Trish Keating opened up a consignment shop in Preston a year ago, and named it Julia-Claire Repeat Boutique, after her two granddaughters. She had dreamed of owning her own shop for years, and worked hard to make that dream come true. “It’s hard to believe how fast this year has gone,” stated Keat-ing. The year has been a busy one for Keating, and many things have changed with the store. When it first opened there were 34 consignors. There are cur-rently 267. Keating has had to expand the store twice to accommodate the increase in merchandise. The increase in inventory also means a greater selection for shoppers. In the beginning, there were a few women’s blous-es to choose from, and now there are many more. There

were a small number of chil-dren’s shoes at first, and now there are dozens of shoes in all sizes and styles. And there is so much more than clothing avail-able; there are many gift items, books, jewelry, and accessories as well. One thing that makes this boutique different from other consignment shops is the inclu-sion of work from local arti-sans. This feature allows artists from the area to showcase and sell their work, and has been very successful. When the shop opened, Keating had work from eight people; she now sells the work of 25 artists. There are photographs, metal art, wood art, jewelry, candles, and textiles. “We have a nice variety of art,” said Keating. Over the year, Keating has paid out more than $20,000 to consignors after selling their items in her store. “It’s like a treasure hunt,” Keating says of shopping at

her boutique. “You never know what you’re going to find!” Things will be changing even more in the near future for Keat-ing and her shop. The building where she is currently located has been sold, and she recently purchased the building next to the Weber and Judd pharmacy in Preston. The new building means a lot more room, which means a lot more merchandise, and Keating is very excited for the change. Over the past year, Keating has developed a following of local shoppers, along with cus-tomers from all over the area. Keating has met people from Lanesboro, Harmony, Rochester, Eyota, Spring Valley, and Spring Grove, and many other towns. Keating has become very involved in the community since moving to Preston a year

JuliaClaire Repeat Boutique in Preston celebrates its first year

Federal Spending

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The Planning Commission considered and approved two different Conditional Use Per-mits (CUP) at their March 28 meeting. This was the first Plan-ning Commission meeting since November 2012. Gary Ruskell was elected chairman and Steve Duxbury was elected vice-chair-man. The meetings will contin-ue to be scheduled on the third Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m.

State Veterans Cemetery A very detailed application for a CUP was submitted by Stantec Consulting on behalf of Fillmore County. The proposed cemetery is to be located on what is now county owned property south of Preston northeast of the Fill-more County Recycling Center, behind the state shop. Donation of the land for this purpose by the county put them toward the top of the list of possible vet-erans cemetery sites. The 176 acre proposed cemetery site is located in Carrolton and Pres-

ton Townships. A small parcel is within the Preston city limits, but owned by the county. It was recently rezoned by the city to Agricultural Residential allowing it to be permitted as a cemetery. The purpose for building new veterans cemeteries is to provide reasonable access for veterans and their families. Reasonable access is defined as a cemetery option within a 75 mile radius for about 90 percent of the country’s veter-ans. The state provides initial fund-

Veterans Cemetery CUP approved

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The Fillmore County Board at their April 2 meeting heard from nearly a dozen citizens during the citizen input portion of their meeting. On April 23 the com-missioners will make a decision on the Rein Quarry expansion. Commissioner Duane Bakke announced that Reilly Construc-tion, operator for the Rein Quar-ry, had approved in a letter to let the decision making period be

extended to the twenty-third of April. The decision is whether or not to require a more intensive study, the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Citizens that addressed the board were lobbying and encour-aging the board to require an EIS for the Rein expansion. Also, they would like to see a Rein Quarry expansion EIS included with the Minnesota Sands LLC study. The state Environmental Quality Board (EQB) on March

Citizens lobby to require EIS for all industrial mines

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JuliaClaire Repeat Boutique will be celebrating one year in business, and these volunteers have been a big part of it. Left to right: standing, Darwin Smith, Nancy Gardner, Steve Schlick; seated, Jan Knutson, Janet Althouse, and Hallie Snyder. Not pictured: Carter Johnson, Payton Schwingle, Barb Barrett, Tim Knapp, Doug Johnson. Photo by Jade Sexton

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ago. She is active on the Cham-ber of Commerce and excited about the direction the town is going. She sponsors the Kids Work for Wants Program, and recently began her own Relay for Life team to raise money for cancer research. Some people donate their items to the shop instead of consign them, and she donates those proceeds to Relay for Life. She has made donations to Grace Place, Thrifty Threads, Fillmore Central Schools, and various veterans’ organizations. “I really want to give back to the community,” said Keating.

“I feel like it’s the only way a community can work is if we all work together.” When Keating started out,

she had two people volunteer-ing their time helping out at the shop. She now has 13 vol-unteers that help out with no pay, including two 13-year-old kids. “Volunteers have made all of this possible,” shared Keating.

“I’m actually able to take a day off now and then.” Keating said she not only collects clothing, but she col-lects people as well. The vol-unteers, friends and customers have been the best thing about owning the shop. Keating tells of people who visit every day just to socialize, and people that help out just to be a part of it and make a difference. As for the future, Keating sees great things for the store and for the town she calls home, and she is very pleased to have come this far in her first year.

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By Jason SethrePublisherFillmore County Journal &Olmsted County JournalCell: 507-251-5297jason@fillmorecountyjournal.com As you may have noticed, r e c e n t l y , we invested in having our Fill-more County Journal van wrapped up at Kelly’s Printing & Signs. On the van, you’ll notice images of the Fillmore County Journal news-paper, a laptop, tablet and a smartphone -- all ways in which you can access our newspaper. Along with those images, we have included all the towns where our newspaper gets delivered. Well, we’ve certainly attract-ed more attention than had ever anticipated. A few weeks ago, our compa-ny took a trip to Coon Rapids,

Minn., to participate in the annual Minnesota Free Paper Association Sales Retreat. During a lunch break from this one-day event, I walked out to the van to pick up something I had forgotten. As I was opening the door to the van, two men walking toward their vehicles stopped in their middle of their con-versation and asked me if I was from Fillmore County. How did they know? Oh yeah, there’s a big “Fillmore County Journal” logo on the side of this van. Of course, I told them I was from Fillmore County. “Oh, do you know where Preston is?” Of course, I knew where Preston was. “Yes, have you guys been down to Preston?” One of the men said, “Oh, yes, we have a good friend and high school classmate who lives down in Preston.” “Who is that,” I asked. “Do you know Steve Nel-son?” the man said. “Oh, yes. Steve owns South Branch Outdoor Equipment up on the hill in Preston. He repairs mowers, snow blowers and all kinds of stuff.” “Yeah, we went to school together,” said the man. Both of the men had been down to Fillmore County and they said they loved visiting the area. The even referenced

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going to The Branding Iron. Then, about a week later, I was at the Thrivent Financial building in Northwest Roch-ester. While at their office, a man walked into the office and said, “Is that your van out in the parking lot?” “The Fillmore County Journal van?” I replied. “Yeah, that’s the one,” he said. “Yes it is,” I said. And, then he asked, “Do you know any Grabaus down in Wykoff?” “Of course. Which ones?” I replied. And, then he started rat-tling off a whole bunch of names, some I knew and some I didn’t. It’s been interesting to me how this all turned out. Our primary goal with getting the van wrapped with the Fillmore County Journal logo, images and list of towns, was to pro-mote the Fillmore County Jour-nal within Fillmore County. And, as it turns out, since our van travels upwards of 1,000 miles per week with all that we do for our deliveries, our newly wrapped van is actually pro-moting Fillmore County wher-ever we go. It’s like having a moving billboard. Again, I’d like to thank Kelly’s Printing & Signs for helping us to accomplish our goal, and ultimately for help-ing us to promote Fillmore County wherever we go. That was totally unexpected, but a bonus, nonetheless.

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Federal SpendingBy Karen Reisner The deadline for filing 2012 tax returns will soon be here. When filing your return do you question where your federal tax dollars go? According to the Office of Management and Bud-get in 2011 these dollars were spent as follows: 20 percent on Defense and International Security Assistance, 20 percent on Social Security, 21 percent on Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), 13 percent on safety net programs, 6 percent on interest on the national debt, 7 percent on federal benefits for federal retirees and veter-ans, 3 percent on transportation and infrastructure, 2 percent on education, 2 percent on science and medical research, 1 percent on international aid including humanitarian aid, and 4 percent on ‘other’.

Defense Defense eats up a high pro-portion of revenue. The United States spends more on defense than the next seventeen countries combined. The ultimate cost of war is the loss of lives and the devastating effect on the lives of those close to those who died or were permanently injured dur-ing their service. Beyond that, there is the fiscal cost incurred by the military before and dur-ing time of war and for decades there after. Expenses continue for the lifetimes of these veter-ans. They have certainly earned medical and disability services. The Los Angeles Times recently reported that the real cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars when

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decades of medical and disabil-ity expenses are included will be from $4 trillion to $6 trillion. ‘Boots on the ground’ war is especially costly both in lives and in dollars for generations. Federal benefits for federal retirees, federal elected officials, and military officers should be looked at carefully to keep them fair, but not unrealistic. These too are often an obligation for decades.

Health The total Social Security dollars expended will contin-ue to grow each year due to demographics and the fact that retirees are living longer. The retirement age could be raised and should be. More money could and should be collected for Social Security by raising the cap on employment or payroll taxes which is now at $113,700. One argument against raising the retirement age is the erosion of the ability of older workers to continue to do physically demanding jobs. Some people in physically demanding jobs may need to find less physically demanding employment or file for disability, in the event the retirement age is raised. These changes would be unpopular, but are needed to assure the viability of the program long term. Medicare expenses will explode in years to come if there are not structural adjust-ments to the program as more baby boomers utilize the ben-efits. Keeping all the promises made by the federal government over the past many decades is not realistic. Structural changes need to be made to address the long term inevitable costs or the program will collapse. More revenue alone is not a rational solution. Providers need to rein in waste, excess testing,

and unnecessary procedures and treatment regimens, in favor of providing efficient treatments for the best realistic outcome. According to PBS in 2010 the United States spent $8,233 per year per person on health care. This is two and one half times what the average of other devel-oped countries spend ($3,268). We spend nearly 18 percent of the Gross National Product (GDP) on health care. Higher costs do not always translate into better outcomes. The United States has less physi-cians and hospital beds per per-son. We live an average of one year less than the average life expectancy of other developed countries. The bright spots where the United States leads are cancer and health care research and the survival rate for cancer patients. Why do we pay more for less in most cases? More unneces-sary testing and treatments are prescribed. This may be at least in part due to the fear of litiga-tion. Tests and treatment regi-mens cost more in the United States than in other developed countries. Other countries use a fee schedule. In our country the cost of a given test can vary wildly just from one provider to another in the same city. Administration costs are far higher in the United States. Hospital services cost more while they may include less. Medical and surgical services cost about 85 percent more. We don’t have better quality of care, just more expensive care. As a society we need to do better in preventing health issues which come from smok-ing, alcohol use, and obesity. Obesity rates are highest in the United States. We are on course for even worse obesity in the future as over a third of children in the United States are obese. Only Greece has a higher rate of obese children.

Interest Interest will surely increase as the deficit continues to bal-loon. Interest rates are low now and will likely increase. The only way to bring the growth of interest down is to reduce the debt. Yearly deficits are not going to be easy to reduce due to the defense budget, the obligations that we will have for decades to come for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, and the certain growth of the number of retirees eligible for Medicare and Social Security. Some new revenue will help, but in order to slow and turn around the growth of the coun-try’s debt, structural reforms are necessary. The longer we wait, the more extreme the reforms will need to be. Entitlements need to be adjusted appropri-ately for the changing demo-graphics.

Transportation, Infrastruc-ture, Education, and Science

and Medical Research Spending in these areas is nec-essary for a prosperous future. Together, they only make up 7 percent of the total budget. If anything, we should spend more in these areas. The econ-omy needs to grow at a healthy rate to bring in revenue. Invest-ment in these areas will help the economy grow without adding to future built-in costs.

Budget Both the House and Sen-ate recently managed to pass a budget but the budgets are light-years apart. The House or “Ryan” budget has no added revenue and would not be acceptable to the Senate or the President as it stands. It makes reductions in future defi-cits by making “major” changes to entitlement programs and cuts in education. All spending reductions and no new revenue will likely slow the economy. The Senate budget, passed with

no Republican votes, claims to protect the economic recovery, work on the deficit and debt, and keep the promises that have been made. Keeping all the promises made over the decades without some adjustments is not realistic. The Senate budget would be totally unacceptable to the House. It raises nearly $1 trillion in more revenue and has about the same dollar amount of reductions. It is highly unlikely that negotiation in a confer-ence committee will manage to produce a budget that can go forward. Much of the budget is con-sumed by promised obligations made over the last many decades. These obligations were set into law when life expectancies were much shorter and when medical advances and associated costs were much less. The factors and numbers have changed but Congress has been unable to govern and make the structural changes to keep these long term programs viable. Social Secu-rity and Medicare are impor-tant services that need to be maintained and kept viable for future generations by making them workable with today’s and near future demographics and life expectancies. Both bodies did recently pass a continuing resolution which was signed by President Obama, which means they will just con-tinue to operate using stopgap spending measures as has been done over and over again. Or, in other words, Congress will just continue digging the hole deeper and deeper.

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• Monday, April 8, Whalan City Council meeting, 5:00pm, City Hall.• Monday, April 8, Houston City Council meeting, 7:30pm, City Hall.• Monday, April 8, Wykoff City Council meeting, 7:00pm, City Hall.• Monday, April 8, Chatfield City Council meeting, 7:00pm, City Hall.• Monday April 8, City of Rushford City Council meet-ing, 6:30pm, City Hall.• Monday, April 8, Spring Valley City Council meeting, 6:00pm, City Hall.• Tuesday, April 9, Fillmore County Commissioners, 9:00am, Courthouse.• Tuesday, April 9, Harmony City Council meeting, 7:00pm, City Hall.• Wednesday, April 10, Canton City Council meet-ing, 7:00pm, City Hall.• Wednesday, April 10, Mabel City Council meeting, 7:00pm, City Hall.• Wednesday, April 10, Peterson City Council meet-ing, 7:00pm, City Hall.• Monday, April 15, Preston City Council meeting, 6:00pm, Council Chambers.• Monday, April 15, Kingsland School Board meeting, 7:00pm.• Monday, April 15, Rushford-Peterson School Board meeting, 6:30pm, Rushford Computer Room.• Monday, April 15, Chatfield School Board meeting, 7:00pm, HS Media Center.

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Government this week

By Lee H. Hamilton A few weeks ago, the Republi-can National Committee issued a 100-page report aimed at reviving the GOP after its poor showing in last November’s elections. It was remarkably blunt about the specif-ics of the party’s shortcomings -- its lack of inclusiveness, its hapless data initiatives, its poor grassroots organizing. What it did not take on, however, was an issue the RNC can do little about: the diminished influence, if not irrelevance, of both major parties in American politics. In the early years of my politi-cal career, the parties were pretty much the only game in town. If you wanted to be a candidate, there was no one else to turn to for help with building a campaign organization, finding volunteers, making contact with activists and donors, or creating a network of supporters. People could and did win elections without official party

support -- but not often, and not easily. The parties also registered vot-ers, turned them out on Election Day, and provided much of the c a m p a i g n funding. They not only artic-ulated policy and kept the other party honest, but also served to forge a policy consensus among the dis-parate coalitions that made them up, striving to make themselves as inclusive as possible. All this is much less evident these days. At the very top, once the nomination is sewed up, presiden-tial candidates run independently of the party. They have their own staffs, do their own fundraising, and build their own organizations. I’ll be stunned if we don’t see

We’d Be Better Off If The Parties Were Still Relevantfuture presidents take a leaf from President Obama’s playbook and form their own grassroots organi-zations outside the party apparatus to pressure Washington lawmak-ers. The rise of increasingly influen-tial outside players has done much the same thing for candidates lower down. They can now hire their own signature-gatherers for petitions, their own pollsters, their own con-sultants and specialists in virtually every aspect of modern campaign-ing. Scores of groups representing various factions within a party have emerged as significant players in the political process. The parties are simply outmatched in resources and organization. They’ve even lost control of campaign funding, as special interest groups with their own organizations -- the NRA, say, or the Club for Growth -- not only put money behind or against candidates, but also turn out voters on behalf of their favorite issues. The parties’ loss of influence is especially obvious when you look at primaries. Where party approval once was tantamount to nomina-tion, today it’s anything but. In last year’s elections, any number of party-approved candidates were beaten by well-funded outside challengers. It’s one of the reasons that building consensus on Capitol Hill has become so difficult: with congressional districts drawn to favor one party or another, incum-bents live in fear of taking a stance that might draw a challenger with special-interest backing. At the state and local level, party

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organizations are finding it hard-er than ever to recruit volunteers interested in building the party itself, rather than in promoting a favored cause by trying to take over its apparatus. Where volunteers once put in many hours licking stamps, walking the streets to iden-tify and register voters, or getting people to the polls, today far fewer people feel they can justify the time unless it’s on behalf of a particular candidate or issue. Obviously, the parties are not entirely out of the game. Some roles only a national party can play, as with the presidential nominating process. But where they once were able to exert control, now they can at best hope for a bit of influence. I favor strengthening the role of political parties in our system. They once played a central role in identifying candidates, articu-lating ideas and positions, and identifying talent for government; today, those jobs often are not performed at all. Robust political parties might even help break the impasse in Washington. They used to bring a wide array of Americans together under one banner, and pressed their members to learn how to build consensus on behalf of a larger cause. This was a skill that carried over to Capitol Hill. Independence from the party may be a fine thing for self-expression, but it carries a cost to the country. Lee Hamilton is Director of the Center on Congress at Indiana Uni-versity. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.

Guest Commentary: Obama/Biden Gun ControlBy Jeff Erding, Wykoff, MN “ALL IN ALL, IT’S JUST ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL” [from THE WALL by Roger Waters of Pink Floyd, 1979] You may be sick of the gun con-trol debate, and I sure don’t blame you. You may be thinking: “This guy is obsessed with guns. It’s all he ever writes about. Can’t he ever write about another aspect of the Constitution?” Point well taken. I revere the entire Constitution. It’s just that right now, the debate is raging over the second amendment. And what’s with this “Brick in the Wall” thing? What does that have to do with “common sense gun control?” The answer is EVERYTHING. Please read on to find out. There are compelling arguments

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from citizens and politicians on both sides of the issue. Let’s take the main issues and analyze them carefully, leaving out emotions and hype and concentrating on facts and effectiveness. Only then can we understand the goals of the proposed legislation and decide if it deserves our support. 1] UNIVERSAL BACK-GROUND CHECKS. Good idea, right? I mean, we need to know who is buying guns. Who in their right mind could object to that? Let’s look at what the proposed legislation would do. [A] Accurately stated, back-ground checks will never be univer-sal. Criminals will ignore them and the MENTALLY ILL ARE NOT TO BE REPORTED ON THE DATABASE. Who is left? Law abiding citizens who will never use a gun illegally but will risk becom-ing a felon if they dare bequeath a family heirloom to a friend or fam-ily member without going through an onerous registration process. The proponents of the legislation are perfectly aware of this fact. Then what is the real purpose? REGISTRATION. Some people in government want to know, to the greatest possible extent, where every single gun is and who owns it. On the evening of the most recent presidential inauguration, Charles

Shumer admitted to MSNBC the goal is “universal registration” of “guns and gun owners.” When asked during a TV interview about the ultimate goal of the proposed legislation she has authored in the past, Diane Fienstein has stated “Regarding your guns, Mr. and Mrs. America, TURN THEM IN. Every one of them.” [B] Rest assured my friends; serial killers, murderers, violent and petty criminals of every sort will turn out in droves to support the pro-posed universal background checks and the politicians who are push-ing them. If they pass as currently proposed, they will spell disaster to average law abiding citizens for obvious reasons. I have friends who laugh and call me paranoid. I tend to be persuaded by the sad reality of what has happened in England, Australia, Ireland, Jamaica, and yes in New York and California: REG-ISTRATION MEANS CONFIS-CATION. The ultimate goal of “ universal background checks” is to identify who has what guns and then take them. Don’t be fooled by any other explanation. Accord-ing to Syracuse University, 76,000 firearm purchases were denied by the federal instant check system in 2010. Of these, the Obama Justice Department referred exactly 62 for prosecution and secured convic-

tions for 13!! That is the lowest in over 10 years and proves the feds have no commitment to keep-ing guns away from felons and mental patients. They are focused on deployment of a gun registra-tion scheme now which will allow confiscation in the future … and convincing the public all they want is “background checks.” 2] BANNING ASSAULT WEAPONS AND “MASSIVE” MAGAZINES. Mr. Obama stated in Minneapolis last February, “ We should restore the ban on military style assault weapons” because “ weapons of war have no place on our streets.” [A] That argument can be made, but the so called assault weap-ons ban is not about those kinds of weapons. Military style automatic weapons have been outlawed for non-licensed civilians since 1936. Modern “ military style” firearms are no different in function and effectiveness than any common conventional firearm: in fact many are less powerful than common deer rifles or fowling guns. The pro-posed ban would outlaw firearms that have been designed and built for 125 years! [B] Massive magazines? The proposed laws would ban magazines of over 11 rounds: not all that mas-sive. The Henry repeating rifle that became popular in the mid 1860’s held 17 rounds. [Custer would no doubt liked to have banned Sitting

Bull’s warriors from ownership of the Henry repeater.] [C] Even when including the wide range of so called “assault rifles” in the proposed ban, the percentage of murders attributed to them is less than 1 percent. In a recent interview on Capitol Hill, Vice President Joe Biden stated “Nothing we are going to do… is going to alter or eliminate the possibility of another mass shoot-ing…” So why is a gun ban being pushed that even it’s most ardent proponents admit will not have any positive results? It will not protect our children or innocent citizens. It will not have any effect on crimi-nals or the mentally impaired. It will do nothing to keep law abiding citizens safe and in fact will impose unfair and unconstitutional bur-dens upon them. Why? My fellow citizens, it is an opportunity to place “ANOTH-ER BRICK IN THE WALL.” It’s another step on the path which has been a goal for the proponents of gun control for decades… and that goal is a total ban on the pri-vate ownership of firearms. Law abiding citizens need to contact their legislators and tell them that any legislation restricting their 2nd amendment rights is unacceptable. While you’re at it, please add that mentally impaired people should generate a “hit” on the data base. That would be a positive thing.

