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In the Community, With the Community, For the Community

The Waconia Patriot • 8 S. Elm, Waconia, MN 55387 • 952-442-4414Vol. 116 • No. 14

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Local 2 Dateline 3 Forum 4 Opinion 4 Area 5 Entertainment 6 Community 12 Religion 13 Sports 1-2B Record 3-4B Classified 6-9B

The Waconia-West Carver Rotary Club

was recently honoredby its District for

excellence in club administration.

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The Waconia girls track and field team medaled in three events at the state track meet held at Hamline University in St. Paul June 7-8.

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

BY TODD MOENWACONIA PATRIOT

With more than two decades of experience in education, Bruce Richards is look-ing forward to his next chal-lenge — serving as the new princi-pal at St. Joseph Catholic School in Waconia.

“I’m very excited to come and help to continue to build tvhe school and focus on all the things that need to be focused on,” said Richards, who offi cially starts at St. Joe’s on July 1. “I am excited to work with the Wa-conia community. I have been very impressed with the community as a whole. It is very child-centered. Peo-ple seem to have a passion for educa-tion down here and know the value of a strong education.”

After graduating from a Catholic high school, Richards pursued an engineering degree. After working as a school bus driver, however, Rich-ards realized he loved working with children.

“I thought, where can I use science background, my math background, and my love of working with kids and elementary education was the most obvious answer where I could do all of those,” he explained.

After receiving his undergraduate degree from Moorhead State, Rich-ards earned a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from the UM-Twin Cities. He has since completed post-master’s program at St. Thomas to add the title of Education Specialist in Administration to his resume.

Ironically enough, Richards’ ca-reer started at St. Joe’s, albeit at St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Moor-head. He spent two years there, teaching second grade and sixth grade math one year and fourth grade the next.

For the next 16 years, Richards taught in the Osseo School District, teaching mostly elementary level math while also working with his speciality in professional develop-ment in mathematics.

The following three years were also spent in Osseo but this time, Rich-ards served as a QComp instruction-al coach, working with 65 teachers a year to provide one-on-one teacher feedback and ways to improve in-structional practices. During this time, Richards also was an Adjunct Faculty member at Hamline Univer-sity, assisting preK-12 teachers earn Masters degrees.

For the 2012-13 school year, Rich-ards served as Assistant Principal at Kennedy Elementary School in Willmar. His position was created through a one-year federal Title I School Improvement Grant (SIG), which provides funding and support to the state’s identifi ed Persistently

BY GRETA SOWLESWACONIA PATRIOT

There is an old proverb that says, “Great things come from small begin-nings.”

This can be said of a lot of different things, but perhaps it is especially appli-cable to local band Molly’s Worst Enemy. After playing their fi rst set in 2010, the group released a CD earlier in 2013 and is planning to leave on tour June 14.

The group began at Waconia High School, where all of the members at-tended school and were part of the show choir. Their fi rst gig was an event called coffeehouse, where they played a set of songs by Say Anything, a band that they particularly liked. The set went really well, which encouraged the group to play again at the homecoming dance.

The band put out a CD in 2011 and toured with it around the cities and to Fargo, N.D. However, the group’s tour

Local band sets off on tour, gaining in popularity

St. Joe’s welcomes new principal

Local manager honored by National GuardBY TODD MOEN

WACONIA PATRIOT

One of the challenges for members of the National Guard is simultaneously hold-ing down a full-time job while fulfi lling their service obliga-tions, both the scheduled ones and the ones that come up with little notice.

The National Guard recognizes this and as a result, it created the Patriot Award, which recognizes supervisors and bosses that are nominated by a Guards-man or Reservist employee for sup-

port provided directly to the nominator. Spouses of service members are also eligible to nominate their supportive su-pervisor.

Jed Hunstad, the Territory Sales Leader for Schwan’s Home Service, Inc. in Waco-nia, received the Patriot Award from Dave Bambenek, the Area Chair for the Employer Sup-

port of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), during a brief ceremony held at Schwan’s on Tuesday, June 4. Hunstad was nomi-nated by Ben Lentz, a Schwan’s employee who was hired about eight months ago

who is also a sergeant in the National Guard.

After Lentz was unexpectedly required to attend a class for the National Guard, Hunstad personally covered Lentz’s route. Lentz is appreciative of Hunstad’s fl exibility regarding his obligations to the National Guard.

“If anything does happen, if I get de-ployed or my two-week drill comes up, he’ll fi ll my spot while I’m gone,” Lentz said. “He’s a good guy to work for. He’s not one of those bosses that microman-ages. He treats you like an adult. I would

And they’re off!More than 2,000 people ascended on Waconia to participate in the 2nd annual Lola’s Lake Waconia Half Marathon on Saturday, June 8. According to Adam Kocinski of Podium Sports Marketing, the event went well considering this was only its second year, the weather was picture perfect, and the runners, organizers and sponsors were all happy with the turnout. About half of the participants took part in the half marathon. New to the event this year was a 13.1 mile relay event, which attracted 40 teams of runners, and a 10-mile run, which had 250+ runners. In addition to those distance events, the event featured a 5K, a Dog 5K wave and a Kid’s run. The event was presented by Twin Cities Orthopedics and supported by Ridgeview Medical Center, Dannon Yogurt, Home For Life and the city of Waconia. It was produced by Podium Sports Marketing and is part of the Minnesota Running Series. The 3rd annual Lola’s Lake Waconia Half Marathon is scheduled for Saturday, June 7, 2014. Here, runners take off at the start of the 5K. For a partial list of results, see Page 6. (Patriot photo by Todd Moen)

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Waconia-based band Molly’s Worst Enemy – from left, Max Rickell, Deano Erickson, Paul Winkel-man, Devin Aadland and Chris Braudt – will tour this summer to promote their newest CD “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” They will travel as far as Cleveland, Ohio, spending over 33 hours in their 15-passenger van. (Photo by Devin Aadland)See Band / Page 7

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Infrastructure is the basic, underlying framework of an organization.

It forms the building blocks upon which an organization can grow. While critical to the success of an organization, it is rarely recognized, let alone awarded. Yet that is exactly what happened this past April when the Waconia-West Carv-er Rotary received the District award for Club Administration.

The Club Administration Award hon-ors clubs that have made a concerted and successful effort to run their club more effi ciently and effectively. Defi nitely that applies to the Waconia-West Carver Ro-tary. During the 2012-13 year, the local Rotary Club became more effective and effi cient in the area of fi nance, member-ship drive, operations, public relations and programming.

Increasing one’s fi nancial picture is al-ways on the top of every organization’s mind.

