By Marilyn AndersonZUMBROTA Field of Prey

is the most recent novel by TheNew York Times bestselling au-thor and Pulitzer Prize winner JohnSandford. The setting for the storyis Goodhue County, with manyparts set in Zumbrota and a nearbytown called Holbein.

The book was released May 6and is the 24th installment ofSandfords Prey series, with anew book published almost yearlysince 1989. Each title in the seriesincludes the word prey, is set ina location in Minnesota, and fea-tures criminal investigator LucasDavenport.

James Hill, director of the Zum-brota Public Library, said the booksby Sandford are immensely popu-lar. The library always orders morethan one copy of Sandfords booksfor the library due to their popu-larity with local readers. Hill an-ticipates Sandfords latest workwill soon be on The New YorkTimes Best Sellers List just as havehis previous works.The author

John Sandford is the pseudonymof John Roswell Camp. Camp wasborn in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1944.He received a Bachelors Degree

in American History and a Mastersin Journalism from the Univer-sity of Iowa. He began his writingcareer as a journalist, writing forThe Miami Herald from 1971 to1978. Camp moved to Minneapo-lis in 1978 and was a reporter andcolumnist for The St. Paul Pio-neer Press from 1978-1990. In1986, Camp won the Pulitzer Prizefor Life on the Land: An Ameri-can Farm Family, a five-part se-ries examining the farm crisis insouthwest Minnesota.

In the late 1980s, Camps inter-ests turned to fiction and he com-pleted two novels. Since both bookswere accepted for publication andscheduled to be released, by dif-ferent publishers, three monthsapart in 1989, Camp was asked toadopt a pseudonym for one of thenovels. He chose his paternalgrandmothers maiden name,Sandford, for Rules of Prey, thefirst book in what has become along and successful series. Thepen name, John Sandford, has re-mained.

In addition to the 24 Prey nov-els, Sandford has two other shorterseries referred to as the Kiddseries and the Virgil Flowersseries. Flowers has been a sup-porting character in some of thePrey novels.

According to Sandfords

website, he and his wife, MicheleCook, a journalist and screenwriter,currently have homes in Los An-geles, Santa Fe, and near Hay-ward, Wisconsin.Local readers

Local residents familiar withSandfords work and the Prey se-ries are Tom and Carol Meyer ofZumbrota. Tom is a member ofthe Zumbrota Public Librarysboard of trustees.

He said their son Andy, also aPrey reader, called to encouragethem, to better get the latest book.It is awful interesting. Learningthe setting included Zumbrota andthe surrounding area, they pur-chased the book. Carol was disap-pointed to have missed the authorsbook-signing event in the TwinCities held shortly after the booksrelease. As of May 14, she waseagerly waiting for Tom to finishreading the last pages of the bookto have her turn reading it.

Tom has enjoyed all ofSandfords books. With Field ofPrey set in Goodhue County, thehometown flavor adds even moreexcitement to it. He also enjoysSandfords dry, morbid sense ofhumor. Since the main charac-ter, Lucas Davenport, has been inall the Prey books, and others in-troduced over time, Tom recom-mends those new to the series, read

Pastors Radke and Repperecognized for years of serviceROCHESTER Pastors Wayne Radke, left, and Paul Reppe were recognizedat the annual assembly of the Southeast Minnesota Synod of the ELCAat the Mayo Civic Center on May 2. The two have been active in parishministry for a total of 105 years. Radke has served for 50 years. He isa graduate of the University of Minnesota and Luther Theological Seminary.He was ordained in 1964 and served congregations in Ashippun andArcadia, Wisconsin, and at United Redeemer Lutheran Church in Zumbrota.Reppe has served for 55 years. He is a graduate of St. Olaf College andLuther Theological Seminary. He was ordained in 1959 and has servedcongregations in Madelia and Clarks Grove and at Wanamingo Lutheranand Stordahl Churches in Wanamingo.

The 24th installment in John Sandfords Prey series takes place inGoodhue County.

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Pine Island passes both questionsin school bond referendum electionBy Alice Duschanek-Myers

PINE ISLAND On May 13voters passed both questions onthe referendum ballot for the PineIsland Public Schools. Question#1, which includes building a newPreK-4 school and renovating theexisting building for middle andhigh school, passed 1537-830.Question #2, which included a 600-seat auditorium at the existing siteand nine-lane competitive trackencircling an athletic facility atthe new school site, passed 1464-898.

There was a good turnout at thereferendum election. 62% of thoseregistered voted. SuperintendentTammy Berg-Beniak said voterturnout has usually been about40%. Question #1 was passed with

65% of votes, and Question #2was passed with 62% of votes.

Berg-Beniak said that since thevote, There has been a lot of grati-tude. She said the staff are ex-cited and expressing their appre-ciation for the communitys sup-port during meetings. The studentsare very excited. Older studentswith their teachers voluntarilycleaned out flowers beds andworked on the grounds the dayafter the election. There are sto-ries of enthusiastic elementary stu-dents who will move to the newschool.

She said, Im so excited. Itsputting Pine Island in a whole otherlevel.

On May 14 the district met withthe construction architect, and July

10, 2014 is the projected date forthe bond sale for the referendum.

Berg-Beniak said, Were hop-ing to move dirt in August. Therewere hopes to do some staging ofconstruction in the existing build-ings. However, this will wait untilthe new building is done, becauseof the need to focus on aspects ofconstructing the new building.Plans are to open the new PreK-4school in the fall of 2015.

Once the renovations are com-pleted in the current building, thehigh school and middle schoolswill have separate space. Each willdevelop an identity of its own.

Berg-Beniak said, My biggestsense is of pride and gratitude forthis community.

Goodhue County is setting forJohn Sandfords latest novel

a few other books in the seriesbefore the newest. It will help tounderstand the characters that havebeen developed in the other books.

Many local and area towns arementioned in the book, with dis-tances, highways, and specificplaces accurate. Among charac-ters are a fictionalized Zumbrotapolice chief and a Goodhue Countydeputy helping to solve the crime.

While many towns, streets andsites are accurate, the actual siteof the crime is not accurate withthe name of the town, Holbein,non-existent in Goodhue Countyor Minnesota. The description ofthe town doesnt match the loca-tion given it. Tom said that is stan-dard for Sandford novels. He gavean example from another Prey bookof a bogus county placed betweenMartin and Jackson Counties insouthwestern Minnesota as the siteof the fictionalized crime.

Several years ago, Tom talkedwith another avid Zumbrota readerand Sandford fan, Jim Stee. Stee,who passed away in 2010, workedat the Covered Bridge Restaurantand told of meeting and visitingwith Sandford when he was a cus-tomer. Stee, familiar with the Min-nesota locations described in de-tail in the books, asked Sandfordwhy he changed the name of thelocation and the description wherethe crime occurred. Sandford re-plied it was for legality reasons.Author visits

Sandford visited Zumbrota onat least one other occasion. DanKing, Zumbrotas communitydevelopment director, toured theauthor around the Covered Bridge,city hall, and police departmentin the summer of 2013. However,while Sandford (or Camp) intro-duced himself as an author, Kingwas not familiar with his work atthe time.

With a description of a house inthe Sugarloaf neighborhood northof town, Tom and Carol are won-dering how much time Sandfordmay have spent in the Zumbrotaarea. Certainly, others in the countyhave, knowingly or unknowingly,crossed paths with the best-sell-ing author.

Photo by Audra DePestelPine Island teams took second and third place in the state competition in the Stock Market Game this year.Third place winners are, front row: Lauren Meurer, Robin Talbot, and Marissa Walters; second place winnersare, back row: Coltin Stadler, Garrett Hinrichsen, and Tanner Simon.

PINE ISLAND Pine Islandseventh grade students recentlyconcluded the Stock Market Game.For the past five years Pine Islandteams have placed teams in thetop three in the state. This yearwas no different with one teamplacing second and another third.Pine Island finished with five ofthe top seven middle school teams

in the state. The entire programinvolved some 1,578 teams fromacross Minnesota. Olson MiddleSchool in Minneapolis took first.

The Stock Market Game is avirtual investment competitionwhich first started in 1977. It helpsdevelop student skills such as criti-cal thinking, decision making,cooperation, communication, re-search, and saving and investing.Students use real internet researchand news updates, making thesimulation an even better mirrorof the real marketplace. While thecompetitive game play creates stu-dent excitement, the educationalexperience delivers the biggestimpact.

During the game, which lastedfrom early January until the endof April, two investment-relatedrepresentatives volunteered tocome in to speak with the classabout saving and investing. Thefirst was Dan Langworthy of PineIsland who has a son in the sev-enth grade this year. Langworthy,CIMA (R), CPWA (R), COA isan investment consultant withFortress Financial Group, LLC inRochester.

The second guest was MichelleGascoigne, investment advisorrepresentative of Cetera Invest-ment Services who works out of

the Pine Island and Zumbrotabanks. Both guests challenged thestudents to think about saving forthe future and the value of startingthis early in life.

On the second place team wereTanner Simon, Coltin Stadler andGarrett Hinrichsen. Some of theirtop performing stocks wereActivision, Delta and UnderArmour. The third place teammembers are Robin Talbot, LaurenMeurer and Marissa Walters. Theirtop companies were Johnson andJohnson, Microsoft and UnderArmour.

The winners will be attendingthe SMG Awards Ceremony andBest Preps Annual Luncheon onThursday, May 22 at the MarriottMinneapolis Southwest inMinnetonka. The program willfeature keynote speaker JimOwens, CEO of H.B. Fuller.

Teachers across the countryagree that the Stock Market Gamehas a positive influence on stu-dents. From better attendance andincreased engagement and partici-pation in class to higher test scoresand improved academic perfor-mance, there are many examplesof the educational impact of theSIFMA Foundations Stock Mar-ket Game.

Pine Island students place second and third in Stock Market Game

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FromDevilsKitchenBy Jan David Fisher

Amendment 18 of the United States ConstitutionPassed by Congress December 18, 1917. Ratified January 16, 1919. Repealed byamendment 21.Section 1.

After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicatingliquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and allterritory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.Section 2.

The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriatelegislation.Section 3.

