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Wednesday, July 8, 2015Vol. 126 Number 52
Wed. July 8: Polk County Fair Opens in Fertile; McIntosh
Li-brary 12pm to 5pm; McIntosh Heritage & Arts Center 10am to
2pm; Computer Class at McIntosh Library 1pm to 2pm; Winger Senior
Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm;
Thurs. July 9: Mc-Intosh Library 5pm to 8pm; McIntosh Heri-tage
& Arts Center 10am to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s
11:30am to 1:30pm; Bingo at The Club Bar & Grill 6:30pm ;
McIn-tosh City Council Meet-ing 5:30pm @ Commu-nity Center
Fri. July 10: Mc-Intosh Library 12pm to 5pm; Winger Se-nior
Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm
Mon. July 13: Mc-Intosh Library 10am to 3pm; Winger Se-nior
Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm
Tues. July 14: Mc-Intosh Library 5pm to 8pm; Children’s Story
Time at McIntosh Li-brary 6:30pm; McIn-tosh Heritage & Arts
Center 10am to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to
1:30pm; Serenity Seek-ers Al-Anon 7:00pm @ Kingo Church Library,
Fosston
Wed. July 1: McIn-tosh Library 12pm to 5pm; McIntosh Heri-tage
& Arts Center 10am to 2pm; Comput-er Class at McIntosh Library
1pm to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm
Thurs. July 2: Mc-Intosh Library 5pm to 8pm; McIntosh Heri-tage
& Arts Center 10am to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s
11:30am to 1:30pm; Bingo at The Club Bar & Grill 6:30pm
Fri. July 3: McIn-tosh City Clerks Of-fice Closed; McIntosh
Library 12pm to 5pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to
1:30pm
Mon. July 6: Mc-Intosh Library 10am to 3pm; Winger Se-nior Meals
@ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm
Tues. July 7: Mc-Intosh Library 5pm to 8pm; Children’s Story
Time at McIntosh Li-brary 6:30pm; McIn-tosh Heritage & Arts
Center 10am to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to
1:30pm
Community Calendar
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Saturday, June 27th, the Winger Fire Department celebrated 100
years of service to the Winger Community. They held the Annual
Fireman’s Ball, which is an important fundraiser for the department
each year. (L-R) Mike Thompson, Steve Massmann, Vance Kaupang,
Scott Revier, Matthew Mass-mann, John Hillstad, Gary Sonstelie,
Andrew Hillstad, Dave Myhrum, Matt Balstad, Jerry Kaupang, and
Shelly Burcham.
Winger Fire Department celebrates 100 years of service
The Winger Fire Depart-ment had its birth in May of 1915 when
the Citizens Club elected a committee to ascer-tain what could be
done to-ward providing the town with fire protection.
The first appointed Fire Chief was P.E. Krogstad. In September
of that year, two chemical engines were pur-chased from the Fargo
Fire Engine Company and the city was assured they would pro-vide
splendid fire protection.
The fire equipment was stored for many years in a shed behind
the Farmer State Bank. A fire bell on the top of the building
served as an alarm.
The department was moved to the basement of the Audi-torium, but
that location was unsatisfactory, as the chemical engines froze
during unheated periods and the ramp in winter
became choked with snow and ice, making it difficult to move the
engines out quickly in an emergency.
With the building of the municipal waterworks com-pleted, plans
were started to reorganize the Department and to secure modern
firefight-ing equipment. A new fire hall was completed in December
of 1948, and an up-to-date Internation truck completely equipped
with fixtures, includ-ing a pump and 500-gallon tank and 1000 feet
of fire hose were purchased.
The fireman held their first annual firemen’s ball in the Winger
Auditorium on Decem-ber 30, 1948. The event has contiuned since
that time.
The Fire Department again moved and remain in their new building
in 1978 and EMS services were added in 1983.
8 years ago… “In fact last month it was 8 years ago”, that Neil
thought wouldn’t see his daughter again as she suffered a long, but
successful battle with cancer. When he left her home in Waldorf,
Maryland. Carol, his wife, stayed to help take care of her and the
grand-daughters.
Neil came back to McIn-tosh to work and to pray, a lot. He
called upon his friend Lynn Lucken, another cancer survivor, who
called and gave Becky, Neil’s daughter a pep talk. Lynn is a
long-time fight-er, battling cancer and other health issues, he too
is a sur-
Bursheim honored at East Polk Relay for Life
Neil and Carol Bursheim attended the East Polk Relay for Life on
Friday, June 26th in Fosston where Neil was the Survivor Speaker
for the event.
vivorThat is how the story about
surviving cancer began with Neil Bursheim, who, in recent years,
has been a cancer survi-vor himself.
Neil was honored at the East Polk County Relay for Life last
Friday, June 26th at the Foss-ton Civic Center. He was the Survivor
Speaker for the pro-gram and also performed, as he is an
accomplished violin player, during the “Relay’s Got Talent”
program.
His message is simple, the message is to keep on hoping for
tomorrow and to never give up. Keep up the fight.
During East Polk Coun-ty Relay for Life on June 26th, Neil
Bursheim, a can-cer survivor, walked the track during the Survivor
Lap.
The Polk County Fair has been providing family fun for 115 years
and this weekend should be no exception.
Fair gates open on Wednes-day, July 8th with the Midway opening
at 5:00 pm. Come and see the Rodeo on Wednesday night of the fair
starting at 7:00 pm in front of the grand-stands.
If the Rodeo isn’t your style, you can come sing, participate or
just listen to the All-Star Karaoke on the free stage from 9:00 pm
to midnight. Wednes-day also brings the Polk Coun-ty Fair Chocolate
Contest at 7:00 pm on the free stage with sampling following the
judg-ing.
Thursday, July 9th starts with Open Class Judging during the
day. The Midway opens at 4:00 pm and there will be a kid’s bike
drawing for all the kids who sign up and stay to see if they might
win each day of the fair. The Rodeo will start again at 7:00 pm on
Thursday night as well. There will be a Talent Show in the
Join in the fun at the Polk County Fair July 8th – 12th
free stage starting at 7:00 pm, for those who want to enjoy
great, local talent.
Friday, July 10th is Se-nior Citizen’s Day at the Polk County
Fair. There will be prizes, bingo and lunch and everyone over 55
years of age is invited. The Midway opens at 1:00 pm and there will
be shows on the Hanson Memo-rial Free Stage starting at 1:00 pm. At
4:15 pm there is a kid’s pedal pull. The Human Canonball Shows
start on Fri-day with shows at 7:30 pm and 8:30 pm. Finish off the
night by dancing to the music of 32 Below at the grandstand.
Start out fresh on Satur-day, July 11th with the 5K walk/run at
9:00 am and be ready for a day of fun when the Midway opens at
Noon. The Hanson Memorial Stage will have many great shows
begin-ning at 1:00 pm and there will be Bingo starting at 2:00 pm.
