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Cue the rim shot. Ben Andersen, a North

Branch photographer, couldn’t resist tossing out a pun when asked why he is entering the “Our Town – The North Branch Project” art exhibit.

“It gives opportunity to get exposure,” he said, “and when it comes to photogra-phy, it’s all about exposure.”

Ba-dum-chssh.Not only will the exhibit

bring exposure to individual photographers and artists, it will shine a light on the city of North Branch from June 20 through July 13 at the Hallberg Center for the Arts in Wyoming. Approximately 60-70 pieces in a variety of media are expected to be

displayed – all celebrating North Branch.

“It’s an opportunity to show off our town,” Anders-en said.

He plans to submit three photos taken around the area, including a large, colorful print of vegetables in the produce department at County Market.

Other regional artists took advantage of special days set aside in recent months by the city of North Branch to visit area businesses and take photos or sketch a street scene or get up-close and personal with local landmarks.

The goal was to artistically interpret how they see their community.

WHY AN OUR TOWN EXHIBIT?The art show will be the

third in a series of “Our Town” exhibits at Hallberg Center for the Arts that began in 2017 with Wyoming as the featured city.

“Originally, we did the Wyoming Project because that’s where we were located and wanted to reach out to residents and draw attention to our newly established art center,” said Eric Peterson, chairman of the board of directors of the Wyoming Area Creative Arts Commu-nity (WACAC). “It went over so well, we decided to reach out to neighboring cities, being more inclusive of our artists throughout the area. (In 2018) Lindstrom showed the most enthusiasm, so we went with them. This year, it was North Branch and their

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North Branch photographer Ben Andersen fi nds beauty in the arrangement of produce at County Mar-ket. Andersen will enter his photo of the display in the “Our Town – The North Branch Project” held June 20 through July 13 at Hallberg Center for the Arts in Wyoming, celebrating the city of North Branch.

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The 11th annual Red Bull Military Appreciation Day will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 30, at Central Park in North Branch.

The event, sponsored by Cit-izens Supporting Our Armed Forces, acts as a fundraiser to support the nonprofi t’s mis-sion of sending shipments to deployed troops and providing assistance to their families back home.

At 10 a.m. country singer Sailor Jerri will perform. She is a Navy veteran from central Minnesota who began playing guitar so she could sing in the long-term care ward at VA hos-pitals and to veterans support groups.

At noon country singer Rockie Lynne will take the stage. He is an Army veteran and co-founder of Tribute to the Troops. He’s also host of the nationally televised home renovation program “Operation Build.”

The event will feature mil-itary vehicles to look at up close, a car show and children’s

activities. A silent auction will support the cause. Booths will be available with veterans service and military support organizations. Food vendors will also be on hand.

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Veteran Rockie Lynne will perform at the Red Bull Military Appre-ciation Day on June 30 in North Branch.

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ONGOINGCambridge Flea MarketThe Cambridge Flea

Market runs every Tuesday from 6 a.m. to noon at Isanti County Fairgrounds, 3101 Hwy. 95 NE, Cambridge, thru Sept. 24. For info call Dave at 651-503-0642.

JUN 19-23Midsummer Days

The annual Midsum-mer Days events will be held June 19-23 around North Branch. For a full list of events visit www.NorthBranchChamber.com or call 651-674-4810.

JUN 20-23Summer Solstice Cluster

Dog ShowsThe Summer Solstice

Cluster Dog Shows will be held June 20-23 at Isanti County Fair-grounds, Cambridge, with over 1,200 purebred dogs competing daily. No entry charge. For judg-ing times/breeds visit www.onofrio.com; click on “Show Information;” “Closed Shows;” “Anoka County Minnesota Ken-nel Club and Cambridge Minnesota Kennel Club,” and “Judging Program” for breed name to fi nd time and ring. For info call Lisa at 612-290-6175.

JUN 21-22In His Steps Ballet

PerformanceIn His Steps Ballet &

Performing Arts Compa-ny will offer an original ballet, “Luminous Splen-dor: The Inner Beauty” on June 21-22 at 6 p.m. at Ogilvie High School, 333 School Dr. Free, but $10 donation appreciated. Tickets at InHisStepsBal-let.com/Events. For info call 612-991-9556 or email [email protected].

JUN 21Midsummer Days EventsMidsummer Days in

North Branch continues with Family Fun Show carnival games open at 1 p.m. in Central Park, family bingo 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in Legion tent, Coach Purse Bingo 5:45 p.m. in Legion tent, and street dance 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. in Legion tent. Full schedule at www.NorthBranchChamber.com.


North Branch continues with Family Fun Show carnival games open at

noon in Central Park, golf tourney at 8 a.m., kiddie Olympics 9 a.m. behind NBAPS district offi ce, kiddie parade at noon at City Hall, free lunch 11 a.m.-1 p.m at Legion tent, family bingo 2-6 p.m., water fi ght 3:30 by Legion Hall, street dance 8:30 p.m. Full schedule at www.North-BranchChamber.com.

Meet the AuthorMinnesota author Lin-

da LeGarde Grover will speak on her latest novel, “In the Night of Mem-ory,” from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Scout & Morgan Books, 114 Buchanan St. N, Cambridge, about two Ojibwe girls becoming women. For info call 763-689-2474 or email [email protected].

Spaghetti Feed FundraiserThe Isanti Ambassa-

dors will hold a Spaghetti Feed Fundraiser at 12:30 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church, 109 2nd Ave. NW, Isanti, to benefi t the pro-gram. $7 advance tickets, $10 at the door.

Downtown Isanti Street Dance

The city of Isanti will host a downtown street dance from 7-11 p.m. with music by Hitchville on stage at 1st Avenue and Main Street. Free for all ages. Food and beer for sale on site. For info call 763-444-5512.


North Branch continues with Family Fun Show carnival games open at noon in Central Park, parade at 2 p.m. on Main Street, street dance 3-7 p.m., raffl e 4 p.m. at Le-gion tent. Full schedule at www.NorthBranch-Chamber.com.

JUN 24Spencer Brook Pioneer

SchoolSpencer Brook Pio-

neer School sessions for school-age children will run June 24-28 from 9 a.m. -1 p.m. with 1800s clothing, curriculum and activities. Cost is $75 ($65 for Isanti County Histor-ical Society members). For info call 763-689-4229 or visit www.isanticount-yhistory.org.

Carnival DayCommon Ground

United Methodist will host free fun for kids 5th

grade and under with a Carnival Day theme from 10 a.m. to noon at City Park, 810 2nd Ave. SW, Cambridge. For info call the church at 763-689-2071. Events also July 22, Aug. 12.

JUN 25ScienceTellers in the ParkCity of Cambridge will

host ScienceTellers from 12-3 p.m. at City Park, 810 2nd Ave. SW, Cambridge, where entertainment meets science with hands-on experiments. Find details at www.sciencetellers.com. Free, no registration.

Berry Festival and Classic Car Show

The public is invited to the Berry Festival and Classic Car Show from 1-3 p.m. at Walker Methodist Levande, 2011 6th Lane SE, Cambridge, with accordion music by Richard Szyplinski, fresh berries and other refreshments. RSVPs appreciated, but not re-quired to 763-325-0100.

Superhero Science Workshop

Kids in grades 4-6 are invited to a series of Superhero Science workshops from 1:30-3 p.m. at North Branch Li-brary, 6355 379th St., with experiments inspired by superheroes. Free, but registration required on the Events Calendar at ecrlib.org. For info call 651-277-0150 or email at [email protected]. Also July 2, 9.

Rocket Blast-Off Kids ages 5-10 can use

balloons and straws to create and shoot a rocket from 1:30-3 p.m. at Cam-bridge Public Library, 244 S. Birch St. Free, but registration required on events calendar at ecrlib.org. Space is limited.

Skateboard Art WorkshopTeens ages 13-18 will

customize and keep a wood skateboard deck at a skateboard art work-shop with artist Mark Ri-vard from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at Rush City Library, 240 W. 4th St. Registration required on events calen-dar at ecrlib.org. Space is limited. For info call 320-358-3948.

Inventors & Entrepreneurs Meeting

The East Central MN Business Inventors & Entrepreneurs group will offer a session on

“Patents & Intellectual Property” at 6 p.m. at East Central Energy au-ditorium, 412 Main Ave. N, Braham. Doors open 5:30 p.m. for refresh-ments, networking. For info visit www.ecmnbusi-ness.com.

JUN 26Box Gardens at the Library

Kids ages 3-11 can plant and tend box gardens on select Wednesdays at North Branch Area Li-brary, with Master Gar-deners teaching about plants and techniques from 9:30-10 a.m. behind library. Future dates: July 10, 24, Aug. 7, 21. For info call 651-674-8443.

CareerForce Hiring EventThe public is invited

to a free CareerForce Hiring Event from 1-3 p.m. at CareerForce, 140 Buchanan St. N, Suite 152, Cambridge, in the City Center Mall, with up to 15 employers’ booths. For info email [email protected] or call 320-308-5814.

Teen Escape Room Youth ages 12-17 can

search for clues, crack codes and solve puzzles to escape being locked in the Cambridge Public Library, 244 S. Birch St., from 3-4:30 p.m. Free, but registration required on events calendar at ecrlib.org. Space is limited.

Veteran’s Wall of Honor Dedication & BBQ

The public is invited to the dedication of the Vet-eran’s Wall of Honor at Ecumen North Branch, 5379 383rd St. N, from 4-6 p.m. with ceremony and barbecue to follow. For info call 651-829-7182.

Medicare 101 SessionsFree information ses-

sions on Medicare parts A-D, enrollment require-ments, deadlines and fees, will be offered from 5-7 p.m. at Braham Event Center, 655 8th St. SW, on the last Wednesday of each month. Registration is required by calling the Senior Linkage Line at 1-800-333-2433.

JUN 27Memory Cafe

Come with your loved one or care companion to share concerns and ex-periences with memory loss from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at Spirit River Communi-ty Center, 1321 Heritage Blvd., Isanti, with coffee, treats, activities, com-

panionship. No set fee, but donations accepted. For info call Julie Tooker at 763-691-6192.

Donate BloodMemorial Blood Cen-

ters will accept blood donations from 12-6 p.m. at Isanti Community Center, 121 Norelius St. For more information, call 1-888-GIVE-BLD (1-888-448-3253) or visit MBC.org.

Meet the AuthorMinnesota author

Nicole Helget will talk at 2 p.m. about her novel, “The End of the Wild,” about an 11-year-old girl who fi ghts fracking in her town, at North Branch Area Library, 6355 379th Street. All ages welcome. No pre-registration. For info call 651-674-8443.

Cambridge Concert in the Park

Brass Barn Polka Band will perform 6-8:30 p.m. in City Park, 810 2nd Ave. SW, Cambridge. Free; food truck present. Bring chair or blanket. For info call 763-552-3213.

Sons of Norway MeetingThe Sons of Norway

Rumelva Lodge will meet at 7 p.m. at the Isanti County Historical Soci-ety building on the Isanti County Fairgrounds in Cambridge with textile historian Carol Colburn speaking on “Bunads.” Coffee and treats provid-ed. For info call Barb at 763-742-8614 or Kent at 763-439-0318.

JUN 30Military Appreciation DayThe 11th annual Red

Bull Military Appreci-ation Day will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Central Park in North Branch with live music, military vehicles, car show, kids’ activities, silent auction, food vendors, vet support ser-vices. Benefi ts Citizens Supporting Our Armed Forces. For info visit www.csoaf.com.

JUL 1-27Where’s Waldo Downtown

Cambridge Scavenger HuntScout & Morgan Books

will host its annual “Where’s Waldo Down-town Cambridge Scav-enger Hunt” from July 1-26. Pick up passport at bookstore, 114 Buchanan St. N, Cambridge, and visit 25 area businesses to win prizes. Closing

party July 27. For info call 763-689-2474.

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As I walked off the Bunker Hills golf course with Cambridge-Isanti activities director Mark Solberg last Tuesday, I out-loud made the same proclamation I usually only say to myself: “Well, that puts a wrap on another high school sports year.”

Covering the fi nal event of the spring sports season is always a little bittersweet as it marks the annual two-month-plus break in my schedule, with only minimal chances of cover-ing sporting events over the summer.

While it can be said every year is memorable in its own way, the 2018-2019 high school seasons were proba-bly the longest, yet most memorable one in my history.

It all started with the fi rst football game of the season last August. In what was a precursor of things to come, area games were actually moved up to earlier starting times to avoid approaching thunderstorms. What followed was an incredible num-

ber of scheduling changes due to weather, including an unusual number in the winter sports season.

Even when games went on as planned, there were some memorable conditions. There was the Blue-jackets’ state quarterfi nal game played in a heavy snowfall, a C-I versus North Branch baseball game played with snow fl urries and then ended early due to darkness, and fi nally the fi rst round of state golf being played in a steady rain to conclude the year.

In between, there were tons of huge successes this year. Between C-I and North Branch, there was a total of eight state tournaments I was able to cover, with another two that I was unable to cover due to schedul-ing confl icts.

I was able to cover two state competitions on the same day last fall. The fi rst was the exhilarating North Branch volleyball championship match, which is arguably the most exciting sports action I have ever covered. That concluded just in time to make the trek to St. Cloud for the aforementioned football game.

Covering those two meant there was a minimal two-week break before winter sports season began in earnest, which is where a majority of the memories were made.

There was C-I gymnastics’ 10th-straight section championship, a multitude of wrestlers qualifying for state individually, North Branch boys hockey’s fi rst-ev-er section championship, C-I girls basketball coming out of virtually nowhere to challenge for a section championship, and then the C-I boys team besting the girls by winning sections.

If it wasn’t for our cold and rainy April, it would have been another brief, two-week break before spring sports started. Once it did, the results were a record number of C-I track and fi eld athletes competing at state, plus two C-I girls golfers advancing to state as well.

After all of that, I must admit I’m not minding a little bit of a timeout. But the excitement of this past year has kept my excitement for what’s to come at a higher level. I admittedly have already taken a peek at the 2019 fall sports schedules and made a mental note of the fi rst home action, which is scheduled to take place on Aug. 19. Just that brief look and it looks to be anoth-er wild ride. I can’t wait for it to get going.

Bill Stickels III is editor of the Isanti-Chisago County Star. He can be reached at 763-689-1181 ext. 107 or [email protected].

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Thanks for support of Father’s Day Fly-In and breakfastTo the editor,

The 2019 Annual Cambridge Father’s Day Fly-In/Pancake Breakfast was fantastic this year. It wouldn’t have happened without the support from the community.

A special thank you to Kent Schutte for the use of his hangar, the Cambridge Airport Commis-sion, EAA Chapter 237, Cambridge Lions Club, American Legion Post 290 and Lex Crowley for their support and hard work; also to the local me-dia for support and coverage.

All proceeds are used for local community needs. Hope to see you again next year!

Darlene Melland, SecretaryCambridge Lions Club

Include Vietnam Veterans of America in partner organizationsTo the editor,

First off, I’d like to thank you for our (Isanti County Veterans Services) annual update in-formation in your paper. I really appreciate you providing all of the information to local residents that weren’t able to attend the Isanti County board meeting.

