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Tue. Oct. 8  Part ly Cl oudy/ Wind 74°/51° Wed. Oct. 9  Part ly Clo udy 71°/50° Thur. Oct. 10 Clouds/Sun 71°/52° Fri. Oct. 11 Showers 67°/49° Sat. Oct. 12  Most ly Cl oudy 59°/42° Sun. Oct. 13  Partly Cloudy 57°/40°  W EEKLY  W EATHER  REPORT A community newspape r serving Br owerville, MN and surr ounding ar eas. USPS 067-560 Thursday, October 10, 2013  V olume 98; Number 16  www .bladepublishing.net [email protected] 7 5 ¢  Part one of two:  By Rin Porter The answer is, you probably can’t. But you may be interested in what we learned about deception and communication: --People in some professions receive training to help them fig- ure out who is lying, but they also use other means to determine fact from fiction. Investigators and detectives in law enforcement attend trainings and use observa- tions of fellow officers to help them learn how to get the best results when interviewing people. --Other professionals, including social workers, probation officers, and nurses, rely heavily on official documents to prove whether some- one is being accurate, and also to detect fraud. --Judges, customs officials, Transportation Security  Administration (TSA) workers, and educators face the problem of people lying to them every day – not just Americans born here, but people who have emigrated from other countries. And the conse- quences of not identifying the liars can be serious. --Everyday people think they can tell when someone is lying to them, but research indicates that this just isn’t the case. LAW ENFORCEMENT  APPRO ACH Professionals in law enforce- ment receive special training to help them detect lying when inter- viewing suspects, witnesses, and family members of those involved in a criminal case. Investigator Amy Ament with the Wadena County Sheriff’s Department told us she obtained Reid Interview and Interrogation training and Rhoads Interview and Interrogation training which included the issue of people lying while talking to law enforcement professionals.  Ament sai d, “Findi ng the truth is a very important part of this  job.” In addition to formal educa- tion and training, “I’ve also watched peers conduct many interviews” and learned a lot from them during 10 years in this posi- tion.  Ament looks for b ehavi oral cues including the presence or absence of eye contact, type of body pos- ture, speech rate and volume, and whether a person covers his or her mouth when speaking. Chief Deputy Jon Sarago with the Todd County Sheriff’s Department learned a lot about interviewing people in his peace officer training program and in his bachelor’s degree and specialist’s degree programs. He’s worked in law enforcement for 27 years. He pointed out differences between juveniles without any criminal history and adults with a lot of experience in the criminal  justic e system. Sarago said, “Someone with a lot of experience in the criminal  justic e syste m may a lread y have a defensive mindset (during an interview with law enforcement). They may not talk without an attorney , they often deflect respon- sibility onto their cohorts, and they also minimize their own involve- ment with the crime. I look for behavioral indicators which show reactions and signs of deception.” Some of these behavioral indi- cators include “scripted” or planned responses to questions, body language including eye move- ment and whether there are dis- plays of emotion. On the other hand, Sarago told us, juveniles “are easier to talk to than hardened criminals because they aren’t as guarded as more experienced law violators are, and you can get a more authentic response: tears, rocking behavior, How can you tell if someone’s lying to you? JAM sets new World Record On September 26,2 013 students and staff of Christ the King School pa rticipated in the "Jus t A Minute" (JAM) routine in hopes of creati ng a World Record numbe r of students around the world participating in the same exercise routine at the same time. JAM World Record is a fun campaign to rally EVERYONE to pause and take just a minute for a fitness break. This cam- paign is dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of making activity a daily habit, ensuring our kids learn healthy habits at a young age, and our schools have access to quality physical education programs. Students and staff at Christ the King were part of the 1,358,600 who helped create a new Worlds Record! Continued on page 12. On October 1st the Browerville Fire Department responded to a very fast moving garage fire at the home of Mike Kotula ne ar Horseshoe Lake. Upon arrival by the Fire Department, the structure was completely engulfed. Kotula, with the assistance of a neighbor , was able to remove his car and A TV from the building before the fire got too bad. Kotula surmised that  grass cli ppings on his riding lawn mower had ignited , causing the fire. In the photo above left Fire Department members soak Kotula’s home to keep the flames from damaging it as well. Fast moving fire contained to garage Chief Deputy Jon Sarago of the Todd County Sheriff’s  Department.

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Tue. Oct. 8

 Partly Cloudy/Wind

74°/51° 

Wed. Oct. 9

 Partly Cloudy

71°/50° 

Thur. Oct. 10

Clouds/Sun

71°/52° 

Fri. Oct. 11

Showers

67°/49° 

Sat. Oct. 12 

 Mostly Cloudy

59°/42° 

Sun. Oct. 13 

 Partly Cloudy

57°/40° 

 W EEKLY W EATHER REPORT

A community newspaper serving Browerville, MN and surrounding areas. USPS 067-560

Thursday, October 10, 2013

 Volume 98; Number 16

 www.bladepublishing.net

[email protected]

75¢

 Part one of two:

 By Rin Porter 

The answer is, you probably

can’t. But you may be interested in

what we learned about deception

and communication:--People in some professions

receive training to help them fig-

ure out who is lying, but they also

use other means to determine fact

from fiction. Investigators and

detectives in law enforcement

attend trainings and use observa-

tions of fellow officers to help them

learn how to get the best results

when interviewing people.

--Other professionals, including

social workers, probation officers,

and nurses, rely heavily on official

documents to prove whether some-

one is being accurate, and also to

detect fraud.

--Judges, customs officials,Transportation Security

 Administration (TSA) workers,

and educators face the problem of 

people lying to them every day – 

not just Americans born here, but

people who have emigrated from

other countries. And the conse-

quences of not identifying the liars

can be serious.

--Everyday people think they

can tell when someone is lying to

them, but research indicates that

this just isn’t the case.

LAW ENFORCEMENT

 APPROACH

Professionals in law enforce-

ment receive special training to

help them detect lying when inter-

viewing suspects, witnesses, and

family members of those involved

in a criminal case.

Investigator Amy Ament with

the Wadena County Sheriff’s

Department told us she obtained

Reid Interview and Interrogation

training and Rhoads Interview

and Interrogation training which

included the issue of people lying

while talking to law enforcement

professionals.

 Ament said, “Finding the truth

is a very important part of this

 job.” In addition to formal educa-

tion and training, “I’ve also

watched peers conduct many

interviews” and learned a lot from

them during 10 years in this posi-

tion.

 Ament looks for behavioral cues

including the presence or absence

of eye contact, type of body pos-

ture, speech rate and volume, and

whether a person covers his or hermouth when speaking.

Chief Deputy Jon Sarago with

the Todd County Sheriff’s

Department learned a lot about

interviewing people in his peace

officer training program and in his

bachelor’s degree and specialist’s

degree programs. He’s worked in

law enforcement for 27 years.

He pointed out differences

between juveniles without any

criminal history and adults with a

lot of experience in the criminal

 justice system.

Sarago said, “Someone with a

lot of experience in the criminal

 justice system may already have adefensive mindset (during an

interview with law enforcement).

They may not talk without an

attorney, they often deflect respon-

sibility onto their cohorts, and they

also minimize their own involve-

ment with the crime. I look for

behavioral indicators which show

reactions and signs of deception.”

Some of these behavioral indi-

cators include “scripted” or

planned responses to questions,

body language including eye move-

ment and whether there are dis-

plays of emotion.

On the other hand, Sarago told

us, juveniles “are easier to talk tothan hardened criminals because

they aren’t as guarded as more

experienced law violators are, and

you can get a more authentic

response: tears, rocking behavior,

How can you tell

if someone’s

lying to you?

JAM sets new World Record

On September 26,2013 students and staff of Christ the King School participated in the "JustMinute" (JAM) routine in hopes of creating a World Record number of students around the

orld participating in the same exercise routine at the same time. JAM World Record is a fun

ampaign to rally EVERYONE to pause and take just a minute for a fitness break. This cam-

aign is dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of making activity a daily habit,

nsuring our kids learn healthy habits at a young age, and our schools have access to quality

hysical education programs. Students and staff at Christ the King were part of the 1,358,600

ho helped create a new Worlds Record! Continued on page 12.

On October 1st the Browerville Fire Department responded to a very fast moving garage fire

t the home of Mike Kotula near Horseshoe Lake. Upon arrival by the Fire Department, the

tructure was completely engulfed. Kotula, with the assistance of a neighbor, was able to

emove his car and ATV from the building before the fire got too bad. Kotula surmised that

rass clippings on his riding lawn mower had ignited, causing the fire. In the photo above left

Fire Department members soak Kotula’s home to keep the flames from damaging it as well.

Fast moving firecontained to

garage

Chief Deputy Jon Sarago

of the Todd County Sheriff’s

 Department.

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Donald Dobos

Donald Dobos, 92, Browerville,

assed away Thursday, October 3,

013 at Centra Care Health-Long

rairie Hospital.

Mass of Christian Burial will be

riday, October 11, 2013 at 11:00

m at Christ the King Catholic

hurch, Browerville, with Father

eter VanderWeyst as celebrant.

urial will take place in the churchemetery. Visitation will be held on

riday one hour prior to the mass

t the church.