This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitutionby the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the dateof the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

Recent articles raise questionsTo the Editor:

The April 23 News-Record hasan article about the city councilrejecting a zoning change for theformer Grover property. In itselfit turns out to be a good thingmaybe, but it did raise a furtherquestion in my mind. It seems thatthe request was due to the fact thatthe EDA had accepted an offerfrom Dollar General for $43,000for the property with the contin-gency that the zone be changed toallow that type of business. Now,in my mind that brings up anotherquestion. In doing some research,I found the council minutes from2003 where a revenue bond waspassed for $400,000 to facilitatethe relocation of the private busi-ness of Grover Auto to a new lo-cation. The bond was to be paidback with the property tax abate-ment from the new Grover build-ing. The resolution also stated thatthe EDA was to contribute anyproceeds from the sale of the oldGrover property to the city trea-sury of not less than $100,000.The resolution alone assumed aloss of $300,000 for the real es-tate of the old Grover property. Iguess city government should notbe in the real estate business. TheGrover business in their new prop-erty generates significant taxeswhich has been used to pay for the$400,000 However, the taxpayerhas seen zero dollars of revenuefor ten years. The old propertylikely cost some dollars to removethe old building and to this day isnot developed. Is it worth it to thetaxpayer to pay $400,000+ to re-locate a private, for-profit busi-ness without a viable plan for theredevelopment? Should the Plan-ning and Zoning folks as well ascouncil maybe reconsider the useand zoning? It seems to me thereis vacancy in town for elderly hous-ing and with the nursing homedeveloping additional housingmaybe its time to change the plan.It would seem to me there is agreater need for more delibera-tion when these projects are beingconsidered.

As I was looking through theEDA minutes, I found requestsfrom a downtown building ownerfor funds to make capital improve-ments to a building. Again, a for-profit, private business. If it hadbeen approved, I would want thecity to own a share of the equity insaid property so the taxpayer isntfunding local for-profit business,and would be able to recover thefunds upon sale of the property. Ialso see that requests for help infunding the Shop the Block andGirls Night Out and Christmasevents were approved. It was alsomentioned that it was already abudget item for $1,500. Why arethe taxpayers of Zumbrota con-tributing to the profit of the for-profit businesses? Homeownerswho pay taxes do not get thesekinds of remunerations.

I also found that the city coun-cil is proposing to use up to $25,000for a rebranding initiative forthe city. Firstly, I do not under-stand why the city needs to berebranded. Are we not still Theonly Zumbrota in the world? Arewe not still Bridging the Past tothe Future? Both seem more thanappropriate for city identificationand branding. What is the realpurpose of rebranding? Ifrebranding is to provide a newdefinition for the business com-munity in downtown, then it shouldbe the downtown business com-munity doing the rebranding, andthe city should accommodate theneeds through infrastructure andzoning. I also understand the coun-cil was looking for assistance forthis project from a firm outsidethe city. Do we not have enoughtalent within our city, who alreadyknow the city, and would be justas competent in determining theneed and developing a brand if

needed? Maybe the city has nobetter place to invest $25,000; i.e.,in a current city business or a lo-cal taxpaying citizen? I understandthat some of the proposals beforethe EDA are for the use of Roch-ester sales tax dollars. To me itdoesnt matter. It is still taxpayermoney and should be spent withdue diligence. Maybe the EDAwould be better serving the publicif the meetings were not held at 7a.m.?

My last concern is a rehash of aletter I wrote last fall regardingthe Welcome Center Trail Headbuilding. I did see that one of thegrants that was applied for wasrejected, but the decision to goforward without it was made. Sowhere does that money come from?I still have strong reservations thatspending money on this project isa total waste of taxpayer dollars. Iremember when the new city hallwas designed and the original de-sign was sent back to the architectwith the instructions to enlargethe atrium for the purpose of be-ing used for a City Welcome Cen-ter. This was an additional cost tothe taxpayer. There was, at thetime, if not a promise, at least animplied promise to use the atriumas a City Welcome Center. I knowfrom serving on a board for nearly15 years that a current councilcannot be legally held to a prom-ise, real or implied, by a previouscouncil. But there is a moral andethical obligation to not spendmoney for a project when it is notnecessary. Building a new Wel-come Center 150 feet away fromone that was designed for thatpurpose, with restrooms adjacent,is not a prudent investment of tax-payer dollars.

Larry EvertZumbrota

VoxlandretiringTo the Editor:

For the past 28 years I haveserved as supervisor on the Boardof Supervisors of the GoodhueCounty Soil and Water Conser-vation District Board. I representDistrict 1 (Kenyon, Cherry Grove,Wanamingo, and Holden Town-ships). I am not looking for re-election. I feel it is time to retire. Ithas been an interesting journeythese past years. To see the SWCDDistrict grow to an outstandingdistrict has been a great adven-ture.

Paul VoxlandKenyon

Political power

First, thank you to all who votedlast week; and especially to thosewho voted yes on both questions.This week Ill give my opinion ofthe history of political power, sincewe just exercised some this lastweek.

Looking around the world to-day and in the past, the USA and afew other nations allow peacefuldissent among the populace. Some-times we dont understand the dis-sent or its reason and purpose. It iswhat gives up our real politicalpower. Our Founding Fathers cre-ated a nation powered by dissentand consent of the people, and notour elected or appointed represen-tatives. For instance, in the 1950swe were confronted with the Com-munist Party. We fought with slo-gans of Better Dead Than Redand USA, Love It or Leave It!Some of the reactions were em-barrassingly bad and happened inour own Congress. But we neededto learn about the Communist Party.

Recently on MPR, the discus-sion was about the title of Presi-dent of the United States of

America and why we call ourleader the president. One of thefirst pieces of business the Houseof Representatives had was figur-ing out the title for the leader.George Washington had spokento the House and asked that thetitle not reflect royalty or lines ofroyalty. Apparently, the House tookhis advice poorly and came upwith the title of President of theUnited States of America. At thetime, a president of any group wasthe weakest (politically) in thegroup. The president ran the meet-ings, usually made up the agendadetails but could (and can) not speakon the question before the group.The president cannot vote unlessthe vote is tied or to make a tie.This meaning of a president waswhat the House intended. It back-fired on them. Today, the politi-cally strongest person in the worldis the President of the United Statesof America! New countries andreorganized ones now call theirleader president.

In our history, we have had strongpresidents and weak ones, but theposition tends to make the man.We have had good ones and badones. We can put these two wordstogether and I believe weve hadall four variations: good-strong,good-weak, bad-strong, and bad-weak. My personal favorite presi-dent is Harry S Truman. The ex-

pectation was that he would bad-weak. Instead he turned out to begood-strong. The first clue we gotwas the sign on his desk: Thebuck stops here! He took respon-sibility for all of hisadministrations actions. He alsomade the toughest decision evermade of any president or leader.He took the advice of his cabinetand others, but made the decisionhimself to use the first atomicbombs to end World War II. Thisaction changed how nations (es-pecially how this nation) fight wars.We now treat the non-military dif-ferent from the military. Germanyused V-1 and V-2 missiles to ter-rorize England and, in particular,London. Japan targeted fewer ci-vilians. And there is the USA. Wecreated fire storms in Germanywith our bombings. The atomicbooms killed mostly civilians inJapan.

A final thought: if we reallybelieve we have a right to privacy,then we need to amend the Con-stitution of the United States. TheConstitution says nothing aboutprivacy. It does have the clausethat all rights not enumerated in itare reserved by and for the people.By adding privacy rights, we canpass laws, procedures, and rulescontrolling the right to privacy.(Thats my dissent for the day.)Until next week.

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NotebookBy Pete Grimsrud

As part of this years Super Bowlpregame show on FOX, PresidentBarack Obama was interviewedby Bill OReilly. OReilly was anodd choice because of his com-bative interview style that he callsthe no spin zone in which guestsare not allowed to dodge a ques-tion. I watch him regularly oneday a week, because he is insight-ful, but Im not interested in ab-sorbing more discord than that.

Super Sunday was full of over-analysis and fluff stories to set upthe match between the Broncosand Seahawks. This was until thehammer came down on the presi-dent, who avoided and redirectedevery difficult question byOReilly. Our party guests wereas confused as I was as to the pur-pose of this interview at this par-ticular time. The network had toknow OReilly was going to behimself and ask questions relatedto Benghazi when finally given achance. And the president had toknow, but didnt want to miss achance to reach millions of televi-sion viewers. So there we weremumbling, What? and Really?

The Super Bowl Sunday Half-time Show with Justin Timberlakeripping open Janet Jacksons top(revealing her breast) elicited asomewhat similar reaction withthe possible exception that somewanted to see it again to makesure they saw what they thoughtthey saw. Nipplegate or thewardrobe malfunction resultedin a fine and a court battle thatwent all the way to the SupremeCourt for CBS. For most peopleten years ago, it was a curiositythat was another example of thedirection our country was head-ing.

That brings me to this years

NFL draft. Im one of those sportsgeeks who watched the draft be-fore it became a media bonanza.Despite the ridiculously high rat-ings, I was probably one of thefew who actually watched the sev-enth and final round when theopenly gay player Michael Samwas drafted.

Players expected to be draftedin the first couple rounds are oftenfollowed on camera for their re-action whether it is at Radio CityMusic Hall in New York City ortheir home. Sam was covered be-cause he is breaking a barrier forgays into the last bastion of man-hood American Football.

Players exuberance maybe haschanged a little over the years withthe excessive media coverage, butall celebrate with hugs and typi-cally a kiss from mom. Many weepnot only because they have reachedtheir lifelong dream, but for someit is a leap out of poverty for them-selves and their family.

Sams dreams were no differ-ent, but his status and pressurewere greater because he repre-sented an entire community ofpeople by coming out beforethe draft.

His initial draft reaction was un-derstandably to cry. He was cel-ebrated by well-wishers and em-braced by what I could only as-sume was his boyfriend. Theseare gut check moments for thoseof us adjusting to public displaysof affection between gays, mak-ing it a test of our tolerance andhumanity. Im guessing I passedat this point. I thought, Good forhim.

Then they kissed. I admit that Isquirmed a little and said, Well,you dont see that every day. Deepdown, I was uncomfortable with afairly normal kiss, but I was okaywith it. I had supported gay mar-riage as a human right before itwas legalized in Minnesota.

The coverage that followed byESPN was over-the-top, in-your-face, new territory for coverageof any player drafted that left mesaying What? and Really? The

two made out smearing cake be-tween each other. This coveragehas typically been left out of thefollow-up national coverage of theevent on which most people basetheir judgments.

Apparently, my initial reactionto the cake was similar to those inthe haters group like former NewYork Giant Derrick Ward whotweeted, man U got little kidslookin at the draft. I cant believeESPN even allowed that to hap-pen.

He later replied to those respond-ing to his tweet, Ive been ac-cused of being prejudice a bigot .. . They hope I die. And my kidskilled. All because I said I didntthink it was appropriate for some-one to shove cake down anotherpersons face then tongue themdown on national tv . . . But peopleseen that as oh Im bashing himbecause hes gay. Who cares!!!

