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Vol. 113 No. 8 • Thursday, February 13, 2014 • Silver Lake, MN 55381
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Silver Lake Leader photo by Alyssa Schauer
Preschool valentines
The preschool students at Faith Presbyterian Preschool
in Silver Lake have been busy this month, making pan-
cakes to learn about the letter “p” and creating “valentine
snow globes.” From left to right are Miranda Nowak, Ash-
lyn Imdieke, Ella Graczyk, Hadley Wagner and Garrett
Mills.
Christianson named
School Board chair;
Alsleben withdraws
By Rich Glennie
Editor
It took only minutes to break
a 3-3 tie and re-elect Clark
Christianson as the chairman
of the Glencoe-Silver Lake
School Board Monday night.
Jamie Alsleben was re-elected
vice chairman.
The election ended a 3-3
deadlock over who would be
the chairman in 2014. The
School Board took three votes
at its January reorganizational
meeting and could not decide
between Christianson and Al-
sleben.
At Monday’s meeting, Al-
sleben took his name out of
consideration.
He said his nomination was
“unsolicited,” but he kept his
name on the January ballot “as
a point of respect to the nomi-
nator (Donna VonBerge) and
the second (Kevin Kuester).”
He said his action was “no
disrespect to the chair and act-
ing chair (Christianson), and
no disrespect for those who did
not support me.
“No disrespect was meant or
taken,” Alsleben said.
The January meeting was a
show of democracy at work,
Alsleben said. “Something
very unscripted.” Things can
get a bit uncomfortable when
unscripted, he added.
Alsleben said he withdrew
his name from consideration
“so the Board can move for-
ward.”
He added the 3-3 votes indi-
cated the “Board was not ready
for change, and that’s OK.
Other things need to get ac-
complished.”
All the Board members are
“all one vote and all equal
votes, whether a chair or a di-
rector,” Alsleben added.
Christianson thanked the
Board for his re-election.
Never mind: School calendar not changing
By Rich Glennie
Editor
After a brutal winter in
which school has been can-
celed on several occasions, in-
cluding one ordered by Gov.
Mark Dayton, the Glencoe-Sil-
ver Lake School Board on
Monday night decided not to
change its 2013-14 calendar to
make up those days.
That means Presidents Day
on Monday, Feb. 17, remains a
day off from school, according
to GSL Superintendent Chris
Sonju.
Sonju withdrew his planned
recommendation for Monday’s
meeting and opted not to hold
school on Presidents Day, not
to add another student day on
Wednesday, June 4, and not to
add another teacher workshop
day for Thursday, June 5.
Sonju apologized for all the
confusion, but said the planned
additional days simply did not
work.
The aim, he said, was to add
days as close to the school clo-
sure dates as possible to ensure
the integrity of the district’s
trimester system. “Unfortu-
nately, it’s not going to work.”
But Sonju said as the school
year goes on, this topic may
come up again if additional
weather-related school clos-
ings occur. “It depends on the
weather.”
In a related matter, the
School Board approved the
new two-year calendar for the
2014-15 and 2015-16 school
years.
In 2014-15, the school year
starts on Tuesday, Sept. 2, and
ends Friday, May 29. Gradua-
tion also is May 29.
But built into that calendar
will be snow days on Monday,
Jan. 19 (Martin Luther King Jr.
Day); Monday, Feb. 16 (Presi-
dents Day); Thursday, April 2;
and additional days added to
the end of the school year.
The start of the 2015-16
school year will be Tuesday,
Sept. 8, with the final day
being Thursday, June 2. Grad-
uation will be Friday, May 27,
2016.
Winter break will be Dec. 23
through Jan. 3, and spring
break will be March 24-28,
2016.
Also included are five two-
hour early releases in 2015-16.
In other matters, the School
Board:
• Saw a presentation on par-
liamentary procedure by the
GSL FFA chapter, who will be
in competition later this week.
The students conducted an
FFA meeting for the board to
hone their skills.
• Heard that the GSL One-
Act Play cast finished third at
the recent section competition.
Earlier, GSL’s actors won their
subsection to advance to the
section.
• Heard that the GSL Robot-
ics team will have this year’s
project on display at this week-
end’s Glencoe Business Expo.
The state competition is set for
March 27-29 at Mariucci
Arena on the University of
Minnesota campus.
• Heard that three GSL stu-
dents were named to the Min-
nesota Band Directors
Association Honor Band. They
include Laura Popelka as third
chair clarinet; Mariah Koester
as a 12th chair clarinet; and
Jack Gepson, as first chair
trumpet in a 12-trumpet sec-
tion.
High School Principal Paul
Sparby said this is a very com-
petitive selection process, and
having three musicians from
GSL “is really exciting.”
• Rejected the three bids for
the tennis court project after
they came in higher than ex-
pected.
District Business Manager
Michelle Sander said the orig-
inal project included recon-
struction of the current eight
courts, with three alternates,
including adding four more
courts.
But the lowest base bid
came in $583,000 and the
highest at $914,953. With the
three alternates — adding four
new courts; finishing the new
courts; and adding lighting —
the lowest overall bid came in
at $1.024 million and the high-
est at $1.3 million.
“The base bid was higher
than anticipated,” Sander said.
The specifications will be re-
By Lori Copler
Staff Writer
McLeod County Adminis-
trator Pat Melvin is perform-
ing at a 2.6 on a 3.0 scale,
according to a statement re-
leased by the county commis-
sioners at their Feb. 4
meeting.
The County Board met in a
closed session on Dec. 31 to
evaluate Melvin’s job per-
formance.
According to the statement,
a “1” on the one to three scale
indicates “needs improve-
ment,” while a “3” indicates
“above expectations.”
According to the statement,
“last year’s accomplishments
include providing the com-
missioners with iPads, creat-
ing a Commissioner
Reference Manual, establish-
ing long-range goals, summa-
rizing the survey results that
led to county employees being
able to opt out of carrying
county health insurance, ad-
vocating for a telecommuni-
cations and energy audit, and
continuing to support the
McLeod for Tomorrow pro-
gram.”
For 2014, the County Board
“asked that Melvin work more
with department heads to fur-
ther develop the vision that
they have for their respective
departments and that he con-
tinue to assist in developing
department heads through
working with HR (human re-
sources) to schedule some on-
County Board issues
favorable review of
Melvin’s performance
County Administrator
Pat Melvin
County Board splits on resolution
regarding publishing legal notices
By Lori Copler
Staff Writer
Resolutions stating political
goals continue to cause split
votes among the McLeod
County Board of Commission-
ers.
At its Tuesday, Feb. 4, meet-
ing, commissioners were di-
vided on a resolution asking
the state Legislature to allow
counties to post their legal no-
tices on county websites, and
not designate a legal newspa-
per for publication, as is now
required by state law.
According to the resolution
that the commissioners consid-
ered, eliminating the legal
newspaper requirement would
allow counties to provide in-
formation to the public in a
more timely and less costly
manner by eliminating “the
time and costly burden of pub-
lishing in newspapers.”
Information provided to the
County Board indicated that
the county spends about
$12,000 annually publishing
its minutes and other public
notices.
Commissioners Jon Chris-
tensen and Ron Shimanski
voted against the resolution.
“I like paper,” said Chris-
tensen, and Shimanski noted
that “not everyone has access
to the Internet.”
Commissioner Sheldon Nies
said counties would still have
the option to publish legal no-
tices in a newspaper, even if
the Legislature eliminates the
mandate.
Shimanski noted that the
county could also publish its
legal notices on its website
now, if it desires, while at the
same time publishing them in
the legal newspaper.
The County Board sup-
ported the resolution on a 3-2
vote, with Nies and commis-
sioners Paul Wright and Ker-
mit Terlinden voting in favor,
and Shimanski and Chris-
tensen voting against it.
The commissioners also re-
viewed a long list of legislative
issues prepared by county de-
partment heads.
County Administrator Pat
Melvin said the list will be
brought to a Feb. 13 joint
meeting with city officials to
see if “we can find some com-
mon ground” on which issues
to jointly support.
Shimanski said he felt the
Board’s approval of the list
“essentially endorses this
whole platform,” and that he
doesn’t agree with many of the
issues brought forth.
Christensen agreed with
Shimanski, saying he dis-
agreed with some of the plat-
forms, particularly those
endorsing tax increases.
Nies said he also doesn’t
agree with many of the state-
ments, but felt the department
heads have the right to bring
their concerns to legislators.
“This is not endorsing these
statements, this is voting for
their right to bring them before
their legislators,” said Nies.
Wright said the County
Board could vote to support
the department heads’ right to
bring the issues forth, without
necessarily endorsing each
one.
“We could be here all day”
if the County Board wanted to
debate each one individually,
Wright said.
The County Board unani-
mously voted to allow the de-
partment heads to bring their
issues forward.
In other business Feb. 4, the
County Board:
• Appointed Chuck Haus-
laden to the Board of Adjust-
ments to replace retiring
member Franklin Boller.
• Combined its wetlands ad-
visory and water plan commit-
tees into one with the
following members: Donald
Albrecht, representing the
township association until the
association considers the ap-
pointment at one of its meet-
ings; Charles Mathews, soil
and water conservation district
representative; Skip Quade,
businessman; Kevin Linde-
man, farmer; and Virgil Voigt,
member of a conservation
group; and Christensen from
the Board of Commissioners.
Also to be appointed is some-
one from one of the watershed
districts.
• Heard from Wright that a
vote on the county’s one-sort
recycling proposal and retrofit
of the Materials Recovery Fa-
cility (MRF) probably won’t
happen until March 4. How-
ever, the item will be discussed
at the Feb. 18 County Board
meeting.
• Agreed to spend up to
$46,000 with Ehlert and Asso-
ciates for consulting services
for a potential fiber project to
connect the county facilities in
Hutchinson with those in
Glencoe.
Melvin
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By Vicky Harris
Knowledge Bowl Coach
It’s hard to describe a
Knowledge Bowl meet if you
have never been to one. But
once a year, Glencoe-Silver
Lake hosts a meet for its re-
gion.
On Saturday, 45 teams from
15 schools came to Glencoe
for that meet. That makes a lot
of buses in the parking lot.
Like Little Falls, GSL let
teams choose their own
names. There were few
themes, except that all GSL
varsity and junior varsity
teams chose names of mytho-
logical monsters.
