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Fallen power lines befuddle drivers on Freeborn County Road 46 immediately following the passing of tornadoes on June 17, 2010. Tim Engstrom
Emergency management prepares for the worst By Sarah Stultz
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hen tornadoes struck Freeborn County in 2010, residents saw landscapes changed, homes destroyed and even one death. Though they hope to never see a disaster of that scale again, leaders with the Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office, Freeborn County Public Health and other agencies are preparing for the worst. Freeborn County Emergency Management Director Rich Hall said the county hired a firm in 2012 and 2013 to look at the county’s three worstcase emergency scenarios. Then the Sheriff’s Office, along with other key stakeholders such as the Albert Lea Police Department, began looking at response, capabilities and which resources might be brought in from outside of the community if the worst happens. “What are our needs going to be?” Hall asked. “What can we handle internally or what do we need help with?” The key stakeholders are Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea, Freeborn County Public Health, the Minnesota National Guard, the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, nursing homes, police and fire departments and even volunteer organizations. A direct hit by a tornado on Albert Lea, a city of 18,000, is among the worse-case scenarios they looked at. It could cause untold damage, leave 100 dead and 8,000 displaced. Though the tornadoes in 2010 affected a lot of people, they did not strike densely populated areas. The only town struck was Armstrong, a small, unincorporated place four miles west of Albert Lea. There were fears that humid June evening of a hit on Albert Lea. Police officers and sheriff’s deputies monitored the tornadoes, and many thought the EF4 or possibly the offshoot that struck Armstrong would continue east toward the population center of Freeborn County. However, the EF4 turned north across Interstate 90, and the Armstrong twister died out. The National Weather Service lists 48 tornadoes striking Minnesota that day, with 19
The 3 biggest emergencies Here are the top situations for which Freeborn County has prepared: • A tornado hitting Albert Lea • A train derailment • A school shooting
Sign on, help out The Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office is encouraging area residents to like its Facebook page. Public notices, warnings about adverse weather, coldweather tips and other information will be posted on the page. Notices are also posted on Freeborn County’s website at http:// www.co.freeborn.mn.us/ in the counties of Freeborn, Faribault, Steele, Dodge and Blue Earth. Of those, seven passed through Freeborn County, striking farms near Alden, Conger, Mansfield, Manchester, Hartland, Bath, Geneva, Clarks Grove, Lerdal and Hollandale. No storm has passed through Freeborn County with such severity since. Knock on wood.
The emergency management group is looking at everything that would be needed if Albert Lea were hit, from law enforcement response to transportation needs to debris management and a need for portable toilets. They have talked about having food, water and shelter for not only people but pets and livestock as well. Derailment is another worst-case scenario. With multiple railroad lines in the area, they looked at what to do if a train derails, leaving multiple people dead and others displaced. Lastly, the group looked at what the response should be if there is a school shooting. “We’ve had community meetings with all the people who are players who will need to be helping us with what has to be done,” Hall said. Chief Deputy Glen Strom said it has been important to bring multiple community organizations into the planning because the Sheriff’s Office cannot handle these disasters on its own. “It’s a continuous improvement process,” Hall said. “We’re training the right people out there to respond
and we’re working on our partnership with the state and federal government. The time to get to know somebody isn’t during the emergency.” So what would they do differently if the tornadoes were to happen again? Freeborn County Sheriff Bob Kindler said the group has looked at how to operate incident command centers and stage resources, along with how to handle loose livestock. They have developed a better method for search and rescue to avoid duplication and are trying to develop crucial relationships with the news media. Hall said communication among law enforcement, medical personnel and firefighters has improved with the implementation of the Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response system — called ARMER for short. Many are being trained in the National Incident Management System, which identifies how to manage emergencies regardless of their cause, size, location or complexity. “We need to make sure everybody’s on the same sheet so we’re all going in the same direction,” Hall said.
Mason City Globe-Gazette
An EF4 tornado west of Albert Lea on June 17, 2010, heads in a general northeasterly direction. However, at times it headed more east and at others more north.
