3-18-15 Chronicle A-Section

Embedded Scribd iPaper - Requires Javascript and Flash Player
Plans gearing
up for annual
Orth Jamboree
Chelman running south
GSL senior signs with MNU in Kansas
—Page 1B
— Sports page 3B
The McLeod County
Glencoe, Minnesota Vol. 118, No. 11
C
hronicle
www.glencoenews.com
$1.00
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
City, other officials ponder storm water options
By Rich Glennie
Correspondent
A plan, called Glencoe northeast
drainage improvements, was the
topic of a workshop session at the
Glencoe City Center Wednesday afternoon, and it included representatives from the city and county as
well as state water experts and Buffalo Creek Watershed District board
members.
Being looked at was a project that
would redirect flood waters from the
north and central portions of Glencoe eastward to the east ditch system.
Justin Black and John Rodeberg
of Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH)
made a project presentation that included extending a 30-inch overflow
sewer line from near the northeast
end of the high school parking lot,
south to 16th Street and then east
along 16th Street, and the future
16th Street, to the east ditch system.
It would either go directly to the
ditch and thus pass through private
property, or turn south from 16th
Street and run just east of Grand
Meadows, connect into an existing
city sewer line and then east to the
ditch.
A third option is to continue south
and under the railroad tracks in
order to keep the entire project within the city limits. While the third option was favored by the group, it
also adds more cost to the project.
SEH’s estimated cost was about
$700,000 to $800,000, or about half
the cost of an earlier plan that included larger pipes.
The problem is how to pay for it,
and who pays for it.
City Administrator Mark Larson
said the city is seeking Federal
Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) or Department of Natural
Resources (DNR) funding to help
pay for the project.
But, he added, “I’m not sure the
city should bear all the cost,” since
the majority of the water runoff
comes from the watershed north of
Glencoe and outside the city limits.
All that water must pass through the
community in order to get to Buffalo
Creek.
Mayor Randy Wilson noted that
the west ditch project, which includes a similar scenario, has been
divided up as far as costs. The portion that runs through the city, 16
percent, will be paid by the city. The
remainder will be paid either
through state and federal funds or by
affected property owners, or both.
With the northeast diversion, however, the majority of the proposed
work lies within the city limits.
“Are you thinking landowners
north (of the city) should help pay?”
asked McLeod County Commissioner Doug Krueger, who represents
Glencoe as well as surrounding
Glencoe and Helen townships.
“No,” Larson replied, but he
added the “city is frustrated paying
the cost, but has no control over the
tiling north of town.” He said that
tiling contributes to the rapid runoff
from farm fields into the city’s holding ponds, overpowering the sewer
system, causing widespread flooding.
While a portion of the east ditch
lies within city limits, Krueger said
the broader look shows it circles
north of Glencoe, “but is not functioning.” Improvements to the east
ditch system north of Glencoe also
could help ease the runoff into Glencoe. But Krueger said his research of
the ditch indicates it is a private
ditch, “but no one knows where the
agreements are. This is not easy.”
Larry Phillips of the Buffalo
Creek Watershed Board also suggested that improvements to the east
ditch north of the Stuewe farm
“would help eliminate some of the
water out of the central area of
town.”
“It would be easier if it was a
county ditch,” Krueger added.
“If it’s on your farm, it’s your
ditch,” Phillips added of disputed
ownership and responsibility.
*****
Rodeberg and Black showed aerial photos from the 2014 June flooding that was labeled a “500-year rain
event.” He said two watershed districts became one “due to the size of
the event. It was an unprecedented
amount of water.”
As a result, the water levels were
Drainage
Turn to page 3
County Board
approves permit
for Sober Farm
By Dave Pedersen
Correspondent
The McLeod County Board of
Commissioners on Tuesday granted
a conditional use permit for Todd
Knapper and Kirstin Jacques to operate a transitional housing facility
known as Sober Farm in an existing
dwelling in Round Grove Township
for overnight lodging and facilities
for up to six residents at a time to
assist in alcohol and drug addiction
recovery.
The action was taken after a public hearing where concern was expressed by some neighbors of the
facility located in Stewart. Approval
also came after receiving recommendation by the Board of Supervisors of Round Grove Township and
approval by the county planning advisory committee. County commissioners added two more requirements to the list of 10 presented by
Zoning Administrator Larry Gasow.
The major change that was important to neighbors was there will
be 24-hour supervision at the home
for at least six months or upon review, whichever is longer. Also
added was the policy of not allowing sex offenders or violent offenders.
Residents of the Sober Farm
home will have demonstrated 30
days of continuous recovery immediately prior to joining the residents
at the home located in the agricultural district in Section 3 of Round
Grove Township. Then there is a
maximum stay of 90 days.
Other conditions include that the
applicant shall contact county environmentalist regarding the septic
system and number of bedrooms,
making any required changes in six
months.
The applicant shall maintain a
working relationship with neighboring farmers. Sober Farm shall adopt
a plan to address the health, safety
and welfare for those residing at the
facility and safety measures shall be
practiced at all times.
The McLeod County sheriff shall
be notified of the business operation
plan and location. Applicant shall
provide 24/7 on-call services. Residents shall not exceed six at any
given time. A licensed solid waste
hauler shall be contracted for waste
collection.
A six-month review from the date
of inception shall be performed by
the planning advisory commission.
Another review shall be performed
one year from the date of county
board approval.
All local, county and state regulations and licensures shall be adhered to and copies shall be provided to the planning and zoning office
for verification.
The Sober Farm residence has 11⁄2
bathrooms, four bedrooms, a mediation room, three-season porch,
large eat-in kitchen and living
room.
Knapper said this will not generate addition traffic on this road
since most people won’t bring cars.
Residents will be of the same sex at
the same time. He says everybody
gets a background check. Guidelines followed come from the Minnesota Association of Sober Housing (MASH), which Knapper says
has a stringent code of ethics.
Residents are not court-ordered,
they are volunteers. Jacques said to
become sober it takes 14 days for
chemicals to leave the body and at
least 30 days to break the habit.
“In most cases after treatment recovering people need a stepping
stone to get back into real life,”
adds Jacques. “In this 90-day plan
they learn to live sober by either a
clinical or spiritual path, whatever
is more comfortable. It is a program
to learn accountability in the fellowship of the house. It is not just a
place to live.”
Jacques said if a resident breaks
the house rules they are out and lose
their deposit. It is not just about
using again, it could be from damage to property or any misbehavior
that will not be tolerated.
The big concern by the board and
area residents was to have 24-hour
supervision. Knapper and Jacques
said they are open to having a house
manager, but believe it is not necessary.
Thur., 3-19
H: 50°, L: 31°
Fri., 3-20
H: 54°, L: 26°
Irish for a day
Silver Lake hosted its annual
St. Patrick’s Day parade on a
beautiful, spring Saturday afternoon. Everyone was Irish
for a day in the Polish-Czech
community, donning green
clothing. Above, Pola-Czesky
junior royalty Katelyn Fiecke
and Meadow Askerud, accompanied by ambassador
Brooke Noeldner, carried the
Irish flag in the parade. At
right is grand marshal and
parade organizer Sandy Posusta, who tossed candy and
shamrock-adorned jewelry to
parade watchers. Because of
conflicting activities, the traditional Irish “after-glow”
was not held after this year’s
parade, but Posusta promises it will be back on the
schedule for next year’s celebration.
Sober Farm
Turn to page 12
Weather
Wed., 3-18
H: 43°, L: 33°
Chronicle photos by Lori Copler
Sat., 3-21
H: 39°, L: 24°
Sun., 3-22
H: 43°, L: 27°
Looking back: A run of
warm weather last week gives
way to more spring-like temperatures this week.
Date
Hi
Lo Precip.
March 10 64 ........30 ........0.00
March 11 59 ........24 ........0.00
March 12
March 13
March 14
March 15
March 16
65 ........38 ........0.00
58 ........37 ........0.00
66 ........29 .........0.00
72 ........37 ........0.00
60 ........34 ........0.00
Temperatures and precipitation compiled by Robert Thurn, Chronicle
weather observer.
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.
The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, page 2
School district names polling sites,
gives absentee ballot information
Seminars for Cold War vets
McLeod County Veterans Services is hosting three informational seminars for veterans with military service
between 1955 and 1964 on Thursday, March 19, at 1
p.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., at the county’s administrative
building on Hennepin Avenue North in Glencoe. For details, contact Veterans Services at 320-864-1268.
FFA sets pork chop supper
The Glencoe-Silver Lake FFA Chapter will host a pork
chop supper Tuesday, March 24, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30
p.m., at the Glencoe City Center Ballroom. Tickets are
available in advance for a reduced rate from FFA members, the Glencoe Veterinary Clinic, Starry’s Embroidery,
or by e-mailing the FFA advisor at rhaddad@gsl.k12.mn.
us. Full-price tickets will be available at the door. Free
entertainment at 6:30 p.m. will be by the GSL jazz bands
with special guests, “The MIDiots,” from Bemidji State
University. Proceeds will be used for FFA scholarships
and leadership programs.
Caregiver group to meet
The Glencoe Caregiver Discussion Group will meet
Tuesday, March 24, at 5:45 p.m., at Grand Meadows
Senior Living, 1420 Prairie Ave., Glencoe. The topic is
“family meetings.” For more information, contact Jan
Novotny at 320-894-0479.
SL Sportsmen annual meeting
The Silver Lake Sportsmen’s Club Board of Directors
annual meeting will be Saturday, March 21, at 7 p.m., in
the Silver Lake Legion club rooms. All members are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Stewart kids’ Easter party set
The Stewart Lions Club will host its annual pancake
breakfast and kids’ Easter party Sunday, March 29, from
9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the Stewart Fire Hall. A free-will
donation will be accepted for the breakfast, which includes all-you-can-eat pancakes, scrambled eggs,
sausage, fruit, milk, juice and coffee. Proceeds go to
local projects. Kids can participate in a coloring contest
and have their photographs taken with the Easter Bunny.
Easter egg hunt set April 4
The Brownton Women’s Club will host its annual Easter egg hunt for children ages toddler through third grade
on Saturday, April 4, at the Brownton Community Center. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. and the hunt starts at 10 a.m.
Please bring your own basket or bag to collect eggs.
Treat bags and prizes will be given, and the Easter Bunny
will be present for pictures. There is no charge for admission.
Dining site birthday party
The Silver Lake Senior Nutrition Dining Site will have
its March birthday party Tuesday, March 24. The menu
includes pork loin, parslied potatoes, carrots, dinner roll
with margarine, frosted cake and low-fat milk. Please call
Site Manager Pearl Branden at 320-327-2621 or 320327-2536 to reserve a meal if you plan to attend.
Degree of Honor meeting set
The Degree of Honor 182 will have its social meeting
Tuesday, March 24, at 1 p.m., at the Silver Lake Auditorium.
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.
Glencoe Food Cooperative dissolves,
but plans under way for private store
By Lori Copler
Editor
The Glencoe Food Co-op is
dissolving before it ever
opened its doors, but that
doesn’t mean the area will
never have a business that offers organic food and other
natural products.
One of the co-op’s organizers, Janette Goettl, said Friday that the co-op’s initial
members have voted to dissolve the cooperative and discontinue efforts after a market study and consultants
showed that there was a slim
chance of getting it off the
ground.
“But I’m still passionate
about this and still want to
bring something like this to
Glencoe,” said Goettl.
Goettl said she has decided
to pursue a natural food and
products outlet as a private
business owner, and is currently preparing a business
plan for consideration to obtain funding.
Goettl said a privately
owned business will be
smaller than what a cooperative would have provided, but
she still plans to offer organically grown food and natural
cleaning, beauty and other
products.
She said she will need
about 1,200 square feet of
space to get the business
under way, and is looking at
space in downtown Glencoe.
Goettl said several factors
led to the cooperative’s steering committee’s recommendation to discontinue pursuing a cooperative store.
First, a feasibility and market study “stated that our
numbers were not favorable
for the success” of the coop-
Vehicle
damages
shooting
range
766 Century Avenue • Hutchinson
~ CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED ~
NOW PLAYING FRI., MARCH 20 – THURS., MARCH 26
ADMISSION PRICES: ADULTS $7.00;
CHILD, MATINEES & SENIORS $5.00
Divergent: Insurgent PG-13
11:40, 1:55, 4:101, 6:251 & 8:40
Divergent: Insurgent PG-13
12:40, 2:55, 5:101, 7:251 & 9:40
Cinderella PG
12:15, 2:30, 4:451, 7:001 & 9:10
Run All Night R
12:20, 2:35, 4:551, 7:101 & 9:25
Second Best Exotic
Marigold Hotel PG
12:20, 2:40, 4:551, 7:151 & 9:35
The Gunman R
12:30, 2:45, 5:001, 7:301 & 9:45
1) Show Times for Mon.–Thurs., March 23-26.
Special showing on Thurs.,
March 19 @ 7 p.m. for
THE GUNMAN
and 8 p.m. for
DIVERGENT: INSURGENT
American Sniper & McFarland
will NOT play Thursday Evening.
Easter Eggstravaganza
Saturday, April 4 • 12-2 p.m.
Lighthouse Church (formerly Discover Church)
10478 Bell Ave • Hwy 212, Plato
For more information, please call Pastor Paul at 320-310-2117
Huge Easter Egg Hunt – Bounce Houses – Games – Popcorn
Food – Cup Cake Walk – Drawings for Bikes & Easter Baskets
Cost: FREE
In Community Partnership with the Plato Lions Club
Informational Meeting Notice
Buffalo Creek Watershed
Marsh Water Project Phase 3
Implementation Timeline and Cost Allocation
Tuesday, March 31
5-7 p.m.
Glencoe City Center
Senior Room
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
THE DIVERGENT SERIES:
INSURGENT(2D) PG-13 No Passes!
Fri 4:00 7:00 9:35; Sat-Sun 1:00 4:00
7:00 9:35; Mon-Thurs 4:00 7:00 9:35
THE DIVERGENT SERIES:
INSURGENT(3D) PG-13
No Passes Or Discount Tickets! 3D Surcharge!
Fri 4:10 7:10 9:45; Sat-Sun 1:10 4:10
7:10 9:45; Mon-Thurs 4:10 7:10 9:45
DO YOU BELIEVE? PG-13 No Passes!
Fri 4:15 7:05 9:35; Sat-Sun 1:15 4:15
7:05 9:35; Mon-Thurs 4:15 7:05 9:35
THE GUNMAN R No Passes!
