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Boys’ cagers lose section heart-breaker
— Sports page 1B
The McLeod County
Glencoe, Minnesota Vol. 118, No. 10
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dominate in
subregion
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015
GSL’s building bond
info campaign includes
school tours, forums
By Lori Copler
Editor
Glencoe-Silver Lake School officially kicked off its informational
campaign for its proposed $24.19
million building project at the Glencoe Business Expo Feb. 22, and is
continuing its efforts with weekly
tours of Helen Baker Elementary
and public forums.
At Monday night’s School Board
meeting, Superintendent Chris
Sonju said he had a steady stream
of visitors at the school’s booth at
the Expo.
“I don’t think I had three or four
minutes, ever, between people stopping at our booth,” said Sonju.
“There is a lot of interest out there.”
The project, if approved by district voters on May 12, proposes to
eliminate the Helen Baker Elementary School and build an addition at
the junior high and high school site
to accommodate the district’s
kindergarten through second-grade
students. The project also includes
upgrades to the Lincoln Junior High
and high school facilities.
On Tuesday of this week, the
school district began hosting tours
during the school day at Helen
Baker and the high school and junior high school complex so that
people can see firsthand what the
district is dealing with, said Sonju.
He said it is especially appropriate
to have those tours during classroom hours so residents can see the
conditions under which students are
learning.
Tours will be held each Tuesday
until the election with a 10 a.m.
start at Helen Baker and an 11 a.m.
start at the high school.
In addition, Sonju said that first
public forum has been tentatively
set for Monday, March 30, at 6:30
p.m., at Helen Baker School.
“We’ll be scheduling one or two
more as the election gets closer,”
said Sonju.
In related business, Business
Manager Michelle Sander said she
has been working with Ehlers, the
school’s financial consultant, on
getting together tax impact information.
Like past referendums, the school
plans to put a link on its website so
that residents and other property
owners can find out the tax impact
on their property if the referendum
passes.
Sander said Ehlers is finishing up
the hyperlinks, after which Sander
will review it, and it “should be up
and going within a week.”
Sander said the tax impact links
will be on the school district’s home
page on its website, which is
www.gsl.k12.mn.us.
Spring load restrictions
go into effect today
Submitted photo
Lakeside science fair
Glencoe-Silver Lake’s Lakeside Elementary hosted its annual science fair Friday. In the top photo,
students explain their projects to judges. At bot-
4-year-old
injured in
rollover on
March 4
A 4-year-old child was taken to
the Hutchinson Health Hospital for
treatment of nonlife-threatening injuries following a vehicle rollover
east of Stewart on Highway 212 on
Wednesday, March 4.
According to the Minnesota State
Patrol, Juana E. Lara, 30, of
Hutchinson, was eastbound on
Highway 212 at about 7:40 a.m. in
a Jeep Liberty when she attempted
to pass a Kia Sorento, lost control,
and rolled the vehicle, which came
to rest on its roof.
There also were two 7-year-old
children in the vehicle; they were
not injured, nor was Lara.
Assisting the State Patrol at the
accident were the Stewart Fire Department, Buffalo Lake and
Hutchinson ambulances, and the
McLeod County Sheriff’s Office.
tom left is Jordan Grack with his “E-Lemon-Tricity” project, at bottom right is Jessica Headlee,
whose project was on dissolution.
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Highway Department office or
on the McLeod County website
at www.co.mcleod.mn.us/high
way/slr.
Any questions regarding specific route postings should be directed to the McLeod County
Highway Department at 320484-4321.
County Board applauds GIS division
By Dave Pedersen
Correspondent
McLeod County Commissioner Paul Wright recognized the “exceptional
work” of the county’s Geographic Information System
(GIS) Division at the March
3 board meeting.
The online mapping tools
are being extensively utilized throughout the community, maintaining accurate, current and complete
geospatial data. The great
need for the service is seen
in the 100,000 some views
in the past year on the county website.
The purpose of GIS is to
provide information to the
county employees as well
as the general public in a
digital mapping environment. For example, almost
20,000 parcels of land have
been mapped in McLeod
County. Christensen said
reading through all the legal
descriptions was a fun chal-
Weather
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Spring load restrictions will go
into effect on all McLeod County highways today (Wednesday,
March 11), and will remain in effect until further notice.
All roads will be posted with
signs indicating maximum allowable axle loads. Maps showing specific restrictions are available at the McLeod County
Sat., 3-14
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Sun., 3-15
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lenge.
Christy Christensen has
been the director for 24
years. He reported how
ditch mapping addresses
many rural issues. All ditch
maintenance, cleanouts and
repairs have been added to
the mapping system.
GIS systems have been
added to the emergency dispatch center and law enforcement department for
timely reference and response.
The highway department
oversees the GIS Division.
It helps with snow plow
routing, precise salt and
sand mapping, road sign
management, construction
mapping, culvert inspection
and road weed spraying.
Christensen said the
county took the lead in developing the 2007 LiDAR
(high resolution aerial photography) Project partnership effort with the state,
Buffalo Creek Watershed
and cities of Glencoe and
Hutchinson.
McLeod County received
an award from the governor
in recognition of working
with multiple agencies.
LiDAR flights happened
again in 2011 and 2014.
“LiDAR allowed us to
provide a terrain model for
McLeod County with an accuracy of one-foot for contour models,” said Christensen. “When people see
our data they are really jealous of what we have because most have two-foot
contours. We use it for road
construction, to see how our
drainage flows and others in
the agriculture areas use it
quite often.”
Wright said a lot of county departments depend on
the mapping software to
have accurate data to be at
their fingertips in order to
do their jobs. He added,
“We have some of the best
of the best and they deserve
Looking back: Winter finally released its subarctic hold as
temperatures rebounded late
last week into the weekend.
Date
Hi
Lo Snow
March 3 28 ..........2 ........2.70
March 4 12 ......-10 ........0.00
March 5
March 6
March 7
March 8
March 9
the recognition. We have far
and above what other counties have.”
Jail bids
In other business, the authorization to advertise for
construction bids for the
county jail renovation and
courthouse security project
was given to John McNamara with Wold Architects.
Total project cost is estimated at $7.315 million
with around $6.3 million for
construction. Bid opening is
targeted for March 31 and
for award at the April 7
board meeting.
Construction work could
take 12 to 14 months starting in May and concluding
next spring. The large entry
addition will be done first,
followed by new inmate
housing units.
• Kelly Schultz was introduced as a new employee
who started in November as
the sentence to serve crew
19 ......-16 ........0.00
39 ..........7 ........0.00
44 ........25 .........0.00
51 ........26 ........0.00
57 ........27 ........0.00
Temperatures and precipitation compiled by Robert Thurn, Chronicle
weather observer.
leader.
He works with jail inmates who want to work off
some of their sentence by
working on community
projects and fill obligations
by the court.
Schultz says he had crews
recently helping nonprofits,
including with solid waste,
at the county fairgrounds
and ice rink and doing a lot
of tree trimming.
The program is a joint
partnership with the state
providing 75 percent of the
funding and McLeod County 25 percent.
• The board approved the
Community Support Services Program Grant Plan of
$111,680.
• Approved was a memorandum of understanding
agreement with Chippewa
Enterprises in Montevideo
for the sale of recycling
commodities.
Chronicle News and
Advertising Deadlines
All news is due by 5 p.m., Monday, and all advertising is due by noon, Monday. News received after
that deadline will be published as space allows.
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SL Legion Auxiliary meeting
The Silver Lake American Legion Auxiliary Unit 141
will meet Monday, March 16, at 6:30 p.m., at the Silver
Lake Legion. Lunch will be served, and the Legion’s
birthday will be observed. Please bring an item for the
food shelf.
Glencoe Study Club to meet
The Glencoe Study Club will meet Monday, March 16,
at 7:30 p.m., at Ramona Nagel’s home. Linda Van Haften
will present a program on adoption and foster care.
Legion Auxiliary will meet
The Glencoe American Legion Ladies Auxiliary will
meet Monday, March 16, at 7 p.m., at the Glencoe Fire
Hall. Lunch will be served.
GHPS to meet on March 17
The Glencoe Historic Preservation Society (GHPS)
will meet Tuesday, March 17, at 6:30 p.m., in the Glencoe Historic Room at the Glencoe City Center. Refreshments will be served, and guests are welcome. For more
information, call Gloria Hilgers at 320-864-4174.
Bar Bingo set for Saturday
The Glencoe Lions will be sponsoring Bar Bingo at the
Glencoe Country Club on Saturday, March 14, at 2 p.m.
Everyone age 18 and over is welcome to play for cash
prizes. The Progressive Game 16 pay-out amount is $599
if you have Bingo within 56 called numbers. Food, beverages and pull-tabs are available.
SL Lions sausage supper
The Silver Lake Lions Club will host its annual
sausage supper Thursday, March 12, from 4:30 p.m. to 7
p.m., at the Silver Lake Auditorium. Proceeds will go to
the Silver Lake Fire Department and Silver Lake Ambulance.
St. Patrick’s Day parade set
The 28th-annual Silver Lake St. Patrick’s Day parade
will be held Saturday, March 14, starting at 1 p.m. sharp
from the GSL Lakeside 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 12:30 p.m. The parade
will begin at Lakeside School and will end at the intersection of Main Street and Park Avenue. Respect for the
American flag will be observed by all as the flag passes
by in the parade. (The Irish Afterglow will return next
year.)
Plato Lions’ spring brunch
The Plato Lions Club will host its 32nd-annual spring
brunch Sunday, March 15, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the
Plato Hall. The brunch includes all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, eggs, toast and a beverage. Free-will donations will be accepted. All proceeds go to community
projects.
Stewart Legion, Auxiliary
The Stewart American Legion and its Auxiliary will
have a potluck supper Monday, March 16, at 6 p.m., at
the Stewart Community Center. The groups will be celebrating the Legion’s 96th birthday. Guests will be Minnesota Department Commander Peggy Moon and Minnesota Department President Chris Ronning, as well as
the 3rd District commander and vice commander. Please
bring an item for the food shelf. Anyone who has been
involved with the military is welcome to help celebrate
the Legion’s birthday.
Emanuel silent auction, dinner
Emanuel Lutheran School in Hamburg will host a
silent auction and dinner Saturday, March 14, starting at
5 p.m. The dinner includes a choice of a smoked pork
chop or turkey dinner, plus sides and dessert. Hundreds
of items will be up for bidding, including automotive,
dining, entertainment, sporting goods, home and garden
and much more. The live auction starts at 8 p.m. Tickets
will be available at the door.
Birdwatchers invited to club
Birdwatchers from around the area are invited to attend
the monthly meeting of the Hutchinson Area Bird Club,
which meets every second Thursday of the month at 7
p.m. in the basement of the Hutchinson Library. This
month’s meeting is on March 12. Bird club members
enjoy learning more about wild birds in a fun, friendly
environment. All experience levels are welcome, from
beginners to experts.
Glencoe seniors meetings
The Glencoe Senior Citizens meet on Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. in the seniors room at the Glencoe City Center. Sheephead is played on Tuesdays, and
both sheephead and 500 are played on Thursdays. All
seniors over 55 are invited. For more information, call
320-864-3799 and leave a message.
To be included in this column, items for Happenings
must be received in the Chronicle office no later than
5 p.m. on Monday of the week they are to be published. Items received after that will be published elsewhere in the newspaper as space permits. Happenings
in Glencoe, Brownton, Stewart, Plato, New Auburn,
Biscay and Silver Lake take priority over happenings
elsewhere.
By Lori Copler
Editor
Unless the weather regresses dramatically, the GlencoeSilver Lake School District
will not be able to try out its
“digital/different day” this
year.
The topic has been under
discussion at recent GlencoeSilver Lake School Board
meetings, and the board gave
its approval Monday night to
trying it out on a test run.
The goal of “digital/different” day is to provide learning to students through online
“Google Classroom” resources on snow days. The
motion passed by the School
Board Monday would allow
the district to try out the concept if there is another snow
day before the end of the current school year.
Although the School Board
unanimously endorsed the
proposal on a trial basis Monday night, Board Member
Jamie Alsleben cautioned administration and fellow board
members about its possible
impact.
Alsleben noted that GSL
has a rather high rate of students who take free or reduced meals, which indicates
a certain level of poverty. Alsleben said those students
may not have the resources to
connect to the Internet and
take advantage of the Google
Classroom activities.
“I wonder if, in some
cases, that is punitive to those
who do not have the technology, and it’s an additional
burden for them to overcome,” said Alsleben.
Superintendent Chris Sonju
said the district is aware that
not all students will have access to the Internet on snow
days, but teachers are trying
to find alternative ways to
serve those students on snow
days.
Students who are not able
to complete online assignments on snow days will be
Snow, ice
contribute
to crashes
The Sibley County Sheriff’s Office responded to two
single-vehicle accidents last
week.
The first was reported
Tuesday, March 3, at 1:40
p.m., and occurred on Highway 19 about one mile east of
Gaylord.
A 2001 Ford F-150 driven
by Edward Joseph Kauffmann of Arlington was traveling eastbound when he lost
control of the vehicle, which
ran off the road and struck a
tree. Kauffmann had minor
injuries, and the vehicle had
severe damage to the front.
Snow-covered roads and
blowing snow were factors in
the crash, according to the
Sibley County Sheriff’s Office.
Kauffmann was not wearing his seat belt.
On Wednesday, March 4, at
about 8 p.m., a rollover accident was reported on 441st
Avenue, about one-half mile
north of Highway 5 (three
miles northeast of Gaylord).
A 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix
driven by Jennifer Cherrie
Rose, 19, of Glencoe, was
northbound on 441st Avenue
when she lost control on the
snow-packed and icy road.
Her vehicle went into a ditch
and rolled onto its roof. Rose
was wearing her seat belt and
was not injured. The car sustained moderate damage.
Corrections & Clarifications
Last week’s front-page
headline and Glencoe City
Council article incorrectly reported that the City Council
had awarded the bid for its
Lincoln Park street and utility
projects. The City Council
only reviewed the submitted
bids; the bid will not be
awarded until after the assessment hearing.
*****
The Chronicle incorrectly
reported the County Board
vote on its creation of a new
classification of public health
deputy director. According to
Commissioner Ron Shimanski, voting in favor were Shimanski, Joe Nagel and Paul
Wright, while Commissioners
Sheldon Nies and Doug
Krueger voted against it.
*****
The McLeod County
Chronicle strives for accuracy in its reports. If you
find an error, bring it to our
attention. Call 320-8645518 and ask for Lori
Copler, editor.
given alternative assignments, and given extra time
to complete them, Sonju said.
Some teachers have prepared
“blizzard bags” to provide alternative materials to students.
“That’s why we also called
it ‘different day’ as well as
‘digital day,’” said Sonju.
Board Member Clark
Christianson said the school
district already provides
some “web-based curriculum
and e-books” as supplemental
material.
But Alsleben said “supplemental” material is “additional to initial presentation of
standard curriculum.”
Sonju said he is aware that
the concept of digital/different day may not work as the
district hopes, which is why it
is having a one-day trial
basis.
If the district does end up
adopting it as a program,
Sonju added, it may not be
used for every snow day.
Right now, he said,
digital/different days do not
constitute teacher-student
contact days in the eyes of
the state department of education.
“But it has been talked
about at the state about making it a student contact day,”
said Sonju.
Sonju said that if a pilot
day is used, the school district can then evaluate its effectiveness and decide if it
wants to continue it on a permanent basis.
The important thing about
the proposal, Sonju said, is
that it pushes educational
staff to “look at different
ways to deliver instruction to
students.”
Sonju said that if the district cannot make use of the
trial day this year, he will
propose it again next year.
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School Board OKs
trial run of ‘digital/
different day’ option
Glencoe-Silver Lake Public Schools
Kindergarten
Round-up
“COME AND GO” OPEN HOUSE
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Helen Baker Elementary School
405 16th St. E., Glencoe ~ 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Register your child for the 2015-2016
kindergarten school year if your child will be
5 years old on or before September 1st, 2015.
We invite you and your child to tour Helen Baker
Elementary School, meet school staff, and enjoy a
treat from us.
If unable to attend, please call 320-864-2666 after
March 19th for assistance with registration.
We look forward to meeting you!
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We want your children to become part
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St. Pius X Catholic School of Glencoe
offers an academic program emphasizing early
literacy, math readiness, character education
and social development K through 6th grade.
Come visit Mrs. Meuleners and get
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Kindergarten Round-up ~
March 17th at 6:30pm
If you are interested please call Cathy at
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County Board continues
to discuss trail committee
GSL Knowledge Bowl teams
take top 3 spots at subregion
Glencoe-Silver Lake’s
(GSL) Knowledge Bowl
teams entered their post season at MACCRAY High
School on Monday, March 2.
While their friends were
enjoying a day off from
school for teacher workshops,
the Knowledge Bowlers got
on a bus before 8 a.m. and
headed off for their subregion
meet.
GSL took five teams to
compete against 15 others
from Benson, Hutchinson,
KMS, Lester Prairie, Montevideo, New London-Spicer,
Renville County West and
Winsted Holy Trinity. The top
half of the teams will go on to
regional competition later in
March.
For the third meet in a row,
GSL’s top three teams finished first, second and third.
“This is an amazing show
of power by this group of students,” said Coach Vicky
Harris. For every oral round,
there were at least two GSL
teams in Room 1. All three
GSL teams were in Room 1
for round two. Again, no
other team could really hold
up to this combination of
GSL teams.
GSL’s top team, Nirvana,
stayed out front for the whole
meet. It began with a first-
place written round of 51,
and added oral round scores
of 17, 23, 19 and 14, for a
total score of 130 and the
subregion championship.
This team includes seniors
Mark Broderius, Patrick
Fehrenbach, Chandler Swift
and Jacob Wawrzyniak.
GSL’s Zen began in second
place with a written score of
48, then added oral round
scores (mostly in Room 1) of
9, 7, 20 and 15 for a total of
104.0 and second place. (Its
score of 20 was earned in
Room 3.) The team members
are junior Maddie Kuehn,
sophomores Jacob Fehrenbach, Katie Twiss and Jake
Vasek, and freshmen Austin
Pinske.
Trainquility started in sixth
with a written score of 43,
and earned oral scores of 19,
7, 9 and 13. It finished with
96.0 points and third place.
Kyle Beck and Brent
Duenow are senior members,
while Mitch Beneke, Mark
Lueders and Trevor Lueders
are juniors.
Hutchinson’s top team alternated between Rooms 1
and 2 and placed fourth with
93.0 points, while New London-Spicer finished fifth
(87.5) and Montevideo ended
in sixth with 87.0.
Meanwhile, GSL’s fourth
and fifth teams were competing mostly in Rooms 3, 4 and
5.
In a remarkably close finish, GSL 5 finished in seventh place with 81.5 while
GSL 4 earned eighth place
with a score of 81.0 points.
Both will advance to the regional competition, as will
the other teams mentioned
above, Lester Prairie and additional teams from Hutchinson and Montevideo.
The team members of GSL
4, all sophomores, are Marisa
Luchsinger, Maggie Petersen,
Rachel Reichow, Dini
Schweikert and Robin Swift.
GSL 5 includes sophomore
Kyle Wanous, freshmen
Leam Armstrong, Jack Gepson and Laura Popelka, and
eighth grader Brett Baumgarten.
GSL’s next competition
comes next week, on Friday,
March 20. Three teams from
that regional meet will go to
state, and the season will be
done for all other teams.
“Much as we would love to
have GSL earn all those slots,
we can’t assume that it will
happen,” said Harris. “We
have to work hard in practice
between now and then and do
our best on that Friday.”
Members of the second-place team at
the subregion Knowledge Bowl competition are, from left, Jacob Fehrenbach,
The subregion third-place Knowledge
Bowl team consists of, from left, Kyle
Maddie Kuehn, Austin Pinske, Katie
Twiss and Jake Vasek.
The McLeod County Historical Society will kick off
its 2015 theme, “History of
Country Schools,” on Sunday, March 15, at 2 p.m., at
the McLeod County Historical Museum, 380 School Rd.
NW, Hutchinson.
A group from Sibley
County, which recently spent
three years compiling a
book, “Remembering Country Schools of Sibley County,” will talk about how it
collected stories, photos and
artifacts as it created the
book.
The McLeod County Historical Society, using its new
in-house searchable database, will feature some of the
museum’s collections of artifacts and photographs regarding McLeod County’s
country schools.
The event is open to the
public.
Beck, Brent Duenow, Mark Lueders,
Trevor Posusta and Mitch Beneke.
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The plan can help establish
specific trail maintenance criteria such as surface treatments, timing, funding and
responsibilities.
The plan will also focus on
a couple of the county’s top
priority trails needs to further
advance the planning and implementation. This agreement
with MMDC does not include
any preliminary engineering
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in place that promotes effective planning, funding, development and management of
the county’s trails system.
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evaluation criteria to assist
with priority decision making.
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planning and implementation
framework (trail classification system, trail design, development and management
guidelines, etc.) that facilitates trail development, management and use consistent
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projects for achieving the
plan’s goals will be proposed.
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plan will be developed, including identifying potential
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McLeod County is still
looking to organize a trails
plan steering committee.
The Board of Commissioners voted to sign a contract
for professional services with
the Mid-Minnesota Development Commission (MMDC)
at the March 3 meeting at a
cost of $7,200.
However, the board tabled
the forming of a committee to
help with the organization of
a McLeod County trail plan
until the March 17 board
meeting.
County Parks Director Al
Koglin said the committee
would bring goals and ideas
to MMDC, which will help
format a plan. Currently, each
entity is working on a plan of
its own. Koglin added how
forming a committee with
members from each community will help with collaboration and long-term plans for
trails in McLeod County.
“There is no plan on
paper,” said Koglin. “MidMinnesota would help bring
all this information together
and write a plan based on
what the committee gives it.”
“In my opinion we will tell
them, they don’t tell us,”
added Commissioner Paul
Wright. “Since trail issues
bring up a sense of tension,
let us let Mid-Minnesota help
us to develop a product.
Without that we are not going
anywhere.”
Commissioner Sheldon
Nies agreed, adding, “If we
do nothing we will be stumbling along as we are now.
This will help in the process.”
There was debate about
what the committee should
look like, so the subject was
tabled for two weeks. It was
suggested that having one
representative from each
community with a couple of
at-large positions representing townships would create
too large of a group.
Commissioner Joe Nagel
suggested having a member
from each district picked by
commissioners. Nies wondered if committee meetings
could be called public so any
of the commissioners can attend.
The trails plan is expected
to include inventory of current trails facilities and evaluate their conditions, as well
as identifying gaps and connectivity needs in the network.
It will identify key destinations to plan to connect with
an off-road and on-road trail
network. It will look for best
practices for bicycle and
other forms of non-motor vehicle transportation and their
possible use in the county.
The committee will work
to assure public policies are
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Digital/Different Day
met with caution
Our view: Despite concerns,
it’s worth a trial effort
T
he Glencoe-Silver Lake
School District’s proposed
“Digital/Different Day” to
provide students with a learning opportunity on snow days has drawn
both enthusiam and caution from
school board members.
