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Weather Looking back: With 2.19inches last week, another sixthis week, it is getting a bitwater-logged around here.

Date Hi Lo RainJune 18 77 ......54 ..........0.13June 19 86 ......58 ..........0.00

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Glencoe, Minnesota Vol. 116, No. 25 Wednesday, June 26, 2013CThe McLeod County

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Chronicle photos by Josh Randtand Rich Glennie

Glencoe DaysGlencoe Days had a little some-thing for everyone last weekend.The corn feed, above, foundBecky Edwards of Glencoe help-ing her son, Jaxon, with his freecorn-on-the-cob Friday night atOak Leaf Park. One of the high-lights was the Saturday after-noon parade. At left, bearing theflags at the head of the paradewere Bob Senst, left, and Al Gru-enhagen of the American LegionPost 95 and VFW Post 5102Color Guard. Rain held off againthis year for parade organizerKeith Ortloff, although the rainsdid disrupt activities Friday nightat Oak Leaf Park, forcing thepostponement of the annualPlato Blue Jays-Glencoe Brewersbaseball game. For more Glen-coe Days photos see page 12.

Heavy rains equal major floodingBy Rich GlennieEditor

For the second time in recent memory, Sun-day morning’s torrential rainfall came down sofast and in such volume as to overpower Glen-coe storm sewer system, causing street andbasement flooding throughout the community.

Over four inches of rain fell in a 90-minuteperiod beginning about 4 a.m., causing majorflooding at a number of intersections in Glen-

coe, a semi-tanker truck to hydroplane onHighway 212 and overturn and filling residen-tial and business basements and garages withflood water throughout the city.

The Sunday morning rains came on top ofseveral other major rains in the previous days,including Friday night’s rains that curtailed anumber of Glencoe Days activities at OakLeaf Park on Friday night.

By Sunday morning, the low-lying areas in

Oak Leaf Park and adjoining neighborhoodstook on the appearance of another Minnesotalake.

In the 13th Street to 15th Street, betweenIves and Judd avenues, north of the railroadtracks was hit hard again, similar to 2002floods.

The street and parking lot at First LutheranChurch looked more like another lake Sundaymorning with portable bathrooms from Satur-

day afternoon’s Glencoe Days parade floatingin the streets along with other debris.

One home at the corner of Judd and 14thStreet received four feet of water in its base-ment, while others in the neighborhood foundcars partially submerged by the fast-risingwater as well.

By Lori CoplerStaff Writer

McLeod County closed several roadsdue to flooding Sunday, according toHighway Engineer John Brunkhorst.

As of Tuesday, only County Road 74(140th Street), east of County Road 1(Dairy Avenue), remained closed.

“The worst seems to be CountyRoad 74; we have a washed-out cul-vert, probably 48 inches or bigger, thatwill take some time to replace,” saidBrunkhorst. “The other locations seemto be minor, but we can’t do a full as-sessment until the water really goesdown.”

Brunkhorst said the Highway De-partment also became aware of anissue with a culvert on County Road54 south of Stewart “that we need todo some investigation on.

“That seems to be the brunt of it fornow, but more rain is forecast fortonight (Monday),” Brunkhorst saidlate Monday afternoon.

Other roads that had been closed be-cause of flooding were County Road 1(Babcock Avenue), between Highway7 and Lester Prairie; County Road 65(75th Street), south of Highway 212;and County Road 93 (190th Street),

between County Road 15 (Falcon Av-enue) and County Road 1 (BabcockAvenue).

McLeod County Emergency Servic-es Director Kevin Mathews said thatmost damage seemed to be centered inthe eastern portion of the county, al-though there were issues throughoutthe county.

The city of Winsted was hit with apower outage and lost one of its liftstations, causing water and sewerback-ups, Mathews said.

As for the county government itself,the North Complex offices were closedMonday because the parking lot wasflooded.

“It just wasn’t safe to drive in there,”said Mathews. More storms were pre-dicted for Monday night into Tuesday,but fortunately, that didn’t happen,Mathews said.

“We did go in and pick up computercables and power strips from the floor,just in case there was more flooding,”Mathews said.

The closure of the North Complexmeant that residents couldn’t access

County flooding closesroads, North Complex

County Board votes 4-1to continue yard wasteprogram at 50% fundingBy Lori CoplerStaff Writer

McLeod County intends to continuesome funding for its yard waste pro-gram — but only for communities thatalso participate in its recycling pro-gram.

At its June 18 late afternoon meeting,the McLeod County Board of Commis-sioners voted 4-1 to continue the yardwaste program, funding 50 percent ofthe average of the costs from the lastthree years.

The funding will leave out Glencoe,

which recently approved a contract forrecycling services that is separate andindependent of the McLeod Countyprogram.

The participating communities, Com-missioner Sheldon Nies said, “will haveto demonstrate how the money is spentand participate in the county recyclingprogram.”

The logic behind that, Nies said, isthat the yard waste program is funded

Lakes appeared overnight Sunday around Glencoe and remained as daylight dawned. Looking south from 14th Street, is the “lake,” with floating port-a-pots.

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NOTICEThe City of Glencoe would again like to remind the city’sresidents and property owners not to discharge lawn clippings from their lawn mowers onto a city street whenmowing the boulevard. City ordinance prohibits this and establishes a fine for repeat violations.

The lawn clippings will wash into the storm sewersand cause them to clog up. When a stormsewer gets clogged with the clippings, it takes considerabletime and expense to cleanthem out.

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On 15th Street and JuddAvenue, a basement wall wasreported to have collapsed,while several 16th Street in-tersections were under water.But that did not stop severalmotorists from attempting toget through, only to find theirengines sputter and quit whensubmerged in the water.

Major flood damage wasreported at First LutheranChurch when the intersectionof 14th Street and Judd Av-enue flooded into the churchaddition on the east side ofthe facility. It flooded class-rooms as well as other roomsin the First Lutheran School.

At Johnson-McBride Fu-neral Chapel, staff spent Sun-day trying to dry out thebuilding that was inundatedwith 24 inches of water thatcame through the front doorand garage. A railroad tie alsowas deposited in the funeralhome parking lot.

*****Glencoe Police Chief Jim

Raiter said the area betweenGreeley and Hennepin av-enues along the railroadtracks was under water. Hesaid he had never seen thatbefore.

“I’ve never seen floodinglike this,” said Raiter onMonday morning. “Any low-lying area was full.”

Raiter said officers and citypublic works employees wereout during the rain, but hesaid the volume of watercoming down was “so fast.”They spent much of the earlyhours notifying businesses,including the funeral home,about water running into theirbusinesses.

Water also damaged thefoundation of the formerPagel grain mill near the rail-road tracks on Hennepin Av-enue, Raiter said. A gapinghole, now fenced off, is a re-minder.

In contacting the weatherservice, Raiter said the offi-cial Sunday rainfall total forGlencoe was 4.3 inches in 90minutes, but he said someresidents reported as much as5 to 5-1/2 inches over thatsame span.

“It’s so frustrating,” Raitersaid. “You can’t do muchabout it.”

Raiter said another majorarea of flooding was at 9thStreet and Greeley Avenuenear the police station.

In the alley behind TheChronicle office, water wasas high as two feet on theback steps of the building,causing minor flooding in theChronicle’s building.

A neighbor ’s wood pilealso floated over to the storm

sewer drain in thealley, causing flood-ing problems in theneighborhood.

Water in the West16th Street near theGlen Knoll mobilehome park remainedclosed Monday dueto flooding in thatarea of the HaukosTrailer Park.

Farm fields alsolooked more likenewly created lakesas well.

*****According to city

officials, the rapidrise of Buffalo Creekcan impede thestorm water outletsto the creek. Oncethe outlets are be-neath the level of thecreek, the waterbacks up.

But Raiter saidthat was not theissue this time, eventhough BuffaloCreek came up several feetovernight Sunday.

He said the city shuts theoutlets when creek levels risein order to prevent river waterfrom backing up into the al-ready full sewer lines.

Also, once the storm sewerlines are filled to capacity, thewater has no where to go butback into the streets ... andbasements.

The collection system wassimply overpowered.

Raiter commended all theemergency crew members for“a great team effort” to mini-mize flooding damage. Thatincluded pounding on doorsto alert residents.

“Now if we can get a littledryness,” Raiter said.

*****Mayor Randy Wilson said

Sunday night, as he touredmany of the flooded areas ofthe community, there are a lotof frustrated homeowners.

But Wilson said the sys-tem’s design did exactly whatit was supposed to do — hold

the runoff water coming fromnorth of the city to allow thewater to drain away. The re-sult, however, is standingwater in many streets.

City Administrator MarkLarson added that 110 acresof land north of Glencoeneeds to drain through thecity to get to Buffalo Creek.

He said the Willow Ridgeholding ponds filled and thendrained east behind the highschool to the east ditch sys-tem as they were designed.

“We’ve made huge im-provements over the years,”Larson said since the 1991floods. “We’ve invested mil-lions into the (storm and sani-tary sewer) system. But withfour to five inches of rain in90 minutes?”

Larson also noted howquickly the water went awayonce the sewer system caughtup. He said it was a dramaticdrop.

“If it’s clear water (in base-ments), there’s not a lot wecan do about it,” he added.He said millions of gallons of

clear water again went intothe sanitary sewers that go tothe wastewater treatmentplant. So the inflow and infil-tration (I&I) problems contin-ue to plague the city.

Also on Monday, countyworkers needed to be“trucked” into the north com-plex through the standingwater, much like in 1991.

But Larson said water didnot get into the building.Sandbags have been broughtin at the north complex, incase another heavy rain hitsthe area this week.

Larson said it was amazingthat Glencoe Light & Powercrews kept the electricity onduring the storm. That, thank-fully, helped to not make abad situation worse.

Larson said in 1991, thecity pumped water for days,including raw sewage fromhundreds of basements. Thatwas not the case this stormevent, so the improvementsover the years have helped,unless it was your basementthat flooded.

“We accomplished a lot inidentifying problem areas,”Larson said. One area yet tobe addressed is the west ditcharea that the city and the Buf-falo Creek Watershed Districthave been working on foryears.

While people were incon-venienced in the mobile homepark in west Glencoe, most ofthose homes have no base-ments and sit higher up, hesaid.

Wilson said City Councilbegan identifying some of themajor problems areas earlyMonday morning at its publicworks meeting. The city’s en-gineering consultants weredirected to “ID and look atsolutions” in the problemareas.

