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City Council OKsTax Abatementfor AmericInnBy John MuellerEditor

Hoping it will enhance the devel-opment of Glencoe’s tax base, thecity council approved a businesssubsidy plan designed to make iteasier for AmericInn to build a $7million hotel next year.

The council unanimously ap-proved Monday, Dec. 3, a 15-yeartax abatement the Economic Devel-opment Commission (EDC) recom-mended Nov. 28. The abatement isfor $43,808.50 a year for 15 years,an amount capped based on thevalue of the hotel in its first year.That amount is the city’s portion ofthe $117,146 McLeod County esti-mates the hotel will generate inproperty taxes annually if built.Mayor Randy Wilson stressed to thecouncil the proposal is not askingthe council to take $657,127.50 fromthe city’s general fund, but rather to

abate money Glencoe would not oth-erwise receive.

The proposed $7 million hotel willinclude 59 rooms and an indoorpool. It will be built east of HarpelBros. auto dealership and the pro-posed Kwik Trip, along Eagle Av-enue, between Highway 212 andEast 11th Street.

To advance the project, developerApollo Development of Minnetonkaneeds to complete raising 40 percentof its cost in private investment. Thecity’s tax abatement reduces that in-vestment from $2.8 million to justover $2.14 million.

David Harchanko of Apollo De-velopment told the council he hassome, but not all, of the investorslined up.

During the closed-door EDC

Chronicle photo by Jakob Kounkel

Partying with Elves at the Glencoe LibrarySanta and his elves didn’t make an appearance, but kids made their first marks on Christmas by takingpart in arts and crafts, eating cookies and grabbing booklets for something to do while traveling for theholidays this year.

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Happy birthday, ‘Mickey’Glencoe resident, former nurse hasseen plenty of life in last 100 yearsBy John MuellerEditor

She has been around for several ofthe greatest events and inventions ofthe last 100 years – the invention ofnuclear power, the creation of the In-ternet, radio and TV, a man on themoon, the Civil Rights Act, and theinvention of a polio vaccine.

And despite it all, “Mickey” Beltzhas maintained a wry sense ofhumor as her 100th birthday drawsnear. She’ll enjoy the big milestoneMonday, Dec. 10. Her family isplanning an open house Dec. 9, 11a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at First Congrega-tional UCC.

Mickey wouldn’t miss it. Shelooks forward to achieving centenar-ian status because it’s a license totell people what to do with a reason-able likelihood they’ll listen. Mickeyis realistic. She’s enjoying life eventhough her body is starting to slowdown. It’s her mind and focus that’srock solid.

“My eyes don’t work as well. Ican’t hear so good and my legs don’twork anymore. Other than that, I’mpretty good,” she said.

Mickey still lives on her own inGlencoe. Her daughter, Sandy, stopsby for frequent visits. She helpsMickey take care of the necessities.Mickey still does most of what shewants to do. With Sandy’s help,Mickey and Sandy once made 105-

dozen pizelle, a handmade Italianwaffle cookie for the bake sale at herchurch, First Congregational UCC.The following year, the two womenexercised a bit of restraint and madeonly about 92 dozen of the tasty

cookies.While 92 dozen cookies may seem

a bit excessive, don’t try and tell

Submitted photoGlencoe resident “Mickey” Belts will turn 100 years old Dec. 10.She’ll be the guest of honor at an open house Dec. 9 at First Con-gregational UCC.

Davis family bringsholiday cheer tolocal grocery store

Chronicle photo by John MuellerThe Davis family features (from left) Dennis, Chris and their sonShawn. They have been entertaining shoppers at Coborn’s once ayear for four years. The family plays Christmas songs to raisemoney for the Salvation Army.

Frequent shoppers at Coborn’sgrocery store in Glencoe are accus-tomed to the sound of a ringing bellinside the front door this time ofyear. Saturday, the melodious soundsof brass instruments and a wood-wind created a holiday ensemble.

The Davis family, Chris and herhusband, Dennis, their adult son,Shawn, and friend Dan Perschaubrought a little holiday joy to asnowy Saturday afternoon. Chrisplays the recorder, Dennis the bari-tone horn, and Perschau the trumpetwhile Shawn Davis rings the bell.

They’ve been performing holidaymusic at the store for four yearsnow. The family volunteers theirtime for bell ringing at Coborn’s oneday a year. For now, that’s all thetime their schedule permits, ChrisDavis said.

I’ve always admired the peoplewith the fortitude to stand out in thecold weather and collect donationsfor the Salvation Army,” Chris Davissaid.

Because the family is playing in-

struments, management at Coborn’sallows the group to stand inside. Ona day when the temperature is below32 degrees, moisture in the instru-ments would freeze. Shawn wouldstill be able to ring the bell in thecold, but the instruments wouldfreeze up.

Saturday’s snowfall came duringthe family’s two-hour shift. Thesound of holiday music brought asmile to the faces of many shoppersas they shrugged off the snow andadjusted to the warmer air inside thestore’s lobby. Hopefully, Chris Davissaid, the holiday music helps gener-ate a few extra dollars for the Salva-tion Army in the red metal kettle.

Rita Weber, the floral manager atthe Glencoe Coborn’s, hopes toraise $5,000 for the Salvation Army.She hopes the Davis family andother groups of bell-ringers willmake that goal a reality.

Newman reappointed to leadSenate Transportation Committee

Sen. Scott Newman, R-Hutchinson, was re-cently re-appointed chairman of the Minneso-ta Senate Committee on Transportation Fi-nance and Policy.

Newman has served as chairman of thecommittee since January 2017.

“I am honored to be re-appointed chairmanof the Senate Committee on Transportation,”he said. “During the last legislative biennium,

we passed the largest roads and bridges infra-structure funding package since 2008, withoutraising taxes. Additionally, we passed a biparti-san infrastructure bill that included over half-a-billion dollars in vital transportation funding.With investments in projects like Highway 14,

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Santa brunch SaturdayThe Plato Lions Club is hosting a Santa brunch Satur-

day, Dec. 8, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at the King Pin Pubbanquet room.

The all-you-can-eat brunch includes link sausage,scrambled eggs, cheesy hashbrowns, mini muffins, and abeverage. A free-will offering for the Santa bags andfamily care fruit baskets will be collected.

Christmas carolingCommunity members are invited to Christmas carol

Sunday, Dec 9. Please meet at 1 p.m. at First EvangelicalLutheran Church.

The group will visit GlenFields Living with Care, Or-chard Estates, Millie Beneke Manor, and Grand Mead-ows. All are welcome to join together to bring Christmasjoy to others.

Father-son to performAllen and Matt Carlson will be playing at Good Shep-

herd Lutheran Church Sunday, Dec. 9 at the 9 a.m. serv-ice.

The father-son duo shares a passion for classic countrymusic, gospel and hymns.

Christmas carol hymnsSt. John’s Lutheran Church in Helen Township is host-

ing a hymn sing Sunday, Dec. 9, 9 a.m., during the morn-ing worship service.

The church is at 4505 80th Street and more informa-tion is available at 320-864-3093

.Western Fraternal holiday party

Western Fraternal Life Lodge Lumir 34 will host aChristmas party for its members and the community atthe Komensky School, 19981 Major Ave. in HutchinsonSunday, Dec. 9. A pot luck lunch will be served at 12:15p.m. Refreshments will be provided. Raffles and prizeswill follow lunch.

Bring small wrapped ‘white elephant’ gift and a paperitem to be donated.

Silver Lake SeniorsThe Silver Lake Senior Citizen’s Club will meet Dec.

10, 1 p.m., at the Silver Lake Auditorium.A catered meal will be served.

Brownton Legion, Aux. partyMembers of the Brownton American Legion and Aux-

iliary Post 143 will have their Christmas party Monday,Dec. 10, at the Brownton Community Center. The socialhour starts at 6 p.m. with the meal at 6:30 p.m.