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community - PROGRESS 2014 • Sunday, February 23, 2014 • Albert Lea Tribune • Page 3
Elected officials say which politicians inspired them By Tiffany Krupke
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The Tribune asked elected officials a question: “What politician inspired you when you were in high school?” Here are their replies: “When I was in high school, my mind was not on politics very much of the time, but I do remember Henry Kissinger being in the news as the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and serving as secretary of state. When I think of him, I am struck by his intelligence, thoughtfulness and commitment to peace efforts around the world.” – Pat Martinson, Freeborn County auditor-treasurer “I am actually related to President James Garfield on my mother’s side of the family, so I have looked at his life and brief term as president. He sought to reform government and eliminate corruption, which I believe most members of the public then as well as now would find to be worthwhile pursuits. So I find it somewhat ironic that he was shot by a rejected and disillusioned federal office seeker. Perhaps that is one example to explain why we have more politicians and fewer statesmen.” — Kelly Callahan, Freeborn County recorder “I remember seeing Hubert Humphrey at the Freeborn County Fair. He wasn’t sitting behind
a booth but instead was out walking throughout the fairgrounds talking with the people listening to their views and concerns. Looking back I feel that I was taught a valuable lesson that day, in that if I want to represent the people I need to be out listening to the people so that I am representing them to the best of my ability.” —Mike Lee, Freeborn County commissioner for District 5 “I was a child of the 1960s growing up in Freeborn County and graduating from AldenConger High school. The political world of the ’60s was a time of great turmoil with global and social change leading to conflict, and several national leaders I admired came from Minnesota: (Hubert) Humphrey, (Orville) Freeman and Roy Wilkins. “However, it was Minnesota Gov. Elmer L. Anderson’s personal values that I appreciated and have come to value, more and more, as I followed his nonpolitical accomplishments until he died at age 95 in 2004. He was Minnesota governor from January 1961 to March 1963, losing re-election to Carl Rolvaag by 91 votes. He called himself a liberal Republican. He believed in public service, the value of government, compromise that accomplished goals and helped people, and disagreement did not mean conversation, thinking, respect or friendship had to end. He was a corporate executive, newspaper owner and
conservationist — a father of Voyageurs National Park. He said, ‘We’ve gone way overboard in thinking taxes are evil, or that government is flagrantly wasteful. Taxes are the way people can join hands to get good things done.’ He was hardworking, pragmatic and realistic.” — Craig Nelson, Freeborn County attorney “I looked up to Hubert Humphrey because he cared for all people, not just the people he was serving.” — Larry Baker, Albert Lea councilor for Ward 2 “I looked up to (John F.) Kennedy when I was just out of high school. I was a political junkie. I watched all of the debates. I once stood up a date to watch a Kennedy speech. He has always interested me the most.” — Shannon Savick, House District 27A representative
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The wish list
Priorities prevent the city from funding several dream projects
By Tim Engstrom
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A second slide at the Albert Lea Aquatic Center. New bleachers for City Arena. A splash pad by the North Broadway parking lot. A dog park. The city budget process each year results in several proposals being placed on hold. The city places these items on a wish list, and many major projects have remained there for years. City Manager Chad Adams doesn’t mean the ideas don’t have merit. It means the city cannot afford them presently. Just like how the Minnesota Department of Transportation keeps track of projects it wants to fund in future budget years, the Albert Lea city government
Albert Lea City Manager Chad Adams stands on a footing for a drop slide that has been proposed for the Albert Lea Aquatic Center since the curvy slide was installed in 1998. Tim Engstrom
does the same, like many other municipal governments. Most of the items have approximate costs. Items on the Albert Lea wish list are: • Public art for Fountain Lake Park. • Downtown benches and tree guards, estimated at $1,000 each. • Additional banners to hang on streetlights of East Main Street and Broadway, estimated at $80-100 each. • New holiday decorations and flowers for downtown. • Equipment to build a dog park, estimated at $30,000. • New soccer turf for the City Arena, estimated at $70,000. • New bleachers for the City Arena, estimated at $350,000. • A drop slide for the Aquatic Center, estimated at $80,000. • A climbing wall for the Aquatic Center, estimated at $30,000.
near the stairs for the existing curvy slide. Notice footings that hold nothing. They are just footings. Those are in anticipation of the construction someday of a second water slide — a drop slide — that hurls sliders into the existing pool. When the city approved constructing the curvy slide and its receiving pool in 1998, the drop slide was cut to save money. The council had anticipated building it later. Adams said the city is hoping to install a climbing wall at
and the city will install heating and cooling systems so the building can be functional year-round. Holiday decorations were hung on lampposts along Fountain Street in 2013 but not Broadway. Adams said the old decorations didn’t fit the new lampposts along Broadway. The old decorations are falling apart, too, he said. He said getting community support to fund holiday decorations and hanging flowers, for the warm months, seem like “lowhanging fruit” on the city wish list. The City Arena has had many improvements in the past five years: a blanketed dehumidifier, new compressors to chill ice, a cooling tower to remove heat from the compressor, heaters to warm fans, new metal shingles, a locker room with a players’ lounge, a recreation room, a revamped upstairs lounge,