Donald D. Dobos, son of Steve

nd Helen (Feela) Dobos was born

May 7, 1921 in Browerville. He

elped his dad on the farm. He

njoyed working with the farm ani-

als. He first farmed with horses

nd later used a tractor which he

njoyed more than working with

he horses.

Donald is survived by his broth-

r, Raymond (Donna) Dobos,

eattle, WA; sister-in-law, Helen

obos, Nashwauk, MN, nieces,

ephews and other relatives.He was preceded in death by his

arents, step-mother, Saddie

obos, brother, Edward and sis-

rs, Leonedia (Lee) Craft, Irene

ahl and Alice Jenson

 Arrangements by Iten Funeral

ome, Browerville.

Marriage

LicensesEmmanual W. Miller, Colches-

r, IL, and Elizabeth I. Yoder,

ertha

 Adam L. Blombeck, Eagle Bend,nd Jennifer J. Woge, Eagle Bend

Birthsakewood Health SystemLisa and John Brown, Brower-

lle, boy, Logan John, 7 lbs 2oz,

eptember 27, 2013

 Amy and Jason Jares, Aldrich,

oy, Dalton Anthony, 5 lbs 13 oz,

eptember 28, 2013

Stacy and Travis Grossman,

illager, boy, Garrett Leigh, 6 lbs

0 oz, September 29, 2013

Brooke and Travis Dixon,

illager, girl, Genevieve Marie, 7s, October 1, 2013

Jody Holman and Aaron Hayes,

larissa, girl, Nora Jean, 6 lbs 9 oz,

ctober 2, 2013

Jenni Blessing and Mark Horak,

rainerd, boy, Oliver Charles, 7 lbs

oz, October 4, 2013

entraCare Health SystemKayla Heidemann and Phillip

readwell, Long Prairie, girl, Mia

laine, 8 lb. 7 oz., September 26,

013

Master Gardener programPeople with gardening talents

nd enjoy working and communica-

on with other gardeners are

ought for the Master Gardener

rogram. Classes will be conducted

t the University of Minnesota

andscape Arboretum or on-line.

lasses cover a wide range of home

orticulture topics.

 Any adult is encouraged to con-

act the Todd County Extension

ffice if interested. A fee is

equired for the 50 hour training.

fter training, 50 hours of volun-

er time is required for the first

ear. Todd County Master

Gardeners will be offering a $100

scholarship when the class and vol-

unteer hours are completed.

For more information contact the

Todd County Extension Office 320-

732-4435; State Office 612-625-

1925; or email: [email protected]

Library gives children,teens, second chance toRead Down fines

Great River Regional Library

(GRRL) is giving teens and chil-

dren a second chance to Read Down

their fines and become active

library users again.

The library held its initial Read

Down Your Fines Week in June.

The idea was for minor card hold-

ers age 16 and younger to pay off 

any fines by reading at the library.

For each 15 minutes of reading, $1

was waived from fines on their

account for late return of materials.

In the case of very young children

with fines on their cards, parents

could read down the child’s fines by

reading to them in the library. A 

total of 173 cardholders took part.

Due to a generous response to

the Read Down Your Fines

fundraising appeal and the positive

responses from patrons, a second

Read Down Your Fines week has

been scheduled as part of Teen

Read Week October 14-19.

“Our goal remains the same, to

make kids feel welcome at their

library and get them reading,” said

Beth Ringsmuth Stolpman, library

patron services specialist. Read

Down Fines will be offered at all 32

GRRL locations. Young people

should speak with library staff as

local procedures may vary.

GRRL provides library services

at 32 public libraries in Benton,

Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns,

Todd and Wright Counties. It pro-

vides Central Minnesota residents

with nearly 1 million books, CDs

and DVDs, 250 public computers,

programming and information

services.

Todd-Wadena seekingnominees forCommunity Award

Do you know of a business or an

organization that has made out-

standing contributions to the local

community? Todd-Wadena Electric

Cooperative is seeking applicationsfor the 9th annual Touchstone

Energy Community Award, which

recognizes businesses or non-profit

community groups that have

shown strong commitment to the

community. Any organization or

business that has helped to make

this area a better place to live and

work is eligible for the award and

its $500 cash prize.

 Any community member

throughout the Todd and Wadena

county area may nominate an

organization, association or busi-

ness by completing an application

form, available at the Todd-

Wadena office or online atwww.toddwadena.coop. The appli-

cation will require a description of 

the project, program or event and

the positive impact it has brought

to the community. Completed

applications must be received at

Todd-Wadena’s office by October

31, 2013. Questions may be direct-

ed to Pat Johnson, Public Relations

Manager, at 631-3120 or 800-321-

8932.

The award recipient will be

announced in November.

Looking Back 50 years ago - Oct. 10, 1963

Joanne Steinert was crowned

1963 Homecoming Queen at an

impressive ceremony at the high

school auditorium.

On Oct. 3, 1963, St. Joseph’s

Catholic church again had a topon its steeple. The former steeple

top was blown down in a freak

wind storm in August of 1962.

25 years ago - Oct. 13, 1988The empty buildings (Wrobel’s

Service Station and the old

Farmer’s Co-op Building) on

Main St. at Fifth were torn down

to make room for a new conven-

ience store that will be built in

the spring.

MilestonesHappy Birthday this week

to: Oct. 9: Steve Wiersgalla; Oct.10: Joe Lorentz, Vicky Ackerson,

Kellie Maschler, Dorothy Motzko;

Oct. 11: Eileen Kurpiers, Dennis

Zigan, Johnelle Brown, Tasha

Schultz; Oct. 12: George Santer,

Jack Dressen, Harry Carlson, Dan

Pachan; Oct. 13: Jeff Steinert, Jane

Buhl, Jerene Carlson, Warner

Pechan-Klemish; Oct. 14: Doug

Pufpaff, Pat Crosby, Jeff Chock,

Mike Aksamit, Noah Crosby; Oct.

15: Pat Rech, Isabelle Pechan

Happy Anniversary this

week to: Oct. 9: Walt and Kathy

Lucas; Oct. 10: Josn and Leslie

Pechan; Oct. 11: Arnold and Joan

 Abrahamson; Oct. 12: Bob andBetty Schenk

Jury selection:Can’t we just talk 

about the weather?Jury duty can be a nerve-

wracking experience. Before I

took the bench, I was called to

serve as a juror multiple times,

and even though I was very

familiar with the process and

what would be expected of me, I

was a little nervous each time.

This is what you can expect as

a juror when you first enter the

courtroom. The judge reads a few

introductory remarks and tells

you a bit about the case. The

panel then stands together and

takes an oath: Do you swear

that you will truthfully answer

all questions about your qualifi-

cations to serve as a juror, so

help you God? Next, the clerk

calls the names of those who are

to be seated in the jury box with

the initial panel. The judge and

the lawyers then begin their

questioning to select a jury.

It was the process of jury

selection that I found intimidat-

ing as a juror, and I think that is

true for many people who are

called for jury duty. We don’t

take this oath in our day-to-day

lives. Neither are we generally

expected to reveal personal infor-

mation in a room full of people.

The oath sets a tone of solemnity

in the courtroom, and it holds us

accountable for what we are

about to say. In jury selection,

we don’t make ordinary small

talk about yesterday’s Vikings

game or what happened on

Dancing with the Stars.

Potential jurors are asked prob-

ing questions about their lives. I

found this process daunting as a

 juror—what would be asked of 

me? What would I have to reveal

about myself? What if I had to

say something embarrassing?

What if I forgot to mention some-

thing important? It helps to

know a bit about what to expect

and to know why our justice sys-

tem allows such vigorous analy-

sis of our jurors.

In my courtroom, I begin by

asking jurors general questions.

Most are fairly innocuous and

easy to answer - Do you know the

parties or their lawyers? Have

you heard of the case? Have you

served on a jury before? Some

questions get personal - Have

you been the victim of a crime?

Have you or a close relative been

convicted of a crime? When I am

done asking questions, the

lawyers take their turns. They

might ask if a juror has a prob-

lem with police officers or

whether a juror is biased against

someone because of her race.

Jurors may then be excused from

the panel based on their answers

to certain questions.

I watch jurors struggle with

these questions week after week.

For some people, it can be very

difficult - even painful - to

answer these questions. It takes

courage and self-awareness to

answer openly and honestly.

Why do we allow such person-

al questions? It is because par-

ties are entitled to have their

cases decided by jurors who can

reach a verdict based on the evi-

dence they hear in court and not

based on any preconceived ideas

about the parties or the case.

Let’s say you are the defendant

in a civil case - you own a small

business and one of your female

employees is suing you for sexual

harassment. Do you think a

woman who has been sexually

harassed by her supervisorwould be a good juror in your

case? Wouldn’t you want to know

of her experience and have the

chance to question her to see if 

she might be prejudging you

based on her experience? The

 justice system relies on jurors

who make decisions based on the

facts before them, not on precon-

ceived ideas about people.

