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$1.00Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 • Glencoe, Minnesota Vol. 115 No. 37CThe McLeod County

GSL soccerPanther girls win again; boys fall

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‘Snowbird’ordinancegets 2ndreading

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Chronicle photos by Rich Glennie

Emotions varyon first day backIt is always an emotional day forstudents and parents when schoolresumes in the fall, and lastWednesday was no exception atHelen Baker Elementary. Above,Mike Coddington, elementaryschool physical education teacher,was dealing with Gavin Kottke, whowas upset as he arrived for thestart of kindergarten, as well as twoother students who sought to helphim out. At left, Sawyer Ardolfhopped off the bus to the welcomeof Lisa Eischens, a health assistantat Helen Baker. Despite the chaotic-looking situation of anxious young-sters and equally anxious parents,gathered on the front yard of HelenBaker, the school year got underway without any major mishaps.

Chronicle photo by Rich Glennie

Area foreign exchange studentsFour foreign exchange students, along with theirhost families, gathered at Pizza Ranch last Fri-day for their orientation for the new school year.The students are sponsored through the StudentTravel Schools Foundation (STS). They include,from left to right, Qiwei Huang of China, who willattend Glencoe-Silver Lake High School and staywith host family Tim and Jennell Johnson of Sil-ver Lake; Ulrike Schwarze of Germany, who willattend Glencoe-Silver Lake and stay with host

family Dave and Tammy Meyer of Glencoe; Tere-sa Echsel of Austria, who will attend Dassel-Cokato High School and stay with host familyDavid Mackowick and Kiessa Webster of ruralDassel; and Torjussen Heggelund of Norway,who will attend Hutchinson High School andstay with host family Greg Nistler and MichelleQualle of rural Glencoe. Kari Becker of Glencoeis the STS coordinator in the region.

Board chairmanunhappy with stateover MMR, levyBy Rich GlennieEditor

The anger in Clark Christianson’svoice was obvious Monday nightwhen the Glencoe-Silver Lake SchoolBoard met in theLincoln boardroom.

First, the chair-man of the schoolboard heard theMinnesota Depart-ment of Education(MDE) would notalter errant data thatput a bad light onGSL’s recent Multi-ple MeasurementRatings (MMR), and then he heardMDE also messed up with the dis-trict’s preliminary budget levy num-bers that threatened to delay approvalof the local levy as required by law.

What aggravated Christianson mostwere the MMR results that HighSchool Principal said dropped from 40points last year to 22 this year, mainlybecause of eight students who werenot coded properly.

Once the district found the error,Sparby said the MDE was contacted,but refused to alter the results. Thereason was if MDE changed GSL’s re-sults, it would have to look at all theschool districts.

Sparby said the MMR score con-sists of four components, all worth 25points in the 100-point system forhigh schools. One is graduation rates.Since graduation rates do not apply tothe junior high or elementary schools,their ratings have only three cate-gories.

Sparby said GSL lost a large portionof its points due to the graduation ratecategory.

“It came down to eight students,who were coded incorrectly,” Sparbysaid. Because of the coding errors, the

students were classified as unknownby MDE. That penalized GSL.

Sparby said six of those studentshad moved out of the district the pre-vious year, one dropped out of schooland the other was home-schooled.

“If coded correctly, we’d be at 45,”Sparby said. “Unfortunately, there isno way to correct this.” He said theMDE’s deadline for corrections wasJune 15, but GSL did not get theMMR data until August.

He said he called MDE officials topoint out the problem, and they agreedit was a problem, but would notchange it.

“That’s ridiculous!” Christiansonsaid.

“It’s frustrating,” Sparby said. “It(MMR score) is not a reflection of thehard work we’ve put into it.”

Sparby said dealing with the MDEhas been difficult, and often he is talk-ing with different state officials on thefinancial side of things versus the aca-demic side. “It involves different de-partments and different people (atMDE).”

Despite the errors in coding, Sparbysaid GSL “still has a lot of work to bedone” to bring up the MMR score.

Even with the coding errors, GSLSuperintendent Chris Sonju said theMMR system is a better system.

He said despite GSL’s score beingdown, “we’re doing some great thingshere day after day.”

While the public may look at thedrop to 22 points as a negative, “that’sthe farthest thing from the truth. Wehave a lot of really good things inplace,” Sonju said. “We need moretime; the scores will get better.

“This (MMR) will not tell thewhole, the entire picture of theschool,” Sonju added, and he com-

County Board keeps levysame for 3rd straight yearBy Lori CoplerStaff Writer

For the third straight year, McLeodCounty will not increase its propertytax levy.

The Board of Commissioners onTuesday, Sept. 4, approved a prelimi-nary levy of just over $18.29 million,the same as it has since 2011.

At a budget workshop in late Au-gust, the County Board had heard thatit would need to use about $88,000 inreserves to keep its general fund levythe same as the prior two years.

At the Sept. 4 meeting, McLeodCounty Auditor-Treasurer CindySchultz said her department had madefurther line-item adjustments, whichreduced the amount of reserves need-ed to $65,537.

The Social Services levy, which isseparate from the general fund levy,will need to use $351,187 of its re-serves to balance its 2013 budget.

The budget and levy will be final-ized in December. At that time, theCounty Board can reduce its proposedlevy, but cannot increase it.

In other business at its Sept. 4 meet-ing, the County Board:

• Had some good news: it will re-ceive a $348,827 dividend from the

Minnesota Counties Intergovernmen-tal Trust (MCIT), with which thecounty has its insurance.

Betty Werth of Central Servicessaid that $133,360 of the dividendcomes from workers compensation in-surance and $215,467 from propertyand casualty insurance.

Werth said MCIT paid out a total of$29.9 million to the counties whichparticipate in the trust.

Commissioner Sheldon Nies saidone of the advantages of the trust isthat profits are paid back to the partic-ipants.

“It’s cheaper for us than if we wentout and got insurance from a privatecompany,” said Nies. “And the profitmargin (with a private company)would be going to the executiveboard, not to us.”

• Approved a 2012 salary increaseof 30 cents per hour for non-unionemployees, which is the same as wasapproved for union employees.

• Reached a property tax settlementwith Inland Hutchinson for the formerCub Foods building in Hutchinsonthat will reduce the building’s as-

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School BoardTurn to page 10

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By Rich GlennieEditor

Glencoe City Council lastTuesday, Sept. 4, approvedthird and final readings on anillicit discharge ordinanceand an amendment to its ordi-nance on ATV use in the city.

But it took a 3-2 vote to geta second reading for a contro-versial “snowbird” ordinancethat would ban all parking oncity streets from Nov. 1 toApril 1 between the hours of1 a.m. to 6 a.m., or until thestreets are plowed curb-to-curb.

But in approving the sec-ond reading of the parkingban, City Council did deletetwo words from the first read-ing. It deleted the “seven-day” notice requirement topark on the street for specialoccasions during the wintermonths.

The deletion was proposedby council member Dan Per-schau after comments weremade at the Aug. 20 publichearing on the ordinance.

Glencoe Police Chief JimRaiter said a survey of othercities and their policies indi-cated that a total ban of on-street parking in the winterdoes work.

Lester Prairie bans on-street parking and issued just26 tickets in the past threeyears. Others with parkingbans included Winsted, whichissued 97 over the past threewinters; Paynesville had 32tickets in since 2010; andCokato had 70 over the pastthree seasons. Chanhassenaveraged about about 120 ayear since 2009 and Waconiaabout 50 a year.

“Looking at the numbers,this is working in thesetowns,” Raiter said. “Whyshould it not work for Glen-coe?

Council member Gary

Ziemer said the language inthe new snowbird ordinancecontains some of the samelanguage in the current park-ing regulations. “This isn’tanything new. If there is noproblem in that ordinance,there should not be a problemin this ordinance,” he added.

Ziemer said since the Aug.20 meeting he has been tomeetings and gatherings andhas asked people their opin-ions on the parking ordi-nance. “I got no, zero nega-tive comments” on City’sCouncil proposed ordinance.

Council member JohnSchrupp added he has heardthree comments and mostsaid if it costs the city more,then use the current ordi-nance.

Council member LoriAdamietz said the policechief’s data showed it doeswork in other communities,but she said the proposed or-dinance over streets beingplowed “curb-to-curb,” or at6 a.m., which ever comeslast.

But Mayor Randy Wilson,in defending the parking ban,said there is currently an in-consistency as to whatamount of snowfall triggerssnow plowing.

“I’m OK with the no park-ing,” Adamietz said, “but Ihave a problem with the curb-to-curb, or whatever is later.”

Council member GregCopas favored eliminatingthe curb-to-curb requirementof the proposed ordinance.

But the only deletion ap-proved in the motion was theseven-day notice. That votewas 3-2 with Perschau,Ziemer and Schrupp voting infavor, and Adamietz andCopas voting no.

Later in the meeting, dur-ing the public comment peri-od, Wayne Rosenfeld, head of

maintenance at the court-house, was concerned aboutcounty employees parking oncity streets around the court-house before the snow iscompletely removed. He alsowas concerned that down-town residents, with no placeto park, will use the countyparking lots.

City Administrator MarkLarson said once the city lotshave been plowed, those resi-dents can use those lots topark.

Wilson and Raiter both saidthe police department willwork with people on solvingtheir downtown parkingdilemma.

“Where will the signs be?”asked resident Lloyd Thurn.He wanted no-parking signsto be posted like that along16th Street, and not just at themajor entrances into theGlencoe as the city proposed.Thurn also insisted the signsand notices be bilingual.

But Wilson said the signswill be left to the discretionof the street department. Buthe said the city does not planto post more signs because ofthe expense involved.

“What harm is there toparking a car on the streetwhen there is no snow?”Thurn asked.

Bill Husfelt asked if the po-lice chief was the one whoinitiated the proposed parkingban.

Wilson said the police chieflooked at what other commu-nities were doing. He alsosaid City Council has strug-gled with the “snowbird” is-sues every year.

Wilson said Raiter suggest-ed the change, “but CityCouncil decides.”

But Husfelt said if the citydoes not plow when slushysnow falls in late March, theywould really not be following

its own rules, especially if itenforces the rules when thereis no snow in early Novem-ber.

He said that leaves grayareas in plowing and enforce-ment.

“The police departmentmakes discretionary calls allthe time,” Wilson said. Healso said the city and policedepartment do not play fa-vorites in the community, ei-ther.

Wilson said the aim of theordinance is to more effi-ciently plow snow. “Wespend a significant amount ofmoney plowing streets.”

Wilson said the city will trythe new snowbird ordinance“based on the facts we have.It’s working in other commu-nities.”

Linda Senst asked aboutHutchinson’s winter parkingregulations.

“It’s similar to our old sys-tem,” Wilson replied.

Senst said if the city goesthrough with the parking ban,her concern is infringing onpeople’s right to park on thestreet when there is no snow.

“The streets are not a park-ing lot,” Wilson said, ratherthey are there to move traffic.

But Senst asked, if the cityis losing money plowingsnow, “what are you savingwith the new system?”

“The Council is making theright choice,” Wilson said.“We will save significant dol-lars not having to replow.”

Senst said she is fine withthe extra time needed to plow,“if I can maintain my free-dom.”

Marie Thurn also asked anumber of questions of CityCouncil, and Wilson suggest-ed she talk personally withthe police chief.

‘Snowbird’ ordinancegets reading on 3-2 vote

Happenings

Glencoe Study Club to meetThe Glencoe Study Club will meet at 6:30 p.m., Mon-

day, Sept. 17, at Christ Lutheran Church. Linda Owenwill present the program. A light meal will be served.Judy Larsen will be the hostess, so contact her if unableto attend.

After-Prom committee meetsThe Glencoe-Silver Lake After-Prom committee will

hold its first meeting at 6 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 16, at theGlencoe Pizza Ranch. All parents of the junior class areinvited.

Concert to benefit food shelfFree community concert to benefit the McLeod Emer-

gency Food Shelf will be held at 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept.23, at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Glencoe. TheKingery Family will perform toe-tapping bluegrass stylemusic that will delight all ages! Bring lawn chair/blan-kets for outdoor seating. The concert will move inside thechurch if the weather is bad. If able, please bring a dona-tion for MEFS. All are invited and welcome to attend!

GHPS annual meeting setThe Glencoe Historic Preservation Society will hold its

annual meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 19, in the GlencoeHistoric Room at the Glencoe City Center. The groupwill kick the night off with a potluck supper at 5:30 p.m.Bring a dish to share. Membership dues will be renewedand collected, and the annual meeting will start at 6:30p.m. The group will be fine tuning plans for serving foodand working at the Polka Fest on Thursday, Sept. 20.Everyone is welcome.

Pillow cleaning set Sept. 14The Glencoe VFW Auxiliary is sponsoring its fall pil-

low cleaning event from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, Sept.14, at the Glencoe VFW Club. Pillows will be cleaned,deodorized, sanitized and fluffed.

Quarter Bingo begins Sept. 12Grand Meadows Senior Living, 1420 Prairie Ave.,

Glencoe, invites the community to play “Quarter Bingo”Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 2 p.m., in its lounge. Call 320-864-5577, if one has questions.

Legion Auxiliary to meetThe Glencoe American Legion Auxiliary Unit 95 will

meet at 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 17, at the Glencoe FireHall. Lunch will be served.

Stewart paper drive setThe Stewart-Brownton Girl Scouts will have a paper

drive Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 22-23, from 10 a.m. to2 p.m., in the parking lot of Cactus Jack’s II on Highway212 in Stewart. All types of paper are accepted. Pleasesort the cardboard from paper. Acceptable types of paperare phone books, magazines, hard-cover books (removethe covers), junk mail, corrugated cardboard, egg cartons,and clean food boxes (cereal, crackers, pizza, etc.) Forpickup or questions, call Mike or Gerri Fitzloff at 320-562-2369. Proceeds will go toward a trip to Savannah thegirls are planning in 2013.

Octoberfest in SeptemberOctoberfest in September is set for Wednesday, Sept.

12, in the Brownton City Park. Sponsored by the Brown-ton Lions Club, the event features brats and kraut, Ger-man potato salad, hot dogs, pop and beer being served at5:30 p.m., and music by George’s Concertina Band from6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Please bring a lawn chair. In the event ofrain, the celebration will be moved to the BrowntonCommunity Center.

Choir to begin rehearsalsThe Buffalo Creek Community Choir will begin re-

hearsing Sunday, Sept. 16, at 6 p.m., at Grace LutheranChurch, Brownton. A December concert is beingplanned. Please contact Steffie Gronlund, 320-234-7889,or Rosine Hermodson-Olsen, 320-328-4365, so bookscan be ordered. Everyone is welcome.