The proposal would encourage the
use of “Google Classroom” and
other online resources for learning
on snow days so that students can
continue their education even while
at home.
School Board Member Jamie Alsleben rightfully pointed out that the
measure could have the potential of
increasing the learning gap between
students with adequate financial
means and students who do not have
those resources. Economically challenged families typically do not have
access to computers, iPads, other devices and Internet service.
But Superintendent Chris Sonju
and other administrators are stressing that those students without technology access will still have alternative ways to complete “Digital/Different Day” assignments.
We feel the approval of a trial run
for “Digital/Different Day” is a step
in the right direction. Some day,
technological access will be as common as running water and electricity.
Many cities are already providing
free Internet service to residents,
while many school districts are trying to provide each and every child
with a device, such as an iPad, so
that they can access educational resources from home, libraries or
wherever Internet service is available. GSL has already started a program to put such devices in students’
hands, although it has a ways to go
before every student is equipped.
There will be, no doubt, some
drawbacks to “Digital/Different
day.” Some students may simply not
have the internal initiative to complete assignments without a parent
or teacher to encourage them. Others
may not have access to the Internet
because they are at a grandparent’s
home or a day care or, as Alsleben
pointed out, simply don’t have the
financial resources to purchase Internet service.
It may, in fact, turn out to be an
idea that is simply ahead of its time.
But it is best to be in front of the cutting edge, rather than behind it. It’s
an experiment worth doing, and we
applaud the School Board for moving ahead, with appropriate caution
and concern.
And best of all, as Sonju pointed
out, the “Digital/Different Day” encourages administrators and teachers
to look at education with fresh eyes
and consider other options for delivering education that can be tailored
to each student’s unique needs. And
we applaud that, also.
— L.C.
Letter to the Editor
Enjoyed meeting GSL FFA’ers
To the Editor:
It was a pleasure to meet students
and instructors at Glencoe-Silver
Lake’s 75th anniversary of their FFA
chapter on Friday, Feb. 27. Having
taught in the school district before
taking over the family farm in western Minnesota, I was impressed with
the history and passion Glencoe-Silver Lake’s school district showed in
its commitment to its FFA chapter
through agricultural education.
Minnesota Farmers Union remains
dedicated to furthering the education
of students involved in agriculture
programs across rural and urban
Minnesota. No matter what background these students come from,
we need them to be educated and
prepared to enter into the agriculture
industry in order to feed the growing
global population.
In a state where agriculture is such
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2) Spend it on roads and bridges.
3) Spend it on education.
4) Build up its reserve fund.
Dear government: leave my clock alone
I’ve never really embraced the
idea of Daylight Saving Time, but I
never used to mind it, either.
I could never understand how
changing the clock ahead one hour
“saved” daylight. God gave us a certain number of hours of daylight a
day, and the government can’t
change that by monkeying with our
clocks.
Daylight Saving Time was first
proposed in about 1895, and some
countries adopted the concept in the
early 1910s. The United States started using the concept in the 1970s at
the height of the energy crisis, arguing that longer daylight in the
evening would reduce the use of incandescent lights in residences.
Maybe it helped, maybe it didn’t.
The energy crisis passed and we
moved on, but we kept daylight saving time.
While the government can tell me
how to set my clock, it has no power
over my internal clock. Each spring
and fall, my body has a harder time
adjusting to the change in time, even
Lori Copler
though it’s just an hour.
I spent a good portion of Saturday
afternoon snow tubing with my
brother and his kids and his neighbor and their kids.
At my advanced age, I was thoroughly bushed at the end of the day,
and ready to crawl into bed by 8:30
p.m. However, I felt that was an absurdly early time to go to bed, until I
remembered that I was supposed to
“spring forward” one hour. Within a
second, it was now 9:30 p.m. and a
more acceptable bedtime. I read
until 9 or 10 p.m., depending on
your point of view, then turned out
the light and sank blissfully into
sleep.
But I still have a hard time adjusting. As an early bird, I resent the
fact that it is still dark when I get up
in the morning, although I do enjoy
the longer evenings.
I have an even harder time in the
fall, when we turn back the clocks
and I want to go to bed at 9:30 p.m.
rather than 10:30 p.m.
And each year, it takes longer to
adjust. At one time, changing the
clock had no effect on me. Then it
took a day or two to adjust. This
year, I still haven’t adjusted.
I’ve never really had any goals for
retirement, except not working, but
now I have one: to not be ruled by
clocks. I’m going to go to bed when
I want, get up when I want, eat when
I’m hungry and record all my TV
shows so I can watch them whenever I want.
And I’m going to enjoy every undocumented minute of it.
Letters to the Editor
Questions City Council’s awarding of demolition bid
To the Editor:
I would like to comment on the
Glencoe City Council’s award of the
bid to demolish Denny’s Barber
Shop building to MJ Neisen of
Brownton.
I feel I’m too biased to offer my
personal opinion because Ken Polifka of Ken’s Excavating is my father,
and I’m also an employee. However,
from the perspective of a Glencoe
business owner, I feel I can because
I own and operate CJP AutoSales in
Glencoe.
I find it disturbing that city staff
asked Ken’s Excavating (local contractor) for a general estimate to demolish the building so they could
get the ball rolling on the project and
then publish that figure in the paper.
I understand that the city has to accept the lowest bid and I’m not saying the bidding process should have
been circumvented, but in this case
there was not a bidding process. City
Administrator Mark Larson stated
that MJ Neisen “approached” the
city with a bid; well, unless one is
not real bright, I don’t think it’s too
hard to beat a price that is posted in
the paper. The city should have had
the common courtesy to allow Ken
Polifka to submit a formal bid, especially after asking for his help originally. He might not have been the
lowest, but at least the process
would have been fair.
As a community, we are encouraged to shop locally, which supports
our taxpaying businesses. The prices
may be a little higher because a
short 15-mile drive gives us access
to retail chain stores, which I’m sure
makes it difficult for local retailers
to compete, but shopping there doesn’t benefit our city. It’s too bad the
City Council can’t operate on that
same principle. On behalf of fellow
Glencoe business owners, I would
like to thank Council Member Allen
Robeck for recognizing this flawed
process and voting “no.”
Cory Polifka
Glencoe
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County Board approves purchases of equipment for highway department
By Dave Pedersen
Correspondent
McLeod County Highway
Engineer John Brunkhorst
has been doing some spring
cleaning of older equipment
and asked the Board of Commissioners for new gear at the
meeting on March 3.
When it was all said and
done, the board dished out
nearly $236,954, with funding coming from the 2015
highway budget.
The big-buck item was the
purchase of a 2015 Mack tandem truck chassis from Nuss
Truck and Equipment in Roseville on the state contract
for $99,703. This price includes a $12,000 trade-in allowance for a 1997 Ford LT
9000 plow truck with
210,000 miles.
The Mack truck will help
with a lot of work after the
county voted to purchase a
truck equipment package
completely installed (box,
plow, scraper, wing, sander
and more) from Towmaster,
Inc., of Litchfield on the state
contract for $105,462.
Next came board approval
for Brunkhorst to purchase a
Kuhn GMD 600 disc mower
from Arnolds in Glencoe for
$5,900, which includes a
trade allowance.
McLeod County also will
purchase a 2015 GMC Sierra
4WD pickup from Nelson
Auto Center in Fergus Falls
on the state contract for
$25,889.44. This will replace
a 1999 GMC with 150,000
miles.
The county will get some
funds back for selling the old
shouldering machine for
$3,051.
“This bridge is structurally
deficient and replacement is
recommended,” said Brunkhorst. “We have identified the
early spring of 2016 as a construction window provided
there are bridge bonding
funds available.”
Widseth Smith Nolting recently performed a load rating analysis on the bridge that
was built in the mid-1960s as
part of a statewide contract
and identified areas of concern.
McLeod County is in line
with Glencoe and Hutchinson
In other highway department business, the board
agreed to the final payment of
$88,767.05 to Duininck, Inc.,
of Prinsburg for bridge construction on CSAH 15 over
the South Fork of the Crow
River. A delay in the project
resulted in some $100,000 in
penalties.
Commissioners voted to
hire Widseth Smith Nolting
of Alexandria for engineering
services related to the replacement of bridge 43504 on
CSAH 11 for an estimated fee
of $107,855.
after passing a resolution approving support for House
Bill 80, a bill to appropriate
money for right-of-way acquisition and construction of
marked Trunk Highway 212.
No funding has been identified, but the environmental
work has been done and the
project is “shovel ready.” The
project would create a fourlane highway between Norwood Young America and
Cologne.
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Dairy Princess coronation is March 28
The 62nd-annual McLeod
County Dairy Association
and Dairy Princess Coronation is set for Saturday,
March 28, at Peace Lutheran
Church in Hutchinson.
Princess candidates include:
• Ashle Lukes, daughter of
Michael and Reada Lukes of
Lester Prairie.
• Rachel Stender, daughter
of Allen and Lisa Stender of
Lester Prairie.
• Sarah Eggert, daughter of
Jerry and Connie Eggert of
Hutchinson.
• Genevieve Jeurissen,
daughter of Rick and Mindy
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• Cheyenne Schmidt,
daughter of Ron and Denise
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a vital part of our rigorous
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coach a Career Development
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seventh-grade softball.
Also approved was a contract reduction for Sarah
Beckman, Spanish teacher,
who will not be required to
teach an “overload” for the
third trimester because of
changes in the English as a
Second Language (ESL) population.
The School Board also approved a maternity leave for
Stephanie Zajicek, speech
language pathologist at Lakeside Elementary, from Aug.
31 to Oct. 16.
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Ashle Lukes
By Lori Copler
Editor
The approaching end of the
school year seems to bring
announcements of retirements, and that was no exception at Monday night’s
meeting of the Glencoe-Silver Lake School Board meeting.
The School Board’s consent agenda listed four impending retirements: Vicky
Harris, science teacher at Lincoln Junior High; Duane
Stensvad, special education
teacher at Lincoln; Sandra
Steile, math teacher at Lincoln; and Ken Hults, principal’s secretary at Lakeside
Elementary.
In its approval of the consent agenda, the School
Board also approved the hiring of Lynn Tupper as a longterm family and consumer
science (FACS) teacher at the
high school, replacing Tamra
Smertneck, who resigned;
and Dulce Hernandez as a
The Professional Directory is provided each week for quick
reference to professionals in the Glencoe area — their locations,
phone numbers and office hours.
Call the McLeod County Chronicle office for details on how
you can be included in this directory, 320-864-5518.
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3 musicians chosen for MBDA honors bands
On April 24-25, three Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL) band
students representing the GSL
eighth-grade grade, symphonic and concert bands will be
members of the 2015 Minnesota Band Directors Association (MBDA) State Level
Honor Band, held at Alexandria High School in Alexandria. Students are selected to
the band through a competitive recorded audition that
was submitted this past December.
GSL Lincoln Junior High
eighth-grade band member
Leah Bettcher (bassoon) was
selected to the sixth- through
eighth-grade level state honor
band. There were 227 students
from 68 schools who auditioned for the band. She will
be one of three bassoon players in the ensemble.
Ninth graders Laura Popelka (clarinet, GSL Symphonic
Band) and Jack Gepson
(trumpet, GSL Concert Band)
were selected to the ninth- and
10th-grade state honor band.
Both played in the state sixththrough eighth-grade level
band last year. Two hundred
twenty-two students from 60
schools auditioned. There are
Weather Corner
By Jake Yurek
Leah Bettcher has been
selected for the MBDA
sixth- through eighthgrade honor band.
13 clarinets and 10 trumpets
in the ensemble.
The students participating
will have the opportunity to
work with some of the finest
music educators in the state as
their section coaches. The
ninth-10th-grade band will be
conducted by Dr. Doug Orzolek of St. Thomas University and the sixth- through
eighth-grade and will be conducted by DeAnn Klun of
Orono Middle School.
Submitted photos
Ninth graders Laura Popelka and Jack Gepson have
been selected to participate in the Minnesota Band
Directors Association (MBDA) ninth- and 10th-grade
honor band.
The honor band program is
an ongoing project of MBDA,
a professional organization of
band directors representing
band programs of all grade
levels from throughout the
state of Minnesota. The mission of MBDA is to assist in
the development of band directors and band programs in
schools, colleges, and communities throughout Minnesota.
Brownton City Council approves change
in garbage collection service provider
By Lori Copler
Editor
City of Brownton residents
will have a change in its waste
collection service in May.
At its Tuesday, March 3
meeting, the Brownton City
Council accepted a proposal
from West Central Sanitation
for garbage collection, despite
the fact that its quote was
more than that of the current
provider, Waste Management.
For 32-gallon carts, Waste
Management proposed a
$10.05 monthly charge as
compared to $10.20 from
West Central; for 64-gallon
carts, Waste Management proposed $10.90 a month to West
Central’s $11.30; and for 96gallon carts, Waste Management proposed $12.75 monthly as compared to West Central’s $13.15 per month.
City Council Member Curt
Carrigan said he had no problem with Waste Management,
but felt that since West Central has the county’s recycling
service, it would be a better fit
for the city. He noted that the
city did not have to accept the
lowest quote or bid it received, but it had to provide
justification for not doing so.
Carrigan made the motion
to change the service based on
the fact that West Central has
the county recycling contract,
which serves the city of
Brownton, and because West
Central was proposing no increases for two years.
The motion passed unanimously.
In other business, the City
Council:
• Heard that the summer
recreation program had about
80 participants in 2014, and
expects about the same in
2015. Fees for the program
will remain the same in 2015,
the City Council decided by
consensus.
• Accepted the formal retirement of Deputy Clerk
Cindy Lindeman as of April
30. Lindeman served as the
city clerk for many years, and
accepted a part-time deputy
clerk position after semi-retiring a couple of years ago. She
has been employed by the city
for 33 years.
• Accepted the resignation
of Deb Zellmann, who
cleaned the community center
and civic center. Council
Member Tim Olson suggested
looking into contracting with
a company for cleaning services. He also asked approval
to have the floor at the community center stripped and resealed. The Council granted
the request.
• Set the Board of Appeal
meeting for April 1 at 11 a.m.
Submitted photos
Music Festival participants
A number of local students recently participated in
the 2015 Music Festival sponsored by the Minnesota
and National Federation of Music Clubs and the Club
88 Music Teachers. The festival gives students the
opportunity to perform and receive evaluations in a
noncompetitive setting. Those earning Superior rat-
ings performed in one of the Festival Honors Concerts on Sunday, March 1. Students from the area
who participated were, above left photo, in front, Caroline Schmidt; and, in back, Leah Bettcher, Kendra
Klobe and Allison Wright; and, in the photo at right,
Frank Jilek and Evelyn Jilek.
Record
Glencoe Police
MONDAY, MARCH 2
2:32 a.m. — An officer checked
on a suspicious vehicle in a parking
lot on 10th Street E. A male was
sleeping in the vehicle. He said he
was on his way to Wisconsin, and
went on his way.
6:19 a.m. — Officers responded
to a locked car with a child inside it
on 15th Street E. They were able to
unlock the car and the child was
fine.
9:11 a.m. — Officers responded
to a report of a person loitering in
the City Center. The individual was
escorted from the property.
11:12 a.m. — An officer assisted
with a child custody issue on Sunrise Drive.
12:12 p.m. — A person drove off
without paying for $20.01 in gas at a
business on 13th Street E. No license plate number was obtained,
and officers were unable to find the
vehicle.
1:14 p.m. — An officer gave an
animal owner a copy of the city ordinance and advised him of a complaint on 12th Street E.
5:15 p.m. — A driver was cited for
not wearing a seat belt and was
given a verbal warning for no current
proof of insurance at a traffic stop in
the area of Seventh Street E and
Chandler Avenue N.
6:30 p.m. — A person on Dogwood Avenue N reported a possible
tax fraud.
TUESDAY, MARCH 3
12:36 a.m. — A male was sleeping in a car parked at the pumps at a
station on Ninth Street E. An officer
asked him to move his vehicle away
from the pumps.
9:57 p.m. — Officers and sheriff’s
deputies responded to a verbal argument on Ninth Street E. A male
person left for the night.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4
7:46 a.m. — A woman fell at an
address on Ford Avenue N and was
taken by ambulance to the hospital.
10:07 a.m. — Officers arranged
for the transportation of an intoxicated person to a detox facility after a
suspicious incident in the area of
Seventh Street E and Elliott Avenue
N.
3:11 p.m. — Drug paraphernalia
was found in a vehicle on 13th
Street W. Officers arranged to have
it destroyed.
4:26 p.m. — A driver was cited for
driving after suspension at a traffic
stop on 16th Street.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5
2:46 p.m. — A minor two-vehicle
accident occurred at 12th Street E
and Hennepin Avenue. There were
no injuries and only minor damage
to the vehicles.
5:48 p.m. — An officer and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded to a
medical emergency on Ford Avenue
N.
FRIDAY, MARCH 6
1:24 a.m. — A female on Dogwood Avenue N who was not feeling
well was taken by ambulance to the
hospital.
7:07 a.m. — A gas drive-off was
reported at Casey’s on 13th Street.
A sheriff’s deputy found and stopped
the vehicle, and the driver went back
to the station and paid for the gas.
3:15 p.m. — A report was received of a male who fell off a riding
lawn mower in a backyard on
Stevens Avenue N and was unresponsive. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
3:40 p.m. — Officers and a sheriff’s deputy responded to a verbal
domestic between occupants at an
apartment on Hennepin Avenue.
7:59 p.m. — Officers stopped a
vehicle for a driving complaint and
cited the driver for violation of a
learner ’s permit because no licensed driver was in the vehicle.
9:40 p.m. — Officers and a sheriff’s deputy responded to a physical
domestic on Park Street W. One
person was arrested.
9:43 p.m. — Officers and an ambulance were sent to Prairie Avenue
for a male who had reportedly
passed out. He was taken by ambulance to the emergency room.
SATURDAY, MARCH 7
4:42 a.m. — A driver was arrested for driving after revocation at a
traffic stop in the area of Highway
212 and Chandler Avenue.
5:15 p.m. — An officer and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded to a
mental health issue on Newton Avenue. The person was taken by ambulance to the emergency room.
8:22 p.m. — A woman fell and
possibly sprained her wrist at an address on Prairie Avenue. Officers
and the Glencoe Ambulance responded.
8:56 p.m. — The police department assisted with a structure fire
on 120th Street.
10:25 p.m. — A driver was given
a verbal warning for a cracked windshield and a passenger was cited
for drug paraphernalia at a traffic
stop in the area of Union Avenue N
and 11th Street E.
10:29 p.m. — An officer assisted
a motorist whose tailgate fell of their
vehicle on 11th Street E. They were
able to put the tailgate back on.
11:21 p.m. — A driver was cited
for driving without a valid license
and given a verbal warning for failing to yield the right of way at a traffic stop in the area of Armstrong Avenue and 11th Street E.
SUNDAY, MARCH 8
3:36 a.m. — A driver was arrested for driving after revocation and
on a Hennepin County warrant at a
traffic stop in the area of Highway
212 and Dove Avenue.
6:28 p.m. — An officer responded
to a report of loud music on 15th
Street W.
MONDAY, MARCH 9
12:40 p.m. — Officers and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded to a
medical emergency on Basswood
Street W.
2:23 p.m. — A vehicle was hit by
another vehicle, probably white, in
the parking lot of the hospital and
clinic. There were no witnesses and
no video footage of the hit and run.
3:47 p.m. — A gas drive-off was
reported at Super America on Ninth
Street E in the amount of $24. The
driver was contacted and thought
she had paid with her credit card at
the pump. She said she would return to pay for the gas.
4:06 p.m. — Officers responded
to a report of a violation of a court
order on 16th Street, and arrested a
person for trespassing and a small
amount of marijuana.
6:30 p.m. — An officer responded
to a report of trespassing by an unwanted person at a residence on
Ninth Street E.
I always end my weekly forecasts with “Remember: I
make the forecast, not the weather!” Well, this week I
will definitely stake claim to making the weather.
We’ve flipped the switch from well below average to
well above average this week as highs make a run at
records Thursday and Friday. The overall flow (jet
stream) has shifted to allow air to move in from the
west/southwest, creating a ridge of high pressure which
will leave the upper Midwest basking in the sun, literally.
Highs will be in the 50s to even lower 60s as we push toward the end of the work week.
A slight cool-down is in store for Saturday as highs
drop back to the 40s. We’ll ramp back up Sunday into
early next week, though, as Monday and Tuesday could
make a run at the 60s again.
Precipitation chances stay away this week and, to be
honest, I had a tough time even finding days with a
chance of clouds. The next chance of precipitation looks
to be next Tuesday and, if we get anything, it looks like
it’ll fall as rain. We are about an inch-plus down in melted precipitation since the start of the year, so we’ll have
to keep an eye on the skies as drought conditions will
start to be a problem. In addition, with the snow gone and
dry grass only getting drier, fire conditions will start to
worsen quickly.
Have a fantastic, toasty March week everyone!
Ma dobry weekendem
Mit dobry vikend
Wednesday night — Lows 33 to 39; clear.
Thursday — Highs 57 to 63, lows 34 to 40; clear.
Friday — Highs 55 to 62, lows 30 to 36; partly cloudy.
Saturday — Highs 43 to 50, lows 27 to 34; clear.
Sunday — Highs 50 to 56; clear.
Weather Quiz: February seemed brutally cold, but how
are we doing vs. average temperatures this winter?
Answer to last week’s question (When do we have to
start worrying about thunderstorms?): All thunderstorms
need is energy and moisture. We can start to see those
conditions come together as early as this month. Fun fact,
Minnesota’s earliest recorded tornado was March 18,
1968. It’s uncommon for storms this time of year, but
they can happen. We typically start to see the rain machine turn on in April with thunderstorms being more
common from late April into September.
Remember: I make the forecast, not the weather!
Women’s club sets
garage sale dates
The GFWC Silver Lake
Women’s Club met Feb. 23.
GSL High School students
were present to request
money for a summer trip to
Europe. The club donated
$165 toward a play they will
be seeing.
The Southeast District
Board Meeting will be Saturday, March 14, at 9 a.m., at
Molly’s Café.
Citywide garage sale dates
were set for April 23, 24 and
25. The club will be sponsoring the event this year.
The club will be taking
over the Dairy Day Celebration which will be Friday,
June 19.
Members will be going to
Hutchinson to work at “Feed
the Hungry” at Christ The
King Church on March 19.
The club donated $50 toward
the project.
The rest of the evening
consisted of sewing items for
the club project Operation
Smile. Smile dolls were
made, and quilts, which had
been made by members, were
tied.
The March 23 meeting will
be held at Cedar Crest when
its residents will be entertained by the club women.
