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Glencoe, Minnesota Vol. 117, No. 29 Wednesday, July 23, 2014CThe McLeod County

Playoff timeTown teams gearing up for late run

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Open housesset Mondayfor 2015 citystreet work

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a continuation of The Glencoe Enterprisewww.glencoenews.com

Diversion report eyes flooding woesBy Rich GlennieEditor

On Monday night, Glencoe City Council re-ceived a preliminary report of what a WillowRidge Pond diversion channel might entail andits cost to help alleviate flooding in the centralportion of the community.

John Rodeberg, city engineering consultantfrom Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH), present-ed a study update on a possible solution to theflooding problems, but he cautioned this wasjust a preliminary analysis.

The study looked at drainage of the water-shed area north of Glencoe, most of which liesoutside the city limits, the impacts of roadcrossings and whether diverting the waterrunoff to the east “will provide a positive cost-to-benefit ratio” in which the benefit derivedexceeds the cost to construct it.

The study update set the cost of such a diver-sion project — taking water from the WillowRidge ponds and sending more of it eastward ata faster rate to the east ditch system — at be-tween $500,000 to $1.5 million.

The lower cost would use a an open ditchsystem when feasible and one 48-inch drainpipe to go along with minimal downstream im-provements to the ditch.

The more expensive option would assumetwo 48-inch sewer pipes will be needed for theentire length of the water route, along withsome downstream improvements and a minimalamount of property or easement acquisition.

Rodeberg called the June 19 floods the“1,000-year flood. It was such an astronomicalevent. It was a monumental amount of water.”

Yet, when looked at, drainage to the eastditch system during that June rain event “was athalf capacity,” Rodeberg said.

Mayor Randy Wilson asked if the proposedWillow Ridge Pond channel would take away50 percent of the water in the central portion ofthe city, and Rodeberg said it should.

He said the aim is to try to do as much of theimprovements with an open ditch with piping to

Chronicle photo by Alyssa Schauer

WCCO’s ‘best food truck’ in the stateLast week, Taquería Del Buen Pastor, thefood truck stationed on the corner of Hen-nepin Avenue and 13th Street, was votedWCCO’s “best food truck” in the state byviewers’ choice. Owned and operated by theRamirez family, the mobile restaurant hasbeen serving authentic Mexican food. In the

front, from left to right, are Adan and Caroli-na Ramirez. In the back are two of theirthree children, Victor and Dolores, who alsowork for the food truck, taking orders andserving food. Missing was their otherdaughter, Carolina.

By Alyssa SchauerStaff Writer

Marinated spicy pork.Fresh homemade gua-camole and tortilla

chips. Flour tortillas bulging withsteaming rice, refried beans,grilled steak, cool sour cream,melted mozzarella cheese, lettuceand juicy tomatoes.

It’s no surprise the local Taque-ria Del Buen Pastor food truckwas voted WCCO viewers’

choice for Minnesota’s “best foodtruck” last week.

The truck, owned and operatedby Adan and Carolina Ramirez ofGlencoe, is located on the cornerof Hennepin Avenue and 13thStreet, across from Casey’sdowntown location. It has been inbusiness for the past two yearsafter the Ramirez family closedtheir traditional restaurant loca-tion in October 2012.

It was always a dream of Car-

olina’s to have her own business.“I never went to school. All Iknow how to do is cook,” Caroli-na laughed.

After the company she and herhusband, Adan, worked for shutdown, she decided to sell tacosand sell her food.

“People really liked that,” herson, Victor, said.

No surprise about‘best food truck’Glencoe’s Taqueria Del Buen Pastor voted tops

County orders schematicdesign for jail project;potentially closing IvesBy Lori CoplerStaff Writer

The McLeod County Board ofCommissioners asked Wold Archi-tects to proceed with a schematicdesign of its proposed jail renova-tion and courthouse security project— including the potential closing ofIves Street and reopening of JuddAvenue.

John McNamara of Wold re-viewed the proposed project, whichhas been on hold while the countywaited out the appeal period on ajudge’s ruling that allows the countyto use the bequest of AnnamarieTudhope, former Glencoe Enterprisepublisher, to fund the project.

Potential heirs had a 90-day win-dow to appeal the judge’s decisionthat will allow the county to spendabout $3.8 million from Tudhope’swill to fund a jail in Glencoe.

McNamara told the County Boardthat the preliminary plan had not in-cluded the closing of Ives Avenue.Although it had been originally pro-posed, the County Board had de-

ferred the closing of Ives Avenuebecause of concerns on traffic flowfor Glencoe Oil. Since then, thecounty has purchased the GlencoeOil property from the Shamla fami-ly, and it is currently being demol-ished.

Closing Ives Avenue will allowthe county to provide handicap-ac-cessible parking on the east side ofthe jail. The proposed expansion,which includes additional jail space,will cut into about half of the exist-ing parking lot to the immediate eastof the existing law enforcement cen-ter.

If the county closes Ives Avenue,it will then reopen Judd Avenue onthe east side of the parking lot thatexists between Ives and the current-ly closed Judd Avenue.

McNamara said there is an esti-mated cost of $160,000 to reopenJudd Avenue, and that the county al-ready has the support of the city ofGlencoe to close Ives and reopen

Big weekend setfor Glencoe Days,‘Heat in Street’

A big weekend is in store whenthe delayed Glencoe Days kick offat 5 p.m. with its annual free cornfeed sponsored by Seneca Foods,and the weekend concludes whenthe Glencoe Lions Beep baseballgame is played Sunday at 1 p.m. atthe old Allen Field near Coborn’s.

In between will be the GlencoeFire Relief Association’s third annu-al Heat in the Street music festivalSaturday at the Glencoe City Center.

Heat in the Street will feature fourconcerts, including headliner JoshThompson, Blackhawk, the Outlawsand the Iron Horse Group. The con-cert will be in the Glencoe CityCenter’s west parking lot.

Gates open Saturday at 5 p.m.,and all proceeds from the Heat inthe Street benefit go to the GlencoeFire Relief Association.

Heat in the Street also is spon-sored by K102 FM, Budweiser andC&L Distributing.

Also on Saturday will be a beanbag tournament in the GlencoeFarmers Market lot on 11th Street,across from the City Center parkinglot.

But before Heat in the Streetevents Saturday, an abbreviated

Glencoe Days will be held at theGlencoe City Center west parkinglot beginning with the corn feed at 5p.m.

The two-day event was originallyscheduled for June 20-21, but heavyrains flooded Oak Leaf Park andforced the cancellation of the com-munity celebration.

But the Glencoe Days Committteedecided to try to hold a one-dayevent instead.

Besides the corn feed, the Fridaylineup also includes free music bythe Road House 6 from 8 p.m. tomidnight. There will be other foodvendors as well.

The evening also will include fire-works beginning at 10 p.m., withviewing from the City Center park-ing lot.

Then on Sunday, the Beep base-ball game pits the Minnesota Millersvisually impaired baseball teamagainst a local team that will playblindfolded.

Glencoe Lion Gary Koch saidCoborn’s also will provide food forthe event with the Glencoe Lionsproviding the servers. Fans shouldbring their own lawnchairs.

Best food truckTurn to page 10

City CouncilTurn to page 10

County BoardTurn to page 10

The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, July 23, 2014, page 2

Vote November 4th for Doug Krueger!• Born and raised on a farm in Sibley County. Resident of McLeod

County for 44 years.• Married to Linda for 34 years, with 3 children and 3 grandchildren.• Small business owner in the trucking industry.• Employed by Michael Foods for 20 years.• Election judge for Glencoe City & Glencoe Township.• Currently serving on the McLeod County Parks Board (12 years).• Hobby farmer/Knowledgeable on farming issues.• Member of American Legion.• Member of 40/8.• Lifetime member of Shady Lane Sportsman Club.• Member of Good Shepherd Church.• Member of the NRA.

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Happenings

Music by the Pond set July 24Grand Meadows Senior Living, 1420 Prairie Ave.,

Glencoe, will be hosting Music by the Pond on Thursday,July 24, at 6:30 p.m. Featured entertainment will beAllen and Mathew Carlson. Visitors are encouraged tobring lawn chairs or blankets and to enter through thefront doors of the building. Refreshments will be served.Come, rain or shine! Call 320-864-5577 with questions.

Rod & Gun Club to meetThe Brownton Rod & Gun Club will meet Monday,

July 28, at 7 p.m. Representatives from the Buffalo CreekWatershed and KNUJ will be present. Lunch will beserved.

Plato blood drive set July 24The Plato Lions Club is sponsoring a Plato area blood

drive on Thursday, July 24, at Discover Church on High-way 212 near Plato. The American Red Cross blood drivewill run from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. To make an appointment todonate, call Ken or Myra Franke at 238-2370.

GHS class of 1958 to reuniteThe Glencoe High School graduating class of 1958

will hold its 56-year reunion at 5 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 2,at Neisen’s Bar & Grill in Biscay. The plan is to meet an-nually on the first Saturday in August. Call MarlysHueser at 864-4639 for more information.

Plato Lions set golf outingThe Plato Lions Club will host a four-person scramble

golf tournament on Monday, Aug. 11, at the GlencoeCountry Club. Registration begins at 11 a.m., and theshotgun start is set for 1 p.m. The entry fee includes agolf cart, dinner and prizes. Contact Ron at 320-238-2285 or e-mail Ken at [email protected] not interested in golfing, but interested in spon-soring a hole or door prize, also can contact the abovepeople. All proceeds from the tournament go towardlocal projects.

‘Minnesota Railroads’ July 27The McLeod County Historical Society and Museum

will host “Minnesota Railroads: A Photographic History1940-2012” at 2 p.m., Sunday, July 27, in the museumeducational media center. Author Steve Glischinski willbe the presenter. The museum is located at 380 SchoolRoad NW, Hutchinson.

Music in the Park continuesThe Glencoe Lions Club Music in the Park series con-

tinues on Wednesday, July 23. Jim and Mike Wendolekwill provide the music for the outdoor concert music se-ries. A meal of a shredded beef sandwich, chips, dessertand beverage will be available from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. withmusic from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Bring a lawn chair andenjoy the music and the food. Proceeds will go towardLions community projects. Call 320-864-5237 with ques-tions. The final Music in the Park for this summer will beon Wednesday, July 30, with entertainment by JackNoennig and the Community Strings.

Glencoe Sportsmen to meetThe Glencoe Sportsmen Club will meet on Monday,

Aug. 4, at 7:30 p.m., at the Glencoe VFW Club meetingroom.

Seniors club to meet July 24 The Glencoe Senior Citizens Club will meet on Thurs-

day, July 24, at 12:30 p.m., in the Glencoe City CenterSenior Room for socializing and games. The senior citi-zens club also will meet at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 29.All senior citizens are invited to attend. More informa-tion can be obtained by calling at 320-864-3799 or 320-510-1551.

To be included in this column, items for Happeningsmust be received in the Chronicle office no later than5 p.m. on Monday of the week they are to be pub-lished. Items received after that will be published else-where in the newspaper as space permits. Happeningsin Glencoe, Brownton, Stewart, Plato, New Auburn,Biscay and Silver Lake take priority over happeningselsewhere.

Chronicle photos by Rich Glennie

ExcavationWorkers began the re-moval of the gas pumpsat Glencoe Oil last week,along with the removal ofthe underground gasolinetanks. Glencoe Oil, for-merly owned by Chuckand John Shamla, wassold to the county earlierthis year. Part of the salesagreement is that theShamlas remove thepumps, tanks and build-ing before October. Theproperty could be part ofa future courthouse ex-pansion project.

