Panthers roar to 2-0 record GSL gridders steamroll Royals 54-7 — Sports Page 1B $1.25 Glencoe, Minnesota Vol. 121, No. 37 www.glencoenews.com September 12, 2018 C The McLeod County hronicle 4-H winners from- county fair — Page 10 Weather Chronicle News and Advertising Deadlines All news is due by 5 p.m., Monday, and all adver- tising is due by noon, Monday. News received after that deadline will be published as space allows. Looking back: The beauty of summer/autumn is the blend of the seasons. We’ll enjoy temps ranging from the 60s to the 80s this week. Date Hi Lo Rain Sept. 4 71 ......65.........0..59 Sept. 5 74 ......52 ........0.05 Sept. 6 79 ......48 ........0.00 Sept. 7 77 ......50 ........0.00 Sept. 8 74 ......50 ........ 0.00 Sept. 9 75 ......49 ........0.00 Sept. 10 82 ......51 ........0.00 Temperatures and precipitation compiled by Robert Thurn, Chronicle weather ob- server. Wed., 9-12 H: 83°, L: 65° Thur., 9-13 H: 84, L: 70° Fri., 9-14 H: 83°, L: 69° Sat., 9-15 H: 87° L: 69° Sun., 9-16 H: 86° L: 66° Chronicle photo by John Mueller Sewer work Workers from R & R Excavating installed concrete sewer main piping along East 13th Street be- tween North Ives and Judd avenues last week. The storm water sewer line work is part of the ongo- ing central storm water mitigation project. City attorney will look into man’s allegations By John Mueller Editor A former Glencoe Police Depart- ment reserve officer publicly accused Police Chief Jim Raiter and unnamed officers on the department of crimes against the man and his family. During the public comment por- tion of Tuesday's Sept. 4 city council meeting, Glencoe resident Thomas Hedin accused Raiter and other Glencoe Police Department officers of violating state statute regarding stalking and the “manufacturing of evidence.” Hedin provided no details explain- ing the alleged crimes, or details of the alleged stalking and manufactur- ing of evidence by Glencoe Police officers in his brief presentation. He declined a request to provide those details, saying he had been asked not to discuss them publicly. Hedin also declined a request to identify where the request not to discuss the details supporting his allegations against the chief and officers came from. Raiter likewise declined comment on the issue and would not answer questions about the allegations against him or his officers. Hedin worked for the Glencoe Po- lice Department as a non-sworn re- serve officer making $15 per hour, according to City Administrator Mark Larson. He was employed from October 2014 until Sept. 27, 2016. He logged 105.25 hours in 2015 and 27.5 hours in 2016. City Attorney Mark Ostlund said a complaint against Hedin was filed while he was an employee of the city. Ostlund did not explain the nature of the complaint. “The city began an investigation of the complaint, and the city did not complete the investigation because Mr. Hedin separated from employ- ment before it was complete,” Ostlund said in a written statement. Hedin told the city council at Former reserve officer accuses police chief, officers of wrongdoing Allegations Turn to page 2 Mayor Wilson breaks tie, allows study to proceed By John Mueller Editor Hoping to create a downtown area filled with energy and optimism as a barometer for Glencoe's future, the city council approved its participation in a revitalization and vibrancy plan. The plan passed with Mayor Randy Wilson casting the decisive vote. Councilors Gary Ziemer, John Schrupp voted for the proposal and Cory Neid and Milan Alexander voted against the city's funding a portion of the plan. Councilor Allen Robeck abstained from the vote. Mayor Randy Wilson broke the tie with a vote in favor of the proposal. The city's portion of the plan will cost $4,500 – $2,000 for its share and $2,500 in each of the first of two years covering the chamber’s $5,000 commitment. The chamber plans to repay the city for covering its share of the $12,000 study. The Southwest Minnesota Initiative provided a $2,500 planning grant and the Hoese Family Foundation provided a $2,500 grant. The goal of the study is to develop a strate- gic plan recommending improvements in in- frastructure/streetscape, arts and culture, downtown demographic considerations, and marketing /promotion of Glencoe's downtown area. The work plan calls for assembling data from the 2017 housing study, data from the U.S. Census Bureau, developing a digital map of downtown using property boundaries, com- puter-aided drafting, and aerial photography. A project committee will participate in a walking tour to review project goals and inventory and assess key aspects of the city's downtown area. The committee will facilitate a public work- shop meeting to discuss the existing of down- town Glencoe and solicit ideas for a draft im- provement plan. Using input from the community workshop meeting, the committee will refine a set of goals for downtown improvements. Using more community input, the group will draft an action plan identifying priorities, timing and parties responsible for implementation. A sec- Council split over downtown revitalization study Downtown Study Turn to page 3 By John Mueller Editor A pair of veteran registered nurses saw a need in Glencoe-Silver Lake schools and did something about it. And if everything works out, the cri- sis kits they’ve created will never be used. But the way Pat Bergseng and Lynn Schauer see it, they’d rather have the kits available and never use them than need one in an emergency and have nothing to help a bleeding student or staff member in an emer- gency. “A person can bleed out in six minutes or less,” Schauer said. The two RNs have served as long- term substitute school nurses in Glencoe-Silver Lake Schools. They have years of hospital experience. Nearing the end of their careers, the women are working more casual schedules. Schauer recently saw a newspaper article including information on cri- sis kits and stop-the-bleeding train- ing. She and Bergseng both noted how the equipment and training could be useful in a school shop set- ting or in case a student or staff member was every seriously injured by a school intruder. With the blessing of school offi- cials, the pair began collecting the needed materials to create the kits. They also solicited donations from businesses, money that will pay for supplies like gauze, tape and other bandages. The hospital donated $250. Shopko donated $1,000. Shopko held the application for a donation for a month to give it a bet- ter chance for a larger contribution. The store recently presented the women and the GSL School District a check. “They were wonderful to work with,” Schauer said. Scott Metter, Shopko’s assistant store manager in Glencoe, said the company was pleased to make the donation. The store receives about a dozen requests for donation annual- ly. “Shopko is very good about mak- ing donations for the kids. There’s not enough done for the kids,” Met- ter said. Coborn’s donated $50 for rolls of Nurses put their experience, skill into action to help students, staff Crisis kits Turn to page 2 Cub Scouts accepting girls as members; registration set for Sept. 20 in Glencoe, area A registration night is set for Thursday, Sept. 20, 6-7 p.m. at Lincoln Elementary in Glencoe, Lester Prairie Elementary, or Winstead Elementary. The goal is that youth join a unit that recruits out of the school they attend so that they can embrace the fun of scouting with their friends, and more information on that can be found online at adventureiscalling.org or at www.joincubs.org Of the roughly 400 Cub Packs in Northern Star Scout- ing, about 300 (75 percent) will welcome girls this fall, Scots registration Turn to page 2 Chronicle photo by John Mueller Bridge cleanup A crew from Rainbow Inc. of New Hope applied a protective cover to the bottom side of the pedestrian bridge over HIghway 212 in Glencoe last Thursday morning. 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Panthers roar to 2-0 recordGSL gridders steamroll Royals 54-7
— Sports Page 1B
$1.25
Glencoe, Minnesota Vol. 121, No. 37 www.glencoenews.com September 12, 2018
CThe McLeod County hronicle
4-H winners from-county fair
— Page 10
Weather Chronicle News and Advertising Deadlines
All news is due by 5 p.m., Monday, and all adver-tising is due by noon, Monday. News received afterthat deadline will be published as space allows.
Looking back: The beauty ofsummer/autumn is the blend ofthe seasons. We’ll enjoy tempsranging from the 60s to the 80sthis week.Date Hi Lo RainSept. 4 71 ......65.........0..59Sept. 5 74 ......52 ........0.05
Sept. 6 79 ......48 ........0.00Sept. 7 77 ......50 ........0.00Sept. 8 74 ......50 ........ 0.00Sept. 9 75 ......49 ........0.00Sept. 10 82 ......51 ........0.00Temperatures and precipitation compiledby Robert Thurn, Chronicle weather ob-server.
Wed., 9-12H: 83°, L: 65°
Thur., 9-13H: 84, L: 70°
Fri., 9-14H: 83°, L: 69°
Sat., 9-15H: 87° L: 69°
Sun., 9-16H: 86° L: 66°
Chronicle photo by John Mueller
Sewer workWorkers from R & R Excavating installed concrete sewer main piping along East 13th Street be-tween North Ives and Judd avenues last week. The storm water sewer line work is part of the ongo-ing central storm water mitigation project.
City attorney willlook into man’sallegationsBy John MuellerEditor
A former Glencoe Police Depart-ment reserve officer publicly accusedPolice Chief Jim Raiter and unnamedofficers on the department of crimesagainst the man and his family.
During the public comment por-tion of Tuesday's Sept. 4 city councilmeeting, Glencoe resident ThomasHedin accused Raiter and otherGlencoe Police Department officersof violating state statute regardingstalking and the “manufacturing ofevidence.”
Hedin provided no details explain-ing the alleged crimes, or details ofthe alleged stalking and manufactur-ing of evidence by Glencoe Policeofficers in his brief presentation. Hedeclined a request to provide thosedetails, saying he had been asked notto discuss them publicly. Hedin alsodeclined a request to identify where
the request not to discuss the detailssupporting his allegations against thechief and officers came from.
Raiter likewise declined commenton the issue and would not answerquestions about the allegationsagainst him or his officers.
Hedin worked for the Glencoe Po-lice Department as a non-sworn re-serve officer making $15 per hour,according to City AdministratorMark Larson. He was employed fromOctober 2014 until Sept. 27, 2016.He logged 105.25 hours in 2015 and27.5 hours in 2016.
City Attorney Mark Ostlund said acomplaint against Hedin was filedwhile he was an employee of the city.Ostlund did not explain the nature ofthe complaint.
“The city began an investigation ofthe complaint, and the city did notcomplete the investigation becauseMr. Hedin separated from employ-ment before it was complete,”Ostlund said in a written statement.
Hedin told the city council at
Former reserve officeraccuses police chief,officers of wrongdoing
AllegationsTurn to page 2
Mayor Wilson breaks tie,allows study to proceedBy John MuellerEditor
Hoping to create a downtown area filledwith energy and optimism as a barometer forGlencoe's future, the city council approved itsparticipation in a revitalization and vibrancyplan.
The plan passed with Mayor Randy Wilsoncasting the decisive vote. Councilors Gary
Ziemer, John Schrupp voted for the proposaland Cory Neid and Milan Alexander votedagainst the city's funding a portion of the plan.Councilor Allen Robeck abstained from thevote. Mayor Randy Wilson broke the tie witha vote in favor of the proposal.
The city's portion of the plan will cost$4,500 – $2,000 for its share and $2,500 ineach of the first of two years covering thechamber’s $5,000 commitment. The chamberplans to repay the city for covering its share ofthe $12,000 study. The Southwest MinnesotaInitiative provided a $2,500 planning grantand the Hoese Family Foundation provided a
$2,500 grant.The goal of the study is to develop a strate-
gic plan recommending improvements in in-frastructure/streetscape, arts and culture,downtown demographic considerations, andmarketing /promotion of Glencoe's downtownarea. The work plan calls for assembling datafrom the 2017 housing study, data from theU.S. Census Bureau, developing a digital mapof downtown using property boundaries, com-puter-aided drafting, and aerial photography. Aproject committee will participate in a walkingtour to review project goals and inventory andassess key aspects of the city's downtown
area.The committee will facilitate a public work-
shop meeting to discuss the existing of down-town Glencoe and solicit ideas for a draft im-provement plan.
Using input from the community workshopmeeting, the committee will refine a set ofgoals for downtown improvements. Usingmore community input, the group will draft anaction plan identifying priorities, timing andparties responsible for implementation. A sec-
Council split over downtown revitalization study
Downtown StudyTurn to page 3
By John MuellerEditor
A pair of veteran registered nursessaw a need in Glencoe-Silver Lakeschools and did something about it.And if everything works out, the cri-sis kits they’ve created will never beused.
But the way Pat Bergseng andLynn Schauer see it, they’d ratherhave the kits available and never usethem than need one in an emergencyand have nothing to help a bleedingstudent or staff member in an emer-gency.
“A person can bleed out in sixminutes or less,” Schauer said.
The two RNs have served as long-term substitute school nurses inGlencoe-Silver Lake Schools. Theyhave years of hospital experience.
Nearing the end of their careers, thewomen are working more casualschedules.
Schauer recently saw a newspaperarticle including information on cri-sis kits and stop-the-bleeding train-ing. She and Bergseng both notedhow the equipment and trainingcould be useful in a school shop set-ting or in case a student or staffmember was every seriously injuredby a school intruder.
With the blessing of school offi-cials, the pair began collecting theneeded materials to create the kits.
They also solicited donations frombusinesses, money that will pay forsupplies like gauze, tape and otherbandages. The hospital donated$250. Shopko donated $1,000.Shopko held the application for a
donation for a month to give it a bet-ter chance for a larger contribution.The store recently presented thewomen and the GSL School Districta check.
“They were wonderful to workwith,” Schauer said.
Scott Metter, Shopko’s assistantstore manager in Glencoe, said thecompany was pleased to make thedonation. The store receives about adozen requests for donation annual-ly.
“Shopko is very good about mak-ing donations for the kids. There’snot enough done for the kids,” Met-ter said.
Coborn’s donated $50 for rolls of
Nurses put their experience, skillinto action to help students, staff
Crisis kitsTurn to page 2
Cub Scouts accepting girls as members;registration set for Sept. 20 in Glencoe, area
A registration night is set for Thursday, Sept. 20, 6-7p.m. at Lincoln Elementary in Glencoe, Lester PrairieElementary, or Winstead Elementary.
The goal is that youth join a unit that recruits out ofthe school they attend so that they can embrace the funof scouting with their friends, and more information on
that can be found online at adventureiscalling.org or atwww.joincubs.org
Of the roughly 400 Cub Packs in Northern Star Scout-ing, about 300 (75 percent) will welcome girls this fall,
Scots registrationTurn to page 2
Chronicle photo by John Mueller
Bridge cleanupA crew from Rainbow Inc. of New Hope applied a protective coverto the bottom side of the pedestrian bridge over HIghway 212 inGlencoe last Thursday morning. The crew is sealing the bottomside of the bridge as routine maintenance of the bridge.
adhesive tape. 3M donated 50rolls of Coban, a self-adhe-sive pressure dressing. Motelsin Hutchinson and Glencoedonated clean, no-longer-usedbed sheets and linens.
With the help of students,the two women assembledabout 180 crisis kits. The kitswill be in classrooms andshop classes and office areas– anywhere a student couldpotentially suffer a severewound or need help with criti-cal bleeding.
The district is complement-ing the addition of the crisiskits with stop-the-bleed train-ing.
“We just want to teach peo-ple how to handle the trau-ma,” Schauer said.
While the kits and the train-ing may not have surgicalsuite sterile conditions,Schauer said stopping severebleeding is the most importantfacet of dealing with an emer-
gency. The threat of injectionis not as great as unchecked
bleeding.“You can do a lot with very
little,” Bergseng said.
Happenings
Glencoe farmers’ marketThe Glencoe Farmers’ Market is open every Thursday
on the corner of Greeley Avenue and 11th Street. Themarket is open from 3 - 6 p.m. and features 12 vendors.
Glencoe seniors’ meetingsThe Glencoe Senior Citizens meet Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. in the seniors room at the Glen-coe City Center. Sheephead is played on Tuesdays, andboth sheephead and 500 are played on Thursdays. Allseniors over 55 are invited.
For more information, call 320-510-1551 and leave amessage.
Oktoberfest in SeptemberThe Brownton Lions’ Club is hosting Oktoberfest in
September Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the community cen-ter.
The event includes hotdogs, brats and kraut, Germanpotato salad, soda pop, and beer served at 5:30 p.m.Dessert will be sold by the women’s club and George’sConcertina Band will perform from 6 to 8 p.m.