Silver Lake City Council
Regular Meeting
Monday, March 16, 2015, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Call to order:
Approve agenda
Consent Agenda:
1. Approve minutes of the Feb. 17, 2015, meeting.
2. Approve payroll 4, 5 and January ambulance.
3. Claims to be paid.
Old business:
1. Rental ordinance proposal.
2. Auditorium flag pole replacement.
New business:
1. Resolution approving property/liability insurance.
Department business:
1. Liquor Store.
2. Public Safety.
3. Public Works.
4. Community Development.
5. Administration.
Open discussion:
Thurs., March 12 — AA Group mtg. next to Post
Office in Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for
info.
Mon., March 16 — Tops Weigh-In mtg., 5-5:30
p.m.; Brownton Senior Citizens Club, Brownton
Community Center, 1 p.m.; Brownton Lions;
Stewart American Legion & Auxiliary potluck supper, Stewart Community Center, 6 p.m.; Stewart
American Legion Post 125 & Auxiliary mtg., Stewart Community Center, 7 p.m.
Tues., March 17 — ST. PATRICK’S DAY;
Brownton Legion.
Thurs., March 19 — AA Group mtg. next to Post
Office in Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for
info.; Stewart Lions.
737 Hall St.,
Stewart
320-562-2553
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Tracing Roots
By Ron Pulkrabek
St. George has disappeared
Chronicle photo by Jessica Grams
January 3rd-grade Panther Paws
On Tuesday, Jan. 20, during the allschool meeting at Glencoe-Silver Lake
Lakeside Elementary, January Panther
Paw awards were announced for each
grade. Third-grade recipients include,
in the front, from left to right, Morgan
Gjerdingen, Jordy Diaz-Escamilla, Ben
Southerland, Kyle Grogan, Jaxon
Schultz and Stevieona Pigue; and back
row, Nubia Medina, Erica Goette, Brenda Sanchez, Levi Silfverston, Jake Sullivan, Michael Schrupp and Tiara
Grafton.
Chronicle photo by Jessica Grams
4th-grade January Panther Paws
January Panther Paw awards were announced Jan. 20 at Glencoe-Silver
Lake Lakeside Elementary. Fourthgrade recipients include, in the front,
from left, Damien Sillivent, Evan
Battcher, Hannah Hanson, Cadance
Knick, Grace Nemec and Crystal
Richards; and back row, Logan Christensen, Emily Jasken, Tage Rosenlund,
Charles Zimbrick, Emma Dostal, Emily
Zerwas and Dylan Collins. Not pictured
is Kim Ruiz.
The town of St. George,
founded in about 1858, was
located on the shores of the
Crow River, five miles north
of Glencoe or six miles
southeast of Silver Lake. The
road between the former St.
George Church in Glencoe
(established in 1890) and
small St. George Church in
the village of St. George is
still known to many people as
the St. George Road.
The town was laid out with
25 lots on four blocks. A dam
furnished water power for a
grist mill and a saw mill. It
grew to having a hotel, general store, blacksmith shop,
shoe shop, three saloons, a
church, a cemetery and some
homes.
The Rich Valley Creamery,
sometimes known as the St.
George Creamery, was built
in the late 1880s one mile
north of St. George. Farmers
delivered milk to the creamery in buggies, wagons, sleds,
and even wheelbarrows. Patrons of the creamery were
expected to help deliver ice
sawed on Silver Lake for the
ice house, which was used for
summer milk cooling. Sawdust was used as an insulator.
They also had to supply
wood for heating the steam
boiler. Dairy products and
butter were hauled to the
nearest railroad and shipped
East for sale. In 1920, a new
brick building was built.
In the early 1930s, truckers
started picking milk up at the
farm and use of the creamery
diminished, being used only
as a skimming station, and it
closed down in the late
1930s.
Some of the patrons of the
creamery were: Tony Krcil,
Oscar Emme, Frank Tlustosh,
Frank Starry, Henry Henkelmann, William Tucholke,
Henry Matousek, A.P. Ardolf,
Deets Bruckshen, Joe Buska,
George Buska, Albert Ardolf,
Charley Ardolf, Carl Jilek,
Frank Jilek, John Jilek, Ed
Hlavka, Joe Hlavka, Vincent
Schultz, Frank Posusta and
Tom Posusta.
One summer day in 1863,
Julius Emme was at the
Wiedewitch farm on the outskirts of St. George. His feet
were busy pedaling the slowly revolving heavy 18-inch
diameter grinding wheel. His
head was down close to his
work, sharpening an edge on
his ax. All of a sudden —
“ZING”! An Indian arrow
had gone right through
Julius’s arm above the elbow.
A shot rang out and a bullet
went through Mr. Wiedewitch’s arm and through the
chin of his wife. The Indians
took off running and were
never caught.
Although the war was over
in 1862 and most of the Indians were rounded up, there
were still groups of escaped
renegade Indians lurking
around. Neighbors helped the
wounded walk the five miles
to Glencoe to look for a doctor. Mr. Emme’s arm had to
be amputated, probably due
to some kind of poison
rubbed on the feathers. Mr.
Wiedewitch’s arm also was
amputated and his wife died
two years later.
Walking five miles to town
was not a big deal back in
those days when they probably only owned one plow
horse. Julius’ great-grandson,
Allen Emme, said that in his
early days Julius would walk
to Chaska carrying sacks of
wheat on a yoke hung over
his shoulder to be ground into
flour. Julius continued farming for many years after the
shooting incident. Julius
came from Prussia in 1854.
Little by little, over time,
businesses closed, buildings
disappeared, cement foundations were removed, and the
land was plowed and planted.
Now occasionally a bottle or
some other small remnant
may turn up at this once lively, disappearing town of St.
23 Brownton seniors met Monday
Twenty-three Brownton
senior citizens met Monday,
March 9, at the Brownton
Community Center.
Cards were played after the
meeting with the following
winners — 500, Eunice
Schuette, first, and Bernetta
Alsleben, second; pinochle,
Ruby Streich, first, and Phyl-
lis Mahnke, second; and
sheephead, Lowell Brelje,
first, and Elmer Maass, second.
Carol Brelje won the door
prize. Leone Kujas served refreshments.
The next meeting will be
Monday, March 16, at 1 p.m.
All seniors are welcome.
Chronicle photo by Jessica Grams
George. Henkelmann relation
now own the town site land.
Allen Emme lives on adjoining land and owns a few lots
on the outskirts of St.
George.
The bridge is still there, although the road has been removed. Years ago I liked to
speed down the hill in my
1953 Ford, just to hear the
loose bridge planks rumble. It
would scare the “daylights”
out of an unsuspecting
stranger.
Note: After about two
months of fighting, the Dakota War (Sioux Uprising)
ended in early December
1862. After a speedy 30-day
trial, 303 Indians were found
guilty. President Lincoln pardoned 265. On the day after
Christmas, Dec. 26, 1862, all
38 Indians were hung at the
same time on a gigantic
hanging gallows with a single
pull of a lever while the public looked on. About 400 to
800 settlers were killed in the
two-month war.
The 2,000 surviving Indians, mostly women and children, were rounded up. They
walked in the winter cold and
the summer heat, sometimes
riding in wagons, trains and
boats, and eventually ended
up on a reservation in Nebraska. With government
help the trip took about two
years. About 1,000 died en
route.
Chief Little Crow had escaped but was shot by a
farmer on July 3, 1863, north
of Hutchinson. The farmer
received a $500 reward.
The Sioux Uprising was
mainly caused by the government not making its yearly
payment and withholding
promised food, which was
held in a nearby warehouse.
Prizes sought for
Music in the Park
Silver Lake Music in the
Park chairpersons DeNeil and
Lisa Thompson and Ray and
Sharon Bandas, are looking
for donations of prizes to be
given away at Music in the
Park in Silver Lake which is
held on Thursday nights starting June 25 through July 30
in the Legion Park on Main
Street.
If someone would rather
donate cash for the musicians
who receive a small monetary
amount to cover their driving
expense, it would be greatly
appreciated. Call 320-3273115 for more information.
January 5th-grade Panther Paws
Fifth-grade January Panther Paw honorees, announced Jan. 20 at GlencoeSilver Lake Lakeside Elementary, are,
front from left, Ella Littlejohn, Alyssa
Zellmann, Kaeden Amberg, Zachary
Reichow and Brooke Becker; and, back
row, Morgan Neu, Jorge Guerrero,
Drew Storms, Zoe Ruschmeier, and
Alexanndria Menning. Not pictured are
Arely Pena and Tobey Noeldner.
Chronicle photo by Jessica Grams
January 6th-grade Panther Paws
January Panther Paw awards were announced Tuesday, Jan. 20, at GlencoeSilver Lake Lakeside Elementary Sixthgrade recipients include, in the front,
from left, Majkya Metcalf, Cloe Kuehl,
Sandra Maganda, Jackson Everhart,
Abby
Feltmann
and
Morgan
Chmielewski; and, back, Kristina
Roush, Katelyn Fiecke, Hope Kosek,
Elias Kuehn, Kayla Reichow, Hannah
Braun, Katrina Urban and Adreanna
Johnson. Not Pictured is Riley Schulth.
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Edna Loncorich, 94, of Hutchinson
at Zion Lutheran Church in
Arlington. She was educated
in Arlington and was a graduate of the Arlington High
School class of 1957.
On July 23, 1957, she was
united in marriage to Glenn
Hoecke at Zion Lutheran
Church in Arlington. Their
marriage was blessed with
four children, Deborah,
RaNaye, Rhonda and Rodney. The family resided in
Arlington. The couple shared
31 years of marriage before
Mr. Hoecke’s death on Nov.
18, 1988. Mrs. Hoecke
moved to Hutchinson in September 2001.
She was employed at
Miller Produce, Young America Corporation and Starkey
Laboratories, Inc., in Glencoe. She retired in 2005. She
was a member of Peace
Lutheran Church in Hutchinson.
Mrs. Hoecke enjoyed traveling, flying, camping, snowmobiling, genealogy and listening to country music. She
especially enjoyed the time
spent with her family, grandchildren and friends.
She is survived by her children, Rhonda (Daniel) Crotteau and Rodney Hoecke, all
of Hutchinson; son-in-law,
Dale (Rita) Weber of Glencoe; grandchildren, Amanda
(Korey) Peik, Jessica (Patrick) Ecklund, Danielle Crotteau, Patrick Hoecke (significant other Kasey), Kayla
(Nicholas) Hamersma,
Joshua Weber and Justin
Weber; great-grandchildren,
Courtney Peik, Alyssa
Fredrickson, Blake Hoecke,
Jayden Hoecke, Maddex Ecklund, Korrah Ecklund, Ethan
Hamersma, Jase Hoecke and
Braxton Hamersma; stepgreat-grandchildren, Laura
Hamersma, Dylan Hamersma
and Christopher Tschudi; sisters, Erma Pagel of Glencoe
and Karen Cheever of Minneapolis; brothers, Elmer
(Marlys) Raduenz of Plato
and Dennis (Sandra) Raduenz
of Hutchinson; brother-inlaw, Howard (Marlys)
Hoecke of Glencoe; sister-inlaw, Darlene Raduenz of
Glencoe; special friends, Carl
Fredrickson of Hutchinson,
Kathy Gould of Minneapolis
and Sue Steinhaus of Litchfield; nieces; nephews; many
other relatives; and friends.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Arthur and
Augusta Raduenz; husband,
Glenn Hoecke; daughters,
Deborah Hoecke and RaNaye
Weber; sister, Gladys Bergs;
brother, Darwin Raduenz;
brothers-in-law, Lawrence
Pieschke, Raymond Bergs
and Wilfred Pagel; father-inlaw and mother-in-law, Harvey and Erma Hoecke;
nephew, Ricky Raduenz; and
special friend, Patricia
Hogan.
Arrangements were with
the Dobratz-Hantge Chapel
in Hutchinson. Online obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Dolores B. Shimanski, 90, Silver Lake
Dolores B. Shimanski, 90,
of Silver Lake, died Sunday,
March 1, 2015, at Harmony
River in Hutchinson.
A Mass
of Christian
Burial was
held Thursday, March
5, at Holy
F a m i l y
Catholic
Church in
S i l v e r
Lake. The
Dolores
Revs. Tony
Shimanski
Stubeda
and Paul Schumacher were
the celebrants. Alice Nowak
was the organist. Readers
were Ronald Shimanski and
Genevieve Lhotka. Gift bearers were Kim Ziermann,
Alyssa Schauer and Ella
Mickolichek.
Casket bearers were Ryan
Anderson, Jeff Lhotka, Jason
Shimanski, Steven Shimanski, Vince Shimanski and
Justin Hlavka. Interment was
in the St. Adalbert’s Cemetery in Silver Lake.
Dolores Shimanski was
born Aug. 21, 1924, in Hale
Township, McLeod County,
the daughter of Steven and
Clara (Mallak) Pokornowski.
She was baptized and confirmed at St. Adalbert’s
Catholic Church. She attended District 80 country school
until the eighth grade. She
worked as a clerk at the Al
Danek Our Own Hardware
Store and later at Tonka Toys.
On Sept. 10, 1945, she was
united in marriage to Simon
“Sam” Shimanski at the St.
Adalbert’s Catholic Church
in Silver Lake. The wedding
ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Stanley Julkowski.
God bless their marriage with
seven children. They made
their home on the Shimanski
family farm.
She enjoyed baking, cooking, quilting, embroidery,
dancing to old-time music,
traveling and playing cards.
Mrs. Shimanski was a
faithful member of Holy
Family Catholic Church in
Silver Lake and belonged to
the Council of Catholic
Women (C.C.W.) and the
Rosary Society.
She is survived by her lov-
ing husband of 69 years,
Simon “Sam” Shimanski;
children, Genevieve (Roger)
Lhotka of Silver Lake,
Gladys (Mike) Carter of
Farmington, Robert (Sue)
Shimanski of Hutchinson,
Ronald (Mitzi) Shimanski of
Silver Lake, Doris (Dale) Jerabek of Silver Lake, Therese
Hlavka of Sherburn and John
(Rosie) Shimanski of Silver
Lake; 21 grandchildren; 38
great-grandchildren; five
great-great-grandchildren; a
sister, Rita Beehler of Sandpoint, Idaho; brothers, Francis (Bernie) Pokornowski of
Cokato and LeRoy (Judy)
Pokornowski of Hutchinson;
a sister-in-law, Marcella
Pokornowski of Silver Lake;
many other relatives and
friends.
She was preceded in death
by a son-in-law, Frank Hlavka; her parents; and a brother,
Sylvester Pokornowski.
The Maresh Funeral Home
in Silver Lake served the
family. Online condolences
may be made at www.maresh
funeralhome.com.
Delores R. (Schatz) Knop, 92, of NYA
Delores Ruth (Schatz)
Knop, 92, of Norwood Young
America (NYA), formerly of
Glencoe, died Wednesday,
March 4, 2015, at Auburn
Home in Waconia.
Funeral services were held
Monday, March 9, at St.
John’s Lutheran Church in
NYA with the Rev. David
Winter officiating. Rita
Luecke was the organist.
Soloist Angela Braunwarth
Hartwell sang “How Great
Thou Art.” Congregational
hymns were “Nearer, My
God, to Thee,” “Beautiful
Savior” and “Jesus, Savior,
Pilot Me.”
Casket bearers were Shelly
Knaeble, Brian Knaeble, Jennifer
Ketcham,
Tom
Ketcham, Jason Braunwarth,
Angela Braunwarth Hartwell
and Aaron Hartwell. Interment was in the First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in
Glencoe.
Delores Ruth (Schatz)
Knop was born Feb. 23,
1923, in Penn Township,
rural Brownton. She was the
daughter of Elrick and Elsie
(Genz) Schatz. She was baptized as an infant on March 4,
1923, by the Rev. Henry
Weerts at her home, and was
confirmed in her faith as a
youth on June 20, 1937, by
the Rev. Weerts at Immanuel
Lutheran Church in Brownton. She attended country
school through the eighth
grade.
On Aug. 9, 1942, she was
united in marriage to John
Knop by the Rev. G. Schmidt
at Immanuel Lutheran
Church in Brownton. Their
marriage was blessed with
two children, Judith and
James. The couple made their
home in Brownton until
1958, when they moved to
Glencoe. In 1990, they
moved to Peace Villa in NYA
until November 2014, when
Mrs. Knop moved to Auburn
Home in Waconia. The couple shared over 50 years of
marriage before Mr. Knop’s
death on Jan. 1, 1993.
In addition to being a loving wife and mother, Mrs.
Knop was a housewife. She
was a member of Immanuel
Lutheran Church in Brownton, First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Glencoe and St.
John’s Lutheran Church in
NYA.
Mrs. Knop enjoyed flow-
ers, fishing, making desserts,
going to dances, listening to
old-time music, having a beer
and playing cards. She cherished the time spent with her
family and friends.
She is survived by her children, Judith (Richard “Rich”)
Braunwarth of NYA and
James “Jim” (Betty) Knop of
Chanhassen; grandchildren,
Shelley (Brian) Knaeble, Jennifer (Tom) Ketcham, Angela
(Aaron) Braunwarth Hartwell
and Jason Braunwarth; greatgrandchild, Evelyn Hartwell;
stepgreat-grandchild, Brittany
Knaeble; brother, Lloyd
(Denise) Schatz; sisters-inlaw, Betty Schatz and Beverly Schatz; nieces; nephews;
other relatives; and many
friends.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Elrick and
Elsie Schatz; husband, John
Knop; sister, Myra Peters;
brothers, Dwayne, Lowell
and Gail Schatz; niece, Barbara Peters.
Arrangements were by the
Paul-McBride
Funeral
Chapel of NYA. Online obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
People
Girl born to Marvan family
Crystal and John Marvan of Silver Lake announce the
arrival of a baby girl, Jozelyn Jo Marvan, born Thursday,
Feb. 12, 2015, at Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia.
Jozelyn weighed 8 pounds and was 183⁄4 inches long at
birth. She is welcomed home by her siblings, Cameron
and Clayton. Grandparents are Randy and Pat Schilling
of Glencoe, John and Sheila Marvan of Hutchinson and
Dan and Garnette Nelson of Monticello.
Deaths
Merliene
Maschke, 85,
of Arizona
Merliene Maschke, 85, of
Apache Junction, Ariz., formerly of Young America,
died Monday, March 2, 2015,
in Mesa, Ariz.
A gathering of family and
friends will be held Friday,
March 13, from 4 p.m. to 7
p.m., at the Paul-McBride
Funeral Chapel in Norwood
Young America, with a
prayer service at 7 p.m.
There will be a private interment at Mau Cemetery in
Norwood Young America.
Arrangements are with the
Paul-McBride Chapel in Norwood Young America.
Roland ‘Bud’
Schwarzrock, 87,
of Glencoe
Roland “Bud” Schwarzrock, 87, of Glencoe, died
Friday, March 6, 2015, at 212
Medical Center in Chaska.
The funeral service will be
held Thursday, March 12, at
11 a.m., at First Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Glencoe,
with interment at Emanuel
Lutheran Cemetery in New
Auburn.
Visitation will be Thursday
from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., one
hour prior to the service, at
the church.
Arrangements are with the
Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe.
In Loving Memory,
Michael Knudson
6/29/82-3/13/11
In our hearts your
memory lingers,
Sweetly tender,
fond and true;
There is not a day
sweet Michael,
That we do not
think of you.
In Memory of
Frances Schuth
who passed away 35 years
ago, March 17th
Henry Schuth
Remembered by:
Your presence we
will always miss,
Your memory we will
forever treasure;
Loving you always,
And forgetting you
NEVER!
Earl Schuth families
Hillard Schuth families
Harold ZumHofe families
Until we meet again......
Bill, Cheri, Tara & Travis
who passed away 50 years
ago, December 24th
Although the time has been
long and the distance is far,
we think of you often and you
occupy a corner in our hearts.
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Darline M. Hoecke, 75, of
Hutchinson, died Sunday,
March 1, 2015, at Woodstone
Senior Living in Hutchinson.
Funeral
services
were held
Friday,
March 6, at
P e a c e
Lutheran
Church in
Hutchinson
with the
Rev. GerDarline
hard Bode
Hoecke
officiating.
Dr. Joan DeVee Dixon was
the organist, and congregational hymns were “How
Great Thou Art,” “Amazing
Grace” and “Precious Lord,
Take My Hand.”
Casket bearers were
Michelle Malchow, Rodney
Tuttle, Julie Schuette, Gary
Raduenz, Kyle Hoecke and
Dlaine Pieschke. Honorary
casket bearers were her
grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Interment was
in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery,
Sibley Township, Sibley
County.
Darline Marlis Alvina
Hoecke was born March 20,
1939, at her parents’ home in
Arlington. She was the
daughter of Arthur and Augusta (Kuhnau) Raduenz. She
was baptized as an infant on
April 9, 1939, by the Rev.
William Striepe, and was
confirmed in her faith as a
youth on May 24, 1953, by
the Rev. E.W. Mueller, both
She is survived by her
sons, Frank (Bonnie) Loncorich of St. Cloud, Orlin
Loncorich of Arvada, Colo.,
and Steven (Linell) Loncorich of Brownton; daughters, Joyce (David) Schrupp
of Hutchinson and Joan
(Wade) Padrnos of Hutchinson; 14 grandchildren, Todd
(Kristin) Loncorich, Melanie
(Linus) Thell, Ryan Loncorich, Nicole (Peter) Laird,
Stefanie (Nick) Frank, Alissa
(Josh) Weckman,
Kelly
(Jake) Perron, Andrew
Schrupp and Tiffany Kalahar,
Elizabeth (Nick) Neiert,
Sarah (Jon) Forcier, Rebecca
(Zach) Ljungren, Sara Padrnos, Eric (Cassie) Padrnos
and Adam (Abbey) Padrnos;
stepgrandchildren, Emilie
and Sierra Thell; 12 greatgrandchildren, Ann and
Rachel Loncorich, Lucy and
Natalie Thell, Corey Laird,
Julianne and William Frank,
Henry Weckman, and Monica, Gina, Zac and Nolan
Padrnos; sisters, Esther
Hansen of Camarillo, Calif.,
and Anna (Alfred) Schneck
of Sedona, Ariz.; brothers,
Wilbert (Francis) Trautmann
of Thousand Oaks, Calif.,
and Alvin (Esther) Trautmann
of Littleton, Colo.; sisters-inlaw, Rose Westerholm of
Riverton, Wyo., Donna Loncorich of Brownton and Francis Loncorich of Stewart; as
well as many nieces and
nephews, relatives and close
friends.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Peter Loncorich; parents, Karl and
Bertha Trautmann; sister,
Martha (Don) Asplund;
daughter-in-law, Beatrice
Loncorich; and brother-inlaw, Les Hansen.
Memorials are preferred to
First Congregational United
Church of Christ, Hutchinson
Hospital Auxiliary or Allina
Health and Hospice Care
Services.
Arrangements were with
the Dobratz-Hantge Funeral
Chapel in Hutchinson. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
PERSONALIZED & CUSTOMIZED
952.467.2081
J OHN & L ORI T ROCKE
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Darline M. Hoecke, 75, of Hutchinson
crop farming. As a young
girl, Edna worked alongside
her father on a daily basis,
performing many farming
tasks as well as caring for the
work horses. Because of the
extensive drought and the
Great Depression years of the
1930s, the family moved to
Minnesota in 1938 in search
of a more prosperous livelihood.