There will be a Century Farms presentation at 3:50 pm as well. Baja
Racing will begin around 5:30 pm.
The final day of the Fair, Sunday, July 12th, there will be a
church service at 10:00 am. The Midway will open for a final day at
noon and the parade will start at 2:00 pm. There will be lots of
fun to see at the Hanson memorial Free Stage starting at 3:00 pm,
and this will be your final day to see the Human Cannonball shows
at 3:30 pm, 7:30 pm, and 8:30 pm. There is a Super Demo Derby that
takes place at 5:30 pm and to end the evening there will be a
fireworks spec-tacular at 10:30 pm.
You can find something for everyone during the five big days of
actions, excitement, entertainment and fun at the Polk County
Fair.
Tim “Bunny” Anderson and Cam Thompson enjoyed all the activites
during Winger Appreciation Day on Satur-day, June 27th. From the
Car Show to the Fireman’s Ball in the evening.
Byron Kaupang and Earl Roed were collecting money for fish
during the Annual Winger Lions Fish Fry on Satur-day, June 27th at
the Winger Community Center.
Look at him Limbo! Chase Svalen does the Limbo during the
McIntosh Library event on Monday, June 29th when DJ’s “Sound
Sensations” hosted a dance party at the Com-munity Center.
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ST. MARY’S CHURCHFosston
Fr. John Suvakeen, Pastor
Wed. July 8: 1:00pm Holy Mass at McIntosh Senior Liv-ing
Fri, July 10: 11:30am Holy Mass at St. Mary’s, Fosston
Sun. July 12: 8:00am Con-fession; 8:30am Holy Mass at St.
Mary’s, Fosston; 10:30am Holy Mass at St. Joseph’s, Bagley
Wed. July 15: 11:30am Holy Mass at St. Mary’s, Fosston
Fri. July 17: 11:30am Holy Mass at St. Mary’s, Fosston
Sun. July 19: 8:00am Con-fession; 8:30am Holy Mass at St.
Mary’s, Fosston; 10:30am Holy Mass at St. Joseph’s, Bagley
If you have any questions about the schedule please call
435-6484.
CALVARY-IMMANUEL LUTHERAN PARISH
Winger/BejouInterm Pastor
Melody Kirkpatrick Sun. July 12: 10:30am Wor-
ship at CalvaryTues. July 14: 2:00pm WEL-
CA at Calvary; 8:00pm Calvary Council
Wed. July 15: 4:30pm - 6:00pm WELCA Supper at Immanuel; 8:00pm
Immanuel Council
No worship service during the month of July at Immanuel
OURS SAVIOR’S LUTHERAN CHURCH
(ELCA)McIntosh
Interm PastorMelody Kirkpatrick
Sun. July 12: 9:00am Wor-ship Service
Sun. July 19: 9:00am Wor-ship Service
GOSEN LUTHERAN CHURCHIndependent
Gary Johnson, Pastorwww.gosen-church.com
Face Book: Gosen Church
Wed. July 8: 1:30pm Bible Studay at The Country Place
Sat. July 11: 8:00pm Prayer Meeting
Sun. July 12: 9:30am Sun-day School and Adult Bible Study;
10:45am Worship Ser-vice
Tues. July 14: 10:00am Sun-day Worship service telecast on
Garden Valley Cable TV - Channel 2
Wed. July 15: 1:30pm Bible Studay at The Country Place
For information on free rides to any of the above ac-tivities
call 218-268-4242 or 218-687-3461 Gosen Church is located 4 miles
south of the junctions of HWY 2 & 59 or 4 miles north of
Winger; then ½ mile east on County Road 206.
VERNES LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMC)
McIntoshPastor Paul Magelson
Sun. July 12: 8am WorshipSun. July 19: 8am Worship
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH
McIntoshRev. Mark Peske, PastorWed. July 8: 6:00pm Ladies
Aid, Picnic at Erickson ParkSun. July 12: 9:30am Wor-
ship Service; 11:00am Council Meeting
Thurs. July 16: 10:30am De-votions at Pioneer Care Center
Sun. July 19: 9:30am Divine Worship Service with Holy Communion;
11:00am Quar-terly Voter’s Meeting
Service Broadcast, TV Channel 12 Wednesdays at 10am - Holy
Communion 1st and 3rd Sundays
DOVREFREE LUTHERANPastor Don Edlund
Wed. July 8: 7:00pm Inter-Denominational Bible Study on Beth
Moore’s Revelation Study. Everyone Welcome!
Sun. July 12: 9:30am Wor-ship Service
Wed. July 15: 7:00pm Inter-Denominational Bible Study on Beth
Moore’s Revelation Study. Everyone Welcome!
Sun. July 19: 9:30am Wor-ship Service
MCINTOSH AFLC
McIntosh Trinity / Mount Carmel:
Pastor Karl AndersonTrinity:Wed. July 8: 7:30pm Bible
Study Sun. July 12: 11:00am Wor-
ship ServiceWed. July 15: 7:30pm Bible
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ship ServiceMt. Carmel:Sun. July 12: 9:30am Wor-
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ship Service.
SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH
Gordon Olson, Lay Pastor
Sun. July 19: 10:30am Please join us for Salem Lu-theran
Church’s last service. Catered meal to follow. Please contact
Arlene at 563-2085 or Janis at 563-2745 if you will be staying for
the meal.
Wed. July 8: Terry Erholtz, Devra Carlson, Colleen Borud
Thurs, July 9: Virgil Lerfald, *Jim & Roxanne Stordahl
Fri. July 10: Amelia Rocha
Sat. July 11: Preston Lecy, Amelia Vigoren
Tues. July 14: Smokey Blair, Bridger Huschle *Matt & Ashley
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McIntosh.
Governor Dayton took ac-tion Wednesday to increase the pay of
political appointees, raising the pay of 31 agency heads between
$1,989 and $42,500 each.
The pay raise controversy began earlier this year when Governor
Dayton used au-thority granted by the 2013 DFL-controlled
legislature that enabled Governor Day-ton to unilaterally approve
commissioner salaries, which previously were decided by the
legislature (2013 House Journal Page 6506). House Re-publicans led
the effort to re-verse this authority, and place commissioner
salary decisions back in the hands of the leg-islature effective
July 2, 2015 (2015 House Journal Page 523).
Earlier Wednesday, House Speaker Kurt Daudt (R-Crown) spoke
publicly and is-sued the following statement regarding the
governor’s de-cision to raise commissioner
JULY MEETINGThe McIntosh VFW Auxil-
iary #6891 will hold their July meeting on Monday, July 13, at 6
p.m. at The Club in Mc-Intosh.
The 2015-2016 newly elect-ed officers will begin the new
term.
This will be the first meet-ing of the new year. All mem-bers
are encourage to attend
VFW Auxiliary#6891 News
It seems as though this cat and squirrel have something to say
to each other. This was captured outside of Lor-raine Lee’s
home.