Retired educators to meet The Glencoe Area Retired Educators group will meet

at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 20, for a potluck lunch atGrand Meadows, 1420 Prairie Ave., Glencoe. Memberswill discuss the future of the organization and its pro-grams.

Glencoe Seniors meetings setThe Glencoe Senior Citizens Club will meet Thursday,

Sept. 13, at 12:30 p.m., and Tuesday, Sept. 18, also at12:30 p.m., in the senior room at the Glencoe City Cen-ter. Sheephead and 500 will be played at both meetings.All area seniors are welcome to attend. The seniors alsoare looking for canasta and pinochle players, and areopen to suggestions for other board and card games.

‘Fun Shoot’ set Sept. 15Shady Lane Sportsmen’s Club will host a “Fun Shoot”

on Saturday, Sept. 15, at the club house. There will beblack powder shooting at 10 a.m.; Annie Oakley clayshooting at noon; and pistol shooting at 2 p.m. Food andbeverages will be available for purchase throughout theday. Gun raffle winners will be drawn.

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.

sessed value to $3.9 millionfrom $4.2 million for 2009(taxes payable in 2010), andto $3.47 million for 2010,payable 2011.

Assessor Sue Schultz saidshe was given a tour of thebuilding’s interior, and saidshe was comfortable with thereduction because of theamount of work that wouldbe needed inside the buildingto make it usable.

• Approved members of anewly formed ditch commit-tee. Members are Steve Rein-er, Scott Streich, LarryPhillips, David Dostal andFrancis Svoboda.

DAV seminarupcomingSept. 29

So many veterans feel con-fused about benefits andservices they have earned.There is so much to know,and so many changes fromone year to the next.

That is why local membersof the nonprofit DisabledAmerican Veterans (DAV)will present a veterans infor-mation seminar from 9 a.m.to noon on Saturday, Sept.29, at the VFW Post, 247First Ave., S.E., Hutchinson.

Like all DAV services, thisseminar is free to all veteransand members of their fami-lies.

For further informationconcerning this event, con-tact NSO Jon N. Retzer at612-970-5665.

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Plato Lionsto sponsordinner Sept. 30

The Plato Lions will host apork chop dinner from 10:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Sunday,Sept. 30, at Plato Hall. Be-sides pork chops, the menuincludes cheesy hash browns,green beans, applesauce,cookie, coffee and milk.

Chronicle photo by Rich Glennie

Future GSL PanthersYoungsters held an impromptu football scrimmage onthe front lawn of Helen Baker Elementary School lastweek as the new school year began. Cody Rae, carryingthe ball, drew a swarm of defenders as he tried to breakthrough the defense. On the left is Cole Janke and on

the right is Earl Janke. At the far right, in the front, isCaden Neid. Behind Rae is Alec Schrupp. Most of theyoungsters were waiting for the school buses to unloadthe younger students, so they could load up for theirtrip to Lakeside Elementary in Silver Lake.

By Rich GlennieEditor

The city of Glencoe and theU.S. Department of Agricu-lure and the Farm ServiceAgency (FSA) are in negotia-tions over FSA’s possiblemove to the Glencoe CityCenter.

The proposal would be forthe FSA to take over the firstfloor of the west side of thewest wing of the City Center,part of it currently occupiedby the Glencoe Chamber ofCommerce. The chamber of-fice would be moved to thebuilding’s basement and intothe former community educa-tion office area, also on thewest side of the City Center.

At the Sept. 4 Glencoe CityCouncil meeting, MayorRandy Wilson and councilmembers Gary Ziemer andDan Perschau were appointedto negotiate a lease with FSAofficials.

City Administrator MarkLarson said not all the finan-cial numbers have been puttogether yet, but the leaseagreement needs to be inplace and submitted to FSAby the end of last week.

The FSA plans call for six

offices for the staff, a breakroom area as well as a tech-nology (IT) room.

Larson said the FSA staffand city staff could shareconference rooms as neededwithin the City Center. Thetwo bathrooms in the westwing also would have to beremodeled to federal handi-cap standards.

As to moving the chamberof commerce office, Larsonsaid the old community edroom in the basement now in-cludes the building’s new ele-vator and has been used forstorage since the City Centerwas remodeled.

He said additional remodel-ing work would be needed toallow the chamber to movein, and the room will need toget heat and air conditioninginstalled.

The basement room is thelocation for the library’s bookdrop box, too, Larson said.

Also, a unisex bathroom isplanned for the basementarea, Larson said, since theold basement cafeteria spaceis now being utilized more bygroups like the local 4-Hclubs.

In other matters, City

Council:• Approved the preliminary

2013 budget levy at$2,275,942, an increase ofless than one-half percent,Larson said.

The preliminary levy need-ed to be approved and sent tothe county by mid-Septem-ber, but the levy can be ad-justed downward before itsfinal approval in December.

Larson said projected rev-enues for 2013 are $3.17 mil-lion and expenditures are$3.22 million, or about$53,000 more.

“We have some trimmingto do by the time of final ap-proval in December,” Larsonsaid.

• Heard that an irrigationsystem has been installedaround the City Centergrounds and the grassy areashave been fertilized. Larsonsaid the work was done inthree days by Kahnke Broth-ers. “They did a real goodjob.”

• Heard that backfillingalong with curb and gutterwork will be done soon onGruenhagen Drive in thecity’s new industrial park.Larson said the paving work

on the street leading north of11th Street should be done ina week and a half.

• Approved a resolutionseeking 90 percent FFA fund-ing for an airport environ-mental assessment at VernonPerschau Memorial Field(Glencoe Municipal Airport).The cost of the assessment is$69,900, and the city’s sharewill be $6,690 to be paidfrom the airport fund over thenext two years, Larson said.

• Approved naming thenew shelter house in OakLeaf Park the Donald HatzPavillion, as recommendedby the park board.

The late Donald Hatz do-nated over $500,000 to thecity for its parks and recre-ation programs.

The city used a portion ofthat donation to fund a new,and bigger, shelter house afterthe old one was condemnedlast year due to rotted supportbeams.

But City Council suggestedthe park board put more in-formation on a plaque for thenew shelter explaining Hatz’srole in getting the shelter con-structed.

City works on lease toput FSA in City Center

By Lori CoplerStaff Writer

The McLeod County Boardof Commissioners decidedSept. 4 that it does not need aconsultant to help it definesecurity needs at the court-house.

McLeod County SheriffScott Rehmann told the boardthat a committee set up to ad-dress security needs at thecourthouse had met severaltimes, and was looking forsome future direction.

Rehmann said that StevenK. Swenson, director of theCenter for Judicial and Exec-utive, St. Paul, could do aneeds assessment for about$5,000.

“The question is, do wewant to go this route, or dowe want to do it in-house,”said Rehmann.

Rehmann said Swenson didan analysis of the CookCounty courthouse after ashooting there, and “basicallytold them what they alreadyknew.”

But Rehmann also said

Swenson just may come upwith some ideas “that we did-n’t think of.”

Commissioner SheldonNies said that there have beenseveral courthouse incidentsthroughout the state, fromwhich McLeod County couldgain some insight.

“There is so much historyout there, we should be ableto follow that history,” saidNies. For example, Nies said,McLeod County could learnfrom the aftermath of theCook County shooting.

Gene Feltmann, a candi-date for District 1 commis-sioner, suggested the countydevelop its own plan thenhave a consultant review itfor any potential loopholes.

Rehmann also said thecommittee needs to makesure that security improve-ments fit into the county’slong-range plans for its build-ing.

In recent months, theCounty Board has debatedmoving some of its depart-ments to other buildings, and

keeping the courthouse forlaw enforcement and judicialuses.

County Administrator PatMelvin said that one potentialsecurity measure being con-sidered is service windowsfor some of the non-judicialdepartments. But that maynot be prudent if those de-partments are soon movedfrom their current locations,Melvin said.

“Hopefully, we don’t dostuff that in five years be-comes outdated,” saidMelvin.

Nies suggested the com-mittee focus on the law en-forcement center and court-rooms for now.

“We do know that wegoing to continue to have ourcourts and law officials here,”said Nies.

Rehmann said he will takethe Board’s direction back tothe committee and would bebringing forward recommen-dations at a later date.

Commissioners decide not to hireconsultant for security planning

Glencoe-Silver LakeHomecoming week isscheduled for Oct. 1-5 andkicks off with the annualcoronation ceremony at 8p.m., Monday, Oct. 1, inthe high school auditori-um.

A school pep fest in thehigh school gym isplanned for 2:10 p.m., Fri-day, Oct. 5, and the annualhomecoming parade is setfor 5:30 p.m., Friday. Theroute is along 16th Streetfrom Helen Baker Ele-mentary to the highschool.

A variety of other eventsare planned throughout theweek.

Sporting events includeaway tennis, soccer andvolleyball events on Tues-day, Oct. 2;

Region 5A team tennisat St. John’s University isset for Wednesday andThursday, Oct. 3-4;

On Thursday, crosscountry is at Litchfield,soccer hosts Holy Familyand volleyball is at homeversus Annnandale.

The homecoming sportsevents conclude with theannual football game at 7p.m., Friday, against Beck-er.

Homecoming eventsend Friday night with theannual dance.

GSL’s Homecomingweek set for Oct. 1-5

Jan Mackenthun and Glen-coe-Silver Lake’s EarlyChildhoodF a m i l yEducation( E C F E )p r o g r a mr e c e n t l yr e c e i v e dthe FourStar ParentAware rat-ing fromthe Min-nesota De-p a r t m e n tof HumanServices ,the highest honor available.

At Monday night’s Glen-

coe-Silver Lake SchoolBoard meeting, Mackenthun,GSL’s ECFE director, accept-ed a Certificate of Sucessfrom the GSL School Boardas well.

The Four Star ParentAware award was “for usingbest practices in preparingchildren for kindergarten.

“The GSL students andstaff are proud of your pro-gram’s accomplishments.Congratulations!” GSL Su-perintendent Chris Sonju saidin presenting the certificate toMackenthun.

“It shows a commitment toquality,” Sonju added. “We’revery excited.”

Mackenthun, ECFEearn quality awards

JanMackenthun

Corrections

In last week’s article onElda Huepenbecker, it wasreported her father was Ray-mond Borchardt. Raymondwas her husband’s first name.Her father ’s name wasRichard Borchardt.

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Letters to Editor

Using reasoning that defieslogic, the Minnesota Pol-lution Control Agency

(MPCA) seems hell-bent on resur-recting a decades-old, and long-dor-mant, state statute on solid wastedisposal that now makes little or nosense — unless you are a politician.

The state Legislature needs to re-peal this archaic statute soon beforethe MPCA does any more harm. Butit seems that blatant politics is get-ting in the way of today’s reality.

The dilemma involves an old1980s statute that requires all seven-county metro waste be hauled tometro waste sites for disposal. Thestatute has not been enforced, how-ever, until the recent push to havethe metro waste hauled to an ElkRiver incinerator for disposal.

While the state law seems simpleenough, times and technologieshave changed considerably sincethat statute was enacted nearly 30years ago.

Back then, solid waste was simplylandfilled, often by digging holes inthe ground and covering them.Many were not even covered. Thestate law was enacted to addressgrowing concerns about the environ-ment, and was justified at the time.

Now the federal EPA, through thestate MPCA, has been pushing hardto utilize green energy or renewableresources to help America end itsdependence on foreign oil.

With current technology, usinglandfill liners, sophisticated moni-toring devices and capturing themethane produced by the compost-ing solid waste, landfills like SpruceRidge have turned the byproductinto renewable energy.

Waste Management, owners ofSpruce Ridge, and the city of Glen-coe worked out a long-term contractto turn that landfill gas into electrici-ty for Glencoe utility customers.They invested millions into a new

generating plant, equipment andtransmission lines, all with the en-thusiastic support of the MPCA.

And it has worked great for all in-volved ... until now.

If the MPCA is allowed to en-force the archaic state statute, the vi-ability of the Spruce Ridge methanegas-to-electricity program will be injeopardy.

The landfill needs the solid wasteraw material to continue to generatethe methane gas to create the elec-tricity to make the project work.

But diverting a large portion ofthe waste, especially from the westmetro area, to the Elk River inciner-ator will cause problems. In short,Spruce Ridge needs that solid wastestream to continue.

On top of that, the county’s well-run recycling program also is injeopardy. Its revenues come fromthe tip fees at the Spruce Ridgelandfill. If volumes decrease dra-matically, tip fees and recycling rev-enue will tumble accordingly.

County Solid Waste Director EdHoman estimated enforcing the oldstate statute will cost the countyabout $547,000 in lost tip fees. Ifthat happens, in order to keep thecounty recycling program going, ei-ther it will have to be scaled back,or more of the cost passed onto cus-tomers. Neither is desired.

There is a lot at stake locally, butdo our local legislators have enoughclout to change minds at St. Paul? Itwill need a majority of support atthe state Capitol to keep the MPCAfrom going forward with its enforce-ment plans to the detriment of citi-zens in McLeod County, in general,and Glencoe in particular.

Tell your elected officials to getthis statute repealed during the up-coming legislative session. It is im-portant.

— R.G.

Stop MPCA fromenforcing archaic law

on waste disposalOur view: City’s methane-to-electricity,

county’s recycling programs at risk

Chapter appreciates attendanceat Glencoe Fly-In in AugustTo the Editor:

Our chapter wishes to convey agreat appreciation to all of thosepeople who chose to honor us withtheir attendance at our 2012 Fly-Inthat was held on Saturday, Aug. 25.The weather was far from perfect,but many, many people chose tocome out and attend our annualevent.

Fortunately, the World War II WarBird aircraft (T6 Texan) was able tocome early, before the showers.They provided a thrill with their for-mation flying as well as their forma-tion take off and departure.

We appreciate everyone for mak-ing this a successful event. We willcertainly be doing it again next year.

Hopefully, the weather will be a littlemore conducive, and we will have alot more aircraft flying in for yourentertainment.

Appreciation also to Seneca forproviding the complementary sweetcorn. As always, it was delicious andnutritious.

We also want to give our profoundappreciation to Jackie Selchow andCeal Regnier for all their help. Theyprovide the organizational and ad-ministrative skills, as well as theirpleasant faces, that would otherwisebe lacking.