The Glencoe High Schoolgraduating class of 1969 willbe hosting a class reunion onFriday, Aug. 8, as well as apublic concert to help raisemoney for the American Can-cer Society.

The class members, the lastgraduating from of the formerhigh school (now the GlencoeCity Center), will return totheir former high school tocelebrate.

According to class memberShar Koch of Arlington, thegathering will tour the oldhigh school at 4 p.m., led byGlencoe alumnus Dan Per-schau; hold an openhouse/dinner with a shortprogram and entertainmentfor the class; and then openthe festivities to the public at8 p.m. to hear Robby Vee andhis Rock & Roll Caravan.

Vee is the son of recordingartist Bobby Vee. The pro-ceeds from the concert willgo American Cancer Society,Koch said.

She said Robby Vee and hisband will pay tribute to themusic and musicians of the1950s and 1960s, includinghis father.

Former Glencoe facultymembers also are invited toattend, and five have accept-ed, Koch said. They includeMarilyn Anderson, LouiseCarlson, Darrol Bussler,Robert Hatlestad and LowellUeland.

Five years ago, Bobby Veeperformed for the class re-union and dance.

For ticket information, con-tact Koch at 507-964-5452 orat [email protected].

Class reunion, RobbyVee concert set Aug. 8

RecordPolice Report

On Wednesday, July 16, at8:01 a.m., an adult woman cuther leg at a 10th Street residenceand paramedics were called tostop the bleeding. The patient re-fused ambulance transportationand was left in the care of heradult granddaughter.

At 7:17 p.m., Wednesday, aresident reported that the previ-ous Sunday her children were atthe Glencoe Aquatics Centerwhen someone flattened the tireson their bicycles. The two tireswere valued at $8 each.

At 3:24 a.m., Thursday, policeassisted the sheriff’s office andMinnesota State Patrol at thescene of a one-vehicle rollover.The driver was trapped, extricat-ed and later transported by am-bulance to Glencoe RegionalHealth Services emergency roomfor treatment. The accident oc-curred on Highway 212 nearBabcock Avenue.

A medical emergency was re-ported at 6:29 a.m., Thursday,from a residence on Abby Lane.A woman was having difficultybreathing and was transported byambulance to the hospital.

A traffic stop at 9:37 p.m.,Thursday, on Highway 212 nearFalcon Avenue, resulted in thearrests of the driver and a pas-senger on outstanding warrants.

A business employee told po-lice that the business had or-dered computers on e-bay, butthe company is still missing fourof the monitors. The employeefiled a theft charge on Friday.

Also on Friday, at 9:21 a.m.,police issued a citation to a driverfor no proof of insurance and noturn signals. The stop was madeon Highway 212 at MorningsideAvenue.

A 12th Street resident reportedat 10:40 a.m., Friday, that some-one attempted to cash a check inCalifornia using his name. Theman said he had not lost anymoney, and his bank hadstopped the transaction.

A collision on 11th Street re-sulted in one of the drivers beingcited for failure to yield and mak-ing an unsafe change of course.The incident occurred at 12:43p.m.

A resident reported Friday af-ternoon that the topper on his ve-hicle had been damaged while inthe 12th Street area.

Police received a report of asuspicious person under 18 inthe Coborn’s parking lot at 12:32a.m., Saturday. Two juvenileswere cited for being out after cur-few.

Two medical emergencieswere handled early Saturdaymorning. The first was at 1:32a.m. and involved a “rolling med-ical” as a Lester Prairie personwas trying to get to the Glencoehospital. Police assisted thesheriff’s office with an escort. Thesecond incident was at 4:07 a.m.when an elderly woman fell in herapartment at Grand Meadowsand was taken by ambulance tothe hospital emergency room.

A traffic stop at 9:44 a.m., Sat-urday, at Ford Avenue and 120thStreet, resulted in the driverbeing cited for driving after sus-pension and given a verbal warn-ing for speeding.

A driver was cited for havingan open container of alcohol inhis car when stopped at 8:46p.m., Saturday, on Pryor Avenueand 10th Street. A passengeralso was cited for having an opencontainer.

A driver was cited for allowingher child under 8 to be out of abooster seat in the vehicle. Thedriver also received a verbalwarning about not displayingtrailer lights.

A man with COPD was havingdiff iculty breathing and wastransported to the hospital byambulance from his Judd Avenueresidence.

A driver was stopped on Hen-nepin Avenue at 11:48 p.m., Sun-day, and charged with third-de-gree driving while intoxicated, re-fusal of a breath test.

A warrant was served on a10th Street resident, who was ar-rested for fourth-degree drivingwhile intoxicated and possessingdrug paraphernalia.

Police were called to an 11thStreet location at 11:53 p.m.,Monday, concerning a fight. Awoman was arrested for disor-derly conduct.

Common Cup Ministry, inconjunction with the Salva-tion Army, will again besponsoring a McLeod CountyBack to School Drive forschool supplies and distribu-tion for the 2014-15 schoolyear.

The distribution site in theGlencoe area will be at FirstLutheran School between 5p.m. and 8 p.m., Wednesday,Aug. 20, and 9 a.m. to 11a.m., Thursday, Aug. 21.

Parents requesting schoolsupplies for their childrenneed to use the official re-quest form that is available atarea schools and churches, orby calling Common Cup at320-587-2213 to have a formmailed.

Common Cup spokesper-son Bev Bonte said that goingback to school for some fami-lies is not pleasant. “Manydread the return because ofadded pressure of not havingthe right clothes to wear, nothaving a nifty haircut and not

having the required schoolsupplies on the list.”

Common Cup and the Sal-vation Army are trying tomake going back to schooleasier, Bonte added, by sup-plying some of the basicschool supplies.

The Salvation Army haspurchased 400 backpacks,Bonte said.

“Our goal is to gatherenough supplies to match orexceed the number of donat-ed backpacks so each childcan fill their backpack withthe basic supplies needed,”Bonte said.

Anyone making donationscan drop them off at Com-mon Cup Ministry or at one’slocal church. Monetary dona-tions also are accepted andwill be used to purchase addi-tonal supplies, Bonte added.“Every little bit helps!”

The basic school suppliesinclude: No. 2 pencils,erasers, four-ounce bottle ofglue, glue sticks, pencil boxes

and bags, plastic pocket fold-ers, spiral notebooks, scissors(Fiskar), rulers, boxes ofcolor markers, loose leafpaper, boxes of colored pen-cils, highlighting markers,protactors, compasses, calcu-lators, three-ring binders,black line Sharpie markers,pencil sharpeners with cov-ers, pens (black, red, blue),Prang water colors, four-packof dry erase markers, diction-aries, thesauruses and back-packs.

Church and businesses willdeliver the collected suppliesto First Lutheran School onAug. 18 for distribution Aug.20-21.

“Common Cup Ministryand the Salvation Army ap-preciate your help in provid-ing children with school sup-plies they need to do well inschool,” Bonte said.

Anyone with questions cancall Bonte at 234-8344 orJackie Olson at 583-3423.

County Back to School drive to getunder way; distribution set Aug. 20-21

The terms of three Glen-coe-Silver Lake school boardmembers will end this year:Chair Clark Christianson,Clerk Anne Twiss, and Direc-tor Jason Lindeman.

Filing will open for the of-fice of school board memberon July 29 and closes on Aug.12. Terms will be for fouryears and will begin on Jan.5, 2015.

In order to serve on theschool board, a candidatemust be 21 years of age or

more on assuming office,must have been a resident ofthe school district for 30 daysbefore the general election,and must have no other affi-davit on file for any other of-fice at the same general elec-tion.

In order to file for schoolboard, an affidavit of candi-dacy must be filed at the dis-trict office at Lincoln JuniorHigh School, 1621 E. 16thSt., Glencoe, and the $2 filingfee is to be paid before 5 p.m.

on Aug. 12. The general elec-tion will be on Tuesday, Nov.4.

For more informationabout filing for the GSLSchool Board, contact DawnPeterson, superintendent’ssecretary, at 320-864-2495 orat [email protected].

Contact Chris Sonju, super-intendent of schools, at 320-864-2498 or [email protected] for additionalinformation about serving onthe school board.

3 seats up for GSL Board election

Corrections

In last week’s Chroniclephoto of Music in the Park,the editor made the mistakeof calling Chuck Thiel’s con-certina an accordion. If thatwas not bad enough, the edi-tor went on to also err inJason Thiel’s playing theorgan when in reality it was akeyboard. Oops.

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Chronicle strives for accu-racy in its reports. If youfind an error, bring it toour attention. Call 320-864-5518 and ask for RichGlennie, editor.


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Chronicle photo by Rich Glennie

Donation to fire departmentThe Cargill Cares Committee selected the Glencoe FireDepartment as the recipient of a $2,320 gift of a Husqvar-na rescue saw with several blades. At the formal presen-tation last week at the fire hall were, from left, firefighterJeremy Mattson, Ben Kunzia, a farm marketer withCargill, firefighter Mark Simons, Jim Nelson, a personalmarketing manager with Cargill Ag Horizon MarketingServices, firefighter Jon Dahlke and Assistant Fire Chief

Scott Dietz. The equipment recently arrived, and Dietzsaid firefighters will get specialized training on the multi-purpose piece of rescue equipment. Dahlke said theequipment is designed to cut through metal and con-crete for use in rescues on the farm, such as whensomeone gets entangled in farm equipment or en-trapped in a farm structure. “Hopefully, you never haveto use it,” Kunzia said.

By Rich GlennieEditor

The proposed 2015 streetimprovement projects will bethe subject of a come-and-goopen house at the GlencoeCity Center’s Grand Ball-room on Monday at 1 p.m.and again at 6 p.m.

John Rodeberg, city con-sulting engineer from ShortElliott Hendrickson (SEH),said, “this is not a hearing,”but rather to “get feedback onroads, trails and trees” fromresidents who will be affect-

ed.The open house will be

split in two.One will apply to residents

in the area around LincolnPark from Greeley Avenuewest to Chandler Avenue andfrom Sixth Street north to10th Street.

That project will includetotal reconstruction of under-ground utilities, possible ad-justing of street widths, theinstallation or replacement ofsidewalks and construction ofa bituminous biking-hiking

trail along Elliott Avenue.Whatever is decided also

could impact trees that linestreets in that area.

The other open house willbe for the total reconstructionof Armstrong Avenue fromSeventh Street north to 13thStreet. It also applies to resi-dents living between Chan-dler Avenue west to Arm-strong Avenue.

Rodeberg said more formalhearings will take place laterthis year once the projectcosts and assessments are de-

termined.In a related matter, Rode-

berg said a tree survey isunder way in the LincolnPark area, and preliminary re-sults indicted a wide varietyof trees were identified andthe vast majority were ingood health.

The survey is expected tobe completed by the end ofJuly.

Rodeberg suggested work-ing around the trees whenev-er possible.

Open houses Monday on 2015street projects; input sought

By Rich GlennieEditor

Glencoe City Council ap-proved a change order to its2014 street improvementwork on Monday night thatextended the deadline onsome of the West 17th Streetwork, and added $6,100 incrack sealing and sealcoatingof the city’s police and liquorstore parking lots.

John Rodeberg, city engi-neering consultant from ShortElliott Hendrickson (SEH),said the West 17th Street re-construction work fell behindschedule because of theheavy rains in June. Some ofthe curb work has failed andneeds to be replaced as well.Some soil corrections alsowere required.

Rodeberg said dealing withthe contractor has been diffi-cult at times, but he said thecity has maintained its posi-tion of getting the work doneon time.