Rest assured, you are not

expected to come into court with-

out any prejudices. It is under-

stood that we all have precon-

ceived ideas based on our experi-

ences. If you have a personal

opinion that might affect yourdecision about a verdict, there is

no shame in letting the judge

and lawyers know. It is, in fact,

your civic duty to do so. The

 judge and attorneys are respon-

sible for conducting jury selec-

tion and asking questions to

make sure the parties end up

with a jury that will make a deci-

sion based on the merits of the

case. The questions you answer

help them decide whether the

case before the court is the kind

of a case in which you can set

aside personal opinions that

might affect your verdict and

make your decision based on theevidence you see and hear. You

might be a good choice to serve

as a juror for one type of case but

not for another. The juror who

has suffered sexual harassment

at work may not be a good fit for

a sexual harassment case but

may be a good selection for

another type of case.

Keep in mind that being excused

or “struck” from a jury does not

mean that you have said or done

anything wrong. If it is any conso-

lation, I have been struck from the

panel every time...

PEOPLE PAGEhe Browerville Blade, Page 2 Thursday, October 10, 2013

Obituary Nolan Robert Cebulla

Nolan Robert Cebulla, new-

born son of Randy and Alicia

Cebulla, was born September 

28, 2013, weighing 6 lb. 15 oz.

Grandparents are Robert and

Gloria Toews, Staples, and

Sally Cebulla, Browerville.

H A LL O WE EN P A R TY  October 26th, 7 pm 

Bean Bag Tournament,

Games, Music & SnacksCostume Contest 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th place

Supper Club Fri & Sat 5-9 pm

Open For Golf Weather Permitting

Book Your Holiday Party By 

October 31st And Receive 10% Off 

The Buffet (30 or more)

Contact Dave: 320-766-3520 

Cty Rd 3 • Eagle Bend

218-738-5155

Take Out Menu • BurgersHomemade PizzaBroasted Chicken & More

St. John Vianney’sPOTATO PANCAKE

Sunday, October 13At Long Prairie VFW

8 AM to 12:30 PM

Adults-$64-10-$4 3 & under-FREE

ALL YOU CAN EAT!

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HAPPENINGShe Browerville Blade, Page 3 Thursday, October 10, 2013

 Peggy’s Potpourri

Land use permitequirements in

Todd CountyTodd County Land Use permits

re required outside city limits foruildings and structures greater

han 32 square feet in size. These

ermits provide a mechanism to

acilitate orderly development

within the county. Our county com-

rehensive plan, developed by citi-

ens from throughout the county,

rticulates clearly the desire by

most citizens to both protect natu-

al resources and to allow for devel-

pment of structures and business

ites. The Land Use permitting

ystem, implemented through the

lanning and Zoning Department,

s the mechanism used to issue

uilding permits to landowners.

Planning and Zoning office staff re available to assist landowners

n filling out permit application.

he application will document

what you intend to build, the size

nd intended use, and where on

he property it will be located. The

and use zone your property is

ocated in and what allowed set-

acks must be met will then be con-

idered. All necessary forms and

nstructions related to preparing

n application can be found on the

ounty web site or at the Planning

nd Zoning office, located in the

emodeled Historic Courthouse

Building. Oftentimes permits can

e issued over the counter theame day but occasionally there

re issues that need to be resolved

o it pays to take care of the obtain-

ng the building permit well in

dvance of when you intend to

uild.

Failure to obtain a land use per-

mit prior to construction can lead

o one or more violations of Todd

County Ordinances. These situa-

ons are difficult and time con-

uming to resolve so please plan

head and obtain county land use

ermits before starting your next

roject. Having a permit in the sys-

em prevents having a project

eing put on hold if a complaint is

led with planning and Zoning

elated to your project by an adja-

ent landowner. If you have any

uestions or concerns, please call

odd County Planning & Zoning

ffice at 320-732-4420.

Art Rocks MinnesotaThe Greater Wadena Arts

League (GWAL) is proud to

announce the opening of an art and

artisan exhibit and sale commenc-ing October 1 and continuing

through Christmas at The

 ArtsPlace in the level below An

Open Book in downtown Wadena.

 Art ranging in price from $5 to

$250 created by more than a dozen

regional artists is on display daily

during the same hours as the book-

store.

To create greater community

participation, we are also conduct-

ing a photography contest. Take

pictures of yourself, friends or fam-

ily with any of the outdoor Wadena

murals and bring a print to the

bookstore to register your entry. All

entries will be put on display in the ArtsPlace gallery. Three of the

artists in the Art Rocks Minnesota

exhibit will judge 1. the best ama-

teur photo, 2. the best professional

photo and 3. the funniest. $100 cer-

tificates to each winner will be

awarded on Dec. 13. Prizes may be

picked up at An Open Book.

GWAL is working to help area

artists succeed financially and

become strong manufacturing

businesses in the community.

Manufacturing is the backbone of a

local economy. Artists are an often

hidden but remarkably significant

segment of economy. They start

with imagination or inspirationand end with attractive, functional

and tangible products for our use

and enjoyment.

 All persons interested in sup-

porting art and artists are invited

to join the Greater Wadena Arts

League. Information is available

at the Art Rocks Minnesota exhib-

it, or go to www.greaterwadenaart-

sleague.org or visit them on

Facebook

Central MinnesotaTea Party meeting

Meeting of the Central

Minnesota Tea Party Patriots,

Monday, Oct. 14 - Movie Day. 12and 6:30 pm. Homegrown Jihad:

The Terrorist Camps Around U.S.

at the Browerville Church of 

Christ, and at 4:30 pm, The Third

Jihad. Discussion to follow.

2013 DeerHunting Contest

The Cushing/Big Lake Sports-

men Club, Cushing is having their

16th annual Deer Hunting Contest

for the firearm season from

November 9-17, 2013. Tickets are

on sale in Randall @ Stonehill Bar

and Grill, OK Tire and Bait,

Randall Lumber Yard, Randall

Liquor Store; Browerville @

Konetzko's; Cushing @Angler’s Inn

and the Bait Shop; Lincoln @ The

Landing

Tickets must be purchased on or

before Friday, November 8 to be

eligible to participate in the con-test. Aticket must be purchased for

each deer entered. Deer weigh in

will be at Stonehill Bar and Grill

from 9 am to 8 pm. No deer

weighed in after November 17.

Prizes will be given away 8 pm

November 30 at Stonehill Bar and

Grill.

For contest information contact

Jeff at 320-760-5379.

Flu Shots atLakewood Health System

 According to the Center for

Disease Control (CDC) more than

200,000 people are hospitalizedfrom the flu each year. This

includes an average of 20,000 chil-

dren, younger than five years of 

age. Getting your yearly flu shot

not only helps protect you, but also

those around you.

Lakewood Health System is

offering flu shots to the public.

Shots are available at scheduled

provider appointments or by walk-

in through Triage. Walk-in hours

are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the

Staples clinic and 9:30 a.m. to 5

p.m. at the Motley, Pillager,

Browerville and Eagle Bend clin-

ics. Shots are not available during

extended hours or on Saturdays.

 Appointments are not needed.

Insurance billing for shots is avail-

able. Go to www.lakewoodhealth-

system.com for locations, or call

218-894-1515 or 800-525-1033.

Keep safety in mind

during harvestThe potential for accidents

increases at harvest time. Make

a point to look for hazards - and

stay safe.

ELECTRICAL

INSPECTIONS

Walk around the farm and

examine the wiring associated

with electrical panels, lighting,

equipment, disconnects and out-

lets. Bugs, mice, spider webs and

dust get into electrical boxes andconnections should be inspected.

If these areas are dirty or filled

with obstructions, turn off power

and blow them out with an air

hose. Check the wires to see if 

mice have chewed the insulation

off before you energize anything.

These wires could cause electri-

cal shorts and are potentially

fatal electrical hazards waiting

to happen if someone would

come in contact with them. All

electrical equipment should be

grounded before operating.

ELECTRICAL OUTLETS

 AND FEEDS

Electrical outlets, especiallyin wet areas and outside where

they are exposed to the weather,

should have a ground fault cir-

cuit interrupter (GFCI). This

provides protection from electri-

cal shock by automatically turn-

ing off the circuit if a fault is

detected.

SLOW MOVING VEHICLES

Tractors, combines and trucks

pulling loads of grain are all part

of the scenery on the roads when

the harvest is in full gear. Be

sure to have your flashers on and

a slow-moving vehicle sign

mounted to your farm imple-

ment. Check electrical connec-tions for defects at both the bat-

tery and light connections. Be

sure all lights work before head-

ing out on the road.

 AUGERS AND

CONNECTIONS

 Augers should have safety

guards around all moving parts.

The open ended part of the auger

where grain is fed to fill the bin

should have a metal wire grate

to keep someone from reaching

into the moving auger area and

also to keep someone from falling

into the auger. Augers are driven

by a shaft with u-joints along the

side of the auger that turn

sprockets on top of the auger.

These areas should all have

guards to prevent clothing, fin-

gers, and other body parts from

coming into contact with them.

