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Vol. 113 No. 10 • Thursday, February 27, 2014 • Silver Lake, MN 55381
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Silver Lake Leader photos by Alyssa Schauer
The eighth-annual ice golf tournament
was held Saturday on Silver Lake, bring-
ing in 21 teams of four golfers each for the
event. The Silver Lake Municipal hosted
the tourney and raised over $500 for the
Silver Lake summer recreation program.
Above, Scott “Tito” Stritesky tees off while
teammate Kevin “Norby” Schermann
waits his turn. On the bottom left are this
year’s champions Jason Chrast, Josh
Scharber and Pat Pollard. Their teammate
is Karl Tysuchia. On the bottom right is
Bonnie Dahl, teeing off at the first hole of
the nine-hole course.
By Alyssa Schauer
Staff Writer
This year, water service
lines to Silver Lake residences
have been freezing, Public
Works Supervisor Dale Kosek
reported at the City Council
meeting last Tuesday.
Kosek said frost has gone
over six feet into the ground,
according to contractors, and a
few residences in Silver Lake
have experienced frozen pipes.
Frozen pipes also have im-
pacted other local communi-
ties, including Winsted, Lester
Prairie and Hutchinson.
Kosek said the most likely
places for frozen pipes are
against exterior walls or where
water service lines enter
homes through the foundation.
City Clerk Kerry Venier
gathered information on how
to prevent frozen water lines
from the League of Minnesota
Cities and suggests residents:
• Keep areas clear of storage
items so warmer room air can
reach pipes. This may mean
removing items from a vanity
cabinet or in a utility room.
• Open kitchen and bath-
room cabinet doors to allow
warmer air to circulate around
the plumbing. Remember to
move any harmful cleaners
and household chemicals out
of reach of children.
• Use heat tape around
pipes or a warm hair dryer to
keep pipes warm.
• Make sure the roof vent
isn’t covered with snow or is
otherwise blocked. Snow
build-up over the vent will
cause the sewer drain to slow
down.
“This prevents the warmer
air in the sewer system from
venting up the house line and
keeping the line above freez-
ing,” Venier said.
• Monitor water flow in the
nearest (to the outside) fixture
closely. Run cold water for a
couple of minutes and then
take the temperature of the
water.
If the temperature is below
40 degrees, as a last resort, let
cold water run from this faucet
at a pencil thickness.
The League of Minnesota
Cities suggested running the
water non-stop when there is
no one home or no water is
being used for a period of
time.
“Watch for unintended con-
sequences of sewer or septic
back-ups if running water con-
tinuously,” Venier said.
Venier added that residents
should call ahead to the city
offices at 320-327-2412 if run-
ning constant water.
“This way we can keep
track of it on their water bills,”
Venier said.
For future protection of
frozen pipes, McLeod County
Emergency Management Di-
rector Kevin Mathews sug-
gests relocating exposed pipes
to provide increased protection
from freezing.
Pipes can be relocated by a
professional if the home is re-
modeled.
Mathews also suggested
adding insulation to attics,
basements and crawl spaces to
maintain higher temperatures
in those areas.
He also suggested keeping
the thermostat set to the same
temperature both during the
day and night.
“By temporarily suspending
the use of lower nighttime
temperatures, you may incur a
higher heating bill, but you
can prevent a much more
costly repair job if pipes freeze
and burst,” Mathews said.
He also suggested that
snowbirds who travel south
during cold weather leave the
heat on in their homes, set to a
temperature no lower than 55
degrees.
For more information about
freezing water pipes, contact a
licensed plumber, building
professional, or call the city
offices in Silver Lake at 320-
327-2412.
Frozen water pipes plague
some residences; some tips
Ice golf tournament raises
$500 for summer recreation
By Alyssa Schauer
Staff Writer
On Saturday, in its first year
sponsoring the annual ice golf
tournament, the Silver Lake
Municipal Liquor Store
(MLS) raised over $500 and
donated the profits to the Sil-
ver Lake summer recreation
program.
Twenty-one teams of four
golfers each braved the wind-
chill for the event and spent
the day on the ice, completing
the nine-hole course designed
and plowed by Eric Inselmann
and Ryan Sturges.
Due to last week’s snowy
weather, the course was
plowed three or four times be-
fore Saturday’s tournament.
Ice golf is played with golf
clubs and tennis balls, and the
course looped around the
northwest end of Silver Lake.
Holes were marked with dis-
carded Christmas trees picked
up by Mayor Bruce Bebo in
January.
An awards ceremony was
held at the Silver Lake Legion
following the tournament,
where door prizes were given
away and the champions were
announced.
The 2014 ice golf champi-
ons are Pat Pollard, Josh
Scharber, Jason Chrast and
Karl Tysuchia. Their team
photo will be framed on the
trophy until next year’s tour-
nament.
“We attribute this win to
dedication and practice,” Pol-
lard said.
The annual ice golf tourna-
ment began eight years ago
and was sponsored by the Sil-
ver Lake Lake Enhancement
Association, “but we will now
be sponsoring the event in the
future,” MLS Manager Jon
Jerabek said.
“It’s a good event that
brings people into our commu-
nity and is good for business,”
Jerabek said.
He added that he also plans
on hosting similar fundraising
events throughout the year and
donating the profits to other
local organizations.
Silver Lake Leader photos by Alyssa Schauer
Talent show
Last Thursday, students at Glencoe-Silver
Lake High School showed off their talents
for the annual talent show held in the au-
ditorium. Above are Dalton Kosek, David
Pineda and Aaron Donnay performing “Ice
Ice Baby,” and at the bottom, to the left is
Freddy Pena dancing to a mash-up of
Michael Jackson and Dubstep. To the right
is teacher Michael Haefs, who opened the
show with teacher Brook Magnuson, and
performed “Don’t Stop Believin’.”
By Alyssa Schauer
Staff Writer
At its regular meeting last
Tuesday evening, Feb. 18, the
Silver Lake City Council
heard that Ed Homan, solid
waste director for McLeod
County, was looking for rec-
ommendations regarding the
high recycling activity in the
county.
City Clerk Kerry Venier pre-
sented councilors with a letter
from Homan stating there are
currently six township sheds
that are heavily used and re-
quire collection clean-outs
every Tuesday and Friday.
“Some of those sheds are
more active due to the resi-
dents from the township, city
and neighboring counties
using them to drop off their re-
cyclables, like ours here in Sil-
ver Lake,” Venier said.
He said the Hale Township
recycling shed located east on
Main Street fills up quickly
due to “more than just town-
ship residents” using it.
“The overflow is a problem
and Ed (Homan) is looking for
our input on addressing the
issue,” Venier said.
Options provided included:
• Increase the shed size and
add 90-gallon carts to accom-
modate the sort;
• Add an additional shed;
• Set larger roll-offs or drop
boxes for fiber cardboard and
newspaper in the interim;
• Set larger roll-offs or drop
boxes for plastic in the in-
terim;
• Increase the collection and
clean-out schedule from two
times a week to three times a
week, either Tuesdays through
Fridays or Mondays, Wednes-
days and Fridays;
• Remove/replace the shed
with one-sort containers;
• Other options provided by
townships and cities.
Homan added: “The com-
mitment to recycling has been
exciting, and we have not had
a lot of illegal dumping of ap-
pliances or e-waste at any shed
Overflow at Hale Township
shed is posing problems
Overflow
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A juvenile diabetes
fundraiser is set for Saturday,
March 1, from 9 a.m. to 2
p.m., at the Blue Note Ball-
room in Winsted. The theme is
“Spring Into Action and Help
Find a Cure.”
All money raised will go to
the Juvenile Diabetes Re-
search Foundation.
The fundraiser includes a
variety of activities and
events, including a bake sale,
silent auction, crafters and
small businesses, a kids’ carni-
val and live music by “Total
Country Band.”
Donated diabetic supplies,
like meters, sealed test strips
and syringes also will help
benefit those with diabetes in
financial hardship.
The event is sponsored by
Common Cup Ministry of
Hutchinson.
By Lori Copler
Staff Writer
The McLeod County Board
of Commissioners is still look-
ing into the problem of chilly
offices at its Health and
Human Services (HHS) build-
ing on Ford Avenue.
Board Chair Paul Wright
said at the commissioners’
Feb. 18 meeting that he and
Commissioner Kermit Terlin-
den had looked at the possibil-
ity of infloor heat for three of
the coldest offices in the build-
ing.
However, that option, which
would include lifting the exist-
ing carpet and installing the
heat, would be about $10,000
for those three offices, Wright
said, which is cost-prohibitive.
That possibility, along with
the addition of space heaters
and an upgrade of the electri-
cal system to accommodate
extra heating, are only tempo-
rary solutions, Wright added.
Using space heaters is not
“exactly the wisest option,” for
supplementing the existing
heating system, but it should
get the county through to
spring.
Along with potential safety
hazards, the space heaters are
costing the county an addi-
tional $487 monthly in electri-
cal costs. Infloor heat would
drive electrical costs up about
$271 per month, Wright indi-
cated.
However, Wright said, the
county still needs to look into
long-term solutions for the
building.
“We can’t keep kicking the
can down the road,” said
Wright. “We need to pick it up
and do something with it.”
