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Knowledge Bowl
Winter’s End is going to State
— Page 2
GSL boys, girls fall in section semifinals  
— Sports Page 1B
The McLeod County
Glencoe, Minnesota Vol. 120, No. 11
School Board shortens student year by 1 day, adds ‘packing day’
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By Lori Copler change, the last day of classes for busy indoors during the averse community,” Sander said. • Discussed a wooded lot the dis-
Editor students will be Monday, May 22. weather. Sonju reported that work has trict owns near the former Al’s Auto
The Glencoe-Silver Lake School Tuesday, May 23, will be the last “There is progress being made on begun on drainage issues, with work on Highway 22 just west of Glen-
Board shortened the student school day for teachers, and Wednesday, the inside,” Sander said. being done between the east ditch coe.
year by one day at its Wednesday, May 24, will be the “packing day.” Priming of walls and ceilings in and the new project. He said the dis- The lot, at one time, was used as
March 8, meeting. Instead, teachers Board Member Donna VonBerge the new gym and the addition to trict is still waiting for the final an outdoor classroom. Recently, the
will be given a “packing day” at the suggested having students assist Lincoln Junior High are being com- easement. school district had a suggestion from
end of the year to prepare to move with packing, as it will give them pleted, and painting should begin In other business: a citizen to turn the woods over to
from current classrooms into the some ownership in the move. soon. • The School Board approved a the city of Glencoe for use as a
new building additions. Sonju said some student groups Renovations in the existing Lin- new contract with Chartwell to pro- park.
Superintendent Chris Sonju said may help with packing as a fundrais- coln gym should beginning April. vide food service for the district. School Board Member Kevin
the other option to create a packing er and as a way to get in community Sander said the district is hoping to Sander said the district had re- Kuester said he would like to see the
day would be to extend the teachers’ service hours. use the gym for storage of classroom ceived two proposals for food serv- district make use of the property,
contract by one day, which would In related business, Business items that are moved from Helen ice. Chartwell’s was lower at and had contacted a contractor to re-
have cost the district money. Sonju Manager Michelle Sander gave an Baker Elementary. $857,285, as compared to $898,824 store the trails, so that it could once
said the teachers and the board came update on the building project. Sander also passed around pro- from CBM of Sioux Falls. again be used either as an outdoor
to an agreement on the packing day Sander said that strong winds posed plans for the new playground, Sander said the district has been classroom or other educational op-
in a meet-and-confer session. early to mid-week last week hin- which will utilize some equipment happy with Chartwell’s service, and portunity.
Because it was a change to the dered outdoor work. from Helen Baker as well as new said that there will be new opportu- School Board Member Jason Lin-
school calendar, the School Board “You probably haven’t seen a lot equipment. nities for more offerings with the deman suggested opening it as the
had to formally vote on the change, of work going on (from outside),” “We’re going to have an awesome new kitchen and food service area Nature Conservancy for public use,
which it approved unanimously. she said. playground when this is all done, that are part of the construction proj-
Under the approved calendar But construction crews were kept not just for our school, but for the ect. School Board
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County, Hutchinson
officials meet in joint
session Thursday
By Lori Copler City Offices to help correct the illu-
Editor sion that it is a city board.
The McLeod County Board of Junge said that having the plan-
Commissioners and Hutchinson ning area actually allows townships
City Council met jointly Thursday to have more of a voice in what hap-
afternoon to discuss topics ranging pens in the area.
from the joint planning ordinance to Under statute, Junge said, the city
a shared roto-chopper to water actually has the authority to extend
drainage issues. its ordinances to include the two-
First up was a discussion of Mc- mile ring around the city limits
Cuen Creek, located between Allen without permission from the town-
Lake and the south edge of Hutchin- ships.
son, which is in desperate need of a “This actually allows townships
clean-out. more of a say than they ever would
County Commissioner Paul have had had the city exercised that
Wright said the creek is a public wa- option,” said Junge.
terway, and property owners along
the creek would like to see the coun- Trailblazer
ty take it over and incorporate it into County Board Chair Joe Nagel
the ditch system. gave an update on Trailblazer Tran-
“That could easily be a two- or sit, noting that the members of
three-year process, and they would McLeod and Sibley counties were
like it cleaned out this year,” said trying to work out differences with
Wright. the Wright County Area Transit
But since it is not in the ditch sys- (WCAT) members, who have a let-
tem, the problem becomes how to ter of intent to withdraw from the
pay for its clean-out, which is esti- system on the table.
mated to cost $60,000. Nagel said a mediation session
County Attorney Mike Junge said was held Wednesday, March 8,
an option is to create a special tax- which he thought went well, al-
ing district for the creek, which will though there are still issues to work
allow the county to tax property out.
owners for its clean-out. Junge said “It was a very positive meeting,
that creating a special taxing district very professional, and I think we’ll
for ag drainage is allowable under be able to work things out,” said
state statute. The county could pur- Nagel.
sue making it a county ditch for fu- Jaunich said Hutchinson’s con-
ture maintenance. cern is that service continues for
city residents.
Joint planning
Chronicle photo by Lori Copler
Currently, McLeod County and Rotochopper
The city of Hutchinson is seeking
FFA children’s barnyard the city of Hutchinson have a joint
planning area in a two-mile ring input on a county-purchased roto-
The Glencoe-Silver Lake FFA Chapter hosted its animals included chicks, rabbits, calves and around the city limits. chopper being used at Creekside
annual barnyard Wednesday, March 8, to bring goats. Along with GSL elementary students, “The misconception is that the Soil.
together kids and farm animals. Above, GSL stu- children from local preschools and day cares city runs that,” said Matt Jaunich, The city would like to trade in the
dent Caden Pautsch checks out a donkey. Other also were invited. city administrator. chopper, which has a value of about
Jaunich said that township offi- $50,000 to $60,000, for a new one,
cials and residents don’t seem to un- which the city would solely own.
Planning commission sets public hearings derstand that the joint planning
board only makes recommendations
Junge said he would work out an
agreement with the city on the
to the county board. equipment.
By Karin Ramige Tuchtenhagen Construction and lot. Each lot has utilities for a single “We need to correct that miscon- Other issues included the possibil-
Publisher Willard Exsted of Exsted Realty are family home. ception,” Jaunich said. ity of a feasibility study to create a
In a very brief meeting on Thurs- looking to divide the lots to build After the public hearing, the com- Jaunich said he feels that part of northeast ring road for truck traffic
day, March 9, Glencoe’s Planning possible two sets of twin homes. The mission will decide if it will make a that misconception is generated by around the city, clean-up around the
Commission set two public hearings homes would be similar to others in recommendation to the city council. the fact that some of the paperwork solid waste facility and the upcom-
for its next meeting on Thursday, the neighborhood. If a recommendation is made, the is filed through the city office. He ing need to replace emergency ra-
April 13 at 7:05 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. One of the proposed complexs council would hear it on Monday, said his staff is looking at other dios throughout the county as the
Both hearings are in regards to di- would be three bedrooms each, the April 17. ways to process applications. current radios are no longer support-
viding nd land use of two lots on other two bedrooms. The commission hopes to received Another suggestion was to have ed with parts and service, as well as
20th Street West in Glencoe. The lots Commissioner Ron Knop, who feed back from neighbors who live the joint planning board meet some- trails.
are currently plotted for single fami- lives in the area, expressed concern in the effected area. where other than the Hutchinson
ly homes. Travis Tuchtenhagen of about splitting the utilities on each
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Happenings
SL summer rec sign-up night
Silver Lake summer recreation and swimming lessons
sign-up will be Wednesday, March 15, from 6 p.m. to
7:15 p.m., at the Silver Lake Auditorium. Activities of-
fered include baseball for kindergarten through second
graders, baseball for third- and fourth-grade boys, softball
for third- and fourth-grade girls, and a morning program
for kids kindergarten through sixth grade, as of the 2016-
17 school year.
Glencoe Legion Auxiliary
The Glencoe American Legion Ladies Auxiliary will
meet Monday, March 20, at 7 p.m., at the Glencoe Fire
Hall. Lunch will be served.
High school music concert
The Glencoe-Silver Lake High School vocal groups
and bands will present their winter concert Monday,
March 20, starting with the vocal groups at 7 p.m., fol-
lowed by the bands, at the high school. Performing will
be the SA Singers, the Madrigal Singers and the Concert
Choir. Four professional string musicians will accompany
the choirs. The band concert, originally scheduled for
March 13, was postponed and combined with the choir
concert because of a conflict with boys basketball play-
offs. The barbecue dinner that was scheduled with the
band concert was cancelled, and hopefully will be
Submitted Photo
rescheduled for another time.