This week’s “Yard of the Week” belongs to Tom & Eileen Hegg.
Congratulations!
Speaker Daudt: Gov. Dayton’s pay raises out of touch
salaries:“Governor Dayton’s deci-
sion is simply out of touch with what the vast majority of
Minnesotans expect from their government officials. At a time when
families are only see-ing modest increases in their paychecks, it’s
disappointing that Governor Dayton would raise commissioner
salaries by $30,000 on average for po-litical appointees who
already make six-figure salaries.
“Legislative Democrats will have to explain to Minnesota
families why they decided two years ago to give Governor Dayton
this authority. They removed the public from the process and
allowed Dayton to award these massive pay in-creases.
“While Democrats defend pay increases for commission-ers making
six-figure salaries, Republicans will continue to fight for
policies that grow pay-checks for middle class fami-lies.”
During the McIntosh Citywide Rummage sale on Sat-urday, June
20th, the McIntosh Heritage and Arts Center Thrift Shop was manned
by volunteer’s DeeDee Narum and Donna Larson. The shop is open
every Thursday through Sunday through the summer months. Stop in a
find a great treasure and help to support the work of MHAC.
Mac to flush waterlinesThe City of McIntosh will
be flushing waterlines and hydrants each Thursday throughout the
summer.
Residents are encouraged to watch for rusty or dirty wa-ter on
these days. Fill wash-ing machines to check water before adding
clothes.
M5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19C
M15C
MULTI-PARTY
Saturday, July 118:00 am to Noon
Furniture, tools, house-hold items, clothing for
children and adults.
County Road 41, follow signs to Lake
Sarah, 20625 Pine Ridge Circle SE, Erskine.
M15P
Regular Council MeetingMcINTOSH
Mon., July 9, 2015,5:30 PM
— COMMUNITY CENTER —CALL TO ORDER: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:ROLL
CALL:DETERMINATION OF QUORUM:AGENDA ADDITIONS:APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
a. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
– JUNE 15, 2015 PUBLIC CONCERNS:OLD BUSINESS: a. POPLAR MEADOWS
b. PERSONNEL POLICY REVIEW c. CLEAN UP DAY d. ADMINISTRATIVE FEES
e. REHAB LOANNEW BUSINESS: a. JANITORIAL POSITION b. TREES/SHRUBS
c. QUILT STANDS FOR SHOWS d. BUILDING PERMIT – KASPRZAK/
OPDAHL, HOME e. LB’S OFFICE – STREET DANCE f. SCHEDULE 2016
BUDGET MEET-
ING g. SCHEDULE MEETING WITH
MARCUS & MILLICHAP h. RESOLUTION – CONTRACT
WITH MARCUS & MILLICHAPAPPROVAL OF MONTHLY BILLS:COUNCIL
& STAFF REPORTS:NOTICES & CORRESPONDENCE:ADJOURNMENT:
M15C
Thank you so much for all the love and goodies by so
many friends and family, dur-ing this hard and difficult time
for us. Also thanks for all the cards, calls and visits by so many
of you. We feel very loved and cared for. Thanks to a wonderful
community and family.
George & Patsy Osland M15P
The family of the late Albert Mandt with to
exp ress the i r deep apprecia-
tion to those who have offered such
kindness, support and mes-sages of sympathy and com-fort in our
bereavement. We especially wish to thank the doctors and staff at
Fosston Essentia Hospital, McIntosh Senior Living, and McIntosh
First Responders.
The family of Albert Mandt M15C
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Winger Newsby Linda Pulskamp
Regional Ag NewsJim Stordahl,
Extension Educator Fall Grown ForagesThe severe winter,
coupled
with drought, may explain the disappointing yield of the first
crop of hay. Although we did not experience the obvious alfalfa
winterkill common in central Minnesota, many area fields were
stressed to the point stand loss, delayed growth and reduced
yields.
The recent rains and favor-able growing conditions have helped,
but the short first crop may create forage shortfall for some
producers. If we continue to get rain, the perennial for-age crops
may recover enough to provide adequate forage for your winter
needs, but it may be prudent to make alternative plans.
If you have ground ready to plant now, sorghum-sudan-grass,
sudangrass or millet are excellent options. All have the potential
to produce an abun-dant forage crop during the heat of mid-summer,
provided the seed has moisture to germi-nate. But the clock is
ticking on these options, once we get into late July or August, the
better option is a fall-grown cereal forage, such as oats, barley,
wheat or triticale.
Of course, any planted seed requires rain to get started, but as
fall approaches, the odds of rain increase. These options are still
a gamble, but all have relatively low input costs.
Planting cereal grains in early to mid August has the potential
to produce significant forage for fall grazing or hay harvest.
Research in Wisconsin has shown that oats planted the first week of
August can produce from 2 to 3 tons per acre, provided we have
mois-ture.
Oats is not the only cereal grain that can be planted, but UW
researchers found it to be the best yielding option. Other small
grains grow well in the fall but shorter varieties typi-cally
produce less, how much less will depend on the variety. Peas can be
added and will in-crease the protein and palat-ability but may not
increase the yield. However, the addi-tion of peas will make it
dif-ficult to harvest the forage as dry hay, but if you graze,
chop
or make baleage, adding peas is a good option.
Research at the USDA Dairy Forage Research Cen-ter in Wisconsin
found that a late-maturing forage cultivar (ForagePlus) produced
the maximum annual yields rang-ing from 2 to 3.5 tons DM/a. Because
the forage cultivar matured slowly it was better able to respond to
the erratic late-summer precipitation.
The forage types mature lat-er and produce more tonnage of
quality forage. If seed of a for-age type is not available, plant a
late maturing oat variety. After the first week of August use of a
forage type oat will provide less advantage and grain-type
cultivars often may be better management choices.
Previous research in Wis-consin showed that barley yielded
slightly less than oats but significantly more than spring
triticale or the winter grains. Oats will likely be the least
expensive to grow and offers the best value in yield and quality.
That said, a vari-ety that produces more leaves and less stem
(think shorter) will have greater forage qual-ity, but a lower
yield. Yield and quality are always the trade-off.
Interestingly, fall planted oat is higher in forage qual-ity
than spring planted oats. Research at the University of Wisconsin
found that matura-tion of summer-sown (August) oats was delayed,
resulting in 10 to 15% less fiber (NDF), 18% greater digestibility,
and 250% more water soluble carbohy-drate than spring-sown oat.
This means fall grown cereals will have more energy and bet-ter
fiber utilization which will increase milk or meat produc-tion.
The recommendation is to plant 1.5 to 2 bu oats/acre (with or
without peas) in early to mid -August. Additional ni-trogen may be
beneficial, but a soil test may be necessary, especially if the
previous crop was damaged due to drought. If a normal yield was
harvest-ed, fertilize with 60 to 70 lb nitrogen per acre at
planting. If sowing prevented planting acres, or summer fallow, the
additional nitrogen may not be necessary. It is also impor-tant to
check for any herbicide plant-back restrictions prior to planting
the oat or oat/pea mixture. Planting earlier than the first week of
August will result in earlier maturation and reduced yield.
