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Published byGrimsrud Publishing, Inc.225 Main Street, PO Box 97Zumbrota, MN 55992Phone: 507-732-7617Fax: 507-732-7619Email: [email protected]

Communities Served:Goodhue ............................ 3,6APine Island/Oronoco .......... 3,8-9AWanamingo ........................ 3-4AZumbrota/Mazeppa ........... 3,7A

Churches ........................... 4ACommunity Calendar ......... 3AFrom Our Files ................... 6AObituaries, Births ............... 5AOpinions ............................ 2ASports ................................ 9-10A

By Marilyn AndersonZUMBROTA – Though the of-

ficial start of the Goodhue CountyFair isn’t until Tuesday, August6, several annual 4-H activitieshave begun. The first judging eventof the 2013 season was the Cloth-ing Exhibit Judging and FashionRevue held July 23. Rehearsalsfor the Goodhue County 4-H Arts-In Program, a theatre arts summerprogram for youth with an inter-est in the performing arts, filledthe days for 22 youths on July 24,25 and 26. The County Dog andCat Obedience, Showmanship andRally Shows were also scheduledat the end of the week as activitiesramp up toward General ExhibitEntry Day on Monday, August 5.Clothing Exhibit Judgingand Fashion Revue

The Clothing Exhibit judgingand modeling practice took placeduring the afternoon, with the Fash-ion Revue presented to the publicin the evening. Both events wereheld July 23 at United RedeemerLutheran Church in Zumbrota.Though the clothing projects werejudged two weeks before openingday of the fair, the projects will allbe on display in the 4-H Buildingthroughout the fair.

Participants could exhibit a gar-ment or non-garment they had con-structed, or a purchased garment,teaching wardrobe planning andselection, construction of theclothes, and fashion trends. Theinterview portion of the judgingincludes questions on the style andcolor selection for age and figuretype, selection of accessories andcost. The interview also providesthe girls an opportunity to developtheir communication skills.

The theme for this year’s Fash-ion Revue was “A Night at theOscars” with the girls coming outonto the carpeted runway frombehind sparkling curtains and intothe spotlight. All participants re-ceived flowers and an “Oscar.”

Master of Ceremonies for theevening’s program was JaimeBeskau, 4-H Summer Intern. The

narrator was Mamie Luhmann, 4-H Program Coordinator who in-troduced each girl in the variousage groups and categories, givinga description of their clothing andaccessories. The cost of the cloth-ing, where the 4-Her intended towear the outfit and the girl’s fa-vorite and most challenging as-pects of the project were also de-scribed.Arts-In Program preparesfor daily performances

Returning writer/director BethNeil, along with participants, youthleaders, and adult volunteer chap-erones, spent three jam-packeddays learning and practicing the2013 Arts-In Program show,“Monster Masquerade.”

During the fun, original show,characters go on a journey to changewho they are, and even take a magicpotion to become someone else.The potion works all too well andthey must rediscover who theyreally are behind their masks. Thethirty-minute performance withtwenty-two youths, sing and per-form nine choreographed songsincluding, “Love Potion #9”,“Thriller,” “What I Like AboutYou” and “Accidentally in Love.”

Neil, in her sixth year as direc-tor of the program, said anyone,(don’t need to be a 4-H member)

fifth grade through first year ofcollege can participate in the Arts-In Program. If interested in par-ticipating next year, contact theExtension Office in Red Wing,651-385-3100 or 800-385-3101 formore information.

Besides the intense process ofpracticing for the performance, Neilnoted additional teambuildingexercises are also part of their days.She said, “Everyone has a line ora solo in the show...having their‘moment’ and are encouraged tobranch out and grow.”

Mike Murphy, an adult volun-teer with the program, arrivedshortly before a performance of“Grease” 17 years ago and wasasked for help in getting an exten-sion cord for a boombox. He hasbeen assisting with the sound andtechnical set-ups ever since.Murphy said “how fun it has beenwatching kids that weren’t stars,become stars.”

Long-time participants in theprogram cite different personal fa-vorite aspects of the program. KateMcNamara likes performing at theCounty Fair while Lanny Reeselooks forward to the State Fair.Hannah Kosmiski likes everyonebeing together, working hard, buthaving a lot of fun doing it.AnneMarie Backstrom, in her sev-

enth year in Arts-In productions,encourages everyone to come seetheir performances, stating, “Theyare exciting, different, fun. Somesay it is their top thing to see or doat the fair.” They all agree howthey remember the songs and dancemoves from previous years. Then,they began to break into a varietyof songs and steps from past shows.They haven’t forgotten.

Rehearsals wrapped up with apotluck meal and performance forfamily and friends on Fridayevening, July 26. “Monster Mas-querade” became a traveling showon July 30 with the group makingstops at several area nursing homes.

Performances are done on stageoutside the 4-H Building. Stop byon your way in or out of the fair ortake a break by enjoying one ofthe 30 minute performances.

Performances are scheduled thisyear on:

* Wed., Aug. 8, 6 and 6:30 p.m.* Thurs., Aug. 9, 12:30, 6 and

6:30 p.m.* Fri., Aug. 10, 5:30 and 7 p.m.* Sat., Aug. 11, 6 and 6:30 p.m.* Sun., Aug. 12, 1 and 1:30 p.m.“Monster Masquerade” will also

be presented at the Minnesota StateFair on Saturday, August 31 at 3p.m. and 4 p.m. in the 4-H Build-ing.

By Audra DePestelORONOCO – Downtown Oro-

noco Gold Rush Days was estab-lished in 1972 and has since be-come one of the biggest Minne-sota antique shows in the Mid-west. Every summer on the thirdweekend of August, close to 300vendors and 1,000 antique andcollectable booths turn Oronocointo a gigantic outdoor market filledwith food, fun, color, and discov-eries around every corner. Thisyear’s Gold Rush will be Fridayand Saturday, August 16-17, 7 a.m.to 7 p.m.; and Sunday, August 18,7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday.

East of the community centerand under the “Big Top,” guestspeakers will give presentationsrelevant to the world of antiquesand restoration. Sandy Erdman, anantique columnist from the Post-Bulletin, will be giving a work-shop on Friday from 1-3 p.m. OnSaturday at 10 a.m. and again atnoon Karen Severine and SharonKjelberg will present “Restore,Repurpose, Reuse Vintage Finds.”At 11 a.m. Kim Yaeger and DrewBeninati will present Cottage Paint,the new clay-based paint fromHirshfield’s. Sue Whitney, edi-tor-in-chief of Junk Market Stylewill be speaking at 1 p.m. on “Waysto Bring Vintage to Your Home.”From 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. Ed Simonwill present “Swarming: Sex Lifeof Bees/Making of Product.”

Oronoco Gold Rushis August 16-18Exhibitors still needed for Art Crawl

2012-13 Oronoco Gold Rush Committee members, from left to right,front row: Carol Olson, Penny Daniels, Joanne McDermott, Lynn Benrud;back row: Nathan Hartung, Doug Gillard (Emeritus), Kevin McDermott,Skyler Breitenstein. Not pictured are Jayne Krause and Trisha Shields.

Artists from the area are invitedto participate in the first ever ArtCrawl that will take place east ofthe community center. Carol Ol-son, Gold Rush event coordina-tor, is hoping the Art Crawl willbe well received to help expandtheir show. The idea for the eventcame from Jim Bailey, an antiquevendor and art gallery owner fromSt. Paul who will be at Gold Rushagain this year. Olson said, “Eachyear at our vendor’s reception onSunday morning, we receive manycreative ideas from the vendorswho participate in our show. Itwas Bailey’s suggestion that weconsider this art venture.” Areaartists are still needed to partici-pate. Olson said, “The artists thatwill be participating work in avariety of mediums and many oftheir products have been createdfrom vintage merchandise.” Forinformation contact Carol Olsonat 507-367-2111 or email [email protected].

An information booth will belocated in front of the post officeat Gold Rush. In addition to an-swers to questions, ice and t-shirtswill be available there. Visitorswho bring a donation for theOronoco Food Shelf will receivea dollar discount on parking in theGold Rush parking lot west ofSchad-Tracy (4th St. NW). Lookfor a special coupon in the ZumbroShopper to receive a free gift.

Practice for the upcoming Arts-In Program’s performances of “Monster Masquerade” at the 2013 GoodhueCounty Fair was in full swing July 24-26 in the 4-H building. Amelia Brooks, assisting with directing theprogram, led the group through the new song and dance routine. Behind her, front row, is Cheyan Koehler,Kira Ziegler, Lanny Reese, Billy Voth, and Jeffrey Mund. In the background, left, is Mike Murphy, long-timevolunteer with the program.

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Section A of One Section Wednesday, July 31, 2013 • No. 31 One Dollar

Korean Warfought 60years ago / 7A

PI Legionbaseball headsto State / 10A

Kellner winsstate postercontest / 3A

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4-H activities are under way atthe 2013 Goodhue County Fair

ZUMBROTA – The 2013 Zum-brota Combined Charities Drivehas been completed with almost$25,000 donated by Zumbrota andarea residents.

From this total, $13,100 wentto nine local agencies. By agency,the amounts received were: Zum-

brota-Mazeppa Education Foun-dation, $2,200; Zumbrota Com-munity Trust, $1,800; ZumbrotaEmergency Food Shelf, $5,335;Goodhue County Habitat for Hu-manity, $1,000; Pro Act Zumbrota,$400; Three Rivers CommunityAction, $900; Zumbrota BoyScouts, $600; Zumbrota GirlScouts, $525; Riverview ServicesZumbrota, $300.

The remaining donations wentto 20 agencies as follows: ALSAssociation, $500; Alzheimer’sAssociation, $1,000; AmericanCancer Society, $1,400; Ameri-can Diabetes Association, $650;American Heart Association, $850;American Red Cross, $850; Ar-thritis Foundation, $450; Chi-ldren’s Home Society, $275; CysticFibrosis, $350; Leukemia Soci-ety, $350; Life Source, $250; Luth-eran Social Services, $400; MA-DD, $400; Mental Health Asso-ciation of Minnesota, $400; Min-nesota Society for Crippled Chil-dren, $300; Multiple Sclerosis,$350; National Parkinson Foun-dation, $475; Salvation Army,$1,400; Sister Kenny Institute,$250; Special Olympics, $400.

Residents are reminded thatcontributions can be made any-time during the year by sendingyour donation to PO Box 255,Zumbrota, MN 55992. You maydesignate any agencies you wishto support, or, if no agencies arelisted, the donation will be dis-tributed by the Combined Chari-ties Board.

Board members are open to com-ments, suggestions and recommen-dations on how to improve theway in which the Combined Chari-ties Drive is run. The board is alsoopen to new members who areable to spend a few hours in Juneand July preparing the mailing andthen processing the returns. Thetime involved usually amounts tosix to eight hours for each funddrive.

The 2014 Zumbrota CombinedCharities Drive mailing will againbe sent in the middle of June withthe drive completed by the end ofJuly. The current board membersare: Krista Boelter, Carol Hanson,Jane Hawbaker, Garry Hoyme,Marie Meyer, Lowell Olson, PatPerra, Lorraine Schuchard, ReneSteger, and Dick Whitaker.

Over $25,000 donated in ZumbrotaCombined Charities Drive

Members of the Honor Court were announced at “A Night at the Oscars” 4-H Fashion Revue on July 23. Thosewith asterisks following their name were also State Fair trip winners. Front row left to right: Jada Voth,*Sydney Poquette,* Kaitlyn Albrecht, Brooke Collette, Sophia Poquette, Beth Carpenter, and Evelyn Scheffler;Back row: Abigail Doerhoefer,* Kjersten Veiseth,* Haley Hinrichs,* Kate McNamara.*

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To the Editor:When it comes to immigration,

I think the one thing most peoplewould agree on is that our currentsystem is broken. It is time for theU.S. House of Representatives tojoin the Senate in passing com-prehensive immigration reform thatincludes a path to citizenship.

The bipartisan immigration billpassed by the Senate provides le-gal status for many undocumentedimmigrants, allowing them to con-tinue to work and live in the UnitedStates while working toward citi-zenship. The proposed pathwayis lengthy and requires tax com-pliance, background checks, anda hefty fee. However, it is cause

for hope for those who apply. Andit would slow down, if not end,the fragmenting of Hispanic fami-lies when a father, a mother, abrother or sister is deported. Fam-ily unity should be a critical pieceof immigration legislation.

Since the beginning of time,humans have migrated when lifebecomes untenable. It is often aresponse to economic and socialstructures that they have no con-trol over. Current estimates claimthere are 11 million undocumentedpeople living in the United States.Mostly, these are hard-working,law-abiding, tax-paying peoplewho want a better life for them-selves and their families than is

possible in their native country.Many are well-established in theircommunities and work places.

Recent studies have shown howa pathway to citizenship benefitsus all. It is time to do the rightthing for those who continue toenrich our communities. It is timeto fix a broken system and treatour immigrant neighbors with dig-nity and respect.

Don BaldusMazeppa

Comprehensive immigration reformwill benefit all

FromDevil’sKitchenBy Jan David Fisher

Good reads

When did God stop talking withus? When one reads the Book ofGenesis, God talks to and withAdam. He holds conversations withAbraham including the argument,bartering over Sodom andGomorra. (For Jews, this storydefines the minimum number –ten – of men required to pray.)From then on, the Bible, both Oldand New Testaments, records fewconversations between man andGod. Why?

I recently finished reading twobooks by Fynn: “Mister God, Thisis Anna” and “Anna, Mister God,and the Black Knight.” These arethinking books. You read a little

bit and you have to stop and thinkabout what you read. Anna is ayoung girl of about five who hasdeveloped her sense of God andtheir relationship. The books andstories are not Jewish, Christian,Muslim, or any other major reli-gion. Rather, the relationship ispersonal and close. When Annadoesn’t understand something, sheasks Fynn. He tries to answer, andoften the questions lead him tointeresting answers. A typical ques-tion of Anna’s is, “When you knowthe answer, what is the question?the real question?” This is the sametack that “The Hitchhiker’s Guideto the Galaxy” uses when the an-swer is 42, and the question is“What is the question whose an-swer is 42? What is six times sevenis not the real, valid question.”

The second book adds Fynn’smath teacher to the mix. Thesebooks take place on London’s eastside, one of the less prosperoussections of London. The math pro-

fessor known as John D. Hodgehas a fearsome reputation with hisstudents. Anna takes him on as apersonal project and succeeds insoftening him and bringing himback to God.

Reread Genesis from the view-point of talking with God – notpraying, but talking. Most of theconversation between God andAdam is mostly instructions, be-cause Adam doesn’t know any-thing. But by the time you get toAbraham, the conversations aretwo-way with lots of questions.Anna tends to ask similar ques-tions of God and then looks forthe answer – not in the Bible orKoran, but in life.

Both books are storytelling atits best. Each about 200 pages.You can read them in an after-noon. But the real challenge is thethinking about what you’ve read.That may take several days, weeks,or years. Until next week.

OutdoorRamblings

By MelissaGerken

The good old days of summer

As a kid growing up in Roches-ter, the neighbor friends and I ex-plored all the nearby woods andwaters. Those were the days whenparents didn’t have to worry muchabout what their children were upto. After school or all day longduring the summer we would trampabout, coming home only to eat. Itdidn’t matter that the woods werefull of old farm equipment andjunky trees or that the Zumbrowas often murky (after all, we didcall it the “Scumbro” River!). Itwas a place to get away to andlook for adventure.

I remember one such exploit likeit was only yesterday. It was agorgeous day. Sunny and hot, fullof promise. On such a day, it wasonly natural that we would gravi-tate toward the river. As we hikedthrough the woods past the famil-iar antiquated tractors, the air wassuddenly stifling, the mosquitoesrelentless, and so it was with an-

ticipation that we hurried to theZumbro. Immediately we took offour grubby tennis shoes and jumpedin the water. Somehow, one of usdiscovered that there were clamshiding in the mud at the bottom ofthe river and so we feverishly be-gan a collection. It was a ball! Wemade plans for our new found “cu-linary delights.” We were goingto take those lovely clams back toour lucky mothers so they couldmake clam chowder or some suchthing. What a jackpot!

Who knows how long we stock-piled clams, but at one point I re-alized that nature was calling. Imean, I had to go. Now! Ratherthan go in the water, I climbed outand found a leafy hiding spot be-hind a tree and wrestled with mysoaking wet shorts. They wouldn’tcome down fast enough, I tell you.Squatting down expecting sweetrelief, I was suddenly shocked.My “undercarriage,” so to speak,was on fire! Oh, it burned anditched something fierce.

