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The McLeod County
Glencoe, Minnesota Vol. 117, No. 32
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Wednesday, August 13, 2014
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GSL School Board
OKs gas, diesel bid
By Alyssa Schauer
Staff Writer
The Glencoe-Silver Lake School
Board approved the fuel bid for gas
and diesel from Cenex — Glencoe
Co-op Association, despite it being a
higher bid, at its regular meeting
Monday.
Business Manager Michelle
Sander said the fuel bid from Cenex
is for 5 cents off the pump price per
gallon for diesel and 6 cents off per
gallon for gas from Aug. 1 through
July 31, 2015.
Sander said that although this wasn’t the lowest bid, the reason for
choosing Cenex was because of
“pump price comparison and bus entrance convenience.”
She said a bid came in from Super
America at a discount of 10 cents off
the pump price per gallon for diesel
and gas but said that station typically
runs 5 to 10 cents higher than other
stations.
“The discount is a little deceiving,” Sander said.
She said the second-lowest bid
came from the Little Duke’s Holiday
Station at Coborn’s for 6 cents off
pump price per gallon for diesel and
gas, but commented that buses have
a difficult time maneuvering through
that station, which takes more time
for the drivers before and after
school.
In other matters, the Board:
• Recognized former Chronicle
Editor Rich Glennie for his years of
service and coverage in the GSL
school district.
• Heard a report from Mike Sundblad and SuperMileage team members Brent Duenow and Martin Mallak about the team’s entries in the
Minnesota Technology and Engineering Educators Association
(MTEEA) and their trip to Brainerd
International Raceway to compete.
Students designed, built and tested
two one-person vehicles, one for the
modified division and one for the E85 division, with the goal of achieving “super” mileage.
• Heard the tennis courts reconstruction should be completed by the
end of the week.
Sander said workers have been
coating and painting the courts and
are scheduled to paint lines and install sod on Wednesday and Thursday.
“They are looking really nice and
we’re hoping to be completed by
Thursday,” she said.
She added that tennis practice
started Monday and the old courts
are “quite full and it’s difficult for
the team to get their workouts in.”
• Heard the Truth in Taxation hearing for GSL is scheduled prior to the
regularly scheduled School Board
meeting on Monday, Dec. 8, beginning at 6:01 p.m., in Lincoln meeting
room 124.
• Approved the interagency agreement between GSL and Heartland
Community Action Agency, Inc.,
Early Head Start/Head Start from
Sept. 1 through Aug. 31, 2015.
This agreement establishes working procedures between the programs to provide services to children
ages birth through 5 in compliance
with federal and state laws and regulations.
• Approved additional hours for
high school paraprofessionals Ila
Grams and Mary Kohr from 6.75
hours a day to 7.25 hours a day for
morning personal care for the students.
• Hired Tamra Smertneck as a full-
School Board
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Filings closed Tuesday
for school, city ballots
Filings for candidacy have
been slowly trickling in for the
Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL)
School Board and area municipal
elections.
Filings closed Tuesday at 5
p.m.; here is a list of filed candidates as of noon Tuesday, before
the Chronicle went to press:
GSL School Board: incumbents Anne Twiss, Clark Christianson and Jason Lindeman have
all filed for re-election. Former
School Board Member Gary
Schreifels also has filed. There
are three four-year seats to be
voted upon in the Nov. 4 election.
City of Glencoe: Incumbent
Lori Adamietz has filed for reelection to her at-large seat, and
is being challenged by Allen
Robeck. Also up for election are
the seats currently held by John
Schrupp, Precinct 1, and Gary
Ziemer, Precinct 3. No one had
filed for those positions as of
Tuesday at noon.
Filings
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Chronicle photo by Alyssa Schauer
Cousins Bob Miley and Mary (Lende) Haxby donated Charles Lindbergh memorabilia items to
the Glencoe Historic Preservation Society last
week. In 1923, Lindbergh crashed his plane on
the George Miley farm, grandfather to Bob and
Mary. Donated items include a signed wooden
propeller from that airplane (pictured right) and
books authored and signed by Lindbergh. The
items will be on display in a glass case in the
south lobby of the Glencoe City Center.
Lindbergh items find a home
with Glencoe historic society
By Alyssa Schauer
Staff Writer
he Glencoe Historic Preservation Society (GHPS) welcomed a few “new” items
to its collection last week thanks to
Bob Miley and his cousin, Mary
Haxby, who donated memorabilia
items from Charles Lindbergh’s
1923 plane crash in Glencoe.
Items include a signed wooden
propeller from the World War I biplane, nicknamed “Jenny,” that
Lindbergh crashed in Glencoe, and
signed books written by Lindbergh,
including “The Spirit of St. Louis”
and “Boyhood on the Mississippi.”
The memorabilia will be stored in
a glass case and will be on display in
the south lobby of the Glencoe City
Center, according to Jerome Ide,
member of the GHPS.
Bob Miley and Haxby inherited
the items from their parents, Lewis
Miley and Marlys (Miley) Lende,
who had received the memorabilia
from their father, George Miley.
“I really didn’t want to see it in a
private collection. It happened in
Glencoe and that’s where it should
stay,” Miley said about the items
from the plane crash.
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Lindbergh is most known for his
solo transatlantic flight from New
York City to Paris, France, in May
1927 at the age of 25.
The flight took roughly 331⁄2 hours
and thrilled people around the
world. He was honored with awards
and celebrations and was given the
Congressional Medal of Honor from
President Calvin Coolidge.
But before the parades in his
honor, before the awards and before
his famous flight, he was a daredevil
pilot who crashed a little plane in
Glencoe in 1923.
That year, Lindbergh bought a
JN4D World War I biplane, nicknamed “Jenny,” and when in flight
with his father to a political rally at
the new community center in Glencoe, landed between the George
Miley farm and the Ernest Lemke
farm.
According to Ide, who wrote a detailed account of the 1923 crash,
Lindbergh noticed a control problem
with his plane and cut the throttle.
His plane continued to roll and his
wheels ran into a drainage ditch,
badly damaging his plane and breaking the landing gear, wing and pro-
peller.
Lewis Miley, son of George
Miley, used a hand saw to cut off the
good side of the broken propeller
and kept it, which Lindbergh signed
in the 1970s to prove its authenticity.
It took nearly three weeks to repair Lindbergh’s plane, and in that
time, Lewis Miley and Lindbergh
became friends.
Bob Miley said Lindbergh stayed
with the family on the Miley farm
for a bit during the repair and he
shared how his father, Lewis, told
him he and Lindbergh would play
practical jokes on each other.
Haxby said she remembers her
grandparents saying Lindbergh had
an appetite, and enjoyed picking
over their strawberry fields.
Lindbergh also befriended others
in the Glencoe community, including Florian, Herbert and Francis
Hain and Heston Benson, who
joined Lindbergh on a few daredevil
flights later on.
Ide’s full detailed account of Lindbergh in Glencoe can be found at the
Glencoe Public Library in the
GHPS’ glass display case.
‘Yellow Ribbon’ program will tie it all together for servicemen
By Lori Copler
Editor
here are tons of resources in
McLeod County for veterans, active and reserve service people, and their families, Veteran Services Officer Jim Lauer says.
But how do military people and
their families find out about the resources available to them?
That’s where the “Beyond the Yellow Ribbon” project comes in, said
Lauer.
According to its website, the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon program’s
mission is to have “a comprehensive
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program that creates awareness for
the purpose of connecting Service
members and their families with
community support, training, services and resources.”
The County Board passed a resolution in July seeking Beyond the
Yellow Ribbon designation from the
state of Minnesota. McLeod County
will officially be declared a “Yellow
Ribbon” community on Friday, Aug.
15, at the McLeod County Fair.
“The key is that this is not just for
veterans,” said Lauer. “It’s for veterans, active military and reservists,
and their families.”
Weather
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Lauer said McLeod County has always been supportive of its military
personnel, both active and veterans.
Active military personnel have a
support network centered around
military bases, said Lauer, and their
families travel with them.
Reservists, on the other hand, are
deployed from local armories, leaving family and friends behind.
And coming home has reintegration issues, Lauer said. Service people have to re-establish relationships
with their spouses and children, who
may have grown and changed while
they were away.
The past week: Weather was
mostly mild, with scattered
showers over the weekend.
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“And they’re asking, ‘do I still
have a job? Do I need to find a job?
Should I go back to school? Can I
support my family?’” said Lauer.
The goal of the Beyond the Yellow
Ribbon program is to help service
people and their families with these
issues.
“We have lots of help available,”
said Lauer, from the emergency food
shelf to Heartland Community Action Agency, to Social Services, to
Lauer’s own office to a person in a
workforce center whose specific role
is to help retiring or returning service
people.
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Temperatures and precipitation compiled by Robert Thurn, Chronicle
weather observer.
“But people ask, ‘where do I go
for my specific issue? Where do I go
to get the help I need?’” said Lauer.
A key function of the program is to
cross-train people from each agency
and organization so that they know
what other agencies offer, said Lauer.
That way, even if an agency or organization can’t help someone, it can
point the person in the right direction.
And on the personal side, there are
people in the community who want
Yellow Ribbon
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Two injured in head-on crash
A head-on collision at Highway 212 and Morningside
Drive in Glencoe Monday afternoon resulted in nonlife-threatening injuries to the drivers of both vehicles. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Jeffry
E. Cummins, 50, of Glencoe, was northbound on
Morningside in a 2011 Dodge Durango, and John W.
Lowe, 41, of Eagan, was eastbound on Highway 212
in a 2013 Chevrolet Express van when the two collid-
ed. Both drivers were wearing seatbelts, and the
airbags in each vehicle deployed, according to the
State Patrol. Both drivers were taken to the Glencoe
hospital by Allina Ambulance for treatment of their injuries. Also responding were the Glencoe police and
fire departments, as well as the McLeod County Sheriff’s Department. The accident occurred about 4 p.m.
Children who are three or four on or before
September 1, 2014 (and potty trained) are
welcome to enroll in our program.
If you are interested in registration please
call the school at 320-510-1811.
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Happenings
Legion Auxiliary set to meet
The Glencoe American Legion Ladies Auxiliary will
meet Monday, Aug. 18, at 7 p.m., at the Glencoe Fire
Hall. Lunch will be served.
Fish boil dinner set Aug. 24
First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Glencoe is hosting its fifth-annual fish boil dinner on Sunday, Aug. 24,
from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the church fellowship center. The church is located at 925 13th St. E. The menu includes pollock, tartar sauce, potatoes, onions, coleslaw,
bread with butter, dessert and a beverage. A freewill donation is asked for the Orphan Grain Train. Supplemental
funds are by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.
Food cooperative meeting set
There will be a public informational meeting on a potential new natural food cooperative, to be located in
Glencoe, on Tuesday, Aug. 19, at 6:30 p.m., in the senior
citizens room of the Glencoe City Center.
Bell choir to perform at fair
The Golden Entertainers, the bell choir from the Glencoe Regional Health Services’ long-term care unit, will
perform at the McLeod County Fair on Wednesday, Aug.
13, at 3 p.m., on the Promise Stage. This is the second
year the group has entertained at the fair. Glencoe Regional Health Services is a primary-care facility with a
25-bed critical access hospital, 110-bed nursing home,
40-unit senior housing complex and clinics in Glencoe,
Lester Prairie and Stewart.
Plato burger night set Aug. 14
The Plato Lions Club is hosting a burger night and
Community Strings concert Thursday, Aug. 14, from 4
p.m. to 7 p.m., in the Plato Park. Music begins at 5:30
p.m. Please bring your own chairs. The Plato Lions donate all profits back to community, school, city and international projects.
Republicans to be at fair
The McLeod County Republicans will provide literature and information on the current issues from legislators and candidates at the Republican Party booth at the
McLeod County Fair Wednesday, Aug. 13, through Sunday, Aug. 17. Drawings will be held daily and weekly
with prizes for both adults and children. Scheduled to appear are state Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; state Rep. Dean Urdahl,
Thursday, 1 p.m.-5 p.m., Friday, 3 p.m.-8 p.m., and Saturday, 6 p.m.-8 p.m.; and state Sen. Scott Newman, also
a candidate for attorney general, will post his availability
at the booth.
Class of 1948 reunion set
The Glencoe High School class of 1948 will have a reunion Saturday, Aug. 16, at 11:30 a.m., at Dubbs Grill &
Bar. For reservations, call 320-864-3062.
Seniors club to meet Aug. 14
The Glencoe Senior Citizens Club will meet Thursday,
Aug. 14, at 12:30 p.m., in the Glencoe City Center Senior
Room, for socializing and games. The senior citizens
club also will meet Tuesday, Aug. 19, at 12:30 p.m. All
senior citizens are invited to attend. More information
can be obtained by calling 320-864-3799 or 320-5101551.
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City of Brownton: Incumbent Council Member Norman Schwarze and Sarah
Potts have filed for candidacy
for mayor. Incumbent Mayor
Jay Werner announced at the
Aug. 5 meeting that he will
not place his name on the ballot, but would consider accepting the position if he won
on a write-in vote. Incumbent
Council Member Doug Block
filed for re-election. Incumbent Council Member Chuck
Warner said at the City Council meeting that he will not
run again.
