vol. 112 no. 15 • thursday, march 28, 2013 • silver lake...

Vol. 112 No. 15 • Thursday, March 28, 2013 • Silver Lake, MN 55381

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Silver Lake Leader photosby Alyssa Schauer

Preschool at Faith Presby-terian Church is up andrunning, and looking forstudents for the 2013-14school year. Above,teacher Sue Nord helpsAshlyn Imdieke plantgrass seeds and to theright, Imdieke supervisesJameson Bublotz as hewaters the newly plantedgrass. The current pre-school class consists offour students and meetstwice a week for projects,“Jesus Time,” snacks, andlessons.

By Alyssa SchauerStaff Writer

Preschool is “grow-ing” at Faith Presby-terian in Silver Lake!

In January this year, thechurch hired Sue Nord as thepreschool teacher and is cur-rently taking applications forthe 2013-14 school year.

Nord, a teacher’s aide atFirst Lutheran School inGlencoe, travels to SilverLake twice a week to teachthe four registered studentsMonday and Tuesday after-noons.

“I love it. I love my joband teaching these kids. Youcan have the worst morning,and feel grumpy and crabby,but as soon as you walk intothe classroom and those kidscome running to you for ahug, you forget about every-thing and just smile,” Nordsaid.

Nord said the preschool isset up to get students readyfor kindergarten and to en-

gage them in “educational,fun activities.

“Right now, we are plant-ing grass seeds,” Nord said,as she helped students AshlynImdieke and JamesonBublotz dump soft, black dirtinto gardening boxes.

“Our typical day consistsof taking attendance, engag-ing in a little play time, andthen we have ‘Jesus time,’where we read a Bible storyand sing ‘Jesus Loves Me,’”Nord said.

“Today, we prayed for ourfriends who were sick,” Nordsaid, about the other two stu-dents, Lexi and Garret, whowere home sick.

After Jesus time, Nord saidthe class then completes twoor three projects and plays“Alphabet Bingo” and othereducational games.

Nord said the students arealso assigned “jobs” to teachresponsibility.

“We have someone whocharts the weather, is in

charge of the calendar, ringsthe bell for clean-up time,and helps with snacks. Thestudents rotate between thesejobs each day of class,” Nordsaid.

She added that the jobs re-ally teach the children aboutteamwork and taking care ofthemselves. “They know towash their hands before andafter snack, wash the tableafter crafts and after snacks,and help pick up trash,” Nordsaid.

This preschool semesterwill run until May, and FaithPresbyterian is taking appli-cations for the 2013-14school year. The church alsois working to open daycareservices in the building againand just hired Corinne John-son as director.

To register for preschool,contact the church at 320-327-2452 and for daycare,contact Johnson at 320-327-2990.

Preschool growingat Faith Presbyterian

By Alyssa SchauerStaff Writer

Bids for the Grove Avenuereconstruction project are setto be opened during the quar-terly meeting of the SilverLake City Council on April 1.

The City Council heard anupdate about the project at itsregular meeting March 18.

“Bids have been advertised,and will be opened by engi-neers at the county facility inHutch on March 28,” CityClerk Kerry Venier said.

The engineers “make surebids are correct,” Vennier said,regarding specifications, etc.,before the McLeod CountyBoard and the Council look atthem.

“We then will work on thefinancial aspect of the projectand set our final assessmenthearing,” Venier said.

Mayor Bruce Bebo asked ifthe assessment hearing can be“final” if the project is noteven started. “What if some-thing comes up and we have tocharge more than we as-sessed?”

“We can get real close,” Ve-nier replied.

Venier also updated the CityCouncil about some work re-garding the project that has al-ready started.

“Xcel Energy will be outthis week to start trimmingtrees for the project,” Veniersaid.

Bebo also discussed plant-ing some trees from the “treegrant” in place of ones beingcut down and trimmed. Thereare 50 trees remaining fromthe tree grant to be planted thisspring.

“We will utilize the treegrant with this project to re-place some of those Xcel willtrim,” Venier said.

In other matters, the CityCouncil:

• Approved workers’ com-pensation insurance premiumsat $21,640, under the budgeted$22,440.

• Reviewed the January,February and year-to-date re-ports for the Municipal LiquorStore (MLS).

The January report showeda net profit of 21.08 percent,down from 29.77 percent in2012.

January operating expensestotaled $10,158.68 and operat-ing revenues totaled$17,961.82.

Venier said the change in thenet profit year-to-year is due tothe billing cycle.

The February report showeda net profit of 16.24 percent,an increase from 11.31 percentin 2012.

Total operating expenses forFebruary were $16,382.96 andoperating revenues were$23,040.96.

The year-to-date reportshowed a net profit of 18.09

percent, down 2 percent fromthe 2012 year-to-date report.

• Approved retaining JessicaTrebbensee as a part-time bar-tender with a step increase.

• Discussed filling the MLSmanager position. “Being ourmanager is retiring in June, Ithink we should start figuringit out now what exactly we’regoing to do. Let’s not waituntil May,” Bebo said.

The Council tabled the itemfor an April meeting.

• Approved the purchase ofturnout gear, helmets andboots for the Silver Lake FireDepartment.

“The life expectancy, whichis 10 years, of turnout gear hasbeen reached. It was decided

to change out one-third of thecoats, bunker pants and boots,but we will change out all ofthe helmets,” Fire Chief DaleKosek said.

At a cost of $23,145, theCouncil approved the purchaseusing monies from the fire de-partment’s fund-raising activi-ties.

• Approved replacing thetires on tanker truck 932 forthe Silver Lake Fire Depart-ment.

• Heard an update from Po-lice Chief Forrest Henriksenregarding public safety. Hen-riksen said the police depart-

Grove Avenue bids on quarterly Council agenda

By Ivan RaconteurEditorHerald Journal

Douglas Loren Jilek, 52, ofLester Prairie, died suddenlyFriday, March 15.

Jilek was a respected busi-nessman. He was the presidentof First Community Bank,with locations in Lester Prairieand Silver Lake, and an out-standing supporter of his localcommunity and Lester PrairieSchool, of which he was analumnus, a graduate of theclass of 1978.

He had served on the localbusiness association and astreasurer and director of theLester Prairie Foundation forEducation.

He was an active member ofthe Independent CommunityBankers of Minnesota and theBank Holding Company Asso-ciation, serving on the boardof directors for both organiza-tions.

An extremely active com-munity member, Jilek pro-moted and supported manylocal community improve-ment projects.

Jilek was committed to thecommunity he served, and thatwas reflected in his businessphilosophy.

“Our motto is 100 percentinterest in every customer.That means we give you ourundivided interest. You are not

just an account number to us,”Jilek said in a 2008 interviewon the occasion of the bank’s95th anniversary.

Three generations of theJilek family have worked atthe bank over the past fourdecades.

Jilek worked to promoteLester Prairie’s downtown tokeep it a place where peoplewould want to shop and dobusiness.

Jilek had more than 30 yearsof banking experience, andjoined the board of First Com-munity Bank in 1985.

The bank acquired the Sil-ver Lake bank in 1992, and

Jilek took over as vice-presi-dent of that bank in 1995.

On Jan. 1, 2001, Jilek tookover as president of the LesterPrairie and Silver Lake banks.

Jilek also worked outsidethe bank to promote the com-munity banking industry.

He served on the board ofdirectors of the IndependentCommunity Bankers of Min-nesota.

In 2007, he was appointedto a three-year term on theboard of the Bank HoldingCompany Association(BHCA). The BHCA is a non-profit trade association thatserves the educational needsof bank holding companies inMinnesota, Wisconsin, NorthDakota, South Dakota, Mon-tana, and the upper peninsulaof Michigan.

Jilek was elected chairmanof the Independent Commu-nity Bankers of Minnesota(ICBM) during the associa-tion’s annual convention inAugust 2009.

He described his new postas “an exciting challenge,”and said he felt fortunate tohave the chance to serve aschairman.

“It is an honor that my peerswanted me to serve,” Jileksaid in a 2009 interview.

Douglas Jilek’s full obituaryappeared in last week’s SilverLake Leader.

Prominent banker, communitysupporter Douglas Jilek dies

Douglas Jilek

By Lori CoplerStaff Writer

In recent years, theUnited States has had awhole new flock of vet-

erans returning to its shoresafter decades of its militarypresence in the Mideast.

And that has put a strain onthe local Veterans ServicesOffice (VSO), with officerJim Lauer cutting back on hisoutreach programs in order tofocus on individuals, whooften have had to wait forweeks for an appointment.

But McLeod County re-cently lifted its no-new-hirespolicy and brought on a part-time officer to alleviate someof Lauer’s load in the personof Cassandra (Jenneke) Carri-gan, a Glencoe native (GSLclass of 2004) and a memberof the Minnesota NationalGuard.

Lauer was quick to get herstarted — she went to a semi-nar in St. Cloud her very firstday on the job, where she dis-covered she was the newest

veterans service officer in theroom, having been employeda mere three hours. Shelearned about Veterans Ad-ministration (VA) health ben-efits at the seminar.

Then it was off to the TwinCities, where she learnedabout state benefits for veter-ans.