“In many cases, it was sim-ply too much water for thesystem,” Wilson said. “We re-ally had a flash flood.”

“Even though people aremadder than hell, in reality,natural disasters can’t beplanned for,” Wilson said.

Chronicle photo by Rich Glennie

Flooding was widespread Sunday morningafter over four inches of rain, in a matter of 90minutes, deluged Glencoe area. The torrentialrain overpowered the city’s storm water col-lection system and caused flooding in streets,

basements and backyards, including this oneat the corner of 13th Street and Ives Avenue.The back yard is a deep depression and thewater nearly engulfed the garage and lappedup to the house.

the auditor-treasurer’s office,recorder’s office, Veterans’Services and the license cen-ter. Water in the parking lothad dropped considerably byTuesday morning, giving cus-tomers access to the building.

There also was a waterissue at the county’s Healthand Human Services buildingon Ford Avenue North inGlencoe.

Mathews said the buildinghas a sub-grade boiler roomarea which also houses com-puter equipment, and it tookin about a foot of water.

“It wrecked some exposedcomputer equipment,” saidMathews. The building wasopen for business, though.

With more rain expectedMonday night, the countyfilled about 200 sandbagswhich it intended to use toblock doorways at the twobuildings, Mathews said. For-tunately, the rain didn’t comeand the bags weren’t needed.

Mathews said the county isworking on contingencyplans for keeping employeesworking even if buildings areclosed, such as working athome or using space at thecourthouse.

“However, so much of thework (at the two buildings) iscustomer-related, so thatmakes it tough,” said Math-ews.

Mathews said the county is

currently doing a preliminarydamage assessment to see ifit will qualify for FederalEmergency ManagementAgency (FEMA) funding.Cities and townships will becontacted to find out theircosts of damage.

The county must meet a$125,000 damage thresholdin order to qualify for FEMAreimbursement, Mathewssaid. The state also is doing astatewide assessment, andmust meet a threshold ofroughly $7.2 million, headded.

In Brownton, city workerswere kept busy in the earlymorning hours of Sundaythrough Sunday eveningpumping storm water fromsanitary sewers. There werenumerous reports of water inbasements, from seepage toseveral inches, at several resi-dences. There also were re-ports of standing water inseveral yards. Other than afew downed tree branches,there was no other stormdamage.

Stewart City Clerk RondaHuls said she wasn’t aware ofany issues that occurred inStewart, although Fridayevening’s rain cut attendanceat the street dance at Stewart-fest by quite a bit. The dancewas moved indoors to the firehall.

Mark your calendars forthe seventh annual Glen-coe-Silver Lake PantherAssociation Hall of Fame.The 2013 inductees willbe Nancy (Roach) Koppe-rud in fine arts, and GregJerve, Scott Phifer, JamesSchmidt and Keith Stifter,all student athletes.

Special recognition willalso be given to the 1977Glencoe boys’ basketballteam and cheerleaders.

Special recognition ofinductees, team and cheer-leaders will be done dur-ing the halftime of thehomecoming game on Fri-day, Oct. 4, at the GSL

Stevens Seminary FootballStadium.

According to MicheleMackenthun of the GSLPanther Association, newthis year will be a recep-tion, including appetizersand a cash bar, followingthe football game at theGlencoe Country Club.Tickets can be purchasedin advance at the PantherField House or Gert &Erma’s. Tickets also willbe available at the door.

For more information,contact Mackenthun at320-864-6232 or KathyOlson at 320-864-5759.

Panther Association’s ’13Hall inductees announced

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County flooding Continued from page 1

By Raymond PavlishI worked under Annamarie

Tudhope from 1970-75.After The Enterprise was

printed and before we left,Harlow Reimers and I wouldclean the rollers on the pressso they would not sitovernight and have the inkdry. We cleaned these rollerssometimes at midnight beforewe were done.

In the morning, I wouldcome in and take the pagesoff the press and put them ona table where we would com-pose the next week’s pages.

I remember these pageswere very heavy, as theywere composed of lead. Theywould be cleaned off with asolvent.

News stories, obituariesand general stories would beremoved and all thrown inthe “hell pot.” This was thepot that would melt down thelines of (lead) type. Also, anyads that were to run only oneweek would be put into thehell pot.

The headings would haveto be put letter by letter into adrawer where they camefrom. There were differentsizes of type, and rememberto put “p”s and “q”s in theright place. That is where thequotation: “Watch your psand qs” came from. Also, re-member you had to read fromright to left.

The pictures were savedbecause, usually, they wereon a wooden block and couldbe used again.

This was an eight-pagepaper having eight columnsper page.

Once all the lead lines andads were melted, then Iwould pour the molten leadinto a three-foot mold thatwas used for the Linotypethat would be used by theprinter for next week’s paper.

Harlow would get ads fromvarious businesses in townfor next week’s paper. Theseads were on a cardboardmolded paper, some were twoor four columns wide andmaybe four to six inchesdeep. Grocery store ads weremuch larger.

These ads were put in aframe and tied down. Thisliquid lead composition waspoured into this mold. Themold was as high as a line oftype, and when it cooleddown, the unwanted areas ofthe ad were routed down andthen put into next week’spage at the bottom.

Remember, it had to be aswide as the required columns.This continued until all theads were made.

The Linotype operatorstarted to type the articlesthat Annamarie had typed up.Now this machine was awonder to watch. He wouldtype a line and then themolten lead would be inject-ed in the line mold. Then anodd-size wheel would turn,the line types would be print-ed on the molten lead and allthe letters and spaces wouldbe sent to the top of the ma-chine.

This would continue untilthe article would be printed.Then the column of typewould be put onto a galleyand a roller of ink would goover it. Then I would read itand make corrections onwhatever line is needed andgive it to the operator toreprint the line. We wouldmark with a note where theline had to go.

Now this would continueuntil the articles were done.

Harlow and I would assem-ble the pages along with theads, column lines betweencolumns and any picturesused.

Now the picture was anoth-er art. Harlow would takepictures of sports, individu-als, accidents and city events.These would be developeddownstairs in a special room.

These pictures would be onplastic and be mounted on awooden block that was ashigh as the type. Sometimes,if the block wasn’t just highenough, we would put a pieceof paper under it so it wouldprint better. Remember, thiswas a reverse image.

Once all the headings, ads,column lines were put in,then the page had to be justi-

fied. By that I mean anyspaces had to be filled in witha space line. The headings ofthe article had to have spacesput in when it was put togeth-er.

Again, remember, you readupside down and backwards.

After the page is justifiedand tightened, I would gin-gerly pick it up, hold mybreath and carry it to thepress and pray that nothingfell out. Now the press wouldhave four pages on top andfour pages on the bottom.

Now running the press wassomething else. We wouldcarefully run the press andmake several copies. Thenstop the press and read themcarefully. If we all agreed thatit was OK, then we wouldstart the run. By this time itwas early Wednesdayevening.

Now, when we had to add aroll of paper, we got nervous.Stop the press, roll the exist-ing roll forward a little andthen cut it off evenly. Takethe roll off and put on anotherfull roll. We often had to peelpaper off to get to the goodpaper.

Once we got to this point,we would take the paper andcut an even part off, and thenput a line of double-facedtape. We would take the otherend of the paper and evenlyput it over the double-facedtape; tear off any extra paper;check the brake on the roll;and slowly run the paper rollthrough the press. You don’twant to have any glue stick tothe ink roller.

Once it gets through, thenwe would run the press faster.The paper had to have a cer-tain tension to it; also itwould have a song. Then wewere happy.

If the web would break, wehad to cut the paper off theink rollers with our finger-nails and then re-web thepress.

We would run the pressuntil the paper run was done.Then go home to sleep, andcome back the next day andstart all over.

When Linotypes ruled;during Enterprise’s prime


Raymond Pavish of ruralHutchinson recalled his daysworking for the late Anna-marie Tudhope at the Glen-coe Enterprise when Lino-types, hot lead and letterpresses ruled the day. It waslabor-intensive work requir-ing some special skills, likereading backwards and up-side down.


The controversy over thepaving of the Luce Line Trailcontinued at the June 18McLeod County Board meet-ing, resulting on 3-2 votes ontwo motions.

The two new commission-ers, Jon Christensen and RonShimanski, cast the “nay”votes, and CommissionersPaul Wright, Sheldon Niesand Kermit Terlinden votedin favor.

Last year, the CountyBoard voted to devote$500,000 toward the project,with the city of Hutchinsoncommitting $750,000; thecity of Winsted, $100,000;and the city of Silver Lake,$10,000. The Minnesota De-partment of Natural Re-sources (DNR) has commit-ted $500,000, and the groupsupporting the project isseeking an additional $2.5million in state bonding.

The state did not fund theproject last year, which was anon-bonding year. The groupdecided to reapply this year,which is a bonding year forthe State Legislature.

The proposed project in-cludes paving the trail fromthe Carver-McLeod countyline to Cedar Mills, as well asan underpass under StateHighway 7 east of Hutchin-son, and overpass over StateHighway 22 east of Hutchin-son.

Shimanski, a former statelegislator, said he has con-cerns about how money fromthe “Legacy” funds are dis-tributed. The DNR’s share ofthe cost of the Luce Line im-provements will come fromthe Legacy fund.

Nies said he shares Shi-manski’s concerns, but saidthat if the money isn’t spentin McLeod County, it will bespent somewhere else, proba-bly in the metro area.

“We didn’t vote for thismoney to go to the TwinCities,” Nies said of thestatewide vote on Legacyfunding.

Christensen said that “mostconstituents” in his districtare “outraged” that the coun-ty committed $500,000 to-ward the project, a vote thattook place before he joined

the County Board on Jan. 1.It was noted that the

$500,000 had already beenforwarded to the state to bebanked for the project.

“I think we need to moveahead,” said Wright. “We al-ready have a half-million dol-lars into this.”

Shimanski said he was“strongly opposed” to spend-ing the money on the trail,“and I urge the Board to askfor that $500,000 back.”

The County Board passedthe resolution supporting therequest for bonding funds onthe 3-2 vote. Another motion,which would have authorizedCounty Administrator PatMelvin to prepare the neces-sary paperwork, also passed3-2, with Shimanski andChristensen again casting thedissenting votes.

In other business June 18,the County Board:

• Adopted the new, 10-yearcomprehensive water plan,which has received approvalfrom the Board of Water andSoil Resources.