City of New Auburn: Incumbent Mayor Doug Munsch has filed for re-election.
There are five candidates for
two open City Council seats
— Sheri Lowden, incumbent;
and Craig Lowden, Corey
Schwanke, Barb Schutte and
Vicki Holtz.
City of Plato — As of
noon Tuesday, Bob Becker
had filed for re-election as
mayor, and VeeAnn Wood
had filed for re-election to the
City Council. The seat held
by Julie Wischnack also is
open for election.
City of Stewart: Incumbent Mayor Jason Peirce has
filed for re-election. Four
candidates have filed for two
open City Council seats: incumbent Cindy Merrell and
Kevin Masrud, Chuck
Kruggel and Curt Glaeser. Incumbent Mike Knox had not
filed as of noon on Tuesday.
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to help, but don’t know how.
Lauer said that help can be as
simple as mowing lawns or
shoveling snow while a service member is deployed, or
helping in other ways.
“It’s all about creating a
network,” said Lauer.
“Putting people in touch with
each other.”
Friday’s proclamation
won’t be the final step in the
process, said Lauer. In fact,
it’s just getting off the
ground.
“Now we get down to the
nuts and bolts,” said Lauer.
A steering committee has
been established, which consists of Louis Goldstein, an
Army Reservist who is active
with the Wounded Warrior
Project; Dale and Becky
Kotkan, who are family representatives as they have a
son who is a Guardsman and
a Reservist, and Lauer.
Wayne Pettis, who recently
passed away, also was a
member of the steering committee as a representative of
veterans organizations.
“Wayne fought a four-year
battle with cancer, but still
was very engaged in veterans
issues,” said Lauer. “It was
that important to him. Sadly,
we will have to find someone
to replace him on the committee.”
How the networking will
be established is still being
worked out, said Lauer.
“We don’t know if it will
be a phone-tree network, a
website or a Facebook page,
or all of them,” he said. “But
it will be a formal network so
everyone knows what everyone else can do. We’re bringing together all the stakeholders.”
Along with various veterans organizations, Lauer said
the effort is gaining support
from area chambers of commerce, the schools, United
Way, and others.
The program will be considered countywide, and there
is very little cost to the county, Lauer said. Most of the
help will be volunteer, and
McLeod County’s participation includes providing meeting space, Website access and
other “in-kind” services. The
state of Minnesota will provide “Yellow Ribbon” signs
showing McLeod County’s
designation as a “Yellow Ribbon” county.
Lauer said Friday’s proclamation ceremony will include
an appearance by Secretary of
State Mark Ritchie and other
local representatives. It will
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Lennie Albers begins duties as new
McLeod Emergency Food Shelf director
By Alyssa Schauer
Staff Writer
ennie Albers, 40, the
new executive director at the McLeod
County Emergency Food
Shelf, is finding the job to be
“a very good fit.”
Albers has been with the
food shelf since November,
and took over duties as executive director from Marietta
Neumann, who retired, just
last week.
“I was just looking for
something more. It’s a very
purposeful job,” Albers said.
Before taking on executive
director work at the food
shelf, Albers worked in the
social services industry and
provided in-home skills counseling and other care for
clients at Recovery Resources
in Winsted.
She is a Norwood native,
and graduated from Dordt
College in Sioux Center,
Iowa, with a degree in psychology.
Albers said she started at
the food shelf after seeing an
ad in the paper looking for
help. “I thought I’d try it out.
And here I am. Everything
was meant to be.”
She said Neumann had
been “grooming her” for the
executive director duties
since she started, but “it wasn’t a sure thing.
“I just paid attention and
watched her closely in her job
to learn the ropes. I do have a
L
lot to learn and I have to get
myself into a schedule, but
it’s going well,” Albers said.
“I just enjoyed being here
and seeing the whole process,
from the people we are serving to the volunteers to the
donors. Everybody has a passion. It’s great to be part of
this group. Everyone counts,”
she added.
Albers said there is a very
“strong system” at the food
shelf that has been in place
for 30 years, “but there are
some gaps and I’m learning
what those are and what to do
to fill them.
“For me, personally, the
leadership role is also a challenge. I’ve always been a part
of a team, but this time, I’m
leading. I’m ready for it,” she
said.
Albers, who resides north
of Silver Lake with her husband, Cory, and two children,
Jacob, 13, and Benton, 11,
said even her sons volunteer
at the food shelf.
“It’s really a good place to
be and you feel good about
being here,” she said about
the food shelf. “It’s a very
good fit.”
The McLeod County Food
Shelf has facilities in
Hutchinson and Glencoe, and
service hours at each location
are 9 a.m. to noon, Mondays
through Fridays.
Donations to the food shelf
are always welcome and if interested in volunteering, call
Glencoe Chapter 92 of
the Experimental Aircraft
Association, known as the
South Central Minnesota
Flyers, will have its annual Sweet Corn and
Bratwurst Feed and Fly-In
on Saturday, Aug. 23,
from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.,
at the Glencoe Municipal
Airport (Vernon Perschau
Field).
A reasonably priced
sweet corn and bratwurst
meal will be served with
all the trimmings. Discounted tickets are available for young children.
There will be a drawing
for free plane rides.
This is a great opportunity to see many colorful,
exotic, experimental, military and working type aircraft. Anyone interested in
aviation will find this especially interesting. There
will be ample opportunities for close examination
of many aircraft. Many of
these aircraft and helicopters have been built from
school district; and Hailey
Farell as a 6.5-hour-a-day
paraprofessional at Helen
Baker Elementary, replacing
Cathay Rosenau, who transferred to another position.
• Approved resignations
from:
Marcie Lein as a 7.5-houra-day paraprofessional in the
Title 1 program at GSL Lakeside Elementary; Julie Mallak
as a 6.5-hour-a-day paraprofessional in the special education program at GSL Lakeside Elementary;
Tianna Weiss as a 28.5hour-a-week paraprofessional
in the early childhood special
education program in the
early childhood learning center; Jamie Fredericksen as the
learning disabilities special
education teacher at GSL
High School and as National
Honor Society advisor;
Lisa Eischens as junior
high gymnastics coach; Kelly
Otto as junior high tennis
coach; Rochelle Drahos as as-
Open House
70th Birthday
Party honoring
50th Wedding Anniversary
Martha Mielke
Hillard & Naomi
Pollmann
Sat., Aug. 16
2-4 p.m.
Open House
honoring
kits or just from plans. Attendees can talk to and ask
questions of the owner-pilots, many of whom have
built their own airplanes
and flown them to the FlyIn.
There will be aircraft
from the new Federal Aviation Administration category, Light Sport Aircraft
as well as ultralight aircraft (no pilot’s license required) and helicopters.
World War II military aircraft will be in attendance.
Glencoe Municipal Airport is located two miles
east of Glencoe and one
mile south of State Highway 212 on Dairy Avenue
(McLeod County Road 1).
If you have any questions about this you may
contact the chapter representative, Stuart Selchow,
at the following numbers:
residence phone, 320-2382376; cell phone, 320583-8367 or e-mail
stuselch@myclear
wave.net.
Chronicle photo by Alyssa Schauer
Lennie Albers has started her new endeavor as executive director of the McLeod County Emergency Food
Shelf. Albers, a Norwood native, feels the job is a
“very good fit” and is excited to work in a “purposeful” occupation.
Albers at 320-864-2088.
For more information about
the McLeod County Emer-
gency Food Shelf, visit
www.mcleodemergencyfood
shelf.org.
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time family and consumer
science teacher at GSL High
School, replacing Rochelle
Drahos, who resigned; Alicia
Beste as a full-time Early
Childhood Family Education
(ECFE) coordinator and parent educator in the early
childhood learning center, replacing half of Jan Mackenthun’s and Mary Jo
Schimelpfenig’s positions,
who both retired;
Rebecca Shogren as a .75
full-time equivalent ECFE
and Pathways II grant teacher
in the early childhood learning center, replacing half of
Jan Mackenthun’s position;
Sheila Husted, Larisa Kosek,
Katrina Clark and Gina Prehn
as a 6.5-hour-a-day paraprofessionals in the special education program at GSL Lakeside Elementary;
Bill Berning as the .5 fulltime equivalent teacher of the
deaf and hard of hearing, replacing Sara Johnson, who
was shared with the Waconia
Aviators set annual
sweet corn, brat feed,
fly-in for Aug. 26
sistant knowledge bowl
coach; and Marielle Gatenby
as junior varsity softball
coach.
• Approved the transfer of
Joan Cousins as a 6.5-hour-aday paraprofessional in the
special education program at
Helen Baker to a 28.5-hour-aweek paraprofessional in the
early childhood special education program at the early
childhood learning center.
• Assigned Dave Prehn as
junior varsity softball coach;
Alissa Carlson as junior high
tennis coach; Gina Prehn as
seventh-grade volleyball
coach, replacing Sue Magnuson, who resigned; and
Richard Smith as science fair
advisor, replacing Roxanne
Stensvad, who resigned.
• Approved the leave request of Megan Nelson,
ECFE/School Readiness secretary, from on or around Oct.
13 through Jan. 5, 2015.
Solid waste retrofit project
under way; baskets moved
The retrofit project to convert McLeod County’s multisort recycling system to a single-sort process began Monday, Aug. 4.
As a result, the recycling
baskets at the McLeod County Solid Waste Facility in
Hutchinson had to be moved
to the southeast corner of the
facility site. The public will
be able to access the appliance and electronic waste,
problem material and household hazardous waste programs on the west side of the
building.
Thank You
Thank you to all who participated in the GSL Panther Association Golf Tournament on
August 8th at the Glencoe Country Club. Thank you, in particular, to these sponsors:
n 4.0 School Services – Andy Bright and
Mike Hennek
n AFLAC – Shelly Lucken
n Anderson Insurance and Financial
Services – Larry Anderson
n Bob and Sharon Iverson
n Clark and Susie Christianson
n Creek View Images – John Graupmann
n Dashir Management – Dave Nelson
n Dave and Michele Mackenthun –
In Memory of Vic Mackenthun
n Dr. Bill Dunbar
n Gavin, Winters, Thiemann and Long, Ltd.
n Glencoe Co-op
n Glencoe Regional Health Services
n GSL Panther Association
n GSL Public Schools
n Hallberg Engineering, Inc.
n Major Ave. Hunt Club – Dave and
Pam Martin
n MARCO – Jim Maleska
n Mark and Rachel Slater
n McLeod Publishing Inc. – Karin Cornwell
n National Insurance Services –
Natalie Owen
n Paumen and Associates, Inc. – Joe Paumen
n Ratwik Roszak Maloney – Jennifer Early
n Representative Glenn Gruenhagen
n Ridgeview Sports Medicine
n Russ Runck and Associates –
Ameriprise Financial
n Security Bank – Gale Hoese
n Stevens Seminary Foundation
n Super America of Glencoe
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‘Beyond the
Yellow Ribbon’
Our view: Effort to coordinate
services deserves support
P
rograms do not get much
better than this: helping
those who most need and
deserve it, at very little cost to taxpayers.
On Friday at 12:30 p.m., at the
McLeod County Fair, the county
will be proclaimed a “Beyond the
Yellow Ribbon” community.
What does this mean?
Well, for our veterans, reservists
and active military people, and their
families, a lot.
The United States, Minnesota and
our local citizens have always done
what they can to take care of those
who serve our country in the Armed
Forces. The Beyond the Yellow Ribbon program will tie all those efforts
together.
In its simplest terms, the program
is a network, a support group if you
will, for all people with ties to the
military — be they veterans, active
servicemen and women, reservists,
or their families or friends.
The concept is to cross-train those
who come into contact with veterans, etc., so that they can get the
help they need, regardless of where
they call — be it Social Services,
Veterans Services, law enforcement,
the Workforce Center, Heartland
Community Action Agency, or numerous others. If a service person
cannot get they answer they need
from one of of those agencies, they
will be referred to the appropriate
agency for assistance.
And there will be opportunities for
private individuals to get involved as
well, even if it is something as simple as volunteering to mow the lawn
or shovel the snow for a service person’s family while they are deployed.
Nearly everything with this program is volunteer, so there is little
cost. McLeod County is providing
“in-kind” service by allowing its
employees to help, providing meeting space, etc.
The program is just getting under
way, so look to future issues of The
Chronicle for updates and ways you
can help.
After all, it helps those who are
very deserving of our help and dedication: those who have pledged to
protect and serve our country.
— L.C.
Thank you,
Marietta
Our view: Marietta Neumann
was tireless in fighting hunger
M
arietta Neumann retired
Aug. 1 as executive director of the McLeod
Emergency Food Shelf.
She is 85 years old — about 20
years past the age at which most of
us hope to retire.
And she put over 30 years into the
effort to serve the hungry of
McLeod County. That’s dedication.
Nearly all of us who have reported
for The Chronicle have sat in a chair
by Marietta’s desk at one time or another, gathering information for articles to help boost food drives, particularly in March and November
and, at times, during the slow summer months when demand exceeds
supply.
Marietta could rattle off impressive statistics about how many
pounds of food the food shelf has
collected and dispersed, how many
families and individuals had been
served, and the trend of food shelf
use over the years.
