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BOWLUS – There is just something about a small, ruraltown. From the intriguing people and businesses to the home-cooked meals at the local diner or café – adventure awaits theopen-minded traveler.

It is with an open mind and open heart that Jordie Stay hasteamed up with daughter Sonya Stay and mother Rosie Keeler totake the “A-Z Generation Day Tour” around Minnesota, seekingthe interesting unknowns of the state’s tiny towns.

Nearly ve years ago, the trio started with a spontaneous tripto Askov, a northeastern Minnesota town with a population ofnearly 400.

“We hopped in the car and at rst we didn’t even tell Mom(Rosie) where we were headed – we just went for it,” said Jordie

of the start of the project.Time has lapsed and presently, they have made their way

down the alphabetical order to their latest stop in Jenkins, which

The past time of hunting foragates coincides with his otherhobbies of bow hunting andshing. Since Uphus found hisrst agate many years ago, hehas been hooked on the thrillof the hunt. There are two main kindsof agates – the Lake SuperiorAgates are red and the Lakeragates are brown in color. TheLake Superior Agate is whatUphus looks for – but thereare also tube agates and mossyagates.

“Honestly, I’ve probablypicked some up and threwthem on the ground becausethat’s not what we know tolook for,” Uphus said. The Lake Superior agatesare considered the oldest inthe world and are generallyshaped as irregular spheres.They are made up of quartz,often reddened by iron anddeposited in layers to createconcentric circles. They rangefrom about the size of a pea to

Looking for agates

Uphus nds passion in searching

for the state gemstone

WARD SPRINGS – Whenhe searches for agates, PaulUphus walks in a zig-zagmotion across a eld to coverthe ground thoroughly. He likesto have the sun at his back ina eld that has been freshlyworked.

This is an ideal pickingscenario for Uphus, a MeireGrove resident. Uphus hasfound hundreds of agates using

this method – but perhaps it’sthe ones he doesn’t nd thatkeeps him hunting. “The thought of walkingpast an agate makes me sick,”Uphus said. “I pick agatespurely for the thrill of ndingone. Uphus has been pickingagates since he was a boygrowing up in central Minnesota.

STORY AND PHOTOS BY ANDREA BORGERDING

Paul Uphus, Meire Grove, searches for agates in a eld near Ward Springs on May 5. Uphus has been

picking agates since he was a child.

This is a small sample of Paul Uphus’ collection of agates. Heremembers where each one of these was found.

AGATEScontinued on page 4

Following thealphabet to

find adventureThree generations seek outMinnesota’s tiny towns

By LIZ VOSStaff Writer

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ordie Stay stands with the Ivanhoe city sign. Stay has teamed upwith her daughter, Sonya, and mother, Rosie Keeler, to take the A-Z

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Every interview for Country Acres is a new experience and I’ve enjoyedthem all. This month, one of them was different because I tagged along just toenjoy the ride, listen and to soak up any information I could get.

During the farm show in St. Cloud in February, a co-worker and I got totalking about agates, and she said she’d found a good-sized one while pickingrocks on her farm many years ago. It was just sitting in a drawersomewhere in her house. Long story short, I bought that agatefrom her. Always on the lookout for ideas for the paper, I thoughtI’d pursue a story on an agate hunter.

I called my aunt, Marilyn Uphus of Greenwald, to see whichone of her kids might be the most enthusiastic rock hound in herbunch. I of course knew the family had a great interest. She gaveme Paul’s name, who then said he could be interviewed in thespring.

Well spring came, and it was difcult to assign this story toanother writer. Andrea Borgerding was set to head out on themorning of May 5, and I agonized over it until I decided to just go along. I want-ed to learn everything I could about the process of hunting the elusive agate.

