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Veterans DayTime to remember, thank our veterans

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a continuation of The Glencoe Enterprisewww.glencoenews.com

Chronicle photo by Rich Glennie

Dr. Peter and Barb Smyth of Glencoe got an up close look atthe Canadian health care system last summer when Peterneeded emergency surgery in Nova Scotia.

Chronicle photos by Rich Glennie

A mix of emotionsIt was an emotional roller-coaster ride for Glencoe-SilverLake Panther fans and players alike at Friday night’sstate quarterfinal football game. The Panther faithfulwere on their feet for a score, top, while cheerleader Kai-ley Yurek, right, had a pensive look late in the game. Atleft, Dalton Clouse and teammates commiserated afterfalling to St. Croix Lutheran 38-35 in a wild shootout.Turn to today’s sports pages for more details on thegame.

Health care, Canadian stylePeter, Barb Smyth recall emergency in Nova ScotiaBy Rich GlennieEditor

While the debate continuesover national health carein the United States, Dr.

Peter Smyth, 67, and his wife, Barb,got an opportunity to see the Canadiannational health care system up closeand personal this summer.

Not because they went out of theirway to find out, but because Peter tookill on an Atlantic cruise of the Canadi-an Maritime provinces and landed inan emergency room in Nova Scotia.

Seventeen days later, after emer-gency surgery and what they expectedto be a mountain of medical bills andinsurance issues involving two coun-tries, the Smyths have a unique viewof the one-payer system Canadianshave had for many years.

And overall, they were pleased with

how it all worked out.“We have absolutely no complaints

about the Canadian health service, ormy personal care,” Peter said.

But there is one thing both stressed.“One moral of this story is ‘GET TRIPINSURANCE!’ We had it, and it wasmost helpful,” Peter said.

Another thing the Smyths stressed:If you have Medicare, that insurance isno good outside the United States.“Many people don’t know that,” theyadded.

*****The Smyths are world travelers, so

some of their suggestions come fromexperience.

But what happened to Peter Smythwas not expected.

The trip to the Maritime provinceswent without a hitch, they said. Itbegan Friday, June 28, with a stopover

with Barb’s relatives in Boston.It was the next day, Peter, a retired

internist, said he felt a sudden pain inhis mid abdomen. He said he consid-ered the pain, determined, “it wasn’ttoo bad, and then it seemed to im-prove.”

They ate a light lunch after boardingthe ship on Saturday, but at suppertime, he said he became queasy andleft the table.

They spent most of their Sundaywalking around the cruise ship or inthe cabin. “I couldn’t eat,” he added.

On Monday, Peter skipped a tourwhen they reached Halifax, Nova Sco-tia, but did leave the ship and walkedaround.

Monday’s supper also did not agree

County leans towardone-sort recyclingBy Lori CoplerStaff Writer

A year-long study of a potentialswitch to one-sort recycling fromfive-sort was presented to theMcLeod County Board of Commis-sioners at a workshop Nov. 5.

Under a five-sort system, recycla-ble materials are sorted at thesource; in McLeod County’s case,that is at residences and businesses.

Under a single-sort system, resi-dents put all of their recyclable ma-terial in one container, and it is sort-ed at the county’s Materials Recov-ery Facility (MRF).

The commissioners seemed tolean toward establishing a one-sortsystem, which will require an addi-tion to the Solid Waste facility inHutchinson and new equipment.

Robert Craggs of Burns & Mc-Donnell presented the results of thestudy to the County Board, notingthat the new equipment, renovationof the current building an additioncarries a total estimated cost of be-tween $2.875 and $3.59 million, allof which would be funded (if ap-

proved) through existing SolidWaste funds, rather than throughraising taxes or bonding.

However, Craggs indicated, aconversion to a single-sort systemcould also result in a significantboost in recycling among countyresidents, with a projected 10,000tons of recyclable material beingbrought into the county’s MaterialsRecovery Facility once the conver-sion is made. It is felt that many res-idents are more inclined to recycleif they don’t have to sort the materi-al themselves.

Craggs said that when the MRFwas first being considered, a busi-ness plan created in 2005 predictedthat MRF would take in 3,600 tonsannually, a target that has been ex-ceeded in every year except one(2010, when the economy took anose dive) since MRF’s first fullyear of operation in 2008.

In fact, said recycling operatorDon Hoppe, recycling tonnage in

County Board tablesZellmann CUP requestBy Lori CoplerStaff Writer

Since Joel Zellmann of rural Sil-ver Lake had trouble meeting theconditions of a conditional use per-mit (CUP) issued to him in July2012, the McLeod County Board ofCommissioners has charged himwith coming up with conditions thathe thinks he can meet.

Zellmann recently applied for aconditional use permit to operate anautomotive sales lot on his propertyon Falcon Avenue (County Road15), just south of State Highway 7.

Zellmann appeared before theMcLeod County Planning AdvisoryCommission on Oct. 23 which, on a3-1 vote, recommended approval ofthe permit with several conditions.

McLeod County CommissionerRon Shimanski cast the dissentingplanning commission vote, and saidat the County Board’s Nov. 5 meet-

ing that he “was quite apprehen-sive” about the permit, especiallysince some of the conditions of the2012 permit that was granted “werenot included in the new CUP.”

The 2012 CUP had a long list ofconditions that Zellmann said hefound he could not comply with.

“I just could not meet those con-ditions,” Zellmann told the CountyBoard. “I tried to abide by the con-ditions, but I couldn’t do it, so westarted over (with a new CUP appli-cation).”

County Zoning AdministratorLarry Gasow said that after Zell-mann decided he couldn’t meet theconditions, he asked to nullify the2012 permit and return to the wayhe was doing business, which wasoperating an automotive repair shop

One-sort recyclingTurn to page 10

Zellmann CUPTurn to page 10

Peter and Barb SmythTurn to page 3

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“Veterans have given useverything we are as Ameri-cans,” said Mark Wigern, aspecial education teacher atGlencoe-Silver Lake HighSchool and a veteran himself.

Wigern was the keynotespeaker Monday morningduring the annual VeteransDay program in the highschool gymnasium.

“I was proud to serve,”Wigern told the gathering ofstudents, as well as membersof the public, including non-school veterans.

The program also recog-nized school staff veterans —Jeff Jensen, Navy; DonBohnert, Marine Corps;Wigern, Army; and RandyJohnson, Navy. Also recog-nized were students EricArandia, Minnesota NationalGuard, as well as AaronRhodes and ChristopherRoss, both in the U.S. Armydelayed-entry program.

Wigern said military menand women come from all

different backgrounds, but“they all served their countryand they are all veterans.”

Veterans Day began in1918 as Armistice Day, whenthe fighting ceased in WorldWar I, the war to end allwars, Wigern said. It was re-named Veterans Day in 1954

“to honor the living whoserved.”

He stressed that MemorialDay is different. It is de-signed to honor all the de-ceased veterans. He said Vet-erans Day is a time to thankthe veterans for their service.

“Freedom is not free,”Wigern stressed. “Someonehad to pay for it.”

Those who served in theArmed Forces, “swore to de-fend the United States” fromforeign and domestic foes,Wigern asked.

He asked if all Americansare willing to believe insomething that “you pledgeyour life for?” That is whatveterans do when they jointhe armed forces.

“They commit to a rela-tionship of all give and asknothing in return,” Wigernsaid.

Wigern, who served over-seas in Germany, Saudi Ara-bia and Iraq during the firstGulf War, said, “There is aconnect to all of us (veter-ans),” who have bonded dur-

ing war in a way “that is hardto explain” to non-veterans.

He asked that all Ameri-cans thank veterans for theirsacrifices and commitment topreserving our freedoms.

“We need to show our ap-preciation and let them knowwe’re proud of them,”Wigern added.

Wigern said since theSpanish American War, over41 million Americans havefought America’s wars.“That’s a lot of people.”

But there are millions ofothers who served, but werenever called on to fight.“They are all veterans, too,”Wigern added.

“Veterans have given useverything we are as Ameri-cans,” including the rights ofreligious freedom, a freepress and speech and the rightto vote. It was not the minis-ters, reporters or politicians,Wigern said, rather veteranswilling to serve, who havesafeguarded those rightsAmericans enjoy.

“Thank veterans for theirservice,” he added. And theVeterans Day gathering didjust that — in unison.

The VFW Post 5012 andAmerican Legion Post 95Honor Guard presented thecolors; GSL Senior ClassPresident Lou Iacona led thePledge of Allegiance; and theGSL band and choir also per-formed.

The program concludedwith a video tribute to veter-ans, and “Taps” was playedbefore the colors were retired.

Wigern: ‘Freedom isn’t free;someone had to pay for it’

Mark Wigern

Happenings

Retired educators meet Nov. 21The Glencoe Area Retired Educators will meet at 11:30

a.m., Thursday, Nov. 21, for lunch at Unhinged! Pizza inGlencoe. Note the change of meeting date.

Legion Auxiliary to meetThe Glencoe American Legion Ladies Auxiliary will

hold its Christmas party at 5 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 14, atthe Happy Hour Inn. Each member will be responsiblefor their own meal. RSVP to Connie at 864-4859 orMarge at 864-5228. The 2013 dues must be paid beforeattending the Christmas party.

Stewart Legion, Auxiliary meetThe Stewart Legion and Auxiliary will meet Monday,

Nov. 18, at 7 p.m., at the Stewart Community Center. Theauxiliary celebrated its 94th birthday on Nov. 10. Bringitems for the food shelf. A legislation update will begiven by Nissy Langenbau. Hostesses will be MarjorieEhlert and Virgene Roepke.

Community Thanksgiving setThe annual community Thanksgiving dinner, spon-

sored by area churches, is at noon, Thursday, Nov. 28, atFirst Congregational Church, 1400 Elliot Ave., Glencoe.Everyone is welcome. There is no charge, but a free-willoffering for the food shelf will be accepted. RSVP if pos-sible by Nov. 22 to 320-864-3855.

Glencoe Study Club to meetThe Glencoe Study Club will meet at 7:15 p.m., Mon-

day, Nov. 18, at the home of Gloria Kaytor. The groupwill carpool to the Fahey Auction House for a tour and alesson on online bidding.

Caregiver group to meetThe Glencoe caregiver discussion group will meet at

5:45 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 19, at Grand Meadows, 1420Paririe Ave., Glencoe. Jim Jonas of the Jonas Center willspeak on recognizing depression and how best to helpsomeone with depression. Call Jan Novotny, caregivercoordinator, at 320-864-0479 or 1-800-488-4146 for in-formation. Nathan Unseth, volunteer program facilitator,is available at 320-237-4198.

Fall luncheon, bake sale setGood Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1407 Cedar Ave.,

Glencoe, will host its fall luncheon and bake sale from 11a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 14. The menu features hotturkey sandwiches, potato salad, dessert and beverages.Takeouts and deliveries are available, call 320-864-6157.

GHPS meeting set Nov. 19The Glencoe Historic Preservation Society (GHPS)

will meet at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the GlencoeCity Center. Refreshments will be served, and guests arewelcome. Call Gloria Hilgers at 320-964-4174 for moreinformation.

Glencoe seniors to meetThe Glencoe Senior Citizens group will meet Thurs-

day, Nov. 14, at 12:30 p.m., at the senior room in theGlencoe City Center. The group will play 500 and Sheep-head, and all area senior citizens are invited to attend.The group also will meet at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov.19.