Waconia-West Carver Rotary sup-ports a number of worthy causes in the area. The needs in the community have increased dramatically. In order to help meet those needs, the local Rotary knew it had to increase its fundraising. The three fundraising vehicles it used during the year – the Rose Sale, the Gourmet Wine Dinner and the Duck Races – were much beloved, but needed to be made more effi cient and effective.

By applying a number of business man-agement techniques to the Duck Race, the net profi t was increase from $139 to over $10,022. The techniques were then applied to the Gourmet Wine Dinner and increased the net profi t from $11,463 to $16,185. These additional funds are being directed to increase support of the International and Community Services, expand the Youth Exchange program

and enhance Club Marketing and Mem-bership recruitment efforts.

The club also increased membership and fellowship opportunities by offer-ing additional social gatherings. These events were held as part of local service projects, membership orientation and holiday gatherings. The events provided a venue for Rotarians, spouses, business associates and friends to cultivate and strengthen relationships by getting to know each other in a more relaxed and enjoyable setting.

Making operations more effi cient and effective was also a goal this past year for

the local club. The bylaws were reviewed. Then the

club established guidelines and stan-dard operating procedures for approving Community Service projects, facilitating fundraising events and other club admin-istrative activities. In addition, the local club partnered with an established Ro-tary 501.c3 non-profi t to better manage donations and to provide fi scal account-ability. The fi nancial operations effective-ness was evident in the increased number of Rotarians who contributed to Rotary International.

To increase Rotary visibility, the club

embarked on a public relations cam-paign that included the addition of a Ser-vice Above Self award, given to a local non-Rotarian who embodies the Rotary motto in serving the local community. In addition, the Duck Races were used to promote Rotary throughout the com-munity.

The launch of the Club Runner, which is both the external website and club management software, served as an en-hancement of membership communica-tions also served as a means to advertise upcoming events and current achieve-ments. A social media component was also added.

Finally, programming outside the club was studied and the Waconia-West Carver Rotary increased its participation in International projects. Two Rotarians, Dr. Nancy Rajanen and Richard Scott, traveled to Chimbote, Peru to explore ex-panding collaborative partnerships with Rotary Clubs.

The award was presented to the Club at the District 5950 Annual Meeting on April 19. Paul Batz’s keynote message that night was “Spreading Goodness in Leadership and Business.”

By strengthening the Club infrastruc-ture, the Waconia-West Carver Ro-tary Club did just that. The outcome is a more robust club with the fi nancial means to help even more worthy causes in the western area of Carver County.

If you are interested in learning more about the local Rotary Club, contact Ro-tary President Ron Seib (952-361-9294) or President Elect Richard Scott (612-805-8899). You may also learn more by linking to www.clubrunner.ca/waconi-awestcarver.

Waconia-West Carver Rotary receives district award

The Waconia-West Carver Rotary Club recently received the District award for Club Administra-tion. Pictured here are Rotary President Ron Seib, left, and President Elect Richard Scott. (Patriot staff photo by Todd Moen)

last summer fell short of ex-pectations. “All of the shows canceled on us as we were on the road,” said guitarist Deano Erickson.

Molly’s Worst Enemy’s newest CD, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” was released in January 2013 and is currently sold on iTunes or locally at Mocha Monkey. Erickson used the words rocky, fast and melodic to describe the music, adding that it was “punk you could sing to.”

The band will be touring this summer with that CD beginning June 14. This time, the band had a booking agent, Jeremy Hiniker, who booked most of their shows. Show locations in-clude venues with a stage, a bar and house or basement shows.

“This will be our fi rst chance

at establishing them as more than just a local band as they work to prove themselves on the road,” said Hiniker. “This will help to gain them the attention they deserve.”

After leaving Minnesota, the band will travel around Wis-consin, Illinois, and Indiana and will go as far as Cleveland, Ohio. The trip is over 33 hours of driving time.

Erickson said that the base-ment shows are the best because they are the most personal.

“Fifty to 75 kids in a base-ment, and it’s just packed,” said Erickson. “The same amount of people in a venue that’s sup-posed to hold 200, then it just looks really open.” Erickson also mentioned that the band plays for a lot of high school students but can also draw at-tention from a variety of older

people in the music scene. The bands members – Max

Rickel, Chris Braudt, Devin Aadland, Paul Winkelman and Erickson – had to personally pay to get the band started up, which included putting out a CD, making t-shirts and travel costs on tour. “It’s slowly get-ting to the point where we don’t have to pay to be in the band anymore,” said Erickson. “We don’t have to put our own mon-ey in because the band is kind of funding itself.”

For the tour this summer, the band will travel in a 15-passen-ger van loaded with equipment. “Basically when we play shows we get $50 to $100 per show and all of that money goes right into the gas tank,” said Erickson. Sometimes venues will feed the bands, but if not, the band will eat the free meal that Chipo-

tle provides to touring bands or hang around Little Caesar’s Piz-za waiting to collect pizza that would otherwise be thrown out. “We spend a lot of nights sleep-ing on the fl oor of somebody’s basement or on couches,” added Erickson.

In addition to fi nancial strains, the band has also dealt with relational confl icts among friends, girlfriends and family. It was also a challenge to pull together the band during the school year because the mem-bers were spread as far as a Chi-cago. Aadland, who attends Co-lumbia College in Chicago, will be leaving the band in the fall to pursue photography full time. The band is still solidifying a re-placement bass guitarist.

Erickson emphasized that while the members have made sacrifi ces to be in the band, it is

all worth it. “It’s exhilarating,” said Erick-

son. “It’s so much fun to have like your four or fi ve best friends and you’re all collaborating on a piece of art – a song that es-sentially is you.” He also men-tioned that all of the songs that Molly’s Worst Enemy writes and performs are very personal. “It’s as honest as we can possibly be.”

Hiniker is excited about Mol-ly’s Worst Enemy, adding that they are honest, relatable people. He see’s this tour as a stepping-stone to a great future. “If these guys can maintain their passion and work ethic, which I fully ex-pect them to do, I see nothing stopping them.”

To learn more about the band, check out their Facebook page.

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Band releases new CD, ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone,’ in January 2013

National Farmers Union (NFU) has an-nounced 12 participants for its 2013 Beginning Farmers Institute (BFI), four of which are Min-nesotans: Eric Hoese of Mayer; Carsten Thomas of Moorhead; and Brent Krohn and Bryce Krohn of Nicollet.

“The BFI program tar-gets young family famers and will hone their lead-ership and farming skills by showing them the tools they will need to make it a go; and give them the resources necessary for their farming journey,” said Minnesota Farmers Union President Doug Peterson. “I congratulate the four Minnesota mem-bers for their inclusion in the BFI program and look forward to working with them as the next genera-tion of family farmers.”

Each participant choos-es focus areas, and tailors their goals directly to their farming practices. Hoese will focus on transitioning a dairy and grain farm.

