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BPA students
qualify for
national meet
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The McLeod County
Glencoe, Minnesota Vol. 118, No. 12
Zelle pops in at Glencoe
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Tim Orth
Jamboree
is Saturday
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Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL) sent five Knowledge Bowl teams to
the regional competition Friday; three of those will advance to
the state tournament, an unprecedented honor. Pictured above
are all the students who competed on GSL’s five teams Friday
and their coaches; including, front row from left, Coach Vicky
Harris, Marisa Luchsinger, Robin Swift, Dini Schweikert, Liam
Armstrong, Jake Vasek, Mitch Beneke and Coach Ann Lameck-
er; middle row, Laura Popelka, Kyle Wanous, Rachel Reichow,
Jack Gepson, Jacob Fehrenbach, Katie Twiss, Maddie Kuehn,
Trevor Posusta, Mark Lueders and Kyle Beck; and, back row,
Brett Baumgarten, Austin Pinske, Maggie Petersen, Brent
Duenow, Chandler Swift, Patrick Fehrenbach, Jacob Wawrzyniak
and Mark Broderius.
3 GSL Knowledge Bowl teams advance to state
There were 18 teams from 10
schools at the Regional Knowledge
Bowl meet in Willmar Friday,
March 20. The schools included
Canby, Hutchinson, Lac qui Parle
Valley, Lester Prairie, Montevideo,
New London-Spicer, Ortonville,
Willmar, Yellow Medicine East, and
of course, Glencoe-Silver Lake
(GSL). Many schools brought one
team, Willmar had three, Hutchinson and Montevideo had two each,
but GSL was the only school which
had earned the right to bring five
teams to the meet.
“GSL earned the right to say that
we have five of the top 12 teams in
West Central Minnesota, but even
more amazing, we have all of the
top three teams!” said Coach Vicky
Harris. That’s right: GSL is sending
three teams to the state meet.
The meet was tough, said Harris.
The questions were difficult; some
were just odd; the competition in
Room 1 was at the highest level.
GSL 1 (Nirvana) started just barely in first place with 50 points in the
written round. It proceeded to win
the competition in Room 1 every
round, but with some of the lowest
scores it has had all year: 13-12-9
against Hutchinson and GSL 3; 229-3 against Hutchinson and Ortonville; 12-9-8 against GSL 2 and
GSL 3; 12-9-8 against GSL 2 and
Hutchinson.
But GSL 1 did win the competition every round, and it did better
the one round when there were no
other GSL teams in the room. With
a total score of 115.0, it is the regional champion for this year. The
team members are Mark Broderius,
Patrick Fehrenbach, Chandler Swift
and Jacob Wawrzyniak.
GSL 3 (Zen) started in second
with 49 points. In room 1, it earned
9, then dropped to Room 2 where it
tied GSL 2 11-11-9 (beating Willmar). Now tied with GSL 2, both
teams moved to Room 1 to compete
with GSL 1. Then, 1 point behind
GSL 2, it moved to Room 2 for the
last round and earned an excellent
21 points against Willmar’s 11 and
Hutchinson 2’s 3. That let GSL 3
jump back up into second place
with 103.0, 12 points behind GSL 1.
Maddie Kuehn, Jacob Fehrenbach,
Katie Twiss, Jake Vasek and Austin
Pinske are the team members.
GSL 2 (Tranquility) began tied
for third place, but started the meet
in Room 2. With a win (12-10-9), it
stayed in Room 2 and tied GSL 3,
then moved to Room 1 where it
stayed for the rest of the meet. Its
final score was 92.0 for third place.
This team includes Kyle Beck,
Brent Duenow, Mitch Beneke,
Mark Lueders, and Trevor Posusta.
Meanwhile, Willmar, which had
never competed in Room 1, finished
in fourth place with 91.0. Hutchinson, which had fought hard and
competed in Room 1 for three of
the four rounds, finished fifth with
90.5. Ortonville ended in sixth with
87.0.
When it counted, GSL had the
best three teams in the region. This
is the fourth meet in a row that
these teams have finished first, second and third. All three teams have
Knowledge Bowl
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The 17th-annual Tim Orth Memorial Foundation “Jam the Gym”
fundraising event will be held this
Saturday at the Glencoe-Silver Lake
High School gymnasium. Proceeds
from the event will benefit the foundation’s mission to assist children in
west central Minnesota who face
substantial medical expenses incurred as a result of a serious accident or illness.
Doors to this year’s event open at
4 p.m., with an evening’s worth of
events to begin at 5:30 p.m. Included in the evening’s entertainment is
scheduled to be a pair of “all-star”
high school basketball games featuring both boys and girls senior
athletes from around the area. The
teams will play games, as well as
participate in slam dunk and shooting contests.
GSL’s Keisha Prafke is scheduled
to compete in the girls’ game, with
Mason Goettl, Keaton Anderson
and Garrett Ober of the Panthers
slated to appear in the boys’ game.
Other entertainment to be sprinkled throughout the evening include
appearances and performances by
the Hutchinson Tigers Special
Olympians, Laketown Gymnasts,
the GSL Danceline, Kelly’s Dance
Academy, and Touch of Grace
Dance.
Other events include a Zumba
demonstration by Jingle Therapy, as
well as face painting a gathering of
youngsters, a silent auction and a
ceremony involving the 13 families
receiving contributions from the
Tim Orth Foundation this year.
The foundation is named for Tim
Orth, who was diagnosed with a
brain tumor in 1996 while he was a
student at BOLD High School. Orth
succumbed to the disease on Feb.
14, 1997. Saturday’s “Jam the
Gym” event is the last of three
scheduled. Last weekend, events
were held at GFW Middle School in
Fairfax and BOLD High School in
Bird Island.
Admission for adults is $8 and $6
for those 18 and younger.
City of Glencoe moves
forward with Lincoln Park
street, utility improvements
By Rich Glennie
Correspondent
First-year Glencoe City Council
Member Allen Robeck was at least
consistent Monday night. He was on
the short end of eight 4-1 votes, half
of them dealing with the nearly $7
million street improvement project in
the Lincoln Park area.
The street improvement project
was the topic of an assessment public hearing during the City Council
meeting, at which several Lincoln
Park area property owners expressed
their concerns about their share of
the cost — 20.3 percent of the $6.97
million project, or $1.4 million.
Some of the assessments could range
as high as $20,000. The general tax
levy will pick up the other 79.7 percent, or $5.5 million.
The City Council also officially
awarded the bid for the work to
Duininck Brothers of Prinsburg, the
lowest of six bids received.
Justin Black, city consulting engineering from Short Elliott Hendrick-
son (SEH), said there have been
neighborhood meetings, informational open houses and now a public
hearing on the project, which includes total street and utility reconstruction of a 30-block area surrounding Lincoln Park, one of the
oldest sections of Glencoe.
Black said the work will be done
in five phases, and excavation work
“will not be done all at one time.”
The first phase includes Ninth
Street from Greeley Avenue to Ford
Avenue and Ford Avenue from Ninth
Street south to the end of the street.
It also includes Eighth Street from
Greeley Avenue west to DeSoto Avenue, and Seventh Street from Ford
Avenue west to Elliott Avenue and
then south to Sixth Street.
Phase two includes DeSoto Avenue from 10th Street south to Sixth
Street and Seventh Street from Elliott Avenue west to Chandler Av-
Lincoln Park
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Weather
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The scope of the Lincoln Park area improvement project was outlined to residents at an as-
Looking back: Winter came
back with a vengeance early
this week, with dropping temps
and nearly 8 inches of snow.
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sessment hearing hosted by the Glencoe City
Council Monday night.
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Lincoln Park Continued from page 1
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.
Easter ‘Egg’stravaganza set
Grand Meadows Senior Living in Glencoe will host its
fifth-annual Easter “Egg”stravaganza Saturday, March
28, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. There will be Easter fun
for all ages, including a 9:45 a.m. presentation by the
Rabbit Education/Adoption Organization and rabbit
agility. At 10:45 a.m., there will be pictures with the
Easter Bunny, as well as live bunnies and refreshments.
GSL band concert March 30
The Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL) bands will present
their March concert Monday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m., in
the high school auditorium. The event will feature all
bands, grades seven through 12. The seventh- and eighthgrade bands, along with the high school symphonic and
high school bands, will perform. The high school bands
are coming off another successful large group contest
showing, and will present their contest selections and
more. The seventh- and eighth-grade bands will be led by
a trio of special guest conductors: Derek Bates (Crown
College student teacher from this past fall), Lauren Greeley (GSL general music teacher) and Alyson Winn (GSL
High School Band senior). There is a charge for admission.
Legion Post 95 to meet April 1
Because of Holy Week, Glencoe American Legion Post
95 will have its monthly meeting Wednesday, April 1, at
7 p.m., in the basement meeting room of the Glencoe
VFW Post 5102. All members are encouraged to attend.
Brownton Women’s Club
The Brownton Women’s Club will meet Wednesday,
April 1, at 6 p.m., at the Brownton Community Center to
set up for the Easter egg hunt. Pizza will be served.
Lions Club Bar Bingo set
The Glencoe Lions Club is sponsoring Bar Bingo at
the Glencoe Country Club Saturday, March 28, at 2 p.m.
Everyone age 18 and over is welcome to play for cash
prizes. The Progressive Game 16 pay-out is $699 if you
have Bingo within 57 called numbers. Food, beverages
and pull-tabs are available.
Health board meeting set
Meeker-McLeod-Sibley Community Health Services
will have its quarterly Community Health Board meeting
Thursday, April 9, 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., in the large meeting room at the McLeod County Household Hazardous
Waste/Solid Waste Management building, 1065 Fifth
Ave. SE, Hutchinson. The meeting is open to the public.
GSL band at Famous Dave’s
The Glencoe-Silver Lake Jazz I band will play for patrons at the Famous Dave’s BBQ and Blues Club in the
Uptown district of Minneapolis on Sunday, March 29.
The band will perform roughly from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Famous Dave’s is located in Calhoun Square at 3001 Hennepin Ave. in Minneapolis.
