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Glencoe, Minnesota Vol. 119, No. 28 www.glencoenews.com July 13, 2016

CThe McLeod County hronicle

Sonju receivesfavorable reviewfrom committee

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Blue Jays top Green IslePlato avenges lone CRVL loss of season

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School sees $800,000 savings with package rebidBy Karin RamigePublisher

The Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL)School Board on Monday nightawarded bids from a package that ithad rebid after the package came inhigher than budgeted.

The package was related to con-struction of the building expansionat the junior high and senior highschool campus.

The Board awarded four bids to-taling $4.26 million, with a savingsof about $800,000 over the originalbids.

The bids in this package were for

masonry work, awarded to RiceLake Construction for an amount of$2.9 million; metal panels, awardedto GAG Sheetmetal for an amountof $235,600; aluminum, awarded toFord Metro for an amount of$531.380; and Drywall, awarded toRTL for an amount of $582,969.

The district did not receive anybids for the final cleaning, but Busi-ness Manager Michelle Sander re-ported that it is fairly common to notreceive a final cleaning bid so earlyin the project. The final cleaning isestimated to be around $30,000.

As of Monday’s meeting, it was

reported that the district is lookingto cut another $800,000 in costsfrom the project.

Sander and Superintendent ChrisSonju said looking at small thingslike tile instead of terrazzo flooringin a closet, or a different brand ofappliance in the kitchen has resultedin big savings, without jeopardizingthe ultimate design and goal of theproject.

In related business, Sander report-ed that a lot of progress is beingmade on the project, which is stillhard to see since most of it has beenunderground with water, electric and

other utilities.The pre-fabricated walls are

scheduled to arrive in late August.Sander also reported that besides

the major building project, manyother summer projects are underway. Flooring has been replaced in anumber of hallways, cleaning isbeing done in all buildings, and win-dow and door replacements in thehigh school and at Lakeside Elemen-tary are scheduled to take place inmid to late August.

In other business, the Board: • Accepted a bid for gas and diesel

from Super America- SA Fleet for

cost plus $.01 plus freight and appli-cable taxes per gallon for gas anddiesel from July 1, 2016 throughJune 30, 2017.

Three bids were received. Theother two were from Cenex - Glen-coe Co-op Association for a $.06discount of the pump price per gal-lon of gas and diesel and fromCoborn’s, Inc., for $.10 discount ofthe pump price per gallon of gas and$.08 for diesel plus one car wash perweek for any district vehicle.

Chronicle photo by Lori Copler

The Plato Fire Department hosted a trainingburn at a vacant farm house Friday afternoon.The burn allowed firefighters and state legisla-tors to see the impact that residential fire sprin-klers can have on a fire, allowed firefighters topractice their fire suppression skills, and al-

lowed fire investigators to practice determiningthe origins of fires. Pictured above, from left,are state Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen, state Sen.Scott Newman, Plato Fire Chief Jay Wood andJamie Novak, a fire investigator with the St.Paul Fire Department.

By Lori CoplerEditor

Firefighters, legislators andarson investigators all ben-efited from a training fire

conducted by the Plato Fire Depart-ment at an abandoned farm homeFriday afternoon.

And the general public also willbenefit. As part of the training, acameraman from KMSP-TV inMinneapolis was there to film theimpact of residential sprinklers onsafety and protection of property.

The training was conducted by

Jamie Novak, a fire investigator forthe St. Paul Fire Department, withassistance from Casey Stotts, an in-vestigator for the Minnesota StateFire Marshal.

Novak and KMSP-TV are work-ing on a piece regarding residentialsprinkling systems. As of now,sprinkling systems are not requiredin Minnesota homes, but fire offi-cials would like to see legislationrequiring sprinkling in newly con-structed homes.

To that end, Plato Fire Chief JayWood, also a member of the Min-

nesota State Fire Chiefs Associa-tion, invited local legislators to thetraining. Both State Sen. ScottNewman and State Rep. GlennGruenhagen were on hand.

Wood said the Plato Fire Depart-ment got involved with the trainingafter members attended a similartraining offered in Norwood YoungAmerica.

“The guys absolutely loved it,”Wood said of the training.

Training burn educates firefighters,legislators, fire marshal investigators

Extension EducatorNathan Winter movingon to next dream jobBy Lori CoplerEditor

Nathan Winter moved lastweek from his dream jobto his next dream job.

Winter, who has been the Exten-sion educator for McLeod andMeeker counties the past 111⁄2 years,is now a program leader — provid-ing assistance and guidance toabout 10 other Extension educatorsin the area.

Winter started as the Extensionagent in McLeod and Meeker coun-ties in January 2005.

“I told people when I acceptedthe position that it would be mydream job, and it really has been,”said Winter. “It was a great fit formy skill set, and I was able to dosome good things for the McLeod-Meeker area.”

Winter was an intern for the Uni-versity of Minnesota ExtensionService in Cottonwood Countywhile he was attending college. Hehoped to land an Extension job aftergraduating, but there were no open-ings. He spent three years withMinnesota Crop Improvement, ajob he also enjoyed, but when anopening for an Extension educatorcame up, he jumped at the chance.

Now, Winter said, he has achance at “another kind of dreamjob. I’ll be helping 10 or 11 peoplewith their dream jobs — my job isto try and help them be successful.”

Winter said he will technically beassigned to the St. Cloud RegionalExtension Office, but will mostlybe on the road visiting agents. Andmost of his office work can be doneat home, a blessing as he and hiswife are raising two small children.

While he’s looking forward to ex-panding his skills in the new job,Winter said he will definitely misssome aspects of being a local edu-

cator.In particular, Winter said, he’ll

miss one-on-one contact with manyof the farmers and residents inMcLeod and Meeker counties.

“I’ll miss that — being able toget out in front of people,” saidWinter. “I’ve met so many peopleand made so many connections.I’ve found lifelong mentors, life-long friends.

“I’ll miss the radio interviews,working with corn and soybeangrowers, the Master Gardeners —all of that,” he continued. “That’swhat makes this so bittersweet. Inmy new role, I’ll be much more be-hind the scenes.”

Winter said that in his time withthe two counties, he has found“great support for the ExtensionService. There are a lot of people

Nathan Winter

County attorney: financial straits doesn’t drive crime ratesBy Lori CoplerEditor

Financial hardship doesn’t drivecrime, at least not in McLeod Coun-ty, according to County AttorneyMike Junge.

Junge presented his 2015 annualreport to the County Board at itsTuesday, July 5, meeting.

“We tend to think of acts of crimeas being done by people who are infinancial straits,” Junge said. “That’sjust not true.”

Most crimes seem to center ondrugs, booze, alcohol and gambling,Junge said. “And it takes money todo those things.”

In fact, he said, when the great re-cession hit in 2008-09, crime ratesin those areas dropped quite a bit.

There does seem to be a trend to-ward more gross misdemeanors andfelony crimes, Junge said, but that isdue in large part to the fact that theLegislature has stiffened the penal-ties for many crimes, particularly

driving while intoxicated. In 2001,DWI was not considered a felony.Now there is a felony level for driv-ers convicted of multiple infractions,or whose actions result in death orserious injury.

“It seems like more people aredoing bad things, but now the badthings are really bad things, accord-ing to statute,” said Junge. He callsthat trend “crimeflation” or crime in-flation.

The other area that has seen

changes in the levels of offenses is“non-person sex offenses.” In 2001,the Legislature required people whowere convicted of a sex crime toregister their address, place of em-ployment, secondary addresses andvehicles. Failure to do so is a felony,and in 2014, 507 were convicted offailure to register in the state ofMinnesota.

“This is an area that I think wasenacted as kind of a knee-jerk reac-tion” to some of the higher-profile

cases in the state, Junge said. “I’mnot sure if it deters crime, I’m notsure if it solves crime, I’m not sureit makes anyone safer, and it’s cost-ing us an awful lot of money.”

The state has 16 to 20 employeeswho work solely with the registryissue, said Junge.

Junge said it costs about $30,000to $35,000 per year to incarcerate

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WinterTurn to page 2

CrimeTurn to page 3

TrainingTurn to back page

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FILINGS OPEN FOR THREE CITY OFFICES

Notice is hereby given that filing for city offices in the City of Glen-coe, Minnesota will be open on August 2, 2016 and close August 16,2016 at 5:00 p.m. for the following offices:

One Councilor, Precinct OneOne Councilor, Precinct FourMayor

Positions are four year terms. Terms expiring December 31, 2016are the following: Council members Dan Perschau, Kevin Dietz andMayor Randy Wilson. Affidavits of Candidacy for the above officesmay be filed with City Clerk at 1107 11th Street East. Office hoursare Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and no later than5:00 p.m. on August 16, 2016.Election is to be held on November 8, 2016.

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Happenings

Senior citizens potluck picnicThe McLeod County Senior Citizens potluck picnic is

set for Wednesday, July 20, at the Lester Prairie Commu-nity Center. Everyone is asked to bring a dish to share;the meal will be served at noon. A meeting and cards willfollow the meal.

Wedding dress revue July 14The Grace Lutheran Church Women of the ELCA are

hosting a wedding dress revue Thursday, July 14, at 6:30p.m., at Grace Lutheran Church, 8638 Plum Ave.,Brownton. Dresses from different eras will be modeled,including bridal, bridesmaids, flower girls, mother of thebride, and more. Coffee and dessert will follow the pro-gram. A free-will offering will be accepted.

Outdoor worship, pie socialImmanuel Lutheran Church of Brownton will host an

outdoor worship service and pie social on Wednesday,July 13, at 6:30 p.m., in the Brownton City Park. Every-one is welcome.

Music by the Pond July 14Grand Meadows Senior Living, 1420 Prairie Ave.,

Glencoe, will host Music by the Pond, featuring specialmusic by 10th Street Jazz, on Thursday, July 14, at 6:30p.m. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. There will bemusic, ice cream treats and door prizes. In the event ofinclement weather, the music will be performed in thelounge. Anyone with questions is welcome to call 320-864-5577.

Class of 1946 reunion The Glencoe High School class of 1946 will hold its

70-year class reunion on July 15, at noon, at Dubbs Grilland Bar with special time and dinner.

Rod & Gun to host softballThe Brownton Rod and Gun Club will host a softball

fun night Thursday, July 14, with a pork chop and hotdog dinner at 6 p.m., followed by a game between Otto& Emma’s vs. New Ulm at 7 p.m. The event is a preludeto the club’s softball tournament July 16 and 17. Teamsare still needed. More details can be found on the club’sFacebook page.

First Lutheran VBS dates setChildren finishing 3 years old to fourth grade are invit-

ed to Barnyard Roundup vacation Bible school at FirstEvangelical Lutheran Church in Glencoe. Vacation Bibleschool runs July 31 through Aug. 4 from 5:45 p.m. to8:15 p.m. The week will be filled with Jesus, barnyardfun, crafts, games and treats. For more information or toregister, visit www.firstglencoe.org or call 320-864-5522.

District 421 staff get-togetherThe yearly get-together of the former Brownton School

District 421 staff will be Wednesday, July 20, at 11 a.m.,at the Brownton Bar & Grill. All District 421 staff are in-vited for a time of reminiscing. For more information,call Anita Crosby at 320-587-8073.

Polka services at First LutheranOn Sunday, July 17, polka services will be held at First

Evangelical Lutheran Church, 925 13th St. E, Glencoe, atboth the 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. services. The services willfeature familiar hymns and polka tunes with worshipfullyrics, all led by Chuck Thiel and the Jolly Ramblers.The Men’s Club also will host a free-will offering break-fast from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Health board to meet July 14Meeker-McLeod-Sibley Community Health Services

will hold its quarterly Community Health Board meetingThursday, July 14, from 9 a.m to 11 a.m., in the largemeeting room at the Mcleod County Household Haz-ardous Waste/Solid Waste building, 1065 Fifth Ave. SE,Hutchinson. The meeting is open to the public.

Glencoe Legion AuxiliaryThe Glencoe American Legion Ladies Auxiliary will

meet Monday, July 18, at 7 p.m., at the Glencoe FireHall. Lunch will be served.

SL American Legion potluckThe Silver Lake American Legion Post 141 will have

its annual potluck Sunday, July 17, at noon. For more in-formation, call 320-282-8895.

Depression support groupsThe Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance of Mid

Minnesota is hosting two depression support groups, onelocated in Hutchinson and one in Glencoe. The Hutchin-son group meets Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. andWednesdays from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Hutchinson Li-brary. The Glencoe group meets Wednesdays from 5 p.m.to 6 p.m. at Glencoe Regional Health Services, Confer-ence Room F. There also is a family support group thatmeets on Thursdays from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in theGlencoe City Center West Conference Room. For moreinformation, call 763-479-9356.

Glencoe seniors meetingsThe Glencoe Senior Citizens meet on Tuesdays and

Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. in the seniors room at the Glen-coe City Center. Sheephead is played on Tuesdays, andboth sheephead and 500 are played on Thursdays. Allseniors over 55 are invited. For more information, call320-510-1551 and leave a message.

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

City personnel committee talks about safety shoesBy Rebecca MariscalStaff Writer

The city of Glencoe’s per-sonnel and legislative com-mittee met Wednesday to dis-cuss employee safety shoesreimbursement.

Public Works DirectorGary Schreifels explained thecity requires employees tohave steel-toed boots as partof their safety equipment. Thecity currently reimburses em-ployees a maximum of $135for the purchase of safetyshoes.

