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chance to talk with ExecutiveVice President Col. FrankImholte who lives in the upperfrozen north of Minnesota. Hetook time out of his busy snowblowing duties which includednot only his driveway but that

of a neighbor who recently losther husband to speak with me.He explained to me what theMSAA is and does. “The Min-nesota State Auctioneers Asso-ciation started in 1949 and in1986 the Hall of Fame commit-tee was formed with January1987 being the first year the

award was given out,” Col.Frank stated. What do you lookfor when nominating one forthe Hall of Fame? “Well, welook for a member who has aGood Heart, has donated hun-dreds of hours of their time, hashelped other auctioneers andprovides a valuable service toothers and their communitiesand that’s what we found inWaseca’s Bill Harguth,” Col.Frank said. “Our organization is375 members which included60 Life Members which areover 70 years and older. Wealso have an Auxiliary and anEducation Foundation whichgives out scholarships andhelps with continuing educa-tion.” So, I asked Col. Frankabout this year’s inductee tothe Hall of Fame. What canyou tell me? He said “Youneed to talk with AuctioneerJoe Przybilla of Royalton abouthim.” He said. So, I called Joe

and asked “What is it you sayabout an inductee before youannounce their name to theattendees?” Joe said, “I’ll sendyou a copy of my comments soyour readers and experiencewhat’s said about an inductee.

“It’s been said he can back up a semi-trailerbetter than most can drive them.”

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By Mike ParryWhat was once an idea has now become reality as the doors

to the Bethlehem Inn opened just a few weeks back. The ideaI’ve been told came from a shared concern for people in tran-sition, and a way to reach out and do something about it. Con-versations about a transitional home began with a coffeemeeting involving Father Leif, Roger Ashland Toni Larson andKaren Buum.In May 2017 Roger Ashland spoke with Karen Buum and she

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“It’s beensaid he canback up a

semi-trailerbetter than

most candrive them.”(continued from page 1)

Well, it’s most of what I said‘cause I have a tendency toad a few comments, like I didabout Bill.” I found out thatthere is a lot of joking going onbetween the presenter, Joeand inductee Harguth. Thetwo went to AuctioneersSchool in Mankato in 1993 andgraduated in 1994. Before Ishare with Joe’s conventioncomments speaking about Bill,I want to share a quote fromJoe about Bill Harguth. “I did-n’t know him prior to auction-

eer’s school but I knew I’dnever forget him. He makes allus auctioneers look good.”Here’s what he said about theinductee before announcinghis name.“Good Evening.Tonight, it is an honor and a

pleasure to introduce this year’snominee into the MSAA Hall ofFame.This gentleman grew up on a

160-acre dairy farm workingvery hard with his parents andfamily. He attended CatholicSchool through 9th grade thenfinished 10th through 12thgrade at Ag School, graduat-ing in 1957 (good year forChevy). After graduation, hecontinued working on thehome farm along with workingat a local co-op spreading fer-tilizer (which he is still good at).While on the job, in mid-1959,he was invited to have lunch inthe local farmers home wherehe met the farmer’s daughterand fell in love immediately.Rumor has it that she didn’t paytoo much attention to him thatday. However, in 1960 he mar-


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ried her and purchased the160-dairy farm from his parentsand they began their family.They also continued to growthe farming operation to sup-port their five children. By themid-80’s, they had grown tonearly 2000 acres and quit thedairy part of their operation. Inthe early 90’s, they scaled backto 500-600 acres, so he could

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The Waseca Area Neighbor-hood Service Center continuesto grow in all areas year afteryear! The Thrift store had its bestsales year ever due to so muchcommunity support, all of youwho donate your Thrift storeitems locally and so many newshoppers! The thrift store is openfor everyone in our communityto come and shop! We en-courage all of you to stop inand check out our monthlyauction items, shop our halfprice days! We’ve added aspecial day for half price for allthe Hero’s in our community.Thursday will be half price forVeterans and their wives, lawenforcement, Firefighters, Para-metics, teachers and students.We would again like to makemention that we believestrongly in supporting our localeconomy and do so almost al-ways by purchasing all for thecenter locally and giving backand sharing with other organi-zations in our community!!The Waseca Area Neighbor-

hood Service Center/ Foodshelf is sad to say we have lostone of our longest, most dedi-cated volunteers, RichardHansen who passed away inDecember.Richard came into the center

every day of the week and vol-unteered his time! Rich was al-ways a friendly smiling face inthe donation room and somuch help at the center andfood shelf! Rich is and will con-tinue to be missed! Rich’s fam-ily’s wishes were that memorialsbe donated to the WasecaArea Neighborhood Center.We thank Richard’s family and

all of you who donated inRich’s memory, Bill Hintz,Richard and Janet Will, Rogerand Cynthia Ashland, BonnieWestbee, Douglas and JudithLeet, Destiny Church, SandiChapman, Genevieve Adams,Fern Vietze, Joe and MartiWhite, Shirley Taborsky andMichael and Beatrice O’Brien.We are so sorry for the loss ofRichard!In memory of Mary Fette, Dan