Republican women to meet
The Greater Minnesota Republican Women will meet
Tuesday, April 14, at Unhinged! Pizza in Glencoe. The
club will watch the documentary “Divorce Corp” which
emphasizes the Minnesota Protective Parent Association.
The movie will be shown at 6 p.m., with discussion to
follow. Please purchase a meal at 5:30 p.m. and the club
will provide popcorn and beverages during the movie.
The club includes McLeod and its surrounding counties.
Antique appraisal fundraiser
The McLeod County Historial Society will have its annual antique appraisal fundraiser Sunday, March 29, at 2
p.m., in the Glencoe Historical Preservation Society History Room in the Glencoe City Center, 1107 11th St. E,
Glencoe. Auctioneer Kathy Krone and appraiser Lynn
Buck will conduct the program. People may bring in
their heirlooms and have them appraised at a cost, with
proceeds benefitting the historical society.
Cedar Crest fashion show set
Cedar Crest in Silver Lake will host its annual fashion
show and sale Tuesday, March 31, at 2 p.m., in the dining
room. The fashion show is open to the public, and refreshments will be served afterward. Cedar Crest is located at 1401 Main Street W in Silver Lake.
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.
enue. There also is one block
of Elliott Avenue from Eighth
Street to Seventh Street included in phase two.
Phase three includes Ninth
Street from Ford Avenue west
to Chandler Avenue and Elliott Avenue from Ninth
Street to Eighth Street. Another one-block of Eighth
Street from DeSoto Avenue
west to Chandler Avenue is
included in phase three.
Phase four includes two
one-block areas on DeSoto
Avenue and Elliott Avenue
from 10th Street to Ninth
Street.
Phase five involves three
intersections on Chandler Avenue at Seventh, Eighth and
Ninth streets.
The reconstruction work is
expected to begin in early
May and be substantially
completed in November,
Black said. The final layer of
bituminous will be placed on
the streets in 2016, he added.
Paul Donna, city financial
consultant from R.W. Baird,
said the city will bond for $7
million, and the 15-year bond
will be repaid through special
assessments, revenues from
water and wastewater enterprise funds and with the general tax levy.
City Administrator Mark
Larson said several old debts
are coming off the tax rolls
and the new bonded indebtedness will replace them. The
goal, Larson said, is for the
debt levy to stay the same.
What comes off the debt service is replaced by an equal
amount of new debt.
Donna said the bond will
be at a 2.24 percent fixed interest rate.
Property owners can pay
their special assessments all
at once, or can pay a part of
the assessments before Oct.
31. After that, any unpaid assessments would be added to
the property taxes at a 3.5
percent interest rate over 15
years.
“Interest rates are very
low,” Donna told City Council members. “The rates
haven’t been much lower
than they are today. It’s a
good time to be investing in
infrastructure.”
*****
Once the public hearing
opened, several property
owners had their say. Driveway access during the construction was the opening
question.
Black said that will be the
topic of another public hearing closer to the start of construction, but he said residents will be notified on a
weekly basis as the reconstruction progresses.
Another resident asked
about an assessment for a
sewer main that he will not be
able to use. “Why do I get a
$1,300 assessment on something I’m not using?” He also
questioned the City Council
about what these assessments
are doing to property values
in that neighborhood. He
called adding $15,000 to
$20,000 in assessments to
these properties as “ambushing.”
But Mayor Randy Wilson
said real estate experts think
the work will make property
valuations in that area “go up,
not down.” As to assessments, Wilson said that is not
the City Council’s choice, but
required by state statute.
“Why not continue as is
and fix things when needed?’
the man asked.
Black said the aging water
and sewer lines are deteriorating “and there is significantly
more expense to repair them.”
But the resident added the
property owners are “getting
the shaft” with the high assessments.
Scott Mathews, an Eighth
Street resident, asked about a
proposed biking lane on
Eighth Street.
Black said the trail will be
on the north aside of the
street and that side will have
no parking. But there will be
parking allowed on the south
side of Eighth Street.
“I’m paying $7,000 for a
street I can’t park on?” Mathews said.
“You can park on the other
side,” Wilson replied.
Mathews said if he tries to
sell his house, “I’m still stuck
with a $13,000 (assessment)
bill.”
An Elliott Avenue resident
noted there were four foreclosed homes in his area already. “How is that (assessments) going to increase values when you can’t sell a
house in that area?”
James Donnay, a Ninth
Street homeowner, said he
understood the need to upgrade the streets and utilities,
“but is there no other way
other than assessments?”
Donna said the determination is costs versus benefits
for street and utility projects.
The other option is a general
tax levy.
“Assessments are the most
equitable way,” Donna said.
Even at that, the majority of
the street costs (80 percent)
are picked up by the general
tax levy and much of the utility costs are funded through
the special water and wastewater enterprise funds.
“This plan is carefully
thought out,” Donna added,
He said the City Council
“used all the tools in its tool
chest” to fund the project.
Larson said doing it this
way also does not affect the
city’s debt limit. If spread
across the community as a
general tax levy, it could
jeopardize the city’s ability to
bond in case of an emergency.
“There isn’t another option
if we want to be responsible,”
Wilson added. He said by
seeking a referendum to do
the work, “it would put all
our eggs in one basket,” and
then the city would be in
trouble in the future if its
wastewater treatment, for example, needs to be replaced
or upgraded.
Wilson said he understands
the frustration of the assessments. This is the biggest
project the city has undertaken and the aim is not to do it
in a piecemeal fashion.
“Everything we do helps
fix our infrastructure,” Wilson said of the project. “We
need to make this investment.”
“It’s not an easy decision,
but I don’t see another outlet
(to pay for the work),” Wilson said.
When asked how this affects the rest of Glencoe’s
property tax payers, Larson
said the general levy will pick
up about 80 percent of the
project cost. The goal is to
keep the city’s debt levy
“flat,” Larson said.
Robeck said he agreed with
some of the homeowners and
thought the assessments can
get lower. He said the $7,000
to $12,000 assessments for
streets in front of their homes
was excessive since “everyone drives on it.”
Robeck voted no to adopt
the assessment rolls. He voted
no to award the bid to Duininck Brothers. He voted no to
issuing the general obligation
bonds, and no to paying
$2,000 to David Drown &
Associates for a pricing opinion on those bonds.
The other council members, John Schrupp, Kevin
Dietz, Gary Ziemer and Dan
Perschau, voted as the majority on all the votes.
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Abundant Table
meal set April 1
Christ Lutheran Church
will host its monthly Abundant Table community meal
Wednesday, April 1, with the
doors opening at 4:30 p.m.
for fellowship, followed by
the meal at 5 p.m. The meal is
hosted in the church basement fellowship hall, 1820
Knight Ave., Glencoe. The
meal is free and open to
everyone, including families
and children, the elderly and
anyone seeking fellowship or
who is need of a helping
hand. The meal includes
turkey ala king; Californiabled vegetables; apple, grape
and pineapple salad, and
Abundant Table bread and
desserts. Please call the
church at 320-864-4549 so it
knows to prepare for your
presence.
Mondayy, April 6, 2015
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Registration deadline: Noon on Fridayy, April 3
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Post 7266 meeting was called
to order by Commander
Daniel Moore on March 17.
Donations were made to
Breanna Keltgen, Sibley East
School Patrol, $330; Girl
Scout cookies for troops,
$160; and Sibley East trap
team, $100.
The meeting was adjourned. The next meeting
will be April 8 at 7 p.m. at
the New Auburn City Hall.
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Fourteen members of the
Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL)
Business and Professional
Association (BPA) qualified
for national competition at
the state convention March
12-14 at the Hyatt Regency
Hotel in Minneapolis. Another 13 were recognized onstage at the state BPA convention as alternates.
Qualifying to compete at
the national contest were:
• Michael Boesche, first
place, advanced word processing; and fourth place, advanced office systems;
• Jacob Wawrzyniak, first
place, computer network
technology;
• Tate Lilienthal, second
place, advanced office systems; and third place, advanced spreadsheet;
• Piper Davis, second
place, digital publishing;
• Austin Pinske, second
place, fundamental spreadsheet;
• Ellie Schmidt, second
place, basic office;
• Emily Muetzel, third
place, legal office procedures;
• Rachel Rusten, third
place, advanced word processing;
• Alyson Winn, fourth
place, database;
• Maddie Kuehn, fourth
place, legal office procedure;
fourth place, basic office; and
fifth place, parliamentary procedures;
• Patrick Fehrenbach, fifth
place administrative support
concepts; alternate, medical
office procedures;
• Robyn Siewert, fifth
place, fundamental desktop
publishing;
• Lindsay Wedin, sixth
place, advanced office procedures; and
• Mitch Beneke, sixth
place, legal office procedures.
Recognized as alternates
were Keaton Anderson, Bennett Bielke, Patrick Kunkel,
Cora Kuras, Hannah Lemke,
Jenna Lokensgard, Mark
Lueders (first alternate, database), Callie Raduenz, Rachel
Reichow, Mitch Rothstein,
Dylan Schuth, Noah Tankersley and Claire Wraspir.
Mary Eckhoff is the adviser
for GSL’s BPA. The local
chapter is currently raising
funds for the national competition, which is slated for May
5-10 in Anaheim, Calif.
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GSL musicians do well at large group contests
On Wednesday, March 18,
four music ensembles from
Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL)
High School participated in
the state-section large group
contests at GSL High School.
These ensembles are under
the direction of Peter Gepson
(band) and Kay Wilson
(choir).
Performing first for the
GSL choirs was the Concert
Choir. It performed “Kyrie
Eleison” and a Category I
piece entitled “Wake, Awake
for Night is Flying.” It received an excellent rating
with the scores of 30, 33, and
35. Only one other vocal
group did a Category I piece.
It sang with excellent diction,
good musicianship, and were
commended for being a balanced, blended ensemble.
The GSL SA Singers (soprano/alto choir) performed
two selections, “And the
Green Grass Grew” and
“Psalm 100” for the contest.
“Psalm 100” is a four-hand
piano piece in which Chandler Swift helped out by playing piano along with Kay
Wilson. The SA Singers received a superior rating with
the scores of 35, 37 and a perfect 40! One of the judges
even selected this choir as the
“Best in Site” for the entire
day’s choir competition. The
ensemble was praised for its
confidence, clear diction and
overall appearance, attention
to dynamics, vocal control,
and poise. It was the only
women’s ensemble to perform all day.