New Auburn Historical SocietyThe New Auburn Historical Society is planning a trip
Sept. 15 to visit John Rivers’ collection of restored farmequipment, a fire truck and other items in Maple Lake.
The group plans to leave at 9 a.m. in a caravan fromNew Auburn to Maple Lake. For more information, or tojoin the group, call 320-864-4218.
Silver Lake Sportsman’s ClubThe Silver Lake Sportsman’s Club is holding its mem-
ber appreciation picnic Saturday, Sept. 15 at the club-house. The picnic begins at 1 p.m. with a meal served at5 p.m.
Archery ministry in Silver LakeGrace Bible Church in Silver Lake will be starting its
next session of an archery ministry called Centershot forages 7 to 107 years old Sept. 16, 1-2:30 p.m. Centershotis a Bible-based archery ministry that consists of a 45-minute Bible study and 45 minutes of archery instructionone day a week for eight weeks. The church provides thebows and arrows which are used during the training ses-sions in the church basement shooting range. Partici-pants pay a nominal fee to help cover the cost of thestudy book.
Space is limited so those interested in finding out moreare encouraged to contact the church office (320) 327-2352. Grace Bible Church — www.silverlakechurch.org— is located in Silver Lake at 300 Cleveland St., next tothe city water tower.
Glencoe American Legion AuxiliaryThe Glencoe American Legion Auxiliary will be meet-
ing Monday, Sept. 17, 6:30 p.m., at the Glencoe fire hallon East 10th Street,
Glencoe Study Club meetingThe Glencoe Study Club will hold its September meet-
ing Sept. 17, 7 p.m., at the home of Judy Larsen, 30420th St. W.
Ellen Radell is the presenter for the meeting topic,“The Love of Little Golden Books.”
Stewart Legion, Auxiliary MeetingThe Stewart American Legion and Auxiliary will be-
meeting Monday, Sept. 17, 7 p.m., at the Stewart Com-munity Center.
The meeting will include the installation of new offi-cers by Third District President Lynn Duffy. Anecia Lan-genbau and Sherri Reiner will be hostesses for the meet-ing.
Glencoe Preservation Society MeetingThe Glencoe Preservation Society will hold its annual
meeting Sept. 18, 7 p.m., in the Glencoe City Center His-toric Room.
Anyone interested in preserving Glencoe’s history iswelcome to attend. For more information, call Gloria at864-4174.
Greater Minn. GOP Women meetingGreater Minnesota Republican women will meet, Tues-
day, Sept. 18, 11:30 a.m. at Carmelitas Restaurant, 70210th. St. in Glencoe.
Any woman in the counties surrounding McLeod is in-vited to attend.
College strategies workshopFirst Evangelical Lutheran Church is hosting a free
workshop Wednesday, Sept 19, 6:30 to 8 p.m., titled,"College Planning Strategies - Three things you neverknew about college and how it may save many familiesthousands." It will be offered to to all community fami-lies with high-school students. Doors open at 6 p.m. anda light meal will be served. For more info or to reserveyour spot, e-mail to [email protected] or call 864-5522.
GHS Class of ‘55 reunion Members of Glencoe High School Class of 1955 will
hold their annual reunion Wednesday, Sept. 19, 11 a.m. to3 p.m., at Unhinged! Pizza in Glencoe.
Degree of Honor meetingDegree of Honor No. 182 will hold a social meeting
Sept. 25, 1 p.m., in the Silver Lake Auditorium.
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.
Allegations Continued from page 1
its -----Sept. 4 meeting the ac-tions of Raiter and unnamedofficers on the departmentwere gross-misdemeanor andpotentially felony-level viola-tions of state law.
Hedin has not filed any for-mal complaint -----gainst thecity or Raiter, Larson said viaemail. Larson and MayorRandy Wilson both declinedcomment on Hedin's allega-tions against Raiter and un-named police officers.
“The Glencoe Police De-partment would like to note
that it is committed to uphold-ing the highest degree of in-tegrity and accountability,”Ostlund said. “The GlencoePolice Department takes anyallegation of misconduct seri-ously.”
In concluding his remarks atthe Sept. 4 meeting, Hedintold the city council aSupreme Court ruling requiresthe department to turn overany information it has provinghe is not guilty of wrongdo-ing. Hedin also said Raiter andthe department never gave
him a copy of his employeefile as requested.
Ostlund will look intoHedin's allegations and mayreport back to the city councilif Ostlund deems a report iswarranted, Larson said.Ostlund and Raiter met in pri-vate immediately after the citycouncil adjourned the Sept. 4council meeting.
Crisis kits Continued from page 1
including one or more in most neighbor-hoods. Volunteers will help parents find aPack that best meets their needs.
Cub Scouts participate in a variety ofindoor and outdoor activities designed tohelp them gain confidence, increase so-
cial skills, serve their community and de-velop their capacity for leadership. Lastyear, Northern Star Scouts performedmore than 175,000 hours of communityservice – an average of more than fivehours per member.
A Cub Scout membership is quite af-fordable, but all can join regardless oftheir ability to pay. Scholarships and uni-forms are available. No child will beturned away for lack of financial re-sources.
Scouts registration Continued from page 1
Chronicle photo by John MuellerRegistered nurses (from left) Pat Bergseng, Lynn Schauer, and GSL Superintend-ent Chris Sonju (far right) accepted a $1,000 donation for the school district’s cri-sis kit program from Shopko and assistant manager Scott Metteer.
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GSL School Board OKs maximum preliminary levyBy John MuellerEditor
With not enough concreteinformation from the state onthe potential impact of the2019 property tax levy theGlencoe-Silver Lake Schoolwill ultimately finalize in De-cember, the board apparentlyhad little option but to set thepreliminary levy as high aspossible Monday, Sept. 10.
At the recommendation ofBusiness Manager MichelleSander, the board set its pre-liminary levy at the maxi-mum level it could. Sander’sadvice on the preliminarylevy was based on the districtnot yet receiving completefinal information on land val-ues and enrollments and theimpact of the levy from theMinnesota Department ofEducation. Knowing the pre-liminary levy can only bemaintained or reduced by itsscheduled final adoptionDec. 10, board memberspassed the maximum levythey could.
The board never included apercentage or number at-
tached to the preliminarylevy. Without a percent in-crease, no one knows the im-pact the preliminary levymight have on a typical resi-dential or commercial prop-erty in the Glencoe-SilverLake School District. Thatinformation won’t come tothe school board until laterthis fall, when it is ready toOK the final 2019 propertytax levy that will be collectednext year and divvied out todistricts in 2020.
The preliminary and finallevy won’t impact the addi-tional levy the district wantsvoters to OK in November.
Sander and SuperintendentChris Sonju released a seriesof seven information presen-tations on the proposed levyreferendum. That levy won’ttake effect until the followingyear, she said.
The presentations are slat-ed for Thursday, Sept. 20,7:30 p.m., at Glencoe-SilverLake High School in RoomNo. 443; Tuesday, Sept. 25,7:30 p.m., at the New AuburnCommunity Center; Wednes-
day, Oct. 3, 6 p.m., atNeisen’s Bar in Biscay; Mon-day, Oct. 8, 6 p.m., at Glen-coe-Silver Lake High Schoolin Room No. 443; Tuesday,Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m., at Lake-side Elementary School inSilver Lake; Monday, Oct.22, tentatively set for PlatoFire Hall; and Thursday, Nov.1, 7:30 p.m., at the BrowntonCommunity Center.
iPads for StudentsThe board approved the
lease purchase of 600 iPadsand cases for $205,093.20.The lease could be paid offearly, saving the districtmoney on interest.
Students in kindergartenthrough fourth grade will pri-marily use the iPads. OlderiPads still working well willbe assigned to fifth-graders,creating a near 1-to-1 ratio ofiPads and students, Sandersaid.
Sander said the interestrate from Apple FinancialServices will jump fromabout 1.99 percent to 6 per-
cent next month.The district is not allowing
students to take the iPadshome with them, Sander said.
The new devices should beavailable for student use thisfall.
Contracts OK’dThe board approved new
two-year contracts at theSept. 10 meeting for AliciaBeste, early childhood/schoolreadiness director; Jeff Jen-son, director of technologyand information systems;Mike Morris, desktop sup-port specialist; and TerryShogren, computer techni-cian.
All the new contracts callfor a 4.98 percent increaseover the two years, July 1,2018 to June 30, 2020. Themajority of the increase is forwages.
In other action at theSept. 10 meeting, the Glen-coe-Silver Lake SchoolBoard:
• Paid bills totaling
$989,425.• Heard a presentation
from John Siefert of Marshand McLennan Insurance re-garding the school district’snetwork security.
• Named SuperintendentChris Sonju the district’sidentified official with au-thority, a designation that al-lows only Sonju to accesslocal education agency usersto Minnesota Department ofEducation secure Web sites.
• Tabled a proposal fromBrea Wiblemo, social studiesteacher, for 13-day trips toEurope during June of 2021.
• Approved the hiring ofPam Teubert, payroll coordi-nator; Dave Sell, JV baseballcoach; Cierra Bartol-Byers,middle school cross-countrycoach; Jessica Lee, specialeducation para-professional;Nancy Houchin, school so-cial worker, Randy Wilson,industrial tech. teacher; CarolSilus, half-time Title teacherat GSL junior, senior high;Jessica Boe, ESCE para-pro-fessional; Chelsea Bottel-berghe, special education
para-professional at LincolnElementary School; AimeeZenit-Bieganek, special edu-cation para-professional;Charise Aeikens, BPA advi-sor; and Pete Gepson, bandclub advisor.
• Accepted the resignationof Carol Dammann, payrollcoordinator; Heidi Hen-nessey, ECSE para-profes-sional; Annette Thomas,Lakeside Elementary School;Josh Otto-Fisher, baseballcoach; Ashly Casteel, softballcoach.
• Granted leave requestsfrom Shane McConkey, highschool science teacher forfive days beginning Oct. 11;Rebecca Skanse, first-gradeteacher, for maternity leavebeginning Jan., 3, 2019.
Glencoe mulls surveyingcommercial water customersfor plumbing safety equipmentBy John MuellerEditor
A proposal to protect Glen-coe's water supply from acci-dental contamination dividedthe city council.
Councilors debated at theSept. 4 meeting how the cityshould go about making cer-tain its water supply is pro-tected from contamination byback flow from existing com-mercial water customers. Thecity is considering hiring afirm to survey via on-site in-spections existing customersto make certain a back-flowdevice is in place to protectthe city's water supply fromcontamination. The citysought quotes on surveyingcompanies after passing anordinance in April requiringthe back-flow devices.
Councilors voted 4-1 totable a decision on whether toaward a contract with MN-SPECT or HydroCorp. Coun-cilor Gary Ziemer opposedthe motion to table discus-sion. The council is waitingfor a report on how othercities handle making com-mercial clients have the re-quired equipment to preventcontamination via back flow.That information should beavailable at an upcomingmeeting of the city council.
Glencoe sought threequotes to conduct a survey. Itreceived quotes from MN-SPECT of Waconia for anamount not to exceed$26,500 and the other fromHydroCorp. of Lake Elmo foran amount not to exceed$32,490. BSI Engineering ofSt. Cloud. declined Glencoe'sinvitation to offer a quote forthe requested survey services.
The need for a survey wasnot unanimous. CouncilorMilan Alexander argued thecity's responsibility for mak-ing certain a business has theappropriate equipment stopsat the outside wall of thebusiness.
The city needs to hire afirm to handle the surveysince no one on the Glencoe
Public Works staff holds therequired master plumber's li-cense.
Gary Schreifels, the city’sdirector of water/wastewaterplants, said Glencoe has 230commercial properties, in-cluding multi-family housing,within its city limits. The cityis confident 30 of the busi-nesses have the appropriateback flow preventing equip-ment. The city needs to makesure the other approximate200 business customers havethe appropriate amount of theneeded equipment to preventcontamination via back flow.
Councilor Alan Robecksaid the city should continuedoing what it has been doingregarding protecting againstcross contamination. Robeckasked if the next step ischecking toilets for equip-ment to protect against con-tamination of the municipalwater supply.
“I think we're going waytoo far on that,” he said.
City Attorney MarkOstlund said the city must en-force the ordinance the coun-cil approved this spring as itis written and also the stateplumbing code.
As a practical matter,Ostlund said, preventingcross contamination of Glen-coe's water supply is thecity's responsibility.
Mayor Randy Wilson saidstate statute, the plumbingcode and the city's ordinanceall dictate what needs to bedone. “I think we should lookat doing this,” he said.
Funding for the survey is inthe city's approved budget,Schreifels said. The city'swater fund has a healthy fundbalance exceeding $1 million.Still, Robeck objected.
“It's an unfunded mandate,really,” Robeck said.
Harpel plat,improvementsmoving forward
With a recommendationfrom the planning commis-sion, the Glencoe City Coun-cil also unanimously ap-proved the final plat ofHarpel's 11th Street Additionand set in motion considera-tion of a proposal for im-provements to the property.
The plat calls for divisionof just over eight acres intotwo parcels, one housing aproposed Kwik Trip and theother remaining an undevel-oped outlot for possible fu-ture development. The prop-erty will be accessible viaEast 11th Street off Morning-side Avenue and Falcon Av-enue off Highway 212.
The improvements includetree removal and a stormwater conveyance system.The council OK'd the cre-ation of a feasibility study in-tended to provide informationon the proposed project andupdated cost estimates. Thelatest cost assessment for thestorm water conveyance sys-tem is $240,922.50. Thework will be completelyfunded through assessmentsagainst the property.
In other action at theSept. 4 meeting, the Glen-coe City Council:
• Paid payment of wagesand bills totaling$280,212.45.
• Approved a police unioncontract for 2018. It providesa 2.5 percent pay raise withno other contract languagechanges.
• Approved a five-yearlease with the Buffalo CreekArea BMX Association withthe option of an additionalfive-year pending a positivereview by the park board.
Downtown study Continued from page 1
ond community meeting willbe scheduled in an open houseformat to create recommenda-tions to the city before creat-ing a final draft plan in No-vember.
Dan Ehrke, assistant cityadministrator and the city's li-aison to the Glencoe Chamberof Commerce, called the studya great investment for the city.He noted the significant pri-vate and public investment indowntown Glencoe over thepast decade and pointed outpossible opportunities, likethe potential for redevelop-ment of the creamery buildingand Economart.
But not everybody wasthrilled with the proposal.Councilor Milan Alexander,who represents much of thedowntown area, said the city'sbusiness development focus ison the east side. He wants to
see Glencoe's commercialsector expand eastward to Di-amond Avenue outside thecity limits.
Alexander said the city hasdone a transportation studyand a housing study in thepast few years. It also studiedthe potential of a hotel comingto Glencoe. He believes thosestudies have data in them thatmakes a revitalization and vi-brancy study unnecessary.
Ehrke took issue withAlexander's lack of supportfor the downtown area. Ehrkepointed out several companiesthat have invested in thedowntown area as well as thearea's longtime businesses.
“I find it unfathomable thatyou would say that,” Ehrkesaid. “There are businessesthat have been here fordecades and decades and Ithink we owe it to them to
make sure we continue to lookfor ways to support them.”
Wilson said the city's in-vestment in the study justifiesits participation. If the citywas planning to pay for theentire study, he said the con-versation would be quite dif-ferent. He believes citizenswant the city council to im-prove downtown by identify-ing needs and opportunitiesand look for ways to make thearea more desirable.
Wilson noted the city's pay-ing a small percentage of thestudy. The chamber and grantswill cover the majority of thecost. The mayor said the busi-ness community is telling thecity the study is important totry and find ways to improvedowntown.
“I think it's important welisten to them,” Wilson said.
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Tuesday, Sept. 4, theGlencoe City Councilvoted to participate in a
study of the potential revitalizationof downtown. The vote split thecouncil and required Mayor RandyWilson to break the impasse.
The votes against the proposedstudy cast by councilors AllenRobeck and Milan Alexander are,for two different reasons, somewhatpuzzling.
