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The McLeod County
Glencoe, Minnesota Vol. 116, No. 48
hronicle
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a continuation of
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The Glencoe Enterprise
Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013
www.glencoenews.com
Holly Days parade has new route Dec. 13
By Rich Glennie
Editor
Almost as predictable as the December
weather in Minnesota, the Glencoe Holly Days
Parade has changed routes again this year.
This year, the parade route returns to 11th
Street beginning at 6 p.m., Friday, Dec. 13.
The Crow River Sno-Pros again is joining
Glencoe Lions as co-sponsors of the annual
parade. The Glencoe Lions started the winter
parade about 15 years ago.
As to the change of routes, David Nelson,
president of the Glencoe Area Chamber of
Commerce, said the chamber’s community
events committee “gave it a lot of thought, and
wanted a route that would last.”
Nelson said there were five aims of the committee with the new route:
1) Keep it short and to eight blocks or less.
2) Avoid crossing Highway 22.
3) Avoid crossing the railroad tracks.
4) Keep the parade coming into town, rather
than leaving town.
5) Keep the parade going toward the business district and its 126 businesses in the community.
*****
For the fifth time in recent years the parade
route has been switched. When Holly Days
first started, the parade marched down several
blocks of 11th Street and ended at the Hennepin Avenue intersection.
It later switched to 16th Street, marching
west from the Lincoln Junior High to Hennepin Avenue.
Then it alternated going north and then
south on Greeley Avenue and past Millie
Beneke Manor, for the benefit of those residents. But that forced the parade units to cross
Highway 22 and required traffic control at that
crossing.
*****
Nelson said the goal this year is 30 to 40 parade units. The staging area will be on the 11th
Street and not in Coborn’s parking lot, Nelson
stressed.
Except for the lead units — the color guard,
the fire trucks and the Lions float — all other
units will line up on the street near Union Avenue on a first-come, first-to-go basis, Nelson
added.
The parade will begin near Union Avenue
and march west to the City Center, where
Holly Days activities continues with caroling
by the Singing Friends Chorus of Norwood
Young America, directed by Glencoe native
Karen de Boer.
Nelson said the community chorus will perform four songs in the City Center parking lot,
and then the audience can join in with six
other carols.
Holly Days parade
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June flood solutions
eyed by City Council
By Rich Glennie
Editor
How to address last June’s seven-inch deluge of rain and the widespread flooding was a
topic of discussion at Monday night’s Glencoe
City Council meeting.
Two possible solutions surfaced; one can be
done next spring, and the other sometime in
the future. One would address issues on the
south end of the community, the other on the
north side.
One solution is to build more holding capacity in the south end of the city near Oak Leaf
Park by constructing a contour grass swale.
The other solution for the north side is to divert water coming from north to the east ditch
system that comes out near Shopko and under
Highway 212. That solution would ease the
pressure on the main storm sewer line that runs
through the center of the community, where
major flooding also occurred in June.
What also came out of a study since the June
flooding, including a 4-1/2-inch rainfall in a
90-minute period, is that the rains exceeded the
100-year rain event, and to build a storm sewer
collection system big enough to handle that
kind of event would be cost prohibitive.
“The reality is we can’t control Mother Nature,” Mayor Randy Wilson said. But he
stressed the need to make sure what can be
controlled “is working properly.”
*****
Justin Black, engineering consultant from
Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH), said there
were numerous flooded areas looked at in the
study, including near Oak Leaf Park; on Greeley Avenue near the police station and municipal liquor store; the west end ditch area near
Haukos Trailer Park; 14th Street and Judd Avenue near First Lutheran Church; 16th Street
and Louden Avenue; 18th Street and Louden
Avenue; and the county’s North Complex
along Hennepin Avenue.
Overall, Black said the city’s sewer system
performed as it was designed, but it was simply overpowered by the volume of rain that fell
over the three-day period of June 21-23.
He said most city sewer pipes are designed
for the five-year and 10-year rain events. And
the holding ponds are designed for the 100year events or about six inches over 24 hours.
City Council
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County’s petition regarding
Tudhope estate to be heard
in District Court on Jan. 17
By Lori Copler
Staff Writer
A District Court judge will consider on Jan.
17, 2014, a petition seeking a declaratory judgment on whether the Annamarie Tudhope estate can be used to build an addition on to the
McLeod County Jail.
McLeod County Attorney Michael Junge
filed the petition on behalf of the county in November.
According to the petition, Annamarie
Tudhope, former owner and publisher of the
Glencoe Enterprise, left about $3.865 million
to the county. Quoting Tudhope’s will, the
money bequeathed to the county is “for the
specific purpose of using the funds obtained
from my estate in the construction of a new
McLeod County Jail to be located in Glencoe,
Minnesota. These funds are to be used only towards the expense of the construction of the
building and not for the purchase of real estate,
architectural expenses, studies, or other expenses not directly related to the construction
of the building.”
However, the petition states that the County
Board is seeking a project that will expand the
current jail to 55 beds from 35 beds, and that
the County Board instructed Junge to petition
the court for a ruling as to whether the
Tudhope money can be used for the expansion.
“…the reason that interpretation is necesssary is that there is not now, nor is there likely
to be within the next 25 years, and possibly
well beyond that, ever going to be a need for a
new McLeod County Jail separate and apart
from what is currently in existence. The current
McLeod County Jail is attached to the McLeod
County Courthouse and is convenient and efficient for the transportation of prisoners to and
from court and for the service of their sentences, and that any new jail not attached to the
current jail would necessarily be detached and,
therefore, would be inconvenient and inefficient.”
The petition asks the court to apply the doctrine of “cy pres” to interpret the language of
the Tudhope will.
Cy pres is a legal term regarding trusts, and
allows a court to amend the terms of a trust as
closely as possible to the original intent of the
trust if the literal intent of the will cannot be
accomplished.
According to the petition, the main intent of
Tudhope’s will was to “benefit the McLeod
County Jail and to provide funds for McLeod
County to expand its services for a jail in Glencoe, McLeod County, Minnesota.”
The matter is slated for Friday, Jan. 17,
2014, at 1:30 p.m., in McLeod County District
Court.
Weather
Wed., 12-4
H: 30º, L: 4º
Thur., 12-5
H: 7º, L: -8º
Fri., 12-6
H: 2º, L: -13º
Sat., 12-7
H: -2º, L: -8º
Sun., 12-8
H: 12º, L: 8º
Chronicle photo by Josh Randt
Kim Kyte, left, was ringing the Christmas kettle bells for the Salvation
Army last week as the county chapter
kicked off its annual fund drive in
front of Coborn’s in Glencoe. Carolyn
Burri, right, dropped off a donation on
her way into the grocery store. Rita
Weber, county coordinator of the
Christmas Kettle Campaign, said
more volunteer bell ringers are needed until Christmas. Call her at 320864-6657 for more information.
Salvation Army needs
bell ringers at Coborn’s
The familiar red kettles
of the Salvation Army
have been popping up
again during this holiday
season, and one is located
at Coborn’s in Glencoe.
The problem is there are
not enough bell ringers to
man the kettles throughout
the Christmas season.
More are being sought.
Rita Weber, the McLeod
County coordinator of the
Christmas Kettle Campaign, said the kettle is
manned as often as ringers
are available.
“We are looking for volunteers,” she said. Right
now, the aim is to have
bell ringers on site
Wednesday through Saturday evenings. If more
ringers are found, more
hours will be included.
The 2013 Red Kettle
Campaign started Nov. 27.
While Weber said there
was no specific fundraising goal of the local
Christmas Kettle Campaign, “all the money
raised here stays in
McLeod County.”
In a letter to potential
bell ringers and organizations, Weber wrote: “As
you may know, The Salvation Army is here in
McLeod County year
round providing temporary, emergency assistance
Bell ringers
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Budget approval delayed until Dec. 16
By Rich Glennie
Editor
Glencoe City Council delayed final approval of its
proposed 2014 budget and
set a finance committee
meeting for 4 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 11, to further discuss, and possibly refine, the
budget before final approval
is made at the Dec. 16 City
Council meeting.
The delay came after its
annual Truth in Taxation
hearing was held Monday
during the regular City
Council meeting.
Looking back: The November high was 57 on Nov. 15;
low: 0 on three occasions; rain:
.32 of an inch; snow: 3 inches.
Date
Hi
Lo
Snow
Nov. 26 27 ........8 .........0.00
Nov. 27 28 ........0 ..........0.00
Nov. 28
Nov. 29
Nov. 30
Dec. 1
Dec. 2
29
32
37
32
36
Although there was some
concern about property valuations, that are set by the
county assessor, no one
questioned the budget proposal itself.
Up for discussion Monday
night were salaries for the 30
full-time city employees and
the nearly 70 part-time and
seasonal workers, most of
whom work at the Aquatics
Center in the summer.
City Administrator Mark
Larson said there is a 3 percent salary increase built into
the proposed 2014 budget.
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* .15 rain. Temperatures and precipitation compiled by Robert Thurn, Chronicle weather observer.
At 3 percent that would
amount to an additional
$52,000 in salaries. That
would be $37,000 at 2 percent and $45,000 at 2.5 percent.
City Council also heard
that the city’s tax rate in
2014 will drop slightly from
91.8 percent in 2013 to 87.6
percent. The other communities in the county also have
fairly steady tax rates, although Brownton’s contin-
City budget
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The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com, Wednesday, December 4, 2013, page 2
Thank you to all those
who contributed money,
food or their time for the
Community Thanksgiving
Dinner at First Congregational Church.
Happenings
95 were served.
$600.31 was
donated to the
food shelf.
VFW Auxiliary to meet Dec. 9
The regular meeting of the Glencoe VFW Auxiliary to
Post 5102 will be held at 6 p.m., Monday, Dec. 9, at the
VFW Club. This also will be the annual Christmas party.
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God bless
you all!
Christmas open house set
Lions ‘Bar Bingo’ set Dec. 7
The Glencoe Lions will be sponsoring Bar Bingo at the
Glencoe Country Club on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m.
Everyone age 18 and over is welcome to play for cash
prizes. The progressive game pay-out amount is up to
$1,199 if you have Bingo within 56 called numbers.
