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Lori Nickel Staff Writer

It was a day to remember.On Thursday, Jan. 10, EmmaPomije, a lifelong resident ofMontgomery, reached a mile-stone only a lucky few get toexperience –– her 100thbirthday. She celebrated thespecial day with family andfriends at Traditions of Mont-gomery. After "Happy Birth-day" was sang and the cakewas cut, Emma shared somememories from her well-lived life.

Emma (Kukacka) grew upin Montgomery and marriedJoe Pomije in 1929. Theylived on a farm near LakePepin their entire marriedlives, and had one daughter,Shirley.

In addition to working thefarm, the couple rented theAlba Bar & Restaurant (nowthe Monty Bar) from 1951-54. She then worked at theRed Owl for few years beforefinding her life's work atMunsingwear, where sheworked as a seamstress, floormanager and then trainer forover 20 years. When shefound herself with time onher hands, Emma loved togarden.

With 100 years of historyto recollect, Emma wasasked what one event standsout the most to her. She re-called with great clarity, theArmistice Day Blizzard of1940. The raging blizzardthat caught everyone by sur-prise blew in on November11 (now called VeteransDay), leaving up to 27 inchesof snow with snowdrifts upto 20 feet high.

Emma remembers this dayso vividly because Joe wascaught in the blizzard whiledelivering milk. She recalledhow the snow became tooheavy for him to drive homein so he borrowed a coatfrom someone at the gas sta-tion (now Casey's) andwalked the entire way homein the terrible storm.

Her family had many lov-ing things to say about Emmaand her loving role in thefamily: "I have many greatmemories of visiting her andgrandpa when I was a boy,"commented her grandson,Rocky Stangler. "We lived inthe city of Columbia Heights,so it was a lot of fun to go tothe farm and chase chickensaround."

"She is such a speciallady," her great-granddaugh-ter Sheri Novotny added. "It'shard to believe she's 100."

Emma has a very positive

outlook on life, and especial-ly enjoys time spent with herfamily, which includes twograndchildren, four great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren. Her pas-sion is crafting, and her spe-cialty is making desk-topflags that she hand stitches,then attaches to a small pole

that fits into a wooden basemade by Rocky.

When asked what keepsher going strong, Emmareplied: "Hard work –– everyday." And she had thesewords of advice for theyounger generations: "Worktogether, help each other andtreat everyone nicely."

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Lori NickelStaff Writer

Over 200 area women took the af-ternoon to be pampered in the luxuryof an elaborately decorated table,while being served delicious food withfriends as they attended the Setting theTable for Steubenville luncheon heldat the American Legion on Sunday,Jan. 13. Twenty-eight tables were de-signed and set by volunteers whobrought in their own dinnerware anddecorations, adding that special touchof elegance to the luncheon.

The second annual event was held toraise money to send 25 youth fromMost Holy Redeemer, St. Canice andSt. John Churches to the Steubenvilleconference held in Rochester fromJuly 12-14. The youth worked hard atthe luncheon by providing table ser-vice for those attending.

“We were very pleased with the at-tendance and support of this fundrais-er,” stated organizer Paula Novak. Shesaid the lunch was again a success, asthe cost for the conference is $350 perstudent. “This fundraiser allows us to

help families send their teens whomight not otherwise be able to affordthe cost,” she explained.

While at the luncheon, attendees hadthe opportunity to view all the beauti-fully decorated tables, bid on silentauction items, enjoy a delicious lunch,hear an inspirational speaker and learntips for making their own table center-pieces. Later in the afternoon an entireholiday-inspired table setting was raf-fled and won by Cathy Stasney.

“I just love this event,” said ChrisSkluzacek who attended with her step-daughter Makayla. “The decorations,the prizes, the food, everything wasthere to pamper us ladies! It made mefeel extra fancy.”

Novak said she and organizer Moni-ca Farrell had a lot of help in planningthe luncheon, from both adults andteens, and that they work on itthroughout the year.

“We want to sincerely thank eachand every business who donated inany way for this event. Thanks to allthe hostesses who beautifully decorat-ed their tables, and to the teens andothers who so generously gave oftheir time, talent and energy to makethis so successful,” Novak stated.

Novak added that they are still tak-ing names of teens for a waiting listfor the July conference. She askedthose interested to contact KathyRuhland at Most Holy Redeemer at507-364-7981 for information.

Hundreds attend ‘Setting the Table’fundraiser

Lori Nickel Photos

The second annual Setting theTable for Steubenville luncheonheld at the American LegionClub on Sunday, January 13,was a big hit with area women.The event was held to raisemoney for 25 youth from MostHoly Redeemer, St. Canice andSt. John to attend theSteubenville Conference inRochester. Above, the table designed andset by Monica Farrell is being enjoyed by Dorothy Kovarik (left) andMary Schleis. The youth provided service at the lunch. Those pictured at right are (from left) TatianaTikalsky, Religion Teacher Katie Malecha, Nicole Novack, Lizzy Johnston, Brandon Nickolay and BryantNorsten. For more photos, visit the Messenger website at montgomerymnnews.com and click on the Blue Button.

Wade YoungEditor

When Mary and MarkBrahs joined St. John Luther-an Church in 1977, PastorAlfred Koschade welcomedthem to the congregation.The kind manwith an Aus-tralian accenthad been thechurch’s pas-tor since Jan-uary 1, 1962.

On Tuesday,Jan. 15, 2013,the congrega-tion of thesmall churchon the hill saidgoodbye to Koschade whohad died on January 7 inDavenport, IA. With a Cele-bration of Life MemorialService, Koschade was re-membered and celebrated byfriends, family and manymembers of the congrega-tion.

Mary said what she re-members most aboutKoschade is that he was sovery kind, and his thought-provoking sermons.

“They were always so in-teresting,” she said. “You al-ways left with somethingnew every time.”

At the service, Rev. PhillipPeterson, who had served asan associate pastor underKoschade starting in 1977,also shared his memoriesabout Koschade and his min-istry at St. John. He said inthose days, Koschade wasn’tjust a pastor, he was also amentor.

Peterson recalled a heart-warming story how he would

often ask Koschade ques-tions about a variety of top-ics, trying to stump him. Pe-terson said before he an-swered, Koschade often pre-pared, then smoked his pipe.

“He would take out hispipe, stomp out the tobacco,refill it, light it up, and Iwould see all of the clouds ofsmoke,” Phillips said. “Yearslater, he admitted the wholepipe thing was an act to buyhim more time to think of aresponse.”

Peterson also shared thememories of Saturday nightservices where Koschadewould sometimes leave thecomfort of the pulpit and hismanuscript and walk theaisle during the sermon.

“Every eye was on him,not knowing what he wouldsay next,” Peterson said.

Peterson said Koschadeonce asked the question,“Where do we go when wedie?” On Tuesday, Petersonsaid perhaps the questionshould now be, “To whom dowe go when we die?” Hethen offered an answer.

“Alfred has gone to the Fa-ther and we celebrate hisjourney,” Peterson said.

The Celebration servicealso included several hymns,one of which Koschade hadwritten, as well as the read-ing of his favorite Psalms.Memories of the kind pastorwho retired from the churchin 1993 were shared after theservice at a luncheon in thechurch’s Fellowship Hall.

A complete obituary canbe found on page 3 of thisweek’s Montgomery Mes-senger.