But what Marietta was best at was
bringing the nameless and faceless
hungry alive for us — without betraying names or faces.
She could tell the stories of par-
ents who lost jobs in the Great Recession and had to turn to the food
shelf for help to feed their families
— those who just needed a little
help until they got back on their feet
again.
She could tell about the hugs of
gratitude from those who had been
helped by the food shelf.
Marietta could make one realize
that the emergency food shelf was
helping our friends and neighbors,
the people we go to church with, the
people we say hello to in the Post
Office.
And she never failed to sing the
praises of her volunteers, the groups
that collected for the food shelf, for
anyone who helped in any way.
We believe the food shelf is in capable hands in the person of Lennie
Albers, but there is not doubt that
Marietta will be missed by many —
you could see it in the faces of those
who came to her retirement open
house Sunday afternoon.
So, thank you, Marietta. May God
bless you as you finally settle into
true retirement.
— L.C.
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Human foosball was fun, but took its toll
I woke Sunday morning and gingerly sat on the edge of my bed,
doing an inventory of various body
parts.
I started with my toes, since I happened to be staring at them. The second toe in from the little toe on my
left foot was starting to turn purple
under the nail. That’s odd, I thought.
I always figured God didn’t have
much in mind for those middle toes
except a little extra stabilization for
standing.
My ankles hurt. Not a sprainedankle hurt, more like I had used
muscles that I don’t use very often
kind of hurt.
I had the start of a bruise on the
inside of my right knee, another on
my left leg. My neck was stiff.
All because I had tried a new sport
Saturday — human foosball.
A friend asked me to be a sub for
his team in the Brownton Area Resources for Kids (BARK) human
foosball tournament, a new activity
that went viral on the Internet when
one of BARK’s committee members
posted a video of a practice session
on Facebook.
I didn’t play much — after all, I
was just sub, but Sunday morning
found me with a variety of aches and
pains.
Lori Copler
I was surprised by the pain in my
toes and ankles. I walk. I run. But
apparently that exercise isn’t the
best for toning your toes and ankles.
I was not surprised by my stiff
neck. I spent most of my few minutes in the foosball arena cranking
my neck from side to side, trying to
figure out where the ball was, or had
been, or was going.
And my sides were sore, too, but
I’m pretty sure that was from laughing so much.
It was a great time, but apparently
I’m not in as good of shape as I
thought I was, maybe because of my
age.
Speaking of age, it seems to have
affected my hearing, too.
I apparently misunderstood when
I was speaking to Mark Cacka about
how BARK got the idea about
human foosball. I thought he said
“Cody” had seen a human foosball
table in another small Minnesota
town. Cody is his brother-in-law,
and that’s how I reported it. What he
really said was “Cory,” as in Cory
Herrmann, another BARK committee member who had seen it with his
dad, Larry Herrmann. My apologies.
But back to the foosball: late Saturday afternoon, the BARK committee was already plotting ways to
make next year’s event even better,
and I can hardly wait to see what it
comes up with. Besides the foosball,
there was a bean bag tournament, a
5K run/walk, a kids’ dash, clowns,
pony rides, vendor fair and more.
But the human foosball is what
captured most of the attention this
year. And as I said, the concept went
viral over social media.
In fact, David McCoy of WCCOTV was out and did a segment on
the human foosball, even taking a
turn playing in an exhibition game.
“That’s the most awesome thing
I’ve ever done,” McCoy told his
camera man.
I wonder if he still felt the same
Sunday morning, sitting on the edge
of his bed, staring at his toes.
Letters to the Editor
Chapman truly belonged to ‘Greatest Generation’
To the Editor:
It was with great sadness I heard
of the death of the Rev. Donald
Chapman. In my role as editor of
The Chronicle, I met many people,
but the Rev. Chapman was one of
the finest gentlemen I ever met. I
use the word gentleman with emphasis.
I first met the Rev. Chapman
while I was giving a presentation on
the role of the press to the Glencoe
Rotary Club several years ago, and
the comments by the Rev. Chapman
struck as being being very poignant.
After I opened the presentation up
for questions, the Rev. Chapman expressed his strong feelings about a
free and unfettered press in our society. He understood the role of the
press very well as a former World
War II veteran and a former POW.
I went on to listen to the Rev.
Chapman at other occasions, including a Memorial Day service at Plato,
where he brought along his model
B-17 as a prop in talking about his
services as a pilot during World War
II. His experiences, including time
as a German POW, led him to the
church. You could have heard a pin
drop during his short talk.
I did not know much about the
Rev. Chapman’s long service to his
church, but I did know this was a
man who earned a lot of respect
throughout the community.
He was indeed a great example of
the “greatest generation.” God bless
him and all the other veterans I have
interviewed, or have come in contact
with, over the years. It is just sad to
see that generation slowly disappearing from our midst.
Rich Glennie
Glencoe
Neighborhood does not want hiking/biking trail
To the Editor:
We would like to thank all the
people who came out and voiced
their concerns about the hike/bike
trail that was proposed for our
neighborhood. It’s nice to know we
Staff
Karin Ramige Cornwell, Publisher; Lori Copler, Editor;
June Bussler, Business Manager; Sue Keenan, Sales Representative; Brenda Fogarty,
Sales Representative; Alyssa
Schauer, Staff Writer; Josh
Randt, Sports Writer; Jessica
Bolland and Alissa Hanson,
Creative Department; and Trisha Karels, Office Assistant.
Letters
The McLeod County Chronicle welcomes letters from readers expressing their opinions. All letters,
however, must be signed. Private
thanks, solicitations and potentially
libelous letters will not be published. We reserve the right to edit
any letter.
A guest column is also available to
any writer who would like to present an opinion in a more expanded
format. If interested, contact the
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are not alone in this.
We hope to continue the dialogue
with the city officials and to come
together for a resolution that benefits
all parties. We believe the message
is loud and clear that the neighbor-
Ethics
The editorial staff of the McLeod
County Chronicle strives to present
the news in a fair and accurate manner. We appreciate errors being
brought to our attention. Please
bring any grievances against the
Chronicle to the attention of the editor. Should differences continue,
readers are encouraged to take their
grievances to the Minnesota News
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protecting the public from press inaccuracy and unfairness. The News
Council can be contacted at 12 South
Sixth St., Suite 940, Minneapolis,
MN 55402, or (612) 341-9357.
hood does not want a hike/bike path.
Gloria Donnay
Tony Jesme
Glencoe
Press Freedom
Freedom of the press is guaranteed under the First Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press…”
Ben Franklin wrote in the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1731: “If printers
were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would
offend nobody there would be very
little printed.”
Deadline for the McLeod County
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Organizations not always what they seem
Letters to the Editor
New school year will get under way soon
fast when compared to a lifetime. Take advantage of all of
the wonderful opportunities
GSL has to offer and make
the most of them. We have a
truly great school in our district and it is only getting better.
Please mark Aug. 27 on
your calendar as this is our
open house day for Lakeside,
Lincoln Junior High, and
GSL High School from 3
p.m. to 6 p.m. Helen Baker
will be having scheduled
“check-in” times during this
time and parents will be notified if you are meeting on
Aug. 27. If you don’t meet on
the 27th, you will meet with
your child’s classroom
teacher on Sept. 2, with the
first official day of school for
all kindergarten through second graders on Sept. 3.
I would also like to say
thank you to all of the many
people who are associated
with GSL in one way or another. It is staggering when
you think of all the connections GSL has with families,
community members and
businesses that support our
school in one form or another. It takes a village to raise a
child, and with all of us continuing to work together, we
can provide a wonderful
school experience for all children.
Finally, on behalf of all of
us at GSL, I would like to
thank Rich Glennie for all of
his support of our school and
wish him all the best on his
retirement. You will be
missed!
Here’s to a great and safe
2014-2015 school year. “It’s
a great day to be a Panther!”
Christopher D. Sonju
Superintendent of Schools
Movement on to eliminate religion in public
To the Editor:
There is a movement in
this country to eliminate religion or any mention of God
or religion from our public
lives.
I am sorry these people are
so misled in their thoughts. I
am also sorry for all of us because these people have been
making progress in their misguided mission to eliminate
God and Godly thinking from
our daily public lives. The
proof is in the negativity we
have witnessed in our society
over the past couple decades.
The devil has found some
willing helpers in this misguided group of people. How
much easier could it be for
him to spread chaos, disorder
and discontent than to have
these people do it for him. At
a time when our country
needs all the help it can get,
these people still feel the
need to chip away at the very
foundations, the strength of
this nation.
A good example of the
work this group has done is
showing in our schools and
those educated in those
schools. Our schools themselves have become dangerous enough that many have
police officers assigned to
them. We have forbidden
God to enter our schools and
we now have to have police
officers in our halls instead of
Jesus. This is not just a coincidence, but a result of what
has been done.
Keeping religion and government is separated is fine as
long as it is done the way our
founding fathers envisioned
it. They did not mean to eliminate the whole religious
background from the thought
process that deals with our
country’s issues. Our founding fathers did not mean to
eliminate any mention of God
from our public lives or to
eliminate Godly thinking
from our decision-making
process.
Religious beliefs were included in the very foundation
of this country’s founding
and made a very strong foundation to build on. The people who want to eliminate
anything about God from our
everyday lives are weakening
the mortar of this foundation
and it is starting to crumble.
It is good to have little reminders of God on our
money and in our Pledge of
Allegiance wording to remind
us of right thinking and acting and where the real truth
and good and strength is. It is
good to be reminded of right
and wrong when it comes to
issues like gay marriage and
how to deal with such issues.
In dealing with this world
we have made for ourselves,
we often need some re-
minders of the right thinking
that God has put into our
hearts and souls. This world
and the devil want to cloud
those thoughts and make us
vulnerable to poor decisions
that often lead to more deterioration.
You don’t have to preach or
be in church to hold to the
good behavior and strength of
character that comes from a
strong religious belief. It
needs to be the foundation of
our daily lives just like it has
been the foundation of this
nation in the past. Eliminate
that background or outlaw it
and the strength of the foundation suffers, and certainly
the rest of the structure will
soon collapse. We are starting
to see that process beginning
already.
Whether unwittingly or
purposely, those who want to
stifle God and His ideals are
contributing to the downfall
of this nation and the world. I
hope their eyes are opened
before it is too late. The everincreasing relaxed moral
standards and weakening
character of our society are
starting to take their tolls.
Let’s not contribute to it by
being complacent in our reaction what it is doing to this
nation.
Jon Risch
Glencoe
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tents and luck brought us rain
each of the 14 days we spent
in the west, but despite the
weather, we enjoyed beautiful scenery and mountainous
hikes of the Black Hills.
Two times on this trip I
was lucky enough to be
awake in time for a sunrise
hike — the first was at 4:30
a.m. to see the sun peek over
the rolling hills at Sage
Creek.
The rains came the night
before, but a few us of
trudged through the mud and
across the rushing creek to
reach the summit.
Our second morning hike
began at 2 a.m. up Bear
Butte, and the entire class of
16 students, two professors
and two field assistants ascended nearly two miles to
catch the sunrise.
Our rambunctious group
fell silent on the mountain
top as the sun rose above the
horizon and lit up the entire
earth.
The view was breathtaking
and for the first time in my
life, I was out of words.
I’m very blessed to have
that experience as they don’t
surface too often, and I think
I should take that vow seriously to forget my snooze
button and enjoy the dawn.
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The lake has certainly
changed since June — coarse
green weeds have nearly
reached the lake surface and
gulls and pelicans have left
behind velvety white feathers
atop the water.
As I paddled around the
eastern shore, breathing in
the humid wild air and taking
in the glorious summer
Thursday, I thought about the
only other time in my life I
battled the alarm clock and
spent mornings with Mother
Earth.
In spring of 2008, I took a
travel study course at Winona
State that explored the cultural and natural history of the
northern great plains in the
eyes of the Lakota and
Cheyenne Indians.
Our class spent two weeks
on a Lakota Indian reservation, studying their history,
language and customs. We
also learned how to make Indian fry bread (the most delicious bread I’ve ever consumed) and participated in
several sweat lodge prayer
ceremonies.
On this trip, we traveled to
historical sites, such as
Wounded Knee and Custer in
South Dakota and Fort
Robinson in Nebraska, and
explored the Badlands and
Devil’s Tower.
Our lodgings were nylon
All this affects Beautiful
Downtown Hutchinson how?
It touches a subject near and
dear to their hearts — taxes
you pay. All the abandonment
of the large corporations and
the tax base they provide
means that you and I, the
masses who struggle each
day to survive, are going to
pay more.
The government has fixed
expenses just like a household and these have to be
met. People who are retired
depend on their Social Security checks, which they have
bought and paid for with
years of work and contributions. They also like their
Medicare coverage. Not to
mention, the armed forces,
the police departments, fire
departments and the infrastructure that carries the
products of commerce nation
wide.
This what John Donne
meant when he wrote “Never
send to know for whom the
bell tolls — it tolls for thee,
for we are all involved in
mankind.”
One man’s greed takes
from the whole and we all
pay.
Jan Conner
Hutchinson
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An August morning on the lake
When I bought my kayak
last November, I vowed to
spend the majority of my
summer mornings paddling
on Silver Lake before work
and every weekend morning I
could.