There is a charge for the two meat meal and attendeesare requested to make a reservation by leaving a RSVPmessage at 320-779-4121 by Dec. 6. If you wish to par-ticipate in the women’s gift exchange, bring a $10 gift.

Degree of Honor meetingDegree of Honor No. 182 will hold a business meeting

Dec. 11, 1 p.m., in the Silver Lake Auditorium.A catered meal will follow.

Shady Lane Sportsmen’s ClubThe Shady Lane Sportsmen’s Club will hold its annual

meeting Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m.

Sportsmen’s club shrimp fryThe Glencoe Sportsmen’s Club will hold a shrimp fry

Wednesday, Dec. 12, 5 p.m., at the VFW Club.The shrimp fry will run until the shrimp is gone.The club is at 923 Chandler Ave. N.

Volunteers neededPlans are underway and volunteers are needed for sev-

eral facets of the Living Nativity set for Saturday, Dec15, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

To help, contact Cindy Eggersgluess at 238-2148 orvisit glencoemnlivingnativity on Facebook.

Silver Lake winter festivalSilver Lake will be hosting its annual winter festival

Saturday, Dec. 15, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., at the Silver LakeAuditorium. The event includes free sandwiches, horse-drawn rides, music, kids coloring contest, and many doorprizes.

Toys for Tots drop-offDonations for Toy for Tots will be collected Sunday,

Dec. 16, 11 a.m to 6 p.m., at the Super 8 Motel in Glen-coe. Unwrapped toys for children ages 0-17 will be ac-cepted.

‘Carol of the Bells’ concertGood Shepherd Lutheran Church is hosting the Com-

munity Strings presentation of Carol of the Bells Sunday,Dec. 16, 3 and 7 p.m.

The concert will include children’s and adult bellchoirs. A free-will offering benefitting local food shelveswill be accepted. Attendees are asked to bring a non-per-ishable food item.

The church is at 1407 Cedar Ave. N.

Lions’ bar bingo, meat rafflesThe Glencoe Lions is sponsoring bar bingo at Glencoe

Country Club Saturday, Dec. 8, noon. Everyone age 18and over is welcome to play for cash prizes.

The progressive game 16 pay-out amount is $999 ifyou have bingo within 60 called numbers. Meat raffleswill be held also. The proceeds from bar bingo and meatraffle events support various Glencoe-Silver Lake SchoolDistrict and community projects.

To be included in this column, items for Happeningsmust be received in the Chronicle office by 5 p.m. onMonday of the week they are to be published. Itemsreceived after that will be published elsewhere in thenewspaper as space permits. Happenings in Glencoe,Brownton, Stewart, Plato, New Auburn, Biscay andSilver Lake take priority over happenings elsewhere.

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Choirs performThe seventh- and eighth-grade choirs performed their first concert of the schoolyear Monday, Dec. 3. The Madrigals singers also performed. Pictured above, thejoint seventh- and eighth grade choir closed the show with Winter Fantasy byRoger Emerson.

Highway 23, and funding forcritical local road and bridgeimprovements, we improvedMinnesota’s transportationsystem, commerce, and quali-ty of life for generations tocome. There is more work tobe done, such as reformingour state's driver's license sys-tem, MNLARS. However, weare committed to adequateand fair funding for trans-portation across Minnesota.”

Newman is a strongly pro-ponent of the proposed proj-ect to open Highway 212from two lanes to four lanesbetween Carver and Cologne,a project expected to enhancecommerce and distribution ofgoods to and from westernMinnesota and growth ineastern McLeod County. The$46 million project is current-ly planned to begin in 2022and be completed in 2023.

“With the exception of I-94, there is no other four-lanehighway heading west out ofthe metro and I see comple-tion of this project as verynecessary for that reasonalone as it will provide amuch needed commercial linkto western Minnesota,” New-man said. “In addition, I be-lieve there is a significantpublic safety issue that mustbe resolved, as proven by evi-dence of serious accidentsthat occur within this corri-dor.”

Securing funding for theproject is another challenge.Newman supports statemoney being made availableto complete this project andsaid he’d give any such bills ahearing in the Senate Trans-portation Committee. Theproblem is that MnDOT doesnot have this project listedhigh enough in priority forimmediate attention and willoppose any legislative effortto force completion earlierthan as scheduled by them, hesaid.

“MnDOT calls such legis-lation ‘earmarks’ whereas Irefer to such projects as ‘con-stituent requests.’ ” he said.

Carver County passed a ½-percent local-option sales taxto help fund transportation inthe county. It will contribute$6 million toward the High-way 212 project, said DarinMielke, Carver County PublicWorks assistant director anddeputy county engineer. Thecounty has been working onadditional grants and otherfunding sources to fill the re-maining funding gap, he said.

Newman is in his third termrepresenting Senate District18, which includes communi-ties in McLeod, Meeker, Sib-ley, and Wright counties.

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meeting, commission mem-bers realized the projectwould not happen without thebusiness subsidy from the city,according to a memo fromDan Ehrke, Glencoe’s assis-tant city administrator. Be-sides the benefit to Glencoe’sproperty tax base, the propos-al will support existing busi-nesses in the city. It will alsosupport a demand noted in ahotel market study completedearlier this year.

The proposed three-storyAmericInn, once completed,will also generate revenue tothe chamber of commerce viathe hotel tax. Construction isexpected to commence in2019. The chamber will usethat revenue to promote Glen-coe as a tourism destination,Ehrke said in his memo.

The city has some historyusing property tax abatement.It recently OK’d a five-yearabatement plan for Pure LifeChiropractic and GlencoeLaw Office downtown.

No taxingcomments, complaints

If residents had commentsor complaints about the pro-posed 2019 property tax levyMonday, they opted not tooffer them during the annualtruth-in-taxation hearing.

There was no citizen com-mentary on the proposed 6.8percent increase, a propertytax hike aimed at paying debtservice on bonded debt issuedfor capital projects. Residentswill have one last opportunityto comment to the city council

on the proposed increase atthe Dec. 17 meeting when thecouncil is expected to approvea final levy for 2019.

City Administrator MarkLarson said the decrease inGlencoe’s tax rate and in-crease in the value of propertyin the city means the proposedlevy hike should only create atax hike in 2019 for propertiesthat see an increase in value.

The levy for the generalfund is not expected to changefrom the 2018 level of$1,577,000. The city hadadded $12,000 for police bodycameras and $10,000 for fire-fighter turnout gear to thegeneral fund. The council willcontinue discussing the 2019budget at a workshop sessionDec. 10, 4 p.m.

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Mickey that. She doesn’t think of herselfas persistent, just strong-willed. Do whatshe asks and everything will be OK.

“I’m not stubborn, I just want to dothings my own way,” she said.

Doing things her own way includes re-doing the interior of a house she used toown on East 10th Street, across fromwhat used to be known as Glencoe HighSchool and today is Glencoe City Center.Mickey was in her 60s when she redid theupper level of the house’s interior withpaneling. She made all the proper meas-urements and cuts using hand tools.

A life of hard workMickey had quintuple heart bypass sur-

gery in 1998 and kept right on going.Hard work was a big part of Mickey

Beltz’s life decades ago. She was born onthe family farm just outside of ArlingtonDec. 10, 1918. Mickey – her real name isMargabelle -- was the fifth of Elsie andGeorge Bandelin’s five children. Her old-est sister, Carolyn, passed away nineyears ago, just shy of reaching her 100thbirthday. She wasn’t interested in beingthe center of everybody’s attention.

“I want to see what’s going on and be

able to tell everybody what to do,” shesaid.

Like her peers, Mickey walked to aone-room country elementary school.Days when the temperature was cold, stu-dents in the room faced the wood-burningstove. On milder days, they kept theirbacks to the stove, she said.

“Those were the horse-and-buggydays,” she said.

In high school, Mickey got a ride intotown, aboard a horse-drawn sleigh in thewinter and via a Model T in the springand early fall. She initially thought aboutstudying to be a mortician after highschool but instead settled on nursing.