Oats should be harvested in the late boot/early heading stage
which generally occurs in late October. Oat planted during the late
summer is also very tolerant to freezing, but freezing temperatures
can also be a harvest aid. If the crop is cut when temperatures
will be below freezing, the hay tends to dry very rapidly. However,
dry hay is not your only har-vest option; a fall oats crop can also
be grazed or made into baleage or silage.
For more information, con-tact me at 800-450-2465 or
[email protected]. This arti-cle was adapted from the Uni-versity of
Wisconsin publica-tion by Dan Undersander and Shawn Conley.
Hello again from Winger and the Union Lake areas. The month of
June is behind us and that makes us half way through the year, days
are getting shorter again as we also have the longest day of the
year behind us. Fourth of July was Saturday and then it seems like
summer really goes down hill. Depressing it can be, but on the
other hand we hopefully have some long lazy days of summer ahead of
us yet.
It certainly was fun to see so much activity in Winger this past
week end and so many people from near and far come in to town and
join in on all the activities. Friday eve-ning the Johnny Holms
Band was on the strip up town, was a good turn out and on Satur-day
with the car show, antique tractors on display, some old engines
and quite a good turn out of vendors for the flea/farmers market.
Of course the Lions Fish Fry was once again very well attended and
the Fireman’s Ball topped off the evening. A big thank you to Jerry
and Kathy Kaupang for organizing and getting things all together
and to every one else who helped make the day such a success. Look
forward to this again next year.
Judy Gieseke was a visitor with Fern and Milton Carlson on
Wednesday the 24th.
Libby Espeseth of Colorado has spent a several days in the
Winger area visiting especially with her Mother, Joey Espes-eth.
Brian, Tony and David Espeseth also visited with Joey and
Libby.
Thursday the 25th Paul Carlson stopped in at the Fern and Milton
Carlson for a brief visit and a refill of caffeine on his way to
work that day.
Steve Johnson of Coon Rap-ids and Brent and Jessie Pul-skamp and
girls of Wahpeton were all house guests at the Pulskamp home last
week end.
Chris Wang of Gillette, Wy spent a few days in the Winger area
visiting with his family and friends.
Dick and Wanda Donavon
of St. Francis arrived on Friday the 26th at the Fern and Milton
Carlson home where they spent the week end. That evening Dick and
Wanda along with Fern and Milton Carlson were among many who
attended the grooms supper at DiMaggio’s in Erskine for Taylor
Carlson and Jessica Trandem.
Kathy Richardson of St. Francis was a house guest from Friday
until Tuesday at the home of her cousin Lucy Brtek. Betty Myhrum
was a week end visitor at Lucy’s home to visit with the girls.
Last Saturday morning Deb Baldwin, her daughter Heather Sharpe
and Heather’s daughters Rebekah and Megan of Casper, Wy were
visitors at the Pulskamp home.
Saturday evening the 27th Fern and Milton Carlson and their
house guests Dick and Wanda Donavon attended the wedding of
Carlson’s great grandson Taylor Carlson and Jessica Trandem at the
Kingo Church in Fosston. After the wedding they attended the
wedding reception for Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Carlson at the Shooting
Star Casino.
Lindsay Wang was a visitor on Tuesday with Martha Hen-ney at her
home in McIntosh. Lindsay had spent several days in the area
visiting family and friends and has since left for his home in
Billings, MT.
Kelly Johnson was a Friday evening visitor at the Puls-kamp home
and on Saturday Marv Engesether of Plummer and Dean Johnson also
were visitors at the Pulskamp’s.
Sunday the 28th James, Roxanne, Joslyn, Justin and Jayden
Peterson of Isanti were dinner guests at the Fern and Milton
Carlson home. They were all here to attend the Carlson/Trandem
wedding . Lonnie and Judy Gieseke and house guests Dick and Wan-da
Donavon were also dinner guests of Carlson’s. Later in the
afternoon Paul and Donna Carlson visited at Fern and Milton’s with
the family.
Renee Henney of St. Hilaire picked up Martha Henney on
Wednesday the 1st and took Martha to Mahnomen for an appointment
that Martha had. The two ladies had a very en-joyable time
together.
Boyd and Sylvia Bratager were visitors last Sunday at the Truman
and Darlene John-son home in Dilworth. They picked up Shirley
Bratager and all had lunch together that day.
Dick and Wanda Donavon of St. Francis and the James and Roxanne
Peterson fam-ily of Isanti returned to their homes last Sunday
afternoon after spending the week end here and attending the
Carl-son/Trandem wedding on Sat-urday.
Lucy Brtek picked up Wilma Wang last Saturday afternoon and
brought her to Winger so she could take in the Winger Appreciation
Day afternoon. Wilma had a most enjoyable afternoon visiting and
espe-cially enjoyed the fish fry.
Tuesday the 30th Judy Gie-seke was a visitor at the Fern and
Milton Carlson home.
Lucy Brtek and cousin Kathy Richardson did some road tripping
during the time Kathy was here, they made a trip to Fertile and did
some sight seeing over in that area and also made a trip over to
McIntosh where Neil’s meats was a pit stop.
Until next week and in clos-ing, worrying does not take away
tomorrow’s troubles it takes away today’s peace.
Have a Happy and safe July 4th.
From the Manor:Buns interpretation of a re-
vealing party is when a bunch of friends and family get
to-gether at a couples home who are expecting a baby and the Doctor
tells someone the gen-der of the baby. This person brings a cake to
the party and the couple cut the cake and if it’s blue inside it’s
a boy and if it’s pink it’s a girl. Go figure!
Tuesday afternoon, Dougie and Bun went to Erskine to do some
errands. Bun took a spin in his chair down Main Street heading
south towards the bank to see Scooter Sandberg. When he turned the
corner to go to the south entrance of the bank he saw about eight
little
ducklings trying to get inside the glass door. Dougie chased
them across the parking lot and across the other side of the road
to the lake. The mother was nowhere to be seen. Good luck
ducklings!
If you ever get to Erskine, check out the American Legion
Memorial Park down at Cam-eron Lake. Bob Vesledahl and crew did an
impressive job cre-ating and building the park.
Bun finally got out on Union Lake in the pontoon on Fri-day. The
retired railroad gang, Lars, Stue and Panz accompa-nied him. The
lake was start-ing to get busy with the 4th coming up.
Bun headed over Sarah Lake on the 4th and hooked up with some of
the Winger folks. He got to go on a boat ride around the lake with
Steve and Lorri, Captain Spike and Sara Iverson and Joe and Sara
Miller. Following the ride he joined Steve, Lorri, Brian and
Elizabeth Massmann for brats, beans and homemade broccoli salad up
at the camper. Brian and Elizabeth missed out on the ride. There
was a parade of golf carts that went through the campground. There
were around fifty carts dressed up with American flags and
patri-otic themes. They were enjoy-able to watch. Lots of money was
literary blown up in the air over the lakes that evening.