Lauer is happy to not onlyhave the extra help but, hesaid, Carrigan brings skillsthat complement his own.

For example, Carrigan willbe working to not only keepthe veterans services sectionof the county website up todate, but to help veteranswith online applications forbenefits.

“I’m a computer user, she’sa computer ‘person,’” saidLauer. Carrigan providedcomputer support for commu-nications/signal while on ac-tive duty with the MinnesotaNational Guard.

“I’m trying to bring the of-fice into the 21st century,”Carrigan agreed. “We’ve set

up a self-help computer sta-tion for anyone who doesn’thave a computer at home.”

Carrigan can help veteransnavigate the online Veterans

Another resource for veterans:Carrigan joins county VSO

Cassandra Carrigan

CouncilTurn to page 2

CarriganTurn to page 2

GSL’s Lincoln Junior HighSchool has released its second-trimester honor rolls:

“A” Honor RollSeventh grade — Uilleam

Armstrong, Jessica Brelje,Kyle Christensen, Zoe Chris-tensen, Joseph Cullen-Lawver,Mackenzie Davis, AshleyDreier, Peter Gepson, Alexan-dra Hansch, Allie Harpel,Emmi Jerabek, Connor Kan-tack, Mariah Koester, JamieKoski, Rebecca Lieser, PaigeLitzau, Blake Ortloff, AustinPinske, Laura Popelka, CodyRaduenz, Taryn Reichow,Ellie Schmidt, AbigailSchmieg, Nicole Seevers,Carsen Streich and SierraTrebesch.

Eighth grade — AshleyBandemer, Mitchell Boesche,Deanna Bondhus, Jordan Brei-denbach, Cameron Chap,Jacob Fehrenbach, DevinFleck, Luke Frahm, ShawnaGoettl, Erica Hecksel,Amanda Husted, JustinJimenez, Jordan Kaczmarek,Dalton Kosek, HannahKunkel, Cora Kuras, JaydenLachermeier, Madison Mona-han, Maggie Petersen, KolePolzin, Rachael Popp, FaithRakow, Rachel Reichow,Matthew Sanchez, NicholasSchmidt, Sarah Schmieg, DiniSchweikert, Joseph Torgerson,Katherine Twiss, Jacob Vasekand Teanna Vorlicek.

“B” Honor RollSeventh grade — Abisai

Anderson Sanchez, Jacob Bla-howski, Eduardo Blanco, Gre-gory Boyum, Ashley Brandt,Cadi Brooks, Aaron Castillo,Grace Draeger, MadelineDressel, Dallas Durbin, AlyssaEbert, John Eiden, Tony Fis-cher, Jaecub Fondurulia, Au-drey Forcier, Mickalyn Frahm,

Alexander Haflund, ZackaryHerout, Karsen Howard, AlexIde, Madelynn Kjenstad, Col-bie Kuras, Nicholas Lange,Spencer Lepel, Militza Med-ina, Will Mickolichek,McKenna Monahan, ReginaMoosbrugger, Kylie Ness,Benjamin Olson, DylanRichter, Jakob Rusten, AlexisSanchez, Rylie Schafer, TylerSiewert, Adam Thalmann,Mackenzie Wendolek andEthan Wraspir.

Eighth grade — Kelli Bai-ley, Sarah Bandas, MolliCacka, Marlaina Chelman,Tanner Chmielewski, Ben-jamin Donnay, Tatum En-gelke, Daria Fegley, Brandon

Fronk, Hunter Glaeser, Mi-randa Grack, Connor Heuer,Catherine Holtz, Marissa Kir-choff, Ashley Lawrence, JacobLitzau, Leah Litzau, NicoleLlovera, Marisa Luchsinger,Isabell Mallak, GraysonMaresh, Brittney Medina,Michael Meyer, MichaelaNeyers, Brandi Pikal, JenayaPosusta, Madison Posusta,Xochitl Ramirez, MacyRhodes, Mitchell Rolf, Rox-anna Sanchez, AustinSchroepfer, Nathan Schuch,Jacob Simons, Hannah Stifter,Hanna Stuedemann, DestinyTalbot-Senn, Eric Villnow,Samantha Voigt, Kyle Wanousand Alexis Wildey.

— Silver Lake Leader, Thursday, March 28, 2013

StaffBill and Joyce Ramige, Publishers;

Rich Glennie, Editor; Brenda Fogarty,Sales; Alyssa Schauer, Staff Writer/Of-fice.

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Skywarn training set April 1The McLeod County Emergency Management is host-

ing a Skywarn training Monday, April 1, from 7 p.m. to 9p.m., at the Plato Community Center in Plato. JonathanYuhas, Channel 5 meteorologist, will be presenting infor-mation on storm development and how to recognize severethunderstorms and tornadoes. He also will discuss the af-termath considerations that communities may face. NoRSVP needed.

Lions hold meeting April 4The Silver Lake Lions will meet Thursday, April 4, at

the Silver Lake Legion Club rooms, beginning with a di-rectors’ meeting at 6:30 p.m. and a regular meeting to fol-low at 7 p.m.

MMDC annual meeting setThe Mid-Minnesota Development Commission will

hold its annual public informational meeting for the AreaTransportation Partnership’s 2014-17 Area TransportationImprovement Program (ATIP) on Thursday, April 4, at 10a.m., at the Kandiyohi County HHS building, 2200 23rdStreet NE, Willmar. The meeting will be held in the lower-level multi-purpose room.

Seniors Club to meet April 8The Silver Lake Senior Citizens Club will meet Mon-

day, April 8, at 1 p.m., in the Silver Lake Auditorium.

SLBA meets Tuesday, April 9The Silver Lake Business Association will meet Tues-

day, April 9, at 7 p.m., in the Silver Lake Auditorium.

Lions sausage supper setThe Silver Lake Lions Club is hosting its annual sausage

supper Thursday, April 11, from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at theSilver Lake Auditorium. The menu includes Polishsausage, cheesy hashbrown potatoes, bread, corn, sauer-kraut, dessert and milk or coffee. Proceeds will go to theSilver Lake Fire Department.

Citywide garage sales setThe Silver Lake citywide garage sales are set for Thurs-

day, Friday and Saturday, April 25-27. Look to a futureLeader for more information.

Upcoming Eventsment and the sheriff’s officemet with staff at Lakeside Ele-mentary to go over theschool’s crisis managementplan.

“A lockdown was an-nounced and school waschecked by administration andlaw enforcement,” Henriksensaid.

Henriksen also reported thatthe McLeod County Sheriff’sOffice has decided to install“CodeRED,” a high-speed no-tification system involvingweather warnings.

“It sends notificationsthrough cell phones, text mes-sags, e-mail, phone, mobilealert applications and socialmedia,” Henriksen said. Headded that there is no addi-tional equipment to install forthis program.

“The only costs involvedwould be if the city requestednotifications outside of thepublic safety realm. For thingslike snow emergencies, streetcleanings, community eventsand whatnot,” Henriksen said.

• Reviewed the public worksreport to find spring prepara-tion is beginning with ponddischarge sampling, hydrantflushing and street sweepingwhen weather permits.

• Reviewed bids to replacethe gutters on the east and westsides of the auditorium build-ing and on the east side of thepublic works building. TheCouncil approved installingseamless “Aluminum GenGoTitan 6” commercial gutters”from Gutter Helmet.

• Discussed options for gasstations in the city. Accordingto Venier, when’s Kaz’s MainStreet location closes at theend of this month, the city willrent two 576-gallon tanks fromGlencoe Co-op to fuel city de-partment vehicles.

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Administration applications,she said.

And not only is Carrigan afemale veteran, but her hus-band, Darren, also is active inthe military. The couple hastwo children, and reside inrural Brownton.

“We’ve all been readingabout the unique needs re-turning women veteranshave,” said Lauer, and Carri-gan is attuned to that, as wellas to the needs of familieswith active and returning mil-itary members.

Carrigan joined the Min-nesota National Guard whileshe was still in high school, atthe age of 17. She has now at-tained the rank of staff ser-geant, and has nearly 10 yearsof service in the Guard, withtwo tours in Iraq behind her.

After high school, sheearned associate degrees inearly childhood education andbusiness management.

But when the job openedwith veterans services, asomewhat unrelated field,Carrigan jumped at thechance.

“My heart is in the mili-

tary,” Carrigan said. “The op-portunity to give back to vet-erans on the civilian side wasjust ideal for me.”

Carrigan has had some one-on-one time with veterans inher month on the job, butmostly she is learning, shesaid.

“I’m learning a lot; there’sa lot of information to ab-sorb,” Carrigan said.

And part of that learninghas been finding out how fewveterans actually take advan-tage of the services offered tothem.

“At least 60 percent ofMcLeod County veteransdon’t seek benefits, or don’teven know about them,” saidCarrigan. “If they have anyquestions, I’m more thanwilling to help.”

But it is that contact withveterans that has been thebest part of the job.

“It’s just having a happyclient,” said Carrigan. “It’sthe satisfaction of offeringservices to people who aretruly, truly thankful forthem.”

The Silver Lake Knights ofColumbus Council No. 1841will hold a paper drive on Fri-day and Saturday, April 12-13,from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thetrailer will be parked on thenorth side of Holy FamilyChurch in Silver Lake.

