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The McLeod County
Glencoe, Minnesota Vol. 117, No. 50
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hronicle
www.glencoenews.com
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014
County Board drops
proposed tax hike;
keeps levy the same
By Lori Copler
Editor
After a failed motion to increase
its 2015 levy 2 percent, the McLeod
County Board voted Tuesday morning for a 0 percent increase.
A 2 percent increase would have
raised an additional $365,872 in
2015, which Board Chair Paul
Wright said would have been tagged
for implementing the results of a
salary compensation study that is
currently under way.
But commissioners Ron Shimanski and Jon Christensen argued
against the proposed increase, citing
the current farm economy.
Shimanski said that favorable
crops prices of a couple of years
ago drove up ag land values. Those
higher land values resulted in higher
property taxes because the tax burden is based on valuations.
“A substantial portion of this levy
would be shifted to ag land,” said
Shimanski.
But 2014 brought a dramatically
different farm scenario, Shimanski
said — a poor, wet spring meant
that many farmers planted late or
didn’t plant at all. And crop prices
have nosedived, he added.
“A lot of farmers I’ve talked to
are lowering their rents by 15 percent because of the poor crops and
falling commodity prices,” said Shimanski, which means landowners
will have less revenue with which
to pay the increasing property taxes
on their land.
Shimanski also pointed out that
the recession held down values on
commercial and residential property, while farmland values increased.
Wright pointed out that the coun-
2015 levy
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Chronicle photos by Lori Copler
Holly Days parade
Living Nativity display
set for Saturday evening
The Evangelism Committee at
First Lutheran Church in Glencoe,
along with the Rev. James Gomez
of Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church, also in Glencoe, are planning another live nativity to take
place at Oak Leaf Park this Saturday, Dec. 20, from 5:30 to 7:30
p.m.
The two organizing churches
were approached by the Glencoe
Area Chamber of Commerce two
years ago with hopes that Glencoe
could have a living nativity similar
to that in Arlington.
The procession will begin at the
main entrance to the park on the
east side, turning left by the softball
field, where the Boy Scouts will be
accepting donations for the food
shelf. The scenes go clockwise
through the park, and each scene is
fully lit. The scenes will be depict-
ed at six stations, including Mary
and the angel Gabriel, Mary and
Joseph travel to Bethlehem, Shepherds in the Field, the angel choir,
wise men and camels and, of
course, the manger scene itself.
This year’s live nativity will include many members from Good
Shepherd, First Lutheran, Christ
Lutheran, St. Pius and other area
churches. It also will include some
live animals, such as sheep, goats
and llamas.
It takes many people donating
their time and materials to make
this happen, and one great benefactor is the Arlington living nativity
itself. Arlington lends Glencoe all
of the costumes that are used in its
nativity, which is a wonderful con-
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Mild weather helped draw a
good crowd for Glencoe’s annual Holly Days parade held
Saturday evening. Units featured favorite holiday characters, music, and bunches and
bunches of lights. Above,
“The Grinch” was showcased
by the McLeod Cooperative
Power Association’s entry. At
right, Abi Reiter and Kasidy
Cacka as reindeer and Connor Reiter as a Christmas ornament walked the parade
route as part of the Bump’s
Family Restaurant parade
unit. This year’s parade took
a new route, starting near
Coborn’s on the east side of
town and heading west on
11th Street before finally
winding up at the Glencoe
City Center. The medallion
hunt continues, and a living
nativity is set for Saturday at
Oak Leaf Park.
Denny’s Barber Shop next on city of Glencoe’s demolition list
By Rich Glennie
Correspondent
Glencoe’s downtown area will
lose its third business building on
Greeley Avenue within a year.
The Glencoe City Council heard
Monday night that the building that
houses Denny’s Barber Shop, 1218
Greeley Ave., was recently condemned for occupancy after a city
building inspection of the rental
units resulted in a structural engineer
being called in. That resulted in the
condemnation action after it was discovered the building was leaning to
the north and could not be repaired.
Owner Denny Wendlandt has volunteered to vacate the building, and
his renters have to be out of the
structure in January, according to
City Administrator Mark Larson.
The condemnation comes on the
heels of the demolition of the former
Sunlife building, two buildings north
of Wendlandt’s, and the former
Mark’s Economart building on the
west side of Greeley Avenue and
south of Wendlandt’s building.
The Sunlife property will become
a part of the new Main Street Bar
that is scheduled to open early next
year, while the Economart property
will be used for redevelopment purposes.
Larson estimated it will cost
$21,000 to demolish Wendlandt’s
building, but there needs to be environmental testing done as well, especially if asbestos is involved. He
said the total cost will be “at least
$32,000.”
Wendlandt indicated he would
seek city assistance with the demolition costs, but the City Council took
no action Monday night.
Larson also said the demolition of
a house at 506 E. 15th Street has
been completed, and the city expects
to recoup its costs with the sale of
the bare lot.
In other action, the City Council:
• Set a public hearing for Monday,
Jan. 5, at 7:15 p.m., for McLeod
County’s request to vacate a block
of Ives Avenue between 10th and
11th streets as part of the future
courthouse expansion project. In return, the county will replace that
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portion of the street with a new oneblock extension of Judd Avenue at
the east end of the county’s parking
lot.
The city’s planning commission
heard about the plan from Wold Architects at its Dec. 11 meeting. The
planning commission gave its approval.
• Approved a request by local veterans group to locate a new veterans
memorial at the current Welcome
Park and to rename the park Veterans Memorial Park.
Mike Drew, public works director
for streets and parks, said the veterans memorial already has 115 signatures and would be designed similar
to one in Lester Prairie.
He said several sites were looked
at, including one on the City Center
property, but the Welcome Park site
was the favored one. The site currently has the numerous veterans
flags along the east side of a holding
pond. Also the current veterans memorial at Oak Leaf Park would be
moved to the Welcome Park site as
part of the plans. “It would be com-
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pletely a veterans park,” Drew said.
James Peters, speaking for the
local veterans groups, said the issue
at the City Center site was with the
location of underground utilities. He
said feedback from veterans favored
the Welcome Park site.
Mayor Randy Wilson said he was
pleased the veterans and park board
worked things out. He said adding
the veterans memorial to the Welcome Park site “is a real plus. But is
there room out there to do what you
want to do?”
“We think there is,” Peters replied.
He said no site was perfect, but Welcome Park offers “the most visibility.”
The City Council gave the group
permission to go ahead with design
work for the veterans memorial.
“It is a wise decision, and I’m in
favor of it,” added Council Member
Dan Perschau.
• Awarded a bid to Builders
Choice (Fullerton) for $5,147 to replace the roof on the airport administration building and to re-side the
electrical building at the airport. It
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was the lower of two bids received.
The city also approved a grant application to the state to pay for 80 percent of the cost. The city’s share
would be about $1,000 and would
come out of the airport fund, Larson
said.
• Amended its contract with
AT&T to allow the company to
place an additional six antennas onto
the city’s south water tower. AT&T
currently has six antennas on the
tower.
Gary Schreifels, public works director for water and wastewater, said
the additional rent would result in
the city getting about $50,000 in annual rent. Those funds help pay for
the tower’s maintenance and painting. “Antennas are a good revenue
stream for us,” Larson added.
• Approved a new police union
contract that includes a 3 percent
raise for officers, the same as other
city employees.
• Heard that recent mailings from
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Five injured in 2
accidents within
2 days on Hwy. 7
ty
Sheriff ’s
Office,
Ridgeview Ambulance and
St. Bonifacius Fire Department.
Wednesday, just after 5
p.m., an accident was reported on Highway 7 and Babcock Avenue in McLeod
County, just west of Lester
Prairie near the Shadowbrooke Golf Course.
According to the State Patrol, Conrad Kvamme, 80, of
Arlington, was southbound
on Babcock Avenue in a 2014
Ford truck, failed to stop for
a stop sign, and broadsided a
2004 Chevrolet Malibu that
was westbound on Highway
7. The Malibu was driven by
Jerritt Doty, 31, of Hutchinson.
Kvamme was taken by ambulance to the Ridgeview
Hospital in Waconia with
non-life-threatening injuries.
Doty was taken by ambulance to the Hutchinson hospital.
The State Patrol reported
that alcohol was not a factor,
and both drivers were belted.
The air bags in both vehicles
deployed.
Assisting at the accident
scene were the Lester Prairie
and Winsted fire departments
and police departments, the
McLeod County Sheriff’s Office, and the Ridgeview Ambulance Service.
Happenings
Community caroling Dec. 21
All community members are invited to go “a-caroling”
Sunday, Dec. 21, to share joy, merriment and the good
news of Jesus’ birth. Anyone wishing to join in the caroling is asked to meet at Good Shepherd Church, 1407
Cedar Ave. N, Glencoe, Sunday at 3 p.m. The carolers
will visit Glencoe Area Health Services long-term care,
Orchard Estates and Grand Meadows. At 5 p.m., carolers
will meet at First Lutheran Church in Glencoe to enjoy
refreshments. Carolers can feel free to bring colorful
hats, long scarves, kazoos, bells and tambourines.
Bar Bingo set for Dec. 20
The Glencoe Lions Club will sponsor Bar Bingo at the
Glencoe Country Club Saturday, Dec. 20, at 2 p.m.
Everyone age 18 and over is welcome to pay for cash
prizes. The progressive Game 16 pay-out is up to $1,199
if you have Bingo within 57 called numbers. Food, beverages and pull-tabs are available.
Blood drive in Hutch Dec. 30
There will be a Red Cross blood drive Tuesday, Dec.
30, from noon to 6 p.m., at Vineyard United Methodist
Church, 1395 S Grade Rd., Hutchinson.
Legion to bus tables for tips
The Glencoe American Legion Post 95 will bus tables
for tips at Unhinged! Pizza Monday, Dec. 22, from 4
p.m. to 8 p.m.
Christmas party rescheduled
The Stewart American Legion Post and Auxiliary
Christmas party, originally scheduled for Dec. 15, has
been rescheduled to Monday, Dec. 22, at 6 p.m., at the
Stewart Community Center.
Scouts ‘thank you’ breakfast
The local Boy Scouts troop will host a “thank you”
breakfast on Saturday, Jan. 3, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., at
First Lutheran Church in Glencoe.
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.
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Home Service, a company
that is seeking local customers for water line insurance, is causing some confusion. Schreifels said it is a legitimate company, but getting
the insurance is not necessary
because all city customers already pay for the same insurance with their monthly utility bills. “You do not need this
insurance,” Schreifels said.
• Heard that work on the
north exterior wall of the City
Center has wrapped up for
the season. The brick work is
completed, Larson said, and
the bricks will be washed
next spring.
• Heard that the demolition
of the Mark’s Economart
building is complete and the
road change on 11th Street
will be included in the city’s
2015 street improvement
project. That change will turn
that one block of 11th Street
from Ford Avenue to Greeley
Avenue into two-way traffic
after many years of being
one-way only.
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Glencoe-Silver Lake medalists at the Knowledge Bowl
meet in Willmar Saturday include, front row, Coach
Vicky Harris, Maddie Kuehn and Marisa Luchsinger;
and, back row, Brent Duenow, Chandler Swift, Alex
Salgado, Mark Lueders, Trevor Posusta, Jacob
Wawrzyniak, Mark Broderius, Patrick Fehrenbach,
Kyle Beck and Mitch Beneke.
Four GSL Knowledge Bowl teams
earn medals at Willmar Saturday
Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL)
took 40 Knowledge Bowlers
to Willmar High School Saturday, Dec. 13, for its invitational.
GSL had registered five
teams of varsity and four
teams of junior high. Three of
the varsity teams medaled, as
did one of the junior high
teams.
“Really this is a story of
power and numbers,” said
Coach Vicky Harris. “We
have a lot of students in
Knowledge Bowl — more
than in any previous year —
and they practice with the
best in the region so they just
keep getting better.
“To see how this works,
let’s consider our lowest varsity team,” Harris continued.
“A creative and energetic
group of sophomores, they
finished ninth in the 20-team
meet with a total of 70 points.
Let’s go back 10 years or so
— GSL was pleased to finish
fourth or fifth in any meet. If
this team had been the only
team from GSL, it probably
would have finished about
fifth. (There were four GSL
teams ahead of it.) They did a
fantastic job!”
These students included
Maggie Petersen, Rachel Reichow, Dini Schweikert,
Robin Swift and Kyle
Wanous.
The other four varsity
teams occupied Room 1, 2 or
3 all day, and finished first,
second, third and fifth, a remarkable result unmatched
by any previous teams of
whom Harris is aware.
Because there were so
many GSL teams, they gave
themselves names related to
Beyonce and Jay-Z, rather
than numbers. After the written round, two teams (Beyonce and Jay-Z) were in
Room 1 with Willmar. The
scores were 16-13-5 so Willmar dropped out of Room 1.
Followers of Knowledge
Bowl will know that it is very
unusual for a GSL coach to
be assigned to read in Room
1, but Harris was the Room 1
reader at this meet. This gave
her a unique opportunity to
observe four of GSL’s teams
firsthand.
During round one, GSL’s
Blue Ivy got 14 in Room 2
and moved up to Room 1 for
oral round two. The three
teams laughed that it was just
GSL practice, but Harris said
that if practice was actually
like this, she would probably
have heart problems. The tension in the room was palpable
because the level of competition was so intense. By the
end of the round, the scores
were nearly even: 11-12-11.