Food, beverages and pull-tabs are available.
Legion Christmas party Dec. 9
Brownton American Legion Edward Ewald Post 143
and its Auxiliary will be celebrating with a Christmas
gathering Monday, Dec. 9. Social hour starts at 5:30 p.m.
and the catered meal will be served at 6:30 p.m. The
meal cost is $11. Contact Deanna Meyer if you wish to
attend. Several guests will be in attendance: Legion Department Commander Mike Ash and his wife; Auxiliary
Department President Shirley Fredrick; 3rd District Vice
Commander James Entingen; and past Department Commander Don Pankake.
Shady Lane elections coming
Shady Lane Sportsmens Club will hold its annual
meeting and elections on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 7:30 p.m.
at the clubhouse.
Christmas at First Lutheran
A Christmas brunch, bake sale and country store will
he held in the First Evangelical Lutheran Church fellowship hall in Glencoe on Saturday, Dec. 7. The bake sale
and country store will be held from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., and
the brunch will be served from 8:30 a.m.-11 a.m. The
brunch menu includes scrambled eggs, meat, fruit, homemade coffee cake, coffee and juice.
201 18th St. W., Glencoe
Young people set record
The Glencoe-Silver Lake schools held its
annual food drive and collected 2,432
pounds of food. GSL Superintendent
Chris Sonju said, “the kids were awesome!” Last Wednesday, some of the
secondary school students collected the
food donations from all the GSL school
buildings, loaded them into a school bus
and took them to the McLeod Emergency
Abundant Table set Dec. 4
The free Abundant Table community meal is open to
everyone — families and children, elderly and all seeking fellowship or in need of a helping hand. The community meal is set for Wednesday, Dec. 4, (and the first
Wednesday of every month) at Christ Lutheran Church’s
basement fellowship hall, 1820 Knight Ave., Glencoe.
Serving is a “Christmas celebration” of ham and scalloped potatoes, bread, fruit salad, and Christmas cookies.
Doors open at 4:30 p.m. for fellowship; the meal is
served at 5 p.m. Let organizers know to prepare for you
by calling Christ Lutheran Church at 320-864-4549. “Remember there is a place for you at our Abundant Table.”
Bake sale, luncheon Dec. 7
Prairie Community Church Evangelical UCC of Lester
Prairie will host a bake sale and chili luncheon from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 7, at the First Avenue
North-Oak Street church.
Glencoe seniors to meet
The Glencoe Senior Citizens group will meet Thursday, Dec. 5, at 12:30 p.m., at the senior room in the Glencoe City Center. The group will play 500 and Sheephead,
and all area senior citizens are invited to attend. The club
also will meet at 12:30 p.m, Tuesday, Dec. 10.
Bake, craft sale set Dec. 7
First Congregational UCC in Glencoe will host a
Christmas bake sale, craft sale and luncheon from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 7. Items include lefse,
rosettes, krumkake, cookies, candies, baked goods, crafts
and gifts. Lunch will be hot pork sandwiches and homemade soup and pie. There will be live music by Creekside Jazz.
Legion Post 95 to meet Dec. 5
Glencoe American Legion Post 95 will have its monthly meeting on Thursday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m., in the basement meeting room of Glencoe VFW Post 5102. All
members are encouraged to attend. Lunch will be served.
To be included in this column, items for Happenings
must be received in the Chronicle office no later than
5 p.m. on Monday of the week they are to be published. Items received after that will be published elsewhere in the newspaper as space permits. Happenings
in Glencoe, Brownton, Stewart, Plato, New Auburn,
Biscay and Silver Lake take priority over happenings
elsewhere.
Thursday, Dec. 5th
Food Shelf. There, they unloaded and
sorted the donations as Food Shelf Executive Director Marietta Neumann, far
right, helped supervise. Neumann commended the young people for all their
help in resupplying the shelves. She said
the students brought in a record amount
of donations this fall.
11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 6th
11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 7th
10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Lots of homemade arrangements,
ornaments by Wendy Graf,
homemade coasters by Becky Edwards,
quilted items by Diane Alsleben.
City budget Continued from page 1
ues to be high at 240.43 percent and Stewart remains at
207 percent.
In other matters, City
Council:
• Heard that the local Boy
Scouts will be hosting a Jamboree at Oak Leaf Park next
May. Council member Kevin
Dietz, also a Scout master,
said the Crow River District
Jamboree will be a first for
Glencoe and 250 to 350
Scouts and adults will attend.
• Heard the city finally received its used aerial fire
truck from Oregon, but it was
an adventure to get it accomplished.
“I’ve never dealt with
something so difficult in 25
years (as city administrator),”
Larson said.
The plan was to have the
aerial truck hauled from Oregon by truck and trailer, but it
was halted in North Dakota,
South Dakota and Nebraska
and not permitted into those
states due to the size and
weight.
Finally, the city worked
with Jungclaus Implement to
get the fire truck hauled to
Glencoe, but it also was
stopped at the Minnesota border at Moorhead and forced
to wait another 11 hours before allowed to proceed.
What was to cost $4,300 to
haul the truck cost the city
$8,000 instead, Larson said.
He added the problems were
not something anyone anticipated.
• Heard discussions are
continuing on a veterans
monument to be located at
the Glencoe City Center. Larson said the original plan to
locate it on the front yard of
the City Center has changed,
and now a site on the east
side of the building is being
discussed.
• Approved hiring Jamey
Retzer as a full-time Glencoe
Police officer as recommended by Police Chief Jim
Raiter. He replaces Erik
Geronsen, who resigned recently to take a police officer
position in Eden Prairie.
Raiter said that will bring
the department back up to
eight full-time officers.
Sponsor tree for hospice
The Brownton Lions Club is sponsoring the Christmas
Remembrance Tree to benefit the hospice program. The
tree is located at the Brownton Community Center. A
suggested donation is $5 per light. The lights are in memory or in honor of loved ones. Sponsor forms are available at Security Bank & Trust, Brownton Post Office,
Brownton City Offices, City Meat Market, HP Insurance
and Deb’s Hair & Tanning Emporium.
Wendy Graf
Submitted photo
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The Grace Lutheran Church, Brownton, women’s
group will host its annual guest day Saturday, Dec. 7, at
10:30 a.m. The public is invited to enjoy the theme of
dolls, dollhouses and doilies with a tea party lunch to follow.
at the home of
City Council Continued from page 1
But June’s rains exceeded
that 100-year benchmark by a
wide margin.
Even the city’s 30 holding
ponds were filled quickly.
Black noted that the pond
levels generally go down in a
matter of days. But it took
weeks for the water to subside after the June rains because so much water drained
from the acres lying north of
the city, he said.
Black said all of the eight
major flooding areas identified in the study were “low
spots” in the community
where water collects.
Once the rains stopped and
the city’s sewer system
caught up, the water drained
away rather quickly.
Gary Schreifels, city public
works director for water and
wastewater treatment, said
one of the big issues were
plugged catch basins and outlets throughout the community. Once those drains were
cleared of debris, “it went
down relatively fast.”
*****
On the west side of the
city, Black said the city is
working with the Buffalo
Creek Watershed District on
the Marsh Improvement Project.
The aim of the project is to
develop storm water ponding
areas, clean out debris from
the west-end ditch, improve
the culverts along the ditch
that goes from Haukos Trailer
Park south under Highway 22
and County Road 3 and
through Seneca property and
the cemetery before getting to
Buffalo Creek.
Larson said the city and
BCWD are looking at a
matching grant to help fund
some of the work, like cleaning the ditch.
Black said while 1,200
acres drains into the north
central holding ponds from
outside the city, the west
ditch drainage area takes in
2,500 acres. Much of the
ditch lies outside the city limits and is privately owned,
which has complicated matters over the years.
Schreifels said another
issue in the west ditch is that
people are dumping yard
waste into the ditch, which is
illegal.
*****
The center of the city also
was hard hit by the floods,
and Mike Drew, director of
public works for streets and
parks, said work has been
done this past summer to upgrade catch basins and sewers
around 14th Street and Judd
Avenue. Some of the pipes
and catch basins were in bad
shape, he added.
While he said there may
still be street flooding in the
future, the upgraded basins
will allow the water to drain
faster.
Schreifels said the city also
repaired 22 catch basins
along Highway 22 through
the city, this summer and fall.
Some of the worst ones were
along Hennepin Avenue between 12th Street and 13th
Street.
Larson said the city used
municipal state aid funds to
pay for those replacements.
*****
Black said the main issue
on the north end of the city is
how to divert the water draining from the north eastward,
and how to pay for it.
That diversion project will
require major renovation to
the current system to get that
water flowing quicker behind
the high school and across
County Road 15 and east to
the ditch.
Larson said that east ditch
had plenty of capacity remaining even during the
major rain event in June.
But getting that water from
the center of Glencoe to the
east will require funding help
from the county, BCWD and
FEMA. Larson said it will
take longer to obtain a FEMA
grant.
Larson said the city has
been talking to all those entities, but a lot may depend on
the Morningside Avenue extension plans that also included improved drainage in that
area leading to the east ditch
system.
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The Glencoe Historic Preservation Society (GHPS)
will host its Christmas open house and bake sale from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 14. The event will be held
in the Glencoe Historic Room at the Glencoe City Center. The group will be serving cookies and cider, and the
public is invited. Proceeds from the bake sale will help
GHPS refurbish its room at the City Center.
The McLeod County Chronicle, www.glencoenews.com,
Wednesday, December 4, 2013, page 3
Bell ringers
Glencoe blood drive
Hailey Farrell of Glencoe, above, was working on her two-gallon pin Wednesday, Nov.
27, at the Red Cross blood drive held at the Glencoe City Center. The phlebotomist is
Russ Siekman. Below, Dean Jensen donated for the first time after recently returning
to the area. The blood drive
surpassed its 123-pint goal
with 128 units being collected. Other donors reaching
goals were Veryl Schuch
(eight gallons) and Adelheide Nelson (11 gallons).