The varsity part of the meet
was the smallest, with just 10
teams. GSL’s team, Charybdis,
began in third place with a 43-
point written score.
Despite winning the compe-
tition in its room (16-14-11)
during round one, it dropped
to Room 2 for the second
round. Again it won its room
(15-11-9) and moved back to
Room 1, which it won again in
round three (15-13-10).
Meanwhile, Willmar had
jumped to first place during
round one with a 38-point
round in Room 3. This was
followed by Hutchinson earn-
ing 23 points in Room 2 dur-
ing the third round, which
meant that in round four, GSL
was in third place, matched
against Willmar and Hutchin-
son.
Again, GSL won (16 points
to Hutchinson’s 14 and Will-
mar’s 9), but the final result
left GSL in third place, which
was disappointing after it had
done so well against each indi-
vidual team.
Hutchinson finished first
with 114.5 points, while Will-
mar earned second with 111
points. GSL was tied with
ACGC for third place at 110.5.
The team with this remark-
able and frustrating result in-
cluded Ethan Bass, Kyle Beck,
Maddie Kuehn and Mark
Lueders. (Many of GSL’s stu-
dents were taking the ACT on
Saturday, and missed the
meet.)
The JV competition in-
cluded 18 teams, three from
GSL. GSL’s Sirens started in
third place, won Room 1, then
lost to GSL’s Chimera in
round two.
The Sirens moved to Room
2, where they lost to Lester
Prairie, then earned 16 points
in round four. This put them in
second place with 107 points
behind Hutchinson with 109.
This team included Marisa
Luchsinger, Dini Schweikert,
Robin Swift and Katie Twiss.
GSL’s Chimera started in
Room 2, but moved up to
Room 1, where they earned
12, 13 and 7 points. They fin-
ished in third with 102.5
points. Team members were
Jenna Lokensgard, Lindsay
Wedin, Jake Fehrenbach and
Jake Vasek.
Minotaur (also from GSL)
began in Room 2, then
dropped to Room 3, then re-
peated that pattern. The team
ended the meet with 90 points,
good for seventh place. This
team included Mitch Beneke,
Trevor Posusta, Maggie Pe-
tersen and Rachel Reichow.
The junior high meet had 17
teams, again with three from
GSL. The Doberhuahuas (an
interesting cross breed, per-
haps?) started in first place
with a 50-point written score.
Then they won every round
but one in Room 1. They
ended the meet with 121
points and a commanding lead
over the second-place team
from Willmar with 108.
Austin Pinske, Brett Baum-
garten, Megan Fehrenbach,
Jared Lokensgard and Jacob
Reichow were team members.
GSL’s Canadian Llamas
started in ninth place, moved
up to fifth, dropped to 10th,
and rose again to fourth. They
earned individual round scores
as high as 21, and finished the
meet with 101.5 points and in
fourth place. The team in-
cluded Jack Gepson, Becky
Lieser, Thomas Villarreal and
JJ Ingeman.
The Pens of Death (GSL)
began in sixth place and
earned nine points, then
dropped to Room 3 for the rest
of the meet, where they earned
12, 17 and 16 points in the oral
rounds. This moved them up
to sixth place with 99.5 points.
These students were Laura
Popelka, Nathan Litzau, Haley
Lukes and Isaac Swift.
While GSL was not quite as
dominant as it has been at
some other meets recently, all
GSL teams were in, or very
near, the top third of the teams
in their division, which was an
excellent performance.
The Saturday meet season is
winding down. GSL’s next
meet will be Saturday, Feb. 15,
at Lac qui Parle Valley High
School, which was resched-
uled from early January. Then
GSL will host the (varsity-
only) Wright County Confer-
ence Championship on
Tuesday, Feb. 18. The written
round begins at 4:15 p.m., and
the first oral round at 5 p.m.
GSL’s last Saturday meet will
be at Chaska on Feb. 22.
Page 2 — Silver Lake Leader, Thursday, February 13, 2014
Staff
Bill and Joyce Ramige, Publishers;
Rich Glennie, Editor; Brenda Fogarty,
Sales; Alyssa Schauer, Staff Writer/Of-
fice.
Letters
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A guest column is also available to any
writer who would like to present an
opinion in a more expanded format. If
interested, contact the editor,
richg@glencoenews.com.
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Leader strives to present the news in a
fair and accurate manner. We appreci-
ate errors being brought to our atten-
tion. Please bring any grievances
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Minnesota News Council, an organi-
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determined not to print anything till
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Deadline for news and advertising
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Jonathan Pavlish was born
Nov. 20, 2013, to Carl and
Rachael Pavlish at Maple
Grove Hospital and has under-
went multiple medical issues
since birth.
After birth, Jonathan had a
seizure and was sent to North
Memorial Child Neonatal In-
tensive Care Unit, where he
had another seizure and was
then sent to University Hosp-
tial.
After three days, Jonathan
seemed to improve, and
breathing tubes and heart
monitors were removed. He
was home for two days when
his parents noticed he was
sleeping and could not be
awakened.
He was sent to Abbott Chil-
dren’s Hospital where they
found he could not digest his
baby formula and he remained
limp. The Pavlishes were told
he might not live and a bap-
tism was held, but Jonathan
woke the next morning hungry
and crying.
The following Saturday, he
was discharged from the hos-
pital.
To help with the financial
difficulty, a benefit fund has
been set up at US Bank and
donations are being accepted.
Jonathan is the grandson of
Raymond and Jeanette
Pavlish.
Donations can be mailed to:
US Bank
Attn: Jonathan Pavlish ben-
efit account
19695 Holt St. NW
Elk River, MN 55350.
Donations for Jonathan
Pavlish benefit sought
‘500’ played at Cedar Crest
The community is invited to play “500” with residents
at Cedar Crest Estate in Silver Lake on Wednesday, Feb.
19, at 1:30 p.m. Refreshments will be provided. Cedar
Crest Estate is located at 1401 Main St. W.
Singing Valentine fundraiser
The McLeod County Historical Society will have a
singing Valentine fundraiser Friday, Feb. 14, from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. For a $50 donation to the historical society, in
conjunction with Crow River Floral & Gifts, a song and a
rose will be presented to a loved one on Valentine’s Day.
Add $10 for outside of Hutchinson. Choose from “Let Me
Call You Sweetheart,” “You Are My Sunshine” and “Side
By Side,” all songs from the 1920s. Singers will be in his-
toric costume.
Legion meeting set Feb. 17
The Silver Lake American Legion will have its regular
monthly meeting Monday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m., at the Silver
Lake Legion Post 141.
FFA winter barnyard Feb. 20
The Glencoe-Silver Lake FFA invites the public to “The
Barnyard” at the GSL ag room Thursday, Feb. 20, from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. Come see cows, baby chicks, rabbits,
horses, goats, sheep and much more.
Senior dining birthday party
The Silver Lake senior dining site set the February birth-
day party for Friday, Feb. 21, at the Silver Lake Audito-
rium. The menu includes salisbury steak, parslied whole
potatoes, squash, bread and margarine, and blushing pears.
Call site manager Pearl Branden at 320-327-2536 or 320-
327-2621 to order.
Upcoming Events
site training. In addition,
Melvin and the Board agreed
to schedule more frequent
workshop sessions where they
can further dialogue about
long-range goals and other
emerging issues.”
Melvin also provided some
of his own goals for 2014, in-
cluding “a monthly update to
commissioners, continuing to
pursue the long-range goals,
develop a capital improvement
plan and, through the county’s
electronic document manage-
ment system (EDMS) organ-
ize, reduce and eliminate the
many hard-copy documents
being retained in storage,” the
statement concluded.
GSL hosts Knowledge Bowl meet
Silver Lake Leader photo by Alyssa Schauer
Glencoe-Silver Lake hosted Saturday’s
Knowledge Bowl meet at the high school.
Above is team Chimera: Jenna Lokens-
gard, Jake Vasek, Jake Fehrenbach and
Lindsay Wedin.
worked with the architect, she
added.
• Set a School Board work-
shop session for 5 p.m., Mon-
day, March 24, in Room 124
of the Lincoln Jr. High. Sonju
said a variety of topics will be
on the agenda.
• Heard that Winterfest is
scheduled for Feb. 18-21 at the
high school. The annual talent
show will be Thursday, Feb.
20.
• Hired Beth Dennison as
district school nurse, replacing
Andrea Kuenzel, who re-
signed.
• Hired Cassie Morris as a
part-time Pathways II assistant
until June in the Early Child-
hood Learning Center at Lin-
coln Jr. High.
• Accepted the following do-
nations:
Glencoe American Legion
Post 95, robotics program,
$200.
Shopko Hometown, Glen-
coe, activities, $76.31.
Crow River Sno Pros, robot-
ics program, $500; and Close
Up program, $1,000.
Panther Boosters, football,
$1,438.
Stevens Seminary Founda-
tion, Close Up program,
$5,850; robotics program,
$750; “Get to Day” program,
$1,000; and teacher initiative
program, $10,000.
Brownton Lions Club, Close
Up program, $450.
Gruenhagen Insurance and
Financial Services, Minnesota
House Page program, $100.
McLeod County Republican
Party, House Page program,
$400.
Nathan Kiewel, House Page
program, $150.
Plato American Legion Post
641, robotics program, $100.
Silver Lake Civic Associa-
tion, Close Up program, $500.
Southwest Initiative Foun-
dation, SuperMileage pro-
gram, $1,500.
Midwest Industrial Tool
Grinding, robotics program,
$250.
Board member Anne Twiss
added it “is a long and gener-
ous list for many programs.
We are really grateful” to the
donors.
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75 YEARS AGO - FEB. 18, 1939 —A new
Commercial Club organizational meeting was
held Monday at the council rooms in the village
hall, which was attended by nearly every busi-
nessman in town. George H. Totushek of Silver
Lake’s Red and White Store was elected presi-
dent of the club. A.L. Danek was elected vice
president; Wilbert Merrill, advertising manager
of the Leader, as secretary/treasuer; and A.J.
Domagalski, Joe Lowy, Ray Chalupsky and
Frank Shamla on the board of directors.
The Silver Lake Fire Department is sponsor-
ing the Last Dance Before Lent on Monday
night, Feb. 20, at the Village Hall. Henry Klima
and his orchestra will furnish the music.
The annual meeting of the Farmers Coopera-
tive Livestock Shipping Association will be
held on Friday afternoon, Feb. 24, at Totushek’s
Hall.