Miami Dolphins safety DonJones was fined and is suspendedfrom the team because he tweetedomg and Horrible after view-ing the kiss. He has since publiclyapologized and is being forced totake sensitivity training. Our so-ciety once sent gays to be curedof their deviant preferences, nowwere going to cure those whoare uncomfortable with those pref-erences. Its another example howfar public opinion has shifted infavor of homosexual life-styles.

The reason many of us lovesports is to cheer for our team,applaud excellence, and get awayfrom all this other crap. MichaelSam is courageous and I wish himwell on the field. Im sure hell dofine in the locker room if he doeshis job, is a good teammate, andeverything football related remainsabout football which is truefor every player.

Teams typically dont like dis-tractions. This may not be easyfor a man with the number twoselling rookie jersey and a newdocumentary series production bythe Oprah Winfrey Network, al-ready postponed due to the nega-tive reaction by the Rams.

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GoodhueGOODHUE On Monday, May

26, at 9:30 a.m., the thirteenthannual Memorial Day observancewill be held at the Evergreen Cem-etery in Goodhue. Participatingin this event will be the Third Regi-ment of Minnesota Infantry Vol-unteers, Company C.

The company is a Civil Warreenacting group that participatesin a variety of ceremonies, parades,reenactments and living historyencampments, and also gives pre-sentations at schools and to vari-ous organizations. Members comefrom several cities in the area, in-cluding Cannon Falls, Goodhue,Kasson, Mazeppa, Red Wing,Rochester and the Twin Cities.

Also participating in Memorial

Day activities will be members ofAmerican Legion Post 598 fromBellechester. Post 598 is active invarious ceremonies and paradesin the area, and serves as an HonorGuard at veterans funerals.

The mornings activities willinclude patriotic readings byGoodhue School students, musi-cal selections, presentation of theColors by both units, a rifle sa-lute, and echo Taps.

Everyone is invited to come andremember with appreciation thosewho sacrificed much, even theirlives, to serve their nation and tosecure and preserve the blessingsof liberty and the precious free-doms we enjoy. The ceremonyshould last about 30 minutes.

WanamingoAssembly (8:30 a.m.)9 a.m. Step off at the Commu-

nity CenterOrder of MarchColor bearersMayor Ryan Holmes, Pastor

Patrick McBrideRifle squadAll veterans and veterans wagonFlower bearersKenyon-Wanamingo marching

bandBoy ScoutsGirl ScoutsThe parade will proceed down

Main Street to the Zumbro RiverBridge

A brief memorial service willbe held on the bridge honoringthose lost at sea

Flower bearersProgram at Riverside ParkWelcome: Pastor Patrick

McBrideWords from the Mayor Ryan

HolmesInvocation and introduction of

the band: Pastor Patrick McBrideMusical Selections: America

Henry Carey and America the

Beautiful Samuel A. Ward per-formed by the Kenyon-Wanamingo Marching Band(Claire Larson, Director)

Introduce Scouts for Pledge ofAllegiance: Pastor Patrick McBride

Pledge of Allegiance:Wanamingo Scouts

Introduction of Students: Pas-tor Patrick McBride

In Flanders Field: MaddieAnfinson

Gettysburg Address: CaseyBaumgartner

Remarks: Ken AxelsonStar Spangled Banner John S

Smith: KW bandHonor Roll of the Fallen: Ken

Pine IslandPINE ISLAND Memorial Day

activities start at the OronocoBridge at 8 a.m. and the OronocoCemetery at 8:30 a.m. Then on tothe Pine Island Catholic Cemeteryat 9:30 a.m. Lining up for the MainStreet parade will be at 10:15 a.m.in front of Van Horn Library. Theparade begins at 10:30 a.m. A cer-emony will be on the Main Streetbridge with music provided by PineIsland High School band mem-bers at 10:35 a.m. The parade con-tinues to Pine Island Cemetery fora ceremony at 11 a.m.

MazeppaMAZEPPA The American

Legion Post #588 and MazeppaAuxiliary Unit #588 will hold theirannual Memorial Day Services onMonday, May 26. Legion Com-mander Roy Goranson and Aux-iliary President Lenora Irwin in-vite all veterans and the commu-nity to attend.

Legion and Honor Guard mem-bers will meet at the Legion Hallat 8 a.m. Services will be held atPoplar Grove Cemetery at 9 a.m.and Bear Valley Cemetery at 9:30a.m.

Legionnaires and Honor Guardmembers will return to Mazeppafor the parade which will start at10:30 a.m., beginning on the eastside of Zumbrota-Mazeppa MiddleSchool. There will be a float forveterans to ride in the parade meet at the Legion at 10 a.m. toboard. The parade will include theColor Guard, firing squad andmarching unit from the Legion andHonor Guard, Auxiliary march-

ing unit, Gold Star Mothers, vet-erans float and the Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School marchingband. Groups, including the Girland Boy Scouts and 4-H Clubs,are invited to participate. Otherchildren may take part in the pa-rade if they are chaperoned.

The parade will go throughdowntown and up to the cemetery.Services will take place at 11 a.m.The speaker will be Josh Boraas,Civil War Re-enactor. Immedi-ately following the cemetery ser-vice and honoring our fallen vet-erans, a special ceremony in honorof those who died at sea will takeplace at the Maple Street Bridgein Mazeppa.

A community potluck will fol-low at the Legion Hall at 12:30p.m.

In case of inclement weather,Memorial Day services will be heldin the Community Center.

For more information contactRoy Goranson at 507 843-5455or Gene Hofius at 507 843-2525.

Zumbrota

Zumbro FallsZUMBRO FALLS The sched-

ule for Memorial Day services,conducted by VFW Post 1802, inZumbro Falls on May 26 is as fol-lows:

8:30 a.m. St. Johns Cemetery,Lake City

9:15 a.m. Lincoln ChurchCemetery, Zumbro Falls

9:45 a.m. Zumbro Falls Cem-etery

10:30 a.m. Dale Cemetery,Zumbro Falls

11 a.m. St. Clements Cem-etery, Hammond

Hammond Bridge ceremonyimmediately following

The public is invited to any orall of the services to honor ourfallen comrades.

AxelsonSalute to the Fallen: WVHG

Rifle SquadTaps and Flag detail: Sydney

Klimesh, Ken Axelson, and PaulRugg

Benediction: Pastor PatrickMcBride

In case of rain the ceremonywill be held in Trinity LutheranChurch. All veterans are encour-aged to march in the parade. Forveterans unable to march, feel freeto ride on the veterans wagon pro-vided. Uniform not required.

The Girl Scouts will have a pan-cake feed at the community cen-ter prior to the parade.

Memorial Day is May 26To the Editor:

Occasionally in US history, wehave been faced with a particu-larly difficult problem for whichwe nearly all knew what the cor-rect solution was but found it nearlyimpossible to implement in atimely manner. For example, evenbefore the American Civil Warwas fought, most well-read Ameri-cans, in the south as well as in thenorth, surely realized that the in-stitution of slavery would eventu-ally have to be discontinued if theUSA hoped to be one of the pre-mier countries of the world. Canyou imagine, for example, thatsome of our states today mighthave remained potential custom-ers in the sale of those 300 girlsrecently kidnapped in northernNigeria? By one means or an-other, the institution of slaverywould certainly have been discon-tinued in the US by now if it hadnot been removed relativelyquickly during the American CivilWar.

A similarly obvious but diffi-cult issue faces us today. Mostwell-read people know by nowthat the heat content of our planetis rapidly increasing due largelyto the combustion of fossil fuels.In addition, they know that if some-thing close to the human-friendlyconditions mankind has enjoyedduring the last seven millennia areto continue into the next centuryand beyond, we must stop CO2emissions as soon as we can atleast within the next few decades.But yet, we are presently stuck ina state of grossly insufficient ac-tion, while the only score card thatmatters the level of CO2 in theatmosphere still increases at anincreasing rate every year. Ourplanet has never seen such ratesof CO2 increase before, and weknow that changing CO2 levelshave been the primary cause oftemperature changes in the past.

The task at hand is daunting andlittle headway is being made on ascale large enough to matter. Thus,it is useful to consider more closelyhow Americas previous problemof enormous magnitude the in-stitution of slavery came to beso suddenly addressed after theelection of Abraham Lincoln.

First, it is important to note thatthe US President who is univer-sally credited with abolishing sla-very in the US did not actually setout to do that when elected in 1860.President Lincolns stated inten-

tion at that time was simply to seta new path for the US by whichslavery would not be allowed tospread into the new states beingadded. While Lincoln abhorredslavery, he was not yet an aboli-tionist when first elected. He be-lieved that slavery should not beprecipitously abolished in thesouthern slave states by a federaldecree, but that it would be abol-ished eventually and gradually overtime as that was increasingly per-ceived by all to be the correctand just thing to do. The slavestates did not accept Lincolns offerof compromise in 1860, however,and chose instead to try to with-draw from the Union an act thatLincoln would not tolerate.

Only after two years of horrificwarfare over the question of south-ern succession, Lincoln decidedto expand the significance of theCivil War by taking an action onthe slavery issue. By use of hispower as commander-in-chief ofthe military during a time of war,he issued the Emancipation Proc-lamation by which all slaves liv-ing in the rebellion states wouldbe free as of January 1, 1863. Thisthen led to a migration of formerslaves from those rebel states tothe north where they joined theUnion forces. This greatlystrengthened the Union side andcaused the north and border statesto be more sympathetic to the plightof American slaves. Thus in 1865,the 13th Amendment was passedby votes of two-thirds majority inboth the US Congress and House,thereby freeing all slaves withinthe US. Thus, the institution ofslavery came to be abolishedthroughout the entire USA farsooner than expected, becauseLincoln set his country on a newpath in 1860 directed at the long-term solution to the problem.

I think and hope that our cur-rent President, Barack Obama, isfollowing in the footsteps ofAbraham Lincoln as he approachesour nations greatest unresolvedproblems. On the national healthcare issue, for example, he hasalready managed to move our coun-try onto a new path towards uni-versal coverage. That first act,merely of setting a new path, islikely to be of far more historicimportance than any specific de-tails of the subsequent plans thathave emerged so far. Continuousrefinements and improvements aresure to follow.

