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Arlington ENTERPRISE Serving the Communities of Arlington and Green Isle, Minnesota www.arlingtonmnnews.com Volume 134 • Number 24 • Thursday, January 4, 2018 • Arlington, MN 55307 Single copy $1. 25 Year-In-Review Editor’s Note: The following article is a summary of the major news stories in the Arlington and Green Isle area during the final six months of 2017. JULY The Arlington City Council unanimously adopted a resolution to appoint Laura Elvebak, Owatonna, as the new interim city administrator for the City of Arlington. The Arlington Area Chamber of Commerce unani- mously approved a motion to oppose a closed lunch period for students in grades 10-12 at the Sibley East High School during the 2017-2018 school year. Arlington Mayor Rich Nagel presented outgoing City Administrator Liza Donabauer with a Certificate of Ap- preciation. The certificate was presented in recognition of leadership and service as the city administrator from 2013 to 2017. Her final day of employment with the City of Arlington was Friday, July 7. Four current and former members of the Green Isle Irish baseball team were honored as Diamond Gems at the Irish Yard. They included Brian Scher- schligt, Mac Zachow, Chris Brown and Matt Breyer. Former Arlington A’s baseball player Brian Hartmann, a 1987 graduate of the Arlington-Green Isle High School, was inducted into the Hamel Hawks Baseball Hall of Fame. Schaefer Crane Service, New Ulm, placed the new 80-niche columbarium into place near the west en- trance at the Arlington Public Cemetery. The Sibley East School Board approved a motion and accepted the resignation of Senior High Principal Tim Schellhammer. The Sibley East School Board approved a motion for Sibley East students to have free admission to athletic events during the 2017-2018 school year. The Arlington City Council voted 3-2 and approved a motion to reopen discussions on the alley improvement project behind the United Methodist Church, listen to all viewpoints, and review and approve the property owner assessment during a special meeting. A group of representatives from the Green Isle Lions Club, Green Isle American Legion and City of Green Isle held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Green Isle Area Veterans Park. On July 4, at the close of the 100th Lions Clubs In- ternational Convention in Chicago, Arlington Lions Club member Nancy Mathwig, along with 739 other District Governor Elects from around the world, was in- stalled as District Governor for the year 2017-2018. Sixty motorcyclists from the American Legion Rid- ers group stopped at the Veterans Walking Path Of Honor in Arlington. The motorcycles were escorted into town by the Arlington Fire Department which also provided traffic control when the group left town via Highway 5. AUGUST A small time capsule was found behind the 1934 cor- nerstone on the 1935 building at the Sibley East school in Arlington. In conjunction with the Arlington Night Out event, a ribbon cutting and rededication of the recently renovated senior building at Four Seasons Park was held. The Arlington City Council voted 4-0 and approved a motion to approve the final offer of employment for Scott Sandquist as a full-time police officer in the City of Arlington. Hannah Walz, Winthrop, was crowned as the new 2017-2018 Miss Sibley County during coronation ceremonies at the Sibley County Fair in Arlington. Bailey Hoechst, Arlington, was chosen as Miss Con- geniality and as an Ambassador. Sierra Allison, Ar- lington, and Paige Hentges, Winthrop, were chosen as Ambassadors. Green Isle Irish Baseball, for the first time ever, was ready to tri-host the 2017 Minnesota State Class B and C Amateur Baseball Tournament in August and Septem- ber. Hamburg and Norwood Young America were the other two hosts. The Arlington City Council unanimously approved a motion to approve a conditional offer of employ- ment terms to John Petterson to serve as the new po- lice chief for the City of Arlington. The demolition of the 1935 building at the Sibley East Public Schools in Arlington got underway. The Green Isle Irish advanced to the Minnesota State Amateur Class C Baseball Tournament. The Irish were eliminated on the final weekend. There were seven new teachers at the Sibley East Public Schools for the 2017-2018 school year. They in- cluded Alicia Klehr, Courtney Theis, Ashley Clemensen, Alan Halverson, Jayne Hotaling, Megan Hoffmann and Alyssa Remus. The Ridgeview Sibley Medical Center hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its Emergency Depart- ment and Urgent Care addition and renovation project. Year-In-Review Continued on page 10 By Amy Newsom Correspondent The Sibley County Board, at its organizational meeting on Tuesday morning, Jan. 2, voted 3-2 and adopted resolu- tion #2018-06 to make the Sibley County attorney posi- tion full-time beginning in January of 2019. The County Board consid- ered three options at its meet- ing on Tuesday, Dec. 26. The three options were continue at .80 full-time equivalent (FTE) and move to courthouse, change to full-time and move to courthouse, or remain .80 FTE and remain in Winthrop. County Attorney David Schauer argued that he could not keep up two offices, and took the first option off the table. County Commissioners Joy Cohrs, Bill Pinske and Jim Swanson voted in support of the resolution. County Commissioners Bobbie Harder and Gary Kruggel voted against the res- olution. Harder stated that she still wants the position to remain .80 FTE. Minimum Salary Set The County Board set the minimum salaries for Sibley County elected officials that begin their terms of office in 2019. The minimum salary of the county attorney will be $77,480 or $37.25 per hour, the county auditor/treasurer will be $58,739.20 or $28.24 per hour, the recorder will be $55,931.20 or $26.89 per hour, and the county sheriff will be $77,480 or $37.25 per hour. These are the minimum salary amounts for those elect- ed in the 2018 election and who take office in January of 2019. 4-1 Vote The County Board voted 4- 1 to increase the hours of Health Educator/SHIP Coor- dinator Mary Bachman from a .80 full-time equivalent (FTE) position to a 1.0 FTE position. Public Health and Human Services Director John Gilsczinski reported that her hours have been increasing over the past three years and wanted her status to accurate- ly reflect that. Bachman pre- pared an activity listing of all of the duties she has been per- forming. Harder questioned if Bach- man’s participation on the Sibley County Food Share Board should be a volunteer position. Glisczinski felt that having representation on the board was very important and wanted it to remain part of her job duties. Swanson questioned what would happen if the Statewide Health Improvement Partner- ship (SHIP) grant was gone. Gilsczinski reported that in 2020 it would probably go away, but that good health prevention programs would still be needed. Harder voted against in- creasing the hours. Addition of three full-time jail staff The County Board voted unanimously to add three ad- ditional jail staff. The additional jail staff was requested by Tim Thompson and Sarah Johnson of the De- partment of Corrections (DOC) on Nov. 28. They stat- ed that staffing levels were too low at the Sibley County Jail and recommended that the jail add at least three more jailers. Johnson stated that in 2014 the DOC saw the need for additional staff and since then the county has had an in- mate escape because the staff could not keep up. Jail Administrator Aaron Louwaugie made the request on Tuesday, Jan. 2. He felt the Department of Corrections (DOC) would be happy with the addition of three staff, and that Sibley County could re- evaluate their staffing needs in one year. The County Board had some concerns about adding three additional staff members at a cost of about $50,000 each, or a total of $150,000, because it was not in the 2018 budget. Sibley County Administra- tor Roxy Traxler stated that she looked into the 2019 budget and stated there was approximately $25,000 in contingency funds and there would be funds from the treasurer position which is not being replaced, and the IT phased retirement position, but for 2018 it would have to come out of reserves. Kruggel asked if bringing on the additional staff could be done in phases, but Traxler stated she did not know if the DOC would allow it and it would be more efficient to train all three at once. The Sibley County Com- missioners will hold their next regular meeting in Gaylord at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16. Board makes county attorney full-time By Kurt Menk Editor The Arlington City Council held its annual organizational meeting on Tuesday night, Jan. 2. The City Council unani- mously adopted a resolution to appoint Patrick Melvin as the city administrator. The City Council separately adopted resolutions to desig- nate the Arlington Enterprise as the official newspaper and the Arlington State Bank as the official depository. The City Council also unan- imously adopted a resolution to ratify the mayoral appoint- ments and committees. The following City Council members and local residents were appointed to the follow- ing committees: Appointees To Municipal Offices Vice Mayor: James Jaszewski City Attorney: Ross Arne- son Health Officer: Represen- tative from Sibley County Public Health Emergency Management Director: Tim Haggenmiller Delegates To Extra Municipal Agen- cies Minnesota Municipal Util- ity Association (MMUA) Delegates: Jim Heiland and Patrick Melvin Minnesota Municipal City Council Continued on page 5 Members of the Arlington City Council posed for a group pic- ture minutes before their organizational meeting on Tuesday night, Jan. 2. Front Row: (left to right) City Council member Michelle Battcher, Mayor Rich Nagel, City Council member James Jaszewski and City Administrator Patrick Melvin. Back Row: (l to r) City Council member Adam Cowell, City Council member Tom Hatlestad, City Council member Jim Heiland and City Attorney Ross Arneson. Arlington City Council holds its annual organizational meeting
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Serving the Communities of Arlington and Green Isle, Minnesotawww.arlingtonmnnews.com Volume 134 • Number 24 • Thursday, January 4, 2018 • Arlington, MN 55307
Single copy $1.25
Year-In-ReviewEditor’s Note: The following article is a summary of
the major news stories in the Arlington and Green Islearea during the final six months of 2017.
JULYThe Arlington City Council unanimously adopted a
resolution to appoint Laura Elvebak, Owatonna, as thenew interim city administrator for the City of Arlington.
The Arlington Area Chamber of Commerce unani-mously approved a motion to oppose a closed lunchperiod for students in grades 10-12 at the Sibley EastHigh School during the 2017-2018 school year.
Arlington Mayor Rich Nagel presented outgoing CityAdministrator Liza Donabauer with a Certificate of Ap-preciation. The certificate was presented in recognitionof leadership and service as the city administrator from2013 to 2017. Her final day of employment with theCity of Arlington was Friday, July 7.
Four current and former members of the GreenIsle Irish baseball team were honored as DiamondGems at the Irish Yard. They included Brian Scher-schligt, Mac Zachow, Chris Brown and Matt Breyer.
Former Arlington A’s baseball player Brian Hartmann,a 1987 graduate of the Arlington-Green Isle HighSchool, was inducted into the Hamel Hawks BaseballHall of Fame.
Schaefer Crane Service, New Ulm, placed the new80-niche columbarium into place near the west en-trance at the Arlington Public Cemetery.
The Sibley East School Board approved a motion andaccepted the resignation of Senior High Principal TimSchellhammer.
The Sibley East School Board approved a motionfor Sibley East students to have free admission toathletic events during the 2017-2018 school year.
The Arlington City Council voted 3-2 and approved amotion to reopen discussions on the alley improvementproject behind the United Methodist Church, listen to allviewpoints, and review and approve the property ownerassessment during a special meeting.
A group of representatives from the Green IsleLions Club, Green Isle American Legion and City ofGreen Isle held a groundbreaking ceremony for thenew Green Isle Area Veterans Park.
On July 4, at the close of the 100th Lions Clubs In-ternational Convention in Chicago, Arlington LionsClub member Nancy Mathwig, along with 739 otherDistrict Governor Elects from around the world, was in-stalled as District Governor for the year 2017-2018.
Sixty motorcyclists from the American Legion Rid-ers group stopped at the Veterans Walking Path OfHonor in Arlington. The motorcycles were escortedinto town by the Arlington Fire Department whichalso provided traffic control when the group lefttown via Highway 5.
AUGUSTA small time capsule was found behind the 1934 cor-
nerstone on the 1935 building at the Sibley East schoolin Arlington.
In conjunction with the Arlington Night Out event,a ribbon cutting and rededication of the recentlyrenovated senior building at Four Seasons Park washeld.