Items accepted includenewspapers, junk mail, maga-zines, paper bags, and card-

board. Cardboard should be kept

separate from papers. No plas-tic, please.

Profits will go to SilverLake swimming pool opera-tions and Silver Lake SummerYouth Recreation program.

For information or helphauling papers, please callRay Bandas at 320-327-3115.

Silver Lake KC paper driveto aid summer programs

Submitted photo

Pola-Czesky Royalty meets Maple LakeLast month, the Silver Lake Pola-CzeskyRoyalty, consisting of Queen Kayla Scher-mann and Princess Chrissy Helmbrecht(back row) posed for a picture with the

newly crowned Maple Lake Ambassadors.The new ambassadors are Samantha Hol-lencamp, Stephanie Kolb, Lauren Nelson,and Kristi Reid.

Lincoln Junior High names2nd-trimester honor rolls

The Glencoe-Silver LakeKnowledge Bowlers werestarting to feel jinxed. Thesubregional competition hadbeen postponed earlier be-cause of snow. On Monday,March 18, the regional compe-tition had to be postponed forthe same reason.

On the snow date, Friday,March 22, however, theweather was sunny and nice,and things went well as GSLcaptured first place with 114points and will compete at thestate competition on Thursdayand Friday, April 11-12.

GSL team members are JoeFehrenbach, Ethan Bass, MarkBroderius, Patrick Fehrenbachand Chandler Swift.

GSL had earned the right tosend three teams to the re-gional meet, which was heldin Canby. Eighteen otherteams were there from Win-sted Holy Trinity and Hutchin-son on the east end, to Lac quiParle Valley, Ortonville andCanby in the west. Teamsfrom Willmar, New London-Spicer, Yellow Medicine East,Central Minnesota Christian,ACGC, Benson, MACCRAYand BOLD rounded out thecompetition.

“GSL’s first team started offwith a first-place written scoreof 49 points, and they neverslowed down,” said coachVicky Harris.

While Willmar competedagainst GSL in every round,the third team in the roomnever lasted more than tworounds. In oral round one,GSL beat Willmar and YME(18-15-7).

Scores in round two werenot as high, but GSL wonagain (GSL 11, Central Min-nesota Christian 9, Willmar 8).

In round 3, CMC stayed inroom one (the only team to doso more than once), but wasnot as successful (GSL 15,Willmar 13, CMC 4).

In the final round, GSL’ssecond team moved up to thirdplace, and the result for GSLwas mixed (GSL 1 had 15,Willmar 11, GSL 2 finishedwith 5).

By the end of the meet GSL1 had held Willmar to under100 points, and had captured a

solid first-place finish. Finalscores for the two top teamswere GSL 114 and Willmar99. Hutchinson’s first team,which spent the whole meet inRoom 2, moved up to capturethird place with 93 points.

GSL’s second team also didbetter at the regional meet thanat subregional.

“Competing in third place atone point, GSL 2 gave a re-markable demonstration ofGSL’s depth as an entire team.They performed far betteroverall than any other school’ssecond team,” Harris said.

GSL 2’s written score (41)started it in Room 2, and theteam never competed in alower room.

“While they were not al-ways dominant, their scoreskept them in Room 2,” Harrissaid.

In oral round one, New Lon-don-Spicer won (NLS 16,Hutchinson 11 and GSL 2 had11). In round two, GSL 2edged out the other two teams(GSL 10, NLS 9, Hutchinson9). GSL 2 was dominant inround three (GSL 13, Hutchin-son 10, New London-Spicer8).

At this point, GSL 2 wastied with New London-Spicerfor third place, but GSLmoved to Room 1, while NLSstayed in Room 2.

“There were five teamswithin four points of thirdplace, which always leads to apossibility for an upset,” Har-ris said.

During the fourth round,GSL 2 did poorly against Will-mar and GSL 1 in Room 1,while Hutchinson suddenlycame awake in Room 2.Hutchinson earned 17 pointsand earned third place for themeet with a total score of 93.GSL 2, which had far out-per-formed its own expectationsfor the entire meet, finishedsixth with 84.5 points. GSL 2consisted of Lindsey Becker,Kyle Beck, Oakley Clark,Brent Duenow and JacobWawrzyniak.

“One hazard of reschedul-ing a meet is that there can beother events within GSLwhich force team members tochoose where to be,” Harris

said. For GSL 3, the choral solo

and small-group competitionclaimed three members, soCody Wendorff and MitchBeneke were a team of two forthe regional meet. They startedin 20th place, and earned 9,13, 8, and 8 points in the oralrounds, to finish in 17th with61 points.

“This was fantastic for themwith the difficult regionalquestions,” Harris said.

“Three weeks is a long timeto wait for the state meet, andspring sports are starting. Ourstate team includes bothgolfers and runners, while oursupport team also includes acast member of the spring playand more tracksters andgolfers,” Harris said.

“Spring activity coacheshave been wonderful aboutsharing their team memberswith Knowledge Bowl, andwe appreciate their support.We will continue to work onour weak points between nowand then. We just wish themeet came sooner,” Harrissaid.

Have any of you ever gottenthe “church giggles?”

You know, those laughs youhave to stifle when somethingfunny happens in church, oryou think of something funnywhile sitting in church and youhave to laugh out loud, butyou can’t because, well, youare in church. So you stifleyour giggles silently, and endup shaking the whole pewwith silent, uncontrollablelaughter.

Yeah, I get those a lot, andmostly, I can thank my threebrothers for that.

And, of course, last Sunday,Palm Sunday, illicited some“church giggles,” as I remem-bered how much my brothersand I enjoy receiving palms.

Going to church is one ofmy favorite things ever, espe-cially as a family.

As a family of six, we prettymuch fill up an entire pew, andit always seems to be the onein the very front because wefail to get to church on time.

Someone’s usually finishingbreakfast (Alex) or brushingtheir teeth at the last minute(Mitch), or changing theirclothes (me), or washing thedishes (Mom), while Dad andNick are sitting in the drive-way, honking the horn, and weall climb in the van around9:55 a.m. to get to the 10 o’-clock service.

Too many times we’ve qui-etly opened the side door tothe sanctuary and filed downthe side aisle at church whilethe congregation is singing theopening hymn, their eyes fol-lowing us as we slide into thewooden benches.

But, I’ll admit, I kind oflove it, because we seem to al-ways end up with the sunniestpew.

Just as we sit down andscramble through our hymnalsto join in the last verse, thewarm sun comes up, shinesthrough the stained glass win-dows and illuminates not onlythe cream pages of our maroonhymnals, but our entire pew.

Sometimes I think it isGod’s way of saying, “Hello

Schauer family! You finallymade it to church!”

It really is a beautiful sight,and I relish in feeling happyuntil I get a bad case of the“church giggles” when myyoungest brother distracts meand sings the final “Allelu-” ina deep, low voice, and movesinto a quiet, high-pitched “-ia!”

For someone who has a lit-tle beard and towers over me,he’s pretty good at soundinglike a little girl.

Often, Mom can tell the pewis shaking and shifts her eyesover to us in a glaring gazethat screams, “That’senough!”

Yes, you would think I’mold enough to know better, butsometimes, you just have agiggly morning.

And unforutnately, thosegiggles continue when the pas-tor is in the middle of his ser-mon and the organistaccidentally drops her hymnalon the keys, making for a loud,deafening hum before shequickly removes it from theorgan.

My brothers and I glance ateach other, and I quickly lookaway, biting my lip to keepfrom laughing.

Sounds like the organist ishaving a bad morning, too.

You can imagine what itwas like having three brotherswhen it came to Palm Sunday.Our church hands out palms toeach of the congregationmembers, and more than once,I had to bat away a floatingpalm hovering over my shoul-der or tickling my ear.

Can you picture the glaringeyes on Mom’s face thoseSundays!

Well, this last Sunday, Momand Dad and two of my broth-

ers were in town, so we couldall go to church together. AndMom lucked out because wedidn’t receive our palms untilafter the service.

Would you believe we filedinto church down the sideaisle, and sat in the front row?

Yep, five minutes late, onceagain, but just in time to seethe parade of children wavingtheir palms down the centeraisle. I had to stifle a laugh asI saw some of them ticklingthe palms against their ownfaces or through their youngersisters’ hair.

Must be a sibling thing. Youcan bet I still got my palmsafter church and managed towave them in my brothers’faces before Mom noticed andthey grabbed the branch awayfrom me.

Happy Easter! See you inchurch!

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shoe size, your lifestyle and your priorities. Our goal is to

ensure you have a healthy pregnancy, a safe delivery and a beautiful

baby. We’re with you every step of the way.

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We would like to thank each andevery one for the cards, Mass offer-ings, flowers, food, help with thelunch, and for sharing your time withus.

Special thanks to our pastors, Fa-ther Tony. Thank you for your beau-tiful and comforting words. To theSilver Lake First Responders andambulance, and the Hutchinson am-bulance for all their help and sup-port.