You can read all about it in Andrea’s story, but I’ll explain my own interest.My dad was more than a little obsessed with geology in general and rocks in par-ticular. While I was growing up, every night after milking he’d either be playingsome game with us kids or reading a book. And over the years, those books in-cluded many on geology, which he read from cover to cover. When he and momretired and built their home just off the farm, there was a rock shop in it, wherehe spent all the free time he could. Occasionally a class from the school would

come out, which he enjoyed because he had a new audience he could share hispassion with. One of his favorite things was to show the little kids what a crosscutof actual petried dinosaur poop looked like. The local TV station did a programabout him not long before he died.

One year, dad, my sister, Carol, and I went to an auction near St. Cloud. Itwas the estate and collection of a doctor who was also a rock hound. Dad boughtLake Superior agates there, the same kind Paul and others like him scour localelds for.

For the agate-hunting purist, it’s probably not kosher to buy them, like daddid and like my new one. I would love to take the time to nd them myself, andhope to do a little of that this summer if time permits. I think it would be greatfun to try anyway, and after tagging along on the interview, at least I know a fewtricks I didn’t before.

Paul, Andrea and I wandered through a couple elds on that quiet, sunny andwarm day. It was comfortable feeling in an odd sort of way listening to Paul talkabout something he loves so much. He actually reminded me of Dad, who hap-pened to be his godfather, and after whom he named his son, Anthony.

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“I said, ‘there you go Anthony’,” Uphus said.“That one sticks in my head because of how I foundit.”

When Uphus comes to a eld, he looks forseveral things including if there are quartz rocks andthe color of the rocks in the eld.

“If you see quartz and banded jasper, those aretwo good signs that you can nd agates in the eld,”Uphus said.

The general color of rocks in a eld can indicatewhat kind of agate you will nd. A lot of red rockswill reveal a more red agate – a lot of blue or grayrocks will reveal a more blue or gray agate.

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nd an agate similar to the size of quartz you nd,”Uphus said.Besides roaming the elds, Uphus has found

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“When their picking by hand, it’s more likelysomeone will be intrigued by the gloss and bandingon an agate,” Uphus said. “So when a farmer picksby hand, that will keep me away from a rock pile.”

Another ideal picking situation is right after thesnow melts in the spring.

“Once the eld is starting to dry up, you can ndthem real well because the agates are clean most ofthe time,” Uphus said.

Perhaps the most important aspect of searchingfor agates, which Uphus said can be abused, is askingfor permission to step on a farmer’s land.

“It’s hard to get permission anymore becausepeople have trespassed and got tempers going,”Uphus said. “Most farmers just want the courtesy ofbeing asked.”

Uphus has developed relationships with propertyowners of his favorite picking places. Some of whichbring him deep into nature such as washed out creekbeds, elds tucked into deep wooded areas or rough

Uphus holds an agate with unusual green colors.

Uphus’ brother, Dan, has an agate collection numberingin the thousands.

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“It’s kind of exciting,” said Rosie.“I enjoy seeing things – I wish I couldget out and be more active, but it has

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anted to do,” Jordie said of Gary,ho was originally from Winnipeg,anada. “We were going to do thisroject together.”

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dventure. He passed away in 2007.Since then, Jordie added the goal to herwn bucket list. Sonya supported thedea and wanted to get involved too.

“Now it’s my mom and myaughter and I along with an occasionaluest – it is really neat to be able to seehe state this way,” Jordie said.

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faces, especially to those who frequentthe Soo Line Trail in the summermonths (the trail also connected to theLake Wobegon Trail). Since August2008, Jordie and Sonya have ownedJordie’s Trailside Café along the trailin Bowlus. The rural town has its ownspecial qualities, which is part of whatintrigued the duo in expanding theirsearch for other tiny towns.

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for nice weather, business will startto really pick up and we won’t havea chance to get away to the nexttown until things slow down here inNovember,” Jordie said. “The bicycletrail is what keeps us going – summerbusiness is just gearing up as more andmore people travel the trail.”