The Arlington City Council voted 4-0 and approved amotion to approve the final offer of employment forScott Sandquist as a full-time police officer in the Cityof Arlington.
Hannah Walz, Winthrop, was crowned as the new2017-2018 Miss Sibley County during coronationceremonies at the Sibley County Fair in Arlington.Bailey Hoechst, Arlington, was chosen as Miss Con-geniality and as an Ambassador. Sierra Allison, Ar-lington, and Paige Hentges, Winthrop, were chosenas Ambassadors.
Green Isle Irish Baseball, for the first time ever, wasready to tri-host the 2017 Minnesota State Class B andC Amateur Baseball Tournament in August and Septem-ber. Hamburg and Norwood Young America were theother two hosts.
The Arlington City Council unanimously approveda motion to approve a conditional offer of employ-ment terms to John Petterson to serve as the new po-lice chief for the City of Arlington.
The demolition of the 1935 building at the Sibley EastPublic Schools in Arlington got underway.
The Green Isle Irish advanced to the MinnesotaState Amateur Class C Baseball Tournament. TheIrish were eliminated on the final weekend.
There were seven new teachers at the Sibley EastPublic Schools for the 2017-2018 school year. They in-cluded Alicia Klehr, Courtney Theis, AshleyClemensen, Alan Halverson, Jayne Hotaling, MeganHoffmann and Alyssa Remus.
The Ridgeview Sibley Medical Center hosted agroundbreaking ceremony for its Emergency Depart-ment and Urgent Care addition and renovation project.
Year-In-ReviewContinued on page 10
By Amy NewsomCorrespondent
The Sibley County Board,at its organizational meetingon Tuesday morning, Jan. 2,voted 3-2 and adopted resolu-tion #2018-06 to make theSibley County attorney posi-tion full-time beginning inJanuary of 2019.
The County Board consid-ered three options at its meet-ing on Tuesday, Dec. 26. Thethree options were continue at.80 full-time equivalent (FTE)and move to courthouse,change to full-time and moveto courthouse, or remain .80FTE and remain in Winthrop.County Attorney DavidSchauer argued that he couldnot keep up two offices, andtook the first option off thetable.
County Commissioners JoyCohrs, Bill Pinske and JimSwanson voted in support ofthe resolution.
County CommissionersBobbie Harder and GaryKruggel voted against the res-olution. Harder stated thatshe still wants the position toremain .80 FTE.
Minimum Salary Set
The County Board set the
minimum salaries for SibleyCounty elected officials thatbegin their terms of office in2019. The minimum salary ofthe county attorney will be$77,480 or $37.25 per hour,the county auditor/treasurerwill be $58,739.20 or $28.24per hour, the recorder will be$55,931.20 or $26.89 perhour, and the county sheriffwill be $77,480 or $37.25 perhour. These are the minimumsalary amounts for those elect-ed in the 2018 election andwho take office in January of2019.
4-1 VoteThe County Board voted 4-
1 to increase the hours ofHealth Educator/SHIP Coor-dinator Mary Bachman from a.80 full-time equivalent (FTE)position to a 1.0 FTE position.
Public Health and HumanServices Director JohnGilsczinski reported that herhours have been increasingover the past three years andwanted her status to accurate-ly reflect that. Bachman pre-pared an activity listing of allof the duties she has been per-forming.
Harder questioned if Bach-man’s participation on theSibley County Food ShareBoard should be a volunteer
position. Glisczinski felt thathaving representation on theboard was very important andwanted it to remain part of herjob duties.
Swanson questioned whatwould happen if the StatewideHealth Improvement Partner-ship (SHIP) grant was gone.Gilsczinski reported that in2020 it would probably goaway, but that good healthprevention programs wouldstill be needed.
Harder voted against in-creasing the hours.
Addition of threefull-time jail staff
The County Board votedunanimously to add three ad-ditional jail staff.
The additional jail staff wasrequested by Tim Thompsonand Sarah Johnson of the De-partment of Corrections(DOC) on Nov. 28. They stat-ed that staffing levels weretoo low at the Sibley CountyJail and recommended that thejail add at least three morejailers. Johnson stated that in2014 the DOC saw the needfor additional staff and sincethen the county has had an in-mate escape because the staffcould not keep up.
Jail Administrator Aaron
Louwaugie made the requeston Tuesday, Jan. 2. He felt theDepartment of Corrections(DOC) would be happy withthe addition of three staff, andthat Sibley County could re-evaluate their staffing needs inone year.
The County Board hadsome concerns about addingthree additional staff membersat a cost of about $50,000each, or a total of $150,000,because it was not in the 2018budget.
Sibley County Administra-tor Roxy Traxler stated thatshe looked into the 2019budget and stated there wasapproximately $25,000 incontingency funds and therewould be funds from thetreasurer position which is notbeing replaced, and the ITphased retirement position,but for 2018 it would have tocome out of reserves.
Kruggel asked if bringingon the additional staff couldbe done in phases, but Traxlerstated she did not know if theDOC would allow it and itwould be more efficient totrain all three at once.
The Sibley County Com-missioners will hold their nextregular meeting in Gaylord at9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16.
Board makes county attorney full-time
By Kurt MenkEditor
The Arlington City Councilheld its annual organizationalmeeting on Tuesday night,Jan. 2.
The City Council unani-mously adopted a resolutionto appoint Patrick Melvin asthe city administrator.
The City Council separatelyadopted resolutions to desig-
nate the Arlington Enterpriseas the official newspaper andthe Arlington State Bank asthe official depository.
The City Council also unan-imously adopted a resolutionto ratify the mayoral appoint-ments and committees.
The following City Councilmembers and local residentswere appointed to the follow-ing committees:
Appointees ToMunicipal Offices
Vice Mayor: JamesJaszewski
City Attorney: Ross Arne-son
Health Officer: Represen-tative from Sibley CountyPublic Health
Emergency ManagementDirector: Tim Haggenmiller
Delegates To Extra Municipal Agen-
ciesMinnesota Municipal Util-
ity Association (MMUA)Delegates: Jim Heiland andPatrick Melvin
Minnesota Municipal
City CouncilContinued on page 5
Members of the Arlington City Council posed for a group pic-ture minutes before their organizational meeting on Tuesdaynight, Jan. 2. Front Row: (left to right) City Council memberMichelle Battcher, Mayor Rich Nagel, City Council member
James Jaszewski and City Administrator Patrick Melvin. BackRow: (l to r) City Council member Adam Cowell, City Councilmember Tom Hatlestad, City Council member Jim Heiland andCity Attorney Ross Arneson.
Arlington City Council holds itsannual organizational meeting
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Thursday, Jan. 4th – Arlington LionsClub, Arlington Haus, social 6:00 p.m.meeting 7:00 p.m.All members welcome!!
Friday, Jan. 5th – Arlington Veteran’sSteak Fry, Veterans Building at the fairgrounds, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 8th – Arlington Chambersof Commerce, Emergency Services Building, Noon meeting.Arlington Township Board, Arlington
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News BriefsAppointed to commission
The Sibley County Board, during its meeting on Tues-day morning, Jan. 2, appointed Todd Mesker to the Sib-ley County Planning Commission.
Mesker’s term will run January 2018 to Dec. 31,2020. Mesker replaces Kevin Pioske.
Chamber to meet on Jan. 8The Arlington Area Chamber of Commerce will hold
its regular monthly meeting in the Emergency ServicesBuilding at noon Monday, Jan. 8, according to ChamberPresident Matt Nelson.
New members are always welcome to attend thesemeetings.
Anna Herd is Clemson graduateAnna Herd, a graduate of Holy Family Catholic High
School, graduated with summa cum laude honors fromClemson University during recent commencement exer-cises. She graduated with a 4.0 grade point average andwith a degree in Communications.
Herd was also one of 22 students that received theFaculty Scholarship Award. This award is made annual-ly by the faculty to the member of the graduating classwho has the highest scholastic achievement.
Herd had the opportunity to witness one of the great-est runs for a college football team during her 3 1/2years at Clemson. She attended all of the home gamesand also some on the road. Her parents, Mark and Brid-get Herd, also attended five Clemson football gameswhile she was there.
She is also the granddaughter of Gene and MargeHerd, Green Isle.
Council accepts donationsThe Arlington City Council, during its organizational
meeting on Tuesday night, Jan. 2, unanimously adopteda resolution to accept a $240 donation from Jim Kreft,Kreft’s Cabinets, for the Tree Program.
The City Council also unanimously adopted a resolu-tion to accept a $630 from Arlington VFW Post 6031for the purchase of chairs at the Lions Center.
Date set for Tour of TablesThe 15th annual Tour of Tables will be held at the Ar-
lington Community Center from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Satur-day, March 24.
The event is sponsored by the Good Samaritan Socie-ty - Arlington.
Additional information on the Tour of Tables will fol-low in future editions of the Arlington Enterprise.
Building inspection servicesThe Arlington City Council, during its organizational
meeting on Tuesday night, Jan. 2, unanimously adopteda resolution to authorize the City of Arlington to enterinto an agreement with 101 Development Resources,Inc., for building inspection services.
Firefighters are appointedThe Arlington City Council, at its organizational
meeting on Tuesday evening, Jan. 2, approved a seriesof motions and appointed local firefighters to variouspositions.
John Zaske was appointed as Arlington Fire Chief.Corey Carpenter was appointed as second assistantchief. Thomas Pomplun was appointed as safety/train-ing officer.
Open house set for Jan. 7The Sibley County Historical Society (SCHS) invites
people to an open house at the Sibley County Museumfrom 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 7. Guides will be onhand to give tours. The event is free.
Special programs are scheduled at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30p.m. Deb Wiprud and Joy Berg would like to share theirgifts of music. Berg’s daughter, Debra Olsen, will ac-company them.
Agreement with warning systemThe Arlington City Council, during its organizational
meeting on Tuesday night, Jan. 2, unanimously adopteda resolution to approve an agreement to provide for theownership and maintenance of the Rectangular RapidFlash Beacon (RRFB) LED Crosswalk Warning Systemadjacent to Highway 5 at West Adams Street in Arling-ton.
Enterprise seeking newsThe Arlington Enterprise always welcomes birth an-
nouncements, college news, engagement pictures andwedding pictures.
People can e-mail their news and pictures [email protected].
Enterprise photo by Amy Newsom
Members of the Sibley County Board of Commissioners posedfor a photo on Tuesday morning, Jan. 2. Left to right: County
Commissioners Joy Cohrs, Bill Pinske, Jim Swanson, GaryKruggel and Bobbie Harder.
County Commissioner committee list updated for 2018Amy NewsomCorrespondent
The Sibley County Board,during its organizationalmeeting on Tuesday morning,Jan. 2, elected Jim Swansonas the board chairperson. JoyCohrs was elected the vicechairperson.
The Sibley County Boardalso approved a motion toamend the rules to allow theboard chairperson to makeand second motions and reso-lutions of the Sibley CountyBoard.
County Commissioners alsopassed resolution #2018-07and set the per diems ofCounty Commissioners at $40for a half day (up to fourhours) and $80 maximum formeetings over four hours.