The Symphonic Band performed “Miss Liberty March”
by Karl King and “Chant Rituals” by Elliot Del Borgo.
The panel of three judges
awarded scores of 35, 35 and
36 and the band was presented an overall rating of superior. Judges comments included: “Strong rhythm throughout,” “Great selections played
very well by a young group”
and “Bravo to the alto sax
soloists.” (Alto sax soloists
were Micki Frahm and Paige
Litzau).
The Concert Band performed “Akebono March” by
Minoru Takayama and
“Scenes from the Louvre” by
Norman Dello Joio. It was
awarded for its performance
scores of 38 from each of the
three judges. Their comments
included, “Great Band!” “Really great players — Wow!”
and “You are a machine—
awesome job today!”
The next performances of
the GSL High School Music
Department are the March 29
Jazz I performance at Famous
Dave’s in Minneapolis, the
March 30 grades seven
through 12 band concert and
the April 11 solo/ensemble
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points. This team includes
Marisa Luchsinger, Maggie
Petersen, Rachel Reichow,
Dini Schweikert and Robin
Swift.
“Overall it was a remarkable tour de force by what is,
in my opinion, the most formidable group of Knowledge
Bowlers in GSL Knowledge
Bowl history,” said Harris. “I
know that several times in the
past, schools have sent two
teams to state — Willmar,
New London-Spicer, and
GSL come to mind — but I
can’t think of a time when
three teams from the same
school have gone.
“At the beginning of the
year, we expected GSL 1 to
be an excellent team because
it was so similar to last year’s
state runner-up team. Last
year, teams similar to these
GSL teams had ended first,
second and fourth in the region, but we expected that
teams from other schools
would step up and improve,
so that we didn’t feel we
could predict how well we
would do. However, the
promise of last year’s teams
proved to be a good predictor
of this year ’s success. We
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Knowledge Bowl Continued from page 1
shown that they can compete
with the best and come
through when it counts.
Meanwhile, GSL 4 and 5
were fighting it out in lower
rooms. GSL 5 (Kyle Wanous,
Liam Armstrong, Jack Gepson, Laura Popelka, and Brett
Baumgarten) started in 14th
and fought it out in Room 5
for a while, to finish the meet
in Room 4 with 76.0 points
and 10th place.
GSL 4 started next to the
bottom of the meet (in 17th),
jumped up to Room 3, fell
back to Rooms 4 and 5, to
finish in 12th place with 72.5
Proceeds
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look forward to seeing how
the three teams do at state.”
Harris continued: “Each of
these teams work well together, but even more important,
the teams work together well
to build each other up. The
whole group is truly a team
that just happens to be made
of smaller teams. These students work so well together
and are so supportive of each
other, that I know we will be
proud of how they do at
state.”
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pinions
The McLeod County Chronicle, Wednesday, March 25, 2015, page 4
A lot of construction
will be happening in ’15
Our view: Projects indicate
the economy is improving
G
lencoe-area residents will
be waking this summer to
the sound of truck backup alarms, heavy equipment moving
around and the general din of construction.
As annoying as that is when we
are trying to capture 10 more minutes of sleep, or trying to read the
newspaper while we enjoy our
morning cup of coffee, it should be
music to our ears. Those sounds indicate that the Great Recession of
the late 2000s and early 2010s is finally fading into the past.
When you shake open this week’s
Chronicle, you’ll find our annual
Horizons special edition.
This year, you’ll find lots about
local construction projects: McLeod
County’s jail expansion and courthouse security project will break
ground soon, the city of Glencoe
continues its long-deferred street and
utility improvements, and plans are
under way to mitigate the city’s
flooding issue, another long-awaited
project.
And popping up on the western
fringe of Glencoe soon will be a
solar “garden,” planned by the
McLeod Cooperative Power Association as a source of renewable energy from which its customers can
profit.
But you’ll also find stories about
how other local businesses have
adapted to changing the economic
landscape.
While our local health-care
provider, Glencoe Regional Health
Services (GRHS) has not built any
new additions, it has been growing
its services. It has committed itself
to finding ways to not only better
meet the needs of its local clients,
but ways to partner with larger medical providers in the metro area to
serve a greater population. Among
services GRHS has added in the past
year: an Urgent Care department that
served 6,000 people in a year, a new
transitional care unit, a hospitalist
program and, just getting under way,
a service to help ventilator patients.
Also featured is 4 Square
Builders, which has found ways to
meet the changing face of the construction business to not only have
survived in the Great Recession,
which was driven in great part by a
crash in the housing market, but to
grow and thrive with a new addition.
And, of course, Glencoe has welcomed a new Chamber of Commerce executive director, who will
carry on the work of former director
Dave Nelson.
The addition of Main Street Sports
Bar on Greeley Avenue is another
indicator of a recovering economy,
as it already has seen a successful
start-up in the totally renovated
building that once housed Al’s
Sports Bar.
Yes, the economy is improving.
And, this summer, as we have to
navigate through street reconstruction, listen to the sounds of building
at the courthouse and are generally
inconvenienced by all the activity,
let’s also be grateful for that inconvenience. It all points to the fact that
the economy is not only recovering,
but is starting to thrive once again.
— 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).
Come out and support the ‘Orth Kids’
My co-conspirator here at The
Chronicle, “Tom the Sports Guy,”
and I have spent a good portion of
the past couple weeks on the phone
with parents of the “Orth Kids.”
Each year, The Chronicle strives
to tell the stories of the children who
benefit from the Tim Orth Foundation’s annual Basketball Jamboree,
which is set Saturday here in Glencoe in the high school gymnasium.
Many years, when we are fully
staffed, we’ve been able to visit
families in person, meeting the kids
and talking to their families. This
year, we’re temporarily shorthanded,
and we divided up the names between the two of us.
Whether it’s in person or on the
phone, Tom and I found doing these
interviews and writing the stories
both inspiring and emotionally exhausting.
On Monday, we chatted about
how we both needed to take breaks
between interviews to process what
we’ve been hearing.
And, then, we both got quiet.
Lori Copler
Though we didn’t say it out loud,
I think we both were thinking the
same thing.
If a 20- to 30-minute interview is
exhausting for us, just think what it’s
like to live with children with serious medical conditions on a day-today basis?
You could hear the exhaustion in
parents’ voices as we chatted with
them.
But overriding that exhaustion
was the love they had for their children. They proudly touted their chil-
dren’s achievements and milestones.
They spoke a little of the exhaustion,
worry and mounting medical bills,
but mostly they talked of the joy
their children brought to their lives,
despite their medical conditions.
I’m not sure about Tom, but what
surprised me was how appreciate
parents were of our desire to share
their stories.
Both Tom and I were hesitant to
intrude into these families’ lives. It
seemed to us that these parents had
enough with which to cope without
a couple of reporters prying into
their business.
But like most parents, they wanted
to celebrate their children. They
spoke lovingly and with pride of
their families. They expressed gratitude for family and friends who
have pitched in to help.
And we can help them, too. Read
their stories. Come to the Basketball
Jamboree Saturday night and show
your care and support.
I’m sure the “Orth Kids” would
love to see you there.
email to: loric@glencoenews.com
Guest Column:
Governing by crisis isn’t governing at all
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 Minnesota Vikings want runningback
Adrian Peterson to fulfill his contract;
he wants to leave the team.
What do you think:
1) He has a contract; he needs to fulfill it.
2) Release him; he won’t give his best effort.
Results for most recent question:
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 — 44%
2) Don’t do it. There are too many obstacles to overcome — 24%
3) I don’t know enough to form an opinion — 31%
By Lee H. Hamilton
After Congress came a hair ’s
breadth from shutting down the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) a few weeks ago, members
of the leadership tried to reassure
the American people.
“We’re certainly not going to shut
down the government or default on
the national debt,” Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell declared on
CBS’s “Face the Nation.” Congress,
he said, would not lurch from crisis
to crisis.
I wish I could be so confident. Because if you look at the year ahead,
the congressional calendar is littered
with opportunities to do just that,
with deadlines for the Highway
Trust Fund, Export-Import Bank,
debt ceiling, and the Treasury’s borrowing power all approaching. My
bet is not on smooth sailing.
This is a huge problem. Great
democracies do not veer from one
doomsday moment to the next, nor
do they fund government on a week-
to-week basis. Yet that is precisely
the habit Congress has developed.
It’s embarrassing.
During the weeks Congress held
Homeland Security hostage, the department had to get ready for roughly 30,000 employees to be furloughed, ask crucial employees to
be willing to work without pay —
we’re talking the border patrol,
Coast Guard, screeners at airports,
cargo inspectors … the people on
the front lines — and prepare to shut
down ongoing research and planning on making the country safer.
Terrorism overseas was consuming
the attention of our national security
agencies, but the department
charged with protecting the nation at
home had to be consumed with shuttering its operations.
We need a Congress that can address its problems before a crisis
comes up. What will it take? Members need to work at legislating
every day — not just the three days
in the middle of the week. Congres-
sional leaders need to move legislation through in an orderly fashion.
The so-called “Hastert Rule” — that
the Speaker of the House will not
allow a vote on a bill unless he has a
majority of his own party behind it
— needs to be jettisoned for good,
not just in extreme circumstances.
And perhaps most important, the
tactic of tying two unrelated issues
together in order to force an opponent’s hand needs to be rejected.
The parade of make-or-break issues that Congress faces this year
presents myriad opportunities for
legislative mischief. If all we see before us is one government-shutdown
threat after another, the remaining
faith Americans hold in our chief
lawmaking body could disappear altogether. And deservedly so.
Lee Hamilton is director of the
Center on Congress at Indiana
University. He was a member of
the U.S. House of Representatives
for 34 years.
45 votes. New question runs March 25-31.
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The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, March 25, 2015, page 5
City of Glencoe to develop plans, specs
for parallel airport runway; vote is 4-1
tip of the airport. An appraisal
has been done on the land,
but there has been no response from the landowner.