There also were eight firsttime donors: Holly Merrill,
Jon Baldwin, Steve Eischens, Gary Holmgren,
Dean Jensen, Judith Larsen,
Lisa Lewin and Theodore
Schoper. The next Red
Cross Blood drive in Glencoe will be Wednesday, April
30.
Public 50th
Wedding Anniversary
honoring
Duane & Gloria Wigern
Friday, Dec. 6
American Legion
Post 96,
Hutchinson
4-9 p.m.
The Glencoe Historic Preservation Society
CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE
& BAKE SALE
Saturday, Dec. 14 • 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Glencoe Historic Room, City Center
We will be serving Christmas cookies & cider.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED.
Proceeds will be used to help us finish
refurbishing the Glencoe Historic Room.
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Christmas Brunch, Bake Sale &
Country Store
First Ev. Lutheran Church Fellowship Center
925 13th St. E., Glencoe
S ATURDAY, D EC . 7
8:30
Menu: Scrambled eggs, meat, fruit, homemade
coffee cake, muffins, coffee and juice.
Adults $7.00; Children 8 & Under $4.00
Holiday Shopping
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Coborn’s Parking Lot, Glencoe
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Closed Tues.-Thurs., Nov. 26-28
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Fri., Nov. 29 • 9 am
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Mon.-Thurs. 3pm-8pm; Fridays 1pm-8pm
5 different tree varieties available.
Wreaths and garland by the foot.
– Trees are from Turks –
Hosted by Children & Grandchildren
Downtown Hutchinson
Fri Dec 6 to Thu Dec 12
The Singing Friends Chorus of Norwood
Young America and surrounding area will
perform at three events in December, in-
cluding the annual Holly Days celebration
in Glencoe Friday, Dec. 13, at about 6:20
p.m.
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Broadway musicals, folk
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world music, spiritual songs,
classical choral music and
popular tunes from all different eras.
Central to the Singing
Friends Chorus are two songs
which have been key for 10
years. The chorus experience
is captured by one of the
group’s favorite pieces, “How
Can I Keep From Singing,”
which has become a signature
number for the choir. And the
other song, “Preist Gott,” is
the backbone anthem which
is sung at the end of each
concert. It is the majestic
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for a beautiful concert.
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and should not be limited to
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of God” and “Amen.”
Second, the Singing
Friends Chorus welcomes
two mini-concerts. They are
Tuesday, Dec. 17, at The Harbor in Norwood Young
America and Tuesday, Jan. 7,
at The Crossings in Waconia.
Both concerts are at 7 p.m.
The public is welcome to attend.
Third, the ensemble celebrates Christmas in Glencoe.
Friday, Dec. 13, after the
Holly Days Parade (about
6:20 p.m.), the Singing
Friends Chorus entertains in
the Glencoe City Center
parking lot. The chorus will
sing Christmas and holiday
songs, leading parade-goers
in a sing-along after the parade.
The 30 members of the
Singing Friends Chorus perform in Carver, McLeod, Sibley and surrounding counties.
They are from Cokato,
Cologne, Glencoe, Green
Isle, Hamburg, New Germany, Norwood Young
America, Waconia, Watertown and Winsted.
The soprano-alto-tenorbass (SATB) choir presents
two annual singing events:
Christmas concerts in December and spring musical
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This is the 10th anniversary of the Singing Friends
Chorus, and the ensemble
will sing in three events:
Christmas concerts, miniconcerts, and at the Glencoe
Holly Days sing-along.
The Singing Friends director, Karen de Boer of Glencoe, rejoices in her leading
the singers for 10 years. Key
board accompanist, Carrie
Knott of Winsted, led the
choir by playing the black
and white keys for that same
time.
Eight chorus members
have been faithful in singing
for 10 years: sopranos, Betty
Diers, Winsted; Diane Hoffman, Hamburg; Juliene
Klaustermeier, Norwood
Young America; and Margaret Stoeckmann, Hamburg;
alto, Bev Mellgren, Norwood, Young America; tenor,
Roger Sauerbrey, Norwood
Young America; and basses,
Don Herrmann, Waconia, and
Earl Wendorf, New Germany.
First, two Christmas concerts are booked, on Dec. 7 at
St. Mark Lutheran Church,
211 Adams Ave. S, New Germany, and Dec. 8 at Church
of Peace, 424 Franklin St. N,
Norwood Young America.
Both concerts begin at 2 p.m.
and a reception follows each.
The Singing Friends Chorus presents the majestic,
“There Shall a Star From
Jacob Come Forth,” from
Felix Mendelssohn’s oratorio
“Christus;” Benjamin Britten’s shimmering lullaby,
“Balulalow;” and John Purifoy’s newly composed work,
“And On Earth, Peace.”
The chorus sings Amy
Grant’s reflective song,
“Breath of Heaven,” and
“Christmas Time is Here”
from “A Charlie Brown
Christmas.”
There are choral arrangements of familiar carols such
as “O Tannenbaum” and
“Away in a Manager.” Plus
the chorus presents a couple
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to those in need. Additionally, we provide many other
services such as summer
camping experiences, disaster services, visits to the elderly, back to school projects,
etc.
“Much of this could not be
possible without the funding
we receive through our
Christmas Kettle Campaign.
“With the continued cuts
within federal and state programs, we have seen an increase in requests for assistance. Therefore, we are hoping that this year’s Christmas
Kettle Campaign will be a
successful fund drive.
“This campaign cannot
happen without the assistance
of community members helping to staff our Christmas
Kettles. We are in need of individuals, families, confirmation kids, youth groups, etc.
who would be willing to help
out a couple of hours during
this holiday season,” Weber
stated.
As a result, Weber said
local Rotarians will do bell
ringing on Saturday at
Coborn’s. There also have
been other groups showing
an interest in volunteering,
she added.
“Need Knows No Season,”
is the theme this year. If interested in bell ringing, contact Weber at 320-864-6657
or 320-510-2256.
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The McLeod County Chronicle, Wednesday, December 4, 2013, page 4
Odd approach to
gaining a partnership
with local recycling
Our view: 1-sort seems the way; but can city,
county agree on who does it, and where to go?
N
ot sure what is spurring on
the latest round of one-upmanship between the city
of Glencoe and McLeod County’s
Solid Waste Department, but it does
not seem to be real productive.
Last week, McLeod County removed its recycling dumpsters from
the 13th Street location in Glencoe
and relocated them in the east parking lot near the courthouse.
Glencoe City Council forced the
move, citing liability issues of having the county recycling bins on city
property. An apparent lawsuit has
been filed over someone falling and
being injured at the 13th Street site,
and the city does not want that liability any more.
In return, the county Solid Waste
Department took out a half-page advertisement last week explaining the
word “partnership” in its recycling
efforts with the city.
The county, alleging in the ad,
stated, “Although officials representing the city of Glencoe have expressed, and acted on, their disgust
and dissatisfaction in the McLeod
County Solid Waste program, the
county has maintained its wish that
the city of Glencoe would support
the county’s efforts to explore the future of the recycling programs for
McLeod County residents.”
That is an odd way to seek a better
partnership between the county and
city of Glencoe.
While we disagree with the harsh
wording of the first half of the statement, we agree with the need to support efforts in the second half.
The county should have been allowed to research options to its current five-sort program, and possibly
go to the one-sort, like Glencoe did.
But that process was not allowed to
play out fully.
It did not because Glencoe jumped
the gun and went on its own with a
one-sort program earlier last summer, using Waste Management as its
hauler. West Central Sanitation is the
county’s hauler.
Glencoe’s recyclables now go to
Waste Management’s facility, not to
McLeod County’s Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Hutchinson.
The county is losing out on funds
generated by the resale of Glencoe’s
recyclable materials.
There is little dispute that the onesort program in Glencoe has been
highly successful. Monthly numbers
show a dramatic increase in recycling, and that is good.
But Glencoe needs to decide on a
hauler if the county also agrees that
one-sort is the way to go for all of
McLeod County. Would Glencoe
agree to using the county’s hauler, or
would the county rely on Waste
Management for the entire county?
Another question may be, would
Waste Management, if hired by the
county, be willing to deliver those
recyclables to the MRF in Hutchinson, so the county can continue to
use those the funds to help support
its recycling programs?
Perhaps the most important question is whether the county should be
in the recycling business at all, or
whether that is best left to private industry. Glencoe City Council members seem to support private business on this one.
There are a lot of ifs, and political
posturing left in this debate. A solution could be reached if both sides
stop “puffing up” for the public, and
get down to serious negotiations on
what is best for both the city and
county residents willing to recycle.
Going separate ways seems counterproductive since both sides agree
recycling in Glencoe is important.
But that may be the only solution if
neither side budges.
Perhaps less rhetoric and more
face-to-face discussions would create the “partnership” the county’s
advertisement speaks about.
— R.G.
Not every day we get
Supreme Court justices
to drop by for a visit
L
ast week, two Minnesota
Supreme Court justices
dropped by the office to
chat. The main purpose, according to
Justice G. Barry Anderson, a
Hutchinson native, was to introduce
the newest member of the state’s
high court, Justice David Lillehaug.
It was a most pleasant visit that
not only puts a face to a name in the
news, but also puts some flesh and
blood to the high court justices
whose decisions impact the lives of
most Minnesotans.
It was quite an honor. After all, we
do not get to visit with our Supreme
Court justices every day.
While it is a prestigious position
in legal circles, the pressure to make
the correct decision must be huge.
We have spoken with Justice Anderson in the past, and enjoyed those
visits. But this visit was mostly
about Justice Lillehaug and his background. We appreciate, however,
The McLeod County
Justice Anderson thinking of us
while touring the area.
One impression became apparent
right away; the justices take their
roles on the Minnesota Supreme
Court very seriously.
We asked for Justice Lillehaug’s
thoughts on some upcoming issues,
like electronic voter registration; or
the appointment-retention elections
of judges opposed to the constitutionally-required general elections;
or what to do with sexual offenders
who are locked up indefnitely.
Justice Lillehaug quickly deferred
answering any of them, because
those hot isues may end up as some
of the about 125 cases that appear
before the state Supreme Court each
year.