The County Commission-ers also approved the follow-ing Commissioner Committeeappointments:
District 1District 1 Commissioner
Bobbie Harder will serve onthe following committees:Adult Mental Health, Associa-tion of MN Counties, Health& Human Services, Meeker-McLeod-Sibley CHB, Chil-
dren’s Collaborative, Em-ployee Wellness Committee,Extension Committee, HelpMe Grow Committee, LawLibrary, Mankato Rehabilita-tion Center, Minnesota ValleyAction Board of Directors,Park Advisory Committee,Planning & Zoning Commis-sion, Planning & Zoning In-spection Committee, RushRiver Clean Water PartnershipJoint Powers Board, SecurityCommittee, Sioux TrailsMental Health, South CentralEMS System, South CentralMN Multi-County HRA,South Central MN RegionalRadio Board, and South Cen-tral Workforce Council JointPowers Board.
District 2District 2 Commissioner
Bill Pinske will serve on thefollowing committees: Asso-ciation of MN Counties,Transportation, Meeker-McLeod-Sibley CHB, DayActivity Center, Joint PowersInsurance Board, TrailblazersTransit JPA Board, RushRiver Clean Water PartnershipJoint Powers Board, SouthCentral EMS System, SouthCentral MN Regional Radio
Board, Southwest TransitCoalition & 169 Corridor, andTax Forfeiture Committee.
District 3District 3 Commissioner
Jim Swanson will serve on thefollowing committees: Asso-ciation of MN Counties, Envi-ronment & Natural Resources,Labor Negotiations, MankatoRehabilitation Center, Trail-blazers Transit JPA Board,MCIT Voting Delegate, Re-gion 9 Development Commis-sion, Revolving Loan FundCommittee, Rush RiverClean Water Partnership JointPowers Board, and Tri-Coun-ty Solid Waste Joint PowersBoard.
District 4District 4 Commissioner
Joy Cohrs will serve on thefollowing committees: Asso-ciation of MN Counties, Gen-eral Government, Meeker-McLeod-Sibley CHB, Chil-dren’s Collaborative, CrowRiver Joint Powers Board,Employee Recognition Com-mittee, High Island CreekClean Water Partnership JPABoard, Labor Negotiations,Trailblazers Transit JPA
Board, Minnesota Valley Ac-tion Board of Directors, Min-nesota Valley Regional RailAuthority, Planning & ZoningCommission, Planning &Zoning Inspection Committee,Rural Minnesota EnergyBoard, Security Committee,Sioux Trails Mental Health,South Central WorkforceCouncil Joint Powers Board,South Country Health Al-liance Joint Powers Board,Water Resources AdvisoryCommittee, and Weed Inspec-tion Appeals Committee.
District 5District 5 Commissioner
and Board Chairperson GaryKruggel will serve on the fol-lowing committees: Associa-tion of MN Counties, PublicSafety, Highway 15 Corridor,Labor Negotiations, Minneso-ta Valley Regional Rail Au-thority, Park Advisory Com-mittee, Rural Minnesota Ener-gy Board, South CountryHealth Alliance Joint PowersBoard, Tax Forfeiture Com-mittee, Tri-County SolidWaste Joint Powers Board,and Water Resources Adviso-ry Committee.
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LAST CHANCE
Lori CoplerMcLeod County ChronicleEditor
The Trailblazer Joint Pow-ers Board finalized its newjoint powers agreementThursday morning.
The agreement already hadbeen approved by the threeentities that make up Trail-blazer — McLeod County,Sibley County and WrightCounty Area Transportation(WCAT).
Attorney Frank Madden,who helped draft the docu-ment, noted that one of thechanges is that, starting in2018, the board will have sixmembers, two each fromMcLeod County, SibleyCounty and WCAT. Underthe current composition,McLeod County has threerepresentatives and SibleyCounty and WCAT each havetwo. The document also saysthat the appointed boardmembers must be elected of-ficials from their entities. Apast consideration had beento allow non-elected officials,such as city administrators, tobe members of the Trailblazerboard.
Another new stipulation isthat there cannot be discus-sion or voting on items thatinvolve local share costs inthe amount of $20,000 ormore unless each entity isrepresented at the meeting byat least one of its board dele-gates.
McLeod County Commis-sioner Doug Krueger said heis concerned that the $20,000amount is too low, but that hewould not vote against theagreement.
“Twenty thousand dollarsis not a lot in terms of today’smoney,” said Krueger. “Wecould have a bus break downand easily have that in re-pairs.”
Sibley County Commis-sioner Jim Swanson said thatmost items of that natureshould be covered in thebudget.
“In that case, we would justdo it,” said Swanson.
And Commissioner RichPohlmeier said the boardcould look at raising the base-line later.
“It can always be amendedlater on,” said Pohlmeier.
The agreement passedunanimously.
In other business, the JointPowers Board:
• Agreed to offer a contractto a candidate for its open op-erations manager position.
Swanson said the candidatewas a “non-traditional” appli-cant, with limited experiencein transit. However, he added,the candidate seemed verypersonable.
Executive Director GaryLudwig said that the labormarket is tough right now,and the position did not at-tract a lot of applicants. Hesaid he was willing to workwith the candidate, but thathe would likely have to de-vote more time to trainingthan he would have if thecandidate had more experi-ence in transit.
Darek Vetsch, a WrightCounty commissioner, askedif increasing the salary andre-advertising would help.
“I just don’t know,” saidLudwig. “It’s a very tight
labor market right now.”The board voted to offer
the position with a $75,000annual salary with benefits,and a one-year probationaryperiod.
• Heard that Trailblazer hadimplemented its new employ-ee health plan, which hashigher deductibles. Since2018 county budgets alreadyhave been set, the board de-cided to use 2018 to decide ifit could offer contributions tohealth savings accounts(HSAs), or compensate em-ployees who opt out of theemployer-offered plans.
• Heard that Wright Countyand WCAT are willing to buythree buses in 2018 in orderto put more service on theroad in Wright County. Theboard also will look at apply-ing for “unmet needs” fund-ing from the Minnesota De-partment of Transportation(MnDOT) to begin theprocess of buying additionalbuses for 2019.
• Heard that the roof at theBuffalo facility is still leak-ing. Ludwig said that a por-tion of the roof will be re-moved in spring in hopes offinding the source of the leak.
• Heard that slow progressis being made on upgradingthe telephone system. Rightnow, Ludwig said, there is aconflict with the proposedphone system and 9-1-1 serv-ice at the Glencoe facility.Trailblazer wants to integratethe phone systems for theBuffalo and Glencoe facili-ties.
• Set its next meeting forThursday, Jan. 18, at 9 a.m.,at the Glencoe facility.
Trailblazer finalizes newjoint powers agreement
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Good Samaritan Society - ArlingtonTiffany Brockhoff recently accepted the newposition of assistant to administrator at theGood Samaritan Society - Arlington. This po-sition was created when past AdministratorKrista Swoboda accepted a new position inSouth Dakota. Good Samaritan officials haddetermined the need for creating this positiondue to existing administrator shortages. LauraSalonek, who is the current administrator atthe Howard Lake location, will be the license
holder and will only be in the local center fora limited time. Due to this shared status andthe need for an individual to oversee the day-to-day operations in the center, Good Samari-tan officials believed it made sense to havesomeone who knew the building best. Brock-hoff has been with Good Samaritan for nearly11 years as the previous housing managerand the current business office manager andhuman resources director.
SE final tax levy reflects a 0.31% decreaseBy Kurt MenkEditor
The Sibley East SchoolBoard, during its most recentmonthly meeting in Arlington,unanimously adopted a reso-lution to approve the final2018 tax levy.
School Board membersBrian Brandt, Avery Grochow,
Laura Reid, Missy Weber,Dan Woehler and SarahZiegler all voted in support ofthe resolution.
The final tax levy will de-crease from $3,945,178.11 to$3,932,934.33 or a 0.31 per-cent decrease from last year.
The School Board made themove after a detailed presen-
tation by Business ManagerJanna Tessmer during theTruth in Taxation public hear-ing.
Other than two media repre-sentatives, there were no resi-dents in attendance for thepublic hearing.
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Letter To The Editor
Too Tall’s TidbitsHappy Birthday and Happy An-
niversary to the following local andarea residents compliments of theArlington Lions Club CommunityCalendar.January 5Lynzi Kleist, John Klipfel, LauraKube, Jonathan Lamb, Ryan Lamb,Kimberly Schroeder, Max Eckbergand Elsie Meyer.January 6Sean Drexler, Ashley Reetz, KrisRosenfeld, and Mr. and Mrs. EricPaggen.January 7Matt Conway and Todd Warzecha.January 8Jeanne Kistner and Danielle Mor-gan.January 9Bryce Kloeckl, Nina Post, and Mr.and Mrs. Bob Schrupp.January 10Nancy Krentz, Joyce Morreim andHelen Quast.January 11Jarid Halverson, Jordan Noel Har-ren, Nicholas Voigt and Geri Weber.
*****A baseball manager walked out to
the mound and said to the rookiepitcher, “Son, I think you’ve hadenough.”
“But I struck this guy out the lasttime he came up,” the pitcherprotested.
“I know,” the manager replied,“but we’re still in the same inning.”
*****Did you hear about the couple
found frozen to death in their car atthe drive-in? They’d gone to see“Closed for the Winter.”
******A hunting guide told his group,
“We’re lost.”“How can we be lost?” one hunter
exclaimed. “You said you were thebest guide in Maine!”
“I am,” said the hunting guide,“but now we’re in Canada.”
*****On the eve of an election, the can-
didate asked the reporter, “Did youcover my last speech?”
“I sure hope so,” the reporterreplied.
*****A barber asked a new customer,
“Hey, haven’t I shaved you before?”
“No,” the man said. “I got thisscar in the war.”
*****A big football college has an-
nounced plans to expand to threesquads next year. One squad willplay offense, another will play de-fense and the third will attendclasses.
*****Baseball is easier than golf. You
hit the ball and someone else chas-es it.
*****A traveler was at the airport,
checking in at the gate, when anagent asked him, routinely, “Hasanyone put anything in your baggagewithout your knowledge?”
“If it was without my knowledge,how would I know?” he reponded.
The agent smiled and said,“That’s why we ask.”
*****A teacher said to her class, “Who-
ever answers my next question cango home.” Just then, a lunch bagwhizzed past hear head and out thewindow.
“Who threw that?” he demanded. “I did,” the boy said. “Bye!”
*****An insurance agent writing a poli-
cy for a cowboy asked if he had everhad accidents.
“No,” the cowboy said, “but abronco kicked in a couple of my ribslast year, and a couple years ago arattlesnake bit me.”
“Well, wouldn’t you call those ac-cidents?” the insurance agent asked.
“No,” replied the cowboy. “Theydid it on purpose.”
*****Four teens skipped school one
morning. When they showed up inthe afternoon, they claimed their carhad a flat tire.
“That’s fine,” the teacher said.“But there was a quiz this morn-ing, so take out a piece of paper.The first question is, which tirewas flat?”
*****A visitor to a huge corporate of-
fice asked his guide, “How manypeople work here?”
“Probably about one in 10.” theguide replied.
2017 was anotherbanner year for
letters to the editorOur View: Opinion page is perfect forum
to exchange ideas and find outwhat other people are thinking
2017 was another banner year for letters to the editor in the Ar-lington Enterprise and this newspaper hopes that trend improvesand continues in the new year.
The opinion page is one of the most read pages in this newspa-per. Writing a letter to the editor or an opinion column is the per-fect forum for people to express a stance, exchange ideas and findout what other people are thinking about on specific issues.
Letters to the editor and opinion pieces may not change anyone’smind, but it might at least make people think and realize that thereis more than one way to look at an issue. It also starts or continuesthe discussion and dialogue on timely and important issues that af-fect people in the communities, school district, county and beyond.