The appraisal came in at
$7,900.
McMahon said that parcel
of property is needed in order
for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to participate in the taxiway project.
The FAA is supplying 90 percent of the funding.
Larson said the city is looking at a “quick take” condemnation option in which the
city would pay the appraised
price for the land.
“We need it in our control
before we can break ground,”
Larson said.
The federal-state cost sharing also applies to the land
acquisition.
City Attorney Jody Winters
said the quick take condemnation needs to determine “it
is in the best interest of the
city.” Essentially, the city
takes the land, “and pays the
landowner after the fact.”
Council Member Kevin
Dietz strongly suggested the
city make “an exhaustive attempt to contact and work
with these folks.”
In other matters, the City
Council:
• Approved the Glencoe
Fire Department officers for
2015. Re-elected as chief was
Ron Grack. Assistant chief
remains Scott Dietz and training
officer
is
Tom
Brinkmann. Added as a second training officer is Steve
Millard.
Engine Company 331:
Captain Jamie Voigt; 1st
Lieutenant Jeremy Mattson;
and 2nd Lieutenant Jeff
Jensen.
Engine Company 333:
Captain Scott Schrupp; 1st
Lieutenant Jim Madden Jr.;
and 2nd Lieutenant Tom
Brinkmann.
Engine Company 335:
Captain Cory Scheidt; 1st
Lieutenant Ralph Posusta;
and 2nd Lieutenant Dean
Dahlke.
• Heard from James Peters
about plans for the new veterans memorial at Welcome
Park on the east entrance to
Glencoe. The work will be
done in late summer or early
fall, and includes moving a
current veterans memorial at
Oak Leaf Park to the Welcome Park site.
• Heard from new Glencoe
Area Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director Barbara
Woida, who replaced David
Nelson, who resigned in
March. Woida, of Norwood
Young America, brings 17
years experience as a human
resources person and said she
is “familiar with the challenges of economic development. I’m excited about the
position.” She said the chamber also is looking for a parttime office assistant to work
four hours a day for five days
a week.
• Approved the purchase of
two new mowers from Jungclaus Implement. A 48-inch
mower will be used at the
cemetery and the purchase
price was $5,600 plus tradein. The other will be used in
the city parks and is a 72-inch
mower at a cost of $7,000.
• Approved an agreement
with the Minnesota Department of Employment and
Economic Development
(DEED) for a demolition loan
for the former Mark’s Economart property. The work has
been completed. But Larson
said the agreement needs to
be signed so the city can get
reimbursed. The asbestos
abatement cost was nearly
$12,000 and the demolition
was $71,000. The loan is for
15 years at 2 percent interest,
and half of it is forgivable if
the site is redeveloped.
• Accepted the former
Denny’s Barber Shop property on Greeley Avenue after
owners Denny and Karen
Wendlandt signed off on the
deed. Larson said more asbestos abatement work will
be done on the front of the
building this week before the
demolition, which is expected
to begin next Monday.
• Authorized Fahey’s Auctioneers to sell a city-owned
lot with a garage at 506 E
15th St. The house was condemned and demolished last
year. Larson said the city has
invested about $12,000 in the
lot, and would like to at least
recoup its investment.
• Approved two cemetery
board recommendations. One
raises the rate for marker
staking to $25 and increases
the pay for the cemetery’s
season worker to $11 an hour,
a $1 increase.
• Set its monthly personnel
and legislative committee
meeting for Wednesday, April
1, at 4 p.m.
City, township officials to meet
to discuss county trail committee
was a reasonable price and
purchasing locally is beneficial in case of future repairs.
Levy adjusted
Cindy Schultz, county auditor/treasurer, reported that
an incorrect calculation on
the debt service accounts was
discovered March 6 and the
board needed to approve the
changes.
The county is required to
produce at least 5 percent in
excess of the amount needed
to allow for tax collections
that come in under anticipated due to delinquencies.
The capital improvement
plan levy increases by
$23,440 to $492,260 and capital equipment notes increases
by $13,692 to $287,542. The
revenue fund decreases by
$37,132 to $9.704 million.
The total revenues increases
by $3,613 to $39.886 million
and total expenditures increase by $3,614 to $49.534
million.
Summer help
Staffing request recommendations were presented
by Human Resources Director Mary Jo Wieseler. The
board voted to hire six summer workers for the highway
department, working about
12 weeks.
A new engineering technician position was created because of increased state aid
inspection requirements and
increased construction project
workload.
Also hired is a Community
Service work coordinator to
work up to 40 hours per week
for approximately 12 weeks
at the fairgrounds.
This position will supervise
youth performing court-ordered community service
work. Funding is from court
services supervisory funds.
Other business
Central Services received
approval to purchase two
2015 Ford Escapes from Nelson Auto Center, Fergus
Falls. The total state contract
cost for each vehicle and delivery is not to exceed
$19,506 plus tax and license
fees.
The budgeted vehicles will
be placed into the employee
motor pool. Current vehicles
will be re-located amongst facilities after an annual usage
study is completed. It was
agreed to sell an old Impala
and Taurus at Fahey Sales in
Glencoe.
The board also signed an
agreement authorizing Green
Machine remote access to the
county’s server to trouble
shoot the new single-sort
equipment at the recycle center. This way the company
would not have to make a
special trip from New York.
Sheriff’s office will conduct
child print week of April 13-16
The McLeod County Sheriff’s Office will conduct its
annual child print program in
all McLeod County schools,
with the exception of those in
Glencoe, the week of April
13-16. The Glencoe Police
Department will take care of
schools in Glencoe.
The sheriff ’s office will
print all kindergarten and
sixth-grade students and the
fifth graders at Park Elementary School in Hutchinson.
Only the kindergarten children at Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted will be printed.
Parents should receive a
letter explaining the program
and forms will be provided.
The schedule includes:
Monday, April 13: Winsted
Holy Trinity, kindergarten
and sixth graders, 9:45 a.m.;
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, kindergarten, 10:30
a.m.; and St. Anastasia,
Hutchinson, 1 p.m.
Tuesday, April 14: Park Elementary, Hutchinson, fifth
graders, 9 a.m.
Wednesday, April 15: West
Elementary, Hutchinson,
kindergarten, 9:30 a.m.; Im-
manuel Evangelical, Hutchinson, kindergarten and sixth
grade, 1 p.m.; Our Savior’s
Lutheran,
Hutchinson,
kindergarten, 1:20 p.m.; and
Northwoods Elementary,
Hutchinson, kindergarten and
sixth grade, 1:40 p.m.
Thursday, April 16: Lester
Prairie Elementary, kindergarten and sixth grade, 9
a.m.; New Discoveries
Montessori, Hutchinson,
kindergarten and sixth grade;
and Glencoe-Silver Lake
Lakeside, Silver Lake, sixth
grade, 1 p.m.
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Joel and Hannah Jerabek of Glencoe announce the arrival of a daughter, Elsie Lea Jerabek, who was born
Dec. 15, 2014, at Ridgeview Medical
Center in Waconia. Elsie weighed 3
pounds, 3 ounces, and was 163⁄4 inches long at birth. Grandparents are
Gary and Joyce Jerabek of Silver
Lake and Tom and Sarah Beckius of
Belle Plaine. Great-grandparents are
Florian Nowak of Silver Lake and Elsie Jerabek
Jerry and Donna Soller of Le Sueur.
Ahlers in SMSU soccer club
Breanna Ahlers, a sophomore biology and chemistry
major from Brownton, is a member of the Soccer Club at
Southwest Minnesota State University (SMSU) for the
2014-2015 academic year. Ahlers is the daughter of
Glenn and Nancy Ahlers of Brownton. The purpose of
the Soccer Club is to provide athletic competition for the
students at SMSU. In the Soccer Club, students will learn
how to be cooperative, confident and have the chance to
meet new people.
Koester honored for driving
Ron Koester of Glencoe was recently inducted into
UPS’ Circle of Honor for 25 years of accident-free driving. He and 16 other Minnesota drivers were inducted
into the company’s honorary organization. There were
1,445 UPS drivers inducted into the Circle of Honor nationwide.
NA VFW Auxiliary meets
The New Auburn VFW
Post 7266 Auxiliary meeting
was called to order March 17
by
President
Phyllis
Schwanke.
The following donations
were approved: 13 pairs of
glasses, $50 to Darla
Neubarth Benefit and $50 to
Paisley Lindeman benefit.
The pancake dinner will be
April 19 at the New Auburn
City Hall.
The POW-MIA candle was
lit and a moment of silence
was observed. The meeting
was adjourned.
The next meeting will be
April 8 at 7 p.m. at the New
Auburn City Hall.
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McLeod County trails advisory committee will be at a
meeting of people representing all the cities and townships in the county set for
Tuesday, April 7, at 1 p.m., at
the county courthouse in
Glencoe.
The meeting was requested
by County Parks Director Al
Koglin at the March 17 Board
of Commissioners meeting in
order to determine the structure of the committee, which
will work with the Mid-Minnesota Development Commission to establish a county
trails plan.
The committee is expected
to include voting and nonvoting representatives. The
final committee structure will
be approved by the county
board.
In other park business,
Koglin received approval to
purchase a new Windsor
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from Hillyard of Hutchinson.
The vacuum previously
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and specifications for the
construction of an airport parallel taxiway at Vernon Perschau Memorial Airport.
Council Member Allen
Robeck voted no.
There is a hitch to the
plans, however. The city
needs to acquire four small
parcels of property from four
different landowners, including a key half-acre of land
owned by Robert Boltmann.
None of the landowners,
however, have responded to
the city’s requests.
Shawn McMahon, a consultant from Short Elliott
Hendrickson (SEH) said the
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coming from federal and state
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Council Member Dan Perschau said the city’s Airport
Commission unanimously favored the project, especially
for improved safety and better use of the airport.
“I’m glad to see this moving forward,” said Perschau,
also a member of the Airport
Commission.
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April 23.
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Lucille Christensen, 95, of Watertown
Obituaries
Anna Lena Bauer, 94, of Gaylord
Anna (Mrs. Harold) Bauer,
94, of Gaylord, died Friday,
March 20, 2015, at Oak Terrace Health Care Center in
Gaylord.