On Sept. 15, 1940, she was
married to Peter Loncorich
by the Rev. Homer Dolrympale of the Glencoe Congregational Church. As a
farmer ’s wife, Mrs. Loncorich worked very hard to
help develop a successful
farming operation in rural
Brownton. Mr. Loncorich
died in May 1977 at the age
of 62. After her retirement,
Mrs. Loncorich built a home
and moved to Hutchinson in
1987.
As a longtime dedicated
member of the First Congregational United Church of
Christ, Mrs. Loncorich
served on many church committees and boards. She cochaired the funeral committee
for many years and especially
enjoyed her work on the banner committee. She also
worked at the annual church
rummage sales and soup suppers. She developed many
lifelong friendships within
the U.C.C. family. She also
was an active volunteer for
the Hutchinson Hospital Auxiliary and did volunteer work
for Burns Manor, which included making lap robes and
other sewing projects. Mrs.
Loncorich had a real passion
for doing needle work, crocheting, quilting and sewing,
and took great pride in the
care of her yard and large
flower gardens. Family time
was a special priority for her,
including hosting Christmas
dinners for her family until
she reached age 90. Her
grandchildren were very dear
to her and she rarely missed
their birthday parties. As they
became older, she shared her
cooking, canning and freezing skills with them. She also
liked to travel and took many
bus tours throughout the
United States.
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Obituaries
Edna Loncorich, 94, of
Hutchinson, died peacefully
Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, at
the Harmony River Living
Center in Hutchinson, after a
brief battle with congestive
heart failure and kidney failure.
Memorial
services
were held
M o n d a y,
March 9, at
First Congregational
U n i t e d
Church of
Christ in
Hutchinson Edna
with the Loncorich
Rev. Cindy
Mueller officiating. Special
memories were shared by
Frank Loncorich and Orlin
Loncorich. Sharon Barton
was the organist. Soloist
Lucy Newcomb sang “In the
Garden,” and soloist Brian
Brosz sang “The Lord’s
Prayer.” Special music by
Wally Pikal and Brian Brosz
was “Amazing Grace.” Congregational hymns were
“Softly and Tenderly,”
“Blessed Assurance” and
“Precious Lord, Take My
Hand.”
Casket bearers were Todd
Loncorich, Ryan Loncorich,
Linus
Thell,
Andrew
Schrupp, Peter Laird and
Nick Frank. A private family
interment service was held at
the columbarium in the Oakland Cemetery in Hutchinson.
Edna Loncorich was born
July 13, 1920, in Jamestown,
N.D., to Karl and Bertha
(Jerke) Trautmann. She was
baptized as an infant in her
home church, Zion Congregational Church of Medina,
N.D. She attended a rural
public school through eighth
grade in Cleveland, N.D. Her
father, Karl Trautmann, was
employed by Great Northern
Railroad in Jamestown, N.D.,
for a number of years. The
family then moved to Coeur
d’Alene, Idaho, where he became an apple orchard
farmer. After a disappointing
experience with orchard
farming, the family moved
back to Cleveland, N.D., and
engaged in raising cattle and
The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, March 11, 2015, page 9
David Alan Perschau, 64, of Glencoe
Werner Schmidt, 83, of New Auburn
Werner Schmidt, 83, of
New Auburn, died Saturday,
March 7, 2015, at the
Ridgeview Medical Center in
Waconia.
The funeral service will be
Friday,
March 13,
at noon, at
St. John’s
Evangelical
Lutheran
Church,
H e l e n Werner
Township, Schmidt
McLeod
County.
Visitation will be Thursday,
March 12, from 4 p.m. to 7
p.m., at the Egesdal Funeral
Home in Gaylord, and will
continue Friday for one hour
prior to the service at the
church.
The Rev. Dennis Reichow
will officiate at the funeral
and Christy Ittel will be the
organist. Special music will
be “Fly With Me” on CD.
Congregational hymns will
be “Amazing Grace,” “Abide
With Me” and “Stille Nacht.”
Casket bearers will be Derrek Schmidt, Amber Schmidt,
Bethany
Christenson,
Kathryn Christenson, the
Rev. Dr. David Christenson
and Keith Schmidt.
Interment will be in the
High Island Cemetery in New
Auburn, with military honors.
Werner John Schmidt was
born June 16, 1931, in Penn
Township, McLeod County.
He was the son of Reinhart
and Marie (Bielke) Schmidt.
He was baptized as an infant
on July 5, 1931, and was confirmed in his faith as a youth
on March 25, 1945, both at
Immanuel Lutheran Church
in New Auburn. He received
his education in New Auburn.
Mr. Schmidt entered active
military service on Feb. 6,
1952, and served his country
during the Korean War. He
received the Korean Service
Ribbon with Bronze Campaign Stars, the United Nations Service Medal and the
National Defense Service
Medal. He was honorably
discharged on Jan. 20, 1954.
On Aug. 5, 1956, he was
united in marriage to Arleen
Wilking at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in North Mankato.
After their marriage, the couple resided in New Auburn.
In March 1968, they moved
to their farm in New Auburn
Township, Sibley County,
where he resided until his
death. Mr. Schmidt was employed at Farm Hand Manufacturing in Green Isle for 21
years until it closed. He continued to farm until his death.
Mr. Schmidt was a member
of St. John’s Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Helen
Township, and a former
member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Auburn,
where he served on the
church
council.
Mr.
Schmidt’s grandfather and
other relatives were the
founding fathers of Immanuel
Lutheran Church in New
Auburn. He also was a member of the New Auburn Fire
Department from 1954 to
1968.
Mr. Schmidt enjoyed going
to threshing days, historic
agriculture and farming, horses, draft horses, his tractors
and farm auctions. He especially loved spending time
with his family, especially his
children and grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife,
Arleen Schmidt of Glencoe;
children, Janell (the Rev. Dr.
David) Christenson of Sioux
Falls, Keith (Pauline)
Schmidt of Glencoe and
Melanie Schmidt and her significant other, Joseph Cox,
and son, Ethan, of North
Mankato; grandchildren,
Bethany Christenson of Minneapolis, Kathryn Christenson of Mankato, Derrek
Schmidt of Glencoe and
Amber Schmidt of Glencoe;
other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Reinhart and
Marie Schmidt; sister, Bernice Wendlandt; nieces, Patricia Eddy and Barbara Brouwer; several aunts and uncles.
Arrangements are with the
Egesdal Funeral Home in
Gaylord. Online obituaries
and guest book can be found
at www.hantge.com.
Gene Edward Boesche, 84, of Plato
Gene Edward Boesche, 84,
of Plato, died Monday, March
2, 2015, at Lakeview Ranch
in Dassel.
Memorial
services
were held
S a t u r d a y,
March 7, at
St. John’s
Lutheran
Church in
Plato with
the Rev.
T y s o n
Gene Boesche
Mastin officiating. Cheryl Andrix was
the organist, and soloist
RaNaye Odegaard sang “The
Lord’s Prayer” and “On
Eagle’s Wings.” Congregational hymns were “I Know
That My Redeemer Lives”
and “What a Friend We Have
in Jesus.”
Military honors were by
Plato American Legion Post
641.
Honorary urn bearers were
Josh Boesche, Christopher
Boesche, Breana Boesche,
Michaela Boesche, Mitchell
Boesche
and
Hannah
Boesche. Interment was in St.
John’s Lutheran Cemetery in
rural Plato.
Gene Edward Boesche was
born Feb. 20, 1931, in Glencoe, the son of Edward and
Cora (Heimkes) Boesche. He
was baptized as an infant on
March 15, 1931, by the Rev.
E. Kolbe at First Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Glencoe,
and was confirmed in his
faith on April 18, 1943, by
the Rev. Reuben Ehlen at St.
John’s Lutheran Church in
Plato. He received his education in Glencoe, graduating
with the Stevens Seminary
class of 1949.
He entered active military
service in the U.S. Army on
March 14, 1952, and served
his country in Korea. He was
awarded a United Nations
Service Medal and Korean
Service Medal with a Bronze
Campaign Star. He received
an honorable discharge on
Dec. 12, 1953.
On Nov. 28, 1953, he was
united in marriage to Glorian
Schrupp by the Rev. W.P.
Kramer at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Norwood
Young America. They made
their home in Plato, and their
marriage was blessed with
four sons, Bruce, Brian,
Barry and Brad. The couple
shared over 61 years of marriage.
Mr. Boesche was a truck
driver, hauling livestock with
his dad and brother for
Boesche Transfer for 42
years, retiring in 1994. He
was a member of St. John’s
Lutheran Church in Plato. He
also was a member of the
Plato Fire Department for
22 1⁄2 years, Plato American
Legion Post 641, and a manager and player for the Plato
Blue Jays baseball team.
Mr. Boesche enjoyed baseball, boxing, hunting, fishing
and playing cards, especially
skat and sheephead. He loved
his grandchildren and watching them participating in
sporting events. He cherished
the time spent with family
and friends.
He is survived by his wife,
Glorian Boesche of Glencoe;
sons, Bruce (Ceil) Boesche of
Rogers, Brian (Cheryl)
Boesche of St. Cloud, Barry
(Sandy) Boesche of Glencoe
and Brad (Kris) Boesche of
Plato; grandchildren, Josh
Boesche of Rochester, Christpher Boesche of Maple
Grove, Breana Boesche of
Glencoe, Michaela Boesche
of Glencoe, Mitchell Boesche
of Plato and Hannah Boesche
of Plato; sister, Joyce
Boesche of Glencoe; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law,
Mavis Huepenbecker of
Wayzata, Orville (Doris)
Schrupp of Plato, Andy Gambucci of Colorado Springs,
Colo., and Eileen (Norm) Anderson of Glencoe; nephews;
nieces; other relatives; and
many friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Edward and
Cora Boesche; siblings, Doris
Boesche, Gloria Gambucci
and Edward Boesche; and
brother-in-law,
Dusty
Huepenbecker.
Arrangements were with
the Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel of Glencoe. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Chronicle photo by Karin Ramige Cornwell
Band-O-Rama
All of the bands in the Glencoe-Silver
Lake School District performed Sunday
afternoon in the district-wide band concert. Among those was the Jazz Band
1, with some of the members shown
above, including, in the front, Leam
Armstrong and Rachel Wilson; and,
back, Jack Gepson, Chandler Swift,
Mark Broderius, Adam Garoutte and
Emily Oberlin.
David Alan Perschau, 64,
of Glencoe, died peacefully
on Tuesday, March 3, 2015,
following a one-year battle
with pancreatic cancer.
Memorial
services
were held
S a t u r d a y,
March 7, at
F a i t h
Lutheran
Church in
Hutchinson
with
the
Rev. Scott David
Grorud offi- Perschau
ciating.
Ronda Eckhart was the organist. Congregational hymns
were “Holy, Holy, Holy,”
“Beautiful Savior” and
“America the Beautiful.”
Military honors were by
the Hutchinson Memorial
Rifle Squad and the Minnesota State Patrol Honor Guard
provided an honor guard. A
private family interment will
take place at a later date at
the Minnesota State Veterans
Cemetery in Little Falls.
Dave Perschau was born
March 2, 1951, in Glencoe,
the son of Vernon and Marguerite (Lewin) Perschau. He
was baptized at Church of
Peace in Glencoe on May 6,
1951, and confirmed at Christ
Lutheran Church in Glencoe
on Oct. 30, 1966. He was a
1969 graduate of Glencoe
High School and a 1976
graduate of the Minnesota
State Patrol Training School.
He was united in marriage
to Lou Ann (Klitzke) Kottke
on March 4, 2006, at Faith
Lutheran Church and they
filled their lives with love
and lots of fun and happy
memories in their nine years
of marriage. He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church,
and he lived in Glencoe his
entire life.
Mr. Perschau began his
work career at the age of 13
when he drove his bicycle to
a local farmer’s home and
asked if he needed some help
with field work, and this
began his love of farming.
After high school, he worked
seven years as a heavy equipment operator. He held employment with the Minnesota
State Patrol as a trooper and a
lieutenant for 30 years, and
retired in 2006. He also
worked part time for many
years with Hueser Farms in
Glencoe and McKimm Milk
Transit in Hutchinson. He
served in the Minnesota
Army National Guard in
Hutchinson and Little Falls
(Camp Ripley) and retired
after 24 years.
He was very proud of his
years of service with the
State Patrol and National
Guard, and had many happy
and fun memories from those
years. He loved his “toys,”
whether it was a vehicle, motorcycle or plane. He had enjoyed restoring a Stearman
airplane and flying it on nice,
calm days. He looked forward to taking out one of his
Harleys for a nice, long ride
on a beautiful day, and he and
Lou Ann made many enjoyable road trips in the Camaro
or the Jeep. Above all, he was
really at home, at peace,
when he was sitting in the
cab of a tractor in the spring
and fall, or when he was driving a semi on his favorite run
to Milbank or Aberdeen, S.D.
More than anything, spending time with his family and
friends meant everything to
him. The visits with his
brother and his stepson and
daughter-in-law were very
special to him and something
he always looked forward to.
He and Lou Ann enjoyed the
Black Hills and spending
time at the beach in Cocoa
Beach, Fla. The laughter,
conversations and advice he
shared with all of us will always remain in our hearts
and memories.
He is survived by his wife,
Lou Ann, of Glencoe; brother, Daniel Perschau (special
friend Vicki Pautz) of Glencoe; stepson, Brian (Jasmine)
Kottke of Mankato; sistersin-law, Hollie Vogt (fiancé
Steve Brown) of Glencoe and
Naomi (Donald) Mears of
woodbury; many nieces,
nephews and friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Vernon and
Marguerite Perschau.
Arrangements were with
the Dobratz-Hantge Funeral
Chapel in Hutchinson. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Crow River
VonBerge on fall dean’s list
Joshua VonBerge of Nor- semester dean’s list at MinHabitat gets
wood Young America, a 2014 nesota State University,
of Glencoe-Silver Mankato, for achieving a
Thrivent grant graduate
Lake High School and the son grade point average of 3.5 or
Crow River Habitat for Humanity has been awarded
$59,491 from Thrivent Financial to support the Thrivent
Builds with Habitat for Humanity program, an ongoing
multi-year, multi-million dollar partnership between Habitat for Humanity International
and Thrivent Financial, which
helps create safe, decent, affordable housing across the
globe.
Locally, the program will
fund half of the construction
costs for Crow River Habitat’s first rehabilitation project. By the end of April,
Habitat will move an existing
home from Glencoe to Morningside Drive in Hutchinson.
By August 2015, the basement and portions of the
home will be rebuilt and it
should be ready for the partner family to move in.
“It is inspiring to work
alongside Habitat families,
Thrivent members and others
to build and repair homes,”
said Diane Knorr, a financial
representative with Thrivent
Financial. “Sharing our time
and talents helps us live generously and strengthen our
community.”
Since the national partnership’s inception in 2005,
Thrivent Financial and its
members have now committed $213 million and 4.4 million volunteer hours around
the world.
“We are extremely grateful
to Thrivent Financial and its
members for their continued
support of Habitat for Humanity,” said Michele Meis,
executive cirector of Crow
River Habitat. “Because of
this generosity, more families
will have a safe, affordable
place to call home.”
Thrivent Financial remains
the largest nongovernmental
supporter of Habitat for Humanity International.
For more information about
Thrivent Builds programs,
visit Thriventbuilds.com. To
learn about local volunteer
opportunities, visit crhfh.org.
Crow River Habitat for Humanity has built 22 homes in
McLeod County since 1994.
It costs approximately
$95,000 to $120,000 to build
a quality three-bedroom, onebath home. Project funds
come in the form of gifts and
no-interest loans. Homes are
sold, at cost, on 20- to 30year interest-free mortgages
held by Crow River Habitat
for Humanity. Loan payments
(approximately $550 to $650
per month) include principal,
taxes, insurance, and maintenance and are recycled to the
building fund.
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Delano man killed
when ATV flips over
A Delano man was killed
when the all-terrain vehicle
(ATV) he was driving in
Mayer overturned and fell on
him late Sunday afternoon.
According to Carver County Sheriff Jim Olson, Neil
Francis Zimmerman, 53, of
Delano, was eastbound on
Second Street NW in Mayer
when he lost control and
flipped the ATV at about 5:30
p.m.
Witnesses lifted the ATV
off of Zimmerman, summoned emergency personnel
and tried to provide first aid.
Mayer Fire and Rescue,
Ridgeview paramedics, the
Minnesota State Patrol and
sheriff’s deputies responded
to the scene and provided
life-saving efforts. Zimmerman, who was not wearing a
helmet, had serious injuries
and was pronounced dead at
the scene.
Personnel from the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office arrived and gathered relevant information for its investigation. Zimmerman’s
body was released to a funeral home.
The incident remains under
investigation by the Carver
County Sheriff’s Office and
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Lakeside Winterfest
Glencoe-Silver Lake’s Lakeside Elementary School had
its annual Winterfest celebration Feb. 20, which included activities out on Silver Lake. Pictured above near a
portable fish house are, from left, Malayna Graf, Mariah
Wendolek, Angel DelosSantos, Leo Pena (partially hidden) and Angel Balboa. In the background is Ron Posusta from the Silver Lake Fire Department.
Lincoln Junior High lists honor roll
Glencoe-Silver Lake’s Lincoln Junior High School released its second-trimester
honor rolls on Monday.
“A” Honor Roll
Seventh grade — Alexa Alberts, Hannah Boesche, Kalie
Butcher, Daniel Cross, Dylan
Dahlke, Madelynn Emery,
Nathan Fehrenbach, Alexis
Fronk, Sergio Garcia Cruz,
Grace Garoutte, Abby Gronlund, Taylor Hatlestad,
William Higgins, Ashley
Jasken, Taylor Kaczmarek,
Mackenzie Kantack, Anthony
LaPlante, Mia LaPlante, Bennett Lepel, Sydney Lepel,
Zachary Mohr, Kathryn
Nowak, Britney Olson, Kaitlyn Popp, Jennifer Ramos,
Courtney Richer, Brittney
Richter, Makayla Ronngren,
Rylan Rosenlund, Reece
Schwirtz, Derek Trippel, Gia
Venier, Morgan Verdeck,
Lexis Werner and Claire
Witte.
Eighth grade — Gage Alsleben, Savannah Ardolf,
Chelsea Bandas, Brett Baumgarten, Leah Bettcher, Hayley
Bolland, Madelynn Brown,
Bethany Cross, Hattie DreierSchultz, Destiney Exsted,
Megan Fehrenbach, Madison
Franck, Justine Helmbrecht,
Rhyan Herrmann, Haley Kirchoff, Grace Kosek, Joshua
Kuehn, Olivia Lemke,
Nathan Litzau, Jared Lokensgard, Haley Lukes, Kristine
Major, Carlee Oberlin, Jaelynn Pinske, Cody Rae, Jacob
Reichow, Kaleigh Rumrill,
Olivia Streich, Emily Thalmann, Adrian Trevino,
Charles Urban, Jordan
Wildey, Sacha Willhite, Andrew Wraspir and Breanna
Wraspier.
“B” Honor Roll
Seventh grade — Mckenna
Amberg, Holly Bandemer,
Jack Becker, Jonathan Bolland, Tess Chap, Alexander
Cohrs, Nikki Cole, Jadon
Dreier-Schultz, Isabella Elias,
Keaton Goettl, Ashanthy
Guardado, Mason Husted,
Race Hutchins, Cole Janke,
Earl Janke, Lily Kirchoff,
Kaylee Lemke, Brandon
Medina, Natalia Orocio,
Katelyn Pagel, Julia Ramige,
Rylen Rosenlund, Riley Ruzicka, Kayla Salmela, Montana Sanchez, Lydia Schmieg,
Lily Schmitt, Alec Schrupp,
Benjamin Siers, Megan Siewert, Preston Sturges, Kaleb
Templin, Sawyer Varpness
and Mckenzie Wuetherich.
Eighth grade — Madilynn
Anderson, Austin Barrett,
American Workshop sets job fair
for March 14 at Glencoe City Center
American Workshop announces its Career Education
division is working with local
contractors to produce Job
Fairs and offer paid training
into immediate jobs in the
construction and building
trades that can open the door
to a new career path.
One of these job fairs will
be held Saturday, March 14,
from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at
the Glencoe City Center’s
Henry Hill room. The registration link is www.Ameri
canWorkshop.com/gctc.
RAM Buildings, Inc., of
Winsted has taken the lead in
kicking off a scholarship fund
to offer paid training for qualified candidates. To learn
more about participating in
the scholarship fund, contact
Christy Morrell-Stinson at
612-321-8390.
Additional job fairs will be
held in Buffalo, Delano and
Hutchinson this spring, and
are open for all ages, including high school students.
American Workshop is in
contact with local workforce
development agencies to connect prospective students
with relevant funding programs they may qualify for.
The job fairs will include
an open house for the American Workshop Career Education program, green construction trades summer course, to
be held at Lester Prairie High
School. The class will run
eight hours a day, four days a
week, for 18 days starting
June 8.
The green construction
trades summer course, also
known as “Introduction to
Construction and Building
Trades,” has a core curriculum of 128 hours, and an additional three days of construction vehicle training.
The program coming to
Lester Prairie High School
will include 15 hours of specific hands-on training in
post-frame construction techniques in partnership with
Kasidy Cacka, Alexis Christianson-Tranby, Caleb Correll, Kayla DeYonge, Keshaun Donaldson, Kaitlyn
Doolittle, Malcolm Everhart,
Annamaria Falcon, Jordan
Forar, Adam Garoutte, Chandler Glaeser, Brayden
Goebel, Molly Green, Erin
Jaskowiak, Wyatt Konen,
Kimberley Kuenzel, Jackson
Lemke, Madalyn Lemke,
Katita Lopez, Kira Mattson,
Luke Ness, Bryanna Paul,
Oscar Pena, Peyton Proehl,
Alysse Rhode, Gabe Roepke,
Kenady Rosckes, Samantha
Sanchez, Dane Schwirtz,
Jakob Siewert, Yekaterina
Tkachenko, Madison Tschimperle, Kaitlyn Uecker, Maren
Warner, Eric Wheeler, Allison
Wick and Grace Witte.
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Founded in 2011, American
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Professional training for
the Construction and Building Trades was a natural progression of making the tools,
equipment and classrooms
accessible and useful to more
people. Relationships with
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employers) in the construction and building trades highlighted the need for American
Workshop’s Career Education
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Cokato Museum sets open house for Sunday
The Cokato Museum &
Historical Society invites the
public to the museum for an
open house on Sunday, March
15, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., to
celebrate the 137th birthday
of the village of Cokato.
The earliest white settlers
came to this area in spring
1856, staking a claim along
Sucker Creek. It would be another 13 years before the First
Division of the St. Paul & Pacific Railway stretched westward from near Howard Lake
to Willmar, in 1869. With
that, settlers began pouring
into the region.
