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Glencoe, Minnesota Vol. 116, No. 40 Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013CThe McLeod County

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McLeod County Sheriff Scott Rehmannpresented an overview of the proposed$7 million jail expansion/courthouse

security project to the McLeod CountyAssociation of Townships at its annualmeeting Sept. 30.

By Lori CoplerStaff Writer

McLeod County SheriffScott Rehmann and CountyBoard Chair Paul Wright out-lined the differences betweena $22.75 million jail expan-sion project to the current $7million proposal to townshipofficials at their annualMcLeod County Associationof Townships meeting Sept.30.

Wright, who wasn’t on theCounty Board when it pro-posed and subsequentlydropped the 2007 project,said the $22.75 proposal “wassupposed to be a moneymaker for the county.”

The previous proposalwould have included a signif-icant enlargement of the jail,up to 150 beds. The goal,Wright said, was to leasethose beds to other facilitieswhich were overcrowded.

But Wright said a lot ofother counties had the sameidea, and undertook somelarge expansion projects.

“And then the economytook a dive,” said Wright.

The McLeod County Boardof Commissioners voted inOctober 2007 to abandon theproposal.

The current project wouldadd about 15 beds to the jail’scurrent 35, for a total of 50,said Rehmann. The goal ofthe project is to save thecounty money, not makemoney, Wright added.

Currently, the countyspends about $115,000 to$145,000 annually to board

inmates in other facilitieswhen the local jail is at ca-pacity.

Rehmann said the countycould add the additional 15beds without hiring morestaff; however, he added, thecounty will have more ex-pense for food, medical serv-ices and utilities, at an esti-mated $16,000 to $18,000 an-nually.

Budget estimate for jail expansion/courthouse security

a. Lobby addition $1.26 millionb. Site expansion, parking $165,000c. Sheriff’s lobby remodel $180,000d. Existing jail remodel

• Interior remodel $575,000• Mechanical systems remodel $150,000• New electrical systems remodel $125,000

e. Jail addition — housing, multi-purpose $1.65 millionf. Jail addition — sallyport/kitchen/etc. $1.3 million

Subtotal building construction $5.43 million

g. Fees, testing, soft costs $630,000h. Furniture, fixtures & equipment $430,000i. Contingency (design and construction) $540,000

Total project cost $7 million

County officials outline courthouseproject, costs for township officers

The GSL Panther Associa-tion Hall of Fame 2013 in-ductees will be Nancy (Roach)Kopperud for fine arts, andGreg Jerve, Scott Phifer, JamesSchmidt and Keith Stifter, allstudent athletes. Special recog-nition will also be given to the1977 Glencoe boys’ basketballteam and cheerleaders.

Recognition of inductees,team and cheerleaders will bedone during the halftime of theGSL Homecoming game onFriday, Oct. 11, at the GSLStevens Seminary Stadium.

New this year will be a re-ception, including appetizersand a cash bar, following thefootball game at the GlencoeCountry Club. Tickets can bepurchased in advance at thePanther Fieldhouse or Gert &Erma’s. Tickets also will beavailable at the door.

For more information, con-tact Michele Mackenthun 320-864-6232 or Kathy Olson 320-864-5759.

For more details of the in-ductees, see page 2B in today’ssports section.

GSL ’13 Hall inducteesto be honored Oct. 11

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Chronicle photos by Josh Randt

New royaltyYodee Rivera, right, daugh-ter of Noemi Sanchez, andAdam Eberhard, son ofRobert and Gloria Eberhard,were named the 2013Homecoming queen andking Monday night duringcoronation. The royaltyparty, above, includes,front, junior royalty HannahGraf and Aden Carrigan.Standing, middle row, KellyArnold, Samantha Lange,Rivera, Eberhard, CassidySchrader and Emily Popel-ka. In the back are DaltonClouse, Lou Iacona, ColePetersen and Colton Lued-ers. Homecoming activitiescontinue this week and con-clude on Friday with a pa-rade at 5:30 p.m. along 16thStreet, the football gameagainst Waconia at 7 p.m.,and the Homecoming dancefollowing the game.

CSAH 2 detourshould be liftedby week’s endBy Lori CoplerStaff Writer

McLeod County Highway Engi-neer John Brunkhorst said theCounty State Aid Highway(CSAH) 2 detour should be liftedsometime this week.

Brunkhorst updated the CountyBoard on all of the county’s high-way projects at its meeting Tues-day morning.

Brunkhorst said utility work stillremains an issue on the CSAH 2(which is Grove Avenue within thecity of Silver Lake) project, but theroad should be re-opened later thisweek once the pavement markingsare installed.

The remainder of the work, in-cluding the relocating of powerpoles, paving concrete drivewaysand installing sidewalk, will becompleted under traffic.

Other project updates included:• The CSAH 115/State Highway

15 roundabout, which is substan-tially completed and has been opento traffic for over a month.

Brunkhorst said he is particular-ly pleased with the lighting at theintersection, which uses LEDlighting.

“It’s much brighter and weshould be saving a lot on powercosts,” said Brunkhorst, whoadded that Hutchinson Utilities hasagreed to monitor the cost of thelighting at the intersection.

If there is a substantial savings,Brunkhorst is hoping to convertlighting at other intersections toLEDs for both the greater illumi-nation and the energy cost savings.

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Happenings

Band, choir in concert Oct. 15The Glencoe-Silver Lake Concert Band and Concert

Choir will present the first concert of the school year onTuesday, Oct. 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the GSL High SchoolAuditorium. Tickets for the concert are available at thedoor.

Lions sausage supper Oct. 24The Glencoe Lions Club will host its annual all-you-

can-eat sausage/ham supper at the Pla-Mor Ballroomfrom 4:31 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 24. Participantsare asked to bring a food item for the McLeod Emer-gency Food Shelf. Collection boxes also will be availablefor used eyeglasses and hearing aids. Advanced ticketscan be purchased at Franklin Printing, Hite Hardware andfrom any Lions member. The proceeds from the supperhelp support Lions community projects.

VFW Auxiliary to meet Oct. 14The next regular meeting of the Glencoe VFW Auxil-

iary to Post 5102 will be held at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Oct.14, at the Glencoe VFW Club.

Grand Meadows OktoberfestGrand Meadows Senior Living, 1420 Prairie Ave.,

Glencoe, is hosting an Oktoberfest celebration on Satur-day, Oct. 12, at 2 p.m., featuring Wally Pikal and HarveyBecker. This event is open to the community. Call 320-864-5577 for more information.

Legion Sunday Brunch Oct. 13Glencoe American Legion Post 95 will host its annual

Sunday Brunch, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, Oct.13, at the Glencoe City Center. The menu includes pan-cakes, ham, scrambled eggs and beverages. The proceedsfrom the brunch support veterans, Glencoe-Silver Lakescholarships and other community projects.

Outdoor movie night comingOutdoor movie night is set for 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct

12, at First Lutheran Church, Glencoe. The movie, “TheLost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone,” will beshown. Bring a chair, blanket and friends. Popcorn andrefreshments will be served beginning at 6:30 p.m. Afree-will offering will be accepted. The public is invited.

Relay For Life sale Oct. 26The Bumps Stop Here Relay for Life team appreciates

everyone for their continued support this year, accordingto Lori Cacka. The team raised over $16,000 for theAmerican Cancer Society this year. “We are having avendor, craft and bake sale on Saturday, Oct. 26, at FirstLutheran Church from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lunch will beavailable. “A percent of all proceeds go to our relayteam.” Cacka said. “With your continued support, wehope that some day we will live in a world without can-cer,” she added.

Post 143, Auxiliary to meetThe Brownton American Legion Post and Auxiliary

Unit 143 will meet Monday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m., at theBrownton Community Center. Host and hostesses for theevening are David Wendlandt, Carol Beltz, Jeanne Doddand Bev Janke.

Thrivent annual meeting setAll Thrivent members are invited to the annual/elec-

tion meeting on Sunday, Oct. 20, at 4 p.m., at FirstLutheran Church in Glencoe. A recap of 2013 chapterevents will be presented, board elections will be held anda catered meal served. Please RSVP to Cindy at 238-2148 or [email protected] asap.

Caregiver group sets meetingThe Glencoe caregiver discussion group will meet at

5:45 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Grand Meadows, 1420Prairie Ave., Glencoe. Caregiving tips will be the on-going discussion. Call Jan Novotny, caregiver coordina-tor, at 320-894-0479 or 1-800-488-4146. Nathan Unseth,volunteer program facilitator, can be reached at 320-237-4198.

Farmers market still openGlencoe’s Farmers Market is open weekly on Thurs-

days from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and is offering a variety offresh garden produce, honey, jams, pickles and an assort-ment of other homemade goods. The market is located on11th Street in downtown Glencoe across from the Glen-coe City Center.

Glencoe seniors to meetThe Glencoe Senior Citizens group will meet Thurs-

day, Oct. 10, at 12:30 p.m., at the senior room in theGlencoe City Center. The group will play 500 and Sheep-head, and all area senior citizens are invited to attend.The group also will meet at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 15.

County senior meeting setThe McLeod County senior citizens will hold their

quarterly meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 1:30 p.m. inthe Brownton City Center. After the meeting, cards willfollow. For questions, call 320-327-2499.

After Prom meeting SundayThe 2014 After Prom Committee will be having a

meeting at 7 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 13, at the McLeodCounty North Complex,

To be included in this column, items for Happeningsmust be received in the Chronicle office no later than5 p.m. on Monday of the week they are to be pub-lished. Items received after that will be published else-where in the newspaper as space permits. Happeningsin Glencoe, Brownton, Stewart, Plato, New Auburn,Biscay and Silver Lake take priority over happeningselsewhere.

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Jack Lemke, Tommy Becker and MatthewDahlke competed at the State FFA TrapShoot recently, with Dahlke finishing in

the top 20 individually. As a team, theGSL students were 35th out of 60 teams.

By Becky Haddad FFA adviser

Fall is a busy time of yearfor the Glencoe-Silver LakeFFA Chapter. Betweenfundraisers, the national con-vention, garden harvest andcontests, FFA members staybusy.

The contest season kickedoff on Saturday, Sept. 28,with three members partici-pating at the State FFA TrapShoot. Tommy Becker, MattDahlke, and Jack Lemkecame in 35th out of 60 teamswith Matt Dahlke placing asa top 20 individual.

This week the travel andcommitment continued asFFA members traveled toMadison, Wis., and Montev-ideo, for the World DairyExpo and the Region V SoilsContest, respectively.

Ben Donnay, Kole Polzinand Austin Smith competedin the National Central DairyJudging Contest and placed46th out of 130 teams. Allthree team members scoredthe Guernsey 2-year-old classand answered the questionsperfectly. Smith scored over40 on every class.

Samantha Lange participat-ed in dairy showmanship andplaced second out of 32.

The Region V soils contestbrought FFA members just

shy of qualifying for the statecontest in April, but DerekOrtloff, Blake Ortloff, AdamThalmann and Josh Kuehnare holding their heads high.

They are excited abouthaving a young team withloads of potential and grow-ing in this contest in the fu-ture. They have big shoes tofill too, since Derek Ortloff, asenior, placed as a top 10 in-dividual for this contest,coming in at sixth.

FFA hopes to continue witha string of great contests withthe University of MinnesotaInvitational on Tuesday and

the horse judging contest onFriday.

Other October FFA eventsinclude Drive Your Tractor toSchool Day during home-coming week, the nationalconvention send-off dinner atDubb’s Restaurant (open tothe public) on Oct. 23, corndrive (Oct. 25), and the Na-tional FFA Convention (Oct.30-Nov. 2).

GSL FFA teams off and running

The GSL FFA dairy judging team of Ben Donnay, KolePolzin and Austin Smith, along with Samantha Langein the dairy showmanship category, competed at therecent World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis.