• Approved out-of-state-travel for Public Health Edu-cator Jean Johnson to attendan Olweus (bullying preven-tion) trainer certificationcourse in Plano, Texas, for anapproximate cost of $1,050.

• Approved its annualagreement with the Universi-ty of Minnesota ExtensionService for the 2013-14McLeod For TomorrowLeadership Program.

• Agreed to spend about

$9,200 to upgrade the clericalwork stations in the old dis-patch/clerical area of thesheriff ’s department. Thework includes moving cleri-cal work stations into the for-mer dispatch area, and addi-tional overhead storage binsand work surfaces.

• Heard from McLeodCounty Attorney Mike Jungethat an appeal on a variancegranted for the Buss feedlothas been served on the coun-ty. That appeal will be heardin District Court, Junge said.

• Set a joint meeting withthe Sibley County Board ofCommissioners for July 11 todiscuss health insurance. Thetwo counties share countyemployee health insuranceplans.

County Board, on 3-2 vote,passes application for statebond funding for Luce Line

with revenues the county re-ceives from marketing the re-cycled waste that it collectsthrough its program.

Commissioner Kermit Ter-linden, whose district includesthe city of Glencoe, asked theCounty Board to table adop-tion of the yard waste funding.

Terlinden noted that thecounty is looking into the pos-sibility of a single-sort recy-cling program, which is whatthe city of Glencoe adoptedwhen it entered into its recy-cling contract with WasteManagement.

Nies pointed out that thecounty had asked the city ofGlencoe to wait until thecounty explored the option ofa single-sort program beforeGlencoe entered into its ownprogram.

However, Nies said, the citywent ahead and approved itsown program.

Nies also said that recyclingcollected in Glencoe by WasteManagement doesn’t come tothe county’s Material Recy-cling Facility (MRF), and,therefore, doesn’t contribute

to the revenue source for theyard waste program. What thecounty collects in other com-munities does go to the MRF,where it is sold to other mar-kets as a source of revenue.

If the county continues topartially fund a yard wasteprogram in Glencoe withoutbeing able to collect the rev-enue from the recycling, it“means that Silver Lake, Win-sted and everyone else willpay for Glencoe’s yard wasteprogram, and that’s not right,”Nies said.

Nies also said that even ifthe county adopts a single-sortprogram, there is no guaranteethat Glencoe will terminate itsown program and come backunder the county’s program.

Terlinden said he didn’t feelit is right to leave Glencoe outof the yard waste program andvoted against the motion tocontinue the funding at 50-percent level.

In 2012, the County Boardhad considered eliminatingfunding for the program alto-gether, with a three-year pro-gram to eventually eliminate

all funding; the first year ofthe three-year program was toprovide 100 percent funding;the second, year 50 percent;and no funding in the thirdyear.

However, participatingcommunities felt it was aworthwhile program, and the50-percent cost share wasconsidered a fair way to con-tinue the program.

MorningsideIn other business related to

Glencoe, the County Boardrejected a resolution proposedby the city of Glencoe onsplitting costs on the sharedMorningside Avenue project.

The city had suggestedsplitting storm water and engi-neering costs 50/50, with theremaining cost of the projectto be paid 70 percent by thecounty and 30 percent by thecity. The total cost of the proj-ect is estimated at $3.2 mil-lion.

Nies said all costs should besplit 50/50, and the CountyBoard voted unanimously tosupport Nies’ proposal.

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StaffWilliam C. Ramige, Publisher;Rich Glennie, Managing Edi-tor; Karin Ramige Cornwell,Advertising Manager; JuneBussler, Business Manager;Sue Keenan, Sales Represen-tative; Brenda Fogarty, SalesRepresentative; Lori Copler,Staff Writer; Josh Randt,Sports Writer; Jessica Bollandand Alissa Hanson, CreativeDepartment; and TrishaKarels, Office Assistant.

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I have a peroxide blond squirrelrunning around my neighborhood.No, not the entire squirrel, just his,or her, tail. (How do you tell thegender difference from afar?)

When I first saw him, or her, Iwondered if one of those rarely seenwhite squirrels of Plato fame hadwandered in for a rendezvous overthe winter.

Needless to say, the peroxide-blond tail on a squirrel is quite un-usual.

I always wondered whether thesquirrels in my neighborhood, andconstantly on my feeders, were thesame ones all the time or from a dif-ferent clan. They all look alike!

My wife suggested we get a paintgun to mark them. I countered a BBgun might be more effective. Neitherhappened, so we settled on a waterhose just to tick them off.

But the urge is back to eradicatethese buck-toothed vermin from myproperty, short of cutting down allmy beautiful nut trees, that is.

You see, it is outdoor plant seasonagain, and my wife’s geranium potshave become favorite targets ofthese rat-like critters. They seem tothink the pots are their own personalhaven to store their “treasures.”

Out with the geraniums and

marigolds, and in with whateverthey dug up during the spring. Notreally a fair exchange, aesthetically.

My wife has tried to discouragethe squirrels with hot peppers andhot powders, anything that willmake their little tongues burn andfeet sizzle. But nothing seems towork for long.

The other day, I walked aroundthe corner of my house only to see asquirrel, comfortably sitting in aflower pot, digging up a marigold. Itlooked at me as if to say, “What?”

Needless to say, it scurried awaywith my first expletive.

We finally neutralized the squir-rels off our main bird feeders by in-stalling a baffle halfway up the pole.

But now the dang squirrels went

to the other feeder with the thistle,not to eat, but to hang from andstretch across to the nearby polewith the suet. It looked like a squir-rel accordion stretched to the limit.

They must have stomach abs thatwould make any fitness fanatic envi-ous!

The sight of a stretched out squir-rel eating suet is weird, but it was hi-larious to watch as he first shimmiedup the pole only to do a slow slideback down. The look on the squir-rel’s face was priceless.

But danged persistent they are.Before I knew it, the big furry rathad figured it out. There it was — afur bridge from pole to pole munch-ing on suet.

Never knew they liked suet, but ifthey can dig up and consume nutsburied in the ground over winter, Isuspect their tastes are not real so-phisticated.

So the war of attrition has begun,again. Stay tuned. If you see a squir-rel with a red, blue or yellow splat, Imay have agreed to a paintball gunafter all. If you see one with a col-ored splat, and a peroxide tail, thenyou know where it came from.

You’re welcome.

Hey, peroxide blond squirrel anyone?

Rich Glennie

Not quite sure where this isheaded, but the war ofwords between officials of

the city of Glencoe and McLeodCounty just got more interesting.

The latest salvo came from thecounty side of the recycling/wastemanagement debate that has beenongoing ever since Glencoe CityCouncil opted for a one-sort recy-cling program over the county’s cur-rent five-sort program last January.

That decision did not sit well withthe McLeod County Board, which,through a recent recommendationfrom its solid waste advisory com-mittee (SWAC), has given Glencoean ultimatum of sorts, using the fu-ture funding for community yardwaste sites as the carrot. The “stick”part of the “carrot-and-stick” ap-proach is a loss of thousands of dol-lars in funding to the city if it contin-ues its obstinance.

According to a letter from SarahYoung, McLeod County Solid WasteManagement coordinator, cities willreceive 50/50 funding for yard wastesites, like the one in Glencoe, effec-tive Jan. 1, 2014, if the city signs ayard waste funding agreement thatrequires participation in the county’srecycling program.

The agreement states: “The Citymust be participating in accordancewith the McLeod County RecyclingServices Agreement to receive theyard waste funding allotted for theCity. If the City is not participatingin the McLeod County RecyclingProgram, under the Recycling Serv-ices Agreement, all funding will beretained by the County and the Citywill forfeit any right to the allocatedfunding.”

That elevates the war of words toa new level. Now there is a financialpenalty for defying the county.

The SWAC recommendation wasbrought before the McLeod CountyBoard of Commissioners on June 18,and it was approved on a 4-1 vote.Glencoe commissioner Kermit Ter-linden voted no.

So what did the county’s decisionaccomplish? It caused Glencoe City

Council to dig its heels in even fur-ther. In other words, it entrenchedboth sides deeper into the mire.

The county has now issued anedict to the city that the city has littleintention of acknowledging. It willcost the city $10,666 in funding forits yard waste site.

The county earlier had announcedit will eliminate funding for all yardwaste sites throughout the countyover the next several years; reducingit by 50 percent next year alone.Communities will have to beginfunding its own sites in the future, ornot offer the service to its residents.

The yard waste site in Glencoe iswell used and the yard waste isground up (tree branches) and com-posted (leaves and garden residue).It is all part of the countywide recy-cling/composting program.

Now to penalize the county’s sec-ond largest city because it refuses tofall in line with the county’s de-mands is ludicrous at best and child-ish at worst.

Whatever happened to negotiatedsettlements by adults where neitherside has all the right answers, and acombining of thoughts of all in-volved could come up with the bestsolution to recycling materials.

Both sides have the same aim —to increase recycling participationand slow down the growth of materi-als being landfilled. It is a good, ob-tainable goal.

But when petty politics and pettypersonalities have their way, nothinggets accomplished other than hardfeelings all around.

Let us stop this one-up-manshipcharade and get serious about de-es-calating this counterproductive warof words, and deeds.

This should not be about whichcounty or city official is right orwrong; good policy looks at the bigpicture, what is best for the entireconstituency, whether citywide orcountywide.

That is an admirable objective ofall around. Can we at least agree onthat?

— R.G.

County’s latest moveonly entrenches

city recycling positionOur view: County’s penalties to uncooperative

communities over recycling is counterproductive

Republicans voting ‘no’ meanslost opportunities for MinnesotansTo the Editor:

Thanks to Pat Tanchin for writinga letter to the editor regarding Rep.Glenn Gruenhagen’s vote against abonding bill that would have helpedto boost Minnesota’s economy(“Disappointed at Gruenhagen’s voteon bonding bill” June 12).

Instead, he and his fellow Repub-licans refused to even consider a billthat would have put 21,000 Min-nesotans to work and completedmuch-needed projects across thestate.

As the legislative session waswinding down, Gruenhagen did votefor a much smaller and inadequatebonding bill that put only a smallnumber of Minnesotans to work.

In a letter of response to Tanchin(“Legislature did pass bonding bill,just a smaller one” June 19), Gruen-hagen touted the fact that the smallerbill included money for the restora-tion of the Capitol, but ignored thefact that the bill did not take advan-

tage of interest rates that are now atan all-time low.

He also failed to mention thatneeded, but unfunded projects willbe back on the docket, costing tax-payers more next year, and that thiswas the right time to get blue-collarworkers back on the job.