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Arendahl Lutheran Church....………………………Sundays - 10:30am Highway 30, Peterson, MN 55962 (507) 875-2477Assembly Of God Church.….………………………Sundays - 10:00am 610 Territorial Rd, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-2101Assumption Catholic Church.……..…Fri. - 8:30am & Sat. - 5:00pm 207 N May St, Canton, MN 55922 (507) 743-8320Bethlehem Lutheran Church./.………………………Sundays - 9:00am 200 Kenilworth Ave S, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-3344Calvary Baptist Church.…….…………Sundays - 10:45am & 6:00pm 910 Winona St SE, Chatfield, MN 55923 (507) 867-4686Canton-Scotland Presbyterian Church.....…………Sundays - 9:00am 104 W Fillmore Ave, Canton, MN 55922 (507) 743-2260Chatfield Lutheran Church……………Sundays - 8:00am & 10:00am 304 Fillmore St SE, Chatfield, MN 55923 (507) 867-4721Chatfield United Methodist Christ…………………Sundays - 9:30am 124 Winona St SE, Chatfield, MN 55923 (507) 867-3529Cherry Grove United Methodist...…………………Sundays - 10:00am 18183 160th St, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (Cherry Grove) (507) 937-3177 Christ Lutheran Church...……………………………Sundays - 9:00am 509 Kansas St NW, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765-2161Christian Science Services.…………………………Sundays - 10:00am Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-2251Elstad Lutheran Church...……………………………Sundays - 10:30am 37784 Dogwood Rd, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-3769Emmanuel Episcopal Church....……………………Sundays - 10:00am 217 W Jessie St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-2164Faith United Methodist Church..……Sat. - 5:00pm & Sun. - 9:00am 617 Maple Ln, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-2830Fillmore Free Methodist Church...…Sundays - 8:30am & 10:30am 19127 County 8, Wykoff, MN 55990 (Fillmore) (507) 352-5450First Baptist Church....…………………Sundays - 10:30am & 6:00pm 701 Kasten Drive, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-2840First Baptist Church-Preston.…………Sundays - 10:30am & 7:00pm 108 Chatfield Ave NW, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765-4960First English Lutheran Church.……………………Sundays - 10:00am 217 W Grant St, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-2793First Lutheran Church of Highland.………………Sundays - 10:30am 22423 391st Ave, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-3318First Presbyterian Church..…………………………Sundays - 10:00am 110 S Mill St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-2854Fountain Lutheran....…………………………………Sundays - 9:00am Main Street, Fountain, MN 55939 (507) 268-4413Fountain United Methodist Church...………………Sundays - 8:30am Co. Rd. 8 and Cedar St., Fountain, MN 55939 (507) 268-4456Garness Trinity Lutheran...…………………………Sundays - 11:00am PO Box 88, Mabel, MN 55954 (507) 493-5905

Grace Lutheran Church..……………………………Sundays - 9:00am 365 Park St, Peterson, MN 55962 (507) 875-2218Greenfield Lutheran Church..…………………......Sundays - 9:00am 235 Main Ave S, Harmony, MN 55939 (507) 886-3272Greenleafton Reformed Church..…………………Sundays - 10:00am Highway 9, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765-2546Harmony United Methodist Church..……………..Sundays - 8:30am 60 Main Ave S, Harmony, MN 55939 (507) 886-6851Henrytown Lutheran Church.…………………………Sun. - 10:30am PO Box 103, Harmony, MN 55939 (Henrytown) (507) 886-2425Highland Prairie Lutheran Church.……………….Sundays -9:00am 43267 Bowl Dr, Peterson, MN 55962 (507) 864-2731Historic Lenora United Methodist Church (Special Occassions) Lenora, MN (Rural Canton) (507) 545-2641Immanuel Lutheran Church..………………………Sundays - 9:30am 254 Main St S, Wykoff, MN 55990 (507) 352-2801Lanesboro United Methodist Church..……………Sundays - 8:30am 507 Parkway Ave S, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-2646Mabel First Lutheran Church………………………Sundays - 9:00am 202 N. Oak, P.O. Box 395, Mabel, MN 55954 (507) 493-5293Mabel United Methodist Church..…………………Sundays - 9:30am 111 W Newburg St, Mabel, MN 55954 (507) 493-5296Nativity Catholic Church...Sun. (1 & 2) - 8:45am & (3 & 4) - 10:30am 640 1st Ave SW, Harmony, MN 55939 (507) 886-2393New Life Victory Church……………………………Sundays - 9:30am 440 2nd Avenue Southeast, Harmony, MN 55939 (507) 886-3525Newburg United Methodist Church 3.1 miles N. of Mabel on Hwy. 43; 2.2 miles W. on Co. Rd. 24North Prairie Lutheran.……………………………Sundays - 10:30am 35957 Highway 30, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 875-2460Our Savior’s Lutheran Church.……Sundays - 8:00am & 10:30am 805 S Broadway St, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-7251Pilot Mound Lutheran Church.……………………Sundays - 9:00am 8 miles N. of Lanesboro on 250 then 4 miles W. on Hwy 30 (507) 875-2460Pioneer Presbyterian Church ………………………Sundays - 8:30am 206 Fillmore St NE, Chatfield, MN 55923 (507) 867-4037Preston United Methodist Church ………………Sundays - 10:30am 212 Saint Anthony St N, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765-2503River Of Life Regional Church 220 N Money Creek St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-2853Root Prairie Lutheran Church ……………………Sundays - 10:30am County Rd 11, Fountain, MN 55939 (507) 268-4455Root River Church of the Brethren ………………Sundays - 10:00am 23553 County Rd 20, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765-4772Root River Community Church …………………Sundays - 10:30am 503 Nannestad Lane, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-7074

Rushford Lutheran Church …………………Sun. - 9:00am & 5:30pm 101 S Mill St., Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-7152Saetersdal Lutheran Church.……………………………Sundays - 9am 21447 Co. Rd. 30, Rural Harmony, MN Scheie Lutheran Church..……………………………Sundays - 9:30am PO Box 88, Mabel, MN 55954 (507) 493-5680St Columban Church.……..…………………………Sundays - 9:30am 408 Preston St NW # 2, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765-3886St Ignatius Catholic Church.………………………Sundays - 10:30am 213 W Franklin St, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-7565St John’s Lutheran Church.…………………………Sundays - 9:00am 241 Line St S, Wykoff, MN 55990 (507) 352-2296St Joseph’s Catholic Church.………………………Sundays - 10:00am 103 N Mill St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-2257St Mark’s Lutheran Church...………………………Sundays - 9:00am 104 E North St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-7111St Marys Catholic Church....….......Sat. - 5:00pm & Sun. - 11:00am 405 Twiford St SW, Chatfield, MN 55923 (507) 867-3148St Matthews Episcopal Church..……………………Sundays - 9:30am 100 Fillmore St SE, Chatfield, MN 55923-1219 (507) 867-3707St Matthew’s Lutheran Church..……………………Sundays - 9:00am Harmony, MN 55939 (Granger) (507) 772-4474St Olaf Catholic Church.....Sun. (1 & 2) - 10:30am & (3 & 4) - 8:45am 114 N Locust, Mabel, MN 55954 (507) 493-5268St Patrick’s Church Hall ………………………...…Sundays - 8:00am Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-2480St Paul Lutheran Church..………Sun. - 10:00am & Wed. - 7:00pm 128 Fillmore St SE, Chatfield, MN 55923 (507) 867-4604St Paul’s Lutheran Church...……………………....Sundays - 10:30am Harmony, MN 55939 (Big Springs) (507) 886-8175Sumner Center United Methodist Church.………Sundays - 10:30am 9 miles N. of Spring Valley on Co. Rd. 1 (507) 378-4801The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints-Sundays - 10:00am 21257 US Hwy 52 South Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765-4551Trinity Fellowship ELCA..…………………………Sundays - 10:00am 110 S Mill St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-7211Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church………………Sundays - 8:30am 204 South St, Ostrander, MN 55961 (507) 657-2203Union Prairie Lutheran..……………………………Sundays - 9:00am Hwy 16, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-3363United Methodist Church.…………………………Sundays - 10:30am 236 Gold St S, Wykoff, MN 55990 (507) 352-4136Valley Christian Center…………………………....Sundays - 10:00am 610 Territorial Rd Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-2101Whalan Lutheran Church..…………………………Sundays - 9:00am Lanesboro, MN 55949 (Whalan) (507) 467-2398

Margaret “Peg” Hansen Margaret Hansen, age 88 of Harmony, Minnesota died Sunday, March 31, 2013 at the Lighthouse of Columbia Heights Assisted Liv-ing in Colum-bia Heights, Minnesota. M a r g a -ret was born April 20, 1924 at Preston, M i n n e s o t a to Clarence and Nettie (Sorum) Larson. She married Gordon Hansen Sr. She and her husband owned and operated a shoe and clothing store in Rich-land, Washington. Their son, Gorden, helped them during his summers while he was in the Seminary, later son Jim joined them in the business. In 1996, she and her husband moved to Harmony for their retirement. Margaret is survived by 2 sons, Jim, and Gordon (Nancy) and one grandson. She was preceded in death by her husband Gordon Sr. and daughter-in-law, Laura. Funeral Services were held Thursday, April 4, 2013 at the Greenfield Lutheran Church in Harmony with Pastor Betsy Dartt officiating. Interment fol-lowed in Union Prairie Cem-etery.

Margaret “Peg” Hansen

Charles M. Kimber Charles M. Kimber, age 87, of Canton, Minnesota, and for-merly of the Burr Oak, Iowa area, died Saturday, March 30, 2013 at his home. Charles Milo Kimber was born on September 6, 1925 to Elmer and Alice (Bolson) Kim-ber in Winneshiek County, Iowa. Charles (Chuck) grew up in theBurr Oak area, graduating from Canton High School in 1945. Chuck married Alice Muchow December 22, 1954. They raised 6 children together, sharing their values and love of the land, fish-ing and importance of the simple things in life. If it could be fixed, Chuck would find a way, nothing was wasted. Chuck and Alice farmed together near Burr Oak until retiring, eventually moving to Canton. He continued to fish and “putter” as long as his health would permit, preferring to be outside rather than in. Many evenings and fam-ily gatherings included playing cards and laughing with fam-ily and friends. He spent hours reading, watching PBS and lis-tening to Nascar on the radio. Chuck is survived by his wife Alice, and children Debra Doug-las, Flower Mound, TX; Barb (Brad) Kerns, Canton; MN, Loren Kimber, Waukon, IA; Steve (Jean) Kimber, Cresco, IA; Al Kimber, Wichita, KS; and Linda Kimber, Rochester, MN; 15 grandchildren; as well as 21

great-grandchildren. He was pre-ceded in death by his parents and only brother, Irvin Kimber. Funeral services were Thurs-day, April 4th at the Burr Oak Lutheran Church in Burr Oak with the Rev. Matt Larson offi-ciating. Burial was in the Burr Oak Cemetery.

Harry Arthur Manning Harry Arthur Manning passed away on March 28, 2013; this thoughtful and loving man is sorely missed by his family and friends. Age 72, Harry died at the Zablocki V.A. Medical Center in Mil-waukee due to complications related to ALS, which he was diagnosed with in late December. True to his nature, he faced the disease with quiet courage. The medical center’s nurses, physicians and other staff provided extraordinary care and support during his stay. He is survived by Mary, his loving and spirited wife of nearly 50 years. He is also survived by daughter Wendy (Dan Wieg-mann) Manning, of Bowling Green, Ohio, and son John (Andrea) Steiner-Manning, of St. Paul, Minn.; two granddaugh-ters; sister Lorraine Duffy of

Charles City, Iowa; and other relatives. A resident of Mt. Pleasant, Minn. and Racine, Minn. for decades, Harry was born in Dec-orah, Iowa on Nov. 29, 1940. He was the son of the late Arthur and Hilda (Née: Roberts) Man-ning, who farmed near Kend-alville, Iowa. After graduating from high school in Harmony, Minn., Harry served in the U.S. Army between 1959 and 1962; he was stationed in Korea where he worked in intelligence. Back in the States, he met and married Mary Moe in 1963 and went on to complete his B.A. from Iowa State University. After moving to the Chicago area and then to Racine to work for Walker Man-ufacturing, he completed his M.B.A. from UW-Milwaukee. His marketing career with Walk-er spanned more than 30 years and included a five-year posting with his family in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He also worked as a consultant and adjunct fac-ulty member. Upon retirement, Harry became deeply involved in racing sports cars. With support from his wife and friends, he raced at tracks across the Midwest up until last summer. He won many races and ranked among the top in the region. Other hobbies included travel, gardening and flying four-seater airplanes. His community involvement includ-ed steadfast support for Cove-

nant Presbyterian Church as well as service since 2008 as a Mt. Pleasant trustee. In recent years he cherished time spent with his granddaughters, who appreciate how much he has loved them and helped them grow. A memorial service celebrating Harry’s life was held at Covenant Presbyterian Church on Tues-day, April 2 with Rev. Victoria Millar and Rev. Melanie Ham-mond Clark co-officiating. His remains will be interred in Burr Oak, Iowa at a later date.

Delores Mary Mcbroom Delores Mary McBroom, 90, of Chatfield, Minn. died Sunday, March 31, 2013, at the Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield where she had lived for four and a half years. Delores Mary Lynch was born August 17, 1922, in Chatfield, to Daniel E. and Claire H. (Mana-han) Lynch. She graduated from Chatfield High School in 1940. On Nov 8, 1948, she was united in marriage to William ‘Bill” D. McBroom in Chatfield. Delores was a stay-at-home mom, and homemaker. Bill passed away June 28, 1996. Delores was a member of St. Teresa Division, and St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Chatfield. She enjoyed bingo, her grand-kids, soaps and game shows. Delores is survived by four sons, Larry of Rochester, Minn.;

Harry Arthur Manning

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Bernard ‘Bernie’ William Musty, 91, of Chatfield, Minn. died April 2, 2013, at the Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield. Bernie was born July 28, 1921, in Mazeppa, Minn. to Hubert

and Elizabeth (Hinds) Musty. He attended school through the 8th grade. On Sept. 26, 1945, he married Dorthelda Meyer in Mazeppa. Bernie worked for several farmers in the Mazeppa and Zumbro Falls, Minn. area. The couple moved to Chatfield in 1951. Bernie worked for the Minnesota Highway Depart-ment, where he was a mainte-nance worker. After retirement he worked for Griffin Construc-tion for several years. He was a member of the Eagles Club, the highway union, and St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Chatfield. He loved to do yard work, garden; his produce was shared with many. He and Dorthelda wintered in Florida where they made many new friends. Bernie especially loved his grandchil-dren and great-grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Dorthelda of Chatfield; one daughter, Louise (Ray)

McCready of Cherry Grove, Minn.; four grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and two step-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons, James and Michael; two brothers; and one sister. A funeral service was held Friday, April 5, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Chatfield, with Father Patrick Arens offici-ating. Burial was in Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery in Mazeppa.

Lewis “Louie” Joseph Roessler

Lewis (Louie) Joseph Roessler, 94, of Rochester, Minn. died Saturday, March 30th at Golden Living Center East in Rochester, where he had resided for the past month. He was born March 12, 1919, in Rochester, son of Louis William and Anna Josephine (Solum) Roessler. He attended Rochester Cen-tral High School, where he was captain of the gymnastics team, graduating in 1937. He and several classmates continued to meet for lunch for many years following their 50th reunion. Louie served in the Minnesota National Guard from 1938 to 1942, when he enlisted in the US Army Air Corps as a pilot cadet. He served in the military until 1945. On November 14th, 1942, he married Dolores Dornack of Rochester, in Santa Ana, Cali-fornia. The couple returned to Rochester in 1945, where they resided for the rest of their 70 years of marriage. Louie was a member of Plumber’s Union Local #6 and worked as a plumber for 45 years in the Rochester area. He was employed by Sanitary Plumbing, Rochester Plumbing and Heat-ing, and Himec. Many of his jobs were located at the Mayo Clinic. He was a life-long member of Homestead United Method-ist church, serving as usher and involved in many other church activities. He enjoyed fishing, carpentry, and all types of music. He was a favorite uncle to many nieces and nephews, and was dearly loved by his grandchildren and great grandchildren. Louie was preceded in death by seven siblings. He is survived by his wife, Dolores and a son, Steven (Janene) of Preston, MN; two grand-daughters, and four

great grand-daughters. Memorials are suggested to Homestead United Methodist Church or to a charity of choice.

Robert Henry Siegel Robert Henry Siegel, 91, of Chatfield, Minn., died Tuesday March 26, 2013, at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn. Robert was born Oct. 12, 1921, in Chatfield, to Hugo W. and Clara Mae (Henry) Siegel. He graduated from Chatfield High School in 1939, and graduated from St. Olaf College in 1943, after completing the ROTC training. He played varsity baseball in college as a pitcher. Robert joined the Marine Corp officer training and became a captain. He served in the South Pacific during World War II. He married Virginia Potter Siegel on Dec. 24, 1943. They were mar-ried for 67 years. They lived in Chatfield, Rapid City, S.D. and Blaine, Minn. They returned to Chatfield when Robert retired from Hardy Salt Corporation as a regional sales manager. He had previously worked for Rochester Dairy and National Butter. Robert was a very long term active member of the Chatfield United Methodist Church and the Gideons International. He was a member of the church choir and the Chatfield Ameri-can Legion. He was a very good golfer and worked to create the Chatfield golf course. He loved to garden and especially enjoyed rose gardening. He liked watch-ing the Twins play baseball. He is survived by his four sons, Bill (Claudia) of Rio Ran-cho, N.M.; Jim (Marcia) of Aus-tin, Minn; Jon (Jane) of Bothell, Wash.; and Tom of Jacksonville, Fla.; eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Betty (Dr. Robert) Campion of Lake City, Minn. He was preceeded in death by his wife, parents and a sister. Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 2 at the Chatfield

United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Debra Jen Collum offi-ciating. Military rites were per-formed by the Chatfield Ameri-can Legion, Post #6913. Burial will be at a later date in the Chatfield Cemetery.

Leora Luella Wiemerslage Leora Luella Wiemerslage, age 85, of Mabel, Minn. former-ly of Allamakee County, Iowa died Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at Harmony Healthcare, Harmony, Minn. Leora was born March 1, 1928 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin to Her-man and Minnie (Trebain) King. She was raised in a log cabin in the New Albin and Dorchester, Iowa areas. In 1944 she married Arden Frederick Wiemerslage in Eitzen, Minnesota. Eight chil-dren were born to this union. In 1951 the couple moved to and farmed in the Ogema, Min-nesota area. Arden later passed away in 1974. Leora moved to Mabel in 1986 and has resided there until a short time ago. She enjoyed animals, music, and her family. Leora is survived by eight children Darlene (Doug) Meyer, Joyce Groth, Sharon Dee, Bar-bara Christensen, Bruce Wie-merslage, Jimmie Wiemerslage, Shirley (Steve) Koshatka, and Lorri (Dean) Peterson; fourteen grandchildren; ten great-grand-children; one great-great-grand-son; a sister Ruth Hemeseth and many nieces and nephews. Leora was preceded in death by her husband Arden; parents Herman and Minnie; sister and brother–in-law Evelyn and Alfred Shefelbine; brother and sister-in-law Arnold and Rachel King; grandsons Arnold Chris-tensen and Harold Dee; and son-in-laws David Dee and Dennis Groth. A Celebration of Life for fam-ily and friends was held Fri-day, March 29 at the Mabel First Lutheran Church in Mabel. Burial will be at a later date.

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Third annual boys all-county team(Assisted greatly by Bill Bentson’s Three Rivers Conference Stats)By Paul Trende

1st Team Kole Ruud (5’11” junior G, Lanesboro) Of the Burros three big-scorers (Peterson, Rogers), Ruud was the best, the most difficult to defend. He could do it from deep (68 made 3-pointers at a 40% clip), beat his guy off the dribble and make tough shots in the lane, or get fouled and make a living at the line (76% FT shooter). And that’s why he was the SEC Player of the Year. Averaged just over 22 points per game, which was top three in the SEC. Also averaged 3.4 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 2.4 steals. Scored a season-high 40 (9 three-pointers) against long and athletic 3-Rivers foe Lewiston-Altura. Went over 30 points in a game four times; three came in the final five contests where Kole averaged 31.0 PPG. Went over 20 points in a game 18 times and only once didn’t get to 10. A scorer-de-jour. Helped lead Lanesboro to second place finish in the SEC and a Sub-Section 1A runner-up. All-SEC. Cole Kingsley (5’11” sopho-more G, Rushford-Peterson): When you are the starting PG,

on a team that ties for the con-ference title, goes 28-4, and takes third at state, and you are a threat to notch 10 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and/or 10 steals in a game; you’re something special. On a team of skilled and poised basketball players, Kingsley was probably the best amalgamation of skill, poise, and athleticism. Cole led the Trojans in scoring (10.7 per game), assists (4.8 per game), and steals (3.1 per game). The later two were first and sec-ond in the 3-Rivers conference respectively. Kingsley also snared 3.8 rebounds per game. He shot 55.8% from the field (3rd in the 3-Rivers), and 38.5% from beyond the 3-point arc (5th in the 3-Rivers). Cole was smooth-running efficient engine that drove the R-P machine. 3-Riv-ers All-Conference J a y m e L a P l a n t e (6’3” junior F, Chatfield): The phrases unstoppable and man-child come to mind when discuss-ing LaPlante.