Schreifels said shoes actu-

ally range between $170 and$200, so employees are pay-ing out of pocket for some-thing the city requires. Herecommended removing thedollar amount and reimburs-ing employees for one pair ofshoes per year.

Council Member AllenRobeck said he’d like to see a$250 cap. Council MemberJohn Schrupp agreed, and thecommittee voted in favor ofthe new amount.

Schrupp also asked aboutthe lifeguard uniform re-quired at the Glencoe Aquatic

Center. City AdministratorMark Larson said he’d lookinto it.

The committee also re-viewed a resolution to peti-tion Buffalo Creek WatershedDistrict to assist withstormwater improvements innorth central and northeastGlencoe. Larson said the peti-tion would be discussed at theJuly 18 City Council meeting,since the July 5 meeting wascancelled.

City Council Member GaryZiemer asked if the petitionwould stall the city from

working on areas within thecity. Larson said it would notand the city is moving for-ward with Short Elliot Hen-drickson on the central corri-dor. The next council meetingwill have a presentation oncosts for work on thatdrainage area.

The meeting was closed sothe committee could meetwith attorney Daniel Marx todiscuss pending litigationwith the city of Glencoe andthe Minnesota Pollution Con-trol Agency (MPCA).

By Karin RamigePublisher

The Glencoe-Silver Lake(GSL) School Board con-ducted a formal perform-ance evaluation of Superin-t e n d e n tC h r i sSonju.

The Per-s o n n e lCommitteemet withS o n j uprior to theJuly 11b o a r dmeeting.

Board Member AnneTwiss, who also is on thePersonnel Committee, pre-sented the following state-ment at the School Boardmeeting:

“Mr. Sonju continues todemonstrate very good over-all job performance as thesuperintendent of District2859.

“We are pleased with hisprogress in leading the dis-trict toward achieving itsgoals. Highlights includegroundbreaking this springwith our building projectthat will improve our stu-dent-centered culture andexpand additional opportu-nities for our students andstaff.

“We are eager to begin acomprehensive science,technology, engineering andmathematics (STEM) pro-gram this fall with the goalof better preparing our stu-dents for a successful futureupon graduation.

“We look forward to part-nering with SuperintendentSonju in accomplishing our

student achievement goalsin the upcoming year. Hisdedication to promotinggood community relation-ships is admirable. He is anexcellent advocate for edu-cation at GSL. We appreci-ate his dedication and valueworking with him in the up-coming years.”

In other staffing business,the Board:

• Transfered Amber Al-sleben from a 6.5-hour-a-day paraprofessional in thespecial education program atHelen Baker Elementary toa 40-hour-per-week parapro-fessional in the media centerat the high school, replacingSharon Gutknecht, who re-tired.

• Hired Amanda Kottke asa full-time science teacher atLincoln Junior High, SharonIverson as a full-time Eng-lish teacher at the highschool, Cierra Bartol-Byersas a full-time fourth-gradeteacher at Lakeside, IngridWangaard-Tjornehoj as afull-time Title I math inter-v e n t i o n i s t / t e c h n o l o g yteacher at GSL, NicholRoskamp as a full-timeEmotional and BehavioralDisorders (EBD) special ed-ucation teacher at the highschool, Josh Otto-Fisher asthe eighth-grade girls’ bas-ketball coach and DavidFrasier as the junior varsityboys’ soccer coach.

• Accepted the resigna-tions of Dane Warming, Lin-coln Junior High scienceteacher; Ahmi Alvarez,Early Childhood Special Ed-ucation teacher; and MattFoss, special educationteacher at the high school.

Superintendent Sonjureceives great review

Chris Sonju

Bid package Continued from page 1

The Super America bidwas the low bid.

• Approved a 10-yearlong-term facilities manage-ment plan to be submitted tothe Minnesota Department ofEducation and included withthe preliminary levy infor-mation.

• Designated The McLeodCounty Chronicle as the dis-trict’s official newspaperfrom July 1, 2016, throughJune 30, 2017.

The district will pay $5per column inch for legal no-tices and $7.50 per columninch for non-legal business.

• Added a Title I teacherfor the 2016-17 school year.The position would be halftime at Helen Baker Elemen-tary and half time at LincolnJunior High.

The extra available dollarsare a result of extra fundingfrom the state and changes inthe application process,which will now allow forservices in the junior high.

• Added a junior high girlssoccer coach. The numbersin girls soccer have in-creased and there will nowbe three teams.

Boys soccer will continueto have one team.

• Renewed membership inthe Minnesota SchoolBoards Association for a

total cost of $6,024.• Increased the pay rates

for Community Educationstaff for the 2016-17 schoolyear.

• Approved the 2016-17employee handbook. Nomajor changes were made.

• Approved the post-sec-ondary enrollment optionsagreement with RidegwaterCollege for the 2016-17school year.

• Approved an interagencyagreement with HeartlandCommunity Action Agency,Inc. Early Head Start/HeadStart. The agreement estab-lishes working proceduresbetween the programs toprovide services to childrenages birth through 5 yearsold.

• Accepted the followingdonations with appreciation:Plato American Legion Post641, $100 for Minnesota AllState Band; Silver LakeLions’ Club, $100 for Min-nesota All State Band;Stevens Seminary Founda-tion, $10,000, College in theClassroom; Central Min-nesota Manufacturers Asso-ciation, $500, SuperMileage;Silver Lake American Le-gion Post 141, $100, band-Memorial Day; and GlencoeVFW Post 5102, $200, band-Memorial Day.

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who appreciate the educa-tional opportunities Exten-sion provides.”

Winter added that he hasbeen pleased that the localExtension office is able toprovide so many educationalopportunities for local resi-dents. He is most proud ofthe crop input seminars thathave been started, work withthe Master Gardener pro-gram and partnering withother agencies for opportuni-ties. The crop input seminar,he said, draws over 100farmers and agribusiness-men at each session.

And he is particularly

proud that he was nominatedfor, and received, the Min-nesota Farm Bureau Exten-sion Educator of the Yearaward.

“It proves that we do agood job of providing edu-cation to our citizens,” Win-ter said of the award. “Fromtree questions to crop pro-duction, we try to find an-swers.”

Winter said his current po-sition as the Extension edu-cator for McLeod and Meek-er counties has been posted,and will likely be filled thismonth.

The city of Glencoe wasawarded a grant of $221,895from the U.S. Department ofTransportation for the Glen-coe Municipal Airport.

City Administrator MarkLarson said the grant will gotoward the airport’s masterplan, which the Federal Avi-ation Administration re-quires to be updated every10 years.

In May, the city enteredinto an agreement with ShortElliot Hendrickson for themaster planning. The totalcost will be $243,330, withthe grant covering most ofthe expense.

The city has been workingon improvements to the air-port for the past two years,including a new taxiway thatwas completed last year.

Glencoe gets grant forairport master plan

Longtime performer,teacher and Glencoe residentKay Wilson was cast asGolde in Dassel-CokatoCommunity Theatre’s pro-duction of “Fiddler On TheRoof,” opening July 22.Glencoe resident and MayorRandy Wilson is the vocal di-rector, and playing in the or-chestra pit is Cara Halvorson.

In the little village of Anat-evka, a poor dairyman,Tevye, tries to instill in hisfive daughters the traditionsof his tightknit Jewish com-munity in the face of chang-ing social mores and thegrowing anti-Semitism ofCzarist Russia. Its universaltheme of tradition cuts acrossbarriers of race, class, nation-ality and religion, leaving au-diences crying tears of sad-ness, laughter, and joy.

Minnesota award-winningdirector David Metcalf is thecreative director for this pro-duction, which has grown toinclude 90 local and sur-rounding community mem-bers.

Six performances arescheduled over two week-ends: Friday, July 22, at 7p.m.; Saturday, July 23, at 7p.m.; and Sunday, July 24, at2 p.m.; Friday, July 29, at 7p.m.; Saturday, July 30, at 7p.m.; and Sunday, July 31, at

2 p.m.Performances will be held

in the air-conditioned, 800-seat, Dassel-Cokato Perform-ing Arts Center located at theD-C High School.

Tickets may be purchasedonline at http://pac.dc.k12.mn.us/ or in person or byphone through the Dassel-Cokato Community Educa-tion office at 320-286-4120.Tickets will also be available

at the door, beginning onehour prior to each perform-ance.

Dassel-Cokato CommunityTheatre is sponsored by D-CCommunity Education. Formore information please callAbbey Lang, program coordi-nator, at the Dassel-CokatoCommunity Education Of-fice, 320-286-4120.

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Chronicle photo by Rebecca Mariscal

Glencoe Lions host Music in the ParkThe Glencoe Lions Club hosted thesecond of its Music in the Park concertseries on Wednesday, July 6, at OakLeaf Park. The father and son duo

Allen and Matt Carlson, shown above,provided the music for the evening.The duo played songs like “CountryRoads” and “Tennessee Waltz.”

Glencoe Police

TUESDAY, JULY 510:07 a.m. — An officer assist-

ed sheriff’s deputies with a minoraccident in the area of McLeodCounty Road 2 and 90th Street,just south of Glencoe.

11:07 a.m. — A bicycle wasfound on 13th Street E.

5:41 p.m. — An officer assistedwith a medical on Queen AvenueN.

6:46 p.m. — Officers respond-ed to a dog complaint on GreeleyAvenue.

7:01 p.m. — Heavy raincaused street flooding. An officerblocked traffic in the area of 18thStreet E and Louden Avenue Nuntil the water went down.

10:14 p.m. — Officers re-sponded to a vehicle stuck in aditch on Chandler Avenue N. Thevehicle was towed out.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 62:01 a.m. — An officer assisted

county deputies with suspiciousactivity in the area of HennepinAvenue N and 15th Street E. A ci-tation was issued.

6:02 p.m. — An off icer re-sponded to an animal complaintin the area of 12th Street E andNewton Avenue.

6:37 p.m. — An off icer re-sponded to a child custody issueon Greeley Avenue N. The report-ing person was not sure if her ex-boyfriend had a car seat for their2-year-old daughter that he hadpicked up.

10:55 a.m. — Officers re-sponded to a noise complaint on16th Street. They listened in adownstairs hallway and heard nonoise.

THURSDAY, JULY 712:59 a.m. — An officer con-

ducted a requested welfare checkon Judd Avenue N. There wereno vehicles at the residence andno answer at the door.

9:26 a.m. — An off icer re-sponded to suspicious activity onGreeley Avenue N.

9:33 a.m. — An animal com-plaint was received regarding asquirrel that fell out of a tree on11th Street E.

11:54 a.m. — A kids’ bike wasfound by a dumpster on ChandlerAvenue N.

12:08 p.m. — An off icerchecked on a male going door todoor on Judd Avenue N.

1:20 p.m. — A person came tothe police department to reportthat her son’s identity had beenstolen.

1:43 p.m. — A contractor wasreportedly going from door todoor on Greeley Avenue. An offi-cer contacted the company andinformed it that a permit wasneeded from the city.

2:27 p.m. — An off icer re-sponded to a neighbor dispute onBaldwin Avenue.

5:11 p.m. — An officer checkedon another door-to-door salesper-son on Ives Avenue N, advisinghim and his supervisor that heneeded a permit.

5:38 p.m. — An officer and thefire department responded to16th Street E. A worker was sol-dering and that tripped an alarm.Everything was fine.

6:20 p.m. — An officer spokewith a person on Armstrong Av-enue N about peddlers.

6:29 p.m. — An officer spokewith a salesperson about needinga permit in the area of 11th StreetE and Greeley Avenue.

10:33 p.m. — A driver wascited for speeding at a traffic stopin the area of County Road 2 and80th Street.

FRIDAY, JULY 812:07 a.m. — An off icer

checked on a couple on Ford Av-enue N. They were looking forlost keys for their apartment, andthe officer assisted in findingthem.

1:47 a.m. — Officers assistedthe ambulance with a medical onBaxter Avenue N. A person washaving difficulty breathing.

5:52 a.m. — A driver was citedfor not having a Minnesota driv-er’s license at a traffic stop in thearea of Highway 22 and 120thstreet.

9:06 a.m. — A gas drive-offwas reported at a station on 13thStreet E.

10:14 a.m. — Officers re-sponded to an assault on EighthStreet W.

1:05 p.m. — A report was re-ceived of roofing contractorsgoing door to door.

3:35 p.m. — Officers spokewith a person from Legacy Roof-ing in the Edgewood Drive S andSumac Lane area, and informedthem that if they did not get a per-mit, they will be cited with thenext complaint received from res-idents.

6:35 p.m. — An officer adviseda person in the area of 13thStreet W and Cedar Avenue Nthat he needed a permit from thecity.

9:50 p.m. — A lock on a popmachine on Newton Avenue Nwas broken, and the changeholder was removed. An un-known amount of money wastaken.

10:32 p.m. — An officer re-sponded to a noise complaint inthe area of Eighth Street E andFord Avenue N. The group wasadvised to turn down the musicfor the night.

SATURDAY, JULY 912:04 a.m. — Officers re-

sponded to a report of possibledrug activity at a building onMorningside Drive. They wereable to detect the odor of marijua-na, but were unable to determinewhich room it was coming from.

12:05 p.m. — A complaint wasreceived regarding a door-to-doorroof repair business. The officerspoke to the people going door todoor and told them they neededto get a permit.

7:44 p.m. — An off icer re-sponded to an animal complainton 12th Street E. The dog’sowner was not home, but aneighbor assisted in putting the

dog into the residence.8:50 p.m. — A 20-inch box fan

was reported stolen on 14thStreet.