Every year, I have these
wild ambitions to adventure
into Minnesota summer
mornings, to be able to fully
enjoy the few warm days we
have in the midwest, but
somehow, my snooze button
always wins.
Last Thursday, however, I
was up by 6:30 a.m. and
rolled out of bed and down to
the lake.
I was half asleep and a little rusty carrying my kayak
down the 24 stairs of my
apartment building as I
haven’t been on the lake in
over a month, and it was definitely a chore hoisting it over
my head.
But after a few bangs and
bruises to the shins when I
leaned over to pick up the
kayak, I found the strength to
heave it onto my shoulders
and carry the 45-pound thing
down two blocks to the landing.
I set the kayak down on the
shore and put together the adjustable yellow paddle,
stepped into the shallow cool
water and set off along the
forested shore into the bright
morning sun.
I still had sleep in my eyes
and my hair was a rat’s nest,
but I discovered there’s no
morning routine better than
splashing a little lake water
onto your face and drying off
in the warmth of an August
morning sun.
There is money pouring into
the campaign funds from
Texas and North Carolina
(examples) for candidates in
Minnesota, and they don’t
give a rip about Minnesota. It
is power and control and unabashed greed.
ALEC is another favorite.
This group is responsible for
hiring the lawyers and lobbyists to promote the welfare (I
use the term appropriately in
some cases) of those who already have. The latest thing
they have accomplished
through tax loopholes and
lobbying efforts is “corporate
inversion.” This means the
corporation gives up its
“American citizenship” and
moves the corporate office to
another country, all for the
purpose of more profits and
tax evasion. Of course, it is
all legal — the lawyers did
their jobs well. Medtronic
was the business in the headlines a few weeks ago that
did that very thing. Walgreen’s is in the process of
doing the same thing. Legally, it is all above board. Ethically, I think it is akin to leaving the dance without the one
who brought you. They used
what the United States could
give them and then abandoned ship.
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The fall activity season has
begun and it is great to see all
the kids around school.
School will get under way
soon and all of us at GSL
can’t wait for it to start.
As we begin another
school year, it is important
for all community members
to make sure they are aware
of more and more kids walking to school and/or riding
bikes. The start of the school
year is an exciting time and
we want all of our students to
have a safe route each and
every day.
As Sept. 2 gets closer and
closer, I would like to take
this opportunity to wish all of
our students a great school
year and one that will be
filled with opportunities, positive experiences, and, most
of all, learning. These school
days are short and time goes
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want to have the resources to
pay our bills, provide shelter
from the elements, and provide food for our families.
We might also strive to have
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watch a beautiful sunset.
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Brownton may be facing
costly storm sewer repairs
By Lori Copler
Editor
The city of Brownton may
be facing some significant
storm sewer repair costs, the
City Council heard at its
Tuesday, Aug. 5, meeting.
City Maintenance Supervisor Mark Streich said it was
recently discovered that the
storm sewer tile along First
Avenue South, near the county maintenance shed, had collapsed and that it is collapsed
along Second and Third
streets south, as well.
Streich said the First Avenue collapse had a temporary fix, but all of the tile
needs to be addressed.
Streich asked engineer
John Rodeberg of Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH) to
stay while he presented the
information to the City Council.
Rodeberg said from Streich’s description of the collapse “it won’t be an easy
fix,” but said he would look
at it and bring more informa-
tion back to the City Council
at its September meeting.
Rodeberg said the city had
been hoping to wait until
2016 before it took on any
major improvements because
one of its bond issues would
expire that year and it would
have more financing available.
“We’ll know more by the
next meeting,” Rodeberg
said.
In other business Aug. 5,
the City Council:
• Decided to include
$2,000 in its 2015 budget for
mosquito control.
Council Member Brian
Dressel had checked into the
price for spraying for mosquitos, and had received a
quote of $400 per application
from the contractor who
sprays for the city of
Hutchinson, provided that it
could do an application in
Brownton the same evenings.
However, the City Council
noted that Hutchinson sprays
about once a week during the
peak mosquito season, which
could make the practice costly.
The Council suggested that
next year, it contract with the
company for application prior
to major community events,
and budgeted $2,000 toward
that effort.
• Approved a beer license
and the closing of the street
in front of the community
center for the Brownton
Lions’ corn feed and pedal
tractor pull, which were held
Friday.
• Waived waiting periods
for gambling license applications for the Brownton Fire
Department and Central Minnesota Sportsman Alliance
Chapter of Conservation Partners of America.
• Approved a 3 percent
funding increase request for
2015 from Pioneerland Library System, to which the
Brownton Public Library belongs. The city will pay
$6,896 in 2015; it paid
$6,500 in 2014.
Brownton City Council tables decision
on lifting floodplain building moratorium
takes away potential future
use (of the valuation),” said
Rodeberg.
Council Member Brian
Dressel said he understands
the idea behind the ordinance,
but said it may inhibit people
from even doing maintenance
on their homes, particularly if
their homes have a low market value already.
“I can understand not wanting to expand the footprint of
the house there, but we want
people to be able to fix up
what they have,” said Dressel.
Rodeberg said the other
issue with the 50 percent
threshold of value is “tracking” improvements.
For example, a re-roof may
use up 20 percent of the
threshold, but “is that forever?” Eventually, Rodeberg
said, a roof will need to be
shingled again.
“There needs to be some
leeway on how you record all
this,” said Rodeberg.
Council Member Chuck
Warner asked what the ramifications will be if the City
Council does not include a
clause in its floodplain ordinance regarding buildings.
“The ramification is that
you may lose emergency
funding,” said Rodeberg. “If
you allow building in the
floodplain, and it gets dam-
aged in a flood, it won’t be
eligible for FEMA (Federal
Emergency Management
Agency) funding.”
Council Member Norm
Schwarze noted that a policy
similar to the one Rodeberg
used as an example was included in the new floodplain
ordinance the City Council
had to adopt after the new
floodplain maps came out.
The City Council decided
to postpone a decision until
September so it can investigate where it wants to keep
the policy in the new ordinance or amend it to allow
improvements but not necessarily new buildings in the
flood area.
Rodeberg also pointed out
that the new 100-year flood
area is now a foot higher in
elevation, making most
homes in the prior flood area
“non-conforming.”
“That means the home’s
lowest floor level should be
at least a foot higher than the
100-year elevation,” said
Rodeberg.
Rodeberg suggested that
the City Council “doublecheck” with the League of
Minnesota Cities on possible
ordinance language and the
ramifications of not adopting
a floodplain building policy
before it reconsiders the ordinance in September.
Stewart City Council to review
rental inspection ordinance
By Lori Copler
Staff Writer
The Stewart City Council
will go back to the table on
its recently adopted rental
unit inspection ordinance.
The City Council continued to hear appeals of the results of inspections at its
Monday night meeting, including one from Mayor
Jason Peirce.
Peirce recused himself
from his role as mayor and
went to the other side of the
table, where he took the
Council to task for the enforcement of the ordinance.
Peirce said the ordinance
unfairly puts rental property
into a different category than
privately owned residences.
“You’re treating similar
properties differently,” Peirce
said.
Council Member Jim Eitel
said the goal of the rental ordinance was to “bring
(rentals) up to a safe standard.”
Eitel also said rentals were
treated differently because
they were a business, rather
than a private home.
But Peirce said a home is a
home, regardless of whether
it is a rental or privately
owned.
“Don’t you want my family
to be safe?” said Peirce.
Council Member Kevin
Klucas, the acting mayor
after Peirce recused himself,
said that there had been some
complaints from tenants
about the quality of their
rentals, and that was why the
City Council adopted the inspection ordinance.
“We had several issues,
several complaints, so what
do we do?” said Klucas. “We
had some really low-standard
stuff that was getting really
bad.”
Klucas also said that during
the housing slump, some
homes were bought cheaply
and are now used as rental
units by the new owners. In
fact, according to City Council minutes, there were 61
rental units identified in the
city.
Klucas said that while
some landlords brought the
homes up to standards, others
did not.
Peirce said that the rental
inspection ordinance was ad-
dressing the minority, not the
majority, of rental property
owners, and felt that the majority were being punished
for the minority.
Eitel said he felt the issue
was being “blown all out of
proportion.”
Eitel emphasized that his
goal was to ensure the health
and safety of tenants.
“I could care less if you
have a deadbolt or don’t have
a deadbolt,” said Eitel. “My
concerns are things like mold
and egress windows.”
Tracy Ellig, who also owns
rental property in Stewart,
said there are already laws in
place to protect tenants, and
that the Stewart ordinance is
too restrictive.
After more discussion, the
City Council set an Aug. 19
workshop at 6:30 p.m. to review the ordinance and suggest potential changes to address life safety issues.
In the meantime, landlords
will not be required to pay inspection fees, and the appeals
of the inspections have been
tabled until after the workshop.
24 Brownton seniors met on Monday
Twenty-four Brownton senior citizens met Monday, Aug.
11, at the community center.
Cards were played with the
following winners: 500, Theola Fors, first, and Bernetta Al-
sleben, second; pinochle,
Archie Diehn, first, and Leone
Kujas, second; and sheephead, Elmer Maass, first, and
Norma Albrecht, second.
Ruby Streich won the door
prize. Harriet Bergs served refreshments.
The next meeting will be
Monday, Aug. 18, at 1 p.m.
All area seniors are welcome.
Chronicle photos by Alyssa Schauer
Stewart’s night out
Tuesday night, Aug. 5, Stewart celebrated
National Night Out with a free community
grill-out, music and activities for kids, including a rock-climbing wall sponsored
by the National Guard. Above, is Soren
Masrud enjoying a root beer float and to
the bottom right is Hailey Carr giving a go
at the rock-climbing wall. At bottom left is
McLeod County Sheriff Scott Rehmann
grilling hot dogs and hamburgers for the
crowd.
Brownton Council: Utility bills
must be paid in full by Aug. 25
By Lori Copler
Editor
City of Brownton utility
users have until Aug. 25 to
bring delinquent bills up to
date.
The City Council decided
at its Aug. 5 meeting that all
bills need to be paid up before the start of the winter
heating season and the Cold
Weather Rule (CWR) goes
into effect Oct. 15. Notification of the CWR to utility
users must be done by Sept.
1.
City Clerk Ella Kruse said
the city currently has about
$24,888 outstanding in overdue utility bills on about 70
properties in town. There are
about 310 households in the
city.
Council Member Chuck
Warner noted that over 20
percent of the homes in
Brownton have overdue bills.
“That’s an extremely high
percentage,” said Warner.
“And it’s not fair to those
who pay their bills on time to
let the rest of them get behind.”
About 15 of the overdue
accounts will be have their
utility bills certified to property taxes, Kruse said, because the residents no longer
live there or because the
homes are in foreclosure and
no longer occupied. Those
bills will need to be cleared
up before any transfer of
ownership on the property
Blood donors recognized
for achieving milestones
Several people were recognized for meeting milestones
at the July 30 Red Cross
blood drive in Glencoe.
Stephanie Welch of Glencoe was a first-time donor.
Recognized for one-gallon
milestones were Cortney
Kressin, Sara Lenzen and
Anne Twiss, all of Glencoe.
Connie Jutz, Glencoe, is a
two-gallon donor.
Roger Libra and Sharon
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Storms, both of Glencoe,
were recognized for having
contributed nine gallons of
blood.
Beverly Becker, New
Auburn, has donated 10 gallons of blood; and Steven
Nelson, Glencoe, is an 11gallon donor.
The next Glencoe blood
drive will be Wednesday,
Nov. 19.
takes place, she added.
The City Council voted
that all bills must be paid up
in full in the current billing
period. Those bills are due by
Aug. 25.
In other business, the City
Council heard that incumbent
Council Member Doug Block
has filed for re-election, and
that Warner does not intend
to seek another term.
Mayor Jay Werner, who
was elected in 2012 on a
write-in vote, said he also
does not intend to file, but
will accept write-in votes.
“That’s how I got elected
last time,” said Werner. “If
people think I’m doing a
good job, they can vote for
me again.”
Open House 55th
Wedding Anniversary
In honor of
Willmar & El Donna Harbarth
Sunday, August 17
2:00-5:00 PM
Brownton Community Center
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By Lori Copler
Editor
The Brownton City Council will decide in September
if it will lift a moratorium on
issuing building permits in its
flood-prone northwest quadrant.
At its Tuesday, Aug. 5,
meeting, engineer John Rodeberg of Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH) presented the
City Council with a sample
ordinance from Hutchinson
on how to deal with buildings
in the 100-year-flood zone.
Rodeberg said the Hutchinson sample limits how much
people can spend on building
improvements on their homes
in flood-prone areas. Rodeberg said a resident cannot
make improvements that exceed 50 percent of the value
of their homes.
That allows most to make
maintenance improvements
— such as re-roofing or new
windows — but doesn’t
allow much leeway for
adding buildings or enlarging
existing buildings.
Rodeberg said any project
that requires a permit — from
shingles to a new shed —
will have the value of that
improvement applied to the
threshold of the 50 percent
value of the home.