During the presentation, I listed off some of the organizations that we partner with in the com-munity to provide assistance to veterans. One organization that was on the PowerPoint being presented to the board and was not in the article “Isanti County Veterans Services sees decrease in vet contacts” (June 13, 2019) were the Vietnam Veterans of America.

The Vietnam Veterans of America have been an outstanding and tremendously supportive orga-nization within Isanti County. Vietnam veterans account for a large portion of the population that we serve, and the Vietnam Veterans of America here in Isanti County have gone above and beyond to provide this offi ce with assistance to veterans ofall eras in the community.

Some examples of the assistance that they have provided to our offi ce include the donation of gift cards to be used at the local market, as well as local fundraising efforts in order to provide prod-ucts to Minnesota veterans’ homes.

Our offi ce would not be able to function at the level we do without the support that our communi-ty provides. I would like to take this opportunity to extend a very sincere thank you to the Vietnam Veterans of America for all of the effort that they put in to assist our offi ce and the veterans that we serve.

Dan Meyer, DirectorIsanti County Veterans Services Department

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‘And since all this loveliness can not be Heaven, I know in my heart it is June.’

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Have you heard the news? The rusty patched bumble bee (bombus affi nis) has become the offi cial bee of the state of Minnesota. Governor Tim Walz made it offi cial when he signed the budget bills into law in the legislative session that ended recently.

Since it’s our state bee now, I thought I would dust off an article I wrote last year and republish it to help remind everyone of a few facts about the bee.

There’s been a lot of conversation and attention brought to the plight of our native pollinators, which are experts at pollinating both fl owers and food crops. One pollinator in particular is really struggling. The rusty patched bumble bee has experienced an 87% decline in population since the 1990s, due to loss of habitat, disease and parasites, pesticide use and climate change. As a result, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service placed it on the endangered species list in Janu-ary of 2017.

The rusty patched bumble bee used to be present in 28 states, but now can only be found in nine or 10 states, including Minnesota and Wisconsin. Fortunately, Chisago County is in an area where the rusty patched bumble bees still exist.

I have seen quite a few bumble bees around lately, and thought I saw a rusty patched bumble bee, but I couldn’t get

a good enough look to make a positive identifi cation. Before jumping to con-clusions, I decided I should do a little homework so I am better equipped at making a positive ID on this elusive little bee.

· Their nests can typically be found underground in abandoned rodent cavities or clumps of grass.

· A queen will overwinter alone in the ground, preferably in an area of undisturbed soil.

· The queen rusty patched is one of the earliest bees to emerge in the spring and begin collecting pollen and nectar. She begins to form a new colony by lay-ing stored eggs that had been fertilized by sperm the prior fall.

· When the colony is in full swing, it will consist of one queen who continues to lay eggs, and female worker bees that collect food, defend the colony and tend to the young. There will be anywhere from 50 to 1,000 bees in the colony. The life span of the colony is from April to September.

· In late summer new queens and male bees are born in the colony.

· At the end of the season, the new queens and male bees leave the colony to mate with rusty patched bumble bees from other colonies.

· The male bees, worker bees and the old queen bees then die. Only the new queens hibernate until the following spring, when the cycle starts again.

Not all of the rusty patched bumble bees have the reddish patch, which is centrally located on their abdomen. Only the male and worker bees do. The queen does not. All three have black heads, a fuzzy yellow midsection (tho-rax) and a half-yellow, half-black lower section (abdomen).

The male and worker bees have a red-dish patch in the yellow section of the abdomen. Males and worker bees also have a black patch on their thorax that kind of looks like the crescent moon fac-

ing down, with a point descending fromthe center.

Queens are larger than both the male and worker bees and have a round black patch on their thorax.

If you want to help the rusty patched bumble bee in our area, here are a few things you can do to help.

· Add some native plants to your land-scape. If you don’t have a lot of space, a small pocket garden might be just as effective, especially if your neighbors do the same.

· Rusty patched bumble bees are particularly fond of lupine, bee balm, asters, white and purple prairie clover, Joe Pye weed, conefl owers, leadplant, New Jersey tea and serviceberry. For a more complete list go the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website (www.fws.gov) and search for rusty patched bumble bee.

· Reduce or eliminate the use of pesti-cides and chemical fertilizers.

· Leave some undisturbed open soil and some un-mowed brushy areas on your property.

Since the rusty patched bumble bee is active in our area throughout the sum-mer, I hope we will all be lucky enough to see one.

Leslie Scharafanow is a Chisago Coun-ty Master Gardener.

Rusty patched bumble bee named offi cial state bee

U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Rusty patched bumble bees have black heads, yellow mid-sections and half-yellow, half-black lower sections.


The city of Cambridge will host “Sci-enceTellers in the Park” from 12-3 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25, at City Park, 810 2nd Ave. SW, Cambridge, where enter-tainment meets science with hands-on experiments. The show is free. Bring a chair or blanket.

Kids will hear the story of how, during a midnight meteor shower, something mysterious falls from the sky toward Earth. Two curious kids venture into the forest to investigate and fi nd themselves mixed up with a family of visitors from another planet! Pursued by a crazy space scientist, they must risk everything to rescue the aliens and get them back to their spaceship – before it’s too late!

Throughout the story presentation, science experiments are used to create special effects, and in the second part of the show, kids from the audience will volunteer to recreate the science behind the special effects.

Kids will use physics and chemistry to:

- turn a liquid into solid “worms”through a chemical reaction,

- launch a potato into the air usingBoyle’s law,

- make a fl ying rocket using two com-mon household chemicals,

- transfer energy between matter tocreate a “rainstorm.”

ScienceTellers bring hands-on science to Cambridge park

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Mad scientists with ScienceTellers will introduce kids to hands-on experiments through the use of story and special eff ects on Tuesday, June 25, from 12-3 p.m. in Cambridge City Park.

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CONTRIBUTEDCHISAGO COUNTY FAIR

It’s time to show off your talent!Singers, musicians, comedians

and entertainers of every age are encouraged to participate in the 36th annual Amateur Talent Contest at the Chisago County Fair on Sunday, July 21, at 1 p.m.

Contestants are divided into catego-ries: Open (19 and over), Teen (13-18 years) and Pre-teen (12 years and under).

A prize of $50 is awarded to the top winners of each category; sec-

ond-place winners receive a trophy. All fi rst-place winners advance to the Minnesota State Fair County Fair Talent Contest.

Judges will be evaluating on the following criteria: audience appeal, content, performance, staging and costuming.

Registration deadline is Saturday, July 13. A $15 entry fee is required to be mailed along with the registration form. A printable PDF of the form and more information can be found online at www.chisagocountyfair.org. Look under the “Exhibitors” tab for “Talent Show.”

Talent show seeking contestants

BUSINESS NEWS

OBITUARIES

6 ISANTI-CHISAGO COUNTY STAR MILESTONES JUNE 20, 2019countystar.com

David ‘Spud’ P. KovarikDavid “Spud” Paul Kovarik, age 66, of North

Branch, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Saturday, June 15, 2019, at Abbott North-western Hospital in Minneapolis.

Dave was born on Feb. 14, 1953, to Paul and Allene (Miller) Kovarik in St. Paul. He moved from St. Paul to North Branch at the age of fi ve, where he

has resided ever since and was a 1971 graduate of North Branch High School. Dave worked as a truck driver for many years, then went on as a roofer for Keen Brothers Roofi ng. He eventually became a heavy equipment operator for Egan Companies and ColliSys until he retired in 2015. He was proud to be a member of the 49ers union for over 30 years.

Dave was an avid garden-er, classic car enthusiast,

loved music, movies, attending concerts and collect-ing M&M fi gurines. He could fi x or make anything and was always willing to help anyone.

He had many special longtime friends who he held dear to his heart.

Dave is preceded in death by his father, Paul J. Kovarik on March 15, 2019.

He is survived by his three children: Jessica (Tra-vis) Richter of North Branch, Jace (Lisa) Kovarik of Taylors Falls and Joliene (Stefan) Litwinczuk of Richfi eld; 12 grandchildren: Mckenzie, Austin, Brady, Peyton, Jersey, Slade, Rowan, Drake, Cecelia, Adeline, Reed and Eleanor; mother Allene Kovarik; siblings Mike Kovarik, Jim (Patti) Kovarik, Kathie (Steve) Mitchell and Greg Kovarik and many nieces and nephews.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 20, 2019, at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church in North Branch with Fr. Shane Stoppel-Wasinger offi ciating. Music will be provid-ed by Cathie Hendren and Nickolas Grey. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the mass on Thurs-day. Interment will follow the service at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in North Branch.

Arrangements are under the direction and care of Grandstrand Funeral Home in North Branch. Condolences maybe expressed online at www.grand-strandfh.com.

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Roger ‘Chuck’ SteeleRoger “Chuck” Steele, age 75, of Cambridge,

passed away on Feb. 18, 2019.Roger was born on Oct. 31, 1943, in Minneapolis,

Minn. He attended Cambridge High School, class of 1961, and married Karin Samuelson of Cambridge in 1966.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Raymond and Myrtle Steele; broth-ers Raymond and Rich-ard; brother-in-law Gary Erickson.

He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Karin; children Tracy (Jim) Ibin-ger, Holly (Kevin) Lenk, Samantha (Brian) Radtke, and Patrick (Kari) Steele; grandchildren Ryan, Lau-ren, Lily, Walter, Samuel, Brody, Maggie and Coo-per; brother Bob (Blanca) Steele; and many friends.

Please join us as we celebrate the life of Roger on Sunday, June 30, from 1-4 p.m. at the Isanti County Historical Society (near the fairgrounds), 33525 Flanders Street NE, Cam-bridge, MN.

Let’s gather and share some of our favorite memo-ries, our stories, to laugh and remember our friend, Roger.

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Richard L. KluckRichard L. Kluck, of Dallas, Texas, formerly of

Bradford Township, died June 12, 2019.He was born March 7, 1942, in Cambridge to Lloyd

and Hulda Kluck. He was raised in Bradford Town-ship and graduated from Cambridge High School, Class of 1960.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Barbara; grandson Jack; brother Ronald.

He is survived by his son John, of Dallas; three grandchildren: Molly, Alex and Sam, of Virginia; sister Marilyn Olson, of Isanti.

CONTRIBUTEDFLAGSHIP BANK MINNESOTA

Flagship Bank Minnesota, a growing Twin Cities metro area community bank, announced a partnership with the Randy Shaver Cancer Research & Com-munity Fund to help raise money for cancer research in Minnesota through a new MNStrong check-ing account. The local Flagship Bank is at 711 6th Avenue NE, Isanti.

“Cancer is something that af-fects all of us,” said Andy Schor-nack, CEO at Flagship Bank. “It may be a family member, friend or personally, but it impacts your life. Outside of the emotion-al strain, it is also a fi nancial strain. Part of our culture is to donate and partner with chari-table organizations that help our local communities grow strong and vibrant. I believe Roseann and Randy Shaver are running one of these organizations at the Randy Shaver Cancer Research & Community Fund.”

Flagship Bank’s new MNStrong checking account will help raise money for the Randy Shaver Cancer Research & Community Fund. When a new customer

opens a MNStrong checking account (https://www.fl agship-banks.com/MNStrong) and com-pletes the qualifying activities, they will receive a $100 deposit into their checking account, while $100 will also be donated to the Randy Shaver Cancer Re-search & Community Fund.

Customers must make three online bill payments using Flagship’s online bill payment system, and a direct deposit; $50 minimum deposit is required to open an account and obtain the bonus. Qualifying activity must be initiated and posted to the account within 90 days of account opening. Bonus will be posted to the account within six weeks of completing requirements.

The Randy Shaver Cancer Research & Community Fund’s mission is to “support the cancer community in Minnesota by funding research, prevention, treatment and other programs relating to the cancer communi-ty’s needs.” Each year, the orga-nization gives grants to support the research of cancer doctors, as well as to organizations and individuals supporting cancer patients.

Isanti’s Flagship Bank partners with Randy Shaver cancer fund

STUDENT NEWS

CONTRIBUTEDXCEL ENERGY

Xcel Energy is distributing more than $133 million in bill credits to all Minnesota electricity customers as a result of the Fed-eral Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The refund for a residential electricity customer averages about $43, but varies based on each cus-tomer’s actual usage in 2018. Refunds have started appearing on customers’ bills and will continue to appear throughout the next month depending on billing cycles.

Xcel Energy will also distribute more than $5 million to its natural gas customers as a result of federal tax reform in mid-July. The refund for a residential gas customer will average about $9, but will also vary depending on each customer’s 2018 actual usage.

Refunds to customers for the fi rsts fi ve months of 2019 will also appear on cus-tomers’ bills later this year, to refl ect tax reductions this year. That includes a refund in October for electric customers totaling

$39 million and a refund for natural gas cus-tomers in December totaling $3.2 million. In addition to the refunds, Xcel Energy ratesfor Minnesota electric and gas customers will be reduced starting June 1, in order to account for federal tax cuts moving forward.

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commis-sion approved Xcel Energy’s 2018 and 2019 refund and rate reduction plans April 18. The PUC also approved Xcel Energy’s pro-posal to give $2 million in tax reform funds to POWERON, a program that helps keep bills affordable for low-income customers.

Xcel Energy (NASDAQ: XEL) provides theenergy that powers millions of homes and businesses across eight Western and Mid-western states. Headquartered in Minneap-olis, the company is an industry leader in responsibly reducing carbon emissions and producing and delivering clean energy solu-tions from a variety of renewable sources at competitive prices. For more information, visit www.xcelenergy.com or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

Xcel Energy to issue millions in credits

CONTRIBUTEDHOMES PREFERRED REALTY

Coldwell Banker Pro IV Realty has ended their 30-plus-year business relationship with Coldwell Banker. Pro IV’s new name is Homes Preferred Realty. Homes Preferred Realty is owned and operated by Janet Wie-ner and Dave Chmiel. Wiener will continue as the broker.

This change will make Homes Preferred Realty an independent offi ce with nine agents. Chmiel stated that by going indepen-dent, this will allow Homes Preferred Real-ty freedom from a one-size-fi ts-all corporate structure.

Home Preferred Realty can be reached by calling 651-674-0440 or visit www.realhome-pro.com.