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Abrams to performThe Abrams Brothers, playing guitar, violin and bass,will appear at the Glencoe-Silver Lake High School Audi-torium Saturday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m., as part of the Glen-coe Area Performing Artists Concert Series. They skill-fully perform a variety of bluegrass, country and folk-rock music. Season membership tickets will be availableto purchase.

The Glencoe HistoricPreservation Society issponsoring the Jim BernerSenior Music Show onFriday, Oct. 11, from 1p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Glen-coe City Center.

Berner tells the storiesbehind the music andsongs of the music legendsof the 1940s through the1960s.

Singers like Tony Ben-nett, Frankie Laine, John-ny Ray, Frank Sinatra,Dean Martin, EddyArnold, Marty Robbins,

Elvis and others.Berner has been a vocal-

ist, entertainer and musi-cian for more than 25years and has done the“Senior Music MinnesotaShow” for senior centers,fairs and even birthdayparties.

Admission includesdessert and a beverage,which will be served fol-lowing the Oct. 11 show.Tickets are available fromGHPS members or at thedoor. For more informa-tion, call 320-864-4174.

Jim Berner show set Oct. 11;features stories behind music

The Carver County Repub-licans will host a publicforum with 2014 candidatesfor U.S. Senate in an effort toincrease community aware-ness and participation in theupcoming election.

The U.S. Senator Candi-dates Forum will be heldOct. 14, 2013, at the ChaskaHigh School Auditorium,545 Pioneer Trail, Chaska,from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Republican candidates forU.S. Senate scheduled to ap-pear include state Rep. JimAbeler, state Sen. JulianneOrtman, and St Louis CountyCommissioner ChrisDahlberg.

Local Chamber of Com-merce leaders and newspapereditors also will serve onpanels open to public inquiry.

For more information,please contact VinceBeaudette, chairman, at 612-804-3935 or [email protected]. Fur-ther details can be located atwww.carvercountygop.com.

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Workers with RAM Construction have the newMcLeod County Highway Department maintenanceshed well under way at the intersection of Highway 7and County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 15, betweenSilver Lake and Lester Prairie. McLeod County Board

Chair Paul Wright told township officials Sept. 30 thatit is hoped that the new shed, which will serve work-ers in the Silver Lake and Lester Prairie areas, will befully operational about Nov. 1.

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From a new highway shopto possible single-sort recy-cling to a proposed $7 millionjail expansion and courthousesecurity project — theMcLeod County Board ofCommissioners has had a fullplate on its table, Chair PaulWright told the McLeodCounty Association of Town-ships at its annual meetingSept. 30.

Adding to the mix are aproposed levy hike of 2.27percent — the first in severalyears for the county — andthe adoption of a wheelagetax to raise revenue for thehighway department, Wrightnoted.

Wright said the CountyBoard has set an Oct. 22 dateto decide if it plans to moveforward with the $7 millionjail expansion/security project(see separate article on page1).

“We do need to make a de-cision on whether we’regoing to be solid on this,”said Wright. “If we’re justplaying, it doesn’t reallymake sense to go to a judge”and ask for a ruling onwhether the Tudhope estatecould be used for the project.

Another county project isthe new highway shop toserve the Lester Prairie andSilver Lake area.

The $1.2 million building iscurrently under construction,and “it should be fully opera-tional about the first of No-vember,” Wright said.

Wright also discussed thewheelage tax the CountyBoard adopted in September.

The tax will raise about$300,000 annually that “hasto go directly to the road andbridge fund,” said Wright.

While he doesn’t alwaysfavor new taxes, Wright saidthe new tax is a flat fee of$10 per vehicle.

“For me, the slam dunkwas that those McLeod Coun-ty dollars will stay in McLeodCounty,” said Wright.

Asked if the federal andstate governments would re-duce aid to the highway fundby a proportionate amount,Wright responded that thoseentities are already encourag-ing counties to wean them-selves from dependence onstate and federal dollars.

Wright also said the CountyBoard has encouraged thehighway department to comeup with specific projects forthe wheelage tax dollars.

“That way, we can point toa specific project and say,‘that’s where your moneywent,’” said Wright.

Wright also discussed apossible change to the countyrecycling program — a shiftto one-sort recycling from thecurrent five-sort system.

Wright said the county isgathering costs on a possibletransition to one-sort, includ-ing a potential addition to thesolid waste facility inHutchinson. He expects theCounty Board to decide be-fore the end of the year on theissue.

Commissioner Ron Shi-manski also addressed thegroup, reporting that Legacydollars had been applied forin regards to the Dakota Trail,that Trailblazer Transit maybe subject to regionalizationof transit systems, and report-ed on Prime West, a collabo-rative of counties that pro-vides services for social serv-ices.

Prime West is now lookinginto the possibility of offeringhealth-care plans for the em-ployees of its participatingcounties. While that could re-sult in substantial savings onhealth-care premiums forcounties, the proposal “is

probably still three years out”from becoming a reality, Shi-manski said.

State Rep. Glenn Gruen-hagen also spoke to thegroup, primarily about health-care costs and the new MN-Sure Exchange.

The new MNSure Ex-change offers tax credits toapply toward health-carecosts for those who qualify fi-nancially, Gruenhagen said.

And while people can stillpurchase health-care cover-age outside of the exchange,“you don’t qualify for thecredit,” said Gruenhagen.

Other health-care reformmeasures will mean that an-other 150,000 Minnesotanswill qualify for Medicaid,Gruenhagen said.

The association also had itsannual election, re-electingRobert Anderson and AlFredrickson to three-yearterms as directors.

Township officials updated on countyprojects, from recycling to courthouse

• The railroad crossing onCSAH 25 in the city ofBrownton was replaced earli-er this summer, and Brunk-horst said the installation ofthe crossarms (which the in-tersection has never had be-fore) and signals will be donethis week. The work will takeabout five days, and will bedone under traffic.

• The South Grade Roadbridge over Otter Lake inHutchinson opened late lastweek.

Brunkhorst said his depart-ment has received severalcompliments about the newbridge; in particular, aboutthe new fishing access area.

• CSAH 111 (also knownas Prior, Herbert and Mainstreets in Stewart) is substan-tially completed, except forthe final bituminous lift.

• County Road 78 andCSAH 23 in Lester Prairiealso are substantially com-plete, except for the final liftof pavement.

• A culvert that washed outduring spring flooding onCounty Road 57 should beginsoon, Brunkhorst said.Quotes have been received,and the cost will be coveredby Federal Emergency Man-agement Agency (FEMA)funds. The crossing shouldnot be closed for more than aweek while the work is beingdone, Brunkhorst added.

• The salt storage shed atthe new county maintenancefacility located on CSAH 15near State Highway 7 hasbeen completed, and the con-crete floor of the main build-ing has been poured and thesteel frame work is going up.Brunkhorst said the shedshould be operational aroundThanksgiving.

• The long-awaited CSAH15 bridge on the South Forkof the Crow River has finallybeen completed and is opento traffic.

Commissioner Ron Shi-manski asked if the CountyBoard should consider stiff-ening its penalty for workthat is not completed on timeper contract specifications.

Brunkhorst said the countyfollows the Minnesota De-partment of Transportation(MnDOT) standard of a$1,000-per-working-day finefor overdue projects.

Commissioner Kermit Ter-linden said he fears if thecounty increases its fineamount, contractors will sim-ply build in a contingency forpossible fines into their bids.

Brunkhorst said that be-sides the fines, contractorsmay have their bonds can-celled.

“Their bonding agents lookat those fines, too, and itcould impact their rating,”Brunkhorst said.

By Rich GlennieEditor

Glencoe City Council, afterseveral years of deferringmany capital purchases, hasbegun to replace some of itsolder, used equipment.

At Monday night’s meet-ing, City Council agreed tothe purchase of a new aerialladder truck for the GlencoeFire Department for$240,000.

It also approved a resolu-tion to finance the purchaseover a five-year period withSecurity Bank & Trust.

City Administrator MarkLarson said the townships inGlencoe’s fire coverage areawill pay the first $54,000payment, and the city willpay the remaining four in-stallments on the loan.

Fire Chief Ron Grack saidhe and two other departmentcaptains traveled to Spring-field, Ore., to view the usedPeirce aerial truck with a100-foot platform.

The snorkel truck that itwill replace can extend 65feet. The new aerial truck,with more capabilities, willreplace the 1982 snorkeltruck, Grack said.

The Glencoe Fire Depart-ment already has two otherPeirce trucks as well as apumper made by the compa-ny, so Grack said his fire-fighters are familiar with thePeirce vehicles.

Asked if the new aerialtruck will fit into the firebarn, Grack said it has beenmeasured and it will fit in the12-foot high doors “with sixinches of room in height (tospare).”

Grack also said his depart-ment will need some addi-tional training on the new

truck, and “will need addi-tional certification to drive it.It takes a little more knowl-edge.”

City Administrator MarkLarson said Springfield want-ed $300,000 for the aerial tostart with and has come downto $240,000.

He said the city also needsto spend another $20,000 tohave the aerial truck repaint-ed. It currently is orange withblue stripes, and the truckwill be repainted red to matchGlencoe’s other trucks.

Larson said there is notmuch value in the currentsnorkel truck, which will besold or auctioned off.

He said the township asso-ciation gave its approval topurchase a new aerial truckand approved spending up to$500,000. A new aerial truckwould cost close to $1 mil-lion.

With the additional heightsinvolved with farm storagebins and other buildings, thetruck with more capabilitiesis needed, city officials said.

The truck will either bedriven back from Oregon orshipped by truck or train toGlencoe, Larson said.

The final payment on thelast tanker truck purchased isdone in 2014, and that freesup about $40,000 a year forthe new aerial truck payment,Larson said. The rest wouldcome out of the general fundfor the fire department, headded.

Mayor Randy Wilson, a re-tired firefighter, said the de-partment used a five-yearplan to purchase replacementtrucks in the past, but the aer-ial truck was delayed for sev-eral years because of the ex-pense and tight city budgets.

That also was true of othercapital equipment purchases,Wilson said, mainly becauseof tight budgets and severalyears of cuts in local govern-ment aid (LGA).

But with the stabilizing ofLGA, Wilson said it is a goodtime to catch up on some ofthose delayed purchases.

Wilson said the city staff“made good choices. Now isthe time to make those choic-es.”

Also at Monday’s meeting,City Council approved thepurchase of a new tractor andplow blade for over $68,000from Arnold’s Implement, thelowest of two bids received.

Mike Drew, city parks andstreet supervisor, said thenew tractor and blade will re-place a 1985 Ford tractor thatwas bought used. It also willreplace a one-ton truck andplow that were used to plowalleys throughout the com-munity.

Drew said the new tractorwould be used year-round.

The tractor purchase is for$53,101, and the plow willcost $15,200.

The other capital issue wasan upgrade of the airport fu-eling system that has beenplagued with problems foraviators seeking to pay forthe fuel with credit cards.

It was noted the currentsystem has been in placesince 1997 or 1998, and thecomputer equipment is out-dated.

City Council opted to pur-chase new computer equip-ment from Petro Vend for$13,826. It also applied for astate grant that would pay forhalf the cost.

Council seeks to catchup on its capital needs

County projects Continued from page 1

The Glencoe Area Cham-ber of Commerce has set itsannual meeting for noon,Thursday, Nov. 21.

David Nelson, chamberpresident, also announcedthat the annual Manufacturerof the Year event will be heldfrom 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.,Tuesday, Oct. 29, at PlatoCustom Concepts and ThePinske Edge in Plato.

Also, the Glencoe Fire De-partment open house, as part

of Fire Prevention Month,will be held from 4 p.m. to 8p.m., Monday, Oct. 14, at thefire station on 10th Street.

The annual Taste of Glen-coe Seasonal Sampler will beheld from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.,Thursday, Nov. 7, at theGlencoe City Center.

