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BY PER KVALSTENCounty Reporter

A state budget defi cit and cuts to public transportation by the legislature concerned offi cials with the Steele Coun-ty Area Transit (SCAT).

Those concerns were alle-viated when the funding that

SCAT normally gets from the Minnesota Department of Transportation came through.

“We were told to expect re-duced revenue,” SCAT coordi-nator Melinda Skalicky said.

Blooming Prairie’s highest educator is being recognized as one of the top administrators in Min-nesota.

The Minnesota Associa-tion of School Administra-tors (MASA) has named Barry Olson, superinten-dent of Blooming Prairie Schools, as an administra-tor of excellence. Olson has been superintendent since 2001.

Olson will be honored for his leadership, concern for students and active in-volvement in professional and community affairs at a statewide recognition ceremony to be held at the MASA Spring Conference March 15-16 in Blooming-ton.

The veteran superinten-dent’s achievements refl ect his ability to lead important changes in the educational system. He has worked to provide area students with the best possible educa-tional programs for years.

Olson, who has been an active MASA member for more than 11 years, has served on MASA’s nomi-nating committee as well as a region chair and men-tor to several MASA mem-bers in their fi rst years of

s u p e r i n -tendency.

A l o n g with his s u c c e s s -ful career in educa-tion, Ol-son stays active in his edu-cational community as a member of the Blooming Prairie Education Founda-tion. He is also a member of the Lions Club, Bloom-ing Prairie Chamber of Commerce and a former member of the Minnesota High School League com-mittee.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Dana College in Blair, Neb., and a mas-ter’s degree in secondary education from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Each year MASA rec-ognizes members for their contributions to public ed-ucation. MASA is a profes-sional organization of Min-nesota’s school leaders, including superintendents, assistant superintendents, directors of special educa-tion, and other central of-fi ce administrators.


Following the death of her father fi ve years ago, Renee Weston decided to go to West Virginia and bring her mother home.

“She is the only close fam-ily I have,” Weston said. “I wanted her to be close to me.”

The only way her mother would come home with her was to bring her collection of 10,000 ceramic molds. Those molds and a little bit hard work have translated into a thriving and fun Ellendale business.

“We were originally from the Twin Cities,” Weston said. “When I brought her home we decided to fi nd a new

home. We were on our way to New Richland when we went through Ellendale. Both my mom and I fell in love right away. This community is so charming.”

Undiscovered PassionFor most of her life,

Weston’s mother never had a hobby or something to pass the time. It wasn’t until she was in her 50s when she dis-covered ceramics.

“My mom picked up a brush and that was the start of a passion that has continued to this day,” Weston said. “I have fallen in love with ceramics.”

Country Charm CeramicsAs part of the agreement

to move with her daughter,

Sandy Rahn wanted to bring her ceramic with her from West Virginia to Minnesota.

“She refused to even think about moving without them,” Weston said. “We loaded up a truck and drove it to Min-nesota. There were so many pieces that we actually ended up purchasing the trailer. It was a long process to remove them and put them in a per-manent place.”

As the two looked around the community they found a storefront on right across the street from Steve’s Meat Market.

By RICK BUSSLERPublisher

After being vacant for sev-eral years, a landmark restau-rant in Mower County is about to come to life again. But this time it won’t be as a restaurant.

Lansing Corners, which has a rich history of being an enter-tainment venue for the region dating back to 1938, will open as an event center later this month. Owner Dave Olson will be calling the place Lansing Corners Event Center.

The center will offi cially open March 24 with a wedding reception. Besides weddings, the center will also be avail-able for graduation parties, re-tirement gatherings and pretty much any other type of special events, according to Olson.

Olson has been busy book-

ing events and showing the fa-cility to prospective customers since making the announce-ment in late February about transforming into an event center.

One of the fi rst couples to show up at Lansing Corners to book an event was Bonnie Hill and Clarence Marcie, both of Austin. They are planning to get married later this summer and were looking for a place to hold their reception and dance. Olson gave them a tour of the facility last Saturday.

“We chose Lansing Corners because it is private and is very romantic. We wanted out day to be just that,” said Hill.

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Times apologizes for editorial content

County ranks high in human services

Local business updates technology

Sheriff’s offi ce receives radar

INDEXOpinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2ACounty News . . . . . . . . . . 3ABusiness . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 4ACourt News.... . . . . . . . . . .5ACommunity . . . . . . . . .. . . 6AFaith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7ADining & Entertainment . .. 8ASports. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1B-3BLegal Notices . . . . . . . 4B-7BClassifi eds . . . . . . . . . . . . 7BPublic Record... . . . . . . . ..8B

Blossom heavy-weight wrestler Jarrod Grunklee battles it out at the state wrestling tour-nament in St. Paul last week. Grunklee won two matches and lost two during the tourney. See pages 1B and 2B.

Lansing CornersContinued on Page 8A

A report shows that Steele County ranks third in Min-nesota for per capita costs for human services. See Page 3A

Sorenson’s in Geneva re-cently upgraded its commu-nications through the help of another local company. See Page 4A

Freeborn County Sheriff’s Offi ce has received a radar from the state for traffi c en-forcement efforts. The equip-ment will help deputies save lives on our roadways. See Page 4B

Former managing editor Jon Flatland has been plagia-rizing personal columns for years. The Times has issued an apology for his actions. See Page 2A

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Landmark to reopen

Country CharmContinued on Page 3A

SCAT Bus FundingContinued on Page 8A

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Family inspires ceramic store

Times photo byAnnie Anderson

Owner plans to transform Lansing Corners into event center

SCAT bus funding survives chopping block

Barry OlsonRenee Weston works on ceramics at her Country Charm store in Ellendale. Her store features many ceramic art pieces among other things.

Steele County

State education honor for local superintendent

A vacant landmark restuarant that served the region for decades is about to reopen. Lansing Corners will reopen and become an event center for weddings, parties and other special events.

Over the past couple years, I’ve had my fair share of prob-lems with several employees. I usually don’t make it a habit to write about personnel issues. But the most recent one involv-ing my managing editor has left the greatest sting yet and is causing me to vent.

Elsewhere on this page you will fi nd a detailed account of a situation involving our newspaper that isn’t exactly the most fl attering. In fact, it’s downright embarrassing and unsettling.

Former managing edi-tor Jon Flatland was caught plagiarizing columns from columnists around the country. His “Thoughts While Shaving” columns were copied from tal-ented writers over the Internet.

Flatland’s actions are a gigantic slap in the face for the entire community, the whole journalism profession and me. My frustration level is boiling to the point where I think it’s time to check myself into the stress ward. Well, okay, maybe not quite that bad. But close.

My full-time career may be as a police offi cer, but I consider myself as a journalist at heart and where my greatest love lies. That’s what makes this whole plagiarizing issue so diffi cult to swallow.

While some may fi nd this hard to believe, the journalism fi eld has professional ethics it follows in serving the pub-lic. Conscientious journalists from all media and specialties strive to serve the public with thoroughness and honesty.

Professional integrity is the cornerstone of a journalist’s credibility. Those who con-sider themselves professional journalists share a dedication to ethical behavior.

One part of the Code of Eth-ics for journalists covers being accountable. It says journal-ists should expose unethical practices of journalists and admit mistakes and correct them promptly. Sadly, that’s the situation I found myself in this past week with The Times.

When I studied this type of thing in college, I never dreamed I would someday fi nd myself on the hook for publish-ing plagiarism. Honesty is the backbone of my life and who I am. I feel like a knife has been shoved in my back.

As painful as it is for me to admit the newspaper has found itself embroiled in an unnerv-ing situation, I have no issue whatsoever exposing the real problem. That real problem is Jon Flatland. Acting by himself and only himself, Flatland committed a mortal sin of jour-nalism by plagiarizing over and

over again. There is no excuse for what

Flatland did. We’ll probably never know what caused him to plagiarize so much. It has been going on for years—long before he ever showed up in Blooming Prairie.

I feel so betrayed. I won-der why someone who I put so much trust into to manage one of the greatest small town weekly newspapers in the state would resort to such antics as being unethical and cheating by running material he had no business publishing. It just saddens me that I as well as our readers basically got bullshit-ted into thinking we had a great professional journalist with 28 years of experience. What a crock of you know what.

Life never ceases to amaze me, especially in the two lines of work I do every week. If I’m not busting bad guys, I’m writing about people doing some crazy things. I just never thought my writing would focus on the stupidity of a managing editor that doesn’t deserve to be in the journalism profession to begin with.

I’ve been badly burned. It’s now time for me to go in hot pursuit of fi nding a new editor who will treat journalism the way it’s supposed to be treated. That’s in high standards of honesty and integrity.

(Rick Bussler is publisher of the Times. Email him at [email protected].)

HOTPURSUIT

Rick Bussler

Dear neighbors and friends, I have and continue to be

dedicated to getting folks in our community back to work. As such, I am pleased to report that the House Jobs and Eco-nomic Development Commit-tee heard a bill that I am chief authoring that would help busi-nesses expand and create jobs. HF 2186, would appropriate additional dollars into the Min-nesota Investment Fund. The Minnesota Investment Fund is used as a tool for businesses that are looking to expand, but need assistance with fi nancing.

Already the Minnesota Investment Fund has been instrumental in producing more jobs in our community. SAGE Electrochromics was able to add 160 new jobs in Farib-ault through the assistance of a grant from the Minnesota Investment Fund. Additionally, our neighbors in Owatonna saw 100 new welding jobs resulting from a Minnesota Investment Fund grant given to Chart Industries.

I am encouraged by the movement of HF 2186 through the legislative process. It is my hope that we can work in a bi-partisan manner to see that this bill is passed soon. The faster we pass this legislation, the sooner we can get our main street businesses expanding, and the closer we come to reducing unemployment in our communities.

It continues to be an honor representing you and our com-munity.

Sincerely,

Patti FritzState RepresentativeDistrict 26B

Opinion

Readers are encouraged to go to the Times website at www.bloom-ingprairieonline.com to cast their opinion about the current ques-tion. This poll is not a pure scientifi c sampling of readers’ views, but rather, is intended to create community discussion of issues.

❐ It is a great idea for an event center.❐ I wish they had kept it as a restaurant. ❐ It should be something entirely differnt.

Last week’s question: With gas prices rising,, have you

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This week’s question:What do you think Lansing Corners

opening up as an event center?

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Apology to our readers

By DUANE QUAMLawmakers received wel-

come news last week after learning Minnesota will receive its second consecutive budget surplus.

Economists now project Minnesota will have $323 mil-lion more than expected this budget year. This amount is in addition to $876 million sur-plus in November, meaning our reform policies have created a $1.2 billion surplus since being enacted into law last summer.

Not surprisingly, reduced spending and better than ex-pected tax collections fueled the latest surplus. Forecast rev-enues increased by $93 million, including $71 million more in income and sales taxes, prov-ing once again that you don’t need to increase taxes in order to increase collections. If more people work, more people pay income taxes. If more people spend money, more people pay sales taxes.

Much like November’s $876 million surplus, February’s $323 million surplus is already spent according to current law. The fi rst $5 million will be sent to the budget reserve, raising its total to $653 million.

The remaining $318 million will reduce the school aid shifts that have been enacted through-out past legislative sessions.

This news further confi rms the state’s ship has changed course, and is good news not only for our district but for all Minnesota citizens.

I’m glad businesses are not-ing our change of course and attitude and are coming off the sideline by adding jobs and in-vesting in a bright future.

The best remedy for the state budget is a strong economic re-covery in the private sector. In-vestment and private sector jobs must be welcomed, not chased away by excessive taxes, regu-lations and threats of unioniza-tion. Revenue growth is not at-

tributable to new taxes, but to a thriving economy that allows hard-working families and em-ployers to succeed.

Any attempt to raise taxes hinders our economic and per-sonal prosperity, which is why Republicans defeated all at-tempts by Governor Mark Day-ton and the DFL to raise taxes and grow government last ses-sion.

Just imagine what dire straits Minnesota would be in today had we approved the Gover-nor’s $3 billion in tax increases and $39.8 billion in state spend-ing.

With our continued push to-wards reforming government, we’ll continue to steer towards a brighter tomorrow. The true prosperity is when people who want a job have a job.

In committee this week, I discussed allowing Arts fund-ing from the Legacy Amend-ment to be distributed more evenly across Minnesota in or-

der to help budding new artists in Greater Minnesota grow and hopefully fl ourish. In 2012, 84 percent of grants went to a few large arts organizations with multi-million dollar budgets, instead of small local groups.

Finally, I presented a bill be-fore the Minnesota House Tax-es Committee that would make durable medical equipment ex-empt from state sales taxes.

These devices allow children and adults to leave hospitals and live at home. This tax has never been collected, and it is illegal to charge this tax when the federal government pays the cost. There are no codes to charge this on insurance billing. Thus many small companies would be feeling the pinch, as they cannot collect tax.

Quam is a Minnesota state representative for District 29A, serving all of Dodge County and portions of Olmsted Coun-ty.

The Times would like to apologize to its readers this week for something that recently came to light involving the single action of the newspaper’s managing editor.

Last week The Times learned that Jon Flatland, who has served as interim managing editor for four months, has been plagiarizing his columns from columnists throughout the coun-try. The situation was brought to our attention after a freelance humor and travel writer from Singapore contacted The Times on behalf of at least 12 other columnists.

The columnists alleged that Flatland has been routinely and sweepingly plagiarizing them in his column, “Thoughts While Shaving.” They claimed Flatland’s standard practice in “writ-ing” his column each week is to fi nd somebody else’s work on the Internet, tweak very few details in their stories to make them sound like he has written them, and slap his byline on them.

Upon further investigation, The Times discovered virtually nothing in Flatland’s weekly columns is his own original work. After doing some digging, we discovered Flatland makes a weekly habit of ripping off humor columns from a wide range of other writers—from independent bloggers to columnists at major daily newspapers such as the Dallas Morning News.

This disturbing trend involving Flatland appears to have been going on for many years. Flatland has worked in the newspa-per business for 28 years in several states, including Nebraska, North Dakota and Minnesota. The plagiarized columns have ap-peared in several publications Flatland has worked for in those states.

In fact, in at least one circumstance, Flatland accepted a fi rst place award last year from the North Dakota Newspaper As-sociation for the most humorous column. While it is unclear at this time, it is believed that the award-winning column had also been plagiarized.

Flatland’s actions are serious. Such consistent and blatant plagiarism is an egregious violation of copyright laws. It is certainly inexcusable under any circumstance. Flatland has disgraced this newspaper, this community and the entire news-paper industry. He has damaged the credibility not only of the journalists directly involved, but all journalists. Flatland has tarnished the reputation of journalism. He is not a professional journalist.

Because of his actions in plagiarizing the work of many hard working journalists, Flatland is no longer employed at The Times. He quickly and quietly left town after one of the colum-nists confronted him with the allegations.

Readers need to know that Flatland single-handedly com-mitted the plagiarism. No one else at this newspaper had any knowledge of what he had been doing. Even though this was the work of one person, The Times apologizes to the columnists who were plagiarized and to our readers for being exposed to such unconscionable conduct.

The Times has strong journalistic ethics. We want our readers to understand that we will never tolerate any such behavior as displayed by Flatland. He committed what’s considered in the journalism fi eld as a mortal sin of a journalist.

We recognize that professional integrity is the cornerstone of a journalist’s credibility. We share a dedication to ethical behavior. We will not stand for anything less because our read-ers deserve honesty, integrity and thoroughness in anything we report.

Rick BusslerTimes Publisher

2A • Tuesday, March 6, 2012 • The Times

“It was meant to be,” Weston said. “We decided then to open us a ceramics store in Ellendale. I wanted to help my mom get the business up and running.”

Weston got her ceramics teaching degree and the busi-ness was operational.

For the fi rst three years, Weston lived in the Twin Cities and commuted to El-lendale everyday. She always knew she wanted to move to the community and when that time came she was thrilled.

Weston’s mom at this time was really missing the mountains of West Virginia. She decided she wanted to move back and live with her best friend and fi rst ceramics instructor.

“When she moved back I moved upstairs and now live and work in the same loca-tion,” Weston said.

ProductsThe store offers traditional

ceramics to buy and bring home to paint. Weston also offers a studio to paint in house and bring home. She also offers glazing. With all types of pieces for purchase, Weston and Country Charm Ceramics have something for everyone.

“Everyone can do ceram-ics,” Weston said. “I have seen children as young as 18 months painting and having a blast.”

Weston said she has many

men that come in and love ceramics.

“Ceramics aren’t for just women,” Weston said. “Some of my most loyal customers are men.”

The ceramics make great gifts, house wares and are even sometimes re-sold.

GroupsWeston has been seeing a

growing interest from various groups and organizations to utilize the studio space at the Ellendale business.

“We have had the girl scouts, Red Hatters, church groups and so much more come in,” Weston said. “They seem to really enjoy it.”

Weston said Ellendale doesn’t have much for

entertainment options. The ceramics have started to grow in interest and have given residents a place to have some fun.