The goal is to follow the alphabetand go to small towns that they havenever been to. They need to be inMinnesota and they need to have

populations of 1,000 or less. The eager travelers go online tond their list of options, depending onwhich letter they are on. They also tryto nd a town name that has some sortof signicance to their family or theirlives. For instance, when it came to theletter G, the group chose to go to Gary.The town of Gary in northwesternMinnesota is nearly a three-hour drivefrom Bowlus and has a population of just over 200. The trek was chosen to

honor Gary, who inspired the project inthe rst place.

The complete list of the towns sofar includes Askov, (East) Bethel, Curri(also Gary’s last name), Donnelly,Emily, Fertile, Gary, Hollywood,Ivanhoe and Jenkins. The next stopis yet-to-be-decided until fall rollsaround.

“We hop in the car and drive. Whenwe get there, we go up and down everystreet,” Jordie said. “We take pictures

ALPHABET continued from front

PHOTO BY LIZ VOS Jordie Stay (from left), Rosie Keeler and Sonya Stay are in the midst of their A-Z Generation Day Tour project. They follow thealphabet to nd small Minnesota towns to drive to, learn about and enjoy.


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They also make sure to bring alongtheir little mascot, currently a bobblehead gurine of Minnesota Twinsplayer Torii Hunter, and capture himenjoying the sights.

Since they have their own small-town café, Jordi and Sonya alsoare sure to stop by the local diner orrestaurant to check out the menu andto chat with the locals before making

their way home to Bowlus.“You can learn so much aboutthese cool little destinations just bydriving around and talking to people –they are so friendly, too!” Sonya said.

“They are over-the-top friendly,”Jordie said. “We always feel sowelcome.”

When they complete the project,they would like to create photo booksof each of the towns they have visitedto serve as a family heirloom. Includedin the books will be all of the photosalong with the town’s gas prices thatday, the temperature, mileage on thecar and more details of the trip.

“We want that for our family toenjoy and maybe to be an inspiration,”Jordie said.

The group picks up unique items atvarious shops in the tiny towns – plates,ars or any other sort of decoration –

and they bring it back to their café inBowlus to help them remember theirspecial adventures.

Sonya also gives out cards for afree piece of pie at Jordie’s TrailsideCafé, in case any of them make theirway to Bowlus some day. They have

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“When we tell people what we aredoing, they are impressed and tell usthey want to do the same thing,” Jordiesaid. Eventually, they will make it toZumbrota Falls, concluding the A-ZGeneration Day Tour project. Checkingthe goal off of her bucket list would bewonderful for Jordie, but she knowsshe has already gained a lot from theexperience.

“It is really special already,”Jordie said. “Even though we are notas far along on the alphabet as we hadplanned, there is a lot we have learnedand experienced.” They originally intended to get toa town each month and have it donein just a couple of years, but since it isdifcult to get away in the summer, ithas been hard to keep up.

“It has been really nice to have thisproject in place to help us get awayfrom what we do [at the café],” Sonyasaid. “Since we work together andthings are so busy, it is not often thatwe have a chance to just do mother/daughter things.” Having memories of driving andconversing about what they are seeingis worth every mile for the travelers.

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enjoy shing, hunting, four-wheeling and hangingwith my friends. My favorite is four-wheeling be-cause it’s a fun time with my friends.Tell us about your favorite summertime experi-ence. My favorite summertime experience through4-H was winning a state fair trip with my pig. Istayed at the Minnesota State Fair for a week alongwith fellow 4-H friends.