The county already has
hired a consultant to do a study
of the exterior walls, or “enve-
lope,” of the building to come
up with possible solutions for
making the building more en-
ergy efficient. Wright said
those plans should also include
fixes that will allow the county
to add on to the building, if
needed.
In other business, County
Administrator Pat Melvin sug-
gested having John McNamara
of Wold Architects come to a
workshop in April to “discuss
our master plan” for facilities.
Melvin said the make-up of
the County Board has changed
significantly since the last time
the commissioners reviewed
the plan, and ideas for future
direction may have changed.
Also on tap for a future
workshop, probably March 4,
will be the state demographer
to discuss population statistics
for McLeod County.
Melvin indicated that an
April 8 workshop will focus on
the possibility of adopting the
international building code for
the county.
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Staff
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Rich Glennie, Editor; Brenda Fogarty,
Sales; Alyssa Schauer, Staff Writer/Of-
fice.
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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
against the Silver Lake Leader to the
attention of the editor. Should differ-
ences continue, readers are encour-
aged to take their grievances to the
Minnesota News Council, an organi-
zation dedicated to protecting the pub-
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contacted at 12 South Sixth St., Suite
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(612) 341-9357.
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Constitution:
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determined not to print anything till
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Tuesday. Deadline for advertising in
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Thank You
We would like to thank everyone who helped make the 8
th
Annual
Ice Golf Tournament a success. We were able to raise over
$
500 that
will be donated to the Silver Lake summer recreation program.
A huge thank you goes to Frank Motor Co. of Hutchinson for the use
of their plow truck and for donating fuel for the truck.
Thanks to Ryan Sturges and Eric Inselmann for spending numerous
hours building an amazing course. Thank you to Harvey Mikolichek
and Bruce Exsted for donating the fire pit and firewood.
Finally, a thanks to everyone who braved the wind and cold and par-
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6th-grade science fair Friday
Parents, relatives, friends and all are welcome to see the
sixth-grade students’ ingenious scientific experiments at
Glencoe-Silver Lake’s Lakeside Elementary on Friday,
Feb. 28, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., and 1:30 p.m. to 2:50
p.m., at the Lakeside gymnasium.
Sportsmen meeting Feb. 27
The Silver Lake Sportsmen’s Club will have its monthly
meeting Thursday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m., at the sanctuary.
Fish Fry tickets now available
The annual Silver Lake Knights of Columbus fish fry is
set for Friday, March 7, serving from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30
p.m., at the Silver Lake Auditorium. The all-you-can-eat
menu includes fish fillets, potato salad, cole slaw, beans,
bread, coffee and milk. Take-outs are available and there
will be raffle prizes and a free door prize. Advanced tickets
can be purchased at Molly’s Cafe, Kaz’s Auto Station, the
Municipal Liquor Store, Silver Lake Legion and First
Community Bank until Thursday, March 6, at midnight.
Seniors club meets March 10
The Silver Lake Senior Citizens Club will meet Mon-
day, March 10, at 1 p.m. at the Silver Lake Auditorium.
Degree of Honor to meet
Degree of Honor No. 182 will meet Tuesday, March 11,
at 1 p.m., in the Silver Lake Auditorium. Note the change
in time.
Lenten soup suppers begin
Each Wednesday night, beginning March 5, during the
Lenten season, Grace Bible Church in Silver Lake will
hold a 5:30 p.m. soup and chili supper (free-will offering)
served by members of the Living Water Puppets Team.
The meal will be followed by a 7 p.m. church service. This
year’s Lenten theme is “When Our Lord Prayed,” and will
involve an examination of selected passages in which
Jesus prayed or talked about prayer. Speakers will include
various members of the church board. The public is invited
to attend. Grace Bible Church is located in Silver Lake at
300 Cleveland St., next to the city water tower.
Welcome to Medicare class
The Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging®, Inc., will
teach an introductory class on Medicare Monday, March
10, at 1 p.m., at the Hutchinson Senior Center, 1005 High-
way 15 S, Suite 15. If you are almost 65, new to Medicare
or just want information about benefits, this class is for
you. For more details and to reserve a seat, contact Ashley
Ronglien at 1-800-333-2433, extension 82024.
Upcoming Events
By Lori Copler
Staff Writer
The harsh winter season has
yet to severely impact McLeod
County’s winter road mainte-
nance costs, the County Board
heard at its Feb. 18 meeting.
County Engineer John
Brunkhorst presented the
County Board with a graph
comparing winter mainte-
nance costs in terms of salt and
sand, diesel and overtime over
the past several years.
As of mid-February, the
county has spent about
$105,000 on salt and sand,
about $50,000 on diesel and
$30,000 on overtime.
Figures from the 2012-13
snow season show that the
county spent about $190,000
on salt and sand, $130,000 on
diesel and about $35,000 on
overtime, which was the most
costly winter in the past eight
years.
The county spent the least in
the winter of 2011-12, with
about $65,000 on salt and
sand, a similar amount for
diesel and about $15,000 on
overtime.
In other business Feb. 18,
the County Board:
• Renewed its agreement
with the city of Silver Lake in
which the city will have use of
part of the county’s Silver
Lake maintenance shed in ex-
change for the city plowing
and sweeping county-owned
streets within the city limits.
Brunkhorst said the county
will retain two stalls in the
shed for recycling purposes,
and the county also will keep
an option to stockpile sand and
gravel on the site.
The county intends to move
into its new maintenance shed
being constructed between Sil-
ver Lake and Lester Prairie
sometime this spring, Brunk-
horst indicated.
Brunkhorst also said the city
of Lester Prairie is looking at
a similar agreement for use of
the soon-to-be vacant county
shed in Lester Prairie.
• Sold two used and re-
placed pieces of highway
equipment on the bid system.
A 1977 Caterpillar loader was
sold to Troyco Concrete &
Masonry, Inc., of Prior Lake
for $34,101. The county had
set a minimum bid of $20,500
on the loader.
The county’s 2000 Sterling
sign truck was sold to the Lin-
coln County Highway Depart-
ment in Ivanhoe for a price of
$35,100. A minimum bid of
$12,000 had been set for the
sign truck.
• Heard that Brunkhorst has
been elected the president of
the Minnesota County Engi-
neers Association, and ap-
proved his participation in
out-of-state meetings. The
costs of the meetings will be
paid by the association, not
McLeod County.
• Approved a new contract
with Aviands Food Service for
the jail meal program. The
price per meal will increase by
2 cents, or to $241.99 total
cost per day from $238.41 per
day. The annual cost will be
$128,639.35, an increase of
about $703 over 2013.
• Agreed to buy a new 2014
Ford Interceptor squad car to
replace a 2009 Impala that was
totalled in a crash. The new car
will cost $24,105 on the state-
bid system, and the county
will receive $11,704, less the
$1,000 deductible, for the to-
taled car through insurance,
Sheriff Scott Rehmann said.
County’s snow removal costs
still less than 2012-13 season
County Board discusses HHS building
Juvenile diabetes fundraiser
set March 1 at Blue Note
March 3-7
Silver Lake
Senior Nutrition Site
Monday — Swedish meatballs,
paprika potatoes, spinach, bread,
margarine, ice cream, low-fat milk.
Tuesday — Liver or pepper
steak, buttered boiled potatoes,
carrots, bread, margarine, scal-
loped apples, low-fat milk.
Wednesday — Salmon loaf,
mashed potatoes, creamed peas,
dinner roll, margarine, pudding
dessert, low-fat milk.
Thursday — Chicken chow
mein, rice, chow mein noodles, ori-
ental vegetables, mandarin orange
gelatin, brownie, low-fat milk.
Friday — Creamy vegetable
soup, egg salad sandwich, tropical
fruit, crackers, margarine, cookie,
low-fat milk.
Menu
Overflow Continued from page 1
site. However, the overflow at
some sites has been a prob-
lem.”
Venier said: “He would like
our options and thoughts we
might have on the situation.”
Venier added that the Hale
Township recycling shed in
town has a major issue with
overflow, even though the re-
cycling is picked up twice a
week.
“Isn’t it a given to (increase
collection,)” Mayor Bruce
Bebo asked.
“Yeah,” Venier said. He
added the solid waste depart-
ment was just looking for di-
rection from the townships and
cities regarding the overflow
issues, because some of the
options may not work at other
shed locations.
“Well, our recommendation
is to put the shed in Hale
Township,” Bebo said matter-
of-factly.
He said the overflow is due
to city residents using the shed,
and suggested moving the
shed out of town, next to the
township hall.
Venier said the Hale Town-
ship recycling shed does report
a much higher tonnage in recy-
cling than other townships.
Bebo and Councilor Nolan
Johnson questioned if vandal-
ism is less of an issue with the
shed being in town.
“My recommendation
would be to get rid of every-
thing and keep one roll-off for
cardboard and one roll-off for
everything else, especially if
they are moving to a one-sort
operation,” Councilor Eric
Nelson said.
Councilors decided to rec-
ommend to Homan to increase
collection at the site and to
consider removing the shed
and replacing the bins with a
one-sort container.