To my dismay, I had just ex-posed my tender parts to a patchof stinging nettles. Often called“itch weed,” these offenders arecommonly found in wetter, woodedareas. Tiny hollow hairs line the

stem and bottom of each leaf. Eachhair acts as a hypodermic needle,injecting multiple chemicals intothe skin when touched, causing areally fun reaction. Even the cool-ing water of the Zumbro couldn’trelieve that burning sensation.Nothing helped. Needless to say,that pretty much soured the rest ofmy day. We trudged back home(me holding my backside) afterdumping all the lucky clams backin the river (this must have beenthe original source of the phrase,“happy as clams”).

A little time and a few applica-tions of calamine lotion were all ittook for me to be back in busi-ness, ready the next day to searchfor new adventures with my friends.From then on, I was ultra careful,always on the lookout for the burn-ing nettles. Yes, it was a painfulexperience, but it taught me a les-son I would never forget. I am stillwary as we hike, giving the plantsa wide berth. Every such story hasa silver lining. My mom never hadto deal with any foul-smellingmussels, and for that I am sure shewas grateful. That clam chowdersure would have been tasty, though!

For questions, comments orcolumn ideas, you can email Me-lissa at [email protected].

Community CalendarCOUNTY

Senior DiningReservations are required by

calling 24 hours ahead at each ofthe nutrition sites.

In the Pine Island area, mealsare served at the Pine Island Se-nior Center; Zumbrota area, Zum-brota Towers; Wanamingo, Heri-tage Hills Apartments.

If you have questions, call 507-824-2995,356-2228 or the SEM-CAC kitchen at 732-5086

August 1-7Thursday: Grilled chicken

salad, melon wedge, batter bun,Dutch cookie

Friday: Roast pork, mashedpotatoes, creamed spinach, tomatowedge, banana

Monday: Meatloaf, boiled redpotatoes, coleslaw, pumpkin pie

Tuesday: Chicken pasta salad,cuke salad, peaches, dinner roll,baked custard

Wednesday: Country styleBBQ ribs, scalloped potatoes, Ital-ian blend vegetables, apricot, wheatdinner roll, frozen yogurt

Chester Woods ParkContact Celeste Lewis at 507-

775-2451 for program details.

Oxbow ParkContact Celeste Lewis at 507-

775-2451 for program details.

Seasons HospiceNewly Bereaved Program –

Thursday, August 1, 6:30-8:30 p.m.A gathering for anyone who hasexperienced the loss of a lovedone in the last three months.

Parent/Caregiver Support – Sat-urday, August 3, 1:00-2:30 p.m.A group dedicated to helping adultshelp grieving children.

All groups are held at SeasonsHospice Center for Grief Educa-tion and Support, 1696 GreenviewDr. SW, Rochester. For detailsand/or registration: 507-285-1930or shbp@seasons hospice.org.

GOODHUEHistorical Society

The Goodhue Area HistoricalSociety will be open June 1 throughSeptember 1 every Thursday andSunday from 1-4 p.m. If you wantto visit at another time call ArdisHenrichs, 651-923-4629; MarieStrusz, 651-923-4302; Ray Mc-Namara, 651-923-5117; or RoyBuck, 651-923-4388. Visit goodhueareahistory.org for informationabout the historical society.

MAZEPPAMazeppa Senior Citizens

The Mazeppa Senior Citizenswill meet Friday, August 2 at 11:45a.m. for a Semcac meal. Must besigned up. Servers are LoisSommerfield, Mary Linder, andGenevieve Siems.

ORONOCOHistory Center

The Oronoco Area History Cen-ter is open to visitors in the CityBuilding every second Saturdayfrom 10 a.m.-noon. Contact us atOAHC, 54 Blakely Ct. NW orcall 507-367-4320. You may alsovisit our web page at oronocoareahistory.org

PINE ISLANDPI Senior Citizens

The Senior Citizens will meeton Wednesday, August 7, at noonat the handicapped accessible Se-nior Center for a business meet-ing. All community seniors 55 andover are welcome.

PI Tops #1280PI Tops #1280 meets every

Monday night at St. Paul Luth-eran Church. Weigh-in is at 5:15and meeting time is 6 p.m. Every-one welcome. Questions call 356-8596 or 356-8990.

Toastmasters MeetingThe Pine Island Toastmasters

meet at 6:30 a.m. Fridays at St.Paul Lutheran Church. They donot meet on holiday weekends:Christmas, New Year’s, Easter,Memorial Day, 4th of July, LaborDay or Thanksgiving.

History CenterThe Pine Island Area History

Center is located at 314 North MainStreet. Open hours are Sundaysfrom 1-3:30 p.m. and Mondaysfrom 8-11 a.m. or by appointment.To contact the History Center goto www.pineislandhistory.org orcall 507-356-2802.

ZUMBROTANational Night Out

Join area residents on Tuesday,August 6 for National Night Outactivities celebrating the 30th an-niversary of “America’s Night OutAgainst Crime.” The event is 5-7p.m. at the Zumbrota Fire Hall,1500 Jefferson Drive. A commu-nity potluck begins at 6 p.m. Pleasebring a dish to share and your ownutensils. Grilled hot dogs will beserved by the fire department.

65-50 ClubThe 65-50 Club meets Thurs-

day, August 1 at 6 p.m. at the Stary-Yerka VFW Post 5727 in Zum-brota.

ZAAC meetingThe Zumbrota Area Arts Coun-

cil meets Monday, August 5, at 7p.m. at the library.

Zumbrota Towers EventsCommunity events at Zumbrota

Towers: Thursday, Aug. 1 – 10:15a.m. Exercises; Sat., Aug. 3 – 5:30p.m. Potluck grilling and bingo;Tues., Aug. 6 – 10:15 a.m. Exer-cises, 1:30 p.m. 500.

Moms in PrayerMoms in Prayer meets on Tues-

days, 7 p.m. at Our Saviour’sChurch, 1549 East Avenue, Zum-brota.

LibraryThe Zumbrota Public Library

is at 100 West Ave., Zumbrota,507-732-5211. Hours are Mon.,12-8; Tues. 10-6; Wed., Thurs.,12-8; Fri., 10-5; and Sat., 9-3. Dur-ing closed hours you can learnmore about the library at http://www. zumbrota.info.

History CenterThe Zumbrota History Center

has a new photo stand displayingover 50 photographs of early Zum-brota scenes. They have been en-larged to 8 x 10 for easier view-ing. New photos are being addedall the time. Also on display aremilitary memorabilia, includingCivil War items, different modelsof telephones, Zumbrota telephonebooks dating back to the 1900s,and items of Zumbrota advertis-ing. Museum hours are Saturdays,10 a.m.-1 p.m. Other hours by ap-pointment (732-7049).

Tops MeetingZumbrota Tops #563 meets ev-

ery Monday night at Our Saviour’sLutheran Church. Weigh-in timeis changed to 5:30 p.m. and meet-ing time to 6 p.m. Everyone wel-come. Questions call 732-7459 or732-4766.

Community Band PracticeThe Zumbrota Community Band

practices on Monday nights at 7:30p.m. in the Zumbrota-MazeppaHigh School music room. Volun-teer musicians are welcome.

State TheatreShawn Phillips in concert, Fri-

day, August 2, 8 p.m. Call 732-7616 for tickets.

The State Theatre is at 96 East4th Street in Zumbrota. For infor-mation visit zaac.org. or call 507-272-1129.

Crossings“Stolen Goods” group exhibit,

August 1-31. Reception Friday,August 9, 6:30-8 p.m. followedby a presentation, “The Forger’sApprentice.”

For more information go towww.crossingsatcarnegie.com orcall 507-732-7616. Crossings isat 320 East Ave.

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Special contests at theGoodhue County Fair

ZUMBROTA – The GoodhueCounty Fair will be August 6-11.Individuals are welcome to com-pete in special contests that areplanned during the week.

On Wednesday, August 7, theAdult Chocolate Dessert BakingContest will be held at 6 p.m.

On Thursday, August 8, at 4p.m. will be the Fruit Pie Contest.The top three pies will receive agift certificate. And, the first placepie will be featured at Bridget’sCafé in September.

Craft Wars will be held on Thurs-day at 5 p.m. Contestants will re-ceive a bag of items that they willneed to assemble into a decora-tive item. The contest is limited totwelve teams or individuals on afirst come, first serve basis. Formore information and to register,stop at BeeLighted in Zumbrotaor email [email protected].

On Friday, August 9, theGoodhue County American DairyAssociation will host the Cheese-

cake and Coffee Cake Contest at1:30 p.m.

A Healthy After School SnackContest will be on Saturday, Au-gust 10 during Kids Day. Prizeswill be awarded to the top three ineach age category. The age cat-egories are five years of age andunder; 6- and 7-year-olds and 8-to-10-year-olds.

Kids may also participate in theCell Phone Texting Contest. Prizesare valued at $50, $25, and $20.

Also being held on Saturday isthe Homemade Fresh Salsa Com-petition. There will be three cat-egories — fruit salsa, mild salsa,and hot salsa.

On Sunday, August 11, the Zum-brota-Mazeppa FFA Alumni willhost Cow Pie Bingo at 11 a.m. bythe Grandstand. For more infor-mation, contact Grady Stehr at 507-251-4102.

Mutton Bustin will be held dur-ing the Ranch Rodeo. Pre-regis-tration is needed by Saturday,August 10.

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Zumbrota MazeppaGoodhueNeighbors

Kellner wins statewide poster contest

Emily Kellner of Pine Island won the Minnesota Rural Water Association’s poster contest. From left to rightare Emily’s father Joe (with the winning poster), Emily (with her award certificate), Emily’s art teacher Mrs.Blankenship, and Emily’s fourth grade teacher Mr. Brandt.

Right: The cover of Today magazinefeaturing Emily’s winning poster.

PINE ISLAND – A student fromPine Island submitted the winningentry in the statewide poster con-test sponsored by the MinnesotaRural Water Association (MRWA)to celebrate National Water Week.The winner is Emily Kellner, afourth grade student at Pine Is-land Elementary School.

The poster contest is an annualevent that is coordinated with otherwater resource educational activi-ties. Kellner’s poster was selectedas one of three entries from aroundthe state that advanced to the finalround of judging which took placeat MRWA’s Technical Conferencein St. Cloud in March.

For her winning entry, Emilyreceived a $100 cash card, an awardcertificate, and her poster is onthe cover of the summer 2013 To-day magazine issue.

Both Zumbrota Casey’slocations are remodeling

Construction workers from Garling Construction, Inc. work on ground level and atop the new addition atCasey’s General Store at 188 Main Street on July 24. The addition will allow for upgraded bathrooms and anexpanded kitchen area.

By Marilyn AndersonZUMBROTA – Highway and

street improvements and upgradeshaven’t been the only construc-tion projects in the area recently.Casey’s General Store at 1390Main Street completed an expan-sion and remodeling project inMarch, while the downtown storeat 188 Main Street is the midst oftheir improvement project.Casey’s South, 1390 Main St.

Casey’s first opened in Zum-brota in 1978. Wanda Hadler hasworked at the store since 1986and has been the site manager ap-proximately fourteen years. Hadlersaid the store was closed much ofMarch, beginning on the 4th andreopening on the 29th.

During construction, an eigh-teen foot addition was built on thesouth side of the building. Theinterior was completely remod-eled and upgraded with new floor-ing, lighting, coolers, air-condi-tioning, plumbing, and décor. Theexterior of the building also re-ceived new siding.

The addition allows for morestorage and a larger kitchen area.Hadler said customers appreciatethe “facelift” the store receivedand comment on the large, handi-capped accessible bathrooms asbeing “the cleanest bathroomsaround.”

The store offers more coffeevarieties and more selections ofcanned and bottled cold beveragesnow. Slushy frozen treats have alsobeen added.

This Casey’s location currentlyhas seven employees.Casey’s Downtown, 188 Main St.

Manager Kembe Krueger saidshe can’t wait until the additionand remodeling are completed atthe downtown Casey’s. Krueger

has been manager at the store,which opened in 1993, since 2001.

The construction of the twelve-foot addition on the south side ofthe building began on June 24.The store plans to close down be-ginning August 8 and re-open onAugust 16 for remodeling andupgrading.

Changes for the downtown storewill also include upgraded bath-rooms, new freezers, new soffitsand an extended kitchen area. The

kitchen will allow for the additionof made-to-order sub sandwichesand soft-serve ice cream. Thereare nine employees at the site,though more are expected to beadded after the expansion is com-pleted.

Both Zumbrota stores are open6 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days aweek. Casey’s has approximately1700 convenience stores, prima-rily in the midwestern states.

Employee Laurie Busch stands by the new, expanded kitchen area of theCasey’s at 1390 Main Street. The remodeling and addition at that storewere done in March.

Goodhue students celebrateopening of the new playground

Right: Principal Mark Opsahl thanksthe kids of Goodhue ElementarySchool for collecting $1,980 inpennies to help build the playground.

The new Miracle Playground at Goodhue School includes a bridge, a slide, and tic-tac-toe.

By R.D. AalandGOODHUE – Tuesday July 23

was an important day for Pre-schoolthrough third grade children inGoodhue. The playground atGoodhue Elementary Schoolopened on Tuesday, July 23, forthe first time since school was outfor the summer. Preschool throughthird grade students gathered tocelebrate the opening.

At 6:30 p.m. Principal MarkOpsahl, with the help of a coupleyoung helpers, cut the red ribbonon new Miracle Playground. Forthe next fifteen minutes, over fiftyyoungsters tested the equipment.The rubberized floor should helpprevent injuries, plus it is com-fortable to walk on.

Eleven organizations and indi-viduals donated $21,940 to makethe new playground possible.Opsahl thanked them, and afterthe ceremony the children enjoyedassorted freezes, which were fur-nished by the Parent Teacher Or-ganization.

By Alicia Hunt-WelchWANAMINGO – Southeastern

Minnesota Multi-County Housingand Redevelopment Authority(SEMMCHRA) Financial Direc-tor Buffy Beranek and ExecutiveDirector Joe Wheeler attended theJuly 22 Wanamingo budget meet-ing to update the council on Heri-tage Hill. In 2009, the city enteredinto an agreement with SEMM-CHRA to manage the senior liv-ing center built by the City ofWanamingo. In the agreement thecity is required to provide up to$50,000 annually in funding foroperating losses and capital ex-penses until the authority refinancesthe bond on the facility, complet-ing the sale and removing the cityfrom further financial obligation.

Beranek requested $22,030 forthe 2012 levy be paid into the op-erating reserve fund. She also re-quested a transfer of $9,011 fromthe city’s operating reserve to payfor carpeting and major appliancereplacement. Beranek projected

$31,888 would be needed to covera budget shortfall for 2013 due inpart to vacancy losses. Vacant unitslead to a lack of income, requiringthe city to make up the differenceby levying taxpayers. If all unitswere occupied, there would be noneed to levy.

The city is on the hook to coverexpenses until SEMMCHRA re-finances all their properties underone umbrella, incorporating Heri-tage Hill. At that time the build-ing will officially be sold and thecity will have no further financialresponsibility. In the past, Wheelerand Beranek have stated verballythat the refinance date would bein 2014, but a firm date was neverplaced in the contract. At the meet-ing, Beranek referred to refinanc-ing the facilities in 2018.

The council will consider thetransfer of funds request for theHeritage Hill operating fund, andaction will be taken at a futuremeeting.

In other news, Beranek said a

market valuation was recentlydone. Section 8 is now availableand she said this has helped. Smallcities grant funding was awarded,and as a result $100,000 in capitalimprovements will be made toHeritage Hill. Improvements dis-cussed included landscapingaround the outside of the propertyand new carpeting for the inte-rior.

Beranek said a rent decrease isbeing considered, in lieu of offer-ing a rental credit. She said themanagers felt decreased rent willdraw new occupants to HeritageHill. Beranek said even thoughthey would decrease rent, the ef-fect on the budget would be aboutthe same as offering rental creditat the higher monthly rent amount.Survey on improvement funds

Wheeler said SEMMCHRA willbe sending out surveys to Wana-mingo residents. Springcroft Apart-ments is eligible for improvementfunds. It is possible to tie this intorehabilitation projects for other areaproperties. Individuals could usegrant funding and low interest loansfor code-related or hazard improve-ments, or slum and blight area re-hab projects. The federal dollarswould be awarded based on thepercentage of lower income resi-dents in Wanamingo; therefore,the survey will inquire about an-nual income, but the personal in-formation is kept private. The goalis to get 70% or more of the sur-veys returned to gather a generalincome average for the city’s resi-dents.

Goodhue

Wanamingo

Heritage Hill requestsfunds from Wanamingo

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Churches

“Worship at East Park” is August 4ZUMBROTA – Lighthouse

Community Church of Zumbrotawill be holding their annual “Wor-ship at East Park” on Sunday,August 4 at 10:45 a.m. with “DownHome and Friends” ministeringin song.