As a result, work is gettingdone on West 17th Street andFir Avenue, Rodeberg said,

because additional workersare on site. The completiondate is Friday.

He said the contractor hasnot been happy with SEHover the situation, Rodebergsaid. “We’re pushing the con-tractor hard.”

But Rodeberg recommend-ed the crack sealing and seal-coating work deadline be ex-tended until Aug. 15 for thesubcontractor to complete thejob.

Council member GaryZiemer asked what happens ifthe contractor disagrees withthe city’s position on enforc-ing deadlines and not payingadditional costs for the work.“What’s next?”

“It’s up to them,” Rodebergsaid. He said the contractorcan bill the city for the addi-itonal work if he likes.

But City AdministratorMark Larson said the city al-ways withholds a percentageof funds until final inspec-tions are completed, and itplans to do just that.

Council member John

Schrupp noted that the con-tractor had already receivedone extension due to therainy weather.

Rodeberg said at that time,there was a prediction ofmore heavy rains in June, yetthe contractor opened up thestreet anyway, causing addi-tional delays in the project.

“They took a risk theyprobably should not have,”Rodeberg said. “That wastheir decision.”

As to the additional $6,100in change orders for cracksealing and sealcoating workon the city parking lots at theliquor store and police sta-tion, Rodeberg said that wasa good price.

He said the work wouldmake both lots “look likenew.” Rodeberg added thatboth lots are in good shape,and the sealcoating will addto their longevity.

Also included in the seal-coating work is the parkinglot next to DaVita Dialysis onHennepin Avenue.

Change order approvedon W. 17th St. project

Building Permits

The following building permitswere approved by the GlencoeCity Council Monday, July 21:

Miller Manufacturing, 1450 W.13th St., sprinkler system.

Ag Star Financial, 1710 E.10th St., remodel.

Sharon Hoese, 1305 E. 20thSt., deck.

Terry Anderson, 1603 BaxterAve., reside garage.

CLT Partners LLC, 1103 Gru-enhagen Drive, footings/founda-tion.

Lona Oltmann, 308 PleasantAve., remodel.

Brad Boock, 1203 Union Ave.,reroof.

John Mrsich, 914 StevensAve., plumbing, windows, doors,remodel.

Marge Blasing, 1415 RangerDrive, plumbing permit.

Earl VonBerge, 1801 E. 1stSt., plumbing permit.

Jeff Cummins, 205 DouglasDrive, reside.

Steve Ruder, 1510 E. 16th St.,mechanical permit.

Francisco Vega, 1926 E. 16thSt., reroof.

NU-Telecom, 2104 E. 10th St.,mechanical permit.

Jonathan Gueningsman, 831Baxter Ave., fence.

Sarah Howe, 1311 ChandlerAve., fence.

Chronicle photo by Rich Glennie

Live farm broadcastJeremy Stender of KGLB Radio, left,Blake Kaping, center, location managerfor Midwest Machinery in Glencoe, andLynn Ketelsen of the Linder Farm Net-work were all a part of a live broadcastfrom the Glencoe facility last Wednesday.

It was a part of Farm & Ag Day that in-cluded interviews, the Linder Farm Net-work’s mid-day farm review, a tour of theMidwest Machinery facility and a meal forcustomers and visitors later in the day.

Distrct 18 state Sen. ScottNewman, R-Hutchinson, acandidate for Minnesota At-torney General, has hiredSen. Dave Thompson, R-Lakeville, to manage hiscampaign.

“I am excited to have DaveThompson on board to directour campaign over the nextfour months,” Newman saidlast week. “Dave has exten-sive experience in politics,media and business. And heunderstands the demands of astatewide campaign.”

Thompson added, “ScottNewman is a dedicated pub-lic servant who has chosen toserve the people rather thanrelax in retirement. He willprotect Minnesota’s con-sumers, while at the sametime recognizing the valuablecontributions of local busi-ness owners.

Newman is the Republi-can-endorsed candidate forAttorney General. He is serv-ing his second term in theMinnesota Senate.

Newmannames AGcampaignmanager

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Question of the weekFormer Minnesota Gov. Jessie Ventura is currrently

locked in a legal battle with the family of the late Chris Kyle, a fellowNavy SEAL and author of a book Ventura claims defamed him.

The verdict is now in the hands of a jury. Who do you think is right?1) Jesse Ventura

2) Chris Kyle3) Both

4) Neither5) Don’t really care

Results for most recent question:If the Republican primary election for a gubernatorial candidate was

held today, who would you favor?• Marty Siefert — 31%• Scott Honour — 5%• Kurt Zellers — 8%

• Jeff Johnson — 48%• David Thompson — 3%

Brian DuVall-Gambino — 3%Rob Farnsworth — 4%

80 votes. New question runs July 23-29

You can

voteonline at w w w. g l e n c o e n e w s . c o m

One can sure tell there is anelection this year. Thepoliticians, or their surro-

gates, have been showing up withmore frequency of late. Especiallythe Republican candidates for gover-nor, who have been stumbling overthemselves to pronounce they arethe most electable, thus the worthi-est opponent for incumbent DFLGov. Mark Dayton.

The GOP gubernatorial hopefulsare canvassing the state seeking sup-port in the crucial Aug. 12 primaryelection. Yes, voters, there is a pri-mary election this year.

The latest visitor was Bill Kuisle,the lieutenant governor runningmate of gubernatorial candidate JeffJohnson, a Hennepin County com-missioner.

Well, his visit was cut short by aflat tire, and his conversation wasover the phone as he was hustlingpast Glencoe to his next appoint-ment.

Kuisle, a former state Housemember, is from the Rochester area,and has teamed with Johnson, ametro politician to balance out theticket with a rural-metro mix.

Johnson, however, is a DetroitLakes native, and therefore canclaim a more impressive “out-state”team than Marty Seifert of Marshall.Seifert’s running mate, Pam Myhra,is a two-term House member fromBurnsville. The Seifert-Myhra slateis not only a rural-metro mix, but agender mix as well.

Squeezed between those visitswas one by John and Mary Honour,parents of Scott Honour, a capital in-vestor and political novice, who fig-ures his lack of political experienceis a benefit, not a detriment to beingelected.

The Honours say their son isknown for fixing distressed busi-nesses, so that approach can be ap-plied to distressed state government,too. Honour is a Mound native.

Whenever the politicians traveloutside the seven-county metro area,they take on the airs of being rural

Minnesota’s favorite sons.It’s a game of who can be the

most rural in the quest for GreaterMinnesota votes. Once campaigningin the metro area, we suspect thetune changes to match that audience.

Asked why the Johnson-Kuisleticket is the best for Republicans,Kuisle admitted there is little sepa-rating the candidates on the basic is-sues like smaller government, moresensible state regulations on busi-nesses, more dollars for transporta-tion, but not for light rail transit, andcreating and retaining more jobs inMinnesota.

Kuisle said he and Johnson are“more electable,” because they arethe endorsed GOP candidates. But inorder to get elected, the Republicanslate needs “to get the independentvoters,” Kuisle stressed. He did notexplain how that happens.

The awkward part of a Republicanprimary is these candidates are allon the same side, so bad-mouthingyour fellow Republicans is a no-no.So, what makes any GOP candidatedifferent than any other?

Good question.That is why it is important for vot-

ers to turn out for the Aug. 12 pri-mary election, and for candidates toreach out and get their messagesheard before the primary. The fieldof candidates needs to be whittleddown to make it a simpler processby the Nov. 4 general election.

Kuisle, along with earlier visitorslike Seifert and the parents of ScottHonour, all plan to abide by the pri-mary results. Whoever the voters se-lect will be on the GOP side of theNov. 4 ballot. They will support thatverdict.

There are others in the GOP racefor governor, too, but they have notyet shown up at The Chronicle’sdoor.

But there is still time.While we are talking elections, fil-

ings for area municipal and schoolboard elections begin July 29 andclose Aug. 12. Get involved.

— R.G.

The GOP message isthe same, so who to

pick in Aug. 12 primary?Our view: Election year brings out candidates,

but picking a GOP winner may be difficult

Nearly 40 years ago, I was sittingat my editor ’s desk at the FortFrances (Ontario) Times and inwalks my predecessor, CarlSchubring. He is in his 70s, walkswith a cane and had been the editorof the Times for more years thananyone could remember.

He came in with a little advice onhow I should do my job and who Ishould talk to in order to get a story.It was unsolicited, and for the mostpart, wasted my time.

I was polite enough, but I just did-n’t want to hear from a man whowas of a different era, who didthings the old-fashioned way, andtruthfully, put out what I consideredan awful-looking newspaper.

I was hired to make the Timeslook, well, modern.

I know what I’m doing, trust me, Isuggested to Mr. Schubring.

In hindsight, I did not treat himvery respectfully, and I later regret-ted that.

On top of that, the former co-owner of the paper, well into his

80s, often stopped by to talk, too. Itwas usually about deadline time,when I had little time to spare put-ting out the daily newspaper. It wasan inconvenience, to say the least.He, too, offered unsolicited advice.

I was in my late 20s at the time,and I thought I knew it all. I laterdiscovered I did not.

I told myself I would never be likethem; old newspapermen who justcould not fade away.

Now the shoe is on the other foot.I’m about to retire.

I have since learned these elderlygentlemen knew what they weretalking about. Not necessarily aboutdesigning or laying out a modernnewspaper, but about how to listento others and take the time to com-municate about the news they hadcome across while traveling aroundtown. They had the new sourcesafter decades of experience.

Had I listened, I would have savedmyself a lot of time doing my job.But I was too young, and too proudback then.

The one thing I eventually learnedwas to stop and listen. I also learnedto not offer unsolicited advice unlessasked first.

Hopefully, the young people tak-ing the reins of The Chronicle begin-ning in August can learn a fewthings from my mistakes.

But then again, sometimes thebest learning experience is doing itthe hard way. Those lessons learnedstay with you a lot longer.

I know.

I’ll never be like them; well, here I am

Rich Glennie

I have an aversion to filling outforms.

I think it all started in my junioryear of high school, when we startedfilling out financial aid applicationsfor college. My dad, with his “mis-ery loves company” philosophy,made me sit at the kitchen table withhim to fill out the forms, when all Ireally wanted was to be out cruisingaround town with my friends.

So when the U.S. Census Bureaustarted sending me requests to fillout its American Community Surveyonline, I tossed the mail on thekitchen counter with the intent to getto it “later,” as in never.

But the requests kept coming, andfinally I got a post card from theCensus Bureau filled with type thatwas all boldfaced and capitalized,which our publisher refers to as“shouting” in print.

One of the boldfaced statementswas “your response to this survey isrequired by U.S. law.”

And if I broke the law and didn’tfill out the survey?

“If you do not respond, a CensusBureau interviewer may contact youto complete the survey.”

Wow, these people play hardball.

With that threat in mind, I imme-diately (two days later) got on mylaptop to complete the survey. Afterlogging in, a message popped upsaying that the survey could take upto 40 minutes and gave me a pass-word in case my session “timedout.”

Forty minutes of torture. I’d bettergrab a beer, I thought. Or three.

All of the questions were in bold-faced type, capitalized. Still shout-ing.

I know I’ve filled out census sur-veys before, but this one seemed tocenter around economic statistics.There were questions about my utili-

ty bills, property taxes, computeruse, income, etc.

Nowhere was there a responsechoice of “none of your business,”which is pretty much how I feelabout the government collectingdata from its citizens.

According to information sent bythe Census Bureau, “local and na-tional leaders use the informationfrom this survey for planningschools, hospitals, roads and othercommunity needs.”