Free health insurance
counseling for seniors
The Senior LinkAge Line
has trained specialists and vol-
unteers available to help an-
swer questions and simplify
life.
Specialists and volunteers
can provide assistance with
Medicare, supplemental insur-
ance, long-term care insur-
ance, Medicare savings
programs, prescription drugs,
forms assistance and much
more.
The outreach site is at the
Hutchinson Event Center. A
trained specialist is available
the last Tuesday of each month
from 10 a.m. to noon in
Hutchinson.
Also, one may contact the
Senior LinkAge Line at 1-800-
333-2433, if one needs to
schedule help with a specialist
or volunteer at a different time
and/or location.
The Senior LinkAge Line is
a service of the Minnesota
Board on Aging and the Min-
nesota River Area Agency on
Aging, Inc.
Author’s note: The follow-
ing are recollections from
my notes 25 years ago.
Somehow it does not seem
that long ago.
Perhaps some of you have
forgotten about the Iron Cur-
tain or even the Berlin Wall.
After World War II, in 1945,
Prime Minister Churchill and
President Truman signed an
agreement, more or less, giv-
ing at least eight countries, in-
cluding Poland and
Czechoslovakia and 110 mil-
lion people, to Stalin of Rus-
sia.
They were subjected to bru-
tal treatment under six years of
Nazi rule, were denied free-
dom and were physical and
mental prisoners to Russia and
Communism domination for
an additional 45 years.
Czechoslovakia had only 21
years of freedom since it was
formed.
The Iron Curtain was a strip
of land averaging about 200
feet wide and about 1,000
miles long of “no-man’s land,”
heavily guarded by armed sol-
diers, German Shepherd dogs,
land mines, miles and miles of
barbed wire fences, towers
and search lights.
It was built to keep the 110
million people from fleeing to
freedom in the West. It kept
people in and information
“out.”
This absolutely ripped the
heart out of the towns, the
farms, the countryside and the
people. It was best to learn
German, then Russian. Stalin
had already killed 20 million
of his own people and at least
10 of his close family mem-
bers.
In August 1985, six mem-
bers of our family crossed this
Iron Curtain and found our
long lost relatives, Jirka
(George) and Jana, who had
been lost to our families for
over 50 years.
Most of our family came to
America in 1857. We made
brief contact with Jana by
mail, ordered our visas from
the Czech Embassy, pre-paid
our hotel in Prague, purchased
our required hotel food
coupons in the USA, rented a
Volkswagen mini-bus in Mu-
nich, Germany, and headed for
the Czech border.
I will not tell you their last
names as 25 years ago they
asked me not to write or pub-
lish any of the things they told
us or conversation we heard.
Officials could cause their
family great hardships.
We traveled through hilly
forests on a small tar road until
we were stopped at the Iron
Curtain by German border
guards. We passed through
with only 10 minutes of
checking.
One hundred feet down the
road, we were stopped by
Russian/Czech guards with ri-
fles, a big pipe gate and curled
barbed wire stringing off into
the distance. They made note
of our cameras, and checked
our luggage, mainly for West-
ern magazines and news arti-
cles. After 20 minutes of
questioning, the big pipe
swung open and we were in
Czechoslovakia!
Not so lucky for another
person who had everything in
his car spread out on the
ground.
Around the corner, we were
challenged by other check-
point guards. (In 1988, it took
three hours for our tour bus to
cross the Iron Curtain into
Russia).
This was a very secluded
border crossing with only a
few cars passing through each
day. What a strange feeling we
had as they slammed the last
gate behind us.
The forests gradually gave
way to rolling farm fields of
40 to 100 acres of wheat,
small grain and hay. The soil
looked like heavy clay, but the
crops looked great!
In several places, three or
four large combines were
working. The straw was
picked up by a chopper, blown
into a wagon, hauled to an-
other blower at the edge of the
farm commune, where it was
again blown onto a gigantic
straw pile. Some fields did
have a baler which pushed the
bales up a long ramp and into
a wagon.
The farm communes were
quite messy with eight or 10
combines, 10 or 12 big
Stieger-like tractors, eight to
10 bottom plows, manure
spreaders, choppers and mis-
cellaneous dirty and rusty ma-
chinery.
A farm commune usually
consisted of 640 confined milk
cows and 5,000 acres and
about 100 workers. We did not
see pastures or fences.
Most of the roads were in
quite good condition with
apple trees lining the ditches,
but it was illegal to pick these
government-owned apples.
In many cases, by the time
the government arranged to
have the apples picked, they
had rotted and fallen to the
ground. Very often there were
huge signs with a red, crossed
hammer and sickle, put up by
the Russians with the words in
Czech, “Be thankful to the
Russians; they have protected
you for 40 years.”
The small villages and
stores seemed very bleak with
gray and dull colors with a
slight covering of sooty dust,
although individual houses
had gigantic, colorful flower
and rose gardens and veg-
etable gardens covering the
entire front yard.
After leaving Germany and
the USA, it was like stepping
from the lights of a 100-watt
bulb to a 40-watt bulb.
(To be continued.)
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Stepping behind the Iron Curtain
Tracing Roots
By Ron Pulkrabek
75 YEARS AGO - MARCH 4, 1939 —The
District 12 Boys Basketball Tournament will be
held on Friday, March 3, at the new gym at
Hutchinson High School. The boys from Silver
Lake High School meet Hector for the first
game opening the tournament.
The newly organized Commercial Club is
seeking action in the long-delayed improvement
of Trunk Highway No. 7, particularly between
Silver Lake and St. Bonifacius. It adopted a res-
olution to be signed and forwarded to Rep.
Dammann, Sen. Nelsen and the state highway
department.
Magdalen Ardolf led Silver Lake High
School’s Declamatory representatives at the
sub-district contest on Monday evening by tak-
ing first-place honors in the humorous division.
Magdalen will be eligible as a contestant in the
district Declamatory contest.
On Wednesday forenoon, the Silver Lake Fire
Department made a quick run to the Albin Svi-
hel home northwest of Silver Lake to extinguish
a chimney fire that threatened the barn and other
buildings.
James Witucki will hold an auction at the Dan
Merchant farm, 3-1/2 miles northeast of Silver
Lake, on Tuesday, March 7.
Having sold his farm two miles east of Silver
Lake on Highway 7, Harry Smigleski will hold
an auction on Friday, March 10.
At the annual Silver Lake Farmers Shipping
Association meeting held last Friday, Ben Vor-
licek was re-elected president; Tom Posusta,
vice president; Albin Svihel, secretary and
treasurer; and Joseph Chap, Art Hudec, and
Anton Kaczmarek as directors.
Jesse Pericle, 62, who was born and raised in
Silver Lake, died last week Sunday at his apart-
ment in the Hotel Jorgenson. Funeral services
were held on Wednesday afternoon at Quast’s
Funeral Home in Hutchinson.
Funeral services for Joseph Janecky, 86, were
held on Wednesday in Hutchinson.
Michael Kaczmarek, 72, died Saturday morn-
ing, Feb. 25, at his home in Hale Township. Fu-
neral services were held on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at
the St. Adalbert’s Church.
50 YEARS AGO - FEB. 27, 1964 —
Knights of Columbus Council 1841 will hold
its fish fry on Friday, Feb. 28, at the Silver Lake
Auditorium. Serving of the walleye pike begins
at 5 p.m. and continues until 9 p.m.
Gehlen Farm Service is holding a Leap Year
Bonus Dollar Day Special on Saturday, Feb. 29,
with $1 off on all seed orders, $1 discount on
all Purina feeds, plus more specials. Free coffee
also will be served.
Ronald Miskovsky, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Miskovsky, left for six months of mili-
tary training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., on
Feb. 5. Pvt. E 1 David Horejsi recently gradu-
ated from NCO at Fort Knox, Ky. Glen Pilarski,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Pilarski, left Feb. 10
for Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., after enlisting in
the army for three years.
The 44th-annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Farmers Produce Co., Inc., will be held
at the Produce building in Silver Lake on Thurs-
day, March 5.
The McLeod County Egg Show is scheduled
for March 5 at the Silver Lake Community
Building.
Joseph H. Neumann suffered a fatal heart at-
tack while driving on a Winsted-Sherman Sta-
tion road.
Darlene Wosmek, 13, and Veronica Nowak,
19, remain hospitalized in Glencoe following a
collision of two cars at the junction of County
Road 2 and County Road 24, just south of Silver
Lake, on Tuesday morning. Also hospitalized
but released were Otto Wosmek, who was driv-
ing his children to school, and the other three
children, Wendell 12, Darylce 10, and Randall
7. Veronica was on her way to work in Glencoe.
Mrs. Sophie Wanous, 91, passed away on
Thursday morning, Feb. 27, at her home in Rich
Valley Township. Funeral services will be held
on Sunday, March 1, at the Maresh Funeral
Chapel.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Pokornowski are the
parents of a son born on Feb. 22.
25 YEARS AGO - MARCH 2, 1989 —On
Friday, March 3, at the Silver Lake Auditorium,
the Silver Lake Knights of Columbus will be
holding its annual fish fry.
The kickoff for the Silver Lake Centennial
Celebration begins on Sunday, March 5, with a
birthday party at the Silver Lake Auditorium.