Thank you to the pall bearers,readers, organist, neighbors, soloistAlice Nowak, choir for their beauti-ful music, and the honor guard. Wewould also like to thank Abbott andHutchinson hospitals’ doctors andstaff, the Fresenius Care Team alsofor their care and concern, and VanKarg and the drivers that took Ray todialysis.

We thank all our family for thecare and support given Dad. ToVicky and Randy who took overDad’s care for the last six months tothe nurses P.T. and the home healthaides from ConnectCare.

Everyone’s kindness and thought-fulness will always be cherished.Once again, thank you very muchand God Bless you all.

Thank You

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‘Church giggles’ on Palm Sunday

The Travel SectionBy Alyssa Schauer

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One of Glencoe-Silver Lake’s KnowledgeBowl teams captured the section title onMarch 22 and earned a berth in the stateKnowledge Bowl set for April 11-12 at Cra-gun’s near Brainerd. Team members in-clude, from left to right, Patrick

Fehrenbach, Joe Fehrenbach, MarkBroderius, Ethan Bass and ChandlerSwift. GSL sent three teams to the regionalcompetition at Canby, and also addedsixth-place and 17th-place finishes.

GSL Knowledge Bowlwins section, on to state

Silver Lake City CouncilRegular Meeting

April 1, 20136:30 p.m.Agenda

Call to order:Approve agenda:Consent agenda:1. Approve minutes of the March 18 regular meeting.2. Approve payroll No. 6 and February ambulance. 3. Claims to be paid:Old business:1. Update on Grove Avenue (CSAH 2) project.

a. Review bids on Grove Avenue (CSAH 2)projectb. Review financing for Grove Avenue(CSAH 2) project and hydrant and water meterreplacement.c. Set final assessment hearing

New business:1. Update on above ground fuel storage for city vehicles.2. Review first quarter expenses and revenues.Open discussion:


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Easter Coloring Contest Winners:

Age 3-5 winner: Nate Nowak, age 5 of St. Louis Park

Age 6-12 winner: Iadejeauna Webster, age 10 of Silver Lake

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Thank YouWe at Kaz’s Auto & Truck Repair would like to

thank all of our customers for their loyalty to usfor the past 10 years at the downtown location.We appreciate your past and continued business.Our last day at the downtown location willbe Friday, March 29.

We will continue oil changes, tire repair andsales, along with repair services at the Hwy. 7 lo-cation. We will now offer pick up and deliveryfrom town locations. Gas and grocery items willno longer be available.

Kaz’s Hwy. 7 location will continue to operateMonday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wewill be available for your complete car and truckneeds. Schedule your appointment today. Call320-327-2516 or 320-327-2445.

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75 YEARS AGO - APRIL 2, 1938 — RitaDomagalski, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Do-magalski, was named valedictorian of the 19graduating members of the Silver Lake HighSchool Class of 1938. Ernest Wozniak, son ofMr. and Mrs. Jos. Wozniak, gained salutatorianhonors.

Doc Franta and Jim Navratil gave the kids ofthe neighborhood a few lessons in kite flyingthis week.

The Young Ladies Sodality of St. Adalbert’sChurch is sponsoring the motion picture play“When Dawn Came” on Sunday evening, April3. Admission is 25¢ for adults and 10¢ for chil-dren. A door prize of a bushel of groceries willbe given away.

On Wednesday evening, April 6, children ofSilver Lake will have the opportunity to see“Claudia, the Daughter of Pilate” presented bythe Young Ladies Sodality of St. Joseph’sChurch.

Milo Pipal, who sold his farm to AlfredUrban, moved to the Emil Telecky farm vacatedby C.L. Peterson, who moved to Hutchinson.

Otto Rehmann has moved to a farm nearGlencoe and the Ed Mlinar farm which he va-cated is now the home of Mr. and Mrs. GilbertLawrence.

The Will Vorlicek family have moved to theHerman Greip farm near Glencoe.

Joe Bachinski, who recently held an auctionafter selling his farm in Wright County, will liveon his 20-acre place in Hale Township.

Albin Ruzicka purchased the Clifford Ruz-icka beer parlor at Waverly, which he is operat-ing. Clifford Ruzicka has moved to Montrose,where he will engage in a similar business.

The Citizens State Bank of Silver Lake hasfor sale cheap the six-room Valentine Mallakhouse with two acres of land in Silver Lake.

Theresa Woalanski has a house with one acreof land for sale 11⁄2 miles south of Silver Lake.

Mrs. Marian Junczewski, 78, died Wednes-day afternoon, March 23, at the home of her sonand daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. StephenJunczewski. Funeral services were conductedon Saturday morning, March 26, from theChurch of St. Adalbert.

50 YEARS AGO - MARCH 28, 1963 —Sunday the temperature was in the 70s with agentle breeze and bright sunshine. Monday, ofcourse, was cooler with the temperature in the40s and a gentle rain falling.

The village is calling for bids on curb andgutter and sidewalk improvement on Grove Av-enue, running north from the Conoco Station toHighway 7, and for the installation of a pumpat the lift station in the village sanitary sewersystem.

The Silver Lake Knights of Columbus willhost its annual KC Fish Fry on Friday night,March 29, at the Silver Lake Auditorium.

The Silver Lake Fire Department made a runto the Henry Konerza farm home in HutchinsonTownship Friday morning, March 22, to extin-guish a chimney fire.

The Frank Ernharts purchased the Ricilla’sResort on Lake George near Itasca State Parkand plan to move there April 22.

Maresh Furniture Store is having a giganticwarehouse sale on GE TVs.

The Silver Hi Drive-In & Cafe is for sale forfull price of $50,000 or one-half interest can bepurchased.

Beginning April 1, Ervin Haekenkamp willhaul livestock to any firm at South St. Paul.

Gloria Kroeger and David Ruzicka were mar-ried on March 23.

25 YEARS AGO - MARCH 31, 1988 —Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, April3.

Silver Lake opened up on Sunday, March 27.Variety Plus will hold an anniversary sale on

Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 31 andApril 1-2. Free refreshments will be served,door prizes awarded, and many specialsthroughout the store.

The Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by the SilverLake Civic Association, will be held on Satur-day, April 2, at the Silver Lake City Park.

Forty-three members of the Silver Lake HighSchool Band participated in the District 16ABand Contest held at Glencoe on Tuesday,March 22, and earned an “excellent” rating.

Beatrice Graczyk has been named director ofoperations at Hutchinson Technology Incorpo-rated.

Arlen Dostal, carpentry crew leader of LesterBuilding Systems, was named the 1988 CrewLeader of the Year by the Rural Builder maga-zine.

Zoa Grzeskowiak, 95, passed away on Satur-day, March 26, at the St. Mary’s Nursing Home,Winsted. Funeral services were held onWednesday, March 30, from the St. Adalbert’sChurch.

Down Memory LaneCompiled by Margaret Benz

Resurrection Rolls

Ingredients:1 can (10 ounces) refrigerated crescent rolls8 large marshmallows1/4 cup melted butter1 tablespoon ground cinnamon3 tablespoons sugar

Directions:Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly grease abaking sheet. Separate crescent rolls into indi-vidual triangles. In a small bowl, mix togethercinnamon and sugar. Dip a marshmallow intomelted butter, then roll in sugar mixture. Placemarshmallow into the center of a dough trian-gle. Carefully wrap the dough around themarshmallow. Pinch the seams together tightlyto seal in marshmallow as it melts. Place on abaking sheet. Repeat with remaining marshmal-lows and crescent rolls. Bake for 10-15 minutes,or until golden brown.

Crescent Sausage Bites

Ingredients:1 pound hot sausage (pork or turkey) 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese 2 packages crescent rollsDash salt & ground black pepper

Directions:In a saute pan, brown sausage; drain. Add a dashof salt and pepper. Blend in cream cheese untilthe cream cheese is melted.Unroll one packageof crescent rolls and place on a baking sheet.With your fingers, gently press the seams to-gether to seal them. Spread the sausage mixtureevenly over the crescent roll dough, leavingabout a 1/2-inch border along the edges. Unrollthe remaining package of crescent rolls andplace on top of the sausage mixture. Press theedges together to seal. Gently press the seams

together. Bake at 375 degrees for about 20 min-utes, or until crescent roll dough is goldenbrown. Cut into small squares and serve. (Apizza cutter makes really quick and easy workof the cutting.)

Croissant French Toast

Ingredients:Vanilla Sauce:1/2 cup sugar1 tablespoon all-purpose flour2 cups heavy whipping cream4 eggs yolks, beaten2 scoops vanilla ice cream1 tablespoon vanilla extractBerry Sauce:2 cups fresh or frozen raspberries2 tablespoons sugarFrench toast:3 eggs4 croissants, split2 tablespoons butter

Directions:In a large saucepan, combine the sugar and theflour. Stir in cream until smooth. Cook and stirover medium-high heat until thickened and bub-bly. Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minuteslonger. Remove from heat. Stir a small amountof hot filling into egg yolks; return all to pan,stirring constantly. Cook and stir until mixturereaches 160 degrees. Remove from heat. Gentlystir in ice cream and vanilla until ice cream ismelted. Place plastic wrap over the surface ofthe sauce; cool. For berry sauce, combine rasp-berries and sugar in a saucepan. Simmer, un-covered, for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat;set aside. In a shallow bowl, beat three eggs.Dip both sides of croissants in egg mixture. Ona griddle, brown croissants on both sides in but-ter. Serve with vanilla and berry sauces.

