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8/13/2019 Browerville Blade - 12/26/2013 - page 01
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WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT
A community newspaper serving Browerville, MN and surrounding areas. USPS 067-560
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Volume 98; Number 26
www.bladepublishing.net
75
By Rin Porter
At the Dec. 17 county board
meeting, about 30 citizens
crowded into the commissioners
room
some to
criticize
B o a r d
C h a i r
C o mm-
issioner
R a n d y
N e u -
m a n n ,
a n d
some to
p r a i s e
him.
T h e
citizens
w e r e
t h e r e
e i t h e r
as mem-
bers of
t h e
Lives tock
A d v i s o r y
C o u n c i l
(LAC) or as
members of
the Todd
County Concerned Citizens
(TCCC) two groups with differ-
ent purposes and agendas.
The members of the Livestock
Advisory Council were there to
protest Neumanns support of a
lawsuit recently filed by the
Humane Society of the United
States (HSUS) and some neigh-
bors against the Gourley
Brothers hog facility built earli-
er this year in Gordon Township.
The suit contends that the DNR
should not have approved the
construction of the facility
because the hog farm uses more
than eight million gallons of
groundwater per year, according
to an HSUS press release pub-
lished Nov. 26, 2013.
LAC members Mark Buntjer
and Delvin Durheim criticized
Neumann for his support of the
suit and for not attending their
meetings, which they interpret-
ed as showing that Neumann is
against agriculture.
Neumann vehemently denied
being against farming. Im
just against putting these facili-
ties too
close to
h o u s -
es, he
said, in
defend-
ing his
p o s i -
t i o n .
He said
he cant
a t tend
L A C
m e e t -
i n g s
because
t w o
o t h e r
c o m -
m i s -
sioners
a t t e n d
t h e m .
H a v i n g
three com-
mis s i o n -
ers at a
meeting is
against the Minnesota Open
Meeting law, he said.
Neumann also criticized the
LAC for not contacting him
about their concerns before
showing up at a public meeting
to condemn him. He said, Its
just common courtesy for you to
notify us. He said the LAC has
not been sending its minutes to
the board, as required by any
organization that receives coun-
ty support.
TCCC member Nancy Judd
spoke on behalf of what she
described as many concerned
citizens to thank Neumann for
listening to the citizens of Todd
County, showing leadership, and
proving that an administrator
is not necessary to the running
of the county.
Nancy Judd presented Randy
Neumann with a plaque in recogni-
tion of what the TCCC sees as his
leadership and recognition of citi-
zens concerns during his term as
chair of the county board.
Citizens Groups Applaudand Criticize Todd Board Chair
Greetings of the seasons fromChrist the King and Zion Lutheran
Fr. Peter, Christ the King
Ready or not here I comethose famous words from my childhood ring in my ears these days. As
children we loved to play the game hide-n-seek. Who would be clever enough to outwit the other and
avoid being found by the seeker? Of course great strategy went into such decisions. Would you choose
a secluded place, or an open space? Would you journey high or stay down low? How much cover of
camouflage would be needed? It seems that times were simpler back then. There were no GPS sig-
nals to track you, or cell phones to text. It seemed like there was more than enough time. One might
even struggle with the occasional case of boredom, but dont tell mom!
Today things just seem to be different. Life went and got itself busy. With all of the hustle and bus-
tle of the Christmas season one might forget how Christmas began, or what it is all about. Please
remember that Jesus is the reason for the season. Prepare to make room in your heart for his com-
ing. Ready or not here he comesOn December 22nd at 7:00pm, Christ the King is hosting an Advent/Christmas reflection night
with music and the reading of the Christmas story from Lukes Gospel. We will gather for Mass
Christmas Eve at 9:00 pm and Christmas morning at 8:30 am. St. Joseph in Clarissa will celebrate
Mass Christmas Eve at 4:00 pm, and St. Joseph in Bertha will celebrate Mass Christmas day at 10:30
am. All are welcome.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas,
Fr. Peter,
Pastor of Christ the King Parish, St. Joseph Parish in Clarissa, and St. Joseph Parish in Bertha.
Rev. Gena Maria Koeberl
The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.
I love this line from O Little Town of Bethlehem. Hope and fear met in Bethlehem. Hope and fear
also met on the cross, so that today you and I might be among those who, for the love of Jesus and
one another, comfort the grieving, tend the suffering, and work together with courage and hope for
the day when we wont need to anymore.
We ache in the wake of senseless violence throughout the world, especially when it is our children
who suffer. We want to do what we can to shield ourselves and those we love. But what good does thatreally do us? Mary sings in the story from Luke 1:39-55 of a day when the world is turned upside
down. She encourages us to grasp this hope that is meant for us. Even as we sort out our rage, grief,
and fear, there is hope born in us today.
My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.
Marys song begins by singing praises to God. She knows her own lowliness. Her faith looks beyond
the obstacles to the possibility, knowing Gods blesses her anyway.
For he who is might has done great things through me.
God reached out to her. This unexplainable generosity completely disrupted her life. She sings of
great things God is doing in her, while living in exile with constant unknowns.
He has shown strength with his arm, he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their
hearts. He has put down the mighty and exalted those of low degree. He has filled the hungry with
good things, and the rich he has sent empty away.
Marys song inspires a few questions: Do we believe that a blessing is waiting within us to be born?
Do we realize that in our hunger, depression, grief and questioning we open ourselves to accepting
Jesus birth as meaningful and significant? As uncomfortable as these feelings are they are the vehi-
cles through which deeper meaning is born. When we run or deny the powerful presence and dis-
comfort of grief, disappointment, outrage, or loss, we deny ourselves an even greater birth of hope.Christmas is a time in which our hopes and fears unite. In this union, God with us is revealed.
I pray this Christmas to sing with Mary the Good News of what is about to take place. A child came
to be a deeper and fuller manifestation of Gods love in the world.
I pray that we let go enough of trying to control the messiness of life to recognize our blessed low-
liness our own need for God.
I pray we say yes to our calling to birth into being again this year the blessing of God with us,
revealed where hopes and fears meet tonight. Ask as the spiritual writer, Meister Eckhart once did,
What good is it that Christ was born a long time ago if he is not born now in your heart?
Rev. Gena Maria Koeberl
Zion Lutheran Church, Browerville
Merry Christmas fromAaron, Peggy, Stacey,
Venus, and Rin!