FundraisingAs Weston has

become more and more involved in her community she has used her ceramic business to help others. She has donated items to many auctions and organizations in an effort to help raise money for good causes.

“I want to do my part for the Ellendale area,”

Weston said. “Its my home, these are not just my neigh-bors, but my friends.”

Hours and AvailabilityWeston is open Monday,

10 a.m.-6 p.m., Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

“Although those are my normal hours, I am available for appointments as well,” Weston said.

A perk of living and work-ing in the same building is Weston is easily accessible.

“I have a doorbell at the door that rings in my apart-ment,” Weston said. “I am just about always ready to open my doors for customers.”

She did say that she would appreciate a little bit of a no-tice if someone wants to come after hours, but is willing to be fl exible.

“Ceramics offer people the chance to enjoy a fun and affordable hobby as well as to grow lifelong friendships,” Weston said.

Steele County

It’s March, and it’s National Nutrition Month. We all know that eating nutritious foods will help keep us healthier than eat-ing non-nutritious foods.

The question is: are YOU eating healthy?

The Steele County WIC (Women, Infants & Children) program offers healthy food vouchers for pregnant and newly postpartum women and children up to age 5 if they meet income criteria. WIC also teaches about healthy food choices, healthy serving sizes, and the importance of routines and family meals. What we teach at WIC can be applied to those not on our program too.

One highlight for WIC this year is the change from the Food Pyramid to My Plate. Do you know about it? It’s been around for a year already. My Plate is the guideline of what to eat created by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. The visual is very easy to follow.

This year for National Nutri-tion Month we want to use My Plate and ask, “Is Your Plate in Shape?” Look at your plate, seriously. What did you eat for breakfast today? And think about what you might eat for lunch, dinner and even consider the snacks you eat. What does your plate look like? What food is on it and how much is there? Half of your plate should be fruits and vegetables. The other half should have a small amount of protein and a small amount of whole grain. Low-fat dairy would be a great side to you plate. This could be a glass of skim or 1% milk or a serving of other dairy like low-fat cheese or yogurt.

I often fi nd that we just don’t eat enough fruits and vegeta-bles. Simple ideas to help you are to add a banana or raisins to your breakfast. Add lettuce and tomato to your sandwich. Serve yourself vegetables and fruit before adding meat or grain to you plate. Cut up extra vegetables to be taken to work or just to have around for a snack. And a few strawberries covered in dark chocolate are much healthier than a cookie or candy bar.

If you have trouble keep-ing your portions small, eat off a smaller plate. You can eat healthier, it just takes some practice. Like other things we do in life, we learn, make goals and practice, practice, practice until eventually we’ve gotten it. Keep looking at your plate and thinking of ideas to make it even healthier the next time you eat.

Check out the My Plate website www.myplate.gov. On this site you will fi nd informa-tion for educators, parents, kids, health care professionals, preg-nant and breastfeeding women. This website also has recipes, explains the food groups, has a food and activity tracker, nutrition and physical activity resource materials, healthy eat-ing tips, and so much more.

If you know of someone who might be eligible for our program, have them call us at Steele County WIC, (507) 444-7660 for an appointment. For WIC program details go to: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/fh/wic/.

Steele Talkin’ is a weekly column featuring offi cials representing various community organizations throughout Steele County. Lisa Waypa is the WIC coordinator for Steele County Public Health. A column from a representative in public health is featured once a month.

Times photos by Rick Bussler

Race fans are well aware that the recent 2012 NASCAR season opener, the Daytona 500, was delayed a day due to rain and that when the race was fi nally held the following evening, there was a fi ery crash involving a race car after which amazingly the driver walked away uninjured.

What fans and others may not be aware of is that NAS-CAR has joined many other professional sports organiza-tions in trying to “go green” at events, including the Daytona 500.

An article by Vince Bond, Jr. in the February 24 issue of Waste and Recycling News provides several examples of programs NASCAR has initiat-ed since 2008 to become more environmentally sustainable. While it seems a bit unusual for the association to even attempt to focus on reducing the sport’s impact on the environment, NASCAR promoters felt it was important to take steps to con-serve the environment, create American jobs and strengthen American energy independence.

In 2010, NASCAR begin us-ing a racing fuel, Sunoco E15, that contains 15 percent ethanol refi ned in U.S. based refi neries from corn also grown in this country. By blending in the ethanol, greenhouse gas emis-sions from races are cut by 20 percent, but even better, teams report increases in horsepower of six to eight percent.

Used oil is collected from race tracks and refi ned. More than 180,000 gallons of used motor oil from NASCAR-sanc-tioned races is re-refi ned and sold for reuse each year. Brake fl uid, gasoline and antifreeze are other liquid wastes from race cars that are collected, purifi ed and reused.

Other materials besides auto fl uids are recycled as well. In 2011, 50 tons of cardboard packaging, along with nearly 21 tons of steel and over six tons of aluminum were recycled. Perhaps with the crashes that occurred at Daytona, even more metals are being recycled this year.

Most aluminum that is recycled actually comes from beverage cans. Together Coca-Cola and Anheuser-Busch provided around 700 recycling bins for empty drink containers, which were placed through-out the Daytona International Speedway. Industry-wide, Coca-Cola coordinated efforts with race tracks to place 10,000 recycling bins next to trash cans in popular congregation spots at racetracks.

Mary Overlee Olson is the recycling coordinator for Steele County Environmental Services in Owatonna.

County News Brief

March is Nutrition month

The Steele County DFL Convention will be Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. at the Elks Club in Owatonna.

Registration for delegates and alternates elected at the DFL Precinct Caucuses will begin at 9 a.m. The public is invited to come and observe the convention.

Convention organizers ex-

pect to hear from statewide candidates and current repre-sentatives. Important business of the county DFL party and acting on resolutions passed at the precinct caucuses will be conducted at the convention.

The DFL party will be elect-ing a county chair, associate chair, treasurer, secretary, af-fi rmative action offi cer and

11 directors to serve on the executive committee. In addi-tion, seven delegates and seven alternates will be elected to at-tend the First Congressional District Convention in Winona on April 21 and the state con-vention in Rochester June 1-3.

Anyone that supports the principles of the DFL party and is interested in running for any

of these positions are requested to meet with the nominations committee the morning of the convention at the Elks Club.

For more information con-tact DFL chair Vicki Jensen at (507) 456-8165.

Steele DFL convention Saturday in Owatonna

STEELETALKIN’

Lisa Waypa

NASCAR implements “green” programs

TRASHQUEEN

Mary Olson


Every year the Minnesota Department of Human Services releases a report for Human Services.

Steele County, according to the report, is ranked third for cost per capita in the state.

The latest to be released is the 2010 Cost Report. The re-port outlines the various aspects of the department as well as compares it to other counties in the state.

For a total budget of $60,952,830, the county re-

ceives just 3 percent or $1,872,710 in county tax dol-lars.

Steele County has a popula-tion of 36,576. That amounts to $51.02 per person for the year to fund the Human Services.

The statewide average per capita was $124 per person.

“This report shows how effi -cient Steele County is with Hu-man Services,” Steele County Human Services Executive Di-rector Charity Floen said. “We want to always be good stew-ards of the tax payer dollar.”

Human Services covers

three areas in the county. It offers support services, health services and social services.

In the total budget, 57 percent or $34,690,943 went to health, 31 percent or $18,845,481 to social services and 12 percent or $7,416,406 to support ser-vices.

Among many aspects, sup-port services include food and child support, group housing and general assistance.

Health services include med-ical assistance, nursing facilities and child and teen check-ups.

Social services include

childcare, mental health, adult services and developmental dis-ability.

Human Services sees many changes each year. This is be-cause of legislative changes, economic ups and downs and federal requirements. The chal-lenges that the services has is to meet the needs of the citizens, prevent long-term avoidable costs and be able to offer afford-able and sustainable level of funding from county resources.

County ranks high in human services costs

Country CharmContinued from front

Renee Weston owns Country Charm in Ellendales.

Steele County Historical Society (SCHS), along with the gener-ous donation of a John Deere D120 riding lawn mower from Ag Power Implement sponsored a fundraising raffl e to benefi t the History Center. Pictured seated on the mower is the winner, Den-nis Hoppe of Mankato. Dennis bought his winning ticket during the Steele County Fair. Congrat-ulations to Dennis and to second place winner, Paula Trenda of Owatonna who won $250, and third place winner, James Fel-stead, also of Owatonna, who won $100. Pictured on the left is Kevin Hansen of Ag Power and SCHS Board Member, Michael Jensen is on the right.

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Grandfather Warren Soren-son opened Sorenson’s Appli-ance & TV in 1951. Two gen-erations later, this family-owned discount appliance and electron-ics store in Gevena is thriving and recently upgraded its com-munications system with Fron-tier Communications.

Grandsons and current own-ers Dak and Tim Sorenson se-lected Frontier to install a Mitel 3000 phone system, Frontier’s Business High-Speed Internet services, and additional busi-ness phone lines. The upgraded services will allow the retailer to better meet the growing com-munications needs of customers in Geneva, Albert Lea, Austin, Rochester, Hayfi eld, Owatonna, Waseca, Mankato, Wells, North-wood, St. Ansgar and surround-ing communities.

“We pride ourselves on of-fering low prices with top-notch customer service,” said Dak So-renson. “We’ve been a long-time customer of Frontier and appre-ciate the local, personalized ser-vice. Like us, Frontier is focused on delivering a great customer experience, providing expert advice, leading-edge technol-

ogy, and excellent day-to-day responsiveness to all of our re-quests. It was an easy choice to select Frontier to provide us with a solution to our increasing communications needs.”

Frontier’s Southeast Min-nesota General Manager Dar-rell Hansen noted that the new equipment includes the ben-efi ts of Integrated Voice Mail and Music on Hold, along with Frontier’s Business High-Speed Internet to provide for fast data transfers. Additional business phone lines were also installed.

“Frontier’s ‘One Company Support’ for all of the store’s voice, Internet and phone sys-tem communications needs sim-plifi es life for this very busy and successful retailer,” said Han-sen. “We have a long-standing relationship with Sorenson’s, and we’re proud to continue to partner with them and provide solutions as the family business grows.”

Frontier offers small, medi-um, and large businesses the lat-est communications technology, including customized solutions such as managed Wi-Fi, high-speed data access, data backup

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“The Mitel 3000 system is a great package for customers like Sorenson’s since it provides em-ployees and strategic retail areas such as the Service Department with their own phone lines and voice mail boxes,” said Hansen. “Additionally, the Mitel 3000 communications platform in-cludes auto attendant for profes-sional greetings and after-hours’ answering services. Plus it’s a scalable solution that can be ex-panded as Sorenson’s business continues to grow. ”

“Above all, the system up-grades allow us to better serve our customers. Our offi ce com-munications are more effi cient,” said Dak Sorenson. “Best, we have peace of mind knowing that if we have any phone or In-ternet questions, we can make one call to Frontier Communi-cations for local support. This confi rms that we made the right decision.”

A local manufacturing com-pany is Increasing its presence on the national level.

Minimizer of Blooming Prairie increased the compa-ny’s presence at Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week (HDAW) 2012 in Las Vegas, Nev. in late January.“This year we increased our display area to 20 foot by 30 foot and proudly sponsored daily events, including the Dis-tributor of the Year (DOTY) awards, the Welcome Reception and the Pinewood Challenge,” said Steve Hansen, national ac-counts manager for Minimizer.

Hansen explained that Mini-mizer’s presence increased dra-matically from prior year shows because the company feels the investment is worth it. “The strategic conference elements including distributor education, pre-scheduled supplier/distribu-tor one-on-one meetings, the HDAW product expo and the numerous networking opportu-nities aligns perfectly with our sales direction,” he said.

The DOTY awards refl ect Minimizer’s commitment to excellence in the industry, ac-cording to Craig Kruckeberg,

chief visionary for Minimizer. “HDAW represents the most valuable annual event for the heavy duty aftermarket indus-try and supports our commit-ment to stronger distributor/sup-plier partnerships. We’re really pleased to present this award to the deserving companies at HDAW, a premier annual event for Minimizer,” Kruckeberg

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Sorenson’s Appliance & TV, Geneva, recently upgraded its communications systems with Frontier Communications. From left, Tim Sorenson (owner); Darrell Hansen, Gen-eral Manager, Frontier; Robin Schoenherr, Regional Marketing Specialist, Frontier; Dak Sorenson (owner); and Mike Boebinger, Regional Marketing Director, Frontier.

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The following case was heard in Steele County District Court the week of Feb. 13 with Judge Casey J. Christian presiding:

Corey D. Johnson, 24, Bloom-ing Prairie, previously appeared and was convicted of felony theft. Johnson was sentenced to $131, 270 days in county jail, no alcohol or controlled substance use, do not enter liquor establishments, chemi-cal dependency treatment, no use or possession of fi rearms or dangerous weapons, obtain permission to leave the state and 5 years of supervised probation.

The following cases were heard in Steele County District Court the week of Feb. 13 with Judge Joseph A. Bueltel presiding:

Ronald D. Johnson Jr., 36, Aus-tin, previously appeared and was convicted of felony stalking. He was sentenced to $131, no alcohol or controlled substance use, do not enter liquor establishments, psycho-logical treatment, domestic abuse treatment, cognitive skill training, write letter of apology, no contact with victim and 5 years of super-vised probation.

John T. Thomforde, 32, Roch-ester, previously appeared and was convicted of felony receiving stolen property. The defendant was sen-tenced to $131 and 21 months in St. Cloud State Prison.

Matthew J. Winkelman, 29, Owatonna, previously appeared and was convicted of felony theft. Winkleman was sentenced to $581, 135 days in county jail, no alcohol or controlled substance use, do not enter liquor establishments, no use or possession of fi rearms, psycho-logical treatment and 10 years of supervised probation.

The following case was heard in Steele County District Court the week of Feb. 20 with Judge Casey J. Christian presiding:

Ethan E. Jeno, 20, Owatonna, previously appeared and was con-victed of felony criminal sex con-duct.

Jeno was sentenced to $131, no alcohol or controlled substance use, do not enter liquor establishments, chemical dependency treatment, maintain employment, no use or possession of fi rearms, no posses-sion of pornography, no contact with minors, no contact with victim, attend sex offender program, reg-ister as predatory offender and 10 years of supervised probation.

The following misdemeanors and petty misdemeanors were heard in Steele County District Court the week of Feb. 13 – 18:

Blooming PrairiePolice Department

Jessica L. Jensen, 24, Blooming Prairie, suspended license, $181; Jared M. Schewe, 18, Blooming Prairie, possession of Parapherna-lia, Marijuana and Marijuana in a vehicle, $281.

MN State PatrolRochester

Sheldon L. Albertson, 44, Ely, revoked license, $281; Charles Q. Bridgeman, 32, Le Center, open bottle, $181;

Vincente L. Carillo, 29, Owa-tonna, $131; Alyssa K. Kaplan, 19, Owatonna, speeding, $121; Trevor D. Kruckeberg, 21, Blooming Prai-rie, window tint violation, $131;

Taiwan D. McCain, 31, Farib-ault, invalid license and revoked license, $381; Rachelle L. Mea-gher, 26, Excelsior, speeding, $131; Blake A. Miller, 25, Plano, TX, speeding, $141;

Carrie D. Mohr, 21, Hanska, speeding, $141; Antonio Ortiz, 32, Medford, revoked license, $281; Humberto H. Perez Jr., 27, Med-ford, weight violation, $381; Luis A. Rangel-Urzua, 22, Owatonna, $181;

Ryan A. Riker, 33, River Falls, WI, invalid license, $181; Sara J. Wilson, 25, Cannon Falls, speeding, $121.



Briana N. Ahren, 21, New Rich-land, speeding, $121; Cody R. Ben-nett, 24, Albert Lea, possession of Marijuana and Paraphernalia, $181;

Jose A. Espinosa, 35, Faribault, invalid license, $181; James B. Ja-cobson, 53, Ellendale, inspection violation, $181;

Amanda L. Kraay, 21, Bloom-ing Prairie, suspended license, $281; Matthew R. Lintner, 19, Eden Prairie, speeding, $221; Annalin Y. Madson, 28, Ellendale, seat belt, $106;

Abdullahi M. Mohamud, 42,

Mankato, speeding, $121; Ajullu O. Obub, 35, Austin, speeding, $131; Rachel L. Olson, 21, Owatonna, speeding, $121; David D. Paschke, 26, Bloomington, possession of Marijuana and Paraphernalia, $181;

He Per, 26, St. Paul, invalid li-cense, $181; Chad D. Roesler, 25, Lakeville, speeding, $121; Aleksan-dr P. Sagan, 22, Belle Plaine, win-dow tint violation, $131; Charles A. Stewart, 29, Ellendale, invalid license and possession of Parapher-nlia, $231;

Khole J. Wheeler, 21, Owatonna, frost on windshield, $121; Allen W. Zimmerman, 38, Geneva, expired plates, $111.