ELECTRIC PANELS/

DISCONNECTS

Take time to check the connec-

tions in all your electrical panels

and disconnects. Turn off the

main power and tighten each

breaker connection and lug con-

nection that may have become

loose from use and vibrations

caused by running machines and

equipment. Be certain that fuses

and breakers are not oversized

for the circuits and wiring they

feed. Be sure all equipment feeds

have connected ground wires

and that they are bonded in the

panels and disconnects. Check

that neutral connections are

tight. Any splices or connections

in junction boxes should be tight

and ready for use.

LIGHTING SAFETY 

Shorter days in the fall

requires ample lighting to work

around the farm. Many dangers

lurk in underlit areas. Look over

the areas that you’ll likely be in

and add necessary lighting to

accommodate these areas.

SAFETY CHECKLIST

Every year, accidents happen

due to faulty cords, equipment,

electrical panels, and electrical

devices. Make a point to look for

problem areas and correct them.

Browerville City Council meets

the second Wednesday of the

month at 7 pm in the

Browerville City Hall

Browerville AA 

and Al-Anon

meet every Wednesday at

8 pm at the Todd County

DAC Building

(320) 533-0021

The City of Browerville

will be picking up

bagged leaves and

bundled twigs

through October.o10-24c

Browerville Days meeting

Sunday, Oct. 20, 7 pm

 Vets Club BasementGoing over 2013 final numbers

Need to find someone to chair

2014 Browerville Days

 A pumpkin is really a squash.

Pumpkins are grown all over the world. Six of the seven continents can grow pump-

kins. Antarctica is the only continent where they won't grow.

The Irish brought the tradition of pumpkin carving to America. The tradition origi-

nally started with the carving of turnips. When the Irish immigrated to the U.S., they

found pumpkins a plenty and they were much easier to carve.

Pumpkins contain potassium and Vitamin A.Pumpkin flowers are edible.

The largest pumpkin pie ever made was over five feet in diameter and weighed over 350 pounds. It

used 80 pounds of cooked pumpkin, 36 pounds of sugar, 12 dozen eggs and took six hours to bake.

In early colonial times, pumpkins were used as an ingredient for the crust of pies, not the filling.

Pumpkins were once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites.

Pumpkins are 90 percent water.

Eighty percent of the pumpkin supply in the United States is available in October.

Native Americans used pumpkin seeds for food and medicine.

The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1,140 pounds.

“I haven't taken my Christmas lights down. They look so nice on the pumpkin.”......Winston

Spear

Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake Bars

For the crust:

2 c. flour 2 1/2 t. ginger

1 t. baking soda 1 t. cinnamon

1 t. cloves 3.4 t. salt

1 c. b. sugar 1/2 c. shortening

1/4 c. butter, softened 1 egg

1/4 c. molasses

For the cheesecake:1 pkg cream cheese, 1 c. canned pumpkin

softened 1/2 c. sugar

1/2 t. pumpkin pie spice 2 1/2 c. Cool Whip,™ thawed

Preheat oven to 350°. Spray 9x13 pan with cooking spray.

For crust: Combine dry ingredients. In a separate bowl beat brown

sugar, shortening and butter until fluffy. Add the egg and molasses; beat

until blended. Add the flour mixture and mix just until blended.

Press the dough into the pan. Bake 15-18 minutes. Cool.

For the cheesecake: Beat the cream cheese, pumpkin, sugar and

pumpkin pie spice until well blended. Gently stir in the whipped topping.

When the crust is cool, spoon the cream cheese mixture onto the crust.

Level with the back of a spoon.

Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. Store in refrigerator.

September B-Safe winners

The Farmers Union Industries Long Prairie complex'sSeptember B-Safe winners of $50.00 Prairie Bucks certificates -

 Dale Czechowicz, Melanie Hurt, and Roy Buhl - Congratulations

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Our grandson, Zane, came over to our house Sunday because

he wanted to go fishing. His dad was busy, and even when we

don’t go fishing, there is always something fun going on at

Nanna and Grandpa’s house. My wife was determined to finish

mowing the lawn but thought Zane and I should go without her.

There is something wrong with a woman that would rather mow

grass than fish, but to each their own. If she wanted me to fish

while she worked, I was not about to argue.

Zane and I jumped in the Mule and headed for the lake. I was

putting things in the boat when Zane spotted a bull frog just off 

shore. He slowly lowered the lure on his fishing rod in front of 

the frog and it grabbed it. Zane let out a yell in celebration as he

 jerked the rod, sending the frog up onto the yard. Duke, who had

been hunting along the shore, came running when he heard

Zane. The frog, who was startled and disoriented by being

abruptly jerked out of the lake, came to his senses when he saw

giant dog galloping toward him. He spit out the plastic lure and with two long leaps was back

n the lake. If it had been one kid or one dog in hot pursuit, we may have had frog legs. With a

kid and a dog stumbling over each other, the frog made an easy escape.

We fished the weed bed along the shore and out to the fallen trees. We spooked a bunch of 

Canadian geese that had stopped by for a rest on their migration south. They made a lot of noise

ut circled around and landed farther down the lake. We fished the wing dams and the area

round the island. A blue heron was hunting frogs behind the island when we trolled into sight.

An annoyed blue heron can make a terrible racket. He left with a screeching that told us he was

not pleased with our interrupting his day. Landing in a big oak tree up the hill, he continued to

ell what he thought of us and our parents before us.

We had been fishing for close to an hour before Zane caught a fish. I was still at zero. When

we turned his fish loose, he suggested we go get Nanna. She can make the fish bite. Even if we

re catching nothing, watching her pull in one after another is better than what we were doing.

By this time, she was done mowing and had moved on to making supper. At the corner of the

dam, I finally caught a little bass. It would have made a meager snack for the one Zane caught

arlier, but at least I was not skunked. We watched a doe and fawn come down to get a drink

nd a young eagle landed in the old oak tree in the middle of the lake as the sun set behind the

rees on the hill.

We motored across the lake discussing the hours we had spent fishing. We decided with

verything we had seen and the two fish we did catch, it had not been such a bad day. Even a

ad day of fishing is better than a good day of almost anything else. The opportunity to spend

ime together and catch glimpses of nature made it a really good day.

A bad day of fishing

By Walter Scott

Hi,

What a pretty, sunny day!! After all the grey and rainy days we’ve had

it was so nice to have a sunny day. It makes the leaves of the maple across

the street even more beautiful!! I can see the color spread day by day--and

I love this season.

Sonny and I are heading to Duluth for a few days, I hope we have sunny

days and the leaves are at their peak while we are there. It always seems

they are a little behind central MN for the peak of color season. I supposeit is the lake effect. Anyway, I am looking forward to our mini trip, I just

LOVE Duluth and the entire North Shore area. While we are there we

have been invited to a young couple’s home to meet our namesakes. They

have a peacock named Sonny and a peahen named Peggy. Such an honor!!

Phyllis and I will be making our annual pilgrimage to the lake in

November--and I can’t wait. I have DVDs already packed up, and am plan-

ning what snacks I’m bringing. She will be flying in from Florida, so we

will stop for our groceries on the way to the cabin. It is always such a good

time--and we laugh and sometimes cry, but always, always, have a mar-

velous time. Everybody needs a friend like that, one they can spend a long

weekend with and just hang out and talk about any and everything. Yet,

we still can have our private time and that’s ok too. Anyway, I look forward

to my weekend on the lake all summer.

We have not had a frost yet. That’s unusual for October. Normally we

get a good frost in September. But, my flowers are still blooming and look

really good. Better than they did in August during the hot dry days. I have

to dig up my gladiola bulbs and dry them out before storing them for thewinter. I put them in pots this year, so the dogs didn’t get a chance to dig

them up, as they have in the past. I was surprised how well they did in the

pots and we had some beautiful bouquets of glads this summer. My grand-

ma used to have a really nice flower garden when she lived on the farm,

and one of my favorites was her gladiolus. They are always so colorful and

last quite a long time too. My mom has beautiful plants, summer and win-

ter, and both my sisters have green thumbs. Me, not so much--most things

don’t last long at all. In fact, I have a plant in the living room now that I

was told, “You can’t kill it.” Wish I would have bet money on that--’cause

it looks pretty dead to me.

This Thursday Sonny and I will be going to our grandson Josh’s football

game in Alexandria. Josh plays for Brainerd, but it is hard for us to get

there for a game as Sonny doesn’t get home from work until 6 pm. But,

they are playing in Alexandria this week and as Sonny works there, I will

leave work a little early and pick him up so we can go to Josh’s game. He

is quite the football player, and even though I’m not a football fan, I am a

fan of Josh, so we will do it for him. I’m thinking coat, gloves and maybea blanket for wrapping up in. Hopefully it won’t be raining.

We still haven’t had Hunter over for his birthday meal, he was 14 Sept.

29. Josh will be 15 on Oct. 18, so are going to try and combine both boys

on one weekend. They are great pals and like to spend time together any-

way, so hope we can coordinate with them. They have requested tacos, and

that is an easy meal.

Best get the paper done now so we can all get outside and enjoy the sun-

shine.