The BFI provides an op-portunity for beginning farmers to acquire lead-ership and farm manage-ment skills. It concentrates on building confi dence in beginning farmers and farm couples, and addi-tionally encourages them to learn, and apply lead-ership abilities to become actively involved in com-munity organizations.

Mayer’s Hoese part of BFI program

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An infomercial for the HurryCane was filmed at Mackenthun’s Fine Foods

in Waconia last week. The infomercial will air

nationally this fall. Page 2


The Waconia Lakers were 2-1 last week

with victories over New Germany and Watertown.

The Lakers are secondin the North Division.

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Poster projectAn artist with local roots begins ambitious project.

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Thursday, July 4, 2013

BY LORRIE HAMWACONIA PATRIOT

The proposed construction of a MnDOT park and pool lot in St. Bonifacius prompted several citizens to request a public hear-ing which was held June 19. The project is designed to replace the park and pool lot that was lo-cated at Highway 7 and County Road 25 before the roundabout was built.

The city of St. Boni had al-ready voted to enter into an agreement with MnDOT and the Hennepin County Regional

Rail Authority (HCRRA) to al-low the construction of a park and pool lot with 25 spaces near the intersection of Bell Street and Kennedy Memorial Drive. MnDOT approached the HCRRA about putting the lot on HCRRA owned land. The 20-year agreement calls for the city to be responsible for mainte-nance of the lot. When MnDOT applied to the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) for the necessary permits for construction, the watershed dis-trict sent the required notifi ca-tion to residents within 600 feet

of the project.Several residents of Kennedy

Memorial Drive contacted both MnDOT and the city opposing the project. Neighbors feel that there will be an increase in traffi c in the area with a park and pool lot. They are also concerned about losing trees on the lot.

While the council listened to residents’ concerns, it did feel that the lot was a “win-win” for the city as MnDOT would be responsible for the construc-tion. The location of the lot will be a benefi t for the city, provid-ing additional parking for the

trail, city hall and the commu-nity center, noted Mayor Rick Weible.

However, in further discus-sion later in the meeting, the council reviewed HCRRA’s pro-posed changes to the agreement. One change requires the city to be responsible to remove the park and pool lot and restore the property to its previous use

if the HCRRA determines that the facility should be removed.

The council questioned why that change was proposed.

“That didn’t fall out of the sky,” said Councilmember Joe Arwood. MnDOT representa-tive Carl Jensen noted that the HCRRA has included that lan-guage in other similar agree-ments as well.

“Certainly not in the face of all the public opposition to it — to then agree to something as onerous as that?” said Council-

St. Boni citizens express displeasure over parking lot plan

BY LORIIE HAMWACONIA PATRIOT

At its June 24 meeting, the May-er City Council approved a bid of $1,650 to Clark Engineering of Minneapolis, for a structural con-dition study of the former cream-ery site at the corner of 5th Street and Bluejay Avenue.

The city acquired the cream-ery property in March 2010 as a result of tax forfeiture. The city’s Economic Development Author-ity (EDA) has been discussing the future of the creamery and the possibilities for its use. Before the group goes any further, the EDA wants to have a structural engineer do a review of the building to as-sist in the planning for the use of the building.

Clark Engineering provided the lower of two bids received, City Administrator Luayn Murphy re-ported. Services will include a site visit to observe the building and document locations of structural distress, if any; observation and photos of the existing conditions of the fl at roof, and an engineering report with recommendations.

In another matter, the coun-cil passed an amendment to the city’s personnel policy, which gives the council authority to re-move a commissioner from his or her appointment if more than 25 percent of the annual meetings are missed and unexcused. The personnel committee will review the attendance records of mem-bers appointed to city commis-sions, boards and committees. The committee may recommend ac-tion to the city council, including a recommendation of removal, if deemed necessary.

In asking the personnel commit-tee to draft an ordinance, the coun-cil felt that city business was not always being conducted effi ciently

Mayer authorizes creamery site study

A fi ne day for a triathlonCompetitors and specta-tors couldn’t have asked for a better day to run the Lake Waconia Triath-lon last weekend. While it may have been a little cool diving into the water when the elite athletes began on Sunday, June 30, by the time those runners crossed the fi n-ish line under 90 min-utes later, it had warmed to an idyllic Minne-sota summer day. Here, Lawrence Nemecek of Minnetrista crosses the fi nish line with the help of a young fan. For race results and photos, see Page 1B. (Patriot photo by Melissa Marohl)

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In 1776, the United States declared its independence from Great Britain, say-ing in part, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Cre-ator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pur-suit of happiness.” But is Carver County really ensuring these “unalienable rights”? A growing cause in Carver County would suggest not.

Lea Dannewitz created a website called Carver County Corruption in July 2011, on which is included court documents

and other information from court cases in Carver County. The site incorporates in-formation from Dannewitz’s own divorce/child custody case with Jeremy Banken, from which Banken gained custody of the couple’s three children.

Over the past two years, the site has con-tinued to grow to include more cases of alleged corruption of the Carver County court system. What was once a blogging website has become a growing cause led by many upset individuals.

Supporters of the cause have recently become more proactive, picketing at the Dakota County courthouse and more re-cently at the Carver County courthouse on June 25. They have also met with local

legislators and have bought space on the electronic billboard on Highway 7 in St. Bonifacius.

Bonnie Roy fi rst got involved with the court system about six years ago, when she went through a divorce case. During this time she began exploring the Carver County Corruption website and got in touch with Dannewitz. Roy was present at one of Dannewitz’s court hearings, and after witnessing fi rst-hand what she felt was mistreatment in the courts, she be-came much more involved.

“The more I started watching the pro-cess, the more I kept thinking there’s

Group rallies against alleged judicial corruption

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something not right here,” said Roy. The growth started when Roy and

Dannewitz would hear more cases and encouraged others to share their stories on the blog. “We can’t just sit back and be okay with what is happening here,” said Roy.

Within 3-6 months of meeting Dan-newitz, Roy and others went to the state capitol and met with over 40 legislators. They gave the legislators a brief court history and explained their concerns, but according to Roy, the group’s complaints were basically rejected.

“All of our complaints basically got re-jected, stating that there was nothing that [the legislators] could do outside of their power to correct a judge’s ruling, even if it was an illegal mistake,” said Roy.

Additionally, supporters of Carver County Corruption were interviewed in front of the Carver County courthouse

for Bill Windsor’s Lawless America, a documentary fi lm about judicial and government corruption in America.

Carver County Corruption’s fi rst pick-eting event was around two weeks ago at the Dakota County courthouse. The event was in response to a ruling of a case involving a woman who lost custody of her children months after her divorce was fi nalized.