It just took the Gophers roughly half the year to start focusing their offense on the super-athlet-ic 6’3” 215-pounder. Once they did, their team record improved resultantly (6-7 in first 13 games, 9-5 over last 14). Jayme led the 3-Rivers conference in FG per-centage at 61.7 (hence unstop-pable). He was second on his team in scoring (10.8 PPG) and rebounding (6.2 RPG) while also averaging 1.4 steals per game. Over the last half of the year (14 games), he only failed to reach double figures once while scoring a season high 22 points in big wins over R-P and St. Charles. 3-Rivers All-Conference. Erik Peterson (5’8” senior G, Lanesboro): Didn’t have the varied offen-sive game as Ruud, but didn’t neces-sarily need to ‘branch out’. His range was anywhere he could see the 3-point line in front of him. Peterson led the SEC with 71 made trifectas (at a 40% clip). He averaged 15.3 points, 4.2 assists, 3.0 rebounds, and 2.2 steals per game. Dropped a sea-son-high 29 on Spring Grove in their second regular season meet-ing, making 9 of 12 3-pointers; leading the Burros to a key SEC victory. Scored in double figures 22 times in 27 games. Went out playing hard; scored 46 points and grabbed 18 rebounds (he’s 5’8” remember) combined in his last two high school games ver-sus Spring Grove (Sub-Section semis) and R-P (Sub-Section final). Helped lead Lanesboro to a Sub-Section 1A runner-up. All-SEC. Dan Gatzke (6’3” senior F, Fillmore Central): The Falcons end-season record wasn’t impres-sive (7-21). That can’t be put on Gatzke. Dan led FC in scoring (13.6 per game) and rebound-ing (9.3 per game). Both were top 5 in the 3-Rivers conference. He also made 56.3% of his shots, which was #2 in the conference (mini-mum 50 attempts). Could’ve

done more, scoring-wise, if he would’ve shot a little better at the FT line (54 of 113, 48%). Scored in double figures 22 times in 28 games (scored 8 or 9 five of the other six games). Gatzke’s size, athleticism, and strength made him difficult to defend. The Falcons as a team may have been out-manned most nights, but Gatzke rarely was. 3-Rivers AC HM.

2nd Team Nate Skare (6’1” junior G, Chatfield): Led the Gophers in scoring for a second consecutive year (12.7 per game). Was again one of the 3-Rivers conference’s most feared 3-point shooters, connecting on a team leading 56 long-range shots (the second most in the 3-Rivers conference). Also averaged 4.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 1.5 steals per game. 3-Rivers All-Conference Luke Rogers (6’1” junior G/F, Lanesboro): Probably the ‘glue’ guy of Lanesboro’s big three, Rogers’ overall versatility was key to Lanesboro’s successful sea-son. Averaged 18.6 points, 7.7 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 1.4 steals per game while making 39% of his 3-pointers and 77% of his FT’s. Led the Burros with 7 double-doubles. His 56 made 3-pointers was 4th most in the SEC. It gave the Burros three of the top four long-range assassins in the SEC. All-SEC. Charlie Krambeer (6’0” soph-omore G, Rushford-Peterson): His on-court play may not have been as diversified as other team-mates not on this list (O’Hare, Hauge, Thompson), but make no mistake, Krambeer was as much a go-to-guy offensively, as any other Trojan player. Coach Vix routinely set up plays for Krambeer to get open looks from three, and Charlie routinely knocked them down. He hit six three’s in a game four times. Of his 89 made FG’s, 85 were from deep (212 of 224 total attempts were from deep). The attempts and makes both, by far, led

the 3-Rivers, as did his 3-point shooting percentage (40.9). He hit at least one trifecta in all but three games, and ended the year doing so in 18 consecutive contests (hit multiple trifectas 16 times). All that, despite the fact he didn’t play full varsity minutes until the second half of the sea-son. He was a big-time offensive difference-maker for R-P. 3-Riv-ers AC HM. Nick Powell (6’2” junior F, Fillmore Central): Teamed with Gatzke to form one of the most impressive athletic scoring-rebounding duos in the 3-Rivers conference. Powell was second on the Falcons in each category (13.2 PPG, 8.2 RPG), behind Gatzke. Both were top 10 in the 3-Rivers. Led the Falcons with 32 3-pointers made at a 33% clip; could rise up at any time. 3-Rivers AC HM. Marshall Oeltjen (6’1” senior F, Kingsland): If there was one Knight who was steady across the board, it was Oeltjen. The only returning Kingsland player to see much varsity action in 2011-2012, Marshall showed it in 2012-2013. He led the Knights in scoring (9.6 per), rebounding (6.8 per) while hitting 71.3% of his FT’s (2nd on the team). Typ-ically displayed on court poise and toughness.

Others Worth Mentioning Austin O’Hare (6’3” junior G/F, Rushford-Peterson): Aver-aged 10.2 points (2nd on team), 3.7 rebounds, 1.9 steals, and 1.7 assists per game; ‘Spider-man’ O’Hare was quite precise from everywhere (47.7 FG%, 39% 3-point %, 77.6 FT %). Tied for third most three’s made in the 3-Rivers. 3-Rivers All-Conference Jorli Hauge (6’4” junior F, Rushford-Peterson): Averaged 9.2 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.3 steals, and 2.2 assists, shot 48% from the field and 70% from the FT line. Ability to rebound and

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handle the ball (for a big-man) were keys to the Trojans’ suc-cess. One of R-P’s steady, poised, disciplined basketball players. 3-Rivers All-Conference Noah Manning (6’0” junior G, Mabel-Canton): Averaged 10.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.4 assists, and 2.1 steals per game for the Cougars. Came close to registering a triple double on a couple of occasions (18 pts, 14 rebs, 7 assists at Houston; 10 pts, 12 rebs, 8 assists at Hope Lutheran). He was M-C’s most versatile, most complete player. All-SEC.

Jake Neis (5’9” junior G, Chatfield): Was second to King-sley in the 3-Rivers with 4.75 assists per game. Also averaged 8 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.8 steals per game. His 29 points versus Southland was the most by any Gopher in 2012-2013. 3-Rivers AC HM. Seth Thompson (6’1” junior G, Rushford-Peterson): Anoth-er one of the Trojans’ steady, poised, and disciplined basket-ball players, Thompson finished the season averaging 8.3 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.2 steals, and 2.6 assists per game, but was huge in the play-offs with his three best games (29, 19, and 20) of the season. All state Class A Tourna-

ment team. 3-Rivers AC HM. Alex Vix (5’10” sophomore G, Rushford-Peterson): Averaged 7.1 PPG, 2 SPG. 3-Rivers AC HM. Justin Ward (5’10” junior F, Mabel-Canton): Averaged 11.9 PPG. SEC AC HM. Isaac Freese (6’2” senior F/C, Lanesboro): Was second in SEC with 9.0 RPG. SEC AC HM.

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Chatfield > Jared Goldsmith (sophomore, 106); Hank Frie-derichs (junior, 120); A.J. Riley (junior, 126); Harvey Frieder-ichs (junior, 132); Alex Haff-ner (junior, 138); Ryan Meeker (sophomore, 145); Cody Bly

(170, junior); Justin Viss (195, senior). FCLMC > Niko Anderson (170, junior) GMLOK > Blake Olson (132, sophomore); Lucas Roe (152, senior); Wyatt Richardson (182, sophomore), Blake Benson (195, 8th grader). LARP > Tucker Speltz (152, senior); Jordan Theede (160, junior); Nick Hoff (170, junior); Greg Johnson (182, senior); Evan Bain (285, senior).

Track and Field 03-25 > Lewiston-Altura Early Bird Indoor Meet at St. Mary’s (Kingsland and LFCMC’s girls competed, Kingsland, LFCMC, and Chatfield’s boys competed

(no team scoring). On the girl’s side, Kingsland’s Lacey Schwartz (1st 55-meters, 4th 200-meters) and Marissa Bornholdt (3rd 55-meters, 3rd Pole Vault) stood out. LFCMC’s 4x400 and 4x800 teams took 1st and 2nd. On the boy’s side of things, King-sland’s DeAngilo Funches (2nd 400-meters, 2nd Long Jump. 3rd 55-meters) and Chatfield’s Jayme LaPlante (1st Shot Put, 2nd 200-meters, 6th 55-meters) stood out. Chris Collett (LFCMC) won the 800-meters. LFCMC’s 4x400 team took 1st, their 1,600 sprint medley squad 2nd. Alex Haffner (CHAT) took 2nd at the 55-meter hurdles. The Gopher 4x800 team took 2nd).

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MinnEAPOLiS/ST. PAuL, Mn The Minnesota State High School Clay Target League (MSH-SCTL) announced that 114 high school teams representing 195 schools and 3,400 student athletes are participating in the 2013 spring season. Led by the support of their schools and hundreds of volunteer coaches, thousands of student ath-letes will be trapshooting weekly in April and May at shooting ranges throughout Minnesota. “This is the fifth consecutive year that the league has doubled in teams, schools and athlete num-bers,” said Jim Sable, Executive Director of the MSHSCTL. “in 2012, there were 57 teams and 1,500 student athletes participat-ing. With this kind of growth, trapshooting continues to be Min-nesota’s fastest growing high school sport.” MSHSCTL’s program attracts student athletes to participate in shooting sports while creating a “virtual” competition among high schools throughout Minnesota. Shooting practices and competi-tion are conducted at a shooting range near the school’s location. A true team scoring system is used in three shooting performance catego-ries – top score, top 50 percent per-former’s average score and overall team average score. The number of athletes on a team are used to define the conferences that teams compete within. Scores are submitted and

compared with other school’s per-formances to determine the earned points for a team and then posted on the League’s website. The season culminates with the State Tourna-ment at Alexandria Shooting Park in Alexandria, Minnesota on June 7-9, 2013 where individual and team champions will be deter-mined and recognized. On December 6, 2012, the Min-nesota State High School League approved a presenting partner state tournament with the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League for June 2014. “Trapshoot-ing will be recognized as a sport like all other high school sports,” Sable said, “thus making Min-nesota the first state high school athletic association in America to host a sanctioned high school trap-shooting state tournament.” The Minnesota State High School Clay Target League is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and the independent provider of shooting sports as an extra curricu-lar coed activity to high schools for students in grades six through 12 who have earned their Firearms Safety Certification. The Minne-sota State High School Clay Target League has three priorities – safety, fun and marksmanship – in that order. For more information about the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League, visit www.mnclay-target.com.

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the top priorities of the 2013 legislative session, according to State Representative Greg Davids (R-Preston) is creating jobs for unemployed Minnesotans. A proposal that would help build a Destination Medical Center for the Mayo Clinic, and create 40,000 jobs, is arguably the biggest jobs bill before the legislature this year. Yet Davids said there are two things stand-ing in the way of this progress: a skeptical Democratic leadership team in the Minnesota House and a timid Governor Dayton. “Despite the fact the Mayo’s plan has bipartisan support, Democratic leadership is becom-ing a roadblock to this proposal and Governor Dayton seems content to just stand on the sidelines and watch the action,” Davids said. “Right now we need a governor that will come in and twist some arms and tell members of his party to get in line because Mayo’s proposal is critical. instead he’s content to tell the press he wants the plan

but is doing nothing behind the scenes to get it done.” Mayo Clinic plans to invest more than $3 billion of Mayo private capital in Minnesota to expand the needed buildings and facilities throughout Rochester. This plan will require about $2.1 billion in additional private investments to support patient/visitor and employee demand for more lodging, housing, retail, hospitality, recreation and other enhancements. no state dollars would be dedicated to the Mayo Clinic. Davids said the Destination Medical Center plan represents one of the largest economic development initiatives in the country and will deliver sig-nificant benefits to Minnesota, including thousands of new jobs and billions in new tax reve-nues. The proposal is currently being heard in the Minnesota House Taxes Committee, where Davids is the Republican Lead. He added that the Democratic chairwoman of the committee

and several of her DFL col-leagues are likely to oppose the plan, meaning it could die in the committee unless there is enough pressure from the public and from Governor Daytonto approve it. “This project would be a great economic asset for our region and for all of Minnesota,” Davids said. “The City of Rochester and every surrounding commu-nity want this project to move forward, and from my perspec-tive, the state’s investment comes with minimal risks.” “With a Democratic governor and a Democratic legislature, there is little doubt which politi-cal party controls the fate of this proposal,” Davids continued. “So far, i have been extremely disappointed with the lack of urgency, and the lack of leader-ship, shown by a tepid Governor Dayton and legislative leaders on this issue. Actions speak louder than words, and their inaction tells Minnesotans they really don’t seem to care if 40,000 jobs disappear on their watch.”

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SAinT PAuL, Mn - Abby Stocker, of Peterson, Minn., was one of five students rep-resenting Bethel university at the recent “Making Literature” conference at Taylor univer-sity, in upland, ind. Stocker won the Phillip Christopher Schrun Prize for Literary Anal-ysis for her paper “Text as Shaper of Worship: ‘O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing.’” The award was one of just two prizes given at the conference and the only prize awarded for scholarly work. One of the judges for the prize was Hal Bush, a conference key-note speaker and well-known American literature scholar at St. Louis university. “Making Literature” is Taylor universi-ty’s biennial literary conference for undergraduates. Students

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impacts. The Rein expansion should be part of the whole study, the EIS. She encouraged them to consider, “Is there the potential for significant environ-mental impact?” Kemp insisted it would be more efficient to order an EIS for the Rein expan-sion and request the EQB to add it to the Minnesota Sands EIS. Vern Crowson, Pilot Mound Township, said he agreed with those who spoke before him and encouraged further study to be done up front. Eliza Mitchell, Lanesboro, expressed suspicion as to why the Rein expansion would not want to be included in a group EIS. Jane Peck, Carrolton Town-ship, stated she had attended the EQB meeting when they agreed to be the regulatory government unit for the Minnesota Sands EIS. The EQB members kept repeating they have not done enough study, detailing eight categories. Peck encouraged the county board to let the research be completed and include the Rein expansion in the EIS. Pete Keith, Holt Township, suggested it was logical to include the Rein expansion with the others in the EIS study. David Webb, Lanesboro, start-ed saying he was a medical doc-tor. He said he was not taking

20 agreed to act as the regulatory governmental unit for that EIS. Minnesota Sands has proposed to operate at four mining sites in Pilot Mound Township, two nearby in Winona County and one in Houston County. The sites are in relatively close prox-imity. Catherine Glynn, Lanesboro, spoke for herself and Adrienne Sweeney asking that an EIS be required for the Rein Quarry. She ended saying the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency shares this belief. Glynn said she loves this place (Fillmore County) that she didn’t know existed growing up in the “cities.” Bill Swanson, Lanesboro, complimented the Sand Com-mittee and the board for the great job they did, producing a tough ordinance. He felt all the mines should be treated the same and be required to com-plete an EIS. Emily Spende, Lanesboro, agreed. Loni Kemp, Canton, asked that all the commissioners take the time to read all of the com-ments on the Rein Environ-mental Assessment Worksheet (EAW). She insisted there are tons of remaining questions on water, air, and transportation

sides, but encouraged research from a pro health perspective. Webb said the risk of exposure to non visible particulate matter so small it gets deep into the lungs like a gas needs to be studied. After the sand is processed, the material that is excluded is like hazardous waste as the larger, usable particles have been sepa-rated. He said an EIS is neces-sary and a continual monitoring process is needed. Karen Swanson, Lanesboro, maintained she strongly recom-mends an EIS for the Rein Quar-ry.

Zoning A resolution was unanimously approved to issue a Conditional Use Permit to Stantec Consulting on behalf of Fillmore County for the proposed Southeastern Min-nesota State Veterans Cemetery as recommended by the Plan-ning Commission. The county owns the 176 acre site located in Carrolton Township just off Highway 52 east of Preston. Commissioner Chuck Amunrud suggested they should begin the process to be ready to transfer the property over to Veterans Affairs. Bakke said they should get ready for the transfer, but don’t transfer the property until after funding comes through from the federal government. They should make sure the surveyed boundary is

correct. A CUP was approved as rec-ommended by the Planning Commission for an Amish school house in Amherst Town-ship, Section 13. The school house will be located on the property of Andy and Esther Gingerich. Initially, 6 or 7 stu-dents are expected, at a later date up to 20.

Other Business In Brief •SheriffDarylJensensaidFill-more County will participate in the National Take Back Initiative for prescription drug collections on April 27 from 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be no direct cost to citizens. Drugs will be col-lected at five locations: Chatfield City Hall, Mabel Community Center, Sheriff’s Department in Preston, Rushford Police Depart-ment, and Spring Valley Fire Hall. Collections are for expired, unused, unneeded prescription drugs. Commissioner Tom Kaase noted that illicit drugs can also be turned in, no questions asked. Disposal is paid for by the Drug Enforcement Adminis-tration (DEA). •David Kiehne, Recorder,received approval for a web based city plat search upgrade by Pro West for a one time payment of $1,950. There eventually will be a free link on the website for people to access all plats. It

could be late summer before this service to the public will be avail-able as it will take some time to copy all the plats. •The right of way plat forCSAH 5 from county road 118 to Highway 16 was approved. Commissioners were concerned about encroachment into the right of way along tillable agri-cultural land. They asked Coun-ty Engineer Ron Gregg about marking the right of way bound-ary. Gregg suggested fiberglass stakes with RW on them could be placed at distances that would allow the farmer to see one from another. He added markers may not need to be placed until there is a violation. •Gregg said they expect theHighway Administration Build-ing remodel to be completed by April 12, after which furniture will be installed. They plan to move in about April 22. •A resolutionwas adopted toencourage the state legislature to pass and the Governor to sign a bill to bring adequate funding to Minnesota’s transportation sys-tem. Increasingly, counties have had to rely on property tax to maintain roads and bridges. •April was proclaimed asNational County Government Month. “Smart Justice: Creat-ing Safer Communities” is the theme.

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Chat it up The other day, Duane Gilbert-son, owner of Duane Gilbertson Construction, joined me for lunch at Chat-N-Chew in Lanesboro. The owner, Roger Baker, was tak-ing care of business that day, so he stopped by our table to take our order. While there was an exten-sive menu, the daily special caught my attention. Hamburger and elk burger were the options. So, I asked Roger what was the

difference between an elk burger and a hamburger. He said the elk burger was healthier for me, but also a little drier than a ham-burger. Well, as a man of adventure, I couldn’t resist, so I ordered the elk burger and Duane went the other direction and ordered the hamburger. Another couple walked in the door, and the conversations start-ed flowing regarding “the good ole

Real Bites By Jason Sethre

The elk burger gives patrons a healthy option at Chat-N-Chew in Lanesboro. Photo by Jason Sethre

days” in Lanesboro when police officers gave people a ride home from the bars. It was a perfect set-ting for catching up on what was happening in town, along with a little reminiscing about how things used to be back in the day. When I’ve delivered the Fillmore County Journal to rack locations in Lanesboro on Saturday morn-ings, I’ve always seen a packed house at Chat-N-Chew. As Roger said, it’s usually the same crowd every morning. People come in to catch up on the happenings of the area, and probably talk politics -- state and national. I’m sure you’d find some wholesome, common sense opinions if you visited any given morning at Chat-N-Chew. If only we can get these ideas in the heads of some of our politi-

cians. Maybe they should spend some time at Chat-N-Chew! Well, our food arrived, and the elk burger along with my fries were fantastic. I had never had an elk burger before, so this was

a first. Yes, Roger runs a great restaurant that gives you a “down home” feel. Every town needs that, and Lanesboro has that with Chat-N-Chew.

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Access to the cemetery off Highway 52 will be on the same driveway as the MnDot District 6 Preston Truck Station. The cemetery will be devel-oped in phases, the first phase involving about 26 acres. Over 37,000 in-ground burial sites are planned. The full completion of the cemetery is anticipated to take 40 years. There was no comment from the townships or the public dur-ing the public hearing. It was noted that Preston Mayor Kurt Reicks was in favor of approv-ing the CUP. Chairman Gary Ruskell commented that it will be a great project for the area and that we are fortunate the county had the land. Duane Bakke noted that it has been in the works for about six years. He added that approval is in the end stages, as we are now waiting for approval from Washington D.C. Bakke said there are plans for 3,000 preset vaults and about

300 burials are expected per year. There also will be a large area designed to inter cremated remains. The CUP was approved unanimously and will be sent on to the county board.

Amish School House Andy and Esther Gingerich, Section 13 Amherst Township, applied for a CUP to build a 24 foot by 36 foot school house with a basement walkout and a 14 foot by 24 foot horse barn. There was no comment from the township or the public at the hearing. There had been com-munication before the meeting asking about a septic and con-cern about hunting in a nearby wooded area. Gingerich said they plan to build a fence around the school ground area. They are planning a portable outhouse with a concrete pit beneath. Access to the school house will be off the Gingerich driveway. The CUP was approved and will be sent on to the county board.

PLANNINGContinued from Page 1

ing for studying the site and design which will be reimbursed when a federal grant is approved. The value of the land is not reim-bursable. Completion of construction documents and competitive bid-ding is expected to be done this spring. Initial construction is expected by the summer of 2014.

“The proposed facility will be a unique, dramatic and expansive State Veterans Cemetery.” The cemetery “will result in the development of approxi-mately 58 of the overall 176 acre cemetery site at the completion of the final future phase.” One-hundred and eighteen acres will be preserved in a natural condi-tion. On the eastern boundary there is the Harmony-Preston Valley State Trail. In the future a pedes-trian path may connect the trail to the cemetery.

With the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War (2011-2015) still in swing, all four 2013 fundraising programs at the Fillmore County History Center feature Civil War themes. We kick off our slate of events on April 27th when musician and storyteller, Bob Welch, brings us his widely acclaimed “Songs of the Civil War” program at 1pm. Accompanied on banjo and gui-tar, Welch performs music of the period while sharing stories about the background of these familiar songs. Program is spon-sored by F & M Community Bank of Preston. Generals Custer, Grant, and Stuart join us for a phenomenally historical evening on June 13th. Three illustrious top brass from the Civil War past are on their way to Wasioja Civil War Days and have graciously accepted our invitation of staying a night in Fillmore County en route. We’ll be proudly hosting “Dinner with the Generals” at 7pm under a canopy on the history center lawn followed by a mock press conference. Master of Ceremo-nies for events is another Ameri-can legend, author Mark Twain. The dinner is advance-sale tickets only with limited RSVP seating. Dinner tickets are $25 each for a delicious catered meal from the Branding Iron in Preston.