The following misdemeanors and petty misdemeanors were heard in Steele County District County the week of Feb. 13 – 18:

Owatonna PoliceDepartment

Ann L. Adams, 54, Owatonna, seat belt, $106; Donald K. Adams, 55, Owatonna, seat belt, $106; Mi-chele A. Anderson, 45, Owatonna, no insurance, $281;

Carlos Avila, 38, Owatonna, revoked license, $281; Kelsey K. Ball, 20, Manchester, suspended li-cense, $281; Caleb P. Beardsley, 32, Kenyon, tumultuous conduct, $181;

Diana K. Carranza-Olveda, 40, Owatonna, no MN license, $181; Derrick J. Connor, 21, Owatonna, social host violation, $381; Melissa D. Czenkus, 23, Geneva, speeding, $131;

Eliza M. Deleon, 45, Medford, suspended license, $281; Daniel F. Delgado, 19, Owatonna, minor consumption, $181; Mathew G. Docken, 21, Galesville, WI, disor-derly conduct, $281 and 1 year of unsupervised probation;

Joshua R. Drabek, 22, Owaton-na, check forgery, $581, 45 days in county jail, do not enter liquor es-tablishments, chemical dependency treatment, attend AA, psychological treatment and 2 years of supervised probation;

Lindsey L. Dwyer-Rodewald, 19, Owatonna, suspended license, $281; Matthew B. Ebert, 19, Owa-tonna, speeding, $131; Joshua S. Edwards, 18, Owatonna, frost on windshield, $121;

Mary K. Erickson, 62, Owa-tonna, stop sign, $131; Westleigh E. Evans, 45, Kasson, stop sign, $131; Barbara A. Hall, 70, Morristown, il-legal movement on red, $131;

Leah N. Hanson, 22, Owatonna, stop sign and no insurance, $331; Craig R. Harris, 49, Medford, speeding, $131; Roger A. Jirele, 39, Owatonna, seat belt, $106;

Robert J. Joachim, 55, Owa-tonna, criminal sex conduct, $581, 2 days in county jail, no contact with persons under age 18, no contact with victim or family, no possession of Pornography, sex offender as-sessment and 2 years of supervised probation;

Thomas P. Kehoe, 23, Madison Lake, harassment, $381, domes-tic abuse evaluation and 2 years of supervised probation; Keith L. Kel-ling, 44, Owatonna, DWI, $981, at-tend AA, do not enter liquor estab-lishments, no alcohol or controlled substance use; Magdalen M. Kleck-er, 81, Owatonna, failure to obey traffi c control device, $131;

Benjamin P. Kubes, 26, Minne-apolis, no child passenger restraint system, $131; Cynthia E. Miller, 50, Freeborn, speeding, $141; Jacob P. Miller, 21, Minneapolis, possession of Paraphernalia, $131;

Mindi E. Moore, 34, Owatonna, revoked license, $281; Philip M. Mosio, 25, Cambridge, speeding, $121;

Sarah E. Nealy, 34, Owatonna, obstructing legal process, $131, no alcohol or controlled substance use, do not enter liquor establishments and 1 year of supervised probation;

Charles L. Neudecker, 57, Faribault, assault, $131, 15 days in county jail, no alcohol or controlled substance use, do not enter liquor establishments and 1 year of super-vised probation; Elizabeth K. Orte-ga, 25, Owatonna, reckless driving, $281 and 1 year of unsupervised probation;

Michael J. Peterson, 27, Owa-tonna, no insurance, $281; Daniel B. Pierce, 42, Apple Valley, U-turn, $131; Jeanette M. Raichle, 60, Owatonna, seat belt, $106; Melissa M. Roseland, 25, Owatonna, no in-surance, $281;

Robert J. Schirmer, 46, Owa-tonna, speeding, $141; Sherry L. Schott, 51, Ellendale, expired tabs, $111; Jennifer L. Smith, 33, Wase-ca, seat belt, $106; Tara A. Swider-ski, 22, Owatonna, text-messaging while driving, $131;

Dorothy J. Tripp, 80, Owatonna, failure to obey traffi c control de-vice and failure to notify police of

personal injury, $131; Jeffrey C. Waage, 46, Owatonna, expired tabs, $111;

Romale D. Williams, 24, Eagan, open bottle, $181; Nina A. Worrell, 29, Owatonna, seat belt, $106.


Owatonna PoliceDepartment

Shane J. Anderson, 20, Owaton-na, seat belt, $106; Christopher W. Armstrong, 28, Owatonna, expired tabs, $111;

Courtney M. Bauer, 23, Owa-tonna, disorderly conduct, $381, no alcohol or controlled substance use, chemical dependency treatment, and 1 year of supervised probation;

Anthony E. Baumgartner, 21, Owatonna, theft, $416.25, 5 days in county jail and 1 year of supervised probation; Brian M. Fangman, 33, Owatonna, expired tabs, $111;

Michelle L. Ferch, 36, Owa-tonna, failure to stop for school bus, $300; Mark A. Granado, 30, Albert Lea, cancelled license, $181, 4 days in county jail and 2 years of super-vised probation;

Thomas A. Grems, 51, Owaton-na, driving through barricade, $106; Robert L. Hagmann, 31, Owatonna, suspended license, $281;

Zachary T. Kaplan, 23, Owaton-na, DWI, $406, 4 days in county jail, chemical dependency treatment, no alcohol or controlled substance use and 1 year of supervised probation;

John D. Kos, 28, Owatonna, speeding, $121; Kendall F. Kubat, 36, Medford, speeding; Michael E. Lancette, 35, Owatonna, expired tabs, $111; Lanny R. Louks, 36, Owatonna, seat belt, $106;

Ricardo Mata, 33, Owatonna, seat belt, $106; Red D. Mountain, 21, Owatonna, failure to yield to pedestrian, $131; Tracy A. Mul-lenbach, 41, Owatonna, suspended license, $281;

Matthew S. Norland, 20, Bloom-ing Prairie, window tint violation, $131; Loren M. Olson, 55, Owa-tonna, expired tabs, $111; Brian P. Peterson, 44, Stillwater, registration violation, $111; Marie A. Pollock, 42, Austin, speeding, $141;

Heidi M. Reuter, 26, Rochester, speeding, $181; Deanna R. Ripka, 39, Owatonna, speeding, $131; Mi-chelle L. Roberson, 22, Owatonna, cancelled license and no insurance, $381 and 1 year or probation;

Tyler R. Schiller, 28, Owatonna, suspended license, $281; Hillary R. Schneider, 24, Clarks Grove, inval-id license and no insurance, $331;

Jaimie L. Sorvaag, 23, Owaton-na, seat belt, $106; Kerry P. Stens-vold, 48, Owatonna, seat belt, $106; Chelsea M. Stoltz, 18, Faribault, failure to obey traffi c control de-vice, $131;

Britni A. Strohschein, 20, Owa-tonna, illegal movement on red, $131; Danielle K. Strommer, 21, Faribault, provide liquor to a minor, $131;

Scott M. Wencl, 48, Owatonna, drive through barricade, $106; Cyrus J. Williams, 34, Owatonna, stop sign, $131; Candy L. Wun-derlich, 40, Owatonna, seat belt and no insurance, $306;

Hongliang Zhao, 30, Chicago, IL, domestic abuse, $381, 15 days in county jail, no contact with vic-tim, anger management and 1 year of supervised probation; Madison A. Zimmerman, 18, Waseca, speed-ing, $141.

The following misdemeanors and petty misdemeanors were heard in Steele County District County the week of Feb. 13 – 18:

Steele CountySheriff’s Offi ce

Corey D. Johnson, 24, Bloom-ing Prairie, DWI, $1011, 180 days in county jail, no alcohol or con-trolled substance use, do not enter liquor establishments, chemical de-pendency treatment, and 3 years of supervised probation;

Kelly M. Roehrick, 44, Owaton-na, seat belt, $106; Beau J. Twaddle, 33, Mayer, speeding, $221.


Steele CountySheriff’s Offi ce

Melissa M. Erickson, 28, Wase-ca, littering, $181; Paula H. Han-son, 45, Ellendale, DWI, $1006, no alcohol or controlled substance use, do not enter liquor establishments, chemical dependency treatment and 3 years of supervised probation;

Kevin P. Jurz, 39, Rochester, cancelled license, $131 and 180 days in county jail; Lanny R. Louks, 36, Owatonna, speeding, $141;

Sara M. Tate, 29, Medford, giv-ing peace offi cer false information and DWI, $581, 30 days in county

jail, no alcohol or controlled sub-stance, do not enter liquor establish-ments, chemical assessment and 1 year of supervised probation.

The following misdemeanors and petty misdemeanors were heard in Dodge County District Court the week of February 20 – 27:

Dodge CountySheriff’s Offi ce

Courtney A. Baker, 19, Roches-ter, speeding, $140; Kari R. Blom, 35, Mantorville, speeding, $140; Spencer C. Churchill, 19, North Mankato, possession of Parapherna-lia and speeding, $270;

Ethan L. Damon, 18, West Con-cord, obstructing legal process, $455, write letter of apology and 1 year of unsupervised probation; Richard E. Fritzinger, 44, Delavan, WI, speeding, $220;

Evelina Guerra, 51, Dodge Cen-ter, parking violation, $32; Joshua J. Harding, 18, Rochester, DWI, $755, 2 days in county jail, do not enter liquor establishments, no alcohol or controlled substance use, communi-ty service and 2 years of supervised probation;

Michael R. Harper II, 21, Mankato, speeding, $140; Alejan-dro R. Jauregui, 32, Dodge Center, invalid license, speeding and no in-surance, $440;

Dylan R. Kaiser, 21, Dodge Cen-ter, DWI, $480, do not enter liquor establishments, no alcohol or con-trolled substance use and 2 years of supervised probation;

Evan F. Rosa, 20, West Al-lis, WI, speeding, $140; Joshua L. Sasse, 20, Dodge Center, parking violation, $32; Wayne T. Trapp, 57, Cannon Falls, speeding, $140;

Benjamin M. Vondinelich, 27, St. Charles, speeding, $140; Rich-ard J. Welsh III, 24, Dodge Center, speeding, $130.


Kasson PoliceDepartment

Michael D. Ellingson, 56, Albert Lea, speeding, $130; Joy L. Hol-mgren, 38, Owatonna, registration violation, $110;

Conner W. Miles, 18, Kasson, possession of Marijuana and reg-istration violation, $160; Linda L. Moody, 62, Kasson, registration violation; $110.



Mingguang Han, 45, Los An-geles, CA, weight violation, $480; Raymond M. Tufte, 38, Hayfi eld, registration violation and seat belt, $135.


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Submissions for this Happenings column must be received in the Times offi ce no later than noon on Friday before the week they are to be published. Items received after that will be published elsewhere in the newspaper as space permits. Happenings in Blooming Prairie and Steele, Dodge, Freeborn and Mower counties take priority over happenings from other areas.

10 Years AgoTuesday, Feb. 19, 2002

Elsie Slinger, EditorA Medford manufacturing

business, Nylon Board Manu-facturing (NBM), may help solve two environmental prob-lems: what to do with discard-ed nylon carpets and provid-ing the construction industry with moisture and rot resistant sheathing without using nox-ious glues or toxic chemicals.

A three-year plan that ad-dresses fi nancial shortcomings means the Steele County Ex-tension Offi ce will see chang-es. And those changes will be coming out fairly soon, as the University of Minnesota an-nounced its staffi ng changes recently.

20 Years Ago Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1992

Karla Ressler, EditorBlooming Prairie skaters

may be facing their last winter of the chills. The BP Recre-ation Association and the city applied for a small cities rec-reation grant last summer and were notifi ed Saturday that Blooming will receive $28,000 for the construction of a new warning house.

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Historical Society offering Genealogy Workshop

Are you someone who likes family history?

Then participate in the Mower County Historical So-ciety’s Genealogy Detectives Workshops on Friday, March 16, from 5:30 to 11 p.m.

Participants will receive some information on getting organized with their genealo-gy work and then be allowed to spend most of the time be-ing a genealogy detective.

Pre-registration is re-quired and space is limited to

fi rst 8 paid registrations. The registration fee will

include snacks/beverage for breaks, 20 free copies, class handouts, internet access, and access to all library collec-tions.

Registration deadline is March 12. To registration or for more information, contact the Mower County Historical Society at (507) 437-6082 or email [email protected].

The Blooming Prairie FFA will hold their 9th An-nual Toy Show on Saturday, March 10, at the Blooming Prairie High School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Admission is $2.00 and 10 and under are free. There

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March 6 Eastern Star Mtg., 7:30 p.m.March 7 Lions Club Mtg., 6:30 p.m.March 8 AAWU @ BP High School, 7 p.m.March 10 BP FFA Toy Show @ BP High School, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Blooming Prairie Chamber Quadathalon @ Bunkies, 4:30 p.m.March 11 Daylight Savings Times BeginsMarch 12 BP Education Foundation Mtg. @ High School Library, 5 p.m. BP Fire Dept. Mtg., 7 p.m. BP City Council Mtg., 7 p.m.March 13 BP Public Utilities Comm. Mtg., 2:30 p.m. BP Fire Comm. Mtg., 4:30 p.m. BP Ambulance Comm. Mtg., 5:30 p.m. BPHS Band Concert @ High School Commons, 7 p.m. VFW and Auxiliary Mtg., 7 p.m. BP Women of Today Mtg. @ First Lutheran Church, 7 p.m. Masons, 7:30 p.m.March 14 Knights of Columbus, 7 p.m. Economic Devel. Authority Mtg., 4:30 p.m.

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the city center has taken the recognizable shape of a build-ing. The Most prominent struc-ture located at the south end of the site, is the fi re station. The lower section of the east wall will also serve as the inner wall

of the police station, which will face Highway 218.

30 Years Ago Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1982Victor P. Krejci and Vernon

H. Krejci, Editors

Tom Morgan, owner and manager of Tom’s Village Café in Blooming Prairie for the past two and one-half years, has an-nounced a major menu change and that he is now going into the pizza business here.

Peoples Savings & Loan now has a new sign erected on the southeast corner of their lot here last week. Peoples Savings & Loan is located at 236 East Main Street.

50 Years AgoThursday, Feb. 1, 1962

Victor P. Krejci and Vernon H. Krejci, Editors

An old-fashion winter snow storm struck the Blooming Prai-rie area late last Saturday night and continued throughout most of the day Sunday, depositing a reported 9-inches of the white stuff on the ground.

Twenty-four Blooming Prai-rie stores have joined together and will feature “Dollar Days” on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week, Feb. 21-24. These progressive mer-chants will feature extra special “dollar” bargains throughout the four days.

After the excitement gener-ated by the state tournament ap-pearance by the 1966 basketball, one might think the 1967 class would be part of a “down year”, but that was not necessarily so. Plenty of memories were gener-ated by the Class of 1967.

Students in the fall of 1966 were greeted by new Principal LeMar Nelson, who replaced John Kalton in the hot seat of directing student curriculum, instilling school spirit, and han-dling discipline in the student body. George Ryks and Vicki Trom reigned over homecoming festivities, and the football team emerged victorious in the annual homecoming game. Craig Ilk and Doug Carlson captained the team, which fi nished the season 4-5

A major undertaking proved successful with the presenta-tion of the play, “The Mouse

that Roared”, with Perry Til-leraas, Renee Coughlin, Janell Trom, Jacque McFarlin, Nolan Christianson, and Doug Carlson just some of the characters in the production. With no girls’ sports still not on the horizon, GAA provided the only outlet for female athletes, and some of the intramural contests became pretty heated.

The wrestling team went 7-5, and George Ryks advanced all the way to the state tourney. He won his fi rst bout, before los-ing to the eventual state cham-pion. The basketball team went 18-4, won the Gopher confer-ence title for the sixth straight year, and also became West Sub-District champion, before Hayfi eld defeated them in the district.

Compiled by LeMar Nelson

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Kenneth John Kruckeberg, Sr., 91 of Blooming Prairie, died Tuesday morning, Feb. 28, 2012 at Pathstone Living in Mankato.

He was born Sept. 17, 1920 in the Steele County, area to Herman A. and Amelia (Behne) Kruckeberg.

He grew up and attended school in Steele County. Ken was a self-employed farmer and milk hauler.

He married Edith H. Fiebig-er at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Havana Township, Steele County on Nov. 27, 1942. They purchased the Village Café in Blooming Prairie.

Edith passed away on March 30, 2002.

As a member of First Luther-

an Church in B l o o m i n g Prairie, Ken loved his family and farming. He also enjoyed golfi ng and the Minne-sota Twins.

Survivors include fi ve sons, Douglas (Lyn) Kruckeberg of North Mankato; Bruce (Iva) Kruckeberg of Sioux Falls, SD., Dennis Kruckeberg of Bloom-ing Prairie, Kenneth Krucke-berg, Jr. of Ellendale, Todd Kruckeberg of Eden Prairie; nine grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; one sister, Mar-cella (Clyde) Garrett of Farib-ault; many other relatives and

friends. He was preceded in death

by his parents; his wife, Edith in 2002; three sisters, Leora, Ethel and Mildred; four broth-ers, Clifford, Floyd, Earl and Herman.