The study would have cost$12,000. Thanks to donations andcost participation from the chamber,the city’s share would have beenonly $2,000. Yes, the city plannedto front the chamber’s share of thecost of the study over the next twoyears, funding the chamber mostcertainly would have paid back hadit wanted to maintain its credibilitywith this city council.
There are a few seemingly per-plexing facets of the votes Alexan-der and Robeck cast. Alexanderasked why the city needed a studyof the downtown area when in therecent past it has conducted a trafficstudy and a study on a potentialhotel coming to town. If those twostudies contain useful data, hopeful-ly it should be utilized.
Alexander believes the city’s em-phasis on commercial developmentshould be on Glencoe’s east side oftown, starting with the Harpel pro-posal to develop land for a KwikTrip. During Tuesday’s councilmeeting, he said the city shouldfocus its emphasis on encouragingand facilitating private commercialdevelopment all the way to Dia-mond Avenue, land currently out-side Glencoe’s corporate city limits.
And should the city’s focusswitch entirely to commercial de-velopment on the east side of Glen-coe, what is to become of down-town? Does anybody want thedowntown area to become an ex-panding collection of vacant store-fronts and aging, unkept buildings?That’s a question Councilor Alexan-der will have to answer when own-
ers of downtown businesses ap-proach him. Many of those ownerslive in Glencoe and their businessesfall within the city’s highest proper-ty tax rate. Councilor Alexanderknows he represents a sizable por-tion of downtown Glencoe and tohis credit, late last week he said hecan accept the city’s participation inthe downtown revitalization and vi-brancy study as long as the citymaintains a focus on the east side.
Councilor Robeck’s vote is espe-cially curious and perhaps a bit mis-informed. He abstained from thevote, reportedly because he serveson a committee that considered theproposed study and recommendedthe city council consider it. Robeckis a non-voting member of thatcommittee.
Typically, councilors abstain fromvoting on an issue when they have aconflict of interest, a position wherethey would monetarily profit orhave a family member who wouldbenefit from as favorable vote.Council members typically an-nounce they have a conflict of inter-est and indicate their intent to ab-stain at the beginning of discussionor during it. Councilor Robeck’svote to abstain seemingly caught hisfellow council members by sur-prise.
It’s unfortunate if Robeck votedagainst the city’s participation in thestudy to avoid taking a position on acontroversial issue. Absent a con-flict of interest, a council member’sjob is to represent the will and bestinterest of constituents. Abstainingwithout justification doesn’t reflectthe will of constituents.
In the end, the city council votedto participate in funding the down-town revitalization and vibrancystudy. Hopefully, it will provide aroadmap for an energetic, thrivingdowntown area for many years tocome. If so, the city’s $2,000 in-vestment will provide a solid returnon the council’s investment.
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Votes against downtown planseemingly
misinformed, curious
Our view: Without study, whatwill become of downtown
Glencoe?
By Amy KlobucharU.S. Senator
When firefighters like JeffLaskowske from Albert Lea arrive ata fire, they are fully aware of thedangers they face from the flamesand smoke. But Jeff, and millions ofother firefighters like him, are expos-ing themselves to another deadly riskeach time they show up to work—cancer.
Three years ago, Jeff was diag-nosed with testicular cancer. And heisn’t alone. In Moorhead, AssistantChief Greg Doeden was diagnosedwith stomach cancer after over 35years with the Fire Department. InSt. Paul, Steve Shapira was diag-nosed with non-Hodgkin’s lym-phoma after 17 years serving hiscity. And Jeff’s own fire departmentin Albert Lea saw three of their 16full-time firefighters develop cancerwithin roughly a year.
Cancer is now the leading cause offirefighter line-of-duty deaths in theUnited States, according to the Inter-national Association of Fire Fighters.In 2013, researchers studying 30,000firefighters in three U.S. cities foundthat the risk of lung cancer increasedas the number of fires fought in-creased. In fact, firefighters are twoand a half times more likely to de-velop cancer than civilians.
And that’s likely because firefight-ers today face exposure to a moreharmful range of toxins than ever be-
fore. Structures and homes are nowmade and filled with much differentmaterials than they were 100, oreven 50 years ago. Buildings aren’tjust made of wood, glass, and metalanymore – they’re loaded with elec-tronic devices like laptops and TVs.
These materials have changed thevery nature of home, building, andcar fires. Firefighters are exposed tothese fumes and carcinogens everytime they enter a fire. And even aftera fire has been put out, black sootand chemicals can stick to gear,lengthening exposure to toxins andincreasing the potential for illness.
Research has shown a strong con-nection between firefighting and anincreased risk for several major can-cers, including testicular, stomach,multiple myeloma and brain cancers.As these patterns emerge, we need totake action.
That’s why I joined with my col-leagues to introduce the bipartisanFirefighter Cancer Registry Act,which was signed into law in earlyJuly. Our bill will establish a nation-al cancer registry to collect and trackcancer cases in career and volunteerfirefighters. Healthcare professionalswill be required to submit medicalinformation related to cancer inci-dences among firefighters and makedata available to public health re-searchers. The registry is the onlyway we can truly figure out whatbuilding materials are causing can-
cer, if certain regions have greaternumbers of cases, and what precau-tions and safeguards will preventmore diagnoses.
When I visited the Albert Lea FireDepartment last month to meet withJeff and his team of firefighters, I gotto tour their station and learn aboutthe steps they’re already taking toprevent exposure to toxins and mini-mize cancer risks. As the link be-tween cancer and firefighting is be-coming better known, fire depart-ments like Albert Lea’s are takingsafety into their own hands and im-plementing procedures to protectthemselves.
Jeff also told me his good news—he is officially cancer free.
In taking their oath, our firefight-ers accept an immense responsibility— to put service before self, no mat-ter the hour or challenge. We owe itto them to study the dangerous linkbetween fighting fires and develop-ing cancer and to find ways to pre-vent it. I am so thankful to the menand women of our country’s fire de-partments for their bravery and amhopeful that the Firefighter CancerRegistry Act will help give us thetools to support the people who risktheir lives for us.
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D, rep-resents Minnesota in the U.S. Senate.
Fighting fires, fighting cancer
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100 Years AgoSept. 12, 1918O.C. Conrad, Editor
IF WE FAIL THE WORLD ISLOST: American Soldiers cancrush the Hun only if equippedby American dollars. Duty of allis clear: War more than armies— to provide food, clothing,weapons and hundreds of otherthings is opportunity of thosewho do not offer lives — buywar bonds! America is the atlason which the world is resting.Not only must American soldiersfight and win the way fordemocracy, but American dollarsmust equip and maintain Ameri-can armies and, in addition, theymust maintain the armies of theallies. Never has so colossal atask fallen to the lot of any na-tion; never before in the historyof the world has any nation beenin a position to accomplish sucha task. America can do all thatshe is expected to do, but she canonly do it if every citizen of thisgreatest republic does his fullshare. The war in Europe is morethan splendid army of youngAmerican manhood fightingunder our banners in Flanders; itis a matter of food, shelter, cloth-ing, munitions, weapons, roads,engines, cars, ships, hospitals,medicines, of hundreds of otherimportant things that take laborand money to produce. To pro-vide these things is the opportu-nity and duty of those who donot offer their lives.
75 Years AgoSept. 9, 1943Milton D. Hakel, Editor
The third war loan is on todayin Brownton as well as in the en-tire nation. Seven volunteer warbond soliciting teams are callingon everyone in Brownton begin-
ning today in an effort to meetthe $27,393.75 quota set for thevillage. The distinctive feature ofthis drive is that each individualis being assigned a personalbond quota which he is expectedto meet if humanly possible.These confidential individualquotas were determined by theCounty War Finance Committeewithout consultation with thelocal bond committees or othersources. If the individual quotasare met, the village goal will bereached. Volunteer bond solicit-ing teams, who like bond com-mittee chairman, Dr. AM Jensen,are donating their time and ener-gy to the drive. The McLeodCounty quota is $1,148,000; thestate quota is $216,000,000; thenational goal is $16 billion.Local volunteer war bond issu-ing agents are the First StateBank of Brownton and the U.S.Post Office. The foregoing bondquotas are cash rather than matu-rity figures. Any war bondsbought during the calendarmonth of September are to becounted towards both the indi-vidual and community goals.Types of war bonds available aredescribed in an advertisement inthis issue sponsored by Brown-ton Businessmen on behalf of thethird war loan.
50 Years AgoSept. 12, 1968Charles H. Warner, Editor
It will be a repeat of the 1964race for the Third District com-missioner post as Herbert Doerrof Stewart and Walter Radke ofBrownton will once again battleit out in the general election. InTuesday’s primary, thanks to astrong vote from Stewart, incum-bent Doerr paced the five manfield with 333 votes. Radke
polled well in the Brownton areato cop second place with 255 —just about the same margin asDoerr held in the 1964 primary.
Four McLeod County menwere inducted into the armyAug. 27 through local board 67of the Selective Service system.William Urbach Jr. of Glencoe,Kenneth Koepp of Brownton,Roger Mifek of Hutchinson andStephan Brose of Winsted re-ported to Fort Cambell, Kty., forbasic training.
20 Years AgoSept. 16, 1998Lori Copler, Editor
Lori Wagner and JonathanMaiers are the new McLeodWest High School homecomingqueen and king. The two werecrowned Monday night in coro-nation activities at the highschool gym. Parents are Darwinand Mavis Wagner and Tom andLaMae Maiers. Other queen can-didates were Liz Maiers, MindyMaiers, and Angie Schwarze,and other king candidates wereLance Schuette, Mike Rosenauand Chad Draeger. Attending thecouple were Joe Vacek and Alis-sa Loncorich, representing thejunior class; sophomore atten-dants Amber Hahn and NateSauter; and freshman class atten-dants David Maiers and LisaStenzel. The crown bearers wereMackenzie Trettin and JacksonHallahan. The 1998 king andqueen were crowned by the 1997royal couple, Nick Heller andRachel Wagner. Kate Stenzeland Todd Husfeldt were the em-cees for the evening, which alsoincluded skits and the traditionalpresentation of lucky pennies tomembers of the volleyball andfootball teams.
History
From the Brownton Bulletin archives
30 Years Ago
Sept. 14, 1988Bill Ramige, Editor
As expected, it will be SkipHumphrey and Dave Durenberg-er for the U.S. Senate in Novem-ber. Both won in the primaryelection Tuesday. In other races,Doug Peterson easily beat AndyOlson for the DFL nominationfor 2nd District U.S. representa-tive. He will face incumbent VinWeber in the general election.
Lou and Lorna Hetland pur-chased the Glencoe Super 8Motel from Omer and EvelynTemplin on Sept. 1.
Bobbi Krcil of Glencoe exhib-ited the champion Simmentalcow/calf at the 1988 MinnesotaState 4-H Show. She is thedaughter of Robert and JoyceKrcil and a member of the Townand Country 4-H Club. She wasalso named champion seniorbeef showman for the purebredSimmental calf she exhibited.
20 Years Ago
Sept. 16, 1998Rich Glennie, Editor
McLeod County Sheriff De-partment Lt. Wayne Vinkemeierof Stewart jumped out to anearly lead in Tuesday’s primaryelection and never looked backin posting a victory in the three-way race for sheriff. Glencoe po-lice investigator Scott Stumpfsurged past Steve Soeffker whenHutchinson returns were in. Thetotals at 11:30 p.m. was Vinke-meier 3,677, Stumpf 1,350 andSoeffker 935. All 28 precinctshad reported.
McLeod Co-op workers hoist-ed the power lines just enough tolet the house-moving crew tosneak under with the 1925 housewhich was formerly on the Fran-cis Strobel farm south of Glen-coe near High Island Creek onCounty Road 2. The crews weremoving the house for BrettBeneke, who purchased thehome and was moving it to hisfarm north of Glencoe on Coun-ty Road 59, south of Glencoe.
The Glencoe Area HealthCenter (GAHC) board of com-missioners gave its approval to adraft study that looks at consoli-dating GAHC with the nearbyGlencoe Medical Center. JonBraband, GAHC’s chief execu-
tive officer, said the aim is towrap up the study process by theend of the year or early in Janu-ary with a recommendation to ei-ther move forward or not at thattime.
10 Years Ago
Sept. 10, 2008Rich Glennie, Editor
After years of discussion anddebate, and months of planning,designing and fine-tuning, Glen-coe City Council on Sept. 2 gaveits blessings to a schematic de-sign of the proposed event cen-ter/city hall complex to be locat-ed in the former Henry Hillschool building. The $6.5 mil-lion project also has another re-quirement: $2.5 million in pri-vate donations will have to beraised to help pay for the eventcenter.
The Glencoe Area Chamber ofCommerce will sponsor its thirdannual Corn Maze Festival atOak Leaf Park on Saturday Oct.4 and Oct. 11, from noon to 5p.m. This year the design is a 5-acre corn maze which featuresover a mile of trails.
From the Chronicle archives
100 Years AgoSept. 13, 1918Lester Koeppen, Editor
Local parties in Stewart inter-ested in the conservation of ma-terials which are of use to thegovernment have taken it uponthemselves to write to the fueladministration regarding thegasoline saving request. This re-quest was originally understoodto apply only east of the Missis-sippi River and cars were run-ning here on Sundays the sameas ever. In answer to the local re-quest for information the statefuel administration writes thatthe “keep your car in the shed onSundays” request applies to theentire state of Minnesota. Thismeans that cars are to be usedonly for very urgent businessmatters and that no more pleas-ure riding should be indulged onSundays. Local people, we feelsure are with the governmentenough to observe this requestand next Sunday and Sundayshereafter will not run their ma-chines. Save gasoline for the air-planes which are going to winthe war for us and our allies. Ifyou do run your machine onSundays, you are apt to bebranded as a poor sort of citi-zen—unless your drive is a verynecessary one. Drive a team orwalk—those are the latest styles.
75 Years AgoSept. 9, 1943Harry Koeppen, Editor
The Stewart community wasdeeply saddened Monday after-
noon when word got around thatMr. Roman Decker of Collins re-ceived a telegram from the wardepartment announcing that theirson, Pfc. Nick Decker, had beenkilled in action in the NorthAfrican area on August 11. It isknown that Nick was in Sicily, aletter written by him on July 26conveying that information, andstating that he was in fine spiritsat the time. Nicholas enlistedwith Co. B of the NationalGuard at Hutchinson in October,1940, and left with that group forCamp Claiborne, Louisiana, inFebruary, 1941. In January,1942, he went on to Camp Dixand New York, and from therewent to North Ireland, later toEngland and then to NorthAfrica, going through that cam-paign, and then to Sicily wherehe met his death. He was a mem-ber of St. Boniface CatholicChurch here and also of theCatholic Aid Society, and had re-ceived a good Catholic educa-tion. Solemn high mass will beobserved at St. Boniface parishnext Monday morning.
60 Years AgoSept. 11, 1958Kermit T. Hubin, Editor
The Brownton Bruins advanceto the quarter-finals of the StateAmateur Baseball Tournament atNew Ulm by defeating Warroadeasily, 8-2. Stewart’s ace hurlerBob Werner saw action in theninth inning, as he relieved JiggsWestergard of Hutchinson, whohad hurled the previous eightframes. Werner retired the side
without any difficulty. Browntonwon its first game of the tourneySunday night, as they shut-outLittle Falls B’s by a 6-0 score.Jerry Hochsprung went the routefor Brownton giving up only twohits. Their next game will be Fri-day, at 2:30 p.m.
50 Years AgoSept. 12, 1968Kermit T. Hubing, Editor
Four McLeod County menwere inducted into the U.S.Army on August 27th and re-ported to Fort Cambell, Ken-tucky. They are William UrbachJr., Glencoe; Roger Mifek,Hutchinson; Kenneth Koepp,Brownton; and Stephen Brose,Winsted.
Hopes of Stewart residents tosee Ted Burke on the Universityof Minnesota starting team thisyear were shattered, when hetore a ligament in the knee onMonday. Burke was in con-tention for the starting offensivecenter job with Steve Lundeen,when his knee was injured in apractice session. He underwentsurgery on the injured kneeWednesday morning, at the Uni-versity of Minnesota Hospital. Itis expected that he will not seeany football action this season.Burke a junior at the Universityof Minnesota, is the son of Mr.and Mrs. Franklin Burke ofStewart. Cards will reach Tedaddressed to room D480, at theUniversity Hospital.