Right. Knowing how much mynatural gas bill is each month willhelp the government decide if High-way 212 should be expanded to afour-lane, or if a hospital should bebuilt in Brownton.

But what could I do? With thethreat of a phone call or a visit froma census employee hanging over myhead, I had no choice.

And if nothing else, I becameeven more painfully aware of justhow much I spent to heat my hum-ble abode last winter.

It’s time to invest in some moreinsulation, I thought. Unless I haveto fill out a form for that. Then it canwait until next year.

Community survey? 40 minutes of torture

Lori Copler


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Habitat for Humanity typi-cally builds new homes withpartner families, but this yearin McLeod County, some-thing new has begun. CrowRiver Habitat is also workingwith volunteers to help exist-ing homeowners spruce uptheir home and neighborhoodthrough a program called ABrush with Kindness.

This program concentrateson repairing and maintainingexisting homes through proj-ects like installing accessibil-ity ramps, exterior painting,weatherization, porch repairor light landscaping.

To be eligible for the pro-gram, homeowners must havea need for work, an ability topay for the cost of the materi-als, and a willingness to workon the project with the volun-teers.

Low-income homeownersin McLeod County, whowould not otherwise be ableto make the repairs, are en-couraged to contact the Habi-tat office at 320-587-8868 fora pre-application.

“This new program pro-vides us with more options toserve our community,” saidTodd Schnobrich, CrowRiver Habitat constructionmanager. “Upgrading exist-ing homes not only makes thehomes safer and more effi-cient, it also cultivates com-munity pride.”

Crow River Habitat plansto construct a new home in2015 again, and is seekingpotential partner families inMcLeod County now. Appli-cants must have regular in-come sufficient to pay fortheir new Habitat house.

In addition to the new pro-gram, Habitat has new lead-ership. Michele Meis beganas executive director in April.Meis’ background is in com-puters and real estate, and shelooks forward to workingwith the community to helphomeowners live in safe anddecent homes.

To learn more about CrowRiver Habitat, call 320-587-8868, visit crhfh.org.

Crow River Habitat forHumanity has built 22 homesin McLeod County since1994. It costs approximately$100,000 to $120,000 tobuild a quality three-bed-room, one-bath home.

Project funds come in theform of gifts and no-interestloans. Homes are sold, atcost, on 20- to 30-year inter-est-free mortgages held byCrow River Habitat for Hu-manity. Loan payments (ap-proximately $550 to $650 permonth) include principal,taxes, insurance, maintenanceand are recycled to the build-ing fund.

Homeowners invest 400hours of “sweat equity” and a

down payment of approxi-mately $1,200. Potentialhomeowners are screened bythe family selection commit-tee. A written application isfollowed by an extensivehome visit. Applicants musthave regular income suffi-cient to pay for their newHabitat house.

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Since 1976, Habitat hasserved more than 500,000families by welcoming peo-ple of all races, religions andnationalities to construct, re-habilitate or preserve homes;by advocating for fair andjust housing policies; and byproviding training and accessto resources to help familiesimprove their shelter condi-tions.

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Crow River Habitat to helpspruce up homes this year

Chronicle photosby Alyssa Schauer

Farmers Market The Glencoe FarmersMarket is in full swing,open every Thursday, 3p.m. to 6 p.m., until Oct.30. The market is locatedat the grassy plaza acrossfrom the Glencoe CityCenter on 11th Street.Above is John Tucker, aweekly vendor who sellsfresh produce. To the leftare Ashley Lavedz andLoren Mueller shopping atthe market. Ashley comesall the way from Nevadato spend time with hergrandparents in Glencoe.For more informationabout the farmers market,visit www.glencoefarmersmarket.weebly.com, orcall 320-864-3650.

My cooking club from thechurch in Maple Grove whereI used to belong did some-thing a little different for ourmeeting this last weekend.The church in Maple Grove ishosting families through Bea-con’s Families Moving For-ward for the week.

Beacon’s Families MovingForward offers homeless families with tempo-rary shelter, meals and support with job andhousing searches.

Congregations around the Twin Cities hostthe families for a week at a time, providinglodging, meals, activities and fellowship.

Groups throughout the congregation volun-teered for the meal preparation and servingand hosting the activities.

Our group took Sunday night. Since we al-ways have a themed dinner, we chose to dofamily or kid-friendly for the occasion.

I made macaroni and cheese and sloppyjoes. I have my go to recipes for both, but inthe spirit of trying something new, I foundthese two easy and delicious recipes.

Sloppy Joes2 pounds hamburger1 chopped onion1 cup ketchup2 tablespoons mustard1-1/2 tablespoons vinegar4 tablespoons brown sugar2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce (option-

al)Salt and pepper to taste

Brown hamburger and onion. Add remain-

ing ingredients and simmer for a few minutes.Serve on buns or however you like your Slop-py Joes.

Slow Cooker Macaroni and Cheese12 ounces uncooked elbow macaroni4 tablespoons butter, cut into cubes1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk1-1/2 cups half & half3 cups (12 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese8 ounces Velveeta cheese, cut into cubes1/4 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon pepper

Spray 3-1/2 to 4-quart slow cooker withcooking spray or use slow cooker liner. Cookthe pasta to al dente and drain. Place the mac-aroni in the slow cooker, immediately add thebutter and stir until melted.

Add the evaporated milk, half & half, 2-1/2cups of the cheddar cheese, the Velveeta, saltand pepper; stir to blend well.

Cover and cook on low for 2 to 3 hours (ifyou have a larger slow cooker, decrease thecooking time). During the last 15 minutes ofcooking, sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cupof cheddar cheese. Once done, turn the slowcooker setting to warm until ready to serve.

Both recipes are easily doubled for a largercrowd.

Comfort food for every family

My Turn NowBy Karin Ramige Cornwell

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70-year class reunionThe 70-year reunion of the Glencoe HighSchool class of 1944 was held recently atUnhinged! Pizza in Glencoe. The fiveclassmates and two spouses attendingwere, from left, clockwise, Arlene “Dot-

sie” (Albrecht) Kottke, Wayne Howe,Marlys (Hoernemann) Rehmann, her hus-band, Rollie Rehmann, LeRoy Donnayand wife, Delores Donnay, and Martha(Popelka) Urban.


On a 3-1 vote, the SilverLake City Council finally ap-proved an ordinance for man-aging the city’s tree popula-tion and establishing a treecommission.

City Clerk Kerry Venierprovided councilors with treeordinances from Hutchinsonand Glencoe to give someguidance, and he remindedthe Council that the goal ofthe tree ordinance is to pro-tect the tree population in Sil-ver Lake.

“Again, the big thing to re-member is that this is not anordinance designed to punishor single out people. It is de-signed to manage the city’stree population and to giveguidance to a tree board,” Ve-nier said. “The ordinance isset up to be proactive.”

Venier said creating the or-dinance was a requirement toreceive money from thestate’s forestry grant, whichwas developed to help citiesdiversify their tree popula-tions.

Councilor Eric Nelsononce again outlined his con-cerns with the ordinance,specifically regarding the lan-guage about the duties, quali-fications and authority of thearborist, the stated penaltiesfor violating the ordinanceand the idea of required per-mits for fertilizing and prun-ing trees in public right-of-ways.

Nelson felt the ordinancewas giving the arborist theright to make rules aboutmaintaining and removingtrees in the city at his/herown liberty, and he also feltthe city arborist should haveexperience or training in pub-lic relations.

He also wanted to omit theentire section about enforce-ment of the ordinance thatstated “any person, firm orcorporation in violation ofcompliance with any of theprovisions of this ordinanceshall be guilty of a misde-meanor” and be fined a sumno less than $100 nor morethan $1,000.

“That goes on yourrecord,” Nelson said. He feltthat was a harsh penalty andsuggested finding a differentway, “something with a dif-ferent bite to enforce this treeordinance if we go forward.”

Venier and Mayor BruceBebo reiterated that thepenalties are meant for those“deliberately damaging treeson public property.”

Nelson also questioned thepermit process and felt it un-necessary for residents to ob-tain permits to fertilize and/orprune trees on their properties

adjacent to public right-of-ways.

Bebo asked Venier whatstipulates a permit, and Ve-nier said the city does not“plan on having a bigprocess. It could be as easy asasking a question about thetask at hand.”

Venier said it does not al-ways have to be a writtenagreement; it could be assimple as a discussion or con-versation with the city ar-borist.

Bebo said to ease Nelson’sconcerns, there should bemore of a separation betweenprivate and public propertyrights regarding the tree pop-ulation.

“There’s some gray area,”Bebo said.

“Seems like a lot of grayarea to me. I just wanted youall to know my side of it,”Nelson said.

He added: “I’m not sayingI’m against the ordinance.I’m not saying that at all.There just needs to be a betterline drawn between what thecity will do (and what’s ex-pected of the residents).”

Councilor Nolan Johnsonasked if an arborist couldlook at the tree ordinance.Bebo said, “That’s who wrotethis.”

“We’re not going to go outand hammer people. The pur-pose of this ordinance is toreconize the city forest as anasset to the community. It’s atool to help manage it,” Ve-nier said.

Nelson said he would ap-prove the ordinance if Coun-cil agreed to omit the sectionabout enforcement and penal-ties.

“I don’t know where we’dcover them (penalties),” Bebosaid.

Councilor Pat Fogarty alsodisagreed with Nelson andsaid “there has to be somesort of penalty. Otherwisethere would be no conse-quences.”

Nelson said there are al-ready consequences forthings like long grass andother blight issues.

“Yeah, but those conse-quences are listed in other or-dinances,” Fogarty said.

“Damage to public trees.There should be some bite,”Johnson said.

Nelson was concerned withhomeowners being cited forpruning trees or unintention-ally fertilizing trees in thepublic right-of-ways, and Ve-nier compared the enforce-ment of the ordinance to jay-walking.

He said that “maybe twotickets” have been issued forjaywalking in the history ofthe city, and that was in thelate 1800s. He said someone“intentionally damagingtrees” should be penalized.

Fogarty moved to approvethe ordinance with the conse-quences listed and Johnsonseconded the motion. TheCouncil approved 3-1 withNelson casting the dissentingvote.

SL Council OKs treeordinance on 3-1 vote

Chronicle photosby Alyssa Schauer

Circus sweetsOn Sunday, the “Candy-land Circus” was in townat the Glencoe City Centerfor two shows featuringjuggling acts, magicclowns, daredevils andSpongebob Squarepants.Unlike most circusevents, Sunday’s circuswas set up in the eastwing of the Glencoe CityCenter instead of a tent,but concessions wereavailable and it seemedmost children enjoyedcotton candy, popcornand sno cones. Above areAlexia Dittmar and AshbyFarenbaugh-Smahel andto the right are Tiara andChristana Mays.

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Stewart class of 1959The Stewart High School class of 1959 re-united for its 55-year reunion July 12 atOakdale Country Club near Buffalo Lake.The class consisted of 41 students, eightof whom are deceased. Fifteen class-mates attended the reunion. They includ-ed, front row, from left, Val (Roepke)Uecker, DeLoris (Schulz) Boehlert, Mar-

jorie (Hahn) Klabunde and Marjorie (Eitel)Streich; middle row, Janice (Zieman)Klabunde, Connie (Black) Woeffel, Au-drey (Schwartz) Borchert, Kathy (Pfaff)Schroeder, Carolyn (Martin) Kasal andElsie (Bethke) Johnson; and, back,Richard Navara, Patrick Maiers, LowellLewin, Dennis Lenz and Rolland Ebent.