9:16 p.m. — An officer assistedthe sheriff’s office with a car-deeraccident in the area of Highway212 and Diamond Avenue, eastof Glencoe.

SUNDAY, JULY 101:18 a.m. — Officers respond-

ed to a verbal argument on 13thStreet E. The people were sepa-rated for the night.

2:43 a.m. — A vehicle with itslights on was reported sitting in aparking lot on 14th Street E. Itwas gone when the officer ar-rived.

4:09 a.m. — An officer assistedthe sheriff’s office with a one-ve-hicle accident in the area of High-way 212 and Dairy Avenue, eastof Glencoe.

11:31 a.m. — An officer re-sponded to a disturbance onEdgewood Drive S.

1:04 p.m. — Officers respond-ed to an assault on BasswoodStreet W.

4:22 p.m. — An officer and thefire chief responded to a resi-dence on 14th Street E for an ac-tivated carbon monoxide detec-tor. The batteries were replacedand the alarm was reset.

9:22 p.m. — Officers assistedthe ambulance with a fallen indi-vidual on Prairie Avenue. Theperson was taken by ambulanceto the hospital.

MONDAY, JULY 112:13 a.m. — A fight was report-

ed at the Casey’s on 13th StreetE. All of the people were gonewhen officers arrived.

2:05 p.m. — Officers respond-ed to a trespassing issue onEdgewood Drive.

2:46 p.m. — A speeding cita-tion was issued at a traffic stopon Highway 212 between Morn-ingside Drive and Diamond Av-enue.

3:20 p.m. — A seat belt viola-tion citation was issued at a trafficstop on 13th Street W near Hen-nepin Avenue N.

3:38 p.m. — A driver was citedfor driving after revocation at atraffic stop on Highway 212 nearChandler Avenue.

6:55 p.m. — An officer madecontact with a driver who wassupposedly involved in a gasdrive-off at Little Duke’s. The offi-cer called Little Duke’s to let themknow they had reported thewrong vehicle for the drive-off.

7:42 p.m. — A phone scamwas reported by a person onEighth Stree E.

10 p.m. — A report was re-ceived of a male on a skateboardwho was almost hit by traffic inthe area of First Street E andHennepin Avenue N. The malewas playing “Pokemon Go” andwas staring at his phone. Officersspoke to him about safety.

10:26 p.m. — An officer assist-ed at a medical on Newton Av-enue.

By Lori CoplerEditor

Those who would like toserve on the Glencoe-SilverLake School Board or on acity council have a couple ofweeks to think about it — fil-ings for candidacy openMonday, Aug. 2, and closeTuesday, Aug. 16.

There are three Glencoe-Silver Lake School Boardterms up for election in No-vember. Currently, those seatsare held by incumbents JamieAlsleben, Kevin Kuester andDonna VonBerge.

In order to serve on theschool board, a candidatemust be an eligible voter, 21years of age or more, be aresident of the school districtfor 30 days before the generalelection, and must not havefiled for any other office.

School board terms are forfour years, and start Jan. 2,2017.

Candidates need to file anaffidavit of candidacy with

the GSL District Office atLincoln Junior High School,1621 E 16th St., Glencoe.There is a $2 filing fee.

In the city of Glencoe, thetwo-year mayor term will beopen for election, as well asthe Precincts 1 and 4 councilseats. Randy Wilson is the in-cumbent mayor, Daniel Per-schau is the incumbent inPrecinct 1 and Kevin Dietz isthe incumbent for Precinct 4.

In the city of Brownton, themayor position, currentlyheld by Norm Schwarze, andthe city council seats current-ly held by Tim Olson andBrian Dressel are on the bal-lot.

All five seats on the BiscayCity Council are open forelection this year. To be elect-ed are the mayor — which iscurrently Tom Urban, twofour-year council seats andtwo two-year council seats.Incumbent council membersare Gary Koch, Leroy Knoll,Dennis Schwanke and Dono-

van Dose.Seats up for election in Sil-

ver Lake are those held by in-cumbent Mayor Bruce Beboand incumbent council mem-bers Nolan Johnson andBrenda Fogarty.

In Stewart, Mayor JasonPeirce’s seat will be votedupon, as will council seatsheld by Jim Eitel and KevinKlucas, both four-year terms,and the two-year seat current-ly held by appointee CarolAltrichter.

In New Auburn, the termsof Mayor Doug Munsch andcouncil members DennisKuehl and Becky Brockoffwill be up for election.

And, in Plato, the terms ofMayor Bob Becker and coun-cil members Robert Pflipsenand Dennis Oltmann are upfor election.

Those wishing to file forcity seats may do so withtheir respective city clerks.The $2 filing fee also appliesto city candidates.

Filings for candidacy for schoolboard, city seats open Aug. 2

Crime Continued from page 1

those who don’t register.“We have to start doing

things smarter,” said Junge.He added that the county at-torneys association has askedthe legislative auditor to auditthe program. There has notbeen an answer yet.

In other statistics, Jungenoted:

• That in 1982, when hewas first elected county attor-ney, about 90 percent ofcrimes were committed bymales, and 10 percent by fe-males. Now the ratio is 75percent male, 25 percent fe-male.

• Forty percent of the caseshis office prosecutes originatein Hutchinson, 24 percentfrom the sheriff’s office and15 percent from Glencoe,with the remainder comingfrom the other communitiesin the county.

• Besides prosecutingcrime, the attorney’s officeworks with Social Services onareas such as child supportcollections and the termina-tion of parental rights.

Junge said the ultimate goalis to keep families intact, butthere are times “when kidscannot afford to wait until

their parents grow up to begood parents.”

About 75 percent ofparental termination cases in-volve drug-related activity inthe home, and some childrenare removed from “garbagehomes” or who have parentswith chemical dependency ormental health issues.

• A good statistic: crimescommitted by juveniles isdown by about half the 2006statistic, or 295 cases as com-pared to 495 in 2006. Mostare committed by 16- and 17-year-olds.

Students wishing to partici-pate in fall sports and the fallmusical at Glencoe-SilverLake Schools are required toattend an information and eli-gibility meeting Monday,July 25, at 6 p.m., in the highschool cafeteria.

This is an opportunity tomeet coaches and receiveschedules and policies.

Activity fees will be col-lected starting at 4 p.m. onthat day in the cafeteria. Toavoid congestion, participantsare encouraged to sign up on-line and pay fees on the GSLschool website under the linkOnline Payments. Anotheroption is to print off the Min-nesota State High SchoolLeague (MSHSL) eligibilitystatement and health informa-tion form from the websiteunder Activities > Activity

Forms. They are also foundon the GSL website underActivities > Athletics > FallSports.

Students may not beginpractice until all the formsare filled out and activity feesare paid.

Those who need financialassistance or wish to makepayment arrangements for thefees should contact RebeccaDahl in the GSL District Of-fice at 320-864-2494, or byemail at bdahl@gsl.k12.mn.us.

There also will be neuro-cognitive baseline testing.The test establishes a baselinefor comparison in the eventan athlete suffers a concus-sion.

All testing will be conduct-ed in the high school comput-er labs 121 and 122. The test-

ing schedule includes:• Ninth- and 11th-grade

football players, Monday,Aug. 15, 11:45 a.m.

• Ninth- and 11th-gradevolleyball, Monday, Aug. 15,2:45 p.m.

• Ninth- and 11th-gradeboys and girls soccer, Tues-day, Aug. 16, 12:15 p.m.

• Ninth- and 11th-gradecheerleaders, Tuesday, Aug.16, 12:45 p.m.

• Ninth- and 11th-gradetennis, Tuesday, Aug. 16,12:45 p.m.

• Seventh-grade football,Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2 p.m.

The testing is conducted byRidgeview Rehab Specialties.For more information, con-tact Marielle Gatenby atmarielle.gatenby@ridgeviewmedical.org.

Fall school activities meeting July 25

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Letters to the Editor

People, particularly in thisarea, have a strong aver-sion to government man-

dates. And with good reason —many times they ended up cost-ing us more than the benefitsthey provide.

But sometimes, we don’t mindso much when the governmentsteps into our lives, especially ifit involves protecting our livesand those of our loved ones.

On Friday, the Plato Fire De-partment and St. Paul Fire In-spector Jamie Novak provided uswith the opportunity to see first-hand how residential sprinklingsystems can save lives and mini-mize damage to property in thecase of fire.

The past several years, fire off-icals in the state have been push-ing legislators to enact a law thatrequires the installation of firesprinklers in new homes.

Friday afternoon’s demonstra-tion showed us that, indeed, firesprinklers can save lives of bothresidents and firefighters, andhelp protect property from majordamage.

The fire department and Novakstarted a cigarette fire on beds intwo rooms, one that contained asprinkler head, and one that didnot. The difference in the amountof damage between the tworooms was startling. In the sprin-kled room, damaged was prettymuch contained to one corner ofa mattress, plus some smoke andwater damage. The other room,in a span of just six minutes, wasvirtually destroyed.

As Novak pointed out, the re-pairs in the first instance wouldbe far cheaper than repairs re-quired in the second.

Novak also cited a real-lifeevent in making his case for re-quiring sprinklers in homes. InSt. Paul, a man confined to awheelchair and using an oxygentank was spared — unhurt —when a sprinkler extinguished anaccidental fire in his apartment.The fire was out well before fire-

fighters arrived at the scene.Of course, there are arguments

against requiring sprinklers.First, it isn’t cheap to sprinkle ahome. It adds to the buildingcost. And most people livethrough their lives without everhaving a fire occur in their ownhome or those they visit.

Second, there is the issue ofpersonal choice. Many will arguethat people should have the rightto risk their own lives and prop-erty if that is their desire.

For most part, we tend to argueon the side of personal freedomas opposed to governmental in-tervention.

But in this situation, it is notonly the homeowner and his orher family that are put at risk.Also at risk are potential res-cuers, including law enforcment,fire personnel, neighbors andpassersby.

As Novak pointed out Friday,our homes are not like our grand-parents’ homes. The recent trendin lightweight construction cancause floors to collapse earlier ina fire event than in previous gen-erations, putting firefighters atrisk.

And the stuff we fill our homeswith isn’t like that of our grand-parents’ generation, either.Today’s furniture and electronicshave a lot of polyurethane, syn-thetic material and tons of plas-tic. Most of that is created frompetroleum-based products. As weall know, petroleum is a fuel.

A home’s contents burn fasterand hotter than in past genera-tions, and create far more toxicfumes — again, risk factors forpotential rescuers.

So, we would like legislators toconsider residential sprinkling re-quirements for new homes.

And while we’d hate to seeadded expense make housingmore costly for home owners, wealso want everyone to be safe. Inthe long run, that’s what reallymatters.

— L.C.

The ongoing debateover fire sprinklersOur view: Sprinkling systems savelives, prevent extensive damage

I scrambled outside, dodging theheavy rain, to get to my car on thestreet only to find out I had thewrong car key. Back I went as theheavy rains soaked through my lightjacket.

I managed to make it back to thecar, a bit more soaked than before,and headed to last week’s GlencoeCity Council meeting.

When I arrived, I was greeted byMayor Randy Wilson, who promptlysaid the meeting had been canceled.

Canceled?It seems one council member was

out of town, and two others decidednot to leave their houses in suchheavy rains. I thought the councilmeeting was indoors.

Perhaps the two council memberswere a bit skittish with our trackrecord for flooding this time of theyear.

That left two voting council mem-bers and the non-voting mayor,which by my math does not consti-tute a quorum. No quorum, no meet-ing.

It has been many years since thathas happened. In fact, I can only re-member one other time in 25 yearsI’ve been attending Glencoe CityCouncil meetings that the Councilcould not muster a quorum. Thattime had nothing to do with gettingwet.

But I do remember one CityCouncil meeting in the old councilchambers years ago that continued

despite the tornado sirens blaring afew yards away. Must have madecouncil members differently backthen.

So here’s what you didn’t hear atthe July 5 meeting. There was nodiscussion about:

• Fire department space needs.• A resolution to petition a report

on improving Hennepin Avenue. Itmay have involved the sidewalks onthe street, but since the meetingnever happened, we don’t know.

• NPDES permit public commentperiod. What? Not sure either be-cause (same as above).

• Resolution to petition BuffaloCreek Watershed District for stormwater improvements.

• A Lions Club donation.• Updates on the Armstrong Av-

enue and Lincoln Park projects.• The 2017 public improvements.So we will have to wait until the

July 18 City Council meeting to find

out. I assume this one will be heldon a dry day.

*****Recently, The Chronicle reported

that the major bid package for theGlencoe-Silver Lake school con-struction project came in $3 milliontoo high.

First question may be why bidswere not awarded in March andApril rather than June, or now July?

No wonder bids came in higher.Construction companies are alreadylocked into jobs by this time of theyear.

Apparently, the GSL Board doesnot have the option to wait until nextyear like the county courthouse proj-ect. Why? Because there is a gapinghole where the old tennis court oncestood, and the connecting link be-tween the high school and PantherField House is gone.

So, cuts to the project are expect-ed to make up the bid difference. So,just what are we getting for our $26million?

******Speaking of the county projects,

what happened to the new Judd Av-enue? No work at that site has beenseen in weeks. Did the contractorforget to come back?

Rich Glennie was the editor ofThe Chronicle for 23 years. He re-tired Aug. 1, 2014, but still plansto submit an occasional column.

Glencoe City Council meeting cancelled

Rich Glennie

Question of the weekWould you install a fire sprinkling system

if you were building a new home?

