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6th-place finish at state
Nate Tesch places in state wrestling meet
— Sports page 1B
The McLeod County
Glencoe, Minnesota Vol. 118, No. 9
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hronicle
www.glencoenews.com
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015
City Council awards
bid for Lincoln Park
street, utility project
By Rich Glennie
Correspondent
The Glencoe City Council on
Monday night accepted the low bid
for the Lincoln Park street and utility improvement project from Duininck Brothers of Prinsburg for
$5.85 million, about $40,000 under
the engineer’s estimate. Six bids
were received.
The City Council also set a public assessment hearing for Monday,
March 23, at 7:15 p.m. Affected
property owners will receive notices with their assessments prior to
that hearing. Assessments on the
project must be at least 20 percent
of the total, according to Justin
Black, city consulting engineer
from Short Elliott Hendrickson
(SEH). Assessments total about
$1.3 million of the project cost.
Two alternatives are included in
the bid, both are for improvements
to the trunk sewer line running
south of Buffalo Creek from about
Ford Avenue east to the wastewater
treatment plant. Black said those
costs ($247,601), cannot be included in the bond, and must be paid by
the city “with funds on hand.”
The City Council also approved
changing its March 16 meeting to
March 23 in order to comply with
notification requirements for the assessment hearing. The hearing
needs three publications in The
McLeod County Chronicle before
the hearing.
In other matters, the City Council:
• Awarded the low bid of $19,450
by MJ Neisen of Brownton to demolish the former Denny’s Barber
Shop building at 1218 Greeley Ave.
It was the lowest of three bids and
estimates received, including one
by Ken’s Excavation of Glencoe.
Mayor Randy Wilson said unless
there are extenuating circumstances, the City Council must take
the lowest bid.
But Council Member Allen
Robeck said that was not fair to
Ken Polifka, owner of Ken’s Excavating. He said Polifka was asked
to estimate the cost of the demolition and gave the city that estimate
last November. Since then, the City
Council had used Polifka’s estimate
of $21,762 in its discussions of the
demolition work.
Robeck said the other bidders
read that estimate and underbid Polifka. He suggested Polifka be allowed to submit another bid.
Polifka said he was asked by city
staff to estimate the cost to demolish the barber shop building, and
City Administrator Mark Larson
said the city used that $21,000 estimate for its budgeting purposes.
But Polifka stressed he had not
Chronicle photo by Lori Copler
Just desserts
Students at Glencoe-Silver Lake’s Lakeside Elementary School were rewarded for “I Love To
Read” month activities with the honor of pelt-
City Council
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ing staff members with cream pies at Friday’s
all-school assembly. Pictured above is Jaime
Rossmiller, band instructor, taking a direct hit.
Long-lost love found again
Brownton High School sweethearts reunite, marry
By Lori Copler
Editor
ennis “Denny” Vinar of
Eden Prairie was sitting at
a Republican party meeting one Saturday in October when a
person at his table raised this question: “If you knew you only had 60
days to live, who would be the one
person you would want to talk to?”
Vinar’s mind immediately flashed
back to his teenage years in Brownton in the late 1950s, and his “first
true love,” Karen Lehmann.
Vinar didn’t officially date in
high school — he was two years
older and she was 13 or 14 at the
time, but Vinar was smitten. So
much so, that he would carry her
clarinet as he walked her home
from school.
Which made him late for football
practice, somewhat to the ire of
then Brownton coach Warren
“Max” West.
West would get a little mad,
Vinar said, “but I just wanted to be
with my lady.”
While he was still in high school,
his parents moved away from
Brownton, taking Denny with them.
Before they moved, he proposed
to Karen.
At her young age, Lehmann declined.
“I knew my parents wouldn’t like
it, nor his,” Lehmann said.
They somewhat kept in touch, but
also drifted apart. Vinar went into
the U.S. Army, and was stationed in
D
Germany. After graduating from
Brownton High School in 1960,
Lehmann went on to college to pursue a degree in interior design.
After he was discharged, Vinar
got in touch with Lehmann again.
They dated; he proposed. Again,
she turned him down.
“I was 20-something years old
and I guess I was just more interested in getting my career launched,”
said Lehmann.
Again, they drifted apart, although Vinar would occasionally
call, or they would meet for lunch.
Eventually, they lost all touch.
Vinar moved on, got married, and
had three children, although he
never forgot Karen, he said.
“I even told my wife, ‘you’ll
never have 100 percent of my
heart,’” Vinar said. “I’ll always
have a special spot in my heart for
Karen.”
Lehmann also eventually married, had a son, and took up her life
in the state of Washington.
Now flash forward again to the
Republican party meeting, the question posed, and Vinar’s first
thought: Karen Lehmann.
The problem was, he had not
seen nor spoken to her for over 25
years.
The day after the Republican
party meeting, a Sunday, Vinar received a request from a friend to
Love found
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Weather
Wed., 3-4
H: 7°, L: -10°
Thur., 3-5
H: 18°, L: 10°
Fri., 3-6
H: 39°, L: 24°
Sat., 3-7
H: 36°, L: 20°
Sun., 3-8
H: 43°, L: 20°
Submitted photo
Dennis Vinar and Karen Lehmann on their Jan. 22 wedding day.
The high school sweethearts rediscovered each other and connected after about 25 years of being out of touch.
February Highlights: Rain:
.05 inches; snow, 6 inches;
high, 38 on Feb. 7; low, -18 on
Feb. 5.
Date
Hi
Lo Snow
Feb. 24 32 ........12 ......Trace
Feb. 25 16 ..........0 ........1.40
Feb. 26
Feb. 27
Feb. 28
March 1
March 2
11 ......-12 ........0.00
18 ......-14 ........0.00
22 ........-7 .........0.00
29 ..........0 ........0.00
28 ..........0 ........0.00
Temperatures and precipitation compiled by Robert Thurn, Chronicle
weather observer.
County Board
debates how
to fill public
health job
By Dave Pedersen
Correspondent
After a debate about the best direction to take regarding filling the vacant McLeod County Public Health
director position, the Board of Commissioners gave approval on a split
3-2 vote to recruit for the new classification of public health deputy director at the March 3 meeting.
McLeod County is still in discussion with Meeker County to share its
public health director to oversee both
departments.
Commissioner Sheldon Nies said
he has a number of concerns with
joining Meeker County. He needs to
see where there would be a cost savings and he does not like losing control over local staff.
Commissioner Paul Wright said at
the personnel meeting, it was clear
no one in the public health department is stepping up to take the position on an interim basis. At least the
deputy director can be a point person
for the department for now.
“I think with the lack of other
ideas, this is the best option,” said
Wright about the new position being
two pay grades lower than the former
director position.
Commissioner Ron Shimanski said
the reason for talks with Meeker
County is the former public health
director estimated that 20 to 30 percent of her time was spent at meetings with other outside agencies.
Public Health
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that deadline will be published as space allows.
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Happenings
FLS silent auction, luncheon
First Evangelical Lutheran School and Church in Glencoe will host a silent auction and luncheon Sunday,
March 8. The silent auction runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
with a live auction starting at 1 p.m. The luncheon, which
will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., includes a choice
of soup, a cold sandwich, beverage and dessert. Auction
items include a plane ride for three, Chanhassen Dinner
Theatre tickets, Joyful Noise tickets, half a hog, operetta
and Christmas program seating, automotive, entertainment, home and garden, classroom baskets and more.
Brownton Lions fish fry set
GHPS to bus tables March 9
The Glencoe Historic Preservation Society will be busing tables at Unhinged! Pizza Monday, March 9, from 4
p.m. to 8 p.m. Ten percent of sales and 100 percent of
tips go to the group and its Fort Skaddle project.
Legion Post 95 will meet
Glencoe American Legion Post 95 will have its monthly meeting Thursday, March 5, at 7 p.m., in the basement
meeting room of the Glencoe VFW Post 5102. All members are encouraged to attend. Lunch will be served.
District-wide band concert set
The Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL) bands of fifth through
12th grades will present their annual district-wide band
concert Sunday, March 8, at 2 p.m., in the GSL High
School Gym. This concert will feature the beginning and
intermediate bands from Lakeside Elementary, and the
seventh-grade, eighth-grade, Symphonic, Concert and
Jazz I bands of Lincoln Junior High and GSL High
School. There is a charge for admission.
Woodworking orientation
The Glencoe Woodworking Club has set orientation
and safety classes for March. The orientation is in two
parts: the first is a classroom session on Tuesday, March
10, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., and the other is a machining
component set for Tuesday, March 17, also from 6 p.m.
to 9 p.m. Woodworkers will become certified to use the
club’s facilities by completing both sessions. Enrollment
is preferred, but not required. Participants are asked to
pay the club’s membership dues, and there will be a
small charge for project materials. To enroll or for more
information, contact Richard Corrick at 320-266-4060.
The Glencoe Woodworking Club is located in the basement of the Glencoe City Center.
Prayer service set March 7
The Concordia Ladies Aid at Immanuel Lutheran
Church, Brownton, will host a prayer service on Saturday, March 7, at 10:30 a.m., with guest speaker Shirley
Johnson. A light lunch will follow the service.
SL seniors to meet March 9
The Silver Lake Senior Citizens Club will meet Monday, March 9, at 1 p.m., at the Silver Lake Auditorium.
SL Legion Auxiliary meeting
The Silver Lake American Legion Auxiliary Unit 141
will meet Monday, March 16, at 6:30 p.m., at the Silver
Lake Legion. Lunch will be served, and the Legion’s
birthday will be observed.
Abundant Table meal March 4
Christ Lutheran Church will host its monthly Abundant
Table community meal Wednesday, March 4, 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 March meal includes
spaghetti and meatballs, creamy Italian lettuce salad,
apple, grape and pineapple salad, and Abundant Table
bread and desserts. Please call the church at 320-8644549 so it knows to prepare for your presence.
Faith Preschool open houses
Faith Preschool, located at 100 Main St. W in Silver
Lake, has set open houses for Thursday, March 5, from 4
p.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, March 7, from 1 p.m. to 3
p.m. The public is invited to visit and get more information about the preschool.
Brownton Legion, Auxiliary
Brownton Edward Ewald Post 143 of the American
Legion and its Auxiliary will meet Monday, March 9, at
7:30 p.m., at the Brownton Community Center. March is
Legion birthday month and will be celebrated. Hostesses
for the evening are Karen Tordsen, Marcie Baysinger and
Leone Kujas.
Degree of Honor meeting set
The Degree of Honor 182 will have its regular meeting
Tuesday, March 10, at 1 p.m., in the Silver Lake Auditorium.
Grand Meadows Bingo set
Grand Meadows Senior Living, 1420 Prairie Ave.,
Glencoe, will host community Bingo on Sunday, March
8, from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Cost is 25 cents per card, per
game. A social will follow Bingo. For more information,
please call 320-864-5577.
SL Lions sausage supper
The Silver Lake Lions Club will host its annual
sausage supper Thursday, March 12, from 4:30 p.m. to 7
p.m., at the Silver Lake Auditorium. Proceeds will go to
the Silver Lake Fire Department and Silver Lake Ambulance.
Submitted photo
Jump Rope for Heart
Glencoe-Silver Lake’s Helen Baker Elementary students
participated in Jump Rope for Heart the week of Feb. 1620. Students raised $9904.61 for the American Heart Association. The top fundraiser was Abby Ziegler with
$367. This is an outstanding accomplishment and shows
the support within the community. Because of the
amount of funds raised, Helen Baker’s physical education department will receive an approximately $900 gift
certificate to US GAMES, an equipment company. Hosting this event also allows Kirsten Guentzel, physical education teacher, to apply for more grants. Many physical
education grant applications now require the school to
host a Jump Rope for Heart event prior to applying for
grants. Two years ago, Helen Baker hosted this event
American Cancer Society
receives memorial gift
In February, the American
Cancer Society received memorials from friends and family remembering Helen Clara
Wilma Schlueter, according
to Jeanne Ray, memorial
chair.
Donations go toward research, education and patient
services and, hopefully, to
find a cure for cancer.
The American Cancer Society receives memorial gifts in
memory of the deceased and
honor gifts as tributes to the
living.
“To make a memorial gift,”
Ray said, “the donor only
needs to contact me with their
name and address, the name
of the person remembered,
and the name and address of
the person to whom the notice
of the gift should be sent.”
Requests should be sent to
Jeanne Ray, 809 Lindy Lane
NE, Hutchinson, MN 553501911.
For more information, call
the American Cancer Society
at its toll-free number, 1-800227-2345, or contact Ray at
320-587-2838.
Brownton to host public
meetings on RS Fiber
The Brownton City Council has set two public meetings regarding the proposed
RS Fiber project, which is
proposing to install fiberoptic phone, television and
Internet service to homes and
businesses in Renville and
Sibley counties, as well as the
cities of Brownton and Stewart in McLeod County.
The meetings will be held
Saturday, March 7, from 10
a.m. to noon, and Tuesday,
March 10, from 6 p.m. to 8
p.m., at the Brownton Community Center.
The meetings will provide
information about the project,
as well as answer questions
about financing, and any risk
to city taxpayers.
For more information, visit
www.rsfiber.coop, or call 1800-628-1754.