Funeral
services
will
be
T h u r s d a y,
March 26,
at 11 a.m.,
at St. John’s
Lutheran
Church,
Mountville,
D r y d e n Anna Bauer
Township,
Sibley County, with interment in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be Wednesday, March 25, from 4 p.m. to
8 p.m., at the Egesdal Funeral
Home in Gaylord. Visitation
will continue one hour prior
to the service at the church on
Thursday.
The Rev. Harold Storm
will officiate at the service.
Debbie Forstner will be the
organist. Mrs. Bauer’s godson, Jerry Wetterlin, will be
the soloist and will perform
“The Lord’s Prayer.” Congregational hymns are “When I
Survey the Wondrous Cross,”
“How Great Thou Art” and
“Abide With Me.”
Honorary casket bearers
will be Connie Sylwester,
Julie Sievert and Mandi
Bauer. Casket bearers will be
Chris Bauer, Tim Bauer,
Andy Bauer, Brian Schuch,
Deric Sievert and Adam
Bauer.
Anna Lena (Polzin) Bauer,
Gaylord, formerly of Brown-
ton, was born March 16,
1921, in New Auburn, to
William and Minnie (Illig)
Polzin. She was baptized
April 10, 1921, at St.
Matthew’s Lutheran Church
in Penn Township, and was
confirmed April 14, 1935, at
Immanuel Lutheran Church
in New Auburn, by the Rev.
Hans Werner.
She attended New Auburn
District 35 school through the
eighth grade. She taught Sunday school and sang in the
choir while she was a member at Immanuel Lutheran
Church.
She was employed by Ted
Trapp and Otto Mielke in the
General Store in New Auburn
and by Otto Zellmann in the
“Big Store” in New Auburn
until 1945.
She was united in marriage
to Harold Bauer on May 8,
1946, at Immanuel Lutheran
Church in New Auburn by
the Rev. Mueller. After their
marriage, the couple started
farming in Penn Township,
and she assisted her husband
with farming and raising their
three children. They were
married 58 years before Mr.
Bauer passed away on Nov.
17, 2004.
She enjoyed gardening,
dancing, cooking, baking,
playing cards and spending
time with her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren,
relatives and friends.
She became a resident of
Oak Terrace Health Care
Center in Gaylord in 2010.
She is survived by her chil-
dren, Judy (Veryl) Schuch of
Glencoe, Ronald (Muriel)
Bauer of Brownton and Kathleen Bauer of Hutchinson;
eight grandchildren, Brian
(Shannon) Schuch of Glencoe, Connie (Chad) Sylwester
of St. Bonifacius, Julie
(Deric) Sievert of Gibbon,
Chris (Kristie) Bauer of
Brownton, Tim (Marlinda)
Bauer of Brownton, Andy
(Kristen) Bauer of Gaylord,
Adam (Kristi) Bauer of
Bloomington and Mandi
Bauer of Mankato; 14 greatgrandchildren,
Ebony
Schuch, Madison Schuch,
Autumn Schuch, Cody Sievert, Nicole Sievert, Cole
Bauer, Lauren Bauer, Claire
Bauer, Toriana Bauer, Aubree
Bauer, Aiden Bauer, Avery
Bauer and Karter Bauer; stepgreat-grandson, Tristan Von
Eschen; many other relatives
and friends.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, William and
Minnie Polzin; husband,
Harold Bauer; brothers, Otto
Polzin and Robert Polzin; sister, Selma (Mrs. Alvin) Hahn;
two great-grandchildren;
brothers-in-law and sistersin-law, Alvin Hahn, Art and
Agnes Wetterlin, Dennis and
Selma Palmer, Leonard and
Hilda Bauer, Arnold and
Luella Bauer, John and Erna
Trebelhorn and Henry and
Ruth Trebelhorn.
Arrangements were with
the Egesdal Funeral Home in
Gaylord. Online obituaries
and guest book are available
at www.hantge.com.
Richard Borchardt, 100, Hutchinson
Richard P. Borchardt, 100,
of Hutchinson, died Saturday,
March 14, 2015, at Glencoe
Regional Health Services
Long Term Care.
A Mass
of Christian
Burial was
held Thursday, March
19, at St.
Anastasia
Catholic
Church in
Hutchinson. The Richard
Rev. Jerry Borchardt
Meidl officiated. Bev Wangerin was the
organist and Lucy Newcomb
was the song leader. Special
music was by Brock, Ashley
and Camille Borchardt and
Anna Huebner. Musical selections included “Lead Me,
Lord,” “Bread of Life” and
“Song of Farewell.”
Casket bearers were Brock
Borchardt, Michael Fitzloff,
Adam Benson, Scott Vacek,
Nick Fehlandt and Dave
Sanken. Interment was in the
church cemetery and military
honors were by the Hutchinson Memorial Rifle Squad.
Richard P. Borchardt was
born Nov. 7, 1914, in Hassan
Valley Township, McLeod
County, to Richard A. and
Anna (Rannow) Borchardt.
He was baptized as an infant
and confirmed in his faith as
a youth, both at St. John’s
Church in Hassan Valley
Township. He received his
education through the eighth
grade in Hassan Valley
Township.
Mr. Borchardt entered active military service in the
U.S. Army on June 24, 1941,
at Fort Snelling in Minneapolis and served his country
during World War II. He received an honorable discharge on Sept. 8, 1945, at
Camp McCoy in Wisconsin.
On Aug. 29, 1950, he was
united in marriage to Bernice
Pavlish at St. George
Catholic Church in Glencoe.
Their marriage was blessed
with eight children. After
their marriage, the couple
resided and farmed in Hassan
Valley
Township. They
shared 36 years of marriage
before Mrs. Borchardt’s death
on Oct. 3, 1987.
Mr. Borchardt was a lifelong farmer. He raised cows,
chickens and ducks, and dehorned and butchered cows
and sold Archer oil. He also
was very mechanical and repaired equipment and did
custom farm work for area
farmers. He attended St.
Anastasia Catholic Church in
Hutchinson. He enjoyed
hunting and fishing. He especially enjoyed spending time
with his family, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and
friends.
When he needed assistance
with his daily care, he became a resident of Glencoe
Regional Health Services
Long Term Care.
He is survived by his children, Geraldine (Michael)
Fitzloff of Stewart, Joseph
(Julie) Borchardt of Thief
River Falls, James (Michelle)
Borchardt of Hutchinson,
Jerome (Patricia) Borchardt
of Brownton, Jolene (John)
DuBose of Belgium and Jennifer (Randy) Huebner of
New Brighton; 13 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren;
son-in-law, Ray Benson of
Brownton; sister, Elda
Huepenbecker of Glencoe;
and many other relatives and
friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Richard A.
and Anna Borchardt; wife,
Bernadine Borchardt; daughters, Josephine Benson and
Julianne Borchardt; brother,
Leo Borchardt; sister, Louise
(Ora) Huepenbecker; and
brother-in-law, Raymond
Huepenbecker.
Arrangements were by the
Dobratz-Hantge Chapel in
Hutchinson. Online obituaries and guest book are available at www.hantge.com.
LaDonna March, 85, of Redwood Falls
LaDonna “Donna” March,
85, of Redwood Falls, formerly of Franklin, died Monday, March 16, 2015, at
Parkview Home in Belview.
A Mass
of Christian
Burial was
held Friday,
March 20,
at
St.
Catherine’s
Catholic
Church in
Redwood
Falls. Bur- LaDonna
ial was in March
the church
cemetery.
LaDonna Revier March
Lodermeier, the daughter of
Robert and Camilla (Voltin)
Revier, was born Sept. 8,
1929, in Morton. She spent
her childhood in Morton and
received her elementary education there. She graduated
from Redwood Falls High
School in 1947, and then at-
tended Mayville North Dakota State Teachers College.
She graduated from Mankato
State College with a bachelor’s degree in education. She
taught country school in
Hope, N.D., and then in
“town” schools in Wahpeton,
N.D., Franklin and Glencoe.
She also worked as a substitute teacher in Shakopee and
Glencoe.
On Nov. 17, 1956, she married Raleigh T. March in
Franklin. He preceded her in
death on Jan. 17, 1981. On
Oct. 26, 1991, she married
James F. Lodermeier. He preceded her in death on June 6,
2002.
She was active in education organizations, Business/Professional Women
(BPW), St. Mark’s Church,
the American Legion Auxiliary and Glencoe Study Club.
In her spare time, she enjoyed
reading, crossword puzzles,
volunteering, gardening, eat-
ing out with friends, attending her grandchildren’s
events, traveling, and national and local history.
She is survived by her stepdaughters and their spouses,
Ann and Neil Johnson, Mickie and Kelly Hanson, Jeanne
and David Kibler, Colleen
and Craig Gunderman and
Mary and Gary Sima; many
stepgrandchildren; nieces and
nephews; brothers-in-law and
sisters-in-law; and special
neighbors, the Steve Clay
family.
She was preceded in death
by her parents; two husbands;
brothers, John, Bill and Bert;
sisters, Leone, Grace and
Mary; and two brothers and
two sisters in infancy.
Arrangements were with
Nelson-Hillestad Funeral
Service of Redwood Falls. Email condolences may be sent
to www.nelson-hillestad.com.
Lucille Elizabeth (Meyer)
Christensen, 95, of Watertown, formerly of Glencoe,
died Monday, March 16,
2015, at Elim Nursing Home
in Watertown.
A Mass
of Christian
Burial was
held Thursday, March
19, at the
Church of
St. Pius X
in Glencoe.
The Rev. Lucille
A n t h o n y Christensen
Stubeda officiated. Sue Mielke was the
organist, and song leaders
were Kelly LeCrone, John
Winter and Shari Templin.
Musical selections were
“Here I Am, Lord,” “Precious
Lord,” “On Eagle’s Wings,”
“Song of Farewell,” “Hail
Mary, Gentle Woman” and
“Amazing Grace.”
Casket bearers were Nikki
Dammann, Kim Moore,
Laura Watkins, Amy Potter,
Jennie Winter and Shane Revier. Interment was in the
Glencoe Catholic Cemetery.
