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Explosives, solar
garden on county
planning agenda
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The McLeod County
Glencoe, Minnesota Vol. 120, No. 5
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February 1, 2017
City looking at $20 million to upgrade WWTP
By Lori Copler
Editor
The city of Glencoe is looking at
close to $20 million to upgrade its
wastewater treatment plant, the
city’s finance and strategic planning
committee heard at a Wednesday,
Jan. 25, meeting.
It is hoped that city will qualify
for at least $5 million in grant funding, which will bring the cost to the
city down to about $15 million, according to staff from Short Elliott
Hendrickson (SEH), the city’s engi-
neering consulting firm.
Jessica Hedin of SEH ran through
a slide presentation of the needed repairs and upgrades.
Hedin said SEH has goals of repurposing or reusing as much of the
facility as feasible, increasing efficiency and preparing for anticipated
pollution control agency mandates.
Hedin said much of the facility
and its equipment is at least 50 to 60
years old. “Twenty to 25 years old
are probably the most recent facilities,” she added.
Among the issues with the aging
plant are outdated technology, corrosion, increased maintenance, difficulty finding parts and vendors, and
less efficiency.
“Staff is doing a great job of keeping the current facility in compliance, but it’s getting more difficult
each year,” said Hedin.
One of the first tasks that needs to
be address, Hedin said, is building a
new lift station on higher ground.
Hedin said the current lift station
is too low, and is prone to flooding,
not to mention that it is “in poor
condition.” A new lift station located
on higher ground will keep it out of
potential flooding, and will help
make the plant more efficient.
Hedin said that moving the lift
station higher will mean that it can
use main force to move the wastewater.
“I think we counted a total of 10
pumps between the lift station and
the clarification basin,” said Hedin.
Most, if not all, of those pumps
could probably be limited if the fa-
cility could use head force by gravity rather than pumps to move the
wastewater.
Among other proposed improvements are:
• Decommissioning trickling
tanks, which Hedin said are leaking
and in poor condition.
• Eliminating an intermediate clarifier, which won’t be needed if the
trickling tanks are replaced with
WWTP
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Ketelsen entertains
corn, soybean growers
at annual banquet
By Lori Copler
Editor
here is nobody quite like a
farmer, members of the
McLeod County Corn &
Soybean Growers Association
heard at their annual banquet Saturday night.
Lynn Ketelsen of the Linder
Farm Network was the guest speaker, and said that they are unique in
their love for their jobs.
“When you walk up to most people and ask them why they do what
they do, hardly any of them say
‘I’m doing it because I love it and
it’s what I always wanted to do,’”
said Ketelsen.
On the other hand, “100 percent
of farmers will say they farm because they love it and it’s what
they’ve always wanted to do,” Ketelsen said. “And always, always,
they will say they love being part
of a family unit and working together.”
Which is why farmers are so
good at what they do, Ketelsen
added.
“When you love what you do,
you’re going to be better at it than
anyone else,” he said.
And that is why, he said, he enjoys being a reporter who focuses
on agriculture — because he gets to
mingle with farmers.
Ketelsen said that, sometimes,
people need to be reminded about
how important agriculture is in the
state.
He said he was invited to speak
to the Minnesota State Fair Board,
whose members, he said, were
“kind of down in the dumps” about
people’s perception of the state fair.
A recent poll indicated that only
about 20 percent of the state fair’s
attendees came to see the animals
and crops. Seventy percent came to
eat.
“When I spoke to them, I said
that 90 percent of the people who
come to the state fair come because
of agriculture,” Ketelsen said. That
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Chronicle photos by Lori Copler
Blizzard Blast
another success
The Glencoe City Center Ballroom was full Friday night for
the annual Blizzard Blast, a
fundraiser for the Allina Hospice program, which benefits
families in the area. The benefit
had live and silent auctions,
live music, a meal and other activities. Above, attendees check
out the silent auction tables
prior to the meal being served.
At right, Stacy and Scott Herout
were among the many volunteers who helped make the
evening a success. Bill Dunbar
was this year’s emcee, while
Kathy Krone hosted the live
auction. The guest speaker was
Kimberly Phifer.
Lynn Ketelsen
stunned some people, who thought
he had misunderstood the statistics.
“I asked, ‘what do farmers do?’
Farmers grow food. Farmers aren’t
just producing a kernel of corn,
they’re making corn chips,” said
Ketelsen.
The fair board then decided to
turn its focus back to agriculture.
The animal birthing center, Ketelsen said, has become the number
one attraction at the fair. Tractors
and combines were brought back to
machinery hill. And buildings were
renamed for the original uses — the
dairy barn is once again the dairy
barn.
The lesson, Ketelsen said, is “instead of racing away from agriculture, embrace it and keep agriculture strong.”
Ketelsen also talked about the
current state of agriculture. Market
futures and market analysts are becoming more important. And people are thinking globally, not just
locally.
Ketelsen
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Secretary of State talks elections in Glencoe
By Lori Copler
Editor
Minnesota topped the nation in
voting during the 2016 general election, Minnesota Secretary of State
Steven Simon said in a visit to Glencoe Thursday morning.
Simon met with McLeod County
Auditor-Treasurer Cindy Schultz
and her staff about the election and
upcoming election needs.
Simon said that the Minnesota
Legislature eliminated the “excuse”
component for absentee ballot prior
to the 2016 election, which means
people did not need to supply a reason for not being able to make it to
the polls on election day and therefore needed to vote by absentee ballot.
Weather
Wed., 2-1
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Sun., 2-5
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Removal of that requirement
boosted absentee voting to 23.85
percent of ballots cast, and Minnesota had a total voter turnout of over
74 percent, the top state in the nation.
Schultz said that people like the
opportunity to vote without having
to physically go to the polls.
“The word is catching on,”
Looking back: Fairly mild
for the last week of January,
with just some nuisance snow
and a trace of rain.
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Schultz said.
Simon said he has heard similar
comments, and that absentee balloting helped push Minnesota back to
its number-one spot in voter turnout.
New Hampshire held that spot in the
previous general election.
“Take that, New Hampshire,”
Simon joked.
Simon and the county staff then
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Temperatures and precipitation compiled by Robert Thurn, Chronicle
weather observer.
moved on to discussion of voting
equipment.
Most of the current ballot counting and voter assisting equipment is
getting to an age it needs to be replaced.
Schultz said her office has already
Elections
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Elections
Deuces Wild to appear Feb. 4
The Glencoe-Silver Lake Panther Association is sponsoring Deuces Wild (dueling pianos) Saturday, Feb. 4, at
7:30 p.m., at the Glencoe City Center. Advance tickets
are available at the Glencoe City Offices and Glencoe
Wine & Spirits, or that evening at the door.
Sheephead tourney Feb. 12
The Brownton Baseball Association will sponsor its
44th annual schapskopf (sheephead) tournament Sunday,
Feb. 12, at the Brownton Community Center. There will
be sessions at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Sportsman’s Club shrimp fry
The Glencoe Sportsman’s Club will host a shrimp fry
Wednesday, Feb. 8, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the Glencoe
VFW Club. Call the VFW to make reservations.
SL senior citizens to meet
The Silver Lake Senior Citizens Club will meet Monday, Feb. 13, at 1 p.m., at the Silver Lake Auditorium.
Potato pancake dinner set
The men’s club of First Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Glencoe, will host its annual all-you-care-to-eat German
potato pancake dinner Sunday, Feb. 5, from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. Regular pancakes also will be served, along with
sausage, cheese, applesauce and beverages. The dinner is
open to the public.
Abundant Table meal Feb. 1
Christ Lutheran Church, 1820 Knight Ave. N, Glencoe,
will host its Abundant Table community meal Wednesday, Feb. 1, in the church basement fellowship hall. The
doors open at 4:30 p.m. for fellowship; the meal is served
at 5 p.m. The menu includes hot dish, fresh vegetables
and dip, apples and grapes salad, Abundant Table bread
and cherry dessert. The meal is free and open to everyone, including families and children, the elderly, and anyone seeking fellowship or in need of a helping hand.
Please call the church at 320-864-4549 so that it can plan
for your presence.
Sportsman’s Club to meet
The Glencoe Sportsman’s Club will meet Monday,
Feb. 6, at 7:30 p.m., at the Glencoe VFW Club.
Emanuel School night set
Emanuel Lutheran School, Hamburg, will host a
school preview night Wednesday, Feb. 8, for new or currently enrolled families who would like to visit classrooms, review curriculum and meet teachers. A short informational session will be held in the primary room at
5:45 p.m., with a preschool meeting at 6 p.m. All classrooms, from preschool through eighth grade, will be
open from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Bingo, meal set at church
The Brownton Congregational Church will host bingo
Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 2:30 p.m., in the fellowship hall.
The church will host its monthly community fellowship
dinner from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. that day. All are welcome; a
free-will donation will be accepted.
Hospice informational meeting
Allina Hospice will host an informational meeting regarding hospice care, its benefits, how one qualifies for
care and how services are paid, on Thursday, Feb. 2, at
6:30 p.m., at Cedar Crest of Silver Lake, 1401 Main St.
W, Silver Lake. Allina representatives will be on hand to
answer questions and present information. To learn more
about the meeting, call 320-327-6577.
American Legion Post 95
The Glencoe American Legion Post 95 will meet
Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 7 p.m., in the basement of the
Glencoe VFW.
Republican women to meet
The Greater Minnesota Republican Women have
rescheduled their “Wigs of Hope” meeting to Tuesday,
Feb. 14, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Gert & Erma’s, 1110
Hennepin Ave. N, Glencoe. The topic will be presented
by Pat Brinkman and Gail Koch. All are welcome.
Blood drives set in Hutch
The American Red Cross has set two blood drives in
Hutchinson. The bloodmobile will be at the Hutchinson
High School on Wednesday, Feb. 8, from 8 a.m. to 1
p.m., and Peace Lutheran Church, 400 Franklin St. SW,
on Tuesday, Feb. 14, from noon to 6 p.m.
Noah’s Ark sets open house
Noah’s Ark Preschool in Brownton will have a registration open house for new families looking for a preschool home on Sunday, Feb. 12, from 10:30 a.m. to
noon.
Glencoe seniors meetings
The Glencoe Senior Citizens meet on Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. in the seniors room at the Glencoe City Center. Sheephead is played on Tuesdays, and
both sheephead and 500 are played on Thursdays. All
seniors over 55 are invited. For more information, call
320-510-1551 and leave a message.
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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been looking at replacing
equipment, but she didn’t
want to take on the project in
2016.
“I didn’t want to change
out for the presidential election,” said Schultz. “That
would have just been too
much for us.”
However, she hopes to
have equipment replaced for
the 2018 election.
Simon said that when the
original equipment was purchased, there was pretty much
just one vendor to buy from.
Now, there are several.
“There are more options on
the menu, more vendors,”
Simon said. In addition, the
state will again work with a
vendor to provide equipment
through a state contract. But,
he stressed, what equipment
local precincts want to use is
up to them.
Schultz said she is looking
for equipment that can print
ballots on demand, so that
precincts will never run short
at the polls.
She estimated that it will
cost about $350,000 to replace current polling equipment in the county. Schultz
said the county splits the cost
with each individual governing body, such as cities and
townships.
Also discussed was the ad-
Chronicle photo by Lori Copler
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve
Simon, left, visited with McLeod County Auditor-Treasurer Cindy Schultz and
election workers Connie Kurtzweg and
dition of a presidential primary in the state, which could
mean three elections in one
year between the regular primary, the presidential primary
and the general election.