Tickets, limited to 250 per-sons, are on sale at the Glen-coe Municipal Liquor Storeor at the chamber office inthe Glencoe City Center.

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Not sure what it will take toget the Minnesota Depart-ment of Transportation

(MnDOT) to pay attention to thedangerous Highway 212-ChandlerAvenue (Highway 22) intersectionon the west end of Glencoe. It isdeadly.

Last week, another life wasclaimed when Emil Ellis, 75, ofGlencoe was killed in a collisionwith a semi. In February 2010, anelderly Norwood Young Americacouple was killed at that same in-teresection, and GSL High Schooljunior Theresa Austad was killed atthat same spot in May 2002.

Before and in between there havebeen numerous other accidents thathave caused serious damage to vehi-cles and injuries to drivers and pas-sengers. Near-misses are often noteven reported.

MnDOT thrives on statistics whenmaking decisions. These deadly sta-tistics should be enough to catch theattention of state transportation offi-cials that something different needsto be done at that intersection, espe-cially those making a left turn ontoHighway 212 from Chandler Av-enue.

The logical solution is to slowdown Highway 212 traffic comingthrough Glencoe until past the Chan-dler Avenue intersection. Change itfrom 65 mph to something a lotslower.

The Chandler Avenue entry ontoHighway 212 is similar to other dan-gerous stretches of Highway 212 inthe past. Over the years, fatal acci-dents occurred too frequently inNorwood Young America until lightswere installed and traffic sloweddown; at Cologne before a new entryoff the highway into and out of thecity was built; and at the Highway15 intersection near Brownton whenfour-way stops were finally in-stalled. It took a number of fatalcrashes and serious injuries beforechanges for the better were made at

these locations.But, for some reason, MnDOT is

hesitant at the Chandler Avenue in-tersection.

One reason may be the contradic-tion in MnDOT’s philosophy. High-way 212 was designated an interre-gional corridor in the 1990s. Thatmeans, the corridor’s average speedfrom the Twins Cities west was to bemaintained at 55 mph to the SouthDakota border in order to keep traf-fic moving.

Under these plans, areas wheretraffic flow is restricted — like thefour-way stop at Morningside Av-enue in Glencoe — were to be elimi-nated or bypassed, some with futureinterchanges.

Those interregional corridor plansnever came to fruition, and likelynever will. But that “do not restrict-ed traffic flow” logic remains.

That needs to change. MnDOT ei-ther needs to follow through on itsplans for interchanges at dangerousintersections, or it needs to slowdown traffic from Morningside Av-enue west to Chandler Avenue.

There will be more injuries, andperhaps more deaths, beforeMnDOT will budge. A local effort isneeded to spur changes sooner ratherthan later.

It starts with Glencoe City Coun-cil along with broad-based supportfrom Glencoe area residents de-manding changes. It also must in-clude McLeod County officials aswell as our state elected representa-tives. Since Highway 212 is a U.S.highway, toss in the federal officialsand our elected officials, too.

That intersection needs to be ad-dressed sooner, not later. It is a dan-ger to everyone who uses that stretchof highway at that dangerous inter-section.

Doing nothing should not even bean option after the latest fatal acci-dent.

— R.G.

Chandler intersectionneeds to be addressedbefore the next fatality

Our view: MnDOT’s philosophy needs to changeto slow down traffic on Highway 212 in Glencoe

There are some aspects of this jobyou never want to get used to, and itoccurred last week with the fatal ac-cident at the notorious Highway212-Chandler Avenue intersection.

I happened to be near the scannerwhen the call came in. I generally donot “siren chase” anymore. In myyounger years, it was a steady beatto keep an ear tuned to accident callsand be ready to bolt from the news-room with a camera.

I’m getting too old to be chasinganything anymore. But last Tuesday,the call came in, and it sounded likea bad accident. I went with my cam-era.

My goal at any accident scene isto get there, take my photos and getout. The other aim is to stay out ofthe way of emergency personnel toallow them to do their jobs.

I have been at many bad accidentscenes over the past 40 years, andone never gets used to them. If youdo, then there is something wrongwith you.

The dilemma posed for newspa-pers is if you cover a fatal accident,what photo do you use?

You can get accused of trying to“sensationalize” the incident with agory photo to sell more newspapers,or if you don’t cover accidents with

a photo, you can get accused of notdoing your job.

That newspaper’s job is reportingthe news — the good, bad and ugly.

So pick your poison.On this one, I was accused of

being insensitive by several emer-gency responders. It is not the firsttime I’ve been accused of that.

But if I had not cultured a thickhide in this business, I would nothave lasted for over 40 years cover-ing things I’d rather not see or hear.

The latest accusation involved aphoto we posted online the morningof the accident. Emergency person-nel were frantically working to freethe victim from the mangled vehicle.

I happened to get to the sceneearly and photographed the valiant

efforts to get the man free and intothe ambulance as quickly as possi-ble.

At the time, the accident was notclassified as a fatal accident; thatcame later. A lot later in the day, theState Patrol released the man’sname.

The name did not ring a bell forme at first. Over my 22 years at TheChronicle, I have met a lot of peo-ple. Unless I have had a conversa-tion with them, did an article aboutthem or have had a repeat meeting, Igenerally have a tough time puttingfaces to names and names to faces.

It was not until the following daythat the man’s name came intofocus. I see him every week at St.Pius X Catholic Church. He often isan usher. I never knew his name, buthis face was very familiar.

I have been on the family’s end ofgrief with the accidental electrocu-tion of my young niece many yearsago. It is painful. You never ever for-get.

Outwardly, I may appear to be in-sensitive, but inwardly it is anythingbut that.

Despite what my critics think, Istill have a job to do ... howevergood, bad, or painful.

Reporters never get used to accidents

Rich Glennie

Hopefully, you think twice about accident photosTo the Editor:

I understand the need for TheMcLeod County Chronicle to pub-lish the most current news in thearea, that’s why people pay a sub-scription fee to read the paper.

However, in light of the accidentthat happened at the intersection ofState Highway 212 and ChandlerAvenue this past week (Oct. 1), itdisgusts me to pick up the paper, logonto Facebook, or go to your web-site to see photos of the wreck plas-

tered all over.It is in pure disrespect on the

newspaper’s part to the victim that issuffering inside that vehicle, and thefamilies that have to deal with theirpassing after the fact.

Put yourself in that family’s situa-tion, and how you would feel if itwas you, your wife, or your child inthat vehicle.

As an emergency responder, whenthat pager goes off for an accident, Ihope and pray that when I get to the

scene everyone is safe, and I don’tknow a soul involved.

Obviously, that isn’t the case forthe news business. All you careabout is being the first to break thestory with the best picture available.

Hopefully, this letter opens someeyes and the next time there is a sit-uation you think twice about show-ing up on scene to snap that photo!

Nathan BuskaGlencoe

How many lives need be lost before MnDOT acts?To the Editor:

Eleven years ago after an accidentclaimed the life of Theresa Austad, Iwrote a letter to the editor to thispaper stating the intersection neededto be changed and included theMnDOT phone number and engi-

neer’s name.We tried in vain to make them re-

alize this was a dangerous intersec-tion.

This morning (Oct. 1) another lifewas claimed at the same intersec-tion.

How many lives need to be lostbefore there are changes made? Thecommunity has already lost toomany good people.

Diane SeversonGlencoe


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Letters to Editor

Record

What kind of craziness is after shutdown?To the Editor:

What in the name ofMichelle Bachmann havethey done now? She and herextremists in Washingtonhave not only gone againstthe legally authorized (ap-proved by Congress) law ofthe land, the Supreme Courtopinion that the law is consti-tutional, but now, like spoiledchildren who did not get theirway, they have shut down thegovernment!

Like the sequester, we allwill feel the results of this ir-rational group of (and I usethe term loosely) representa-tives. All this in the name offreedom.

Freedom to be ripped offby insurance companies bynon-payment of claims; free-dom to not have access to in-surance coverage because ofpre-existing conditions; free-dom to bankrupt whole fami-lies because the person whois ill is taking all the familyresources; freedom from per-sonal responsibility to makerational decisions about theirown bodies which happen tobe fallible – your health couldchange in a heartbeat.

In actuality, the HealthCare Law will be good forthe people of the country (re-member, that is what govern-ment is supposed to beabout). If your employer pro-vides health care benefits foryou (as do 70 percent of em-ployers), you don’t have todo anything.

The intent of the law is forpeople who either buy theirown insurance, are self-em-ployed, or haven’t been ableto get health insurance be-cause of pre-existing condi-tions, or have never hadhealth insurance.

Depending on your incomelevel, you may find you areeligible for coverage in ahealth care plan for little orno cost to you (250 percent ofthe federal poverty rate —$28,875 for an individual or$58,875 for a family of four).Wouldn’t that be delightful!

Medicare people also don’thave to be concerned aboutthis because nothing willchange for them.

You also will have a choiceon the level of coverage youneed for your individualneeds – bronze covers about60 percent of the cost, silvercovers about 70 percent ofthe cost, gold covers 80 per-cent of the cost and platinumcovers 90 percent.

Also, insurance companiescannot charge higher premi-ums because of your sex ormedical history.

How to do it if you have acomputer? In Minnesota, youcan go to mnsure.org ofHealthcare.gov to sign up.There has been a glut of peo-ple trying to access the sys-tem, so have a little patience.

You can also fill out apaper application over thephone at 1-800-318-2596(federal) or 1-855-366-7873

(Minnesota). There are alsopeople who can help youthrough the whole processcalled navigators. They mayalso be overloaded, so again,be patient.

Open enrollment is fromOct. 1 to March 31, 2014. Ifyou get enrolled during 2013,your coverage will start Jan.1, 2014.

The downside to this is ifyou don’t sign up during thisopen enrollment period, youwill be subject to a finewhich will be payable whenyou file your federal incometax.

Plus, if you don’t enroll be-fore the deadline of March31, 2014, your premiums willbe higher.

Medicare people wentthrough this sort of thing withMedicare Part D drug cover-age. But in that case, the pro-gram wasn’t funded at all bythe feds, Big Pharma wrotethe law, included the partwhere the government couldnot negotiate price, and thecreation of the “donut” holein coverage.

Seniors also would have topay more forever in premi-ums if they didn’t buy it dur-ing open enrollment.

Where was the hue and crythen? Did the Democrats shutdown the government just be-cause they disagreed? I don’tthink so.

Jan ConnerHutchinson

Nuclear power needed for the 21st centuryTo the Editor:

Recently the USS Min-nesota Stealth Nuclear AttackSubmarine was commis-sioned. It is a high-tech mar-vel and wizardry, powered byan ultra-efficient nuclear re-actor. The nuclear materialthat powers the submarine isabout the size of a humanfist. It will power the subma-rine for over 35 years. Yes,you read that correctly, 35years.

Many people are unawareof the tremendous technolog-ical advancements in efficien-cy for nuclear energy. In ad-dition, the nuclear waste cur-rently stored in the U.S. cannow be reprocessed undercurrent technology to utilizemore than 90 percent, leavingless than 10 percent of thenuclear waste to remain.

Unfortunately, our nationhas laws against reprocessingnuclear waste. PresidentCarter passed this law in thelate 1970s.

Republicans generally sup-port building new nuclearpower plants because theyrecognize the advancementsin technology for nuclearpower and waste.

Generally the Democrats in

our state and nation havefailed to recognize technolog-ical advancements in dealingwith nuclear power waste andhave refused to support therepeal of these laws. Instead,Democrats, controlled by theradical extremist environ-mentalist movement, havesupported the expensiveagenda of wind turbines andsolar power, which are onlybeing built as a result of gov-ernment mandates and hugesubsidies per megawatt hour.

As an example, natural gasreceives a subsidy of 25 centsper megawatt hour. In con-trast, wind turbines receive agovernment subsidy of over$23.37 per megawatt hour(source: Minnesota REA).