Knowledge Bowl goes to state
Junior high musical concert The Glencoe-Silver Lake Knowledge Bowl teammem- Lexi Fronk, Haley Lukes, Jacob Reichow; row three:
Glencoe-Silver Lake will present a seventh- and eighth- ber at the regional meet are, row one: Austin Pinske, Megan Fehrenbach, Charles Urban, Cole Janke; back
grade vocal concert Thursday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m., Jacob Fehrenbach, Jack Gepson, Katie Twiss; row row: Dan Cross, Maggie Petersen, Jake Vasek, Brett
followed by a junior high band concert at 8 p.m., in the two: Kalie Butcher, Carlee Oberlin, Abby Gronlund, Baumgarten
Glencoe-Silver Lake High School Auditorium. The choirs
will perform separately and will then combine for the
final selection. The choirs are directed by Kay Wilson and
the bands are directed by Peter Gepson. GSL Knowledge Bowl Wins Region,
Faith Preschool open houses
Faith Preschool in Silver Lake will have open houses
Heading to State Meet
and will take registrations for the 2017-18 school year On Thursday, March 9, were in Room One with Su- enough to hold their position, team members were Kalie
Thursday, March 16, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and GSL took four Knowledge pernova for three rounds. and fell from second place to Butcher, Lexi Fronk, Abby
Saturday, March 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The preschool Bowl teams to their Region 6 (Hutchinson and Ortonville third, finally finishing the Gronlund, Cole Janke and
is located at 100 Main St. W in Silver Lake. meet. Nine other schools were each in Room One meet in fourth place with Haley Lukes.
brought their teams as well - once.) 82.5 points. This placement Ganymede ended the meet
Central Minnesota Christian With scores that high, Su- muted the joy GSL team with 59.0 points; this team
Glencoe Study Club to meet School, Dawson-Boyd, pernova won the meet with members felt for Supernova, included Dan Cross, Megan
The Glencoe Study Club will meet Monday, March 20, Hutchinson, Montevideo, an outstanding score of as we had hoped that Anti- Fehrenbach, Carlee Oberlin
at 7 p.m., at 1010 Mitchell Court, Glencoe. New London-Spicer, Or- 137.0. Willmar came in sec- matter might also qualify for and Charles Urban.
tonville, Renville County ond place with 91.5, while the State Meet. The team Now GSL enters the frus-
West, Willmar, and Yellow Hutchinson earned third with members were Brett Baum- trating wait-and-practice
Silver Lake Legion Auxiliary Medicine East – for a total of 90.5. garten, Maggie Petersen, stage of the Knowledge Bowl
The Silver Lake American Legion Auxiliary Unit will eighteen teams. All the teams These top three teams will Jacob Reichow and Jake season. The State Meet is
meet Monday, March 20, with lunch at 6:30 p.m., fol- had qualified at one of the advance to the State Meet in Vasek. April 6-7, and teams who
lowed by the meeting at 7 p.m. March is food shelf Subregional meets held earli- early April. Supernova in- GSL’s Europa and qualify must practice for sev-
month, and also the birthday of the American Legion. er. cludes Jacob Fehrenbach, Ganymede both competed in eral weeks without other
GSL’s Supernova began Jack Gepson, Austin Pinske lower Rooms Five and Six meets to go to. In fact, be-
the meet with a score of 46 and Katie Twiss. for the entire meet. Each had cause spring sports and activ-
Brownton Lions fish fry on the written, five points GSL’s Antimatter suffered good rounds, with 10, 11, and ities are starting, Knowledge
The Brownton Lions Club will have its annual fish fry ahead of the next score. They from their three rounds in 12 points, but neither could Bowl practices are less fre-
Friday, March 24, serving from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. (or until dominated the oral rounds Room One. During the first break out of the lower two quent and students are torn
the fish runs out) at the Brownton Community Center. 25-9-5, 24-8-3, 17-10-6, and oral round, in Room Two, rooms. (This was still good between Knowledge Bowl
The menu includes fish, potatoes, beans, coleslaw, bread, 19-11-6. No team lasted they had outscored their op- performance for teams com- and their other interests. We
coffee and milk. Take-out orders are available. All pro- against them in Room One ponents 20-11-5. In the next posed entirely of freshmen hope to be able to report
ceeds go to community projects. for all four rounds, although three rounds, however, they and sophomores!) Europa good results in April after our
Willmar and GSL Antimatter were not able to do well finished with 62.0 points; the long wait!
Mystery dinner set March 18
Brownton Cabin Fever Days will present a mystery din-
ner, “The Luck of the Irish,” Saturday, March 18, at the
GLENCOE CO-OP St. Peter’s
Lutheran School
Brownton Community Center. Doors open at 6 p.m., and
the meal and mystery start at 7 p.m. Tickets are available
ASSN. Gibbon, MN
at the Brownton City Offices, Security Bank & Trust in
Brownton and Glencoe, and Five Star Financial in WHAT: Kindergarten Round-Up &
Hutchinson. Open House for Grades 1-8
WHERE: St. Peter’s Lutheran School
Glencoe seniors meetings 63872 240th Street, Gibbon
The Glencoe Senior Citizens meet on Tuesdays and WHEN: Thursday, March 30
Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. in the seniors room at the Glen- 4-7 p.m.
coe City Center. Sheephead is played on Tuesdays, and Home School enrollment option available
both sheephead and 500 are played on Thursdays. All sen- Date: Thurs., Mar. 16, 2017 Time: 11am
iors over 55 are invited. For more information, call 320- Where: Pla-Mor Ballroom “Offering a quality Christian education and environment at an affordable price.”
510-1551 and leave a message. 9th & Stevens • Glencoe For more information, please call: 507-834-6676
LUNCH WILL FOLLOW MEETING. Nondiscrimination statement: SPLS admits students of any race, color, national & ethnic origin to all the
rights and privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students enrolled
Preservation Society meeting If you are interested in running for the Board of
F9-11C10-11At
at our school. SPLS does not discriminate in the administration of its educational policies, admission
policies, and other administered programs.
The Glencoe Preservation Society will meetTuesday, Directors, contact our office by Friday, March 10. *11-12Cc
March 23 at 7:00 p.m. in the Historic Room at the Glen- Qualifications required, call for details, 320-864-5561.
coe City Center. Board meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m.
Anyone interested in preserving the history of Glencoe
and the surrounding areas are welcome to attend. We are
always looking for new members. For more information
contact Gloria, 320-864-4174.
Business meeting set
CONTACT US
The Western Fraternal Life Lodge 34 of Hutchinson
PHONE
will hold a business meeting Tuesday, March 21 at 7 p.m.
at Cedar Crest located at 1401 Main Street West in Silver 864-5518
Lake.
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, Bis-
cay and Silver Lake take priority over happenings
elsewhere.
School Board Continued from page 1
much like Schaefer Prairie • Accepted with gratitude The
near Brownton. donations from the McLeod
“I just want to see it be County Corn and Soybean McLeod County
used,” said Sonju. Growers Association, $500
• Approved its annual con-
tracts with the Southwest
for the ag department; and the
Silver Lake Lions, $500 for
Chronicle
West Central (SWWC) Serv- the robotics program.
ice Cooperative. • Heard a presentation on
Visit us online at
• Approved a contract with the robotics program from www.
Southwest Minnesota State student participants. glencoenews
University for student teach-
ing.
.com
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Brownton City Council considers
options for crumbling building
By Lori Copler about the building, although In other decrepit property
Editor certified mail regarding the business, the council passed a
The Brownton City Coun- issue has been picked up. resolution that transfers an
cil has decided to press Mayor Norm Schwarze order for repairs on a house
charges against the owner of said he had spoken to the on First Avenue South to the
a decrepit building on Fourth city’s building inspector new owner.
Avenue N, its main business about the building. The house has long been a
street. “The city is under no obli- blight issue for the city. It is-
The roof of the building, a gation to take that building,” sued an order for repairs to
former grocery store, has said Schwarze. the previous owners. The
begun to cave in and its brick “But then whose liability is house was then sold to a
facade is falling into an it if something happens?” company, CTW Group, Inc.,
empty lot on the south side of asked Bauer. of Minneapolis, that buys old
the building. The city has “I would assume the homes and renovates them.
placed warning cones around owner’s,” said Schwarze. Some clean-up of the proper-
the building. Council members indicated ty was done, but the house is
At its Tuesday, March 7 that there is asbestos in the now on the market again.
meeting, Police Chief Ken building, which would add to Kruse said that transferring
Bauer suggested the city take demolition costs. the order for repair to the cur-
possession of the building Kruse said there also are rent owner will ensure that
and demolish. several years of back taxes any potential buyers know
However, council members owed on the property, but it that there are repairs that
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didn’t feel it was the city’s re- was not far enough in arrears need to be made before the
Those who traveled to Duluth for the and alumni Martin Mallak; and, back sponsibility to take on the to be forfeited to the county. house can be occupied.
robotics competition include, front row row, alumni Ethan Wolf, students Blake issue. The council instructed The city also briefly dis-
from left, Mentor Mike Sundblad, stu- Ortloff, Mason Husted and Eric Villow. City Clerk Ella Kruse said Kruse and Bauer to contact cussed a vacant home on
dents Earl Janke, Roxanna Sanchez, that the owner of the building the city attorney to begin Third Avenue N that needs
has not returned phone calls criminal proceedings. significant repairs.