Representing agriculturalachievement in diverse farm-ing operations, 74 familiesfrom throughout Minnesotaare being honored as a 2014Farm Family of the Year bythe University of Minnesota.

The Roger and Peggy En-gelmann Dairy Farm of Platoin McLeod County and theTony and Patti Fisher familyin Meeker County were twoof this year’s selections.

The farm families will berecognized in ceremonies be-ginning at 1:30 p.m., Thurs-day, Aug. 7, at the annualMinnesota Farmfest on theGilfillan Estate near RedwoodFalls. The event is in the WickBuildings Farmfest Center onthe estate grounds.

The farm families representeach county participating inthe program. They were cho-sen by local University ofMinnesota Extension commit-tees based on their demon-strated commitment to en-hancing and supporting agri-culture.

“The farm families receiv-ing this year’s honors exem-plify what makes Minnesotaagriculture strong. They bringinnovation, science and hardwork to farming. They caregreatly about the land and ani-mals and delivering qualityproducts to consumers world-wide,” said Bev Durgan, deanof Extension. “The Universityof Minnesota takes great pridein honoring these families.”

*****In 1945 Engelmann Dairy

was purchased by Roger En-gelmann’s parents. Roger andPeggy joined them in 1973. Atthe time of partnering, therewere 40 milk cows and asmall hog operation.

As time went on, the pigswere phased out of the opera-tion, and the dairy was ex-panded. In 1986, Peggy andRoger bought the farm.

They continued to grow thedairy and make improvementsto the farm. After their sonsgraduated from college, theyjoined the operation; Chris in1999 and Josh in 2001.

In 2003, Chris and Joshpurchased Woodland Dairy, adairy with 1,200 cows in Wa-verly, and in 2009 they pur-chased a heifer facility east ofWinsted.

Today, Engelmann Dairymilks 550 cows. The calvingfor both farms is done at En-glemann Dairy in Plato, andthe calf raising is done at theheifer facility.

The Engelmanns run 3,500acres of alfalfa, corn, and soy-beans. Roger and Peggy En-gelmann enjoy partneringwith their two sons and onedaughter-in-law — Chris,Josh, and Kristin Engelmann.

They are also thrilled to re-ceive help in the summer fromgranddaughter, SamanthaLogue.

Peggy Engelmann is in-volved with the McLeodDairy Association Board andDairy Princess program.

Roger Engelmann is on thefeedlot committee forMcLeod County. The Engel-manns donate dairy productsfor the local Lions celebra-tions and for Plato’s DairyDay Event and do toursthroughout the year.

***** The Tony and Patti Fisher

family near Watkins wasnamed Meeker County FarmFamily of the Year.

The Fisher Family Farm,was homesteaded in 1876 byhis great-great grandfatherPeter Pennertz. Tony beganfarming with his parents in1985.

Today the Fishers milk 65cows. They raise all of theirown young stock and feed outthe bull calves.

In addition to the livestock,they grow corn, soybeans, al-falfa, and wheat.

’14 Farm Families of year named

Farm NotesBy Nathan Winter

24 Browntonseniors meton Monday

Twenty-four Browntonsenior citizens met Monday,July 21, at the communitycenter.

Cards were played with thefollowing winners: 500, The-ola Fors, first, and EuniceSchuette, second; pinochle,Betty Katzenmeyer, first, andBernetta Alsleben, second;and sheephead, Lil Linde-man, first, and Elmer Maass,second.

Della Schultz won the doorprize. Audrey Tongen servedrefreshments.

The next meeting will beMonday, July 28, at 1 p.m.All area seniors are wel-come.

New AuburnVFW Post 7266pays for July 4fireworks

The New Auburn VFWPost 7266 July 9 meetingwas called to order by SeniorVice Commander WillardGrack.

The Post’s donation was toPrecocious Pyrotechnics Inc.for $5,000 for the Fourth ofJuly fireworks.

The next meeting of Post7266 will be at 7 p.m.,Wednesday, Aug. 13.


Thurs., July 24 — AA Group mtg. next to PostOffice in Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 forinfo.Sun., July 27 — McLeod County Historical So-

ciety and Museum will host “Minnesota Railroads:A Photographic History 1940-2012,” 380 SchoolRoad NW, Hutchinson, 2 p.m.Mon., July 28 — Tops Weigh-In mtg., 5-5:30

p.m.; Brownton Senior Citizens Club, BrowntonCommunity Center, 1 p.m.; Brownton Rod & GunClub, 7 p.m.Tues., July 29 — Narcotics Anonymous, Brown-

ton Community Center, 7 p.m.Thurs., July 31 — AA Group mtg. next to Post

Office in Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 forinfo.

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In Loving Memory of

Dale Ardolfwho passed away

July 23, 1950

When days are sad and lonely,And everything goes wrong.

We seem to hear you whisper,Cheer up and carry on.

Each time we see your picture,You seem to smile and say

Don’t cry - I’m in God’s keeping,We’ll meet again some day.

Love, Larry & JoAnn

Kay & Garyand families

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Silver Lake Area News

Upcoming Events

Pola-Czesky Days next weekThe 45th annual Pola-Czesky Days celebration in Sil-

ver Lake begins next week on Friday, Aug. 1, and contin-ues through Sunday, Aug. 3. The celebration includes toi-let bowl races, three days of live music, a kiddie parade,pedal pull, tractor pull, flea market, a polka Mass and thegrand parade and coronation on Sunday. As always, theweekend includes a variety of food and beverages. Lookfor a full schedule in next week’s issue of The Chronicle.

Music in the Park continuesThe Silver Lake Music in the Park series continues

Thursday, July 24, at Legion Park. Food is served at 6p.m. with music by Cindy’s Concertina Band to follow at7 p.m. Lunch will be served by the Faith PresbyterianChurch Mariner’s Club and includes hot turkey sand-wiches, chips, pickle, dessert and beverage. Next Thurs-day, July 31, is the final evening of the six-week series,and music will be provided by Silver Nickel Band withlunch served by the Church of the Holy Family CCW.Bring your lawn chairs for an evening of food and music.Prizes awarded throughout the evening.

Motorcycle Sunday July 27Members and friends of Grace Bible Church in Silver

Lake invite all area motorcycle enthusiasts to the annualBikers’ Sunday Service scheduled for Sunday, July 27,beginning at 9:30 a.m. Dress is casual, and those who at-tend are encouraged to wear their favorite biker clothes.Weather permitting, after the service there will be a shortride followed by an all church potluck. The public is in-vited to attend. The church is located in Silver Lake at300 Cleveland St., next to the city water tower. Visitwww.silverlakechurch.org for more information.

Pola-Czesky meeting MondayThe Pola-Czesky committee will hold its regular meet-

ing on Monday, July 28, at 7 p.m., at the Silver Lake Au-ditorium. All organizations are asked to have a represen-tative present for the meeting.

Pola-Czesky tent set-up slatedThe annual “big tent set-up” for Pola-Czesky Days is

set for Wednesday, July 30, at 5 p.m., in the auditoriumparking lot. Anyone interested in helping set up the bigyellow tent for the celebration is welcome.

Roundtable discussion Aug. 3A Polish, Czech, Silver Lake heritage “fun discussion”

is set for Sunday, Aug. 3, during Pola-Czesky Days afterthe parade and will be held in the back room of the SilverLake American Legion beginning at 3 p.m. Everyone isinvited to attend the event. Bring an old item to “showand tell” or just come to tell things you remember aboutSilver Lake, your relation, your travels to the homelandor the “old days.” The event includes two couplesdressed in ethnic costumes who will perform a fewdances. Drinks can be purchased at the Legion. For anyquestions, call Ron at 320-864-3668.

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

Thursday, Aug. 21, through Saturday, Aug. 23. See futureissues of The Chronicle for more details.

Chronicle photos by Alyssa Schauer

Music in thePark funLast Thursday, over 325people enjoyed the musicof Jim’s Brewer’s (above)at Silver Lake’s Music inthe Park. From left to rightare Mike Wendolek, JimWendolek, Jerome Kadlecand Gus Makovsky. To theleft, Dorothy Hlavka andIrene Nemec head to theirchairs to enjoy theevening. The fifth night ofthe six-week series is to-morrow, Thursday, July24, with food being servedat 6 p.m. and music begin-ning at 7 p.m. Bring yourlawn chairs for an eveningof fun, food and music.


Doug Hughes, owner of thefive huskies and subject ofneighbors’ concerns at theSilver Lake City Councilmeeting on July 7, ap-proached councilors with hisside of the story at Monday’smeeting.

“I don’t know where tobegin, but after I read the ar-ticle (printed in the July 9edition of The McLeodCounty Chronicle), I found ithighly emotional,” Hughessaid.

The article discussed issueswith Hughes’ five huskies,recent construction in hisfront yard and the image ofhis property looking like an“implement (dealer).”

Hughes said before hemoved to Silver Lake in De-cember 2013, he sought ap-proval from the city and Po-lice Chief Forrest Henriksento be able to live in town withhis five huskies.

Before moving to SilverLake, Hughes lived in Litch-field for 15 years and, a fewyears ago, he lost his 16-year-old son in a car accident onhis way to Boy Scouts camp.

“I got the dogs to help withthe grief, and they’ve becomemy family. I can’t just get ridof them,” Hughes said.

“So I called Kerry (Venier),who told me to contact thechief. He talked with meabout my dogs and said that Ihave to keep them under con-trol and make sure they don’tbark, etc. If there were anyproblems, he said I’d be noti-fied,” Hughes said.

He said the variance tohave five dogs was for up toone year, at which time Hen-riksen would review it.

Hughes commented on ac-

cusations made in the articleabout the “health and safety”of his dogs and said the 250pounds of waste was “an em-bellishment.”

Hughes said that was aone-time event after the snowmelted, and he could clean upall of the dogs’ waste in theback yard.

“I told that to Jeff (Muen-chow) in passing and in thearticle, it was blown up assome kind of health issue,”Hughes said.

He expressed the fact he al-ways cleans up after his dogs,and will continue to do so.

Hughes also addressedMuenchow’s issue with hisrecent concrete project in hisfront yard.

“(Jeff) said it makes the‘city go to hell,’ but I got per-mission from the city to dothat project,” Hughes said.

He showed “before andafter” pictures of his projectand commented on the im-provements he made to hisproperty.

“And as far as the dogsusing it (the concrete holdingarea), I will clean it up imme-diately. It won’t be an issue atall,” Hughes said.

Mayor Bruce Bebo ques-tioned where the waste wouldgo, and Hughes said he creat-ed a buffer area to wash thewaste into.

Hughes then addressedMuenchow’s concerns abouthis yard looking like an “im-plement,” and commented onthe small RV (recreationalvehicle) parked outside ofMuenchow’s house.

Muenchow said the motorhome Hughes mentioned is amotorcycle camper that wasairing out before a campingtrip, and is usually kept in hisgarage.

Hughes showed councilorspictures of other properties inthe city with blight issues andparking issues and said, “Myplace looks organized com-pared to these.

“But my neighbors raisedthe standards. Only two peo-ple I’ve heard having prob-lems: Jeff and the neighborsto the north,” Hughes said.

He said he wants to workwith them and tries to be at“peace with everybody.”

“I’m a retired deputy sher-iff, and I had to work withpeople ... My place works forme. It’s not as neat as others,but I try to obey the laws asbest I can. But I can’t pleaseeverybody,” Hughes said.

Bebo said everything is “inthe eye of the beholder, but ifI were your neighbors to thenorth and had to look at that(the dog waste), I’d be a littleupset, too.”