Funeral services were held at 11a.m., Saturday, March 3, 2012 at First Lutheran Church in Blooming Prairie with The Reverend Charles Leonard of-fi ciating.

Worlein-Blooming Prairie Funeral Home was in charge of arranagements. Online con-dolences may be expressed at www.worlein.com.


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Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. Service. Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday School; 10 a.m. Sunday Morning Service; 11:30 a.m. Second Service.

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ST. MARY’S CATHOLICRural Geneva

Father Swamy Pothireddy507-465-8217

Sunday: 10:45 a.m. Mass.

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC

Father William Kulas507-477-2256

Sunday: 10 a.m. Mass.

CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS307 1st St. SW., New Richland

Father Swamy Pothireddy507-465-8217

Saturday: 5 p.m. Mass. Sunday: 8 a.m. Mass; 9 a.m. Sunday School.

ST. COLUMBANUS CATHOLIC CHURCH

114 E. Main St., Blooming PrairieFather William Kulas

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tion; 4 p.m. Mass. Sunday: 8 a.m. Mass. Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. -1

HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH OF LITOMYSL

9946 SE 24th Ave., OwatonnaRev. John Sauer, Pastor

Rev. Jon Moore, Substitute Priest Rev. Andrew Vogel, Parochial Vicar.

507-451-2299www.litomysl.webs.com

Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Mass. Wednes-day: 6-11 gr. Faith-In-Action and

Sunday: Pre - 5 grade Family Faith Formation with noon Potluck.

SACRED HEART CHURCH810 S. Cedar Ave., Owatonna

Father Rev. John Sauer507-451-1588

www.sacredheartowatonna.orgSaturday: 5 p.m. Mass. Sunday:

1 p.m. Spanish Mass.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH

Father Emmanuel Sylvester218-695-2641Sunday: 11 a.m.

LutheranAURORA LUTHERAN

6329 SE 38th StOwatonna, MN 55060Sunday School: 10 a.m.Worship Service: 9 a.m.

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH—ELCA

434 1st St. SW., Blooming PrairieCharles Leonard, Senior Pastor

Heidi Heimgartner, Associate Pastor507-583-6621

Sunday 8:30 a.m.

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GOOD SHEPARDLUTHERAN—LCMS

2500 7th Ave. NE., OwatonnaRev. Mark Rosenau & Rev.

Gregory Schlicker507-451-4125

a.m. Worship Services; 9:15 a.m. Sunday School.

ST. MICHAEL’S LUTHERAN—ELCA

30450 570th Ave., WalthamRev. John Heruth (Intern)

507-567-2474Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

RED OAK GROVE LUTHERAN—ELCA

30456 Mower-Freeborn Rd.Austin

Pastor Lindsay Stolen507-583-2038 or 507-437-3000

www.roglutheran.orgSunday: 9 a.m. Worship;

10:15 a.m. Sunday School (Sept-May).

REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH—LCMS

1054 Truman Ave., OwatonnaPastor Kirk Griebel

507-451-2720www.redeemerowatonna.org

Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship Service; 10:15 a.m. Sunday School.

ST. JOHN’S LUTHERANCHURCH —LCMS

4532 SE 84th Ave., ClaremontRev. Warren Schmidt

507-584-2404

4th Sundays. Children’s sermon on 1st and 3rd Sundays. Sunday School and

Sunday Service held at 10:30 a.m.

ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH—LCMS

28959 630th Ave., SargeantRev. Ronald Prigge

507-584-6358Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday School;

10:15 a.m. Worship Service.

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH

5881 SE 118th St.Blooming Prairie

507-633-9331Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH—ELCA

Rev. Paul Hauschild507-477-2248

10:30 a.m. WorshipWorship Services; 9:15 a.m.

Sunday School.

TRINITY LUTHERAN—LCMS57403 300th St., Waltham

Pastor Jeff Kuddes507-567-2272

Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday School; 10:15 a.m. Divine Service.

ST. PAUL’s LUTHERAN—LCMS202 E. Park Ave., Hollandale

Pastor Jeff Kuddes507-567-2272

Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Worship; 9:45 a.m. Sunday School.

COMMUNITY LUTHERAN CHURCH—ELCA

106 3rd St. SE., GenevaPastor Carrie McElfresh

507-256-4288Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday School

ZION LUTHERANCHURCH - ELCA

7126 SW 98th St., EllendalePastor Gary Rusinko

507-465-8400 Sunday 9 a.m. Worship; 10 a.m. Sunday School.

Mennonite

PRAIRIE MENNONITE CHURCH

13638 750th St., Blooming PrairieArnie Skrivseth & Dennis Martin

507-583-2081 & 507-477-3216

Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Worship Services.

Methodist

LANSING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH26875 539th Ave., Lansing

507-437-1437Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship Services.

1st Thursday of month: 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Soup Lunch.

ELLENDALE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH200 6th St. NW., Ellendale

Pastor Lisa Dodd507-684-2731

www.ellendaleumc.orgSunday: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School;

10:30 a.m. Worship.

GENEVA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH100 2nd St. NE., Geneva

Pastor Lisa Dodd507-684-2731

www.genevaumc-mn.orgSunday: 8:45 a.m.

Mormon

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY

SAINTS404 31st ST. NW. Austin

507-433-9042Sacrament 10 a.m.-11.15 a.m.

Non-Denominational

CEDAR CREEK CHURCH

Pastor Aaron de Neui507-477-2255

www.cedarcreekchurch.orgSunday: 10 a.m. Worship.

ELEVATION NORTH CHURCH 217 N. Main

Medford, MNWorship and Praise Service 10 a.m.

Sunday School 11:15 a.m.

Presbyterian

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Pastor Charlie Talcott507-477-2631

Sunday: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Worship Services.

Seventh-Day Adventist

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH

2373 7th Ave. N.E. OwatonnaPastor James Van Arsdale

507-451-5761

11 a.m. Church.

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FaithKenneth John Kruckeberg, 91, Blooming Prairie

By Greg Schlicker, Associate PastorGood Shepherd Lutheran Church

Commanded to Love GodImagine a family gathering.

Close relatives have arrived that you haven’t seen in half a year.

The scene is noisy & ju-bilant, full of shrieks and hugs and even tears as people pull close to them loved ones they’ve been longing to see again.

Of course, the ones they es-pecially want to set eyes on are the newer additions and smaller children of the family who have changed so much while they were away. But a half a year is a long time in the life of a small child.

These big people are nearly strangers. Is it any wonder that some of the children cry and squirm away rather than be hugged and kissed by these loud strangers who neverthe-less love them very much?

You feel sorry for the kids – and somewhat for the grown-ups, too – for as much as those relatives might wish it they cannot magically make their nieces, nephews or grandchil-dren instantly love them back.

Can God? In his book Crazy Love Francis Chan mentions an objection posed to him by a skeptic: “Why would a loving God force me to love him?”

When asked what he meant,

the man responded that as he heard the message of Christi-anity, it sounded like God was threatening him with hell if he didn’t begin a relationship with the Lord and love him.

God really does demand that we love him above all things. That’s what it means to have him as our God.

We can truthfully say that if hell is real and if God is the only path of salvation, then the most loving thing God could ever do would be to warn us about that reality and try to draw us to salvation. So God is doing the most caring thing.

But the deeper question here might be this: Is God just in de-manding that we love him?

Can anyone –even Goddemand real love?

The answer I believe lies in the quality of how we’ve been loved fi rst. “We love because he fi rst loved us,” says the Bi-ble. You know what it’s like to be in love. You do things you wouldn’t normally do.

I have an acquaintance who recently began dating a girl named Tara. Things were go-ing very well, romantically. He even wrote on his status update that he was in “Taradise.” Now this is a scientifi cally-minded grown man we’re talking about!

But love doesn’t shy away from being irrational or even out of control. It changes you.

Suddenly you fi nd yourself looking to please another, do-ing research to see what pleases the one you love and doing those things without even being asked. And it doesn’t feel like an imposition at all. In fact, friends may say you’re being led around by the nose, but to you it feels like heaven.

That’s because it’s a refl ec-tion of heaven. To know God is to know you are deeply, purely, completely and perfectly loved.

It is to fi nd that the God we fear in our imagination – the God who sets all the rules and is unchanging in his desire that we all live and do things ex-actly his way – is actually the God who loves us back and has shown it in the way he changes, adapts, bends and sacrifi ces for us, his loved ones.

In Jesus we see the God who goes all out in love for us, invit-ing us into a two-way relation-ship of real love where both sacrifi ce for and serve the other.

Except that no one could ever out-love God. Love is his very essence. There’s no knowing him without it.

The Blooming Prairie Servicemen’s Club is need of the community’s help

BY PER KVALSTENStaff Writer

The club has been the home to the VFW Post 878 and Amer-ican Legion Post 52 along with its auxiliaries for decades.

The club runs and continues to remain open with the support of the community. By book-ing weddings, parties and other events throughout the year the club can keep its doors open.

As the years have gone by, the club has begun to show its

age. The building is now 30 years old. This has caused some fi nancial problem for the non-profi t organization. There is no building upkeep fund. The greatest need at the moment is to replace equipment mainly in the kitchen.

Without a gambling license, the club basically needs a full calendar of events to remain in the black.

Because of this, the club has asked the community to book

events, support the organiza-tion and give anything they can afford to give to keep the local landmark open.

“We understand that the world makes a lot of demands on your time and available assets,” Board of Director Gary Thorson said. “We are asking everyone in the community to help.”

The club is asking for a tax-deductable donation of any size. For more information call the club at (507) 583-7884.

Owatonna Hopsital Auxiliary offers scholarship

The Owatonna Hospital Aux-iliary is accepting applications from students planning or at-tending a college, university or graduate health program.

In order to qualify, the stu-dent must show a fi nancial need, pursue a career in healthcare, and live in Steele County.

The Donald Sanford Nursing Scholarship is for applicants en-tering their fi rst year or more of

nursing school.The Auxiliary Health Related

Career Scholarship is for appli-cants entering their second year or more of schooling in health careers.

Scholarship applications are available at the Steele County high school guidance counselor offi ces, the Owatonna Hospital Information Desk or Riverland Community College in Owa-

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For more information, call 507-451-6941.

The completed application and other required information must be received by March 31 in order to be eligible.

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Hill and Marcie will be hav-ing their wedding on Aug. 11, which is also Marcie’s birth-day. “We decided to do this so that my birthday is also our an-niversary,” Marcie said. “This way, I wouldn’t forget and we both would be celebrating each other.”

Olson, who also owns Apol-lo Liquor & Superette in Austin, plans to use the west half of the facility for the events. Guests will be able to enter through the north entrance from the park-ing lot. “We’ve basically cut the building in half,” he said, not-ing the bar portion and the front kitchen will not be utilized at this time.

The event center will seat between 180-200 people com-fortably, but will be able to take as many as 230. Olson also plans to make a different room available for smaller gatherings of 40-50 people.

“It seems to make sense,” Olson said about using it as an event center. “We’re still try-ing to fi nd the right person (to manage the business), but in the meantime, we’ll be doing it our-selves.”

Olson has been blown away by the response he has already experienced since posting a sign outside the facility an-nouncing it would be reopening as an event center.

“I had calls within fi ve min-utes of putting up the sign,” he said. And, since then, he said the phone has been ringing off the hook from early morning to late at night. He already has bookings into 2013.

“I feel fortunate we are in a position that we have some-thing people want,” Olson said.

He pointed out that there are not many centers around the area for these type of events. “We plan to make this a nice homey atmosphere,” he said.

Olson has been busy clean-ing the inside of the building. He is holding off on major projects like carpeting, exterior painting and wall treatments until cash begins rolling in from events.

Lansing Corners is in the process of obtaining a liquor license through Lansing Town-ship and Mower County.

In the future, Olson is even entertaining ideas of holding car shows, motorcycle events, auctions and fl ea markets.

“There are a whole world of possibilities that we can do out there,” Olson said.

The facility has been vacant since Ron and Karen Valentine closed it in 2008, citing health reasons and the economy. Lan-sing Corners originally opened in 1938 as a gas station and diner. The Valentines purchased the property from Lee and Don-na Robbins in 1996 and added the banquet room in 1999.

Olson came along and bought the property last sum-mer at an auction for $65,000. He announced back in October that a woman would open a steakhouse there, but that deal fell through.

Hill and Marcie can’t wait to have their wedding and recep-tion at Lansing Corners.

And the couple even has an interesting connection to Lan-sing Corners. They both met at Watt’s Cooking, whose owner is Kermit Watt. Kermit is the son of Don Watt, the original owner of Lansing Corners.

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Opens:March 24

as event center

Seating: Up to 230

Owner: Dave Olson

of Austin

Bookings: (507)440-3816

“Transportation was on the chopping block. Some public transportation was cut in the state but we were not affect-ed.”

Offi cials were preparing to operate with less funding, but now are able to continue busi-ness as usual for the county’s public transportation.

According to Steele County Human Services Executive Director Charity Floen, SCAT is looking into a deviated route system. Currently, SCAT is used as a dial-a-ride operation.

This means someone in need of the service calls and asks for a ride and is picked up.

Last year, SCAT was used 48,000 times for a ride.

“As ridership goes up, our costs to run the program de-crease,” Skalicky said. The operation averages 4.5 riders per hour.

SCAT is available to every-one in Steele County.

SCAT Bus FundingContinued from front

With spring right around the corner, the county highway de-partment is gearing up to keep area highways in top-notch shape.

Spring load restrictions went into effect Monday for all of Steele County. Highway maps showing the load postings are available on the county’s web-site at www.co.steele.mn.us.

County sets spring load restrictions

Times photos byAnnie Anderson

Lansing Corners will repopen as an event center March 24. Owner Dave Olson is shown in the top photo inside the land-mark facility that was built in 1938. One of the fi rst couples to book an event at the center is Clarence Maricle and Bonnie Hill of Austin. They are planning to get married at Lansing Corners in August.

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BY LEMAR NELSONStaff Writer

Their biggest offense of the season gave the Awesome Blossom boys a 71-50 quarter-fi nal victory over JWP Thurs-day, Mar.1. The home court win moved the Blossoms to the Rochester Mayo Auditorium Monday, Mar. 5, where they will meet No. 2 seed Goodhue in one semi-fi nal game of Section 1A.

A fast start kept the Blos-soms in front the fi rst half, when Michael Thomas scored three baskets and a free throw, and Ryan McCabe added two free throws for an initial 9-2 edge. Thomas and Alex Fiebiger scored on turnarounds for a 13-2 lead, before Brandon Janike made a pair of free throws and Josh Stockman made two bas-kets in a row at the ten-minute mark to cut the lead to 15-6.

With just under eight minutes left before the break, McCabe swished two consecutive triples, but the Bulldogs eventually nar-rowed the local margin to 32-22 at the half. Stockman counted 9 points in the last 2:50 of that ac-tion

“We shot 55 percent for the game”, commented Coach John Bruns, “and that really allowed

us to set the tempo of the game all night. I think both teams played better than they did in the regular season meetings which the teams split.”

John Rumpza and Thomas combined for 14 of the fi rst 19 points of the second half, in-creasing the Blossom lead to 49-34, and JWP never got closer than 11 points after that. It was the last home court contest for eight BP seniors, and they all had a chance to see action before the fi nal horn.

Blossom scoring was led by Thomas with 23 points and Rumpza with 15. McCabe chipped in a baker’s dozen, Luke Hueman had 8 points and ably directed the offense all night, and Fiebiger and Gabe Kartes both contributed 6 points. Stockman counted 18 points for JWP, and Janike added 16. BP shot 55 percent on 24 of 43 at-tempts, while JWP made 31 percent on 15 of 47 tries. The locals made 18 of 26 free throw attempts, their best all season.

A wide edge in rebounding went to the taller Blossoms 35-16, with Thomas and Rumpza combining for 22 of them. Hue-man had a whopping 8 assists and 3 steals, Kartes added 3 steals, and Rumpza handed out

2 assists and had a steal. Seniors playing their last

game on the home court in-

cluded McCabe, Hueman, Pat Jones, Frank Suazo, Kartes, Cody Doerhoefer, and Fiebiger.

Luc Zellmer, recovering from shoulder surgery, was the eighth senior on the squad.

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A tip of the hat this week goes to Jarrod Grunklee who competed at the state wrestling tournament last weekend and also for being named to the Gopher All-Conference team. A tip also to Adam Driessen and Zach Nirk for making the Honorable Mention list in the conference.

In the next few weeks, we will offer a summary of the season in all three of the winter sports in my column, and there will be some signifi cant statis-tics to report, I am sure. The wrestling and girls’ basketball years are complete, and the boys will follow soon. It is hard to believe, but the spring sports previews are already in the planning stage, and those articles will be on tap before we realize it.

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Blossom player Weston Fiebiger attempts to grab the ball from a B.A. in a recent game on the home court against the Cardinals. BP avenged earlier loss with the conference victory.