Simon said that the Legislature was made aware that it
would cost additional money
to have a presidential primary, and that it needed to
provide funding for it.
“We told them that whatever you do, you have to provide money … you can’t
leave them (local govern-
Janet Betsinger about the 2016 general
election and future elections on Thursday morning.
ments) holding the bag,” said
Simon.
Schultz said that having a
presidential primary will be
difficult, because the county
also is dealing with property
taxes at the same time. But
she said her office will work
with the state on the primary.
“We’re going to get it done,
no matter what,” she said.
Simon said that a component of the presidential primary may be that absentee
voters have to indicate
whether they want a “blue” or
“red” ballot, which in turn
would let officials know
which party they want to affiliate themselves with.
Schultz said that may be
“disenfranchise” some voters.
“When people come to the
polls, they don’t want to declare their party,” she said.
Simon said his office has
three years to figure out how
to handle the issue before the
next presidential election season.
water.
John Rodeberg, also an engineer with SEH, said that
planning upgrades can be
subjective. Although the city
no longer has to treat wastewater from the now defunct
creamery, there may be a new
user in the future that will require greater capacity. The
question then becomes, Rodeberg said, how much extra capacity should the city plan?
Both Rodeberg and Hedin
also noted that the city is already battling new proposed
limits in phosphorus. Hedin
said there also is talking of
making nitrogen requirements
more stringent, and the city
needs to plan for that possibility as well.
The committee, which consists of the city council, took
the report under advisement.
WWTP Continued from page 1
other technology.
• The construction of additional aerator basins for the
secondary treatment of
sludge.
• Replacing the mechanisms in the final clarifiers,
although the structures themselves are in good condition
and can be reused.
• Work on the filtration system, which currently has a capacity of 1.3 million gallons
per day. Two of the filters in
Ketelsen
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“People are watching what
is happening in agriculture in
Brazil, Argentina and China,”
said Ketelsen. “It used to be
that your county was your
whole world.”
And technology has taken
huge strides, from GPS-guided tractors to enhanced
weather technology and the
use of drones to monitor
fields.
“You are hooked up more
than you have ever been,”
said Ketelsen.
Some statistics: one farm
feeds 160 people, only 10
percent of average income is
spent on food, there is a 50
percent decline in wind erosion of fields due to better
management practices, a 262
percent increase in crop production since 1950, 97 percent of farms are familyowned, and agriculture exports $120 billion worth of
products annually, while the
country imports about $80
billion annually.
“From health care to personal care to transportation,
agriculture is about more than
just food,” said Ketelsen.
As for the future, Ketelsen
hopes to see fewer mandates,
particularly for conservation.
“A lot of mandates we
don’t need, because farmers
are doing a first-rate job of
conservation,” said Ketelsen.
“That’s your soil, you own it,
and you don’t want it to blow
away.”
He also said the new buffer
strip rules “need to go away
for a while” and be reworked
or repealed.
Technology use continues
to grow, allowing farmers to
“farm by the inch, rather than
by the acre.”
New agricultural commissioner Sonny Purdue “should
be very, very good for agriculture,” Ketelsen predicted.
Ketelsen also said that
farmers will continue to
weather changes and survive.
“Prices go up, and prices
go down; the same for farm
values,” said Ketelsen.
“You’ll never go out of business making a profit, even if
it’s a small one.”
the system have failed, Hedin
said. The city needs to get up
to treating 6 million gallons
per day to accommodate peak
flows. SEH is recommending
replacing sand filters with
cloth filters, which are both
cheaper and allow for more
flow.
• Replacing the current disinfection system, which uses
chlorine and other chemicals,
with a system that uses ultraviolet rays to disinfect the
38th Annual Hamburg Hunting & Fishing Club
FISH FRY
“The Best Fish Fry in Minnesota”
SAT., Feb. 4, 2017
Refreshments
Available
Hamburg Community Hall
Serving 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Adults: $11.00 – 5-12 Years: $6.00 – Under 5: Free
All-You-Can-Eat (Dine-In Only) TAKE OUT ORDERS AVAILABLE
Pie and ice cream will be available, sold by
Emanuel LWML of Hamburg, with matching funds from Thrivent.
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County planning commission
hears plans for solar garden,
storage of quarry explosives
By Lori Copler
Editor
Quick Supply Co., headquartered in Iowa, received
preliminary approval from the
McLeod County Planning
Commission to store explosives and other supplies on
property owned by Ron Hanson of Hutchinson in Lynn
Township. The site under
consideration is a former
demolition landfill site and
gravel mining operation.
The planning commission
held a public hearing regarding request for a conditional
use permit for the proposal on
Wednesday, Jan. 25.
Chuck Holmes, who represents Quick Supply, said the
company provides blasting
services at limestone quarries
in Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Holmes said the company
has remote storage sites in
each of the states to ensure its
truck drivers comply with
Department of Transportation
rules regarding the numbers
of hours they can be on the
road.
Holmes said the explosives
and blasting caps are stored
separately, and are not mixed
until they are put into a blasting hole at a quarry.
He also said that Quick
Supply has to comply with
regulations from a variety of
federal, state and local agencies, including the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives (more commonly known as ATF) and
Homeland Security, not to
mention the state fire marshal, local law enforcement
and fire department and the
department of transportation.
Larry Gasow, the county
zoning administrator, said the
county can impose restrictions that are more stringent
than those of those agencies,
but not less stringent. However, Gasow said, he has been in
contact with the ATF, which
has very strict requirements
for such sites.
Holmes said the company
has to account for every bit of
product it uses or transports.
In fact, he said, a coming
thing will be to put GPS units
on trucks to make sure they
are where they are supposed
to be at any given time.
Holmes said the company
will be transferring a 19-year
employee to supervise the
site, if the conditional use
permit receives final approval
by the county board on Feb.
7.
The company will then hire
local workers to work at the
site.
“We’d like to see six guys
hired within the next three to
four years,” said Holmes.
The product is loaded onto
trucks with towers, “similar
to what you see for readymix,” said Holmes. All of the
material is kept and transported separately until it gets to
the quarry.
Holmes added that the site
will be secured with fencing,
gates and security cameras, as
well as an on-site supervisor.
The planning commission
is recommending approval to
the county board with the
conditions that the site has
one secured access and gate;
that it provides liability insurance; that no materials are
stored in the flood plain or
shoreland area; and that the
site has signs indicating contact information in case there
ever is an issue. The company
also was instructed to keep
the local fire department and
the sheriff’s office informed
as plans progress.
Solar garden
The planning commission
also will be recommending
approval to the county board
for a proposed solar garden
on the Patty Karels’ property
located in Winsted Township.
A public hearing also was
held for this proposal, which
includes plans to install a
three-megawatt community
solar garden array on 30 acres
of Karels’ property, which is
presently being used for crop
production.
Hal Gavin of Renesola Energy, Inc., which is developing the garden in cooperation
with Xcel Energy, said the
garden will be connected to
an Xcel substation in the area.
Although current plans call
for putting in poles from the
garden to the substation,
Holmes is hoping that underground wiring will be approved by Xcel.
Neighbors raised a number
of concerns, including tiling,
security, access and aesthetics.
Gavin said it is not sure if
there is drainage tile through
the site, but said he was
working with the county environmentalist and others to
determine if there is tile, and
where it is located. He also
said that the poles for the
panels would be driven
around the tile, not through it.
Neighbor Jeff Hanson
asked about maintenance of
tile.
“Once a solar farm is put
up, there is no way to repair a
tile,” said Hanson.
Gavin said the company
would remove panels if needed to repair any damaged or
plugged tile.
There also was concern
about access to the site from
Cardinal Avenue. Nathan
Schmalz, a supervisor for
Winsted Township, said the
gravel road is very narrow.
“Its width is 12 feet at the
most,” said Schmalz. “And
whether it can stand up to
commercial use is questionable.”
Gavin said Karels had offered her driveway as an access point, and said that may
be the best option. It was suggested that Gavin look into
widening the driveway access
to allow for larger equipment.
Gavin said there will be a
three-month construction in
which there would need to be
access for heavier equipment;
after that, access should only
be needed for maintenance
personnel.
It was asked that the construction period try to avoid
the annual Winstock festival
because of heavy traffic in the
area.
It also was noted that the
area would be fenced with
chain-link fencing, topped
with strands of barbed wire.
Gavin said that if the project
were every abondoned or decommissioned, the property
would be restored to its original condition.
Gavin also said that there
will be vegetative screening
between the site and neighbors to the south. Most of the
site, he said, “is a corn field
within a corn field” and not
easily viewed by the public.
It also was suggested that
Gavin contact the Winsted
Airport to make sure that future expansion plans are not
impacted as the garden may
be in the sight line of approaching or departing aircraft.
The planning commission
gave its approval to the plan
with several attached conditions to address items brought
up by neighbors and the
township board. Gasow said
the item would be on the
county commissioners Feb. 7
agenda, but would be part of
the regular meeting since
concerns had been raised
about the proposal.
In other business, the commission appointed Larry
Phillips as its chair and Ryan
Jurgenson as its vice chair.
New to the commission this
year is Dave Hoernemann
and Commissioner Rich
Pohlmeier. Pohlmeier, recently elected to the county
board, was unable to attend
because of a conflict with a
training session.
Record
Glencoe Police
TUESDAY, JAN. 24
12:50 a.m. — An officer assisted the sheriff’s office with a cardeer accident in the area of Highway 212 and Falcon Avenue.
1:11 a.m. — A snowbird citation was issued in the area of
Seventh Street E and Baxter Avenue N.
6:49 a.m. — An officer responded to a juvenile issue on
Chestnut Street W.
9 p.m. — An officer secured
the helipad at the hospital.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25
1:45 a.m. — A snowbird citation was issued in the area of
Chandler Avenue N and 13th
Street E.
2:52 a.m. — An officer
checked on a vehicle running
with its lights on in the area of
Armstrong Avenue N and Ninth
Street E. The vehicle belonged to
an employee and everything was
fine.
8:57 a.m. — Officers assisted
Allina Ambulance with a medical
on Hennepin Avenue N. A  person was taken by ambulance to
the hospital.
11:08 a.m. — An officer responded to a report of a theft on
Ninth Street E.
1:16 p.m. — An officer responded to a report of a possible
violation of an order for protection
on 10th Street E.
3:40 p.m. — Officers picked up
a loose Black Lab on 12th Street
E and took it to the police station
kennel.
4:04 p.m. — Officers responded to a domestic on Knight Avenue N.
THURSDAY, JAN. 26
Two citations for violations of
the winter parking ordinance
were issued.
5:08 a.m. — An officer noticed
that the lights on a stop sign at
Highway 212 and Morningside
Drive were not working, and notified the department of transportation.
8:19 a.m. — An officer took
care of an abandoned vehicle on
Chandler Avenue N.
9:35 a.m. — An officer responded to a theft on 16th Street
E.
1:39 p.m. — Officers responded to a domestic on Newton Avenue.
2:44 p.m. — An officer responded to an unspecified accident in the area of 11th Street E
and Union Avenue N.
4:16 p.m. — An officer responded to a theft on 10th Street
E.
5:11 p.m. — An officer responded to a report of damage to
property on 16th Street.
8:24 p.m. — Officers assisted
the ambulance with a medical on
Fifth Street E. The patient was
transported to the hospital.