Kitchen Delights& Other Things

Silver Lake Leader photosby Alyssa Schauer

Palm Sundaypuppet palsLast Sunday, the LivingWater Puppets performedfor the public at GraceBible Church in SilverLake. Above are MercyRakow, Josiah Aldrich,and Kaiman Bondhus. Tothe left are Julianna Hen-derson and Dini Schweik-ert. The group is directedby Marion Klatt and con-sists of about 13 students.The group designed theset and presented “PeterCotton’s Tail” about for-giveness and Jesus’ love.

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Silver Lake Leader, Thursday, March 28, 2013 — Sports

WRESTLING

BOYS’ BASKETBALL

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

GSL PantherWinterSports

December07....at Watertown-May.. W,80-6311....at Bl. Jefferson.....L,64-5713....Hutchinson .........W,65-6415....New Ulm.............W,77-6718....at Waconia...........L,91-6921....Rocori .................W,67-60........GSL tourney: 28....vs. Spectrum ......W,86-3629....vs. HF Catholic...W,72-59

January05....Jordan .................L,66-5508....at Dassel-Cok.....W,74-6011....at Mound-Wtka. ...L,86-7812....NYA Central........W,66-4615....N.London-Sp. ......L,65-6318....Orono ..................L,79-6419....at Faribault ..........L,67-6422....at Litchfield ..........L,58-4025....at Hutchinson ......L,69-6829....at Annandale .......L,72-49

February01....HF Catholic ........W,73-7008....Dassel-Cokato....W,63-5609....Mound-Wtka.......W,56-4711....at Sibley East .....W,85-6614....at NL-Spicer. ......W,74-6019....Litchfield ..............L,77-5322....Delano .................L,69-5326....Annandale ...........L,65-45

MarchSection 5(AA) Tourney07....Round 1: WM .....W,71-6209....Round 2: HLWW..L,72-64***

Final Record: 14-14

November27....at St.Peter............L,69-4829....at Jordan .............L,69-35

December04....at Belle Plaine .....L,58-5406....Marshall ...............L,68-3811....New Prague.........L,59-4514....at Annandale .......L,55-4220....Mayer Lutheran ..W,46-3728....vs. Luverne.........W,39-26

January05....at New Ulm.........W,51-2908....Dassel-Cokato.....L,60-4711....at Mound-Wtka...W,75-6212....NYA Central........W,73-6415....at NL-Spicer.........L,73-5918....at Orono ..............L,53-3622....Litchfield ..............L,41-2925....Hutchinson ..........L,41-3729....Annandale ...........L,62-55

February01....at HF Catholic......L,70-3505....Spectrum............W,69-1807....at Dassel-Cokato.L,45-2909....Mound-Wtka. .......L,75-7412....N.London-Sp. .....W,46-4515....Waconia .............W,55-5319....at Litchfield ..........L,49-4222....at Delano............W,41-38Section 2(AAA) Tourney26....at Mankato W. .....L,50-40***Final Record: 9-17

December01....GSL-Don Hall Inv. .......4th08 ...at Andover Inv. ...........2nd13....at Litch: vs.DC....W,42-30........vs. Litchfield .......W,53-1415....at Richfield Inv. ....2nd,2-120....at Hutch: vs.NLS ...L,66-9........vs.Ann/ML .............L,60-8

January03....GSL: Waconia ....W,42-30 ........vs.Hutchinson......L,52-2305....at Ogilvie Inv ...............1st08....at WM .................L,36-28........vs.LeS-Hend. ....W,60-1210....GSL: Delano.......W,63-1112....at Zim Invite.. ..............1st19....at LCWM Invite ...........6th22....St.Peter ..............W,44-3124....Mound-Wtka.......W,35-3325....at N.Prague .........L,39-32........vs.M’nkatoWest ..W,42-1829....at Tri-City United....W,39-3131....at HLWW ............W,54-20

February01....WCC. at Delano .........3rd08....at MW Invite ...............3rdSection 2(AA) Tourney14....M’kato East ........W,58-1814....Hutchinson ..........L,42-2222-23..Indys, at Waconia .........***Final Record: 14-7

Part 2: Orth kids, class of ’13By Lee OstromSports Editor

The Tim Orth Memo-rial Foundation’s15th-annual basket-ball benefit in Glen-

coe takes place Saturdayevening, April 6, at the GSLHigh School gymnasium. As inpast years, volunteer officialsare preparing an all-star lineup

of entertainment, aimed at cre-ating a community spirit oflove, caring and giving.

Proceeds — raised throughadmissions, concessions, dona-tions, raffles and a silent auc-tion — will be shared amongnine area youths, each of whomtells his or her own health-re-lated story.

Mason Brink, age 10 of

Hutchinson, battles Angelmansyndrome; McKenzie Fair-bairn, 5, rural Glencoe, dealswith epilepsy, and Sara Gomez,14, Litchfield, has leukemia.

Philip Gonzales, 13, Edina,lives with a rare type of muscu-lar dystrophy; Tate Maurer, 12,Waconia, fights a stage ofBurkitt’s lymphoma, andTianna Schilling, 10, rural

Maple Plain, has a cancerousbrain tumor.

Luke Schumacher, 6, Min-netonka, also has a brain tumor;Levi Silfverston, 6, Brownton,deals with congenital heart dis-ease, and Kailyn Wester, 21months, lives with a rare condi-tion that affects heart, hearing,vision and teeth.

Last week, The Chronicle

presented stories about four ofthe 2013 Orth kids— namely,those of Brink, Wester, Gonza-les and Schilling. Two of thefamilies chose not to be inter-viewed. The remaining threestories — about McKenzieFairbairn, Tate Maurer andLevi Silfverston — are beingpresented here this week.

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McKenzie Fairbairn

McKenzie Fairbairn

Levi Silfverston

Tate Maurer

McKenzie Fairbairn likes tolearn things.

According to her mom,Margie Fairbairn, McKenzie isfascinated by letters of the al-phabet. Numerals, too. Also,by colors and the sounds ofmusic. More than one of the 5-year-old’s pre-school teachershas been “amazed” by McKen-zie’s learning achievements,and hunger for more.

Then suddenly one day inthe summer of 2012, the ruralGlencoe girl lost it all.

***Born 32 weeks early via

emergency C-section, the in-fant was adopted at 6 monthsby Ed and Margie Fairbairn, li-censed givers of Foster care forthe past 10 years.

McKenzie is the second offour Foster-care kids the Fair-bairns decided to adopt. Sebas-tian, the eldest, is 9; followedby McKenzie, who will turn 6in October 2013, Ella, 3, andHeather, 2.

They get along “like brothersand sisters,” the elder Fair-

bairns say, meaning they oftenscrap. At the same time, theyare there for each other when itcounts.

McKenzie had “lung issues”from the beginning, includingannual bouts of pneumonia.

The first seizure occurred at14 months. Many more havefollowed.

Early on, a rapid-to-spikefever would accompany theseizures. With some, shestopped breathing temporarily.On one (June 8, 2012) day, shehad four separate seizure bouts.

But it was the seizure eventin July 2012 that deprived herof her basic functions: walkingand talking, feeding herself,and all those letters, numeralsand sounds she had learnedabout.

McKenzie is diagnosed withLennox-Gastaut syndrome, ahard-to-treat form of child-hood-onset epilepsy.

“We’re lucky, because we’rein Minnesota,” says Ed, notingthe large epilepsy unit at Chil-dren’s Hospital in St. Paul,

which takes patients fromacross the nation and beyond.

McKenzie spent 34 days atSt. Paul Children’s last sum-mer; then another 5 days inOctober,

Her latest diet and medica-tions are working for now.McKenzie returned to pre-school in December. She hasnot had a seizure since mid-January 2013.

“She’s coming back,” saysMargie, pointing out that whileMcKenzie is not walking likebefore, she’s getting there.Same with talking, and herschooling.

“The amazing thing is, she(remains) very social and out-going,” Margie says. “She’svery happy; very tolerant.”

***— The foundation plans to

assist the Fairbairns by “pick-ing up (some of the) looseends” insurance fails to cover.

— Leah Seifert, McKenzie’sspeech therapist, tuned theFairbairns in with the Tim OrthMemorial Foundation.

L.O.

Submitted photo

Tate Maurer

By Katie MaurerTate Maurer is wise beyond

his years. More than most kidshis age, he knows the power ofpositivity, humor, and perse-verance.

Tate was born Nov. 21, 2000.Twelve years later, to the day,doctors discovered a deep tis-sue mass on the left side ofTate’s neck. This is his story.

Tate’s symptoms started as aminor headache and some jawdiscomfort, treatable with icepacks, hot packs, and a 10-dayprescription of amoxycillin.After two days on antibiotics,Tate had an episode of very in-tense pain in his head and face,the first sign that somethingjust wasn’t right. He had a sim-ilar episode a few days later.