“It doesn’t pay for them to
build an addition because it
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Thurs., Aug. 14 — AA Group mtg. next to Post
Office in Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for
info.
Mon., Aug. 18 — Tops Weigh-In mtg., 5-5:30
p.m.; Brownton Senior Citizens Club, Brownton
Community Center, 1 p.m.; Brownton Lions; Stewart American Legion Post 125 & Auxiliary mtg.,
Stewart Community Center, 7 p.m.
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McLeod County Fair opens today
Weddings
Eggersgluess
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Krista Eggersgluess of Arlington and Thomas Stadick
of New Ulm were united in
marriage on Oct. 25, 2013, at
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in
Arlington. The Rev. Bruce
Hanneman officiated.
Parents of the couple are
Keith and Kathy Eggersgluess of Arlington and Eddie
and Deb Stadick of New
Ulm.
The maid of honor was
Katie Rauch and bridesmaids
were Angela Koepp and Tara
Sabako. The flower girl was
Katlyn Stadick.
The best man was Brent
Stadick and groomsmen were
Brian Stadick and Cory
Stadick. The ring bearer was
Bennett Rauch. Ushers were
Nick Rauch, Nick Schoo and
Ryan Bauer.
A dinner and reception
Krista and Thomas Stadick
were held at the Arlington
Community Center. After a
wedding trip to Orlando, Fla.,
the couple resides in New
Ulm.
The bride is a graduate of
South Central College with
an associate’s degree in medical assistant. She is employed as a care provider at
Woodstone Senior Living in
New Ulm.
The groom is employed as
a millwright at CEEC, Inc., in
Wabasso.
Engagements
Rettmann —
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Mr. and Mrs. Gary
Rettman of Stewart announce
the engagement of their
daughter, Amber Lynne, to
Preston Jay Cruser, son of
Rose Cruser of Sartell and
the late Ivan Cruser of St.
Cloud.
A September wedding is
planned.
Amber Rettman and
Preston Cruser
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2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. —
Oaks and Pines Bell Choir,
Promise Stage.
3 p.m. — “Glass on Glass
Mosaics,” Shanda Landes,
Legacy Stage
3:30 p.m. — 4-H lamb
lead, sheep barn; MELDA
Battle of the Bands, South
Stage; senior citizens’ comedy and magic with Kevin
Hall, Promise Stage.
4 p.m. — “History of Minnesota Aviation” by Lowell
Uela, Legacy Stage.
4 p.m.-7 p.m. — 4-H
SeaPerch robotics exhibit
opens, 4-H building.
4:30 p.m. — 4-H sheep
show, sheep barn; Gravel
Road performs, Promise
Stage.
5 p.m. — “Fairy Gardens”
presented by Jill Duncan,
Legacy Stage.
6 p.m. — “Celebrating
Seasonality With Local Produce,” by Tiffany Haag of
Zelma, Legacy Stage; open
class horse and pony halter
judging, show arena.
7 p.m.-10 p.m. — Teen
dance with Chopper the DJ,
corporate tent.
7 p.m. — Motocross,
grandstand.
9:30 p.m. — Nightly drawing, commercial building.
Friday, Aug. 15
9 a.m. — 4-H horse show.
9:30 a.m. — Kenny Ahern,
Promise Stage.
10 a.m.-2 p.m. — America’s Fitness workout demonstrations, south tent.
10:30 a.m. — Star
Michaelina, magician, Promise Stage.
11 a.m. — “Artisan Bread”
presented by Barb Jennecke,
Legacy Stage; Community
Day presentations, corporate
tent.
11:30 a.m. — Kenny
Ahern, Promise Stage.
Noon — “Butter Making”
presented by Charlotte Ehrke,
Legacy Stage.
12:30 p.m. — Star
Michaelina, magician, Promise Stage; “Beyond the Yellow Ribbon” proclamation
ceremony, corporate tent.
1 p.m. — Amusements,
Midway open; Rhinestone
performs in the pavilion;
“Ukrainian Easter Eggs” presented by Roxanne Simonds,
Legacy Stage.
1:30 p.m.-2:15 p.m. — The
Wacky Chicken Show-Theatre of Fools, Promise Stage.
2 p.m. — “Preserving Family Heirlooms” by Lori Pickell-Stangel, Legacy Stage.
2:30 p.m.-3:15 p.m. — The
Gary Mons/John Beck Duo,
Promise Stage.
3 p.m. — “Gardening” presented by Joyce Hochsprung,
Legacy Stage.
3:30 p.m.-4:15 p.m. — The
Wacky Chicken Show-Theatre of Fools, Promise Stage.
4 p.m. — “Edible Wild
Plants” presented by Connie
Karstens, Legacy Stage.
4 p.m.-7 p.m. — 4-H
SeaPerch robotics exhibit, 4H building.
4:30 p.m. — Kids pedaltractor pull; 4-H auction
buyer appreciation meal,
show arena.
4:30 p.m.-6:15 p.m. —
Stoney Point, Promise Stage.
5 p.m. — “Wild Plants for
Healing” presented by Connie Karstens, Legacy Stage.
5:30 p.m. — 4-H livestock
auction, show arena.
7 p.m. — Autocross, grandstand.
8 p.m. — Hairball, Budweiser Stage (corporate tent).
9:30 p.m. — Nightly drawing, commercial building.
Saturday, Aug. 16
9 a.m. — Open class sheep
show, sheep barn; 4-H rabbit
show, small animal courtyard.
9:30 a.m. — Open class
dairy show.
10 a.m. — Cogley Sisters,
corporate tent.
10 a.m.-noon — Entries
taken for Chocolate Lovers
Contest (judging at 1 p.m.)
10:30 a.m. — Bean bag
tournament registration,
pavilion; Lego building, creative arts building.
11 a.m. — Dazzling Dave
Yo-Yo Master, Promise
Stage; “Big Toy” rides, northeast parking lot; 4-H poultry
show, small animal courtyard;
draft horse hitch show, outdoor arena; “Native Grasses
& Aquatic Plants” presented
by Joe Stengel, Legacy Stage;
amusement attractions, Midway opens.
11:30 a.m. — Mega Jump
Action Sports ExperienceBMX Bike Stunt Show.
Noon — “Railroads in
McLeod County” presented
by Terry Davis, Legacy
Stage; Joe McPherson performs in the pavilion; Clown
Town opens in horticulture
courtyard; Dream Weaver
Hypnosis, Promise Stage.
1 p.m. — Chocolate Lovers
judging; “Stations: Old-Fashioned Games” presented by
Mary Jo Schimelpfenig,
Legacy Stage; 4-H Cupcake
Wars, 4-H building; Dazzling
Dave Yo-Yo Master, Promise
Stage; 4-H SeaPerch robotics
display opens, 4-H building.
1:30 p.m. — Mega Jump
Action Sports ExperienceBMX Bike Stunt Show.
2 p.m. — “Lost Towns of
McLeod County” presented
by Lori Pickell-Stangel,
Legacy Stage; Pinewood
Derby, Boy Scout tent; Raptors of Minnesota-The Raptor
Center Bald Eagle Program,
Promise Stage.
2:45 p.m. — Drawing for
girls’ and boys’ bikes, corporate tent.
3 p.m. — Dream Weavers
Hypnosis, Promise Stage;
“Dakota Uprising & Scandinavian Immigrants” presented by Candice Simar, Legacy
Stage.
3:30 p.m. — Mega Jump
Action Sports ExperienceBMX Bike Stunt Show and
BMX bike give-way.
4 p.m. — Raptors of Minnesota-The Raptor Center
Bald Eagle Program, Promise
Stage; Smok’n Guns band,
south stage; 4-H Round
Robin, indoor show arena;
Hutchinson High School robotics, Legacy Stage.
5 p.m. — “Life of a
Voyageur” presented by Lyle
Emme, Legacy Stage; Dream
Weaver Hypnosis, Promise
Stage.
7 p.m. — AMA Racing,
grandstand.
8 p.m.-midnight — Maiden
Dixie performs on the Budweiser Stage (corporate tent).
9:30 p.m. — Nightly drawing, commercial building.
Sunday, Aug. 17
9:30 a.m. — Open class
beef show, show arena.
11 a.m. — “Create Your
Veggie Race Car,” Promise
Stage.
11:30 a.m. — Veggie races,
Promise Stage.
Noon — Talent contest,
corporate tent; antique tractor
pull, grandstand.
1 p.m. — Amusement attractions, Midway open; draft
horse halter classes, outdoor
arena; 4-H Fashion Review,
Promise Stage; “Grasshopper
Plague of the 1870s” presented by Candice Simar, Legacy
Stage; 4-H SeaPerch Robotics exhibit opens, 4-H building.
2 p.m. — “Hutchinson
Brothers” presented by Brian
Brosz, Jim Nelson and Paul
Otte, Legacy Stage; Patchouli
performs, Promise Stage.
2:35 p.m. — Ribfest judging.
3 p.m. — Wendinger Band
in the pavilion; “History of
the Brecht Inn” presented by
Wes and Sue Olson, Legacy
Stage; car and bike show trophy presentation, northeast
parking lot; presentation of
dairy herdmanship awards;
Cogley Sisters, Promise
Stage.
3:30 p.m. — Ribfest people’s choice tasting begins.
4 p.m. — Patchouli performs, Promise Stage.
5 p.m. — Xtreme Demolition Derby in the grandstand;
Mona Hjerpe, Promise Stage;
ribfest awards ceremony.
5:30 p.m. — The Whitewalls perform on the Budweiser Stage, corporate tent.
8:30 p.m. — Nightly drawing on the Budweiser Stage,
corporate tent.
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Monday — Beef tips and
gravy, noodles, peaches, broccoli, bread, margarine, cookie,
low-fat milk.
Tuesday — Barbecue pork,
potato salad, cauliflower, bun,
margarine, fruit crisp, low-fat milk.
Wednesday — Roast turkey,
mashed potatoes with gravy,
green beans, cranberry garnish,
strawberries, low-fat milk.
Thursday — Chicken breast,
creamy cucumbers, fresh fruit,
bun, margarine, zucchini dessert,
low-fat milk.
Friday — Country steak, whole
potatoes, squash, bread, margarine, pudding, low-fat milk.
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The 142nd McLeod County
Fair opens today (Wednesday) and runs through Sunday, Aug. 17, at the Fairgrounds in Hutchinson.
The schedule of events and
competitions includes:
Wednesday, Aug. 13
Noon — 4-H and open
class goat show, goat barn;
“Beginning Genealogy” by
the McLeod County Historical Society, Legacy Stage.
1 p.m. — Official opening
of the fair; senior citizens
program with “The Ken &
Ken Show,” corporate tent;
“Drying Foods” presented by
Helen Henke, Legacy Stage;
Century Farm presentation,
corporate tent; amusement attractions, midway opens.
2 p.m. — “History of Silver Lake” by Ken Merrill,
Legacy Stage.
2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. —
Wally Pikal performs in the
pavilion.
3 p.m. — “Kolaches &
Turtle Soup presented by
Archie Kucera and Virgil
Vacek, Legacy Stage; Glencoe Regional Health Services’ Golden Entertainers bell
choir, Promise Stage.
4 p.m. — “History of
Kolinsky Town & School,”
Legacy Stage; TD Chapter
252: Therapy Dogs, Promise
Stage.
5 p.m. — “Making Nontoxic Soap” by Stacey Nethous, Legacy Stage; Hutchinson Sings contest, Promise
Stage.
6 p.m. — Free sweet corn
until gone; 4-H beef show,
show arena.
6:30 p.m. — Prairie Rose
Band performs on Budweiser
Stage (corporate tent).
7 p.m. — Autocross, grandstand.
9:30 p.m. — Nightly drawing, commercial building.
Thursday, Aug. 14
9 a.m. — 4-H dairy show,
show arena; fun and games
horse show.
9:30 a.m. — Open class
poultry judging; Kid Power
music and live animal show,
Promise Stage.
10:30 a.m. — McLeod
County Historical Society &
Museum, Promise Stage.
11 a.m. — “Technology for
Seniors,” presented by NUTelecom, Legacy Stage.
Noon — “Honey Extraction” by Wayne and Cindy
Rush, Legacy Stage.
1 p.m.-4 p.m. — Andy
Austin performs in the pavilion.
1 p.m. — Fiber demonstrations by the Fabric Arts
Guild, Legacy Stage; amusement attractions, Midway
open.
2 p.m. — 4-H swine show,
east end of swine barn; Star
Thrower Farms, Legacy
Stage.
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Upcoming Events
Pork chop, sweet corn dinner
Faith Presbyterian Church is hosting a pork chop and
sweet corn dinner on Thursday, Aug. 21, from 6 p.m. to
7:30 p.m. The menu includes pork chops with applesauce, sweet corn, beans, pickles, bars and beverages.
Advanced ticket sales only. For tickets, please call Alice
Paul at 320-327-2311 or Barb Wawrzyniak at 320-3273158. Deadline to purchase tickets is Aug. 17.
Senior dining birthday party
The August birthday party at the Silver Lake senior
dining site is set for Wednesday, Aug. 20, at the Silver
Lake Auditorium. The menu includes roast turkey,
mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, cranberry garnish, strawberries and low-fat milk. There will be music
and bingo. To order, call Pearl Branden, senior dining site
manager, at 320-327-2621 or 320-327-2536.