On June 25, supporters of Carver County Corruption brought the picket-ing to the Carver County courthouse.

“I guess we were trying to bring more awareness to people and let the court system know that what they are doing is wrong,” said Roy.

Although Roy believes that corruption is happening in other counties, Carver County is the main focus because that is where most of the supporters live.

Minnesota State Representative Ernie Leidiger attended the picketing event to hear the group’s concerns, as he is the

state representative for many of those in attendance. As a state representative, Leidiger has occasionally met with sup-porters of Carver County Corruption during the past few years. Leidiger has even attended a few case hearings, and Roy indicated that his presence at the picketing event was appreciated.

In terms of legislation, the group is focusing on a few issues: legislative over-sight of judges, judge gratuities and high court costs.

According to Roy, the Board of Judi-cial Standards is supposed to be keeping the judges accountable for their actions but is not doing anything to rein the judges in.

“Technically speaking, the state leg-islators can take action and have the power to reign in these judges and have accountability,” said Roy. “And that is probably our goal, to get it back to the state legislators and say yes you do have the power to change it.”

Roy also added that according to the Judicial Board of Conducting, judges can accept gratuities, which was shock-ing to her. Carver County Corruption is promoting judge elections.

“A lot of these judges are appointed by the governor and when they step into the position it ends up being an abuse of power and again there is no accountabil-ity for their actions,” said Roy.

As of now, judicial reforms are being considered regarding judge gratuities and the code of ethics, performance stan-dards for judges, or judge accountability, and legislative oversight of judges.

Carver County Corruption is work-ing with the Tea Party in Chanhassen to promote the WATCH program, which allows volunteers to be trained to attend court hearings and take notes, which ac-cording to Roy, often makes the judge uneasy. According to www.watchmn.org, the WATCH program exists to bring a public eye to justice in the court system.

“It can bring more awareness, and the citizens can actually be a part of that as well,” said Roy. “It’s a little bit time con-suming, but people can be proactive that way too.”

The main purpose of group’s use of the billboard on Highway 7 is to bring more exposure to the corruption. While the group’s fi rst billboard photo included only fi ve people, the next photo will in-clude almost 60.

“Once we get some of the donations that are coming in and people willing to support our cause, we are hoping to get the billboards statewide if we can,” said Roy.

Carver County Corruption is working on becoming a 501(C)(4) or a 501(C)(5) organization so that supporters can di-rectly donate to the cause. “I would say we are going to join forces together to bring awareness, and then to hopefully stop some of the corruption that is going on in the county,” she said.

To learn more about Carver County Corruption, visit its website at www.carvercountycorruption.com.

Contact Greta Sowles at [email protected]


Shoppers may or may not have noticed but Mackenthun’s Fine Foods in Waco-nia turned into a television set for a few hours last week. A team from martFIVE, a marketing company based in Plymouth, was at the store to fi lm an infomercial for one of its products, the HurryCane, dur-ing the morning of Thursday, June 27.

The Hurry Cane is an expandable cane that features a unique three-point base. Since its release about a year and a half ago, the HurryCane has sold close to 1 million units. The infomercial was being fi lmed for the newest version of the Hur-ryCane, which will be 25 percent lighter and 40 percent stronger.

For the shoot, a crew of about a dozen people fi lmed an elderly actress with a HurryCane walking up the aisles, reach-ing for products and walking outside of the store. The scenes shot at Mackent-hun’s were only the second day of about 10 to 15 days of shooting for the info-mercial, which will be 30 minutes long and shown on national television starting in October. Mackenthun’s is one of three locations for the infomercial.

martFIVE’s John Priess is the director of the infomercial. As a citizen of Wa-

conia, Priess suggested Mackenthun’s as he knew interior and exterior shots at a grocery store were needed for the info-mercial.

“I knew this place would be perfect,” Priess said. “I live out here, I shop out here and I knew we had this scene in the grocery store to fi lm. It’s nice to have a place locally like this to open up its doors to us.”

Kim Mackenthun, owner of Mack-enthun’s Fine Foods, said his store has been used for training fi lms and videos by companies such as Supervalu and Procter & Gamble in the past but this will be the fi rst time the store will be seen on national television. Mackenthun, who explained that fi lming was done in the morning so any disruption to customers was kept to a minimum, said it was fun to have the crew fi lm at the store.

To learn more about the HurryCane, visit www.martfi ve.com.

Contact Todd Moen at [email protected]

Mackenthun’s welcomes crew for HurryCane infomercial

A fi lm crew captures potential footage for an infomercial on the HurryCane at Mackenthun’s Fine Foods in Waconia on Thursday, June 27. (Patriot photo by Todd Moen)

In just a few short years, Carver County Corruption has grown from a handful of supporters to almost 60. Here, supporters of the group picket at the Carver County Courthouse on June 25. (Patriot photo by Greta Sowles)

Local activists meet with legislators to consider judicial reforms

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Bomb squad assists in Cologne incidentThe Carver County Sheriff ’s Office re-

ceived a report of a suspicious incident near US 212 and County Road 36 in Co-logne at 7:09 p.m. on June 24.

An employee of Twin Cities Western Railroad Company was inspecting an empty group of Ethanol tanker rail cars that were stopped temporarily on a side-track and observed a duffle bag on one of the cars that had been placed there with-in the last 24 hours. Deputies responded

and determined the bag would need to be inspected more closely to determine if it was safe. The Bloomington Police Department Bomb Squad was called to inspect the bag. Cologne Fire Rescue and Ridgeview Ambulance Service were on standby. The bomb squad employed an X-Ray device and determined the bag to be safe. Further inspection of the bag revealed that the contents consisted of women’s clothing and lingerie.

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After beginning her career in busi-ness marketing, Cathy Stahlke began to struggle with migraine headaches, treat-ing them and her reconstructed shoulder with massage therapy. She experienced the relaxing and pain reducing benefi ts of massage therapy fi rst-hand, and be-came interested in providing others with the same relief that she had experienced. When it came time for a career change, she knew just what to do.

Stahlke received her massage therapy certifi cation in 1995 and began her career in a chiropractic offi ce in Mankato. Us-ing her business marketing background, she was able to advertise the therapeutic massage offerings of the business and saw growth and success with repetitive clientele. Seeking more of a challenge and the satisfaction of owning her own business, Stahlke established Balance Life, LLC in Mankato in 1998. It was here that the phrase, “Stronger Togeth-er” became a business motto. It followed Stahlke as she moved to the western sub-urbs of the Twin Cities in 2001 and later began her offi ce in Waconia.

Stahlke is the proud owner of Balance Life, LLC in Waconia, a group of well-ness practitioners, offering services in massage therapy, acupuncture, refl exol-ogy, Chinese medicine and studio classes in yoga and Pilates. The business moved to Waconia in 2008 and soon saw rapid growth, expanding to a new offi ce on Ol-ive Street in 2012 that nearly tripled its square footage.