New proposals by the Fed-eral EPA and recently passedMinnesota solar mandatesunder Democrat leadershipwill raise the cost of electrici-ty even higher.

The radical environmental-ists have also influencedsome in the Republican Party,but the majority opposesthese energy boondoggles, asdoes the Republican plat-form.

Modern nuclear power isenvironmentally safe and

soon we will be able to re-process 99 percent or all ofour nuclear waste. Americaningenuity has always solvedenvironmental problemswhen not encumbered bygovernment ignorance.

Informed and activated cit-izens can be influential, asthey demand that legislatorsvote to repeal the nuclearpower plant ban in Minnesotaand the federal ban on repro-cessing nuclear waste.

Many readers will fondlyremember the advertising jin-gle; “Electricity is pennycheap from NSP to you.”With the advancements ofmodern technology, electrici-ty could once again be pennycheap and this could fuel aneconomic recovery thatwould create a prosperous fu-ture for our children andgrandchildren.

Remember, our countrywas founded on limited gov-ernment because our found-ing fathers realized thatwhenever government be-comes overly involved in al-most anything, it createswaste, fraud, abuse and high-er costs.

State Rep. GlennGruenhagen, R-Glencoe

Police Report

Police assisted at a pair of two-vehicle accidents Tuesday, one atHighway 212 at Chandler Avenueat 7:35 a.m. and the other on13th Street (Highway 22) at 3:58p.m. The Minnesota State Patrolhandled both accident scenes.

A girls’ Roadmaster GranitePeak bicycle with a purple framewas found on 13th Street onTuesday morning.

Police assisted the sheriff’s of-fice with a report of cows on theroadway on 110th Street and Im-perial Avenue at 3:05 p.m., Tues-day. The farmer was in theprocess of rounding up the cows.

An assault was reported at3:33 p.m., Tuesday, in the 500block of 7th Street.

Police also looked into a com-plaint of a vehicle heading east-bound in the westbound lanes ofHighway 212 at Chandler Avenueat 9:22 p.m., Tuesday. The vehi-cle could not be found.

A man was found sleeping on abench on Ford Avenue at 11:23p.m., Tuesday. He was advisedhe could not sleep there and senton his way. He also was advisedhe was not permitted to sleep inthe park.

A theft was reported at 12:35p.m., Wednesday, on First StreetEast. Stolen was a Bobcat landleveler attachment valued atabout $1,000. It was last seen inJune.

A wallet was found Wednesdayafternoon in the west parking lotat the Glencoe City Center.

A hit-and-run accident was re-ported at 9:13 p.m., Wednesday,on Knight Avenue. No other de-tails were provided in the policereport.

A medical call was received at10:27 a.m., Thursday, from a resi-dence on Ford Avenue. It was re-ported “the party’s electric chairwas not working.”

Another medical was reportedat 5:58 p.m. Thursday, from 16thStreet. A person had a possibleconcussion and was transportedby ambulance to the Glencoe Re-gional Health Services’ emer-gency room.

A third medical was called in at11:23 p.m. Thursday, from a resi-dence on Abby Lane reporting aperson was having troublebreathing. The person was trans-ported by ambulance to the emer-gency room.

A silver and red Magna bicyclewas found at Franklin Printing on13th Street on Friday morning.

Two more bikes were reportedstolen from the Lincoln school Fri-day. The thefts actually occurredon Oct. 2.

A fight was reported outside astore on 11th Street at 6:20 p.m.,Friday. One individual was trans-ported by ambulance to the emer-gency room.

A 90-year-old man was report-ed i l l at a residence on 14thStreet at 10:03 a.m., Saturday.There was no transport made.

Police stopped a vehicle for aloud muffler at 1:50 p.m., Satur-day, at 8th Street and Morning-side Avenue. The driver receiveda verbal warning for the muffler,

but was cited for driving after sus-pension and for a permit violation.

A domestic dispute was report-ed at 7:10 a.m., Sunday, at ahome on Ash Street.

Police cited a driver for noproof of insurance and gave averbal warning for a stop sign vio-lation at 11:43 a.m., Sunday, at11th Street and Taylor Avenue.

A person reported being bit onthe finger by a neighbor’s dog onChestnut Street West at 2:50p.m., Sunday.

At 9:01 p.m., Sunday, a cus-tomer at Casey’s General Storeon 10th Street told the teller hehad forgotten his wallet andwould be back in 15 minutes topay. He gave his name and li-cense plate number. But he failedto return, and the license platenumber did not match the vehicle,nor did a search find a customerby the name given.

A woman at a residence on10th Street complained of severeback pain and was transported byambulance to Ridgeview MedicalCenter in Waconia at 2:53 a.m.,Monday. She had recently beenreleased from the emergencyroom there.

A resident on Louden Avenuereported a snake in the neigh-bor’s yard at 1:15 p.m., Monday.Police stated “it doesn’t look likea garter snake.”

A woman was arrested for driv-ing after revocation at 9:09 p.m.,Monday, on 12th Street andUnion Avenue. She had an activearrest warrant in place, accordingto the sheriff’s office dispatcher.

Chronicle photo by Josh Randt

September students of the monthThe seventh-grade September studentsof the month were announced last weekat Lincoln Junior High School. The recipi-ents included, front row, left to right,Katherina Cohrs, music; Joshua Kuehn,geography; and Leah Bettcher, pre-alge-

bra. In the back are Hattie Dreier-Schultz,English; Chelsea Bandas, science;Megan Fehrenbach, physical education;and Jaret Rodriguez, ag/industrial tech-nology.

Chronicle photo by Josh Randt

8th-grade September studentsSix Lincoln Junior High eighth graderswere recognized as the September stu-dents of month last week. They included,front row, left to right, Kylie Hill, math;Ellie Schmidt, English; and Jaecub Fon-

durulia, history. In the back are JosephCullen-Lawver, physical education; ZoeChristensen, algebra; and Peter Gepson,science.

GAYLORD — The Gay-lord Hub reported that BrianDavis LaBaw, 52, of Glen-coe, has been charged withfirst-degree and third-degreedrug charges that involvepossession of methampheta-

mine and cocaine. LaBawalso was on probation for a2012 drug charge. Arrestedwith him was Ashley AnnSchmidt, who was earliercalled to the Sibley CountySheriff’s Office for a random

drug test, but said she wouldlikely test positive formethamphetamine and fledwith LaBaw. They werestopped near New Auburn,where law enforcement foundthe drugs in LaBaw’s vehicle.

Glencoe man faces drug possession charges


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Finding that a “late bill” no-tice has a little impact on col-lecting overdue utility bills,the Brownton City Councilhas decided to skip that stepand go right to shut-off no-tices.

The City Council was pre-sented a list of 12 propertieswith overdue utility bills to-talling nearly $12,000 at itsOct. 1 meeting. The lowestoverdue bill was $291.50 inarrears, the highest was over$2,400.

City Clerk Ella Kruse toldthe City Council that her of-fice typically sends a “late”

notice as a warning on over-due bills, before issuing ashut-off notice.

“But it seems like not toomany people come in untilthey get the actual shut-off no-tice,” Kruse said.

And that is a concern,Kruse said, because the citywill soon start billing for itsnew natural gas utility. Thosewho are behind on their utilitybills now will likely fall evenfurther behind with the addi-tion of natural gas, Kruse indi-cated.

The late notice also servedto tell people that they couldenter into a payment plan withthe city to get caught up but,

again, Kruse said, it isn’t untila shut-off notice is issued thatmany come in to makearrangements.

“It’s that shut-off notice thatmakes it a ‘crisis’ so that peo-ple can qualify for help fromHeartland (Community ActionAgency),” Kruse said.

The City Council agreed toissue a shut-off notice once abill became 30 days overdue,hoping that will trigger peopleto come in and sign up for apayment plan or get help, ifneeded, from a social servicesagency.

Kruse said the city will stillneed to follow the “cold-weather rules” before it can

fully shut off people fromtheir utilities during the wintermonths.

Mayor Jay Werner also saidthat he is checking into thepossibility of the city beingable to accept credit cards aspayment for utility bills.

While there may be acharge to the city for a creditcard service, Werner said thatthe burden for collecting foroverdue charges would thenbe on the card company,rather than the city, for thosewho use credit cards to payutility bills.

As the City Council dis-cussed billing, Kruse wasasked why the city switched to

a paper bill rather than thepost-card bills that weremailed in the past.

Kruse said there wasn’tenough room on the postcards to add a line for naturalgas service, which necessitat-ed the change.

Besides natural gas, the citybills for electricity, water,sewer and garbage collection.

In related business, the cityvoted to certify the overdueaccounts to property taxes.

SidewalksIn other business, the City

Council had a lengthy discus-sion about sidewalks.

Several slabs of sidewalkhad to be removed during theinstallation of the natural gasutility. Although the contrac-tor is required to replacethose, city maintenance super-visor Mark Streich asked ifthey were worth replacingwhere the rest of the sidewalkis in disrepair.

“Do you want to do that ifthere is crumbling sidewalkon either side of that slab?”Streich asked.

Council Member BrianDressel felt that those with

sidewalks in front of theirhomes should have the optionof having the entire sidewalkremoved, if they desired.

Streich said the concretecrew was coming in the dayafter the City Council meetingto begin the work. The CityCouncil had also discussed theissue at its September meetingwith the intention of checkinginto its sidewalk ordinance be-fore the October meeting.

Werner said a search did notturn up a current ordinance,and suggested that the citycrew “use common sense” indeciding which slabs shouldbe replaced.

The City Council also:• Asked Police Chief Ken

Bauer to check into lease vs.purchase costs for a newsquad car.

• Accepted a $2,500 dona-tion from the all-school re-union committee, with $2,000of that to be used to purchasenew folding chairs for theBrownton Area Civic Center.

• Agreed to buy a paperfolder attachment for theclerk’s copy machine to han-dle the new utility billing for-mat.

History

100 Years AgoOct. 10, 1913O.C. Conrad, Editor

A daughter was born to Mr.and Mrs. Herman Frauendienstof Penn Township on Thursdayof last week.

Be merry and happy! But re-member that good underwear is anever-forgotten necessity. Ourup-to-date undersuits will help tomake happiness. — Zimmerman& Co.

Seeland’s grocery building isbeing trimmed up this week witha new coat of paint, and a bigimprovement is noticeable. Thework is being done by GroetschBros.

The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.William Wagner, residing aboutfive miles northwest of Brown-ton, died Monday about noon.Funeral services were held Tues-day afternoon at the Lutheranchurch in this village and the re-mains laid to rest in the churchcemetery on the south edge ofthe village.

A little ripple of excitementwas caused Monday afternoonwhen a stranger about town wasarrested for assaulting JamesBusta; in other words, cutting ahomely gash on Jim’s upper lipwith a full right-arm swing. Thecase was tried in Justice Thom’scourt and the fellow pleadedguilty to the charge. He was sen-tenced to 10 days in jail since hewas unable to pay the $10 fine.

A quiet wedding was solem-nized at the home of Mr. and

Mrs. Carl Sommerdorf in thisvillage Tuesday noon when theirdaughter, Anna, was united inmarriage to Mr. R. Polzin. Thenewlyweds left on the afternoontrain for West Allis, Wis., wherethe groom is engaged in the shoebusiness.

75 Years AgoOct. 6, 1938Percy L. Hakes, Editor

Miss Clara Albrecht, daughterof Mr. and Mrs. Ceaslen Al-brecht, and Mr. LawrenceDahlke, son of Mr. and Mrs.William Dahlke of New Auburn,were united in marriage at theImmanuel Lutheran Church Sun-day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs.Dahlke will make their home onthe groom’s farm near NewAuburn.

Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Closz, whopurchased the B&A Tavernabout a month ago, wish to an-nounce that they will hold agrand opening of their restauranthere in Brownton on Monday,Oct. 10.

William Graupmann, chair-man of the McLeod CountyBoard of Commissioners, died athis home last Friday eveningfrom a heart attack while listen-ing to the radio. He had been amember of the County Board for24 years and had been the chair-man most of that time.

Maynard August John Quast,21, son of Mr. and Mrs. JuliusQuast, was killed in an automo-bile accident near Lester Prairielast Sunday. After a difficulty in

his life in the past year, Maynardhad reestablished himself withhis church in the honorable wayof a Christian, and had told hisfamily in the last days that hewas looking forward to receivingthe Lord’s Supper again. Howev-er, this last intention was not becarried out. Last Sunday noon,he went to visit friends, and afew hours later was found to bethe victim of an apparently un-witnessed automobile accident.Funeral services were heldWednesday afternoon at Im-manuel Lutheran Church.

50 Years AgoOct. 10, 1963Charles H. Warner, Editor

Officers for the coming yearwere elected by the BrowntonBrownies 4-H Club at a recentmeeting. They include: JulieKreie, president; Merlin Mack-enthun, vice president; MarySieh, secretary; John En-gelsmeier, treasurer; CathyHochsprung, historian; and SteveBussler, reporter. Six new mem-bers joined the club. They in-clude Julie and Joel Lietz, JoleneMackenthun, Cindy Alsleben andShelley and Lynn McKee.

Edward “Barney” Tadsen wasin town yesterday with some realtall corn. He left one stalk at theelevator that measured 16 feet, 6-1/2 inches tall, and one at theBulletin office which measured14 feet, 4 inches.

The Brownton Fire Depart-ment was called to the James Su-chomel farm, one mile west of

the village, Friday at 4:15 p.m.Mrs. Suchomel Sr. had beenburning rubbish and apparentlysome sparks ignited a pile of oldlumber and railroad ties in thegrove.

10 Years AgoOct. 8, 2003Lori Copler, Editor

The Noreen Schuette family ofrural Brownton is a host familyfor Akifumi Iseya of Japan forthe current school year. Schuetteenjoys close ties with the countryof her heritage, as her mother,Fumie Sikkila, came to the U.S.from Japan 50 years ago.

Drought conditions and thestart of the harvest season havebrought a rash of fires in thearea. The Brownton Fire Depart-ment was called to a corn fieldfire Oct. 1 and a grass fire Sun-day afternoon, while the StewartFire Department was called tofield fires in Sibley County Fri-day night and Monday afternoon,and to a grain dryer fire earlySaturday morning.

Michael R. Wright, 48, ofHutchinson, was pronounceddead at the scene of a head-oncollision on Highway 212 justwest of Stewart Wednesdaymorning. The accident was re-ported at 3:30 a.m. Wright wasdriving a 1985 Chevrolet pickupthat collided with a 2000 Volvosemi-tractor pulling a trailer,which was driven by MarkChristian, 33, of Corydon, Iowa.Christian was not injured.

From the Brownton Bulletin archives

100 Years AgoOct. 10, 1913A.F. Avery, Editor

A deal was made this weekwhereby F.J. Reimers sells thelocal creamery, building, equip-ment and business to a stock com-pany, which will continue the op-eration of the plant. The new com-pany will be known as the StewartModel Creamery Co. and includesamong the incorporators business-men of Stewart, C.R. Donaldson,F.M. Senescall, E.N. Schmitz andM. Schmitz.

The Martin Johnson generalmerchandise store is now closedwhile inventory of stock is beingtaken preparatory to transfer toMr. Nelson Thompson of Sisse-ton, S.D.

A pretty autumn wedding wassolemnized at the LutheranChurch Sunday morning whenMiss Martha Klitzke and Mr. Al-bert Uecker plighted their troth.The bride is the youngest daughterof Mr. and Mrs. Robert Klitzke ofthis village, and the groom is theeldest son of Mr. and Mrs.William Uecker, who reside inDryden Township near Gaylord.

The wedding of Miss PaulinaEwert to Mr. Emil Kosek was per-formed at St. Boniface ChurchTuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs.Kosek will make their home on

the James Metelak farm five mileseast of town, which they haverented.

Mrs. John Wick, 64, pioneer ofCollins Township, died at thehome of her daughter, Mrs. C.H.DeLeeuw of Glencoe, Wednesdaymorning. A native of Germany,she was married to John Wick inthe fatherland and the couple hadbeen residents of Collins Town-ship about 30 years. The sorrow-ing husband and nine children sur-vive.

75 Years AgoOct. 7, 1938Harry Koeppen, Editor

A sad accident Tuesday morn-ing snuffed out the life of littleVirginia, 18-month-old daughterof Mr. and Mrs. Mose LaPlante,living on the northwest shore ofLake Whitney. The youngster wasat play in the LaPlante farmyardwhen the hired man on the placewent to back out the LaPlantetruck from the shed. In some un-known way, she got in back of themachine when it started to moveand the wheels struck her down,passing over head and crushingher badly. Death was instanta-neous, though medical help wassummoned at once. The parentsand the hired man are prostratedover the accident, which was un-

avoidable. Little Virginia was abright youngster and her suddenpassing leaves a void in the every-day place where she was growingup.

New cement sidewalks arebeing laid at the new school sitethis week, with WPA furnishingthe labor.

A baby girl was born Friday toMr. and Mrs. Frank Sullivan.

50 Years AgoOct. 10, 1963Kermit T. Hubin, Editor

Mr. Titus Olson, 80, a business-man in Stewart the last 48 years,died Thursday evening shortlyafter suffering a heart attack. Heoperated a grocery and dry goodsstore in Stewart from 1915 untilthe time of his death. He had suf-fered several strokes a few yearsago, but recovered sufficiently tocontinue the operation of hisstore. Thursday afternoon, about 5o’clock, he suffered a heart attackat the Brownton Drug Store. Hewas rushed to the Glencoe hospi-tal, and passed away about 6:30that evening.

Edward C. Martin, 82, diedSaturday morning, Oct. 5, at hishome on the farm in Round GroveTownship. He had been sick forabout five months. Born in Franceand raised in Germany, he came to

America in 1904, working first asa laborer until 1916, when he pur-chased his farm.

Mr. and Mrs. L.W. Wangerinand Mrs. Laura Brecht tendered afarewell party for Mr. and Mrs.Alvin E. Neuhaus Sunday. TheNeuhauses are leaving Thursday,Oct. 10, on a round-the-world tripof about 53 days with tour spon-sor KNUJ of New Ulm.

35 Years AgoOct. 12, 1978Kermit T. Hubin, Editor

Ronald J. Liners arrived inStewart Sunday evening fromRowland Heights, Calif., to takeover duties as the police chiefhere. He has rented a home northof the Carlson residence. His wifeand two children will join himhere soon.

Mr. and Mrs. Tony Porter (TeriLean) of Buffalo Lake announcethe birth of a daughter, JessicaReAnn, born Oct. 6. Grandparentsare Mr. and Mrs. Alton Lean ofStewart and Mr. and Mrs. JimPorter of Buffalo Lake.

Sally Athmann was appointedthe Stewart city clerk by the CityCouncil at its Oct. 4 meeting. Shewill take over the duties held thepast two years by her husband,Ed.

From the Stewart Tribune archives

30 Years Ago

Oct. 12, 1983Bill Ramige, Editor

Glencoe’s municipal hospitaland nursing home will have anew name when the current con-struction project is completedthis winter. The new combinedfacility will be called the GlencoeArea Health Center. The projectconsists of construction of a 110-bed nursing home attached toGlencoe Municipal Hospital andextensive remodeling of the westside of the hospital that will in-clude a new entrance to the com-bined facility. The new nursinghome will replace GlenhavenNursing Home, which the cityoperates.

The five candidates for Glen-coe High School homecomingking and queen were announced

Oct. 5. The five queen candidatesare Karen Pesina, Margo Bock,Laurie Peterson, Patty Chapmanand Amy Schuette. The five kingcandidates are Mark Hueser,Kent Perlich, Todd Peterson,Greg Schmidt and Kyle Mellum.

Mike Popelka of Norwoodwon the 132-pound division atthe American Boxing FederationState Tournament and will ad-vance to the Region 9 Tourney atFort Dodge, Iowa, on Oct. 14-16.

20 Years Ago

Oct. 13, 1993Rich Glennie, Editor

The Glencoe School Board setNov. 30 for a school referendum.The referendum will ask voters toapprove a $3.93 million bond foradditions to the Lincoln andHelen Baker elementary schools

and for life and safety code is-sues at the two elementaryschools and the high school.

Brownton Oil Co., an areaboat and trailer dealer, wasnamed an elite service dealer byoutboard Marine Corporation(OMC). The honor is based onservice, including superior cus-tomer satisfaction, willingness towork on OMC customer’s prod-ucts not purchased at the dealer-ship, current OMC service train-ing, training levels achieved,timely repair capability, profes-sional attitude, properly equippedfacility, parts inventory and storeidentification.

10 Years Ago

Oct. 8, 2003Rich Glennie, Editor

Four women have been

charged in the April fire atUnidoor Corporation in Gaylord.Charged were Judy Winklemanof Gaylord, Angela Manteuffel ofGaylord, Nicoel Raduenz of Sil-ver Lake and Toni Benjamin ofGlencoe. They appeared in Sib-ley County Court for an omnibushearing. Attorneys for each de-fendant did not contest that therewas probable cause for theirclients to be charged. Settlementconferences were set for Nov. 24.

While most of the Glencoe-Silver Lake students were outsideparticipating in homecoming ac-tivities, the Glencoe Police De-partment received a call of a pos-sible bomb at Lincoln JuniorHigh. The threat of a bomb in thebuilding was unfounded, studentsremained in their classes and theemergency personnel were dis-persed.

From The Chronicle archives

Brownton City Council toughens its late bill policy

The Stewart-Brownton GirlScouts will have a paperdrive Saturday and Sunday,Oct. 12-13, from 9 a.m. to 1p.m., in the Cactus Jack’s IIparking lot, Highway 212,Stewart.

All types of paper are ac-cepted — please sort card-board from paper. Acceptableitems include phone books,

magazines, hardcover books(remove the covers), junkmail, corrugated cardboard,egg cartons, clean food boxes(cereal, crackers, pizza, etc.)

For pickup or questions,please call Mike or Gerri Fit-zloff at 320-562-2369.

Proceeds will benefit fieldtrips and community serviceprojects.

Scouts plan paper drivefor Oct. 12-13 in Stewart

Area News

Econofoods to close Nov. 2HUTCHINSON — Econofoods in downtown Hutchin-

son will close Nov. 2, the Hutchinson Leader reported.The announcement was made by Nash Finch, owner ofthe grocery store. Econofoods has been an anchor down-town since the early 1990s as part of a major downtownredevelopment plan, the Leader reported.

Seeks $20.5 M in state bondingGAYLORD — The Gaylord Hub reported that the

Minnesota Valley Rail Authority is seeking $20.5 millionfrom the 2014 state bonding bill for rail improvementsand capital improvements to its rail line that extendsfrom Norwood Young America west to Hanley Falls. Theimprovements are on the line from Winthrop west toHanley Falls, The Hub reported. The line travels throughSibley County and is operated by the Twin Cities &Western Railroad, with headquarters in Glencoe.

The Sept. 19 meeting ofthe Glencoe VFW Auxiliaryto Post 5102 was called toorder by President AngelaJohnson with 21 memberspresent.

After the opening ceremo-ny and roll call, the membersheard and approved reports,bills and communications.

The table was set for thePOWs/MIAs, and a prayerand moment of silence wereheld. Sept. 20 is POW/MIARecognition Day.

The 2nd District meetingwas held Aug. 24 in NewUlm, and Angela Johnsongave a report.