1) Yes, it’s a safety issue.2) No, it costs too much as compared to the risk.

3) Yes, if my insurance company would give me a discount.

Results for most recent question:

Do you donate to the McLeod Emergency Food Shelf?

1) Yes, every time there is a food drive — 19%2) Yes, at least once a month — 6%

3) Once in a great while — 35% 4) No, I don’t — 39%

31 votes. New question runs July 13-19.

You can

voteonline at www.glencoenews.com

To the Editor:I thought our local state represen-

tatives would fix the total trans-portation needs of the state with a

bonding and transportation bill, butall I hear is cutting taxes and grid-lock! By the way, no special session.

Weren’t our representatives sup-

posed to help us?Jerry Belcher

Glencoe

Promises of our local state representatives

To the Editor:In response to Mr. (Paul) Lemke’s

letter to the editor, I respectively dis-agree that Mr. (Allen) Robeck wasbeing disrespectful to anyone. I feltthat Mr. Robeck was using humorand facts to enlighten the interestedpeople of Glencoe on the discrepan-cies of how their money is being

used on a few pet projects that donot benefit many Glencoe residents.

Yes, we are restricted to limiteduse of the elm site, and I believe thatthere are people other than city em-ployees who have keys to the elmsite for their own private business oruse.

By the way, Mr. Lemke, when did

U.S. citizens, including councilmembers, lose their right to freedomof speech?

Quote from Will Rogers: “Every-one is ignorant, only on differentsubjects.”

Mark WalfordGlencoe

Robeck was not being disrespectful to anyone

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Letters to the EditorHistory

Letter to the Editor

100 Years AgoJuly 20, 1916O.C. Conrad, Editor

A son was born to Mr. andMrs. Otto Rennecke on Saturday,July 15.

Citizens of the village weresomewhat shocked last Thursdaywhen the report was spreadabout town possibly connectingRudolph Klitzke with a murderin Minneapolis that took placethe previous Sunday evening.Mr. Klitzke had been seen in thecompany of the girl, Miss BerthaDirks, that evening and it is posi-tively known that she eitherleaped or was pushed from abridge crossing the MississippiRiver. Mr. Klitzke does not denybeing with the girl, but says heleft her company about 10 p.m.,and had no idea of her deathuntil he read about it in the Trib-une. After learning the policewere looking for him, he imme-diately went down and gave hisversion of the deal. The matter isstill under police investigation.

75 Years AgoJuly 10, 1941Milton D. Hakel, Editor

Eight young people were con-

firmed at St. Matthew’s LutheranChurch in Penn Township. Theywere Lawrence Schuett, LorenGaulke, Verlyn Rickheim, Ray-mond Harbarth, Rosie Becker,Linda Becker, Ella Osterman andRuby Bussler.

50 Years AgoJuly 14, 1966Charles H. Warner, Editor

Brownton High School Princi-pal Vinton Zabel and high schoolinstructor Terry Frazee weregranted releases from their con-tracts by the Brownton SchoolBoard July 7. Zabel will be mov-ing to Winthrop to be the highschool principal, and Frazee willbe the high school principal inLamberton.

Luebbert Construction Com-pany of New Ulm was awardedthe general construction contractfor the additions to the Browntonschool. The overall bid was$244,236.

20 Years AgoJuly 10, 1996Lori Copler, Editor

A four-vehicle accident Fridayat about 4:10 p.m., eight miles

west of Glencoe on Highway212, claimed the lives of aLakeville woman and her 14-year-old daughter. The accidentalso closed the highway forseven hours. An eastbound semilost two tires and a westboundsemi swerved to avoid the tires,but lost control, crossed the cen-ter line and rolled on top of a ve-hicle driven by Sharon Gul-brandson, 46, of Lakeville. Apassenger was 14-year-old JanaGulbrandson. One of the loosetires also struck another car.

10 Years AgoJuly 12, 2006Lori Copler, Editor

The Stewart Fire Departmentwas called to a shed fire at theChuck Vacek farm site on 60thStreet at about 1 p.m. Friday.Fire Chief Jeff Erkenbrack said agrass fire, possibly started by alawn mower, spread to the shed.Damage was minimal.

Tony Samuel of Ramsey re-cently bought Joe’s Amoco, lo-cated on Highway 212 in Stew-art.

From the Brownton Bulletin archives

75 Years Ago

July 12, 1941Delbert Merrill, Publisher

Palms, ferns, hydrangeas andcandelabra decorated the Presby-terian Church with a green andwhite motif carried out for thewedding of Miss MarjorieChalupsky, daughter of Mrs.Blanche Chalupsky, and Mr.Robert Norman, son of Mr. andMrs. J.L. Norman.

Out and around again andthat’s good news to the manyfriends of Frank Ondracek, whofor over nine long months hasbeen confined to the house andmuch of that time to his bed withan aggravating and painful attackof rheumatism.

Funeral services for Mrs. JohnRozeski, 50, were set for July 11at St. Adalbert’s church in SilverLake.

In a pretty ceremony per-formed by her uncle, the Rev.Jan Yarkovsky, Miss OldriskaYarkovska became the bride ofthe Rev. J. Paul Tatter.

50 Years Ago

July 7, 1966Wilbert Merrill, Publisher

Friday night visitors at theRobert Syvertson home werethere to celebrate his childTammy’s first birthday.

New Sioux Trails DairyPrincess is pretty Linda Kottke,18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Louis Kottke of Glencoe.

A.M. “Bud” Beihoffer ofGlencoe has filed for the officeof sheriff of McLeod County. Hegraduated from Glencoe HighSchool.

Miss Conradine Mallak, thedaughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.J.Mallak of Winsted, was united inthe Holy Sacrament of Matrimo-ny with Mr. Satoru Yagi, son ofMrs. Tsuyuki Yagi of Japan, onSaturday, June 25, at St.Stephen’s Catholic Church inMinneapolis.

25 Years Ago

July 11, 1991Ken and Dorothy Merrill,Publishers

Pietsje v.d. Veen of Niebert,Netherlands, is spending fiveweeks at the Milton Totusekhome as part of the Lions ClubsInternational Youth Exchangeprogram.

A 25th wedding anniversaryopen house honoring Irvan andMargaret Posusta will be held onJuly 14.

10 Years Ago

July 13, 2006Ken and Dorothy Merrill,Publishers

Brenda Jaskowiak, daughterof Duane and Penny Jaskowiakof Silver Lake, graduated fromthe College of St. Scholastica inDuluth on May 14 with a Bache-lor of Arts degree in nursing.

Gene and Lynne Stritesky ofOgilvie announce the engage-ment of their daughter, Meghan,the granddaughter of MarjorieStritesky of Silver Lake and thelate Guy Stritesky, to RandyBaruth, son of Roger and TenaBaruth of Alpena, South Dakota.An Aug. 5, 2006, wedding isplanned.

From the Silver Lake Leader archives

100 Years AgoJuly 14, 1916Lester Koeppen, Editor

A business change took placehere last Tuesday when FloydHouck disposed of his barbershop fixtures to Frank O’Neil ofMinneapolis. Mr. Houck’s healthhas compelled him to withdrawfrom this business. Mr. and Mrs.O’Neil will arrive next week tomake their home in our littlecity.

Construction of the CharleyTheim residence is well underway and will be completed in ashort time.

75 Years AgoJuly 11, 1941Harry Koeppen, Editor

A.E. Ahlers was named thepresident of the local board ofeducation at the July meetinglast week. He succeeds Dr. C.F.Traholt, who has held the posi-tion for many years and who re-fuses to serve another term.

A quiet wedding took place atthe Lutheran parsonage in Stew-art last Wednesday afternoonwhen the Rev. C.H. Kowalskeofficiated at the ceremony whichmade Oliver Penk of Stewart andMiss Martha Dreyer of Gibbonman and wife. Following a wed-ding trip to northern Minnesota,the couple will make their homeat the farm of the groom’s par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. William Penk.

50 Years AgoJuly 14, 1966Kermit T. Hubin, Editor

Two Gibbon men were rushedto the Glencoe hospital Mondayevening after they were involvedin a one-car accident on CountyRoad 7, one mile north of Stew-art. Carl Monson was the driverof a 1962 Chevrolet hardtop. Hewas accompanied by Frank Fis-cher. Sheriff Leon Odegaard saidthe car traveled about 180 feeton the west shoulder of the ditch,hit the driveway approach to theGeorge Gehrke farm, and came

to rest 34 feet east of the drive-way. The top was crushed levelwith the top of the seats, indicat-ing that it had rolled over.

Winners in the Friday nightcash drawings were Mrs. RubenBeich, $5; Ed Vollmer, Brown-ton, $10, and Loretta Holtz, $10.The $20 prize was not claimedand will be held over to next Fri-day.

35 Years AgoJuly 9, 1981Douglas G. Seitz, Editor

Corn was a much higher thanknee high on the Fourth of July— much higher. Farmer TomMaiers was pictured standing ina field of corn that was headhigh, and tasseled.

A refrigerator at Goodpaster’sCafé malfunctioned over theweekend, causing the loss of alarge amount of food. The caféwas closed Saturday and Sundayfor the holiday, so it is unknownwhen the malfunction occurred.

From the Stewart Tribune archives

To the Editor:America, America, what

has happened to thee? A oncegreat nation now down on itsknee. Where justice is servedto a select chosen few. AndGod is no longer spoken,when you sit in the pew.America, America, is thy endnear? From the events of thismonth this is what I do fear.

We have to ask ourselves,what kind of country are wegiving to our children? Whathave we allowed America tobecome? It has been said thatGod gives us the governmentwe deserve. As we reject Godin our everyday lives, weelect corruption into leader-ship. Our president, governor,Minneapolis mayor, Min-neapolis police chief, TwinCities media, and select pas-

tors are actively trying to cre-ate and deepen a divide inthis country along racial, sex-ual, and economic lines. Wehave a local pastor who basksin the glory of living alifestyle which God declaredsinful in the Old Testamentand reiterated in the NewTestament. We have removedor are trying to remove thepresence of God and Jesus inall aspects of public life byfalsely claiming that the fed-eral constitution claims “sep-aration of Church and State,”a statement which is not inthe federal constitution.

Therefore, when we allowthese actions to take place, isit any wonder that we haveforgotten who our neighborsare or that loving them doesnot equate to condoning their

sinful actions? Is it any won-der that we have a smallgroup of people allowed to il-legally detain others on a fed-eral highway as city, state,and public safety leadershipencourages it to happen? Is itany wonder that people haveno faith in the judicial systemwhen Hillary Clinton, thepresumptive presidentialnominee for the DemocratParty, skates by free for doingthe same things that othershave gone to jail for?

These are trying times andif we don’t elect men andwomen who have based theirlives on God’s word then Iam afraid that this is indeedthe end of a once great nationcalled America.

Daryl ThurnGreen Isle Township

Elect candidates who live by God’s word

To the Editor:At the time you read this

letter to the editor, the Glen-coe Community Blood Driveis two weeks away: Wednes-day, July 27, from 1 p.m. to 7p.m., at the Glencoe CityCenter Ballroom. The Ameri-can Red Cross has set ourgoal for this drive at 131units.

There is no fancy way tosay it. I received a directemail from the St. Paul RedCross division with the mes-sage: “Emergency request forblood donors! The Red Crosshas a significant blood short-age and is issuing an emer-gency request for eligibleblood and platelet donors.Every donation matters, asblood is being distributed tohospitals faster than dona-tions are coming in. As a val-ued American Red Crosspartner and donor, your sup-port is needed more thanever.”

The Red Cross notice con-tinues: “Eligible donors with

types O, B negative or A neg-ative blood are especiallyneeded (and encouraged togive double red cells, if avail-able). Type O negativedonors are an important partof the Red Cross traumateam, because it is the univer-sal blood type and can betransfused to patients of anyblood type. Eligible donorswith type AB blood are espe-cially needed to donateplatelets or plasma, whereavailable, or whole blood.”

If you are called by one ofour volunteer callers, pleaseconsider making an appoint-ment. If you have been calledby one of our callers andmade an appointment (or al-ready have a July appoint-ment made at the April blooddrive), please keep the ap-pointment. If you have notbeen contacted and wish toschedule an appointment,please call our SchedulingCoordinator Nelda Klauster-meier at 320-864-3475 tofind an open time slot. We are

in short supply of eligibledouble red donors for thisJuly drive (those who cangive a “double dose”), so ifyou are able to give a doublered, please call Nelda andmake an appointment.

Each unit that we collectcan help up to three patientswho need this gift of life.Your donation can give hopeto hospital patients in yourcommunity, including acci-dent victims, heart surgerypatients and those receivingtreatment for cancer or sicklecell disease. Summer is aslow time for donations, andblood drives typically comeup far short of their goals.The need this summer is ur-gent — please consider do-nating. Thank you.

P.S. reminder: Appoint-ments always have priorityover walk-ins.

Charleen Engelmann,Coordinator

Glencoe CommunityBlood Drive

Blood need urgent at this time of the year

To the Editor:It’s hard to believe that we

are in the middle of July andschool will be starting upnext month. With that said,we still have lots of the sum-mer left and many days be-fore we get back into the rou-tine of school.