The Winger Lions Club are going to have pancake benefit for
Garret and Alayna Espes-eth (children of Dan and Kar-en) at the
community center this coming Sunday.
They are dealing with medi-cal issues and would be appre-ciative
of your support.
Also remember if you want to put some news in send it to
[email protected]. or call him. He is in the phone book. Linda also
takes news.
People would like to hear about somebody else besides what Bun
is always doing
30 years ago...1985: Elmyrna Kaupang presents Darrel and Marvie
Johnson with a certificate from the local McIn-tosh AFS (American
Field Service) chapter. The Johnson’s hosted foreign exchange
student, Leonel, this year.
20 years ago...1995: (L-R) Jason Venem, Garrett Rock, Evan
Johnson and Loren Tofstad board the Win-E-Mac Summer Recreation bus
for a day of fun. Over 60 children from pre-school through 4th
grade were chauffeured to Water World in Grand Forks for play time
in the water amusement park. The day of fun and water was courtesy
of the McIntosh VFW, who gave the summer treat to the children in
the recreation program. Plans were for a stop at Hardees in
Crookston following the afternoon’s enter-tainment.
10 years ago...2005: The Winger Legion Team for 2005: (BR) Tyler
Burslie, Trevor Omang, Brendan Morrison, Ben Theis, Aaron Cook and
Nathan Stark. (FR) Coach Bill Solheim, Casey Hanson, Justin Paquin,
John Morrison and Coach Lee Tradewell. Not pictured: Andy Marshall,
Andrew Renna, Philip Lee, Jarrin Bjerke and Chandler Burns.
Above: The Winger Lions gathered on Saturday, June 27th to host
their Annual Fish Fry at the Community Center. This was part of the
Winger Customer Appreciation Day held in Winger. The night ended
with the Fireman’s Ball celebrating the departments 100 years.
Below: The streets were lined with awesome classic cars and
trucks during the car show, part of Winger Appreciation Day on
Saturday, June 27th.
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Winger News...Continued from page 3...
L i t t l e Known People of History
By: Emily L. Ferden
Throughout our history there have been people who have done
great things.
Most of them have holidays, coins, or monuments named after
them. There are a few people that really did end up changing the
world in massive ways just by working hard, thinking quickly or
simply do-ing their jobs properly. Many of these people are lost to
his-tory for a number of reasons — cultural differences, minority
status, military secrecy and, in a few cases, just plain modesty —
but here are ten people who have now been uncovered just for you
(information found on mandatory.com).
1. The Ghost Army: Officially known as the Army’s 23rd
Headquarters Special Troops during World War II, the Ghost Army
played a major role in putting a stop to Hitler’s advances through
Europe. The group of 1,100 soldiers -- made up of artists,
illustrators, sound technicians and other creative types – had to
use their brains instead of firepower to win battles. The plan:
pull off the equivalent of extravagant high school plays to trick
the enemy into believing there was a huge military presence when
there really wasn’t. This came in incredibly handy when the
American Ninth Army needed to cross the Rhine river deep into
Germany territory at a pivotal moment in World War II. Employing
fake inflatable tanks, trucks and weapons in conjunction with war
noises through huge military speak-ers, the Ghost Army played a
major role in the Ninth’s ability to complete their jour-ney. The
unit, which included the famous fashion designer Bill Blass and
famous painter and sculptor Ellsworth Kelly, went on to help pull
off more than 20 such missions during its time together. These
mis-sions remained classified until 1985, when illustrator Arthur
Shilstone went public with the amazing stories of the Ghost
Army.
2. Frank Wills: On the night of June 17th, 1972, Washington,
D.C., security guard Frank Wills was making his rounds when he
noticed a bit of duct tape on a door of an office complex. Since it
wasn’t holding the door together or doing any of the useful things
duct tape is known for doing, Wills removed it, only to find it had
been replaced when he came by on the next round of his patrol.
Wills immediately called the cops, who arrived at the Watergate
hotel/office/apartment complex minutes later to find five
middle-aged men ransacking the headquar-ters of the Democratic
Nation-al Committee — the beginning of the scandal that would
final-ly sink the Nixon presidency. Wills would later play himself
in the film “All The President’s Men,” but sadly that was the last
time his newfound fame worked to his advantage — af-ter quitting
Watergate when he was turned down for a raise, Wills found that
many public institutions were too afraid of vengeful Republican
politicians to hire him as a guard. Wills drifted from job to job
(including a gig working for legendary black stand-up Dick Gregory)
before the pressures of caring for his ailing mother landed him in
prison and then the poorhouse. He died of a brain tumor in
September of 2000.
3. Barton W. Mitchell: In September of 1862, Rob-ert E. Lee’s
Army of North-ern Virginia was on the move somewhere in Maryland
and, much to the annoyance of Union general George B. Mc-Clellan,
it was proving to be a lot harder than expected to fig-ure out
exactly where 60,000 armed men and horses were hiding in the New
England countryside. Lee was divid-ing and subdividing his units to
flow more easily through the backwoods, setting up to capture a
number of small but strategically valuable targets in order to
support the next stage of his offensive, and his complicated
maneuvers re-quired a steady flow of com-munication between himself
and his subordinates. Unfortu-nately for the Rebels, with so many
letters flying back and forth, one of them was bound to get
mislaid, and when Cor-poral Barton W. Mitchell was poking around a
recently va-cated Confederate camp, he came across three fancy
cigars wrapped in a sealed document
— Special Order 191 for the dispensation and movement of Lee’s
forces. Mitchell imme-diately realized he had an un-believable
intelligence find on his hand and hustled it up the chain of
command to McClel-lan, who confidently declared, “Now I know what
to do! Here is a paper with which, if I can-not whip Bobby Lee, I
will be willing to go home.” While Mc-Clellan’s subsequent actions
at the Battle of Antietam didn’t constitute that much of a
whip-ping (he didn’t take enough advantage of the intelligence,
possibly because he thought it might be literally too good to be
true) the debatable victory pro-vided Lincoln with the morale boost
to proclaim emancipation and keep France and Britain out of the
war. Mitchell, for his troubles, was wounded in the leg at
Antietam, honorably dis-charged in 1864 due to chronic infection,
and died four years later, his wife receiving his pension in
1890.