St. John’s celebratespastor’s life

Rev. AlfredKoschade

Most government officesclosed for King holiday

Martin Luther King Jr.’sbirthday will be observed onMonday, Jan. 21, and manycity, county, state and nation-al government offices will beclosed.

Tri-City United Schoolsare not in session that dayand classes will not be held,but it is a staff developmentday. The Montgomery CityCouncil will meet on Tues-day, Jan. 22, instead of itsregular Monday meeting.

City offices that will beclosed on Monday include

Montgomery City Hall. Allbranches of the Scott CountyLibrary, including NewPrague and Elko New Mar-ket, will be closed for theholiday as will the Scott, LeSueur and Rice county facili-ties. Normal business hourswill resume on January 22.

The U.S. Postal Servicewill not be delivering mailand the post office will beclosed. A few businesses, in-cluding some banks will alsobe closed on Monday.

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Emma Pomije, a lifelong resident of the area, celebratedher 100th birthday on Thursday, Jan. 10, with family andfriends. Birthday cake and memories were shared at thecelebration held at Traditions of Montgomery, where sheresides.

Montgomery’s newest centenarian Community Club receives recap fromTorchlight committeeWade YoungEditor

The Montgomery AreaCommunity Club held itsmonthly meeting on Satur-day morning, January 12,2013, in the former MobilizeMontgomery office.

At the meeting, the MACCboard heard from TorchlightParade and Fireworks orga-nizers Jake Keohen Jr. AnitaRynda, Maureen Franek,Tony Jelinek, Jean Frankeand Ken Pavek. Keohen re-capped the committees list ofexpenses from the event,which included parade but-

tons $356, pyrotechnics$4,500, advertising, $475,and misc. $587.

He noted the advertisingportion of the budget came inhigher than normal due tolarger color newspaper ads.He said the committee want-ed to recognize the sponsorsmore than what had beendone in the past.

He also noted that the mis-cellaneous portion of thebudget included gifts for theevent’s button designer andfor the two youth grand mar-shals. He told the group that

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THURSDAY, JAN. 17• Public Library, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.• Early Swim, TCU Pool, 6-7:15 a.m.• Senior Citizens, City Hall, 1 p.m.• TOPS, City Hall, 6:30 p.m.• Arts & Heritage Center, 2-5 p.m.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––FRIDAY, JAN. 18• Public Library Closed• AA-Alanon-Alateen, St. John Basement,8 p.m.• Arts & Heritage Center, 2-5 p.m.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––SATURDAY, JAN. 19• Public Library, 9 a.m.-Noon• Lap Swim, TCU Pool, 8-9:30 a.m.• Arts & Heritage Center, 9 a.m. - Noon• Holy Redeemer Mass, 5 p.m.• St. John Lutheran Worship, 5 p.m.• St. Patrick Mass, Shieldsville, 6 p.m.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––SUNDAY, JAN. 20• Public Library, 1-4 p.m.• Holy Redeemer Mass, 7:30 & 10:30 a.m.• St. John Worship, 9 a.m.• St. Canice Mass, Kilkenny, 9 a.m.• St. Patrick Mass, Shieldsville, 10 a.m.• Dollar Swim, TCU Pool, 1-4 p.m.• Open Gym, 5th Grade and Up, Mont-gomery MS Gym, 5-7 p.m.

MONDAY, JAN. 21• Public Library Closed• Pool Closed–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––TUESDAY, JAN. 22 • Public Library, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.• Early Swim, TCU Pool, 6-7:15 a.m.• Le Sueur County Board Meeting, Court-house, Le Center, 9:30 a.m.• EDA Meeting, City Hall, 4 p.m.• City Council, City Hall, 7 p.m. (Tele-vised Public Access Ch. 8)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23• Public Library, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.• Lap Swim, TCU Pool, 5-6 p.m.; OpenSwim 6-7:30 p.m.• Adult Basketball Open Gym, Le CenterMS, 6-8 p.m.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––THURSDAY, JAN. 24• Public Library, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.• Early Swim, TCU Pool, 6-7:15 a.m.• Senior Citizens, City Hall, 1 p.m.• TOPS, City Hall, 6:30 p.m.• Arts & Heritage Center, 2-5 p.m.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––FRIDAY, JAN. 25• Public Library Closed• AA-Alanon-Alateen, St. John Basement,8 p.m.• Arts & Heritage Center, 2-5 p.m.• Family Fun Night, TCU Le Center, 6-8 p.m. • Spring Musical: "The White House andMe", gr. K-8, TCU Le Center, 4:15 p.m.

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all of the planning and exe-cution of the event’s planswent well, due to the 10 com-mittee members who all con-tributed. He applauded thework they did that lead toone of the most successfulholiday parades in southernMinnesota.

Carol Kiekow made onerequest that next year thereare more open areas for kidsto assemble and collectcandy. “I would like to seemore areas open for kids andless cars parked on the pa-rade route,” she said.

Keohen noted that was onething the group failed to dowas block off the CenterStage Dance parking lot fromvehicles who parked therethis year to watch the fire-works show. He said the ve-hicles pushed spectators tooclose to the display.

While the event was wild-ly popular with the additionof the button designer andthe two young grand mar-shals, Keohen added thegroup plans to continue toaccept ideas to keep theevent fresh.

“Moving forward, thecommittee would like to dosomething new and excitingevery year. We don’t knowwhat, but something to keepit exciting,” he said. “We hada lot of good ideas comefrom a lot of different peo-ple.”

He also noted that theevent wouldn’t have beenpossible without the fundingand donations from areabusinesses.

MACC member Marc Pe-

terson complimented Keohenand the committee and saidthe event was so successful,not just as a MACC eventbut, because of the commit-tee’s ownership of it. He en-couraged communication tocarry over to Kolacky Days.

Other businessIn other business, Mick

McGuire, a board memberfor Mobilize Montgomery,reported that the MM boardis still in the process of dis-solving the 501c3 status. Henoted that Marek Law Officeis handling the details, andsaid the board is looking atassigning monetary values tothe property in the MobilizeMontgomery office.

“We are hoping to have itfinalized soon,” McGuiresaid. “It has gone quite well.We have some mystery ac-counts because MM was afiscal agent, and we are de-termining what to do withthose accounts.”

The board also approvedthe gambling account as pre-sented by Maureen Franekwho reported another excel-lent month in pulltab re-ceipts. The board approvedthe ending balance of$27,167 as of December,2012.

Franek also stressed thatMACC needs to donate someof this money and that mem-bers should think aboutwhere they want to donate itduring the year.

The board also approvedMACC’s general fund bal-ance of $13,509, as of De-cember 2012.

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Library to hold magazine give-awayThe Montgomery Public

Library will give awaycopies of older issues ofmagazines that have beendiscarded from the collectionor donated. The give-awaybegins Sunday, Jan. 20.

Librarian Nancy Noffkesaid the magazines will begiven away on a first come,first served basis. Titles in-clude, “American Girl”,“Better Homes and Gar-dens”, “Consumer Reports”,“Family Circle”, “GardenGate”, “Good Housekeep-ing”, “Ladies Homes Jour-nal”, “Minnesota Monthly”,

“National Geographic”,“People”, “Reminisce”,“Successful Farming”, andmore.

Hot Reads for Cold NightsThe library is also an-

nouncing the dates of “HotReads for Cold Nights”, areading program for adultsthat will be held February 2to March 31.

In the program, for everybook a partcipant reads, anentry is made in the prizedrawing held at the end of theprogram. This year the grandprize is a Nook Simple Touch

eReader. Anyone who is 18years old and older may par-ticipate. Registration beginsFebruary 2.