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What is your favorite part about showing an animal? My favorite part aboutshowing is doing it with my sister and friends I have made along the way. Anotherreason is that we are able to compete at regional shows throughout the year, whichis a lot of fun.What chores or job do you have at home during the summer? In addition toworking with our show animals each day, I also do chores around the house andmow the lawn. I recently got a job at Mother of Mercy in Albany.What are some other activities you like to do in your free time? Which is yourfavorite? Why? This year I joined the Albany High School Golf team. I am a stu-dent council member and serve as the treasurer of our FFA chapter. I really enjoyspending time at the lake with my family and playing with my ivory lab, Max.Tell us about your favorite summertime experience. Last year I had a crossbredsteer named Jax. Right off the bat, I knew he was going to be a special animal. Hewas named Champion Market animal at multiple shows we competed at over theshow season. We also won at the 2015 Stearns County Fair. He nished off hisshow career by being named 5th overall Market Animal at the Minnesota State

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favorite activities are bringing my calves and sheep to the county fair and playing4-H softball.What animals do you plan to show this year? One market weather black-facedsheep, one Brown Swiss fall senior yearling, one Holstein fall calf and one Hol-stein winter calf.What is your favorite part about showing an animal? To see all of your hardwork that you did throughout the spring/summer time pay off at fair time.What chores or job do you have at home during the summer? I help in themorning at 6 a.m. and at night at 5 p.m. with feeding my steer calf, feeding andwalking my sheep, helping with barn chores bedding cows, pushing up feed,helping my mom with calf chores and helping my dad mix feed. Also pickingrocks and inverting hay.What are some other activities you like to do in your free time? Which isyour favorite? Why? I am playing baseball in Upsala on Tuesday nights and I

like to play baseball with my brother and play basketball with my brother andsister. My favorite is baseball because I get to swing, catch, run and be on a teamwith my school friends.Tell us about your favorite summertime experience. Last summer we wenton a family vacation to my mom’s cousin’s graduation in Montana and we camehome through the Black Hills. We got to see Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse andBear Country USA. It was fun to visit my mom’s family which live all across thecountry and to see places that I have read about in books.

Parents: JamesWilwerding andSarah Overby, DVMWhat do you like about4-H? The fun activi-ties such as going to 4-Hcamp, the county fair and

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What chores or job do you have at home during the summer? I feed and bedmy 4-H animals, work with them and give them baths. I also have to mow thelawn and do dishes.What are some other activities you like to do in your free time? Which isyour favorite? Why? I like to swim, downhill ski, sh and camp. I really enjoybonres because I can spend time visiting with my family and friends and roast-ing marshmallows.Tell us about your favorite summertime experience. My favorite summertimeexperience was going on a trip to Alaska with my grandpa, Glen, before he diedlast summer. We went on a ship and saw whales and sea otters, visited a dog sleddog kennel, rode the Alaskan railroad and visited Mt. Denali.

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“Rabies has been an issue in thearea for the last 20 years, most recentlythe last 10 to 12 years,” said Dr. TomCzeck. “It runs through a cycle of highsand lows, and this year, rabies is a larg-er issue than in years past.” Czeck owns Freeport VeterinaryServices in Freeport, working with twoother veterinarians who all specialize indairy cow health.

Over the years, Czeck has receivedcalls from clients of suspected rabiescases in wild species and farm pets,

such as cats and dogs. Other veterinar-ians across the state have also encoun-tered the virus in bovine and horses. “It’s not often that a cow or horsewill contract rabies, however, it is morecommon in pasture settings,” Czecksaid. The rabies virus, which affects theneurological system in mammals, canbe found in any mammal and is spreadthrough contact of an infected animal’sbodily uid. “Saliva of the infected animal is thevehicle,” Czeck said. Although rare, rabies has the poten-tial to be transmitted through milk and

blood. Rabies is prevalent year-round,however, most common in the fall as

skunks prepare for the winter. In yearswhen the virus is more predominant, ra-bid skunks are found wandering whenthe remainder of the surfeit – a group ofskunks – are grouping up for the winter. “Skunks group up in November,and that’s when a rabid skunk joinsand infects the rest,” Czeck said. “If askunk is positive for rabies, you’ll seethem during the rst or second weeksof January.” Czeck’s rst case of rabies oc-curred in the early weeks of 2016. To properly identify the lethal virusin an animal, a basic understanding of

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The incubation period of symp-toms varies based on the location of theinfection site.