It was refreshing to know
Supreme Court justices do not want
to prejudge issues before they reach
their chambers.
— R.G.
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Holiday sales: Have we lost our minds?
There are times it appears the
“civilized” world has lost its collective marbles, and this past Thanksgiving holiday is a prime example.
Who in their right mind would
camp out for hours, or even days, in
front of a store just to be one of the
first in line to get a “bargain” on an
item that is either in hot demand or
short supply? Apparently plenty of
people!
Has it dawned on these frenzied
shoppers that there may be a short
supply of hot items on purpose? Or
that prices have been marked up before the sales signs have been posted?
Do they understand the concept of
“being had” by big-box retail marketers, who magically can slash
prices so much, and still be profitable?
While I’m at it, who can afford to
camp out for days and still have a
job? Or do these people actually
have jobs, let alone the money, to
buy the items they covet so dearly?
It is amazing what you can buy on
credit!
Perhaps these line-sitters are really professionals paid to do just that.
You know, a surrogate for someone
just as insane, but not wanting to
show it in public.
Then there is the “Black Friday”
Rich Glennie
madness that causes usually sanethinking people to gather in the early
morning hours, herd together like
sheep only to unleash their fury like
raging bulls when the store’s doors
open.
Any semblance of courtesy is
quickly trampled in the stampede to
get to the “bargain” somewhere in
the bowels of the store. What causes
people to bury their manners so
completely in such a frenzy?
Can you understand the concept of
a rat in a maze? You insane shoppers
are being manipulated and may not
even know it, or care.
These mad shoppers must get a
“high” in achieving their goal of
beating their competition by running
their carts over the slower movers,
elbowing others in the head, slap-
ping fingers or stealing their “find”
because you were there first?
What possesses these people to act
this way?
But us high-and-mighty, who
choose to stay home instead, appear
to be little better.
With the traditional Thanksgiving
gathering now being buried under
the Christmas sales blitzes on TV
and in the newspapers, the sit-down
meal is now being hurried, or
skipped entirely, in order to get to
the stores before all the “bargains”
are gone.
Instead of families sitting together
and enjoying good conversation,
many now sit around the table surrounded by newspaper circulars
from heaven knows where.
Conversation is now an occasional
grunt, or an exclamation of “Come
here, look at this price!” Even the
kids are into it. “I want this! I want
this! I want ....” as the adults blissfully ignore the child’s high-pitched
whine, and the Thanksgiving meal
being placed on the table.
And if the Thanksgiving day
newspapers get any bigger or heavier, I may have to hire a surrogate
just to pick it up and drag it into the
house!
Letters to Editor
Hats off to food collections by area’s young people
To the Editor:
Hats off to the young people in the
Glencoe area!
We hear so much about all the
wrong things that the younger generation do; it is time to share the good
that they do, too.
With donations being down for
the food shelf and usage going up in
the Glencoe area, youth came to the
rescue!
On Nov. 9, the Cub Scouts went
door-to-door collecting over 3,000
pounds of food. The Boy Scouts
then helped supervise the sorting of
all the food as it was brought in.
This was a record amount of food
collected by the scouts!
They have held their food drive
twice a year for over 25 years, while
Staff
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Advertising Manager; June
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Sports Writer; Jessica Bolland
and Alissa Hanson, Creative
Department; and Trisha
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Letters
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any letter.
A guest column is also available to
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format. If interested, contact the
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other scouts only have one drive a
year. They did this because of the
need of food for the hungry, even
though for several years the Vikings
Council did not give them credit for
the second drive.
With the need for the supply of
food even greater this year, the
Glencoe-Silver Lake students were
not going to be left out. On the
Wednesday before Thanksgiving,
they held a food drive and stuffed a
school bus with food collected from
all the school buildings.
This also was a record amount of
food for the school — 2,000 pounds
of food. They also sorted the food
before they returned to class on
Wednesday.
As the students were leaving the
Ethics
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County Chronicle strives to present
the news in a fair and accurate manner. We appreciate errors being
brought to our attention. Please
bring any grievances against the
Chronicle to the attention of the editor. Should differences continue,
readers are encouraged to take their
grievances to the Minnesota News
Council, an organization dedicated to
protecting the public from press inaccuracy and unfairness. The News
Council can be contacted at 12 South
Sixth St., Suite 940, Minneapolis,
MN 55402, or (612) 341-9357.
food shelf, the GSL students from
First Lutheran preschool, not to be
outdone, came walking over from
school. They were pulling a little red
wagon, which was stuffed with another 110 pounds of food. They, too,
had met their goal!
All in all, two and a half tons of
food these young people collected
will supply approximately 4,000
meals. Words alone can’t express
how much this effort by all of them
is appreciated.
Hats off to them!
Marietta Neumann
Executive director
McLeod Emergency
Food Shelf
Press Freedom
Freedom of the press is guaranteed under the First Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press…”
Ben Franklin wrote in the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1731: “If printers
were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would
offend nobody there would be very
little printed.”
Deadline for the McLeod County
Chronicle news is 5 p.m., and advertising is noon, Monday. Deadline for Glencoe Advertiser advertising is noon, Wednesday. Deadline for The Galaxy advertising is
noon Wednesday.
Guest column:
UWMC campaign goal $268,000
By Paul Thompson
UWMC executive director
The United Way of
McLeod County recently
kicked off the organization’s
51st annual fall campaign to
raise funds for its partner
agencies/programs and Dolly
Parton’s Imagination Library
Initiative.
The need for the programs
and services that our partner
agencies provide has never
been greater.
The news lately has been
of financial crisis and employment and construction
downturns, while living costs
continue to rise. Demands on
public agencies, food shelves,
clothes banks and utility
funds are much higher than
last year – and from people
who have never requested assistance before.
State funding to public and
private agencies has been cut,
at the same time that requests
for assistance are increasing.
United Way helps fill that
gap.
First as the Hutchinson
Area United Way and then
merged with the Glencoe
Area United Fund in 2008,
our organization has been a
part of this region for over 50
years.
The UWMC supports programs in the areas of: emergency and basic needs, health
and human services, child development and community
development.
We don’t just provide a
blank check to our partners;
we fund specific programs
with measurable outcome objectives ensuring the funds
we invest on your behalf are
making the greatest impact
on community needs.
Our United Way has delivered over $750,000 in community investment grants to
partner agencies over the last
five years. Our 2013-14 campaign is under way, with a
goal of $268,000.
We realize that you may be
facing financial pressures in
your own home. But, we
hope you’ll give as generously as you can. We’re sure that
you’re familiar with most of
our partner agencies. In fact,
we’re sure you know someone who has been helped by
them – your neighbors, coworkers and possibly your
own family.
We need your help this
year. If you work for one of
the businesses that allow you
to donate through payroll deduction, that is the easiest
way. If your employer
doesn’t offer a workplace
campaign, please ask if they
will start one.
If you’ve received our
brochure in the newspaper,
please reply. You can also donate online at: www.united
waymcleodcounty.org or by
mail to 218 Main St. South,
Suite 124, PO Box 504,
Hutchinson, MN 55350.
Why give to United Way?
• It’s efficient: Over the last
seven years administrative
and fundraising costs average
17 percent.
• It’s local: That means 83
percent of funds raised are
used for programs that benefit McLeod County residents.
All operating decisions are
made by a board consisting
of 15 McLeod County residents.
• It’s connected: Partners
with area agencies that in
2011 provided services to
over 35,000 people.
• It’s accountable: Each
year we are independently reviewed by a local auditor. We
are subject to stringent United Way Worldwide membership requirements.
Our theme this year is
“Give. Advocate. Volunteer.
LIVE UNITED.” Whether
you give your funds, your
voice, or your time, you are
making a difference for many
in McLeod County.
Please support United Way
at the most generous level
you can. Thank you in advance.
Letters to Editor
Blood drive exceeds collection goal, again
To the Editor:
Thank you to the Glencoe
Area Community for your
donations at the Glencoe
Community Blood Drive on
Nov. 27!
The American Red Cross
set a goal for us of 123 units,
and we collected 128 units!
An outstanding response,
considering it was the day before Thanksgiving. And 2013
was a good year: the Glencoe
community met or exceeded
the Red Cross goals set for us
at all three drives this year.
Special thanks go to our
volunteers and community
business sponsors. Without
the help of all our community
volunteers who step up to the
plate each and every drive,
the blood drives would not
take place.
The participation of each
person is crucial to the success of each drive.
Our business community is
also involved in the drives.
Please thank the following
local businesses and organizations for supporting our
drives with services, products
or funds: Glencoe City Center, Coborn’s, Security Bank,
The McLeod County Chronicle and Glencoe Lions Club
for their financial support
since 2008. Keebler Corporation continues its nationwide
support of the American Red
Cross with donations of Keebler products for the after-donation snacks.
At this November drive,
the American Red Cross also
provided commemorative
Red Cross T-shirts for each
donor as a thank you for
donor support during the
busy Thanksgiving holiday.
At previous drives, the
ARC usually arrived with
eight general donation beds
and four double-red beds.
For this drive, they brought
12 general donation beds and
four double-red beds!
For the busy early hours of
the drive, almost all beds
were utilized at full capacity.
That was wonderful to see.
Let’s not lose sight of the
big picture, the reason so
many people spend so much
time and effort preparing for
and holding our blood drives.
Each unit of donated blood
has the potential to help up to
three patients, so your 128
units may help up to 384 people who truly need your gift
of life.
Thank you for “Giving
Something that Means Something!” You have helped to
make Christmas a reality this
year for many people, one
person at a time. I wish for
you a blessed Christmas with
your family and friends.
Charleen Engelmann,
Coordinator
Glencoe Community
Blood Drive
Chronicle photo by Rich Glennie
Geography competitors
The first-level winners of the Glencoe-Silver Lake Geography Bee were announced at Lincoln Junior High. They will
now advance to the oral geography bee
later this school year. The first-round winners include, front, from left, Kaleb Elke,
Jacob Reichow, Samantha Sanchez,
Cody Rae and Josh Kuehn, all seventh
graders. Middle row, Leah Bettcher, a
seventh grader, Ashley Teubert, Jaecub
Fondurulia, Taryn Reichow and Laura
Popelka, all eighth graders. In the back
are eighth graders Dylan Richter, Austin
Pinske, Blake Ortloff and Theresa Siers.