Following round two, as
Harris was walking in the
hall, she talked to the team
from Willmar against whom
GSL had competed in round
one. When she asked them
how things had gone in their
room without the GSL teams
in Room 1, they said gloomily, “There was another GSL
team. It didn’t go that well.”
Meanwhile, GSL’s Solange
had moved up from Room 2
with a score of 16 and Blue
Ivy dropped back to Room 2
for the third oral round. In
round three (another “GSL
practice” round), GSL’s Beyonce was on fire, and racked
up 19 points against the other
two teams, who earned nine
and five. This dropped
Solange back to Room 2, and
Blue Ivy returned to Room 1
for the final “GSL practice”
round. This round belonged
to Jay-Z, who earned 16
against Beyonce’s 14, while
Blue Ivy only scored five.
(And meanwhile Solange
scored 15 in its room.)
The final results were:
Gold: Beyonce, 115 points.
Patrick Fehrenbach, Maddie
Kuehn, Trevor Posusta and
Marisa Luchsinger.
Silver: Jay-Z, 101 points.
Mark Broderius, Alex Salgado, Chandler Swift and Jacob
Wawrzyniak.
Bronze: Solange, 92 points.
Kyle Beck, Brent Duenow,
Mitch Beneke and Mark
Lueders.
Fourth: Hutchinson, 91.
Fifth: Blue Ivy, 89 points.
Jacob Fehrenbach, Katie
Twiss, Jake Vasek and Austin
Pinske
The whole meet was remarkable to Harris. She doesn’t remember ever being at a
meet where one school took
first, second and third in varsity, nor does she remember
having three teams from one
school staying in Room 1.
She can remember times
when two teams from one
school were in Room 1 and
finished in the top two or
three places.
“At this point, we are certainly unique in our region,”
said Harris.
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tribution. Lynn Exsted is a
driving force within the First
Lutheran Evangelism Committee and has done much to
organize the event. The nativity includes some wonderful
cutouts, with plywood donated by Builder’s Choice, being
crafted and painted by Chris
Davis, who donates her artistic talents.
Gomez said he expects a
great turnout this year and
would love to bring in anyone
new who would like to be involved. If interested, call 320864-6157 to get more information.
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“Then we have the junior
high,” she went on. “We had
come in second to Yellow
Medicine East (YME) twice
already this year and Saturday we wanted to win!”
GSL got first with 114 to
YME’s 103, just exactly what
it wanted to do. Willmar was
third with 97.5, while GSL
also took fourth with 95. Two
more GSL teams took 12th
and 13th with 81 and 79.
There was a total of 21 teams
in the junior high meet. Junior High Coach Ann Lamecker was very happy with the
performance of her teams.
GSL’s Junior High Knowledge Bowlers get to test
themselves against Region 6
again on Friday, Dec. 19, in
Marshall. The varsity will get
a break until Jan. 10, when it
will compete in Buffalo.
LIVE
NATIVITY
Saturday, Dec. 20 • 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Oak Leaf Park, Glencoe
Free Admission
This Christmas, come and visit a “Living Nativity” presented by Glencoe
Area Churches. This is a drive-thru production, featuring six scenes depicting the Good News of Jesus’ birth. Live animals, crafted scenery, biblical characters and music provide a memorable Christmas experience.
The Boy Scouts will collect donations of food or
money for the McLeod Emergency Food Shelf.
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Five people were injured in
two accidents within two
days on Highway 7 in the
Lester Prairie area.
A Lester Prairie couple and
a Woodbury man were all injured in a head-on collision
Tuesday, Dec. 9, at about
2:10 p.m., on Highway 7 near
Carver County Road 33, east
of Lester Prairie.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Donald C.
Eastman, 71, of Lester
Prairie, was driving a 2005
Chevrolet Trailblazer westbound on Highway 7 when
his vehicle veered left into
oncoming traffic, resulting in
a collision with a 2006
Honda Accord driven by
Keith McMullan, 59, of
Woodbury. The Accord was
eastbound on Highway 7.
Donald Eastman and his
wife, Beverly, also age 71,
were taken by ambulance to
Ridgeview Medical Center in
Waconia for treatment of
non-life-threatening injuries.
McMullan was airlifted to
Hennepin County Medical
Center in Minneapolis, also
with non-life-threatening injuries.
Alcohol was not a factor in
the crash, according to the
State Patrol, and everyone involved was wearing seat belts
and the air bags deployed.
Also responding to the accident were the Carver Coun-
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2015 levy Continued from page 1
ty has not raised its levy in
several years.
As a farmer, he said, he understands the concerns, “but
we didn’t raise the levy when
corn was $7 a bushel.”
Wright said the commissioners needed to decide its levy
based on the needs of the
county, not on the economy.
Commissioner Jon Christensen said he shared Shimanski’s concerns, noting
that the poor farm economy
affects not only farms, but
agriculture-based businesses.
“You walk into an implement dealer, and it’s like a
ghost town,” said Christensen.
A motion to adopt the proposed 2 percent increase
failed 3-2, with Wright and
Commissioner Sheldon Nies
voting in favor and Christensen, Shimanski and Commissioner Kermit Terlinden
voting against it.
A motion was then introduced by Shimanski for a 0
percent increase, which
passed along the same lines
— Christensen, Shimanski
and Terlinden voting in favor
while Wright and Nies voted
against it.
Grain elevator owner dies
Chronicle photos by
Karin Ramige Cornwell
Holiday concert
CEDAR MILLS — Kenneth Petersen, owner of Petersen Service Center, the elevator in Cedar Mills, died
Sunday, Dec. 7, at his Acoma
Township home, rural
Hutchinson, four days after
having had same-day surgery.
The Glencoe-Silver Lake
choir concert was held
Monday, Dec. 8, under the
direction of Kay Wilson.
Shown above are some of
the choir members, including, front from left,
Payton Lilienthal, Paige
Anderson, Stephanie
Ross, Erica Hecksel and
Kyle Wanous; and, back,
Jessica Brusven, Camille
Borchardt, Dannielle
Wemhoff,
Ben
Rockswold,
Quinten
Proehl, Cole Cameron and
Kole Polzin. In the photograph at the right are, sitting on the floor, Cadi
Brooks and Emilee
Hasert-Barajas, and, in
back, Ellen Follestad and
Colbie Kuras.
He was 68. He had been in
the grain and feed business
for about 45 years. Petersen’s
nephew, Jon Fruetel of Cosmos, said the business is open
as usual “until we can figure
it out and decide what the
family’s wishes are.”
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AgStar awards grant to city of Glencoe
AgStar Financial Services
announces that it has awarded
the city of Glencoe a Rural
Feasibility Study Grant for
$5,000.
The money committed by
AgStar ’s Fund for Rural
America will be used for a
market analysis and business
plan for a proposed food cooperative.
The Glencoe Food Cooperative Feasibility and Proforma Study will focus on exploring the cooperative-store
potential using an objective
market analysis. The information gained from the analysis
could be used to draft a business plan for the proposed
Glencoe Food Cooperative.
“AgStar is proud to help
support this project in Glencoe,” stated Lee Broderius,
associate vice president of financial services at AgStar.
“The proposed Glencoe Food
Cooperative has potential to
positively impact the community’s health, food safety, education and economy, which
aligns with our fund’s mission of enhancing life in rural
America.”
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Food Cooperative will bring
economic development to the
area in the form of jobs, as
well as improve the health of
the citizens by providing locally grown healthy foods.
Since its inception in 2001,
the fund has given more than
$5 million to organizations
and individuals working to
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Broderius presented the
city of Glencoe with the
check on Thursday, Nov. 20.
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Glencoe Police
TUESDAY, DEC. 9
12:01 a.m. — Officers provided
a lift assist for an individual on
Ninth Street E. There were no injuries, and the person was not
taken to the emergency room.
1:11 a.m. — Officers and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded to
an address on 13th Street W on a
report of a possible heart attack.
The person declined transportation to the hospital.
4:45 a.m. — Officers and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded to
another request for a lift assist on
Ninth Street E. This time, a person was taken to the hospital.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10
1:05 a.m. — An officer assisted
at the McLeod County Jail in supervising inmates who arrived in
transport van.
1:37 a.m. — Officers and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded to
a medical emergency on 15th
Street E. A person with back pain
was taken to the emergency room
by ambulance.
9:50 a.m. — An officer and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded to
a medical emergency on Newton
Avenue in which an elderly man
was having trouble breathing. He
was taken to the emergency
room.
11:09 a.m. — An officer arrested a person on a felony warrant
and took him to the county jail.
12:01 p.m. — A medical emergency was reported on Greeley
Avenue N.
12:56 p.m. — Officers arrested
a person on an alleged violation
of an order for protection on 11th
Street E.
2:54 p.m. — Officers assisted
on checking on the welfare of a
person who left the hospital. She
was found at her residence in
Lester Prairie and was fine.
9:19 p.m. — A driver was cited
for possession of drug paraphernalia at a traffic stop in the area of
Highway 22 and Pine Drive.
9:51 p.m. — An officer responded to a child custody dispute on 13th Street. The issue
was resolved.
THURSDAY, DEC. 11
10:27 a.m. — An officer and
the Glencoe Ambulance responded to a Trailblazer bus on Greeley
Avenue, for a person who had
slid off a seat. The person was
not injured.
12:01 p.m. — Officers and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded to
a medical in the 1200 block of
Greeley Avenue N. A male had
tripped and fell by the railroad
tracks.
1:58 p.m. — An officer and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded to
a medical emergency on Greeley
Avenue.
10:14 p.m. — Three officers
and two deputies responded to a
physical domestic on 15th Street.
One person was arrested.
FRIDAY, DEC. 12
1:17 a.m. — An officer and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded to
Greeley Avenue north for an adult
male with abdominal pain. He
was taken by ambulance to the
emergency room.
3:17 p.m. — A driver was cited
for expired registration and given
a verbal warning for no proof of
insurance at a traffic stop in the
area of McLeod Avenue N and
16th Street E.
4:47 p.m. — An adult female
was transported to the Glencoe
hospital by ambulance from an
address on Prairie Avenue.
5:50 p.m. — A hit-and-run
property damage accident was
reported at Unhinged! Pizza.
10:29 p.m. — The police department assisted the McLeod
County Sheriff’s Office with a
child custody issue on Greeley
Avenue N.
11:50 p.m. — Police officers
and sheriff’s deputies responded
to a juvenile drinking party on Andrew Drive.
SATURDAY, DEC. 13
3:44 a.m. — A vehicle was
parked sideways in the roadway
in the area of 15th Street E and
Owen Avenue N. An officer spoke
to the vehicle’s owner, who was
“advised how to properly park his
vehicle.”
11:25 a.m. — A citation was issued for a car that was parked in
the roadway on Fir Avenue N.
2:03 p.m. — The possible theft
of an XBox and games was reported on Chandler Avenue N.
2:29 p.m. — Officers assisted
the Lester Prairie Police Department with an intoxicated male at
the law enforcement Center.
8:38 p.m. — A driver was cited
for driving after suspension and
possession of a small amount of
an illegal substance at a traffic
stop in the area of Baxter Avenue
and 11th Street E.
9:25 p.m. — Officers arrested a
person on a warrant on 12th
Street E.
10:11 p.m. — A woman fell and
hurt her shoulder on Elliott Avenue N. She was taken by ambulance to the Glencoe hospital.
SUNDAY, DEC. 14
12:19 a.m. — A complaint was
received of a male swearing outside on 14th Street E. Officers
spoke to the male.
12:59 a.m. — An officer assisted the McLeod County Jail in
transporting an inmate to the
emergency room.
7:55 p.m. — A gas drive-off
was reported at a business on
13th Street E. The driver returned
and paid for the gas.
MONDAY, DEC. 15
2:12 a.m. — The police department assisted the sheriff’s office
with a rolling medical in the area
of Highway 212 and Hilton Avenue. The individual was taken by
the Glencoe Ambulance to the
hospital.
1:38 p.m. — Officers assisted
with a child custody issue on Ives
Avenue N.
2:21 p.m. — The police and fire
departments responded to a false
alarm on Greeley Avenue N.
2:48 p.m. — An officer and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded to
a medical on Newton Avenue.
11:01 p.m. — There was a report of a suspicious vehicle on
Chandler Avenue with a person
sitting in the vehicle for a long period of time. Officers found that
the person was talking on his
phone and waiting to see if the
gas prices were going to drop.
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The following building permits
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City Council Monday, Dec. 15:
• AgStar, 1710 10th St. E,
plumbing permit.
• Jungclaus Implement, 631
DeSoto Ave. N, mechanical permit.
• Brian Blomer, 1109 Alex
Lane, basement finish, mechanical permit.
• Albin Klobe, 1311 Louden
Ave. N, interior drain tile.
• Roger Gronholz, 2041 10th
St. E, sign permit.
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The McLeod County Chronicle, Wednesday, December 17, 2014, page 4
County Board drops
proposed levy increase
Our view: Split votes shows delicacy
of trying to balance needs
T
he McLeod County Board
of Commissioners, on a
split vote, turned down a
proposed 2 percent levy increase for
2015, and instead voted to not increase the levy at all — also on a
split vote.
After several years of not increasing its levy — in deference to the
economic recession that hit McLeod
County harder than many areas because of employment cuts at
Hutchinson Technology — the
County Board had proposed a 2 percent levy increase in 2015.