Certificates for nationalmilitary services and Min-nesota scholarship were re-ceived along with a plaquefor the hospital program.

The fall conference was inAlexandria on Sept. 13-15.

The pillow cleaning eventwas held at the VFW Club onSept. 13.

LaVern Graupmann volun-teered to put together a bas-ket for ways and means forthe Oct. 2 District meeting.

The lunch committee forthe Oct. 14 meeting will beKaaren Scharpe, Jan O’Don-nell, Carol Grewe and LilahMackenthun.

Glencoe VFW Auxiliaryto meet Monday, Oct. 14


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McLeod County’s 4-H pro-gram continues to flourish,providing a creative, leader-ship and volunteer outlet for290 youths.

Jill Grams, the 4-H coordi-nator, presented the 2012-13annual report to the McLeodCounty Board of Commis-sioners at its Oct. 1 meeting.

Along with the 290 youthsparticipating, the county 4-Hprogram also enjoys the con-tribution of 57 adult volun-teers, who provide nearly5,000 hours of service annu-ally that is valued at nearly$113,000, Grams told theCounty Board.

The nine 4-H clubs inMcLeod County also volun-teer throughout the year toimprove their county andcommunities, Grams said, in-cluding assisting with the

Crow River clean-up, con-structing wood duck houses,and partnering with the back-pack lunch program and withMcLeod County Social Serv-ices.

McLeod County partneredwith Sibley County for a 4-Hproject day, “which giveskids a jump start on theircounty fair projects,” saidGrams. Over 50 4-H’ers par-ticipated.

McLeod County also com-bined its family fun nightwith its favorite food show,Grams said.

“Six to seven years ago, wealmost had to cancel the fa-vorite food show” because oflack of participation, Gramssaid. But combining it withthe family fun night resur-rected the program, with 42kids participating in the fa-vorite foods show.

McLeod County 4-H also

hosted a large number ofsummer programs, includinga camp, library programs,country school day camp atthe old Komensky school, anecology bus, art days for pot-tery and painting, a Min-nAqua day camp, a juniormaster gardener program andan “Adventures in Agricul-ture” day camp, among oth-ers.

And, of course, the high-lights of the summer are thecounty and state fairs.

This year, there were 271Cloverbuds projects, 253photography projects, 216 incrafts and fine arts, 117 infoods and nutrition and 73 inclothing and textiles. Gramspointed out that most 4-H’ersexhibit or compete in morethan one program or category.

There are also the animalscience projects at the countyfair. Forty-eight exhibitors

took part in the horse pro-gram; 26, dairy; 32, beef; 12,sheep; 18, swine; 12, poultry;10, dog; eight, dairy goat; 11,market goat; and 11, rabbits.

“I can’t wait to show pigsagain next year,” one 4-H’erwas quoted as saying. “It wasso fun. And next year, I amold enough to go to the statefair.”

Grams said the quoted 4-H’er won a grand championin a swine exhibition, butwasn’t old enough to advanceto the state fair.

As he was receiving hisplaque at the county fair,“someone else’s pig bit himin the backside,” said Grams.“He walked around with anice pack in his back pocketfor the rest of the fair. Evenso, he can’t wait to comeback next year.”

Each year at the countyfair, there is a livestock auc-

tion at which businesses canvie to buy the ribbons won by4-H’ers. This year, the auc-tion raised nearly $15,000,part of which goes to the pro-gram and part to the individ-ual 4-H’er.

“It either goes to the feedbill they owe mom and dad,or it goes to next year’s proj-ect,” said Grams.

“It’s a compliment to thebusinesses who participate,”Commissioner Paul Wrightsaid of the money raised atthis year’s auction.

Grams said participation atthe auction had been declin-ing, until 4-H’ers were en-couraged to visit local busi-nesses, “not to get them tobid in the auction, but to edu-cate them on the 4-H pro-gram.”

Grams said there are manybusiness people who are for-mer 4-H’ers who come to the

auction to show support forthe program that once helpedthem.

“They used to be that 4-H’er who was trying to sellthat animal,” Grams said.

The 4-H’ers also staff the4-H Cafe at the county fair,which this year raised nearly$8,000, with 4-H’ers andadult volunteers flipping over2,500 burgers and selling 891bottles of milk.

Grams said money raisedfrom the cafe is used towardsuch expenses as registrationfees and transportation costs.

“We use those dollars tomake it affordable for anyonewho wants to participate in 4-H,” Grams said.

Grams said the new 4-Hyear started Oct. 1, and Na-tional 4-H Week is Oct. 6-12.The County Board passed aresolution proclaiming 4-HWeek in McLeod County.

4-H program continues to flourish in county, commissioners hear

Chronicle photo by Alyssa Schauer

3rd-grade Panther PawsThe third-grade Panther Paw recipients inSeptember were, front row, left to right,Jenna Trippel, Geneva Foley, BenjaminGildea, Jesse Dahlke and Dawson Varp-

ness. In the back are Treighton Wemhof,Michelle Cantu, Mackenzie Elgren,Cadance Knick and Alexander Martin.


4th-grade Panther PawsThe September recipients of the monthlyPanther Paw awards in the fourth gradeat Lakeside Elementary are, front row, leftto right, Angel Balboa, Miranda Litzau,Malayh Metcalf, Amanda Rosenlund and

Diego Mendoza. In the back are NahomiCarranza, Nicole Washburn, Caleb Be-smehn, Kendall Guerrero and NathanStoltenburg.

Illusionist Jeffrey Johnsonwill perform his newest stageshow, “Masters of Illusion,Man of Miracles,” Sunday,Oct. 13, at 6:30 p.m., at theGlencoe City Center.

The event is being co-sponsored by Good Shepherdand First Lutheran churchesin Glencoe.

“We wanted to take thebest illusions ever performedlike sawing a woman in halfand the levitation and givethem a modern twist,” ex-plained Johnson.

“When audiences walkaway from this performance,they are going to be blownaway and they are going to beinspired!” he added.

Highlights of the show willinclude an illusion in whichevery audience member takespart in the magic right fromtheir own seats, an effect inwhich Johnson makes awoman’s shadow materialize

into her human form, and atouching portion of the showwhere Johnson gets personaland talks about what mattersmost in his life and why.

The biggest illusion of theevening will be, however, thetrick that made Harry Houdi-ni famous.

“Everyone is talking aboutthis one,” said Johnson. “Wehave a little bit of everythingin this new show, from heart-pounding escapes to the ap-pearance of snow out ofnowhere that fills the entirestage as the finale – peopleare not going to want to missthat.”

Another new addition toJohnson’s show is his onstageassistant Nora Lund. Whilehaving performed for audi-ences before, this is Lund’sfirst foray into the world ofillusion.

“I’m really excited aboutthis opportunity,” said Lund.

“It’s not every day you get achance to assist a magicianand get in on some of the in-side secrets too!”

Advance discount ticketscan be purchased now at:www.jeffreyjohnsontickets.com. Tickets also can be pur-chased at the door.

Johnson is a nationallyknown illusionist based inEden Prairie. For over 15years, he has been perform-ing for family audiences atchurches, camps, and schoolsthroughout the United Statesand also internationally in thecountry of Japan.

Johnson has received hon-ors for his work as an illu-sionist, including the MorrisPark Scholarship Award forYoung Performers.

For more information onJeffrey or to schedule an in-terview, visit: www.magicbyjeffrey.com.

‘Masters of Illusion, Man of Miracle’to perform at City Center on Oct. 13

Building Permits

The following building permitswere approved by the GlencoeCity Council on Monday, Oct. 7:

Gregory Scott, 1407 DeSotoAve., reroof.

Lee Terlinden, 1407 UnionAve., garage.

PJ’s How To Spirits, 2017 E.10th St., plumbing permit.

Mary Bullert, 1415 Birch Ave.,reside.

Jared Heldt, 2011 E. 11th St.,reroof.

Melissa Cadena, 805 GreeleyAve., deck.

Bernie’s Furniture, 410 E. 10thSt., reroof.

Dale Johnson, 340 EdgewoodDr., reroof.

Ken Engelmann, 310 Inter-wood Dr., four-season porch.

Mark Boesche, 419 E. 15thSt., reroof.

Linda Flores, 1318 E. 13th St.,mechanical permit.

Dawn Iverson, 104 W. 14thSt., fence.

Michelle Moller, 1712 E. 12thSt., reroof.

Sue Nord, 1814 E. 11th St.,reroof.

Howard Melchert, 726 DeSotoAve., reroof.

Jim Tiemann, 1729 HennepinAve., reroof.

Lorraine Krumm, 1713 E. 12thSt., reroof.

Dawn Kiecker, 630 E. Fifth St.,reroof.

Mark Millbret, 310 PleasantAve., reroof.

Cynthia Patnaude, 1206 Morn-ingside Ave., windows, re-side.

Theresa Janke, 1403 E. 12thSt., windows.

Donald Friauf, 1905 E. 14thSt., reroof.

Jeff Schrader, 730 E. First St.,reroof.

Jeff Ballman, 922 E. 15th St.,reroof.

Steve Millard, 2020 LoudenAve., mechanical permit.

Brad Eggersgluess, 1522Newton Ave., reroof.

Joe Streufert, 1601 KnightAve., foundation anchors.

21 Browntonseniors meton Monday

Twenty-one Brownton sen-ior citizens met Monday,Oct. 7, at the communitycenter.

Cards were played with thefollowing winners: 500,Norma Albrecht, first, andJerome Ewert, second;pinochle, Ordella Schmidt,first, and Betty Katzenmeyer,second; and sheephead, Low-ell Brelje, first, and ElmerMaass, second.

Pearl Streu served refresh-ments and also was the win-ner of the door prize.

The next meeting will beMonday, Oct. 14, at 1 p.m.All area senior citizens arewelcome.

The Crow River BuildersAssociation is offering twopost-secondary scholarshipsto students entering thebuilding trades.

In conjunction, the associ-ation also is holding a snow-blower raffle fundraiser untilNov. 7, with the drawing tobe held at the Glencoe Sea-son Sampler on Nov. 7.

Tickets for the Husqvarnasnowblower are available atremaining Glencoe-SilverLake football games. Ticketsalso can be purchased at TheBuilders Choice, FourSquare Builders, RDV Con-struction and StrongbackBuilders.

Contact Ryan Voss at 320-510-0404 for more informa-tion.

Builders setfundraiser forscholarships

Several area American RedCross blood drives areplanned for October.

The first is set for Ridge-water College, Hutchinson,Wednesday, Oct. 23, from 9a.m. to 2 p.m.

The second is Tuesday,Oct. 29, from 1 p.m. to 7p.m., at the Silver LakeAmerican Legion.

The third is Thursday, Oct.31, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., atCrossroads West Church,10478 Bell Ave., Plato.

Many people can donateblood, but even healthydonors are sometimes tem-porarily deferred due to lowhemoglobin levels. TheAmerican Red Cross recom-mends eligible blood donorseat a well-balanced diet withextra iron-rich foods prior totheir donation this fall.

During the fall, iron-richproduce such as broccoli,kale, sweet potatoes, spinach,apricots and chard are in sea-son and, therefore, moreabundant.

Food can have two types ofiron, heme and nonheme. Thebody can absorb up to 30 per-cent of heme iron, primarilyfound in meat, but only 2 per-cent to 10 percent of non-heme iron. Foods high in vi-tamin C, such as leafy greens,peppers and citrus fruits, helpwith iron absorption.

The Red Cross also recom-mends iron supplements forregular blood donors afterconsulting with their personalhealth care provider or phar-

macist.Visit redcrossblood.org/

iron to learn more.Healthy blood donors help

patients in need every day.Make an appointment to rollup a sleeve by calling 1-800-RED CROSS or visiting redcrossblood.org.