Story TimesStory times for children

five years old and youngerwill be held every Wednes-day in February at 11 a.m.The dates are February 6, 13,20 and 27. Sessions will in-clude stories, finger plays,crafts and treats. Pre-regis-tration is required. Pleasecall 507-364-7615, or stop bythe library.

Three mystery readers sur-prised the second grade classat Most Holy Redeemer lastweek. Their teacher said themystery readers have beenexciting, but the surprise visi-tors they had last week reallyexited the young students.

The class received theLonsdale Ambassadors, MissLonsdale Lexi Turgeon, andAmbassadors Emily Shimotaand Kelsey Simon as theirsurprise readers.

Christine Trcka, the lan-guage arts teacher for the sec-ond grade class has been co-ordinating mystery readersthroughout the year to comeinto the classroom and read aspecial story.

This year teachers, grand-parents, high school students,and local area residents havecome in to read to the stu-dents. Some of the other mys-tery readers have been HRSPrincipal Mindy Reeder, Jor-dan Yetzer, Joe Kalina, MaxKalina, Kristin Jindra, KaylaTrcka, Claire McGrady, Celia

Rynda, and Therese Tulloch. ““The class was especially

excited to meet the Lonsdale

Ambassadors this pastweek,” Trcka said.

Mystery readers visitHRS 2nd graders

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The surprise visitors to the second grade class at HRS arepictured with the class. Pictured are (front, from left)Meghan Callahan, William Bulger, Emma Kaplan, TylerKadrlik, Ellie Sladek, (middle row) Miss Lonsdale am-bassador Kelsey Simon, Miss Lonsdale Lexi Turgeon,ambassador Emily Shimota, Anna Barnett, (back) AbbyRutt, Arthur Devine, Braelen Budin, and Steven Oden-thal. Missing from the class are Anthony Rynda andAbby Malecha.

MontgomeryBlood Drivelooks fordonors

The Montgomery Com-munity Blood Drive to col-lect much-needed blood sup-plies for the region will beheld Thursday, Jan. 24, from1 to 7 p.m., at the Mont-gomery American LegionHall.

The drive is sponsored byVFW Post & Auxiliary#5340 and American LegionPost & Auxiliary #79.

For appointments or infor-mation call: 1-800-RedCross(800-733-2767), or go towww.redcrossblood.org.

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OrganizationsThe Montgomery Histor-

ical Society will hold its an-nual meeting on Thursday,Jan. 31 at Hilltop Hall. Thesocial hour begins at 6 p.m.The meeting begins at 7 p.m.

The American Red Crosswill hold a MontgomeryCommunity Blood Drive atthe American Legion Clubon Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013from 1 to 7 p.m.

For an appointment or in-formation, call 1-800-RED-CROSS (733-2767) or go towww.redcrossblood.org.

The VFW Post 5340 andAuxiliary, and the AmericanLegion Post #79 and Auxil-iary are sponsoring theevent.

Immaculate ConceptionCouncil of CatholicWomen is sponsoring theannual Bingo on Sunday,Jan. 20, 2013, at the Immac-ulate Conception Civic Cen-ter in Lonsdale. Lunch willbe available from 11 a.m. to4:30 p.m. Five cent bingogames will be played from12 to 4 p.m. Everyone of allages is welcome.

Minnesota State Univer-sity’s Dental Clinic willprovide free dental care tochildren under age 18 whodo not have access to dentalcare or who cannot affordneeded dental care. This ser-vice will be available on Jan-uary 31 from 1 to 8 p.m. andFebruary 1 from 8 to 4 p.m.at MSU’s Dental Clinic, lo-cated in the lower level ofMorris Hall. Appointmentfor free dental care for chil-dren can be made at (507)389-2147.

TCU Knowledge Bowlbrings home hardware

The Tri-City UnitedKnowledge Bowl teamkicked off its inauguralseason by bringing homethe hardware.

The Titans broughthome both the second andthird place trophies fromthe first meet of the sea-son, held in Mankato onFriday, Jan. 11. At themeet, 38 teams from 12schools in the region com-peted. The TCU team has32 students in grades 9-12,on six teams.

Knowledge Bowl com-petition begins with stu-dents taking a writtenexam of 60 questions, fol-lowed by four competitionrounds where studentscompete in teams in ajeopardy-style format.Questions come from top-ics including history, ge-ography, English, litera-ture, biology, chemistry,physics, and mathematics.

Teams gain points by an-swering questions correct-ly. Teams are ranked atthe end of the day by thetotal points earned duringthe competition.

The Platinum Team, ofBrook Kadrlik, SarinaWolbeck, Mitchell Doo-ley, Robert Johnson, andGeorge Doyle placed sec-ond, earing 105.5 points.

The Gold team of Mag-gie Colwell, Zack Skluza-cek, Marty McGuire,Devon Tuma, and VictoriaRoberts placed third, ear-ing 101.5 points.

“All TCU teams per-formed really well at ourfirst event,” said coachTed Doyle. “We have a lotof returning talent in addi-tion to some new faces onthe team. It is a greatcombination of experienceand new academicstrengths. I am lookingforward to a great season.”

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Rev. Alfred Koschade, 84,of Davenport, IA, formerpastor of St. John LutheranChurch inMontgomery,died Monday,Jan. 7, 2013,at his home.

Alfred wasborn Decem-ber 22, 1928,in Fin-schhaffen, Papua, NewGuinea, a son of missionaryparents Victor and Ida (Voss)Koschade. He graduatedfrom Immanuel TheologicalSeminary, Adelaide, SouthAustralia, and was ordainedinto the ministerium of theUnited Evangelical LutheranChurch of Australia onMarch 19, 1950. He servedas a missionary in Papua,New Guinea, from 1950 untilDecember of 1956. He mar-ried Beatrice “Bea” Weilandon December 5, 1951, in Lae,Papua, New Guinea. Thefamily came to America in1957, where he served con-gregations in Elma andElvira, IA, before accepting acall to St. John LutheranChurch in Montgomery onJanuary 1, 1962. He earnedadditional degrees of Masterof Theology in Systematicsfrom Luther Seminary in St.Paul in 1964. His dissertationfrom those studies was pub-lished by Augsburg Presstitled, “New Branches on theVine.” He studied at May-wood Seminary in Chicago,IL, and Northwestern Theo-logical Seminary in St. Paul,receiving his Masters inSacred Theology in 1973.Another book “The Cost ofBread and Wine” was pub-lished in 1974. After retiringfrom full time ministry onDecember 31, 1993, he con-

tinued to serve as interimpastor at several congrega-tions in Minnesota. A moveto Eldridge, IA in 1995 al-lowed Pastor Koschade theopportunity to serve severalcongregations as interim pas-tor in Iowa and Illinois. Helast served as visitation pas-tor at Zion Lutheran Churchin Davenport. In 2011, Alfredand Bea moved to Long-mont, CO, to live near sonMark, and were in theprocess of moving back toDavenport when he died.

He is survived by his wifeof 61 years; children MiriamLeMaitre of KY, Rev. Dr.Marcia (Rev. Steven) Sol-berg of MI, Mark (Kelley)Koschade, Longmont, CO,and Ernest Koschade, Mont-gomery; grandchildren Me-gan, Kristin, Jesse, Erin,Laura, Joseph, Anna, Ka-chine, Meghan, Sara, Abi-gail and Matthew; great-grandchildren Jasmine, Jon-athan, Naomi, Kayden, andEverett.