Peggy

Letter from the Country

y Rin Porter, District One Commission

Member and Vice Chair 

The Todd County Planning Commission held a

ublic hearing on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 7 PM at the

istoric Courthouse. Present were: commission

members Mike Wiener, Lloyd Graves, Gene

rsfeld, and Rin Porter; board liaison

ommissioner Rod Erickson; staff, Linda Bleess

nd Chris Ahrens.

There were three items on the agenda. The

esults of the public hearing are presented below.

1. Highway 27 Salvage, Shannon

innenkamp, application for a Conditional Use

ermit (CUP) to expand an existing business in

ec. 7 of Round Prairie Township to add 9.14 acres

o the existing parcel of 10.15 acres. This applica-

on was heard at the September Planning

ommission meeting and the CUP was recom-

mended for approval. At its Sept. 17 meeting, the

odd County Board remanded the application

ack to the Planning Commission for additional

eview and consideration. SWCDD Director Tim

tieber considered each of the board's directives

nd prepared recommendations for the Planning

ommission to discuss. After considerable discus-

on among members of the commission, the

lanning Commission recommended once again

hat the CUP be approved by the board, with the

onditions that a 10-ft fence be erected around the

erimeter of the new acreage before establishing

he expanded salvage yard, that the applicant

otify Planning and Zoning when a MPCA storm

ater management permit is received and if it is

ever revoked, that a one-year review of the CUP

be required, and that no hours of operation be set

for the business. The Planning Commission

informed the applicant that he could plant trees to

screen the fence if he could find trees that werelikely to grow well in the soil conditions that exist

at the site, given that the trees would not be large

enough to screen the fence from view for at least

10 years. Regarding the other issues discussed by

the county board, the Planning Commission con-

cluded that it did not have the authority to exer-

cise oversight over MPCA inspections of the sal-

vage yard, or to affect the saleability of the home

adjacent to the property, or to intervene in a dis-

pute between the applicant and an adjacent

landowner over property line location, or to

restrict the business hours of operation because of 

an adjacent property owner's fear of noise from

the crushing of auto chassis.

2. Jennifer Thelen, application to rezone a 40-

acre parcel in Sec. 9 of Round Prairie Township,

from its current zoning of R-10 to AF-1 to be con-sistent with the property's current agricultural

use. Application for CUP to operate an Outdoor

Recreation Business two to four times per year to

present bull riding events at the site. The

Planning Commission voted to recommend

approval of the rezoning and the CUP to the coun-

ty board.

3. June, Michael, and Laureen Martin, applica-

tion to rezone a 40-acre parcel in Sec. 16 of 

Burleene Township from R-10 to AF-1 to be con-

sistent with the agricultural use of the property.

The Planning Commission voted to recommend

approval of the rezoning to the county board.

The next meeting of the Planning Commission

is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 7, at 7 PM at the

Historic Courthouse.

No surplus either-sex deer permits

available for 2013

For the first time since surplus permits were offered in 2007, no leftovereither-sex deer permits are available for purchase after the lottery dead-

line, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said.

The DNR offered 38,850 either-sex permits in 58 deer permit areas this

year. Every permit area received applications for at least 100 percent of 

the permits available.

In lottery deer areas, firearm and muzzleloader license holders who

intend to take an antlerless deer must have an either-sex permit; other-

wise, they are restricted to hunting bucks. The total bag limit for deer in

lottery areas is one deer per year.

 Availability of leftover permits has declined since the development of 

the hunter choice management designation, which was first used in 2011.

Similar to lottery areas, hunter choice-designated areas have a bag limit

of one deer; however, no limit is placed on the number of available either-

sex permits and lottery applications are not required.

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE SALETHE RIGHT TO VERIFICA-

ION OF THE DEBT AND IDEN-

ITY OF THE ORIGINALCREDI-

OR WITHIN THE TIME PRO-

IDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECT-

D BY THIS ACTION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,

at default has occurred in the

nditions of the following

escribed mortgage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: May

4, 2003MORTGAGOR(S): Keisa K. R.

auck and John E. Retka, each a

ngle person

MORTGAGEE: Midwest

innesota Community

evelopment Corporation

DATE AND PLACE OF

ECORDING: Filed for record May

5, 2003, as Document No. 417656

the office of the County Recorder

Todd County, Minnesota

ASSIGNMENT(S) OF MORT-

AGE: Assignment dated May 14,

2003 to Minnesota Housing

Finance Agency filed for record

May 15, 2003 as Document No.

417657 in the office of the County

Recorder in Todd County,

Minnesota

Said mortgage is not Registered

Land.

TRANSACTION AGENT: None

TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION

NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: None

LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATORSTATED ON MORTGAGE:

Midwest Minnesota Community

Development Corporation

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: U.S. Bank Home

Mortgage, a division of U. S. Bank

 Association

MORTGAGED PROPERTY 

 ADDRESS: 202 Ward Street, Grey

Eagle, MN 56336

TAX PARCEL ID NUMBER:

34-0018100

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY: Lot Six (6) and Seven

(7), Block One (1), Woodman’s First

 Addition to the Village of Grey

Eagle, according to the plat thereof 

on file and of record in the office of 

the Register of Deeds, in and for

the County of Todd and State of 

Minnesota

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPER-

TY IS LOCATED: Todd

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL

 AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE:

$77,300.00

 AMOUNT DUE AND

CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF

DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING

TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY 

 ASSIGNEE OF MORTGAGEE:

$76,178.79

That prior to the commencement

of this mortgage foreclosure pro-

ceeding Mortgagee/ Assignee of 

Mortgagee complied with all notice

requirements as required by

statute; That no action or proceed-

ing has been instituted at law or

otherwise to recover the debt

secured by said mortgage, or any

part thereof.

PURSUANT to the power of sale

contained in said mortgage, the

above described property will be

sold by the Sheriff of said county as

follows:

DATE AND TIME OF SALE:

November 14, 2013, 2013 at 10:00

a.m.

PLACE OF SALE: Todd County

Sheriff’s Office, the East entrance

to the Todd County Detention

Center, city of Long Prairie to pay

the debt then secured by said

Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said

premises, and the costs and dis-

bursements, including attorneys’

fees allowed by law subject to

redemption within six (6) months

from the date of said sale by the

mortgagor(s), their personal repre-

sentatives or assigns unless

reduced to five (5) weeks under MN

Stat. §580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE

PROPERTY: If the real estate is an

owner-occupied, single-family

dwelling, unless otherwise provid-

ed by law, the date on or before

which the mortgagor(s) must

vacate the property if the mortgage

is not reinstated under section

580.30 or the property is not

redeemed under section 580.23 is

11:59 p.m. on May 14, 2013, 2014.

If the foregoing date is a Saturday,

Sunday or legal holiday, then the

date to vacate is the next business

day at 11:59 p.m.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED

FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGA-

TION ON MORTGAGE: None

THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW

FOR REDEMPTION BY THE

MORTGAGOR, THE MORT-

GAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRE-

SENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY 

BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS

IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS

ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA 

STATUTES, SECTION 582.032,

DETERMINING, AMONG

OTHER THINGS, THAT THE

MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE

IMPROVED WITH A RESIDEN-TIAL DWELLING OF LESS

THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT

PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-

TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE

 ABANDONED.

Dated: September 17, 2013.

MINNESOTA HOUSING

FINANCE AGENCY 

Mortgagee/Assignee of 

Mortgagee

Marinus W. Van Putten, Jr.,

Reg. No. 11232X

BEST & FLANAGAN LLP

225 South Sixth Street,

Suite 4000

Minneapolis, MN 55402

(612) 339-7121

 Attorney for Assignee of 

Mortgagee

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION

FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.s19-o24c

TODD COUNTY BOARD

OF ADJUSTMENT

215 First Ave. South

Long Prairie, Minnesota

PUBLIC NOTICENotice is hereby given that on

Thursday October 24, 2013 at 7:00

PM the Todd County Board of 

 Adjustment will hold a public hear-

ing in the Commissioners boardroom, 215 1st Ave South, Long

Prairie, Minnesota to consider the

following applications:

(1) James & Cathy Kluempke:

Big Birch Lake – Registered Land

Survey #2, Tract C, Section 25,

Birchdale Township. Parcel ID

 #03-0070300. Site address – 10134

 Anne Trail

 Variance to construct a 40x26 ft

garage with an 18x14 ft breeze-

way/entry to attach garage to

home. Breezeway is 88 feet from

the lake instead of the required 100

feet. Garage would be 106 ft from

the lake meeting setback require-

ments. Also a variance to allowimpervious surface of structures to

be 18 % versus the allowed 15%.

(2) Holiday Resort (Louis

Gramsey): Lake Osakis, Wedner’s

Point, Lots 9&10 & beg at NE cor

Lot 9 S 110 ft E 5 ft SW 53 ft to lot

line No to beg, Section 33, Leslie

Township. Parcel ID #15-0046300.

Site address – 13377 Falcon Dr.

 After the fact Variance to allow

the constructed 10x16 ft shed to be

used for boat motors, gas tanks, life

 jacket storage & wood storage.

