p.m., in the long-term care parking lot.
There will be beverages, cookies and visits from Santa’s
reindeer.
Two on Tap concert Nov. 29
Two on Tap, an exciting Christmas show featuring colorful costumes, gorgeous vocals, dazzling tap choreography and unique song and dance arrangements of many
Christmas favorites, will come to the Glencoe-Silver
Lake High School Auditorium on Saturday, Nov. 29, at 7
p.m. This one-of-a-kind, two-act variety show is jampacked with holiday fun. This concert is sponsored by the
Glencoe Area Performing Artist Series. For more information, call Darlene Dammann at 320-864-3424.
SL seniors meeting set Dec. 8
The Silver Lake Seniors Club will meet Monday, Dec.
8, at 1 p.m., at the Silver Lake Auditorium. A Christmas
party and potluck will be held after the meeting. Set-up
will be members A through L and clean-up will be members M through Z.
No December meeting set
The Glencoe Sportsmen Club will not have a December meeting. The next meeting will be Monday, Jan. 5.
Abundant Table meal Dec. 3
The Abundant Table community meal will be held
Wednesday, Dec. 3, at the Christ Lutheran Church basement fellowship hall, located at 1820 Knight Ave. in
Glencoe. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. for fellowship and the
meal will be served at 5 p.m. This community Christmas
meal includes ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry
relish, glazed carrots, relishes, Abundant Table bread,
Christmas cookies and ice cream. The Abundant Table
community meal is free and open to everyone, including
families and children, elderly and all seeking fellowship
or in need of a helping hand. RSVP for preparations by
calling Christ Lutheran Church at 320-864-4549.
St. John’s Advent services
St. John’s Lutheran Church in Plato invites everyone to
join its midweek Advent worship services on Wednesdays, Dec. 3, Dec. 10 and Dec. 17, at 7:15 p.m. St. John’s
Lutheran Church is located at 216 McLeod Ave. N in
Plato.
SL Sportsmen’s Club meets
The Silver Lake Sportsmen’s Club will meet on Thursday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m., at the sanctuary.
To be included in this column, items for Happenings
must be received in the Chronicle office no later than
5 p.m. on Monday of the week they are to be published. Items received after that will be published elsewhere in the newspaper as space permits. Happenings
in Glencoe, Brownton, Stewart, Plato, New Auburn,
Biscay and Silver Lake take priority over happenings
elsewhere.
Submitted photo
The Glencoe-Silver Lake Knowledge
Bowl teams participated in their first
meet of the season in Chaska on Nov.
21. All three of GSL’s teams placed in
the top 12 or in the top quarter of all
For the final round, it competed in Room 3, where it
earned another 13 points, to
finish with 56.5 in eighth
place of the varsity teams.
This team included juniors
and sophomores Mitch
Beneke, Maddie Kuehn,
Mark Lueders, Trevor Posusta and Maggie Peterson.
Harris said “GSL Jeniusez”
was the JV team and had the
best written score. With 25
points, it tied for first place
with AHA’s “Pronouns,” so it
began competition in Room
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teams present. Above is the junior varsity team, which earned second place.
From left to right are Austin Pinske,
Rachel Reichow, Kyle Wanous, Dini
Schweikert and Jacob Fehrenbach.
“Here, they lost many
points to the ‘Pronouns’ and
earned only six points. For
round two, they were in
Room 5, where they scored
five points, so they dropped a
little farther to Room 9. Here
they were able to do much
better, and earned 15 points,
so their final total was 52.5,
and they finished in 12th
place overall, but second
place of the JV teams. This
team included Jacob Fehrenbach, Austin Pinske, Rachel
Reichow, Dini Schweikert
and Kyle Wanous,” Harris
said.
She continued: “As the beginning of the season, this
was a spectacular performance overall. GSL was the
smallest school at the meet,
but all three of our teams
placed in the top 12 or in the
top quarter of all the teams
present.
“We were very excited to
do so well, and we look forward to having our other
team members start being
able to come to practice. Our
next regular meet is Dec. 6 in
Ortonville,” Harris said.
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The Glencoe-Silver Lake
Knowledge Bowl team participated in its first meet of
the season in Chaska on Friday, Nov. 21.
“Knowledge Bowl practice
has barely started and many
of our members are still involved in the fall musical.
Were we ready for a meet?
Chaska was hosting a ‘Cosmic Bowl’ on Friday evening,
Nov. 21, and we decided to
go, ready or not,” said Vicky
Harris, Knowledge Bowl
coach.
Harris said GSL took two
varsity teams and one junior
varsity team to Chaska to
compete against 53 teams
from 10 other schools.
“These are schools we
rarely see in competition:
Academy of Holy Angels,
Chanhassen, Cretin-Derham
Hall, Hastings, Mankato East,
Mankato West, Prior Lake,
St. Francis and, of course the
host, Chaska. Several are ‘big
dogs’ in Knowledge Bowl
terms, and even though we
were missing people, it was
good to see them early in the
season,” Harris said.
She said the Cosmic Bowl
was a little “unusual,” in that
all varsity and JV teams competed together, but at the end,
separate awards were given to
the top three JV teams.
“In this case, a JV team
was defined by age. If a team
had no students above 10th
grade, it could be called JV,
but it still competed with the
varsity teams. The meet was
also unusual because it had a
shorter-than-normal written
with only 30 points, and only
three oral rounds,” Harris
said.
Chaska's “Hyperion” won
the meet with 81 points,
while AHA “Pronouns” finished second with 79.5. CDH
“X” took third place with 70
points.
According to Harris, GSL’s
“Nirvana” team started with
the lowest written round of
any GSL team, earning 17 out
of 30 on the written. This put
it in Room 8 of 19 for oral
round one, but it dominated
that room and earned 16
points.
“They moved up to Room
3, and again earned 16 points,
so for the third and final
round, they moved to Room
2. In the final round, CDH
‘X’ won the room, while
‘Nirvana’ was second (1813). Chaska ‘Apollo’ earned
only 9 points,” Harris said.
“Nirvana” finished in
fourth place with 63.5 points,
“an excellent performance for
a team with only two seniors,
Patrick Fehrenbach and Jacob
Wawrzyniak,” Harris said.
She added that teams usually
have four members.
“GSL Too Dusnt Kare”
began its rounds better, Harris
said. With 20 points, it started
in Room 4, where it earned
10 points. This dropped the
team to Room 6, where it
earned 13 points.
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Glencoe Police
TUESDAY, NOV. 18
5:15 p.m. — An officer and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded
to a medical alarm on Ives Avenue. A female fell and was dizzy.
She was taken to the hospital by
ambulance.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 19
1:28 p.m. — A report was received of a smell of marijuana in
an apartment on Baldwin Avenue.
The responding officer did not
smell any marijuana.
2:57 p.m. — A two-vehicle accident with minor damage was reported at DeSoto Avenue N and
16th Street E.
8:18 p.m. — A driver was cited
for driving after revocation and
not having a child restraint system in place at a traffic stop in the
area of Baxter Avenue N and
16th Street E.
THURSDAY, NOV. 20
12:05 a.m. — An officer investigated a suspicious vehicle on
10th Street E. A traveling salesman had stopped to nap on his
way to Olivia.
5:50 a.m. — Officers and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded
to a medical emergency on
Prairie Avenue. A woman had fallen.
11:57 a.m. —An employer requested a welfare check of an
employee who had not shown up
for work for a couple of days. The
person was found and everything
was fine. The person was asked
to call their employer.
3:04 p.m. — An officer assisted
a motorist who had pulled to the
side of the road to pick up her
kids, who were walking home
from school. The vehicle got hung
up on the snow, but the driver
was able to get it free.
3:53 p.m. — An officer spoke
to the owner of “two little brown
dogs” who were playing in the
road on Hennpein Avenue, and
Chronicle photos by
Alyssa Schauer
Blood drive
Last Wednesday, Nov. 19,
the American Red Cross
collected 139 units of
blood in Glencoe. Gisela
Rangel and Amanda
Husted were first-time
donors. New donors who
reached goals were Kelly
Rach, Jessica Lewandowski and Kerry Ward, one
gallon; Daris Remus,
three gallons; Mary Jo
Wieseler, six gallons; and
Denny Worschek, 23 gallons. Above is Connie
Jutz, who said she donates at every blood drive,
and to the right is John
Tieben, reading the predonation materials.
asked that the dogs be kept in
the yard.
4:40 p.m. — An officer responded to a harassment issue
on 13th Street.
FRIDAY, NOV. 21
7:27 a.m. — Glencoe police officers and McLeod County sheriff’s deputies executed a search
warrant on First Street E.
8:41 a.m. — Officers assisted
with helping up a woman who
had fallen at a home on Judd Avenue N.
3:10 p.m. — A gas drive-off
was reported at a business on
10th Street, but it was determined
there was a simply a mix-up.
4:07 p.m. — A child protection
complaint on Newton Avenue resulted in two adults being taken
to a detox facility, one of whom
was cited for underage consumption.
SATURDAY, NOV. 22
8:28 a.m. — An officer administered a preliminary breath test
(PBT) on a person at a chemical
dependency class. The instructor
believed the person had been
drinking, and the test showed that
he had indeed been drinking. The
instructor allowed the individual
to stay in the class for the day.
The officer determined that he
had not driven himself to the
class.
11:10 a.m. — The Glencoe
Ambulance transported a female
having an asthma attack on 10th
Street to the hospital.
2:15 p.m. — The ambulance
took an elderly woman who was
not feeling well from her residence on Prairie Avenue to the
hospital.
5:20 p.m. — A driver was cited
for no Minnesota driver’s license
and given a verbal warning for no
tail lights at a traffic stop on Ninth
Street E.
Thanksgiving Day
4-Meat Buffet
Saturday, Dec. 6
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Prairie Community
Church
Please come join us for the fun &
get your Christmas baking done!
Turkey, Ham, Shrimp & Meatballs with
mashed potatoes & gravy, veg., sage
dressing, candied yams, cranberries,
soup, salads, breadsticks, & pumpkin pie.
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“And not only for now, but
for the future,” Sonju said. He
said the last time a building
referendum was brought to
the public for a vote was in
1969. “It hasn’t happened
since until we did it three
years ago. This is going to be
an increase in taxes unfortunately, but in years past, there
hasn’t been a tax in so many
years.”
He added; “I encourage this
board to make a stand to
move forward with this plan,
or a variation of this plan, but
not one that keeps Helen
Baker. There’s a huge advantage to having kids at two
sites versus three.”
VonBerge asked how long
the project would take if the
Board were to move ahead.
Sander said the Board would
make a decision in December
to have an election in May
and construction would then
be complete in 2017.
“So what do we do about
Helen Baker until then?”
VonBerge asked.
“Keep ‘band-aiding’ it. Run
outside cables, piping. It’s not
unsafe,” Sander said.
Sonju said the needs at the
high school also need to be
addressed, and said the purpose of the referendum was to
address needs at all schools,
efficiently and fiscally. “We
cannot forget about those
needs at the high school.”
“Let’s ask them. Let’s ask
the public. Let’s get this thing
going. We have needs to address. Let’s get this on the
agenda in December and get
the ball rolling. We know the
need is there. Let’s ask our
voters to pass it,” Lindeman
said.
“Yes, let’s,” Twiss agreed.