GSL Robotics team competes
in Steamworks robotics game Menus
The weekend of March 2- March 20-24 sandwich, turkey and cheese pizza, roma herb blend, deli se-
4, the Glencoe-Silver Lake Glencoe-Silver Lake sandwich, vegetarian baked lections, chilled kidney bean
Helen Baker Breakfast beans, baby carrots, apple half, salad, red bell pepper strips, ba-
(GSL) Robotics Team partici- Monday — Breakfast sausage chilled pears. nana, chilled applesauce, broccoli
pated at the North Star Re- pizza, chilled mandarin oranges, Tuesday — Italian meat sauce, florets, apple.
gional at Duluth Entertain- apple juice. whole-grain spaghetti, whole- Wednesday — Sweet and sour
Tuesday — Cinnamon Toast grain bread stick, chicken and chicken, steamed brown rice, veg-
ment and Convention Center. Crunch cereal, whole-grain apple cheese chef salad, whole-grain etable stir fry, cheese pizza, Ital-
They competed with and cinnamon muffin, chilled pears, seasoned croutons, broccoli flo- ian sausage pizza, roma herb
against 60 other teams in this orange juice. rets, celery sticks, banana, chilled blend, deli selections, sweet corn
Wednesday — Skewered tur- applesauce. and pepper salad, sliced cucum-
year ’s challenge, “Steam- key sausage pancake, Cocoa Wednesday — Whole-grain bers, frozen strawberries, chilled
works.” Puffs cereal, applesauce, grape chicken nuggets, whole-grain din- peaches, apple.
Steamworks invites adven- juice ner roll, sun butter and banana Thursday — Boneless buffalo
Thursday — Whole-grain roll up, mashed potatoes, chicken chicken wings, mashed potatoes,
ture clubs from an era in french toast sticks, strawberry ba- gravy, carrots, red seedless chicken gravy, seasoned carrots,
which technology relied on nana yogurt, chilled peaches, grapes, chilled peaches. whole-grain dinner roll, cheese
steam power to prepare their Drive team: Earl Janke, Isaac Swift, Blake Dahlke, apple juice. Thursday — Mini turkey corn pizza, aloha pizza, roma herb
Eric Villnow and mentor Jeff Jenson. Friday — Cocoa Puffs cereal, dogs, whole-grain dinner roll, blend, deli selections, buttermilk
airships for the ultimate long- whole-grain blueberry muffin, turkey chef salad, whole-grain coleslaw, celery sticks, orange
distance race. minutes, 15 seconds, and col- deliver them to the low goal, sliced apples, orange juice. seasoned croutons, seasoned wedges, pineapple tidbits, broc-
Each team prepares to take carrots, sliced cucumbers, orange coli florets, apple.
lect points by collecting and transfer gear to the airship Glencoe-Silver Lake wedges, pineapple tidbits. Friday — Cheese-stuffed bread
flight in three ways: delivering gears to their air- and climb the rope. The final Helen Baker Lunch Friday — Whole-grain pan- sticks, Italian meat sauce, mari-
• Build steam pressure. Ro- ship, scoring fuel in the boil- ranking for the team was 35th Monday — Beef hot dog on a cakes, scrambled eggs, low-fat nara sauce, green beans, cheese
bots collect fuel represented whole-wheat bun, tator tots, baby mozzarella string cheese, ham pizza, pepperoni pizza, roma herb
ers, climbing the ropes for place. carrots, apple half, chilled pears. and American cheese sandwich, blend, deli selections, caesar
by green balls. They scored their airship to prepare for This is the first year the Tuesday — Whole-grain chick- tator tots, red bell pepper strips, salad, baby carrots, apple, chilled
in high and low goals in their flight, populating gear trains team is competing in two en nuggets, whole-grain dinner apple half, chilled mandarin or- mandarin oranges.
boiler. As fuel is scored, roll, mashed potatoes, chicken anges.
to start motors and defending events; its next regional is at gravy, celery sticks, banana, St. Pius X School
steam pressure in the tank on against other adventure clubs. the University of Minnesota, chilled applesauce. Glencoe-Silver Lake Monday — Beef hot dog on a
the airship builds — the high The adventure club with the Mariucci Arena, April 6-8. Wednesday — Cheese-stuffed Junior, Senior High Breakfast whole-wheat bun, seasoned pota-
goal builds faster than the bread sticks, green beans, broc- Monday — Whole-grain french to wedges, vegetarian baked
highest points wins. The top alliance partners coli florets, red seedless grapes, toast sticks, hard-boiled egg, beans, marinated tomato and cu-
low goal. The event began with a from all regionals qualify for chilled peaches. whole-grain peanut butter and cumber salad, baby carrots,
• Start rotors. Robots re- practice day March 2 to fine “World Championships.” The Thursday — Crispy chicken grape jelly uncrustable, chilled ap- apple, chilled pears, seasoned
trieve and deliver gears to pi- patty sandwich, vegetarian baked plesauce, apple juice. corn.
tune and work out the bugs of 2017 FIRST Championships beans, baby carrots, orange Tuesday — Breakfast sausage Tuesday — Seasoned taco
lots on their airship, who then the robots. Friday, March 3, will be held in Houston, wedges, pineapple tidbits. pizza, whole-grain blueberry beef, tortilla chips, Mexican-style
install them in the appropriate was the first day of competi- Texas, on April 19-22, and in Friday — Toasted cheese bagel, cream cheese, chilled refried beans, cheddar cheese
motor. Once a gear train is sandwich, Campbell’s tomato pears, grape juice. sauce, steamed brown rice,
tion. St. Louis, Missouri, on April soup, sliced cucumbers, apple Wednesday — Skewered tur- chilled kidney bean salad, red bell
complete, the rotor can be In the first match GSL 26-29. half, chilled mandarin oranges. key sausage pancake, whole- pepper strips, banana, chilled ap-
started. Team 4665 was the only al- Students on the GSL team grain peanut butter and jelly un- plesauce, apple.
• Prepare for flight. Adven- Glencoe-Silver Lake crustable, chilled mandarin or- Wednesday — Sweet and sour
liance partner that was able to include Daniel Cross, Tony Lakeside Breakfast anges, apple juice. chicken, steamed brown rice, veg-
ture clubs want their robots to perform as the two other ro- Fischer, Mason Husted, Earl Monday — Breakfast sausage Thursday — Pork sausage, etable stir fry, sweet corn and
climb aboard their airships so bots did not move from start Janke, Jacob Jochum, Haley pizza, Cinnamon Toast Crunch egg and cheese bagel, ultimate pepper salad, sliced cucumbers,
that they can assist the pilots. cereal, whole-grain apple cinna- breakfast round, strawberry ba- frozen strawberries, chilled
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Teams then move on to the still scored 57 points in that Lucas, Cullen Lukes, Cole orange juice. grape juice. Thursday — Cheese pizza,
autonomous period. Robots match. The team had four Mathwig, Luke Mattson, Tuesday — Skewered turkey Friday — Whole-grain pan- seasoned carrots, buttermilk
sausage pancake, Cocoa Puffs cakes, pork sausage patty, Cinna- coleslaw, celery sticks, orange
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for the first 15 seconds. ranking of 58th out of 60 Novack, Blake Ortloff, Kole anges, apple juice. tidbits, apple juice. Friday — Cheese-stuffed bread
Wednesday — Whole-grain sticks, marinara sauce, green
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the baseline, delivering the The team made adjust- Salgado, Roxanna Sanchez, whole-grain blueberry muffin, Junior, Senior High Lunch rots, apple, chilled mandarin or-
gears to the airship, and scor- ments and came back Satur- Ben Siers, Theresa Siers,, strawberry banana yogurt, frozen Monday — Beef hot dog on a anges.
strawberries, grape juice. whole-wheat bun, chili cheese
ing fuel in the boilers. day, March 4, to win its next Isaac Swift, Eric Villnow and Thursday — Whole-grain dog, sauerkraut, seasoned potato First Lutheran School
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Derelict buildings
pinions The McLeod County Chronicle, Wednesday, March 15, 2017, page 4
are marring our cities
Our view: Press property owners
to make needed repairs
T
here have been positive erties.
signs that the economy In Silver Lake, the city has
is rebounding from what opted to buy the buildings in
some call the “Great Recession,” question and have them demol-
which started nearly a decade ished, freeing up new retail space
ago with a crash in the housing on Main Street.
market, high employment and Brownton has taken a different
out-of-control fuel prices. approach — the city is pursuing
Unemployment is down, the legal action again property own-
inflation rate is minimal, fuel ers with orders to repair and pos-
prices are down, and construction sible criminal charges.
has been robust in the area. Neither approach is wrong, nor
But we’re still dealing with the are the especially right. The city
after-effects of that recession. In of Brownton is paying legal fees,
every town, there are boarded-up and the city needs to weigh
houses and businesses and va- whether a legal fight is worth it,
cant, weedy lots. or if the money would be better
And it is costing taxpayers spent in buying the buildings and
money to take care of them. tearing them down.