4. Joseph Warren: Thirty-eight towns and four-teen counties are
named after Joseph Warren, but he’s gen-erally unknown to all but
the most dedicated Revolutionary War buffs. A Boston doctor and
Freemason, Joseph War-ren performed the autopsy on Christopher
Seider, the first American killed by British troops in the Boston
Massa-cre, and when Seider’s funeral sparked the Boston Massacre,
Warren was again part of the local committee that reported on the
atrocity. When the fun-damental rights of free citi-zens really hit
the fan, Warren put together militia units and led troops from the
cannon’s mouth. Appointed a Major General by the Continental
Congress, he volunteered to fight in the Battle of Bunker Hill as a
common soldier, as he felt the two generals already there had more
combat experi-ence than he. Famously declar-ing “These fellows say
we won’t fight! By Heaven, I hope I shall die up to my knees in
blood!” he held off three charges on Breed Hill until a British
officer put a musket ball through his brain. The Redcoats stripped
and bayoneted the corpse be-fore shoving it into a hole, but they
could do nothing to stop the legend of his brave stand from
spreading throughout the Colonies.
5. Rudolf “Lucy” Roessler: Allied espionage during World War II
is often seen as revolving around “Ul-tra” the top-secret
decryption of top-level Nazi Enigma codes by some of the world’s
earliest computers. This idea fails to take into account how
suspi-cious the Soviet Union was of Britain’s claim that they
mi-raculously obtained a working Enigma machine, solved it us-ing
technologies and theories invented specifically for that purpose,
and found that it was talking all about how Germany (at the time,
at war with Brit-ain and on good if edgy terms with Russia) was
going to start some serious stuff with this “Operation Barbarossa”
thing. For Russia, the key to the Ger-man battle plans was a man
named “Lucy” — Rudolf Roess-ler, an anti-Fascist German publisher
living in Lucerne who was in close contact with rebellious
high-ranking mem-bers of the German General Staff since the
beginning of the war. Working around the clock with his own Enigma
machine and elements of the covert “Red Orchestra” Soviet radio
espionage group, Roessler was able to pass along decoded
com-munications to the Kremlin within six hours of interception --
four times as fast as Turing’s computers, and almost as soon as
front-line Wehrmacht units received their orders. “Lucy’s” greatest
victory was the dis-covery of Operation Zitadelle, a summer
offensive against the Kursk Salient which resulted in an
overwhelming Russian victory and changed the tide and momentum of
the war in the East.
6. Rosalind Franklin: We all know a few basic things about DNA —
it can be extract-ed from fossilized mosquitoes to bring dinosaurs
back to life, it can be altered by radioactive ooze in order to
create ninja turtles, and it looks like a sort of twisty laddery
thing called a “double helix.” Before 1953, we knew none of these
indis-putable scientific facts, and we owe it to dedicated
physi-cal chemist and pioneering x-ray crystallographer Rosalind
Franklin. Born in London to a family of bankers and schol-ars,
Franklin was an excel-lent student and active in the women’s
suffrage movement, and earned a PhD from Cam-bridge from her work
on the porosity of coal, which may not have been the most
interesting subject around but prepared her ably for the new
technique of using x-ray crystallography on things that weren’t
actually
crystals. Her skill at this tech-nique earned her a position as
research assistant at King’s College London, where she was tasked
with accurately record-ing the structure of DNA and being a meek,
pleasant, help-ful woman. Franklin deliv-ered excellent results
with the DNA — her famous “Photo 51” was the (mostly uncredited)
linchpin of James Watson & Francis Crick’s articles
estab-lishing the double helix theory — but refused to be cowed by
her chauvinist colleagues, once becoming so angry at Watson’s
condescending suggestion that she had misinterpreted his own data
that he practically tripped over fellow researcher Maurice Wilkins.
Wilkins, Watson, and Crick would receive the No-bel Prize in 1962
for “their” discovery, but Franklin was barred — the rules forbade
posthumous nominations, and she had passed in 1958 at the age of 37
from ovarian cancer. Even at the disease’s peak, Rosalind Franklin
was still an active researcher, lending her considerable skills to
the study of the polio virus.
7. Mary Anning: A highly intelligent, empirically minded fossil
collector and pa-leontologist at the beginning of a century marked
by enormous advances in the practice and philosophy of science,
Mary Anning was put down from the get-go. Poor, a religious
minor-ity, and (worst of all) a woman, she was officially shut out
by the British scientific establish-ment despite discovering the
world’s first correctly identi-fied ichthyosaur skeleton at the age
of twelve. Regardless of official approval, she doggedly continued
digging up weird things around her hometown of Lyme Regis, becoming
known for her meticulous attention to detail and rigorously
scien-tific mindset. Soon, geologists and paleontologists across
the Western world knew her by reputation, either by purchas-ing the
fossils she sold (rarely, if ever, crediting her discover-ies) or
by visiting her to talk shop, unanimously finding her to be
remarkably up-to-date on the scientific literature of the time
despite receiving al-most no formal education and barely having
enough money for journal subscriptions. An-ning was only published
in the scientific press once, when she wrote a letter to the
Magazine of Natural History disputing the “discovery” of a new
genus of prehistoric shark based on her own findings. Her
unof-ficial correspondence, on the other hand, numbered read-ers
such as pioneering geolo-gist Charles Lyell and Darwin mentor Adam
Sedgwick. She died in 1847 of breast cancer, meriting a eulogy from
the Geographical Society of Lon-don (which didn’t even admit women
until 1904), a glow-ing article in 1865 by Charles Dickens, a
mention in 2010 by the Royal Society as one of the ten British
women having the greatest impact on history, and a tongue-twister
concerning her day-to-day business of sell-ing marine fossils: “She
sells sea shells by the sea shore.”
8. Abu L-Hasan ‘Ali Ibn Nafi’ (“Ziryab”): The Is-lamic world
around the turn of the first millennium (and re-ally for most of
its existence up until maybe the 19th century) was an extremely
advanced, civilized, and relaxed place, particularly compared to
pre-Renaissance Europe. One of the most significant people in
Islamic culture remains nearly anonymous in European histo-ry
despite almost single-hand-edly laying the groundwork for
traditional Spanish music: a highly educated North Afri-can slave
popularly known as “Ziryab,” or “black bird” for the color of his
skin and the qual-ity of his singing. While music was his strong
point, Ziryab’s innovations cover a stagger-ing variety of
disciplines — he invented numerous dyes and chemicals for clothing,
make-up, and hygiene, he introduced the idea of seasonal fashions
and brought new styles and fabrics to the Andalusian pen-insula, he
came up with the structure of the traditional “three-course meal”
of soup, entrée and dessert, and he’s credited as having
popularized shaving and short haircuts as a way of beating the
fierce Medi-terranean heat. It’s said Ziry-ab even developed the
world’s first underarm deodorant and a type of early toothpaste
said to be not only effective but pleasant to taste, making him
very likely the very first hu-man being in history to smell good
all the time.