A resolution to move forward with an election will be
on the Dec. 8 agenda for the
regular school board meeting.
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costs.”
“Are you wanting all those
‘fix-it’ numbers? For additional
classrooms? The
kitchen upgrade? And what
number is the tipping point?”
Sonju asked.
“That’s almost up to the
public,” Board
Member
Jamie Alsleben said. He said
he agreed with Kuester that
the Board “needs to get those
hard numbers out there. We
need to get them talking.”
“I think we need a united
front. We have to come together and say this is what the
Board wants to do about
Helen Baker. If we don’t get
together on this issues, we’re
not going to get anywhere,”
Twiss said.
“I agree where you’re coming from, Anne, but whether
the Board is 6-0 or not, we
need the public to be 6-0 to
do that. There are people living it (the problems at Helen
Baker and the space issues at
the high school). I’d like to
see them speak up,” Alsleben
said.
VonBerge addressed the financial aspect and how it affects different members of the
community. “The farmers
have the highest tax, and
there aren’t too many farmers
around here who can afford
that.”
“That’s why we put together a plan that is the bare minimum of what we need,” Sonju
stressed.
“We know the way it is
taxed is going to be a burden,
especially on agricultural and
business properties. But we
still need to do this,” Twiss
said. She said the city can
“rehab streets” and the county
can “rehab a jail” without a
vote from the public. “But we
need to do this. This is the
best we can think of to improve kids’ education now.”
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around having two sites.
“People asked me if we are
really being fiscally responsible busing north? I’ve heard
we should have one site. I’m
not saying I support that, but
it’s what I’ve heard,” Lindeman said.
“That would have a much
higher price tag,” Sonju said.
“Silver Lake is a good building.” Sonju said many improvements have been made
to the building in the last few
years.
“And my second grader
who is now a third grader at
Lakeside loves that building,”
Lindeman added.
“Why not build onto Silver
Lake to have all of the elementary there? I’d rather see
all the elementary students in
one place and the junior
high/high school students in
another,” VonBerge said.
“There’s no space at Lakeside. We’re landlocked,”
Sander said.
“The biggest question is
that if something blows up at
Helen Baker, how much do
we have to spend to fix it?”
Lindeman asked. He said he
has past experience at
McLeod West, spending
$33,000 to upgrade the bathrooms, only to have the
school close three months
later.
“To me, we’re throwing
good money after bad,” Twiss
said.
Board Member Clark
Christianson agreed, and said
even after money would be
spent to upgrade the heating
system at Helen Baker, the
building still has bad windows, bad lighting, bad doors
and lack of space.
“We need hard numbers on
those costs,” Kuester said.
“We’re still going to be in an
old building, and we need to
let the public know those
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He said in 2011, the costs
for the new building referendum were at $18.495 million,
and “we were asking the public to support $17.995 million
as the district was going to
use $500,000 towards the
project. The architect’s estimate to do that same project
over again right now is $24
million,” Sonju said.
“And that is not a surprise
it costs that much million
more. I’m sure there are increases in the bond costs,
construction costs and cost of
materials,” Board Member
Anne Twiss said.
Sander said that interest
costs for the bonds are still
down, but “construction costs
went way up” since 2011.
“There’s validity to say this
is what we want. We can get
more data from the public on
what to do, but we’re wasting
dollars,” Lindeman said.
Board Member Donna VonBerge asked about the status
of Helen Baker if the construction project would go
through. “Are we going to
just vacate Helen Baker and
leave it? The public is going
to say, ‘Oh great, another
empty building in town.’”
“I would like to think the
public would say, ‘Great, now
we got a new school and not
think about Helen Baker. But
I know it’s out there,” Lindeman said.
“We need the bond to pass
because we need something
better for our kids. Not because we need to sell Helen
Baker,” Sonju said.
“It’s not whether people
want something better for the
kids, it’s the tax. If dollars
weren’t an issues, we’d have
it built. I don’t think there’s
anybody who doesn’t see the
need,” VonBerge said.
Lindeman said some concerns he heard revolve
SUNDAY, NOV. 23
5:41 p.m. — A driver was cited
for failing to move over for a
parked emergency vehicle on
Highway 212 near Highway 22.
7:55 p.m. — A driver was cited
for driving after revocation and
the vehicle’s license plates seized
at a traffic stop in the area of
Hennepin Avenue N and 11th
Street E.
MONDAY, NOV. 24
12:07 a.m. — Officers and an
ambulance responded to a medical emergency on Prairie Avenue. The person was taken by
ambulance to the emergency
room.
12:42 a.m. — An officer responded to a suspicious vehicle
in a parking lot on 11th Street. It
was discovered that a male had
gotten sleepy on his way home
from the Vikings’ game and decided to take a nap.
2:57 a.m. — An officer and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded
to a medical emergency on Greeley Avenue. The person had
stomach pains and was taken to
the emergency room by ambulance.
2:10 p.m. — A complaint was
received of a car that kept backing up and stopping in the area of
Eighth Street E and Ford Avenue
N. It turned out to be an engineer
for the city who was taking notes
on a future project.
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enforcement weighed in
about e-cigarettes. He said at
the previous Board meeting
on Nov. 4, Erin Simmons of
the American Lung Association said e-cigarettes could be
used for meth and marijuana.
“Have you received any
feedback from the law?” Nies
asked.
“Not that I’m aware,”
Nowak said.
Commissioner Jon Christensen said he heard complaints from businesses and
individuals in his district
about banning e-cigarettes
from workplaces.
Johnson said e-cigarettes
wouldn’t be banned completely from businesses, but
would have to follow the ordinance about smoking so
many feet away from the
property.
“Just to make myself clear,
I am totally against smoking.
I’ve smoked for many years
and it was the hardest thing to
quit, but it’s a personal responsibility. It (government
control) just never ends.
There has to be a personal responsibility involved somewhere,” Krueger said.
Commissioners
Paul
Wright and Christensen said
they felt they needed more
time to think about the ordinance, and the Board agreed
to table the vote for its Dec. 2
meeting.
In other matters, the Board:
• Approved a contract between Prime West and
McLeod County Public
Health from Jan. 1, 2015, to
Dec. 31, 2016, in the amount
of $347,338 to provide a public health nurse clinic liaison
in
collaboration
with
Hutchinson Health to decrease re-hospitalizations.
• Purchased a new Linde
Model forklift from Bennett
Material Handling of Hopkins for $35,800, with money
from the abatement fund, to
handle the increasing tons of
material received and to
process them safely and efficiently at the solid waste facility.
• Accepted a quote from
Bergmann’s Country Living
for $4,665 for the removal
and disposal of existing carpet and the installation of
new carpet at the solid waste
facility in Hutchinson.
• Accepted a quote from
Richard Larson Builders for
the removal, replacement and
disposal of existing windows
at Health and Human Services, for a total cost of $74,736.
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pinions
The McLeod County Chronicle, Wednesday, November 26, 2014, page 4
County Board again
tables e-cig issue
Our view: Taking time to revise
an ordinance is prudent
T
he McLeod County Board
has once again tabled a decision on amending its tobacco ordinance to include other
nicotine products, such as e-cigarettes.
While some may see tabling an
issue a second time as indecisive and
evasive, we feel it is prudent. Any
time a government body considers
adopting or amending an ordinance
that regulates social or health issues,
it needs to take careful and thoughtful steps. Social and health ordinances affect not only the public, but
personal lifestyle choices. The government needs to tread carefully and
find a balance between regulation
and personal rights.
Whenever we try to regulate people’s personal choices, we head
down a slippery slope. Setting a
legal age for smoking eventually led
to ordinances and statutes banning
smoking from public and work
places. Now, we are trying to find a
way to regulate e-cigarettes. Once
we limit access to those products,
manufacturers will find new products and ways to get around the ordinances and laws, and we will once
again find ourselves trying to close
the gaps with new and amended legislation.
Erin Simmons of the American
Lung Association told the County
Board at its Nov. 4 meeting that five
years ago, e-cigarettes weren’t considered a serious issue because of
the cost. That has changed dramatically. Five years from now, what
new product will we have to address?
On the other hand, Simmons
pointed out that e-cigarette use
among teens doubled within a
school year, and then doubled again
the next year.
And the County Board heard Nov.
17 that 12.9 percent of teens in Minnesota have tried e-cigarettes, a considerably higher percentage than the
national average of 2.8 percent.
Those are alarming statistics, no
doubt, particularly when the potential health effects of e-cigarettes may
not be known for decades.
But what is the solution? More
regulation or better education? How
do we help people make better
choices? By restricting access or educating them on the potential risks?
Good luck with this one, county
commissioners. No matter your decision, you will likely be both
praised and criticized.
But thank you for taking your time
and giving this issue prudent thought
and consideration; in the end, you
will hopefully find that fine line between over-regulation and protecting
our citizens from potential harm to
to their health.
— L.C.
Letter to the Editor
Appreciates flower, harvest baskets
To the Editor:
The frigid temps and the white
landscape remind me of an overdue
thanks: to all the Glencoe city workers and volunteers who beautify the
streets of town over the spring and
summer with hanging baskets and
the businesses who also put out
planters, thank you.
It is a wonderful simple pleasure
to see the flowers brightening up an
otherwise routine trip into town!
I would also like to express my
gratitude to the Glencoe Area Chamber of Commerce and other businesses who work together with the
Hutchinson Chamber and businesses
to provide harvest fatigue stress
buster baskets to area farmers during
the fall harvest season. Your actions
speak far louder than words in promoting community and farm safety.
Thanks for all you do!
Jan Mackenthun
Brownton
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Question of the week
What’s the best thing about Thanksgiving?
1) The turkey, the stuffing and all the leftovers.
2) Getting together with family and friends.
3) Watching football.
4) Having dessert three times in one day.
Results for most recent question:
The GSL School Board set a workshop session to discuss
heating issues at Helen Baker Elementary School. Should the
School Board again be considering a comprehensive building project?
Moving on to the next adventure in life
Some of you may have noticed
The Chronicle is looking for a fulltime general assignment reporter to
cover my beat — the Glencoe-Silver
Lake School Board, the Silver Lake
City Council, and other feature stories and photography assignments.
Yes, the rumors are true: I’m marrying a rich guy and moving to New
Zealand.
No, just kidding. I’m actually
going on an adventure to explore the
world of manufacturing. I’ll be starting temporary work at 3M on the
production line Monday.
Leaving my job as a journalist has
probably been one of the toughest
decisions I’ve ever had to make.
I love my job. I love writing. I
love taking photos. I love my sassy
coworkers. I love meeting new people and shootin’ the breeze. I even
love going to city council meetings
and school board meetings to get the
scoop on local government.
But at 28, I also really want to explore the world and continue to travel and actually have adventures in
New Zealand, and unfortunately, the
salary of a local reporter cannot support those endeavors.
I have outstanding student loans
yet from college, a vehicle that isn’t
entirely reliable (I’ll admit it), and
an aching heart that yearns to hike
the Appalachian Mountains, swim in
the Mediterranean Sea, go whalewatching off the coast of the northern Pacific Ocean, explore the ancient Egyptian pyramids, walk the
Great Wall of China, sleep in an
igloo in the arctic Alaskan terrain,
climb into the Grand Canyon, trek
the beaten path into the Incan ruins
at Machu Picchu in Peru, relax in the
Blue Lagoon geothermal spa in Iceland and chase zebras, elephants and
other African wildlife on safari in
Kenya.