The cast for Silver Lake’s Centennial play,
“Spirit of Silver Lake,” written and directed by
Millie Beneke, is presently rehearsing at the Sil-
ver Lake Auditorium. Over 50 Silver Lake-area
people will appear in the show, which will open
on April 7 at the Silver Lake Auditorium, and
run for three performances, April 7-9. Kathy
Horejsi Neubarth is the assistant director. The
total number of people involved in the produc-
tion climbs to over 80.
The annual meeting of the Silver Lake Coop-
erative Shipping Association will be held on
Monday, March 6, in the Silver Lake Legion
Club rooms.
Sunday proved to be a busy day for the Silver
Lake Fire Department. At 10:45 a.m., it was
called to assist the Glencoe Fire Department
with a house fire located at the Willard Chris-
tianson farm north of Glencoe on the St. George
road. Shortly before noon, the department re-
ceived a call to the Neil Posusta garage where
there was a fire around the chimney area in the
repair shop.
Donald Lundstrom, 68, passed away on Feb.
16 at Ridgeview Hospital, Waconia. Funeral
services were held on Saturday, Feb. 18, from
St. John’s Lutheran Church, Winsted.
Lydia Tschimperle, 83, passed away on Mon-
day, Feb. 20, at St. Mary’s Nursing Home, Win-
sted. Funeral services were held on Thursday,
Feb. 23, from the St. Joseph Catholic Church in
Hopkins.
Clarence Wawrzyniak, 65, passed away on
Sunday, Feb. 26, in Chicago, Ill. Funeral serv-
ices will be held on Thursday, March 2, in
Chicago.
James Trnka, 83, passed away on Tuesday,
Feb. 28, at the Glencoe Area Health Center. Fu-
neral services will be held on Friday, March 3,
from the Czech Brethren Presbyterian Church
in Silver Lake.
Down Memory Lane
Compiled by Margaret Benz
This wintry weather is
going to get me in an accident,
and not because of the ice
build-up at intersections and
slick roadways, but because
I’ve been getting so lost in
thought, daydreaming about
summer, that I blew through a
stop sign on Highway 15
Monday night.
Now I know it’s February,
and these subzero tempera-
tures and inches upon inches
of snowfall are normal in Min-
nesota, but pretty much since
January I’ve been daydream-
ing of climbing mountains,
kayaking rivers and hiking
through lush woodlands.
Chock it up to cabin fever,
but my mind has been else-
where lately.
Now I would consider my-
self a daydreamer anyway, but
it’s definitely gotten worse
since I received my tax refund.
I live for that annual meet-
ing with our accountant to find
out if I’m “making” any
money back from the govern-
ment, and each year, I vow to
use the extra cash to travel
somewhere exotic. I used my
first generous rebate to fund
my trip through Central Amer-
ica in 2010.
And this year, I’m thinking
New Zealand.
The country has always
been at the top of my “Places
to Visit” list, and since I’m not
in any weddings this year, I
can use the extra cash instead
for traveling!
I can’t tell you enough how
exciting this is.
I’ve spent my free time in
the last month researching
New Zealand, drooling over
pictures of its mountain
ranges, breathtaking ocean
views, and making plans to do
everything adventurous, from
bungee jumping to skydiving
to whale watching to cliff rap-
pelling to exploring the land-
scape of J.R.R. Tolkien’s
“Middle Earth.”
(He authored the Lord of the
Rings trilogy and “The Hob-
bit,” books about adventure
and elves, wizards, dwarves,
goblins, men, and hobbits; the
Lord of the Rings movies were
filmed in New Zealand. And
yes, I’m sort of a huge nerd.)
To get started on planning
this trip, I purchased Lonely
Planet’s “Australia and New
Zealand On A Shoestring: Big
Trips on Small Budgets,” and
haven’t stopped reading.
The book outlines inexpen-
sive places to eat, stay, visit
and highlights itineraries for
those with limited incomes.
The book even discloses the
average price of beer in New
Zealand.
It’s a great read.
So yes, I’ve been daydream-
ing more than usual lately, and
on my snowy drive home from
a tortellini dinner with some
friends in Lester Prairie Mon-
day evening, I was so fed up
with winter, I got lost in
thought and forgot about driv-
ing.
I was thinking about the
warm sun on my shoulders,
feeling the soft green grass be-
tween my toes as I run through
the yard at Grandma Alice’s
farm, and the smell of roasted
marshmallows over a large
crackling bonfire.
I was daydreaming about
summer sunrises on Silver
Lake, and that feeling of cut-
ting the still water with my
kayak paddle as I venture to
the other side.
When all of a sudden, I
spotted the “JCT 15” sign ap-
proaching rapidly.
I knew the intersection was
coming up, but it arrived
sooner than I planned. I hit the
brakes and swerved left and
right before skidding right
through the intersection of
County Road 22 and Highway
15, coming to a complete stop
on the other side of the inter-
section.
Thank the Lord there were
no cars coming, but I felt fool-
ish sitting on the other side of
the road.
I looked out my windows to
see if any other cars or neigh-
boring residences would have
seen that embarrassing driving
example, and then I looked
around to spot any red and
blue flashing lights from cops
staking out nearby.
What would you even tell
them? I thought to myself.
That I was pretending I was
in a kayak while driving? I
might have been committed
for sure.
So now, I’ve vowed to con-
trol my daydreaming, or I
might just be using that tax re-
fund on a new(er) vehicle.
Daydreaming about travel plans
The Travel Section
By Alyssa Schauer
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 pa-
rade. 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 Service Station.)
Respect for the American
flag will be observed by all as
the flag passes by in the pa-
rade.
The “Irish After Glow” fol-
lowing the parade will be held
at the Silver Lake American
Legion Club in the northwest
room for a family-oriented
get-together.
Everyone is invited to this
Irish festivity for Irish music
and good cheer.
Erin Go Bragh! (Ireland
Forever!)
St. Patrick’s
Day parade
set March 15
On Tuesday, Feb. 18, Glen-
coe-Silver Lake hosted the
third meet of the Wright
County Conference Academic
Challenge season and GSL
made it a clean sweep to win
the conference championship.
Academic Challenge is a
new activity for the Wright
County Conference, and in-
volves teams which participate
in Quiz Bowl or Knowledge
Bowl.
There were two previous
meets in December and Janu-
ary, both won by GSL. But
this was the final meet, so it
determined the championship
for the year.
Each school is allowed to
bring up to three teams, but
some schools bring only one
or two. The meet is similar to,
but shorter than, a Knowledge
Bowl meet, with a 30-question
written round followed by
three 45-question oral rounds.
At Tuesday’s meet, nine
teams participated from Holy
Family Catholic, Hutchinson,
Mound-Westonka and GSL.
GSL’s “Chaos” began the
meet in second place with a
written score of 25, competing
in Room 1 with two teams
from Holy Family. Chaos won
that round 18-12-5.
In the second round,
Hutchinson moved up to take
second place, and GSL floun-
dered, with Holy Family win-
ning the round with 16, and
GSL only scoring 9.
For the third round, GSL’s
second team, “2 Good 4 U”
moved up to Room 1 and
Hutchinson dropped to Room
2.
The spread between the top
four teams was only five
points, and things were look-
ing a little tense, said GSL
coach Vicky Harris. “It was
possible to imagine Hutchin-
son moving into first place
from Room 2, but also possi-
ble for any of the teams in
Room 1 to win.”
Chaos pulled 19 points out
of round three, with Holy
Family scoring 12, and
Hutchinson scoring 15 in
Room 2.
The final scores were GSL
75.5 (first place), Holy Family
71.5 (second place), and
Hutchinson 68.5 (third place).
GSL’s “2 Good 4 U” finished
in fourth place. GSL’s third
team finished in sixth place.
“This result let the officials
determine the conference
championship by adding to-
gether scores from each meet,
in which the top team from
each school earned points for
its school,” Harris said.
GSL finished in first place
with 11 points, while Holy
Family earned second place
with seven points. Hutchinson
finished in third with five,
while Mound-Westonka ended
in fourth place with three
points.
The GSL WCC champions
are Ethan Bass, a senior, and
juniors Mark Broderius,
Patrick Fehrenbach, Chandler
Swift and Jacob Wawrzyniak.
Other GSL students who
participated in WCC competi-
tion at least once during the
season include Cedric Winter,
Kyle Beck, Brent Duenow,
Mitch Beneke, Maddie
Kuehn, Jenna Lokengard,
Mark Lueders, Trevor Posusta,
Lindsay Wedin, Jake Fehren-
bach, Rachel Reichow and
Jake Vasek.
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“Biggest LOSERS”Challenge UPDATE
Weight Loss Percentage for February 25, 2014:
Total Weight Loss: 1051 lbs.
Top Individual Weight Losses:
1) 34.6 lbs. 2) 30.4 lbs. 3) 29.0 lbs.
* Percent of weight loss per team is the competitive number used.
