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Upcoming Events
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APRIL 9 • St. Rosa Men’s Softball Meeting at 8 p.m. at All Stars Sports Bar, St. Rosa.
APRIL 12 • Community Builders Meeting at 4 p.m. at the Double R, Grey Eagle.
APRIL 13 • Bake Sale Upsala Area Community Center at 8 a.m.
APRIL 14 • 8th Annual Rock-A-Thon from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Grey Eagle Senior Cen-ter. • Nancy Pfeffer Fundraiser Benefit from 4-8 p.m. at the Swanville Lions Park Building.
APRIL 15 • Holdingford Area Knights of Colum-bus Chicken & Ham Dinner from 3:30-7 p.m. at the Pelican Lake Ballroom, St. Anna. • St. Rosa Lions Breakfast from 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at the St. Rosa Church basement, St. Rosa.
APRIL 18 • Freeport Community Center Chicken Fry from 4:30-7 p.m. at the Freeport Com-munity Center.
APRIL 19 • Grey Eagle Senior Center Monthly Membership Meeting at 12:45 p.m. at the Senior Center.
APRIL 19-20, 22 • Town & Country Players Present Bin-go. April 19-20: 7:30 p.m. April 22: 2 p.m. at the Melrose School Auditorium.
APRIL 22 • St. John’s Parish Annual Chicken Sup-per from 3:30-8:30 p.m. in the church base-ment, Meire Grove.
ALBANY TOWNSHIP • Meets the fourth Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Albany City Hall. • Planning Commission meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Albany City Hall.
BURNHAMVILLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the last Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Burtrum City Hall.
BURTRUM CITY COUNCIL • Meets the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m.
FREEPORT CITY COUNCIL • Meets the last Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.
GREY EAGLE CITY COUNCIL • Meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.
GREY EAGLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the first Monday of the month at 8 p.m.
ST. ROSA CITY COUNCIL • Meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Community Park building.
SWANVILLE CITY COUNCIL • First Tuesday after the first Monday of the month.
SWANVILLE TOWNSHIP • Meets the second Tuesday of the month at 8:30 p.m. at the Swanville Fire Hall.
UPSALA CITY COUNCIL • Meets the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m.
Weekend WeatherSaturday Sunday
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Mostly cloudy. High: 57 Low: 42
Temperatures Date High Low 3/28 47 35 3/29 48 37 3/30 61 39 4/1 69 45 4/2 62 45 4/3 62 41
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Mostly sunny. High: 61 Low: 37
A l t h o u g h I am not quite ready for it, I’m often asked what I would like put on my tombstone. I often reply: “He couldn’t sleep fast enough.”
I guess I’m afraid I’m going to miss some-thing. That’s why I often stay
up late at night and always get up early in the morning. To be successful, you of-ten have to be both a night and morning person.
A lot of really successful people get an early start to each day. I recently came across an article online on Busi-ness Insider on “23 Successful people who wake up really early.” Here are a few of them.
General Motors’ CEO Dan Akerson told the Associated Press that he “rarely sleeps past 4:30 or 5 a.m.,” so he can talk to GM Asia before it gets too late in their work day.
Gerry Laybourne, the founder and former CEO of Oxygen Channel, wakes up by 6 a.m. and is out of her house 30 minutes later. “Once or twice a week, I go for a walk in Central Park with a young person seeking my advice,” she told Yahoo! Finance. “And if someone is up early in the morning then they are serious about life. I can’t take time at the office to do this, but doing it in the morning allows me to get exercise and stay connected with young people at the same time.”
New Jersey Nets CEO Brett Yor-mark, the youngest CEO in the NBA,
gets up at 3:30 a.m. in order to get to the office by 4:30 a.m. He sleeps in on the weekend and doesn’t arrive at work until 7 a.m.
Former Presi-dents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush both are early risers. When Father Bush was in the White House, he would get up at 4 a.m. to go running and be in his of-fice by 6 a.m. and stay up until 2 a.m. The younger Bush kept a similar sched-ule and would often hold early morning meetings. Colin Powell and Condoleez-za Rice were also early risers.
You don’t need to go to those ex-tremes; you can probably catch a couple more hours of shuteye and still succeed. But you need to get up and get moving. Early to bed and early to rise, as Benja-min Franklin pointed out, can make you healthy, wealthy and wise. I understand the “early to rise” part is difficult for many people. But if you want to get a good start on the day, you can’t sleep un-til noon. Follow these tips to get up and get moving toward success first thing in the morning:
• Give yourself a good reason. Be-fore you go to sleep, think about what you want to accomplish tomorrow. Make a list if necessary. Pick something you’re passionate about to work on first. You’ll find it easier to get out of bed when you’ve got something exciting to look forward to.