After a year of classes, she became apractical nurse and worked for five differ-ent doctors in Arlington, Gaylord andGreen Isle. She took care of rural resi-dents and earned $2.50 per day. Regis-tered nurses lived in the cities and tookcare of sick and injured people at hospi-tals.

Mickey recalls early in her nursing ca-reer taking care of a baby suffering pneu-monia. Despite an offer to pass on caringfor the child, she went out to the familyfarm. She refused to give to give up on

the baby and eventually convinced thedoctor to send oxygen out to the familyfarm. Eventually, the baby turned the cor-ner, grew stronger and made a full recov-ery.

It took a long time and plenty of hardwork, but Mickey eventually became a li-censed practical nurse. She could earn upto $15 per day in the early-1940s.

She got married in 1941. Five of herseven children are still living.

Eventually, Mickey transitioned fromcaring for patients into nursing home ad-ministration in Glencoe. She never forgotabout caring for patients and never lostthe desire to care for people in need be-fore retiring.

Today, besides her five surviving chil-dren, Mickey Beltz has nine grandchil-dren and 10 great-grandchildren. She’slooking forward to her 100th birthdayparty. Looking back over the years is areminder of all she has accomplishedover 100 years.

“There will be a lot of people there Ihaven’t seen for a long time,” she said. “Ihope to see a lot of my relatives and peo-ple I used to work with. It will be a lot offun.”

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Giving backThey also like the idea of giving back

to a community that has supported theirfamily as it raised Shawn, who was born47 years ago with Down syndrome. Com-munity members have always kept awatchful eye out for Shawn.

“He loves being out in the communityand the connection,” she said.

Like many others in Glencoe, the Davisfamily looks for ways to give back to thecommunity. When Coborn’s was lookingfor someone to ring the bell during theholidays, the family stepped forward.They are frequent attendees at communi-ty benefit events hosted by the Lions and

other groups. Chris helps prepare andserve meals for Abundant Table and Den-nis plays during church services.

“They’re always looking for bellringers and we like to support projectsthat help out the community,” she said.

The Davis family isn’t the first familyto offer its collective talent during theholidays. She recalls the Dunbar familybringing violin music to the SalvationArmy kettle at the grocery store in yearsgone by. The family effort helped con-vince Chris to pitch the idea to her fami-ly.

Chris and Dennis both graduated fromcollege back in the 1970s with bachelor’sdegrees in music. They taught in public

schools and later left for other profes-sions, Chris at the U.S. Post Office whereshe retired after 24 years, and Dennis tostart his own company installing andservicing pipe organs in area churches.

Saturday, the couple invited Perschauto join them at Coborn’s. They don’tspend a lot of time rehearsing for theevent. The group started at page 1 of abook of holiday carols and played for twohours. Even without the musical accom-paniment, the family would still volunteerits time, Chris said.

“It’s just fun to add that element to it,”she said. “Christmas songs are alwaysfun.”

Silver Lake GFWC club ready to wrap up 2018The Silver Lake chapter of the General

Federation of Women’s Clubs met Nov.20 at the Silver Lake Legion Club with18 members present.

President Jennell Johnson presentedthe program on “GFWC History and Or-ganization.” GFWC activities includedserving refreshments at the Meet theCandidates event Oct. 22, a fundraising

lunch at the “Taste of Holidays” craftsale Nov. 3, and hosting a Teacher Ap-preciation Tea at GSL High School Nov.14. Members furnished desserts for theSilver Lake Community ThanksgivingDinner Nov. 22.

The GFWC Christmas party will beheld at Molly’s Café Dec. 13, 6 p.m. Thefinal December activity will be serving

sandwiches and cookies at the annualwinter festival Dec. 15.

The Southeast GFWC District hasscholarships available to graduating sen-ior girls. Any girl interested should con-tact a GFWC member. Applications aredue by the end of December.

Knowledge BowlGlencoe-Silver Laketakes first step towardreturning to state meet

When high school Knowl-edge Bowl teams from acrossthe state gather for the statetournament in the spring,Glencoe-Silver Lake hopes itwill be among the competi-tors.

And why not. The Panthersare two-time defending statechampions. GSL has won thestate meet five times since2007. Saturday, Dec. 1, in Or-tonville, GSL started itsplanned trip back to statewith solid performances atthe season-opening competi-tion.

“One of the benefits ofplaying Knowledge Bowl atGSL is that you are alwaysplaying against high qualitycompetition,” said GSL co-coach Vicky Harris. She andEric Anderson lead the team.“We are always working outwith the best.”

With about 35 participantsout for the team, seven sen-iors lead GSL. Brett Baum-garten and Jacob Reichow,both seniors, are back fromthe state championship team ayear ago. The Panthers alsohave three juniors and 11sophomores on this year’steam. Seven ninth-gradersand seven junior high-school-ers round out the roster.

Knowledge Bowl meetsallow teams to place four orfive students on a team. Theschool can enter as many

teams as it wants for varsitythrough junior-high levelcompetitions. Six of GSL’seight teams won medals atSaturday’s meet.

Harris expected the meetwould provide teams with agood look at how strongteams in the region would bethis fall. Teams have beenpracticing since mid-Novem-ber to prepare for the firstmeet.

“We don’t have a verygood way of scouting eachother,” she said.

Unlike other schools, Har-ris said GSL limits the otheractivities the members of theKnowledge Bowl team couldparticipate in to avoid sched-uling conflicts. She describedthe students on the team aswell rounded and eclectic.

“If all a kid knew is whatthey learned in school, theywouldn’t be the best atKnowledge Bowl. They’d bepretty darned good, but notthe best,” Harris said.

Knowledge Bowl meetsbegin with competitors takingwritten tests on math, science,history, civics, “anything theylearn in school,” Harris said.The host Ortonville teampromised questions would in-clude a Christmas theme.

After the written round,tests are scored and the topthree teams face each other.The fourth- through sixth-

place teams, and the seventh-through ninth-place teamscompete against each other infour oral rounds. The writtenand oral scores are combinedand the teams re-ranked forthe four final oral rounds ofquestions.

Season-openerGSL opened its season Sat-

urday, Dec. 1. Although thefinal results were not yet offi-cial, GSL enjoyed a solid day.

There were 15 schools, in-cluding ACGC, Benson, Cen-tral Minnesota Christian

School, Dawson-Boyd,Hutchinson, KMS, Lac quiParle Valley, Lester Prairie,MACCRAY, Montevideo,New London-Spicer, Or-tonville, Willmar CommunityChristian, Willmar, and GSL.Between them, they had 18varsity teams, 15 JV teams,and 27 junior high teams.

The final (fourth) roundwas all questions aboutChristmas holiday traditionsand movies.

GSL had two teams com-peting at the varsity level.The two teams finished infirst and second places. The

first-place team (GSL Purple)included Baumgarten, MeganFehrenbach, Charles Urban,and Paul Sievert. Jared Lo-kensgard, Haley Lukes, Car-lee Oberlin, and Jacob Rei-chow made up the silvermedal team, GSL Black.

In JV competition, GSLhad three teams who earnedfirst, second, and third. GSLSilver finished first (AbbyGronlund, Austin Brewton,Allie Gronlund, and EliKuehn). GSL Purple (NathanFehrenbach, Kobe Boozikee,Summer Hayes, and RachelTrebesch) earned second.

GSL Black came in third(Kalie Butcher, Devin Forci-er, Cade Herrmann, KaylaReichow, Nathan Warner).

In junior high, all threeGSL teams were in the tophalf, but only one medaled.GSL Black earned third place(Sara Cross, Ashley Wise,Lucas Brelje, Jesse Dahlke,and Caleb Lindeman).

“We thought we had somesolid performers, but thisoverall result exceeded ex-pectations,” Harris said.