Fri 4:20 7:10 9:40; Sat-Sun 1:20 4:20
7:10 9:40; Mon-Thurs 4:20 7:10 9:40
CINDERELLA PG No Passes!
Fri 4:15 7:00 9:25; Sat-Sun 1:15 4:15
7:00 9:25; Mon-Thurs 4:15 7:00 9:25
RUN ALL NIGHT R No Passes!
Fri 4:30 7:15 9:40; Sat-Sun 1:30 4:30
7:15 9:40; Mon-Thurs 4:30 7:15 9:40
UNFINISHED BUSINESS R
Fri 4:30 7:30 9:40; Sat-Sun 1:30 4:30
7:30 9:40; Mon-Thurs 4:30 7:30 9:40
KINGSMAN R
Fri 4:20 7:05 9:45; Sat-Sun 1:20 4:20
7:05 9:45; Mon-Thurs 4:20 7:05 9:45
AMERICAN SNIPER R
Fri 4:00 7:00 9:45; Sat-Sun 1:00 4:00
7:00 9:45; Mon-Thurs 4:00 7:00 9:45
www.cinemagictheatres.com
651-777-3456 #560 • 109 W 1st St
STADIUM SEATING & ALL AUDITORIUMS
HAVE HD DIGITAL PRESENTATION
AND 7.1 DIGITAL SOUND
K10-12C,12Aa
SHOWTIMES GOOD FROM 3/20-3/26/15
Adult Seats Before 6pm $6.75(Except 3D)
Child/Senior All Seats$6.25(Except 3D)
suing it on her own.
“I do appreciate all the support the co-op received this
past year, and I especially
want to say thanks to our
steering committee for all
their hard work,” said Goettl.
We will be going through the process of
the Basic Water Management Project.
(320)234-6800
K11Cj
The shooting range at the
Green Isle Sportsman Park
was damaged by a vehicle
last week, according to the
Sibley County Sheriff’s Office.
The park is located about
three miles southwest of
Green Isle.
On Wednesday, March 11,
it was reported that a vehicle
drove on the grass, causing
extensive damage.
The sheriff ’s office is
seeking information about
the incident, and may be
contacted at 507-237-4330,
or 1-888-880-4567.
erative.
Next, Goettl asked Co-op
Development Services to review the study.
Bill Gessner of Co-op Development Services also said
that a cooperative in Glencoe
just was not feasible. Gessner
indicated the cooperative
needed about 1,000 members
and $250,000 to $400,000 on
hand “before we could even
consider opening our doors.
He told us it would take years
of hard work and we only had
a 20 percent chance to make
it.”
The steering committee
also looked at recent efforts
to start a cooperative in Willmar, which dissolved recently
when it ended up 200 members shy of its needed 1,000
members and about $500,000
short of start-up funds. After
four years of work, that cooperative plans to dissolve next
month.
Goettl said it also became
obvious that the cooperative
would not be able to obtain
funding. And based on recommendations, it was suggested to the steering committee that it was better to
dissolve now and look at
other options, rather than invest more time, money and
effort into establishing a cooperative.
“I’m still very passionate
about having a store in Glencoe,” said Goettl, who said
that starting a private business will get goods into the
hands of those who desire
them earlier than if organizers
still continued to pursue a cooperative.
Goettl said that there is
enough interest in a natural
outlet for her to continue pur-
WACONIA
THEATRE
K11Cj
Happenings
For more information about
obtaining an application for
an absentee ballot, call the
GSL District Office at 320864-2491. Voters are reminded to allow enough time for
mail service if required.
Any eligible voter residing
in the school district may
vote at the school district special election at the combined
polling place for the precinct
in which he or she resides. A
voter must be eligible to vote
in this election. An unregistered individual may register
to vote at the combined
polling place on election day.
Additional information
about the special election is
available on the school district’s website at www.
gsl.k12.mn.us or by contacting Chris Sonju, superintendent of schools, at 320-8642498, by e-mail at CSonju
@gsl.k12.mn.us, or Michelle
Sander, business manager, at
320-864-2496, MSander@gsl
.k12.mn.us.
Additional information
about voting during the
school district special election is available by calling
Dawn Peterson, superintendent’s secretary, at 320-8642495 or at DPeterson@
gsl.k12.mn.us.
K9,11-13C,10-13Aa
Creekside Community Church, 114 E Shamrock Dr.,
Arlington, is hosting a free concert Sunday, March
22, at 3 p.m., featuring Allen and Matt Carlson of
Hamburg, a father and son duo who share a passion
for music, especially classic country, gospel and
hymns. The Carlsons recently released a new CD,
“What Really Matters,” and the concert will feature
some of the selections from the CD. The concert is
open to the public.
by absentee ballot. The first
day absentee ballots will be
available is Friday, March 27.
Applications for absentee ballots will be available at the
GSL District Office at Lincoln Junior High School,
1621 E 16th St., Glencoe.
The office is open from 7:30
a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday. Applications
also are available from the
school district’s website at
www.gsl.k12.mn.us. If the
application for absentee ballot is received at the district
office before absentee ballots
are available, the absentee
ballot will be mailed to the
address specified in the application when absentee ballots
become available.
The last day to submit written applications for absentee
ballots to the district office is
the day before the school district special election (Monday, May 11). You may return
your application by fax, mail
or in person.
You may vote in person at
the district office or an absentee ballot will be mailed to
you upon receipt of the application. Absentee ballots must
be received by the school district clerk by 5 p.m. on election day. Ballots received by
election officials after election day will not be counted.
GLENCOE CO-OP
ASSN.
Date: Thurs., Mar. 19, 2015 Time: 11am
Where: Pla-Mor Ballroom
9th & Stevens • Glencoe
LUNCH WILL FOLLOW MEETING.
If you are interested in running for the Board of
Directors, contact our office by Friday, March 13.
Qualifications required, call for details, 320-864-5561.
F9-11C,10-11Aa
Hamburg duo release CD
know that school district
combined polling places may
differ from where you normally vote for a primary or
general election. Polls will be
open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
on May 12 at the following
combined polling places:
• Lincoln School, 1621 E
16th St., Glencoe (city of
Glencoe; and Glencoe Township; city of Biscay; and Hassan Valley Township,
McLeod County);
• New Auburn City Hall,
8402 Fourth Ave., New
Auburn (city of New Auburn;
and Green Isle and New
Auburn townships, Sibley
County);
• Plato Fire Hall, 112 Second Ave. NE, Plato (city of
Plato; and Helen and Bergen
Townships, McLeod County;
and Young America Township, Carver County);
• Lakeside School, 229
Lake Ave., Silver Lake (city
of Silver Lake; and Hale,
Rich Valley, Hutchinson and
Winsted townships, McLeod
County; and Stockholm
Township, Wright County);
• Brownton Community
Center, 310 Second St. N,
Brownton (city of Brownton;
and Penn, Sumter, Collins
and Round Grove townships,
McLeod County).
Voters may choose to vote
K11C12Aj
Submitted photo
Residents of Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL) School District, Independent School District 2859, will be given the
opportunity to vote on one
question during the school
district’s special election on
Tuesday, May 12. The ballot
question asks for approval of
up to $24.19 million for a
school district bond issue:
The ballot question is as
follows:
Shall the school board of
Independent School District
No. 2859 (Glencoe-Silver
Lake Public Schools) be authorized to issue its general
obligation school building
bonds in an amount not to exceed $24,190,000 to provide
funds for the acquisition and
betterment of school sites and
facilities in order to relocate
grades K-2 to the existing 712 campus in Glencoe, to improve safety, to repurpose
program space within the current Lincoln Junior High
School and GSL High School
facilities, and to complete
window upgrades at the
Lakeside Elementary School
facility in Silver Lake?
BY VOTING “YES” ON
THIS BALLOT QUESTION,
YOU ARE VOTING FOR A
PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.
It is important for voters to
The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, page 3
Townships hold annual meetings;
some also have elections of officials
MIDIots to join high
school bands in concert
On Tuesday, March 24, the
Glencoe-Silver Lake High
School Music Department
will present an evening of
contemporary jazz and bigband music featuring three
ensembles: GSL Jazz I, GSL
Jazz II and special guests,
“The MIDIots.”
This free concert starts at
6:30 p.m. at the Glencoe City
Center. Prior to the concert,
there is a pork chop dinner by
the GSL Ag Promoters FFA
Alumni. The dinner starts at
5:30 p.m.
MIDIots is an innovative
electronic music ensemble
comprised of faculty members from Bemidji State Uni-
versity. Del Lyren, electronic
wind instrument, Eric Sundeen, MalletKat, Greg Gaston, Wavedrum and MIDI
percussion, and Lee Foster,
bass and FX, along with
sound engineer John Stewart,
collaborate to perform original compositions and contemporary arrangements in an
electrifying concert experience.
The MIDIots are an imaginative and inventive group
continually exploring unique
musical directions with exhilarating artistic expression.
Their first CD, “Before the
Dawn,” was released in fall
2013.
No one hurt in crash
There were no injuries in a
two-vehicle crash Sunday at
about 3:45 p.m. in the city of
Winthrop.
According to the Sibley
County Sheriff ’s Office, a
2006 Chevrolet Equinox,
driven by Heidie Louise
Sloot, 21, of Winthrop, was
eastbound on Third Street
and had stopped at a stop
sign. A 2015 Kia Sorento,
driven by Ellen Ann Anderson, 39, of Winthrop, was
northbound on County Road
33 when the vehicles collided
in the intersection.
Both drivers were wearing
their seat belts and were not
injured. The Sloot vehicle
had moderate damage, while
the Anderson vehicle was
lightly damaged.
Drainage Continued from page 1
2.5 feet above the 100-year
elevation designed for the
city’s north central holding
ponds. Flood water in the
school pond near the high
school was 3.3 feet higher
than designed, while levels
farther east were 3.5 feet
below the 100-year elevations
“because water was not getting from the school area to
the east ditch,” Rodeberg
said.
Because of that, during the
peak flooding, water was
flowing back into the ponds
instead of east to the east
ditch, which was only half
full at the time.
Rodeberg said the proposal
of the 30-inch sewer pipe
would act as an overflow
sewer connecting at the high
school sewer that currently
drains into the wetlands just
east of the high school. He
said it is important to protect
that wetlands area and maintain its elevations. By running
the proposed 30-inch relief
line past the wetlands and
east along 16th Street “it will
create the lowest impact at
the lowest cost” to the high
school wetlands.
Rocky Keehn, also of SEH,
said there is a need to get the
30-inch pipe at more depth to
better move the water.
Larson asked if the proposal will negatively impact the
high school property or properties to the north of the city.
“I don’t think so,” Keehn
replied.
“We need all the parties on
board,” Larson stressed about
any project.
City Council Member
Kevin Dietz added, “has anyone talked to people about the
east ditch?”
“That’s the next step,”
Rodeberg said.
Phillips said a red flag to
the watershed district is if the
proposed plan negatively affects landowners in the area.
“We do not want to back up
water into their property.” He
said there is a permitting
process required to do any
project, including permission
from the watershed district.
Krueger also was concerned about adding more
water to the east ditch and
how that might affect farmers
who might want to do more
tiling in the future. He did not
favor such a restriction.
Asked whether the proposed tile line would allow
future development to tie into
it, Phillips cautioned against
anyone else tiling into the 30inch sewer pipe.
Larson said the goal is to
move that water, even though
“it’s not our water.” If the
project is built, Larson said it
also will benefit the 1,100
acres north of the city “at city
cost.”
Phillips also questioned the
impact this project might
have on a future Morningside
extension project that was put
on hold several years ago.
That extension would be right
over the proposed 30-inch
sewer line east of the high
school, about where a roundabout was planned.
Black said the sewer line
would be about 10 to 12 feet
deep at that location, and the
roundabout could be constructed right on top of it.
*****
The next steps are to talk to
the landowners who might be
impacted by the project and
“get everybody on board,”
Rodeberg said.
Wilson noted the city is a
landowner, too, “and we have
5,600 people who want this
thing fixed.” He added this
project “should not be a negative.”
If it is modeled so the project does not negatively impact the east ditch, “I don’t
see an issue,” Phillips said.
He said more firm plans are
still needed, “but the concept
I’m fairly comfortable with.”
Larson said a project has
now been identified. It needs
to be presented to the public,
and the city needs to identify
funding sources before preliminary designs are drawn
up.
“Is the pipe big enough?”
Krueger asked. The engineers
felt it is.
“If you dream too big, it
may not happen at all,” Wilson said of the previous $1.8
million proposal. “We have to
make some decisions here.”
Wilson said he hoped a
project could be done next
year. “We need to push it
hard.”
“But we need to find the
money,” Larson stressed.
150 votes. The levy stayed
the same, with $80,000 dedicated to the road and bridge
fund and $85,000 to the revenue fund. It was reported
that the snowplow truck approved at last year’s annual
meeting had been purchased.
There also were reports regarding the Silver Lake fire
and ambulance departments.
Hassan Valley — Garrett
Luthens was re-elected supervisor and Shirley Troska was
elected as the treasurer. The
22 residents who were present also heard from McLeod
County Commissioner Sheldon Nies on the need to replace worn-out street signs.
Helen — Not available.
Hutchinson — There were
15 residents in attendance at
the annual meeting, and a
wide variety of topics were
discussed — from property
taxes to snow plowing, according to Clerk John Gregor.
The general levy was set at
$12,000, and the fire levy
was set at $27,638. Jon Christensen was elected supervisor
for a three-year term and
Marlys Swensen was elected
treasurer for a two-year term.
Each received 25 votes.
Lynn — Eighteen residents
were in attendance at the annual meeting and heard a report from Wright regarding
single-sort recycling. Reports
also were given on road work
and fire protection. Residents
set the levy, with $25,000 for
the general fund, $70,000 for
road and bridge, $25,000 for
fire protection and $20,000
for the savings account, a
total of $140,000. Doug Johnson was re-elected supervisor,
and Jackie Reiner was elected
as the treasurer. Each received 19 votes.
Penn — Penn Township
had a unique milestone as Supervisor Lester Lindeman
ended 54 years of service
with the township. He re-
ceived a plaque from Board
Chair Wilbert Hahn. Kevin
Miller was elected to fill Lindeman’s position, and Veryl
Becker was re-elected as the
treasurer to a two-year term.
The New Auburn and Brownton fire chiefs gave updates
on their departments. Wright
reported on the jail expansion, one-sort recycling and
the proposed sober house
conditional use permit in
Round Grove Township. The
voters maintained the currenty levy of $110,000 for 2016.