BY LEMAR NELSONStaff Write

For the third straight year, the Faribault B.A. girls sent the Awesome Blossoms to the side-lines, this time with a dominat-ing 63-38 victory Monday, Feb. 27, at Rochester Mayo Audi-torium. The semi-fi nal win for the Cardinals earned them a date with top-seeded Goodhue in the sub-section fi nals, and it marked the third time in three years that the Blossoms suffered the same fate.

The fi rst half played out evenly for 16 minutes, and Madison Worke’s triple swisher tied the score at 17 with just 10 seconds left. Unfortunately, two free throws from Jessie Mat-thews, a jumper from Taryn Ashley, and another basket by Megan Hoisington at the buzzer put the Cardinals up 23-17 at the break. B.A. had held a narrow edge most of the fi rst half until Worke’s basket tied the score.

When Taylor Hagen count-ed six straight points to cut the Cardinal lead to 27-24, it looked as if the locals had a chance. But B.A.’s Jessie Matthews took the game over at that point. She proceeded to score 25 second half, including 8 for 8 from the free throw line and 3 three-point baskets. The Blossoms had no answer, as they turned the ball over time after time in attempts to get the ball to Hagen in the post. BP had 21 turnovers in the game, the vast majority of them in the second half as the winners built the big lead. The Blossoms counted just two points in over 5 minutes from the 11:50 mark to the 6:42 mark.

“The Cardinals were get-ting through our zone, and we had to switch to a man-to-man

defense”, commented coach John Worke. “I knew we were in big trouble then, as Matthews took control of the game. She is a fi ne player, and we just couldn’t stop her.”

After scoring just 5 points in the fi rst half, Matthews fi nished with 31 points for the game. No other Cardinal had more than 8 points. Hagen concluded her game with 18 points, but Worke was second in scoring with just 5 points. B.A. shot 32 percent from the fi eld on 22 of 71 attempts, while BP managed just 23 percent on 14 of 62 tries.

The Cardinals also made 17 of 23 free throw attempts, while the locals made 9 of 10 from the charity stripe.

“Coach Worke added, “I thought we could control the rebounding on the defensive end of the court, but B.A. pulled down way too many offensive boards for second chance points. That certainly didn’t help our game overall.”

The winners had 40-27 edge on the boards, despite an-other double-double from Ha-gen, who pulled down 11 to go with her 18 points. Cortney

Easton had 5 rebounds 3 assists, and 5 steals. and Worke added 4 rebounds, 1 assist , and 3 steals.

BP ended the season with a 14-12 overall record and 11-5 in conference play. The game marked the last game for fi ve seniors- Tricia DeBoer, Cortney Easton, Melanie Grant, Julia Manges, and Kelli Naatz. All fi ve of them have been hard workers their whole careers and a credit to their teammates and the basketball program at the school


Jarrod Grunklee, a junior heavyweight at BPHS last week competed at the state wrestling tournament, and improved his dual record with a two wins at the tournament Blooming Prai-rie’s Jarrod Grunklee, who is now 33-13 at 285, stayed in the hunt for a medal until he lost to

Aaron Bruihler 14-7 in the con-solation quarterfi nals. I had a chance to visit with him briefl y before the tournament began. Grunklee was looking forward to competing and thought he had a chance to wrestle at least a couple of times.

“I admit I was surprised to make it to state,” he said, “ but once the season got underway,

and I was able to improve my skills, I thought I had a chance. The bracket for the section had some tough competition, but I thought I could hold my own, and my second place pretty much verifi ed that.”

Grunklee is somewhat small for a heavyweight, although he indicated that he is about aver-age among the heavyweights, and I would guess that weigh-ing 233 pounds would make him not intimidated by almost anyone. He compiled a season mark of 29-10, with 13 pins to his credit, plus eight byes over the year.

Wrestling, however, is just a small part of his life, as he is an active farmer, along with his parents, Kevin and Anna Grunklee. The family farms approximately 150 acres and raises approximately 50 head of steers. Jarrod usually has a couple of steers of his own to raise on the farm.

In school Grunklee is a guard on the Awesome Blos-som football team and is an ac-tive member of FFA. He, Blake Arett, and Aaron Thompson make up the general livestock judging team that took fi rst in recent region competition and

will compete at the state con-vention later in the spring.

Grunklee and his judging partners spend a lot of time both in and out of the classroom examining livestock. Grunklee speaks for the team when he says, “It is good to be this famil-iar with farming and its opera-tion as background for college.” His preliminary plans are to go to college and study agriculture as a major. South Dakota State College in Brookings SD is one of the colleges he is keeping an eye on.

Right now wrestling has been his focus, but Grunklee is pretty well-grounded in school, in family, and in life. That is not a bad place in which to be!

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BP’s lone representative at the state wrestling tournament won two bouts in his heavy-weight division.

Jarrod Grunklee won his opening bout 10-0, over Coo-per Blau of Aitkin, lost to No. 6-ranked Dominick Platwow of Paynesville in his next bout, but then defeated Max Carlson of New York Mills in overtime 7-5. That was the end of his run, however, as he lost the quarter-fi nal bout in consolation action.

Third-ranked Aaron Brui-hler of LeSeuer-Henderson won a major 17-4 decision over Grunklee to fi nish his state wres-tling experience for 2-12.

Although Grunklee gave up almost 30 pounds against Blau in his opening bout, he domi-nated the action and won an easy verdict. As Coach Kevin Driessen indicated, “ He had his takedown shot working, and, he dominated the action.”

In his second bout Dominick Platow of Paynesville turned the tables on Grunklee and defeated him 12-0. “The kid was good”, continued Coach Driessen, “and he took everything away from Grunklee and simply shut him down.

Grunklee came back to take Carlson in an exciting overtime, but then lost big to Bruihler. The experience was great for the lo-cal wrestler, and he will be back next year for another attempt.

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WEATHER STILL HOT TOPIC

Our area still is getting all types of weather over the last few weeks, mostly of a rather wimpy variety. Early last week we escaped a rather major snowstorm that blanketed the central and northern part of the state. We got enough rain changing to snow to curtail my walks again as a thin layer of ice formed on the streets and sidewalks. The couple of days in which the temps got high enough to clear the area, I traversed Main Street, while watching carefully for traffi c on the street. Somewhat danger-ous, but I did manage the walk without incident.

Now the experts are glimps-ing into their crystal balls and indicating temps as high as 50 above. Is that a clear indica-tion that winter is over or just a teaser for storms yet to come?

At least, as everyone is quick to remark, “Well, it is March, so any snows we get now will disappear rapidly. Famous last words?

SAND FOR SALE?With the warmer tempera-

tures predicted for this week, I would guess that some families with small children are already planning to fi ll their sandboxes for summer play. After all, sand is certainly one resource that is readily available. Well, according to an article from my favorite magazine, that may not be the case. at least in some countries.

In “National Geographic” re-port, Morocco has sand aplenty, but it’s vanishing from beaches and surfacing in city buildings, resorts- even a soccer stadium. A major component of concrete, sand is heavily mined to feed construction demands in this desert country and around the

globe. It’s also sought for its mineral content and to beef up other beaches.

While sandy shores are easy to access and cheap to mine, the result is habitat loss for turtles and birds, battered eco-systems and landscapes, and eroded buffers against storms and rising seas.

Beach sand mining occurs mostly in developing coun-tries, where it is often unregu-lated. Even where permits are required, such as Jamaica and parts of India, enforcement is spotty. “The extent of the trade is not yet known, but it’s growing, along with coastal populations”, comments Adam Griffi th, who is compiling a sand-mining database for the non-profi t Coast Care to high-light the problem.

For now, Griffi th asserts, “as long as beach sand can be sold there will be people willing

to take it!” Hopefully, we live in an area where good old sand box sand is not in short supply, and we can fi nd plenty of that fi ne stuff to keep our kids happy throughout the summer.

QUADATHLON AND OTHER EVENTSAlthough my feats of athleti-

cism are decades behind me, I understand that the 4th annual quadathlon is another sellout. I think it is indicative of this community that we have such a large number of citizens who still enjoy such activities as are illustrated by this annual Satur-day of friendly competition and entertainment. Good luck to all entrants.

And we are now less than a month away from the huge BP Education Foundation silent and live auctions at the Pizza Cellar. I can state from personal obser-vation that some very valuable

prizes are being collected and will be offered at the sale.

A few critics always lobby for moving the event to a bigger location, but for me, it is the close proximity and “sardine-like” atmosphere that creates most of the fun and promotes tendencies for some very spirited bidding. More on this annual fund-raiser in a couple of weeks and maybe even some examples of the merchandise that will be available.

A RARE WINNING WEEKENDMinnesota sports fans had

a pretty good weekend for a change. The Gopher men’s basketball team defeated Nebraska in their fi nal regu-lar season game, both of the Gopher hockey teams won the conference titles, the Tmber-wolves beat Portland, and the Twins opened the grapefruit exhibition league season with a

victory over Tampa Bay. The only downer for me was that my granddaughter’s Concordia hockey team lost to Gustavus Adolphus in the championship game of the MIAC conference last Saturday. I didn’t feel too bad, though, as Becca com-pleted quite a freshman season as the starting goalie for the second place Concordia team.

Let’s close this week with just one example of the clever-ness of youngsters:

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Glen. “KROKODIAL”Teacher. No, that’s wrong.” Glen. “Maybe that’s wrong,

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Feb. 26Domestic. At 6:15 a.m., of-

fi cer responded to a domestic disturbance at a residence in Blooming Prairie.

Feb. 29Threats. A citizen reported

threats being made at 7:18 p.m.

March 1Search Warrant. Offi cers

conducted a search warrant in the city at 7:02 p.m. No other details available.

Feb. 24Traffi c Stop. Offi cer stopped

a vehicle in the 400 block of Hoffman Dr. NW at 12:35 a.m. The driver was issued a citation.

Assault. At 8:06 a.m., offi -cer took an assault report in the 2200 block of 4th Ave. SE.

Feb. 25Death. Offi cers investigated

a sudden death in the 300 block of State Ave. NW at 8:59 a.m.

Harassment. At 1:41 p.m., offi cer took a harassing commu-nications complaint in the 500 block of Cedar Ave. S. Offi cer arrested an adult in the case.

Drunk Driving. Offi cer stopped a vehicle at Cedar Ave. S. and Coolidge St. SW at 11:32 p.m. The driver was taken into custody for drunken driving.

Feb. 26DWI Arrest. A vehicle was

stopped at Academy St. E. and Grove Ave. S. at 1:09 a.m. Offi -cers arrested the driver for DWI.

Burglary. At 4:54 p.m., offi -cer took a report of a burglary in the 100 block of 19th Place NE.

Feb. 27Animal Call. Offi cers im-

pounded an animal from the 1100 block of Industrial Rd. NW at 6:02 a.m.

Burglary. A citizen reported a burglary in the 400 block of Dartt Ave. NE at 9:04 a.m.

Vandalism. At 7:56 p.m., a citizen reported property dam-age in the 600 block of Rice Lake St. E.

Feb. 28Restraining Order. Offi -

cers arrested an adult in the 100 block of 22nd St. NW for vio-lating an order for protection at

11:12 a.m.Probation. An adult was ar-

rested for a probation violation in the 100 block of Rice St. E. at 1:57 p.m.

Death Investigations. Offi -cers investigated two deaths on this day. The fi rst one happened at 1:48 p.m. in the 100 block of Cedar Cove Lane NW and the second one at 2:55 p.m. in the 200 block of 21st St. NW.

Feb. 29Vandalism. Offi cer took a

property damage report in the 500 block of State Ave. NW at 9:58 a.m.

DWI Arrest. At 10:59 p.m., a vehicle was stopped at Bridge St. W. and Riverside Ave. NW. Offi cers took the driver into cus-tody for drunken driving.

Theft. A theft from a vehicle was reported in the 700 block of Bridge St. W. at 11:34 p.m.

March 1Domestic. Offi cers arrested

an adult for domestic assault at 9:22 a.m. in the 600 block of Florence Ave. NW.

Traffi c. At 1:11 p.m., an adult was arrested after a traf-fi c stop at Chestnut Ave. NE and Rose St. E.

Accident. Offi cers respond-ed to a personal injury crash at 18th St. SE and Cedar Ave. S. at 4:04 p.m.

Theft. An adult was taken into custody for theft in the 1400 block of 21st Ave. NW at 5:59 p.m.

Assault. Offi cer took a report of an assault in the 1500 block of St. Paul Rd. NE at 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 24Theft. Deputy took a theft re-

port in the 200 block of Pearl St. E. at 9:01 a.m.

Train Fatality. Deputies re-sponded at 12:24 p.m. to a fatal train vs. car crash in Meriden. An elderly woman from Owa-tonna died in the crash.

Feb. 26Domestic. A domestic argu-

ment was reported in the 100 block of 3rd St. SE at 6:26 a.m.

Feb. 29Shoplifting. Deputy took a

report of shoplifting in the 6700 block of Frontage Rd. W. at 4:50 p.m.

March 1K-9 Callout. The depart-

ment’s K-9 team was used in the 700 block of 2nd Ave. NE at 8:58 a.m.

Arrest. An adult was arrest-ed at 1:45 p.m. at Highway 14 and Highway 218.

Burglary. Deputy took a re-port of a burglary in the 6700 block of Frontage Rd. W. at 8:08 p.m.

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Of-fi ce handled 284 complaints for the week of February 22 – 29. Some of them include:

Feb. 22Suspicious Activity. At 9:45

p.m., someone was using a spot-light and shining all around in the 20000 block of 670th St. in Kasson. Deputies responded and all was clear.

Feb. 23DWI. At 3:03 a.m., there was

a disturbance in a parking lot area in the 600 block of Veter-ans Memorial Hwy. in Kasson. Deputies responded and a male party was arrested and charged with 4th degree DWI.

Feb. 24Underage Drinking. At

10:41 p.m., there was a report that there were minors in the bar drinking in the 500 block of Main St. in Mantorville.

Feb. 25Vandalism. At 10:14 a.m., a

Claremont woman reported that the front of her house was shot with paintballs overnight in the 100 block of East St.

Drunkeness. At 4:47 p.m., an approximately 70-year-old woman was passed out in a ga-rage in the 300 block of 1st St. Deputies responded and trans-ported the woman to detox.

Feb. 29Welfare. At 11:10 p.m.,

deputies received a report that a 10-year-old and 5-year-old were left home in the 100 block of Sunset Ave. in Kasson alone while the mother left and gone to the bar.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:DATE OF MORTGAGE: May 8, 2003ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $123,500.00MORTGAGOR(S): Ani-ta E. Knapp and Kenneth R. Knapp, wife and husbandMORTGAGEE: Premier Bank Min-nesota, a Minnesota corporationDATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Filed May 14, 2003, Steele County Registrar of Titles; Document No. T52893 and memorialized upon Certifi cate of Title No. 014430ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.,a California Cor-poration, n/k/a Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. by writ-ten assignment recorded on May 14, 2003 as Document No. T52894LEGAL DESCRIP-TION OF PROPERTY: Lot Seventeen (17) in Northern Height's Addi-tion to the City of OwatonnaREGISTERED PROPERTYSTREET ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 539 NE 15th Street, Owatonna, MN 55060COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Steele County, Minnesota THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $108,991.78THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to re-cover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure notice and accel-eration requirements of said mort-gage, and/or applicable statutes;PURSUANT, to the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 10, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.PLACE OF SALE: Steele County Sheriff’s offi ce, in the Law En-forcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, Minnesotato pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actu-ally paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and dis-bursements allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns is six (6) months from the date of sale.Unless said mortgage is rein-stated or the property redeemed, or unless the time for redemp-tion is reduced by judicial order, you must vacate the premises by 11:59 p.m. on October 10, 2012.MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGA-TION ON MORTGAGE: NONE

“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAG-OR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PER-SONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELL-ING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUC-TION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”

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N. Kibongni Fondungallah, Esq. James J. Pauly, Esq. Brian F. Kidwell, Esq. Steven R. Pennock, Esq. Attorneys for Mortgagee 25 North Dale Street St. Paul, MN 55102-2227 (651) 209-9760 (E7407)

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(1) Street Address, City and Zip Code of Mortgaged Premises539 NE 15th Street, Owatonna, MN 55060(2) Transaction AgentPremier Bank Minnesota, a Minne-sota corporation(3) Name of Mortgage Originator (Lender)Premier Bank Minnesota, a Minne-sota corporation(4) Residential ServicerWells Fargo 800-416-1472(5) Tax Parcel Identifi cation Num-ber17-202-0117(6) Transaction Agent’s Mortgage ID Number (MERS number)none

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage:DATE OF MORT-GAGE: March 31, 2009MORTGAGORS: Carol A. Kasper and Jeffrey V. Kubat, both single.MORTGAGEE: J P M o r g a n Chase Bank, National Association.DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded April 7, 2009, Steele County Record-er, Document No. A000363211.ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: NONE TRANSACTION AGENT: NONETRANSACTION AGENT'S MORT-GAGE IDENTIFICATION NUM-BER ON MORTGAGE: NONELENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STAT-ED ON MORTGAGE: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 2270 4th Avenue South-east, Owatonna, MN 55060TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 173450107LEGAL DESCRIP-TION OF PROPERTY:Lot 7, Block 1, Cedardale Addi-tion No. 3, Owatonna, MinnesotaCOUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: S t e e l eORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $ 1 5 9 , 3 2 4 . 0 0AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $ 1 7 5 , 3 9 5 . 5 0That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure pro-ceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by stat-ute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;PURSUANT to the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 6, 2012 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: S t e e l e County Sheriff's Offi ce, Law En-forcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, MNto pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and dis-bursements, including attorneys' fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not rein-stated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under sec-tion 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on Octo-ber 9, 2012, unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGA-TION ON MORTGAGE:None"THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAG-OR, THE MORTGAGOR'S PER-SONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELL-ING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUC-TION, AND ARE ABANDONED."