Mike GavinChapter 92 South

Central MinnesotaFlyers member

Guest column:

Newman responds to area editorialsBy District 18 StateSen. Scott Newman,R-Hutchinson

Editorials regarding the voter IDamendment are popular this electionseason, but in too many cases are soinaccurate and filled with outrightfalsehoods that I be-lieve it to bemalfeasance to printthem, even on theopinion page. Theletters by theLeague of RuralVoters in theHutchinson Leaderon Sept 2 and bythe editor of theMcLeod CountyChronicle on Sept.5 are two such ex-amples.

The Leader article argues that the“presumption of innocence,” a legaltheory dealing only with criminallaw, will be violated by adoption ofthe amendment. What an absurd alle-gation given the amendment in-volves civil, not criminal law.

This article also stated that theWisconsin court held that “suchmeasures are unconstitutional be-cause they threaten citizens funda-mental right to vote.” Not true!

The Wisconsin court held that theWisconsin voter ID statute was un-constitutional because there wasnothing in the Wisconsin Constitu-tion that gave the Wisconsin Legisla-ture the specific authority to adopt avoter ID statute. Neither does theMinnesota Constitution which an-swers the Chronicle’s question ofwhy an amendment is needed whenlegislative action would do.

Simply stated, we need the consti-tutional amendment to protect usfrom the judicial branch meddling inlegislative issues by legislating fromthe bench.

The Chronicle article asks forproof of voter fraud. The U.S.Supreme Court has stated in the In-diana in-person impersonation fraudcase, “Crawford,” that voter ID fraudis a matter of historical fact in theUnited States. Continuing to denyvoter fraud exists will not make ittrue.

The Chronicle states such achange would be “permanent.” Notnecessarily true, of course, as provenby the Prohibition Amendment.

Constitutional amendments are thelegal method of changing our consti-tution and are so provided for in theconstitution.

Then there is the allegation thatdetails are needed before support isjustified. Read all of the amend-ments to our federal and state consti-tutions and please show me one, justone, that contained all of the detailsto implement it without any subse-quent legislation.

Amendments are statements ofbroad public policy changes request-ed by the public and this amendmentis no different.

Both editorials raise the questionof cost, with the Leader article mak-ing unfounded and simply irrespon-sible statements of estimated costs.

The truth: On Feb. 16, 2012, theSecretary of State’s Office in a FiscalNote to the Finance Committee, onwhich I sit, estimated the cost to putthe amendment on the ballot at$2,000 to the state and $102,000 tothe counties.

In addition, in a Fiscal Note to theSenate Finance Committee fromMinnesota Management and Budget(MBB) dated Feb. 29, 2012, statedthat regarding ongoing costs, “a for-mal local impact estimate cannot becompleted.”

However MMB went on to give “arange of possible local governmentcosts,” which in my world is a guessbased on conjecture, of an amountfar less than the tens of millions ofdollars alleged by opponents of theamendment.

What’s worse is that 91 percent ofthe amount in MMB’s imaginativespeculation is for electronic pollbooks and broadband Internet serv-ice, neither of which is required bythe amendment.

This amendment is not about “pol-iticking” or “end-runs with proposedamendments.” I think it became avery partisan issue because it willeliminate the voucher system to bereplaced with a provisional ballotsystem.

The difference: with vouching,someone says a voter is legal, thevote is cast and counted with aPostal Verification Card (PVC)mailed out to verify whether the

voter was a legal voter. With a provi-sional ballot, a vote is cast but notcounted until the voter proves theiridentity.

The first is made to order for in-person impersonation fraud, makingit impossible to identify the illegalvoter after the fact while the latergreatly improves the integrity of theentire voting system and protects le-gitimate voters from being disen-franchised by illegal voters.

As the chief author in the Senate, Iask that you please do not blindly ac-cept what you read or hear regardingthis amendment. If you read the in-formation on the Secretary of State’swebsite, remember the SOS is avocal opponent of the amendment sobalance that by going to www.Pro-tectMyVote.com, a nonprofit vocalproponent of the amendment.

Read Articles 7 and 9 of the Min-nesota Constitution; https://www.re-visor.mn.gov/constitution/ and theactual voter ID bill http://www.sen-a t e . m n / b i l l s / b i l l i n f . p h p ? l s=87.

Study the U.S. Supreme Courtcase, that I have attached, which pro-vides the legal framework for theamendment and the MinnesotaSupreme Court case regarding thetitle to the amendment; A12-1149and A12-1258 Filed: Aug. 27, 2012h t t p : / / w w w. m n c o u r t s . g o v / ?page=230.

Demand facts from those offeringopinions because all too often theysimply do not know what they aretalking about or intentionally engagein fear mongering and misinforma-tion in an effort to defeat the amend-ment.

Fully inform yourself as towhether voter ID is a good idea.Then vote on Nov. 6.

Sen. ScottNewman

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There are many things acounty, city or state can dofor itself. And there are thingswhich need the federal gov-ernment to handle. Most of usfight to limit what the federalgovernment does, but we alsoare willing to close ranks andoffer a united front when thefederal government fails totake its turn at the plate anddo what needs to be done.

A case in point: Storage ofradioactive waste from nu-clear plants. The issue cameup: Where would the spentrods be stored?

After a good deal of study,and lots of pros and consfrom proposed sites, it ap-peared to be agreed the per-manent repository would beat Yucca Mountain in Ne-vada.

Sen. Majority Leader HarryReid, who is from Nevada,has lots of clout, and becausepeople in his state don’t wantthe waste stored in their state,he’s used his considerable in-fluence to nix the deal. Also,states through which trainswould have to travel with thestuff are not happy, either.

If we are to have nuclearpower, there has to be someplace to store the spent rods.Would we like them, perma-

nently, in our back yard?Nope. Would we like to havethem dumped into abandonediron ore pits in northern Min-nesota? Nope.

Well, our friends near RedWing — the Indians at thePrairie Island facility — donot like the idea of living 600yards and better from wherethe plant is located, haveabout had it with all the footdragging by the powers thatbe. And we can’t blame them.

The Prairie Island plantnow has 29 storage casks andplans to add more becausethe plant is expected to oper-ate another 22 years. Even ifit shut down tomorrow, thereis fear for what will happento the present casks.

John Greeves, retired direc-tor of NRC’s waste manage-

ment and environmental pro-tection division, said sealedcasks used to store spent,highly radioactive fuel rodshave leaked at two U.S.plants in 2000 and 2011, inone case because of corro-sion.

“Based on the history of(cask) defects that havecaused leaks to occur ... it canreasonably be anticipated thatover a 60-year license period,one or more ... casks will ex-perience confinement failure,which can lead to an off-sitedose to members of the pub-lic,” Greeves said in an affi-davit.

The so-called experts origi-nally felt Yucca Mountainwould be an ideal site. Howcome no more? Are there bet-ter sites? If not, and Yuccawon’t do, then do we shutdown the entire program?And, if so, how about all thespent rods currently in stor-age?

This may be a bigger prob-lem than Obamacare!

Chuck Warner, formerowner/publisher of theBrownton Bulletin from1953 to 1986, is a currentmember of the BrowntonCity Council.

Bigger problem than Obamacare!

Chuck Warner

By Phil KrinkieThis year’s State Fair expe-

rience was similar to pastyears at the “Great MinnesotaGet Together.” It was a mixof just wandering the Fair-grounds and the usual list ofmandatory stops. The usualdestinations included the Ed-ucation building, the Grand-stand, a bag of mini donutsand, of course, a large help-ing of politics, all flavors.

Politics at the State Fairthis year seemed to be rathersubdued, even quiet in com-parison to past years. Perhapsit stems from the fact thatnearly everyone has alreadydecided who they’re votingfor or maybe everyone is justtired of the political banter,because the presidential cam-paign started over a year ago.

The one thing, however,there was no shortage of thisyear was opinion surveys.There were surveys on longterm care, health care, Min-nesota history and, of course,the usual 20 questions aboutlegislative proposals at theState House booth. But themost intriguing survey wasthe one being conducted atthe Minnesota Department ofRevenue booth where I wasasked to complete a surveyon tax reform.

This push for tax reform iscoming from Gov. Mark Day-ton. His tax reform agenda isentitled “Governor Dayton’sTax Reform for a Better Min-nesota.” A one sheet handoutstates that Gov. Dayton issending Revenue Commis-sioner Myron Frans on astatewide tour to talk aboutour tax system and collectsuggestions on how to makeour Minnesota tax system“fair and simple.”

On the bottom of the sheetin big, bold, blue type itstates, “Tell us your ideas fortax reform!”

So, Gov. Dayton, here itgoes. Let’s reform the Min-nesota tax system by usingthe “State Fair model.” The“State Fair model” is simpleand very fair. It’s a systemwhere everyone pays.

Everyone who enters the

fairgrounds every day mustpay; rich or poor, young orold, worker or observer. The“everyone pays” system atthe State Fair has been inplace for decades. It is simpleand easy to administer, every-one who enters the fair-grounds pays the admissionfee.

There are different rates forseniors and children, there arediscount tickets and promo-tional days, like Seniors Day,but everyone must pay toenter; the only exception ischildren under the age of 5.Whether you are working atthe fairgrounds all day or juststopping to pick up a ProntoPup, you still pay to get in.

My “State Fair” tax reformidea addresses the fact thattoday approximately 30 per-cent of all Minnesotans payno state income tax. At thefederal level almost one-halfof all Americans pay no in-come tax.

As the federal governmentruns up trillion dollar deficitsand the state runs up billiondollar deficits, we have mil-lions of people who don’t payanything. Everyone wants toenjoy the benefits that gov-ernment provides, but fewerand fewer people are payingfor the cost of the services.

With the plea for ideas ontax reform the Department ofRevenue handed out a sheetof paper explaining howmuch in state revenue is cur-rently being collected fromthe variety of state taxes.Their numbers show that 44percent of all state revenuecomes from the individual in-come tax, of which 30 per-cent of Minnesotans do notpay.

In the last 10 years totalstate revenue collections haveincreased by more than 45percent, now topping $26 bil-lion per year. This means thatpeople are paying a greaterpercentage of their income torun state government. YetGov. Dayton’s tax proposal isto raise income taxes, placinga greater tax burden on thepeople who are already pay-ing the most. What is fair

about this concept?My “everyone should pay

something” tax model shouldnot be confused with the socalled “Fair Tax.” The prem-ise of the “Fair Tax” is toeliminate the income tax andonly have a sales tax or whatis termed a consumption tax.This approach if applied tothe State Fair would meanthat there would be no admis-sion fee; but there would be ahigher tax on every service orproduct sold at the fair. Thosewho eat 10 corn dogs wouldpay more than those whoonly ate one. A consumptiontax is a simpler tax systemand would probably workbetter than our current taxstructure, but it would makeour sales taxes some of thehighest in the nation.

If all Minnesotans benefitfrom a good education sys-tem, public safety, healthcare,transportation and public wel-fare, why shouldn’t everyonehelp pay at least something toprovide the services?

The state’s minimum in-come tax could be very small,perhaps not much more thanthe price of admission to theState Fair. Hundreds of thou-sands of Minnesotans eachyear pay to attend the StateFair and have money to buyfood and entertainment. Is itasking too much for everyMinnesotan to contribute afew dollars to provide for theState services, from which weall benefit?

If Gov. Dayton is trulyseeking a fair and simple taxsystem, he should adopt the“State Fair” model; whereeverybody pays something,rich or poor, young or old,and contributes to supportingstate services. In addition,this tax policy would betransparent, broad based andinclusive. Just like the “GreatMinnesota Get-Together!

Phil Krinkie, a formereight-term Republican staterepresentative from LinoLakes who chaired theHouse Tax Committee for awhile, is president of theTaxpayers League of Min-nesota.

Guest column:

Let’s try tax reform on a stick

Area ChurchesBEREAN BAPTIST

Corner of 16th Street andHennepin Avenue, Glencoe

Johnathon PixlerInterim pastor

Call 320-864-6113Call Jan at 320-864-3387 for

women’s Bible studyWed., Sept. 12 — Women’s Bible

study, 9 a.m.; service on GlencoeCable Channel 10, 8 p.m

Fri., Sept. 14 — Men’s Biblestudy, 9 a.m.

Sun., Sept. 16 — Worship, 9:30a.m.; service on Glencoe CableChannel 10, 10:30 a.m.

Tues., Sept. 18 — Men’s Biblestudy, 6 a.m.

CHRIST LUTHERAN1820 N. Knight Ave., Glencoe

Katherine Rood, Pastor320-864-4549

www.christluth.comE-mail: office@christluth.comWed., Sept. 12 — Men’s Bible

study, breakfast, 8 a.m.; bell choir,5:30 p.m.; confirmation, 6:30 p.m.;senior choir, 6:30 p.m.; church coun-cil, 7 p.m.; televised worship, Chan-nel 10, 2 p.m.

Thurs., Sept. 13 — Rachel Circleat Jan Petrick’s, 9 a.m.

Fri., Sept. 14 — Amber Ranzau-Jonathan Schwartz wedding rehears-al, 6 p.m.

Sat., Sept. 15 — Ranzau-Schwartzwedding, 3 p.m.

Sun., Sept. 16 — Worship withcommunion, 8:15 a.m. and 10:45a.m.; adult education, 9:30 a.m.

Mon., Sept. 17 — Light & Life ar-ticles due; televised worship serviceson Channel 10, 3 p.m.

Tues., Sept. 18 — Ladies fellow-ship at Gert & Erma’s, 10 a.m.; staffout for worker retreat; Jeanne Pagelin office, 9 a.m.-noon.

CHURCH OF PEACE520 11th St. E., Glencoe

Joseph Clay, PastorSun., Sept. 16 — Worship at

Church of Peace, 10 a.m.; confirma-tion class meet at 9:15 a.m.

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

Wed., Sept. 12 — Staff meeting,11 a.m.; evening prayer, 5:40 p.m.;Mass, 6 p.m.; religious education(RE) classes, grades K-6, 7 p.m.-9p.m.; grades 7-11 RE classes, 7 p.m.-8:15 p.m.; confirmation candidateand parent session at Holy Family,Silver Lake, 7:15 p.m.

Thurs., Sept. 13 — Mass atGRHS-LTC, 10:30 a.m.; Red Crossblood drive, Holy Trinity gym, Win-sted, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; worship com-mittee meeting, 7 p.m.

Fri., Sept. 14 — Morning prayer, 8a.m.; school Mass, 8:20 a.m.; noSpanish Mass.

Sat., Sept. 15 — Fall festival set-up and drop-off for country store, 9a.m.; Spanish new catechist orienta-tion meeting; Heldt-Templin wed-ding, 2 p.m.; reconciliation, 4 p.m.;Mass, 5 p.m.