When I decided to major in English writing at Winona State, I didn’t
quite know what I wanted to be. I
just knew I loved writing.
I especially loved poetry writing
1) Yes, issues need to be addressed now — 50%
2) Yes, but not until the economy improves more — 2%
3) No, we simply can’t afford a multi-million dollar project — 10%
4) No, there have to be better options than a new building — 38 %
52 votes. New question runs Nov. 26 - Dec. 2.
Alyssa Schauer
but knew I couldn’t succeed financially on crafting poems about my
handsome professor or childhood
memories of summer evenings spent
catching fireflies with my brothers.
In my senior year at the university,
I enrolled in a travel writing course
to better document the time I had
just spent in Paris for a journalism
class. It was a terrific class to chronicle my recent travels and it showed
me that writing can bring you anywhere.
We read travel books like Jon
Krakauer’s “Into Thin Air,” Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat, Pray, Love,” and
Isabella Bird’s “A Lady’s Life in the
Rocky Mountains,” that inspired a
burning desire to pursue travel writing.
But the class also taught me that I
don’t necessarily need to go out of
the country to India or out of state to
the Rocky Mountains, or even out of
town across the Mississippi River to
travel.
My professor assigned weekly
writing homework to sit somewhere
ordinary — a coffee shop, a public
bathroom, a bench along the lake, —
and write to someone who perhaps
had never traveled to any of those
places.
Those assignments taught me to
take in the details of my everyday
surroundings, and I’m thankful I
could use those skills in my writing
for Silver Lake and McLeod County.
Those skills especially improved
my journal entries when I did do exciting things, like spend two weeks
on the Pine Ridge Reservation in
Kyle, S.D., participating in sweat
lodges and learning the Lakota language from medicine men.
Or when I worked and lived for
six months in the Minnesota north
woods along the north shore clearing
hiking and skiing trails and canoeing
and portaging a 26-mile trek into the
Boundary Waters.
The writing skills I learned were
most useful when I kept an online
journal of my spontaneous six-week
backpacking excursion through Central America in 2010, traveling from
Panama to Mexico at the expense of
my parents’ nerves and on my recent
tax refund.
And being a journalist for the Silver Lake Leader and The McLeod
County Chronicle has only added
greatly to those experiences and has
given me the opportunity to hone in
on my writing skills and to keep pursuing my ambition to be a travel
writer.
My dream is to someday write and
publish a book about my adventures
around the world and in McLeod
County.
I’m thankful that at this job, I was
given the incredible opportunity to
share others’ stories, update the
community on recent news, and
meet fascinating, eccentric people
along the way — all things I’ll take
with me in my venture to becoming
a travel writer.
Most importantly, I have all of
you readers to thank, all of you who
have given me an audience to share
these silly stories and who have encouraged me to keep writing. I’m
hoping that I can still submit an occasional column to keep in touch.
After all, who will I go to when the
Jeep breaks down?
So as hard as it is to say good-bye,
I can feel it’s time to move on. In the
words of John Muir, “The mountains
are calling, and I must go.”
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How cold? Ask my face, ’stache
I’m starting to get on a
“first-wave” basis with the
regulars along my 10th Street
walking route.
I wave at the Samuel
Adams beer truck driver, the
Gutter Helmet truck, the Old
Dutch Potato Chip guy and
the driver of the Pepsi truck.
Most wave back as we head
along our paths each morning. Some are almost like
clockwork, along with the
many workers grimly looking
straight ahead in their vehicles, making their way to another day at work.
There is no one walking
with me, except for one
young lady I began meeting
in August and nearly ever
workday since. She heads
east on the sidewalk, as I’m
heading west. I say good
morning as we pass; she
rarely acknowledges I exist.
If I can get a grunt, or a nod,
or even eye contact, I figure
that’s a good morning chat.
Most mornings it is just me
and the elements. Speaking of
which, since the cold weather
set in, I haven’t seen that
young lady lately.
Regardless, I march on
each morning at about 7:15
a.m. and arrive back home
about 8 a.m. It is a time of
awakening. Lately, that awakening is like a cold slap in the
mug as temperatures dip into
the teens.
But fear not, it will get
worse.
I have enjoyed walking
ever since I can remember,
mainly because we had to in
Rich Glennie
order to get anywhere in International Falls. As a one-vehicle family, we did not have
the luxury of getting hauled
to sports practices, to a
friend’s house to play, or to
get to school. We walked, no
matter the weather conditions.
It’s inbred like a Siberian
husky, perhaps.
Growing up, no one ever
heard of windchill. When you
got cold, you went inside to
warm up before heading out
again.
I developed my own windchill chart. I now gauge the
winter temperatures in two
ways: how sharp is the pain
in my sinuses and how wet
and stiff is my mustache.
There are several stages of
cold pain I use.
The first is a slight tingle in
the face, much like the recent
mornings around here. That is
still comfortable.
The second is a sting in
your cheeks (facial), and that
is usually when temps dip to
the low single digits or below
zero. Still acceptable depending on the wind conditions.
The third is a sharp pain in
the forehead, like needles,
that makes you wince and
wrinkle your face muscles for
fear they might freeze that
way. That comes at well
below zero.
The fourth is a stage I call
“what the @#!& am I doing
out here” when the pain is intense, the face feels clammy
and the first doubt you may
not survive enters your
“numb” skull.
The final stage is when I
take off my glasses for fear of
a frigid frontal lobotomy.
There is an attraction between
cold and metal rims on glasses that forces one to choose
between being blind or having your head suddenly pop
off.
As to the mustache: There
are degrees of dampness —
moist, soggy, ice-tache and
frozen solid enough to break
off. I have experienced all of
the above in the 30- to 40below temperatures during a
normal International Falls
winter of the 1950s through
1980s.
And to think I’m still here
to write about it!
Winter cold is really all in
your head. It comes down to
how much pain you want to
endure.
Hey, where did everyone
go?
Rich Glennie was the editor of The Chronicle for 23
years. He retired Aug. 1,
but plans to submit an occasional column.
Chronicle photo by Lori Copler
Operation Minnesota Nice
Linda Krueger of Glencoe and her
helpers are working full force on this
year’s Operation Minnesota Nice effort,
which provides Christmas packages to
active military personnel who cannot
be home for the holidays. Above,
Krueger shows off some of the goodies
she collected on a shopping spree,
which are being packaged up for shipping. A fundraiser for the local Operation Minnesota Nice effort is set for
Thursday, Dec. 4, at Emmet’s on Hennepin in Glencoe. Jerry Ostensoe,
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Letters to the Editor
The Glencoe ofﬁce
will only be open on
Friday, Nov. 28
from 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
Blood drive topped its goal by 15 units
This is a team effort. Many
thanks go to my co-chair
Nelda Klaustermeier, scheduling coordinator, for all her
hard work in preparation before, during and after the
drives. We are blessed with a
really diligent, efficient and
hard-working group of local
volunteers for each blood
drive or we wouldn’t be able
to make this work.
We very much appreciate
the volunteer hours put in by
the Glencoe-Silver Lake National Honor Society members who delivered publicity
posters and table toppers, and
the support of community
businesses who help us conduct these vital and successful community blood drives.
We thank Thrivent Financial for financial support for
this drive. The handwritten
thank you note from the
American Red Cross Collec-
tion Supervisor Nicole said it
best: “Thank you for allowing us to come to Glencoe
and collect the gift of life! We
really appreciate all you do
for our organization; we really couldn’t do it without our
volunteers. Also, thank you
for the great meal.”
Each unit of donated blood
has the potential to help up to
three patients, so your 139
units may help up to 417 people who truly need your gift
of life.
As we celebrate this time
of Thanksgiving, let us count
our blessings of good health,
our family and friends. I especially thank you for passing forward your blessings to
those who need it most, one
person at a time.
Charleen Engelmann
Coordinator
Glencoe Community
Blood Drive
County Planning Commission
tables meat processing CUP
By Lori Copler
Editor
The McLeod County Planning Advisory Commission is
inviting a representative from
the Minnesota Department of
Agriculture to its next meeting.
The commission is hoping
to get greater input on a conditional use permit (CUP) application from Mohamed
Gaabane, who wants to raise
and butcher goats as a home
occupation on a farm site in
Hale Township, north of Silver Lake in the area of Ideal
Avenue and 225th Street.
The commission considered the application at a public hearing on Wednesday,
Nov. 19.
Zoning Administrator
Larry Gasow said the commission’s task was to determine if Gaabane’s proposal
was an acceptable use of the
property, which consists of
about 40 acres. Gaabane is
proposing to build an 800square-foot structure to accommodate the operation, in
which he would custom raise
and butcher chickens and
goats for direct delivery to
customers.
Gasow said if the Planning
Commission — with final authority of the County Board
— allows the use, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture will then license,
monitor and inspect the business. The Minnesota Department of Health, Gasow said,
would monitor the well.
“To me, that’s kind of like
putting the cart before the
horse,” said Commissioner
Ron Shimanski, the County
Board’s representative on the
Planning Commission. He
said he would like to know
more about how the state departments would monitor the
site before granting the CUP.
Several neighbors had concerns about the proposal, with
issues ranging from making
sure that the animals were
contained to a potential for
smell from a planned compost site to deal with carcass
waste. Neighbors were con-
cerned the aroma could attract coyotes, which they say
are already a problem in the
area.
There were language barriers in discussing the proposal
with Gaabane, an immigrant,
but he did indicate that he
would raise the animals,
butcher them in the new shed
on the property, and then take
the meat to customers in the
Twin Cities area.
Although the Planning
Commission had a letter from
the Department of Agriculture outlining some of the
stipulations for a custom
meat processor, the Planning
Commission felt that neither
its members nor Gaabane had
enough information to proceed.
Gasow agreed to invite
someone from the Department of Ag to the commission’s December meeting.
The Planning Commission
voted unanimously to table
the issue until its Dec. 17
meeting.
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Brownton City Council to interview applicants
Council then meet at 3 p.m.
that day to discuss the interviews and perhaps determine
a final candidate for a job
offer.
In other business Thursday,
the City Council discussed
with maintenance employee
Chad Draeger a possible increase in compensation during the time he is working
alone. The other maintenance
employee and water/wastewater operator, Mark Streich,
had his final day on Nov. 12.
Draeger suggested a salary
increase of $5 per hour.
Draeger said he has been employed with the city for 15
years, during which his salary
has increased a total of $5 per
hour over the 15 years, an average of 33 cents per hour
each year.
Draeger also had proposed
that he be given a supervisory
role over the streets, parks
and electrical systems, which
do not require licensure,
while the new person has supervision of the water and
wastewater systems.
Council Member Chuck
Warner said he would prefer
to divide up supervisory duties after a new person is
hired, and the City Council
knows about his or her licensure status.
Draeger indicated that he
would prefer not to get his
wastewater operator license.
As to the salary issue, the
City Council decided to increase Draeger’s salary by
$2.50 an hour, with a further
review in December when it
considers wages for 2015.
The vote was 3-2, with Council members Norm Schwarze,
Doug Block and Warner voting in favor, while Mayor Jay
Werner and Council Member
Brian Dressel voted against
the proposal.
Both Schwarze and Werner
indicated that licensure
should be considered when
determining wages.