He was preceded in deathby a daughter Esther Ko-schade in 1993; and a sisterGladys Knie.

A memorial service in cel-ebration of his life was heldat 11 a.m., Friday, Jan. 11, atZion Lutheran Church inDavenport, with the Rev.Ron Huber officiating.

A memorial service wasalso held at St. John LutheranChurch in Montgomery onTuesday, Jan. 15, at 11 a.m.

Burial will be at St. JohnLutheran Cemetery inMontgomery.

Memorials are preferred tothe ELCA World HungerFund, the American CancerSociety, or to the EstherKoschade Endowment Fund.

Rev. Alfred KoschadeRaymond J. “Baler Ray”

Malecha, 80, of Lonsdale,died Friday, Jan. 11, 2013,surrounded byhis family.

Ray wasborn August 2,1932, on thehome farm inLonsdale, ason of John M.and MaryMalecha. He was a farmerand truck driver, but wellknown for his baler fixingbusiness. Ray married Dor-othy Pinc on May 18, 1954,at St. Dominic’s CatholicChurch in Northfield.

He is survived by his wifeof 58 years; childrenChristine (Larry) White,Sandra (Marty) Berg, Denise(George) Budd, Pamela(Ronald) Bongers, and Scott(Dani) Malecha; 12 grand-

children Chad, Shaun, Kris-ten, Darin, Joseph, Heidi,Pamela, Regina, Dustin,Eric, Emi and Brandon; 11great-grandchildren; siblingsMary Hruska, Grace (Or-ville) Kuchinka, Donald T.(Jane) Malecha and Patricia(Larry) Trcka; and manynieces, nephew, other rela-tives and friends.

He was preceded in deathby his parents; and brother-in-law Richard Hruska.

Mass of Christian Burialwas held at 10 a.m., Tuesday,Jan. 15, at the ImmaculateConception Catholic Churchin Lonsdale.

Interment was at CalvaryCemetery in Lonsdale.

Visitation was held from 4to 7 p.m., Monday at theWhite Funeral Home inLonsdale, and Tuesday onehour prior to the services.

Raymond MalechaWillard Hamlin, 87, of

Montgomery, died Sunday,Jan. 13, 2013, at the MayoClinic Health System Hos-pital in New Prague.

Willard was born onAugust 20, 1925, in Warroad,a son of Bruce and LauraMay (Brandli) Hamlin. Heserved in the United StatesArmy in WWII and Korea.He married Joan Paulson inNorthwood, IA, on July 28,1958. Willard worked manyjobs, including as a mechan-ic and heavy equipmentoperator. He also worked forMarvin Windows and Doorsand Winco in Le Center. Hewas a member of theAmerican Legion and en-joyed fishing and hunting.

He is survived by his wife;children David Hamlin,

Montgomery, Rick Hamlin,Farmington, IA, Budd Ham-lin, Jensen Beach, FL,Lowell Petersen, Roseau,and Vicky; six grandchil-dren; and six great-grand-children.

He was preceded in deathby his parents; his first wife;infant daughter Deborah; andsiblings John Hamlin, Ray-mond Hamlin, Hubert Ham-lin, Robert Hamlin, LouisHamlin and Luella Ploof.

A private family visitation,service and burial was heldon Wednesday, Jan. 16, withmilitary honors provided bythe Montgomery Area Vet-erans Honor Guard.

Arrangements were withthe Schoenbauer FuneralHome in Montgomery.

Willard Hamlin

Dorothy R. Shea, 82, ofShakopee, died Thursday,Jan. 10, 2013, at her home.

D o r o t h ywas born onOctober 9,1930, inMontgomery,a daughter ofJoseph andC h r i s t i n e( H a n e k )Moravec. She attended HolyRedeemer and MontgomeryHigh School, and marriedJoseph Shea on November25, 1947, in Montgomery.They lived in Lonsdale, andmoved to Shakopee in 1952.She worked at the St. PaulHouse in Shakopee from1953 to 1965, then wasemployed and managed atIndustrial GloveManufacturing from 1966 toretirement in 1998. Dorothywas a past member of VFWLadies Auxiliary Post #4046in Shakopee, and was also amember of the Church of St.Mary for over 60 years.

She is survived by childrenMick (Linda), Wasilla, AK,Sue (Bob) Rauch, Waterville,and Pat (Charlie) Rein,Chaska; grandchildren Jodi(Dan) Carroll, Brian (Am-ber) Shea, Chrissy (Scott)Cornelius, Meghan (John)

Guidone, and Jessica Rein;great-grandchildren, Karis,Abby, Oliver, Allison, Jer-emy, Jacob, Johnny, Oliviaand Lily; a sister Jane (Don)Straub, LeSueur; sisters-in-law Irene Moravec, MargaretJahnke, Mary Schmitt, andBonnie Asleson; and brother-in-law Danny Shea.

She was preceded in deathby her husband; her parents;a brother Stanley Moravec;and goddaughter DonaBrown.

Mass of Christian Burialwas held on Tuesday, Jan. 15,at 11 a.m., at the Church ofSt. Mary in Shakopee., withRev. Peter Wittman officiat-ing.

Interment was at theCatholic Cemetery inShakopee. Pallbearers wereJeffrey, David and MicahStraub, Mark Hamer, DanBurns and Ed Schmitt.Honorary pallbearers wereDorothy's godchildren KarenKendall, Joe and SteveMoravec, Dona Schlosser,Marvin Schmitt and JonathanVanGrevenhof.

Visitation was held from 4to 8 p.m., Monday and 9:30to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at theMcNearney Funeral Home inShakopee.

Dorothy Shea

Mabel Rose Cesafsky, 84,of Northfield, formerly ofMontgomery and Lonsdale,died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013,at Abbott NorthwesternHospital in Minneapolis,with her family by her side.

Mabel was born August16, 1928, on the family farmat Lonsdale, a daughter ofFrank and Rose (Barta)Vosejpka. She attended coun-try school, parochial schooland for high school theUniversity of MinnesotaAgriculture School. Follow-ing her education, she re-turned to the Lonsdale areaand worked on the farm andas a waitress. She marriedJoseph J. Cesafsky on June 6,1952, in Cedar Rapids, IA.After marriage, Joe contin-ued his military career, andover the years they lived inSouth Carolina, Kansas, Ne-braska, Louisiana, Japan andAlaska. Following his retire-ment in 1973, they moved toMontgomery, and in 1986,moved to their home inNorthfield. Mabel workedpart time as a school cook,but her heart was in thehome. She was known as agreat cook, baker, canner andseamstress. She was a mem-ber of St. Dominic CatholicChurch and the NorthfieldVFW and Legion auxiliaries.She enjoyed fishing, herflower garden, and takingcare of her family.

She is survived by her hus-band of 60 years; childrenJanice (Mike) Schauwecker,

Arlington, TX, and Robert(Maureen), Minneapolis;five grandchildren Jessicaand Natalie Schauwecker,Sarah (Jimmy) Layer, LauraCesafsky and Josh (Molly)Krueger; one great-grand-daughter Ramsey; brothersRobert (Diane) Vosejpka,Owatonna, and Milton Vo-sejpka, Faribault; sisters-in-law Lillian (Bernard) Tupy,Northfield, Mary Harrison,St. Paul, Lorraine (Bob)Barr, Waseca, Joanie (Ron-nie) Scheffler, New Prague,and Connie Bartyzal, NewPrague; brother-in-law Den-nis (Sandy) Cesafsky, Mont-gomery; and many nieces,nephews, other relatives andfriends.