Sun., Sept. 16 — Fall Festival;Mass, 9:30 a.m.; Spanish Mass,11:30 a.m.; no Spanish RE classes;Mass at Seneca, 4:30 p.m.; Mass atHoly Family, Silver Lake, 8 p.m.

Mon., Sept. 17 — No mass; St.Francis Mission Club, 1:30 p.m.

Tues., Sept. 18 — Morning prayer,7 a.m.; Mass, 7:20 a.m.; junior choir,2:50 p.m.; KC meeting, 7:30 p.m.

FIRST CONGREGATIONALCHURCH UCC

1400 Elliott Ave., GlencoeRev. Linzy Collins Jr., PastorE-mail: congoucc@gmail.comWed., Sept. 12 — Women’s fel-

lowship executive board meeting,5:30 p.m.; choir, 6:30 p.m.

Thurs., Sept. 13 — Cottage meet-ing at Truesdales, 2 p.m.

Sun., Sept. 16 — Worship, 9:15a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.

Tues., Sept. 18 — Bible study,9:30 a.m.; trustees meeting, 6:30p.m.; cottage meeting, fellowshiphall, 6:30 p.m.

FIRST EVANGELICALLUTHERAN

925 13th St. E., GlencoeDaniel Welch, Senior Pastor

Ronald L. Mathison, Associate Pastor

320-864-5522www.firstglencoe.org

E-mail: firstev.lcms@juno.comWed., Sept. 12 — Public school

confirmation, 3:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m.Thurs., Sept. 13 — Chapel at

Grand Meadows, 1:30 p.m.; FLS K-8parent open house, 7 p.m.

Sat., Sept. 15 — NYG recycling, 9a.m.-3 p.m.; Schwanke-Smith wed-ding, 3:30 p.m.

Sun., Sept. 16 — Worship withcommunion, 8 a.m.; fellowship, 9a.m.; Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.; wor-ship, 10:30 a.m.; NYG recycling,noon-3 p.m.

Mon., Sept. 17 — Praise Folk, 8p.m.

Tues., Sept. 18 — OT overview,9:30 a.m.

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERANLutheran Church–Missouri Synod

1407 Cedar Ave. N., GlencoeRev. James F. Gomez, Pastor

Matthew Harwell,Director of Christian EducationE-mail: office@gslcglencoe.orgWed., Sept. 12 — REVEAL

courses, 5:30 p.m.; council, 7 p.m.Thurs., Sept. 13 — Circuit pastors,

First Lutheran, Glencoe, 8:30 a,.m.;DCE cluster at Mocha Monkey, Wa-conia, 10 a.m.

Sat., Sept. 15 — Wendt-Hueser af-firmation of wedding vows, 3 p.m.

Sun., Sept. 16 — Choir, 7:45 a.m.;worship, 9 a.m.; voters assembly,10:15 a.m.; Kingdom Quest, FUEL,10:15 a.m.; gym kickball, 5:30 p.m.

Tues., Sept. 18 — GSLC Biblestudy, 9:30 a.m.

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

GlencoeDennis Reichow, Pastor

Wed., Sept. 12 — Grades 5-6 cate-chism, 3:45 p.m.; grades 7-8 cate-chism, 4:45 p.m.; chimes, 6:30 p.m.;choir, 7:30 p.m.

Thurs., Sept. 13 — Bible study atGrand Meadows, 2 p.m.; Jesus CaresMinistry, 6:30 p.m.

Sun., Sept. 16 — Worship, 9 a.m.;Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Bible class,10:20 a.m.

Mon., Sept. 17 — Ministry ad-vancement meeting, 7 p.m.

Tues., Sept. 18 — Table Talk, 7p.m.

GRACE LUTHERAN8638 Plum Ave., Brownton

Andrew Hermodson-Olsen, PastorE-mail:

contact@gracebrownton.orgwww.gracebrownton.org

Wed., Sept. 12 — Choir practice,7 p.m.; council meeting, 7:30 p.m.

Sun., Sept. 16 — Rally Sunday;worship, 8:45 a.m.; Sunday school,10 a.m.; parents meeting, 7 p.m.

Mon., Sept. 17 — Local broad-cast, 6 p.m.

Tues., Sept. 18 — Bible study, 9a.m.

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN700 Division St., Brownton

R. Allan Reed, Pastorwww.immanuelbrownton.orgWed., Sept. 12 — Bible study

with pastor, 9 a.m.; confirmationclasses, 4 p.m.; chapel worship withcommunion, 6:30 p.m.; deaconsmeeting, 7:30 p.m.

Thurs., Sept. 13 — Pastors win-kle, no office hours; Parkview Biblestudy, 1:30 p.m.

Sun., Sept. 16 — Worship, 9 a.m.;Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.; Biblestudy following worship; Channel 8video, 10:30 a.m.

CONGREGATIONALDivision St., Brownton

Barry Marchant, Interim Pastorbrowntoncongregational.org

Wed., Sept. 12 — Bingo, bringitem for food shelf, 6:30 p.m.

Sun., Sept. 16 — Worship, 9 a.m.;Bible study and coffee fellowship,10:15 a.m.

ST. BONIFACE CATHOLIC

StewartWed., Sept. 12 — Mass, 9 a.m.Thurs., Sept. 13 — Mass, a.m.Sun., Sept. 16 — Mass, 9:15 a.m.

ST. MATTHEW’S LUTHERANFernando

Aaron Albrecht, pastorWed., Sept. 12 — Bible study, 6

p.m.; confirmation orientation, 7p.m.-8:15 p.m.

Sat., Sept. 15 — Fernando 5K run,9 a.m.

Sun., Sept. 16 — Baptism/confir-mation reunion service, 9 a.m.; polkaservice, 9:45 a.m.; hog roast meal, 11a.m.-1 p.m.; auction to follow.

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

Robert Taylor, pastor320-587-5104

Sun., Sept. 16 — Sunday school,9:15 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.

CROSSROADS CHURCH10484 Bell Ave., Plato

Scott and Heidi Forsberg, pastors320-238-2181

www.mncrossroads.orgWed., Sept. 12 — Youth and adult

activities night, 7 p.m.Sun., Sept. 16 — Worship, 10 a.m.

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

Bruce Laabs, Pastor320-238-2550

E-mail: stjlplato@embarqmail.comwww.christ-4-u.org

Wed., Sept. 12 — Midweek, 6p.m.

Thurs., Sept. 13 — Bible study, 9a.m.; Grand Meadows visits; bulletindeadline.

Sun., Sept. 16 — “Time ofGrace,” TV channel 9, 6:30 a.m.;worship, 9 a.m.; Sunday school, 10a.m.; Bible study, 10:10 a.m.

Tues., Sept. 18 — Just Becausevisit, 7 p.m.

ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCHOF CHRIST

308 First St. N.E., PlatoBill Baldwin, Pastor

Wed., Sept. 12 — Office open, 9a.m.; men’s coffee, 9 a.m.; confirma-tion meeting, 5 p.m.

Fri., Sept. 14 — Office open, 9a.m.

Sun., Sept. 16 — Sunday school,8:45 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m.; prayertime, 11 a.m.

IMMANUEL EVANGELICALLUTHERANNew Auburn

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

Wed., Sept. 12 — Seventh-gradeconfirmation, 4 p.m.; eighth-gradeconfirmation, 5 p.m.

Sun., Sept. 16 — Sunday school,9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m.

GRACE BIBLE CHURCH300 Cleveland Ave., Silver Lake

Dr. Tom Rakow, Pastor320-327-2352

http://silverlakechurch.orgWed., Sept. 12 — Prayer time, 7

p.m.Sat., Sept. 15 — Men’s Bible

study, 7 a.m.Sun., Sept. 16 — “First Light”

radio broadcast on KARP 106.9 FM,7:30 a.m.; men serve the womenbreakfast, 8:30 a.m.-9:15 a.m.; pre-service prayer time, 9:15 a.m.; Sun-day worship with guest speaker Mar-lin Rasmussen, 9:30 a.m.; Sundayschool for all ages, 10:35 a.m.; openshooting for Centershot graduates,11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; CentershotArchery Ministry begins, 1 p.m.

FAITH PRESBYTERIAN108 W. Main St., Silver Lake

320-327-2452 / Fax 320-327-6562E-mail:

faithfriends@embarqmail.comWed., Sept. 12 — Worship and

music meeting, 6 p.m.; choir prac-tice, 7 p.m.

Sun., Sept. 16 — Rally Sundayworship service, 10 a.m.; fellowshipand games to follow service; WOWteachers and parents meet afterchurch; day care open house, 3 p.m.

History

PFA awards Stewart $600,000 ‘loan forgiveness’ grantBy Lori CoplerStaff Writer

The Stewart City Councilhad $600,000 worth of goodnews to share with taxpayersMonday night.

The Public Facilities Au-thority (PFA), which is pro-viding the city with about$1.5 million in a low-interestloan to help fund its utilityand street project, announcedthat it also has awarded thecity a $600,000 “loan forgive-ness grant” to apply towardthe water improvements thatare included with the project.

Council Member JasonPeirce said that the grant willmean that the city “will prob-ably not have to raise our util-ity rates to fund that portion”of the project.

Shannon Sweeney of DavidDrown Associates, the city’sfinancial consulting firm, saidthe grant “was unexpectedand it was significant.”

Sweeney said the city isnow hoping the PFA willcome through with a similarloan forgiveness grant for thesewer portion of the project.He suggested that the city

wait at least a couple ofweeks before starting theprocess to issue general obli-gation bonds for a portion ofthe project so that it doesn’tend up issuing more than itneeds.

Sweeney said the cityshould have enough cash onhand to get it through the firstpay request for the projectwork, which is slated to beginsoon.

In other business Monday,the City Council:

• Adopted a preliminary2013 levy which calls for a 3

percent property tax increase,which will give the city about$11,000 in additional rev-enue. The City Council want-ed to make sure it had enoughfunding for its general obliga-tion bond payments, which isunknown at this point be-cause of the potential grant.

The City Council has theoption to lower the levy whenit finalizes its budget in No-vember, but it can’t raise itmore than the 3 percent in-crease it approved Mondaynight.

• Was reminded that be-

cause of federal holidays inOctober and November(Columbus Day and VeteransDay), the City Council meet-ings will be moved to the sec-ond Tuesday of those months,rather than the second Mon-day. The Council will meetTuesday, Oct. 9, and Tuesday,Nov. 13.

• Agreed to move fundsfrom three maturing certifi-cates of deposit (CDs) to asavings account at First Min-nesota Bank so that the cashwill be readily available.

• Discussed the possibility

of replacing a nine-year copi-er in the clerk’s office, but de-cided to retain it until partsare no longer available.

• Discussed at length thepossible patching of streetsnot included in the street andutility project.

• Heard a request fromMatt Maiers, maintenance su-pervisor, to have two councilmembers work with the main-tenance department on devel-oping a long-range street re-pair plan.

100 Years AgoSept. 13, 1912O.C. Conrad, Editor

Charles Dwinnell has begunmaking improvements on hisquarter-section farm, 11⁄2 mileseast of town, by erecting a largenew machine shed.

It is more than likely that LakeMarion will be seined this fallfor the removal of rough fish,such as carp, dogfish, buffaloand suckers.

The entire populace of the vil-lage, addicted to the use offirearms, was out bright andearly Saturday morning in questof wild ducks and chickens.Some parties report fairly goodbags while others merely gotenough for a fry. The absence ofgood chicken dogs was the maincause of not being able to findthe elusive prairie hen, of whichplenty were reported before theseason opened.

75 Years AgoSept. 9, 1937Percy L. Hakes, Editor

C.A. Sommerdorf has sold hismilk business in Brownton toGeorge Peik. Sommerdorf oper-ated the business for nine years.Harry Sommerdorf drove thelocal route, and he will be leav-ing soon for California.

A wedding of local interesttook place at the FriedensLutheran parsonage in Hutchin-son Wednesday, Sept. 1, whenMiss Erlene Stites, daughter ofMr. and Mrs. Earl Stites, becamethe bride of Mr. Glenn Erickson,son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholi Er-ickson of Mora. The couple willmake their home on the J.P.

Metelak farm, northwest ofBrownton, after they return fromtheir honeymoon motor tripthrough northern Minnesota.

Mr. and Mrs. Milo Wacker,nee Vera Rennecke, are thehappy parents of a baby boyborn Sept. 1.

Stillborn, to Mr. and Mrs.Thomas Williamson, a daughter,Elizabeth Jane, at the Hutchinsonhospital Sept. 1. Appropriate fu-neral services were held for thebaby Friday morning at theWilliamson home with the Rev.Johnson officiating.

50 Years AgoSept. 13, 1962Charles H. Warner, Editor

Saturday evening, Aug. 25,Vernamaree Peik of Browntonbecame the bride of WilliamJames Nelson of Richfield. Mr.and Mrs. Erwin Peik of Brown-ton and Mr. and Mrs. HaroldNelson of Richfield are parentsof the bridal couple.

Ottilie Emma Abraham, 88,died Wednesday evening, Sept.5, from the effects of a stroke shesuffered Aug. 29. Funeral servic-es were held Sept. 9 at ImmanuelLutheran Church.

Tuesday’s primary electionnarrowed the field to two candi-dates in several county races.Lila C. Luthens, incumbent, andClarence E. Schultz will face offin November in the county audi-tor race as former Browntonmayor Marvin Spaude was elim-inated in the primary. LorraineLindeman and Edward Gries-mann will compete for the coun-ty treasurer position, as Jay F.Falkenhagen and Jesse W. Howewere eliminated. Leon Odegaard,

incumbent sheriff, will be chal-lenged by Elmer Pollmann asBennie Von der Brelje was elimi-nated.

20 Years AgoSept. 9, 1992Lori Copler, Editor

The Bulletin turned 100 yearsold Sept. 8 and, to celebrate, willhost an open house Friday from9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Stewart will have a three-wayrace for mayor in the Novembergeneral election. Marge Scholla,who was the mayor in the late1980s, has joined the race alongwith city council member WillieVanDuynhoven and formercouncil member Quentin Klucas.

10 Years AgoSept. 11, 2002Lori Copler, Editor

Filings for candidacy for thecity elections in Stewart andBrownton closed Tuesday. Stew-art’s incumbent mayor, JimKalenberg, will be challenged byformer mayor Kevin Klucas. Inthe council election, incumbentRon Sandell has filed for re-elec-tion, and Orville Trettin andKathy Bethke have joined thefield. Incumbent Bob Finnell didnot file. There are two councilseats to be voted upon.