“Down Home and Friends,” agroup brought together by theirmusic, is comprised of individu-als from various communities—Kasson, Cannon Falls, Kenyon,Lake City, Byron, Rochester,Wanamingo, and Zumbrota. Theyhave played at nursing homes,churches, birthday parties, golfoutings, apple orchards, seniorapartment buildings, the Goodhueand Cannon Valley County Fairs,the Cherry Grove Airport Fly-Inas well as the Pine Island CheeseFestival. In addition, every Wed-

nesday morning finds them “jam-ming” either at the WanamingoCommunity Center in Wanamingoor Papa’s Cafe in Kenyon.

Sunday’s service will find thegroup playing gospel bluegrasswith a mixture of vocals, instru-mentals, and songs for the con-gregation to join in on. In addi-tion to the music Pastor Jan willbe sharing a message from God’sWord, “Getting Rid of theGrumbles,” with Numbers 11:4-6 as the text.

A picnic dinner will directlyfollow the service. The public iscordially invited to this special dayof great music, food, and fellow-ship. Please bring meat to grill, adish to pass, your own table ser-vice, beverage and possibly a lawnchair or two.

Be sure to put this date on yourcalendar and plan to be part of anexciting day of worship!

In case of inclement weatherthe service and dinner will be heldat the church at 179 West ThirdStreet.

Engaged

BENEDICT-DIERCKSKristi Benedict, daughter of

Thomas and Roberta Benedict ofLake City, and Michael Diercks,son of David and Eva Diercks ofGoodhue, are pleased to announcetheir engagement.

Kristi graduated from WinonaState University with a bachelor’sdegree in criminal justice. She iscurrently employed at Mille LacsAcademy as a counselor. Michaelgraduated from Rochester Com-munity and Technical College witha degree in law enforcement. Heis currently working at Mille LacsCounty Sherriff’s Department asa correctional officer.

The couple is getting marriedon August 10 at St. Mary’s CatholicChurch in Lake City.

RUDE-SCHULZMarlin and Sara Rude are happy

to announce the engagement oftheir daughter, Kelsey, to TySchulz, son of Todd and JoAnnSchulz, all of Zumbrota.

Kelsey graduated from the Uni-versity of Wisconsin – Stout in2011 with a degree in business.She is currently employed by C.H.Robinson. Ty graduated from theUniversity of Wisconsin – Stoutin 2010 with a degree in engineer-ing. He is employed at 3M Com-pany.

The wedding will be held atChrist Lutheran Church in Zum-brota on August 3. The couple planto reside in Zumbrota.

Wedding

GRESETHJake and Laura Greseth were

married on May 18, 2013, at astream-side ceremony at CedarValley Lutheran Church inWinona. A reception and dancefollowed at Jefferson’s RiversideCenter in Winona.

The bride is the daughter of Danand Kathy Broadwater of Har-mony, and the groom is the son ofSteve and Jean Greseth of Roch-ester. He is the grandson ofCharlene Miller of Pine Island,and he also has family in theWanamingo area.

Maids of honor at the ceremonywere Shauna Larson and JulieBroadwater. Best man was JamesWille.

The bride is a graduate of WinonaState University and is assistantvice-president commercial/agbanker at Merchants Bank, N.A.,in St. Charles. The groom gradu-ated from Winona State Univer-sity and now is the creative andmarketing director for WenonahCanoe in Winona. The couple livein Winona.

BELLECHESTERROLLING MEADOWS MENNONITECHURCH, Belvidere Town Hall, 2miles north of Bellechester on County2, Pastor Aaron Witmer, 651-923-4240. Sundays: 10 a.m. SundaySchool; 11 a.m. Worship; 7 p.m. HymnSing every fourth Sunday.

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC , Bellech-ester, Father Bruce Peterson. Sun-day mornings: 9 a.m. Mass. Tues-day mornings: 8 a.m. Mass.

GOODHUEHOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC ,Goodhue, Bruce Peterson, Pastor.Saturdays: 5:30 p.m. Mass. Monday,Wednesday, Friday: 7:45 a.m. Mass.

ST. LUKE LUTHERAN, Goodhue,651-923-4695, Pastor Regina Has-sanally. Sun., Aug. 4: 9:30 a.m.Worship with communion.

ST. PETER’S EV. LUTHERAN,WELS, 702 Third Ave., Goodhue,Randall L. Kuznicki, Pastor. Wed.-Thurs., July 31-Aug. 1: WELS Synodconvention at Martin Luther Collegeat New Ulm. Wed., July 31: 6-7:30p.m. VBS registration at church orcall 651-923-4969. Sun., Aug. 4: 8:15a.m. Worship, Synod Sunday, foodshelf; 9:15 a.m. Bible study; 1 p.m.VBS at church. Tues., Aug. 6: 1-4p.m. Pastor’s office hours; 5 p.m.WELS fair booth.

MAZEPPAST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN ,Mazeppa, Alan Horn, Pastor. 843-6211, home; 843-5302 work. Bibleclass every Wednesday at 7 p.m.Sun., Aug. 4: 9:30 a.m. Worship.Mon., Aug. 5: 7 p.m. Worship.

ST. PETER & PAUL CATHOLIC ,Mazeppa. Weekends-Masses: Sun.:10 a.m., Mazeppa, Fr. Joe Fogal.

UNITED METHODIST, Mazeppa,David Neil, Pastor. Church: 843-4962;home: 732-4291. Every Sunday: 9:30a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m.Worship.

ORONOCOGRACE LUTHERAN, WELS , 45 1stAvenue NE, Oronoco: 507-367-4329,Pastor Ben Kempfert 507-367-4426.Office hours: Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m.-noon. Sundays: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OFORONOCO, 40 3rd Street SW., Rev.Lisa Johnson; Office hours: Tues-day, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Wednesdays10 a.m.-3 p.m.

PINE ISLANDCORNERSTONE BAPTISTCHURCH, Pine Island, Tim Graham,Pastor, 507-356-4306, www.cornerstonepi.org, ASL Interpretation avail-able. Cornerstone Kids meet everyWednesday at 6:45 p.m. Prayer meet-ing is Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

GOOD NEWS EVANGELICAL FREECHURCH, 208 North Main, Pine Is-land, Chris Paulson, Pastor, (507)356-4834. Sundays: 9:15 a.m. Sun-day School for children and adults;10:30 a.m. Worship; 7 p.m. YouthGroup for grades 7-12. Wednesdays:6 p.m. AWANA for grades K-6; 7:30p.m. Bible study for all ages.

PINE ISLAND ASSEMBLY OF GOD ,520 So. Main St., Pine Island, 356-8622, email: [email protected], Rev. Dan Ashpole, Pastor. Sun-days: 9:30 a.m. Adult Bible class andChildren’s Sunday School; 10:30 a.m.Worship.

ST. MICHAEL’S CATHOLIC , 451 5thStreet SW, Pine Island, 356-4280,Father Randal Kasel, Pastor; Satur-day Mass 5 p.m.; Sunday Mass10:30 a.m.; Confessions 4:15 p.m.Saturday; Daily Mass Wednesday8:30 a.m. and Friday 8:30 a.m.; Con-fessions 8 a.m. Office Hours Tues-day-Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-5p.m.; Friday, 9 .a.m.-1 p.m.

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN , ELCA, 2143rd St. S.W., Box 708, Pine Island,John Torris Lohre, Senior Pastor; KipA. Groettum, Associate Pastor. Email:[email protected]; Web site:www.saintpaulpi.org. Thurs., Aug. 1:7 p.m. Bible study; VBS staff orien-tation. Sat., Aug. 3: 5:30 p.m. Wor-ship with communion and potluck.Sun., Aug. 4: 8:15 and 10 a.m.Worship with communion; 9:30 a.m.

Fellowship. Tues.,. Aug. 6: 9 a.m.Staff meeting; 1:30 p.m. Bible study;Elizabeth circle at City Centre; 7 p.m.Adult ed meeting.

UNITED METHODIST, 200 Main St.North, PO Box 8, Pine Island, Caro-lyn Westlake, Pastor; Office hours:Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-2:15 p.m.;Web address: www.piumc.org; email:piumc@ pitel.net. Wed., July 31: 9a.m.-noon Pastor Carolyn at BetterBrew. Fri., Aug. 2: Ministerial. Sun.,Aug. 4: 8:30 am. Coffee hour; 9 a.m.Worship; 10 a.m. Fellowship hour.

WANAMINGONEW LIFE CHURCH , Wanamingo,Pastor Patrick McBride, 507-824-3019. New Life Church meets at 10a.m. at 525 Beverly Street, Wana-mingo. Free nursery for infantsthrough age three; Sunday Schoolfor all ages beginning at 9 a.m. SmallGroup Bible Studies Sunday eveningsat 7 p.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN , Wanamingo,Christopher Culuris, Pastor 507-824-2155. Wed., July 31: 5:30 p.m. VBSat Wanamingo Lutheran.

WANAMINGO LUTHERAN ELCA,Wanamingo, MN 55983, ChristopherCuluris, Pastor. Office hours Thurs-days 1-3 p.m., 507-824-2410.Wednesdays 4:30 p.m. Confirmationat Trinity

ZUMBROTACHRIST EV. LUTHERAN CHURCHand School, WELS, 223 East 5thStreet, Zumbrota, Office 732-5421.Wayne Schoch, Pastor, 732-4089;School, Daniel Kell, Principal, 732-5367. Thurs., Aug. 1: 7 p.m. Bibleinformation class. Sat., Aug. 3: Wed-ding. Sun., Aug. 4: 8 and 10:30 a.m.Worship; 9:30 a.m. Bible study. Mon.,Aug. 5: 7 p.m. Worship.

FAMILY WORSHIP CHURCH Weeklyworship services: 81 West 5th Street,Zumbrota, 507-732-7438, www.fwc1.org. Sundays 9:30 a.m. 1 Corin-thians; Wednesdays 6:30 p.m. Prayer.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,UCC, 455 East Avenue, Zumbrota;Rev. Lisa Johnson.

LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CHURCH,a Wesleyan church, 179 W. 3rd St.,Zumbrota, [email protected], Janet Fischer, Pas-tor. Office: 732-5074. Tuesdays: 6p.m. Bible Study at the home of Jimand Leora Busch. Sun., Aug. 4: 10:45a.m. Worship in East Park with “DownHome and Friends;” Numbers 11:4-6; followed by a picnic. In case ofrain, service and dinner will be atchurch.

NEW RIVER ASSEMBLY OF GOD ,290 South Main Street, Zumbrota.507-398-2604. Pastor Gary Basin-ski. Service times: Saturday, 7 p.m.www.NewRiverZumbrota.com.

OUR SAVIOUR’S LUTHERAN AFLCEric Westlake and Tim Banks, Pas-tors, 1549 East Avenue, Zumbrota,732-5449, church office. Website:oslczumbrota.org. Office hours: Tues.,Wed., and Fri., 8 a.m.-noon. Wed.,July 31: 8:30 a.m. Youth group leavefrom church to Valley Fair and re-turn for a short Bible study at 7 p.m.Thurs., Aug. 1: 11:30 a.m. Women’sBible study at Bridget’s; 7 p.m. Adultbackyard fellowship at church. Sat.Aug. 3: 7 a.m. Men’s prayer break-fast; 7 p.m. Worship. Sun., Aug. 4:8:30 a.m. Prayer time; 9 a.m. Wor-ship. Mon., Aug. 5: 7 p.m. Churchcouncil meeting. Wed., Aug. 7: 6p.m. Youth group; Prayer hour; 7 p.m.Bible study.

CHURCH OF ST. PAUL, 749 MainSt. South, Zumbrota, 732-5324, [email protected] Pastor FatherRandal Kasel, pastor. Hours: Tues-day, Wednesday, Thursday, 7:30a.m.-3:30 p.m., Friday 7:30-11:30a.m. http://stpaulzm.com. MassSchedule: Sunday, 8:30 a.m.; Tues-day and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. Massat the nursing home is the secondTuesday of the month at 9:15 a.m.

UNITED REDEEMER LUTHERAN,560 W. 3rd St., Zumbrota, 732-7303,Tom Isaacson and Susan Vikstrom,pastor. Wed., July 31: 6 p.m. Men’sdinner. Thurs., Aug. 1: 8 a.m. WIC.Sun., Aug. 4: 8 a.m. Outdoor wor-ship; 9:30 a.m. Indoor worship. Tues.,Aug. 6: 7 p.m. Property manage-ment. Wed., Aug. 7: 8 a.m. Ruthcircle at Bridget’s; 6 p.m. WELCA.

RURALEMMANUEL LUTHERAN, Aspelund,Martin Horn, Pastor. Wed., July 31:7:30 p.m. Bible study and prayer.Fri., Aug. 2: 9 a.m. Women’s prayer.Sun., Aug. 4: 10:45 a.m. Worship.Sun.-Wed., Aug. 4-7: 5:30 p.m. Sup-per; 6 p.m. VBS.

GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH, Ner-strand, Don Kloster pastor, (507) 334-2822. Sundays: 9 a.m. Worship; 10:15a.m. Coffee hour; 10:30 a.m. Sun-day School; Confirmation class.

GRACE & ST. JOHN’S LUTHERANCHURCHES, Rural Goodhue, County.4 Blvd., Andrew Krause, Pastor.Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Worship atGrace; Communion on the Wednes-days before the second and lastSunday. Grace: Sunday worship at8:30 a.m. St. John’s: Sunday wor-ship at 10 a.m.

HAUGE LUTHERAN, Rural Kenyon,Martin Horn, Pastoral. Wed., July31: 7:30 p.m. Bible study and prayerat Emmanuel. Sun., Aug. 4: 10:45a.m. Worship. Sun.-Wed., Aug. 4-7: 5:30 p.m. Supper at Emmanuel; 6p.m. VBS at Emmanuel.

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH,Hay Creek (LCMS), 24686 Old ChurchRoad. Pastor Lowell Sorenson, 651-388-4577. Sundays: 9:30 a.m. Wor-ship.

LANDS LUTHERAN , 16640 Highway.60 Blvd., Zumbrota, MN 55992-5105.Zumbrota: 732-5482. Pastor DavidKrinke. Wed., July 31: 9 a.m. Cof-fee and conversation; 7 p.m. Choir.Thurs., Aug. 1: 10 a.m. Circles pot-luck at the park. Sat., Aug. 3: 8 a.m.Stewardship. Sun., Aug. 4: 8:30 a.m.Park worship with communion. Mon.,Aug. 5: 6:30 p.m. Worship commit-tee. Tues., Aug. 6: 11 am. Text study;6 p.m. Executive meeting. Wed., Aug.7: 9 a.m. Coffee and conversation.

MINNEOLA LUTHERAN, 13628County 50 Blvd. Sun., Aug. 4: 9:30a.m. Worship with coffee following.Wed., Aug. 7: 9:30 a.m. Quiltingmeeting at church.

ST. COLUMBKILL CATHOLIC ,36483 County. 47 Blvd., Belle Creek,Bruce Peterson, Pastor. Sundays:10:30 a.m. Mass.

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN , BearValley, Alan Horn, Pastor. 843-6211,home; 843-5302 work. Bible Classis every Wednesday at 6 p.m. inMazeppa.

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN, WELS ,Minneola Township, County Road 7,rural Zumbrota, Randall Kuznicki,Pastor. Wed.-Thurs., July 31-Aug.1: WELS Synod convention at Mar-tin Luther College at New Ulm. Wed.,July 31: 6-7:30 p.m. VBS registra-tion at St. Peter’s or call 651-923-4969. Sun., Aug. 4: 10:30 a.m.Worship, Synod Sunday; 1 p.m. VBSat church. Tues., Aug. 6: 1-4 p.m.Pastor’s office hours; 5 p.m. WELSfair booth.

ST. PETER LUTHERAN , The Luth-eran Church Missouri Synod, Bel-videre, 28961 365th St., Goodhue,MN 55027-8515, Dr. Scott T. Fiege,Pastor. Sun., Aug. 4: 10:30 a.m.Worship with communion.

STORDAHL LUTHERAN, ELCA , Ru-ral Zumbrota. Church: (507) 732-5711,Kathy Lowery, Pastor, Home 507-271-5711. Sun., Aug. 4: 9:30 a.m.Worship with communion with cof-fee felllowship following. Tues., Aug.6: 11 a.m. Pastor’s text study; 6:30p.m. Church council meeting.