She was preceded in deathby her parents; her brotherBen Vosejpka, her brother-in-law Ronnie Cesafsky; andsisters-in-law Alice Shetin-ski, Pat Jamieson and Jean-nie Morken.

Mass of Christian Burialwill be held at 10:30 a.m.,Friday, Jan. 18, at the Churchof St. Dominic in Northfield,with Rev. Dennis Dempseyofficiating.

Interment will be at FortSnelling National Cemeteryin Minneapolis.

Visitation will be heldfrom 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday atthe Benson & LangehoughFuneral Home in Northfield.Visitation will continue at thechurch on Friday one hourprior to the funeral.

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As we settle into mid-Jan-uary, ice fishing is in full tilt.

The action in your areamay have slowed down.There are a couple of thingsyou can do to put the odds inyour favor:

First, if you are in a group,move out to the perimeter ofthe cluster of houses. Fishingpressure and noise move thefish out and away.

Another idea is to fish ear-lier or later than the rest of

the crowd. Fishing is betterwhen there is less activity onthe lake.

Don't forget to downsizeyour lurers and bait fromnow on. Fish are less aggres-sive and a bit more lethargicat this time of year.

Be safe and avoid beingnear aerated areas in yourlake. Ice thickness canchange as wind pushes waterin different directions.

Also, make sure your birdand animal feeders are keptfresh and full. Now's the timethey need you the most.

100 years agoJanuary 17, 1913

Dr. Henry Richter has es-tablished an office for thepractice of dentistry.

The Mask Ball at Kozel &Janda’s Hall last Monday

evening was largely attendedand those present report avery nice time.

The Messenger market re-port shows wheat at 77 cents,corn 30 cents, hogs $6.90,steers $6.50, veal $7.50, but-

ter 30 cents, eggs 22 centsand flour $1.30.


A picture of the crib at theChurch of the Most Holy Re-

deemer appeared in theChristmas and New Year is-sues of the Minneapolis andSt. Paul newspapers.

Calvin Coolidge, formerpresident of the UnitedStates, died suddenly at hishome in North Hampton,Mass.

Henry Humber, veteranmail carrier out of the localpost office, purchased aSnowbird to cover the longmileage on Route No. 2.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eisertmoved from New Prague torooms on the second floor ofthe Ulbright Building.


According to George W.Retka, Chief of the Mont-gomery Fire Department, thelocal firemen were called out28 times during the past year.

Rev. Vincent Dudley, anative of Erin Township, wasrecently appointed pastor ofthe Catholic Church at St.Henry, and has taken up hisnew duties.


The Montgomery CityCouncil has announced theadoption of a 1973-74 budgetwhich reveals a sizeable de-crease in expenditures whencompared to the previousyear. The total budget of$229,488 is approximately$5,500 less than in 1972. Thedecrease is in line with thepolicy of the city council inholding the line on taxationwithout cutting back servicesto the public.

Wally Edel of Montgom-ery won the number onedrawing prize at the fishingcontest on Sunday afternoonat Clear Lake, Lexington, inspite of ‘lack of cooperation’by the prey of the day-fish!

Three new members ofthe board of directors wereelected at the annual share-holders meeting of the Mont-gomery Golf and RecreationClub. Elected to the boardwere Don Braun, TomSpurrier and Jim Filipek.They replace retiring direc-

tors George Embretson, JackHolomek and Glen Flicek.


Esther Fernandez ofMontgomery began 1993 as acitizen of the United States.Working with her to achieveher goal were Jim Mladekand Father George Grafsky.

At the regular meeting ofthe city council, bids for thedowntown alley project wereapproved. The councilawarded the low bid toNeisen Paving Co. of BellePlaine, at $22,563.

More than 40 residents at-tending a town meeting heldThursday discussed a prelim-inary master plan of Mont-gomery’s First Street busi-ness district. Mobilize Mont-gomery president JohnGrimm presented the mainelements of the preliminaryplan, and Bill Marek then leda discussion of each element.

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As we put together thisweek’s edition of the Mont-gomery Messenger, a themewas emerging loud andclear: It is an issue with alot of celebrations.

For starters, we have agreat story and photo thatLori did on the 100th birth-day of Montgomery’s resi-dent, Emma Pomije. Thisnew centenarian had abirthday party for her atTraditions of Montgomery.Surrounded by family andfriends, she shared memo-ries and had some birthdaycake.

Of course, when it comesto treats, Emma is a ko-lacky-baker extraordinaireand her recipe has been fea-tured in numerous KolackyDays Souvenir Sections.

Another celebration inthe paper this week comesin the form of the death ofretired St. John LutheranChurch Pastor AlfredKoschade. I know we arenot celebrating his death,but instead celebrate his lifeand everything he gave tothe community in his 30+years as pastor at ourchurch.

Another celebration alsocomes in the success of theSetting the Table event heldon Sunday, Jan. 13 at theAmerican Legion Club. The

event helped raise moneyfor students attending theSteubenville event thissummer in July inRochester. From what Lorisaid, the Legion was packedwith people and beautifullyset/arranged tables.

Another celebration cameat the county board level onTuesday. After years of ar-guing, fighting and practi-cally begging, the officialLe Sueur County HistoricalSociety finally received itsbudgeted funding from thecounty. Of course, thiscame after a county judgedeclared this group to be theone and only official histor-ical society. (Okay, somaybe not so much cele-brating in the camp of the“other” historical society.)

I hope another celebra-tion comes with the TomKocina benefit planned forSaturday, Jan. 19, at theMontgomery American Le-gion Club. The son of Ronand Kathy Kocina, Tom is a

father to three young chil-dren, Brodey, 10, Tristin, 6,and Maleia, 4. He was in-jured in a motorcycle crashon August 7, and suffered anumber of injuries.

On a non-celebratorynote, the Tri-City UnitedSchool Board did not ap-prove the MontgomeryMessenger as the officialnewspaper for the schooldistrict. Last year, it ap-proved both the Messengerand the Le Center Leader asofficial newspapers, but “tobe fair” the board decidedto start taking turns thisyear and only naming onenewspaper.

Unfortunately, the planisn’t being “fair” to all theMontgomery and Lonsdaledistrict residents. We arenot celebrating, but I’msure another newspapergroup may be. So districtresidents in Montgomeryand Lonsdale will no longerbe able to read the minutesof school board meetings aspublished in the Mont-gomery Messenger and onits website. Instead theywill be forced to navigatethe school’s website to findthem or pay to view themon other sites. This is notcause for celebration.

An issue full of celebrationsA youngperspective

Wade Young

Editor

A Minute with the MessengerAt the county courthouse, the Messenger asked:

Are you concerned about the flu?

Joe BoettcherLe Center“Not really con-cerned, but I did getthe flu shot. No onein the family withflu, just other winterailments at this timeof year.”

Maureen TumaMontgomery“Definitely con-cerned, because it iseasily spread andolder folks are sovulnerable. Yes, I gotthe shot, and no onein family has theflu.”

Becky FactorCleveland“Yes, very con-cerned, and hopepeople stay at homewhen sick. I had theshot, and aware of afamily member whocouldn’t have it, gotflu and was verysick.”

Shawn GindtLe Center“Concerned becauseI have kids at homeand don’t want themto get it, so I definite-ly had the shot. Afamily member hadthe stomach flu, butfortunately not thebad one.”