Chronicle photo by John MuellerThe Glencoe-Silver Lake Knowledge Bowl team includes (back row, from left) Allison WIllcox, Caleb Linde-

man, Brooklyn Kasella, Zoe Ruschmeier, Brayden Gildea, Elida Roskamp, (middle row of students, standingfrom left) Kobe Boozikee, Kayla Reichow, Megan Fehrenbach, Charles Urban, Jesse Dahlke, Zach Reichow,Aaron Ward, Emma Gepson, Lucas Brelje (front row of standing students) Haley Lukes, Kalie Butcher, CarleeOberlin, Jared Lokensgard, Sara Cross, Ashley Wise, Linette Munoz, (seated, from left) Jacob Reichow, BrettBaumgarten, Nathan Warner, Devin Forcier, Paul Sievert, Eli Kuehn, (front, from left) Austin Brewton, Cade Her-rmann, Abby Gronlund, Summer Hayes, Rachel Trebesch, Allie Gronlund, and Nathan Fehrenbach.

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A decision is dueOur view: Address contracts

next Monday

Last month, the Glen-coe-Silver LakeSchool Board was

deadlocked on a decision toapprove new three-year em-ployment contracts for Glen-coe-Silver Lake School Dis-trict Superintendent ChrisSonju and Michelle Sander,the district’s business manag-er. Their current contracts ex-pire June 30. In previousyears, the board has previous-ly decided to renew thosecontracts in early-November.

At the Nov. 13 meeting,motions to approve new con-tracts failed on 3-3 votes. Inthe wake of a failed operatinglevy referendum Nov. 6, theboard members votingagainst new contracts -- di-rectors Kevin Kuester, DonnaVonBerge and Jamie Al-sleben, the board’s chairman-- said the time was not rightto OK new contracts negoti-ated in good faith, even if thesalary increases the board andSonju and Sander agreed toin separate negotiations arebelow inflationary.

Von Berge, Kuester and Al-sleben did not say when thetime would be right to ap-prove new contracts. Theyoffered no plan for the futureof the two key administrativepositions moving forward.

The performance reviewsof Sonju and Sander receivedsuggest they both earned newcontracts. They have adroitlyhelped the board maintainsolid financing footing.

If the school board intendsto let Sonju and Sander go,that decision should havebeen addressed and made inNovember. Sonju and Sanderdeserve better. They havefamilies and obligations.They deserve time to seeknew employment opportuni-ties. The district will needtime to seek new leaders iffor some unbeknownst reasonthe board decides change isneeded.

Fast forward to next week.

The school board’s agendafor the Monday, Dec. 10meeting, its last scheduledmeeting of 2018, had nomention of the board consid-ering new contracts for thesuperintendent or businessmanager as of Tuesday after-noon, Dec. 4, when TheChronicle went to press.

The school board shouldnot pass the buck to the in-coming board in 2019 assum-ing a more favorable out-come. Two board memberswho voted for new contracts– directors Anne Twiss andClark Christianson -- areleaving at the end of the year.Their replacements, direc-tors-elect Alicia Luckhardtand Jonathan Lemke, shouldnot be left to address themess the previous board leftbehind.

If the school board decidesnot to renew Sonju andSander, directors are certainlywithin their right to do so.Eliminating the top two ad-ministrators who deal withbudget and business mattersis at best unwise. LeavingSonju and Sander’s contractsunresolved is hardly an ex-ample of solid leadership.

No matter what the board’sdecision, these two profes-sionals deserve to be treatedbetter. How the school boarddecides to handle contractsmoving forward, without arenewed operating levy, is acritically important decision.The board certainly can’t sus-pect negotiations with theunions representing teachersand para-professionals/cleri-cal staff because the timeisn’t right or some snideFacebook post.

With voters unwilling topass a levy referendum, theboard must still continue con-ducting the GSL School Dis-trict’s business, regardless ofwhether the timing makes thedecision uncomfortable.

- jm

There is an old newspaper adage:Don’t write an opinion piece whenyou’re angry. You may regret it later.

I’ve purposely followed that advicein recent weeks. But no longer. I’mstill angry.

After reading about the recent 3-3votes by the Glencoe-Silver LakeSchool Board over renewing con-tracts for Superintendent Chris Sonjuand Business Manager MichelleSander, I had to scratch my head inamazement.

What happened?First off, a 3-3 vote is a rejection of

a motion, or a no vote. There is no wayof breaking the tie other than anothervote.

Second, the rejection has left the dis-trict’s top two administrators danglingwith contracts set to expire June 30. Thatsimply is not fair.

Have the two administrators donesomething wrong? Did they both get badperformance reviews? Was it because thedistrict did not pass its operations levy inNovember? Why would three membersof the board not renew the contracts oftwo of the best administrators this dis-trict has had in recent memory.

The GSL School Board’s action sim-ply makes no sense. It needs to be ex-plained by the three board members whovoted against renewing the contracts.“It’s not the right time” simply does not

cut it.O v e r

the years,I havebeen oneof them o s tv o c a lcritics ofthe GSLd i s t r i c twhen itcomes tospendingmoney. I

have fought with the teachers’ unionover raises during some pretty toughtimes, like the seven years of statutoryoperating debt (SOD) in the early-2000s.

I also fought the school board duringthose same SOD years over excessspending of funds for new programs thedistrict could not support over the longhaul. Those years were ugly times.

But once GSL worked its way out ofSOD, with some pretty severe andpainful cuts in staff and programs, Sonjuand Sander were hired to lead the districtforward. They have led the district intoyears of financial stability. They havegiven the district and its school boardsteady leadership and solid financial ad-vice.

So what changed? Why screw aroundwith something that’s not broken?

I was not at the Nov. 13 school boardmeeting, but The Chronicle (Nov. 21) re-ported that one of the board membersused Facebook comments as a basis forher no vote. There were some negativecomments apparently.

Are you kidding me? What could youhave been thinking? Ever bother tocheck out those negative comments withthe targeted people, like Sonju andSander? That is not only necessary tomake informed decisions, it also is com-mon courtesy.

What the school board needs to donow is to revisit the contracts of Sonjuand Sander and renew them now beforethe two head off to lead some other dis-trict. That 3-3 rejection was a prettystrong message, and slap in their faces,that the board does not support its topadministrators.

We know what we have in Sonju andSander, and we have confidence in bothof them. If they leave, we have no ideawhat we’ll get in return.

GSL School Board, get this non-issuesettled now before you lose your admin-istrators because of some cock-eyedFacebook comments and concerns about“timing!’ Stop the nonsense and do theright thing!

Rich Glennie was the editor of TheChronicle for 23 years. He retired Aug.1, 2014.

3-3 votes has him breaking his own rule

Rich Glennie

By Jakob KounkelWhile the spat between General Mo-

tors (GM) and President Donald Trumpdominates the national spotlight for tar-iffs costing the auto company hundredsof millions, a lesser-known commoditysits at the fulcrum of the trade war be-tween the United States and China: thelowly soybean, one of the most promi-nent crops for McLeod County farmers.

Since Trump slapped a 25 percent tar-iff on Chinese goods in early July of thisyear, the per-bushel price of soybeanshas taken a nosedive. More importantly,a chart in circulation from DeutscheBank Research showed the United Stateshas lost 98 percent of its export marketfor soybeans in China, which used to bethe destination for around half of theAmerica’s total soybean exports.

So, before Trump’s fiasco with China,the Asian country took in half the totalamount of soybeans the United Statesexported around the world.

Now, America’s lost all but 2 percentof that market.

If you’re thinking: No problem, Presi-dent Trump is doing what needs to bedone to get fair prices for our farmers,who other countries have taken advan-tage of for decades. Fair enough. There’smerit to that claim.

Another claim to consider, and factual:As the United States tries to hand off

hyper-expensive beans, China is going tocountries like Brazil, another major soy-bean exporter, and has been investing inAfrican agriculture for years in hopes ofcheaper trade. As the United Statesforces China to veer to other countriesfor soybeans, we might find we’veburned an agricultural bridge that won’tbe rebuilt.