URLAND LUTHERAN Rural Route.1, Box 300, Cannon Falls, MN 55009-5411, Pastors: Arthur W. Sharot Jr.,Dean Lundgren, 263-2770. VisitationMinister, Linda Flom, 263-5613. Wed.,July 31: 6 a.m. Men’s Bible study;4-8 p.m. Habitat for Humanity WorkDay. Sun., Aug. 4: 9:30 a.m. Com-munion worship. Tues., Aug. 6: 6:30p.m. Night to Unite for neighborhoodwith potluck at Urland Park. Wed.,Aug. 7: 6 a.m. Men’s Bible study.

WANGEN PRAIRIE LUTHERAN ,LCMC 34289 County 24 Blvd., Can-non Falls, Curtis Fox, Pastor, 507-663-9060; Linda Flom, Visitation Min-ister, 263-5613. Sundays 9 a.m.Worship. Thursdays 9:30 a.m. Biblestudy; 7 p.m. Blue grass jam.

ZWINGLl UNITED CHURCH OFCHRIST, 23148 County Highway 24,West Concord (Berne), 507/527-2622.Rev. Victor Jortack, Pastor.

WanamingoFour new teachers hired at KW SchoolBy Alicia Hunt-Welch

WANAMINGO – The hiringof four new teachers was approvedby the Kenyon-Wanamingo SchoolBoard at its July 22 meeting. Prin-cipals Matt Ryan and BrentAshland have been conducting in-terviews for several key positionsand said they were pleased withthe new hires’ potential.

Dylon Starr was hired as a full-time kindergarten teacher. Hisannual salary will be $33,814 basedon a bachelor’s degree, step 2. Starrtaught in Pine Island last year.

Lisa Nelson was hired as a full-time (1.0 FTE) business educa-tion teacher. Her annual salary willbe $35,340 based on a bachelor’sdegree +30, step 2. Nelson willalso teach a section of social stud-ies. Randy Hockinson, the highschool social studies teacher anddistrict activities director, neededmore preparation time for his ADposition. Since Nelson was also

licensed in social studies, she willtake over teaching one of his sec-tions. This plan will help the dis-trict avoid having an overload.Nelson will also serve as seniorclass advisor and will be compen-sated $1,006 for this role. Nelsonpreviously taught in Jordan, andprior to that worked in the busi-ness field.

David Delaney has been hiredas a special education teacher towork with students with emotional/behavior disorders. His annualsalary will be $33,814 based on abachelor’s degree, step 2. Delaneytaught in Austin last year.

Delaney, Nelson, and Starr willall begin employment on August26.

Megan Samuelson was hired asa full-time early childhood edu-cation teacher for the KW Com-munity Education program. Theposition is effective July 1, 2013through June 30, 2014. She will

compensated $33,490 for the po-sition. Samuelson previouslytaught in Cannon Falls.

Shannon Johnson will serve asa junior class advisor for the 2013-14 school year for $302.

Rachel Cline and KirbyVanDeWalker both requested paylane change requests to go from abachelor’s degree + 30 to a master’sdegree. The change will be ap-proved effective August 26.

Superintendent Jeff Evert saidthere is an October deadline fornotifying necessary staff of offer-ings related to Obamacare. He saidthis is putting some stress uponthe district. The superintendent andthe district’s support staff willcontinue to gather information onthis to present before the dead-line.

The next regular school boardmeeting is Monday, August 26 at7 p.m. in the school media centerconference room in Kenyon.

WANAMINGO POLICE REPORTBy Alicia Hunt-Welch

The following information wasreported by the Goodhue CountySheriff’s Office.July 16

8:55 a.m. – A man on RailwaySt W reported that a four-wheelerwas stolen from outside the resi-dence during the overnight hours.

12:44 p.m. – Kids were reportedthrowing rocks near Main St andthe back of the post office. A deputyspoke to them. They picked upthe rocks.July 17

12:23 a.m. – A vehicle brokedown near County Roads 11 and10 in Roscoe Township. Theywould return to pick it up later.The vehicle was off the road.

8:59 a.m. – Cement was dumpednear 460th St and Hwy 57 inWanamingo Township. A deputyis checking on a possible sourceand if work was done in the area.

2:19 p.m. – A tiny dog was re-ported roaming 2nd Ave. It re-turned home. A deputy spoke tothe owner.July 18

6:21 p.m. – Questions were askedabout vehicles in the Springcroftparking lot.

8:06 p.m. – A citation for ex-pired registration and no proof ofinsurance was issued near Hwy52 and 135th Ave in MinneolaTownship.July 19

4:36 a.m. – An alarm was acti-vated at Vertical Limit. It was afalse alarm.

6:12 p.m. – A deputy checkedon the welfare of a couple havinga verbal disagreement on 2nd StW.

8:18 p.m. – A vehicle had beenparked on 4th St E since July 4.The registered owner was con-

tacted. She said she lost her keysand had a new copy made. Shewould pick up the car the nextday.July 20

11:29 a.m. – A barn roof was onfire on the 9600 block of Cty 12 inCherry Grove Township. An em-ber from brush being burned be-hind the barn started the roof onfire. The Wanamingo Fire Depart-ment responded.

7:26 p.m. – A man was arrestedon the 11700 block of 415th St inWanamingo Township for domes-tic assault and fifth degree assault.July 21

3:22 p.m. – A deputy attendedto civil matters on the 40800 blockof 90th Ave in Wanamingo Town-ship.

4:36 p.m. – A speeding ticketwas issued near County Roads 11and 27 in Roscoe Township.July 22

4:01 a.m. – A horse was reportedloose near County Roads 30 and 1in Wanamingo Township. No horsecould be found.

9:01 p.m. – A warning was givenfor a camper parked on 3rd Ave inviolation of the city ordinance.July 23

12:04 a.m. – Loud noises fromtalking and a TV were comingfrom an apartment on 3rd Ave.The occupants agreed to turn theTV down and contain the noise.

12:38 p.m. – A brush fire wasreported near Shades of SherwoodCampground in Minneola Town-ship.July 24

4:19 p.m. – The Northfield clinicrequested that a deputy check onthe welfare of a patient on the 11800block of Cty 54 in Cherry GroveTownship. The person was locatedand reunited with a family mem-

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9:06 a.m. – A pickup with atrailer attached was sticking outin the street. The vehicles weremoved before a deputy arrived.

4:11 p.m. – A deputy attendedto civil matters on 2nd St E.

6:44 p.m. – A male was reportedthrowing chairs at Cenex. Thesubject said he pulled a stool downto sit on it and someone else sat onit so he had to get another chairdown.

7:19 p.m. – An unlicensed dogwas reported on 3rd Ave. The dogowner was contacted and told ofthe city dog licensing ordinance.

8:00 p.m. – A deputy attendedto civil matters on the 11700 blockof 415th St in Wanamingo Town-ship.

9:40 p.m. – A speeding ticketwas issued near Hwy 57 and 485thSt in Roscoe Township.

11:00 p.m. – A green boys bikewas found at the school playground.It was taken to city hall. If notclaimed it would be taken to thebike storage area.

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Obituaries BirthsGerald Burfeind 1924-2013

LAKE CITY – Gerald AntonBurfeind, age 88, of rural LakeCity, died on July 24, 2013 at theLake City Care Center where hehad spent the last seven months.

He was born on December 11,1924 at home in Belvidere Town-ship to Henry and Margaret(Prigge) Burfeind. Gerald was con-firmed at St. Peter’s LutheranChurch of Belvidere in 1938, andalso graduated from St Peter’sLutheran Church Parochial Schoolat that time. He then began to farmon his family farm, as well as help-ing other neighbors and relatives.On December 8, 1950 he enteredthe United States Army and servedin the Korean Conflict. While stillin the military, Gerald marriedMary Ann Banitt on April 5, 1951at Christ Lutheran Church inZumbrota. Following his honor-able discharge he returned homeon September 10, 1952 and at-tended Ag School, graduating in1953. The couple farmed in

Belvidere Township for manyyears until fully retiring in 1990.

Gerald was a member of StPeter’s Lutheran Church ofBelvidere, serving on the council,finance board and the schoolboard. He was also a member ofFarm Bureau, DHIA, AAL andwas a Hospice volunteer for twelveyears. Gerald enjoyed reading,traveling, hunting, fishing and vis-iting with family, friends andneighbors. He also enjoyed theantics of his great-grandsons.

Gerald is survived by his wife,Mary Ann; three sons, Paul (Elaine)of Lake City, John of Winona,and Scott (Leslie) of Prior Lake;daughter-in-law, Diane Burfeindof Lake City; eight grandchildren,Mitchell (Heather) Burfeind, Lisa(Trevor) Dicke, Jeffrey Burfeind,Jennifer Burfeind, Ryan (Molly)Burfeind, Brandon Burfeind, KaylaBurfeind, Chelsea Burfeind; fivegreat-grandsons; and a brother,Murray (Flora) Burfeind ofGoodhue.

He is preceded in death by twosons, Joel and Mark Burfeind; hisparents; brother Donald Burfeind;and a sister Helen Amundson.

Funeral services were on Sat-urday, July 27, at St. Peter’s Luth-eran Church, Belvidere with theRev. Scott Fiege officiating. Burialwas in St. Peter’s Cemetery.

Casketbearers were MitchellBurfeind, Jeffrey Burfeind, RyanBurfeind, Brandon Burfeind,David Burfeind and AndrewBurfeind. Honorary casketbearerswere Lisa Dicke, Jennifer Burfeind,Kayla Burfeind and ChelseaBurfeind. Online condolences maybe placed at www.mahnfamilyfuneral.com.

David Meincke 1943-2013

LAKE CITY – David RobertMeincke, age 70, of Lake Citylost his courageous battle withALS, Wednesday, July 24, 2013at his home in Lake City.

David was born May 10, 1943,son of Robert and Verona Meincke,in Red Wing, Minnesota. He grewup in the rural Red Wing area.David graduated from GoodhueHigh School in 1961. He farmedwith his father for two years andin 1963 he started working at RedWing Shoe.

David married Arlis KathrynPuppe on August 8, 1964 atImmanuel Lutheran Church in Hay

Creek. David was a supervisor atRed Wing Shoe in Red Wing for38 years. He also farmed from 1981to 1995 while he worked at RedWing Shoe. David and Arlis movedto Lake City in 2011 after he wasdiagnosed with ALS. He was amember of St. John’s LutheranChurch in Red Wing and he alsoserved on the church board. Hislove for the outdoors created manyflower gardens. David enjoyedsnowmobiling, playing cards,camping or going to the trailer.He also loved spending time withhis grandchildren, teaching themhow to fish.

David is survived by his wife,Arlis; children, Brian (Laurie) ofRamsey, Cindy (Heri) Molina ofLakewood, Colorado, Kevin (Kris-tin) of Rochester, and Kristin(David) Nagel of Rochester; grand-children, Jordan and Dayna Mein-cke; Ashlyn, Brooke, and KaitlynMeincke; Shailee and Tyler Nagel;and a sister, Joyce (Richard)Dahling of Lake City. He was pre-ceded in death by his parents anda brother, Gary Meincke.

A funeral service was held onTuesday, July 29, at St. John’sEvangelical Lutheran Church inRed Wing, with Rev. Todd Engelofficiating. Burial was in St. John’sLutheran Cemetery in Lake City.Memorials are preferred to the ALSAssociation or donor’s choice.Online condolences may be sentto the family at www.mahnfamilyfuneralhome.com.

Mina Benson 1922-2013

ZUMBROTA – Mina A. Ben-son, age 91, of Zumbrota, died onMonday, July 22, 2013 at Angel’sCare Center in Cannon Falls.

Mina A. Bye was born on July1, 1922 in Hennepin County, toHenry and Pearl (Rohe) Bye. Shegraduated from Osseo High Schoolin 1940 and the University of Min-nesota with a degree in home eco-nomics education. On June 7, 1944,she married Curtis C. Benson. Theylived in various places while Curtisserved in the Army Air Corps dur-ing World War II. They also livedin Owatonna, Burnsville, North-field, and in 1967 they made their

home in Zumbrota. Mina was ahomemaker for several years andalso worked at Curtis Benson andSons Inc. as a bookkeeper. Curtisdied on December 12, 1991. Minaenjoyed knitting, crocheting, quilt-ing, reading books, gardening andplanting, and canning jams andjelly. She especially enjoyed familytime. Mina was a member of UnitedRedeemer Lutheran Church inZumbrota.

Mina is survived by her sons,Eugene (Gretchen) of Wanamingo,Craig of Zumbrota, Dale ofMazeppa, and Ellis (Elaine) ofZumbrota; daughters, BarbaraSchilling of St. Paul, Bette (Dave)Lundquist of Blaine; fifteen grand-children; eight great-grandchil-dren; sister, Elsa Bye of Preston;and sister-in-law, Muriel Stebergof Wanamingo.

Mina was preceded in death byher husband, Curtis C.; sons, CurtisH. “Butch”, David; and infant sonand daughter.

A memorial service was heldon Thursday, July 25, at UnitedRedeemer Lutheran Church inZumbrota with Pastor TomIsaacson officiating. Burial wasin Holden Lutheran Church Cem-etery.

Marliss Myran 1932-2013

CANADIAN LAKES, MI –Marliss Myran, 80, of CanadianLakes, Michigan, died peacefullyon July 18, 2013.

She was born to Selmer andGretchen Braaten, December 6,1932, in Ortonville. Marliss re-ceived a bachelor of science de-gree from Concordia College in1955. She married Gunder Myranin 1958 and they recently celebratedtheir 55th anniversary. Marliss re-ceived a Master’s Degree in homeeconomics from Michigan StateUniversity in 1971.

Marliss’ life was one of family,creativity, teaching and faith. Asa mother, Marliss was the centerof the family; always there with akind of love, patience, guidanceand support that made you feellike you’d answered your ownquestion or solved your own prob-lem. For Marliss there was littledifference between the precisionof her various creative passionsand how she took care of her fam-ily. Everything was done with ahigh level of pride and craftsman-ship, yet all with an easygoingmanner which made it all seemlike this was just how it was sup-posed to be.

One of the defining aspects ofMarliss’s life was her love for sew-ing. What she called her sewing

room was what most of us wouldhave thought of an artist studio,the kind of space that evoked cre-ativity and craftsmanship. Herclothing and quilts were profes-sional in every sense of the word.She prided herself on the qualityof her work and won many awardsover the years. Marliss shared herlove for her family and friendsthrough her sewing, with gifts ofwedding dresses, clothing, hand-bags, quilts and wall hangings. Shealso made quilts for children atthe local women’s shelter, an ex-ample of her compassion for oth-ers.

Marliss was a teacher, both asa profession and as another defin-ing part of her character. She taughthome economics and brought tothe classroom the same lovingmanner of high expectations with-out judgment or pressure that shedemonstrated to her family. Shealso inspired her middle son tofollow in her footsteps and be-come a teacher.

Faith was an important part ofMarliss’ life. Her family experi-enced this not so much throughteachings from the Bible, or tak-ing the kids to Sunday school, butthrough the her deeds and actions;demonstrating faith in others andcompassion for the less fortunate.

Marliss is survived by her lov-ing husband, Gunder; her threesons: Craig Myran of Grass Lake,Michigan; Steve Myran of Nor-folk, Virginia; Mark Myran ofTrabuco Canyon, California; hersister Ruth Mills of Mora; herbrother David Braaten of GrandRapids; and eight grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family isrequesting that donations be madeto Trinity Lutheran Church,Immanuel Lutheran Church BellTower in Big Rapids, Michiganor the American Cancer Society.

A memorial service to celebrateMarliss’ life was held on Tues-day, July 30 at Trinity LutheranChurch in Wanamingo. Burial wasalso held at Trinity LutheranChurch.

J. Howard Matti 1915-2013

PINE ISLAND – J. HowardMatti, 98, of Pine Island, died Sat-urday, July 20, 2013 at St. MarysHospital in Rochester.

He was born May 17, 1915 inCherry Grove Township, GoodhueCounty, the son of Henry andMinnie (Boomgard) Matti. At anearly age Howard moved with hisfamily to Dodge County, ConcordTownship. He attended countryschool District 12. After that, hisfamily moved a mile east of WestConcord, and there he attendedhigh school graduating in 1933.In 1934 the family moved to theKenyon area, where he met BerniceElaine Parker. They were marriedSeptember 7, 1939. While livingin Kenyon, they were active bothin the Methodist Church and thecommunity. In 1957, they movedto the West Concord area where

they bought their farm. They at-tended the Concord Church ofChrist, where Howard was a boardmember and held the office of Elderfor 22 years. He served on theConcord Cemetery Board for 32years, was a member of the GideonOrganization, a farm mediator, aschool bus driver for 20 years,president of the Southeast RegionMinnesota Federation, presidentof the Dodge County Senior Citi-zens, and also President of the WestConcord Senior Citizens. In 1981,Howard retired from farming andhe and Bernice moved to WestConcord where they lived until2000. Due to Bernice’s health prob-lems, at the end of 2000 they movedto Evergreen Place in Pine Island.