Messenger Memories

County board releases balanceof 2011 historical society fundsJake KeohenStaff Writer

The Le Sueur CountyBoard took action at its Tues-day, Jan. 15 meeting to final-ly remove funds from thebooks which had been bud-geted for operations of thecounty historical society in2011.

Approval to release thebalance, $23,479, came on asplit vote of 3-2, with Com-missioners Wetzel, King andRohlfing in favor, Connollyand Gliszinski opposed, afteran earlier motion by King torelease 50 percent of the re-maining funds was deniedbecause of lack of a second.

Connolly, a veteran of theboard, has often objected tothe manner in which the soci-ety has been operating, andsaid it was his understandingthat this matter would be dis-cussed at a February meet-ing. Gliszinski, a newcomerto the board, questioned “ifthe commissioners shouldhave some say in where themoney goes,” and wantedfurther clarification on theline of credit which had beenlisted on a society expense

report.Jennifer Urban, an attorney

representing the Le SueurCounty Historical Society(LCHS), was on the agendafor Tuesday’s meeting, andsaid she “was here today toanswer any questions and re-quest the release of the re-maining 2011 funds.”

Urban briefly explainedthe non-profit status of theLCHS and by-laws spellingout membership criteria.

Board chair Rohlfing saidthe balance of funds from2011 was approximately$23,500, and the question is,“Do we fund the society ornot?” He added that theremust be a membership planand annual reports of societyactivities. He also comment-ed that an additional $20,000has been budgeted in 2013that could be made available,but has not been designatedfor historical functions.

Commissioner King saidhe believes the county musthave a policy on non-profitsand “our responsibility is tocollect taxes and oversee theproper use of county funds.”He said he would favor re-

lease of the funds upon expi-ration of any appeal processconcerning the LCHS (refer-ring to recent court decisiondetermining which group isthe official historical soci-ety).

The final vote came fol-lowing comments by CountyAttorney Brent Christian,when asked his opinion onrelease of funds when an ap-peal of the court’s decisioncould still be made. “I’vesaid it before—this is ridicu-lous. You are spending hourson this issue, representingonly a very small fraction ofthe county budget. Either re-lease or not, and be finishedwith it!”

King’s motion then diedfor lack of second, and Wet-zel’s motion to release wasseconded by King and ap-proved 3-2.

No meeting next weekThe county board will not

be holding a regular meetingnext Tuesday, Jan. 22, butwill hold a joint meeting withthe Nicollet County Board atGustavus College starting at11:30 a.m.

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The local Knights ofColumbus Youth Free ThrowChampionship will be held atthe Montgomery ElementarySchool gym on Sunday, Jan.20 at 1 p.m. Contestants andtheir families should use thewest doors.

The contest is open for allboys and girls, ages 10 to 14years old, to participate in thelocal level of competition forthe 2013 K of C free throwchampionship.

The contest is sponsoredannually, with winners pro-gressing through local, dis-trict and state competitions.All boys and girls who par-ticipate will compete in theirrespective age divisions.

All contestants on the locallevel are recognized for theirparticipation in the event.Last year, more than 223,000sharpshooters participated inmore than 33,200 local com-petitions.

K of C Free Throw Contest is SundayThe Tri-City United Titans

held their first Titan Invita-tional on Saturday in Mont-gomery, and the Titans camein fourth place with 139.50points, behind Lewiston-Al-tura/Rushford at #1 with 202,New Prague at #2 at 188, andWaterville-Elysian-Morris-town/Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton in 3rd with159.50.

“Our kids wrestled welltoday. Hopefully we can con-tinue to improve throughoutthe rest of the season,” saidTitan Coach Brian Mikel.

The results are:According to Mikel, Justin

Kopet wrestling at 106pounds was 1-1 on the day.

“Justin had an outstandingmatch against a wrestler whohad previously defeated himlast week,” Mikel said. “Hewon 12-11, despite wrestlingmost of the match with adeep cut on his chin. Justinreally showed a lot of guts atthe meet.”

At 120 pounds, JonahJohnson had a great day,Mikel noted, taking secondplace. He defeated the sec-ond seeded wrestler 7-4 for atrip to the finals.

“Jonah has really beenstepping up his performanceat the right time of the sea-son,” the coach said.

Wrestling at 126 pounds,Levi Nelson went 3-1 for athird place finish. Mikelnoted that Nelson wrestledvery well and is finding away to win the close match-es.

In the 132-pound class,Mason Rutt went 2-2 on theday for a fifth place finish.

“Mason is still battlingback from a knee injury andneeds to get back intowrestling shape. He stillhad a good day,” the coach

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dominating performance inthe 138-pound class, going 3-0 to win the championship.Mikel said Brownlee won bypin, technical fall, and de-feated a very good wrestlerfrom St Clair in the finals bymajor decision.

“Mason is starting to takeit to the next level at the righttime,” Mikel said.

At 145 pounds, Max Ar-royo went 3-1 for a thirdplace finish. The coach saidArroyo is also finding waysto win close matches in thethird period.

Marko Arroyo, at 152pounds, went 3-1 for a thirdplace finish as well.

“Marko had an outstandingmatch is his third place boutwinning by a score 3-1against a very good NewPrague wrestler,” Mikel said.“Marko was also unseededgoing into the tournament.”

At 160 pounds, Josh Sellyhad probably the toughestweight bracket in the tourna-ment with several stateranked wrestlers, the coachnoted.

“Josh was seeded fourthand ended up taking third.Josh showed good leadershiptoday,” Mikel said.

In the 170-pound class,Kyle Hubert had a busy daygoing 3-2 for a third placefinish. The coach noted thatHubert had to come all the

way through the wrestle backround and got the team somemuch needed team points.

At 182, Joe Kalina was 0-2on the day and did not place.

“Joe is working extremelyhard and showing improve-ment with each match. Hiswork ethic sets a nice exam-ple for the youngerwrestlers,” Mikel said.

In the heavy weight classat 285 pounds, Alex Burnshad a nice day going 2-1 fora third place finish. Alexwas ahead late in the matchagainst the number one seed,but made a mistake late in thematch. The coach said heshowed good mental tough-ness coming back strong tofinish third.

TCU takes fourth at tournament

Wade Young Photos

In their first match TCU Titan wrestler Levi Nelson (left, on top) takes on JustinGrindland of Lewiston-Altura/Rushford in the 126-pound class of the TCU Titan Invi-tational in Montgomery.

Bulldogs outshoot TitansThe Janesville-Waldorf-

Pemberton Bulldogs outshotthe TCU Titans in a non-con-ference match on Monday,Jan. 14 at JWP High School.

TCU 49 JWP 64

According to informationfrom iScout, the Titans’ over-all shooting percentage was20 out of 64 shots for a 31percentage. They were leadby Matt Holicky with 8points, followed by PatLloyd and Andy Feddemawith 7 each, Aaron Dwyerwith 6, Jordan Trnka with 5,and Hunter Hinze, David

Trcka and Ryan Iverson with4 each.

The Bulldogs, by contrastwere 37 percent at 21 out of56 shots.

Neither team hit the three-point line successfully duringthe night. The Titans sankone out of 13 shots, and theBulldogs sank two out of 13shots.Next Action

The boys will host Nor-wood Young America in aconference match-up tonightat 7:30 in the TCU HighSchool gymnasium.