It may be difficult for some people to express their ideas andopinions, especially on sensitive topics, in a newspaper of a smallcommunity where everyone seems to know everyone. Some peo-ple may also believe that others who write a letter to the editor oran opinion piece and take a stand on these types of issues are nega-tive individuals. That is hardly the case at all. These individualshave the right to exercise their freedom of speech and, more im-portantly, the courage to submit their letter or column for publica-tion. In a lot of cases, people who write letters to the editor oropinion columns often share the same opinion or ideas of readerswho are reluctant to have their views in print.
Finally, individuals who write a letter to the editor or an opinioncolumn are hardly the final voices of authority on a particular topicand readers will surely not agree with them on every issue. Whenthat happens, this newspaper hopes readers will exercise their rightand write a letter to the editor or an opinion column for publica-tion.
-K.M.
Guest Column
Editor’s Note: The Arlington En-terprise had a variety of letters andguest columns from its readers in2017. We thank our readers for get-ting involved in the community news-paper. Hopefully, 2018 will be anoth-er banner year for letters to the edi-tor and guest columns.
January: Hillary Sauter, GreenIsle; Glenn Gruenhagen, State Rep-resentative R-Glencoe; Scott New-man, State Senator R-Hutchinson;Leah Prahl, 2016 Arli-Dazzle Co-Chair; Tina Smith, MN Lt. Governor& Paul Marquart MN House District4B; Dr. Glenn Mollette, guest col-umn; Steve Drazkowski, State Rep-resenting R-Mazeppa; and Peter Nel-son, Vice President and Senior Poli-cy Fellow at Center of the AmericanExperiment.
February: Tim Penny, Presi-dent/CEO Southern MN InitiativeFoundation; Dr. Glenn Mollette,guest column; Senator AmyKlobuchar; Janet Tollefson, Manka-to; Hilary Sauter, Green Isle; andGlenn Gruenhagen, State Represen-tative, R-Glencoe.
March: Marjorie Kloeckl, Busi-ness Owner 60 years; Bob Gildea,Arlington; Jacki Kruggel, FoodShare Coordinator; Tim Kube, Ar-lington; Annie Kreger, StudentCouncil Advisor, Visual Arts Educa-tor; Denise Swenson, Derek Hahn.Phyllis Kroehler. Marvin Pautch,Larry Kicker, Bonnie Tuchtenhagen,Lorraine Terlinden - Arlington Busi-ness owners; Daryl Panning, Plato;Glenn Gruenhagen, State Represen-tative R-Glencoe; Dave Frederick-son, Ag Commissioner, guest col-umn; Senator John Marty, guest col-umn; Kim Crockett, VP at the Centerof the American Experiment, guest
column; Rep. Dave Backer R-Will-mar. Senator Chris Eaton DFL-Brooklyn Center, Rep. Debra Hill-strom DFL-Brooklyn Center, andSenator Julie Rosen R-Vernon Cen-ter; Tim Penny Pres. & CEO South-ern Minnesota Initiative Foundation,guest column;
April: Curt Reetz, Arlington(twice); Hilary Sauter, Green Isle;Tom Hatlestad, City Council Mem-ber; Dr. Glenn Mollette, guest col-umn; Dale Post Land StewardshipProject Member Zumbrota, guestcolumn; Jay Backer Chair, Big StoneCounty board of CommissionersGraceville; Linda Goersdorf Excu-sive Director MN Rive Area Agencyon Aging; and Dr. Glenn Mollette,guest column (twice).
May: Ron and Rae Grimm, Ar-lington; Dwight Grabitske, Arling-ton; Senator Amy Klobucher, guestcolumn; State Senator John Marty,guest column; Jay Huffman, GaylordHigh 1972, Assistant. WrestlingCoach SE 1985-1993; Ruby Nagel,Henderson; and Dr. Glenn Mollette,guest column.
June: Glenn Gruenhagen, StateRepresentative R-Glencoe (twice);Dr. Glenn Mollette, guest column;Scott Newman State Senator, guestcolumn; Dr. Glenn Mollette, guestcolumn; Allen Kerber, Arlington;Diana Karau, Gaylord; Cindy De-Vries, Gaylord; and Bobbie Harder,Sibley County Commissioner, guestcolumn.
July: Diana Karau, Gaylord; U.S.Senator Al Fraklin, guest column;Hilary Sauter, Green Isle; AnnetteMeeks, guest column; Dr. GlennMollette, guest column; Ron and RaeGrimm, Arlington; and MinnesotaFarmers Union, guest column.
August: Dr. Glenn Mollette, guestcolumn (four times); Tim Penny,President & CEO Southern Min-nesota Initiative Foundation, guestcolumn; Bobbie Harder, CountyCommissioner; Chuck Hanson, Bax-ter; and Gary Wertish, MN FarmersUnion President, guest column.
September: Kyle and DianaKarau. Gaylord; Allen Kerber, Ar-lington; Colleen Moriarty, ExecutiveDirector Hunger Solutions Minneso-ta; Pete Schuckert, Winthrop; DianaKarau, Gaylord; Glenn Gruenhagen,State Representative R-Glencoe,guest column (twice); and DiannaKarau, Gaylord.
October: Senator Amy KlobucharD-Minnesota; Dr. Glenn Mollette;Diana Karau, Gaylord; Ron and RaeGrimm, Arlington; Hilary Sauter,Green Isle; Pete Schuckert,Winthrop; State Senator John Marty;Lorraine Bliss, Arlington; and Bob-bie Harder, County Commissioner,guest column.
November: Ken Martin, Chair-man Minnesota DFL, guest column;Janice Mathews, Green Isle (twice);Dr. Glenn Mollett, guest column;Bobbie Harder, County Commis-sioner, guest column; John Marty,State Senator, guest column; Dr.Glenn Mollette, guest column; andRyan Feltmann, Green Isle.
December: Diana Karau, Gay-lord; Dr. Glenn Mollette, guest col-umn; Rae Anderson Grimm, Arling-ton; Glenn Gruenhagen, State Rep.R-Glencoe, guest column; MikeBurke, guest column; John Phelan,Center of the American Experimentin Golden Valley; and Lee Hamilton,guest column.
Letter writers published in newspaper in 2017
By Bobbie HarderSibley County Commissioner
Since the 1980’s, Sibley Countyhas had a delegation agreement withMinnesota Pollution Control Agency(MPCA) for the administration andimplementation of the Feedlot Pro-gram. Whether the program was ad-ministrated at the county level orthrough MPCA, the rules and regu-lations were the same (MinnesotaFeedlot Rules Chapter 7020). Due toa variety of reasons, grant fundingfor this program has been decreasingmeaning more local dollars werebeing used to continue the program.Based upon the recommendations ofthe Environmental Services Depart-ment Head, administration of theFeedlot program was returned toMPCA.
Per the Delegation AgreementWork Plan, the Environmental Serv-
ices Department, who managed theprogram, was required to complete anumber of items such as register andinspect feedlots at least every fouryears, maintain data in a databasecalled Tempo, maintain a record ofall compliance inspections, ensurepermit applications are complete,and issue permits within the 60/120day time period per MS 15.99. In2016, there were 289 feedlots inSibley County. Sibley County re-ceived $28,579.00 from MPCA tomanage the Feedlot program. Therewere minimum program require-ments for inspections. The numberof feedlots to be inspected was 21and the number of non-inspectionswas 18. Per the 2016 review of theprogram, the department met thegoal of inspecting 21 feedlots. How-ever, it failed to meet the non-in-spection by completing 11.5 (basedon a point system). The report for
failing the non-inspection rate indi-cates County employees were notfamiliar with some of the minimumprogram requirements as outlined inthe Delegation Agreement WorkPlan.
Other items of deficiency in thereport included: Failure to enter allregistrations into Tempo (only 4 ofthe 21 inspections completed wereentered into Tempo); Failure to date-stamp the Feedlot Permit Applica-tions and their components (i.e. Ma-nure Management Plan, site sketch,etc.); Failure to use required pro-gram checklists to document sub-mitted applications, plans and speci-fications. Use of the program check-lists would assist the department todetermine if an application is com-plete within the required 15 business
HarderContinued on page 5
Feedlot Program is addressed
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Obituary
Merle Molash, age 69, ofGaylord, passed away at hishome in Gaylord on Monday,Dec. 25.
Memorial services wereheld at the Creekside Com-munity Church in Arlingtonat 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 30.Pastor John Cherico officiat-ed.
Song leaders were Jeff andJoni Clarke.
Congregational hymnswere “Amazing Grace,” “TheOld Rugged Cross” and“Kumbaya, My Lord.”
Honorary urn bearers weregrandchildren, Hannah Mo-lash, Bethany Molash,Nevaeh Molash and Eli Mo-lash.
Interment will be in theGaylord City Cemetery at alater date.
Merle Adolphus Molashwas born to Kneeland andLurley (Hardy) Molash inCass Lake on Jan. 20, 1948.Merle was baptized as ayouth and was later reaf-firmed in his faith as an adult.
He received his education inCass Lake and was a graduateof the Cass Lake High SchoolClass of 1966.
Merle worked for the fed-eral forestry in Cass Lake, thecanning factory in Arlington,Farmhand in Green Isle untilthey closed. This is where helearned to be a machinist; andfor Cherrington Corporationin Fairfax, retiring in 1999.
On June 12, 1976, Merlewas united in marriage toDorothy Hightshoe in Pu-posky, Minnesota. After theirmarriage, the couple residedin Gaylord.
They were blessed withtwo sons, Shane and Tommy.Merle and Dorothy shared 41years of marriage.
Merle was a member of theCreekside CommunityChurch in Arlington.
Merle was an avid hunterand fisherman. He enjoyedclassic cars and had a vastknowledge of general mainte-nance, camping and takingcountry drives to find
wildlife. He was very activein Cub and Boy Scouts withhis sons, until they receivedtheir Eagle Scout. Merle wasthe Assistant Scoutmaster. Hecherished the time he spentwith his family, especially hisgrandchildren.
Merle is survived by hiswife, Dorothy Molash ofGaylord; sons, Shane(Tessa) Molash of Gaylord,and Tommy (Amy) Molashof Willmar; grandchildren,Hannah, Bethany, Nevaeh,and Eli Molash; sister, HelenHall of Motley; brother, EarlMolash of Wadena; manynieces, nephews, other rela-tives and friends.
Merle was preceded indeath by his parents, Knee-land and Lurley Molash; sis-ters, Josephine Austin, MabelRoepke and Ilene Wiest.
Arrangements by the Eges-dal Funeral Home in Gaylord,Minnesota. Online obituariesand guest book available atwww.hantge.com.
Merle Molash, 69, Gaylord
History91 Years AgoJanuary 6, 1927Luis Kill, Editor
The annual meeting of thestockholders of the Farmers &Merchants State Bank of Arling-ton was held in the CommercialHall Tuesday morning, the fol-lowing board of directors beingelected: Martin Nagel, CharlesW. Strebel, J. G. Weckworth,L.F. Breitkreutz, Bartly Hunt,W. G. Sander, Louis Reichen-back, Richard Kistner and C.F.Mauer. The officers elected are:C. F. Mauer, President; RichardKistner, V. President; O. H.Meyer, Cashier O. E. Redman,Asst. Cashier; O. E. Schwirtz,Asst. Cashier. Martin Nagel waschosen as chairman of the boardof directors. Mr. Mauer’s elec-tion to the presidency of the in-stitution will not result in anymaterial change in the routine ofhis duties. Mr. Mauer held theposition of cashier since thebank was organized 22 yearsago and the fact that it hasgrown steadily in deposits untilnow it is the biggest in the coun-ty reflects great credit on hisability.