Degree of Honor meeting set
The Degree of Honor Lodge No. 182 will meet on
Tuesday, Aug. 26, at 1p.m., at the Silver Lake Auditorium.
Legion meeting on Monday
The Silver Lake Legion will hold its regular meeting
on Monday, Aug. 18, at 7 p.m., at the Silver Lake American Legion Post 141.
Bike rodeo Saturday, Aug. 23
The Silver Lake bike rodeo for area youth is scheduled
for Saturday, Aug. 23, at 10 a.m., in the Silver Lake Auditorium parking lot. Participants are encouraged to bring
a bike helmet.
Weather Corner
Lions football
registration
deadline is
set Aug. 19
The deadline for fifth and
sixth graders to register for
Silver Lake Lions football is
Tuesday, Aug. 19.
Registration runs Mondays
through Thursdays, 9 a.m. to
4 p.m., at the Hutchinson
Recreation Center.
The Silver Lake team will
play in the lightweight or
heavyweight division.
When players are registering, indicate they are a Silver
Lake Lions player.
Players are responsible for
$25 of the $50 registration
fee. The Silver Lake Lions
will be sponsoring $25 for
each player.
Equipment pickup, which
includes helmets and pads, is
scheduled for Thursday, Aug.
21, at 7 p.m., at the Hutchinson Recreation Center.
Players are to provide their
own football pants and shoes.
Shoes can be tennis shoes or
soccer shoes.
The fifth- and sixth-grade
Silver Lake Lions coaches
are Gary Kosek and Brian
Mikolichek.
A coaches meeting will be
on Thursday, Aug. 21, at 8
p.m., at the recreation center.
The Silver Lake Lions representatives are Dan Tschimperle and Sandy Posusta.
Chronicle photos
by Alyssa Schauer
Bee keepers
Harmony Schlueter and
her children, Brinley and
Joey, visited Cedar Crest
Estate in Silver Lake last
Monday to share about
their beekeeping business. Schlueter and her
son, Joey, are pictured
above, and to the right,
Joey donned himself in
the beekeeping protective
gear. Schlueter, along with
her husband, Dale, keep
10 hives on their hobby
farm in Litchfield.
By Jake Yurek
People
Pleasant, calm weather will dominate the week as a
ridge of high pressure slides in.
High temperatures will increase very slowly as we
progress through the week, ranging from upper 70s to
mid 80s. High pressure typically means dry weather and
that will be the case this week as well.
Rain chances increase late Friday into the weekend as
a frontal system parks itself over northern Minnesota.
The best chance of rain will stay to our north, but isolated showers and thunder can’t be ruled out (don’t
worry,weekend plans should be just fine).
Rain chances increase for us late Sunday into Monday
though as a storm system takes closer aim to our area.
The extended forecast keeps things generally quiet with
no big changes coming anytime soon.
Have a great August week; enjoy the fairs!
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McKays announce birth
Amy and Jeff McKay of Hutchinson announce the
birth of a son, Jayden James McKay, on Aug. 2, 2014, at
Glencoe Regional Health Services. Jayden weighed 7
pounds, 7 ounces, and was 203⁄4 inches in length. Grandparents are Jim and Barb Hartl of Glencoe and Jim and
Karen McKay of Hutchinson. Great-grandparents are
Tom and Delores Stafford and Ruth McKay, all of
Hutchinson.
Girl born to Kohout family
Kristin and Jeremy Kohout of Glencoe announce the
birth of a daughter, Jessa Lee, born Aug. 1, 2014, at
Glencoe Regional Health Services. Jessa weighed 8
pounds, 10 ounces, and was 21 inches long. She joins big
sisters Emma and Brook. Grandparents are Mark and
Joan Walford, Dave and Deb Kohout, and Deb Watford,
all of Glencoe.
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Wednesday night — Lows: 57-63; clear.
Thursday — Highs: 78-84, lows: 57-63; clear.
Friday — Highs: 79-85, lows: 61-67; mostly
clear/night showers.
Saturday — Highs: 80-86, lows: 63-69; mostly
clear/scattered showers.
Sunday — Highs: 80-86; partly cloudy/night thunder.
Girl born to Glencoe couple
Weather Quiz: Which counties in Minnesota have seen
the most tornados?
Answer to last week’s question (When can we stop
worrying about severe thunderstorms and tornadoes in a
typical year?): Once we make it through August, our severe weather chances go down drastically. Over the past
60 years, only 6 percent of all tornadoes have happened
after August. We’ve had a tornado as late as November,
so we’re not out of the woods until then, but generally
mid September things really start to shift gears/seasons.
Remember: I make the forecast, not the weather!
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Changing of the guard
John Kunkel and Kari Johnson of Glencoe announce
the birth of their daughter, Kora Leann Kunkel, born July
24, 2014, at Mother Baby Center Minneapolis. Kora
wighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces, and was 21 inches in
length. Grandparents are Bob and Lori Kunkel of Glencoe and Geoff and Leann Johnson of Windom. Greatgrandparents are Harold and Verna Kunkel of Glencoe,
Clara Johnson of Lakefield and Mary Johnson of Mountain Lake.
Marietta Neumann, left, executive director of the McLeod
Emergency Food Shelf for 30 years, hands the keys for
the MEFS to the new Executive Director Lennie Albers.
Silver Lake City Council
Regular Meeting
Monday, Aug. 18, 2014
6:30 p.m.
Agenda
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In accordance with Minnesota state law, a portion of
this meeting will be closed for the purpose of conducting an employee performance appraisal.
Call to order:
Approve agenda
Consent agenda:
1. Approve minutes of the July 21 regular meeting.
2. Approve payroll No. 16 and July ambulance.
3. Approve claims for payment.
Old business:
1. Review 2015 budget and proposed levy.
New business:
Department business:
1. Liquor Store.
2. Public Safety: annual review for Police Chief Forrest
Henriksen.
3. Public Works.
4. Community Development.
5. Administration.
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From the Chronicle archives
30 Years Ago
From the Brownton Bulletin archives
100 Years Ago
Aug. 14, 1914
O.C. Conrad, Editor
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. R.F. Ellies on Monday of
this week.
M.F. Peters is now acting as
guardian of the peace and looking after the power station since
last Sunday, when Gottlieb Gorr
ceased his labors for the village.
Mr. Peters is a good man for this
place and the village can consider itself fortunate for securing his
services.
75 Years Ago
Aug. 10, 1939
Milton D. Hakel, Editor
Elmer Schatz of Brownton
was successful at defending his
title as the sauerkraut-eating
champion Sunday night at Henderson. Elmer downed two
pounds of his favorite “fruit” in
one minute and 40 seconds in a
contest scheduled to last five
minutes.
J.S. West moved the building
he purchased from Mrs. Damask
Monday. The lot will be used for
the telephone exchange system
to be installed in Brownton this
fall.
50 Years Ago
Aug. 13, 1964
Charles H. Warner, Editor
There will be a general work
meeting at the Brownton baseball field Monday evening, Aug.
17, at 6 p.m. There are a good
many jobs to be done in preparation for the state amateur baseball tournament, which Brownton will host Sept. 4-13.
Carol Huebert and Julie Kreie
of the Brownton Brownies 4-H
Club and Carol Lipke of the
Stewart Troopers 4-H Club will
represent McLeod County at the
Minnesota State Fair with their
clothing projects.
The village of Brownton has
employed Lystad’s Exterminators to poison the dump grounds
for rats on Aug. 17. Residents
are asked to keep children and
pets away from the dump for at
least two weeks after the poison
is applied.
20 Years Ago
Aug. 10, 1994
Lori Copler, Editor
Diamond Five Construction of
Hutchinson was in Stewart Monday to begin demolition of the
city hall building, which was
originally constructed in 192223. It will be replaced by a new
community center building, and
the City Council ordered its architect to draw up plans.
The city of Brownton ap-
proved a bid for a new rescue
van for the fire department at the
City Council’s Aug. 2 meeting.
The new van will cost $133,775.
A 3-year-old Brownton boy,
Tyler Ryan Doering, was treated
for dog bites to the back of his
head, ear and face at Glencoe
Area Health Center on July 30.
The McLeod County Sheriff’s
Department said the dog’s owner
agreed to have it euthanized and
the body sent to the Twin Cities
for tests.
Vernon Christensen, 51, of
rural Stewart, is being treated at
Hennepin County Medical Center for injuries he suffered when
the dump truck he was driving
blew a tire and rolled on County
Road 20, about two miles north
of Highway 212, Saturday morning.
10 Years Ago
Aug. 11, 2004
Lori Copler, Editor
The Keith and Jane Tongen
family of Brownton is welcoming a new “daughter” to their
family for the 2004-05 school
year. They will be hosting Itske
DeBoer from The Netherlands
through a student exchange program.
From the Stewart Tribune archives
100 Years Ago
Aug. 14, 1914
Koeppen Brothers, Editors
Willis Hoyt is the new night
operator at the Electric Phone
Co.’s office here.
A.J. Buhr tells us he has a
sunflower that is 12 feet, 8 inches in height and still growing.
Miss Gertrude Kohler returned home last Friday from an
extended visit with relatives in
Watertown. The Post Office and
the Stewart Tribune forces are
again enjoying the strains of
“The National Emblem” march,
which Gertrude renders on the
Kohler piano as it should be rendered.
75 Years Ago
Aug. 11, 1939
Harry Koeppen, Editor
Ed Westphal came into the
Tribune office Wednesday morning, his face all smiles, and informed the editor he was “buying.” Ed informed us that Mrs.
Westphal had presented him with
a 9-pound daughter Monday,
Aug. 7, their firstborn, and that
all concerned were doing nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Koeppen
attended the summer outing of
the second district editorial association at the New Ulm Country
Club Saturday afternoon. The
time was devoted to golf, bridge
and a banquet. Mrs. Koeppen returned home with the head prize
for high score in contract bridge,
but the old man is saying nothing
of his score on the golf links.
Mr. and Mrs. August Remus
are the parents of a baby girl
born Monday.
50 Years Ago
Aug. 13, 1964
Kermit T. Hubin, Editor
Linnea Wacker and Valgene
Whipple were united in holy
matrimony July 18, 1964, at St.
Paul’s American Lutheran
Church in Stewart. The bride is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Milo Wacker of Stewart and the
groom is the son of Mr.and Mrs.
Lloyd Whipple of Ivanhoe.
The basement for the new
home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Brecht is going up on Stewart
this week. It is located between
the homes of Art Meier and
Moses LaPlante.
Carol Lipke of the Stewart
Troopers 4-H Club will represent
McLeod County at the Minnesota State Fair, having won a state
fair trip with her project in the
“Sew Lovely” Dress Revue competition at the McLeod County
Fair.
35 Years Ago
Aug. 16, 1979
Anthony G. Blum, Editor
The City Council awarded the
bid for the construction of a new
maintenance shed to Triad Construction Co. of Olivia. The cost
of the building will be $47,950.
It will be located on city-owned
lots in the southeast part of
Stewart, across from the now-defunct Southside Cafe.
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Maiers
(Carol Baysinger) announce the
birth of a daughter, Rochelle
Lynn, born Aug. 9.
From the Silver Lake Leader archives
75 Years Ago
Aug. 12, 1939
Delbert Merrill, Publisher
The marriage of Miss Mary
Slanga, daughter of Frank D.
Slanga, to Mr. Irvin Burich, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Burich,
joined two of Silver Lake’s oldest and respected families Thursday morning in the ceremony
which was held at 9 o’clock at
the Church of St. Adalbert in Silver Lake.
Postmaster W.O. Merrill received word Saturday of the confirmation by the senate of his
reappointment by President
Franklin. D. Roosevelt. A
telegram from Senator Henryk
Shipstead, Saturday afternoon,
conveyed the good news to Silver Lake’s postmaster, who happens to be not only the oldest
postmaster in the county, but
also the oldest in point of service
in the county.
Miss Ione Trutna, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Trutna, and
Harold Jerabek of Ashtabula,
Ohio, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.S.
Jerabek, who are to be married
Saturday evening, were guests of
honor at a pre-nuptial shower
Wednesday night at the First
Congregational Church.
Descendants of the Anton
Nuwash family, pioneer Czech
settlers of this community, gathered at the houme of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Nuwash in celebration of their 14th annual family
reunion.
Miss Maxine Huffman was the
honored guest at two bridal
showers. She will be the bride of
Raymond Chalupsky this month.
Albin Ruzicka bought the
Ruzicka filling station at the corner of Grove Street and the
Glencoe road, taking possession
last Saturday. John Helmbrecht,
who had been operating the Ruzicka station, rented the Jilek
property on Grove Street, installed new pumps and continued
business. He rents the lower part
of the Jilek property, with Ed
Vlcek occupying the upper
rooms.
Another pioneer resident of
this community was removed
with the death of Mrs. Mary
Marvan at Hutchinson, Aug. 4,
1939, at the age of 89 years, 6
months and 2 days.