He is survived by his daughtersDelta (Larry) Maillet of MapleGrove and Rita (Bruce) Goldham-mer of Mounds View; and twograndchildren, Miles (Angie)Maillet of Beaverton, Oregon, andEmily Goldhammer of NewBrighton.

He was preceded in death byhis parents; his wife Bernice in2003; a son, Cary Howard Matti;a daughter, Orva Laine; and hissister, Viola Jarvis.

Funeral services were heldThursday July 25, at ConcordChurch of Christ with ReverendsTim Smith, Gordon Sorenson, JimAllard, and Kevin Kastler offici-ating. Interment was in the Con-cord Cemetery in Concord Town-ship. Memorials are preferred toConcord Church of Christ or theConcord Cemetery.

June Marguerite Qualy 1923-2013OWATONNA – June Marguer-

ite (Ahlfs) Qualy, age 89, ofOwatonna, formerly of southwestMinneapolis, died on July 17, 2013at the Traditions II Care Center ofOwatonna. A funeral mass will beheld on August 5 at 10 a.m. at St.Olaf Catholic Church, 215 So. 8thSt., Minneapolis. Interment willbe in Fort Snelling National Cem-etery. Visitation is one hour priorto the mass at the church.

June Marguerite Ahlfs was bornon November 23, 1923 in Erskineto Dr. Jacob and Mrs. Eleanor(Bettenberg) Ahlfs. June spent herfirst twelve years in Conde, SouthDakota, before moving with thefamily to Caledonia, where herfather became the town’s primaryphysician and surgeon. Upongraduation from Caledonia’sLoretto High School she attendedthe College of Saint Catherine inSt. Paul, active in several organi-zations including choir and Leagueof Women Voters, and graduat-ing in June 1945. In the summerof 1945, June entered the nursingservice of the Red Cross and servedin the Pacific during and afterWorld War II, including Hiroshimaand Tokyo, Japan. On June 26,1948 she was united in marriageto Paul B. Qualy at the Universityof Notre Dame in South Bend,Indiana. Paul and June moved tosouthwest Minneapolis and livedin the same neighborhood for 45years, raising five children andbeing active in many civic activi-ties. They moved to Zumbrota in

1996 and to Owatonna in 2012.In 1970, June began her profes-

sional career in addiction and fam-ily counseling, retiring from St.Mary’s Rehabilitation Center (Fair-view) in Minneapolis. During hercareer she received recognition forexcellence from educators, col-leagues and patients.

June is survived by sons PaulC. (Robin) of Lake City, Iowa,Peter (Becky) of Indianapolis, In-diana, Stephen of Shakopee, andPhillip (Paula Johnson) of Min-neapolis; grandchildren Emily(Derek), Jake, Matt (McKenzie),Andy, Dave, Kevin, Emma, Ahna,Nicole (Matthew), Daniel, and Sa-rah; and great-grandchild Eleanor.

June was preceded in death byher husband, Paul; her daughter,Ellen Mary; her parents, Jacob andEleanor Ahlfs; brothers, Frederickand Jerry; and sister, Yvette.

NYSTUENGrace and Seth Nystuen are ex-

cited to announce the birth of theirsister, Evelyn Anne, on Thursday,May 30, 2013, in Rochester. Evelynweighed 8 pounds and 9 ounces

ROBERSONBenjamin and Amy Roberson

of Zumbro Falls are the parents oftwin sons, William Kent and LucasBenjamin, born on June 2, at Roch-ester Methodist Hospital.

Grandparents are Kent and Bon-nie Roberson of Zumbro Falls andFred and Peggy Keller of LakeCity. Great-grandparents are Wal-ter and JoAnn Ring of Zumbrotaand Ray and LaWanda Keller ofPine Island.

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and was 21 inches long.Parents are Josh and Sara Ny-

stuen of Wanamingo. Grandpar-ents are David and Sue Davidsonof Wanamingo, and Brian and JaneNystuen of Kenyon. Great-grand-parents are Ralph and Phyllis Forssand Bud and Linda Davidson, allof Wanamingo.

CollegeUniversity of MN – Twin Cities

TWIN CITIES – Named to the2013 spring semester dean’s listwere, from Pine Island, JoelFalenschek, Damian Smith, AlyshaBohanon, Jennifer Hanson, andJoel Torgeson; and from Goodhue,Emma Barber.

University of Wisconsin – MilwaukeeMILWAUKEE, WI – Mac-

kenzie Prentice of Oronoco wasnamed the 2013 spring semesterdean’s list.

University of Wisconsin – MadisonMADISON, WI – Receiving

degrees at commencement ceremo-nies May 17-19 were, fromGoodhue: Charlie Dicke, farm andindustry short course two-year

certificate; and from Pine Island:Travis Books, bachelor of busi-ness administration, actuarial sci-ence and risk management andinsurance; Kati Garness, bachelorof arts, anthropology and interna-tional studies; Mattsen Heller,bachelor of science, biology.

University of Wisconsin – Eau ClaireEAU CLAIRE, WI – Receiv-

ing degrees at commencementexercises on May 18 were JeanJasienski of Pine Island, DNP,nursing and health sciences, nurs-ing; Whitney Ryan of Wanamingo,BSN, social work; Jessica Hegsethof Zumbrota, BSN, nursing; andHolly Hinsch of Zumbrota, BSN,nursing and health sciences, nurs-ing.

Jason Huneke to openthe Goodhue County Fair

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From Our Files20 Years AgoJuly 28, 1993

Dr. and Mrs. Roger Boraas ofEast Orange, New Jersey, visitedat the home of Ken and Ruth Bo-raas on July 22. *** Stacy Froyumattended the 29th annual DorianSummer Music Camp July 20-26at the Luther College campus inDecorah, Iowa. She is the daugh-ter of Loretta and Jim Froyum.

40 Years AgoAugust 2, 1973

Mrs. Robert Kent of Chicagoand her daughter, Mrs. CharlesHatcher of Glenview, Illinois, andthe latter’s three children visitedfrom Tuesday until Saturday atthe homes of Mrs. Clara Gresethand other relatives in the area. ***

The Don Solberg family of StoneMountain, Georgia, left for homeon Sunday after visiting for a weekwith the Minnie Solberg and EllaFroyum families. *** MarissaMiller stayed at the Kent Bergumhome from Monday through Sun-day while her mother, Mrs. JamesMiller, attended the NationalMothers of Twins convention inMinneapolis.


Alfred Hugstad, co-owner ofArco Dairies, will retire on Au-gust 15. *** Mr. and Mrs. LeonardHofstad of Minneapolis were visi-tors on Thursday of last week atthe N.O. Skaar home. *** Mr. andMrs. Severin Aadahl were Satur-day evening dinner guests at theMernie Braget home in Minne-apolis.

70 Years Ago

WANAMINGO

July 29, 1943Mrs. Walter McKeever of Min-

neapolis spent the weekend at herhome here. *** Miss MargaretFredrickson of Minneapolis spentthe weekend at the home of her

ZUMBROTA, 1973 – Crazy Day was a success last Friday in Zumbrota. Costumes ofstore personnel were judged by a committee and the winners chosen were: DennisOhlrogge, center, of Ohlrogge’s Jewlery, first place; Aaron Robertson, right, of Chas.Olson Co., right; and Harvey Busby, left, of Busby’s Our Own Hardware, third.

20 Years AgoJuly 28, 1993

Mary Hinsch, a senior at theUniversity of Minnesota’s Schoolof Agriculture, has been awardedan internship with Franklin LabsFt. Dodge, Iowa. She is the daughterof Eldon and Kaye Hinsch ofGoodhue. *** A group of Goodhuecampers attended Camp Victoryin Zumbro Falls July 11-17. Theywere Melanie Huneke, JillianMajerus, Abbie O’Reilly, AliciaO’Reilly, and Marie Stenlund.


Mr. and Mrs. Ovie Bersie ofrural Maple Plain were guests ofMr. and Mrs. Donald Payne forthe day. *** Lisa Hinsch enter-tained Jo Campbell last Wednes-day after swimming lessons. ***Mr. and Mrs. David Whited ofRochester visited with DiannDankers on Saturday afternoon.


BORN TO: Mr. and Mrs. HarveyOpsahl, a daughter, on Thursday.*** Mr. and Mrs. Gary Holst ofMaynard spent the weekend at theirrespective homes here. *** Mr.and Mrs. Andy Ahren of Red Wingvisited at the George Ryan homeon Saturday night. *** Lyle L.Diercks, son of Mr. and Mrs.Kermit Diercks, departed for theU.S. Army Training Center at FortLeonard Wood, Missouri, on July22.


BORN TO: Mr. and Mrs.Fredrick Benitt, a daughter, on July24. *** On Wednesday afternoon

last week, Mrs. Wesley Schaeferand her houseguest, Mrs. LenaBurkhardt, visited Mrs. ChristineMajerus. *** Mr. and Mrs. SidneyRonningen and family of Zum-brota were Monday visitors at theBen Guenther home.


Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Dierckswere Sunday afternoon callers atthe William Von Bargen home atMazeppa. *** Rev. and Mrs. Hardtof Hay Creek were Thursday af-ternoon callers at the Will Buckhome. *** Mr. and Mrs. R.S.Johnson and son and Mr. and Mrs.Dalene and daughter of Ellsworth,Wisconsin, were visitors Sundayat the J.J. Tomhave home.

GOODHUE

GOODHUE, 1973 – The Goodhue Fire Department responded to a 6:35p.m. call Saturday at the Joe O’Reilly farm, Route 3, Goodhue, in whichover 5,000 bales of hay were destroyed along with the barn.


Michael Washa is currently astudent in the diesel mechanicsprogram at Alexandria TechnicalCollege. He is the son of Joe andKim Washa. *** Jevin Rosburg isthe final Reader of the Week forthe summer of 2003. He is the sonof Jeff and Kathy Rosburg.


Erin Weis and Dawn Rucker ofthe Pine Island FFA Chapter at-tended the 1993 Washington Con-ference Program at the nation’scapital. *** Molly Alberts, daugh-ter of Lynn and David Alberts,and Luanna Forney, daughter ofEleanor and Lyle Forney ofOronoco, are Van Horn Library’sKids of the Week.


BORN TO: Mr. and Mrs. TomBollman, a son, Alex Michael, onJuly 20; Mr. and Mrs. RobertMcCutcheon, a daughter, on July23. *** Timmy and Scott Banks,great-grandsons of Mrs. NoraAlberts, spent Monday at theirhome. *** Mr. and Mrs. DonaldWeis and Tricia Lynn were Sun-day dinner guests of Mrs. HalverPeterson. Barbara K. Cowden re-ceived her Associate Degree inNursing on July 13 at RochesterState Junior College. She is the

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. DelmarKramer of Pine Island.


Local Girl Scouts Kari Feigal,Sandy Weis, Sue Feigal, and SueEllen Schiesser are attending thecurrent session of EstablishedCamp at Sibley State Park. ***Mr. and Mrs. Don Vikse of Roch-ester were Friday afternoon visi-tors of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Geise.*** Mr. and Mrs. Merlyn Kohrsand family spent Wednesday andThursday with relatives in Min-neapolis and camped at Whitewater

PINE ISLANDover the weekend.


BORN TO: Mr. and Mrs. OttoRausch, a daughter, on July 26;Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Benson, adaughter, on July 22; Mr. and Mrs.Harold Stafford, a daughter, onJuly 24. *** Mrs. Ethel Stucky ofMinneapolis spent from Wednes-day until Saturday at the home ofher parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas.Geise. *** Mrs. W.T. Corwin spentfrom Thursday until Sunday at thehome of Mr. and Mrs. FredDuquette in St. Paul.

PINE ISLAND, 1973 – Fifty-four years in banking have been completedby Harry H. Billings, who began his lengthy career here in 1909. Mr.Billings was honored at a recent Minnesota Bankers Association conventionin St. Paul when he was installed as a member of the MBA Pioneer Club.

ZUMBROTA10 Years AgoJuly 30, 2003

On Tuesday, July 8, the Zum-brota-Mazeppa High Schoolmarching band left for the Na-tional Cherry Festival in TravereseCity, Michigan. *** The mem-bers of the Zumbrota High Schoolclass of 1939 held their 64th re-union at the Covered Bridge Res-taurant on Wednesday, July 9 atnoon. *** The Zumbrota HighSchool class of 1946 held their57th reunion on Sunday, July 27at the Hubbell House.


Shari Kothenbeutel, Allan Falk,Corky Falk and Tad Ericksonplayed golf June 14 at theValleywood Golf Course in AppleValley. *** Keith Hadler, son ofSandy and David Hadler of ruralZumbrota, recently graduated inthe carpentry program from RedWing Technical College in RedWing. *** On July 20, senior din-ners at the three area dining sitesof Semcac had a special treat. InezBrunner of Zumbrota, a formerowner of Ray’s Cafe in downtownZumbrota, volunteered to be host

of Oslo, Norway, and her parentsMargareth and Harold Nilsen ofAmot, Norway, were guests ofAlton and Laura Nelson from Fri-day through Wednesday. ***Grace and Marilyn Fredricksonreturned home from a ten daymotorcoach tour of North Dakota,Montana, Yellowstone NationalPark, Grand Teton National Park,Mount Rushmore and the BlackHills. *** Mrs. Walter Ring andLaura were among family mem-bers who attended a noon picnicto celebrate the birthdays of SaraBeth and Mark Swanson held Sun-day, July 24 at their home in RedWing.


Sue Laurel Thomford wasamong 39 student nurses to gradu-ate July 28 from the RochesterSchool of Practical Nursing at St.Marys Hospital in Rochester. ***Mr. and Mrs. Lorin Lyon, Sr. wereSunday dinner guests at the homeof Mr. and Mrs. Dale Bremer. ***Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cordes anddaughter Debbie of Moline, Illi-nois, and Clara Cordes of Temple

City, California, were recenthouseguests of Mr. and Mrs.George Fogelson. *** Mr. and Mrs.Ordean Veiseth and family spentSunday with Dr. and Mrs. TomGilles at Fairfax. Ordean’s par-ents Mr. and Mrs. Obert Veiseth,who had been visiting at the Gilles,returned home to Zumbrota onSunday.


Mr. and Mrs. Harold Biorn andMrs. A.B. Hartman of Washing-ton returned Saturday from aweek’s trip in Canada. *** Mr.and Mrs. Lloyd Berg and daugh-ter Sharon and Mrs. Ella Hall ofRochester were Sunday eveningvisitors at the home of Mr. andMrs. Guy Berg. *** Mr. and Mrs.Kenneth Magnuson left today fromMinneapolis for New York wherethey boarded a plane for Europe.*** Mr. and Mrs. Byron Boraashave been making frequent tripsto Minneapolis to see his mother.*** Mr. and Mrs. Bert Nesbit andMrs. William Nesbit of Chatfieldwere Saturday evening guests ofMr. and Mrs. Ronald Banitt.

Goodhue

Goodhue to receive squad car fromPrairie Island Indian CommunityBy Tara Chapa

GOODHUE – A 2005 CrownVictoria Police Interceptor squadcar will be given to Goodhue fromthe Prairie Island Indian Commu-nity. A resolution for this dona-

tion was accepted by the GoodhueCity Council on July 24.

In a letter addressed to theGoodhue Council from TonyGrosso, Red Wing detective andpart-time Goodhue police officer,he said the squad car will havequite a bit of factory installed op-tions for police work. A base platewill be in between the front seatsfor mounting equipment, and therewill be corner strobes, wiring har-nesses, a shelf in the trunk to holdlighting and radio equipment, andtwo vaults on either side of thetrunk for video units. The car alsohas two rear deck lights. There isa cage and cage mounts available,push bumpers, mounts with lightsattached, two sets of probe powersupplies, two LED deck lights, asiren speaker, and window bars.The Prairie Island Police Depart-ment also gave two license platesfor this vehicle.Eagle Scout project

Jacob Hopperstad asked thecouncil to consider Eagle Scoutservice project opportunities at

Cranston Heights Park. If approvedhe would like to stain the picnictables and plant bushes there. Hewould also like to stain the fourGoodhue signs that hold theVolksfest dates. He will need tofind funding and recruitments forhelp.

The request was approved.Hopperstad will take his recom-mendations before a Boy Scoutboard.Other business

A motion was approved to makea four-way stop at the corner of2nd Avenue and 6th Street as wellas changing the yield sign to astop sign at the corner of 5th Streetand Park Avenue. The change instop signs is due to near-miss ac-cidents and to try to keep peopledriving slower.

Leah Neil Peterson’s permit tobuild a three-season porch wasgranted.

The August 14 council meetingwas canceled and rescheduled forAugust 7.