Missing were Brett Baumgarten, a seventh grader, and Jack Gepson, an eighth
grader.
Warning system at Highway 212-Chandler
The Minnesota Department
of Transportation (MnDOT)
is deploying Rural Intersection Conflict Warning Systems (RICWS) at rural intersections across the state, including one in Glencoe at the
Highway 212 and Highway
22 (Chandler Avenue) intersection.
According to MnDOT’s
district office in Willmar,
RICWS uses technology on
signs to give motorists realtime warning about oncoming
traffic, also referred to as collision avoidance systems.
These signs warn motorists
with sensors and flashing
lights that are expected to reduce fatal and injury crashes
at higher risk intersections.
Rural intersections can be
higher risk for a number of
reasons, including: at grade,
higher speeds, driver complacency with lower volumes of
traffic, and longer distances
that emergency medical and
trauma teams travel to transport victims.
According to Minnesota
Crash Facts, fatal crashes
tend to occur on roads in
rural areas with higher speeds
and with non-interstate designs (separation between opposing lanes and grade separated intersections, etc.)
In 2011, 225 crashes, or 67
percent, of all fatal crashes
occurred in rural areas with
populations of less than 5,000
people.
The proposed dynamic
warning signs with flashing
beacons will advise drivers
on major roads with a message “Entering Traffic When
Flashing.” Motorists on
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Police issued six “snowbird”
tickets over winter parking violations on city streets early Tuesday morning.
The McLeod County Auditor’s
Office
reported
someone
“bounced” a check on Tuesday
morning. The matter was turned
over to the county attorney.
A minor accident was reported
at Highway 212 and Morningside
Drive at 4:30 p.m. The drivers exchanged insurance information
prior to an officer arriving.
Another six parking tickets
were issued in violation of the
city’s “snowbird” ordinance early
Wednesday morning.
Police also assisted at the accident scene on Highway 212 at
Chandler Avenue at 6:32 p.m.,
Wednesday. The three-vehicle
crash injured three people. The
State Patrol handled the crash
scene investigation.
An Armstrong Avenue resident
reported the theft of a wallet from
the home at 12:26 a.m., Thursday.
Also on Thursday morning, police wrote out seven more
“snowbird” citations for violations
of the on-street parking rules.
Police were called to a Baxter
Avenue residence at 3:06 p.m.,
Thursday, for a person in hospice
care who died.
A traffic stop at 9:12 p.m.,
Thursday, at 13th Street and
Louden Avenue, resulted in the
driver being cited for driving after
suspension, underage drinking
and driving and failing to yield to
an emergency vehicle. The driver
also was warned for having no
headlights on, having an open
bottle and no proof of insurance.
Early Friday morning, police issued 12 more “snowbird” tickets.
A driver was stopped on Highway 212 near Ideal Avenue at
8:05 a.m., Friday, and was cited
for driving after revocation.
A Roadmaster bicycle was
found on 18th Street and Newton
Avenue on Friday morning.
Police were called by a woman
to check on her husband at 10:26
p.m., Friday. She said he told her
he was going to take a shower
and then head to church in
Hutchinson. He never showed up,
according to the wife. When he
answered a call by police, the
husband said he had fallen
asleep on the couch and had just
woken up. Police passed that information on to his wife.
On Saturday morning, 10 more
“snowbird” tickets were issued by
police.
A man was caught dumping
items at a Chandler Avenue location at 9:55 a.m., Saturday. Police
were told by the man he thought
that recycling “meant you could
put it anywhere.” Police made the
suspect pick up the items.
A driver was cited for driving
after suspension at 2:32 p.m.,
Saturday, at 7th Street and DeSoto Avenue.
Four more “snowbird” tickets
were issued on Sunday morning.
A resident of an Abbott Avenue
home had a medical emergency
at 9:24 a.m., Sunday. The person
had a possible separated shoulder and was transported by ambulance to the hospital’s emer-
gency room.
A Hennepin Avenue resident
reported the theft of a handicap
tag and car wash tickets from the
home at 12:17 p.m., Sunday.
A driver was issued a ticket for
driving after revocation at 2:39
p.m., Sunday, when stopped on
Highway 22 at 115th Street.
Another medical emergency
was reported at 4:18 p.m., Sunday, at a home on 18th Street
West. A man had a hip fracture.
Police assisted at a house fire
reported at 9:48 p.m., Sunday, at
a 10th Street residence. The fire
got between the chimney block
and wall. The Red Cross was notified, and the family was relocated to the Super 8 Motel.
Only one “snowbird” ticket was
issued on Monday, Dec. 2.
Building Permits
The following building permits
were approved by the Glencoe
City Council on Monday, Dec. 2:
Verizon, 2210 E. 14th St., mechanical permit.
Beau Vasek, 1615 E. 11th St.,
egress window.
John Petersen, 1522 Louden
Ave., mechanical permit.
Dave Grimm, 210 Interwood
Drive, reroof.
Jon Gueningman, 831 Baxter
Ave., window replacement.
Bernie’s Furniture, 410 E. 10th
St., mechanical permit.
James Cross, 1802 Ives Ave.,
window replacement.
Justin Polo, 1331 E. 14th St.,
reroof.
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minor roads will see flashing
beacons and the message
“Traffic Approaching When
Flashing.”
To start, the RICWS systems will be installed at 20
rural intersections statewide
in the next few months and
another 30 planned for the
next two summers.
Throughout MnDOT District 8, motorists will see
these systems being placed at
the following intersections
within the next few months:
Carver County, Highway 7,
at County Road 33. Activated
on Nov. 26.
Kandiyohi County, Highway 23 at County Road 1,
and Highway 71 at Highway
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Lyon County, Highway 23
at County Road 30 (north
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History
From the Brownton Bulletin archives
75 Years Ago
Dec. 1, 1938
Percy L. Hakes, Editor
A pretty fall wedding took
place Sunday afternoon at 1:30
p.m. when Miss Luella Bernice
Knick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Knick, became the bride
of Mr. Herbert Becker of Glencoe. The ceremony took place at
Immanuel Lutheran Church.
The local fire department
made two runs to fires during the
past week. The first fire was at
the Russ Brothers farm a halfmile south of Stewart which occurred about 5:30 a.m. Thanksgiving morning for a corn crib
fire. Lost was 5,000 bushels of
corn, a threshing machine and
other farm machinery. The other
fire occurred Saturday afternoon
at the Raymond Rickert farm just
south of town when a straw stack
50 Years Ago
Dec. 5, 1963
Charles H. Warner, Editor
Jim Lindeman, 20, was
painfully injured Saturday afternoon about 4:30 p.m. when the
chimney on Bill Braun’s house
toppled while Jim and Carl
Hardel of the Brownton Hardware Company were putting on a
chimney extension. Jim sustained a crushed vertebra as he
landed on the ground, first on his
feet and then on his seat. Hardel
rushed him to the Brownton
Clinic. After x-rays determined
the extent of his injuries, Jim
was rushed to the Glencoe hospital by ambulance.
Myrtle Meyer of Brownton
was really toppling the pins
Monday evening as she rolled a
661 series in the women’s league
at Stewart Recreation. She
bowled 243, 215 and 203 in the
three-game series, with 18
strikes in the three games.
The turn-out was light in the
village election Tuesday as
Mayor Walter Radke was returned to his seat with 27 votes,
and Melvin Dahlke was elected
trustee with 18.
20 Years Ago
Dec. 1, 1993
Lori Copler, Editor
The McLeod West junior/senior class play, “Big Boom in
Castle Doom,” will be performed
Friday and Saturday nights in the
Stewart Campus auditorium.
Cast members include Jenny
Mons, Stacie Stoller, Kim
Maiers, Alison Grems, Kari
Lipke, Lynn Friedrichs, Heather
Voelker, Sheri Benson, Tammi
Stockmann, Tara Schafer, Angie
Blum, Jenny Kalenberg, Lisa Luberda, Gwen Bielke, Heidi Kullman, Nicole Hahn, Beth Krippner, Tammy Uecker, Sara Dwinnell, Tina Robbins, Melissa Doering, Kelly Maiers, Ellen
Adamietz, Dana Helgeson, Jim
Noplos, Travis Redmann, Steve
Kelm, Larry Hoffman, Ben
Knick and Brad Schuch. The
stage and lighting crew consists
of Tanya Bauer, Janel Eitel and
Chad Major.
Jeff and Lori Goebel announce
the birth of their daughter,
Katelin Mary, on Tuesday, Nov.
23, 1993.
10 Years Ago
Dec. 3, 2003
Lori Copler, Editor
Miriam Wolf, 35, of Stewart,
died early Thanksgiving morning
in a head-on crash on Highway
15 between 130th and 135th
streets, about two miles north of
Lake Marion. According to the
Minnesota State Patrol, Alfonso
Garcia, 46, of Hutchinson, was
driving northbound when his vehicle crossed the centerline and
struck a pickup driven southbound by Wolf. Wolf was taken
to Hutchinson Community Hospital, where she died. Garcia was
taken to the Hennepin County
Medical Center in Minneapolis.
The accident occurred about
3:40 a.m.
Leonard Pikal of Brownton
was one of two recipients of
leadership awards from the Minnesota Association of Cooperatives.
From the Stewart Tribune archives
100 Years Ago
Dec. 5, 1913
A.F. Avery, Editor
An Arlington jeweler is missing also the most value part of
his stock. Many creditors mourn.
Booze was the cause.
New lodge officers were elected for the Royal Neighbors and
the Catholic Foresters recently.
For the Royal Neighbors: Carrie
Donaldson, oracle; Carrie Swan,
vice oracle; Alvina Koeppen,
chancellor; Etta Dunlap,
recorder; Edith Sugden, receiver;
Nellie Schmitz, marshal; Mary
Mangold, L.S.; Sarah Headley,
O.S. Mamie Cayott, manager;
Dr. C.W. Tinker, physician. For
the Catholic Foresters: William
Roland, C.R.; H.E. Poseley,
P.C.R.; A.M. Buhr, V.C.R.; H.C.