From the Stewart Tribune archives
The Glencoe High School of1948 held its 70th class reunionat Carmelitas, in Glencoe onAug. 18. Those in attendancewere, front row from left; Eunice
(Trapp) Mackenthun, Lucille andDennis Schuette. Back row fromleft; Orlin Graupmann, Ruth(Kelm) Karg and Deloris (Bergs)Marquardt.
Submitted photo
Glencoe High School class of 1948 holds 70th
75 Years Ago
Sept. 11, 1943Delbert Merrill, Publisher
Cpl. Leonard Fiala wrote thefollowing letter to his parentsMr. and Mrs. Joseph Fiala onAug. 12, 1943. Dear Mom, Iguess it’s time that my other girlfriend got a letter again. I’mquite sure you don’t mind get-ting a letter now and then fromyour ‘little’ son in Iran. If youenjoy receiving letters as muchas I enjoy receiving yours then Iknow you really wait for them tocome because I surely do. I’m ata rest camp up in the mountainsof Iran and what a glorious restit’s turning out to be. The firstcouple of days it didn’t look toopromising but now it’s reallyswell. It’s nice and cool, in factat night I use two blankets forcover. This cool climate in itselfis payment enough for the longtrain and truck trip up here. Wehave no work to do except an-swer roll call in the morning andclean up the area around camp.Then we can lie around or any-thing all day long. The life of aking you might say. Anothervery nice thing about this campis the swell breakfasts we get —fresh fried eggs. After not havingeggs since we left the states andlately getting these powderedeggs — well, these fresh eggsare just superbly good. We havea nice big recreation building inwhich I am scribbling this letter.They have a radio and phono-graph so we get news and musicall day. Besides this they have alibrary, ping pong tables, numer-ous games like checkers andcribbage etc. Outside they have aboxing ring, volleyball court,horse shoes, etc. I’m still in goodhealth and aim to remain thatway as long as possible.
50 Years Ago
Sept. 12, 1968Wilbert Merrill, Publisher
Supt. Howard I. Smith pre-sented the following enrollmentat the Silver Lake PublicSchools. During the openingdays of school, enrollment variesa few students until residence isfirmly established. Following isthe grade enrollment of theschool with 253 students en-rolled in High School; 141 en-rolled in the elementary gradesand kindergarten. Grade 12, 51;grade 11, 44; grade 10, 48; grade9, 54; grade 8, 32; grade 7, 24;grade 6, 25; grade 5, 15; grade 4,21; grade 3, 11; grade 2, 11;grade 1, 14.
Four McLeod County menwere inducted into the U.S.Army on 27 august 1968, and re-ported to Fort Cambell, Ken-tucky: William Urbach Jr., Glen-coe; Kenneth Koepp, Brownton;Roger Mifek, Hutchinson;Stephen Brose, Winsted.
25 Years Ago
Sept. 9, 1993Ken and Dorothy Merrill,Publishers
Dr. John A. Schoen and Mr.Jeff Powers began their first dayat the Silver Lake Public Schoolas Superintendent and Principalfor the new school year. Dr. JohnA. Schoen had been recentlyhired by the Silver Lake PublicSchool Board as superintendentfor the 1993-94 school year. Dr.Schoen will be working as apart-time superintendent, work-ing 2 to 3 days per week in Sil-ver Lake. Dr. Schoen lives inWinthrop, Minn., and will becommuting each day to SilverLake. Schoen had been superin-tendent in many communities
throughout the state until his re-tirement in 1987. Mr. Jeff Pow-ers was hired as they principal ofkindergarten through grade 12.He was hired by the schoolboard and has been part of thestaff since the middle of August.The Silver Lake position will beMr. Powers’ first time as a prin-cipal. He had been working inthe Big Lake school system forthe past five years as special ed-ucation and physical educationteacher.
10 Years Ago
Sept. 11, 2008Ken and Dorothy Merrill,Publishers
In two separate actions theGlencoe-Silver Lake SchoolBoard received the report on lastschool year’s fund raising effortsand accepted this year’s fundraising schedule. Last year theprojected profit was to be$131,370; the results were$94,618. This year the listedfund raiser will generate$128,000 in profits for the vari-ous organizations during theyear. Board members also ap-proved the general election onNovember 4, 2009, and ap-proved the signatures for thesafety deposit box and paymentof claims at Security Bank andTrust Company.
Paul E. Jerabek died on Mon-day, June 30, 2008 at FairmountHealth Care Center in Willough-by, Ohio at the age of 98. Paulwas born on Sept. 7, 1909 in Sil-ver Lake, Minn., the son of JohnJ. and Julia (Bren) Jerabek. Hewas one of 10 children born tothem. Paul resided in LakeCounty for many years living inKirtland and Willoughby, Ohio.Paul was retired from LincolnElectric where he worked for 37years.
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Frederick J. Prieve, 86, ofBrownton, passed way Thurs-day, Aug. 30, at his home atLake Marion. Mass of Chris-tian Burial was held Wednes-day, Sept. 5, 11 a.m., at St.Anastasia Catholic Church inHutchinson with interment inthe churchc e m e t e r y.M i l i t a r yhonors wereby theHutchinsonM e m o r i a lR i f l eSquad.
Rev. PaulWolf offici-ated the cer-emony. Bev Wangerin wasthe organist and Lucy New-comb the song leader. Con-gregational hymns included“Be Thou My Vision,”“Shepherd Me O God,”“Come Thou Fount,” “InChrist Alone,” “Song OfFarewell,” and “How GreatThou Art.”
Casket-bearers were AJRemily, Chelle Bailey, DanPrieve, Tyler Prieve, NicolePrieve, Janaye Prieve, TeresaHager, and Diane Oddan.
Frederick “Fred” JuliusPrieve was born March 24,1932, in Hutchinson. He wasthe son of George and Marie(Keehn) Prieve. Mr. Prievewas baptized as an infant andwas later confirmed in hisfaith as a youth, both at St.Anastasia Catholic Church in
Hutchinson. He received hiseducation in Hutchinson andwas a graduate of theHutchinson High SchoolClass of 1950.
Oct. 27, 1953, Mr. Prieveentered active military serv-ice in the United States Armyand served during the KoreanWar. He received the Nation-al Defense Service Medal andthe Good Conduct Medal.Mr. Prieve was honorablydischarged Aug. 28, 1955.
Oct. 8, 1955, Mr. Prievewas united in marriage toJanet Werner at St. BonifaceCatholic Church in Stewart.He was employed as a man-ager at the Stewart Elevator,worked as an ag. loan officerat Citizen’s State Bank inGibbon, and sold insurancefor the Winter Agency in Buf-falo Lake before retiring.This marriage was blessedwith two children, Lara andKimberly. Fred and Janetresided in Stewart. They latermoved to Lake Marion in1960 and shared 60 years ofmarriage before Janet passedaway July 11, 2016.
Mr. Prieve was a memberof St. Anastasia CatholicChurch in Hutchinson.
Mr. Prieve enjoyed plant-ing trees and shrubs, enjoyingnature and being outdoors.He enjoyed all the time spentlooking for good deals withhis brother, George, and hisson-in-law, Kevin. Besideshis family Mr. Prieve’s great-
est pride and joy was hissandbox (farm) and he lovedto have people enjoy it withhim especially with a coldSammy. He cherished thetime he spent with his familyespecially his daughters,granddaughters and greatgrandsons.
Mr. Prieve passed awayThursday, Aug. 30, 2018, athis home at Lake Marion atthe age of 86 years. Blessedbe his memory.
Fred is survived by hisdaughter, Kimberly “Kim”Katzenmeyer and her hus-band, Kevin of Hutchinson;grandchildren, Ashley (Tyler)Rice, Stephanie (Cole)Jensen, Melinda Katzenmey-er, and Whitney Katzenmey-er; great-grandchildren,George Rice and Lewis Rice;brother, George Prieve andhis wife, Millicent ofHutchinson; brother-in-law,Harold Rippie of Glencoe;nieces, nephews, other rela-tives and friends.
Mr. Prieve was preceded indeath by his parents, Georgeand Marie Prieve; wife, JanetPrieve; daughter, Lara Prieve;sisters, Mary Hager, CarolPrieve and Margaret Rippie;brother, Donald Prieve.
Arrangements by the Do-bratz-Hantge Chapels inHutchinson. Online obituariesand guest book available atwww.hantge.com
Frederick J. Prieve, 86, of Brownton
Frederick J.Prieve
Carol Jean (Lemke) Fahey,88, of Norwood Young Amer-ica passed away Monday,Sept. 3, at Good SamaritanSociety in Waconia. Mass ofChristian burial was held Fri-day, Sept. 7, at 11 a.m. atChurch ofthe Ascen-sion in Nor-w o o dY o u n gA m e r i c awith inter-ment fol-lowing atthe churchcemetery.
F a t h e rG r e g o r yAbbott officiated the ceremo-ny. Marilee Widmer playedthe organ and “AmazingGrace,” “You Are Mine,”“On Eagle’s Wings,” and“Lord Of The Dance” werethe musical selections.
Elizabeth Rainer andMichael Rainer were thereaders. John P. Fahey, JanetFahey, Jack Fahey, JeridFahey were the gift-bearers.Christopher Fahey and NickFahey were the urn-bearers.
Carol Jean (Lemke) Faheywas born Dec. 4, 1929, inGlencoe. She was the daugh-ter of Herbert and Minnie(Weise) Lemke. Carol wasbaptized as an infant and laterwas confirmed in her faith asa youth both at Prairie Com-munity Church (formerlyEvangelical United Church ofChrist) in Lester Prairie. Shereceived her education inLester Prairie and graduatedvaledictorian with the LesterPrairie High School Class of1947. Carol furthered her ed-ucation by attending the
Swedish Hospital School ofNursing in 1950.
Aug. 9, 1952, Carol wasunited in marriage to John A.Fahey at Church of the As-cension in Norwood YoungAmerica. Carol and Johnmade their home in NorwoodYoung America. In the springof 2014, Carol moved toWestview Acres, GoodSamaritan Center in Waconia,where she endeared herself toresidents and staff alike withher bearded lizard, Oscar.Carol and John’s marriagewas blessed with eight chil-dren, Michael, Jim, Anne,Tom, Tim, Mary, John, andDave. They shared over 36years of marriage until Johnpassed away March 13, 1989.In 1995, Carol met BobSchmitz who became a spe-cial friend and companionuntil Bob passed away in2014.
In addition to being a lov-ing wife, mother and home-maker, Carol worked as anurse for Carver County. Shewas an active member ofChurch of the Ascension inNorwood Young America.Carol was also a member ofthe Edward Born AmericanLegion Auxiliary Unit No.343 and a charter member ofthe Young America VFWAuxiliary Post No. 1783.
Carol enjoyed golfing,playing cards and bingo, meatraffles and exercise classes.She especially loved to spoilher children, grandchildrenand great-grandchildren.
Carol passed away Mon-day, Sept. 3, 2018, at GoodSamaritan Society in Waco-nia, at the age of 88 years, 8months and 30 days. Blessed
be her memory.Carol is survived by her
children, Michael Fahey, JimFahey, Anne Fahey, TomFahey and his wife, Karen,Tim Fahey and his wife,Pauline, Mary Richter andher husband, Larry, John P.Fahey and his wife, Janet,Dave P. Fahey and his wife,Leone; grandchildren, Nick(Heather) Fahey, MauraFahey, Emily (Josh) Zangl,Ben Kemkes, Christopher(Jennifer) Fahey, ShannonFahey, Breanna, Fahey,Shaun Beauchem, Sondra(Zack) Swanson, NicoleRichter, Elizabeth (Michael)Rainer, Brenna (Pat) Bevan,Mary Kate Richter, John“Jack” Fahey, Jerid Fahey,Tanna Fahey, and RoanFahey; great-grandchildren,Kit Fahey, Wynn Fahey, ZoeZangl, Winnie Zangl, DesiraeZangl, Jakob Swanson, LukeRainer, Mary Rainer, Fausti-na Rainer, Riley Bevan, LucyBevan, and Tey Fahey; sis-ters-in-law, Donna Lemke ofGlencoe, Donna Lemke of St.Cloud; nieces, nephews, otherrelatives and friends.
Carol is preceded in deathby her parents, Herbert andMinnie Lemke; husband,John Fahey; special friend,Bob Schmitz; brothers, Don-ald “Dick” Lemke, HaroldLemke; Grandson, HunterFahey; granddaughter, JackieRitcher.
The Paul-McBride FuneralChapel of Norwood YoungAmerica handled the arrange-ments. Online obituaries andguest book available atwww.mcbridechapel.com
Carol Jean (Lemke) Fahey, 88, of NYA
Carol Jean(Lemke)Fahey
Barbara “Barb” Jean(Schmidt) Dammann, 73, ofLester Prairie, passed awayThursday, Sept. 6, at St.Mary’s Care Center in Winst-ed. Funeral services will beheld Thursday, Sept. 13, 5p.m., at St. Peter’s LutheranChurch inL e s t e rPrairie withi n t e r m e n tfollowing atthe churchc e m e t e r y.P a s t o rJ o s h u aArndt willofficiate theceremony.
Nancy Buckentine will bethe organist and “BeautifulSavior,” “Amazing Grace,”“What A Friend We Have InJesus” are the congregationalhymns.
Guy Griesmann will be thehonorary casket-bearer. JimKlaustermeier, Gary Ernst,Larry Ide, Dale Dietel, DavidBaumann, Gordon BirkholzJr., and Maurice Dammannare the casket-bearers.
Barbara “Barb” Jean(Schmidt) Dammann wasborn March 18, 1945, in Win-sted Township. She was thedaughter of Ortwin and Lorna(Klaustermeier) Schmidt.Barbara was baptized as aninfant April 1, 1945, by Rev.R. A. Ritz and was later con-firmed in her faith as a youthMarch 22, 1959, by Rev. A.
F. Vomhof both at St. PaulEvangelical Lutheran Churchin Lester Prairie. Her confir-mation verse was 1 John2:25. Barbara received hereducation in Lester Prairie,graduating with the LesterPrairie High School Class of1963.
May 16, 1969, Barbara wasunited in marriage to MilanWallace Dammann by Rev.Norman Steinke at St. PaulEvangelical Lutheran Churchin Lester Prairie. The couplemade their home on the fami-ly farm in Bergen Township.In 2008, they moved toLester Prairie. Barbara andMilan shared over 42 years ofmarriage until Milan passedaway July 7, 2011.
In addition to being a lov-ing wife and homemaker,Barbara helped Milan on thefamily farm. She also workedat Schwartz Manufacturing inLester Prairie. Barbara was amember at St. Peter’s Luther-an Church in Lester Prairie.
Barbara loved countrymusic and attending countrymusic concerts. She also en-joyed genealogy, photogra-phy and camping in hermotor home. When Barbaraneeded assistance with herdaily care, she became a resi-dent of Westwood Place inWatertown and then St.Mary’s Care Center in Winst-ed, where she passed awayThursday, Sept. 6, at the ageof 73 years, 5 months and 19
days. Blessed be her memory.Barbara is survived by her
siblings, Beverly Krueger andher husband, Paul, of Excel-sior; Janet Skogen and herhusband, Rick, of Brainerd;nieces, Jane Dietel and herhusband, Dale, of LesterPrairie; Laurie Griesmannand her husband, Guy, ofOronoco; Kathy Baumannand her husband, David, ofLester Prairie; Marla Birk-holz and her husband, Gor-don Jr., of Lester Prairie;nephews, Maurice Dammannand his wife, Christine, ofLester Prairie; Sean Kruegerand his wife, Amy, of Buffa-lo; Patrick Krueger of Ply-mouth; Matt Skogen and hiswife, Grace, of Chanhassen;Josh Skogen and his wife,Grete, of Solitude, Utah;aunt, Dorothy Ernst; otherrelatives and many friends.