Tate had big plans to spendhis 12th birthday at an arcadewith a couple of his friends.The morning of his birthday hehad yet another episode of in-tense pain. The party was can-celed and a CT scan was

scheduled. Less than an hourafter the scan, the doctor calledand said the words no parentcan be prepared to hear: “Youneed to go to Children’s. Thisis not at all what we thought itwas.”

That’s when everythingchanged for the Maurer family.

Tate and his parents, Markand Katie, spent most ofThanksgiving in the emer-gency department of Chil-dren’s Hospital, and theirbiggest fear was confirmed:Tate had cancer. A tumorbiopsy, additional scans, a bonemarrow biopsy and a spinal tapwere scheduled immediately.Ultimately, Tate would be diag-nosed with Stage III Burkitt’slymphoma, a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).

About 800 children are diag-nosed with NHL per year,twice as many boys as girls.Researchers do not know thecause of NHL. Although thecure rate for this type of cancer

is very high, the treatment isparticularly aggressive and dif-ficult to endure.

Since late November, Tatehas gone through five roundsof intensive in-patient chemo-therapy treatment. Each roundconsisted of at least six daysof hospitalization, with five orsix different kinds of chemocoursing through him eachtime.As hard as the last fewmonths have been, the Maur-ers have seen many blessings.

Tate’s Caring Bridge site(caringbridge.org/visit/tatemaurer) has had more than 40,000visitors. The compassion andgenerosity of the Waconiacommunity, family, church andfriends have been a constantsource of encouragement forTate, and he has said more thanonce how he can’t wait to payit all forward.

Last week, Tate had his firstCT and PET scans post-chemotherapy. He is now can-cer-free.

The make-up birthday partyis in the works.

Silver Lake Leader photo by Lori Copler

The Silfverston family from Brownton;from left, Angie, Natalie (just up from anap), Levi and Leif. Levi, 6, is one of ninebeneficiaries of this year’s Tim OrthFoundation’s Jamboree, set for April 6

at the GSL High School gym. Levi suf-fers from congenital heart disease, andis hoping to have corrective surgery inthe near future.

his heart has become strongenough to withstand the correc-tive surgery.

The Silfverstons are enteringa narrow window of opportu-nity, Leif said. In order to getthe best results, the surgeryneeds to be done between theages of 6 and 8.

And if Levi’s heart doesn’t

gain that strength in that win-dow of opportunity?

“Then we basically wait forhim to go into heart failure,”said Angie, at which time hecould be a candidate for a hearttransplant.

“We just don’t know whenthat could happen,” she said.“He could be 18, 20 or even

50.”***

For the most part, Levi’scondition, though precarious,hasn’t slowed him down muchor impacted his quality of life.

“A week after the last sur-gery, he wanted to wrestle,”said Angie. “We had a hardtime keeping him down.”


By all outward appearances,Levi Silfverston is a robustfirst-grader, flitting from activ-ity to activity — bouncing aball off the wall, thumbingthrough his mom’s phone look-ing at photos from a recentfishing trip, climbing over fur-niture, teasing his little sister.

“You’d never know fromlooking at him that he has con-genital heart disease,” said hismother, Angie Silfverston.

In fact, said the 6-year-old’sparents, Angie and Leif Sil-fverston of Brownton, theythought they had a perfectlyhealthy baby the day Levi wasborn — and thought thatthrough the first five months ofhis life.

Then, it seemed that Leviwas sick all the time, so hisparents took him to a doctor.He was prescribed antibiotics,but they didn’t seem to help.So the Silfverstons went backa week later.

A chest X-ray was taken andit was determined that Levi’sheart was “the size of a hockeypuck,” said Angie Silfverston.Generally, she added, a heartshould be about the size of aperson’s fist, which for 5-month-old should be prettytiny.

“So straight to Children’s

(Hospital) we went,” saidAngie.

There, it was determined thatLevi’s heart had two congenitaldefects — first, his aorta (themain artery from the heart) wasnarrow in the middle, shapedlike an hourglass. Second, itwas found that his ventricles,and their associated arteries,“were flip-flopped,” saidAngie.

Doctors were able to repairthe aorta with surgery, cuttingout the narrow middle part andsplicing the two larger-diame-ter ends together.

But repairing the transposedheart chambers is a little trick-ier.

Leif Silfverston said hisson’s transposed ventricles israre — Children’s Hospitalperforms surgery to correctsuch problems “maybe twice ayear.”

In fact, said Leif, Children’shas been consulting with aMichigan hospital about Levi’scondition.

Levi’s heart needs to bestrong to survive the surgery,so at the age of 2, doctorsplaced a band around his pul-monary artery to make hisheart work harder to pushblood — muscle building, inother words.

Levi will be going in for anMRI April 23 to determine if

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Rich Valley Township


2013 Dust Coating Bids

Rich Valley Township requests

sealed dust coating bids for a single

application covering a 24-foot width

of 41-45 miles of township roads.

Bids should contain cost per mile and

the application should consist of 30%

magnesium chloride. Job is expected

to be completed by June 7, 2013.

Submit bids by April 10, 2013 to:

Theresa Rusten

16343 Ideal Ave

Glencoe, MN 55336

(Published in The Silver Lake

Leader March 28, 2013)



2013 Gravel Hauling Bids

Rich Valley Township will receive

sealed bids for hauling and laying

2500 cubic yards, more or less, of

class 5 gravel (not to exceed 8% of

200 screen clay or binder mix) on spe-

cific township roads. The bid should

include the cost for the roads to be

graded immediately after gravel is

dropped. Job is expected to be com-

pleted by May 25, 2013.

The Township Board also requests

that the winning bidder sell and de-

liver gravel to any Rich Valley resi-

dent who wishes to purchase gravel at

the same cost. The bidder will work

directly with the resident for this serv-

ice and payment. Gravel price should

be good until August 1, 2013.

Bids should be submitted by April

10, 2013.

Mail bids to:

Theresa Rusten

16343 Ideal Aven

Glencoe, MN 55336




Assessment Notice


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,

That the Board of Appeal of the Town-

ship of Rich Valley, McLeod County,

Minnesota, will meet at the Office of

the Clerk in said township hall at 6 o’-

clock PM on Wednesday the 10th day

of April, 2013, for the purpose of re-

viewing and correcting the assessment

of said property for the year, 2014. All

persons considering themselves ag-

grieved by said assessment, or who

wish to complain that the property of

another is assessed too low, are hereby

notified to appear at said meeting and

show cause of having such assessment

corrected.

No complaint that another person is

assessed too low will be acted upon

until the person so assessed, or his

agent, shall have been notified of such

complaint.

Given under my hand this 20th day

of March, 2013.

Theresa R. Rusten, Clerk

Township of Rich Valley



Legal Notices

Amy Nowak and GradyKnuth, both of Hutchinson,announce their engagementand plans to marry May 11,2013, at Holy Family CatholicChurch in Silver Lake.

Parents of the couple areKathy Nowak and the lateLarry Nowak of Silver Lakeand Doug and Judy Knuth ofRound Lake.

Nowak is a graduate ofGlencoe-Silver Lake HighSchool and Ridgewater Col-lege, Hutchinson. She is em-ployed as a licensed practicalnurse at Presbyterian homesand Services/Harmony RiverLiving Center, Hutchinson.

Knuth is a graduate of SiouxValley-Round Lake-BrewsterHigh School and MinnesotaWest College, Worthington.He is employed by 3M inHutchinson.

Following the wedding cer-emony, there will be a recep-tion at Crow River GolfCourse in Hutchinson.

Nowak— Knuth

Engagements

Amy Nowakand Grady Knuth

Cathey family welcomes girlLeah and Mark Cathey of Glencoe are proud to an-

nounce the birth of their daughter, Iris Anne, on March 5,2013. Iris is welcomed home by siblings Gabriel, Emmaand Veronica. Grandparents are Gene and Barb Seipel ofGlencoe and Angel Cathey of Washougal, Wash.

Son born to Grochow familyAshley and Quentin Grochow of Glencoe are proud to

announce the birth of their son, Hudson Wade, on March11, 2013. Hudson weighed 9 pounds, 1 ounce, and was 20-1/2 inches long. He is welcomed home by big sister Lil-lian. Grandparents are Brian and Irene Grochow and Dickand Barb Maass, all of Glencoe.

Hutch family welcomes girlAmy Drahos and Jeremy Koehler of Hutchinson are

proud to announce the birth of their daughter, KylynnVeronica Ann, on March 15, 2013. Kylynn weighed 6pounds, 2 ounces, and was 18-1/2 inches long. She is wel-comed home by big brother Wyatt. Grandparents areTammy Koehler of Bird Island, Tim and Janette Koehlerof New Ulm, and Dan and Sherry Drahos of Hutchinson.

People News

We finally start to inch back towards normal this weekas a warming trend will descend upon us. The active coldweather pattern that has been locked in place lately finallychanges gears and allows the Midwest to have a mostlypleasant week.

Highs to end the week will push close to, if not even afew degrees above, 40, with lows in the teens to 20. Satur-day will be the warmest of the period with the high wellinto the 40s and lows only in the 20s.

A weak cool frontal system will slide through the arealate Saturday and bring a few chances of most likely rainshowers. If it comes in late enough, we could see somepassing snow showers, but it won’t amount to much.