Realty offi ce changes name

Dean’s Lists

These local students have been named to the Spring 2019 Dean’s List for University of Minnesota Dulu-th (UMD) for earning a GPA 3.5 or higher:

BrahamTristan R Marthaler, Senior, UMD-Sci & Eng. Swen-

son Coll of, Electrical Engr B S E ECambridge

Chase W Bonczek, Senior, UMD-Sci & Eng. SwensonColl of, Mechanical Engineering B S M E

Shelby A Bonczek, Junior, College of Liberal Arts, Criminology B A

Jesse D Bragge, Junior, UMD-Sci & Eng. Swenson Coll of, Physics B S

Kate O Hanson, Senior, Education & Human ServicePro, Communication Sci/Disord BASc

Kassandra J Rood, Senior, Education & Human Service Pro, Teaching Comm Arts/Lit B A A

Kaitlyn G Trytten, Junior, Education & Human Service Pro, Unified Early Chld Stud B A Sc

Isanti Amanda A Anagnos, Senior, Education & Human

Service Pro, Exercise Science B A ScMitch Fedewa, Junior, UMD-Sci & Eng. Swenson

Coll of, Electrical EngineeringVictoria A Hagford, Junior, Labovitz School of Bus

& Econ, Management B B ASydney V LeMay, Senior, Education & Human Ser-

vice Pro, Teaching Social StudiesNorth Branch

Christopher R Dean, Freshman, Labovitz School of Bus & Econ, Pre Business

Dalton Drost, Junior, Labovitz School of Bus & Econ, Accounting B Acc

Kara A Flygare, Sophomore, UMD-Sci & Eng. Swen-son Coll of, Biochemistry B S, Chemistry B S

Devin B Larson, Junior, Labovitz School of Bus & Econ, Management B B A

Kasey R Rankl, Sophomore, College of Liberal Arts, Enviro, Sustain & Geog B A

Rhianna E Rinke, Junior, Education & Human Ser-vice Pro, Exercise Science B A Sc

Audrey M Roy, Junior, UMD-Sci & Eng. Swenson Coll of, Biology B S

Alicia Skroch, Sophomore, Labovitz School of Bus &Econ, Pre Business

Alec T Waletzko, Sophomore, UMD-Sci & Eng. Sw-enson Coll of, Electrical Engineering

Rush City Melanie G Schuldt, Junior, Education & Human

Service Pro, Psychology B A Sc

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Assembly of GodAccess Church 4359 392nd St. North Branch, MN 55056 Sundays at 9am & 10:30am. www.accesschurchonline.org 651-674-7531. Kevin Haseltine, Lead Pastor

BaptistFirst Baptist Church 304 S. Main St., Cambridge, 763-689-1173. Call the church office or visit our website for current service times and programs. firstbaptistcambridge.org

North Isanti Baptist ChurchLead Pastor: Travis Blake 2248 313th Ave. NE, Cambridge, MN 55008 www.nibchurch.comEmail: [email protected] 763-689-3576. 8:30am Worship Service (traditional style) 10:45am Worship Service (contemporary style)

Springvale Baptist Church 5-1/2 miles NW of Cambridge at Jct. of Cty Rd 14 & 6. 763-689-1373.Pastor Charles Kieffer. Sunday School 9:30am from Sept. to May. Morning Worship 10:30am. Second Sunday Potluck Dinner; Wednesday 7:15pm Adult Study

South Isanti Baptist Church 3367 Cty. Rd. 5 NE, Isanti. 763-444-5860, Pastor Bob Venneman. Sunday Worship 9:30am. Wednesday “Life & Light” Bible studies for all ages. Adults & children. For info call or go to southisantibaptist.org.

Sunrise Bible Church41300 Second St., North Branch, Pastor David Stertz. Sunday school for all ages 9:30am, Sunday morning Worship 10:30am, Sunday evening 6pm, Wed. Kids 4 Truth & Bible studies for all ages 6:30pm. More info atsunrisebiblechurch.org or 651-674-4107.

CatholicSt. Elizabeth Ann Seton 207 Whiskey Rd NW, Isanti, MN. 763-444-4035 Email: [email protected]. Mass: Tues. & Wed. 7:30am. Sun. 8:30am. stelizabeth-isanti.org.

Evangelical FreeDale Evangelical Free Church 45268 Brunswick Rd, Harris, MN 763-689-5817 Pastor/Teacher Dr. Harvey Martin. Sunday School – all ages 9am. Sunday Service 10:25am. www.daleefc.com

Kost Evangelical Free Church 37405 Kost Trail, North Branch, MN 55056. Jct. of CR 11 & CR 72, SE of North Branch. 651-583-3281. Pastor, Josh JensenKost Student Ministries Mondays 6:30pm. Worship Service Sundays 9:30am. More info: www.kostefc.org

Oxlip Evangelical Free Church9am Worhsip Service. 10:15am Coffee Fellowship. 10:45am Sunday School. Mon. 6pm Sr. High Youth. Wed. 6:25pm AWANA/Jr. High Youth. Tues/Thurs. 9am Bone Builders. Pastor Leroy Scheumann. 29237 Roanoke St. NW, Isanti 55040. www.oxlip.org Email: [email protected]. 763-444-5134

Lutheran

Braham Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA)320-396-2755. West Central Dr. & Cty Rd 4 in northwest Braham. Pastor Julie Beck. Sunday 9:00am Worship Service.Office hours 9am-Noon Tuesday-Friday. Radio service Sunday at 9:30am (KBEK 95.5 FM)

Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church Of Rush Point (ELCA) Pastor Vicki Vandervegt. 320-358-4829, 600 Rush Point Dr. 10am Worship with nursery avail-able. 11am Fellowship my.calvaryofrushpoint.org. [email protected]

Cambridge Lutheran Church (ELCA) 621 Old North Main Street, Cambridge. 763-689-1211 8:30am Festival Traditional, 9 & 10:15am Horizon Contemporary Worship. KidZone Kids’ Ministry dismissed from all services. Radio service Sunday at 11am (KBEK 95.5 FM) cambridgelutheran.org. Facebook: Cambridgelutheran

Christ Ev. Lutheran Church (WELS) 32962 Vickers St. NE, Cambridge, 763-689-5333Pastor Samuel L. Biebert.Sunday Worship 9am, Sunday School/Bible Class 10:30amwww.christcambridge.com

Faith Lutheran Church (ELCA) 2nd & Main, Isanti. 763-444-9201. Interim Pastor John Kerr. Sunday Worship 9:30am. Coffee hour 10:30am. Kingdom Kids Club 6:30pm-7:30pm every Wed. during school year. (3yrs-6th gr.) All are welcome! Staffed nursery available. Call for info. faithlutheranisanti.com

First Lutheran Church (ELCA) 43779 Gates Ave., Harris. 651-674-4498. Handicapped accessible. Pastor Caroline Harthun-Wooldridge. Sunday Worship 9:30am, with Sunday School.10:30am coffee andfellowship.Email: [email protected]

Joy Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) 1155 Joy Circle, Cambridge. 763-689-4355. Pastor Daniel Lewis. Sunday Services: 8:00am Traditional. 10:30am Contemporary. Adult Bible Class 9:15am.www.joylutheran.net

Long Lake Lutheran Church (ELCA) 3921 277th Ave NW Isanti, MN 55040, 763-444-5315. Interim Pastor Bob RusertLay Associate Pastor Sue OlsonWorship at 8 & 9:30am. Sunday School Education hour 9:30am. Wednesday Worship and Childrens Church 6pm. longlakeluth.org

Salem Lutheran Church 4638 381st Ave. NW, Dalbo, MN 55017. 763-689-1687Join us for worship every Sunday at 10am, Sunday school for 3 yrs to 6th gr. begins at 10:30am. Coff ee fellowship after worship www.salemlutherandalbo.com

Spring Lake Lutheran Church (ELCA) 8440 Erickson Road, PO Box 958, North Branch, MN 55056 (9 mi. E. of Cambridge on Hwy. 95, North one block on Erickson Road). 651-674-4606. Vicki VanderVegt, Pastor. sllchurch.org Email: [email protected]., Jun 20 9:00am Men’s Coffee at County MarketNoon Rose Circle at Evelyn’s7:00pm WELCA meeting and programSat., Jun 22 7:30am B.R.E.W. at CalvarySun., Jun 23 8:30am Worship 9:30am FellowshipMon., Jun 24 9:00am Volunteer at Global Health MinistriesTues., Jun 25 V&B mailed8:00am Men’s Breakfast at Kaffe Stuga2:00pm Iris Circle at Ecumen6:30pm Property CommitteeWed., Jun 26 6:30pm Worship at CalvaryThurs., Jun 27 Women of Grace Bible Study

St. John Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) 28168 Jodrell St. NE, North Branch, Located 6 mi. E. of Isanti on Co. Rd. 5; (or 7 mi. W. of North Branch on Co. Rd. 5); then 1-1/2 mi. S. on Co. Rd. 12. 763-444-5988, Paul Anderson, Pastor; Sunday 9am Worship; 10:20am Adult Bible Study; Thursday 6:30pm Bible study. Email: [email protected]

St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (LCMC) 31075 Genesis Ave., Stacy, MN 55079651-462-5115. Pastor Ben Hollingstead. 8am and 9:30am Services, Sunday School during 9:30am Service. Email [email protected]. Website -stjohnslutheranchurch-stacymn.org

St. John’s Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) 980 West 4th Street, Rush City, Pastor Tim Renstrom 320-358-3623, Sunday 8:45am Worship, 7:30am Rise & Shine Bible Study, Monday 10am Longer Look Bible Study. stjohnsrushcity.org

St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) 400 SE 8th St., (Isanti #4 E.), PO Box 37, Braham. 320-396-3103. Tim Renstrom, Pastor. 9:00am Sunday School & Adult Bible Study. 10:15am Worship.ststephensbraham.org

Trinity Lutheran Church (ELCA) 38460 Lincoln Trl, North Branch. 651-674-7047. Pastor Jon Yurk. Worship Sundays 9am, Coffee Hour 10am. Email: [email protected] or visit www.trinitynorthbranch.org

MethodistCommon Ground - A United Methodist Community 404 North Cypress St. North, Cambridge. 763-689-2071. Pastors Amelia & Andrew Buschena. Sunday 9:30am.Worship. Livestream of ser-vices and more info at commongroundumc.org. Everyone Counts!

Main Street Church 6500 Main St., North Branch, MN, 55056. 651-674-4090 Pastor Ralph Holbrook Sunday Worship 10am Children’s Church 10am. Youth Gathering 11:10am www.mainstreetfamily.org

Spirit River Community A United Methodist Church 1321 Heritage Blvd. NE, Isanti, MN 612-888-4255. Reverend Pastor Guy E. Sederski. Sunday Worship Service and Christian Education 10:30am. spiritrivercomm.org

Non-DenominationalBethesda Church38180 Hemingway Ave., North Branch, MN 651-674-5873. Pastor Mark Huber. 9am Worship Service. 10:30am Sunday School and adult Bible studies. bethesdachurchnb.com

Lakeside Christian Church 32393 Rendova Cir. N.E., Cambridge (3 mi. E of Cambridge just off Hwy. 95). 763-689-3649. Ministry Coordinator Jeff Bonkoski. Administrative Assistant Sharon Dahl. Sunday 9:30am. Worship. Retreat house & personal retreat cabins available. Call for reservation. Email:[email protected]. lakesidechurchcambridge.org

Journey of FaithBible based worship. 651-600-9878. [email protected]. Sunday fellowship 9 am, Worship & Youth Min-istry 10 am Come as you are. All welcome. Junction Bowl. 123 Cajima Street, NE, Isanti. Refreshments served.

NorthBrook ChurchMeeting in North Branch Area High School. Church Office: 651-277-0100 Frank Gomes, Pastor. Come join us at 10am. Worship Service – nursery provided - children’s church (2 yrs old-2nd gr.); Mon. - Fri.: (call for details) “Life Groups”, Bible Studies, Youth Ministry. Email us at [email protected] or visit us on the web at nbchurchmn.org

River of Life Church Meeting at 150 Birch St. N., Ste 170, Cambridge. (Across from Minnco Credit Unon, Mark Radeke, Pastor. 763-689-5115. Sundays 10:15 am. riveroflifehome.com

River Valley Christian Church IHS “Allowing the Holy Spirit to Transform Lives”37126 Hwy 65 NE, Stanchfield MN (just North of Grandy on the West side of 65). Sunday Morning Worship & Children’s Church 10am, Sunday Night Believers Service 6pm, Wed. Night Worship & Bible Study 6:30pm. Pastor Tom Bakke (763) 689-6987 Church Offi ce – 34006 Petersburg St NE; Cambridge, MN 55008. We are a “Real Family, Loving Jesus, Loving Each Other, Loving the World” Visitors ARE Expected!

PentecostalThe Journey New Life Church 601 Heritage Blvd NE, Isanti Pastor David L. Willis. Sunday 10am Worship & the Word & Kids’ Church. Sunday 6pm Family Worship. Wednesday 7pm Family Breakout Classes. 763-689-4471.Thejourneynlc.org

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TEACHERS: Two-thirds of surveyed teachers felt methods led to improved results

arts group that displayed the excitement to be the next city project.”

Both former shows had 60-70 pieces entered, mostly paint-ings and photographs, but Peterson said any medium is welcome.

In addition to artwork, the shows have included historical artifacts from each of the cities supplied by historical societies and other entities.

“Wyoming had some inter-esting maps and artifacts,” Peterson said, “like original handcuffs and the jail padlock, plus the original ballot box for voting. Lindstrom included the never-before-seen-in-public original plat of when the city was incorporated.”

In regard to the North Branch exhibit, he said he’s seen “some remarkable old photographs and even a birth registry.”

A CHANCE TO BRING ATTENTION TO ARTS The Our Town exhibit opens

Thursday, June 20, with a reception at 4 p.m. and runs through Saturday, July 13, during regular gallery hours: 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday through Friday, and 12-4 p.m. Saturdays.

The Hallberg Center for the Arts is housed in a former church at 5521 East Viking Bou-levard in Wyoming. Artwork and artifacts will be housed in the Main and Cube Galleries.

According to Peterson, after each month-long exhibit has

run its course, an extended show is held at Evergreen Coffee House, 26395 Forest Boulevard N, Wyoming, where highlights of the previous month’s show are displayed.

He is optimistic about how the North Branch show will be received and how it can encour-age future appreciation of the arts.

“Our mission is to expose the public to new artists and

their artwork,” he said, “while becoming more aware of arts in our area. The Our Town Proj-ects, we hope, will grow and develop partnerships between our cities.”

And photog Andersen is hop-ing his vibrant vegetable print will help bring the city some well-deserved exposure.

“I hope,” he said, “it encourag-es others to come and see what we have.”

ART SHOW: Guests can expect 60-70 pieces of artwork created by regional artists in various media

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Photographer Ben Andersen (left) and Trevor Carroll, County Market assis-tant produce manager, show Andersen’s entry in the “Our Town - The North Branch Project” art show in Wyoming. The piece is a “metal print” made by fusing a photo onto a metal plate.

FROM PAGE I

district PLC (Professional Learning Community) facilitator Michelle Trunk, there are fi ve components to Qcomp that are required by the state.

The fi rst is career ladder/advance-ment options.

“This is just going to build our lead-ership capacity across the district,” Trunk said.

The second is job-embedded pro-fessional development, which Trunk said includes attending PLC meetings, along with the refl ection and growth plans the teachers complete each year.

The third component, teacher eval-uation/observation, has been a little trickier this year as the district has moved into utilizing a new evaluation model called the Marzano method, Trunk said.

The fourth component is perfor-

mance pay being linked to student achievement data, and the fi fth compo-nent is alternate salary schedules.