Werner said that if Draeger
had his wastewater operator
license, he would have been
offered Streich’s position, and
the City Council would have
been hiring someone to replace Draeger.
Dressel indicated later that
he would like to have offered
Draeger more.
24 Brownton
seniors met
on Monday
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GSL honor band
On Nov. 2-3, six members of GlencoeSilver Lake High School bands attended the 26th annual Gustavus Honor
Band Festival. Alyson Winn (clarinet),
Jordan Bergemann (bass clarinet),
Wyatt Ackerson (tenor saxophone) and
Richard Wilson (baritone saxophone)
were members of the Chapel Winds.
Mariah Guldemann-Chiariello (trombone) performed with the Bjorling
Winds and Jack Gepson (trumpet)
played with the Gustavus Honor Jazz
Band. The Chapel Winds and Bjorling
Winds were conducted by Dr. James
Patrick Miller, director of wind orchestras at Gustavus Adolphus College,
while the Honor Jazz Band was led by
Dr. Dave Stamps. Both instructors are
newly appointed this year to the Gustavus music faculty. The honor band
weekend culminated with a final concert held at Gustavus Christ Chapel
and featured the Gustavus Wind Orchestra as well as the high school
honor bands. Over 265 student musicians from about over 100 high schools
in Minnesota, South Dakota, Illinois
and Wisconsin comprised the honor
bands membership. From left to right
are Richard Wilson (baritone saxophone), Wyatt Ackerson (tenor saxophone), Jack Gepson (trumpet), Mariah
Guldemann-Chiariello (trombone),
Alyson Winn (clarinet) and Jordan
Bergemann (bass clarinet).
Late Milton Engelmann inducted
into Sibley East Wall of Fame
The late Milton Engelmann
of Green Isle was one of
three individuals inducted
into the Sibley East Wall of
Fame at the sixth-annual Sibley East American Education
Banquet. The event was held
at the Arlington Community
Center on Monday night,
Nov. 17.
Engelmann was a native of
Plato. He was honored as a
businessman, entrepreneur,
civic leader and philanthropist. Engelmann passed away
unexpectedly in May 1964 at
the age of 43. His acceptance
speech was given by his
granddaughter, Stacy, and his
award will be displayed with
other honorees at Sibley East
High School.
Milton “Milt” Engelmann
was an inventor with natural
talent and imagination who,
in 1957, developed and built
a portable feed grinder and
mixer on his farm north of
Green Isle. The machine enabled farmers to grind and
mix feed on their own farms
so they would not have to go
to town.
That led to starting Green
Isle Manufacturing, which
employed up to 150 people
throughout the surrounding
area. He also built “one of the
plushest bars in the area,” the
Club New Yorker, in 1963,
which is still in business
Milton Engelmann
today.
Engelmann was a visionary
and most notably a publicspirited citizen who took
great pride in his town. He
had a vision for Green Isle’s
future and vowed to make his
town as “big as Arlington.”
As business prospered, he
began to shape his dream for
his town. In 1961, his donation contributed largely to the
building of a new fire hall for
the town and he was named
honorary fireman for his outstanding generosity. Whenever local projects needed promoting, Engelmann was one
of the first to offer ideas, help
or monetary contributions.
Personally, close to Engelmann’s heart was earning his
pilot’s license and flying his
own plane, which he piloted
on numerous business and
personal trips.
Although his life was cut
short, he was fortunate to be
able to accomplish what he
did, share his good fortune
within his community and,
therefore, has left a lasting
impression. He is testimony
to the fact that if you are determined, you can turn a good
idea into a great accomplishment and make a difference.
Proud members of the Engelmann family also present
at the ceremony were his wife
Helen, daughter Maureen Albrecht (Alan), son Alan and
his friend Janet Thoele,
daughter-in-law Roxane (the
late Richard Engelmann) and
their daughters Jamie and
Sammie Jo, Bruce Kranz and
great grandson Miles, and
Tom, Annika and Jesse
Brolin.
Others who were inducted
into the Wall of Fame were
Mari Lu Martens, a 1979
graduate of Gaylord High
School and who is now an
educator, principal and Rotarian, and Susan Vos, a graduate of the Arlington/Green
Isle class of 1973, who is preseident of Cornerstone Bank,
as well as being active in the
Sibley County Food Share
and the Lions Club.
ECFE gingerbread ‘make and
take’ event set Thursday, Dec. 4
The Glencoe-Silver Lake
Early Childhood Family Education program is hosting a
“gingerbread make and take”
event on Thursday, Dec. 4,
from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 6
p.m. to 7 p.m.
The event is for children
ages 2 to kindergarten-entry
and their parents. Older siblings are welcome.
Imagine a cottage with
curlicue accents and candy
shingles. A cottage or a castle
bedazzled with goodies is
what one will create with graham crackers, frosting and
lots of treats.
Whether it’s the first time
for participants or it has become a family tradition, don’t
miss this opportunity to cre-
ate an edible masterpiece for
the season.
The event is free. Please
consider bringing a new, unwrapped game or toy for donation to local children in
need.
Register
online
at
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gory_id/71/program_id/26.
Twenty-four Brownton
senior citizens met Monday,
Nov. 24, at the community
center.
Cards were played with the
following winners: 500,
Carol Brelje, first, and Audrey Tongen, second;
pinochle, Phyllis Mahnke,
first, and Ruby Streich, second; and sheephead, Lil Lindeman, first, and Lowell
Brelje, second.
Harriet Bergs won the door
prize, and Bernetta Alsleben
served lunch.
The next meeting will be
Monday, Dec. 1, at 1 p.m.
All area seniors are welcome.
Hutchinson
Utilities
warns of
phone scam
The Hutchinson Police Department would like the communities of Hutchinson and
Brownton to be aware of reports it has received regarding a utilities collections
scam.
Several Hutchinson businesses and at least one
Brownton business have reported receiving a phone call
from a business posing as
Hutchinson Utilities stating
their last payment was not
able to be processed.
The caller, claiming to be a
representative from Hutchinson Utilities, tells the business it must immediately pay
$1,000 and, if it doesn’t pay,
its utilities service will be
shut off within 45 minutes.
The city of Hutchinson and
Hutchinson Utilities want citizens and business owners to
know they never call people
demanding immediate payment or demand credit card
information over the telephone.
If you have questions regarding Hutchinson Utilities
payments, you may contact
its billing department at 320587-4746. If you have been a
victim of this scam, please
report it to the Hutchinson
Police Department by calling
320-587-2242.
Weather Corner
By Jake Yurek
The short-lived thaw is officially over as reinforcing
shots of cold air have brought us back to the reality of
our early winter.
Temperatures once again will be held well below normal to end the week as the Canadian express of weather
pumps more of the cold stuff our way. Highs for Thanksgiving will be held in the teens, inching up toward 30 for
Friday and dropping back again as we move into the
weekend. Saturday’s highs will fall throughout the day as
a cold front moves through early, dropping highs Sunday
back to the teens and lower 20s.
There will only be a couple chances of snow this week
as most of the active weather dodges our area. The first
chance will have already passed by the time you read
this, and the second will come in Thursday into Friday.
The late-Thursday impulse is aiming towards the Northland, but if the track changes we could see some of the
white stuff; so stay tuned to more up-to-date forecasts if
traveling.
Speaking of traveling, taking a look at the entire country shows the East Coast dealing with a storm system that
should snarl travel around Thanksgiving and a large
storm will move into the West Coast, mucking things up
a bit as well. The West Coast storm should break our cold
snap as it will shut off the conveyor belt of arctic air
early next week. The downside, though, is it should bring
a decent-sized storm to someone in the upper Midwest
for the middle of next week, so fingers crossed it’s not
us.
Have a great week, all. Happy Thanksgiving; travel
safely!
Ma dobry weekendem
Mit dobry vikend
Wednesday night — Lows 4 to 10; partly cloudy.
Thursday — Highs 10 to 16, lows 4 to 10; mostly
clear/snow showers late?
Friday — Highs 24 to 30, lows 14 to 20; snow showers
early/clouds.
Saturday — Highs 24 to 30, lows 5 to 11; falling temperatures/partly cloudy.
Sunday — Highs 18 to 24; mostly clear.
Weather Quiz: What are some of December’s weather
extremes?
Answer to last week’s question (What are the monthly/yearly records for snowfall?): September, 1.7 inches
(1942); October, 8.2 inches (1991); November, 46.9
inches (1991); December, 33.6 inches (2010); January,
46.4 inches (1982), February 26.5 (1962), March 40
inches (1951); April, 21.8 (1983); May, 3 inches (a few
years tied). The highest annual total Minneapolis/St Paul
has had is 98.6 inches in the 1983-84 winter.
Remember: I make the forecast, not the weather!
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Tues., Dec. 2— Narcotics Anonymous,
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Editor
The Brownton City Council will be interviewing candidates for its open wastewater/water operator job Saturday, Dec. 6.
The City Council met in
special session late Thursday
afternoon to review the eight
applications it received, from
which it chose four for interviews.
The City Council decided
to set interview times at onehour intervals for Saturday,
Dec. 6, starting at 10 a.m.
The Council hopes to interview two candidates in the
morning and two in the afternoon.
Council Member Chuck
Warner suggested the City
The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, November 26, 2014, page 7
11th-annual community-wide Thanksgiving
dinner in Silver Lake set Thursday, Nov. 27
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Council welcomes local businesses
The Silver Lake City Council welcomed
two businesses into town last Monday
evening. The first was Custom Installations, owned and operated by Brent
Posusta. Posusta moved his custom
flooring business into the former
Amoco station on Main Street last August. Above, from left to right are Kathy
Munson, Councilor Pat Fogarty, Mayor
Bruce Bebo, Posusta, his daughter,
Kinley, wife, Molly, and son, Max, and
Councilors Greg Gillett and Nolan
Johnson. The Council also welcomed
the newly opened Corner Market convenience store and gas station.
Hutchinson Co-op operates the Corner
Market at Lane Ave. and Highway 7 in
Silver Lake. Below, from left to right,
are Councilor Nolan Johnson, Mayor
Bruce Bebo, Store Manager Lee
Thurston, General Manager Mike Conner and Councilors Greg Gillett, Pat
Fogarty and Eric Nelson.
The Silver Lake Auditorium will be the site for the
11th-annual Silver Lake
Thanksgiving dinner on
Thursday, Nov. 27, beginning
at noon.
This free dinner, hosted by
the city of Silver Lake and
friends, will be open to anyone in the Silver Lake area
who would like to enjoy a delicious home-cooked meal
and spend some time with
others on this wonderful holiday.
The meal, provided completely through donations,
will include turkey, ham,
dressing and all the fixings.
Of course, there will be a
dessert or two served, also.
As always, no money will
be accepted the day of the
meal. It is free and open to
the public.
The meal is intended for,
but not limited to, those who
are either alone, elderly, shutins, unable to afford a good
meal or those who just want
to spend the day making others feel good.
Organizers are encouraging
people of all ages to attend
and they guarantee all in attendance will leave with full
stomachs, smiles on their
faces and a warm, fuzzy feeling inside knowing they
made someone’s Thanksgiving a day to remember.
For a lot of people, the Silver Lake area is their only
family, and organizers of the
dinner want to show how
much the community cares.
Again this year, there will
be a special effort to thank all
of the veterans as well as
those who are currently serving in the military.
It is because of them we
have so much for which to be
thankful.