FRIDAY, JAN. 27
12:11 a.m. — A citation for
driving after suspension and a
verbal warning for speeding were
issued at a traffic stop in the area
of Highway 212 and Chandler Avenue N.
1:03 a.m. — A citation for a violation of the winter parking ordinance was issued in the 1300
block of Newton Avenue N.
1:29 a.m. — A citation was issued for failure to transfer a vehicle title, and verbal warnings
were given for a headlight, no
driver license in possession and
no proof of insurance, at a traffic
stop in the area of Hennepin Avenue N and 12th Street E.
4:21 p.m. — An officer responded to a reported theft on
10th Street E.
5:52 p.m. — An officer assisted
Allina Ambulance with a medical
on Prairie Avenue. A person who
had fallen was taken to the hospital.
8:44 p.m. — Citations for not a
drop, driving after suspension, no
proof of insurance and possession of drug paraphernalia were
issued at a traffic stop in the area
of Highway 212 and Morningside
Drive. A passenger was cited for
underage consumption.
11:52 p.m. — A driver was arrested for third-degree driving
while intoxicated and possession
of drug paraphernalia at a traffic
stop in the area of Chandler Avenue N and Eighth Street E.
SATURDAY, JAN. 28
Three citations were issued for
violations of the winter parking ordinance.
1:38 a.m. — Two citations for
possession of drug paraphernalia
and two verbal warnings for curfew violations were issued at a
traffic stop in the area of Highway
22 and Jade Avenue. The driver
also was warned for non-working
tail lights.
8:38 a.m. — An officer responded to a possible violation of
a court order and a child custody
issue on 10th Street E.
1:42 p.m. — Citations for no
proof of insurance and speeding,
and verbal warnings for stop sign
and illegal change of course violations, were issued at a traffic
stop in the area of Chandler Avenue N and Sixth Street E.
8:59 p.m. — A citation for
speeding was issued in the area
of 10th Street E and Owen Avenue N.
SUNDAY, JAN. 29
Four citations were issued for
violations of the winter parking ordinance.
1:30 a.m. — A driver was arrested for second-degree driving
while intoxicated, refusal to test
and a stop sign violation at a traffic stop in the area of Owen Avenue N and 10th Street E.
4:13 a.m. — Several officers
responded to a domestic on Baxter Avenue N.
12:17 p.m. — An officer assisted the ambulance with a medical
on Stevens Avenue N.
10:04 p.m. — A citation for
speeding was issued at a traffic
stop on Highway 212 between
Morningside Drive and Chandler
Avenue.
MONDAY, JAN. 30
2:22 p.m. — A complaint was
received people parked in the fire
department parking lot to watch
the demolition across the street.
They were asked to move along.
9:15 p.m. — A citation for
speeding was issued at a traffic
stop in the area of 10th Street E
and Union Avenue N. The vehicle
was clocked at traveling 44 mph
in a 30-mph area.
Dairy princess candidates sought
The McLeod County
American Dairy Association
is looking for young women
to promote the dairy industry.
The competition is for
high school graduates
through, but not yet 24 years
old, as of July 1, 2017. Candidates must be involved in
the dairy industry.
The banquet will be April 2
at the Glencoe City Center.
If interested, contact Peggy
Engelmann at 320-238-2341
or Kelsey Buss at 320-5830560 by Feb. 13.
66th Annual First Ev. Lutheran Men’s Club
Potato Pancake &
Sausage Dinner
Menu includes: Authentic German Potato Pancake Recipe
& regular pancakes, sausage, applesauce, cheese,
ice cream, coffee & milk.
ALL YOU CARE TO EAT
Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017
Serving from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the
First Ev. Lutheran Church Fellowship Center, Glencoe
Adults: $10, Ages 4-12: $5, 3 & under: Free
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TAKE OUT ORDERS AVAILABLE
Music by
Lyndon
Peterson
4-7 p.m.
37th Annual Knights of Columbus
Council No. 4842
FISH FRY
Pla-Mor Ballroom, Glencoe, MN
ALL
YOU CAN
EAT!
(Dine-In
Only)
Friday, Feb. 10, 2017
Serving from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. or until fish is gone
Take-outs served throughout the day inside and at our drive-thru.
Trailblazer board meeting cancelled
officers. Swanson said that
per the joint powers agreement, one representative from
each entity must be at the
meeting to conduct business.
WCAT is requesting to have a
workshop to mediate differ-
ences before it will come to a
board meeting. Swanson said
WCAT is leaving the board
with no choice but to wait for
the mediation workshop in
February.
Menu: Fish, cole slaw, scalloped potatoes, baked beans, milk, coffee, bread & butter.
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90 minutes $70.
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By Amy Newsom
Arlington Enterprise
At the regular Sibley County Board meeting Tuesday,
Jan. 24, Commissioner Jim
Swanson updated the group
on the continuing issues at
Trailblazer Transit.
Swanson said the Trailblazer Joint Powers Board meeting scheduled for Thursday,
Jan. 26, was canceled by
Chair Ron Shimanski because
Wright County Area Transportation (WCAT) told him
that it had other commitments.
Swanson said that WCAT
doesn’t want the Trailblazer
board to conduct business because WCAT is afraid that the
first order of business will be
to fire Executive Director
Gary Ludwig. Swanson said
that it isn’t on the agenda,
and that Sibley and McLeod
counties still wanted to meet.
Swanson also said that Shimanski is serving as the
chairperson of a board in
which he was not re-appointed. Shimanski feels that he is
chairperson of the board until
it has a meeting to elect new
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The cost of
deferred maintenance
Our view: Glencoe, other communities
now faced with playing, paying catch up
W
hen the economy
tanked in the years
2008-09, the brakes
went on most public facility and
infrastructure improvement projects.
It’s been close to a decade
since we went into a major recession — nearly an economic depression — and while the economy is starting to stir back to life,
we’re still feeling its ill effects.
Most notably, all of those
maintenance and improvement
projects that should have been,
but couldn’t have been, over a
decade ago are now jumping off
the back burner to the front burner. And they rearing their ugly
heads with hefty price tags.
Most recently, the city of Glencoe’s finance committee, which
consists of the city council, heard
that it will cost nearly $20 million for needed improvements to
its wastewater treatment plant.
As engineers from Short Elliott
Hendrickson (SEH) slid through
their PowerPoint display, the
needed repairs are obvious. The
photographs showed the obvious
deterioration of the wastewater
treatment facility.
And while the plant is still
complying with state and federal
standards and regulations, there
is no doubt that someday soon,
fixes will need to be made.
The project is just one of many
multi-million dollar “fixes” that
Glencoe needs to address. The
central storm sewer project has
come again to the forefront, as
well as continuing street and underground utility needs.
Lest the residents of Glencoe
feel that they are alone in this situation, take a look around at your
neighbors. The city of Brownton
is looking at $8.4 million in improvements, for everything from
its water tower to its streets and
utilities. While that figure pales
in comparison to some of the
price tags Glencoe faces, a city
of 800 souls is going to really
feel the pinch of over $8 million
in improvements.
The cities of Silver Lake and
Stewart are both chipping away
at fixing their streets and utilities,
having invested several million
in the past few years. The same
can be said for New Auburn.
The question is, how much can
any of these communities take on
financially before their citizens
find themselves back in the same
economic straits they were in 10
years ago?
It’s a delicate balancing act,
weighing what needs to be done
with how much we can afford.
Let’s hope our city officials and
their consultants can find that
right balance.
— L.C.
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Letters to the Editor
Despite differences, good work is being done
To the Editor:
In serving as your state senator, I
have learned that most Minnesotans
do not particularly care for partisan
politics, the nuances of legislative
processes, or who takes credit. Despite all the negative attention being
paid to national politics, I believe
good work reflective of our state’s
values is being done in St. Paul.
On Monday evening, Gov. Mark
Dayton called a joint session of the
state House and Senate for the purpose of giving his annual State of
the State address. Sitting governors
use this address as an opportunity to
talk about Minnesota’s well-being,
as well as to outline their legislative
agenda and policy initiatives. Despite significant disagreements with
Gov. Dayton’s policy agenda, I am
eager to work with him on the issues
that are most pressing to Minnesotans, such as reforming the
health insurance market, providing
significant tax relief, and ensuring
people have access to safe, reliable
means of transportation. As chair of
the Senate Transportation Finance
and Policy Committee, I am com-
mitted to listening to all ideas and
working with Gov. Dayton to craft a
transportation budget bill that invests money where it is needed:
roads, bridges, and infrastructure in
Greater Minnesota. I agree with
Gov. Dayton that we need a significant investment in transportation.
We simply disagree on how we
should pay for it; Gov. Dayton favors a gas tax increase, and I do not.
Rather, I believe we should use existing revenue to cover the costs of
this investment. In the weeks ahead,
we will be offering more specific
details of our proposal, so check
back often.
I am pleased to report that the
Senate has passed the final version
of the Republican-led Health Care
Emergency Aid and Access Act in a
bipartisan vote. The language is
slightly different than when I last
wrote; this is a result of a conference
committee working out differences
between the House and the Senate
versions. I expect the bill to be voted
on by the House and sent to Gov.
Dayton for his signature very soon.
This is good news for Minnesotans
who purchase their health insurance
on the individual market and have
been saddled with huge premium increases. This package offers a 25
percent premium reduction to customers on the individual market who
do not receive a federal subsidy and
who are not enrolled in Medical Assistance or MinnesotaCare. The bill
also encompasses most of the reform initiatives from the initial bill,
which is a great primer for more significant, long-term reform I hope
will come later this session.
Finally, my wife and I would like
to offer our sincere best wishes to
Gov. Dayton and his family during a
particularly difficult time, having
announced earlier this week that he
will undergo treatment for prostate
cancer. We may disagree politically,
but there is no question that Gov.
Dayton has been a faithful public
servant to our state for many years
and I hope you will join me in praying for effective treatment and a
swift recovery.
State Sen. Scott Newman
R-Hutchinson
Annual food shelf report: needs continue to grow
To the Editor:
The McLeod Emergency Food
Shelf completed its annual usage report for 2016 and the distribution of
food at the Glencoe and Hutchinson
sites totaled 537,366 pounds. The
number served was 5,101 individuals in McLeod County, or about 14.6
percent of the county population.
Again this year, the number of
people in the age group of 65 and
over showed the largest increase of
people using the food shelf, up 6
percent more than last year.
We hope that you will support the
food shelf generously with food and
money through out the year to help
us continue to feed the hungry. According to the Charities Review
Council, we use 96.7 percent of all
donations to provide food distribution to the hungry, while only 3.3
percent is used for administration.
And if you see any of our great
volunteers, please be sure to thank
them for their 7,597 volunteer hours
donated in 2016! Thank you for
your continued support of feeding
the hungry.
Lloyd Graupmann
Secretary of the McLeod
Emergency Food Shelf Board of
Directors
County trails committee to be appointed Feb. 7
To the Editor:
As McLeod County ramps up
county spending for trail development, it is important to ensure that
regular county residents be given a
chance for participation so that the
interests for the overall county are
considered. One avenue for greater
participation is to actually be a
member on the McLeod County
Trails Committee.
According to attendees at the
commissioner workshop on Friday,
Jan. 27, the commissioners agreed to
select 2017 members for the county
trail committee at their next board
meeting on Feb. 7.
This is a good time for volunteers
to express their wishes to be considered for membership on this com-
mittee ahead of this next meeting.