The primary concern of this let-ter, however, is climate change;and on that front I again think andhope that President Obama is pro-ceeding in a Lincolnesque man-ner. With respect to the termina-tion of fossil fuel use, Obama isnot yet an abolitionist. He residesstill in the all of the above campin which he and his administra-tion has so far promoted the de-velopment of both fossil-fuel-based and alternate (wind, solar,geothermal and nuclear) sourcesof energy. As in the case of sla-very in 1860, however, most of usprobably realize that distinctlyharmful habits should eventuallybe eliminated. That is, we simplymust stop adding CO2 to our at-mosphere each year, and the onlyway to do that is to stop ALL con-versions of geological carbon (fos-sil fuels) to biological carbon(CO2). The dire need for thiscourse of action is amplified bythe fact that once added, we haveno means of removing that excessatmospheric CO2. It stays therefor many centuries.

Therefore, it should be clear toall that Obamas present all ofthe above strategy must gradu-ally change into one in which allof the above no longer includesfossil fuels. The suppliers of fos-sil fuels know this, of course, andfor their own financial reasons arelikely to push back even on

Obamas initial all of the abovestrategy just as the slave statesof the south did in 1860 in re-sponse to the compromise Lin-coln offered them. Everyone knowswhat happens when a ball getsrolling in a correct and neededdirection, and the multitude in-vested in our reserves of fossilfuels are undoubtedly doing theirbest to prevent that initial motion.

To fully appreciate the greatresistance to the abolishment offossil fuel use today, one needsonly to reflect on the followingfacts. The Earth today still con-tains at least ten times more fossilfuels than have been used, to date,over the entire Industrial Age. Ifwe use more than a very smallportion of that huge remainingsupply, we will be setting a coursefor future genocide on an unprec-edented global scale. On the otherhand, if and when we do manageto agree to leave most of thosefossil fuels in the ground, that actwill cause the greatest loss of per-sonal wealth ever experienced inthe USA since the abolition of sla-very. While the fossil fuels in theground presently have consider-able value, we must now declarethem to have essentially no valueand, in addition, assign a stiff pen-alty to their continued use.

Since the financial stakes asso-ciated with the elimination of car-bon emissions, and the commu-nal need to do just that are both sohigh, a world-wide battle of somesort very likely lies before us.Whatever form that battle takes,

it will be one that simply must bewon by the one and only side thatis supported by science. In re-sponse to the impacts of Man onour planet, Mother Nature will callthe shots and, to our knowledge,she will pay no attention whatso-ever to our personal preferencesconcerning politics or economics.Without victory in this conflict,

there will be no level of survivalon which acceptable political andfinancial systems can be built. So,President Obama, please do con-tinue to hold your course. Enor-mous beneficial changes occurredin the USA under PresidentLincolns wise and steady leader-ship and that can happen again.

In 1860, Lincoln first drew hisline specifically at the spread ofslavery to the new states. He didnot allow it and that simple, butforceful act changed everything.You, President Obama, can drawyour line at the spread of NorthAmericas vast supplies of fossilfuels throughout the world. Youshould block all such actions be-ginning with a cancellation of thepending Keystone XL pipelineproject. That one clear act of hin-drance to an outdated and unsus-tainable path could change every-thing.

Hope isnt the kind of thingthat you can say either exists ordoesnt exist. Its like a path acrossthe land thats not there to beginwith, but when lots of people gothe same way, it comes into be-ing. Chinese writer, Lu Xun.

Eric GrimsrudGrand Rapids

Obama, like Lincoln, has an obvious needOpinions

ZUMBROTA POLICE REPORTApril 16

2:23 a.m. A driver was given awarning for tab violation.

3:10 a.m. A driver was stopped fora broken tail light and given a citation fora revoked license.

9:50 a.m. An officer assisted with amedical alarm. A man had fallen andpossibly broken his ankle.

10:56 p.m. A male was threateningto slit his throat.April 17

1:09 a.m. A female called the po-lice department about having difficultybreathing.

8:51 a.m. A female was feelingdizzy and may be a little dehydrated andwas complaining of shortness of breath.

1:53 p.m. An officer assisted adeputy with a traffic stop. Two peoplewere arrested on meth-related charges.

3:11 p.m. A driver was warned forspeeding while on a cell phone.

3:23 p.m. A driver was warned forno front plate and speeding.

3:36 p.m. A driver was warned forspeeding.

3:48 p.m. A driver was warned forspeeding.

4:25 p.m. A driver was warned forspeeding.

4:49 p.m. A driver was cited forspeeding.

7:12 p.m. A wallet was found andturned in to the police department. Amale came to pick it up. Nothing wasmissing.April 18

1:25 a.m. A driving complaint wasmade on a semi driving down the middleof the road at 45 mph.

11:13 a.m. A driver was cited forspeed.April 19

1:36 a.m. An occupied vehicle wasparked in the park. The driver was warnedfor being in the park after hours andcurfew violation.

1:35 a.m. A suspicious vehicle wasoccupied by two juveniles. Both weresent home and given a curfew warning.

9:55 a.m. A male wanted to speakto an officer about Caseys not givinghim a surveillance CD of the theft of hiswallet. He alleges that someone at Caseys

took $600 from his lost wallet.10:22 a.m. An officer unlocked a

vehicle.6:49 p.m. A deputy assisted an

officer. The driver exited his vehicle andrefused to get back in. The officer notedthat the driver was unstable on his feet.He was arrested for DWI.

8:21 p.m. A driver was warned fordriving with no headlights on.April 20

2:32 a.m. An officer assisted adeputy with a DUI traffic stop.

3:16 a.m. A complaint was made ofa heated discussion outside a resident.When an officer arrived, two brotherswere arguing. One brother was extremelyintoxicated. The other brother claimedthat the other one pulled a knife on him.The people in the house agreed to takecare of the intoxicated male.

4:23 a.m. A female complainedthat her neighbor had been loud sincemidnight.

9:53 a.m. A male reported that hewas to meet his ex-wife in Zumbrota fora child exchange. The mother did notshow up and he is not allowed to callher.

5:20 p.m. A driver was warned forspeeding.

5:42 p.m. A driver was warned forspeeding.

5:51 p.m. A driver was warned forspeeding.April 21

12:39 a.m. A male was having amild seizure.

12:41 a.m. A female reported thather daughter was bit by a dog that wastied to a tree but the rope was longenough for the dog to get to the road.

5:36 p.m. A vehicle was over thecenter line and on the shoulder. Thevehicle stopped at Kwik Trip.

5:44 p.m. An officer unlocked avehicle.April 22

9:30 a.m. A female reported thather son had taken her green card andhad been using it for personal use.

12:58 p.m. A female reported thata big, brown dog was running in heryard all the time and eats her pets food.She wants an officer to keep an eye out

for this nuisance dog.2:37 p.m. Alco reported receiving

four bad checks.2:48 p.m. A complaint was made of

a vehicle being in a parking lot all winterlong. A warning tag to move or be towedwas issued. The vehicle was towed toBergs. No on claimed the vehicle.

5:58 p.m. A female reported that amale and female had been arguing infront of her house.April 23

10:49 a.m. A male reported that amale had been sitting on County Road10 half-way between Grover Auto and460th Street for 1-1.5 hours. When anofficer arrived it was a survey crew signon the door. All was OK.

11:07 a.m. A driver was warned forgoing the wrong way on a one-way out ofAlco.

5:25 p.m. Busbys Hardware re-ported a two-vehicle accident with noinjuries. The vehicles were partially blockingthe lane.

8:22 p.m. A driver was warned forillegal material covering his taillights.

8:57 p.m. A driver was warned fora passenger side headlight out.

9:57 p.m. A report was made of avehicle with what looked like some per-sonal belongings on the roof. It wascoverings for the sunroof. The officerspoke to the owner and the owner ad-vised that the vehicle was broken down.April 24

8:09 a.m. A driver was stopped fortexting while driving.

9:58 a.m. Flowers On Main re-ported that vehicles had been parkedand not moved for over three weeks.The officer put warning tags on bothvehicles.

11:14 p.m. A vehicle was foundstopped in traffic on Highway 52. Thedriver was lost and admitted to not be-ing good at driving at night. The driverwas trying to travel in Rochester, how-ever, she went northbound to Zumbrota.The officer was able to turn the driveraround and gave her directions home.The driver was unable to driver properlyback to the exit. The vehicle was parkedand an officer gave her a ride home toRochester.

Mayo Clinic Health System Red Wing inZumbrota now offers nurse line to callers

ZUMBROTA Its a situationmany people have faced. You havehealth symptoms that leave youwondering if you should see ahealth care provider. However,youre not sure if your conditionneeds immediate attention, couldbe treated through a scheduledclinic visit, or could be taken careof at home. Mayo Clinic HealthSystem Red Wing in Zumbrotacan now help patients determinewhat level of care they may needfor their particular condition overthe telephone.

Mayo Clinic Health System Red Wing in Zumbrota now of-fers around-the-clock access andadvice through its nurse line. Pa-tients can access the nurse line bycalling 507-732-7314. A registered

nurse will work with the caller toassess their symptoms and helpdetermine if medical attention isneeded or if the condition can beaddressed over the phone.

Specially trained registerednurses utilize medical informationbacked by the expertise of MayoClinic to assist patients who calland help answer their questions.Nurse line nurses are able to ac-cess the patients medical record,so they have information on priorhealth issues and prescriptionsavailable at their fingertips to as-sist patients in getting the rightcare for their conditions. Prescrip-tions can be offered for some con-ditions assessed during the phonecall and sent to be filled at thepharmacy of the patients choice,

saving them the time and expenseof a clinic visit.

The nurse line joins PatientOnline Services, Mayo ClinicHealth Systems secure online webportal, as another way to makecare more accessible and conve-nient for patients. Patient OnlineServices allows patients the abil-ity to access their own health in-formation online 24/7 includinglab results, clinical notes, prescrip-tions, appointment schedules, andonline bill pay, and it offers theability to send secure messages totheir care team.

Mayo Clinic Health Systemsnurse line does not replace calling911 in an emergency. To learnmore about the nurse line, visitmayoclinichealthsystem.org.

NEWS-RECORD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014 PAGE 3A

Area Sports

Goodhue wins three of eight gamesBy Faye Haugen

GOODHUE It was a very busyweek for the Goodhue baseballteam as they tried to get in a num-ber of rescheduled games as theregular season comes to an end.The Cats played eight games be-tween Saturday and Friday, win-ning three.

The Wildcats will open WestSection 1A play on Thursday whenthey take on second-seeded Ran-dolph at 5 p.m. in Randolph. Awin would move them on toSaturdays semifinals at 10 a.m.in Austin. A loss will end theirseason.Blooming Prairie

The Cats earned a 5-1 win overBlooming Prairie in Goodhue onSaturday, May 10. Alex Thom-forde picked up the mound win inthe non-conference game. Hestruck out 10, walked six and gaveup just three hits.