As a planned stop along the
rail line, the still unincorporated settlement called Cokato — after the Dakota word
roughly meaning “in the middle of” — saw the construction of homes and businesses
to serve the area residents.
By late 1877, the drive to incorporate was coalescing. In
early 1878, a petition circulated calling for a vote. That
vote was held March 9, 1878,
and the village of Cokato was
officially born.
This event will be held at
the Cokato Museum, 175
Fourth Street SW, and is free
and open to the public. Light
refreshments will be served.
For more information,
please contact the museum at
320-286-2427, on the web at
www.cokatomuseum.org, or
check out its Facebook page:
Cokato Museum & Akerlund
Photography Studio.
The Cokato Museum is a
cooperative effort of the city
of Cokato and the Cokato
Historical Society.
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GSL’s building bond
info campaign includes
school tours, forums
By Lori Copler
Editor
Glencoe-Silver Lake School officially kicked off its informational
campaign for its proposed $24.19
million building project at the Glencoe Business Expo Feb. 22, and is
continuing its efforts with weekly
tours of Helen Baker Elementary
and public forums.
At Monday night’s School Board
meeting, Superintendent Chris
Sonju said he had a steady stream
of visitors at the school’s booth at
the Expo.
“I don’t think I had three or four
minutes, ever, between people stopping at our booth,” said Sonju.
“There is a lot of interest out there.”
The project, if approved by district voters on May 12, proposes to
eliminate the Helen Baker Elementary School and build an addition at
the junior high and high school site
to accommodate the district’s
kindergarten through second-grade
students. The project also includes
upgrades to the Lincoln Junior High
and high school facilities.
On Tuesday of this week, the
school district began hosting tours
during the school day at Helen
Baker and the high school and junior high school complex so that
people can see firsthand what the
district is dealing with, said Sonju.
He said it is especially appropriate
to have those tours during classroom hours so residents can see the
conditions under which students are
learning.
Tours will be held each Tuesday
until the election with a 10 a.m.
start at Helen Baker and an 11 a.m.
start at the high school.
In addition, Sonju said that first
public forum has been tentatively
set for Monday, March 30, at 6:30
p.m., at Helen Baker School.
“We’ll be scheduling one or two
more as the election gets closer,”
said Sonju.
In related business, Business
Manager Michelle Sander said she
has been working with Ehlers, the
school’s financial consultant, on
getting together tax impact information.
Like past referendums, the school
plans to put a link on its website so
that residents and other property
owners can find out the tax impact
on their property if the referendum
passes.
Sander said Ehlers is finishing up
the hyperlinks, after which Sander
will review it, and it “should be up
and going within a week.”
Sander said the tax impact links
will be on the school district’s home
page on its website, which is
www.gsl.k12.mn.us.
Spring load restrictions
go into effect today
Submitted photo
Lakeside science fair
Glencoe-Silver Lake’s Lakeside Elementary hosted its annual science fair Friday. In the top photo,
students explain their projects to judges. At bot-
4-year-old
injured in
rollover on
March 4
A 4-year-old child was taken to
the Hutchinson Health Hospital for
treatment of nonlife-threatening injuries following a vehicle rollover
east of Stewart on Highway 212 on
Wednesday, March 4.
According to the Minnesota State
Patrol, Juana E. Lara, 30, of
Hutchinson, was eastbound on
Highway 212 at about 7:40 a.m. in
a Jeep Liberty when she attempted
to pass a Kia Sorento, lost control,
and rolled the vehicle, which came
to rest on its roof.
There also were two 7-year-old
children in the vehicle; they were
not injured, nor was Lara.
Assisting the State Patrol at the
accident were the Stewart Fire Department, Buffalo Lake and
Hutchinson ambulances, and the
McLeod County Sheriff’s Office.
tom left is Jordan Grack with his “E-Lemon-Tricity” project, at bottom right is Jessica Headlee,
whose project was on dissolution.
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Fri., 3-13
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Highway Department office or
on the McLeod County website
at www.co.mcleod.mn.us/high
way/slr.
Any questions regarding specific route postings should be directed to the McLeod County
Highway Department at 320484-4321.
County Board applauds GIS division
By Dave Pedersen
Correspondent
McLeod County Commissioner Paul Wright recognized the “exceptional
work” of the county’s Geographic Information System
(GIS) Division at the March
3 board meeting.
The online mapping tools
are being extensively utilized throughout the community, maintaining accurate, current and complete
geospatial data. The great
need for the service is seen
in the 100,000 some views
in the past year on the county website.
The purpose of GIS is to
provide information to the
county employees as well
as the general public in a
digital mapping environment. For example, almost
20,000 parcels of land have
been mapped in McLeod
County. Christensen said
reading through all the legal
descriptions was a fun chal-
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Spring load restrictions will go
into effect on all McLeod County highways today (Wednesday,
March 11), and will remain in effect until further notice.
All roads will be posted with
signs indicating maximum allowable axle loads. Maps showing specific restrictions are available at the McLeod County
Sat., 3-14
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Sun., 3-15
H: 66°, L: 47°
lenge.
Christy Christensen has
been the director for 24
years. He reported how
ditch mapping addresses
many rural issues. All ditch
maintenance, cleanouts and
repairs have been added to
the mapping system.
GIS systems have been
added to the emergency dispatch center and law enforcement department for
timely reference and response.
The highway department
oversees the GIS Division.
It helps with snow plow
routing, precise salt and
sand mapping, road sign
management, construction
mapping, culvert inspection
and road weed spraying.
Christensen said the
county took the lead in developing the 2007 LiDAR
(high resolution aerial photography) Project partnership effort with the state,
Buffalo Creek Watershed
and cities of Glencoe and
Hutchinson.
McLeod County received
an award from the governor
in recognition of working
with multiple agencies.
LiDAR flights happened
again in 2011 and 2014.
“LiDAR allowed us to
provide a terrain model for
McLeod County with an accuracy of one-foot for contour models,” said Christensen. “When people see
our data they are really jealous of what we have because most have two-foot
contours. We use it for road
construction, to see how our
drainage flows and others in
the agriculture areas use it
quite often.”
Wright said a lot of county departments depend on
the mapping software to
have accurate data to be at
their fingertips in order to
do their jobs. He added,
“We have some of the best
of the best and they deserve
Looking back: Winter finally released its subarctic hold as
temperatures rebounded late
last week into the weekend.
Date
Hi
Lo Snow
March 3 28 ..........2 ........2.70
March 4 12 ......-10 ........0.00
March 5
March 6
March 7
March 8
March 9
the recognition. We have far
and above what other counties have.”
Jail bids
In other business, the authorization to advertise for
construction bids for the
county jail renovation and
courthouse security project
was given to John McNamara with Wold Architects.
Total project cost is estimated at $7.315 million
with around $6.3 million for
construction. Bid opening is
targeted for March 31 and
for award at the April 7
board meeting.
Construction work could
take 12 to 14 months starting in May and concluding
next spring. The large entry
addition will be done first,
followed by new inmate
housing units.
• Kelly Schultz was introduced as a new employee
who started in November as
the sentence to serve crew
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39 ..........7 ........0.00
44 ........25 .........0.00
51 ........26 ........0.00
57 ........27 ........0.00
Temperatures and precipitation compiled by Robert Thurn, Chronicle
weather observer.
leader.
He works with jail inmates who want to work off
some of their sentence by
working on community
projects and fill obligations
by the court.
Schultz says he had crews
recently helping nonprofits,
including with solid waste,
at the county fairgrounds
and ice rink and doing a lot
of tree trimming.
The program is a joint
partnership with the state
providing 75 percent of the
funding and McLeod County 25 percent.
• The board approved the
Community Support Services Program Grant Plan of
$111,680.
• Approved was a memorandum of understanding
agreement with Chippewa
Enterprises in Montevideo
for the sale of recycling
commodities.
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SL Legion Auxiliary meeting
The Silver Lake American Legion Auxiliary Unit 141
will meet Monday, March 16, at 6:30 p.m., at the Silver
Lake Legion. Lunch will be served, and the Legion’s
birthday will be observed. Please bring an item for the
food shelf.
Glencoe Study Club to meet
The Glencoe Study Club will meet Monday, March 16,
at 7:30 p.m., at Ramona Nagel’s home. Linda Van Haften
will present a program on adoption and foster care.
Legion Auxiliary will meet
The Glencoe American Legion Ladies Auxiliary will
meet Monday, March 16, at 7 p.m., at the Glencoe Fire
Hall. Lunch will be served.
GHPS to meet on March 17
The Glencoe Historic Preservation Society (GHPS)
will meet Tuesday, March 17, at 6:30 p.m., in the Glencoe Historic Room at the Glencoe City Center. Refreshments will be served, and guests are welcome. For more
information, call Gloria Hilgers at 320-864-4174.
Bar Bingo set for Saturday
The Glencoe Lions will be sponsoring Bar Bingo at the
Glencoe Country Club on Saturday, March 14, at 2 p.m.
Everyone age 18 and over is welcome to play for cash
prizes. The Progressive Game 16 pay-out amount is $599
if you have Bingo within 56 called numbers. Food, beverages and pull-tabs are available.
SL Lions sausage supper
The Silver Lake Lions Club will host its annual
sausage supper Thursday, March 12, from 4:30 p.m. to 7
p.m., at the Silver Lake Auditorium. Proceeds will go to
the Silver Lake Fire Department and Silver Lake Ambulance.
St. Patrick’s Day parade set
The 28th-annual Silver Lake St. Patrick’s Day parade
will be held Saturday, March 14, starting at 1 p.m. sharp
from the GSL Lakeside 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 12:30 p.m. The parade
will begin at Lakeside School and will end at the intersection of Main Street and Park Avenue. Respect for the
American flag will be observed by all as the flag passes
by in the parade. (The Irish Afterglow will return next
year.)
Plato Lions’ spring brunch
The Plato Lions Club will host its 32nd-annual spring
brunch Sunday, March 15, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the
Plato Hall. The brunch includes all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, eggs, toast and a beverage. Free-will donations will be accepted. All proceeds go to community
projects.
Stewart Legion, Auxiliary
The Stewart American Legion and its Auxiliary will
have a potluck supper Monday, March 16, at 6 p.m., at
the Stewart Community Center. The groups will be celebrating the Legion’s 96th birthday. Guests will be Minnesota Department Commander Peggy Moon and Minnesota Department President Chris Ronning, as well as
the 3rd District commander and vice commander. Please
bring an item for the food shelf. Anyone who has been
involved with the military is welcome to help celebrate
the Legion’s birthday.
Emanuel silent auction, dinner
Emanuel Lutheran School in Hamburg will host a
silent auction and dinner Saturday, March 14, starting at
5 p.m. The dinner includes a choice of a smoked pork
chop or turkey dinner, plus sides and dessert. Hundreds
of items will be up for bidding, including automotive,
dining, entertainment, sporting goods, home and garden
and much more. The live auction starts at 8 p.m. Tickets
will be available at the door.
Birdwatchers invited to club
Birdwatchers from around the area are invited to attend
the monthly meeting of the Hutchinson Area Bird Club,
which meets every second Thursday of the month at 7
p.m. in the basement of the Hutchinson Library. This
month’s meeting is on March 12. Bird club members
enjoy learning more about wild birds in a fun, friendly
environment. All experience levels are welcome, from
beginners to experts.
Glencoe seniors meetings
The Glencoe Senior Citizens meet on Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. in the seniors room at the Glencoe City Center. Sheephead is played on Tuesdays, and
both sheephead and 500 are played on Thursdays. All
seniors over 55 are invited. For more information, call
320-864-3799 and leave a message.
To be included in this column, items for Happenings
must be received in the Chronicle office no later than
5 p.m. on Monday of the week they are to be published. Items received after that will be published elsewhere in the newspaper as space permits. Happenings
in Glencoe, Brownton, Stewart, Plato, New Auburn,
Biscay and Silver Lake take priority over happenings
elsewhere.
By Lori Copler
Editor
Unless the weather regresses dramatically, the GlencoeSilver Lake School District
will not be able to try out its
“digital/different day” this
year.
The topic has been under
discussion at recent GlencoeSilver Lake School Board
meetings, and the board gave
its approval Monday night to
trying it out on a test run.
The goal of “digital/different” day is to provide learning to students through online
“Google Classroom” resources on snow days. The
motion passed by the School
Board Monday would allow
the district to try out the concept if there is another snow
day before the end of the current school year.
Although the School Board
unanimously endorsed the
proposal on a trial basis Monday night, Board Member
Jamie Alsleben cautioned administration and fellow board
members about its possible
impact.
Alsleben noted that GSL
has a rather high rate of students who take free or reduced meals, which indicates
a certain level of poverty. Alsleben said those students
may not have the resources to
connect to the Internet and
take advantage of the Google
Classroom activities.
“I wonder if, in some
cases, that is punitive to those
who do not have the technology, and it’s an additional
burden for them to overcome,” said Alsleben.
Superintendent Chris Sonju
said the district is aware that
not all students will have access to the Internet on snow
days, but teachers are trying
to find alternative ways to
serve those students on snow
days.
Students who are not able
to complete online assignments on snow days will be
Snow, ice
contribute
to crashes
The Sibley County Sheriff’s Office responded to two
single-vehicle accidents last
week.
The first was reported
Tuesday, March 3, at 1:40
p.m., and occurred on Highway 19 about one mile east of
Gaylord.
A 2001 Ford F-150 driven
by Edward Joseph Kauffmann of Arlington was traveling eastbound when he lost
control of the vehicle, which
ran off the road and struck a
tree. Kauffmann had minor
injuries, and the vehicle had
severe damage to the front.
Snow-covered roads and
blowing snow were factors in
the crash, according to the
Sibley County Sheriff’s Office.
Kauffmann was not wearing his seat belt.
On Wednesday, March 4, at
about 8 p.m., a rollover accident was reported on 441st
Avenue, about one-half mile
north of Highway 5 (three
miles northeast of Gaylord).
A 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix
driven by Jennifer Cherrie
Rose, 19, of Glencoe, was
northbound on 441st Avenue
when she lost control on the
snow-packed and icy road.
Her vehicle went into a ditch
and rolled onto its roof. Rose
was wearing her seat belt and
was not injured. The car sustained moderate damage.
Corrections & Clarifications
Last week’s front-page
headline and Glencoe City
Council article incorrectly reported that the City Council
had awarded the bid for its
Lincoln Park street and utility
projects. The City Council
only reviewed the submitted
bids; the bid will not be
awarded until after the assessment hearing.
*****
The Chronicle incorrectly
reported the County Board
vote on its creation of a new
classification of public health
deputy director. According to
Commissioner Ron Shimanski, voting in favor were Shimanski, Joe Nagel and Paul
Wright, while Commissioners
Sheldon Nies and Doug
Krueger voted against it.
*****
The McLeod County
Chronicle strives for accuracy in its reports. If you
find an error, bring it to our
attention. Call 320-8645518 and ask for Lori
Copler, editor.
given alternative assignments, and given extra time
to complete them, Sonju said.
Some teachers have prepared
“blizzard bags” to provide alternative materials to students.
“That’s why we also called
it ‘different day’ as well as
‘digital day,’” said Sonju.
Board Member Clark
Christianson said the school
district already provides
some “web-based curriculum
and e-books” as supplemental
material.
But Alsleben said “supplemental” material is “additional to initial presentation of
standard curriculum.”
Sonju said he is aware that
the concept of digital/different day may not work as the
district hopes, which is why it
is having a one-day trial
basis.
If the district does end up
adopting it as a program,
Sonju added, it may not be
used for every snow day.
Right now, he said,
digital/different days do not
constitute teacher-student
contact days in the eyes of
the state department of education.
“But it has been talked
about at the state about making it a student contact day,”
said Sonju.
Sonju said that if a pilot
day is used, the school district can then evaluate its effectiveness and decide if it
wants to continue it on a permanent basis.
The important thing about
the proposal, Sonju said, is
that it pushes educational
staff to “look at different
ways to deliver instruction to
students.”
Sonju said that if the district cannot make use of the
trial day this year, he will
propose it again next year.
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County Board continues
to discuss trail committee
GSL Knowledge Bowl teams
take top 3 spots at subregion
Glencoe-Silver Lake’s
(GSL) Knowledge Bowl
teams entered their post season at MACCRAY High
School on Monday, March 2.
While their friends were
enjoying a day off from
school for teacher workshops,
the Knowledge Bowlers got
on a bus before 8 a.m. and
headed off for their subregion
meet.
GSL took five teams to
compete against 15 others
from Benson, Hutchinson,
KMS, Lester Prairie, Montevideo, New London-Spicer,
Renville County West and
Winsted Holy Trinity. The top
half of the teams will go on to
regional competition later in
March.
For the third meet in a row,
GSL’s top three teams finished first, second and third.
“This is an amazing show
of power by this group of students,” said Coach Vicky
Harris. For every oral round,
there were at least two GSL
teams in Room 1. All three
GSL teams were in Room 1
for round two. Again, no
other team could really hold
up to this combination of
GSL teams.
GSL’s top team, Nirvana,
stayed out front for the whole
meet. It began with a first-
place written round of 51,
and added oral round scores
of 17, 23, 19 and 14, for a
total score of 130 and the
subregion championship.
This team includes seniors
Mark Broderius, Patrick
Fehrenbach, Chandler Swift
and Jacob Wawrzyniak.
GSL’s Zen began in second
place with a written score of
48, then added oral round
scores (mostly in Room 1) of
9, 7, 20 and 15 for a total of
104.0 and second place. (Its
score of 20 was earned in
Room 3.) The team members
are junior Maddie Kuehn,
sophomores Jacob Fehrenbach, Katie Twiss and Jake
Vasek, and freshmen Austin
Pinske.
Trainquility started in sixth
with a written score of 43,
and earned oral scores of 19,
7, 9 and 13. It finished with
96.0 points and third place.
Kyle Beck and Brent
Duenow are senior members,
while Mitch Beneke, Mark
Lueders and Trevor Lueders
are juniors.
Hutchinson’s top team alternated between Rooms 1
and 2 and placed fourth with
93.0 points, while New London-Spicer finished fifth
(87.5) and Montevideo ended
in sixth with 87.0.
Meanwhile, GSL’s fourth
and fifth teams were competing mostly in Rooms 3, 4 and
5.
In a remarkably close finish, GSL 5 finished in seventh place with 81.5 while
GSL 4 earned eighth place
with a score of 81.0 points.
Both will advance to the regional competition, as will
the other teams mentioned
above, Lester Prairie and additional teams from Hutchinson and Montevideo.
The team members of GSL
4, all sophomores, are Marisa
Luchsinger, Maggie Petersen,
Rachel Reichow, Dini
Schweikert and Robin Swift.
GSL 5 includes sophomore
Kyle Wanous, freshmen
Leam Armstrong, Jack Gepson and Laura Popelka, and
eighth grader Brett Baumgarten.
GSL’s next competition
comes next week, on Friday,
March 20. Three teams from
that regional meet will go to
state, and the season will be
done for all other teams.
“Much as we would love to
have GSL earn all those slots,
we can’t assume that it will
happen,” said Harris. “We
have to work hard in practice
between now and then and do
our best on that Friday.”
Members of the second-place team at
the subregion Knowledge Bowl competition are, from left, Jacob Fehrenbach,
The subregion third-place Knowledge
Bowl team consists of, from left, Kyle
Maddie Kuehn, Austin Pinske, Katie
Twiss and Jake Vasek.
The McLeod County Historical Society will kick off
its 2015 theme, “History of
Country Schools,” on Sunday, March 15, at 2 p.m., at
the McLeod County Historical Museum, 380 School Rd.
NW, Hutchinson.
A group from Sibley
County, which recently spent
three years compiling a
book, “Remembering Country Schools of Sibley County,” will talk about how it
collected stories, photos and
artifacts as it created the
book.
The McLeod County Historical Society, using its new
in-house searchable database, will feature some of the
museum’s collections of artifacts and photographs regarding McLeod County’s
country schools.
The event is open to the
public.
Beck, Brent Duenow, Mark Lueders,
Trevor Posusta and Mitch Beneke.
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The plan can help establish
specific trail maintenance criteria such as surface treatments, timing, funding and
responsibilities.
The plan will also focus on
a couple of the county’s top
priority trails needs to further
advance the planning and implementation. This agreement
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any preliminary engineering
assistance.
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teams captured the top three places at
the subregion competition March 1. Pictured above is the championship team,
in place that promotes effective planning, funding, development and management of
the county’s trails system.
The plan will help find potential new trails and bicycle
routes through a public participation process that will set
priorities for identified needs.
This will be done by providing guiding principles and
evaluation criteria to assist
with priority decision making.
The goal is to establish a
planning and implementation
framework (trail classification system, trail design, development and management
guidelines, etc.) that facilitates trail development, management and use consistent
with county priorities and
community-supported goals.
Policies, programs and
projects for achieving the
plan’s goals will be proposed.
And then an implementation
plan will be developed, including identifying potential
funding sources and partnerships.
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McLeod County is still
looking to organize a trails
plan steering committee.
The Board of Commissioners voted to sign a contract
for professional services with
the Mid-Minnesota Development Commission (MMDC)
at the March 3 meeting at a
cost of $7,200.
However, the board tabled
the forming of a committee to
help with the organization of
a McLeod County trail plan
until the March 17 board
meeting.
County Parks Director Al
Koglin said the committee
would bring goals and ideas
to MMDC, which will help
format a plan. Currently, each
entity is working on a plan of
its own. Koglin added how
forming a committee with
members from each community will help with collaboration and long-term plans for
trails in McLeod County.
“There is no plan on
paper,” said Koglin. “MidMinnesota would help bring
all this information together
and write a plan based on
what the committee gives it.”
“In my opinion we will tell
them, they don’t tell us,”
added Commissioner Paul
Wright. “Since trail issues
bring up a sense of tension,
let us let Mid-Minnesota help
us to develop a product.
Without that we are not going
anywhere.”
Commissioner Sheldon
Nies agreed, adding, “If we
do nothing we will be stumbling along as we are now.
This will help in the process.”
There was debate about
what the committee should
look like, so the subject was
tabled for two weeks. It was
suggested that having one
representative from each
community with a couple of
at-large positions representing townships would create
too large of a group.
Commissioner Joe Nagel
suggested having a member
from each district picked by
commissioners. Nies wondered if committee meetings
could be called public so any
of the commissioners can attend.
The trails plan is expected
to include inventory of current trails facilities and evaluate their conditions, as well
as identifying gaps and connectivity needs in the network.
It will identify key destinations to plan to connect with
an off-road and on-road trail
network. It will look for best
practices for bicycle and
other forms of non-motor vehicle transportation and their
possible use in the county.
The committee will work
to assure public policies are
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The McLeod County Chronicle, Wednesday, March 11, 2015, page 4
Digital/Different Day
met with caution
Our view: Despite concerns,
it’s worth a trial effort
T
he Glencoe-Silver Lake
School District’s proposed
“Digital/Different Day” to
provide students with a learning opportunity on snow days has drawn
both enthusiam and caution from
school board members.