McLeod Count sheriff ’s
deputy Scott Wawrzyniak
was present to answer questions.
Rich Valley — Residents
established the levy at
$62,000 for road and bridge,
and $1,000 each for the gen-
eral and fire protection funds.
Items on the agenda included
finances, road conditions and
a possible shed addition.
Round Grove — Nineteen
voters cast ballots, re-electing
Leroy Hedtke as treasurer and
Robert Doerr as supervisor.
Each received 19 votes. The
levy was set at $95,000. Concerned residents talked about
the conditional use permit for
Sober Farm, which the township board already approved,
according to Clerk Deb Zellmann. However, the permit is
still pending before the
McLeod County Board of
Commissioners.
Sumter — The main topic
was the levy, which the residents voted to keep the same
as the current year.
Winsted — Not available.
EVERY FRIDAY 5-8 p.m.
FISH FRY & TWO MEAT BUFFET • $9.95
Feb. 13th through April 3rd
BINGO
Every Sunday @ 3:00 p.m.
F9-13Ca
CACTUS JACK’S II
bar & Grill
Hwy. 212, Stewart • (320) 562-2609
PORK CHOP SUPPER
Tues., March 24
presented by the GSL Ag Promoters FFA Alumni
Glencoe City Center Ballroom, Serving 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $8 advance, $10 at door, 5 & under: Free
Tickets available from FFA members, Glencoe Vet Clinic, Starry’s Embroidery,
or email the FFA advisor at rhaddad@gsl.k12.mn.us
K11-12A,11Ca
Submitted photo
The MIDIots, an electronic music ensemble comprised of Bemidji State University instructors, will
perform Tuesday, March 24, at the Glencoe City Center, along with the Glencoe-Silver Lake High School
jazz bands.
By Lori Copler
Editor
All Minnesota townships
had their annual meetings
March 10, and those who do
not have fall elections also
had annual elections. Following is a round-up of results:
Acoma — About 45 residents attended the annual
meeting, and agreed to keep
the 2016 tax levy the same as
2015: general fund, $55,000;
road and bridge, $143,000;
town hall, $10,000; fire administration, $20,000; heavy
equipment, $5,000; and fire
equipment, $25,000.
Bergen — Voters agreed to
build a new town hall at a
cost not to exceed $400,000,
according to Amy Meyer,
township clerk. The 2016
levy was set, with $130,000
dedicated to the road and
bridge fund, $33,000 to the
general fund and $25,000 for
fire protection.
Collins — Eighteen voters
turned out and re-elected Pete
Maiers to another three-year
term as supervisor and Dan
Benson to a two-year term as
treasurer. The 2016 levy was
set at $141,000, which is an
increase of $11,000 over the
current year. The increase
was needed to cover the cost
of new fire trucks, said Clerk
Al Fredrickson. Voters heard
reorts from the Stewart and
Brownton fire departments
and from McLeod County
Commissioner Paul Wright.
Glencoe — Chair James
Hueser reported that voters
approved a new bridge for the
west side of Glencoe.
Hale — Hale Township
had probably the largest
turnout of voters with 166
votes cast in the election. Ron
Mickolichek was re-elected
supervisor for three years
with 117 votes, while challenger Ross Jurek received 48
votes. Colleen Kaczmarek
was re-elected treasurer with
Come support the future of local agriculture! Proceeds used
for FFA scholarships & leadership programs.
Free Entertainment provided at 6:30 p.m. by the GSL Jazz Bands
with special guests “The MIDIOTS” from Bemidji State University.
Pre-H eat Event!
K102 Ticket Blast with Chris Carr
Murdersuicide
reported
in NYA
Two people are dead as a
result of an apparent murdersuicide that occurred in Norwood Young America (NYA)
Wednesday, March 11.
According to the Carver
County Sheriff ’s Office,
Mylo Willis Leistiko, 51, apparently shot and killed
Lanaea Ann Harrison, 23, in
the house they shared at 920
Preserve Boulevard in Norwood Young America. He
placed her body in a waterfowl decoy bag, then turned
the gun on himself and committed suicide.
A preliminary investigation
indicates that Leistiko and
Harrison were involved in a
romantic relationship.
Leistiko’s body was discovered by a roommate of
the couple at about 5:07 p.m.
Wednesday, March 11. He
immediately called law enforcement officials, who discovered Harrison’s body in a
subsequent search of the residence.
The incident remains under
investigation by the Carver
County Sheriff’s Office and
the Minnesota Bureau of
Criminal Apprehension
(BCA).
CALL US TO
PLACE YOUR
AUCTION AD.
Chronicle/
Advertiser
864-5518
Fri., Mar. 20 • Neisen’s Bar & Grill
Biscay • 8 to 10 p.m.
Performances by Killer Hayseeds and The Plott Hounds
Chris Carr, host of the K102 Morning Show, will be in attendance.
GFD will be present selling HITS tickets and raffle tickets.
GFD Relief Assn. raffle is a $20 ticket for a chance to
Heat in the
win one of 12 cash prizes ranging from $100 to $5,000 Street
ticket
(total of $10,000 in prizes). Only 1,000 tickets will be
giveaway!
sold with the winners drawn on July 25th.
K11Cj
City Wide Shopping Event!
March 21, 2015
STOP SHOP & DROP
Hutchinson, MN
For information on special offers, events, and
particpating businesses, please visit our website!
#MuchInHutch
www.explorehutchinson.com
K11Ca
Join us for a FREE workshop where Home Mortgage Specialist
Chad Yo
oung will provide steps on building or remodeling a home.
Learn
Learn about:
· what to know before starting construction
· financing options
· appraisal
Tuesday, March 24 - 6:30 p.m.
· closing/legal issues
Glencoe AgStar Office
1710 East 10th St.
Also Featuring Robert Ripple of
Glencoe, MN 55336
Nordaas American Homes
RSVP to 866-577-1831
AgStar Financial Services is an equal opportunity employerr,
lender and providerr. © 2015 All rights reserved.
K10-11Ca
O
pinions
The McLeod County Chronicle, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, page 4
‘Right to Try’ proposal
draws support, criticism
Our view: Why not let the
terminally ill try trial drugs, devices?
W
e have all become familiar with “right to
die” legislative efforts,
in which the dying are allowed to
authorize the cessastion of resuscitative efforts as their lives come to a
close.
Now, according to the Star Tribune, there is a legislative effort for a
“right to try.” Right to try legislation
allows those diagnosed with terminal illness a chance to try unapproved, experimental drugs and devices as a last-chance effort to save
their lives.
It seems that beginning-of-life and
end-of-life issues always seem to
spark controversy and debate, and
this proposed legislation is no exception. And this is no surprise; life
is our greatest gift and one worth debating, particularly when it comes to
ensuring its quality.
The right to try legislation would
allow terminally ill people easier access to drugs and devices that are
still undergoing clinical trials.
The proposed bill comes with
some caveats: first, patients must
truly be diagnosed as being terminal.
Second, the experimental drugs and
devices must have already passed
the Food and Drug Administration’s
(FDA) first phase of testing, which
is the FDA’s most vigorous. Third,
the patient must have their physician’s approval. And, fourth, pharmaceutical companies are under no
obligation to provide the drugs or
devices.
Opponents raise a variety of concerns. Among those concerns is that
the trial drugs and devices will pro-
vide a sense of false hope. Although
these items must pass the FDA’s first
phase of approval, which ensures
they are not toxic, there is no guarantee that the drugs or devices actually work, or whether there would be
long-term side effects or ongoing
benefits.
There also are concerns about
costs. If the drugs or devices do
cause side effects or other harm that
require medical care, who pays for
that?
As much as we understand the
concerns, we feel that everyone has
a right to life. We believe that most
terminally ill people will understand
that the miracle may not happen.
And their experiences with trial
drugs may help with future research
and experimentation.
The Star Tribune article featured a
56-year-old woman who is terminally ill with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou
Gehrig’s Disease). An experimental
drug has showed positive results in
small samplings, but has not yet
been approved.
This woman’s body is rapidly deteriorating. The end of her life will
include muscle paralysis, an inability to move and a slow suffocation
when she no longer has the ability to
breathe on her own.
“If I’m going to die from this disease, my feeling is, give me a
chance, at least,” the Golden Valley
woman said.
Yes, let’s at least give her a
chance.
— L.C.
Feel strongly about an issue?
Share your opinion with
The McLeod County Chronicle readers
through a letter to the editor.
Please include your name, address and
telephone number (for verification purposes).
email to: loric@glencoenews.com
You can
vote
online at w w w . g l e n c o e n e w s . c o m
Question of the week
The Glencoe-Silver Lake School District is considering
a trial run of a “Digital/Different Day” to provide
learning opportunities to students on snow days.
What do you think?
1) Go for it. Kids can have fun learning at home.
2) Don’t do it. There are too many obstacles to overcome.
3) I don’t know enough to form an opinion.
The state of Minnesota was anticipating a $1.9 billion
surplus as of February 2015.
What should the state do with the money?
1) Give it back to taxpayers in rebates — 42%
2) Spend it on roads and bridges — 39%
3) Spend it on education — 10%
4) Build up its reserve fund — 9%
The McLeod County
Chronicle
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@@@@@@
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@@@@@@
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Founded in 1898 as The Lester Prairie News.
Postmaster send address changes to:
McLeod Publishing, Inc.
716 E. 10th St., P.O. Box 188, Glencoe, MN 55336.
Phone 320-864-5518 FAX 320-864-5510.
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Entered as Periodicals postal matter at Glencoe, MN post
office. Postage paid at Glencoe, USPS No. 310-560.
Subscription Rates: McLeod County (and New Auburn) –
$39.00 per year. Elsewhere in the state of Minnesota –
$ 45.00 per year. Outside of state – $ 51.00. Nine-month
student subscription mailed anywhere in the U.S. – $39.00.
I tried a scientific experiment recently. I head-butted an engine block
to test out the hardness of my head. I
now have a scrape on my forehead,
but the headache has subsided.
Actually, I was helping my son
haul his latest acquisition, another
engine block, off his truck bed and
into the garage. As we placed it on
the garage floor, I pinched my finger
against another piece of his engine
junk, jerked my head forward and
promptly ran headlong into the engine block we had just plopped
down. He laughed; I cringed as I
saw stars. I swear I’m getting too old
to be hauling engine blocks.
Lo and behold, several days later
he comes back with another “prize”
that needs to go down into the basement.
“Get one of your buddies to help
you,” I said.
“You’re it,” my son replied.
“Then get new relatives!”
After a pause, I added, “Then get
your mother to help you!” Then I realized she was standing right around
the corner.
So down in the basement we went,
hauling another engine block, this
time using chains as handles. By the
way, this is the same son who helped
me haul an old refrigerator up from
the basement last year, only to end
up wearing the refrigerator on my
chest when I slipped and fell down.
We didn’t hurt ourselves this time.
You would think I would have
known better. Apparently not.
All this reminded me of a book I
just read. (I read a lot in my retirement.) It’s entitled “A Short History
of Nearly Everything” by Bill
Rich Glennie
Bryson. It’s normally not what I read
because it is a mix of science and
math (not my strong suits) rolled
into a humorous narrative. In other
words, I had to think a lot about
what I was reading.
I have always claimed that science
and math are naturals together. Just
like English and history often go together. Bryson’s book is a combination of all of that.
But I had to wade through the
“Big Bang Theory” and Einstein’s
“Theory of Relativity” to get to the
good parts … the people behind all
these wonderful discoveries. And
many of these scientists were quite
eccentric, as only Bryson can parlay
in his book.
For example, Bryson writes about
a family of British intellectuals by
the name of Haldane, whom the author called “outstandingly eccentric.” The senior Haldane, a professor of physiology at Oxford University, was absent minded as well.
As Bryson writes: “Once after his
wife had sent him upstairs to change
for a dinner party, he failed to return
and was discovered asleep in bed in
his pajamas. When roused, Haldane
explained he had found himself disrobing and assumed it was bedtime.
His idea of a vacation was to travel
to Cornwall to study hookworm in
miners.”
The younger Haldane never had a
degree in science, Bryson writes, but
became a brilliant scientist in his
own right. Bryson writes that Haldane and his father tested gases and
gas masks, “… taking turns to see
how long it took them to pass out.”
Added Bryson: “Perhaps uniquely
among human beings, the younger
Haldane found World War I ‘a very
enjoyable experience’ and freely admitted he ‘enjoyed the opportunity
of killing people.’”
The elder Haldane, in his experiments on himself, broke bones, had
collapsed lungs and perforated his
ear drums, Bryson writes, and “...in
his essays, Haldane wrote ‘… the
drum generally heals up; and if the
hole remains, although one is somewhat deaf, one can blow tobacco
smoke out of the ear in question,
which is a social accomplishment.’”
Byron’s book is filled with similar
hilarious accounts of people who
made such amazing discoveries
throughout history, but were just a
little … odd. It is a great read, and
you might even learn something.
So mashing my head into an engine block may be a sign of brilliance disguised as odd social behavior. I think I’ll stick with that theory.
Rich Glennie was the editor of
The Chronicle for 23 years. He retired Aug. 1, 2014, but still plans
to submit an occasional column.
Letters to the Editor
No plans to close Lakeside Elementary School
Results for most recent question:
79 votes. New question runs March 18 - 24.
Brilliance? Or just odd social behavior?
To the Editor:
As we move closer and closer to
the May 12 vote, I want to take this
time to address a question that has
been brought to my attention. It has
to deal with Lakeside Elementary
School.
Over the years, I have had many
people tell me that “they have
heard” that Lakeside will be closed
if the building bond passes. I’m not
sure where they heard this, or where
Staff
Karin Ramige Cornwell, Publisher; Lori Copler, Editor;
June Bussler, Business Manager; Sue Keenan, Sales Representative; Brenda Fogarty,
Sales Representative; Tom
Carothers, Sports Editor;
Jessica Bolland and Alissa
Hanson, Creative Department;
and Trisha Karels, Office Assistant.
Letters
The McLeod County Chronicle welcomes letters from readers expressing their opinions. All letters,
however, must be signed. Private
thanks, solicitations and potentially
libelous letters will not be published. We reserve the right to edit
any letter.
A guest column is also available to
any writer who would like to present an opinion in a more expanded
format. If interested, contact the
editor.
loric@glencoenews.com
it has been coming from, but it has
never come from the district.
I am here to say that Lakeside Elementary School will be the thirdthrough sixth-grade elementary
school at GSL if this project passes.