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2. Muffin Top Droppers 31.36%
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4. In It to Thin It 26.29%
5. Got Fat 26.25%
6. Masters of the Cupcakes 24.99%
7. The Frozen Four 24.69%
8. Hungry Hippos 20.93%
9. Hideous Existors 19.48%
10. Pinch an Inch 19.06%
11. We have Issues 17.57%
12. Hot Tubs 14.48%
13. That’s Not Sweat,
That’s my Fat Crying 14.43%
14. Sweet 60’s 13.99%
15. Mission Slimpossible12.49%
16. Cheese and Crackers 12.24%
17. Dream Team 11.94%
18. Perfection In Progress 11.33%
19. Moovers 10.94%
20. Lovely Losers 10.24%
21. Three Little Pigs
& A Kick Stand 9.94%
22. Weapons of Mass
Reduction 8.79%
23. Champs 8.04%
24. Fat Free Bakers 7.78%
25. Fat Kicking Nijas 7.77%
26. PHAT 7.41%
27. Wanna Bees 6.51%
28. Healthy Hearts 6.28%
29. Marss++++ 5.36%
30. Loss Cause 5.31%
31. Gut Busters 5.05%
32. Thin It To Win It 4.95%
33. Baby bump Busters 4.89%
34. Sassy Classy Ladies 3.36%
35. Baby Steps 1.35%
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SAMPLE BALLOT
HALE TOWNSHIP
Notice of Annual Meeting &
Election of Officers
Notice is hereby given to the qualified voters of Hale
Township, County of McLeod, State of Minnesota, that
the Annual Election of Town Officers and Annual Town
Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 11, 2014.
In case of inclement weather, the Meeting and Election
will be postponed until the third Tuesday in March
(March 18, 2014).
The election poll hours will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00
p.m., at which time the voters will elect:
One (1) Supervisor – Three (3) Year Term
One (1) Clerk – Two (2) Year Term
The Annual Meeting will commence at 8:15 p.m. to
discuss the usual business of the Township.
The Annual Election and Meeting will be held at the
following location:
Hale Town Hall
9527 220
th
St.
Silver Lake, MN
Tammy Stifter
Hale Township Clerk
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Rich Valley
Township
RICH VALLEY TOWNSHIP
ANNUAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given to the resi-
dents of Rich Valley Township,
County of McLeod, State of Min-
nesota, that the Annual Town Meeting
will be held on Tuesday, March 11,
2014. In case of inclement weather
the meeting may be postponed until
the third Tuesday in March.
The annual meeting will com-
mence at 7 p.m. to conduct all neces-
sary business prescribed by law.
The annual meeting will be held at
the following location: Rich Valley
Township Hall, 16543 Ideal Avenue,
Glencoe, MN 55336.
Theresa Rusten
Town Clerk, Town of Rich Valley
(Published in The Silver Lake Leader
February 28 & March 6, 2014)
Legal Notices
The GSL Knowledge Bowl team “Chaos”
captured the recent WCC Academic Chal-
lenge. Team members include, from left,
Coach Vicky Harris, Jacob Wawrzyniak,
Chandler Swift, Ethan Bass, Patrick
Fehrenbach and Mark Broderius.
Submitted photo
GSL Knowledge Bowl wins
WCC Academic Challenge
Corn Bread-Topped Chicken Chili
Ingredients:
1 can (16 ounces) kidney beans, rinsed and
drained
2 cans (2-1/4 ounces each) sliced ripe black
olives, drained
1 cup frozen whole kernel corn, thawed and
drained
1 cup tomato juice
1 can (4 ounces) chopped green chilies, drained
2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
1 tablespoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon ground chipotle pepper
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 small sweet red pepper, chopped
2 tablespoons canola oil, divided
2 garlic cloves, minced
1-1/4 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts,
cubed
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
1 cup cornmeal
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup 2% milk
Directions:
In a 4-quart slow cooker, combine the first eight
ingredients. In a large skillet, saute onion and
red pepper in 1 tablespoon oil until tender. Add
garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Transfer to slow
cooker. In a small bowl, toss chicken with corn-
starch and 1/4 teaspoon salt; stir into bean mix-
ture. Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours or
until chicken is tender. In a small bowl, combine
the cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda and
remaining salt. Stir in milk and remaining oil.
Drop by tablespoonfuls over chicken mixture.
Cover and cook 1 hour longer or until a tooth-
pick inserted in center of topping comes out
clean.
Rosemary Sweet Potato Fries
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary
1 garlic clove, minced
1 teaspoon cornstarch
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
3 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/4-
inch julienned strips (about 2-1/4 pounds)
Directions:
In a large re-sealable plastic bag, combine the
first six ingredients. Add sweet potatoes; shake
to coat. Arrange in a single layer on two 15-inch
by 10-inch by 1-inch baking pans coated with
cooking spray. Bake, uncovered, at 425° for 30-
35 minutes or until tender and lightly browned,
turning occasionally.
French Toast Cupcakes
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1-1/3 cups buttermilk
Maple butter cream frosting:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup shortening
1/2 cup maple syrup
Dash salt
2-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
6 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled, optional
Directions:
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until
light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating
well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Com-
bine the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, bak-
ing soda, salt and nutmeg; add to the creamed
mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating
well after each addition. Fill paper-lined muffin
cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 17-22
minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the
center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes be-
fore removing from pans to wire racks to cool
completely. For frosting, in a small bowl, beat
butter and shortening until fluffy. Beat in maple
syrup and salt. Add confectioners’ sugar; beat
until smooth. Frost cupcakes. Sprinkle with
bacon if desired.
Kitchen Delights
& Other Things
GRACE BIBLE CHURCH
300 Cleveland Ave.,
Silver Lake
Dr. Tom Rakow, Pastor
320-327-2265
http://silverlakechurch.org
Sat., March 1 — Men’s Bible
study, 7 a.m.; women’s Bible
study, 9 a.m.
Sun., March 2 — “First Light”
radio broadcast on KARP 106.9
FM, 7:30 a.m.; fellowship and re-
freshment time, 9 a.m.; pre-ser-
vice prayer time, 9:15 a.m.;
worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday
school for all ages, 10:35 a.m.;
Centershot Archery Ministry, 1
p.m.
Wed., March 5 — Soup supper,
5:30 p.m.; Confirmation class, 6
p.m.; Lenten service, 7 p.m.
Sat., March 8 — 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., March 2 — Handbell
practice, 8:45 a.m.; worship serv-
ice with fellowship to follow, 10
a.m.
Wed., March 5 — Presbyterian
Women meeting, 1:30 p.m.; Ash
Wednesday service, 6:30 p.m.
CHURCH OF THE HOLY
FAMILY
700 W. Main St.,
Silver Lake
Anthony Stubeda, Pastor
Thurs., Feb. 27 — Mass at
Cedar Crest, 10:30 a.m.; area pas-
toral council at Holy Family, 7
p.m.
Fri., Feb. 28 — Mass, 8 a.m.
Sat., March 1 — Youth group
bake sale preparation at St. Pius X,
8 a.m.; Life Touch photo sessions,
10 a.m.-4 p.m.; reconciliation,
5:30 p.m.; Mass, 6:30 p.m.; St.
Pius X, Holy Family youth group
bake sale after Mass.
Sun., March 2 — Mass, 8 a.m;
St. Pius X, Holy Family youth
group bake sale after Mass; Mass,
8 p.m.
Mon., March 3 — No Mass;
quilting, 9 a.m.; KC 4th degree
meeting, Winsted, 7 p.m.
Tues., March 4 — Mass, 8 a.m.;
eucharistic adoration 8:30 a.m. to
10 p.m.; Life Touch photo ses-
sions, 2 p.m.-9 p.m.; Area Word at
Holy Family, 7 p.m.
Wed., March 5 — Ash Wednes-
day Mass, 8 a.m.; Life Touch
photo sessions, 2 p.m.-9 p.m.; KC
ﬁsh fry set-up, 7:15 p.m.; no reli-
gious education classes; Mass,
7:15 p.m.
Thurs., March 6 — Mass at
Cedar Crest, 10:30 a.m.; Life-
Touch photo sessions, 2 p.m.-9
p.m.; CCW, 7 p.m.
Fri., March 7 — Mass, 8 a.m.;
First Friday calls; LifeTouch
photo sessions, 2 p.m.-9 p.m.;
Holy Family KC Fish Fry and
CCW Bake Sale at Silver Lake
Auditorium, 4:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.;
Stations of the Cross, 6 p.m.
WORD OF LIFE CHURCH
950 School Rd. S.W.
Hutchinson
320-587-9443
E-mail: infor@
loversoftruth.com
Jim Hall, Pastor
Sun., March 2 — 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., March 2 — Sunday
school, 10:50 a.m.-11:30 a.m.;
priesthood, relief society and pri-
mary, 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., March 2 — 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., March 2 — Sunday
school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:15
a.m.
ST. PIUS X CHURCH
1014 Knight Ave., Glencoe
Anthony Stubeda, Pastor
Thurs., Feb. 27 — GRHS-LTC
Mass, 10:30 a.m.; CCW birthday
party at GRHS-LTC, 1:15 p.m.;
junior choir, 2:50 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 28 — Morning
prayer, 8 a.m.; school Mass, 8:20
a.m.; Spanish Mass, 5:30 p.m.;
Catholic United Financial (CUF)
rafﬂe tickets due in ofﬁce.