The reason behind the proposed
increase was to build funds to implement the results of a salary and benefits compensation study it ordered
earlier this year, at the request of its
human resources and administration
departments. Those departments feel
that McLeod County is losing far too
many employees to higher-paying
counties in the metro area or to private enterprise, creating additional
costs in recruiting and training replacements.
Commissioner Paul Wright, before
the County Board voted to order the
study last spring, warned his fellow
Board members that implementing
the study’s results would come with
a cost. He told them there was no
purpose in commissioning the study
if the Board had no intention in following through.
The study hasn’t been completed
yet, so the County Board does not
yet know what the financial impact
may be. But Wright argued that it
was better to implement a small levy
increase now than to make a large
jump in future years.
We agree with that, although we
are loathe to increase taxes if not absolutely necessary.
On the other hand, commissioners
Ron Shimanski and Jon Christensen
pointed out that any tax increase will
hit ag land particularly hard. Increased values on farmland mean
those acres will bear a greater share
of the tax burden. At the same time,
a poor growing season in 2014 and
tanking commodity prices will greatly impact incomes for owners of ag
land.
Three of the five commissioners
wanted to reduce hardship on their
constituents by not increasing taxes.
The other two felt that that it is the
Board’s responsibility to ensure
there is enough revenue to take care
of the county’s operating needs.
It’s a tough call, and one that
needs to be made every year. And a
split vote does not indicate rancor
among board members, nor that
there was a right or a wrong answer.
It simply points to the delicate balance of trying to protecting taxpayers’ pocketbooks while still meeting
the needs of the county. Hopefully, a
better 2015 economy will lead to an
easier decision for the 2016 levy.
— L.C.
You can
vote
online at w w w . g l e n c o e n e w s . c o m
Question of the week
Some citizens at the McLeod County’s tax hearing
asked the board to repeal its wheelage tax.
Should it repeal the tax?
1) Yes.
2) No.
Results for most recent question:
Should the County Board adopt
its proposed 2% levy increase for 2015?
1) Yes — 27%
2) No — 41%
41 votes. New question runs Dec. 17-23
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My creativity stops at computer keyboard
The past few Christmas seasons,
my co-worker Trisha has roped me
into “arts and crafts” to make unique
gifts for our co-workers.
I’m a very reluctant participant. If
she didn’t also offer me wine and
some of her “magic” cookies (which
her son claims not only taste good
but have healing powers), I’d probably bow out.
I’m just not good at crafts. There
is something lacking in my genes
that causes me to spill rubber cement, glue my fingers together, end
up with big balls of crinkled paper
and tape, and generally just make a
mess of things.
I obviously did not pick up any
skills during art classes in elementary school. One of my teachers sent
a note home to my mother suggesting that she send along one of my
dad’s old long-sleeve shirts that I
could wear backwards as a smock.
While other kids could paint, color
and glue without spilling a drop, I
usually ended up covered head-totoe with whatever medium we were
working with on that particular day.
Lori Copler
The artwork I took home was usually displayed on the refrigerator for
a day or so, then discreetly disappeared.
When I was in junior high school,
I was fortunate enough to have an
art teacher who decided to start me
on simple projects: he handed me a
piece of paper and a pencil and told
me to draw something. I actually became fairly adept at that: I graduated
to pastel chalk and pen-and-ink
drawings.
But if I had to work with anything
else, I was a disaster.
I worked at the Sears store in
Rochester during my college years.
One Christmas season, the human
resources person dragged me to the
customer service department to help
with custom gift wrapping. I protested mightily, but she insisted that
“any idiot” could wrap a gift.
Apparently, I’m not “any idiot.”
Within 15 minutes I was back in the
receiving department putting price
tags on socket sets. And the price
tags were crooked.
I’ve always believed that if I was
ever in a talent show, the audience
would watch as I sat at a computer
keyboard and wrote something.
I did have one success as a child:
In second grade, our teacher gave
us each a baby food jar, some clear
plastic wrap, water, ribbon and rubber cement.
As soon as I saw the water and
rubber cement, I foresaw a disaster
in my near future.
But that didn’t happen.
We placed a plastic rose into each
Copler
Turn to page 5
Bigger schools aren’t always better
After living in several large cities,
I was unsure what would greet me
when I returned to my small hometown. How would this be different?
Big cities are often very arrogant
about what they have to offer, and at
times can scoff at the opportunities
(or they say lack thereof) in a small
community. In my first weeks here
at The Chronicle, I was given my
first chance to explore some of these
differences.
I had the opportunity to attend
seventh- and eighth-grade band and
choir concerts, one in our community and one in a much larger community in a school district with a lot
more money. I expected differences,
but the differences I found just blew
my mind.
At the larger school I noticed right
away the way the students were
dressed. Now, I’m all for expression
through fashion, but most of the
trends I saw displayed were quite inappropriate. Uggs and flip-flops
abounded. Most of the girls were
wearing very revealing or casual
clothing, showing very little modesty and (I think) respect for themselves, their instructors and their audience.
Next, I could not help but notice
their behavior. As they waited to
perform, they were anything but attentive. Constantly talking to each
other, they ignored their peers on-
Staff
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June Bussler, Business Manager; Sue Keenan, Sales Representative; Brenda Fogarty,
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Letters
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however, must be signed. Private
thanks, solicitations and potentially
libelous letters will not be published. We reserve the right to edit
any letter.
A guest column is also available to
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Jessica Grams
stage. When it was time to change
groups, it was chaos. They all clambered up the front of the stage and
discussed just how they would be
sitting, as if they had never been organized before. Their instructors
practically begged for their attention, but were mostly ignored.
Two days later, I saw the concert
here at GSL and I was shocked at
the difference. All of the students
were dressed alike, and very modestly at that. Their parents obviously
made the effort to put their kids in
dress clothes. And to that mom who
put her kid in a bowtie, I salute you.
The students’ behavior was just as
different. They filed in silently, practically tiptoeing to their assigned
seats, where they waited for their
conductor to take the podium. As
they sat there perfectly poised, all
Ethics
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you could hear was their anticipatory breathing, hopeful that they play
or sing well.
Now you may say, “So what, Jess?
Some schools are just more laid
back. Lighten up; there’s no real
harm in having a relaxed atmosphere.” But I think there is harm.
Anyone who knows me knows I am
a huge supporter of the arts, but I do
believe in putting forth our “first
fruits.” That being said, I must admit
sadly that the lack of discipline directly influenced the students’ performances at the larger school.
So what does this all mean? Are
small communities just better than
big communities? Are small-town
kids just more respectful? All it
means to me is that the budget or
size of a school district do not necessarily reflect the quality of education
the kids receive.
At the end of the choir portion, director Kay Wilson encouraged
everyone to attend the high school
choir concert, and especially to
come to sing with the choir on the
annual performance of “From East
to West.” She was quite obviously
eyeballing those of us she hoped to
see there, and we knew we better get
our butts to that concert.
Monday night after the school
Press Freedom
Freedom of the press is guaranteed under the First Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press…”
Ben Franklin wrote in the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1731: “If printers
were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would
offend nobody there would be very
little printed.”
Grams
Turn to page 5
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Guest Column:
It’s not as a bad as you think
mechanisms for world stability — the United Nations,
World Trade Organization,
International Monetary Fund,
and World Bank — and we
still help maintain them. We
lead the way in pressing for
open markets and free trade.
Our fundamentals — from
our military to our technology to our system of higher
education — remain strong.
We’re doing better economically than any other major industrialized nation, and have
put more people back to work
since the recovery began than
the rest of the industrialized
world combined. Does that
sound like a once-great nation on its knees?
Our people possess
strengths in abundance. We
have a remarkable reservoir
of talent both in the workforce and, to judge by the students I encounter every day,
preparing to enter it. We’re
blessed with a strong entrepreneurial tradition that nurtures inventiveness and creativity, and that draws countless people from abroad eager
to make something of their
future. Though we’re hardly
perfect on this score, we have
friends across the globe who
genuinely admire our accomplishments.
I’m not blind to our shortcomings — if you read this
column regularly, you know
that — or to the severe challenges we confront. But in
the face of extraordinary difficulties, we adapt, persevere,
and eventually emerge
stronger.
After decades of trying, we
have begun to wean ourselves
from foreign oil. Our response to the ebola crisis was
initially halting and clumsy,
but the federal government
and the nation’s hospitals reformed their protocols remarkably quickly for a set of
complex institutions. It’s
taken a long time to put a
coalition together to fight the
Islamic State, but international coalitions are difficult to
create, and by dint of hard
work we’re better off now
than we were a year ago. In
the end, government may act
slowly, and it’s often well behind where you’d wish it to
be, but it does act.
All these things give our
society a resilience to keep in
mind the next time you see a
news story or commentary
hyping a pessimistic view of
our future. The world around
us is in turmoil, under enormous and even volcanic pressures that explode most every
morning somewhere, yet we
remain an island of stability.
We may be disenchanted with
our government, yet we’ve
come out of the downturn
stronger than any other country in the world — a testament not just to our private
sector, but to the public policies that supported it.
We have a long way to go,
there’s no doubt about it. But
I’m reminded of a young
woman a few years ago who
asked me, after a bleak
speech I’d given laying out
the problems of the world, “Is
there any hope?” My answer
now is the same as it was
then: Yes, of course there is.
Lee Hamilton is director
of the Center on Congress
at Indiana University. He
was a member of the U.S.
House of Representatives
for 34 years.
2014 Farm Bill impacts decisions
Landowners need to be involved in 2014 Farm Bill decisions for their farms. In
fact, two of the three farm
bill decisions required must
be made by landowners,
rather than tenants.
By Feb. 27, 2015,
landowners must make key
decisions about updating payment yields and reallocation
base acres. Current producers
must choose between the
price loss coverage (PLC)
and agricultural risk coverage
(ARC) programs by March
31, 2015. Landowners should
be involved in all three decisions, though, since these
choices can affect land values
and future rental rates.
Yield update
Landowners have two
choices:
• Update payment yields to
90 percent of average yields
from 2008 to 2012, or
• Keep current payment
yields.
Yields can be updated on a
crop-by-crop basis. This decision is simple; landowners
should select the highest
yield for each program crop.
For most farms, updating the
payment yield will be the
best choice. Current payment
yields either reflect average
yields from 1998-2001 or
from 1981-1985. Yields have
increased significantly since
both of those time periods.
Payment yields will not be
updated if the landowner
does nothing.
The biggest challenge for
landowners will be getting
written evidence that documents the yields for 2008 to
2012. Landowners will selfcertify the yield history for
2008 to 2012 to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm
Service Agency (FSA). They
will not have to provide any
documentation at the time of
sign-up. However, FSA can
conduct audits, or spot
checks, at any time from
2015 through 2018 to verify
the yields submitted.
If the tenant changed during the 2008 to 2012 time period, getting yield evidence
for those years may be challenging. But even if tenancy
doesn’t change, it could before 2018, so getting written
yield history and keeping it
on file is important. If FSA
conducts an audit, the agency
accepts four kinds of yield
evidence:
• Crop insurance data from
the USDA’s Risk Manage-
It seems at this time of the
year, there is an increased
number of get-togethers that
require us to bring something
to share. I think I have been
to four in the last week.
I went looking for some
easy appetizers that don’t require a lot of ingredients and
can be put together easily. I
found a few.
My Turn Now
By Karin Ramige Cornwell
I doubled the recipe and took them to a recent work get-together. They were a hit!
Easy Bacon Cream Cheese Roll-Ups
8 slices bacon, sliced in half
8 slices of bread, crusts removed and sliced
in half
4 ounces cream cheese
Bacon Wrapped Smokies
1 package (16 ounces) little smokies
1 package bacon
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
Preheat oven to 375º F. Line a cookie sheet
or pan with tin foil or spray with cooking
spray. Smear a little cream cheese on one side
of each of the de-crusted bread halves.
Take a half piece of bacon and lay it on a
clean flat surface. Line up the top edge of one
of the prepared bread pieces, cream cheese
side up and dry side to bacon. Starting at the
top edge, roll bacon side toward the cream
cheese side. Continue to roll until “tail” wraps
completely around the roll-up. Secure with a
toothpick and place on the prepared baking
sheet. Repeat until remaining roll-ups are
ready to go.
Bake for 25-35 minutes or until bacon is
completely cooked and golden brown. Allow
to cool for five minutes before serving.
Preheat oven to 400F.
Line a baking sheet with foil (this will make
clean-up much easier).
Cut each bacon slice into three or four
pieces.
Wrap each bacon piece around a sausage allowing for a slight overlap – don’t wrap them
too tight.
Secure with a toothpick and place on foillined baking sheet. Repeat with the rest of the
bacon and sausages.
Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over the
sausages.
Bake for 15 – 20 minutes until the bacon is
browned and the sugar is melted. Serve immediately.
Happy Holidays!
Copler Continued from page 4
baby jar, scrunched up some
plastic wrap to look like ice,
filled the jar with water and
put the lid on. Then we glued
a strip of ribbon around the
cap. Turn the whole thing
over, and it looked like a
globe with a frozen rose in it.
It was the one thing my
mother kept forever. I made it
as a second grader at the
Hills-Beaver Creek School.
My family was living with
my grandmother in Hills
while my father was stationed
on Guam. We were expecting
to join him as soon as housing became available.