Those interested should email a letter of interest to Pat Melvin, the
county administrator at pat.melvin@
co.mcleod.mn.us as soon as possible
to be considered.
Jim Bobier
Acoma Township
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From the Stewart Tribune archives
History
100 Years Ago
From the Brownton Bulletin archives
Feb. 1, 1917
O.C. Conrad, Editor
The second meeting of the
farmers held at the city hall last
Friday developed into the organization to be known as the
Brownton Farmers Cooperative
Elevator Company. The meeting
was an enthusiastic one and the
cooperative spirit was very much
evident throughout. Elected as a
board of directors were Henry
Streich, Otto Schatz, H.A.
Braun, Fred Knick, Aug. Streich,
A.S. Holmes, James Pikal, R.J.
Zeidler and W.C. Hochsprung.
J.H. Zander informs the Bulletin that on Saturday of this
week, W.C. Hochsprung of
Round Grove purchased a half
interest in the Brownton Garage,
and the firm name in the future
will be Zander & Hochsprung.
The annual meeting of the
Brownton Cooperative Creamery
was held in this village on Tuesday afternoon. Although the day
was a bad one, about 75 were in
attendance. The following will
serve as offices of the association for the ensuring year: Henry
Streich, president; Nels P. Nelson, vice president; J.T. Mullin,
secretary; H. Engelsmeier, treasurer; and William Brandt,
Charles Reil, Otto Schatz, Fred
Knick and A.S. Holmes, board of
directors.
75 Years Ago
Jan. 29, 1942
Milton D. Hakel, Editor
Beneath an arch of evergreen
boughs before the altar of Im-
manuel Lutheran Church in
Brownton on Friday afternoon,
Miss LuElla Rennecke and Mr.
Stanley Dawson spoke their marital vows. The newlyweds will
be home to their friends at Stewart after Feb. 1, where Mr. Dawson is employed at Stewart Community Produce. The bride, who
has been operating a beauty shop
in New Ulm, will open such an
establishment at Stewart.
Miss Mathilda H. Novak,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe S.
Novak of Winthrop, became the
bride of Mr. Harry W. Schwarze,
son of Mrs. Augusta Schwarze of
Brownton, in a single-ring ceremony at Winthrop.
A quiet wedding was solemnized Monday afternoon, Jan.
26, at the Immanuel Luthern parsonage in Brownton when Miss
Mabel Spiering of Brownton became the bride of Mr. Melvin
Abraham of Gaylord. The bride
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Spiering and the groom is
the son of Mrs. John Abraham.
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham will be at
home to their friends on the Otto
Spiering farm, where they will
make their home.
50 Years Ago
Feb. 2, 1967
Charles H. Warner, Editor
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wagner announce the birth of a daughter,
Julie Rae, Jan. 26, at the Glencoe
hospital. She has a brother,
Mark.
Gustav Witte, proprietor of the
Witte Implement Company since
1931, announces the sale of the
business to his son, Orland. Gus
is retiring after 36 years in the
business.
The Pioneer Telephone Company has four to six men working in its new building, just north
of the Oddfellows building, installing new dialing equipment.
20 Years Ago
Jan. 29, 1997
Lori Copler, Editor
Jim Goebel of Hutchinson,
son of David and Janice Goebel
of Brownton, suffered a broken
leg in a snowmobile accident
near Airport Road, south of
Hutchinson, Friday morning.
Goebel and a friend, Jeff Shufelt,
were riding on separate snowmobiles when both sleds hit a culvert that was hidden by snow.
Shufelt had minor injuries, but
was able to walk for help. Late
Sunday afternoon, Brandon Karg
of Brownton, suffered minor injuries when his snowmobile
struck a field approach along
Highway 212, west of Brownton.
Grant Knutson of rural
Hutchinson feels like a rookie as
he returns to the McLeod County
Board of Commissioners after a
four-year absence. Knutson
served two four-year terms before being defeated by Eloi
Hamre in 1992. Knutson defeated Hamre in the 1996 general
election.
Feb. 4, 1987
Bill Ramige, Editor
Steven Edward Brown, 22, of
Waconia, was charged with two
counts of second-degree arson
and two counts of second-degree
burglary in connection with a
fire late Wednesday at Lano
Equipment, Inc., in Norwood.
Investigators from Carver County said several fires were set
throughout the building and storage shed. The damage is around
$400,000, said Dick Lano.
Glencoe High School’s oneact play, “Flowers for Algernon,”
received first place at the District
6 one-act play contest. Jon
Hilgers also was named the outstanding actor in the district.
20 Years Ago
Jan. 29, 1997
Rich Glennie, Editor
The Glencoe Area Chamber of
Commerce, at its annual ban-
quet, honored several new businesses and owners. Honored
were: Brian Grochow of the
Temple Cleaners, Deanna Malchow of Cozy Comfort, Mike
Popelka of My Own Kwik Lube,
Paul Wedin of Pam’s Hallmark,
John Middenddorf of John’s
Rolling Pin Bakery, Steve Fangmeier of Subway, Connie Oehler
of Tanfare Travel, Donita Harris
of 4-Star Video, Ben Cruz of
Mexico Quality, Sandra Schaitberger of Pine-N-Tiques and
Tom Reynolds of Triangle
Trucking. Also honored were
Helen Tupa, senior citizen of the
year, Chamber Volunteer of the
Year Mary Skolberg, and Businessperson of the Year, Tom
Hauer.
10 Years Ago
Feb. 7, 2007
Rich Glennie, Editor
Work on the city of Glencoe’s
second industrial park is expected to get started this year, but the
entry from Highway 212 isn’t
part of the current plans, according to City Administrator Mark
Larson. The plans call for extending 11th Street east from
Falcon Avenue near Pamida to
the end of the city property. The
access to the new industrial park
will be from Falcon Avenue to
11th Street. The plan is not to
plot the lots but to leave them as
large “outlots.”
The top priority of the city’s
comprehensive park plan is the
acquisition of 10 acres of land
and the construction of a 30-site
campground as part of Oak Leaf
Park. Additional long-range expansion plans include soccer and
softball fields.
It took 12 rounds for Dylan
Ruesgen, an eighth grader at
Lincoln Junior High School, to
be named the top speller at the
Glencoe-Silver Lake School District spelling bee.
From the Silver Lake Leader archives
75 Years Ago
Jan. 31, 1942
Delbert Merrill, Publisher
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert
Merrill of Silver Lake, on Sunday, Jan. 25, 1942, a girl; and to
Mr. and Mrs. George Lhotka of
Rich Valley, a son, George
Henry, on Thursday, Jan. 22,
1942.
Officers of Silver Lake Lodge
No. 119 Z.C.B.J. for 1942 are:
J.J. Matuska, president; Jos. Svihel, past president; Anna Klima,
vice president; John A. Jerabek,
financial secretary; Albin E. Svihel, recording secretary; Stanley
Pokorny, treasurer; Josie Vasek,
escort; Frances Mikesh, inside
watch; Adolph Klima, outside
watch; and Henry Wanous,
trustee.
The Royal Neighbor Lodge
held its installation on Tuesday
of this week. The following officers were installed: Alice Vorlicek, oracle; Emma Streachek,
past oracle; Ruby Plihal, vice oracle; Sophia Konerza, recorder;
Mary Penaz, receiver; Anna
Miska; marshal; Albina Monroe,
assistant marshal; Josephine
Konerza, inner sentinel;
Josephine Konerza, outer sentinel; Helen Friauf, manager; and
Mildred Plihal, musician.
50 Years Ago
Jan. 26, 1967
Wilbert Merrill, Publisher
Mrs. Anna Miska, beloved
wife of Emil Miska and fond
mother of five children, died at
the Glencoe Haven Nursing
Home in Glencoe Jan. 3, 1967,
at the age of 93 years, 11 months
and 17 days.
Sgt. Glenn Pilarski, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Phil Pilarski, received
an honorable discharge from the
Army before Christmas and is
now attending St. Cloud State
College.
Mr. Joseph B. Dostal is now
residing at Burns Manor in
Hutchinson, where he was admitted Monday.
25 Years Ago
Jan. 30, 1992
Ken and Dorothy Merrill,
Publishers
Plans continue to move forward for the Church of St. Adalbert and the Church of St. Joseph
to merge and become one parish.
The parishioners are now in the
process of selecting a new name
for the parish. Every parishioner
was invited to suggest a name,
and the parish council has pared
the list down to 10 names. The
entire parish narrowed the list of
10 down to three. The final vote
will be taken at the Feb. 1 and
Feb. 2 Masses. The final choices
are Holy Family, All Saints and
St. Stephen.
Effective Jan. 1, 1992, Heartland Realty and Insurance joined
with Jilek Insurance Agency.
Jan. 29, 1942
Harry Koeppen, Editor
Gordon H. Fleisch, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Herb Fleisch, has just
been transferred from Stamfort,
Texas, to Goodfellow Field at
San Angelo. Gordon will now
prepare to take his place in
Uncle Sam’s Air Corps.
Two of the community’s popular young people were married
50 Years Ago
Feb. 2, 1967
Kermit T. Hubin, Editor
A baby boy was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Maiers (Phyllis
Thomas) Jan. 17 at the Glencoe
hospital. He was named Donald
Ray. The Maierses now have
four sons and one daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Hahn
(Judy Podratz) of rural Stewart
are the proud parents of a daughter, Susan Annette, born Friday,
Jan. 27, at the Gaylord Hospital.
In a business transaction that
took place Feb. 1, Dave Pichotta,
well-known farmer and turkey
raiser, bought Klika Hatchery
and Feeds. Gordon Klika has operated the feed mill and hatchery
for the past seven years, but ill
health forced him to reduce his
workload. The business will now
be operated under the name
“Dave’s Farm Service.”
35 Years Ago
Feb. 4, 1982
Douglas G. Seitz, Editor
Lloyd Smith, rural Stewart, is
awaiting sentencing after being
found guilty of false imprisonment and assault in the fourth
degree. He was charged in connection with the seizing of a 10year-old Stewart boy last summer.
The McLeod County Sheriff’s
Department is seeking information in the Jan. 3, 1982, fire that
destroyed an abandoned farm
house owned by Lyle Lochner,
located south of Stewart in
Round Grove Township. The
sheriff’s department is offering a
reward for information leading
to the conviction of the person
responsible for the fire.
Greg and Bernadette (Kalenberg) Markgraf of Buffalo Lake
announce the birth of a baby girl,
Amanda Jean, on Jan. 16. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Kalenberg of Stewart and Mr.
and Mrs. David Markgraf of
Buffalo Lake.
It’s the weight that really counts
From the Chronicle archives
30 Years Ago
75 Years Ago
Bonnie Nowak and Ron
Schmidt were united in marriage
Saturday, Nov. 2, 1991, at our
Savior ’s Lutheran Church in
Hutchinson. Parents of the couple are Patrick and Shirley
Nowak of Silver Lake and Stanley and Marlys Schmidt of
Hutchinson.
I collect coins. No, I’m not
a coin collector, but one who
empties his pocket each night
and dumps the loose change
in a large container. When the
container is full, I run to my
bank and cash them in. Call it
mad money.
That was until recently
when I went to the bank and
cashed in the coins. Now I’m
just mad.
I went to the bank with a
sack full of coins. I counted
out the quarters, dimes and
nickels, which came up to
over $80. I didn’t bother to
count the hundreds of pennies, but I had a good idea of
what the bag contained.