“The disease travels 1 to 3 mm perday to the brain,” Czeck said. “If you,or an animal, are bitten in the foot, itcan take up to nine months for symp-toms to be noticed. If you’re bitten inthe cheek, symptoms could show upwithin three days.” Abnormal behavior, such as star-

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If an animal, either wild or domestic, is suspectedof rabies, there are two ways in which to handle thesituation.

When a domestic animal, such as a dog, is bittenbut does not have a rabies vaccination it must be im-mediately euthanized or quarantined for six months.Vaccinated animals must be quarantined for 10 days.

Given the choice, Czeck, who is vaccinatedagainst the virus, will euthanize the animal to ensureprotection for him and others.

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“Vaccinations originate from the source, so oncea person or animal is vaccinated, they cannot contractrabies,” Czeck said. “The immunity is very good, al-though both expensive and time consuming.”

Understanding the rabies virus and taking appro-priate measure to avoid contraction will only benetindividuals and their animals as the prevalence of theneurological disease continues to rise.

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“I talked to the market manager atone of the farmer’s markets last weekand his rst comment was that peoplehad been calling wondering if we werecoming back again this year,” Russsaid. “It’s our produce’s avor peoplelike.”

For the past 30 years, the Willen-brings have been working on creatingthat avor while growing and selling

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The Willenbrings grow a variety oforganic produce, including ve acresof asparagus, 1.5 acres of strawberries,one acre of raspberries, three acres ofpumpkins, two acres of sweet corn,one-third of an acre of pickling cucum-bers, 30 acres of alfalfa and 10 acres ofaronia berries.

“The aronia berries look like ablueberry, but they are a lot moremealy in texture and have a tart taste,”Russ said. “They are used as nutriceu-ticals – nutritional medicine.”

They also grow a lot of other pro-

duce, including rhubarb, carrots, beets,kohlrabi, tomatoes, beans, onions andmany others.

“We have a lot of common vegeta-bles,” Trese said. “There’s nothing toounique.”

In 2011, the Willenbrings built ahigh tunnel green house.

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brings are selling their produce at threedifferent farmer’s markets each week.

“When it’s time to harvest, every-thing else stops,” Trese said. “We’vehad great help from all of our childrento get it done.” On Wednesdays from 3 to 6:30p.m., they are at Cold Spring. St. Jo-seph’s farmer’s market is from 3 to6:30 p.m. on Fridays, and on Saturdaysand Sundays, the Willenbrings taketheir produce to the Minneapolis farm-er’s market from 5:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. “We’ve gone many a mile duringour 30 years doing this,” Trese said.“In the early days, we went to Minne-apolis’s farmer’s market everyday.” They also sell the produce right offthe farm. “We are always glad to help people

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er every year. My daycare kids are beg-ging for asparagus,’” Russ said. “Thatust reinforces the progress we’re mak-

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Focusing on soil health has alsohelped control the weeds.

“The more balanced the soil is, theless weeds grow,” Russ said.

After years of managing the soil,the Willenbrings can tell what their soilis lacking in or is in excess of based onthe weeds growing.

“Foxtails and grassy weeds meanthe soil is short on calcium, and broadleaf weeds mean the soil potassiumlevel is higher than the phosphorus,”Russ said. “The weeds are good indi-cators of our soil balance.”

The Willenbrings have been grow-ing vegetables since 1983 after twoyears of growing corn and wheat.

“At that time, we couldn’t make aliving off of those crops,” Russ said.“On a whim, we decided to grow vege-tables.”

The rst fruits and vegetables theylanted were strawberries, raspberriesnd asparagus.

“That’s what the University ofinnesota specialty crops staff hadecommended us to plant,” Russ said.

In the spring of 1984, the familyold their rst produce at the farm.