The United States Department of Agri-culture predicted the amount of plantedsoybean acreage will drop by 6.6 millionacres across America in 2019. Thoughnot unprecedented, it marks one of thesteepest declines in modern Americaover a calendar year in history.

Is President Trump making strides forthe future of the everyday Americanfarmer, while simultaneously being re-sponsible for their demise? Or isTrump’s motivation nestled in his 2020campaign?

It’s probably a mix of both, but the lat-ter most likely reigns supreme over theformer. To be fair, it’s hard to say of anyfirst-term sitting president whether or nottheir policy was influenced by re-elec-tion or moral duty. Again, probably amix of both.

Just two days ago, Trump touted theG-20 Summit as victory for Americanfarmers and the auto industry, but neitherhis administration nor any other countryhave made such claims, and not because

it was a win for us and a loss for othercountries.

“Beans went up a nickel today, butwe’ll have to wait and see what hap-pens,” said Mark Hueser, self-pro-claimed head-honcho at Hueser Grain inGlencoe -- a company that sells soy-beans to China. “If (China) bought beanstoday, we would still pay a 25 percenttariff.” The trade war is on pause, but thetariffs are still very much in effect.

The new United States Mexico Cana-da Agreement (USMCA), taking theplace of the North American Free TradeAgreement, is a leap in the right direc-tion. A lot of farmers around rural Min-nesota will tell you they’re just hopingfor the best with the end result. Most justwant it to be over.

One thing is certain: the lowly soy-bean is an imperatively important crop tothe economy of Minnesota and its farm-ers. A lot of Trump’s policy has pro-duced, with some help from former pres-idents, economic biomarkers that thecountry hasn’t seen in decades, if ever.Though it doesn’t seem like a good poli-cy to tax your own citizens to get betterdeals for your citizens, it’s worked be-fore, and it could work again.

Jakob Kounkel is a staff writer for TheChronicle.

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100 Years AgoNov. 28, 1918O.C. Conrad, Editor

The Bulletin was pleased lastSaturday to receive a letter froma Brownton boy from Some-where in France who has surelypassed thru some experiencesince leaving here last winter.The letter bears no date but thefield post office date was markedNov. 9, consequently the letterwas written but a very few daysbefore the end of the great con-flict: Friend Conrad; Will writeyou a few lines to let you knowthat I am well and hope the sameof all my Brownton friends.Well, I was called into the serv-ice the 25th of February andtrained in the states for threemonths. I then crossed the deepblue sea and got over lucky, en-joying the trip pretty well. Afterreaching here I trained for a cou-ple months more and then movedup to the front. I have been to thefront twice and went “over thetop” four times. Can tell you itwas no fun, but it had to be done.I tell you it is a fright to go overthe top with big shells burstingaround you tearing up the earthand the air at the same time filledwith flying shrapnel you then re-alize it is time to take cover in ashell hole. The war is nearly overas all the nations have surren-dered, leaving Germany alone,and she will soon have to hand itto us. I am expecting to leave forhome before very long. I am nowin a rest camp and enjoying it asgood as I know how. Will closeand best regards to all myBrownton friends, Pvt. Ferdi-nand Rettig, Co. G, 118 Inf., A.E. F.

75 Years AgoDec. 2, 1943Milton D. Hakel, Editor

An honor roll board carryingthe names of the men andwomen of this community in themilitary service has been erectedon the lot between the Oddfel-

lows building and the drug store.Sponsored and erected by theBrownton Commercial Club inrespect to the many young peo-ple now in uniform, the boardnow carries 109 individual nameplates. The Commercial Clubcommittee in charge of erectingand maintaining the honor roll iscomposed of R.A. Zimmerman,Otto Sell and John Zieman.While extreme care was taken bythe committee not to omit thename of any genuine resident ofthis community, it may neverthe-less be possible that may haveunintentionally been overlooked.The committee therefore asksanybody noting an omissioncommunicate with them immedi-ately.

Miss Lorna Leona Gehrke andPfc. Norman A. Ruschmeyer, asoldier of Brownton, were unitedin marriage on Tuesday, Novem-ber 30 at 1:00 o’clock p.m. at St.Matthews Lutheran Church ofPenn Township. Rev. GeorgeMathiae of Gaylord officiated.

50 Years AgoDec. 5, 1968Charles H. Warner, Editor

Social Security representativeswill be at the McLeod countycourt house in Glencoe, from9:30 a.m. to 12 noon on Wednes-day, December 11th. They willbe in Hutchinson in the city hall(second floor) on Thursday, De-cember 12th, from 8:30 a.m.until noon. Wages paid a house-hold worker — whether em-ployed as a maid, cook, laun-dress, cleaning woman, baby sit-ter or similar job — are coveredfor social security purposes if theemployee is paid $50 or morecash in a calendar quarter. A cal-endar quarter is a 3-month periodbeginning with January, April,July, or October. Room andboard are not counted, but car-fare is, if paid in cash. If youhave a domestic employee whomeets this requirement, you arerequired to report these wages tothe Internal Revenue Service and

pay the social security taxes.Failure to file timely tax returnsmay result in additional penaltyand interest charges.

Incumbent trustee P. L. Hakesand village clerk John Hagedornreceived write-in victories inTuesday’s election. Hagedornhad been appointed to the post atthe start of the year. Justice ofthe peace Charles Warner, whohas a year to run on his currentterm, received 13 write-in votesfor the office. Fourty-four votersturned out for the election andwere greeted by a blank ballot asno candidate had filed.

20 Years AgoDec. 2, 1998Lori Copler, Editor

About 60 people turned outfor McLeod West’s school facili-ties informational meeting onTuesday, Nov. 14 at the StewartCampus. The residents seemedmost concerned about three is-sues: maintaining facilities inboth communities, costs ofbuilding or remodeling facilities,and curriculum. McLeod WestSuperintendent Mike McLough-lin started the process of examin-ing the school’s facility needs upto the current point — the adop-tion by the school board of a 15-year facilities plan. That plan,adopted by the board in Septem-ber, calls for a new 7-12 facilityto be built in or near Browntonand remodeling of and an addi-tion to the current Stewart Cam-pus to accommodate grades K-6.Besides remodeling and upgrad-ing that facility, the board’s planincludes the addition of a newmedia center that will provide li-brary resources for both theschool and the community.McLoughlin said the plan calledfor a new high school facility fortwo reasons: to replace the cur-rent facility in Brownton, whichhas a 1921 building which is alsothe core facility for the Brown-ton Campus’ heating and plumb-ing system; and to attract or keephigh quality students.

History

From the Brownton Bulletin archives

30 Years Ago

Dec. 7, 1988Bill Ramige, Editor

The city council approved awater system improvement planestimated to cost $1.4 millionand directed the city engineer tomake plans and specificationsfor the project.

An undisclosed amount ofdrugs were taken during an earlymorning burglary of Mike’s Sny-der Drug Store Thursday. Theburglars defeated the alarm sys-tem and entered the building bytwisting off the front lock.

Brian Milbrand of Glencoequalified for a national invita-tional livestock-judging contestat the Western Stock Show inDenver on Jan. 13.

20 Years Ago

Dec. 9, 1998

Rich Glennie, EditorThe Minnesota Department of

Safety’s state fire marshal’s of-fice was investigating two recentarson fires in the Glencoe areaand was seeking the public’s as-sistance. The fires at The Pamidastore on Nov. 23 and at the va-cant home of Alma Pullmann onNov. 16 were labeled suspiciousby the state fire marshal’s office.

The Rev. Brad Thom tookover as the new minister atChrist Lutheran Church in Glen-coe and conducted his first serv-ice on Sunday.

Luke Miska, senior quarter-back for the Glencoe-Silver LakePanthers, was named to theWright County Conference“Back of the Year.”