Hughes said that was aone-time scenario after thesnow melted from the winter.“I understand that. I don’tlike it anymore than anybodyelse. I like a clean place,too,” he said.

Muenchow said he was nottrying to get the lawschanged for one person. “Iwas trying to get the loop-holes closed. Unfortunately,all government is based onloopholes, but I thought wecould change things at a locallevel. I wanted to get theloopholes closed and clari-fied,” Muenchow said.

Muenchow asked if Hugh-es was still planning on keep-ing a kennel in his front yard.

Hughes said, “Yes, it’s aholding area for my dogs. Ifollow the ordinance. I usemy property the way I want,and you use your property theway you want.”

SL homeowner addresseshis neighbors’ concerns

Kiddie paraderegistrationinformation

The GFWC Silver LakeWomen’s Club will again besponsoring the annual kiddieparade during Pola-CzeskyDays on Saturday, Aug. 2, at10 a.m.

Entrants are to come to thefront of the Silver Lake Au-ditorium to register between9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. Pre-registration is not required,but it is helpful and pre-reg-istration forms for the paradecan be found at First Com-munity Bank in Silver Lake.

Categories for the paraderemain the same as last year:“Movie/TV,” “Original,” and“Storybook.”

First and second prizes willbe awarded for each catego-ry. Each child who enterswill receive a goodie bag andbeverage at the end of the pa-rade.

In case of rain, the paradewill be held under the bigyellow tent at 10 a.m.

For any questions, pleasecall 320-327-2783 or 320-327-2249.

The Silver Lake senior citi-zens club met on Monday,July 14 at 1 p.m. at the SilverLake Auditorium.

President Margaret Benzcalled the meeting to orderfollowed by the Pledge to theflag. There were 35 memberspresent.

July birthdays were AliceCarol Totusek and MargaretBenz. July anniversary wasClarence and Ann Juncewski,56 years.

The next cards event atCedar Crest is Wednesday,July 23 at 1:30 p.m.

Lunch committee for theAug. 11 meeting includesBernie and Laura Kaczmarekand Doris Wraspir.

31 winners: Ann Juncews-ki and Mercedes Nowak.

500 winners: GlenWraspir, Hubert Schermann,Clarence Juncewski, DodieChalupsky, Don Benz, MaryJaskowiak, Delores Goede,Dallas Ehrke, Margaret Benzand Milton Totusek.

SL seniorsmet; 35memberspresent

The Pola-Czesky commit-tee is still seeking parade par-ticipants for the Pola-Czeskyparade set Sunday, Aug, 3.

There is a $15 participation

fee. If interested in entering,contact Kari Kaczmarek at320-327-3005 or Keri Millsat 320-223-4085.

Pola-Czesky paradeunits still being sought

Registration for SilverLake Lions fifth- and sixth-grade football season beginsMonday, Aug. 4, at theHutchinson Recreation Cen-ter. Hours are Mondaythrough Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4p.m.

The team will play in thelightweight or heavyweightdivision.

When players are register-ing, indicate they are a Silver

Lake Lions player.Players are responsible for

$25 of the $50 registrationfee. The Silver Lake Lionswill be sponsoring $25 foreach player.

Equipment pickup (helmetsand pads) will be Thursday,Aug. 21, at 7 p.m., at theHutchinson Recreation Cen-ter. Players are to providetheir own football pants andshoes (tennis or soccer

shoes).Coaches are Gary Kosek

and Brian Mikolichek. Acoaches meeting will be onThursday, Aug. 21, at 8 p.m.,at the recreation center.

More information will fol-low at a later date.

Lions representatives areDan Tschimperle and SandyPosusta.

Lions 5th-, 6th-grade footballregistration begins Aug. 4

I just might be the luckiestperson in the world.

Only hours after finishinglast week’s column about thereliable ol’ Jeep, I headed outto the parking lot after theend of a long work day tofind my Jeep didn’t start.

I tilted my head back infrustration and let out a bigsigh before panic set in. I wassupposed to meet my cousinTina in Hanover for dinner at6 p.m. and was already run-ning late.

But thankfully, this hap-pened before, and I quicklyremembered the problemcould be that my batterycable is loose and easy to fix.

So I popped the hood, andpressed the battery wire cableinto the terminal to find myhood light turn brightly onand that indeed, it was just amatter of reconnecting thecable.

Fortunately (or unfortu-nately), our sports editor,Josh, was headed homearound the same time, andhappened to have a pliers Icould use to reconnect thecable and tighten the batteryterminals.

I say “unfortunately” be-cause his assistance camewith a cost: relentless smacktalk about the unreliability ofthe Jeep and the irony thateven he had a pliers in his“reliable” Honda CRV andhow it’s so funny that out ofeverything I carry around inmy vehicle (an old TV, a setof golf clubs, a life jacket,two sleeping bags), I don’thave any tools in the “pieceof crap Jeep” that has a noto-rious record for breakingdown.

This back talk is nothingnew for us; we’re usuallymouthing off to each other ona daily basis, but my toler-ance Tuesday afternoon wasabnormally low after findingout the Jeep was acting upagain.

I gritted my teeth and fo-cused on tightening the termi-nal while he paced around theparking lot spewing sass andlaughing.

I looked at him disapprov-ingly and thanked him quick-

ly for his “assistance” andsped away, eager to get onthe road to see my cousin.

I made it to the Glencoehospital when I rememberedto grab my phone for direc-tions to Tina’s place inHanover and to call her to no-tify her that I’d be a little late.

I didn’t see my phone inthe console and I couldn’tfind it when digging one-handed through my purse inthe front seat, so I pulledover, dumped out my purse,searched under my seat, feltalong the tight crevices be-tween the console and pas-senger seat to find nothing.

A wave of panic washedover me as I rememberedholding it while fixing mybattery and I thought I left iteither under the hood or onthe roof of the Jeep.

I cursed Josh in my headfor distracting me and mak-ing me forget my phone and Iimagined it probably fell offmy Jeep and into the road.

So I sped back to the officeto check the alley for anysign of my already crackedphone.

I kicked through the grassand along the side of thebuilding and found nothing. Iopened the hood to see if Ihad set it on top of the en-gine, but there was no sign oflife.

I looked in the roadwayand in the alley, but nothing.

Nothing, nothing, nothing.Defeated, I headed back

into the office to print off di-rections to Hanover from theweb and accepted the fact Ihad lost it.

I wanted to cry, thinkingnot only about the cost to geta new phone, but the realiza-tion that I lost all of my pic-tures from my trip to TeddyRoosevelt National Park inNorth Dakota or from thefront row at the Trampled by

Turtles concert with my bestfriend Sarah.

Pictures from my hikingand snowshoeing adventuresin Ely and my first NFL foot-ball game with Mom and Dadat Green Bay against theCleveland Browns and theobscene amount of picturesof our family dog, Roy.

I headed back to the Jeepand popped the hood for onelast look when I spotted myphone sitting neatly on top ofmy one good fog light infront of my grille.

I grabbed it excitedly andran into work to tell the pro-duction girls about my insaneluck.

How had I managed todrive all the way from the of-fice on 10th Street to the hos-pital on 18th Street and backagain without it sliding off?

Luck. Pure luck.My friend Sarah believes I

have a special sort of luckand refers to instances likethese as “Al luck,” where itwouldn’t happen to anybodyelse, but I’m just that lucky.

Like when we go shoeshopping and I find the lastcute pair in my size and onclearance or the time I pickedout a really cute swimsuit andwas ready to pay full price,but the register scanned it at75 percent off during check-out.

And then there’s that timethree years ago I told Sarahit’d be so cool to live in theapartment above the newspa-per office in Silver Lake so Icould walk to work and threemonths later, the tenantmoved out.

Al luck.For my birthday, my grand-

ma got me a pair of pliers, soI won’t have to rely on thesports editor for help again.

And it’s a start towards thetool box for the Jeep. It’lllook nice next to the TV.

‘Al luck’ strikes once again

The Travel SectionBy Alyssa Schauer By Alyssa Schauer

Staff WriterCouncilor Carol Roquette

submitted her resignationfrom the Silver Lake CityCouncil, and councilors dis-cussed options to fill her seatuntil elections.

Roquette was absent at themeeting due to her workingschedule, but she submittedan explanation and letter ofresignation to councilors tostate her reasons.

In her letter, Roquette saidshe tried to arrange her workschedule with Council meet-ings to “accommodate bothpriorities,” but has had “littleto no success.

“My employment condi-tions continue to worsenrather than improve like I hadhoped and anticipated. There-fore, with a heavy heart andsadness, I see no option butto ask that my position befilled,” Roquette stated.

In her letter, she agreed toattend meetings as her sched-ule allows until a replacementcan be found.

Roquette’s four-year termdoes not expire until 2016,but City Clerk Kerry Veniersaid, unfortunately, the dead-line passed to submit openseats for the November elec-tion.

Councilors talked about ap-pointing someone to finishher term, and Venier said hewould find out if he can sub-mit Roquette’s open seat onNovember’s ballot.

In other matters, the Coun-cil:

• Discussed mosquito con-

trol options and received abid from Clarke Environmen-tal Mosquito Management,Inc., for six weekly commu-nity-wide truck treatments upto eight miles of streets at$350 per treatment, for a totalcost of $2,100 a year.

Venier said the costs couldbe funded by adding $1 toevery city resident’s waterbill.

The City Council suggest-ed hiring the company for2015, but to contract it forPola-Czesky Days if costscome in at $350 for the one-time treatment.

• Set a public hearing forMonday, Aug. 18, at 6 p.m.,to discuss the petition to va-cate the alley running east-west between Oliver Avenueand Nimms Avenue and Cen-ter Street and Frank Street.

• Reviewed the liquor store

report and found the monthof June had a net profit of11.59 percent, up from -11.67percent in June 2013.

Councilor Nolan Johnson,liaison to the liquor store,noted that last year’s expens-es included auditor fees.

The year-to-date reportsshowed a net profit of 12.34percent, up from 5.37 percentlast year.

• Hired Nicholle Winfreyand Julia Davis as part-timebartenders, pending drugtests.

• Approved the annual re-view for Gloria Lundberg,auditorium cleaner, with backpay.

• Hired Jordan Kaczmarek,Cameron Chap, Noah Thom-sen, Tyler Ehrke, ShaneEhrke, Andrea Nelson andCarissa Bull as lifeguards.

• Heard there have beenfive vehicle thefts in the areathis summer. Police ChiefForrest Henriksen continuesto urge residents to lock theirvehicles and take all valu-ables out of their cars.

“The stolen vehicles werecrimes of opportunity. Thecars had their keys left inthem,” Henriksen said.

He said they have been re-covered, but some valuableswere stolen.

• Acknowledged another$1,000 donation from theSportsmen’s Club towardsauditorium improvementsand a $500 donation fromSam Shimanski, which bringsthe total donations to$27,550.

Roquette resigns fromSilver Lake City Council

Carol Roquette

Editor’s note: This isfrom the Pulkrabeks’ 1993visit to Czechoslovakia.

Through thick and thin,through good times and badtimes, through the Commu-nist era, through the freedomera, somehow Jana and Jirkamanaged to hang on to asouthern Bohemian vacationcottage located about 75miles south of Prague nearBlatna at Sedlice (pro-nounced said-leets-a).

They purchased this pic-ture-perfect Bohemian cot-tage about 30 years ago on“shoe-string” wages. Duringthe Communist era the Com-munists didn’t seem interest-ed in it as it did not generateincome.