Sat., March 1 — St. Pius X,
Holy Family youth group bake
sale preparation, 8 a.m.; Spanish
baptism session, 1 p.m.; reconcil-
iation, 4 p.m.; St. Pius X, Holy
Family bake sale; Mass, 5 p.m.
Sun., March 2 — St. Pius X,
Holy Family bake sale; Mass, 9:30
a.m.; Spanish Mass and baptisms,
11:30 a.m.; Spanish religious edu-
cation for children and adults,
12:45 p.m.; HM parent meeting;
Mass at Holy Family, Silver Lake,
8 p.m.
Mon., March 3 — No Mass;
principals meeting.
Tues., March 4 — Morning
prayer, 8 a.m.; Mass, 8:20 a.m.;
HM adult catechesis; Area Word
meeting, Holy Family, 7 p.m.
Wed., March 5 — Ash Wednes-
day; morning prayer, 8 a.m.;
Mass, 8:20 a.m.; no religious edu-
cation classes; Spanish Mass, 5:30
p.m.; Mass, 7:15 p.m.
SHALOM BAPTIST
CHURCH
1215 Roberts Rd. SW.,
Hutchinson
Rick Stapleton, senior pastor
Adam Krumrie, worship pas-
tor/director of
student ministries
Sun., March 2 — 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., March 3 — 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., March 2 — Worship with
communion, 9 a.m.; fellowship,
10 a.m.; conﬁrmation and Sunday
school, 10:15 a.m.
Wed., March 5 — Ash Wednes-
day soup and supper, 6 p.m.; mid-
week Lenten service, 7 p.m.
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Sports
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)......
..........................................10th
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
13....Chaska.................W,72-9
13....at Waconia...........L,37-24
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.............W,67-48
21....Delano.................L,55-54
24....at Waconia.......L,122-115
25....Annandale ...........L,62-47
GSL Winter
Sports
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 ...........L,64-47
14....Waconia...............L,59-50
18....at Litchfield.........W,56-51
21....at Delano............W,62-54
25....NYA....................W,49-29
2 first-time state entrants and 1 returning for GSL/LP wrestlers; 7 place in all at Section 2 tourney
Jewett, Tesch and Clouse head to state
By Josh Randt
Sports Editor
Saturday’s Section 2 (Class
AA) individual wrestling tour-
nament in Mankato became
the proving ground for Glen-
coe-Silver Lake/Lester Prairie
wrestlers after their season
came to a disappointing end.
Now, three Panthers move
on to the Class AA individual
state wrestling tournament this
weekend.
Jacob Jewett returns to the
Xcel Energy Center for the
second year in a row after tak-
ing sixth place at 106 last year.
He earned his way by winning
a true second match 9-5 over
fellow 115-pounder Dylan
Pundsack from Hutchinson.
Jewett lost to Scott West’s Ben
Kelvington 10-3, forcing the
true second with Pundsack.
At 152, Nate Tesch makes
his first state appearance as a
junior after he pinned Owen
Hemze of Waconia during
their true second match at
3:20, sealing his spot.
The win was especially
sweet for Tesch, who lost to
Hemze 11-8 when the team’s
season came to an end on Feb.
13.
The only Panther moving on
to the tournament that didn’t
have to win a true second
match is Dalton Clouse, who
lost a close 6-4 decision to
Hutch’s Jake Filk during the
220 championship.
With the team’s season end-
ing the previous week in dis-
appointment, head coach
Lance Wurm said Saturday’s
performance was what he had
been waiting for.
“They finally seemed re-
laxed,” Wurm said. “They did
what came naturally instead of
forcing things. They let it
come to them, and what (their
opponents) gave them, they
took.”
Seven GSL/LP wrestlers in
all reached the podium Satur-
day, including sophomore
126-pounder Aaron Donnay,
who won three of his four
matches and earned third
place; junior Brandon Richter,
who also claimed third at 138;
senior 145-pounder Michael
Donnay who took third in a
tough bracket, and lost his true
second match to Aaron
Sweeney of Watertown-
Mayer; and sophomore Tristan
Weber who finished fourth at
170.
The three remaining Panther
grapplers now face their
toughest test of the season
when the state’s best converge
on St. Paul starting Friday.
First round of Class AA in-
dividuals starts at 11 a.m. with
championship quarterfinals at
4:30 p.m. Saturday, consola-
tion quarterfinals begin at 9:30
a.m. with championship and
consolation semifinals follow-
ing. Third and fifth place
matches start at 4:30 p.m.,
championships at 7 p.m.
***
GSL/LP sends one more
wrestler than it did last year to
the state tourney, despite not
boasting nearly as many 30-
win wrestlers as last season.
The previous year, six Pan-
thers finished with 31 wins or
better. This year, only Jewett
(34-6) and Aaron Donnay (31-
11) eclipsed that mark in a sea-
son riddled with injuries and
tough competition.
***
Making a surprise return
Saturday was senior 182-
pounder Jon Williams.
Williams was vacant from
the lineup after dislocating his
elbow two weeks before team
sections.
“My arm was maybe at 10
percent,” Williams admitted of
Saturday. “But there was no
way I wasn’t going to wres-
tle.”
His presence surprised
everyone, including Wurm.
“I didn’t think he was ever
going to be able to wrestle
(again),” Wurm said. “He
probably would’ve hated me
had I taken him out during the
second match. The good thing
was he didn’t get hurt any-
more, and he finished the way
he wanted to.”
Klockmann, Panthers
are in the record books
Steph Klockmann (right) makes her defensive pres-
ence felt as Litchfield’s Macy Huhner puts up a shot
during GSL’s 67-48 victory. Klockmann joined the
ranks of 1,000 point scorers with her 23-point perform-
ance against the Dragons.
Silver Lake Leader photo by Josh Randt
By Josh Randt
Sports Editor
It was a huge night Monday
for the Glencoe-Silver Lake
girls’ basketball team, which lost
to Waconia, 122-115, while set-
ting a state record for most com-
bined points in a game with 237.
Though, the loss is the team’s
second in a three-game span,
and is also a state record for most
points scored by a girls’ team in
a loss.
Senior post Steph Klockmann
walked away with a career high
52 points, which looks to be a
school record, while freshman
point guard Maddie Monahan
turned in 27.
Junior point guard for Waco-
nia, Anna Scmitt, led all Wild-
cats with 21 points, though five
players on the team scored in
double digits.
Head coach Zach Otto-Fisher
said Monday’s shootout was the
most fun he’s had coaching all
season.
“Yes, it is a shame that the
girls couldn’t pull out the win
last night,” Otto-Fisher said
Tuesday. “It was one of those
games that I am glad we played
... So far in the season, this is the
most fun I’ve had coaching a
game.”
The 237 combined points
broke the previous record of 216
set this year in a Waconia loss to
Buffalo.
Of GSL’s 115 points, 108
came from inside the paint,
much to the delight of the head
coach.
The problem was that Waco-
nia made a record 23 three-
pointers, while attempting 66.
The score may lead one to be-
lieve there was no defense at all,
but there were 87 free throws
shot between the two teams.
GSL went 32-52 from the
line, while Waconia shot 21-35.
GSL had a chance to seal the
game in regulation when Sam
Lange drew a foul with two sec-
onds remaining and the score
locked at 105.
The senior missed both, but
Otto-Fisher said the loss is not
on her.
“I told her after the game that
she had a chance to win the
game, but she did not lose it for
us,” Otto-Fisher said. “We
missed a few easy buckets and
free throws in the game. Those
are the ones that come back to
kick us in the butt later.”
Remaining on the schedule
for the girls was a Wright
County Conference tilt that took
place last night (Tuesday) at An-
nandale, and a game at Water-
town-Mayer on Friday.
The first game of the playoffs
will be Monday night for GSL,
though seedings come out
tonight (Wednesday).
Otto-Fisher said he wants his
girls to be vicious in the coming
games.
“We want to be vicious both
physically, but also mentally in
the game,” said Otto-Fisher.
“We need to attack the other
team and take advantage of the
mistakes they make.”
1,000 points
Last Tuesday, Klockmann
eclipsed the 1,000 point mark
with her 23 points in the Pan-
thers’ 67-48 victory over Litch-
field. She only needed 14, and
was one shy at halftime, though
she admitted she lost count.
“I lost track after about four,”
Klockmann said with a laugh
after Tuesday’s game. “It feels
pretty good. I don’t really feel
like it’s anything right now, it’ll
probably kick in later.”
While she gets the milestone,
the senior said it’s in large part
because of her teammates.
“I love my team, and I would-
n’t have wanted it any other
way,” Klockmann said. “I
would’ve never gotten this with-
out my teammates.”
The Panthers lost another
close game Saturday when De-
lano came to town and escaped
with a 55-54 win.
The Tigers keyed in on
Klockmann, holding her to just
seven points, while Maddie
Monahan scored 19, 10 of which
from the free-throw line.
By Josh Randt
Sports Editor
“It’s going to be about our
mentality,” boys’ head basket-
ball coach Robb DeCorsey said
of Tuesday’s subsection game
versus Norwood-Young Amer-
ica after the regular season
came to an end last week. “Do
we want to bring it or not?