Menu: Grilled chicken, fruit, baked potatoes, green beans, dinner rolls, and dessert. The mock press conference is free and open to the public. On July 20th, direct from his-toric Fort Snelling in St. Paul, distinguished doctor and Civil War veteran Dr. Daniel Hand, of the First Minnesota Infantry, pays us a house call. Hand cared for sick and wounded sol-diers throughout the war, and survived a Confederate prison camp. The good doctor shares his war time experiences and tells how events on Civil War battlefields forever changed the practice of medicine. Pro-gram is sponsored by Security State Bank and Essig Agency of Spring Valley. Looking ahead to our annu-al society meeting on October 19th at 1pm, our special guest is American military historian Michael Eckers. His program “Bringing Home the Battles of 1863” is sponsored by First Southeast Bank of Harmony. The Fillmore County Histori-cal Society thanks our spon-sors for supporting historical programming. We are extreme-ly grateful to each sponsor for making these events hap-pen through their generous financial support. We look for-ward to continuing these part-nerships in the future.

Greetings from the Fillmore County History Center

This summer, all children ages birth to 18, REGARDLESS of income level, will be able to eat FREE breakfasts and lunches at school Mondays thru Fridays dur-ing designated serving times. Summer meals will be served as follows: Breakfast from 8:00am-9:00am; Lunch from 11:00am-1:00pm; Mondays thru Fridays running June 3rd thru August 30th. No lunch served on Thurs-day, July 4th, Friday, July 5th and the week of July 29th – August 2nd. ADULTS may also eat these meals, but will be charged a small fee. (Adult breakfasts are $2.40 and adult lunches are $3.55). In fact, adults are encouraged to join their children for meals when pos-sible! Please contact Food Service Director Joyce Miller at 507-864-7785 ext 1124 for further infor-mation. To read summer menus, go to www.r-pschools.com and click on “Lunch Menus” on the

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left side of the page. In accordance with federal law and U. S. Department of Agricul-ture policy, the institution is prohib-ited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. To file a complaint, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Ave-nue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call 1.800.795.3272 (voice) or 1.202.720.6382 (TTY). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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“I have proudly grown up in Preston the majority of my life and

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Family MattersSarah and her husband Nick are parents of two beautiful children, KayLeigh (5 1/2) and Treyton (4) and are excited that this July they will be adding another baby to their family. Sarah’s favorite pastimes are being with family and friends, and enjoying the warm outdoors in every way possible.

Sarah isn’t shy in offering her lending hand in local activities

She is currently serving her second year on the Preston Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and was recently elected as the PACC President, becoming the youngest President of the organization.

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SEMAC awards Arts Grants On March 19, 2013, the Board of Directors of the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council, Inc. (SEMAC) awarded 46 grants for a total of $183,305 in fund-ing to applicants throughout southeastern Minnesota. This included twenty-three McK-night Individual Artist Grants for $99,305, nineteen General Operating Support Grants to arts organizations for $76,000, and four Artists in Education Grants for $8,000. SEMAC is the State Arts Board-designated granting authority for local/regional arts producing and sponsoring orga-nizations and disburses funds allocated for this purpose by the Minnesota State Legislature. The SEMAC region includes the counties of Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona. Grants were awarded to each of the following individuals and organizations, listed by county:

Fillmore County •Courtney Bergey received

a $2,500 McKnight Emerging Artist grant for Of the Earth. •ColumcilleDriscoll receiveda $2,500 McKnight Emerging Artist grant for Painting Plays. •Nancy Huisenga received a$5,000 McKnight Established Artist grant for Breakfast at the Habberstad House. •Barbara Keith received a$4,950 McKnight Established Artist grant for Glass Enamels into Mosaics. •JonLagingreceiveda$4,910McKnight Established Artist grant for Jacob said and thenSarah said. •Slim Maroushek received a$4,975 McKnight Established Artist grant to Wood Carve a 5’ Austrian Bass Fiddle Player. •Fillmore Central Schoolsreceived a $2,000 Artists in Education grant for Big Band Bash Artist in Residence 2013. •Southeast Minnesota Blue-grass Association received a $4,000 General Operating Sup-port grant for administrative operations.

Freeborn County

•Teresa Kauffmann receiveda $2,500 McKnight Emerging Artist grant for Light Painting. •Albert Lea Art Centerreceived a $4,000 General Oper-ating Support grant for provide visual arts opportunities. •AlbertLeaCommunityThe-atre received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for support new management of the theatre building.

Goodhue County •Lauren Pelon received a$5,000 McKnight Established ArtistgrantforEarthTones. •Cannon Falls High Schoolreceived a $2,000 Artists in Education grant for Brass Day with the Copper Street Brass Quintet. •RedDragonflyPressreceiveda $4,000 General Operating Support grant to launch two new publication series.

Houston County •Sara Lubinski received a$5,000 McKnight Established Artist grant for River Sojourn: A Painter’s Portfolio of the Missis-sippi River Blufflands. •Bluff Country Artist’s Gal-lery received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant for rental of gallery space.

Mower County •KeithCichreceiveda$5,000McKnight Established Art-ist grant for Reexamining the DakotaConflict. •Austin Symphony Orches-tra received a $4,000 General Operating Support grant to pay a portion of the business coordi-nator’s salary.

Olmsted County •Bernadine Jax received a$2,500 McKnight Emerging Artist grant for Use of Mandala as Art Form for Healing Mind Body & Spirit. •Katie Hae Leo received a$4,530 McKnight Established ArtistgrantforTravelandWrit-ing Support. •Claire Targonski received a$5,000 McKnight Established Artist grant for Memorial Por-traits. •Children’s Dance Theatrereceived a $4,000 General Oper-ating Support grant for adminis-trativestaffcosts. •NorthlandWords received a$4,000 General Operating Sup-port grant to hire an administra-tive assistant. •Rochester Arts Councilreceived a $4,000 General Oper-ating Support grant for standard administrative costs. •Rochester Chamber MusicSociety received a $4,000 Gen-eral Operating Support grant for salary and administrative expenses. •Rochester Dance Companyreceived a $4,000 General Oper-

ating Support grant for artistic staff teaching costs and rentalfees. •Rochester Male Chorusreceived a $4,000 General Oper-ating Support grant for compen-sation of executive director. •RochesterRepertoryTheatrereceived a $4,000 General Oper-ating Support grant for salaries forpart-timestaffandhonorariaforartisticstaff. •Sing Out Loud received a$4,000 General Operating Sup-port grant for support two com-munity youth choirs. •Southeastern MinnesotaYouth Orchestras received a $4,000 General Operating Sup-port grant for conductors and sectional coaches.

Rice County •Kathleen Miller received a$4,980 McKnight Established Artist grant for Visual Explora-tions - A Voyage of Discovery. •Jorge Ponticus received a$4,960 McKnight Established Artist grant for Life and Work of Local Farmers. •Leanne Stremcha received a$5,000 McKnight Established Artist grant for New Body ofContemporaryJewelry. •LockwoodTheatreCompanyreceived a $4,000 General Oper-ating Support grant for royalties, rent, publicity and stipends. •Northfield Youth Choirsreceived a $4,000 General Oper-ating Support grant for expan-sion of collaborations with area ensembles.

Steele County •New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Elementary School received a $2,000 Artists in Education grant for Brass Day with the Copper Street Brass Quintet. •Scott Roberts received a$5,000 McKnight Established Artist grant for Children’s book

madebyphotographingclayfig-urines; written, developed and photographed by Scott. •ChristinaSpencer receiveda$5,000 McKnight Established ArtistgrantforCreativelyNest-ing.

Wabasha County •Lake City Music Boostersreceived a $4,000 General Oper-ating Support grant to hire a color guard instructor, marching band festival and jazz festivals.

Winona County •Michael Larson received a$5,000 McKnight Established Artist grant for Thirty Streams inNinetyDays. •BernadetteMahfoodreceiveda $5,000 McKnight Established Artist grant for Pollinators in Glass. •Alma Onate Palominoreceived a $2,500 McKnight EmergingArtistgrantforTradi-tional Mexican Crochet. •Jamie Schell received a$5,000 McKnight Established Artist grant for Krenovian Exploration, the Art of Making Fine Furniture. •Cha Neng Vang receiveda $2,500 McKnight Emerg-ing Artist grant for TraditionalHmong Knives. •Frozen River Film Festivalreceived a $4,000 General Oper-ating Support grant for adminis-trative support to include attend-ingTellurideMountainfilm. •Winona Public Schoolsreceived a $2,000 Artists in Education grant for Shakespeare in the Schools. For information about the grant application process, eligi-bility, or grant writing assistance, contact the SEMAC office at 2778 D Commerce Dr NW,Rochester, MN 55901 or call507-281-4848. Information may also be found on our Web site at www.semac.org.

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Monday, April 8, 2013 | 6:00-8:15 pm Preston, F&M Bank Community Room

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 | 6:00-8:15 pm Spring Valley Ambulance Building,

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Saturday, April 20, 2013 | 1:00-3:15 pm Houston Nature Center

Free meal or snacks served. Door prizes. Pre-registration preferred but not required.

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This is one of six conversations for community-inspired problem solving supported by a grant from the Meadowlark Institute funded by In Commons and funding from Minnesota’s Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment.

We’re gathering this spring for respectful citizen-led conversations about our water.

Join the Citizen Conversation These conversations for community-inspired problem solving are supported by a grant from the Meadowlark Institute funded by In Commons and funding from Minnesota’s Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment.

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By Karla Bloem A white, fuzzy, wobbly head reaches upwards through a fluffy curtain of feathers to be met by a tiny bit of a pocket gopher, gently rubbed against its beak. Iris, the tiny owlet’s mother, utters quiet chitters of encour-agement to the day-old owlet as it grabs the tidbit and swallows, eyes still tightly shut. Iris the Great Horned Owl can’t see out of her right eye due to a puncture to her eye that occurred around 2006. Rusty,

her mate, is also blind in his right eye after being hit by a car around 2007. Their lack of binocular vision prevents them from being able to hunt well enough to live in the wild, so they live in captivity in rural Houston, Minnesota as part of a vocal study on their spe-cies being conducted by Karla Bloem. Bloem is the Director/Natu-ralist of the Houston Nature Center, Coordinator of the International Festival of Owls,

Houston, we have owlets! and the new Executive Director of the up-and-coming Interna-tional Owl Center. She has been studying Great Horned Owl vocalizations since 2004, thanks to her education owl Alice and the wild owls that frequent her yard. Rusty and Iris are giving a new level of insight into Great Horned Owl behavior and vocalizations not otherwise pos-sible with wild owls. They live in a large breeding and release training complex that is 96 feet long and outfitted with six secu-rity cameras and microphones. This allows Bloem to watch

Rusty, Iris, and owlets without them knowing they are being watched. It also allows anyone in the world with an internet connection to view them too. Bloem hopes that viewers will not only enjoy watching the owls raise their young and learn something along the way, but that viewers will submit obser-vations of interesting behaviors and vocalizations to help her with her study. Owlet number one hatched on March 15 with owlet num-ber two due Monday, March 18 and number three expected Thursday, March 21. The eggs

were laid on February 10, 13, and 16 and require 33 days of incubation before hatching. The owlets will eventually be given names and leg bands. Once they have developed their full territorial hoots they will be released to the wild. You can watch the live video feeds at www.internationalowl-center.org: click on “Rusty and Iris Cam” on the left. You can find video and photo highlights on the blog at www.alicetheowl.blogspot.com and on Alice’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/AliceTheGreatHorne-dOwl.

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Jewelry designer and gold-smith Liz Bucheit of Lanesboro, MN was awarded first place in the Bridal Wear Category of the Women’s Jewelry Association’s “Dazzle Diva” Design Competi-tion. Bucheit received her award at the Women’s Jewelry Asso-ciation Spring Gala Event held March 7, 2013 at the prestigious Harmonie Club in New York City. The Women’s Jewelry Asso-ciation, founded in 1983, is the preeminent association of pro-fessional women in the jewelry, watch and related businesses. WJA, which operates through the national office in New York, comprises a network of 12 region-al chapters and an international affiliate in India. WJA hosts an annual “Diva Design” competi-tion for jewelers and designers with a different theme each year. Bucheit placed first in the

Bridal Wear Category for her “Queen for a Day” bridal tiara hand- fabricated from sterling sil-ver wire, hand-cut drusey quartz leaves and black and white pearls. As a winner Bucheit was awarded an expense paid trip to New York, a trophy and additional prize money. Liz Bucheit is the owner of Crown Trout Jewelers in Lanesboro, MN. Contact Liz at: 612-756-2908 www.crown-trout.com

Jewelry Designer Liz Bucheit Receives “Dazzle Diva” Award at the Women’s Jewelry Association Spring Gala Event in New York City The National Weather Service

(NWS) will be holding a SKY-WARN Severe Weather Spotter Training class in Mabel, MN on Monday, April 22nd. The train-ing will be held at the Mabel Canton Public School starting at 6:30 p.m. The class will last around 2 hours and includes a multimedia presentation. Training is intended for storm spotters or potential storm spotters, but is open to the public and free of charge. A review of significant weather that hit the region in 2011 and 2012 will be included. The NWS relies heavily on actual storm reports from “spot-

ters”, which can include sheriff’s departments, local emergency management officials, police and fire departments, amateur radio operators, or anyone else that has attended one of these classes. These reports can prompt warn-ings that save lives, which has been proven many times through the years when severe weather strikes. Todd Shea, Warning Coordi-nation Meteorologist with the weather service in La Crosse, Wisconsin organizes the training each year and encourages large groups and active volunteers. “Accurate and timely reports of severe weather, by trained indi-

Storm spotter training offered by National Weather Service

viduals, not only helps our office, but can save lives in the local community. We always need more eyes to the sky.” Fillmore County, as well as other areas of southeast Minne-sota, always needs more “ground-truth” weather reports to pass along to the National Weather Service. Again, training is Mon-day, April 22nd in Mabel, MN starting at 6:30 p.m. Pre-registra-tion is not needed. For further questions, you can contact Fillmore County Emergency Management or the National Weather Service at: Todd Shea, WCM, National Weather Service, N2788 County Road FA, La Crosse, WI 54601. The service has a home page on the Internet: www.weather.gov/lacrosse. Todd’s E-mail address is: todd.shea@noaa.gov

The Rushford Community Foundation is seeking proposals for projects or programs that fit the foundation’s grantmaking pri-orities. The foundation supports new and innovative projects or programs that improve the qual-ity of life and build on existing strengths of an organization or the community. The foundation’s

current priority areas are as fol-lows: education, arts & culture, civic & community improvement and human services. Specifically this year, the foundation’s Board of Directors is interested in pro-posals related to meeting any remaining community develop-ment needs that are a result of the 2007 Flood.

Rushford Community Foundation seeking proposals for grants

More information and grant applications can be found at www.rushfordcommunityfoundation.com under the Grantmaking page or by e-mailing jenhengel@gmail.com. Grants are reviewed on a quarterly basis by the foun-dation’s Board of Directors. The next quarterly review will occur in late May, so grant applications must be received by May 10.

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Are you or a family member at risk for developing diabetes or do you have diabetes and could benefit from a refresher course on how to manage your blood sugar? Winona Health’s Living with Diabetes or Pre-diabetes program is for you. Facilitated by certified diabe-tes educators, Jill O’Donnell, RN, CDE, and Sue Haug, RD, LD, CDE, this new program

is offered at Rushford Clinic, 109 W. Jessie Street, begin-ning Thursday, April 18. The four-week program meets con-secutive Thursdays, from 1 – 2 p.m., April 18 through May 9. Attendees will learn: •Whatlabvaluesmean •How health risks progressto diabetes •Tips for weight control,nutrition and meal planning

•About various medicationsand how they are used •The many hidden benefitsof activity Living with Diabetes or Pre-diabetes is for people who: •haveafamilymemberwithdiabetes and want to learn how to help •have pre-diabetes symp-toms •are at risk for developing

diabetes such as: -Abnormal glucose labora-tory results -Excess body weight (espe-cially around the waist) -Low HDL cholesterol and/or high triglycerides -High blood pressure Winona Health offers this program at Rushford Clinic via telemedicine, a videocon-ferencing system.

Living with Diabetes or Pre-diabetes: new four-week program Registration is required and space is limited to 15 attend-ees. Cost is $50 per person and registered participants can bring one guest at no charge. For more information and to register, call Winona Health telemedicine coordinator, Jenel-le O’Donnell, at 507.457.7624, or email jeodonnell@winona-health.org. If you would like to register for the program but you feel you cannot afford it, please let us know when you call.

LANESbORO, MN - Wal-ter bradley, FIC, Lanesboro, a financial associate with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, has qual-ified for the Sierra level confer-ence by providing financial guid-ance and solutions to members of the organization in 2012. Out of nearly 2,300 Thrivent Finan-cial representatives nationwide, 700 individuals qualified for this honor. bradley is with Thrivent Finan-cial’sTwoRiversRegionalFinan-cial Office, and serves Luther-ans and their family members in Lanesboro and surrounding communities. bradley will be recognized by his peers from across the coun-try at Thrivent Financials annual conference. bradley has been with

Thrivent Financial for 12 years. About Thrivent Financial for

Lutherans Thrivent Financial for Luther-ans is a faith-based, Fortune 500 financial services membership organization helping its nearly 2.5 million members to be wise with money and to live generous lives. Thrivent Financial and its affiliates offer a broad range of financial products and services. As a not-for-profit organization, Thrivent Financial joins with its members to create and support national outreach programs and activities that help congregations, schools, charitable organizations and individuals in need. For more information, visit Thrivent.com. Also, you can find us on Facebook andTwitter.

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For inspiration and fellow-ship come to Chatfield Luther-an Church for the ELCA Women’s Spring Gathering of the Root River Conference on Saturday, April 13. Our theme is God’s Spirit from I Corithi-ans 3:16 “Surely you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?”

Pastor Ann Sieverling of Good Sheperd Lutheran in Rochester is our presenter. An offering will be taken for the benefit of the Fillmore, Hous-ton and Winona Food Shelves, Winona Campus Ministry and Good Earth Village. Program starts at 9am. Regis-tration at door. Cost is $10 and

includes noon lunch. Church is located one block east of stoplight in Chatfield. Visit the book display from Master’s Touch of Decorah, IA. Comeand see the Pillowcase Dress and other displays at the gath-ering. All interested person are welcome to attend.

ELCA Women’s Spring Gathering

A new transformer will be installed on Tuesday, April23, 2013 at 1 AM. Therefore, almost the entire communi-ty (except the north indus-trial park area) will be without

Electric outage to affect residents of Harmonyelectricity starting onTuesday,April 23, 2013 at 1 AM. The outage could last up to approx-imately 5 hours. In July 2012, the transformer at the electric substation at 2nd Ave NW & 4th St NW failed. Due to inventory chal-lenges at the time, a replace-

ment transformer was installed, that was later determined to be oversized for our current/future community electric usage pat-terns. The Harmony City Council approved installing a new transformer, that will not only match our usage patterns, but be more economical.

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socialscenesWeddings | EngagementsBirthdays | Anniversaries

Birth AnnouncementsSpecial Occasions!

THANK YOU!We would like to

send a big THANK YOU to everyone

who donated or participated in the 4th Annual Team

Bodacious Broads Relay for Life Benefit! Thank you for the donations for door prizes and to the silent & live auctions. Thank you to the

participants of the bean bag toss, balloons to heaven and to anyone who came down for a bite to eat. Without all of you this event would

not be a success. Thank you for making a difference in someone’s life. We are so proud to live in such a giving and caring community.

The Working MoMCraft Show & Cooking Contest

Saturday, April 13TH • 8am-2pmFountain Community Center

Fountain, MNMany UniqUe handMade CrafTS!• Working Mom Makeover at 11:30am •

• Best Mac n Cheese Contest at 11:30am •

Mortified! Mortified (v. mor·ti·fied), 1. To cause to experience shame, humiliation, or wounded pride; humiliate. I love this word. It is so much more fun to say than embarrassed and, to me, means the ultimate embarrassment. This word came to my mind tonight at 10:15 p.m. as I real-ized I had not sent my article to be published for next week. I got distracted with my mom being in the hospital but, none-theless, was mortified to realize I forgot. And just to be clear, I don’t need anyone else to par-ticipate in setting the scene, I can do it quite nicely all by myself. You know how you always feel better when you see someone or something on Fun-

niest Home Videos and think to yourself, “thank God that was not me!” It is hilarious to be in a moment and realize that if a video camera was available you might be winning big bucks on that show but you would still be mortified. As I was thinking about it, I thought it would be fun to share some prize win-ning moments. If you have ever been a mor-tified mom, continue reading to immediately feel a sense of relief---that I just might have you beat. Have you ever had all of your husband’s relatives over for a big meal and open your oven door to add their dishes to keep warm and see a fire hazard of food laying in the bottom of the oven along

with grease stains that, added together, could grease a small Hyundai? Mortified! Or, has your husband ever decided to switch the ceiling fan rotation in the middle of Thanksgiv-ing dinner with all of those same relatives (just a different year…spread the wealth) and dust balls not only fly all over the table and furniture, but also land in everyone’s hair? Morti-fied! But hold on, I am just getting started. Mom…have you ever come home from work and are just totally wiped out so you strip your makeup, put your hair up in a less than attractive style (1980’s banana clip per chance?), put on your raggedy mom jammies, and top it off by taking off your bra? Well sure you have, but did you also try to hide when the doorbell rings only to have your husband say, “oh yes, she’s right here…just a minute” ---Mortified! And, lastly, how about meeting your kid at church for Lenten service only to see that he decided to dress “comfortably” for church---sandals, no socks---but hey,

Crockpot Mac n’ Cheese

2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni (an 8-ounce box isn’t quite 2 cups)4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, cut into pieces2 1/2 cups (about 10 ounces) grated sharp Cheddar cheese3 eggs, beaten1/2 cup sour cream1 (10 3/4-ounce) can condensed Cheddar cheese soup1/2 teaspoon salt1 cup whole milk1/2 teaspoon black pepperDash of garlic powder and onion powderDirectionsBoil the macaroni in a 2 quart saucepan in plenty of water until tender, about 7 minutes. Drain. In a medium saucepan, mix but-ter and cheese. Stir until the cheese melts. In a slow cooker, com-bine cheese/butter mixture and add the eggs, sour cream, soup, salt, milk, mustard and pepper and stir well. Then add drained macaroni and stir again. Set the slow cooker on low setting and cook for 3 hours, stirring occasionally

The Working Mom

By Tammy Danielson

Jesus wore sandals too and, I should just be happy that he is in church…right? Oh well, still a bit mortified! I would be interested to hear your great stories of being “mortified”---drop me a line. Or, if you want to share them in person, come to visit at the Working Mom’s Craft Show this coming Saturday, April 13th ,

from 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.. We will be at the Fountain Com-munity Center and don’t forget your best mac n’ cheese recipe! Bring a sample in around 11:15 for a chance to win a prize. There is no entry fee! Here is one of my favorite recipes:

We love you!Love Your Family

Happy 50tH BirthdayGrammy Pammy!