New Goodhue School superintendentcompletes his first two weeks on the jobBy R.D. Aaland

GOODHUE – At the GoodhueSchool Board meeting on Mon-day July 15 the new superinten-dent, Michael Redmond, discussedhis activities during his first twoweeks on the job. He said thingshave been going very well and heplans on moving into his new homein Goodhue as early as the week-end of August 2.

Redmond gave the financialreport since Todd Netzke, the presi-dent of School Management Ser-vices (SMS), was unable to attendthe meeting. Netzke researchedthe possibility of using revolvingcredit in place of, or in additionto, using aid anticipation certifi-cates as the school done in thepast. This will be researched fur-ther.

Redmond has met with variousgroups and individuals, includingthe Minnesota Association ofSchool Administrators (MASA).He also connected with the Min-nesota Rural Education Associa-tion and plans to attend a sessionon the new levy authority passed

in the recent legislative session atPlainview-Elgin-Millville on Au-gust 21. He will join PrincipalsMike Harvey and Mark Opsahlfor a one-day administrative re-treat August 14-15. Redmond hasalso arranged meetings with Sena-tor Matt Schmit, and Representa-tives Steve Drazkowski and TimKelly.Staff changes

The board accepted resignationsfrom foreign language instructorAmber Atkinson and elementarymusic instructor Laiken Stecker.These positions will be posted andfilled as soon as possible.

The hiring of Holly Haire as amath instructor was approved.

Activities Director Josh Wiemeanswered questions on the fillingof several coaching positions. Theboard approved the hiring ofLindsey Mace as varsity volley-ball coach, Tyler Baker as the juniorhigh football coach, Robby Ebneras the second assistant footballcoach, Mark Opsahl as the juniorvarsity boys basketball coach, andRobby Ebner as second assistant

boys basketball coach.Prom and fundraisers

The board approved the 2014prom date, location, and fund-rais-ers. The 2014 prom will be held atThe Jewel on April 26. Fundraisersapproved were the homecomingtailgate party, homecoming t-shirts,and the chili supper.

The following FCCLA fund-raisers were approved: selling fro-zen food; Pink Out (t-shirts); RedOut (t-shirts); and selling puffins.

Other fundraisers approved weretwo football fundraisers (Savercards and Sponsor letters) and twogirls athletic joint fundraisers(cookie dough and water softenersalt).Other business

The board approved the Pan-o-Gold bread quote for another schoolyear.

Senator Matt Schmit addressedthe board on the outcome of thepast legislative session. Theypassed an education bill that ap-proves all-day kindergarten andincludes an increase in state fi-nances to the local schools.

FFA members attend State LeadershipConference for Chapter Leaders

GOODHUE – Five FFA mem-bers from the Goodhue FFA chap-ter attended the State LeadershipConference for Chapter Leaders,July 14-17. Over 180 FFA mem-bers from across the state met atthe Deep Portage ConservationReserve in Hackensack, Minne-sota to attend the conference.

Student, Chapter and Commu-nity Development were the focusof the conference, as FFA mem-bers worked to develop programsand opportunities to ensureachievement in their local programsand enhance FFA experiences.

Sessions were presented by thefourteen Minnesota FFA StateOfficers including topics on healthylifestyles, recruitment, public re-lations, fundraising and commu-nity service.

FFA members participated inhands-on activities, role playingand applying personal experiencesto better understand professionalpractices. In addition to develop-ing these essential skills, ChapterLeader members had the chanceto meet FFA members from acrossthe.

Kendrah Schafer, Jamie Ther-

mos, Gavin Luhman, HaleyHinrichs and Madison Schaferfrom Goodhue attended the four-day conference.

The National FFA Organizationis the premier leadership organi-zation in the nation, with 540,379members in all fifty states, theVirgin Islands and Puerto Rico.The National FFA Organizationmakes a positive difference in thelives of students by developingtheir potential for premier leader-ship, personal growth and careersuccess through agricultural edu-cation.

Front row, from left to right: Region VIII President Valerie Earlie (Spring Valley – Wykoff), Jamie Thermos,Haley Hinrichs, Madison Schafer; back: Kendrah Schafer, Gavin Luhman, and Minnesota State FFA TreasurerDylan Antoff (Winona).

parents, Mr. and Mrs. JuliusFredrickson. *** Mr. and Mrs.Gerhard Johnson of Faribault wereSunday visitors at the home of herparents, Mr. and Mrs. M.O.Syverson.

cook for Semcac din-ers. *** ChristinaBoraas, 8, is thisweek’s Reader of theWeek at Carnegie Li-brary. She is thedaughter of Byron andBarb Boraas of Zum-brota. *** Nicholas“Nick” Flotterud, 3-1/2, son of Alan andKathy Flotterud ofZumbrota, is thisweek’s Read-to-Meparticipant.

30 Yeas AgoAugust 3, 1983Over 100 former

employees of theZumco Manufactur-ing plant, which onceoperated in Zumbrota,and their familiesgathered Sunday at theCovered Bridge Parkfor a reunion. *** Audand Thor Halvorson


Zumbrota

By Wayne AndersonIt has been sixty years since the

Korean War ended but there stillseems to be trouble in that part ofthe world. The war began on June25, 1950, and a truce was made onJuly 27, 1953, but over the years anumber of incidents have causedconcern for the United States.

In 1950, communist troops fromNorth Korea invaded South Ko-rea, and though the distance fromZumbrota to Korea is thousandsof miles, this event was to alterthe lives of many people from theZumbrota area. In order for theUnited States to be protected, manyNational Guard units and Reserveunits were ordered to active duty.The 47th Infantry Division, in theeyes of Pentagon officers, wasdeemed ready for a mission andwas called to active duty. TheAmbulance Company, 204thMedical Battalion, a part of the47th Division, received its noticeearly in December of 1950. OnJanuary 16, 1951, the AmbulanceCompany was instructed by Ma-jor Conway of the Regular Armyto assemble on the main floor ofthe Zumbrota armory. Roll wascalled and Conway gave the oath.Three officers and 53 enlisted menfrom the National Guard unit wereinducted into the Army. To JohnRing and Winton Logan, this wasthe second time they took the oath.In February of 1940 they took thesame oath just prior to World WarII.

Sent to Korea from the Ambu-lance Company were ArthurAnderson, David Hugstad, DavidSwenson, Roger Carlson, DonaldTimbeross, Harvey Busby, DuaneAnfinson, Vincent Thoreson,LeRoy Lexvold, Edward Raasch,Charles Sheriden, and RobertYoung. Besides this group, therewere a number of others from theZumbrota area who also served.Those who made the supreme sac-rifice in this conflict were HarlanKunde and Charles Raasch.

The Korean War was betweenthe Republic of Korea (SouthKorea), supported by the U.N. andthe United States, and the Demo-cratic Peoples Republic of Korea(North Korea), at one time sup-ported by China and the Soviet

Union. The war was primarily theresult of the political division ofKorea resulting from an agreementby the victorious Allies at the endof World War II. Following thesurrender of Japan in Septemberof 1945, the United States dividedthe Korean peninsula along the38th parallel, with the U.S. occu-pying the south half and the So-viet Union the north.

The failure to hold free elec-tions on the Korean peninsula in1948 deepened the division be-tween the two sides, and the northestablished a communist govern-ment while the south establisheda right-wing government. The 38thparallel became a political borderbetween the two Korean states.There were attempts to reunify thetwo Koreas in the months beforethe war, but there was too muchtension. Cross-border fights andraids at the 38th parallel persistedand the situation escalated into openwarfare when the North Koreanforces invade South Korea on June25, 1950. In the same year, theSoviet Union had boycotted theUnited States Security Council ina protest. In their absence, the U.S.and other countries passed a reso-lution authorizing military inter-

vention in Korea.The U.S. provided about 90%

of the international soldiers whoaided South Korea in the war, with20 other countries providing as-sistance. Suffering severe casual-ties in the first two months, SouthKorea and its allies were pushedback to a small area in the south ofthe Korean peninsula known asthe Pusan Perimeter. A very rapidUnited Nations counter-offensivethen drove the North Koreans pastthe 38th parallel and almost to theYalu River. At this point, Chinaentered the war on North Korea’sside. Their intervention forcedSouth Korea and its allies backbehind the 38th parallel. Whilenot directly com-miting forces tothe conflict, the Soviet Union pro-vided material aid to both the NorthKorean forces and the Chinesearmies.

The fighting ended on July 27,1953 when an armistice agreementwas signed. This was a basic truceand not really a peace treaty. Theagreement restored the borderbetween the Koreas near the 38thparallel and created the KoreanDemilitarized Zone (DMZ). TheDMZ is 2.5 miles wide and 155miles long and is a fortified bufferzone between the Korean nations.

From a military science pointof view, the Korean War com-

The “Forgotten War” was fought sixty years ago

Korean War veteran Harvey Busbyis the former owner of Busby’sHardware.

The Korean War Memorial in Washington, D.C.bined the strategies and tactics ofboth World Wars. It began with amobile campaign of swift infan-try attacks followed by air bomb-ing raids, but became a basic statictrench war by July of 1951. Minorincidents still continue to this day,as North Korea would still like tocontrol South Korea. North Ko-rea also expresses animosity to-ward the United States.

The war was described by Presi-dent Harry Truman as a policeaction, since Congress never didvote to declare war and because itcame under the authority of theUnited Nations. It has been calledthe Forgotten War or the UnknownWar because of the lack of atten-tion it received both during andafter it, and in relation to the glo-bal scale of World War II. It hasalso been called the Korean Con-flict.

In South Korea, the war is usu-ally called 625 or the 6-2-5 Up-heaval because it started on June25, 1950. In North Korea, the waris called the Fatherland Libera-tion War. In China it is called theWar to Resist United StatesAgression and Aid Korea.

54,246 U.S. soldiers were killed,and 8,177 were reported missing.In Washington, D.C., a KoreanWar Veterans Memorial was dedi-cated on July 27, 1995.

READER OFTHE WEEK

MAXWELL ROCKNEThe Reader of the Week at Zum-

brota Public Library is MaxwellRockne, 3, son of Nicole andMatthew Rockne of Zumbrota.This is the final week of the sum-mer reading program.

ZM School approves referendumresolution for general education revenue

The board determined it wasnecessary to increase revenues by$350 per resident pupil for a pe-riod of 10 years to avoid financialduress by 2015-2016. If the refer-endum is passed by the voters ofthe district, it will begin in the2014-2015 school year. The cur-rent referendum could be renewedin 4 years.

On Election Day the polls willopen at 7:00 a.m. to give parentsan opportunity to vote when drop-

ping their children at school, andwill remain open until 8:00 p.m.Budget fund balance projections

Superintendent Tony Simonspresented an overview of the rev-enues, expenditures, and the year-end balances for 2012 and 2013;and the projected revenues, ex-penditures, and balances for 2014,2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. Thebalances were calculated usingcurrent enrollment and knownfunding.

By Alice Duschanek-MyersMAZEPPA – On July 22, the

Zumbrota-Mazeppa School Boardunanimously approved a resolu-tion for a referendum election onNovember 5 to increase generaleducation and operating revenue.

After months of reviewing thefinancial state of the school andapproving $150,175 of reductionsof programs and positions in June,the board considered the follow-ing increases to set the referen-dum amount. The current residentstudent enrollment was used tocalculate the yield from each in-crease.

By Alice Duschanek-MyersMAZEPPA – The Zumbrota-

Mazeppa School District will hostan open house for families to visitthe buildings and learn more aboutthe grade reconfiguration onWednesday, August 28 from 6:00-7:30 p.m.

At the meeting on July 22, SchoolBoard Chair Brian Grudem saidthere will most likely be a shuttlebus running between Mazeppa andZumbrota for families to moreeasily visit all of the buildings.

The reconfiguration will offermore space for the larger classesin the elementary grades and moreoptions for scheduling in grades 7and 8. The district will providefamilies with magnets with con-tact information at each school site.The buildings will be renamed atthese locations as follows:

• ZM Primary School (K-2),799 Mill St, Zumbrota

• ZM Elementary School (Gr 3-6), 343 3rd Ave, Mazeppa

• ZM Middle School (Gr 7-8),705 Mill St, Zumbrota

• ZM High School (Gr 9-12),705 Mill St, ZumbrotaPrincipal reports

Primary/Elementary PrincipalQuinn Rasmussen reported thatstudent test results are availablefor the local literacy plan. The dis-trict uses AIMSweb and test scoresin the plan. He said the percent-ages of proficiency on MCAs haveincreased from last year.

High/Middle School PrincipalErick Enger reported that the masterschedule for fall is in the finalstages. There are some classesoffered on a trimester basis andsome with teachers shared withother grade levels that must beoffered at arbitrary times. Theschedule will be ready to go in thestudent handbook. Students willbe mailed their schedules prior tofee day. They will soon be able toview their schedules on InfiniteCampus at http://www.infinite

campus. com/.The discussion of options for

improving the safety of elemen-tary students during bus and par-ent drop-offs continues. A planwill be in place when school starts.A meeting with city staff could bearranged to restrict parking on MillStreet.Staff updates

The school board approved thehiring of Wanda Johnson to teachFACS and science in 2013-14. Thehiring of Lucas Ziemba and NoahProdzinski as high school/collegeprogram assistants in Cougar Carewas approved.

Gary O’Connor was assignedthe head golf coaching position.Joe Sand was assigned the assis-tant golf coaching position.

Lane changes were approved forKelsey Bradley (MS+30) and DarinRaasch (BA+10).Therapy Dog in Special Education

The school board approvedwaiving the policy for animals inthe classroom to allow a requestfrom special education teacherBrenda Debner. She requested per-mission to use a certified therapydog, Annie the Jack Russell ter-rier, to motivate readers. This pro-gram will be associated with the“Tail Waggin Tutors Reading Pro-gram.” More information is avail-able at http://www.readdogsmn.org/ and http://www.tdi-dog.org/Fee day

High school student registrationand fee day is Wednesday, Au-

ZM plans open house to prepare for grade reconfigurationgust 7 from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. inZumbrota. Fee day is Monday,August 12 from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.and 5-7 p.m. at the elementaryschool in Mazeppa.Other business

The district is exploring optionsfor transportation of early child-hood special education students.A vehicle must be purchased ifcontracting transportation is notan option.

Two bids for LP gas were sub-mitted for 2013-14. The contract

was awarded to the lowest bid,Feils Oil Company, for $1.097 pergallon. This is an increase of $0.20since last year. SuperintendentTony Simons reported that thedistrict uses 15,000 to 17,000 gal-lons per year. However, last year21,000 gallons of LP were requiredto heat the buildings.

Cherie Johnson of the GoodhueCounty Education District pre-sented an update of the servicesand facilities improvement studyfor GCED. The cooperative dis-

trict has outgrown the current fa-cilities.

The board approved a cateringagreement to provide lunches forChrist Lutheran Parochial Schoolin 2013-14.

The food service policy fromLunchtime Solutions was approvedby the board. The policy includesmanaging low balance accounts.

Changes in the coaches’ hand-book and fees for services wereapproved.

Take a Vet Fishing is August 3LAKE CITY – Take a Veteran

Fishing, presented by the Wall-eye Searchers of Minnesota, willbe held on Saturday, August 3 aHok-Si-La Park in Lake City from9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Walleye Searchers of Minne-sota has joined forces wit the Zum-brota VFW Post 5727 Stary-Yerka

to create a fun day of fishing forarea veterans.

Bring your own fishing gear,and rain gear. Life jackets will beprovided. Snacks will be providedand a picnic lunch will follow.Bring sunscreen and a camera.

For more information, contactGreg Cole at 507-384-2528.

ZUMBROTA POLICE REPORTJune 12

11:37 a.m. - A vehicle went downthe incorrect ramp to get on toHighway 52, turned around andwent back up the ramp and wentinto Zumbrota.

1:13 p.m. – A horse was loosenear the highway.

7:43 p.m. – Casey’s reported adeclined check.

8:08 p.m. – A male reportedthat he took the road past KwikTrip and his vehicle was off theroad. The driver was injured andtransported. The driver admittedon tape that he was going 65-70mph.June 13

9:37 a.m. – A female reportedthat her neighbor’s dog barks allday long. An officer talked to theowner and the owner stated theyhave tried a bark collar before andit didn’t work but would try again.

2:16 p.m. – A bike was found.4:25 p.m. – An officer unlocked

a vehicle.June 14

9:05 a.m. – A male was sittingon the bridge. He was airing hisfeet.

1:11 p.m. – Kwik Trip reportedthat a male came into the storeand stated that someone was try-ing to kill him. He was sitting in avehicle in the lot with the 4-wayson.

3:47 p.m. – A driver was warnedfor going the wrong way on a one-way out of ALCO/McDonald’s.