10 Years Ago

Dec. 3, 2008Rich Glennie, Editor

For the fifth time in nine

years, and the third year in arow, the champions of ClassAAA football in the state ofMinnesota was the Panthersfrom Glencoe-Silver Lake HighSchool. GSL outscored its PrepBowl XXVII opponent De-LaSalle 21-0 in the second half,enough to claim a 42-21 victory.In doing so, the Panthers estab-lished a new Prep Bowl record(all classes) by rushing for 415net yards as a team.

In nearly 52 years of playingmusic, Bruce Bradley Mielke ofBrownton was one of the recentinductees to the MinnesotaMusic Hall of Fame.

For more than 10 years, theGRHS (Glencoe RegionalHealth Services) Foundation hasheld a tree-lighting ceremonynear its long-term care facility.The Tree of Lights includes over47,000 LED lights that are pro-grammed twinkle and dance tofour favorite holiday tunes.

From the Chronicle archives

75 Years Ago

Dec. 4, 1943Delbert Merrill, Publisher

With all hunters returned fromtheir trek to the northwoods insearch of a deer, it seems that inSilver Lake hunters had consid-erable success compared to theaverage over the state. FrankBren, in company with BenSmith of Pennock, and BarneyPenaz came back home with adeer and a big 450 pound blackbear. Steve Reml, hunting withOrren Hager and Fred Drahos,had good going for their partyand brought back a nice big buckand doe.

In a letter received from theirson Richard, Mr. and Mrs. JohnNavratil were informed that hewas stationed somewhere inItaly. They also received a box ofsouvenirs which he collected inEgypt, Tripoli, Catania, and Sici-ly.

60 Years Ago

Dec. 4, 1958Wilbert Merrill, Publisher

Interest was high in the annualvillage election Tuesday with300 voters turning out at thepolls, with the following unoffi-cial returns as submitted to theLeader: Councilman 3 year term,incumbent Frank Shamla was re-elected receiving 246 votes. ForClerk, incumbent HowardChalupsky was re-elected receiv-ing 157 votes to Mrs. EleanorTrutna’s 139. For Assessor, in-cumbent Henry Schultz was re-turned to office receiving 184 to115 for Kaczmarek. Justice ofthe Peace Frank J. Ardolf was re-elected receiving 196 votes.

The Silver Lake Fire Dept.made a run to the Frank Sop-kowiak farm home last Wednes-day morning to quell a chimneyfire. No serious damage resultedfrom the blaze.

25 Years Ago

Dec. 2, 1993Ken and Dorothy Merrill,Publishers

The cast of “Alice in Wonder-land” has been working veryhard for many weeks. Thoughthe group is young, they are en-ergetic and enthusiastic abouttheir roles. For many members,this is the first crack at acting infront of an audience. The talentis really starting to shine througheach individual. “Alice in Won-derland” is a magical daydreamof a little girl named Alice,played by Amy Brooks andLeianne Knoll. Alice is greetedby the White Rabbit (BonnieGreen). Being a curious little girlthat she is, she follows that whiterabbit into a new place calledWonderland. Alice meets manydifferent characters that keepgetting “curiouser and curiouser”all the time. Cast includes: TheMouse (Christine Nowak), FishFootman (Melanie Wosmek),Frog Footman (Karla Klauster-meier), The Duchess (LacyYurek), The Cook (LoriMiskosky), The Cheshire Cat(Mandy Schauer), March Hare(Joshua Ide), Dormouse (JulieWilliams), King of Hearts (JaradGraczyk), Queen of Hearts(Amanda Rognli), The Knave(Toni Kasella), The Gryphon(Sarah Klima), Mock Turtle(Kara Wachlarowicz), Two(Karla Klaustermeier) and Seven(Jenny Rannow).

10 Years Ago

Dec. 4, 2008Ken and Dorothy Merrill,Publishers

The State AAA Championshipgame was a repeat of the oppo-nent as the Panthers of Glencoe-Silver Lake faced DaLaSalle Is-landers Saturday noon at the

Metrodome. The kickoff by thePanthers, as they had deferredafter winning the toss, was shortand to the sideline. It was a planthat was used all day long as thePanthers were willing to givesome field position but wantedto keep the ball away from Run-ning Back Evan Williams.Williams, a well respected run-ning back, was able to makeeveryone come to their feetwhen he had the ball. He alwayswas a threat to break into theopen. The game recorded 20 car-ries for 151 yards. In a surprisemove by the Panthers, a shortkick surprised up back SpencerHarris on the opening kickoffthat was fumbled and recoveredby Aaron Lueders at the De-LaSalle 37 yard line. For thePanthers, it was the runninggame, which was always strong,but it became obvious that De-LaSalle was not up to makingthe necessary stops. It took 6plays with runs by Aaron Lued-ers, Mitch Nowak and a 14 yardrun by Kyler Anderson beforeNowak scored on a 4 yard run.The extra point was kick byDaine Dummer was good andthe score with 9:41 on the clockwas 7-0 for the Panthers. It was ashort kickoff to DeLaSalle butthe Panther defense held for a 4and out series, taking over on the42 yard line following the punt.On the 5th play Kyler Andersontook the ball 37 yards for thesecond score with 5:40 remain-ing on the clock in the first quar-ter and a 14-0 score. The quarterended with Panther QuarterbackKyler Anderson completing a 68yard pass to Lueders to the De-LaSalle 7 yard line. MitchNowak scored on a 1 yard runand a 21-7 lead.

It capped off a great season asthe Panthers were winners ofAAA for a third year in a row. Itwas a great feeling of pride asthis was Scott Tschimperle’s firstyear as head coach.

From the Silver Lake Leader archives

From the Stewart Tribune archives100 Years AgoDec. 6, 1918Lester Koeppen, Editor

The Village Council of theVillage of Stewart met in regularsession at the clerk’s office onTuesday evening, Dec. 8, 1918.Meeting was called to order at 8o’clock by Pres. Larson. A com-mittee from the High SchoolAthletic Association presented aplea for the use of Liberty Hallfor basket ball during the comingwinter. On motion the HighSchool Athletic Association wasallowed the use of the hall forbasket ball under condition thatSupt. Seder is with them whenpractice is staged, that they dotheir own janitor work, the hallto be kept by them in as goodcondition as it now is in, andthey pay $8.00 rent when gamesare played.

Stale words are the bane of anewspaper man’s life. In the rou-tine of a newspaper office, themind falls easily into a groove,and the same words are used toexpress certain thoughts whenthey arrive. The result is “News-paper English,” so-called. Notthat a well-edited newspapercannot and does not rank withthe best of the magazines fromthe standpoint of clear and con-cise English, but a carelessly orhastily edited newspaper is re-vealed by the frequency withwhich the stale words are used toexpress warmed-over thoughts.

75 Years AgoNov. 25, 1943Harry Koeppen, Editor

There’s a police officer in thearea, who, if the following inci-dent is a sample, is one of thesmartest in his profession. Theother night he found a 13-year-old girl out long after curfew,and later on a 12-year-old boysleeping in an alley. Did he ar-rest the kids? No. He took theparents to custody. There’s the

solution of juvenile delinquencyin the proverbial nut-shell. Ifthere were no negligent parents,there would be mighty fewderelict children. If the folks dotheir duty by their offspring, thework of the police is light in-deed. Most people are chary oftheir material possessions, thefinish on the car, the immaculatehousehold and furniture, thewell-oiled fowling piece or fish-ing rod. But when it comes to thekids, that is definitely somethingelse again. A well-behaved childis a pearl without a price, andthis new generation of Americanyoungsters are the best-looking,smartest, and, on the whole, thebest-natured ever. But, when par-ents turn them loose to go whoknows where, with who knowswhom, and until who knowswhen, something is bound tohappen.