Since this expansion in 2012, the healthcare team at Balance Life has more than doubled to total 18 wellness profes-sionals, including a refl exologist and stu-dio teachers. Most of the therapists have more than 10 years of experience, which is rare to fi nd under one umbrella.

Stahlke emphasized that Balance Life has experienced success because of the unity of the team of wellness profession-als.

“You are only as good as those around

you,” she added. Nationally certifi ed refl exologist Lori

Stevenson of Sole Refl ections joined the staff at Balance Life in 2011 after own-ing her own practice in Chaska. Steven-son did hospice care for her father, who passed away in 2011, after which she de-cided not to renew her lease in Chaska. Since moving to Balance Life, Stevenson has enjoyed working with Stahlke and their team of professionals.

“She really respects other peoples’ mo-dalities and specialties,” Stevenson said, adding that Stahlke trusts other thera-pists and is a great mentor to younger, aspiring massage professionals.

Yoga instructor Marcy Beix fi rst be-

came connected to Balance Life as a massage therapy client after moving to the area four years ago. Beix heard that Balance Life was interested in starting yoga classes and she stayed connected with Stahlke. After being certifi ed in yoga instruction, she began teaching some of the fi rst yoga classes at Balance Life in September 2012.

Beix currently teaches workshops and series classes, beginning yoga levels one and two, restorative yoga, slow fl ow and gentle stretch, although she is confi dent that she could teach any class that Bal-ance Life offers.

“It is a nice component to the wellness aspect of [Stahlke’s] business,” said Beix.

Beix believes that yoga is here to stay, suggesting that Balance Life has built a solid foundation that will continue to grow. She could not speak more highly of Stahlke’s leadership.

“She’s so generous with her time, and she deeply cares for people,” said Beix. “And it’s authentic.”

One of Stahlke’s foremost goals to ed-ucate the community on the benefi ts of alternative care and to attempt to correct some of the misconceptions associated with it.

“Taking care of yourself should never be a luxury,” Stahlke said, imploring that

Balance Life combines business and client care

Despite much success, Cathy Stahlke and her team of Balance Life professionals remain humbled in service to the local community, seeking to make a difference in the lives of the people around them. (Patriot photo by Greta Sowles)

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while many people maintain cars and homes, they forget to take care of their biggest asset. “We are a society that we pack as much into one day as we can, and people are stressed to the max.”

With the growth in the busi-ness, Stahlke has been chal-lenged with learning the balance of business management, client care and family life away from work.

“Few people realize the dedi-cation it takes to run a success-ful business,” Stahlke added. She will often work 50 to 60 hours a

week. Additionally, it has been emo-

tionally diffi cult for Stahlke to work with patients who have been affected with some form of cancer. This past spring, Stahlke worked with four double mas-tectomy patients during their treatment, three of who were younger than her.

“Many days I left with a heavy aching heart, but there is no greater satisfaction than when somebody comes out and you either took away their pain or lessened their pain or helped in their healing,” she said.

Gayle Guthland began going to Balance Life after experienc-

ing a neck injury about fi ve years ago and continued care when she was diagnosed with cancer in May 2012. While she didn’t have much pain, the acupuncture and spiritual yoga were calming for her and helped her get on a good sleep schedule. She also enjoyed having someone else to talk to, in addition to her family and church family.

“Cathy is very good at what she does,” said Guthland. “[Go-ing to Balance Life] becomes part of your routine because it makes everything better.”

Guthland gets a massage ev-ery two weeks, acupuncture at least once a month and attends

spiritual yoga weekly if she is in town.

In the future, Stahlke hopes to bring the healing touch of complimentary care to hospital inpatients. “From illness, injury, post surgical to infant delivery, complementary care assists with decrease in pain and anxiety and increases the healing process,” she said.

Away from the offi ce, Stahlke enjoys working on her hobby farm right outside of Waco-nia, where she lives with her husband, Gary, and their three children Liv, 14, Claudia, 11 and Weston, 9.

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The 728 Cadets came, saw and conquered at the 15th an-nual Lake Waconia Band Fes-tival, which drew thousands of spectactors to Waconia on Saturday, June 15.

Hailing from School Dis-trict 728 and representing the towns of Elk River, Rogers,

Zimmerman and Otsego, the 728 Cadets and their reper-toire of “A Simple Gift” won the Grand Champion and People’s Choice awards.

The 728 Cadets were fi rst in Class AAA, where they also won the Best Winds and Best Drumline awards.

In addition, the 728 Ca-dets also took home the title of Owat-onia Grand Cham-

pion of the Day, an award that is shared by the Har-ry Wegner Band Festival and the Lake Waconia Band Festival and given to the band that participates in both festivals and earns the highest combined point total.

Last year, the Mankato 77 Lancers won the top three

awards but this year, the Lanc-ers had to settle for second place

in Class AAA. The Lancers were

followed by Park Center (3rd) and Owa-

tonna (4th). In Class AA, Li-tchfi eld took fi rst

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Area youngstersenjoyed time fishing, learning about water

insects and more during Fishing Friday at Lake

Waconia last week. Page 14


Two Waconia siblings competed at the state golf tournament last week. Matt Rachey

took 17th and Meagan Rachey was 26th.

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Waconia marketCitizens attend the opening of a new farmers market.

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

BY LORRIE HAMWACONIA PATRIOT

Mark Spanton of CenterPoint Energy was on hand for the June 10 Mayer City Council meeting, where he presented Mayor Mike Dodge with a check for $2,500. Fire Chief Rod Maetzold had applied for a CenterPoint Community Partnership Grant for funds to purchase a foam system, a pulse meter and blood pressure monitor.

Spanton was pleased to report that the grant program recently surpassed $1 million in donations to local com-

munities to fund safety-related equipment and projects.

“At CenterPoint Energy our number one priority is safety and it’s rewarding to partner with communities to help them achieve their goals with new equipment, train-ing or other safety-related projects that the grants afford them,” said Diane En-glet, senior director of community rela-tions for CenterPoint Energy. “We are proud that our Community Partnership Grants are leveraged with local funds to enhance safety in our communities.”

Somewhat reluctantly, the council ap-

proved a plan to repair and re-place as needed the streetlight poles in the downtown section of County Road 25. A total of 28 poles sustained damage

over the winter, which city staff felt was caused by snow plowing. However, the city’s snowplowing contractor, Molnau Trucking of Belle Plaine, would not take responsibility for the damage – saying that no inventory had been done before the winter season so there was no evi-dence that the snowplowing caused the

Mayer FD receives grant from CenterPoint Energy


With the arrival of Ridgeview Medi-cal Center’s birthing clinic in 2009, many new parents have taken advan-tage of the reputable clinic, choosing to give birth in one of the six birthing suites.