4:32 p.m. – Zumbrota Ford re-ported that a vehicle parked bythe storage shed had a large scratchon the driver’s door.

4:49 p.m. – Zumbrota Ford re-ported that a gas cap was taken.

4:55 p.m. – A driver was warnedfor exhibition driving.

5:56 p.m. – A female reportedthat a vehicle was crossing thecenter and fog lines and going atvarying speeds.

6:11 p.m. – A driver was warnedfor expired registration.June 15

12:10 a.m. – A driver was warnedfor no tail lights.

12:43 a.m. – A vehicle pulledinto the park and shut lights off.The driver said that they weremeeting friends.

1:23 a.m. – A driver was warnedfor left tail light out.

8:42 a.m. – Cowers were on theroad. The owner arrived and se-cured the fence.

10:59 a.m. – A license plate wasfound.

11:05 a.m. – A vehicle crashwas reported.

1:09 p.m. – Someone ran over aone-way sign going into ALCO.



4:52 p.m. – A male reportedthat someone had stolen firewoodfrom his residence.

8:43 p.m. – An officer assistedSt. Paul police with a drug-relatedtraffic stop.

8:48 p.m. – Subway reportedthat a radar detector had been sto-len.June 16

1:14 a.m. – An officer unlockeda vehicle.

8:34 a.m. – A male reported thatsomeone had hit his vehicle dur-ing the night.

10:50 a.m. – A bicycle wasfound.

4:46 p.m. – A dog was found.6:49 p.m. – A report was made

of a female screaming at the topof her lungs. The party stated thathe heard her get to a door like shewas trying to get out and then thedoor slammed again.

7:51 p.m. – A driver was citedfor speeding.

8:01 p.m. – Cattle were on theroad near the livestock area. The

cows were put back in and thefence was repaired.June 17

8:11 a.m. – SuperAmerica re-ported a gas drive-off.

11:47 a.m. – A male reportedthat his mountain bike had beenstolen.

11:53 a.m. – An officer unlockeda vehicle.

12:17 p.m. – An officer receiveda call regarding an upset womanat city hall.June 18

12:59 a.m. – A driver wasstopped for suspicious activitycoming from behind Super-America. The driver was cited forno proof of insurance.June 19

2:36 a.m. – An officer assisteda deputy with a warrant arrest. Thesubject was patted down and paidKwik Trip for the gas he pumped.

4:09 p.m. – A female was hav-ing a seizure.



7:26 p.m. – A bicycle was takenfrom a front yard.

7:47 p.m. – A vehicle was driv-ing on the bike trail. The femaledriver was warned for driving onthe trail and an officer escortedthem off the trail.June 20

12:40 a.m. – A driver was warnedfor having a left trail light out.

8:02 a.m. – Someone dumpedold deck boards and said he wastold by the owner of the housethat he could dump it there. Hesaid he would clean it up.

1:05 p.m. – A girl wandered offand was located. The officer willhold her until her dad arrives.

2:23 p.m. – A vehicle blew atire.

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Idlewheel travels to ZumbrotaZUMBROTA – Poco’s Jack

Sundrud and veteran singer/songwriter Craig Bickhardt gettogether – whenever they have thechance – to perform acoustic mu-sic as Idlewheel. They roll on downthe high road of alt-country, folkand Americana music to arrive onthe Crossings stage Thursday,August 8, at 7:30 p.m.

The creative spark that fliesbetween Sundrud and Bickhardtduring their writing sessions glowseven more brightly when they’reon stage together - delivering soul-ful songs with a wry nonchalancethat belies their uncommon crafts-manship. When they take the stageand begin swapping songs and sto-ries, the audience is immediatelyalong for the ride. Sundrud’s tour-ing schedule with the legendaryband Poco, and Bickhardt’s solotouring schedule, allow limitedtouring time for Idlewheel, butwhen they do get together, it’s amemorable occasion.

The pair have written over 100songs together, including the Bill-board No. 1 Country hit for TyHerndon, “It Must Be Love.” Theypenned the song, “Drink It Up,”featured on Poco’s brand new CD,“All Fired Up.”

Oklee native son Sundrud is arespected Nashville songwriter andbassist/singer/writer for the ven-erable country rock band Poco.Sundrud moved to Nashville in1981, where he quickly became atouring bassist/singer with someof Music City’s top acts: Vince

Gill, Michael Johnson, DickieBetts, Nicolette Larson, KathyMattea and, of course, Poco.

Birkhardt is a performingsongwriter with major writing cred-its, a poet’s voice, a virtuoso gui-tar style and a veteran’s experi-ence. The native Pennsylvanian’sfirst big break came in 1982, whenhe wrote and sang two songs forRobert Duvall’s Academy Award-winning film, “Tender Mercies.”Bickhardt made his move to Nash-ville where his songs found theirway onto platinum and Grammy-winning recordings by legends suchas Johnny Cash, Martina McBride,Ray Charles, B.B. King, Pam Tillis,Jonathan Edwards, David Wilcox,Kathy Mattea and Alison Krauss.His 850-tune catalog includes nineTop Ten hits (four No. 1 countryhits — “Turn It Loose,” and “IKnow Where I’m Going,” recordedby The Judds; “In BetweenDances,” by Pam Tillis and “ItMust Be Love,” recorded by TyHerndon and co-written with JackSundrud).

Tickets are $16 in advance, $18day of show. To reserve tickets,call 507-732-7616 or stop in toCrossings at 320 East Avenue inZumbrota. For more information,visit www.crossingsatcarnegie.com.


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Pine IslandMargie Berg receives FCCLASTAR Event Volunteer Award

Elliot Johnson, FCCLA national president, presents the National STAREvent Volunteer Award to Margie Berg, the Pine Island FCCLA advisor.

NASHVILLE, TN – MargieBerg, a family and consumer sci-ences teacher at Pine Island HighSchool, received the Students Tak-ing Action with Recognition(STAR) Event Volunteer Awardat the 2013 Family, Career andCommunity Leaders of America(FCCLA) National LeadershipConference. Held July 7-11 inNashville, Tennessee, the meet-ing welcomed more than 7,000members, advisers, alumni, andguests.

The award recognizes STAREvent volunteers who exemplifya commitment to the continuedsuccess of STAR Events and theorganization. Berg has served asthe Pine Island FCCLA advisorsince 1979 and during that timehas had countless students par-ticipate in STAR Events at theregion, state, and national level.She has advised eight state offic-ers, four of whom served as statepresident. During their term aspresident-elect, one of their ma-jor functions is to coordinate theSTAR Events program at the stateconference. Berg has also pro-vided leadership at the regionallevel by serving as the RegionSTAR Event Coordinator for sev-eral years. In addition, she hasserved as a lead consultant at both

the state and national level.Berg was also recognized as a

Master Advisor for being success-ful in leading an FCCLA chapterfor at least three years. MasterAdvisors promote the organiza-

tion, operate an integrated chap-ter with a balanced program ofwork, and facilitate youth-centeredactivities while keeping abreastof the issues in their field.

People’s Energy Co-op donates$3,300 to Oronoco organizations

ORONOCO — People’s EnergyCooperative’s Operation RoundUp Trust Board met July 18 andelected to donate $15,061 to localorganizations. Among the recipi-ents were the following:

• City of Oronoco – $1,800 tothe Parks and Trails Committeeto provide electrical service to theshelter in the park.

• Oronoco First Responders –$1,500 to purchase one rescue andCPR manikin.

The Operation Round Up fundwas started in 2002 and raises ap-proximately $72,000 a year to sup-port a variety of charitable, edu-cational, community, and youth-related programs and events. The

program is funded by donationsmade by members of People’sEnergy Cooperative who volun-tarily have their electric billrounded up to the next dollar.

Applications for funding areconsidered on a quarterly basis.To be considered for the next roundof disbursements, applicationsmust be made no later than Sep-tember 20. Program guidelines andapplications are available atwww.peoplesrec.com or by call-ing People’s Energy Cooperativeat (507) 367-7000.

Baska performsat the Shell LakeArts Center

SHELL LAKE, WI — Pine Is-land area native Sam Baska per-formed at the Shell Lake ArtsCenter’s final Extreme StringsConcert on Friday, July 5. Theconcert was a culmination of aweek-long Extreme Strings camp,where participants received instruc-tion from nationally renowned fid-dler Randy Sabien, studying im-provisation, jazz, blues, and pop.

By Audra DePestelPine Island Historical Society to holdannual ice cream social and quilt drawingPINE ISLAND – The Pine Island Historical Society will hold its annual ice cream social and quilt drawing onSunday, August 4 starting at 6 p.m. at the Creamery. Bill Frame, treasurer of the historical society, standsnext to the quilt that will be raffled this year. The quilt was donated by Pat Walter, and the drawing will takeplace at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $2 each and can be purchased during the event. The event is held inconjunction with PAPA’s summer band concerts and will feature music by the Polka Dots starting at 7 p.m.Everyone is encouraged to come out and join members of the historical society and Miss Pine Island royaltyfor a relaxing evening of socializing, cool refreshments and dancing. Lawn chairs are encouraged anddancing shoes are optional. All proceeds will go towards the historical society’s technology fund to purchasea new video camera and computer equipment.

Van Horn’s Tuesday programfeatures the RAD Zoo

RAD Zoo presenter Andrew Ahl holds Lilith, an eight-foot boa constrictor,as Raylee Schroeder, 3, and her brother Thomas, 6, cautiously take acloser look.

By Audra DePestelPINE ISLAND – The Van Horn

Public Library held their last sum-mer Tuesday at 2 Program whichfeatured an exciting and educa-tional reptile and amphibian pre-sentation by RAD Zoo on Tues-day, July 23.

Andrew Ahl, representative fromthe Reptile and Amphibian Dis-covery (RAD) Zoo of Owatonna,brought along a few friends to helpwith his informative, engaging,and interactive presentation. TheRAD Traveling Wildlife Programintroduced people to a variety ofreptiles and amphibians such asfrogs and toads, turtles and tor-toises, lizards, snakes, and even asmall crocodilian.

Participants were given the op-portunity to take a closer look and

touch the tortoise’s hard shell andfeel the smooth skin on Lilith, an18-year-old, eight-foot, red-tailedboa constrictor weighing close to20 pounds.

The RAD Zoo opened in Octo-ber of 2009 and has grown to beone of the midwest’s largest rep-tile displays. The zoo featureshundreds of animals from all overthe world living in recreations oftheir native environments. The zoooffers daily shows, hands on in-teraction and a gift shop.

The RAD program brings thezoo to the public by providing pre-sentations at schools, libraries,daycare centers, scouting groups,church groups, fairs, birthday par-ties, and many more.

Visit www.theradzoo.com formore information.

PINE HAVEN POTPOURRIWe just can’t believe it’s Au-

gust already! We have been en-joying the outdoors, checking onour growing garden, and lovingour drives through the country-side.

Pine Haven Care Center looksforward to celebrating Augustbirthdays on Monday, August 19,at 2 p.m. with Lands Lutheran

Church hosting. Celebrating birth-days are: Clifford Grudem, Au-gust 1, Amelia Timm 5, VesperUltsch 6, Karen Budensiek 27, JudyClementson 29, and Dean Day 30.

Many events take place duringthe month. To request a calendar,call 356-8304 or e-mail [email protected].

The Pine Haven Auxiliary willmeet on August 28 at 1:30 p.m. inthe activity room. New membersare always welcome.

Four injured in accident atHighway 52 and County Road 9By Alicia Hunt-Welch

Three vehicles were involvedin an accident at Highway 52 andCounty Road 9 on July 20, send-ing three individuals to the hospi-tal. The accident occurred at about4:06 p.m.

A 2001 Chevrolet Silveradodriven by Joshua Nading, 16, ofPine Island, was traveling east onGoodhue County Road 9. A 2006Jeep Commander driven by MarshaGorman, 58, of Lanesboro, and a2011 Ford Edge driven by Tho-

mas Griffin, 68, of Winthrop, Iowa,were both traveling north on High-way 52 when the three vehiclescollided in the northbound lane.The ten occupants were all wear-ing seat belts at the time of thecrash.

Nading and two of his passen-gers, Joseph Nading, 13, and JacobNading, 14, were all transportedby ambulance to Cannon Falls Hos-pital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. The fourth pas-senger, Kayla Sneller, 17, also ofPine Island, reported no injuries.

Gorman was not injured. Herpassenger, Mark Gorman, 62, ofLanesboro, was injured but nottransported for medical treatment.

Griffin had three passengers inhis vehicle: Claudia Griffin, 68,Kenneth Cookslui, 73, and EvelynCookslui, 70. None of them wasinjured.

The road was dry at the time ofthe accident and alcohol was not afactor. The Wanamingo Fire De-partment and First Responders andthe Cannon Falls Ambulance as-sisted at the scene.

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CountyWheelage tax will apply in 2014By Paul Martin

RED WING – The GoodhueCounty Board of Commissionersheld an unusual extra summermeeting on July 26. The boarddebated whether to raise one oftwo new possible taxes that the2013 State Legislature made avail-able to counties.

The wheelage tax would be aflat tax of $10 on every vehicleregistered in the county. Unlikethe gas tax, all revenue would goto the county for local use. Thestate would collect it when thevehicle is licensed, then transmitit monthly to the county in whichthe vehicle is registered (even ifthe owner used an office in an-other county). It would not applyto motorcycles or mopeds, or totrailers and semi-trailers. It wouldraise an estimated $463,000 inGoodhue County in 2014.

The sales tax would be an extra0.5% added to sales tax, as metrocounties have been allowed to do.Again, it would all be returned tothe county. Revenue would bededicated to specific transporta-tion or transit needs. When thespecified project was fully funded,it would lapse. Ongoing transitcosts would be an exception. Apublic hearing would be requiredbefore it could be levied in thecounty. The 2014 Goodhue Countyestimate for the sales tax is$2,170,000.Olmsted County to apply sales tax

Many counties are thinking ofapplying one or the other, the boardheard. Olmsted County, faced withhigh development costs for theRochester central redevelopmentand other projects, has already de-cided to impose the extra salestax. This will be in addition toRochester’s local sales tax.

The state needs to hear by Au-gust 1 if they need to collect thewheelage tax in 2014 – hence theextra meeting.High cost of Highway 52 safety

Public Works Director GregIsakson presented the need for extramoney for roads. Many countyroads were paved in the 1960s and

1970s. All those roads now needmajor attention. The board agreedabout four years ago to bond $9.2million for this. However, High-way 52 safety is a greater priority,and long-awaited projects are gob-bling up available funds. Theseinclude the Highway 24 inter-change and southeast collector roadin Cannon Falls; Highway 168 inZumbrota; and, most recently, theHighway 9 overpass. Other hoped-for projects will impact funds fur-ther: the planned overpass nearthe Covered Bridge Restaurant inZumbrota, and a Highway 52/Highway 7 intersection, bothneeded for the Zumbrota Indus-trial Park; and a future interchangefor Highways 52, 57 and 8.

As a result, badly needed workon other county roads has beenpushed back by three years or more.Sections of Highways 1, 2, 3, 5,10, 11 and 12 now are in the great-est need of repair.Sales tax: emergency only

The commissioners were notinterested in raising the sales tax.They fear it would drive businessaway from the county. Commis-sioner Ron Allen summed it up bysaying, “To me, the sales tax is anemergency option only. For ex-ample, we might look at it if animportant project that leveragedfederal or state money needed alocal match at short notice.”

Though they are reluctant to raise

taxes, they found the wheelagetax much more appealing. Theywere very clear that it would goentirely to make up gaps in thefunding for county roads. Severalspoke of it as a user fee, a very fairform of tax. “It’s like the cigarettetax,” said Commissioner JimBryant. “If you don’t use, you don’tpay.” Board Chair Dan Rechtzigelsaid, “Economists apply a test totaxes: are they broad, simple andfair. This tax meets all three ofthose tests.” Allen added that someresidents he had spoken with fa-vored the wheelage tax, becauseit does not throw costs back ontoproperty owners.

Commissioner Richard Samuel-son cautioned, “We need not tosend the state the message that wewill pick up anything they don’tpay for.” Commissioner Ted Seifertwas not about to approve a netraise in taxes. “I can agree to this,”he said, “but only if we reduce theproperty tax levy to balance it.”Rechtzigel responded by tellingthe story of having to change atire on a dark, windy, cold Marchevening after he hit a large pot-hole. He explained, “I said to my-self, dammit, if they tax me moreto pay for this road so I don’t get aflat tire when it’s 20 degrees, I’mhappy to pay!”

The board voted to charge thewheelage tax in 2014 by four toone, with Seifert voting against.