In the past, Republicans and De-mocrats came together to build theinfrastructure that contributed toMinnesota’s success. Unfortunately,it seems that all current Republicanswant to say is “no.”

Even more unfortunate is that vot-ing “no” on the larger bonding billdenied well-paying jobs to far toomany Minnesotans, relegating themto unemployment and undercuttingthe state’s economy. Why? Becausefewer workers mean fewer tax dol-lars for the state and fewer peoplebuying goods from local dealers.Minnesotans deserve better.

Jan ConnerHutchinson

Comments confirm I was correct on assessmentsTo the Editor:

Councilmen’s comments confirm Iam correct about street assessments.

(Council member John) Schrupp,(City Administrator Mark) Larson,(Council member Dan) Perschauand the city engineer all made at-tempts to discredit what I wrote andsaid at the recent street assessmentshearing, “... street repairs were rou-tinely paid for by the city over thepast 50 years and not assessed toproperty owners.”

Every argument they used againstmy statement at the last Councilmeeting (printed in the June 19Chronicle) were in regard to assess-ments for new street construction orutilities.

Schrupp cited that I approved as-sessments while on the Council twotimes — once for new utility andonce for a new street with curb andgutter (my street which replaced

gravel!)Of course these kinds of projects

were and are assessable and shouldbe. The only exception may be ifthey provide no value to the abuttingproperty owner.

Regardless, this has nothing to dowith street repairs. The other com-ments from Larson and Perschauwere made in regard to developerspaying assessments for new streetswith curb and gutters.

Developers should pay this.Again, this has nothing to do withstreet repairs. “Repair” is defined as“to put in good condition again or acondition fit to be used.”

Think of shoes being repaired —it doesn’t mean you get new shoes!

The hearing we all attended wasin regard to the assessing homeown-ers for street repairs, not new streetdevelopment or adding utilities.

When I was on the Council, we

had a “street improvement fund,”which we used for the maintenanceof our streets; we did not assesshomeowners.

You can criticize me if I amwrong, but to say things to make meappear wrong is unacceptable.

As for our city engineer, should henot be spending his time makingsure our streets are properly main-tained to maximize their conditionand longevity? Our City Council is,and should be, responsible for the fi-nancial decisions and presentation,not the city engineer.

And, because of our city’s deci-sion to not prioritize the mainte-nance of our streets, they have jeop-ardized the funds for street repairsand maintenance, among other cityneeds.

Gary BallardGlencoe

Guest column:

Project open house June 28In recent weeks, I have had

the privilege to speak to sev-eral people about the buildingproject. As a school, we havehad more conversations aboutthis as our needs have notgone away.

A reminder to everyone isthat this project is driven bythe needs at the Helen Bakerfacility. It is old and outdated,and while I am the first to saythe education the students aregetting is second to none, itcould be better if our facili-ties were better.

We need space for our stu-dents, not only from a class-room standpoint, but from anactivity, library, multi/flexiblelearning space standpoint aswell.

The other driving force be-hind the project is the needfor more classroom, activityand locker room space at thehigh school. As wonderful asour field house is, we needmore space for our studentsand community members.

This project will allow thedistrict to save money intransportation, lawn andsnow maintenance, but mostimportantly, it will allow ourschool to have the flexiblelearning spaces our studentsneed to have.

This project has so muchpotential for the learning op-portunities that it makes thepossibilities very exciting.From a safety standpoint, we

need secure entrances in ourbuildings and the project willalso address this need.

This project is still verymuch in the conversationstage. With that in mind, Iwould like to invite anyonewho is interested to stop by aquestion/answer session,somewhat like an openhouse, at the high school au-ditorium on Friday, June 28,starting at noon and goinguntil 1 p.m. or so.

The concept behind this isif people are interested, theycan stop in during their lunchhour to ask questions. Laterin July, we will schedule anevening meeting for thosethat couldn’t attend June 28.

Shifting gears a little toshare some of the successeswe’ve had at GSL this pastyear. It is truly amazing whatour students and staff aredoing — state Knowledge

Bowl champs, second placestate trapshooting team (in itsfirst year), robotics teamcompleting a first successfulyear, and we are developing aFarm-to-School program thatwill link school to communi-ty, to name a few.

There are many examplesof success in the classroom,such as positive improve-ments in our ICU program,increased usage in ECL (En-rich, Challenge, Learn) ourafterschool study program,increases in test scores andproven programs such as Ol-weus and RtI implemented inour schools. As you can see,great things are happening atGSL and will continue to doso.

Other exciting news: con-struction has started at Lin-coln on the Early ChildhoodLearning Center. In a shortsix months, we will have anew facility for ECFE/ECSEand School Readiness.

This is very exciting andwelcomed. While it doesn’tfix all of our facility needs, itis going to be a wonderfulspace for our youngest learn-ers. Please be very carefuland aware when and aroundLincoln during construction.

Until next time, enjoy thesummer days as they are al-ready getting shorter inlength, which means the startof school is getting closer andcloser!

SuperintendentBy Chris Sonju

At its quarterly meeting inFebruary, the Berean BaptistChurch congregation ap-proved a writing challenge,and encouraged all who at-tend Berean to participate.The deadline was thechurch’s annual meeting inMay.

The winners of the writingchallenge were selected dur-ing the church’s anniversarycelebration in June.

The goal of the writingchallenge was “the messageof the Gospel,” and submis-sions were limited to 1,000words or less.

Berean Baptist Church wasfounded on June 5, 1985, andfirst met at the former Glen-

haven building, which cur-rently houses the county’snursing and social services.

In 1988, the churchpurchsed the former St.George’s Catholic Church atHennepin Avenue and 16thStreet.

The name Berean was cho-sen by the congregationbased upon a single portionof scripture in Acts 17:10-11.That very night the believerssent Paul and Silas to Berea.When they arrived there, theywent to the Jewish syna-gogue. And the people ofBerea were more open-mind-ed than those in Thessalonicaand they listened eagerly toPaul’s message. They

searched the Scriptures dayafter day to see if Paul andSilas were teaching thetruth.”

The goal of the writingchallenge is to present theGospel in the clearest possi-ble language, helping thereader to understand themeaning of the Gospel.

Three judges were appoint-ed who had no affiliationwith the church.

The top selection was byGary Carter of Glencoe. An-other of the top pieces wassubmitted by Tim Casey. Atotal of 14 submissions werereceived.

The winning submission isas follows:

Berean challenges itsparishioners to write

By Gary CarterGlencoe

When I think of salvationand my walk with the Lord,two words come to mind.

The first word is hope. Thisis not just wistful dreaming ofwhat could be, but the Lordrefers to hope as a promise ofwhat will be.

We have hope/promise inthe Word of God (Rom 15:4,Col 1:23), hope in the powerof the Holy Spirit (Rom15:13), hope in Christ (1Th 1:3and 1Tim 1:1). We have thehope of Eternal Life (1Th 5:8,Titus 1:2 and 3:7) , hope ofrighteousness (Gal 5:5) , andhope in return of Christ (Titus2:13). We know that hope issteadfast (2Cor 1:7), allows usto be bold (2Cor 3:12) and in-creases our faith (2Cor 10:15).

I grew up in a home wheremy father dropped out ofschool after the eighth gradeduring the Depression to helpsupport his family. This lack ofeducation combined with alco-holism led our family into astate of poverty.

As a child I had no hope ei-ther economically or spiritual-ly since neither of my parentshad any interest in the Lord orin attending church.

But as the Lord often does,since he wants something bet-ter for us, He brought individu-als into my life to make a dif-ference.

First, He brought two teach-ers who showed me there wasa path out of poverty, that Icould attend college.

Second, and more impor-tantly, He brought a pastor intomy life. This young pastorwould stop on the way tochurch and pack me and mybrothers in the car with hisfamily. Those were days whenyou didn’t have to have a seatbelt for each passenger.

He also acted as a surrogatefather to me. The care heshowed eventually led me totrust the Lord as my Savior.

The second word is peace.This is internal peace knowingthat your future is secure withthe Lord. This security allowsus to face the day to day strug-gles that often times occur andto keep our eyes focused onthe future. This peace comes tous from God and Jesus Christ

(Jn 14:27, Jn 16:33, Rom 1:7,Rom 5:1). It is also one of thefruits of the Holy Spirit (Gal5:22). This peace from Godpasses all understanding (Phil4:7).

During my military career, Isurvived two helicopter crash-es. During the second one, Ithought I would not survive.But as I was preparing for im-pact, I did not experience fear,but only peace knowing thatmy future was secure in theLord.

I know that the Lord hassome additional purpose forme since our entire crewwalked away from the crash.

I have faced many chal-lenges in life, but with the in-ternal peace I have receivedfrom God was able to navigatepast these. I am looking for-ward to what He has in storefor me in the future.

Two words, Hope and Peace in my walk with the Lord

Noga pleadsguilty forhaving sexwith students

McLEOD COUNTY —Stephen Noga, 29, ofHutchinson, pleaded guilty totwo counts of criminal sexualconduct that involved twodifferent students at NewCentury Academy and NewDiscoveries MontessoriAcademy in April 2011,where Noga worked, theHutchinson Leader reported.

Noga has been in custodysince March 14 and is sched-uled to be sentenced July 9.

Administratorbegins duties

ARLINGTON — LizaDonabauer recently beganher duties as the new Arling-ton city administrator, TheArlington Enterprise report-ed. Donabauer, who replacesMatt Jaunich, comes to Ar-lington from Clearwater,Kan., where she was the cityclerk for nearly two years.Donabauer and her husband,Jeremy, have two children.

Happenings

School meeting set FridayGlencoe-Silver Lake Superintendent Chris Sonju an-

nounced a community meeting will be held for anyoneinterested in the school’s proposed building project. Themeeting will be at noon, Friday, June 28, in the highschool auditorium. Sonju said this is an opportunity forthe public to “ask questions, get feedback and understandthe thought process of the latest designs.” He stressed thelatest designs are simply ideas, and not official designs.

Froemmings to entertainGrand Meadows Senior Living, 1420 Prairie Ave.,

Glencoe, will host Music by the Pond on Thursday, June27, at 6:30 p.m. Featured entertainment is by the Froem-ming Family from Grove City. Visitors are encouraged tobring lawn chairs or blankets and to enter through thefront doors of the building. Refreshments will be served.Come rain or shine. Call 320-864-5577 with questions.