Dols, recorder; V.J. Klinkhammer, F.S.; Anton Tanata, treasurer; J.L. Magner; speaker; and
Nick Klinkhammer, Aug. Simons and Enos Klinkhammer,
trustees.
Another pretty autumn wedding was solemnized at high
noon Thanksgiving day when
Miss Sadie Brede became the
life companion of Mr. Otto
Bartz. Mr. and Mrs. Bartz will
make their home with the
groom’s parents.
75 Years Ago
Dec. 2, 1938
Harry Koeppen, Editor
A distressing gun accident last
Thursday morning resulted in the
death Sunday of Donald Plaisance, 18 years old, of Robbinsdale. Young Plaisance and two
companions had come to the
farm of his great uncle, Charles
Reimer, in Round Grove, to hunt
rabbits that day. The boys were
about ready to go out when Donald lifted the guns out of the
back seat of the car, loaded his,
and leaned it against the side of
the car. A door slammed, the gun
butt dropped to the ground, a
shell exploded and the charge
ripped into his chest, penetrating
his lung. He was rushed to the
office of Dr. Klima in Stewart,
given first aid, then rushed to
Minneapolis in the Koeppen
hearse, which had been hurriedly
prepared to serve as an ambulance. He was taken to Deaconess Hospital where he was
given blood transfusions, but he
gradually weakened and passed
away Sunday night.
An early morning fire at the
Russ Brothers Ranch, just south
of Stewart, made Thanksgiving
Day a rather drab affair for
Harry and Will Russ. Loss of
about 5,000 bushels of husked
corn, a threshing machine and a
truck were the losses the Russes
faced that day. The fire was believed to have started from a
heating lamp in a watering tank,
setting ablaze a huge corn crib.
Another of the pioneers of this
section answered the final sum-
mons when Ervin T. Coffin of
Boon Lake passed away Thanksgiving Day, death being due to a
cerebral hemorrhage. Mr. Coffin
was past 78 years of age.
50 Years Ago
Dec. 5, 1963
Kermit T. Hubin, Editor
A total of 121 people from
Stewart and Brownton reported
to the Red Cross Blood Bank at
the Stewart High School Nov. 26
to donate blood. Those from
Stewart who received 1-gallon
pins were Herb Wick, Orville
Trettin, Orville Lipke and Leo
Schuelke.
Announcement was made recently that Milo Wacker has
been appointed as Region 16
commissioner of the Minnesota
Baseball Association.
Named to the straight “A”
honor roll for the second sixweek period at Stewart High
School
were
Rosalie
Grischkowsky, Cecelia Ewert,
Janet Klitzke, Lucy Forcier,
Linda Wieweck, Carol Windschitl, Carol Lipke and Barbara
Proehl.
35 Years Ago
Dec. 7, 1978
Anthony G. Blum, Editor
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Draeger of
Stewart announce the birth of a
baby girl, Stacey Jean, born Nov.
30 at the Hutchinson hospital.
From The Chronicle archives
30 Years Ago
Dec. 7, 1983
Bill Ramige, Editor
Michael David was born to
Mark and Chris Boesche of
Glencoe. He weighed 9 pounds,
1 ounce and was 21-½ inches
long.
Andrea Faith born to Jerome
and Sally Jasken of Glencoe.
F&B Auction Market results
from the Dec. 6 market: Feeder
pigs, $25-$28, calves, $20-$35,
straw, $1-$1.50, and hay, 95c-$2.
The Glencoe Eagles wrestling
team opened the 1983-84 season
with an impressive 45-11 victory
over the Chaska Hawks.
20 Years Ago
Dec. 8, 1993
Rich Glennie, Editor
The results were stunning, but
the message was clear – the public did not like the referendum
option offered by the Glencoe
Board of Education, Nov. 30.
The 1,748 to 205 margin of rejection was overwhelming.
A chain of burglaries at the
Hutchinson Mall resulted in the
theft of cash and merchandise
from seven stores. Entry was
gained through the roof, according to the Hutchinson Police Department. There also was considerable property damage found in
the businesses.
A 30-day signup is under way
now through Dec. 31 in McLeod
County for the U.S. Department
of Agriculture’s Emergency Wetlands Reserve Program (EWRP).
The program, administered
through the Soil Conservation
Service, was established to give
landowners the option of converting qualifying cropland,
damaged by the 1993 floods, to
wetlands. Eligible land entered
into the program will be restored
to permanent wetlands. SCS will
purchase easements to the land
and pay all wetland restoration
costs.
10 Years Ago
Dec. 3, 2003
Rich Glennie, Editor
For the second straight season,
GSL is the Minnesota State High
School Coaches Association
(MSHSCA) academic state
champion of Class AAA football
squads. MSHSCA determines its
academic champions by averaging the individual grade-point
averages of a team’s top student
athletes (34 per squad in Class
AAA football) from the past full
academic year – no grades from
summer school or the current fall
are used. Glencoe-Silver Lake’s
winning team GPA was 3.7 out
of a possible 4.0.
The Minnesota Association of
Cooperatives (MAC) honored
two area individuals with their
highest award. Receiving the
Cooperative Leadership Awards
were Leonard Pikal of Brownton
and Ronald Held of Lake Crystal.
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New Melvin Jones Fellows
Sharon Dummer, left, and Alan Schramm,
right, of the Plato Lions Club have been
named Melvin Jones Fellows by the
Lions Clubs International Foundation
(LCIF) in recognition of their commitment
to serving the world community. Presenting the awards was Lanette Dammann,
center, Plato Lions president. Named for
the founder of Lions Clubs International,
Melvin Jones, the fellowship is one of the
Foundation’s highest recognitions, honoring the commitment to humanitarian
service. Schramm and Dummer recently
received commemorative plaques and
lapel pins acknowledging their dedication
to the foundation’s humanitarian goals.
As a Melvin Jones Fellow, Schramm and
Dummer become a part of the growing
network of individuals who are committed to improving the quality of life for
people locally and in communities
around the world. The Melvin Jones Fellowship is a recognition presented to
those who donate $1,000 to LCIF or to
people for whom a donation was made
by others. It is the backbone of LCIF, providing 75 percent of the foundation’s revenue. Contributions can be made by individuals (including non-Lions), clubs or
districts.
Brownton native earns
honor at Texas Tech as
distinguished alumna
Dr. Kathryn Hochsprung
Keim, daughter of Loretta
Hochsprung and the late
Gerry Hochsprung of Brownton, was honored by Texas
Tech University on Oct. 9 as
a distinguished alumna.
Keim, a graduate of
Brownton High School, the
University of Minnesota and
the University of Nebraska,
received her doctorate degree
in food and nutrition from
Texas Tech in 1983.
She has been a professor at
the University of Illinois,
University of Idaho, Colorado State and Oklahoma
State. She is currently in
Chicago at Rush University
Medical Center in the department of clinical nutrition.
Over the years, Keim’s students have become registered
dietitians and scientists in the
field of nutrition around the
country.
She has published many
peer-reviewed articles related
to diabetes and nutrition as
well as teaching and doing research.
At Texas Tech, she worked
on two large research projects
19 Brownton
seniors met
on Monday
Nineteen Brownton senior
citizens met Monday, Dec. 2,
at the community center.
Cards were played with the
following winners: 500,
Gladys Rickert, first, and
Bernetta Alsleben, second;
pinochle, John Hubert, first,
and Della Schultz, second;
sheephead, Lil Lindeman,
first, and Pearl Streu, second.
The door prize winner was
Ruby Streich.
John Hubert served lunch.
Fire destroys
Hutch home
HUTCHINSON — The
Hutchinson Leader reported
that a Nov. 25 morning fire
destroyed a riverside home
on Delaware Street NW, but
there were no injuries.
The fire initially started in
the home’s garage, and may
have been ignited by a candle
left burning while the owner,
Nghia Nyugen, left for a moment. When he returned, the
fire had started.
He and a woman were seen
moving four vehicles from
the garage prior to firefighters arriving, the Leader reported. The home was not insured.
in nutritional biochemistry,
working with people with diabetes.
Her husband, Dr. Kent
Keim, is currently in Lubbock, Texas, with Dow Agro
Sciences and Phyto Gen.
Their son, Lee, and family
reside in Houston, Texas.
Open House
80th birthday
celebration in honor of
Rozella
Pagel
Sat., Dec. 7
1-5 pm
at Tanker Bay in
Winthrop
Hosted by her daughters
& son. No gifts please.
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Dec. 5, 1913
O.C. Conrad, Editor
Otto Hein and family moved
from their farm on the east side
of Lake Marion Friday and are
now nicely settled in the Knick
residence in the east part of
town.
A.E. Smith attached his span
of black horses to one of the
small lever road drags Monday
and began the task of dragging
and repairing the new gravel
road between town and the Bohn
farm. We understand that considerable work also has been done
on the road leading south from
the Suchomel corner into Penn
Township.
Maynard Alexander, who in
company with his twin brother
conducts a half-section farm a
short distance west of town, quietly wended his way to Buffalo
Lake last Wednesday where, on
Thanksgiving day, he was married to Miss Goldia Hilts.
caught fire as he was loading
straw into his truck. The truck
was lost in the fire.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kahle are
the proud parents of a baby boy
born on Monday of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Plaisance
and Richard went to Robbinsdale
Wednesday to attend the funeral
service for Donald Plaisance,
who was accidentally shot and
killed while hunting rabbits near
Stewart last Friday.
Thurs., Dec. 5 — AA Group mtg. next to Post Office
in Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for info.; Glencoe-Silver Lake Lincoln Junior High annual December
Band & Choir Concert, grades 7-8, GSL High School
Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 7 — Grace Lutheran Church, Brownton,
women’s group annual guest day, 10:30 a.m.