9. La Malinche/Dona Marina: Life in Mexico in the 16th century
was gener-ally no fun at all; while you might have access to
chocolate and gold, there was always a good chance that today was
the day an Aztec would decide your heart needed ripping out
and your head kicked down a flight of pyramid steps to stay on
their god’s good side. It was bad enough that when a bunch of men
with rifles came over openly declaring their intent to steal all
the gold, enslave all the people and destroy all vestiges of local
culture, a fair amount of non-Aztec natives figured that on the
whole they were getting a decent deal. La Malinche was among twenty
slave women given to the Span-ish as spoils of battle, but her
skill with languages made her far more valuable than just Hernan
Cortes’ mistress (al-though she ended up being that, as well). Dona
Marina (as she came to be known among the Spaniards) was
instrumen-tal to the tiny Spanish army’s eventual victory,
interpreting intelligence and cultivating al-lies among the many
tribes sick of being kicked around by the Aztecs. Today, la
Malinche is a controversial figure — while some argue that she was
work-ing in the best interests of her native people by aiding the
Eu-ropeans and persuading Cortes to be more humane than he might
have been, others think of her as such a profound trai-tor that her
name is practically a curse. Regardless, without her it’s very
likely Cortes’ ex-pedition would’ve foundered, changing history
forever.
10. Vasili Arkhipov: A poor kid from the outskirts of Moscow,
Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov got his start in the Soviet Navy
during its brief war with Japan at the tail end of WWII. From there
he eventu-ally transferred to submarines, and then to the Black
Sea, Bal-tic, and North Sea fleets, where he ended up executive
officer of the pride of the Soviet Navy, the brand-new Hotel-class
nu-clear submarine K-19, which Americans know of as “The
Widowmaker” while Russians always just called it by the nickname
“Hiroshima.” After successfully handling K-19’s first and most
famous acci-dent, the newly respected and mildly radioactive
Arkhipov was dispatched to the Carib-bean to command a quartet of
nuke-armed Foxtrot-class pa-trol subs. There he found him-self in
yet another sticky situa-tion, as his Foxtrot came under what
seemed very much like an American attack (supposedly, the Navy was
only dropping “practice” depth charges in an ill-considered attempt
to flush the sub to the surface) and the sub’s captain and
political of-ficer both demanded that they retaliate with nuclear
torpe-does. They hadn’t had contact with Moscow for days and had no
idea whether or not World War III had actually started or would
simply start as soon as they fired back, but Arkhipov refused to
authorize the launch with the sort of determined resistance to
nuclear war one can only find in somebody that
glows in the dark. Eventually, the sub surfaced and scam-pered
away from the American task force with no further vio-lent action.
Vasili Alexandrov-ich continued to make his way through the Russian
subma-rine service, retiring a vice-ad-miral and dying peacefully
in 1998, four years before former NSA head Thomas Blanton called
him “the guy who saved the world” and Liam Neeson played him in an
unsuccessful movie.
Win-E-Mac Volleyball will be starting the fall season on August
17th for girls entering grades 7-12. Make sure to have an updated
sports physical be-
WEM School Announcements
fore the season starts, watch the papers for local discounts
and/or incentives on sports physicals. There will be a fall sports
meeting for players and parents details will be posted at a later
date.
Practices times for the week of August 17th will start at 5pm,
ending time for the ju-nior high will be 7pm. Practice for the 24th
of August will be at 5pm, however the rest of the week 25th- 28th
will start at 7am and end around 9am. Please make arrangements with
work and plan other ap-pointments to ensure that your daughter
attends all practices. The varsity will be attend-ing a scrimmage
at Concordia college on Saturday the 29th, from 1pm to 6. If you
have questions please call 218-563-2866 Coach Kaster
Sydney Svalen and Alyssa Morberg danced the morning away during
the McIntosh Library’s Summer Reading Pro-gram event with the DJ’s
Sound Sensations at the Commu-nity Center on Monday, June 29th.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Vol. 126 Number 51
Wed. July 1: McIn-tosh Library 12pm to 5pm; McIntosh Heri-tage
& Arts Center 10am to 2pm; Comput-er Class at McIntosh Library
1pm to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pmThurs.
July 2: Mc-Intosh Library 5pm to 8pm; McIntosh Heri-tage & Arts
Center 10am to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to
1:30pm; Bingo at The Club Bar & Grill 6:30pmFri. July 3:
McIn-tosh City Clerks Of-fice Closed; McIntosh Library 12pm to 5pm;
Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm
Mon. July 6: Mc-Intosh Library 10am to 3pm; Winger Se-nior Meals
@ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pmTues. July 7: Mc-Intosh City Clerks
of-fice closed; McIntosh Library 5pm to 8pm; Children’s Story Time
at McIntosh Library 6:30pm; McIntosh Heri-tage & Arts Center
10am to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm Wed.
July 8: Polk County Fair Opens in Fertile; McIntosh Li-brary 12pm
to 5pm; McIntosh Heritage & Arts Center 10am to 2pm; Computer
Class at McIntosh Library 1pm to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s
11:30am to 1:30pm; Thurs. July 9: Mc-Intosh Library 5pm to 8pm;
McIntosh Heri-tage & Arts Center 10am to 2pm; Winger Senior
Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm; Bingo at The Club Bar &
Grill 6:30pm ; McIn-tosh City Council Meet-ing 5:30pm @ Commu-nity
Center Fri. July 10: Mc-Intosh Library 12pm to 5pm; Winger Se-nior
Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pmMon. July 13: Mc-Intosh Library
10am to 3pm; Winger Se-nior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pmTues.
July 14: Mc-Intosh Library 5pm to 8pm; Children’s Story Time at
McIntosh Li-brary 6:30pm; McIn-tosh Heritage & Arts Center 10am
to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm; Serenity
Seek-ers Al-Anon 7:00pm @ Kingo Church Library, Fosston
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The 18’s Northern Rebels volleyball team traveled to the
Star of the North tournament in Rochester with one thing
on their minds- Alayna. The team finished 2nd in their first
pool and tied for 2nd in their second pool. They ended the
tournament in Second place in their division. Congratula-
tions girls, it was an impressive day. The team was missing
their teammate Alayna Espeseth, who had surgery on Fri-
day. Thank you girls for showing why team (and our com-
munity) is so important and for being there for each other,
and for Alayna. Sports teach so many wonderful things,
including there are more important things than trophies
and medals. Thank you ladies for being such positive in-
spirational young adults. Beat it Alayna!!!Pictured back row:
Indiana Nornes, Olivia Simonson,
Kelsey Knutson, Tyra Wilson, Shayley Espeseth and Coach
Kaster. Front row; Kali Olson, Jessica Kasprzak, Maci
Hamre, Breanna Carrol and Manager Kasia Wilson.
Grace Kaupang and Kallie Hand have some fun during
Win-E-Mac’s Basketball Camp last week at the school. All
ages were welcome to join in the fun.
Ella Strom was one of many Win-E-Mac students who took part in
the sum-mer Basketball Camp held last week at the school.