Andy and Lindsay Schroeder were no exception, planning to have a wa-ter birth at the Waconia clinic. Plans changed when Lindsay’s labor pro-gressed too quickly, and instead, Oliver

Schroeder arrived at Lindsay’s parents’ house and traveled to the hospital via ambulance.

On Friday, March 22, a day after her due date, Lindsay Schroeder began having contractions in the early morn-ing. After leaving work in Minnetonka around noon, Lindsay met with her midwife, Jamie Otremba, who suggest-ed that she stay in town. Because Lind-say, Andy and their daughter Morgan live outside of Norwood Young Amer-ica, Lindsay went to her parents’ house in Waconia.

Lindsay called her birth doula, Buzzy Anderson, and asked her to come there, where they worked through the contractions as the night progressed. Otremba had told Lindsay to call the hospital when she started to get un-comfortable so the birthing clinic could prepare for her water birth before she and her husband arrived.

“As the night progressed, I was never really super uncomfortable and could always work through it, so I never

An unexpected delivery room

The Schroeders of Norwood Young America — Andy, Lindsay, Morgan and Oliver — will always have a unique story to share about Oliver’s birth. (Submitted photo)

Baby born without complications, despite surprise home birth


For many people, doing what you feel led to do is a demanding task, of-ten involving major life changes and multiple diffi cult decisions. For Vollie Heitkamp, that decision involved leav-ing her job in corporate America to begin Hope Rides, a non-profi t horse ranch that aims to “connect children and horses together in a safe, peaceful and loving environment intended for healing, growth and hope.”

Seven years after learning of this call, Heitkamp has helped Hope Rides to become a thriving mentorship pro-gram for kids from all walks of life.

Hope Rides began in 2006 when Heitkamp started the non-profi t with virtually nothing.

“At that time there wasn’t any foun-dation,” said Heitkamp. “Each step of the way God just continued to provide.”

It wasn’t until 2009 that the program started at a location in Stacy, Minn., with six children. Without any adver-tising, the program grew to include over 20 children that fall. In 2010, Hei-kamp was led to another site in Mayer and began to solidify the meaning be-hind Hope Rides.

Heitkamp started the program with four foundational principles – hope, mentor, strengthen and enhance. These principles are meant for both the hors-es and the children. Many of the nine horses that are used by Hope Rides are rescue horses that need to be rehabili-tated and reprogrammed to trust hu-man hands. Once they have graduated to be a Hope Rides horse they know that connecting with the kids is their job.

“Our horses know their job and they are engaged,” said Heitkamp. “And that is important because so many of the kids that come here have families that are not engaging.”

Hope Rides thrives in MayerOrganization to hold fundraiser at fairgrounds June 23

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See Birth / Page 11

728 Cadets conquer band festivalThe 728 Cadets found success at the 15th annual Lake Waconia Band Festival, winning multiple awards, including Grand Champion and People’s Choice. (Patriot photo by Todd Moen)

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was still trying to relearn to walk and run, he had to wear gloves to protect his ultra-sensitive hands, and he was often weak and fa-tigued easily.

“I’m doing much better even since then,” Reinert said. “I’m a lot stronger, faster and have more coor-dination. I’m on less medi-cine and there’s less pain. I wouldn’t say I’m back to normal, and not even en-tirely close, but defi nitely closer than I was. I don’t see improvements from day to day, but I see them from month to month.”

Reinert’s story quick-ly became well-known throughout the area, and he’s been featured on lo-cal Twin Cities news pro-grams several times. As a former high school state champion wrestler, his sto-

ry drew particu-lar interest in the wrestling com-munity, and his Caring Bridge Web site has now been vis-ited more than 100,000 times.

Now, it seems that a national audience will also hear Reinert’s story. The show Monsters Inside Me fea-tures interviews and dra-matizations that tell the stories of people like Reinert, as well as the sci-ence behind their diseases. Reinert said television crews arrived at his home at 8 a.m., and fi lming wasn’t fi nished until about midnight.

Reinert said both he and his mom were inter-viewed for several hours apiece as they detailed their story from beginning

to end. Later, they moved to the Crown Col-lege medical center to fi lm re-creations of Reinert’s time in a Hawaii hospi-tal bed. Reinert said the whole process was fas-

cinating.“We did re-enactments,

and they shot at least fi ve or six times apiece of each scene to make sure they got it right and they got the point across,” he said. “It was really cool how they did that. It wasn’t just one take, but a lot of takes and lot of different angles of the same thing. There was a lot of repetition, and that was really inter-esting.”

Contact Matt Bunke at [email protected]

Reinert / from Page 5

Reinert

Episode would likely air this fall

Offi cials at Mayer Lutheran High School recently released the honor rolls for the fourth quarter of the 2012-13 school year.

High Honor RollFreshmen: Nora Henriksen, Benjamin

Quiram, Hannah TrunigerSophomores: Morgan Diedrick, Chris-

tina Erdmann, Hannah ZahrteJuniors: Zacheriah CooperSeniors: Chase Greenhagen, Holly

Johnson, Neal Kroells, Marie Landsk-roener, Molly Michaletz, Evan Quaas, Ryan Wade, Miriam Wilson

Honor RollFreshmen: Gunnar Berg, Karrington

Boelke, Jonathan Chapa, Makayla Drei-er, Kate Esser, Brandon Holmes, Nicho-las Huinker, Sarah Johnson, Lynnea Marlatt, Luke McCarty, Charles Menke, Jessica Peterson, Sam Schlueter, Eric Telford, Zachary Thole, Danielle Vetsch, Joel Wacker, Amanda Wade, Jenna Zell-mann

Sophomores: Rebecca Gaida, Maria Kuntz, Brenna Larsen, Dale Lemmer, Josephine Michalk, Audrey Morschen, Taylor Otterstatter, Joseph Truniger

Juniors: Samantha Bartz, Krianna Boelke, Joel Burfeind, Grace Gassen, Noelle Johnson, Elizabeth Pawelk, Ra-chel Schmidt, Lauren Schroeder, Shelby Sicheneder, Sarah Steinborn, Brittany Wilaby, Joe Zittergruen

Seniors: Matthew Carlson, Emma Christopherson, Dustin Edmison, Al-lison Erdmann, Adriana Ernst, Kyle Fredrickson, Jesse Greenhagen, Ashlyn Hucky, Emily Johnson, Michael Limmel, Kristen Mielke, Nicole Schmidt, Jared Scrimgeour, Kayla Wandersee, Jay Wik-strom