But when I cashed them in
and the teller ran the coins
through their sorting/counting
machine, she came back with
total of $79 plus change. That
was less than I expected, but I
wrote it off as an error in
counting on my part.
I wouldn’t have said anything except a day later my
son brought in his container
of loose change. He counted
$216. He counted it twice,
and then had his mother
count it twice as well. It came
up to $216.
But when he cashed in the
coins, it came out to $202
plus change. That was off by
over $13! How can that happen? He asked them about the
difference and was told it
counted $202. A recount was
out of the question, apparently.
Rich Glennie
I stewed about the issue for
several days and then finally
went to the bank to question
their counting ability or,
specifically, their machine’s
ability to count.
First, I asked if they
charged us a fee to cash in the
coins.
Nope.
Is the counting machine
calibrated or checked for accuracy?
Not really.
It seems the machine is not
designed to actually count
each penny, rather it estimates based on weight. Each
coin has a different weight.
The coins are bagged and
then weighed before sent to
the feds. The feds pay based
on what the bag weighs, so I
was told.
So, you really don’t count
the coins?
Apparently not, therefore
your actual count really doesn’t count (pardon the pun)
when cashing in your coins.
Weigh it instead.
In my attempts to reason
with the tellers, I asked if it
would be better to roll the
coins myself before I bring
them in? I was told I could,
but the tellers would have to
rip open the rolls to put them
in the counting machine.
Oh, my! That seemed a tad
counterproductive in my
mind. I suspect my stunned
stare may have given me
away.
Then I asked if the bank
still has the policy of ensuring all its tills add up to the
penny before they can leave
for the day. I was told that
was still the policy.
Which brings me to this
point: If you paid me $79
from your till and my coins
were worth more than that,
how does that balance your
till? Or in my son’s case, how
do you account for that lost
$13?
No answer.
My son has had an aversion
to banks for many years. This
episode did nothing to relieve
that suspicion. I’m beginning
to see his point.
So what do you do with all
that loose change?
Maybe it’s better to pay
your bills in coins and let
someone else battle the banks
over their estimating ways.
Rich Glennie was the editor of The Chronicle for 23
years. He retired Aug. 1,
2014, but still plans to submit an occasional column.
10 Years Ago
Feb. 1, 2007
Ken and Dorothy Merrill,
Publishers
Friends and neighbors of
Grace Bible Church in Silver
Lake invite the public to attend
its new addition celebration Sunday, Feb. 11, for its new 34-foot
by 80-foot structure.
Brian and Tiffany Mikolichek
announce the birth of their son,
Hudson Joseph, who was born
Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007, at
Ridgeview Medical Center, Waconia. Grandparents are Harvey
and Connie Mikolichek of Silver
Lake, Maureen Wild and Jos. Ullian of Guilford, Connecticut,
and John Wild of Taylor Falls.
Fred and Jessica (Fogarty) Anderson of Hutchinson announce
the birth of their daughter, Cadence Lee, on Saturday, Jan. 27,
at Glencoe Regional Health
Services. Grandparents are Pat
and Brenda Fogarty of Silver
Lake and Fritjof and Mary Engebretson of Milan.
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the corn judging contest held at
the Norwood-Young America
school Saturday afternoon, Jan.
20, with seven teams competing.
The local team members were
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Hoyt and Leslie Grunnet.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. L.S.
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Another snowstorm to be remembered pounced upon us
Tuesday afternoon. It continued
until Wednesday evening, when
the mercury dropped from about
zero to 30 below, and then it kept
on storming and is still going it
today. Trains were delayed many
hours and Wednesday evening’s
train was abandoned altogether.
The trains that did run were
hauled by two giant locomotives.
at the Immanuel Lutheran
Church in Brownton Friday afternoon when Miss LuElla Rennecke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Rennecke of Brownton, became the bride of Stanley H.
Dawson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Dawson. The newlyweds
have an apartment above the
drugstore and will be at home
there after Feb. 1. Mrs. Dawson
is planning to open a beauty parlor. “Buster” is employed at the
Community Produce Store here.
Steve and Jack Kalenberg,
Ralph Larson, Ernest and Ewald
Kietzman, Don Olson, Frank
Rosenow and Tom Koeppen
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GRHS emergency department receives
LUCAS 2 CPR device through grant
The Glencoe Regional
Health Services (GRHS)
emergency department recently received a physio-control LUCAS 2 mechanical
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) device through a
grant administered by the
Minnesota Department of
Health (MDH) Office of
Rural Health and Primary
Care.
With funding from the
Leona M. and Harry B.
Helmsley Charitable Trust,
MDH provided the LUCAS 2
device to all the rural Minnesota hospitals and ambulances services that previously did not have one. The grant
also provided training for
staff at GRHS and other rural
hospitals to use the device to
deliver life-saving treatment
to patients who are suffering
from sudden cardiac arrest.
LUCAS 2 is an automated
chest compression device that
enables medical personnel to
perform hands-free, consistent and uninterrupted CPR
while attending to the patient’s other needs during a
sudden cardiac arrest. For example, an automated external
defibrillator (AED) may be
used to deliver a shock to the
heart to re-establish a normal
heart rhythm. The LUCAS 2
device can be used in conjunction with an AED.
According to Mitch
Palmer, medical doctor and
medical director of the GRHS
emergency department, research data suggests that mechanical CPR is more effective than manual CPR. For
example, the LUCAS 2 device compresses the chest as
in manual CPR, but it also
performs “active decompression,” which manual CPR
does not.
“Manual CPR is physically
demanding. When the person
performing it gets fatigued,
it’s hard to maintain a consistent quality in the chest compressions. It can help for
Submitted photo
Mitch Palmer, MD, medical director of the GRHS
emergency department, holds the new LUCAS 2 mechanical CPR device that GRHS recently received
through a grant from the Minnesota Department of
Health.
someone else to take over the
compressions, but then the
CPR will be interrupted momentarily,” said Dr. Palmer.
“The LUCAS 2 device uses a
computer to control the
depth, force and rate of compressions and it never gets
tired.”
Sudden cardiac arrest is not
the same as a heart attack. In
a heart attack, part of the
heart’s blood supply is
blocked, causing damage or
death to the heart muscle. A
heart attack victim is awake
and will complain of symptoms, which usually include
chest pain. In a sudden cardiac arrest, the heart’s mechanical activity stops suddenly. When this occurs,
blood immediately stops
flowing to the brain, heart
and other organs and the person collapses. A sudden cardiac arrest victim will be unconscious and have no pulse.
Without immediate intervention, the victim will die within minutes.
A heart attack can lead to a
sudden cardiac arrest, but
there are other causes including genetic conditions and
disorders that cause thickening in the heart muscle, problems with the heart’s electrical system and problems with
heart valves. Recreational
drug use, electrocution and a
disruption in heart rhythm
due to a sudden blow to the
chest are also identified causes of sudden cardiac arrest.
The Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Foundation reports that
326,200 Americans of all
ages have a cardiac arrest
outside of a hospital each
year and nine out of 10 of
these victims die.
Minnesota’s Commissioner
of Health, Edward Ehlinger,
medical doctor, said the
Helmsley Charitable Trust
grant is helping MDH meet
its goal of ensuring access to
quality care for all Minnesotans.
“We hope to improve cardiac arrest survival rates by
installing these devices in
every ambulance service and
hospital emergency room in
the state,” he said. Until the
grant, MDH estimated that 80
percent of ambulance services and hospitals in Greater
Minnesota did not have access to a LUCAS 2 mechanical CPR device.
To view a video of the
LUCAS 2 device in action,
visit grhsonline.org/mechani
cal-cpr.
People
Daughter born to Sale family
Kaitlynn and Tyler Sale of Glencoe announce the arrival of a daughter, Evangeline Rose Sale, born Jan. 19,
2017, at Glencoe Regional Health Services. Evangeline
weighed 10 pounds, 2 ounces, and was 211⁄2 inches long
at birth. Grandparents are Steve and Kelly Sale of
Howard Lake, Jill Ellingson of Rockford and Brandon
Littrell of Sand Point, Idaho.
Popelka, Worm on dean’s list
Emily Popelka of Glencoe and Heather Worm of Silver
Lake were named to the fall 2016 dean’s list at The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth.
Becker on Bemidji dean’s list
Lindsey Becker of Glencoe was named to the fall 2016
dean’s list at Bemidji State University. Students must attain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher to be named to
the dean’s list.
Daughter born to Oddens
Joshua and Inga Odden of Glencoe announce the birth
of a daughter, Piper Joy Odden, who arrived Jan. 20,
2017, at Glencoe Regional Health Services. Piper
weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces, and was 20 inches long at
birth. She joins a brother, Riley, 4. Grandparents are
Scott and Jean Odden and Dean Martinson, all of Staples.
Area students on Duluth list
Several students from the area were named to the University of Minnesota Duluth fall semester 2016 dean’s
list. Included are: Emily Muetzel, Brownton; Kaitlyn
Boesche, Mark Broderius, Adam Eberhard, Ryley Oliver
and Chandler Swift, all of Glencoe; Mitchell Pinske,
Plato; and Michael Coughlin and Jacob Wawrzyniak,
both of Silver Lake. To be named to the list, students
must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.
About GRHS
Glencoe Regional Health
Services was founded in
1941. It includes a primarycare clinic, 25-bed critical access hospital, a 110-bed nursing home and a 40-unit independent senior housing complex in Glencoe, and outpatient clinics in Lester Prairie
and Stewart. For more information, visit grhsonline.org.
Weather Corner
By Jake Yurek
After a very warm start to 2017 we’ll finally dip below
average, with highs in the teens and lower 20s as we
close out the week. The good news is it won’t be too bad
with highs only being 5 to 10 degrees below average.
Most of the cold air remains bottled up in the northern
reaches of Canada so, hopefully, they can hang onto it for
a couple more months. Lows will dip into the single digits toward the end of the week, so any wind we do get
will make things feel a tad worse.
In terms of snowfall, there’s only one storm to mention
and it’ll move into the area sometime Saturday into Saturday night. Right now, it doesn’t have a ton of moisture
to work with, but whomever gets the snow could be in
line for a few inches, so it’ll be something to watch (as I
write this Monday the main snow band is setting up fairly close to our neighborhood).
Behind the system things will cool off slightly again
Sunday and even more so next Monday. The good news,
once again, is the cold will be short-lived as temperatures
inch back in the right direction by mid-week.
Have a great first week of February, everyone!
Ma dobry weekendem
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Wylie to perform in Glencoe
Singer, songwriter, rancher, horseman and world-famous Yahoo! Yodeler Wylie Gustafson will perform
Thursday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m., at the Glencoe City Center Auditorium under the auspices of the Glencoe
Concert Association. Wylie and the Wild West have
delighted audiences of all ages around the world with
their unique brand of good-time cowboy music.
Among thousands of appearances, Wylie and his
band have performed at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln
Center, on A Prairie Home Companion, the Grand Ole
Opry and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Gustafson
is a real-life cowboy from a ranching family in northern Montana. He and his family were featured in the
2013 Super Bowl commercial “God Made a Farmer.”
A limited number of single tickets are available at the
door. For further information about this show, call
Darlene Dammann at 320-864-3424.
Submitted photo
Rock, paper, scissors champ
Eighth-grader Breann Goff is this year’s rock, paper,
scissors champion at First Evangelical Lutheran
School in Glencoe. This 10th annual competition,
held during National Lutheran Schools Week, was
one of the many fun activities and “dress-up” days
that students participated in last week.