Happy 2ND Birthday Lux!

Aiden Levi Rowe Holli and Matthew Rowe of Spring Valley, MN are proud to announce the birth of their son, Aiden Levi. Aiden was born on March 19, 2013. He weighed 8 lb. and was 22 inches long. Grandparents are Geff and Nancy Dornink of Fountain, MN and Bob and Julianne Rowe of Fillmore, MN.

Birth AnnouncementGabriella Marie Stene

Matthew and Nicole Stene of Preston, Minn. are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Gabriella Marie Sten. Gabriella was born March 9, 2013, weighed 7 lbs. 12 oz and was 18 1/2 inches long. She joins brothers, David and Kannen at home. Grandparents are Elaine Johnson and the late David Johnson of Mabel, Minn. and Sharon Stene and late Alan Stene of Brainerd, Minn.

Birth Announcement “A toe-tapping history lesson? Expect no less at tonight’s per-formance by Bob Bovee and Gail Heil! Banjo, fiddle, guitar and harmonica are all vehicles for heritage in story and song. This homespun treasure draws its integrity from personal roots and research, but is never imi-tative. It’s the real thing, ring-ing true in the able fingers and voices of these perennial favorites. Down Bob and Gail’s warm country lane is a veritable smorgasbord of authentic cow-boy songs, tin pan alley favor-ites, square dance tunes, bal-lads, sentimental duets, yodels, blues and ragtime, and novelty songs.” This is how the Grass-roots Concert Series in Nisswa, MN described Bob Bovee and Gail Heil’s performance. When Bob and Gail take the stage at the Spring Grove Cin-ema on Thursday April 18, they will just be back from a short tour to the East Coast, play-ing concerts for the Brandywine Friends of Old Time Music in

Newark, DE and the Folklore Society of Greater Washington, DC. Among their other stops since last year’s annual con-cert at the Cinema include two weeks for the Rio Grande Sce-nic Railroad in Colorado, the Indiana Fiddlers Gathering and the Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend in Michigan. Since 1980 these two have been performing old time coun-try music in the style of the 1920s and 1930s, before coun-try music became marketed so commercially and changed by the addition of electric instru-ments and drums. Bovee and Heil learned their repertoire from family and friends, early country recordings on 78 rpm discs, and field recordings of traditional musicians of earlier times. Gail Heil originally hails from Missouri, a state rich in fiddle music. She learned much from Vesta Johnson, a fiddler who is now in her nineties and still playing strong, as well as Ozark

Bob Bovee & Gail Heil In Concertmaster Bob Holt and Iowa’s Dwight Lamb. She also is a fine banjo player in the old time “clawhammer” style and a solid guitar player. She’s a singer who can always fit the right harmony to a song. Bob Bovee usually sings lead, admitting to being a tenuous harmony singer, and claims he’s “unbelievably lucky to have such a talented and reli-able singing partner.” On rare occasions you’ll hear him pick the five-string banjo, but mostly he provides the steady rhythm guitar and occasional leads, as well as exciting harmonica music. Call it old time music, Ameri-can traditional music, hillbilly, stringband, or early country, but whatever label you choose, this is music to tickle your funny-bone and to bring a tear to your eye. Genuine cowboy songs of the pre-Hollywood era will be heard right next to popular rag-time pieces played in mountain style, dance tunes to get your feet moving and sentimental numbers to take you back to a simpler time. Bovee and Heil provide lots of history and background along with the music and liberally sprinkle in stories, folklore, and humorous commentary to pro-vide an evening of entertain-ment unlike any other you’ll find. Come on down and you won’t regret that you did! On Thursday April 26, Bovee and Heil will present a concert at the Spring Grove Cinema in Spring Grove. The show starts at 7:30 PM and tickets are $7.00 at the door. For more informa-tion on Bob and Gail and their music, check out their website: www.boveeheil.com

Love, Your Family

Happy 13th Birthday Brady!

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By Karen Reisner City Administrator Joe Hoff-man reported at the council’s April 1 meeting that the current 1999 Preston Comprehensive Land Use Plan is 14 years old. Councilman David Harrison was absent. Hoffman noted that Plan-ning and Zoning had wanted to update the plan in 2009. At that time, it was postponed because of Local Government Aid cuts. He maintained an updated plan will be valuable when making land use deci-sions. Funding to pay for an updated plan has been bud-geted. The council gave the go ahead to request proposals. All proposals must be submitted by April 23. Once the process to select a consultant is completed, it is

expected that the project to develop a new plan will begin in July and be completed by March 1, 2014. The new plan will consider the changing needs of the com-munity. The four goals of the plan are to have a document to guide land use decisions, raise pub-lic awareness of planning and development issues, gain pub-lic input, and to help the city better serve residents. There will be a Core Committee including members of the city council and P and Z members. At least two public meetings will be held to help develop goals and objectives. Upon the development of a Final Draft, a final presenta-tion will be made at a public hearing prior to the adoption of the plan.

Preston requests proposal to develop new comprehensive planDestination Medical Center

A resolution in support of the DMC proposal for southeast-ern Minnesota was adopted. Mayor Kurt Reicks remarked he supported the proposal “whole heartedly,” pointing out the large number of people that go from here every day to Mayo Clinic to work. Councilman Robert Maust maintained, “It should be a no brainer.” Sev-enteen area cities have passed resolutions of support. The expansion is expected to bring as many as 30,000 new jobs to the area, $2.5-$3 billion in additional tax revenue to the state over 20 years, and millions in new local and other tax rev-enues.

Other Business In Brief •Dodge-Fillmore-OlmstedCounty Victim Services will recognize Sexual Assault Aware-

ness Month by placing teal ribbons on every third light pole along Fillmore Street dur-ing April. The ribbons are to remind people of sexual vio-lence, promote prevention, and encourage them to take a stand against sexual violence. •The deterioration of thebrick facing on the pedestrian ramp on the 100 West Block of Fillmore Street was discussed. Hoffman noted that they have had complaints. Public Works Director Jim Bakken explained the brick was just decorative and in front of a poured cement wall. Hoffman suggested they discuss options and get feed-back from property owners. There have been requests for garbage receptacles to be placed in the downtown area. City staff will look at different options and come back to the next meeting with recommen-dations. •Hoffmansaidthecitycom-puter ‘server’ had blown an interface card on this day. For-tunately, they were able to get it up and running. However, it is eight years old and was due for replacement three years ago. Hoffman says it runs non stop and is a critical piece of equipment, adding that when the server is down files can not be accessed. He will get some numbers together for the next meeting for the purchase of its replacement. •Summer council meet-ing dates were discussed at

the request of David Harrison who has business obligations that conflict with the current Monday night schedule. Most members suggested that they have made arrangements to keep the Monday night time at 6:00 p.m. open. Harrison is expected to be at the next meet-ing when the meeting schedule will again be on the agenda. •Approvalwasgiventoagainpurchase flower baskets for the city. Last year 30 were pur-chased at a cost of $30 each. The city received $435 in dona-tions to help with the cost. Last year summer help watered the flowers on week days and volunteers watered them over the weekends. Volunteers will again be needed to water on weekends. •EDA recommended that$15,000 from the revolving loan fund be loaned to Trish Keating. Interest on the loan will be at two and one half percent with a 10 year pay back. The current space where the Repeat Boutique is located has been sold. The loan is to assist with the down payment to purchase the property at 148 Main Street SW and to help with improvements. The business has been in operation for a year and has been growing. It started with 34 and now has 200 consignors and has 13 volunteers. The building being purchased has been empty for some time. Reicks says they should sup-port the purchase of property in town to start a business. The loan was approved.

Minnesota legislators recently heard a proposal request for $4.5 million in state bond funding to establish a permanent home for the National Trout Center organization located in Preston. The non-profit center is currently operating in a temporary space. Trout Center Chairman, George Spangler, presented the proposal during a House Capital Investment Committee hearing at the State Capital last week. Spangler requested dollars to design, equip, and construct the hands-on experiential learning center along the south branch of the Root River in southeast Min-nesota. Plans for the proposed cen-ter include a 10,000 square foot building with exhibit space, a multi-purpose conference room, and classrooms designed to edu-cate the public about the region-al ecology, geology, and climate that exists along more than 450 miles of trout streams in the four state driftless area. The center could also include the only cold-water living stream exhibit in the nation. Lawmakers were each given a paper trout containing trout related statistics: •Trout fishing generates $1.1Billion in annual economic ben-efit to local communities in the driftless region.

•Thereareover155,000TroutStamp holders in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. •For every dollar spent onstream restoration, $24.50 is returned annually to the regional economy. •There are over 530miles ofpublic access easements on Min-nesota trout streams. •Non-residentanglerscontrib-ute 47 percent of direct expendi-tures to the trout fishery. Spangler believes an expanded center would quickly become a regional and statewide asset, as well as, an economic engine for southeast Minnesota. Bill sponsor, Republican Rep. Greg Davids, said the area is known nationally for its pris-tine trout streams and currently draws visitors from near and far. He went on to say that this is not a local trout center, or a state trout center, but rather a national trout center. A companion bill, sponsored by Senator Jeremy Miller awaits action by the Senate Finance Committee. Committee Chairwoman, Alice Hausman, DFL-St. Paul, said she’s planning to unveil an $800 million borrowing pack-age when lawmakers return from their spring recess in early April. She said the trout bill could be included.

National Trout Center angles for State Bond Funding

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AUCTIONEER NOTE: We will be selling a large selection of furniture, antiques, collectibles, coins, toys, tools, and household items from 2 estates and 2 parties downsizing. Don’t miss this auction!

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Twitter, Tweets, and Hashtags Why would humans tweet? That’s a very good question, however when I use tweet here, the only bird reference associ-ated would be Twitter’s logo. Note that a tweet is a short, 140-character message shared with your followers. I created my Twitter account and sent my first tweet on July 6, 2009, and it stated “Watch-ing TV.” Not very exciting or engaging, is it? Truth be told, I initially found no point to

put such useless and meaning-less information out for the world to read. This explains the two to even six-month hiatuses between my tweets. Time and again I bounced between giv-ing Twitter another trial and quitting. Finally, last winter, I was con-vinced that I needed to pick up my Twitter habits again. As more and more people began using Twitter in high school, I decided one more attempt wouldn’t kill me. By spring,

I was tweeting almost daily, and this new concept was more enjoyable than when I first started about three years earlier. Twitter is useful when used the right way. Yes, I believe there are guidelines that a per-son should follow when using Twitter. First, there should be a concept behind your tweets, and they shouldn’t be complete-ly random. They should contain at least some interesting infor-mation. No one likes to read random sentences or words that you don’t even care about to begin with. Next, no one likes to read constant tweets with a nega-tive tone behind them, just like people don’t like being around a chronic complainer. In surveys consistent negative tweets is one of the leading reasons of why people unfollow individuals. So,

if you’re looking to boost your following community, stick to a positive theme. Twitter also gives users the opportunity to communicate messages directly to other users, note that they will appear to other people, however. Again, these are meant to be brief and to share a concept. Users may become irritated seeing two-way conversations that clog their Twitter feeds. As tempting as direct messaging may be, a way to restrain yourself is the “text message” test. If what you’re about to tweet to someone could be put in a text message, then maybe using your cellular device is the way to go. Finally, another great concept is the hashtag. Hashtags are used to classify, categorize and in some ways, summarize what a tweet is about. Hashtags help

the site determine what is trend-ing, or popular, in a given area at a given time. Hashtags are easily identified by the number symbol (#) usually followed by a topic, theme, or category term. Hash tags should be used spar-ingly in most cases. Twitter has become more popular in recent months, espe-cially among the younger gen-erations. In 2011 an average amount of 200 million tweets were sent per day. Calculated further, that is around 73 bil-lion per year. This number has grown since then though. The Fillmore County Journal and its staff are dedicated to bring-ing you the news that matters in more than one form. You can follow me on Twitter, @Mitch_FCJNews, as well as our newspaper, @FillCoJournal, for news updates and information.

By Jerrold Tesmer, Extension Educator for Fillmore/Houston Counties I think we can all agree last spring, 2012, was not a normal spring. So just what is normal for us? One source of informa-tion, from the Minnesota Agri-cultural Statistics, lists Median Frost Dates: Based on Averages from 1948-2005. Another bit of information is the Average Completion Dates for Planting, 2007-2011, for various crops. The chart below shows the Median Frost dates based on the average date of the last tempera-ture occurrence:

I like these because they are very local, and I’m also sur-prised at the difference between Preston and Caledonia. Or we can look at the date a certain percentage of planting is completed as shown in the chart below:

What is a normal Spring? Being on the very southern edge of Minnesota, we normally would have a higher percentage planted on the corresponding date than is shown in the Min-nesota average. There are many other reports and data available from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). For those with Internet access you can choose from USDA, NASS: www.nass.usda.gov; Minnesota Federal Field Office: www.nass.usda.gov/mn/; or State of Min-nesota Department of Agricul-ture: www.mda.state.mn.us/.

24 degrees F 28 degrees F 32 degrees F

Houston County/Caledonia Apr 13 Apr 23 May 05

Fillmore County/Preston Apr 20 May 05 May 16

Date Planting Completed 2007-2011 in Minnesota: Percent 10% 25% 50% 75% 90%Corn Apr 22 Apr 26 May 06 May 16 May 22 Soybeans May 05 May 12 May 19 May 26 Jun 03Oats Apr 13 Apr 22 May 03 May 11 May 21

NASS also operates an informa-tion center, staffed 7:00 am to 4:30 pm Eastern Time, to assist you with accessing reports and data via the Internet or printed copies. Call 1-800-727-9540.

LaVerne C. PaulsonRecycling Education Coordina-tor May 7th, the first Tuesday in May, Fillmore County will again be celebrating the ever popular H o u s e h o l d H a z a r d o u s Waste Day. Before you read any fur-ther, make a note of this on your cal-endar so this date doesn’t sneak by you and you miss the festivities. Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of Novem-ber, and the two Household Hazardous Waste Days in Fill-more County are observed the first Tuesday of May and the first Tuesday of October, which happens to be October 1st this year. What makes something haz-ardous waste? If you are not sure a substance is hazardous, treat it as if it is. This is a good time to rather be safe than sorry. Somewhere on the label you may find a word that would lead you to believe the contents are most likely a little less than friendly. When you see words such as Caution... Poison... Warning... Danger... Flammable... Combustible... or Corrosive, the contents should be considered hazardous and when you decide you no lon-ger want them around, they must be disposed of properly by bringing them to the Resource Recovery Center on Household Hazardous Waste Day. Although unwanted paint is, by far, the most common HHW item, there are most like-ly many other nasty substances lurking around your house that you perhaps should not have in

your home. These items are indeed hazardous, and should not be included in your landfill garbage or dumped on a pile of garbage somewhere. There will be, as in other years, notices in your local newspaper remind-ing you of the date, the time, and what is and is not accept-ed. However, you may want to start rounding up some items a bit early, so you have them col-lected well in advance. If you have neighbors that are unable to attend this event, you can certainly bring their items, as well. Please keep in mind this day is meant for Household Hazardous Waste. Agricultural chemicals, explosives, medical waste, business waste, radioac-tive waste, and empty, dried out paint cans and empty aero-sol cans will not be accepted during this collection. Empty aerosol and paint cans can be placed in your landfill garbage. If one of your containers is leaking, please place it in a larger container or carefully double-bag it to help keep the unloading area as clean and dry as possible. Spilled paint can make for very dangerous working conditions. We will accept an unmarked container with unknown contents, but please be very, very careful when transporting it to the facility and inform the workers that it is, indeed, an unknown substance. We need your rechargeable

Household Hazardous Waste Daybatteries and your button bat-teries. At this time, your com-mon, ordinary, run-of-the-mill alkaline batteries can be land-filled with your normal house-hold garbage. The batteries we want contain mercury, cadmi-um, lithium, lead, and several other elements you really don’t want to release into the air, soil, and water by burning or bury-ing. On the subject of nasty elements, we also want your mercury thermometers. More than a dozen were collected last fall, and seven lucky residents of the county were rewarded with brand new, never-been used digital models. I still have five left and they will go to the first five people that donate their old mercury model to Fillmore County on the seventh. The celebration starts at twelve noon on May 7th and continues until 5:00 pm at the Fillmore County Resource Recovery Center in Preston. Approxi-mately 250 households showed up for the fall party held last October. It is encouraging to see so many of you disposing of your hazardous waste correctly. If you have any questions con-cerning HHW, please contact the Resource Recovery Center at 507-765-4704 or e-mail me at lpaulson@co.fillmore.mn.us. I will be looking forward to seeing you in a few short weeks. Thank you for your recycling efforts.

LaVerne Paulson

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David & Sheryl Ulrich • 29020 County Road 25, Lewiston, MN58.47 +/- Acres to be offered in one parcel, located in section

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58.47 +/- (21.59 +/- Tillable Acres) remaining acres consist of prime hunting land, excellent for whitetail deer and turkey. The property has a creek running through the southeast portion. And easement will be given to access this property.Directions to the property: From Lewiston - Take County Road 25 South 9 Miles to 29020.

Auction to be held at Lewiston Senior Center, 75 Rice Street, Lewiston, MN

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By Ashley Bue With spring comes warmer weather, blooming flowers, and green grass, usually. It is already April and snow still covers the ground but do not despair, spring can still come in a dif-ferent form. Spring can be anything you make it. This year choose to go green. Start plants in your house for a garden, reduce our energy, and buying locally are all ways to make your spring green. Probably the simplest way to feel spring is actually here is to see green plants growing. All growing plants take is a little sun light, water, dirt, and of course, seeds. With a little bit of tender love and care those small seeds will grow into large plants. Once they are large enough to be planted in your garden, these plants will provide delicious vegetables for your fam-ily this summer and fall. Along with seeing plants grow, your fam-ily can reduce their use of energy by hanging your clothes outside to dry and shutting of the television.

Hanging clothes outside can be a fun and easy way to reduce your energy use. As a young child it was always mine and my mom’s proj-ect to hang up the clothes outside to dry on the warm spring and summer days. This simple project reduced our energy use and it got me outside away from the televi-sion. Children can sit in front of the television for hours and still not be bored so instead take your children on a walk through the park or go on a bike ride on the trail. Finally, while you have your children outside and enjoying the fresh air stop at some of the local businesses or farmer’s markets. By stopping at these businesses or markets, you are supporting the local economy and reducing your pollution by not driving the long distance to get the products you need. These are just a few ideas for ways to develop your green habits this spring. Spring has come so let’s make it a memorable and green one. There is no time to waste this spring; each day that passes is a missed opportunity. Ashley Bue is a senior at Lanesboro High School. She is one of 8 area students participating in the Jour-nal Writing Project, now in its fourteenth year.

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March 5, 2013Pledge of Allegiance

The monthly meeting of the Ostrander City Council was called to order at 6:10 p.m. by Mayor Pat Nesler.

Approval of Consent Agenda Motion by Kunert, and sec-onded by Jones and unanimous-ly carried to accept the consent agenda.

Visitors Jason Boynton & Ben Turn-quist (2012 Financial State-ments), Ann Keim, Corey Hauer.

Department heads Public Works Director, Jim-mie Dean, was present. Coun-cil approved monthly report. Quote to replace the computer and mag meter at the lift sta-tion—$10,543 + tax Fire Chief, Jimmie Dean, was present. Council approved monthly report. Police Chief, Tom Mosher, was present. Council approved monthly report.

Old business RFP/RFQ—Rhonda revised a couple so we could start mov-ing ahead with the process—does Council prefer one over the other or should there be any changes?? Motion by Start, and

seconded by Kunert and unani-mously carried to use the 6 page RFP. LMCIT’s Safety & Loss Con-trol Workshop in Rochester on April 16th. Registration is $20

New business 2012 Financial Statement review with Smith, Schafer & Associates, LTD Ann Keim, Uff Da Days info Corey Hauer, LTD Broad-band Wireless Internet, Motion by Brugh, and seconded by Jones and unanimously carried to place their antennas on the water tower, if CHS doesn’t want this. Special Meeting/Worksession update: rescheduled from Feb-ruary 19 to February 28. Pay Equity report and imple-mentation form approval. We have been found to be out of compliance. Rhonda passed this on to council—nothing heard from City Attorney yet. Waste Management is won-dering about changing pick-up from Tuesday to Monday. They

Monthly meeting of the Ostrander City Council

are also discussing giving out recycling bins to residents at no extra charge. Council said this was their decision. Minutes—keep putting them in the paper or not. They are currently being hung in the Community Center and posted on our website. If residents are interested they can let Rhonda know to send them also. It was agreed to keep putting them in the paper. Schedule of meetings to be changed for the Planning Com-mission—5:30 p.m. is too early; change to 2nd Tuesday of the month so we don’t interfere with Council meetings. Start men-tioned this was OK.