A serious smash-up occurred
at noon last Saturday near the
Chas. Hawlish place when a car
driven by H. Ginnons, fieldman
of the Minnesota Valley Canning
Co. at Watertown, crashed into
the Dan Trutna car. Fortunately,
no one was badly injured, although both cars were considerably wrecked by the collision.
50 Years Ago
Aug. 6, 1964
Wilbert Merrill, Publisher
Funeral services for Mr. Nick
Pawlicki were held Saturday
morning, Aug. 1, at 9:30, at the
St. Adalbert Church in Silver
Lake. Father Wojciak conducted
the funeral Mass. Burial was in
the St. Adalbert cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Joseph Konerza (Josephine
Wraspir) were held July 24 at
1:30 p.m. in the Presbyterian
Church of Silver Lake. Dr. E.
Joseph Rose officiated. Burial
was in the Presbyterian Church
cemetery.
Mrs. Josie Pawlak, who would
have been 72 years of age this
September, passed away at the
Winsted hospital early Tuesady
morning following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will beheld from the Presbyterian
Church in Silver Lake Friday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. with interment in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Adolph (Bessie) Ondracek, 67, of this village, passed
away suddenly at her home early
Wednesday morning, death resulting from a heart attack. Funeral services will be held Satur-
day afternoon at 1:30 p.m. at the
Presbyterian Church with Dr. E.
Joseph Rose officiating.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Mauk of
Howard Lake announce the engagement of their daughter,
Louella Marie, to Mr. Robert
Frank Sopkowiak, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Sopkowiak of
Silver Lake.
25 Years Ago
Aug. 10, 1989
Ken and Dorothy Merrill,
Publishers
The Silver Lake royalty were
chosen Sunday evening and include Christopher Shimanski,
junior king, Kari Kaczmarek,
junior queen, Princess Katie Barton, Princess Nicole Yurek and
Queen Shelly Cacka.
Over 450 attended the allschool reunion that was part of
the Silver Lake centennial weekend celebration. Classes from
1917 through 1988 were represented along with some of the
teachers from over the years.
Bids on remodeling are being
put together and negotiations
with Howard and Ruth Staber
are under way. If all goes according to Linda Heaton’s plan, the
“Castle” will become a bed and
breakfast and gourmet meal
restaurant.
August Makovsky was one of
the many who performed at the
“jam session” during the centennial celebration Sunday afternoon.
Liz Hlavka, 11, daughter of
Ron and Diane Hlavka, received
a gift certificate in appreciation
of her honesty. She had found $2
at the Ben Franklin store in
Glencoe and turned it in to the
clerk. No one claimed the money
so the store gave Liz the money
and a $10 gift certificate.
Aug. 15, 1984
Bill Ramige, Editor
Eleven-year-old Kerry Davis
of Glencoe swept the competition in the National Symposium
Talent Contest held in Rochester.
Davis took first place in each of
the six categories he entered and
was awarded a three-foot trophy
for overall best performer.
Dr. Mark Hertenstein joins his
brother, Dr. Dennis Hertenstein,
in the Hertenstein Chiropractic
Clinic that has been operating in
Glencoe for 12 years.
20 Years Ago
Rich Glennie, Editor
The Glencoe City Council’s
finance committee hopes to have
architect’s plans for the liquor
store remodeling project by Sept.
1, with construction to start by
the end of October.
The stucco, concrete and
wooden bandshell that has stood
in Glencoe’s Lincoln Park for
decades was razed last week.
Divine Word Missionaries’ the
Revs. Elzear Gehlen and John
Harpel, both natives of Glencoe
and alumni of Sts. Peter and Paul
grammar school, held a joint celebration of their golden jubilees
of priesthood at St. Pius X
Church in Glencoe with a Mass
followed by a lunch in the parish
hall.
10 Years Ago
Aug. 18, 2004
Rich Glennie, Editor
Jungclaus Implement in Glencoe unveiled plans to expand its
facility along Chandler Avenue
with a new $2.6 million, 31,000square-foot building.
A referendum will be placed
on the Nov. 2 ballot asking Glencoe voters if they want to authorize the city to issue bonds for an
addition onto the Glencoe Library.
The Glencoe Brewers beat the
Plato Bluejays 2-1, which sent
the Brewers to this year’s Class
C state tournament.
Aug. 17, 1984
Tracing Roots
By Ron Pulkrabek
The Czechs and the Slovaks
In 1918, Tomas Masaryk
was elected the first president
of the newly formed country
of Czechoslovakia. He was
married to an American. It
was the very first time this
country of 12 million people
had a democratic government, although it would only
last for 21 years.
Czechoslovakia
was
formed at the end of World
War I, per an agreement with
the Allied Powers. Czechoslovakia is a long, rugged,
thin piece of pie-shaped land,
formed by the four provinces
of Bohemia in the west,
Moravia in the center, Slovakia in the east and Ruthenia
in the far east.
Ruthenia was a sharppointed piece of land sticking
into Russia. It and 1 million
people were immediately
gobbled up by Russia in
1945, never to be heard from
again! During the 1930s,
Hitler had already nibbled
away thousands of square
miles of Czech lands with the
Allies’ approval. Slovakia
was a separate country at one
time.
Bohemia and Moravia border each other and are considered Czechs, although the
Moravians would rather classify themselves as Moravians. The Slovakians were
not too happy about joining
the Czechs after WWI, but
felt it was better than what
they had in the past. The Slovakian and Czech language is
somewhat similar, but some
words are spelled and pronounced totally different.
Some differences carried
over into America but are
fairly well united now.
In 1945, after seven years
of Nazi occupation, the Allied Powers agreed to give
Czechoslovakia to Russia.
The Czechoslovakians tried
to re-establish a democratic
government. After three years
of hard work, the government
failed to reach agreements
and in a “not-so-fair election”
with Russian backing, the
Communist party won the
majority of the Czech Congress in 1948.
During this time the Czech
Foreign Minister, Jan
Masaryk, (Thomas’s son) a
very influential leader, was
found dead below his threestory apartment window.
Communists called it suicide.
Local Czechs definitely did
not agree. A cover-up investigation by the Russian/Communists proved nothing.
In 1989, after 40 years of
Russian domination, Russian
President Mikhail Gorbachev
finally gave Russian satellite
countries their freedom. Almost immediately, Slovakia
wanted its own independent
country. The Czechs wanted
both countries as they were in
the years 1918 to 1939. Disagreements arose and at one
time there was talk of strict
border regulations or even
war.
Eventually, in 1993, they
settled peaceably into the
separate countries of the
Czech Republic and Slovakia. Eventually the rules were
relaxed and now people can
cross freely. The Czech Republic booted out all the
Communists from Congress,
had honest elections, formed
a democratic government and
elected Vaclav Havel as its
new president.
Most Bohemians and
Moravians settled in America
between 1840 and 1930, followed by the Slovakians from
1899 to 1930. They kept their
space and separate customs at
first, but by 1920, for the
most part, slowly merged.
They spread to various parts
of America in little groups,
tending to stick together, establishing towns, taking jobs
in factories and as miners, saloon keepers, in railroad construction, as farmers, and
even in the “Pulkrabek Cigar
Factory” in Glencoe.
Letters were written back
to the “Old Country” telling
friends and relatives how nice
it was in America. From
some of the horror stories
you have heard, it was far
from the “Promised Land.” It
was hard, hard work filled
with many disappointments,
but generally better than the
country they left. By 1918, 2
million, or 25 percent, of the
Czechs and Slovaks had left
their native countries. At one
time, there were over 200
Czech and Slovak weekly
newspapers and magazines in
America.
The Czechs more or less
settled in farming areas,
while the Slovaks worked in
mines and lumbering, which
was native to their old country. The Slovaks usually lived
in their own separate areas or
towns, were used to hard
work and quickly adapted to
strenuous work in coal-mining centers. Elders of both
nationalities hoped the
younger generation would
carry on church customs and
native traditions. Unfortunately, many soon became
“Americanized.” Some single
men planned on working
here, saving money, going
back to their homeland and
marrying their former sweetheart, but soon forgot about
her and married an Americanized girl and even one of a
different nationality or religion!
Many church-related insurance companies such as the
CZBJ (still in existence at the
Komensky Hall six miles
west of Silver lake), CSPS,
SPJST and Katoliky Delnik,
were formed, mainly to help
widows with children, people
unable to work due to sickness, care for the aged, and
burial expenses. Over the
years these companies all
went through major reorganizations.
BOB SHANAHAN
James Rosckes, Glencoe
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Records
Obituary
Rose M. Mallak, 81, of Lester Prairie
Rose Mary Mallak, age 81,
of Lester Prairie, died Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, at the
Glencoe Long Term Care facility.
A Mass
of Christian
Burial for
Rose Mallak
was
held Friday,
Aug. 8, at
Holy Trinity Catholic
Church in
W i n s t e d . Rose Mallak
The Rev.
Paul Schumacher was the celebrant.
Honorary urn bearers were
her grandchildren and greatgranddaughter. Inurnment
was in St. Adalbert’s Cemetery in Silver Lake.
She was born Sept. 28,
1932, in Hutchinson, the
daughter of Tony and Mary
(Horstmann) Fiecke.
On Oct. 1, 1955, Rose M.
Fiecke and Arthur F. Mallak
were joined in holy marriage.
God blessed their marriage
with four children.
Rose and Arthur Mallak Sr.
farmed for 25 years 1½ miles
north of Silver Lake. She was
a caregiver to her husband
while he was ill with ALS.
She also owned and operated
Rose’s Café in Silver Lake
after Mr. Mallak’s death.
Mrs. Mallak also worked at
Jonio’s Restaurant while living in Lester Prairie.
She enjoyed playing bingo,
word searches, watching
“Gunsmoke” and watching
wrestling, baking cookies and
visiting with people.
She was a member of Holy
Trinity Catholic Church in
Winsted.
She is survived by a son,
Tom (Cindi) Mallak of Lester
Prairie; a daughter, Linda
(Kent) Leske of Lacey,
Wash.; a daughter-in-law,
Ann Mallak of Lester Prairie;
a son-in-law, Loren Boll of
Litchfield; grandchildren:
Tamara (Matt) Snegosky,
Mike Boll, Brandon Leske
and Allison Leske; greatgrandchild, Sara Mae
Snegosky; brothers and sisters; other relatives and
friends.
She was preceded in death
by her husband Arthur Mallak Sr., eldest daughter,
Kathy Boll, a second son,
Arthur T. Mallak; and by a
granddaughter, Sara Mallak;
and many other siblings and
friends.
The Maresh Funeral Home
in Silver Lake is serving the
family. Online condolences
may be made at www.maresh
funeralhome.com.
Time for lawn watering, seeding
Plentiful spring and early
summer rainfall has been replaced by a lack of adequate
summer rainfall.
Flower and vegetable gardens most likely need additional water. Water these once
to twice weekly depending on
how dry they get. Any areas
in full sun may need additional watering. Water heavily each time the flowers and
vegetables need watering and
then do not water again until
the soil appears dry. A little
bit of water stress on the
plants will push the root systems down deeper into the
soil, but a lot of water stress
will cause dieback on root
systems.
Following is information
regarding watering lawns
from the publication titled
“Watering Lawns and “ther
Turf” from the University of
Minnesota Extension. The
publication can be found at
http://z.umn.edu/fqs.
The amount of water to
apply depends on the soil
type and the wetness of the
soil. The preferable method is
to thoroughly wet the soil
down to a depth of five inches. If the soil is initially very
dry, it may take one-half inch
of water to wet a sandy soil
down to a depth of 5 inches,
while 1-1/2 inches of water
may be needed to wet a clay
soil down that far. Once the
soil is thoroughly wet to a
depth of 5 inches, any additional water will simply drain
below the root zone. Occasional extraction of soil cores
after normal irrigation can
help give some idea of how
deeply you are watering.
Several aspects of lawn
sprinkling are important.
First, determine how uniform
and how much water is applied in a normal irrigation.
This can be done by placing a
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By Nathan Winter
row of equal-sized, straightsided cans in a line at one or
two foot intervals from the
sprinkler and out to the farthest point of watering. Following a normal sprinkling of
known time, measure the
amount of water collected in
each can. Then determine the
appropriate placement of
sprinklers and length of time
to water for a uniform distribution of the desired amount
of water.
Trees also need to be watered deep enough for water
to reach their root systems.
Trees also need about 1 inch
of rain per week to maintain
their vegetative needs.
Typically, the best way to
water trees is to slowly run
the hose under the drip line of
the tree. Slowly saturate the
soil and then do not water for
seven to 10 days. Slowly run
the hose for two to six hours
depending on the size of the
tree and move the hose
around some as well.
If you receive an inch of
rain during that time, watering will be less critical. A
good rule of thumb with gardens, lawns, and trees is to
water them heavily and infrequently other than lightly watering frequently. Be sure to
avoid too much of a good
thing by overwatering.
This time of year also is an
excellent time to seed the
lawn. The best time to seed a
lawn in Minnesota is between
Aug. 15 and Sept. 10. Most
annual weeds do not germinate after Aug. 15, which can
give your new seed the
chance to compete. A lawn
seeded during late summer
can become established before winter and be growing in
spring before weeds start to
germinate. Rake the seed in
lightly and leave approximately 10 percent of the seed
showing. Next, roll the seed
bed lightly to firm seed into
the soil and water lightly.