Did you know? The Fourth of July has been a federal holi-day
since 1941. Though that may seem like a long time for the country
to wait to celebrate the indepen-dence it declared in 1776, the
tradition of the Fourth of July, often referred to as Indepen-dence
Day, dates back to the dawn of the American Revo-lution and the
adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Since
then, July 4th has been recognized as the dawn of American
independence, and celebrations that included fireworks and parades
can be traced back to the 18th cen-tury. On July 4, 1777, the city
of Philadelphia, which would
The McIntosh City Coun-cil met in regular session on Monday,
June 15, 2015 at 5:30 pm at the McIntosh Commu-nity Center. The
meeting was called to order by Mayor Toby Strom and all members of
the Council were present.There was a determination of Quorum,
agenda additions were added and minutes were approved.Mark Dietz
and Sarah Re-ese from Polk County Public Health were present to
con-tract with the City for Leas-ing space in the basement of the
Bjella building for Polk County Nursing, which cur-rently had its
offices across the street from the Bjella building. After review of
the contract their council and Polk County Public Health agreed to
accept a contract for lease for 3 years beginning on July 1,
2015.Polk County Public Health was also interested in some office
space that Marial Har-bor presently uses for storage. Marial Harbor
has agreed to relinquish the space so that Polk County Public
Health is able to use it as an office area. For doing this the
council agreed to adjust the rent and the lease for Marial Harbor
ac-cordingly.
Lisa Newton from East Polk Soil and Water Conservation District
was present to show interest in the upstairs office
at the Bjella Building which currently is vacant. They SWC
currently uses the space as a break room and a meeting room, so
should someone be in-teresting in renting the space, SWC would like
to be consid-ered first.After discussion of a sewer collapse for
one of the current rehab loan holders in the city the council
agreed to rewrite the loan due to the resident’s history of making
timely pay-ments.
The Council agreed to ac-cept a donation from the Beito
foundation for $800 for McIn-tosh beautification projects. The
money will be passed to the Community Club who re-cently planted
and placed flow-er pots on the main street in McIntosh.The council
accepted and agreed to the resignation of MacMaids by mutual
termina-tion of their contract on June 15, 2015.
There was a discussion and approval of the change of sev-eral
streets to avenues by the County. The streets that will change into
avenues are, Mill Street, State Street, and Jack-son Street. As
these roads run north and south, typically they are considered
avenues and the change will provide ease to emergency personnel in
the future.
There was an approval from all members of the Council to replace
the microwave at the Community Center kitchen. The new microwave
will be up to code and is part of the ongo-ing project to update
the facil-ity.The council discussed com-munity projects and what
proj-ects should be priorities. They agreed that the updated to the
Community Center kitchen for public use, paving and fix-ing the
city streets that are in need of repair, updating the parks and
playgrounds in the city and installing a basketball court for
youth.Chris Thorson from Ulteig Engineering was present at the
meeting and the last pav-ing job, from the sewer and wa-ter upgrade
project two years ago was discussed.There were building per-mits
approved for Nick Schmit to build a shop on his property, John and
Cindy Lecy to add a porch addition onto their home, and Lindsay
Haaven to fence in her property.Staff and council reports were
given, monthly bills were approved and the meeting was
adjourned.
The next meeting of the Mc-Intosh City Council will take place
on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 5:30 pm at the Com-munity Center.
Mac Council approves permits as building goes on in City
Fun facts about Americabecome the first capital of the United
States of America, held the first annual commemo-ration of American
indepen-dence, and exactly one year later George Washington
or-dered that all of his soldiers be offered double rations of rum
to commemorate the anniversary. In 1781, Massachusetts was the
first state to make July 4th an official state holiday, and the day
was actually declared a federal holiday by the U.S. Congress in
1870. However, that declaration did not grant a paid holiday to
federal employees. That ben-efit came in 1941, which is why that
year is now recognized as the first year when the Fourth of July
officially became a fed-eral holiday.
America’s national an-them July 4, 2014 marks the 238th
anniversary of the sign-ing of the Declaration of Inde-pendence.
Fireworks will illuminate the night sky, the rich smell of barbecue
will be in the air, and the country will be awash in red, white and
blue splendor. Chances are the swelling melo-dy of “The Star
Spangled Ban-ner” will be broadcast over the radio and on various
firework display telecasts. The national anthem is synonymous with
the United States America, and its notes very well may be the
patriotic glue that binds the country to-gether.
Although the lyrics and music of the song are widely known, many
may be unfamil-iar with the rich history behind the beloved tune. A
poem is born America began its fight for independence from Great
Britain in 1775, and the Dec-laration of Independence was signed in
1776 to identify the 13 colonies that succeeded in winning their
independence from Britain. However, the battles with Britain
stretched on. Fights over territories kept disputes between the
British Empire and the newly formed United States raging on, and it
was during one such fight, and not during the Revolutionary War as
some may think, that “The Star Spangled Banner” was written. The
War of 1812 was declared by the United States to set right some of
the issues that were not resolved after the Revolutionary War.
Francis Scott Key was an American lawyer at the time of this war,
negotiating for the release of an American hostage being held by
the British. Al-though Key won the hostage’s release, he was not
able to leave the British fleet where the negotiations took place
un-til the British completed their attack on Baltimore. Key
wit-nessed the British fiery bombs on Ft. McHenry at Chesapeake
Bay. Just before dawn on the morning of September 14, 1814, Key was
said to have no-ticed a huge American flag still waving above Ft.
McHenry in defiance to the British attack. This imagery helped
in-spire the words of a poem that eventually would become the
national anthem. Key penned the poem on the back of a let-
ter he held in his pocket. After the battle was over and Key was
released, he completed the poem at the Indian Queen Ho-tel, where
he was staying. The poem was titled, “Defense of Fort M’Henry.” The
poem was put to music to fit the popular melody “The Anacreonic
Song” by English composer John Stafford Smith. Key’s
brother-in-law, Judge Joseph H. Nich-olson, anonymously made the
first printing of the lyrics to the melody, and the song was
printed in two newspapers. The song quickly became popular, and
soon after, Thomas Carr of the Carr Music Store in Balti-more,
Maryland published the words and music under a new title, “The
Star-Spangled Ban-ner.” “The Star-Spangled Ban-ner” takes off “The
Star-Span-gled Banner” became one of the nation’s most beloved
patriotic songs in the 19th century. According to Smithsonian, the
song gained special signifi-cance during the Civil War, a time when
many Americans turned to music to express their feelings for the
flag and the ideals and values it repre-
M a c C o m m u n i t y Club will meet July 7thThe McIntosh
Community Club will meet at the Commu-nity Center on Tuesday, July
7, 2015 at 7:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to at-tend. McIntosh
Community Club is not limited to business-es anybody in the
com-munity can join.The Community Club is looking for ideas and
inspira-tion for making McIntosh a great place to live. The Club
currently is mak-ing plans for Fall Craft and Market Day in
September and Santa Claus Day this Decem-ber.
The Community Club also sponsors the Citywide rum-mage sale and
flea market day and does many beautifi-cation projects in the
community.If you are unable to attend the meeting but would like to
participate, please call Phil at 563-2865.
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