Bake, craft sale set Dec. 7First Congregational UCC in Glencoe will host a

Christmas bake sale, craft sale and luncheon from 10a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 7. Items include lefse,rosettes, krumkake, cookies, candies, baked goods, craftsand gifts. Lunch will be hot pork sandwiches and home-made soup and pie. There will be live music by Creek-side Jazz.

After Prom committee to meetThe 2014 Glencoe-Silver Lake After Prom Committee

will be having a meeting at 7 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 17, atthe McLeod County North Complex.

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

Veterans Day speakersVirginia Adams, left, Bob Senst, center,and Ron Knop, right, spoke to the stu-dents at Helen Baker Elementary Schoolabout Veterans Day on Monday morning.Adams, VFW Auxiliary Americanismchairwoman, went to the kindergartenrooms and presented the students withAmerican flags for reciting the Pledge ofAllegiance. The same was done at FirstLutheran and St. Pius X parochial

schools. Knop, an Air Force Viet NamWar veteran, and Senst, a 24-year AirForce veteran, spoke briefly about what itmeans to be a veteran. “It is one of thegreatest honors to serve your country,”Senst said. Knop added, “You do it(serve) because your country calls you.”Adams presented 143 flags to the localkindergarten students.

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Does Minnesota Secretaryof State Mark Ritchie havethe authority to implementonline voter registration inthe state?

To State Sen. Scott New-man, R-Hutchinson, he doesnot, and when he did it, it wasillegal. That authority belongsto the Minnesota Legislature,Newman said.

A standoff has ensued.Ritchie refuses to back

down, the Legislature doesnot reconvene until February,and an election has alreadyoccurred with the Twin Citiesmayoral races and elsewhere.

Newman predicts the issuemay eventually end up in theMinnesota Supreme Court.

While Ritchie, a DFLer,has accused Republicans ofpartisan politics on the issue,Newman said it is a constitu-tional issue, not a partisanissue.

The executive branch isusurping the legislativebranch’s authority, he said.

And Newman said legisla-tors had no idea that Ritchiewas about to implement theonline voter registration pro-gram last September, evenfellow DFLers, includingGov. Mark Dayton.

So who gave Ritchie theauthority to do what he did?According to Newman,Ritchie did it himself.

“I don’t think he does havethat authority.” The Legisla-ture needs to enact enablinglegislation first, Newmanstressed.

Ironically, Newman said,“Personally, I think it (onlinevoter registration) is a goodidea.” But not without theLegislature’s approval.

There are several mainconcerns that Newman saidneed to be addressed:

• For people who registeronline, how is it verified theyare who they are and they re-side where they say?

• There needs to be proofthat the private data collectedonline is secure. “Right now,the government is not doing agreat job convincing me,”Newman said of recent leaksfrom a variety of state, like

MNsure, and federal databases.

“If online voter registrationis coming, do it right,” New-man said.

*****The issue started when

Ritchie, as secretary of state,unveiled plans Sept. 26 toregister voters online. Hisview is that he had the au-thority, and additional legisla-tion was unnecessary.

Newman said his actionsblindsided many legislators,including DFLers.

Citing state statutes (Chap-ter 201) and the UniformElectronic Transaction Act(section 325L) as his authori-ty, Ritchie has been unwillingto change his mind, despitewhat Newman or others say.

Newman, a lawyer, saysRitchie is misinterpreting thatstatute.

Legislators, includingNewman, met with Ritchie,but that did not go well, New-man said. Ritchie accusedhim of making a partisanissue out of online voter reg-istration.

When the legislators askedhim for legal memos justify-ing his authority to act,Ritchie cited attorney-clientprivilege, Newman said.

In an exchange of letters,Newman wrote to Ritchie onNov. 1:

“... I feel the meeting wasnot productive for the follow-ing reasons:

1) You have misapplied the

attorney-client privilege in re-fusing to provide a copy oflegal analysis you relied on increating the online voter reg-istration system. More impor-tantly, in claiming attorney-client privilege, you have de-nied public information toMinnesota voters, who are ul-timately the judges of yourconduct.

“2) It is a mischaracteriza-tion to state that ‘I agree onthe value of this system.’Rather, I agree that the ideaof online voter registration isa worthy public policy issue,and it would be appropriate tocreate and implement such asystem through the legislativeprocess.

“3) Your reliance of chapter325L in creating and imple-menting an online voter reg-istration system in Minnesotais fatally flawed both fromthe stand point of statutoryinterpretation and the consti-tutional separation of powers.

“By doing so, you haveplaced in jeopardy the votingrights of all who have regis-tered to vote using your sys-tem and will bring into ques-tion the legality of any elec-tions conducted in Minnesotaafter the implementation ofthat system and before theLegislature can act.”

Newman requested Ritchie“cease taking any more on-line voter registrations andremove the system until theLegislature and governorenact enabling legislation.”

Ritchie again refused.*****

So what happens now?Newman said indications

are the DFL-controlled Legis-lature will not take up theissue before the February ses-sion.

He said in face of growingopposition in both parties anda judgment of Matt Gehring,a well-respected member ofthe House research depart-ment, Ritchie still refused tobudge.

“I have not heard anyonesay Ritchie has the authority,”Newman said of online voterregistration.

The Secretary of State’s jobis to implement legislationpassed by the Legislature andsigned by the governor, notarbitrarily make legislationon his own, Newman said.

Ritchie has essentiallydared opponents to sue him,and let the judicial branchmake a determination, headded.

But Newman said lawsuitsare expensive, and he de-clined to join the suit, be-cause Ritchie would accusehim of making it a partisanpolitical fight.

“There is no question if Ijoin the lawsuit, he (Ritchie)will spin it into a partisanissue,” Newman said lastweek. The following day,Ritchie had already accusedthe Republicans of just that.

“You should not have tosue a guy to have him do hisjob,” Newman said.

“I think the Legislatureneeds to weigh in,” Newmansaid, “ and fix the controver-sy before it ever gets to theMinnesota Supreme Court.“That’s my desire, wish.”

But he did not think theDFL-led Legislature will doanything about Ritchie’s ac-tions.

“It’s an important contro-versy,” Newman emphasized,because it involves “the sepa-ration of powers.”

Enabling legislation is ex-clusively a legislative duty,he added. The Secretary ofState office is part of the ex-ecutive branch of govern-ment.

Online voter registrationcontroversy heating up

State Sen. Scott Newman Mark Ritchie

with him and “then, after sup-per, the massive vomitingstarted,” he said.

By 11 p.m., the Smythswere in the ship’s infirmary.“The doc there took care ofme,” Peter said. “He didn’tknow exactly what was up,but suspected a bowel ob-struction. Blood counts wereOK. He started IVs and gotme through the night.”

But Tuesday was not anybetter, Peter said. So the doc-tor arranged his transfer toCape Breton Regional Med-ical Center in Sydney, NovaScotia, via ambulance.

“The ER was ready and gotme right in,” he said. Butafter ultrasound and lab tests,he said he was not feelingany better, so a surgeon wascalled in and ordered a CTscan.

“It showed an obstruction,but not the cause,” Peter said.“I had a naso-gastric (ng)tube placed, and felt a lot bet-ter.”

By this time, both Smythswere off the ship, but Barbhad to return to pack up andmove into the Holiday Inn inSydney. The ship left.

Peter added that onWednesday, July 3, his sur-geon, Dr. Phillip Smith,scheduled surgery for that af-ternoon. The surgery revealedan internal hernia.

“That is a band of tissue,that I was probably bornwith, causing a loop in thesmall intestine and a block-age. He fixed that in less thanan hour, and I woke up feel-ing better. I went to the surgi-cal ward. Ng tube still in.”

Even though he was feelingbetter by Friday, July 5, hewas not out of the woods, yet.

He was served clear liq-uids, but by the afternoon,Smyth was vomiting again.

“I had a complication

called ileus. Basically that iswhere the bruised intestinesimply sits there, and there isno activity to pump the foodthrough,” Peter said.

“So it was nine days of ngtube and IVs until it startedmoving.”

They left the hospital onWednesday, July 17, but hadto wait another three days be-fore being allowed to flyhome the following Saturday.

Peter said he had no symp-toms leading up to his illness.“I lost 20 pounds,” but hesaid he had no pain and wasup and walking around.

“Barb was a real champi-on,” Peter said of his wife.“Seventeen days in a Sydneyhotel!

“There is no way I canthank Barb for her patience,encouragement and helpthrough all this,” Peter added.

Barb smiled and said shelearned a lot of history of thatarea, as well as learned toplay cards again.

She said she was a bit nerv-ous about the surgery, andone never knows until thesurgeon goes in and finds theproblem. “He (Peter) doesn’tget sick.”

Had this happened on a tripsomewhere else, Barb said,her husband might not havesurvived. “It was perfect tim-ing.”

She said they were toldPeter was “within hours ofmajor problems.”

“I was really sick,” Peteradded, “but I never feared formy life.”

*****So how was the Canadian

health care system for anAmerican traveler?

“Despite the adversity,everything was wonderful,”Peter said.

“They were in no rush tokick him out (of the hospi-

tal),” Barb said, and added,they wanted to make sureeverything was working.

The shocker was the bill —one page for 15 days in thehospital, and little of that wasitemized, the Smyths said.They received a daily bedrate under the national Cana-dian health system.

“It’s so different,” Barbsaid, because American hos-pitals itemized everything forinsurance purposes.

Peter estimated he had 40quarts of IV fluid over his 10-day stay, “and not one waslisted on the bill. I figure theylost money on me,” hesmiled.

“If they gave us a bill, wepaid the bill,” Peter said ofthe expenses, like lab work,that were billed separately.

Barb said she was curioushow the bill would be paidwith Americans landing inCanadian hospitals, so sheasked.

“Usually, they end up notgetting paid,” Barb was told.

Another stark differencewith the Canadian system isthe centralized approach.

“The hospitals are extreme-ly laid back,” Barb added.“Things are patched togeth-er.”

“The room needed paint-ing,” Peter said, “but it wasclean. But the painting wasscheduled for next year.”

The same with purchasesof new equipment. Those pur-chases are on a waiting listwith the national governmentprogram.

And there is no competi-tion for patients, unlike theAmerican health care system.

Most of the hospital roomsin the Nova Scotia hospitalwere doubles, and Peter saidhis first roommate was awoman.

Under the Canadian sys-

tem, emergency care and carefor obstetrics “are fine andtimely.” But if one needs aknee replacement, “youmight have to wait twoyears,” Peter said.

He said the process startswith a family doctor, whomakes a referral to an ortho-pedist and “then you’re in thequeue (waiting line).”

They were in a general hos-pital under the Canadian sys-tem, but there are smallerhospitals as well, and some“are closed on the week-ends,” Barb said.

“The ER is extremely busyon weekends,” Barb added.“But no one is in a rush.There are no papers to sign.No wheelchairs.”

If you want a TV in yourhospital room, you rent itfrom a private company, shesaid.

*****The Smyths had high

praise for all involved, fromthe cruise ship staff to thetravel agents to the hospitalstaff and even the averageNova Scotians, who went outof their way to help them dur-ing the emergency.

They said there was oneissue with the insurance andthe billing — the Americaninsurance carriers requiredmore itemized statementsfrom the Canadian hospital.The Smyths said, in the end,they were well covered.

Barb stressed the need ofthose traveling to have “tripcancellation insurance,” too,for instances just like theirs.

“It’s always something thathappens to someone else,”Peter said about people beingtaken off ships. This time, itwas him.