The proposal would encourage the
use of “Google Classroom” and
other online resources for learning
on snow days so that students can
continue their education even while
at home.
School Board Member Jamie Alsleben rightfully pointed out that the
measure could have the potential of
increasing the learning gap between
students with adequate financial
means and students who do not have
those resources. Economically challenged families typically do not have
access to computers, iPads, other devices and Internet service.
But Superintendent Chris Sonju
and other administrators are stressing that those students without technology access will still have alternative ways to complete “Digital/Different Day” assignments.
We feel the approval of a trial run
for “Digital/Different Day” is a step
in the right direction. Some day,
technological access will be as common as running water and electricity.
Many cities are already providing
free Internet service to residents,
while many school districts are trying to provide each and every child
with a device, such as an iPad, so
that they can access educational resources from home, libraries or
wherever Internet service is available. GSL has already started a program to put such devices in students’
hands, although it has a ways to go
before every student is equipped.
There will be, no doubt, some
drawbacks to “Digital/Different
day.” Some students may simply not
have the internal initiative to complete assignments without a parent
or teacher to encourage them. Others
may not have access to the Internet
because they are at a grandparent’s
home or a day care or, as Alsleben
pointed out, simply don’t have the
financial resources to purchase Internet service.
It may, in fact, turn out to be an
idea that is simply ahead of its time.
But it is best to be in front of the cutting edge, rather than behind it. It’s
an experiment worth doing, and we
applaud the School Board for moving ahead, with appropriate caution
and concern.
And best of all, as Sonju pointed
out, the “Digital/Different Day” encourages administrators and teachers
to look at education with fresh eyes
and consider other options for delivering education that can be tailored
to each student’s unique needs. And
we applaud that, also.
— L.C.
Letter to the Editor
Enjoyed meeting GSL FFA’ers
To the Editor:
It was a pleasure to meet students
and instructors at Glencoe-Silver
Lake’s 75th anniversary of their FFA
chapter on Friday, Feb. 27. Having
taught in the school district before
taking over the family farm in western Minnesota, I was impressed with
the history and passion Glencoe-Silver Lake’s school district showed in
its commitment to its FFA chapter
through agricultural education.
Minnesota Farmers Union remains
dedicated to furthering the education
of students involved in agriculture
programs across rural and urban
Minnesota. No matter what background these students come from,
we need them to be educated and
prepared to enter into the agriculture
industry in order to feed the growing
global population.
In a state where agriculture is such
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What should the state do with the money?
1) Give it back to taxpayers in rebates.
2) Spend it on roads and bridges.
3) Spend it on education.
4) Build up its reserve fund.
Dear government: leave my clock alone
I’ve never really embraced the
idea of Daylight Saving Time, but I
never used to mind it, either.
I could never understand how
changing the clock ahead one hour
“saved” daylight. God gave us a certain number of hours of daylight a
day, and the government can’t
change that by monkeying with our
clocks.
Daylight Saving Time was first
proposed in about 1895, and some
countries adopted the concept in the
early 1910s. The United States started using the concept in the 1970s at
the height of the energy crisis, arguing that longer daylight in the
evening would reduce the use of incandescent lights in residences.
Maybe it helped, maybe it didn’t.
The energy crisis passed and we
moved on, but we kept daylight saving time.
While the government can tell me
how to set my clock, it has no power
over my internal clock. Each spring
and fall, my body has a harder time
adjusting to the change in time, even
Lori Copler
though it’s just an hour.
I spent a good portion of Saturday
afternoon snow tubing with my
brother and his kids and his neighbor and their kids.
At my advanced age, I was thoroughly bushed at the end of the day,
and ready to crawl into bed by 8:30
p.m. However, I felt that was an absurdly early time to go to bed, until I
remembered that I was supposed to
“spring forward” one hour. Within a
second, it was now 9:30 p.m. and a
more acceptable bedtime. I read
until 9 or 10 p.m., depending on
your point of view, then turned out
the light and sank blissfully into
sleep.
But I still have a hard time adjusting. As an early bird, I resent the
fact that it is still dark when I get up
in the morning, although I do enjoy
the longer evenings.
I have an even harder time in the
fall, when we turn back the clocks
and I want to go to bed at 9:30 p.m.
rather than 10:30 p.m.
And each year, it takes longer to
adjust. At one time, changing the
clock had no effect on me. Then it
took a day or two to adjust. This
year, I still haven’t adjusted.
I’ve never really had any goals for
retirement, except not working, but
now I have one: to not be ruled by
clocks. I’m going to go to bed when
I want, get up when I want, eat when
I’m hungry and record all my TV
shows so I can watch them whenever I want.
And I’m going to enjoy every undocumented minute of it.
Letters to the Editor
Questions City Council’s awarding of demolition bid
To the Editor:
I would like to comment on the
Glencoe City Council’s award of the
bid to demolish Denny’s Barber
Shop building to MJ Neisen of
Brownton.
I feel I’m too biased to offer my
personal opinion because Ken Polifka of Ken’s Excavating is my father,
and I’m also an employee. However,
from the perspective of a Glencoe
business owner, I feel I can because
I own and operate CJP AutoSales in
Glencoe.
I find it disturbing that city staff
asked Ken’s Excavating (local contractor) for a general estimate to demolish the building so they could
get the ball rolling on the project and
then publish that figure in the paper.
I understand that the city has to accept the lowest bid and I’m not saying the bidding process should have
been circumvented, but in this case
there was not a bidding process. City
Administrator Mark Larson stated
that MJ Neisen “approached” the
city with a bid; well, unless one is
not real bright, I don’t think it’s too
hard to beat a price that is posted in
the paper. The city should have had
the common courtesy to allow Ken
Polifka to submit a formal bid, especially after asking for his help originally. He might not have been the
lowest, but at least the process
would have been fair.
As a community, we are encouraged to shop locally, which supports
our taxpaying businesses. The prices
may be a little higher because a
short 15-mile drive gives us access
to retail chain stores, which I’m sure
makes it difficult for local retailers
to compete, but shopping there doesn’t benefit our city. It’s too bad the
City Council can’t operate on that
same principle. On behalf of fellow
Glencoe business owners, I would
like to thank Council Member Allen
Robeck for recognizing this flawed
process and voting “no.”
Cory Polifka
Glencoe
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County Board approves purchases of equipment for highway department
By Dave Pedersen
Correspondent
McLeod County Highway
Engineer John Brunkhorst
has been doing some spring
cleaning of older equipment
and asked the Board of Commissioners for new gear at the
meeting on March 3.
When it was all said and
done, the board dished out
nearly $236,954, with funding coming from the 2015
highway budget.
The big-buck item was the
purchase of a 2015 Mack tandem truck chassis from Nuss
Truck and Equipment in Roseville on the state contract
for $99,703. This price includes a $12,000 trade-in allowance for a 1997 Ford LT
9000 plow truck with
210,000 miles.
The Mack truck will help
with a lot of work after the
county voted to purchase a
truck equipment package
completely installed (box,
plow, scraper, wing, sander
and more) from Towmaster,
Inc., of Litchfield on the state
contract for $105,462.
Next came board approval
for Brunkhorst to purchase a
Kuhn GMD 600 disc mower
from Arnolds in Glencoe for
$5,900, which includes a
trade allowance.
McLeod County also will
purchase a 2015 GMC Sierra
4WD pickup from Nelson
Auto Center in Fergus Falls
on the state contract for
$25,889.44. This will replace
a 1999 GMC with 150,000
miles.
The county will get some
funds back for selling the old
shouldering machine for
$3,051.
“This bridge is structurally
deficient and replacement is
recommended,” said Brunkhorst. “We have identified the
early spring of 2016 as a construction window provided
there are bridge bonding
funds available.”
Widseth Smith Nolting recently performed a load rating analysis on the bridge that
was built in the mid-1960s as
part of a statewide contract
and identified areas of concern.
McLeod County is in line
with Glencoe and Hutchinson
In other highway department business, the board
agreed to the final payment of
$88,767.05 to Duininck, Inc.,
of Prinsburg for bridge construction on CSAH 15 over
the South Fork of the Crow
River. A delay in the project
resulted in some $100,000 in
penalties.
Commissioners voted to
hire Widseth Smith Nolting
of Alexandria for engineering
services related to the replacement of bridge 43504 on
CSAH 11 for an estimated fee
of $107,855.
after passing a resolution approving support for House
Bill 80, a bill to appropriate
money for right-of-way acquisition and construction of
marked Trunk Highway 212.
No funding has been identified, but the environmental
work has been done and the
project is “shovel ready.” The
project would create a fourlane highway between Norwood Young America and
Cologne.
4 GSL staff members to retire
Genevieve Jeurissen
Dairy Princess coronation is March 28
The 62nd-annual McLeod
County Dairy Association
and Dairy Princess Coronation is set for Saturday,
March 28, at Peace Lutheran
Church in Hutchinson.
Princess candidates include:
• Ashle Lukes, daughter of
Michael and Reada Lukes of
Lester Prairie.
• Rachel Stender, daughter
of Allen and Lisa Stender of
Lester Prairie.
• Sarah Eggert, daughter of
Jerry and Connie Eggert of
Hutchinson.
• Genevieve Jeurissen,
daughter of Rick and Mindy
Jeurissen of Hutchinson.
• Cheyenne Schmidt,
daughter of Ron and Denise
Schmidt of Hutchinson.
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a vital part of our rigorous
economy, I encourage local
communities to continue their
support for agricultural education programs. Whether
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By Lori Copler
Editor
The approaching end of the
school year seems to bring
announcements of retirements, and that was no exception at Monday night’s
meeting of the Glencoe-Silver Lake School Board meeting.
The School Board’s consent agenda listed four impending retirements: Vicky
Harris, science teacher at Lincoln Junior High; Duane
Stensvad, special education
teacher at Lincoln; Sandra
Steile, math teacher at Lincoln; and Ken Hults, principal’s secretary at Lakeside
Elementary.
In its approval of the consent agenda, the School
Board also approved the hiring of Lynn Tupper as a longterm family and consumer
science (FACS) teacher at the
high school, replacing Tamra
Smertneck, who resigned;
and Dulce Hernandez as a
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3 musicians chosen for MBDA honors bands
On April 24-25, three Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL) band
students representing the GSL
eighth-grade grade, symphonic and concert bands will be
members of the 2015 Minnesota Band Directors Association (MBDA) State Level
Honor Band, held at Alexandria High School in Alexandria. Students are selected to
the band through a competitive recorded audition that
was submitted this past December.
GSL Lincoln Junior High
eighth-grade band member
Leah Bettcher (bassoon) was
selected to the sixth- through
eighth-grade level state honor
band. There were 227 students
from 68 schools who auditioned for the band. She will
be one of three bassoon players in the ensemble.
Ninth graders Laura Popelka (clarinet, GSL Symphonic
Band) and Jack Gepson
(trumpet, GSL Concert Band)
were selected to the ninth- and
10th-grade state honor band.
Both played in the state sixththrough eighth-grade level
band last year. Two hundred
twenty-two students from 60
schools auditioned. There are
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By Jake Yurek
Leah Bettcher has been
selected for the MBDA
sixth- through eighthgrade honor band.
13 clarinets and 10 trumpets
in the ensemble.
The students participating
will have the opportunity to
work with some of the finest
music educators in the state as
their section coaches. The
ninth-10th-grade band will be
conducted by Dr. Doug Orzolek of St. Thomas University and the sixth- through
eighth-grade and will be conducted by DeAnn Klun of
Orono Middle School.
Submitted photos
Ninth graders Laura Popelka and Jack Gepson have
been selected to participate in the Minnesota Band
Directors Association (MBDA) ninth- and 10th-grade
honor band.
The honor band program is
an ongoing project of MBDA,
a professional organization of
band directors representing
band programs of all grade
levels from throughout the
state of Minnesota. The mission of MBDA is to assist in
the development of band directors and band programs in
schools, colleges, and communities throughout Minnesota.
Brownton City Council approves change
in garbage collection service provider
By Lori Copler
Editor
City of Brownton residents
will have a change in its waste
collection service in May.
At its Tuesday, March 3
meeting, the Brownton City
Council accepted a proposal
from West Central Sanitation
for garbage collection, despite
the fact that its quote was
more than that of the current
provider, Waste Management.
For 32-gallon carts, Waste
Management proposed a
$10.05 monthly charge as
compared to $10.20 from
West Central; for 64-gallon
carts, Waste Management proposed $10.90 a month to West
Central’s $11.30; and for 96gallon carts, Waste Management proposed $12.75 monthly as compared to West Central’s $13.15 per month.
City Council Member Curt
Carrigan said he had no problem with Waste Management,
but felt that since West Central has the county’s recycling
service, it would be a better fit
for the city. He noted that the
city did not have to accept the
lowest quote or bid it received, but it had to provide
justification for not doing so.
Carrigan made the motion
to change the service based on
the fact that West Central has
the county recycling contract,
which serves the city of
Brownton, and because West
Central was proposing no increases for two years.
The motion passed unanimously.
In other business, the City
Council:
• Heard that the summer
recreation program had about
80 participants in 2014, and
expects about the same in
2015. Fees for the program
will remain the same in 2015,
the City Council decided by
consensus.
• Accepted the formal retirement of Deputy Clerk
Cindy Lindeman as of April
30. Lindeman served as the
city clerk for many years, and
accepted a part-time deputy
clerk position after semi-retiring a couple of years ago. She
has been employed by the city
for 33 years.
• Accepted the resignation
of Deb Zellmann, who
cleaned the community center
and civic center. Council
Member Tim Olson suggested
looking into contracting with
a company for cleaning services. He also asked approval
to have the floor at the community center stripped and resealed. The Council granted
the request.
• Set the Board of Appeal
meeting for April 1 at 11 a.m.
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Music Festival participants
A number of local students recently participated in
the 2015 Music Festival sponsored by the Minnesota
and National Federation of Music Clubs and the Club
88 Music Teachers. The festival gives students the
opportunity to perform and receive evaluations in a
noncompetitive setting. Those earning Superior rat-
ings performed in one of the Festival Honors Concerts on Sunday, March 1. Students from the area
who participated were, above left photo, in front, Caroline Schmidt; and, in back, Leah Bettcher, Kendra
Klobe and Allison Wright; and, in the photo at right,
Frank Jilek and Evelyn Jilek.
Record
Glencoe Police
MONDAY, MARCH 2
2:32 a.m. — An officer checked
on a suspicious vehicle in a parking
lot on 10th Street E. A male was
sleeping in the vehicle. He said he
was on his way to Wisconsin, and
went on his way.
6:19 a.m. — Officers responded
to a locked car with a child inside it
on 15th Street E. They were able to
unlock the car and the child was
fine.
9:11 a.m. — Officers responded
to a report of a person loitering in
the City Center. The individual was
escorted from the property.
11:12 a.m. — An officer assisted
with a child custody issue on Sunrise Drive.
12:12 p.m. — A person drove off
without paying for $20.01 in gas at a
business on 13th Street E. No license plate number was obtained,
and officers were unable to find the
vehicle.
1:14 p.m. — An officer gave an
animal owner a copy of the city ordinance and advised him of a complaint on 12th Street E.
5:15 p.m. — A driver was cited for
not wearing a seat belt and was
given a verbal warning for no current
proof of insurance at a traffic stop in
the area of Seventh Street E and
Chandler Avenue N.
6:30 p.m. — A person on Dogwood Avenue N reported a possible
tax fraud.
TUESDAY, MARCH 3
12:36 a.m. — A male was sleeping in a car parked at the pumps at a
station on Ninth Street E. An officer
asked him to move his vehicle away
from the pumps.
9:57 p.m. — Officers and sheriff’s
deputies responded to a verbal argument on Ninth Street E. A male
person left for the night.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4
7:46 a.m. — A woman fell at an
address on Ford Avenue N and was
taken by ambulance to the hospital.
10:07 a.m. — Officers arranged
for the transportation of an intoxicated person to a detox facility after a
suspicious incident in the area of
Seventh Street E and Elliott Avenue
N.
3:11 p.m. — Drug paraphernalia
was found in a vehicle on 13th
Street W. Officers arranged to have
it destroyed.
4:26 p.m. — A driver was cited for
driving after suspension at a traffic
stop on 16th Street.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5
2:46 p.m. — A minor two-vehicle
accident occurred at 12th Street E
and Hennepin Avenue. There were
no injuries and only minor damage
to the vehicles.
5:48 p.m. — An officer and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded to a
medical emergency on Ford Avenue
N.
FRIDAY, MARCH 6
1:24 a.m. — A female on Dogwood Avenue N who was not feeling
well was taken by ambulance to the
hospital.
7:07 a.m. — A gas drive-off was
reported at Casey’s on 13th Street.
A sheriff’s deputy found and stopped
the vehicle, and the driver went back
to the station and paid for the gas.
3:15 p.m. — A report was received of a male who fell off a riding
lawn mower in a backyard on
Stevens Avenue N and was unresponsive. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
3:40 p.m. — Officers and a sheriff’s deputy responded to a verbal
domestic between occupants at an
apartment on Hennepin Avenue.
7:59 p.m. — Officers stopped a
vehicle for a driving complaint and
cited the driver for violation of a
learner ’s permit because no licensed driver was in the vehicle.
9:40 p.m. — Officers and a sheriff’s deputy responded to a physical
domestic on Park Street W. One
person was arrested.
9:43 p.m. — Officers and an ambulance were sent to Prairie Avenue
for a male who had reportedly
passed out. He was taken by ambulance to the emergency room.
SATURDAY, MARCH 7
4:42 a.m. — A driver was arrested for driving after revocation at a
traffic stop in the area of Highway
212 and Chandler Avenue.
5:15 p.m. — An officer and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded to a
mental health issue on Newton Avenue. The person was taken by ambulance to the emergency room.
8:22 p.m. — A woman fell and
possibly sprained her wrist at an address on Prairie Avenue. Officers
and the Glencoe Ambulance responded.
8:56 p.m. — The police department assisted with a structure fire
on 120th Street.
10:25 p.m. — A driver was given
a verbal warning for a cracked windshield and a passenger was cited
for drug paraphernalia at a traffic
stop in the area of Union Avenue N
and 11th Street E.
10:29 p.m. — An officer assisted
a motorist whose tailgate fell of their
vehicle on 11th Street E. They were
able to put the tailgate back on.
11:21 p.m. — A driver was cited
for driving without a valid license
and given a verbal warning for failing to yield the right of way at a traffic stop in the area of Armstrong Avenue and 11th Street E.
SUNDAY, MARCH 8
3:36 a.m. — A driver was arrested for driving after revocation and
on a Hennepin County warrant at a
traffic stop in the area of Highway
212 and Dove Avenue.
6:28 p.m. — An officer responded
to a report of loud music on 15th
Street W.
MONDAY, MARCH 9
12:40 p.m. — Officers and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded to a
medical emergency on Basswood
Street W.
2:23 p.m. — A vehicle was hit by
another vehicle, probably white, in
the parking lot of the hospital and
clinic. There were no witnesses and
no video footage of the hit and run.
3:47 p.m. — A gas drive-off was
reported at Super America on Ninth
Street E in the amount of $24. The
driver was contacted and thought
she had paid with her credit card at
the pump. She said she would return to pay for the gas.
4:06 p.m. — Officers responded
to a report of a violation of a court
order on 16th Street, and arrested a
person for trespassing and a small
amount of marijuana.
6:30 p.m. — An officer responded
to a report of trespassing by an unwanted person at a residence on
Ninth Street E.
I always end my weekly forecasts with “Remember: I
make the forecast, not the weather!” Well, this week I
will definitely stake claim to making the weather.
We’ve flipped the switch from well below average to
well above average this week as highs make a run at
records Thursday and Friday. The overall flow (jet
stream) has shifted to allow air to move in from the
west/southwest, creating a ridge of high pressure which
will leave the upper Midwest basking in the sun, literally.
Highs will be in the 50s to even lower 60s as we push toward the end of the work week.
A slight cool-down is in store for Saturday as highs
drop back to the 40s. We’ll ramp back up Sunday into
early next week, though, as Monday and Tuesday could
make a run at the 60s again.
Precipitation chances stay away this week and, to be
honest, I had a tough time even finding days with a
chance of clouds. The next chance of precipitation looks
to be next Tuesday and, if we get anything, it looks like
it’ll fall as rain. We are about an inch-plus down in melted precipitation since the start of the year, so we’ll have
to keep an eye on the skies as drought conditions will
start to be a problem. In addition, with the snow gone and
dry grass only getting drier, fire conditions will start to
worsen quickly.
Have a fantastic, toasty March week everyone!
Ma dobry weekendem
Mit dobry vikend
Wednesday night — Lows 33 to 39; clear.
Thursday — Highs 57 to 63, lows 34 to 40; clear.
Friday — Highs 55 to 62, lows 30 to 36; partly cloudy.
Saturday — Highs 43 to 50, lows 27 to 34; clear.
Sunday — Highs 50 to 56; clear.
Weather Quiz: February seemed brutally cold, but how
are we doing vs. average temperatures this winter?
Answer to last week’s question (When do we have to
start worrying about thunderstorms?): All thunderstorms
need is energy and moisture. We can start to see those
conditions come together as early as this month. Fun fact,
Minnesota’s earliest recorded tornado was March 18,
1968. It’s uncommon for storms this time of year, but
they can happen. We typically start to see the rain machine turn on in April with thunderstorms being more
common from late April into September.
Remember: I make the forecast, not the weather!
Women’s club sets
garage sale dates
The GFWC Silver Lake
Women’s Club met Feb. 23.
GSL High School students
were present to request
money for a summer trip to
Europe. The club donated
$165 toward a play they will
be seeing.
The Southeast District
Board Meeting will be Saturday, March 14, at 9 a.m., at
Molly’s Café.
Citywide garage sale dates
were set for April 23, 24 and
25. The club will be sponsoring the event this year.
The club will be taking
over the Dairy Day Celebration which will be Friday,
June 19.
Members will be going to
Hutchinson to work at “Feed
the Hungry” at Christ The
King Church on March 19.
The club donated $50 toward
the project.
The rest of the evening
consisted of sewing items for
the club project Operation
Smile. Smile dolls were
made, and quilts, which had
been made by members, were
tied.
The March 23 meeting will
be held at Cedar Crest when
its residents will be entertained by the club women.
Silver Lake City Council
Regular Meeting
Monday, March 16, 2015, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Call to order:
Approve agenda
Consent Agenda:
1. Approve minutes of the Feb. 17, 2015, meeting.
2. Approve payroll 4, 5 and January ambulance.
3. Claims to be paid.
Old business:
1. Rental ordinance proposal.
2. Auditorium flag pole replacement.
New business:
1. Resolution approving property/liability insurance.
Department business:
1. Liquor Store.
2. Public Safety.
3. Public Works.
4. Community Development.
5. Administration.
Open discussion:
Thurs., March 12 — AA Group mtg. next to Post
Office in Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for
info.