That rose in a jar traveled
with my mother to Guam, to
Yuma, Ariz., to Providence,
R.I., and finally ended up in
Pine Island. It was always
centered on her dresser. After
she passed away, it was the
one thing I claimed for myself, and it now sits on my
own dresser.
But back to Trisha and me
and our “arts and crafts.”
Sunday afternoon, we sat at
her kitchen table pondering
how to paint a straight stripe
on a curved surface. Trisha
put her creative brain cells to
work; I pulled out my smart
phone and Googled “how to
paint a straight stripe on a
curved surface without
smearing or dripping paint,
knocking over my glass of
wine, dropping my cookie or
having to call the rescue
squad.”
As we got a few gifts finished, I was once again
stunned at how well they
turned out, just as I was
stunned with how well my
mother’s rose in a jar turned
out.
“That’s because they’re
made with love,” Trisha said.
I believe she was joking,
but I think there is some truth
in that. You tend to make a
better effort for those you
love and respect. I’m sure
that when our second-grade
teacher announced that we
were making our roses for our
mothers, something clicked in
my brain and brought out my
latent crafting talents.
The proof of that is sitting
on my dresser.
Farm Notes
By Nathan Winter
ment Agency — specific year
yields used in actual production history (APH) records;
• Production evidence
based on quantities sold or
placed in commercial storage;
• On-farm storage records;
and
• FSA loan records
Base acre
re-allocation
Landowners again have
two choices:
• Re-allocate base acres
based on program crops
planted from 2009 to 2012, or
• Retain current base acre
allocation
Total base acres cannot be
increased; existing base acres
can only be re-allocated. Reallocated acres are based on
plantings from 2009 to 2012,
versus the current base acres,
which reflect plantings from
either 1998-2001 or from
1981-1985.
The decision to re-allocate
base acres is not as straightforward as the decision to update yields. Landowners may
want to consult with their
renters before deciding
whether to re-allocate acres.
To minimize risk, a
landowner and/or producer
may want to allocate base
acres to match as closely as
possible to what is typically
planted on the farm. This will
result in payments more
closely corresponding to
price and yield changes for
the crops currently being produced.
To maximize government
payments, the base acre decision should be considered in
conjunction with the PLC or
ARC decision. Payments for
both the PLC and ARC programs are calculated using
base acres. The most feasible
method to integrate these two
decisions is to run one of the
national decision aid online
tools.
PLC/ARC decision
The PLC/ARC decision is
made by the current producer
as of the date of signing up
for the program. A producer
is anyone with a share in the
crop and who shares in the
risk of producing it. Under
cash rental arrangements, the
renter will make this decision
rather than the landowner.
Landowners are considered
producers in share rental
arrangements, though. Once
the election is made, the
PLC-or-ARC choice stays
with the farm until 2018,
even if the tenant changes.
The PLC and ARC programs are designed to protect
producers against different
types of risk. PLC provides a
payment to the producer if
prices are below a pre-determined reference price; it
helps producers mitigate the
impact of low prices. ARC
provides a payment if the
current year’s revenue, price
multiplied by yield, is lower
than the revenue during the
previous five years; it is
capped at 10 percent of the
previous five-year average. It
helps producers manage shallow revenue losses resulting
from declining prices or
yields.
Detailed fact sheets are
available on each of these
topics at http://z.umn.edu/
cropfarmbill. National online
decision aid tools help analyze these decisions in more
depth and run various price
scenarios. They are at http://
fsa.usapas.com.
Landowners most likely
will consult with their tenant
to evaluate these choices. The
landowner can file an FSA
power-of-attorney form with
the local FSA office that allows the tenant to make these
decisions for the landowner.
There also will be local educational opportunities presented by the University of
Minnesota and the USDA
Farm Service Agency in the
near future. The Meeker
County session will be held
at the Litchfield Eagles Club
on Wednesday, Jan. 14, from
1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Contact
the Meeker County Extension
Office at 320-693-5275 for
further details. An extensive
list of sessions can be found
at the following link:
http://z.umn.edu
/arcplcmeetings.
Grams Continued from page 4
board meeting, I was able to
catch the tail end of it. As
usual, alumni were invited
onstage to sing the traditional
tunes. I expected to be overcome by a wave of nostalgia
being up on that stage, but I
was struck by a very different
feeling, that of inspiration. I
was inspired to be surrounded
by the students, working so
hard to perform well and
doing it with such poise, just
as the junior high choirs had
done.
I could only wonder at the
potential all around me. Not
just musical potential, but potential for advancement in all
walks of life. I can tell al-
ready that the best part of this
job will be watching the
young people of this community grow and aspire to bring
some of that GSL discipline
and mindfulness out into the
world.
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half of the respondents to an
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us. And just a few weeks ago,
an NBC/Wall Street Journal
poll found that the one thing
Americans agree upon, whatever their race or circumstances, is that the system is
stacked against people like
them.
Scratch an American, it
seems, and you’ll get a litany
of complaints about our representative democracy.
I see this defeatism all
around me. When I speak to
classes of university students,
I almost always ask for a
show of hands on whether
these young people believe
the U.S. is in decline or on
the rise. Every time, the room
is evenly split. That’s a lot of
people who are losing faith in
our system.
So I have just one thing to
say: Could we all take a deep
breath?
For one thing, we deal with
our challenges from a position of strength. We have
friendly neighbors to the
north and south, oceans to the
east and west, and a growing,
relatively young population.
We possess abundant natural
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The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, December 17, 2014, page 6
Silver Lake City Council has tax hearing
By Jessica Grams
Staff Writer
A wide variety of issues
was raised at the Silver Lake
city council meeting Monday
night, including budget concerns, fair pay for women and
a potential public access
channel for the city.
Truth in Taxation
The truth in taxation hearing took place at the top of the
meeting’s agenda. City Clerk
Kerry Venier reported that the
2015 tax levy will be decreased by .29 percent, or
$1,349. Budget expenditures
will increase by 3.5 percent,
projected revenues will increase by 3.52 percent.
Some expenses discussed
were the general government
fund and the water fund. The
general government fund was
used for the repair of water
damage on one of the ceilings, with a projected cost of
an additional $5,000 if the
city offices get moved to a
new location. The water fund
is in a deficit and will remain
there for a few years as these
funds were used to put in hydrants.
City workers wage decrease
will be .6 percent, and the
health insurance increase will
be 10.87 percent. A resolution
was passed to adopt the budget and tax levy.
Public Access
The city of Lester Prairie
approached the city asking if
there were any interest in taking over the Lester Prairie
public access channel. Lester
Prairie recently spent several
thousand dollars to update its
equipment, but would be willing to sell all of its equipment
for $4,000.
Council Member Eric Nelson pointed out that systems
like these need to be in a very
climate-controlled environment, and asked if Silver
Lake could we realistically
take on this project in light of
the temperature needs.
“This project would be a
pure expense, with no revenue,” said Mayor Bruce
Bebo, “so why would we
want to do this?”
After discussion the group
decided to look at more information before making a decision, and Venier will acquire
more details for the next
meeting.
Pay Equity Act
Every three years the city
must present a report demonstrating its compliance with
the pay equity act of Minnesota. The city must show
that it is providing an equal
wage for equal work for
women in city employment,
and the city is currently noncompliant.
Females working for the
city of Silver Lake are paid
below the projected equal
wage compared to the males
in their same pay grade. This
needs to be corrected by Jan.
31, or the city will be paying a
daily fine until the wages
prove to be equal.
The Council discussed finding a quick fix for the problem, namely to raise the
deputy clerk’s salary to the
next pay grade.
Nelson expressed concern
that this increase in pay grade
would automatically result in
a raised wage for the deputy
clerk.
Venier said that the pay
grade raise would only come
into play at the employee’s
next review. “If she were to
quit tomorrow, and we hired a
guy, we would be in compliance?” asked Nelson. Venier
said that this was correct, that
the pay equity act only applied to city employers with
female employees to compare
salaries.
Once the city is in compliance, it can bring in someone
versed in pay equity law to
help restructure the pay
grades to ensure the city stays
in compliance.
Bebo recommended Venier
to determine “what pay grade
increase will bring Silver
Lake into compliance.” Venier
said that he could do that before the Jan. 31 deadline, and
that he still encouraged the
Council to bring in an expert
to establish a new set of standards.
Liquor Store
Council Member Nolan
Johnson gave the report for
the municipal liquor store and
showed that the store is currently on target to exceed last
years total operating revenues, its operating expenses
are currently down $12,000
from 2013’s expenses. He
pointed out that the next few
weeks until the year’s end
could show dramatic changes
in either number.
Public Safety
It was established that at the
next meeting the wages of the
emergency medical technicians (EMTs) for the ambulance service would be addressed, in hopes of a change.
Police Chief Forrest Henriksen said the wage hasn’t been
increased since 2002, and
would need to go up “if the
city wanted to stay competitive.”
Henriksen updated the
council on the process integrating the new full-time officer. The force is back to its
regular schedule, he said, and
the officer has moved into the
city, so response time will be
improved. The part-time officer process also is under way,
and the background check is
in process.
Henriksen also updated the
Council regarding research he
had done regarding the current salaries for police officers
in cities of similar size to Silver Lake. He found that the
wages were all falling short in
each category, and referenced
the earlier discussion regarding restructure of the pay
grades to comply with the Pay
Equity Act, and how those
changes would definitely effect the wages of his officers.
Public Works
Council Member Pat Fogarty gave a summary of the status of several public works
issues. Christ Pena has completed pre-employment conditions for his new position
driving the snow plow.
The Council also discussed
putting together a policy to be
exacted when water lines in
the city freeze up in the winter.
Community
Development
Nelson reported that he and
Venier had conducted surveys
in the area polling opinions
about services in the area.
They received back more responses than they had expected, and had yet to send out
more questions. Nelson said
that the responses covered the
“whole spectrum” of opinions, ranging from very satisfied to dissatisfied with city
services, as well as constructive comments from those surveyed.
The meeting concluded
with the annual review for Venier, where all council members expressed their appreciation for all his diligence and
extra efforts.
New Auburn VFW
Post meets, donates
The New Auburn VFW
Post 7266 met Nov. 12 with
Commander Dan Moore calling the meeting to order.
Donations were made to:
Veterans on the Lake, $75;
St. Cloud Veterans Administration Hospital Holiday
Fund, $75; and Salvation
Army, $100.
A Christmas potluck party
was held Dec. 10, as well as
7th- and 8th-grade concerts
The Glencoe-Silver Lake Junior High concert was
held Thursday, Dec. 4. Some of the singers participating were, front row: left to right, Ben Siers, Megan
Siewert, Lily Kirchoff and Breana Templin; second
row, Abby Gronlund and Claire Witte, and, back row,
Jacob Schuch and Rylen Rosenlund.
Stewart City Council renews
building inspection contract
By Lori Copler
Editor
The Stewart City Council
renewed its contract for
building inspection services
with MNSPECT of Waconia
on a 3-2 vote at its Monday,
Dec. 8, meeting.
A first motion to renew a 3year contract died for a lack
of a second, and Council
Member Jim Eitel advocated
his earlier position to approve
a one-year contract.
“I’d like to pursue other
companies that inspect buildings,” said Eitel.
The city has had some controversy with building inspections after its adoption last
year of a rental ordinance.
Eitel also said he feels
some of the costs for building
inspections are out of line.
“Some of this has skyrocketed,” said Eitel. “Maybe we
can find someone who can do
this maybe cheaper and do
the same work.”
But Mayor Jason Peirce
said that the inspection fees
are set by the City Council,
not the inspection company.
Council Member Cindy
Merrell said she didn’t feel
the city needs a building code
at all.
However, Council Member
Kevin Klucas said that if the
city did not enforce the building code, it would not qualify
for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reimbursement for damage to
buildings caused by natural
disasters.
Klucas said that there was a
push for the building code
several years ago when tornados ripped through southern
Minnesota, and some ques-
There will be various activities, including a coloring
contest sponsored by the Degree of Honor, photo opportunities with live reindeer,
horse-drawn rides through
town, live music and draw-
ings for prizes.
The women’s club also will
provide free sandwiches,
cider, coffee, hot chocolate
and cookies.
Santa and Mrs. Claus also
will be making an appear-
ance. The couple will be at
the Silver Lake Legion Club
starting at 1 p.m., and all visiting children will receive a
goodie bag compliments of
the Legion.
KC paper drive nets $1,041 profit, 24.03 tons
The paper drive held by the
Silver Lake Knights of
Columbus on Oct. 31-Nov. 1
raised $1,041.20, with profits
going to the Silver Lake Am-
bulance Service, the Silver
Lake Fire Department and
Silver Lake Winterfest.
Papers and cardboard totaling 48,060 pounds, or 24.03
tons, were collected.
Since the KCs started holding paper drives in 2004, over
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tionable contractors did shoddy reconstruction work.
Peirce agreed with Klucas’
take on that.
“There are some consequences to not having a policy in place,” he said.
After the first motion
failed, the City Council considered Eitel’s motion for a
one-year contract. That
passed 3-2, with Merrell and
Klucas casting dissenting
votes. Klucas said he feels
the City Council should have
agreed to a three-year
contract.
SL Winterfest set Saturday, Dec. 20
The city of Silver Lake,
along with the GFWC Silver
Lake Women’s Club, is sponsoring the 13th-annual Winterfest on Saturday, Dec. 20,
from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., at
the Silver Lake Auditorium.