Since this is a voluntary program, Trunk said they surveyed teachers to see if Qcomp has been effective. Those survey results show that two-thirds of the teachers felt that Qcomp has increased classroom instruction and student achievement.

Additionally, 100% of the teachers earned additional performance pay for observation and evaluation results, as well as for their professional develop-ment plan. Plus, 94% of teachers earned performance pay for meeting PLC expectations.

In instituting the Marzano evalua-tion model, Trunk said “in that came a huge instructional focus. We really looked at strengthening that core in-struction, moving towards student-cen-tered classrooms, along with rigorous

instruction.“We really pondered as a Qcomp

council as to how we were going to blend this and merge this so that it does not feel like it is one more thing that is added to our plate,” Trunk continued.

What this all boils down to, accord-ing to director of teaching and learning David Treichel, is a more streamlined learning experience for the students.

“We want to be very deliberate with our instruction,” Treichel said. “We know that we have limited time with our students, and maximizing all that time is very essential.

“When we examine and prioritize our standards, we unwrap them into learn-ing targets,” he continued. “These tar-gets are very specifi c, student-friendly ‘I can’ statements. Those targets are put into a progression that shows students and teachers they’re learning through-out that unit.”

Treichel said that teachers recently spent three days going over the per-formance skills, with an emphasis on taking this information back to the students and “taking ownership in their learning.”

Going forward, teachers will go through a two-day PLC academy.

“We bring in our facilitators and we go in-depth for two full days in training them to be excellent leaders,” Treichel said.

He added that next year, North Branch will host Learning Sciences International in their leadership acad-emy.

“We will be hosting LSI and growing our capacity of leaders,” he said. “With that, because we are hosting it, we will be able to bring in other staff mem-bers into that learning, which will be valuable in the terms of applying that in their classrooms.”

FROM PAGE I

On June 30 North Branch Area Public Schools (NBAPS) will bid farewell to current Director of Finance

and Human Resources Dr. Jon Ellerbush. This is largely the result of budget adjustments for next year, which caused NBAPS to restructure administra-tive roles in an effort to

absorb as much of the adjust-ments as possible.

It can be diffi cult to come into a new job in a new area (Jon came to us from Roy-alton, where he served as superintendent), and it can be even more diffi cult when the individual you replace served in their position as long as Randi Johnson served. Jon arrived at NBAPS just in time to over-see the fi nancial aspects of a $70 million referendum.

Despite those challenges, Jon served NBAPS wonder-fully for the last two years and has been instrumental

in keeping our construc-tion projects organized and within budget constraints. I am deeply grateful for the leap of faith he took, coming south to serve our stakehold-ers, and wish him the best of luck in the future.

Jon’s immediate future holds another superinten-dency in Barnesville. I have little doubt he will thrive there, with his affable per-sonality, attention to detail, and deep commitment to educating children. Our loss is Barnesville’s gain.

Jon’s specifi c position at NBAPS has been eliminated for next year, but current middle school principal Todd Tetzlaff has agreed to take a new position, Directorof Business Services. This move has allowed NBAPS fl exibility in administrative roles and allows the district to utilize current adminis-trative staff to cover expand-ed duties, thus the budget savings.

My thanks to Jon for his service here, and to Todd for accepting a new role with the school district after being a fi xture at the middle school for well over a decade.

Dr. Deb Henton is superin-tendent of North Branch AreaPublic Schools.

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The North Branch Area Public Schools (NBAPS) school board is conducting a community survey in June. The survey goal is to better understand stakeholders’ attitudes toward the school district as well as toward a possible future operating levy

to supplement state and federal funding, which has lagged well behind infl ationary factors for decades.

The random sample phone survey is being conducted by Baker Tilly (formerly Spring-sted Inc.), a trusted researcher and school district partner.

Please be encouraged to participate in the survey if contacted.

North Branch school district to conduct phone survey


A two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Highway 95 and Flanders Street NE on the east side of Cambridge resulted in a Cambridge woman being declared dead at the scene.

According to the Minne-sota State Patrol’s incident report, at approximately 2:50 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18, a Kia Sedona driven by 70-year-old Gary Allen Grell, of Cambridge, was westbound on Highway 95 when Grell

attempted to make a left turn onto southbound Flan-ders Street NE when it was broadsided by a Chevy Impala driven by 37-year-old Jackie Lynn Pedersen, of Harris, who was traveling eastbound on Highway 95. The impact of the collision caused the Kia to roll over.

Judith Leanna Grell, 68, also of Cambridge, who was a passenger in the Kia, was killed as a result of the crash and rollover.

Pedersen was taken to the hospital with non-life-threat-ening injuries. Gary Grell

also sustained non-life-threat-ening injuries, but was not transported to a medical facility.

According to the state pa-trol’s report, all three victims were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash and airbags were deployed in both vehi-cles. According to the report, no alcohol was involved. The exact cause of the incident is still under investigation by the Minnesota State Patrol. Assisting MSP at the scene was the Cambridge Police De-partment and Isanti County Sheriff’s Offi ce.

Collision, rollover lead to one fatality


Sun exposure, genetics impact skin cancer riskBY UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

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May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Skin cancer, including melanoma, is the most common type of cancer in the Unit-ed States. Melanoma incidence rates in Minnesota have doubled since 1988 for both males and females, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Ingrid Polcari with the University of Minnesota Medical School and Masonic Cancer Center answers questions about skin cancer risk factors, treatment op-tions and preventative measures people can take against skin cancer.

What is skin cancer?

Dr. Polcari: Skin cancers are cancerous growths on the skin. Basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers are the most common types and are often curable with surgery, but can also rarely spread. Melanoma is less common than other types of skin cancer, but it’s the most dangerous and can be deadly if it’s not detected early.

What are the primary risk factors for devel-oping skin cancer?

Dr. Polcari: Skin cancers are most common in sun exposed areas, which should tell you that the sun is a big factor. Sunburns and damage to the skin from cumulative sun exposure, including suntans, increase your overall risk of skin cancer. While your behavior in the sun is one factor, your genetic makeup is also important. For example, people with fair skin and fair or red hair have a much higher risk of developing skin cancer.

What preventative measures can people take against skin cancer?

Dr. Polcari: The easiest way to decrease skin

cancer risk is to protect your skin from the sun. Cover your skin with long-sleeved clothing or swimwear. Wear a wide-brimmed hat to protect your scalp and ears and sunglasses to protect your eyes. Seek shade — or bring shade with you — and plan outdoor activities when the UV index is low. Sunscreen is another way to protect your skin. Look for a product with an SPF of 30 or higher that is labeled as “broad-spectrum.” If you have sensitive skin, choose products with zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. This is also the type I recommend to my youngest patients.

What should people look for when checking themselves for skin cancer?

Dr. Polcari: It’s important to examine your own

skin and get to know what’s there, so you’re able to detect new growths on the skin or changes in growths that have always been there. Basal cell cancer usually shows up as a shiny bump. Squamous cell cancer typically is a rough or scaly spot that persists. Melanomas are brown or pink growths that arise on normal skin or within an existing mole.

What are you doing to advance skin cancer research?

Dr. Polcari: My research focuses on understand-ing how we can improve sun protection starting early in childhood to prevent skin cancer devel-opment later in life. I am hopeful that during my career we will see the skin cancer statistics start to trend in the right direction: down.

INGRID POLCARI is an assistant professor in the University of Minnesota Medical School and a Masonic Cancer Center member. Her areas of expertise include dermatology, specifi -cally photoprotection and skin cancer prevention.

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Ingrid Polcari is an assistant professor in the University of Minnesota Medical School and a Masonic Cancer Center member.

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A handy way to remember what to look for when checking for skin cancer is to use the letters of the alphabet as shown in this chart.

Cambridge Ambassador Program’s groundbreaking history honored

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Cambridge Ambassador candidates dressed in clothing and performed dances representing decades going all the way back to the ’40s during the opening number of this year’s program on June 14 at Hardy Performing Arts Center. The theme was “Turning Back Time” in honor of the 20th anniversary of the program’s metamorphosis from a “queen and princess” hierarchy to equally ranked “ambassa-dors.” This formula has been copied by many other programs around the state.


Outgoing Little Miss Cambridge Sage Christensen and Ambassadors Sadie Shelton, Sydney Crocker and Saylor Elwood watch over the proceedings while awaiting to see who they would crown as the new Ambassadors.


Local musician Nic Johnson serenaded the visiting royalty.


Newly crowned Little Miss Makenna Knight was introduced to the crowd. BILL STICKELS III | COUNTY STAR

This year’s Mistresses of Ceremonies were also a nod to the rich history of the Cam-bridge Ambassador Program. Morgan Scheiller (left) was a 2013 Cambridge Ambassador, as well as a 2015 Minneapolis Aquatennial Princess. Karrn (Gustafson) Bales was a 1992 Miss Cambridge, as well as a 1994 Minneapolis Aquatenni-al Princess.

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A dream became a reality when,

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ale and exchange at the center, kick-

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center and its task force.

One year later, members of the task

force, who took on the responsibility

of bringing the Event Center idea to

fruition, refl ect back on the inaugural

year of the center.

The task force is comprised of ten

individuals, all volunteers, who per-

form all of the tasks required to keep

the center running. They have only

one paid staff member, a contract cus-

todian. The center, located at 655 8th

Street SW, Braham, is open Mondays,

9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Tuesday through

Friday 9 a.m. to noon. The staff will

also meet by appointment and is cur-

rently taking reservations for events

for 2015 and into 2016. The task force

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ganization, and any rental fees go back

to support the community.

Task force members indicated that

thousands of hours have been donated

to the center this past year. So many,

the staff “gave up keeping track.” Dor-

othy Johnson, one member, said it may

be easier to count the hours they are at

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Jan. 17, 1960 – Somewhere over sprawl-

ing Iowa cornfi elds, the twin-engine

Douglas DC-3 struggles through driving

snow and gathered darkness to climb

above the pillared storm clouds. Lost

without power, and in the thin air of high

altitude, their breath short and turning to

ice across the windshield, Captain Verne

Ullman and copilot Harold Gifford fi ght

to keep above the storm, pushing north to

fi nd clear skies and calm. Running low on

time and fuel the crew faces a perilous de-

cision: Keep on fi ghting to stay above the

storm or drop down below and fi nd a place

to land.By now the story of the “Miracle Land-

ing” has been passed down through gen-

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ing it. It is impossible to tell the story of

this fl ight without mentioning that future

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with the entire Minneapolis Lakers bas-

ketball team was onboard. If the three men

charged with fl ying and landing the plane

had not kept their heads, Baylor would not

be a Hall of Famer, the Los Angeles Lak-

ers would not be the storied franchise they

are today, and the Miracle Landing could

have turned to tragedy.

WITHOUT POWER IN THE STORM

Sitting between Ullman and Gifford in

the cockpit, strapped into a jump-seat that

night was 22-year-old Jim Holznagel. Jim,

who had trained on Beechcraft Bonanzas,

a sleek single-engine plane, was on his

fi rst DC-3 training fl ight.

Holznagel, a Grasston resident who at-

tends Braham’s Friendship Assembly of

God Church, knew he wanted to fl y from

I started flying when

turning around and coming right back in

because we were up in the clouds with no

navigation instruments.”

Captain Ullman made the decision to

press on toward Minneapolis and try to

out-fl y the storm or fi nd some place to

land. Although the crew pushed the DC-3

well above 8,000 feet, they were only able

to escape the clouds for short bursts.

“There were times when we’d mush into

the clouds and we’d make a one-eighty,

turn around and get back out of the clouds

and climb again. After somewhere around

four hours of fl ying, we knew we didn’t

have a whole lot of fuel left and it was time

to let down and see if we can’t fi nd some

place to land,” said Jim. “Only we don’t

know whether we’re in Iowa or North Da-

k t ”

out until the cold and snow were too much

for him, then Gifford would take over. In

this way, and with Jim keeping the pan-

els of the remaining instruments lit with

a fl ashlight, they managed to get down to

where they could see the ground.

“We came into a town – we could tell be-

cause of the water tower – and when we

circled we saw it said ‘Carroll,’” Jim said.

“Yeah, but we didn’t know where Carroll

was! So the captain decides, ‘Let’s go a lit-

tle farther north,’ thinking we gotta get to

better weather soon.”

With the last of their fl ashlights failing,

the crew worked by the trickle of moon-

light fi ltering through the clouds and

snow.“... There was confusion in the cockpit.

... And I’m sitting there with the penlight

aimed at the altimeter, and I’m watching

d p and we’re only at 200 feet, W ’

GREG WINTER

BRAHAM SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT

In the last six years during

my tenure as superintendent

at Braham Area Schools, we

have made many positive

changes to our students’ ed-

ucations and experiences in

our schools and in our com-

munity. During this time, I

have had many

people approach

me in regards

to some of our

facility issues,

or lack thereof.

My priority as

a superinten-

dent was to fo-

cus fi rst on the

academic programs to make

sure we are preparing our

students for all post-second-

ary opportunities.

In working with staff we

were able to implement

many College in the Schools

(CIS) courses that allowed

students preparation and

credits for college-level

courses. We have been able

to expand our technical and

vocational programming to

prepare our students for di-

rect entry into the workforce

or to further prepare them

for entry into post-secondary

programs for these high-de-

mand technical fi elds. The

change in the technical and

vocational programming

was one of the catalysts in

moving forward with some

projects on the bond, whichpital than

Schools seek approval of $4.95 million

in projects

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Scout & Morgan Books will welcome back the 2018 Minnesota Book Award winner, Linda LeGarde Grover, to share her latest novel, “In the Night of Memory.” She will speak on Saturday, June 22, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the store at 114 Buchanan Street N, Cam-bridge.

Grover returns to the fi ctional reservation of her previous books, the Mozhay Point Reservation in northern Minnesota, to tell this moving story of extended family. Loretta surrenders her two little girls, Azure and Rain, ages 3 and 4 years old, to the county and then disappears.

Grover “creates a nuanced, moving, and often humorous picture of two Ojib-we girls becoming women,” according to one review.

Grover is professor of American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth and a member of the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe. She has won numerous awards, including for her last book, “Onigamiising: Seasons of an Ojibwe Year,” which won the 2018 Minnesota Book Award for Memoir and

Creative Nonfi ction and the Northeast-ern Minnesota Book Award.

For information about the event call Judith Kissner at 763-689-2474 or email [email protected].

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Author Linda LeGarde Grover will appear at Scout & Morgan Books on Saturday, June 22.

CONTRIBUTEDEAST CENTRAL REGIONAL LIBRARY

The Cambridge Public Library will host two special events for children in the coming weeks featuring the stars and cosmos. The library is located at 244 S. Birch Street, Cambridge, and can be reached for more information at 763-689-7390, visit www.ecrlib.org or follow East Central Regional Library on Facebook.

ART AND THE COSMIC CONNECTION - JULY 11 Using the elements of art, kids

will learn to analyze the mysterious surfaces of our neighboring planets, moons, comets, asteroids and our own beautiful Earth during a special activ-ity Thursday, July 11, from 2:30-4 p.m.