Structure is located 30 feet from

the lake instead of the required 75

feet. Will remove 3 existing build-

ings (10x8 east of lodge – 6x8 ft cur-rently used – wood bin 6x4).

(3) Chris Rice (Property owners

Christopher & Rebecca Coborn)

Mound Lake, Midgley’s Second

Subd, Lots 13-14 & beg at SE cor of 

Lot 12, NW to SW cor, N 45 ft, SE

to beg, Section 2, Grey Eagle

Township.

 Variances for setback from lake

and height of structures: To con-

struct a 20x20 ft addition to the

existing home to be 72.8 feet from

the lake versus the required 100

feet. Addition will consist of base-

ment and two stories with a height

of 28 ft to peak versus the maxi-

mum allowed 18 ft. Also to con-

struct a 28x28 ft garage addition to

road side of home. Setback from

lake can be met, variance required

for addition to exceed the maxi-

mum allowed 18 ft height to peak,

addition will be 28 ft.

 All persons interested are invit-

ed to attend said hearing and be

heard on these matters.

Todd County Board of 

 Adjustment

Loren Miller, Chairman

Question of the week Q: What does the DNR do with

animals that are taken illegally

(poached)? A: For those animals that are

taken illegally, the DNR tries to

ensure that the animal poached is

not wasted. Meat from illegally

harvested wild game such as deer

is often donated to food shelves and

other groups that serve those less

fortunate. However, sometimes

meat must be thrown away or

destroyed. This has been especially

true for fish. The DNR has an

agreement with the Minnesota

Department of Health to dispose of 

meat, such as pre-packaged fish fil-

lets, because it is often hard to tell

whether or not the packaging was

done properly. In some cases, theanimal or bird, or parts of the ani-

mal, such as deer antlers, are

turned over to schools and other

educational institutions for study.

- Maj. Roger Tietz, operations

support manager, DNR

Enforcement Division

10/2/13 INTER-CITY BOWLING

TEAM STANDINGS

WINS LOSS

13 7 PRO AG

12 8 BUSY B. CAFE

11 9 EB LUMBER

9 11 BASO

9 11 BENSON

6 14 BALLROOM

HIGH GAMES: MARK JOHNSON

215, KEVIN HESS 209, MIKE

ROLFES 198,

HIGH LADIES GAME: JESSIE

OLSON 151 JACKIE SCHULTZ

149

HIGH SERIES: KEVIN DEZELL

559, AL BLOMMEL 546, KEVIN

HESS 543

SPLITS: LEON DICKINSON 5-10

LEGAL NOTICEShe Browerville Blade, Page 5 Thursday, October 10, 2013

REMINDER

The second half of Real Estate Taxes are due on or before

October 15th, 2013, except for property classified as

 Agricultural. (Be sure to look at the due dates on your state-

ment, some classifications have changed per state laws, thus

your due date has changed). State- Law requires that the

penalty be applied to the unpaid balance on October 16th.

These taxes are payable at the Todd County Auditor-

Treasurer Office,(215 1st Ave S, Suite 201, Long Prairie, MN

56347) or you may pay by mail, with the envelope being post-

marked October 15th, 2013.

PLEASE BRING YOUR STATEMENTS IN WHEN PAYING

 YOUR TAXES.

The drop off box has been moved, to the tunnel of the

Courthouse, just inside the street level doors across from the

bank. This box is checked daily.

KAREN BUSCH

TODD COUNTY AUDITOR-TREASURER

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Football FestBefore Browerville Tiger

Home Games

5:30 - 6:30 pm

Pregame cookout

by the pool

Enjoy high school athletics

Support our Tigers

Game start time 7:00 pm

Tigers win a big one for Homecoming week  By Coach Petermeier 

Browerville 44 KMS 7

The Browerville Tigers finished a very busy week with a Homecoming victory over KMS. The Tigers

came out on top of this game 44 – 7.

KMS is a very young team and had a key injury to its defense heading into Friday night. Browerville is

also a young team that is getting better each week. Our seniors really stepped up Friday night and led the

way early on for us. They played very well in the offensive and defensive lines where we were able to con-

trol both lines of scrimmage. That was our game plan from the begining of the week. Our LB’s were able to

read and react which is something we must continue to work on and get better at. Friday night was a step

in the right direction for us and to be able to have a break out game I hope will propel us for the remainder

of the regular season and into the play-offs.

We have a huge challenge in front of us this week with 5-1 Royalton up next at Royalton. We must bedisciplined in our line play and our backers must never look into the back field. The Royals are very quick

to the outside and run multiple offensive sets and what we like to call “tricky” plays. We have to believe in

what the linemen tell us on defense. After that game we have a short week to get ready for the LP/GE

Thunder at home next Wed. Night. The Thunder will return some key pieces to their team and it will be a

battle from start to finish.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK WHO EVER MADE THE ANONYMOUS DONATION OF $500 TO

OUR MAGAZINE DRIVE. THIS MONEY WILL BE PUT DIRECTLY INTO OUR LETTERMAN’S

 ACCOUNT! THANK YOU!

TIGER PRIDE – TRADITION - EXCELLENCE

Tiger SportsMon. Oct. 14:

 VB hosts Staples-

Motley, 5:00; JVFB

hosts Royalton, 4:30

Tue. Oct. 15:  VB hosts

Upsala, 5:00; JHVB @ Upsala,

4:30; JHFB hosts LPGE, 4:30

 Wed. Oct. 16: FB hosts

LPGE, 7:00

Tigers add two more conference wins By Mary Irsfeld

The Tiger Volleyball team added two more conference wins to their record and a 1000

set assist feat by Katelyn Middendorf during Browerville's Homecoming week.

On Tuesday night Long Prairie Grey Eagle came to town and the Tigers defeated

them 3-0 (25-14, 25-9, 25-20). It was the Thunder's Homecoming as well so the gym was

packed with fans cheering back and forth. We knew LPGE had tough serves and they've

been forcing teams to struggle on serve receive. We struggled a bit but not consistently.

We were able to continue to pass well and set up an aggressive offense.

Crystal Pearson led attackers with 11 kills and contributed 12 digs. Emily Lisson had

12 digs as Paige Callahan put down 7 kills and had 5 ace blocks. Middendorf, who

was recognized after her second set assist in game one for 1,000 set assists, ended the

match with 25 set assists and 14 digs. Our team knew this celebration would be coming

soon and what a night to acknowledge such an accomplishment. Congratulations

Katelyn!The Tigers traveled to Clarissa on Thursday to take on the Rebels. The Tigers came

out on top 3-0 (25-14, 25-21, 25-18). This game was the end to a very long two weeks for

the Tigers. We played well enough to win but I thought we lacked the communication

we have been so focused on. We have four regular season matches left. We need to stay

aggressive with our attacks and communicate.

Pearson ended the night with 8 kills and 11 digs. Kendra Buchta and Callahan each

had 6 kills. Emily Lisson had 12 digs and Midddendorf put up 23 set assists.

The Tigers travel to Pillager on Tuesday night and then to Swanville on Thursday.

GO TIGERS!!

OPENING: Browerville Jr. HighBoys’ Basketball Coach

Browerville High School has a Jr. High Boys’

Basketball position opening for this upcoming sea-

son. Practice begins on Monday Oct. 28th, 2013

and goes until Dec. 20th, 2013. (Also, a possibili-

ty of open gym the week of Oct. 21st-25th that youwould be in charge of.) Job includes; practice every

day Monday-Friday after school from 3:05 – 5:00,

along with a 17 game schedule and one Saturday

tournament lasting most of the day. This position

is for both the 7th and 8th grade teams. You will

be in charge of both teams. Please contact Wayne

Petermeier (Athletic Director), at BHS. 320-594-

8124 or [email protected]

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[email protected]

320-594-2911

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Property TransfersWTY-JT Pavel M Ivanishin etux

to Yuriy Bertosh etal 9-9-13 Lots

4,5,6 Blk 7 Sylvan Shores Villa rec

9-19-13

QCD Loyde L Zellgert etal to

Mavis Zellgert 9-10-13 pt Outlots 7

& 8 Outlots in the town of Grey

Eagle rec 9-20-13

WTY-JT Mavis Zellgert to Albert

Hoffman etal 9-16-13 pt Outlots 7

& 8 Outlots in the town of Grey

Eagle rec 9-20-13

WTY Eric J Kremer to Kelly J

Weber 9-16-13 Lots 1,2,3 Blk 19

city of Browerville 9-20-13

WTY-JT Richard James

Swenson etal to Jeremy J Vankoevering etal 9-16-13 Lot 8

Blk 2 Sundance Estates rec 9-20-13

QCD-JT James T. Sheeley to

Justin Sing etal 9-11-13 pt GL 1 30-

128-35 rec 9-20-13

QCD Byron Biskey to Joann

Hoppe Family Revocable Trust

dated 1-1-06, deed dated 9-17-13 pt

NE4SE4 27-128-32 subj esmt rec 9-

20-13

QCD Daniel Reining to Reining

Farms 9-13-13 NE4SW4 and

NW4SE4 29-132-34 and pt S2NE4

29-132-34 rec 9-23-13

QCD Dale Reining to Reining

Farms fka Reining and Sons 9-5-13

N2NW4 29-132-34 and NE4NE430-132-34 rec 9-23-13

QCD Dale Reining to Reining

Farms fka Reining and Sons fka

Robert Reining and Sons 9-13-13

NE4SW4 and NW4SE4 N2NW4

29-132-34 and pt S2NE4 29-132-34

rec 9-23-13

WTY-JT Phylllis A Sellnow to

James P Arildson etal pt SW4NE4

24-133-35 rec 9-23-13

WTY-JT Dale L Golla to Richard

 A Manley etal 9-17-13 pt NW4NE4

19-130-32 rec 9-23-13

LIMITED WTY Federal

National Mortgage Assn to Joey

 Varner 9-17-13 pt W2NW4 1-130-

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Sauk Centre to Kandota Landing