Mon., March 16 — Tops Weigh-In mtg., 5-5:30
p.m.; Brownton Senior Citizens Club, Brownton
Community Center, 1 p.m.; Brownton Lions;
Stewart American Legion & Auxiliary potluck supper, Stewart Community Center, 6 p.m.; Stewart
American Legion Post 125 & Auxiliary mtg., Stewart Community Center, 7 p.m.
Tues., March 17 — ST. PATRICK’S DAY;
Brownton Legion.
Thurs., March 19 — AA Group mtg. next to Post
Office in Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for
info.; Stewart Lions.
737 Hall St.,
Stewart
320-562-2553
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Tracing Roots
By Ron Pulkrabek
St. George has disappeared
Chronicle photo by Jessica Grams
January 3rd-grade Panther Paws
On Tuesday, Jan. 20, during the allschool meeting at Glencoe-Silver Lake
Lakeside Elementary, January Panther
Paw awards were announced for each
grade. Third-grade recipients include,
in the front, from left to right, Morgan
Gjerdingen, Jordy Diaz-Escamilla, Ben
Southerland, Kyle Grogan, Jaxon
Schultz and Stevieona Pigue; and back
row, Nubia Medina, Erica Goette, Brenda Sanchez, Levi Silfverston, Jake Sullivan, Michael Schrupp and Tiara
Grafton.
Chronicle photo by Jessica Grams
4th-grade January Panther Paws
January Panther Paw awards were announced Jan. 20 at Glencoe-Silver
Lake Lakeside Elementary. Fourthgrade recipients include, in the front,
from left, Damien Sillivent, Evan
Battcher, Hannah Hanson, Cadance
Knick, Grace Nemec and Crystal
Richards; and back row, Logan Christensen, Emily Jasken, Tage Rosenlund,
Charles Zimbrick, Emma Dostal, Emily
Zerwas and Dylan Collins. Not pictured
is Kim Ruiz.
The town of St. George,
founded in about 1858, was
located on the shores of the
Crow River, five miles north
of Glencoe or six miles
southeast of Silver Lake. The
road between the former St.
George Church in Glencoe
(established in 1890) and
small St. George Church in
the village of St. George is
still known to many people as
the St. George Road.
The town was laid out with
25 lots on four blocks. A dam
furnished water power for a
grist mill and a saw mill. It
grew to having a hotel, general store, blacksmith shop,
shoe shop, three saloons, a
church, a cemetery and some
homes.
The Rich Valley Creamery,
sometimes known as the St.
George Creamery, was built
in the late 1880s one mile
north of St. George. Farmers
delivered milk to the creamery in buggies, wagons, sleds,
and even wheelbarrows. Patrons of the creamery were
expected to help deliver ice
sawed on Silver Lake for the
ice house, which was used for
summer milk cooling. Sawdust was used as an insulator.
They also had to supply
wood for heating the steam
boiler. Dairy products and
butter were hauled to the
nearest railroad and shipped
East for sale. In 1920, a new
brick building was built.
In the early 1930s, truckers
started picking milk up at the
farm and use of the creamery
diminished, being used only
as a skimming station, and it
closed down in the late
1930s.
Some of the patrons of the
creamery were: Tony Krcil,
Oscar Emme, Frank Tlustosh,
Frank Starry, Henry Henkelmann, William Tucholke,
Henry Matousek, A.P. Ardolf,
Deets Bruckshen, Joe Buska,
George Buska, Albert Ardolf,
Charley Ardolf, Carl Jilek,
Frank Jilek, John Jilek, Ed
Hlavka, Joe Hlavka, Vincent
Schultz, Frank Posusta and
Tom Posusta.
One summer day in 1863,
Julius Emme was at the
Wiedewitch farm on the outskirts of St. George. His feet
were busy pedaling the slowly revolving heavy 18-inch
diameter grinding wheel. His
head was down close to his
work, sharpening an edge on
his ax. All of a sudden —
“ZING”! An Indian arrow
had gone right through
Julius’s arm above the elbow.
A shot rang out and a bullet
went through Mr. Wiedewitch’s arm and through the
chin of his wife. The Indians
took off running and were
never caught.
Although the war was over
in 1862 and most of the Indians were rounded up, there
were still groups of escaped
renegade Indians lurking
around. Neighbors helped the
wounded walk the five miles
to Glencoe to look for a doctor. Mr. Emme’s arm had to
be amputated, probably due
to some kind of poison
rubbed on the feathers. Mr.
Wiedewitch’s arm also was
amputated and his wife died
two years later.
Walking five miles to town
was not a big deal back in
those days when they probably only owned one plow
horse. Julius’ great-grandson,
Allen Emme, said that in his
early days Julius would walk
to Chaska carrying sacks of
wheat on a yoke hung over
his shoulder to be ground into
flour. Julius continued farming for many years after the
shooting incident. Julius
came from Prussia in 1854.
Little by little, over time,
businesses closed, buildings
disappeared, cement foundations were removed, and the
land was plowed and planted.
Now occasionally a bottle or
some other small remnant
may turn up at this once lively, disappearing town of St.
23 Brownton seniors met Monday
Twenty-three Brownton
senior citizens met Monday,
March 9, at the Brownton
Community Center.
Cards were played after the
meeting with the following
winners — 500, Eunice
Schuette, first, and Bernetta
Alsleben, second; pinochle,
Ruby Streich, first, and Phyl-
lis Mahnke, second; and
sheephead, Lowell Brelje,
first, and Elmer Maass, second.
Carol Brelje won the door
prize. Leone Kujas served refreshments.
The next meeting will be
Monday, March 16, at 1 p.m.
All seniors are welcome.
Chronicle photo by Jessica Grams
George. Henkelmann relation
now own the town site land.
Allen Emme lives on adjoining land and owns a few lots
on the outskirts of St.
George.
The bridge is still there, although the road has been removed. Years ago I liked to
speed down the hill in my
1953 Ford, just to hear the
loose bridge planks rumble. It
would scare the “daylights”
out of an unsuspecting
stranger.
Note: After about two
months of fighting, the Dakota War (Sioux Uprising)
ended in early December
1862. After a speedy 30-day
trial, 303 Indians were found
guilty. President Lincoln pardoned 265. On the day after
Christmas, Dec. 26, 1862, all
38 Indians were hung at the
same time on a gigantic
hanging gallows with a single
pull of a lever while the public looked on. About 400 to
800 settlers were killed in the
two-month war.
The 2,000 surviving Indians, mostly women and children, were rounded up. They
walked in the winter cold and
the summer heat, sometimes
riding in wagons, trains and
boats, and eventually ended
up on a reservation in Nebraska. With government
help the trip took about two
years. About 1,000 died en
route.
Chief Little Crow had escaped but was shot by a
farmer on July 3, 1863, north
of Hutchinson. The farmer
received a $500 reward.
The Sioux Uprising was
mainly caused by the government not making its yearly
payment and withholding
promised food, which was
held in a nearby warehouse.
Prizes sought for
Music in the Park
Silver Lake Music in the
Park chairpersons DeNeil and
Lisa Thompson and Ray and
Sharon Bandas, are looking
for donations of prizes to be
given away at Music in the
Park in Silver Lake which is
held on Thursday nights starting June 25 through July 30
in the Legion Park on Main
Street.
If someone would rather
donate cash for the musicians
who receive a small monetary
amount to cover their driving
expense, it would be greatly
appreciated. Call 320-3273115 for more information.
January 5th-grade Panther Paws
Fifth-grade January Panther Paw honorees, announced Jan. 20 at GlencoeSilver Lake Lakeside Elementary, are,
front from left, Ella Littlejohn, Alyssa
Zellmann, Kaeden Amberg, Zachary
Reichow and Brooke Becker; and, back
row, Morgan Neu, Jorge Guerrero,
Drew Storms, Zoe Ruschmeier, and
Alexanndria Menning. Not pictured are
Arely Pena and Tobey Noeldner.
Chronicle photo by Jessica Grams
January 6th-grade Panther Paws
January Panther Paw awards were announced Tuesday, Jan. 20, at GlencoeSilver Lake Lakeside Elementary Sixthgrade recipients include, in the front,
from left, Majkya Metcalf, Cloe Kuehl,
Sandra Maganda, Jackson Everhart,
Abby
Feltmann
and
Morgan
Chmielewski; and, back, Kristina
Roush, Katelyn Fiecke, Hope Kosek,
Elias Kuehn, Kayla Reichow, Hannah
Braun, Katrina Urban and Adreanna
Johnson. Not Pictured is Riley Schulth.
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Edna Loncorich, 94, of Hutchinson
at Zion Lutheran Church in
Arlington. She was educated
in Arlington and was a graduate of the Arlington High
School class of 1957.
On July 23, 1957, she was
united in marriage to Glenn
Hoecke at Zion Lutheran
Church in Arlington. Their
marriage was blessed with
four children, Deborah,
RaNaye, Rhonda and Rodney. The family resided in
Arlington. The couple shared
31 years of marriage before
Mr. Hoecke’s death on Nov.
18, 1988. Mrs. Hoecke
moved to Hutchinson in September 2001.
She was employed at
Miller Produce, Young America Corporation and Starkey
Laboratories, Inc., in Glencoe. She retired in 2005. She
was a member of Peace
Lutheran Church in Hutchinson.
Mrs. Hoecke enjoyed traveling, flying, camping, snowmobiling, genealogy and listening to country music. She
especially enjoyed the time
spent with her family, grandchildren and friends.
She is survived by her children, Rhonda (Daniel) Crotteau and Rodney Hoecke, all
of Hutchinson; son-in-law,
Dale (Rita) Weber of Glencoe; grandchildren, Amanda
(Korey) Peik, Jessica (Patrick) Ecklund, Danielle Crotteau, Patrick Hoecke (significant other Kasey), Kayla
(Nicholas) Hamersma,
Joshua Weber and Justin
Weber; great-grandchildren,
Courtney Peik, Alyssa
Fredrickson, Blake Hoecke,
Jayden Hoecke, Maddex Ecklund, Korrah Ecklund, Ethan
Hamersma, Jase Hoecke and
Braxton Hamersma; stepgreat-grandchildren, Laura
Hamersma, Dylan Hamersma
and Christopher Tschudi; sisters, Erma Pagel of Glencoe
and Karen Cheever of Minneapolis; brothers, Elmer
(Marlys) Raduenz of Plato
and Dennis (Sandra) Raduenz
of Hutchinson; brother-inlaw, Howard (Marlys)
Hoecke of Glencoe; sister-inlaw, Darlene Raduenz of
Glencoe; special friends, Carl
Fredrickson of Hutchinson,
Kathy Gould of Minneapolis
and Sue Steinhaus of Litchfield; nieces; nephews; many
other relatives; and friends.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Arthur and
Augusta Raduenz; husband,
Glenn Hoecke; daughters,
Deborah Hoecke and RaNaye
Weber; sister, Gladys Bergs;
brother, Darwin Raduenz;
brothers-in-law, Lawrence
Pieschke, Raymond Bergs
and Wilfred Pagel; father-inlaw and mother-in-law, Harvey and Erma Hoecke;
nephew, Ricky Raduenz; and
special friend, Patricia
Hogan.
Arrangements were with
the Dobratz-Hantge Chapel
in Hutchinson. Online obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Dolores B. Shimanski, 90, Silver Lake
Dolores B. Shimanski, 90,
of Silver Lake, died Sunday,
March 1, 2015, at Harmony
River in Hutchinson.
A Mass
of Christian
Burial was
held Thursday, March
5, at Holy
F a m i l y
Catholic
Church in
S i l v e r
Lake. The
Dolores
Revs. Tony
Shimanski
Stubeda
and Paul Schumacher were
the celebrants. Alice Nowak
was the organist. Readers
were Ronald Shimanski and
Genevieve Lhotka. Gift bearers were Kim Ziermann,
Alyssa Schauer and Ella
Mickolichek.
Casket bearers were Ryan
Anderson, Jeff Lhotka, Jason
Shimanski, Steven Shimanski, Vince Shimanski and
Justin Hlavka. Interment was
in the St. Adalbert’s Cemetery in Silver Lake.
Dolores Shimanski was
born Aug. 21, 1924, in Hale
Township, McLeod County,
the daughter of Steven and
Clara (Mallak) Pokornowski.
She was baptized and confirmed at St. Adalbert’s
Catholic Church. She attended District 80 country school
until the eighth grade. She
worked as a clerk at the Al
Danek Our Own Hardware
Store and later at Tonka Toys.
On Sept. 10, 1945, she was
united in marriage to Simon
“Sam” Shimanski at the St.
Adalbert’s Catholic Church
in Silver Lake. The wedding
ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Stanley Julkowski.
God bless their marriage with
seven children. They made
their home on the Shimanski
family farm.
She enjoyed baking, cooking, quilting, embroidery,
dancing to old-time music,
traveling and playing cards.
Mrs. Shimanski was a
faithful member of Holy
Family Catholic Church in
Silver Lake and belonged to
the Council of Catholic
Women (C.C.W.) and the
Rosary Society.
She is survived by her lov-
ing husband of 69 years,
Simon “Sam” Shimanski;
children, Genevieve (Roger)
Lhotka of Silver Lake,
Gladys (Mike) Carter of
Farmington, Robert (Sue)
Shimanski of Hutchinson,
Ronald (Mitzi) Shimanski of
Silver Lake, Doris (Dale) Jerabek of Silver Lake, Therese
Hlavka of Sherburn and John
(Rosie) Shimanski of Silver
Lake; 21 grandchildren; 38
great-grandchildren; five
great-great-grandchildren; a
sister, Rita Beehler of Sandpoint, Idaho; brothers, Francis (Bernie) Pokornowski of
Cokato and LeRoy (Judy)
Pokornowski of Hutchinson;
a sister-in-law, Marcella
Pokornowski of Silver Lake;
many other relatives and
friends.
She was preceded in death
by a son-in-law, Frank Hlavka; her parents; and a brother,
Sylvester Pokornowski.
The Maresh Funeral Home
in Silver Lake served the
family. Online condolences
may be made at www.maresh
funeralhome.com.
Delores R. (Schatz) Knop, 92, of NYA
Delores Ruth (Schatz)
Knop, 92, of Norwood Young
America (NYA), formerly of
Glencoe, died Wednesday,
March 4, 2015, at Auburn
Home in Waconia.
Funeral services were held
Monday, March 9, at St.
John’s Lutheran Church in
NYA with the Rev. David
Winter officiating. Rita
Luecke was the organist.
Soloist Angela Braunwarth
Hartwell sang “How Great
Thou Art.” Congregational
hymns were “Nearer, My
God, to Thee,” “Beautiful
Savior” and “Jesus, Savior,
Pilot Me.”
Casket bearers were Shelly
Knaeble, Brian Knaeble, Jennifer
Ketcham,
Tom
Ketcham, Jason Braunwarth,
Angela Braunwarth Hartwell
and Aaron Hartwell. Interment was in the First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in
Glencoe.
Delores Ruth (Schatz)
Knop was born Feb. 23,
1923, in Penn Township,
rural Brownton. She was the
daughter of Elrick and Elsie
(Genz) Schatz. She was baptized as an infant on March 4,
1923, by the Rev. Henry
Weerts at her home, and was
confirmed in her faith as a
youth on June 20, 1937, by
the Rev. Weerts at Immanuel
Lutheran Church in Brownton. She attended country
school through the eighth
grade.
On Aug. 9, 1942, she was
united in marriage to John
Knop by the Rev. G. Schmidt
at Immanuel Lutheran
Church in Brownton. Their
marriage was blessed with
two children, Judith and
James. The couple made their
home in Brownton until
1958, when they moved to
Glencoe. In 1990, they
moved to Peace Villa in NYA
until November 2014, when
Mrs. Knop moved to Auburn
Home in Waconia. The couple shared over 50 years of
marriage before Mr. Knop’s
death on Jan. 1, 1993.
In addition to being a loving wife and mother, Mrs.
Knop was a housewife. She
was a member of Immanuel
Lutheran Church in Brownton, First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Glencoe and St.
John’s Lutheran Church in
NYA.
Mrs. Knop enjoyed flow-
ers, fishing, making desserts,
going to dances, listening to
old-time music, having a beer
and playing cards. She cherished the time spent with her
family and friends.
She is survived by her children, Judith (Richard “Rich”)
Braunwarth of NYA and
James “Jim” (Betty) Knop of
Chanhassen; grandchildren,
Shelley (Brian) Knaeble, Jennifer (Tom) Ketcham, Angela
(Aaron) Braunwarth Hartwell
and Jason Braunwarth; greatgrandchild, Evelyn Hartwell;
stepgreat-grandchild, Brittany
Knaeble; brother, Lloyd
(Denise) Schatz; sisters-inlaw, Betty Schatz and Beverly Schatz; nieces; nephews;
other relatives; and many
friends.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Elrick and
Elsie Schatz; husband, John
Knop; sister, Myra Peters;
brothers, Dwayne, Lowell
and Gail Schatz; niece, Barbara Peters.
Arrangements were by the
Paul-McBride
Funeral
Chapel of NYA. Online obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
People
Girl born to Marvan family
Crystal and John Marvan of Silver Lake announce the
arrival of a baby girl, Jozelyn Jo Marvan, born Thursday,
Feb. 12, 2015, at Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia.
Jozelyn weighed 8 pounds and was 183⁄4 inches long at
birth. She is welcomed home by her siblings, Cameron
and Clayton. Grandparents are Randy and Pat Schilling
of Glencoe, John and Sheila Marvan of Hutchinson and
Dan and Garnette Nelson of Monticello.
Deaths
Merliene
Maschke, 85,
of Arizona
Merliene Maschke, 85, of
Apache Junction, Ariz., formerly of Young America,
died Monday, March 2, 2015,
in Mesa, Ariz.
A gathering of family and
friends will be held Friday,
March 13, from 4 p.m. to 7
p.m., at the Paul-McBride
Funeral Chapel in Norwood
Young America, with a
prayer service at 7 p.m.
There will be a private interment at Mau Cemetery in
Norwood Young America.
Arrangements are with the
Paul-McBride Chapel in Norwood Young America.
Roland ‘Bud’
Schwarzrock, 87,
of Glencoe
Roland “Bud” Schwarzrock, 87, of Glencoe, died
Friday, March 6, 2015, at 212
Medical Center in Chaska.
The funeral service will be
held Thursday, March 12, at
11 a.m., at First Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Glencoe,
with interment at Emanuel
Lutheran Cemetery in New
Auburn.
Visitation will be Thursday
from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., one
hour prior to the service, at
the church.
Arrangements are with the
Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe.
In Loving Memory,
Michael Knudson
6/29/82-3/13/11
In our hearts your
memory lingers,
Sweetly tender,
fond and true;
There is not a day
sweet Michael,
That we do not
think of you.
In Memory of
Frances Schuth
who passed away 35 years
ago, March 17th
Henry Schuth
Remembered by:
Your presence we
will always miss,
Your memory we will
forever treasure;
Loving you always,
And forgetting you
NEVER!
Earl Schuth families
Hillard Schuth families
Harold ZumHofe families
Until we meet again......
Bill, Cheri, Tara & Travis
who passed away 50 years
ago, December 24th
Although the time has been
long and the distance is far,
we think of you often and you
occupy a corner in our hearts.
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Darline M. Hoecke, 75, of
Hutchinson, died Sunday,
March 1, 2015, at Woodstone
Senior Living in Hutchinson.
Funeral
services
were held
Friday,
March 6, at
P e a c e
Lutheran
Church in
Hutchinson
with the
Rev. GerDarline
hard Bode
Hoecke
officiating.
Dr. Joan DeVee Dixon was
the organist, and congregational hymns were “How
Great Thou Art,” “Amazing
Grace” and “Precious Lord,
Take My Hand.”
Casket bearers were
Michelle Malchow, Rodney
Tuttle, Julie Schuette, Gary
Raduenz, Kyle Hoecke and
Dlaine Pieschke. Honorary
casket bearers were her
grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Interment was
in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery,
Sibley Township, Sibley
County.
Darline Marlis Alvina
Hoecke was born March 20,
1939, at her parents’ home in
Arlington. She was the
daughter of Arthur and Augusta (Kuhnau) Raduenz. She
was baptized as an infant on
April 9, 1939, by the Rev.
William Striepe, and was
confirmed in her faith as a
youth on May 24, 1953, by
the Rev. E.W. Mueller, both
She is survived by her
sons, Frank (Bonnie) Loncorich of St. Cloud, Orlin
Loncorich of Arvada, Colo.,
and Steven (Linell) Loncorich of Brownton; daughters, Joyce (David) Schrupp
of Hutchinson and Joan
(Wade) Padrnos of Hutchinson; 14 grandchildren, Todd
(Kristin) Loncorich, Melanie
(Linus) Thell, Ryan Loncorich, Nicole (Peter) Laird,
Stefanie (Nick) Frank, Alissa
(Josh) Weckman,
Kelly
(Jake) Perron, Andrew
Schrupp and Tiffany Kalahar,
Elizabeth (Nick) Neiert,
Sarah (Jon) Forcier, Rebecca
(Zach) Ljungren, Sara Padrnos, Eric (Cassie) Padrnos
and Adam (Abbey) Padrnos;
stepgrandchildren, Emilie
and Sierra Thell; 12 greatgrandchildren, Ann and
Rachel Loncorich, Lucy and
Natalie Thell, Corey Laird,
Julianne and William Frank,
Henry Weckman, and Monica, Gina, Zac and Nolan
Padrnos; sisters, Esther
Hansen of Camarillo, Calif.,
and Anna (Alfred) Schneck
of Sedona, Ariz.; brothers,
Wilbert (Francis) Trautmann
of Thousand Oaks, Calif.,
and Alvin (Esther) Trautmann
of Littleton, Colo.; sisters-inlaw, Rose Westerholm of
Riverton, Wyo., Donna Loncorich of Brownton and Francis Loncorich of Stewart; as
well as many nieces and
nephews, relatives and close
friends.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Peter Loncorich; parents, Karl and
Bertha Trautmann; sister,
Martha (Don) Asplund;
daughter-in-law, Beatrice
Loncorich; and brother-inlaw, Les Hansen.
Memorials are preferred to
First Congregational United
Church of Christ, Hutchinson
Hospital Auxiliary or Allina
Health and Hospice Care
Services.
Arrangements were with
the Dobratz-Hantge Funeral
Chapel in Hutchinson. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
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Darline M. Hoecke, 75, of Hutchinson
crop farming. As a young
girl, Edna worked alongside
her father on a daily basis,
performing many farming
tasks as well as caring for the
work horses. Because of the
extensive drought and the
Great Depression years of the
1930s, the family moved to
Minnesota in 1938 in search
of a more prosperous livelihood.
On Sept. 15, 1940, she was
married to Peter Loncorich
by the Rev. Homer Dolrympale of the Glencoe Congregational Church. As a
farmer ’s wife, Mrs. Loncorich worked very hard to
help develop a successful
farming operation in rural
Brownton. Mr. Loncorich
died in May 1977 at the age
of 62. After her retirement,
Mrs. Loncorich built a home
and moved to Hutchinson in
1987.