Food will be served
promptly at noon on Thursday, Nov. 27. Please RSVP at
320-327-2412, 320-327-3157
or stop by the Silver Lake
City Hall to sign up.
Those in need of transportation can call Mayor
Bruce Bebo at 320-327-3157
by Nov. 25 to make arrangements.
Chronicle photo by Alyssa Schauer
Preschool donates to food shelf
Students at Faith Presbyterian Preschool in Silver Lake have spent the
creating Thanksgiving crafts and collecting food for the McLeod County
Food Shelf. From left to right are Miran-
da Nowak, Matthew Madson, Summer
Blazinski, Ashlynn Imdieke, Clayton
Marvan, Jack Schauer, Ella Graczyk
and Hadley Wagner.
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Silver Lake seniors meet; Christmas party Dec. 8
The Silver Lake Senior Citizens Club met Monday, Nov.
10, with 18 members present.
Celebrating a November
birthday was Clarence
Juncewski. A November anniversary was Gary and
Kathy Kaczmarek.
The next regular meeting
will be Monday, Dec. 8,
which will be a potluck
Christmas party. Dinner will
be served after the meeting.
Set-up will be members A
through L and clean-up will
be members M through Z.
Cards at Cedar Crest were
held Nov. 19. “Get well”
cards were sent to Don Benz,
Betty Vejrosta and Mercedes
Nowak. A sympathy card was
sent to Judy and LeRoy
Penas.
500 winners were Margaret
Benz, Hubert Schermann,
Delores Goede, Bernie Kaczmarek, Genny Lhotka, Margaret Schermann, Laura
Kaczmarek, Donald Benz, Ed
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The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, November 26, 2014, page 8
Marguerite Perschau, 96, of Glencoe
Obituaries
Carl Aul, 94, of Glencoe
Carl Aul, 94, of Glencoe,
died Wednesday, Nov. 19,
2014, at Glencoe Regional
Health Services Long-Term
Care.
A Mass
of Christian
Burial was
held Monday, Nov.
24, at the
Church of
St. Pius X
in Glencoe
with
the Carl Aul
Rev. Anthony Stubeda officiating. Laura
Pettit was the reader. Sue
Mielke was the organist and
Kelly LeCrone was the song
leader. Musical selections
were “Be Not Afraid,” “Here
I Am, Lord,” “On Eagle’s
Wings,” and “Mine Eyes
Have Seen the Glory.” Military honors were by Glencoe
VFW Post 5102.
Kacey Kachelmyer was an
honorary pallbearer. Pallbearers were Joseph Aul, Christine Ruzek, Anthony Ruzek,
Laura Pettit, Jascha Pettit and
Renee Engelmann.
Interment was in the Glencoe Catholic Cemetery.
Carl Aul, a child of God,
was born Oct. 9, 1920, at his
parents’ farm in rural Biscay.
He was the son of Carl and
Anna (Idt) Aul. He was bap-
tized as an infant on Nov. 3,
1920, and confirmed in his
faith as a youth on June 16,
1935, both by the Rev. E.
Kolbe at First Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Glencoe.
He was educated at a country
school in rural Biscay. He
farmed until he entered the
Army. He entered active military service in the U.S. Army
on Sept. 21, 1942, and served
his country in World War II.
He received an honorable discharge on Nov. 5, 1945.
On April 28, 1948, he was
united in marriage to Lillian
Domeier at St. Andrew’s
Catholic Church in Fairfax.
They made their home in
Glencoe, and their marriage
was blessed with three children, Roger, Linda and Gary.
They shared over 63 years of
marriage before Mrs. Aul’s
death on June 20, 2011.
Mr. Aul owned his own
business, installing floor covering, painting and decorating
in the Glencoe area for many
years. He was a member of
the Church of St. Pius X in
Glencoe. He also was a member of the Glencoe Sportsmen’s Club and the Glencoe
VFW Post 5102.
He was a hardworking and
sociable man. He loved going
to local events and gatherings. He enjoyed fishing, gar-
dening, playing cards and
dancing, especially polkas.
He cherished the time spent
with his family and friends.
He is survived by his children, Roger (wife Pam) Aul
of Owatonna, Linda (husband
Lyle) Kachelmyer of Ottertail
and Gary Aul of Glencoe;
grandchildren, Joseph Aul,
Christine (husband Anthony)
Ruzek, Kacey Kachelmyer
and Laura (husband Jascha)
Pettit; great-grandchildren,
Cooper and Austin Aul and
Andrew and Kahlen Ruzek;
siblings John (wife Dorothy)
Aul of Hutchinson and Helen
Oelfke of Hamburg; many
nieces, nephews, brothers-inlaw, sisters-in-law, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Carl and Anna
Aul; wife, Lillian Aul; and
siblings, Fred (wife Frieda)
Aul, Anna (husband Alvin)
Jungclaus, Marie (husband
Leo) Winter, Molly (husband
Orwin) Malz, Katherine (husband Harold) Howe, Victor
Aul, Henry Aul and Sophie
(husband Paul) Grey.
Arrangements were with
the Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Raymond L. Wilkens, 68, of Plato
Raymond
“Ray” L.
Wilkens, 68, of Plato, died
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, at
Hennepin County Medical
Center in Minneapolis.
Funeral
services
were held
Sunday,
Nov. 23, at
Friedens
C o u n t y
L i n e
Church in
rural Norw o o d Ray Wilkens
Young America (NYA) with
the Rev. Joseph Clay officiating.
Serving as pallbearers were
Terry Schwirtz, Dean
Schwirtz, Tony Scheele,
David Franke, Nathan
Wilkens and Robert Wilkens.
Military honors were provided by Plato American Legion
Post 641. Interment was in
the Ferguson Cemetery in
rural Norwood Young America.
Raymond
“Ray” L.
Wilkens was born Sept. 12,
1946, in Glencoe, the son of
Henry and Lorna (Kruschke)
Wilkens. He was baptized
Sept. 22, 1946, and confirmed in his faith on April
10, 1961, at Friedens County
Line Church. After graduat-
ing from Glencoe High
School, he was drafted into
the U.S. Army. He had been
an active member of Plato
American Legion Post 641.
On April 24, 1971, he was
united in marriage with Bonnie Schwirtz at St. Paul’s
Evangelical
Reformed
Church of Hamburg. Their
union was blessed with three
children, Chad, Jennifer and
Bryan. The couple made their
home in rural Plato, where
they were engaged in farming. Mr. Wilkens sold his
dairy cattle in 1993 and
began working for Ed
Dammann Construction.
Mr. Wilkens had many talents and was able to fix anything. He never lost his love
for the farm. He enjoyed
bowling with this team at the
King Pin in Plato and in recent years he took up the
game of golf. He was a devoted member and volunteer
at his church. He cherished
the time spent with friends
and family, especially his
grandchildren. He loved
watching his children and
grandchildren play sports and
activities; he was their
biggest fan.
He is survived by his loving family: wife, Bonnie
Wilkens of Plato; children,
Chad (Natalie) Wilkens of
Plato, Jennifer (Paul) Heuer
of NYA and Bryan (Janelle)
Wilkens of Cologne; grandchildren, Benjamin Heuer,
Katelyn Heuer, RaeAnn
Heuer, Johnathan Wilkens,
James Wilkens and Willow
Wilkens; mother, Lorna
Wilkens of Waconia; sisters
and brothers, Myra (Ken)
Franke of Plato, Orville
(Betty) Wilkens of Plato, Vernon (Colleen) Wilkens of
Plato, Doris Schwirtz of Plato
and Charlie (Peggy) Wilkens
of Plato; mother-in-law,
Lorna Schwirtz of NYA; sisters-in-law and brothers-inlaw, Bev and Ed Herbst of
Hamburg, Cheryl and Scott
Scheele of NYA and Pat and
Terry Zellmann of NYA; his
dog, Buzz; nieces, nephews,
other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death
by his father, Henry Wilkens;
father-in-law,
William
Schwirtz; sister and brothersin-law, Lois and Chuck
Pinske and Richard Schwirtz;
and great-nephew, Will
Schultz.
Arrangements were with
the Johnson Funeral Home in
Waconia, www.johnsonfh.
com.
Myrtle Gehrke, 97, of Winthrop
Myrtle Gehrke, 97, of
Winthrop, died Friday, Nov.
21, 2014, at the Good Samaritan Society in Winthrop.
The funeral service will be
Wednesday,
Nov. 26, at
11 a.m., at
S
t
.
Matthew’s
Lutheran
Church,
Myrtle
Penn TownGehrke
ship, with
the Rev. Andrew HermodsonOlsen officiating. Visitation
is Wednesday, Nov. 26, from
9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., at the
church.
Bev Wangerin is the organist, and soloist Darwin
Frauendienst will sing “I’m
But a Stranger Here.” Congregational hymns are “How
Great Thou Art” and “Asleep
in Jesus.”
Pallbearers are Lyle
Schoelkopf, Joshua Streich,
Ross Jahnke, Cole Johnson,
Keenan Johnson and Alyssa
Gehrke. Interment will be in
the Winthrop Cemetery.
Myrtle Hulda (Ellies)
Gehrke was born March 22,
1917, in Winthrop. She was
the daughter of Fred and
Anna (Becke) Ellies. She was
baptized as an infant on April
22, 1917, by the Rev. George
Diemer of Penn Township,
and confirmed in her faith as
a youth on June 22, 1930, by
the Rev. J.J. Roesche at Peace
Lutheran
Church
in
Winthrop.
On Nov. 19, 1934, she was
united in marriage to Raymond Gehrke by the Rev.
C.J. Kowalske in Stewart.
After their marriage, the couple farmed in the Brownton
and Winthrop areas until retiring in 1968, when they
moved into Winthrop. Mrs.
Gehrke worked at the
Winthrop Care Center for 16
years. The couple shared 75
years of marriage before Mr.
Gehrke’s death on July 2,
2010. They were blessed with
one son, Orville.
Mrs. Gehrke was a member
of St. Matthew’s Lutheran
Church in Penn Township all
her married life.
Mrs. Gehrke enjoyed fishing, card playing, fancy
work, quilting, gardening,
flowers, baking and visiting.
She especially loved spending time with her son,
Orville, and her grandchil-
dren.
She is survived by her son,
Orville Gehrke of Burnsville;
three grandchildren, Kimberly (husband Dave) Streich of
Hutchinson, Karla (husband
Craig) Johnson of Victoria
and Kenton (wife Tracy)
Gehrke of Sartell; 10 greatgrandchildren, Josh and Anna
Streich, Jessica (Streich) and
Ross Jahnke, Samantha,
Cole, Alea and Keenan Johnson, and Alex, Alyssa, Aidan
and Lily Gehrke; four greatgreat-grandchildren, Taylah,
Kenley and Bryn Jahnke and
Andelyn Streich; stepsister,
Helen Miller of Hutchinson;
nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Fred and
Anna Ellies; husband, Raymond Gehrke; brothers, Milton (wife Elsie) Ellies and
Melvin (wife Marie) Ellies;
father-in-law and mother-inlaw; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law; and stepbrothers,
Clarence, Henry and Melvin
Lehmberg.
Arrangements were by the
Dalin-Hantge Funeral Chapel
in Winthrop. Online obituaries and guest book are available at www.hantge.com.
The McLeod
County Chronicle
Marguerite Delores Perschau, 96, of Glencoe, died
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, at
Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.