In “Art and the Cosmic Connection,” a program geared toward ages 10 and up, space and Earth images will be used as inspiration for a pastel art ac-tivity. Things may get messy, so dress appropriately.

Registration is required on the events calendar at ecrlib.org. Act soon, as space is limited.

SHOOT FOR THE STARS - JULY 18Kids ages 5-10 will learn about stars

while having fun with games and making constellations out of marsh-mallows during the “Shoot for the Stars” program from 1:30-3 p.m. on Thursday, July 18, at the library.

Registration is required on the events calendar at ecrlib.org. Space is limited.

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Isanti honors long-standing businesses at annual picnic


The Isanti Ambassadors served guests at the 12th annual Isanti Mayor’s Employer Celebration Day, held on Tuesday, June 18, next to the Isanti Community Center. A total of about 125 guests enjoyed cheeseburgers and brats, coleslaw and other tasty foods on a beautiful afternoon. The picnic lunch began as a way to acknowledge and honor all of the businesses that have opened within Isanti, with a special plaque presented to ones who have reached milestone anniversaries.


Isanti mayor Jeff Johnson (left), presented a total of 12 plaques to Isanti businesses for reaching milestone anniversaries of being open. Those businesses included (but not all pictured) North American Title Company, Nature’s Way Chiropractic, Natural Health Design, MN Care Partners, Isanti Pet Clinic, Cambridge Upholstery, Black Jack Ops, Art and Science Academy, all celebrating fi ve years; Insurance Brokers on MN, Inc., Ever Cat Fuels, Deb Barr Accounting, each celebrating 10 years; and Creamery Crossing Cafe, which is celebrating 40 years.

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Golfers battle tough courses, competition at state

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Golfers from the Cambridge-Isanti girls and Braham boys and girls teams took on the best high school golfers from across Minnesota during the Class AAA and Class A tourna-ments held June 11-12.

(Top photos, from left) Cambridge-Isanti’s Jasmyn Sibell makes an iron shot during the Class AAA tournament at Bunker Hills in Coon Rapids. Sibell fi nished with a two-day total of 182. Braham’s Emma Downing follows through on a swing during her round at Pebble Creek in Becker. Downing shot a two-day total of 197. Braham’s Matt Yerke lines up a putt during his state tournament round, also held at Pebble Creek. Yerke fi nished with a two-day total of 175.

(Left photo) Cambridge-Isanti’s MollyAnn Harvey makes a club selection for her next shot during the Class AAA tour-nament. Harvey fi nished with a two-day score of 177.

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CONTRIBUTEDMN DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is re-minding motorists that turtles are crossing roads to nest this time of year. Motorists are asked to watch for them and, whenever possible, allow them to cross the road safely.

Each year at this time, many female turtles move from lakes, ponds, wetlands, rivers and streams to nesting areas. They are looking for suitable locations to deposit their eggs. Many nesting areas are a sig-nifi cant distance from turtles’ wintering areas.

As they attempt to cross roads, moving at a turtle’s pace, many are hit and killed by cars. Roadway mortality is believed to be a major factor in turtle population declines throughout the United States.

“Wildlife rehabilitators have

noticed an increase this year in turtles brought in with cracked shells after being struck by cars,” said DNR her-petologist Carol Hall. “Turtles pre-date dinosaurs by millions of years, and they’ve outlasted them. But if we want them to be around into the future, we should lend a hand.”

Helping turtles safely cross roads can help preserve Min-nesota’s turtles, Hall said. She provided a few pointers:

- Mostly importantly, don’t put yourself or others in dan-ger. Simply pulling off the road and turning on hazard lights may alert other drivers to slow down. Be aware of surround-ings and traffi c.

- Allow unassisted road crossings. When turtles can safely cross roads unaided due to a lack of oncoming traffi c, allow them to do so. Observe from a distance and avoid rap-id movements, as doing other-

wise will often cause turtles to change direction, stop or seek shelter within their shells.

- If necessary to pick them up, all turtles except snappers and softshells (also known as leatherbacks) should be grasped gently along the shell

edge near the mid-point of the body.

If it is a snapping turtle or softshell turtle, try to use a car mat and pull it across the road. Many turtles empty their blad-der when lifted off the ground, so be careful not to drop them

if they should suddenly expel liquid. Avoid excessive han-dling that can disrupt turtle behavior.

- Maintain direction of travel. Always move turtles in the same direction they were traveling when encountered. Turtles should always be moved across roadways in as direct a line as possible.

- Help document turtle crossing and mortality areas by participating in the Minne-sota Turtle Crossing Tally and Count Project. More informa-tion can be found at mndnr.gov.

Turtles injured while trying to cross the road may be taken to your nearest permitted wildlife rehabilitator, which can be found by calling a local DNR offi ce.

More information about Minnesota’s nine turtle speciesis available at www.dnr.state.mn.us.

MN DNR

There are certain guidelines, which vary depending on the species of tur-tle, that people should follow if they come across a turtle crossing a road.


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The young “copilot” tries to take over the controls of this toy plane, much to the chagrin of the “pilot” during the Cambridge Fathers’ Day Fly-in at Cambridge Airport on Sunday, June 16.


Several historical planes, like this Navy plane doing a low fl y-by, were on display during the annual fl y-in and pancake breakfast put on by the Cambridge Lions.


Attendees of all ages got a close look at historical planes like this Army L-19 Bird Dog, which was used primarily in the Korean War.


Michael Grzinich, of the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 237, gives a brief de-scription of how a plane works before taking attendees up for a free ride.


This ultra-light was a popular attraction for attendees of the annual fl y-in.


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Perhaps no one relishes a fi shing trip more than my daughter Brenda. Unfortunate-ly, her job doesn’t allow much freedom to pursue the lunk-ers of which she frequently dreams. Sound familiar?

So, it was extremely exciting when, in mid-May, she and I planned a fi shing day for June 4.

Now Brenda and I have fi shed on many very nice days. We’ve also endured nasty weather. I am frequently reminded of the time some 20 years ago when we ventured out on a windy, drizzly 48-de-gree fall day, bundled to the gills in winter clothes and draped with rain gear.

Oh, we caught crappies that day! However, when her lips turned blue and her teeth refused to stop chattering, we quit and went to town for pie and coffee! It was a good decision.

As June 4 approached, my eyes focused on the weather forecast, universally known for its hit-and-miss accuracy. Temps were expected to be in the mid-70s with some sun and a slight chance of a storm. When the day arrived, it was just that way. Nearly perfect!

We left Braham shortly after 9:30 a.m., and by 11:15 we were in the boat. I manned the oars while Brenda hooked on her fa-vorite plastic popper, the lure I knew she’d start with and stay with 95% of the day. Within a few minutes, an aggressive largemouth smashed the popper. She expertly brought it in, unhooked it, posed for a photo and released the 12-inch beauty. Nice start for sure!

For the next two hours, she

caught and released a few more bass (including an 18-incher, see photo), while I used a large, white plastic twister tail to subdue a couple northerns and two or three bass. One of the northerns was a 28.5-inch “monster”(see photo), which I released. I also nabbed several panfi sh with my ultralight combo.

We were doing well, and a pause for lunch at 1:45 was defi nitely welcome.

Over the years, fi shing has brought many unusual expe-riences. Timing and luck are often critical factors if one is to become part of a scene only a vivid imagination can create. Little did we know another was about to take place.

It was about 2:45 when I was again on the prowl with my ultralight. My lure was a small pink tubejig, stuck on a 1/16-ounce jighead, with thin white plastic streamers fl ail-

ing about behind. It is, hands down, my go-to panfi sh bait. (Oh, the secret’s out!)

After catching several small sunnies, a larger one took the jig, and as I began reeling it in, a northern grabbed the sunfi sh, broke the surface of the water, and then made a dash for the depths. I lightened my drag and let it go. It was a big fi sh, and a buggy whip rod with 4-pound line is not recommended equipment for something like this!

After several minutes, I fi nal-ly got the fi sh near the boat. It was huge, perhaps 32-35” long. It had the sunny locked in its jaws, but it was the sunny that had the hook in its mouth!

The northern must have gotten spooked when it saw us, for it casually released the sunfi sh and disappeared. I unhooked the scarred sunny and, wishing it well, put it backin the water.

The BIG one had indeed gotten away, but more import-ant is the memory of another outstanding day with a top-notch fi shing pal. I’ll have that forever!

Loren Brabec is a contributingsports writer for the Isanti-Chis-ago County Star and author ofseveral Braham sports books.

BY RAY [email protected]

I have long been an advocate for getting more girls and women involved in fi shing. The vast majority of folks running boats on our lakes and rivers are still guys. But that is slowly starting to change thanks in part to some unique clubs for women and the intro-duction and growth of high school fi shing teams with a real growth in girl participation.

There are many reasons that women have had a hard time breaking into the ranks of anglers. Of course, there are many girls and women who fi sh with family members, but I am talking about the sin-gle woman who is left out when it comes time to go fi shing. It could be a divorce, a husband who doesn’t like to fi sh, or those who just simply can’t afford to buy the equipment.

For a woman who has never pulled a boat to a public landing, the idea of backing up a boat into the lake for the fi rst time is very intimidating. There is help out there, and for a woman who really wants to fi sh in any season of the year, all it takes is an email or a phone call to make a connection and get the ball rolling.

The Minnesota DNR has a wonderful program called “BOW,” Becoming an Outdoor Woman. This is a course that teaches women how to fi sh, hunt and do other things in the outdoors. Two of the instruc-tors are good friends of mine – Mandy Uhrich and Judy Koep. These two experts can do anything that any man can do and often better. To get more infor-mation on this program go to the DNR website for details.

Women Anglers of Minnesota is an organization that has been in business for 42 years and is one of the clubs that was inducted this year into the Minne-sota Fishing Hall of Fame. WAM is an organization that provides opportunities for women and children to participate in the sport of fi shing and improve their fi shing skills to fi sh for a variety of species. Members in the group come from across the nation and Canada. They can be contacted at www.wome-nanglersmn.com.

There are also other organizations in Minnesota

and Wisconsin that focus on helping women learn how to fi sh.

My daughter, Melissa Albers, has a son and hus-band who both love to fi sh. But she has always felt it would be fun to fi sh with some of her women friends who also enjoy fi shing. So this spring she joined Women Anglers of Minnesota and started fl y fi shing for steelhead trout in the Duluth area.

She has fi shed with members of WAM and has had some success, but mostly she has really enjoyed learning the art of fl y fi shing and meeting so many wonderful women who also love to fi sh.

If you are a woman or young girl who wants to learn how to fi sh and meet wonderful new people, there are organizations out there just waiting for your phone call!

Ray Gildow is a northern Minnesota fi shing guide and outdoor writer.

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Missy Albers, the author’s daughter, poses with a nice trout she caught.

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During a recent fi shing trip, the author’s daughter, Brenda, caught a nice, 18-inch largemouth bass on her favor-ite lure (left photo), while the author reeled in a 28.5-inch northern (right).


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SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, inspiration is in big supply this week, but be sure to watch out for those who might try to dissuade you. Keep plans on the down low if you have a great idea.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21Sagittarius, you might get a little off course in the next few days. But all it will take is a little correction to have your plans and goals line up once again.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Relationships take center stage this week, Capricorn. You are getting pulled in many different directions, but you may love being busy and the energy that requires.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Work and health take the helm this week, Aquarius. Are you running yourself ragged or not feeling 100 percent? It might be time to really focus on schedule adjustments.

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 138NORTH BRANCH, MINNESOTA

REQUEST FOR QUOTESGARBAGE HAULING

Independent School District 138, North Branch, Minnesota, is soliciting quotations to provide garbage removal from the fi ve schools and the bus garage located in North Branch. Quotes are to be for the period from September 1, 2019, to August 31, 2020.Pick-up is to be done between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., unless otherwise agreed upon by contractor and school district. The schedule for pick-up at all locations with the exception of the Brooker Building is as follows:

School Is In Session School Is Not In Session Trash Daily 2 times per weekRecycle Monday, Wednesday & Friday 2 times per weekCardboard Monday, Wednesday & Friday 2 times per weekPick-up for the Brooker Building is to be done twice per week year round.Contractors are to provide bins of an adequate number and capacity. An estimate of the number of bins needed is as follows:

LOCATION TRASH RECYCLE CARDBOARD

Brooker Bldg 1 bin, 2 yds 2 bins 1 bin, 1yd

North Branch Area Education Center

1 bin, 6 yds 10 bins 1 bin, 2 yds

Sunrise River School 1 bin, 8 yds 8 bins 2 bins, 2 yds

Middle School 1 bin, 8 yds 8 bins 2 bins, 2 yds

High School 1 bin, 8 yds and 1 bin, 8 yds for 6 months from March-August

16 bins 3 bins, 2 yds

Bus Garage 1 bin, 2yds 2 bins 1 bin, 1yd

All refuse and recyclable receptacles that are outside of the school buildings need to be covered with tight fi tting lids at all times. Receptacles are to be recently painted and in good working order. This contract can be terminated by either party with a 30 day written notice for non-performance.Quotes may be submitted in either of the following ways:1. Firm monthly price for the duration of the period.2. Price to fl uctuate with land fi ll rates. Contractor to supply invoice documentation of any change in landfi ll price upon the request of the school district.The school district will consider alternative quotes for services requiring recycling or separation of garbage. If submitting such an alternative bid, submit a specifi c description of the expectation the contractor would have of the school district for separation of trash and how this service would differ from current service.Payment to the bidder accepted will be on a monthly basis beginning in September of 2019 and ending in August of 2020.Quotations are to be provided on the attached form. Quotations will be accepted until 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 9, and may be sent to the district offi ce prior to this time. The district reserves the right to reject any and all quotes. Ind. School District No. 138Sarah Grovender, Clerk

Published in the Isanti-Chisago County STAR on June 20, 27, 2019_____________________________________________________________________________________________

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 138

NORTH BRANCH, MINNESOTA

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSGASOLINE AND DIESEL

FUEL

Independent School District 138, North Branch, Minnesota, will re-ceive bids at the offi ce of the Su-perintendent of Schools until 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 9, 2019 for the furnishing of 27,500 gallons of gas-oline, more or less, and 102,000 gal-lons of diesel fuel, more or less, for the 2019-2020 operation of vehicles owned by the school district and the City of North Branch, at which time the bids will be publicly opened for registration and consideration.Bids should be made which provide for delivery to the bus garage tanks and the City of North Branch tanks in North Branch. First delivery date around July 15, 2019. Minimum de-livery amount will be 500 gallons.Bids are to be made only upon the bidding forms and on the required specifi cations set forth therein as provided by the school board. Said forms may be obtained at the offi ce of the Superintendent of Schools.Envelopes containing bids must be sealed and marked in the lower left hand corner: “PROPOSALS - GAS-OLINE/DIESEL.” The name and ad-dress of the bidder must also appear on the envelope. The school board reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities in the bidding.A performance bond or certifi ed check in the amount of $100.00 must accompany each bid, with said bond or certifi ed check to be returned upon delivery of the fi rst $100.00 worth of gasoline.Ind. School District No. 138Sarah Grovender, Clerk