I would say that by approval of this
vote, this keeps a school in Silver
Lake much more likely than if it
doesn’t pass.
Over the past several years, the
district has spent money to add
Ethics
The editorial staff of the McLeod
County Chronicle strives to present
the news in a fair and accurate manner. We appreciate errors being
brought to our attention. Please
bring any grievances against the
Chronicle to the attention of the editor. Should differences continue,
readers are encouraged to take their
grievances to the Minnesota News
Council, an organization dedicated to
protecting the public from press inaccuracy and unfairness. The News
Council can be contacted at 12 South
Sixth St., Suite 940, Minneapolis,
MN 55402, or (612) 341-9357.
classrooms, replace windows, and to
put in security measures. This building is in good shape, with the exception of about 50 percent of the windows that need to be replaced. This
is why we have designated $250,000
to go toward windows at Lakeside
as a part of this project.
The school district facility plan
Press Freedom
Freedom of the press is guaranteed under the First Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press…”
Ben Franklin wrote in the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1731: “If printers
were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would
offend nobody there would be very
little printed.”
Sonju
Turn to page 5
Deadline for The McLeod County
Chronicle news is 5 p.m., and advertising is noon, Monday. Deadline for Glencoe Advertiser advertising is noon, Wednesday. Deadline for The Galaxy advertising is
noon Wednesday.
The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, page 5
Guest Column:
Answers to UWMC questions
ganization?
The United Way of
McLeod County is one of
1,200 independent United
Ways across the country organized to help improve their
communities. While we all
share a common name and
logo, the United Way of
McLeod County is an independent, locally controlled
organization governed by a
volunteer board of directors
from throughout McLeod
County.
Why Should I give to the
United Way of McLeod
County?
The United Way is the
most effective way to direct
your charitable donations to
caring and well-run community programs. Volunteers
carefully invest your gift in
programs that have proven
records of providing life
transforming services in a
cost-effective manner.
How does United Way invest my gift?
Each year, over 35 trained
volunteers work to carefully
review the management and
effectiveness of the agencies
funded and use this information to determine funding levels. This information gathered from the review process
is focused on results. The
four key factors in these results include: program accountability, demonstrated
change in peoples lives, efficiently and effectively run
programs, and programs that
are responsive to a changing
community.
What if I can’t afford to
give?
By giving a small amount
each pay period through payroll deduction, most working
people can afford to contribute. Even a small contribution will help someone
who might not otherwise receive help. By giving just $1
each week, you provide a
night of hotel lodging for a
homeless family or much
needed groceries at a food
shelf.
What amount of money
raised goes to fund administration?
Over the last eight years,
our overhead costs for staff,
rent, campaign materials, accounting fees, etc., has averaged 19 percent of money
raised. This percentage is
well below the Minnesota
Charities Review Council’s
recommended maximum of
30 percent and the Better
Business Bureau’s guideline
of 35 percent for fundraising
costs by charities.
Does United Way only
help the poor?
United Way works to benefit the entire community. Examples of broad-based services include: emergency food
and shelter programs for people who have been affected
by a disaster such as a fire,
domestic violence prevention
and counseling, and family
crisis and stability programs.
No one knows when a
tragedy will strike and when
help will be needed. Each of
us benefits from living in a
peaceful, healthy community.
Letters to the Editor
Blizzard Blast exceeded fundraising goal
To the Editor:
On behalf of hospice patients and their families, we
would like to thank the Glencoe and Hutchinson communities for their support of
2015 Blizzard Blast. We
raised a total of $30,292,
which surpassed our $30,000
goal.
A special thanks to our
guests, volunteers, individuals who donated auction
items, Rhinestone for providing entertainment, Chef Craig
for donating appetizers and
preparing a great meal, Glencoe City Center and Hannah
for being so accommodating,
Wendy’s Wonder Works for
helping with decorations, and
Dr. John Bergseng for emceeing the event.
We couldn’t have achieved
this goal without the hard
work and dedication of Sara
Kramer and the 2015 Blizzard Blast Committee: Lona
Oltmann, Gail Rolf, Mary
Trnka, Rachel Clausen, Sher-
ri Stamps and Leslie Johnson.
Thanks again for making a
difference in the lives of hospice patients and supporting
our new music and massage
therapists — two important
positions that will provide
comfort to our friends and
loved ones at the end of life.
Ron Bagnall
Allina Health Hospice
Foundation
P.S. Please join us next
year on Jan. 29 for the 2016
Blizzard Blast.
Stop obstructing the president’s goals
To the Editor:
Throughout President
Obama’s presidency, the opposition party has done nothing but obstruct any actions
that would benefit the ordinary citizens of the country.
They are totally disrespectful
of him, call him a foreigner, a
Muslim, and assorted other
snarky comments. The actions of Congress have
ground to a complete halt
where anything he proposes
is met with no action, and
compromise is a foreign concept. They continue to grind
away at the Affordable Care
Act with the Supreme Court
to the detriment of their constituents.
This time, however, they
have gone a step too far. The
actions of the 47 senators
who authored the letter to
hard line ayatollahs in Iran
was borderline treasonous.
We have listened to the right
wing of the party with their
continuous steady stream of
accusations which have no
basis in fact and said nothing.
The time has come for rational people to stand up and say
this is enough. Repeated untruthful comments do not
make them so.
Support our duly elected
President, who has done an
admirable job against all
odds.
Jan Conner
Hutchinson
only asking for what we need
with the upcoming vote.
So, in summary, as a district, we are not closing Lakeside Elementary School and
look forward to having this
facility be in the district for
many years to come.
Christopher D. Sonju
Superintendent of Schools
Julia Gomez, Morgan Dahlke and Rachel
Bonderman; and, back row, Katy Kunkel,
Tina Bonillo and Travis Uecker. Missing
was Lily Kirchoff.
Tickets now available for SpotLight
Musical Theatre Awards program
GSL’s ‘Shrek’ cast members to be featured June 15
Cast members from Glencoe-Silver Lake’s fall musical, “Shrek,” will be among
those performing at the SpotLight Musical Theatre Program on Monday, June 15, at
7 p.m., at the State Theatre on
Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis.
Tickets are now on sale and
may be obtained by visiting
hennepintheatretrust.org,
through Ticketmaster by calling 1-800-982-2727, or by
visiting a Ticketmaster outlet
center. Students who are performing do not need to buy a
ticket.
Several GSL “Shrek” cast
members and the production
as a whole were recognized
by the SpotLight Musical
Theatre Program, including:
• Honorable mention vocal
performance by a chorus.
• Honorable mention acting
performance by a chorus.
• Tina Bonilla as Shrek,
outstanding performance in a
leading role.
• Rachel Bonderman as
Fiona, honorable mention
performance in a leading role.
• Travis Uecker as Donkey,
honorable mention performance in a leading role.
• Julia Gomez as Dragon,
honorable mention perform-
ance in a supporting role.
• Katy Kunkel as Gingy,
honorable mention performance in a supporting role.
• Katie Twiss as Pinocchio,
honorable mention performance in a supporting role.
• Lily Kirchoff as Young
Fiona, outstanding performance in a featured role.
• Morgan Dahlke as Teen
Fiona, honorable mention
performance in a featured
role.
The SpotLight Showcase
performance will include outstanding overall and production schools; outstanding and
honorable mention individual
honorees in lead, supporting
and featured roles; outstanding student orchestra honorees; Triple Threat semi-finalists and finalists; and featured work from behind-thescenes honorees.
This year marks the 10th
anniversary of SpotLight, the
only program of its kind in
Minnesota, and has served
more than 40,000 students
and 100 schools.
SpotLight provides significantly valuable educational,
performing and creative experiences that help students
develop essential skills for
success such as collaboration,
critical thinking, problem
solving and self-expression.
In the program, students work
with local and national theatre professionals who offer
training, hands-on learning,
critical feedback, on-site
school workshops and master
classes.
This year’s SpotLight honors will be performed on two
nights, June 14 and June 15,
with GSL slated for the Monday, June 15, performance.
take the stress out
TAXES ofLettaxmepreparation
for you!
TAXES
Help!
TAXES
TAXES WordenTax Inc.
TAXES
TAXES
TAXES
• Electronic Tax Filing
• Business Consulting
• Individual, Corporate,
Partnership & Farm
Shawn Worden, CPA
(320) 693-7359 or (320) 587-2527
wordencpa@hutchtel.net
wordentax@1040.com
114 MAIN ST. NE, HUTCHINSON
716 SIBLEY AVE. N., LITCHFIELD
K6-9Aa 75495
Professional Directory
• 5” Seamless Gutters
• 6” Seamless Gutters
• K-Guard Leaf-Free
Gutter System
(lifetime clog free guarantee)
PHIL GOETTL
612-655-1379
888-864-5979
www.mngutter.com
Sonju Continued from page 4
includes Lakeside. If the district didn’t include Lakeside
in its facility plans, this would
increase the total cost of the
upcoming vote considerably. I
believe this is an example of
Chronicle file photo
Pictured are the Glencoe-Silver Lake fall
musical cast members who will be honored at the SpotLight awards ceremony
in June. Front row, from left, Katie Twiss,
JERRY
SCHARPE, LTD
712 E. 13th St., Glencoe
Income Tax Preparation
Business, Farm, Personal, Estate &
Gift Returns
Monthly Accounting, Payroll
& Financial Statements
Jerry Scharpe, CPA
Jeffrey Scharpe, RAP
Tel: 320-864-5380
Fax: 320-864-6434
Serving clients since 1971
M29tfnCLESAj
By Paul Thompson
United Way of McLeod
County (UWMC)
We are proud to be wrapping up our 53rd-annual campaign and 50-plus years of
service in the region.
This year has again proven
to be an exciting time for us
as we continue to work with
outstanding partner agencies.
Additionally, we are thrilled
to continue our 2-1-1 Community Help Line and Dolly
Parton’s Imagination Library
initiatives. It has been a positive learning experience for
us, as we campaign throughout all of the zip codes in the
county this summer.
We are overwhelmed by
the tremendous generosity of
individuals, small businesses
and corporations throughout
the area that have already
given or pledged this winter
and have pushed us nearer
our established campaign
need of $270,000. In this time
of budget constraints, we are
amazed at the capacity of
people to give of themselves.
As we travel throughout
the county making campaign
presentations this summer,
there have been a number of
thoughtful questions raised
by folks regarding the United
Way and its practices. We
thought this a great place to
answer some frequently
asked questions. The following are a few of the questions
we receive most often while
visiting service clubs, small
businesses and corporations.
Is the United Way of
McLeod County a local or-
Dale’s
Plumbing & Heating, Inc.
COKATO
EYE CENTER
2110 9th St. E.
Glencoe, MN 55336
115 Olsen Blvd., Cokato
320-286-5695 or 888-286-5695
HEATING – COOLING
PLUMBING – REMODELING
RESIDENTIAL – COMMERCIAL
OPTOMETRISTS
320-864-6353
CALL DALE FOR A
FREE ESTIMATE
Licensed – Bonded – Insured
Lic #PC670283
Putting the care back into healthcare...
One patient at a time.
time
Safe, gentle care for
children and adults.
We use a healing combination of
therapeutic massage and chiropractic
care to help you find relief from
many different conditions and to
help you feel your best.
• Chiropractic Care • Massage Therapy
• Ear Candling
• Firstline Therapy
• Acupuncture
Schmidt
Chiropractic Center
Norwood Young America
952-467-2505
Experience the
Difference
*Paul G. Eklof, O.D.
*Katie N. Tancabel, O.D.
Kid’s Glasses $98.00
Evening and Saturday
appts. available
Advertise
Your Ad
Here!
Chiropractor
Dr. Gauer Dr. Brown
Effective, caring doctors
Friendly, helpful staff
Convenient scheduling
Mon 7:30a-8p Thu 7:30a-8p
Tue 7:30a-6p Fri 7:30a-6p
Wed 7:30a-6p Sat 7:30a-1p
320-864-3196
800-653-4140
Submitted photo
Dr. Julie
Schmidt D.C.
St. Pius science fair
St. Pius X School fourth graders Jenna
Neyers, Samantha Swanlund, Dane Peterson and Damion Schwartz competed
in the Holy Trinity Science Fair March 10.
Samantha and Jenna were awarded blue
ribbons, which qualifies their projects to
move on to the regional science fair.
Damion and Dane scored high enough to
earn purple ribbons, which is like a grand
champion at the fair, and also qualified
for the regional science fair, which will be
held Saturday, April 25, Minnesota State
University, Mankato.
1706 10th St. E., Glencoe
www.gauerchiropractic.com
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.
The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, page 6
Chronicle photo by Lori Copler
Chronicle photo by Lori Copler
3rd-grade February Panther Paws
February Panther Paw awards at Glencoe-Silver Lake Lakeside Elementary
were announced Friday afternoon.
Third-grade honorees included, front
row, from left, Gracey Templin, Ashton
LaPlante, Gildardo Pacheco, Skyler
Askerud and Victor Torres Tobias; and,
back row, Hunter Schmitt, Lillian
George, Pedro Sanchez, Erika Urban,
Hailey Carrillo and Katie Sibila. Panther
Paws are awarded to students who
excel in the areas of responsibility, respect and safety.
February 4th-grade Panther Paws
February Panther Paw awards were announced Friday, Feb. 27, at GlencoeSilver Lake Lakeside Elementary.
Fourth-grade recipients include, in the
front, from left, Marisol Ignacio, Sydney Harpel, Adan Cortez, Parker Simonson, Caleb Schuth, and Ingrid
Sanchez; and, back row, Christian
Hoops-Brown, Tristan Ronngren,
Michael Headlee, Kassima Pedersen,
Jason Arguijo-Amaya, Dominic Steinborn and Dawson Varpness. Not pictured: Connor Sullivan. Panther Paws
are awarded to students who excel in
the areas of responsibility, respect and
safety.
Brought to you by these sponsors:
Security Bank & Trust Co.
Priority One Metro-West Realty
Can drop off at all branches: Plato, Glencoe-2, Brownton, New Auburn
Go For It Gas
Easter Baskets (1 boy, 1 girl)
2 Easter Baskets
Candy and Ice Cream
Name: First _____________________Last ______________________
Name: First _____________________Last ______________________
Name: First _____________________Last ______________________
Phone ______________________________________Age __________
Phone ______________________________________Age __________
Phone ______________________________________Age __________
Glencoe Fleet Supply
First Minnesota Bank
RE/MAX Team Jenkins
$20 Gift Card
5 Piggy Banks
12 Winners: Small D.Q. Blizzard
Name: First _____________________Last ______________________
Name: First _____________________Last ______________________
Name: First _____________________Last ______________________
Phone ______________________________________Age __________
Phone ______________________________________Age __________
Phone ______________________________________Age __________
Glencoe Subway
Bump’s
Free Kids’ Packs
5 - $5 Gift Certificates
Glencoe Coop Assn.