Memorial
services
were held
S a t u r d a y,
Nov. 22, at
C h r i s t
Lutheran
Church in
Glencoe
with
the Marguerite
R e v . Perschau
Katherine
Rood officiating. Peggy
Hatlestad was the organist
and Lou Ann Perschau was
the lector.
Interment will be in the
spring.
Marguerite was the second
child of Fredrick and Ida
Lewin, born May 31, 1918, in
Minneapolis. She had one
older sister, Dorothy, who
died in 1968. Her family
moved to Stewart when she
was 9 months old. Her childhood years there were some
of her fondest memories.
Baptized by the Rev. C.H.
Kowalske at St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church in Stewart,
she also was confirmed there
by him on March 29, 1931.
Eager to go to elementary
school, she insisted on starting first grade at age 5 and
graduated from the Columbia
School in Stewart on her 17th
birthday, May 31, 1935. In
1937, she completed her twoyear teaching certificate at St.
Cloud Teachers College in St.
Cloud. The first five years of
her elementary teaching career took place in Emmons
and Nicollet. In 1942, she
joined the faculty of Glencoe
Public Schools, where she
taught elementary until 1946.
She married Vernon F. Perschau at her parents’ home in
Stewart on July 8, 1943,
while he was serving in the
U.S. Army Air Corps during
World War II. In 1949, the
Perschaus, with their 1-yearold son Daniel, moved into
one of the first homes to be
built in Glenview Woods, a
residential area under development by Vernon Perschau
since 1944. In 1951, the couple’s second son, David, was
born. The family of four lived
happily in “The Woods,” as it
was known then, until Mr.
Perschau’s untimely death in
April 1957.
In 1959, Mrs. Perschau rejoined the faculty at Helen
Baker Elementary School.
While teaching there full
time, she attended Mankato
State College, completing her
bachelor of science degree in
elementary education by August 1963. She valued highly
the privilege of giving her
young students a meaningful
learning experience. The lasting friendships she made with
other faculty members also
enriched her life. Mrs. Perschau retired in 1983 after 33
years as a public elementary
educator, 28 years being in
the Glencoe system.
In retirement, Mrs. Perschau enjoyed world travel
and volunteering in the Glencoe community. She helped
establish the first gift shop at
the Glencoe hospital. Later,
she knitted caps for the newborns at Glencoe Regional
Health Services. For many
years, she was an active
member of Christ Lutheran
Church, going back to 1958.
She took pride in maintaining
an attractive, well-kept home
in the Glenview Woods section of Glencoe for 60 years,
eventually becoming the last
of the original adult settlers
there. She had a talent for
flower arranging that was always on display in her home.
She especially enjoyed
spending time in her kitchen
and still read a wide range of
books and articles well into
her 90s.
Mrs. Perschau was grateful
for the long and purposeful
life she was given. She offered “praise and thanksgiving” for her happy childhood,
the endearing love of her husband and two sons, the respect and friendship of her
co-workers and neighbors,
the success of her endeavors,
and the everlasting strength
of her Lutheran faith.
She is survived by her
sons, Daniel F. Perschau and
David A. Perschau and his
wife, Lou Ann, all of Glencoe; stepgrandson, Brian Kottke and his wife, Jasmine, of
Mankato; cousins, Henry and
Kate Schrader, John Lewin
and Richard Lewin, all of
Prior Lake; many nieces,
nephews, relatives and
friends.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Fredrick and
Ida Lewin; husband, Vernon
Perschau; and sister, Dorothy
Ann Warnholtz.
Arrangements were by the
Dobratz-Hantge Funeral
Chapel in Hutchinson. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Herbert Henry Becker, 100, Glencoe
Herbert Henry Becker, 100,
of Glencoe and formerly of
New Auburn, died Sunday,
Nov. 16, 2014, at Glencoe
Regional Health Services
Long-Term Care.
Funeral
services
were held
T h u r s d a y,
Nov. 20, at
Immanuel
Evangelical
Lutheran
Church in
N
e
w
A u b u r n Herbert
with
the Becker
Rev. Bradley Danielson officiating. Ruth Ann Gehrke
was the organist. Soloist Andrea Lynn sang “Old Man.”
Congregational hymns were
“Oh, Take My Hand, Dear
Father,” “Amazing Grace”
and “Just As I Am.”
Pallbearers were Eldon
Becker, Michael Becker,
David Gehrke, Eric Dahlke,
Tim Becker and David
Knick.
Interment was in High Island Cemetery in New
Auburn.
Herbert Henry Becker was
born July 27, 1914, at his
home in New Auburn Township, the son of Charles and
Alvina (Alsleben) Becker. He
was baptized as an infant on
Aug. 14, 1914, by the Rev.
Diemer, and was confirmed
in his faith as a youth on
April 1, 1928, by the Rev.
Werner, both at Immanuel
Evangelical Lutheran Church
in New Auburn.
He attended District 36
German country school near
New Auburn. He was blessed
with one son, Roger.
Mr. Becker was a farmer
for 30 years and lived on the
family farm near New
Auburn until the age of 98.
He also worked for the city of
Glencoe as a sanitation engineer for 15 years. He was a
lifelong member of Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran
Church in New Auburn.
Mr. Becker enjoyed watching the deer walk across the
yard at the farm. Many times
he fished the creek that ran
through his farm. He used his
binoculars to watch the geese
and ducks land in the slough.
It was a hunter’s wonderland
for him. He also enjoyed
traveling, playing cards, and
fishing and hunting, shooting
his last deer at the age of 85.
He cherished the time spent
with family and friends.
He is survived by his wife,
Luella Becker of Glencoe;
son, Roger Becker and wife
Kathy of New Auburn;
grandchildren, Wendy Becker
and special friend Linda,
Timothy Becker and special
friend Amber, Cindy Dahlke
and husband Dean, Kari
Brinkman and husband Kirk,
and Ryan Becker and his special friend Amber; 11 greatgrandchildren; brother, Eddie
Becker of Glencoe; sisters-inlaw, Lorraine Gehrke of
Winthrop, Bernice Knick of
Glencoe, Mildred “Millie”
Knick of Hutchinson and
Fran Knick of Hutchinson;
nephews, nieces, other relatives and many friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Charles and
Alvina Becker; brother,
Arthur Becker and his wife
Gladys; sister, Esther Grenke
and her husband Leonard;
and brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Dorothy Becker,
Ellsworth Knick and his wife
Mildred, Eugene Knick, Earl
Knick, Vernon Knick and
Wilmer Gehrke.
Arrangements were with
the Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Thank You
The family of Paul Anderle Sr. would
like to thank the McLeod Co. Sheriff’s
Dept., Coroner’s Dept., and First Responders, especially Brian Nemec, for
their prompt response to our medical
emergency last Sunday, Nov. 16.
Thank you to Maresh Funeral Home
for their support and compassion in
assisting us with Dad’s funeral services.
Thank you to Fr. Tony Stubeda and
Celia Knoll of the Holy Family Parish
for their visits to our Dad on the farm.
They were greatly appreciated.
Thank you to Fr. Paul Schumacher
and Fr. Tony Stubeda for presiding at
our Dad’s Mass of Christian Burial. We
are extremely grateful.
Thank you to the CCW ladies who
served the luncheon.
Thank you to the Holy Family Adult
Choir and Alice Nowak.
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From the Silver Lake Leader archives
75 Years Ago
From the Brownton Bulletin archives
100 Years Ago
Nov. 27, 1914
O.C. Conrad, Editor
After an illness lasting more
than a year, “Auntie” Peters died
last Friday at the home of Mr.
Peter Ewald, four miles northeast
of this village. She was 85. A native of Germany, she came with
her husband, P.L. Peters, to
America in 1883 and settled in
Iowa. Her husband died in 1895,
at which time she came to Minnesota to keep house for her
cousin, Mr. Ewald. She was the
mother of 12 children, nine of
whom are surviving.
John Thom tells he has sold
his farm, consisting of 160 acres
in Round Grove Township, five
miles southwest of Brownton, to
H.T. Klitzke. Consideration was
$10,400, or $65 per acre.
75 Years Ago
Nov. 23, 1939
Milton D. Hakel, Editor
A very pretty fall wedding was
solemnized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Brownton Sunday
afternoon, Nov. 19, when Miss
Mildred Kohls, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. August Kohls, became
the bride of Mr. Harvey J. Henschel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Henschel of Arlington.
Brownton is going to have a
beautiful and spacious new playground, as the Brownton School
District and the village each purchased a parcel of land directly
east of the school building. It
will be developed into a play-
ground for both school and public use.
Robert Rickert, residing
southwest of Brownton, broke
his leg Monday in an unusual
manner — he was running and
chasing some livestock when he
tripped over his dog. His right
leg was broken just above the
ankle.
50 Years Ago
Nov. 26, 1964
Charles H. Warner, Editor
Mrs. Henry Burich received
quite a shock Saturday afternoon
around 3:15 when she came out
of Janke’s Food store with her
groceries and could not find her
1961 Ford. Upon investigation, it
was discovered that someone
must have taken her car and left
another in its place. Sheriff Leon
Odegaard quickly learned the car
left on Brownton’s main street
belonged to a Dassel woman.
The woman had gone shopping
in Dassel with her two daughters. A 16-year-old girl stayed
with the car, while the mother
and other daughter went into a
store, and the 16-year-old then
drove away. Upon reaching
Brownton, she took the Burich
car. Shortly after 10 p.m., she
filled the Burich car with gas in
Mankato and drove off without
paying for it. About 10:22 p.m.,
she crashed into a utility pole in
the city of Mankato at a high rate
of speed, totalling the car. She
was taken to a Mankato hospital
for treatment of injuries and then
released to the custody of her
parents.
20 Years Ago
Nov. 23, 1994
Lori Copler, Editor
Officials from the city of
Stewart, the Stewart Fire Department and several townships met
Wednesday, Nov. 16, to consider
the purchase of a new tanker
truck.
An armed robbery in Hutchinson resulted in the death of a
convenience store clerk and the
arrest of four people, two adults
and two juveniles, all male. According to the Hutchinson Police
Department, two juveniles entered George’s Food and Fuel on
Adams Street Thursday night
and a 15-year-old allegedly shot
and killed clerk Mickey Wilfert,
19, of New Ulm, a student at
Hutchinson Technical College.
Arrested were Harley Dean
Hildenbrand, 17, Jason Todd
Walters, 20, and Jeffrey Patrick
Meidl, 19, all of Hutchinson. The
15-year-old also was arrested but
not identified.
Three Stewart businesses were
burglarized Thursday between 2
a.m. and 5:30 a.m., according to
Police Chief Arnie Olson. The
three businesses were Stewart
Hardware, Larry’s Red Owl and
Schmidt Salvage. About $1,000
in merchandise was taken from
the hardware store and about
$600 worth from the grocery.
Nothing was taken from Schmidt
Salvage, although it had been
broken into.
From the Stewart Tribune archives
100 Years Ago
Nov. 27, 1914
Koeppen Brothers, Editors
Fred Kreger was the victim of
an accident the first of the week
which very nearly cost him the
sight in one eye. He was
butchering a hog and, in some
way while struggling with the
animal, the knife in his hand
caught him above the eye, inflicting a long, deep gash from
about an inch above the eye to
about an inch below. The lower
lid was completely cut in two,
but fortunately the eye itself was
not touched.