St. Peter’s
Lutheran School
Gibbon, MN
Kindergarten Round-Up &
Open House for Grades 1-8
WHERE: St. Peter’s Lutheran School
63924 240th Street, Gibbon
WHEN: Thursday, March 12
5-7 p.m.
and raised approximately $4,000. Participants included,
front row from left, Ava Waller, Emma Guennigsmann,
Drew Alsleben, Betsi Frahm, Annie Eastling, Brooke
Thiemann, Jameson Buboltz and Hailey Robb; middle
row, Olivia Wanous, Evan Marti, Baylee Hahn, Sabrina
Lewandowski, Mariah Gutknecht, Abby Ziegler, Chloe
Schaefer, Audrey Howell, Chloe Hoemberg and Brady
Otto-Fisher; and, back row, Mylea Monahan, Zane Scheidt, Asa Scheidt, Ellie Scheidt, Avrie Butcher, Dylan
Bargmann, Landon Stifter, Hudson Mikolichek, Payton
Simonson, Autumn Schuch, Chase Duenow, Savannah
Bonderman and Anya Mattson. Not pictured: Dominic
Schiroo.
Happenings II
Plato Lions’ spring brunch
The Plato Lions Club will host its 32nd-annual spring
brunch Sunday, March 15, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the
Plato Hall. The brunch includes all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, eggs, toast and a beverage. Free-will donations will be accepted. All proceeds go to community
projects.
Emanuel silent auction, dinner
Emanuel Lutheran School in Hamburg will host a
silent auction and dinner Saturday, March 14, starting at
5 p.m. The dinner includes a choice of a smoked pork
chop or turkey dinner, plus sides and dessert. Hundreds
of items will be up for bidding, including automotive,
dining, entertainment, sporting goods, home and garden
and much more. The live auction starts at 8 p.m. Tickets
will be available at the door.
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 CO-OP
ASSN.
WHAT:
“Offering a quality Christian education and environment at an affordable price.”
For more information, please call: 507-834-6676
Nondiscrimination statement: SPLS admits students of any race, color, national & ethnic origin to all the
rights and privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students enrolled
at our school. SPLS does not discriminate in the administration of its educational policies, admission
policies, and other administered programs.
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Wee Friends Creative Preschool
Register Now for 2015-16
Please join us for our
OPEN HOUSE
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.
Glencoe-Silver Lake Public Schools
Kindergarten
Round-up
“COME AND GO” OPEN HOUSE
Thursday, March 12
Thursday, March 19, 2015
3-Year old Student Meeting 6 p.m.
4-Year old Student Meeting 7 p.m.
405 16th St. E., Glencoe ~ 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Registration is open to the public for children who
are ages 3 or 4 on or by Sept. 1 and potty-trained.
Questions regarding your child’s
Preschool Education, ask for
Mrs. Stacey Groe at 320-510-1811
or check out our web site at
www.weefriendspreschool.org
Our classroom is located on the corner of
Elliott Ave. & 14th St., Glencoe
(First Congregational Church)
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The Brownton Lions Club will host its annual fish fry
Friday, March 6, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Brownton
Community Center. The menu includes fish, potatoes,
beans, coleslaw, bread, coffee and milk. Take-outs are
available. All proceeds go to community projects. The
Lions Club will be collecting old eyeglasses.
Helen Baker Elementary School
Register your child for the 2015-2016
kindergarten school year if your child will be
5 years old on or before September 1st, 2015.
We invite you and your child to tour Helen Baker
Elementary School, meet school staff, and enjoy a
treat from us.
If unable to attend, please call 320-864-2666 after
March 19th for assistance with registration.
We look forward to meeting you!
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The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, page 3
Neighbors protest proposed sober care group home
lives.
Jacques stressed the home
will not be a treatment facility, but a place where recovering substance abusers “can
learn to live a principled life
based on honesty and integrity,” and to receive support as
they learn to live “a sober
life.” The residents will already have completed at least
a 30-day treatment program
before being accepted at
Sober Farm.
But neighbors had a variety
of concerns, from plans to operate a large organic garden
on the farmsite — which consists of just under eight acres
— to the safety of neighbors
if a resident relapses into pretreatment behavior.
Neighboring
farmer
Charles Melberg said he has
been approached by the couple about notifying them
when he intends to spray his
crops so that they can protect
their garden.
That, he said, could lead to
others speaking up who
“don’t like the way I do
things, the way I farm.”
He also said large farm
equipment on the gravel road
will create dust. Melberg said
he would like to see the area
preserved for its intended
agricultural use, rather than
asking farmers to accommodate non-farming residents.
Warren Klammer, who
lives about two miles from
the site, said he is more con-
City Council Continued from page 1
ion bill in the Senate authored
by state Sen. Scott Newman,
R-Hutchinson. The bills seek
$63 million in state transportation bonds to complete a
four-lane stretch of Highway
212 from Carver west to
Cologne. That stretch is currently one of two stretches of
Highway 212 from Chaska to
Glencoe that remains two
lanes.
The second resolution is in
support of including Carver
County Road 140 interchange
in the governor’s transportation bonding bill proposal.
The interchange would lie
just east of the Fleet Farm
store along Highway 212.
Larson said 41 resolutions
of support have already been
approved by communities and
chambers of commerce along
Highway 212, as well as receiving support from all the
state legislators along the
Highway 212 corridor.
Larson said the Carver-toCologne segment of Highway
212 already has a completed
environmental study and the
project “is shovel ready.”
• Heard from Dave Nelson,
outgoing chamber president
and economic development
director, that his last day will
be March 15.
“I thank you and goodbye,”
Nelson told the City Council.
Nelson said it has been “a
privilege and pleasure to
serve the citizens of Glencoe”
and added the partnership between the chamber and the
city “has been rewarding.”
Nelson recommended it remain that way for the new
chamber executive.
“I believe the future remains bright” for Glencoe,
Nelson added.
Wilson thanked Nelson.
“You have done a very good
job for the city, and I share
your views” about the bright
future for Glencoe. “Thank
you very much.”
• Approved a resolution to
vacate an alley adjacent to
360 Edgewood Dr. after there
were no comments received
at a public hearing Monday
night.
mit, he said, is for the group
home, not the organic garden.
Commission Member Curt
Carrigan said that the county
could not ensure anyone’s
safety, nor promise that there
will never be an issue at the
home.
“There isn’t any guarantee
that my house is safe in the
middle of Brownton, either,
or that nothing will ever happen there,” said Carrigan. He
did encourage Knapper and
Jacques to meet with Sheriff
Scott Rehmann to let him
know that the home will be
there, and its purpose.
Of particular concern to
neighbors is that, at the current time, there are no plans
to have staff in place during
the evening hours. Knapper
will be there during the day,
and said that because he lives
14 Annual Banquet
Saturday, March 7
Pla-Mor Ballroom, Glencoe
HIGHLIGHTS:
• 3:30 pm – Happy Hour & Games
• 6:00 pm – Prime Rib Dinner
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• Top Quality Artwork AUTOGRAAPlleHn
Jared !
• Artist Displays • Guns
items
Tickets: $45/member and $20/guest
All proceeds stay in McLeod County
For tickets please contact:
Adam Dammann (320) 237-2354
Joyce Teubert (320) 510-3154 Lic# X-34168
Lang’s Family Meats
651-777-3456 #560 • 109 W 1st St
STADIUM SEATING & ALL AUDITORIUMS
HAVE HD DIGITAL PRESENTATION
AND 7.1 DIGITAL SOUND
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~ CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED ~
NOW PLAYING FRI., MARCH 6 – THURS., MARCH 12
WE WILL BE OPEN FOR MATINEES ON
FRI., MARCH 6 THRU THURS., MARCH 12
ADMISSION PRICES: ADULTS $7.00;
CHILD, MATINEES & SENIORS $5.00
Michelle Steen Moller
lbs. Lean Ground Beef..............................$40.00
12:35, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30 & 9:45
lb. Box Pollock Fillets ................................$20.00
McFarland USA PG
lbs. Country Style Pork Ribs ....................$20.00
11:40, 2:10, 4:45, 7:15 & 9:45
lb. Bag Chicken Leg Quarters ..................$8.00
American Sniper R
11:40, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10 & 9:40
lbs. Sirloin Steak ........................................$50.00
Unfinished Business R
12:35, 2:50, 5:10, 7:25 & 9:35
lbs. Bone-In Pork Chops ..........................$24.00
Focus R
12:30, 2:40, 5:05, 7:20 & 9:30
lbs. Bnls./Skls. Chicken Breasts ..............$27.00
The SpongeBob Movie:
Sponge Out of Water PG
12:25, 2:35 & 4:55
lbs. 5 lbs. Ham Steaks and
5 lbs. Home Cured Bacon ................$40.00
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Mind you, this was without
seeing each other face to face
for 25 to 30 years. In January,
Vinar flew out to Washington
and they were married Jan.
22 at the Everett Municipal
Court Building in Everett,
Wash., near where Lehmann
lives.
They saw each other face
to face for the first time in
nearly three decades just two
days before their wedding.
After the ceremony, Vinar
asked his bride out on a date,
suggesting lunch or dinner.
Told that people typically
date before getting married,
rather than after, Vinar just
laughed: “Well, I’m from
Brownton,” as if that explained everything.
And now that they have the
wedding out of the way, the
couple can focus on logistics:
such as how to live together.
Lehmann, 69, lives on a
10-acre hobby farm that her
late husband bought in Washington. Vinar, who divorced
many years ago, still lives in
Eden Prairie, where he owns
a business.
Lehmann said she intends
to put her house on the market, and Vinar wants to sell
both his business and his
home.
Lehmann said they will try
to find a home somewhere on
the west coast, where it’s
warmer than Minnesota.
Vinar is sure they can work
things out; mostly, he’s just
happy they found each other
again.
“This really is a true love
story,” said Vinar. “She’s a
wonderful lady, and I love her
dearly.”
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join LinkedIn, a social media
site for business people.
Bored while watching another Minnesota Vikings’
loss, Vinar joined the site.
“I noticed the search bar at
the top, and put in Karen’s
name,” said Vinar. “I didn’t
even know her married name,
but to my surprise, she
showed up.”
Her business phone number
was available, and he called
the next day, getting one of
Lehmann’s associates. The
associate sent Lehmann a
message that a “Denny” had
called from Minnesota.
“Well, the only Denny I
knew from Minnesota was
Denny Vinar,” said Lehmann.
She called back.
“The first words out of my
mouth were ‘how did you get
this number?’” Lehmann recalled. Vinar responded that
was a rather abrupt response
for reconnecting with a friend
after 25 or 30 years, she
added.
“I said, ‘oh, I’m sorry; that
really was kind of rude of me.
Let’s start over,’” Lehmann
said.
So they did just that: started over.
They began calling each
other nearly every day, as
well as e-mailing back and
forth.
After a few months, the
topic of marriage came up.
Twice denied, Vinar was a
little shy about broaching the
subject again. He used the old
baseball allegory: three
strikes and you’re out.
“I told him I took a more
positive approach: that the
third time is the charm,” said
Lehmann. He proposed; she
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near Brownton, he could be at
the home within 10 minutes if
there was an issue.
Knapper also said that in
the future, an upstairs suite
may be developed so that the
home could have a staff person onsite during the night.
The Planning Commission
suggested that it review the
CUP within a year. Knapper
offered to reduce that time
span to six months if it would
give neighbors a greater sense
of comfort.
In the end, the Commission
voted to recommend approval
to the County Board, which
will consider the application
at its March 17 meeting. Because there were concerns
raised at the hearing, the item
will be on the County Board’s
regular agenda, rather than
the consent agenda.
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submitted a bid, just a requested estimate. “Mine was
not a bid.”
Polifka said whenever he
has been asked about demolition cost estimates, he also
was asked to make a bid for
the work. That did not happen
this time.
Larson said Polifka and All
Metro Excavating, who demolished the Economart builing, submitted estimates in
November, but Neisen’s “approached us” with a bid.
Council Member John
Schrupp said it is tough for
council members to talk
about cost estimates at public
meetings, and then the bids
“come in right around it (the
estimate).”
But Wilson said the City
Council needs to remain open
in its discussions of spending
the public’s money. “We turn
to the experts for help (for estimates).”
Polifka said he has no problem helping out the city with
estimates, but he suggested in
the future the city get its estimates from someone not involved in the actual bid
process.
The Council approved
awarding the bid to MJ
Neisen on a 3-1 vote. Robeck
voted no, and Council Member Dan Perschau was absent.
• Approved two resolutions
of support for Highway 212
funding. The first is in support of House File 80 co-authored by state Rep. Glenn
Gruenhagen, R-Glencoe, and
state Rep. Dean Urdahl, RGrove City, and its compan-
cerned about the personal
safety of neighbors if one or
more of the home’s residents
relapses and causes issues.
Klammer said the area is
loosely patrolled by the sheriff ’s department, and there
could be a long response time
if there was an incident.
He indicated that neighbors
are being asked to compromise their sense of safety by
allowing the home in the
area, and suggested it better
be located within a city,
where there is police protection.
“I really feel threatened by
this,” said Klammer. “Why
should I have to give up my
comfort and safety?”
Knapper and Jacques said
applicants for the home will
be screened by a professional
background service, and that
the home will not accept
court-ordered clients.
County Attorney Mike
Junge said the fact that the facility will not be taking in
court-ordered clients is a
plus.
“These are people who
want to be there, and want to
get well,” said Junge.
Junge also cautioned the
commission about addressing
the farming issues. The requested conditional use per-
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Todd Knapper and Kirsten
Jacques are proposing to develop a farmsite into “Sober
Farm,” a post-treatment residential facility, located south
of Stewart on 60th Street in
Round Grove Township.
The two said they will take
in up to six people in an existing home to provide support as they transition from
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The McLeod County Chronicle, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, page 4
Invest state surplus
in roads, education
Our view: It’s time to make up
for recession-caused backsliding
E
veryone agrees that it’s
good news: the state of
Minnesota is expected to
have a $1.9 billion surplus with
which to work as the Legislature
continues its current session.