Lucille Elizabeth (Meyer)
Christensen was born at
home on July 19, 1919, in
Carroll County near Glidden,
Iowa. She was the daughter
of Anton and Margaret
(Richert) Meyer. She was
baptized as an infant at St.
Lawrence Church in Carroll,
Iowa, and received her first
communion at Sacred Heart
and was confirmed in her
faith as a youth. She attended
first and second grades at a
country school in Glidden,
Iowa, third through fifth
grade at Sacred Heart School
in Pocahontas, Iowa, and
20 Brownton
seniors met
Twenty Brownton senior
citizens met Monday, March
23, at the Brownton Community Center.
Cards were played after the
meeting with the following
winners — 500, Marie Dols,
first, and Eleanora Lamp,
second; pinochle, Deloris
Rennecke, first, and Betty
Katzenmeyer, second; and
sheephead, Elmer Maass,
first, and Lil Lindeman, second. Gladys Rickert won the
door prize.
The group will have its
Easter dinner Monday,
March 30, at noon, before the
regular meeting at 1 p.m.
sixth through eighth grade at
a the public school in Ware,
Iowa.
While working for a family
near Sleepy Eye, she met
Willard Christensen and they
were united in marriage on
Oct. 11, 1941, at St. Mary’s
Catholic Church in New
Ulm. The couple made their
home on a farm in Sleepy
Eye until 1957, when they
moved to Glencoe. Their
marriage was blessed with
nine children, Joyce, Dennis,
Mark, Louis, Paul, Timothy,
Victoria, Beth and Mary.
They shared over 59 years of
marriage before Mr. Christensen’s death on March 14,
2001.
Mrs. Christensen always
farmed with her husband and
in addition worked at Glencoe Butter & Produce, first as
an egg candler for 10 years,
and then worked for the locker plant as a meat wrapper. In
the later years, she and her
husband ran a day care for
about 10 years. She was a
faithful member of the
Church of St. Pius X in Glencoe, where she served on the
Council of Catholic Women.
Mrs. Christensen enjoyed
flowers, gardening, knitting,
crocheting, baking and making fruitcake for her family
and friends. She also loved
watching her grandchildren at
sporting events. She treasured
the times spent with her family.
She is survived by her children, Dennis (Sharon) Christensen of Glencoe, Mark
(Janey) Christensen of Biscay, Louis Christensen (special friend Kim Phifer) of
Lakeville, Paul (Mary Ann)
Christensen of Glencoe, Victoria Christensen of North
Mankato, Beth (John) Winter
of Glencoe and Mary (Derald) Bielke of Biscay; grandchildren, Quinn (Jolee)
Beneke, Brett (Julie) Beneke,
Shannon (Peggy) Beneke,
Nikki Dammann (special
friend Shannon Spicer), Doug
Christensen, Kim (Rick)
Moore, Chad (Tonya) Christensen, Laura (Jon) Watkins,
Marshall Christensen, Amy
Potter, Tracy (Brenda) Christensen, Travis (Melissa)
Christensen, Justin (Bethany)
Christensen, Jesse Christensen, Teri Christensen, Jennie Winter and Eric Rannow,
Bryan Winter (special friend
Cortney), Adam Revier,
Shane Revier, Cody Revier
(special friend Felicia Griffin), Cord Revier (special
friend Becca Sparling) and
Chanceton (Sadie) Revier; 37
great-grandchildren; sisters,
Eleanor Marti of New Ulm
and Margaret (Leo) Lang of
Springfield; brother, Herman
(Mary) Meyer of Pipestone;
sister-in-law, Marjorie Christensen of Princeton; nieces;
nephews; other relatives; and
friends.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Anton and
Margaret Meyer; husband,
Willard Christensen; children, Joyce (Jerome) Beneke
and Timothy Christensen;
grandsons-in-law, Robert
Fuglsang and Cory Potter;
and siblings, Fred Meyer,
Ben Meyer, Bob Meyer, Warren Meyer, William Meyer
and Georgine Portner.
Arrangements were with
the Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Thank You
The family of Dave Perschau wishes to express our sincere thanks
and appreciation to everyone for the cards, memorials, food, calls, and
visits.
A special thank you to Pastor Scott Grorud, Organist, Ronda Eckhart,
Dave Dose, Julie Knutson, the Hutchinson Memorial Rifle Squad and
the Minnesota State Patrol Honor Guard for the beautiful service and
to the members of Faith Lutheran Church who helped with the lunch.
We appreciate the care and assistance that Robert, Richard, Everett
and Dan from Hantge Funeral Chapels provided to our family before,
during and after the service.
Dave received wonderful care during his illness from the qualified
staff and providers at the Hutchinson Cancer Center, Hutchinson
Health Clinic and Hospital, Glencoe Regional Health Services and Allina Health Hospice.
Memorials will be distributed to Dave’s favorite charities which include the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (www.arboretum.umn.edu),
the V Foundation for Cancer Research (www.jimmyv.org) and Faith
Lutheran Church (www.faithlc.com). The comforting words and actions
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Raymond Dietel, 88, of Lester Prairie
Obituaries
Dennis D. Matuska, 72, of Glencoe
Dennis D. Matuska, 72, of
Glencoe, died Friday, March
20, 2015, at Harmony River
Living Center in Hutchinson.
The funeral service will be
T h u r s d a y,
March 26,
at 11 a.m.,
at
First
Lutheran
Church in
Glencoe.
Visitation
Dennis
will
be
Matuska
Wednesday,
March 25, from 4 p.m. to 8
p.m., at the Johnson Funeral
Home, 141 E First St., Waconia, and at the church Thursday one hour prior to the
service.
The Rev. Ronald Mathison
will officiate at the funeral.
Paul Otto will be the organist
and Kenneth Quast will be
the soloist.
Casket bearers will be Matt
Zdrazil, Tim Matuska, Eric
Matuska, Ryan Quast, Rick
Quast, Randy Gores and Curtis Matuska.
Interment will be in the
First Lutheran Cemetery with
military honors by Glencoe
American Post 95 and Glencoe VFW Post 5102.
Dennis David Matuska was
born July 9, 1942, on his
grandparents’ farm in rural
Silver Lake, the son of Benjamin F. and Virginia E.
(Metkowski) Matuska. He
was baptized July 12, 1942,
at St. Adalbert’s Catholic
Church in Silver Lake by the
Rev. Jalkaioski. He was a
graduate of Silver Lake High
School.
On Nov. 16, 1961, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine
Corps. His service included
time aboard the USS Belle
Grove, 15 months stationed
in Okinawa, maneuvers in
Taiwan and the Philippines,
and a final assignment at
Camp Le Juene, N.C. He received his honorable discharge on March 15, 1966, at
Camp Le Juene. Being discharged as a Corporal E-4, he
had received the Armed
Forces Expeditionary Medal
and the Meritorious Mast.
Mr. Matuska was united in
marriage to Darlene Debner
on April 7, 1962, at St. Pius
X Catholic Church in Glencoe by the Rev. Skoblik. He
had confirmed his faith on
Dec. 26, 1965, at Calvary
Lutheran Church in Jacksonville, N.C., by the Rev.
Schedler. His confirmation
verse was Matthew 6:33:
“But seek first His kingdom
and righteousness, and all
these things will be given to
you as well.”
Mr. Matuska had worked in
management and manufacturing throughout his life. He
had begun after high school
working for Hagan’s Body
Shop and after his military
service he worked for Telex,
ITT Shadow, Cascade Medical, DCCT, World Wide Dispensers, Queststar Medical
and Separation Kinetics. He
was always looking to further
his abilities and had taken
classes at the University of
Minnesota and Ridgewater
College.
Mr. Matuska enjoyed hunting, fishing and sausage making. He became a self-taught
arborist and loved starting
trees from small seedlings.
He had shared many of his
precious little trees with family and friends. He also loved
being around a race track. For
many years, he worked
alongside his sons building
race cars and lending support
in the pits. He always loved
working with his hands,
whether building a home for
his family to live in, or fixing
a car to make it run better, he
was proud of his accomplishments.
Mr. Matuska was a lifelong
member of the Glencoe VFW
Post 5102 and a member of
the Glencoe American Legion, where he served as adjutant and membership chair.
He is survived by his loving family: wife, Darlene
Matuska of Glencoe; children, Neal (Monica) Matuska
of Prior Lake, Wade (Karen)
Matuska of Altus, Okla.,
Chad (Becky) Matuska of
Watertown and Jill Matuska
of Minneapolis; grandchildren, Emily (Jake) Broesch
and Carly (Lee) Graves;
brothers and sister, Arthur
(Diane) Matuska of Apache
Junction, Ariz., Donna
(David) Corbett of Punta
Gorda, Fla., and Kenneth
(Frankie Travis) Matuska of
Watkins, Colo.; sisters-in-law
and brother-in-law, Donna
and Al Peetsch of Hutchinson, Linda Debner of Elk
River and Deanne Johnson of
Milaca; as well as nieces;
nephews; other relatives; and
many friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Benjamin and
Virgina Matuska; parents-inlaw, Erwin and Elsie Debner;
brother, Kevin Matuska; sisters, Nancy Bergstrom and
Lisa Matuska; and brother-inlaw, Dennis Debner.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to
Ridgeview Hospice or Harmony River of Hutchinson.
Arrangements are with the
Johnson Funeral home in Waconia, www.johnsonfh.com.
Bernetta L. Swift, 85, of Glencoe
Bernetta L. Swift, 85, of
Glencoe, died Saturday,
March 14, 2015, at the Glencoe Regional Health Services
— Long Term Care.
Funeral
services
were held
Tu e s d a y,
March 17,
at
St.
J o h n ’ s
Church,
rural Biscay, Hassan
V a l l e y Bernetta Swift
Township,
McLeod County. The Rev.
Robert Taylor officiated, and
Mary Huebert was the organist. Special music by Robin
Swift included “Softly and
Tenderly,” by Chandler Swift
was “To God Be the Glory,”
and by Ellen Tracy, “Blessings.” The congregational
hymn was “I Know Whom I
Have Believed.”
Honorary casket bearers
were her nieces and nephews.