Dated: February 8, 2012.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee

USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P.

Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee

4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416

(952) 925-688830-9411


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THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OFTHE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITH-

IN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAWIS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:DATE OF MORT-GAGE: December 29, 2004MORTGAGOR(S): Brad D. Ripka and Crystal L. Ripka, Husband and WifeMORTGAGEE: United Prai-rie Bank – OwatonnaDATE AND PLACE OF RECORD-ING: Filed for record December 30, 2004, as Document No. A000328488 in the offi ce of the County Re-corder in Steele County, Minnesota ASSIGNMENT(S) OF MORTGAGE: Assignment dated December 29, 2004 to Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, fi led for record December 30, 2004, as Document No. A000328489 in the offi ce of the County Re-corder in Steele County, MinnesotaSaid mortgage is not Registered Land.TRANSACTION AGENT: NoneTRANSACTION AGENT’S MORT-GAGE IDENTIFICATION NUM-BER ON MORTGAGE: NoneLENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Unit-ed Prairie Bank – OwatonnaRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SER-VICER: U.S. Bank Home MortgageMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 429 Main Street WBloomington Prairie, MN 55917TAX PARCEL ID NUM-BER: 14-111-0104LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROP-ERTY: Lot 4, Block 1, Prairie Villa Addition to the Village of Blooming Prairie, Steele County, MinnesotaCOUNTY IN WHICH PROP-ERTY IS LOCATED: SteeleORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $92,400.00AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY ASSIGNEE OF MORTGAGEE: $84,907.22That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure pro-ceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by stat-ute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof.PURSUANT to the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 19, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. PLACE OF SALE: The Steele County Sheriff’s Offi ce located at the Law Enforcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East in Owatonna, Minnesota 55060 to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said prem-ises, and the costs and disburse-ments, including attorneys’ fees al-lowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to fi ve (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not re-instated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on October 19, 2012. If the foregoing date is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, then the date to vacate is the next business day at 11:59 p.m.MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGA-TION ON MORTGAGE: None

THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORT-GAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MIN-NESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRO-DUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

Dated: February 28, 2012.MINNESOTA HOUSING

FINANCE AGENCYAssignee of Mortgagee

Marinus W. Van Putten, Jr., Reg. No. 11232X

BEST & FLANAGAN LLP225 South Sixth Street, Suite 4000

Minneapolis, MN 55402(612) 339-7121

Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee


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Notice

NOTICEANNUAL TOWN MEETING NO-

TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of the Township of Westfi eld, in the County Dodge, State of Minnesota will be held on the second Tuesday of March being the 13th day of March, 2012.

Polls will open at the close of the meeting until 8 p.m. to elect the following offi cers for the following terms:

One Supervisore for a three (3) year term

One Clerk for a two (2) year termBusiness meeting at 3 p.m. to

transact town business as required or permitted by law. In case of bad weather the meeting will be held March 20th, 2012.

Julie PetersonWestfi eld Township

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Notice

Attention Blooming Prairie Township

Members:Blooming Prairie Township will hold its annual election for Board Mem-bers on March 13th 2012 at the Town Hall from the hours of 4p.m. to 8 p.m. The Annual Meeting will immediate follow the closing of the polls.

Offi ces up for election:Jerry Wencl.......Supervisor 3 yearsBob Haberman....Supervisor 1 yearKate Zipse............Treasurer 1 yearMissy Anderson.........Clerk 2 years.

Weather date will be March 20th at the same time. Listen to KOWZ for weather cancellations.

Missy Anderson- ClerkJerry Wencl – Chairman.

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Stalker radar is a tool that will help make our community saf-er.”

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“Freeborn County is a partner with hundreds of other depart-ments that strives Toward Zero Deaths by focusing traffi c en-forcement efforts,” McConkey

said. “We know state-of-the-art equipment like this will change people’s driving behavior. They will slow down and that will save lives and reduce injury.”

Speed is one of the main contributing factors in crashes and in determining their sever-ity. Higher speed means greater force and less time to react.

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Leggal NoticesMortgage Foreclosure

11-076105NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that de-fault has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:DATE OF MORTGAGE: September 25, 2006ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $107,611.00MORTGAGOR(S): Luisa Duron and Jose G. Duron, wife and husbandMORTGAGEE: Universal Mortgage Corportation D/B/A UFG MortgageLENDER: Universal Mortgage Cor-portation D/B/A UFG Mortgage SERVICER: Wells Fargo Bank, NADATE AND PLACE OF FIL-ING: Filed September 29, 2006, Steele County Recorder, as Doc-ument Number A000344633ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.; Dated: September 27, 2006 fi led: Novem-ber 20, 2006, recorded as docu-ment number A000345862; thereaf-ter assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA dated on October 18, 2011 and recorded on October 21, 2011 as document number A000380749. LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:All that part of Lot 1 in the Southeast Quarter of Northeast Quarter of Sec-tion 9, Township 107 North, Range 20 West bounded and described as fol-lows to-wit: Commencing at the North-east Corner of said SE1/4 of NE1/4 and running thence North 89 degrees 15.5 minutes West 301 feet along the North line of said SE1/4 of NE1/4 and the South line of Union Street, thence South 0 degrees East 148 feet to the true point of beginning, and running thence South 0 degrees East 56.26 feet to the Northerly right of way line of Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, thence South 15 degrees 18 minutes West 38.56 feet along said right of way line, thence North 0º East 28.01 feet, thence North 89 degrees 15.5 minutes West 98.74 feet to the Easterly line of Oak Street, thence North 17 degrees 15 minutes East 6.29 feet along the Easterly line of said Oak Street, thence North 0 degrees 7 minutes East 43.97 feet along the East line of said Oak Street, thence South 89 degrees 15.5 minutes East 128.77 feet to beginning. Said bearings being assumed and based on the East line of said NE1/4 of Section 9 being North 0º East. (Being in Sublot 3 of Lot 1 in SE1/4 of NE1/4 of Section 9-107-20).PROPERTY ADDRESS: 721 N Oak Ave, Owatonna, MN 55060PROPERTY IDENTIFICA-TION NUMBER: 17.009.1203 COUNTY IN WHICH PROP-ERTY IS LOCATED: SteeleTHE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $109,464.61THAT all pre-foreclosure requirements have been complied with; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;PURSUANT, to the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 3, 2012, 10:00amPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff's Main Offi ce, Law Enforcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, MN 55060to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and disburse-ments, including attorneys fees al-lowed by law, subject to redemption within 6 months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s) the per-sonal representatives or assigns.TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwell-ing, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the prop-erty, if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23, is 11:59 p.m. on October 3, 2012."THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORT-GAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR'S PER-SONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL OR-DER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNE-SOTA STATUTES SECTION 582.032 DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN 5 UNITS, ARE NOT PROPER-TY USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PRO-DUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

Dated: February 1, 2012Wells Fargo Bank, NA

Assignee of Mortgagee SHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLP

BY ___________________________

Lawrence P. Zielke - 152559Diane F. Mach - 273788

Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778Randolph W. Dawdy 2160X

Ronald W. Spencer - 0104061Stephanie O. Nelson - 0388918

Attorneys for Mortgagee12550 West Frontage Road, Ste. 200

Burnsville, MN 55337(952) 831-4060

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS OF-FICE IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT AND DOES NOT IMPLY THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT MONEY FROM ANY-ONE WHO HAS DISCHARGED THE DEBT UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

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CASE TYPE: CONTRACT STATE OF MINNESOTA

DISTRICT COURTCOUNTY OF STEELE

THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Court File No. 74-CV-11-1806

U.S. Bank National Association,

10-067909


THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:DATE OF MORTGAGE: June 30, 2003ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $137,100.00MORTGAGOR(S): Clayton P. Reyher and Julie L. Reyher, husband and wifeMORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.MIN#: 100073336561101179LENDER: Mortgage In-




SALEPRIVATE


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:DATE OF MORTGAGE: June 23, 2006ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $79,500.00M O R T G A G O R ( S ) : Eric B. Frank, singleMORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation as nomi-nee for Community Bank Owa-tonna, a Minnesota corporationDATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Filed June 27, 2006, Steele County Re-corder; Document No. A000342296 ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Federal National Mortgage AssociationLEGAL DESCRIP-TION OF PROPERTY: Lot Nine (9) in Block One (1) in Dartt's Second Addition to the City of Owa-tonna, Minnesota. (Said Lot 9 being located in a part of Lot 6, in NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Section 10-107-20 West).

STREET ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 648 East Vine Street, Owatonna, MN 55060COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Steele County, MinnesotaTHE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $85,697.23THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to re-cover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure notice and accel-eration requirements of said mort-gage, and/or applicable statutes;PURSUANT, to the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: March 20, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.PLACE OF SALE: Steele County Sheriff’s offi ce, in the Law En-forcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, Minnesotato pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actu-ally paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and dis-bursements allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns is six (6) months from the date of sale.Unless said mortgage is rein-stated or the property redeemed, or unless the time for redemp-tion is reduced by judicial order, you must vacate the premises by 11:59 p.m. on September 20, 2012.MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGA-TION ON MORTGAGE: NONE


Dated: January 17, 2012

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGEASSOCIATION Mortgagee

REITER & SCHILLER, P.A.By: /s/ Rebecca F. Schiller, Esq. Sarah J.B. Adam, Esq. N. Kibongni Fondungal-

lah, Esq. James J. Pauly, Esq. Brian F. Kidwell, Esq. Steven R. Pennock, Esq. Attorneys for Mortgagee 25 North Dale Street St. Paul, MN 55102-2227 (651) 209-9760 (G1910)



(1) Street Address, City and Zip Code of Mortgaged Premises648 East Vine Street, Owatonna, MN 55060(2) Transaction AgentMortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a Delaware corpora-tion as nominee for Community Bank Owatonna, a Minnesota corporation(3) Name of Mortgage Originator (Lender)Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a Delaware corpora-tion as nominee for Community Bank Owatonna, a Minnesota corporation(4) Residential ServicerSeterus-866-570-5277(5) Tax Parcel Identifi cation Num-ber17-129-0109(6) Transaction Agent’s Mortgage ID Number (MERS number)123182800000160799

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as Trustee for the Registered Holders of GS Mortgage Securi-ties Corporation II, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certifi cates Series 2006-GG8 and Companion Loan Noteholders, by and through CWCapital Asset Management LLC, solely in its capacity as Special Servicer,

Plaintiff,vs.

PRE/Medford (MN) LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, ABC Part-nership, XYZ Corporation, John Doe and Mary Roe, Defendants.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE UN-DER ORDER FOR JUDGMENT

(Real Property)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that under and by virtue of an Order for Default Judgment and Order for Fore-closure entered in the above-entitled action on the 28th day of December, 2011, a certifi ed copy of which has been delivered to me, directing the sale of the premises hereinafter de-scribed to satisfy the amount found and adjudged due said Plaintiff in the above-entitled action from said Defendant PRE/Medford (MN) LLC; and that Lon Thiele, the undersigned Sheriff of Steele County will sell at public auction, to the highest bid-der, for cash, on the 6th day of April, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., in the lobby of the Steele County Sheriff’s Offi ce, Steele County Law Enforcement Center, 204 E. Pearl Street, in the City of Owatonna, in said County and State, the premises and real estate located in Steele County, Minnesota and described in said Order, to-wit:PARCEL A: Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, MG MED-FORD ADDITION, Steele County, Minnesota. EXCEPT that part described as fol-lows:All that part of Lot 2, Block 1, MG MEDFORD ADDITION, City of Med-ford, Steele County, Minnesota de-scribed as follows:Commencing at the northwest cor-ner of said Lot 2; thence North 89 degrees 33 minutes 42 seconds East along north line of said Lot 2, a distance of 319.83 feet to the point of beginning of the land to be de-scribed; thence South 00 degrees 25 minutes 37 seconds East distance of 308.63 feet; thence North 44 de-grees 37 minutes 04 seconds East distance of 436.90 feet to the north line of said Lot 2; thence South 89 degrees 33 minutes 42 seconds West along said north line a distance of 309.17 feet to the point of begin-ning, Steele County, Minnesota.AND FURTHER EXCEPTING:That part of Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, MG MEDFORD ADDITION, City of Medford, Steele County, Minnesota lying East and South of the following described lines:Commencing at the Southeast cor-ner of said Lot 2; thence South 89 degrees 20 minutes 52 seconds West along the south line of said Lot 2, a distance of 321.67 feet to the point of beginning of the lines to be described; thence North 00 degrees 18 minutes 06 seconds West a dis-tance of 361.29 feet; thence North 89 degrees 34 minutes 18 seconds East a distance of 1220.57 feet to the east line of said lot 1 and there terminating.PARCEL B:Together with benefi ts contained in Master Declaration and Agreement of Easements Covenants and Re-strictions in Document No. 234375 and in Declaration of Restrictive Covenants in Document No. 235858, Steele County, Minnesota.Commonly known as: Medford Outlet Center, 6750 West Frontage Road, Medford, MNTax Parcel Numbers: 16-109-0101 and 16-109-0102

THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAG-OR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PER-SONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

LON THIELESTEELE COUNTY SHERIFF

By: _________________________Deputy Tony David

Dated: February 2, 2012

THIS INSTRUMENT WAS DRAFTED BY:Angelita E. Hernandez (MN #0387319)Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P.4200 IDS Center 80 South Eighth StreetMinneapolis, MN 55402(612) 371-3211

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vestors CorporationSERVICER: MidFirst BankDATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Filed July 11, 2003, Steele County Regis-trar of Titles, as Document Number T 53526, Thereafter modifi ed by Loan Modifi cation Agreement increasing the amount payable by $2,990.95 dated June 27, 2007 and recorded August 13, 2007 as document num-ber T000061990; Thereafter modi-fi ed by Loan Modifi cation Agree-ment increasing the amount payable to $143,472.69 dated January 31, 2008 and recorded March 28, 2008 as Document Number T000062743ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Midfi rst Bank; Dated: December 17, 2008 fi led: January 7, 2009, recorded as document number T 000063843 LEGAL DESCRIP-TION OF PROPERTY:Lot 7, Block 3, Radel’s Coun-try Club Addition No. 4REGISTERED PROPERTYPROPERTY ADDRESS: 450 Kim Lane Sw, Owatonna, MN 55060PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUM-BER: 17-359-0307 Cert. No. 15789COUNTY IN WHICH PROP-ERTY IS LOCATED: SteeleTHE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $137,409.22THAT all pre-foreclosure require-ments have been complied with; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;PURSUANT, to the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: March 27, 2012, 10:00amPLACE OF SALE: Sher-iff’s Main Offi ce, Law Enforce-ment Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, MN 55060to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and dis-bursements, including attorneys fees allowed by law, subject to redemp-tion within 6 months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s) the personal representatives or assigns.TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property, if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not re-deemed under section 580.23, is 11:59 p.m. on September 27, 2012.“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION 582.032 DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDEN-TIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN 5 UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PRO-DUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

Dated: January 26, 2012 MidFirst Bank

Assignee of Mortgagee SHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLP

BY ___________________________

Lawrence P. Zielke - 152559Diane F. Mach - 273788

Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778Randolph W. Dawdy 2160X

Ronald W. Spencer - 0104061Stephanie O. Nelson - 0388918

Attorneys for Mortgagee12550 West Frontage Road,

Ste. 200Burnsville, MN 55337

(952) 831-4060 PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS OFFICE IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT AND DOES NOT IMPLY THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT MONEY FROM ANY-ONE WHO HAS DISCHARGED THE DEBT UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

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SALEPRIVATE


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:DATE OF MORT-GAGE: October 31, 2007ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $127,893.00MORTGAGOR(S): Grego-ry S. Huebbe and Elaine K. Huebbe, both single peopleMORTGAGEE: Advisor's Mortgage, LLC, a Minne-sota limited liability companyDATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Filed November 5, 2007, Steele County Re-corder; Document No. A000353312 ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.LEGAL DESCRIP-TION OF PROPERTY: Lot 3, Block 2, Valley Addi-tion, Owatonna, MinnesotaSTREET ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 321 Woodland Drive, Owatonna, MN 55060COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Steele County, MinnesotaTHE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE


DATE OF THE NOTICE: $139,507.96THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to re-cover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure notice and accel-eration requirements of said mort-gage, and/or applicable statutes;PURSUANT, to the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: March 27, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.PLACE OF SALE: Steele County Sheriff’s offi ce, in the Law En-forcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, Minnesotato pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actu-ally paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and dis-bursements allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns is six (6) months from the date of sale.Unless said mortgage is rein-stated or the property redeemed, or unless the time for redemp-tion is reduced by judicial order, you must vacate the premises by 11:59 p.m. on September 27, 2012.MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLI-GATION ON MORTGAGE: GREGORY SCOTT HUEBBE


Dated: January 31, 2012






(1) Street Address, City and Zip Code of Mortgaged Premises321 Woodland Drive, Owatonna, MN 55060(2) Transaction AgentAdvisor's Mortgage, LLC, a Minne-sota limited liability company(3) Name of Mortgage Originator (Lender)Advisor's Mortgage, LLC, a Minne-sota limited liability company(4) Residential ServicerWells Fargo 800-416-1472(5) Tax Parcel Identifi cation Num-ber172250203(6) Transaction Agent’s Mortgage ID Number (MERS number)none

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Date: February 2, 2012

YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT:

1. Default has occurred in the conditions of the Mortgage dated July 25, 2007, executed by Joseph G. Healey, unmarried, as Mortgagor, to Wells Fargo Financial Minnesota, Inc., as Mortgagee, and fi led for re-cord August 7, 2007, as Document No. A000351530, in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Steele County, Minnesota. The land described in the Mortgage is not registered land.