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Wednesday night — Lows 5-10; clear.
Thursday — Highs 14-20, lows 3-9, mostly clear.
Friday — Highs 16-23, lows 3-9; clear.
Saturday — Highs 20-28, lows 13-19; clouds, with
snow possible later.
Sunday — Highs 16-24, partly cloudy, snow showers
early.
Weather Quiz: I was recently asked again, why don’t
the most precipitation and most snowfall for monthly extremes match up on any given month (for example below,
the most precipitation occurred on a different date than
the most snowfall)?
Answer to last week’s question (What are some of February’s weather extremes?): Highest temperature, 63 degrees, Feb. 15, 1921; lowest temperature, -33 degrees ,
Feb. 9, 1899; most precipitation 1.13 inches, Feb. 22,
1922; and most snowfall 11.8 inches, Feb. 20, 2011.
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Mon., Feb. 6 — Tops Weigh-In mtg., 5-5:30 p.m.;
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Leo Joseph Osmek, 86, rural Glencoe
Obituaries
Robert L. Hatlestad, 88, of Glencoe
Robert Lewis Hatlestad,
88, of Glencoe, died Sunday,
Jan. 22, 2017, at Glencoe Regional Health Care Long
Term Care.
Funeral
services
were held
T h u r s d a y,
Jan. 26, at
First Congregational
U n i t e d
Church of
Christ in
G l e n c o e Robert
with
the Hatlestad
Rev. Michael Fritz officiating. Lon Roach was the organist. Special music by
Roger and Linda Landon was
“In the Garden.” Congregational hymns were “How
Great Thou Art” and “Amazing Grace.”
Military honors were by
Glencoe VFW Post 5102 and
Glencoe American Legion
Post 95.
Casket bearers were Jason
Hatlestad, Aaron Hatlestad,
Rory Sanders, Ozzie Chapman, Carl Iliff, Al Robeck,
Earl Dammann and John
Rivers.
Interment was in the Glencoe City Cemetery.
Robert Lewis Hatlestad
was born May 9, 1928, in
Olivia, the son of Lewis and
Gladys (Boggess) Hatlestad.
He was baptized and confirmed in his faith in Olivia.
He was educated in Olivia
and graduated with the Olivia
High School class of 1946.
Upon graduating, he enlisted
in the U.S. Navy on June 24,
1946, and served his country
on the USS Midway, the
biggest aircraft carrier of the
time, as an aviation airman
aerographer’s mate. He received an honorable discharge on May 3, 1948, in
Norfolk, Virginia. He furthered his education by attending Macalester College in
St. Paul, then transferred to
Mankato State University, received a Bachelor of Science
degree. Later he attained a
master ’s degree, also at
Mankato State.
On June 7, 1953, Mr.
Hatlestad was united in marriage to Marion Sanders at
the English Lutheran Church
in Faribault. They made their
home in Westbrook and, in
1956, moved to Glencoe.
Their marriage was blessed
with four children, Robert,
Jay, Stephanie and David.
The couple shared over 53
years of marriage before Marion Hatlestad died on Oct. 1,
2006. On July 26, 2009, he
was united in marriage to Delores (Birkholz) Gustafson in
Minnetonka. The couple
shared over seven years of
marriage, and enjoyed living
in both Glencoe and Colorado Springs.
Mr. Hatlestad was a teacher
at Glencoe High School and
taught industrial arts from
1956 to 1986. He also
worked part time and summers at Glencoe Manufacturing and, toward the end of his
teaching career, he saw a
need for a locksmith in the
community and started his
own locksmith business,
which he continued after retiring from teaching. He was
a member of First Congregational United Church of
Christ. He also was a member
of the Masons, the Shriners,
many teaching organizations,
Glencoe VFW Post 5101 and
Glencoe American Legion
Post 95.
Mr. Hatlestad was hardworking and supportive. He
enjoyed genealogy, flower
gardening, watching the
birds, taking family vacations
up north, reading (his favorite
subject being World War II)
and crossword puzzles. He
had every gadget under the
sun, whether it worked or not,
and would often be caught
humming. He was a night
owl who was always smiling,
unless a despised squirrel
caught his attention. He cherished the time spent with
family and friends.
He is survived by his wife,
Delores Gustafson of Glencoe; children, Robert
Hatlestad Jr. of Alexandria,
Jay (Cindy) Hatlestad of Plymouth, Stephanie Hatlestad
(husband Mark Molzen) of
Minnetonka and David
(Aimee) Hatlestad of St.
Louis Park; grandchildren,
Julie Hatlestad, Jason (Becca)
Hatlestad, Macy Hatlestad,
Jaya Hatlestad, Ava Molzen,
Elise Hatlestad and Aaron
Hatlestad; great-granddaughter, Blakely Hatlestad; stepdaughters, Carol (Jim) Hetrick of Coventry, Connecticut, and Gail Gustafson (husband Jeff Bickford) of Colorado Springs, Colorado;
stepson,
Keith
(Deb)
Gustafson of Lake Arrowhead, Georgia; brother-inlaw, Ray (Mary-Ann)
Sanders of Faribault; nieces,
nephews, other relatives and
many friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Lewis and
Gladys Hatlestad; first wife,
Marion Hatlestad; and brother-in-law and his wife, Paul
and Pearl Sanders.
Arrangements were with
the Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Joseph Harold Radoush, 89, Brainerd
Joseph Harold Radoush,
89, of Brainerd, formerly of
Silver Lake and St. Michael,
died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017,
at Bethany Good Samaritan
Village in Brainerd.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, Jan. 31, at Faith
Presbyterian Church in Silver
Lake with the Rev. Carol
Chmielewski officiating. Interment was in the Faith Presbyterian Cemetery.
Joseph Harold Radoush
was born Nov. 29, 1927, in
Hale Township, McLeod
County, the son of Joseph and
Anna (Schiller) Radoush. He
attended School District 69
and graduated from Hutchin-
son High School in 1946.
He worked farming, and
went to Minneapolis and
stayed with his Aunt Helen,
and got a job as a shear operator for CECO Steel, where
he worked over 20 years.
In 1975, Joseph H.
Radoush and Thelma Odren
were joined in marriage.
They resided in St. Michael.
Later in life, Mr. Radoush
enjoyed bingo and playing
500 with family.
He is survived by his
daughters, Kim (Jack) Graf,
Lori Radoush and Jodi
Radoush;
stepdaughter,
Elaine
(Gary) Forbord;
grandchildren, Krystal Graf
and Todd Meyer; brothers,
Roger Radoush, Donald
Radoush and Wallace
Radoush; sisters, Marlyce
(Elroy) Lenzen and Rosemary Radoush; other relatives
and friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Joseph and
Anna Radoush; and sisters
and brothers, Alice Radoush,
Joan Grant, Robert Radoush
Sr. and Harold Radoush.
The Maresh Funeral Home
in Silver Lake served the
family. Online condolences
may be made at www.maresh
funeralhome.com.
Leo Joseph Osmek, 86, of
rural Glencoe, died Friday,
Jan. 27, 2017, at Abbott
Northwestern Hospital in
Minneapolis.
A Mass of Christian Burial
will be held Friday, Feb. 3, at
11 a.m., at Holy Catholic
Church in Silver Lake with
the Rev. Paul Schumacher as
the celebrant. Interment will
follow in the Holy Family
Cemetery.
Casket bearers will be Gary
Rathmanner, Mike Rathmanner, Ricky Rose, Travis Rose,
Brian Wendlandt and Justin
Wendlandt.
Visitation will be Thursday,
Feb. 2, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m,
at the Maresh Funeral Home
in Silver Lake, with the
rosary at 7 p.m. and a prayer
service at 7:30 p.m. Visitation
will continue Friday, Feb. 3,
from 9:30 a.m to 10:30 a.m.,
at the funeral home.
Leo Osmek was born May
17, 1930, in Glencoe, the son
of Joseph and Anna (Boushka) Osmek.
On Dec. 28, 1963, Leo J.
Osmek and Claire A. Stoffel
were joined in holy marriage
at St. Andrew Catholic
Church in St. Paul. God
blessed their marriage with
two sons.
Mr. Osmek engaged in
farming for many years and
lived his entire life within 11⁄2
miles of the family homestead. He also was formerly
employed as an iron worker
for Glencoe Manufacturing
and later for Hutchinson
Manufacturing.
He enjoyed fishing, gardening, watching NASCAR
and listening to polka music
on the radio. He loved going
to the cabin, repainting his
Erven David Lorence, 89, of Glencoe
Erven David Lorence, 89,
of Glencoe, died Wednesday,
Jan. 18, 2017, at his home.
A Mass
of Christian
Burial was
held Friday,
Jan. 27, at
Church of
St. Pius X
in Glencoe
with
the
Rev. Ant h o n y Erven
Stubeda of- Lorence
ficiating. Jim Lorence was
the reader. Sue Mielke the organist. Kevin and Teresa
Kuester were the song leaders
and performed “Amazing
Grace.” Musical selections
were “Here I Am, Lord,”
“Servant Song,” “One Bread,
One Body,” “Song of
Farewell” and “How Great
Thou Art.”
Honorary casket bearers
were Krystal Lorence, Jenna
Lorence, Kelti Lorence and
Anna Lorence. Casket bearers were Kirk Nelson, Mike
Lorence, Justin Lorence,
Joshua Lorence, Kyle Konin
and Chris Konin.
Interment was in the Glencoe Catholic Cemetery.
Erven David Lorence was
born Aug. 23, 1927, in Glencoe, the son of John and
Josephine (Dvorak) Lorence.
He was baptized as an infant
on Sept. 4, 1927, by the Rev.
W.J. Skluzacek, and was confirmed in his Catholic faith as
a youth on Oct. 22, 1939, by
the Rev. John Murray, both at
St. Joseph Catholic Church in
Silver Lake. He received his
first communion on May 21,
1939, by the Rev. Joseph
Bouska at St. Joseph Catholic
Church in Silver Lake. He received his education at St.
Joseph Catholic School in
Silver Lake, and graduated
from Silver Lake High
School in 1945. He entered
active military service in the
U.S. Army on Nov. 27, 1945,
and served his country during
World War II. He received an
honorable discharge on Dec.
13, 1946, at Westover Field
in Massachusetts with the
rank of corporal.
On April 21, 1949, he was
united in marriage to Lucille
“Lucy” Huhn by the Rev.
Byrne at St. Anastasia
Catholic Church in Hutchinson. They made their home
on a farm near Glencoe, moving there in 1954. He often
stated that he never wanted to
leave his farm, and he never
did. Their marriage was
blessed with five children,
Karen, Dave, Brian, Jim and
Gina. The couple shared over
67 years of marriage.
Mr. Lorence was a farmer
who loved his land and was
happiest when he was on his
tractor. He also worked hauling milk in his earliest years,
and then he worked at Green
Giant and Glencoe Manufacturing. He was always fixing
something — sometimes for
himself, but often for others.
He prided himself in that if
he took anything apart, he
could always get it back together again. He was quick to
help anyone who needed a
hand.
Mr. Lorence enjoyed playing cards, polka dancing and
visiting with family, neighbors and friends. He loved
spending time with his children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren, traveling
across the country to visit
them and watch their activities.
He was an active member
of the Church of St. Pius X in
Glencoe, serving as a reader,
usher and even singing in the
choir for a short time. He was
a member of the Knights of
Columbus since 1948.
