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Public Notices

SummOnS and nOticeterminatiOn OF Parental rightS

matterState OF minneSOtaSteele cOunty

diStrict cOurtJudicial diStrict: thirdcOurt File numBer: 74-JV-20-85caSe tyPe: JuVenile

in the matter OF the WelFare OF the child(ren) OF: Jaime Duane KnutsonHilda Ruelas

nOtice tO: Hilda Ruelas, above-named parent(s) or legal custodian(s).

1. A Termination of Parental Rights Petition has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Juvenile Court at 111 east main, Owatonna, minnesota 55060, alleging that parental rights of the above-named parent(s) or legal custodian(s) to the child(ren) named in the petition should be permanently severed.

2. notice is hereby given that the matter of said Termination of Parental Rights Petition will be called for hearing before the Juvenile Court located at 111 east main, Owatonna, minnesota 55060, on march 11, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. or as soon after as the Matter can be heard.

3. yOu are Ordered to appear before the Juvenile Court at the scheduled time and date.

4. You have a right to be represented by counsel.

5. If you fail to appear at the hearing, the Court may still conduct the hearing and grant appropriate relief, including permanently severing the parental rights of the above-named parent(s) or legal custodian(s) and taking permanent custody of the child/ren named in the Petition.

WitneSS, the Honorable Joseph BueltelJudge of District Court

By: RoBin Hoesley, Court Administrator

and they appreciate him and his service very much,” added Barnes.

Bentancourt was humbled about his win. “Mother Teresa of Calcutta says ‘It’s not about how much you do but about how much love you put into what counts,’ and I love what I do for this community, my church, for the City of Slaton, this District, the kids of our District,” he said. “And I give all my glory to God, number one, God’s number one the center of my family.

“It takes a family to help me serve my community,” he add-ed. “I’ve said this before I was made to serve, not to be served. That is how I live.”

Lamberson, who is the Ad-ministrator for the City of Sla-ton, was introduced by City Commissioner Ward III Wel-don “Squeaky” Self.

Self said the employees who nominated Lamberson consid-ered him a leader. “He knows all of his employees well, and considers them family and treats them as such“He is deep-ly loved by those with whom he runs one of the largest orga-nizations in town and always

makes a lot happen with lim-ited resources,” said Self. “He knows the inner workings of his business and hates being in the spotlight.”

Lamberson was humbled with the honor. “What makes a good boss, and I’ve always said boss, is the people who stand behind me and do the job and everything else. I give them the assets and the tools they need to and they make me look good,” he said, thanking the Lord and the community he loves working for. “I enjoy working with the school, the citizens and especially my em-ployees, like I said they make my job so easy, and I’ll put my employees up against anyone else.”

Culver, who was introduced by Lamberson, was described as “humble, faithful, giving, selfless, family first,” by the person who nominated him. “There are many things in Sla-ton that would not be as good as they are without his quiet dedication and consistent at-tention - his wife would tell you that would include her and her children,” said Lamberson, adding Culver was on many community boards in volunteer capacities. “He hosts special dinners for students and has spearheaded several popular

functions of our annual small town Christmas event and no-body would know - because he gives credit away. He truly is an ambassador for Slaton by hosting guests in our commu-nity at every opportunity.”

Culver was honored to be presented the award. “We’ve been back in this community for about seven or eight years now and it’s just a joy to be involved in the community, because we get to spend time with people as well,” said Cul-ver. “So on behalf of all the other volunteers who deserve this more than me, thank you very much.”

Jim Andrus, Assistant Su-perintendent of Slaton ISD, Chamber directors and Offi-cers, presented members. They are Andrus, President; Barnes, Vice President, Wright, Secre-tary/Treasurer, and members Lance Bownds, Brooke Eth-eredge, Barbara Hopper, Jay Hurst, Lynn Nowlin, Mike Delano, Mark Heinrich, Terry Howard, Lamberson and Patsy Vessels.

Dinner was served by the Slaton High School Culinary Class.