In Silver Lake, three Main Frankly, we feel that Brownton
Street buildings are barricaded is right in pursuing legal action.
off because of their disrepair and At some point, property owners
possible danger to the public. need to be held responsible for
Brownton has the same issue their property. Simply walking
— recently, the roof caved in and away from a property when it no
the brick facade began falling off longer suits your purposes is
the old grocery store building on wrong. It puts the burden on oth-
the city’s main business street. ers to clean up the mess. Pursu-
The issue is not unique to ing legal avenues sends a mes- Letters to the Editor
small towns, although they are sage that abandoning property is
more visible there. not an acceptable solution.
And it’s not just commercial The true solution is simple:
buildings. Every town has homes
that have been forclosed upon
take care of what you own. Be
responsible.
Fond memories of high school hockey
and are standing vacant, waiting Unfortunately, the solution is I recently traveled to International stories were too good to lose to his-
for new owners. The cities are not reality. Hopefully, our com- Falls in the dead of winter … on tory. So someone needed to get them
mowing lawns and shutting off munities can find ways to deal purpose. Twice My wife politely down in writing. That is my aim.
water after pipes freeze and the with these issues with minimal turned down my invitation to join There was the story about the
basements. Cities are certifying impact to their constituents. Most me both times. quickest goal in school history that
It has been awhile since I stayed did not count. It occurred in the last
the costs for these maintenance taxpayers would rather see their in International Falls in the winter. I regular season game in 1963-64.
items to property taxes, hoping dollars go toward the benefit of had forgotten how much snow it re- The Falls was playing St. Paul
that some day they will be reim- their community, rather than ceives and how cold it can get. But Cretin. The puck was dropped to the
bursed when the buildings are cleaning up the mess someone my mother didn’t raise any fools. So start the game, and before anyone
sold. else left behind. the first trip, I traveled during the knew it, the Falls center man
Back to the commercial prop- — L.C. annual “January thaw.” It wasn’t so Rich Glennie slapped the puck from center ice
bad. The week before it was 39 into the Cretin net before four ticks
below zero! That is air temperature, were off the clock.
folks, not windchill. The shot so shocked everyone that
Question of the week I dodged that bullet, but the snow
these old Broncos about their ex-
ploits before they all passed on and the referee went over to the Falls
banks were high at every intersec- their feat is forgotten. Most of them bench and asked Coach Larry Ross
You can tion, and a driver needed to use care I knew, having grown up with them. what to do. Ross said the goal
vote
in creeping into the street to see if The winning streak began in late should not count, “because we’ll get
there was oncoming traffic. It felt 1964 after the Broncos lost to Du- some more.” The Falls lost that
like driving in a tunnel at times. luth East in the Region 7 finals. game 3-1, and Ross later said, “I’ll
The second trip was made last Back then, there were few teams never do that again.”
online at www.glencoenews.com
Wednesday during the gale-force playing hockey in Region 3 (south- Or the story of 1965 state champi-
winds. I bucked those winds for 350 west Minnesota), so the runner-up in onship game that featured three
miles, bopping in and out of snow Region 7 or Region 8, (they alternat- Broncos with serious injuries, and
McLeod County has miles of paved trails. squalls all the way to the Iron all played in the game. One had
ed) qualified for the state hockey
How often do you use them? Range. After that point, I was back tournament, too. eight stitches to the head and was
1)Weekly into winter. The snow kept getting So the Broncos finished second in missing two teeth from the previous
2) Monthly deeper as I headed farther north. the region, and who do they face in night, another played with a bad
3) Once in a while By the time I got to the Falls, I the first round of the state tourna- back and a third played with a bro-
4) Never had wandered into a major blizzard. ment? Duluth East. ken wrist, but didn’t know it until
40 There are paved trails in McLeod County? Sitting in my car in the Hardee’s The Falls won that rematch and after the game.
parking lot, I could barely see 100 won the 1964 state title, too. That They were a tough bunch back
Results for most recent question: feet as the winds intensified. It also started the streak that lasted until the then. One thought still lingers: the
was below zero! second game of the 1966-67 season. two best teams in Minnesota high
It was earlier in the trip that I real- In between they won two more state school hockey back then may have
There is a proposal to increase ized I had forgotten something. My championships with two undefeated been from International Falls. They
the renewable energy standard long underwear. After the mild win- teams. practiced against each other every
to 50 percent from 25 percent. Do you: ter around here, I figured long un- Quite an accomplishment. day. There were so many good
derwear was no longer necessary. I I got interested in the “streak” hockey players that did not make the
1) Agree — 36% was wrong! after attending my brother’s 50-year Broncos traveling squad that they
2) Disagree — 49% I actually had a purpose to my class reunion in 2015 and mine in could have fielded two teams!
3) Don’t care — 15% travels. I am working on a project to 2016. I had an opportunity to listen Rich Glennie was the editor of
document the Falls Broncos hockey to the stories and talk to those old The Chronicle for 23 years. He re-
47 votes. New question runs March 15-21 teams of the early 1960s that won 59 geezers. It dawned on me that these tired Aug. 1, 2014, but still plans
straight games. I wanted to talk to to submit an occasional column.
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Luce Line Trail is cracking up already
Letters to the Editor To the Editor:
We have a real problem
should have fixed the
drainage tiling before paving.
maintenance that will cause
more county tax increases.
pushing so many paved trails Because the Luce Line trails The Hutch paper said last
in McLeod County. The ef- goes through my family’s fall that auto counters on the
Updates on Real ID, licensure, light rail fect of local politicians are
going to cause farmers and
farm I see how bad the trail
condition is becoming and
trail, last July at County Road
4, only recorded a hight of 34
taxpayers tremendous finan- how few people use the trail. counts – only 17 people both
To the Editor: ing group that studied educa- nities, including a handful of cial harm. Look at the bad I’ve had so many people call ways. Most days when I am
We have arrived at our first tor licensing and issued a cities in Senate District 18, condition of the Luce Line me about my letter on irre- farming, I see no one.
committee deadline, meaning unanimous set of recommen- facing tens of millions of dol- trail that was paved only a sponsible spending to say We have a real problem
most bills must have been dations. This year, the legisla- lars in costs as they work to year and a half ago. thank you. spending millions of dollars
heard in at least one commit- ture is acting based on both bring city wastewater treat- The trail already has cracks We had a trail before with for only 17 people using
tee to move forward, unless those recommendations and ment plants into compliance
the Rules and Administration the size of a quarter wide by many users suchs as walkers, something that already needs
the recommendations in the with recently imposed PCA 50 feet long. Who is going to regular and mountain bikers, repair. It’s time to drain the
Committee grants an excep- OLA report. water treatment regulations.
tion. Here is a snapshot of a fix these cracks and when? runners and horses that cost swamp in McLeod County
Senate File 4 is currently The moratorium will give the Last fall I wrote a letter to the taxpayers nothing! Now and stop this wasteful spend-
few bills that have met this undergoing the committee legislature time to consider a
deadline: the paper with a photo that after spending millions, a tax- ing!
process to fundamentally recently completed cost-ben- showed the side horse trail, payer money pit has been Dean Dostal
alter the way teachers are li- efit analysis to determine
Real ID censed in our state. Among whether the PCA regulations
under water. The DNR created that needs expensive Hutchinson Township
On Monday, March 6, the
its many provisions, the bill: are worth the cost.
Real ID bill failed to pass the
Senate by a vote of 38-29.
However, despite the bill’s
Establishes a new “Profes-
sional Educator Licensing Light rail transit
Another important bill
From the Chronicle archives
failure to pass, its fate re- and Standards Board,” which 30 Years Ago March 12, 1997 Glencoe-Silver Lake is the
will take on the responsibili- heard this week relates to Rich Glennie, Editor Region 6 Knowledge Bowl
mains unclear; a motion was light rail transit spending.
passed to reconsider the bill ties currently shared by the March 18, 1987
The Spruce Ridge Resource champion and now advances to
Board of Teaching and the Senate File 150, of which I Management Facility near Bis- the state competition.
and it was subsequently laid am a co-author, would re- Bill Ramige, Editor
cay will be taking part in a pilot 1974 Glencoe High School
on the table. This means that Department of Education The Glencoe Eagles basket-
Creates a “tiered” licensing quire local governments to ball team and cheerleaders cele-
project this spring if it is ap- graduate Paul Gebhardt and his
it is open for further consid- seek legislative approval be- proved by the state. The project, team of dogs finished second in
eration for the duration of the system, allowing for a clearer brated a 45-44 victory over Ran-
fore spending any money on leachate recycling, involves re- the 2007 Iditarod – roughly a
session. and more affordable pathway dolph Tuesday in the first game
studying, developing or con- circulateing leachate (liquid that 1,100-mile trek from Anchorage
into the teaching profession. of the Region 4A tournament.
structing light rail transit. passes through the refuse) back to Nome, Alaska.