• A slash pad for the grassy area north of the North Broadway parking lot, estimated at $205,000. On many of the projects, the city is waiting for community support, Adams said. For example, Lou-Rich stepped up to provide tree guards for downtown and Alliant Energy is providing benches. People likely won’t find the items on the wish list in 2015. A dog park has been on the list for several years, as a handful of residents desire one. However, the city hopes they can offset the expense by raising funds. Adams said the city has mulled various locations — Brookside Park, Frank Hall Park and the area of the Blazing Star Landing across from the Tintersection of Front Street and Frank Avenue. Visit the city pool sometime and meander over to the area
the pool in 2015. The wall has climbing notches, and people — usually children — climb it, then launch themselves into the pool. Other recreational projects are on hold because the city is using the parks budget for other projects. It is entering the second phase of constructing Tiger Hills Park along Paradise Road and installing upgrades to the Edgewater Bay Pavilion at Edgewater Park. The pavilion, known for its poor acoustics, will get acoustical panels this year,
a speaker system and new coaching offices. Some were paid by the city, often offset by the cost of ice rental, and some were paid by the now-defunct Albert Lea Thunder. However, the bleachers, installed in the mid-1970s, barely meet state regulations. The company that manufactured them is no longer in business, so the city cannot get replacement parts. The wish-list cost says $350,000, but city officials have at times estimated replacement to be as much as $500,000. Cuts to local government aid from the state in past years delayed intentions to seek new bleachers. If LGA funds remain strong and, as Adams and other city officials have said, business sponsorships aid in offsetting costs, replacing the bleachers might be a reality. Adams said improvement of the channel
between Albert Lea and Fountain lakes near the former Mexico Lindo restaurant isn’t on the wish list, but he hopes to get it on the city’s capital improvement plan. He also spoke of a bike trail along the channel connecting the route around Fountain Lake to the Blazing Star Trail. He said both of those projects are contingent upon receiving other sources of funding besides city coffers within the next five years. Adams said the budgeting decisions for wish list items often lose out to essential critical infrastructure during budget sessions. “We have a difficult time keeping up with those items,” he said. “It has been a challenge.” The wish list, he said, is a way to recognize great ideas — often proposed by residents — so if the community comes through to assist the city with funding, the records are in place.
community - PROGRESS 2014 • Sunday, February 23, 2014 • Albert Lea Tribune • Page 5
What makes a cop car tick? By Brandi Hagen
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The Albert Lea Police Department showed the Tribune the equipment inside one of its patrol cars.
Handle: This controls the spotlights. The lights are LED.
Radar unit: At the beginning of each shift, officers set the radar to run a self-test to make sure the calibration is correct. Tuning forks are used to calibrate it.
Radar remote: This remote control allows officers to control the radar without reaching up into the window.
Cone: This device sends out the radar. There is also one in the back of the car.
Card reader: Officers can swipe a driver’s license through the reader and the license holder’s information will show up on the mobile data terminal.
Watch guard system: This captures video. When an officer turns on his or her lights, it starts to record. The footage allow officers to go back and review a situation. The system has a 40-gigabyte hard drive. The camera for it is mounted on the window.
Radio: New within the last couple years, the ARMER system allows police, fire and medical personnel to community without talking over each other.
Control box: From here, officers control sirens, warning lights and air horn. They can change stoplights, too.
Mobile data terminal: There are tabs on this screen, providing options to see what other units are doing, bring up a driver’s information, search the in-house database and see what dispatch has for calls for service. Dispatch can also send photos to the device so an officer can see what a person they are trying to track down looks like.
Outlets: This is where officers charge devices.
Firearms: Two rifles are mounted in the front seat of the squad car. One is a DPMS AR-15 and the other is a Remington 870.
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Albert Lea Ward 1 John H. Schulte V 212 Lee Place Albert Lea, MN 56007 507-369-5190 ci.albertlea.mn.us jschulte@ci.albertlea.mn.us
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OUR PROGRAMS OF STUDY: LIBERAL ARTS 2+2 Bachelor Degree Programs Associate in Arts (2-Year Transfer Degree) Associate in Arts with Emphasis: Business Music Physical Education/Coaching Theatre Associate in Fine Arts – Art ACCOUNTING, BUSINESS, BUSINESS & OFFICE Accounting Accounting Clerk Administrative Assistant Advanced Medical Transcriptionist Advanced Office Specialist Business Computer Applications Customer Relations Desktop Publishing Medical Administrative Assistant Medical Receptionist Medical Secretary Office Specialist
Fundamentals of Network Security Fundamentals of Wireless LANs Microsoft® Systems Engineer Network Security Web Developer Web Developer Game Design Web Page Design CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURING Cabinet Making Carpentry Assistant Carpentry Technology Construction Electrician Industrial Maintenance and Mechanics Production Technician Solar Installer Welding Wind Turbine Technician MANAGEMENT Agricultural Commodities Marketing Farm Business Management Small Business Management Supervisory Management
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Emergency Medical Care Health Unit Coordinator Medical Assistant Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide Phlebotomy Practical Nursing (LPN) Professional Nursing (RN) PN Mobility Radiography Surgical Technology
Cosmetology Fire Services Human Services Criminal Justice: Corrections & Law Enforcement Massage Therapy Natural Resources Conservation
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY Cisco® Certified Network Associate Computer Technology
TRANSPORTATION Automotive Service Technology Collision Repair Technology Diesel Technology Truck Driving
This year, Riverland offers three convenient summer sessions, one starting in May, June, and July! These five-week courses offer an outstanding opportunity to take classes and still enjoy the summer weather with family and friends!
riverland.edu/summer
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