Of course, not everyone agrees on
what to do with the money. Some
say the surplus is proof that the state
is overtaxing its residents and businesses, and at least some of the
money should be returned to the taxpayers. Other feels that the money
should be invested into infrastructure and education, among other
needs.
We tend to agree with the latter
option. While a rebate check is nice,
the state has a myriad of needs it
needs to address.
We need to remember that the surplus is coming on the heels of recovery of a multi-year recession that led
to budget deficits for the state and,
as a result, the state neglected or
postponed many of its needs as it
waited for the economy to recover.
There is no doubt that our roads
need attention. While a one-time
dumping of some of the surplus into
transportation will do limited good,
it is at least a foothold toward
achieving more.
And while the state has paid back
the money it “borrowed” from
school districts by shifts in paying
the state-aid formula, very little new
money has been added to education.
While we advocate investments of
our surplus into transportation and
education, we want those investments to be done not only well, but
fairly.
If the Legislature is considering
investing in roads and bridges, it
needs to remember that most of the
state exists outside the Twin Cities
metro area. It needs to give the same
consideration to Greater Minnesota
as it does the metro area.
It also needs to address its aging
roads and bridges before it invests
new money into light rail and other
modes of transportation.
And any investment in education
must follow the same lines — the
state already invests more in metroarea education than it does in outstate Minnesota. We need to remember the premise on which Minnesota
eduation funding was once based —
that a Minnesota student in sparsely
populated southwest Minnesota is
just as important as a student living
in downtown St. Paul.
Let’s invest our surplus into our
infrastructure and educating our
children. Both are investments in the
future.
— L.C.
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The issue of the city of Glencoe buying
goods and services from local businesses has
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1) The city should buy locally; businesses pay local taxes.
2) The city should pay the lowest cost it can to save taxpayers money.
3) I don’t know.
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we sit through long, detailed discussions, absorbing facts and figures,
which we boil down into informative articles so you don’t have to sit
through the long, sometimes tedious
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You’re welcome.
But we also get to do a lot of fun
stuff, and the past couple of weeks,
I’ve gotten to do some really fun
stuff.
I got a call from Dennis Vinar, a
former Brownton resident, who
asked me if I would be interested in
reporting on a “true love story.”
It took me a little by surprise, but
it turned out that Vinar managed to
find his “first love” from high
school after being out of touch for
over 25 years, and married her in
January.
I had wonderful phone visits with
both Vinar and his “true love,”
Lori Copler
Karen Lehmann, and it is my privilege to bring their story to our readers.
As much as I love reading feature
stories, I tend to be hesitant about
writing them, because I want to do a
good job. People are trusting us with
their life stories, and with us sharing
them in public. That’s a huge leap of
faith — that a reporter will do justice to the very fabric of their lives.
I hope you enjoy reading about
Denny and Karen. I certainly enjoyed writing about them, and I hope
I did justice to their love story.
And Friday, I was invited to attend
the all-school meeting at GSL’s
Lakeside Elementary in Silver Lake.
Along with the usual Panther Paw
award announcements, Lakeside celebrate the close of “I Love to Read”
month with a “Minute to Win It”
competition, and the reward of being
able to throw cream pies at staff
members.
I found myself crowding in with
the students to watch the activities,
and scarcely noticed that nearly two
hours had flown by before the
school day came to an end, and I had
to return to the office.
It’s stories like Denny Vinar’s and
Karen Lehmann’s, and times watching kids enthusiastically respond to
school activities, that make up for
the hours sitting on hard chairs at
meetings or at the computer typing
up news releases.
Life is all about balance, and variety is the spice of life. I’ve been fortunate to have both in my chosen career.
Letters to the Editor
VFW Auxiliary units: who we are, what we do
1) Yes. Our roads need help — 23%
2) No. The Legislature needs to find a better funding source — 77%
3 I don’t know — 0%
The McLeod County
It’s not all long, boring meetings; it’s fun
To the Editor:
There are many organizations and
many of us wonder what they do. I
would like to share an article from
the March issue of the V.F.W. Ladies
Auxiliary Magazine written by
Megan Zinn-Sanchez, Ladies Auxiliary VFW public relations and marketing coordinator.
“Who we are and what we do:
“The Ladies Auxiliary VFW is
one of the nation’s oldest veterans’
service organizations and our members are the relatives of those who
have served in overseas combat. We
have 475,000 members representing
all 50 states, the District of Columbia and several foreign-based auxiliaries who volunteer millions of
hours and give millions of dollars to
support veterans, military service
personnel and their families.
“We are a voice for veterans on
Capitol Hill and are instrumental in
assisting the VFW pass or block legislation that impacts veterans and
their families. We are one of the top
10 providers of volunteer hours in
the VA medical system. Every year,
members fundraise millions of dol-
lars for charitable projects that benefit veterans and their families. We
also provide hundreds of thousands
of dollars in scholarships for our nation’s youth. With more than 4,000
auxiliaries, there is likely one in
your area working to improve the
lives of America’s uncommon heroes.”
Proud and honored to be a member.
Virginia Adams
Glencoe VFW Ladies
Auxiliary to Post 5102
State is back asking for more transportation money
To the Editor:
“Minnesotans vote ‘yes’ on transportation amendment” was a headline on Nov 8, 2006. The article included, in part: “(AP) Minnesota
voters locked state government into
spending more money on roads and
public transit, approving an amendment to the state constitution thats
expected to funnel an extra $300
million a year into transportation
projects.”
So … the state is back asking voters for money again, citing Minneso-
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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
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however, must be signed. Private
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ta’s crumbling roads in dire need of
repair. Gov. Mark Dayton is even
dangling the 212 funding carrot.
The two key words in the above
news release are “transportation
projects.”
Recently
MIT Economist
Jonathan Gruber was grilled in
Washington about his public comments about how a lack of transparency can pass legislation, duping
“the stupid American voter.”
Any legislation regarding Minnesota roads must be specific:
Ethics
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“transportation projects” would include the Southwest rail corridor,
metro bus lines, bike trails, and
parking ramps, to name a few. Such
wording would create transparency
that is imperative in such massive
spending.
Write your legislators; don’t let
them dupe you into thinking “transportation funding” is actually going
toward anything more than token
road projects in Greater Minnesota.
Ron Ernst
Glencoe
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Guest Column:
Tracing Roots
President calls shots on budget
Eventually, the businesses
closed, stayed empty and
started to crumble. Art Picha
was one of the last businessmen left. For 40 years,
Picha’s Seed and Coal operated out of an old elevator and
the depot. He sold coal, farm
seeds, fertilizer, supplied liquid nitrogen applicators, and
did custom 2-4D spraying. I
personally bought seeds and
fertilizer from Art. I often
wonder where his antique
two-row, 42-inch wide, hand
corn planter ended up. Times
were getting slow. Many
times a note was found hanging on the door stating, “I’m
at the house.” His farm was
only two blocks away, so if
he spied a customer he would
jump into his pickup and
come over.
The last business in South
Silver Lake was Leon Pesina,
who bought Art’s business in
1984 and continued to sell
farm seed and fertilizer for a
few years.
For many years, up until
about 1960, County Road 24
was a gravel road and the
main route from Koniska to
Silver Lake. It entered the
village from the south,
crossed the railroad tracks,
made a very, very sharp right
at the elevator, continued
down Main Street for onehalf block, made a sharp left
and headed for Silver Lake.
I’ve driven that washboard
gravel road thousands of
times. The 1960 tar road bypassed the sharp turns.
Until just a few years ago,
you could still see lace curtains in the upstairs window
of the abandoned yellow
store. The railroad stop sign
remained for 10 years after
the last train passed through.
In the 1980s, Lowell Otto,
a very friendly character,
lived in one of the old stores.
The inside of his house was
reduced to trails among his
collection of “stuff.” He
bought many old buildings in
South Silver Lake, Silver
Lake and Lester Prairie on
tax foreclosures and stored
“stuff” in them. Many of his
buildings in South Silver
Lake gradually crumbled
down and were nothing more
than old weathered boards
and sagging roofs. He would
pile mounds of wooden posts,
tree limbs and heavy lumber
against them to keep them
from tipping over, to no avail.
He told a government cleanup agent, “I like it this way.”
Eight German Shepard dogs
protected his property.
His biggest ambition was
collecting old stoves, mostly
pot-bellied stoves. He had
buildings full of them. A
stove is not the easiest thing
to lug around. People thought
he was crazy for collecting
them. Then the big gas shortage of about 1988 came
along. Remember waiting in
line for car gas? Everyone
was looking for wood stoves!
People came from far and
wide to buy a stove from
Lowell.
A few years ago, a family
improved one old store into a
rather pleasant residence.
Richard Kosek has lived in
his neat house in South Silver
Lake for 65 years and knows
much of the history of the village, as do his brothers
Clarence and Jerome.
For many years, the area
around the depot was very
lively with hundreds of people gathering there each day.
The iron rails are gone now
and only a few people use the
state recreational train trail
each year.
If you’re waiting for the
7:30 a.m. train, you are too
late! It left 65 years ago!
Record
Glencoe Police
TUESDAY, FEB. 24
10:49 a.m. — A calf was reported at a residence on Prairie
Avenue. It was picked up by
some students, and probably was
part of the FFA program, according to the police report.
5:10 p.m. — An officer assisted
with a child custody issue on
Knight Avenue N.
6:14 p.m. — A driver who had
received multiple prior warnings
was cited for no proof of insurance at a traffic stop in the area
of 10th Street E and McLeod Avenue N.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25
12:32 p.m. — An officer took a
report of three bad checks at an
address on 10th Street.
12:47 p.m. — An officer investigated suspicious activity on 11th
Street E.
7:29 p.m. — A male party was
found sleeping in a bathroom at
an address on 11th Street E. He
was released to a sober party
“who stated they would take care
of him.”
8 p.m. — An officer responded
to a report of an out-of-control juvenile on Pryor Avenue N.
10:14 p.m. — A medical alarm
was activated at Snap Fitness on
11th Street. Officers were unable
to find anyone there who needed
assistance.
THURSDAY, FEB. 26
11:39 a.m. — An officer issued
an administrative citation for tru-
ancy at the Glencoe-Silver Lake
High School.
FRIDAY, FEB. 27
1:24 a.m. — A driver was cited
for driving after suspension at a
traffic stop in the area of 10th
Street E and Morningside Drive.
2:21 p.m. — A person on Greeley Avenue N reported the theft of
their federal tax return.
4:29 p.m. — An officer conducted a requested welfare check
of a person on 15th Street E, who
was fine and under the supervision of an adult.
8:25 p.m. — A person was arrested for driving after revocation
at a traffic stop in the area of 13th
Street E and Ford Avenue, and
later released.
9:56 p.m. — A male was arrested on a McLeod County warrant for violation of probation on
Newton Avenue.
10:55 p.m. — An officer assisted a female who fell at an address on Ford Avenue.
SATURDAY, FEB. 28
8:56 a.m. — Officers investigated alleged criminal sexual
conduct at an address on 10th
Street E.
1:12 p.m. — An officer and the
Glencoe Fire Department responded to a fire alarm at the
hospital. A small air-conditioning
unit caught fire, but was extinguished right away.
6:46 p.m. — A gas station on
Ninth Street E reported a party
who was unable to pay for gas,
but the gas did get paid for.
11:01 p.m. — A driver was
cited for speeding on Highway 22
in the area of Pine Drive and
115th Street.
SUNDAY, MARCH 1
4:41 a.m. — A driver received
a citation for fifth-degree drugs
and probation violation at a traffic
stop in the area of Highway 212
and Imperial Avenue.
12:16 p.m. — An officer
stopped a vehicle for going 41
miles an hour in a 30 miles-perhour zone, and an expired insurance card, on Hennepin Avenue
going north from the city limits.
7:04 p.m. — An officer secured
the heli-pad at the hospital for an
air ambulance transfer.
Building Permits
The following building permits
were approved by the Glencoe
City Council Monday, March 2:
• Jungclaus Implement, 520
Chandler Ave. N, sign permit.
• Travis Weber, 1529 11th St.
E, finish basement, mechanical
and plumbing.
• Aveyron Homes, Inc., 907
14th Street E, plumbing permit.
• Tim Betcher, 1327 DeSoto
Ave. N, mechanical.
• Jerry Mayer, 1406 Birch Ave.
N, mechanical.
• Kenneth Smith, 609 14th St.
E, re-roof.
• Dick Landkammer, 1007
10th St. E, garage re-roof.
Nies talked to two Meeker
commissioners who don’t
want to combine with
McLeod, he said.
Shimanski said the longrange goal is to have a cohesive department. However, if
McLeod County works with
another county, it could be a
two-year process. He added,
“We should proceed in our
department to have continuity
with leadership.”
County Attorney Michael
Junge said the board has
some issues here that it really
wants to look at, such as
staffing needs that may have
a significant change in the
budget. He added, “You
should be aware of the consequences because you can’t
put the tooth paste back in the
tube.”
Junge pointed to one county policy that says if a staff
person goes back to a position
that had a lower pay level,
that employee would not go
back to the lower pay.
One suggestion was to call
it a temporary deputy director
in order for the county to buy
some time. The question was
who would want to take a big
job like that for a short time.
“I support posting for a
temporary deputy position for
the rest of 2015, otherwise I
have a hard time supporting
it,” said Nies. “Once local
staff sees the job posted they
may step up. It would clarify
if anyone internally would be
interested.”
Wright said when no one
stepped up, the committee offered a pay raise incentive
and there were still no takers.
“We need a plan for a pretty big-size department,”
added Wright. “We came up
with this idea that I still favor
because we need something
today. I move to create the
new classification of public
health deputy director.”