“We had beginners luck. We hadn awesome crop that year,” Russ said.

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othing,” Russ said. “We had very lit-

tle. It was a learning process.” Despite the dip in inventory in1985, the Willenbrings continued towork at it and expand their varietyof produce for the next 25 years, andstarted selling their produce at farmer’smarkets during the spring of 1986. “We tried different vegetables andfruits to see if they worked or not,”Trese said. In 2010, the Willenbrings plantedtheir rst aronia berries.

“In order to get a decent price forthem, they had to be organic,” Russsaid.

Since the Willenbrings had notused chemicals for several years, itmade their decision to start the organiccertication process an easy one. “We’d been chemical free for along time,” Russ said. “Our biggestproblem was using treated seeds forour sweet corn.” By 2013, the Willenbrings werecertied organic. Over the past 30 years, the Willen-brings have enjoyed doing what theydo. “We love being outside and work-

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love going to the farmer’s markets andmarketing my produce and meetingwith people.” Looking back, the biggest accom-plishment the Willenbrings feel theyhave made has been in the quality oftheir soil and produce. “The progression we’ve made inthe soil is what we’re proud of,” Russsaid.

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they gained a good work ethic,” Tresesaid. “It’s a great place to raise a fami-ly.” Although the Willenbrings haveno plans to expand or make many bigchanges, they are enjoying what theydo – growing and selling their organicproduce. “We’re going to keep doing whatwe’re doing – picking, packing andpulling,” Trese said. “We’re going tocontinue improving and moving in the

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to either move the schoolhouse or tearit down, a fortuitous set of circum-stances had already occurred to stopthat process.

In 2008 Roger Goodpaster, formerUnity school student, and his son, Jeff,traveled to Sauk Centre to visit Good-paster cemetery sites. That visit includ-ed a stop at the Unity schoolhouse forreminiscing, and a bit of meandering inSt. Paul’s Cemetery, just a three-quar-

ter mile down the road from the school.The former Goodpaster farm was rightnext to it, on the south side. As the two were visiting the ceme-tery, they saw a farmer driving his trac-tor in the adjacent eld. They aggedhim down to ask if he owned the old

Goodpaster farm, and it turns out thefarmer was working for Gene Loxter-camp, whose family bought the Good-paster farm. He called Loxtercamp and

told him some folks were inquiringabout him.

Shortly after, Loxtercamp pulledup in a golf cart with his dogs and rem-inisced with Roger and Jeff about thegood old days. They expressed concernfor the Unity schoolhouse.

Two years later, Roger took ac-tion and wrote a letter to Loxtercamp,again expressing his concern and howthe Unity schoolhouse should be pre-

Preserving history Volunteers workto restore UnitySchoolhouse

By LAURA HINTZEN

Staff Writer

PHOTOS BY LAURA HINTZEN

Roger Way (from left), Sylvester Uphus, Ken Dold, Pat Loxtercamp, Gene Loxtercamp, Julie Middendorf, Steve Middendorf andDonny Kummer are some of the members working to restore the old schoolhouse from the long-ago town of Unity.


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served. He thought it would be a proudstructure for future generations.

Then, in 2012, after stumblingacross an ad in the Sauk Centre Her-ald looking for someone to remove theschool, Loxtercamp quickly gave Rog-er a call. Loxtercamp and Roger bothwanted to save the school, and Rogerconrmed his commitment at that time.That year Steve Middendorf and Lox-tercamp worked with Getty Townshipin hopes of acquiring the property.Steve and his wife, Julie, purchased itand later turned the property over to

the foundation.Loxtercamp said Roger Goodpas-

ter is the reason why we chose to re-store the schoolhouse.

“Without his concern, none of thiswould have happened,” Loxtercampsaid.

In 2013, the School District No.173 Foundation was formed, includ-ing ofcers with Gene Loxtercamp asresident, Jeff Goodpaster as vice pres-

ident, Karen Banal as secretary andSteve Middendorf as treasurer.