2. The original princi-pal amount secured by the Mortgage was $198,214.52.

3. No action or proceed-ing at law is now pending to re-cover the debt secured by the Mortgage, or any part thereof.

4. No mortgagor has been released from fi nancial ob-ligation on the mortgage.

5. The holder of the Mort-gage has complied with all condi-tions precedent to acceleration of the debt secured by the Mortgage and foreclosure of the Mortgage, and all notice and other require-ments of applicable statutes.

6. At the date of this notice the amount due on the Mortgage, and taxes, if any, paid by the holder of the Mortgage is $225,863.48.

7. Pursuant to the power of sale in the Mortgage, the Mort-gage will be foreclosed, and the land described as follows:Legal Description: Lot 5, Block 1, Golfview Addition No. 2, Owatonna, Minnesota, EXCEPT: Beginning at a point on the North line of Lot 14 of Golfview Addition No. 1, Owa-tonna, Minnesota, 32.37 feet East of the Northwest corner of said

Lot 14; thence North 34 degrees 10 minutes West for 75.85 feet; thence North 36 degrees 31 min-utes East for 314.14 feet; thence South 49 degrees 8.5 minutes West to a point on the West line of the Southeast Quarter of North-east Quarter of Section 10-107-20 thence Southerly along said West line of said Southeast Quarter of Northeast Quarter of said Section 10 to the Northwest corner of Lot 16, Golfview Addition No. 1, Owa-tonna, Minnesota; thence Easterly along the North line of Lots 16, 15 and 14 of said Golfview Addition No. 1 to the point of beginning, subject, however, to an ease-ment for utility purposes over the West 5 feet of the herein con-veyed property. Being in Section 10-107-20 and in Golfview Addi-tion No. 2, Owatonna, Minnesota. will be sold by the Sheriff of Steele County, Minnesota, at public auc-tion on April 5, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at the offi ce of the Steele County Sheriff, 204 East Pearl Street, Owatonna, MN 55060.

8. The mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. October 5, 2012, if the mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. Sec. 580.30, the property is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. Sec. 580.23, or the redemption period is not reduced under section 582.032.

9. The time allowed by law for re-demption by Mortgagor or Mortgag-or’s personal representatives or as-signs is 6 months after the date of sale.

10. THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDEN-TIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRO-DUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

11. THE RIGHT TO VERIFICA-TION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTI-TY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY IN-FORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Foreclosure Data required by Minn. Stat. Sec. 580.025

1. Property Address: 50 Aspen Highland Place, Owatonna, MN 55060

2. Transaction Agent: Not Appli-cable

3. Name of Mortgage Originator (Lender): Wells Fargo Financial Min-nesota, Inc.

4. Residential Servicer: Wells Fargo Financial Minnesota, Inc.

5. Tax Parcel Identifi cation Num-ber: 17-254-0105

6. Transaction Agent’s Mortgage ID Number: Not Applicable

Wells Fargo FinancialMinnesota, Inc.Attorneys for Mortgagee Katherine J. FordSTEPHENSON, SANFORD & THONE, P.L.C. Suite 220, 1905 East Wayzata BoulevardWayzata, MN 55391(952) 404-210015-0409

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City of Blooming Prairie

ProposedCity of Blooming Prairie

City Council Meeting AgendaMarch 12, 2012

7 P.M.

Call to OrderApproval of AgendaApproval of Minutes Financial Report

Committee/Commission Reports

a) B.P. Public Utilitiesa) E.D.A.b) B.P. Planning & Zoningc) B.P. Fire Commissiond) B.P. Ambulance Commission

Business

1. Mini Park Transfer2. Resignation and Appointment to the Ambulance Commission3. Street Closing – Cancer Re-search Street Dance4. Application for Temporary Liquor License – Blooming Prairie Lions5. WWTP Generator6. Slip Lining Sanitary Sewer7. 2012 Seal Coating8. Purchase of Emergency Sirens9. Non Assessment of ADA Side-walk Ramps10. Redistricting Resolution

City Administrator’s ReportCity Attorney’s ReportCouncil Members’ Reports

Adjourn

This Agenda is Subject to Change

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INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $ 11 5 , 0 7 6 . 1 7That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure pro-ceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by stat-ute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;PURSUANT to the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 13, 2012 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: S t e e l e County Sheriff's Offi ce, Law En-forcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, MNto pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and dis-bursements, including attorneys' fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not rein-stated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under sec-tion 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on October 17, 2012, unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.


Dated: February 15, 2012.U.S. Bank National Association





(952) 925-688819-2905


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10-069175



NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:DATE OF MORTGAGE: April 14, 2008ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $141,775.00MORTGAGOR(S): Scott M. Ea-ton, a single person and Michael R. Eaton, a married person and Linda J. Eaton, a married personMORTGAGEE: Wells Fargo Bank, NALENDER: Wells Fargo Bank, NA SERVICER: Wells Fargo Bank, NADATE AND PLACE OF FIL-ING: Filed April 23, 2008, Steele County Registrar of Titles, as Document Number T000062890 LEGAL DESCRIP-TION OF PROPERTY:Lot Eleven (11), in Block One (1) in Ochs Addition to the City of OwatonnaREGISTERED PROPERTYPROPERTY ADDRESS: 1503 Ce-dar Ave N, Owatonna, MN 55060PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUM-BER: 17-156-0111 CERT NO. 17329 COUNTY IN WHICH PROP-ERTY IS LOCATED: SteeleTHE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $145,220.10THAT all pre-foreclosure require-ments have been complied with; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;PURSUANT, to the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 3, 2012, 10:00amPLACE OF SALE: Sher-iff's Main Offi ce, Law Enforce-ment Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, MN 55060to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and dis-bursements, including attorneys fees allowed by law, subject to redemp-tion within 6 months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s) the personal representatives or assigns.TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or be-fore which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property, if the mort-gage is not reinstated under sec-tion 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23, is 11:59 p.m. on October 3, 2012.

"THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR'S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION 582.032 DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDEN-TIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN 5 UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PRO-DUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

Dated: February 1, 2012Wells Fargo Bank, NA Mortgagee

SHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLPBY

___________________________Lawrence P. Zielke - 152559

Diane F. Mach - 273788Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778

Randolph W. Dawdy 2160XRonald W. Spencer - 0104061

Stephanie O. Nelson - 0388918Attorneys for Mortgagee

12550 West Frontage Road, Ste. 200

Burnsville, MN 55337(952) 831-4060

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS OFFICE IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT AND DOES NOT IMPLY THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT MONEY FROM ANY-ONE WHO HAS DISCHARGED THE DEBT UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage:DATE OF MORT-GAGE: December 22, 2006MORTGAGORS: R o n -ald V. Smith and Mary K. El-liott Smith, husband and wife.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc..DATE AND PLACE OF RECORD-ING: Recorded January 23, 2007, Steele County Recorder, Document No. A000347284.ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: U.S. Bank National Association. TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT'S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICA-TION NUMBER ON MORT-GAGE: 100330000000036771LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STAT-ED ON MORTGAGE: Midam-erica Mortgage CorporationRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SER-VICER: U.S. Bank Home MortgageMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 7470 Highway 14 East, Claremont, MN 55924TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 07.023.3302LEGAL DESCRIP-TION OF PROPERTY:That part of the Southwest Quar-ter of the Southwest of Section 23, Township 107 North, Range 19 West, Steele County, Minnesota, described as follows: Beginning at the Southwest corner of said Southwest Quarter of the South-west Quarter; thence North 89º41 ‘30” East, assumed bearing, along the South line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter 415.75 feet; thence North 00º02’05” West 521.65 feet; thence North 87º14’ 19” East 155.74 feet; thence


North 03º47’10” West 199.33 feet; thence South 89º41’03” West 343.23 feet; thence South 00º18’57” East 530.06 feet; thence South 89º41’03” West 217.51 feet to the West line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; thence South 00º02’04” West along said West line 197.20 feet to the point of beginning.COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: S t e e l eORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $ 1 9 3 , 9 8 2 . 0 0AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $ 2 1 8 , 6 9 0 . 3 2That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure pro-ceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by stat-ute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;PURSUANT to the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 6, 2012 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: S t e e l e County Sheriff's Offi ce, Law En-forcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, MNto pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and dis-bursements, including attorneys' fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not rein-stated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under sec-tion 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on Octo-ber 9, 2012, unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.


Dated: February 3, 2012.U.S. Bank National Association





(952) 925-688819-1013


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STATE OF MINNESOTACOUNTY OF STEELE

DISTRICT COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Court File No.: 74-PR-12-272

Estate of George E. Wilday

Decedent

Notice of Informal Probate of Will and Appointment of Personal Representative

and Notice to Creditors

Notice is given that an applica-tion for informal probate of the De-cedent’s Will dated on Febraury 25, 1999, (“Will”) , has been fi led with the Registrar. The application has been granted.

Notice is also given that the Registrar has informally appointed Cindy L. Melby, whose address is 4825 SE 38th Street, Owatonna, MN 55060 and Sandra L Sprung whose address is 625 Cherry Place, Owa-tonna, MN 55060 as co-personal representatives of the Estate of the Decedent. Any heir, devisee or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal represen-tative or may object to the appoint-ment of the personal representative. Unless objections are fi led with the Court (pursuant to Minn. Stat. 524.3-607) and the Court otherwise orders, the personal representative has full power to administer the Estate, in-cluding, after 30 days from the date of issuance of letters, the power to sell, encumber, lease, or distribute real estate.

Any objections to the probate of the WIll or appointment of the Per-sonal Representative must be fi led with this Court and will be heard by the Court after the fi ling of an appro-priate petition and proper notice of hearing.

Notice is also given that, (subject to Minn. Stat. 524.3-801), all credi-tors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the personal representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.

Date: February 9, 2012Registrar

Linda M. Brandt

Attorney for Personal Representative

David L. EinhausEinhaus, Mattison, Carver

& Haberman, P.A.202 N. Cedar Ave.

P.O. Box 545Owatonna, MN 55060

Attorney LIcense No: 26190507-451-3580

Fax: 507-451-3532

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Notice




NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage:DATE OF MORT-GAGE: February 27, 2009MORTGAGORS: Joseph M. Passante and Jessica R. Pas-sante, Husband and Wife.MORTGAGEE: Prestige Mortgage LLC.DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: R e c o r d e d March 3, 2009, Steele County Re-corder, Document No. A000362443.ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. TRANSACTION AGENT: NONETRANSACTION AGENT'S MORT-GAGE IDENTIFICATION NUM-BER ON MORTGAGE: NONELENDER OR BROKER AND MORT-GAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Prestige Mortgage LLCRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 1245 Sunnydale Place Southeast, Owatonna, MN 55060TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 175520107LEGAL DESCRIP-TION OF PROPERTY:LOT 7, BLOCK 1, MEAD-OW LANDS NO. 9, STEELE COUNTY, MINNESOTA.COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: S t e e l eORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $ 1 9 8 , 8 7 7 . 0 0 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUD-ING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $ 2 0 4 , 0 9 0 . 8 2That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure pro-ceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by stat-ute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;PURSUANT to the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 27, 2012 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: S t e e l e County Sheriff's Offi ce, Law En-forcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, MNto pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and dis-bursements, including attorneys' fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not rein-stated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under sec-tion 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on October 29, 2012, unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.


Dated: February 27, 2012.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association





(952) 925-688830-11688


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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage:DATE OF MORT-GAGE: May 31, 2005MORTGAGOR: B r a d -ley D. Dalby, a single person.MORTGAGEE: H o -meServices Lending, LLC dba Edina Realty Mortgage.DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded June 28, 2005, Steele County Record-er, Document No. A000333115.ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. And thereafter assigned to: U.S. Bank National Association. TRANSACTION AGENT: NONETRANSACTION AGENT'S MORT-GAGE IDENTIFICATION NUM-BER ON MORTGAGE: NONELENDER OR BROKER AND MORT-GAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: HomeServices Lend-ing, LLC dba Edina Realty MortgageRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SER-VICER: U.S. Bank Home MortgageMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 13825 Southwest 52nd Avenue, Ellendale, MN 55060TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 030244103LEGAL DESCRIP-TION OF PROPERTY:All that part of the North Half of the North Half of the NW 1/4 of section 24, Township 105 North, Range 21 West, Steele County, Minnesota, de-scribed by: Commencing at the north-west corner of said NW 1/4, thence S 0º00’ E, assumed bearing, 40.00 feet along the west line of said NW 1/4 to the True Point of Beginning, thence N 90º00 E 511.00 feet, thence S 0º00 E. 299.00, thece South 90º00 West 511.00 feet to the West line of said NW 1/4, thence N 0º00 West 299.00 feet to said True Point of Beginning. COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: S t e e l eORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $ 1 2 5 , 6 0 0 . 0 0AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE,



SALEPRIVATE


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:DATE OF MORT-GAGE: February 18, 2005ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $102,500.00MORTGAGOR(S): Rod-ney C. Maxwell and Julie A. Maxwell, husband and wifeMORTGAGEE: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Filed June 28, 2005, Steele County Re-corder; Document No. A000333072 ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: NoneLEGAL DESCRIP-TION OF PROPERTY: Lot 1 and Lot 2, and the Westerly 60 feet of Lots 7 and 8, all in Block 15 in the Village of Clinton Falls; Excepting therefrom the following described property: The South 13 feet of Lot 2; the South 13 feet of the West 60 feet of Lot 7; all being in Block 15 in the town of Clinton FallsSTREET ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 4698 N. County Road 45, Owatonna, MN 55060COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Steele County, Minnesota THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $91,394.03THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to re-cover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure notice and accel-eration requirements of said mort-gage, and/or applicable statutes;PURSUANT, to the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 19, 2012 at 10:00 amPLACE OF SALE: Steele County Sheriff’s offi ce, in the Law En-forcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, Minnesotato pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actu-ally paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and dis-bursements allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns is six (6) months from the date of sale.Unless said mortgage is rein-stated or the property redeemed, or unless the time for redemp-tion is reduced by judicial order, you must vacate the premises by 11:59 p.m. on October 19, 2012.MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGA-TION ON MORTGAGE: NONE


Dated: March 1, 2012WELLS FARGO BANK,

N.A.Mortgagee

REITER & SCHILLER, P.A.By: /s/


Rebecca F. Schiller, Esq. Sarah J.B. Adam, Esq.




(1) Street Address, City and Zip Code of Mortgaged Premises4698 N. County Road 45, Owatonna, MN 55060(2) Transaction AgentWells Fargo Bank, N.A.(3) Name of Mortgage Originator (Lender)Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.(4) Residential ServicerWells Fargo (800) 416-1472(5) Tax Parcel Identifi cation Num-ber12-100-1501(6) Transaction Agent’s Mortgage ID Number (MERS number)None

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE-CLOSURE SALE


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage:DATE OF MORT-GAGE: July 30, 2009MORTGAGORS: J o h n Merchlewitz and Linda Mer-chlewitz, husband and wife.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electron-ic Registration Systems, Inc..DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded July 31, 2009, Steele County Record-er, Document No. A000365708.ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association s/b/m to Chase Home Finance LLC. TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT'S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICA-TION NUMBER ON MORT-GAGE: 100137510000402570LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Lake-land Mortgage CorporationRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 520 Cedardale Drive Southeast, Owatonna, MN 55060TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 17-345-0206LEGAL DESCRIP-TION OF PROPERTY:Lot 6, Block 2, Cedardale Addi-tion No. 3, Owatonna, MinnesotaCOUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: S t e e l eORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $ 1 3 9 , 7 9 6 . 0 0AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $ 1 6 3 , 9 8 0 . 3 8That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure pro-ceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by stat-ute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;PURSUANT to the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 20, 2012 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: S t e e l e County Sheriff's Offi ce, Law En-forcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, MNto pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and dis-bursements, including attorneys' fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not rein-stated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under sec-tion 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on October 22, 2012, unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.