Would he travel again? “Ofcourse,” Peter replied. “It wasnot a terrible experience. Wewere treated well, and it waswonderful care.”

Peter and Barb Smyth Continued from page 1

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Question of the weekSecretary of State Mark Ritchie recently implemented

online voter registration in Minnesota, but he was criticizedfor making the decision without enabling legislation by members

of the state Legislature. Who should make that decision?1) Secretary of State

2) Legislature3) Not sure

Results for most recent question:Should the Glencoe-Silver Lake School District

accept the new state rules that eliminated the need tomeet the tougher grad standards in order to receive a diploma?

Yes — 26%No — 63%

Not sure — 10%

108 votes. New question runs Nov. 13-19

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Agroup of Republican law-makers and conservativegroups have sued the Min-

nesota Secretary of State’s officeover its unilateral implementation ofan online voter registration programin September — without the Legisla-ture’s or the Governor’s approval.

While most have no problem withregistering voters online, especiallyin attracting younger, busier andmore computer savvy voters, theissue is whether Secretary of StateMark Ritchie had the authority to ar-bitrarily implement such a programin the first place.

Ritchie, a DFLer, claims he hadthat statutory authority, others claimthat authority lies with the state Leg-islature, a different branch of stategovernment. The real issue is a mat-ter of constitutional separation ofpowers.

State Sen. Scott Newman, R-Hutchinson, is in the middle of thiscontroversy, but has purposelyavoided being a part of the lawsuit.He feared being involved would turnthis constitutional question into apartisan political mess.

He is adamant it is not political. Infact, he said he favors online voterregistration, but with enabling leg-islative approval. The Secretary ofState is part of the executive branchof Minnesota government. EvenDFL Gov. Mark Dayton has sidedwith the need of legislative approvalon this one.

However, it may be the thirdbranch, the judicial branch, that fi-nally decides this issue if Ritchiedoes not back off, which is unlikely.

Newman’s concern is the integrityof future elections if proper safe-guards are not in place. That will re-quire enabling legislation with ap-

proval of the Governor.With Minnesota’s recent history of

divided government, like the U.S.senate race between Al Franken andNorm Coleman that came down to afew hundred votes, there is too muchat stake if the legitimacy of onlineregistrations is called into questionbefore the Minnesota Supreme Courtmakes a ruling. The next generalelection is November 2014.

The Legislature needs to be in-volved.

Minnesota runs clean electionsand has the track record to prove it.

Ritchie also has a recent trackrecord of meddling with that votingsystem, first with rewording of con-stitutional amendment questions in2012 and now with online voter reg-istration.

We agree with Newman thatRitchie’s job is to implement whatthe Legislature and Governor ap-prove, not arbitrarily make policy onhis own.

Ritchie has needlessly turned theSecretary of State’s office into ahigh-profile, activist office.

While Ritchie’s intentions of im-proving voter turn out with onlinevoter registrations may be well andgood, it would seem he is hell benton making this a partisan issue withhis unbending resolve to have hisway.

The state Legislature needs to stepup and address this issue quicklywhen it reconvenes in February. For-get party lines, think about the stateConstitution. Is approving onlinevoter registration the duty of the leg-islative branch or not? Is enablinglegislation required to make it hap-pen?

If so, then enact it, legislators.— R.G.

Online voter registration:Whose job to decide?Legislature or Ritchie?

Our view: Enabling legislation should be requiredto change such an important issue as voting

Give something that means something on Nov. 27To the Editor:

The push is on. Halloween wasn’teven over, and we were seeing TVadvertisements for Christmas giftideas. The TV ads are becomingmore prevalent, newspapers are al-ready filled with seasonal flyershawking the perfect gifts, and craftfairs will soon be in full swing. ByThanksgiving, the frenzy will reallybe in full swing and the countdownwill be on.

Slow down and consider takingtime to “give something that meanssomething.” The Glencoe commu-nity blood drive is Wednesday, Nov.27, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., at theGlencoe City Center Ballroom. Thisis the final blood drive for this year2013.

The American Red Cross has setour goal at 123 units of blood.

During this Thanksgiving andChristmas season, donations typical-ly decline. Holiday plans and traveloften keep donors from donating,but hospital patients don’t get a holi-day from needing blood andplatelets.

So your donation during this timeof year is very important to the RedCross and to the recipients. Your onedonation can help save up to threelives. Every pint counts.

As you read this, it will be onlytwo weeks until the blood drive.There are many preset appointmentsalready on the schedule. Time slotsfor the early hours (1 p.m. and 2p.m.) are filled. Our volunteer staffof callers will be contacting donorsand making additional appointmentsto fill in the blanks. Please respondpositively if you are called.

If you make or already have anappointment, please keep the ap-pointment! (At our last drive, 24percent of the appointments wereno-shows; disappointing for us andfor the Red Cross staff!)

If you were not called and want todonate, please call Nelda at 320-864-3475 to get on the schedule. Asa thank you from the Red Cross, alldonors will receive a complimentarycommemorative red American RedCross T-shirt (while supplies last).

Walk-ins are always welcome, but

we encourage you to arrive mid-af-ternoon after 2:30 p.m. or later, oryour wait may be longer than youlike; scheduled appointments alwayshave priority.

If you don’t have a Red Crossblood donor card, bring along a gov-ernment-issued photo ID (a validdriver’s license is the usual ID).

If there is inclement weather onNov. 27, the blood drive will be can-celled only if schools are closed.

I know, I know, you’ve looked atthe calendar and see that Wednes-day, Nov. 27, is the day beforeThanksgiving. We are all busy andthings get hectic. But please take afew hours out of your afternoon orearly evening to give the most im-portant gift of all, the gift of life.

Give something that means some-thing. You can be assured that recip-ients and their families will be verythankful for your gift. After all, isn’tthat what Thanksgiving and Christ-mas are really all about?

Charleen Engelmann,Coordinator, Glencoe

community blood drives

To the Editor:It was quite a game. GSL certainly

lived up to its reputation as a strong,physical, disciplined team.

Since many of our players go bothways, they started to cramp up in thethird quarter, and the subbing thatwas needed in the fourth quarter cre-ated confusion on our defense andleft a lot of GSL backs and receiversrunning open down the field.

You have many tough, physicalplayers, but I can tell you that No.46 (Clouse) is a load.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen myson that sore and stiff after a game. Ihope No. 46 is OK as I think he gota leg injury at the end of the game. Ihope he is OK.

Anyway, GSL should be veryproud of their team. They had anoth-er great season; congratulations.

They were every bit as good as wethought and did live up to their repu-tation.

Matt KoesterSommerset, Wis.

Koester’s son plays for St. CroixLutheran High School of West St.Paul. The Crusaders defeatedGSL 38-35 in the first round of thestate Class AAA playoffs.

Panthers lived up to reputation, should be proud

Call it KlobucharFrankenWalzMcCollumEllisonCareTo the Editor:

As the embarrassing launch of thetrillion-dollar Affordable Care Actcareens forward, I’d like to suggestwe Minnesotans make a teensy-weensy change. Instead of calling itObamacare, let’s make its name a bitmore local.

Yes, it was named after PresidentObama, but when this disastrous lawwas written, he pretty much stood bywhile the Democrats in the House

and the Senate crafted the bill andused their majorities to steamroll itto the president’s desk.

I’m sure the president now wisheshe hadn’t embraced the Obamacarelabel, but now he’s stuck with it. Ofcourse, we’re stuck with it as well.

Nonetheless, from now on let’skeep in mind the people who claimto represent Minnesota and whovoted enthusiastically for this bill.And then let’s glue their names to

this junk-heap.In the future I suggest we call it

KlobucharFrankenWalzMcCol-lumEllisonCare. They passed it.They own it.

And in 12 months, all but Sen.Klobuchar will be running for re-election ... or retirement. I’d suggestthe second option.

Nathan UnsethLester Prairie


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Letters to Editor

I’m not going to say I’ve“outgrown” my school busriding days, but have theymade those school bus seatssmaller and the aisles narrow-er?

That’s my theory, and I’msticking with it.

That’s the only excuse Ican come up with aftersqueezing myself into aschool bus seat last Friday totravel to Macalester Collegein St. Paul for the first roundof the state Class AAA foot-ball tournament.

I opted for the fan bus afterbattling traffic the last time Itraveled to Macalester severalyears ago. That nightmarewas still fresh.

So I left the driving to LarsIde, and he did a splendid jobof dealing with bumper-to-bumper traffic on I-494,along with his deft maneuver-ing through parts of St. Pauland around the residences ofMacalester College. He re-ceived applause when we fi-nally arrived. Job well done!

Back to the down-sizedbuses. There is a reason theyare designed for students, andnot “full-grown” adults. Youcan pack more, smaller bod-ies in them.

First of all, I was dressed

for warmth, not style— bigwinter coat, Sorrel boots,denims. In other words, Ibulked up, clothingwise.

Second, I had a camera bagand heavy gloves, which alsotook up space.

Third, the space betweenthe seat in front of me wasnot enough to stretch out yourlegs. Either one sat with legssplayed and lost feelingbelow the knees, or one hadto sit side-saddle in order toget the circulation back intoyour lower extremities.

Fortunately on the way toSt. Paul, I sat alone. Which isnot unusual. Nobody wants tosit next to me for some rea-son. Maybe if I tie a porkchop around my neck ....

Watching other bus riders

try to traverse down the aislewith their heavy jackets,heavy quilts and bulky signsmade me feel better. Theywere struggling, too.

On the ride back, I had aseat companion, Gloria Eber-hard. She rode to St. Paulover the rear tires, and saidthat jarring experience wasnot worth repeating.

She graciously agreed toshare the seat, thankfully.While I had an opportunity tostretch one leg into the aisle,the other was folded underfor the next hour or so.

I felt sorry for Mrs. Eber-hard for having to sit withme. But she has six big boys,so she was probably used tosharing space.

When we arrived back toGlencoe, people getting offthe bus looked like the walk-ing wounded as they attempt-ed to rearrange hips, legs andget feeling back into theirtoes while searching the highschool parking lot for theircars.

Thankfully, most of us hadkeyless entry. A flick of a but-ton and the car lights go on.

But if everyone does it atthe same time, well, it can bea bit counterproductive.

Who shrank the school buses?

Rich Glennie

Affordable Care Act is now unaffordableTo the Editor:

The 2010 Affordable CareAct, also known as Oba-macare, has dealt my wifeand I major problems withour Medica health insurance,and I am sure there are otherswho find themselves in simi-lar difficulties. It is shamefuland puts a lot of people onedge.

We aren’t losing our insur-ance policy, but it is becom-ing unaffordable.

I thought the new Oba-macare was going to helpwhen President Obamapledged repeatedly: “if peo-ple like their health plans,they would be able to keepthem under the 2010 Afford-able Care Act.” Not true.

My wife and I are retiredand aren’t 65 years old, so wedo not qualify for Medicare.We have had a health insur-ance policy with Medica forthree years and are paying$564 a month for a ‘Bronze’policy with a $12,500 de-ductible.

A few weeks ago, we re-

ceived a letter saying our pre-mium was going to go up$300 a month starting Jan. 1because of the 2010 Afford-able Care Act. That’s a$3,600 (53 percent) a year in-crease!

I called Medica, and theysaid with the new health careact, they have to add materni-ty and dependent care to ourpolicy, which we do not need.