Other Rhonda will be out of the office March 19, 20, & 21 for the MCFOA Annual Confer-ence

AdjournmentMotion by Start, seconded by Jones and unanimously carried to adjourn the meeting at 8:15 p.m. Next meeting is scheduled for April 2nd, at 6 p.m.

Rhonda KlapperichCity Clerk/Treasurer

Pat NeslerMayor

The Fillmore County 4-H Favorite Food Show was held on March 23, 2013 at the Wykoff Community Center. There were 16 participants in this year’s event. Eight of the participants were Cloverbuds (grades K-2): Grace Boelter of the Root River Rabbits, Anika Reiland of the Bloomfield Cloverleaves, Zach Reiland of the Bloomfield Cloverleaves, Emma Broadwater of the Bloomfield Cloverleaves, Emma Rowen of the Rural Rookies, Sophia Monti a family enrolled member, Kathryn Pickett of the Carimona Cruis-ers, and Frederick Williams of the Mabel Busy Bees. There were four in the beginner category (grades 3-5) with Susan Mettler of the Challenging Workers receiving first place, and Noah Broadwater of the Bloomfield Cloverleaves receiving 2nd place. Also participating were Morgan Pickett of the Carimona Cruisers and Morgan Langeslag of the Bloomfield Cloverleaves. The Intermediate category (grades 6-8)

had two participants with Andrea Mettler of the Challenging Work-ers receiving first place and Jacob Welch of the Bloomfield Clo-verleaves receiving second place. In the senior category (grades 9 and up) there were two partici-pants with Margaret Alexander of the Carimona Cruisers receiving first place and Amy Welch of the Bloomfield Cloverleaves receiving second place. While the judging was taking place participants had the chance to work on their knife skills and made a delicious fruit salad.

Fillmore County 4-H Favorite Food Show held

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By Jason Sethre On the morning of Monday, April 1, 2013, a group of farm-ers and heavy equipment opera-tors from the area assembled to take down a 600,000 pound silo full of silage and standing over 70 feet tall. Like the days of Stonehenge and the Egyptian Pyramids, these men gathered to use lever-age, gravity and momentum to take down a silo that could fall in any direction. There was a reason they had to take this silo down. As one per-son said, “It looks like the Lean-ing Tower of Pisa.” At Steve Mandelko’s farm, just south of

Preston, he had every reason to be concerned. If he tried to empty the silo, it could col-lapse and literally create a life or death situation. And, if he left it full without pulling it down, it could fall at any time. Essentially, this silo had to go. And, it would be better to try to guide the silo to the ground, instead of rolling the dice and waiting for fate to take hold. With a crowd of more than 50 farmers gathering to watch the descent of a 25-year-old cement silo filled to the brim, Steve Mandelko could have sold hot dogs and hot chocolate to this crowd. It was cold and the wind was whipping, biting into any visible skin. The col-lapse was initially anticipated

Man vs. silo to take place around 9:45 a.m., but there were a few unexpected challenges. As Ristau Farm Services, from Lanesboro, took their crane with two men in a bucket up to the top of the silo, they wrapped a 5/8 inch cable around the top of the silo. In the distance out in the field, a dozer was waiting to pull the silo to the ground. A tense yet excited crowd awaited the fall of a 600,000 pounds silo. At the first attempt, the dozer moved forward in the field and within about a minute the cable snapped. Fortunately, while there was recoil from the cable flying in the direction of the dozer, nobody was harmed. Interestingly, a number of onlookers pointed to an area at the top of the silo that started to buckle. “Looks like we need to go to

Ristau Farm Services and Scheevel and Sons worked together to take the silo down. Photo by Jason Sethre

plan B,” said Steve Mandelko. At this point, the farmers and neighboring onlookers had waited this long, so they weren’t going anywhere. They wanted to see this silo come crashing down. For plan B, Scheevel and Sons, and Ristau Farm Services worked together to see what they could do to weaken the foundation of the silo. They removed supporting cables tied to staves on the backside of the silo nearly ten staves high from the ground up. Ron and Aaron of Scheev-el and Sons, brought their big bulldozer out on to the field, tied up the cable, and began to pull. As the crowd had hoped, the

silo began to fall. And, when it fell, there were gasps and a bit of hollering from onlookers. There were even cars and trucks parked alongside the road leading up to the farm. Everyone wanted to see this “Man vs. Silo” event. Fortunately, nobody was injured. Everything went smooth. The silo fell perfectly toward the manure pit. As Ron Scheevel, owner of Scheevel and Sons, said, “I’ve helped take down probably 50 silos in my lifetime, but never have I helped take down a full one like this.” Well, Ristau Farm Services, Scheevel and Sons, Steve Mandelko, and an entire supporting cast can say they’ve taken on a 600,000 pound full silo and won.

A silo at Steve Mandelko’s farm was leaning to the point it could fall at any moment. Photo by Jason Sethre

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TUESDAY, APRIL 9•Knit it Together, 3:30-4:30pm, Preston Public Library. Knitting for all levels. For fundraiser info, call 507-867-3583.*•Bluff Country Toastmasters meet, 5:30pm, Spring Valley Public Library.*•VFW Men’s Auxiliary meeting, 7pm, Spring Valley VFW Hall.•Chatfield AA meets, 7:30pm in the Pio neer Presbyterian Church, 206 Fillmore St., Chatfield.* •AA Closed Meeting, 8pm, Presbyterian Church, Mill St, Rushford.*

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10•Spring Valley Area Foodshelf, 2-4pm, 1300 West Tracy Rd, Spring Valley, MN.*•VFW & Auxiliary’s meeting, 7pm, Spring Valley VFW Hall.

THURSDAY, APRIL 11•Free Senior Coffee, 9am, Heritage Grove, Harmony.*•Public Blood Pressure Clinic, 9:30-10:30am, Wykoff City Hall, 217 Gold Street N, Wykoff.

•Story Hour, 11am, Harmony Public Library. No school, no story hour.*•Canton Senior Citizens meet, 1pm for cards and visiting, Canton Community Center.*•AA Class “Road’s Journey,” 8pm, 301 E. Franklin St., Spring Valley (a yellow house).*

FRIDAY, APRIL 12•Chatfield NA meeting, 7:30pm, Pioneer Presbyterian Church, 206 Fillmore St. Chatfield.* •Harmony AA Group, 8pm, Harmony Community Center. For more info call 612-251-3822 or 507-272-2191*

SATURDAY, APRIL 13•Relay For Life Garage Sale, 8am-Noon, Wheeler’s, Harmony, MN. Free will donation. Sponsored by Major Heroes.•ELCA Women’s Spring Gathering of the Root River Conference, program starts at 9am, Chatfield Lutheran Church, Chatfield, MN. Everyone welcome.

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•Spring Valley Area Foodshelf, 9-11am, 1300 West Tracy Rd, Spring Valley, MN.*•Mabel Sportsmen’s Club Annual Fish Fry, 5-8pm or ‘til gone, Mabel Legion, Mabel, MN. Music at 9pm.•All You Can Eat Fish Fry, 5pm-Gone, Preston Servicemen’s Club, Carry-outs available.•Lanesboro AA Group, 8:00pm, Bethlehem Lutheran Church. For more info, call 507-251-1771 or 765-2518.*

SUNDAY, APRIL 14•Birding in Whitewater Wildlife Refuge, 6:30am-3pm, East parking lot of Heinz Center, 1926 College View Rd SE, Rochester, MN. Free and open to the public.•VFW Men’s Auxiliary Fisher House Breakfast, 8-12:30pm, Spring Valley VFW Hall.•Greenfield Lutheran Church building’s 100th anniversary celebration, 9am service, Greenfield Lutheran, Harmony, MN. Special chamber music group performing, potluck luncheon following in fellowship hall.

•Fountain AA Group closed meeting, 7:30pm. Fountain Lutheran Church, south Main St. and Highway 52.*

MONDAY, APRIL 15•Community Coffee, 9am, Park Lane Estates, Preston.*•Public Blood Pressure Clinic, 1-3pm, Fillmore County Public Health, 902 Houston Street NW, Preston, MN.*

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FOR SALEMEL’S GOLF CARS LLC closeout on new colored 2012 Yamaha gas and electric golf carts. Example: a $5000 car with small down payment and approved credit the price could be $150/month for 36 months. Many used golf cars available. We are an authorized Yamaha Dealer and provide the highest quality in all our golf carts. 132 Garfield Ave. S. Albert Lea, MN or call Mel at 507-438-2705. s8,15,22- x

FOR SALE: Internet-ready, eMac comput-ers, 1ghz, 80gb, 512mb RAM, InDesign Master Suite Collection software. All prod-ucts for media desktop publishing included. Asking $249 or best offer. Call Jason at 507-251-5297. s6tfn- x

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ON THE CRUNCHY SIDE in Harmony is hiring bartenders & wait staff, all shifts, ask for Lisa. Also hiring cooks & kitchen staff, all shifts, ask for Miles. Apply in person - fun place to work!! 507-886-5560. h1tfn- o

HOUSEKEEPER Part-time, weekdays & every other weekend required. Experience preferred. Call Green Gables Inn, ask for Jackie 507-467-2936. h18tfn-o

NOW HIRING: Companies desperately need employees to assemble products at home. No selling, any hours. $500.00 weekly potential. Info. 1-985-646-1700 DEPT. MN-485. h25,1,8- x

HIRING FOR UPCOMING SEASON. Part-time housekeeping. Morning hours. Must work most Sundays. Please inquire at 507-467-2999 or stop by Brewster’s Red Hotel, Lanesboro. h25,1,8- o

ON THE CRUNCHY SIDE - In Harmony, MN is hiring an early morning cleaning person. MUST be dependable. References will be check/verified. Apply in person, ask for Lisa. 507-886-5560. Great place to work!! htfn14- o

FULL AND PART-TIME seasonal semi truck drivers. Class A license required. 2 years driving experience. Clean driving record. Please call 507-533-1034 Mon-Fri 9am-4pm. h25,1,8,15- o

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EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT

Competitive •Hourly Wages 2nd SHift Premium•Health, dental, and Vision •insurance Life & disability insurance•flex Spending/125 Plan •for medical and Child Care reimbursement

401(k) retirement Plan •Vacation time •Personal time Off•Paid Holidays •Health Club discount•Prescription Safety •eyeglasses Program

WANTED . . . ASSEMBLERS & WELDERS

Work for the Official Trailer of NASCAR® and IndyCar! Featherlite located in Cresco, Iowa seeks job applicants for assembler and welder positions. Featherlite is the nation’s top trailer brand and manufacturer of professional race car transporters.

Apply now!We produce only high quality products. If you are a high quality individual, please apply at our Cresco facility at 816 7th St. West, between the hours of 7:00 am and 4:30 pm or online at our website www.fthr.com/jobs. Also, you can call us at 563-547-4725 and we will be happy to mail you an application.

Featherlite, Inc. requires pre-employment background and drug screen. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, strongly encouraging diversity within our workplace.

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ASSEMBlERS nEEDED

An exciting opportunity to work alongside committed and driven people in the industry, build-ing the industry’s top products. You will assemble products by interpreting print packets and bills of materials. You must be able to accurately measure components and assemblies, utilize a variety of hand, power and air tools and perform high quality work.

wElDERS nEEDED

An exciting career opportunity for entry level and experienced welders in aluminum and/or steel component fabrication. Our weld-ers apply best welding techniques to create aluminum and steel piecework and subassemblies, and read/interpret print packets/work orders for assigned jobs.

REAp THE REwARDS . . .

SMG Web Design, a rapidly growing web design and hosting company located in Preston, MN, is seeking a PART-TIME GRAPHIC / WEB DESIGNER who has a desire to help local businesses expand their horizons with a strong web presence. Applicants should be versed in the areas of Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash and Dreamweaver. Candidates with knowledge in the areas of HTML, PHP, CSS, JavaScript and MySQL are preferred. Understanding of social media management, web analytics, and SEO a plus. Starting with an average of 20 hours per week with opportunities for growth into a full-time position, this career opportunity will be the right fit for someone with great attention to detail, positive customer relations skills and a flair for design.

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Please submit a letter of interest, design samples and a resume to SMG Web Design, PO Box 496, Preston, MN, 55965, or e-mail to jason@smgwebdesign.

com, or contact Jason Sethre for more information at 507-765-2704.

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Need something to do this summer?We have an internship opportunity for a person learning the skills with Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. This is a non-paying internship with the potential to develop into more. Starting with a flexible schedule with opportunities for growth. This job will be the right fit for someone just starting out, that has great attention to details, positive customer relations skills and a flair for design. Activities will not be limited to design.

Please send a letter of interest and design samples to Editor, Fillmore County Journal, P.O. Box 496, Preston, MN, 55965 or email to jason@fillmorecountyjournal.com.

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Please call 507-765-2151 for more information.

FILLMORE COUNTY is seeking applications for a full-time Public Health Nurse in the Community Services Department, Public Health Division. This is a regular, exempt position, eligible for benefits. Qualifications: Requires minimum of Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in nursing from a four-year college or university; two years public health experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Candidates must also be a licensed public health nurse or show ability to obtain license by start date. Flexible scheduling and a wide variety of responsibilities. Market adjustments to the starting wage possible dependent on qualifications.

Job description and application materials may be obtained from: www.co.fillmore.mn.us; Fillmore County Coordinator’s Office, 101 Fillmore Street, P. O. Box 466, Preston, MN 55965; or by phone at (507) 765-4566. Current County application form REQUIRED. Resumes accepted but not in lieu of a completed application. County employees are eligible to apply for this position along with the public.

Application Deadline: April 19, 2013. EOE

Full Time Public Health Nurse (Community Services Department)

LOOKING FOR QUALIFIED tractor and pump operators for spring work season. Seasonal March-May with opportunities for full-time positions. Wykoff. Call Andrew at 507-421-1387 or Toni at 507-352-4292. h25,1,8- o

PERSON TO WORK farm construction. Must have driver’s license and be willing to travel weekly. Call 507-346-2374 for appli-cation. Steel Constructors, Inc. h1,8,15,22-o

HELP WANTED: part time cook at TJ’s Cafe and Convenience in Canton, MN. 507-743-8204. h1,8-x

PART TIME CLEANING help needed. Anna V’s Bed & Breakfast, Lanesboro. Flexible hours, includes every other week-end. 507-467-2686. h1,8-o

LOOKING FOR PART-TIME server and part-time line cook. Apply in person. 219 S. Main, Chatfield. 507-867-1633. h8tfn-o

EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT

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dropping off items at the Fillmore County Journal

136 St. Anthony St., Preston, MN

versed in the areas of Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. Starting with a flexible schedule with opportunities for growth into a full-time position. This job will be the right fit for someone with great attention to detail, positive customer

relations skills and a flair for design. Candidates with experience in web design a plus.

Please send a letter of interest and design samples to Editor, Fillmore County Journal, P.O. Box 496, Preston, MN, 55965 or

email to jason@fillmorecountyjournal.com.

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FOR RENTNICE 2BR apt. in Preston, $350/mo + util. Scott 765-3600. r8tfn- o

LARGE LOT in New Horizon Trailer Park in Preston. Available Immediately. 765-2131 or 1-800-770-0347. r10/5tfn- o

NEED TO STORE snowmobiles, a clas-sic car, or a boat? Do you need storage while in the process of moving? Space is available for rent in a building located in Preston. Call 507-251-5297. r28tfn- x

FOR RENT, Preston. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage. Call 507-259-6961. r25tfn- o

ROOMMATE WANTED for apartment in downtown Preston. 507-951-8637. r8,15-o

HARMONY - HARMONY MANOR: Rent 30% of Income! 1BR units now available for seniors 62+ or disabled. New siding and windows. On-site laundry, large community room and covered patio for gatherings. Call ROSIE 507-886-2137. Equal Housing Opportunity. r8,15,22,29-o

SPRING GROVE - SPRING GROVE MANOR: Rent 30% of Income! 1 bed-room apartments now available for seniors 62+ or disabled. New siding and windows. On-site laundry, large community room for family gatherings. 507-498-5780. Equal Housing Opportunity. r8,15,22,29-o

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Rushford-Peterson Schools-ISD 239 is currently accepting applications for a K-12 Visual Art Teacher for the 2013-2014 school year. This position will begin on August 26, 2013. Interested candidates must possess a K-12 Visual Arts Teaching License.

If interested, qualified candidates should submit their completed ISD 239 application, letter of interest, resume, 3 current letters of recommendation, transcripts, and a copy of current licensure issued from the Minnesota Department of Education. Application for employment can be found at the R-P Schools homepage www.r-pschools.com by clicking on the district tab.

Submit materials to: Mr. Shane McBroom, Principal, 102 North Mill Street P.O. Box 627Rushford, MN 55971Application deadline – April 19, 2013 EOE

K-12 Visual Art Teacher for 2013-2014

Good Shepherd Child Care800 Home Street

PO Box 747 • Rushford, MN507-864-7714

• LEAD Preschool Teacher at Good Shepherd Child Care Center• Full Time Hours M-F 7:00-3:00 or negotiableCompetitive Benefits including pension, vacation/holiday and sick leave, health/life insurance, dental insurance, discounted child care, scholarship opportunities, flexible health care spending account.

Required Qualifications:• Previous Child Care Experience• Must be qualified as a Teacher and meet Licensing Standards (Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood or related field preferred)• Must have previous experience developing and implementing curriculum• Basic computer skills

Please contact Jenny Carrier, Director for additional information. Applications are available on-line at www.gschildcare.org. Come join a great team and help

provide quality programs and excellent care for children in our community.

Employment Opportunity:

Express Employment Professionals Invites you to our

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Qualifications:• 6monthsrecent,positiveworkhistory• AbilitytoreadandspeakEnglish• Abilitytoliftupto50lbs,walkandstand,ona repetitivebasisExpress Employment Professionals Offers:• Wagesrangefrom$8-$12• Long-termcareeropportunities• VacationandHolidaypay• 1st,2ndand3rdshiftopportunities

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In the Stewartville AreaIfyouhaveexperienceintheseareaswe’dlike

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Good Shepherd Lutheran ServiceShas current openings for experienced, mature and caring individuals

Part-Time Cook8:30am - 4:30pm Every Other Weekend/Holiday

• Convenient and close to home and school• Quality and caring staff, loving residents, rewarding work• Child care on-site with employee discount• Flexible scheduling, shift differential, no mandatory over-time or shift rotation• Wages based on education and experience• On-site Fitness Center

Equal Opportunity Employer and Provider

Good Shepherd Lutheran ServicesCreative Christian Living and Human Service

For more information contact Kelly at GSLS PO Box 747, Rushford, MN

or call 507-864-7714. Or visit our website at www.goodshep-rushford.org to fill out an application.

NEW RICHLAND CARE CENTER has day and evening CNA positions and a night nurse position available immediately. Benefits apply to all positions. Please apply on our website: www.newrichlandcarecen-ter.com or call 507-465-3292 for an appli-cation. EOE. h8,15,22-x

HELP WANTED PART-TIME: 1) Experienced floral designer. 2) Experienced help for retail sales. Send resume to: PO Box 426, Mabel, MN 55954. h8,15-o

HELP WANTED: Aroma Pie Shop, Whalan. Part-time. Call 507-467-2623 or 612-701-7777. h8-o

EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENTROOT RIVER HARDWOODS Kiln Dried Lumber Store is looking for an experienced, courteous, truck driver/material handler. Class A license and current DOT health card reqired. Must be able to carry 100 plus pounds. Fork lift experience a plus. Will work in the Preston millwork shop when not delivering. Average of 45 hours per week, Monday through Friday with some Saturdays. RRHI offers health insurance, a retirement plan along with other benefits. Please call 507-765-2284 and ask for Andy. h8,15-o

ARE YOU A CARING person? Spring Valley Senior Living is looking for respon-sible awake staff for overnight 10:30pm-7am shift in Housing with Services set-ting. Job includes housekeeping, minimal cares, etc. Shift differential. Up to 64 hours per 2 week pay period. Must work every other weekend. Please send application or resume to Spring Valley Senior Living. Attn: Human Resources, 800 Memorial Drive, Spring Valley, MN 55975, or e-mail hr@svseniorliving.com. EOE. h8,15-o

SPRING VALLEY SENIOR LIVING is looking for a caring person for the 3:30pm-10:30pm shift in the Housing with Services setting. Part-time position includes house-keeping, minimal cares, serving meals, minimal planned activities, etc. Must work every other weekend. Please send application or resume to Spring Valley Senior Living. Attn: Human Resources, 800 Memorial Drive, Spring Valley, MN 55975, or e-mail hr@svseniorliving.com. EOE. h8,15-o

OTR DRIVERS Sign on bonus $1,000-$1,200. Up to 45 CPM. Full-time positions with benefits! Pet policy. O/O’s welcome! deBoer Transportation 800/825-8511 www.deboertrans.com. MCAN

DRIVER Two raises in first year. Qualify for any portion of $.03/mile quarterly bonus: $.01 safety, $.01 production, $.01 MPG. 3 months OTR experience. 800/414-9569 www.driveknight.com. MCAN

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RUMMAGE SALE RUSHFORD: 106 Walnut April 13th 7am-3pm. Many nice household items, antiques, furni-ture (dressers, desk, tables, piano, china hutch), treadle sewing machine, ‘90 Saab convertible. Rain or shine! g8-o

CLEARANCE SALE: 212 Main, Chatfield. April 9-30; Tues-Sun. 10am-6pm. Clothing, shoes, household items, much more. 507-398-6381 for info. g8-o

RELAY FOR LIFE garage sale at Wheeler’s April 13 from 8-12. Free will donation. Sponsored by Major Heroes. g8-o

GARAGE SALESTHANK YOU FOR the prayers, phone calls, visits, flowers and food brought to our home since my surgery and recovery. A special thank you to my family for all the loving care and help you gave me. God bless you all. Sandy Marzolf. t8-o ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

“THANKS A MILLION” to my family, friends, neighbors and relatives for all the beautiful flowers, cards, and food brought in, and the many acts of kindness shown to me while in the hospital and upon my return home. Also, thanks to Pastor Jore for his visits. Appreciate everything and love you all. Geri Hellickson t8-x

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ELMIRA ROSHEIM wants to thank all who sent cards, gifts, well wishes and visited while at the hospital and nursing homes. Also Pastor Dan for his words of comfort. God’s Blessings. t8-x

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THE FAMILY OF Arlene Ferden would like to extend our appreciation to the count-less community members who helped fill her life with joy over her past several years. During the 14 years of her stay at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home, she received the best care and compassion. In addition we offer our special thanks to Pastors Ronald and Janet Warnes, Sandy and Maynard Thompson, Linda Kingsbury, the Peterson American Legion Auxiliary Post 526, and all those who helped prepare and serve the delicious lunch after the beautiful memo-rial service at Grace Lutheran Church in Peterson. We consider all of you a blessing and sincerely thank you. t8-x

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SINCERE THANKS for the get well cards, calls, visits, prayers and food, and to our family and friends for all the sup-port, help and trips made. God Bless you. Helen Tangen t8-o

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THANK YOU

The Fillmore County Journal is looking for a free-lance writer to write occasional feature stories and cover government meetings.We are looking for someone with good writing skills and an interest in people. Please send a letter of interest and writing sample to Editor, Fillmore County Journal, P.O. Box 496, Preston, MN 55965 or e-mail to jason@fillmorecountyjournal.com or call for more information 507-251-5297.