Casket bearers were Cory
Garoutte, Dave Mackenthun,
Glen Sladek, Dave Sanken,
Doug Block and Roger Trimbo.
Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Bernetta Lorraine (Jasmer)
Swift was born June 28,
1929, at home in Bartlett
Township, Todd County. She
was the daughter of Adolph
and Emma (Ellis) Jasmer.
She was baptized as an infant
on July 14, 1929, by the Rev.
F. Brash, and was confirmed
in her faith as a youth by the
Rev. Paul Brill, both at Immanuel Lutheran Church in
Bartlett Township. She received her elementary education in District 113, rural
Aldrich, Bartlett Township,
and was a graduate of Verndale High School. She furthered her education in Staples and received off-campus
teacher training through Bemidji State College. She
taught in rural schools for
nine years in Todd and Ottertail counties.
On June 22, 1957, she was
united in marriage to Richard
Swift at Immanuel Lutheran
Church in Bartlett Township.
After their marriage, the couple resided in rural Herman,
where they farmed. She was a
loving mother, homemaker
and farmer, retiring in January 1990. The couple moved
to Glencoe in 1998.
Mrs. Swift was a member
of St. John’s Church in Hassan Valley Township and was
a former member of First
Presbyterian Church in
Elbow Lake and Immanuel
Lutheran Church in Bartlett
Township. She was an active
member of the women’s
groups in all the churches she
attended. In her younger
years, she was a member of
the Homemakers Group and
the Red Hat Society.
Mrs. Swift enjoyed reading, gardening and playing
Scrabble. She loved family
and the special blessing of
grandchildren, spending one
week at a lake cabin with her
siblings and spouses each
summer, and watching good
movies.
When her daily care became more than could be
managed at home, Mrs. Swift
became a resident of Glencoe
Regional Health Services
Long Term Care.
She is survived by her husband, Richard Swift of Glencoe; sons, Timothy (Melanie)
Swift of Bellevue, Wash., and
David (Celine) Swift of Glencoe; grandchildren, Andrew
and Alina Swift, and Chandler, Robin and Isaac Swift;
sister, Eleanor (Everett) Ostland of Carbonado, Wash.;
son-in-law, Randy (Mary)
Westrum of Loveland, Colo.;
sister-in-law, Irene Jasmer of
New
Prague;
nieces;
nephews; other relatives; and
friends.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Adolph and
Emma Jasmer; daughter,
Cynthia
Kay
(Swift)
Westrum; grandson, Cameron
Swift; sister, Ruth (Eskil)
Holmquist; and brothers, Delbert Jasmer and Elsworth
(Bernita) Jasmer.
Arrangements were by the
Dobratz-Hantge Chapel in
Hutchinson. Online obituaries and guest book are available at www.hantge.com.
Alfred Albert Kieser, 83, of Winsted
Alfred Albert Kieser, 83, of
rural Winsted, died Monday,
March 16, 2015, at his residence.
A Mass of Christian Burial
was held Saturday, March 21,
at Holy Family Catholic
Church in Winsted with the
Rev. Paul Schumacher as the
celebrant.
Honorary casket bearers
were Karri Rohling and
Shelly Kloos. Casket bearers
were Steve Rohling, Tom
Kieser, Duane Entinger,
Lucas Kloos, Mark Gueningsman and Tony Gueningsman.
Interment with military
rites followed the Mass at
Holy Trinity Cemetery.
Alfred Albert Kieser was
born June 24, 1931, in Winsted, the son of Martin and
Katherine (Helmbrecht)
Kieser.
Mr. Kieser honorably
served his country in the U.S.
Army, serving in Germany in
the 10th Infantry Division beginning in 1952.
On June 24, 1974, he and
Margaret E. Gueningsman
were joined in holy marriage.
Mr. Kieser engaged in
farming on the family homestead. He enjoyed fishing,
hunting, cutting wood, gardening, the outdoors, custom
butchering, mushroom hunting, four-wheeling and farming. He was a lifelong member of Holy Trinity Catholic
Church in Winsted. He also
belonged to The Catholic
Order of Foresters and American Legion Post 407.
He is survived by a step-
son, Mark (Nina) Boenish of
Winsted; brothers and a sister, George Kieser, Martha
Rohling, Leonard (Margaret)
Kieser, Joe (Janice) Kieser,
Donald (MaryAnne) Kieser
and Jerry (Debbie) Kieser;
numerous nieces, nephews,
other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death
by his wife, Margaret E.
Kieser in 2002; parents, Martin and Katherine Kieser; two
sisters, Mary Entinger and
Dorothy Entinger; sister-inlaw, Helen Kieser; and brothers-in-law, Bill Rohling, Bud
Entinger and Fred Entinger.
The Chilson Funeral Home
in Winsted served the family.
Online condolences may be
made at www.chilsonfuneral
home.com.
Raymond “Ray” Dietel, 88,
of Lester Prairie, died Thursday, March 19, 2015, at
Ridgeview Medical Center in
Waconia.
Funeral
services
were held
M o n d a y,
March 23,
at St. Paul
Evangelical
Lutheran
Church in
L e s t e r
Prairie. The Ray Dietel
Rev. Eric
Nelson officiated. Jane Holasek was the organist, and
congregational hymns were
“Amazing Grace,” “How
Great Thou Art” and “Abide
With Me.”
Honorary casket bearers
were Rachel Dietel Hoskins,
Erin Herrmann and Katelin
Dietel. Casket bearers were
Greg Dietel, Steven Dietel,
Michael Dietel, Eric Dietel,
Matt Herrmann and Robert
Mierau.
Interment was in the Fort
Snelling National Cemetery
in Minneapolis.
Raymond “Ray” August
Dietel was born April 3,
1926, in Bergen Township,
Lester Prairie, to John and
Lucy (Hoof) Dietel. He was
baptized as an infant on May
2, 1926, by the Rev. H.B.
Witzke, and was confirmed in
his faith as a youth on March
7, 1940, by the Rev. Martin
Seybold, both at Evangelical
and Reformed Church in
Lester Prairie. He attended
country school through the
eighth grade and then graduated from Lester Prairie Public School. He furthered his
education by attending Dunwoody Institute for a degree
in heating and plumbing. Mr.
Dietel entered active military
service in the U.S. Navy on
Jan. 23, 1945, and served his
country overseas during
World War II as an Aviation
Metalsmith Third Class. He
was honorably discharged on
July 21, 1946.
On Aug. 16, 1947, he was
Deaths
Gretchen
Gullickson, 96,
of Glencoe
Gretchen Gullickson, 96,
of Glencoe, died Saturday,
March 21, 2015, at American
Lutheran Homes in Mondovi,
Wis.
A memorial service will be
held Saturday, March 28, at 2
p.m., at First Congregational
United Church of Christ in
Glencoe, with interment to
follow in the Glencoe City
Center in Glencoe.
A gathering of family and
friends will be Saturday,
March 28, noon to 2 p.m., at
First Congregational United
Church of Christ in Glencoe,
two hours prior to the service.
Arrangements are with the
Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe. An online
guest book is available at
www.hantge.com.
Tyler ‘Chuck’
Peterson, 27,
of Glencoe
Tyler “Chuck” Peterson,
27, of Glencoe, died Friday,
March 20, 2015, at his home.
A memorial service will be
held Wednesday, March 25
(today), at 11 a.m., at Christ
Lutheran Church in Glencoe,
with interment in the Glencoe City Cemetery.
Visitation was Tuesday and
will continue today (Wednesday) from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.,
one hour prior to the service
at the church.
Arrangements are with the
Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe. An online
guest book is available at
www.hantge.com.
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united in marriage to Delores
Knacke by the Rev. R.A. Ritz
at St. Paul Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Lester
Prairie. They made their
home in Lester Prairie, and
their marriage was blessed
with three sons, Brad, Dale
and Dan. They shared over
67 years of marriage.
Mr. Dietel owned and operated Dietel Plumbing and
Heating for 20 years, from
1968 to 1988. He also was a
farmer, school bus driver,
hauled bulk gas and fuel oil
for Jenneke Oil, and cut meat
at Prairie Market. He was an
active member of St. Paul
Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Lester Prairie. He also was
a member of the Lester
Prairie American Legion Post
463 and the Lester Prairie
Fire Department.
Mr. Dietel was a hardworking and devoted husband. He
loved to reminisce about the
gold toilet they used for cards
at their 50th wedding anniversary and when his entire
family celebrated their 60th
wedding anniversary at Rush
Lake. He enjoyed the outdoors, fishing, hunting, playing cards and attending his
children’s and grandchildren’s sporting events. He
cherished the time spent with
his friends and family, especially his grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife,
Delores Dietel of Winsted;
sons, Bradley (Kathy) Dietel
of Sparks, Nev., Dale (Jane)
Dietel of Lester Prairie and
Daniel (Patrice) Dietel, also
of Lester Prairie; grandchildren, Greg (Beth) Dietel of
Jordan, Rachel Dietel
Hoskins of Houston, Robert
(Greta) Mierau of Caledonia,
Tamara Lucido of Glendale,
Ariz., Steven (Melissa) Dietel
of Lester Prairie, Michael
(Jessica) Dietel of Victoria,
Erin (Matt) Herrmann of
Lester Prairie, Andrew Dietel
of Mound, Eric Dietel of
Somerset, Wis., and Katelin
Dietel of Lester Prairie;
great-grandchildren, Amanda
Dietel and her fiancé, Nate,
Leah (Erik) Aamlid, Jenna
Dietel, Thomas Dietel, Tyler
Hoskins, Brett Hoskins,
Brennan Mierau, Karsen
Mierau, Heather Mierau,
Sawyer Mierau, Kaelyn Lucido, Logan Lucido, Rylee Lucido, Alec Dietel, Maxwell
Dietel, Carson Dietel, Caiden
Herrmann, Bennett Herrmann
and Teagan Herrmann; sister,
Leona Schultz of Glencoe;
brother-in-law, Stanley Rustad of Waconia; nieces;
nephews; other relatives; and
many friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, John and Lucy
Dietel; brothers and sisters,
Henry Dietel, Irene Klaustermeier, Clarence Dietel, Linda
Hoernemann, Elmer Dietel
and Adela Rustad; and brother-in-law and sister-in-law,
DeVan Knacke and Angeline
Stender.