En route we stopped at thecemetery in Humpolec whereJana’s grandfather, Jan,(John) is buried. It is a huge,crowded cemetery; mostgravestones are beautiful withmonstrous highly polishedmarble and granite; many aresix feet wide and six feethigh.

As a child, in Nazi times,(1939-1945), Jana wouldspend her summers here inHumpolec with her grand-mother to get away from theNazi influence in Prague.

Erected in the town squareis a life-sized statue ofCzechoslovakia’s first Presi-dent, Jan Masaryk, whoserved from 1918 to 1935. Hewas a great, great man; com-parable to our George Wash-ington.

The statue was taken downand hidden in 1940 when theNazis came; put back up in1945 when the Nazis left;taken back down and hiddenin 1946 when the Commu-nists took over; put back upin 1968 when the Czechsthought they may get theirfreedom from Russia; takenback down three months laterand hidden for the next 23

years, until 1990 when theCommunist party crumbled.

Their cottage is on the lastof a downstream series ofseven man-made lakes. Thiswas done a couple of hundredyears ago. A cooperative nowraises fish in them. Fishing isforbidden!

An old well-kept, ratherlarge, water-wheeled millstands idle in a park-like set-ting.

The two-story cottage over-looks the lake with oldawning-type windows up-stairs and downstairs, whichswing out fully to let in thebreeze and scenery. It is neatand clean. It was once on apost card advertising the area.(We have a copy).

It is so quiet here! Jana andJirka and their children spentmany weekends here just re-laxing, unwinding and gettingaway from the Communistinfluences in Prague. In fact,Jirka’s parents lived here fortwo years due to the housingand economic crunch inPrague.

It has a small kitchen andliving room, a toilet stoolroom, and three bedroomsupstairs. Two of the bed-rooms are under the eavesand only five feet wide, buthave served the purpose.

In one corner is a pedalSinger sewing machine whichJana still uses. Jirka did muchof the improvement on thecottage himself, includingadding a more efficient cookstove, building a better stair-way, a mini smokehouse anddigging a 20-foot deep well.The cottage outside walls areconstructed of solid pine tim-bers, about four inches squarewith an interlocking tongue-and-groove-design, stackedone on top of another, thencovered with some sort of as-bestos shingle siding.

They have a garden andfruit trees which produces

very well. I asked how to sayradishes in Czech. I justcould not roll my R’s enoughtimes to get the word out. Itmight be rrrrock-a-vec-a, butthen again that may meanmittens?

They have two (made-in-China) mountain bikes forriding around the lakes andtrails though the woods. Janaand Jirka never fail to amazeus with biking, swimming,obtaining an education, ski-ing, traveling, dancing, con-certs, active demonstrationsand political meetings, all ona shoe-string budget.

One night our tour group of35 stayed in the nearby townof Blatna. Our evening in-cluded a delicious meal in thetavern/eating room, includedpivo (beer) and entertain-ment.

Two very pretty, teenageCzech girls, neatly dressed inethnic Czech attire, played abagpipe-type instrument. Itwas operated by squeezing agoat skin bellows back andforth under their arm forcingair up through a large, highlycarved, flute-like tube, withnote key-holes covered anduncovered with eight fingers.Unlike an Irish bag pipe, thegirls could sing at the sametime; and did they ever sing!

Absolutely lovely Czechsongs! It was fantastic! Theyare part of a larger groupfrom this area.

Another young man, age20, or so, played the accor-dion. It was the largest accor-dion I ever saw. It must havebeen 30 inches high with 150keys on it. His finger literallyflew up and down the key-board.

He was a well-known ac-cordion player and won manycontests. It is lucky we havehome videos to watch and lis-ten to on a yearly basis.

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Tracing RootsBy Ron Pulkrabek

All former Silver LakePola-Czesky Days royalty, in-cluding junior royalty, are in-vited to attend the 45th annu-al coronation on Sunday,Aug. 3, at 3 p.m., at the Sil-ver Lake Auditorium.

Former royalty are also in-vited for the queens’ lunch-

eon at 10 a.m. that morning atno cost, and they are wel-come to ride on the float inthe parade at 1 p.m.

Please wear crown andsash. For any questions andfor tickets, contact Joan Paul-son at 320-327-2800.

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Funeral services for AlbertFred Droege, 99, of Glencoeand formerly of Plato, wereheld Wednesday, July 16, atSt. John’s Lutheran Church inPlato. TheRev. DonaldAndrix offi-ciated.

M r .Droege diedWednesday,July 9,2014, atUnited Hos-pital in St.Paul.

The or-ganist wasCheryl Andrix, and specialmusic by Don Moen was“When It’s All Been Said andDone.” Congregationalhymns were “What a FriendWe Have in Jesus,” “BorningCry” and “Abide With Me.”

Pallbearers were MarkJohnson, Delford Olson,David Pinske, John Royal,Robert Royal and MarkWilkens. Interment was in thechurch cemetery.

Mr. Droege was born July30, 1914, in Plato, to Ernstand Dorothea (Mehlhop)Droege. He was baptized asan infant on Aug. 9, 1914,and confirmed in his faith as ayouth on April 1, 1928, bothby the Rev. H.J. Bouman atEmanuel Lutheran Church inHamburg.

He first attended District 23country school and laterEmanuel Lutheran ChurchParochial School in Hamburg.

On Sept. 25, 1938, Mr.Droege was united in mar-

riage to Evangeline Wolff bythe Rev. J. Bunge at the par-sonage of St. Paul’s UnitedChurch of Christ in Plato.

Their first home was abovethe old Hamburg Hall inHamburg, then they rented afarm house, and moved toPlato in 1940. In 2008, Mr.Droege moved to MillieBeneke Manor in Glencoe,and in July 2009, he moved toGlencoe Regional HealthServices long-term care.

The Droeges shared almost66 years of marriage together.

In the early years, Mr.Droege helped various farm-ers, and then worked in thegarage for his uncle in Plato(until a fire), and then inHamburg.

In 1940, he began workingfor Plato Oil Company, whichhe later purchased in 1948.Mr. Droege loved deliveringbulk oil and gas, retiring in1980. His customers becamehis friends.

He was an active memberof St. John’s Lutheran Churchin Plato, where he sang in thechurch choir for over 40years, was a member of theMen’s Club, and shared histime and talents on many oc-casions.

Mr. Droege was proud tocall Plato his home andserved the community inmany capacities, which in-cluded being a member of thePlato Fire Department, serv-ing for a time as the assistantfire chief.

He was a generous man.Spending time with and men-toring children brought him

great joy. Handing out chew-ing gum and making whistlesout of willow branches wasquite common. He lovedmusic and playing his guitarfor others, and he would visitwith anyone and everyone.

Mr. Droege enjoyed play-ing cards and horseshoes,deer hunting, fishing, bowl-ing, putting together jigsawpuzzles, bingo and takingwalks, especially along therailroad tracks or in thewoods. He truly valued thetime spent with his friendsand family.

Survivors include his son,Richard “Dick” (Carolyn)Droege of Houston, Texas;daughter, Suzanne “Sue”(David) Hansen of PriorLake; grandchildren, JohnRoyal of Houston, Texas,Robert (Jamie) Royal ofKyle, Texas, and Christopher(Jodi) Exsted of Savage;great-grandchildren, ZacharyRoyal, Hannah Royal, RachelRoyal, Alexander Exsted, Is-abelle Exsted and MaxwellExsted; brother, John (Betty)Droege of Plato; nieces,nephews, other relatives andmany friends.

Preceding him in deathwere his parents, Ernst andDorothea Droege; wife, Evan-geline Droege; brother, OttoDroege; and sisters, BerthaTiefel, Alice Cunningham andDorothy Schwartz.

Arrangements were by thePaul-McBride Funeral Chapelof Norwood Young America.Online obituaries and guestbook are available atwww.hantge.com.

Albert Fred Droege, 99, of Glencoe

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Funeral services for GladysM. Lehmberg, 90, of Owa-tonna, wereheld Friday,July 18, atOur Sav-i o r ’ sL u t h e r a nChurch inOwatonna.

M r s .Lehmbergd i e dWednesday,July 16,2014, atKoda Living Community.

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Martha (Steinborn) Scharmerin New Auburn on Dec. 13,1923, she married HenryLehmberg in 1943. The Lem-bergs had six children.

Later, she enjoyed travel-ing with her husband, butmost of all, she loved hergrandchildren and day carekids. Mrs. Lehmberg wasknown for having wonderfulcinnamon rolls and for bak-ing Christmas cookies withthe grandchildren.

Survivors include her chil-dren, Marlene Arndt of Owa-tonna, Larry (Karen) Lehm-berg of West Concord, Bon-

nie (Timothy) Johnson ofOwatonna, Randy (Kim)Lehmberg of Grand Rapids,Donna (LaVern) Wobscall ofOwatonna and Ron (Roni)Lehmberg of Story City,Iowa; 12 grandchildren; and23 great-grandchildren.

Preceding her in deathwere her husband, two broth-ers and two sisters.

The Brick-Meger FuneralHome of Owatonna handledarrangements. To leave a con-dolence, visit www.brickmegerfuneralhome.com.

Gladys Lehmberg, 90, of Owatonna

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Yesenia Marie CheramieLiestman, 43, of Brownton,entered eternal rest Tuesday,June 24, 2014, at MethodistHospital inSt. LouisPark after acourageousbattle withcancer.

A visita-tion and fu-neral wereheld inBrownsville, Texas, whereshe was born and raised.

Yesenia Cheramie and JoshLiestman were united in mar-riage on Sept. 18, 2004. Theymade their home in Brown-ton.

Mrs. Liestman loved deco-

rating, doing crafts, cooking,and fishing and hunting withher husband.

She enjoyed time spentwith family and friends, espe-cially at the holidays. Thelight of her life was hergrandchildren, Gabriela“Gabby” and Mason.

She had a strong belief andfaith in God, and Sundayswere spent in church praisingand glorifying God.

Survivors include her hus-band, Josh Liestman; chil-dren, Henry, Charmaine andGage Villalon; stepchildren,Calvin and Johnny Liestman;four sisters, Patty Hurley,Vilma Clough, Thalia Nelsonand Ledie Cheramie; fivebrothers, Frank Vela, Mark

Cheramie, Russel Cheramie,Orthmann Cheramie andRuddy Brunet; parents, Rus-sel Cheramie and MarieJuanita Vela; grandmother,Natalia Solis; granddaughter,Gabriela Villalon; grandson,Mason Villalon; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Sheilaand Darcy Husted; grandpar-ents-in-law, Ralph and JudyBulau, Viola Rannow, DonaBulau and Bob and KathyVillnow; sisters-in-law, Ash-ley Liestman, Brianna Gieseand Mikayla Husted; manyaunts, uncles, nieces,nephews, friends and herchurch family.

Preceding her in death washer grandfather, Julio Solis.

Yesenia Liestman, 43, of Brownton

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Glencoe High School class of 1951The 1951 graduating class of Glencoe High School heldits 63-year reunion recently. Class members attending in-cluded, in the first two rows, from left, Arlene (Bartels)Pinske, Marion (Litzau) Eggersgluess, Mabel (Dammann)Stradtmann, Verna (Kaufmann) Kunkel, Doris (Hanson)Emich, Angie (Paul) Rannow, Geraldine (Gildea) Weber,

Faith (Bergmann) Hoiseth, Marlys (Hahn) Koch, Marlys(Dammann) Jungclaus and Lucille (Lustman) Ponath.Standing in the back are Ken Albrecht, Gordon Beneke,Lester Milbrand, Dale Grenke, Dan Osmek, Paul Popelka,Leroy Hahn, Lester Ranzau, Don Gruenhagen andCharles Ponath.