Wright, Nies and Joe Nagel
voted yes and Doug Krueger
and Shimanski voted no.
ing ways to control entitlement spending in an aging society. We do not need to panic
about our finances, but we
can’t afford to be complacent
either.
There will be voices in
Congress over the next few
months urging that we curb
spending sharply. In a recovering economy that is still
beset with income stagnation,
I’d argue that slamming hard
on the brakes would be a mistake. Instead, we need to shift
our spending toward investment, focusing on areas that
generate or underpin economic growth: infrastructure, research and development, education.
Congress used to reign
supreme in budget-making.
George Washington didn’t
even think it was his job to
send a budget to Congress,
and the president wasn’t
legally required to submit one
until the budget act of 1921
codified the practice. Now, of
course, the president has become the chief budget maker,
and the Congress reacts to —
and largely accepts — his
proposals. The maneuvering
on Capitol Hill over the next
few months will, indeed,
nudge the country in one direction or another. But our
basic course was already set
by the time those 2,000 pages
hit lawmakers’ desks.
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.
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portant. The debate from here
on out will be specifically
about taxing and spending
priorities — about how much
money should go to defense,
or homeland security, or social welfare — and more generally about who has the best
ideas for addressing the country’s needs.
There will be times in upcoming months when it
sounds as though our economy’s health depends on what
our lawmakers do. The budget, after all, is where the president and Congress can have
an impact on the economy.
I’m not persuaded, however,
that it’s as large as they’d
have us believe. For one
thing, the Federal Reserve,
through its control over the
money supply, has its hands
on an immensely important
economic lever. So do the big
banks, major corporations
and, most importantly, millions of consumers.
Still, Congress faces important questions. The deficit,
which in past years was the
focus of furious debate, holds
less attention this year because we’ve made so much
progress in reducing it. A few
years ago, it amounted to almost 10 percent of gross domestic product (GDP); in
2014, it was 2.7 percent. On
the other hand, the federal
debt — what we owe to creditors who financed our accumulated annual deficits — is
higher than it’s been for generations, and we’re not dealing with the hard choices necessary to get it under control.
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The village of South Silver
Lake, located about two
miles south of the lake, was
once a busy settlement. It
sprung up in 1886 after the
Great Northern Railroad
passed through on its way
from
Minneapolis
to
Hutchinson. The train would
leave at 7:30 a.m. and return
at 7:30 p.m.
Soon, South Silver Lake
was a bustling village with
three grain elevators, one
owned by Frank Korista, the
other by Joseph Korista, the
third by Fred Andrew. The
stockyards were owned by
Gust and Ed Travnicek, who
also owned a general store.
W.O. Merrill owned another
general store. A blind pig (unlicensed saloon), a blacksmith, a lumberyard, a livery
and a depot made a complete
village. Some people called it
South Chicago.
About this same time the
present Silver Lake (first
named Freemont) had a few
buildings, including a post
office and a hotel for traveling salesmen who came in on
the South Silver Lake train. It
seemed to grow faster than
South Silver Lake, despite
not having a railroad. Coal,
lumber and supplies were
transported by horse-drawn
wagons to the new Silver
Lake.
In 1915, Mr. Luce built another railroad from Minneapolis, at one point on pilings across Winsted Lake,
through Winsted, through
Sherman Station, through the
north side of the new Silver
Lake and on to Hutchinson.
This was the beginning of the
end of South Silver Lake. Art
Picha managed the depot and
his wife Lydia sold tickets
until the mid to late ’40s,
when the train stopped hauling passengers.
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South Silver Lake: a memory
By Lee H. Hamilton
It may not be obvious from
the news coverage, but a
good bit of Congress’s 2015
agenda just landed on Capitol
Hill with a thud. I mean this
literally. The federal budget
that President Obama recently submitted runs to 2,000
pages.
This is the most important
government document produced each year, so its heft is
more than physical. The
budget is how we decide
what share of this country’s
economic resources we
should devote to government
— and how we should spend
them. It’s where we set out
our national priorities, sorting
out how to allocate money
among defense, the environment, education, medical research, food safety, public
works … You get the idea.
Which is why you saw the
political maneuvering begin
the moment it arrived. In a
press conference after President Obama submitted his
budget, House Speaker John
Boehner dismissed it out of
hand.
“The president gave the
American people a good
laugh yesterday,” he said.
Every year, politicians play
some variation on this theme.
I’ve lost count of the times
I’ve heard a budget declared
“dead on arrival.”
Yet here’s what you need to
remember: Congress changes
only a small portion of the
budget. Well over half is
mandated spending — interest on the debt, entitlements,
contractual obligations of the
government. And even when
it comes to the roughly 40
percent of the budget that is
discretionary spending, Congress never rewrites it wholesale; in general, all but 5 or
10 percent of the White
House’s spending blueprint
will make it through intact.
The president’s budget, in
other words, is never “dead
on arrival.”
This is not to say that what
Congress does will be unim-
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The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, page 6
Weather Corner
By Jake Yurek
Our weather week started out on a bumpy note but
should end just fine.
Our recent snow drought came to an abrupt end as
blizzard conditions blanketed the region early this week.
Behind the storm, very cold air swept into the area
knocking lows down into the minus teens.
The cold will be short-lived this week, though, as we
rebound back to perhaps the 32-degree mark by Friday
into the weekend. The overall pattern we’ve been stuck
in will continue to dominate, but most of the coldest air
has been spent, so this will allow us to warm back towards the freezing mark. I’m expecting weekend highs in
the upper 20s to 30s, with the higher end being dependent on how much sunshine we see.
After our blizzard fireworks Monday night and Tuesday, storms will stay away from the area. There will be a
couple very minor systems pushing to our north Saturday
and again Sunday, but the most we should see is passing
snow showers (if anything at all).
The computer models are hinting at a slight cool down
early next week, followed again by a warm push, so the
optimist in me is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel!
And plus, we started March out like a lion so that can
only mean the end of the month will be pleasant. Have a
great week!
Ma dobry weekendem
Mit dobry vikend
Wednesday night — Lows -15 to -9; clear.
Thursday — Highs 12 to 18, lows 6 to 12; clear.
Friday — Highs 26 to 34, lows 12 to 18; partly cloudy.
Saturday — Highs 28 to 34, lows 12 to 18; partly
cloudy, scattered snow showers.
Sunday — Highs 28 to 36; scattered, snow showers.
Weather Quiz: When do we have to start worrying
about thunderstorms?
Answer to last week’s question (What are some of
March’s weather extremes?) Highest temperature 83 degrees (tied three times); lowest temperature, -32 degrees
on March 1, 1962; most precipitation, 1.62 inches on
March 1, 1965; most snowfall, 14.7 inches on March 31,
1985. I think it’s very cool that we live in a place where
the temperature extremes for a month go from -32 degrees to 83 degrees. Average highs for the month start the
month at 34 degrees and get up to 49 degrees by the 31st.
Remember: I make the forecast, not the weather!
Chronicle photos by Tom Carothers
FFA Barnyard: bringing young kids, critters together
The Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL) Chapter of the FFA
hosted its annual barnyard for kids Tuesday, Feb. 24,
as part of FFA Week activities. In the photo at left,
Bullseye the pony gladly accepted a treat from the
hand of C.J. Warren; and, at right, it was all smiles as
GSL freshman Audrey Forcier introduced Solveij
Aldrich to a baby chick.
Applications open for 2015 Sanken-Hatz scholarships
The Glencoe Regional
Health Services Foundation
awards Sanken-Hatz memorial scholarships each year to
encourage and support local
students pursuing studies in
selected medical fields.
“These scholarships are
made possible by generous
bequests to the GRHS Foundation from Carl Sanken, a
farmer from Biscay who was
impressed by the care he received at GRHS, and Don
Hatz, a farmer and postal
clerk who lived his last years
in the Orchard Estates senior
living community on our
Glencoe campus,” explained
Jon Braband, president and
chief executive officer of
Glencoe Regional Health
Services (GRHS).
Deadline coming
Applications for SankenHatz scholarships for the
2015-2016 academic year
will be accepted through
March 31, and awarded in
late May or early June. Interested students can review eligibility requirements and
download an application
packet
at
grhsonline.org/scholarships.
Applications are not complete until the GRHS Foundation receives two completed
applicant appraisal forms, at
least one of which must be
from a current teacher or academic reference. All application materials must be postmarked no later than March
31, 2015.
Eligible careers
The scholarships are
awarded each year to qualified high-school seniors and
post-secondary students who
are currently enrolled in or
have been accepted to enroll
in approved programs for the
following health-care careers:
• Certified Nurse Practitioner
• Dentist (and Pre-Dentistry)
• Dental Hygienist
• Medical, Surgical or
Medical Laboratory Technician
• Nuclear Medicine Technician
• Occupational, Speech or
Respiratory Therapist
• Paramedic
• Pharmacist or Pharmacy
Technician
• Physical Therapy or
Physical Therapy Assistant
• Physician (and Pre-Medicine)
• Physician Assistant
• Radiologic or Ultrasound
Technologist
• Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse
Glencoe Regional Health
Services was founded in
1941. It includes a 25-bed
critical access hospital, a 110bed nursing home and a 40unit independent senior housing complex in Glencoe, and
outpatient clinics in Glencoe,
Lester Prairie and Stewart.
Submitted photo
Gibbon residents Mariah Schwecke, a recreational
therapy student at Winona State University, and her
brother Micah Schwecke, an exercise science student at the University of Minnesota – Duluth, were
among the recipients of Sanken-Hatz scholarships in
2014. Applications for 2015 scholarships are being
accepted through March 31.
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Silve r Lake Lions Club
Brownton Lions
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Daughter born to couple
Andrew Trout and Janaly Farias of New Auburn announce the arrival of a daughter, Izabel Rose Trout, who
was born Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, at Glencoe Regional
Health Services. Izabel weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces,
and was 19 1⁄2 inches long at birth. Grandparents are
Miguel Farias of Atlanta, Ga., Ignacia Farias of Gaylord,
Alan Trout of Gaylord and Keri Trout of Arlington.
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Silver Lake Auditorium
Serving 4 pm-8 pm or until fish run out.
ALL WAITING INDOORS!
K-6th grade: $5.00, Adults: $10.00
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Theodore “Ted” Stroming, right, was installed as the director of Christian education (DCE) at Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church, 1407 Cedar Ave., Glencoe, on Sunday,
March 1. He is shown with his brother, the Rev. Randy
Stroming, left, who currently serves at Mt. Olive in
Anoka, and who preached during the service. Ted Stroming and his wife, Corinna, and their children, Leah,
Caroline and Andrew, live in Hutchinson. Ted Stroming
previously served at Trinity Lutheran in Ft. Edwards,
Wis., St. Matthew Lutheran in Eau Claire, Wis., and
Peace Lutheran in Hutchinson.
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Konen wins $5,000 in lottery
Hayley Konen of Silver Lake won $5,000 from the
Minnesota State Lottery by playing the lottery’s “Bonus
Lucky Lines” scratch game. Konen claimed the prize
Feb. 20. The winning ticket was bought at Big Don’s
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Thurs., March 5 — AA Group mtg. next to Post
Office in Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for
info.
Fri., March 6 — Brownton Lions Club annual
Fish Fry, Brownton Community Center, 4-8 p.m.
Sat., March 7 — Concordia Ladies Aid prayer
service, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Brownton,
10:30 a.m.
Mon., March 9 — Tops Weigh-In mtg., 5-5:30
p.m.; Brownton Senior Citizens Club, Brownton
Community Center, 1 p.m.; Stewart City Council,
7 p.m.; Edward Ewald Post 143 of Brownton &
Auxiliary, Brownton Community Center, 7:30 p.m.
Thurs., March 12 — AA Group mtg. next to Post
Office in Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for
info.
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Girl born to Marvan family
Crystal and John Marvan of Silver Lake announce the
arrival of a baby girl, Jozelyn Jo Marvan, born Thursday,
Feb. 12, 2015, at Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia.
Jozelyn weighed 8 pounds and was 183⁄4 inches long at
birth. She is welcomed home by her siblings, Cameron
and Clayton. Grandparents are Randy and Pat Schilling
of Glencoe and John and Sheila Marvan of Hutchinson.
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Tickets: Adults: $7.50
Ages 4-12: $3.50
3 & under: Free
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11 a.m. to 8 p.m. (or until gone)
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Death Notices
Deaths
Gene Boesche,
83, of Plato
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Benson family coming to Good Shepherd
The Benson Family Singers will perform
at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Sunday, March 8, at its 9 a.m. service. The
Bensons are from Faribault, and the family consists of Peter and Rachelle Benson
and their three sons, David, Aaron and
Luke, and have a unique music ministry
through barbershop, gospel and bluegrass music. They specialize in tight, a
cappella harmonies and play a variety of
instruments, including guitar, banjo,
bass, violin and mandolin. Together they
have performed at many shows, festivals,
fairs, churches and private events
throughout the Midwest. The Bensons
use their music, humor and message to
proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. The
public is invited to attend Sunday’s service. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is
located at 1407 Cedar Ave. N, Glencoe.
Menus
Glencoe-Silver Lake
Lakeside Lunch
Monday — Whole-grain turkey
corn dog, turkey and cheese
sandwich, tator tots, broccoli
ranch salad with carrots, apple
half, chilled peaches.
Tuesday — Seasoned taco
beef, soft flour tortilla, pizza bagel
fun lunch, Mexican-style refried
beans, shredded romaine lettuce,
shredded cheddar, diced tomatoes, banana, chilled applesauce.
Wednesday — Sloppy joe, ham
and American cheese sandwich,
baked crinkle fries, caesar salad,
green grapes, pineapple tidbits.