As a reminder, our first dayof school is Aug. 29. Our an-nual open house in all of ourschools will be Aug. 24 from3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Presently, we are workinghard on preparing for the nextschool year and getting thingsready for our first day. It willbe an exciting year with all ofthe changes that are takingplace. One area that is ex-panding for this upcomingyear is our emphasis onSTEM (Science, Technology,Engineering, and Math).Starting this fall, Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL) will be afully accredited PLTW (Pro-ject Lead the Way) K-12school. This program willgive students more STEMlearning opportunities and it

also integrates nicely into ourother subject areas. Researchshows that these skills areneeded for our students’ fu-tures and the GSL Schoolswill be a leader in this field.For more information onPLTW go to PLTW.org.

Things are also changing inthe physical appearance ofthe school. Things are mov-ing along with the buildingproject and you should startto see the building come intoshape a little bit next month.The ground work continues,along with all of the plansand coordination that occurbehind the scenes. It’s amaz-ing how much work goes intothe project before you actual-ly get to see the work hap-pening. Our widow projectfor Lakeside and the HighSchool will be starting soonand will be finished beforethe start of school.

I want to thank all of ourstakeholders once again foryour support of these projectsand also thank you for yourpatience. We have had some

inconveniences so far —most notably to our fieldhouse — and expect thatthere will be more as we gothrough the school year. Witha building project of thismagnitude, it’s hard to nothave some. We will continueto work hard to make theseinconveniences as limited aspossible.

I also want to continue toremind people to use cautionwhen around the school. Westill have lots of trucks goingin and out on a daily basis.This not only increases trafficaround school, but alsoaround town as the trucks arecoming and going. As al-ways, safety first and takingextra time is advised.

Once again, thank you foryour patience and support.Continue to enjoy your sum-mer and we will continue towork hard in preparing foranother great school year atGSL. Take care.

Christopher D. SonjuSuperintendentof GSL Schools

GSL Schools toward start of the new year

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Girl born to ZimmermansNathan and Marie Zimmerman of Plato announce the

arrival of a daughter, Madeline Marie Zimmerman, bornMonday, June 27, 2016, at Glencoe Regional HealthServices. Madeline weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces, and was20 inches in length. She joins a brother, Brock. Grand-parents are Neal and Sue DeMars of Winsted and Deanand Janel Zimmerman of Brownton.

Daughter born to OrtloffsMitchell and Amanda Ortloff of Glencoe announce the

birth of a daughter, Mackenzie Claire Ortloff, bornWednesday, June 29, 2016, at Glencoe Regional HealthServices. Mackenzie joins a brother, Mason. Grandpar-ents are Duane and Lori Schade of Gaylord, Randy andSheila Mielke of Glencoe and Dave and Joni Ortloff ofDassel. Great-grandparents are Don and Donna Schade,Dale and Sharel Hoops, Al and Sharon Mielke and Deland Karen Ortloff.

Daughter for Neumann familyJoseph and Amy Neumann of Glencoe announce the

arrival of a daughter, Alaina Kaelynn Neumann, bornThursday, June 30, 2016, at Glencoe Regional HealthServices. Alaina weighed 5 pounds, 9 ounces, and was181⁄2 inches in length. She joins siblings Dominic andDamian. Grandparents are Curtis and Cheryl Lueck ofSilver Lake and Ted and Wanda Neumann of Glencoe.

Schuettes announce birthMike and Jenny Schuette of Vero Beach, Florida, an-

nounce the birth of a daughter, Harper Jade, born Satur-day, July 2, 2016, at the Indian River Medical Center.Harper weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce, and was 201⁄2 inchesin length. Grandparents are Brian and Elaine Schuette ofGlencoe, Gerald and Sue Vasek of Silver Lake andDonna and Mike Engelen of Silver Lake. David and Dar-lene Ondracek of Hutchinson are great-grandparents.

Rose named to honors listJulie Rose of Glencoe was named to the South Central

College, Faribault and North Mankato, spring semesterpresident’s list. To be named to the list, a student mustachieve a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0scale.

Locals on Normandale listYuliya Tkachenko of Glencoe and Mariah Dalos of

Plato have been named to the Normandale CommunityCollege spring semester dean’s list. Students mustachieve a grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0scale to be named to the list.

Stewart woman graduatesKimberly Ann Bird of Stewart graduated with an Asso-

ciate of Arts in Liberal Education from NormandaleCommunity College on May 16. She graduated with highhonors.

Locals named to U of M listArea students named to the University of Minnesota

Twin Cities spring semester dean’s list include StephanyBeaulieu, Plato, a sophomore enrolled in the college ofliberal arts; Zachery Jones, Silver Lake, a junior enrolledin the Carlson School of Management; Mathew Mick-olichek, Silver Lake, a junior enrolled in the college ofscience and engineering; and Lauren Schulze, Stewart, asophomore enrolled in the college of liberal arts.

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Glencoe High School Class of 1947 reunitesOn May 27, 1947, 69 seniors completed the academiccourse of study prescribed by the Board of Trusteesof Stevens Seminary and the Board of Education ofthe Glencoe High School. Recently, 13 members ofthe class, plus two guest spouses, gathered togetherat Unhinged! Pizza for their 69-year reunion. There are31 classmates known to have passed away. Those inattendance came from St. Cloud, Minneapolis, Chas-ka, Hutchinson, Norwood Young America and Glen-coe. Classmates enjoyed reminiscing and made plans

to celebrate their 70th at the same time and place in2017. Picture above in the front row, from left, areWilliam Harjes, Lorraine (Gaulke) Rudloff, Muriel(Oelfke) Panning and Dorthy (Aul) Granke; and back,Donald Exsted, Elaine (Stuedemann) Reynolds, La-June (Huser) Dibb, Etheline (Ahlbrecht) Classen, Glo-ria (Kroeger) Ruzicka, Carlene (Mayer) Tester, Elaine(Bandemer) Griesmann, Dolores (Klobe) Donnay andRamona (Huepenbecker) Pieper.

Jeff and Lori Ballard ofLitchfield wish to announcethe engagement and forth-coming wedding of their son,Kyle Ballard, to Sierra John-son, daughter of Mike andCarolyn Oswald Johnson ofBlack River Falls, Wisconsin.

Kyle Ballard is a 2010graduate of Litchfield HighSchool, a 2014 graduate ofthe Unversity of Wisconsin –River Falls, and is currentlyin the doctorate of physicaltherapy program at the Uni-versity of Minnesota.

Sierra Johnson is a 2010graduate of Black River FallsHigh School, a 2013 graduateof the University of Wiscon-sin – River Falls, and a 2014graduate of St. Thomas. She

is a certified public account-ant at Grant Thornton in Min-neapolis.

The couple is planning aJuly 15 wedding. They residein St. Louis Park.

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21 Brownton seniors meetTwenty-one Brownton sen-

ior citizens met Monday af-ternoon at the BrowntonCommunity Center.

Winning at cards wereGladys Rickert, first, and Ber-netta Alsleben, second, 500;Delores Rennecke, first, andOrdella Schmidt, second,

pinochle; and Lowell Brelje,first, and Pearl Streu, second,sheephead.

Norma Albrecht won thedoor prize, and also servedrefreshments.

The next meeting will beMonday, July 18, at 1 p.m.All area seniors are welcome.

Pola-Czesky Days fireworks will go ondespite unanticipated increase in costBy Karin RamigePublisher

It’s hard to believe that Sil-ver Lake’s annual Pola-Czesky Days celebration isless than a month away.

The fireworks show is al-ways a big highlight of theevent, but came close to nothappening.

First Community Bank andthe city of Silver Lake havealways sponsored the Satur-day night fireworks.

The City Council had bud-geted and approved spending$1,500 towards the show atits May meeting. The bankhas pledged $1,000, for atotal of $2,500. Each con-tributed $1,500 last year.

City Clerk Kerry Venier in-formed the Council at its July5 meeting that the vendorwould not do a show for lessthan $5,000.

The Council decided sincethe fireworks show has beenadvertised as part of the 2016event, the city must do what ithas to raise the $5,000.

Mayor Bruce Bebo, Venierand the Council have beenreaching out to a number oforganizations for additional

donations.One option would be to use

some of the funds that weregiven to the city from the dis-banded Business Association.

The Council approvedusing up to $1,000 from theBusiness Association fundsand spending $5,000 (with allof the donations) for the fire-works show.

In other business, theCouncil:

• Heard that the city hasserved notice for repairs for121 and 125 Main St., wherethe building roof and com-mon wall have collapsed.

McLeod County owns 121Main St. W, which is a taxforfeiture. Terry Bakke ofHutchinson owns 125 MainSt. W.

The owners have 30 days torespond to the notice beforefurther legal action is taken.The 30 days will be beforethe next Council meeting onJuly 18.

• Approved a five-year ex-tension of the sanitary serviceagreement with Waste Man-agement with a 2 percent in-crease in years two and four.

The agreement includes

garbage collection at the city-owned facilities and parks,Pola-Czesky days and falland spring clean up at nocharge to the city.

Waste Management hadproposed a five-year exten-sion with 2.5 percent increas-es in years two and four.

The Council had asked Ve-nier to ask for a 5-year exten-sion with a 2 percent increasein the same years.

• Approved paying RockHard Concrete 30 percent ofthe cost of the sidewalk re-placement project.

The request for 30 percentdown was included in the bid,but not something that thecity has had to do in the past.

The Council heard that notmuch progress has been to theproject with concern that itwill not be completed by thepromised completion date ofJuly 15. There was no penaltyin writing for not completingby that date.

Bebo suggested that signedagreements for all projectswould be a good idea.

The total cost of the projectis estimated at $9,900.

• Appointed election judges

for the Aug. 9 primary elec-tion and the Nov. 8 generalelection.

Judges are Venier, KristyMesenbrink, Joann Ardolf,Laurel Peterson, Mary Butler,Gary Jerabek and DonaldBenz.

This year, the city will alsohave three student judges.They are Faith Rakow, Madi-son Posusta and MarisaLuchsinger.

• Approved the purchase ofa 2017 Ford Explorer squadcar for the police departmentfor a total price of $44,480.

The cost of the specialorder squad is $37,361 fromNelson Auto Center of FergusFalls.

The vehicle will comeequipped with many of theextras the police departmentwill need, but an extra ap-proximately $7,000 will bespent for the transfer of someof the equipment from thecurrent squad car and someother things needed.

The Explorer will be or-dered now for delivery afterJan. 1, 2017.

Silver Lake City CouncilRegular Meeting

Monday, July 18, 2016, 6:30 p.m.Agenda

Call to order.Approve Agenda.Consent Agenda:• Approve minutes of the June 20, 2016, regular meeting.• Approve minutes of July 5, 2016, quarterly meeting.• Approve payroll 14, second-quarter and June ambu-lance.• Claims to be paid.Old Business:• Review compensation plan.• Cleveland Avenue sanitary main replacement project.• Proposal to extend sanitary service agreement withWaste Management.• Discuss order for repair correspondence for Main Streetbuildings.• Sidewalk project update.• Storm sewer study update.• Storm water utility ordinance update.New Business:Department Reports:• Public Works• Community Development• Administration• Municipal Liquor Store• Public Safety

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Yuccas by the dozenKathy Villnow of Glencoe has 12 yucca plants grow-ing in her garden. She said they took two to threeyears to bloom but will bloom every year now.

By Lori CoplerEditor

The Brownton City Councilaccepted the resignation of apart-time police officer andhired another part timer at itsJuly 5 meeting.

Part-time officer BrandonTraxler has resigned, and theCity Council voted to hireKenny Peterson as a newpart-time officer.

Peterson will complementthe police department’s part-time police chief, Ken Bauer,and full-time officer, LoganAnderson.

In other police business,Bauer reported that securitycameras have been purchasedfor the Brownton CommunityCenter. The City Councilhopes that installation of thecameras will help deter someof the damage and vandalsimthat have been occurring dur-ing events at the center.

Also discussed was a con-tinuing blight issue on FirstAvenue S. The city has beenprosecuting the resident forblight, and Bauer said thatnew photos of the blight issuehave been sent to the judgeand city attorney. The city isstill waiting to hear about itsoptions, Bauer said.

The City Council alsobriefly discussed limiting orbanning parking on some ofthe city’s narrow streets, butno decision was made.

In other business, the CityCouncil:

• Set a fee of $150 per vari-ance request to cover thecosts of meeting notices,meetings, inspections andother items. The Council alsois hoping that a fee per vari-ance will help deter peoplefrom requesting multiple vari-ances for a project.

• Reviewed its fence ordi-nance and made somechanges. In particular, the citywill now allow solid fences inthe back and side yards, butfront yard fences still will

have to meet limitations re-garding height and openspace.

• Tabled a discussion onpurchasing trash pumps forthe maintenance department.Supervisor Chad Draeger wasnot at the meeting because hewas cleaning catch basinsafter the heavy downpour ofthe evening.

• Waived the liquor ordi-nance prohibiting consump-tion on public property for theBARK day activities Aug. 13

and the street dance down-town that evening.

• Appointed election judgesfor the primary and generalelections. Judges are EllaKruse, Cindy Lindeman,Diana Klabunde, Olive Evan-son, Leone Kujas, LornaKaufmann, Delores Ren-necke, Audrey Tongen andJeannie VonBerge. The CityCouncil also raised wages forthe judges to $9 per hourfrom $8, and will pay thehead judge $10 per hour.

Chronicle photos by Lori Copler

Faith Presbyterian celebrates 140 yearsFaith Presbyterian Church in SilverLake celebrated its 140th anniversarySunday morning. Above, several peo-ple took advantage of fellowship timeto view memorabilia and old photo-graphs from the church’s history.Below, the church’s bell choir opened acelebration program with severalsongs. Bell ringers are, from left, Laura

Pieper, Barb Wawrzyniak, MichaelaSylvester, Bonnie Sustacek, DebJensen, Jacki Rossi, Brittany Jensenand Ivy Nunvar. The program also in-cluded a history of the church, reportsfrom various committees, a representa-tive from the Presbytery, and somegood old Czech music.