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Son born to Nowak, CatlinAlexandra Nowak and Yancey Catlin of New Germany

announce the birth of their son, Austin Clarence Catlin,on July 8, 2014, at Glencoe Regional Health Services.Austin weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces, and was 20 incheslong. His siblings are Collyn Catlin, Carter Ruggiero andTalon Catlin. Grandparents are Gerald Nowak of Glen-coe, Linda Nowak of Lester Prairie, Magdelana Moss ofPrescott, Wis., and Gregory Catlin of Bovey.

Unseth among graduatesMiriam Unseth of Lester Prairie was among the May

graduates of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Shereceived her degree in biology from the College of Artsand Sciences. Other area graduates include Joseph Meier,geography degree, and Zachary Swenson, business man-agement degree, both of Hutchinson, and TaylorWilliams of Winsted, a nursing degree.

Daughter for Lopez familyBailey Lopez and Silvestre Lopez Galaviz of Glencoe

announce the birth of their daughter, Lexi Jo Lopez, onJuly 7, 2014, at Glencoe Regional Health Services. Lexiweighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces, and was 20-1/2 inches long.Her older sister is Kaia Esperanza Lopez.

Shorey, Krippner note birthKristina Shorey and Beau Krippner of Buffalo Lake

announce the birth of their son, Dallas Dean Krippner, onJuly 10, 2014, at Glencoe Regional Health Services. Dal-las weighed 8 pounds and was 21 inches in length. Hisbig sister is Braylynn Mae Wolf, 2. Grandparents areDean and Michele Krippner of Silver Lake, George andSheila Krienke of Hutchinson, Lynn Miller and MichaelWright of Willow River and Richard and Kristine Shorey.

Johnson, Larson birth notedAmanda Johnson and Nicholas Larson of Brownton

are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, OliviaMay Larson, on June 27, 2014, at Hutchinson Health.Olivia weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces, and was 21 incheslong. Grandparents are Terry and Donna Johnson ofBrownton, Mark and Debra Larson of Glencoe and LisaTschimperle of Hutchinson.

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County senior royaltyThe McLeod County Senior Citizens elected a kingand queen for the day at its annual summer picnicpotluck at the Brownton Community Center on July16. Elected king for the day was Jerome Ewert, 94, ofthe Buffalo Lake Day Care. Elected queen was MarieDols, 99, of the Shade Tree Retirement Center inBrownton. Both belong to the Brownton SeniorsClub. Clubs attending the county picnic were fromBrownton, Silver Lake, Lester Prairie and Glencoe.

Glencoe Jr.Pioneers tomeet July 29By Josh Kuehn4-H Reporter

The monthly meeting ofthe Glencoe Jr. Pioneers 4-HClub was held on Monday,July 14, at the Doug Dahlkefamily farm. A supper of hotdogs and bars was served be-fore the meeting.

During the meeting, TylerDonnay talked about the Na-tional 4-H Shooting Sportscompetition that he recentlyattended. He was also ac-cepted as a state ambassador.

Maddie Kuehn talkedabout her trip to Washington,D.C., with 4-Hers fromacross the United States.

Several members gave re-ports on various day campsthey had attended.

Following the meeting,members showed one of theprojects they will be bringingto the county fair. Membersbrought quilts, canning, foodprojects, posters, furniture,and even cattle.

To end the night, the clubmembers made s’mores overthe bonfire.

The next meeting will beon Tuesday, July 29, at 6p.m., at Oscar Olson Park,and members will be playingkickball.

N.A. VFWAuxiliaryis honored

The July 9 meeting of theNew Auburn VFW Auxiliaryto Post 5266 was called toorder by President PhyllisSchwanke.

The club received citationsfor the following:

• Participation in youth ac-tivities, a citation of merit.

• Health and happinessspecial award for exceedingthe quota for the VFW Na-tional Home for Children in2013-14.

• Good job award fromJanet Rowe, Cancer Aid andResearch chairman, for sup-porting the programs andgoals of the Auxiliary.

• Americanism program,citation of excellence, fromGoldie Bosard, programchairwoman, and BarbMeyer, 2nd District presi-dent.

Donations also were givento the Veterans and FamilyServices, $50; Operation Up-link, $50; and Health andHappiness, $10.

The POW-MIA candle waslit, and a moment of silenceobserved.

The next Auxiliary meet-ing will be Wednesday, Aug.13, at 7 p.m.

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Glencoe’sMusic in ParkThe second in a series ofMusic in the Park perform-ances, sponsored by theGlencoe Lions Club, washeld at Oak Leaf Park July 16.Performing was the GeorgePalma Concertina Band. Inthe foreground is NancyBuckentin on keyboard,George Palma on concertinais in the middle and MarvBulau, also playing the con-certina, in the background.On the tuba was GusMakovsky and on drums wasGail Schuch. Tonight, July 23,Jim and Mike Wendolek willprovide the music beginningat 6:30 p.m. The GlencoeLions Club will begin servingthe meal at 6 p.m.

Carolina started cooking at7 years old, and she alwayslooked for recipes to try newfoods. When she marriedAdan, she spent time tryingto perfect an authentic Mexi-can cake.

“He (Adan) ate a lot ofburnt cakes. The kids, too,”Carolina laughed.

She said it took her 10years to not burn a cake, andattributes her success to Adanfor his continuous support.

Adan and Carolina havebeen married for 34 years,and Carolina said they com-pliment each other very well.

“If I’m making tamales,he’s cleaning the corn husksso they’re ready to use,” shesaid.

The Ramirez family movedto Glencoe from Puebla,Mexico, in 1998, and thefood Carolina cooks includesdishes and specialties nativeto that Mexican city, such asla tinga de pollo, or shreddedchicken stewed in a tomatobase, somewhat spicy sauce.

Victor said another dish na-tive to Puebla is tacos arabes,which are traditional tacos

served with “carne arabe,” ormeat cooked on a rotatingspit, like that of gyros, andaccompanied with their ownsmoky sauce.

Carolina also offerstostadas, burritos, enchiladas,gorditas and quesadillas withyour choice of meat, includ-ing marinated pork, shreddedbeef, grilled steak, spicedpork, Mexican sausage,chicken, spicy chicken andeven beef tongue and beef in-testines.

Another unique dish to themobile restaurant is the torta— a traditional sandwich pre-pared with beans, choice ofmeat, lettuce, tomatoes, avo-cado and mayonnaise.

Carolina also prepareshomemade tortillas, salsasand guacamoles to serve withchips and other meals.

And these dishes are allcooked and prepared withoutrecipes. “She doesn’t haverecipes for the food. Nothingis written down,” Victor said.

The Ramirezes considerthe business a “family busi-ness;” their children workwith them in the truck to take

orders and serve the food. Carolina said the impor-

tance of the business beingfamily-oriented is that itkeeps them together.

She said she came from apoor family, separated frompoverty, and the food truckkeeps her and Adan and theirthree children, Carolina, Do-lores and Victor, together,along with their grandchil-dren.

Taqueria literally means “arestaurant specializing intacos,” and Del Buen Pastormeans, “Of the Good Pastor,or God.” Carolina said shenamed the restaurant in grati-tude towards God. “I am aGod follower. I always thankGod for everything I have,”she said.

The food truck is openMondays through Fridays forlunch, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.and Mondays through Satur-days for supper, from 5 p.m.to 8 p.m.

Orders may also be placedvia phone by calling 320-224-5085.

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Judd to provide north-southtraffic between 10th and 11thstreets.

County Attorney MikeJunge said that including apossible closure of Ives andreopening of Judd in theschematic design does notmean the county will defi-nitely close Ives.

“This just gives him (Mc-

Namara) the authority to planfor that,” said Junge. Addingit to the plans will give theCounty Board a more definitecost estimate for the work,Junge added.

The proposed project alsoincludes expanding the courtadministration lobby area toprovide space for a new sher-iff’s lobby, with additional

bathrooms.Also included will be addi-

tional jail bed space, sallyport space for the transfer ofprisoners, pre-booking andbooking areas, a programspace area, the moving of thejail kitchen and a video visi-tation area for prisoners. Alsoincluded will be a secure hall-way for the transportation ofprisoners to the upstairscourtrooms.

Security options in otherareas of the courthouse in-clude the installation of glasswindows at public countersfor the court administration,county administration andplanning and zoning areas.

“The glass won’t be bullet-resistant,” said McNamara,but will provide a separationbetween the public and em-ployees.

“The goal is to make itpublic-service friendly whileat the same time making itsafe for employees,” said Mc-Namara. “This is a very sim-ple, clean, elegant solutionfor that, without a lot of ex-pense.”

McNamara said he expectsto bring the schematic designto the County Board at itsAug. 19 meeting.

After final plans are or-dered, the project will be letfor bids in January or Febru-ary 2015, with potential con-struction for spring 2015.

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complete the route to the eastditch system.

Wilson asked if there areother sources of funding forsuch a project.

Rodeberg said potentiallyFederal Emergency Manage-ment Agency (FEMA) fundsare available along with Buf-falo Creek Watershed andcounty funding.

He said the project mightget FEMA funding if the citycan “show it will prevent fu-ture damage” from flooding.

City Administrator MarkLarson said the city and coun-ty are working together onother water hazardous mitiga-tion issues as well.

The next issue is the costvs. benefit study, Rodebergsaid.

Asked about FEMA funds,Rodeberg said that usuallytakes a lot longer to get, liketwo to five years, because ofthe bigger amount of fundsinvolved.

Council member Dan Per-schau said the MorningsideAvenue extension project in-cluded some drainage im-provements on the east side ofGlencoe. He asked if this

study would replace that ear-lier design.

“It does replace it,” Rode-berg said. The Morningsidedesign was just to servicedrainage in that area, now ithas been expanded to includethe north central ponds aswell. But Rodeberg said thenew drainage plans alsowould clear up some east sidedrainage issues.

Asked about the townships’responsibility with drainage,Rodeberg said there is anamount of water the city isobligated to take from outsideits limits, “but the outsidewater is a lot.”

“We want to push hard onthis,”Wilson said of address-ing the drainage from thenorth. “Residents are frustrat-ed.”

He asked if a diversionproject could be done in phas-es.

Rodeberg said improve-ments on the east side of thehigh school to the east ditchcould be done first. “Thereare ways (to phase it in) ifyou can’t afford it.”

It is easier to do the projectall at once, Rodeberg said,

“but there’s a lot more moneyinvolved.”

He also cautioned that thereare costs with maintainingditches. “They are less costlyto build, but more expensiveto maintain.”

It was noted that existingditches often are not main-tained regularly, and whenproblems arise, it becomesmore expensive after years ofneglect.

Wilson also said the flood-ing impacts the school districtand school property, too.

Council member GaryZiemer said with so muchwater coming from outsidethe city limits, “it is not onlyour problem, but we’re bear-ing the brunt of it.”

The worst thing to do iswait too long,” Rodebergsaid.

Larson said the city waswaiting for some kind of doc-ument, like this study, beforemeeting with the county.

Perschau added that the so-lution also needs to includetwo townships, Buffalo CreekWatershed District, the countyand the city.

Chronicle photo by Josh Randt

Certificate of appreciationGlencoe Mayor Randy Wilson, right, presented RichGlennie with a certificate of appreciation and a key to thecity Monday night after years of covering the GlencoeCity Council. Glennie is retiring after 23 years as the edi-tor of The McLeod County Chronicle. www.glencoenews.com

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