Thursday — Chicken and
gravy, tea biscuit, double-cheese
chef salad, whole-grain bread
stick, mashed potatoes, baby carrots, orange wedges, cranberry
sauce.
Friday — Toasty cheese sandwich, turkey and cheese sandwich, Campbell’s tomato soup,
celery sticks, apple half, chilled
fruit cocktail.
Glencoe-Silver Lake
Junior, Senior High Lunch
Monday — Beef hot dog on a
whole-wheat bun, vegetarian
baked beans, baked crinkle fries,
beef and bean chili, cheese pizza,
pepperoni pizza, deli selections,
confetti cole slaw, baby carrots,
apple, pineapple tidbits.
Tuesday — Hamburger, seasoned potato wedges, seasoned
Monday — Corn dogs, baked
beans, pears, wheat bread, milk.
Tuesday — Chicken nuggets,
sweet potatoes, pineapple, milk.
Wednesday — Orange chicken
rice bowl, mixed vegetables, mandarin oranges, bread, milk.
Thursday — Potato soup, ham
sandwich, carrots and celery,
graps, milk.
Friday — Barbecued meatballs,
mashed potatoes, broccoli, applesauce, bread, milk.
St. Pius X School
Monday — Twisted chicken alfredo, vegetables, fruit.
Tuesday — Turkey sub, vegetables, fruit.
Wednesday — Nachos grande,
vegetables, fruit.
Thursday — Tator tot hotdish,
vegetables, fruit.
Friday — Cheese pizza, vegetables, fruit.
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St. Patrick’s Day
set March 14 in SL
The 28th-annual Silver
Lake St. Patrick’s Day parade
will be held Saturday, March
14, starting at 1 p.m. sharp
from the GSL Lakeside
School.
All Irish and “Irish in
heart” are welcome to be in
the parade. There are no
forms to fill out and no one to
call — just get out the green
and be at the parade around
12:30 p.m.
The parade will begin at
Lakeside School and will end
at the intersection of Main
Street and Park Avenue. Respect for the American flag
will be observed by all as the
flag passes by in the parade.
(The Irish Afterglow will return next year.) Erin Go
Bragh! (Ireland Forever!)
David Perschau, 64, of
Glencoe, died Tuesday,
March 3, 2015, at his home.
Memorial services will be
Saturday, March 7, at 11
a.m., at Faith Lutheran
Church in Hutchinson with
interment at a later date in the
Minnesota State Veterans
Cemetery in Little Falls. Military honors will be by the
Hutchinson Memorial Rifle
Squad.
A gathering of family and
friends will be Saturday two
hours prior to the service at
church.
Arrangements are with the
Dobratz-Hantge Funeral
Chapel in Hutchinson.
Online obituaries and buest
book are available at
www.hantge.com.
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.
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HALE TOWNSHIP
Notice of Annual Meeting &
Election of Officers
Notice is hereby given to the qualified voters of Hale
Township, County of McLeod, State of Minnesota, that the
Annual Election of Town Officers and Annual Town Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
In case of inclement weather, the Meeting and Election
will be postponed until the third Tuesday in March (March
17, 2015).
The election poll hours will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00
p.m., at which time the voters will elect:
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Edna Loncorich, 94, of
Hutchinson, died Saturday,
Feb. 28, 2015, at Harmony
River Living Center in
Hutchinson.
Funeral services will be
Monday, March 9, at 11 a.m.,
at First Congregational Unit-
Darline Hoecke, 75, of
Hutchinson, died Sunday,
March 1, 2015, at Woodstone
Senior Living in Hutchinson.
Funeral services will be
Friday, March 6, at 11 a.m.,
at Peace Lutheran Church in
Hutchinson, with interment in
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in
Sibley County.
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of Glencoe
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Darline
Hoecke, 75, of
Hutchinson
Visitation will be Friday
two hours prior to the service
at the church.
Arrangements are with the
Dobratz-Hantge Funeral
Chapel in Hutchinson. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
“Pets are Braggin’ and
Tails are Waggin’ at...”
INC.
Glencoe-Silver Lake
Helen Baker Lunch
Monday — Whole-grain turkey
corn dog, tator tots, broccoli ranch
salad with carrots, apple half,
chilled peaches.
Tuesday — Season taco beef,
soft flour tortilla, Mexican-style refried beans, romaine, tomato and
cheddar garnish, banana, chilled
applesauce.
Wednesday — Sloppy joe,
baked crinkle fries, caesar salad,
green grapes, pineapple tidbits.
Thursday — Chicken and
gravy, tea biscuit, mashed potatoes, baby carrots, orange
wedges, cranberry sauce.
Friday — Toasty cheese sandwich, Campbell’s tomato soup,
celery sticks, apple half, chilled
fruit cocktail.
corn, cheeseburger, cheese
pizza, sausage pizza, deli selections, marinated tomato and cucumber salad, broccoli florets, banana, chilled applesauce.
Wednesday — Spicy Asian
chicken strips, steamed brown
rice, stir-fry vegetables, cheese
pizza, beef taco pizza, deli selections, sweet-corn and pepper
salad, cherry tomatoes, green
grapes, chilled peaches.
Thursday — Tater tot casserole, mini biscuit, seasoned peas,
apple crisp, cheese pizza, chicken
alfredo and broccoli pizza, deli selections, chickpea citrus salad,
celery sticks, orange wedges,
chilled pears.
Friday — Macaroni and
cheese, whole-grain bread stick,
green beans, cheese pizza, pepperoni pizza, deli selections, caesar salad, baby carrots, apple,
chilled fruit cocktail.
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Millie Beneke Manor
of Glencoe, Brownton, Stewart
and Silver Lake
Senior Nutrition Sites
Monday — Swiss steak, baked
potato, corn, bread, margarine,
pineapple, low-fat milk.
Tuesday — Chicken in cream
sauce over pasta, broccoli, fruit
cocktail, cake, low-fat milk.
Wednesday — Meatloaf with
catsup, whole parslied potatoes,
carrots, bread, margarine, mandarin oranges, low-fat milk.
Thursday — Pork loin, buttered
boiled potatoes, country-blend
vegetables, dinner roll, margarine,
fruit crisp, low-fat milk.
Friday — Vegetable soup, tuna
salad on a bun, peaches, crackers, margarine, bar, low-fat milk.
Gene Boesche, 83, of
Plato, died Monday, March 2,
2015, at Lakeview Ranch in
Dassel.
Memorial services will be
Saturday, March 7, at 11
a.m., at St. John’s Lutheran
Church in Plato, with interment following in the church
cemetery.
A gathering of family and
friends will be held Friday,
March 6, 2015, from 4 p.m to
8 p.m., at the JohnsonMcBride Funeral Chapel in
Glencoe, and will continue
for one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.
An online guest book is
available at www.hantge.
com.
ed Church of Christ in
Hutchinson, with interment in
the Oakland Cemetery in
Hutchinson.
Visitation will be Sunday,
March 8, from 4 p.m. to 8
p.m., and Monday, March 9,
from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., at the
Dobratz-Hantge Funeral
Chapel in Hutchinson, and
will continue one hour prior
to the service at the church.
Memorials are preferred to
the First Congregational
United Church of Christ in
Hutchinson, Hutchinson Hospital Auxiliary or Allina
Health and Hospice Care
Services.
An online guest book is
available at www.hantge.
com.
One (1) Supervisor – Three (3) Year Term
One (1) Treasurer – Two (2) Year Term
The Annual Meeting will commence at 8:15 p.m. to discuss the usual business of the Township.
The Annual Election and Meeting will be held at the following location:
Hale Town Hall
9527 220th St.
Silver Lake, MN
Tammy Stifter
Hale Township Clerk
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The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, page 8
Ella Martha Neubarth, 95, of Gaylord
Obituaries
Kevin Lee Grack, 54, of Glencoe
Kevin Lee Grack, 54, of
Glencoe, died after a courageous battle with cancer on
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, at his
home.
Funeral
services
were held
S a t u r d a y,
Feb. 28, at
First Evangelical
Lutheran
Church
with
the
R e v . Kevin Grack
R o n a l d
Mathison officiating. Dawn
Wolter was the organist.
Soloist August Makovsky
sang “In the Garden.” Congregational hymns were “On
Eagle’s Wings” and “I Know
That My Redeemer Lives.”
Honorary urn bearers were
Andrew Fauzey, Kelsey
Miller, Kayla Grack and
Christopher Becker.
Kevin Lee Grack was born
Aug. 15, 1960, in Glencoe.
He was the son of Norman
and Arlyce (Wroge) Grack.
He was baptized as an infant
on Aug. 28, 1960, by the Rev.
A.H. Fellwock, and was confirmed in his faith as a youth
on April 7, 1974, by the
Revs. E.W. Blumenkamp and
N. Castens, both at First
Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Glencoe.
He received his education
through eighth grade at First
Evangelical
Lutheran
Parochial School, then graduated with the Mayer Lutheran
High School class of 1978 in
Mayer. He furthered his education at Ridgewater College
in Hutchinson.
On Nov. 16, 1985, Mr.
Grack was united in marriage
to Sharon Lea Krueger by the
Rev. Harold Pranschke at
First Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Glencoe. They
made their home in Glencoe
and shared over 29 years of
marriage together.
Mr. Grack first farmed
around the Glencoe area and
then worked at HTI in
Hutchinson for 20 years. He
began working as a salesman
for Jungclaus Implement in
Glencoe, and most recently
worked at RFA Engineering
in Eden Prairie.
He was a member of First
Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Glencoe, where he served
as a deacon. He also was a
member of the Hutchinson
Allis Chalmers Club as well
as the Saturday Night Cruisers.
Mr. Grack enjoyed working around the farm, bowling,
softball and restoring his
grandfather’s 1949 Chevrolet. He loved spending time
with his family and friends.
He is survived by his wife,
Sharon Lea Krueger of Glencoe; parents, Norman and Arlyce Grack of Glencoe; siblings, Diana (Robert) Easterday of Mays Landing, N.J.,
Bryan Grack of Glencoe and
Michael (Lisa) Grack of Dassel; mother-in-law, Violet
Krueger, Sebeka; brothers-inlaw and sisters-in-law, Gerald
(Amber) Krueger of Hibbing,
Kurt (wife Linda Kern)
Krueger of Olympia, Wash.,
Rita Krueger of Brooklyn
Park and Nada (Kurtis)
Miller of Sauk Rapids;
nephews; nieces; other relatives; and many friends.
He was preceded in death
by his grandparents and father-in-law,
Waldemar
Krueger.
Arrangements were with
the Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Fredrick ‘Fred’ Grewe, 70, of Gibbon
Fredrick “Fred” H. Grewe,
70, of Gibbon, died Thursday,
Feb. 26, 2015, at the Fairfax
Community Home in Fairfax.
The funeral service will be
held Saturday, March
7, at 11
a.m., at the
Minnesota
Va l l e y
Lutheran
Funeral
Home in Fredrick
G i b b o n . Grewe
The Rev. Benjamin Rucker
will officiate. Burial will be
in the St. Peter’s Lutheran
Cemetery in Moltke Township, Sibley County. Visitation will be Saturday, March
7, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.,
at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in Gibbon.
Fredrick Henry Grewe was
born April 27, 1944, in Gaylord, to Waldemar and Ruth
(Lindeman) Grewe of Gibbon. He was baptized May
14, 1944, and confirmed on
March 30, 1958, at St. Peter’s
Lutheran Church in Moltke
Township, Sibley County.
When not helping on the
family farm, he was active in
F.F.A. and 4-H. He was selected to attend a national 4-
H congress while in high
school. He graduated from
Gibbon High School in 1962
and attended North Dakota
State University, where he
graduated with a bachelor of
science degree from the college of agriculture.
On June 5, 1965, he married Karen Stemen. They
moved to New Ulm in 1969,
where they raised their four
sons. After many years of
marriage, they divorced. Mr.
Grewe worked as a bank examiner covering banks in
southern Minnesota for 40
years. For over 15 years, he
was an active volunteer
leader in his sons’ Boy Scout
troop. He also was a longtime
member of the New Ulm
Farm-City Hub Club and
Turner Hall. While raising his
family, he continued to help
his parents on the family
farm on weekends and in his
spare time. Eventually, he ran
his own farm while working
full time for the state.
On July 21, 2002, he married Vicky Olthoff-Green.
After retiring from bank examining in 2007, he continued to farm, although playing
a less-active role in recent
years. In his spare time, he
and his wife enjoyed RV trips
with family and friends
around the country.
Mr. Grewe is survived by
his wife, Vicky Grewe of
Algona, Iowa; sons, Dan
(Alisa) Grewe of Falcon
Heights, Darren Grewe of
New Ulm, Darrick (Kristen
Musich) Grewe of Golden
Valley and Daylen Grewe of
Mankato; grandchildren,
Seth, Lucas, Ian, Heather,
Katelyn, Samantha and Trisha; sisters, Dr. Kathryn
Kelly (John Stahl) of Olivia
and Bette Lou (Duane) Kuss
of Cold Spring; stepdaughters, Danette (Ron) Reefer of
Algona, Iowa and Michelle
(John) Nagel of Ft. Pierre,
S.D.; stepson, Edward
(Tiffany) Green of Algona,
Iowa; stepgrandchildren,
Summer and Mason; stepgreat-grandchildren, Skylar,
Preston, Wesley and Keely;
sisters-in-law, Penny Finneman of Mason City, Iowa,
and Wendy (Jim) Korte of
Bushnell, Fla.; and brotherin-law, Roger (Kathy) Olthoff
of Corwith, Iowa.
He was preceded in death
by his parents.
Arrangements were with
the Minnesota Valley Funeral
Home in Gibbon, www.mvfh.
org.