In Brownton, long-time coun-cil member Curt Carrigan hasfiled for mayor; two-term incum-bent Brian Hagen chose not torun again. Doug Block filed forre-election to his council seat.The seat currently held by Carri-gan will be open to a write-invote as no else filed.

From the Brownton Bulletin archives

100 Years AgoSept. 13, 1912A.F. Avery, Editor

The marriage of Miss MinnieKottke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Gust Kottke of Preston Lake, toMr. August Proehl of Arlington,took place at the Lutheranchurch at 11 o’clock Wednesdaymorning, the Rev. C.H.Kowalske officiating. Mr. andMrs. Proehl left yesterday forArlington, near where the groomhas a large farm on which theywill make their home.

We learned of the marriage atMinneapolis Tuesday, Sept. 10,of Miss Alice Adkins of that cityto Mr. John R. Thom of RoundGrove. Mr. and Mrs. Thom willmake their home on the farmsoutheast of town owned by thegroom’s father.

A runaway created consider-able excitement on the south sideMonday afternoon. WilliamKuehl’s team became frightenedby a motorcycle and ran southacross the track and round theBoehlke store corner. MartinTotz’ faithful old nag washitched to a post, and the run-away struck the buggy of Mar-tin’s rig, badly demolishing it.Charlie Davy was just in the actof untying his horse when therunning team frightened it, and itbolted, adding to the generalconfusion. Charlie tried to stophis horse and struck his armthrough the wheel of the buggy,badly wrenching his wrist; other-wise, no one was hurt. Both teamand horse came to a stop downpast Louis Larson’s.

A daughter was born to Mr.and Mrs. H.F. Trettin of BoonLake Sept. 10.

A son was born to Mr. andMrs. August Lehmann of thisvillage yesterday afternoon,Sept. 12.

A new Burroughs adding ma-chine, one of the greatest labor

and time savers ever invented,has been installed at the StewartState Bank.

Miss Florence Swan is in re-ceipt of the welcome intelligencethat she is the winner of the five-passenger Overland automobileoffered by the New Age maga-zine in the subscription contestwhich closed Aug. 31.

75 Years AgoSept. 10, 1937Harry Koeppen, Editor

Mrs. William (Emma Al-brecht) Quandt, 63, of GraftonTownship passed away at herhome there last Thursday after-noon. Her health had been un-dermined by stomach cancer forsome time. She is survived byher husband and four children,George Quandt of Fargo, N.D.,and Clarence Quandt, AugustQuandt and Mrs. William Sabo,all of Stewart.

The home of Mr. and Mrs. JoeTorgerson was saddened Tues-day afternoon when their 4-month-old daughter, Joan,passed away after an illness ofonly three days.

A newspaper deal has beencompleted in the past coupleweeks whereby the Tribuneplant, subscription list and good-will were sold by L.A. Hakes toHarry Koeppen, who edited thepaper when the Hakes Brothersbought it in 1924. Mr. Koeppentook over the plant this week andthis issue is the first under thenew management.

50 Years AgoSept. 13, 1962Kermit T. Hubin, Editor

Gerald Albrecht of rural Stew-art owns the grand championgrade holstein in 4-H dairy cat-tle, earning the award at theMinnesota State Fair. He waspresented his award by thenewly crowned Princess Kay of

the Milky Way, Kathleen Hjelleof Argyle.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pichotta(Lavonne Navratil) are rejoicingover the arrival of a baby boy,Joseph, born Sept. 11.

Mary McGraw, daughter ofMr. and Mrs. Vince McGraw ofStewart, became the bride ofTom Dzik, son of Mr. and Mrs.Joseph Dzik of St. Paul, on Sept.8 at St. Boniface CatholicChurch in Stewart. The couplewill make their home in St. Paul.

35 Years AgoSept. 15, 1977Kermit T. Hubin, Editor

Jerry Barney, native of Stew-art, has been named the news ed-itor of the Shakopee ValleyNews. He has been a newspaperman the past seven years, start-ing his career with the NewRichmond, Wis., News. His par-ents are Mr. and Mrs. CliffordBarney of this community.

The city of Stewart has an-nounced the opening of a burnsite at the former city dump,which will accept leaves,branches, garden waste and grassclippings.

William Schultz has submittedhis resignation as the principal ofStewart High School, having ac-cepted a similar position atHeron Lake.

30 Years AgoSept. 16, 1982Dave Stoltz, Editor

Wildlife artist Les Kouba willcomplete a water color paintingspecially commission by FirstState Bank of Stewart PresidentJohn Lipke during the Hutchin-son Arts and Crafts Festival thisweekend. The painting will beentitled “Canada Geese VisitCrow River,” and will hang inthe new banking facility Lipkeplans to open in Hutchinsonwithin the next few weeks.

From the Stewart Tribune archives

By Lori CoplerStaff Writer

The Brownton City Coun-cil accepted, with regrets, theresignation of Police OfficerJake Binnebose at its Sept. 4meeting.

Binnebose has accepted aposition as a clinical systemsanalyst at Sibley MedicalCenter.

But Binnebose told theCity Council that he intendsto continue living in Brown-ton, and asked to be put onthe city’s roster of part-timeofficers.

“It’s a bittersweet situationfor me,” Binnebose said inhis resignation letter. “Thepeople I have met throughoutmy time working for youhave all left some sort of im-pact on my life and for that Ithank you, because I am abetter person for it.”

Binnebose’s last day wasSept. 6.

Mayor Curt Carrigan sug-gested that the City Counciltable a decision on how toproceed with filling the jobuntil the October meeting. Heasked Police Chief Ron KelmJr. to fill in with part-time of-

ficers until then.“That will give us some

time to do some thinking onour options,” said Carrigan.

In other police business,Council Member ChuckWarner expressed concernabout the number of times theBrownton Police Departmentprovides mutual aid for inci-dents in neighboring Stewart.

Council Member NormSchwarze agreed.

“I counted seven of them(mutual aid calls) in the pastmonth,” said Schwarze.

The city of Stewart con-tracts with McLeod Countyfor law enforcement. If acounty squad isn’t availablein the area, Brownton officerswill get called under the mu-tual-aid agreement.

Warner said that while heappreciates that Stewart istrying to save money on lawenforcement and that mutualaid between departments is agood thing, “are the Stewarttaxpayers getting by withBrownton subsidizing them?”

Council Member BrianDressel pointed out that themutual aid agreement worksboth ways: quite often, the

county will help out the city’sofficers with incidents.

Schwarze said he hopes thecounty will be willing to helpout Brownton more while it isshort-staffed after Binne-bose’s resignation.

The Council took no actionon the concerns that wereraised.

In other business Sept. 4,the City Council:

• Adopted its preliminary2013 budget and levy. Theproposed 2013 property taxlevy is the same as the 2012levy, at $387,917, which in-cludes $229,575 for the gen-eral fund, and $158,342 forbonded debt for prior streetand utility improvement proj-ects and the bond for the ren-ovation of the former schoolbuilding into the BrowntonArea Civic Center.

• Heard that the transmis-sion on the maintenance de-partment’s payloader isn’tworking. The City Councildirected the clerk and mainte-nance department to look intooptions, including the possi-ble purchase of a used pay-loader or a lease-to-own pro-gram.

Brownton City Council acceptsresignation of police officer

DFL ‘Meetand Greet’set Sept. 15

The McLeod County DFLwill host a “Meet and Greet”event from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.,Saturday, Sept. 15, at theBrownton Rod & Gun Club.The public is invited to meetelected officials and candi-dates and to discuss the is-sues.

Local candidates speakingat the “Meet and Greet” areNancy Larson, District 18AHouse of Representativescandidate; Logan Campa,District 18B House of Repre-sentative candidate; andSteven Schiroo, District 18Senate candidate.

Elected officials speakingat the event included Min-nesota Auditor Rebecca Otto,Minnesota House MinorityLeader District 63A HouseRep. Paul Thissen and Min-nesota House Minority WhipDistrict 23A Rep. Terry Mor-row.

The Minnesota DFL Veter-ans group also will attend.

Campaign signs will beavailable for those interestedin placing a sign in their yardor along their driveway.

There is no charge to at-tend. Food will be served,and free-will donations willbe accepted.

“By working together, wecan create the change ourcountry needs and our fellowcitizens deserve,” said DFLChairman Tim Tanchin.“McLeod County DFL hopesyou will engage in the con-versation and assist in elect-ing leaders who honor hardwork, fair play and openmindedness.”

Anyone with questions cancontact McLeod County DFLAssociate Chairperson Mar-cia Betker at 320-587-3145or 320-583-0019.

Twenty-two Brownton sen-ior citizens met Monday atthe community center.

Cards were played after themeeting with the following

winners: 500, Della Schultz,first, and Carol Brelje, sec-ond; pinochle, Ordell Klucas,first, and Betty Katzenmeyer,second; and sheephead, Lil

Lindeman, first, and ElvaWendlandt, second.

Jerome Ewert won the doorprize. Gladys Rickert servedrefreshments.

The next meeting will beMonday, Sept. 17, at 1 p.m.All seniors are welcome.

22 Brownton seniors met Monday afternoon

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Thurs., Sept. 13 — AA Group Mtg. next to Post Office inStewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for info.

Sun., Sept. 16 — Buffalo Creek Community Choir re-hearsals start, Grace Lutheran Church, Brownton. Call 320-234-7889 or 320-328-4365 for info.

Mon., Sept. 17 — Tops Weigh-In mtg., 5-5:30 p.m.; Brown-ton Senior Citizens Club, 1 p.m., Brownton Community Cen-ter; Brownton Lions; Stewart American Legion Post 125 &Auxiliary, 7 p.m.

Tues., Sept. 18 — Narcotics Anonymous, Brownton Com-munity Center, 7 p.m.; Brownton Legion.

Wed., Sept. 19 — Oktoberfest in September, BrowntonCity Park, food served @ 5:30 p.m., music from 6-8 p.m.

Thurs., Sept. 20 — AA Group Mtg. next to Post Office inStewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for info.; Stewart Lions.

Sept. 22-23 — Stewart-Brownton Girl Scouts paper drive,Cactus Jack’s II parking lot, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., call Mike or GerriFitzloff with questions at 320-562-2369.

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St. Pius X Church1103 10th St. E., Glencoe

FALL FESTIVALOld Fashion DinnerSunday, Sept. 16

Serving 10:30 am-2:00 pmAdults: $9,

Children 3-10: $4.50 2 & Under: FREE

Bingo 10-2Raffle Drawings at 2:15

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Food Court - Face PaintingMENU: Baked chicken, sausage & sauerkraut,real mashed potatoes, corn, roll, homemade pie

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Hutchinson Event Center$8 ticket includes morning coffee, workshops,

speakers, vendor booths and lunch.

8:00 a.m. Doors Open9:30 a.m., Keynote Speaker: Doug Ohman

Presents: Libraries of MNEntertainment by Chuck Thiel

Workshop Topics:Are You Really What You Eat?Computers 101Discover Your Family’s HistoryIdentity Theft and ScamsMedicare - What’s New for 2013Some Alternative Therapies for Health and HealingYour Library - Not Just for Books Anymore

Tickets available at: McLeod County Senior Nutrition SitesHutchinson: Hutchinson Event Center, Peace Lutheran Church,

Faith Lutheran ChurchGlencoe: Glencoe Regional Health Services, First Lutheran Church

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St. Boniface of Stewart 23rd AnnualPORK CHOP DINNER

Sun., Sept. 23 • 10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.Pork Chop Meal - $9; Extra Chop - $2; 4-10 yrs. - $5; 3 & Under - FREE

Menu Includes: Baked potatoes, glazed carrots, cole slaw, applesauce, dinner rolls, pies & beverage.

Take Outs Available • Curbside Pickup

320-583-2917* Country Store, Baked Goods, Canned Goods, Crafts & More* RAFFLE Drawing at 1:35 p.m. *Games, Bingo, Barrel Train RidesMASS at 9:15 a.m. featuring BASICSMatching funds provided by Catholic United Financial

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The Glencoe High School graduating class of 1972 heldits 40-year reunion at the Glencoe City Center on Aug.18. Class members attending included, front row, left toright, Ray Watts, Jan (Posusta) Kulinski, Pat (Ogle) Al-brecht, Cal Miller, Warren Hoernemann, Dave Aul, PaulaGeister-Jones, Betty (Neuhaus) Brost, Dean Schmidt,Linda (Graupmann) Ziemer and Pam Geister. Secondrow, Don Drew, Paul Graupmann, Todd Wedin, JimDammann, Gordon Bergs, Lila (Lipke) Tschida, Cindy(Alsleben) Schwartz, Linda (Hierlmaier) Kluever, Barb

(Schaeve) Matuska, Mavis (VonBerge) Berwald andRhonda (Wendland) Schwarze. Third row, Loren Al-brecht, Kurt Jahnke, Bev (Schimmelpfennig) Nelson,Peg (Rehmann) Hatlestad, Ruth (Adelmann) Rysted,Brenda (Rose) Birkholz, Lynell (Frauendienst) Bohrer,Lynn (McKee) Blakeway and Darlene (Lindemeier) En-gelmann. Fourth row, Lyle Albrecht, Dave Exsted, SteveWitthus, Kurt Schulz, Hans Lindemann, Lori (Thom)Rhyner, Kevin Dummer, Rita (Popelka) Juul, SteveFrauendienst, Norman Rosenow and Bob Hatlestad.

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Glencoe graduating class of 1972

By Lori CoplerStaff Writer

The Stewart City Councilset a Sept. 24 public hearingon the proposed Renville-Sib-ley fiber optic-to-the-homeproject (RS Fiber).

The City Council wants tohave citizens’ input on thecity’s potential financial lia-bility if the proposed project,which would bring fiber-optictelevision, Internet and phoneservice to residents in the twocounties and 11 cities, fails.

Shannon Sweeney of DavidDrown Associates, a financialconsultant for RS Fiber, saidthe approximately $70 mil-lion project includes a debtservice shortfall fund, whichwill be used if the proposednetwork doesn’t generate

enough revenue to makebond and interest payments.

If the network does need to“dip into the debt servicefund, a letter will be sent toeach county and city askingto replenish that shortfallfund” to its established level.

The amount to be replen-ished, Sweeney said, will be“based on your share, whichis based on the number ofconnections in your commu-nity.”

Currently, the city of Stew-art’s share is just about 3-1/2percent.

Sweeney said the financialstructuring of the projectshould generate enoughmoney to make paymentsthrough the first three yearsof the system’s construction

and operation. It is expectedto be profitable in year four,he said.