By Lori CoplerEditor

A couple of snags at thestate level have put the city ofStewart’s $3.7 million utilityand street improvement proj-ect on hold, probably untilnext year.

The Stewart City Councildiscussed options for pro-ceeding Monday night afterlearning that it would not re-ceive grant funding becausethe state Legislature did notpass a bonding bill, nor will itreceive Public Facilities Au-thority (PFA) funding for thesewer (wastewater) portion ofthe project because the Min-nesota Pollution ControlAgency (MPCA) did not giveits approval before the re-quired June 30 deadline.

However, the PFA did ap-prove funding for the waterportion of the project, be-cause the Minnesota Depart-ment of Health did meet theJune 30 deadline for its ap-proval.

City Clerk Ronda Huls saidthat even if the city does notdo the project this year, it isstill on the PFA’s priority list.

“We can go for fundingagain next year,” said Huls.

Andy Kehren of Bolton &Menk, the city’s engineeringconsultant, said the bids re-ceived for the project expiredTuesday.

Kehren said the city could

approach the successful bid-der and see if the firm willhonor the bid when fundingbecomes available. Other-wise, the city may need to re-bid the project again nextyear.

Asked if the city wouldneed to go through the assess-ment hearing process again,Kehren said he didn’t thinkso if the assessments were atthe same level as currentlyproposed, or if they werelower. However, if the citywere to propose higher as-sessments, it would need tohold the hearings again.

In other construction news,McLeod County Commis-sioner Paul Wright commend-ed the city for landing a$500,000 grant to help it con-struct a bypass road fromCounty Road 7 to Form-A-Feed, located in the northwestpart of the city.

The City Council askedWright to look into whetherthe county would considerconstructing a turn lane offCounty Road 7 onto the newbypass road, and if lightingcould be installed at the newintersection.

Mayor Jason Peirce also re-ported that the city had suc-cessfully negotiated the pur-chase of most of the land forthe project, but some willneed to be purchased laterafter title issues are cleared

up.Later in the meeting, the

City Council approved de-positing $100,485 as earnestmoney toward the land pur-chase for the purchase of 32.2acres to be used for the by-pass road. The property willbe purchased in two phases.

In other business, the CityCouncil:

• Approved a $250 dona-tion to the McLeod CountyHistorical Society for use fora records preservation proj-ect.

• Approved a final pay re-quest for the 2013-14 streetimprovement project but, atthe suggestion of CouncilMember Curt Glaeser, with-held $4,000. Glaeser suggest-ed reimbursing eight home-owners along the project$500 each so that they couldseed grass on ground dis-turbed by the project. Glaesersaid that attempts by the con-tractor to reestablish the grasshad failed.

• Approved a special liquorlicense and the leasing of thecity softball field to CactusJack’s II for a tournamentAug. 27 and 28.

• Approved the reservationof the city park and associat-ed equipment for the NationalNight Out celebration onAug. 2.

City of Stewart’s improvementproject on hold after state snags

Brownton loses one part-time officer,hires a replacement at council meeting

After a very humid and rainy start to the week, thingsshould calm and cool down as we head toward the sec-ond half of the week.

Canadian air has been allowed to filter in behind anearly week system that brought flooding rains, severehail and wind and plenty of humidity (at one point Mon-day I saw a dew point in Glencoe of 77 degrees!). Highsto end the week should stay in the 70s to around 80 witha slight ramp up Sunday. Humidity levels will comedown as well, so it should feel much better than it didMonday.

Our next weather maker is a weak one, bringing onlyscattered showers Friday night into Saturday. A strongersystem will push through late Saturday into early Sunday,so that would be our next best chance of rain and thun-der.

It’s looking like we might stay in the 80s into earlynext week as more normal July air finally builds in (aver-age high should be around 83 degrees).

Have a great week, everyone; I can’t believe it’s al-ready the middle of July!

Ma dobry weekendem Mit dobry vikend

Wednesday night — Lows 58-64; partly cloudy.Thursday — Highs 72-78, lows 54-60; partly cloudy.Friday — Highs 73-79, lows 57-63; mostly clear, pos-

sible night shower?.Saturday — Highs 75-81, lows 61-67; partly cloudy,

late thunder.Sunday — Highs 78-84; partly cloudy, scattered thun-

der.

Weather Quiz: How high does the dew point get inMinnesota?

Answer to last week’s question (What is a bow echo?:A bow echo (or derecho) is a line of storms that formsover very unstable air and lasts an extended amount oftime (much more than normal thunderstorms). They typi-cally form along the boundary of cool air north and veryhot/sticky air south. They’ll travel right along the bound-ary as long as there is a supply of energy. The main onethat comes to mind for Minnesotans is the Boundary Wa-ters blow-down that occurred in 1999. Some areas sawwinds up to 100 mph and the storm made it all the way tothe Atlantic ocean! The normal shape of this storm re-sembles a bow, hence the name.

Remember: I make the forecast, not the weather!

Weather CornerBy Jake Yurek

The Silver Lake Music inthe Park series drew over 174people to the Silver Lake Au-ditorium on Thursday, July 7.Because of the rain, the eventwas held indoors rather thanin the park.

Lowell Schubert andNancy Buckentine will pro-vide music Thursday, July 14,at 7 p.m., with the SilverLake Women’s Club provid-ing lunch consisting of barbe-cues, chips, pickle, dessertand beverage.

The following week,Thursday, July 21, Cindy’sConcertina Band will providemusic and the Silver LakeAmerican Legion Auxiliary

Unit 141 will provide a lunchof hot turkey sandwiches,chips, pickle, dessert andbeverage.

There are prizes awardedthroughout the evening.

Please bring your ownlawn chair and join the festiv-ities in the park on MainStreet. In the event of in-clement weather, activitieswill be moved to the SilverLake Auditorium on MainStreet and it will be an-nounced on KARP radio after5 p.m.

The Music in the Park se-ries is a prelude to the Pola-Czesky Days celebrationAug. 5-7.

Rain doesn’t dampenMusic in the Park event

McLeod ForTomorrow setsGlow Run date

The McLeod For Tomor-row Leadership Program hasset its second annual GlowRun 5K for Saturday, Sept.10.

Event organizers are look-ing for sponsorships from or-ganizations and businessesfor the run. The suggested do-nation is $300; however, anyamount will be gratefully ac-cepted. A July 18 deadlinehas been set for sponsors whowish to be listed on theevent’s posters, McLeod ForTomorrow website, Facebookpage and the 2016 run T-shirts.

Additionally, as another do-nation opportunity, McLeodFor Tomorrow is seeking do-nations of small “swag bag”items such as coupons, pensand pencils, mini-flashlights,lip balm, etc., which havebusiness advertising on them.The organization is planningto fill 300 bags.

Those interested in spon-soring the run or donatingitems are encouraged to visitwww.mcleodfortomorrow.com, or its Facebook page athttps://www.facebook.com/MFT5K.

The Glow Run event is de-signed to be family friendly,geared for running or walk-ing, and hopes to encouragepeople to be outdoors and ac-tive. Participants are invitedto dress in their best glow ap-parel, and costume prizes willbe awarded after the run,which will be held Sept. 10 at8 p.m. in Hutchinson.

McLeod For Tomorroworiginated in 2008, with agoal of professional develop-ment, communication, educa-tion and networking. Studentsof each year ’s graduatingclass then continue to be ac-tive in McLeod For Tomor-row by volunteering to helphost family and community-inclusive events, includingthe Glow Run.

The Glencoe VFW Post5102 recently made the fol-lowing donations:

• Glencoe Fire Depart-ment, $100;

• Swing for a Cure, $200;• BMX team, $200;• Flags for the city of

Glencoe, $800;• VFW softball team,

$500;• VFW youth baseball,

$2,000;• Glencoe-Silver Lake

High School Band, $200; and• Two scholarships of $500

each.

VFW Post 5102donates $4,500to area causes

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Iven August Alsleben, 83,of Silver Lake, died Saturday,July 2, 2016, at his home.

F u n e r a ls e r v i c e swere heldFriday, July8, at PeaceL u t h e r a nChurch inHutchinsonwith theRev. Ger-hard Bodeofficiating.Dr. Joan DeVee Dixon wasthe pianist. Congregationalhymns were “AmazingGrace,” “What a Friend WeHave in Jesus” and “In theGarden.”

Casket bearers were MasonNemitz, Mitchell Melberg,Benjamin Bethke, WilliamSandman, Josiah Schmidt andRon Schmidt. Honorary bear-ers were his grandchildrenand great-grandchildren. Mil-itary honors were by theHutchinson Memorial RifleSquad. Interment was in thechurch cemetery.

Iven August Alsleben wasborn March 2, 1933, at hisfamily’s farm near Green Isle,the son of Charles and Ella(Winter) Alsleben. He wasbaptized as an infant on April7, 1933, at Zion LutheranChurch in Arlington. At theage of 5, he moved to thefarm five miles south ofHutchinson. He was con-firmed in his faith as a youthon March 30, 1947, at PeaceLutheran Church in Hutchin-son. He received his educa-tion at country School Dis-trict 73 in rural Hutchinson.

He entered active militaryservice in the U.S. Army onMay 1, 1953, in Minneapolis,and served his country duringthe Korean War. On Oct. 16,1953, he enrolled in para-chute school and became aqualified parachutist. He re-ceived an honorable dis-charge on April 25, 1955, atTransfer Station Fort Lewis,Washington. He achieved therank of corporal (CPL T). Hewas honored with the Para-chutist’s Badge, National De-fense Service Medal, UnitedNations Service Medal andKorean Service Medal.

On July 27, 1960, Mr. Al-sleben was united in marriageto Dorothy Schmidt (Ulrich)in Mason City, Iowa. Theirmarriage was blessed withtwo stepchildren, Teresa andWarren. The family resided inrural Silver Lake, and thecouple shared almost 56years of marriage.

Before entering the service,Mr. Alsleben was employedat Torrey’s Direct ServiceStation (later became Hoel’sDirect Service Station) inHutchinson at the age of 15years. He then worked atBBB Manufacturing in Plato,Green Giant in Glencoe,Kraft Foods in Hutchinsonand Minneapolis Moline inHopkins. After returninghome from the service, hewent back to work for Min-neapolis Moline until hestarted working for 3M inHutchinson on May 22, 1956,and where he remained fornearly 35 years. He retired onJune 1, 1990. He was a mem-ber of Peace Lutheran Church

in Hutchinson.Mr. Alsleben enjoyed

spending time with his wifeDorothy. They worked to-gether on the farm by SilverLake and at 3M. He also en-joyed hunting, traveling andfishing with Dorothy. Hecherished spending time to-gether at their lake home byDetroit Lakes. He especiallyenjoyed spending time withhis family, grandchildren,great-grandchildren andmany friends.

He is survived by his wife,Dorothy Alsleben of SilverLake; daughter, Teresa (Gary)Olson of Cornville, Arizona;grandchildren, Jessica Henkeand her fiancé, Corey Car-penter, and Justin Olson;great-grandchildren, MasonNemitz, Kaylee Hable, JadaHenke, Donovan Olson andAnthony Olson; sister andbrother-in-law, Shirley andMelvin Burmeister ofHutchinson; sisters-in-law,Mary Alsleben, Elsie Al-sleben and Beverly Alsleben,all of Hutchinson; many otherfamily members, nieces,nephews, cousins and friends.

He was preceded in deathby his parents, Charles andElla Alsleben; son, WarrenUlrich; grandson, TravisOlson; brothers, Melvin Al-sleben, Roy Alsleben andEarl Alsleben; sister, RosellaHanson; and brothers-in-law,Vernon Hanson and WilliamSandman.

Arrangements were withthe Dobratz-Hantge Chapel inHutchinson. Online obituariesand guest book are availableat www.hantge.com.

Iven A. Alsleben, 83, of Silver Lake

Iven Alsleben

Margaret Mary Maiers ofStewart died Wednesday, July6, 2016, at St. Mary’s CareCenter in Winsted, havinglived and loved for 95 won-derful years.

A M a s sof ChristianBurial washeld Mon-day, July11, at St.B o n i f a c eC a t h o l i cChurch inS t e w a r t ,with theRev. GeraldS. Meidl officiating. Musicwas provided by Bev Wan-gerin as the organist, BobbiLudewig as the song leader,and Mrs. Maiers’ grand-daughter, Kimberly Maiers,singing “Watch Over Me.”

Casket bearers were An-gela Solemsaas, StephanieConroy-Maxson, Paul Con-roy, Jonathan Maiers, Jen-nifer Alberts and Ginger Zie-man. Honorary casket bearerswere Kevin Funk, JeffreyFunk, Kimberly Maiers,Nathan Maiers, MatthewMaiers, Kelly Krueger,Melinda Hortsch, MariaWessman-Conroy, BrianConroy, Daniel Kottke andBrandon Kottke. Intermentwas in the church cemetery.

Margaret Mary Maiers wasborn Feb. 10, 1921, in thecity of Stewart, CollinsTownship, McLeod County,

the daughter of Peter andNora (Lambert) Forcier. Shewas baptized Feb. 20, 1921,at St. Boniface CatholicChurch in Stewart, and wasconfirmed there on Nov. 4,1936. She grew up in Stew-art, and later moved with herfamily to Preston Lake Town-ship in Renville County. Shereceived her education at St.Boniface Catholic School,and graduated with the classof 1939 from Stewart HighSchool.

