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Panthers come out swinging
GSL softball starts out season at 3-1
— Sports Page 1B
The McLeod County
Glencoe, Minnesota Vol. 119, No. 15
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Knowledge
Bowl teams
place at state
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City Council approves
tree replacement plan
for Lincoln Park area
By Rebecca Mariscal
Staff Writer
The Glencoe City Council approved a reforestation plan for Lincoln Park at its regular meeting
Monday night.
The plan was presented by John
Rodeberg of Short Elliot Hendrickson (SEH). SEH worked with
Arbor Life of Hutchinson to determine which trees to plant and
where to plant them.
The plan will add between 145 to
170 trees to the area. The new trees
will be a variety of species in case
of disease or other issues.
Depending on the number of
trees planted, Rodeberg said the
cost of the project will be between
$25,000 and $30,000. The plan will
be paid for from the Lincoln Park
contingency budget.
Rodeberg said in the future, the
reforestation plan will be included
in bids at the beginning of a project.
Council Member Dan Perschau
said this plan will add more trees
compared to what the area had before the Lincoln Park project.
Rodeberg said there would be two
times as many.
Perschau also asked if residents
will be able to select a type of tree
if they have a personal preference.
Rodeberg explained they could, and
they could also opt out if they
didn’t want a tree near their residence.
Council Member Allen Robeck
asked who would maintain the
trees. Rodeberg said the city would
be in charge of long-term maintenance.
The plan passed 5-0.
The council also heard an update
on the Armstrong Avenue Project,
which started on Monday. Rodeberg told the council that the construction uncovered an issue with
the culvert under Highway 212.
Rodeberg said the plans from the
city, county, state and Buffalo
Creek Watershed showed a 72-inch
pipe in the area, but construction
found that pipe stops on the south
side and continues into a 4-foot by
Chronicle photos by Rebecca Mariscal
Wee Friends visit
Midwest Machinery
Wee Friends Preschool visited
Midwest Machinery Company’s
John Deere location east of
Glencoe Thursday morning for
one of the final field trips of the
year. The company and its employees found time in the midst
of the busy spring planting
season to welcome the students and show them around
the dealership. The students
toured the store, garage and
parts storage. Every student
had the opportunity for a tractor ride as well. Above, Summer Zimbrick peers through
one of the drawers in the large
storage room. At right, Drake
Voigt and his mom Jennifer
smile as their tractor ride takes
off for the trip around the building.
4-foot precast pipe.
Rodeberg said the city would
need to replace that pipe. The total
cost will be about $30,000 and will
come from the project’s $220,000
contingency fund. Permits from the
county have been attained and now
the city is just waiting for state permits.
• Approved a bid from Foster’s
Mechanical for pressure relief for
the city center for a cost not to exceed $8,795. Robeck said the project should have had more than one
bid. Council Member John Schrupp
agreed, but said if a different bid
was accepted Foster’s should be
compensated for engineering a solution to the problem. The bid was
accepted 3-2, with Robeck and
Schrupp voting no.
• Approved a front and side yard
variance for Mike Morris of 104 Interwood Drive for a garage expansion.
• Approved the designation of an
exit-only road at the northwest side
of Glen Tech park. The exit-only
designation is a request from the
Minnesota Department of Transportation because it does not want
two entrances close together off
Highway 212.
Robeck asked if the road was
needed. City Administrator Mark
Larson explained it is designed for
semi trucks so they don’t have to
back out to exit.
• Heard the Glencoe Municipal
Airport maintenance and operation
grant would increase to $20,394 for
the 2016 and 2017 fiscal years. Larson said the increase in the grant reflects the increased cost of maintenance after construction at the airport.
• Heard from Larson that the city
received a grant from the Department of Natural Resources for
$11,700 for an archery range. DNR
said it would not fund the proposed
elevated stand. The range also received $5,000 from the park
board’s park improvement fund and
$2,500 from Conservation Partners
of America.
Citizens group planning peace officers appreciation
By Lori Copler
Editor
fter a career as a guardian
ad litem for the Minnesota
court system, Judy Peik
knows just how important peace officers are to their communities.
So the Lake Marion resident became increasingly disturbed as news
report after news report chronicled
the shooting — and sometimes
killing — of police officers across
the nation.
“As a guardian ad litem, I got to
know a lot of police officers,” Peik
said. “Then I started hearing about
all these police officers and deputies
getting hurt and killed, and I thought
I should do something to show some
appreciation for our officers.”
And Peik doesn’t think she is
alone in her feelings.
“I believe there’s a lot of people
who feel the same way, who’d like
to show their appreciation. And I decided to create an opportunity to do
that.”
A
What Peik envisioned was an
evening in which law enforcement
officers and residents could come
together for a meal, a little entertainment and a couple of brief speakers.
But, mostly, just a chance for citizens to intermingle on a face-to-face
basis with the officers who serve
and protect them.
She and her stepson, Kyle Peik,
came up with the idea of forming a
group called “McLeod Citizens Beside the Badge,” and set out to find
one person from each community in
the county to be on a planning committee.
“I tried to find people who would
work hard to make this work,” said
Peik. “We had our first meeting, and
everyone seems enthused about it.”
The group has set the appreciation
evening for Wednesday, June 22,
from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the
McLeod County Fairgrounds.
The committee, which has now
met twice, is working on fundraising, finding an emcee and entertain-
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ment and food donations, with a hot
dog and chips meal planned for the
night.
McLeod County Sheriff Scott
Rehmann, with whom Peik consulted before establishing the committee, explained the evening to the
McLeod County Commissioners at
their Tuesday, April 19, meeting.
Commissioner Sheldon Nies
noted that the county typically
charges groups a fee to use the fairgrounds to cover costs. Although the
commissioners can’t waive that fee,
Nies suggested “passing a hat”
among commissioners sometime in
the future to try to come up with
enough money to cover the rent.
Commissioner Ron Shimanski
said he has been sitting in the meetings and commended the group of
citizens for their efforts.
Rehmann said the wish to offer a
tribute to law enforcement officers
“is very humbling.”
Those who wish to contribute
may do so by sending their dona-
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warm with meager rainfall as
farmers got into the fields for
spring planting.
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tions to Security Bank & Trust, c/o
McLeod Citizens Beside the Badge,
128 Fourth Ave. N, Brownton, MN
55312.
Peik said she hopes the “Peace
Officers of McLeod County Appreciation Fun Night,” will be away for
people to meet the over 200 law enforcement officials who serve in
some capacity in McLeod County
(including deputies, city officers,
corrections officers, DNR officers,
the State Patrol and others).
Peik said she doesn’t feel that the
general mistrust of law enforcement
is as prevalent in McLeod County as
in other parts of the country (although she did note that there has
been at least one line-of-duty death
in the county).
“But I’d still like to let law enforcement officers in our little corner of the world know that we do
appreciate them,” said Peik.
Judy Peik
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Temperatures and precipitation compiled by Robert Thurn, Chronicle
weather observer.
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Happenings
Silver Lake garage sales
The Silver Lake citywide garage sales are set for
Thursday, April 21, and Friday, April 22, from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m., and Saturday, April 23, from 8 a.m. to noon.
Glencoe blood drive April 27
There will be a Glencoe Community Blood Drive
Wednsday, April 27, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., in the Glencoe City Center Ballroom. To make an appointment or
for more information, call Nelda Klaustermeier at 320864-3475.
County seniors will meet
The McLeod County Senior Citizens will have their
quarterly meeting today (Wednesday, April 20), at 1 p.m.,
at the Silver Lake Auditorium.
Praise and Pizza on April 21
A Praise and Pizza event is set for Thursday, April 21,
from 6:30 p.m to 7:30 p.m., at Gert & Erma’s in Glencoe.
The event includes a hymn sing, food, fellowship and
fun. All are invited.
Food packaging in Plato
The Plato Lions Club is sponsoring a food packaging
event for Food For Kidz on Wednesday, April 27. Volunteers are needed for each of two shifts, from 2 p.m. to 4
p.m., and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The packaging will take place
in the back room of the King Pin Pub. Please call 763647-9884 or 612-501-7064. Charitable donations are tax
deductible.
Pola-Czesky Days committee
The Pola-Czesky Days committee will meet Monday,
April 25, at 7 p.m., at the Silver Lake Legion. All members are asked to attend.
Auxiliary to host council
The Glencoe American Legion Auxiliary will host the
Mcleod County Council meeting Tuesday, April 26, at
7:30 p.m., at the Glencoe Fire Hall. Coloring contest entries will be judged. All members are welcome. Lunch
will be served.
Concert board to bus tables
The Glencoe Concert Association Board will bus tables
for tips on Monday, May 2, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Unhinged! Pizza. The Glencoe Concert Association brings
high quality entertainment to the Glencoe area. Memberships for the 2016-17 season, which includes three concerts in Glencoe and three in Hutchinson, are still available. Contact Darlene Dammann at 320-864-3424 for
more information.
‘Resurrection Workshop’
St. John’s Lutheran Church in Plato is hosting a “Resurrection Workshop” Saturday, April 23, from 1:30 p.m
to 4:30 p.m. The five workshops are discussions with experts in end-of-life issues: medical care, funeral services,
gift planning, wills and trusts. People may attend all or
one of the sessions. All ages are welcome. Refreshments
will be served.
Degree of Honor 182 to meet
Silver Lake Degree of Honor 182 will have its social
meeting Tuesday, April 26, at 1 p.m., in the Silver Lake
Auditorium. Coupons will be counted at the meeting.
Polka worship set at Faith
Faith Presbyterian Church, Silver Lake, will host a
polka worship featuring Jim’s Brewers on Sunday, April
24, at 10 a.m. The preschool committee will host a
fundraiser luncheon following the service. The public is
invited to attend.
Ridgewater choir concerts
The Ridgewater College Concert Choirs will present
their annual free spring concerts in Willmar and Hutchinson. On Tuesday, April 26, at 7 p.m., the choirs will perform separately and together at Willmar’s First Presbyterian Church, at 312 SE Sixth St. On Thursday, April 28,
the choirs will perform at 7 p.m. at Hutchinson’s Christ
The King Lutheran Church, 1040 South Grade Road SW.
Senior dining birthday party
The Silver Lake Senior Dining birthday party will be
Friday, April 22, starting with Bingo at 11 a.m. The menu
includes meat loaf, parslied potatoes, vegetables, pears
and cake.
Salad luncheon at St. Paul’s
GSL Knowledge Bowl grabs 2nd,
6th places at state meet in Brainerd
Forty-eight teams converged on Cragun’s Resort in
Brainerd for the Knowledge
Bowl state meet on April 13
and 14. Glencoe-Silver Lake
had two teams competing in
the Class A meet, and earned
both second and sixth place
overall.
“The Knowledge Bowl
state meet is always exciting,” Coach Vicky Harris
said. “Some amazing competition.”
With 48 teams competing,
State Coordinator Susan
Ward told the students that an
additional 935 students didn’t
make it to state, putting the
state competitors in the top 5
percent of teams across Minnesota.
In the March regionals, two
teams from GSL captured the
top two places to earn trips to
this state meet. After a long
wait, they finally competed.
GSL Black kicked off the
meet with a written score of
49 points, allowing it to open
the competition in room one.
This team included Mark
Lueders, Jacob Fehrenbach,
Katie Twiss and Austin
Pinske. In round one, GSL
Black narrowly lost to a St.
John’s Preparatory School
team 15-13. The competition
with St. John’s continued
with GSL falling 13-12, 1713 and 14-9 in the second,
third and fifth rounds but
winning the fourth round 1513. GSL Black ended the
meet in second place with
United Way of McLeod
County (UWMC) Board
President Ron Johnson announced recently that the organization received pledges
for $272,300 during its 201516 campaign. The local United Way kicked off its
fundraising efforts during the
McLeod County Fair last August, and closed the books on
its most recent efforts March
31.
Of the $272,300 pledged, a
percentage has been designated through donor contributions to UWMC partner agencies, other nonprofits, and the
organization’s Dolly Parton’s
Imagination Library and
Community Initiatives programs. Of the monies pledged
during the most recent effort,
61 percent derives from employee campaigns to be paid
to the UWMC over the
GSL prom,
grand march
set Saturday
The Glencoe-Silver Lake
High school prom grand
march is set for Saturday,
April 23, at 3 p.m., in the
high school gymnasium.
Doors for the event open at
2:15 p.m. There is a charge
for admission.
The prom theme will be
“Hollywood.”
For more information, contact Amanda at 320-4200978.
Cokato Museum
annual meeting
set for April 21
St. Pius X spring luncheon
The Cokato Museum and
Historical Society invites the
public to the society’s annual
meeting Thursday, April 21,
at 7 p.m., in the Centennial
Room of the Cokato Public
Library. The featured speaker
will be Rhonda Fochs, author
of “Minnesota’s Lost Towns:
Central Edition.”
The annual meeting of the
historical society will precede
the presentation.