Inc 9-20-13 GL 5 Sec 20 and GL 1

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WTY-JT James L Olek etux to

Ron Rychlicki etux 9-20-13 Lot 7

First Add to lands End Subd rec 9-

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WTY-JT Delores E Roering to

Lenae C McDermond etal 9-16-13

pt Lot 1 Aud Subd of SE4NE4 and

GL 4 7-127-32 rec 9-23-13

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Traffic Citations

Todd County Sheriff 

Thomas J. Brown, Staples, pos-

ess marijuana-$585.00, C of C, 17

mo., stayed 5 yr, 180 days, super-

ised probation, 5 yr, no alcohol,

andom testing, DNA sample, no

rug paraphernalia, chem depend

val

Eugene T. Buzie, Browerville,

isorderly conduct-$390.00

Matthew J. Chenoweth, Brower-

ille, disorderly conduct-$385.00,

0 days, restitution reserved 30

ays

Bonnie L. Christensen, Osakis,areless driving-$390.00, chem use

ssess, 90 days, stayed 90 days, 1

r

Ryan P. Cutshall, Edina, possess

rug paraphernalia-$140.00

Dakota J. Davis, Long Prairie,

00/55-$300.00, 30 days, stayed 27

ays, 1 yr

Tyler J. Fletcher, Swanville, dis-

rderly conduct-$165.00, 15 days,

tayed 15 days, 1 yr

Nicole Habiger, Browerville, fail

o transfer watercraft ownership-

115.00; operate unlicensed water-

raft-$50.00

Marshall A. Holmes, Wadena,

ossess drug paraphernalia-140.00

Jane A. Mudder, Browerville,

rive after cancellation-$585.00,

65 days, stayed 355 days, 2 yr,

upervised probation, 2 yr, random

esting, no alcohol

Jamie R. Plante, Mpls, 80/55-

230.00

Gary L. Robinson, Wadena, pos-

ess drug paraphernalia-$140.00

Sidney M. Schmidt, Garfield,

5/55-$130.00

Dustin W. VanNorman, Grand

orks, ND, operate unregistered

ehicle w/o plates-$290.00; unin-

ured vehicle-$100.00

Long Prairie PoliceChad L. Rische, Sauk Centre,

urn prohibited material-$285.00

Staples Police

Jeremy L. Geyer, Paynesville,

o proof insurance-$200.00; no

motorcycle endorsement-$140.00

 Alex R. Jansson, Staples, inde-

ent exposure-$200.00, probation,

yr

Denise N. Johnson, Staples, fail

o stop-$140.00

Danny L. Munger, unknown,

rive after revocation-$285.00

Karen L. Watson, Golden Valley,

64/55-$130.00

Jarrett T. Youngs, Motley, drive

after revocation-$285.00

DNR

Marlin E. Ahlquist, Sioux City,

IA, possess over limit-$140.00

Melvin Borkholder, Jr., Warsaw,

IN, fish w/extra line-$140.00

Joyce A. Schlough, Sartell, use

weed roller in non-permit area-

$290.00

 Alan J. Skidmore, New Hope,

angle w/o license-$135.00

MN State Patrol

Tab W. Erickson, Cushing,

75/65-$130.00Jordan J. Yazzie, Goldendale,

WA, no seat belt used-$115.00

Rudy D. Bjerga, Staples, MN

annual inspection decal violation-

$190.00

Melony L. Butler, Staples, win-

dow tint too dark-$140.00

Dustin L. Caruso, Ashland, WI,

no seat belt used-$115.00

Daniel R. Desrochers, Apple

 Valley, window tint too dark-

$140.00

Brian J. Fearing, Alexandria, no

seat belt used-$115.00

Tonia J. Fitzsimmons, Ashby,

marijuana in vehicle-$140.00; pos-

sess drug paraphernalia-$50.00Echo L. Foster, Fergus Falls, fail

to yield-$135.00

Kownin M. Ibrahim, St. Cloud,

83/70-$140.00

Mathijn I. Kloek, unknown,

expired registration-$120.00

Courtney A. Kunstal, St. Cloud,

80/70-$130.00

Heidi K. Lenzmann, St. Paul,

80/70-$130.00

Laurel A. B. McHenry, Tappen,

ND, 80/70-$130.00

Benjamin R. Meadows, Towson,

MD, 80/70-$130.00

 Anthony W. Morgan, Miles City,

MT, no seat belt used-$115.00

Nasra B. Omar, Burnsville, noseat belt used-$115.00

Michael A. Paradee, Osakis, no

seat belt used-$115.00

Elizabeth M. Paramo, Long

Prairie, no child restraint-$140.00

Shawn M. Saarela, Long

Prairie, window tint too dark-

$140.00

Thomas M. Wurm, Sauk Centre,

MN annual inspection decal viola-

tion-$190.00

AROUND THE OUNTYhe Browerville Blade,

age 10

Thursday,

October 10, 2013 

Court ReportCourt appearances are First Appearance, RU8 (second appear-

nce), and Omnibus (third appearance)

September 23:

Lisa L. Bartkowicz, Swanville, made her first and second appearance

n two counts DWI charges. Her next court date is November 4.

Rexanne M. Block, Wadena, was sentenced for fourth degree assault.

he was sentenced to 30 days, with credit for 14 days served, fined $100,

nd ordered to abstain from alcohol, be subject to random testing, under-

o a psychological evaluation and write a letter of apology.

September 30:

Christopher J. Schauer, Long Prairie, appeared for an RU8 hearing onwo counts of burglary and receiving stolen property charges. An October

8 omnibus hearing was scheduled.

Nicholas J. Salo, Fergus Falls, appeared for an RU8 hearing on charges

f fifth degree marijuana possession. An omnibus hearing was set for

ctober 21.

Clinton D. McNamara, Staples was sentenced for fourth degree sale of 

marijuana. He was committed to the Commissioner of Corrections for 15

months, with credit for 174 days served. He was fined $135 and ordered

o supply a DNA sample.

Trina A. Page, Champlin, pled guilty to fifth degree possession of mar-

uana at a plea hearing. A presentence investigation was ordered and she

must complete a chemical use assessment. Sentencing was scheduled for

ecember 2.

 Angela M. Techam, Flensburg, appeared for an :RU8 hearing on

harges of two counts of check forgery. A November 4 omnibus hearing

was scheduled.

ASK A TROOPER By Sgt. Jesse Grabow of the Minnesota State Patrol

Question: Is there a minimum size of a steering wheel in a vehicle? There have been some

teenagers with jacked up pickups installing very small (lawnmower like) steering wheels.

Curious what the law says.

 Answer: There is no law specifically related to steering wheel size. The only issue would be

if the mounting of the steering wheel is secure which could become an “unsafe equipment” vio-

lation. This statute states; “It is unlawful and punishable as hereinafter provided for any per-

son to drive or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven on any highway any

vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any per-

son.” Of course this could apply to many other equipment issues also.

I would like to use this opportunity to also talk about “steering wheel knobs”. I am asked

if these (often referred to as “suicide knobs”) are illegal. They are not illegal in Minnesota. If 

you perform a quick check on the internet about them, you will often find people claiming they

are illegal. However, I believe this is one of those “car myths” that has spread most likely

because of the term “suicide” which may have given a negative connotation causing people to

assume they were illegal.In fact, steering wheel knobs are often prescribed to people with applicable disabilities to

assist them in the driving of an automobile.

If you have any questions concerning traffic related laws or issues in Minnesota, send your

questions to Trp. Jesse Grabow – Minnesota State Patrol at 1000 Highway 10 West, Detroit

Lakes, MN 56501-2205. (You can follow him on Twitter @MSPPIO_NW or reach him at,

 [email protected]).

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Todd County Employment Opportunity

PART-TIME JAILOR/DISPATCHER(S)

The Todd County Sheriff’s Office has an opening for part-time

Jailor/Dispatcher(s).

POSITION SUMMARY: Todd County Jailor responsibilities and

duties shall range from booking of inmates, intake of inmates,

supervision of inmates, searches of inmates, area searches, and

conducting established programs for inmates as directed by the

policies and procedures manual and Jail Administrator.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: This position requires a High

School Diploma or equivalent. Excellent verbal and written com-

munication skills, possess computer skills with experience in

Windows based software, telecommunications devices, radio com-

munications and have the ability to favorably interact with the

public, inmates, fellow employees and supervisors. A Jailor must

be able to function and make important decisions under stressful

situations. Must be willing to work flexible hours including

evenings, weekends and holidays and available to cover shifts on

short notice. Must pass a background check.