According to the University of Minnesota Extension, a
mixture of 60 to 70 percent
Kentucky bluegrass and 30 to
40 percent fine fescue grasses
is suitable for most sunny
lawns. A mixture of 60 percent fine fescue grasses and
40 percent Kentucky bluegrass is best for most shady
lawns. For high-traffic lawns
with high maintenance practices, a mixture of 60 percent
Kentucky bluegrass and 40
percent perennial ryegrass
may be best. Following are
the recommended seeding
rates per 1,000 square feet of
lawn:
Kentucky bluegrass, two to
three pounds; fine fescue,
four to five pounds; Kentucky bluegrass/fine fescue
mix, three to four pounds;
Kentucky bluegrass/perennial
ryegrass mix, three to four
pounds.
Be sure to visit the University of Minnesota Extension
Website to learn more about
lawns and gardening.
Glencoe Police
Monday, Aug. 4
12:17 a.m. — A driver was
cited for driving after suspension
and no proof of insurance during
a traffic stop at Highway 212 and
Morningside Drive.
7:32 a.m. — A medical emergency was reported on 16th
Street. Also responding was the
Glencoe Ambulance.
10:14 a.m. — Damage to property was reported on Newon Avenue N.
10:41 a.m. — A medical emergency occurred on Armstrong Avenue N. Also responding was the
Glencoe Ambulance.
8:07 p.m. — Damage to a vehicle parked in a driveway on 11th
Street E was reported.
Tuesday, Aug. 5
11:16 a.m. — An officer advised three males near the grain
bins near Armstrong Avenue that
they could not hang out there because it was private property.
1:03 p.m. — The theft of a bicycle from near the Franklin Printing building was reported. The bicycle was taken sometime between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., and is
a silver BMX bike with “Mongoose” in yellow lettering on the
frame.
2:22 p.m. — A gas drive-off
from a business on 13th Street E
was reported. The vehicle was
later located in Hutchinson and
the driver returned to pay for the
gas.
Wednesday, Aug. 6
5:41 a.m. — A driver was cited
for expired registration and no
proof of insurance and given a
verbal warning for speed at a traffic stop at First Street E and
Morningside Drive.
7:32 a.m. — A theft was reported on Gruenhagen Drive.
9:49 a.m. — An officer responded to a blight issue at the
intersection of 12th Street and Elliott Avenue. A mattress and futon
were outside along the north side
of the building.
9:54 a.m. — Officers assisted
the McLeod County Sheriff’s Office with a report of a possible
burglary in progress on 120th
Street, north of Glencoe. The report was determined to be unfounded.
Deaths
Evonne
Mueller, 70,
of Glencoe
Evonne Mueller, 70, of
Glencoe, died Sunday, Aug.
10, 2014, at Glencoe Regional Health Services long-term
care.
Funeral services will be
held Thursday, Aug. 14, at
noon, at First Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Glencoe.
Visitation will be from 11
a.m. to noon, one hour prior
to the service.
Interment will be in the
First Evangelical Lutheran
Cemetery in Glencoe.
Arrangements are with the
Johnson-McBride Funeral
Chapel in Glencoe. An online
guest book is available at
www.hantge.com.
VBS kids also learned about the urgent
need of clean drinking water for children
in India through the “Operation Kid-toKid” program. They had fun filling a giant
drinking glass with blue balloons as they
donated to this special cause. The goal of
this program is to provide children in
India with clean water for a year at
school, plus a bathroom and a place to
wash their hands. Donations will continue to be collected by the children
through August.
The family of LaVon Buckentin would like to express a
sincere and heartfelt thank you for all the kindness
shown at the time of her death.
A special thank you is sent to the Glencoe Regional
Health Services Long Term Care, Dr. Knudten and staff;
Pastor Donald Adrix for his care; the Emanuel Lutheran
Ladies Auxiliary for serving the luncheon; and McBrideHantge Funeral Chapel.
Most of all, thank you family, friends, co-workers and
neighbors who sent cards and flowers, gave a memorial,
or offered words of sympathy.
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Kendall Guerrero and Grace Patnaude
demonstrated how God’s love can be
shared while working together during vacation Bible school at First Congregational UCC in Glencoe. This year’s theme,
“Weird/unique animals, where Jesus’
love is one-of-a-kind,” brought more than
30 kids and 20 helpers together in faith.
Kids were reminded, through Bible stories and activities, that even if one is left
out, is different than the rest or doesn’t
understand, one is loved by Jesus. The
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8:37 a.m. — Another potential
scam was reported. The reporting
party said he had a call allegedly
from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stating to send money
right away through a Green Dot
money order. The person was advised not send money and to
have the phone company block
the number.
9:12 a.m. — Officers assisted
McLeod County Jail staff with an
out-of-control inmate.
12:26 p.m. — A suspicious person was reported at one of the
entrances to the high school. The
person told the officer he was just
taking a break and charging his
phone. The officer advised the
person that “he was stealing electricity and that is a crime.”
10:25 p.m. — A driver was
cited for speed at a traffic stop at
Hamlet Avenue and Highway
212.
Sunday, Aug. 10
2:34 p.m. — A boat fell off a
trailer while a vehicle as making a
turn onto Highway 212 from
Morningside Drive. The driver
was able to get the boat back on
the trailer.
10:26 p.m. — A driver was
cited for expired registration and
given a verbal warning for speed
and a headlight that was out during a traffic stop at Highway 212
and Dairy Avenue.
Monday, Aug. 11
6:08 a.m. — Police and the
Glencoe Ambulance responded
to a medical emergency at Grand
Meadows.
4 p.m. — Police assisted the
State Patrol with a two-vehicle
accident at Highway 212 and
Morningside Drive.
4:19 p.m. — A two-vehicle accident was reported at the intersection of 10th street and Morningside Drive. There were no injuries. Involved were a 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix driven by Heidi Jo
Barthel of Elk River and a 2002
Chevrolet Impala driven by Parker Loren Williams of Sauk Centre.
5:39 p.m. — A verbal domestic
was reported on Stevens Avenue
N.
6:32 p.m. — A gas drive-off
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2:02 p.m. — An individual fled
during a traffic stop at 10th Street
E and DeSoto Avenue. The sheriff’s office assisted the police department in tracking down the
person.
8:44 p.m. — A stolen bicycle
was found and returned to its
owner.
Thursday, Aug. 7
12:34 a.m. — A driver was
cited for failing to obey a sign,
failing to change the address on
their driver’s license, and for no
proof of insurance during a traffic
stop at Highway 212 and Falcon
Avenue
8:22 p.m. — There was a complaint of juveniles knocking down
cones. An officer asked the
youths to pick the cones back
up.
Friday, Aug. 8
3:13 a.m. — A driver was cited
for no Minnesota driver’s license
at a traffic stop at 13th Street E
and Hennepin Avenue N.
11:39 a.m. — A “fender bender” between two squad cars was
reported.
2:46 p.m. — A medical call was
received from Greeley Avenue of
a woman who fell and was unable
to get up. She declined transport
to the hospital.
3:43 p.m. — A vehicle backed
into a parked vehicle at 11th
Street E and Hennepin Avenue.
There was minor damage.
4:37 p.m. — A resident on
Greeley Avenue reported they
had received a check in the mail
for $4,000 and was wondering if it
was a scam. Police advised them
to shred the check.
5 p.m. — Police assisted in removing an unwanted person from
a house on 11th Street.
8:05 p.m. — A domestic situation was reported at an address
on 11th Street E. One of the parties left for the evening.
9:19 p.m. — A driver was cited
for driving after suspension and
giving a verbal warning for a broken taillight at a traffic stop at Elliot Avenue N and 12th Street E.
Saturday, Aug. 9
2:54 a.m. — A driver was cited
for driving after revocation at a
traffic stop at 11th Street E and
Greeley Avenue N.
6:10 a.m. — A gas drive-off
was reported from a business on
13th Street E. The driver returned
and paid.
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After-church morning treats
After-service treats are a
tradition at many churches. I
remember going with my
grandparents to their little
country church in the summer
mostly for the treats afterwards. The men sat in one
corner of the basement and
the women at another table.
They still did this as of a couple of years ago.
A couple of weeks ago a friend made some
great treats that would be great for a brunch, a
treat for co-workers, or to just enjoy. Thanks
for sharing, J.J.!
Chronicle photo by Lori Copler
Honored for service
Marietta Neumann, who retired Aug. 1 as
the executive director of the McLeod
Emergency Food Shelf after about 30
years of service, was the honored guest
at a retirement open house Sunday at the
Glencoe City Center. Above, Don Rudy,
left, and Neumann share a laugh at the
open house.
McLeod County CRP acres
approved for emergency haying
McLeod County was authorized for emergency haying and grazing of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
acres for fiscal year (FY)
2014.
The deadline for conducting emergency haying is Aug.
31. All bales must be removed from the CRP acreage
by Sept. 15. Producers are required to leave at least 50
percent of each field or contiguous field un-hayed for
wildlife. The hay harvested
cannot be sold.
The deadline for conducting emergency grazing is
Sept. 30. All livestock must
be removed from the CRP
acreage by the Sept. 30 deadline. Producers are required
to leave at least 25 percent of
each field or contiguous field
un-grazed for wildlife or
graze all of the CRP acreage
at no more than 75 percent of
the stocking rate. CRP practices eligible for Emergency
Haying and Grazing are CP1,
CP2, CP4B, CP4D, CP10,
CP18B, CP18C and CP38.
Under normal managed
harvesting or routine grazing
provisions, producers are limited to haying or grazing the
CRP acreage once every three
years. Under emergency provisions, eligible producers
may hay or graze the acreage
without the restriction of the
rotation requirement. Emergency haying and grazing retriggers the rotation start date.
Producers are limited to one
cutting of hay and cannot hay
or graze the same acreage.
CRP participants who request emergency haying or
grazing will not be assessed a
payment reduction on the
acreage actually hayed or
grazed for 2014 emergency
provisions.
Emergency haying and
grazing is authorized to begin
following the end of the primary season (PNS) which for
Minnesota, ended on Aug. 1.
The eligible CRP acreage is
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Blueberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
For the batter:
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup sour cream
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
1 small carton fresh blueberries
For the filling:
2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese
1 egg
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
For the crumb topping:
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup butter
For the batter:
Cream together the butter and sugar, then
beat in the eggs and sour cream. Add the baking powder and salt and mix a little more. Add
the flour a little at a time until completely
mixed in. Last, gently fold in the fresh blueberries.
For the filling:
Beat together the cream cheese, egg, sugar
and vanilla until smooth.
For the crumb topping:
Mix the sugar, flour, and butter with a pastry blender (or fork) until crumbly.
Putting it together:
Spread half the batter into the bottom of a
prepared 9x13-inch pan. Next, spread the
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cream cheese filling over the top. Then with
the remaining batter, place spoonfuls all over
the filling (try to spread them out evenly).
Last, sprinkle the crumb topping over everything. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes in a preheated 350-degree oven. Let the cake cool before
serving.
Almond Apricot Coffee Cake
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
3/4 cup slivered almonds, divided
1 jar (10 to 12 ounces) apricot preserves, divided
Confectioners’ sugar, optional
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar
until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, sour cream
and extract; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to the
creamed mixture and mix well.
Spread half of the batter in a greased and
floured 12-cup fluted tube pan. Sprinkle with
half of the almonds. Spread half of the preserves to within one-half inch of the edges.
Cover with remaining batter. Spoon remaining
preserves over batter to within one-half inch
of edges. Sprinkle with remaining almonds.
Bake at 350 degrees for 55-60 minutes or
until toothpick inserted near the center comes
out clean. Cool in pan for 15 minutes before
inverting onto a serving plate. If desired, dust
with confectioners’ sugar. Yield: 12-16 servings.
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2014 Brownton Lions Corn Feed
B.A.R.K. Day
The community of Brownton had a full weekend Aug.
8, as the Brownton Lions hosted their annual corn
feed and pedal-tractor pull Friday night, Brownton
Area Resources for Kids (BARK) had its annual
fundraiser Saturday, and the community continued to
host the Region 7C amateur baseball tournament all
weekend. Above, Caleb Lindeman, son of Jason and
Melanie Lindeman, enjoyed his corn on the cob Friday night.
Alyssa Zellmann, daughter of Nathan
and Stacy Zellmann, was among those
The human foosball tournament drew a lot of attention, even that of WCCO-TV. Above are Lisa Schimmelpfennig and Lance and Ann Matheny of one of the
teams, “The Lunchables.” Seven teams competed in
the tournament.
who got their faces painted at “Clown
Town” on Saturday.
Chronicle photos by
Lori Copler
and Trisha Karels
Ty Winterfeldt, son of Neil and Melanie
Winterfeldt, was among the participants at the pedal-tractor pull spon-
sored by the Brownton Lions after the
corn feed Friday night.
Todd Lindeman was among those who took part in
the buffalo-chip toss Saturday afternoon.
BARK’s Saturday fundraising day started with a 5K
fun run/walk, with about 100 participants. A kids’ fun
run was held shortly afterward, and then the bean bag
and human foosball tournaments started.