• Get enough sleep. Maybe you can get by on four or five hours of sleep for a
while, but over the long haul your body and brain will rebel. Even if you do pull yourself out of bed, your efforts won’t be worth much. Make a point of get-ting seven or eight hours’ worth of good sleep consistently.
• Use a buddy system. Enlist a friend to alternate making wake-up calls to each other. Or make a regular date to work out or just take a brisk walk. Get-ting up will be easier when you know other people are depending on you.
• Don’t snooze. Get up immediately when your alarm goes off. If necessary, place your alarm across the room so you have to get up in order to shut it off. I always drink two glasses of cold water to get my system started right away.
• Establish a routine. Get up at the same time every day. Even if some mornings are more difficult to face than others, a consistent pattern will help your body wake itself up on time most days.
Trust me, you never get tired of being successful. It energizes you. It’s hard to live life to the fullest if you sleep through half the day. The Roman poet
He couldn’t sleep fast enough -By Harvey Mackay
Harvey Mackay continued to pg 3
Hometown News • Thursday, April 5, 2012 • Page 3
Horace gave the same advice two thou-sand years ago: Carpe diem! ... which means “seize the day.”
Mackay’s Moral: This is your wake-up call: you snooze, you lose.
Reprinted with permission from na-tionally syndicated columnist Harvey Mackay, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller “Swim With The Sharks
Harvey Mackay continued from page 2Without Being Eaten Alive,” “We Got Fired!...And It’s the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Us,” and the new book “The Mackay MBA of Selling in the Real World.”
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Birth Announcement
Engagement
Bruce and Jeanne Hoeschen of Free-port are pleased to announce the engage-ment and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Samantha, to Tony Scherping, son of Kenny and Mary Beth Scherping of Freeport.
Samantha and Tony are both 2006 graduates of Melrose Area High School. Samantha graduated from Alexandria Technical College’s Legal Secretary Program in 2008. She is currently em-ployed at Pottratz Law Office in Melrose as the Paralegal of the firm. Tony is em-ployed at Munson Feed in Melrose as a feed truck driver and enjoys helping out as much as he can on the family farm.
An April 14, 2012 wedding is planned at the Sacred Heart Church in Freeport.
Kenny and Lynnell Hinnenkamp of Melrose are proud to announce the birth of their son, Brayden Ray Hinnenkamp, born March 30, 2012 at 10:16 a.m. at the CentraCare Health System-Melrose.
Brayden weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces and measured 19 inches in length.
Brayden is welcomed home by his big brother, Corey.Grandparents are LuVern and Jean Hinnenkamp and
Keith and Patty Lorenz.
Brayden Ray Hinnenkamp
Samantha Hoeschen and Tony Scherping
A fundraiser benefit for Nancy Pfef-fer is being held on Saturday, April 14th, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Swanville Lions Park Building. A spaghetti/meat-ball dinner (freewill donation) will be served. A silent auction will be held from 4-7:45 p.m., along with a raffle drawing to start at 8:00 p.m. sharp.
Nancy was diagnosed with Colon Cancer in 2010. She has had numerous surgeries and continued chemo/radiation since that time. Presently she is now re-ceiving on going chemo infusion treat-ment at Coborn’s Cancer Center in St. Cloud, MN.
Cash donations may be sent to: Nan-cy Pfeffer Benefit, First State Bank of Swanville, 306 DeGraff Avenue, Swan-ville, MN 56382.
To purchase raffle tickets please contact: Bruce Johnson at 320-360-5614 or Becky Dawson 320-285-8332.
Nancy Pfeffer fundraiser set for April 14
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This benefit is sponsored by friends and family of Nancy Pfeffer.
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Obituaries Delores E. Frieler
Delores E. Frieler, age 84 of New Munich, died peacefully on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at the Mother of Mercy Nursing Home in Albany, Minnesota.
Mass of Christian Burial was held at 11 a.m. Monday,
April 2, 2012 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in New Munich with Rev. Roger Klassen, O.S.B. officiating and Deacon Rick Scherping concelebrating. Interment was in the parish cemetery.