Barbara is preceded indeath by her parents, Ortwinand Lorna Schmidt; husband,Milan Dammann; father-in-law and mother-in-law,Ewald and MarthaDammann; brother-in-lawand sister-in-law, Maynardand Mabel Dammann.
Arrangements by the Paul-McBride Funeral Chapel ofLester Prairie. Online obituar-ies and guest book availableat www.mcbridechapel.comand please click on obituar-ies/guest book.
Barbara Dammann, 73, of Lester Prairie
Barbara J.Dammann
Deaths
Lorraine M.Meier, 96, ofGlencoe
Lorraine M. Meier, 96, ofGlencoe, formerly of Brown-ton, passed away Saturday,Sept. 8, at the Glencoe Re-gional Health Services LongTerm Care in Glencoe.Funeral Service will be heldThursday, Sept. 13, 11 a.m., atSt. Paul’s Lutheran Church inStewart with interment fol-lowing at the church ceme-tery.
Visitation will be heldThursday, Sept. 13, 10-11a.m., one hour prior to theservice at the church.
Arrangements are with theHughes-Hantge FuneralChapel in Hector. Onlineguest book is available atwww.hantge.com
EdwardSchugg, 71, ofNew Auburn
Edward Schugg, 71, of NewAuburn passed away Friday,
Sept. 7, at Glencoe RegionalHealth Services in Glencoe.
Funeral services will beheld Saturday, Sept. 15, 11a.m., at Johnson-McBride Fu-neral Chapel in Glencoe.
Visitation will be held Fri-day, Sept. 14, 4-8 p.m., atJohnson-McBride FuneralChapel in Glencoe and willcontinue one hour prior to theservice at the chapel Saturday.
Arrangements are withJohnson-McBride FuneralChapel. Online guest book isavailable atwww.mcbridechapel.com
VictorBrinkmeier, 92,of Hutchinson
Victor Brinkmeier, 92, ofHutchinson, passed awayMonday, Sept. 10, at SaintCloud Hospital in SaintCloud.
Funeral services will beheld on Saturday, Sept. 15, 10a.m., at Peace LutheranChurch in Hutchinson with in-terment in the Oakland Ceme-tery in Hutchinson.
Visitation will be held Fri-day, Sept. 14, 5-7 p.m., at theDobratz-Hantge Funeral
Chapel and will continue onehour prior to the service at thechurch.
Online guest book is avail-able at www.hantge.com.
Marie Dietel, 90,of NorwoodYoung America
Marie Dietel, 90, of Nor-wood Young America, passedaway Monday, Sept. 10, at herhome at The Harbor in Nor-wood Young America.
Funeral services will beheld Tuesday, Sept. 18, 11a.m., at Friedens (CountyLine) Church in rural Nor-wood Young America, withinterment following in Fergu-son Cemetery in rural Nor-wood Young America.
Visitation will be held Sept.17, 5-7 p.m., at Paul-McBrideFuneral Chapel in NorwoodYoung America, and will con-tinue one hour prior to theservice at the church Tuesday.
Arrangements are withinthe Paul-McBride FuneralChapel in Norwood YoungAmerica. Online guest book isavailable atwww.mcbridechapel.com
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We’ll have fairly static weather again this week withthe only difference from last week being warmer temper-atures. We’ve been locked in a relatively dry pattern andthat should continue as warmer air filters into the area.Highs should hover in the lower 80s most of the weekinto the early weekend. The only chances of rain beforeSunday are extremely weak chances Wednesday nightand again late Friday into Saturday. Odds are we’ll re-main dry until later Sunday with the best chance of raincoming in early next week. The big news over the nextfew days will be the potential effect Hurricane Florencewill have on the east coast, so people in the Carolinasand Virginia will be watching this one closely. Forecastmodels were hinting at a big cool down early next weekwith highs in the 60’s but they changed the overall pat-tern a tad Monday so we’ll see how cool we actually get.Have a great week everyone!
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Wednesday night: Lows 60-66, clear.Thursday: Highs 78-84, Lows 62-68, mostly clear.Friday: Highs 78-84, lows 62-68, mostly clear, possi-
ble night showers.Saturday: Highs 80-86, lows 60-66, partly cloudy.Sunday: Highs 74-82, partly cloudy/scattered showers.Weather Quiz: What type of weather do we typically
see when hurricanes are hitting the Gulf or east coast? Last week’s question: What are the long-term forecasts
saying about this winter?Answer to last week’s question: Long-term forecasts
see a warmer and drier than average winter. Our recentpattern would also lend some hints towards that forecast,but they’ll never really know until we’re well into it. Fin-gers crossed this long-term forecast is correct.
Remember: I make the forecast, not the weather.
Weather CornerBy Jake Yurek
By Jakob KounkelStaff Writer
The Brownton City Coun-cil, no matter the agendaitem, couldn’t seem to abstainfrom expressing its disgustfor R&R Excavating. Its re-cent shortfall in services tothe city compelled the coun-cil to pursue liquidated dam-ages — a city’s main non-lit-igative method of recoursewith construction contractors— up to $33,000.
One line item comfortablynestled deep in the city engi-neer’s report sat insidiouslyas the council moved throughits agenda. The line item was,“Payment application #4” ofjust over $595,000 for com-pleted work. Council mem-bers and the mayor tilted theirheads forward and shookthem in disappointment —possibly reminiscent of whenthey would have to tell theirkids, “I’m not mad, I’m justdisappointed.”
Except they were mad,very mad. The deafening ex-pressions on the faces ofcouncilors screamed frustra-tion and disgust. So much sothat disgruntled Mayor NormSchwarze juggled the possi-bility of contacting the city’sstate representative to changethe legislation on awarding abid.
The statute states that a cityhas to award a bid to, “... thelowest responsible bidder,”and, “The vendor or contrac-tor offering the best value,taking into account the speci-fications of the request forproposals, the price and per-formance criteria…”
When the bid was awardedto R&R, Schwarze claims thecouncil knew the project wasunderbid and the excavationcompany had a lot of projectson their plate. But the councilwas obligated to award the
bid to the lowest bidder perstate statute, which wasR&R.
In the future, the councilwill have legally justifiablereasons for not accepting an-other R&R bid because of itspast performance withBrownton, but that doesn’tsooth councilors qualms thata similar situation could playout in the future with a com-pany the council may haveconcerns with but haven’tworked with before.
R&R Excavating is cur-rently working in Hutchin-son, Brownton and Glencoe,and both Brownton and Glen-coe are looking at taking thefirst steps in pursuing liqui-dated damages. Jennifer Rath,office manager at R&R Exca-vating, thinks materializingand going forward would beunjustified, and said thatR&R would fight against theliquidated damages.
According to Rath, “In thefirst 72 days of the Browntonjob, there were 40 rainevents,” which only includesthe days that rain was physi-cally falling from the sky —it doesn’t include the days ofaftermath from the rainfallwhere construction workersstill can’t work effectively.So really, Rath confirmed, asingle rain event usuallycauses two days of delays,turning 40 days of rain eventsinto a potential 80-day delay.
The Brownton council iter-ated another concern dealingwith R&R’s turnover rates.Councilmember Curtis Carri-gan cited a story from beingon site with an R&R foremanwho called a co-worker,“number three.” When Carri-gan asked why the employeewas called number three, theforeman said the previousworkers, numbers one andtwo, had quit over the last
two days. Rath posited that personnel
turnover is, “standard proce-dure” in the construction in-dustry. She gets applicationsevery day from people whoshe knows will probably onlybe with R&R for a shortamount of time, maybe justone season. When an employ-ee for a construction compa-ny gets hired to a local proj-ect, once the work is done,the next bid could be some-where hours away fromwhere they live, prompting anemployee to take a job with acompany that’s doing localwork.
According to Rath, it’s notuncommon that an R&R em-ployee will quit working, goacross the street for a season,and then go back to R&R forthe next season.
The problem isn’t with theturnover or the workload, ac-cording to Rath. She statedthat R&R was excited for thisyear’s projects because theywere a comparatively stan-dard workload, but more im-portantly, local. She said thatthe construction companydoesn’t typically get as luckywith the location of theirprojects being so close to-gether.
Brownton looks to pursueliquidated damages, andR&R has taken a stance say-ing it would fight anything itthought to be unjustified. Thefirst step in attempts to getthe City of Brownton andR&R Excavating on the samepage are negotiations be-tween the two bodies to try toreach an agreement withoutincluding lawyers. If negotia-tions are unsuccessful, legalfees will start flying and bothentities will find themselvesin an undesirable predica-ment.
Brownton pursues liquidateddamages up to $33,000, R&Rclaims it’s ‘unjustified’
By Karin RamigePublisher
The Stewart City Council,at its regular meeting onMonday, approved a 5 per-cent preliminary tax levy in-crease for 2019.
The council has to set apreliminary levy by the endof September each year. Theyhave the option to lower thelevy amount, but cannot in-crease the amount before cer-tifying the levy in December.
The city staff and the coun-cil have been working on thebudget for the last couple ofmonths. Mayor Jason Peircetold the council that a 3 per-cent increase was needed tobalance the budget with cur-rent department requests. Headded that a 7.5 percent levyincrease would be needed if amore than $30,000 paymentwas made to help with RSFiber’s bond payment shortfall.
RS Fiber had previouslymade a request for help untilthey become solvent and canmake the bond paymentsthemselves.
Council member CurtGlaeser said he hates to raisetaxes at all, but suggested the5 percent increase with thehopes of lowering the amountbefore the final levy is certi-fied by the end of the year.
The council and staff willcontinue to work on lowering
the proposed levy amount.At the meeting, the council
voted to increase the pay ofthe mayor and council mem-bers. The mayor’s pay willincrease to $1,500 from$1,200 annually. The councilmembers wage will increaseto $900 annually, up from$600. The mayor and councilmember will also receive $50for each regular and specialmeeting attended. The currentmeeting rate is $35.
The council reviewed thepay rates for councils in citiesof similar size and found theywere quite low.
Council member Glaesermade the motion to increasethe rates in the hope to attractmore candidates in the future.
The pay rates have notbeen increased since 2006.They can be reviewed and in-creased every two years.
In other business, the coun-cil:
• Increased the number ofcats and dogs each householdis allowed. A resident cannow have four cats or dogs ora combination of the two fora total of four. The ordinancecurrently has stipulations forthose breeding pets and howlong they can have the newones.
• Discussed recent waterquality concerns. It was re-ported that a valve was leftopen in error, which in turn
drained the water tower. Thecity had briefly ordered a boilnotice at the recommendationof the Minnesota Departmentof Health as a precaution. Nowater contamination or issueswere found.
• Approved a variance forForm-A-Feed for the expan-sion of an existing buildingthat would extend into thecity’s right-of-way. The coun-cil acted on a recommenda-tion from the Planning Com-mission. The approval is con-tingent on the request not vio-lating any state statues.
Form-A-Feed only hasrough plans at this point andwill work with the city to en-sure that the project would bein compliance with statestatutes and city ordinances.
• Heard from Public WorksSupervisor Matt Maiers thatthe city continues to workwith the Minnesota PollutionControl Agency (MPCA) toreduce the levels of phospho-rus at the waste water treat-ment facility. The city willhire an engineer to completethe required permit renewal.
• The council also thankedMaiers for his years with thecity. He has accepted anotherposition outside the city andhis last day will be nextweek.
Stewart City Council sets5 percent levy increase
Members of Stewart HighSchool’s Class of 1956 celebrat-ed their 62nd class reunion Aug.4 at Unhinged! Pizza in Glencoe.Fourteen of the 23 members ofthe class attended the reunion.Three classmates — Don Trettin,Carlton Hahn and Genevieve(Sullivan) Regner — havepassed away. Other classmatesover the years who also attend-ed were Otto Knaak, Ellsworth
Becker and their spouses. Pic-tured above are (third row, fromleft) Rodney Paul, LawrenceLewin, Don Beich, Milan Klitzke,Arlo Bussler, (second row) CarolPetersen, Cecelia Houg, JulieOrton, Gladys Hedtke, LinneaWhipple, Jim Friedrichs, (frontrow, from left) Marcella Hoffman,Joane McGraw, and JaneFriedrichs.
Submitted photo
Stewart High School Class of 1956 reunion
Fourteen Brownton seniorcitizens met Monday after-noon at the Brownton Com-munity Center.
Winning at cards wereGladys Rickert, first, and Or-dell Klucas, second, 500;Harriet Bergs, first, and PatMarkgraf, second, pinochle.Phyllis Mahnke won the doorprize. Dolores Renneckeserved refreshments.
The next meeting will beSept. 17 at the BrowntonCommunity Center.
14 Browntonseniors meton Monday
Members of the GlencoeHistoric Preservation Societywill be busing tables for tipsand holding a bake sale Sept.28, 4-8 p.m., at Unhinged!Pizza.
The society will also re-ceive a percentage of sales,including pick-ups and deliv-eries, in addition to the tips.The money raised will go to-ward completion of historicprojects in Glencoe.
For more information, callGloria at 864-4174.
HistoricPreservationSociety busingtables for tips
The community is invitedto help save lives by donatingblood during Liver AwarenessMonth this October on Thurs-day the 11th from 1 p.m. to 7p.m. at the American Legionin Silver Lake.
To make an appointment orto learn more, download theAmerican Red Cross BloodDonor app, visit redcross-blood.org or call 1-800-REDCROSS (1-800-733-2767).Completion of a RapidPassonline health history is en-couraged to speed up the do-nation process.
American RedCross keen forblood donors
The Glencoe Lions arehosting the second annual“Great Pumpkin Race” Satur-day, Oct. 13 at the BMXpark.
Entrants will insert two in-dependent axels through thepumpkin and attach wheels tothe axels. The wheels on thepumpkin racers can’t be morethan 24 inches from wheel to
wheel. The racers may bedecorated but explosives andpyrotechnics are not permit-ted. Each entrant shall racehis or her own pumpkin.
The cost to enter a pump-kin is $2. Prizes are $50 forthe overall grand prize, $20for first class in each agegroup and $15 for second. A$30 prize shall be awarded
for the best decorated pump-kin. The classes are ages 3 to6 years of age, 7 to 9, 10 to12years, 13 to 15, 16 to 18, and19 years of age and older. En-trants are encouraged to dressup for the holiday.
Additional information isavailable at glencoelion-club.wixsite.com/glencoe-lions-club
Glencoe Lions Club hosting ‘GreatPumpkin Race Oct. 13
The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, September 12, 2018, page 8
McLeod County Fair 4H championsThe following members
in McLeod County’s vari-
ous 4H clubs earned hon-
ors at the McLeod County
Fair for their work and ex-
hibits. Nathaniel Hausladen, aero-
space overall grand champi-
on. Abby Reiner, Lynn Hus-
tlers, beef-overall grand
champion; Kayla Weinzierl,
Winsted Jolly Juniors, beef -
overall reserve champion;
Mason Grams, Glencoe Jr. Pi-
oneers, beef-breeding heifer
-commercial class champion;
Nicholas Lange, Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers beef-breeding heifer
-commercial class reserve
champion; Abby Reiner, Lynn
Hustlers, beef-breeding heifer
-registered class champion;
Kayla Weinzierl, W i n s t e d
Jolly Juniors, beef-breeding
heifer-registered class re-
serve champion; Madison
Plamann, Otter Lake
Royal Juniors, beef-cow/calf
class champion; Randilynn
Bayerl, Winsted Jolly Juniors,
beef-cow/calf class reserve
champion; Julia Quast, Winst-
ed Jolly Juniors, beef-dairy
steer class champion; Grace
Jeurissen, Winsted Jolly Jun-
iors, beef-dairy steer class re-
serve champion; Ethan Kauf-
mann, Acoma Acorns, beef-
market beef class champion;
Garrett Jensen, Acoma
Acorns, beef-market beef
class reserve champion; Abby
Reiner, Lynn Hustlers, beef-
prospect calf (heifer or steer)
class champion; Abby Reiner,
Lynn Hustlers, beef-prospect
calf (heifer or steer) Class re-
serve champion; Madison
Plamann, Otter Lake Royal
Juniors, beef-interview grades
3-5 class champion; Olivia
Loncorich, Otter Lake Royal
Juniors, beef-interview grades
3-5 class reserve champion;
Zoe Ruschmeier, Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers, beef-interview
grades 6-8 class champion;
Shelby Lang, Lynn Hustlers,
beef-interview grades 6-8
class reserve champion;
Grace Jeurissen, Winsted
Jolly Juniors, beef-interview
grades 9+ class champion;
Garrett Jensen, Acoma
Acorns, beef - interview
grades 9+ class reserve
champion; Madison Plamann,
Otter Lake Royal Juniors,
beef-showmanship, grades 3-
5 class champion; Olivia Lon-
corich, Otter Lake Royal
Juniors, beef-showmanship
grades 3-5 class reserve
champion; Allison Willcox,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, beef-
showmanship Grades 6-8
class champion; Zoe
Ruschmeier, Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers, beef-showmanship
grades 6-8 class reserve
champion; Abby Reiner, Lynn
Hustlers, beef-showmanship
grades 9+ class champion;
Kayla Weinzierl, Winsted Jolly
Juniors, beef-showmanship
grades 9+ class reserve
champion.