This program is free and
open to the public; you do not
have to be a historical society
member to attend.
For more information,
please contact the Cokato
Museum at 320-286-2427; on
the web at www.cokatomu
seum.org, or on Facebook at
Cokato Museum & Akerlund
Photo Studio.
Depression support groups
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance of Mid
Minnesota is hosting two depression support groups, one
located in Hutchinson and one in Glencoe. The Hutchinson group meets Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and
Wednesdays from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Hutchinson Library. The Glencoe group meets Wednesdays from 5 p.m.
to 6 p.m. at Glencoe Regional Health Services, Conference Room F. There also is a family support group that
meets on Thursdays from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the
Glencoe City Center West Conference Room. For more
information, call 763-479-9356.
Submitted photo
Glencoe-Silver Lake Knowledge Bowl state competitors pose with Paul Bunyan after the state meet in
Brainerd. Pictured are, from left, top row, Jacob
Fehrenbach, Jake Vasek, Mark Lueders, Mitch
Beneke and Trevor Posusta; middle row, Jack Gepson, Katie Twiss and Austin Pinske; and bottom,
Maddie Kuehn.
ond and Chaska was third.
Seniors Lueders, Beneke
and Posusta competed in their
last meet, with Maddie
Kuehn accompanying to be
the pocket-box operator in the
top room of Class AA.
“We will miss the seniors
after graduation and we wish
them well,” Harris said.
UWMC received pledges of $272,300 in campaign
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, 308 First St. NE,
Plato, will host a salad luncheon Friday, April 29, from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Take-out orders are available, as are
cookbooks. The luncheon is hosted by the St. Paul’s
UCC Women’s Guild.
St. Pius X Council of Catholic women will host a
spring salad luncheon on Thursday, May 5 from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. in the St. Pius School gym and cafeteria. The
event will feature a variety of delicious salads and
desserts and a party favors for visitors to take home. Advances adult tickets are $8 and are available at Hite Hardware and the St. Pius X church office. Adult tickets at the
door are $9. Children 12 and under are free. Express
take-outs are available. For delivery call 864-5162.
118.5 points, behind St.
John’s 126.
GSL Purple earned a written score of 37, starting in
room four and eventually
working its way up to room
two. This team included
Mitch Beneke, Trevor Posusta, Jake Vasek and Jack Gepson. They won or tied the
first four rounds with 14, 12,
14 and 14 points. The final
round GSL earned five
points. The team ended with a
total of 99.5 and a sixth place
win.
“This was a remarkably
close meet in many ways.
The two St. John’s Prep
teams were very evenly
matched with GSL Black,”
Harris said. “Every round
was a battle of speed and concentration, which is just what
we expect from good Knowledge Bowl competition.”
GSL and St. John’s placed
two teams in the top six.
“This was especially cool
because only three schools, to
the best of our knowledge,
have ever been able to get
two teams in the top six, and
two of them were here,” Harris said. “The strength of
these two programs must be
incredibly frustrating to other
schools, and we are very
proud of the hard work our
students have put in to
achieve this.”
In the large school Class
AA competition, Academy of
Holy Angels took first, St.
Thomas Academy earned sec-
course of 2016.
“The 2015-16 campaign
proved once again, the
tremendous generosity of
people in this region,” said
Johnson. “Thanks and gratitude from our board of directors and staff goes out to individuals, families, small businesses and corporations that
gave of themselves.”
The $272,300 pledged
amount marks the highest
total raised in a single campaign since the organization
began its work in the area in
1962. In 2015, UWMC partner agencies provided 7,500
units of service to individuals
in McLeod County. In the last
four years (2012-15), UWMC
campaigns have provided
over $677,000 in direct and
designated funding to 40-plus
agencies providing services
and programs in the area.
“We are so grateful to all
those donors that entrusted
their hard-earned dollars to
the UWMC, not only pushing
us to our goal, but taking us
to our best campaign ever
(previously $270,000 in
2014-15),” said UWMC Executive Director Paul Thompson. “That is great news,
knowing that we will be able
to continue to fund our partner agencies and programs at
the level we had planned.”
UWMC supports programs
in the areas of education, in-
come and health. In 2016, the
UWMC will fund 35 agencies
and programs that support the
organization’s mission of impacting the needs of McLeod
County by building stronger,
healthier communities.
Donations to help fund
partner agencies and programs supporting area residents can be sent to the United Way of McLeod County
located at 218 Main St. S,
Suite 124, P.O. Box 504,
Hutchinson, MN 55350. To
make an online donation,
please visit www.united
waymcleodcounty.org.
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Glencoe planning commission recommends solar ordinance
The ordinance outlines
standards to be followed by
those using solar power and
requires approval of plans
and compliance with building, electric and plumbing
codes.
Ground-mounted collectors
will be required to be less
than 20 feet tall and located
in the rear yard only. Council
Member Gary Ziemer said he
especially liked the rear yard
requirement.
Light and Power Manager
David Meyer added a sugges-
tion that the owner of a solar
system that connects to an
electrical system must enter
into an interconnection agreement with the utility before a
building permit can be issued.
The ordinance originally
stated it applied to smallscale solar energy systems,
but after discussion of what
small-scale would refer to,
the explanation was removed.
Meyer explained most residential systems will use about
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Record
Glencoe Police
TUESDAY, APRIL 12
2:05 p.m. — Officers and the
ambulance responded to Cedar
Avenue N for a possible broken
hip.
2:17 p.m. — A citation was issued for driving after suspension
at a traffic stop in the area of
Highway 212 and Dairy Avenue.
3 p.m. — A citation was issued
for no Minnesota driver’s license
and a verbal warning given for an
expired front license plate tab at a
traffic stop on Chandler Avenue N
near 13th Street.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13
12:47 a.m. —  An officer
checked on a suspicious vehicle
parked on 18th Street. An individual was trying to use the hospital’s WiFi. The officer advised the
person that he needed permission to use the WiFi, and asked
him to leave the area.
2:57 p.m. — An officer observed an individual violating his
limited license on First Street E. A
ticket will be mailed to the driver.
5:27 p.m. — An officer responded to an incident on 13th
Street E. A male was confrontational because of a female crossing the street in the middle of the
block. The officer spoke to both
parties.
7:52 p.m. — An officer assisted
with a complaint regarding a motorcycle that was doing wheelies
on Highway 22 near 150th Street.
The State Patrol issued a citation.
8:51 p.m. — Officers assisted
with a one-vehicle rollover on
Highway 212 near Falcon Avenue, east of Glencoe.
THURSDAY, APRIL 14
10:24 a.m. — An officer pulled
over a vehicle pulling an old food
stand in the area of 13th Street E
and Judd Avenue N, and advised
the driver he could not tow the
trailer. A flatbed truck was called
to haul it.
2:19 p.m. — An officer responded to a theft on 11th Street
E.
9:08 p.m. — A driver was cited
for driving after revocation and
given a verbal warning for a malfunctioning brake light at a traffic
stop on Highway 212 near Dairy
Avenue.
11:11 p.m. — Officers and the
ambulance responded to a medical on Union Avenue N.
11:36 p.m. — A citation for the
possession of drug paraphernalia
was issued at a suspicious incident on 16th Street E.
FRIDAY, APRIL 15
1:32 a.m. — A citation was issued for not having a child restraint system in place, and a verbal warning was given for speeding at a traffic stop on Highway
212 near Ideal Avenue.
2:39 a.m. — A turkey was reported in the roadway in the area
of Highway 212 and Morningside
Drive. It was removed.
3:40 a.m. — Officers responded to 14th Street E for an overdose. The person was put on a
72-hour-hold.
7:20 a.m. — An officer assisted
with a disabled semi-tractor on
Hennepin Avenue near 13th
Street. A farm tractor was used to
tow it off the road.
1:51 p.m. — A car backed into
a parked sport utility vehicle on
13th Street E. There were no injuries.
5:08 p.m. — A male flagged
down an officer in the area of
15th Street E and Newton Avenue N “to apologize for his behavior awhile back.”
8:28 p.m. — A person on 10th
Street E asked officers to document the fact that his child’s
mother did not show up for visitation.
SATURDAY, APRIL 16
12:40 a.m. — An officer mediated a verbal domestic on Hennepin Avenue N.
3:31 a.m. — A report was received of someone possibly
breaking into a vehicle in a parking lot on Newton Avenue N. Officers found three people in the
parking lot; two of those were
cited for minor consumption.
7:01 a.m. — A driver was cited
for no proof of insurance and
given a warning for driving conduct at a traffic stop on Highway
212 near Diamond Avenue.
7:56 a.m. — An officer assisted
the sheriff’s office with a report of
a child walking along the road in
the area of Highway 22 and 120th
Street.
10:17 a.m. — An officer responded to a custody issue on
11th Street E.
3:42 p.m. — A gas drive-off
was reported on 13th Street E. A
person had paid for items in the
store, but had not been charged
for gas.
SUNDAY, APRIL 17
8:26 a.m. — An officer responded to a report of a person
who had fallen on Judd Avenue
N. The person was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
10:42 a.m. — An officer and
the ambulance responded to a
medical on Knight Avenue.
2:27 p.m. — An officer assisted
a county deputy with an issue regarding firearms near Plato.
10:57 p.m. — A vehicle was
egged on Fir Avenue N. Extra patrol will be provided in the area.
MONDAY, APRIL 18
6:27 a.m. — Tires on two vehicles at a residence on 14th Street
E were reportedly slashed
overnight.
5:47 p.m. — A Redline black
and red bike was found on Union
Avenue N.
Building Permits
The following building permits
were approved by the Glencoe
City Council Monday, April 18:
• Rice Developers, 3301 11th
St. E, new construction.
• Light and Power Commission,
305 11th Street E, remodel.
• St. John’s Day Care, 1304 Fir
Ave., mechanical and fence.
• Heather DeCasas, 2006 15th
St. E, re-roof.
• Sam’s Tire, 719 Chandler
Ave., re-roof.
• Rose Miller, 1113 13th St. E,
window replacement.
• Jessie Hardel, 1612 Birch
Ave. N, window replacement.
• Diane Griffith, 1203 Pryor
Ave. N, plumbing.
• Daniel Perschau, 325 Scout
Hill Dr., mechanical and plumbing.
• Tim Fisk, 108 Andrew Dr.,
window replacement.
• Brandon Winter, 202 20th St.
W, plumbing.
• Galen Peterson, 1609 Judd
Ave. N, window replacement.
• Lori Adamietz, 2006 11th St.
E, garage re-roof.
• Brian Blomer, 105 12th St. E,
re-roof.
Seminars offered for
Gulf War vets, spouses
McLeod County Veterans
Services is hosting seminars
for Gulf War veterans and
their spouses who had active
military service after Aug. 2,
1990, to include Operation
Desert Shield, Operation
Desert Storm, post-9/11 and
current conflicts.
The seminar will be hosted
at three different times: Friday, April 22, from 3 p.m. to
4 p.m.; Friday, April 22, from
6 p.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday, April 23, from 9 a.m. to
10 a.m., all at the McLeod
County North Complex, 2381
Hennepin Ave. N, Glencoe.
Topics include: access to
health care, service-related
and non-service-related disability, financial assistance,
educational benefits, small
business assistance, home
loans, long-term care, death
and burial benefits and survivor benefits.
Registration is not required. Anyone with questions is welcome to call
McLeod County Veterans
Services at 320-864-1268.
Buffer strip maps now on DNR website
By Lori Copler
Editor
The maps outlining the
public water ways in McLeod
County is now available for
review and comment on the
Minnesota Department of
Natural Resources website.
Ryan Freitag of the
McLeod Soil Water and Conservation District said the
maps will be used to determine where buffer strips are
to be located under the provisions of an erosion control
law passed in Minnesota in
2015.
To get to the map, go online to http://dnr.state.mn.us
/buffers/index.html. Down on
this page it has Phase III and
below that is a link to the
“preliminary buffer map.” By
clicking on that link, one will
be able to move throughout
the state and zoom in to their
area of interest. There is a
legend on the right side to
show what each type of line
means.
By law, the maps must be
approved by July 1, 2016,
which leaves a very short period of time for public comment, Freitag said. Once the
maps are finalized, they become the permanent basis for
determining the buffer strip
areas.
In essence, the new law
calls for a buffer strip of grass
or other plants along public
water systems — such as
rivers and lakes — and on
public drainage systems.
Public waters must have established strips of an average
of 50 feet by Nov. 1, 2017,
and drainage systems must
have strips of an average 161⁄2
feet, by Nov. 1, 2018.
For comments or questions
about the preliminary buffer
map, contact: buffermap
ping.dnr@state.mn.us.
Silver Lake woman hurt in rollover
Sabina A. Wallace, 19, of
Silver Lake, was injured in a
rollover accident Wednesday,
April 13, at about 8:55 p.m.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the accident
occurred on Highway 212
near Falcon Avenue, just east
of Glencoe.