Farmers of Hale and Rich Valley townships
will attend a sign-up meeting on Wednesday,
Feb. 22, at the Silver Lake Village Hall for the
purpose of applying the allotments and pay-
ments to each individual farm, together with an
explanation of the requirements for each com-
pliance in the agricultural adjustment adminis-
tration conservation program. The meeting will
open in the forenoon and continue until the af-
ternoon.
John J. Schultz was elected president of the
Farmers Produce Co., Inc., at its annual meeting
held on Tuesday afternoon. Peter Wawrzyniak
was elected vice president, succeeding John J.
Schultz in that office. Dana Lord was re-elected
secretary and Dewey Born, manager of the
company’s business for many years, was re-
elected treasurer and manager. The 1939 board
of directors include Joseph Mikolichek, Leo A.
Zanoth and Will Zanda.
Mrs. Emil Yukel, 51, passed away Friday,
Feb. 10, at the University Hospital in Min-
neapolis. Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon, Feb. 13, at the Presbyterian Church
in Silver Lake.
50 YEARS AGO - FEB. 13, 1964 —Sixty
new band uniforms for the Silver Lake High
School Band have been ordered at a cost of
$85.35 per uniform. The Band Uniform Fund
Drive has collected $2,900, but still needs over
$2,000. The Band Uniform Committee has de-
cided to reopen the drive until after July 1 for
more contributions. The uniforms will consist
of one jacket and trousers of 12-ounce, all-wool
whipcord, one cap with ostrich plume, one ma-
roon sash, two citation cords, one overlay (this
is part of the marching uniform with SL on the
front), and one pair of suspenders.
Mrs. James Jurek Jr., with the assistance of
Mrs. Harry Jerabek and Mrs. James Navratil Jr.,
won the hog at the Silver Lake Fire Department
Masquerade Dance.
John Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Smith, was promoted to first lieutenant in the
Air Force.
The Silver Lake High School FFA Chapter,
under Erling Rognli, will have a display honor-
ing National FFA Week in the window of the
Silver Lake Sundries.
Mrs. George Mazal will hold an auction at her
farm 6-1/2 miles northeast of Glencoe on Thurs-
day, Feb. 20.
Some of the specials at Ruzicka’s Super Mar-
ket include: 3-pound can of Crisco, 76¢; Ar-
mour Star pork shoulder picnics 33¢ a pound;
Longhorn cheese 59¢ a pound; Nabisco
Chicken in a Bisket snack crackers, package,
39¢; Chicken of the Sea tuna, family size, 49¢;
3 dozen oranges, 89¢.
25 YEARS AGO - FEB. 16, 1989 — The
Silver Lake High School wrestling team
claimed sole posession of the Circle 8 Confer-
ence title on Tuesday, Feb. 7. The wrestlers won
the sub-region west championship and qualified
for the team region on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at
Winthrop.
HML Marjorie Marchese, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Stanley Nowak, was commissioned as
an ensign in the Navy in Jacksonville, Fla.
The Silver Lake Centennial plates have an
error on them. Names of two of the churches
were inadvertently switched.
Friday night, the Silver Lake Fire Department
was called to a chimney fire at the John Kucera
residence, 1-1/2 miles south of Silver Lake on
County Road 24.
Fr. Edward Ardolf will celebrate his 25th an-
niversary of ordination on Sunday, Feb. 26, with
a Mass. A dinner and open house will follow at
the Holy Rosary Parish in North Mankato,
where he is currently the pastor.
Barney Witucki, 70, of Oroville, Calif.,
passed away on Feb. 7. Funeral services were
held on Friday, Feb. 10, at St. Thomas Catholic
Church in Oroville.
Thomas Zanoth, 85, passed away Wednesday,
Feb. 8, at Burns Manor Nursing Home,
Hutchinson. Funeral services were held on Sat-
urday, Feb. 11, from the St. Joseph Church.
Down Memory Lane
Compiled by Margaret Benz
With a sprained quad mus-
cle, hip pain and large bruise
on my right knee, I survived
donkey basketball.
I’ve never really played bas-
ketball in my life, so I was
worried my lack of experience
would affect our team’s suc-
cess, but would you believe
we made it to the champi-
onship game?
I shouldn’t even brag about
anything because I had no part
in our journey to the champi-
onship, besides being a crowd-
pleaser who falls off her mule
a few times and strains her hip
just trying to mount the don-
key.
It’s not easy being short.
But despite the pain I’m still
feeling in my legs days later,
the event was incredibly fun,
and I would volunteer to ride
again in a heartbeat.
Credit is due to the GSL
FFA for organizing and spon-
soring the game — that group
is so ambitious, and I love see-
ing the students so passion-
ately involved in their
extracurricular activities.
On Saturday, I also had the
opportunity to photograph the
Knowledge Bowl meet, and
there are not enough words to
describe those intelligent,
witty, admirable students.
As I said before, I enjoyed
academic activities in high
school, so I felt very comfort-
able spending the morning
with students who love trivia
and history, English, math and
science as much as I do.
But very quickly I realized
how much I really didn’t know
as I observed their instanta-
neous reactions to what
seemed impossible questions.
If you ever get a chance to
see a Knowledge Bowl meet,
or are curious to test your own
skills in the realm of academ-
ics, I recommend attending the
conference championship
meet on Feb. 18 at GSL.
They’ll make you wonder if
you really know anything at
all, and they’ll definitely
renew your faith in today’s
youth, who have a reputation
of “too much screen time” in
our ever-evolving world of
technology.
Between donkey basketball,
the Knowledge Bowl meet,
dinner with a “second family”
and hugs and hugs and hugs
from preschool students, this
is shaping up to be a great
week.
I’m still so tired of the win-
ter weather, but I’ve learned
that when you have friends
and family, a job you love, and
your health, life really can’t
get any better.
On Monday, I spent the
evening with DeNeil and Lisa
Thompson, indulging in
homemade chicken noodle
soup (with homemade noo-
dles!) and a giant’s share of
baguette bread slices, with real
butter, of course.
There’s nothing like enjoy-
ing a steaming bowl of soup
with good friends to make this
dreary winter a little brighter.
And they certainly spoiled
me, building a roaring fire in
their brick fireplace that crack-
led away as we talked about
movies, work and funny mem-
ories, forgetting about the
below-zero windchill reigning
over Minnesota.
Mom said if you have good
friends and good family in
your life, you have everything
you need. Once again, she’s
right.
I’m really lucky to be living
in a community where every-
body is pretty much consid-
ered “good family and good
friends.”
I think even young kids re-
alize this special quality about
Silver Lake as a few of them
ran up to hug me and greet me
when I walked into Faith Pres-
byterian Preschool Tuesday.
Hadley and Ella, two stu-
dents at the preschool, rushed
to greet me with big hugs and
shrieked, “Hiiii!” before
telling me stories about their
art projects.
It’s not often I’m greeted on
the job like that, and I had to
laugh at their enthusiasm and
energy.
They’ve realized the routine
by now, that when I show up,
their picture will be in the
newspaper, and so they may
just be “hammin’ it up” for
me.
But I love it.
So here’s to good friends
and good family — may you
all keep warm and enjoy what
is left of winter. Spring is just
35 days away!
All you need: Good friends, family
The Travel Section
By Alyssa Schauer
Editor’s note: This is a
continuation of last week’s
column on letters written by
and to the Pulkrabek fami-
lies in Wisconsin and
McLeod County in 1866.
Hearty greetings to my sis-
ter-in-law; she should visit us
and very soon. I have a very
pretty boy for her. He has 150
acres and a nice farm.
We greet you a hundred
times and kiss you till we see
you again. Write us again soon
and tell us all the news.
Were you also at the wed-
ding when old Mrs. Kucera
was married? Sincere, hearty
greetings to the Peters. Are
they well and how are they
getting along? Is Washicheck
already well? Let him write
us. Sincere greetings to
Moravec. I think often of him.
(In 1909 my grandfather
married Clara Moravec).
Nice greetings to the
Chasteks and Klimas. He
asked me to write him but
what should I write him? I told
him everything in person and
if he does not believe me, let
him ask Popelka, who is com-
ing here for a visit. He will tell
him!
Everybody is longing to
come here. Here is nice land
for sale. Only I have far to go
to get beer!
Signed: Dear friends and
neighbor, Goodbye. Anton and
Anna Pulkrabek (Let Peturas
read this letter.)
*****
Anton and Anna eventually
had 15 children. Two children
died in Europe; one baby died
here. During a period from
1897 to 1904, five Pulkrabeks
from the same family married
five Nemecs from the same
family. The Nemecs had 11
children, three of whom died
in infancy.
The Pulkrabek and Nemec
farms touched at the corners,
located near the present Rich
Valley Township Hall, so it
was just a matter of walking
through the corn field and over
the pasture to find true love.
Anton and Anna are buried
in the Koniska Cemetery,
along with 23 other
Pulkrabeks and allied families.
(One-third of the people
buried there.)
Most Pulkrabek families
stayed around the Glencoe and
Silver Lake areas, but many
scattered to Canada, the Red
River Valley near East Grand
Forks, Mandan, N.D., Bow-
man, N.D., Plentywood,
Mont., Oregon, Chicago, Ap-
pleton, Olivia, Clarissa and
Hopkins in Minnesota, Yank-
ton, S.D., California, Texas
and and other states.
Some of the Pulkrabeks
married into families of
Brabec, Dolezal, Dvorak,
Koktan, Kopesky, Lhotka,
Maresh, Micka, Moravec,
Nemec, Osmek, Penas, Po-
drasky, Polifka, Popelka, Po-
susta, Stibal, Sustacek, Vacek,
Zaruba, Zeleny, Zrust and
many more.
By 1973, the total was
1,443. The total now would
probably be over 4,000. All
from two brothers who came
to America in 1857!
We should all be so thankful
to our ancestors who came to
America! The land of free-
dom! It was not so lucky for
the people who stayed behind
in the Czech and Polish lands
as future articles will show.
These articles are not only
about my ancestors, but your
ancestors, also, and could be
anyone who wants to trace
their roots having similar sto-
ries to tell and share.
These were real people, liv-
ing in real times. They had
many hardships and only oc-
casional joy.
Some of the information is
taken from family tree books,
personal experiences and short
reviews of books I’ve read.