Glencoe seniors to meetThe Glencoe Senior Citizens group will meet at 12:30

p.m., Thursday, June 27, at the senior room in the Glen-coe City Center. The group will play 500 and Sheephead,and all area senior citizens are invited to attend. The clubalso will meet at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 2, for cardplaying.

GHS class of 1947 to reuniteThe Glencoe High School graduating class of 1947

will get together for its 66-year reunion at 11:30 a.m.,Thursday, June 27, at Unhinged! Pizza in Glencoe. Allmembers are urged to attend.

Glencoe Sportsmen to meetThe Glencoe Sportsmen Club will meet at 7:30 p.m.,

Monday, July 1, in the Glencoe VFW Club meetingroom.

Cobs & Pods golf tourney setThe Nicollet/Sibley County Corn and Soybean Grow-

ers are hosting its 13th annual Cobs & Pods Golf Tourna-ment on Wednesday, July 10, at the Winthrop GolfCourse. Three rounds of nine holes will be held at 9:30a.m., noon and 3 p.m. This is a “best ball tournament.”Call Sue at 507-237-4100 for more information.

Church, BSAto separate

WINSTED — The HeraldJournal reported that St.John’s Lutheran Church inWinsted is separating itselffrom the Boy Scouts ofAmerica (BSA), effectiveJan. 1, after the national or-ganization adopted its newpolicy opening membershipto homosexual youths. “Sex-uality has never been, norshould ever be, a part ofscouting,” said the Rev. MarkLoder, who also served as ascout leader.

Chief earnssuspension

ARLINGTON — Arling-ton Police Chief BruceRovinsky was suspended oneday without pay by the Ar-lington City Council after hewas found in contempt ofcourt on June 3. The Arling-ton Enterprise reportedRovinsky received a subpoe-na to testify in district courton a civil matter, but failed toappear.


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Rainy weather has delayedthe start of construction ofBrownton’s natural gas utili-ty, but it was expected to getunder way Tuesday of thisweek.

John Rodeberg, an engi-neer with Short Elliot Hen-drickson (SEH), Inc., gave anupdate on the project to acrowd of city residents Mon-day evening.

Michels Corporation ofBrownsville, Wis., whichwon the bid for the project,will start with the construc-tion of a border station toconnect with the gas main atUnited Grain Systems, north-west of Brownton, and theconstruction of the gas mainswithin the city.

Work will be done in quad-rants, starting in the northeastsection of the city, proceedingto the southeast, then thesouthwest, then the north-west. The city is quartered bythe intersection of DivisionStreet and Fifth AvenueNorth.

“Residential service hook-up will probably start in mid-August,” said Rodeberg.Once the hook-ups in eachquarter have been tested,service will begin.

It is hoped to have allhook-ups done by November,Rodeberg said.

A representative fromMichels said there is a finan-cial penalty if the work isn’tdone on time.

Rodeberg said about 170service agreements have beenturned in. There is a deadlineof July 1 if residents wanttheir hook-up fee — which is

about $800 for the serviceline and meter — waived.Anyone who signs a serviceagreement must have the nat-ural gas in use by July 1,2014, which gives residentsabout a year to do any con-verting that they need to.

“If you have (LP) gas thatyou need to burn up, you cancertainly do that,” said Rode-berg.

Rodeberg also said therehas been some misinforma-tion given by some heatingand plumbing contractorsabout 2-pound pressure linesvs. quarter-pound pressurelines for gas lines insidehomes and businesses.

Those who have LP cur-rently have 2-pound lines, butHutchinson Utilities, which isselling natural gas to the cityand also is providing operat-ing and maintenance support,requires quarter-pound lines.

The issue, Rodebergstressed, is safety.

“It’s an unsafe pressure,”Rodeberg said of the 2-poundpressure. “If there is a leak ora problem, it’s much worsewith 2-pound pressure thanquarter-pound, because it fillsyour home faster.”

Most in-home lines willneed to be moved or re-placed, any way, Rodebergsaid, because the meters willhave to be on either the frontor side of the house.

“You’ll probably have toredo your lines, any way, be-cause most natural gas appli-ances use quarter-pound(pressure),” Rodeberg said.

Rodeberg also said thatsome contractors may offer tomodify appliances to accom-modate 2-pound pressure, or

in the case of LP waterheaters, to convert to naturalgas.

“You do not want to dothat,” Rodeberg said. “It’ssafer to do it right. We don’twant to get calls of smells ofgas all over and have issuescome up. We want to do thisright, especially now that thecity has some liability in-volved.”

Rodeberg also said that in-stalling 2-pound lines is notan option in residentialhomes, although they couldbe used for commercial pur-poses.

All inside work also willrequire a city building permit,at a cost of $49.50, to coverinspection of the work, whichis required before natural gasservice is established in resi-dences.

Rodeberg also explainedthat in most of the city, natu-ral gas lines will be installedin the boulevard, to avoid thepotential crossing of otherutility services, such as sani-tary sewer, water, telephoneand cable, which are typicallylocated in the alleys.

Meters will be placed oneither the front or side of thehouse, and will be read elec-tronically by HutchinsonUtilities, with the informationthen being forwarded to thecity for utility billing.

Ella Kruse, Brownton cityclerk, said that once cus-tomers establish a “baseline”of use, the city will be able topro-rate, or spread out, costsso that customers aren’t hithard in the winter months onheating bills.

Rodeberg said most ques-tions residents have are about

how to pay for converting ap-pliances. Present at the meet-ing were two representativesfrom the Center for Energyand Environment (CEE), anon-profit foundation thatprovides low-interest (2.99percent) loans for up to$10,000.

Brenda Yaritz of CEE saidthat most loan applicationswill be either approved or de-clined within a day, and ma-terials were passed out to theresidents present about thefoundation and its programs.


John Glawe of Glencoeand John Siewert ofGaylord were honored

for their volunteer effortswith Trailblazer Transit at itsannual appreciation dinnerand training held June 11 inGlencoe.

Glawe, a volunteer driverwith Trailblazer Transit since2002, was given the HorizonAward. The Horizon Award isgiven to a “volunteer driverwho has gone above and be-yond the call of duty time andtime again in a selfless andcompassionate manner to as-sist customers” during theyear.

Glawe said he began vol-unteering with Trailblazerafter he retired in 2002.

“I was 621⁄2 years old, and Iwas looking for something todo,” said Glawe. “I didn’twant to work full time.”

Volunteering as a Trailblaz-er driver seemed to be perfectfor Glawe, who has stuckwith the two-county trans-portation service for 11 years.

“It’s very flexible,” saidGlawe. “I can take rides if Iwant, and if I don’t want to, Ican say ‘no, thanks.’ It’s per-fect for someone who’s re-tired.”

In fact, the job is so flexi-

ble that not only can Glaweturn down individual rides, hecan head south for a fewmonths in the winter if hechooses.

“You can come back afterthree or four months and pickup like you never left,” saidGlawe.

But while the flexibility isimportant, Glawe said he en-joys volunteering for otherreasons as well.

“You meet a lot of people,hear a lot of interesting sto-ries, see a lot of interestingplaces, and you get aroundthe countryside,” said Glawe.

Volunteers can take thosewho do not drive to doctorand other appointments, andGlawe has been all aroundthe state.

“It’s rewarding,” Glawesaid. “you get a chance tohear a lot of life stories. Trail-blazer has done very well byme.”

Siewert received Trailblaz-er’s Voyageur Award, whichgoes to a volunteer driver“who has gone above and be-yond the call of duty in thenumber of service miles,service hours, trips and one-way rides” provided during acalendar year.

Siewert has been a volun-teer driver with Trailblazersince July 2010, and has

completed 615 one-way ridesduring 230 trips. He volun-teered 5441⁄2 hours and drove18,095 miles as a Trailblazerdriver in 2012.

Siewert said he volunteeredfor Trailblazer at the sugges-tion of his wife, Mavis.

Mavis Siewert had been avolunteer driver, but brokeher wrist and had to stopdriving, and suggested herhusband look into it.

“So I went and checked itout and took the test, and therest is history, I guess,” saidJohn Siewert.

Like Glawe, Siewert enjoysthe flexibility of the job. Heis busy on Tuesday morningswith the Sertoma Club, andon Wednesdays he is a carrierfor The Gaylord Hub.

“If you can’t take a ride,you just say so,” said Siewert.“You can really just take the

trips you want.”Siewert worked for the

Post Office for 29 years, “andthat really made me kind of apeople person, and you reallyget to meet a lot of people inthis job, and you’re stilldoing a little bit of good forthem.”

Last year, 14 Trailblazervolunteer drivers completed atotal of 4,480 one-way rideson 1,958 trips. The drivers

volunteered 5,9423⁄4 servicehours and drove 169,819.3service miles.

Those interested in learningmore about the volunteerdriver program can call Trail-blazer Transit at 1-888-743-3828, or visit its website atwww.trailblazer.com, andclick on the “Volunteer Driv-er Program” tab on the left-hand side of the home page.

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Kermit Terlinden, left, vice chair of the TrailblazerTransit Joint Powers Board, presented John Glawe ofGlencoe with the Horizon Award at Trailblazer’s an-nual volunteer appreciation dinner on June 11.

Trailblazer honors volunteers at annual appreciation dinner

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John Siewert of Gaylord, right, received TrailblazerTransit’s Voyageur Award from Joint Powers BoardVice Chair Kermit Terlinden at the volunteer apprecia-tion dinner on June 11.

Work begins this week onBrownton natural gas utility

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Graduation presentsEach year, the ladies of Immanuel Luther-an Church in New Auburn present gradu-ating seniors with a blanket. Presentingthis year’s blankets were Almira Polzinand Lois Dahlke. Graduating from Sibley

East were Austin Frauendienst, MorganSetterman and Brandon Becker. Graduat-ing from Glencoe-Silver Lake wereZachary Dahlke, Kyle Polzin and TrentonDraeger.


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Wendy Marie Kruschke,58, of Litchfield, died Friday,June 7, 2013, at the MeekerMemorial Hospital in Litch-field.

A memorial service washeld Monday, June 17, atZion Lutheran Church inLitchfield. Burial was in St.Peter’s Cemetery in LesterPrairie.

Wendy Marie Kruschke,daughter of Ruben and Eve-lyn (Michaletz) Kruschke,was born Feb. 26, 1955. Shelived in various places beforesettling in Litchfield 32 yearsago.