Published in the Isanti-Chisago County STAR on June 20, 27, 2019

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Ace Tack Building DemolitionCity of CambridgeSP 3006-46SEH No. CAMBR 149633

Notice is hereby given that sealed Bids will be received by the City of Cambridge until 10:00 a.m., Tues-day, July 23, 2019 at the Cambridge City Hall located at 300 3rd Ave. NE, Cambridge, MN 55008, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for the furnishing of all la-bor and material for the construction of the Ace Tack Building Demolition located at 103 South Main Street. A pre-Bid conference will be held for this Project at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday July 16, 2019, at the project site. All bidders are strongly encouraged to attend. Major quantities of the Work include approximately: Item Quantity UnitBuilding Restoration 1 LSDisconnect Sanitary Sewer Service 1 EACHDisconnect Water Services 1 EACHBasement Excavation Fill (CV) 1,660 CYBuilding Removal 1 LSStreet Sweeper (with pickup broom)) 6 HOURTraffi c Control 1 LSAlternate Pedestrian Route 1 LSStorm Drain Inlet Protection 4 EACHTurf Establishment 1 LSErosion Control Blanket Cat. 3N 615 SYCommon Topsoil Borrow (LV) 115 CYSediment Control Log Type Straw 220 LFBids shall be on the form provided for that purpose and according to the Bidding Requirements prepared by Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (SEH®) dated June 7, 2019.The Issuing Offi ce for the Bidding Documents is: Short Elliott Hendrick-son Inc., 3535 Vadnais Center Drive, St. Paul, MN 55110, Todd Blank, PE, 651.490.2017, [email protected] Bidding Documents may be

viewed for no cost at http://www.se-hinc.com by selecting the Project Bid Information link at the bottom of the page and the View Plans option from the menu at the top of the selected project page.Digital image copies of the Bidding Documents are available at http://www.sehinc.com for a fee of $30. These documents may be down-loaded by selecting this project from the PROJECT BID INFORMATION link and by entering eBidDocTM Number 6404982 on the SEARCH PROJECTS page. For assistance and free membership registration, contact QuestCDN at 952.233.1632 or [email protected] copies of the Bidding Docu-ments may be obtained from Docu-net Corp. located at 2435 Xenium Lane North, Plymouth, MN 55441 (763.475.9600) for a fee of $75.00.Bid security in the amount of 5 per-cent of the Bid must accompany each Bid in accordance with the In-structions to Bidders.A Contractor responding to these Bidding Documents must submit to the City/Owner a signed statement under oath by an owner or offi cer verifying compliance with each of the minimum criteria in Minnesota Stat-utes, section 16C.285, subdivision 3.This Work shall be subject to mini-mum wages and labor standards in accordance with Minnesota Depart-ment of Labor and Industry Prevail-ing Wages for State Funded Con-struction Projects for Isanti County.Bids shall be directed to the City Administrator, securely sealed and endorsed upon the outside wrapper, “BID FOR ACE TACK BUILDING DEMOLITION.”The City reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive irregular-ities and informalities therein and to award the Contract in the best inter-ests of the City.Lynda WoulfeCity AdministratorCambridge, Minnesota

Published in the Isanti-Chisago County STAR on June 20, 2019

SCHOOL BOARD

NORTH BRANCH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 138REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

NORTH BRANCH AREA EDUCATION CENTER ROOM 126MAY 9, 2019

The School Board of Independent School District 138 met in regular session on Thursday, May 9, 2019, at 5:30 p.m. in the North Branch Area Education Center Board Room.Board Chair Ekstrom called the meeting to order.Roll Call: Kirby Ekstrom, Tim MacMillan, Darryl Goebel, Sarah Grovender, Kevin Bollman, Heather Osagiede, and Superintendent HentonOthers in Attendance: Denise Martin, Bill Stickels III, Lori Zimmerman, Jennifer Eldred, David Treichel, Erica Bjerketvedt, Todd Tetzlaff, Lori Lavin, Reid Anderson, Jon Ellerbusch, Pat Tepoorten, Arle Chambers, and other interested persons. The Pledge of Allegiance was said by all.Approval of Agenda: Moved by MacMillan, seconded by Goebel and carried unanimously to approve the agenda. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORTSuperintendent Henton introduced Dr. Gary Amoroso, Executive Director of Minnesota Association of School Adminis-

trators (MASA). Dr. Amoroso presented the school district with a check for $1,000 in honor of Superintendent Henton'sservice as MASA president for the 2018-19 school year. Superintendent Henton indicated she would use the funds toprovide a scholarship for a 2018-19 graduate considering a career in education. Lori Zimmerman, Sunrise River Elementary School Principal, and Erica Bjerketvedt, Early Childhood & Family Services Coordinator, gave a presentation on the early childhood program at North Branch Area Public Schools. They gavesome highlights from the 2018-19 school year and looking forward to 2019-20.David Treichel, Director of Teaching and Learning provided information on the Distance Learning Program and the AreaLearning Center. Superintendent Henton reported on the MASA conference that she recently attended for her role as president of MASA.CONSENT ITEMSMoved by MacMillan, seconded by Goebel and carried unanimously to approve the agenda. A. Minutes of April 11, 2019 Regular School Board MeetingB. Minutes of April 25, 2019 Work SessionC. Authorization of Payments, Transfers, and Investment ActivityïAccounts Payable, Bank 07 – $2,132,438.99ïAuxiliary, Bank 12 - $21,609.72ïPayroll, Bank 13 - $1,962,358.81ïScholarship, Bank 18 - $0D. Personnel1. Joan Bense, leave request effective April 22, 2019 through May 3, 2019, as Intervention Teacher at North BranchArea Middle School2. Barb Swenson, leave request effective May 7, 2019 until the end of the 2018-19 school year, as Distance Learning/ALC Teacher at North Branch Area High School3. Samantha Rittenour, resignation effective the end of the 2018-19 school year, as Intervention Teacher at SunriseRiver Elementary School4. Sara Feyereisen, resignation effective the end of the 2018-19 school year, as Science Teacher at North Branch AreaHigh School5. Kianna Luggar, resignation effective May 24, 2019, as School Age Care Adult Assistant at North Branch Area Edu-cation Center6. Rochelle Molde, MA, Step 17, beginning with the 2019-20 school year, as SPED Teacher at Sunrise River Elemen-tary School7. Rebecca Reich, employment effective May 8, 2019, as Lunchroom Assistant at North Branch Area Middle School8. Linda Fricke, employment effective August 1, 2019, as Central Printing Operator at North Branch Area Public Schools9. Separation Agreement and Acceptance of ResignationE. Agreement Between Independent School District No. 138 and Chisago County to Implement the Educational Stabili-ty Provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act and the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008F. Acceptance of Donations

Date Donation From Donation To Amount Use

4/3/19 iSmile Orthodontics - Forest Lake

ECFE & Sunrise River

$1,000.00 Boosterthon Fun Run Dntn

4/3/19 Anderson Landscaping - NB, MN


$1,000.00 Boosterthon Fun Run Dntn

4/3/19 Generations Real Estate Group - NB, MN


$250.0 Boosterthon Fun Run Dntn

4/3/19 North Branch Dental - NB, MN



4/4/19 North Branch Fire Dept. Relief Assn. - NB, MN



4/8/19 Husnik Well Drilling - Stacy, MN



4/8/19 North Branch Restaurant LLC - NB, MN



4/8/19 Stacy-Lent Tesoro - NB, MN



4/12/19 Anderson & Koch Ford Inc. - NB, MN



4/12/19 HSSA - DECA NBHS Athletics $890.00 Dntn Reimb Nationals Registration Housing

4/12/19 HSSA - German Travel NBHS Athletics $311.47 Dntn Reimb Sub for B. Swenson (German Trip)

4/12/19 HSSA - Softball NBHS Athletics $100.00 Dntn Reimb Equipment Purchase

4/12/19 HSSA - Spanish Travel NBHS Athletics $449.93 Dntn Reimb Sub for S. Goeman (Spanish Trip)

4/12/19 HSSA - Track NBHS Athletics $1,239.00 Dntn Reimb Hurdles

4/12/19 HSSA - Track NBHS Athletics $4,419.00 Dntn Reimb District for High Jump Pit, Shot Equip.

4/12/19 North Branch Lions Club - NB, MN



4/12/19 Peterson’s North Branch Mill - NB, MN



4/19/19 HSSA - Prom NBHS Athletics $100.00 Dntn Reimb DJ Gratuities

4/19/19 HSSA - Prom NBHS Athletics $100.00 Dntn Reimb Photo Booth Gratuity

4/19/19 HSSA - Prom NBHS Athletics $1,350.00 Dntn Reimb Prom Facility Rental

4/19/19 HSSA - Prom NBHS Athletics $11,445.00 Dntn Reimb Prom Food

4/30/19 Jeanne Walz - NB, MN NBHS Scholarship A/C

$1,000.00 Kelly Thompson Memorial FY19 Scholarship Dntn

4/30/19 NB Area Chamber of Commerce - NB, MN

NBHS Scholarship A/C

$1,250.00 FY19 Scholarship Dntn

4/30/19 Maureen Thomsen - Harris, MN


$1,500.00 T. Thomsen STEM FY19 Scholarship Dntn

4/30/19 Viking Blue Line Club - NB, MN


$1,500.00 FY19 Scholarship Dntn

Total $30,904.40

OPEN MICNo one signed up for open mike.OLD BUSINESSA. Approval of the Second Reading of the Following PoliciesMoved by Grovender, seconded by Bollman and carried unanimously to approve the fi rst reading of the fol-lowing policies: 1. Policy 211 - Criminal or Civil Ac-tion Against School District, School Board Member, Employee, Student 2. Policy 406 - Public and Private Personnel Data 3. Policy 418 - Drug-Free Work-place/Drug-Free School 4. Policy 423 - Employee-Student Relationships 5. Policy 427 - Workload Limits for Certain Special Education Teachers 6. Policy 505 - Distribution of Non-school-Sponsored Materials on School Premises by Students and Employees 7. Policy 510 - School Activities 8. Policy 521 - Student Disability Nondiscrimination 9. Policy 524 - Internet Acceptable Use and Safety Policy 10. Policy 603 - Curriculum Devel-opment 11. Policy 616 - School District Sys-tem AccountabilityNEW BUSINESS

A. Approval of Date for Public Hear-ing on Student FeesMoved by Bollman, seconded by MacMillan and carried unanimously to approve setting June 13, 2019 at 5:30 pm at the North Branch Area Education Center, Room 126, for a public hearing on student fees. B. Approval of Authorizing the Issu-ance of Purchase Orders for Fiscal Year 2019-20 in an Amount not to Exceed 80 Percent of the Adopted 2018-19 Budget for Supplies and ServicesMoved by Goebel, seconded by Grovender and carried unanimously to approve the issuance of purchase orders for fi scal year 2019-20 in an amount not to exceed 80 percent of the adopted 2018-19 budget for sup-plies and services. C. Approval of Tenure of the Follow-ing TeachersMoved by Bollman, seconded by Grovender and carried unanimously to approve tenure for the following teachers: 1. Kelsey Lien - SPED Teacher - Ear-ly Childhood2. Kyle Pagel - Instrumental Teacher - North Branch Area Middle School3. Ashley Twait - Math Teacher - North Branch Area High School4. Justin Voss - SPED Teacher -

North Branch Area High School5. Lynn Masso - SPED Teacher - LifeWork CenterD. Approval of Resolution Placing Kyle Maloney on Unrequested Leave of Absence Member Goebel introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:

RESOLUTION PLACING KYLE MALONEY ON UNREQUESTED

LEAVE OF ABSENCEWHEREAS, the School Board ofIndependent School District No.138 adopted a resolution proposingplacement of Kyle Maloney on unre-quested leave of absence on June30, 2019, on the grounds of discon-tinuance of position, lack of pupils and fi nancial limitations; andWHEREAS, said written notice of the proposed placement on unrequested leave was received by Kyle Malo-ney by personal service on April 12, 2019, andWHEREAS, said written notice of the proposed placement on unrequested leave contained a statement settingforth the reasons for the proposed placement as well as a statement

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that he was entitled to a hearing be-fore the school board provided he make a request in writing within four-teen days of receipt of said notice, and that if no hearing was request-ed within said fourteen day period it constituted acquiescence by Kyle Maloney to the school board’s pro-posed action, andWHEREAS, no written request of any kind was received by the school board or superintendent of schools from Kyle Maloney for a hearing as of April 26, 2019, andWHEREAS, said failure to make writ-ten request for a hearing within four-teen days after receipt of notice of proposed placement on unrequested leave constitutes acquiescence by Kyle Maloney to his placement on unrequested leave.BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, by the School Board of Independent School District No. 138 that Kyle Maloney be and hereby is placed on unrequest-ed leave of absence as a teacher of Independent School District No. 138 on the grounds of discontinu-ance of position, lack of pupils and fi nancial limitations effective at the end of the 2018-19 school year on June 30, 2019 pursuant to Minne-sota Statutes, Sec.122A.40, Subd. 11 and Article X Section 3 of the current Master Agreement between the School District and North Branch Education Association, without pay or fringe benefi ts.BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said placement on unrequested leave of absence is not the result of the implementation of an education district agreement.BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a notice of placement on unrequest-ed leave, together with a copy of this resolution be forwarded to said teacher personally and that an affi -davit of same be placed in his fi le, to-gether with a copy of the notice and resolution.The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly sec-onded by Member MacMillan and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Ek-strom, MacMillan, Grovender, Goeb-el, Bollman, Osagiedeand the following voted against the same: Nonewhereupon said resolution was de-clared duly passed and adopted.E. Approval of Resolution Plac-ing Mari Soma-Ringness on Unre-quested Leave of Absence Member MacMillan introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:

RESOLUTION PLACING MARI SOMA-RINGNESS ON

UNREQUESTED LEAVEOF ABSENCE

WHEREAS, the School Board of Independent School District No. 138 adopted a resolution proposing placement of Mari Soma-Ringness on unrequested leave of absence on June 30, 2019, on the grounds of discontinuance of position, lack of pupils and fi nancial limitations; andWHEREAS, said written notice of the proposed placement on unrequest-ed leave was received by Mari So-ma-Ringness by personal service on April 12, 2019, andWHEREAS, said written notice of the proposed placement on unrequested leave contained a statement setting forth the reasons for the proposed placement as well as a statement that she was entitled to a hearing before the school board provided she make a request in writing with-in fourteen days of receipt of said notice, and that if no hearing was requested within said fourteen day period it constituted acquiescence by Mari Soma-Ringness to the school board’s proposed action, andWHEREAS, no written request of any kind was received by the school board or superintendent of schools from Mari Soma-Ringness for a hearing as of April 26, 2019, andWHEREAS, said failure to make writ-ten request for a hearing within four-teen days after receipt of notice of proposed placement on unrequested leave constitutes acquiescence by Mari Soma-Ringness to her place-ment on unrequested leave.

BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, by the School Board of Independent School District No. 138 that Mari Soma-Ring-ness be and hereby is placed on unrequested leave of absence as a teacher of Independent School Dis-trict No. 138 on the grounds of dis-continuance of position, lack of pu-pils and fi nancial limitations effective at the end of the 2018-19 school year on June 30, 2019 pursuant to Minne-sota Statutes, Sec.122A.40, Subd. 11 and Article X Section 3 of the current Master Agreement between the School District and North Branch Education Association, without pay or fringe benefi ts.BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said placement on unrequested leave of absence is not the result of the implementation of an education district agreement.BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a notice of placement on unrequest-ed leave, together with a copy of this resolution be forwarded to said teacher personally and that an affi -davit of same be placed in his fi le, to-gether with a copy of the notice and resolution.The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly sec-onded by Member Osagiede and upon vote being taken hereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Ek-strom, MacMillan, Grovender, Goeb-el, Bollman, Osagiedeand the following voted against the same: Nonewhereupon said resolution was de-clared duly passed and adopted.F. Approval of Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of a Lease Agreement and Attachments and Exhibits Thereto and Related Documents and Certifi cates (All-Lines Leasing) Member Bollman introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A LEASE AGREEMENT AND ATTACHMENTS AND EXHIBITS

THERETO AND RELATED DOCU-MENTS AND CERTIFICATES

BE IT RESOLVED by the School Board of Independent School District No. 138(North Branch Area Public Schools), State of Minnesota, as follows:1.) The Lease Agreement (the “Agreement” or the “Lease”) and the attachments and exhibits thereto between All-Lines Leasing, a divi-sion of First Western Bank & Trust, and the District are hereby approved substantially in the form presented to this board and on fi le in the offi ce of the Clerk, with such further changes as may be required by the District’s legal counsel.2.) The Director of Finance and Human Resources of the District is hereby authorized to execute the Agreement and any attachments and exhibits thereto on behalf of the Dis-trict, and to execute such other cer-tifi cates and documents as may be necessary and appropriate to effec-tuate the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and said attach-ments and exhibits. The Agreement, the attachments and exhibits and the related documents may contain such necessary and appropriate varia-tions, omissions and insertions as the Director of Finance and Human Resources shall determine to be necessary, and the execution thereof by the Director of Finance and Hu-man Resources shall be conclusive evidence of such determination and its approval by the Board.3.) Lessee reasonably anticipates that it will not issue tax-exempt ob-ligations (not including “private ac-tivity bonds” as defi ned in Section 141 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) in an aggre-gate amount in excess of $10 million during the calendar year in which the Lease commences. The lease is designated as a qualifi ed tax-exempt obligation for purposes of Section 265(b)(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, relating to deductibility of interest by fi nancial institutions.4.) For purposes of compliance with the requirements of Section 148(f)(4)(D) of the Code relating to the exemption for certain small govern-

mental units from the rebate require-ments of the Code, the Board hereby determines and declares that:(a) the Issuer is a governmental unit with general taxing powers;(b) the Lease does not constitute “private activity bonds” as defi ned in Section 141 of the Code (Private Activity Bonds);(c) ninety-fi ve percent of the net pro-ceeds of the Lease are to be used for the local government purposes of the Issuer; and(d) the aggregate face amount of all tax-exempt obligations (other than Private Activity Bonds) issued by the Issuer in calendar year 2019 is not reasonably expected to exceed $15,000,000; and no more than $5,000,000 of said tax-exempt ob-ligations will be used to fi nance ex-penditures other than expenditures fi nancing the construction of public school facilities.The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly sec-onded by Member Osagiede and upon roll call vote the following voted in favor thereof:Ekstrom, MacMillan, Grovender, Goebel, Bollman, Osagiedeand the following voted against the same: Nonewhereupon said resolution was de-clared duly passed adopted.G. Approval of Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Execution of a Lease Agreement and Attach-ments and Exhibits Thereto and Related Documents and Certifi cates (K2 Capital Group LLC) Member Osagiede introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A LEASE AGREEMENT AND ATTACHMENTS AND EXHIBITS

THERETO AND RELATED DOCU-MENTS AND CERTIFICATES

BE IT RESOLVED by the School Board of Independent School District No. 138 (North Branch Area Public Schools), State of Minnesota, as follows:1.) The Lease Agreement (the “Agreement” or the “Lease”) and the attachments, exhibits and schedules thereto between K2 Capital Group LLC and the District are hereby ap-proved substantially in the form pre-sented to this board and on fi le in the offi ce of the Clerk, with such further changes as may be required by the District’s legal counsel.2.) The Director of Finance and Human Resources of the District is hereby authorized to execute the Agreement and any attachments and exhibits thereto on behalf of the Dis-trict, and to execute such other cer-tifi cates and documents as may be necessary and appropriate to effec-tuate the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and said attach-ments and exhibits. The Agreement, the attachments and exhibits and the related documents may contain such necessary and appropriate varia-tions, omissions and insertions as the Director of Finance and Human Resources shall determine to be necessary, and the execution thereof by the Director of Finance and Hu-man Resources shall be conclusive evidence of such determination and its approval by the Board.3.) Lessee reasonably anticipates that it will not issue tax-exempt ob-ligations (not including “private ac-tivity bonds” as defi ned in Section 141 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) in an aggre-gate amount in excess of $10 million during the calendar year in which the Lease commences. The lease is designated as a qualifi ed tax-exempt obligation for purposes of Section 265(b)(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, relating to deductibility of interest by fi nancial institutions.4.) For purposes of compliance with the requirements of Section 148(f)(4)(D) of the Code relating to the exemption for certain small govern-mental units from the rebate require-ments of the Code, the Board hereby determines and declares that:(a) the Issuer is a governmental unit with general taxing powers;(b) the Lease does not constitute “private activity bonds” as defi ned

in Section 141 of the Code (Private Activity Bonds);(c) ninety-fi ve percent of the net pro-ceeds of the Lease are to be used for the local government purposes of the Issuer; and(d) the aggregate face amount of all tax-exempt obligations (other than Private Activity Bonds) issued by the Issuer in calendar year 2019 is not reasonably expected to exceed $15,000,000; and no more than $5,000,000 of said tax-exempt ob-ligations will be used to fi nance ex-penditures other than expenditures fi nancing the construction of public school facilities.The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly sec-onded by Member Goebel and upon roll call vote the following voted in favor thereof:Ekstrom, MacMillan, Grovender, Goebel, Bollman, Osagiedeand the following voted against the same: Nonewhereupon said resolution was de-clared duly passed adopted.H. Approval of Proposal to Conduct Scientifi c, Random-Sample Survey and Related Consultation Moved by Bollman, seconded by Grovender and carried unanimously to approve conducting a scientifi c, random-sample survey and related consultation with Baker Tilly.I. Transportation for Phoenix Acad-emy of Art and Science Charter School No. 4253 for 2019-20After much discussion, the school board voted against providing transportation services for Phoenix Academy due to Phoenix’s failure to offi cially notify the school district of its intention to seek transportation services by the state-imposed dead-line of March 1. Moved by Bollman, seconded by Goebel and carried unanimously to deny trans-portation for Phoenix Academy of Art and Science Charter School No. 4253 for the 2019-20 school year.J. Approval of the First Reading of Policy 424 – License StatusMoved by Grovender, seconded by MacMillan and carried unanimously to approve the fi rst reading of Policy 424 – License Status. K. Approval of Resolution Relating to the Termination and Nonrenewal of the Following Probationary Teach-er Member Goebel introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE TERMINATION AND NONRENEW-

AL OF THE TEACHING CON-TRACT OF JENNA GRUMMONS, A

PROBATIONARY TEACHER.WHEREAS, Jenna Grummons is a probationary teacher in Independent School District No. 138.BE IT RESOLVED, by the School Board of Independent School District No. 138, that pursuant to Minneso-ta Statutes 122A.40, Subdivision 5, that the teaching contract of Jenna Grummons, a probationary teacher in Independent School District No. 138, is hereby terminated at the close of the current 2018-19 school year.BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that written notice be sent to said teacher regarding termination and non-re-newal of her contract as provided by law, and that said notice shall be in substantially the following form:

NOTICE OF TERMINATIONAND NON-RENEWAL

Ms. Jenna GrummonsAddressCity, State, Zip CodeDear Ms. Grummons:You are hereby notifi ed that at a reg-ular meeting of the School Board of Independent School District No. 138 held on May 9, 2019, a resolution was adopted by a majority roll call vote to terminate your contract effec-tive at the end of the current school year and not to renew your contract for the 2019-20 school year. Said ac-tion of the board is taken pursuant to M.S. 122A.40, Subd. 5.You may offi cially request that the school board give its reasons for the non-renewal of your teaching con-tract. For your information, however, this action is taken because of your job performance.

Yours very truly,

SCHOOL BOARD OFINDEPENDENT

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 138Sarah Grovender

Clerk of the School BoardThe motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly sec-onded by Grovender and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Ekstrom, Mac-Millan, Grovender, Goebel, Bollman, Osagiedeand the following voted against the same: Nonewhereupon said resolution was de-clared duly passed and adopted.L. Approval of Renewal of Member-ship in Resource Training and Solu-tions Moved by Goebel, seconded by Osagiede and carried unanimously to renew membership with Resource Training and Solutions in the amount of $6,311.74. INFORMATIONThe board reviewed the May 2019 issue of the Board and Administrator. BOARD REQUESTSNo formal request for information.COMMITTEE REPORTSA. SEE (Schools for Equity in Educa-tion) – NoneB. Negotiations – NoneC. MSBA Report – None D. MSHSL – NoneE. SCRED Report – NoneF. Staff Development Report – NoneG. Community Education – NoneH. Policy Committee Report – NoneDATES TO REMEMBERA. May 15, 2019 Senior Awards Night, 6:30 pm, North Branch High School AuditoriumB. May 30, 2019, Life Work Center Graduation and Awards Ceremony, 6:00 pm, High School CommonsC. June 2, 2019 Graduation of the Class of 2019, 2:00 p.m., North Branch High School, West Gymnasi-um. Board members should be there at 1:30 p.m.D. June 6, 2019 End of Year Staff Breakfast, Sunrise River Elementary School Cafeteria, Coffee at 7:15 am; Recognition Program at 7:30 amE. June 13, 2019 Public Hearing on Student Fees, 5:30 pm, Sunrise Riv-er Elementary School CafeteriaF. June 13, 2019 Regular School Board Meeting, beginning immedi-ately after the Public Hearing, Sun-rise River Elementary School Cafe-teriaAdjournmentMoved by Bollman, seconded by Grovender, and carried unanimously to close the meeting at 6:58 pm to go into a closed session to discuss teacher and custodial negotiations. Moved by Ekstrom, seconded by Grovender and carried unanimously to reopen the meeting at 8:13 pm. Moved by MacMillan, seconded by Osagiede, and carried unanimous-ly to adjourn the regular meeting at 8:14 pm.Sarah Grovender, Clerk

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CITY

CAMBRIDGE PLANNING COMMISSION

Regular Meeting7:00 P.M.

Tuesday, July 2, 2019Cambridge City Hall

NOTICE OF MEETINGThe City of Cambridge Planning Commission will hold a regular meet-ing on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Cambridge City Hall, 300 3rd Av-enue NE, Cambridge, Minnesota 55008, to discuss the following pub-lic hearing items and other items on the agenda.1. PUBLIC HEARING – A request by Cynthia Erickson, 855 Elin’s Lk Rd SE, Cambridge, MN 55008, to re-quest an easement vacation as a re-sult of a lot line adjustment. The ex-isting drainage and utility easement is proposed to be vacated and a new easement reinstated with the new lot line. The legal description is Lots 26 and 27, Block 3, Bridgewater Third Addition, Isanti County, Minnesota.More information is available at Cam-

bridge City Hall, 300 3rd Avenue NE, Cambridge, MN 55008, includingfull legal descriptions. CambridgePlanning Commission Meetings are typically scheduled on the 1st Tues-day of every month and are open tothe public. Marcia WestoverCommunity Development Director

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COUNTY

ISANTI COUNTYISANTI COUNTY BOARD OF

COMMISSIONERS

Public notice is hereby given that theIsanti County Board of Commission-ers will meet to tour various tax for-feited properties in Isanti County onWednesday, July 17, 2019 immedi-ately following the conclusion of theregular meeting of the Isanti CountyBoard of Commissioners at the Isan-ti County Government Center, 55518th Avenue SW, Cambridge, Min-nesota, 55008. The regular meetingbegins at 9:00am. The purpose ofthe meeting is to view tax-forfeitedproperties to aid in the determinationof the basic sale price and terms ofsale for the properties. The tour will depart from the Isan-ti County Government Center andproceed by motor vehicle to view taxforfeited properties at the followingaddresses: 38124 Zuni Street NW,Dalbo, Minnesota 55017; 28039Bayshore Drive NW, Isanti, Minne-sota 55040; 3201 Riverbank DriveNW, Isanti, Minnesota 55040; and26247 Variolite Street NW, St. Fran-cis, Minnesota 55070. For addition-al information regarding the tour,please contact the Isanti CountyAuditor-Treasurer at 763-689-1644. By order of the Isanti County Boardof Commissioners this 15th day ofMay, 2019. Chad StrussIsanti County Auditor-Treasurer


NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICECAMBRIDGE

CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY

POLICY AS TO STUDENTS

As stated in our By-Laws, ArticleXIII, Section l: “Cambridge ChristianSchool admits students of any race,color, national or ethnic origin to allthe rights, privileges, programs andactivities generally accorded ormade available to students of theschool.”


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NOTICE OF SALE OF STORED PROPERTY

You are hereby notifi ed that afterJune 28, 2019 the contents con-tained in the following storage spac-es will be sold to the highest bidderto satisfy the charges due for rentplus incurred costs by ThompsonMini Storage, Cambridge.The storage spaces include:

Andrew Makela, Unit #77household contents, amount due $275.00

Published in the Isanti-ChisagoCounty STAR on June 13, 20, 2019

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PUBLIC NOTICE

This is notice to sell property in unitE30 at Cambridge Self Storage. IfMelissa Hamlin does not pay the bal-ance in full by July 5, 2019 at 9:00AMCST, an auction will be held at www.storageauctions.net on July 8, 2019at 10:00AM CST. This unit containshousehold items.

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For Sale: Recondi-

tioned washers, dryers, ranges, refrigerators. Rick'sHome Furnishings 320-679-4047.

358Firewood

5 cord loads. 20 footpole length firewood,$595; 3 cord load of16 in. split, mixedhardwood, $525; 20in. split mixed outdoorstove wood, $510; 3cord load 20 in. splitbasswood, $435; 3cord load of 16 in. splitoak, $570 deliveredwithin 25 mile radiusof Mora. 320-679-1815.

361Lawn & Garden

Black rotted manure,lg load, fast delivery.Also firewood. 320-241-6983 or 479-244-6952.

Food Plot Tilling: Callor text John, leavemessage, 320-279-0753.