Elias Kuehn, Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers, bicycle overall
grand champion; Aubrey
Schmidt, Acoma Acorns, cat
overall grand champion.
Erica Witte, Lynn Hustlers,
child & family development
overall grand champion;
Marissa Uecker, Acoma
Acorns, child & family devel-
opment overall reserve cham-
pion.
Emily Thalmann, Glencoe
Jr. Pioneers, clothing & tex-
tiles-clothes you buy overall
grand champion; Grace
Garoutte, Glencoe Jr. Pio-
neers, clothing & texti les-
clothes you buy overall re-
serve champion; Brie Kobow,
Lynn Hustlers, clothing & tex-
tiles-clothes you buy grades
3-5 class champion; Cay-
dence Reiner-Albrecht,
Acoma Acorns, clothing & tex-
tiles-clothes you buy grades
3-5 class reserve champion.
Isabelle Knutson, Lynn
Hustlers, clothing & textiles-
clothes you buy grades 6-8
class champion; Kendalyn
Schmidt, Acoma Acorns,
clothing & textiles-clothes You
Buy Grades 6-8 class reserve
champion; Emily Thalmann,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, clothing
& textiles-clothes you buy
grades 9+ class champion;
Grace Garoutte, Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers, clothing & textiles-
clothes you buy grades 9+
class reserve Champion.
Allison Willcox, Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers, clothing & textiles -
clothes you make overall
grand champion; Taylor Peck,
independent, clothing & tex-
tiles-clothes you make, overall
reserve champion; Naomi
Doerr, Lake Marion Lakers,
clothing & textiles-clothes you
make grades 3-5 class cham-
pion; Lane Leibfried, inde-
pendent, clothing & textiles-
clothes you make grades 3-5
class reserve champion; Alli-
son Willcox, Glencoe Jr. Pio-
neers, clothing & texti les-
clothes you make grades 6-8
class champion; Taylor Peck,
independent, clothing & tex-
tiles-clothes you make grades
9+ class champion.
Elizabeth Anderson, Winst-
ed Jolly Juniors, clothing &
textiles-non garment overall
grand champion; Shelby
Lang, Lynn Hustlers, clothing
& textiles-non garment overall
reserve champion.
Caydence Reiner-Albrecht
Acoma Acorns clothing & tex-
tiles-non-garment grades 3-5
class champion.
Harper Crowell Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers clothing & textiles -
non-garment grades 3-5 class
reserve champion.
Shelby Lang Lynn Hus-
tlers clothing & textiles - non-
garment grades 6-8 class
champion.
Emma Luthens Acoma
Acorns, clothing & textiles -
non-garment grades 6-8 class
reserve champion; Elizabeth
Anderson, Winsted Jolly Jun-
iors, clothing & textiles-non
garment grades 9+ class
champion; Glencoe Jr. Pio-
neers, club banner overall
grand champion; Winsted
Jolly Juniors, club banner
overall reserve champion;
Winsted Jolly Juniors, club
community pride overall grand
champion; Lynn Hustlers, club
community pride overall re-
serve champion.
Lynn Hustlers, club potted
flower overall grand champi-
on; Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, club
potted flower overall reserve
champion;
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, club
scarecrow overall grand
champion; Acoma Acorns,
club scarecrow overall re-
serve champion; Lynn Hus-
tlers, club scrapbook overall
grand champion; Acoma
Acorns, club scrapbook over-
all reserve champion; Elias
Kuehn, Glencoe Jr. Pio-
neers, computer overall grand
champion.
Cecilia Schmitz, Lynn Hus-
tlers, computer overall re-
serve champion. Abagail Gru-
ber, McLeod County 4-H Rid-
ers, consumer education
overall grand champion;
Alyssa Gruber, McLeod Coun-
ty 4-H Riders, consumer edu-
cation overall reserve champi-
on; All ison Wright, Acoma
Acorns, crafts overall grand
champion; Brooke Kobow,
Lynn Hustlers, crafts overall
reserve champion; Chloe
Hoemberg, Acoma Acorns,
crafts grades 3-5 class cham-
pion; Kamrie Mauer, Acoma
Acorns, crafts grades 3-5
class reserve champion;
Brooke Kobow, Lynn Hustlers,
crafts grades 6-8 class cham-
pion; Abagail Gruber, McLeod
County 4-H Riders, crafts
grades 6-8 class reserve
champion; All ison Wright,
Acoma Acorns, crafts grades
9+ class champion; Kiley
Lickfelt, Lynn Hustlers, crafts
grades 9+ class reserve
champion.
Austin Lang, Lynn Hustlers,
crop science – corn overall
grand champion; Madison
Plamann, Otter Lake Royal
Juniors, crop science–corn
overall reserve champion
Adam Thalmann, Glencoe
Jr. Pioneers, crop science–
small grains & legumes over-
all grand champion.
Austin Lang, Lynn Hus-
tlers, crop science –small
grains & legumes overall re-
serve champion.
Benjamin Donnay, Glencoe
Jr. Pioneers, dairy overall
grand champion; Emma Fri-
auf, Otter Lake Royal Juniors,
dairy overall reserve champi-
on.
Benjamin Donnay, Glencoe
Jr. Pioneers, dairy-overall jun-
ior class champion; Rachel
Visser, Acoma Acorns, dairy-
overall junior reserve class
champion.
Kalley Christen, Winsted
Jolly Juniors, dairy-junior
champion- brown Swiss class
champion; Brielle Christen,
Winsted Jolly Juniors, dairy-
junior champion-brown Swiss
class reserve champion; Jes-
sica Headlee, Acoma Acorns,
dairy-junior champion-cross-
bred & other breeds class
champion.
Toby Mohs, Lynn Hustlers,
dairy-junior champion-cross-
bred & other breeds class re-
serve champion; Conner
Kurth, Acoma Acorns, dairy-
junior champion-Holstein,
grade class champion; Brean-
na Wright, Acoma Acorns,
dairy-junior champion-Hol-
stein, grade class reserve
champion; Benjamin Donnay,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, dairy-
junior champion-Holstein, reg-
istered champion; Emma Fri-
auf, Otter Lake Royal Juniors,
dairy-junior champion- Hol-
stein, registered class reserve
champion; Rachel Visser,
Acoma Acorns, dairy-junior
champion-Jersey class cham-
pion; Rachel Visser, Acoma
Acorns, dairy-junior champi-
on- Jersey class reserve
champion; Kamrie Mauer,
Acoma Acorns, dairy-junior
champion- red & white class
champion; Kendalyn Schmidt,
Acoma Acorns, dairy-junior
champion-red & white class
reserve champion; Benjamin
Donnay, Glencoe Jr. Pio-
neers, dairy-overall senior
class champion; Emma Fri-
auf, Otte Lake Royal Juniors,
dairy-overall senior reserve
class champion; Mckenzie
Swanson, Acoma Acorns,
dairy-senior champion-brown
Swiss class champion; Ethan
Grams, Glencoe Jr. Pioneers,
dairy-senior champion-
Guernsey class champion;
Breanna Wright, Acoma
Acorns, dairy-senior champi-
on-Holstein grade class
champion; Kiley Lickfelt, Lynn
Hustlers, dairy-senior champi-
on-Holstein grade class re-
serve champion; Benjamin
Donnay, Glencoe Jr. Pio-
neers, dairy-senior champion-
Holstein registered class
champion; Emma Friauf, Otter
Lake Royal Juniors, dairy-se-
nior champion-Holstein regis-
tered, class reserve champi-
on; Toby Mohs, Lynn Hustlers,
dairy- senior crossbred &
other breeds class champion.
Benjamin Donnay, Glencoe
Jr. Pioneers, dairy-dairy herd
management class champion;
Emma Friauf, Otter Lake
Royal Juniors, dairy-dairy
herd management class re-
serve champion; Kamrie
Mauer, Acoma Acorns, dairy-
interview grades 3-5 class
champion; Larkun Kurth,
Acoma Acorns, dairy-inter-
view grades 3-5 class reserve
champion; Arthur Friauf, Otter
Lake Royal Juniors; dairy-in-
terview grades 6-8 class
champion; Kendalyn Schmidt,
Acoma Acorns, dairy-inter-
view grades 6-8 class reserve
champion; Emma Friauf, Otter
Lake Royal Juniors,
dairy-interview grades 9+
class champion; Cullin Lick-
felt, Lynn Hustlers, dairy-inter-
view grades 9+ class reserve
champion.
Addison Luthens; Acoma
Acorns, dairy- showmanship
grades 3-5 class champion;
Kayla Visser, Acoma Acorns,
dairy-showmanship grades 3-
5 class reserve champion;
Kendalyn Schmidt, Acoma
Acorns, dairy-showmanship,
grades 6-8 class champion;
Emma Luthens, Acoma
Acorns, dairy-showmanship
grades 6-8 class reserve
champion; Emma Friauf, Otter
Lake Royal Juniors, dairy-
showmanship grades 9+
class champion; Benjamin
Donnay, Glencoe Jr. Pio-
neers, dairy-showmanship
grades 9+ class reserve
champion; Alyssa Gruber,
McLeod County 4-H Riders,
demonstration overall grand
champion; Abagail Gruber,
McLeod County 4-H Riders,
demonstration overall reserve
champion.
Elise Betcher, Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers, dog-obedience
overall grand champion; Elise
Betcher, Glencoe Jr. Pio-
neers, dog-rally overall grand
champion; Elise Betcher,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, dog-
showmanship overall grand
champion.
Orrin Yates, Lynn Hustlers,
dog exhibit overall grand
champion, Amanda Rettig,
Lynn Hustlers, dog exhibit,
overall reserve champion;
Grace Bayerl, Winsted Jolly
Juniors, exploring animals
overall grand champion; Mon-
tana Sanchez, independent,
exploring animals overall re-
serve champion; Orrin Yates,
Lynn Hustlers, e x p l o r i n g
the environment overall grand
champion.
Nora Yates, Lynn Hustlers,
exploring the environment
overall reserve champion;
Elizabeth Krienke, Winsted
Jolly Juniors, fashion revue-
clothes you buy overall grand
champion; Emily Thalmann,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, fashion
revue-clothes you buy overall
reserve champion; Kaila
Brant, Lester Prairie, Bergen
Busy Bees, fashion revue-
clothes you buy Grades 3-5
class champion; Aubrey
Schmidt,Acoma Acorns, fash-
ion revue - clothes you buy
Grades 3-5 Class Reserve
Champion.
Brooke Kobow, Lynn Hus-
tlers, fashion revue - clothes
you buy grades 6-8 Class
Champion.
Shelby Lang, Lynn Hustlers
fashion revue - clothes you
buy Grades 6-8 Class Re-
serve champion; Elizabeth
Krienke, Winsted Jolly Jun-
iors, fashion revue-clothes
you buy grades 9+ class
champion; Emily Thalmann,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, fashion
revue-clothes you buy grades
9+ class reserve champion.
Elizabeth Krienke, Winsted
Jolly Juniors, fashion revue-
clothes you buy overall grand
champion; Emily Thalmann,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, fashion
revue-clothes you buy overall
reserve champion.
Allison Willcox, Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers, fashion revue-
clothes you make overall
grand champion;
Hope Taylor, Lynn Hustlers,
favorite food show, overall
grand champion; Montana
Sanchez, independ-
ent, favorite food show overall
reserve champion; Grace
Bayerl, Winsted Jolly Jun-
iors, favorite food show,
grades 3-5, class champion;
Aubrey Schmidt, Acoma
Acorns, favorite food show,
grades 3-5 class reserve
champion; Hope Taylor, Lynn
Hustlers, favorite food show,
grades 6+ class champion;
Montana Sanchez, independ-
ent, favorite food show,
grades 6+ class reserve
champion.
Hope Taylor, Lynn Hustlers,
favorite food show overall
grand champion; Montana
Sanchez, independent, fa-
vorite food show overall re-
serve champion; Aubrey
Schmidt, Acoma Acorns, fine
arts overall grand champion;
Donnae Morton, M c L e o d
County 4-H Riders, fine arts
overall reserve champion;
Aubrey Schmidt, Acoma
Acorns, fine arts grades 3-5
class champion; Grace Puck-
ett, Bear Lake Beavers, fine
arts grades 3-5 class reserve
champion; Margaret Goebel,
McLeod County 4-H Riders,
fine arts grades 6-8 class
champion; Elise Betcher,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, fine arts
grades 6-8 class reserve
champion; Donnae Morton,
McLeod County 4-H Riders,
f ine arts grades 9+ class
champion; Morgan Johnson,
Bear Lake Beavers, fine arts
grades 9+ class reserve
champion; Aubrey Schmidt,
Acoma Acorns, fine arts over-
all grand champion. Donnae
Morton, McLeod County 4-H
Riders, fine arts overall re-
serve champion.
Ryan Brant, Lester Prairie
Bergen Busy Bees, fishing
sports overall grand champi-
on; Christian Leibfried, inde-
pendent, fishing sports overall
reserve champion.
Christian Leibfried, inde-
pendent, flower gardening
overall grand champion;
Brooke Kobow, Lynn Hus-
tlers, f lower gardening
overall reserve champion;
Drew Alsleben, Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers, flower gardening
grades 3-5 class champion;
Grace Bayerl, W i n s t e d
Jolly Juniors, flower gar-
dening grades 3-5 class re-
serve champion; Shelby
Lang, Lynn Hustlers, flower
gardening grades 6-8 class
champion; Brooke Kobow,
Lynn Hustlers, flower garden-
ing grades 6-8 class reserve
champion; Christian Leibfried,
independent; flower garden-
ing grades 9+ class champi-
on; Aaron Valen, Lester
Prairie Bergen Busy Bees,
flower gardening grades 9+
class reserve champion;
Christian Leibfried, independ-
ent, flower gardening overall
grand champion; Brooke
Kobow, Lynn Hustlers, flower
gardening overall reserve
champion.
Allison Willcox, Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers, food & nutrit ion
overall grand champion; Emily
Britcher, McLeod County 4-H
Riders, food & nutrition overall
reserve champion; Harper
Crowell, Glencoe Jr. Pio-
neers, food & nutrit ion
grades 3-5 class champion;
Grace Bayerl W i n s t e d
Jolly Juniors, food & nu-
trition Grades 3-5 class re-
serve champion; Allison Will-
cox, Glencoe Jr. Pioneers,
food & nutrition grades 6-8
class champion; Emma Beck-
er, Glencoe Jr. Pio-
neers, food & nutrition grades
6-8 class reserve champion;
Emily Britcher, McLeod Coun-
ty 4-H Riders, food & nutrition
grades 9+ class champion;
Faith Taylor, Lynn Hustlers,
food & nutrition, grades 9+
class reserve champion; Alli-
son Willcox, Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers, food & nutrit ion
overall grand champion; Emily
Britcher, McLeod County 4-H
Riders, food & nutrition overall
reserve champion; Hope Tay-
lor, Lynn Hustlers, Jody
Schlueter Memorial Award
Winner (foods & nutrition).