She worked at Proworkswhile she lived in Litchfield.She attended church and

Bible study at Zion LutheranChurch and Jesus Cares at St.Paul’s Evangelical LutheranChurch. She enjoyed animalsand going to camp. She wasespecially fond of having funwith her friends throughmusic, singing and dancing.

Miss Kruschke is survivedby her father, Ruben (Ruth)Kruschke of Glencoe; andsisters, Julie (Mark)

Schweitzer of Burnsville andDiane (Tom) Rifkin ofBloomington; niece Kali andnephew Adam.

She was preceded in deathby her mother, Evelyn Kr-uschke.

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Obituaries

Dennis W. Mielke, 72, of CologneA Mass of Christian Burial

for Dennis W. Mielke, 72, ofCologne, was held Tuesday,June 25, at St. Bernard’sCatholic Church in Cologne.The Rev. Gergory Abbott wasthe celebrant of the Mass.

Mr. Mielke died FridayJune 21, 2013, at his home.

Pallbearers were DuaneWolff, Fred Beier, AugieKreye, Larry Scherber,Duane Lind, Virgil Hedtkeand Dale Farber. Intermentwas in the church cemetery.

Mr. Mielke was born June23, 1940, in Watertown, toWillmar A. and Sarah E.(Templin) Mielke.

On April 30, 1960, Mr.Mielke was united in mar-riage to Mary Salden at St.Bernard’s Catholic Church inCologne. Mrs. Mielke diedFeb. 22, 1991.

On March 22, 1993, Mr.Mielke was united in mar-riage to Doris Cebulla inGlencoe.

Mr. Mielke was known andloved for his individualism,his sense of humor and hisloyalty to family and friends.

After graduating from highschool, he joined the Navyand developed his passion forthe air and the sea. He re-turned to Carver County to

manage his family farm, put-ting innovations into placethat later became acceptedpractices.

Without hesitation, heswitched careers midlife andbecame a successful realtor.He had an adventurous spiritand loved piloting his planeand captaining his belovedboats. He was very proud tobecome a “Winter Texan,”enjoying his winters in SouthPadre, Texas. It was morethan just the warm tempera-tures and the cool waters ofthe Gulf that he appreciated.He saw himself in the bold,individualist, frontier mental-ity that to him personified thespirit of Texas.

Survivors include his lov-ing family, wife Doris; chil-dren, Cheryl (Colin) Robert-son of Lagrang, Ill., Tim(Debra) Mielke of Wheaton,Ill., Barry (Susan) Mielke ofLester Prairie, Robin (Kirk)Ney of Omaha, Neb., JulieCebulla and friend, EddieLeggenhager, of Texas, andJohn and Jimi Cebulla ofTexas; grandchildren, IanRobertson, Sean Robertson,Matthew Mielke, NicholasMielke, Anthony Mielke,Erin Mielke, Alex Mielke,Ellen Mielke, Anna Mielke,

Evelyn Mielke, Laura Ney,Kayla Ney, Juliana Cebulla,Victoria Cebulla and Christi-na Cebulla; great-grand-daughter, Sentina Mielke;brother and sisters-in-law,Dean and Joan Mielke ofMidlothian, Va., and JackieMielke of Plymouth; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law,Roseann and Larry Schabelof Iowa, Kathy and MikeBergmann of Walker,Michele and Clarence Hudin-ski of Chaska, and Williamand Dawn Salden ofCologne; mother-in-law, Lor-raine Kelzer of Waconia; sis-ters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Carol Kelzer of Iowa,Joe and Debbie Kelzer ofMayer, Paul and Kathy Kelz-er of St. Louis Park, Jerry andLora Kelzer of Waconia, Johnand Marcie Kelzer of Ran-dall, Donna Herman of Chas-ka, and Ron and Julie Kelzerof Mayer; nieces, nephewsother relatives and friends.

Preceding him in deathwere his wife, Mary Mielke;parents, Willmar and SarahMielke; and brother, AlanMielke.

Arrangements were withthe Johnson Funeral Home inWaconia. www.johnsonfh.com.

Wendy M. Kruschke, 58, of Litchfield

Deaths

LouiseHerrmann,82, of NYA

Louise Herrmann, 82, ofNorwood Young America,died Saturday, June 22, 2013,at Abbott Northwestern Hos-pital in Minneapolis.

Funeral services will beheld today (Wednesday, June26), at 11 a.m., at All SaintsLutheran Church in NYA.

Visitation was held Tues-day, June 25, and will contin-ue at the church on Wednes-day one hour prior to theservice. Interment will be inthe Forest Hill Cemetery.

Arrangements are with thePaul-McBride FuneralChapel of NYA. An onlineguest book is available atwww.hantge.com.

20 Browntonseniors meton Monday

Twenty Brownton seniorcitizens met Monday, June24, at the community center.

Cards were played afterthe meeting with the follow-ing winners: 500, Norma Al-brecht, first, and GladysRickert, second; pinochle,Ruby Streich, first, and BettyKatzenmeyer, second; andsheephead, Lil Lindeman,first, and Lowell Brelje, sec-ond.

Norma Albrecht served re-freshments. Elmer Maasswon the door prize.

People

Daughter born to Elsner familyTim and Ashley Elsner of Prior Lake announce the

birth of their daughter, Abigail Samantha, on May 29,2013, at Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville. Abigailweighed 10 pounds and was 21-1/2 inches in length. Herolder brother is Tyler. Grandparents are Christi and BobJackson of Shakopee and Kelly and Todd Loose of PriorLake. Great-grandparents are Bev and Loren Sievert ofGlencoe.

Schreifels on dean’s listLeah Schreifels of Glencoe was named to the spring

semester dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-RiverFalls. Schreifels is majoring in mathematics.

Daughter born to NeubarthsRyan and Micky Neubarth of Glencoe announce the

birth of their daughter, Emerson Marie, on June 10, 2013,at Glencoe Regional Health Services. Emerson weighed9 pounds, 13 ounces, and was 20-3/4 inches long. Herolder sibling is Harper. Grandparents are MelindaSamuelson of Hutchinson and Dale and RachelleNeubarth of Arlington. Great-grandmothers are BerdinaPetzel of Arlington and Alice Goehring of Willmar.

Holy Trinity honors namedWinsted Holy Trinity announced the following local

students to its fourth-quarter honor rolls: “A” honors:Brandon Schlagel, senior, son of Art and Deb Schlagel ofSilver Lake; “B” honors: Steph Hoffmann, eighth grade,daughter of Tom and Bev Hoffmann of Silver Lake; Eve-lyn Penas, eighth grade, daughter of Bob and Peni Penasof Silver Lake; Eric Klima, senior, son of Jim and KariKlima of Silver Lake; and Craig Wosmek, senior, son ofBrian and Wendy Wosmek of Glencoe.

Schauers announce birthKarl and Tina Schauer of Glencoe announce the birth

of their son, Grant Karl, on June 11, 2013, at GlencoeRegional Health Services. Grant weighed 10 pounds, 8ounces, and was 22 inches in length. His older sister isAshley. Grandparents are Gary and Sharon Schauer ofGlencoe, Dale Hurni of Princeton and the late Deb Hurni.

Thomas among GA graduatesJoseph Thomas of Glencoe was among the spring grad-

uates of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. Thomasmajored in music.

Son born to ProchaskasJason and Christine Prochaska of Hutchinson announce

the birth of their son, Urban Frank, on June 12, 2013, atGlencoe Regional Health Services. Urban weighed 7pounds, 6 ounces, and was 19-3/4 inches long. His oldersister is June. Grandparents are Larry and Linda Prochas-ka of Silver Lake and Paul and Sharon Nelson of Litch-field.

Son born to Maresh familyLuke and Amanda Maresh of Silver Lake announce the

birth of their son, Cooper Daniel, on June 15, 2013, atGlencoe Regional Health Services. Cooper weighed 7pounds, 5 ounces, and was 21-1/2 inches in length.Grandparents are Robert and Kathy Maresh of SilverLake and Daniel and Julie Oachs of Herman.

Daughter born to HellersNick and Sarah Heller of Hutchinson announce the

birth of their daughter, Kendall Kathleen, on June 19,2013, at Hutchinson Health. Kendall weighed 7 pounds,12 ounces, and was 20 inches long. Her older siblings areMadyson and Aiden. Grandparents are Larry and AndreaHeller of Hutchinson and Jerry and Kathy Ewert of Stew-art. Great-grandfather is Jerome Ewert Sr. of Stewart.

Daughter bornto Hutchinsoncouple June 12

Ashley Stoeckman andMatthew Theis of Hutchin-son announce the birth oftheir daughter, MakennanAnn Theis, on June 12, 2013,at Glencoe Regional HealthServices. Makennan weighed7 pounds, 13 ounces, andwas 20-1/2 inches long. Herolder siblings are Haidynneand Bentlee Theis. Grandpar-ents are Kari Turan of Kaso-ta, Dennis Stoeckman ofGreen Isle and Mark Theis ofWaveland, Miss.

Thomas, Qualeon dean’s list

Gustavus Adolphus Col-lege in St. Peter announcedthe following area students toits 2013 spring dean’s list:Alexis Quale and JosephThomas, both of Glencoe.


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Memorial services forMary Jane Ellen Trutna, 71,of Battle Lake, were held Sat-urday, June 22, at Eagle LakeLutheran Church in rural Bat-tle Lake.The Rev.Jim Gron-beck offici-ated.

M r s .Trutna losther coura-geous battlewith cancerand diedM o n d a y ,June 17, 2013, at her homenear Battle Lake.

Mary Jane Ellen Trnka wasborn Jan. 16, 1942, in Glen-coe, to James and LillianTrnka. She was baptized andconfirmed in the PresbyterianChurch in Silver Lake andgraduated from Glencoe HighSchool in 1960.

On Dec. 20, 1958, MaryJane was united in marriageto Lyman Trutna in SilverLake. Their marriage wasblessed with two children,Kevin and Connie. After theirmarriage they lived in SilverLake, Glencoe, Young Ameri-ca, Wood Lake and Bird Is-land, retiring to their Clither-all Lake home by Battle Lakein 1997.

During the 30 years theylived in Wood Lake, Mrs.Trutna served on the schoolboard, drove school bus, wasan EMT, was involved in or-ganizing the Wood Lake Res-cue Squad and played softballon the town league for 25years.

While in Bird Island, shedrove bus for the BOLDSchool District and was em-ployed as an aide in a localgroup home.

After moving to BattleLake, she continued to drivebus and drove until May2012. She took great pride indriving bus and enjoyedwatching her (school bus)kids grow over the years.