Goodhue had one of their bestoffensive games of the season,knocking out 13 hits. Thomfordeaided his cause by going 3 for 4 atthe plate with a homerun and anRBI. Riley Bollum was 3 for 4,and Nathan Altendorf (two RBI),and Logan Breuer both had a pairof hits.Goodhue 5 - Blooming Prairie 1

R H EBP 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1Goodhue 1 0 4 0 0 0 x 5 13 2Pitching IP K BB H R ERG - Thomforde 7 10 6 3 1 01B: G Nathan Altendorf (2), Logan Breuer(2), Alex Thomforde (2), Riley Bollum (3),Austin Buck (2); HR: G Alex Thomforde (1)Kasson-Mantorville

Kasson-Mantorville rolled into

Goodhue on Tuesday, taking awaya 7-0 win. Six KoMet pitchers com-bined for a no-hit performance.

Riley Bollum tossed two inningsfor Goodhue. He struck out one,walked one and gave up six hits.Goodhue 0 - Kasson-Mantorville 7

R H EKM 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 7 11 0Goodhue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3Pitching IP K BB H R ERG - Bollum 2 1 1 6 5 4Cannon Falls - game one

Goodhue traveled to CannonFalls on Wednesday to take on theHVL Blue Division leading Bomb-ers.

Cannon Falls opened the double-header with a 7-2 win in the open-ing game. A grand slam by HunterBlakeslee in the second inning gotthe Bombers rolling.

Taylor Buck tossed four inningswith one strikeout, five walks andsix hits for the Cats.

Austin Buck led Goodhue witha two-RBI double. Ben Ramboldt,Sam Kyllo and Riley Bollum eachhad a single.Goodhue 2 - Cannon Falls 7

R H EGoodhue 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0Cannon Falls 1 5 0 1 0 0 x 7 6 1Pitching IP K BB H R ERG - T. Buck 4 1 5 6 7 71B: G Ben Ramboldt (1), Sam Kyllo (1),Riley Bollum (1); 2B: G Austin Buck (1)Cannon Falls - game two

The Bombers earned an 8-0 shut-out in the nightcap. Goodhue man-aged just two hits, singles by Ri-ley Augustine and Alex Thom-forde, off Quinton Lindow.

Thomforde and Augustine com-bined to give up five hits on themound in the loss.

Goodhue 0 - Cannon Falls 8R H E

Cannon Falls 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 8 5 1Goodhue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 31B: G Riley Augustine (1), Alex Thomforde(1)Triton - game one

Goodhue swept their first HVLdoubleheader of the season whenthey topped Triton twice.

Riley Bollum won the first gameon the mound with six strikeouts,six hits and no walks.

The Wildcats won the 2-0 gamewhen Logan Breuer walked withthe bases loaded and Nathan Alt-endorf singled in a run.Goodhue 2 - Triton 0

R H ETriton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 -Goodhue 0 0 0 0 2 0 x 2 3 -Pitching IP K BB H R ERG - Bollum 7 6 0 6 0 0Triton- game two

The Wildcats won the secondgame 8-7 behind the pitching ofAlex Thomforde who went seveninnings, striking out five, walk-ing four and giving up six hits.

Goodhue took an early lead andthen had to hang on as the Cobrasscored six runs over the last fourinnings. A double -play by the Catsin the seventh inning preservedtheir win.

Austin Buck led Goodhue go-ing 2 for 4 with a double and threeRBI. Getting two hits each wereRiley Augustine, Alex Thomfordeand Taylor BuckGoodhue 8 - Triton 7Pitching IP K BB H R ERG - Thomforde 7 5 4 6 7 -1B: G Taylor Buck (2), Alex Thomforde(2), Riley Augustine (2), Austin Buck (1); 2B:G Austin Buck (1)

Pine Island squeaks past Lake CityBy Faye Haugen

PINE ISLAND Pine Islandgot off to an excellent start againstLake City in Pine Island on Thurs-day. But up 5-0 after the secondinning, the Panthers had to hangon to win 5-4.

Our pitchers did an excellentjob today, but our defense struggledto make the routine plays. We gaveLake City repeated opportunitiesto get on base, lamented CoachCraig Anderson of the eight Pan-ther errors. We need to clean up

our defense if we intend to com-pete successfully.

Luke Schmidt struck out one,walked one and gave up three hitsover five innings of mound work.Jordan Pin struck out four andwalked one in two innings.

Leading PI at the plate were JaredLohmeyer and Nathan Waletzkowith two hits each and singles byPin, Schmidt, and Adam Pleshourtwith singles

The Panthers will open West

Section 1AA play on Thursday at5 p.m. at the higher seed. A winwould move Pine Island intoSaturdays semifinals in CannonFalls at 10 a.m.Pine Island 5 - Lake City 4

R H ELake City 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 3 1Pine Island 4 1 0 0 0 0 x 5 8 8Pitching IP K BB H R ERPI - Schmidt 5 1 1 3 4 0PI - Pin 2 4 1 0 0 01B: PI Adam Pleschourt (1), Jordan Pin(1), Luke Schmidt (1), Jared Lohmeyer (2),Nathan Waletzko (2). Luke Schmidt (1)

KW takes two games from ZMBy Faye Haugen

ZUMBROTA Kenyon-Wana-mingo has been playing some oftheir best baseball of the season asthey wrapped up HVL play thisweek.

The Knights earned a double-header shutout at Zumbrota-Mazeppa on Tuesday to move theirrecord to 9-3 in HVL play and 12-6 overall. KW will open WestSection 1A play as the fourth seed.They will host Medford at 5 p.m.on Thursday. A win will advanceKW to the semifinals at 10 a.m.on Saturday at Austin.Game one

The Knights pounded out 15 hitsin a 14-0 win in the opening game.

Our bats have been hot andour pitching solid, said KW coachRandy Hockinson.

Blake Jacobson led KW at theplate going 3 for 4 with two doublesand two RBI. Connor Sviggumwas 2 for 3 with a double, tripleand five RBI. Alex Roosen was 2for 4 with a pair of doubles andtwo RBI. Drew Sathrum was 2 for4 with a double and an RBI, and

Ted Androli had a pair of hits.Sathrum earned the mound win

for KW with six strikeouts, fivewalks and four hits.

Hitting singles for ZM wereCody Heitman, Chase Steffen,Jacob Ugland and Cody Hinrichs.

Brady Schoenfelder threw 3.1innings with one strikeout, onewalk and eight hits. Chase Stef-fen tossed 1.2 innings of relief withtwo strikeouts and three hits.Kenyon-Wanamingo 14Zumbrota-Mazeppa 0

R H EKW 4 0 3 7 0 14 15 0ZM 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4Pitching IP K BB H R ERKW - Sathrum 5 6 5 4 0 0ZM - Schoenfelder 3.1 1 1 8 11 6ZM - Steffen 1.2 2 0 3 1 11B: KW - Blake Jacobson (1), Ted Androli(2), Drew Sathrum (1); ZM Jacob Ugland(1), Chase Steffen (1), Cody Hinrichs (1);2B: KW - Connor Sviggum (1), Blake Jacob-son (2), Drew Sathrum (1), Alex Roosen (2);3B: KW - Connor Sviggum (1)Game Two

The nightcap did not go muchbetter for ZM as they fell 10-0.The Cougars managed just onehit, a single by Cody Heitman, offKnight starter Gavin Roosen.

Gavin gets his first varsity winwith a one-hit shutout. He has agreat future ahead of him, saidCoach Hockinson of the freshmanwho struck out five and walkedone.

Three ZM pitchers, JacobUgland, Connor Hegseth and AlexNelson, combined to strike out four,walk three and give up 16 hits.

Alex Roosen led KWs hit pa-rade when he went 4 for 4 with ahomerun, two doubles and six RBI.Blake Jacobson was 4 for 4 withtwo RBI. Connor Sviggum andDrew Sathrum (RBI) both had apair of hits.Kenyon-Wanamingo 10Zumbrota-Mazeppa 0

R H EZM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2KW 2 3 4 0 1 10 16 0Pitching IP K BB H R ERKW - G. Roosen 5 5 1 1 0 0ZM - Ugland 1.1 1 1 6 5 5ZM - Hegseth 1.2 1 0 5 4 4ZM - Nelson 2 2 2 2 1 11B: KW - Blake Jacobson (4), Connor Svig-gum (2), Drew Sathrum (2), Jared Clawiter(1), Alex Roosen (1); ZM Cody Heitman(1); 2B: KW - Alex Roosen (2); HR: KW - AlexRoosen (1)

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Batting H AB Avg.Jayden Prigge, KM 32 57 .561Alex Roosen, KW 23 47 .489Zach Hillman, Lourdes 26 54 .481Riley Bollum, Good 9 19 .474Drew Sathrum, KW 19 45 .422Blake Jacobson, KW 21 52 .404Jared Lohmeyer, PI 21 52 .404Luke Schmidt, PI 20 50 .400Jacob Ugland, ZM 14 37 .378Jake Whipple, KW 20 53 .377Gavin Roosen, KW 19 54 .352Ben Warneke, PI 13 37 .351Connor Hegseth, ZM 10 32 .313Ben Bauer, PI 10 33 .303Nathan Waletzko, PI 10 33 .303Runs scored RSZach Hillman, Lourdes 25Blake Jacobson, KW 22Alex Roosen, KW 19Ben Bauer, PI 16

Batting H AB Avg.Dani Wagner, Hay 32 44 .727Carley Henning, ZM 33 58 .569Morgan Olson, ZM 32 62 .516Hailey Dykes, ZM 25 52 .481Tayler Mort, ZM 29 61 .475Summer Cavallaro, PI 11 28 .393Kaitlen Buck, ZM 16 41 .390Alyssa Quam, ZM 19 51 ,373Sydney Klemish, KW 17 - .354Candace Uhde, PI 7 21 .333Runs scored RSDani Wagner, Hay 35Kaylea Schorr, KM 29Vanessa Anderson, Byron 24Runs batted in RBIGrace Mindrup, Hayfield 28Aylisha McClaflin, KM 22Doubles 2BMorgan Olson, ZM 10Tayler Mort, ZM 7Maddie Damon, KM 7Takota Tierny, Byron 7Sydney Klemish, KW 5Hailey Dykes, ZM 4Carley Henning, ZM 4Triples 3B