Wallace was westbound on
Highway 212 in a 2006
Mazda 6 and approaching
Falcon Avenue. Chad R. Johanneck, 47, of Glencoe, was
driving a 2004 pickup south
on Falcon Avenue and attempting to turn onto Highway 212 westbound. Wallace
swerved to avoid the pickup
and entered the north ditch,
where the car rolled.
Wallace was taken by Allina Ambulance to the Glencoe
Regional Health Services
The City of Glencoe currently has position openings on
the Park Board, and Planning and Industrial Commission. If you are interested in serving on any of the above
mentioned commissions or boards, please contact the
city offices at 864-5586. Interested candidates must be
registered voters and reside in the City of Glencoe. Applications will be accepted until positions are filled.
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hospital with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.
Johanneck was not injured.
Both drivers were wearing
seat belts, and alcohol was
not a factor in the accident,
according to the State Patrol
Spring Salad
Luncheon
sponsored by St. Pius X
Council of Catholic Women
Please join us for a variety of
delicious salads and desserts and
take home a party favor.
“Angels
Among
Us”
Lowell (Oscar) Anderson
is 80!
Come celebrate with us
Sunday, April 24th
at Gert & Erma’s with an
open house 2:00-4:00pm
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Thurs., May 5
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
St. Pius X School
Gym & Cafeteria
$
8.00 Adult Advance
(available at Hite Hardware
and St. Pius X Church Office)
$
9.00 Adult at Door
Children 12 & Under FREE
Express Takeouts Available!
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Come help us celebrate
Merv & Gina’s
Sunday, April 24
1:30-5:30 p.m.
by Rhythm Playboys
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• Glencoe town hall meeting with Gruenhagen and
Newman, Saturday, April 23,
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Unhinged! Pizza, 2408 Ninth St.
E, Glencoe.
• Hutchinson town hall
meeting with Urdahl, Gruenhagen and Newman, Saturday, April 23, noon to 1 p.m.,
Harmony River Living Center Community Room, 1555
Sherwood St. SE, Hutchinson.
FREE DANCE
1st YearTrial Memberships
Colin Kerslake – Golf Pro
room, 15256 U.S. Highway
12, Cokato.
• Litchfield town hall meeting with Urdahl and Newman, Friday, April 22, 5:30
p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Meeker
County Courthouse Community Room, 325 Sibley Ave.
N, Litchfield.
• Gaylord town hall meeting with Gruenhagen and
Newman, Saturday, April 23,
9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Prairie
House restaurant, 200 Sixth
St., Gaylord.
40th Year in Business
Glencoe CountryClub
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tion on the commission.
Knop said he had spoken to
one person who might be interested. Schreifels said he
will look into if the opening
needs to be advertised.
• Recommended approval
of constructing an exit-only
road on the northwest end of
GlenTech Park. The issue was
on the April 18 City Council
agenda.
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State Sen. Scott Newman,
R-Hutchinson, state Rep.
Dean Urdahl, R-Grove City,
and state Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen, R-Glencoe, will host
town hall meetings to present
information regarding the
current legislative session
and hear questions and concerns of constituents.
The schedule is as follows:
• Cokato town hall meeting
with Urdahl and Newman,
Friday, April 22, 4 p.m. to 5
p.m., The Grounds basement
CITY OF GLENCOE
NOTICE OF BOARD & COMMISSION OPENINGS
NOTICE
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wouldn’t be necessary.
The commission approved
the ordinance with the discussed changes and recommended it to the City Council. It will be on the agenda
for the May 2 meeting.
In other business, the commission:
• Recommended approval
of a variance permit for Mike
Morris of 104 Interwood
Drive for a garage expansion.
The issue was on the April 18
City Council agenda.
• Discussed the open posi-
Area legislators set town hall
meetings for Friday, Saturday
HOURS BEGINNING APRIL 22:
The Glencoe Water Department will be flushing hydrants
beginning April 4th and ending approximately June 30th, 2016.
This maintenance program is designed to check operations
and flows of hydrants, provide maintenance on the hydrants,
and flush out any high iron content in the distribution system.
If you experience any rusty water problems during this time,
please call 864-5586 so the problem can be corrected as soon
as possible. It is possible at the time of flushing to experience
a temporary loss of pressure. This is a normal occurrence and
the pressure will be restored in a short period of time.
Sorry for any inconvenience you may encounter during this
maintenance period.
Thank you, Glencoe Water Department
Family (more than 2) $658.00 +tax
above 40 kilowatts.
The ordinance also included an abandonment requirement. If the system is not
used for more than 12
months, the owner must remove the system within 90
days.
Public Works Manager
Gary Schreifels asked the
commission if the ordinance
should include a timeline for
disposing of used solar batteries. Meyer said that the city
would not be able to police
batteries and a timeline
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By Rebecca Mariscal
Staff Writer
The city of Glencoe’s planning commission approved a
final draft of a solar ordinance for the city at the regular meeting Thursday night.
Commissioners David
Stark and Lynn Exsted compiled the ordinance using several samples from other
cities.
“We tried to make it short,
clear and concise,” Stark said.
“We wanted it to be easy for
people to follow.”
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Rallying around
a cause
Our view: Everyday people
bring issues to forefront
I
t may start with a tragic
event: a woman is killed
by an automobile while
bicycling, and her family
arranges a 5K run to bring
awareness to the ever-increasing problem of distracted driving.
Or it may start with a rash of
news stories, stories about
about peace officers being
hurt or killed while in the
service of protecting the citizen. And, in response, a Lake
Marion woman rallies people
from across the county to plan
a fun night for residents and
the peace officers who serve
and protect them.
In the past couple of weeks,
our staff interviewed and featured people who were impacted by the above-mentioned issues, and rallied to
the cause.
Penny Verdeck’s family is
planning a 5K Sunday to both
honor the memory of this fine
woman, community member
and athlete, and to bring
awareness to the issue of distracted driving.
As of Monday, over 400
people had signed up for the
event.
And Judy Peik has tapped
into a vast network of friends
to bring to fruition her dream
of honoring the peace officers
in “our little corner of the
world.” That event is planned
for June 22 at the McLeod
County Fairgrounds.
It always amazes us that in
these days of general unrest,
mistrust of officials, economic
ease and other maladies, that
private citizens still rise to the
challenge to take on a cause
and make it a reality.
Both the Verdeck/Meyer and
Peik families have tapped into
a wide network of friends, allies and colleagues to bring off
their events, meeting the
daunting challenge of bringing
together communities to rally
around a cause.
Kudos to them.
And those are just two examples of ordinary people
who rise above the trials and
tribulations of everyday life to
contribute to the greater good.
They are all role models that
we can, and should, emulate.
Thank goodness for these
citizens. They are the foundation of all that is good in an
unsettled world. Let’s support
them to the best of our abilities.
— L.C.
You can
vote
online at www.glencoenews.com
Question of the week
Phifer was a great community leader
I was deeply sadden by the passing of Noel Phifer, 90, last week. It
was a loss of another great community leader, who helped shape generations of people through his work as
a school teacher and administrator
as well as a mentor and community
volunteer. His involvement in the
community and throughout the area
indicates a lengthy list of accomplishments.
But I remember him as a one-term
mayor of Glencoe. He was a gentleman as well as a leader. His straightforward approach to solving problems was refreshing in the days of
contentious and, at times, hostile
times within the city in the early
1990s. Drainage and flooding issues
dominated then as they do now.
Phifer never sought the job of
mayor. He was 67 at the time, retired and content with all his community volunteering.
His plunge into local politics was
sudden and amazing.
It began with the election of 1992
in which he was not a candidate.
The Glencoe Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) group hosted its regular forum for city and
Rich Glennie
state candidates about a week before
that election.
It was at this forum that the BPW
members felt slighted by the candidates for mayor, who inferred they
did not understand the complexities
of the city’s finances. To put it mildly, that condescending view was not
taken well by BPW members, and
the women decided there needed to
be an alternative candidate for
mayor. They selected Phifer because
of his solid reputation.
That he accepted the call was
amazing. What was even more
amazing was, with only a week to
get a campaign organized, the BPW
got people to vote for Phifer as a
last-minute write-in candidate. And
he won …. handily!
BPW’s blitzkrieg campaign, using
its telephone network and word of
mouth, produced 937 votes for
Phifer, stunning incumbent Mayor
Ray Wilkins (603) and challengers
Omer Templin and Kathy Graupmann.
Phifer said he was equally stunned
by the results, but was sworn in two
months later. He served admirably
during his only term in office and
exited quietly in January 1995.
Phifer helped settle down an often
fractured City Council, and provided
a moment of tranquility before more
tumultuous times came to the city.
The city election of 1992 proved
the old adage: “Hell hath no fury
than a woman scorned.” Do it to a
group of women, and they can
change the course of an election.
Rich Glennie was the editor of
The Chronicle for 23 years. He retired Aug. 1, 2014, but still plans
to submit an occasional column.
Spring has finally sprung. What is your favorite
thing about the season?
Letter to the Editor
1) Seeing everything green up.
2) The return of robins and other birds.
3) Major league baseball starts.
4) Getting the garden and fields planted.
5) Nothing. My allergies are killing me.
Time for a moratorium on new trails in the county
Results for most recent question:
How should the construction and maintenance
of state recreational trails be funded?
1) With state taxes — 10%
2) With fees and permit revenues — 49%
3) With a combination of the two — 41%
39 votes. New question runs April 20-26.
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To the Editor:
Continuing a trend that started at
the March 8 annual township meetings, 10 of the 14 McLeod County
townships have now approved a resolution asking the county board of
commissioners to suspend further
bike trail efforts and spending for
three years, until the costs and benefits of the recently paved Luce Line
Trail are better understood. A twothirds super-majority of the townships are asking the county commissioners not to rush to approve the
newly released “McLeod County
Draft Trails Plan,” but to take more
time to consider. The (stacked) trail
committee itself spent over one year
working on this plan.
How about giving the public a
chance to read and debate the proposed trail plan before rushing a
vote by the commissioners on May
3? Spring is always a hectic time of
year. Farmers, for example, are busy
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Copler, Editor; June Bussler,
Business Manager; Sue
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Letters
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editor. loric@glencoenews.com.
with planting and can’t just drop
everything to read through this 84page trail plan. This is not a lifethreatening issue that requires action
now — unless someone is trying to
pull a fast one on us (as many suspect) to lock us into more spending
by the county. Honestly, unless
you’re a Hutchinson bike trail enthusiast or a government watchdog,
you might not even realize there’s an
effort to spend taxpayer funds on
this.
Last year the McLeod County
Commissioners, by a split 3 to 2
vote, kicked off this new effort to
create another paved bike trail to
Hutchinson. It was the three
Hutchinson commissioners who
voted yes. The 3rd District, including Stewart where I live, is represented on the Trail Committee by
the former mayor of Hutchinson and
a current Hutchinson City Council
member (both well connected
Ethics
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County Chronicle strives to present
the news in a fair and accurate manner. We appreciate errors being
brought to our attention. Please
bring any grievances against the
Chronicle to the attention of the editor, Lori Copler, at 320-864-5518, or
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Hutchinson bike trail enthusiasts).
Instead of ramrodding this through
and forcing another paved bike trail
on the county, the commissioners
are being asked to listen to the majority of township boards and to give
the county more time to understand
the benefits and costs of the current
Luce Line Trail.
It’s time to take a timeout on new
paved trails for the good of the overall county, and especially for the
over 99 precent who are not wellconnected Hutchinson bike trail enthusiasts. These trail plans affect our
backyards, farms and land that in
many cases have been in families for
generations. We ask that you not
trivialize or ignore our concerns.
Aren’t our commissioners expected
to represent the entire county of
McLeod?
Kevin Masrud
Stewart
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were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would
offend nobody there would be very
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Guest Column:
Letters to the Editor
Who is responsible for decisions?
Transgenderism is taught in classrooms
To the Editor:
This is a warning to all
Minnesota school districts.
Transgender ideology is
being taught by LGBT activists under the banner of
“safe schools” and “bullying
prevention” and your school
could be next. The real bullies are the gender radical
trainers who are forcing this
transgender training on K-12
teachers all around the country.
On Feb. 16, teachers in
Anoka-Hennepin School District 11 took the training and
were introduced to the Genderbread Person model for
sexuality. (Yes, just like the
cookie.) The Genderbread
Person is a fabricated construct that teaches children
that gender is not based on
biology, but is all in their
head — who they “think”
they are.
To normalize transgenderism and be inclusive of
multiple genders, the teachers
were instructed not to call the
children in their class “boys
and girls.” Instead they were
told to say, “Good morning,
friends!” The false Genderbread Person model was presented as fact and teachers
were not allowed to question
the message.
This pervasive and radical
ideological agenda is harmful
to children. Transgenderism
is a psychological disorder
that should not be normalized
in the minds of vulnerable
children who might then seek
to take carcinogenic and toxic
cross-sex hormones. Down
the road they will likely consider surgical mutilation of
healthy body parts. The children’s DNA will remain the
same, however. They will
never be the opposite sex.