That’s what it’s going to be
about.”
Despite being matched up
with No. 6 seeded NYA, which
GSL beat 73-48 back in De-
cember, DeCorsey said the key
will be to get the ball inside.
“We need to contain their
three-pointers defensively, and
we need to get the ball inside,”
DeCorsey said. “If we’re smart
enough to get the ball inside,
we’ll be a difficult team for
NYA to beat.”
The postseason started last
night (Tuesday), and with a
Panther win, GSL will face the
winner of Sibley East versus
Jordan at New Prague High
School on Friday, Feb. 28. A
loss and the season is over.
GSL barely snuck by Sibley
East back in January with a 57-
55 victory. The next day it lost
big, 63-43, to Jordan.
***
Barring an injury or cancella-
tion, Keaton Anderson should
have reached 1,000 points dur-
ing Tuesday’s game against
NYA. Anderson was five short
of the mark after Saturday’s vic-
tory over Delano.
DeCorsey says it’s ‘all about mentality’
Steph Klockmann was all
smiles with her game ball
after surpassing 1,000
points versus Litchfield.
Silver Lake Leader photo
by Josh Randt
Jacob Jewett (top) hooks up a reverse cradle on Dylan
Pundsack of Hutchinson during their true second match
at 113 pounds, which Jewett won 9-5 on Saturday.
Silver Lake Leader photo by Josh Randt
Nate Tesch (top) puts Waconia’s Owen Hemze on his back
during their 152 true second match. Tesch stuck him at
3:20 and takes a 22-15 record to state.
Silver Lake Leader photo by Josh Randt
Dalton Clouse (front) lost 6-4 to Hutchinson’s Jake Filk
in the 220-pound championship match. Clouse will
make his first state appearance with a 24-5 record.
Silver Lake Leader photo by Josh Randt
By Rich Glennie
Editor
Much like a good sports
program, Peter Gepson and
Jaime Rossmiller have started
a successful “feeder” system
for the Glencoe-Silver Lake
band program.
Gepson is the secondary
band director at GSL Lincoln
Junior High and the high
school, while Rossmiller is the
elementary band director at
Lakeside in Silver Lake.
And that system is starting
to produce results as three
eighth-grade Lincoln Junior
High students were recently
selected to the Minnesota
Band Directors Association’s
State Honor Band for grades
six through eight.
Selected for the second year
in a row was Gepson’s son,
Jack, who was named first
trumpet for the State Honor
Band.
“The highest score for trum-
pets,” the elder Gepson said.
Joining Jack Gepson April
26-27 at Edina High School
will be Laura Popelka and
Mariah Koester, both clarinet
players. Popelka was selected
as third seat and Koester 12th
seat in the 16-member clarinet
section.
“It’s a big deal,” Peter Gep-
son said. There were about 50
to 60 student auditions for the
clarinet section, so being se-
lected in quite an honor.
To have three from the same
small school also is quite an
honor, he added.
Peter Gepson said the
MBDA State Honor Band pro-
gram for high school students
has been around for nearly 20
years, but there was never a
state-level program for the
younger musicians.
That changed several years
ago, and now there are grades
sixth through and grades nine-
10 state honor bands, too.
The students audition by
recording music, Gepson said.
What used to be sent by audio
tape is now sent electronically,
he added. The auditions are
from students throughout Min-
nesota.
What is even more remark-
able, Gepson said, is that most
of the State Honor Band stu-
dents are from the bigger,
metro-area schools where
many receive extensive private
music lessons.
“There is not a lesson pro-
gram at GSL,” Gepson said.
Gepson said he also never
taught at the junior high level
before coming to GSL.
As an active member of
MBDA, Gepson said there is
always talk about how to get
more outstate schools in-
volved. Many think they can-
not compete with the bigger
metro schools, he added.
Of the 79 band students se-
lected for the grades six
through eight State Honor
Band, only 14 are from out-
state, and three of those at
GSL students.
“The competition is tough,”
Gepson added.
Gepson praised the work of
Rossmiller at Lakeside in
preparing the young musicians
with the fundamentals by the
time they come to the seventh-
grade level. He said they are
fundamentally sound by the
time he gets them.
The addition of fifth-grade
band back into the GSL
schools several years ago was
a major decision that has im-
proved the “feeder” system of
music students.
Gepson said there would be
no way the students would be
as good as they are if they did
not already have two years
playing experience by the time
they get to junior high.
“Give Jaime Rossmiller
credit,” he stressed.
As to experiencing the State
Honor Band last year, Jack
Gepson said at that level
“everyone is good. And the
music is more challenging. It’s
more fun.”
Popelka and Koester are
about to experience that in
April.
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Son born to Schimelpfenigs
Bri and Michael Schimelpfenig of
Eden Prairie are proud to announce the
birth of their son, Mason Michael, on
Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, at Fairview
Southdale Hospital. Mason weighed 8
pounds and was 21 inches long. Grand-
parents are Jerry and Mary Jo
Schimelpfenig of Glencoe and Joe and Dori Kaczmarek
of Silver Lake. Great-grandparents are Don and Shirley
Harff of Watkins.
Holy Trinity honor roll list
The following area students were named to the first
quarter and second quarter “A” honor roll list at Holy Trin-
ity Catholic School in Winsted: Katlyn Pokornowski,
grade seven, daughter of David and Tammy Pokornowski
of Silver Lake and Evelyn Penas, grade nine, daughter of
Bob and Peni Penas of Silver Lake. On the “B” honor roll
list for both quarters is Steph Hoffmann, grade nine,
daughter of Tom and Bev Hoffmann of Silver Lake.
Son born to Krcil family
Mark and Shelly Krcil of Hutchinson announce the birth
of their son, Tyson Bennett, on Feb. 12, 2014, at Glencoe
Regional Health Services. Tyson weighed 7 pounds, 10
ounces, and was 20 inches long. His big brother is Mason.
Grandparents are Donnie and Vonnie Nowak of Silver
Lake and Gary and Nancy Krcil of Glencoe.
Girl for Sorensen, Eichten
Deanna Sorensen and Alton Eichten of Glencoe an-
nounce the birth of their daughter, Abby Ann Eichten, on
Feb. 10, 2014, at Glencoe Regional Health Services. Abby
weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces, and was 20-1/2 inches long.
She joins a sister, Emma Eichten. Grandparents are Ronald
Brown of Glencoe, Dawn Eichten of Hutchinson, and Neil
and Barb Sorensen of Apple Valley.
People News
I officially punt on this winter! Not only did the storm
that was supposed to hit a state away from us give us a di-
rect hit, but apparently me saying we turned the corner on
this winter was a bit premature.
I was punished for my poor prognosticating, though, as
I got stuck in the blizzard at its peak. All I have to say is,
“Wow!”
Another cold pool of Arctic air has built up and moved
over the upper Midwest, knocking temperatures way below
normal ... again! This is horrible news for roads as they
continued to be extremely dicey well after the storm as the
cold doesn’t allow for much improvement.
Highs this week through the weekend and into early next
week may have a tough time getting out of the single digits
with lows well below zero. Storms stay away until late
weekend as a Pacific storm moves ashore.
Right now, we could see some snow showers Saturday
with a weak impulse moving ahead of a bigger storm fore-
cast to move into the central part of the country Sunday.
Right now, it is aimed to our south, but we all know what
happened the last time I said that, so keep posted to more
up-to-date forecasts.
The good news is the cold pool of air is slowly running
out of steam, and with the progression of a Pacific storm
our way temperatures should slowly moderate back up at
some point next week.
Have a great week, all. I almost hope the Sunday storm
hits so we can say March came in like a lion, and we can
be done with this winter once and for all. Happy March!
Ma dobry weekendem Mit dobry vikend
Thursday — Highs -4 to 2; lows -17 to -11; clear
Friday – Highs 0-6; lows -14 to -8; partly cloudy.
Saturday — Highs 3-10; lows -12 to -6; partly
cloudy/snow shower.
Sunday – Highs 0-15; clouds/snow.
Weather Quiz: What are some of March’s weather ex-
tremes?
Answer to last week’s question: Does our extremely
cold winter have any connection to the extreme drought
they’re seeing out West? Short answer, yes. The west has
been under an extremely strong high-pressure center most
of the winter. This allowed cold air to build and filter in
further south than it typically would. We won’t know until
it is over, but this winter will definitely be in the top 10 of
coldest winters on record. The somewhat weird part is we
are well above average in snowfall as well, and typically
you don’t see both snow and cold in the same winter.
Remember: I make the forecast, not the weather!
Weather Corner
By Jake Yurek
Chronicle photo by Rich Glennie
Three Glencoe-Silver Lake eighth-grade
band students were selected to the Min-
nesota Band Director Association’s State
Honor Band for grades six through eight.
They include, from left, Mariah Koester,
clarinet; Jack Gepson, trumpet; and Laura
Popelka, clarinet.
3 GSL students to play with
State Honor Band April 26-27
By Lori Copler
Staff Writer
The Trailblazer Transit Joint
Powers Board had its annual
election of officers Thursday
morning, unanimously re-
electing the current slate for
another year.