Alyssa Gruber, McLeod
County 4-H Riders, food
preservation, overall grand
champion. Lane Leibfried, in-
dependent, food preservation
overall reserve champion.
Kianna Dolezal, McLeod
County 4-H Riders, fruit over-
all grand champion; Sophie
Dolezal, McLeod County 4-H
Riders, fruit overall reserve
champion.
Emily Thalmann, Glencoe
Jr. Pioneers, global connec-
tions overall grand champion;
Cassandra Jurgenson, Lynn
Hustlers, global connections
overall reserve champion.
Joe Mattson, Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers, goat- dairy overall
grand champion; Eddie Beck-
er, Glencoe Jr. Pio-
neers, goat-dairy overall re-
serve champion.
Samantha Frick, Acoma
Acorns, goat- meat, overall
grand champion; Samantha
Frick, Acoma Acorns, goat-
meat overall reserve champi-
on.
Samantha Mattson, Glen-
coe Jr. Pioneers, goat-inter-
view grades 3-5 class cham-
pion; Grace Bayerl, Winsted
Jolly Juniors, goat-interview
grades 3-5 class reserve
champion; Emma Becker,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, goat-in-
terview grades 6-8 class
champion; Joe Mattson, Glen-
coe Jr. Pioneers, goat-inter-
view grades 6-8 class reserve
champion; Kayla Weinzierl,
Winsted Jolly Juniors, goat-in-
terview grades 9+ class
champion; Luke Mattson,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, goat-in-
terview grades 9+ class re-
serve champion.
Morgan Feltman, Winsted
Jolly Juniors, goat-dairy-
showmanship grades 3-5
class champion; Samantha
Mattson Glencoe Jr. Pio-
neers, goat-dairy- showman-
ship, grades 3-5 class reserve
champion; Emma Becker,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, goat-
dairy-showmanship grades 6-
8 class champion; Joe Matt-
son Glencoe Jr. Pio-
neers; goat-dairy-showman-
ship grades 6-8 class reserve
champion; Taylor Peck, inde-
pendent, goat-dairy-show-
manship grades 9+ class
champion; Eddie Becker,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, goat-
dairy- showmanship grades
9+ class reserve champion.
Morgan Feltman, Winsted
Jolly Juniors, goat-meat-
showmanship grades 3-5
class champion; Grace Bay-
erl, Winsted Jolly Juniors,
goa t -meat -showmansh ip
grades 3-5 class reserve
champion; Mackenzie Bayerl,
Winsted Jolly Juniors, goat-
meat-showmanship grades 6-
8 class champion; Emma
Becker, Glencoe Jr. Pio-
neers, goat-meat- showman-
ship grades 6-8 class reserve
champion; Justin Frick,
Acoma Acorns, goat-meat-
showmanship grades 9+
class champion; Eddie Beck-
er, Glencoe Jr. Pioneers,
goat-meat -showmanship
grades 9+ class reserve
champion.
Isabelle Schmitz, Lynn Hus-
tlers, health overall grand
champion; Elizabeth Ander-
son, Winsted Jolly Juniors,
health overall reserve champi-
on.
McKenna Wright, Acoma
Acorns, home environment
overall grand champion;
Grace Garoutte, Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers, home environment
overall reserve champion;
Brie Kobow, Lynn Hustlers,
home environment grades 3-5
class champion; Caydence
Reiner-Albrecht, Acoma
Acorns, home environment
grades 3-5 class reserve
champion; McKenna Wright,
Acoma Acorns, home environ-
ment grades 6-8 class cham-
pion; Brooke Kobow, Lynn
Hustlers, home environment
grades 6-8 class reserve
champion; Grace Garoutte,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, home
environment grades 9+ class
champion; Emily Thalmann,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, home
environment grades 9+ class
reserve champion; McKenna
Wright, Acoma Acorns, home
environment overall grand
champion; Grace Garoutte,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, home
environment overall reserve
champion.
Hayley Bolland, McLeod
County 4-H Riders, horse-
English equitation overall
grand champion; Riley Krenik,
McLeod County 4-H Riders,
horse-English equitation over-
all reserve champion; Hayley
Bolland, McLeod County 4-H
Riders, horse-English show-
manship overall grand cham-
pion; Rebecca Olson, Glen-
coe Jr. Pioneers, horse-Eng-
lish showmanship overall re-
serve champion.
Chloe Wieweck, McLeod
County 4-H Riders, horse-
game points overall grand
champion; Taylor Jutz,
McLeod County 4-H Riders,
horse-game points overall re-
serve champion; Chloe
Wieweck, McLeod County 4-
H Riders, horse-high points
overall grand champion; Riley
Krenik, McLeod County 4-H
Riders, horse-high points
overall reserve champion.
Shelby Lang, Lynn Hus-
tlers, horse-novice overall
grand champion; Austin Lang,
Lynn Hustlers, horse-novice
overall reserve champion.
Riley Krenik, McLeod
County 4-H Riders, horse-trail
class overall grand champion;
Rebecca Olson, McLeod
County 4-H Riders, horse-trail
class overall reserve champi-
on.
Riley Krenik, McLeod
County 4-H Riders, horse-
western horsemanship overall
grand champion; Anna Byron,
Acoma Acorns, horse-western
horsemanship overall reserve
champion; Riley Krenik,
McLeod County 4-H Riders,
horse-western showmanship
overall grand champion; Anna
Byron, Acoma Acorns, horse-
western showmanship overall
reserve champion.
Sophie Dolezal, McLeod
County 4-H Riders, horse-in-
terview grades 3-5 class
champion; Chloe Wieweck,
McLeod County 4-H Riders,
horse-interview grades 3-5
class reserve champion;
Kayla Hacker, Otter Lake
Royal Juniors, horse-interview
grades 6-8 class champion;
Shelby Lang, Lynn Hustlers,
horse-interview grades 6-8
class reserve champion;
Katherine Hacker, Otter Lake
Royal Juniors, horse-interview
grades 9+ class champion;
Austin Lang, Lynn Hustlers,
horse-interview grades 9+
class reserve champion.
Tayler Jutz, McLeod County
4-H Riders, horse related
overall grand champion; Lane
Leibfried, independent, horse
related overall reserve cham-
pion.
Emma Luthens, Acoma
Acorns, indoor gardening
overall grand champion; Han-
nah Stuewe, Acoma Acorns,
indoor gardening overall re-
serve champion; Ava Goston-
czik, Glencoe Jr. Pio-
neers, indoor gardening
grades 3-5 class champion;
Chloe Wieweck, McLeod
County 4-H Riders, indoor
gardening grades 3-5 class
reserve champion; Emma
Luthens, Acoma Acorns, in-
door gardening grades 6-8
class champion; Brooke
Karnik, Acoma Acorns, indoor
gardening grades 6-8 class
reserve champion; Hannah
Stuewe, Acoma Acorns, in-
door gardening grades 9+
class champion; Christian
Leibfried, independent, indoor
gardening grades 9+ class re-
serve champion; Emma
Luthens, Acoma Acorns, in-
door gardening overall grand
champion
Hannah Stuewe, Acoma
Acorns, indoor gardening
overall reserve champion.
Joshua Kuehn, Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers, lawn & landscape
design overall grand champi-
on; Elise Betcher, Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers, lawn & landscape
design overall reserve cham-
pion.
All ison Wright, Acoma
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McLeod County Fair 4H championsAcorns, livestock demonstra-
tion overall grand champion;
Alyssa Gruber, McLeod Coun-
ty 4-H Riders, l ivestock
demonstration overall reserve
champion.
Kayla Weinzierl, Winsted
Jolly Juniors, needle arts over-
all grand champion; Kayla
Weinzierl, Winsted Jolly Jun-
iors, needle arts overall re-
serve champion.
Grace Puckett, Bear Lake
Beavers, performing arts ex-
hibit overall grand champion;
Aubrey Schmidt, Acoma
Acorns, performing arts exhibit
overall reserve champion.
Cassandra Jurgenson, Lynn
Hustlers, performing arts per-
formance overall grand cham-
pion; Abagail & Alyssa Gruber,
McLeod County 4-H Riders,
performing arts performance
overall reserve champion;
Grace Puckett, Bear Lake
Beavers, performing arts per-
formance grades 3-5 class
champion; Aubrey Schmidt,
Acoma Acorns, performing
arts performance grades 3-5
class reserve champion; Aba-
gail & Alyssa Gruber, McLeod
County 4-H Riders, performing
arts performance grades 6-8
class champion; Emma Beck-
er, Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, per-
forming arts performance
grades 6-8 class reserve
champion; Cassandra Jurgen-
son, Lynn Hustlers, performing
arts performance grades 9+
class champion; Cecil ia
Schmitz, Lynn Hustlers, per-
forming arts performance
grades 9+ class reserve cham-
pion; Cassandra Jurgenson,
Lynn Hustlers, performing arts
performance overall grand
champion; Abagail & Alyssa
Gruber, McLeod County 4-H
Riders, performing arts per-
formance overall reserve
champion.
Grace Swaja, Acoma
Acorns, pets overall grand
champion.
Elise Betcher Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers, photography overall
grand champion; Nathaniel
Hausladen, Winsted Jolly Jun-
iors, photography overall re-
serve champion; Grace Solien,
Bear Lake Beavers, photogra-
phy elements of photography
grades 3-5 class champion;
Morgan Feltman, W i n s t e d
Jolly Juniors, p h o t o g r a -
phy-elements of photography
grades 3-5 class reserve
champion; Elise Betcher,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, photog-
raphy-elements of photogra-
phy grades 6-8 class champi-
on; Shelby Lang, Lynn Hus-
tlers, photography-elements of
photography grades 6-8 class
reserve champion; Taylor
Peck, independent, photogra-
phy-elements of photography
Grades 9+ class champion;
Grace Jeurissen, Winsted
Jolly Juniors, photography-ele-
ments of photography grades
9+ class reserve champion.
Brooke Kobow, Lynn Hus-
tlers, photography-photo
manipulation grades 6-8 class
champion; Brooke Kobow,
Lynn Hustlers, photography-
photo manipulation grades 6-8
class reserve champion;
Nathaniel Hausladen, Winsted
Jolly Juniors, photography-
photo manipulation grades 9+
class champion; Anastasia Be-
nusa, Bear Lake Beavers,
photography-photo manipula-
tion grades 9+ class reserve
champion.
Elise Betcher, Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers, photography overall
grand champion; Nathaniel
Hausladen, Winsted Jolly Jun-
iors, photography overall re-
serve champion.
Brie Kobow, Lynn Hustlers,
potatoes overall grand cham-
pion; Alyosha Frick, Lake Mari-
on Lakers, potatoes overall re-
serve champion.
Zachary Rademacher, Win-
sted Jolly Juniors, poultry-
overall grand champion; Harp-
er Crowell, Glencoe Jr. Pio-
neers, poultry-overall reserve
champion.
Zachary Rademacher, Win-
sted Jolly Juniors, poultry-
chicken- bantam breeding pen
class champion; Zachary
Rademacher, Winsted Jolly
Juniors, poultry-chicken-ban-
tam breeding pen class re-
serve champion.
Jordan Breyer, Lake Marion
Lakers, poultry- chicken-brown
egg production class champi-
on; Alyosha Frick, Lake Marion
Lakers, poultry -chicken-brown
egg production class reserve
champion.
Alyssa Gruber, McLeod
County 4-H Riders, poultry-
chicken -market pen class
champion; Abagail Gruber,
McLeod County 4-H Riders,
poultry-chicken-market pen
class reserve champion.
Zachary Rademacher, Win-
sted Jolly Juniors, poultry-
chicken-standard breeding
pen class champion; Alyosha
Frick, Lake Marion Lakers,
poultry -chicken-standard
breeding pen class reserve
champion.
Jordan Breyer, Lake Marion
Lakers, poultry -chicken-white
egg production class champi-
on; Harper Crowell, Glencoe
Jr. Pioneers, poultry-chicken-
white egg production class re-
serve champion.
Kianna Dolezal, McLeod
County 4-H Riders, poultry-
ducks- market pen class
champion; Kianna Dolezal,
McLeod County 4-H Riders,
poultry-ducks- standard breed-
ing pen class champion; Kian-
na Dolezal, McLeod County 4-
H Riders, poultry-ducks-stan-
dard breeding pen class re-
serve champion.
Harper Crowell, Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers, poultry-guinea-mar-
ket pen class champion.
Sophie Dolezal, McLeod
County 4-H Riders, poultry-
show and hobby class champi-
on.
Harper Crowell Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers, poultry -interview
grades 3-5 class champion;
Sophie Dolezal, McLeod
County 4-H Riders, poultry-in-
terview Grades 3-5 class re-
serve champion; Kianna
Dolezal, McLeod County 4-H
Riders, poultry-interview
Grades 6-8 class champion;
Gavin Lofgren, Glencoe Jr. Pi-
oneers, poultry-interview
grades 6-8 class reserve
champion; Lane Miller, Lake
Marion Lakers, poultry-inter-
view grades 9+ class champi-
on; Jordan Breyer, Lake Mari-
on Lakers, poultry -interview
grades 9+ class reserve cham-
pion.
Sophie Dolezal, McLeod
County 4-H Riders, poultry-
showmanship grades 3-5
class champion; Harper Crow-
ell, Glencoe Jr. Pioneers,
poultry - showmanship grades
3-5 class reserve champion;
John Jurgenson, Lynn Hus-
tlers, poultry- showmanship
grades 6-8 class champion;
Alyosha Frick, Lake Marion
Lakers, poultry -showmanship
grades 6-8 class reserve
champion; Zachary
Rademacher, Winsted Jolly
Juniors, poultry- showmanship
grades 9+ class champion;
Jordan Breyer, Lake Marion
Lakers, poultry- showmanship
grades 9+ class reserve
Champion.
Emily Thalmann, Glencoe
Jr. Pioneers, quilting overall
grand champion; Hannah
Kruse, Acoma Acorns, quilting
overall reserve champion.
Julia Quast, Winsted Jolly
Juniors, rabbits- overall grand
champion; Emily Zerwas, Win-
sted Jolly Juniors, rabbits-
overall reserve Champion;
Aubrey Schmidt, Acoma
Acorns, rabbits-interview
grades 3-5 class champion;
Alec Dietel, Winsted Jolly Jun-
iors; rabbits-interview grades
3-5 class reserve champion;
Kianna Dolezal, M c L e o d
County 4-H Riders, rabbits-in-
terview grades 6-8 class
champion; Lydia Guenigsman,
Winsted Jolly Juniors, rabbits-
interview grades 6-8 class re-
serve champion; Anna Byron,
Acoma Acorns, rabbits -inter-
view grades 9+ class champi-
on; Katherine Hacker, Otter
Lake Royal Juniors, rabbits-in-
terview Grades 9+ class re-
serve champion.
Stephanie Snegosky, Winst-
ed Jolly Juniors, rabbits-show-
manship grades 3-5 class
champion; Natalia Myrick,
Lynn Hustlers, rabbits- show-
manship grades 3-5 class re-
serve champion; Kianna
Dolezal, McLeod County 4-H
Riders, rabbits-showmanship
grades 6-8 class champion;
Julia Quast, Winsted Jolly Jun-
iors, rabbits-showmanship
grades 6-8 class reserve
champion; Anna Byron, Acoma
Acorns, rabbits-showmanship,
grades 9+ class champion;
Katherine Hacker, Otter Lake
Royal Juniors, rabbits-show-
manship grades 9+ class re-
serve champion.
Aubrey Schmidt, Acoma
Acorns, records overall grand
champion.
Cecilia Schmitz, Lynn Hus-
tlers, robotics overall grand
champion; Dylan Wigern,
Acoma Acorns, robotics over-
all reserve champion.