This intrusion on childhood, just to satisfy an adult
political agenda, is reprehensible. The American College
of Pediatricians states: “Conditioning children into believing a lifetime of chemical and
surgical impersonation of the
opposite sex is normal and
healthful is child abuse.”
The gender-radical teachers
must be stopped. Attorneys
need to look into possible
charges of sexual harassment
and impairing the morals of a
minor.
Teachers, do not be afraid
to speak up about this dangerous training. Parents, expose the gender-radical
teachers by notifying your
school board and other parents immediately.
We must protect our kids
by keeping the harmful Genderbread transgender conditioning out of the classroom.
This kind of teaching is making schools unsafe for all
school-age children and we
must take action.
Barb Anderson
Champlin
Some have difficulty paying assessments
To the Editor:
Residents of Armstrong
Avenue are assessed or
charged 20 percent for the
improvements on the avenue.
Some of the households are
having a difficult time paying
the assessments. Is that not
what state aid is for? Is that
not what our representatives
are elected for?
Jerry Belcher
Glencoe
GSL improving facilities and programs
To the Editor:
If you have been by the
Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL)
High School and Lincoln
Junior High campus recently,
you have seen the construction fence around the work
site. Things are starting to
happen at GSL with the new
building addition. In the next
few weeks, you will start to
see the ground work and
eventually the precast walls
going up. There will be a lot
going on around school.
With the extra activity, it is
a great opportunity to remind
everybody to take it slow and
be aware of your surroundings when traveling by the
school. It might be easy to
become distracted when driving by the site, so it is important to take your time and
drive safely. It is inevitable
that there will be some inconveniences along the way, but
it will be well worth it when
the project is completed.
Our new addition is going
to improve the learning environment and flexibility for
our teachers, thus increasing
the learning opportunities for
our students. It is an exciting
time at GSL and I look forward to the day-to-day
progress of our new school
addition.
As we continue to improve
our facilities, we are also improving our programs. One
program that we are expanding is STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and
Math). We are moving forward in implementing STEM
into our school through the
accredited STEM program,
Project Lead the Way
(PLTW). While all schools
have science, technology, engineering and math, at GSL
these are already strong curricular areas. With the addition of PLTW into all of our
grades, GSL will become an
accredited STEM school that
will take the learning and emphasis on STEM to a new
level.
We are still working on
what this implementation will
look like, but we are moving
forward in this area. We need
to do this for our students as
the skills from this program
will be helpful in all fields of
study. This program is going
to be great!
Finally, with all that’s
going on, it’s important to
stop and reflect on the many
accomplishments our students have achieved once
again this year, both in and
out of the classroom. We
have great students at GSL,
and with the support of our
district residents, we look
forward to many more success stories in the weeks
ahead. Go Panthers!
Christopher D. Sonju
Superintendent of Schools
By
Lee H. Hamilton
Over more than three
decades in Congress, I had
the chance to question a lot of
federal officials. Most of the
time I wasn’t after anything
dramatic — I just wanted to
understand who was responsible for certain decisions.
Want to know how often I got
a straight answer? Almost
never.
It was easily one of the
most frustrating aspects of
trying to ensure robust oversight of the government. Our
representatives’ job, after all,
is to help make government
work better. And you can’t do
that if you don’t know whom
to hold accountable for important decisions. I don’t
want to be unfair to officials
in the executive branch,
many of whom are dedicated
public servants who work
long hours to serve the rest of
us. But they have raised to an
art form the ability to dodge
responsibility.
This is a problem. Accountability is essential to
good governance. I’m not
just talking about “transparency” — that is, citizens’
ability to know what’s being
done in our name. That’s important, but equally important
is holding accountable those
who made the decision to do
it: ensuring that they are accountable to policy makers,
adhere to their obligations,
follow the law, and that their
actions are appropriate and
responsive to the needs of the
country.
This may be part and parcel of good governing, but
it’s elusive. Accountability
requires that officials step up
and take responsibility for
their decisions, and not try to
shift that responsibility to
others or to some ill-defined
group. It requires unambiguous performance standards,
clear codes of ethics, timely
reporting, and acceptance of
responsibility, especially with
regard to budget or spending
decisions.
It’s sustained by procedures that encourage responsible stewardship of public
funds and a focus on correcting inefficiencies and poor
performance. And above all,
it rests on robust oversight
and review of officials’ performance, not only within the
executive branch, but also by
Congress and the media.
So how do we get there?
The first step is to make information available to the
public, especially when it
comes to budgeting. Government performance rests on
how it spends the public’s
money.
Yet making sure that people see and hear what government is doing only promotes
transparency. It’s taking the
next step, and ensuring that
there’s a clear command and
control structure, that promotes accountability. Without
clarity on who’s in charge of
what and who’s responsible
for which decisions, it becomes too easy for officials
to remain unanswerable for
their actions.
Clear lines of authority
mean nothing unless the deciding officials are identified
and measured against what
actually takes place. No official, in other words, should
be without accountability for
his or her decisions, which
means that executive agencies and Congress alike need
to perform regular and robust
oversight. Regular audits focused on inefficiencies,
waste,
and poor performance are
critical. Officials need to give
a full account of what they do
and the decisions they make.
As a nation, we face a
growing issue on this front
when it comes to federal contractors — that is, the private
workforce doing jobs for federal agencies. The government itself doesn’t know how
many contract employees it
has, but the Washington Post
reported last year that federal
spending on contracts grew
87 percent — or about 5 percent a year — between 2000
and 2012. This is a problem
because it creates an accountability vacuum. There are
very few mechanisms for
holding contractors responsible for their errors, abuses
and missteps.
Which is why I noted
above that the media is as important as Congress and internal government overseers.
We as citizens depend on the
media to tell us what’s going
on in the entire system: within the bureaucracy, in the behavior of contractors, and
among legislators who ought
to be overseeing both but
often don’t. This is a key
public responsibility, and the
press needs to be staffed and
have access to the resources
to do a good job — which,
these days, is increasingly
rare.
Accountability, in other
words, is key to good government. All I wanted to know in
those congressional hearings
was who made the decision
about the public’s business. Is
that too much to ask?
Lee Hamilton is director
of the Center on Congress
at Indiana University. He
was a member of the U.S.
House of Representatives
Glencoe’s Professional Insurance Providers
to participate in Walk to End Alzheimer’s
Terry Jones announces that
Professional
Insurance
Providers and staff will once
against participate in the
Alzheimer ’s Association
Walk to End Alzheimer’s in
Minneapolis. It takes place
Sept. 17 at Target Field in
Minneapolis.
Professional Insurance
Providers is expected to join
12,000 residents in the threemile
Walk
to
End
Alzheimer’s to support the
Alzheimer’s Association. The
team’s goal is to raise $5,000.
Visit http://act.alz.org/goto
/ProfessionalInsurance
Providers to make a donation
to their team or a walker.
The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s
is the world’s largest event to
raise awareness and funds for
Alzheimer ’s care, support
and research. Since 1989,
millions of walkers have participated in more than 600
walks nationwide, with 15
walks taking place across
Minnesota and North Dakota.
The Alzheimer’s Association is the world’s leading
voluntary health organization
in Alzheimer’s care, support
and research. Its mission is to
eliminate Alzheimer’s disease
through the advancement of
research; to provide and enhance care and support for all
affected, and to reduce the
risk of dementia through the
promotion of brain health.
Important information for next blood drive
please contact our Scheduling
Coordinator Nelda Klaustermeier at 320-864-3475.
Last fall, the ARC introduced RapidPass, a way for
blood donors to complete
their pre-reading and donation questions online from the
comfort and privacy of their
home or office. RapidPass is
only used to complete the
pre-reading and pre-donation
questionnaire in advance of
your appointment; it does not
take the place of scheduling
an appointment. American
Red Cross expects to reduce
the time donors with a RapidPass spend at blood drives by
up to 15 minutes. A fair number of donors at our November 2015 blood drive had
used the RapidPass online
tool, speeding up their checkin process.
If you do decide not to use
the online tool, you will be
following the usual procedure
of completing the required
paperwork and questionnaire
at the blood drive.
There are some important
things to know!
• RapidPass cannot be
completed prior to the date of
the drive.
• Donors must complete the
steps to redeem their pass on
the day they donate April 27.
• Donors who do not bring
the printed pass with them to
their donation or cannot show
it on their mobile device, will
be asked to complete the
questions again.
To use RapidPass, participating donors should follow
these steps:
• Visit redcrossblood.org/
rapidpass.
• Read the information.
• Answer the questions.
• Print the RapidPass or
email the PDF to themselves
so that it shows on their mobile device when they come
to donate.
We hope this information is
helpful to you. Thank you for
taking your time to donate
your gift of life.
Charleen Engelmann,
Coordinator
Glencoe Community
Blood Drive
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I forward two important
items of information from the
American Red Cross (ARC)
for the upcoming Glencoe
Community Blood Drive next
Wednesday, April 27, from 1
p.m. to 7 p.m., at the Glencoe
City Center.
The ARC is closely monitoring the Zika virus, a mosquito-transmitted infection
recently spreading to Mexico,
the Caribbean and Central
and South America. The ARC
is committed to taking actions to continue to help ensure the safety of the blood
supply. As a precaution, the
ARC is asking blood donors
who have recently traveled to
any of these impacted areas
to postpone their donation for
more than 28 days after returning to the United States.
So if you have traveled in any
of these impacted areas and
returned to the United States
after March 29, you are asked
to reschedule your appointment to a later blood drive. If
you need to cancel or
reschedule your appointment,
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Historical society to spotlight firefighters
The McLeod County Historical Society and Museum
will hold a McLeod County
firefighters panel discussion
on Sunday, April 24, at 2
p.m., in the educational media
center of the museum.
The museum is currently
searching for all things related to the history of McLeod
County firefighting to create
displays and the 2016 Fighting Fire History booklet.
During this search, the society wanted to take time to
learn from the men and
women who are currently
volunteers as firefighters.
Representatives from each
McLeod County fire department will participate in a public question-and-answer panel
about how the departments
function now. Museum staff
will provide information from
historical departments to contrast how things are done
now.
Displays of firefighting artifacts and famous fires will
be on hand at the panel.
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The Professional Directory is provided each week for quick reference to professionals in the Glencoe
area — their locations, phone numbers and office hours. Call the McLeod County Chronicle office
for details on how you can be included in this directory, 320-864-5518.
The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, April 20, 2016, page 6
SL City Council hires new full-time police officer
By Karin Ramige
Publisher
The Silver Lake City
Council has spent the better
part of the past year searching
for either a police chief or officer.
The process came closer to
an end on Monday, April 18,
when the council interviewed
and offered the full-time officer position to Kyle Jorgensen.
Jorgensen, a Maple Grove
native, accepted the position
at $17.04 per hour, pending
positive results of all background checks.
After graduating and receiving his law enforcement
degree from Alexandria Technical and Community College
in 2013, Jorgenson has held
security positions with Can-
terbury Park, Allina Hospital
in Buffalo and the Department of Homeland Security.
He has also served as a reserve officer, community
service officer and deputy
with the Anoka County Sheriff’s Department.
Police Chief RJ Cripps will
work with either the Glencoe
Police Department or the
McLeod County Sheriff’s Office for the background
check.
In other business, the council:
• Approved the 2016 property and casualty insurance
premiums for $26,942 with
the League of Minnesota
Cities Insurance Trust. This is
an $8,958 decrease from
2015.
• Approved submitting let-
ters of support for both the
newly formed McLeod County Historic Partnership Community Outreach program
and the McLeod County trail
plan.
• Heard the final report on
the 2015 audit from Paul
Harvego from Conway,
Deuth and Schmesing, the
city’s audit firm.
Harvego reported that the
city is in good shape with increased fund balances and no
major issues.
• Approved a contract with
Short Elliot and Hendrickson
(SEH) for the design, bidding
and construction services for
the 2016 Cleveland Street
sanitary sewer replacement
project discussed at the April
11 meeting. The contract is
not to exceed $15,100 with
an additional estimated
$1,000 for any soil testing
needed.
Public Works Director Dale
Kosek and City Clerk Kerry
Venier reported that a portion
of the contract, around
$4,000, is for construction supervision. The city has handled supervision in the past
and will do the same on this
project, consulting with SEH
when needed.
The project itself is estimated to be under $100,000.
• Set a public hearing for
May 16 at 7 p.m. regarding
the assessments for sidewalk
replacement. Affected homeowners will be notified in the
coming weeks.
Weather Corner
By Jake Yurek
The weather machine doesn’t quite know what to do
lately as strange patterns have set up.
The main culprit for our extended batch of very pleasant weather was a large high-pressure ridge to our east
that I was talking about last week. The ridge will finally
give way this week and allow for weather systems to finally move our way. As I write this it hasn’t happened
yet, but hopefully we saw a decent amount of rain Monday into early Tuesday.