Delores Emma Althaus was born July 21, 1927 in Melrose Township, Stearns County, Minnesota to Joseph and Agnes (Schley) Althaus. On June 8, 1948 she married Martin Frieler at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Melrose. The couple farmed near New Munich until 1981. Delores worked in the kitchen for New Munich Elementary School and Melrose High School for over 12 years. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in New Munich, St. Anne’s Christian Mothers, Catholic
Aid Council, and the Schanhaar-Otte VFW Post 7050 Auxiliary. Delores enjoyed cooking and baking, gardening, flowers, painting ceramic nativity sets, and spending time with her great-grandchildren.
Survivors include her son, Dan (Bette) Frieler of New Munich; two granddaughters, Joelle (Troy) Niebergall of New Munich and Julie (Robbie) Deters of St. Joseph; and two great-grandchildren, Skylar Niebergall and Riley Deters.
Delores was preceded in death by her husband, Martin Frieler on July 14, 2007; parents; infant sons, Charles and Mark Frieler; brothers, Leo Althaus, Frank Althaus, and Ervin Althaus; and sisters, Josephine Gerads, Rose Gerads, Clara Franke, Veronica Nelson, Hildegard Nueske, Gladys Lynch, and Alvina Leuthmers.
Serving as casket bearers were Roger Frieler, Chuck Frieler, Tom Frieler, Kevin Frieler, Don Althaus, and David Nelson. Cross bearer was Ruth Linn and scripture bearer was Denise Plumski. Honorary bearers were the Immaculate Conception Christian Mothers.
Arrangements were made with Patton-Schad Funeral & Cremation Services of Melrose.
LaNita R. ButkowskiM e m o r i a l
service was held at 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in St. Rosa for LaNita Butkowski, 63. who died on Friday, Mar. 30.
LaNita Rene Winter was born August 15, 1948 in Melose,
Minnesota to John and Dorothy Winter. On January 21, 1967 she married Raymond Butkowski at St. Mary’s
Catholic Church in Melrose, Minnesota. She graduated from St. Cloud Technical College with a degreee in accounting and worked at Fingerhut in St. Cloud. LaNita enjoyed cooking, traveling, Nascar Racing, and spending time with her family, including her four beloved grandchildren.
Survivors include her husband, Raymond; daughter Kelly (Gerald) Gerads of St. Michael and Jeff (Carol) Butkowski of Albany; and four grandchildren, Mitchell and John Gerads and Hunter and Amy Butkowski.
LaNita was preceeded in death by her parents, and her sister Carol Moening.
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The Grey Eagle Senior Center will be having their 8th Annual Rock-a-Thon and Ice Cream Social on Satur-day, April 14, 2012, at the Senior Cen-ter from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Music will be provided by the “Ron Walker”
8th Annual Rock-a-Thon set for April 14band. Lunch will be available, including hot roast beef sandwiches, potato salad, chips, pickles, pie, ice cream, coffee and milk. There will be door prizes, includ-ing a beautiful glider rocker.
All are invited to come, sing, dance to the music and watch the “Seniors Rock”!
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Melrose Community Education News
Congratulations to the Youth Theatre Camp students who put on a wonderful performance on March 19. Submitted by Stacey Austing-Jacobson.
and Grasses, April 23Youth Classes:
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Feel free to call 320-256-6010 with questions or to register for classes. You can also register online at http://www.melrose.k12.mn.us. Go to the Commu-nity Ed Online Registration link.
Hometown News • Thursday, April 5, 2012 • Page 5
By Saralee PerelEllen, the
woman who raised me, had live-in quarters in our fifteen room red brick house. I do be-lieve that my mother would have enjoyed
tending to me, but she conducted herself in ways that Caucasian women in her society were taught to behave. Nonethe-less I don’t think she liked it.
Within five minutes of Ellen serv-ing dinner in the formal dining room, I’d become such a whiny irritant that my mother would let me leave the table and eat supper with Ellen in the kitchen.
We’d talk and laugh and put togeth-er cardboard puzzles while we ate. I bet Mom would have loved to be excused from the table and have had her meals with us instead.
In the night, I’d run, frightened, to Ellen’s room. I’d be afraid to go back to sleep after having a bad dream. She’d say, “Baby, God gave us dreams so he’d have a place to talk to us. When God talks to us, there’s nothing to be scared of.”
I would then fall asleep next to her in her bed. Whenever my mother dis-covered me there, she never made me go back to my bedroom. I think she not only loved Ellen, but was happy for me that I received maternal love from some-one so wonderful.
Ellen put up with my fidgeting when she’d dress me to go to girlfriends’ birthday parties. When done, she’d get me giggling while having me perform a pirouette. Then I’d do a goofy long drawn-out bow to which she’d respond by enveloping me in her arms.