At 6:42 p.m. on July 14 theGoodhue County Sheriff’s Officereceived a report of a motorcycleaccident on County Road 11 about

West Concord motorcyclistdies in accident

10-1/2 miles west of Pine Islandin Cherry Grove Township.Raymond Bartz, 55, of West Con-cord, was westbound on CountyRoad 11 when his motorcycle wentoff the road on a sharp curve andstruck a road sign.

Bartz was pronounced dead atthe scene. Zumbrota Ambulanceand Wanamingo First Respond-ers assisted. The accident is stillunder investigation. The State Pa-trol will be doing a reconstructionof the accident. Alcohol doesn’tappear to be a factor. Bartz waswearing a helmet.

Dance classes offeredat Goodhue County Fair

ZUMBROTA – The ZumbrotaDance Studio will be offering danceclasses at the Goodhue County Fair.The classes are best suited for ages6-12 years.

On Friday, August 9 the twoclasses that will be taught are Irishand Kick, from 6:15-7:15 p.m. Irishis traditional folk dancing with softshoes. Kick line dance involvesprecision formations and kicks toupbeat music. Those two groupswill then perform their routine at7:30 p.m. in the entertainment tent.

Following their performance, theZumbrota Dance Studio Cloggerswill perform. On Saturday, Au-

gust 10, the classes will be Irishand Jazz. Those students will beinstructed from 2-3 p.m. and willperform at 3:30 p.m. Assisting withthe class instruction will be thePerformance Team Dancers whoare members of the Zumbrota-Mazeppa dance team that placedin the 2013 State High SchoolLeague Dance Team finals.

Class size is limited. Pre-regis-tration is recommended and canbe done by contacting RobynHoven at [email protected]. Thisfree event is made possible byMinnesota’s Legacy Arts andCultural Heritage Funds.


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By Coach Chuck OhmIn game one of the Senior Babe

Ruth tournament in Pine Islandlast weekend, the Cougars playedthe host team and lost a very closegame in extra innings by the scoreof 3-2. Brady Schoenfelder pitcheda great game but had some badluck in the first inning when thePanthers got two runs with thehelp of an error.

Schoenfelder shut out the Pan-thers for the rest of the game untilPI won it in the bottom of the sixthinning. At the plate, Kevin Nord-quist went 2 for 2 with a double.Caden Steffen went 2 for 2, andcollecting one hit apiece were CalebHinrichs, Alex Nelson, and TylerGrudem.

In game two, the Cougarsbounced back with a 1-0 win overByron. Alex Nelson pitched a greatgame. He went the distance giv-ing up four hits, walking four, andstriking out two. ZM scored theirwinning run in the first inning whenKevin Nordquist singled to leadoff the inning and eventually camearound to score. Caden Steffengot the other hit for the Cougars.The Cougars moved on to the con-

solation championship game andwon over Stewartville in extra in-nings by the score of 8-6. CadenSteffen picked up the win in reliefgoing 1-1/3 innings, giving up onlyone hit. Caleb Hinrichs started onthe mound, going three inningsbefore getting into trouble.

Hinrichs gave up three runs onthree hits, walked three, and struckout three. Jacob Niebuhr came onin relief of Hinrichs and gave upthree runs on one hit, walked threeand struck out two. Brady Schoen-felder led the hit parade, going 3for 4 with an RBI. Tyler Grudemwent 2 for 3 with two RBI, andNordquist, Ian Niles, and Nelsoneach had singles. Caden Steffenwent 1 for 4 with a double.

The Cougars ended the seasonplaying very good baseball, andthis young team improved everygame. This has been a great groupof kids to work with this summer.Junior Babe Ruth

The Junior Babe Ruth team wonthe consolation championship inStewartville to end season. In gameone of the tournament inStewartville, Pine Island beat ZMbadly by the score of 20-8. In thesecond inning PI got 16 runs, since

Pine Island hit the ball well andthe Cougars didn’t pitch or fieldthe ball well at all. In one inningZM committed eight errors. TheCougars put up a fight in the bot-tom of the third inning, scoringsix runs on hits by Thompson,Tupper, Haglund, Willie Heitman,and Connor Heitman and MichealVath.

In game two, the Cougars playedStewartville for the consolationchampionship after receiving a byein the second round. The Cougarsjumped all over Stewartville, win-ning 17-6. Luke Tupper pickedup the win, going three innings,and Matt Moreno pitched the fourthinning.

At the plate Jarrett Haglund went4 for 4 with five RBI, WillieHeitman went 2 for 2 with twoRBI, Ben Thompson went 2 for 2with two RBI, and Wyatt Freheitwent 2 for 2 with an RBI.

It was great to see this team endthe season with a win. They allworked hard this summer and hada very good year. Congratula-tions team on a very good seasonand thank you for playing base-ball.

ZM Babe Ruth baseball teams wrap up seasonArea SportsPINE ISLAND POLICE REPORT

By Alicia Hunt-WelchThe following information was

reported by the Goodhue CountySheriff’s Office.July 9

10:52 a.m. – A sick raccoon wasreported in a yard on the 47700 blockof 130th Ave in Roscoe Township.The animal was dispatched.

11:12 a.m. – A welding torch kitwas found the previous evening nearMain St and 5th St SE. City hallwas also notified.

12:37 p.m. – A deputy attendedto civil matters on Main St S.July 10

11:58 a.m. – Identity theft involv-ing a credit card was reported onthe 49600 block of Cty 43 in RoscoeTownship. The complainant did notlose money in the incident.July 12

11:04 a.m. – Property damage wasreported on 8th St SW. Flowers wereripped up and a car was key scratched.Damage was estimated at $515.

4:11 p.m. – A deputy attended tocivil matters on Main St S.

5:25 p.m. – A vehicle was rear-ended while slowing to turn into aparking lot on 1st St NE. No inju-ries were reported.

8:57 p.m. – A fireworks com-plaint was reported on Royal Ct.None were seen while a deputy wasin the area.July 13

3:10 a.m. – A disturbance wasreported on 7th St SW. It was a

family disagreement.2:03 p.m. – A dead animal was

put in a mailbox on the 49600 blockof 180th Ave in Pine Island Town-ship. The animal was removed andthe complainant given her mail.

3:42 p.m. – An intoxicated malewas walking in the middle of theroad near 48900 block of Cty 11 inPine Island Township. The male wasgiven a ride to Mazeppa.

10:53 p.m. – A citation for driv-ing after suspension was issued near495th St and Cty 11 in Pine IslandTownship.July 14

12:12 p.m. – A person on 11th StSE received a picture text from anunknown person. A deputy contactedthe cellphone owner. It was sent tothe wrong number by mistake.

2:38 p.m. – Two young maleswere harassing staff and customersat Subway. They left prior to a deputyarriving. A deputy located the malesand told them they were not wel-come at the restaurant.

3:05 p.m. – A 911 call was re-ceived from the 14300 block of Cty27 in Roscoe Township. The callersaid they would call back and hungup. Dispatch called back and foundout a person had been cut with aknife while preparing food. The in-jury was not as bad as first thought.

8:56 p.m. – A vehicle was re-ported chasing two kids on MainSt. A deputy spoke with the driver.

9:16 p.m. – The Wonder Store on

Main St reported a large amount ofelectronics missing from the store.July 15

9:14 a.m. – Medical assistancewas requested on 3rd St NW.

9:20 a.m. – A mailbox was stolenfrom 1st St NW. It was taken out bymistake and later returned.

3:22 p.m. – A teenage male wasreported crawling through a win-dow of a vacant property on MainSt S. The building was checked andno one found.

8:21 p.m. – A person on 8th StSW reported a bumper on a vehiclewas dented and the vehicle wasscratched.

9:25 p.m. – Property was returnedto an owner on Main St N.July 16

10:48 a.m. – A person requestedinformation on obtaining a disabil-ity certificate. They were advised.

1:51 p.m. – Smoke was reportedin a house on 1st Ave SE. The firedepartment responded and a deputyhelped close off the street.

8:09 p.m. – Medical assistancewas requested on Main St N.July 18

11:33 a.m. – Medical assistancewas requested on Turnberry Ln SE.

6:38 p.m. – Washington Countyrequested assistance in arresting twosubjects wanted on warrants. Theywere arrested on 1st St NE.July 19

11:12 a.m. – A home alarm wasactivated on Turnberry Ln SE. Itwas a false alarm.


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Area Sports

Goodhue Boys Basketball Camp held July 15-18GOODHUE – The Goodhue Boys Basketball Camp was held July 15-18 for grades one through twelve.Attending the grades 7-8 camp are, above, front row: Derek Alpers, Carson Morken, Samuel Hinsch, ChrisPoncelet, Jay Dicke, Lucas Schumacher, Dawson Evenson; back row: Dylan Wocjik, Mitchell Schrimpf, AlexMajerus, Mitchell Hemenway, Carson Benda, Jake Christensen, Justin Thomforde.

Grades 1-4 boys basketball camp participants are, front row: Mason Poston, Tayven Geiger, Sam Tipton,Lincoln Ryan, Tanner Smith, Caden Lodermeier, Lucas Erickson, Jacob Ryan, Nathan Beck; middle row:Tanner Thuman, Gavin Schafer, Caden Berg, Ryan Voth, Caleb Dicke, Jake Callstrom, Justin Buck, CarsonRoschen, Dillon Schafer; back row: Max Loos, Devon Hubbit, Derick Evenson, Will Opsahl, Ryan Heise, TysonChristensen, Adam Poncelet, Ian Miller, Tino Martinez.

Grades 5-6 camp participants, front row: Kyle Voth, Connor Ryan, Logan Doerhoefer, Logan Vogel; back row:Sam Peterson, Ethan Schafer, Sam Opsahl, Brandon Gullerud, Brady Gadient.Yennie of Pine Island plays in Schwan’s USA Cup

The Euro Boys U14 – Martins team members are, front row: Josh Buckingham, Vance Anderson, ChristianRuvalcaba, Moamel Rabeaa, Jordan Somphanith, Jacob Buckingham, Ben Anderson, Troy Finnegan, MikaiThomas, Mason Tynsky; back row: Perrin Barber, Ben Gibson, Coach Andre Martins, Jack Gallaugher,Marcus Romenesko, Nate Douglas, Justin Mastin, Sam Yennie of Pine Island, Jacob Ihde. Not pictured: JoeyViggiano and Max Pfeifer.

The Euro Boys U14 – Martinssoccer team won the Boys U14 Sil-ver Flight B Pool Championship atthe Schwan’s USA Cup tournamentin Blaine. Sam Yennie of Pine Is-land is a member of the team.

The tournament took place July16-20 and is the largest amateur

soccer tournament in the westernhemisphere, with over 17,000 soc-cer players from 24 states and 17countries. The Euro Football Club(efcsoccer.org) team is coached byprofessional coaches from Braziland it emphasizes training duringthe week and offers optional tour-naments on some weekends. Theteam’s players are from Byron,Kasson-Mantorville, Pine Island,and Rochester.

In world cup play for the 21-teamU14 Silver Flight, the team lost itsfirst two games to the Mayas ofCicero, Il (2-4), and Millonarios FCAcademia of Cali, Colombia (0-2)before rebounding with a 2-0 winover the Blaine Blizzard. This placedthem in the B playoff bracket. Aftera first round bye, the team defeatedthe Northwest Kickers 5-1 in thequarterfinals and Plymouth by a scoreof 3-2 in the semifinals. The cham-pionship was won in a close, 1-0

victory over Joy of the People Metrosof Minneapolis.

Pine Island 14U baseball wins tournamentPINE ISLAND – The Pine Island boys baseball team took first place in the St. Charles 14U Baseball Tourneyon July 14. They played Plainview-Elgin-Millville in their first game and won 8-3; St. Charles grey in theirsecond game and won 2-0; Chatfield in their third game and won 9-1; and St. Charles orange in their fourthgame and won 8-0. From left to right, front row: Braden Aakre, Drew Lohmeyer, Trevor Turner, Noah Bauer,Jacob Navratil, and Derek Fall; back row: Coach Mark Braaten, Derek Rucker, Brady Braaten, Coach SteveBauer, Noah Koenig, Sean McDonough, Coach Jim Fall.

Pawel Eleryk and his son Adam were in Zumbrota while Pawel conductedthe Pacesetter Volleyball Camp for area girls in grades 7-12. A volleyballcoach and elementary phy-ed teacher in Warsaw, Poland, Pawel hascome to coach volleyball in the Midwest for a few weeks during severalsummers. This is the first time Adam has visited the United States.

Volleyball coach from Poland leads Pacesetter Camp

JV softball field planned for WanamingoBy Alicia Hunt-Welch

WANAMINGO – A request byKirby and Larry VanDeWalker toadd a junior varsity softball fieldin Wanamingo was approved atthe July 22 Kenyon-WanamingoSchool Board meeting. The ballfield behind the elementary school,near the municipal pool, is avail-able to convert into the new field.

Kirby is middle school physi-cal education teacher for the dis-trict. He said the additional fieldwould allow them to hold tourna-ments at one site. Currently, play-ers and parents must travel be-tween the Kenyon and Wanamingofields on tournament days. Thefield in Kenyon is harder for eld-erly or disabled individuals to getto. Kirby said the money and la-

bor for the project would prima-rily be raised through donationsand volunteers.

Kirby’s father Larry was instru-mental in establishing the two var-sity ball fields in Wanamingo. Hesaid the field by the pool at onetime was used for JV play, and itcould be again with added fenc-ing. Larry said the field has gooddrainage. Board members inquiredon an estimate to build the JV field.Larry said cost should not be aconcern, as he believed the com-munity has a record of supportingprojects such as this and labor willbe donated.

Kirby also suggested that thedistrict could see if a FEMA grantis available for locating a ball fieldnear a shelter. In the past a Twins

grant was available for fieldprojects. Larry said this could belooked into again.

Kirby said he spoke with el-ementary physical educationteacher Tracy Erlandson about theproposed field. He said there wouldstill be adequate play area aroundthe school for the K-4 studentsand ideally they would wantErlandson’s students to use thefield.

At this time Kirby said they weresimply asking for permission toproceed with planning for a JVfield. Board member Deb Paquinrequested the board take action,since no money was requested ofthe district. A motion to move for-ward with planning carried 7-0.

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By Marilyn AndersonZUMBROTA – From July 22-

25 the Zumbrota-Mazeppa HighSchool gymnasium was the siteof Pacesetter Volleyball Camp. Ap-proximately 60 area girls enter-ing grades 7-12 this fall had signedup for the camp. The director forthe program this year was PawelEleryk of Warsaw, Poland.

Eleryk is an elementary physi-cal education teacher and high

Pine Island Legion baseball advances to StateCOLOGNE – After a 9-8 loss

in eight innings to Norwood onSaturday night, the Pine IslandAmerican Legion baseball teammatched up against them again in

Jada Voth, center, and Elise Tipcke of Goodhue receive feedback from Pawel Eleryk of Warsaw, Poland,during an afternoon session of Pacesetter Volleyball Camp in Zumbrota, July 22-25.

school volleyball coach in War-saw. He played volleyball in col-lege where he also participated intrack and field in high jump. Eleryklearned of the Pacesetter programthrough a friend who was alsoteaching at the American Schoolin Warsaw, and of the need foradditional volleyball coaches tohelp with the program. This isEleryk’s fifth summer coming tothe Midwest.

His week in Zumbrota was thethird of four camps he is conduct-ing this year: two in Minnesotaand two in Wisconsin. From Zum-brota, Eleryk was heading toEllsworth, Wisconsin. During pre-vious visits, he has led camps inNorth and South Dakota and Iowa.

This was the first year that hisson Adam has accompanied him.Adam is a high school student andhas played volleyball since sixthgrade. Both were pleased to learnthere is also a Warsaw in the Zum-brota area.

In Zumbrota, girls enteringgrades 10-12 attended the three-hour morning sessions, and after-noon sessions were devoted togrades 7-9. The program focusedon the fundamental skills but alsoaddressed higher skills to meet theneeds of all the athletes. StacyLiebenow, ZM’s head volleyballcoach noted it was good for thegirls to have the opportunity tolearn from another coach. This wasthe second year the PacesetterVolleyball Camp has been offeredin Zumbrota.

Coach Eleryk explained somedifferences between how volley-ball is played in the two countries.During high school volleyballgames in Poland, the libero can’tserve; the ball may be kicked forthree hits if wanted; can’t play offthe ceiling; but can touch the netas long as it’s below the whitetape.

Practice for the 2013 ZMHSvolleyball season begins August12.

the District 3 Tournament on Sun-day in Cologne. This time the Pan-thers came away victorious with a4-2 win.

The win will send them to the

Division II State Tournament inBird Island this weekend. Theywill play at noon on Friday, Au-gust 2, against the District 8championTaconite team.


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