Scoreboard_________________________

BowlingTuesday Night Ladies .........W.......LDAT .......................................15 .......6Wayside Liquor .....................14 .......7Re/Max .................................12 .......9NAPA ....................................11 .....10Neaner’s White Front ..............8 .....13American Legion ....................3 .....18Last week’s top scores: High game, DAT665; high series, Remax 1846; high scratchgame, Sandra Tuma 194, Jenny Gramling193, Lori Henze 192; high scratch series,

Peggy Hentges 533

Wednesday Night Open......W.......L Pla Mor Lanes .................174.5 ..65.5American Legion ................154 .....86DAT ..................................118.5 121.5Neaner’s White Front .......116.5 123.5Blaze Trucking ...................80.5 159.5Bye..........................................0 .......0

Top scores: High game, Neaner’s WhiteFront 839; high series, Neaner’s White

Front 2440; high scratch game, Dale Bastyr247, Jay Mills 244, Josh Schussler 243;

high series, Travis Jenkins 629, Dale Bastyr

629, Steve Flicek 616Thursday Night Men............W.......LWasha Trucking ....................40 .....16Hamboners ...........................36 .....20Palace Bar & Grill .................33 .....23Odenthal Meats ....................21 .....35Montgomery Sod ..................20 .....36Ace Hardware.......................18 .....38Top scores: High game, Hamboners 989;high series, Hamboners 2895; high scratchgame (M), Darrell Haigler 265; high scratch

series (M), Mark Novotny 704

Youth League.......................W.......L Team 5..................................32 .....23Team 2..................................28 .....27Team 1..................................23 .....32Team 3..................................19 .....36Team 4..................................18 .....37Team 6..................................11 .....44Team 8....................................4 .....51Team 7....................................3 .....52

Week’s top scores: High game boys,Brendan Bjerke 140 high series boys, Bren-

dan Bjerke 401; high game girls, AudreyKrudegard 72; high series girls Audrey

Krudegard 198

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NEW HOME - big lot in NewPrague. Walk-out, 3 car garage,Anderson windows, custom cab-inetry, great value $179,900.Randy Kubes Realtor. 612-599-7440.

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3 BD, 1 bath in Montgomery,non smoking, pet and securitydeposit, close to middle school.$795. 612-282-7486 or 612-245-9469.

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ROOMMATE WANTED, toshare 5 bedroom home next toCedar Lake between NewPrague and Prior Lake. $500 amonth, includes everything!.John, 952-758-9545.

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PUBLIC NOTICELANESBURGH TOWNSHIP

AUDIT MEETINGNotice is hereby given that

the Annual Audit of the recordsof the Township of Lanesburghin Le Sueur County, Minnesota,will be held at 6:00 p.m. onThursday January 31, 2013 atthe town hall, 31498 State Hwy13. Any resident of the town-ship is invited to attend thisaudit.

Karen Schoenecker, Clerk(Published in the

Montgomery Messenger,Thursdays, January 17 and 24,2013; No. M854-1-24)-------------------------------------------

PUBLIC NOTICELE SUEUR COUNTY BOARD

OF COMMISSIONERS88 SOUTH PARK AVE.

LE CENTER, MINNESOTA56057-1620

After duly conducting a pub-lic hearing on December 11,2012 and a special hearing onDecember 27, 2012, the LeSueur County Board ofCommissioners approved anOrdinance entitled "Ordinanceamending Le Sueur County’sZoning Ordinance and ZoningMap." The Ordinance amendednumerous portions of the

County’s current ZoningOrdinance including but notlimited to: Zoning Definitions,Overlay Districts – (Airport,Flood Plain, and MineralResources), Structure Setbacks,Permitted, and ConditionalUses in Each Zoning Districts,Shoreland ManagementStandards, EnvironmentalPerformance Standards, andLand Use PerformanceStandards.

The Ordinance and subse-quent amended Zoning Mapwill be effective February 1,2013. The amended Ordinanceand Zoning Map in its entiretyis available for review duringregular office hours at the LeSueur County EnvironmentalServices Offices located at 515South Maple Ave, Le Center,MN 56057.

In addition, the County willpost the Ordinance and ZoningMap on its website by February1, 2013.

Darrell PettisLe Sueur CountyAdministratorKathy BrockwayLe Sueur CountyZoning Administrator(Published in the

Montgomery Messenger,Thursdays, January 17 and 24,2013; No. M853-1-24)

PUBLIC NOTICEThe Montgomery City Council at a regular meeting held onJanuary 7, 2013 approved Ordinance No. 1-2013, An OrdinanceAmending Chapter 13, Section 1320 of the Montgomery CityCode.

City of MontgomeryOrdinance No. 1-2013

Section 1320 – FEES BY ORDINANCE1320.01 Fee Schedule. Certain City fees are required by state orlocal law to be set by City Ordinance. OTHER CHARGES

-Water & Sewer Utility Bill 10% 5% of bill amountPast Due Late Fee

-Zoning Permit Fee $25.00A complete printed copy of Ordinance No. 1-2013 is available

for inspection by any person during regular office hours in theoffice of the City Administrator.

(Published in the Montgomery Messenger, Thursday, January17, 2012; No. M852-1-17)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) is a ten-week long course that teaches students about thedangers of substance abuse and the negative consequences that can result from poor choices.

Tri-City United and Holy Redeemer sixth graders are among the millions of school children around theworld who benefit from D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education). The D.A.R.E. curriculum is taughtby Le Sueur County Sheriff officers whose training and experience give them the background needed

to answer the sophisticated questions often posed by young students about drugs and crime.

This page sponsored by these community-minded business and professional people:

The sixth grade class for Craig Nordling is (front, from left) Tad Weiss, MirandaCrosby, Kelly Vlasak, Caitlin Jakes, Hannah Weichmann, Caitlyn Gare, Jaida Lau-vao, Nathan Mitchell, (middle) Nick Duban, Charles Horejsi, Riley Tarter, CarterTuma, Emily Scofield, Jade Carlson, Xavier Best, Hunter Bloom, (back) Alex Wer-merskirschen, Gunner Domine, Alexys Boyd, Ashley Schanus, Sadie Selchow,Joseph Nading, Lizett Arredondo, and Brooke Adamek.

The sixth grade class of Bruce Davis is (front, from left) Candice Blohm, RiannaDoyle, Hannah Barrington, Dawson Hatfield, Xavier Anderson, Jackson Nesmoe,Alex Miland, Monica Duque, (middle) Alex Smisek, Tanner Benz, Kyle Sladek, Jor-gia Pumper, Chris Moti, Nick Kadlec, Tyler Asher, Alexis Anderson, Kayla Horejsi,Courtney Johnson, Abby Mata, (back) Jahir Arcos, Madeline Novotny, Devin Vose-jpka, Sarah Colwell, Jacob Duque, Hannah Von Rump, Anna Sanchez, JeremyBraucks, and Nick Thompson. Missing from the photo are Jonathan Anderson,Logan Goble and Josh Lebrun.

The DARE Class at Holy Redeemer is made up of (front, from left) CassandraKadrlik, Kane Le Sueur County K-9, Sarah Novak, Brennan Rutt, (middle) Shaw-na Berdan, Jaiden Trnka, Mike Fischer, Isaac Rynda, (back) Seargant Dave Struck-man, HRS teachers Michelle Rynda and Laura DeWees.