I think Mom would have gotten a big kick out of dressing me for parties. I also bet she would have wanted to be the one who put Mercurochrome on my constantly scratched knees or who’d raid the refrigerator with me in the night
When Help is a Source of Lifeand eat the tuna noodle casserole right from the baking pan.
I married someone who was not like my relatives – not Jewish, not wealthy, not even employed. What did I have that my mother didn’t? Society’s support that it was okay to make my own path.
I know that Mom would have been just as nurturing as Ellen. I wish for her sake she had known that too.
Nationally syndicated columnist, Saralee Perel, can be reached at [email protected]. Please click “like” on her Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/4footedcoach/.
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Flocks of giant white birds are catching the eyes of birders and outdoor enthusiasts across Minnesota as once-rare American White Pelicans return to their summer nesting grounds at 16 sites across the state, according to the Min-nesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
The pelicans were driven to near ex-tinction in the early 20th century from human pressures. There were no reports of nesting pelicans in Minnesota for 90 years, from 1878 until 1968.
However, conservation efforts led by the DNR’s Nongame Wildlife Pro-gram along with federal regulations have helped pelican populations make a slow and steady comeback. In Min-nesota, there are estimated to be about 22,000 pairs of pelicans that nest at 16 sites on seven lakes across the state.
“The Prairie Pothole Region of western Minnesota hosts 22 percent of the global population of this species, making it a stewardship species,” said Lisa Gelvin-Innvaer, DNR nongame wildlife specialist. “Being a Species in Greatest Conservation Need in Minne-sota helps to ensure the conservation and protection of these birds locally and also contributes significantly to their global
Pelicans return to Minnesota after near extinction
conservation.”The pelicans winter along the Gulf
Coast from Florida to Mexico and typi-cally return to Minnesota in early spring. They leave each fall as lakes and rivers freeze. They are among the world’s larg-est birds and are easily recognized in flight. Wingspans up to nine feet, bright white plumage with black-edged wings and large, orange bills distinguish them from any other species.
“Pelicans often fly in evenly spaced lines or V formations,” Gelvin-Innvaer said. “Unlike swans or geese which fly with necks outstretched, pelicans fly with their necks doubled back against their shoulders. They often set up a rhythmic pattern of wing beats that rip-ple from the lead bird back to the end.”
The pelicans are highly social and live in large, dense colonies. They feed exclusively on small fish and crusta-ceans and will work together for a meal.
“A group of pelicans will swim in a semicircle to herd their prey into shal-low water,” Gelvin-Innvaer said. “Then they’ll scoop up fish and water in their beak pouch, drain out the water and swallow their food.”
Gelvin-Innvaer advises that the birds are best enjoyed from a distance.
“Pelicans are very susceptible to human disturbance and contact should be mini-mized,” she said.
Due to the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill in 2010, which is an area where American White Pelicans winter, sur-veys of pelican colonies in Minnesota are being conducted to help assess po-
tential impacts of the spill to Minnesota breeding populations.
For more information on Ameri-can White Pelicans, visit www.dnr.state.mn.us/rsg/profile.html?action=elementDetail&selectedElement=ABNFC01010.
A bill that would simplify the process for school districts seeking to purchase food service equipment was passed through the Senate and sent to Governor Dayton for his signature. House File 2376 was car-ried in the House by Representative Mike LeMieur (R-Little Falls) and in the Senate by Senator Paul Gazelka (R-Brainerd).
“This bill removes another unneces-sary bureaucratic step standing in the way of school districts,” said Representative LeMieur. “Voters sent us here to simplify the governmental process and remove over-lap and that is exactly what this bill does.”
Currently in state statute, capital ex-penditures for the purchase of food ser-vice equipment must first be approved by the Minnesota Department of Education to be made from the food service fund. This bill simplifies the food service equipment process by removing the requirement for
Passage of Bill to simplify school food service equipment purchases
department approval. House File 2376 was passed with unanimous support from both the House and Senate.
“Representative LeMieur and I would like to thank Gail Johnson from Little Falls Community High School for bring-ing this to our attention. This is a common sense bill that returns more local control to schools by allowing them to purchase food service equipment for the local school dis-trict without having to ask for permission from a government agency in St. Paul,” said Senator Gazelka. “This bill will make the process more straightforward and will once again bring the control to the local level.”