He is survived by his wife,
Lucille “Lucy” Lorence of
Glencoe; children and their
spouses, Karen and Mark
Nelson of Hettinger, North
Dakota, Dave and Sue
Lorence of Lowry, Brian and
Patti Lorence of Hudson,
Wisconsin, Jim and Debbie
Lorence of Glennallen,
Arkansas, and Gina and Jeff
United Way now accepting
applications for funding
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First Lutheran School geographic bee
First Lutheran School in Glencoe hosted its annual National Geographic Bee
Tuesday, Jan. 24. The three finalists
were, from left to right, Grace Lietzau,
third; Elise Betcher, second; and sixthgrader Alaina Voss, first. Ten classroom winners from grades four through
eight participated in the bee. Alaina
Voss will now take a test to see if she
qualifies for the state bee. Winners
from the state bee go on to compete at
the national level for a $50,000 scholarship.
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tractors and older car, traveling, and taking care of his
farm cats.
He is survived by his wife,
Claire; sons, state Sen. David
(Kari) Osmek of Mound and
John Osmek of St. Cloud;
three grandchildren, Christine
and Samantha and Joseph;
other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Joseph and
Anna Osmek; sisters, Mary
Lamp and Dorothy Rathmanner; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Joseph F. and
Genevieve Stoffel; brotherin-law, Dr. R.C. Stoffel; and
aunts, uncles, nieces and
nephews.
The Maresh Funeral Home
in Silver Lake served the
family. Online condolences
may be made at www.maresh
funeralhome.com.
United Way of McLeod
County (UWMC) Board
President Ron Johnson recently announced that the
2017 Community Investment
Grant application and contracts for non-profit 501c3 organizations became available
Monday, Jan. 30.
To request an electronic
version of the 2017 UWMC
Community Investment Grant
application and contract, contact unitedw@hutchtel.net.
Additionally, the application
and contract will be available
by visiting www.unitedway
mcleodcounty.org. Agencies
without access to email or the
internet may pick up a copy
of the application during regular business hours, Monday
through Friday between 8
a.m. and 5 p.m., at the
UWMC office located at 218
Main St. S, Suite 124,
Hutchinson (Hope Center).
All agency Community Investment Grant applications
and contracts are to be completed and either delivered or
mailed back to the UWMC
(218 Main St. S, Suite 124,
PO Box 504, Hutchinson,
MN 55350) no later than Friday, Feb. 24. Applications received after that date won’t
be considered for 2017 funding. The 2017 UWMC Community Investment Review
takes place at the Hutchinson
Middle School on Thursday,
March 23. Agencies considered for 2017 funding will receive an electronic invitation
to the event.
The UWMC supports programs in the areas of education, income and health.
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Konin of West Kingston,
Rhode Island; grandchildren,
Kirk (Charity) Nelson, Mike
(Anna) Lorence,
Justin
(Cassie) Lorence, Krystal
Lorence (Kyle Jepson), Jenna
Lorence, Kelti Lorence,
Joshua (Whitney Burcham)
Lorence, Kyle Konin, Chris
Konin and Anna Lorence;
great-grandchildren, Selah
Nelson, Will Lorence, Gwen
Lorence, Bronson Lorence
and Blakely Lorence; sister,
Lillian Taylor; as well as
many nieces, nephews, other
relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, John and
Josephine Lorence; grandson,
Bob Lorence; sisters and their
husbands, Alice and Everett
Stein, Angie and Harry
Olson, Marge and Bob Whalton and Grace and Harry
Burich; and brother-in-law,
Duane Taylor.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be given to Church
of St. Pius X in Glencoe, St.
Jude’s Children’s Research
Hospital, or Disabled American Veterans.
Arrangements were with
the Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
In Loving
Memory of
Helen
Stark
Oct. 6, 1923 –
Feb. 2, 2014
Mother
When tomorrow starts without me
and I’m not there to see,
if the sun should rise and find your
eyes all filled with tears for me;
I wish so much you wouldn’t cry
the way you did today,
While thinking of the many things,
we didn’t get to say.
I know how much you love me,
as much as I love you,
and each time that you think of me,
I know you’ll miss me too;
but when tomorrow starts without
me, please try to understand,
That an angel came and called my
name, and took me by the hand,
and said my place was ready in
heaven far above, and that I’d have
to leave behind, all those I dearly
love. But as I turned to walk away, a
tear fell from my eye, for all my life,
I’d always thought I didn’t want to
die. I had so much to live for, so
much left yet to do, it seemed almost
impossible, that I was leaving you.
I thought of you all the yesterdays,
the good ones and the bad,
I thought of all the love we shared,
and all the fun we had.
If I could re-live yesterday, just even
for a while, I’d say good-bye and
kiss you and maybe see you smile.
But then I fully realized, that this
could never be, for emptiness and
memories, would take the place of
me. And when I thought of worldly
things, I might miss come tomorrow,
I thought of you and when I did, my
heart was filled with sorrow.
But when I walked through heaven’s
gates, I felt so much at home.
When God looked down and smiled
at me, from His great golden throne,
He said, “This is eternity, and all
I’ve promised you.” Today your life
on earth is past, but here life starts
anew. I promise no tomorrow, but
today will always last, and since
each day’s the same way there’s no
longing for the past. You have been
so faithful, so trusting and so true.
Though there were times you did
some things you knew you shouldn’t
do. But you have been forgiven and
now at last you’re free.
So won’t you come and take my
hand and share my life with me.
So when tomorrow starts without
me, don’t think we’re far apart,
for every time you think of me,
I’m right here, in your heart.
Sadly missed by,
David Stark,
many relatives & friends
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3rd-grade Panther Pride honorees
Dahlke and Sam Brown; and, back row,
Hunter Arredondo, Keegan Holcomb,
Ezra Roskamp, Harmony Pekarna, Saul
Torres, Kailee Ittel and Dominic Schiroo.
4th-grade Panther Pride awards
Holzheu, Hailey Hanson, Savannah
Bonderman, Analisa Clouse and Hailey
Nemec; and, back row, Andre Saldana,
Jaileen Alvarado, Leo Reyes, Anthony
Witte, Dustin Miller, Eduardo Hernandez and Bailey Brelje.
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5th-grade Panther Pride awards
Glencoe-Silver Lake’s Lakeside Elementary presented its January Panther
Pride awards at a recent all-school
meeting. Fifth-grade recipients include,
front row from left, River Hansch, Andrew Bonde, Claire Verdeck, Trace
Fehrenbach, Katie Twiss, Charles
Urban, Jared Lokensgard and Megan
Fehrenbach; and, back row, Jake
Vasek, Brett Baumgarten, Austin
Pinske, Maggie Petersen, Jack Gepson
and Cole Janke.
GSL Knowledge Bowl teams
compete in Elk River meet
Submitted photo
Glencoe-Silver Lake’s Lakeside Elementary presented its January Panther
Pride awards at a recent all-school
meeting. Fourth-grade recipients include, front row from left, Neveah Kohout and Avril Kosek; middle row, Mariah Gutknecht, Brenden Miguel-
Glencoe-Silver Lake Knowledge Bowl
competitors at Elk River included, front
row from left, Nathan Fehrenbach, Carlee Oberlin, Abby Gronlund, Lexi
Fronk, Jacob Reichow and Laura
Popelka; second row, Coach Vicky Harris, Haley Lukes, Kalie Butcher, Jake
Otto, Travis Lueck, Faith Pautsch and
Nubia Medina; and, back row, Michael
Schrupp, Marissa Brinkmann, Allison
Willcox, Caleb Lindeman, Abril Rodriguez, Jaeleigh Fern, Hannah Grimm
and Bailey Wennberg.
Sometimes, Glencoe-Silver
Lake (GSL) Knowledge
Bowl teams enjoy competing
outside their normal region.
On Saturday, Jan. 28, the
Knowledge Bowl varsity and
junior varsity teams traveled
to Elk River to compete
against many of the Central
Region Knowledge Bowl
teams. The schools who were
there included Albany, Big
Lake, Buffalo, Eden ValleyWatkins, Hinckley, Melrose,
Monticello, North Branch,
Rogers, ROCORI, St. Cloud
Cathedral, Saint John’s Prep,
Sartell, Sauk Rapids-Rice,
Watertown-Mayer and Zimmerman, as well as GSL and
St. Thomas Academy.
GSL had three teams in the
47-team varsity division. Supernova started the meet with
a written score of 49, tying
for second place and letting it
start in Room One against St.
John’s Prep and St. Thomas
Academy. Supernova won the
first round stayed in Room
One with St. John’s Prep. In
rounds two and three, the two
teams met Rogers and Big
Lake. GSL won round two,
while St. John’s Prep won
room three. The tension was
high in round four, but GSL
dominated to win the meet
with a score of 121.0. St.
John’s Prep finished in second with 111.0, and St.
Thomas Academy earned
third with 111.0. Supernova
included Jake Fehrenbach,
Katie Twiss, Jack Gepson and
Austin Pinske.
“We were especially
pleased to win against our
traditional rival, St. John’s
Prep. Whether it is at invitationals or at the state meet,
they always provide excellent
competition, as was clear during the oral rounds,” said
Coach Vicky Harris.
GSL’s Antimatter team
started in 21st with 39 on the
written, then earned oral
scores of 12, 9, 11, and 14. It
finished in 17th place with
85.0 points. This team included Maggie Petersen, Jake
Vasek, Laura Popelka and
Jacob Reichow.
GSL’s Educated Guesses
began in Room 15 with a
written score of 25, then
earned 8, 7, 13, and 7 points
and finished in 44th place
with a score of 60.0. The
team members were Megan
Fehrenbach, Carlee Oberlin,
Lexi Fronk and Cole Janke.
The junior varsity division
had 28 teams, with two from
GSL
GSL’s Quasar began in
17th place with a written
score of 32, and moved up
steadily with oral scores of
10, 12, 17, and 17. It finished
in a surprising third place
with 88.5 points. Two teams
from Sartell took first and
second in junior varsity with
scores of 107.0 and 98.0.
Quasar included Brett Baumgarten, Haley Lukes and
Nathan Fehrenbach.
Black Hole moved in the
other direction, starting in
fifth place, but earned fewer
oral points, with 8, 5, 12, and
9 to finish in 14th place with
70.5 points. The team members were Jared Lokensgard,
Charles Urban, Kalie Butcher
and Abby Gronlund.
GSL will host is home
meet Saturday, Feb. 4, starting at 9 a.m. The public is
welcome.
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The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, February 1, 2017, page 9
Herald Journal’s Schultz elected
president of newspaper association
McLeod Publishing’s Ramige named 2nd vice president
Chronicle photo by Brenda Fogarty
Ice fishing on Silver Lake
There has been an unsually large number of fish houses on Silver Lake this
winter, primarily because the lake has
yet to freeze out. At one point, over 150
houses were counted on the lake, the
most that have been seen in several
years.
County Board workshop addresses
fees, parks committees, space needs
By Lori Copler
Editor
The McLeod County Board
of Commissioners indicated
at a workshop Friday morning that it will continue to
pursue lowering its per parcel
rate for property tax assessments to about $8 per parcel
from the current $10.50 per
parcel.
Commissioner Paul Wright
said the new rate will be
bring the county more in line
with what is being charged
with private assessors.
Don Albrecht, clerk for
Penn Township, said that
townships and cities which
hire private assessors are
being doubly taxed, because
they pay not only for the
county assessor, but for the
private assessor.