On Feb. 27, 1946, she wasunited in marriage to PaulMaiers at St. BonifaceCatholic Church in Stewart.They made their home inRound Grove Township,where they raised their fami-ly. The couple managed abusy life of farming and adairy operation, and Mrs.Maiers loved her roles as ahomemaker and a mother.They shared 62 years of mar-riage before Mr. Maiers diedon June 22, 2008. Mrs.Maiers continued living inde-pendently on their farm untilApril of this year, when shemoved into St. Mary’s CareCenter in Winsted.

Mrs. Maiers was an activemember of St. BonifaceCatholic Church in Stewartthroughout her life, and wasinvolved with the ChristianMothers organization. Shealso was a member of theAmerican Legion Auxiliaryin Stewart for 21 years.

She and her husband en-joyed traveling in their lateryears, visiting various states,with an especially fun trip toHawaii. She enjoyed embroi-dery, gardening and alsoloved watching her birds. Shewas a great cook and baker,and was known for her applepie and cinnamon rolls. Untilthis past year, she loved mak-ing rhubarb jam. Mrs. Maierswas well known for her Oleand Lena jokes, which wereespecially entertaining for hergrandchildren. Her numberone love and favorite pastimewas spending time with herfamily. She will be dearlymissed by her family.

She is survived by her chil-dren and their spouses, Maryand Bernard Funk of Cokato,Thomas and LaMae Maiersof Stewart, Peter and BrendaMaiers of Hutchinson,Paulette and Steve Conroy ofMonticello and Nancy andDwight Kottke of Stewart; 18grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; nieces,nephews, other relatives andfriends.

She was preceded in deathby her parents; husband,Paul; infant son, Kevin John;sister, Rosella Schuelke; andbrothers, Francis Forcier andPhillip Forcier.

Arrangements were withthe Hughes-Hantge FuneralChapel in Stewart.

Margaret Mary Maiers, 95, of Stewart

MargaretMaiers

Chronicle photos by Lori Copler

Silver Lake music in theauditoriumRainy weather drove Sil-ver Lake’s music in-doors last week. Musicwas provided by AliceNowak and the Ol’ Boys,above. At left, junior am-bassadors Ella Nowakand Avril Kosek, andhelper Chelsea Bandas,help Sharon Bandas dis-tribute prizes. ThisThursday’s event willfeature Lowell Schubertand Nancy Buckentine.

McLeod Emergency FoodShelf (MEFS) and Open YourHeart to the Hungry andHomeless announce the sev-enth annual Food Shelf Chal-lenge Grant – Summer CashCampaign.

Open Your Heart to theHungry and Homeless willproportionally match dona-tions to MEFS during themonth of July, up to $5,000.The more funds MEFS raisesin July, the larger the match-ing grant from Open YourHeart to the Hungry andHomeless will be. In 2015,Minnesota food shelvesraised over $1.57 millionwith this grant and hope toraise even more this year.

Minnesota summers weremade for trips to the cabin,boat rides on the lake, andfarmers market outings, notfood shelf visits. But that isthe reality for thousands ofMinnesotans. Children arehome from school and thefamily budget is tight.McLeod Emergency FoodShelf helps provide nutritiousmeals and fruits and vegeta-bles to these families andneeds your help this summer.Donations given in July willbe proportionally matched byOpen Your Heart to the Hun-gry and Homeless to help endhunger throughout McLeodCounty.

Funds raised during Julyprovide a necessary boost at atime when usage increases(up to 40 percent increase inthe month of July comparedto the rest of the year) anddonations are traditionallylow. Over the last four years,MEFS summer campaign do-nations averaged $16,400.July 2015 totaled just over$9,100 and generated an ad-ditional $871 in grant funds.

Thinking of attaching a canto your cash?

Just about any food, toi-

letry or laundry care item isaccepted. Drop donations onMondays, Tuesdays, Wednes-days and Fridays, 8 a.m. to 1p.m., and Thursdays, 3 p.m.to 8 p.m., at either distribu-tion site: Glencoe, 808 E 12thSt., 320-864-2088; orHutchinson, 498 Highway 7E, 320-587-4796.

Since 1986, Open YourHeart to the Hungry andHomeless has targeted mil-lions of dollars to strategical-ly fight hunger in Minnesota.Open Your Heart funds thepurchase and transfer of morethan 1 million pounds offresh produce, meat and dairyproducts to Minnesota foodshelves every year.

Food shelves in Minnesotahelp individuals, families,and seniors get the nutritiousfood they need but cannot af-ford to purchase on theirown.

Summer is especiallystressful for both familieswith children and the foodshelves that serve them. In2015, there were 319,626summer food shelf visits bychildren — a 2.1 percent in-crease over 2014. When kidsare home for the summer,they are missing out onschool meals and foodshelves help fill that gap.

MEFS distributed nearly150,000 pounds June throughAugust 2015, which allowedat least 113,000 meals to beprepared. MEFS’s grocerydistribution, along with areasummer feeding programs,Market Bucks and communi-ty meals, ensure that individ-uals of every age have accessto quality food options allaround McLeod County.

MEFS is a nonprofit501c(3) agency which seeksto provide meal security to allresidents of McLeod Countythrough partnerships whichmaximize sharing of food, re-

sources and systems support.MEFS promotes quality stan-dards in all areas of its distri-bution process, from foodrescue collection to financialtransparency and good gover-nance of the organization.MEFS has obtained the“Smart Givers Seal of Ap-proval” by the Charities Re-view Council and is listed asa Blue Ribbon Food Shelf byHunger Solutions. Continuedefforts to educate and advo-cate for the eradication ofhunger are at the forefront ofthe board of directors’ agendaas well.

Open Your Heart to theHungry and Homeless has 30years of experience as theonly grant provider in Min-nesota focused solely on alle-viating hunger and homeless-ness. Open Your Heart helpsfood and shelter providers ofall sizes get the resourcesthey need to serve more peo-ple, including mattresses,freezers, fresh produce androof repairs. It also supportshomeless students by provid-ing school supplies, activityfees, gym shoes, tutoring ma-terials and other essentialsthat help them engage fully inschool. For more informa-tion, visithttp://www.oyh.org/.

Hunger Solutions Minneso-ta works to end hunger in ourstate. It takes action to assurefood security for all Min-nesotans by supporting pro-grams and agencies that pro-vide food to those in need,advancing sound public poli-cy, and guiding grassroots ad-vocacy. Hunger Solutionsconnects food shelves withfunding and technical assis-tance to support the 9,000daily food shelf visits. Formore information visithungersolutions.org or follow@hungersolutions on Twitter.

Food shelf, Open Your Heartannounce summer campaign

Deaths

James W.Reed, Glencoe

James W. Reed, Glencoe,died March 30, 2016.

An interment service willbe held Sunday, July 17, at 1p.m., in the Glencoe CityCemetery.

Following the interment, acelebration of life will be heldat Dubbs Grill & Bar in Glen-coe. A light lunch will beserved. Please RSVP tojdreed1961@aol.com or callDana at 352-989-7966.

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Pastor’s CornerPastor Robert NowakGood Shepherd Lutheran Church, Glencoe

Fear and Worry

Fear and worry, these two seem to go hand in hand. What is on your mind today? What keeps you awake atnight? What do you find yourself thinking about as you drive along Highway 212? What occupies yourmind to such an extent that you can’t eat?

Each of us has our own list of worries and fear – the crop will be ruined, the medical tests will come back posi-tive, my job will be phased out or the company will close this location, the car won’t make it ‘til winter, the childrenare going to get hurt or sick! Of course worry doesn’t change or eliminate the problem. It remains. What shall I do?The Psalmist gives an answer, “...call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you and you will honor me”(Psalm 50:15).

The question is “Have You?” Have you called upon Him? My guess is you have. But what then? Have you let go,have you taken Him at His word, that He will deliver you? Do you believe and trust that He will? Trust seems to bethe hardest part doesn’t it, but trust is so important. Trust is saying, “It’s yours, Lord. I can’t handle this on my own.Worry hasn’t changed anything, but You can, and often in ways I cannot even imagine.”

I currently have power of attorney for my 95-year-old aunt in California. She is in hospice care in a nursing home.I think of her every day and often get calls from the nursing home asking for permission to administer this or thatdrug. I sometimes worry that I have made the right decision. I wonder what I can do to make her last days here onearth more comfortable. I worry, what if her money runs out before she is called home? What then? In the end allmy worrying has accomplished nothing. I have taken a major step in all of this, I have put it all in God’s hands, ask-ing Him what to do what is best for her, and to bless all the decisions I have made on her behalf. It is a wonderfulthing that has happened. I have stopped worrying. I am trusting God to take care of her, and it is all because of Hispromise, “...call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you and you will honor me.” This gracious promise ismeant for you too. It is a way to end worry, as well as fear.

ChurchesBEREAN BAPTIST

727 E. 16th St., GlencoeJonathan Pixler, pastor

320-864-6113Wed., July 13 — Women’s Bible

study, 9 a.m.Fri., July 15 — Men’s Bible study,

9 a.m.Sun., July 17 — Adult Sunday

school, 8 a.m.; worship, 9:30 a.m.Tues., July 19 — Men’s Bible

study, 8 a.m.Wed., July 20 — Women’s Bible

study, 9 a.m.

CHRIST LUTHERAN1820 N. Knight Ave., Glencoe

Katherine Rood, pastor320-864-4549

www.christluth.comWed., July 13 — Televised wor-

ship on Channel 10, 2 p.m.Thurs., July 14 — Rachel Circle

meets for project; care giver supportgroup, 10:30 a.m.

Sun., July 17 — Worship with theRev. Dan Buendorf preaching, 9a.m.; fellowship meeting after wor-ship.

Mon., July 18 — Televised wor-ship on Channel 10, 3 p.m.

Tues., July 19 — Ladies fellow-ship at Gert & Erma’s, 10 a.m.;splash party at Gaylord pool, leave at12:30 p.m.

Wed., July 20 — Televised wor-ship on Channel 10, 2 p.m.

CHURCH OF PEACE520 11th St. E., Glencoe

Joseph Clay, pastorSun., July 17 — Worship at

Friedens, 10 a.m.

ST. PIUS X CHURCH1014 Knight Ave., GlencoeAnthony Stubeda, pastor

Wed., July 13— No Mass; areafaith community year of mercy pil-grimage to New Ulm.

Thursday, July 14 — Glencoe Re-gional Health Services Long TermCare Mass, 10:30 a.m.

Fri., July 15 — Morning prayer, 8a.m.; Mass, 8:20 a.m.; Mass in Span-ish, 5:30 p.m.

Sat., July 16 — Council ofCatholic Women (CCW) rummagesale drop off, 9 a.m.-noon; presenta-tion of Ariana Medina, 10 a.m.;sacrament of reconciliation, noon;Jennifer Campos Quinceañera, 2p.m.; Mass, 6 p.m.

Sun., July 17 — CCW rummagesale drop off, 9 a.m.-noon; Mass, 10a.m.; Mass in Spanish, 11:30 a.m.;Mass at Holy Family, 8 p.m.

Mon., July 18— No Mass; RegionVI CCW summer board meeting atSt. Anastasia in Hutchinson.

Tues., July 19 — CCW rummagesale drop off, 5 p.m.-8 p.m.; eveningprayer, 5:10 p.m.; Mass, 5:30 p.m.;Knights of Columbus meeting, 7p.m.

Wed., July 20— No Mass; CCWrummage sale drop off, 9 a.m.-noon;rummage sale set-up; evening prayer,5:10 p.m.; Mass, 5:30 p.m.

FIRST CONGREGATIONALCHURCH UCC

1400 Elliott Ave., GlencoeMichael Fritz, interim pastorE-mail: firstcongochurch.org

Facebook: First CongregationalChurch, Glencoe

320-864-3855Wed., July 13 — Praise group,

6:30 p.m.Sun., July 17 — Worship, 9:15

a.m.Tues., July 19 — Bible study, 10

a.m.; trustees meeting, 6 p.m. Wed., July 20 — Praise group,

6:30 p.m.

FIRST EVANGELICALLUTHERAN

925 13th St. E., GlencoeDaniel Welch, senior pastor

Ronald L. Mathison,

associate pastor320-864-5522

www.firstglencoe.orgE-mail: office@firstglencoe.orgWed., July 13 — Office staff

meeting, 9 a.m.; E.C. finance com-mittee, 6 p.m.; worship with com-munion, 7 p.m.

Thurs., July 14 — Church financecommittee, 6:30 p.m.; cemeteryboard, 7 p.m.

Sun., July 17 — Polka worshipwith communion, 8 a.m.; polka serv-ice breakfast, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.; polkaworship, 10:30 a.m.

Mon., July 18 — Newsletter dead-line.

Tues., July 19 — No morningBible study.

Wed., July 20 — Office staffmeeting, 9 a.m.; worship with com-munion, 7 p.m.

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERANLutheran Church–Missouri Synod

1407 Cedar Ave. N., Glencoewww.gslcglencoe.org

Robert Nowak, vacancy pastorTed Stroming, DCE

E-mail: office@gslcglencoe.orgWed., July 13 — Women’s Bible

study, 5:30 p.m.; worship with com-munion, 7 p.m.; campfire, councilmeeting, 7:30 p.m.