Easter Basket
Name: First _____________________Last ______________________
Name: First _____________________Last ______________________
Name: First _____________________Last ______________________
Phone ______________________________________Age __________
Phone ______________________________________Age __________
Phone ______________________________________Age __________
The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, page 7
Chronicle photo by Lori Copler
Chronicle photo by Lori Copler
5th-grade February Panther Paws
February 6th-grade Panther Paws
Fifth-grade February Panther Paw honorees, announced Feb. 27 at GlencoeSilver Lake Lakeside Elementary, are,
front row, from left, Magdalena Villanueva, Shania TeRonde, Laysha Hernandez, Kody Stoeckman, Christian
Ramos and Grace Patnaude; and, back
February Panther Paw awards were announced Friday, Feb. 27, at GlencoeSilver Lake Lakeside Elementary Sixthgrade recipients include, in the front,
from left, Zachary Voelz, Jorge Murillo,
Tatyana Tkachencko, Mikayla Witte,
and Kennedy Wraspir; and, in the back
row, Sofia Mattson, Erik Duvall, Sophia
Becker, Azeneth Becerra, Zachery
Nowak and Zachery Meyer. Not pictured: Amanda Rosenlund and Kalista
Willhite. Panther Paws are awarded to
students who excel in the areas of responsibility, respect and safety.
row, Mason Dietel, Chase Noeldner,
Zach Bargmann, Travis Blomer, JoAnna Nowak and Nathan Warner. Not pictured: Olivia Dammann and Rhissa
Eiden. Panther Paws are awarded to
students who excel in the areas of responsibility, respect and safety.
2015 CONTEST RULES:
1. This Easter coloring contest is open to children ages 4 through 10.
2. Color as many pictures as you want and take them to the sponsoring business listed in that frame. Each
store has a gift for you just for entering. Each store also has a grand prize for the winning entry.
3. You must have your entries to the participating stores by 5 p.m. March 27.
4. Winners will be announced in the April 1 Chronicle.
5. Be sure the child’s name and information is legible.
Brought to you by these sponsors:
Southwest Eye Care
Glencoe Veterinary Clinic
Unhinged Pizza! • 864-4010
Easter Goodie Basket
Candy Basket
4 Free Kid Buffets
Name: First _____________________Last ______________________
Name: First _____________________Last ______________________
Name: First _____________________Last ______________________
Phone ______________________________________Age __________
Phone ______________________________________Age __________
Phone ______________________________________Age __________
Dairy Queen
30 WINNERS!: 8" Easter Cake;
10 Small Blizzards; 12 Dilly Bars; 7 Kids Meals
Gould’s Jewelry
City Meat Market, Brownton
$35 Gift Certificate
$10 Gift Certificate
Name: First _____________________Last ______________________
Name: First _____________________Last ______________________
Name: First _____________________Last ______________________
Phone ______________________________________Age __________
Phone ______________________________________Age __________
Phone ______________________________________Age __________
State Farm Insurance
Easter Basket
Casey’s - 804 13th St. or 2101 10th St.
Can drop pictures off at both locations.
Chronicle/Advertiser
2 winners - Small 1-topping pizza for each winner
Easter Basket
Name: First _____________________Last ______________________
Name: First _____________________Last ______________________
Name: First _____________________Last ______________________
Phone ______________________________________Age __________
Phone ______________________________________Age __________
Phone ______________________________________Age __________
The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, page 8
Brownton facing up to $12.5 million
in improvements over next 25 years
By Lori Copler
Editor
Addressing Brownton’s
most critical infrastructure
needs could take several
years and cost up to $12.5
million, the Brownton City
Council heard at a special
meeting Tuesday, March 10.
John Rodeberg of Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH), the
city’s engineering firm, presented the City Council with
a preliminary engineering report. SEH is preparing the report so the city can qualify
for funding from the United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development program.
Rodeberg said the USDA
requires an extensive, comprehensive report for consideration for funding, which
may include both grants and
low-interest loans.
The city actually has more
needs than what will be submitted to the USDA, Rodeberg said, but the city’s auditors and its financial consultant, David Drown Associates,
suggested “finding a middle
ground — what you can afford,” said Rodeberg.
Rodeberg said SEH looked
at all of the city’s needs for
the long term, and then prioritized them by the greatest
needs.
If the city qualifies for the
USDA program, it will still
need to levy to repay the
loans, “and this could take up
your debt capacity for the
next 30 to 40 years,” said
Rodeberg. “We need to make
sure you can continue to operate while paying off your
debt.”
Rodeberg said the USDA
will provide grant funding for
up to 40 percent of the cost to
improve the sanitary sewer,
but not the storm sewer and
water system. The storm
sewer and water improvements need to be funded
through low-interest loans.
City Clerk Ella Kruse
asked if the city could qualify
for more grants if it tried
again to have residents answer surveys regarding their
incomes.
The city’s median income,
if low enough, could qualify
it for more grants, she added.
A survey attempted by the
City Council a couple of
years ago found the city to be
about a quarter-percent shy of
meeting the standards.
Part of that, Kruse indicated, is because some people
refused to fill out the survey.
Although the surveys are
anonymous, Rodeberg said
some people just don’t like
giving out their financial information.
Kruse said it might be
worth another try if it was explained to residents that qualifying for more grants would
help reduce the taxpayer por-
tion of any improvements.
Rodeberg said he would
take it up with the SEH staff.
Rodeberg said the improvements would be done in three
phases, with the bulk being
done right away in 2016 and
2017, at an estimated cost of
$6.8 million. About $800,000
of that total will come in
grant funding, the rest in lowinterest loans.
The first phase includes
sewer lining, open-cut construction for water and sewer
repairs and short-term lift station upgrades, Rodeberg said.
The first phase would include work under city streets
and in city alleys.
The second phase, slated
for 2021 or later, will include
similar work done under the
county-owned streets in the
city limits.
“The county recently did
some street work in town,”
said Rodeberg, who added
that the city will try to coordinate its work with when the
county next plans a road
rehab project in the city.
“Hopefully, we can share
some costs,” said Rodeberg.
The second-phase costs are
estimated at $4 million, with
about 10 percent, or
$400,000, in grant funding.
The final phase, scheduled
for 2041, is to reconstruct the
lift stations at an estimated
cost of $1.7 million, with
about of $650,000 of that
Weather Corner
By Jake Yurek
funded through a grant.
Rodeberg said his estimates
“are somewhat high, and include contingencies,” and that
he hopes the actual costs will
be lower.
Rodeberg said the first
phase is being spread over
two years in hopes of drawing better bids, since more
smaller contractors will be
able to bid.
Doing the whole phase in
one year will probably draw
only large contractors, who
have the two or three crews a
day that are needed to do the
work.
“What will this do for our
I&I (inflow and infiltration)?” asked Mayor Norm
Schwarze, who noted that a
priority of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is to
reduce the amount of storm
water being treated in the
city’s wastewater treatment
plant.
“I would guess you could
drop that by 75 to 80 percent,” said Rodeberg. He said
the other component of the
I&I issue is making sure
homes and business buildings
are not draining rainwater
into the sanitary sewer.
Rodeberg said the next step
in the process is to finish the
engineering report for consideration by the USDA, and
then begin final plans and
specifications.
Frustrations mount with apartment building
By Karin Ramige Cornwell
Publisher
Mountains of garbage and
life safety concerns at a local
apartment complex were the
hot topic at the Silver Lake
City Council meeting Monday, March 16.
City officials have been receiving complaints about the
mounting garbage at The Villager Apartments on Grove
Avenue.
This is not the first time
garbage has been an issue at
the Villager. The last reported
garbage and blight issue was
Aug. 29, 2014, according to a
report from Police Chief Forrest Henriksen.
City Clerk Kerry Venier
has been in contact with the
two property owners and the
police department has sent
certified letters to the owners.
If the city has to pay to remove the garbage, the cost
can be assessed on the property taxes through the county.
Garbage is not the only
issue at the Villager. After
McLeod County performed a
foster care inspection at the
property, Fire Chief Dale
Kosek was contacted regarding life and fire safety hazards.
Kosek, along with Venier,
contacted the city of Glencoe
who has had a rental inspection process in place for over
10 years. Retired Glencoe
Fire Chief and current City
Rental Inspector Bob Scheidt
assisted Kosek in performing
a life safety inspection at the
property.
Some of the more serious
concerns were combustibles,
such as boxes of clothing and
furniture, in the hallways,
smoke detectors with dead or
no batteries, missing fire extinguishers, no locks on the
front doors, and improperly
stored flammables.
Councilor Nolan Johnson,
speaking as a private taxpayer, expressed concern about
dogs at large from the property and an excess of dog feces
in his yard, which is near the
Villager.
Venier and Kosek will meet
with one or both of the owners in this week to discuss the
garbage and safety issues.
The city has blight and nuisance ordinances in place, but
no formal rental property ordinance.
The City Council has been
working on adopting a formal
rental ordinance which would
require property owners to
register all rental properties,
pay a fee, have an initial fire
and life safety inspection performed and receive a certificate of occupancy from the
city. This would need to be
done every couple of years.
Glencoe currently inspects
all rental properties every two
years, according to Scheidt.
Mayor Bruce Bebo asked
how the city can enforce the
ordinances going forward.
Reviewing the ordinances
in the department head meetings, training of city staff and
consistency were all suggested by Venier and other council members.
The city of Silver Lake will
continue to work to formulate
a rental ordinance that is right
for the city.
*****
In other business, the City
Council:
• Voted to repair the flagpole outside the Silver Lake
Auditorium. The cost for the
repair will be $373 versus
$3,559 to replace it. The cost
of repair does not include
painting the pole and looks to
budget for a replacement pole
in 2016. The replacement
would involve some tree removal. The current estimate
doesn’t include additional
landscaping that might be
needed.
The Council asked if there
was an opportunity to paint
the current pole when it is
down for repairs. Venier said
he would look into the charge
for a return trip to put the
pole back up.
• Adopted a resolution approving the workers compensation insurance premium of
$29,966; $27,060 was budgeted.
Venier said the current policy is a no-deductible policy.
The premiums would be
lower with a deductible for
each claim. The lowest deductible would be around
$250 per claim. The city, on
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.
average, has about four to
eight workers compensation
claims per year from its 75
employeess, which includes
the police, fire and ambulance departments.
• Heard from Public Works
Director Dale Kosek about
the possibility or replacing up
to 100 feet of the sanitary line
along Cleveland Avenue. The
Public Works department has
sent a camera through the line
and is having Short, Elliot
and Hendricks, the city’s engineer firm, review the video.
Kosek also reported that
there have been some
drainage issues in the neighborhood around the Foley
building. It is unknown at this
time if it is private or city
owned drain tile causing the
issue. Public Works will look
into the matter further.
The $16,000 pool addition
project is on schedule to be
completed by the time the
pool opens. Private donations
as well as a $4,000 donation
from the townships have been
received to help with the
project.
• Approved publishing a request for bids to lease the
37.65 acres of city-owned
land around the sewer ponds
for the next three years. The
Council also granted the authority to the mayor and
publics works supervisor to
award the lease to the highest
bidder.
• Venier noted that the
city’s open book meeting for
property valuation will be
held Tuesday, April 7, at 6
p.m., at the auditorium. The
purpose of the meeting is to
give tax payers a chance to
discuss their property valuation with the City Council.
• The Council will hold its
quarterly meeting Monday,
April 6, at 6:30 p.m. The next
regular council meeting will
be Monday, April 20.
Thank You
I would like to
thank everyone in
Hale Township for
the good turn out
and support at
Tuesday’s Annual
Election.
Ron Mickolichek
1x2
Garbage piles,
safety issues
in Silver Lake
Sounds like
multiplication?
It’s newspaper
talk for a one
column by two
inch ad. Too
small to be
effective? You’re
reading this one!
Put your 1x2 in
the Chronicle or
Advertiser today.
320-864-5518
We get blasted back to reality this week as high temperatures drop 30-plus degrees from our record high this
past Sunday.
But before everyone panics, just remember the average
high for this time of year is around 43 degrees, so the
record high of 70 we saw is definitely way outside the
norm. Highs to end the week will continue to be above
normal, with highs close to 50 Thursday and into the 50s
Friday.
A cold front brings our weather winning streak to an
end, though, as highs for the weekend will be stuck in the
30s with lows in the teens. All things considered, we really can’t complain considering what we’ve had for
weather the last week plus.
Precipitation continues to be our main concern, though,
as our dry pattern continues. We will see a slight chance
of a rain/snow mix Wednesday, but amounts will stay
low. Some computer models are hinting at snow coating
the ground, but I won’t mention that since whatever (if
anything) falls will melt quickly. There’s another weak
chance of rain showers late Friday in association with the
cold front that will move through, but I’m guessing that
risk will stay mostly north.
Indications are that we should begin to warm back up
early next week as the cold pool of air gets ushered off to
our east. We’ve officially turned the page on winter as
Friday marks the official start of spring!! Have a great
week, everyone!
Ma dobry weekendem
Mit dobry vikend
Wednesday night — Lows 29 to 35; clouds/light mix.
Thursday — Highs 43 to 50, lows 27 to 33; partly
cloudy.
Friday — Highs 46 to 54, lows 20 to 26; mostly clear.
Saturday — Highs 34 to 42, lows 17 to 23; partly
cloudy.
Sunday — Highs 32 to 39; clear.
Weather Quiz: Why does it seem like it’s always the
places that don’t need rain that get it, while droughtstricken areas can’t buy a sprinkle?
Answer to last week’s question (February seemed brutally cold, but how are we doing vs. average temperatures
this winter?): February was indeed well below normal in
the temperature department, but the rest of the winter has
been relatively mild. Every month besides February was
above normal with this month being well above normal.
Remember: I make the forecast, not the weather!
Brownton seniors meet
Twenty-two Brownton senior citizens met Monday,
March 16, at the Brownton
Community Center.
Cards were played after the
meeting with the following
winners — 500, Gladys Rickert, first, and Theola Fors,
second; pinochle, Ordell Klucas, first, and Bernetta Al-
sleben, second; and sheephead, Harriett Bergs, first, and
Lil Lindeman, second.