Commissioner Ron Shimanski argued that, conversely, it could be seen that when
cities and townships were
paying the $10.50 per parcel
rate charged by the county,
they were subsidizing lower
rates in townships and cities
with private assessors.
Albrecht also said that
when the rate reduction was
first brought up, it was as a
step toward moving toward
“true county” assessing, in
which the county does all of
the assessing for the county.
“We see this as an incremental way of coming at it,”
Albrecht said of the reduced
fee. He said that if the county
does not charge at all for assessing, townships and cities
which wish to use private assessors will be pressured by
taxpayers to go with the
county.
Wright still contended that
the county board had been
unaware that the county’s rate
was so much higher than private assessors. He said dropping the rate will bring it to
the “market price” charged by
other assessors.
The board will take up the
fee at its Feb. 7 meeting.
In other business, the board
discussed whether it should
combine its parks and trails
committees.
Commissioner
Doug
Krueger said he was concerned about the recent Legacy grant received for improvements to the Dakota
Trail in the Lester Prairie
area.
Krueger said he was trying
to figure out how the grant
application got to be for a
specific portion of the trail
rather than the whole trail.
Al Koglin of the parks department said the application
was made under the pressure
of a deadline, and that it was
known when it was made that
the full request probably
would not be funded. The decision to partly fund the project and, more specifically
where the improvements
should be made, came from
the Legacy grant committee,
not from the trails committee.
At the end of the discussion, the board agreed that
more work needed to be done
to facilitate information between the committee and the
board.
Koglin said he would like
to keep the two committees
separate, but said he was
open to changing the makeup
of the committee membership. That item will be on the
board’s Feb. 7 agenda.
Also discussed was the expenditure of about $46,000 to
create a sergeants’ workroom
in the sheriff ’s office and
other work that is outside the
scope of the current jail project.
Krueger said it will cost
$5,000 to $6,000 regardless
to fix issues that have been
found in the area during the
current construction, and that
it will probably cost about 15
percent less to do the work
now rather than after the jail
expansion is complete.
He also noted that there is
money in the contingency
fund to do the work.
Wright said the goal of the
jail project is to meet needs
for the next 20 to 30 years,
and that this side project will
help accomplish that.
The issue will be voted
upon formally at a future
county board meeting.
The board also discussed
whether it should keep meeting at the Glencoe City Center even after the jail project
is completed. Because of that
project, sheriff’s office staff
is currently utilizing the
board’s meeting room.
The board discussed working with the city of Glencoe
to cost share in technological
upgrades in video and sound
systems at the City Center, as
well as perhaps working with
the watershed district or local
township board to use their
rooms at the city center.
The board also briefly discussed staffing needs at the
materials recovery facility,
but decided to address the
issue further after it receives
requests for proposals for a
private company to take over
operation of the countyowned facility.
Christerfer
“Chris”
Schultz, the publisher and
majority independent owner
of Herald Journal Publishing,
Inc., and Greater Minnesota
Communications, Inc., was
elected president of the Minnesota Newspaper Association (MNA), Friday, Jan. 27,
during the association’s annual meeting at the 150th annual MNA Convention. Schultz
is the 137th president of
MNA, representing more
than 325 newspapers across
the state.
“As MNA’s president, I’ll
strive to do my best for
MNA, its staff and all its
member
newspapers,”
Schultz said. “I’ve been
blessed and feel so privileged
to be a part of MNA and the
newspaper family and humbled to be serving as its president,” Schultz said.
Schultz’s companies Herald Journal Publishing, Inc.,
and Greater Minnesota Communications, Inc., serve the
Minnesota communities of
Howard Lake, Lester Prairie,
Mayer, Montrose, New Germany, Winsted and Waverly.
He also owns the Herald
Journal’s sister newspapers,
the Dassel-Cokato Enterprise
Dispatch and the Delano Herald Journal.
Schultz lives in his hometown of Lester Prairie with
his wife, Amy, and their three
children, Abbi, 18 (currently
a freshman at the University
of Minnesota); Emily, 17; and
Ethan, 12.
Schultz never envisioned
being a newspaper publisher
until shortly after his current
and longtime business partner, Dale Kovar, hired him as
an editorial staffer in 1992.
Kovar was the general manager of the Winsted-Lester
Prairie Journal, then owned
by former MNA President
Bill Ramige.
Chris Schultz
In 1993, Schultz took on
the role of advertising manager. He and Kovar purchased the publishing company in 2001. Through the purchases of the Dassel-Cokato
Enterprise Dispatch in 2005
(from former MNA president
Robert Bradford) and the
start-up of the Delano Herald
Journal, Herald Journal Publishing, Inc., has experienced
significant growth since its
inception. Today, the company offers publishing, digital
agency, design, signs and
graphics, digital printing, and
full media planning services
to its clients.
Schultz has served on
MNA’s Advertising Committee for several years, and has
won awards for news and advertising in MNA’s Better
Newspaper Contest. He also
received MNA’s Friend of
Minnesota
Newspapers
award in 2005.
He is proud to serve as
president during MNA’s
150th year.
Schultz grew up on a Min-
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Crow River Habitat for Humanity
seeking 2017 homebuyer partner
Crow River Habitat for Humanity is seeking a homebuyer partner for its 25th home in
McLeod County. Habitat for
Humanity believes that every
person deserves a decent
place to live and it is currently seeking to qualify a family
for the 2017 build.
Requirements that applicants must meet to be considered for a Habitat for Humanity Housing Program, include:
• Must have lived or
worked in McLeod County
for at least one year.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or
legal resident.
• Must earn less than 60
percent of McLeod County
median income.
• Must prove the ability to
pay the monthly mortgage
payments.
• Must make an earnest
money deposit of $3,000,
which goes toward the closing cost.
• Must be willing to partner
with Habitat.
• Must demonstrate a need
for housing.
If you or someone you
know has a need for housing,
an ability to pay and a willingness to partner with Habitat, you may qualify. The
time to apply is now.
Many people have misconceptions about Habitat for
Humanity’s homeownership
program, keeping them from
applying for the program.
“Many people who would
qualify to be a Habitat homeowner mistakenly think that
this opportunity is not for
them or there must be a big
waiting list,” said Executive
Director Michele Meis. “Others might think that they
couldn’t possibly accept a
free home, not realizing that a
Habitat home is not free; the
program provides an opportunity for deserving and responsible people to build and
buy an affordable home.”
To dispel these misconcep-
tions and encourage more
people to check out the Habitat program, Crow River
Habitat will hold an informational meeting soon. Please
call for details.
“Habitat for Humanity has
found that many who successfully enter into the homeownership program are people who have been encouraged by a family member,
church member, employer or
friend,” said Meis, urging
people to consider whom
they might encourage to
apply.
“Feel free to invite them to
come with you to get your
questions about Habitat for
Humanity answered,” she
added.
For more information on
the selection process or to
complete a pre-application,
visit www.crhfh.org or contact the Habitat office at 320587-8868. Habitat for Humanity is an equal housing
opportunity.
nesota dairy farm and is a
graduate of St. Cloud State
University. He has a master’s
degree in public affairs, is a
former minor league baseball
player, and after family,
church, work, and community
service, he enjoys sports, the
great outdoors, and Minnesota politics.
Others elected at the MNA
annual meeting include:
First Vice President: Mike
Dalton, Cannon Falls Beacon;
Second Vice President:
Karin Ramige, The McLeod
County Chronicle, Glencoe;
Third Vice President: Chris
Knight, APG Media, Mesabi
Daily News, Virginia;
Director for Two-Year
Term: Chad Koenen, Henning Publications;
Director for Three-Year
Term: Crystal Miller, Albert
Lea Tribune; and
Treasurer: Diann Drew,
Alexandria Echo Press.
Justin Lessman, Jackson
County Pilot, will continue to
serve his term as a director,
and Michael Jacobson, Paynesville Press, will serve as
immediate past president.
The Minnesota Newspaper
Association, a voluntary association of all general-interest newspapers in the state of
Minnesota, acts on behalf of
the newspaper press of the
state. It represents its newspapers in the legislature and in
court, sells advertising for
newspapers, operates a mailing service (press releases),
sponsors a large annual convention in the Twin Cities,
and engages in a vigorous
program of training persons
for newspaper work. Find
out more by visiting www.
mna.org.
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Glencoe Pack
352
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Leaders:
Cub Master ..........................Chad Christensen
Assistant Cub Master ..............................Open
Lions Den ............................................Open
Tiger Den ............................................Open
Wolf Den ......................................Nina Hedin
Bear Den ..............................Chad Christensen
Webelos I ................................Tami Alsleben
Webelos II ..................................Leah Cathey
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Assistant Scout Masters ..................Dave Swift,
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Sr. Patrol Leader ........................Mason Husted
Asst. Sr. Patrol Leader ....................Paul Sievert
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Jason Clouse, Bruce Peterson
Contact Info:
Kevin Dietz, 320-510-2309
KEVINDCOUNCILP4@HOTMAIL.COM
MONTHLY MEETINGS:
FULL TROOP
Sunday Evenings, 6:30 p.m.
Glencoe City Center (East Side), Old Cafeteria
1107 11th St., Glencoe
Boundary Waters Trip
Pictured, lying in front, is Cole Janke; sitting are Earl Janke and Adam
Garoutte;and standing in back are Michael Dietz,Mason Husted,
Ben Peverstorf, Paul Sievert and Logan Clouse.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
March 11 – Monticello Merit Badge Madness
May 28 – Sea Base - Florida Keys
July 2-8 – Many Point Summer Camp
Ponsford, MN
September 2017 – LIght Up The Night 5k Run/Walk - Oak
Leaf Park
July 2018 – Philmont Scout Ranch - New Mexico
Northern Star Council
Boy Scouts of America
Cub Scout Pack & Boy Scout Troop 352
serve the Glencoe-Silver Lake School District
Glencoe Cub Scouts & Boy Scouts
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The Cub Scout program is for Kindegarten-5th grade boys who may join at any time. Each year our pack holds a number of
events, including: Pine Wood Derby, Camp-in, Blue and Gold Ceremony, Cubmobile Run, among others. The pack also does community service projects each year like holding food drives for the McLeod County Food Shelf. Dens for each age group have their
own additional activities and meetings. The highlight of the year for most boys is going to resident camp in the summer. The boys
have a ball and learn lots at the camp. They leave with great memories. Scouting has been billed as "A Game with a Purpose." Our
pack works to live up to that billing by teaching our kids great values while they're having fun.
The Boy Scout Program is for boys in 6th grade up through age 17. The program achieves the BSA's objectives of developing
character, citizenship, and personal fitness. Boys are trained to lead their own meetings and to plan and execute outings and activities. They also actively participate with leading many activities in the Cub Scouts program. Camping is a focus and highlight for Boy
Scouts.
If you'd like your son to benefit by being a part of scouting or if you'd like to help make an even better program for our kids,
please contact us. Volunteering is a great investment in all of our futures!
MEETING DATES
Feb. 5,12,19,26; March 5,12,19,26;
April 2,9,16,23; May 7,14,21
2nd Sunday of each month: Sunday Fun Meeting
3rd Tuesday of each month
All Parents Welcome, Glencoe VFW Basement
Parents Meeting, 7 p.m.
Mason Husted, Michael Dietz, Earl Janke, Ben
Pevestorf, Adam Garoutte, Isaac Swift, and Owen
Peterson. Not pictured are Cole Janke
and Logan Clouse.
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