Dated: February 21, 2012.JPMorgan Chase Bank,

National AssociationMortgagee/Assignee

of Mortgagee




(952) 925-688830-8019


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THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:DATE OF MORT-GAGE: March 10, 2004ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $240,264.00MORTGAGOR(S): Luvern Neubauer and Geraldine F. Neubauer, husband and wifeMORTGAGEE: Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation, a Sub-sidiary of Lehman Brothers Bank, FSBLENDER: Financial Freedom Se-nior Funding Corporation, a Subsid-iary of Lehman Brothers Bank, FSBSERVICER: OneWest Bank, FSB (d/b/a Financial Freedom, a di-vision of OneWest Bank, FSB)DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Filed April 8, 2004, Steele County Recorder, as Document Number A320800, thereafter Reformed by Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order dated November 1, 2011 and recorded November 14, 2011 as Document No. A000381223ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), a Delaware Corporation, its successors or assigns, as Nomi-nee for Financial Freedom Acquisi-tion LLC; Dated: October 31, 2009 fi led: December 3, 2009, recorded as document number A000368080; Thereafter assigned to OneWest Bank, FSB dated January 9, 2012. LEGAL DESCRIP-TION OF PROPERTY:All that part of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 9, T 106N, R 19 W, Steele County, Minnesota described by: Commencing at the southeast corner of said SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4; thence N 89 degrees 39 minutes 40 seconds W, assumed bearing, 300.00 feet along the south line of said SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 to the True Point of Beginning; thence N 89 degrees 39 minutes 40 seconds W 366.83 feet along the south line of said SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 to the cen-terline of County State Aid Highway 57; thence northwesterly along said centerline and along a nontangen-tial curve concave to the southwest central angle 1 degree 57 minutes 36 seconds, radius 1432.39 feet, chord N 64 degrees 13 minutes 08 seconds W 49.00 feet, arc length 49.00 feet; thence N 65 degrees 11 minutes 56 seconds W 681.69 feet along said centerline to the west line of said SW 1/4 of NE 1/4; thence N 0 degrees 00 minutes 05 seconds W 640.41 feet along the west line of said SW 1/4 of NE 1/4; thence S 89 degrees 39 minutes 40 seconds E 1030.22 feet; thence S 0 degrees 01 minutes 31 seconds W 943.74 feet to said True Point of Begin-ning. Containing 20.00 acres, more or less. Subject to a public highway easement along said C.S.A.H. 57.PROPERTY ADDRESS: 6271 Aus-tin Road, Owatonna, MN 55060PROPERTY IDENTIFICA-TION NUMBER: 04 009 1300COUNTY IN WHICH PROP-ERTY IS LOCATED: SteeleTHE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $146,715.98THAT all pre-foreclosure require-ments have been complied with; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;PURSUANT, to the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 26, 2012, 10:00amPLACE OF SALE: Sher-iff's Main Offi ce, Law Enforce-ment Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, MN 55060to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and dis-bursements, including attorneys fees allowed by law, subject to redemp-tion within 12 months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s) the personal representatives or assigns.TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or be-fore which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property, if the mort-gage is not reinstated under sec-tion 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23, is 11:59 p.m. on April 26, 2013.

Dated: February 28, 2012 OneWest Bank, FSB

Assignee of Mortgagee

SHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLP BY

___________________________Lawrence P. Zielke - 152559

Diane F. Mach - 273788Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778

Randolph W. Dawdy 2160XRonald W. Spencer - 0104061

Stephanie O. Nelson - 0388918Attorneys for Mortgagee

12550 West Frontage Road, Ste. 200

Burnsville, MN 55337(952) 831-4060

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS OFFICE IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT AND DOES NOT IMPLY THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT MONEY FROM ANY-ONE WHO HAS DISCHARGED THE DEBT UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

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ADVANCE NOTICESPRING CONSIGNMENT AUCTION

Saturday, March 31, 2012—9:30 a.m.Located: Earl Hamilton Auction Co. off I-90 at Dexter, MN exit #193,

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SALEPRIVATE


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:DATE OF MORTGAGE: July 26, 2005ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $190,000.00MORTGAGOR(S): Brent J. Kavitz and Christina A. Kavitz, husband and wifeMORTGAGEE: Brier Mortgage Cor-poration, a Minnesota CorporationDATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Filed July 26, 2005, Steele County Re-corder; Document No. A000333922 ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. by written assign-ment recorded on July 26, 2005 as Document No. A000333923LEGAL DESCRIP-TION OF PROPERTY: Lot 9, Block 2, Oakridge Bluffs Second AdditionSTREET ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 110 5th Street SE, Medford, MN 55049COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Steele County, Minnesota THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $197,213.88THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to re-cover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure notice and accel-eration requirements of said mort-gage, and/or applicable statutes;PURSUANT, to the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: May 1, 2012 at 10:00 amPLACE OF SALE: Steele County Sheriff’s offi ce, in the Law En-forcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, Minnesotato pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actu-ally paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and dis-bursements allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns is six (6) months from the date of sale.Unless said mortgage is rein-stated or the property redeemed, or unless the time for redemp-tion is reduced by judicial order, you must vacate the premises by 11:59 p.m. on November 1, 2012.MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: BRENT J. KAVITZ


Dated: March 2, 2012






(1) Street Address, City and Zip Code of Mortgaged Premises110 5th Street SE, Medford, MN 55049(2) Transaction AgentBrier Mortgage Corporation, a Min-nesota Corporation(3) Name of Mortgage Originator (Lender)Brier Mortgage Corporation, a Min-nesota Corporation(4) Residential ServicerWells Fargo (800) 416-1472(5) Tax Parcel Identifi cation Num-ber16-111-0209(6) Transaction Agent’s Mortgage ID Number (MERS number)None

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage:DATE OF MORT-GAGE: June 25, 2004MORTGAGOR: Kevin J. Chiarini, a single person.MORTGAGEE: American Residential Mort-gage, LP, a Limited Partnership.DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: R e c o r d e d June 25, 2004, Steele County Re-corder, Document No. A-323225.ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association s/b/m to Chase Home Finance, LLC f/k/a Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation. TRANSACTION AGENT: NONETRANSACTION AGENT'S MORT-GAGE IDENTIFICATION NUM-BER ON MORTGAGE: NONELENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STAT-ED ON MORTGAGE: Ameri-can Residential Mortgage, LPRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationMORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 601 South Wal-nut, Owatonna, MN 55060TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 17-016-1166LEGAL DESCRIP-TION OF PROPERTY:The West Eight (8) rods of the South Four (4) rods of the North Eight (8) rods of Lot Ten (10), in Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section Sixteen (16), Town-ship One Hundred Seven (107) North, of Range Twenty (20) West.COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: S t e e l eORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $ 9 4 , 9 0 2 . 0 0AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $ 8 8 , 7 1 3 . 3 5That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure pro-ceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by stat-ute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;PURSUANT to the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 27, 2012 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: S t e e l e County Sheriff's Offi ce, Law En-forcement Center, 204 Pearl Street East, Owatonna, MNto pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and dis-bursements, including attorneys' fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not rein-stated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under sec-tion 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on October 29, 2012, unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.


Dated: February 22, 2012.JPMorgan Chase Bank,

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SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGINDEPENDENT SCHOOL

DISTRICT #756BLOOMING PRAIRIE, MN 55917

MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2012 HIGH SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER

PROPOSED TENTATIVE AGENDA

6 a.m.Thursday, March 15, 2012 Work Session – Board Room at the High School 5:15 p.m. Monday, March 19, 2012 Informal Finance Work Session – High School Media Center5:30 p.m. Monday, March 19, 2012 Open Public Forum – High School Media Center5:45 p.m. Monday, March 19, 2012 Regular School Board Meeting – High School Media Cen-ter

Any person may raise a question to the School Board. The Board will not act on any item presented to them, which is not on the agenda, until the following Board meeting. Also, the Board would like persons to limit themselves to fi ve minutes, with a maximum of 15 minutes per topic. These limitations are needed for us to run a timely and orderly Board meeting. Persons are requested to identify themselves prior to speak-ing.

I. CALL TO ORDER - CHAIRPER-SON

II.ROLL CALL - CLERK

III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

IV. PRINCIPAL REPORTS

V. ITEMS ON WHICH BOARD AC-TION IS REQUESTED

A. Consent Agenda Minutes Bills Treasurer’s Report Resignations Employment B. for PromC. Graduation RequirementsD. 2011-12 Budget Revision E. 2012-13 Preliminary BudgetF. Technology Lease/Service

VI. ITEMS OF INFORMATION AND/OR DISCUSSION ONLY

A. Negotiations UpdateB. Committee Reports C. Enrollment DataD. Dates to Note

VII. SUPERINTENDENT OR BOARD MEMBER ITEMS

VIII. ADJOURNMENT

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REMINDER NOTICEFARM RETIREMENT AUCTION

Saturday, March 10, 2012—9:30 a.m.

See last weeks paper for listingFor information or complete list check web site:www.hamiltonauctioncompany.com

To consign call: Hamilton Auction Co. at:

Complete line of Farm Equipment, Tractors, Combines & Heads,

Trucks & Trailers, Shop Tools & Misc. Items

JUDY DEML, owner Auct: Earl Hamilton Auction Co.: Earl Hamilton #50-24; Phn. 507-584-0133 office; Dean Eastman #50-57; Terry Hamilton #50-06-012; Andrew Hamilton #50-86

South to Cty. R. #1 (320th St.) then 7.5 miles west


Steele County BirthsJanuary 2012

Avilynn Mae Wacek, Parents: Kristin Anderson and Brandon Wacek, Jan. 1.

Jaya Larae Yenish, Parents: Stephanie McClintick and Jer-emiah Yenish, Jan. 2.

Isabella Sky Rose McKenna, Parent: Emily McKenna, Jan. 3.

Harper Grace Johnson, Par-ents: Sara and Justin, Jan. 3.

Rachel Lee Mielke, Parents: Stacy and Bryan, Jan. 3.

Nevaeh Evelyna Harper, Parents: Shelby Polluck and

Thomas Harper, Jan. 4.Jameson Theodore Conrath,

Parents: Amy Jo and Theodore, Jan. 5.

Suado Osman Noor, Parents: Saadiyo Abdi and Osman Adeu, Jan. 6.

Kellen Thomas Prescott, Par-ents: Kristen and Christopher, Jan. 8.

Deakin Malikhi Cooklin, Parents: Stephanie and Jacob, Jan. 10.

Morgan Lynn Miller, Par-ents: Katelynn and Jeremy, Jan. 11.

Tenley Kay Gustitus, Par-ents: Arianne Learn and Shane Gustitus, Jan. 11.

Hamza Abdurahman Nor, Parents: Fardowza Abdow and Abdurahman Adam, Jan. 11.

Aubrey Elizabeth Sietseman, Parent: Katrina O’Brien, Jan. 11.

Henry Richard Hager, Par-ents: Janice and Bradley, Jan. 12.

Andrea Elena Montemayor, Parents: Andrea and Ismael, Jan. 12.

Victoria Guadalupe Cruz, Parents: Gloria Contreras and Javier Cruz, Jan. 14.

Liam Roland Devoe, Par-ents: Misty and James, Jan. 15.

Vincent Robert Depaul Fox,

Parents: Melissa and Damien, Jan. 16.

Harper Rae Nace, Parents: Jennifer and Jamie, Jan. 16.

Graham Daniel Hawkins, Parents: Jessica and Brent, Jan. 17.

John Patrick Wagner, Par-ents: Tricia and Jeremy, Jan. 18.

Meya Jade Rosacker-Weisenberger, Parent: Teresa Rosacker, Jan. 18.

Felicity Carisma Lee, Parent: Melissa Strobel, Jan. 18.

Ethan James Robinson, Parents: Melissa and Joshua, Jan. 19.

Nova Lee Maas, Parents: Emily and Nathan, Jan. 19.

Kalee Amber Naatz, Parent: Kristina Schaefer, Jan. 19.

Miley Kay Krenz, Parents: Kayla and Allen, Jan. 22.

Rebecca Lynn Wolf, Parents: Stacy and Brandon, Jan. 25.

Lilly Ann Saufferer, Parent: Toni Jo St. John, Jan. 25.

Barrett John Saxton, Parent: Elizabeth Bohlman, Jan. 26.

Ryder Gene Weise Benham, Parent: Aubree Weise, Jan. 26.

Brielle Jean Doyon, Parent: Taylor Braget, Jan. 26.

Zane Allen Johnson, Parent: Krysta Carlson, Jan. 27.

James Casen Cox, Parents: Lindsay and James, Jan. 29.

Kaelyn Elaine Bill, Parents: Gretchen and Chad, Jan. 29.

Terran Rae Hole, Parents: Holly and Robert, Jan. 29.

Muna Osman Moalim, Parents: Lul Osman and Osman Mohamed, Jan. 31.

Steele County DeathsJanuary 2012

Donald Emerson Thiede, 90, Owatonna, Jan. 1.

Milo Jerome Deml, 92, Owatonna, Jan. 3.

Kristine Sophia Dominguez, 43, Blooming Prairie, Jan. 5.

Richard David Placek, 90, Austin, Jan. 6.

Lawrence C. Poole III, 51, Rosemount, Jan. 7.

Lorenz Loren Reuben Wilker, 81, Owatonna, Jan. 10.

Hazel Ruth Olson, 75, Lem-ond Township, Jan. 11.

Eugene Leo Kammerer, 87, Berlin Township, Jan. 11.

Lucille Marie Peterson, 91, Owatonna, Jan. 11.

Ruth Elaine Zoubek, 61, Medford, Jan. 12.

Florence Louise Ahlmann, 91, Owatonna, Jan. 12.

Warren Lee Iverson, 77, Blooming Prairie, Jan. 13.

Maynard Dayle Wilkenning, 77, Janesville, Jan. 16.

Harvey Guy Ille, 81, Bloom-ing Prairie, Jan. 16.

Mark Samuel Sullivan, 52, Owatonna, Jan. 17.

Adrian Joseph Floersch, 88, Owatonna, Jan. 18.

Wilbur Duane Sherwin, 80, Morristown, Jan. 19.

Marcia Josephine Sibbitt, 91, Owatonna, Jan. 19.

Elma Clausen, 93, Owa-tonna, Jan. 19.

Dora Margaret Kennedy, 93, Owatonna, Jan. 19.

Kenneth Oscar Stensvold, 74, Owatonna, Jan. 20.

Marian Joyce Strong, 76, Blooming Prairie, Jan. 21.

Eleanor Jane Dornquast, 88, Owatonna, Jan. 21.

Ruby Pauline Fitzgerald, 83, Mesa, Ariz., Jan. 21.

Shirley Jean Younger, 54, Faribault, Jan. 22.

Jerrold Glen Clark, 73, Mer-ton Township, Jan. 25.

Myrtle Ruth Skalicky, 71, Owatonna, Jan. 25.

Elaine Marion Schmoll, 85, New Ulm, Jan. 26.

Ralph C. Helmbrecht, 99, Blooming Prairie, Jan. 28.

Edward Anthony Gauthier, 79, Owatonna, Jan. 28.

Gary Allan Pratt, 65, Owa-tonna, Jan. 29.Steele County Dissolutions

January 2012Amanda Jean Schacherer

and Tyler Jeffrey Schacherer.Delana Marie Risser and

Michael Thomas Risser.Adam Christian Jensen and

Cori Sue Jensen.Andrea Beth VanderStelt and

Adam Gerrit Vanderstelt.Steele County Marriages

January 2012Matthew James Meixner and

Jill Melisa Eakes, Jan. 5.Luis Adolfo Cheley Ortiz

and Vida Ruth Hierlmaier, Jan. 7.

Jay Edmund Klemmensen and Jamie Marie Fitzgerald, Jan. 14.

Antonio Orlando Singleton and Hailie Michelle Neitzel, Jan. 14.

Jin Chen and Mei Chen, Jan. 17.

Hassan Adbullahi-Ali Os-man and Marian Xasan Ahmed, Jan. 17.

Anthony Thomas Kramer and Margaret Bernice Hartle, Jan. 21.

Martin Haven Krampitz, Jr., and Sidni Marie Larson, Jan. 28.

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Some of these benefi ts are available to parents with incomes over $45,000 as well. In any case, regardless of where your income falls, having children at home translates into big savings at tax time.

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