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Adolph Metalek of Collins
last Friday.
75 Years Ago
Nov. 24, 1939
Harry Koeppen, Editor
Erbin Piehl is the 1939 champion rabbit hunter of the Stewart
Rod & Gun Club, although
closely pressed by Jerome Doerr
for honors. Fred Pikal and
Reuben Zieman placed third and
fourth. A total of 217 jackrabbits, 33 cottontails and six crows
were killed in the nine-day hunt,
which ended Sunday.
Otto Roepke, aged resident of
Round Grove Township, passed
away at his home last Friday
after an illness of a year. Funeral
services were held Monday at
the Fernando Lutheran church.
Funeral services were held last
Friday morning at St. Boniface
Catholic Church for Alfred
Robert Grams, 1-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Grams of
Lake Allie. The child passed
away at the Loretto Hospital in
New Ulm the previous Tuesday.
50 Years Ago
Nov. 26, 1964
Kermit T. Hubin, Editor
The following persons were
the recipients of dressed turkeys
given away by the Stewart Improvement Association Friday
evening: Mrs. Stan Maiers, Mrs.
John J. Forcier, Leroy Lewin,
Allan Maiers, Mrs. Oscar Blum,
Leo Schuelke, Joe Pichotta, Mrs.
Vernon Kuehl, Sanford Ebent,
George Richards, Mrs. Joe
Maiers, Mrs. Ray J. Mayer,
Ronald Penk, Howard Wick and
Fred J. Kloempken.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Peetsch
(June Callier) announce the birth
of a baby girl, Shelly, born Nov.
10.
35 Years Ago
Nov. 29, 1979
Anthony G. Blum, Editor
Elmer Rettig of rural Stewart
reported Tuesday that sometime
during the night of Nov. 19, his
John Deere 4020 tractor, along
with a bottom plow, were stolen
from a field along Highway 212
near Brownton. The tractor has
an estimated value of $10,000,
and the plow is valued at $900.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Kottke
announce the birth of a son,
Daniel Edward, on Nov. 24.
Dean and Nancy Stockmann
announce the birth of their first
child, Curtis Dean, on Nov. 11.
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Klucas
(Janelle Boelter) of Brainerd are
proud to announce the birth of a
son, Christopher Lee, born Oct.
30.
From the Chronicle archives
30 Years Ago
Nov. 28, 1984
Bill Ramige, Editor
The new grandstand at
Vollmer Field in Glencoe started
taking shape last week when
crews erected the framework for
the seats and roof. Vollmer Field
will be the site of the 1985 District VFW Baseball Tournament
in late July.
The McLeod County Public
Health Nursing Service recently
instituted a 24-hour “on-call”
service. The service is directed at
clients who are acutely or terminally ill and who may have a
need for a home health aid after
hours.
20 Years Ago
Nov. 30, 1994
Rich Glennie, Editor
The first snowfall of the season dumped seven inches of wet
heavy snow mixed with rain and
high winds, on Sunday, and created hazardous driving conditions throughout much of the
state. Many motorists who had
not honed up on their winter
driving skills ended up in area
ditches.
Lee’s Super Valu is nearing
completion of its expansion and
renovation project. The work has
added a deli and expanded the
bakery, as well as other services
in the downtown grocery store.
Tom Pinske of the Pinske
Edge in Plato will appear on
Hometime, a home fix-it, remodeling TV program on Public
Broadcasting Station (PBS),
Channel 2. Pinske will demonstrate how to make and install
counter tops.
10 Years Ago
Dec. 1, 2004
Rich Glennie, Editor
Lacey Dahlberg, a fourth
Deaths
hantge.com.
Darrel Radke, 76,
of Hutchinson
Evangeline
Neuhaus, 84,
of Glencoe
Darrel Radke, 76, of
Hutchinson, died Friday,
Nov. 21, 2014, at the Harmony River Living Center in
Hutchinson.
The funeral service will be
Wednesday, Nov. 26, at 11
a.m., at Immanuel Lutheran
Church in Brownton with interment following in the
church cemetery. The Brownton American Legion will
provide military honors.
Visitation was Tuesday and
will continue today (Wednesday) from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at
the church.
Dobratz-Hantge Funeral
Chapel in Hutchinson is in
charge of the arrangements.
Online obituaries and guest
book are available at www.
Evangline
“Vangie”
Neuhaus, 84, of Glencoe,
died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014,
at Grand Meadows Senior
Living in Glencoe.
Funeral services will be
Friday, Nov. 28, at 11 a.m., at
First Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Glencoe, with interment following in the
church cemetery.
Visitation will be Thursday,
Nov. 27, from 5 p.m. to 8
p.m., at the Johnson-McBride
Funeral Chapel in Glencoe,
and will continue one hour
prior to the service on Friday.
Arrangements are with the
Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe. Online
grader at Glencoe-Silver Lake
Lakeside Elementary, performed
with the Minnesota Choral Director Association Elementary
Honor Choir at the Ted Mann
Concert Hall at the University of
Minnesota on Saturday, Nov. 20.
Seventeen Glencoe-Silver
Lake athletes earned All-Wright
County conference awards during the fall sports season. AllConference tennis athletes were
Marianne Barau, Amanda
George, Hali Haukos and Amanda Stifter. All-WCC football athletes were Tim Thomas, Travis
Ardolf, Mike Bartels and Chris
Odegaard. All-WCC cross country runners were Anthony Exsted, Caty Delwiche, Casey Just,
Kelli Just, Katie Zirbes and
Maggie Zirbes. All-West Metro
soccer athletes were Mark Patino
and Eric Jenneke and All-WCC
volleyball athlete was Ashlee
Gunderson.
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
John Winn, 88,
of Glencoe
John Winn, 88, of Glencoe,
died Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, at
Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.
Memorial services will be
Wednesday, Nov. 26, at 11
a.m., at the Johnson-McBride
Funeral Chapel in Glencoe,
with interment following in
the Glencoe City Cemetery.
A gathering of family and
friends will be held Wednesday, Nov. 26, from 10 a.m. to
11 a.m., one hour prior to the
service at the chapel.
Arrangements are with the
Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
Nov. 25, 1939
Delbert Merrill, Publisher
Mert Roger’s neat little office
building used in the transaction
of his used car business has been
moved off Main Street and to the
rear of Slavik’s tavern, where it
will be available for use again
next spring.
The Frank Kalvodas are nicely
settled in their new home in
Pleasant Hill. Mr. Kalvoda
bought Jim Pawlak’s fine farm,
which until recently, was leased
by Stanley Pokorny.
Steve Reml is using crutches
as the result of injuries to his
foot sustained when a heavy
piece of wood fell while sawing
wood.
John Picha recently purchased
Will Zanda’s interest in the Silver Lake Feed & Coal Co. and
now announces a partnership
with his son, Art Picha.
50 Years Ago
Nov. 19, 1964
Wilbert Merrill, Publisher
LuWayne Wraspir and Edw.
Goede caught a big beaver in
front of the Silver Hi Café and
Drive-In last Thursday evening.
They managed to get the big animal into an empty barrel and
called Game Warden Ed Reed,
who came with a cage and took
the animal away for releasing.
Mike Papez of Glencoe caught
a 5 3⁄4-pound walleye in Silver
Lake last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Kaczmarek of Glencoe announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Phyllis, to Roger A. LeBrun, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony LeBrun
of Winthrop.
At the Silver Lake Legion
Post 141 meeting on Monday,
Cub Scouts Jimmy Chalupsky,
Kevin Trnka and Douglas
Micka, on behalf of the pack,
presented Commander Henry
Pokorny with a check of $50.
25 Years Ago
Nov. 23, 1989
Ken and Dorothy Merrill,
Publishers
Monday evening, the City
Council reluctantly accepted the
resignation of Dale Miska.
Miska resigned, after serving for
five years, due to a job change.
The consolation prize winners
of the junior class give-away included: turkeys — Mark Loch,
Mabel Blasness, Pauline Hedlund, Joe Vacek and A. Zypke.
The grand prize winner of the
quarter of beef was Willie VanDeSteeg.
Ron and Carol (Nowak)
Miller of Glencoe, announce the
birth of a son, Seth Aron, born
on Nov. 2, at Waconia
Ridgeview Hospital.
Tracing Roots
By Ron Pulkrabek
Checking S.D. Czechs, Part 3
Tyndall — 1920: population 1,400. Houska and Ulrich have a tavern; Oliva has
a general store; Skorpik, Bednar, Jilek, Moravec and Dr.
Klima live here. ZCBJ Lodge
80 is active. 2007 update:
population is 1,172; a nice
town with St. Leo’s Catholic
Church and school complex;
a barmaid tries to find us a
CD by the “Tyndall Button
Box Gang” via several phone
calls. Several patrons thought
they heard of the band but
were not sure.
Witten — 1920: ZCBJ
Lodge 215; not on map in
2007.
Dixon — 1920: Janousek,
Dvorak, Preslicka and Klima,
live in the area. ZCBJ Lodge
194 is active. 2007 update:
not on the map.
Herrick — 1920: A few
Czechs live here. ZCBJ
Lodge 216. 2007 update:
population 96.
Gregory — 1920: population 1,000. Matousek,
Kucera, Vesely, Dolezal,
Fiala, Svanda, Janousek,
Dvorak, Pochow and Klima
live here. CSPS Lodge 232
and ZCBJ Lodge 162 are
here. In 1917, Gregory County raised $6,000 for WW I
War Relief for the Czech
lands and $125,000 in War
Bonds and Stamps. 2007 update: population 1,510.
Fairfax — 1920: population 400. St. Anthony
Catholic Church, Catholic
Workman Lodge 98 and
ZCBJ Lodge 129, named the
“Opera House” with F.J.
Kasper as president, are active. 2007 update: population
113.
Lake Andes — 1920: population 600. Many Czechs
have businesses here. In
1918, $1,900 was collected
for the Czech Lands WW I
Relief. ZCBJ Lodge 103 is
active. 2007 update: population 778.
Geddes — 1920: population 650. Several Czechs
have businesses here. ZCBJ
Lodge 143 is active. 2007 update: population 244.
The Rev. Francis Kun, a
Presbyterian minister, origi-
nally from Iowa, organized
many Czech churches in
South Dakota. He later was
the minister at the Silver
Lake Czech Brethren Presbyterian Church starting in
1876 to about 1891.
The Rev. Francis Pokorny,
(1867-1962) as a young, firsttime theological student,
came to the area around Tyndall, Kimble and Eagle, S.D.,
in 1889 through 1891. He
first met Frank Matousek, the
harness maker, and Joseph
Matousek who, with others,
arranged for the Rev. Pokorny to stay at various households and preach from time
to time. He more or less
worked for room and board
and rode around on any horse
that was available. He helped
establish the First Bohemian
Presbyterian Church in Brule
County, S.D. Pastors Link,
Skerik, Wrbitzky, Krenick
and the Rev. Jerome Kucera
followed. From 1891 until
1910, he served the Bohemian Reformed Church of Silver Lake and the Jan Hus
Church north of the Bohemian Hall. From 1910 to 1930,
he served in Ely, Iowa. You
can read more on his life in
his book, “My Way through
Life,” and the biography of
Frantisek Kun called, “Verny
Sluzebnik” (Faithful Servant).