That gives the participatingentities enough time to planfor any potential shortfall,Sweeney indicated.

If there is a need to dip intothe shortfall fund, the partici-pating entities have the op-portunity to pull out of theproject and elect not to helpreplenish the fund.

But pulling out will haveconsequences, Sweeneywarned: the entity would loseits vote on the joint powersboard, customers within theentity could be subject tohigher fees for service, and itcould affect the entity’s creditrating and, therefore, its abili-ty to bond for its own proj-

ects.Council Member Jason

Peirce said if the project to-tally collapses, the city ofStewart could be liable for upto $250,000 per year for 30years to cover the bond.

Sweeney said that scenariowould be highly unlikely, butdid say the city has to pre-pared for some risk.

Council Member MikeAydt said he would like togive citizens a chance to offertheir opinions on the matter.The Council agreed to set apublic hearing for Monday,Sept. 24, at 7 p.m., afterwhich it will make a decisionon a resolution as to whetherit will continue to participatein issuing bonds for the proj-ect.

Stewart City Council sets Sept. 24 publichearing on fiber project financing proposal

The Glencoe Lions Clubhas quietly been supportingthe local school system and itsstudents with its programs formany years.

The local club began itsscholarship program shortlyafter it became a Lions club inthe 1970s; it has supported theLions Quest program since1986; and between 2005 and2011, it has handed out freedictionaries to all third gradersin the school district in thepublic and parochial schools,as well as home-schooled stu-dents.

But to continue to supportthe school district and its stu-dents, the Glencoe Lions,often with assistance from theother four Lions clubs in theGlencoe-Silver Lake SchoolDistrict, require funds to keepthe programs alive. ThoseLions clubs are in Silver Lake,Plato, New Auburn andBrownton.

Ron Dahlke, current LionsDistrict governor and a Glen-coe Lions member, said fundraisers are more importantthan ever, since the club’smain source of revenue —pulltabs — has been on thedecline for several years.

The next Glencoe Lionsfund raiser will be Sunday,Sept. 23, at the Pla-Mor Ball-room when Dad’s BelgianWaffles will be served from 9a.m. to noon. Free-will dona-tions will be accepted, Dahlkesaid.

“All proceeds go toward theGlencoe Lions’ sponsored pro-grams for GSL public(school), St. Pius X (Catholicschool), First Lutheran

(school) and home-schooledstudents in the GSL area,”Dahlke said.

Those programs include thepersonal dictionaries, thepeace poster contest for stu-dents ages 11-13, the LionsQuest program for students inseventh and eighth grades, thesenior high write-off contestfor grades nine-12, the Min-nesota Page program andscholarships for seniors.

Dahlke said the theme ofthis year’s fund raisers, in-cluding the Sept. 23 event, is“Help Us Help Our Students.”

Dahlke said since 2002, theLions have passed out about1,350 dictionaries that thethird-grade students can keep.

The dictionaries are used bythird-grade teachers in the cur-riculum, as well, Dahlke said,but also are used by the stu-dents in later grades.

The dictionaries are morethan that; they are a resourcebook for a variety of subjectsranging from geography tometric conversions.

The annual Peace Postercontest is sponsored by LionsInternational, Dahlke said.This year’s theme is “ImaginePeace” and is open to studentsat Lincoln Jr. High, as well asparochial and home-schoolstudents.

The posters are collected inlate October and winners areselected by each GSL DistrictLions club. The winners ad-vance to the district competi-tion and also are honored atthe February district Lionsconvention.

“We have good participa-tion,” Dahlke said of the

Peace Poster contest. “It’s niceto see how creative kids are.”

This is the 25th year of theInternational Lions PeacePoster contest, and the Glen-coe Lions have participatedsince 1987, Dahlke said.

The write-off contest is justheld within the GSL Districtand is handled by the GSLEnglish department. It in-volves an essay of 500 wordsor less.

The Lions’ Quest programhas been in the district since1986 and is aimed at seventhand eighth graders using the“Skills of Adolescence” work-book.

The aim is to address sev-enth-grade students’ self con-fidence, managing emotions inthe positive way and improv-ing peer relations.

The eighth-grade level ofQuest includes topics like al-cohol, drugs and tobacco use;social relations and humansexuality. Quest is incorporat-ed into the junior high healtheducation curriculum.

Dahlke said as district gov-ernor, there will be a push forLions to get more involved inliteracy and reading programs.

He said the aim is to getLions members to read to stu-dents or to sit in and have stu-dents read to Lions members.

Dahlke said anytime some-one can walk into a schoolbuilding and feel like they arehelping someone, it builds re-lationships. “That’s good,” headded.

He pointed out that Interna-tional Lions theme this year is“A World of Service.”

Local Lions seek supportfor efforts to help students

Heartland Community Ac-tion Agency has formed EarlyHead Start services. This newprogram will serve parentsand families of children 0-3years of age and pregnantwomen.

The program is designed toprovide age-appropriate de-velopmental learning; parenteducation and parent-childactivities; and comprehensivehealth and mental health

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Start Program is a home-vis-iting program that providescomprehensive child andfamily development services.

Trained Early Head Startstaff will meet with enrolledfamilies for 1½ hours eachweek, year round.

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Applications are being ac-cepted in Kandiyohi,McLeod, Meeker andRenville counties. Call 320-235-0850 or 1-800-992-1710,extension 600, for informa-tion regarding program, or torefer a family for an applica-tion.

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Funeral services for DoraRebecca Kingsley, 93, of Jor-dan and formerly of Plato,were held Saturday, Sept. 8,at St. Paul’s United Church ofChrist in Plato, the Rev.William Baldwin officiating.

Mrs. Kingsley died Satur-day, Sept. 1, 2012, at GlencoeRegional Health Serviceslong-term care facility.

The organist was DianeAnderson and the duet ofFranklin and Alice Bollersang “Beyond the Sunset.”Congregational hymns were“In the Garden” and “HowGreat Thou Art.”

Pallbearers were Jim Birk,Denny Engelmann, RayHowell, Wayne Jabs, StanlyRistow and Richard Jan-nusch. Interment was in thechurch cemetery.

Dora Rebecca Jannuschwas born Sept. 12, 1918, inrural Plato, the fifth of sevenchildren of Ferdinand F. Jan-nusch and Laura RebeccaMarie (Litzau) Jannusch. Herparents were active in the es-tablishment of St. Paul’sUCC church in Plato, whereshe was a member.

On her family farm, shehelped with hoeing in thesugar beet fields, gardening,tending to the chickens andcanning. She attended ele-mentary school in Plato andhigh school in Glencoe,where she graduated in 1937.She was active in the churchchoir and also taught Sundayschool at St. Paul’s UCC inPlato.

Just one day after graduat-ing, Mrs. Kingsley was of-fered a job as a dishwasherby Shorty Dvorak at therestaurant at Platwood (whichwas located between Platoand Norwood). Two weekslater, she was trained as acook and discovered sheliked it.

It was there she metTheodore “Ted” RooseveltKingsley of Wadena, whoworked at Platwood in thebowling alley and as a pianoplayer. In April 1938, DoraJannusch and Ted Kingsleyjoined the Jay Gould Circusand spent two summers trav-eling with the show, withDora cooking for the entirecircus crew.

On May 19, 1938, theymarried. In February 1939,they were blessed with thebirth of their only child, Ju-dith Lois.

During the 1956-1957school year, they also hosteda foreign exchange student,Olga Espana from Guate-mala.

The Kingsleys becamelocal business owners in May1945 when they opened “Tedand Dora’s Bar and Café” onmain street in Plato. Most fa-

mous for their ribs and ham-burgers, the Kingsleys wereknown throughout the areaand beyond, receiving muchunsolicited acclaim: “Ted andDora Kingsley provide one ofthe finest menus in the stateof Minnesota;” “salesmenwill drive out of their way tohave lunch or dinner at Tedand Dora’s;” and arguably themost re-told story of a top ex-ecutive from one of Ameri-ca’s biggest corporations whosent a telegram from a well-known Chicago restaurantstating that he wished he wasin Plato enjoying one of Tedand Dora’s steaks.

In November 1964, Mr.Kingsley died and Mrs.Kingsley continued to runTed and Dora’s on her ownuntil she retired and moved toJordan in 1977. She contin-ued to host and help withcooking for many familyevents and holidays.

Throughout her life, Mrs.Kingsley enjoyed listening tomusic, the challenge of cross-word puzzles, embroideringquilts, table clothes, and dishtowels, rug hooking andwatching her only great-grandchild, Vanessa, growup.

She loved fishing and trav-eling with her husband, andboth were devoted MinnesotaTwins fans as well as avidbowlers. They would spendthe Fourth of July weeks atCrane Lake in northern Min-nesota fishing, and the LaborDay holidays traveling exten-sively, visiting nearly everystate over the years. Mrs.Kingsley loved to go to citiessuch as Chicago and NewYork.

Mrs. Kingsley always hada smile and hello for every-one and often shared thesewords of wisdom: “Make

time for yourself” and “Lovewhat you do.”

Survivors include herdaughter, Judy Birk, ofHutchinson; sisters, Verona“Babe” (Jannusch) Howell ofGlencoe and Luella Adeline(Jannusch) Ristow of Nor-wood Young America; grand-daughter, Jayne (Denny)Birk-Engelmann and theirdaughter Vanessa of Willmar;grandson, Jim (Donna) Birkof Hutchinson; and severalnieces and nephews.

Preceding her in deathwere her parents, FerdinandF. Jannusch and Laura Rebec-ca Marie (Litzau) Jannusch;brothers, Leonard Alex Jan-nusch (wives, Melinda andDorothy), George “Spike”Carl Jannusch (wife, Elvira),and Fred “Tack” Edward Jan-nusch (wife, Betty); sister,Christina Anna (Jannusch)Monroe (husband, Frank);brothers-in-law, Joy Olson,Dick Howell and August Ris-tow; and son-in-law, EugeneRaymond Birk.

In addition to being knownfor her cooking, Mrs. Kings-ley also was known to keepher recipes secret. One day inthe 1960s, she was in NewYork and invited a friend(Georgia Gould-Lyle) for adrink at the Waldorf-Astoria.

“Tell me,” the friend said,“how do you make that deli-cious barbecue sauce?” Dorasmiled and changed the sub-ject. She still won’t say . . .

Mom, Grandma, GreatGrandma, Dora - we will allmiss you; thank you for awonderful life!

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

Dora Rebecca Kingsley, 93, of Jordan

Obituaries

A Mass of Christian Burialfor Mary Susan Burich, 97,of Bloomington, formerly ofHutchinson, was held Mon-day, Sept. 10, at St. AnastasiaC a t h o l i cChurch inHutchinson.The Rev.Jerry Meidlofficiated.

M r s .Burich diedon Sunday,Sept. 2,2012, atFriendship Village of Bloom-ington.

The altar server was Hay-den Knorr. Gift bearers wereLaurie Meehan, Haley Knorr,Kendall Faber, ChristopherBurich, Brady Knorr andMegan Burich. Eulogistswere Todd Burich and JamesSheedy.

The organist was BonnieWestmiller. The song leaderand flutist was BobbiLudewig. The harpist wasTami Briggs and the bagpiperwas Greg Peller. Musical se-lections included “River ofGlory,” “On Eagle’s Wings,”“I Am the Bread of Life,”“Table of Plenty,” “Song ofFarewell” and “Ave Maria.”

Honorary pallbearers wereThomas Burich, NanciThomas, Todd Burich, BrianKnorr, James Sheedy, TimUlrich, Eric Faber, AnneThomas and John Thomas.Interment was in the churchcemetery.

Mary Susan Slanga wasborn Feb. 18, 1915, in SilverLake, to Frank and EmilySlanga. She was baptized asan infant and confirmed inher faith at St. Adelbert’sCatholic Church in SilverLake. She was a graduate ofthe Silver Lake High School.

On Aug. 10, 1939, MarySlanga was united in mar-

riage to Irvin Burich at St.Adelbert’s Catholic Church.

“Mary and I had knowneach other while we weregrowing up,” said Irv Burichin a Leader interview. “Shewent away to boarding schoolin Mankato. When she cameback, we started doing thingstogether. We decided when Iwas making $100 a month,we could get married. When Iwas making $90 a month,which was three years afterstarting at Citizens Bank inHutchinson, we figured thatwas close enough.”

This marriage was blessedwith three children, Sandy,Thomas “Buzz” and Nanci.The Buriches resided inHutchinson, living in severalapartments before buildingtheir home at 541 JuergensRoad in 1952, in what at thattime was the newest sectionof Hutchinson. The couplemoved to Friendship Villagein Bloomington in 2000.They shared 62 years of mar-riage before Mr. Burich diedon April 12, 2002.

Mary Burich was definedby her love of family, faithand home. She was truly thewoman behind the man sup-porting Irvin in all civic andbanking endeavors.

“Where you found dad,you found mom,” BuzzBurich said. When it came tofamily, Mrs. Burich managedall get-togethers, holidaysand vacations. She wasknown as an excellent cookand a gracious hostess. Shewas a Girl Scout leader andCub Scout den mother. Sheplayed ladies and couples’bridge.

The Buriches took updownhill skiing after WorldWar II at Telemark, Wis. Thesport became a family pas-time with ski trips to Col-orado, Utah, Montana, New

Mexico and Austria.Mrs. Burich was an active

member at the Crow RiverCountry Club, where she wasknown as an excellent golfer.Travel was important. Thecouple visited many differentparts of the United States aswell as many foreign coun-tries. Their favorites were Is-rael, Egypt and China. Shealso served on the MinnesotaState Cable Commission.

Survivors include her son,Thomas “Buzz” Burich ofHutchinson; and daughter,Nanci Thomas of EdenPrairie; grandchildren, ToddBurich, Heather Knorr, TataFaber, John Thomas andAnne Thomas; great-grand-children, Hayden Knorr,Haley Knorr, Brady Knorr,Christopher Burich, MeganBurich, and Kendall Faber;sister, Dodie Chalupski ofSilver Lake; sister-in-law,Marvel Slanga of SilverLake; son-in-law, JamesSheedy of Eden Prairie;nieces, nephews, and manyother relatives and friends.

Preceding her in deathwere her parents, Frank andEmily Slanga; husband, IrvinBurich; daughter, SandraSheedy; brother, FrancisSlanga; and sister, Ceil Slan-ga.

Following the committalservice, a celebration ofMary’s life took place at theCrow River Golf Club inHutchinson.

Memorials are preferred tothe Hutchinson Center for theArts and the HutchinsonCommunity Foundation.