The weather to end the week will again be quiet with
our only chance of rain coming in Friday night into early
Saturday. Highs will stay in the 60s with lows in the 40s
for the most part. The weekend is looking pleasant with
only a couple passing sprinkles and highs again in the
60s.
An area of low pressure will actually move from the
Atlantic Ocean east over land, which is backwards to our
normal flow, so that will kink things up a bit again. I
won’t even take a look at the extended this week as forecast models are having a tough time with the five- to
seven-day forecast … my best guess is that highs next
week will be between 0 and 100 degrees with a chance of
sun or rain or snow.
Have a great week, everyone! Happy Earth Day on Friday!
Ma dobry weekendem
Mit dobry vikend
Wednesday night — Lows 44-50; clouds with scattered
showers.
Thursday — Highs 60-66, lows 38-44; mostly clear.
Friday — Highs 59-66, lows 42-48; partly cloudy.
Saturday — Highs 58-64, lows 42-49; partly cloudy,
morning sprinkle.
Sunday — Highs 61-67; partly to mostly cloudy.
Submitted photos
Eagle Scouts
and Michael Dietz; Michael Dietz was awarded his
Eagle Scout on July 22, 2015. Chandler Swift, not pictured, also was named an Eagle Scout on July 22,
2015.
Menus
April 25-29
Glencoe-Silver Lake
Helen Baker Breakfast
Monday — Breakfast sausage
pizza, mandarin oranges, apple
juice.
Tuesday — Cinnamon Toast
Crunch cereal, apple cinnamon
muffin, applesauce, orange juice.
Wednesday — Skewered
turkey sausage pancake, blueberry muffin, orange wedges, apple
juice.
Thursday — Cocoa Puffs cereal, blueberry muffin, fruit cocktail,
orange juice.
Friday — Whole-grain French
toast sticks, strawberry banana
yogurt, pears, grape juice.
Glencoe-Silver Lake
Helen Baker Lunch
Monday — Hot ham and
cheese sandwich, potato wedges,
baby carrots, Red Delicious apple
half, pineapple tidbits.
Tuesday — Popcorn chicken,
mashed potatoes, chicken gravy,
jicama sticks, banana, applesauce.
Wednesday — Pancakes,
scrambled eggs, tater tots, broccoli florets, orange wedges,
peaches.
Thursday — Taco beef, tortilla
chips, cheddar cheese sauce, refried beans, cucumbers, Red Delicious apple half, pears.
Friday — Cheese-stuffed bread
sticks, marinara sauce, corn, baby
carrots, Red Delicious apple half,
mandarin oranges.
Glencoe-Silver Lake
Lakeside Breakfast
Monday — Breakfast sausage
pizza, Cinnamon Toast Crunch,
apple cinnamon muffin, applesauce, orange juice.
Tuesday — Skewered turkey
sausage pancake, Cocoa Puffs
cereal, low-fat mozzarella string
cheese, mandarin oranges, apple
juice.
Wednesday — Egg and
cheese sandwich, blueberry muffin, strawberry organic yogurt, orange wedges, grape juice.
Thursday — Breakfast sausage
pizza, Golden Grahams cereal,
blueberry muffin, raisins, apple
juice.
Friday — Whole-grain French
toast sticks, low-fat mozzarella
string cheese, Trix cereal bar,
pears, orange juice.
Glencoe-Silver Lake
Lakeside Lunch
Monday — Chicken patty sandwich, turkey and cheese sandwich, potato wedges, baby carrots, Red Delicious apple half,
pineapple tidbits.
Tuesday — Popcorn chicken,
ham and turkey chef salad, croutons, mashed potatoes, chicken
gravy, jicama sticks, banana, applesauce.
Wednesday — Pancakes,
scrambled eggs, sun butter and
grape jelly sandwich, tater tots,
broccoli florets, orange wedges,
peaches.
Thursday — Taco beef, tortilla
chips, cheddar cheese sauce,
double-cheese chef salad, croutons, whole-grain dinner roll, refried beans, cucumbers, Red Delicious apple half, pears.
Friday — Cheese-stuffed bread
sticks, marinara sauce, mini bagel
fun lunch, corn, baby carrots, Red
Delicious apple half, mandarin oranges
Glencoe-Silver Lake
Junior, Senior High Breakfast
Monday — Breakfast sausage
pizza, peanut butter and grape
jelly Uncrustable, pears, apple
juice.
Tuesday — Bacon, egg and
cheese bagel, breakfast round,
strawberry banana yogurt, applesauce, grape juice.
Wednesday — Skewered
turkey sausage pancake, organic
strawberry yogurt, granola, strawberries, sliced banana, vanilla yogurt, peaches, apple juice.
Thursday — Ham, egg and
cheese on an English muffin,
peanut butter and grape jelly Uncrustable, fruit cocktail, grape
juice.
Friday — Pancakes, pork
sausage patty, Cinnamon Toast
Crunch, apple cinnamon muffin,
mandarin oranges, apple juice.
Glencoe-Silver Lake
Junior, Senior High Lunch
Monday — Fajita-style chicken,
penne, broccoli florets, wholegrain bread stick, alfredo sauce,
pepperoni pizza, cheese pizza,
deli selections, carrot sticks,
sweet corn and pepper salad,
Red Delicious apple, pears.
Tuesday — Popcorn chicken,
mashed potatoes, corn, chicken
gravy, whole-grain dinner roll, Ital-
ian sausage pizza, cheese pizza,
deli selections, jicama sticks,
pinto bean and cilantro salad, banana, applesauce.
Wednesday — Taco beef, tortilla chips, cheddar cheese sauce,
refried beans, romaine lettuce,
chicken alfredo and broccoli
pizza, cheese pizza, deli selections, red bell pepper strips, cowboy caviar with a citrus twist,
green grapes, peaches.
Thursday — Barbecued rib
sandwich, tater tots, green beans,
beef taco pizza, cheese pizza,
deli selections, jicama sticks,
broccoli slaw, Red Delicious
apple, mandarin oranges.
Friday — Macaroni and
cheese, whole-grain bread stick,
peas, pepperoni pizza, cheese
pizza, deli selections, carrot
sticks, caesar salad, orange
wedges, pineapple tidbits.
St. Pius X School
Monday — Fajita-style chicken,
penne, broccoli florets, wholegrain bread stick, alfredo sauce,
carrot sticks, sweet corn and pepper salad, Red Delicious apple,
pears.
Tuesday — Popcorn chicken,
mashed potatoes, corn, chicken
gravy, whole-grain dinner roll, jicama sticks, pinto bean and cilantro
salad, banana, applesauce.
Wednesday — Taco beef, tortilla chips, cheddar cheese sauce,
refried beans, romaine lettuce,
red bell pepper strips, cowboy
caviar with a citrus twist, green
grapes, peaches.
Thursday — Barbecued rib
sandwich, tater tots, green beans,
jicama sticks, broccoli slaw, Red
Delicious apple, mandarin oranges.
Friday — Macaroni and
cheese, whole-grain bread stick,
peas, carrot sticks, caesar salad,
orange wedges, pineapple tidbits.
First Lutheran School
Monday — Mexican beef bowl,
beans, peaches.
Tuesday — Meatloaf, macaroni
and cheese, green beans.
Wednesday — Chicken
nuggets, mixed fruit, french fries,
carrots.
Thursday — Sloppy Joe,
whole-grain bun, tater tots, pears.
Friday — Tater tot hot dish with
cook’s choice.
Girl Scouts to hold paper drive April 23 and April 24
McLeod South Girl Scouts
will have a paper drive Saturday and Sunday, April 23 and
24, from 9 a.m. to noon, in
Stewart.
The trailer will be parked
in the Cactus Jack’s II parking lot off Highway 212. If
no one is around, just place
paper inside the trailer; the
doors can be opened. The
trailer will be checked
throughout the day.
All types of paper are accepted, but please separate
cardboard from paper. Acceptable items include phone
books, magazines, hard-cover
books (remove the covers),
junk mail, corrugated card-
board, egg carts and clean
food boxes.
For pickup or questions,
please call Mike or Gerri Fitzloff at 320-562-2369.
Proceeds from the paper
drive will benefit the field
trips the girls are planning for
2016.
Remember: I make the forecast, not the weather!
32 Silver Lake seniors
Brownton met Monday, April 11
bike-athon set
for May 1
The Brownton Women’s
Club is hosting the Brownton
bike-a-thon Sunday, May 1,
with alternate rain date of
Saturday, May 7.
Children in kindergarten
through sixth grade may participate. Friends, relatives
and neighbors can sponsor
the riders either with a flat
donation or a per-mile
pledge. Children have from
now to May 1 to ask for
pledges or donations.
The pledges are recorded
on a sponsor/pledge form.
Packets containing registration, parental consent and
pledge forms can be picked
up at the Brownton City Office and Security Bank &
Trust Co.
Participants are asked to
meet at the Brownton City
Park at the Lions Shelter by 1
p.m. on Sunday, May 1, and
are asked to bring their completed forms.
The bike-a-thon starts at 1
p.m. and ends at 4 p.m. At
the end of the ride, hot dogs,
chips, cookies and beverages
will be served to all who attended, including participants
and their families and supporters.
The child with the most
pledges from each of the
three age groups will receive
a new bicycle, and the second-place participant in each
group will receive a $50 gift
card. The age groups are
kindergarten and first grade,
second and third grades, and
fourth through sixth grades.
Every child who rides will
receive a participation prize.
The Brownton Lions Club
is providing the bicycles for
the winners, and Thrivent Financial has contributed a
$250 Community Impact
Card toward the event.
Proceeds from the bike-athon will be used toward
Brownton community projects and events.
The Silver Lake Senior
Citizens Club met Monday,
April 11, with 32 members
present.
The secretary-treasurer’s
report was read and approved.
April birthdays were Ed
Goede, Glen Wraspir and
Margaret Schermann.
The next meeting will be
May 9.
Anne Juncewski thanked
the club for the get-well card.
The county meeting will be
April 20 in Silver Lake.
Cards were set for April 13
at Cedar Crest.
Lunch committee for the
May meeting is Ron and Luanne Mickolichek and Carol
Navratil.
Cards were played after the
meeting. Winners at 31 were
Mercedes Nowak and Doris
Wraspir. 500 winners were
Tony Victorian, Leory Penas,
Delores Goede, Joanne Victorian, Glenn Wraspir, Carol
Navratil, Dallas Ehrke, Sam
Shimanski, Genny Lhotka,
Richard Kosek, Mary
Jaskowiak and Ron Mickolichek.
34th Annual
Stewart Firemen’s
Chicken Dinner
Sunday, May 1
At The Fire Station
10:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
9 for 1⁄2 Chicken
$8.00 for 1⁄4 Chicken
$ .00
Menu: Chicken, Potato, Corn,
Dinner Roll, Coffee/Milk, Dessert
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In the past year, the Troop 352 of the Boys Scouts
has had three members designated as Eagle Scouts.
In the left photo are Scout Master Kevin Dietz and
Mitchell Beneke, who earned his Eagle Scout status
on April 11. In the photo on the right are Kevin Dietz
Weather Quiz: Why did it seem hazy a few days last
week?
Answer to last week’s question (What type of severe
weather kills the most people every year?): The three
main weather killers are: flash flooding, which kills
around 140 people every year; and a tie between lightning and tornadoes, which each kill around 60 people
every year. If we include severe heat or cold outbreaks,
heat would be right up there with flash floods and cold
would be slightly below lightning and tornadoes.
Take-out orders available
Wed., April 20 — McLeod County Senior Citizens
quarterly meeting, Silver Lake Auditorium, 1 p.m.
Thurs., April 21 — AA Group mtg. next to Post Office in Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for info.;
Stewart Lions.
Mon., April 25 — Tops Weigh-In mtg., 5-5:30 p.m.;
Brownton Senior Citizens Club, Brownton Community
Center, 1 p.m.; Brownton Rod & Gun Club, 7 p.m.
Tues., April 26 — Ridgewater College Concert
Choirs present annual free spring concert, First Presbyterian Church, 312 SE Sixth St., Willmar, 7 p.m.
Thurs., April 28 — AA Group mtg. next to Post Office in Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for info.;
Ridgewater College Concert Choirs present annual
free spring concert, Christ the King Lutheran Church,
1040 South Grade Road SW, Hutchinson, 7 p.m.
737 Hall St.,
Stewart
320-562-2553
www.firstmnbank.com
The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, April 20, 2016, page 7
Obituaries
Vernon W. Dressel, 91, Hutchinson
Submitted photo
High School students of the month
Glencoe-Silver Lake High School recently announced the March students
of the month. Front row, from left, are
Madison Kalenberg, Samantha Rogney,
Abigail Maunu and Kirsten Barott; and,
in the back, Erika Mielke, Faith Havlik,
Ashley Bandemer and Jacob Jochum.