Supporters of this bill include the Min-nesota Rural Education Association, the Minnesota Association of School Business Officials, the Minnesota School Nutrition Association and the Minnesota Department of Education.
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The Grey Eagle/Burtrum Lions made a $1,000 donation to the Long Prairie Food Pantry during the March Drive. Pictured (from left) volunteers Donna Ostendorf, Mandy Peterson, Sue Kaneski, Judy Matheson and GE/B Lion Harry Grammond.
Community Builders held their annual Easter Egg Hunt last Saturday at the Grey Eagle Park. Photo by Jessica Kerzman.
Albany Fleet Supply held their Annual Garden Party last Saturday with sever-al seminars. John Peternell (above) demonstrated the raised garden and Den-nis Cordes from the Extension Office (below) touched on planting and care for apple trees. Photos by Jan Theisen.
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Swanville Students had an opportunity to listen to Matt Lagou, a fighter who had his first pro fight Saturday March 31, in Brainerd for UFC/MMA. Matt spoke about making the right choices in life and moving on if you make poor choices. Pictured is Matt Lagou (left) and Levi Beseman. Photo submitted by Sheryl Johnson.
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The “Game and Fish” bill, along with leg-islation pertain-ing to education, will be two of the major bills heard on the House floor this week. The Bonding Bill could also be debated in both chambers this week, although
much work remains to reconcile the two versions. The Senate bonding proposal calls for nearly twice as much spending as the House version in addition to not fully addressing major concerns about the renovation of our aging state capi-tol building. The House has crafted a separate bonding bill that spends $230 million on both the exterior and interior of the Capital over a four-year period, while the Senate language contains a much smaller one-time allotment for building renovation. The capital struc-ture was built over a century ago (com-
pleted in 1904) and is badly in need of major repair.
The legislation pertaining to the outdoors to be acted upon this week doesn’t contain language that would raise license fees for both hunting and fishing. If those fees are to be increased, that provision will come in a later bill. I have heard from many sportsmen, and most seem to be in favor of modest in-creases, which would be the first in 11 years for the Game and Fish fund. Ac-cording to the DNR, if those fees are not increased, the fund could run into the “red” sometime next year. This bill does contain language establishing a hunting and trapping season for wolves in north-ern Minnesota and sets the license fee at $26, the same as a deer license. An es-timated 3,000 wolves inhabit our state, and the goal of the DNR is to “take” about 400 during the first year’s season.
Among the major provisions of the education bill to be debated this week is language detailing how approximately $4 million in early childhood education funding gets allocated. Under rules es-tablished by the Minnesota Department of Education, only those early child-hood programs rated highly by a system known as “Parent Aware” would qualify
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The omnibus agriculture bill, of which I am the main author, was heard and passed out of the House late last week. Although many of the bill’s pro-vision were technical in nature, we still had a spirited floor debate as several controversial amendments were offered. One would have allowed for the distri-bution of raw, unpasteurized milk. Cur-rently, the sale of raw milk is allowed in Minnesota, but only on the farm where it was produced. The Department of
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Agriculture is strongly opposed to the provision, citing safety concerns. In Minnesota last year, several people, in-cluding a two-year old, were sickened in two separate incidents according to in-formation from the Department. Those in favor of expanded raw milk sales cited health benefits and personal free-dom issues. After a long discussion, the amendment was eventually withdrawn. The bill now heads for a conference committee to be reconciled with the Senate version, which is expected to be passed this week.
The Legislature adjourns at 5:00 p.m. Thursday, April 5th, for our Easter and Passover recess. We are scheduled to return on Monday, April 15th. May you and your family enjoy the season and have a blessed Easter.
Rep. Anderson can be contacted by email at [email protected] or by phone at 651-296-4317. To receive email updates sign-up on his webpage at www.house.mn/13a
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Local Municipality MinutesSaturday, March 10.
The library remodeling will begin on March 19 with Randy Golombecki Construction doing the remodeling work. It is expected to have the library completed in three weeks including electrical, painting and carpeting.
Mayor Peterson presented the council with the Morrison Coun-ty Clean-up Day and Recycling Grant. The 2012 recycling grant is $1176.00 and the clean-up day grant is $375.00. Jim Piekarski made a motion to sign the Morrison County Grant forms, AJ Johnson seconded the motion. All members voted in favor, motion carried. The clerk will contact Waste Manage-ment to set up the clean-up day for Saturday, April 28, 2012, which would be the councils first choice otherwise a day will be set up in May.