HVL BASEBALL LEADERSDrew Sathrum KW 16Luke Schmidt, PI 14Colin Rucker, PI 13Ben Warneke, PI 12Nathan Waletzko, PI 10Jordan Pin, PI 10Nathan Waletzko, PI 10Runs batted in RBIAlex Roosen, KW 28Luke Schmidt, PI 18Ben Warneke, PI 15Nathan Waletzko, PI 11Doubles 2BAlex Roosen, KW 11Luke Schmidt, PI 8Triples 3BBen Warneke, PI 3Paul Schroeder, Lourdes 3Homeruns 3BNick Bauer, KM 3Alex Roosen, KW 2Cole Kruger, Hay 2

Stolen bases SBZach Hillman, Lourdes 21Bryce Boyle-Hoban, CF 10Pitching W L ERAJordan Pin, PI 2 2 0.92Alex Roosen, KW 4 0 1.53Luke Schmidt, PI 1 1 1.75Drew Sathrum, KW 4 2 1.95Ben Warneke, PI 5 1 2.20Cody Hinrichs, ZM 2 2 2.81Colin Ripley, KM 5 0 3.12Strikeouts KAlex Roosen, KW 46Drew Sathrum, KW 40Jordan Pin, PI 37Ben Warneke, PI 32Cody Hinrichs, ZM 17Innings pitched IPJordan Pin, PI 38Ben Warneke, PI 35Drew Sathrum, KW 32Alex Roosen, KW 32Cody Hinrichs, ZM 31.3

HVL SOFTBALL LEADERSCarley Henning, ZM 3Molly Shelton, PI 2Morgan Olson, ZM 2Home runs HRDani Wagner, Hay 11Carley Henning, ZM 7Hailey Dykes, ZM 3Morgan Olson, ZM 2Alyssa Quam, ZM 2Stolen bases SBTakota Tierney, Byron 19Kaylea Schorr, KM 16Summer Cavallaro, PI 7Molly Shelton, PI 4Pitching W L ERAMaddie Damon, KM 15 0 0.16Caitlyn Hughes, Stew 9 2 0.48Morgan Olson, ZM 11 1 1.41Kailee Berquam, KW - - 2.14Amber Gehrke, ZM 4 1 2.60Strikeouts KMaddie Damon, KM 191Kailee Berquam, KW 164Caitlyn Hughes, Stew 137Morgan Olson, ZM 68Amber Gehrke, ZM 20

County

New Haven Sodbusters meet aGoodhue County Canine Unit

New Haven Sodbusters who learned about the Goodhue County Sheriffs Offices canine unit at their Maymeeting are, front row: Jason Ryan, Hope Forehand, Natalie Kottom (petting dog), Ransom (dog), AnneSimpson, and James Rossman; middle row: Nick Rossman, Garret Rossman, Mitchell Kaul, Officer MattHoekstra, and Catherine Williamson; back row: Aiden Allen, Kristina Allen, and Reed Kohlmeyer.

By Andrew BogardThe New Haven Sodbusters 4-

H club celebrated a Mothers Daytheme for the monthly meetingheld May 4 at St. Michaels Catho-lic Church.

To open the meeting, Goodhue

Sheriff Deputies Matt Hoekstraand Brandon Howard provided afascinating presentation and dem-onstration on the canine unit withHoekstas search dog Ransomshowing his skills. Ransom, aEuropean German Shephard, withcues from the officers, showed the

4-Hers how to hold anattacker. Interestingly, Ransomcomes from a long line of policedogs with keen noses to find drugsand lost people.

After thanking the canine unitand bidding them goodbye, theclub proceeded with the meetingincluding demonstrations by JacobMichelizzi and Connor Williamsonon horse tack, CatherineWilliamson on parts of a violin,and Brandon Heim on rockets. JanMcNallan led the Cloverbudsactivity on potting flowers forMothers Day gifts. The club do-nated bottled water for the run-ners participating in the upcom-ing Pine Island Ribbon Walk/Runto be held June 7, 2014.

Business included review of thecounty Hog Roast fundraiser andvarious community service projects(fleece tie blankets for pediatricpatients at St. Marys Hospital,Adopt-a-Highway and New Ha-ven Township ditch cleanup, andpop sales for Cheese Fest parade).The Forehand family will be co-ordinating the clubs summer ac-tivity to be held in August.

Announcements included infor-mation on the 4-H Regional Sum-mer Camp, the Olmsted CountyFair and county softball. In rec-ognition of our mothers, they wereushered to the front of the line forthe potluck!

Our next meeting will be Mon-day, June 9, at 6 p.m. If you areinterested in joining, please con-tact Key Leader Connie Bogardat 367-2672.

Many paintball incidentsreported in Pine IslandBy Alicia Hunt-Welch

PINE ISLAND Many suspi-cious incidents involving paintballdamage have been reported in PineIsland in May.

The first incident was reportedon May 2 at 12:30 p.m., when abaseball dugout at the school wasshot with paintballs. No perma-nent damage was reported.

On May 5, two vehicles werehit with paintballs while parkedin the school lot. The incident wasbelieved to have occurred betweenApril 25 and 26.

On May 8, it was reported thatpaintballers hit two vehicles and ahouse on Pine Ct NE. Residences

were also targeted two on 8th StSE, two on Muirfield Ln SE, twoon Turnberry Ln SE, one on 20thAve SE, and one on 21st Ln SE.Businesses reported beingpaintballed were Hardware Hank,Rainbow Caf, the fire station, andthe school. Vehicles were hit onMain St S, Pine Ct NE, and 1stAve SE.

Property owners who discoverpaintball damage should report itto law enforcement. Anyone withinformation on these incidents orpersons involved should either call911, speak with a deputy, or usethe anonymous tip line at 1-866-887-4357.

OHara announces candidacyfor Wabasha County Sheriff

Scott OHara

Scott OHara announced on May10 that he will run for WabashaCounty Sheriff. I have alwayscontemplated running for WabashaCounty Sheriff since I began pur-suing a law enforcement degreein 1986, he said.

Scott grew up on the family farmfour miles outside of Zumbro Falls.He attended the brick schoolhousein Zumbro Falls, Bluff View El-ementary School and graduatedfrom Lincoln High School in LakeCity in 1982. Scott and his wifeSara have been married for 13 yearsand have three children, Miranda(18), Molly (12) and Ryan (10).

After graduation from highschool, OHara worked in vari-ous occupations including con-struction, sales, and factory work.After exploring a variety of jobs,I decided to take my fathers ad-vice and go to college. In 1986 Ibegan classes in law enforcementwhile working as a hospital secu-rity officer in downtown Minne-apolis, stated Scott. OHara re-ceived his degree in law enforce-ment from North Hennepin Com-munity College. In 1991 he beganhis law enforcement career withthe Coon Rapids Police Depart-ment as a patrol officer. OHaraalso had the opportunity to workfor the Anoka County SheriffsOffice as a bailiff, jailer and trans-port deputy. Working with theAnoka County Sheriffs Depart-ment I gained experience andknowledge of how a sheriffs of-fice runs. That knowledge will bevery valuable to me if I becomethe Wabasha County Sheriff,OHara said.

After September 11, 2001,OHara was recruited by St. PaulChief of Police Bill Finney to jointhe St. Paul Police Department.Scott left his detective positionwith the Coon Rapids Police De-partment and spent the next thir-teen years in various jobs in St.Paul. Those jobs included work-ing as a school officer (high schooland middle school), Traffic andMotors unit Officer and theA.C.O.P. unit (working in lowincome hi-rises and housingprojects). For the past several yearsOHara has been an AR-15 rifleoperator while on patrol. With thistraining he assisted in high riskcrisis response for fast reactiondeployment of the AR-15.

In 2005 OHara returned to hisroots and the family farm. For the

past nine years he has commutedto work in the metro area from hishome in rural Zumbro Falls. Inearly 2014, OHara retired fromthe St. Paul Police Department.He said, My 27 year career inpublic safety and law enforcementin the Twin Cities area providedme an extensive background inall facets of law enforcement. Iwas exposed to complex culturalcommunication issues daily. Thisexperience will be vital in leadingthe Wabasha County SheriffsDepartment. As Rochester, RedWing and Winona continue toexpand and grow, Wabasha Countywill need to prepare for the crimeand population changes that willultimately move into our area.Managing this growth and changewill require my metro experience,new ideas and ability to effectivelyprepare for the publics safety.

OHara has received severalawards throughout his career in-cluding the Red Cross Life Sav-ing Award and the Award for Valorin 1998. His hobbies include prac-ticing a variety of the martial arts.Scott also enjoys running, hunt-ing and target shooting.

OHara had this to say aboutlaw enforcement in WabashaCounty: I have been very im-pressed with the professionalismand dedication of our deputies. Iwould be honored to serve withthem and earn their respect as aleader. I would also be gratefulfor the opportunity to serve myhome area and all the citizens ofWabasha County.

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Baseball

KW sweeps two games at GoodhueBy Faye Haugen

GOODHUE Kenyon-Wana-mingo opened the week with adoubleheader sweep of Goodhuein HVL baseball. The Knightsearned shutouts in both games.Game one

Alex Roosen was in control onthe mound for KW in the openinggame, a 9-0 Knight win. The right-handed senior struck out 16, walkedone and gave up one single to Ri-ley Augustine.

Alex was dominant in this one-hit shutout, remarked KW coachRandy Hockinson.

Blake Jacobson led KW at theplate going 3 for 4 with a doubleand an RBI. Alex Roosen had asingle and two RBI and ConnorSviggum hit a single.

Augustine was tagged with the

mound loss for Goodhue. He struckout two, walked four and gave up10 hits.Kenyon-Wanamingo 9 - Goodhue 0

R H EKW 0 1 1 3 0 0 4 9 10 1Goodhue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3Pitching IP K BB H R ERKW - A. Roosen 7 16 1 1 0 0G - Augustine 7 2 4 10 5 31B: KW - Blake Jacobson (2), Alex Roosen(1), Conor Sviggum (1); G Riley Augustine(1); 2B: KW - Blake Jacobson (1), Ted An-droli (1)Game Two

The nightcap was much like thefirst game as Knight pitching tookaway Goodhues offense.

Blake Jacobson earned themound win when he struck outsix, walked none and gave up twohits in the 10-0 win.

Blake threw his best game ofthe season with excellent control,

praised Coach Hockinson.Taylor Buck tossed four innings

for Goodhue. He struck out oneand gave up eight hits.

Leading KW at the plate wereAlex Roosen, 2 for 3 with a hom-erun, double and three RBI, JakeWhipple, and Gavin Roosen, 2 for3 each with an RBI.