Thurs., Dec. 18 — AA Group mtg. next to Post
Office in Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for
info.; Stewart Lions.
Mon., Dec. 22 — Tops Weigh-In mtg., 5-5:30
p.m.; Brownton Senior Citizens Club, Brownton
Community Center, 1 p.m.; Brownton Rod & Gun
Club, 7 p.m.; Stewart American Legion Post and
Auxiliary Christmas party (rescheduled), 6 p.m.,
Stewart Community Center.
Tues., Dec. 23 — Narcotics
Anonymous, Brownton Community
Center, 7 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 25 — AA Group
mtg. next to Post Office in Stewart,
8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for info.
collected and saved from
going into the landfill.
Watch for dates for the next
paper drive, slated for spring
2015.
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the VFW Post 7266 meeting,
which was called to order by
Moore.
Donations were made to
the GSL After-Prom Party,
$75; GSL Close Up program,
$150; and New Auburn Santa
Claus Day, $300.
The next meeting will be
Wednesday, Jan. 14, at 7
p.m., at the New Auburn City
Hall.
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Weather Corner
Tracing Roots
By Jake Yurek
By Ron Pulkrabek
Mit dobry vikend
Wednesday night — Lows 8 to 14; partly cloudy.
Thursday — Highs 19 to 26, lows 10 to 16; clear.
Friday — Highs 22 to 28, lows 13 to 19; partly cloudy.
Saturday — Highs 23 to 30, lows 13 to 19; partly
cloudy.
Sunday — Highs 22 to 28; mostly clear.
Weather Quiz: What weather feature gives us the high
temperatures and fog we recently encountered?
Answer to last week’s question (How is our winter
weather linked to Alaska’s?): We typically have opposite
weather scenarios with Alaska due to how the jet stream
sets up. Normally, if we’re warm and loving life, Alaska
is cold and huddled by the fire. It all depends on where
the high pressure ridge sets up. The bulk of last winter
saw the ridge right over Alaska and it had one of the
warmest winters on record, leaving us in the deep freeze.
Recently, we’ve been warm and Alaska has been slightly
below normal.
Remember: I make the forecast, not the weather!
Silver Lake Senior Citizens
Club meets, plays cards
The Silver Lake Senior
Citizens Club met Monday,
Dec. 8, with 35 members
present.
December birthdays were
Mercedes Nowak, Joanne
Victorian, Betty Vejrosta and
Dallas Ehrke.
There were no December
anniveraries.
The next regular meeting
will be Jan. 12. The lunch
committee will be Doandl
and Margaret Benz and
Roger Lhotka.
The next round of cards at
Cedar Crest was set for Dec.
10.
Donations were received
from the Silver Lake Lions
Club, Silver Lake KCs and
the Silver Lake Women’s
Club.
A get-well card was sent to
Milton Totusek.
Dues for 2015 will be due
at hte Jan. 12 meeting; $5 and
$12.
Winning at cards were:
31 — Ann Juncowski and
Margie Chap.
500 — Hubert Scherman,
Marcella
Pokornowski,
Joanne Victorian, Delores
Goede, Richard Kosek, Glen
Wraspir, Don Benz, Ron
Mickolichek, Garry Mickolicheck and Judy Penas.
After the meeting and
cards, a bountiful potluck
meal was served. Santa’s
door prize went to LeRoy
Penas.
The Village of Koniska is
located on the banks of the
Crow River halfway between
Silver Lake and Glencoe on
County Road 11.
It was incorporated in 1856
with blocks and streets laid
out on an official map. The
Pulkrabeks have owned 32
lots in the village for over
136 years and haven’t sold a
single lot. The real estate
business is somewhat slow!
The population is holding
steady. It was one in 1960
and 55 years later it is still
one.
Koniska sounds like a
Czech name but is actually an
Indian name, although the
area was settled by Czechs.
According to an old newspaper article, four Czech men
settled on claims in the area
in about 1856. They built
shanties a few rods apart at
their respective corners. One
day an Indian chief came by
and asked, “Where are your
Squaws?” When informed
they had no squaws, he exclaimed, “Koniska,” signifying it was a bachelor’s home.
The village was then named
Koniska.
In 1857, a reporter traveled
around McLeod County and
discovered 52 men and only
one married woman living in
and near Koniska. He wrote,
“Would not this area make a
good opening for a lot of unmarried ladies? Believe me,
they would go like hot cakes,
and to come down to a fact, I
do not think that ‘lovely
women’ could find better husbands than those men around
Koniska.”
He further states, “We
must, by hook or crook, import marriageable girls into
this area. Almost every farm
you see is occupied by a man
that should have a wife.
They are willing to get them,
but cannot spend time to go
east to find such ladies.”
The following are articles
from local papers:
May 15, 1858: Koniska is a
new town which has recently
sprung up. The town has
good water power, which is
owned by Mr. Spencer. He is
now busily engaged in building a saw and grist mill. It is
bound to be a place of a good
deal of movement. A 200 foot
long by 10 foot high earthen
dam has been built. The mill
pond will eventually fill up
with water and a controlled
gating system will feed rushing water across a water
wheel to operate the mill.
New Auburn
VFW Auxiliary
met on Dec. 10
People
Rose family welcomes son
Jeff and Julie Rose of Glencoe announce the birth of a
son, Collin Michael Rose, born Nov. 28, 2014, at
Ridgeview Medical Center. Collin weighed 7 pounds, 8
ounces, and was 19 inches long. He is welcomed home
by siblings Braxton and Hanna. Grandparents are Ricky
and Julie Rose of Glencoe, Harold and Lynn Schroeder
of Gibbon and Rita Kiffmeyer and Steve Smith of Becker.
Girl born to Gaylord couple
Janie Mikka Grack was born Dec. 5, 2014, to Monick
Castillo and Aaron Grack of Gaylord. She weighed 6
pounds, 4.4 ounces, and was 191⁄2 inches long. She joins a
brother, Michael Stanley Luebesmier. Grandparents are
Oliveros Castillo and Lidia Castilllo of Gaylord, Fred
Grack of New Auburn and Nora easting of Belle Plaine.
The Dec. 10 meeting of the
New Auburn VFW Post 7266
Auxiliary was called to order
by President Phyllis Schanke.
The opening prayer was read
by Alice Deno, and Patriotic
Instructor was read by Bernice Polzin.
Donations were made to
Green Shower, $25; and
Prodigal House, $25.
The MIA-POW candle was
lit and a moment of silence
was observed.
The next meeting will be
Wednesday, Jan. 14, at 7
p.m., at the New Auburn City
Hall.
Andy and Kristen Bauer of Gaylord announce the arrival of a son, Karter Andrew Bauer, born Nov. 20, 2014,
at Mayo Clinic Health System - Mankato. Karter
weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces, and was 21 inches long.
He joins siblings Aiden and Avery. Grandparents are
Gale and Judy Schlueter of Stewart and Ron and Muriel
Bauer of Brownton. Great-grandparents are Orville and
Dorothy Busse of Arlington and Anna Bauer of Gaylord.
flour as any in the state. They
take the following tolls:
wheat 1/8th; corn 1/7th.
May 6, 1870: Henry Abbott
drowns in the Crow River.
His hat was found one-half
mile downstream. His body
was found six days later.
There may be some unanswered questions.
May 19, 1870: The wife of
John Abbott of Koniska presented her husband with
twins. Abbott is the father of
24 children, 22 by his first
wife and two by his second
wife. Mr. Abbott is 66 years
old and his wife is 22.
April 24, 1873: The grist
mill now rests against the
bridge some 20 rods from its
old site. Most of the machinery was removed before it
went off. The Young brothers
have been trying for the last
seven years to keep the mill
operating, but almost every
year some part of the dam
needs work. They will head
to Two Rivers to start over.
For all the money they spent,
they might as well have
thrown their money into the
Crow River from the start.
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Cards were played afterward with the following winners: 500, Bernetta Alsleben,
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Company of Norwood.
At right, young violinists Kade Huepenbecker, Benton Freitag and
Grace Brickzen played
several pieces when
they performed with
the Community Strings
Sunday.
Nov. 6, 1858: The new
mills at Koniska will be ready
in about three weeks. The
water power at Koniska is
destined to cause that place to
grow. Capital always seeks
investment around good
water power.
Jan. 1, 1859: We learn
today that these valuable
mills are to be inaugurated
today and a number of prominent citizens will be present.
This is the first water mill put
into operation west of the
Minnetonka Mills with the
exception of Kingston. We
need more mills in McLeod
County. Where are our capitalists?
July 16, 1859: We are
pleased to learn that these
mills, throughout the high
water, have been in operation
every day. This proves that
the dam across the Crow
River is permanent and the
mills will run year around.
Nov. 26, 1859: We have received from the proprietors of
the Koniska Mills a sample of
meal ground which cannot be
surpassed. Mr. Baker, their
millwright, is the best workman in the state.
Sept. 15, 1860: Koniska
Mills announces they can
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double-barreled storm slammed into the upper Midwest,
bringing every kind of precipitation and colder temperatures.
The winds have changed from the south to the north so
that will usher in the colder, more clean air. The warm
weather was nice, but this time of year we have to deal
with the fog and “dirty air” as pollutants are trapped near
the surface in that type of pattern.
Highs will stay in the 20s through Sunday with lows
mostly in the teens. The main storm threat will continue
being the west coast as the Pacific Northwest gets
slammed this week. The only chance of precipitation
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Junetta ‘Dolly’ Fishbaugher, Harmony
Obituaries
Milton Paul Uecker, 91, of Gaylord
Milton Uecker, 91, of Gaylord, died Friday, Dec. 12,
2014, at Oak Terrace Assisted
Living in Gaylord.
The funeral service was held
Tu e s d a y,
Dec. 16, at
St. John’s
Lutheran
Church,
Mountville,
Dryden
To w n s h i p , Milton Uecker
Sibley County. The Rev.
Harold Storm officiated. Debbie Forstner was the organist,
and soloist Curt Kahle sang
“O Holy Night.” LeAnn Lendt
was the cross bearer. Congregational hymns were “Just As
I Am,” “What a Friend We
Have in Jesus” and “Silent
Night.”
Honorary pallbearers were
Justin Uecker, Erin Uecker,
Allen Hoppe and Brenda
Sharp. Pallbearers were Paul
Uecker, Rodney Uecker,
Larry Uecker, Dan Uecker,
Randy Hoppe and John Uecker. Interment was in the St.
John’s Lutheran Church
Cemetery.
Milton Paul Uecker was
born June 15, 1923, in Dryden
Township, Sibley County, the
son of Henry and Anna
(Beich) Uecker. He was baptized as an infant on July 8,
1923, at his parents’ home by
the Rev. Gustave J. Mueller.
He was confirmed in his faith
as a youth on March 21, 1937,
at St. John’s Lutheran Church,
Mountville. He received his
education at St. John’s
Parochial School and District
18, both in Dryden Township,
Sibley County.
On June 1, 1947, he was
united in marriage to Ruth
Hoppe at St. John’s Lutheran
Church by the Rev. E.K.
Hartenberger. He worked on
the farm until 1948, when he
was employed by John Wagner in construction. In 1949, he
joined Matz and Pinske Construction in Arlington, and became a block and brick layer.
Later he worked for Trocke
Construction in Arlington. He
retired in 1983 after hip replacement surgery.
Milton and Ruth Uecker
lived in Dryden Township
until 1989, when they moved
to Glencoe. They later moved
back to Gaylord. They were
blessed with two sons, and
shared 67 years of marriage.
Mr. Uecker was a lifelong
member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Mountville, and
served in various positions of
the church council. He also
was a member of the Pioneer
Senior Citizens in New
Auburn and the Glencoe Seniors.
He enjoyed fishing, camping, traveling, gardening,
bowling, playing cards and
watching sports on TV, especially the Twins. He loved
spending time with his family.
He is survived by his wife,
Ruth Uecker of Gaylord;
grandson, Justin (Erin) Uecker of Mayer; brother, Milo
(Jackie) Uecker of Bird Island; sister-in-law, Bernette
Uecker of Green Isle; many
nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Henry and
Anna Uecker; sons, Ronald
Uecker and David Uecker;
and brothers, Orville, Rueben,
Wallace, Leroy and Henry Jr.
Arrangements were with
the Egesdal Funeral Home in
Gaylord. Online obituaries
and guest book are available
at www.hantge.com.
Omar Peterson, 84, rural Hutchinson
Omar Lowell Peterson, 84,
of rural Hutchinson, died
Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, at
Cedar Crest Estate in Hutchinson.
Funeral services were held
Monday, Dec. 15, at Faith
Lutheran Church in Hutchinson with the Rev. Paulus Pilgrim and the Rev. Dave Wollan officiating. Sharon Barton
was the organist. Congregational hymns were “Joy to the
World,” “A Mighty Fortress is
Our God” and “Silent Night.”
Special music was “The Old
Rugged Cross.”
Pallbearers were Loree
Winstanley, GR Winstanley,
Barry Holst, Tiffany McGlocklin, Cayla Konicek,
Tony Konicek, Travis Peterson, Reba Peterson, Levi
Greenwalt and Kelsie Nord.
Honorary pallbearers were
Dustin Hoffman, Jerry VonBerge and Jon Phinney. Interment was in the Oakland
Cemetery in Hutchinson.