We felt my options were to1) check with MNSure web-site to see if we qualified fora subsidy; 2) Because I am aveteran, do I qualify for med-ical care through the VA; 3)Check with other insurancecompanies for lower premi-ums; 4) Go without health in-surance.

The answer to the first twois “no.” We do not qualify fora subsidy to lower the premi-um rate or for VA health carebecause of our income. TheVA officer asked if I had anymilitary health issues. I saidno, but some people maythink I have mental problems.He laughed, too.

The answer to the third op-tion is, ‘yes’ but the premiumis still more than what we arecurrently paying, and wewould have to go with a high-er deductible.

OK. Option 4. If we gowithout insurance, we cansave $864 a month and paythe fine of $95 per person forthe year or 1 percent of ourannual income, whicheveramount is higher. That wouldnot be cost effective to gowithout health insurance.

Our hope is changes can bemade to the “affordable” careact. The insurance companiescan remove the bells andwhistles on their policies thatwe don’t need and can lowertheir premium price to makeit “affordable.”

Last, but not least, they canchange the name from 2010Affordable Care Act to 2014Unaffordable Care or Unrea-sonable Care.

Tom HauerDarwin

Since 1997, communitiesacross the country have cometogether on Nov. 15 to cele-brate America Recycles Day(ARD). More than a celebra-tion, America Recycles Dayis the only nationally recog-nized day dedicated to thepromotion of recycling in theUnited States.

Did you know thatMcLeod County residentsand businesses have recycledmore than 20,000 tons of re-cyclables in the last fiveyears? This is equivalent tosaving 141,000 cubic yardsof landfill space.

In those five years,McLeod County has generat-ed nearly $2.5 million in rev-enue from the sale of the re-cyclable commodities.

It is estimated, in 2013, wewill have another record yearby processing nearly 6,000tons of recyclables. McLeodCounty residents and busi-ness have truly embraced thecounty’s five-sort recyclingprogram and currently recy-cle 42.2 percent of theirwaste, according to SCOREdata obtained from the Min-nesota Pollution ControlAgency (MPCA).

The recyclable materialsof plastic Nos. 1-7, tin, alu-minum, glass, cardboard andboxboard are collected

through the county’s curb-side, drop-off sites, paperdrives and school recyclingprograms, are sorted at theMcLeod County MaterialsRecovery Facility (MRF, alsoknown as recycling facility)located at 1065 Fifth Ave. inHutchinson. The MRF em-ploys adult handicapped stafffrom West Central Industriesfrom Hutchinson and sur-rounding cities to sort andprocess recyclables, to in-clude appliances, e-waste/electronics, tires, car-pet, mattress and box springs.

I would also like to men-tion our Household Haz-ardous Waste Facility(HHW), which accepts every-thing from under yourkitchen sink and in yourgarage, to include paint, thin-ners, stains, varnish, adhe-sives, solvents, pesticides,gasoline, kerosene and manymore common householdwastes.

The HHW also acceptsproblem materials at a costfrom such items as fluores-cent bulbs, PCB ballast,motor oil, oil filters, an-tifreeze batteries and gascylinders.

The HHW has an assort-ment of usable productsbrought to the facility andthey are placed in our Prod-uct Exchange Center, whichis available to the public freeof charge.

My staff and I would liketo cordially invite you to ouropen house on Nov. 15, be-ginning at 9 a.m., to tour thefacility, enjoy cookies, bever-ages and enter the door prizedrawings. Residents will beable to tour both facilities at 9a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m.and 5 p.m.

I urge you to take thepledge to recycle on Nov. 15and 365 days a year, becauseit saves landfill space and isgood for the environment!

HHW open house set Nov. 15 in Hutch

Solid WasteNotesBy Ed Homan

There are a lot of questionsabout the details of the Af-fordable Care Act, oftendubbed Obamacare.

On March 23, 2010, Presi-dent Obama signed the Af-fordable Care Act into law,putting in place comprehen-sive reforms that improve ac-cess to affordable health cov-erage for everyone and pro-tect consumers from abusiveinsurance company practices.

Each state had the option touse the Health InsuranceMarket place or create itsown. Minnesota has createdits own called MNsure.

What is MNsure? Whatwill it do? MNsure is a newonline marketplace where in-dividuals, families and smallbusinesses will be able to getquality, affordable health cov-erage that fits your budget.You may even qualify for alow-cost or free plan.

MNsure will offer: • An easy-to-use website

where you can search andcompare plans.

• A hotline you can call totalk with someone about youroptions and places where youcan sign up in your communi-ty.

MNsure will do manythings. It will:

• Be a one-stop place toshop for health insuranceplans.

• Lay out plan options side-by-side for easy comparison.

• Ensure that plans meetcertain baseline benefit stan-dards.

• Let you know if you qual-ify for tax credits or financialassistance.

• Let you know if you qual-ify for a low-cost or free plan.

• Allow you to apply andenroll online in health benefitplans.

• Show you what your po-tential cost will be.

• Give you examples of av-erage costs for commonhealth services.

• Show you quality ratingsfor hospitals and clinics inyour community.

When does MNsure

open? Enrollment started inOctober 2013. Health plancoverage begins Jan. 1, 2014.

Who can use MNsure?Initially, individuals who arenot covered under an employ-er’s plan and small business-es with up to 50 employeescan use MNsure. Large em-ployers may be allowed toparticipate in 2017.

Does everyone have topurchase health insurance?Yes. Beginning Jan. 1, 2014,all U.S. citizens and legal res-idents will be required to ob-tain health insurance cover-age. Many will be covered byan employer plan, some willqualify for health programs,and others will purchase itthemselves.

What happens if I do notbuy coverage? Starting in2014, you will pay a taxpenalty. The penalty will in-crease over time:

• In 2014, it will be thegreater of $95 per adult or 1percent of taxable income.

• In 2015, it will be thegreater of $325 per adult or 2percent of taxable income.

• In 2016, it will be thegreater of $695 per adult or2.5 percent of taxable in-come.

• After 2016, the tax penal-ty increases annually basedon a cost-of-living adjust-ment.

• A person will only payone-twelfth of the total annu-al penalty for each monthwithout coverage.

• The penalty for a child ishalf that of an adult.

• A maximum penaltywould be calculated based onpremiums for plans offeredthrough MNsure.

Are there exceptions?Yes. The law will provide ex-ceptions for:

• Individuals and familiesbelow a certain income.

• People who cannot affordthe coverage that is available.

• Individuals who havebeen uninsured for less thanthree months.

• Members of American In-dian tribes.

• People who do not obtaincoverage because of religiousobjection.

Can I lower my cost?Maybe. You may qualify for alow-cost or free plan. Taxcredits (called advanced pre-mium tax credits) are avail-able to individuals making$45,960 or less and a familyof four making $94,200 orless. The amount of assis-tance is based on a slidingscale, so the higher your in-come, the lower the amountof assistance.

I have a pre-existing con-dition. Can I buy insurancethrough MNsure? Definite-ly. Starting in 2014, no insur-er can deny anyone health in-surance based on health sta-tus, inside or outside of MN-sure.

Can I buy health insur-ance somewhere other thanthrough MNsure? Yes.However, tax credits (ad-vanced premium tax credits)for individual and familybuyers can only be obtainedif you purchase your healthcoverage through MNsure.

I am young and healthy.Why should I buy health in-surance? Accidents or sick-ness can happen to anybody.The average cost for a brokenarm using hospital emergencyservices is $2,500. Whowants to be stuck with thatkind of bill or other unexpect-ed health care costs? Every-body uses the health care sys-tem at some point in his orher life. It is a smart move toplan ahead and be prepared.

I am worried that I willnot have access to my doc-tors if I buy a plan on MN-sure. Insurers who offerplans outside MNsure willalso offer plans on MNsure,and their network of doctorswill likely be the similar towhat is in place today. It alldepends on which plan youchoose whether your doctoris part of the network. Youwill be able to look for yourdoctor in the offered plansand choose the option thatworks best for you.

Questions about Affordable Care Act, MNsure

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By Lori CoplerStaff Writer

City of Brownton utilitycustomers may soon be ableto pay their bills with a creditor debit card.

The Brownton City Coun-cil heard a presentation at itsNov. 5 meeting from a repre-sentative of The RedwoodsCompany about how creditcard services could work.

The company would pro-vide a “swipe” machine, soft-ware and could also workwith the city for online pay-ment options.

There is a fee for the city touse the service, which canvary between the differentcredit card companies; how-ever, the city can choose topass the fee along to its cus-tomers as a “convenience

fee” or “transaction fee” forthe service. The city also canchoose not to establish a con-venience fee.

After the presentation,Mayor Jay Werner suggestedthat the City Council mull theidea over and make a deci-sion in December.

“That will give us a chanceto talk to people and see if it’sreally something they want,”said Werner.

In other business, the CityCouncil:

• Heard that the city willneed to change its utilitybilling cycle in order tomatch the billing cycle ofHutchinson Utilities, which isoperating the city’s new mu-nicipal natural gas system.

City Clerk Ella Kruse saidthat rather than reading me-

ters on the 15th of eachmonth, they will be read onthe first of each month.

There will be two-week billcoming to customers for serv-ice sometime this week as thecity makes the adjustment tothe new billing period.

The City Council revieweda letter that will accompanythe bills explaining the needsto switch the billing cycle.

• Certified unpaid utilitybills to property taxes.

• Reviewed information re-garding new chairs for theBrownton Area Civic Centerand agreed to buy 200 chairsand two carts. The city hadreceived a donation of $2,500from the Brownton All-School Reunion Committeeto be used toward the pur-chase of the chairs.

Brownton City Council considersadding credit cards as payment option

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GSL teams do wellThe Glencoe-Silver Lake FFA Chapter’sFish and Wildlife and Dairy Foods teams“had an awesome day” in competitionson Friday, according to Becky Haddad,chapter adviser. The Dairy Foods teamplaced third in Region V and Fish andWildlife placed second. The Fish andWildlife team also had three top 10 indi-

viduals in Austin Bernstein (fifth), Cort-ney Kressin (sixth), and Becca Green(ninth). In the front, from left to right, areBlake Ortloff, Becca Green, Will Mick-olichek, Tyler Siewert, Cortney Kressinand Sam Lange. In the back are AustinBernstein, Malcolm Everhart, Zach Pier-son, Tommy Becker and Matt Dahlke.

100 Years AgoNov. 14, 1913O.C. Conrad, Editor

While riding on his motorcy-cle from Stewart Monday, SamBurland met with an accident bybeing thrown from the pesky lit-tle thing, which proved to bemore disgusting than serious.Upon reaching town, he made uphis mind to trade off his ma-chine, which he did in shortorder. He is now canvassing thecountry with a handsome newMcIntyre auto.

After occupying the F.W.Booth building on the west sideof Pollock Avenue for 12 years,the Bulletin last week movedinto the north lower half of theOdd Fellows block. The movewas made for the purposes ofgetting better light, ventilationand space.

A daughter was born to Mr.and Mrs. Ed Hochsprung ofRound Grove on Wednesday ofthis week.

A daughter was born to Mr.and Mrs. Robert Zander on Tues-day. The little one lived only ashort time after birth. Funeralservices will be held at the homeSunday at 1:30 p.m., and will becontinued at the church. Inter-ment will be in the church ceme-tery.

75 Years AgoNov. 10, 1938

Percy L. Hakes, EditorThe marriage of Miss Evelyn

Tonn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Ewald Tonn of Brownton, to Mr.Edward Vollmer, son of Mr. andMrs. Jacob Vollmer of nearGlencoe, took place Sunday af-ternoon, Nov. 6, at ImmanuelLutheran Church in Brownton.