Gades, John Klug, Murlin BuskeJr. and Lorraine Miller generouscontributions were given byfamily members. We thankeach of you and are so sorry foryour loss!The Waseca Area Neighbor-

hood Service Center and theWaseca Area Foundation havehad some big changes thispast year! Kathy Kronebuschhas moved on to the New Rich-land Library and Jessica Barensis now the new Program Coor-dinator/Administrative assistantat N.S.C. We wish Kathy thebest on her new Journey! KarenBuum has retired from theWaseca Area Foundation andAmy Potter is the new Execu-tive Director! We wish Karen thebest in her retirement andhope she enjoys all that shedoes!! We wish much successto Jessica and Amy on theirnew career paths!While we are talking about

the Waseca Area Foundationwe would like to give them aspecial Thank you along withthe Roseneau funds and the E.FJohnson foundation for thefabulous donation to supportthe community with bread andmilk! With the closing of HyVeewe needed to find other re-sources, whew what a relief! Aspecial thank you for the sec-ond half of our building project!The Waseca Area Foundationhas been such strong supportfor our community and organi-zation! A very special Thankyou to Cash Wise Foods andWaseca Walmart for the dailycontribution to the WasecaArea Food Self!The Greater Mankato Area

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iWealth and clients continue tosupport the Backpack programalong with Christmas meals! Di-anne Beckman along withThrivent Financial and the Lionsclub continue to support theThanksgiving Baskets! We thankyou all for continuing to makethese programs a possibility!!When the youth in our com-

munity give so much it’s a won-derful example to all of us howthe gift of giving really worksand how sharing really is won-derful! Special thanks to the YSLstudents, Round Bank Jr. Boardand the Boy Scouts and GirlScouts!The Waseca Intermediate

School Teachers, students andstudent council did a fundraiser for the Backpack pro-gram! Diane Roesler and herstudents are giving great sup-port packing the backpacksfor the program! Thank you allso much!Service Master continues to

do a fantastic job on the floorsat the food shelf and center,thank you for the contribution,it really helps so much!Wells Fargo community

match, Waseca Police Dept.Cargill incorporated, MnPrairie, Waseca County Em-ployees First National Bank,Kroeger Koncepts, Stitches in

Time, Salam Foundation, Itronand staff, Waseca Fire Dept.and Axillary, South Country,Fisher Farms, Kraus /Anderson,Waseca County off Campus,Casey’s south have givengreat support!The Smart Bus contributed

wonderful Backpacks to thecommunity programs!Individual contributions have

been as strong as ever, theyare a huge support when somany are combined together!Thank you to each of you whofind it important to give won-derful community support!Carol and Gyles Randall, Mar-shall and Bev Herfindahl, DoranWagar, Dave Dunn, BarbaraKiesler, Bruce Boyce and SallyTakala, Kathy Sather, Timothyand Linda Berndt, Residents ofLake Shore Inn, James Cassem,Linda Karst, Mr. and Mrs. GaryBuske, Brad Spinler, ElaineSpain, Jenny Sandbeck, ShirleyTangen, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. L.Hoversten, Kent Schultz, Lowelland Janice Wadd, Mary Arndt,Vicki and Dennis Neidt, Ray-mond Somers, Chad and Dr.Julie Anderson, Judith Diedrich,Robert and Joyce Brown,Peggy Gades, Lyn and LoisSpies! Special thanks to RenataBerg along with all the guys atAlex’s house, Gary Huckfeldt,Brian Battenfeld and all the vol-unteers who come in so oftenand work so hard, we just ab-solutely couldn’t do it withoutyou!!In closing a reminder that Mn

March Food Share is justaround the corner! Communitysupport is so much appreci-ated moving forward in 2019!Jenny Sandbeck had a fantas-tic idea to do a prom dressdrive! Anyone who would liketo donate a prom dress or a suit

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for the youth in our communitycan bring the donation to thecenter! We would greatly ap-preciate the support for ouryouth! The dresses and suits willbe sold at a very affordableprice or put on a voucher forthose in need! Donations will beaccepted until prom begins inApril!

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O Lord, Give Us The Love of Your Heart In the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to St. Matthew Jesus gives a command, “ Love your enemies

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Say Hello to Bill Evenson

This month of February 2019, brings us to introduce another of our residents, Bill Evenson.

Bill was born in Redwing, MN in August of 1955, and grew up with two brothers and two sisters in Harmony, MN. He went to public school in Harmony and graduated in 1973. After high school, he moved to California. Bill came back to Minnesota because his dad’s health was failing. After he passed away, Bill decided to stay. He met a woman named Sheila Murphy and they got married and raised two girls together. He enjoyed fishing, playing games, and watching movies, and hanging out with friends in his spare time.

Bill worked as a tree trimmer in the Twin Cities until his retirement. Eventually Bill found himself living in Waseca. A few years ago, his family thought it would be best if he sell his home and move into a care facility. Colony Court became his new home. “I like it here – I like the people and it’s convenient.”

We like having you here, Bill. Thanks for choosing us!

February Resident Profile

By Jim Miller

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