Omar Lowell Peterson was
born Jan. 6, 1930, in rural
Hutchinson, Lynn Township,
McLeod County. He was the
son of Elmer and Agnes (Janneke) Peterson. He was baptized as an infant on Jan. 26,
1930, in Lynn Township, and
was confirmed in his faith as a
youth on April 2, 1944, at
Main Street Lutheran Church
(known today as Faith Lutheran Church) in Hutchinson. He
received his education in
Hutchinson and was a graduate of the Hutchinson High
School class of 1948.
On April 28, 1956, Mr. Peterson was united in marriage
to Edith Holm at Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Cokato.
Their marriage was blessed
with five children, Kathryn,
Connie, Pamela, Susan and
Naomi. Omar and Edith Peterson resided in the rural
Hutchinson area and later
moved to rural Biscay. They
shared 55 years of marriage
before Mrs. Peterson’s death
on Sept. 21, 2011.
Mr. Peterson was a dairy
farmer all his life. He retired
in 1995. He was a member of
Faith Lutheran Church in
Hutchinson, where he was active on the church council. He
also was a member of the
McLeod County Holstein Association and the Minnesota
Holstein Association.
Mr. Peterson enjoyed farming, cow shows, bird watching
and playing checkers. He was
an avid fan of the Minnesota
Twins, Vikings, North Stars
and the Wild hockey team. He
especially enjoyed spending
time with his family, grand-
children, great-grandchildren
and friends.
He is survived by his children, Kathryn (James) Stueber
of Cosmos, Pamela (Steven)
Greenwalt of Glencoe, Susan
Peterson of Hutchinson and
Naomi (Erik) Nord of Mayer;
grandchildren, Loree (GR)
Winstanley of Minneapolis,
Barry Holst of Mankato,
Tiffany McGlocklin of Cosmos, Cayla (Tony) Konicek of
Mankato, Travis Peterson of
Gaylord, Reba Peterson of
Hutchinson, Levi Greenwalt
of Glencoe and Kelsie Nord of
Mayer; great-grandchildren;
brothers, Duane (Marcella)
Peterson of Cokato and Lowell (Barb) Peterson of
Hutchinson; sisters, LaVonne
Kaufmann of Hutchinson,
Muriel (Harold) VonBerge of
Plato and Lois (Gary) Hoffman of Hutchinson; nieces,
nephews, many other relatives
and friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Elmer and
Agnes Peterson; wife, Edith
(Holm) Peterson; daughter,
Connie Holst; and brother,
Lloyd Peterson.
Arrangements were with the
Dobratz-Hantge Chapel in
Hutchinson. Online obituaries
and guest book are available at
www.hantge.com.
Marvin Kaufmann, 84, of Lakefield
Marvin Kaufmann, 84, of
Lakefield, formerly of
Brownton and Glencoe, died
Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, at
Minnesota Veterans Home in
Luverne.
A memorial service
was held
T h u r s d a y,
Dec. 11, at
Good Sheph e r d
Lutheran
Church in
Glencoe.
Marvin
Marvin
Kaufmann
“Marv”
Arnold Kaufmann was born
Oct. 23, 1930, in Glencoe. He
was the son of Alexander and
Emma (Karg) Kaufmann. He
was baptized as an infant on
Nov. 16, 1930, and confirmed
in his faith as a youth on May
7, 1944, both at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Glencoe. He received his education until the eighth grade
in McLeod County. He entered active military service
in the U.S. Army in January
1952, and served his country
in Germany and Hawaii. He
received an honorable discharge in December 1953.
On Nov. 19, 1955, he was
united in marriage to Lornallee Roepke at Peace
Lutheran Church in Hutchinson. They made their home in
Glencoe and Brownton and,
finally, in Lakefield. Their
marriage was blessed with
five children, Susan, Michael,
Kimberly, Beth and Eric. Mr.
Kaufmann was later married
to Daun Sievert on June 7,
1988, in Lakefield, where
they resided.
Mr. Kaufmann worked in
the creamery and agriculture
businesses. He managed the
Brownton Co-op Creamery
and the Lakefield Co-op Ag
Center, along with various
other cooperatives throughout
southwestern Minnesota and
Iowa. Throughout his life he
served on many boards and
committees. He was a member of the Hanson-Ward
VFW Post 4743.
Mr. Kaufmann had his
pilot’s license and enjoyed
flying his airplane in his
spare time. He also took pride
in his farm. He enjoyed
working on his yard and
buildings. He loved to fix
things. The more challenging
the job, the better he liked it.
He enjoyed fixing and refurbishing old computers and
gave many to those less fortunate.
In July 2013, he moved to
the Minnesota Veterans
Home, where he resided until
his death.
He is survived by his wife,
Daun Kaufmann of Lakefield; daughters, Kimberly
(Robert) Duitsman of Winona
and Beth (Kurt) Selle of
Brownton; son, Eric Kaufmann and special friend,
Kerry Polzin, of Brownton;
stepchildren, Dana (Bart)
Collin of Worthington, Luona
(Tom) Seitz of Mountain
Iron, Racqel (Lance) Barthel
of Becker and Craig (Conchita) Sievert of Okabena;
grandchildren, Andrew Duitsman and fiancé, Rebecca
Moers, Nathan Duitsman,
Michael Selle, Rachel Selle,
Jordyn Polzin, Paige Collin,
Blaine (Susan) Collin Robbi
Collin, Blair, Brylee, Jacob
and Anna Seitz, Blake and
Brynn Barthel and Skyler and
Shania Sievert; great-grandchildren, Cody Duitsman
and Abel and Isaac Collin;
sisters and their husbands,
Evelyn (Alfred) Burdorf and
Verna (Harold) Kunkel; sisters-in-law, LaVonne Kaufmann, Alice Kaufmann and
Leann Welchlin; brothers-inlaw, Victor Brinkmeier,
Roger (Carol) Voss and Craig
(Joan) Voss; many nieces,
nephews, other relatives and
friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Alex and
Emma Kaufmann; daughter,
Susan; son, Michael; grandson, Matthew Selle; sister,
Lorraine Brinkmeier; brothers, Hillard, Maynard and
Leroy; sister-in-law, Arlene
Kaufmann; and brother-inlaw, John Welchlin.
Junetta “Dolly” Fishbaugher, 92, of Harmony, died
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, at
Glencoe Regional Health
Services.
Funeral
services
were held
M o n d a y,
Dec. 8, at
Greenfield
Lutheran
Church in
H a r m o n y,
with inter- Junetta
ment in the Fishbaugher
Greenfield
Cemetery in Harmony.
Junetta “Dolly” Fishbaugher
was born in Bristol Township,
Fillmore County, the daughter
of Enos and Bertina (Anderson) Applen. She graduated
from the eighth grade in
Granger in 1935 and from Harmony High School in 1939.
On Aug. 30, 1941, she mar-
ried Stanley Fishbaugher at St.
Matthew’s Lutheran Church in
Granger. They were longtime
members of the First Baptist
Church in Preston. Mrs. Fishbaugher loved her home on the
farm in Fillmore County.
Aside from being a farmer’s
wife, she also worked at Farm
Bureau and 21 years as a nursing assistant at Harmony
Healthcare Center. She was a
member of Christian Women’s
Club, which she was instrumental in establishing. Being a
24-year cancer survivor, she
had been an active member of
the Harmony Cancer Support
Group.
She is survived by five children, Bonnie Safe of Prior
Lake, Beverly Emme of
Hutchinson, Judy Tieman of
Harmony, Karen (John) Babler
of Mound and Mark Fishbaugher (special friend Pam)
of Harmony; 17 grandchildren;
23 great-grandchildren; a
daughter-in-law, Rita (Mike)
Ross of Nashwauk; three
brothers, Charles Applen of
Mesa, Ariz., Orrin (Joy) Applen of Longmont, Colo., and
Allen (Vernell) Applen of Neptune Beach, Fla.; a brother-inlaw, Bob Fishbaugher of Harmony; four sisters-in-law,
Phyllis (Gene) Hageman, Marlene Fishbaugher and Kathryn
Fishbaugher, all of Harmony,
and Ellyn Fishbaugher of Preston; many nieces, nephews,
friends and special neighbors.
She was preceded in death
by her husband of 72 years,
Stanley; her parents; a son,
Phillip; a son-in-law, Dennis
Safe; a brother, Donald; and a
sister, Corrine.
Arrangements were with the
Lindstrom Funeral Home in
Harmony.
Irvan F. Posusta, 89, of Glencoe
Irvan Ferdinand Posusta, 89,
of Glencoe, died Wednesday,
Dec. 10, 2014, at Glencoe Regional Health Services.
A Mass of
Christian
Burial was
held Monday, Dec.
15, at Holy
F a m i l y
Catholic
Church in
Silver Lake.
The Rev. Irvan
Tony Stube- Posusta
da was the celebrant and Alice
Nowak was the organist.
Glen Posusta, Gale Posusta,
Ron Posusta, Ralph Posusta,
Myron Posusta and Lenny Ardolf were the pallbearers.
Irvan Posusta was born Dec.
3, 1925, in Bergen Township,
McLeod County, the son of
Joseph and Matilda (Emme)
Posusta. He graduated from
Silver Lake High School in
1943.
On June 25, 1966, he was
joined in holy marriage with
Margaret F. Brychta at St.
Joseph’s Catholic Church in
Silver Lake. God blessed their
marriage with two sons.
Mr. Posusta engaged in
farming for many years and
did custom work for area
farmers. He was a fun-loving
and hardworking man.
He belonged to Holy Family
Catholic Church in Silver
Lake. He also was a member
and a past grand knight of the
Knights of Columbus Mother
Cabrini Council 1841. He formerly belonged to the Farmers
Union.
Mr. Posusta is survived by
his loving wife of 48 years,
Margaret F. Posusta; sons,
Jonathon (Debbie) Posusta of
Lester Prairie and Kenneth Posusta of Glencoe; grandchildren, Derek and Jenaya Posusta; sister, Dorothy Ernhart of
Bemidji; brother, Ray (Rose)
Posusta of Cokato; other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by
his parents; siblings and their
spouses, Lenora (Albin) Pokorny, Wilfred (Florence) Posusta, Myrtle (Donald) Schlagel; a
sister in childhood, Evelyn Posusta; brother-in-law, Frank
Ernhart; and brothers-in-law
and sisters-in-law, Pauline
(Arthur) Picha, Ann (Bob)
Strandemo and Richard
Karabensch.
The Maresh Funeral Home
in Silver Lake served the family. Online condolences may be
made at www.mareshfuneralhome.com.
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Tuesday — Pork loin, whole
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Friday — Salisbury steak,
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low-fat milk.
Helen Baker Breakfast
Monday — Breakfast sausage
pizza, apple juice, applesauce cup,
low-fat milk.
Tuesday — Rice Chex cereal
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Wed.-Fri. — No school.
Helen Baker Lunch
Monday — Oven-baked turkey
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ranch broccoli salad, apples, diced
peaches.
Tuesday — Beef soft-shell
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Tuesday — Turkey sausage
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here’s a lot of darkness in December with the sun setting early and rising late. In this time, we may also reflect on the
darkness we experience in our spirits: loneliness, illness, shame, feeling overwhelm, unable to move and live. I think
also of those in the world who live under persecution for their faith. That is a dark time. Maybe you feel distant from
God. Also darkness. We all have these times. No one is able to escape the darkness of our world.
God has a promise for us. He is coming to us. He is coming for you. Though you are far off and even lost, He comes. He
comes to claim you and bring light into your life. He comes to you in Jesus. What does it look like when the Lord comes? It
looks like salvation from the darkness. It feels like abundant life!
Yet until the Lord comes fully to end the darkness of our souls and of our world, we are given the task of waiting. Who likes
to wait for something good to come?! We live in a world that wants good things right now. It wants proof right now. What we
have is a promise amid the darkness. The promise is that the darkness will not last. The Jesus, the Light of the world, has overcome all things and is coming again. May God grant us patience and faith.
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BEREAN BAPTIST
727 E. 16th St., Glencoe
Jonathan Pixler, pastor
320-864-6113
Call Jan at 320-864-3387 for
women’s Bible study
Sun., Dec. 21 — Worship, 10:20
a.m.
Wed., Dec. 24 — Christmas Eve
worship and praise, 6 p.m.
CHRIST LUTHERAN
1820 N. Knight Ave., Glencoe
Katherine Rood, pastor
320-864-4549
www.christluth.com
E-mail: office@christluth.com
Wed., Dec. 17 — Men’s Bible
study, 8 a.m.; televised worship on
Channel 10, 3 p.m.; Grace Unlimited, 3:15 p.m.; bells, 5:15 p.m.; choir,
6:15 p.m.; kids helping with candle
assembly, 5:30 p.m.; Advent worship
service, 7 p.m.; church council to follow worship.
Thurs., Dec. 18 — Naomi Circle,
9 a.m.; LTC worship, 9:30 a.m.
Sat., Dec. 20 — Third- and fourth
-grade bell choir practice, 8 a.m.;
Sunday school worship practice, 9
a.m.
Sun., Dec. 21 — Worship, 8 a.m.;
Sunday school worship service,
10:15 a.m.; no Sunday school or
adult education.
Mon., Dec. 22— Televised worship on Channel 10, 2 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 23— Ladies’ fellowship at Gert & Erma’s, 10 a.m.
Wed., Dec. 24 — No men’s Bible
study; church offices close at noon;
worship services with Holy Communion, 4 and 6 p.m.