Kiley Lickfelt, Lynn Hustlers,
science of animals overall
grand champion; Cullin Lick-
felt, Lynn Hustlers, science of
animals overall reserve cham-
pion.
Rachel Visser, Acoma
Acorns, self-determined over-
all grand champion; Marissa
Uecker, Acoma Acorns, self-
determined overall reserve
champion; Grace Solien,
Bear Lake Beavers, self-deter-
mined grades 3-5 class cham-
pion; Caydence Reiner-Al-
brecht, Acoma Acorns, self-de-
termined grades 3-5 class re-
serve champion; McKenna
Wright, Acoma Acorns, self-de-
termined grades 6-8 class
champion; Rachel Visser,
Acoma Acorns, self-deter-
mined grades 6-8 class re-
serve Champion; Marissa
Uecker, Acoma Acorns, self-
determined grades 9+ class
champion; Joe Mattson,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, self-de-
termined grades 9+ class re-
serve champion.
Rachel Visser, Acoma
Acorns, sheep-overall grand
champion; Donnae Morton,
McLeod County 4-H Riders,
sheep-overall reserve champi-
on.
Donnae Morton, McLeod
County 4-H Riders, sheep-
breeding ewe overall grand
champion; Drayden Morton,
McLeod County 4-H Riders,
sheep-breeding ewe overall
reserve champion.
Rachel Visser, Acoma
Acorns, sheep-market lamb
black face class champion;
Kayla Visser, Acoma Acorns,
sheep-market lamb black face
class reserve champion.
Rachel Visser, Acoma
Acorns, sheep-market lamb
overall grand champion; Kayla
Visser, Acoma Acorns, sheep-
market lamb overall reserve
champion.
Jesse Reiner, Lynn Hustlers,
sheep-market lamb speckle
face class champion; Jesse
Reiner Lynn Hustlers, sheep-
market lamb speckle face
class reserve champion.
Drayden Morton, McLeod
County 4-H Riders, sheep-
market lamb white face class
champion; Zoe Ruschmeier,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, sheep-
market lamb white face class
reserve champion;
Hannah Visser, Acoma
Acorns, sheep-lamb lead
grades 3-5 class champion;
Kayla Visser, Acoma Acorns,
sheep-lamb lead grades 3-5
class reserve champion;
Rachel Visser, Acoma Acorns,
sheep- lamb lead grades 6-8
class champion; Justin Frick,
Acoma Acorns, sheep-lamb
lead grades 9+ class champi-
on.
Kayla Visser, Acoma Acorns,
sheep-interview grades 3-5
class champion; Hannah Viss-
er, Acoma Acorns, sheep-inter-
view grades 3-5 class reserve
champion; Rachel Visser
Acoma Acorns, sheep- inter-
view grades 6-8 class champi-
on; Zoe Ruschmeier, Glencoe
Jr. Pioneers, sheep-interview
grades 6-8 class reserve
champion; Justin Frick, Acoma
Acorns, sheep-interview
grades 9+ class champion;
Zachary Wanous, Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers, sheep-interview
grades 9+ class reserve cham-
pion.
Kayla Visser, Acoma Acorns,
sheep-showmanship grades 3-
5 class champion; Hannah
Visser, Acoma Acorns, sheep-
showmanship grades 3-5
class reserve champion; Dray-
den Morton, McLeod County
4-H Riders; sheep-showman-
ship grades 6-8 class champi-
on; Zoe Ruschmeier, Glencoe
Jr. Pioneers, sheep-showman-
ship grades 6-8 class reserve
champion; Donnae Morton,
McLeod County 4-H Riders,
sheep-showmanship grades
9+ class champion; Dayne
Morton, McLeod County 4-H
Riders, sheep-showmanship
grades 9+ class reserve cham-
pion.
Brooke Kobow, Lynn Hus-
tlers, shooting sports/wildlife
management overall grand
champion; Faith Taylor, Lynn
Hustlers, shooting
sports/wildlife management
overall reserve champion; Brie
Kobow Lynn Hustlers, shoot-
ing sports/wildlife manage-
ment grades 3-5 class champi-
on; Brooke Kobow, Lynn Hus-
tlers, shooting sports/wildlife
management grades 6-8 class
champion; Emma Luthens,
Acoma Acorns, s h o o t i n g
sports/wildlife management
grades 6-8 class reserve
champion; Kayla Weinzierl,
Winsted Jolly Juniors, shoot-
ing sports/wildlife manage-
ment grades 9+ class champi-
on; Faith Taylor, Lynn Hustlers,
shooting sports/wildlife man-
agement grades 9+ class re-
serve champion.
Dylan Wigern, Acoma
Acorns, shop overall grand
champion; Brie Kobow, Lynn
Hustlers, shop overall reserve
champion.
Ryan Brant, Lester Prairie
Bergen Busy Bees, shop-
metal based grades 6-8 class
champion; Austin Lang, Lynn
Hustlers, shop- metal based
grades 9+ class champion;
Toby Mohs, Lynn Hustlers,
shop-metal based grades 9+
class reserve champion
Brie Kobow, Lynn Hustlers,
Shop - Wood Based Grades 3-
5 Class champion.
Henry Ditlefsen, Lynn Hus-
tlers, shop-wood based grades
3-5 class reserve champion;
Dylan Wigern, Acoma Acorns,
shop-wood based grades 6-8
class champion; Hope Taylor,
Lynn Hustlers, shop-wood
based grades 6-8 class re-
serve champion; Christian
Leibfried, independent, shop-
wood based grades 9+ class
champion.
Samantha Frick, Acoma
Acorns, swine- overall grand
champion; Mason Grams,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, swine-
overall reserve champion.
Zoe Ruschmeier, Glencoe
Jr. Pioneers, swine-breeding
gilt overall grand champion;
Brady Andersen, Acoma
Acorns, swine-breeding gilt
overall reserve champion.
Brady Andersen, Acoma
Acorns, swine-breeding gilt-
commercial February gilt class
champion; Elizabeth Krienke,
Winsted Jolly Juniors, swine-
breeding gilt-commercial Feb-
ruary gilt class reserve cham-
pion.
Justin Frick, Acoma Acorns,
swine-breeding gilt-commer-
cial January gilt class champi-
on; Elizabeth Krienke, Winsted
Jolly Juniors, swine-breeding
gilt-commercial January gilt
class reserve champion.
Zoe Ruschmeier, Glencoe
Jr. Pioneers, swine-breeding
gilt- registered February gilt
class champion; Emily Ward,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, swine-
breeding gilt-registered Febru-
ary gilt class reserve champi-
on.
Zoe Ruschmeier, Glencoe
Jr. Pioneers, swine-breeding
gilt-registered January gilt
class champion; Mason
Grams, Glencoe Jr. Pioneers,
swine-breeding gilt-registered
January gilt class reserve
champion.
Hayden Jensen, Acoma
Acorns, swine-breeding gilt-
registered March gilt class
champion; Hayley Bolland,
McLeod County 4-H Riders,
swine-breeding gilt-registered
March gilt class reserve cham-
pion.
Mason Grams, Glencoe Jr.
Pioneers, swine- market bar-
row overall grand champion;
Kiley Lickfelt, Lynn Hustlers,
swine-market barrow overall
reserve champion.
Samantha Frick, Acoma
Acorns, swine-market gilt
overall grand champion;
McKenna Wright, Acoma
Acorns, swine-market gilt
overall reserve champion.
Toby Mohs, Lynn Hustlers,
swine-pen of three class
champion.
All ison Wright, Acoma
Acorns, swine-pen of two
class champion; Zachary
Wanous, Glencoe Jr. Pio-
neers, swine-pen of two class,
reserve champion.
Zachary Wanous, Glencoe
Jr. Pioneers, swine-interview
grades 9+ class champion;
Elizabeth Krienke, Winsted
Jolly Juniors, swine-interview
grades 9+ class reserve
Champion.
Sophie Dolezal, McLeod
County 4-H Riders, swine-
showmanship grades 3-5
class champion; Conner Kurth,
Acoma Acorns, swine-show-
manship grades 3-5 class re-
serve champion; Zoe
Ruschmeier, Glencoe Jr. Pio-
neers, swine-showmanship
grades 6-8 class champion;
Brady Andersen, Acoma
Acorns, swine-showmanship
grades 6-8 class reserve
champion; Elizabeth Krienke,
Winsted Jolly Juniors, swine-
showmanship grades 9+ class
champion; Zachary Wanous,
Glencoe Jr. Pioneers, swine-
showmanship grades 9+ class
reserve champion.
Timothy Quast, Winsted
Jolly Juniors, tractor overall
grand champion.
Alyosha Frick, Lake Marion
Lakers, vegetable gardening
overall grand champion; Chris-
tian Leibfried, independent,
vegetable gardening overall
reserve champion; Hannah
Visser, Acoma Acorns, veg-
etable gardening, grades 3-5
class champion; Lane
Leibfried, independent, veg-
etable gardening grades 3-5
class reserve champion;
Alyosha Frick, Lake Marion
Lakers, vegetable gardening
grades 6-8 class champion;
Mackenzie Breyer, Lake Mari-
on Lakers, vegetable garden-
ing grades 6-8 class reserve
champion; Christian Leibfried,
independent, vegetable gar-
dening grades 9+ class cham-
pion.
Isabelle Knutson, Lynn Hus-
tlers, veterinary science over-
all grand champion; Julia
Quast, Winsted Jolly Juniors,
veterinary science overall re-
serve champion.
Nathaniel Hausladen, Winst-
ed Jolly Juniors, video overall
grand Champion; Nathaniel
Hausladen, Winsted Jolly Jun-
iors, video overall reserve
champion.
Grace Bayerl, W i n s t e d
Jolly Juniors, wildlife biology
overall grand champion.
Cassandra Jurgenson, Lynn
Hustlers, youth leadership
overall grand champion.
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It’s what connects themthat fuels their desire to tryand prevent others from feel-ing the pain, the memoriesthey feel each day.
Melanie Lindeman,Tammy Diehn and Terri Ly-naugh spend time each daythinking about loved oneswho took their own lives.They think about the paintheir loved ones could nolonger deal with, the signsthey missed and the memo-ries of the good times. Thethree women know there isno way to bring their lovedones back.
And so, they focus on help-ing others so they never haveto face the pain and unan-swered questions after losinga mother, a father, a brotheror sister to suicide. Nobodywants to wonder what signsthey missed.
“It crosses my mind proba-bly a hundred times a day,”Lindeman said. “How in theworld is this my reality thatthis is how my mom passed.”
Sunday, Sept. 16, 11 a.m.to 4 p.m., Lindeman, Diehnand Lynaugh will be amonghundreds of people at theMcLeod County Fairgroundsin Hutchinson supporting theLIVIN Foundation and thesecond annual We Walk 4Life, a benefit to raise moneyfor mental health and suicideprevention.
They want to erase the stig-ma associated with suicide.Diehn bristles at the phrase“committed suicide” as if hersister participated in a crimi-nal act. She, Lynaugh andLindeman lost loved ones todepression. They want peopleto understand suicide can re-sult when someone is strug-gling with mental health. Theeffort the three women andmental health professionals inMcLeod and Sibley countiesare focusing on is aimed atyoung people and farmers.
The money raised at Sun-day’s fundraiser will help payfor speakers to spread a mes-sage of hope it’s OK to seekhelp dealing with mentalhealth concerns. The LIVINFoundation has helped fundspeakers at schools. Thegroup is also targeting theirmessage at farmers, peoplewho face tremendous stressand are all too often isolatedby the nature of their workand a sense of pride prevent-ing them from seeking help
with depression, Lynaughsaid.
“One in five people havemental illness but five of fivehave mental health,” she said.“It’s something you don’tthink about unless there’s anissue.”
The slogan for thefundraiser is simple: “Startthe conversation. Reduce thestigma. Get busy LIVIN.”
The Minnesota Departmentof Agriculture has approved a$500 grant for the benefitSunday. Like McLeod andSibley counties, which feltthe cause aligned nicely withtheir focus on mental health,the department will also haveinformation available encour-aging farmers struggling withdepression to seek out thehealth care professionals.
Over $39,000 was raised atlast year’s inaugural event.They have more sponsors thisyear. Over 700 people partici-pated in it. Last year, theyused the proceeds to host aneducational presentation fea-turing Dick Beardsley andKevin Hines. Beardsley lost ason to suicide in 2015. Hinessurvived a suicide attemptfrom the Golden Gate Bridgein 2000. The presentation at-tracted almost 500 people.
They plan to reach out toyoung people, farmers andcommunity members througha variety of presentations andcommunity education classesdesigned to help people rec-ognize signs, start a conver-sation with a person in needand get them professional as-sistance. A presentation tocommunity members is setfor April 28-29 in Hutchin-son.
Information on the cam-paign is available at thefundraiser Sunday, by email -- [email protected] –or from Diehn at 507-381-
4082 or Lynaugh at 320-587-9326.
Survivors’s storiesDiehn, who lives outside of
Glencoe, lost her sister,Shelly Teubert Jan. 21, 2017.Lynaugh’s sister, Tami New-comb, took her life Aug. 25,2014. Brownton residentMelanie Lindeman lost hermom, Jill Knick, at homeDec. 10, 2016.
Lynaugh recalls the shockof her sister’s passing. Shestill deals with guilt of notseeing the signs of her sis-ter’s struggles, and angerwith her sister for not lettingfamily and friends know sheneeded help.
“There are just so manyemotions involved,” Lynaughsaid. “Anger, shock, guilt is abig one. It’s kind of a viciouscircle.”
Diehn said they focus moreon how loved ones livedrather than how they passedaway. If they can keep onefamily from going throughthe pain, guilt and anger theyendured, “our mission is ac-complished,” she said.
Lindeman said her mom’spassing brought a huge out-pouring of love, prayers andsupport. Knick was 61. Likeher mom, Lindeman provideschildcare for area families.Some of the children Linde-man cares for are the childrenof adults her mother tookcare of years ago.
“She was the best mom.She supported and loved herfamily the way anyone wouldhope for. She always gave toothers and was willing togive to anyone to help,” Lin-deman said.
But despite the outwardsigns of a caring, compas-sionate mother, Jill Knickstruggled with depression.She dealt with the typicalstruggles everyone goesthrough, Lindeman said. Butthere was much more.
Lindeman and her 24 team-mates on Team Humming-birds, including her father,Ron, will participate remem-bering Jill loved humming-birds. The fundraiser, shesaid, is uplifting.
“It’s remarkable to be inthe atmosphere of that manypeople who want to make adifference,” she said.
Lindeman wants people tobe ready to listen to theirfriends and loved ones. Sheencourages people to gettheir friends and loved onesthe help they need.
“If somebody is trustingyou, don’t dismiss it. Ask thetough questions. Get them areferral,” she said.
If you go . . . Second Annual We
Walk 4 LifeMcLeod County Fair-
grounds, Hutchinson11 a.m.: Check-in and
activities12:30 p.m.: Program1 p.m.: Lap/walk (not
timed); balloon release tofollow. Silent auction, ac-tivities until 4 p.m.
Cost: $15 in advance,$20 at the door. 12 &under, free. Register ateventbrite.com
Activities, food & bever-ages, children’s zone,face painting, wacky tem-porary tattoos, inflatables,music by Chopper. Chronicle photos by John Mueller
Melanie Lindeman holds precious memories of her mom, Jill Knick. Her team willwalk in Jill’s memory Sunday at the Second Annual We Walk 4 Life Event at thecounty fairgrounds.
Glencoe area resident Tammy Diehn (center) and Terri Lynaugh of Hutchinson arethrilled to see the We Walk 4 Life fundraiser grow. They both lost their sisters tosuicide. (Left) Jayme Krauth, a McLeod County health educator, said McLeod andSIbley counties support the emphasis on improved mental health for resident.
Submitted photoMelanie Lindeman’s mom, Jill Knick, passed away Dec. 10, 2016. She was knownas a happy, outgoing person. But Knick battled depression. Sunday’s We Walk 4Life Fundraiser is intended to help people facing mental health challenges.
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