Sponsors included First Bap-tist Church, Slat-Co Printing, The Slatonite and Pauline’s Flowers and Gifts.

period for the grant started when it was posted Feb. 6. “The way this works is if we have a meeting and decide we do it, we’re going to do it,” she said. “If we could get it in the newspaper the next day, the 60 days starts from then. it doesn’t matter when the (City) Council meets after that. We’ve got 60 days.”

Hopper added the notice will stay posted at the SEDCO building and City Hall until the period ends April 6.

City Administrator Mike Lamberson added the City has approved the grant; however if there is a petition signed by 10 percent of registered voters in slaton who are against it, then the grant is denied.

Hopper added too she did not know when the business would be opened, however construction has been under-way on it.

The Board also approved looking into an opportunity to be included in a $10,000 grant for a Retail Recruitment Plan and Training.

Hopper said this program is offered through the University of Texas and for cities popula-tions of less than 25,000.

“It’s a grant that I’ve applied for already. There’s $500,000 in this pot for small commu-nities,” she said. “They’ll do a scoring sheet for my applica-tion that i sent in and we may be going to do that in the fall.”

She said they would decide in June, and added there’s no obligation if they do win the award to accept it.

That said, she said there were advantages to this pro-gram. “Your retail recruitment is going to be all your analy-sis, things like that. They’ll do a roof count, stuff like that, which I think we need some-thing like that,” she said, add-ing they would then go out and find different retailers that are suitable for the communi-ty. These analyses can cost be-tween $25,000 and $35,000.

She had met a retail coach in the EDC conference, and said they are really good.

The board also discussed a few prospective businesses and gave updates on new busi-nesses.

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4 represent lubbock area at nutrition, Food Service Professionals conference

Four Directors of Food and Nutrition for skilled nursing care facilities in the Lubbock area attended the annual Asso-ciation of Nutrition and Food-service Professionals meeting in St. Louis, Mo. recently.

Among those attending was Virginia Bustillos, CDM, CFPP, Director of Food and Nutrition at Slaton Care Cen-ter.

The conferences allow the Certified Dietary Managers (CDMs) to keep up to date on the latest nutritional food trends, initiatives, and state and federal regulations to en-sure their facility’s residents are receiving the best care possible.

Becoming a Certified Di-etary Manager, Certified Food Protection Professional (CDM, CFPP) involves com-pleting a dietary manager’s

Pictured, from left Virginia Bustillos, cdm, cFPP, director of Food and nutrition at Slaton care cen-ter; linda littlejohn, cdm, cFPP, regional clini-cal dietary manager-lubbock area; elizabeth Jimenez, cdm, cFPP, director of Food and nutri-tion at Whisperwood nursing and rehabilitation; and back: gabriel Sifuentes, cdm, cFPP, direc-tor of Food and nutrition at lubbock health care center. (photo submitted)

course and then passing a rigorous nationally-adminis-tered exam. The certification requires 45 hours of continu-ing education every three years to maintain their cre-dentials.

Because of the difficulty of the exam, there is a short-age of nationally certified di-etary managers in the state of Texas.

In Texas there are currently over 1,200 skilled nursing facilities, but only 700-800 nationally certified dietary manager.

Less than 50 of these CDMs attend the national conference each year.

The CDMs at Slaton Care Center, Lubbock Health Care Center and Whisperwood Nursing and Rehab, are bringing meal service into a new era by using new tech- nology and rapidly changing

rehabilitation methods to re-place those prevalent in the past few decades.

Besides maintaining an excellent sanitation program and exceeding federal food

service regulations, these facilities have all imple-mented a daily appetizer program. Th program al-lows residents to sample a different food product prior to lunch.

above, guests enjoy a din-ner catered by the Slaton high School culinary class, under the direction of matt Britton, monday morning (Feb. 24) at the annual Slaton chamber of commerce awards Banquet. right, alice cogburn stirs a melody of roasted vegetables be-fore serving some to an attendee.

(Slatonite photos/melissa mccaghren)