Due to language transla-
tions, misunderstanding and
my interpretation of certain
things, there will certainly be
many mistakes. Any correc-
tions or additions are always
welcome.
5 Pulkrabeks married 5 Nemecs
Tracing Roots
By Ron Pulkrabek
The eighth-annual Silver
Lake Ice Golf tournament is
set for Saturday, Feb. 22.
The nine-hole golf tourna-
ment will he held on the ice of
Silver Lake. Four-person
teams can sign up at the Silver
Lake Municipal Liquor Store.
Cost per team is $40, and a
meat raffle will be held at the
Silver Lake Liquor Store
throughout the day.
An awards ceremony,
prizes, and food will be at the
Silver Lake Legion at 5 p.m.,
and all proceeds from the
event go to the Silver Lake
summer recreation program.
Sign up at the Silver Lake
Muni or call 320-327-2777 for
details.
8th-annual Ice Golf
tournament set Feb. 22
Sounds like
multiplication?
It’s newspaper talk
for a one column
by 2 inch ad.
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Ridgewater College an-
nounced its fall semester
dean’s list, which includes a
number of area students.
Named to the academic honor
roll were:
Cokato: Hans Aho, Kallie
Evans, Renee Grangroth,
Megan Gustafson, Mitchell
Kaczmarek, Michael
Koivukangas and Amanda
Lundeen.
Dassel: Ryan Bjork, Kyle
Johnson, Mary McCauley,
Travis Piehl, Korra-Shay
Richards and Abigail Thomas.
Glencoe: Sara Bistodeau,
Victoria Burr, Oakley Clark,
Kaleb Donnay, Teri Friauf,
Sara Gindorff, Jessica Klitzke,
Cortney Kressin, Ashley
Kuphal, Ashlyn Ratike, An-
thony Rued, Genevieve Teu-
bert, Eric Trnka, Jessica
Underdahl, Genise Werth,
Craig Wosmek and Douglas
Wosmek.
Lester Prairie: Adam Felt-
mann, Molly Millerbernd,
Nicholas Rasset, Sky Tervo
and Kristina Zarnke.
Silver Lake: Wade Dolezal,
Patricia Hemerick, Cheryl
Lueck, Andrew Penas, Kyle
Schultz and Cole Wendolek.
Winsted: Kimberly Con-
don, Christina Donnay, Joel
Koch, Justin Littfin and
Thomas Maresh.
Ridgewater announces dean’s list
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Obituaries
A Concelebrated Mass of
Christian Burial for David Ed-
ward Kosek, 54, of Silver
Lake, was held Monday, Feb.
10, at Holy
F a m i l y
C a t h o l i c
Church in
Silver Lake.
The Rev.
P a t r i c k
Ok o n k wo
and the Rev.
A n t h o n y
S t u b e d a
were concel-
ebrants.
Mr. Kosek died Feb. 5,
2014, at his home, surrounded
by his loving family.
Pallbearers were Jason Ba-
batz, Tony Rozeske, Troy
Rozeske, Mark Lewandowski,
Travis Jacques and Chad
Salmela. Honorary pallbearers
were Austin Feltmann, Abby
Feltmann, Amanda Teubert,
Beau Teubert, Jennifer
Jacques, Carter Kosek, Tami
Alsleben, Melissa Barsness,
Gary Lhotka and Dan Dolezal.
Mr. Kosek was born Oct.
11, 1959, to Clemens and
Verona (Zabel) Kosek.
On Sept. 29, 1984, Mr.
Kosek and Karen Rozeske
were joined in holy marriage
at St. Adalbert’s Catholic
Church in Silver Lake. Their
marriage was blessed with
three beautiful daughters,
Katie, Kim and Jamie.
He was formerly employed
at Lester Buildings, Inc., Lit-
tfin Lumber and Walmart.
Mr. Kosek had a passion for
hunting, fishing, camping,
football and family get-togeth-
ers. He was a loyal fan of high
school football and wouldn’t
dare to miss a game. He and
his family enjoyed many
weekends camping and fish-
ing. He loved hunting with his
daughters, dad, brothers, un-
cles, cousins and nephews.
Survivors include his loving
wife, Karen; daughters, Katie
(Justin) Ryks, Kim (Joe
Goettl) Kosek and Jamie
Kosek; parents, Clemens and
Verona Kosek; grandchildren,
Ian Ryks and Emma Goettl;
siblings, Mike Kosek, Pat
(Chris) Jacques, Julie Teubert
and Carla (Brent) Feltmann;
sisters-in-law, Jean (Ben)
Lewandowski and Marilyn
Salmela; brother-in-law, Tom
(Linda) Rozeske; nieces;
nephews and other relatives
and friends.
He was preceded in death
by his grandparents and in-
laws.
In lieu of flowers, memori-
als are preferred to The
Richard M. Schulze Family
American Cancer Society
Hope Lodge-Minneapolis,
2500 University Ave. SE,
Minneapolis, MN 55414;
www.cancer.org/hopelodge
minneapolis.
The Maresh Funeral Home
assisted the family with fu-
neral arrangements. Online
condolences may be made at
www.mareshfuneralhome.
com.
David E. Kosek, 54, of Silver Lake
David Kosek
GRACE BIBLE CHURCH
300 Cleveland Ave.,
Silver Lake
Dr. Tom Rakow, Pastor
320-327-2265
http://silverlakechurch.org
Sat., Feb. 15 — Men’s Bible
study, 7 a.m.; women’s Bible
study, 9 a.m.; booth at Glencoe
Business Expo, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 16 — “First Light”
radio broadcast on KARP 106.9
FM, 7:30 a.m.; pre-service prayer
time, 9:15 a.m.; worship, 9:30
a.m.; Sunday school for all ages,
10:35 a.m.; booth at Glencoe
Expo; Centershot Archery Min-
istry, 1 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 19 — Confirmation,
discipleship class, 6 p.m.; puppet
practice, prayer time, 7 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 22 — Men’s Bible
study, 7 a.m.
Dial-A-Bible Story, 320-327-
2843.
FAITH PRESBYTERIAN
108 W. Main St.,
Silver Lake
320-327-2452
Fax 320-327-6562
E-mail: faithfriends
@embarqmail.com
Carol Chmielewski, pastor
Office hours: Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, Thursdays from
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 16 — Handbell prac-
tice, 8:45 a.m.; worship service
with fellowship to follow, 10 a.m.
Wed., Feb. 19 — Light supper,
5:30 p.m.; WOW classes, 6 p.m.;
choir practice, 6:45 p.m.
CHURCH OF THE HOLY
FAMILY
700 W. Main St.,
Silver Lake
Anthony Stubeda, Pastor
Thurs., Feb. 13 — Mass at
Cedar Crest, 10:30 a.m.; worship,
5 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 14 — Mass, 8 a.m.
Sat., Feb. 15 — AFC consulta-
tion at Holy Family, 1 p.m.; recon-
ciliation, 5:30 p.m.; Mass, 6:30
p.m.
Sun., Feb. 16 — Mass, 8 a.m;
CCW coffee and rolls; first com-
munion parent meeting, 2 p.m.;
Mass, 8 p.m.
Mon., Feb. 17 — No Mass;
parish office closed for Presidents
Day.
Tues., Feb. 18 — Mass, 8 a.m.;
eucharistic adoration, 8:30 a.m. to
10 p.m.; quilting, 9 a.m.; KC
meeting, 7 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 19 — Mass, 5 p.m.;
first- through sixth-grade religious
education classes, 7 p.m.-8 p.m.;
seventh- through 11th-grade reli-
gious education classes, 7 p.m.-
8:15 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 20 — Mass at
Cedar Crest, 10:30 a.m.; meet and
greet at The Pines in Hutchinson,
11:30 a.m.
Fri., Feb. 21 — No Mass.
WORD OF LIFE CHURCH
950 School Rd. S.W.
Hutchinson
320-587-9443
E-mail: infor@
loversoftruth.com
Jim Hall, Pastor
Sun., Feb. 16 — Worship, 9:30
a.m. and 6 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF JESUS
CHRIST OF LATTER DAY
SAINTS
770 School Rd.,
Hutchinson
Kenneth Rand,
Branch President
320-587-5665
Sun., Feb. 9 — Sunday school,
10:50 a.m.-11:30 a.m.; priest-
hood, relief society and primary,
11:40 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
RIVERSIDE ASSEMBLY
OF GOD
20924 State Hwy. 7 W.,
Hutchinson
320-587-2074
E-mail: assembly@
hutchtel.net
Dr. Lee Allison, pastor
Sun., Feb. 16 — Worship, 8:30
a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
FIRST CONGREGATION
UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST
31 Fourth Ave. S.W.,
Hutchinson
320-587-2125
E-mail: jmm@hutchtel.net
Sun., Feb. 16 — Sunday
school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:15
a.m.
ST. PIUS X CHURCH
1014 Knight Ave., Glencoe
Anthony Stubeda, Pastor
Thurs., Feb. 13 — Mass at
GRHS-LTC, 10:30 a.m.; no junior
choir; worship committee, 7 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 14 — Morning prayer,
8 a.m.; school Mass, 8:20 a.m.;
Spanish Mass, 5:30 p.m..
Sat., Feb. 15 — Llamados a
Sevir, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; AFC consul-
tation at Holy Family, 1 p.m.; rec-
onciliation, 4 p.m.; Mass, 5 p.m.
Sun., Feb. 16 — Mass, 9:30
a.m.; Spanish Mass, 11:30 a.m.;
Spanish religious education for
children and adults, 12:45 p.m.;
AFC first communion parent
meeting, Holy Family, 2 p.m.;
Mass at Holy Family, Silver Lake,
8 p.m.
Mon., Feb. 17 — Mass, 11 a.m.;
Provence of Minneapolis and St.
Paul Board meeting.
Tues., Feb. 18 — Morning
prayer, 7 a.m.; Mass, 7:20 a.m.;
KC meeting 7:30 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 19 — Evening
prayer, 5:40 p.m.; Mass, 6 p.m.;
kindergarten through sixth-grade
religious education classes, 7
p.m.-8 p.m.; seventh- through
11th-grade religious education
classes, 7 p.m.-8:15 p.m.; confir-
mation candidate exam at St. Pius
X, 7 p.m.