Arrangements were by theDobratz-Hantge Chapel inHutchinson. Online obituar-ies and guest book are avail-able at www.hantge.com.Click on obituaries/guestbook.

Mary Burich

Mary S. Burich, 97, of Bloomington

A small private service forfamily and friends will beheld in memory of Bernice“Bernie” Gorman, 78, ofCross Plains, Wis.

Mrs. Gor-man diedS u n d a y ,Sept. 2,2012.

B e r n i c e“ B e r n i e ”Vi c t o r i a nwas born inR o u n dG r o v eTownship,M c L e o dCounty, on Jan. 31, 1934, toOliver and Mary Victorian.She graduated as homecom-ing queen from BrowntonHigh School in 1953, andlater moved to Madison,Wis., where she began a life-long career as a care giver.

While working at the Uni-versity of Wisconsin Hospi-tal, she met and married herhusband John of 51 years,with whom she raised four

children.She continued her passion

of caring for others as anurse’s aid at the Black EarthManor in Black Earth, Wis.Later, she spent many yearsnurturing the imagination ofchildren through stories, art,and song as a teacher at theLittle Red Preschool in CrossPlains, Wis.

As an active member of hercommunity, Mrs. Gormanserved the Saint FrancisXavier Parish as a long-timecatechism instructor, eu-charistic minister, and funeralfood service provider.

She also spent the past sev-eral years as a volunteer forthe Cross Plains HistoricalSociety, and Dane County’sOld Halfway Prairie School-house in the town of Ma-zomanie, Wis.

Additionally, Mrs. Gormanenjoyed sponsoring disadvan-taged youth through theChristian Foundation forChildren and Aging. She de-voted her free time to her

love of gardening, nature,reading, scrapbooking, andsupporting the artistic en-deavors of her children.

She is survived and loving-ly remembered by her hus-band John; her four children,Brian, Daniel, Carolyn andPaul; her brother, Tony Victo-rian and wife Joanne; her sis-ter, Marian Kostecka; andmany other relatives andfriends.

Mrs. Gorman is precededin death by her parents, Oliv-er and Mary (Oberlin) Victo-rian, and brothers, Melvinand Howard Victorian.

In lieu of flowers, memori-al donations may be made tothe charity of your choice. Toview and sign the guestbook,please visit www.ryanfuneralservice.com.

The Ryan Funeral Home &Cremation Services, 2418 N.Sherman Ave., Madison,Wis., handled the funeralarrangements.

Bernice Gorman, 78, Cross Plains, Wis.

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Funeral services for Ken-neth D. Plihal, 74, of Glencoeand formerly of Hutchinson,were held Saturday, Sept. 8,at Faith Presbyterian Churchin SilverL a k e .The Rev.M a r kFord of-ficiated.

M r .P l i h a ld i e dMonday,Sept. 3,2012, atGlencoeRegional Health Serviceslong-term care facility.

Urn bearers were NicholasPlihal, Tyler Plihal and TravisPlihal. Interment was at Pres-byterian Cemetery, SilverLake.

Mr. Plihal was born Aug. 3,1938, in Hutchinson, toDaniel and Mildred (Tepley)Plihal. He was baptized Oct.9, 1938, at Faith PresbyterianChurch by the Rev. JosephLeksa. He was confirmed atthis same church by the Rev.

Kovar.As a young boy, he only

spoke Czech and had to learnEnglish in the Kaminskyschool, which he attendedthrough the sixth grade. Hethen went on to and graduat-ed from Hutchinson schools.

While in high school, hewas involved in 4-H andraised pigs as his project. Heenjoyed fishing and hunting,was a church board member,was on the board of directorsfor Gopher Campfire and wasa member of the Silver LakeSportsman’s Club. Mr. Plihalalso was a member of theHutchinson Legion Club.

At one time he owned asmall store in Hutchinsoncalled “The Milkhouse.” Hesold miscellaneous items, in-cluding milk in glass bottles.Mr. Plihal enjoyed workingin his shop and growing as-paragus. He was known tomany as “The AsparagusMan.” He also enjoyed tend-ing his lawn and growingflowers, especially gladiolasand iris.

On May 5, 1962, he mar-

ried Janet M. Talberg in thePrinceton Methodist Church.Their marriage was blessedwith four children.

Survivors include his wifeof 50 years, Janet M. Plihal;children, Connie (Jim)Pavlish of Glencoe, Cheryl(Chad) Moore of Conifer,Colo., and Brad Plihal ofGlencoe; grandchildren,Nicholas Plihal, Tyler Plihaland Travis Plihal; great-grandchildren, Will Plihaland Brianna Plihal; sisters-in-law, Carol (Dave) Travis,Phyllis Hilgart and Pat Mal-colm; nieces and nephews,many other relatives andfriends.

Preceding him in deathwere his parents; infantdaughter, JulieAnn Plihal;sister, Karen (David “Butch”)Susdorf; nephew, Mike Sus-dorf; brother-in-law, RichardMalcolm; and stepmother,Helen Plihal.

Maresh Funeral Home, Sil-ver Lake served the family.Online condolences can bemade at www.mareshfuneralhome.com.

Kenneth D. Plihal, 74, of Glencoe

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Tuesday — Pancake on a stickor Cheerios and apple-cinnamonmuffin, diced peaches, low-fatmilk.

Wednesday — Breakfast pizzaor reduced-sugar Cocoa Puff ce-real and string cheese, orangewedges, low-fat milk.

Thursday — Egg-and-cheeseomelet or reduced-sugar FruitLoops cereal and blueberry muf-fin, orange juice cup, low-fat milk.

Friday — Whole-grain pan-cakes with syrup or reduced-sugar Cinnamon Toast Crunchand yogurt, diced pears, low-fatmilk.

Helen Baker/Lakeside LunchMonday — Whole-grain chick-

en nuggets, yogurt, Americancheese, crackers, crackers fun,mashed potatoes, jicama sliceswith dressing, orange wedges,pineapple tidbits.

Tuesday — Italian meat sauceover whole-grain rotini pasta,breadstick, chef salad withcheese, egg and croutons, sea-soned green beans, caesar ro-maine side salad with dressing,grapes, baked cinnamon appleslices.

Wednesday — Hamburger onwhole-wheat bun, turkey andcheese on whole-grain bread,oven-baked beans, confetticoleslaw, petite banana, chilledpeaches.

Thursday — Turkey noodlecasserole, breadstick, ham and

cheese on whole-grain bun, sea-soned carrots, broccoli florets withdressing, sliced strawberries,chilled pears.

Friday — Tony’s pizza, tunasalad on whole-grain bread, sea-soned corn, baby carrots withdressing, apple wedges, chilledmixed fruit.

High School LunchMonday — Sweet and sour

popcorn chicken, brown rice, sea-soned peas, beef hot dog onwhole-grain bun, oven-bakedchicken patty on whole-grain bun,cheeseburger on whole-grainbun, buffalo chicken pizza, sand-wich bar, salad bar.

Tuesday — Italian meat sauce,whole-grain pasta, bread stick,seasoned green beans, grilledcheese on whole-grain bread,oven-baked chicken patty onwhole-grain bun, cheeseburgeron whole-grain bun, Brooklyn-style pepperoni on flat bread,sandwich bar, salad bar.

Wednesday — Beef nachoswith cheese sauce, corn chips,brown fiesta rice, refried beans,barbecue chicken on whole-grainbun, grilled chicken on whole-grain bun, hamburger on whole-grain bun, aloha chicken pizza,sandwich bar, salad bar.

Thursday — Chicken broccolialfredo, whole-grain pasta, garlicbreadstick, seasoned carrots, hotham and Swiss cheese on whole-grain bun, oven-baked chickenpatty on whole-grain bun, cheese-

burger on whole-grain bun, meatlover’s pizza, sandwich bar, saladbar.

Friday — Beef stew, bakingpowder biscuit, mashed potatoes,seasoned corn, sloppy joe onwhole-grain bun, grilled chickenon whole-grain bun, hamburgeron whole-grain bun, chicken br-uschetta pizza, sandwich bar,salad bar.

First Lutheran SchoolLunch

Monday — Spaghetti hot dish,bread sticks, green beans, mixedfruit, milk.

Tuesday — Subs, lettuce bar,pineapple, milk.

Wednesday — Chicken fingers,mashed potatoes, pears, bread,milk.

Thursday — Mr. Rib, cole slaw,mandarin oranges, milk.

Friday — Mini corn dogs, tatortots, pineapple, bread, milk.

St. Pius XLunch

Monday — Chef’s choice, blackbean salad, milk.

Tuesday — Sloppy joes, appleslices, romaine salad, Californiavegetables, milk.

Wednesday — Sixth-grade In-vite, milk.

Thursday — Barbecue riblet onbun, orange slices, carrots, corn,milk.

Friday — Italian dunkers, ba-nana, peas, raw vegetables, milk.

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Obituaries

Funeral services for CarolElaine (Schupp) Hafner, 78,of Glencoe, were held Friday,Sept. 7, at First EvangelicalLutheran Church in Glencoe,the Rev. Ronald Mathison of-ficiating.

Mrs. Hafner died Tuesday,Sept. 4, 2012, at Glencoe Re-gional Health Services long-term care facility.

The organist was DawnWolter and soloist Kay Wil-son sang “In the Garden.”The violinist was Jack Noen-nig. Congregational hymnswere “Lift High the Cross”and “I Know That My Re-deemer Lives.”

Pallbearers were MichaelDittmar, Ronald Trick, BobMiley, Stuart Bonniwell,Terry Jopp and RichardStoeckmann. Interment wasin the church cemetery.

Carol Elaine Schupp wasborn Jan. 19, 1934, in Ham-burg, to Herbert and Cordelia(Stoeckmann) Schupp. Shewas baptized as an infant on

Jan. 28, 1934, by the Rev.H.J. Bouman at EmanuelLutheran Church in Ham-burg, and confirmed in herfaith as a youth on March 30,1947, by the Rev. A. Streufertat First Evangelical LutheranChurch in Glencoe.

She received her educationin Glencoe and was a gradu-ate of the Glencoe HighSchool class of 1951.

On June 18, 1955, CarolSchupp was united in mar-riage to Ben Hafner by theRev. Theissen at St. Peter &Paul’s Catholic Church inGlencoe. The Hafners madetheir home in Glencoe. Theirmarriage was blessed withone daughter, Susan. TheHafners were blessed to share57 years of marriage.

Mrs. Hafner was a lovingwife, mother and homemaker.She was a faithful member ofFirst Evangelical LutheranChurch in Glencoe, whereshe was a member of theLWML and served on the

Altar Guild. Mrs. Hafner enjoyed cook-

ing, shopping, playing bridgeand having coffee withfriends and family. She cher-ished the time spent with herfriends and family, especiallyher granddaughters.

Survivors include her hus-band, Ben Hafner of Glen-coe; daughter, Susan (Erik)Meints of St. Paul; grand-daughters, Claire Meints andCourtney Meints, both of St.Paul; brother, Dennis Schuppof Pequot Lakes; sister-in-law, Marge Maxwell of Park-ston, S.D.; as well as nieces,nephews, other relatives andfriends.

Preceding her in deathwere her parents, Herbert andCordelia Schupp.

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

Carol Elaine Hafner, 78, of Glencoe

PeopleSon born to Kuvaas family

Mike and Laura Kuvaas of Hutchinson announce thebirth of their son, Soren Allen, on Sept. 1, 2012, at Glen-coe Regional Health Services. Soren weighed 9 poundsand was 21-1/2 inches long. Grandparents are Larry andCarol Maiers of Stewart and Allen and Carol Kuvaas ofPelican Rapids.

Daughter born to ThoelesDan and Jamie Thoele of Arlington announce the birth

of their daughter, Maleena Kay, on Aug. 20, 2012, atGlencoe Regional Health Services. Maleena weighed 7pounds, 15 ounces, and was 21 inches in length. Herolder siblings are Morgan, Maelynn and Macey. Grand-parents are Karl and Edith Thoele of Henderson andSteve and Jackie Gildea of Glencoe.

Nelsons welcome home sonTyler and Melissa Nelson of Plato announce the birth

of their son, Max Calvin, on Aug. 20, 2012, at GlencoeRegional Health Services. Max weighed 7 pounds, 7ounces, and was 20 inches long. His older siblings areJack and Noah. Grandparents are Alan and Deb Branting-ham of St. Paul, Rick Nelson of St. Francis and Dan andMary Joe Dammann of Glencoe. Great-grandparents areClancey and Teri Campbell of Winsted and LillianDammann of Lester Prairie.

Son born to Gregory familyDavid and Deborah Gregory of Hutchinson announce

the birth of their son, Liam Maurice, on Aug. 22, 2012, atGlencoe Regional Health Services. Liam weighed 9pounds, 12 ounces, and was 20-1/2 inches long. His oldersister is Brenna. Grandparents are Dennis and DianeSweely of Brownton, Maurice Gregory of North Attle-boro, Mass., and the late Gertrude Gregory.

Couple notes son’s birthRosalinda Avarado and Jesus Ruel Cruz of Glencoe an-

nounce the birth of their son, Romeo Xavier Cruz, onAug. 24, 2012, at Glencoe Regional Health Services.Romeo weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces, and was 20 incheslong. Grandparent is Adalia Alvarado of Glencoe.

Birth to Teubert, DurbinAlyson Teubert and Tyler Durbin of St. Cloud an-

nounce the birth of their daughter, Avery Lucille Durbin,on Aug. 17, 2012, at the St. Cloud hospital. Averyweighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce, and was 19-1/2 inches inlength. Grandparents are Chad and Nicole Teubert ofLester Prairie, Monica Nygren of Good Farming, Minn.,Tina Durbin of Brownton and the late Jerry Durbin.Great-grandparents are Sandra Anderson of LesterPrairie, Alan and Jean Teubert of Hutchinson, Mark andRina Nygren of Eden Prairie, Marlene Nowak of Brown-ton, Ronald Povick of Hibbing and Don and BettyDurbin of Cloquet.

Podratzes welcome first childKyle and Beth Podratz are proud to announce the birth

of their first child, Ellie Eileen, on Aug. 30, 2012. Ellieweighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces, and 20-1/2 inches long.Grandparents are Eileen Prieve of Hutchinson, RobertHeine of New Prague and Larry and Debbie Podratz ofGaylord.