Large families in South
Dakota:
Albert Wagner family had
14 children (six grew to
adulthood); John Bouska
family had 14 children (six
died young); Thomas Kostel
family had eight children
(three died young); John
Novotny family had 16 children (two died young).
Large families in the Glencoe, Silver Lake and
Hutchinson areas:
In 1868, Anton and Anna
Pulkrabek, who homesteaded
a 160-acre farm south of Silver Lake (now owned by
John and Bonnie Mohr) had
15 children. Two babies died
in the Czech Lands and one
baby died on the farm. At age
45, Mary gave birth to her
15th child; her oldest child
was 27 at the time. Mary died
at age 85. They are buried on
the Koniska Cemetery.
Joseph
and
Mary
Pulkrabek had 11 children;
Anton and Cecilia Pulkrabek
had nine children; Amil and
Anna Pulkrabek had 12 children; Maude (Pulkrabek)
Dvorak had nine children;
Charles and Fanny (Nemec)
Pulkrabek had 10 children;
John and Anna (Moticka)
Pulkrabek had nine children;
Wencil
and
Caroline
Pulkrabek had 14 children;
John and Anna (Svihel)
Pulkrabek had 12 children;
Emily (Pulkrabek) Skolicky
had 10 children; Anna
(Pulkrabek) Dolezal’s son,
John Dolezal and Sophie
(Schultz) had 10 children;
Mary (Pulkrabek) Brabec had
10 children. (In 1920, her
husband John died at age 49,
leaving Mary to raise 10 children alone in Montana, the
youngest age 2).
The Joseph and Frances
Nemec family, neighbors to
the Pulkrabeks, had 11 children. Three of them were
named Frank. Two baby
Franks died, the third Frank
lived. During 1897 to 1904,
five Nemecs married five
Pulkrabeks.
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Funeral services will be
Monday, Dec. 1, at 11 a.m., at
First Congregational United
Church of Christ in Glencoe,
with interment following at
the Glencoe City Cemetery.
Visitation will be Sunday,
Nov. 30, from 2 p.m. to 4
p.m., at the Johnson-McBride
Funeral Chapel in Glencoe,
and will continue one hour
prior to the service at the
church on Monday.
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The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, November 26, 2014, page 10
New ECFE director, educator
finds position a good fit for her
By Alyssa Schauer
Staff Writer
licia Beste, 38, is
the new director
and parent educator
in the Glencoe-Silver Lake
(GSL) Early Childhood Family Education program, replacing Jan Mackenthun, previous ECFE director, and
Mary Jo Schimelpfenig, previous parent educator, who
both retired last June.
“For the last eight years,
I’ve stayed at home, caring
for my four children, and
working part time at the library. I’ve come to ECFE
events before with my children, so when the opportunity
presented itself, I couldn’t
pass it up,” Beste said.
Beste said she originally
applied for the parent educator position, hoping to use her
skills as a parent and her
background in pyschology to
assist other parents in the program.
“But then Chris (Sonju,
GSL superintendent) came
back to me and said the position had changed a bit,” Beste
said. She explained she
spends her full-time employment as the director, a halftime ECFE teacher and as a
parent educator.
“Jan (Mackenthun) used to
be the full-time ECFE
teacher, and the district hired
Becky Shogren to teach a
section of the preschool,”
Beste said.
Beste, a GSL graduate,
earned two bachelor’s degrees in psychology and
Spanish from Valparaiso University in Indiana.
“Then I came back home to
be closer to family and
earned my teaching license
from St. Cloud State University. I’m certified to teach K12 Spanish,” Beste said.
She taught in Sartell for
two years, and then at Sibley
East for four years. She
coached cheerleading and is
in her sixth year doing the
choreography for the fall musical at GSL.
“Since I was staying home
with my children, doing choreography was a fun way to
still be involved with students, theater and the school.
It’s always fun,” Beste said.
Beste, and her husband,
Jason Zehnder, have four
children, Lucia Beste Zehnder, 8, Beatrice Beste Zehnder, 6, Winnie Beste Zehnder,
4, and Maxwell Beste Zehnder, 2.
“I knew when I was going
to go back to work, any time
away from my children had
to be worthwhile. And this
job has proved to be just that.
I love being here. It’s easy for
me to come to work and a
positive place to be,” Beste
said.
Beste said she brings her
background to several aspects
of the job, such as using her
psychology knowledge in
parent education, and her
Spanish helping migrant fam-
A
Submitted photo
The Community Strings will perform its
Christmas program, “Make a Beautiful
Noise,” at Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church in Glencoe on Sunday, Dec. 14, at
3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Members of the Community Strings are, front row from left,
Korbin Guetter, Soren Bortnum, Benton
Freitag, Charlie Bortnum, Carter Ziegler
and Ashyton Bullert; second row, Joy
Freitag, Jaelynn Pinske, Ella Lundstrom,
Kathy Schrempp, Mark Lueders, Teresa
Kuester, Roxanna Boe and Sara Mathews; third row, Melissa Pinske, Elisa
Burgstahler, Cassidy Albrecht, Kristin
Bortnum, Bekah Lundstrom and Shanda
Landes; and back row, Scott Landes,
Aaron Borass, Lon Roach, Joel Noennig,
Jack Noennig, Benton Noennig and Jens
Lundstrom. Not pictured: Sam Bullert,
Adam Eberhard and Nancy Koperud.
Community Strings Christmas
program set for Sunday, Dec. 14
The annual Community
Strings Christmas program,
“Make a Joyful Noise,” will
be held at Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church in Glencoe
on Sunday, Dec. 14, with programs at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
A free-will offering will be
taken to support area charities
and defray the costs of the
Community Strings program.
People are encouraged to
bring non-perishable items
for the food shelf.
The Community Strings
were created by Melissa
Pinske and her father, Dr.
Jack Noennig, as a family
musical group. Over the
years, the Community Strings
have included the four Noennig children and most of their
grandchildren playing violin,
string bass and keyboard.
The Community Strings
expanded to include area violinists, young and old. About
five years ago, the Community Strings added violas and
cellos, with membership
reaching about 50. Current
musicians come from Arlington, Cokato, Glencoe, Hamburg, Hutchinson, Jordan,
Norwood, Plato and Young
America. Ten of the musicians have gone off to college
with some of them using their
musical talents. This year,
several of the college students will be returning to perform in the Christmas program.
The goal of Community
Strings is to provide an opportunity for string musicians
to enjoy their talents and
share them with the public. In
its ninth year, the Community
Strings have performed for
local festivals, fundraisers,
nursing homes, churches and
area businesses. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church has allowed the Community
Strings to rehearse weekly in
the church, culminating in the
annual Christmas program.
This year ’s program,
“Make a Joyful Noise,” will
feature both secular and religious Christmas music. As
requested, there will be more
carols for people to sing, and
a few surprises during the
program. Bring your whole
family for an enjoyable afternoon or evening on Dec. 14.
Chronicle photo by Alyssa Schauer
Alicia Beste is the new director and parent educator
for the Glencoe-Silver Lake Early Childhood Family
Education program, bringing her experience as a parent and background in pyschology and Spanish to
the position. She replaced Jan Mackenthun, previous
ECFE director, and Mary Jo Schimelpfenig, previous
parent educator, who both retired in June.
ilies.
“It feels great to be using
my psychology degree, especially the things I’ve learned
about child development and
group dynamics. That’s been
huge. And Spanish as well.
I’m glad to get back into that.
It’s been cool to use that part
of my brain again,” Beste
laughed.
She said her goal in the
ECFE program is to “maintain the thing Jan and Mary
Jo built. They built an amazing program. The love and relationships they have with
these families and students,
it’s amazing. They are very
special.”
Beste said one of her goals
is to continue outreach. With
technology, much has
changed in the ECFE program, and she said she is implementing different avenues
to get the “news out” about
ECFE.
“There are so many people
yet in the community who
don’t know exactly who we
are or what we do here. We
put our events in the newspaper, but I know many parents,
like myself, are online and
want to find information online,” Beste said.
She said she is working to
get everything online so that
it’s easier for parents to register for events and obtain information about ECFE and
what there is to offer both
students and parents.
She added that as a parent
educator, it isn’t her job to
“tell people how to parent. I
want people to know we’re
here to support you as a parent, and since I am a parent, I
feel I have that experience.”
Beste has also organized
“free” events for parents and
children, to give more people
in the community a chance to
come “see what ECFE is all
about at no cost.
“I want to encourage people to join us. To come see
the new building, meet the
staff, see what it’s all about.
It’s been wonderful to see
families taking advantage of
these activities already,”
Beste said.
She “gives props” to her
staff, the paras, teachers and
parents. “They are amazing.
My job here is going great,
and I couldn’t do it without
all of them,” she said.
She added that secretaries
Megan Nelson and Deb Schiroo have been “amazing, and
extremely helpful, and of
course, “Jan and Mary Jo
have been very helpful. This
program was Jan’s baby for
many years, and I appreciate
how kind and helpful both
Jan and Mary Jo have been.
“And to get the support
from the district is huge. It’s
wonderful.”
Corrections
Chronicle photo by Lori Copler
Kelly Rach, left, was named the community volunteer of the year, while Gale
Hoese, right, was the recipient of the
Mike Popelka Chamber Volunteer of the
Year Award. The awards were announced at the Glencoe Area Chamber
of Commerce’s annual luncheon and
meeting on Thursday, Nov. 20.
Chamber Continued from page 1
to accommodate a new Main
Street Sports Bar, the new Ag
Services Center in the industrial park, and the remodeling
of Glencoe Wine & Spirits.
Jon Braband, chief executive officer for Glencoe Regional Health Services, was
the guest speaker, and outlined some of the new servic-
es available at Glencoe’s
local medical clinic, hospital,
long-term care and assistedliving facilities.
ADM donates to Sportsmans Club
Archer Daniels Midland
(ADM) Company recently
donated $500 to the Glencoe
Sportsmans Club.
The donation will be used
for educating young kids on
wildlife, maintenance at the
sanctuary and veterinary bills
incurred by the animals, according to Terry Buska, president of the Sportsmans Club.
The Glencoe Sportsman
Club started out in the 1930s
as Isaak Walton League and
over the years switched to the
Glencoe Sportsman Club. In
1985, land was donated by
the Kenny Wacker family to
start the Sportsmans Sanctuary. With declining membership, the club relies on donations to keep the sanctuary
going.
The donation was giventhrough ADM Cares and it is
greatly appreciated by the
club. ADM Cares is a social
investment program that di-
rects funds to initiatives and
organizations that drive
meaningful social, economic
and environmental progress
worldwide. The program
comprises three distinct focus
areas: supporting the responsible development of agriculture, improving the quality of
life in ADM communities and
fostering employee giving
and volunteer activities.
In Irene Hajicek’s obituary
last week, those who preceded her in death should have
included Mrs. Hajicek’s sister and brother-in-law,
Mathilda and John Hettver.
*****
In the Stewart history last
week, it was incorrectly reported in the 50 years ago
segment regarding the wedding of Madonna “Donna”
(Kalenberg) and Steven
Twite that Donna is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Kalenberg. It should
have read that she is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Norbert Kalenberg.
*****
In the article about Brent
Posusta and his flooring
business last week, one company he works with was
omitted. Posusta said he does
the majority of his business
with Carpets Plus Color Tile
of Hutchinson.
*****
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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