Wade Young Photos

The sixth grade class of Margaret Schipper is (front, from left) Isaiah Brown, TonyGeist, Riley Schmidt, Colton Rozeboom, Lizzy Trnka, Sammy Roberts, BrandonBohlman, Trina Schroeder, Katelyn Crooms, (middle) Joshua Pichotta, Anton Nel-son, Sam Barnack, Samantha Ellsworth, Elly Novak, Lydia Hayle, MacKenzieHarstad, Hunter Voracek, Alena Schwieger, (back) Logan Enger, Trevor Johnson,Matthew Bartholomew, Bradley Kodada, Cade Passe, Audrey Lukes, Tabitha An-dersen, Maggie Trnka, and Madison Prochaska.

CONGRATULATIONSD.A.R.E.

GRADUATES!

American Legion Post #79, Montgomery

Barnett Bros. Inc.Bisek InteriorsBisek Steam & CleanDr. Mark Brahs D.D.S.Casey’s General Store,

MontgomeryCenter Stage DanceClassic CreationsClip 'n CurlCornerStone

State Bank Member F.D.I.C.

The Cutting EdgeDwayne’s Body Shop

& Auto SalesEdel Town &

Country RealtyEdel Meat MarketEuropean Roasterie, Inc.

Flicek Insurance Agency of Montgomery, Inc.

Frandsen Bank & Trust Montgomery/Lonsdale Member F.D.I.C.

Franek Plumbing &Heating

Franke's BakeryFred's IGA FoodsHappy Hour BarHerrmann DrugHouse of Insurance

Agency, Inc.Fairmont Farmers Mutual Insurance Company

Dr. G.A. Iverson, D.D.S.Keohen Memorial

Funeral HomeKrenik’s Meat ProcessingLakeside Supper Club

LaNette’s Antiques ‘n Lace

Richard C. Lea, AttorneyLonsdale ChiropracticLonsdale Family

Dental ClinicMain Street BarberMarek Law OfficeMBI Design/Build LLCMN Eye ConsultantsMontgomery Area

Community ClubMontgomery Auto RepairMontgomery Locker PlantMontgomery MessengerMontgomery Oil

CompanyN & G Auto Repair Inc.Neaner’s White FrontOam Food ‘n FuelOdenthal Meats

Posy Pantry Floral & GiftsPribyl Body ShopThe Quilters Dream &

Montgomery Music Studio

River Country Co-op Supply

Rud Construction, Inc.Ruhland Electric, Inc.Schleis Tree Service

& NurserySchoenbauer Funeral

HomeSeneca FoodsStasney ElectricTodd’s Auto PartsWarnemunde Law OfficeWayside LiquorWelcome Home

to Montgomery

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Each time consumersmake purchases at LonsdaleLiquor, they are helping tomake Lonsdale parks biggerand better. At the regularmeeting held Thursday, Jan.10, the Lonsdale City Coun-cil approved Resolution2013-06, to transfer $10,000from the Liquor Fund to thePark Fund.

City Administrator JoelErickson said the LiquorStore Committee agreed thatthey would keep a minimumfund balance of at least$90,000 for the store, and al-locate additional funds in theaccount. They also agreedthat they would continue torepay the loan from theSewer Fund with monthlypayments of $3,200, doublewhat was paid in 2012. Final-ly, they agreed that any extrarevenue in the account be al-located between the SewerFund, Park Fund and otherpossible transfers.

In addition, the council ap-proved a resolution to trans-fer a lump sum of $10,800from the liquor store to theSewer Fund as repayment onthe loan.

"Our goal is to get it paidoff as soon as possible," stat-ed Councillor Joe Daleidenwho is the council's represen-tative on the Liquor Storecommittee. "It's a good econ-omy right now for the liquorbusiness."

Councilman Kevin Koda-da shared the Park Board'splans for 2013, and how

some of the allocated LiquorStore funds would be spent.He said with the soil atSticha Park determined to bemostly peat, the structurethat was planned for the sitewould be too costly and notfeasible.

"The peat limits that wholepark –– even the lighting andplumbing," Kodada stated,adding that they are going towork with the Sticha familyto possibly construct an openair pavilion there instead.

Engineering firm selectedfor business park

The Lonsdale City Councilinterviewed two engineeringfirms for the business parkproposed for the southeastcorner of State Hwy. 19 andGarfield Avenue during aspecial meeting held beforethe regular council meetingon Thursday. WSB & Asso-ciates, Inc., I & S Group andtwo other firms submittedproposals for the project inDecember. At that time, Er-ickson informed the councilthat the bids were: "All overthe place. They are all on par,with the exception of con-struction observation. There-in lies the difference in thespread of proposals."

The council chose to inter-view representatives fromWSB and I & S Group onThursday, ultimately choos-ing to work with I & S Groupof Mankato. The decisioncame down to cost as I & SGroup's proposal was$75,000 less than WSB's.

Lonsdale Liquor pays

Wade YoungEditor

A bus carrying four stu-dents from the Tri-City Unit-ed School District slid into aditch early on Friday, Jan. 11,due to an icy patch on a wetroad outside of Lonsdale.None of the students were in-jured.

In an electronic email todistrict families, Superinten-dent Matt Helgerson in-formed parents andguardians of the accident.

He said that Bus #2 on theLonsdale side of the districtencountered slick roadwaysand unfortunately slid intothe ditch. He stated that fourstudents were on this bus atthe time, and that he had im-mediately telephoned theirparents to let them knowwhat happened, that theirchildren were alright, andthat they had been transport-ed to school.

Due to the incident and theslick conditions, Helgerson

added, other buses were re-routed on the Lonsdale sideof the district, causing adelay in pick-up times formany students along theLonsdale Elementary BusRoutes.

He sent out the email to thefamilies in the entire districtbecause so many studentswere affected by the delay.

He also assured parentsand guardians that thatPalmer Bus Service, law en-forcement and the countymaintenance departments arein constant contact on thedays when road conditionsare difficult.

“This morning was tricky,with many roads being unaf-fected, while the gravel roadsand some intersections wereslippery due to last night'srain,” he said. “Palmer BusService drivers exercise greatcare during these difficulttravel times. The safety ofour students is always themain topic of discussion.”

Ice sends morningTCU bus into ditch

Wade Young Photo

Waiting forthe iceSisters Jenna (left) and Katelyn Weiss wait patiently forthe zamboni to smooth the ice at Montgomery’s ice-skat-ing rink on Sunday, Jan. 6. Driving the zamboni was JimZurn of New Prague. The rink is maintained by the TCUYouth Hockey Association that is holding its Hockey Sat-urday on January 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The rink andwarming house are open Monday through Friday, from 8a.m. to 10 p.m. However it is closed for hockey practicesTuesday and Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturdayfrom 1 to 3 p.m.

Kocina Fundraiser is SaturdayThe benefit for Tom Koci-

na will be Saturday, Jan. 19,at the Montgomery Ameri-can Legion Club from 4 to10 p.m.

The son of Ron and KathyKocina, Tom is a father tothree young children,Brodey, 10, Tristin, 6, andMaleia, 4. He was injured ina motorcycle crash on Au-gust 7, and suffered a num-ber of injuries.

He has been recovingphysically from his various

injuries, which includednerve damage to the left sideof his face and back of hishead, a fractured collar bone,ribs, foot, ankles and a dislo-cated shoulder, along withdeep cuts and bruises. Healso suffered a traumaticbrain injury, that has left himunable to work at the presenttime.

Tom is a MLHS graduateand had his own roofing andconstruction business priorto the crash.

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