Statistics compiled by theMetropolitan Life Insurancecompany show that it costs$6,167 to rear a girl and $6,077to rear a boy to the age of 18.
78 Years AgoJanuary, 1940Louis Kill, Editor
We have had our first taste ofwintery weather the past week.With mercury hovering aroundthe zero mark each day the coaland oil dealers are getting abreak, and merchants as well are
experiencing an unusual demandfor warm clothing and footwear.Tuesday the temperature herewas about 10 below zero.
Miss Mildred Rucks daughterof Mr. and Mrs. Emil Rucks andMr. Arnold Ristau, son of Mr.and Mrs. Carl Ristau, both ofGreen Isle township, were theprincipals in a pretty weddingsolemnized at the Zion Lutheranchurch on Monday, Jan. 1st.
A number of Arlington firmshave subscribed to a weeklyradio broadcast, which will bepresented the first time overWTCN, Minneapolis, next Mon-day morning, January 8, at 7:05o’clock. The program will bebroadcast on four successiveMondays.
60 Years Ago January 2, 1958Louis Kill, Editor
Two hundred forty-two peo-ple of the Arlington and Hender-son communities demonstratedthat they indeed had the Christ-mas spirit by donating $571.05to help accident victim CarlBelz and his family. The fundswere presented to Carl Belz athis farm home half way betweenHenderson and Arlington by themen who had collected it. Thepresentation was made on theafternoon of Christmas Eve.Carl was injured in a fall fromthe roof of a farm building onSeptember 25th and as a resultin now unable to use his legs.
Sheriff Herb Buerkle anddeputies were called out Fridayto break up a teenage party at adeserted farmplace near here.More than a dozen Gaylordyouths were involved. Acting ona tip from the farm owner, the
Sheriff and deputies were ableto stop three of the five cars.Names of all the youths are nowin the hands of the Sheriff.
The infant son of Mr. andMrs. Elroy Reetz was baptizedSunday at St. Paul’s Lutheranchurch. He was named CurtisDavid.
35 Years Ago January 5, 1983Val Kill, Editor
Ralph and Lynn Wacker pur-chased Pederson’s Cafe in Ar-lington and are getting movedinto the apartment above thecafe. They have named theirnew business Ralph’s Kitchenand Katering. Their specialtywill be home-made beef stewand home-made dinner rolls.
Theater owner, Pat Vossen,was pictured removing the snowfrom the marquee of the LidoTheater. The heavy snows lastweek left the marquee piled highwith snow. Vossen said that hehad to fill the bathtub of the up-stairs apartment with snow be-fore he could even get out toshovel off the rest of the snow.“I’ve never seen it this bad,”Vossen said.
The Arlington Super Valustore has changed owners. Den-nis Kittock assumed ownershipas of Dec. 31. Kittock said therewould be no changes. “Wemissed it as a family and wemissed the community,” he said.
A&N Radiator Repair hascompleted their move and willbe doing business in their newbuilding on north Highway 5across from Nature’s Best andnext to Ode’s Energy and An-tiques.
The Ridgeview Medical Center is pleased toannounce the arrival of its first baby of thenew year. A baby boy, Oaken Burntvedt, wasborn at 1:53 p.m. Monday, Jan. 1. Oaken
weighed 10 pounds, one ounce and measured20 inches. He is welcomed by parents Thorand Abigail Burntvedt of Tracy, Minn.
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City Council Continued from page 1
Power Association(MMPA) Delegates: PatrickMelvin and Lisa Tesch
Cable Commission Dele-gates: Tom Hatlestad andDon Koch
A-GI Wastewater BoardDelegates: Jim Heiland,Michelle Battcher and PeopleService representative
Prairie Line Trail Com-mittee Delegate: JamesJaszewski
Sibley County LibraryBoard Representative: Lore-lie Ferch
Minnesota Valley Region-al Rail Coalition (MVRRC)Delegate: Patrick Melvin
Sibley County EconomicDevelopment Corporation(SEDCO): Dick Thomes
Sibley Medical CenterFoundation (SMC): JamesJaszewski
Council Committees
Employee Relations Com-mittee: Michelle Battcher andTom Hatlestad
Finance Committee:Michelle Battcher and JamesJaszewski
Public Buildings Commit-tee: Adam Cowell and JamesJaszewski
Streets Committee: JimHeiland and Tom Hatlestad
Utilities Committee: JimHeiland and Adam Cowell
Police Committee: TomHatlestad and Michelle
Battcher
MiscellaneousCommittee
Firefighter Relief Com-mittee: Rich Nagel, PatrickMelvin and John Zaske
Ambulance DepartmentCommittee: James Jaszews-ki, Michelle Battcher, PatrickMelvin, Kevin Sullivan, LisaRoseland and Todd Sandberg
Fire Department Commit-tee: Adam Cowell, Jim Hei-land and Fire Department Of-ficer Corporation
Emergency OperationsPlan: Rich Nagel, PatrickMelvin, Tim Haggenmiller,John Zaske, John Petterson,Kevin Sullivan and KirbyWeckworth.
Citizen Committees
Cemetery Committee:Patrick Melvin, Kirby Weck-worth, Adam Cowell, DennisVan Moorlehem, Lyle Rud,Lindsey Drexler, JenniferNuesse, Laura Ward and An-gelica Rose
Economic DevelopmentAuthority: Amy Newsom,Michelle Battcher, TomHatlestad, Tim Kloeckl DeanBergersen, Larry Sorenson,Dick Thomes and Kurt Menk.
Community Center Com-mittee: Patrick Melvin, AnnieShotliff, Kirby Weckworth,Adam Cowell, Kurt Menk,Amanda Feterl, Tim Haggen-
miller, Bekah Lundstrom,Julie Warweg and DebBrinkman
Library Committee:Kathy Homme, Adam Cowell,Pauline Wiemann, AnitaQuast, Galen Wills, Sue Mor-risette, Jean Olson, LorelieFerch and Sibley County Li-brary Board representative
Park Committee: KirbyWeckworth, James Jaszewski,Gary Hultgren, Jerry Ebers-viller, Karan Pichelmann,Robert Thomes, Walter Alli-son and Alan Ihrke
Planning & Zoning Com-mittee: Cynthia Smith-Strack,Michelle Battcher, JanetDeno, Jim Carlson, DwightGrabitske, Darnell Halverson,Jon Hazelwood and Jim Kreft.
Shade Tree Committee:Patrick Melvin Kirby Weck-worh, Rich Nagel, Jeff Pinske,Jim Kreft and Dale Stern
Task Forces &Commissions
Arlington Historical Soci-ety: Curt Boeder, Greg Gob-lirsch, Pauline Wiemann,Dwight Grabitske, RamonaBade, Mike Noack and Low-ell Nagel.
Community Education-/Summer Recreation Advi-sory Board: Rich Nagel,James Jaszewski, KaranPichelmann and Evea Traxler
day timeframe (MS 15.99);Failure to issue permits withinthe 60/90 day time period asrequired (MN Rule 7020.0500and 7020.1600). Not meetingprogram requirements resultsin a reduction of grant fund-ing. For Sibley County, theloss of grant funding wouldhave been approximately$5,000.00.
The Tempo database wassomething new to the pro-gram. After MPCA completedinitial training, employeesstruggled with the system.When MPCA offered multipletimes to provide additionaltraining, they received no re-
sponse from the department.Per the review by MPCA,files were missing datestamps, checklists for eachapplication, applications wereincomplete, and no due datesif any corrective action wasneeded.
Since the Feedlot Programwas returned to MPCA tomanage, it is clear the depart-ment failed in its obligation tofollow the agreement andmeet the needs of the resi-dents of the County. It appearsno one was held accountablefor their behavior. For thisreason and many more, it wasa great idea for the County to
restructure departments and todisband the EnvironmentalServices Department.
For any questions regardingthe Feedlot program, pleasecontact the MPCA Environ-mental Specialist Desiree Ho-henstein at 651-757-2334 [email protected].
Please contact me if youhave any questions or wish tocomment on the county’s per-formance. You can reach meat home 507-665-3642, cell507-479-3250 or e-mail [email protected].
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The Tom Noack MemorialFree Throw Contest will beheld at the Sibley East MiddleSchool/High School in Ar-lington on Sunday afternoon,Jan. 7.
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The visiting Sibley Eastvarsity boys basketball teamsplit two games and placedthird in The Globe-TrojanHoliday Classic in Worthing-ton last week.
The Wolverines, 1-1 in theMinnesota River Conferenceand 6-4 overall, will travel toG-F-W in non-conference ac-tion at 7:30 p.m. Thursday,Jan. 4. Sibley East will alsotravel to Le Sueur-Hendersonin MRC action at 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 9.
Alexandria 77Sibley East 47
The Sibley East varsityboys basketball team lost toAlexandria 77-47 during theopening round of The Globe-Trojan Holiday Classic inWorthington on Friday, Dec.29.
Senior Gavin Bates toppedthe Wolverines with 13points. Senior Austin Weckw-erth had nine points whilesophomore Lucas Dose net-ted seven points. SeniorsConnor Deis and Alex Sellscored six points each. SeniorJacob Willmsen and juniorKameron In added four andtwo points respectively.
The Wolverines hit 15 of33 shots from two-point
range for 45 percent and onlytwo of 12 attempts from be-yond the arc for 17 percent.Sibley East also canned 11 of16 foul shots for 69 percent.
Bates pulled down 11 re-bounds while junior JensLundstrom snared fourboards.
Bates also dished out fiveassists and recorded foursteals. Dose contributed fourassists and one theft.
Sibley East 80Worthington 58
The Sibley East varsityboys basketball team re-bounded with an 80-58 winover host Worthington duringthe third place game of TheGlobe-Trojan Holiday Classicon Saturday, Dec. 30.
Senior Gavin Bates pouredin 37 points for the Wolver-ines. Senior Austin Weck-werth contributed 18 pointswhile sophomore Lucas Doseand senior Connor Deis net-ted 13 and 10 points respec-tively. Senior Jacob Willmsenadded two points.
The Wolverines blisteredthe nets from two-point rangeas they hit 28 of 41 shots for68 percent. Sibley East hitonly five of 17 attempts fromthree-point land for 29 per-cent. The Wolverines addednine of 12 foul shots for 75
percent.Bates collected seven re-
bounds while Weckwerth andDeis grabbed four caromseach.
Deis also dished out six as-sists and recorded two stealswhile Weckwerth and Dosehad seven assists. Bates andjunior Jen Lundstrom addedsix and four assists respec-tively.
B-squadThe visiting Sibley East B-
squad boys basketball teamdropped two games in TheGlobe-Trojan Holiday Classicin Worthington last week.
The Wolverines first lost toAlexandria 57-23 on Friday,Dec. 29.
JaBez Bates scored eightpoints while Ty Knacke net-ted five points. Lucas Teschhooped four points whileAustin Snyder and AnthonyBullert added three pointseach.
Sibley East then lost toMankato West 65-39 on Sat-urday, Dec. 30.
Bates paced the Wolverineswith 11 points while AaronDeis and Bullert pumped ineight points each. KameronIn tossed in six points whileTesch, Snyder and Knackeadded two points each.
Sibley East boys basketball teamplaces 3rd at holiday tournament
By Kurt MenkEditor
The Sibley East varsitygirls basketball team split apair of games and placedthird in the Home Town BankHoliday Tournament at theRedwood Valley High Schoolin Redwood Falls last week.
