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A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO

The Sibley ShopperApril 3, 2016

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gram is now being held in the Ar-lington Municipal Parking Lot from8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on the secondand fourth Saturdays of the monthand in the City of Gaylord on thefirst and third Saturdays of everymonth.

The Municipal Parking Lot is lo-cated along Main Street acrossfrom Kick’s Bakery.

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fully utilize their weekly individualcurbside recycling service.

According to Donabauer, theCity of Arlington decided to piggyback its recycling program on theopposite weekends as Gaylord inorder to provide greater flexibility tocity and county residents. The newmanaged recycle drop-off sitesnot only is a cost savings to the tax-payers in the City of Arlington, butalso provides better service to areacommunities.

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Jason and Sondra Foster haveplans to renovate an old historicbuilding in Green Isle and even-tually move their business there.

The couple, who has ownedCountry Style Accents locatedabout eight miles southeast ofGreen Isle for five years, pur-chased the old Citizens StateBank building located alongHighway 25 in Green Isle lastApril. The building, which wasconstructed around 1900, origi-nally housed a bank until 1954and later became the GreenIsle Post Office until 1984. A den-tal office was located in theback of the building for manyyears. After that the building wasconverted into apartments forseveral years.

The Fosters plan to completelyrenovate the building and relo-cate the refinished furniture partof their business into the building.The event rentals part of the busi-ness will remain at their resi-dence.

“We’re still planning for the fallof 2017,” said Sondra, who grewup in Maple Grove.

“We’re trying to keep it as au-thentic as possible,” addedJason, who grew up in Iowa. “Weare trying to buy local and uselocal contractors as much aspossible.”

The first phase of the project isto renovate the front two rooms.

The second phase is to reno-vate the back rooms into acommunity room where thebusiness will host painting partiesand birthday parties.

The couple is excited aboutthe major undertaking of therenovation project, but wants tomove slow and do it the rightway.

The Fosters have done someresearch on the building, buthave been unable to find anypictures showing the interior ofthe building especially duringthe early bank years.

Interested people who mayhave any photos are encour-aged to email them at [email protected].

The Fosters have three chil-dren. Tora, 10, and Bryce, 8, at-tend the Sibley East ElementarySchool in Arlington. Estella is twoyears old.

Couple plans to renovate historic building and move business there

Photo by Kurt Menk

Jason and Sondra Foster, who ownCountry Style Accents about eight milessoutheast of Green Isle, have purchasedthe old Citizens State Bank building

along Highway 25 in Green Isle. The cou-ple plans to renovate the building andeventually move the refinished furniturepart of their business into it.

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The Arlington AreaChamber of Commercehas selected the DarleneWeckwerth farm for its an-nual Breakfast on theFarm event. The farm islocated south of Arling-ton.

The annual event will beheld on Friday morning,June 10.

The chairpersons for theBreakfast on the FarmCommittee are TiffanyBrockoff, Wendell Terlin-den and Lyle Rud.

Site is selected for Chamber’sBreakfast on the Farm event

On July 27, 1930, the firstmeeting was called to order atthe Emma Scharping home toorganize a garden club. Sincethat time the club has beengrowing and nurturing gardenareas in and around the Arling-ton area. In the early years, theclub started the garden com-petition and flower exhibits atthe county fair. The flower ex-hibits at the fair are still part ofthe club’s yearly events.

Currently, the club has 20members in addition to fourhonorary members. The clubmeets the first Tuesday of themonth in a member’s homeand/or the library depending onthe topics being presented.Demonstrations and discussionsrange from new plant varieties,preparation of flowers for dis-play, how to grow new and ex-isiting plants, flower preserving,garden art projects, and newand improved gardening tech-niques. The club also has manygarden tours and outings

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“April showers bring May flowers”is a phrase uttered in householdsacross the country every spring.However, thanks to some well-chronicled changes to weatherpatterns, the weather is no longerso predictable. Abnormally warmwinters and dry summers have be-come commonplace, while springand fall have undergone changesas well.

Although weather patterns vary,the spring season still tends to beone of the wetter times of year.Some people experience dayafter day of wet weather, likelywondering if their region gets morerainfall than other areas. Whilesome areas of the world are syn-onymous with rainfall, areas thattend to soak solely in spring arelikely not among the rainiest lo-cales on the planet.

In terms of wettest weather in theworld, two areas of India take thecake. Cherrapunji and Meghalaya,India receive on average 1,270centimeters, or 496 inches, of raineach year. That’s about 41 feet ofrain, making these regions thewettest places on Earth. In theUnited States, the Hawaiian island

of Kaua’i, particularly Mount Wa-ialeale on the island, receives themost rain per year at roughly 460inches. Kaua’i is known as “The Gar-den Island” for its lush vegetation.Waialeale means “overflowingwater” in Hawaiian, which is apt forthe amount of rain the region re-ceives.

While Mount Waialeale is themost rain-soaked place in theUnited States, several other areasreceive plenty of rain as well.

• Little Port Walter, Alaska: Thisarea on Baranof Island in Amer-ica’s largest state annually receivesabout 225 inches of rainfall.