Nathan Altendorf and RileyAugustine had Goodhues two hits.Kenyon-Wanamingo 10 - Goodhue 0

R H EGoodhue 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4KW 0 3 0 7 x 10 9 0Pitching IP K BB H R ERKW - Jacobson 5 6 0 2 0 0G - T. Buck 4 1 2 8 10 61B: KW - Gavin Roosen (2), Jake Whipple(2), Jared Clawiter (1), Ted Androli (1); GNathan Altendorf (1), Riley Augustine (1);2B: KW Alex Roosen (1); HR: KW - AlexRoosen (1)

ZM posts an upset over PIBy Faye Haugen

ZUMBROTA The Zumbrota-Mazeppa baseball team hasstruggled to earn wins this sea-son, but they may have played theirbest game of the season when theyupset Pine Island 5-3 in Zumbrota,Monday.

The loss knocked the Panthersout of the lead in the HVL BlueDivision.

Trailing 3-1, ZM tallied fourruns in the bottom of the third totake the lead for good. A single byMichael Wicks, walk to MarkYeakel, sacrifice bunt by CodyHeitman and RBI singles by ChaseSteffen, Jacob Ugland (two RBI)and Alex Nelson put ZM ahead oftheir Highway 52 rival.

ZM played a good game todayand we failed to take advanage ofnumerous opportunites to scoremore runs, remarked PI coachCraig Anderson who saw 10baserunners stranded.

Michael Wicks earned themound win for ZM when he struckout two, walked four and gave upnine hits over 5.1 innings. CodyHinrichs earned the save when hestruck out two, walked one andgave up one hit over 1.2 innings.

Ben Warneke went the distancefor PI on the hill. He struck outthree, walked one and gave upseven hits.

Leading ZM at the plate wereConnor Hegseth, 3 for 3 with adouble, and Chase Steffen, 2 for 3with an RBI.

PI was paced by Ben Bauer, LukeSchmidt and Jared Lohmeyer (RBIwih two hits each. Aaron Gillardhad a triple.Zumbrota-Mazeppa 5 - Pine Island 3

R H EPine Island 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 11 2ZM 0 1 4 0 0 0 x 5 7 4Pitching IP K BB H R ERZM - Wicks 5.1 2 4 9 3 2

KW and PI split a doubleheaderBy Faye Haugen

WANAMINGO In a pair ofwell played games, Kenyon-Wana-mingo split an HVL doubleheaderin Wanamingo, Friday. Both teamsfinish 9-3 in HVL Blue DivisionplayGame one

The Panthers edged the Knights2-1 in 10 innings in the openinggame.

After great pitching from allfour pitchers, Pine Island scoredan unearned run on a hit (withtwo outs) by Jared Lohmeyer,reported KW coach Randy Hock-inson.

Good pitching can shut downgood hitting and that proved to betrue in this game, said PI coachCraig Anderson. We hung in there,got solid pitching from Alex Kautzand Jordan Pin and finally wereable to push a run across in the topof the 10th.

Kautz threw 5 innings with threestrikeouts, two walks and sevenhits. Pin struck out five, walkedone and gave up two hits over fiveinnings. Alex Roosen tossed nineinnings for KW, striking out 11,walking three and giving up fivehits. Connor Sviggum struck ourtwo and gave up two hits in aninning of action.

Leaders at the plate for PI wereBen Bauer with a pair of singles, adouble by Jordan Pin and RBIsingles by Lohmeyer and Adam

Pleschourt.Drew Sathrum went 3 for 4 for

the Knights. Alex Roosen had anRBI double and Gavin Roosen hita double.Pine Island 2 - Kenyon-Wanamingo 1

R H EPI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 3KW 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0Pitching IP K BB H R ERPI - Kautz 5 3 2 7 1 0PI - Pin 5 5 1 2 0 0KW - A. Roosen 9 11 3 5 1 1KW - Sviggum 1 2 0 2 1 01B: PI Ben Bauer (2), Jared Lohmeyer (1),Adam Pleschourt (1), Matt Kukson, (1), BenWarneke (1); KW - Blake Jacobson (1), JaredClawiter (2), Drew Sathrum (3) 2B: PI Jordan Pin (1); KW - Alex Roosen (1)Game two

The Knights rallied to win thenightcap 3-1 when they scored threeruns in the top of the seventh in-ning.

Trailing 1-0 , Connor Sviggumbunt single resulted in a two-runthrowing error to put us ahead,said Coach Hockinson. DrewSathrum showed leadership on themound and in the dugout for thiscome-from-behind win.

Sathrum struck out seven,walked two and gave up two hitsin the win. He also had a single, asdid Alex Roosen, Jake Whipple,Gavin Roosen and Connor Svig-gum.

We were not able to generatemuch offense, but we got anothergreat pitching performance fromBen Warneke, pointed out CoachAnderson of the senior who struck

out five, walked one and gave upfive hits. Though we lost thisgame, we played much improveddefense than we did earlier in theweek, which will be the key tomaking any kind of run in the tour-naments. The subsection is loadedwith talented teams, so the fansshould get out and see some greatbaseball this week.

Luke Schmidt had a double tolead PI at the plate with JordanPin getting a single.Kenyon-Wanamingo 3 - Pine Island 1

R H EKW 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 1Pine Island 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2Pitching IP K BB H R ERKW - Sathrum 7 7 2 2 1 0PI - Warneke 7 5 1 4 3 11B: KW - Gavin Roosen (1), Drew Sathrum(1), Connor Sviggum (1), Jake Whipple (1),Alex Roosen (1); PI Jordan Pin (1); 2B: PI Luke Schmidt (1)

News-Record photos by Faye HaugenKenyon-Wanamingos Alex Roosen rears back to deliver a pitch at Goodhue in Mondays doubleheader inGoodhue. The Knights swept both games from the Wildcats.

Goodhues Riley Augustine takes a swing at a Kenyon-Wanamingo pitch in the pouring rain in Goodhue onMonday. Dylan Craig sets up to make the catch.

News-Record photos by Faye HaugenPine Islands Jordan Pin zeroes in on a pop-up to third base in Mondaysgame in Zumbrota.

ZM - Hinrichs 1.2 2 1 1 0 0PI - Warneke 6 3 1 7 5 51B: ZM Jacob Ugland (1), Chase Steffen(2), Noah Prodzinski (1), Alex Nelson (1),Mark Yeakel (1), Connor Hegseth (2), Michael

Wicks (1); PI - Ben Bauer (2), Luke Schmidt(2), Jared Lohmeyer (2), Ben Warneke (1),Matt Kukson (1), Jordan Pin (1) 2B: ZM Connor Hegseth (1); 3B: PI Aaron Gillard(1)

Zumbrota-Mazeppa center fielder Cody Heitmann pulls up as shortstop Brady Schoenfelder makes an overthe back catch against Pine Island in Zumbrota, Monday.

4. Kenyon-WanamingoSaturday, May 24at Austin, 10 a.m.

5. Medford

7. Goodhue

2. Randolph

6. Lyle/Pacelli

3. HayfieldSaturday, May 24at Austin, 10 a.m..

Monday, May 26 atAustin, 3 p.m.

Thursday, May 22 at Adams, 5 p.m.

1. Southland2014 West Section 1A Baseball Tournament

Thursday, May 22 at Wanamingo, 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 22 at Randolph, 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 22 at Hayfield, 5 p.m.

8. Blooming Prairie

Top two teams advance to the Section 1Atournament Saturday, May 31 at Mayo Field, Rocheseter

Saturday, May 24 atAustin, 12:30 p.m. Monday, May 26 at

Austin, 5:30 p.m.

ZM comes up short in three gamesBy Faye Haugen

ZUMBROTA It was a toughweek for the Zumbrota-Mazeppabaseball team as they lost five ofsix games. ZM came up shortagainst Cannon Falls and in double-headers against Kenyon-Wana-mingo and Lake City.

Zumbrota-Mazeppa (3-9, HVL4-14 overall) will open West Sec-tion 1AA play at the higher seedon Thursday at 5 p.m. A win wouldput them into Saturdays semifi-nals at 10 a.m. at Cannon Falls. Aloss will end their seasonCannon Falls

HVL Blue Division championCannon Falls earned a 9-1 win inZumbrota on Friday.

Michael Wicks gave up 12 hitsin the loss for the Cougars on themound. He struck out two andwalked two.

Jacob Ugland had a pair hits

and Wicks added a single.Zumbrota-Mazeppa 1 - Cannon Falls 9

R H ECannon Falls 0 5 0 3 0 1 0 9 12 0ZM 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 1Pitching IP K BB H R ERZM - Wicks 6 2 2 12 9 91B: ZM Jacob Ugland (2), Michael Wicks(1)Lake City - game one

Lake City earned an 8-0 shut-out over the Cougars in Zumbrotaon Friday. The doubleheadermatch-up was limited to five in-nings in each game, since ZM hadalready played a seven-inning gameagainst Cannon Falls.

ZM had just two hits in thefirstgame loss, singles by JacobUgland and Cody Hinrichs. TheCougars also committed four er-rors.

Brady Schoenfelder gave up sixhits over three innings of work onthe mound.

Zumbrota-Mazeppa 0 - Lake City 8R H E

ZM 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4Lake City 3 2 3 0 x 8 8 0Pitching IP K BB H R ERZM - Schoenfelder 3 0 0 6 8 61B: ZM Jacob Ugland (1), Cody Hinrichs(1)Lake City - game two

The Tigers earned the sweepwith a 4-0 win in the nightcap.

Cody Hinrichs struck out five,walked two and gave up four hitsin the mound loss. Four Cougarerrors fueled the Tiger attack.

Jacob Ugland had three hits tolead the Cougars at the plate. Con-nor Hegseth had a double.Zumbrota-Mazeppa 0 - Lake City 4

R H ELake City 1 0 1 1 1 4 4 0ZM 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4Pitching IP K BB H R ERZM - Hinrichs 5 5 2 4 4 21B: ZM Jacob Ugland (3); 2B: ZM Con-nor Hegseth (1)

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4. Pine IslandSaturday, May 24at Cannon Falls,10 a.m.

5. Byron

6. Stewartville

3. Cannon Falls

7. Zumbrota-Mazeppa

2. Kasson-MantorvilleSaturday, May 24at Cannon Falls,13:30 p.m.

Monday, May 26 atCannon Falls, 3 p.m.

Thursday, May 22 at Rochester, 5 p.m.

1. Lourdes2014 West Section 1AA Baseball Tournament

Thursday, May 22 at Pine Island, 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 22 at Cannon Falls, 5 p.m.

Thursday, May 22 at Kasson, 5 p.m.