She enjoyed their lakehome, doing yard work,watching for the loons to ar-rive each spring, fishing andcommandeering the eveningfish fry for her husband, chil-dren, grandchildren and anyfamily or friends that werevisiting, as well as enjoyingthe sunset and watching hermany animal friends.

She was a member of theEagle Lake Lutheran Church.

Survivors include her hus-band, Lyman; son, Kevin(Carrie) Trutna of Maynard;daughter, Connie (Brian)Hanson of West Fargo, N.D.;

three grandchildren; sevenstep-grandchildren, and sev-eral step-great grandchildren;two sisters, Lillie Ann (Har-lan) Voight of Green Isle andJoann (Jeff) Jamieson of Pen-sacola, Fla.; one brother, Ray(Lorraine) Trnka of ConchasDam, N.M.; a sister-in-law,Marlys Trnka of Glencoe;and 14 nieces and nephews,numerous relatives andfriends.

Preceding her in deathwere her parents, James andLillian Trnka; sister, Delma

Rozeski; and brother, TedTrnka.

Memorials preferred to theLake Region Cancer Careand Research Center or Lake-land Regional Hospice.

Interment was in MountPleasant Cemetery, Clitherall.

Glende-Nilson FuneralHome, Battle Lake, handledarrangements. Condolencescan be made by going towww.GlendeNilson.com.

Obituaries A memorial service forJoAnn Kay Jackson, 69, ofHutchinson, was held Tues-day, June 25, at the Dobratz-Hantge Funeral Chapel inHutchinson.The Rev.D a n i e lWelch offi-ciated.

M r s .J a c k s o ndied Friday,June 21,2013, at theG l e n c o eR e g i o n a lHealth Services long-termcare center in Glencoe.

The organist was Paul Otte,and soloist Matthew Lobersang “The Lord’s Prayer.”Congregational hymns were“Amazing Grace” and “HowGreat Thou Art.” Specialmusic was “One Day at aTime.”

Urn bearers were hergrandchildren, Lance Sev-erin, Angie Johnson, JessicaJackson, Andy Rohlik, Cas-sandra Jackson, Kyle Sev-erin, Megan Rohlik, HollyJackson, Victoria Lober andJustin Raduenz. Intermentwas in the Bird Island CityCemetery.

JoAnn Kay Gunderson wasborn July 2, 1943, in Olivia,to Marvin and Mildred (Buh-man) Gunderson. She wasbaptized as an infant and con-firmed in her faith as a youth

on June 23, 1957, both at OurSavior’s Lutheran Church inBird Island. She attendedBird Island High School.

JoAnn Gunderson wasunited in marriage to EugeneL. Dettmann. This marriagewas blessed with threedaughters, Charlene, Susanand Laurie. They resided inHutchinson.

She was united in marriageto Kenneth Jackson. Thismarriage was blessed withtwo children, Dixie andMichael. The Jacksonsresided in Danube. Mrs. Jack-son later moved to Hutchin-son.

Mrs. Jackson was em-ployed at Tonka Toys inMound and Olivia HealthCare as a housekeeper. Sheretired in 1995.

Mrs. Jackson was a mem-ber of Our Savior’s LutheranChurch in Bird Island. Shealso was a member of Alco-holics Anonymous (AA) ofHutchinson. She volunteeredat the Renville County Out-reach Center for Victims ofDomestic Violence.

She enjoyed camping withher family, country music,going to garage sales andtraveling with her girlfriends.She especially enjoyedspending time with her fami-ly, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and friends.

Survivors include her for-mer husband, Kenneth Jack-

son of Cedar Crest in Cos-mos; children, Charlene(Matthew) Lober of Juneau,Wis., Susan (Les) Severin ofHutchinson, Laurie (James)Rohlik of Hutchinson, Dixie(Danny) Raduenz of Glencoe,and Michael Jackson ofHutchinson; grandchildren,Lance (Ann) Severin, Angie(Josh) Johnson, Jessica Jack-son, Andy Rohlik, CassandraJackson, Kyle (Kelly) Sev-erin, Megan Rohlik, HollyJackson, Victoria Lober, andJustin Raduenz; great-grand-children, Carter Johnson,Landon Kirchmeier, MauerBeavens, and baby Jacksondue in October 2013; stepsis-ter, Linda Richardson of Min-neapolis; aunt, KatherineBuhman of Hutchinson;cousin, Darlene (LeRoy)Karg of Hutchinson; manynieces, nephews, other rela-tives and friends.

Preceding her in deathwere her mother, Mildred,and step-father, GlennGraves; father, Marvin Gun-derson; great-grandson,Jameson Jackson; stepsister,Regina Birkholz; uncles, EarlBuhman and Leland Buh-man; and cat, Thomas.

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

JoAnn K. Jackson, 69, of Hutchinson

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A Mass of Christian Burialfor Marilyn Ann “Lovey”Jurek, 80, of Silver Lake, washeld Saturday, June 15, atHoly Family Catholic Churchin SilverLake. TheRev. PatrickO k o n k w owas the cel-ebrant

M r s .Jurek diedT u e s d a y ,June 11,2013.

Pallbear-ers were Keith Schade, JamesMahon, Richard Jurek, ScottJurek, Michael Rannow andDuane Schade. Interment wasat Holy Family Cemetery.

Marilyn Ann Schade wasborn June 4, 1933, in Glen-coe, to William and Adela(Arlt) Schade.

On May 19, 1956, MarilynAnn Schade and James P.Jurek were joined in holymarriage at the rectory of St.

George Catholic Church inGlencoe by the Rev. Skoblic.God blessed their marriagewith three children.

She was formerly em-ployed as a cook at TheGallery Restaurant in SilverLake.

She enjoyed spending timewith her family, gardening,traveling, cooking, campingnear Villard and at The Vil-lage at Detroit Lakes for 40years during the Fourth ofJuly.

Mrs. Jurek was a faithfulmember of Holy FamilyCatholic Church in SilverLake, where she and Jimmywere longtime greeters. Shealso belonged to the RosarySociety, CCW and to the Sil-ver Lake American LegionPost 141 Auxiliary.

Survivors include her lov-ing husband of 57 years,James P. “Jimmy” Jurek;children, Douglas (Lynn)Jurek of Victoria, Susan (Ger-ald Vasek) Jurek of Silver

Lake and Michael (Chaz)Jurek of Northwood, N.D.;grandchildren, Aaron (Bren-da) Jurek, Justin Jurek(Katie), EmmaLee and Lau-ren Jurek; sisters, Gloria(Moe) Mahon of Glencoe andGertrude Listrud of Dalbo; abrother, Donald (Donna)Schade of Glencoe; sister-in-law, Mabel Schade of Glen-coe; brother-in-law and sis-ter-in-law, Ernie and MaryAnn Jurek of Silver Lake;many other relatives andfriends.

Preceding her in deathwere her parents; an infantsister, Delores Schade; broth-ers, Willard and ClarenceSchade; and her father-in-lawand mother-in-law, James andBarbara Jurek.

In lieu of flowers, memori-als are preferred.

The Maresh Funeral Homein Silver Lake served thefamily. Online condolencesmay be made at www.mareshfuneralhome.com.

Marilyn Ann Jurek, 80, of Silver Lake

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A memorial service forMelvin Carl Schmeling, 86,of Glencoe, was held Tues-day, June 25, at Good Shep-herd Lutheran Church inG l e n c o e .The Rev.James F.Gomez of-ficiated.

M r .Schmelingdied Thurs-day, June20, 2013, atthe Glen-coe Re-g i o n a lH e a l t hServices.

Serving as urn bearerswere Shirley Troska and RaySchmeling. Serving as hon-orary urn bearers were hisgrandchildren. Interment wasin the Glencoe City Cemeterywith military honors providedby the Glencoe American Le-gion Post 95 and the GlencoeVFW Post 5102.

Mr. Schmeling was bornJuly 16, 1926, in AcomaTownship, McLeod County,to Carl and Mabel (Monroe)Schmeling. He was baptizedon April 13, 1927, at Im-manuel Lutheran Church inAcoma Township by the Rev.Gervusius Fisher. He wasconfirmed in the Christianfaith on Oct. 26, 1941, at St.Paul Lutheran Church inFoley by the Rev. ArthurBeck. Mr. Schmeling attend-ed the Foley High School.

Mr. Schmeling enlisted inthe U.S. Navy on Jan. 21,1944, and served duringWorld War II aboard thecruiser USS Cleveland andthe USS Manchester. He re-ceived his honorable dis-charge on July 12, 1947. He

was awarded the VictoryMedal, Asiatic Pacific Medal,Philippine Liberation Medaland seven campaign stars.

On July 19, 1947, Mr.Schmeling was united in mar-riage with Lorretta Jenneke atFirst Lutheran Church inGlencoe by the Rev. EdgarStreufert. He suffered thedeath of his wife, Lorretta, inApril 1976. Mr. Schmelingwas married to Joan Ballmanon May 28, 1977, at St. Peterand Paul Catholic Church inGlencoe, by the Rev. MichaelO’Connor.

Mr. Schmeling alwaysworked as a grocer in Glen-coe and retired from Lee’sSuper Valu.

He was a member of Glen-coe VFW Post 5102 andAmerican Legion Post 95, apast member of the GlencoeLions, and a volunteer forMeals On Wheels. He hadserved on various committeesfor both church and commu-nity, helping whenever therewas need.

Mr. Schmeling enjoyedcooking and baking, garden-ing, playing cards, fishingand hunting. He loved tospend free time woodworkingor visiting with fellow hobby-ists about their projects.

He will be remembered forhis loving and giving person-ality who cherished the timespent with his family.