Daughter for Arzate, DiazCrystal Arzate and Juan Santos Diaz of Glencoe an-

nounce the birth of their daughter, Valentina ElenoraDiaz, on Sept. 5, 2012, at Glencoe Regional Health Serv-ices. Valentina weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces, and was 20inches long. Siblings are Sabina Esperanza, 7, and DulceMaria, 5. Grandparents are Deb Douglas of Chaska, Jakeand Patty Douglas of Ridgefield, Wash., Miguel SantosContreras and Juana Diaz Mendoza of Guerrero, Mexico.

Deaths

Darlene Becker,81, of Glencoe

Funeral services for Dar-lene Becker, 81, of Glencoe,will be held at 11 a.m., Fri-day, Sept. 14, from the FirstEvangelical LutheranChurch in Glencoe.

Ms. Becker died on Satur-day, Sept. 8, 2012, at herhome in Glencoe.

Visitation will be will befrom 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thurs-day, Sept. 13, at the Johnson-McBride Funeral Chapel inGlencoe. Visitation contin-ues on Friday one hour priorto the service at the church.Interment will be in thechurch cemetery.

For an online guest book,visit www.hantge.com.

The Crow River Area YouthOrchestra (CRAYO) is an-nouncing the addition of asecond ensemble to its organ-ization called Varsity Strings.

It is for string students andadults who feel comfortablereading at the Suzuki book 1,2 or 3 level. Instrumentationdesired are violins, violas,cello and string basses. It willbe directed by Rebecca Brunsof St. Cloud.

Bruns has studied violinpedagogy with Dr. MarionJudish, including a masterclass with Diane Balko, for-mer Duluth-Superior Sym-phony Orchestra concert mas-ter.

She has performed with or-chestras ranging from musi-cals, operas, chamber andsymphonies in central Min-nesota. Her orchestra experi-ence includes the St. Cloud

Symphony Orchestra, Heart-land Symphony Orchestra andAmadeus Chamber Sympho-ny.

Her interest in educationhas led her to assist withafter-school string programs,area youth orchestras and vio-lin instruction at a music con-servatory in the St. Cloudarea.

Currently, Bruns performswith the St. Cloud SymphonyOrchestra and teaches a studioof private violin lessons.

CRAYO also is seekingmusicians to participate in itssymphonic orchestra pro-gram. This ensemble is forstrings students and adultswho feel comfortable readingat a more advanced level ofSuzuki Book 3 on up andband students and adults froman eighth-grade ability levelon up.

Instrumentation desired forthis group are violins, violas,cellos, string basses, flutes,clarinets, oboes, bassoons,saxophones, trumpets, Frenchhorns, trombones, baritones,tuba and percussion. Thisgroup will be directed byMichael Zellgert of St. Cloud,who was introduced to thearea last year.

Both groups will meet onSunday afternoons at theHutchinson Middle School.The Varsity Strings will meetfrom 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in thechoir room and the Symphon-ic Orchestra will meet from3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in theband room. The first rehearsalfor both will begin Sept. 30.The concert is set for Dec. 2.

For more information or toregister, call Sherri Brigden at320-296-5704 or visit www.crayo.org.

CRAYO adds Varsity Strings ensemble

6th-annualHall of Famebanquet set

The Glencoe-Silver LakePanther Association will hostits sixth-annual Hall of FameBanquet Saturday, Oct. 6, atthe Glencoe City Center.

This year’s inductees in-clude Robyn (Ruschmeier)Courchane, a student, athleteand musician, and formercoaches Dave Dose andMary Resch.

Special recognition alsowill be given to the 2000GSL state champion footballteam, the 1998 GSL girls’basketball team, the radiobroadcast trio of Tim Halli-gan, Nate Gorr and JoshMonahan, and veteran foot-ball chain gang membersDale Pagel, Mike Wosmek,Louis Graupmann and DaveWitthus.

The doors will open at5:30 p.m. with a social hour,dinner at 6:30 p.m. and aprogram to follow.

Entertainment will be pro-vided by Creekside Jazz.

Ticket sales are availableat the GSL Panther FieldHouse and Gert & Erma’s.

The Glencoe HistoricPreservation Society(GHPS), along with theGlencoe City Center, willhost a day of music anddancing at Polka Fest begin-ning at 1 p.m., Thursday,Sept. 20, at the Glencoe CityCenter’s Grand Ballroom.

The Leon Olsen Band andthe Czech Concertina Bandwill perform until 7 p.m. inthe Grand Ballroom of theCity Center.

GHPS will have refresh-ments for purchase through-out the event.

Polka Festset Sept. 20at City Center

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Local accidentsGlencoe Police were busy with apair of accidents last week, in-cluding a semi truck-car accidentFriday morning at corner of 13thStreet and Hennepin Avenue,above. A 1995 Toyota driven byJessica Rodriguez Lozno, 32, ofGlencoe, tried to turn right at thesame time a semi, driven by Don-ald Scott Jr., 53, of Plato, turnedright onto Hennepin Avenue.Scott, who said he had his turnsignal on, said he never saw thecar on his right side as he turned. The accident tore off the bumper of the car. Thetruck is owned by Rose Trucking Inc. of Glencoe. At right, a 2000 Chrysler vandriven by Herman Stark, 89, of Glencoe was struck in the rear panel by a TwinCities & Western train last Wednesday morning. The vehicle had just turned ontoHennepin Avenue from 12th Street when it was struck by the eastbound train.Stark was taken to Glencoe Regional Health Services for treatment.

By Rich GlennieEditor

Brady Flaherty of DashirManagement Services gavethe Glencoe-Silver LakeSchool Board an updateMonday night on the list ofprojects completed since thefirst of the year, and added he“has a great staff” in place.

Flaherty said the indoorpool at the high school wasdown from April 30 untilJune 12 for a thorough clean-ing and refurbishing. That in-cluded a four-week project ofcleaning the pool and pooldecks with hydrochloric acid.The pool was regrouted, andthe pool deck resealed.

“It turned out beautifully,”Flaherty added.

He said the drain tilingwork on the northeast cornerof the Panther Field Housealso was completed recently.It included digging outaround the service door onthe north end of the building,installing drain tile linesabout six feet down, puttingin new footings and a newconcrete slab. He also saidthere is a lift station near thenorth garage door to controlthe water levels in that area.

Board member Anne Twisscomplemented the summerworkers and Dashir for allimprovements over the sum-mer, especially the new doorsand windows at Lincoln Jr.High and the high school.

“They look fantastic.”But she also complemented

Dashir specifically for thework done that the publicgenerally does not see, likereplacing the broken con-denser fan atop the fieldhouse, or the main compo-nent of the Lincoln boiler thathad a rust hole in it.

“Brady and Dashir oftenhave a thankless job,” GSLSuperintendent Chris Sonjuadded. “They have goneabove and beyond what wehave asked them to do.”

Flaherty said one reasonfor the success is the workorder system implemented tokeep track of the jobs thatneed to be done. Often thosework orders come from class-room teachers who have re-pair needs or need other as-sistance.

He said since Jan. 1, 1,519work orders have beenprocessed districtwide. “Weget bombarded with staff (re-quests) every day. But thework order system workswell.”

Dashir was hired sevenyears ago to handle the dis-trict’s maintenance work.

Board member Jamie Al-sleben said the school facili-ties are now being used yearround, including the summer.

Alsleben said he marveledover how “you work wonder-fully around their (summer)schedules. And when fall

rolls around, the schools lookgood.”

“I attribute that to mycrew,” Flaherty said.

In other matters, the SchoolBoard:

• Set the October boardmeeting for Monday, Oct. 8,even though it is the Colum-bus Day holiday.

But the board had tochange its November meetingto Tuesday, Nov. 13, becauseMonday, Nov. 12, will be cel-ebrated as Veterans Day andit also conflicts with canvass-ing of the Nov. 6 election bal-lots.

Both meetings will be at 7p.m. in Room 124 of the Lin-coln Jr. High.

• Set the district Truth inTaxation Hearing for 6:01p.m., Monday, Dec. 10. Theregular board meeting willfollow at 7 p.m., and the finalcertified levy is expected tobe approved that evening.

• Hired Traci Schwarzrockas a 6.5-hour-per-day specialeducation paraprofessional atLakeside, replacing LindsayVaughn; Carol Silus as a 6-hour-per-day special educa-tion paraprofessional at Lake-side, replacing Sue Rolf, whoretired; Adelheid “Heidi”Nelson as a 6.5-hour-per-dayspecial education paraprofes-sional at Helen Baker, replac-ing Sonia Ewald, who re-signed; Jennifer Brinkmannas 6.5-hour-per-day specialeducation paraprofessional atHelen Baker, replacingTammy Farenbaugh, who re-signed; and Anne Taylor, asEnglish Language Learner(ELL) teacher at Lakeside,replacing Tammy Bukowski,who resigned.

• Accepted the resignations

of Brandy Barrett as K-2fund-raising coordinator;Farenbaugh, Bukowski,Ewald and Ma Del CarmenFrank as a 6.75-hour-per-dayELL paraprofessional at Lin-coln Jr. High.

• Named Rochelle Drahosas FCCLA adviser, replacingLuAnn Hanson, who re-signed; and Collin Kerslakeand Randy Wilson as co-headcoaches of the boys’ varsitysoccer, replacing Jeff Jenson,who resigned.

• Accepted the followingdonations with thanks:

Pheasants Forever,McLeod County, busing forfourth-grade field trip;

Mark Rudy, matching con-tribution from Wells FargoFoundation, $79.95 to thedistrict’s A Account;

Shopko, $2,500 to the AAccount;

Pizza Ranch for 60 staffmeals.

Miller Manufacturing,$250.50 for school supplies;

Dawn Peterson, $40 for el-ementary school supplies;

GSL Panther Association,$5,000 for a road access proj-ect.

Michelle Sander, districtbusiness manager, said theroad access project will allowpeople easier access to thequad fields of the physicaleducation complex north ofthe high school. An accessroad was built to allow peo-ple to drive closer to thefields, and it includes 12parking spots.

In another matter, Sandersaid work continues on across country course aroundthe sports complex that willbe home to the Panthers’cross country meets.

Dashir updates boardon its school projects

mended the staff, administra-tors as well as the studentsfor taking improvement seri-ously.

“They all know they’re get-ting pushed. We’re moving inthe right direction,” Sonjusaid.

Then, later in the meeting,Christianson sounded off onthe MDE for messing up thedistrict’s preliminary levynumbers.

Michelle Sander, districtbusiness manager, said thepreliminary budget needs tobe sent to the county by Sept.30. The plans were to ap-prove the preliminary budgetMonday night, but the “levieswere wrong.”

Sander said the MDE offi-cials forgot to include debtlevy amounts in GSL’s num-bers. Those numbers need to

be included, and MDE willrevise the certified levy ac-cordingly.

“The MDE can go backand correct the levy numbers,but they can’t go back andchange the MMR score?”Christianson said.

Sander said the board canstill certify the maximumlevy allowed by the state and“fine tune” the amount beforethe final levy needs to be ap-proved in December.

But Christianson said hewould not vote on the levyunless he knew the levy num-bers. “I will not support orvote on an open-endedamount,” he said. “I'm notcomfortable with that.”

He suggested the boarddelay certifying the levy untila second meeting is held inSeptember.

But board member JasonLindeman said the board usu-ally certifies the maximumanyway. Once the prelimi-nary levy is certified, “thenwe can levy only for what weneed (in the final levy in De-cember).”

Sander said the final num-bers will be in the DecemberTruth in Taxation hearingwhen the board approves thefinal 2013-14 levy.

“But in the past, we knewwhat the maximum levywas,” Christianson said.

“But they are not alwayscorrect,” Sander replied, “butthis year they were glaringlywrong.”

The board voted to certifythe maximum levy on a 5-1vote. Christianson voted no.

By Rich GlennieEditor

At its Sept. 4 meeting,Glencoe City Council ap-proved a resolution of sup-port for McLeod County inan effort to repeal MinnesotaStatute 473.

That long-neglected statutewould require that all seven-county metro garbage behauled to metro sites to bedisposed of, much to thedetriment of green energyprograms like the methane-gas-to-electricity program atSpruce Ridge Resource Cen-ter near Biscay.

But the city went a step far-ther and plans to write itsown letter to the MinnesotaPollution Control Agency(MPCA) and state legislatorsindicating the statute be re-pealed.

The statute, which has notbeen enforced for decades,would be detrimental to thecity’s agreement with WasteManagement, owner ofSpruce Ridge, for the elec-tricity generated at the Biscaysite.

County Solid Waste Direc-tor Ed Homan said the countysought a resolution of supportfrom Glencoe and indicatedthe county stands to loseabout $547,000 a year ifwaste, mainly from the west

metro area, is no longer al-lowed to come to SpruceRidge. The state statutewould require it go to an in-cinerator at Elk River instead.

“Right now, the statestatute stands, but it’s neverbeen enforced,” MayorRandy Wilson said. “TheLegislature needs to repealit.”

Wilson said when the statestatute was enacted in the1980s, the technology wasnot around to turn themethane gas generated fromthe landfill into electricity. “Isthis statute even appropriatenow?” he asked.

Council member GaryZiemer added that when themethane gas-to-electricityproject was being planned,the MPCA was an enthusias-tic supporter of the idea. Per-mits for the project camefrom the MPCA.

Gary Schreifels, city publicworks director, who also sitson the county solid wastecommittee, said local legisla-tors asked the MPCA to studythe impacts of enforcing thedormant state statute. But in-stead, the MPCA came backwith plans to implement thestatute and incinerate thegarbage at Elk River.

It was pointed out that theGlencoe Light & Power

Commission, along with thecity, have invested a lot ofmoney into the methane-to-electricity “green energy”project, and enforcing thestate statute now would jeop-ardize that program.

“We’re trying to hang on towhat we’ve invested in,”Schreifels said. He notedwhile the county has had nodirect cost in the city’s newtransmission line from SpruceRidge to Glencoe, or “our en-ergy costs,” it needs a sup-porting resolution from thecity.

“It is the best green energyavailable,” Wilson said of theSpruce Ridge program.

City Administrator MarkLarson said the new Legisla-ture will not take over untilJanuary, and it is difficult totell where legislators stand onMS 473.

Council member LoriAdamietz said the city needsto support the county in itsefforts, but it can also draft itsown letter to the MPCA andlegislators.

“The MPCA tells us weneed green energy by a cer-tain date (25 percent from re-newable resources by 2025),”Wilson said, and the city hascomplied well before thedeadline.

City supports countyfor repeal of statuteEnforcing dormant law hurts landfill program

School Board Continued from page 1

The McLeod County Chronicle, Wednesday, September 12, 2012, page 10

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