A call was put out to theBrownton Fire Department about7:30 a.m. Monday to the A.O.Boehlke home. The fire truckwas not put to use as the blazewas extinguished before its ar-rival. Mr. Boehlke was filling agas stove when the can of gasbecame ignited. He immediatelythrew the can outside, and theonly damage was the burning oftwo curtains and the scorching ofthe window casings.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schwarzeare the happy parents of twingirls born to them at theHutchinson hospital. Louis had abig double smile on his faceTuesday morning after the ar-rival of the little girls. Motherand daughters are getting alongnicely.

50 Years AgoNov. 14, 1963Charles H. Warner, Editor

Sometime between 1 and 4o’clock in the afternoon Thurs-day afternoon, a thief got around$400 from the safe at the Brown-ton Hardware Company. A littleover $100 was in checks, the rest

was in cash. Ernst Hardel, part-ner with his son Carl in the store,reports that during the afternoona stranger came in for a pipeelbow, which took Carl into theback room, which left the storeunattended. Sheriff Leon Ode-gaard’s office is working thecase.

Bill Pinske’s City Meat Mar-ket has been doing a great dealof business, having processed 66deer between Saturday andWednesday of this week.

The Brownton FFA team issponsoring two donkey basket-ball games Thursday. The firstgame, at 1 p.m., the FFA boyswill play the teachers, includingOscar Schock, Grady Rostberg,Vinton Zabel, Max West, CharlesKindgren, Sharon Rostberg andLinnea Wacker. At 8 p.m., theboys are scheduled to take on thelocal businessmen, includingAlton Clapp, Gary Wilson, DonHantge, Roy Wagner, HillardKloempken, Curtis Tongen,LeRoy Polzin, Stan Luhmannand John Sommers.

20 Years AgoNov. 10, 1993Lori Copler, Editor

The snow was falling, butspirits were rising Friday nightas the McLeod West HighSchool football team defeatedOgilvie 14-6 to capture the Sec-tion 3C title and a berth in thestate tournament. The Falcons

will travel to Lanesboro Fridaynight for the state quarterfinalgame.

Dennis Wandrei of Glencoewon $7,777 from the MinnesotaState Lottery’s Criss Cross 7’sgame. Wandrei purchased hiswinning ticket at his own store,Denny’s Market in Brownton.

Curtis Tongen of Browntonwas re-elected the president ofthe McLeod County AgriculturalAssociation (county fair board)at its annual meeting Oct. 18.

10 Years AgoNov. 12, 2003Lori Copler, Editor

Students of the month for Oc-tober at McLeod West Elemen-tary School were Erika Ribarand Alex Nelson, kindergarten;Joshua Yates and Blaine Van-Hove, first grade; Anthony Till-man and Carolin Goebel, secondgrade; Somers Willock and Lau-rie Hiebert, third grade; AustinLudowese and Kayla Peterson,fourth grade; Lukas Neubarthand Lisa Reineccius, fifth grade;and Jamie Katzenmeyer andJulio Paredes, sixth grade.

It had just a two-minute timeslot on the Stewart City Coun-cil’s agenda Monday, but the re-financing of two bonds will savethe city over $24,000 annually.The city refinanced a 1987 sewerbond and a 1994 communitycenter building bond.

From the Brownton Bulletin archives

100 Years AgoNov. 14, 1913A.F. Avery, Editor

Wednesday of this week athigh noon occurred the marriageof Miss Lela A. Hawes to Mr.Urious N. Hudson at the home ofthe bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.Gilbert F. Hawes. Mr. and Mrs.Hudson departed for a shortwedding trip on the afternoontrain. They will be home inStewart after Dec. 15.

A son was born to Mr. andMrs. Adolph Grams of Graftonyesterday morning, Nov. 13.

75 Years AgoNov. 11, 1938Harry Koeppen, Editor

The Stewart High School jun-ior class will present “Nora No-body” Thursday evening, Nov.17. Cast members include WillisHoyt, Loren Studer, DeloresProehl, Allyn Ahlers, Lorraine

Doerr, Evelyn Goodman, AliceHarrington, Mavis Thompsonand Duell Schmitz.

A deal was completed onWednesday whereby the WallerVariety Store here was sold toO.E. Nelson of Minneapolis,possession being given that day.Mr. Nelson is a registered phar-macist with considerable experi-ence and will immediately add acomplete line of drugs to thepresent stock.

A deal was completed lastweek whereby Arnold Witte pur-chased the dray line which hasbeen operated the past sevenyears by Walter Holmburg.

50 Years AgoNov. 14, 1963Kermit T. Hubin, Editor

Workmen for Pinske and Sonsof Arlington completed puttingup the structural steel for thenew gym at the school on Satur-day. Work on the additions is

proceeding nicely.George Blum, 21-year-old son

of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Blum ofrural Stewart, was wounded inhis left ankle Sunday morningwhile hunting deer near Babbitt.He and his two hunting compan-ions, Gary Kaczmarek, Stewart,and Lloyd Ruschmeyer, Gibbon,had stopped their car and gottenout when they spotted a deer.Upon loading his 30-30 rifle,George accidentally dischargedhis gun, the slug entering his leftleg just above the ankle. He wasrushed to the Virginia hospital,where he spent 21⁄2 to three hoursin surgery. He lost quite a bit ofblood and required a transfusion.He has since returned to the areaand been admitted to the Glen-coe hospital, where he is expect-ed to remain for some time.

Stewart High School footballplayers named to the 212 All-Conference Team were BertBauer and Ken Goodman.

Albert Rettmann died Satur-day, Nov. 9, 1963, at the age of81. He leaves to mourn his wife,three sons and two daughters.Two sons preceded him in death.

35 Years AgoNov. 16, 1978Kermit T. Hubin, Editor

Dr. and Mrs. Frank DeMello(Sharon Ahlers) announce the ar-rival of Jennifer Sharon, bornOct. 26. She joins siblings Johnand Jean.

The Stewart American Legionenjoyed a large crowd at its duckparty Saturday night. HannahKruggel was the winner of a 22-pound turkey given as a doorprize. Cash drawing winnerswere John Regner, Brownton,$50; Wayne Bollingmo, Stewart,$25; Mrs. Francis Kasal, Stew-art, $15; and Leroy Surges, Buf-falo Lake, $10.

From the Stewart Tribune archives

30 Years Ago

Nov. 16, 1983Bill Ramige, Editor

The Glencoe District 433Board of Education moved thegraduation date to Sunday, June3, two days before the last day ofschool. A majority of high schoolseniors and parents favored aSunday graduation. Approximate-ly 50 percent of the parents andseniors responded to a surveywith a vote in favor of the changeby a 5-to-1 margin. Graduationwas originally set for Tuesday,June 5.

In the event of a teachers’strike, school would remain openif substitute teachers could befound to take the classes of strik-ing teachers. That was the opin-ion expressed by board membersat the Monday night meeting, atwhich time the board adopted apolicy to follow emergency oper-ating procedures in event of anemployee strike.

Glencoe area deer hunters had

successful hunts. Larry Schmidtbrought home a 15-point trophybuck from Lake Bronson, 20miles south of the Canadian bor-der. These hunters were not will-ing to disclose the location theygot their five deer. Pictured withtheir deer are Howard Giese,Duane Wigern, Mark Wigern,Kirby Perlich, Kent Perlich, JeffGiese, Dave Schmidt, BradSchmidt, Craig Giese and KylePerlich.

20 Years Ago

Nov. 17, 1993Rich Glennie, Editor

The first women’s gun safetyclass was held earlier this fallwith 14 area women completingthe class. The instructor was Ker-mit Terlinden. Participants in-cluded Beth Yliniemi, TanyaMathews, Barbara Bergland, Lan-ette Dammann, Kathy Terlinden,Pam Driessen, Janette Goettl,Kim Cohrs, Jackie Akerburg, LoriKunkel, Shirley Baumann, Sandy

Templin, Pat Yliniemi and JackieGildea.

The first-year pairing agree-ment between Silver Lake andGlencoe will get a sneak previewthis winter sports season whenthe Glencoe Eagles join the SilverLake Lakeites to form a com-bined wrestling team.

The Glencoe Eagles footballteam had another winning seasonat 5-3 and four all-conference se-lections and four more honorablementions. Named all-conferencewere senior quarterback NateGorr, senior fullback Eric Engel-mann, senior tight end Dan Ehrkeand senior halfback Travis Sulli-van. Given honorable mentionwere four linemen, seniors JimEnneking, Eric Papke, RyanBerwald and junior Kyle Schmel-ing.

10 Years Ago

Nov. 12, 2003Rich Glennie, Editor

The 80-year-old St. Pius X

parish center is destined to be de-molished soon after attempts tosell it and move it failed. Thebuilding lies in the middle of theparish’s expansion plans, whichwill connect the church to theschool. Construction on the $1.25million expansion project willbegin as soon as the parish officebuilding is demolished.

Scott Mackenthun, a 2002Glencoe-Silver Lake High Schoolgraduate, was awarded the Amer-ican FFA Degree at the 75th an-nual FFA convention. Macken-thun said the American Degree isthe highest award an FFA mem-ber can receive, and that less thanone-half of 1 percent of FFAmembers across the United Stateshave received the award.

A grand opening was held atthe Feathered Nest Natural Well-ness Center, Inc., last week. Thecenter is located across 12thStreet from the west end of theold Henry Hill School building,and offers massage therapy, heal-ing touch, reiki and intuitive read-ings.

From The Chronicle archives

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In honor bandTwo members of Glencoe-Silver Lake High Schoolbands attended the 24th-annual Gustavus Honor BandFestival held in St. Peter Nov. 3-4. GSL Concert Bandmembers participating were Erin Nowak, left, euphoni-um, and April Brady, clarinet. The Gustavus Honor Bandwas conducted by Dr. Douglas Nimmo, director of windorchestras at Gustavus Adolphus College. The honorband weekend culminated with a final concert held atGustavus Christ Chapel, and featured the GustavusWind Orchestra as well as the High School Honor Band.Over 100 student musicians from about 40 high schoolsin Minnesota and Iowa comprised the honor band mem-bership.


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The Brownton City Coun-cil voted at its Nov. 5 meetingto spend up to $33,000 on anew squad car for the policedepartment, a Ford Intercep-tor sport utility vehicle(SUV).

Police Chief Ken Bauersaid he had checked into leas-ing a squad, rather than pur-chasing, as the City Councilhad asked at its Octobermeeting.

Because of potential excessmileage charges, Bauer saidhe really didn’t feel that“leasing is the way to go.”

Council Member ChuckWarner, who had suggested

the leasing option, said hewas OK with buying a vehi-cle. Warner had suggested thelease option, noting that thecity of Glencoe leases itssquad cars.

“But as a businessman, Ilearned that if you had themoney to buy something, youwere better off than if youleased,” said Warner. “Andwe have the money to buythis.”

Warner said there isenough money in the policedepartment’s vehicle replace-ment fund to buy the new ve-hicle.

However, the City Councilurged Bauer to try to find away to have the invoice sent

to the city after the first of theyear to avoid paying salestax. The city won’t have topay sales tax after the first ofthe year on most purchases.

In other business, the CityCouncil heard about a coupleof concerns from formerMayor Curt Carrigan.