Sunday looks dry and slightly cooler behind the frontalpassage, but highs will still be in the upper 30s and lower40s.

Taking a peek at the extended shows the warming trendcontinuing early next week with a storm brewing for some-one in the Midwest mid to late in the week.

Have a great final week of March, everyone; it’s lookinglike March came in and went out like a lamb with the mid-dle part being the lion this year.

Ma dobry weekendem Mit dobry vikend

Wednesday night — Lows 16-22, clear.Thursday — Highs 33-41; lows 21-27; partly cloudy.Friday — Highs 38-44; lows 25-31; partly cloudy.Saturday — Highs 41-47; lows 28-34; partly

cloudy/showers.Sunday — Highs 38-44; mostly clear.Weather Quiz: What are some of April’s weather ex-

tremes?Answer to last week’s question: March is one of our tran-

sition months as winter and spring battle it out. The con-trast of warm southern air and cold northern air sets thestage for multiple storm systems.

Remember: I make the forecast, not the weather!

Weather CornerBy Jake Yurek

McLeod County has con-tracted with Emergency Com-munications Network, LLC, tolicense its CodeRED high-speed notification solution.The CodeRED system pro-vides McLeod County offi-cials the ability to quicklydeliver messages to targetedareas or the entire county.

Kevin Mathews, McLeodCounty Emergency Manage-ment director, cautioned thatsuch systems are only as goodas the telephone number data-base supporting them.

“If your phone number isnot in the database, you willnot be called,” Mathews said.

One of the reasons theCodeRED system was se-lected is that it gives individu-als and businesses the abilityto add their own phone num-bers directly into the system’sdatabase, which is an ex-tremely important feature.

“No one should automati-cally assume his or her phonenumber is included,” Mathewssaid, urging all individuals andbusinesses to log onto theMcLeod County website atwww.co.mcleod.mn.us. Clickon the “Code Red Sign Up” inthe “Notices” box on the upperright corner of the web page.That will take you to the“CodeRED Community Noti-fication Enrollment” page.

Those without Internet ac-cess may call Kevin Mathewsat 320-864-1339 to supply

their information over thephone. Required informationincludes: first and last name,street address (physical ad-dress, no P.O. boxes), city,state, zip code, and primaryphone number; additionalphone numbers can be enteredas well.

All businesses should regis-ter, as well as all individualswho have unlisted phone num-bers, who have changed theirphone number or addresswithin the past year, and thosewho use a cellular phone orVoIP phone as their primarynumber.

“CodeRED allows geo-graphically based delivery,which means street addressesare required to ensure emer-gency notification calls are re-ceived by the properindividuals in a given situa-tion. The system works for cellphones too, but we need tohave an associated street ad-dress to provide relevant mes-sages,” Mathews explained.

CodeRED gives those whowant to be included an easyand secure method for in-putting information. The datacollected will be used mainlyfor emergency notificationpurposes, but can also be usedfor general notifications.Questions should be directedto the McLeod County Emer-gency Management Office at320-864-1339.

CodeRED notificationsystem enrollment nowavailable with county

McLeod County SheriffScott Rehmann has releasedthe schedule for this year’sChildPrint program.

The sheriff’s departmentwill be visiting schoolsthroughout the county, withthe exception of those in Glen-coe, which are handled by theGlencoe Police Department.

Kindergarten students willbe finger-printed for the firsttime and sixth-grade studentsalso will be printed in order togive their parents updatedrecords.

The sheriff’s office willsend a letter home to all par-ents explaining the program,and the appropriate forms thatneed to be filled out.

The schedule includes:Monday, April 15 — GSL

Lakeside, sixth grade, 8:30a.m.; Our Savior’s Lutheran,Hutchinson, kindergarten,10:15 a.m.; Northwood’s Sev-

enth Day Adventist, Hutchin-son, kindergarten and sixth-grade, 10:40 a.m.; and LesterPrairie Elementary, kinder-garten and sixth-grade, 11:50a.m.

Tuesday, April 16 — WestElementary, Hutchinson,kindergarten, 9 a.m.; WinstedElementary, kindergarten, 1p.m.; Winsted Holy Trinity,kindergarten and sixth-grade,1:40 p.m.

Wednesday, April 17 — Im-manuel Lutheran School,Hutchinson, kindergarten andsixth-grade, 10 a.m.; St. Anas-tasia Catholic School,Hutchinson, kindergarten andsixth-grade, 10:30 a.m.; andPark Elementary, Hutchinson,fifth-grade, noon.

Thursday, April 18 — NewDiscoveries Montessori,Hutchinson, kindergarten andsixth-grade, 9 a.m.

ChildPrint programschedule released

April 1-5Silver Lake

Senior Nutrition SiteMonday — Swedish meatballs,

paprika potatoes, spinach, breadwith margarine, ice cream, low-fatmilk.

Tuesday — Liver or peppersteak, buttered boiled potatoes,peas, apricots, bread with mar-garine, low-fat milk.

Wednesday — Pork chow mein,rice and chow mein noodles, orien-tal vegetables, mandarinoranges,cookie, low-fat milk.

Thursday — Roast beef, hasedpotatoes, carrots, dinner roll withmargarine, pudding dessert, low-fat milk.

Friday — Turkey, ham andcheese on lettuce salad with dress-ing, tomato and cucumber slices,muffin with margarine, brownie,low-fat milk.

GSL SchoolsElementary/Jr. High/Sr. High

BreakfastMonday — No school.Tuesday — Pancake on a stick

with syrup or Cheerios and apple-cinnamon muffin, diced peaches,low-fat milk.

Wednesday — Egg and cheeseomelet or reduced-sugar Coco Puffcereal and string cheese, applewedges, low-fat milk (breakfastpizza at junior/senior high).

Thursday — Breakfast pizza orreduced-sugar Fruit Loops cerealand blueberry muffin, orange juicecup, low-fat milk (egg and cheeseomelet at junior/senior high).

Friday —Pancakes with syrup orreduced-sugar Cinnamon ToastCrunch cereal, yogurt, diced pears,low-fat milk (French toast stickswith syrup at junior/senior high).

Helen Baker/Lakeside LunchMonday — No school.Tuesday — Hot dog on bun,

French fries, deli combo sub,baked beans, baby carrots, petitebanana, chilled applesauce.

Wednesday — Pancakes withsyrup, scrambled eggs, ham andcheese on whole-grain bun, oven-baked tator tots, celery sticks withdressing, kiwi wedges, chilledpeaches.

Thursday — Herb-roastedchicken, dinner roll, fun lunch,mashed potatoes with gravy, babycarrots with dressing, orangewedges, chilled pears.

Friday — Macaroni and cheese,bread stick, turkey and cheese onwhole-grain bread, seasonedgreen beans, caesar romaine sidesalad with dressing, apple wedges,chilled mixed fruit.

High School LunchMonday — No school.Tuesday — Mexican bar with

chicken or beef nachos or tacos,brown rice, refried beans, sweetcorn salad, baby carrots withdressing, petite banana, chilled ap-plesauce.

Wednesday — Hot dog onwhole-grain bun, baked beans,oven-baked French fries, chick peasalad, cauliflower with dressing,kiwi wedges, chilled peaches.

Thursday — Grilled cheesesandwich, tomato soup, seasonedcorn, broccoli salad with raisins,red pepper strips with dressing, or-ange, chilled pears.

Friday — Pasta bar withchicken alfredo or marinara sauce,meatballs, steamed green beans,garlic bread stick, caesar romainesalad, baby carrots with dressing,apple, chilled mixed fruit.

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GRACE BIBLE CHURCH300 Cleveland Ave.,

Silver LakeDr. Tom Rakow, Pastor

320-327-2265http://silverlakechurch.orgThurs., March 28 — Maundy

Thursday service with Holy Com-munion, 7 p.m.

Fri., March 29 — Good Fridayservice, 7 p.m.

Sun., March 31 — “FirstLight” radio broadcast on KARP106.9 FM, 7:30 a.m.; sunriseEaster service by women’s fel-lowship and refreshment time,7:30 a.m.; pre-service prayer time,9:15 a.m.; Easter morning wor-ship service, 9:30 a.m.

Wed., April 3 — Confirmationclass, 6 p.m.; prayer time, 7 p.m.

Fri., April 5 — Facility in usefor a wedding, 6 p.m.

Sat., April 6 — Men’s Biblestudy, 7 a.m.; women’s Biblestudy, 9 a.m.; youth 30-hourfamine.

Sun., April 7 — “First Light”radio broadcast on KARP 106.9FM, 7:30 a.m.; pre-service prayertime, 9:15 a.m.; worship service,9:30 a.m.; Sunday school for allages, 10:35 a.m.; all-churchpotluck.

Dial-A-Bible Story, 320-327-2843.

FAITH PRESBYTERIAN108 W. Main St.,

Silver Lake320-327-2452

Fax 320-327-6562E-mail: [email protected] Ford, Pastor

Carol Chmielewski, CLPOffice hours: Tuesdays andThursdays from 1 p.m. to 5

p.m. and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Thurs., March 28 — MaundyThursday service, 7 p.m.