Arrangements were with
the Paul-McBride Funeral
Chapel of Lester Prairie. Online obituaries and guest book
are available at www.hantge.
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The Glencoe Water Department will be flushing hydrants beginning April 6th and ending approximately June 30th, 2015.
This maintenance program is designed to check operations
and flows of hydrants, provide maintenance on the hydrants,
and flush out any high iron content in the distribution system.
If you experience any rusty water problems during this time,
please call 864-5586 so the problem can be corrected as soon
as possible. It is possible at the time of flushing to experience
a temporary loss of pressure. This is a normal occurrence and
the pressure will be restored in a short period of time.
Sorry for any inconvenience you may encounter during this
maintenance period.
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Buffalo Creek Watershed
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Implementation Timeline and Cost Allocation
Tuesday, March 31
5-7 p.m.
Glencoe City Center
Senior Room
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the Basic Water Management Project.
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Hall, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Mon., March 30 — Tops Weigh-In mtg., 5-5:30
p.m.; Brownton Senior Citizens Club, Brownton
Community Center, 1 p.m.
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Women’s Club, Brownton Community Center, 6 p.m.
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Transportation commissioner visits Glencoe
By Rich Glennie
Correspondent
It isn’t often a state commissioner drops by Glencoe,
but one did Tuesday, March
17, for an impromptu visit to
gather local input about the
state’s transportation needs.
The state Legislature is currently looking at increased
funding for transportation,
but the issue is how much and
where will it be spent.
Charlie Zelle, state commissioner of Minnesota Department of Transportation
(MnDOT), along with an entourage of MnDOT staffers,
met with city, county and area
representatives in the west
conference room at the Glencoe City Center. Prior to that,
Zelle met with the McLeod
County Board of Commissioners.
Also at the city meeting
were representatives of the
Highway 212 coalition, who
are seeking funding for two
four-lane stretches on Highway 212 from Carver west to
Norwood Young America.
Glencoe is part of that coalition.
Mayor Randy Wilson said
if those two stretches could
be expanded into four lanes,
“economically it’s huge.” He
said support is widespread
along the Highway 212 corridor as well as with communities like Hutchinson and Marshall, which also realize the
importance of the Highway
212 interregional corridor.
“The group who needs
(these improvements) gets
larger,” Wilson added of the
growing support for Highway
212 improvements.
Bob Lindall, president of
the Highway 212 corridor
group, said efforts were first
made for Highway 212 improvements in the late 1940s.
He said the former Yellowstone Trail, which goes from
the Twin Cities west to South
Dakota, even has the support
of Watertown, S.D., and the
support of nearly every county board and most of the communities along its path.
“That’s how important this
is,” Lindall said.
Of great importance is the
truck traffic using Highway
212.
“Truck traffic is twice as
high on 212 as a normal highway,” Lindall said. He said of
the two sections of Highway
212 that remain two lanes in
Carver County, the segment
from Carver to Cologne is
“shovel ready.”
“The quandary has always
been,” Lindall added, “that it
lies within the metro
(MnDOT) district, but those
who want it built don’t live in
the metro district.”
He asked Zelle to recognize
that the metro and the Willmar MnDOT districts need to
work together to improve
those sections of Highway
212.
“I encourage you to get this
project prioritized,” Lindall
told Zelle.
Zelle replied that the state,
as well as other states, are in
a “perfect storm” of deteriorating highways and bridges,
and not enough funding.
Gov. Mark Dayton is pushing for “long-term, sustain-
able funding,” Zelle said, and
that may include an increase
in the state’s gasoline tax. He
said right now, the state can’t
keep up with transportation
maintenance needs, let alone
expansion of highways.
Renville County Commissioner John Stahl pointed out
that a sugar beet processing
plant in that county, much
like Seneca Foods’ sweet
corn plant in Glencoe, is the
largest in the world. He said
the sugar beet plant processed
2.6 million tons of raw sugar
beets last year, and the previous year topped 3 million
tons.
“At 25 tons per truck, that
means 125,000 trucks went in
and out of that plant in a fivemonth period,” Stahl said,
often using Highway 212.
Also along Highway 212
are three ethanol plants, he
added.
“How did we miss out on
being named a Corridor of
Commerce?” Stahl asked.
The Corridor of Commerce
program provides additional
state highway funding to
projects in those corridors.
“Southwest Minnesota is
the bread basket of the world
in grains,” Stahl added.
Stahl said Highway 212 has
two shortcomings that need to
be taken care of in Carver
County and, over the long
haul, improvements need to
be made elsewhere along
Highway 212 to “smooth the
ride.” But Stahl said, “We
don’t need a four-lane beyond
Glencoe at this time.”
“I’ll carry the message,”
Zelle told the gathering. He
said he is encouraged by the
governor “to get out of St.
Paul” and get local input, and
that was the reason for stopping in Glencoe.
He said Gov. Dayton’s goal
is to have sustainable funding
to create a stable environment
for the state business economy.
Zelle said he would appreciate local support for the
governor ’s transportation
funding proposals.
Stahl said he was not afraid
of raising the gas tax, which
would amount to about $15 a
month more for most drivers.
John Rodeberg, city consulting engineer with Short
Elliott Hendrickson (SEH),
also pointed out to Zelle and
staffers that Glencoe is in the
midst of multi-million dollar
street improvement projects
— the Lincoln Park area at
about $7 million and Armstrong Avenue project at
about $4.5 million. The Lincoln Park project “is the
biggest the city has ever
done,” Rodeberg added.
The Armstrong Avenue
project will be using Glencoe’s state municipal state
aid, which amounts to about
$225,000 a year, to help fund
the work. But to use $1.4 million of that state aid for the
Armstrong Avenue uses up
six years of the city’s state
aid.
“That’s six years of state
aid for one project,” Rodeberg said. “State aid funding
is just not adequate,” he told
Zelle.
Rodeberg added the city
also is looking at serious
Chronicle photo by Rich Glennie
Minnesota Transportation Commissioner Charlie
Zelle visited with city and county officials at the Glencoe City Center on Tuesday, March 17.
flooding issues and expensive
solutions, a 40-year-old
wastewater treatment plant
that needs repairs or replacing
in the future and what to do
with a walking bridge over
Highway 212 that is not
handicapped accessible. The
estimate cost to make the
walking bridge comply with
the federal Americans With
Disabilities Act is about $1
million.
City Administrator Mark
Larson added the city also
has been making $2.5 million
in improvements at the Glencoe Municipal Airport thanks
to MnDOT aviation funds in
the past several years.
Financing in place for Trailblazer
facility in Buffalo, Wright County
Chronicle photo by Dave Pedersen
Lester Lindeman, left, was honored by the McLeod
County Board of Commissioners at its March 17
meeting for his 54 years of service as a Penn Township supervisor. Shown in the picture with Lindeman
are Commissioner Joe Nagel, center, and Board
Chair Paul Wright, right. Lindeman also was honored
by Penn Township at its annual meeting March 10.
Lindeman honored for 54
years of township service
noted Lindeman. “Our bridge
system is all taken care of
and we have a good town
hall.”
McLeod County, Sibley
County and Wright County
Area Transit (WCAT), as well
as the member cities of
WCAT.
“That would open the
doors to those entities having
to come up with money of
their own,” to pay the bond if
the rent money failed to cover
payments.
The new agreement with
the city of Buffalo means
Trailblazer will be “a true
tenant, not a borrower,” said
Ludwig.
If for some reason Trailblazer ever abandons the
building, the city of Buffalo
would retain ownership and
“can lease it, re-purpose it,
sell it or use it themselves,”
said Ludwig.
But, Ludwig added, no one
really anticipates that Trailblazer will default on its rent.
McLeod County Commissioner Doug Krueger, a member of the joint powers board,
asked what would happen if
the Minnesota Department of
Transportation (MnDOT)
cuts funding for transit, since
Trailblazer is relying on
MnDOT funding for its rent.
Ludwig said that the agreement stipulates that Trailblazer must use MnDOT funding
first for its rent payments. So
if MnDOT does cut funding,
Trailblazer would have to
look for other ways to reduce
its budget accordingly before
defaulting on its rent payments.
Ludwig said the city of
Buffalo is looking at a 20year bond for the building,
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which will equate to about
$19,500 rent for Trailblazer.
The building will be owned
by Trailblazer after 20 years.
Sibley County Commissioner Bill Pinske, chair of
the Trailblazer Joint Powers
Board, asked when rent payments would start, and was
told they will start with Trailblazer’s occupancy of the
building.
The city of Buffalo is hoping to sell the bonds by April
15, after which construction
can begin. It is hoped the
building will be completed in
November.
The board voted unanimously to rescind its previous
agreement with the BHA and
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Correspondent
The McLeod County Board
of Commissioners opened the
March 17 meeting with
recognition of Lester Lindeman, who will be retiring
from the Penn Township
Board of Supervisors after 54
years of service.
Paul Wright, county board
chair who presented the certificate of appreciation, said
Lindeman was first elected to
the board in March 1961,
most of the time serving as
board chair.
Wright added how it is
pretty unique to have half a
century of public service.
Lindeman said it did not
seem that long.
Milestones include helping
to get three new bridges and
purchasing land for construction of a new township hall.
Lindeman said the township replaced one bridge
three times. “One was too
small and one burned down,”
By Lori Copler
Editor
After a series of fits and
starts, financing seems to be
secured for the new Trailblazer Transit facility in Buffalo.
The Trailblazer Joint Powers Board heard Thursday
morning that the city of Buffalo will now assume the responsibility of issuing bonds
to build the facility, which it
will rent to Trailblazer with a
lease-to-own contract.
Trailblazer Executive Director Gary Ludwig said the
original plan was to have the
Buffalo Housing Authority
(BHA) borrow the money for
the building and then lease it
to Trailblazer, using rent income to pay back the loan.
The original proposal, Ludwig added, “was well received” by everyone, “except
the Trailblazer attorney.”
Under that original plan,
the financing would have had
to have been approved by
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