Elva Wendlandt won the
door prize. Norma Albrecht
served refreshments.
The next meeting will be
Monday, March 23, at 1 p.m.
All seniors are welcome.
Grace Bible Church, Silver Lake
Wild Game Feed
Sunday, Mar. 29 • 5 p.m.
(Meal served at 5:30 p.m.)
Evening includes: Domesticated buffalo, samplings of
wild game (and not-so-wild game), deserts, door prizes
and a “Bird Dog Parade.” Guest speaker: Daryl
Christensen. He has been a fishing guide for 37 years,
book author, writer of more than 1,500 articles and one
of the nation’s top competitive walleye fishermen
Tickets are only $5 and can be ordered by calling the
church at (320)327-2352 or Shawn at (320)234-9425.
Limited tickets available at the door.
Grace Bible is located in Silver Lake next to the city water tower.
WWW.SILVERLAKECHURCH.ORG
F11Cj
Twin Cities
Premiere!
Practically Perfect
in Every Way!
Bean Bag Tournament
Two Brackets (Regular Doubles & Co-Ed Doubles)
Double Elimination
Sat., March 28th
Registration 10:30am • Starts at 11am
Cost: $2500 per team
Silver Lake Auditorium
Sponsored by: Silver Lake Civic Assn.
Contact Harvey at 320-583-6899
F11Cj
Thurs., March 19 — AA Group mtg. next to Post Office in Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for info.;
Stewart Lions; McLeod County Veterans Services informational seminars, county administrative building
on Hennepin Ave., Glencoe, 1 p.m., 3 p.m. & 5 p.m.
Mon., March 23 — Tops Weigh-In mtg., 5-5:30 p.m.;
Brownton Senior Citizens Club, Brownton Community
Center, 1 p.m.; Brownton Rod & Gun Club, 7 p.m.
Thurs., March 26 — AA Group mtg. next to Post Office in Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for info.
Sun., March 29 — Stewart Lions Club annual pancake breakfast and kids’ Easter party, Stewart Fire
Hall, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sat., April 4 — Brownton Women’s Club annual
Easter Egg Hunt, Brownton Community Center, door
open at 9:30 a.m., hunt starts at 10 am.
SECURITY BANK & TRUST CO.
128 4TH AVE. N. • P.O. BOX 279 • BROWNTON, MN 55312-0279
PHONE (320) 328-5222 • FAX 320-328-4045
Member FDIC
Now Playing!
952-934-1525
800-362-3515
ChanhassenDT.com
R10-30ASCEa
The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, page 9
Big Little Hunting
& Fishing Expo set
for March 21 in Hutch
The Big Little Hunting &
Fishing Expo will be held
Saturday, March 21, from 9
a.m. to 5:30 p.m., in the
Commercial Building at the
McLeod County Fairgrounds
in Hutchinson.
Outdoor-related booths will
fill the building. Kids will
enjoy such things as baby
kangaroos, a live trout pond,
minnow races, hands-on flytying, bow shooting and
much more.
Individuals are invited to
bring their racks and mounts
(old or new) and have them
officially scored at no charge
by the Minnesota official
measurers.
There will be free seminars
throughout the day on such
topics as cooking wild game,
fly fishing, predator calling,
walleye fishing, bow hunting
and how to start a hunting
ministry to the physically
handicapped.
The Christian Deer Hunters
Association also will unveil a
brand new audio book (on
USB flash drive) of “Devotions for Deer Hunters: Big
Book Volume 1.” This audio
book was written by over 40
different authors and contains
90 different devotional entries. Narrator of this new
work is executive treasurer
for the Christian Deer
Hunters Association, Doug
Anderson of Hutchinson.
Admission to the event is
for any donation. Parking and
seminars are free. Food will
be served during the day.
Doors open at 9 a.m. For
more information, seminar
times, auction times and the
exhibitors’
list,
visit
www.christiandeerhunters.
org or call 320-327-2266.
Submitted photo
Lutheran Schools Week
First Evangelical Lutheran School of Glencoe celebrated
a fun and busy Lutheran Schools week March 3-8. Students participated in numerous activities, including
“Dress Like a Biblical Character,” “Pajama Day,” RockPaper-Scissors tournament, Bible trivia, and breakfast at
church. At the Sunday worship service, all of the teachers and students sang “Walking on a Journey” (pictured
above). Following services, events culminated with the
eighth-annual First Lutheran School luncheon and auction fundraiser. Approximately 230 people enjoyed a delicious soup and sandwich luncheon. A silent auction fea-
Early Childhood
Family Education
People
Preschool registration now open
Girl for Silver Lake couple
Robert Cripps and Victoria Wendorff of Silver Lake
announce the arrival of a daughter, Raelyn Jaymes
Cripps, born Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Glencoe Regional Health Services. Raelyn weighed 7 pounds, 2
ounces, and was 181⁄2 inches in length at birth. Her sibling
is Aaliyah Hofmeister. Grandparents are Jay Wendorff of
Brownton, Cheryl Artmann of Glencoe and Scott and
Joyce Cripps of Hutchinson.
Son born to Glencoe family
Marc and Leah Cathey of Glencoe announce the arrival of a son, Jonah Leander Cathey, who was born Friday, March 6, 2015, at Glencoe Regional Health Services. Jonah weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces, and was 201⁄2 inches in length. He joins a brother, Gabriel, and sisters,
Emma, Veronica and Iris. Grandparents are Gene and
Barb Seipel of Glencoe and Angela Cathey of Washougal, Wash.
Daughter for Mathews family
Shandon and Brittany Mathews of Lester Prairie announce the birth of a daughter, Lia Shandi Mathews, born
Monday, March 2, 2015, at Glencoe Regional Health
Services. Lia weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces, and was 19
inches long at birth. She joins brothers Broc, age 6, and
Keaton, age 4. Grandparents are Virgil and Lynn Mathews of Glencoe and Steven Dunham and Rebecca
Clarkin of New Ulm.
Son for Buffalo Lake couple
Andrew Arneson and Venessa Green of Buffalo Lake
announce the birth of their son, Huntley Steven Arneson,
born Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, at Glencoe Regional
Health Services. Huntley weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces,
and was 20 inches long at birth. His sibling is Brooklyn.
Grandparents are Cindy and Tyr Gustafson of Cokato and
Glencoe, Rob and Michelle Arneson of Howard Lake,
and Sherri Arneson of Buffalo Lake.
Daughter born to couple
Eric Godinez and Isabel Alvarado of Gaylord announce the birth of their daughter, Destiny Mae Godinez,
born Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, at Glencoe Regional Health
Services. Destiny weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces, and was
20 inches long at birth. Her siblings are Isabella, Anahii
and Rubii. Grandparents are Gerardo and Amanda
Godinez of Gaylord and Adalia Alvarado of Glencoe.
SL couple announces birth
Anna Hawk and Bryon Spring of Silver Lake announce the birth of Nash Donnavin Roach Spring, born
Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, at Hutchinson Health. Nash’s siblings are Annamaria Falcon, Noah Falcon and Alycia
Subak. Grandparents are Donna and Marvin Roach of
Silver Lake, Andy Spring of Silver Lake and Kathie
Strohl of Plymouth.
Submitted photo
Plato blood drive
The Red Cross blood drive held Feb. 26 at Lighthouse Church, Plato, netted 51 units of blood. The
goal was 43 units. Pictured above are, front, Ken and
Myra Franke, blood drive coordinators, and, back,
Samantha Schilling and Jenna Smith, volunteers
from Ridgewater College. Volunteers put in a cumulative 63 hours at the blood drive. The next Plato blood
drive will be Wednesday, June 24, at Lighthouse
Church.
GSL Preschool registration
is now open for next year!
There are some exciting
changes for 2015-2016.
Transportation within the
GSL District is now included
with tuition. There also is a
new preschool class: 1+1.
One day/week children attend
class with a parent/grandparent, and one day they attend
class on their own. Along
with transportation, preschool
tuition also offers parentchild classes, monthly parent
seminars, and local field
trips. Preschool registration is
ongoing until classes are full.
Preschool registration packets
are available in the ECFE office, or you may print them
from the GSL website,
www.gsl.k12.mn.us, (select
“COMM ED/ECFE” tab). Email gslecfe@gsl.k12.mn.us
or call 320-864-2681 for
more information or to schedule a visit.
*****
Please join ECFE at Unhinged! Pizza of Glencoe on
Monday, March 23, from 4
p.m. to 8 p.m., for a tip night.
Ridgewater College Helping
Hands Club is working at the
event and money raised will
be donated to: Glencoe-Silver
Lake Early Childhood Family
Education/Preschool and
Hutchinson Early Childhood
Family Education. Unhinged!
Pizza is located at 2408 Ninth
St. E., Glencoe.
Silver Lake
senior citizens
have meeting
The Silver Lake Senior
Citizens met Monday, March
9, at the Silver Lake Auditorium, with 30 members present.
March birthdays were
Laura Kaczmarek and Kathy
Kaczmarek. March anniversary was Roger and Genny
Lhotka, who celebrated 50
years of marriage.
The cards at Cedar Crest
will be March 18 at 1:30 p.m.
The Silver Lake Lions
sausage supper was March
12. The next county quarterly
meeting will be April 15.
A donation was received
from the Dolores Shimanski
family.
The next regular meeting
will be April 13 at 1:30 p.m.
The lunch committee will be
Hubert and Margaret Scherman and Mary Jaskowiak.
31 winners were Yvonne
Urban and Doris Wraspir.
500 winners were Tony Victorian, Genny Lhotka, Ed
Goode, Richard Kosek, Judy
Penas, Gary Kaczmarek,
Marcella
Pokornowski,
LeRoy Penas, Don Benz and
Delonis Goede.
FOR ALL
DEATH
NOTICES
GO TO
Glencoenews.com
Click on
obituaries.
*****
GSL ECFE spring session
started this week and there is
still space available in a few
classes. Classes are for all
children age 0-5 years and
their parents/grandparents
and meet one day/week:
Tuesday, Wednesday, or
Thursday from 9 a.m. to
10:30 a.m., or Tuesday
evenings from 4:45 p.m. to 6
p.m. E-mail gslecfe@gsl.k12.
mn.us or call 320-864-2681
for more information or to
register.
*****
Early Childhood Screening
is required for all Minnesota
children entering kindergarten. It is recommended to
have your child screened between the ages of three and
four years. Early Childhood
Screening is a quick and simple check of how your child
is growing and developing. It
is free and you only need to
complete it once. There are
two dates left this spring for
screening: March 27 and
April 10. Call Becky at 320864-2494 to schedule an appointment or more information.
tured 234 items, all generously donated by students,
groups, individuals and area businesses. Some competitive bidding was generated at the live auction; of special
note was a 1-pound package of freshly made gritswurst
that sold for $90! Numerous volunteers, matching funds
from National Mutual and Thrivent Financial, and generous donors and attendees raised more than $13,400.
First Evangelical Lutheran School serves the Glencoe
and surrounding communities by providing an education with Christian values.
Williams-Schwarze joins
NSCS scholar society
Kayla Ann WilliamsSchwarze of Glencoe has accepted membership into The
National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS).
She is a
2 0 1 4
graduate
of Glencoe-Silver
L a k e
H i g h
School,
and currently is a
freshman
at Winona Kayla
State Uni- Williamsv e r s i t y , Schwarze
where she
is studying theatre.
“NSCS is more than just a
symbol of academic achievement,” said Stephen E.
Lolflin, NSCS founder and
chief executive officer.
“Membership gives students
access to a number of amazing benefits, including career
and networking resources,
scholarships, travel and service projects both on campus
and in the community.”
NSCS is a member of the
Association of College Honor
Societies and is the nation’s
only interdisciplinary honors
organization for first-year
and second-year college students. Membership is by invitation only, based on grade
point average and class standing. NSCS has over a million
lifetime members and 300
chapters in all 50 states, the
District of Columbia and
Puerto Rico.
For more information
about NSCS, call 202-2659000, or visit its website at
nscs.org.
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE LOCAL
HOUSES OF WORSHIP, CALL TODAY TO BE A
SPONSOR OF OUR WEEKLY PASTOR’S CORNER.
We Need
Your Help
To Reach
Our Goal!
McLeod County Chronicle
320-864-5518
$270,000
GOAL
at
0
0
5
,
9
2
$2 re
we a
85%
l!
to Goa
Many have contributed
to the 2014-2015
United Way Campaign.
But we still need your help
by March 31, 2015!
Please mail your tax-deductible
contribution to:
United Way of McLeod County
218 Main St. S.
Suite 124, Box 504
Hutchinson, MN 55350
320-587-3613
Or to donate online, visit:
www.unitedwaymcleodcounty.org
K11Ca
Serving the Region for over 50 years
The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, page 10
Obituaries
Tracing Roots
By Ron Pulkrabek
Roland ‘Bud’ Schwarzrock, Glencoe
Betty Jane Milbrett, 89, of Glencoe
Betty Milbrett, 89, of Glencoe, formerly of Lester
Prairie, died Friday, March
13, 2015, at St. Mary’s Care
Center in Winsted.
Funeral
services
were held
Tu e s d a y,
March 17,
at Christ
Lutheran
Church in
Glencoe
with the
R e v . Betty Milbrett
Katherine
Rood officiating. Twyla
Kirkeby was the organist.
Congregational hymns were
“How Great Thou Art,”
“Jesus Loves Me” and “In the
Garden.”
Honorary casket bearers
were Lonnie Jackels, Cletus
Tauber, Chris Milbrett and
Shayne Milbrett.
Casket bearers were Gary
Jackels, Adam Telecky,
Lance Jackels, Geoffrey
Lukes, Shawn Lukes and
Joshua Berg. Interment was
in the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery in Fort Ripley.
Betty Jane Milbrett was
born Aug. 23, 1925, in Hector, the daughter of David
and Loretta (Zimmerman)
Martin. She was baptized as
an infant and later confirmed
in her faith as a youth, both at
Zion United Methodist
Church in Buffalo Lake. She
was educated in Buffalo
Lake.
From the moment she met
her future husband, Melvin
Milbrett, her life revolved
around him. They were mar-
ried Nov. 5, 1943. Their
union was blessed with seven
children, LaRita, Melvin Jr.,
Lance, Lila, Shirley, Wendy
and Marianne. The couple
moved around a lot during
their marriage, living in Mississippi, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Georgia,
Kansas, California, Washington and numerous places in
Minnesota. She worked on
the farm, at a shoe factory
and many restaurants. While
waitressing in Aberdeen,
Wash., at a large hotel, she
met many movie stars who
were filming the David Janson series and “Ring of Fire.”