• Quinault Ranger Station,Washington: Located in a temper-ate rainforest, this spot receives anaverage of 137 inches of rainfall ayear.

• Valsetz, Oregon: Though thistown’s industry shut down when theBoise Cascade Company closedtimber operations in the area, it stillgets 128 inches of rain each year.

• Honeydew, California: Asmall town in Northern California,Honeydew gets about 104 inchesof rain per year.

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Rising energy costs and a grow-ing desire to live more eco-friendlylifestyles has spurred interest in solarpanels to power our homes. Al-though solar panels have beenaround for quite some time, onlyrecently have homes cloaked inpanels aimed at capturing the raysof the sunsolar panels begun to beso visible.

The World Meteorological Organ-ization reported that the solar indus-try saw a robust expansion of 41percent in 2013, and that popular-ity continues to grow. According tothe Solar Energy Industries Associa-tion®, in 2015 the solar industrygrew an 34 percent more than2013 figures. Through the first half ofthe year, the solar industry supplied40 percent of all new 2015 electricgenerating capacity — more thanany other energy technology. Solarenergy now has the cumulativeelectric capacity to power morethan 4.6 million average Americanhomes.

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The type of roof may affect costs.Solar panels will not harm the roofwhen installed correctly, but ornateSpanish tiles or other roofing mate-rial may increase solar panel instal-lation costs. Many homeownersfind that the solar panels protectthe roof from extreme weather,heat and cold, providing an extrabonus to solar energy.

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In an effort to live a more environ-mentally friendly lifestyle, con-sumers have embraced organicfoods in record numbers. Theystand behind the idea that organicproducts are not only better forthem, but also better for the planet.But the claims that organic food issafer, healthier and more eco-friendly may be more hype thanfact. Some organic foods are notall that they seem to be, and whenyou dig for the dirt on “organic,”you might be surprised at what youfind.

The variety of organic productsavailable at specialty food storesand more traditional supermarketshas increased considerably. Foodpurists and environmentalists sup-port this growing trend. Certified or-ganic foods are grown without theuse of pesticides, synthetic fertiliz-ers, sewage sludge, geneticallymodified organisms or ionizing ra-diation. Organically producedmeats are from animals that do nottake antibiotics or growth hormonesto produce heartier cuts. The USDANational Organic Program sees toit that organic foods meet thesestringent requirements and also

that any companies that handle orprocess organic food before it getsto the supermarket or restaurant arecertified as well.

However, consumers who em-brace organic products might notbe getting what they think they are.The term “organic” conjures up im-ages of local produce stands andfarmers diligently caring for theircrops. However, as organic foodshave grown in popularity and theorganic food industry has becomea multi-billion dollar industry, themethods of bringing these foods toa store near you have changed.While consumers may believe thatorganic broccoli was trucked infrom a farm down the road, it ac-tually may have traveled thousandsof miles — negating many environ-mental benefits in the process.

Many smaller organic businesseshave felt the pressure to keep upwith mainstream foods and havejoined the ranks of commercialfood production. In fact, somesmaller companies have actuallybeen bought out by large food gi-ants. Organic Cow, a Vermont milkproducer, now operates under theauspices of Horizon, a companybased in Colorado. CascadianFarm, which produces organic

frozen dinners among other items,is a subsidiary of General Mills.Many mainstream food compa-nies have their own organic alteregos, which would no doubt sur-prise consumers who support theorganic food movement.

Even true organic foods shippedfrom small farms over short dis-tances may not be able to meetthe hype of the organic moniker.Plant physiologist and biologist AlexAvery’s 2007 book titled “The TruthAbout Organic Foods” talks aboutorigins of organic food and dispelssome of the myths that prevail.Avery notes that organic foods arenot pesticide-free because all veg-etables contain about five percentof their weight in natural pesticides,some of which may be just as po-tent as manmade varieties. Averyalso notes that more than 95 per-cent of conventional meat anddairy products in the United Statesare totally free of antibiotics and99.5 percent of it is free of synthetichormones. Only one sample in 400violates the antibiotic limits set bythe FDA. Avery also states that thereare no nutritional differences be-tween organic and conventionallyproduced foods, which debunksthe myth that organic foods are

more nutritionally sound. Organic foods also may con-

tribute to a higher carbon footprint.Instead of using chemical fertilizersto feed produce, the use of animalmanure may mean clearing outland for grazing and creating itsown problems in off-gassing andwater contamination that has beenassociated with raising livestock.Furthermore, the U.K. Departmentof Environment and Rural Affairsstates, “A shift towards a local foodsystem, and away from a super-market-based food system with itscentral distribution depots, leansupply chains and big, full trucks,might actually increase the num-ber of food-vehicle miles beingtraveled locally, because thingswould move around in a largernumber of smaller, less efficientlypacked vehicles.”

Champions of organic foods aresure to stand by the claims that or-ganic foods are better. Many or-ganic foods are nutritionally soundand rely on more natural growingmethods. Yet consumers shouldkeep an open mind about both or-ganic foods and their commer-cially produced counterparts.

Organic claims are not always that accurate


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