Sat., July 16 — National YouthGathering team leaves.

Sun., July 17 — Worship, 9 a.m.Tues., July 19 — Bible study, 9:30

a.m.; prayer ministry, 6:30 p.m.Wed., July 20 — Women’s Bible

study, 5:30 p.m.; worship, 7 p.m.

ST. JOHN’S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN4505 80th St., Helen Township

GlencoeDennis Reichow, pastor

Sun., July 17 — Worship, 9 a.m.

GRACE LUTHERAN8638 Plum Ave., Brownton

Andrew Hermodson-Olsen, pastorE-mail:

Pastor@GraceBrownton.orgSun., July 17 — Worship, 8:45

a.m.Mon., July 18 — Local broadcast,

6:30 p.m.

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN700 Division St., Brownton

R. Allan Reed, pastorWed., July 13 — Brownton City

Park service, 6:30 p.m.; no commun-ion; pie and ice cream social.

Sun., July 17 — Worship, 9 a.m.;quarterly voters meeting after wor-ship; Channel 7 or 8 worship video.

Wed., July 20 — Chapel worshipwith communion, 6:30 p.m.

CONGREGATIONALDivision St., Brownton

Merline Duering, pastorbrowntoncongregational.org

Wed., July 13 — Bingo, 2:30p.m.; community fellowship dinner,5 p.m.-7 p.m.

Sun., July 17 — Worship, 9 a.m.

ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN300 Croyden St., Stewart

Thurs., July 14 — Dorcas Circleat church, 7 p.m.

Sat., July 16 — Worship, 5 p.m.Sun., July 17 — Worship, 9:30

a.m.

Wed., July 20 — Quilting, 9:30a.m.-3 p.m.; council meeting, 7 p.m.;newsletter deadline.

ST. BONIFACE CATHOLICStewart

Thurs., July 14 — Mass, 9 a.m.Sun., July 17— Mass, 8:30 a.m.

ST. MATTHEW’S LUTHERANFernando

Aaron Albrecht, pastorWed., July 13 — Bible study, 4

p.m.Sun., July 17 — Adult forum, 9

a.m.; worship, 10 a.m.Wed., July 20 — Women’s group,

9 a.m.; Bible study, 4 p.m.

ST. JOHN’S CHURCH13372 Nature Ave. (rural Biscay)

Robert Taylor, pastor612-644-0628 (cell)

320-587-5104 (church)E-mail: rlt721@hotmail.com

Sun., July 17 — Worship, 9:30a.m.

ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN216 McLeod Ave. N., Plato

Tyson Mastin, pastor320-238-2550

E-mail: secretary@christ-4-u.orgSun., July 17 — Worship, 9 a.m.

ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCHOF CHRIST

308 First St. N.E., PlatoBrian Brosz, pastor

www.platocucc@gmail.comSun., July 17 — Worship, 9 a.m.;

Bible study, 10:10 a.m.

LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH10478 Bell Ave, PlatoDale Baker, pastor

320-238-2877Email: pastordale@firstlove.oneSun., July 17 — Worship, 10 a.m.

IMMANUEL EVANGELICALLUTHERANNew Auburn

Bradley Danielson, pastorE-mail: immanuellc@yahoo.com

Sun., July 17 — Worship withcommunion, 9 a.m.; fellowship, 10a.m.

Wed., July 20 — Midweek wor-ship with communion, 7 p.m.

GRACE BIBLE CHURCH300 Cleveland St., Silver Lake

Dr. Tom Rakow, pastor320-327-2352

www.silverlakechurch.orgThursday, July 14 through Friday,

July 15 — Vacation Bible school,6:30 p.m.-9:10 p.m.

Sat., July 16 — Men’s Biblestudy, 7 a.m.; women’s Bible study, 9a.m.

Sun., July 17 — “First Light”broadcast on KARP 106.9 FM, 7:30p.m.; prayer time, 9:15 a.m.; wor-ship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school time,10:35 a.m.

Mon., July 18 — Church boardmeeting, 7 p.m.

Dial-A-Bible Story, 320-327-2843.

FAITH PRESBYTERIAN108 W. Main St., Silver LakeCarol Chmielewski, pastor

320-327-2452 / Fax 320-327-6562

E-mail:faithfriends@embarqmail.comSun., July 17 — Worship with fel-

lowship after, 9 a.m.Mon., July 18 — Session meeting,

6:30 p.m.

HOLY FAMILY CATHOLICCHURCH

712 W. Main St., Silver LakeRev. Anthony J. Stubeda, pastorFr. Paul Schumacher, Associatewww.holyfamilysilverlake.org

E-mail: office@holyfamilysilverlake.orgWed., July 13 — Mass, 8 a.m.;

year of mercy pilgrimage to NewUlm.

Thurs., July 14 — Rosary at CedarCrest, 10:10 a.m.; Mass at CedarCrest, 10:30 a.m.

Fri., July 15 — Mass, 8 a.m.Sat., July 16 — Reconciliation,

noon; Mass, 4 p.m.Sun., July 17 — Mass, 8 a.m.;

Council of Catholic Women (CCW)coffee and rolls; Mass, 8 p.m.

Mon., July 18 — No Mass; Re-gion VI CCW summer board meetingat St. Anastasia in Hutchinson.

Tues., July 19 — Mass, 8 a.m.;eucharistic adoration, 8:30 a.m.-8p.m.; Knights of Columbus (KC)meeting, 7 p.m.

Wed., July 20 — Mass, 8 a.m.

FRIEDENS COUNTY LINE11325 Zebra Ave., Norwood

Joseph Clay, pastorSun., July 17 — Worship at

Friedens, 10 a.m.

PRAIRIE COMMUNITYCHURCH

700 First Ave. N., Lester PrairieAl Fiene, pastor

320-395-2320E-mail: prairielp@gmail.com

www.prairielp.orgWed., July 13 — Adult choir prac-

tice, 7:30 p.m.Sun., July 17 — Worship, 8:30

a.m.; Sunday school for all ages,9:30 a.m.

Tues., July 19 — Church council,7 p.m.

Wed., July 20 — Adult choir prac-tice, 7:30 p.m.

ST. PETERLUTHERAN CHURCH

Corner C.R. 1 and Second St. S.77 Second Ave. S., Lester Prairie

Travis Loeslie, pastorWed., July 13 — Office hours,

9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.Thurs., July 14 — Office hours,

9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.Sat., July 16 — Prayer group, 9

a.m.Sun., July 17 — Divine service, 9

a.m.; Bible study, 10:15 a.m.Mon., July 18 — Office hours,

9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.Wed., July 20 — Office hours,

9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

BETHEL LUTHERAN 77 Lincoln Ave., Lester Prairie

320-395-2125Sat., July 16 — Worldwide Mis-

sion Movement, 5:30 p.m.Sun., July 17 — Outside worship,

9 a.m.; confirmation of Victor Mertzand Cameron Bolf.

Mon., July 18 — Prairie ArtsCouncil book club, 7 p.m.

Glencoe Area Ministerial Assoc. Monthly Meeting

(The First Tuesday of each month except

June, July and August)

613 E. 10th St.Glencoe

320-864-5581

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305 11th St. E., Glencoe, MN

Phone: (320) 864-5184

Municipal Electric Plant

www.4squarebuilders.com

320-864-6183Mon.-Fri. 7-5 & Sat. 8-12

FULL SERVICE LUMBER CO.

702 10th St. E., Glencoe(320) 864-3062

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Homes

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City of Glencoe ♦ 1107 11th Street East, Suite 107 ♦ Glencoe, Minnesota 55336Phone: (320) 864-5586

On Tuesday, July 5th, the City of Glencoe experienced a veryshort period of hail in the community due to severe storms. Someareas of the Community were hit harder than others. Since theJuly 5th Hail Event, roofing and siding contractors from outsidethe area have invaded the City of Glencoe and have beengoing door-to-door asking to do roof and siding inspections.

• None of these contractors have received a solicitor’s per-mit from the City of Glencoe.

• Do not sign a contract until you have talked to your insurance agent as you may not actually have hail damage to your property.

• Wait until your insurance company’s adjuster confirmsdamage.

• There are quality contractors in the local community thatcan do the work for you if you do have hail damage.

• If you are solicited, please ask the contractor for his Citypermit.

• If the contractor cannot provide a permit, ask them toleave and contact the Glencoe Police department at 320-864-5171.

The City of Glencoe wants to protect its citizens from potentialfraud and deception.

Thank you

Mayor: Randy Wilson City Administrator: Mark D. LarsonCouncil Members: Allen Robeck – Gary Ziemer – Kevin Dietz – John Schrupp – Dan Perschau

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Plato Fire Chief Jay Wood and stateSen. Scott Newman watch as a Plato

firefighter ventilates a window at a con-trolled house burn Friday afternoon.

Training Continued from page 1

Friday’s training startedfirst with a comparison of firespread in a room that has asprinkler head, and a roomthat does not.

Both rooms were bedroomsand contained a bed, chairand other typical bedroomfurniture.

Novak installed a sprinklerhead in one bedroom, whichwas fed water from a Platofire truck. He then lit the mat-tress on the bed on fire.

Once the room temperaturereached about 140 degrees,Stotts explained, a glass tubein the sprinkler head gaveway, allowing water to flowinto the room.

Once the fire was extin-guished by the sprinkler, theonly damage was to about aquarter of the mattress, wateron the floor and some smokedamage.

“You could theoreticallythrow out the mattress, cleanup the water and begin usingthis room again tonight,” saidNovak.

Novak then lit a fire on amattress in a neighboringroom that was not sprinkled.The fire was allowed to burnabout six minutes before fire-fighters put it out with tradi-tional fire suppression.

In that short six minutes,the fire flashed over, and theroom and its contents werevirtually destroyed.

Novak said the flashoverhappened so quickly becauseof the construction of the fur-niture.

“This isn’t your grandpar-ents’ furniture, with cottonbatting and wood,” saidNovak. Instead, he said, mostfurniture is made of manmadematerials, mostly plastic com-posites. And most of thoseproducts are petroleum-based.

“They burn faster and theyburn hotter,” said Novak.

And that six-minute timeframe isn’t much time for afire department to respond.

“Once you get people to thefire hall, trucks on the roadand equipment set up at a fire,a house could be half gone,”said Novak.

Novak said that there hasbeen a battle over requiring

fire sprinklers in the Legisla-ture. Part of the concern is thecost, and part is a mispercep-tion that sprinklers can causeas much water damage as afire department using hoses.

Novak said the cost tosprinkle a house is about $2per square foot, which canadd significantly to buildingcosts.

On the other hand, he said,“people don’t seem to mindspending thousands on sprin-kling systems for their yards,but they don’t want to spendit on their homes.”

And sprinkling systems cansave both lives and repaircosts.

Novak said that contrary topopular belief, an activatedsprinkler system does notmean that every sprinklerhead in a building will go off.In fact, it will only be one ortwo in the immediate area ofthe fire. Once the fire is extin-guished, the sprinkling sys-

tem can be shut off by a homeowner or the fire departmentto avoid further water dam-age.

Novak said that the roomthat was sprinkled couldprobably be rehabilitated andliveable within a week. Theother room, which was notsprinkled, could probably dis-place a family for up to sixmonths while smoke, waterand room damage were re-paired.

After the sprinkled vs. non-sprinkled demonstration wascomplete, firefighters lit moretraining fires in other upstairsrooms. On Sunday, fire inves-tigators from across the statevisited the house and trainedon determining fire origins.

In a couple of weeks, thedepartment will continuetraining in the house for othertactics before it is finallyburned down.

Fire investigator Jamie Novak shows the minimaldamage done to a bed that was set on fire with aburning cigarette. The fire was extinguished by asprinkler.

Fire investigator Jamie Novak is filmedby a Channel 9 camerman as he talks

about the damage done in a room thatwas not protected by sprinklers.

By Rebecca MariscalStaff Writer

Katharine Twiss ofGlencoe-SilverLake High School

served as an associatesupreme court justice duringthe Girls Legion State MeetJune 12 through June 18.

Several participants wereelected to local, county andstate offices at the meet, de-signed to show how govern-ment works. Almost 400 girlsattended the meet fromaround the state.

Twiss was initially going torun for a local or county posi-tion, but was encouraged byher experience in mock trialand Business Professionals ofAmerica (BPA), as well asher roommate, to run for thejustice position.

“I thought that being partof the judicial system wouldbe a good fit for me,” Twisssaid.

To be elected, Twiss had towin both a primary and gen-eral election.

As a justice, Twiss presidedover mock trials that wereheld on the group’s trip to thestate capitol. Trials were heldin the same courtrooms thatofficial Minnesota SupremeCourt cases are held.

“I got to sit on the same

bench they (Minnesota jus-tices) did, which was neat,”Twiss said.

She also had the opportuni-ty to meet and speak with aMinnesota Supreme Courtrepresentative.

“We had opportunities atthe capitol that other girlsdidn’t,” she said.

Twiss said the opportuni-ties the meet gave her were

great and she hopes the pro-gram continues in the future.

“I want to encourage any-one who is interested to lookinto it,” Twiss said.

Overall, Twiss said themeet and her justice positionwere a great experience.

“It was a fantastic experi-ence that can’t really be com-pared to anything else,” shesaid.

Twiss serves as justice at state

Katharine Twiss, left, attended Girls American LegionState with fellow Glencoe-Silver Lake representativesDini Schweikert and Brandi Pikal. Twiss was nominat-ed as an associate supreme court justice during themeet, which ran June 12 through June 18.

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