Ella Neubarth, 95, of Gaylord, died Wednesday, Feb.
25, 2015, at Glencoe Regional Health Services long-term
care facility.
Funeral
services
were held
M o n d a y,
March 2, at
American
Lutheran
Church in
Gaylord
with
the
Rev. Paul Ella Neubarth
Kratzke officiating. Marge Lindgren
was the organist. Congregational hymns were “Children
of the Heavenly Father,”
“How Great Thou Art,”
“Jesus, Still Lead On” and
“Lord, Take My Hand and
Lead Me.”
Casket bearers were Annette Tessmer, Brad Dixon,
Rachel Dixon, Paula Held,
Joseph Tessmer and Dan
Arndt.
Interment will be in the
High Island Cemetery in New
Auburn.
Ella Martha (Lindeman)
Neubarth was born Aug. 22,
1919, on the family farm near
Brownton. She was the
daughter of Herman and Elsie
(Becker) Lindeman. She was
baptized in September 1919,
and confirmed in her faith as
a youth on April 9, 1933,
both at Immanuel Lutheran
Church in Brownton.
Mrs. Neubarth enjoyed
cooking, quilting, gardening,
growing violets, fishing, canning, playing cards and winning endless Scrabble games.
She made quilts for her children, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and the church.
She loved visiting with family and friends. In her later
years, she especially found
great pleasure in her young
great-grandchildren.
Following the death of her
first husband, Gerhard Tessmer, she moved from Penn
Township to Gaylord. She
worked at the Renner Drug
Store, Green Lantern Café,
Green Giant and Gaylord
Community Hospital.
She is survived by her
sons, Milan Tessmer of South
Haven and Joe (Fern Dahlke)
Tessmer of Atlanta, Ga.;
sons-in-law, Edward Arndt
and Lawrence Dixon; grandchildren, Paula (Charles)
Held, Brad Dixon, Elizabeth
(Jon) Steinmetz, Rebecca
(Brian) Wick, William Dixon,
Rachel Dixon, Annette
(Vince) Lang, Dianna Tessmer, Jennifer Tessmer, Daniel
(Tara) Arndt, Claudine (Mike
McCloskey) Arndt, Joseph
(Liz) Tessmer and Emily
Tessmer; 13 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; brother, Lester Lindeman; sisters, Elva Wendlandt,
Elsie (Elmer) Schultz, Verona
(Neil) Katzenmeyer, and
Mary Ann (Clarence) Schatz;
sisters-in-law, Lillie Lindeman and Donna Reinitz;
many nieces; nephews; and
other relatives from the Tessmer, Nelson and Neubarth
families.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Herman and
Elsie (Becker) Lindeman;
husbands, Gerhard Tessmer,
Roy Nelson and Edwin
Neubarth; daughters, Janice
Dixon and Evonne Arndt; sisters, Irene Bembenek, Rufina
Henke and Ada Wendlandt;
and brothers, Arthur and
Wilmar Lindeman.
Arrangements were by
Egesdal Funeral Home in
Gaylord. Online obituaries
and guest book are available
at www.hantge.com.
Helen C. Schlueter, 94, of Hutchinson
Helen C. Schlueter, 94, of
Hutchinson, died Friday, Feb.
27, 2015, at Harmony River
Living Center in Hutchinson.
Funeral
services
were held
Sunday,
March 1, at
St. John’s
Lutheran
Church in
Cedar Mills
Township,
Meeker
Helen
County,
Schlueter
with
the
Rev. David Markworth officiating. Robin Kruse was the
organist. Special music was
by the St. John’s Women’s
Choir, “When Love is Slain.”
Congregational hymns were
“How Great Thou Art” and
“I’m But a Stranger Here.”
Casket bearers were Wayne
Tupa, Dorin Nussbaum, Ryan
Schlueter, Tyler Posusta, Ben
Schlueter and Aaron Halverson. Honorary casket bearers
were her grandsons, Keith
Tupa, Steven Nussbaum, Jon
Nussbaum, Bryan Posusta,
Brent Posusta and Michael
Schlueter. Interment was in
the St. John’s Lutheran
Church cemetery.
Helen Clara Wilma
Schlueter was born Dec. 28,
1920, at her parents’ home in
Ellsworth Township, Meeker
County. She was the daughter
of Ben and Lulu (Werder)
Koester. She was baptized as
an infant on Feb. 27, 1921, at
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
in Ellsworth Township by the
Rev. Martin Schuetze, and
was confirmed in her faith as
a youth on March 21, 1937,
on Palm Sunday, at
(Friedens) Peace Lutheran
Church in Hutchinson. When
she was 10 years old, she
moved with her parents to a
farm near Brownton. She attended country schools in
Ellsworth Township and Lake
Marion in rural Brownton.
On Oct. 27, 1940, she was
united in marriage to Edwin
H. Schlueter at Peace Lutheran Church in Hutchinson by
the Rev. W.J. Schulze. Their
marriage was blessed with
eight children, ElRoy, Sandra
Lu, Eloise, Stanley, Brenda,
Linda, Dean and Dawn. The
Schlueters lived and farmed
in rural Hutchinson. They
shared 51 years of marriage
before Mr. Schlueter’s death
on Jan. 20, 1992.
Mrs. Schlueter was a loving wife, mother and homemaker and a partner in the
farming operation. She was a
member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Cedar Mills
Township, Meeker County,
where she was active in the
ladies guild and Mary Martha
Group. She also was a member of the Hutchinson American Legion Auxiliary Post 96.
Mrs. Schlueter enjoyed
playing cards, fishing, camping and tending to her flower
gardens. She loved traveling;
some of her special trips included Alaska, Hawaii, Colorado, California, Montana,
Wyoming, New York and the
eastern states. In 1939, as a
single young lady, she started
a diary which she wrote in
every day of her life. She especially enjoyed visiting and
spending time with her family, grandchildren and friends.
She is survived by her children, ElRoy (Betty) Schlueter
of Hutchinson, Sandra Lu
(Gerald) Tupa of Silver Lake,
Eloise (Dorian) Nussbaum of
Brownton, Stanley (Kathy)
Schlueter of Glencoe, Brenda
(Ron) Posusta of Silver Lake,
Linda (Gene) Wiedenroth of
Hutchinson, Dean (Cindy)
Schlueter of Hutchinson and
Dawn (Tim) Halverson of
Hutchinson; sister, Hilda
Hoff of Litchfield; sister-inlaw, Evelyn Rannow of Silver Lake; 21 grandchildren;
41 great-grandchildren; nine
great-great-grandchildren;
many other relatives and
friends.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Ben and Lulu
Koester; husband, Edwin H.
Schlueter; grandchildren,
Melissa Tupa in infancy and
Glen Nussbaum; brother-inlaw, Herman Hoff; brothersand sisters-in-law, Freda
(Emil) Wendorff, Lena (Roland) Garberich, Agnes
(Clarence) Dettman, Arnold
(Joyce) Schlueter, Sidney
Rannow,
and
George
Schlueter in infancy.
Arrangements were with
the Dobratz-Hantge Chapel
in Hutchinson. Online obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Geraldine Harbarth, 81, of Hutchinson
Richard Ellis Wood, 87, of Glencoe
Geraldine Olga Harbarth,
81, of Hutchinson, formerly
of Brownton, died Friday,
Feb. 20, 2015, at Harmony
River Living Center in
Hutchinson.
Funeral
services
were held
T h u r s d a y,
Feb. 26, at
Immanuel
Lutheran
Church in
Brownton
with
the
Rev.
R.
Geraldine
Allan Reed
Harbarth
officiating.
Dawn Wolter was the organist, and congregational hymns
were “Amazing Grace,”
“How Great Thou Art” and
“O, God, Our Help in Ages
Past.”
Casket bearers were Mark
Harbarth, David Harbarth,
Scott Harbarth, Blair Raitz,
Korey Peik and Kyle Peik.
Honorary casket bearers were
Tracy Luthens, Amber Raitz,
Noah Raitz and great-grandchildren. Interment was in the
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Cemetery.
Geraldine Olga Harbarth
was born June 5, 1933, at her
parents’ home in Round
Grove Township, McLeod
County. She was the daughter
of Arthur and Alma (Bielke)
Duenow. She was baptized as
an infant on June 18, 1933,
and was confirmed in her
Richard Ellis Wood was
born Dec. 15, 1927, in Marshalltown, Iowa. He was the
son of Benjamin and Winnifred (Worden) Wood. He
graduated with the Canby
High School class of 1947.
On Dec. 30, 1954, Mr.
Wood was united in marriage
to Delphine Chlebecek at
Church of Peace in Glencoe.
They made their home in
Glencoe since 1954. They
shared over 60 years of marriage.
Mr. Wood worked at the
Ford garage and then, in the
early 1960s, he started Dick’s
Body Shop in Glencoe. He
was a member of the Masons
faith as a youth in 1947 at
Immanuel Lutheran Church
in Brownton. She received
her education at a country
school.
On Nov. 5, 1950, she was
united in marriage to Willard
Harbarth by the Rev. R.W.
Koepp at Immanuel Lutheran
Church in Brownton. Their
marriage was blessed with
three children, Dale, Barbara
and Kay. The Harbarths
resided in and farmed in Penn
Township, McLeod County.
They shared 49 years of marriage before Mr. Harbarth’s
death on Jan. 23, 2000. Mrs.
Harbarth later moved to
Hutchinson.
She was a loving wife,
mother, homemaker and partner in the farming operation.
She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in
Brownton.
Mrs. Harbarth enjoyed
quilting, tending to her gardens on the farm, going to
garage sales, flea markets and
casinos. She also enjoyed
baking and cooking for her
family and friends, and helping with the farm animals.
She and her husband loved
traveling and spending winters in Mesa, Ariz. She especially enjoyed spending time
with her family and friends.
When she needed assistance with her daily care, she
became a resident of Harmony River Living Center on
Feb. 8, 2013.
She is survived by her children, Dale Harbarth of
Hutchinson, Barbara Raitz of
Hector and Kay Peik of
Hutchinson; grandchildren,
Amber Raitz of Hollywood,
Calif., Tracy (Brian) Luthens
of Hector, Noah Raitz of
Marshall, Blair Raitz and
Beth Ruskamp of Bloomington, Korey (Amanda) Peik of
Brownton, Kyle (Crystal)
Peik of Hutchinson, David
(Sarah) Harbarth of Hutchinson, Mark Harbarth and Miranda of Hutchinson, and
Scott Harbarth of Littleton,
Colo.; 15 great-grandchildren; sisters, Ordella Hahn of
Gaylord, Gloria Meyer of
New Ulm and Karen (Eldon)
Diehn of Fairfax; sister-inlaw, Leona Harbarth of
Hutchinson; many other
neighbors and friends.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Arthur and
Alma Duenow; husband,
Willard Harbarth; daughterin-law, Lilas Harbarth; brothers, Orville Duenow and Gordon Duenow; sisters,
Lavonne Duenow and Eldora
(Ervin) Patzold; and brothersin-law, Raymond Harbarth,
Gordon Hahn and Roger
Meyer.
Arrangements were by the
Dobratz-Hantge Funeral
Chapel in Hutchinson. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
for over 60 years. He built his
own Pietenpol plane and
loved flying it. In 1988, he
received the Wright Brothers’
Aircraft Completion Award.
He enjoyed hunting and socializing with his friends uptown. He especially cherished
the time spent with his family
and friends.
Mr. Wood died Sunday,
March 1, 2015, at Glencoe
Regional Health Services
Long Term Care at the age of
87 years, 2 months and 16
days.
He is survived by his wife,
Delphine Wood of Glencoe;
sister, Jeannette Long of Marshalltown, Iowa; brother-in-
law, Jerome Chlebecek of
Canby; and nieces; nephews;
other relatives; and many
friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Benjamin and
Winnifred Wood; stepmother,
Ruth Wood; father-in-law and
mother-in-law, Joe and Rose
Chlebecek; brothers-in-law,
Julius Chlebecek, Alvin Chlebecek and Earl Long; and sister-in-law, Eleanor Chlebecek.
Arrangements were with
the Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
20 Brownton seniors met on Monday
Twenty Brownton senior
citizens met Monday, March
2, at the Brownton Community Center.
Cards were played after the
meeting with the following
winners — 500, Alice Olson,
GOP women
to meet Tuesday
The Greater Minnesota Republican Women will meet
Tuesday, March 10, at 6 p.m.,
at Unhinged! Pizza, Glencoe.
Issues, future programs,
etc., will be discussed. Everyone welcome. Questions?
Call Ginny Newman at 320587-5965.
first, and Eleanora Lamp,
second; pinochle, Betty
Katzenmeyer, first, and Phyllis Mahnke, second; and
sheephead, Elmer Maass,
first, and Pearl Streu, second.
Theola Fors won the door
prize. Jerome Ewert served
refreshments.
The next meeting will be
Monday, March 9, at 1 p.m.
All seniors are welcome.
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When is Easter this year anyway? And what is the deal with Lent?”
H
ave you ever wondered why Easter is on a different date every year, usually in April and sometimes in March? The reason for that is because
Easter is observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox. This year the first full moon after the vernal
equinox is on April 4th. The very next day happens to be a Sunday. So, Sunday, April 5th is when Easter occurs this year.
The date of Easter, which changes from year-to-year, will determine when Ash Wednesday will occur. Ash Wednesday, the first day in the church
season of Lent is the fortieth day (not including Sundays) before Easter. This year Ash Wednesday fell on February 18th.