Teacher licensure This new system will em- Over 100 girl scouts from
into the refuse cell to assist in Ten Panther athletes were
Minnesota is home to some power local school districts to Light rail transit is controver- Glencoe School District joined
compaction and microorganism named to the All WCC winter
take on more responsibility sial, costly and inefficient. hands in a promise circle around
of the best and brightest stu- activity. It also will cut the costs teams. The All-WCC Panthers
Construction of light rail the U.S. flag and Girl Scout flag
dents in the nation, but we for educator hiring and devel- Thursday. Girl scouts throughout
of leachate disposal. are: gymnasts Kelli Garbers and
are experiencing a lack of opment. It will establish con- lines costs around $100 mil- The Pizza Ranch opened it Tate Haukos, basketball players
lion per mile; projects total in the nation made the promise cir-
qualified teachers, particular- sistent standards that will doors March 11 at 5:00 p.m. Hali Haukos, Megan Mick-
cle at 4 p.m. that day to celebrate
ly in rural school districts. streamline the licensing the billions and require tens the day founder Juliet Lowe
Jason Zehnder, is the olichek, Brittany Thiesfeld, and
process for both in- and out- of millions of dollars of on- owner/manager of the restaurant Tanner Mackenthun, wrestlers
One significant factor in this began the Girl Scout organiza-
going taxpayer funds to sub- located right off Highway 212 Brandon Barth, Chris Dahlke,
shortage is the state’s cum- of-state applicants. tion 75 years ago.
sidize operation. This model next to Subway. Pizza and chick- Chip Maresh and Alex Jenson.
bersome and inconsistent The bill has been passed Marlys Buckentin of Glencoe
of mass transit is simply not en are two of the specialties. Five Glencoe-Silver Lake ath-
teacher licensing process. In out of the Senate E-12 Policy was one of 20 semifinalists in
Glencoe-Silver Lake’s Missy letes received honorable mention
2016, Minnesota’s Office of and State Government Fi- sustainable at a time when the Mrs. Minnesota pageant. She
Witthus was named to the Star- on All-Wight County Conference
nance and Policy Commit- every available dollar should was selected from over 100 other
the Legislative Auditor Tribune’s all metro team honor- teams for the 2006-07 winter
be directed toward transit married women nominated
(OLA) issued a scathing cri- tees. It awaits a hearing in the throughout the state and was one
able mention squad. sports season. They are wrestlers
tique of Minnesota’s teacher E-12 Finance Committee. systems that provide more Nick Larson and Jeremy Chap-
flexibility and are less expen- of the only two farm-wife semi-
licensure system. The 107- 10 Years Ago lin, gymnast Anna Houchin, bas-
finalists.
page report found, in general, Senate File 695 sive to construct and operate. ketball players Matt Odegaar and
My legislation to place a Amanda Kinzler.
that “Minnesota’s teacher li- 20 Years Ago March 21, 2007
censure system is broken and moratorium on Pollution State Sen. Scott Newman Rich Glennie, Editor
needs significant changes.” Control Agency (PCA) R-Hutchinson
Last year, because of the wastewater regulations is cur-
OLA report, the legislature
established a bipartisan work-
rently moving through the
Senate. This bill is particular- From the Silver Lake Leader archives
ly important to small commu-
75 Years Ago licek of Silver Lake, and LeRoy opened Tuesday, March 10. The
Prochaska, son of Mr. and Mrs. three-year terms held by Harvey
Emil Prochaska of Glencoe, Mikolichek and Joe Chmielews-
March 14, 1942
were married Monday, Feb. 6, ki are expiring.
History Delbert Merrill, Publisher
Silver Lake men reporting for
induction on March 16 include
1967, at St. George Catholic
Church in Glencoe.
Jim and Dianne (Fier) Navratil
of Silver Lake are proud to an-
Duane E. Kadlec, son of Mr. nounce the birth of their son,
George Totushek, Boleslas
and Mrs. Arnas Kadlec, has been James Anthony, 7 pounds, 11
Witucki, Dominic Junewski and
From the Brownton Bulletin archives Adalbert Romanski.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank
promoted to staff sergeant in the
U.S. Air Force. He is an aircraft
ounces, on Feb. 24, 1992.
mechanic at Hamilton Air Force 10 Years Ago
100 Years Ago Funeral services are being Prochaska of Hale Township, on
Base, California.
held this afternoon for one of 20 Years Ago March 5, 1942, a girl weighing 8
March 15, 1917 Brownton’s faithful public ser- pounds. March 15, 2007
O.C. Conrad, Editor vants of many years standing. March 12, 1997 Miss Dorothy George of St. 25 Years Ago Ken and Dorothy Merrill,
Nearly 70 voters turned out at Last respects are being paid to Lori Copler, Editor Paul is the new manager of the Publishers
the village caucus Saturday W.C. Hochsprung at Immanuel Two snowmobilers are count- Curl Beauty Salon and will as- March 12, 1992 Holy Family Catholic School
evening. The following officers Lutheran Church. Mr. ing their blessings after their sume her duties here this week- Ken and Dorothy Merrill, had its science fair Wednesday
were elected: F.C. Groth, presi- Hochsprung has been ill since snowmobiles drove into the open end. Publishers and Thursday, March 7 and 8.
dent of the council; R.J. Podratz, October 1940, when sickness water of the aeration system on Silver Lake High School First-place winners were Matt
R. Zander and Otto Sell, council forced him to resign as Mayor. Lake Marion in the early morn-
men; W.G. Sturdivant, recorder; He was formerly a partner with ing hours of Wednesday, March 50 Years Ago wrestler John Rosenau placed Mickolichek, Joe Fehrenbach
second in the 189-pound weight and Heidi Johnson. Placing sec-
Frank Mann, treasurer; F.L. Joseph Zander in the Brownton 5. The two, Rick Roskammer, class at the state wrestling tour- ond were Jamie Bieganek and
Rekow, assessor; W.G. Sturdi- Garage, and later operated the 29, and Richard Bernhagen, 24, March 9, 1967
nament. Katie Dennison, and placing
vant, justice; and Albert Zimmer- business on his own after the both of Hutchinson, plunged into Wilbert Merrill, Publisher
Filings for candidacy for the third were Kayla Schermann and
man, constable. partnership dissolved. He is sur- the water. A third snowmobiler, Miss Susan Vorlicek, daughter
Silver Lake School Board Luke Weiers.
M.B. West shipped in a car- vived by his wife Laura (Selle), Brian Brice, went to shore and of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Vor-
load of slat wood this week and four sons and six daughters. called 9-1-1 from a nearby resi-
the stuff sold like “hot cakes” as dence. Bernhagen managed to
the village has been out of coal
and all kinds of wood for a week
to 10 days. It is hoped that
50 Years Ago
March 16, 1967
get himself out of the water, but
Roskammer ended up having to
cling to the edge of the ice, from
Need to Get Your
warmer weather — which is well
past due — will help relieve that
situation.
Mr. and Mrs. W.N. Schmidt
Charles H. Warner, Editor
The Lake Marion Ballroom of
Brownton has been sold. During
the past week, Ralph Neumann,
which he was pulled by Brown-
ton Police Chief Mark Mathwig,
who was tethered to a rope by
the Brownton First Responders.
Message Out?
left Tuesday afternoon for their
future home at Lakota, North
proprietor of the popular night
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Dakota. F.W. Hollingsworth has Marion, disclosed that he sold ter, Morgan Rae, on Tuesday,
accepted the position as sales
manager for the Interior Lumber
the ballroom to Leroy W. Rieger
of Minneapolis. The sale became
Feb. 25, 1997. Grandparents are
Oather and Sandra Martin, Paul
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75 Years Ago
March 12, 1942
Thomas Lee, on March 9 at the
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The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, March 15, 2017, page 6
Nathan Dammann, 41, of Hamburg
Obituaries Nathan Dammann, age 41,
of Hamburg passed away
ing class of 1994. He went on
to study at Canby Technical
bered for his easy going, re-
spectful, kind and caring per-
Monday March 6, 2017 at his College in Canby and gradu- sonality. Nothing could beat
residence. ated in 1996. the time with his daughters.