Fri., March 28 — Good Fridayservice, 7 p.m.

Sun., March 31 — Sunriseservice, 7:30 a.m.; Easter service,10 a.m.

Wed., April 3 — PresbyterianWomen meeting, 1:30 p.m.; lightsupper, 5:30 p.m.; WOW classes,6 p.m.; choir practice, 7 p.m.

CHURCH OF THE HOLYFAMILY

700 W. Main St.,Silver Lake

Anthony Stubeda, PastorThurs., March 28 — Commu-

nity Mass of the Lord’s Supper atthe Church of the Holy Trinity, 6p.m.; eucharistic adoration afterthe AFC Mass in English until 9p.m.; night prayer, 9 p.m.

Fri., March 29 — Celebrationof the Lord’s Passion, noon.

Sat., March 30 — Easter vigilMass, 8:30 p.m.

Sun., March 31 — Easter Sun-day; Mass at Holy Family, 8 a.m.;Mass at St. Piux X, 8 a.m. and 10a.m.; Mass at Holy Trinity, 8:30a.m.

Mon., April 1 — KC meeting, 7p.m.

Tues., April 2 — Mass, 8 a.m.;eucharistic adoration, 8:30 a.m.-10p.m.; Area Word, 7 p.m.

Wed., April 3 — Mass, 5 p.m.;grades one through six religiouseducation classes, 5:30 p.m.;grades seven through 11 religiouseducation classes, 7:15 p.m.; sen-ior religious education, 7:15 p.m.

Thurs., April 4 — Mass atCedar Crest, 10:30 a.m.; CCWmeeting, 7 p.m.

Fri., April 5 — First Fridaycalls; Mass, 8 a.m.

WORD OF LIFE CHURCH950 School Rd. S.W.

Hutchinson320-587-9443

E-mail: [email protected] Hall, Pastor

Sun., March 31 — Worship,9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.

THE CHURCH OF JESUSCHRIST OF LATTER DAY

SAINTS770 School Rd.,

HutchinsonKenneth Rand,

Branch President320-587-5665

Sun., March 31 — Sundayschool, 10:50 a.m.-11:30 a.m.;priesthood, relief society and pri-mary, 11:40 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

RIVERSIDE ASSEMBLYOF GOD

20924 State Hwy. 7 W.Hutchinson

320-587-2074E-mail: assembly@

hutchtel.netDr. Lee Allison, pastor

Sun., March 31 — Worship,8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Wed., April 3 — Family nightactivities, 6:30 p.m.

ST. PIUS X CHURCH1014 Knight Ave.,

GlencoeAnthony Stubeda, Pastor

Thurs., March 28 — HolyThursday; no school, Easter break;bilingual Mass, 8:15 p.m.; adora-tion of blessed sacrament followsMass until 11:30 p.m. nightprayer.

Fri., March 29 — Good Friday;no school, Easter break; parish of-fices close at noon; divine mercychaplet, 3 p.m.; server practice,4:30 p.m.; celebration of theLord’s passion, 5:30 p.m.; bilin-gual celebration of the Lord’s pas-sion, 7:30 p.m.

Sat., March 30 — Holy Satur-day; service practice, noon; recon-ciliation by appointment only;bilingual Easter vigil, 8:30 p.m.

Sun., March 31 — Easter Sun-day; Mass, 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.;Spanish Mass, noon; no Spanishreligious education classes; noMass at Holy Family, Silver Lake.

Mon., April 1 — No Mass;school and parish offices closed.

Tues., April 2 — Morningprayer, 7 a.m.; Mass, 7:20 a.m.; nojunior choir practice; area wordmeeting at Holy Family, SilverLake, 7 p.m.; Spanish adult cate-chesis, 7 p.m.

Wed., April 3 — Eveningprayer, 5:40 p.m.; Mass, 6 p.m.;grades kindergarten through sixreligious education classes, 7p.m.-8 p.m.; grades seven through11 religious education classes, 7p.m.-11 p.m.; senior religious ed-ucation class at Holy Family, Sil-ver Lake, 7:15 p.m.

BETHEL LUTHERAN77 Lincoln Ave.,Lester Prairie

Bethany Nelson, pastor320-395-2125

Thurs., March 28 — MaundyThursday potluck and worship,6:30 p.m.

Fri., March 29 — Service ofhealing, 6 p.m.; Good Friday serv-ice, 6:30 p.m.

Sun., March 31 — Easter sun-rise service, 7 a.m.; Easter break-fast, 8 a.m.

Wed., April 3 — Office hours,3 p.m.; confirmation, 7 p.m.;choir, 7 p.m.

Church News

Submitted photo

Silver Lake Legion donates to projectThe Silver Lake American Legion donateda check for $500 to the Department of Min-nesota Amercican Legion CommanderDon Pancake for his commander project.Pancake’s project involves the construc-

tion of a new education building at Le-gionville. From left to right are Pancake,and Silver Lake American Legion Com-mander Larry Lhotka and finance officerLarry Ardolf, presenting the check.


A motion to make the directdeposit of paychecks optionalfor McLeod County employ-ees failed on a 3-2 vote at theCounty Board’s March 19meeting.

Currently, county policymakes direct deposit of pay-checks mandatory for employ-ees.

Commissioner Jon Chris-tensen sought to change that,saying he felt employeesshould have the right to gettheir paychecks and depositthem themselves to avoid pos-sible theft over the Internet.

Christensen said his wifehas been the victim of identitytheft on three different occa-sions.

On one of those occasions,someone posing as her banksent her an e-mail asking herto verify account information,which she did, not realizing itwas a scam.

Vincent Travers, thecounty’s information technol-ogy director, said banks willnever e-mail customers askingfor that information.

Travers also said that thecounty’s direct deposit infor-mation is “very, very secure.”

Nevertheless, Christensensaid he didn’t feel employeesshould be “forced” to use di-rect deposit, and made a mo-tion to make it optional, whichwas seconded by Commis-sioner Ron Shimanski. A sub-sequent vote failed 3-2, withChristensen and Shimanskivoting in favor and commis-sioners Sheldon Nies, PaulWright and Kermit Terlindenvoting against.

Christensen also questionedthe county’s policy of requir-ing employees to get health in-surance with the county,saying that in some instances,

it was a duplication of servicesthat a spouse may receivefrom their own places of em-ployment.

Currently, the county re-quires each employee to take aminimum of single coverage,the premium of which is cov-ered by the county.

County Attorney MikeJunge said the requirementhelps provide a better “pool”of employees for insurancerates.

If healthy people opted out,Junge said, “the less healthypeople would stay in the pooland drive your costs up.”

Wright pointed out thatMcLeod and Sibley countiesshare a program to furtherwiden the pool of participants.

Nies said that an insurancecommittee had studied thoseissues and weighed whetherthe county would save moreby not requiring mandatoryparticipation, thereby savingon premiums, or if it wouldpay more in costs if the poolshrank by not requiring partic-ipation.

“I had some of those samequestions that you have now,”said Nies.

Because the commissionersare considered employees,they also participate in thehealth plan. Christensen notedthat he is covered on his wife’spolicy, so he is “double cov-ered.”

Not having the county’scoverage, Christensen said,would save the county about$500 a month.

“I’m just looking at it as try-ing to save money for the tax-payers,” he said.

County Administrator PatMelvin said the health insur-ance committee meets regu-lary to try to find ways toprovide adequate health insur-ance at the least amount of

cost to the county.“Your message will be car-

ried to the health insurancecommittee,” said Melvin.

In other business March 19,the County Board:

• Agreed to a request fromSheriff Scott Rehmann to re-duce the concealed carry per-mit to $50 from $70.

Rehmann said the moneyfrom the gun permit fee is usedto fund background checks ofapplicants, and the fund hasbuilt to about $50,000, whichcan only be used for items re-lated to issuing the permits.Rather than continuing tobuild the fund, Rehmannasked to lower the fee, whichthe County Board approved.

• Heard that the Penny perPound program earned about$935 each for two programs,Hunger Free McLeod and theMcLeod Emergency FoodShelf.

Solid Waste Director EdHoman said his departmenthad agreed to donate onepenny per pound of recycledplastics to county-based char-ities. The county took in189,000 pounds of plastics ina six-month period.

• Agreed to put the updatedsolid waste plan up for publicreview for a 30-day period, asrequired by state law.

• Tabled a decision on hiringa consultant for a one-day,long-range planning sessionwhile references are checkedon the three proposals, whichrange in cost from $700 to$2,500.

Nies said he felt the countyneeds to have someone helpguide it through the process.The county, he said, has at-tempted to do it in-house, and“all we accomplished was alist, and no means of accom-plishing the items on that list.”

Christensen questions county’smandatory employee policies

Silver Lake Leader photo by Rich Glennie

February students of monthGlencoe-Silver Lake High School namedits February students of the month. Hon-ored were, front row, left to right, ShelbyClouse, Michael Donnay, Amanda Schmidt

and Kaitlyn Boesche. In the back are TinoBonillo, Sloan Becker and Sarah Bolf.Missing were Brent Duenow, Nick Jenkins,Gus Mendoza and Gabe Schweikert.

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