Vernon Walter Dressel, 91,
of Hutchinson, died Monday,
April 11, 2016, at Woodstone
Senior Living in Hutchinson.
Funeral
services
were held
Friday,
April 15, at
Vi n e y a r d
U n i t e d
Methodist
Church in
Hutchinson
with
the
Rev. Deb Vernon
Walkes of- Dressel
ficiating. Kay Hayden was
the organist. Soloist Bonnie
Baumetz sang “On Eagle’s
Wings.” Congregational
hymns were “The Garden”
and “Amazing Grace.” Rick
Reiner offered the eulogy,
and Roger Klinghagen was
the reader.
Casket bearers were Mike
Dressel, Dan Dressel, Eric
Dressel, Nate Dressel, Jake
Selstad and Zach Dressel.
Interment was in Oakland
Cemetery in Hutchinson.
Vernon Walter Dressel was
born Nov. 10, 1924, in Hassan Valley Township,
McLeod County, the son of
Aaron and Fredella (Peters)
Dressel. He was baptized as
an infant, and later confirmed
in his faith as a youth, both at
Vineyard United Methodist
Church in Hutchinson. He received his education in country school District 40 in Hassan Valley Township.
On March 5, 1949, he was
united in marriage to Lugene
Peters at the Congregational
Church in Brownton. Their
marriage was blessed with six
children, Thomas, Pat, David,
Mark, Jane and Brian. The
Dressels resided and farmed
in Hassan Valley Township,
rural Hutchinson, and shared
63 years of marriage before
Mrs. Dressel’s death on Jan.
13, 2013.
Mr. Dressel was a lifelong
farmer. He retired in 2000,
but continued to help local
farmers. He was a member of
Vineyard United Methodist
Church in Hutchinson. He
also was a member of the Kiwanis and the Farm Bureau.
Mr. Dressel enjoyed dancing, listening to old-time
music and fishing. He also
enjoyed spending time with
friends drinking coffee. He
was proud of his International
Harvester tractors and Holstein cattle. He was a member
of and served as a past president of the McLeod County
Historical Society. He also
served as an election judge
and as a member of the
creamery board. He was
loved by everyone and was
affectionately known as
“Soapie.” Besides his wife
Lugene, his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren were the most important
part of his life.
He is survived by his children, Patricia (Delgene) Boll
of Hutchinson, David (Annette) Dressel of Hutchinson,
Mark (Jane) Dressel of
Hutchinson, Jane (Lee) Selstad of St. Louis Park and
Brian (Mona) Dressel of
Brownton; daughter-in-law,
Betty Sturges of Brownton;
15 grandchildren, 18-plus
great-grandchildren; sistersin-law, Diane (Warren)
Breckenridges of Chicago,
Illinois, and Edith Peters of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
brother-in-law,
Carlton
“Buzz” Peters of Florida;
many other relatives and
friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Aaron and
Fredella Dressel; wife, Lugene Peters; son, Thomas
Dressel; sister, Amy Dressel;
brothers-in-law, Jay Peters
and Paul Guzie; sisters-inlaw, Fran Guzie and Margaret
Peters; and great-granddaughter, Talon Dressel.
Arrangements were with
the Dobratz-Hantge Funeral
Chapel in Hutchinson. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge.
com.
Mike Kokesch, 63, of Brownton
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Pillars of character
Glencoe-Silver Lake High School recently announced the March Pillars of
Character. Front row, from left, are
Rachel Bonderman, responsibility;
Payton Lilienthal, caring; Catie Holtz,
citizenship; and Emmi Jerabek, respect; and, back, Kirsten Barott, caring; Moriah Maunu, responsibility; and
Dylan Richter, responsibility.
People
Area students earn honors
Several area students were recently inducted into the
Ridgewater College Phi Theta Kappa honor society for
the 2015-2016 academic year. Austin Maynard and
Thomas Hedin of Glencoe, Carl Nolan and Cassandra
Nosbush of Stewart, Kaitlyn Bohning of Silver Lake and
Mackenzie Schmidt of Brownton all earned the honor.
Induction ceremonies were held at the Hutchinson Campus on March 16 and the Willmar Campus on March 21.
Chronicle photo by Rebecca Mariscal
Career day speaker
Glencoe-Silver Lake Lincoln Junior High hosted the fifth
career day speaker for the year on April 15 in the high
school auditorium. Midwest Industrial Tool Grinding,
Inc., (MITGI) Human Resources Director Sheila Murphy
spoke to the students about her responsibilities in
human resources and the MITGI company as a whole.
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NA VFW
Auxiliary
meets
The April 13 meeting of
New Auburn VFW Auxiliary
7266 was called to order by
President Phyllis Schwanke
at the New Auburn City Hall.
Alice Deno read the opening prayer.
The secretary and treasurer
reports were read and accepted.
Bernice Polzin read reports
on Family and Support and
scholarships. Madeleine
Kuehn won the scolarship at
GSL from the New Auburn
VFW Post 7266 for the
amount of $300.
Betty Goettl read reports
on sewing, the charter, 100
percent membership, audits
and Buddy Poppy will be
held May 20.
The Auxiliary donated $25
to Loyalty Days.
Election of officers was
held and positions stayed the
same.
The MIA and POW candle
was lit and a moment of silence was observed.
The next meeting will be
May 11 at 7 p.m. at the New
Auburn City Hall.
Mike Kokesch, 63, of
Brownton, died Tuesday,
April 12, 2016, at his home.
Memorial
services
will be held
S a t u r d a y,
April 23, at
2 p.m., at
DobratzHantge Fun e r a l
Chapel in
Hutchinson.
The Rev. Mike
Jerry Meidl Kokesch
will officiate. Soloists will be
Bobbi Ludewig and Patti
Cogley. Musical selections
will be “Go Rest High on
That Mountain,” “Angels
Among Us” and “Fly Like a
Bird.”
Military honors will be by
the Hutchinson Memorial
Rifle Squad.
Michael John Kokesch was
born Oct. 29, 1952, in New
Ulm, the son of Vernus and
Eileen (Doering) Kokesch.
He was baptized as an infant
on Nov. 9, 1952, at St.
George Catholic Church in
St. George, Minnesota, and
was confirmed in his faith as
a youth at St. Boniface
Catholic Church in Stewart.
He was educated at St. Boniface Parochial School in
Stewart until the seventh
grade, then continued his education in Stewart and was a
graduate of the Stewart High
School class of 1970.
Mr. Kokesch was in the
home, surrounded by his family and friends.
He is survived by his wife,
Barb Smiley of Brownton;
children, Chris Kokesch of
Winthrop, Chad Kokesch of
Stewart and Jess Kokesch
and his fiancée, Karin Elhard,
of Stewart; father, Vernus
Kokesch of Hutchinson;
mother, Eileen Kokesch of
New Ulm; mother-in-law,
Janice Smiley of Hastings;
grandchildren,
Mikaela
Kokesch, Dakota Kokesch
and Milayna Kokesch; stepgrandson, Trevor Elhard;
great-grandchild, Aubrey
Kokesch; twin sister, Marg
(Wendell) Brugman of
Hutchinson; sister, Nancy
Kokesch of New Ulm; brother, Randy (Sandy) Kokesch
of Winthrop; brothers-in-law,
Tom Smiley (Deb), Tim Smiley (Kathy), Mike Smiley
(Karen) and John Smiley
(Keri); extra special friend,
Valentin (Rosie) Garcia and
family of Carrizo Springs,
Texas, and Stewart; Kokesch
Family Farm Trucking gang;
many other nieces, nephews,
relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death
by his grandparents; fatherin-law, Jerry Smiley; brother,
Greg Kokesch; and brotherin-law, Al Garding.
Arrangements were with
the Dobratz-Hantge Chapel in
Hutchinson. Online obituaries
and guest book are available
at www.hantge.com.
for
Brenda Fogarty
Sunday, May 1
NA VFW post
met April 13
The April 13 meeting of
the VFW Post 7266 was
called to order by Commander Willard Grack.
Donations were made to:
Weeping Willows 4-H project, $150.
The pancake breakfast was
held Sunday, April 17, at the
New Auburn City Hall.
The meeting was adjourned. The next meeting
will be May 11 at 7 p.m. at
the New Auburn City Hall.
Army National Guard. He received his training at Fort
Leonard Wood, Missouri, and
served six years as a heavy
equipment operator with the
Winthrop-based Army Reserve Support Battalion. He
was honorably discharged on
July 27, 1978.
On Jan. 2, 1971, he was
united in marriage to Cathy
Jacobson. Their marriage was
blessed with three boys,
Christopher, Chad and Jess.
Mr. Kokesch was a lifelong
farmer and loved it. He
owned and operated Kokesch
Farm and Trucking, which is
located near Stewart.
Through the years, he tried
many aspects of farming and
was very proud of being chosen as a Prime Choice Beef
Producer.
On Oct. 25, 2015, he was
united in marriage to Barb
Smiley after being companions for over 28 years. In
2007, the couple moved into
their “retirement home” on
Lake Marion, and he continued to do what he loved —
working on the farm.
When he wasn’t farming,
he enjoyed hunting, fishing,
camping and traveling. He
took pride in helping his
granddaughters find the best
beef stock to show at the fair
in 4-H. He always had a
smile on his face and cherished the time spent with his
family and friends.
He passed away peacefully
on Tuesday, April 12, in his
Silver Lake Auditorium
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Noel Lawrence Phifer, 90, of Glencoe
homemaker.
In June 2014, she was united in marriage to Tim Hower
at the city park in New
Auburn.
Mrs. Hower was employed
as a team lead assist at H.S.I.
(group home) in Gaylord for
the past 3 1⁄2 years. She also
worked with several people
with autistic disability.
She was a member of
Grace Bible Church in Silver
Lake, and a past member of
the New Auburn City Council. She served on the economic development committee and the trail committee.
She also was a member of the
New Auburn Lions Club.
She enjoyed fishing, hiking, camping and cooking.
She liked being around people. She loved spending time
with her family, especially
her children and grandchildren.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Tim Hower of New
Auburn; children, Daniel
Lorenz of Hutchinson, Chris
(Kylie) Lorenz of New
Auburn, Free Lorenz of
Hutchinson,
Thaddeus
Lorenz of Hutchinson and
Moriah (Justin) Foesch of
Olivia; grandchildren, Chloe
Lorenz and Steel Foesch; father, Allan Schroeder of
Brainerd; siblings, Mike
(Heidi) Schroeder of Virginia,
D’vorah (Kevin) Edwards of
Brainerd and Karen (Kelly)
Moriss of Big Lake; many
nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death
by her mother, Eve Mercuré;
first husband, Duane Lorenz;
and grandparents.
Arrangements were with
the Egesdal Funeral Home in
Gaylord. Online obituaries
and guest book are available
at www.hantge.com.
Frieda L.M. Spiering, 100, Brownton
Frieda Louise Marie Spiering, 100, of Brownton, died
Friday, April 15, 2016, at
Harmony River Living Center
in
Hutchinson.
Funeral
services
were held
Tu e s d a y,
April 19, at
Immanuel
Lutheran
Church in
Brownton
with
the Frieda
Rev.
R. Spiering
Allan Reed
officiating. Dawn Wolter was
the organist. Soloist Lori
Berg sang “Lass Mich
Gehen” and “How Great
Thou Art.” Congregational
hymns were “Beautiful Savior,” “Nearer, My God, to
Thee” and “What a Friend
We Have in Jesus.”
Casket bearers were Randy
Bussler, Donald Wolff, Donald Frauendienst, Larry Podratz, David Latu and
Clarence Frauendienst. Honorary bearers were Adam
Lindeman, Nathan Lindeman
and Heather Bislew.
Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Frieda Louise Marie
Frauendienst was born Jan.
23, 1916, at the family home
in New Auburn Township, to
William and Minnie (Proehl)
Frauendienst. She was baptized at the family home Feb.
6, 1916, by the Rev. George
Diemer. She was confirmed
March 24, 1929, at Immanuel
Lutheran Church in New
Auburn by the Rev. Hans
Werner. She was a member of
Immanuel Lutheran in New
Auburn until her marriage in
August 1943.
She attended Metcalf
School District 35 in New
Auburn, Sibley County, and
graduated from the eighth
grade. She was always very
proud to have been the champion oral speller of the eighth
grade in Sibley County in
1931. She also attended two
years of parochial school at
Immanuel in New Auburn before her confirmation in
1929.
She grew up on the family
farm with seven siblings. She
was very active in helping
with the day-to-day chores
and helping her siblings when
she was needed.
On Aug. 29, 1943, she was
united in marriage to Lloyd
Spiering in a double wedding
ceremony with Lloyd’s sister,
Myrna, and her husband, Gerhard Podratz, of Gaylord. The
wedding ceremony was performed by the Rev. Gerhard
Schmidt at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Brownton.