60 Years AgoDec. 4, 1958Kermit T. Hubin, Editor

Twenty-three people fromHutchinson, Glencoe, Stewartand Lester Prairie officially or-ganized the Young RepublicanLeague of McLeod County at adinner meeting Thursdayevening, November 20 at Bob’sSupper Club, Hutchinson. Elect-ed to guide the new group wereD. J. Black, chairman; Mrs. Gor-don C. Vath, Stewart, vice chair-man; Mrs. Robert Harrison,Hutchinson, secretary-treasurer;Mrs. Richard Phillips of Glen-coe, membership committeechairman. Principal speakerThursday night was Len Nadastyof Golden Valley, YRL nationalvice-chairman. The regularmeeting night of the group wasscheduled for the fourth Thurs-day of every month, with thenext meeting to be held in Stew-art. The principal speaker’s namewill appear in one of the later is-sues of the Tribune. Everyone isurged to attend this meeting.

In a rather quiet election Tues-day, the incumbents were re-turned to office by a good mar-gin. A total of 105 votes werecast, between the hours of 9 a.m.and 5 p.m. A contest developedfor the office of trustee, whenvoters “wrote-in” the name ofClarence Kern. He received 36votes, to the incumbent, V. J.Klinkhammer’s 54. Mr.Klinkhammer was elected foranother 3-year term. Incumbentvillage clerk, F. J. Buhr had noopposition and received 96 votesto put him back in office. FredLewin was given a total of 72votes for the office of village as-sessor. Both offices are for a pe-riod of two years.

50 Years AgoDec. 5, 1968Kermit T. Hubing, Editor

The Bronze Star medal forheroism was awarded recently toFloyd F. Reck Jr., Army Special-ist 5, serving in Viet Nam withthe 15th Supply and Service Bat-talion of the 1st Cavalry Divi-sion (Airmobile). The youngArmy man is the son of Capt.Floyd Reck, USN (Ret.) and hiswife Carrie, residing in Corona-do, California, formerly fromStewart. The Bronze Star wasaccompanied by the followingcitation: “Specialist Reck distin-guished himself by exceptionallyvalorous actions on August 16,1968, while serving as an ordi-nance handler with Supply Co.,15th Support and Service Battal-ion, during an enemy attack inthe Republic of Viet Nam.“When his unit’s perimeter cameunder ground attack SpecialistReck exposed himself to the hos-tile fire as he voluntarily movedthroughout the area in search ofwounded personnel. SpecialistReck was responsible for theevacuation of numerous soldiersand undoubtedly saved the livesof many.”

Just east of Glencoe in HelenTownship, a truck found itself

jackknifed in the ditch off ofHighway 212 on Sunday, Dec. 2.

Chronicle photo by Trisha Karels

Truck in the ditch on Highway 212

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Monday., Dec. 10 — Tops Weigh-In mtg., 5-5:30 p.m.; Brown-ton Senior Citizens Club, Brownton Community Center, 1p.m.; Stewart City Council, 7 p.m.; Brownton American Le-gion and Auxiliary Post 143 Christmas party, Brownton Com-munity Center, 6 p.m.

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Mr. Koehn enjoyed playingsoftball well into his 60s, re-habbing homes and did proj-ects around the house. But hisfavorite pastime was spend-ing quality moments with hisgrandchildren. He would at-tend their school programsand games, and often saidbeing a grandpa was one ofhis favorite joys.

His parents, Marvin andMildred; his father and moth-er-in-law, Louis and GladysOrtloff, preceded Mr. Koehnin death.

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A memorial service isplanned for Friday, Dec. 7,11:30 a.m., with visitationone hour prior at The Peter-son Chapel, 119 Central Ave,Buffalo. Pastor Charles Ort-loff will officiate the serviceand Jonathan and NicholasKoehn will serve as urn-bear-ers.

A private interment forfamily will be scheduled at alater date.

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Cokato family celebratescentennarian mark on farm

On a 120-acre farm just a few miles north of Cokato,Paul “Mike” and Cheryl Niemela are in the midst of theirfarm’s centennial year, all 100 of which have been in thefamily, the Dassel Cokato Enterprise Dispatch reported.

The family is the third generation of Niemalas to liveon the farm, so the farm and its inhabitants have livedthrough triumphs and hardships. The Great Depressionand droughts throughout the years have been taxing andcreated challenges for the family.

Despite efforts for prosperity as a farmer, MikeNiemala’s grandfather fell behind in payments, as manyfarmers did, the farm found itself up for foreclosure andauction sale. Many families lost their farm this way.

But as the auction date neared, it never landed on theauction block. Then-Farmer-Labor Party acting governorHjalmar Peterson ceased all sales “because just abouteverybody would have lost their farms,” Cheryl said,“and some already had. But they stopped those right be-fore grandpa’s was up for auction; so, he didn’t lose it.”

Concerned Cologne citizensdelay MnDOT project

As the Highway 212 project materializes, logisticshave become a concern for MnDOT as voiced by citizensof Cologne and Mayor Matt Lein, the Norwood YoungAmerica Times reported.

Lein wrote in a Facebook post, “Based on your feed-back from the public meeting, your Facebook comments,and an email from me to the county the night of themeeting, MnDOT has agreed to delay finishing the de-sign documents for the project until they have addressedour concerns.”

The project originally proposed from MnDOT called toclose off County Road 36 for a railroad bridge that needsrepairs. Upwards of 70 concerned residents of the cityappeared at a public hearing to be heard about the pro-posal.

Association honors music teachers

Two of Waconia’s teachers have been named as Min-nesota Choral Directors of the Year by the AmericanChoral Association of Minnesota, the Waconia Patriot re-ported.

Bayview’s Kari Werdahl and Southview’s Lisa Lozitowere presented with their awards at a luncheon in Mah-tomedi. They have more than a half century of experi-ence together; Werdahl has been with Waconia schoolsfor 33 years, and Lozito has been with the district for 25years. “I am very proud to be a part of the K-12 musiclegacy here in Waconia that was established long before Iarrived in 1986 and I hope will continue on for manyyears to come,” Werdahl said.

“I feel proud to be a part of this community’s commu-nity education legacy. I hope it continues for manyyears,” Lozito added.

Thirteen Brownton seniorcitizens met Monday, Dec. 3at the Brownton CommunityCenter.

Winning at 500, AudreyTongen, first, and GladysRickert, second; winning atpinochle, Karen Schmeling,first, and Pat Markgraf, sec-ond; door prize winner wasEd Markgraf. Pat Markgrafserved refreshments.

The next meeting will beDec. 10 at the BrowntonCommunity Center.

13 Browntonseniors meton Monday

Alumni and friends ofBrownton High School areasked to keep Saturday, July27 open as the date for theall-school reunion.

Brownton High Schoolgraduates were sent a letterwith information on theevent. The reunion will beheld at the Brownton AreaCivic Center, the formerBHS west wing and gymna-sium. Graduates of McLeodWest High School are alsoinvited.

A social hour is set for 5p.m. with dinner at 6:30p.m., followed by a programand music. The reunion willbe held in conjunction withBrownton Days, which isalso being held that weekend.

Additional information isavailable on the Browntonall-school reunion Facebookpage or by calling Jane/KeithTongen at 320-328-4176.

Brownton all-school reuniondate set

The St. Pius X “Singing FriendsChorus” formed for a Christmasconcert for all who were inter-ested in attending. They sang

classics like, “I’ll be home forChristmas” and “You’re a meanone, Mr. Grinch.”

Chronicle photo by John Mueller

St. Pius X ‘Singing Friends Chorus’

Death Notices

GladysKluever, 93,of Glencoe

Gladys Kluever, 93, Glen-coe, and formerly of Oakes,North Dakota, passed awaySunday, Dec. 2 at HarmonyRiver Living Center inHutchinson.

Funeral services were heldTuesday, Dec. 4 at the John-son-McBride Funeral Chapelin Glencoe.

Arrangements are with theJohnson-McBride FuneralChapel in Glencoe. Onlineobituaries and a guestbook areavailable at www.mcbridechapel.com

ClarissBachmann, 98,of NYA

Clariss Bachmann, 98, ofNorwood Young America,passed away on Sunday, Dec.2 at Good Samaritan Societyin Waconia.