A resolution needs to be passed for the legislative redistrict-ing plan. The City is in MN Senate District 9 and MN House District 9B. A resolution was drawn up and presented to the council. After dis-cussion Jim Molitor made a motion to accept resolution #12-0306 to re-establish voting precinct bound-aries for Morrison and Todd Coun-ties. Tim Grittner seconded the mo-tion. All members voted in favor, motion carried.
The Local Board of Equaliza-tion is set for Tuesday, April 17 at 3:00pm in the Swanville Senior Center. This is for land in Morrison and Todd Counties.
Swanville CityMarch 6, 2012
Minutes of the Swanville City Council meeting held in the Swanville Community Center on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m.with the following members present: Sandy Peterson, Jim Moli-tor, Jim Piekarski, AJ Johnson, and Tim Grittner. Also present: Diane Borgert, Mark Hallen, Reporter Liz Verley and Brain Zapzalka.
Minutes of the Swanville City Council meeting held February 8, 2012 were read. AJ Johnson made a motion to accept the minutes as read. Jim Molitor seconded the motion. All members voted in fa-vor, motion carried.
The treasures report was given. A motion was made by Tim Grittner and seconded by Jim Piek-arski to approve the treasurer’s re-port. All members voted in favor, motion carried.
MN DNR is requesting per-mission to conduct watercraft in-spections at the city lake accesses. After discussion, Jim Piekarski made a motion to sign the DNR authorization form. Jim Molitor seconded the motion. All members voted in favor, motion carried.
Mayor Peterson reported that the City Office in the Senior Center is near completion with the work being done by Swanville Con-struction. Painting will be done on Wednesday and Thursday. Moving the city office and cleaning in the Senior Center will take place on
Mark Hallen, city engineer, was present to explain to the coun-cil that PFA will have to be notified in May if the city plans on continu-ing with the Rhoda Avenue proj-ect in the summer or fall of 2013. Mayor Peterson made a motion to have WSN draw up a letter to PFA to be looked over at the April 3, 2012 council meeting. Jim Molitor seconded the motion. All members voted in favor, motion carried.
Delinquent utility bills were looked at and discussed.
City maintenance man, Brian, feels the water tower should be re-coated inside and painted outside this year. After discussion, council asked if the clerk would send out letters to different tower main-tenance companies and enclose pictures of the tower which were taken a few years ago. Bids will be looked at the next meeting.
The following claims were presented for payment. Members of the Council were furnished with a listing. Tim Grittner made a motion to approve the claims. Jim Piekar-ski seconded the motion. All mem-bers voted in favor, motion carried.
The next monthly meeting will be held April 3, 2012, at 7:30 p.m.
There being no further busi-ness, a motion was made by Jim Piekarski and seconded by Tim Grittner to adjourn. All members voted in favor, motion carried. Meeting adjourned 8:50pm.
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The Upsala High School Drama Club will be performing “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” in the Upsa-la Auditorium April 13-15. Show times are 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, with a 3:00 p.m. matinee on Sunday.
The show revolves around the mys-terious and eccentric candy maker Willy Wonka (Josiah Lojovich) and his contest where five lucky children find golden tickets and receive a tour of his won-derful factory and a lifetime supply of chocolate.
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Jobs Growth and Tax Relief: The Minnesota Senate took up the Jobs and Tax Re-lief bill on the floor Friday. Senate File 1972 provides tax relief of over $102 million in Fiscal Year 2013 for fam-ilies and job cre-ators with a total tax relief over the next three years of
nearly $300 million. Two-thirds of the $102 million relief is for individual income tax-payers.
Tax relief for businesses and job cre-ators makes more capital available for in-vestment, equipment, expansion and ad-ditional employees. This is the type of legislation, a true jobs bill, which will help to grow the private sector economy. It makes long term, sustainable changes to improve the jobs climate, not just short term fixes. The provisions in Senate File 1972 send a signal to entrepreneurs, investors and job creators that Minnesota is open for business.
Investing in Minnesota’s Future: The Senate introduced the 2012 Capital Invest-ment bill on Wednesday where it was passed in the Capitol Investment Committee. The Senate Capital Investment bill focuses on Minnesota’s future by making prudent in-vestments in higher education and state infrastructure. The total amount of the pro-posal is $496 million in general obligation bonds which is $281 million than the Gov-ernor’s request and a few million less than the combined House bills.