All blood types are neededto ensure a reliable supply forpatients. A blood donor cardor driver’s license or two

other forms of identificationare required at check-in. Indi-viduals who are 17 years ofage (16 with parental consentin some states), weigh at least110 pounds and are in gener-ally good health may be eligi-ble to donate blood. Highschool students and otherdonors 18 years of age andyounger also have to meetcertain height and weight re-quirements.

Obituaries

Funeral services for Mari-lyn Gertrude Boerner, 71, ofGaylord, will be Thursday,Oct. 10, at 10:30 a.m., at Im-manuel Lutheran Church inG a y l o r d .The Rev.F r e d r i cHinz willofficiate.

M r s .B o e r n e rdied Sun-day, Oct. 6,2013, atA b b o t tNorthwest-ern Hospitalin Minneapolis.

Visitation will be Wednes-day, Oct. 9, 2013, from 4p.m. to 8 p.m., at ImmanuelLutheran Church in Gaylord.Visitation will continue onehour prior to the service onThursday.

The organist will be JeanneBruss, and congregationalhymns will be “Abide WithMe,” “On Eagle’s Wings”and “In the Garden.”

Honorary pallbearers willbe her granddaughters, Jessi-ca Serbus, Pamela Pomplun-Morgan, Ashley Pomplun andAmanda Mans. Pallbearerswill be her grandsons andnephews, Jeremy Serbus,Joshua Mans, Tyler Holm-gren, Joe Morgan, MatthewWieman, Patrick Bartels,Daniel Wieman and Jay Bar-tels. Interment will be in thechurch cemetery.

Marilyn Gertrude Tessmerwas born Dec. 15, 1941, athome in Gaylord, to Helbertand Mabel (Kohls) Tessmer.She was baptized as an infanton Dec. 28, 1941, and con-firmed in her faith as a youthon March 25, 1956, both atImmanuel Lutheran Churchin Gaylord. She received hereducation at ImmanuelLutheran Parochial Schooland Gaylord High School.

On April 21, 1960, MarilynTessmer was united in mar-riage to Marvin Pomplun.This union was blessed withfour children.

On October 15, 1977, shewas united in marriage toDonald Boerner at ImmanuelLutheran Church in Gaylord.After their marriage, the cou-ple resided in Gaylord.

Mrs. Boerner was em-ployed at Michael Foods formore than 30 years. TheBoerners shared 24 years ofmarriage before Mr. Boernerdied in November 2001.

Mrs. Boerner was a mem-ber of Immanuel LutheranChurch in Gaylord and itsLadies Aid.

She enjoyed working,shopping, gardening andflowers, playing cards, herpets, listening to Daniel O’-Donnell, and going on vaca-tions with her sisters. Shewas a very caring person.Mrs. Boerner especiallyloved spending time with herfamily and friends.

Survivors include her chil-dren, Mark (Patricia) Pom-plun of Henderson, LisaMans and her special friend,Dale Sickmann, of Arlington,and Ricky (Tammy) Pomplunof Gaylord; stepchildren,Steve Boerner of Gaylord,Amy Baake of Florida, SaraBowers of Minneapolis andFred Boerner of California,and their spouses; grandchil-dren, Jessica Serbus and hersignificant other, DanGraczak, Pamela (Joe) Pom-plun-Morgan, Ashley Pom-plun, Amanda Mans and herspecial friend, Tim, JeremySerbus, Joshua (Courtney)Mans and Tyler Holmgren;great-grandchildren, LeahSerbus, Kailey Graczak,Brody Serbus, Allie Serbus,Amara Larson and baby boyMorgan; son-in-law, CraigSerbus of Henderson; sisters,Joleen (Allen) Bartels ofWinthrop and Denise (Carl)Wieman of Owatonna;nephews, other relatives andfriends.

Preceding her in deathwere her parents, Helbert andMabel Tessmer; daughter,Lori Serbus; and husband,Donald Boerner.

Arrangements were byEgesdal Funeral Home inGaylord. Online obituariesand guest book are availableat www.hantge.com. Click onobituaries and guest book.

Marilyn G. Boerner, 71, of Gaylord

MarilynBoerner

A Mass of Christian Burialfor Emil Theodore Ellis, 75,of Glencoe, was held Mon-day, Oct. 7, at the Church ofSt. Pius X in Glencoe. TheRev. Antho-ny Stubedaofficiated.

Mr. Ellisdied Tues-day, Oct. 1,2013, in anautomobilea c c i d e n tnear Glen-coe.

The or-ganist was Sue Mielke. Songleaders were Shari Templinand Kelly Blissenbach. Musi-cal selections were “Be NotAfraid,” “On Eagle’s Wings,”“Here I Am, Lord” and“Amazing Grace.”

Military honors were bythe Glencoe American Le-gion Post 95. Pallbearerswere Randy Wahlstrom, TimLenz, Vince Haag, MichaelWahlstrom, Devon Bratz,Paul Anderle Jr. and RyanWahlstrom (honorary). Inter-ment was in the GlencoeCatholic Cemetery in Glen-coe.

Mr. Ellis was born Jan. 27,1938, in Glencoe, to Ed andSophie (Ondracek) Ellis. Hewas baptized in his home bythe Rev. Moloney and riteswere supplied later on March20, 1938, at St. GeorgeCatholic Church in Glencoe.He was confirmed in hisCatholic faith on July 18,

1951, by the Rev. JamesBryne at St. George CatholicChurch.

Mr. Ellis received his edu-cation at a country school inBiscay. He entered activemilitary service in the U.S.Army on Jan. 10, 1961, andserved his country in Ger-many as a tank driver. He re-ceived an honorable dis-charge on Jan. 9, 1963.

On May 8, 1965, Mr. Elliswas united in marriage toBernice Catherine Schlangenat St. Agnes Catholic Churchin Roscoe, Minn. They madetheir home on the familyfarm in rural Glencoe. Theirmarriage was blessed witheight children, Tim, Randy,Lorie, Jodi, Pam, Gary, Triciaand Lonnie. They shared over48 years of marriage.

Mr. Ellis began as a farmerand developed a businessbuying and selling farmequipment. He was a memberof and regularly ushered atSt. Pius X Catholic Church inGlencoe.

Mr. Ellis was an honest,hardworking businessmanwho sacrificed much for hiswife and children. He was aman of few words, but whenhe spoke, people listened. Heenjoyed trips to visit familyand dancing with his wife.

He made many lifelongfriends through his businessand was recognized at truckstops and diners across theMidwest. He was oncecrowned King of the neigh-

borhood “Koniska Days” andoften answered his phonejokingly as the “Biscay Sher-iff.” Mr. Ellis lived life to itsfullest and loved everyminute he spent with his fam-ily and friends.

Survivors include his wife,Bernice Ellis of Glencoe;children, Tim Ellis of Glen-coe, Randy Ellis of EdenPrairie, Lorie (Randy)Wahlstrom of Hutchinson,Jodi (Tim) Lenz of Victoria,Pam Ellis of Chicago, Ill.,Gary (Jared Dawn) Ellis ofCamdenton, Mo., Tricia Ellisof Brooklyn, N.Y., and Lon-nie Ellis of Washington,D.C.; grandchildren, RyanWahlstrom, MichaelWahlstrom, Vince Haag,Devon Bratz, Morgan Ellis,Joshua Lenz, Tori Lenz andMax Ellis; brother, Edwin“Eddy” Ellis of Glencoe;brother-in-law, Paul Anderleof Silver Lake; nieces,nephews, other relatives andmany friends.

Preceding him in deathwere his parents, Ed and So-phie Ellis; sisters, Edna An-derle and Margie Tupa, andDoris Ellis, who passed in in-fancy.

Arrangements are by theJohnson-McBride FuneralChapel of Glencoe. Onlineobituaries and guest book areavailable at www.hantge.com. Click on obituaries/guest book.

Emil Theodore Ellis, 75, of Glencoe

Emil Ellis

People

Daughter born to MasonsJosh and Ashley (Ardolf) Mason of Silver Lake an-

nounce the birth of their daughter, Elliana Cindy, on Sept.15, 2013, at Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia. El-liana weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces, and was 19 inches inlength. Her older brother is Indy Mason. Grandparentsare Gerald and Cindy (Novak) Ardolf of Silver Lake andMark and Brenda Mason of St. Bonifacious. Great-grand-parents are Larry and Joann Ardolf of Silver Lake andHarry and Darlene Pawelk of New Germany.

Lambert among graduatesSydney M. Lambert of Glencoe was among the Sept.

21 graduates of the Arts Institute International Minnesotain downtown Minneapolis. Lambert received an associateof applied science in culinary.

Cacka, Gardner note birthBrianna Cacka and Nick Gardner of Hutchinson an-

nounce the birth of their son, Nickolas Nathaniel Gard-ner, on Sept. 11, 2013, at the St. Cloud Hospital. Nickolasweighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces, and was 19 inches long.Grandparents are Dave and Jen Cacka of Hutchinson andLinda Gardner of Apple Valley. Great-grandparents areRollin and Carol Kubasch of Hutchinson, Joseph Gardnerof St. Paul and the late Grace Gardner.

Death

Orville ‘Hap’Elling, 87, ofGlencoe

Orville “Hap” Elling, 87,of Glencoe, died Friday, Oct.4, 2013, at Abbott North-western Hospital in Min-neapolis.

A memorial Mass of Chris-tian Burial will be held Fri-day, Oct. 11, at 2 p.m., at theChurch of St. Pius X inGlencoe.

A gathering of family andfriends will be held at 1 p.m.prior to the service at thechurch.

Arrangements are with theJohnson-McBride FuneralChapel in Glencoe. An on-line guest book is atwww.hantge.com.

As fall rolls in, so does theapple harvest.

There is an apple tree onmy grandma’s property thatusually produces lots of ap-ples. I don’t know what kindthey are. They are not good toeat, but are great for baking.We love to peel, cut andfreeze them for later in theyear.

One of my favorite apple desserts is deepdish apple pie from my Grandma Ramige. Mymom would make it a lot when I was growingup. It’s really easy, especially with the cut-upapples from the freezer.

Deep Dish Apple PieBatter:1/2 cup butter3/4 cup sugar1 egg, beaten1 cup flour1 teaspoon baking powder

Cream butter and sugar. Stir in beaten egg.Add flour and baking powder.

Slice enough apples to fill the bottom of a9x9-inch baking dish. (As much or more thatwould be used for a pie).

Sweeten with 1/2 cup of sugar and cinna-mon to taste.

Cover with batter. Bake at 350 degrees forone hour.

Note: Peaches are great with this recipe too.I have been looking for other apple desserts

and have yet had time to try them. We haddinner at my in-laws the other night and mymother-in-law made a great and easy appledessert.

Rustic Apple Pie1 refrigerated pie crust or homemade

(grandmas’ secret recipe to follow).1 (21 oz.) can apple pie filling (or 2-3 cups

of sliced apples with sugar and cinnamon)1 lemon1 tablespoon butter, cut into small pieces1 tablespoon sugar

Place pie crust on a rimless baking sheetsprayed with non-stick spray or in a pie pan.Roll pie crust into a rough 13-inch circle, ifnot already rolled out.

Place pie filling or apple mixture in centerof pastry, leaving a 2-inch border all around.Grate 1 teaspoon of lemon peel; squeeze 2 tea-spoons of lemon juice from the lemon. Sprin-kle both over pie filling. Scatter butter overtop.

Fold pie crust back over pie filling to makean uneven edge of 1-1/2 inches, leaving centerof pie filling exposed. Sprinkle sugar overpastry border.

Bake 20 minutes at 450 degrees until thefilling is bubbly and the pastry is goldenbrown. A little longer if using fresh apples.Cool slightly.

I think both desserts require at least a scoopof vanilla ice cream when served.