“I was not pleased withour team performance in bothgames,” said Sibley East headcoach Jim DeSart. “We arebetter than what we played.You can’t commit a largechunk of turnovers and ex-pect positive results.”
DeSart added, “We under-performed in both games andcertainly should have won theDawson game had we playedthe quality basketball I expectus to do at this point in theseason.”
The Lady Wolverines, 1-2in the Minnesota River Con-ference and 3-6 overall, willhost Tri-City United in con-ference action at 7:30 p.m.Friday, Jan. 5. Sibley Eastwill also host G-F-W in non-conference play at 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 9.
Dawson-Boyd 54Sibley East 43
The visiting Sibley Eastvarsity girls basketball teamsurrendered a lead and lost toDawson-Boyd 54-43 duringthe opening round of theHome Town Bank HolidayTournament at the RedwoodValley High School onWednesday, Dec. 27.
Junior Rachel Rettmannand sophomore McKenzieLatzke paced the LadyWolverines with 12 and 10points respectively. SeniorMorgan Stearns tossed inseven points while juniorLexy Stock hooped sixpoints. Senior TaylorBrinkman had four pointswhile senior Taylor Perschauand freshman Audrey Parrottadded two points each.
Rettmann pulled downeight caroms while Stearnsand Brinkman snared six andfive boards respectively. Per-schau added four rebounds.
Brinkman also recorded sixsteals and dished out three as-sists while Latzke compiledsix steals. Lexy Stock addedthree steals.
Sibley East 41Lakeview 31
The visiting Sibley Eastvarsity girls basketball teamdefeated Lakeview 41-31 inthe third place game of theHome Town Bank HolidayTournament at the RedwoodValley High School on Thurs-day, Dec. 28.
Senior Taylor Brinkmansparked Sibley East with 10points while junior RachelRettmann and sophomoreMcKenzie Latzke hoopednine points apiece. JuniorLexy Stock and freshmanJaden Kmetz scored fourpoints each while senior AliStock had three points. SeniorMorgan Stearns added two
points.Rettmann grabbed eight re-
bounds while Brinkman hadfive caroms.
Lexy Stock also recordedfour steals while Latzkedished out three assists AliStock added two assists andtwo thefts.
B-squadThe visiting Sibley East B-
squad girls basketball teamdropped two games in theHome Town Bank HolidayTournament at the RedwoodValley High School in Red-wood Falls last week.
The Lady Wolverines lostto Dawson-Boyd 35-25 onWednesday, Dec. 27.
Jaden Kmetz tossed in ninepoints while Gabbi Bates andRachel Widmer scored fivepoints each. Libby Bartelsnetted four points whileMegan Weber added twopoints.
Bartels had seven reboundswhile Bates snared fiveboards.
Widmer recorded foursteals.
Sibley East then lost toLakeview 45-14 on Thursday,Dec. 28.
Kmetz topped the LadyWolverines with six points.Bartels scored five pointswhile Bates contributed threepoints.
Bates and Ellie Harens col-lected eight and seven re-bounds respectively.
Sibley East girls basketball teamfinishes 3rd at holiday tournament
Photo courtesy of Doug Wolter/The Daily Globe
Sibley East senior Gavin Bates, middle, wentup for a shot in between two defenders during
The Globe-Trojan Holiday Classic in Worthing-ton last weekend.
Sibey East wrestlers will host meet Jan. 4The Sibley East varsity
wrestling team will host LeSueur-Henderson and LakeCrystal-Wellcome Memorialin Arlington on Thursday
night, Jan. 4.The Wolverines will com-
pete in the Norwood YoungAmerica Wrestling Tourna-ment on Saturday, Jan. 6.
Visiting Sibley East willcompete in a meet with EdenValley-Watkins, NorwoodYoung America and Litchfieldon Tuesday night, Jan. 9.
A special late-season deerhunt will be Saturday, Jan. 6,to Sunday, Jan. 14, to helpcontrol chronic wasting dis-ease in southeastern Minneso-ta.
The hunt is open to Min-nesota residents and nonresi-dents and takes place in anarea that includes all of deerpermit area 603 as well as theportion of permit area 345
south of Interstate 90, thesouthern portion of permitarea 347 and the northern por-tion of permit area 348.
Hunters will need to planahead because private landmakes up most of the huntarea and hunters must havelandowner permission. Publicland in the area likely will becrowded. And hunting oppor-tunities will be limited and
available only by permit atForestville State Park and PinOak Prairie Scientific andNatural Area; permits to bothare sold out.
Participating hunters needto know the detailed huntrules, available on the DNR’swebsite atmndnr.gov/603hunt.
Reminder: Late season deer hunt takes place in CWD zone
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St. Paul’s Lutheran School Soccer TeamThe soccer team at St. Paul’s Lutheran School concluded itsseason with a 7-4 record overall. The team also placed third atthe Martin Luther College Tournament in New Ulm. Front Row:(left to right) Gavin Washburn, Bradey Frauendienst, Ellie Kae-
sermann, Paige Gardiner, Brayden Bergs and Kyan Kube. Mid-dle Row: (l to r) Lilly Heldt, Gabe Yanish, Finley Erickson-Sel-man, Hailey Gardiner, Gabe VonBerge, Carson Schmidt,Yziekiel Rendon and Natalie Hoff. Back Row: (l to r) Coach
Cindi Bergs, Dominick Olson, Kadin Seeman, Conor Johnson,Nathaniel Ziegler, William Kaesermann, Charlie Matzke, YlijahRendon, Pearson Strand, coach Mario Rendon and coach BrianGephart.
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Monday: Pork chop, gravy,mashed potatoes, beets, bread,margarine, pineapple, low fatmilk.
Tuesday: Liver or peppersteak, buttered boiled potatoes,carrots, bread, margarine, applecrisp, low fat milk.
Wednesday: Roast beef, gravy,mashed potatoes, peas, dinnerroll, margarine, pudding dessert,low fat milk.
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Breakfast is served daily. A 1/2pint of milk is served with eachmeal daily.
Menu is subject to change.Monday: Breakfast turkey
sausage pizza or Golden Gra-hams cereal, string cheese, fruit,juice, milk.
Tuesday: Cinni-mini frenchtoast bites or Strawberry bananatrip Yoplait, blueberry muffin,
fruit, juice, milk.Wednesday: Pancakes, turkey
sausage patty or Cocoa Puffs ce-real, fruit, juice, milk.
Thursday: Blueberry Bashwaffles, hard boiled egg or Dou-ble chocolate chip muffin, fruit,juice, milk.
Friday: Skewered turkeysausage pancake, or mini cinnis,fruit, juice, milk.
SIBLEY EAST SCHOOLElementary MENU
January 8-12A 1/2 pint of milk and an en-
riched grain product is servedwith each meal. Additional milk
is available for additionalcharge. Menu is subject to
change.Monday: Mini Turkey corn
dogs, or Ham and cheese sand-wich, baked beans, fresh carrots,fruit and milk.
Tuesday: Classic Americancheeseburger or Pizza bagel funlunch, oven baked fries, slicedcucumbers, fruit, milk.
Wednesday: Beef hot dog onWW bun or Ham and cheddarcheese chef salad, WG dinnerroll, steamed broccoli, red bellpepper strips, fruit, milk.
Thursday: Italian baked pasta,WG dinner roll or Turkey andcheese sandwich, seasoned peas,celery sticks, fruit, milk.
Friday: Sloppy Joe or Straw-berry parfait with granola, tatortots, fresh carrots, fruit, milk.
SIBLEY EAST SCHOOLMS/HS MENU
January 1-5A 1/2 pint of milk and anenriched grain product is
served with each meal. Addition-al milk is available for additional
charge. Menu is subject to change.
Monday: Turkey corn dog orCheese or pepperoni pizza; orGrill station or Deli station;baked beans, fresh carrots, ro-maine lettuce, fruit, milk.
Tuesday: Seasoned beef tacomeat, tortilla chips, Mexicanstyle refried beans, creamy ched-dar cheese sauce, or Cheese orItalian sausage pizza or Grill sta-tion or Deli station; corn, slicedcucumbers, romaine lettuce,fruit, milk.
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Thursday: Dutch chicken potpie, fresh baked WG biscuit orCheese or Italian sausage pizza orGrill station or Deli station; sea-soned peas, celery sticks, ro-maine lettuce, fruit, milk.
Friday: Sloppy Joe, Tater Totsor Cheese or Pepperoni pizza orGrill station or Deli station; freshcelery sticks, fresh cucumbers,fresh carrots, romaine lettuce,fruit, milk.
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Lives remembered: People who passed away during 2017Late December
(2016)Shirley A. Berger, 68,
rural Henderson on Dec. 22Iona Scharpe, 89, Arling-
ton, on Dec. 29
JanuaryMarlin “Butch” Wolter,
66, Brooklyn Park, on Jan. 2James P. Muller, 69, Web-
ster, on Jan. 8Comcetta “Connie”
Ungar, 63, Arlington, on Jan.12
Gladys Bartels, 87, Glen-coe, on Jan. 13
Megan E. Bening, 22, Ar-lington, on Jan. 28
Milo Quast, 88, Gaylord,on Jan. 30
Irmgard B. Otto, 87,Arligton, on Jan. 31
FebruaryJoseph E. Robeck, 73, Ar-
lington, on Feb. 4Walter W. Mathwig, 97,
Arlington, on Feb. 13Geraldine “Gerry” Peter-
son, on Feb. 27
MarchEvelyn E. Lieske, 86,
Henderson, on Mar. 1Kristi M. Traver, 49, Owa-
tonna, on Mar. 2Wayne J. Wiemann, 68,
Aurora, Colo., on March 9Alfred “Bud” Locher, 92,
Green Isle, on March 18Joan Johengen, 84, Hack-
ensack, on March 19Tiffany (Wisch) Rodning,
49, Gaylord, on March 23Richard Lemke, 70, Ar-
lington, on March 25
AprilRegina Irene Leonhardt,
83, of Pierz, on April 7 Luella Dahlke, 86, Glen-
coe, on April 8Charles Haus, 96, Arling-
ton, on April 11Mildred D. Henke, 89, Ar-
lington, on April 13Donna deCathelineau, 60,
Mason City, Iowa, on April21
Glenn A. Lindstrand, 88,Winthrop, on April 22
Linnea V. Ellanson, 91,Glencoe, on April 24
Marlys S. Vilhauer, 82,
rural Litchfield, on April 25
MayJanice Luskey, 71, former-
ly of Green Isle, on May 15Herbert Schuth, 90, for-
merly of Glencoe, on May15
Rosemarie (Rose) Hardel-Lane, 70, Rancho Cordova,Calif., on May 15
Lillie Ann Voight, 78,Green Isle, on May 19
Marion Woehler, 91, Ar-lington, on May 22
June A. Dahlke, 89, for-merly of Green Isle, on May28
JuneAudrey M. Goehl, 85, Ar-
lington, on June 10Arthur Ellanson 100,
Glencoe, on June 11Betty Lue Wroge, 70,
Glencoe, on June 18Kenneth F. Fabel, 86,
Green Isle, on June 21Burt H. Pasvogel, 51,
Belle Plaine, on June 23Martin Brueggemeier, 85,
Arlington, on June 24Terri Lynn Robeck, 56,
Arlington, on June 30
JulyEarl G. Dresser, 93,
Spring Park, on July 7Angeline C. Mader, 91, St.