TRAINING REQUIREMENTS: Must be able to complete all train-

ing requirements within 60 days. The jailor training is 120 hours.

The dispatcher training is 200 hours. Training is contingent on

which position is being filled. This training will include days,

evenings and weekends.

SALARY: Grade 17 $14.24 – $21.98 per hour.

HOW TO APPLY: Applicants must complete an official Todd County

 Application for Employment submitt ing to: Todd County

 Administration, 215 1st Avenue South, Suite 300, Long Prairie, MN

56347, phone 320.732.6447. Completed Todd County Applications

must be e-mailed to [email protected] or mailed/deliv-

ered to the Administration Department. Todd County Applications

for Employment and job descriptions may be obtained from the

 Administration Department or the Todd County web page at

http://www.co.todd.mn.us.

 APPLICATION DEADLINE: Applications for this position will be

accepted through October 18, 2013.

Todd County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Many PT openings in Buffalo and Maple Lake.

Apply online

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Lying, continued

o eye contact, etc.”

These two law enforcement professionals have received training and

ave extensive experience in interviewing people, but they both admit-

ed there is no foolproof way to tell if someone is lying.

PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL WORK, AND MEDICALAPPROACH

Professionals in social work, psychology, public health, and nursing

re also confronted with people who are lying to them, but they don’t rely

eavily on interviewing to learn whether someone is telling the truth.

Cheryl Schneider, Director of Todd County Health and Human

ervices, told us, “Our eligibility staff do not receive training about how

o know if someone is lying. Rather, our processes include verifying

nformation, as is required by the State of Minnesota.”

She continued, “The Eligibility Workers require signed release of 

nformation forms by applicants, and then the Eligibility Worker verifies

ank account amounts, employment, and income, etc.“ The county

orkers can’t just take someone’s word for income and employment his-

ory. They need documents.

Child Support Enforcement is another aspect of Health and Human

ervices. “Child Support Enforcement is a court order process,”

chneider explained. “Again, information must be verified through the

eview of documents from employment and banking organizations. We

ry to gather as much information as possible to get to the truth.”

For Todd County Social Workers, “identifying deceptive behavior is

art of interviewing training for social work and can help in the inter-

iew process, but is not evidence that someone is lying. Sometimes we

ave to use our best professional judgment about who is telling the

ruth,” Schneider said.

For nurses and social workers, identifying “noncompliance” with the

reatment or care plan is important. Noncompliance may or may not be

n indication of deception, depending on the situation, Schneider indi-

ated.

 Audrey Brandt Loer, clinical director of Northern Pines Mental

Health Center, told us in a telephone interview that psychologists on her

taff do not receive special training to detect lying. That is not their focus,

he indicated.

Paul Sailer, Wadena County Director of Health and Human Services,

old us that his staff do not receive training on how to detect lying, but

re trained to watch for fraud. He said, “We have different ways of mon-

oring the information clients give us when applying for public assis-

The Tiger 

Volleyball team

added two more

conference wins

to their record

and a 1000 set

assist feat by

 Katelyn

 Middendorf 

during 

 Browerville's

 Homecoming week. See story

on page six.

Middendorf reaches

1,000 set assistsTodd Board ends

early retirement incentive By Rin Porter 

 At the Oct. 1 board meeting, commissioners voted to end the early retirement incentive for employees

that had provided them with three years of paid health insurance if they retired at or before age 62, with

20 years of county service.

The early retirement incentive will end on Dec. 31,2013. The end of the early retirement incentive

applies only to the county’s non-union employees. It has yet to be negotiated out of the county’s union

contracts. However, commissioners signaled that they intended to do that.

The reason given for ending the option was county finances. Auditor/Treasurer Karen Busch told the

board that if all 26 employees currently eligible for the early retirement incentive took it, it would cost

the county $1,000,000, payable immediately. Busch said the county would not have these funds avail-

able in December.

Commissioners indicated they doubted that all 26 employees would take early retirement, even withthe announced end of the incentive, but they believed that some might.

Commissioner Mark Blessing said he wanted to be sure that employees had time to discuss the option

with their families. Commissioner Dave Kircher said he believed that three months would be enough

time to decide.

Surprisingly, Kircher then said the board would have to carefully consider whether to replace those

employees who retired. Commissioner Rod Erickson said he agreed.

Kircher has hinted at past meetings that some people might have to be laid off, due to the county’s

financial situation. However, Busch has said that the county has enough money to support its current

financial obligations, including salaries, which constitute about 80% of the county’s expenses.

The board approved the hiring of a 0.6 FTE Extension Educator, a one-year position, in collaboration

with Morrison County. The new position will focus on local foods and small farms. It was requested by

University Extensions of both Todd and Morrison Counties. The new person will be hired to start Jan.

1, 2014, and will spend two days per week in Todd County and one day per week in Morrison County.

In other business, the board:

--proclaimed Oct. 6-12, 2013 as National 4-H Week in Todd County.

--proclaimed October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Todd County.

--approved the purchased of a used 2012 Chevrolet Impala vehicle from the low bidder, Gessel AutoSales, Burtrum, for $14,150.

--approved a change in operating hours for the Todd County Transfer Station, from the existing times

of 8 AM to 5 PM, to 8 AM to 4:30 PM, according to a written agreement with Teamsters Local 320. The

change is effective immediately.

--set a date for the annual Road Meeting, at 1 PM on Oct. 22, at the Public Works Building.

--approved a list of 27 deficient bridges in the county, to be submitted to MnDOT. The county com-

mitted itself to replacing these bridges as soon as state funds are made available. This is a routine sub-

mission, according to County Engineer Loren Fellbaum.

--approved a Joint Powers Agreement with Browerville and Staples to pay for new digital aerial pho-

tographs taken in 2013.

--heard a brief report from officials of South Country Health Alliance about the agency’s work provid-

ing health services to Medicaid-eligible county residents in 2012.

--voted to remove references to a County Administrator from the county’s website.

others experience in detecting lying

is in interaction with people from

cultures different from their own.

Deception and the reasons for it are

perceived differently around the

world.

Here are some examples of dif-ferences in verbal and nonverbal

communication norms that would

affect European Americans’ judg-

ments about the honesty or dishon-

esty of the other person:

In some cultures, it is OK – even

expected – to tell a small lie to

avoid hurting a person’s feelings,

and give compliments to people to

flatter them and make them feel

good, even though the compliments

may be less than truthful.

People who have emigrated to

the United States from Asian coun-

tries have styles of communication

that are different from the styles of 

European Americans born in theU.S. In Japan, China, Korea, and

 Vietnam, it is expected that people

will smile as a part of appropriate

greeting behavior, even when they

don’t like or respect the person

being greeted. The “false smiles”

are expected. It is not typical to

smile at strangers. Long pauses

may occur before someone answers

a question or responds in conversa-

tion. Direct eye contact is often

often used to show a wish to coop-

erate.

In many Asian cultures, mask-

ing of facial expressions is learned

from birth. It is usually not possible

to guess what a person is feeling by

studying his or her facial expres-sion. Direct eye contact is seen as

rude, and is discouraged. Smiling

may represent embarrassment or

confusion. Loyalty is a strong

value, and a broken promise is seen

as offensive. Allowing a person to

save face is more important than

telling the truth. Speaking in a

loud voice is considered rude, espe-

cially when accompanied by exag-

gerated gestures. (Jeffra Flaitz,

Ed., “Understanding Your

International Students,”2003).

In Spanish-speaking countries

in the Western Hemisphere, it is

expected that one will lie to protect

one’s relatives. It is also a violationof cultural norms to say “no” to a

request. People will say “yes” in

order to avoid hurting someone’s

feelings and to appear polite, even

if they have no intention of doing

what they said “yes” to.

In Mexico, la verdad (the truth)

is not based on facts or objectivity,

but on circumstances. The basis for

this concept of truth is “personal

reality” instead of “objective reali-

may not be true at another time.

When a Mexican answers ques-

tions, he or she does so in a wa

that will not upset or disappoin

the listener, thus avoiding negative

consequences. The rationale fo

this personal truth is to maintainharmony and to please the othe

person. In general, Mexicans con-

sider it rude not to give a positive

answer to any question, and if the

don’t know the answer, they ma

make one up. (Boye Lafayette De

Mente, “There’s a Word for it in

Mexico”, 1996).

With just this small amount o

information about the way certain

cultures differ from European-

 American cultural beliefs, you can

see how difficult it would be for peo-

ple such as judges, TSA workers,

and others raised in the U.S. to

make an accurate judgment abou

the truth of what a person fromanother culture is telling them. I

certainly makes the argument fo

increasing diversity in hiring peo-

ple of all cultural backgrounds to

positions of responsibility, so tha

everyone who lives in the U.S. can

be understood.

See part two of “Lying” in

next week’s edition.

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