Grandmas’ Secret Pie Crust RecipeMy Grandma Margaret would tell the story

of how perfect my Grandma Hazel’s pie crustswere. She finally asked her for the recipe.Grandma Hazel went to the freezer and pulledout a box of Pappy’s Frozen Pie Crust.

I haven’t tried to make my own or tried anyother brand. It’s what my grandmas used so itis what I use, too.

The apple of my eye is in the pie

My Turn NowBy Karin Ramige Cornwell

Oct. 14-Oct. 18Millie Beneke ManorSenior Nutrition Site

Monday — Tator-tot casserole,green beans, peaches, bread,margarine, pudding, low-fat milk.

Tuesday — Bratwurst, wholepotatoes, buttered cooked cab-bage, bun, margarine, dessert,low-fat milk.

Wednesday — Lasagna, Cali-fornia-blend vegetables, lettucesalad with dressing, garlic bread,margarine, bar, low-fat milk.

Thursday — Oven-crispy chick-en, mashed potatoes with gravy,mixed vegetables, bread, mar-garine, poke cake, low-fat milk.

Friday — Meaty beef stew withcarrots and potatoes, cole slaw,bread stick, margarine, banana,low-fat milk.

GSL ElementaryBreakfast

Monday — Tony’s breakfastpizza or Cinnamon Toast Crunchand string cheese and apple juicecup, low-fat milk.

Tuesday — Pancake on a stickwith syrup or apple cinnamonmuffin and yogurt, mandarin or-anges, low-fat milk.

Wednesday — French toaststicks with syrup or Golden Gra-hams and string cheese, dicedpeaches, low-fat milk.

Thursday — No school.Friday — No school.

Helen Baker/Lakeside lunchMonday — Sloppy joe on a

whole-grain bun, deli combo sub,oven-baked tator tots, celerysticks with dressing, applewedges, pineapple tidbits.

Tuesday — Beef soft-shelltacos, ham and cheese on whole-grain bread, refried beans, lettuceand tomato cup, banana, chilledapplesauce.

Wednesday — Roast turkey ingravy, whole-grain dinner roll,chef salad with egg, cheese andcroutons, bread stick, mashed po-tatoes, baby carrots, grapes,chilled peaches.


Junior/Senior High breakfastMonday — Breakfast pizza or

Cinnamon Toast Crunch and blue-berry muffin, diced pears, low-fatmilk.

Tuesday — Pancake on a stickwith syrup or oatmeal with cinna-mon and raisins, mandarin or-anges, low-fat milk.

Wednesday — Breakfast burri-to or ultimate breakfast round, yo-gurt, diced peaches, low-fat milk.


Junior/Senior High lunchMonday — Hamburger or

cheeseburger, potato wedges,seasoned corn, marinated cucum-bers and tomatoes, baby carrotswith dressing, apple, pineapple

tidbits.Tuesday — Breaded chicken

parmesan over whole-grain pasta,seasoned peas, carrot, raisin andpineapple salad, jicama stickswith dressing, banana, chilled ap-plesauce.

Wednesday — Chicago-stylehot dog with relish, diced onionsand sauerkraut, oven-bakedfrench fries, sweet-corn salad,cauliflower with dressing, grapes,chilled peaches.


First Lutheran School LunchMonday — Chicken patty on a

bun, sweet potato fries, broccoliwith dip, pineapple, milk.

Tuesday — Ham slices, bread,augratin potatoes, peas, peaches,milk.

Wednesday — Sloppy joe on abun, tator tots, vegetables withdip, pears, milk.


St. Pius X School LunchMonday — Hamburger on a

whole-grain bun, french fries,pears, milk.

Tuesday — Cheesy chickenrice hot dish, broccoli, pineapple,bread, milk.

Wednesday — Beef enchi-ladas, refried beans, applesauce,bread, milk.


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5th-grade Panther PawsLakeside Elementary in Silver Lake an-nounced its September recipients of thePanther Paw awards for the fifth grade.Honored were, front row, left toright,Dawson Meyer, Makayla Ronngren,

Hailey Schultz, Mikayla Witte and MorganChmielewski. In the back row are ZachBargmann, Megan Stoeckman, ReganSpears, Mitchell Brenhaug and DevinForcier.


6th-grade students of monthTen sixth-grade students were selectedto receive the Panther Paw awards forSeptember at Lakeside ElementarySchool in Silver Lake. Honored were,front row, left to right, Mikayla Beneke,

Breanna Templin, Sydney Lepel, Made-lynn Emery and Grace Garoutte. In theback row are Earl Janke, Cole Janke,Dylan Dahlke, Jay Ackerson and PrestonSturges.

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“We know we won’t save the en-tire amount of boarding costs,” saidRehmann, but the county is hopingto save about $100,000 annually.

Rehmann also handed out a sum-mary of the project, which will in-clude:

• A 5,600-square-foot addition tothe southeast corner of the court-house that will include an entry,restrooms, weapons screening, sher-iff’s office and waiting space;

• A reorganization of the sheriff’soffice lobby for access from thenew entry and security. The lobbywill then have 24-hour access.

• Relocate the jail booking area tocreate safer space and operationalimprovements.

• Renovate 5,000 square feet ofjail space for housing, programs,medical and storage.

• A 6,000-square-foot addition tothe jail for added housing, storagespace, program space and offices.

• An addition of 6,000 square feetto the jail for a vehicle sallyport,pre-booking, a kitchen and videovisiting.

About $5 million of the $7 mil-lion total cost, which includes othersecurity improvements in the court-house, will be for the jail improve-ments, Rehmann said.

Annamarie Tudhope, longtimepublisher of the Glencoe Enterprise,

had bequeathed the bulk of her es-tate — between $3.8 and $4 million— to McLeod County for the ex-press purpose of building a new jail.

If the County Board decides toproceed with the project, it will askCounty Attorney Mike Junge to ap-proach the probate court to see ifthe estate can be released for fund-ing the project.

A township official pointed outthat even if a judge approves the re-lease of Tudhope’s money, thecounty will still need about $1 mil-lion for the jail portion of the proj-ect.

Wright said the county hopes toeither bond or use reserve funds tomake up the difference.

Wright also said that the propos-al, if built, “should fill our needs forat least the next 20 years.”

Rehmann also noted that citizensat a recent public hearing hadprotested a planned closing of thenorth entrances. The county’s secu-rity committee will likely recom-mend that those entrances remainopen, but be secured during “high-profile” hearings.

The County Board has set Oct. 22as the date on which it will decide ifit will continue its pursuit of theproject and ask Junge to approachthe court about the Tudhope estate.

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Fire preventionOctober is Fire PreventionMonth in Minnesota andyoungsters from localpreschools and elementaryschools had an opportunityto learn about fire preven-tion and safety from localfirefighters on Monday.Above, Riley Tembon, J.J.Tembon and CameronRand listened as Glencoefirefighter Tom Brinkman,right, explained things likefire detectors and drop-and-roll technique in caseof a fire. The preschoolersalso had an opportunity totour the fire hall, see the firetrucks and try on the fire-fighting equipment.

By Rich GlennieEditor

According to Septemberstatistics from the city’s one-sort recycling program, resi-dents have embraced the newprogram and the volume ofrecycables collected hasjumped 131.5 percent over2012 figures.

That was the report Mon-day night at the Glencoe CityCouncil meeting, and MayorRandy Wilson said, “everymonth it is going up. All indi-cations are it’s successful.”

In September 2011, 15.6tons of recycables were col-lected from the county’s five-sort program. That declinedto 14.6 tons in 2012, or a de-crease of over 6 percent.

But when the city went to aone-sort program earlier thisyear, its 2013 September totalwas 33.8 tons or 131.5 per-cent over the 2012 total.

“People are really utilizingsingle-sort,” Wilson said.

In other matters, CityCouncil:

• Heard that a new MS4(Municipal Septic StormSewer System) application tothe Minnesota Pollution Con-trol Agency (MPCA) may re-quire “serious changes” tocity policies or ordinances.

The new rules are aimed atputting more restrictions andtightening up the programthat addresses storm water is-sues and pollution in Glen-coe.

April Ryan of Short ElliottHendrickson (SEH) said adraft plan needs to be sent tothe MPCA by the end of Oc-tober, and the city has a yearto implement the new poli-cies within that plan.

She said the main emphasisof the new regulations is“written documentation” ofthe policies and how they are

implemented.City Council will review

the draft proposal at its Oct.21 meeting.

• Approved an order to re-pair property at 506 E. 15thStreet after it was discoveredthe rental unit was discharg-ing raw sewage at the home.It was inspected by the policedepartment and McLeodCounty Public Health and de-termined to be hazardous.

• Approved a one-year ex-tension request on propertytax abatement on ScottNokes’ Glencoe Law Office.It was noted the 2012 taxesfrom the renovation work didnot generate enough for theabatement program to work.

The timing of renovatingthe old theater building in2011 created minimal 2012taxes. The full tax increase of$2,847 a year was seen in2013.

Adding another year to theprogram “has no impact onthe city,” Wilson said.

He added that Nokes “hasdone a nice job” in fixing upthe old building. “It is signifi-cantly improved. That is whatthis (abatement) program isall about.”

• Approved a motion tohave the county deed to thecity a parcel of tax-forfeitedproperty south of the GlencoeMunicipal Light Plant. Theproperty was once owned bythe Chicago & MilwaukeeRailroad and CMC Real Es-tate. The real estate companywent “belly up years ago,”Larson said.

The property is currentlyused for parking for the LightPlant staff and customers.Larson said the aim is to con-tinue to use it in that manner.

• Heard that the Depart-ment of Transportation(MnDOT) has denied a re-

quest to reduce the speed to30 mph on Highway 22 (13thStreet) at Glen Knoll Roadinstead of further into thecity.

MnDOT ruled the currentspeeds are reasonable, andthere would be no change atthis time.

The speed of the decisioncaught council members andPolice Chief Jim Raiter bysurprise. MnDOT cited astudy, but no city official hasseen a study or knows whenit was done.

• Approved its 2014 healthinsurance policy with HealthPartners, beginning Dec. 1, atan increase of 1.7 percent.

• Heard that an investmentgroup has purchased the for-mer Bosch/Telex building on14th Street and is now look-ing for tenants.

• Heard that the elm/leafsite on the east side of Glen-coe is now open each day, ac-cording to Mike Drew, cityparks and street supervisor.

Now that the city streetsweepers have been cleaningthe streets, the site is beingused by the city each day, ex-cept for Sunday, and thus isopen to the public, too.

He said the site is beingmonitored daily as well.

In a related matter, resi-dents living near catch basinsare asked to keep leaves outof the drains during rainevents to cut down on flood-ing.

• Heard that work willbegin and last until the end ofOctober to repair catchbasins, manholes and parkinglanes along 10th Street andother streets in the city. GarySchreifels, supervisor ofwater and wastewater, saidthere will be a lot of work onHighway 22 through the city.

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Townships Continued from page 1

“Healthcare Act and How It Af-fects the Small Business” is thetopic of an educational seminarscheduled for 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.,Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the seniorroom of the Glencoe City Center.

Glencoe Area Chamber of Com-merce member Terry Jones of Pro-fessional Insurance will be the pre-senter.

“If you operate a business withless than 50 employees and youhave questions about the AffordableHealthcare Act; this educationalseminar is for you,” said David Nel-son, chamber president.

Jones will address rules that applyto employers with less-than 50 em-ployees.

• Does an employer have to go to

the exchange?• Can an employer offer optional

plans?• How does the employer get the

tax credit?• What notices need to be present-

ed to employees?• Does a small employer have to

contribute towards the plan?• Please explain the special small

business open enrollment.“Again, this is a free seminar pro-

vided by a member of the GlencoeArea Chamber of Commerce for thebenefit of Glencoe area businesses,”Nelson said.

There also will be a cup of coffeeand a pastry waiting for you at thedoor, Nelson added.

Healthcare Act topic of seminar

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