SHALOM BAPTIST
CHURCH
1215 Roberts Rd. SW.,
Hutchinson
Rick Stapleton, senior pastor
Adam Krumrie, worship pas-
tor/director of
student ministries
Sun., Feb. 16 — Adult growth
groups, Sunday school and wor-
ship, 9 a.m.; adult growth groups
and worship, 10:30 a.m.; discover
membership, noon; Shalom run-
ning group, 4 p.m.; Financial
Peace University, 7 p.m.
Mon., Feb. 17 — Griefshare
workshop, 6:30 p.m.; women’s
discipleship, 7 p.m.
BETHEL LUTHERAN
77 Lincoln Ave.,
Lester Prairie
Bethany Nelson, pastor
320-395-2125
Sun., Feb. 16 — Worship, 9
a.m.; Penaz baptism; confirma-
tion, 10:15 a.m.; Sunday school,
10:15 a.m.
Mon., Feb. 17 — Ladies Bible
study, 7 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 19 — Deacons
meeting, 6 p.m.; choir, 7 p.m.;
council meeting, 7 p.m.
Church News
Silver Lake Leader photo by Alyssa Schauer
Geography Bee participants
In January, the annual geography bee was
held at Lakeside Elementary in Silver
Lake. Participating in the event were, in the
front, from left to right, Marianna Castillo,
Caleb Schmieg, Rylan Rosenlund and
Katelyn Fiecke. In the back, from left to
right, are Hope Kosek, Elias Kuehn, Taylor
Hatlestad, Derek Trippel and Katie Nowak.
Missing was Guadalupe Acevedo. Castillo
was the champion of the geography bee.
Strawberry Cream Cheese Heart Cookies
Ingredients:
1 pouch sugar cookie mix
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
4 ounces strawberry cream cheese, softened
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
1 egg
Neon pink food color
Assorted candy sprinkles
Directions:
Heat oven to 375° and line cookie sheet with
cooking parchment paper. In medium bowl, stir
cookie mix, flour, softened cream cheese, lemon
peel and egg until soft dough forms. Stir in food
color to get desired pink color. Roll dough 1/4-
inch thick on lightly floured surface. Cut with
2-1/2 to 3-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter. Place
1 inch apart on cookie sheet. Decorate cookies
as desired by pressing assorted sprinkles into
dough. Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until light golden
brown around edges. Remove from cooking
sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about
15 minutes.
Roasted Red Pepper Ravioli Bake
Ingredients:
2 each of medium green, sweet red and yellow
peppers
1 package (25 ounces) frozen cheese ravioli
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups meatless spaghetti sauce, divided
4 ounces sliced part-skim mozzarella cheese
Directions:
Place peppers on a broiler pan. Broil 4 inches
from the heat until skins blister, about 6 to 8
minutes. With tongs, rotate peppers a quarter
turn. Broil and rotate until all sides are blistered
and blackened. Immediately place peppers in a
bowl; cover and let stand for 15 to 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, cook ravioli according to package
directions; drain. Peel off and discard charred
skin from peppers. Remove stems and seeds.
Finely chop peppers; drain. In a large bowl,
combine the peppers, oil, sugar and salt.
Spread 1-1/2 cups spaghetti sauce in a 9x13-
inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.
Layer with ravioli, pepper mixture and cheese.
Top with remaining spaghetti sauce. Cover and
bake at 350° for 15 minutes. Uncover; bake 15-
20 minutes longer or until heated through.
Salsa Chicken
Ingredients:
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
4 teaspoons taco seasoning mix
1 cup salsa
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons sour cream
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375° and place chicken breasts
in a lightly greased 9x13-inch baking dish.
Sprinkle taco seasoning on both sides of
chicken breasts, and pour salsa over all. Bake
for 25 to 35 minutes, or until chicken is tender
and juicy and its juices run clear. Sprinkle
chicken evenly with cheese, and continue bak-
ing for an additional 3 to 5 minutes, or until
cheese is melted and bubbly. Top with sour
cream if desired, and serve.
Slow Cooker Barbecue
Ingredients:
1 boneless chuck roast (3 pounds)
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
Salt and pepper to taste
1 bottle (18 ounces) barbecue sauce
Directions:
Place roast into slow cooker. Sprinkle with gar-
lic powder and onion powder, and season with
salt and pepper. Pour barbecue sauce over meat.
Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours. Remove meat
from slow cooker, shred, and return to slow
cooker. Cook for 1 more hour. Serve hot.
Kitchen Delights
& Other Things
Silver Lake Leader photo by Alyssa Schauer
Spelling bee participants
In January, a district-wide spelling bee was
held at Lincoln Junior High gymnasium.
Lakeside students participating include, in
the front, from left to right, Teagan Hansch,
Jasmine Knick, Mikayla Witte, Rylan
Rosenlund and Anthony LaPlante. In the
back are Abby Gronlund, Courtney Richer,
Taylor Hatlestad, Allie Gronlund and
Alayna Knowles. Spencer Lilienthal of
First Lutheran School was crowned cham-
pion and will advance to the regional
spelling bee in February.
By Josh Randt
Sports Editor
With two straight losses to
conference opponents Dassel-
Cokato (73-58) and Annandale
(71-66), Glencoe-Silver Lake
girls’ basketball coach Zach
Otto-Fisher said the final six
games will be about trust.
“The girls need to start trust-
ing in themselves, the team,
and importantly, the coaches,”
Otto-Fisher said after Mon-
day’s loss. “The times that
they don’t have that trust is
when we find ourselves giving
up an easy shot, missing a
board, or misreading a play ...
Our players seventh-12th need
to trust our system and realize
we coaches are here to make
them all better.”
Monday the Panthers hosted
the now 8-10 Annandale Car-
dinals, and led 37-36 at the
half, despite trailing 10-0 just
two minutes into the game.
GSL fought back behind a
spark generated by senior cap-
tain Steph Klockmann and the
young Monahan sisters, Mad-
die and Mac.
The trio accounted for 32 of
the Panthers’ 37 first-half
points, with Klockmann and
Maddie Monahan scoring 10
to Mac’s 12. But the ground
gained was not enough, as the
Cardinals scored 35 in the sec-
ond to GSL’s 29.
The highlight of the night
for the Panthers had to be
Klockmann’s 26 points and
double-digit rebounds as she
notched another double-dou-
ble in her belt for the season.
“(Klockmann) is playing
great ball right now,” Otto-
Fisher said of his senior cap-
tain. “The thing I love about
her is her work ethic. (It) does-
n’t matter if we are up by 10 or
down by 10 in the last five sec-
onds, she acts like every re-
bound, tip, or shot is the one
that can change the game.”
GSL never stopped fighting,
but it was the three-pointers
from Annandale’s Emma
Atkinson that really hurt the
Panthers.
Atkinson was Annandale’s
second highest scorer with 19
behind Hannah Spaulding,
who had 26. But Atkinson hit
three treys in each half, includ-
ing three in a row for the Car-
dinals in the first 18 minutes as
GSL had a hard time locking
her down.
The first two threes Atkin-
son made in the second each
moved the Cardinals in front
of the Panthers. Her third ex-
tended the lead to 57-51 mid-
way through the second as it
bounced off the rim, grabbed
the glass and fell.
Sam Lange’s three at the
end of the game made the
score look a little better, but
the Panthers still lost 71-66.
With five out of the last six
games against conference op-
ponents, Otto-Fisher is making
a change to his lineup against
New London-Spicer on Tues-
day, giving eighth-grader Mac
Monahan the start after com-
ing off the bench all season.
“That kid is playing with so
much confidence right now,
and playing ‘complete’ ball,”
Otto-Fisher said of Mac Mon-
ahan. “She is getting tips on D,
layups on offense, and making
things happen in transition. It
has been fun to see her step up
and play an important role for
varsity.”
GSL rematched with New
London-Spicer Tuesday night,
and is now off until Tuesday,
Feb. 18, when it hosts Litch-
field for parent’s night.
It’s about trust
Silver Lake Leader, Thursday, February 13, 2014 — Page 5
Sports
Erin Nowak keeps the ball down low away from a Das-
sel-Cokato defender during Friday’s 73-58 loss to the
Chargers. Nowak finished with four points, two re-
bounds and two assists.
Silver Lake Leader photo by Josh Randt
DANCELINE
GYMNASTICS
GIRLS’BASKETBALL
WRESTLING
December
12....at NLS Conf. Tourney ......
..........................................10th
14....at Hutchinson Inv........6th
January
04....at Belle Plaine Inv............
09....at Holy Family Cath Conf.
Tourney....................................
11....at Waconia Inv.................
18....at Delano Conf. Tourney..
.................................................
25....at NLS Inv........................
February
01....at Mound-Wtka (Sec-
tions) .................................10th
January
14....Litchfield ..........................
......... .........L,123.375-103.125
17....at Dassel-Cokato.............
.......................L,120.775-101.6
18....GSL Inv.......................5th
21....St. Peter and Orono ...3rd
23....Waconia...........................
.......................L,128.875-98.45
30....at Delano .........................
.........................L,131.7-105.25
February
07....Mound-Wtka ....................
.....................L,132.55-104.225
14....at Mankato (Sections)......
..........................................5:30
December
05....Wabasso-Red Rock Cen-
tral.... ...........................L,36-31
07....GSL Inv. .....................2nd
12....Dassel-Cokato....W,48-25
12....Litchfield.............W,47-21
14....at Andover Inv. ............1st
19....at NLS ................W,37-21
19....at Ann/ML...........W,31-30
20....at St. Peter ........W,45-31
20....at WEM/JWP......W,45-30
21....at Richfield Inv. ...........3rd
January
02....Watertown-Mayer ............
...................................W,36-30
09....Orono ................W,65-14
09....Delano .................W,58-6
11....at Zimmerman Inv.......3rd
18....at LCWM Inv..............2nd
20....at Mound-Wtka....L,41-29
21....at Waconia...........L,36-31
23....at Hutchinson ........L,61-8
30....LCWM .................L,33-24
30....ACGC..................L,48-24
30....Sibley East .........W,36-29
31....Conf. Tourney .............4th
February
06....New Prague.........L,50-17
07....at STMA ................L,65-6
08....at DC Inv...................8:00
December
03....St. Peter .............W,60-42
07....at NYA................W,39-33
10....Belle Paine.........W,68-35
13....New Ulm.............W,60-48
17....at New Prague.....L,62-30
20....Lester Prairie......W,71-58
28....at MACCRAY......W,58-23
January
03....at Sibley East .....W,49-40
10....at Mound-Wtka....L,53-41
11....at Mayer Lutheran ...........