Free Fall Yard Clean-up with summer lawnmowing commitment.320-679-3375

To give away for thehauling: rip-rap, land-scape stones. 320-679-3375

362Miscellaneous

Looking for that per-fect gift for an anniver-sary or birthday?Think about giving asubscription to theKanabec CountyTimes. Call our officetoday (320)679-2661to start delivery – weaccept Visa or Master-card!

363Musical

Instruments

Upright piano. Hasbeen tuned and hadfelt replaced. $200320-838-3476.

369Want to Buy

Want to Buy all kindsof silver objects.Please call Mike at763-843-0867

Wanted to buy: Tow-behind brush cutter.320-679-3375

WANTED!! I am looking for a pinball machine. Call 612-599-1729

401Auctions

401Auctions

401Auctions

Saturday, June 299:30 a.m. Janzen'sAuction. 5% buyer'spremium. Janzen Auc-tion Building, 1 milewest of stoplights inAitkin.Vehicles, Skidsteerand related, tractors,trailers, farming imple-ments, boating and re-lated, camping pack-age, industrial equip-ment, lawn and gar-den, garage relatedtools, sporting goods,items of interest.Janzen Auctioneers,218-927-4488, www.-janzenauctions.com,Auctioneers: BobJanzen, Lic. #01-14,Jeremy Janzen, Lic.#01-10.

Saturday, June 22,2019. 10:00 a.m. Es-tate Sale: Joseph Kol-lar, Anthony Kollar-personal representa-tive. Location: 28638100th Avenue, On-amia. From the junc-tion of Hwy 23 and169 in Milaca take 169north 13 ½ miles toMille Lacs Co. 20,then east 1 ¾ miles to100th Avenue. Take100th Ave. north ½mile to auction site.Tractors, machinery,pickup trucks and trail-ers; tools and shopequipment; col-lectibles and farmprimitives. No buyerspremium. SiemersAuctioneers, MitchellSiemers, auctioneer,Lic. #48-16-016. 320-267-1799, www.mid-westernauctions.com/siemers.

Thursday, June 27,2019. 10:00 a.m. Per-sonal Property Auc-tion, Bob and Kat Po-laschek. Location:19412 KeystoneRoad, Milaca. Tractorsand machinery; pon-toon, boat and sport-ing; lawn and gardenequipment; Chevyvan; storage buildingand hoop house; CNCplasma cutter, shopequipment and tools;antiques, collectiblesand household. Nobuyers premium.Siemers Auctioneers,Mitchell Siemers, auc-tioneer, Lic. #48-16-016. 320-267-1799,www.midwestauction-s.com/siemers.

Saturday, June 22, 10 a.m.Eleanor (Ellie) Nelson,owner407 3rd St, SE, Hinckley, MN 55037;Directions: from I-35Hinckley exit go weston Fire MonumentRoad to Power Avenue go north to 3rd

St, SE, go east to salesite. Watch for auctionarrows. Antiques/Collectibles: Fostoriaglass items, smallsteel anvil, mantle topclocks, blacksmithvise, antique lawn/garden tool assortment; Household: Duncanphyfe table-buffet, china cabinet, upright freezers, chest ofdrawers, other generalitems-too numerous tomention; Furniture:Oak desk w/drop frontwriting table, armoirecabinets, end tables;Amazing Auctions,320-384-7132, Auctioneer: DougMaser, Lic. #33-24,midwestauctions.com

Saturday, June 22,9:30 a.m. Farm Con-signment Auction.Lo-cated 2 miles north ofBraham, MN on Hwy107 then 5 miles easton Hwy 70-or-from35W: follow detoursigns. Watch for auc-tion signs. Tractorsand skidloaders,equipment and mis-cellaneous, hay equip-ment, combine andheads, cars andtrucks, lawn and gar-den, ATVs, shop andmiscellaneous, live-stock equipment, EastRush Lake Resort Es-tate. HeidelbergerFarm Equipment, LLC.Auctioneers: CullenBartz, Lic. #30-48,Jimmie Guligowski,Lic. #58-31. Auction#587006. www.heidel-bergerllc.com. 320-629-1122.

Saturday, June 229:30 a.m. SummerConsignment Auction.Heidelberger FarmEquipment Llc. Con-sign early to take ad-vantage of advertis-ing. Check out Heidel-bergerllc.com for pho-tos and details. Auc-tions your place orours. 320-629-1122

404Garage Sales

404Garage Sales

Church Rummageand Bake Sale. June27-28, 8a.m.- 5p.m.True Vine LutheranChurch, 130 SouthPark Street. Goodstuff, free coffee.

HUGE ESTATE SALEJune 24-30th 16695Norwood lane, PineCity MN Hours: 7am-6pm EXCEPTTHURSDAY June27th, Hours; 2pm-6pm.Antique kerosenelamps, dressers, RedWing Pottery, tools,Band saw, like newPropane Dryer, Bikes,wagon, couches, tableand chairs, ceramicjugs and more, teacart, oak wine cabinet,Johnson 5 ½hp boatmotor. If you can thinkof it, we probably haveit. Too much to detailin the Ad. Come early,shop late.

NeighborhoodGarage Sales. June21-22, 8-5 p.m. Firsttime ever! 5 separatesales: 19667, 19757,19797, 19807, 19876Gilbertson's Hill onKnife Lake, Mora.Watch for signs.

Sale: Fri/Sat 28th-29th.Poleshed packed.Priced cheap. 1768Old Hwy 23W.

SAVE THE DATEHUGE ESTATE SALE16695 Norwood Lane,Pine City MN June 24th-30th Hours 7am-6pm EXCEPT THURSDAYJUNE 27th-HOURS2pm-6pm More detailsto follow.

Warehouse Sale Sat.6/22 9a-5p, Sun 6/2310a-4p. 6710 Ash St. NorthBranch MNNew merchandise:tools, household,sporting goods, lawngarden & more. Heldat Greg SchnellerAuction Warehouse.

407Estate Sales

Estate Sale, call 763-689-1479.Snoopy collection,Star Wars antiques,baseball, old comicbooks, Colorforms,vinyl records, DVDs,scrapbooking, AgathaChristie books, sewingmachine, princesshouse, PartyLite,hedge trimmer, boomboxes, holiday décor –and much more.

451Rentals/

Commercial

451Rentals/

Commercial

1 Bedroom efficiencyapartment. Utilitiespaid, Satellite T.V.,$465/mo. Rock Creek.320-629-6578

2-BDRM apartment.

Beautiful. No pets,$800 Villa View, Mora,763-957-0662.

Apartment for rent: Lower level, drive-up,walk-in on Knife River.Heat, electric, water,garbage, internet in-cluded. 612-581-4881.

Apartment for rent:Pine City. Quiet building, 1 bedroomw/heat. 763-286-8659or 763-568-3989

Meadowbrook

1 & 2 BDRM apartments- Mora,starting at $670 +electric. Available immediately. Nosmoking, no pets. Contact Denny, 507-269-7639.

455Want to Rent

Looking to rent aroom, smallapartment, or ? thatallows a pet. CallSherry at 256-520-5300. NativeMinnesotan withsouthern phonenumber due toscattered family.

504Mobile Homes

For sale: 2002 Skyline manufacturedhome. 14x60, 2 bedroom, 1 bath,vaulted ceilings, goodwindows, carport, storage sheds, deck,entryway addition.Very nice condition.Located in Sandstonemobile home park.Buyer secures own financing. $20,000.Please call:715-220-0770.

For Sale:1997 Friend-ship home, 16 foot x80 foot, 3-bedroom, 2-bath, nice and clean.Rental lot in LakesideManor on Knife Lake.Call 320-980-5063.

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ISANTI COUNTY COURT REPORT CHISAGO COUNTY COURT REPORT

The following felony charges were fi led in Isanti County Court on June 10-14, 2019. All individu-als are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Lance Randall Grant, (DOB 09/17/1983), of East Bethel, was charged June 10 with receiving stolen property.

Jason Lee Burkman, (DOB 02/06/2000), of Isanti, was charged June 12 with threats of violence.

Matthew Lee Migneault, (DOB 01/27/1972), of Mora, was charged June 12 with 5th degree drugs - possess schedule 1, 2, 3, 4 - small amount marijuana.

Melissa Laree Hingtgen, (DOB 11/26/1976), of Cambridge, was charged June 12 with 2nd degree burglary - dwelling, theft - indiff erent to owner rights.

Dominick James Lutterman, (DOB 04/22/2000), of 4th degree assault - peace offi cer - throws/transfers bodily fl uids or feces at or not offi cer; two counts of 5th degree drugs - possess schedule 1, 2, 3, 4 - small amount marijuana.

Heidi Lynn Agenter, (DOB 08/21/1989), of Coon Rapids, was charged June 14 with 5th degree drugs - possess schedule 1, 2, 3, 4 - small amount marijuana.

The following felony charges were fi led in Chisago County Court on June 10-14, 2019. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Thomas Joshua Andrus, (DOB 12/06/1988), of Rush City, was charged June 10 with 5th degree drugs - possess schedule 1, 2, 3, 4 - small amount marijuana.

Leroy William Demeules, (DOB 07/03/1958), of Luck, Wis., was charged June 11 with 5th degree drugs - possess schedule 1, 2, 3, 4 - small amount marijuana.

Ryan Michael Lueth, (DOB 10/30/1973), of Stanchfi eld, was charged June 12 with 5th degree drugs - possess schedule 1, 2, 3, 4 - small amount marijuana.

Rena Marie Pepin, (DOB 02/03/1968), of Wy-oming, was charged June 14 with DWI - traffi c - operate motor vehicle under infl uence of alcohol.

Curtis Patrick Wagner, (DOB 03/24/1986), of North Branch, was charged June 14 with 1st degree damage to property - value reduced over $1,000.

Megan Ashley Olson, (DOB 07/29/1983), of Elk River, was charged June 17 with DWI - traffi c - refuse to submit to chemical test; breath or test refusal or failure.

CONTRIBUTEDMN HIGHWAY SAFETY CENTER

The Minnesota Highway Safe-ty Center will be offering an eight-hour, fi rst-time 55+ Driver Discount course on July 15 and 16 (Course #43715) from 12:30-4:30 p.m. both days at the Chisago County Senior Center, 38790 6th Avenue, North Branch.

Completion of an eight-hour class will save drivers up to 10 percent on auto insurance. To maintain the discount, drivers must complete a four-hour refresher every three years.

A Minnesota Highway Safety & Research Center-certifi ed in-structor will update attendees on defensive-driving tips, changes in

laws, vehicle technology and traffi c safety.

The cost of the four-hour refresh-er course is $22, and the eight-hour course is $26.

For more information or to regis-ter, visit www.mnsafetycenter.org or call 1-888-234-1294.

Courses are also available online at www.mnsafetycenter.org.

Senior drivers can save on auto insurance with classes

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After spinning in a circle until he was dizzy, Bryce Skiba takes a shot at

knocking over a stack of toilet paper with a basketball during the half-

time game of the North Branch girls basketball game on Friday, Jan. 25.

The participants were playing for a gift card from County Market, along

with a grand prize of a lighted Rockstar Energy Drink sign.

BY KAY WEBER

[email protected]

Fostering pets is a way of

life for Kayla and Nathan

Knudsen of Harris. They

began taking in needy ani-

mals in January of 2018 and

have cared for 20 cats and

two dogs in the year since.

They’ve adopted a dog and

three cats they originally

fostered.Some of the animals were

shy, and the couple helped

them get used to family life

and learn to socialize.

This winter they are fos-

tering Jupiter and Mercury

– brother cats waiting for a

“forever” home.

All the animals were

chosen from Ruff Start Res-

cue in Princeton, a no-kill

animal welfare organization

that utilizes foster homes

for stray, neglected, aban-

doned or surrendered pets.

In addition to dogs and cats,

the nonprofi t rescues ferrets,

guinea pigs, rabbits and

other critters.

The Knudsen’s commit-

ment to pet fostering runs so

deep Kayla is now working

for Ruff Start Rescue as a

member of their caring staff.

NOT A SHELTER BUT A HOME

The organization, which

covers territory throughout

central Minnesota, is not a

shelter. Ruff Start Rescue

believes that a home environ-

ment is far more desirable

than a shelter or kennel for

rescued companion ani-

mals, so they’ve developed a

well-organized and extensive

foster home network of 670

volunteers and foster care-

givers. Some animals are rescued

from diffi cult circumstances

and are in recovery. Others

are just waiting for that right

“forever” home to settle into.

Foster families are ex-

pected to keep a foster pet in

their home as long as it takes

to be adopted. According to

the nonprofi t’s website, “We

do not want to have to move

foster pets from one foster

home to another. Constant

moving can really set back

their rehabilitation.”

Even after an animal is ad-

opted, their foster family can

keep an ongoing connection

through Ruff Start. They like

to hear how the pets are pro-

gressing and offer ongoing

coaching as well.

HOPE INSPIRES FIRST RESCUE

Ruff Start Rescue began

in January of 2010 when

founder and director Azure

Davis was told about a dog

named Hope in Ohio that

was very sick. She decided

she could make a difference

and took the leap of faith to

fl y Hope and another dog to

Princeton. The dogs thrived

with the help they received,

and the rescue organization

was born. “When I started the rescue

in 2010,” Davis said, “I had

only a small idea of how

great a need there was for an

animal welfare organization

here in central Minnesota.”

Two success stories from

Davis’ experience include

Momo and Dozer.

Momo was a dog transport-

ed all the way from Korea to

Minnesota. She was well-

matched with a family who

had already fostered 12 other

dogs. Momo adapted quickly

to this loving family of six

and is enjoying her “forever”

home. Dozer was adopted from

Texas as a three-month-old

puppy. His family picked him

from his Facebook photo. He

easily adapted to his “forev-

er” family. They continue to

foster other dogs.

Ruff Start helped both

these families during their

CONTRIBUTED

Kayla and Nathan Knudsen pose with Portage, the three-legged dog

they began fostering through Rough Start Rescue in January 2018 and

have since adopted.

On a rescue mission

Foster homes save animals

from a rough start

SEE RESCUE, PAGE 5

BY BILL STICKELS III

[email protected]

Due to the recent announce-

ment by current North Branch

fi nance director Richard Hill

of his plans to retire in 2019,

the city council has approved

a plan for fi nding his replace-

ment.During the Jan. 22 council

meeting, recruiting consultant

Sharon Klumpp, with Spring-

sted, offered up recommenda-

tions on how the council could

go about fi lling the upcoming

vacancy.“Doing a fi nance director

search is harder than you

might think,” Klumpp said.

“Over the years, we have done

a number of them and I will

tell you, sometimes those posi-

tions are harder to fi ll. We are

seeing smaller candidate pools

than what we used to see.”

Klumpp suggested that can-

didates will mostly come from

Minnesota or perhaps western

Wisconsin.

As for the process, Klumpp

offered doing video interviews,

along with telephone inter-

views by Klumpp herself. After

North Branch begins

search for fi nance director

SEE DIRECTOR, PAGE 8