Survivors include his lov-ing family, wife JoanSchmeling of Glencoe;daughter, Shirley Troska(special friend Dennis Dusos-ki) of Glencoe; son anddaughter-in-law, Ray andLinette Schmeling of Glen-coe; stepchildren and theirspouses, Ron Ballman ofGlencoe, Kim and Myron

Schuette of Glencoe, Jeff andJo Ballman of Glencoe, Brianand Karen Ballman of Glen-coe, Lisa and Don Miller ofPlato, and Rachel and TroyAlsleben of Brownton;grandchildren and theirspouses, Jesse and MaryTroska, Jason and EmilyTroska, Laura Langley andspecial friend Reese Linde-man, Kyle Schmeling, AmberBallman, Angela Ballman,Stephanie and ChrisMerhkens, Nicholas andRachel Schuette, Rebeccaand Adam Werner, DanielleSchuette and fiancé JohnPaszkiewicz, NathanSchuette, Melissa and CharlieDavidson, Mitchell Ballmanand special friend TinaHoward, Brooke Ballman,Matthew Miller, JoshuaMiller, Ashley Miller, Cas-sandra Ehrke, Joseph Ehrke,Gage Alsleben, Jamie andDeana Callais, Angela Callaisand Denise Ochocki; great-grandchildren Katie, Carly,Julia, Erika, Nina, Drew,Quinn, Eli and Elise; and twogreat-grandchildren soon tobe here; sisters-in-law andbrothers-in-law, MargaretSchmeling of Madison, MarieWanous of Hutchinson, Frankand Millie Donnay of Menah-ga, and Gertrude and LeonardNoga of Glencoe; as well asnieces, nephews, other rela-tives and many dear friends.

Preceding him in deathwere his parents, Carl andMabel Schmeling; wife, Lor-retta Schmeling; brother,Donald Schmeling; and sis-ter, Laurraine Pierson.

Arrangements were withthe Johnson Funeral Home inWaconia, www.johnsonfh.com.

Melvin C. Schmeling, 86, of Glencoe

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Funeral services for BrianKurt Wuetherich, 46, ofGlencoe, formerly of LesterPrairie, were held Friday,June 21, atP r a i r i eCommunityChurch inL e s t e rPrairie. TheR e v .W i l l i a mBaldwin of-ficiated.

M r .Wuetherichdied Mon-day, June 17, 2013, in a mo-torcycle accident near Plato.

The organist was SonjaJohnson, and soloist KerriSpecht sang “On Eagle’sWings.” The congregationalhymns were “It is Well WithMy Soul” and “What aFriend We Have in Jesus.”

Pallbearers were DaveSchuette, Cory Kegler, BrianGatz, Dave Snegosky, CalvinDolezal and Dustin LaMott.Interment was in the LesterPrairie City Cemetery inLester Prairie.

Mr. Wuetherich was bornMay 13, 1967, in Glencoe,the fourth child of Fredric

and Dorothy (Ristow)Wuetherich. He was baptizedas an infant on June 4, 1967,by the Rev. Gary Kasten, andconfirmed in his faith as ayouth on May 3, 1981, by theRev. Dave Martens, both atPrairie Community Church inLester Prairie. He receivedhis education in LesterPrairie, attending LesterPrairie High School.

Mr. Wuetherich grew up onthe family farm near LesterPrairie and after schoolmoved into town. In 2000,he bought his own farm sitein rural Glencoe. He wasblessed with two children,Morgan and Taylor.

Mr. Wuetherich workedfirst at Holasek’s FlowerPower, and later went toLester’s, Inc., and Litzau Ex-cavating in Lester Prairie.For the past 10 years, heworked for William Muellerand Sons, Inc., in Hamburg,operating heavy equipment.

He was a member ofPrairie Community Church inLester Prairie.

Mr. Wuetherich loved towork with wood, plant flow-ers and trees, having planteddozens of trees in just the

past two years. He enjoyedparticipating in 4-wheel-drivetruck pulls and riding his dirtbike. He always had time tohelp out a friend, loved Mor-gan’s dog, “Montana” andcherished time spent with hisfamily and friends. And likeBilly Currington sings, hewas “pretty good at drinkingbeer.”

Survivors include hisdaughters, MorganWuetherich of New Germanyand Taylor Schneewind ofMaple Lake; mother, DorothyWuetherich of Lester Prairie;sister, Debra Kirby of EdenPrairie; brothers, Kerry (Deb)Wuetherich of Gaylord andGuy (Holly) Wuetherich ofParadise, Utah; aunts, uncles,nieces, nephews, other rela-tives and many friends.

Preceding him in deathwere his father, FredricWuetherich; and niece, Char-lene Wuetherich.

Arrangements were by thePaul-McBride FuneralChapel of Lester Prairie. On-line obituaries and guest bookare available at www.hantge.com. Click on obituaries/guest book.

Brian Kurt Wuetherich, 46, of Glencoe

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Mary Jane Trutna, 71, of Battle Lake

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Lang’s Family Meats opensRandy Lang of Glencoe, a familiar namein the regional meat market business,has gotten back into the retail businessafter a several-year absence. Lang’s Fam-ily Meats will open this week at 820 E.12th St. in Glencoe and will feature manyof the favorites from his meat markets inHutchinson and Gaylord over the years,including jerky, sausage, pepper sticksand fresh cuts meats. Lang said he willhave eight employees, including his wife,Tami, and sons, Mitchell and Tyler. Hesaid he will continue to be associatedwith Family Farms on the wholesale level.Lang’s Family Meats will be open 8 a.m.

to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday. Lang has 28years experience in the meat business,starting right out of high school with theformer Town & Country Foods (nowCoborn’s). After stints in the Twin Cities,Lang said he opened his own business.He owned Lang’s in Hutchinson for 14years and Lang’s in Gaylord for five be-fore selling the retail businesses. Butafter several years out of the retail busi-ness, Lang said he wanted the Langname out there again. “I was never out ofthe meat business,” Lang said, “just theretail part.”

Sloppy joes are great. Theyare quick and easy to makeand they always taste good. Iusually have browned ham-burger with a little onion inthe freezer, add chili sauceand mustard (my favoritesloppy joe ingredients) or acan of the prepared stuff anddinner is ready in a matter ofminutes!

They also are great to take to potlucks andfamily gatherings because they can be madeahead of time and reheated in a slow cooker.

There are a lot of variations to sloppy joes, Ihave learned. I saw a recipe for bacon cheese-burger calzones. I actually made the calzones,which were really good, but putzy.

I had some leftover filling and served it onbuns as sloppy joes and they almost went overbetter. I have since only made them as sloppyjoes.

Bacon Cheeseburger Sloppy Joes4 slices bacon, cut into 1/4-inch pieces1 pound lean ground beef1/4 cup dried instant minced onion1/4 cup chopped hamburger pickle slices1/4 cup ranch dressing

In a non-stick skillet, cook bacon overmedium heat, about 2 minutes. Add groundbeef and onion; cook, stirring occasionally,until beef is thoroughly cooked; drain if nec-essary. Stir in pickles and ranch dressing.

Serve on buns with cheese slices and toma-to if you would like.

For the calzones:1 recipe above2 cans refrigerated crescent dinner rolls1 egg, beaten

Preheat over to 375 degrees. Unroll doughand separate each can into four rectangles;place on ungreased cookie sheet. Press eachinto 7x4-inch rectangle, firmly pressing perfo-rations to seal.

Spoon about one-third cup ground beefmixture onto one end of each rectangle. Topeach with tomato slices and one piece ofcheese. Fold dough over filling; press edges

with fork to seal. Brush tops with egg.Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until deep golden

brown. Immediately remove from cookiesheet. Serve warm.

My mother-in-law, Diane, loves to try newrecipes as much as I do, and usually has agood new one each time we visit.

She made these Italian sloppy joes the lasttime we were there. It uses Italian sausage in-stead of ground beef and a few differentspices. They were a hit.

Italian Sloppy Joes1 pound bulk ground Italian sausage1 pound hot Italian sausage,

(casings removed if using links)4 garlic cloves, minced1 cup chopped green pepper1/2 cup chopped onion1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley1 teaspoon dried oregano1/2 teaspoon chili powder1/4 teaspoon fennel seed8 to 10 French or submarine rolls, split3/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

In a large pan, cook sausage, garlic, greenpepper and onion over medium heat until thesausage is no longer pink; drain. Add thetomato sauce and seasonings; bring to a boil.Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 min-utes. Spoon about one-half cup onto each roll;sprinkle with cheese.

They had a bit of a kick to them. You couldeasily use all mild Italian sausage if heat is notyour thing; any pepper could be used, anddried parsley flakes could also be substituted.

Thanks for the recipe, Diane! I will be mak-ing these again.

Not your average (sloppy) Joe

My Turn NowBy Karin Ramige Cornwell

E-waste, appliance pickup set July 12 in GlencoeIf you had appliances

and/or e-waste damaged, dueto flooding this past weekend,you may contact the McLeodCounty Solid Waste depart-ment for collection, accord-ing to Ed Homan, county

solid waste director.Residents may dispose of

their appliance or e-waste at1065 SE Fifth Ave., Hutchin-son or sign up for a pre-paidcollection for curbside pick-up scheduled Friday, July 12,

at 8 a.m. Pre-paid application forms

will be available at theMcLeod Environmental Serv-ices/Planning and Zoning of-fice. The cost for curbsidecollection will be $10 per unit

and a $5 collection fee, re-gardless the number of items.

Residents have until July10 to submit their pre-paidapplication.

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list will not be picked up,”Homan said. All applianceswith a door must be removedfor safety reasons.

If you have any questions,please contact McLeod Coun-ty Solid Waste at: McLeod.

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While Keegan Holcomb, 5, of Glencoe was get-ting into The Toonies’ performance Saturdayunder the big tent at Oak Leaf Park, Austin Dres-

sel, 18 months, was not so sure. Austin is thedaughter of Nate and Danielle Dressel of AppleValley. At the right is singer Tricia Haynes.

Samantha Voight of Glencoe seemed pleased with theaccumulation of mud during the mud volleyball com-petition Saturday morning.

The annual tractor-pedal pull was as popular as ever as young-sters, ages 3 to 11, competed for the chance to advance to regionalcompetition. Quinn Swenson, 4, gave it his all in the early pulling.

Above, Eliot and Or-lando Murillo en-joyed the free sweetcorn on Friday night,along with hundredsof other area resi-dents. At right, mem-bers of the GlencoeKarate Club, KaylaDeYonge and Jessi-ca Alsleben, demon-strated some of theirtraining techniquesalong the paraderoute Saturday after-noon. In the secondrow are Lily Kirchoff,Cavin Streufert,Ethan Grimm; thirdrow, Brandon Cor-nell, Hannah Grimmand Jakob Lopez;and in the back par-ent Lawrence Winterand Marissa Kir-choff.

The annual Glencoe Regional Health Services FunRun/Walk on Saturday morning drew a large crowdof both walkers, above, and runners (see sportspage). Besides a healthy walk, the participants also

earned free T-shirts thanks to GRHS as well as a freebottle of water. The walkers came in all shapes,sizes and age groups. About 500 T-shirts were hand-ed out at the end of the events.

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