Mon., Dec. 9 — Tops Weigh-In mtg., 5-5:30 p.m.;
Brownton Senior Citizens Club, Brownton Community
Center, 1 p.m.; Stewart City Council, 7 p.m.; Edward
Ewald Post 143 of Brownton & Auxiliary Christmas
Gathering, Brownton Community Center, social 5:30
p.m., meal 6:30 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 10 — Narcotics Anonymous, Brownton
Community Center, 7 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 12 — AA Group mtg. next to Post Office
in Stewart, 8 p.m., call 320-212-5290 for info.
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8th-grade students of month
Lincoln Junior High School honored six
of its eighth-grade students as November
students of the month. They include,
from left to right, Laura Popelka, science;
Cassondra Perschau, physical education; Karsen Howard, algebra; Allie
Harpel, art; Taryn Reichow, history; and
Mariah Koester, band.
November students of the month
Eight seventh-grade students at Lincoln
Junior High School were selected as the
school’s November students of the
month. They include, front row, from left,
Megan Jochum, English; Jasmine
Lorentz, ag/industrial technology;
Samantha Sanchez, pre-algebra; and
Grace Kosek, science. In the back are
Malcolm Everhart, music; Andrew
Wraspir, geography; Alison Kettner,
physical education; and Madelynn
Brown, English.
Warmth on a cold winter’s day
Well I think winter is definately upon us. We have had
a few teaser days, but it is
time to face reality. It’s cold
outside!
These are a couple of my
favorite soup recipes. I make
the wild rice soup for Christmas every year and it is always a big hit.
Last year I accidently bought a wild and
mahagony rice blend. It worked and the soup
still tasted great, despite the purple tint. I have
already purchased the regular wild rice for
this Christmas.
Wild Rice Soup
2/3 cup uncooked wild rice
6 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1/4 cup finely chopped celery
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
4 cups turkey or chicken broth
1/3 cup shredded carrot
2 cups chopped cooked turkey or chicken
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 cup chopped slivered almonds
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
3/4 cup half-and-half cream
Cook wild rice according to package instructions. Set aside.
Melt the butter in a soup pot over medium
heat. Cook and stir the onion and celery until
the onion is translucent, about five minutes.
Stir in the flour, and cook until it turns a pale
yellowish-brown color, three to five minutes.
Gradually whisk in the turkey stock until no
lumps of flour remain. Stir in the carrot. Bring
the mixture to a simmer, and cook, whisking
constantly, until the stock is thick and smooth
and the carrot is tender, about two more minutes.
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By Karin Ramige Cornwell
Stir in the wild rice, turkey or chicken, salt,
pepper, and almonds. Return to a simmer, and
cook two more minutes to heat the ingredients. Stir in the lemon juice and half-and-half;
bring the soup almost to a boil, and serve hot.
Slow Cooker Beef and Barley Soup
1 to 2 pounds stew beef
1 cup pearl barley
2 cups frozen corn
4-6 cups water or beef broth
4 to 6 sliced carrots
1 stalk celery, diced
1 can tomatoes
1 onion, diced
Minced garlic (optional)
1 bay leaf
1/4 teaspoon thyme
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon paprika
2 cups fresh or frozen green beans (optional)
In a large skillet add a little olive oil and
add the onions and beef. Cook beef until
brown and onions until starting to soften.
Drain if needed.
Transfer beef and onions to the slow cooker.
Add all the other ingredients.
Cook on high for for four to five hours or
low for eight, until barley, beef and veggies
are tender.
Funeral services for
Howard William Kroells, 84,
of Hamburg, were held on
Saturday, Nov. 30, from St.
Paul’s Evangelical Reformed
Church in
Hamburg.
The Rev.
D a n i e l
Schnabel
officiated.
M r .
Kroells died
on Monday,
Nov. 25,
2013, at the
Ridgeview
M e d i c a l Howard W.
Center in Kroells
Waconia.
Organist was Sandy
Kroells, and the duet of Brian
and Carol Carlson sang “How
Great Thou Art.” Congregational hymns were “Just As I
Am,” “Blessed Assurance”
and “Jesus Lives & So Shall
I.”
Pallbearers were Tom
Bergs, Brian Carlson, Chaz
Kroells, Steven Smith, Bob
Kroells and Duane Kroells.
Interment was at the church
cemetery.
Mr. Kroells was born on
March 9, 1929, on the family
farm in Hamburg, to Henry
and Mathilda (Wolter)
Kroells. He was baptized as
an infant and confirmed in
his faith as a youth on April
Informational picketing
Dave Cartwright, left, and Pete Verdeja,
members of International Association of
Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied
Workers Locals 34, 49 and 133, participated in an “informational picket” of the Lincoln school addition site on Monday.
They were there to inform people that a
subcontractor on the ECFE addition work
was fined in 2010 by the Minnesota Department of Labor for having a child labor
violation. The subcontractor is Frank’s
Mechanical Insulation of Bemidji, who is
working for Gustafson Mechanical at the
Lincoln site. Glencoe-Silver Lake Supt.
Chris Sonju said the picketing has no impact on the school project.
children, Joann (Scott)
Beneke of Green Isle, Denise
(Marc) Schrade of Hutchinson, and Allan (Ashley)
Kroells of Litchfield; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Lillian Beneke, Adyson
Beneke, Ashley Schmidt, Ben
Schrade, Jon Schrade, Trinity
Schrade, J. D. Schrade, Niko
Simonette, Amanda Miller,
Eric Flom, Bobbi Jo
Schneewind, Lance Davis,
Nicole Kroells, Derrick
Kroells, Chaz Kroells, Madison Bieganek, Sydney Becker; sister-in-law, Verda Wittenberg of Glencoe; stepbrother, Harvin (Martha)
Smith of Norwood Young
America; step sister-in-law,
Lorraine Smith of Monticello; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.
Preceding him in death
were his parents, Henry and
Mathilda Kroells; parents-inlaw, Edward and Lily Bergs;
stepmother, Elsie Kroells;
stepbrother, Donald Smith;
brothers-in-law, Merlin Bergs
and his wife, Viola, Clarence
Bergs and his wife, Lorraine,
and Edwin Wittenberg.
Arrangements were by the
Paul-McBride
Funeral
Chapel of Norwood Young
America. Online obituaries
and guest book are available
at www.hantge.com. Click on
obituaries/guest book.
Deaths
Glencoe VFW Auxiliary
Christmas party Dec. 9
President Angela Johnson
called the regular meeting of
the Glencoe VFW Post 5102
Auxiliary to order Nov. 11
with 19 members and one
guest present.
After the opening ceremony and roll call, reports and
bills were approved.
The guest, District 2 Past
President Connie Zurn, was
introduced.
POWs/MIAs were acknowledged, and a moment
of silence and prayer were
held.
The Christmas party will
be held Monday, Dec. 9, with
Lindy’s Cafe catering the
meal of chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, glazed carrots,
coleslaw and dinner rolls.
A motion also was approved to bring items for the
food shelf as well as for veterans gifts for the Veterans
Home in Hastings, and a life
membership or equivalent be
awarded at the Christmas
party. Items for the Christmas
Alice Lester, 93,
of Lester Prairie
party prizes are encouraged
to be brought to the party.
Virginia Adams had approximately 400 children participate in the Pledge of Allegiance for Veterans Day at
the three local elementary
schools.
Angela Johnson reported
on the 2nd District meeting
held at Montgomery.
There was one entry for the
Voice of Democracy contest
that will receive $75. There
were 11 Patriot Pen entries.
Kids print cards for the
sheriff’s department were approved. Also approved was
$100 for the Comfort Cart at
the Minneapolis Veterans Administration.
Zurn then addressed the
Auxiliary members.
The lunch committee for
the Jan. 13 meeting will be
Olive Johnson, Clara Witthus, Janice Benton and Arlene Gilster.
Funeral services for Alice
Lester, 93, of Lester Prairie,
will be held at 11 a.m.,
Thursday, Dec. 5, at St.
Peter’s Lutheran Church in
Lester Prairie.
Ms. Lester died on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013, at St.
Mary's Care Center in Winsted.
Visitation will be one hour
prior to the service at the
church on Thursday. Interment will be in the church
cemetery.
Arrangements are with the
Paul-McBride
Funeral
Chapel in Lester Prairie. An
online guest book is at www.
hantge.com.
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ARLINGTON — The Arlington Enterprise reported
that officials from the city of
Arlington, the Sibley Medical
Center and Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia signed
an operating lease agreement.
The 30-year lease agreement authorizes the transfer
of the operation of the Sibley
Medical Center from the city
of Arlington to Ridgeview
Medical Center beginning
Jan. 1.
The transfer was unanimously approved by both the
Sibley Medical Center Board
and the Arlington City Council.
The agreement will pay Arlington’s debt service plus an
amount of 1 percent of Sibley
Medical Center’s next assets,
estimated at $9.3 million in
the 2013 audit of the facility.
In addition, there is a pur-
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18, 1943, both at St. Paul’s
Evangelical
Reformed
Church in Hamburg. He received his education through
the eighth grade in Hancock
Township and then helped on
the family farm.
On Oct. 20, 1959, Mr.
Kroells was united in marriage to Gladys Bergs by the
Rev. Fellwock at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Glencoe. They made their
home on the family farm near
Hamburg. Their marriage
was blessed with three children, Joann, Denise and
Allan. The Kroells shared
over 54 years of marriage.
Mr. Kroells was a farmer at
heart and enjoyed working
the land for many years. He
was a lifelong member at St.
Paul’s Evangelical Reformed
Church in Hamburg, where
he had served as an elder.
He used his creativity on
woodworking and wood
burning projects. Mr. Kroells
enjoyed bowling, playing
sheephead with his card buddies in town, fishing, cutting
the lawn, listening to hymns
of praise and polka music.
He loved to collect tractors
and had an awesome collection. He treasured the time
spent with friends and family,
especially his grandchildren.
Survivors include his wife,
Gladys Kroells of Hamburg;
ARLINGTON — The annual Arli-Dazzle Parade set
for Saturday, Dec. 7, has over
90 units registered already,
and parade officals expect
over 100 units when registration ends. Included in the parade this year are new units
from surrounding communities.
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Pickleball debuts in Brownton
By Lori Copler
Staff Writer
ickleball, a sport popular with sunbelt retirees, has found its
way to the north, even to
Brownton.