Other contributors volunteeringtheir time to make this project a realityincluded directors Roger Goodpaster,

Roger Way, Ken Dold, Tim Quade andSylvester Uphus.

The following year, the Unity sign

was erected, the wood shingled roofwas replaced, and in 2015 the outsiderestoration was mostly completed. This year the team members arefocusing on further restoration of theschoolhouse, they plant to paint thenewly added shutters and add a newcoat of paint to the school’s interior.They are still looking for more schooldesks, an authentic stove, and otherschoolhouse items from that period. As of Aug. 6, 2015, there is a to-tal estimated cost of completion of$15,218. So far, $11,168 has been

spent, but it still needs $4,050 in re-pairs and furnishings. Jeff Goodpaster developed the ideaof having an adopt-a-desk programso that the desks needed, will have aplaque for whoever adopted the desk.There will be four names on the teach-er’s desk and 16 student desks that willreceive plaques. So far, former Unitystudents, their relatives and Founda-tion members are helping to make thishappen. Personally, Loxtercamp feels itwill be quite an accomplishment inpreserving history once everything iscompleted.

“It’s hard to nd anything aboutthe town. It’s not listed in the court-house,” Loxtercamp said. “I found out

a lot through the Sauk Centre Heraldarticles, and abstracts from Ken andDiane Dold.” With most of the members beingretired, Way said, there is really nodeadline but can foresee a completiondate by the end of 2017.

“We’re in no hurry. It’s a hobby.We just keep picking away and that hasworked well for us.” Way said. Without the help of these individu-als, and a little luck in timing, the townof Unity may have been just a memory,lost in the past. Today these memoriesawaken with a sigh of relief, excite-ment and joy for the restored school-

house of Unity and a project well done.

(Above) Unity schoolhouse exteriorrestoration project was completed in2016, 121 years after the school wasoriginally built. (Right) The photo ofUnity schoolhouse during the 1895-96school year was discovered by Roger

Way.

Between 1895 and 1913, the town of Unity consisted of 12, possibly 15 businesses.

Above, is a description of the town’s layout.

“Hopefully schoolchildren will visit her,relatives of her formerstudents will come toreminisce and localcitizens will stop by outof their own curiosity.” - Jeff Goodpaster


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VILLARD – For Harlan Rajdl,cherished memories circulate aroundthe place he’s always called home.Literally. Though he’s been involvedin many activities throughout his life,that circle always nds him back on thehome farm southeast of Villard wherehe grew up and later spent his adultyears farming.

While farming was always import-ant, there was so much more.

Rajdl was the oldest son of Hel-

en and Henry Rajdl, with one sibling,Howard, who was four years younger.

Rajdl helped out on the farm as anyboy of his generation, but it was highschool in Villard where he discoveredmusic, playing clarinet in the band. Af-ter high school he joined the militaryand played in the Army Band, but saidhe had to get out of that.

A diversified life

“All you did was drink and play,”he said. Back home on the farm, he started

his own band, called Harlan Rajdl’s Or-chestra, where he played clarinet andsaxophone. After that he played in twomore bands – one with Cliff Mickelsonand the other with Harvey Rajdl. That’s how he met his future wife,Rita Kinney, from Glenwood. Rajdlfondly remembers when they were dat-ing. Her family said the rosary everynight between 7 and 7:30, and if he gotthere before they were done he’d joinin, since Rita wasn’t allowed to leaveuntil they were nished. The two mar-ried in 1958, and raised their family onthe farm.

Their children include Dwight,

Dale, Wally, Vicky and John, thoughWally has since passed away, from can-cer at the age of 48.