Bonifacius, on July 23Austin B. Lentz, 95, Ar-
lington, on July 27Timothy J. Buck, 37,
Brainerd, on July 31
AugustMelvin J. Dose, 92, Ar-
lington, on August 2 Elizabeth (Betty) Vos, 90,
Green Isle & Arlington, onAugust 13
Alexander G. Gieseke, 17,Arlington, on August 15
Arthur Robert ‘Bob” Guy,92, Chandler, Ariz., on Aug. 24
Edgar Schuft, 87, formerlyof Arlington, on August 30
SeptemberDolores Krebsbach, 87,
Arlington, on September 8 Karen D. Cheever, 69,
Glencoe, on September 9Jerry Bullert, 71, formerly
of Ceder Mills, on Sept. 9Sandra “Sandy” Klaers,
44, Arlington, on September10
Kristine M. Lindemeier,53, Gaylord, on September14
Bruce G. Dahlke, 65, Ar-lington on September 22
Lilly A. Burtyk, 95, Cot-tage Grove, on September 23
Leah Ann Enbom, 59, Ar-lington, on September 23
Robert F. Radunz, 80,Bloomington, on Sept 26
Earl E. Brockhoff, 87, Ar-lington on September 27
OctoberRobert L. Meyers, 75, Ar-
lington, on October 10Clarice Gasow, 86, Gay-
lord, on October 10Roger Doering, 84, Green
Valley, Ariz., on October 10Harlan W. Harms, 74,
Green Isle, on October 12Jeanette Seemann, 88, Ar-
lington, on October 14Janet M. Bickmann, 75,
Arlington, on October 16Elvera D. Truenow, 85,
Arlington, on October 16Madonna Dorweiler, 96,
Arlington, on October 22
Gladys Alsleben, 84, Ar-lington on Oct. 30
NovemberIris (Rucks) Hill, 84, St.
Peter on Nov. 2Deborah Sickmann, 61
Elk River on Nov. 14. Sandra Lemke, 71, Arling-
ton on Nov. 21.Reuben Fredric
Telthoester, 82, Arlington, onNov. 28
Lyle F. Vought, 69, Hay-field, on Nov. 28
Judith Ann Liebl, 69, Ar-lington on Nov. 29.
DecemberGilbert Earl Mathwig, 85,
Green Isle on Dec. 4.Norman Thoele, 87, Ham-
burg, on Dec. 6Michael “Mike” Poppitz,
69, Chaska, on Dec. 6Shirley Kehoe, 87, Arling-
ton, on Dec. 10Ardyce Boda, 87, Le Cen-
ter, on Dec. 22Merle Molash, 69, Gay-
lord, on Dec. 25.
Church NewsST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN
(WELS)Arlington
Pastor Matthew C. Rauh,507-964-2109
e-mail: [email protected]
e-mail: [email protected]
Sunday, January 7: 8:45 a.m.Sunday school. 9:00 a.m. Biblestudy, 10:00 a.m. Worship withCommunion.
Monday, January 8: 7:00 p.m.Elders’ meeting.
Wednesday, January 10: 2:00p.m. Bible Study. 3:45 p.m. Con-firmation class. 7:00 p.m. Choirpractice.
Thursday, January 4: 10:00a.m. Bulletin info due. 10:30 p.m.Bible study at Highland Com-mons. 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.Services on cable TV channel 8.
GAYLORD ASSEMBLY OF GOD
GaylordBob Holmbeck, Pastor
Sunday, January 7: 9:15 a.m.Sunday school. 10:00 a.m. Wor-ship service.
Wednesday, January 10: 6:30p.m. Wednesday evening supper,Bible classes and Youth Focused.
ST. PAUL’S EV.REFORMED CHURCH
15470 Co. Rd. 31,Hamburg
Dan Schnabel, Pastor952-467-3878
www.stpaulsrcus.orgSunday, January 7: 8:30 a.m.
Sunday school and adult Biblestudy. 9:30 a.m. Worship service.
Tuesday, January 9: 7:00 p.m.Consistory meeting.
Wednesday, January 10: 6:30-8:00 p.m. Catechism. 7:30 p.m.Youth Fellowship.
ST. MARY, MICHAELAND BRENDAN AREAFAITH COMMUNITYFr. Aaron Johanneck,
Parochial AdministratorFriday, January 5: 8:30 a.m.
Mass (Mar). 5:00 p.m. Mass(Bre).
Saturday, January 6: 5:00p.m. Mass (Bre).
Sunday, January 7: 8:00 a.m.Mass (Mic). 10:00 a.m. Mass(Mar).
Monday, January 8: 8:30 a.m.Mass (Be). 8:00 p.m. AA and AlAnon (Mar).
Tuesday, January 9: 8:30 a.m.Mass (Bre & Mar). 3:30 p.m.Word and Communion (Arling-ton Good Samaritan).
Wednesday, January 10: 8:30a.m. Mass (Mar). 9:30 a.m. Wordand Communion (Oak Terrace).6:30-7:30 p.m. AFC religious ed-ucation classes (Mar).
Thursday, January 11: 8:30a.m. Mass (Bre & Mic). 7:30p.m. Narcotics Anonymous(Mic).
TRINITY LUTHERAN32234 431st Ave., Gaylord
Pastor Scott Richards Sunday, January 7: 9:30 a.m.
Sunday school. 10:30 a.m. Wor-
ship.
ST. JOHN’SLUTHERAN
(Missouri Synod)Arlington
Pastor Gary L. RuckmanPhone 507-964-2400
Sunday, January 7: 9:00 a.m.Sunday school and Bible class.10:00 a.m. Worship with HolyCommunion. Lutheran Hourbroadcasted on KDUZ 1260 AMevery Sunday at noon.
Wednesday, January 10: 6:30p.m. Confirmation. 7:00 p.m.Ladies Aid.
Thursday, January 11: 9:00a.m. Pastor ’s Winkel at St.John’s. 5:30 p.m. Deadline forbulletin information.
EVANGELICALCOVENANT CHURCH
107 W. Third St.,Winthrop
(507) 647- 5777Parsonage (507) 647-3739
www.wincov.orgSaturday, January 6: 6:00 a.m.
Men’s Bible study at Hahn’s Din-ing.
Sunday, January 7: Commun-ion Sunday. 9:30 a.m. Worship.11:00 a.m. Sunday School. 12:00p.m. Mission and Outreach meet-ing. 6:00 p.m. Middle schoolyouth meeting.
Tuesday, January 9: 7:00 p.m.Leadership Team meeting.
Wednesday, January 10: 9:00a.m. Prayer coffee at the Lodge inWinthrop. 6:00 p.m. Awana.
Thursday, January 11: 9:30a.m. Women’s Bible study. 6:30p.m. Men’s Bible study at Peik’s.
ORATORY OF ST. THOMAS
THE APOSTLEJessenland
507-248-3550Fr. Samuel Perez
Thursday: Weekly Mass at5:00 p.m.
ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN(Missouri Synod)
Green Isle507-326-3451
Pastor Eric W. RappFriday, January 5: 10:00 a.m.
Deadline for Sunday bulletin. Sunday, January 7: 8:00 a.m.
Bible study. 9:00 a.m. Worship.10:00 a.m. Sunday school. 10:00a.m. Taking down Christmas dec-orations.
Tuesday, January 9: 8:45-9:15a.m. Pastor reading at G.I.school. 10:00 a.m.-noon, Pastorat Zion. 7:30 p.m. St. Paul’s an-nual voters meeting.
Wednesday, January 10: 6:30p.m. Confirmation.
Thursday, January 11: PastorCircuit meeting.
ZION LUTHERAN(Missouri Synod)
Green Isle Township507-326-3451
Pastor Eric W. RappFriday, January 5: 10:00 a.m.
Deadline for Sunday bulletin. Sunday, January 7: 10:30 a.m.
Worship with Communion.
Monday, January 8: 8:00 p.m.Zion annual voters meeting Zion.
Tuesday, January 9: 8:45-9:15a.m. Pastor reading at G.I.school. 10:00 a.m.-noon, Pastorat Zion.
Wednesday, January 10: 6:30p.m. Confirmation.
Thursday, January 11: PastorCircuit meeting.
PEACE LUTHERAN(Missouri Synod)
Arlington507-964-2959
Kurt Lehmkuhl, [email protected], January 7: 8:15 a.m.
Sunday school. 9:30 a.m. Wor-ship service. 10:30 a.m. Fellow-ship.
Wednesday, January 10: 3:45p.m. Catechism.
ZION LUTHERAN(ELCA)
814 W. Brooks St.Arlington (507) 964-5454Deborah Dawson, Pastor
Sunday, January 7: 9:00 a.m.Worship with Holy Communion.10:00 a.m. Fellowship and Sun-day school.
Tuesday, January 9: 6:00-7:00p.m. TOPS in church basement.
Wednesday, January 10: 7:00p.m. Church Council meeting.
Thursday, January 11: 9:00a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Zion serviceon Cable. 6:00 p.m. CombinedCircle potluck/Bible study &ZCW general meeting.
CREEKSIDECommunity Church
Christian & MissionaryAlliance
Pastor John Cherico114 Shamrock DriveArlington – 507-964-2872
email:[email protected]
Sunday, January 7: 9:30 AdultSunday school. 10:30 a.m. Wor-ship service and nursery, ages 0-4, and Children’s Church ages 5through 5th grade. 6:30 p.m.youth Group.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
7th Ave. N.W., Arlington(507) 304-3410
Pastor Robert Brauer507-234-6770
Saturday: Church services at9:30 a.m. Bible study at 11:00a.m. Fellowship dinner at 12:00p.m. All are welcome.
UNITED METHODISTArlington
Rodney J. Stemme, Pastorwwwarlingtonunited
methodist.orgSunday, January 7: 9:00 a.m.
Sunday school. 9:45 a.m. Coffeetime. 10:00 a.m. Worship withHoly Communion.
Monday, January 8: 6:30 p.m.Pastor at Jail Ministry.
Tuesday, January 9: 6:30 Edu-cation Outreach.
Wednesday, January 10: 3:45p.m. Confirmation. 7:00 p.m.Choir.
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SEPTEMBERThe Arlington City Council voted 4-1 and approved
the resignations of police officer Jordan Voigt and main-tenance worker Trevor Latzke.
Kevin Durham, Jr., a senior running back on theSibley East varsity football team, broke the schoolrecord for career rushing yards against visiting St.Peter. Durham needed 54 yards and ended the nightwith 79 yards. Erik Danielson held the previousschool record with 2,938 total yards on 404 carries.
A new era at the Sibley East Public Schools began onMonday, Sept. 11 when students in grades 6-12 walkedinto the newly renovated Middle School/High School inArlington. Students in grades PreK-5 held their first dayof school in the new Sibley East Elementary School inGaylord on Wednesday, Sept. 13.
The Green Isle Economic Development Authority(EDA) was awarded a $10,000 Rural Business Devel-opment Grant from the USDA.
Former Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allengreeted people and signed autographs at the fifth annualProAuto NYA Bull Riding event at the Sibley CountyFairgrounds in Arlington.
The 1967 Arlington A’s baseball team captured theClass B state championship 50 years ago.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Auxiliary to Ar-lington VFW Post #6031 celebrated its 60th anniversaryduring a general meeting.
Larry Klunder, who played for the Arlington A’sbaseball team from 1962 through 1980, was inductedinto the Minnesota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fameduring a ceremony in St. Cloud.
Taylor Brinkman, a senior on the Sibley East varsitygirls volleyball team, recorded her 1,000th career set as-sist during the Sibley East Volleyball Tournament in Ar-lington.
OCTOBERThe Arlington City Council unanimously approved a
motion to hire Patrick Melvin as the new city adminis-trator for the City of Arlington.