On Saturday morning, Brett
Klabunde of Brownton
brought a handful of friends
together at the Brownton
Area Civic Center gym to introduce the sport to the community.
“It’s a combination of badminton, tennis and ping
pong,” said Klabunde.
Klabunde said the sport
originated with retirees who
utilized tennis courts for the
new game, which uses a
smaller court, lower net and
paddles and whiffle balls.
The game was ideal for
those who no longer had the
speed and agility “to cover a
whole tennis court,” said
Klabunde, but it still requires
quick responses and finesse.
“It’s great for developing
hand-eye coordination,”
Klabunde said.
Klabunde invested in two
pickleball nets, which are two
inches lower than a typical
tennis net, whiffle balls and
sets of paddles, which are
similar to ping-pong paddles,
but larger with a tennis-style
grip.
Good players can finesse
the ball much the way tennis
and ping-pong balls can be finessed, with spin, lobs and
“dinks” over the net.
The city of Brownton allowed Klabunde to tape off
the courts on the gym floor.
Klabunde said he became
interested in the sport when it
was introduced to him last
summer by a friend.
Klabunde is hoping to get
others interested, as well. He
invites anyone who would
like to learn more about the
game to come to the Brownton Area Civic Center gym on
Saturdays starting at 9 a.m.
Right now, Klabunde is just
bringing people together for a
few informal matches as a
means to socialize and have
fun.
P
City accepts building as
gift, plans to demolish it
By Rich Glennie
Editor
Glencoe City Council on
Monday night, on the recommendation from the chamber’s Economic Development
Commission (EDC), accepted
the gift of the former SunLife Tanning building at 1230
Greeley Ave. in order to demolish it.
The building is owned by
Leon “Bud” Kopitski of
Bloomington, who offered it
to the city rather than demolish it himself.
David Nelson, president of
the Glencoe Area Chamber of
Commerce, said the city was
contacted by somone interested in purchasing the adjacent
former Al’s Sports Bar, but
there were water drainage issues found in the basement,
Chronicle photo by Lori Copler
Wade Klabunde sets up a backhand shot while playing pickleball Saturday morning at the Brownton
Area Civic Center gymnasium. Wade’s brother, Brett
Klabunde, is trying to spark local interest in the
sport.
If enough people express
interest, Klabunde may organize weekend or even
weeknight leagues, he indicated.
Those interested in finding
out more are welcome to call
Klabunde at 320-328-5944.
*****
According to USA Pickleball Association, pickleball
was named after Pickles, a
Cocker Spaniel who belonged
to one of the people who invented the game. Legend has
it that Pickles would chase errant balls, and the owners
named the game after him.
Teams serve the ball underhand, and the receiving team
must play it off the bounce.
Once each side has played off
a bounce, they can hit before
it bounces, known as a volley,
provided the player is outside
the “non-volley” zone, a
seven-foot area on either side
of the net. Serves are made
diagonally across the court,
and must land outside the
non-volley line.
Players also must rotate positions on the court.
Teams can only score when
it is their turn to serve.
Games are played up to 11
points, and a team must win
by two points.
For more information about
pickleball, one may contact
Klabunde or visit the USA
Pickleball Association website, www.usapa.org.
some of which “was being
compounded by the dilapidated building to the north (SunLife Tanning),” Nelson stated.
The EDC looked at options
that included seeking legal
action to have the Sun-Life
Tanning building condemned
and demolished through the
hazardous property laws.
But Kopitski indicated he
was interested in donating the
building to the city, however
the city would be responsible
for the demolition costs.
The demolition costs were
estimated at about $19,000,
Nelson indicated. The high
cost was because the two
buildings are packed closely
together, making the demolition work more difficult.
The party interested in the
Council awards bid
for liquor store work,
but not to low bidder
By Rich Glennie
Editor
On Monday night, Glencoe City Council awarded
the bid for the expansion
of the Glencoe Municipal
Liquor Store to Key Contractors for $416,261.
But it was not the low
bidder.
The low bid, from the
11 bids received, was from
Ebert Construction at
$416,200, or $61 less than
Key’s bid.
Council member John
Schrupp made the motion
to award the bid to Key
Contractors because he
had reservations about
Ebert Construction, who
he said was in litigation
with the Minnesota Department of Transportation
over another project.
Council also was told
that Key Contractors
worked on a previous
liquor store project and
did a good job.
Asked about having to
accept the low bid, City
Attorney Jody Winters
said there needs to be a
reason for not accepting
the low bid.
She said being familiar
with a company is not adequate.
Schrupp reiterated his
concern about Ebert’s
legal matter. “That’s my
concern,” Schrupp added.
City Council unanimously approved the bid
of Key Contracting.
Work is expected to
begin in January, after the
holiday season.
former Al’s Sports Bar indicated he would be interested
in the adjacent property if the
Sun-Life Tanning building
was demolished and “if the
price was right,” Nelson said.
The other concern is the
downtown Tax Incement Finance (TIF) district No. 4,
which is set to expire Dec.
31.
Nelson said the pooled dollars still in that TIF district
could be used to pay for the
demolition and legal costs if
action is quickly taken.
EDC recommended accepting the property, and that the
city would pay for the demolition of the structure.
At the City Council meeting, Nelson indicated the lot
could remain empty for use
as off-street parking or for a
patio area if Al’s Sports Bar
reopens in the future.
Council member Kevin
Dietz, a former police officer,
said he was familiar with the
building and called it “not
very safe.”
Council accepted the property as a gift.
Junior high
concert set
Thursday
On Thursday, Dec. 5, at
7:30 p.m., the Glencoe-Silver
Lake Lincoln Junior High
will present the annual December Band and Choir Concert for grades seven and
eight. The concert will feature the seventh-grade band,
the eighth-grade band, the
seventh-grade choir, the
eighth-grade choir and some
selections combining the seventh and eighth grades together. Admission is free, and
the concert will be held at the
Glencoe-Silver Lake High
School Auditorium.
Christmas Kids Workshop
set for Saturday at library
The Glencoe Library will
be hosting a Christmas Kids
Workshop on Saturday, Dec.
7, from 11 a.m. to 12:30
p.m.
Children are invited to
come to the Glencoe Library
for fun activities to begin the
Holly Days celebration in
Glencoe. Please bring an unwrapped new toy for the
local toy drive. Games, activities, snacks, and a storytime
will be the highlights of the
activity.
Parents who want to use
the Christmas decorations in
the library activity room as
background for Christmas
pictures are invited to bring
your cameras and children
Mondays through Thursdays,
Dec. 9-12 and Dec. 16-19
from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and
Saturday, Dec. 14, from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Glencoe Library continues its Christmas celebrations by decorating the library space with 10 Christmas trees representing
decades from 1900 to 2013.
Each decade has a tree similar to what was decorated
during those years.
The public is invited to
visit the Glencoe library to
help celebrate the holiday
season. Holiday books also
will be displayed and available for check out.
The Glencoe Library will
be closed Dec. 24-25 and
close at 5 p.m. on Dec. 31.
Good wishes for safe and
special holidays. Friend the
library on Facebook and
check the website at
www.glencoepubliclibrary.w
ebs.com
Holly Days Continued from page 1
Also in the City Center
parking lot will be vendors
with food as well as Christmas trees and wreaths for
sale.
There also will be a visit
by Santa Claus at the Glencoe City Center, and a “controlled” bonfire to help ward
off the December cold.
*****
Since the parade will not
go past Millie Beneke Manor
this year, carolers will go to
the Manor as well as the
other elderly care facilities
beginning at 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 7. There will be
250 gift bags presented to
those residents, Nelson said.
Beginning Dec. 6, the annual Holly Days medallion
hunt begins with the first clue
posted on www.glencoe.mn.
org. Clues will be posted at 3
p.m. each Friday until the
medallion is found.
Nelson said the medallion
is hidden in a public place,
which can include a local
business.
A Santa’s workshop is
scheduled at the Glencoe
Public Library from 10 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Dec.
7. Participants are asked to
bring a toy donation to support those in need this season.
On Thursday, Dec. 19,
Santa will make another stop
in Glencoe as part of Holly
Days Jubilee. Santa will be at
Coborn’s from 5 p.m. to 7
p.m. that evening.
Also on Thursday, Dec. 19,
Trailblazer Transit will sponsor a Tour of Lights in the
community from 5 p.m. to 7
p.m. A bus leaves every 15
minutes from Coborn’s.
The Glencoe Light &
Power Commission will
again sponsor a Christmas
Lighting Contest, and those
on the Tour of Lights can select their favorite displays.
for the
Holidays!
HOLLY DAYS PARADE OF LIGHTS
Brought to you by the Glencoe Lions Club and Crow River Snow Pro’s.
Families, Friends and Businesses, register a
float/group/vehicle for the Glencoe Holly Days Parade on Friday, Dec. 13 starting at 6 p.m. on 11th
Street at Coborn’s.
Invite your customers to shop locally this holiday season.
In the Dec. 8 Glencoe Advertiser and the Dec. 11 McLeod
County Chronicle there will be a special full color page that will
be promoting the area holiday shopping specials. This is a great
place for all the local businesses to advertise their holiday sales
and let everyone see how much this area has to offer.
250 for 1st Place, $150 for 2nd Place, and $100
for 3rd Place. E-mail [email protected] or
$
call 320-864-3650.
Join in the Community Holiday Festival outside the
City Center following the parade.
We have a special offer ~ Full Color
for less than Black & White!
HOLLY DAYS TOUR OF LIGHTS
Sponsored by Trailblazer Transit and Glencoe Light & Power commission.
Take the entire family on a Trailblazer Transit bus,
leaving every 15 minutes, from 5-7 p.m. at
Coborn’s on Thursday, Dec. 19. Vote for your
favorite residential display.
Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Visit Santa and
take a photo inside Coborn’s at the Holly Days
Jubilee.
Chronicle/Advertiser
716 E. 10th St., Glencoe
320-864-5518
www.GlencoeNews.com
E-Mail: Karin Ramige Cornwell,
[email protected]
Brenda Fogarty,
[email protected]
Sue Keenan, [email protected]
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