Those officers include, Bill
Pinske, Sibley County com-
missioner, as the chair; Kermit
Terlinden, McLeod County
comissioner, as the vice chair;
and Ron Shimanski, McLeod
County commissioner, as the
recorder.
Other members of the Joint
Powers Board are McLeod
County Commissioner Shel-
don Nies and Sibley County
Commissioner Jim Swanson.
The Joint Powers Board
also was introduced to Tonia
Persons, who was hired as the
operations manager about six
weeks ago.
Persons said she had been
the general manager of a
restaurant for 13 years before
being hired at Trailblazer. Per-
sons also said that she was en-
joying learning about public
transportation.
“I always thought public
transit was for the elderly, but
I’m finding that’s not true,”
said Persons. “We serve peo-
ple of all ages.”
Persons said the biggest
challenge in her first six weeks
has been finding qualified can-
didates to fill open driving po-
sitions.
In other business, Trail-
blazer Director Gary Ludwig
said that several of Trail-
blazer’s buses will be used in
the national bus rodeo in St.
Paul in June.
The Joint Powers Board set
a tentative meeting for March
20 to discuss any develop-
ments in the Wright County
situation; and its regular busi-
ness meeting for April 17.
Both meetings are scheduled
to start at 9 a.m., and both will
be at the Trailblazer Transit fa-
cility in Glencoe.
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FFA barnyard
Last Thursday, the Glen-
coe-Silver Lake FFA or-
ganization hosted a
“barnyard” in the ag room
in conjunction with the an-
nual Winterfest at the high
school. The barnyard saw
miniature horses, goats, a
calf, a sheep, a peacock,
rabbits, baby chicks, a dog
and a big orange cat.
Above, Gemma Goff (left)
and cousin Bennett Goff
are cautious to pet Saman-
tha Dahlke’s (right) black
rabbit. To the right, Saman-
tha Lange poses with her
big orange cat, Shrek. Stu-
dents from local
preschools and elemen-
tary classes visited
throughout the day.
By Lori Copler
Staff Writer
Progress toward Trailblazer
Transit assuming the operation
of public transit in Wright
County is moving along, but
may be hampered by political
issues.
Trailblazer Transit Director
Gary Ludwig updated the
Trailblazer Joint Powers
Board about the proposition,
which is being pushed by the
Minnesota Department of
Transportation (MnDOT).
River Rider, a public transit
system that serves Wright and
Sherburne counties, is set to
dissolve July 1. Sherburne
County is looking in another
direction for public transit,
which leaves Wright County
struggling with what to do for
its own public transit needs.
Sibley County Commis-
sioner Bill Pinske, who is the
Board’s chair, said the Trail-
blazer Joint Powers Board,
with encouragement from
MnDOT, had voted in Decem-
ber to “explore the opportunity
to partner with Wright
County.”
Ludwig said he has visited
with various officials in
Wright County and, “as I see
it, there are really two
processes that need to take
place. The first is the political
process, to make sure all the
partners are connected and
aligned, and the second is the
operational process.”
Ludwig said that MnDOT is
committed to making sure that
someone is available to take
over the public transit system
in Wright County by July 1
“so service doesn’t skip a beat,
so to speak.”
Therefore, Ludwig said, the
two processes need to be
“done side by side due to the
time constraints.”
Part of the political issue is
that the local share costs of
public transit in Wright
County is largely funded by
the participating municipali-
ties, rather than by the county
as is the case with McLeod
and Sibley counties in their
sharing of Trailblazer Transit.
That poses a question of
who should be allowed “at the
table” as talks continue, Lud-
wig indicated.
Bev Herfindahl of MnDOT
agreed.
“The city administrators (in
Wright County) feel like they
should have active roles since
they are supporting the local
share financially,” said
Herfindahl. “The County
Board has not participated fi-
nancially in the past.”
However, the County Board
does have representation on
the joint board that governs the
River Rider system. The fact
that the Wright County Board
of Commissioners gained four
new members in January 2013
further complicates the matter,
Herfindahl said, because the
new commissioners are unfa-
miliar with how the transit sys-
tem operates in Wright
County.
McLeod County Commis-
sioner Sheldon Nies, who sits
on Trailblazer’s Joint Powers
Board, said Wright County
needs to take the initiative in
the political process if it de-
sires to bring its transit system
under the Trailblazer Transit
umbrella of operations.
“Right now, this proposal is
doing nothing for me; it’s not
helping Trailblazer in any
way,” said Nies.
Herfindahl said that pres-
sure on Wright County to
make decisions will come
from MnDOT.
“We are very, very, very
committed to making sure
service goes on uninterrupted
as of July 1,” Herfindahl said.
“Right now, we’re the bullies
in the playpen.”
Pinske said there is a meet-
ing regarding the issue on
March 10 in Wright County.
The Joint Powers Board
agreed to send a delegation to
give a brief overview of Trail-
blazer’s operations and how it
might help Wright County.
“Right now, we don’t know
who the decision makers are,”
said Pinske.
Herfindahl said that is one
of the goals of the March 10
meeting.
“We expect that after March
10, we will have a direction
from Wright County,” said
Herfindahl.
Operations
While Wright County bor-
ders McLeod County, it does
present some operational chal-
lenges, said Ludwig.
About 80 percent of Wright
County’s population is in the
northeast quadrant, located in
the rapidly growing — and
contiguous — cities of Otsego,
Albertville, Hanover and St.
Michael.
If Trailblazer does take over
operation of public transit in
Wright County, it will need
some type of vehicle facility,
although dispatching would be
done from its headquarters in
Glencoe. Although Buffalo is
in the geographic center of the
county and may make a good
spot for a facility, the popula-
tion density in the northeast
quadrant may call for a facility
there, said Ludwig.
Otsego, the fastest-growing
city, doesn’t have a school
within its boundaries, as it is
part of the Elk River district,
which is in a different county.
Ostego also doesn’t have a
medical facility, but there is
one right across the river in
Elk River, also in a different
county, so transit will need to
expand at least one mile
around the planned service
area.
And while Wright County is
heavily populated, it has very
limited transit service, cur-
rently about 300 hours a week,
said Ludwig.
“The cities are starting to re-
alize that their need is far
greater than the 300 hours a
week that is currently avail-
able,” said Herfindahl.
However, Herfindahl said,
MnDOT intends to stress that
just the current level of service
will be maintained until the
end of 2014, giving Wright
County time to study its future
needs “and how to fund their
share.”
Ludwig said that based on
population and what he sees as
Wright County’s needs, serv-
ice in that county could in-
crease to about 120,000 rides
annually by 2015, and up to
220,000 rides within five
years. In 10 years, that could
grow to 280,000 annual rides,
Ludwig said.
“There is a pent-up demand
that will be difficult to ad-
dress,” said Ludwig.
Trailblazer Transit, Wright County still
working on possible transit merger
Blood donors are everyday
heroes who help save lives.
During March, Red Cross
Month, the American Red
Cross recognizes these life-
savers, thanks them for their
generosity and encourages
others to join their ranks.
Courtney Krisher will be
forever grateful for the donors
who helped save her brother,
Lucas.
The siblings, who are both
members of the U.S. military,
had given blood together just
a few months before Lucas
was in a motorcycle accident.
He was rushed to the hospital
with extensive internal bleed-
ing and received four pints of
blood.
“Some people call me and
my brother heroes (because of
our military service), but I
think the same could be said
for people who give blood,”
Krisher said.
The Red Cross has been
meeting the needs of patients
like Lucas since World War II
and today partners with nearly
2,700 hospitals and transfu-
sion centers throughout the
U.S.
Two area blood drives are
coming in early March. The
first is Monday, March 3, from
noon to 6 p.m., at Neisen’s Bar
n Grill, Biscay, and Tuesday,
March 11, from noon to 6 p.m.
at Peace Lutheran Church, 400
Franklin St. SW in Hutchin-
son.
To donate blood call call 1-
800-RED CROSS (1-800-
733-2767) or visit redcross
blood.org to make an appoint-
ment or for more information.
All blood types are needed to
ensure a reliable supply for pa-
tients.
A blood donor card or dri-
ver’s license or two other
forms of identification are re-
quired at check-in. Individuals
who are 17 years of age (16
with parental consent in some
states), weigh at least 110
pounds and are in generally
good health may be eligible to
donate blood. High school stu-
dents and other donors 18
years of age and younger also
have to meet certain height
and weight requirements.
Blood drives set for Biscay, Hutch
Submitted photo
FFA Member of the Week
Kirsten Barott from the Glencoe-Silver
Lake FFA Chapter was selected as Min-
nesota’s FFA Member of the Week. Barott
is currently a sophomore in GSL High
School and a chapter FFA officer. “She
loves having the opportunity to share her
passion for FFA with others in high
school, and one of her involvements in-
cludes the garden plot in GSL FFA chap-
ter,” said GSL FFA adviser Becky Haddad.
The GSL FFA chapter members include,
front, from left, Kole Polzin, Emily Thal-
mann, Adam Thalmann, Becca Green,
Barott, Sam Dahlke, Laura Becker and
Maddie Kuehn. In the back are Zach Pier-
son, Tommy Becker and Matt Dahlke.

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