Lent is a time when we are especially mindful of our sin, our need to turn from sin in faith in Christ, and to remember that Christ paid for all of our
sin through His sacrificial death on the cross. The season of Lent continues all the way through Holy Week on the church calendar and ends on Holy
Saturday, the day we remember Jesus’ Sabbath rest in the tomb before His triumphant resurrection on Easter.
Yes, Easter celebrates the main event in the life of Christ, namely His victory over sin, death and the devil! From the earliest days of Christian
Church, Easter has been the major celebration among Christians. Jesus’ resurrection is our great salvation. Because He lives, we who believe in Him
will live also!
The observances of Lent are good reminders of the greater solemnity of this season, yet even during this season we still emphasize the Gospel, the
Good News of Jesus, as central even to this penitential season of the Church year.
God’s blessings to you on the remainder of this Lenten Season and may you enjoy a joyful Easter celebration on April 5th!
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BEREAN BAPTIST
727 E. 16th St., Glencoe
Jonathan Pixler, pastor
320-864-6113
Call Jan at 320-864-3387 for
women’s Bible study
Sun., March 8 — Sunday school for
all ages, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:20 a.m.
Tues., March 10 — Congregational
meeting, 7 p.m.
CHRIST LUTHERAN
1820 N. Knight Ave., Glencoe
Katherine Rood, pastor
320-864-4549
www.christluth.com
Wed., March 4 — Men’s Bible
study, 8 a.m.; televised worship on
Channel 10, 3 p.m.; Grace Unlimited,
3:15 p.m.; Abundant Table, 5 p.m.;
bells, 5:30 p.m.; choir, 6:15 p.m.; conﬁrmation, 6:30 p.m.; Lenten worship, 7
p.m.
Thurs., March 5 — Grand Meadows
worship, 10:30 a.m.
Sun., March 8 — Worship with communion, 8 a.m. and 10:15 a.m.; Sunday
school, 9:10 a.m.; no adult education;
WELCA booklet hand out; women’s retreat at Blessing House in Victoria, 1
p.m.-8 p.m.
Mon., March 9 — Quilting, 1 p.m.
televised worship on Channel 10, 2
p.m.; WELCA sing-along at Millie
Beneke Manor, 6:30 p.m.
Tues., March 10 — Ladies fellowship at Gert & Erma’s, 10 a.m.; GSL
ministerial meeting at Christ Lutheran
Church, 10:40 a.m.
Wed., March 11 — Men’s Bible
study, 8 a.m.; Grace Unlimited, 3:15
p.m.; television worship on Channel 10,
3 p.m.; Lenten soup supper, 5 p.m.;
bells, 5:30 p.m.; choir, 6:15 p.m.; conﬁrmation, 6:30 p.m.; Lenten worship, 7
p.m.; church council after worship.
CHURCH OF PEACE
520 11th St. E., Glencoe
Joseph Clay, pastor
Wed., March 4 — Lenten worship at
First Congregational, Glencoe, 7 p.m.
Sun., March 8 — Worship at Peace,
10 a.m.
Wed., March 11 — Lenten worship
at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ,
Plato, 7 p.m.
ST. PIUS X CHURCH
1014 Knight Ave., Glencoe
Anthony Stubeda, pastor
Wed., March 4 — Staff meeting, 11
a.m.; evening prayer, 5:10 p.m.; Mass,
5:30 p.m.; kindergarten through sixthgrade religious education classes, 7
p.m.-8 p.m.; seventh- through 11thgrade religious education classes, 7
p.m.-8:15 p.m.
Thurs., March 5 — Morning prayer,
7 a.m.; Mass, 7:20 a.m.; no junior choir
practice; parent-teacher conferences,
3:30 p.m.-7 p.m.; fundraiser night at
Unhinged! Pizza; home and school advisory committee meeting, 6:30 p.m.;
Council of Catholic Women meeting, 7
p.m.
Fri., March 6 — Morning prayer, 8
a.m.; school Mass, 8:20 a.m.; adoration
of the blessed sacrament follows Mass
until noon; no First Friday communion
calls; stations of the cross with school
students, 2 p.m.; Spanish Mass, 5:30
p.m.; adoration of the blessed sacrament, 6 p.m.; benediction, 6:50 p.m.;
stations of the cross, 7 p.m.; St. Pius X
and Holy Family youth group bowling
in Hutchinson, 9:30 p.m.-11:3 p.m.
Sat., March 7 — Knights of Columbus Lenten reﬂection, 9 a.m.-11:55
a.m.; widows, widowers and singles
breakfast at Dubbs Grill, 9:30 a.m.; no
sacrament of reconciliation; Mass, 6
p.m.
Sun., March 8 — Mass, 10 a.m.;
Spanish Mass, 11:30 a.m.; Spanish religious education classes with ﬁrst reconciliation, 12:45 p.m.; Holy Family and
St. Pius X youth group Bible study;
Mass at Holy Family, Silver Lake, 8
p.m.
Mon., March 9 — No Mass; St.
Francis Mission Club, 1:30 p.m.;
Schoenstatt Girls’ group meeting, 3
p.m.; Bishop Lucker lecture presentation at St. Catherine Church, Redwood
Falls, 7 p.m.
Tues., March 10 — Morning prayer,
8 a.m.; school Mass, 8:20 a.m.; parentteacher conferences, 3:30 p.m.-7:30
p.m.; parish administrative council
meeting, 8 p.m.
Wed., March 11 — Committee on
Parishes meeting in Olivia, noon;
evening prayer, 5:10 p.m.; Mass, 5:30
p.m.; AFC choir practice at Holy Family, 6 p.m.; kindergarten through sixthgrade religious education, 7 p.m.-8
p.m.; seventh- through 10th-grade religious education, 7 p.m.-8:15 p.m.; conﬁrmation practice at the Church of the
Holy Family, 7 p.m.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH UCC
1400 Elliott Ave., Glencoe
Rev. Linzy Collins Jr., pastor
E-mail: congoucc@gmail.com
Wed., March 4 — GRHS long-term
care, 10:15 a.m.; choir, 6:30 p.m.; joint
Lenten worship at First Congregational,
7 p.m.
Sun., March 8 — Worship, 9:15
a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; conﬁrmation, 10:35 a.m.
Tues., March 10 — Bible study, 9:30
a.m.
Continuing the 53-year tradition from The Glencoe Enterprise.
Wed., March 11 — Women’s fellowship executive board meeting, 5 p.m.;
choir, 6:30 p.m.; joint Lenten service at
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ,
Plato, 7 p.m.
FIRST EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN
925 13th St. E., Glencoe
Daniel Welch, senior pastor
Ronald L. Mathison,
associate pastor
320-864-5522
www.ﬁrstglencoe.org
E-mail: ofﬁce@ﬁrstglencoe.org
Wed., March 4 — Lenten worship, 2
p.m. and 7 p.m.; dessert, 2:45 p.m.;
Christ Chimes, 3:15 p.m.; public school
conﬁrmation, 3:30 p.m.; Gospel
Ringers, 6 p.m.; senior choir, 6 p.m.
Thurs., March 5 — First Lutheran
School (FLS) chapel, 8:10 a.m.; Christian education board, 7 p.m.; trustees
board, 7 p.m.; deacons board, 7:30 p.m.
Sun., March 8 — Worship, 8 a.m.;
FLS silent auction, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; fellowship, 9 a.m.; Bible classes, 9:15
a.m.; worship with communion, 10:30
a.m.; FLS luncheon, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.;
FLS live auction, 1 p.m.; ninth- through
12th-grade youth snacks, 5:30 p.m.;
youth Bible study, 6 p.m.; NYG meeting, 7 p.m.
Mon., March 9 — Altar guild, 7
p.m.; men’s Bible study, 7 p.m.
Tues., March 10 — Glencoe Regional Health Services communion, 9:30
a.m.; Common Cup meeting, 10 a.m.;
church staff meeting, 1 p.m.; Manor
communion, 1:30 p.m.; men’s club,
7:30 p.m.
Wed., March 11 — Lenten worship,
2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; dessert, 2:45 p.m.;
Christ Chimes, 3:15 p.m.; public school
conﬁrmation, 3:30 p.m.; Gospel
Ringers, 6 p.m.; senior choir, 6 p.m.
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
1407 Cedar Ave. N., Glencoe
www.gslcglencoe.org
Rev. James F. Gomez, pastor
Ted Stroming, DCE
E-mail: ofﬁce@gslcglencoe.org
Wed., March 4 — Kids’ Praise, 3:20
p.m.; REVEAL, 5:30 p.m.; Lenten
meal, 5:30 p.m.-6:40 p.m.; worship, 7
p.m.; choir, 7:45 p.m.; deacons meeting,
7:50 p.m.
Sat., March 7 — New member class,
9 a.m.
Sun., March 8 — Worship, 9 a.m.;
Fuel, Kingdom Quest and adult Bible
study, 10:15 a.m.; F3, 6 p.m.
Tues., March 10 — Bible study, 9:30
a.m.; GSL ministerial, 10:40 a.m.
Wed., March 11 — Kids’ Praise,
3:20 p.m.; REVEAL, 5:30 p.m.; Lenten
meal, 5:30 p.m.-6:40 p.m.; Lenten service, 7 p.m.; choir, 7:45 p.m.; council
Bible study, 7:50 p.m.; council meeting,
8:15 p.m.
ST. JOHN’S
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN
4505 80th St., Helen Township
Glencoe
Dennis Reichow, pastor
Wed., March 4 — Lenten worship at
Millie Beneke Manor, 2 p.m.; Lenten
supper, 5:45 p.m.; Lenten worship, 7
p.m.; choir, 8 p.m.
Sun., March 8 — Worship, 9 a.m.;
Sunday school, 10 a.m.; card and game
day, 2 p.m.
Tues., March 10 — Tone Chimes,
6:30 p.m.; Table Talk, 7 p.m.
Wed., March 11 — Lenten worship
at Millie Beneke Manor, 2 p.m.; ﬁfthand sixth-grade catechism, 3:45 p..;
seventh- and eighth-grade catechism,
4:20 p.m.; Lenten supper, 5:45 p.m.;
Lenten worship, 7 p.m.; choir, 8 p.m.
GRACE LUTHERAN
8638 Plum Ave., Brownton
Andrew Hermodson-Olsen, pastor
E-mail: Pastor@GraceBrownton.org
www.gracebrownton.org
Wed., March 4 — Conﬁrmation
class, 4 p.m.; supper, 5:30 p.m.; worship, 6:30 p.m.; choir practice, 7:30
p.m.
Thurs., March 5 — Adult class, 7
p.m.
Sun., March 8 — Worship, 8:45
a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m.; conference assembly, 2 p.m.
Mon., March 9 — Local broadcast, 6
p.m.
Tues., March 10 — Bible study, 9
a.m.
Wed., March 11 — Conﬁrmation
class, 4 p.m.; supper, 5:30 p.m.; worship, 6:30 p.m.; council meeting, 7:30
p.m.
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN
700 Division St., Brownton
R. Allan Reed, pastor
Wed., March 4 — Bible class, 9
a.m.; conﬁrmation, 4 p.m.; meal by
F.A.I.T.H. group, 5:15 p.m.; Lenten
worship, 6:30 p.m.
Thurs., March 5 — Parkview Bible
study, 1:30 p.m.
Sat., March 7 — Concordia Ladies
Aid guest day, prayer service, 10:30
a.m.; light lunch to follow.
Sun., March 8 — Worship, 9 a.m.;
pastor’s Bible class; Channel 7 or 8
video; Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.
Tues., March 10 — F.A.I.T.H.
group, 4 p.m.
Wed., March 11 — Bible class, 9
a.m.; conﬁrmation class, 4 p.m.; meal
by ladies aid, 5:15 p.m.; Lenten worship, 6:30 p.m.; deacons meeting, 7:30
p.m.
CONGREGATIONAL
Division St., Brownton
Barry Marchant, pastor
browntoncongregational.org
Wed., Feb. 25 — Harmony Circle, 7
p.m.; conﬁrmation, 7 p.m.
ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN
300 Croyden St., Stewart
Wed., March 4 — Seventh- and
eighth-grade conﬁrmation, 3:40 p.m.;
ﬁrst communion class, 3:40 p.m.;
Lenten lunch, 5:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m.;
Lenten service, 7 p.m.
Sat., March 7 — Worship with communion, 5 p.m.
Sun., March 8 — Sunday school, 9
a.m.; worship with communion, 10 a.m.
Mon., March 9 — Clean church,
12:30 p.m.
Wed., March 11 — Seventh- and
eighth-grade conﬁrmation, 3:40 p.m.;
ﬁrst communion class, 3:40 p.m.;
Lenten lunch, 5:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m.;
Lenten service, 7 p.m.; council meeting
8 p.m.
ST. BONIFACE CATHOLIC
Stewart
Fri., March 6 — Mass, 9 a.m.
Sun., March 8 — Mass, 8:30 a.m.
ST. MATTHEW’S LUTHERAN
Fernando
Aaron Albrecht, pastor
Wed., March 4 — Lenten worship, 6
p.m.; small lunch follows worship.
Sun., March 8 — Sunday school, 9
a.m.; worship, 10 a.m.
Wed., March 11 — Lenten worship,
6 p.m.; lunch follows worship.
ST. JOHN’S CHURCH
13372 Nature Ave. (rural Biscay)
Robert Taylor, pastor
612-644-0628 (cell)
320-587-5104 (church)
E-mail: rlt721@hotmail.com
Wed., March 4 — Lenten service, 7
p.m.
Sun., March 8 — Sunday school,
9:15 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.
Wed., March 11 — Lenten service, 7
p.m.
DISCOVER CHURCH
(Formerly Crossroads Church)
10484 Bell Ave., Plato
320-238-2181
discoveringchurch.org
Sun., March 8 — Worship, 10 a.m.
ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN
216 McLeod Ave. N., Plato
Tyson Mastin, pastor
320-238-2550
E-mail: stjlplato@embarqmail.com
Wed., March 4 — Bible study at
Grand Meadows, 9:30 a.m.; Midweek,
5 p.m.; Easter choir practice, 6 p.m.;
Lenten worship, 7:15 p.m.
Thurs., March 5 — Bible study, 8:30
a.m.; bulletin deadline.
Sun., March 8 — Worship, 9 a.m.;
Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Bible study,
10:10 a.m.
Mon., March 9 — Church council, 7
p.m.
Tues., March 10 — Circuit pastors, 9
a.m.; Bible study at long-term care,
2:30 p.m.
Wed., March 11 — Bible study at
Grand Meadows, 9:30 a.m.; Midweek,
5 p.m.; Easter choir practice, 6 p.m.;
Lenten worship, 7:15 p.m.
ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST
308 First St. N.E., Plato
Brian Brosz, pastor
www.platocucc@gmail.com
Wed., March 4 — Conﬁrmation
class, 3:50 p.m.; Lenten worship at First
Congregtional, 7 p.m.
Sun., March 8 — Sunday school,
8:45 am.; worship, 10 a.m.; fellowship
time, 11 a.m.; youth fellowship, 6:30
p.m.
Tues., March 10 — Church council
meeting, 7 p.m.
Wed., March 11 — Seventh-grade
conﬁrmation class, 3:50 p.m.; eighthgrade conﬁrmation class, 4:50 p.m.;
Lenten worship at St. Paul’s UCC, 7
p.m.
IMMANUEL EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN
New Auburn
Bradley Danielson, pastor
E-mail: immanuellc@yahoo.com
Wed., March 4 — Seventh-grade
conﬁrmation, 4:30 p.m.; eighth-grade
conﬁrmation, 5:30 p.m.; Lenten worship, 7 p.m.
Sun., March 8 — Worship, 9 a.m.;
fellowship, 10 a.m.; Sunday school,
10:20 a.m.
Wed., March 11 — Seventh-grade
conﬁrmation, 4:30 p.m.; eighth-grade
conﬁrmation, 5:30 p.m.; Lenten worship, 7 p.m.
GRACE BIBLE CHURCH
300 Cleveland St., Silver Lake
Dr. Tom Rakow, pastor
320-327-2352
www.silverlakechurch.org
Wed., March 4 — Lenten season
soup supper served by Living Water
Puppets (free-will offering), 5:30 p.m.6:30 p.m.; confirmation classes, 6 p.m.;
Lenten service with special speaker Dr.
Tom McCracken, 7 p.m.
Sat., March 7 — Men’s Bible study,
7 a.m.
Sun., March 8 — “First Light”
broadcast on KARP 106.9, 7:30 a.m.;
pre-service prayer time, 9:15 a.m.; worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school for all
ages, 10:35 a.m.; Centershot Archery
Ministry, 1 p.m.
Mon., March 9 — Church board
meeting, 7 p.m.
Dial-A-Bible Story, 320-327-2843.
FAITH PRESBYTERIAN
108 W. Main St., Silver Lake
Carol Chmielewski, pastor
320-327-2452 / Fax 320-327-6562
E-mail:
faithfriends@embarqmail.com
Wed., March 4 — Presbyterian
Women meeting, 1:30 p.m.; Lenten
supper, 5:30 p.m.-6 p.m.; WOW classes, 6 p.m.; Lenten service, 6:15 p.m.;
choir practice, 6:45 p.m.
Sun., March 8 — Handbells practice,
8:45 a.m.; worship 10 a.m.; fellowship
follows worship.
Wed., March 11 — Presbyterian
Women meeting, 1:30 p.m.; Lenten
supper, 5:30 p.m.-6 p.m.; WOW classes, 6 p.m.; Lenten service, 6:15 p.m.;
choir practice, 6:45 p.m.
HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC
CHURCH
712 W. Main St., Silver Lake
Rev. Anthony J. Stubeda, pastor
Fr. Paul Schumacher, Associate
www.holyfamilysilverlake.org
E-mail:
ofﬁce@holyfamilysilverlake.org
Wed., March 4 — Mass, 8 a.m.;
ﬁrst- through sixth-grade religious education classes, 5:30 p.m.; Area Faith
Community (AFC) choir practice at
Holy Family, 6 p.m.; seventh- through
11th-grade religious education classes,
7 p.m.
Thurs., March 5 — Mass at Cedar
Crest, 10:30 a.m.; staff meeting, 1 p.m.;
Council of Catholic Women (CCW), 7
p.m.
Fri., March 6 — First Friday calls;
Holy Family, St. Pius X youth group
cosmic bowling; Knights of Columbus
(KC) ﬁsh fry, CCW bake sale at Silver
Lake Auditorium, 4:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.;
stations of the cross, 6 p.m.
Sat., March 7 — Reconciliation,
noon; Mass, 4 p.m.
Sun., March 8 — Mass, 8 a.m.; server bowling at Hutch Bowl, 1 p.m.-3
p.m.; Holy Family, St. Pius X youth
group Bible study at St. Pius X, 6 p.m.;
Mass, 8 p.m.
Mon., March 9 — No Mass; Bishop
Lucker lecture at St. Catherine’s in Redwood Falls, 7 p.m.
Tues., March 10 — Mass, 8 a.m.;
eucharistic adoration, 8:30 a.m.-10
p.m.; CCW quilting, 9 a.m.
Wed., March 11 — Mass, 8 a.m.;
committee on parishes, Olivia, noon;
ﬁrst- through sixth-grade religious education classes, 5:30 p.m.; AFC choir
practice at Holy Family, 6 p.m.; seventh- through 10th-grade religious education classes, 7 p.m.; AFC conﬁrmation practice, 7 p.m.
FRIEDENS COUNTY LINE
11325 Zebra Ave., Norwood
Joseph Clay, pastor
Wed., March 4 — Lenten worship at
First Congregational, Glencoe, 7 p.m.
Sun., March 8 — Worship at Peace,
10 a.m.
Wed., March 11 — Lenten worship
at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ,
Plato, 7 p.m.
PRAIRIE COMMUNITY CHURCH
700 First Ave. N., Lester Prairie
Al Fiene, pastor
320-395-2320
E-mail: prairielp@gmail.com
www.prairielp.org
Wed., March 4 — Adult choir, 7:30
p.m.
Sun., March 8 — Worship, 8:30
a.m.; Sunday school for all ages, 9:30
a.m.
Wed., March 11 — Adult choir, 7:30
p.m.
ST. PETER
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Corner C.R. 1 and Second St. S.
77 Second Ave. S., Lester Prairie
Travis Loeslie, pastor
Wed., March 4 — Lenten worship, 7
p.m.
Sat., March 7 — Prayer group, 9
a.m.
Sun., March 8 — Divine service, 9
a.m.; Sunday school, Bible study, 10
a.m.
Wed., March 11 — Lenten worship,
7 p.m.
BETHEL LUTHERAN
77 Lincoln Ave., Lester Prairie
Bethany Nelson, pastor
320-395-2125
Wed., March 4 — Holden Evening
Prayer, 7 p.m.
Sun., March 8 — Worship, 9 a.m.;
conﬁrmation, 10 a.m.; choir, 10:15
a.m.; Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.; Financial Peace University, 11 a.m.
Tues., March 10 — Board of
trustees, 6:30 p.m.
Wed., March 11 — Council, 6 p.m.;
Holden Evening Prayer, 7 p.m.
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The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, page 10
A year of the state’s ‘best beef commercial’
Bump’s Restaurant celebrates designation, clients, staff
By Tom Carothers
Sports Editor
t’s been quite a whirlwind year for the ownership and staff of
Bump’s Family Restaurant.
One year ago this week, the
establishment’s signature
meal, the beef commercial,
was proclaimed as Minnesota’s best by WCCO.
The Twin Cities media
giant gave Bump’s fair warning that the honor would lead
to a sharp uptick in business.
“They told us, ‘get ready,’”
co-owner Mike McGuire
said. “Because people are
coming.”
Get ready indeed. The
word was out regarding
Bump’s delectable dish and
the restaurant immediately
became a destination for culinary-minded travelers. Suddenly, the local favorite had
fans harkening from across
the upper Midwest.
“It was unbelievable,”
McGuire said. “At first, we
figured we’d put a little extra
beef in the oven, maybe make
some extra gravy.”
But a little extra beef and
gravy wasn’t going to cover
it. Not by a long shot. Droves
of customers began showing
up at Bump’s front door the
very next day, all wanting to
know what made Bump’s
beef commercial the best hot
beef sandwich in the state.
“The next day was a Friday, we were working, and it
was huge,” said co-owner
Eileen Popelka. “We looked
at each other and said, ‘we
don’t have enough food.’ We
had to order another (food)
truck in order to cover the
weekend.”
Whereas in the past one
I
beef roast had been enough to
cover a day’s worth of sandwiches, suddenly six were
needed to cover the unending
crowds that hungered for
their piece of the phenomenon.
With the sudden fame,
Bump’s also had to up its
game overall.
“It was great, but it put a
lot of pressure on us,”
McGuire said. “When people
are making a special trip to
stop here, or are coming for
the first time, you want to
make sure that everything is
perfect. We had an employee
meeting and told our staff,
‘People are driving a long
ways to get here, we have to
be on top of our game.’”
Bump’s did not disappoint
its visitors. Business eventually leveled out and sales of
the beef commercial calmed
somewhat from the frenzied
levels of last spring. However, the restaurant is still seeing more business overall and
increased demand for its staple sandwich than before the
laurels were bestowed.
“It’s a heavier meal,”
McGuire said of the beef
commercial, which features
two slices of bread, a generous portion of shaved roast
beef, supported with homemade mashed potatoes and
gravy – a recipe mastered by
chef Patti Simons. “When the
hype subsided and the weather got warmer, the demand
was not as great. But when it
got colder out, demand went
back up.”
McGuire and Popelka estimate that Bump’s cooks an
average of three roasts
overnight to meet current
needs. Sales are up across the
board as people keep coming
back to sample the rest of the
menu.
“We’ve been here 27 years.
We get people who have
stopped by after years of
driving past because they saw
the segment on the news,”
McGuire said. “Once they
came in here, they’ll say ‘I
didn’t know you served
breakfast’ or served this-orthat, now they’ll stop in all
the time.
“When you hear people say
that they altered their routes
to stop here, that’s music to
your ears.”
To commemorate the oneyear anniversary of its ascendancy to Minnesota state
lore, Bump’s is hosting a
month-long celebration.
Staff, most of whom have
been employed for “20-plus
years” and “are like family”
according to Popelka, are
outfitted in bright yellow
shirts proclaiming the beef
commercial’s achievement.
Customers are invited to answer weekly trivia contests
for prizes – including free
beef commercials – and cake
is given out on Wednesday
afternoons.
“If not for our great clientele, we wouldn’t be here,”
McGuire said. “Glencoe, surrounding communities,
everyone supports us. When
you hear someone say,
‘Thanks for being here,’ that
really keeps you going.”
“A lot of what we are
doing this month is to say
‘thank you’ to everyone that
has supported us,” Popelka
added. “We wouldn’t be here
otherwise.”
Chronicle photos by Tom Carothers
Bump’s Family Restaurant co-owners Mike
McGuire and Eileen
Popelka, above, show
off the establishment’s
most famous entrée, the
beef commercial. At
right, Patsy Schauer ladles up a generous portion of gravy to smother
Bump’s Beef Commercial sandwich. The popular restaurant is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its designation by WCCO as serving up the best beef
commercial in the state
of Minnesota, based on
a popularity poll of its
station’s fans.
GSL musicians chosen for honor bands
Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL)
band musicians were selected
for honor bands in January.
Five students from the Lincoln Junior High Band and
five students from the GSL
High School Band were selected for participation in the
Central Minnesota Band Directors Association Honor
Band.
GSL High School band
members Alexis Sanchez, euphonium; Leam Armstrong,
tenor saxophone; Kyle
Wanous, tuba; Amanda
Husted, percussion; and Kole
Polzin, euphonium; were all
selected for the honor band,
as were junior high band
members Haley Lukes, flute;
Jacob Reichow, french horn;
Maren Warner, tuba; Megan
Fehrenbach, clarient; and
Leah Bettcher, bassoon.
The honor band hosted 126
students from 47 schools
throughout central Minnesota
on Jan. 17 at Elk River High
School. The day included sig-
nificant rehearsal time and a
short amount of time with
volunteer section coaches.
Three band musicians represented GSL at the Minnesota State University-Mankato
Honor Band held Jan. 30.
They were Arin Thayer,
oboe; Alyson Winn, clarinet;
and Jordan Bergemann, bass
clarinet. All three are members of the GSL Concert
Band.
After a day of rehearsals
with Minnesota State University instructors Dr. Amy K.
Roisum-Foley and Michael
Thursby, the honor band presented a concert in the Elias J.
Halling Recital Hall. There
were 90 participants from 33
schools from Minnesota and
Wisconsin.
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There are currently funds
available. Applications are
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The Glencoe Food Cooperative membership meeting,
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In 1995, the Mid-Minnesota Development Commission
(MMDC) created a fourcounty business revolving
loan fund (RLF) with the assistance of many partners.
The RLF is used to assist new
and expanding businesses in
the counties of Kandiyohi,
McLeod, Meeker and
Renville.
The purpose of the RLF is
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businesses. The funds can be
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business’ bank.
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RLF program, a business
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MMDC and must create or
We are celebrating
the One Year Anniversary of being chosen
“WCCO’s Minnesota’s Best Beef Commercial.”
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
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
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