Mass of Christian burialwill be held Friday, Dec. 7, 11a.m. at Church of the Ascen-sion in Norwood YoungAmerica with interment fol-lowing at the church ceme-tery.

Visitation will be held Fri-day, Dec. 7 form 10 a.m.- 11a.m one hour prior to the serv-ice at the church.

Arrangements are with thePaul-McBride Funeral Chapelin Norwood Young America.Online guestbook is availableat www.mcbridechapel.com.

Gregory Post,62, of Pipestone

Gregory Post, 62, of Pipe-stone, died on Monday, Dec.

3 at the Pipestone CountyMedical Center.

A memorial service will beheld on Thurs., Dec. 6 at 11a.m. at the Good SamaritanCommunities of PipestoneChapel in Pipestone.

Arrangements are with theHartquist Funeral Home —Pipestone Chapel.

Online guestbook is avail-able at www.hartquistfuneral.com.

Community Strings willpresent “Carol of the Bells”Sunday, Dec. 16, at 3 and 7p.m., at Good ShepherdLutheran Church in Glencoe.

Community Strings is a 35-piece string section featuringa wide array of stringed in-struments played by experi-enced musicians from Glen-coe, Norwood Young Ameri-

ca, Lester Prairie, Hutchin-son, Cokato, Plato, and Ar-lington under the direction ofJack Noennig. The presenta-tion will include a percus-sionist.

There is no cost to attend,although a free-will offeringwill be accepted, as well asfood donations for the foodshelf.

Community Strings‘Carol of the Bells’ Dec. 16

It will be cold, then a bit warmer and no snow thisweek. A blast of Canadian air will slam into the upperMidwest early in the week and settle in right through thework week. Highs Thursday and Friday will most likelybe stuck in the teens at best. Lows on a clear night shouldbe able to drop below 0 but it all depends onclouds/wind. The good news is the weekend and extend-ed forecast show an improvement coming in thanks to anarea of high pressure. Highs Saturday and Sunday shouldmake it into the 20s to 30, potentially approaching freez-ing early next week. The extended forecast keeps thehigh pressure over us well into next week so if every-thing holds true we could have a nice, quiet stretch ofweather. Whatever snow we have will be it, as stormsstay well away from the upper Midwest. We could see apassing snow shower Wednesday and again Friday buteven that looks like a tall task. Happy December every-one, enjoy the quiet weather week.

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Wednesday night: Lows 8-14, clouds/flurries.Thursday: Highs 12-18, lows -3-3, clear.Friday: Highs 14-20, lows 0-6, clear.Saturday: Highs 18-26, lows 7-13, clear. Sunday: Highs 22-30, clear.Weather Quiz: How much snow did southern Min-

nesota see from the weekend storm?Last week’s question: How much snow do we typical-

ly see in November/December?Answer to last week’s question: Normally we see

around 20 inches of snow between the two months.We’ve been in-between most of the snowfall so far thisyear with both the north and south of us getting decentamounts of snow. We have some catching up to do here ifwe want to hit that much.

Remember, I make the forecast, not the weather.

Weather CornerBy Jake Yurek

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The City of Stewart held aspecial meeting on Wednes-day, Nov. 28, with the ab-sence of Mayor Jason Peirce,to get approval from thecouncil to process the cost toclean up a hazardous propertyand delinquent billings to the2019 property tax levy. Theline item passed just as quick-ly as it appeared as nobodyshowed up for public input.

After the motion to add thecosts to the 2019 levy, thecouncil approved a resolutionto hire someone to monitor,process paperwork and trainthe new public works super-visor, Dominic Kadelbach,for water and wastewater. Italso tabled a change to theanimal ordinance for numberof dogs and cats allowable ona premises and held a discus-sion on redundancy in thecity’s ordinances.

The pet ordinance issue,month after month, has stolencountless minutes from Stew-art City Council meetings,partly due to an importanttechnicality that says a coun-cil member can’t vote on an

ordinance in which he or shewould directly benefit.

Nonetheless, CouncilMember Kevin Klucas, whowas leading the meeting inlieu of the absent mayor, said,“I think we should table (theanimal ordinance) because ofsome things that need to betalked about.” With the ab-sent mayor and Klucas beingthe council member whovoted as a benefitting party tothe ordinance, there wereonly two eligible councilmembers who could vote. So,they tabled the ordinanceuntil next month, and thecouncil said it hopes to haveit approved in January.

In-keeping with ordinanceissues, the council held a dis-cussion on repetitiveness inthe city’s ordinances. Thougha tedious and thankless task,the council stressed its impor-tance because it could lead tobetter clarity and reduce therisk of dual fines. For exam-ple, if a blight fine appears inthe rental ordinance and thecity’s general ordinance, thecity would have to hand outtwo fines, which it deemedunfair. City Clerk Debra Huls

said she’d take on the issue. In the world of water and

wastewater, the council wentwith MMS Environmental toprocess paperwork, monitorand train Dominic Kadel-bach, the newly hired publicworks supervisor. Kadelbachdoesn’t meet all of the re-quirements and certificationsnecessary to run awater/wastewater plant unsu-pervised. Being an arsenictreatment facility, a relativelyunique type of facility, Kadel-bach will need to obtain morecertification and training be-fore handling operations onhis own, some of which cantake up to three years.

The council also decided tostick with the knowledge of aformer employee who used towork closely with the waterand wastewater facilities, ona per-hour basis if he sochooses to accept, to aidKadelbach in the daily opera-tions until he obtains licen-sure and certification. Theformer employee is cheaper,has intimate knowledge ofthe facilities and can be on-call for the needs of the city.

Stewart tables pet ordinance again,looks at redundancy in city ordinance

Four Panther girls were selectedfor a Lions award for essays thateach wrote individually. Thetopic of the service-based essaywas, “Reaching for new hori-zons through service.” The girlseach wrote an essay specific tohow they use their unique skillsfor service to others. From leftto right: Hope Kosek was recog-nized by the Brownton LionsClub for her essay about a mis-sion trip to Red Lake, Minn.where she aided the communityat the animal shelter, kids club,and more. Lydia Rakow was rec-ognized by the Silver Lake LionsClub for traveling to Jamaica to

work in an orphanage, and had astartling revelation about whatwe have in America compared todeveloping nations. RachelTrebesch was recognized by thePlato Lions Club for the thingsshe does for her community, likehelping out and playing piano ather church. Kendra Klobe wasrecognized by the GlencoeLions Club for overcoming anobstacle in her life and buildingfrom that, learning how to turnnegativity into positivity — asentiment she finds vital to aprosperous community.

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Area farmers interested in-learning how other farmersare managing the challengesand struggles of farming canattend a panel discussionMonday at Glencoe CityCenter.

The 2018 panel discussion– “Managing the Storm” – isset for Monday, Dec. 10,noon to 2 p.m., at GlencoeCity Center in Glencoe. Thefeatured panelists, dairy pro-ducers Larry Dreier, LeahKurth and Extension Educa-tor Brenda Miller, will lead adiscussion about success and

struggle in the dairy industryand the many important les-sons they’ve learned alongthe way. This event is free toattend, however pre-registra-tion is requested since a lightlunch will be provided.

In recent history, ExtensionEducator Karen Johnson saidchallenges facing dairy farm-ers, from cost of productionto international market dy-namics, have become moreand more pronounced. Dairyfarmers are unique in thatthey’re accustomed to thehard work and perseverance

necessary to make it throughthese difficult times, but whatabout when the unpredictablehappens? Or when somethinggoes beyond one’s control?Panelists at this event havefirst-hand experience in theseareas, from loss of loved onesto financial stress, and areeager to share their stories ofhow they overcame hardshipand managed the storm, John-son said.

Contact McLeod CountyExtension at 320-484-4334 toregister for the event or formore information.

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