CHURCH OF PEACE
520 11th St. E., Glencoe
Joseph Clay, pastor
Wed., Dec. 24 — Christmas Eve
candlelight service at Peace, 6 p.m.
ST. PIUS X CHURCH
1014 Knight Ave., Glencoe
Anthony Stubeda, pastor
Wed., Dec. 17 — Morning prayer,
7 a.m.; Christmas tree sales at
Coborn’s, 3 p.m.-8 p.m.; evening
prayer, 5:10 p.m.; evening Mass,
5:30 p.m.; kindergarten through
sixth-grade religious education classes, 7 p.m.-8 p.m.; seventh- through
11th-grade religious education classes, 7 p.m.-8:15 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 18 — Morning
prayer, 7 a.m.; Mass, 7:20 a.m.; junior choir practice, 2:50 p.m.; Christmas tree sales at Coborn’s, 3 p.m.-8
p.m.; Knights of Columbus Christmas party, 5:30 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 19 — Morning prayer, 8
a.m.; school Mass, 8:20 a.m.; individual celebration of the sacrament
of reconciliation, noon; Christmas
tree sales at Coborn’s, 1 p.m.-8 p.m.;
bulletin announcements due for Dec.
28 bulletin, 5 p.m.; Spanish Mass,
5:30 p.m.; AFC Christmas party, 6
p.m.
Sat., Dec. 20 — Christmas tree
sales at Coborn’s, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.;
Knights of Columbus men’s Advent
reflection, 9 a.m. until noon; sacrament of reconciliation, noon; Mass, 6
p.m.
Sun., Dec. 21 — Fourth Sunday of
Advent; Christmas tree sales at
Coborn’s, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Mass, 10
a.m.; Spanish Mass, 11:30 a.m.; no
Spanish religious education; benediction, 1:50 p.m.; communal celebration of the sacrament of reconciliation, 2 p.m.; decorate church for
Christmas, 3 p.m.; Mass at Holy
Family in Silver Lake, 8 p.m.
Mon., Dec. 22 — No Mass.
Tues., Dec. 23 — Morning Prayer,
8 a.m.; school mass, 8:20 a.m.; individual celebration of the sacrament
of reconciliation, 7 p.m.; youth group
posada, 7 p.m.; adult choir practice, 7
p.m.
Wed., Dec. 24 — No school,
Christmas break; parish offices close
at noon; Mass, 4 p.m.; Spanish mass,
6 p.m.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH UCC
1400 Elliott Ave., Glencoe
Rev. Linzy Collins Jr., pastor
E-mail: congoucc@gmail.com
Wed., Dec. 17 — Circles meet;
Wee Friends set-up for Christmas
parties.
Sat., Dec. 20 — Children’s Christmas program practice, 10:30 a.m.
Sun., Dec. 21 — Worship with
Sunday school Christmas program,
9:15 a.m.; deacons meeting
Continuing the 53-year tradition from The Glencoe Enterprise.
Wed., Dec. 24 — Christmas Eve
service, 7 p.m.
FIRST EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN
925 13th St. E., Glencoe
Daniel Welch, senior pastor
Ronald L. Mathison,
associate pastor
320-864-5522
www.firstglencoe.org
E-mail: office@firstglencoe.org
Wed., Dec. 17 — No Christ
Chimes; public school confirmation,
3:30 p.m.; no gospel ringers; senior
choir, 6:15 p.m.; First Lutheran
kindergarten through eighth-grade
Christmas service, 7 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 18 — No church
council.
Sat., Dec. 20 — Christmas carols
pre-service, 10:15 a.m.; Stille Nacht
worship (German), 10:30 a.m.; live
nativity drive-through at Oak Leaf
Park, 5:30 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 21 — Worship with
communion, 8 a.m.; fellowship time,
9 a.m.; Sunday Bible classes, 9:15
a.m.; worship, Sunday school Christmas service, 10:30 a.m.; Christmas
caroling, 3 p.m.; KDUZ re-broadcast
of the German service, 3 p.m.
Mon., Dec. 22 — Men’s Bible
study, 7 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 23 — Bible study,
9:30 a.m.
Wed., Dec. 24 — Church office
closed; no handbells; no public
school confirmation; First Lutheran
School closed through Jan. 4; Christmas Eve worship service, 2 p.m.;
Christmas Eve candlelight worship, 5
and 7 p.m.
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
1407 Cedar Ave. N., Glencoe
www.gslcglencoe.org
Rev. James F. Gomez, pastor
E-mail: office@gslcglencoe.org
Wed., Dec. 17 — Kids’ Praise,
3:20 p.m.; REVEAL-ship and key,
5:30 p.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; choir,
7:45 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 20—Family Christmas
dress rehearsal, 9 a.m.; live nativity,
Oak Leaf Park, 5:30 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 21— Family Christmas
service, 10 a.m.; caroling, 3 p.m.; F3,
3 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 24 — No Kids’ Praise;
no REVEAL-ship and key; candlelight worship, 7 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 25 — Christmas worship; 9 a.m.; church office closed.
Fri., Dec. 26 — Church office
closed
Sun., Dec. 28 — Hymn sing worship, 9 a.m.; fellowship hall closed
for waxing, 1 p.m.; no education
hour; F3, 6 p.m.
ST. JOHN’S
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN
4505 80th St., Helen Township
Glencoe
Dennis Reichow, pastor
Wed., Dec. 17 — Fifth- and sixthgrade catechism, 3:45 p.m.; seventhand eighth-grade catechism, 4:45
p.m.; Tone Chimes, 6:30 p.m.; choir,
7:30 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 18 — Bible study at
Grand Meadows, 2 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 21 — Worship, 9 a.m.;
Sunday school, 10 a.m.; choir practice, 7:30 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 23 — Table Talk, 7
p.m.
Wed., Dec. 24 — Children’s
Christmas Eve service, 6 p.m.
GRACE LUTHERAN
8638 Plum Ave., Brownton
Andrew Hermodson-Olsen, pastor
E-mail:
Pastor@GraceBrownton.org
www.gracebrownton.org
Wed., Dec. 17 — Choir practice, 7
p.m.
Sat., Dec. 20 — Program rehearsal, 9:30 a.m.; choir practice, 10 a.m.
Sun., Dec. 21 — Worship, 8:45
a.m.
Mon., Dec. 22 — Local broadcast,
6 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 24 — Worship, 5 p.m.
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN
700 Division St., Brownton
R. Allan Reed, pastor
Wed., Dec. 17 — Bible class, 9
a.m.; confirmation, 4 p.m.; chapel
worship with communion, 6:30 p.m.
Tburs., Dec. 18 — Pastor not in
office; visits, communion to Brownton shut-ins.
Sun., Dec. 21 — Sunday school, 9
a.m.; children’s Christmas service,
10:15 a.m.; no Bible study; register
for Dec. 25 and Dec. 28 communion;
Channel 8 worship video; Sunday
school bake sale.
Wed., Dec. 24 — No classes; worship, 6:30 p.m.
CONGREGATIONAL
Division St., Brownton
Barry Marchant, pastor
browntoncongregational.org
Sun., Dec. 21 — Worship, 10 a.m.
Wed., Dec. 24 — Christmas Eve
worship, 5 p.m.
ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN
300 Croyden St., Stewart
Not available.
ST. BONIFACE CATHOLIC
Stewart
Thurs., Dec. 18 — Mass, 9 a.m.
Sun., Dec. 21 — Mass, 8:30 a.m.
Wed., Dec. 24 — Christmas Mass,
7 p.m.
ST. MATTHEW’S LUTHERAN
Fernando
Aaron Albrecht, pastor
Not available.
ST. JOHN’S CHURCH
13372 Nature Ave. (rural Biscay)
Robert Taylor, pastor
612-644-0628 (cell)
320-587-5104 (church)
E-mail: rlt721@hotmail.com
Sun., Dec. 21 — Sunday school, 9
a.m.; Sunday school Christmas program, 10:30 a.m.
Wed., Dec. 24 — Christmas Eve
worship, 5 p.m.
DISCOVER CHURCH
(Formerly Crossroads Church)
10484 Bell Ave., Plato
320-238-2181
discoveringchurch.org
Sun., Dec. 21 — Worship, 10 a.m.
ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN
216 McLeod Ave. N., Plato
Tyson Mastin, pastor
320-238-2550
E-mail:
stjlplato@embarqmail.com
Wed., Dec. 17, Bible study at
Grand Meadows, 9:30 a.m.; midweek classes, 6 p.m.; Advent worship, 7:15 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 18 — Bible study,
8:30 a.m.; bulletin deadline.
Sun., Dec. 21 — Worship with
communion, 9 a.m.; Sunday school,
10 a.m.; Bible study, 10:10 a.m.
Mon., Dec. 22 — Deacons meeting, 7 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 23 — Bible study at
long-term care, 2:30 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 24 — Christmas Eve
worship, 5 p.m.
ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH
OF CHRIST
308 First St. N.E., Plato
Brian Brosz, pastor
www.platocucc@gmail.com
Wed., Dec. 17 — Seventh-grade
confirmation, 3:50 p.m.; eighth-grade
confirmation, 4:50 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 21 — Sunday school
8:45 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m.; youth
fellowship fills Christmas bags for
worship.
Wed., Dec. 24— Christmas Eve
worship, 7 p.m.
IMMANUEL EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN
New Auburn
Bradley Danielson, pastor
E-mail: immanuellc@yahoo.com
Wed., Dec. 17 — Seventh-grade
confirmation, 4:30 p.m.; eighth-grade
confirmation, 5:30 p.m.; church
council, 7 p.m.
GRACE BIBLE CHURCH
300 Cleveland St., Silver Lake
Dr. Tom Rakow, pastor
320-327-2352
www.silverlakechurch.org
Wed., Dec. 17 — Confirmation
class, 6 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 20 — Men’s Bible
study, 7 a.m.; women’s Bible study, 9
a.m.
Sun., Dec. 21 — “First Light”
broadcast on KARP 106.9 FM, 7:30
a.m.; pre-service prayer time, 9:15
a.m.; worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday
school for all ages, 10:35 a.m.; Sunday school Christmas program, 5
p.m.
Wed., Dec. 24 — Christmas Eve
worship, 5 p.m.
Dial-A-Bible Story, 320-327-
2843.
FAITH PRESBYTERIAN
108 W. Main St., Silver Lake
Carol Chmielewski, pastor
320-327-2452 / Fax 320-327-6562
E-mail:
faithfriends@embarqmail.com
Wed., Dec. 17 — Light supper,
5:30 p.m.-6 p.m.; WOW classes, 6
p.m.-7 p.m.; choir practice, 6:45 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 18 — Presbyterian
Women Bible study, 2 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 21 — Worship, 10 a.m.
Wed., Dec. 24 — Christmas Eve
candlelight service, 5 p.m.
HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC
CHURCH
712 W. Main St., Silver Lake
Rev. Anthony J. Stubeda, pastor
Fr. Paul Schumacher, Associate
www.holyfamilysilverlake.org
E-mail:
office@holyfamilysilverlake.org
Wed., Dec. 17 — Mass, 8 a.m.;
reconciliation, luncheon, 10:30 a.m.;
first- through sixth-grade religious
education classes, 5:30 p.m.; seventh- through 11th-grade religious
education classes, 7 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 18 — Mass at Cedar
Crest, 10:30 a.m.; meet and greet at
the Pines, Hutchinson, 11:30 a.m.
Fri., Dec. 19 — Mass, 8 a.m.
Sat., Dec. 20 — Reconciliation,
noon; Mass, 4 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 21 — Fourth Sunday in
Advent; Mass, 8 a.m.; CCW coffee
and rolls; reconciliation, 4 and 6
p.m.; Mass, 8 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 23 — No Mass; eucharistic adoration, 8:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 24 — Parish offices
close at noon; Mass, 4 p.m., midnight.
FRIEDENS COUNTY LINE
11325 Zebra Ave., Norwood
Joseph Clay, pastor
Sun., Dec. 21 — Worship at
Peace, 10 a.m.
PRAIRIE COMMUNITY
CHURCH
700 First Ave. N., Lester Prairie
Bill Baldwin, pastor
320-395-2320
E-mail: bill.baldwin@juno.com
www.lesterprairiechurch.com
Wed., Dec. 17 — Adult choir
practice, 7:30 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER DAY SAINTS
770 School Rd., Hutchinson
Thad Larson, Branch President
320-587-5665
Wed., Dec. 17 — Young men and
women (12-18 years old) and scouting, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 21 — Sacrament meeting, 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.; Sunday
school, 10:50 a.m.-11:30 a.m.; priesthood, relief society and primary,
11:40 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 24 — Young men and
women (12-18 years old) and scouting, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
WATER OF LIFE CHURCH
IGLESIA METODISTA LIBRE
Clinica del Alma
727 16th St. E., Glencoe
Spanish/bilingual services
Nestor and Maria German, pastors
E-mail:
nestor2maria@hotmail.com
Sun., Dec. 21 — Worship, 2 p.m.
ST. PETER
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Corner C.R. 1 and Second St. S.
77 Second Ave. S., Lester Prairie
Travis Loeslie, pastor
Sun., Dec. 21 — Worship, 9 a.m.
BETHEL LUTHERAN
77 Lincoln Ave., Lester Prairie
Bethany Nelson, pastor
320-395-2125
Sun., Dec. 21 — Worship, 9 a.m.;
Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.; choir
practice, 10:15 a.m.