Freelance Writer

Donations to Fillmore Central Dollars for Scholars may be sent

to:Joyce Hellickson23997 County 14

Preston, MN 55965– or –

Vicky Tribon, CPA15 Center Street

PO Box 305Harmony, MN 55939

– or –dropped off at Fillmore Central

Schools, Preston Public Library, or the office of Vicky Tribon, 15 Center

St. in Harmony.

Local Dollars Support Local Students!

Please help support our students by sending memorials and donations.

Call the FCJ at 507-765-2151 to advertise or offer news tips! Monday, April 8, 2013 FILLMORE COUNTY JOURNAL Page 35

Chatfield - Fingerson & Donahoe - 1st Subdivison - Lots Starting At - $29,900

LOTS FOR SALE

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Townhouse • 2 Large Bedrooms • Eye Level Living • Attached Garage • New Appliances • New Private Deck • Open Floor Plan

3+ Bedrooms • 2 Baths • Gas Fireplace 2 Car Garage • New Roof • Vinyl Siding

3 Bedroom on main floor • Wheel Chair Assess. In-Floor Heat in House & Garage •3 Baths

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CommerCial building - wykoff - Completely renovated building that is ideal for any type of restaurant, catering or other business opportunity. The lower level is finished for additional space. $199,900

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2 Story • 3+ Bedrooms • Porch2 Full Baths • Main Floor Laundry • 2 Car Garage

3 Bedroom • 2 full baths • Walk-out insulated garage • Living room • Dining room • Family Room

Wooded acreage in rural subdivision. Conveniently located near town with a “country” flare. This multi-level home has 3 bdrms, 2.5 baths, hardwood floors, formal dining area & eat in kitchen, family room, sauna & whirlpool tub, gazebo, deck, front porch, 2 car attached garage with another detached 2 car garage & workshop. You’ll love the seclusion, perennial gardens and black top drive. The home was built in 1990 and sits on approximately 1 acre of land.

22896 Oak Hill Dr., Spring Valley

$189,000

Cabin on 16 acres • Knotty Pine • Steel siding • New well & septic • Covered porch • In-floor heat •

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4+ Acres • 4 Bedroom • Main floor laundry • Large deck • 720 Sq. Ft. Garage • Large Ranch •

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4 Bedrooms • 2 Baths • Wood Floors • 4 Season Porch • 9’ Ceilings • Maple Kitchen Cabinet • New Windows & Doors • 988 sq. ft. garage w/ heated shop • 6/10 acre lot • Porch •

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Immaculate New Ranch • Main Floor Laundry/Mud Room • Vinyl Siding • 9’ Ceilings • 2 Car Insulated Garage • Open

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A lot of house for the money! Enjoy the quiet community of Ostrander with this 3-4 bedroom home, 2 baths, large open kitchen/dining area, formal living room and family room on main floor. Lower level has large family with large enough for a pool table and a den/study that could be the 4th bedroom. 2 car attached garage and patio area.

405 rObert St.,OStranDer

$107,500

$124,900101 Pleasant st. e., lanesboro

3 Bedrooms • Main Floor Laundry • Remodeled Kitchen • 3/10 Acre Lot • Formal Living • Formal Dining • Open Staircase • New Roof, Windows,

Vinvyl Siding • Large Deck

$249,9006164 39tH ave nw, roCHester

4 Bedrooms • 3 Baths • Master Bath • Main Floor Laundry • 3 Car Heated Garage • Open Floor Plan •

W/O To Patio • Large Deck

$389,9002103 margaret st., CHatfield

3 Bedroom Ranch • 2 Baths • 3 Season Porch • 2 Car Garage • Main Floor Laundry

322 ProsPeCt st., CHatfield

$99,900

$164,900

418 winona st., CHatfield

572 6tH Ct se, dover

$184,900

$109,900

312 benCH st. sw, CHatfield

Ranch Home • New Roof • New Windows Wood Floors • Remodeled bath • Gas Fireplace

3-season porch

14 winona st., CHatfield

$117,500

605 1/2 CalHoun ave., lanesboro

$109,500

$234,900310 maPle st., lanesboro

707 roCHelle ave s., lanesboro

$79,900

CommerCial building - lanesboro Great opportunity to own large commercial building in a high traffic area. Potential business could be retail, restaurant/bar, convenience store/grocery, crafts or many other uses. Can be divided off. Apartment above for rental or personal use. $64,500new listing - CommerCial building - 206 Main St. Chatfield. Great rental income, multiple business rental, 2 apartments rental, newer furnaces, ideal location. $109,000

249 HigHway 63 n., raCineApprox. 6 Acres • Private Setting W/ Woods & Pasture • 5

Bedrooms • 3 Baths • Open Floor Plan • Main Floor Laundry/Mudroom • Sunken Living Room • Sun Room • Dining Room • Family Room • Master Bath W/ Jacuzzi • 2 Car Heated Garage • Horse Shed • 24 x 32 Heated Shed • Wrap Around Deck W/

30’ Pool • All Fenced • Additional Outbuildings • Covered Porch

$349,900

2 acres • 3 bedrooms on main floor • 2 baths 24x24 family room w/maple ceilings • Wood Floors

Gas fireplace • Vinyl siding • 2 car att. garage • 30x32 shed w/heated shop Edge of town • Overlooks city

13947 117 st. se, CHatfield

$239,900

$159,900

19405 st. HigHway 80, wykoff

$149,900

11687 deer road, mabel

Charming 1 1/2 story home in Stewartville. Totally updated and renovated including new kitchen with laminate floors, new cabinets, countertop and stainless steel appliances, mud room, neutral flooring in living room, full bath on main floor, main floor bedroom, large master bedroom with walk in closet, double detached garage and permanent siding. Priced to sell!

122 1St St. e, StewartVille

$116,500

Open House!

SaturDay, april 13tH 10:30aM-nOOn

$98,50030 millHouse lane sw, CHatfield

$110,000

3 Bedrooms • 2 Baths • Wood Floors • Archways • High Ceilings • Block Exterior • 2 Car Garage

704 kenilwortH ave., lanesboro

Victorian w/ Unlimited Potential • 4 Bedrooms • 2 Baths • 9’ Ceilings • Wood Floors • Large Corner

Lot • Mature Trees • Formal Living Room • Formal Dining Room • Family Room • Large Kitchen

25 fillmore st., CHatfield

$99,900

New ListiNg!

You’ll fall in love with the size of this yard! 3 bdrm home with new flooring, freshly painted interior, eat in kitchen and formal dining area, main floor laundry 2 car detached garage plus a stone storage shed. Great place to start out!

318 w. HigH St., Spring Valley

$69,900

If you are looking for small town quiet living look no further. In the small village of Greenleafton you will find a beautiful 3 bdrm, 2 bath walk out ranch style home. The lower level is completely finished with new updated neutral carpet, bath, office area currently used as guest room, and large family room. The upper level has 3 bdrms, bath, eat in kitchen, main floor laundry, dining area and deck off kitchen area overlooking back yard. The back yard is private with many mature trees. It is move in ready!

15478 Cty 9preStOn $105,000

SOlD!

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COMMERCIAL

212 MAIN ST S, CHATFIELD$64,900• Updated main floor w/1,320 sq ft & bath• 2-1 Bedroom apartment’s w/separated utilities

#4027142

#4037339208 ST. PAUL STREET SW, PRESTON$27,000• Professional office space or retail• Display window • hardwood floors • ½ Bath• 1 Bedroom apartment on second floor

$299,900

DOGPATCH BAR & GRILL

10594 TROY VALLEY DRIVE., ST. CHARLES• Business Opportunity • 2.3 acres • Trout Creek• Totally remodeled Tavern of yesteryear• Bar w/ fireplace, Dance Area, Kitchen/Prep area• Remodeled 2 bedroom house w/ carport

#4041744

$89,900

214 MAIN ST S, CHATFIELD• Numerous possibilities • Formally a Pizzeria• Main floor offers 3,011 sq. ft. • 2 baths • Hardwood floors• Updated electrical & furnaces • Display windows• Includes a very nice 2 bedroom apt. & 1 bedroom apt.

#4042274

TOTALLY RENOVATED DOWNTOWN BUILDING

TIM DANIELSONE-mail: homes@timdanielson.comwww.timdanielson.com272 Main St. NorthChatfield MN 55923Ph: 867-9100 Cell: 259-9110

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LOTS FOR SALESOLD

$119,900

521 MAIN ST S, CHATFIELD• 3+ Bedrooms on same level • 2 Baths• 2 Car garage • Numerous updates • Move-in cond.

#4027871

UNIQUE LAYOUT

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TOWNHOME LOTSCHATFIELD ORCHARD RIDGE LOTS – BANK OWNEDTownhome lots with private backyards (4 walkout, 2level). This upscale neighborhood is on a paved deadend road with city utilities. Only $20,000/each.

615 FILLMORE ST SE, CHATFIELD• 4 Bedrooms • 2 baths • 2 Car garage • Hardwood floors• Open Staircase • Sunroom • Remodeled 2nd floor • Steel Siding • New roof • Fenced backyard

#4039978

DARLING CAPE COD

$144,900

315 SILVER ST N, WYKOFF• 3 Bedroom • Main floor living • Deck• 2 car garage • Maintenance free exterior• New roof & windows • Just move-in

#4040531

CHEAPER THAN RENT

$65,900

205 MAIN ST, FOUNTAIN• 3 Bedroom • 2 bath • Fully furnished• Totally remodeled from the studs in 1992• Oversized 2 car garage (24’x34’)• Main floor living • Move-in-condition

#4040527

CLEAN & ENERGY EFFICIENT

$99,900

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY - DUPLEX

$59,900

601 CHATFIELD AVE NW, PRESTON• 2-2 Bedroom Units • Numerous updates• Live on main floor and renter make payment• Great Location across from School• Easy convert back to 4 bed, 2 bath, single family home

#4040978

CHATFIELD – Fingerson & Donahoe First Subd. Covenantcontrolled neighborhood with lg cul-de-sac, walk-out lots w/pri-vate backyards. Lots starting at $29,900. NEW PRICING ANDADDITIONAL LOTS AVAILABLE!RACINE – Lyman’s Second Subdivision. Located in newer de-velopment on cul-de-sac street with city utilities, choice ofbuilder and covenant controlled. Hurry only 3 lots available.Prices starting at $19,900.STEWARTVILLE – Last available lot in established neigh-borhood across from Elementary School. Dead end street,0.23 acres, level lot & modular homes are welcome. $36,900

105 MAIN ST NORTH, CHATFIELD• 4 Bedrooms • 0.40 ac • 135’ of Highway 52 frontage• Nice View of Mill Creek Park • 2 Car Garage

#4041374

2+ COMMERCIAL LOTS

$54,900

213 DIVISION ST NE, CHATFIELD• 3 Main floor bedrooms • 2 Baths • 2 Car Garage

REDUCED 10K

1036 LONE STONE CT. SE, CHATFIELD• 3 Bedrooms • 2 Baths • Open Layout

NEW PRICE

21757 COUNTY 2, CHATFIELD• 4 Bedroom • 3 Bath • Loaded with Character

901 WINONA ST SE, CHATFIELD• 4 Bedroom • 2 Bath • 2,496 sq. ft.

$129,900

UPDATED BI-LEVEL

1026 WINONA ST SE, CHATFIELD• 3 Bedroom • 2 Bath • Finished Lower Level• Newer roof, furnace, A/C, steel siding• Nicely landscaped yard • Patio • Private Backyard

#4042807

#4043283

SOLD

$224,900

AMAZING SPACE & WOODWORK

327 BENCH ST SW, CHATFIELD• 6 Bedroom • 3 Bath • 2 lots • 4,966 sq. ft. • Pocket doors• Crown moldings • 2 staircases • Leaded windows • Built-ins• Butler pantry • Finished walk-up attic • Sauna • 2 car garage

#4040927

10939 55TH ST SE, EYOTA• 4 Bedroom • 3 Baths • Fireplace • Main floor laundrySOLD

$109,900

TOTALLY REMODELED INSIDE & OUT!

303 TWIFORD ST SW, CHATFIELD• 3 Bedroom • Open Layout • 3 Porches• New windows • New roof • All new flooring• Hardwood floors • Gas stove • Steel siding• Remodeled kitchen with new cabinetry & island

SOLD

117 FILLMORE ST W, PRESTON• Updated Commercial building

SOLDSOLD

103 SPRUCE ST, FOUNTAIN• 2 Bedrooms • 2 Baths • In floor heat • Open layout• Everything on main floor • Central Air • 3’ doors• 9’ Ceilings • Walk-in closets • No association fee• Dead end street • Next to park & bike trail

#4043745

HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE WITH NO STEPS

$109,900

NEW LISTING

$122,900

NICE OPEN LAYOUT

609 TWIFORD ST, CHATFIELD• 3 Bedrooms • Den for 4th bedroom • 2 Baths• Remodeled 4 Season porch • Gas stove• Updated kitchen with large center island• Both levels finished • 2 Car garage • Deck

#4043857

NEW LISTING $129,900

EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN WITH TONS OF UPDATES

255 WINONA ST NE, CHATFIELD• 3 Bedroom • 2 Bath • 2 Kitchens• Walkout • Hardwood floors • remodeled Kitchen• New roof, windows, insulation & water heater• Lower level apartment, Workshop under garage

#4042807#4043524

$94,900

FILLED WITH CHARACTER

515 FILLMORE ST SE, CHATFIELD• 3 Bedrooms • Den • 2 Car Garage • Central Air• Main floor laundry • Open staircase • Appliances• Steel siding • Wrap around porch • Deck• New windows • roof, furnace & water heater

#4043859

NEW LISTING$89,900

START HERE WITH ZERO DOWN

626 UNION ST NE, CHATFIELD• 2 Plus Bedroom • 2 Bath • Large Corner Lot• Main floor living • Totally Updated • Steel siding• All Appliances • Central Air • Move-in-Condition• 2 Car Garage plus storage shed • Close to School

#4043856

NEW LISTING

SOLD

355 MAIN AVE S, HARMONY• 2 Bedroom • 2 Bath • Corner lot• Sunroom • Fireplace • Quality windows• New roof, furnace & central air• Formally Peterson’s Sport Shop

#4043745

OPERATE SMALL BUSINESS FROM HOUSE

$119,900

NEW LISTING

RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL

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NOTICES NOTICES

285 Niagara Ct, HarmoNy, mNCountry views! 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home. Great kitchen with plenty of cabinets and patio door to back deck. Shingles, siding & windows updated in 2005. 1 car att garage. $78,000

Select Properties®

Roxanne Johnson, Broker, ABR, CRS, GRIRoxanneJohnson@remax.netCell: 507-458-6110

25 Center St. W, Harmony, MN 55939www.SEMNrealestate.com • remax@harmonytel.net

Toll Free: 888-839-2142

Kelsey FischerLicensed AssistantOffice 507-886-4221

An old school building totally renovated large bedroom with walk in closet. The large space is super for entertaining. Open & adjacent to Unit 201, buy one or both. Option to purchase garage stall separately. Rent to own option. $115,000

Church Hill School CondosLaNeSboro, mN

Super for starting up or slowing down. Two bed-room home with many updates including kitchen and bath. Generous storage & workspace in basement. Deck plus 2 car det garage. $61,500

330 main ave S, HarmoNy, mN

Spacious ranch on corner lot. Very nice kitchen, oak cabinets and breakfast bar area. Master bath and Guest bedroom & bath. Priced to sell! Large 2 car att garage. $95,000

355 3rd ave Se, HarmoNy, mN

Simple lines, means smart design. Super smart layout & use of space 2 good sized bedrooms. Oak hardwoods, updated windows & shingles, private covered patio and super sized 1 car det garage. Make an offer! $68,000

30 3rd ave NW, HarmoNy, mN

Relax & Enjoy! Lovely 2 bedroom, 2 bath, townhome. Great layout with generous sized rooms. Attached garage, CA, patio, appli-ances included.

340 b 5tH ave Se, HarmoNy, mN

38608 Cty 24, LeNora, mNCountry charmer! Well cared for 2 bed-room, 1 ½ bath home. Newer garage w/ loft & greenhouse. Amish built summer kitchen. Rural zoning. $74,900

25 3rd ave NW, HarmoNy, mNSpacious 3 bedroom 2 bath ranch home on a quiet street with hardwood floors. Family room with stone fireplace. 3 season porch to enjoy country views. $104,900

Once in a lifetime opportunity to own this Victorian overflowing with character and charm.4 bedroom, 4 bath, 3 stories plus fin-ished basement. B & B licensed. $349,900

611 Kenilworth ave S, LaNeSboro, mN

PeNdING - 234 1st ave Ne Harmony

PeNdING - 125 St. Paul St. Preston

SoLd - 340a 5th ave Se Harmony

SoLd - 203 Coffee St e Lanesboro

SoLd - 120 4th St SW Harmony

SoLd - 401 e Hwy 52 Canton

450 2Nd ave Se HarmoNy, mN

3 bedroom home on quiet tree lined street. Open porch to welcome your guests. Main floor bedroom, 1/2 bath, and laundry. Hardwood floors under carpet. No backyard neighbors! Det garage. $48,000

Quality custom built ranch home & 2 car garage. LL finished with family room, pool table, ¾ bath, and office. Super for the Outdoor Lover! A few steps to Public Access trout stream and State Land close by. $259,900

45742 Cty 29, mabeL, mN

10 Acres!

435 main ave S, HarmoNy, mNAdorable move in ready home. Updated paint and flooring in dining & living rooms with 9ft ceilings. Eat in kitchen plus main floor laundry, baths and bedrooms. 3rd bedroom loft area with storage space. Det 2 car garage. $68,000

Brick home with beautiful original oak hardwood floors & woodwork on the main floor, open staircase. 3 season front porch and 2 covered back porches to enjoy. Corner lot great curb appeal.

401 North St NW PreStoN, mN

sold!

405 Spring St. NW, PreStoN, mNNice 3 bedroom, 1 ¾ bath home with an up-dated galley kitchen open to family room, and a nice wooded backyard. Large family room addition with fireplace.

sold!

210 Center St. WHarmoNy, mN

Lovely turn of the century 4 bedroom home. Features 9 ft ceilings, decorative moldings, hardwood floors, & original cabinetry detail. Eat in kitchen plus dining room. Full basement & walk up attic. Large 3 season porch. $94,900

Generous living space, oak hardwood floors. 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home. Nice kitchen. Heated 2 car att garage. Seller invites your offer! $98,900

401 County rd 8, FoUNtaIN, mN

Church Hill School CondosLaNeSboro, mN

First Floor condo, cherry wood cabinets, hard-wood flooring, ceramic tile. Master on suite and guest bedroom and ¾ bath. Laundry in unit. 1100+ sq ft, includes garage stall in heated garage. $150,000

55 2Nd ave Se HarmoNy, mN

Move in ready! 4 bedroom 2 bathroom Updated kitchen and baths. Wood floors, high ceilings, built ins on main floor. Lower level family room. Walk up attic. Front covered porch and partially fenced back yard. In-sulated 3 car garage. New shingles in 2009. $118,900

24754 210tH St, PreStoN, mN

2.5 Acres

A Slice of Country! Well cared for spacious home with att. 3 car insulated garage and 32 x 40 steel shed. Fenced area for a small pasture. Wonderful setting, just a short walk to the Root River & only a few miles to Forestville State Park. $156,000

25 Acres with beautiful trees. Super location to build or clear for crop land, access off of county 23 just off intersection. Additional 12+/- acres available. $125,000

XXX Hwy 52 eCaNtoN, mN

Great spot to build a home, beautiful trees open area for pasture or clear for cropland. Addition 25+/- acres available $63,750

pending

XXX Hwy 52 eCaNtoN, mN

Wonderful view from every room! Space for family, friends, hobbies & home business. Vaulted ceilings, granite counter tops, fireplace. LL features hot tub & workout area. Att 2 car plus 30x40 det additional land available. $267,90028821 Cty 25 PeterSoN, mN

2.57 Acres!

125 St. Paul Street SW PreStoN, mN

Great opportunity and super location the courthouse square. Main floor 1298 sq ft of space currently office with great rental lease in place. Upstairs offers an ad-ditional 3 offices, bathroom and spacious break room area. Basement is equipped with shelving and offers nice storage.

pending

Church Hill School CondosLaNeSboro, mN

Beautiful high ceilings & open, bright feel of this home, 2 bedroom.The warmth of wood offers yet a neutral decor to welcome your furnishings. Open & Adjacent to Unit 202, purchase together or separate. Rent to own option! $100,000

2004 Build, 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with walk out basement. LL offers family room, 4th bed-room, and future bath. 2 car detached garage plus shop. 1.67 acre lot.