.....................................L,81-62
14....NLS .....................L,62-52
17....Orono ..................L,73-52
21....at Litchfield.........W,63-53
23....Willmar ................L,56-46
24....at Hutchinson ......L,72-52
31....Holy Family..........L,76-54
February
03....Rocori .................W,61-51
07....Dassel-Cokato.....L,73-58
10....at Annandale .......L,71-66
11....at NLS .................L,70-41
18....Litchfield ...................7:15
20....at Waconia................7:15
21....Delano ......................7:15
25....Annandale ................7:15
GSL Winter
Sports
Silver Lake Leader photo by Josh Randt
The season came to an end for the Glencoe-Silver
Lake danceline team on Feb. 1, as it took 10th place
out of 12 teams. Pictured are, front row from left:
Same Cornell and Deanna Bondhus. Back row: Kai-
ley Yurek and Emily Oberlin.
Danceline takes 10th at sections
BOYS’ BASKETBALL
December
06....at Bloomington Jefferson
.....................................L,68-36
07....at NYA................W,73-48
10....at Hutchinson .....W,66-59
12....Dassel-Cokato....W,47-37
17....at Annandale .......L,62-54
28....Belle Plaine ........W,79-72
January
03....Sibley East .........W,57-55
04....at Jordan .............L,63-43
09....at BOLD .............W,66-52
10....Mound-Wtka.......W,77-60
14....at NLS ................W,66-63
17....at Orono ..............L,73-55
21....Litchfield.............W,55-51
24....Hutchinson ..........L,62-57
31....at Holy Family......L,69-43
February
03....at Belle Plaine .....L,67-65
06....at Dassel-Cokato.............
...................................W,73-50
10....at Rocori ..............L,64-53
11....NLS ....................W,66-63
13....Annandale ................7:15
14....Waconia....................7:15
18....at Litchfield ...............7:15
20....at Watertown-Mayer .7:30
21....at Delano ..................7:15
By Josh Randt
Sports Editor
Starting the season with an 11-
2 dual record, the Glencoe-Sil-
ver Lake/Lester Prairie wrestlers
have lost seven of their last eight
duals, and ride a three-dual los-
ing streak into the Section 2
(Class AA) tournament.
“Believe in yourself, and
wrestle at the highest level
you’ve ever wrestled,” head
coach Lance Wurm said of what
his team needs to do leading up
to, and during, the section tour-
nament, where GSL/LP will first
face Chaska in Waconia on
Thursday. “We’re good enough,
but they don’t think they belong.
They have got to get over the
hump” of not believing they can
compete with the best teams.
GSL/LP faced two of the best
teams in the state last week from
Class AA (New Prague, No. 7)
and Class AAA (St. Michael-Al-
bertville, No. 2).
First the Panthers fell 50-17 to
the Trojans of New Prague on
Thursday, before being disman-
tled by STMA 65-6 the follow-
ing day.
“Thursday was just kind of
frustrating. I didn’t think we
wrestled to our full potential,”
Wurm said of the loss to New
Prague.
“He said we’ve got to step it
up a little bit and work harder in
practice,” senior co-captain
Jacob Jewett said of Wurm.
“There are teams out there that
work really, really hard, and we
just have to match that to be as
good as them.”
The Panthers have seen plenty
of talented teams this season,
and will have a rematch with
Waconia following the dual with
Chaska Thursday.
The Wildcats defeated the
Panthers 36-31 when the two
teams met on Jan. 21.
But missing from the Panther
lineup at the first meeting were
Michael Donnay and Nate
Tesch, who are now cleared to
roll.
John Williams likely will miss
the remainder of the team sched-
ule, but has not been completely
ruled out for individual sections.
“Never getting hurt until a
couple weeks before sections my
senior year is a real bummer,”
Williams said. “But I’m not
completely out. I go in Thursday,
and it’s feeling a lot better.”
Regardless of whether he’s in
the lineup, Williams and Wurm
both said the key to avoiding an
early exit in the post-season lies
in the team’s mindset, and for
guys to wrestle an entire match.
“We haven’t wrestled to our
full potential yet ... The whole
team just wasn’t focused,”
Williams said of why GSL/LP
hasn’t gotten over the hump and
what it will have to do in sec-
tions.
“They wrestle the last three, or
the last two (minutes) and then
they start realizing what their
ability is. They want to feel guys
out, but sometimes that back
fires and you dig yourself in a
hole,” Wurm said of his squad.
“I think it’s doubt, and just a lack
of confidence.”
Any doubt or lack in confi-
dence from here on out, and the
team’s season will end Thursday.
A pair of wins, and the Panthers
wrestle Scott West at Glencoe
Saturday afternoon.
***
Thursday in Glencoe,
GSL/LP’s loss to New Prague
may have been predicted once
the Trojans placed Griffin Par-
riott at 138, and James Berg at
145.
With Parriott currently ranked
No. 1 at 132 pounds in Class
AA, and Berg No. 3 at 138, the
Panthers’ normal pop from
Brandon Richter and Michael
Donnay was easily negated.
It was even at 11-11 when
Richter and Parriott first tied up
at 138.
The Panthers’ points came
from a pair of major decisions
from Jewett and Alex Mielke,
and a 9-3 decision by Aaron
Donnay.
Richter only trailed 2-0 head-
ing into the second, but found
himself down 9-1 in the third.
Parriott took notice to the ex-
haustion on Richter’s face and
pushed the junior until he scored
a technical fall at 5:30.
On his final takedown, Par-
riott glanced up at the score-
board, noticing he only needed
another two points to seal the
match.
Tired from the grueling pace,
Richter looked like a boxer with
his hands down as Parriott
pushed him off balance only to
hit a duck under and force his
victim to the ground.
Michael Donnay didn’t fair
much better against Berg in the
ensuing match.
Berg, like Parriott, started
slow at 145 with a 2-1 lead after
the first. He opened it up to 11-1
following the second as he
would not let the senior escape
once he scored another take-
down.
Looking for a stand up,
Michael Donnay was stuffed
every time as Berg promptly
lifted him off the ground once he
made it to his feet.
The losses made it 20-11 New
Prague.
After a pair of pins at 152 and
160, New Prague’s Cameron
Schmitz won by injury default
over Tristan Weber at 170, as
Weber went down with a
sprained ankle just 29 seconds
into the match.
Another injury default for the
Panthers at 182 gave New
Prague another six points with
Williams still nursing an elbow.
Colton Lueders had the most
thrilling, and controversial,
match of the evening at 195
pounds.
Lueders had a 2-1 lead in the
third period, but gave up an es-
cape to Mitch Gullickson of
New Prague, forcing overtime
with a locked 2-2 score.
Neither grappler scored in
overtime, so it went to an ulti-
mate tiebreaker.
Gullickson chose down to
start, but Lueders cut him loose
from the get-go, giving him the
3-2 lead, which extended to 5-2
with a takedown from the Tro-
jan.
Not sure he could escape Gul-
lickson’s ride, Lueders opted to
start neutral.
Twice, it appeared, Lueders
had Gullickson taken down, but
was called out of bounds both
times as jeers rained down from
the strained Panther crowd.
Lueders finally hit a double
that was far enough in bounds,
but gave up an escape as he
eventually lost 6-5, pushing New
Prague’s lead to 47-11.
Time for wrestlers to ‘believe in themselves’
The eyes of Jacob Jewett (top) get a little
wide as Brady O’Neill of New Prague at-
tempts a roll on the senior. Jewett would
have none of it, and defeated the Trojan
by major decision, 16-6, but the Pan-
thers still lost 50-17.
Silver Lake Leader photo by Josh Randt
By Josh Randt
Sports Editor
Stringing together its two
highest scores of the season, the
Glencoe-Silver Lake gymnastics
team turned in a 104.225 in a
loss to Mound-Westonka, which
scored 132.55.
Though Friday’s score
dropped ever so slightly from
GSL’s 105.25 posted against
Delano the previous week, head
coach Kim Hahn is pleased with
her team’s performance heading
into the section tournament in
Mankato this Friday.
“They did drop slightly in
some areas, but improved in oth-
ers ... So, I think that was a good
way to end the season,” Hahn
said. “I think our team will do
great at sections — if we can
have another meet like Friday I
would be happy! I expect the
girls to once again compete with
their new skills, and just really
concentrate on their form
throughout each routine.”
The biggest improvements
were made on floor exercises,
where Paige Anderson turned in
an 8.1, and Ellie Schmidt scored
a 7.2.
Last week, Paige Anderson
scored a 7.725, and Schmidt a
6.9.
Amanda Anderson also im-
proved her floor routine from
6.7 against Delano, to a 7.0 Fri-
day.
This was the first meet that
Paige Anderson was not the
highest scoring Panther all
around.
Chrissy Helmbrecht’s 22.7
edged Paige Anderson’s 21.975,
as the pair came in at No. 6 and
No. 7 all around.
Helmbrecht had a 7.8 on
vault, 4.575 on bars, 4.125 for
beam and a 6.2 on floor.
Paige Anderson’s 8.15 on
vault was her highest scoring
event, as she compiled the rest
of her points on beam with a
5.725, and an 8.1 on floor.
Amanda Anderson finished
with an all around score of
20.85, while Cassidy Schrader
mustered a 13.8, and Ellie
Schmidt a 13.1.
The section meet is at 5:30
p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, at K&G
Gymnastics Club in Mankato.
All on the line
Page 6 — Silver Lake Leader, Thursday, February 13, 2014
Glencoe-Silver
Lake Schools
School Board Proceedings
ISD #2859
Glencoe-Silver Lake, Minnesota
January 13, 2014
The School Board of Independent
School District #2859 met in regular
session at 7:00 p.m. in the Lincoln
Meet ing Room. Interim Board Chair
Christianson called the meeting to or -
der. Present: Superintendent Sonju;
Bus i ness Manager Sander; Principals
Svoboda, Butler, and Schultz; Mock
Trial Co-Advisors Tom Schoper and
Joe Morcomb and Mock Trial Team
members Danielle Mathews (captain),
Oakley Clark (captain), Mary Roach,
Katie Twiss, Brandon Potter, Derek
Ortloff, Alfredo Peña, Ellie Forcier,
and guest moderator Shannon Twiss;
Page Program participants Mariah
Guldemann-Chiarello, Taylor Venir,
and Christopher Lemke; Student Gov-
ernment/Student Ac tivities representa-
tives Lindsay Wedin and Emily
Popelka; Kristin Roepke; Technology
Staff Morris; and Superintendent’s
Secretary Peterson.