The couple were blessed
with two children, Sherwyn
and Rhonda. They farmed the
family farm until retirement
in 1979. The farm was a century farm in Penn Township,
McLeod County. Mr. Spiering died on Sept. 10, 1992.
The couple shared 49 years of
marriage. Mrs. Spiering continued to live on the farm
until September 2012, when
she entered assisted living at
the Shade Tree Retirement
Center in Brownton. In February 2015, she became a resident of Harmony River Living Center in Hutchinson.
Mrs. Spiering enjoyed the
country life. She was very
happy to earn her driver’s license privilege at age 75. In
her younger years, she raised
a lot of poultry and had a
large garden. She was an excellent baker and made the
best apple pies, always having one ready for family and
friends who would stop by to
visit. She also was the family
barber and hairdresser, giving
many haircuts and perms. She
was a very loving and caring
grandmother to her three
grandchildren, babysitting
and doing whatever she could
for them. She also spent a lot
of time helping her mother
and sister when they needed
extra help due to aging. She
greatly treasured any time
spent with her family. She
was a wonderful mother, and
especially enjoyed her 14
great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Spiering’s other interests were reading, photo
scrapbooks, family history
and genealogy, Minnesota
history, going to church, and
playing hymns on her electric
organ.
She is survived by her son
and daughter-in-law, Sherwyn and JoAnn Spiering of
Hutchinson; daughter and
son-in-law, Rhonda and Lonnie Lindeman of Brownton;
grandchildren, Heather (Lindeman) Bislew (husband
Johnathan) of Mankato,
Nathan Lindeman (wife
Emily) of Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, and Adam Lindeman
(wife Angie) of Glencoe;
great-grandchildren, Evangeline, Isabel, Faith, Isaiah,
Phinehas, Esther and Shekinah Bislew, and Gabriel, Brianna, Alex, Eric, Sawyer,
Maguire and Dylan Ann Lindeman; sister-in-law, Marian
Frauendienst of Glencoe; and
many other nieces, nephews,
relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, William and
Minnie Frauendienst; husband, Lloyd; sisters and
brothers-in-law, Esther and
Albert Grack, Vera and Fred
Grack and Martha and Harold
Klitzke; brothers and sistersin-law, Walter and Joyce
Frauendienst and Clarence
and Alma Frauendienst;
brother, Virgil Frauendienst;
sister, Lorraine Frauendienst;
and sister-in-law and brotherin-law, Myrna and Gerhard
Podratz.
Arrangements were with
the Dobratz-Hantge Chapel in
Hutchinson.
Online obituaries and guest
book are available at www.
hantge.com.
Charles J. Vacek, 97, of Brownton
Charles J. Vacek, 97, a lifelong resident of Brownton,
died Tuesday, April 12, 2016,
at Harmony River Living
Center in Hutchinson.
A Mass
of Christian
Burial was
held Monday, April
18, at St.
Boniface
Catholic
Church in
Stewart
with
the
Charles
Rev. Gerald
Vacek
S. Meidl officiating. Marjorie Navara
was the organist and Tony
Grack was the lector.
Casket bearers were Joe
Vacek, Charlie Vacek, Patrick
Morelli, David Vacek, John
Rosenau, Jeremiah Kurtz and
LeRoy Lofgren.
Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Charles Joseph Vacek was
born Feb. 9, 1919, at his parents’ home in Collins Township, McLeod County, the
son of Charles and Anna
(Popelka) Vacek. He was
baptized and confirmed at St.
Boniface Catholic Church in
Stewart. He received his
kindergarten through seventh-grade education at the
little round schoolhouse on
Highway 212, eighth grade at
St. Boniface Catholic School,
and graduated from Glencoe
High School.
On Sept. 14, 1946, he was
united in marriage to Dorothy
M. Liska at St. Stanislaus
Church in St. Paul. They
made their home in Collins
Township, rural Brownton,
where they raised their children, Charles and Margaret.
They shared 65 years of marriage before Mrs. Vacek’s
death on May 24, 2012.
Mr. Vacek was a kind and
gentle man who devoted his
life to the farm, his family
and, most importantly, to his
faith. He spent all of his
working years as a farmer, retiring in 1981. He enjoyed
spending time outdoors tending to the animals and the
fields. After retiring, he continued to enjoy helping with
the farm work and spending
time in his workshop. He
cherished the time spent with
his family, especially his children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. Mr.
Vacek was strongly rooted in
his Catholic faith and was a
lifelong member of St. Boniface Catholic Church in
Stewart.
He is survived by his son
and daughter-in-law, Charles
M. and Barb Vacek of Stewart; daughter, Margaret
Morelli of Bayfield, Colorado; grandchildren, Joseph
(Nikki) Vacek,
Jennifer
(John) Rosenau, Charles D.
(Erin) Vacek, Patrick (Kristina) Morelli, Jessica (Jeremiah) Kurtz, Mary (Tony)
Grack, Christine (LeRoy)
Lofgren, David (Rachel)
Vacek and Melissa Vacek; 20
great-grandchildren; many
other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents; wife, Dorothy;
and his siblings and their
spouses, Monsignor Joseph
Vacek, Helen and Bernard
Kuttner and Mary and John
Popelka.
the Hutchinson and Glencoe
country clubs, as well as
president of the McLeod Avenue Townhome Association.
Following retirement, he also
served as an instructor for the
“55 Alive” course, delivered
Meals on Wheels and worked
at Ford Mercury. He served
one term as the mayor of
Glencoe and received the
1999 Glencoe Chamber of
Commerce Senior Citizen of
the Year award.
He loved his vacations, especially traveling to the west
coast, visiting Thailand and
the Hawaiian Islands, and
taking a Caribbean cruise,
seeing the World War II memorial in Washington, D.C.,
and the Statue of Liberty in
New York City, and many
other points of interest in the
U.S. He also enjoyed golfing,
bowling, dancing, playing
cards, family reunions with
siblings, visiting with friends
and relatives, and attending
his children’s and grandchildren’s athletic and theater
events.
He is survived by his wife,
Beverly Phifer of Glencoe;
children, Noel (Bridget)
Phifer Jr. of New Ulm, Kimberly Phifer of Winthrop, formerly of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and Scott (Paradee)
Phifer of Hutchinson; grandchildren, Luke and Matthew
Phifer, Cara, Cayla and
Kendra Kluver, and Wiphawi
Phifer; sister, Cora Caldart;
sisters-in-law, Ordell Klucas
and Ronna Miller; nieces,
nephews and many friends
and relatives.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Joseph and
Ora Phifer; sisters, Helen
Phifer and Jean Sherstad;
brothers, Joseph Phifer and
Lee Phifer; brothers-in-law,
Cars Sherstad, Clyde Caldart,
Roger Miller and Quentin
Klucas;
sisters-in-law,
Katherine Phifer and Lois
Phifer; and nephew, Ricky
Sherstad.
Arrangements were with
the Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe. Online
obituaries and guest book are
available at www.hantge
.com.
In Memory of
Angela Rozeske
14 Brownton
seniors meet
on Monday
Fourteen Brownton senior
citizens met Monday afternoon at the Brownton Community Center.
Winning at cards were
Lowell Brelje, first, and Audrey Tongen, second, 500;
and Verona Katzenmeyer,
first, and Ruby Streich, second, pinochle.
Pearl Streu won the door
prize.
The next meeting will be
Monday, April 25, at 1 p.m.
All area seniors are welcome.
In Memory of Mom & Dad
Luella Kaczmarek
April 28, 2013
Oct. 1, 1913 – April 21, 1994
It’s been 3 years since
we said our last goodbyes.
We miss your fresh
baked kolaches
and carmel rolls,
visiting with you
and our little talks.
Also your millions
of prayers you said
for all of us.
Keep praying for us.
June 29, 1913 – July 16, 1988
We love and
miss you Mom,
Your Family
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Joseph Rozeske
Remembrance is a golden chain
Death tries to break, but all in vain.
To have, to love, and then to part
Is the greatest sorrow of one’s heart.
The years may wipe out many things
But some they wipe out never.
Like memories of those happy times
When we were all together.
From your family,
JoAnn & Larry Ardolf
Al & Betty Rozeske
RoseMary & Harry Stibal & family
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Catherine Hower, 54, of
New Auburn, died suddenly
on Tuesday, April 12, 2016,
at her home.
A private memorial service
will be held with the Rev.
Tom Rakow officiating and
Mike Loch as the pianist.
Congregational hymns will
be “They’ll Know We Were
Christian” and “It Is Well
With My Soul.”
Catherine Anne (Schroeder) (Lorenz) Hower was born
Oct. 11, 1961, in Shakopee,
the daughter of Allan and Eve
(Mercuré) Schroeder. She
was a graduate of Cologne
High School. She enlisted in
the U.S. Navy and was later
honorably discharged.
She was united in marriage
to Duane Lorenz on May 14,
1986, in Shakopee. The couple shared 23 years of marriage before Mr. Lorenz’s
death on July 22, 2009. She
was a loving mother and
tended the College of Commerce in Minneapolis and received an accounting degree.
He then attended St. Cloud
State Teachers College, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in 1951 with majors in
physical education and business. He received his master’s degree in school administration at South Dakota
State University in 1965.
Mr. Phifer’s first teaching
and coaching position was in
Stewart in 1951. He also
taught in Alberta, coached
and taught in Butterfield and
returned to Stewart as the
high school principal in 1964.
In 1968, he came to Glencoe,
where he started one of the
first middle schools in the
state of Minnesota and served
as the principal until his retirement in 1984. In the years
between Stewart and Butterfield, he also worked as a
cashier at the First State Bank
of Stewart, and sold Lutheran
Brotherhood insurance, living
in Olivia and Bird Island, before returning to his true love
of teaching and coaching.
On May 29, 1955, he married Beverly Miller at St.
Paul’s American Lutheran
Church in Stewart. This
union was blessed with three
children, Noel Jr. “Ace,”
Kimberly and Scott. The couple enjoyed 60 years of married life and did everything
together.
Mr. Phifer was a member
of the Lutheran church in
Butterfield; St. Paul’s Lutheran in Stewart, where he
taught Sunday school for the
high school classes; Christ
Lutheran in Glencoe, where
he taught confirmation classes, served as a lay minister
and was on the church council. He served on the hospital
board, library board and Pioneerland Library Board, and
was a member of “Befrienders,” Hospice, the Hutchinson American Legion Post 96
and a life member of the
Glencoe Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 5102. He was a
past member of the Butterfield Fire Department, Stewart American Legion, Stewart
and Glencoe Lions clubs and
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Noel Lawrence Phifer, 90,
of Glencoe, died Monday,
April 11, 2016, at his home.
Funeral services were held
Friday, April 15, at Christ
Lutheran
Church in
Glencoe
with the
R e v .
Katherine
Rood officiating.
T w y l a
Kirkeby
was the or- Noel Phifer
ganist.
Soloist Randy Wilson sang
“The Lord’s Prayer.” Congregational hymns were “How
Great Thou Art,” “Amazing
Grace” and “Battle Hymn of
the Republic.” Special music
by Cara, Cayla and Kendra
Kluver was “Into the West.”
Military honors were by
Glencoe VFW Post 5102.
Casket bearers were middle
school staff. Interment was in
the Glencoe City Cemetery.
Noel Lawrence Phifer was
born June 29, 1925, to Joseph
and Ora (Kloos) Phifer in
Donnelly, Minnesota, the
youngest of six children. He
was baptized on July 19,
1925, at St. John’s American
Lutheran Church in Donnelly
by the Rev. Gustav A. Pilgrim, and confirmed at the
same church on June 12,
1938, by the Rev. C.J.
Kumpf. He received his elementary education in Donnelly and secondary education in
Alberta, Minnesota, graduating in 1943.
Following graduation, he
joined the U.S. Marine Corps
and served 33 months. He
went through boot camp in
San Diego, California, and
took his combat training in
communications at Camp
Pendleton. He was shipped
overseas to Pearl Harbor, the
Midway Islands for 15
months, back to Pearl Harbor,
then on to Okinawa and
Guam, serving a total of 27
months in the Pacific Theatre,
and his last six months in
China. He was honorably discharged in April 1946. After
being discharged, he worked
at various jobs until he at-
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Submitted photos
Pictured above is the McLeod County
4-H senior general livestock team. In
the front, holding the sign, are Kyle
Wanous and Grace Jeurissen. In the
back are Matthew Dahlke, Ethan Kaufmann, Emily Ward and Coach Patty
Dahlke.
Members of the junior general livestock
team are, front, Zoe Ruschmeier and
Aaron Ward; and, back, Montana
Sanchez, Zach Wanous, Justin Frick
and Coach Paula Frick.
McLeod 4-H livestock project bowl teams play in regional competition
When selecting a meat animal on structural soundness,
special emphasis should be
placed on what body parts?
Answer: Feet and legs. What
are four of the major diseases
affecting sheep? Answer: parasites, pneumonia, pregnancy
disease, vibrio, enterotoxemia, sore mouth, scours,
mastitis, foot rot, and urinary
culculi.