Arlene Wendolek, 88, of Silver Lake A memorial service was
held Satur-
Mr. Dammann was united
in marriage with Nikole
Mr. Dammann is preceded
in death by his grandparents
Arlene Frances Wendolek, Koniska School and graduat- upbeat, had a great sense of day, March Beneke August 1, 1998. This Sylvia and Roy Biermann,
88, of Silver Lake, died ed in 1946 from Stevens humor and could hardly keep 11 at union was blessed with Edward and Elsie Dammann;
Wednesday, March 8, 2017, Seminary in Glencoe. from laughing when telling a Emanuel daughters Chauntaya and Fe- uncles Roger Dammann and
at Abbott Northwestern Hos- On Sept. 30, 1952, she was humorous story. She was not Lutheran lesha. Bill Backen.
pital in Minneapolis. united in marriage to Harry afraid to strike up a conversa- Church in Mr. Dammann had worked Mr. Dammann is survived
A Mass Wendolek by the Rev. Albert tion with a perfect stranger. Hamburg at Wm. Mueller & Sons in by his loving family: daugh-
of Christian Slechta at St. Joseph’s She was very proud to do- with Rev. Hamburg and Hutchinson ters Chauntaya Dammann
Burial was Church, now Holy Family, in nate blood as often as six Donald An- Auto prior to beginning his and Felesha Dammann; par-
held Mon- Silver Lake. Their marriage times a year for many years, drix as offi- career at S.M. Hentges & ents Donald and Darlene
day, March was blessed with two sons, totaling 18 gallons, and was ciant. Nathan Sons Construction in Jordan. Dammann of Hamburg; sister
13, at Holy Mark and Dean. still giving blood at age 88. Urn bear- Dammann He also farmed alongside his and brother-in-law Jill
F a m i l y The couple engaged in She is survived by her ers were Bill Wark, Brian father on the Dammann fami- (Vance) Huwe of Carver;
Catholic dairy and crop farming for sons, Mark (Carol) Wendolek Oelfke, Matt Rechtzigel, Dan ly farm. niece Sydney Huwe; fiancée
Church in many years in Hale Town- of Cokato and Dean (Julie) Goetze, Jason Schroeder and Mr. Dammann loved to Kaiipo Nikor of Hamburg;
Silver Lake ship, McLeod County. At age Wendolek of Silver Lake; Jeremy Stoeckmann. Inter- work in his shop and wel- aunts and uncles Mavis Back-
with the Arlene 26, Mr. Wendolek was draft- grandchildren, Beth Keith, ment was in the church ceme- comed the challenge of mak- en of Texas, Sandra and Dick
R e v . Wendolek ed into the Army during the Aaron (Natasha) Wendolek, tery. ing something work again. Saliny of Crystal, Carol
Michael Doyle officiating. Korean War. His parents re- Eric Wendolek, Cole Wen- Nathan Donald Dammann He had a passion with his fa- Dammann of Bloomington,
Gift bearers were Ron and turned to the farm from their dolek, Lucas Wendolek and was born January 6, 1976 in ther for “Black Smoke” and Allan and Karen Dammann
Eileen Pulkrabek. retirement home in Silver Logan Wendolek; and great- Minneapolis. He was bap- tractor pulling. Nathan loved of Perham; his dog Magnum;
Casket bearers were her Lake to keep it going, and grandchildren, Caleb Keith, tized February 22, 1976 at to rub others “If it ain’t red, many cousins, other relatives
grandchildren, Beth Keith, Mrs. Wendolek returned to Issabelle Wendolek and Emanuel Lutheran Church by leave it in the shed!” and dear friends.
Aaron Wendolek, Eric Wen- Charles and Clara Mackenzie Wendolek. Rev. Meyer and he confirmed Mr. Dammann was a very In lieu of flowers memori-
dolek, Cole Wendolek, Lucas Pulkrabek’s home. Two years She was preceded in death his faith April 22, 1990 at the traditional man who cher- als are preferred.
Wendolek and Logan Wen- later, Mr. Wendolek returned by her husband Harry on July Emanuel Lutheran Church ished time with his family Arrangements were with
dolek. Interment was in St. home and they resumed farm- 17, 2009; aunt and uncle, with Rev. Andrix officiating. and friends. He was always the Johnson Funeral Home in
Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery ing. Clara and Charles Pulkrabek; Nathan was a member of the there when someone needed Waconia.
in Silver Lake. Mrs. Wendolek was a faith- her parents; three brothers; Central High School graduat- help. Nathan will be remem- www.johnsonfh.com
Arlene Frances (Nemec) ful member of Holy Family one sister; two stepbrothers;
Wendolek was born June 27, Catholic Church in Silver and one stepsister. She was
1928, in Glencoe, to Albin
and Mary Rose (Moravec)
Lake. In her spare time, she
enjoyed gardening, embroi-
the last surviving child of the
Albin and Mary Rose Nemec
Adeline Harpel, 89, of Glencoe
Nemec. Her mother died dery, sewing blankets for her family. Adeline Ella Harpel passed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church Las Vegas, Jackpot Junction
shortly after Arlene was born, church bazaar and feeding the Arrangements were with away Saturday, March 4, in Sleepy Eye. The couple and enjoyed social time with
and she was raised by her birds and pheasants in her the Maresh Funeral Home in 2017, at Glencoe Regional made their home on their her friends and family at the
aunt and uncle, Charles and front yard. She loved playing Silver Lake. Online condo- Health Service Long Term farm in Clements. Their mar- VFW. She was faithful to her
Clara Pulkrabek. She grew up Polish Poker with her friends lences may be directed to the Care in Glencoe. riage was blessed with five church and always had time
in rural Glencoe, attended at Cedar Crest in Silver Lake. family at www.mareshfuner A Mass children, Sandra, Peggy, to discuss problems, console
country school at District 6 Mrs. Wendolek was always alhome.com. of Christian Steven, Marilyn and Joseph. and help family and friends.
Burial was Adeline and Arthur shared Adeline was the fun Grand-
held Tues- over 26 years of marriage, ma. She will be sadly missed
Gary Wawrzyniak, 67, of Silver Lake day, March
14 at
until Arthur passed away
June 14, 1973.
by all.
Blessed be her memory.
Gene Edward Wawrzyniak, chaska. Silver Lake. Church of On December 6, 1980, Mrs. Harpel is survived by
age 67, of Silver Lake passed Gene Edward Wawrzyniak Mr. Wawrzyniak is sur- St. Pius X Adeline was united in mar- her children, Sandra (signifi-
away Saturday, March 11, was born December 8, 1949, vived by his loving wife: in Glencoe riage to William Harpel at cant other, Eddie Val Gould)
2017 at Cedar Crest. in Hutchinson, the son of Ed- Burnett M. Wawrzyniak; chil- with Rev. Adeline Church of St. Pius X in Glen- Olson of Glencoe,
A Mass of Christian Burial ward and Sophie (Miller- dren: Kyle (JoAnna) A n t h o n y Harpel coe. The couple made their Peggy (Rocky) Lounsbury of
will be held bernd) Wawrzyniak. Wawrzyniak, Kelli (Jeff) Stubeda of- home in Glencoe. They Hutchinson, Steven Hoff-
Friday, Mr. Wawrzyniak graduated Monahan, Kendra (Robby) ficiating. shared over 25 years of mar- mann of Glencoe, Marilyn
March 17, from Silver Lake High Motzko and Karl Wawrzyni- Casket bearers were Terry riage together, until William (Vern) Showalter Hutchinson;
at 10:30 School in 1967. ak (Megan Kleve), Gordon Olson, Adam Tabberson, passed away December 30, grandchildren, Terry Olson,
a.m. at He honorably served his (DeAnn) Chmielewski, Cory Laura Dooley, Jennifer Medd 2005. Jennifer (Doug) Medd, Laura
Holy Fami- Country in the United States Chmielewski, Brenda and Mathew Jahnke. Hon- Mrs. Harpel helped on the (Dan) Dooley, Chad (special
ly Catholic Army. Gene was a Vietnam Chmielewski (Bob Wraspir), Jeff orary casket bearers were family farm in Clements. friend, Heather Thom)
Church in Veteran. Chmielewski; grandchildren: Wyatt Jahnke, Talon Jahnke, The family moved from the Moehring, Adam (Ashley)
Silver Lake. On April 18, 1998, Gene Justin (Brittney) Wawrzyni- Braeden Dooley, Calin Doo- farm in 1963. They owned Tabberson, Mathew (Darci)
Father Paul was united in marriage to ak, Brianna and Ashley; Mad- ley, Avery Medd, Peyton and operated Park Ridge Re- Jahnke; great grandchildren,
Schumach- Gary Burnett M. Chmielewski. die, McKenna, Miah and Medd, Jovie Jahnke, Merissa sort on Lake Miltona. In Wyatt Jahnke, Talon Jahnke,
er will be Wawrzyniak Mr. Wawrzyniak worked as Mylea; Evan and Owen; Jack, Kosek, Aiden Kosek, McKiya 1965, they moved to Glen- Braeden Dooley, Calin Doo-
the Celebrant. a mechanic for local garages Mya and Abby, Tanner, Mor- Kosek, Everly Tabberson and coe. ley, Avery Medd, Peyton
A visitation will be held in Silver Lake. He also gan and Christian; Keijanna Chad Moehring. Interment Mrs. Harpel worked at Medd, Jovie Jahnke, Merissa
Thursday, March 16 from 4-8 owned and operated Gene’s and Karsen; great grandchil- was at the Glencoe Catholic Telex, Nature Fresh, Green (Brian) Kosek; great-great
p.m. at the Maresh Funeral Towing. His towing business dren: Jeremiah, Macie, Dane, Cemetery. Giant and Glenhaven Nursing grandchildren, Aiden Kosek,
Home in Silver Lake. A was his life! Gene enjoyed Bo and Luke; other relatives Adeline Ella (Forster) Home. She was a member at McKiya Kosek, Everly Tab-
Prayer Service will be held at watching his grandchildren’s and friends. (Hoffmann) Harpel was born Church of St. Pius X in Glen- berson;
7:30 p.m. Further visitation athletic events, making fire- Preceded in death by his March 6, 1927, in Comfrey at coe. She was also a member Many nieces, nephews,
will be held Friday morning, wood with his sons and his parents Edward, Sophie and her farm home. She was the of the Glencoe VFW Auxil- other relatives and friends.