Wed., Dec. 24 — Christmas Eve
service, 4:30 p.m.
SHALOM BAPTIST CHURCH
1215 Roberts Rd. S.W., Hutchinson
Rick Stapleton, senior pastor
Adam Krumrie, worship pastor/
director of Student Ministries
320-587-2668 / Fax 320-587-4290
www.shalombaptist.org
Sun., Dec. 21 — Sunday school
and worship, 9 a.m.
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The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, December 17, 2014, page 10
Food Shelf to try some evening hours
By Lori Copler
Editor
The McLeod Emergency
Food Shelf will be trying out
some evening hours at both
its locations — Glencoe and
Hutchinson.
Executive Director Lennie
Albers said that evening
hours for both accepting donations and distributing food
will be held each Thursday
starting Thursday, Jan. 8. Donations will be accepted from
3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursdays, while distributions will
be from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30
p.m.
Albers said both donors
and clients have been asking
for some evening hours.
“It was a matter of finding
people who are willing to
help out,” said Albers.
Albers said the new hours
are not an expansion of the
current hours, but rather
evening hours will replace
morning hours on Thursdays.
“That just seemed to be the
“We’re excited about it,”
Albers said of the new hours.
“It gives an opportunity to attract new donors and volunteers, and the opportunity to
meet the needs of our clients
when it is convenient for
them.”
Albers said the food shelf’s
board of directors authorized
the change on a one-year trial
basis.
“We want to see how it
works out with all the seasonal changes,” she said. “We
expect it to be well-received.”
In other business, Albers
announced that the food shelf
in Glencoe received a new
freezer through a Glencoe
Light & Power energy efficiency program.
“They approached us and
said they could probably help
us out,” said Albers. “It was
great.”
The Glencoe location is at
808 E 12th St., and the
Hutchinson site is at 498
Highway 7 E.
Lennie Albers
best day for us,” she said.
“On other days, we have
trucks coming from Second
Harvest or other things going
on.”
The two offices will continue to be open Mondays,
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Fridays, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
to accept donations, with distribution from 8:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m.
GSL announces fall honor roll
Glencoe-Silver Lake High
School recently announced
the first-trimester honor roll,
which includes:
“A” Honor Roll
Seniors — Ashley Alsleben, Keaton Anderson,
Michael Boesche, Aaron Boraas, Mark Broderius, Piper
Davis, Patrick Fehrenbach,
Becca Green, Jenna Jochum,
Jamie Kosek, Scott Landes,
Christopher Lemke, Hannah
Lemke, Tate Lilienthal, Ashley Miller, Stephanie Ross,
Samantha Roush, Rachel
Rusten, Robyn Siewert, Morgan Streich, Chandler Swift,
Jacob Wawrzyniak, Samantha
Welch, Alyson Winn and
Claire Wraspir.
Juniors — Paige Anderson,
Kirsten Barott, Rachel Bonderman, Krista Boraas, Grei
Butterfield, Ruby Chavez,
Darrin Emery, Bodee Ewald,
Layne Herrmann, Madison
Kalenberg, Cortney Konen,
Madeline Kuehn, Katelynn
Kunkel, Payton Lilienthal,
Jenna Lokensgard, Mark
Lueders, Lilianna Mallak,
Moriah Maunu, Erika Mielke,
Emily Muetzel, Taylor
Novak, Emily Oberlin, Ryley
Oliver, Theodore Petersen,
Mitchell Pinske, Trevor Posusta, Erika Ribar, Alexander
Romano, Mitchell Rothstein,
Dylan
Schuth,
Gabe
Schweikert, Michaela Tichy,
Travis Uecker, Lindsay
Wedin, Stephanie Welch,
Danielle Wemhoff and Ethan
Wolff.
Sophomores — Deanna
Bondhus, Jordan Breidenbach, Marlaina Chelman,
Tyler Ehrke, Jacob Fehrenbach, Devin Fleck, Shawna
Goettl, Elsie Graupmann,
Amanda Husted, Jordan
Kaczmarek, Dalton Kosek,
Hannah Kunkel, Cora Kuras,
Brittney Medina, Madison
Monahan, Maggie Petersen,
Rachael Popp, Rachel Reichow, Nicholas Schmidt, Dini
Schweikert, Robin Swift,
Katherine Twiss and Teanna
Vorlicek.
Freshmen — Jessica Alsleben, Uilleam Armstrong,
Ariel Brelje, Zoe Christensen,
Mackenzie Davis, Peter Gepson, Aubrey Giesen, Alexandra Hansch, Allie Harpel,
Karsen Howard, Mariah
Koester, Paul Lemke, Paige
Litzau, Austin Pinske, Laura
Popelka, Cody Raduenz,
Taryn Reichow, Ellie
Schmidt, Abigail Schmieg,
Nicole Seevers, Carsen Streich, Ashley Teubert and Sierra Trebesch.
“B” Honor Roll
Seniors — Sloan Becker,
Bennett Bielke, Elizabeth
Boyum, Skyler Bulau, Tyler
Chap, Samantha Cornell,
Matthew Dahlke, Ashley
Dammann, Brent Duenow,
Bradley Eischens, Stephanie
Elsing, Ellie Forcier, Mason
Goettl, Tanner Grack, Elizabeth Gran, Mariah Guldemann-Chiariello,Isiah Herout,
Michael Holtz, Zachary Jungclaus, Mikayla Kantack,
Alexis Kerslake, Kallyssa
Klatt, Marc Kocheim, Eric
Kruschke, Patrick Kunkel,
Ellie Lepel, MicAnna
Maresh, Austin Maynard,
Agustin Mendoza, Peyton Alberts-Miska, Garrett Ober,
Clydja Ockerman, Sadie Paumen, Zachary Pierson, Blake
Pieschke, Callie Raduenz,
Michael Richards, Jonathan
Richer, Brandon Richter,
Benjamin Rockswold, Olivia
Scharpe, Josie Schmitt, Mary
Schmitt, Taylor Schrupp,
Wyatt Simrell, Katilyn Susdorf, Jayden Tschimperle, Jenessa Urban, Reed Wawrzyniak, Cole Willock, Richard
Wilson, Kailey Yurek and
Courtney Zajicek.
Juniors
—
Mason
Ahlbrecht, Mitchell Beneke,
Christina Bonillo, Nicholas
Brelje, Anmorisa Chandler,
Arelly De Los Santos, Aaron
Donnay, Shane Ehrke,
Alexander Endres, Aaron
Giesen, Andrew Harpel, Hannah Heuer, Mitchell Kettner,
Spencer Lund, Allyssa McCain, Dylan Melchert,
Brooke Noeldner, Garret
Novak, Thalia Otero, Alexander Parker, Alfredo Pena,
Leah Peterson, Jacob Popel-
ka, Quinten Proehl, Morgyn
Robinson, Samantha Rogney,
Jordan Rolf, Tanner Rosckes,
Michael Schaefer, Alex
Schrader, Alexis Stradtmann,
Nicholas Tabbert, Andrew
Varland, Tristan Weber and
Hannah Yurek.
Sophomores — Logan Artman, Sarah Bandas, Ashley
Bandemer, Mitchell Boesche,
Molli Cacka, Cameron Chap,
Tanner Chmielewski, Benjamin Donnay, Tatum Engelke, Daria Fegley, Austin
Field, Luke Frahm, Brandon
Fronk, Hunter Glaeser, Julia
Gomez, Miranda Grack,
Erica Hecksel, Bobbi Hernandez, Catherine Holtz,
Marissa Kirchoff, Jayden
Lachermaier, Aryana LasleyWinkelman,
Ashley
Lawrence, Jacob Litzau, Leah
Litzau, Lizbeth Lopez Castillo, Marisa Luchsinger, Isabell
Mallak, Morgan Mathews,
Cassandra Medina, Michaela
Neyers, Brandi Pikal, Kole
Polzin, Jenaya Posusta, Madison Posusta, Faith Rakow,
Xochitl Ramirez, Mitchell
Rolf, Matthew Sanchez, Roxanna
Sanchez,
Sarah
Schmieg, Jacob Simons, Ashlyn Stuewe, Joseph Torgerson, Alexander Troska, Jacob
Vasek, Lucia Verga Acevdo,
Eric Villnow, Ashley Voelz,
Samantha Voigt, Kyle
Wanous and Alexis Wildey.
Freshmen — Abisai Anderson Sanchez, Morgan Bernstein, Jacob Blahowski, Jessica Brelje, Cadi Brooks,
Brooke Chastek, Kyle Christensen, Joseph Cullen
Lawver, Grace Draeger,
Alyssa Ebert, Mickalyn
Frahm, Emmi Jerabek, Madelynn Kjenstad, Jamie Koski,
Colbie Kuras, Nicholas
Lange, Spencer Lepel, Tarin
Michaelis, Will Mickolichek,
McKenna Monahan, Regina
Moosbrugger, Blake Ortloff,
Cassondra Perschau, Jakob
Rusten, Alexis Sanchez, Taylor Schauer, Morgan Stoeckmann, Adam Thalmann,
Veronika Tkachenko, Nathan
Welch and Mackenzie Wendolek.
Chronicle photos by Lori Copler
Santa in Plato
Santa Claus was a special
guest at the Plato Lions
Club’s holiday breakfast
Saturday morning. Above,
newborn Aubree Koll had
her very first visit with
Santa Claus, along with
her parents, Travis and
Janessa Koll of Lester
Prairie. At right, Braden
and Brittney Ketcher, children of Jim and Teresa
Ketcher of Young America, spent a little time with
Santa. The breakfast and
Santa visits were held in
the Plato Hall.
Lincoln Junior High honor roll
The first-trimester honor
roll has been released by
Glencoe-Silver Lake’s Lincoln Junior High School.
“A” Honor Roll
Seventh grade — Alexa Alberts, Hannah Boesche, Kalie
Butcher, Daniel Cross, Dylan
Dahlke, Isabelle Elias, Madelynn Emery, Nathan Fehrenbach, Alexis Fronk, Grace
Garoutte, Abby Gronlund,
Taylor Hatlestad, Juliana
Henderson, William Higgins,
Ashley Jasken, Taylor Kaczmarek, Mackenzie Kantack,
Anthony LaPlante, Mia LaPlante, Bennett Lepel, Sydney Lepel, Zachary Mohr,
Kathryn Nowak, Britney
Olson, Kaitlyn Popp, Jennifer
Ramos, Courtney Richer,
Brittney Richter, Makayla
Ronngren, Rylan Rosenlund,
Reece Schwirtz, Derek Trippel, Gia Venier, Morgan
Verdeck, Lexis Werner and
Claire Witte.
Eighth grade — Gage Alsleben, Savannah Ardolf,
Chelsea Bandas, Brett Baumgarten, Leah Bettcher, Hayley
Bolland, Dallas Brooks,
Madelynn Brown, Bethany
Cross, Hattie Dreier-Schultz,
Destiney Exsted, Annamaria
Falcon, Megan Fehrenbach,
Madison Franck, Molly
Green, Justine Helmbrecht,
Rhyan Herrmann, John Ingeman, Haley Kirchoff, Wyatt
Konen, Grace Kosek, Joshua
Kuehn, Madalyn Lemke,
Olivia Lemke, Nathan Litzau,
Haley Lukes, Kristine Major,
Carlee Oberlin, Jaelynn
Pinske, Cody Rae, Jacob Reichow, Samantha Sanchez,
Olivia Streich, Emily Thalmann, Adrian Trevino,
Charles Urban, Maren Warner, Jordan Wildey, Sacha
Willhite and Brianna Wraspir.
“B” Honor Roll
Seventh
grade
—
Guadalupe Acevedo, McKenna Amberg, Holly Bandemer,
Jonathan Bolland, Tess Chap,
Tiffany Chapman, Jacqualynn
Connolly, Gracie DreierSchultz, Jadon DreierSchultz, Keaton Goettl,
Ashanthy Guardado, Race
Hutchins, Cole Janke, Lily
Kirchoff, Brandon Medina,
Tyler Mueller, Jonathon Nor-
ling, Katelyn Pagel, Julia
Ramige, Rylen Rosenlund,
Riley Ruzicka, Kayla
Salmela, Lydia Schmieg, Lily
Schmitt, Alec Schrupp, Benjamin Siers, Isaiah Streich,
Preston Sturges, Kaleb Templin, Sawyer Varpness and
McKenzie Wuetherich.
Eighth grade — Madilynn
Anderson, Austin Barrett,
Joseph Becker, Kasidy
Cacka, Caleb Correll, Kayla
Deyonge, Keshaun Donaldson, Kaitlyn Doolittle, Kaleb
Elke, Malcom Everhart, Di
Fleck, Jordan Forar, Adam
Garoutte, Brayden Goebel,
Sarah Huitt, Erin Jaskowiak,
Megan Jochum, Kimberly
Kuenzel, Jared Lokensgard,
Katita Lopez, Jasmine
Lorentz, Kira Mattson, Austin
Merrill, Luke Ness, Bryanna
Paul, Oscar Pena, Peyton
Proehl, Alysse Rhode, Gabe
Roepke, Kenady Rosckes,
Kaleigh Rumrill, Dane
Schwirtz, Jakob Siewert,
Yekaterina Tkachenko, Kaitlyn Uecker, Eric Wheeler,
Grace Witte and Andrew
Wraspir.
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Warm Bright
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