The couple owned a few
businesses, the latest a restaurant in Lester Prairie from
1968 until their retirement,
when they moved to Meire
Grove, Minn. After her husband’s death, Mrs. Milbrett
moved back to Glencoe, until
she fell and broke her hip,
which brought her to St.
Mary’s Care Center.
She was a member of
Christ Lutheran Church, the
Olivia VFW Auxiliary and
the Red Hat Society.
Mrs. Milbrett enjoyed gardening, embroidery, crocheting, reading her True Story
magazine, and find-a-word
puzzles.
She is survived by her children, LaRita (Joseph) Jackels
of Greenwald, Minn., Melvin
Milbrett of Greenwald, Lila
(Mark) Kapping of Buffalo
Lake, Shirley (LeRoy) Jackels of Lester Prairie, Wendy
(Larry) Telecky of Hutchinson and Marianna (Joseph)
Lukes of Eagle Grove, Iowa;
grandchildren, Rose Marie
Lingl (Rick), Lonnie Jackels,
Gary Jackels, Mindy Kollman (Greg), Rhonda Lahr,
Ronnie Lampbrecht, Chris
Milbrett (Mari), Cally Milbrett, Shayne Milbrett, Nicole
Milbrett, Jessica Milbrett,
Amanda Milbrett, Theresa
Berg (Ted), JoAnne Schmoll
(Peter), Katherine Tauber,
Cletus Tauber, Lance Jackels,
Kandice Jackels (Terry Peterson), Thomas Telecky (Carissa), Adam Telecky (Betsy),
Crystal Jessen (Jered), Geoffrey Lukes (Beth) and Shawn
Lukes (Debbie); 33 greatgrandchildren; seven greatgreat-grandchildren; siblings,
Glenn (Katherine) Martin of
Canton, Ohio, Joyce Morelli
of Canton, Ohio, and Roger
(Soledad) Martin of Chula
Vista, Calif.; brothers-in-law
and sisters-in-law, Arnie Milbrett and his special friend,
Jan, of Hutchinson, and Ruby
Milbrett of Buffalo Lake;
nieces; nephews; other relatives; and many friends.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, David and
Loretta Martin; spouse,
Melvin Milbrett; son, Lance
Milbrett; son-in-law, Leo
Tauber; daughter-in-law,
Carol Milbrett; grandchild,
Michael Jackels; and greatgreat-grandchild, Mason
Gosewich.
Arrangements were with
the Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel of Glencoe. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Rodney W. Herzog, 76
Rodney W. Herzog, 76,
was born Nov. 22, 1938, and
passed away peacefully on
March 5, 2015.
He was preceded in death
by his loving parents,
William and Mabel Herzog,
and beloved sister, Mae.
Born in Hutchinson, he
graduated from Glencoe High
School. Mr. Herzog worked
as a chef and manager of the
Jolly Troll Smorgasbord for
over 20 years, and during
those years made many
friendships with customers,
employees and suppliers.
More importantly, Mr. Herzog’s later years were spent
dedicated to caring for both
his parents — a truly devoted
son.
He will be fondly remembered as a warm, gentle, giv-
ing person — always willing
to help others. He will be
missed by family, friends and
neighbors.
A memorial to celebrate
Mr. Herzog’s life will be held
at a later date. In honor of his
enduring love for animals,
donations to the Animal Humane Society are preferred.
The McLeod County Chronicle
Call us at: (320) 864-5518
2005: Czech family deported
Frank and Mary, (I’ll
change their names) were
tired of living in Czechoslovakia under the strict communist regime put in force by
the Russians 40 years earlier.
With great difficulty the
family of four somehow escaped across the Iron Curtain,
through electrified barbed
wire fences, mine fields,
guard towers, German Shepard dogs and Russian soldiers. In 1988, they arrived at
a refugee camp in non-communist Austria for further
processing, hopefully to a
free country. After about one
year, in late 1989, the Berlin
Wall came down and people
were free to cross borders.
Frank and Mary couldn’t
go back to Czechoslovakia
because there was a warrant
out for their arrest. They didn’t know how the new government would treat them.
They waited another year.
Their young son came down
with leukemia and this
moved them to the top of the
list to go to the United States
for long and extensive treatments for their son.
They settled in Minneapolis and, little by little, their
son’s health improved. Frank,
trained as a lawyer in
Czechoslovakia, eventually
got a job with Hennepin
County. Mary worked her
way up to become a loan officer at a local bank. They
often worked extra jobs.
They bought a nice house in a
local suburb, paid taxes on it,
paid income tax, had health
insurance and their children
attended local schools and
graduated. They were never
in trouble with the law. A
daughter had been born to
them while they were here, so
she automatically became a
U.S. citizen.
Each year, they reported to
the immigration office and
had their immigration cards
updated. During the 12th year
in this country, they went to
renew their yearly status as
they always had. The clerk
looked at their papers and exclaimed, “You are in this
country illegally!” Of course,
this information was passed
up the ladder to the highest
level of the immigration officials, who started paperwork
proceedings to return the
family to the Czech Republic.
One young son had previously been killed in a freak accident, another son had married
an American girl and the
youngest daughter was in the
sixth grade. Per the Immigration Service, the married son
and young daughter could
stay in the United States.
Frank, Mary and their
lawyer had many discussions
with the Immigration Service.
After several years and two
appeal boards, an immigration judge ordered a mandate
to have them deported and removed from the United
States. They eventually received a notice from the Immigration Service to be at the
Minneapolis airport on a certain day with tickets in their
hands and board a plane back
to the Czech Republic. Immigration officials would be at
the airport to make sure they
got on the plane.
They asked, “Who will
look after our 9-year-old
daughter? Where will we live
or get jobs in the Czech Repbublic?” The Immigration
Service was unconcerned!
Their jobs would be held here
for only two months. They
may lose their house. They
said goodbye to their friends.
They didn’t know what
would happen next. They
may never be back.
They arrived in Prague
with their daughter with very
little money and moved into a
run-down, cheap apartment.
They could not get jobs in an
already saturated local job
market. They eventually went
Deaths
Richard
Borchardt, 100,
of Hutchinson
Richard Borchardt, 100, of
Hutchinson, died Saturday,
March 14, 2015, at Glencoe
Regional Health Services
long-term care.
A Mass of Christian Burial
will be held Thursday, March
19, at 10:30 a.m., at St. Anastasia Catholic Church in
Hutchinson, with interment in
the church cemetery. Military
honors will be provided by
the Hutchinson Memorial
Rifle Squad.
Visitation will be today
(Wednesday, March 18), from
4 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.,
at the Dobratz-Hantge Funeral Chapel in Hutchinson, and
will continue Thursday for
one hour prior to the service
at the church. Wednesday’s
visitation will include a
rosary and parish prayers at
6:30 p.m.
An online guest book is
available at www.hantge.
com.
Lucille
Christensen, 95,
of Watertown
Lucille Christensen, 95, of
Watertown, formerly of Glencoe, died Monday, March 16,
2015, at Elim Nursing Home
in Watertown.
A Mass of Christian Burial
will be held Thursday, March
19, at 11 a.m., at Church of
St. Pius X in Glencoe, with
interment following in the
Glencoe Catholic Cemetery.
Visitation will be held
today (Wednesday, March
18), from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., at
the Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe. A prayer
service will be held at 6:30
p.m. Visitation will continue
Thursday, March 19, from 9
a.m. to 11 a.m., two hours
prior to the service at the
Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe.
An online guest book is
available at www.hantge.
com.
to the American Embassy in
Prague, where more papers
were started to get them back
to the United States with help
from two Minnesota senators.
Finally, after six months, with
legal papers in their hands,
they boarded a plane in
Prague and landed back home
in Minnesota to begin their
lives all over again.
Can you image the amount
of hours and dollars the immigration officials spent on
deporting two people? And
the thousands of dollars it
cost Frank and Mary?
A friend of the couple commented, “They are the most
humble, hardworking people
we know and nobody ever
gave them anything.”
Mary was a very good
friend of our relation and
translated many Czech letters
into English for them.
A few years later, Frank
and Mary became United
States citizens. Some people
go through all sorts of dangerous ordeals and uncertainty to find freedom. We were
born free!
Omission correction on
“Quiet, Peaceful Koniska
Cemetery” Dec. 31, 2014, article. Should read: For 80
years, Irvin Skorpik (Virgina
Adams and Marilyn McMullin’s father), the cemetery
historian, president, and caretaker, helped his father starting at age 7. Marilyn is an active member of the Koniska
Cemetery Association. Marilyn, I’m so sorry I missed
your name.
Thank You
We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to our family and
friends at the loss of our father, grandfather and husband,
Werner J. Schmidt.
Your cards, prayers, flowers,
love and support during this
difficult time has touched our
hearts in immeasurable ways.
Sincerely,
Family of Werner J. Schmidt
Arleen Schmidt
Janell & (Rev. Dr. David)
Christenson & Family
Keith & (Pauline) Schmidt & Family
Melanie Schmidt (Joseph Cox)
& Family
*11Ca
In Memory of
Rollie Rolf
who passed away March 17, 2014
Thank You
The family of Kevin
Grack expresses our sincere and heartfelt appreciation to all our family,
friends and neighbors for
all the kindness shown at
the time of Kevin’s death.
Special thanks to Pastor
Mathison and all the workers at First Lutheran
Church who contributed to
a beautiful service and
luncheon; the Allina Hospice staff and the JohnsonMcBride Funeral Chapel.
Most of all, thank you to
all who offered prayers
and words of sympathy,
sent cards, and gave memorials and food.
Sharon Krueger
Norman & Arlyce Grack
Bob & Diana Easterday
& family
Bryan Grack
Mike & Lisa Grack & family
We thought of you with love today
But that is nothing new.
We thought of you yesterday
and days before that too.
We think of you in silence
we often speak your name.
All we have now are memories
and your picture in a frame.
Your memory is our keepsake
with which we’ll never part.
God has you in His keeping,
we have you in our hearts.
A thousand times we cried.
If love alone could have save you,
you never would have died.
In life we loved you dearly,
in death we loved you still.
In our hearts you hold a place
no one can ever fill.
It broke our hearts to lose you,
but you didn’t go alone.
For a part of us went with you
the day God took you home.
Sadly missed by
wife, Lucille,
children, grandchildren
and great-grandchildren
*11Ca
friends, especially his children and grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife,
Dorothy Ann Schwarzrock of
Glencoe; children, Deb
(Bruce) Bergmann and Connie (Mark) Larson, all of
Glencoe; grandchildren,
Laura Bergmann of Waconia,
Sarah (Alan) Mansager of
Waconia, Jessie (Travis)
Stradtmann of Glencoe, Jared
(Chrystal)
Warren
of
Hutchinson, Justin Larson
and Jacqi Peterson of Mankato, Kelsey (Justin) Koepp of
Arlington and Guido Iannetti
of California; great-grandchildren, Lexi Stradtmann,
Kenzie Stradtmann, Paris
Stradtmann, Macie Stradtmann, Alex Mansager, Jake
Mansager, Tyson Warren, Jax
Larson, Wyatt Koepp and
Luca Fusco Iannetti; brotherin-law, Clifford Lipke; Al
Maddox; nephews; nieces;
other relatives; and many
friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Friedrich and
Selma
(Spaude)
Schwarzrock; father-in-law
and mother-in-law, Allie and
Ella Dittmer; daughter, Beverly Maddox; son, Mark
Schwarzrock; brother, Ray
(Erma) Schwarzrock; and sisters, Lorraine (Martin)
Schulz, Rosella (Alvin) Grochow and Marge Lipke.
Arrangements were with
the Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel of Glencoe. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Thank You
The family of Gene Boesche would like to express a sincere and heartfelt
thank you for all the kindness shown at the time of his death.
A special thank you to all the staff and workers of Grand Meadows Senior Living in Glencoe and Lakeview Ranch of Dassel who gave wonderful care to Gene.
Thank you to Pastor Tyson Mastin for the pastoral care and beautiful funeral
service, Cheryl Andrix and RaNaye Odegaard for providing beautiful music
and songs. A sincere thank you to the Plato American Legion Post 641, Plato
Fire Department, all the workers of St. John’s Lutheran Church of Plato who
contributed to the service in any way or in serving of the luncheon, and the
Johnson-McBride Funeral Chapel.
Most of all, thank you to all who sent cards, flower arrangements, gave
memorials and food, or offered prayers or words of sympathy.
Glorian Boesche; Bruce & Ceil Boesche & family; Brian & Cheryl Boesche
& family; Barry & Sandy Boesche & family; Brad & Kris Boesche & family
*11ACa
1927, by the Rev. George
Diemer Sr. at St. Matthew’s
Lutheran Church in Penn
Township, rural Brownton,
and was confirmed in his
faith as a youth on April 6,
1941, by the Rev. Hans
Werner at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Auburn.
He received his education
through the eighth grade at
New Auburn School. He entered active military service
in the U.S. Army on Nov. 19,
1945, and received the World
War II Victory Medal and the
Army of Occupation Medal
for post-war service in Germany. He received an honorable discharge on Oct. 27,
1946.
On March 27, 1949, he was
united in marriage to Dorothy
Ann Dittmer by the Rev.
H.H. Schaller at St. John’s
Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Helen Township, rural
Glencoe. The couple made
their home in New Auburn
and shared over 65 years of
marriage together. Their marriage was blessed with four
children, Beverly, Deb, Connie and Mark.
Mr. Schwarzrock farmed
all his life. He was a member
of Immanuel Lutheran
Church in New Auburn,
where he served as a deacon
and a trustee. He currently
was a member of First Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Glencoe.
Mr. Schwarzrock enjoyed
working around the farm,
hunting, fishing and playing
cards. He loved spending
time with his family and
*11Ca
Roland “Bud” Schwarzrock, 87, of Glencoe, died
Friday, March 6, 2015, en
route to Abbott Northwestern
Hospital at 212 Medical Center in Chaska.
Funeral
services
were held
T h u r s d a y,
March 12,
2015,
at
First Evangelical
Lutheran
Church in Roland
G l e n c o e Schwarzrock
with
the
Rev. Ronald Mathison officiating. Dawn Wolter was the
organist. Congregational
hymns were “Just As I Am,”
“I Know That My Redeemer
Lives” and “My Hope is
Built on Nothing Less.”