These are just two examples of the questions an-
swered by McLeod County 4H’ers as they participated in
the regional General Livestock Bowl Contest Saturday,
March 19, in Redwood Falls.
McLeod County 4-H had two
teams that competed at this
contest against other teams
from across the state.
Senior general livestock
team members are Matthew
Dahlke, Emily Ward, Kyle
Wanous, Ethan Kaufman and
Grace Jeurissen. This team
placed fifth overall at regions
and was coached by Patty
Dahlke.
Junior general livestock
team members are Justin
Frick, Zack Wanous, Zoe
Ruschmeier,
Montana
Sanchez and Aaron Ward.
This team placed third overall
at regions and was coached
by Paula Frick. This team
qualified to advance to the
state bowl competition.
General livestock project
Bowl is an educational project in which 4-H’ers learn
many aspects of the beef,
meat goat, sheep, and swine
species and how to work as a
team member. Participants
enhance their study skills by
using selected reference materials. Some of the topics include: feed and nutrition, animal care, breed characteristics, and reproduction.
This accumulated knowledge is tested in the form of a
contest, similar to a “College
Quiz Bowl” competition. At
the contest, 4-H’ers must
work together with other
team members to answer
questions to the best of their
ability. The knowledge and
skills gained in the participation of this project are carried
on to all other aspects and
projects of the Minnesota 4-H
beef, meat goat, sheep, and
swine projects, and possibly
into a future career or work
field.
For more information on
how to become involved in
general livestock project
bowl or 4-H, please call the
McLeod County Extension
Office at 320-484-4305 (tollfree 1-800-587-0770), email
dacole@umn.edu or visit
http://www3.extension.umn.
edu/county/mcleod.
Grace church shows new organ
Grace Lutheran Church,
Brownton, has invited Jim
Hockin to showcase its new
organ Sunday, April 24, at 2
p.m. The public is invited to
the concert, which will include some hymn singing,
too.
Grace Lutheran Church recently purchased a Rodgers
559, two-manual organ for
use in its sanctuary. The
organ replaced the organ the
church had purchased in
1973.
Hockin is pleased to be invited to showcase the organ
as he has performed on
Rodgers organs since 1972.
He is a product and education
specialist for the Rodgers
Organ Studio of Minneapolis.
Beginning his study of piano
and organ as a youth, Hockin
continued to pursue keyboard
performance at the University
of Minnesota. He has served
as an organist at churches in
the Minneapolis area for
more than 40 years. Now retired from his dental practice,
he continues to delight in displaying how the organ is an
inspirational instrument for
both singing and listening.
The concert is free and
after the concert coffee and
treats will be served. A
freewill offering will be received.
Submitted photos
Members of the 4-H senior horse bowl
team are, from left, Kianna Dolezal,
Abby Gruber, Alyssa Gruber and Hayley Bolland.
4-H horse bowl teams participated
in regional competition March 19
What can you put on a bit
to prevent it from rusting
while not being used? Answer: Vaseline or petroleum
jelly.
This is just one example of
the questions answered by
McLeod County 4-H’ers as
they participated in the regional Horse Bowl Contest
held Saturday, March 19, in
Redwood Falls.
McLeod County 4-H had
two teams that competed at
this contest against other
teams from across the state.
Senior horse team members are Hayley Bolland,
Kianna Dolezal, Abby Gruber
and Alyssa Gruber. This team
placed seventh overall at regions and was coached by
Jessica Bolland.
Junior horse team members
are Aliya Emme, Jada Emme,
Tayler Jutz, Austin Lang and
Shelby Lang. This team
placed second overall at regions and was coached by
Becky Scheel Lang and Jan
Jutz. This team qualified to
advance to the state bowl
competition.
Horse Bowl is an educational project, in which 4H’ers learn many aspects of
the horse and how to work as
a team member. Participants
enhance their study skills by
using selected reference materials. Topics include equine
anatomy, conformation, feed
and nutrition, evolution,
breed characteristics, reproduction, horse management,
tack and equipment, styles of
riding and the exhibition of
horses.
This accumulated knowledge is tested in the form of a
contest, similar to a “college
quiz bowl” competition. At
the contest, 4-H’ers must
work together with other
team members to answer
questions to the best of their
ability. The knowledge and
skills gained in the participation of this project are carried
on to all other aspects and
projects of the Minnesota 4-H
Horse Program, such as horse
judging and hippology, and
possibly into the career or
work field.
For more information on
how to become involved in
Horse Bowl or 4-H, please
call the McLeod County Extension Office at 320-4844305 (toll-free 1-800-5870770), email dacole@umn.
edu, or visit http://www3.ex
tension.umn.edu/county/mc
leod.
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The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, April 20, 2016, page 10
VFW Auxiliary meets,
elects officers for year
The regular monthly meeting of the Glencoe VFW Post
5102 Auxiliary was called to
order on April 11 by President Angela Johnson with 21
members present. Opening
ceremony and roll call was
taken. Secretary’s minutes
were read and approved and
the treasurer’s report was approved and filed subject to
audit. Bills were approved.
General orders and communications were read.
Chairman reports were given.
A moment of silence was
held for the POW/MIAs.
The State Convention is in
Rochester June 8-12. Loyalty
Days will be held in Chaska
on April 30.
Unfinished Business – Pillow cleaning will be held at
the VFW on Friday, May 6.
Poppy Luncheon is May 19.
Callers will be Nancy Rannow and Virginia Adams.
The poppy cards were as-
Submitted photo
Re-elected directors to the McLeod Cooperative
Power board at its annual meeting Tuesday, April 12,
were, from left, Keith Peterson of Hector, Gerald
Roepke of New Germany and Randy Hlavka of Silver
Lake. Each will serve another three-year term.
400 attend MCPA annual meeting
New Germany were elected
to serve Districts, 7, 8, and 9,
respectively.
Reports were given by Financial Service Manager Jan
Sanderson, General Manager
Carrie L. Buckley. Jon
Brekke of Great River Energy
was guest speaker. Cheryl
Beilke, Operation Round Up
Board member, announced
the Operation Round Up
award winners. 2015 Washington, D.C., youth winner
Ruby Redekopp thanked the
members for sending her to
the youth gathering and
shared her favorite experiences.
Attendance prizes were
also awarded. The grand
prize was a $300 electric bill
credit. It was won by
Jonathan Bulau of Gibbon.
Following the annual meeting, the board of directors
elected their officers for the
coming year. Keith Peterson
was selected as board president, Roger Karstens as vice
president, Doug Kirtz as secretary-treasurer, and Gerald
Roepke as assistant secretarytreasurer. Randy Hlavka will
be the cooperative’s representative to Great River Energy.
McLeod
Cooperative
Power is a rural electric cooperative providing electric
service to approximately
6,700 accounts in McLeod,
Carver, Sibley, Renville,
Wright, Kandiyohi, and
Meeker counties.
8 steps to being a safe operator
Spring is a reminder of a
new start and, for me, farm
safety. Farm safety is so important to those working in
agriculture, their families and
those using rural roadways.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website
has numerous resources related to workplace safety and
health topics. Every day,
there are 167 agricultural
workers who suffer a lostwork-time injury. Five percent of these injuries result in
permanent impairment.
Although agriculture is
safer than it once was, it still
ranks among the most dangerous industries. Those
working on farms risk fatal
and nonfatal injuries, workrelated lung diseases, noiseinduced hearing loss, skin
diseases and certain cancers
from prolonged sun and
chemical use. Many of the
mechanical, chemical and environmental hazards increase
the risk of accidents. There
were 374 farmers and farm
workers who died from workrelated injuries in 2012. The
leading cause of death for
farmers and farmworkers was
tractor overturns.
Unfortunately, we continue
seeing injuries and fatalities
in the agricultural industry
and often they can be prevented. Most everyone working in the agricultural area
knows of someone who has
been injured or has died as a
direct result of a farming accident. Farm equipment is
safer than it used to be, but
there are still injuries and fatalities that can occur.
Kansas State University
Research and Extension highlights eight simple steps to be
a safe machinery operator in
its publication “Machinery
Safety on the Farm.”
1. Be aware. Recognize
where and what the hazards
are.
2. Be prepared. Replace
worn parts promptly and do
daily pre-operational checks.
Include preseason checks.
Take advantage of the offseason to do additional maintenance work. This gives you
time to order any shields and
other parts you may need.
Anticipate problems.
3. Read the operator ’s
manual. The simple tips and
precautions in this publication are no substitute for the
operator’s manual for each
piece of machinery. If the
manual is missing, contact
your dealer or check online to
get another one.
4. Shield all moving parts.
Mileka’s Run
set for May 8
The fifth annual Mileka’s
Run is set for Sunday, May 8
(Mother’s Day), in the Silver
Lake City Park.
A kids’ 1K run will start at
10:30 a.m., followed by a 5K
fun run/walk at 11 a.m.
The run is hosted by the
family of Mileka Hall, who
died on Mother’s Day weekend in 2011 from injuries sustained in an all-terrain vehicle
(ATV) accident.
In her honor, her family —
mother JoAnna Hall, father
Kyle Wawrzyniak and sisters
Brianna and Ashley Hall —
have organized this 5K
run/walk to celebrate Mileka’s life and her positive impact on others.
Mileka was a huge supporter of her mother’s races, and
was considered JoAnna’s
“cheering section.”
Registration includes a Tshirt and a light lunch provided after the race.
Pre-event registration is
available at www.milekas
run.com. Registrations also
are accepted the day of the
race, but there is no guarantee
of a T-shirt for race-day registrants.
Farm Notes
By Nathan Winter
Make the machine as safe as
possible.
5. Respect power take-off
(PTO) and hydraulics. Remember that any machine
that is powered by a PTO driveline or has hydraulic systems is inherently dangerous.
6. Shut it off. Before servicing any machine, disengage
the PTO, turn off the engine,
remove the key, and wait for
all parts to stop moving.
7. Watch yourself. Try to
avoid particularly hazardous
jobs if you’re physically ill or
mentally distracted. Fatigue
and stress cause many accidents.
8. Use a machine only for
its intended purpose.
Often youth are utilized to
help out with the farm work.
Be sure to look out for their
interests by keeping them
safe.
In 2012, an estimated
14,000 youths were injured
on farms, 2,700 of these in-
juries were due to farm work.
On average, there are 113
youths less than 20 years of
age who die annually from
farm-related injuries, with the
most prevalent age group
being those from 16 to 19
years of age.
Of the leading sources of
fatal injuries to youth, 23 percent involved machinery (including tractors), 19 percent
involved motor vehicles (including ATVs), and 16 percent were due to drowning.
Be safe in your work and
look out for the safety of others as well.
Sources:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, http://
www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ag
injury/.
Kansas State University
Research and Extension “Machinery Safety on the Farm,”
http://www.bookstore.ksre.
ksu.edu/pubs/MF2941.pdf.
Common Cup 5K run/walk set
There will be a 5K walk or
run to raise funds for Common Cup Ministry on Saturday, May 7, at Masonic West
River Park in Hutchinson.
Each entrant who pre-registers before April 25 will receive a T-shirt and a backpack. Pre-registration fees are
discounted from same-day
registration fees. Same-day
registration starts at 8:30 a.m.
at the park shelter, and Tshirts and backpacks are not
guaranteed for same-day registrants. All registered participants will receive lunch at the
park shelter.
The 5K walk will start at 10
a.m. The run will start at
10:30 a.m.
Registration forms are
available at the Common Cup
offices, 105 Second Ave. SW
in Hutchinson and First
Lutheran Church, 925 13th St.
E, Glencoe. They also are
available at Faith Lutheran
Church, 335 Main St. S in
Hutchinson, or online at
www.common-cup.org.
For more information, contact Ralph Johnson at 320587-6733.
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The members of McLeod
Cooperative Power Association (MCPA) gathered for the
81st annual meeting of the
Cooperative on Tuesday,
April 12, at the Hutchinson
Event Center. About 400
members and guests attended
the meeting and were served
a roast pork dinner.
Three directors were reelected for a three-year term
each: Randy Hlavka of Silver
Lake, Keith Peterson of Hector and Gerald Roepke of
sembled after the meeting.
New Business – Election
of officers was held: president, Angela Johnson; senior
vice president, Judy Schuch;
junior vice president, Jean
Schmidt; treasurer, Barb
Buska; chaplain, Nancy Rannow; conductress, Darlene
Godel; guard, Joan Wandrei;
three-year trustee, Kathy
Schuetz. Installation of officers will be held May 16 at 7
p.m. The audit was given and
accepted. It was decided to
hire Julie Winkler to clean
the club. A date the last week
in April will be set for delivering Poppy Cards to businesses. A $100 donation to
the Relay for Life was approved.
Lunch committee for May
9 will be Connie Jutz, Marlene Engelke, Verda Wittenburg and Stacy Harpel.
The meeting was adjourned
until May 9.
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