The pledge of allegiance was re-
cited.
1. Officers were elected for 2014.
Interim Chair Christianson requested
nominations for Chairperson. Twiss to
nominate Christianson for Chairper-
son. VonBerge to nominate Alsleben
for Chairperson. Twiss, Lindeman,
and Christianson for Christianson.
VonBerge, Kuester, and Alsleben for
Alsleben. No majority reached.
2. A second vote was taken to elect
a Chairperson. Twiss, Lindeman, and
Christianson for Christianson. Von-
Berge, Kuester, and Alsleben for Al-
sleben. No majority reached.
3. VonBerge to nominate Christian-
son for the position of School Board
Vice Chairperson. Christianson de-
clined the nomination.
4. Alsleben to nominate Twiss for
Clerk. After the third call for nomina-
tions, Christianson closed the nomina-
tions for office and declared the
candidate elected by acclamation.
5. Alsleben to nominate Kuester for
Treasurer. After the third call for nom-
inations, Christianson closed the nom-
inations for office and declared the
candidate elected by acclamation.
6. Announcements: The next reg -
ular School Board meeting will be on
February 10 at 7:00 p.m. in the Lin-
coln Meeting Room (Room 124).
7. Public Input: Kristin Roepke
about hiring an LPN at Lakeside.
8. Reports: Mock Trial Co-Advi-
sors Schoper and Morcomb and Mock
Trial team members; High School So-
cial Studies Teacher Schoper about
GSL students participating in the High
School Page program: Lemke, Venier,
Guldemann-Chiarello, and Robyn
Siewert; Business Manager Sander,
Principals Butler, Schultz, and Svo-
boda, Student Government represen-
tative Popelka and Student Activities
representative Wedin, and Superin-
tendent Sonju. No action taken.
9. Alsleben/Kuester to approve the
agenda (6-0).
10. VonBerge/Twiss to approve the
consent agenda: December bills; reg-
ular Board meeting minutes of De -
cember 9, 2013; Community
Education Assignment: Liz Tromborg
for instruction of a variety of Commu-
nity Education classes from January
through March, 2014 (6-0).
11. Kuester/Lindeman to set the
reg ular School Board meetings on the
second Monday, beginning at 7:00
p.m. and meet in the Lincoln Meeting
Room (Room 124), with a second
meeting, if necessary, to be held on the
fourth Monday (6-0).
12. Twiss/Alsleben to leave the per
diem rates for 2014 as they have been:
attendance at regular and special for-
mal Board meetings – $2,000.00 per
year; per committee meeting – $35.00;
per negotiations meeting – $50.00;
and additional pay after three hours for
committee and negotiations meetings
– $35.00 (6-0).
13. Alsleben/Kuester to adopt the
committee assignments for 2014 as
specified by the School Board (6-0).
14. Twiss/Alsleben to authorize
Michelle Sander, Business Manager,
to make payment (prior to School
Board approval) of claims that cannot
be deferred until the next Board meet-
ing without loss to the district of dis-
count privileges and, further, authorize
Michelle Sander to initiate and trans-
act electronic transfers for the purpose
of investing excess monies and for
payment of bond prin cipal and interest
as provided by M.S. 1996, Section
123.35, Subd. 15 (6-0).
15. Lindeman/VonBerge to dele-
gate the following statutory duties of
the Clerk to the administrative staff:
the keeping of the book of minutes of
all School Board meetings, the prepa-
ration of reports that shall include the
condition and value of school prop-
erty, receipts and disbursements in de-
tail and such other financial matters as
may be called for by the Minnesota
Department of Education, the length
of the school term and the enrollment
and attendance by grades, and the
names and post office addresses of all
directors and other officers, and such
other items of information as may be
called for by the Commissioner of Ed-
ucation (6-0).
16. Kuester/Twiss to adopt the res-
olution directing the administration to
make recommendations for reductions
in programs and positions and reasons
therefore for the 2014-2015 school
year (6-0).
17. Twiss/Alsleben to schedule
Meet and Confer on February 6, 2013
at 3:30 p.m. in the Lincoln Meeting
Room (Room 124) at Lincoln Junior
High School (6-0).
18. Kuester/VonBerge to hire an
LPN to be the Health Assistant at
Lakeside Elementary (6-0).
19. VonBerge/Lindeman to approve
adding a Pathways II Grant Assistant
(Paraprofessional) to work in the Early
Childhood Learning Center from Jan-
uary 14th through ap proximately June
1st for approximately seven hours a
day for three days a week. The posi-
tion will be funded by Pathways II
Grant funds (6-0).
20. Twiss/VonBerge to accept do-
nations from: Glencoe Lions Club,
Panther Booster Club, Olivia Chrysler
Center, Seneca Foods, Silver Lake
Lions Club, Plato Fire Department,
and Silver Lake Knights of Columbus
#1841 (6-0).
21. A third vote was taken to elect
a Chairperson. Twiss, Lindeman, and
Christianson for Christianson. Von-
Berge, Kuester, and Alsleben for Al-
sleben. No majority reached. Chris-
tianson to continue as acting Chairper-
son until a vote is taken at the next
meeting.
22. Alsleben/Lindeman to adjourn
at 8:36 p.m. (6-0).
Complete minutes and all docu-
ments relating to this meeting are on
file and available for review at the Su-
perintendent’s Office, 1621 East 16th
Street, Glencoe.
Glencoe-Silver Lake
School District #2859
By: Anne Twiss, Board Clerk
These minutes are unofficial until
approved by School Board action.
(Published in the Silver Lake
Leader February 13, 2014)
Hearing Notice
NOTICE OF HEARING
ON REVISED
FINAL ASSESSMENT
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given that the Sil-
ver Lake city council will meet at 6:30
p.m. on Tuesday, February 18, 2014,
at the Silver Lake Auditorium, to con-
sider, and possibly adopt, the proposed
assessment for the Grove Avenue
(CSAH 2) Improvement Project,
which includes improvements on the
following streets:
• Grove Avenue (CSAH 2) from
Gehlen Drive to TH 7
by construction of water main, storm
sewer, concrete curb and gutter, ag-
gregate base, concrete surfacing, con-
crete sidewalks, turf restoration, and
miscellaneous items required to prop-
erly complete the improvements.
Adoption by the council of the pro-
posed assessment may occur at the
hearing. The area proposed to be as-
sessed for such improvements in-
cludes properties abutting such
improvements.
Such assessment is proposed to be
payable in equal annual installments
extending over a period of 15 years,
the first of the installments to be
payable on or before the first Monday
in January 2014, and will bear interest
at the rate of 4.00 percent per annum
from the date of the adoption of the as-
sessment resolution. To the first in-
stallment shall be added interest on the
entire assessment from the date of the
assessment resolution until December
31, 2014. To each subsequent install-
ment when due shall be added interest
for one year on all unpaid install-
ments.
You may at any time prior to certi-
fication of the assessment to the
county auditor, pay the entire assess-
ment on such property to the city
clerk. No interest shall be charged if
the entire assessment is paid within 30
days from the adoption of this assess-
ment. You may at any time thereafter,
pay to the city administrator the entire
amount of the assessment remaining
unpaid, with interest accrued to De-
cember 31 of the year in which such
payment is made. Such payment must
be made before November 15 or inter-
est will be charged through December
31 of the succeeding year. If you de-
cide not to prepay the assessment be-
fore the date given above the rate of
interest that will apply is 4.00 percent
per year. The right to partially prepay
the assessment is available.
The proposed assessment roll is on
file for public inspection at the city
clerk’s office. The total amount of the
proposed assessment is $220,376.54.
Written or oral objections will be con-
sidered at the meeting. No appeal may
be taken as to the amount of an assess-
ment unless a written objection signed
by the affected property owner is filed
with the city clerk prior to the assess-
ment hearing or presented to the pre-
siding officer at the hearing. The
council may upon such notice con-
sider any objection to the amount of a
proposed individual assessment at an
adjourned meeting upon such further
notice to the affected property owners
as it deems advisable.
Under Minn. Stat. §§ 435.193 to
435.195, the council may, in its discre-
tion, defer the payment of this special
assessment for any homestead prop-
erty owned by a person 65 years of
age or older for whom it would be a
hardship to make the payments. When
deferment of the special assessment
has been granted and is terminated for
any reason provided in that law, all
amounts accumulated plus applicable
interest become due. Any assessed
property owner meeting the require-
ments of this law and the policy
adopted under it may, within 30 days
of the confirmation of the assessment,
apply to the city administrator for the
prescribed form for such deferral of
payment of this special assessment on
their property.
If an assessment is contested or
there is an adjourned hearing, the fol-
lowing procedure will be followed:
1. The city will present its case first
by calling witnesses who may testify
by narrative or by examination, and by
the introduction of exhibits. After each
witness has testified, the contesting
party will be allowed to ask questions.
The procedure will be repeated with
each witness until neither side has fur-
ther questions.
2. After the city has presented all its
evidence, the objector may call wit-
nesses or present such testimony as the
objector desires. The same procedure
for questioning of the city’s witnesses
will be followed with the objector’s
witnesses.
3. The objector may be represented
by counsel.
4. Minnesota rules of evidence will
not be strictly applied; however, they
may be considered and argued to the
council as to the weight of items of ev-
idence or testimony presented to the
council.
5. The entire proceedings will be
tape-recorded (video-taped).
6. At the close of presentation of
evidence, the objector may make a
final presentation to the council based
on the evidence and the law. No new
evidence may be presented at this
point.
7. The council may adopt the pro-
posed assessment at the hearing.
An owner may appeal an assess-
ment to the district court pursuant to
Minn. Stat. § 429.081 by serving no-
tice of the appeal upon the mayor and
city administrator of the city within 30
days after the adoption of the assess-
ment and filing such notice with the
district court within ten days after
service upon the mayor or clerk.
Kerry Venier
City Clerk/Treasurer
(Published in The Silver Lake
Leader February 13, 2014)
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Yet another cold start to the week will finally give way
to a slight warm-up as we move towards the weekend. The
overall pattern is showing signs of cracking which, as
everyone knows, is fantastic news for a very cold upper
Midwest!