First, Carrigan said he isurging the Glencoe-SilverLake School District to in-clude Brownton in its districtname.

Warner said he also hasbeen pursuing the subjectwith school officials, butwithout success.

Warner said school offi-cials tell him that the schoolname doesn’t include those of

other communities within thedistrict, such as Plato, NewAuburn and Biscay.

But Warner also pointedout that while Browntondoesn’t have an educationcenter in the community(which Silver Lake does), ithas supported school facilityelections for GSL.

“The only two communi-ties that voted in favor ofthose issues were Glencoeand Brownton,” noted Warn-er. “Silver Lake didn’t sup-port them.”

Carrigan also pointed outthat the city allows the GSLbaseball program to use theball field without charge.

Carrigan said he just want-

ed to make sure it was OKwith the City Council if hecontinues to pursue the sub-ject.

Carrigan also asked per-mission to have a practiceday for a modified lawn trac-tor pull as has been done inthe past.

The City Council indicatedthat it should be OK, butasked Carrigan to seek a dif-ferent location, perhaps thecounty road in front of thefire hall, and to promote theevent so that people couldcome watch if they wished,although it isn’t a sanctionedpull.

The City Council also re-viewed colors for the new

partitions for the bathroomsin the Brownton CommunityCenter, and decided to staywith the same color.

The Council also agreed toits annual contract withMcLeod County for its asses-sor services.

Brownton City Council approves purchase of new police squad

Stephanie Schrempp ofGlencoe and Jeffrey Worm ofPlato announce their engage-ment and plans to marry onJune 21, 2014.

Parents of the couple areJoe and Jody Schrempp ofGlencoe and Gregg and TerriWorm of Plato.

Schrempp is a 2010 gradu-ate of Glencoe-Silver LakeHigh School and is currentlypursuing a degree in speech-language pathology at Min-nesota State University,Mankato.

Worm is a 2009 graduateof Glencoe-Silver Lake HighSchool and received a degreein cabinetmaking from Hen-nepin County Technical Col-lege in 2010. He does draft-

ing and CNC programming atPlato Custom Concepts inPlato.

Schrempp—Worm

Jeffrey WormStephanie Schrempp

Engagement

22 Brownton senior citizens metTwenty-two Brownton sen-

ior citizens met Monday,Nov. 11, at the communitycenter.

Cards were played with thefollowing winners: 500,Archie Diehn, first, andNorma Albrecht, second;pinochle, Ordell Klucas, first,and Leone Kujas, second;

and sheephead, Elva Wend-landt, first, and Harriet Bergs,second.

Norma Albrecht served re-freshments. Lil Lindemanwon the door prize.

The next meeting will beMonday, Nov. 18, at 1 p.m.All area senior citizens arewelcome.

Police Report

During a traff ic stop at11:02 a.m., Tuesday, at 10thStreet and Pryor Avenue, po-lice cited the driver for a win-dow tint violation and gave averbal warning about notyielding to an emergency ve-hicle.

A two-vehicle accident oc-curred at 1:24 p.m., Tuesday,at the Highway 212-Morning-side Avenue intersection. TheState Patrol handled the in-vestigation. Also respondingwere two Glencoe Ambu-lances, an Allina Ambulance,Glencoe Fire Department andMcLeod County Sheriff’s Of-fice. Few other details wereavailable.

At a 2:58 p.m., Tuesday,traffic stop, the driver waswarned about window tint onthe vehicle and was cited fora child restraint violation. Thestop occurred at 16th Streetand Greeley Avenue.

Police assisted at fourmedical emergencies onWednesday, all of which in-volved ambulances.

The first call at 6:54 a.m.was from a 14th Street ad-dress for a woman with hippain and unable to get out ofa chair.

The second at 9:56 a.m.was from a Hennepin Avenueaddress and involved a resi-dent with medication issues.

The third was a personcomplaining of chest pains at2:59 p.m. from a Ford Avenueresidence.

The final was at 11 p.m. atanother Ford Avenue addressinvolving a female who fell onthe floor and was unable toget up.

Another medical call wasreceived at 7:21 a.m., Thurs-day, from a resident on FordAvenue. The resident hadfallen and needed ambulancetransportation to the hospitalemergency room.

During a traff ic stop at11:36 a.m., Thursday, a driverwas given a verbal warningabout window tint and wascited for not correctly using achild restraint system. Thestop occurred on Union Av-enue at 12th Street.


“The Veterans of ForeignWars (VFW) believes strong-ly in good citizenship andfostering patriotism,” saidJames Peters, chairman of theGlencoe VFW Post 5102 Pa-triots Pen and Voice Democ-racy programs.

“That’s why we encourageyouthful minds to examineour nation’s history and theirown experiences in modernAmerican society through ourPatriot’s Pen youth essay-writing contest,” Peters said.

Annually, more than100,000 students from sixththrough eighth grades enternationwide. The nationalfirst-place winner receives

$5,000 and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington,D.C., in March.

The theme for 2013-14 is:“What Patriotism Means toMe.”

Each year, nearly 40,000high school students fromacross the country enter towin a share of the $2.2 mil-lion in educational scholar-ships and incentives awardedthrough the VFW’s Voice ofDemocracy audio-essay com-petition.

“Knowing that a democrat-ic society needs nurturing,the VFW established theVoice of Democracy program(VOD) in 1947 to provide

students in grades ninethrough 12 the opportunity toexpress themselves in regardsto democratic ideas and prin-ciples,” Peters said.

The national first-placewinner receives a $30,000scholarship paid directly tothe recipient’s American uni-versity, college or vocation-al/technical school. Other na-tional scholarships rangefrom $1,000 to $16,000, andthe first-place winner fromeach state VFW departmentwins an all-expense-paid tripto Washington, D.C.

The theme for 2013-14 is:“Why I’m Optimistic Aboutour Nation’s Future.”

The GSL High School winner is MariahGuldemann-Chiariello, back left. The Pa-triot’s Pen winners were third place win-ner is Haley Lukes, front, left; secondplace is Maren Warner, back center; and

first place is Dalton Pouliot, front right.The top essays will now be judged at thedistrict level. James Peters, back right, isthe chairman of both programs for Glen-coe VFW Post 5102.

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Obituaries

A memorial service forOtto Richard Hackbarth Jr.,85, of Shakopee and formerlyof Buffalo Lake, will be heldSaturday, Nov, 16, 2013, at11 a.m., atthe Hughes-Hantge Fu-n e r a lChapel inStewart.

M r .Hackbarthdied Mon-day, Nov. 4,2013, atThe Luther-an Home inB e l l ePlaine.

A gathering of family andfriends will be held for onehour prior to the service atthe Funeral Chapel.

The eulogy will be by PatHackbarth. Soloist SarahHackbarth will sing “Song ofFarewell” and “You AreMine.” The congregationalhymn will be “The OldRugged Cross.” Intermentwill be at a later date.

Mr. Hackbarth was bornApril 13, 1928, in BrookfieldTownship, Renville County,to Otto Carl Sr. and Yetive Is-abella (Vernon) Hackbarth.He was baptized May 13,1928, at Trinity LutheranChurch in Brookfield Town-ship, and was confirmedthere as a youth.

Mr. Hackbarth attendedcountry school in BrookfieldTownship through the eighthgrade.

In 1945, Mr. Hackbarth en-tered the U.S. Navy at the ageof 17, and served his countryuntil 1948. A cook and anti-aircraft gunner on the USSMissouri, he was stationed onship during the signing of thepeace treaty with Japan.

After he was honorablydischarged from the Navy,Mr. Hackbarth came home tofarm with his father for ashort time. Throughout hisworking career, he workedfor the Hutchinson Creamery,GM in Van Nuys, Calif., Hec-tor Ready Mix, as well as su-pervising at several roofing

companies in the metro area.On June 13, 1951, Mr.

Hackbarth was united in mar-riage to Leona Schmidt atTrinity Lutheran Church inBrookfield Township. Theylived in Hector a short timeprior to moving to Van Nuys,Calif., for one year. Theythen returned, settling in Buf-falo Lake to care for Leona’smother, Helen, and to raisetheir family of five children.

In 1986, the Hackbarthsmoved to Shakopee, wherethey resided until repeatedhealth issues caused them tomove into The LutheranHome in Belle Plaine.

Mr. Hackbarth’s hobbiesincluded genealogy and ZaneGray western novels. He wasa member of bowling leaguesfor years, and enjoyed havingcard-playing parties. Heloved to dance, and could beseen at the Lake Marion Ball-room twirling around thefloor with Leona.

Mr. Hackbarth served onthe Buffalo Lake Fire Depart-ment, ambulance and auxil-iary police force. He was amember of the DeGree-Fleisch American LegionPost 125 of Stewart.

Mr. Hackbarth’s doorswere always open to otherchildren who needed a safehaven and foster parenting.He even provided employ-ment for his children byplanting up to five acres ofcucumbers for them to pickfor Gedney Pickles.

Mr. Hackbarth often statedthat meeting Leona was thebest thing that ever happenedto him, and that his life beganto have meaning. He visitedLeona daily at The LutheranHome in Belle Plaine to giveher his undying love andcare. Even in his last days,he cried, hoping that his bridewould be OK.

Survivors include his wife,Leona Schmidt Hackbarth, aresident of The LutheranHome in Belle Plaine; son,Steven Hackbarth of Marico-pa, Ariz.; grandchildren, Jenaand Matt Bates, Anna andAndrew Mapes, Steven Otto

Jr. and Jessica Hackbarth,Wade Hackbarth, ReeceKiefner, and StephanieKiefner; great-grandchildren,Haven, Raegan, Grayson,Ava, Liam, Max, Oliver,Adalie, Malone, and Alonzo;daughter-in-law, Lisa Gann;and former daughter-in-lawJolene Hackbarth; daughterMichelle (Kevin) Henkels ofBloomington; grandchildren,Nick Henkels, DustinHenkels; great-grandson,Ethan, and Octavia YetiveHenkels; son, Scott (Brenda)Hackbarth; grandchildren,Jordan and Sadie Hackbarth;great-granddaughter, Izabella,Avery and Jessica Hackbarth,Caleb Hackbarth, SamuelHackbarth, and Phillip Hack-barth; son, Greg (Pat) Hack-barth of Cologne; grandchil-dren, Brandon Hackbarth andLiz Fenske, Cole Hackbarthand Becca Marshall, LaurenHackbarth, Ashlee and ToddCermak, Dalton Hackbarth,and Dillon Hackbarth; great-grandchildren, Violet, Garin,Ruby, Lillian, and GrantHackbarth; son, Brad (Beni-ta) Hackbarth of Stewart;grandchildren, Lisa Hack-barth, Jesse and Brit Hack-barth, Jake and Sarah Hack-barth, Amy and CurtBoehme, and Aron Hacker;great-grandchildren, Kylie,Taylor, Ryan, Peyton, andTrace; and former daughter-in-law, Debbie Hackbarth;siblings, Louie Hackbarth ofCoon Rapids, Ardell Novotnyof Hutchinson, Helen Vaughnof Hopkins, Clifford Hack-barth of Princeton, and Rox-anne Benson of Ames, Iowa;nieces, nephews, other rela-tives, and friends.

Preceding him in deathwere his parents, Yetive andOtto Hackbarth Sr.; sisters,Sidonia Hagstrom, Irene Es-chenbacher, and Betty Nel-son; and brother, Herb Hack-barth.