8. Triton

Top two teams advance to the Section 1AAtournament Saturday, May 31 at Mayo Field, Rochester

Saturday, May 24at Cannon Falls, 3 p.m. Monday, May 26 at

Cannon Falls, 5:30 p.m.

Area SportsPI boys place fourth, girls sixthin Class A True Team MeetBy Faye Haugen

STILLWATER Both thePine Island girls and boys trackteams ran in the State Class ATrue Team Meet at Stillwater onSaturday. The Panther boys im-proved on their seventh-placefinish from a year ago to placefourth this year. The PI girls weremaking their first appearance inthe State True Team in nine years.

The Minnesota State HighSchool Track Coaches Associa-tion sponsors the True Team Meetwhich measures the true strengthof a track program. Each schoolis allowed to enter two athletesand one relay team in each event.Points are awarded to each ath-lete depending on their finish.

The Pine Island boys capturedthe Section 1A title last weekearning an automatic bid to thestate meet. The Panther girlsplaced second behind Lake Cityin the final standings, but theyearned a wild card berth into themeet with the highest point to-tals of all the section second-placeteams.Boys

Against some very tough com-petition, the Panther boys tallied343 points to place fourth. Hold-ingford won the team title with437 points followed by MapleLake, 377, Luverne, 361, and PineIsland.

Mitchel Acker had an excel-lent meet, placing first in the 800-meter and 1600-meter runs. KyleGroven won the 200-meter dashand was second in the 400-meterdash. Ben Farrell was second inthe 200-meter dash and JackMiller was second in the discus.The PI 4x800 and 4x400-meterrelay teams both placed second.Holdingford 437, Maple Lake 377, Lu-verne 361, Pine Island 343, MankatoLoyola/Cleveland 336, Jackson CountyCentral 319.5, Dillworth-Glyndon-Fel-ton 306, Moose Lake/Willow River 259.5,West Marshall 192Track events100-meter dash: 6. Kyle Groven (PI) 11.6;7. Ben Farrell (PI) 11..66; 110-meter hurdles:14. Nicholas Cain (PI) 18.55; 16. Andy Bog-ard (PI) 19.10; 1600-meter run: 1. MitchelAcker (PI) 4:44.04; 13. Jack Williams (PI)

4:56.73; 400-meter dash: 2. Kyle Groven(PI) 52.82; 12. Andy Bogard (PI) 55.62; 800-meter run: 1. Mitchel Acker (PI) 2:02.22; 6.Isaiah Ondler (PI) 2:07.84; 200-meter dash:1. Kyle Groven (PI) 23.27; 2. Ben Farrell (PI)23.30; 300-meter hurdles: 8. Chris Frick(PI) 45.64; 11 Marcus Aarsvold (PI) 47.08;3200-meter run: 7. Jack Williams (PI)10:55.47; 15. Logan Meurer (PI) 11.27Field eventsHigh jump: 6. Ben Farrell (PI) 510; 17.Caleb Hedlund (PI) 48; Discus: 2. JackMiller (PI) 1389;16. Ben Haller (PI) 921;Triple jump: 5. Ben Farrell (PI) 389; 12.Chris Frick (PI) 361.5; Shot put: 10. JackMiller (PI) 4010.25; 18. Peyton Thein (PI)3210.25; Long jump: 7. Tristan Akason(PI) 187; 8. Chris Frick (PI) 186; Polevault: 14. Brandon Haze (PI) 9; 17. Mitch-ell Magnuson (PI) 86Relays4x800-meter relay: 2. Pine Island 8:34.85;4x200-meter relay: 5. Pine Island 1:36.73;4x100-meter relay: 9. Pine Island 48.41;4x400-meter relay: 2. Pine Island 3:37.96Girls

Luverne was first in the girlsfinal standings with 394.5 points.They were followed by Osakis,391.5, Lake City, 360.5, BlueEarth Area, 365.5, InternationalFalls, 331.5 and Pine Island,309.5.

It was an awesome experi-ence, said Coach Bill Frame ofreturning to the True Team Meet.Our team goal was to try andequal or better our boys wild cardplacing last year of seventh place.We knew that Luverne is alwaysvery tough as well and Blue Earth.Of course, Lake City would befighting to be near the top. But,looking at other section results,we felt that our performanceshould keep us up off the bot-tom of the pack.

Eliza Warneke led the Pan-thers by placing second in the100-meter hurdles and third inthe 300-meter hurdles. The Pan-ther 4x400-meter relay team ofCaitlin Schartau, Sara Schartau,Brittney Arndt and Laura Torge-son ran their best time of he sea-son, placing third in 4:16.9. LeahAnderton was fourth in the polevault.

We had no individual win-ners, but we contended for a fewtop spots. Laura Torgeson wasour Iron Woman athlete running

in the 4x800, 4x400-meter re-lays and the open 800-meter run,remarked Coach Frame. Goinginto the last race, we were inseventh place 11.5 points out ofMaple Lakes sixth-place posi-tion. After the race we eked intosixth place in the team standingsby a mere one-half of a point.The half-point difference camedown to two factors in the finalevent of the day. In the 4x400-meter relay we clipped our nem-esis Lake City by 26/100ths of asecond to decide third and fourthplace in that race, and Maple Lakewas edged for the seventh posi-tion by 15/100ths of a secondby Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton. Itwas a sweet finish to our day.Luverne 394.5, Osakis 391.5, Lake City360.5, Blue Earth Area 356.5, Inter-national Falls 331.5, Pine Island 309.5,Maple Lake 309, Mesabi East 245.5,Dillworth-Glyndon-Felton 231.5Track events100-meter hurdles: 2. Eliza Warneke (PI)16.54; 11. Katie Schultz (PI) 18.34; 100-meter dash: 11. Madison House (PI) 13.87;17. Madi Owen (PI) 14.14; 1600-meterrun: 10. Taylor Rasmussen (PI) 5:58.95;13. Jordan Braaten (PI) 6:01.33; 400-meterdash: 6. Caitlin Schartau (PI) 64.10; 14.Brittney Arndt (PI) 66.09; 200-meter dash:4. Eliza Warneke (PI) 27.31; 14. MadisonHouse (PI) 29.07; 300-meter hurdles: 3.Eliza Warneke (PI) 49.45; 15. Abby Gushu-lak (PI) 53.75; 800-meter run: 5. LauraTorgeson (PI) 2:30.30; 12. Sara Schartau(PI) 2:39.68; 3200-meter run: 7. AdelineAngst (PI) 13:00.49; 13. Jocasta Adelsman(PI) 13:47.79Field eventsHigh jump: 6. Niki Fokken (PI) 410; 9.Eliza Warneke (PI) 48; Triple jump: 13.Lauren Hunskor (PI) 296; 18. Kaitlin Dick(PI) 284; Long jump: 11. Ana Marx (PI)14.75; 13. Kaitlin Dick (PI) 1310.25;Shot put: 14. Kaitlin Bronk (PI) 278.25;17. Kalley Berg (PI) 267; Pole vault: 4.Leah Anderton (PI) 76; 14. Liza Shelquist(PI) 66; Discus: 6. Kaitlin Bronk (PI) 881.5;8. Kalley Berg (PI) 86Relays 4x800-meter relay: 5. Pine Island (LauraTorgeson, Adeline Angst, Jocasta Adelsman,Abby Gushulak) 10:35.72; 4x200-meterrelay: 4. Pine Island (Caitlin Schartau, SaraSchartau, Madison House, Brittney Arndt)1:51.88; 4x100-meter relay: 5. Pine Is-land (Madison House, Ana Marx, Madi Owen,Katie Schultz) 54.00; 4x400-meter relay:3. Pine Island (Caitlin Schartau, Sara Schar-tau, Brittney Arndt, Laura Torgeson) 4:16.90

Byron wins a dual meet over Pine IslandBy Faye Haugen

BYRON The Pine Island andByron track teams competed ina dual meet in Byron on Tues-day with the Bears placing first.Boys

Leading Pine Island with first-place finishes were Mitchel Ackerin the 800-meter run, Jack Millerin the discus, the 4x800-meterrelay team of Jason Hoerle, Ja-cob Higgins, Logan Meurer,Isaiah Ondler and the 4x100-meter relay team of Tristan Aka-son, Patrick Bogard, AndrewBogard and Mitchel Magnuson.Byron 98, Pine Island 48Track events 800-meter run: 1. Mitchel Acker (PI) 2:02.22Field eventsDiscus: 1. Jack Miller (PI) 1439

Relays4x800-meter relay: 1. Pine Island (JasonHoerle, Jacob Higgins, Logan Meurer, IsaiahOndler) 9:06; 4x100-meter relay: 1. PineIsland (Tristan Akason, Patrick Bogard, An-drew Bogard, Mitchel Magnuson) 48.62;Girls

Leading the Pine Island girlsteam by placing first were Ade-line Angst in the 1600-meter run,Sarah Schartau in the 400-meterdash, Eliza Warneke in the 300-meter hurdles and high jump,Jordyn Braaten in the 3200-meterrun, the 4x200-meter relay teamof Caitlin Schartau, ElizaWarneke, Madison House andBrittney Arndt and the 4x400-meter relay team of Caitlin Schar-tau, Eliza Warneke, Sara Schar-

tau and Laura Torgeson.Byron 92, Pine Island 53Track events100-meter dash: 2. Ana Marx (PI) 13.71;1600-meter run: 1. Adeline Angst (PI) 6:05;2. Jocasta Adelsman (PI) 6:08; 400-meterdash: 1. Sara Schartau (PI) 1:04.26; 2.Laura Torgeson (PI) 1:04.67; 200-meterdash: 2. Caitlin Schartau (PI) 27.6; 3. Britt-ney Arndt (PI) 28.48; 300-meter hurdles:1. Eliza Warneke (PI) 48.89; 800-meterrun: 1. Jordyn Braaten (PI) 2:51Field eventsHigh jump: 1. Eliza Warneke (PI) 48; 2.Leah Anderton (PI) 44; Long jump: 3.Ana Marx (PI) 15; Discus: 3. Kalley Berg(PI) 878.75Relays4x200-meter relay: 1. Pine Island (CaitlinSchartau, Eliza Warneke, Madison House,Brittney Arndt) 1:51.95; 4x400-meter re-lay: 1. Pine Island (Caitlin Schartau, ElizaWarneke, Sara Schartau, Laura Torgeson)4:29.52

Track teams wrap up the season at TritonBy Faye Haugen

DODGE CENTER The an-nual Triton Invitational is theregular season finale for area trackteams. It gives coaches a chanceto g