Gavin Bates and Faith Young were crowned as theSibley East High School’s Homecoming King andQueen during a coronation ceremony in Arlington.
The Green Isle City Council voted 4-1 and approved amotion to approve a purchase agreement for BryanMalz, owner of Timberline Woodproducts, Hamburg, topurchase a lot in the Green Isle Industrial Park for onedollar.
The Arlington City Council unanimously approveda motion to hire Sara Joncoski as a full-time officerfor the Arlington Police Department.
The Arlington City Council unanimously approved amotion to hire Mike Willmsen as the new full-timemaintenance worker for the City of Arlington.
Members and friends of the Arlington Area Cham-ber of Commerce, Arlington Economic DevelopmentAuthority (EDA) and City of Arlington held a ribboncutting ceremony at Pilot Travel Centers in the Ar-lington Industrial Park.
After an approximate 15-year run, the consignmentauctions in the Green Isle Industrial Park were comingto an end. The final consignment auction, run by Fahey& Associates, Inc., Norwood Young America, was heldin late October.
The Minnesota Historical Society has awarded theArlington Historical Society (AHS) a Minnesota His-torical & Cultural Heritage grant in the amount of$7,693.00 for the Arlington Museum Lighting Plan.
Members of the Arlington Area Chamber of Com-merce, Arlington City Council and Arlington EconomicDevelopment Authority (EDA) held a ribbon cuttingceremony at Aly's Art By Hand Etc.
NOVEMBERThe Arlington Garden Club recently received the
prestigious Garden Club Award from the MinnesotaState Horticultural Society.
Arlington resident Haley Rohwer was a member ofthe Mayer Lutheran varsity girls volleyball teamthat captured the Class A state championship for thesecond consecutive year.
Rural Henderson resident Maynard Rucks, a graduateof the Arlington-Green Isle High School, was inductedinto the Sibley East Wall of Fame during the Sibley EastAmerican Education Banquet at the Arlington Commu-nity Center.
Several individuals received major awards duringthe Sibley East American Education Banquet at theArlington Community Center. They included AnnaWillmsen (Paraprofessional of the Year Award), AnnBruellman (Outstanding Retiree Award) and Mary(Friend of Education Award), Jeremy Wagner (Sup-port Person of the Year Award), Chad Johnson(Teacher of the Year Award) and Steve Langhorst(Friend of Education Award).
The Arlington Area Chamber of Commerce, alongwith the Arlington EDA and Arlington City Council,held a ribbon cutting ceremony at Alice’s Family HairCenter.
Zachary Latzke, a sophomore at South DakotaState University, was one of less than one percent ofFFA members across the United States to receive anAmerican FFA Degree at the 90th National FFA Con-vention & Expo in Indianapolis.
DECEMBERThe annual Arli-Dazzle festivities were a huge suc-
cess during the first Saturday in December. One of thelargest crowds ever watched the Arli-Dazzle Paradewhich is “Probably The Largest Lighted Christmas Pa-rade in Minnesota!”
The Arlington City Council unanimously adopteda resolution and approved an agreement for consult-ing economic development services with SibleyCounty. The new Arlington EDA director will beAmy Newsom.
It was announced that the consignment auctions spon-sored by Fahey & Associates of Norwood Young Ameri-ca found a new home in Arlington.
Matt Nelson was elected as the new president ofthe Arlington Area Chamber of Commerce in 2018.
Tommy Wentzlaff, a senior on the Sibley East varsitywrestling team, recorded his 100th career win.
The Sibley County Board directed Sibley County Ad-ministrator Roxy Traxler to prepare a resolution makingthe County Attorney’s office full-time.
Year-In-Review
Sibley County CourtThe following misdemeanors,
petty misdemeanors and grossmisdemeanors were heard in Dis-trict Court December 15-22,2017: Minnesota State Patrol(MSP); Sheriff ’s Office (SO);Department of Natural Resources(DNR); MN Department ofTransportation (MNDOT).
Randy K. Wagner, 61, Gaylord,fail to yield-emergency vehicle,$185, Arlington PD; Peter L.Westre, 57, St. Peter, driver mustcarry proof of insurance when op-erating vehicle, dismissed, Ar-lington PD.
Alberto Garcia, 27, Gaylord,damage to property-4th degree-intentional damage-other circum-stances, driving after suspension,driving after suspension, drivingafter suspension, local confine-ment 45 days, credit for timeserved 45 days, conditions-other-forfeit bail to file 72-CR-17-358,concurrent other case, $397.25,Gaylord PD; Edgar J. Garza, 25,St. Peter, no MN DL, local con-finement 30 days, credit for timeserved 30 days, $185, GaylordPD; Malik R. Gill, 20, Hopkins,speed, careless driving, $250,Gaylord PD; Cindy L. Krueger,53, Gaylord, theft take/use/trans-fer movable property-no consentinclude shoplifting, continued,unsupervised monitoring withoutadjudication one year, pay restitu-tion, no same or similar, no theft,keep court/attorney informed ofcurrent address, $70.24, GaylordPD; Erick J.-E. Porter, 25, Gay-lord, interference with an emer-gency call, dismissed, domesticassault, violation of DomesticAbuse No Contact order, stay ofimposition, concurrent other case,supervised probation three years,local confinement 42 days, creditfor time served 19 days, sentenceto service 40 hours for indetermi-nate, contact with probation, fol-low all instructions of probation,sign probation agreement, sign allreleases of information, completediagnostic assessment to deter-mine whether the defendant re-quires services based on historyof domestic abuse, chemical de-
pendency evaluation/treatment,follow recommendations of eval-uation, no alcohol/controlled sub-stance use with the exception ofprescribed medications, no pos-session of alcohol or drugs withthe exception of prescribed med-ications, random testing, Domes-tic No Contact (DANCO), condi-tions other-follow all recommen-dations of open CHIPS file, re-main law-abiding, no same orsimilar, $135, Gaylord PD; Jill R.Wittgraf, 52, Bloomington,speed, $125, Gaylord PD.
Logan S. Hollingsworth, 36,Dickenson, N.D., migratorybirds-take Coots, Moorheads orducks in closed season, $185,DNR.
Gloria J. ZumBerge, 77, GreenIsle, speed, $125, MSP; MichaelA. Brodeur, 62, New Prague,speed, $145, MSP; Dereka A.Christine Saunder, 19, Mankato,speed, $135, MSP; Jordan M.Collins, 25, Chanhassen, speed,dismissed, MSP; Anna M. Eder,31, Denver, Colo., speed, $125,MSP; Adia L. Edwards, 35, SaintPaul, speed, $145, MSP; Brett C.Leske, 55, Mound, speed, $145,MSP; Jesse J. McDurmont, 25,Winthrop, no proof MV insur-ance, dismissed, MSP; DawsonA. Molter, 18, Le Sueur, windowtint (less than 50% light transmit-tance), $135, MSP; Yvan O. Mu-gabo, 23, Hutchinson, speed,$225, MSP; Sean P. Ryan, 35,Waconia, speed, $135, expiredproof of insurance, dismissed,MSP; Jeannette M Skoropowski,49, Boston, Mass., speed, $145,MSP; Eliana L. Solares, 32, Gay-lord, speed, $125, MSP; David D.Stapf, 46, Webster, speed, $125,MSP; Murielle A. Tiambo, 35,New York, N.Y., speed, $145,MSP; Mao-Lun Weng, 41,Brookings, S.D. speed, $135,MSP.
Jessica L. Howe, 36, RedwoodFalls, check forgery, dismissed,offering forged checks, super-vised probation two years, localconfinement one year, stay 321days for two years, credit for timeserved 44 days, local confinement
nine days, credit for time servednine days, contact with probation,follow all instructions of proba-tion, sign probation agreement,complete treatment, intensiveoutpatient treatment throughFreedom Center, aftercare, signall releases of information, no al-cohol/controlled substance use,no possession of alcohol or drugs,random testing, increase randomUA’s, restitution reserved for 30days, remain law-abiding, nosame or similar, pay restitutionbefore fines, fees and surcharges,chemical dependencyevaluation/treatment, follow rec-ommendations of evaluation,counseling, continue to work withcounselor Donna, $160, SO;Logan T. McDermid, 18, Jordan,speed, $125, SO; Deanna L. Pe-tersen, 43, Henderson, DAS,$285, SO; Andrew D. Poepping,23, Savage, speed, $125, SO;Garbin F. Sanchez Ramirez, 30,Gaylord, speed, driving without avalid license for vehicleclass/type, $485, SO; Kristina M.Schmidt, 48, Burnsville, speed,$125, SO.
Chelsea P. Dooley, 30, Fairfax,DAR, $285, Winthrop PD.
The following felonies wereheard in District Court December15-22, 2017
Abigail E. Holberg, 25, Gay-lord, aiding an offender, contin-ued, supervised probation threeyears, local confinement fourdays, credit for time served oneday, comment: one weekend orthree consecutive days 7p.m-7p.m. to be completed within 30days, follow all state and federalcriminal laws, contact your pro-bation officer as directed, tellyour probation officer within 72hours if you have contact withlaw enforcement, tell your proba-tion officer within 72 hours if youare charged with any new crime,tell your probation officer within72 hours if you change your ad-dress, employment or telephonenumber, cooperate with thesearch of your person, residence,vehicle, workplace, property, andthings as directed by your proba-
tion officer, sign releases of infor-mation as directed, give a DNAsample when directed, do not useor possess firearms, ammunitionor explosives, do not register tovote or vote until discharged fromprobation and your civil rights arefully restored, contact with proba-tion, follow all instructions ofprobation, sign probation agree-ment, complete diagnostic assess-ment within 30 days, follow rec-ommendations of evaluation, signall releases of information, re-main law-abiding, no same orsimilar, $225, Gaylord PD.
Lisa M. Eyrich, 48, Henderson,conspiracy to commit fourth de-gree controlled substance crime,continued, supervised probationthree years, sentence to service24 hours for indeterminate, fol-low all state and federal criminallaws, contact your probation offi-cer as directed, tell your proba-tion officer within 72 hours if youhave contact with law enforce-ment, tell your probation officerwithin 72 hours if you arecharged with any new crime, tellyour probation officer within 72hours if you change your address,employment or telephone num-ber, cooperate with the search ofyour person, residence, vehicle,workplace, property, and thingsas directed by your probation of-ficer, sign releases of informationas directed, do not register to voteor vote until discharged from pro-bation and your civil rights arefully restored, contact with proba-tion, follow all instructions ofprobation, sign probation agree-ment, sign all releases of infor-mation, chemical dependencyevaluation/treatment, follow rec-ommendation of evaluation, com-plete diagnostic assessment, nosame or similar, remain law-abid-ing, no alcohol/controlled sub-stance use with the exception ofprescribed medications, no pos-session of alcohol or drugs withthe exception of prescribed med-ications, random testing, $150,SO.
Enterprise photo by Kurt Menk
Green Isle Fire Department Receives GrantThe Green Isle Fire Department recently received a $2,000grant from the Cargill Cares Foundation. The money will go to-ward the purchase of extraction tools for the fire department.
Left to right: Green Isle First Assistant Chief Dan Kroells, GrainMarketing Advisor Jim Nelson and Green Isle Fire Second As-sistant Chief Kort Meyer.
2018Wedding Directory
Appearing in the first edition of the monthin the Glencoe Advertiser
& the second edition of the month in The Sibley Shopper!
Our Wedding Directory is a companion to our Bride
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Wedding Directory.
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