Arrangements were withHughes-Hantge FuneralChapel in Stewart. An onlineguestbook is available atwww.hantge.com. Click onobituaries/guestbook.

Otto Hackbarth Jr., 85, of Shakopee

Otto R.Hackbarth Jr.

Funeral services for LarryE. Hiles, 60 of Arlington,were held Thursday, Nov. 7,at Peace Lutheran Church inWinthrop. The Rev. BobMiner officiated the service.

Mr. Hiles died Sunday,Nov. 3, 2013, at the SibleyMedical Center in Arlington.

Mr. Hiles was born Jan. 6,1953, to Marvin and Naomi(Taylor) Hiles in Wolsey,S.D. He graduated from highschool in 1971, and served inthe Army for seven years,after which time he was med-ically discharged.

He could fix anything andwas a lifelong mechanic. Heworked at B&T/Lanos, the

city of Arlington, JungclausImplement and Ron’s Repair,but his favorite work was thetime he spent working withhis sons in his shop at home.He was always willing tohelp all.

Mr. Hiles loved horses —riding, driving, training andcollecting them. He enjoyedcamping and spending timewith family and friends. Hewas a charter member of theFriends of Rush River.

Survivors include his sons,Mark (Kendra) Hiles ofWinthrop and Jon (Jayme)Hiles of Gaylord; two grand-children, Austin and Jake;mother, Naomi Hiles of Jor-

dan; siblings, Lucille (Ray-mond) Krueger of Hutchin-son, Joyce (LeAnder) May ofBelle Plaine, Esther Levan-duski of Rogers, Lawrence(Karen) Hiles of Branson,Mo., Anita (David) Worm ofJordan and Lowell (Laurie)Hiles of Belle Plaine; formerspouse, Annette Hiles ofStewart; and many nieces andnephews and great nieces andnephews.

He was preceded in deathby his father, Marvin Hiles,and brothers-in-law, GeraldLevanduski and LarryBlades.

Larry E. Hiles, 60, of Arlington

John Andrew Rhode, 62, ofBrownton, died Sunday, Nov.3, 2013, at his home. A pri-vate familyservice willbe held at alater date.

M r .Rhode wasborn Nov.24, 1950, inM o n t e v -ideo, toCharles andMary (Jahn)Rhode. Hewas baptized as an infantDec. 3, 1950, and confirmedin his faith as a youth inClarkfield.

He received his educationin Harding, and was a gradu-ate of Harding High School.Mr. Rhode furthered his edu-cation at St. Paul TechnicalCollege.

He served his country as amember of the U.S. Navy forsix years, and received anhonorable discharge.

Mr. Rhode resided inBrownton. He held employ-ment as an electronic techni-cian in the telephone industryuntil he retired in 2008.

He enjoyed fishing andcoin collecting. He also en-joyed spending time on hiscomputer and loved cats. Mr.Rhode especially enjoyed the

time he spent with his familyand friends.

Survivors include hisbrothers, James (Linda)Rhode of Clara City, Paul(Mary) Rhode of White BearLake and Bruce (Bev) Rhodeof Brownton; brother-in-law,James Konobeck of Marineon St. Croix; 10 nieces andnephews; and many great-nieces and great-nephews,other relatives and friends.

Preceding him in deathwere his parents, Charles andMary Rhode; sister, AgnesKonobeck; and great-niece,Bailey Green.

John A. Rhode, 62, of Brownton

John Rhode

Gail M. Goldstein, 79, Scottsdale, Ariz.A celebration of life for

Gail Maxine (Christensen)Goldstein, 79, of Scottsdale,Ariz., and formerly ofBurnsville, Glencoe andHutchinson, will be held at 3p.m., Saturday, Nov. 16, atVineyard United MethodistChurch in Hutchinson.

Mrs. Goldstein died Sept.19, 2013, after fighting acourageous battle with cancerfor 20 years and doing sowith dignity and grace.

She was an example to allof how faith and attitude canguide you through the tough-est times. She will be deeplymissed for her beauty, hersmile, her sense of humor andher gentle ways.

Gail Maxine Christensenwas born Aug. 26, 1934, inOmaha, Neb., to Chris andFae Christensen. She graduat-ed from North High Schoolin Omaha.

She married Richard H.Goldstein on Sept. 27, 1953,and they shared 58 years ofmarriage. They moved toBurnsville in 1968, to Glen-coe in 1976 and Hutchinsonin 1987.

Together, they operatedTriple G Beer Distributing inGlencoe for 23 years (1976-1999).

Mrs. Goldstein became areborn Christian on Nov. 17,1993, through the guidanceof her sister-in-Christ, Mari-lyn McClure.

Survivors include her fiveloving children, Lynn (Dale)Clayton, Jeff (Lori) Gold-stein, Russ (LuAnn) Gold-stein, Suzie (Kenny) Priceand Julie (Jon) Yeazle Cher-ney; 13 grandchildren; five

great-grandchildren; brother,Dean Christensen; sister, Fae(Mike) Martin; sister-in-law,Lillian Richards; severalnieces and nephews, alongwith many dear friends.

Preceding her in deathwere her husband, Richard;parents, Chris and Fae Chris-tensen; infant sister, Shirley;brother and sister-in-law,Dick and Arlene Christensen;sister-in-law, Carol Chris-tensen; and brother-in-law,Dale.

A memorial service forDaniel K. Ostland, 62, ofLakeville, was held Tuesday,Nov. 12, at Woodland HillsChurch, 1740 Van Dyke St.,St. Paul.

Mr. Ostlund died suddenlyon Nov. 9, 2013.

Mr. Ostlund was a U.S.Navy veteran.

Survivors include his wife,Wanda, and children, Tysonand Alyssa.

Arrangements were byO’Halloran Murphy Wood-bury.

Daniel Ostlund, Lakeville

Daniel Ostlund

Chronicle photo by Sue Keenan

Taste of GlencoeThe Glencoe Area Chamber of Com-merce hosted its annual Taste of GlencoeSeasonal Sampler event last Thursday atthe Glencoe City Center. Organizers sold230 tickets, and 195 people attended totest the 12 beverage and food vendors’displays. The vendors included two Min-nesota wineries, and among the 10 foodvendors were two health-nutrition enti-

ties, according to Dave Nelson, chamberpresident. The Crow River Builders alsoheld its scholarship raffle during theevent. Nelson said some of the positivecomments received specifically liked thepresentation of the room, the casual con-versation tables, fall colors and center-pieces from the food vendors.

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My sister-in-law had all ofthe Cornwell girls over thisweekend for lots of laughs,games and, of course, lots offood.

I have a couple of go-to ap-petizer recipes, but they werealready on the list, so I wasforced to try something new.Darn.

I found a lot of great recipes, but settled ona baked taco dip. It was quick, easy and I hadall the ingredients. Even better.

Baked Taco Dip1/2 pound ground beef1 can refried beans, regular or fat free1 packet taco seasoning8 ounces sour cream2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

In a skillet, brown the ground beef overmedium heat, drain. Add beans and taco sea-soning. Spread bean mixture in the bottom ofa 9x13-inch baking dish. Spread the sourcream on top of the beans and then top withcheese.

Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes untilcheese is bubbly. Serve with tortilla or cornchips.

It was so good that we had the leftovers fordinner the next day.

My mother-in-law has made this sausagedip when we have been there and my husbandhas asked for it. One of the cousins brought itthis weekend and I was able to get the recipe.Another quick and easy one.

Hot and Spicy Sausage Dip1 pound hot or regular bulk sausage1 can diced tomatoes and green chilies8 ounces cream cheese

In a large skillet, cook sausage, breaking upinto small pieces until fully cooked, drain.Add tomatoes and cream cheese, mix untilblended and heated thoroughly. Place in aserving dish; serve warm with tortilla or cornchips. Works great in a slow cooker.

I also made the No-Bake Peanut Butter Barsfrom last week’s column. They were a hit, aswell.

Thanks to those who called to let me knowthe recipe was off a bit. Here is the correctrecipe.

No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars1 stick (1/2 cup) melted butter1 cup of crushed graham crackers1 cup powdered sugar1 cup peanut butter1 cup chocolate chips

In a medium bowl mix the butter, grahamcracker crumbs, powdered sugar, and 3/4 cupof peanut butter until combined. Press themixture evenly into the bottom of an un-greased 9×13-inch pan.

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My Turn NowBy Karin Ramige Cornwell

Chronicle photo by Alyssa Schauer

3rd-grade Panther PawsAt the all-school meeting held Oct. 11,Panther Paws certificates were awardedat GSL Lakeside Elementary. In the front,from left to right are Whitney Pollmann,Yajaira Villarreal, Andrew Bonde, Emily

Larson and McKenzie Patnaude. In theback are Courtney Hatlestad, NhutNguyen, Christian Chmielewski, BradyGraupmann and Owen Koenen.


4th-grade Panther PawsBefore the pepfest on Oct. 11 at GSLLakeside Elementary, October PantherPaws were announced. The fourth-graderecipients, in the front, from left to rightare Zach Reichow, Drew Storms, Luis

Pena, Linette Munoz and Moses Medina.In the back are Elisabeth Schmieg, AllenIngeman, Caroline Schmidt, Elijah Yurekand Jacob Baumgarten.


5th-grade Panther PawsFifth-grade Panther Paws award winnersfor October were announced at the all-school meeting at GSL’s Lakeside Ele-mentary on Oct. 11. In the front, from leftto right, are Sandra Maganda, Mariana

Castillo, Jacob Christianson, AustinMichaletz and Nathan Warner. In the backare Majkya Metcalf, Maren Roepke,Kennedy Wraspir, Teagan Hansch andMitchell Klockmann.


6th-grade Panther PawsAt the all-school meeting on Oct. 11 atGSL’s Lakeside Elementary, PantherPaws certificates were awarded. Sixth-grade recipients, in the front, from left toright are Zach Mohr, Lily Kirchoff, Nathan

Fahrenbach, Abby Gronlund and ReeceSchwirtz. In the back are Lydia Schmieg,Race Hutchins, Hannah Boesche, JadonDrier-Schultz and Courtney Richer.

Nov. 18-22Millie Beneke ManorSenior Nutrition Site

Monday — Chicken and ricecasserole, marinated vegetablesalad, carrots, bread, margarine,pudding, low-fat milk.

Tuesday — Barbecued porkchop, baked potato, cauliflower,bread, margarine, applesauce,low-fat milk.

Wednesday — Beef tips withgravy, mashed potatoes, broccoli,bread, margarine, peaches, low-fat milk.

Thursday — Liver or peppersteak, buttered boiled potatoes,peas, bread, margarine, apricotslow-fat milk.

Friday — Sloppy joe, oven-browned potatoes, country-blendvegetables, bun, margarine, freshorange, low-fat milk.

GSL ElementaryBreakfast

Monday — Tony’s breakfastpizza or Cinnamon Toast Crunchand string cheese and apple juicecup, low-fat milk.

Tuesday — Pancake on a stickwith syrup or apple cinnamon muf-fin and yogurt, mandarin oranges,low-fat milk.

Wednesday — French toaststicks with syrup or Golden Gra-hams and string cheese, dicedpeaches, low-fat milk.

Thursday — Tony’s breakfastpizza or oatmeal with cinnamonand raisins, orange juice, low-fatmilk.

Friday — Egg and cheese muf-fin or blueberry muffin and yogurt,orange juice, low-fat milk.