The largest portions of the bill include:• $179 million for higher education re-
quests, 36 percent of total bill.• $125 million for state assets preserva-
tion, 25 percent of total bill.• $35 million for local roads and bridg-
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the State Capitol.• $20 million for waste water infrastruc-
ture across the state.• $6 million for Reinvest in Minnesota.Together with last year’s bonding
agreement with Governor Dayton, total Sen-ate bonding requests will be under $1 bil-lion for the biennium. The bill also includes a provision that requires the Commissioner of Management and Budget to report back to the Legislature on the jobs created or re-tained as a result of capital project funding by the state.
The Capital Investment bill was ap-proved by the Finance Committee on Thurs-day and its next stop is the Senate floor for a vote.
Cutting Red Tape for Job Creators:
On Thursday, the Senate voted to pass the conference committee report on the envi-ronmental permitting efficiency bill. This bill would cut red tape and help businesses invest in Minnesota, creating jobs for Min-nesotans. This jobs bill builds off of the work we did in 2011 by finding efficiencies in the environmental permitting process. Specifi-cally, this bill continues to streamline the permitting process, removes duplicate ser-vices, and reforms government so it moves at the speed of 21st Century commerce.
Senate File 1567 is en route to the Gov-ernor’s office for his consideration.
Prioritizing Education: The Senate passed House File 2083 on Monday, a bill to speed up the payment schedule of delayed funding to our schools. If signed into law by Governor Dayton, effective immediately, the bill would move from a 60 to 70.2 per-cent payment shift by using $430 million from reserves.
This bill is the responsible step needed to address the school shift that was part of last year’s budget compromise and begin to chip away at the large debt to schools that existed before Republicans held the ma-jority. If Governor Dayton agrees to make school budgets a priority, undoing last year’s shift will help districts manage their cash flow and replenish their reserves.
Thanks for taking the time to read my update and please feel free to contact me with your questions and comments.
State Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen encour-ages and appreciates constituent input, and can be reached at 651-297-8063, by mail at 132D State Office Building, 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55155, or via email at [email protected].
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Constantine the Great is credited with being the originator of the Eas-ter Parade. It began on the first Easter Sunday following his conversion. On that day, he ordered the members of his court to wear their finest garments to honor and celebrate the resurrection of Christ.
What will we wear for our Easter garments this year? New clothes cov-ering an old nature? Costly garments hiding a deceitful heart? Changing our apparel will not change our attitudes or our actions.
When we walk with the Lord, He will make all things new from the inside out. He is able to change our old nature into one of His making, a deceitful heart into one devoted to loving Him and our stale thoughts into fresh new insights into the way He wants us to live.
When we turn our lives over to the Lord, we will not need to worry about what we wear or where we walk in a pa-rade. We will be covered with His grace, demonstrate His goodness and reflect His greatness wherever we are
Spring is here and so too is the threat of wildfires. Because of that, the Minne-sota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is encouraging homeowners throughout the state to take steps now to lower fire risk and ensure a rapid fire response.
Home and cabin owners should re-view their property to make sure fire-fighters are able to find it and have ac-cess to it. Homeowners often count on emergency responders being there when they need them; when help is critical, seconds may mean the difference be-tween life and death. A little time spent now, reviewing property and addressing needs, can help protect lives and proper-ty should a wildfire occur in the future.
Reviewing entrance roads should include making sure house numbers or E911/Fire Numbers are visible from all directions of travel and during both day
and night. Landowners should remove branches or vegetation that might hide the number. They should make sure the house numbers or signs have sufficient lighting or reflect enough to make them visible at night.
In rural areas, access can be an im-portant consideration as well. While most driveways and access roads easily accommodate personal vehicles, they may not be wide enough or have suf-ficient clearance for large fire trucks or ambulances.
Some considerations include:• Driveways should have a 12-foot
surface of a firm substance so that, even during rainfall, the surface can support the weight of a large fire truck loaded with water.
• Vegetation over the road should be pruned to a height of 14 feet.
• Long driveways more than 150 feet should have space near the midpoint to al-low vehicles to pass.
Long driveways must have a place for the large vehicles to turn around once they get to the end. Review the area around the buildings; make sure a vehicle more than 40 feet long can turn around.
• Every plan should consider that a gated driveway, locked or not, will slow down emer-gency responders. Hom-eowners need to weigh the value of keeping un-wanted guests out against making sure needed ser-vices can get in.
DNR offers tips to protect homes from wildfires
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Upsala High School Third Quarter Honor RollA Honor Roll
Grade 12: Aaron Cheney, Dawn Evoniuk, Melissa George, Michael Gerads, Sierra Halverson, Kimmy Mrozek, Madeline Pekarek, Marissa Perry, Hayley Peterson, Donna Ripplinger, Kayla Roering, Nathaniel Schumer, Kristen Smieja, Megan Tschida, Maria Vos, Kaitlyn Wuebkers.