March 17 from 9-10 a.m. at morning coffee “clutch.” Bernice, great aunt and uncle, 7th child born to Joseph and iary Post #5102. Mrs. Harpel is preceded in
the funeral home. Mr. Wawrzyniak was a Ernest and Delphine Mallak Sophie (Reiderer) Forster. Mrs. Harpel loved spend- death by her parents, Joseph
Interment with military fireman for over forty years. and a granddaughter, Mileka Adeline was baptized as an ing time with her family and and Sophie Forster; hus-
rites will follow at Holy Fam- He was Assistant Fire Chief Sae Hall. infant March 13, 1927, by friends. She loved vacations bands, Arthur Hoffmann,
ily Cemetery. for Silver Lake from 1986- The Maresh Funeral Home Rev. F. J. Plaschko at the to Alexandria in the summer William Harpel; son, Joseph
Casket bearers will be Jo- 1987 and he was the Fire in Silver Lake is serving the Church of the Japanese Mar- and fall vacations to the Hoffmann; son-in-law,
Dale Miska, Dale Kosek, Chief from 1988-2011. He family. Online condolences tyrs in Leavenworth, Min- North Shore Drive along Wayne Olson; brothers; sis-
Pete Swartzer, Frank Nowak, was also a member of Holy may be made to www.maresh- nesota. The family later Lake Superior. She enjoyed ters.
Lee Monahan and Larry Pro- Family Catholic Church in funeralhome.com. moved to Sleepy Eye where Monday morning coffee with Arrangements were with
Adeline received confirma- friends and volunteer work at the Johnson-McBride Funeral
tion and education at St. the nursing home sewing on, Chapel of Glencoe.
Plan for a safe, sober ride Mary’s Catholic Church and
School.
On September 3, 1946,
at that time, name labels. She
also enjoyed flowers, bird
watching and animals, espe-
Online obituaries and guest
book available
www.mcbridechapel.com.
at
on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17 Mrs. Harpel was united in
marriage to Arthur Hoffmann
cially her cat, Lily. Mrs.
Harpel made several trips to
Don’t test your luck by ing, there’s only one choice • Speak up – Offer to be a
driving drunk this St.
Patrick’s Day. Plan for a safe
— find a sober ride home.
Your life and the lives of
designated driver, or be avail-
able to pick up a loved one
Mini-concert at Grace Bible Church
and sober ride home to avoid those you love depend on it.” anytime, anywhere. On Sunday, March 19, mini-concert with free re- who have a passion for shar-
the serious consequences that • Buckle up – the best de- guest speaker Travis Vaad freshments where Vaad will ing Christ to do so through
come with a DWI. State statistics fense against a drunk driver. will be sharing during the be playing and sharing some their writing and music. One
St. Patrick’s Day is histori- In the last five years (2011- • Report drunk driving –
2015), 462 people were killed regular 9:30 a.m. worship of the background to his can listen to some of his
cally a dangerous day on call 9-1-1 when witnessing service at Grace Bible songs found on his latest music at www.travisvaad.
Minnesota roads, as it’s the in drunk driving-related impaired driving behavior. Be
crashes in Minnesota. Drunk Church in Silver Lake. album. Regarding his album com.
second-leading holiday for prepared to provide the loca- Vaad is a gifted singer, “Fly,” Vaad states, “Each There is no charge for the
DWI arrests per hour, only driving-related deaths ac- tion, license plate number
count for one-fourth of all songwriter, recording artist, song was birthed by an en- event, and the public is invit-
behind Labor Day. and observed dangerous be- pastor, missionary and Chris- counter or experience with ed to attend. Grace Bible
The number of people ar- traffic fatalities in Minnesota. havior.
Each year, approximately tian speaker but, most impor- Jesus in some way. The jour- Church (www.silverlake
rested for DWI on St. tantly, a loving husband, fa- ney hasn’t always been an church.org) is located at 300
Patrick’s Day typically goes 27,000 people are arrested for Toward Zero Deaths
DWI and one in seven li- McLeod/Meeker County ther of four, and passionate easy one, but the seasons of Cleveland St. SW in Silver
up when the holiday falls on follower of Jesus. joy far outweigh the hard sea- Lake, next to the city water
a weekend, as is the case this censed Minnesota drivers has Toward Zero Deaths is on
a DWI on record. Facebook; check it out to Immediately following the sons.” tower.
year. service (at about 10:35 a.m.) Vaad especially wants to
keep up to date with current
DWIs by year DWI consequences efforts and information in our there will be a 40-minute encourage those in the arts
• 2012 (Saturday), 346. • Loss of license for up to a area. Keyword search:
• 2013 (Sunday), 227. year, thousands of dollars in
costs and possible jail time.
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• 2015 (Tuesday), 134. • Repeat DWI offenders, as The enhanced DWI en-
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Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for info.; Stewart Lions
Drunk drivers are risking
the lives of everyone on the
must use ignition interlock in
order to regain legal driving
gram. A primary vision of the Dobrava Bros. Sat., Mar. 18 — Brownton Cabin Fever Days will pres-
ent a mystery dinner, “The Luck of the Irish,” at the
TZD program is to create a Plumbing & Heating • Glencoe
road when they get behind privileges or face at least one Brownton Community Center. Doors open at 6 p.m.,
the wheel. During the last six year without a driver’s li-
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nesota in which motorists www.dobravabrothers.com
years, there were 11 traffic cense. support a goal of zero road Mon., Mar. 20— Tops Weigh-In mtg., 5-5:30 p.m.;
deaths on St. Patrick’s Day,
with five of them being drunk
• Offenders with three or
more offenses are required to
fatalities by practicing and HEATING Brownton Senior Citizens Club, Brownton Community
promoting safe and smart Center, 1 p.m. Brownton Lions; Stewart American Le-
driving-related (45 percent). use interlock for three to six driving behavior. TZD focus- gion Post 125 & Auxiliary mtg., Stewart Community
“Celebrating the St. years, or they will never re- es on the application of four Center, 7 p.m.; First Day of Spring!
Patrick’s Day holiday can be gain driving privileges. strategic areas to reduce
a great time, but that celebra- crashes – education, enforce-
tion can quickly turn to Prevention ment, engineering, and emer-
tragedy if you choose to drive • Plan for a safe ride – des-
gency medical and trauma re- Thurs., Mar. 23 — AA Group mtg. next to Post Office in
after drinking,” says Officer ignate a sober driver, use a
sponse. Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for info.
Andrew Fiebelkorn of the cab or public transportation,
Glencoe Police Department. or stay at the location of the 737 Hall St.,
“If you’re planning on drink- celebration. Stewart
320-562-2553
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Brownton City Council updated on
Obituaries street, utility project at workshop
By Lori Copler sion Street, First Avenue will likely be bid in separate
Jean Penas, 75, of Silver Lake Editor
After a year or more of
South from Third Street
South and Division Street,
packages from the work for
the lift stations, treatment fa-
Jean Frances (Ardolf) Church of the Holy Family, tions with friends and family. hammering out financing for Fourth Avenue South be- cilities and water tower.