Military honors were by
Glencoe American Legion
Post 95.
Honorary casket bearers
were Jessie Stradtmann,
Kelsey Koepp, Laura
Bergmann
and
Sarah
Mansager. Casket bearers
were Jared Warren, Justin
Larson, Justin Koepp, Alan
Mansager, Gary Schwarzrock
Jr. and Travis Stradtmann.
Interment was in the High
Island Cemetery in New
Auburn.
Roland “Bud” Schwarzrock was born June 8, 1927,
in Penn Township, rural
Brownton. He was the son of
Friedrich and Selma (Spaude)
Schwarzrock. He was baptized as an infant on July 3,
PERSONALIZED & CUSTOMIZED
952.467.2081
J OHN & L ORI T ROCKE
The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, page 11
Submitted photo
GSL High School pillars of character
February “pillars of character” at Glencoe-Silver Lake High School include,
front row from left, Daniela Acevedo,
Maddie Monahan, Ethan Wolff and
7th-grade students of the month
Sloan Becker; and, back, Mitch Pinske,
Teddy Petersen, Jacob Popelka, Alex
Romando and Eric Villnow. Missing are
Mitch Rolf and Hunter Eiden.
Submitted photo
GSL High School students of the month
Glencoe-Silver Lake High February students of the month are, front from left,
Zoe Christensen, Roxanna Sanchez
Chronicle photo by Lori Copler
and Isabell Mallak; and, back, Alexis
Salgado and Austin Keck. Missing is
Brent Duenow.
Glencoe-Silver Lake Lincoln Junior
High seventh-grade February students
of the month are, front from left, Ashanthy Guardado, health; Jack Becker,
agriculture/industrial technology; and
Reece Schwirtz, pre-algebra; and, back,
Jennifer Ramos, English; Mia LaPlante,
science; and Kayla Salmela, music. Not
pictured: Noe Hernandez, social studies; and Lydia Schmieg, choir.
Chronicle photo by Lori Copler
8th-grade students of the month
Glencoe-Silver Lake Lincoln Junior
High eighth-grade February students of
the month are, front from left, Charles
Urban, science; Madelynn Brown, history; and Kaleigh Rumrill, physical edu-
cation; and, back, Kaitlyn Uecker, band;
Justine Helmbrecht, English; Courtney
Larsen, art; and Madison Franck, algebra.
Menus
Glencoe-Silver Lake
Lakeside Lunch
Monday — Crispy chicken
patty sandwich, turkey and
cheese sandwich, baked crinkle
fries, celery sticks, apple half,
chilled peaches.
Tuesday — Macaroni and
cheese, double-cheese chef
salad, whole-grain bread stick,
green beans, broccoli florets, banana, chilled applesauce.
Wednesday — Whole-grain
french toast sicks, scrambled
eggs, ham and American cheese
sauce, cheese pizza, chicken alfredo and broccoli pizza, deli selections, caesar salad, jicama
sticks, orange wedges, chilled
pears.
Friday — Whole-grain french
toast sticks, scrambled eggs, pork
sausage patty, tator tots, cheese
pizza, pepperoni pizza, deli selections, sweet-corn and pepper
salad, baby carrots, apple, chilled
fruit cocktail.
Glencoe-Silver Lake
Junior, Senior High Lunch
Monday — Seasoned taco
beef, tortilla chips, steamed brown
rice, creamy cheddar cheese
sauce, Mexican-style refried
beans, fajita-style chicken, romaine, tomato and cheddar garnish, cheese pizza, pepperoni
pizza, deli selections, citrus kidney and northern bean salad,
baby carrots, apple, pineapple tidbits.
Tuesday — Popcorn chicken,
mashed potatoes, chicken gravy,
tea biscuit, seasoned carrots,
cheese pizza, Italian sausage
pizza, deli selections, marinated
tomato and cucumber salad,
broccoli florets, banana, chilled
applesauce.
Wednesday — Mini turkey corn
dogs, vegetarian baked beans,
season fries, cheese pizza, beef
taco pizza, deli selections, confetti
cole slaw, cherry tomatoes, apple,
chilled peaches.
Thursday — Whole-grain rotini,
fajita-style chicken, whole-grain
bread stick, seasoned broccoli,
creamy alfredo sauce, marinara
First Lutheran School
Monday — French toast sticks,
ham patty, tator tots, applesauce,
milk.
Tuesday — Tator-tot hotdish,
mixed vegetables, pears, bread,
milk.
Wednesday — Mini corn dogs,
baked beans, peaches, wheat
bread, milk.
Thursday — Au gratin potatoes
and ham, pineapple, bread, milk.
Friday — Pizza, caesar salad,
peaches, tortilla chips, milk.
St. Pius X School
Monday — Hot dog, vegetables, fruit.
Tuesday — Chicken patty on a
bun, vegetables, fruit.
Wednesday — Sloppy joe, vegetables, fruit.
Thursday — Hot ham sandwich, vegetables, fruit.
Friday — Italian dunkers, vegetables, fruit.
Follow the Rainbow to
St. Patrick’s Day
SAVINGS
To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day,
we are offering 12 months of
The McLeod County Chronicle
at the special low price of $35.00*!
You can enjoy a full 12 months
of the latest hometown news at savings
that will fill your pot of gold!
35
$
00*
will deliver The McLeod County
Chronicle to your door!
$35 McLeod County & New Auburn Addresses;
41 Out of McLeod County Addresses; $47 Out of State Addresses
$
ELECTRIC
320-286-6570
INC.
Glencoe-Silver Lake
Helen Baker Lunch
Monday — Crispy chicken
patty sandwich, baked crinkle
fries, celery sticks, apple half,
chilled peaches.
Tuesday — Macaroni and
cheese, whole-grain bread stick,
green beans, broccoli florets, banana, chilled applesauce.
Wednesday — Whole-grain
pancakes, scrambled eggs, tator
tots, baby carrots, green grapes,
pineapple tidbits.
Thursday — Whole-grain chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes,
chicken gravy, sliced cucumbers,
orange wedges, chilled pears.
Friday — Cheese pizza, vegetarian baked beans, baby carrots,
apple half, chilled fruit cocktail.
sandwich, tator tots, baby carrots,
green grapes, pineapple tidbits.
Thursday — Whole-grain chicken nuggets, tea biscuit, turkey
and cheese sandwich, mashed
potatoes, chicken gravy, sliced
cucumbers, orange wedges,
chilled pears.
Friday — Cheese pizza, pizza
bagel fun lunch, vegetarian baked
beans, baby carrots, apple half,
chilled fruit cocktail.
F16-34eowLa
March 23 - 27
Millie Beneke Manor
of Glencoe, Brownton, Stewart
and Silver Lake
Senior Nutrition Sites
Monday — Hamburger, baked
beans, peaches, bun with margarine, ice cream, low-fat milk.
Tuesday — Pork loin, whole
parslied potatoes, carrots, dinner
roll with margarine, frosted cake,
low-fat milk.
Wednesday — Chicken ala
king, mixed vegetables, fruit
salad, rice, cookie, low-fat milk.
Thursday — Hot beef sandwich, mashed potatoes and gravy,
stewed tomatoes, bread with margarine, pudding, low-fat milk.
Friday — Tuna noodle casserole, peas, cole slaw, bread with
margarine, rosy pears, low-fat
milk.
Residential
Farm
Industrial
Trenching
Locating
Paul Pokornowski
320-286-6570
Cokato, MN
Save a Pot of Gold!
THIS OFFER VALID MARCH 15-27, 2015
Just complete this coupon, enclose $35.00 ($41.00 or $47.00)
and mail or bring to: McLeod County Chronicle
716 East 10th Street, PO Box 188, Glencoe, MN 55336
NAME ________________________________________________________
MAILING ADDRESS
PLUMBING
For all your
Plumbing & Heating needs
and repairs call today!
• Tempstar Gas, LP Furnace & A.C.
• License #067203-PM
Dobrava Bros.
Plumbing & Heating • Glencoe
320-864-6335
www.dobravabrothers.com
HEATING
ikolichek
Plumbing & Heating
M
Brian Mikolichek: Owner • Bonded-Insured
Residential
Remodel
Service
Light Commercial
Complete Plumbing and Heating Systems
Air Conditioning Installation
Winsted, MN 320-395-2002
F1-4LA
____________________________________________
CITY ______________________________STATE __________ZIP ________
PHONE ________________________________________________________
Valid March 16-27, 2015
WE ALSO ACCEPT
* $35 offer good only for McLeod County & New Auburn addresses.
No other subscription offers apply.
SAVE
$
400
The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, page 12
Record
Glencoe Police
Communityschools lunch
The Glencoe-Silver Lake
School District hosted
one of its communityschools lunches Friday
at noon. The communityschools concept brings
community leaders and
students together to
share common interests
and learn more about activities at the school.
Above, the Mock Trial
team, which came just
shy of competing at the
state level, talked about
its season. At left, Business Manager Michelle
Sander gave a brief
overview of the district’s
proposed building addition and improvements.
The school district is
planning a special election May 12 on the proposed $24 million project, which includes an
addition to the junior-senior high campus to host
kindergarten through
second-grade students.
Sober Farm Continued from page 1
Jacques said the goal is to
have residents learn accountability for themselves. Plus,
the program would be more
costly with one more salary
to pay and have one less person it can help.
There would be no guests
allowed during the week, just
family on weekends. The
focus is on working with recovering alcoholics.
At the public hearing,
Charles Vacek said he lives
three-quarters of a mile away
and was not notified, finding
out at work. Gasow said a notice was in the paper and letters went to neighbors within
a half mile of the home.
A resident who lives near
the Sober Farm said she does
not like the chance of putting
her three small children in
danger. Plus, nobody would
want to move next to a Sober
Farm.
The vote to approve with
the conditions added passed
unanimously.
rofessional
nsurance
roviders
Professional Staff
Insurance Products & Carriers for all your Needs!
Providing Competitive Pricing.
Representing 30 Carriers.
613 E. 10th St. • Glencoe, MN 55336 • 320-864-5581
www.glencoenews.com
We are celebrating
the One Year Anniversary of being chosen
“WCCO’s Minnesota’s Best Beef Commercial.”
To celebrate 75 years in business we
will have cupcakes & coffee in our
office March 23-27.
Help Celebrate the Whole Month of March!
• Free Cake EVERY Wednesday, 2-4 p.m.
• Trivia Contest with Weekly Prizes
Play at the Restaurant, on Facebook, or Twitter (@bumpsglencoe)
• Giveaways throughout the month
Larry G. Anderson, State Farm Agent
806 10th Street, Suite 102
Glencoe, MN 55336
(320) 864-5515
www.larryanderson.us
Color advertising gets noticed!
Place your color ad today by calling
320-864-5518.
Chronicle/Advertiser
GRAND PRIZE: FREE Commercials for a Year!
(limit of two commercials per month)
One lucky winner will get to enjoy this. Stop in and ask how to win.
Come enjoy any of our commercials.
Hwy. 212 E., Glencoe
320-864-6038
Find us on
(@bumpsglencoe)
www.bumpsrestaurant.com
F9AC,11Ca
F3tfnCa
Chronicle photos by Lori Copler
TUESDAY, MARCH 10
8:09 a.m. — An officer investigated a possible criminal sexual
conduct incident.
10:42 a.m. — An officer responded to a blight issue on
Ninth Street E, and documented
a vehicle with no tires and a pile
of tires in the backyard.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11
5:22 p.m. — The police department received a report of possible drug activity in the area of Fir
Avenue N and Basswood Street
W. The reporting party said adults
were smoking and the reporting
party “did not think it was a cigarette.” However, the people were
gone before an officer arrived.
THURSDAY, MARCH 12
2:24 a.m. — An officer responded to an animal complaint
on 15th Street E, in which a dog
had reportedly been barking for
two hours.
10:25 p.m. — Officers and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded
to a medical on Greeley Avenue.
A female was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
FRIDAY, MARCH 13
4:35 a.m. — An administrative
citation for sound amplification in
violation of the city ordinance was
issued on Ash Street.
9:43 a.m. — An officer and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded
to a medical emergency on 13th
Street E.
10:58 a.m. — An elderly
woman fell at an address on
Prairie Avenue, and was taken by
ambulance to the emergency
room.
12:04 p.m. — A woman reported that she found a note on her
vehicle on Greeley Avenue saying someone had hit the vehicle.
However, there was no sign of
damage to the vehicle, and no
one in the area saw the accident
nor knew who would have left the
note.
12:28 p.m. — An issue of identity theft and theft from a debit
card was reported on 14th Street.
2:01 p.m. — Officers assisted
the Minnesota State Patrol with
an incident in the area of Highway 7 and Fox Avenue near Silver Lake.
2:18 p.m. — A gas drive-off
was reported at a station on Ninth
Street E.
2:27 p.m. — An officer took a
report of a possible scam on
Queen Avenue N.
9:33 p.m. — An officer received a complaint of a male
screaming and yelling outside on
Birch Avenue N. An officer sat in
the area for over 10 minutes and
did not hear anything.
10:55 p.m. — A men’s 21speed bicycle was found by the
old café on 12th Street.
11:49 p.m. — A person on
Ranger Drive reported that her
brother-in-law had swallowed his
hearing aid. He was taken by ambulance to the emergency room.
SATURDAY, MARCH 14
4:04 a.m. — A driver was arrested for driving after revocation
and no insurance at a traffic stop
in the area of 11th Street and
Baldwin Avenue. There also was
a McLeod County warrant for the
driver’s arrest for driving after
revocation and no insurance.
12:20 p.m. — Water was reported to be running inside a vacant residence on Baxter Avenue
N. The residence was a rental
property with no current tenants.
The city was contacted to shut off
the water, and the property owner
was notified of the issue.
SUNDAY, MARCH 15
3:02 a.m. — An officer responded to a disturbance on Baxter Avenue N.
3:44 p.m. — A gas drive-off
was reported at Casey’s on 13th
Street E. An officer contacted the
car’s owner, who said he will return to pay for the gas.
MONDAY, MARCH 16
12:14 p.m. — The police department received a report of a
hurt cat on 15th Street E. When
an officer arrived, there was no
one around to point out the injured cat, but there was one present that took off when the officer
got out of his squad.
3:18 p.m. — A driver was cited
for not having a valid license at a
traffic stop that was the result of a
driving complaint on 16th Street
E.
9:18 p.m. — A resident on 12th
Street E reported a possible Internet scam involving Craig’s List.