Highs to end the week will inch towards 20 with highs
well into the 20s Saturday and Sunday. We’re starting to
get more of a westerly component to our weather, which
is slowly starting to close the wide-open door to Canada.
This doesn’t mean we are completely done with the cold
stuff as there is still a fair amount of it bottled up to our
north, but it’s certainly a move in the right direction.
Large storms stay away once again with only a couple
chances for snow as weak impulses move through. We’ll
be dealing with lingering snow showers late Wednesday
and behind the impulse, temperatures will fall most of the
day Thursday.
Snow is possible again Saturday, but it shouldn’t be a
huge mess as most of the energy will be pointed away from
our area. Fair warning: In this type of pattern, these im-
pulses will move through every two to three days or so,
which could mean no snow or a few inches if you get the
direct hit.
We have made it through the worst part of winter. Hang
in there! Have a great week!
Ma dobry weekendem Mit dobry vikend
Wednesday night — Lows 16-22; clouds/snow showers.
Thursday — Highs 16-22; lows -3 to 3; temps
falling/clouds.
Friday — Highs 13-19; lows 0-6; partly cloudy.
Saturday — Highs 20-26; lows 6-12; clouds.
Sunday — Highs 22-29; partly cloudy.
Weather Quiz: Will our snowpack this year translate to
flooding this spring?
Answer to last week’s question: Why have long-range
forecasts been so bad this year? Bonus question this
week, did Punxsutawney Phil the groundhog see his
shadow this year?
Forecast models don’t typically deal with winters like
this, so when they happen it’s hard for them to keep the
cold pool in place and know what to do with snow chances
as they move through (yes, it’s just another excuse for me-
teorologists to point to). The groundhog, not surprisingly,
saw his shadow this year, which means six more weeks of
winter. Let’s just hope it’s not longer than that!
Remember: I make the forecast, not the weather!
Weather Corner
By Jake Yurek
Feb. 17-21
Silver Lake
Senior Nutrition Site
Monday — Cranberry-glazed
chicken, baked potato, California
blend vegetables, bread, mar-
garine, fruit cocktail, low-fat milk.
Tuesday — Hamburger tomato
casserole, green beans, mandarin
orange whip, bread, margarine,
cookie, low-fat milk.
Wednesday — Vegetable beef
soup, turkey sandwich, pineapple,
crackers, margarine, bar, low-fat
milk.
Thursday — Lemon pepper fish,
brown rice, coleslaw, mixed veg-
etables, dinner roll, margarine,
raspberry parfait dessert, low-fat
milk.
Friday — Salisbury steak,
parslied whole potatoes, squash,
bread, margarine, blushing pears,
low-fat milk.
GSL Elementary
Breakfast
Monday — No school. Presi-
dents Day.
Tuesday — Pancake on a stick
with syrup or apple cinnamon muf-
fin and yogurt, mandarin oranges,
low-fat milk.
Wednesday — French toast
sticks with syrup or Golden Gra-
hams and string cheese, diced
peaches, low-fat milk.
Thursday — Tony’s breakfast
pizza or oatmeal with cinnamon
and raisins, mixed fruit, low-fat
milk.
Friday — Egg-and-cheese muf-
fin or blueberry muffin and yogurt,
orange juice, low-fat milk.
Helen Baker, Lakeside Lunch
Monday — No school.
Tuesday — Italian meat sauce,
whole-grain rotini pasta, bread
stick, chef salad with cheese, egg
and croutons, seasoned green
beans, caesar romaine salad with
dressing, petite banana, chilled ap-
plesauce.
Wednesday — Chicken
nuggets, yogurt, American cheese,
crackers fun lunch, mashed pota-
toes with gravy, confetti coleslaw,
kiwi wedges, chilled peaches.
Thursday — Barbecue pork
sandwich on whole-grain bun, chef
salad with cheese, egg and crou-
tons, bread stick, oven-baked
French fries, broccoli florets, or-
ange wedges, chilled pears.
Friday — Tony’s cheese pizza,
turkey and cheese on whole-grain
bread, seasoned corn, baby car-
rots with dressing, apple wedges,
chilled mixed fruit.
Junior, Senior High Breakfast
Monday — No school.
Tuesday — Pancake on a stick
with syrup or oatmeal with cinna-
mon and raisins, mandarin or-
anges, low-fat milk.
Wednesday — French toast
sticks with syrup or ultimate break-
fast round and yogurt, diced
peaches, low-fat milk.
Thursday — Breakfast pizza or
Cinnamon Toast Crunch and apple
cinnamon muffin, mixed fruit, low-
fat milk.
Friday — Sausage, egg and
cheese biscuit or ultimate break-
fast round and yogurt, orange
juice, low-fat milk.
Junior, Senior High Lunch
Monday — No school.
Tuesday — Oven-baked meat-
balls in gravy over seasoned rotini,
bread stick, seasoned carrots, ji-
cama, cucumber and fruit salad,
red pepper strips with dressing, ba-
nana, chilled applesauce.
Wednesday — Breaded spicy
chicken patty or grilled chicken on
whole-grain bun, oven-baked tater
tots, corn on the cob, broccoli
salad with raisins, jicama sticks
with dressing, baked apple slices,
chilled peaches.
Thursday — Turkey pot roast,
mashed potatoes with gravy, stuff-
ing, dinner roll, seasoned peas,
kidney bean salad, cucumber
slices with dressing orange
wedges, chilled pears.
Friday — Pasta bar with chicken
alfredo or Italian pasta with meat
sauce, bread stick, seasoned
green beans, caesar romaine
salad, baby carrots with dressing,
apple, chilled mixed fruit.
Menus
The Silver Lake Senior Cit-
izens Club met Feb. 10 at the
Silver Lake Auditorium.
President Margaret Benz
called the meeting to order,
followed by the pledge to the
flag.
There were 33 regular mem-
bers present and five new
members, including Hubert
and Margaret Schermann, Ron
and Luane Mickolichek and
Helen Lhotka.
There were two guests, and
club membership now stands
at 43 paid members.
February birthdays were
Sam Shimanski, Aggie Fiecke,
Roger Lhotka, Dan Tschim-
perle, Yvonne Urban and
Luane Mickolichek.
Ed Goede volunteered to be
the club liaison to the city of
Silver Lake on improvements
to the auditorium.
Cards were sent to Don
Benz, Jerry Mickolichek and
Jean Lewandowski.
Lunch committee for the
March 10 meeting is LeRoy
and Judy Penas and Yvonne
Urban.
31 winners: Kathy Kacz-
marek and Ann Juncewski.
500 winners: Delores
Goede, LeRoy Penas, Milton
Totusek, Don Benz, Judy
Penas, Dodie Chalupsky, Hu-
bert Schermann, Helen
Lhotka, Alice Paul and
Clarence Juncewski.
The next regular meeting is
Monday, March 10, at 1 p.m.,
at the Silver Lake Auditorium.
SL Seniors club meets
with 40 in attendance
Silver Lake City Council
Regular Meeting
Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014
(Note date change due to holiday)
6:30 p.m.
Agenda
** A portion of the meeting will be closed to conduct an
employee review.
Call to order:
Approve agenda
Consent agenda:
1. Approve minutes of the Jan. 21 regular meeting.
2. Approve payroll No. 2 and 3 and January ambulance.
3. Claims to be paid:
Final assessment hearing for Grove Avenue project
Old business:
1. Discuss improvements to auditorium.
New business:
1. Liquor store: six-month review of MLS manager.
2. Public safety.
3. Public works.
4. Community development.
5. Administration.
Open Discussion:
Save the date! The 27th-
annual Silver Lake St.
Patrick’s Day parade is set
for Saturday, March 15,
starting at 2 p.m. sharp
from the Glencoe-Silver
Lake Lakeside Elementary
school.
All Irish and “Irish in
heart” are welcome to be in
the parade. There are no
forms to fill out and no one
to call — just get out the
green and be at the parade
around 1:30 p.m.
The parade will begin at
Lakeside and will end at
the intersection of Main
Street and Park Avenue
(formally Kaz’s Auto Serv-
ice Station.)
Respect for the American
flag will be observed by all
as the flag passes by in the
parade.
The “Irish After Glow”
following the parade will
be held at the Silver Lake
American Legion Club in
the northwest room for a
family-oriented get-to-
gether.
Everyone is invited to
this Irish festivity for Irish
music and good cheer.
Erin Go Bragh! (Ireland
Forever!)
Save the date: St. Patty’s
parade set for March 15
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Silver Lake Leader photos
by Josh Randt
Donkey
basketball
On Sunday, the Glencoe-
Silver Lake FFA organized
“Donkey Basketball” at the
high school gymnasium.
Members of the FFA, GSL
staff, GSL athletics and
local fire departments par-
ticipated, including Jared
Brecht (above) and Keith
Schmidt (right.) Players
had to wear protective
head gear. About 420 peo-
ple were in attendance and
the event also featured a
kiddie ride and raised
about $1,800.
Silver Lake Leader photo by Rich Glennie
‘Who’s in Bed With the Butler?’
The GSL Panther Association is sponsor-
ing a community theater comedy, “Who’s
in Bed With the Butler,” for five perform-
ances, Feb. 20-24, at the Glencoe City Cen-
ter. The Thursday through Saturday
performances are at 7 p.m., with a 2 p.m.,
Sunday matinee. Above, Renee LaFleur
(Kay Wilson) is surprised by the Kung Fu
moves of bumbling detective William
Davis Jr. (David Nelson), as they try to sort
out the affairs of Clifton, the lead charac-
ter. Tickets are available by visiting
www.glencoemn.com.
Son born to Turner family
Rebecca and Christopher Turner of Lester Prairie are
proud to announce the birth of their son, Michael Lee, on
Jan. 24, 2014, at Glencoe Regional Health Services.
Michael weighed 9 pounds, 2 ounces, and was 20-1/2
inches in length. He is welcomed home by big sister
Alexandra. Grandparents are Mike and LuAnn Kalbfell of
Lakeville, Shirley Johnson of Carlsbad, N.M., and James
Turner of Michigan.
Mahon on president’s list
Michael Mahon of Silver Lake was named to the Drake
University president’s list for the fall 2013 semester.
Mahon achieved a perfect 4.0 grade-point average to earn
this honor.
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