Merit RollFreshmen: Caitlyn

Hanson, Emily Meyer, Madeline Miller, Quinn Ragone, AmandaTrost, Rachel Zittergruen

Sophomores: Dain Aarrestad, Madelyn Bakken, Cailey Benkowski, Jacob Carl-son, Gabreille Flucas, Klara Koch, Em-ily Miller, Nathan Taylor, Mackenzie Thiesfeld, Katrin Troeger, Erin Wander-see, Lauren Wisch, Andrew Wolf

Juniors: Chase Anderson, Sadie Berg, Mathew Davis, Nicholas Fowler, Antho-ny Gruenhagen, Toni Herz, Colin Hilk, Matthew Huinker, Lindsay Janke, Lau-ren Manteuffel, Jocelyn Peters

Seniors: Lincoln Biermann, Terrin Boozikee, Christina Bruggman, Philip Burfeind, Jacob Coylet, Alex Fredrick-son, Jeremiah Grimsley, Zach Haberer, Jay Holasek, Tanner Luebke, Taylor Meyer, Christophe Morschen, Joshua Parrish, Jeremy Price, Timothy Renner, Zachary Schilling, Nathan Schneewind, Nolan Sprengeler

LHS releases honor rolls

Offi cials at St. Joseph Catholic School in Waco-nia recently released the honor rolls for the third trimester of the 2012-13 school year. Students at-tain the A Honor Roll by achieving an overall average of 94 to 100 per-cent. Students attain the B Honor Roll by achiev-ing an average of 89 to 93 percent.

A Honor Roll

5th Grade: Caleb Bonick, Maria Johnston, Ceci Johnston, Jared Lo-russo, Samuel McNulty, Natalie Meath, Kaili Palattao, Anna Reichen-

berger, Anthony Sazama, Connor Schwob, Jacob Sonnek, Tim Stapleton, Nathan Tinucci, Jack Van Nurden, Paige Young

6th Grade: Delaney Devins, Carly Hilgers, Stan Kohls, Ava Kunze, Elizabeth Leuthner, Haley Notermann, Emily Soko-lis, Evelyn Willenbring

7th Grade: Alyson Bat-tis, John Brose, Jason Cafarella, Ellissa Good, Mark Haran, Alex Klawit-ter, Kenneth Palattao, Claire Zupan

8th Grade: Sylvia Da-vid, Robert Hippe, Ka-lista Jager, Allyson Kirsch, Abbey Schwob, Matthew

Stacken, Emily Whittaker, Emily Willenbring, Col-leen Zupan

B Honor Roll5th Grade: Meghan Bat-

tis, Jacob Dondelinger, Ryan Dvorak, Laura Gre-goire, Kevin Haran, Todd Jager, Marissa Shea, Sky-ler Siddons, Hailey Wil-liams

7th Grade: Kathryn Dahlin, Claire Johnson, Emily Leonard

8th Grade: Evalana Bur-roughs, Robert Dahlin, Katherine Flood, Kylie Larson, Nicole Lorusso, Olivia Stapleton, Matthew Welter, David Williams

St. Joe’s names honor students

thought it was really that bad,” said Lindsay.

At a little after nine, Lindsay, Andy and Anderson were collectively work-ing through a contraction when Lind-say’s water broke and she began to feel intense pressure and the need to push.

At about 9:10, Lindsay’s mother, Luci Tellers, called 911. Within minutes the fi rst responder was at the house, and by 9:15 the fi re truck, the police offi cer and the ambulance had all arrived.

After a few pushes, Oliver Andrew Schoeder arrived, delivered by one of the EMTs to arrive at the scene. The EMT had only been part of an emer-gency home birth one other time in her fi ve years of work as an EMT.

“After that, Buzzy said, ‘Flip over so you can see the baby,’ because we did not know if it was going to be a boy or a girl. So I fl ipped over, and standing along the wall behind me were like six fi refi ghters,” said Lindsay.

“They all had tears in their eyes,” add-ed Tellers.

Andy, Lindsay and Oliver were quick-ly put in an ambulance and rode to Rid-geview Medical Center where Otremba met them at the emergency room desk. They were moved to a birthing suite, where Lindsay and Oliver’s vitals were both checked. Within an hour and a half, the Schroeder’s were in a postpar-tum suite. There were no complications, and a healthy Oliver, mother, father and older sister went home on Sunday after-noon.

Both Anderson and Tellers were very impressed with Lindsay’s calm attitude during labor.

“She was as cool as could be,” said Anderson. “She did not look like she was freaking out.”

“It was just really quite an event to watch,” added Tellers. “Lindsay was so in control.”

In fact, Lindsay added that she wasn’t panicking on the inside either.

“I didn’t even worry about me,” she said. “I was just concerned about how the baby would come out and freaking [Morgan] out.”

Morgan, who recently turned 5, was downstairs with Lindsay’s father for most of the night.

“I was mainly concerned for their health, being here and not having access to anything in case something did hap-pen,” added Andy.

Lindsay did extensive preparation for this labor, including getting adjusted,

stretched and massaged at a chiroprac-tor and being educated about birth plans and doulas. Because of small, unknown complications with Morgan’s birth, Lindsay wanted to avoid taking pain medications.

Anderson, who has done between 30-40 births, typically meets clients at the hospital, where her job is to provide the mother with comfort measures, wheth-er that be in the form of food, water, massages, positioning, movement or conversation. While Anderson has had some of her own children at home, she emphasized that she was particularly following Lindsay’s agenda and did not plan to work through the labor at Lind-say’s parents’ house.

Although Anderson’s mentor and Otremba told her that she should have said something to Lindsay earlier, An-derson had no regrets. “Lindsay’s re-sponse to me was, ‘It was exactly how I would have wanted it to go.’” said An-derson, adding that the “outcome was beautiful.”

“If you are comfortable and you feel safe in a birthing situation and you be-lieve in the process, then it is a normal, natural function of human life,” said Anderson. “It is not a medical emer-gency.”

Lindsay, Andy and those present at the birth were moved by the experience are very thankful that there were no complications. This story is something Andy and Lindsay look forward to sharing with Oliver when he gets older.

Oliver Andrew Schroeder weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and was 20 inches long at birth. He is now almost 13 weeks old.

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Birth doula Buzzy Anderson assists Lindsay and Andy Schroeder work through a contrac-tion in Lindsay’s parents’ Waconia home. (Sub-mitted photo)

The Carver County Historical Soci-ety is planning a Seminary Fen Walking Tour that will be held at 10 a.m. on Sat-urday, June 22.

Enjoy a walk through the Seminary Fen Scientifi c and Natural Area with Steve Eggers, senior ecologist and certi-fi ed professional wetland scientist, with the Regulatory Branch of the St. Paul Army Corps of Engineers.