Helen Baker/Lakeside lunchMonday — Sloppy joe on a

whole-grain bun, ham and cheeseon whole-grain bread, oven-bakedtator tots, celery sticks with dress-ing, apple wedges, pineapple tid-bits.

Tuesday — Beef soft-shelltacos, chef salad with cheese, eggand croutons, bread stick, refriedbeans, lettuce and tomato cup,banana, chilled applesauce.

Wednesday — Pizza casserole,yogurt, American cheese andcrackers fun lunch, seasonedgreen beans, baby carrots, orangewedges, chilled peaches.

Thursday — Roast turkey withgravy, whole-grain dinner roll, chefsalad with cheese, egg and crou-tons, cranberry sauce, mashedpotatoes, broccoli with raisins,chilled applesauce, apple crisp.

Friday — Toasted cheese onwhole-grain bread, turkey andcheese on whole-grain bread,tomato soup, jicama cucumberfruit salad, apple wedges, chilledmixed fruit.

Junior/Senior High breakfastMonday — Breakfast pizza or

Cinnamon Toast Crunch and blue-berry muffin, diced pears, low-fatmilk.

Tuesday — Pancake on a stickwith syrup, or oatmeal with cinna-mon and raisins, mandarin or-anges, low-fat milk.

Wednesday — Breakfast burritoor ultimate breakfast round, yo-gurt, diced peaches, low-fat milk.

Thursday — French toast sticksor Cinnamon Toast Crunch andapple cinnamon muffin, orangejuice, low-fat milk.

Friday — Sausage, egg andcheese biscuit or ultimate break-fast round and yogurt, orangejuice cup, low-fat milk.

Junior/Senior High lunchMonday — Hamburger or

cheeseburger, potato wedges,seasoned green beans, marinatedcucumbers and tomatoes, babycarrots with dressing, apple,chilled applesauce.

Tuesday — Turkey chili withcrackers, toasted cheese sand-

wich, seasoned corn, carrots,raisins, pineapple salad, jicamasticks with dressing, banana,pineapple tidbits.

Wednesday — Chicago-stylechili dog with relish, diced onions,sauerkraut, oven-baked frenchfries, sweet-corn salad, cauliflowerwith dressing, orange wedges,chilled peaches.

Thursday — Roast turkey withgravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes,dinner roll, apple crisp, peachygrape salad, cucumber slices withdressing, cranberry sauce, chilledapplesauce.

Friday — Mexican bar with beefor chicken nachos or tacos, brownrice, refried beans, corn, blackbean and salsa salad, baby car-rots with dressing, apple, chilledmixed fruit.

First Lutheran School LunchMonday — Hamburgers, baked

beans, pineapple, milk.Tuesday — Chicken tetrazzini,

peas, mandarin oranges, bread,milk.

Wednesday — Walking taco,lettuce, mixed fruit, bread, milk.

Thursday — Ham, scallopedpotatoes, fresh fruit, bread, milk.

Friday — Mini corn dogs, veg-etable cup, peaches, bread, milk.

St. Pius X School LunchMonday — Chicken patty on a

bun, pineapple, broccoli with dip,sweet potato fries, milk.

Tuesday — Weiner wink, or-ange wedges, baked beans, car-rots with dip, milk.

Wednesday — Hamburger on abun, strawberries, curly fries, broc-coli with cheese sauce, cheese-cake, milk.

Thursday — Turkey slices,bread, pineapple, green beans,mashed potatoes with gravy, milk.

Friday — Cheese pizza, ba-nana, lettuce, vegetables with dip,milk.

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Glencoe-Silver Lake HighSchool will present the musi-cal “Footloose,” opening onNov. 14.

The musical, based on themovie starring Kevin Bacon,will be presented by GSLHigh School during the nexttwo weekends. The students,under the direction of PatrickHiltner, have been rehearsingsince the beginning of Sep-tember and are excited for theproduction.

“Footloose” is basedaround Ren McCormack whomoves to Bomont fromChicago with his mother,Ethel. When they reach thesmall town community ofBomont, they find out thatthe city has many rules thathave been instituted by thetown council and the Rev.Moore.

Many of these laws wereformed due to a serious acci-dent that affected the entirecommunity. One of theselaws is that dancing has beenoutlawed.

Many of the teenagers ofthe community start to followRen, and they want to have adance much to the disap-proval of the reverend andother adults in the communi-ty.

Also see how the laws inthe community affect the rev-erend and his family as hisdaughter, Ariel, breaks manyof the rules which also affectsthe relationship of the rev-

erend and his wife, Vi.The story that evolves in-

cludes the struggles of a com-munity trying to heal fromwounds that have been cov-ered up for many years.

The cast, crew, and pitband includes 46 students ingrades 7-12.

Patrick Hiltner is leadingthe production as the directorwith assistance from DawnWolter as vocal director, andAlicia Beste as choreogra-pher.

“Footloose” has a lot ofsong and dance numbers, sothe collaboration of many tal-ents is needed for this pro-duction.

“Footloose” will be per-formed at the GSL HighSchool Auditorium on Nov.14-16, Nov. 21-23 at 7 p.m.and on Sunday, Nov. 17, at 2p.m.

Tickets are available at thedoor.

The cast for the productionis as follows:

Rusty (Rachel Bonder-man), Wendy Jo (Sadie Pau-men), Urleen (Lili Mallak),Ren McCormack (NoahTankersley), Ethel (MariahGuldemann-Chiariello), theRev. Shaw Moore (MarkBroderius), Vi Moore (KaylaWilliams-Schwarze), ArielMoore (Stephanie Chastek),Lulu Warnicker (StephanieWelch);

Wes Warnicker (RichardWilson), Eleanor Dunbar

(Danielle Mathews), CoachRoger Dunbar (Cedric Winter), Chuck Cranston (QuintenProehl), Talia (SamanthaJohnson), Lyle (Travis Ueck-er), Willard Hewitt (EricSteffel), Principal HarrietClark (Sloan Becker), OfficerKim (Autumn Lindback),Betty Blast (Leah Peterson),Bickle (Jacob Reichow),Garvin (Ben Rockswold),Jeter (Tina Bonillo);

Cowgirl Bobbie (JuliaGomez), Cowboy Bob (BenRockswold), Christa (KatieTwiss), Shari (MorganDahlke), Andy (JJ Ingeman);

Bar-B-Que-Band (JordanDoolittle, Emmi Jerabek andMarissa Kirchoff);

Chicago Ensemble (Mor-gan Dahlke, Jordan Doolittle,Ellie Forcier, Julia Gomez, JJIngeman, Emmi Jerabek,Marissa Kirchoff, DanielleMathews, Leah Peterson,Jacob Reichow, BenRockswold, Katie Twiss andTravis Uecker);

Bar-B-Que patrons (TinaBonillo, Morgan Dahlke,Ellie Forcier, JJ Ingeman,Katy Kunkel, Danielle Math-ews, Brandi Pikal, Jacob Rei-chow, Ben Rockswold, KatieTwiss and Travis Uecker);

Student Ensemble (MorganDahlke, Jordan Doolittle,Ellie Forcier, Julia Gomez,Molly Green, JJ Ingeman,Emmi Jerabek, Marissa Kir-choff, Megan Jochum,Tiffany Rusten, Katie Twiss

and Grace Witte) and;Townspeople (Trevor Car-

dinal, Jenna Jochum, KatyKunkel, Haley Lukes, BrandiPikal, Jonah Tankersley and

Sierra Trebesh).Band members are Alyson

Wynn and Amanda Husted;stage manager is SamanthaWelch; and the sound and

light board operators areChristopher Ross and KyleBeck.

‘Footloose,’GSL’s fall musical, opens Nov. 14

One-sort recyclingContinued from page 1

2013 should top 6,000 tons.“That’s a result of aggres-

sive efforts by the staff, andthe economy starting to comeback,” said Craggs.

With an increase in recy-cled materials will come anincrease in revenue for MRF,Craggs said, since the facilitysells material collected toother markets.

Currently, the MRF aver-ages about $100 in revenueper ton of recycling it col-lects, so 10,000 in tons peryear will equate to about $1million in revenue, Craggssaid. That figure, of course,will fluctuate with marketprices.

In 2012, MRF collected4,880 tons of material, fromwhich it garnered $601,276in revenue.

But bringing all recyclingto the MRF to be sorted willcome with a need for addi-tional equipment and space tosort the material on site.

Craggs said the projectedcosts for the equipment,retrofit and building additioninclude:

• Building renovation at acost of about $100,000.

• Renovation of the loadingdocks at a cost of about$200,000.

• A 4,500-square-foot addi-tion for tipping and sorting atan estimated cost of$675,000.

• New equipment for sort-ing at a cost of $1.9 million.

The above items bring thesubtotal to $2.875 million. A25 percent contingency couldbring the estimated cost up toabout $3.59 million.

The County Board’s nextstep is to visit each commu-nity in the county to discussthe proposal and see if it willbe supported locally.

After those visits and feed-back, the County Board willmake a decision, it indicated.


The fall musical “Footloose” will openThursday at 7 p.m. in the high school au-ditorium with a cast and crew of 46 stu-dents. Three cast members are, from left,Sam Johnson, Steph Chastek and TinaBonilla. The musical is being directed by

Patrick Hiltner, and rehearsals have beenunder way since September. The musicalruns from Nov. 14-16 and Nov. 21-23 at 7p.m. with a Sunday, Nov. 17, performanceat 2 p.m.

as a home occupation.Gasow said the automotive

shop is an allowed non-con-forming use because it exist-ed before the zoning ordi-nance was amended to re-quire a CUP for such busi-nesses in agriculturally zonedareas.

The long list of conditionson the 2012 permit were theresult of complaints raised byneighbors, who were con-cerned about the number ofvehicles on his property, a“mudding” party on Father’sDay and the resulting noise,traffic, safety and other is-sues.

Neighbors who came to theCounty Board meeting Nov.5 said that Zellmann didn’tmeet the conditions of the2012 permit regarding the al-lowed number of vehicles onthe property and the party,which had been bannedthrough the CUP, went on asusual this year.

Gasow said that in review-ing the conditions of the2012 CUP, “the zoning officedoesn’t regulate house par-ties. If there’s a problem,that’s when the sheriff’s de-partment gets involved.”

But McLeod County Attor-

ney Mike Junge said thatonce the county issues aCUP, it has the right to “regu-late any use” on the property,including mudding parties.

Junge also said that Zell-mann agreed to the condi-tions of the CUP before theCounty Board in 2012, butthen failed to follow the con-ditions of that permit.

“The credibility of your ap-plicant is absolutely zero,”said Junge, who furthered hisopinion by saying that hedidn’t feel Zellmann wouldcomply with any conditionsthe county may require.

Junge instead suggestedthat the County Board tablethe CUP for two weeks, andask Zellmann to come upwith conditions for the CUPthat he could meet, andwhich would help appeasesome of the neighbors’ con-cerns.

Once those conditions arebrought forward, Junge saidhis office and the zoning of-fice would review them tomake sure they were agree-able.

Commissioner SheldonNies agreed with Junge’ssuggestion.

“I just think there’s just too

much of a gray line betweenwhat’s grandfathered in andwhat’s in the new CUP,” saidNies.

Junge said the new CUPshould include, for certain,two items: hours of operationand “the number of cars, bothfor sale and personal,” thatwill be allowed on the prop-erty.

Zellmann agreed to thetwo-week wait and to try todraft some conditions for thepermit.

The matter will come be-fore the County Board againon Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 10a.m.

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