With 240 acres, 40 cows and a fam-ily, Rajdl still found time for his music,though it was anything but easy. “Once we played in the Dakotas. Igot home at 6 a.m. and went straight outand milked cows. After that I went outcultivating but I found I was digging outmore corn than weeds, so I went in thehouse and took a nap,” he said. Music continued to be a part ofthe couple’s lives, with them joining adancing club, going to dance halls inthe area on many weekends with theirfriends. In addition to music, the familyspent a lot of time together on the farm,and really enjoyed their animals. Mostof them were very tame, from the cowsto a half-dozen cats that showed up hop-ing for a free meal at milking time.

After the kids were gone fromhome the cows were sold and replacedwith steers, which Rajdl raised formany years. He has a photo of one ofthe steers that was particularly tame.

“It’s amazing how they get sotame,” he said. “No matter where hewas, you could sit on him, pet him…hedidn’t move.” By then there were grandchildren

who loved the steer as well, and theyall rode on him. One of the granddaugh-ters especially loved it, and she askedgrandpa what would happen to him.When Rajdl told her he would be butch-ered, she said, “Grandpa, if you everbutcher that cow I’ll never eat meat atyour house again!” When asked what the steer’s namewas, Rajdl simply said, “I didn’t name

the cattle.” They are all gone now, and Rajdl

misses those special ones. “That’s the part you miss whenyou sell the cattle. They almost becomecompanions,” he said. In addition to family, music and an-imals, there’s shing. Beginning whenhe was a boy on the farm, Rajdl wentshing with his dad on area lakes, andhas taken a shing trip every year withfriends. One year when it was especiallyhot, he rigged up a John Deere umbrel-la to his boat. He said it worked greatexcept when it was windy, and it wasnice going shing in the shade. Mostly,he shed for sunsh, crappies and wall-eyes. Fish was a favorite family meal,with Rita cooking them using ShoreLunch breading. Rita passed away on Dec. 13, 2015,

and Rajdl remains on the farm. Hisfamily helps him out, and he remains

busy, which helps keep him positive.His music has continued to keep himoccupied, especially during the wintermonths, when he’s played in a smallband called the Jolly Farmers at nursinghomes in Glenwood, Starbuck and Al-exandria. He plays taps for the VillardAmerican Legion, and will continue tobe involved in the Fourth of July paradein Villard, which he’s done as long as hecan remember. He’s also a craftsman,fashioning crosses out of wood, pel-icans out of a water softener tank andother parts and lots of birdhouses. Hiscraftsmanship is visible throughout histidy farmyard. And keeping him company out onthe scenic countryside where he’s livedsince birth, are ve pure white cats anda special old dog named Gus.

By DIANE LEUKAMStaff Writer

Rajdl still busy at 81

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Harlan Rajdl sits on a steer in 1996, one of many tame animals on the farm.

Young cats get a free meal on the Radjlfarm many years ago.

Harlan and Rita Rajdl are pictured atHarlan’s 50th class reunion.

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Doing pre-anesthetic bloodwork allows us tond problems that cannot be appreciated on phys-ical exam alone. A complete blood count (CBC)allows us to evaluate the three major bloodlines– red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.A low number of red blood cells (anemia) willnot allow the body to carry oxygen as well as itshould and so would require further investigationbefore proceeding with anesthesia. In addition, wewould not want to do any procedure that wouldinvolve blood loss in a patient that is already lowon red blood cells. If the white blood cell numbersare elevated, this might indicate an infection that

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for anesthesia and pain control. Abnormal val-ues on bloodwork for these organs may mean wecan’t do surgery or that we need to select differentdrugs than we originally planned to use. Abnor-mal values on this test may inuence IV uid rec-ommendations or pick up an underlying diseasethat may need to be resolved before going aheadwith anesthesia.

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Chocolate Glaze: 3/4 cup chocolate chips3 Tbsp. butter1 Tbsp. light corn syrup1/4 tsp. vanilla extractMelt chocolate chips and butter then add light corn syrup and vanilla. Driz-zle over cake while glaze is still warm.

4 eggs1/2 cup warm water2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

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