Grade 11: Matthew Abeler, Kimberly DeZurik, Andrew Nelson, Kaylin Osberg, Aimee Pelzer, Rebecca Scepaniak.
Grade 10: Ruthie Flaa, Savanna Johnson,Rachel Schlumpberger, Kaelin Smieja, Dylan Zimmerman.
Grade 9: Danica Cheney, Jeffrey Halverson, Jeremy Halverson, Aaron Ripplinger, Audrey Schleper, Brooke Westrich.
Grade 8: McKenzie Barth, Justin Cichon, Kailee Janssen, Kendra Lange, Kyle Lange, Kiley Smieja, Justin Wensmann.
Grade 7: Parker Barth, Ben Blonigen, Samantha Blonigen, Noelle Kedrowski, Rachel Prom, Joshua Schlumpberger.
B Honor Roll Grade 12: Callan Drill, Darin GeradsMarcus Houselog, Justin Kaiser,
Cory Kobylinski, Lauren Phillips,
Katie Prokott, Israil Pundsack, Kevin Ripplinger, Miranda Wensmann, Brianna Westrich.
Grade 11: Brock Cichon, Ashley Clear, Eric Frieler, Nic Frieler, Alec Griffith, Emma Guthrie, Brianna Lange, Raina Lojovich, Kimberly Mayer, MaKenna Peterson, Avery Smieja, Sadie Welinski, Garrett Wolf, Alissa Zehrer.
Grade 10: Nathan Ehrenberg, Alison Gerads, Russell Janssen, Mitchell Lange, Josiah Lojovich, Christian Pekarek, Shawn Pohlmann, Katie Ripplinger, Johanna Verholen, Jennifer Wuebkers.
Grade 9: Derek Bartkowitz, Marie Blonigen, Shanna Brenhaug, Lacey Brezinka, Tara Christian, Margaux Douvier, Jessie Evoniuk, Renee Hebig, Sara Herzog, Alyssa Kulla, Rebecca Kulla, Abby Maciej, Aaron Peterson, Mariah Prokott, Kyle Soltis, Anne Vos, Dylan Wudinich, Kristin Wuebkers.
Grade 8: Cody Depa, Chase Douvier, Amy Kobylinski, Andrew Kulla, Ethan McCoy, Adam Nienaber, Sami VanWienen, Cody Wensmann, Tyler Wensmann, Brandon Wolbeck.
Grade 7: Nicole Edin, Jolene Kremers, Cody Rahn, Mia Roerick, Mariah Schumer, Lane Soltis, Cody Stoermann.
Melrose LibraryEnjoy Musician Sue Pundsack and
Author Lorna Landvik: Monday, April 9, from 6-8:00 p.m. for teens and adults. Local musician Pundsack and friends will provide music on the hammer dul-cimer and other instruments. Landvik made her debut as a novelist with Patty Jane’s House of Curl. She followed that success with “Angry Housewives eat-ing Bon Bons,” “The View From Mount Joy,” and other books.
Upsala LibrarySpring Storytime series: Friday’s,
April 13, 20, 27, and May 4, 11, 18, from 6:30-7:00 p.m. for children ages 4 to 7. Celebrate spring with a different theme each week. Storytime will be pre-sented by Cassandra Fruechte, Upsala Friend of the Library volunteer. The at-tendance limit is 10 and preregistration is required.
Author Beverly Lewis: Thursday, April 19, from 7-8:30 p.m. for teens and adults at the Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Upsala. Lewis will speak about her latest book, “The Fiddler,”
Local Library Eventsand discuss her novels.
Lewis is most well known for novels set among Anabaptists and the Amish community. She has won numer-ous awards including Evangelical Chris-tian Publishers Association Gold Book awards, the Career Achievement Award for Inspirational Fiction, and the Christy Award, presented by Christian publish-ers to recognize excellence in Christian fiction genres. Her novel “The Shun-ning,” the first in her Heritage of Lan-caster County series, was dramatized as a Hallmark Channel original movie. Other series by Lewis include Abram’s Daughters, Annie’s People, and the Sea-sons of Grace. She will sign books after her presentation. Refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Upsala Library.
For more information about library activities visit the Upsala Community Calendar at www.cityofupsala.com or contact the Upsala Public Library at 320-573-4282.
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