The program will explore the ecologi-cal history of the area, identify and in-troduce Minnesota native plant species, and call attention to the importance of wetlands in Carver County ecol-ogy. Carver County Historical Society staff will present a short history on the site’s use since the 1830s. This event is free and open to the public. It is recom-mended for adults and children ages 12 and older who are able to walk and stand for at least two hours.

Reservations are required — sign up through the society at (952) 442-4234.

About Seminary FenSeminary Fen is a calcareous fen

within a larger wetland complex located in Chanhassen and Chaska. Seminary Fen takes its name from a historic semi-nary that was located on the fen’s south side.

Calcareous fens are a special type of wetland that can occur only at the base of slopes or bluffs, where cool mineral-rich groundwater appears as springs and small pools and layers of peat build up creating a wetland that is spongy and moist. The alkaline water allows many rare and endangered plant species to thrive. Calcareous fens are Minnesota’s rarest wetland type. Fewer than fi ve hundred survive in the world and Semi-nary Fen is one of the last remaining fens of this quality. Seminary Fen also includes Assumption Creek, the last re-maining trout stream in Carver County.

Source: Sierraclub.org

About Steve D. EggersFor the past 23 years, Steve D. Eggers

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Crossing generations BY GRETA SOWLES

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According to a census taken in 2006, it was projected that by 2030 20 percent of Americans, which is around 72 million people, would be 65 years or older. Again, according to a government census report from 2008, the number of people aged 85 and older was projected to grow from 5.8 million in 2010 to 8.7 million in 2030.

“Our aging populations is supposed to consume 50 percent of the population,” said Patti Melancon, life enhancement coordinator at Auburn Meadows in Wa-conia.

With these numbers, it is diffi cult not to think about the implications of an aging population. How is it that society is kept young?

Many senior living homes in Carver County and around the nation seem to have found a solution: intergenerational programming.

Intergenerational programming in-volves the use of connections between seniors and youth, uniting the two gen-

erations in learning, activities and simple conversation. “It is joining together to ac-complish a bigger goal,” said Melancon.

Auburn Meadows has a unique situa-tion in that it is direct neighbors with Lil’ Explorers, a childcare center on Cherry Street in Waconia. The two buildings are connected by a link, and that physi-cal connection has infl uenced a variety of emotional connections between the young children and their much older neighbors.

During the month of July, the residents of Auburn Meadows will meet weekly with a group of children, aged 2-and-a-half and 3-and-a-half, for circle time, an event in which the residents and the chil-dren will sing songs and recite the alpha-bet or other similar activities.

“A lot of the kids from next door have started to build bonds so they are sitting with the same residents every time they come over,” said Melancon.

In addition to this event, Auburn Mead-ows also has baking and craft events with children who are slightly older. This sum-

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mer, Lil’ Explorers and Auburn Meadows will have a science day, which will include instruction about rockets for the younger children before they meet the residents in the courtyard to shoot some rockets off.

During Easter last year, the residents hid hundreds of Easter eggs for the young children of Lil’ Explorers and those from the community in attendance. While Au-burn Meadows is inviting to the commu-nity, it focuses much of its attention on forming the bond with Lil’ Explorers.

“As of right now we kind of want to make a strong bond with the kids from next door,” added Melancon. “It is impor-tant from our end to have familiar faces.”

Melancon and Auburn Meadows mar-keting associate Krista Buesgens empha-sized the fact that the activities foster teamwork and socialization.

“It’s keeping our residents young,” said Melancon. “They are not just coming into our building as a place to end their life – it is continuing their life.”

Likewise, Waconia Good Samaritan has focused many of its activities on getting the residents involved with the community

and the younger generation. Sue Henrich, therapeutic recreation di-

rector at Good Samaritan, emphasized that Good Samaritan is always marketing for people from the community to come into the building.

“The residents teach and the youth learn,” she said. “It’s a good combination when you put the two together.”

Good Samaritan does events with lo-cal schools, 4-H clubs, boy and girl scouts and churches. The home has a partnership with the Trinity Lutheran preschool class, who come once a month during the school year to read books, do crafts and play bin-go or other games together.

Henrich particularly pointed out the an-nual Maypole dance, an event in which the residents sit in the center near the pole and the children move to music around the outskirts, holding ribbons and creating a visually appealing design of ribbons.

“It brightens their day,” said Henrich. “It makes the residents continue to be em-powered and feel valued and feel impor-tant.”

Good Samaritan is inviting to the out-side community and is appreciative of the connections it has made thus far. “The

residents have a lot to offer in our extend-ed community with their history and the knowledge that they have,” she said, add-ing that “kids walk in and light up a room, and the residents respond in kind.”

The Harbor in Norwood Young Ameri-ca has many home-educated children that work with the residents, playing cards,

Intergenerational / from Page 2

Children from Lil’ Explorers visit the residents of Auburn Meadows on a weekly basis, doing crafts or blowing bubbles like in this photo. (Submitted Photo)

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singing or baking. There are also church groups who help with maintenance on the grounds.

“The residents always love [seeing the younger generation],” said Bonita Heil-man, director of community relations at the Harbor. “Their lives are pretty routine, so they like anything that breaks the rou-tine.”

Heilman mentioned that the staff and residents at the Harbor enjoy the youthful energy and encouraged the community to call her at (952) 467-3692 extension 6 to be involved.

In addition to crafts, singing or a simple meet-and-greet, the residents of West-wood Place in Watertown especially enjoy playing bingo with the younger children.

“Bingo is one game you can not get rid of. You can play it will all ages,” said Joy Melby, a representative of Westwood Place.

“I think it is a time where they all of the sudden forget their arthritis or that they are bound to a wheel chair,” added Mel-by. “They appreciate that a young person

took interest in them.” Elim Home in Watertown just adopted

Serenity Babies – life-like dolls that, ac-

cording to Elim Home’s website, give pleasure and peace to their residents. The simplicity of holding a sleeping baby doll

gives comfort to many from the older gen-eration.

“If you have someone that is agitated or needs a little bit of a sense of security and you put a baby doll in their area, and if they tend to go pick up that baby doll, that let’s you know that that is a need that they have,” said Henrich, who has used baby doll therapy before.

According to Generations United, a na-tional membership organization that rep-resents more than 70 million Americans from over 100 organizations, intergenera-tional programming enhances socializa-tion of older adults, stimulates their learn-ing, increases their emotional support and improves their health. It also enhances the youth’s social skills, decreases their nega-tive behavior and increases their stability. Perhaps this intergenerational connection is the answer to the restoration of commu-nity within the aging population.

To learn more about intergenerational programming, visit the Generations Unit-ed website at www.gu.org.


Children from Lil’ Explorers make paper flowers with residents from Auburn Meadows. ( Submitted Photo)

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