15437 Cty 9, GreeNLeaFtoN, mN

pending

new listing

45 1St ave SWHarmoNy, mN

Great location within walking distance to most anything! This home has a great yard, large garage. 3 bedroom 2 bath home offers potential at this price! Det 2 car garage. $59,300

10 Acres

COUNTY PROJECTSBIDS CLOSE MAY 6, 2013FILLMORE COUNTY, MN

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORSNotice is hereby given that sealed bids will be accepted by the County Engineer, at the Fillmore County Highway Department, Preston, MN. Until 1:30 p.m. on the 6th day of May, 2013, for the following projects: SAP 023-624-007: Concrete Paving, Aggregate Shouldering and Striping, located on CSAH 24 between the Jcts. of CSAH 23 and TH 43. Major quantities include construction of concrete pave-ment, aggregate shouldering & striping. Plan and Proposal price is $50.00 picked up, and $55.00 if sent by US mail. SAP 023-623-027: Mill Bituminous Surface, Bituminous Pavement Reclamation, Bituminous Surfacing, Aggregate Shouldering & Striping, located on CSAH 23 between the Jcts. of TH 52 and CSAH 24. Major quanti-ties include milling bituminous surface, bituminous pavement reclamation, bitu-minous surfacing, aggregate shouldering and striping. Plan and Proposal price is $50.00 picked up, and $55.00 if sent by US mail. Plans, Proposal and Specifications can be examined and obtained from the Fillmore County Highway Department, 909 Houston Street NW, Preston, MN 55965, ph. # 507-765-3854. Request for plans and proposals must be accompanied by a check, draft or a money order, payable to the Fillmore County Treasurer, in the amount mentioned above. Bids submitted must be individually sealed, and identified on the outside for each specific project. A bidder’s bond or a certified check in the amount of at least 5% of the total amount bid and payable must accompany the bid to the Treasurer of Fillmore County. Fillmore County reserves the right to reject any or all bids.Dated: April 1, 2013Ronald Gregg, County EngineerFillmore County, MN

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BRISTOl TOwNShIP ROCk qUOTES Bristol Township will receive quotes for crushed rock that meet the state specifications to be delivered and spread on township roads by order of the super-visors. Certificate of insurance must accompany all bids. Quotes must be in the hands of the clerk of Bristol Township by Monday, April 8, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. The board reserves the right to reject any or all quotes.

Eunice Biel, clerk24983 120th St.

Harmony, MN 55939Publish 8

CITY OF PRESTONSUMMARY PUBlICATION OF

ORDINANCE #272Adopted by the Preston City Council

on March 4, 2013 An Ordinance granting Minnesota Energy Resources, a subsidiary of Integrys Energy Group, a Delaware corporation, its successors and assigns, a natural gas franchise and the authority to construct, operate, maintain, and extend a natural gas distribution plant and system, and granting the right to use the streets, alleys, and other public places within the present or future corporate limits of the City, of Preston, Minnesota. The term of the Franchise Agreement is 25 years. The Franchise Agreement addresses the following items:GOVERNING RULES AND REGULATIONS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF COMPANY FACILITIES, EXTENSION OF COMPANY FACILITIES, RELOCATION OF COMPANY FACILITIES, FORCE MAJEURE, HOLD HARMLESS, SEVERABILITY, NON WAIVER, REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, EFFECT AND INTERPRETATION OF ORDINANCE and EFFECTIVE DATE AND ACCEPTANCE The Franchise Agreement does not address rates or a franchise fee. A printed copy of the ordinance is available for inspection by any person dur-ing regular office hours at Preston City Hall and the Preston Public Library.

Joe HoffmanCity Administrator

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ASSESSMENT NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Board of Appeal and Equalization of the Township of Yucatan in Houston County, Minnesota, will meet at the Office of the Clerk in said township, at 6:00 o’clock p.m., on Tuesday the 23rd day of April, 2013 for the purpose of reviewing and correcting the assessment of said town-ship for the year 2013. All persons con-sidering themselves aggrieved by said assessment, or who wish to complain that the property of another is assessed too low, are hereby notified to appear at said meeting, and show cause of having such assessment corrected. No complaint that another person is assessed too low will be acted upon until the person so assessed, or his agent, shall have been notified of such complaint. Given under my hand this 11th day of February, 2013.

Linda S. GriggsClerk of the Township of Yucatan

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PUBLIC NOTICESPUBLIC NOTICESPUBLIC NOTICESPUBLIC NOTICESPUBLIC NOTICES

Semcac is seeking contract proposals for lawn mowing and landscaping maintenance

At our two Rushford sites. Our Main office at 204 S Elm St and Tenborg at 113 E Jessie St. Please contact

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Send proposals to Semcac, Attn: Lilly Carrier, PO Box 549, Rushford, MN. 55971. No later than April 19th, 2013.

SUMMARY OF MINUTESMARCH 26, 2013 COUNTY BOARD MEETING

The Fillmore County Board met in special session at the Courthouse in the City of Preston. All members were present. Also present were the Coordinator/Clerk, and other department heads and staff, citizens, and two members of the press. The following resolutions were adopted by the Board:RESOLUTION 2013-009: Eagle Cliff Spur Trail grant application to Dept. of Natural ResourcesRESOLUTION 2013-010: Master partnership agreement with MN Dept. of Transportation RESOLUTION 2013-011: Agreement with MN Dept. of Transportation RESOLUTION 2013-012: Child abuse prevention monthRESOLUTION 2013-013: Close meeting The Board approved the following agenda items: • theamendedagenda. • thefollowingamendedConsentAgenda: 1. March 12, 2013 County Board minutes. 2. Renewal of Preston Golf Club Consumption and Display permit and 3.2 malt liquor license. 3. Overnight stay for Health Educator to attend Toward Zero Death conference. 4. Payments of ambulance appropriations. 5. Family and Medical Leave for employee #1287. • additionaleightyhoursfortemporaryemployee. • expendituresofupto$800.00toupgradeexistingZoningLandUsePermitand Assessor New Construction database. • revisedemployeeFamilyandMedicalLeaveRequestResponseform. • amendedWorkHoursandAttendancePersonnelPolicy. • acceptresignationofKristinMathison,PublicHealthNurse. • advertiseforreplacementfull-timePublicHealthNurse. • awardtoReillyConstructionforprojectsSAP23-607-003;SAP23-607-004;and SAP23-623-023. • awardtoICONConstructors,LLCforprojectSAP23-599-191. • awardtoICONConstructors,LLCforprojectSAP23-615-12. • purchaseofdesktopcomputersandlaptopcomputersanddockingstations. • purchaseagreementwithEdocumentResourcesforOnBaseandCompasssoft ware and annual warranties for Electronic Document Management System. • federalreimbursementeligiblepurchaseofEDMSrelatedequipmentformonitors and printers. • federalreimbursementeligiblepurchaseofEDMSrelatedequipmentforsignature pads. • renewalofLocalCollaborativeTimeStudycontractwithStateofMN. • temporaryhelpforCommunityServices. The following Commissioners’ warrants were approved:

REVENUE FUNDVendor Name, Description AmountBaudler,Maus,Forman,Kritzer&Wagner,LLC,services .................................... $625.00Betsinger, Joan, mileage ....................................................................................... $598.39Boelter,Shirl,mileage,othertravelexpense ........................................................ $532.61Dilaveri Law Firm, services ................................................................................... $890.00ElectionSystems&Software,maintenancecontract ........................................ $9,613.46Fillmore County Treasurer, fuel ........................................................................... $3,527.16MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, training ................................................. $1,368.00MN Post Board of Peace Officer, licenses ........................................................... $810.00Motorola Solutions, equipment purchase .......................................................... $1,800.00Preston Emergency Service, services ................................................................... $970.20Preston Service Plus, services .............................................................................. $642.18Stadum, Elaine, services .................................................................................... $2,400.00Tyler Technologies, annual license renewal ....................................................... $5,839.50WestPaymentCenter,referencematerials ........................................................ $3,953.34WinonaHeating&Ventilating,Inc.,services ......................................................... $812.02TOTAL REVENUE FUND BILLS OVER $500 (listed above) ......................... $34,381.86TOTAL REVENUE FUND BILLS UNDER $500 (54 bills - not listed) ............. $7,374.87TOTAL REVENUE FUND ............................................................................... $41,756.73

ROAD & BRIDGE FUND Vendor Name, Description AmountA+ImagingSystems,copiercontract ................................................................... $556.32BrueningRockProducts,Inc.,rock ................................................................. $13,879.25South MN Lubes, oil .......................................................................................... $4,308.39TOTAL ROAD & BRIDGE FUND BILLS OVER $500 (listed above) ............. $18,743.96TOTAL ROAD & BRIDGE FUND BILLS UNDER $500 (9 bills - not listed) ... $2,216.07TOTAL ROAD & BRIDGE FUND ................................................................... $20,960.03

SANITATION FUNDVendor Name, Description AmountTOTAL SANITATI0N FUND BILLS OVER $500 (none) ........................................... $0.00TOTAL SANITATI0N FUND BILLS UNDER $500 (2 bills - not listed) ............... $260.24TOTAL SANITATION FUND ................................................................................ $260.24 The above represents a summary of the County Board actions on the listed date. Official County Board minutes are on file in the Fillmore County Courthouse and are available for review during regular business hours. County Board meetings are usually scheduledforTuesdaymorningsat9:00intheCommissioners’RoomintheCourthouse.QuestionsregardingtheminutesorupcomingmeetingscanbedirectedtoKarenBrown,Coordinator/ClerkoftheCountyBoardat507/765-4566.

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ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY OF LANESBORO LODGING TAX

ORDINANCE NO. 2-24-92 An Ordinance Amending City of Lanesboro Ordinance Number 2-24-92,captioned an Ordinance Establishing a TaxImposeduponLodging The City of Lanesboro (“City”) ordains as follows: (a)Purpose. In order to increase com-merce and to provide for a vibrant City atmosphere that will attract tourism and convention business to the City, it is essential that the City be marketed and promoted by a local convention and tour-ist bureau, or entity approved by the City as acting as a local convention and tour-ism bureau. (b)Lodging tax establishment. In fur-therance of that purpose, and pursuant toMinnesotaStatutes§469.190,ataxofthree percent is hereby imposed on the gross receipts generated within the City from the furnishing for consideration of lodging at any establishment that charges a fee, including but not limited to bed and breakfasts, campgrounds or campsites, hotels, motels, rooming houses, tourist courts or resorts, other than the renting or leasing of lodging for a continual period of 30 days or more. The establishment of this lodgingtaxisherebyappliedtotheCityofLanesboroandanygovernmentaljurisdic-tion that has contractual obligations with the City of Lanesboro regarding lodging tax. (c)Collection. Any person, corporation, partnership or association (operator) that provides lodging to others must collect the tax at the time lodging charges arepaid. The amount of tax must be sepa-rately stated from the lodging charges and held in trust for the City until remitted to the City. (d)Payments and returns. The taxesimposed by this section must be paid by the operator to the City monthly, and not later than 20 days after the end of the calendar month in which the taxes werecollected. At the time of payment, the operator must submit a return upon forms provided by the City. The return must con-tain the following minimum information: (1)The total amount of rent collected for lodging during the period covered by the return. (2)Theamountoftaxrequiredtobecol-lected and due for the period. (3)The signature of the person filing the return or that of his agent duly authorized in writing. (4)The period covered by the return. (5)The amount of uncollectible rental charges subject to the lodging tax. Theoperatormayoffsetagainstthetaxespay-able with respect to any reporting period, the amount of taxes imposed by thissection previously paid as a result of any transaction, the consideration for which became uncollectible, and exclude fromcharges subject to the tax, any personwhose occupancy is beyond the power of theCitytotaxbyreasonofthefederallawor international treaty. (e)Examination of return, informa-tion gathered, adjustments, notices anddemands. The City must, after a return is filed, examinethereturnandmakeanyexami-nation of the records and accounts of the person making the return deemed neces-sary for determining its correctness. The taxcomputedonthebasisof theexami-nationisthetaxtobepaid.Ifthetaxdueis found to be greater than that paid, the excessmustbepaidtotheCitywithintendays after receipt of a notice thereof given either personally or sent by registered mail totheaddressshownonthereturn.Ifthetax paid is greater than the tax found tobedue, theexcessmustbe refundedbythe City to the person who paid the taxwithin ten days after determination of the refund. (f)Failure to file a return. Subd.1.Ifanypersonrequiredbythissection to file a return fails to do so within the time prescribed, or makes willfully or otherwise an incorrect, false or fraudulent return, upon written notice and demand, the person must file a return or a corrected return within ten days of receipt of written notice and must at the same time pay any taxdue.Ifapersonfailstofileareturnorcorrected return, the City must make a return or corrected return for the person based upon the knowledge and informa-tionandassessataxonthebasisthereof,which tax (lessanypayments theretoforemade on account of the tax for the tax-able period covered by the return) must be paid within ten days of the receipt of written notice and demand for payment. Any return or assessment made by the City is prima facie correct and valid, and the burden of proving to the contrary rests with any person in any action or proceed-ing in respect thereto. Subd. 2. Upon a showing of goodcause, the City may grant an operator one 30-dayextensionof timewithinwhich tofile a return and make payment of taxesas required by this section, provided that interest during the period of extensionmustbeaddedtothetaxesdueattherateof eight percent per annum. (g)Penalties.Subd.1. If any tax imposedby this sec-tion is not paid within the time required for payment,oranextension, theremustbeadded a penalty equal to ten percent of

the amount remaining unpaid. Subd. 2. If any person willfully failsto file any return or make any payment required by this section, or willfully files a false or fraudulent return or willfully attempts in any manner to evade or defeat the tax or payment thereof, there mustalso be imposed as a penalty an amount equal to 50 percent of any tax (less anyamounts paid on the basis of the false or fraudulent return) found due for the period to which the return related. The penalty imposed by this section must be collected aspartofthetaxandareinadditiontoanyother penalties provided by this section. Subd. 3. All payments received will be creditedfirsttopenalties,nexttointerestandthentothetaxdue. Subd.4.Theamountoftaxnottimelypaid, together with any penalty provided by this section, will bear interest at the rate of eight percent per annum from the time the tax should have been paid untilpayment is made. Any interest and penalty willbeaddedtothetax. Subd. 5. In the event that any taxremains unpaid for 30 days after it is due, in addition to the right to institute legal action to collect the amounts due, the Citymaycertifythetax,togetherwithanypenalty, interest and costs, to the county auditor for collection with the real estate taxes. Subd. 6. In the event an operator isin violation of any provisions in this ordi-nance, may suspend or revoke the opera-tor’s lodging permit, to operate a lodging facility in the City of Lanesboro, or within the jurisdictional confines of other gov-ernmental entities that have a contractual relationship, with the City of Lanesboro, for collecting and administering their lodg-ingtaxrevenues.Thissuspensionmaybefor up to twelve months. (h)Examinerecords.Personsactingonbehalf of the City and authorized in writ-ing by the City may examine the books,papers and records of any operator in order to verify the accuracy of any return made or, if no return was made, to ascer-tain the tax as provided in this section.Every such operator must give to the City the means, facilities and opportunity for examinations and investigations as arehereby authorized. The City may request, annually, all operators to provide a copy of their busi-nesstaxreturn(page1oftheForm1120,1120S,1065or1040ScheduleC)byJune30th of the following year. The City would then compare the revenue reported on the taxreturntotheamountoftaxsubmittedfor the year to determine if the amount reported is reasonable. Any significant variances would be investigated. The City may select 2 to 5 opera-tors annually for an on-site audit of theiroccupancy documentation. The City will compare the occupancy statistics multi-plied by the room rates to compare to the amount reported. This may be done for two months, and expanded if variancesare noted. (i)Disposition of proceeds. Ninety-fivepercent of the proceeds must be used to fund a local convention and tourist bureau for the purpose of marketing and promot-ing the City as a convention and tourist center and for that purpose, the City is authorized to enter into an agreement with the Greater Lanesboro Area Convention andVisitor’sBureau. (j)Violations. Any person who willfullyfails to make a return by this section or who fails to pay the tax after writtendemand for payment, or who fails to remit thetaxescollectedoranypenaltyorinter-est imposed by this section after written demand for payment, or who refuses to permit the City’s authorized agents to examine the books, records and papersunder their control, or who willfully makes any incomplete, false or fraudulent return is guilty of a misdemeanor. (k)Appeals. Subd. 1. Any operator aggrieved by any notice, order or determination made bytheCityunderthissection,exceptforthe criminal penalties, may file a petition for review of such notice, order or deter-mination. The petition shall contain the name of petitioner, petitioner’s address and the location of the lodging subjectto the notice, order or determination. The appeal must be first heard by the City administrator. Appeal may be made to the City council by the aggrieved party filing a written notice of appeal with the City clerk within ten days after the administrator’s determination is made to the appellant. (l)Effective date. This section will be in full force and effect from and after its date of publication and will establish the taxset forth in this section upon gross lodg-ing receipts generated beginning on April 1, 2013 and thereafter, unless revised by action of the City Council. (m)Annual report. The Convention and VisitorsBureau(CVB)Boardmustprovidethe City council an annual final report prior to December 1 of each year. At a mini-mum, the report must account for income andexpensesoftheCVBfortheyear,andpropose a budget for the following year. (n) Retention of Provisions of Ordinance Number2-24-92.To the extent not inconsistent herewith,the remaining provisions of Ordinance No. 2-24-92remaininfullforceandeffect. Adopted by the City of Lanesboro on March 4, 2013.

CITYOFLANESBORO:By: /s/ Steven RahnSteven Rahn, MayorAttest:/s/BobbieVickermanBobbie Vickerman, City Administrator/ClerkPublished in the Fillmore County Journal on April 8, 2013.

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NOTICE TO AGGREGATE PRODUCERSSEASONAL MATERIAL BIDS

FILLMORE COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTCP 23-13-02

The Fillmore County Highway Department will be accepting bids for the furnishing and hauling of Class 2 (modified) aggregate on various Fillmore County Roads, and the furnishing of same material in stockpile at various quarry locations. Sealed bids will be received at the office of the County Engineer at the Fillmore County Highway Department in Preston, Minnesota, on behalf of the Fillmore County Board of Commissioners, until 10:30 a.m. on April 18, 2013. Aggregate material will conform with the 2005 Edition of Minnesota Department of Transportation “Standard Specification for Highway Construction”, and as amended by the Special Provisions. Quantities are estimatedat30,618.0tonsofclass-2modaggregate material, plus stockpile quanti-ties. Bid forms may be obtained at the office of the County Highway Engineer, 909 Houston St NW, Preston, Minnesota55965. TheCountyreservestherighttorejectany or all bids and to waive any defect. DatedatPreston,Minnesota,this26thday of March, 2013.

Ronald Gregg, P.E.Fillmore County Engineer

909HoustonSt.NWPreston,MN55965

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NORWAY TOWNSHIPSUMNER TOWNSHIP ACCEPTING QUOTES

The Sumner Township Board will accept quotes for patrolling and snow-plowing with equipment of at least 140 horsepower for the coming year that runs from May 1, 2013 through April 30, 2014. The Board requires a truck capable of spreading rock on icy roads and a loader available for loading rock. A certificate of insurance must accompany all quotes with a minimum of one million dollars in coverage. Quotes are also being accepted for class 2 aggregate that meets state speci-fications by the ton only with charges verified by weight tickets, with and without delivery rates, with delivery and spreading to be started no later than June 1, 2013 and completed by June 20, 2014. A certificate of insurance must accompany all quotes with a minimum of one million dollars in coverage. Quotes must be in an envelope marked “Quote Enclosed” and be in the hands of the Clerk by 6:00 p.m. on Monday,April 22, 2013 or can be delivered to the Township Supervisors’ April 22 meeting at 7:30 p.m. Quotes will be discussed at the April meeting and the board reserves the righttonegotiate,acceptorrejectanyorall quotes.

Melinda MillerClerk, Sumner Township

14385 320th St.Stewartville,MN55976

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Minnesota Secretary Of StateCERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME -AMENDMENT TO ASSUMED NAME

Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 333 1.Listtheexactassumednameunderwhich the business is or will be conduct-ed:

LANESBORO HAIR CARE 2. Principal Place of Business:

403 PARkWAY AVE. N.LANESBORO, MN 55949

3. List the name and complete street address of all persons conducting busi-ness under the above Assumed Name, OR if an entity, provide the legal corporate, LLC, or Limited Partnership name and registered office address:

SUE MIEHLISCH23932 FOX RD.

LANESBORO, MN 55949 4. This certificate is an amendment of Certificate of Assumed Name File Number: 4178845-2 Originally filed on: 2/11/2011 Underthename:LanesboroHairCare 5. I, the undersigned, certify that Iam signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in bothcapacities.IfurthercertifythatIhavecompleted all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the appli-cable chapter of Minnesota Statutes. Iunderstand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjuryasset forth inSection609.48as if Ihadsigned this document under oath.

Dated: 3/17/2013Signed: /s/ Sue M. Miehlisch

Sue M. Miehlisch, Owner/ManagerPublish 8,15

ROCk BIDS Norway township is accepting bids for road rock to be delivered and spread on township roads on the order of the town board. Bids will be opened at the monthly meeting Tuesday, April 16th at 8:00 pmat the Norway townhall. Bids can also be mailed to Walter Laumb, Town Clerk,44397238thSt.,Peterson,MN55962.

WalterLaumbTown ClerkPublish 1,8

ROCk BID NEWBURG TOWNSHIP

Newburg Township is now accepting bids for crushed rock to be delivered and spread upon township roads as needed or loaded at the pile. Bids must be in the hands of the clerk by 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, 2013. The township reserves the righttorejectanyorallbids.

Genette HalversonTownship Clerk

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