As a longtime dedicated
member of the First Congregational United Church of
Christ, Mrs. Loncorich
served on many church committees and boards. She cochaired the funeral committee
for many years and especially
enjoyed her work on the banner committee. She also
worked at the annual church
rummage sales and soup suppers. She developed many
lifelong friendships within
the U.C.C. family. She also
was an active volunteer for
the Hutchinson Hospital Auxiliary and did volunteer work
for Burns Manor, which included making lap robes and
other sewing projects. Mrs.
Loncorich had a real passion
for doing needle work, crocheting, quilting and sewing,
and took great pride in the
care of her yard and large
flower gardens. Family time
was a special priority for her,
including hosting Christmas
dinners for her family until
she reached age 90. Her
grandchildren were very dear
to her and she rarely missed
their birthday parties. As they
became older, she shared her
cooking, canning and freezing skills with them. She also
liked to travel and took many
bus tours throughout the
United States.
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Obituaries
Edna Loncorich, 94, of
Hutchinson, died peacefully
Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, at
the Harmony River Living
Center in Hutchinson, after a
brief battle with congestive
heart failure and kidney failure.
Memorial
services
were held
M o n d a y,
March 9, at
First Congregational
U n i t e d
Church of
Christ in
Hutchinson Edna
with the Loncorich
Rev. Cindy
Mueller officiating. Special
memories were shared by
Frank Loncorich and Orlin
Loncorich. Sharon Barton
was the organist. Soloist
Lucy Newcomb sang “In the
Garden,” and soloist Brian
Brosz sang “The Lord’s
Prayer.” Special music by
Wally Pikal and Brian Brosz
was “Amazing Grace.” Congregational hymns were
“Softly and Tenderly,”
“Blessed Assurance” and
“Precious Lord, Take My
Hand.”
Casket bearers were Todd
Loncorich, Ryan Loncorich,
Linus
Thell,
Andrew
Schrupp, Peter Laird and
Nick Frank. A private family
interment service was held at
the columbarium in the Oakland Cemetery in Hutchinson.
Edna Loncorich was born
July 13, 1920, in Jamestown,
N.D., to Karl and Bertha
(Jerke) Trautmann. She was
baptized as an infant in her
home church, Zion Congregational Church of Medina,
N.D. She attended a rural
public school through eighth
grade in Cleveland, N.D. Her
father, Karl Trautmann, was
employed by Great Northern
Railroad in Jamestown, N.D.,
for a number of years. The
family then moved to Coeur
d’Alene, Idaho, where he became an apple orchard
farmer. After a disappointing
experience with orchard
farming, the family moved
back to Cleveland, N.D., and
engaged in raising cattle and
The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, March 11, 2015, page 9
David Alan Perschau, 64, of Glencoe
Werner Schmidt, 83, of New Auburn
Werner Schmidt, 83, of
New Auburn, died Saturday,
March 7, 2015, at the
Ridgeview Medical Center in
Waconia.
The funeral service will be
Friday,
March 13,
at noon, at
St. John’s
Evangelical
Lutheran
Church,
H e l e n Werner
Township, Schmidt
McLeod
County.
Visitation will be Thursday,
March 12, from 4 p.m. to 7
p.m., at the Egesdal Funeral
Home in Gaylord, and will
continue Friday for one hour
prior to the service at the
church.
The Rev. Dennis Reichow
will officiate at the funeral
and Christy Ittel will be the
organist. Special music will
be “Fly With Me” on CD.
Congregational hymns will
be “Amazing Grace,” “Abide
With Me” and “Stille Nacht.”
Casket bearers will be Derrek Schmidt, Amber Schmidt,
Bethany
Christenson,
Kathryn Christenson, the
Rev. Dr. David Christenson
and Keith Schmidt.
Interment will be in the
High Island Cemetery in New
Auburn, with military honors.
Werner John Schmidt was
born June 16, 1931, in Penn
Township, McLeod County.
He was the son of Reinhart
and Marie (Bielke) Schmidt.
He was baptized as an infant
on July 5, 1931, and was confirmed in his faith as a youth
on March 25, 1945, both at
Immanuel Lutheran Church
in New Auburn. He received
his education in New Auburn.
Mr. Schmidt entered active
military service on Feb. 6,
1952, and served his country
during the Korean War. He
received the Korean Service
Ribbon with Bronze Campaign Stars, the United Nations Service Medal and the
National Defense Service
Medal. He was honorably
discharged on Jan. 20, 1954.
On Aug. 5, 1956, he was
united in marriage to Arleen
Wilking at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in North Mankato.
After their marriage, the couple resided in New Auburn.
In March 1968, they moved
to their farm in New Auburn
Township, Sibley County,
where he resided until his
death. Mr. Schmidt was employed at Farm Hand Manufacturing in Green Isle for 21
years until it closed. He continued to farm until his death.
Mr. Schmidt was a member
of St. John’s Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Helen
Township, and a former
member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Auburn,
where he served on the
church
council.
Mr.
Schmidt’s grandfather and
other relatives were the
founding fathers of Immanuel
Lutheran Church in New
Auburn. He also was a member of the New Auburn Fire
Department from 1954 to
1968.
Mr. Schmidt enjoyed going
to threshing days, historic
agriculture and farming, horses, draft horses, his tractors
and farm auctions. He especially loved spending time
with his family, especially his
children and grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife,
Arleen Schmidt of Glencoe;
children, Janell (the Rev. Dr.
David) Christenson of Sioux
Falls, Keith (Pauline)
Schmidt of Glencoe and
Melanie Schmidt and her significant other, Joseph Cox,
and son, Ethan, of North
Mankato; grandchildren,
Bethany Christenson of Minneapolis, Kathryn Christenson of Mankato, Derrek
Schmidt of Glencoe and
Amber Schmidt of Glencoe;
other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Reinhart and
Marie Schmidt; sister, Bernice Wendlandt; nieces, Patricia Eddy and Barbara Brouwer; several aunts and uncles.
Arrangements are with the
Egesdal Funeral Home in
Gaylord. Online obituaries
and guest book can be found
at www.hantge.com.
Gene Edward Boesche, 84, of Plato
Gene Edward Boesche, 84,
of Plato, died Monday, March
2, 2015, at Lakeview Ranch
in Dassel.
Memorial
services
were held
S a t u r d a y,
March 7, at
St. John’s
Lutheran
Church in
Plato with
the Rev.
T y s o n
Gene Boesche
Mastin officiating. Cheryl Andrix was
the organist, and soloist
RaNaye Odegaard sang “The
Lord’s Prayer” and “On
Eagle’s Wings.” Congregational hymns were “I Know
That My Redeemer Lives”
and “What a Friend We Have
in Jesus.”
Military honors were by
Plato American Legion Post
641.
Honorary urn bearers were
Josh Boesche, Christopher
Boesche, Breana Boesche,
Michaela Boesche, Mitchell
Boesche
and
Hannah
Boesche. Interment was in St.
John’s Lutheran Cemetery in
rural Plato.
Gene Edward Boesche was
born Feb. 20, 1931, in Glencoe, the son of Edward and
Cora (Heimkes) Boesche. He
was baptized as an infant on
March 15, 1931, by the Rev.
E. Kolbe at First Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Glencoe,
and was confirmed in his
faith on April 18, 1943, by
the Rev. Reuben Ehlen at St.
John’s Lutheran Church in
Plato. He received his education in Glencoe, graduating
with the Stevens Seminary
class of 1949.
He entered active military
service in the U.S. Army on
March 14, 1952, and served
his country in Korea. He was
awarded a United Nations
Service Medal and Korean
Service Medal with a Bronze
Campaign Star. He received
an honorable discharge on
Dec. 12, 1953.
On Nov. 28, 1953, he was
united in marriage to Glorian
Schrupp by the Rev. W.P.
Kramer at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Norwood
Young America. They made
their home in Plato, and their
marriage was blessed with
four sons, Bruce, Brian,
Barry and Brad. The couple
shared over 61 years of marriage.
Mr. Boesche was a truck
driver, hauling livestock with
his dad and brother for
Boesche Transfer for 42
years, retiring in 1994. He
was a member of St. John’s
Lutheran Church in Plato. He
also was a member of the
Plato Fire Department for
22 1⁄2 years, Plato American
Legion Post 641, and a manager and player for the Plato
Blue Jays baseball team.
Mr. Boesche enjoyed baseball, boxing, hunting, fishing
and playing cards, especially
skat and sheephead. He loved
his grandchildren and watching them participating in
sporting events. He cherished
the time spent with family
and friends.
He is survived by his wife,
Glorian Boesche of Glencoe;
sons, Bruce (Ceil) Boesche of
Rogers, Brian (Cheryl)
Boesche of St. Cloud, Barry
(Sandy) Boesche of Glencoe
and Brad (Kris) Boesche of
Plato; grandchildren, Josh
Boesche of Rochester, Christpher Boesche of Maple
Grove, Breana Boesche of
Glencoe, Michaela Boesche
of Glencoe, Mitchell Boesche
of Plato and Hannah Boesche
of Plato; sister, Joyce
Boesche of Glencoe; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law,
Mavis Huepenbecker of
Wayzata, Orville (Doris)
Schrupp of Plato, Andy Gambucci of Colorado Springs,
Colo., and Eileen (Norm) Anderson of Glencoe; nephews;
nieces; other relatives; and
many friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Edward and
Cora Boesche; siblings, Doris
Boesche, Gloria Gambucci
and Edward Boesche; and
brother-in-law,
Dusty
Huepenbecker.
Arrangements were with
the Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel of Glencoe. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Chronicle photo by Karin Ramige Cornwell
Band-O-Rama
All of the bands in the Glencoe-Silver
Lake School District performed Sunday
afternoon in the district-wide band concert. Among those was the Jazz Band
1, with some of the members shown
above, including, in the front, Leam
Armstrong and Rachel Wilson; and,
back, Jack Gepson, Chandler Swift,
Mark Broderius, Adam Garoutte and
Emily Oberlin.
David Alan Perschau, 64,
of Glencoe, died peacefully
on Tuesday, March 3, 2015,
following a one-year battle
with pancreatic cancer.
Memorial
services
were held
S a t u r d a y,
March 7, at
F a i t h
Lutheran
Church in
Hutchinson
with
the
Rev. Scott David
Grorud offi- Perschau
ciating.
Ronda Eckhart was the organist. Congregational hymns
were “Holy, Holy, Holy,”
“Beautiful Savior” and
“America the Beautiful.”
Military honors were by
the Hutchinson Memorial
Rifle Squad and the Minnesota State Patrol Honor Guard
provided an honor guard. A
private family interment will
take place at a later date at
the Minnesota State Veterans
Cemetery in Little Falls.
Dave Perschau was born
March 2, 1951, in Glencoe,
the son of Vernon and Marguerite (Lewin) Perschau. He
was baptized at Church of
Peace in Glencoe on May 6,
1951, and confirmed at Christ
Lutheran Church in Glencoe
on Oct. 30, 1966. He was a
1969 graduate of Glencoe
High School and a 1976
graduate of the Minnesota
State Patrol Training School.
He was united in marriage
to Lou Ann (Klitzke) Kottke
on March 4, 2006, at Faith
Lutheran Church and they
filled their lives with love
and lots of fun and happy
memories in their nine years
of marriage. He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church,
and he lived in Glencoe his
entire life.
Mr. Perschau began his
work career at the age of 13
when he drove his bicycle to
a local farmer’s home and
asked if he needed some help
with field work, and this
began his love of farming.
After high school, he worked
seven years as a heavy equipment operator. He held employment with the Minnesota
State Patrol as a trooper and a
lieutenant for 30 years, and
retired in 2006. He also
worked part time for many
years with Hueser Farms in
Glencoe and McKimm Milk
Transit in Hutchinson. He
served in the Minnesota
Army National Guard in
Hutchinson and Little Falls
(Camp Ripley) and retired
after 24 years.
He was very proud of his
years of service with the
State Patrol and National
Guard, and had many happy
and fun memories from those
years. He loved his “toys,”
whether it was a vehicle, motorcycle or plane. He had enjoyed restoring a Stearman
airplane and flying it on nice,
calm days. He looked forward to taking out one of his
Harleys for a nice, long ride
on a beautiful day, and he and
Lou Ann made many enjoyable road trips in the Camaro
or the Jeep. Above all, he was
really at home, at peace,
when he was sitting in the
cab of a tractor in the spring
and fall, or when he was driving a semi on his favorite run
to Milbank or Aberdeen, S.D.
More than anything, spending time with his family and
friends meant everything to
him. The visits with his
brother and his stepson and
daughter-in-law were very
special to him and something
he always looked forward to.
He and Lou Ann enjoyed the
Black Hills and spending
time at the beach in Cocoa
Beach, Fla. The laughter,
conversations and advice he
shared with all of us will always remain in our hearts
and memories.
He is survived by his wife,
Lou Ann, of Glencoe; brother, Daniel Perschau (special
friend Vicki Pautz) of Glencoe; stepson, Brian (Jasmine)
Kottke of Mankato; sistersin-law, Hollie Vogt (fiancé
Steve Brown) of Glencoe and
Naomi (Donald) Mears of
woodbury; many nieces,
nephews and friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Vernon and
Marguerite Perschau.
Arrangements were with
the Dobratz-Hantge Funeral
Chapel in Hutchinson. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Crow River
VonBerge on fall dean’s list
Joshua VonBerge of Nor- semester dean’s list at MinHabitat gets
wood Young America, a 2014 nesota State University,
of Glencoe-Silver Mankato, for achieving a
Thrivent grant graduate
Lake High School and the son grade point average of 3.5 or
Crow River Habitat for Humanity has been awarded
$59,491 from Thrivent Financial to support the Thrivent
Builds with Habitat for Humanity program, an ongoing
multi-year, multi-million dollar partnership between Habitat for Humanity International
and Thrivent Financial, which
helps create safe, decent, affordable housing across the
globe.
Locally, the program will
fund half of the construction
costs for Crow River Habitat’s first rehabilitation project. By the end of April,
Habitat will move an existing
home from Glencoe to Morningside Drive in Hutchinson.
By August 2015, the basement and portions of the
home will be rebuilt and it
should be ready for the partner family to move in.
“It is inspiring to work
alongside Habitat families,
Thrivent members and others
to build and repair homes,”
said Diane Knorr, a financial
representative with Thrivent
Financial. “Sharing our time
and talents helps us live generously and strengthen our
community.”
Since the national partnership’s inception in 2005,
Thrivent Financial and its
members have now committed $213 million and 4.4 million volunteer hours around
the world.
“We are extremely grateful
to Thrivent Financial and its
members for their continued
support of Habitat for Humanity,” said Michele Meis,
executive cirector of Crow
River Habitat. “Because of
this generosity, more families
will have a safe, affordable
place to call home.”
Thrivent Financial remains
the largest nongovernmental
supporter of Habitat for Humanity International.
For more information about
Thrivent Builds programs,
visit Thriventbuilds.com. To
learn about local volunteer
opportunities, visit crhfh.org.
Crow River Habitat for Humanity has built 22 homes in
McLeod County since 1994.
It costs approximately
$95,000 to $120,000 to build
a quality three-bedroom, onebath home. Project funds
come in the form of gifts and
no-interest loans. Homes are
sold, at cost, on 20- to 30year interest-free mortgages
held by Crow River Habitat
for Humanity. Loan payments
(approximately $550 to $650
per month) include principal,
taxes, insurance, and maintenance and are recycled to the
building fund.
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Delano man killed
when ATV flips over
A Delano man was killed
when the all-terrain vehicle
(ATV) he was driving in
Mayer overturned and fell on
him late Sunday afternoon.
According to Carver County Sheriff Jim Olson, Neil
Francis Zimmerman, 53, of
Delano, was eastbound on
Second Street NW in Mayer
when he lost control and
flipped the ATV at about 5:30
p.m.
Witnesses lifted the ATV
off of Zimmerman, summoned emergency personnel
and tried to provide first aid.
Mayer Fire and Rescue,
Ridgeview paramedics, the
Minnesota State Patrol and
sheriff’s deputies responded
to the scene and provided
life-saving efforts. Zimmerman, who was not wearing a
helmet, had serious injuries
and was pronounced dead at
the scene.
Personnel from the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office arrived and gathered relevant information for its investigation. Zimmerman’s
body was released to a funeral home.
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investigation by the Carver
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Lakeside Winterfest
Glencoe-Silver Lake’s Lakeside Elementary School had
its annual Winterfest celebration Feb. 20, which included activities out on Silver Lake. Pictured above near a
portable fish house are, from left, Malayna Graf, Mariah
Wendolek, Angel DelosSantos, Leo Pena (partially hidden) and Angel Balboa. In the background is Ron Posusta from the Silver Lake Fire Department.
Lincoln Junior High lists honor roll
Glencoe-Silver Lake’s Lincoln Junior High School released its second-trimester
honor rolls on Monday.
“A” Honor Roll
Seventh grade — Alexa Alberts, Hannah Boesche, Kalie
Butcher, Daniel Cross, Dylan
Dahlke, Madelynn Emery,
Nathan Fehrenbach, Alexis
Fronk, Sergio Garcia Cruz,
Grace Garoutte, Abby Gronlund, Taylor Hatlestad,
William Higgins, Ashley
Jasken, Taylor Kaczmarek,
Mackenzie Kantack, Anthony
LaPlante, Mia LaPlante, Bennett Lepel, Sydney Lepel,
Zachary Mohr, Kathryn
Nowak, Britney Olson, Kaitlyn Popp, Jennifer Ramos,
Courtney Richer, Brittney
Richter, Makayla Ronngren,
Rylan Rosenlund, Reece
Schwirtz, Derek Trippel, Gia
Venier, Morgan Verdeck,
Lexis Werner and Claire
Witte.
Eighth grade — Gage Alsleben, Savannah Ardolf,
Chelsea Bandas, Brett Baumgarten, Leah Bettcher, Hayley
Bolland, Madelynn Brown,
Bethany Cross, Hattie DreierSchultz, Destiney Exsted,
Megan Fehrenbach, Madison
Franck, Justine Helmbrecht,
Rhyan Herrmann, Haley Kirchoff, Grace Kosek, Joshua
Kuehn, Olivia Lemke,
Nathan Litzau, Jared Lokensgard, Haley Lukes, Kristine
Major, Carlee Oberlin, Jaelynn Pinske, Cody Rae, Jacob
Reichow, Kaleigh Rumrill,
Olivia Streich, Emily Thalmann, Adrian Trevino,
Charles Urban, Jordan
Wildey, Sacha Willhite, Andrew Wraspir and Breanna
Wraspier.
“B” Honor Roll
Seventh grade — Mckenna
Amberg, Holly Bandemer,
Jack Becker, Jonathan Bolland, Tess Chap, Alexander
Cohrs, Nikki Cole, Jadon
Dreier-Schultz, Isabella Elias,
Keaton Goettl, Ashanthy
Guardado, Mason Husted,
Race Hutchins, Cole Janke,
Earl Janke, Lily Kirchoff,
Kaylee Lemke, Brandon
Medina, Natalia Orocio,
Katelyn Pagel, Julia Ramige,
Rylen Rosenlund, Riley Ruzicka, Kayla Salmela, Montana Sanchez, Lydia Schmieg,
Lily Schmitt, Alec Schrupp,
Benjamin Siers, Megan Siewert, Preston Sturges, Kaleb
Templin, Sawyer Varpness
and Mckenzie Wuetherich.
Eighth grade — Madilynn
Anderson, Austin Barrett,
American Workshop sets job fair
for March 14 at Glencoe City Center
American Workshop announces its Career Education
division is working with local
contractors to produce Job
Fairs and offer paid training
into immediate jobs in the
construction and building
trades that can open the door
to a new career path.
One of these job fairs will
be held Saturday, March 14,
from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at
the Glencoe City Center’s
Henry Hill room. The registration link is www.Ameri
canWorkshop.com/gctc.
RAM Buildings, Inc., of
Winsted has taken the lead in
kicking off a scholarship fund
to offer paid training for qualified candidates. To learn
more about participating in
the scholarship fund, contact
Christy Morrell-Stinson at
612-321-8390.
Additional job fairs will be
held in Buffalo, Delano and
Hutchinson this spring, and
are open for all ages, including high school students.
American Workshop is in
contact with local workforce
development agencies to connect prospective students
with relevant funding programs they may qualify for.
The job fairs will include
an open house for the American Workshop Career Education program, green construction trades summer course, to
be held at Lester Prairie High
School. The class will run
eight hours a day, four days a
week, for 18 days starting
June 8.
The green construction
trades summer course, also
known as “Introduction to
Construction and Building
Trades,” has a core curriculum of 128 hours, and an additional three days of construction vehicle training.
The program coming to
Lester Prairie High School
will include 15 hours of specific hands-on training in
post-frame construction techniques in partnership with
Kasidy Cacka, Alexis Christianson-Tranby, Caleb Correll, Kayla DeYonge, Keshaun Donaldson, Kaitlyn
Doolittle, Malcolm Everhart,
Annamaria Falcon, Jordan
Forar, Adam Garoutte, Chandler Glaeser, Brayden
Goebel, Molly Green, Erin
Jaskowiak, Wyatt Konen,
Kimberley Kuenzel, Jackson
Lemke, Madalyn Lemke,
Katita Lopez, Kira Mattson,
Luke Ness, Bryanna Paul,
Oscar Pena, Peyton Proehl,
Alysse Rhode, Gabe Roepke,
Kenady Rosckes, Samantha
Sanchez, Dane Schwirtz,
Jakob Siewert, Yekaterina
Tkachenko, Madison Tschimperle, Kaitlyn Uecker, Maren
Warner, Eric Wheeler, Allison
Wick and Grace Witte.
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Cokato Museum sets open house for Sunday
The Cokato Museum &
Historical Society invites the
public to the museum for an
open house on Sunday, March
15, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., to
celebrate the 137th birthday
of the village of Cokato.
The earliest white settlers
came to this area in spring
1856, staking a claim along
Sucker Creek. It would be another 13 years before the First
Division of the St. Paul & Pacific Railway stretched westward from near Howard Lake
to Willmar, in 1869. With
that, settlers began pouring
into the region.
As a planned stop along the
rail line, the still unincorporated settlement called Cokato — after the Dakota word
roughly meaning “in the middle of” — saw the construction of homes and businesses
to serve the area residents.
By late 1877, the drive to incorporate was coalescing. In
early 1878, a petition circulated calling for a vote. That
vote was held March 9, 1878,
and the village of Cokato was
officially born.
This event will be held at
the Cokato Museum, 175
Fourth Street SW, and is free
and open to the public. Light
refreshments will be served.
For more information,
please contact the museum at
320-286-2427, on the web at
www.cokatomuseum.org, or
check out its Facebook page:
Cokato Museum & Akerlund
Photography Studio.
The Cokato Museum is a
cooperative effort of the city
of Cokato and the Cokato
Historical Society.
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