Penas, 75, of Silver Lake Rosary Society, CCW, the She was especially proud of its street and utility project, tween Second Street North “There will be different
passed away Sunday, March Adult Choir, and the her grandchildren and their the city of Brownton may fi- and the railroad tracks, Third contractors interested in
12, 2017 at Glencoe Long Guatemala Mission Group. accomplishments. When the nally be able to put the proj- Street North between Fifth those,” said Rodeberg.
Term Care after a short battle On May 23, 1961 Jean and grandchildren were old ect out for bids late this year. Avenue North and Seventh Rodeberg also said he felt
with gallbladder cancer. Ron Penas were united in enough, she took each of The City Council met with Avenue North, Third Street N that the city will received fa-
A Concelebrated Mass of marriage at St. Joseph them to visit the mission in John Rodeberg and Chris east of Third Avenue N and vorable bids, if recent bids re-
Christian Burial for Jean Catholic Church in Silver San Lucas Toliman, Knutsen of Short Elliott Hen- then around the curve and ceived in other communities
Penas will be held on Mon- Lake. They shared 55 years Guatemala to show and teach drickson, Inc., (SEH), its con- north to Fourth Street, and are any indication.
day, March 20 at 10:30 A.M. of marriage and were blessed them about helping others. sulting engineers, in a work- Fifth Street North between Knutsen said that work on
at Holy Family Catholic with two boys, Michael and She was looking forward to shop session prior to its regu- Fourth Avenue North to Sec- the design of the streets and
Church in Silver Lake. Fa- Robert. seeing her last grandchild lar meeting Tuesday, March ond Avenue North. utilities is about 30 percent
ther Paul Schumacher will be Mrs. Penas grew up on her graduate from high school 7. The council asked if Fourth complete, and design is be-
the Principal Concelebrant. parent’s farm east of Silver and seeing in person what To qualify for Rural Devel- Avenue North should also be ginning on the other compo-
Alice Nowak will be the or- Lake. As a teenager, she happens behind the scenes at opment funding from the paved from Fourth Street nents of the project.
ganist. The Adult Choir will helped her parents run the NASCAR and ARCA races. United States Department of North to Fifth Street North to “We’re starting to get to the
provide special music. hardware store in Silver Mrs. Penas is survived by Agriculture (USDA), the city connect with the Fifth Street point of preparing construc-
A visitation will be held Lake. She was a very talent- her husband of 55 years, Ron had to put together a compre- segment. tion documents,” said Knut-
Sunday, March 19 from 3-7 ed and crafty person. Over Penas, sons and daughters-in- hensive plan for improve- Rodeberg said that it was a sen.
p.m. at the Maresh Funeral the years she did many crafts law: Michael (Lori) Penas ments, which include under- possibility, but also noted that Rodeberg said plans will be
Home in Silver Lake. A such as crocheting, embroi- and Robert (Peni) Penas; ground utility improvements, segment of road was in the presented to Rural Develop-
Rosary Society Rosary, a dery, and ceramics. grandchildren: Jennifer and work on its water treat- flood plain. ment soon for review, which
C.C.W. Rosary followed by Mrs. Penas was the local Penas of Utica, NY, Andrew ment facility, water tower and “There could be times will take 30 to 60 days. In
Parish Prayers at 6:30 p.m. florist for many years, and and Evelyn Penas of Silver lift stations. when that pavement will be May, SEH will meet with
Further visitation will be held had owned her business, Lake, Francis Penas of The total estimated cost for under water,” he said. local utilities, such as natural
on Monday morning, March Jean’s Floral and Craft, for Mooresville, NC; brothers these improvements comes to Rodeberg said the improve- gas, electric, the proposed RS
20 one hour prior to Mass at the past 20+ years out of her and sister-in-laws: Elaine about $8.37 million, of which ments on Fifth Street North Fiber project and others to re-
the funeral home. home. This business quickly (Jerome) Hemerick, Val about $721,000 will be fund- would help with erosion is- view the plans.
ed through a Rural Develop- sues on that street. SEH is hoping to present
Interment will follow at St. turned into a family affair as (Robert) Shamla, LeRoy
ment grant, $1.34 million Added to the project was a the plans to the public at a
Joseph Cemetery in Silver she taught her two daughters- (Judy) Penas; numerous
from a wastewater infrastruc- segment of Eighth Avenue “neighborhood meeting” in
Lake. in-laws the art of floral de- friends and family members.
ture fund (WIF) grant, $5.3 North between Division late April, and a formal pub-
Jean Frances (Ardolf) sign so they could help her, Mrs. Penas is preceded in
million from a low-interest Street and Second Street lic hearing will be held in
Penas was born January 29, and Ron quickly became the death by her parents, Francis loan from Rural Develop- North, while a block of Sev- June. The preliminary assess-
1942 to Francis and Evelyn family delivery man. Over and Evelyn Ardolf; in-laws ment, and just over $1 mil- enth Avenue N between Sec- ment roll also should be
Ardolf at Glencoe Hospital. the years she gained many Frank and Emma Penas. lion from a city bond. ond and Third streets was re- available in June.
Jean was baptized and con- customers through word of In lieu of flowers, memori- The work scope includes moved because there were no The final design will then
firmed at St. Joseph Catholic mouth and was well known als are preferred. street and utility improve- occupied homes on that start, followed by approval by
Church and attended St. throughout the area. Her fa- The Maresh Funeral Home ments on Sixth Avenue South street. Rural Development and,
Joseph Catholic School vorites were the interesting in Silver Lake is serving the from Fourth Street South Proposed for street im- hopefully, the letting of bids
through 8th grade. She grad- and complex arrangements family. Online condolences north to Third Street North, provements, but not utilities, in December with award of
uated from Silver Lake High she was asked to design. may be made to www.maresh- Third Street South from Fifth was a partial block of Fourth bids in January and a spring
School in 1959. Jean was a Mrs. Penas had many hob- funeralhome.com. Avenue South to First Avenue Street S to the east city limits, construction start.
faithful member of the bies and enjoyed many vaca- South, Second Street South then south on Ninth Avenue The council agreed to con-
between Third Avenue South South, then back west on tinue having workshop ses-
and First Avenue South, Sec- Fifth Street S. sions as the project progress-
ond Avenue South between Rodeberg said the street es.
Third Street South and Divi- and underground utility work
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Safety essential when visiting a farm
he nursery rhyme does body, where a person may be- Here are some other precau-
T not state, “Old MacDon-
ald had a farm and on this
farm there was a bunch of dan-
come trapped in the gears or
components of equipment;
cuts from equipment that
tions that can be taken when
visiting a farm.
gerous things.” But maybe it shears crops; bruising or cuts • Don’t allow children to wan-
should? from projectiles thrown by der around unsupervised.
Farmers perform an essential mowers or other field equip- • Rides on farm equipment
service, providing food and ment; and crushing or trapping
injuries from machinery that should be discouraged.
other products that consumers
commonly take for granted. falls or tips over. • Before starting machinery,
The inner workings of a farm Animals operators should locate chil-
are something to treat with re- Part of the excitement of visit- dren and other guests and
spect. Most of the families who ing a farm is seeing and petting clear them from the work area.
live and work on a farm under- the animals. Although many
stand the potential hazards of animals may be docile and do- • Don’t allow children near ma-
such an environment. However, mesticated, they can still be chinery.
individuals visiting a farm may unpredictable. Animals that are • Children under the age of
be unaware of these dangers. startled by yelling or loud nois-
Understanding farm safety 16 should not be allowed to
es also may become restless
helps keep everyone safe. and dangerous. operate any farm vehicles.
According to the organization Children should understand • Watch for hand tools or other
Kids Health, the age groups at that animals may unintentionally equipment, and keep children
greatest risk for injury on farms cause injuries. It may be in a
are children ages 3 to 4 and away from them.
horse’s defense mechanism to
teenagers ages 13 to 14. Most kick when it is scared. To avoid • Do not touch animals unless
injuries can be prevented, such injuries, never approach a farm worker allows it. Then
though, with a little education animals from behind. Also, follow his or her instructions.
and precautionary measures. when baby animals are pres-
Machinery ent, a female may be protec- • Don’t provoke farm animals
There are many different forms tive of her brood and go on the or attempt to startle them.
of machinery on a farm to help defensive. • Supervise children around
keep it working efficiently. Another inadvertent injury that ponds, feeding troughs or ma-
These items can pose serious may occur is from bacteria or
safety risks. Although tractors nure lagoons. It only takes
viruses from the animals. Ani-
are the type of farm equipment mal feces may contain bacte- a few inches of water to pose
that causes the most injuries, ria, and there may be other mi- a drowning risk.
some adults still think it is safe croorganisms on the animals Farms are interesting places
to allow children to ride along. themselves. It is a smart idea
to visit, especially for children.
Injuries that may result from to always wash your hands
farm machinery include pinch- after handling a farm animal to Safety should always be a pri-
ing of clothing or parts of the prevent the spread of disease. ority when visiting a farm.
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