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“It’s an honor. The act of being in the honor guard has probably been one of the most rewarding things I’ve done with my life.” — BILL GOETT ARMY VETERAN
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TRIBUTE Serving the community Albert Lea service clubs share what they do, how to get involved. Page A3
Couple renovates bldg. The Bean is not only a coffee shop, but a place to promote businesses. Page A9
A community effort Balloons honoring crash victim began with an idea; over 100 volunteered. Page B1
Members of Albert Lea Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 447 and American Legion Post 56 work together to provide an honor guard for every single area veteran’s funeral throughout the year. COLLEEN HARRISON/ALBERT LEA TRIBUNE
Organizations honor area veterans through ceremony By Colleen Harrison
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Living artfully Woman practices the Norwegian form of art known as rosemaling. Page B3
ore than respect, obligation or duty; it’s an honor. Albert Lea Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 447 and Albert Lea American Legion Post 56 have been working together to pay tribute to veterans during funerals, parades and other community events for over 60 years. The group is referred to as an honor guard during funerals and memorial services, and is a color guard when it’s escorting the flag during such events as the Third of July Parade and area sporting events. The VFW — whose members are those who have served in combat zones — handle the colors while the Legion — whose members served in support but not necessarily in a combat zone — handles the rifles for the three-volley salute. Tim Donahue, a Vietnam War Army veteran, helps organize the VFW volunteers for the honor guard. Bill Goett, an Army veteran who served following the See TRIBUTE, Page A2
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Korean Armistice, organizes the Legion volunteers for the volley salute. “The VFW and the Legion, we work together as one,” Donahue said. Chairman Billy Christianson has been the coordinator of the partnership since 1956, and both Legion and VFW members said he has been an integral part of keeping the tradition going all these years. Donahue said the honor guard usually serves about 70 to 80 funerals each year, and some members have served over 2,000 funerals during their time with the honor guard. Funeral military honors include the organization members going to the service and giving the veteran his or her final salute, whether it be at the church or at a cemetery. They escort the colors and present a folded flag to the veteran’s next of kin. Taps is played and a three-volley salute is fired, with the firing squad always being to the right of the American flag. Donahue said each service has a military bearing, and much of that is due to the example Christianson has always set for others. According to Donahue, it has also been a great example of coordination and community through the cooperation of not only the VFW and Legion, but the various pastors and funeral homes as well. According to Donahue and Goett, a funeral takes on average three to five hours of volunteering. The honor guard has served funerals not only in Albert Lea, but also in Alden, Clarks Grove, parts of Iowa and other rural areas. There have been times when the volunteers have driven up to 40 miles for funerals, and some services have taken as many as seven hours. The honor guard has also had as many as three funerals in one day to serve, and have split up volunteers when
During military honors for local veterans’ funerals, Albert Lea VFW Post 447 escorts the colors while American Legion Post 56 members fire off the three-volley salute.
Members of Albert Lea VFW Post 447 escort the colors at the end of a funeral service in January. COLLEEN HARRISON/ALBERT LEA TRIBUNE
By the numbers 3
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The most funerals the honor guard has served in one day
Average number of area veterans’ funerals the honor guard attends each year
Average hours honor guard volunteers spend preparing for and serving a funeral
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there has been more than one funeral at the same time. Goett said being a part of the honor guard upholds what he feels are the core values of the organizations’ patriotic brotherhood: country, God and family. “It’s an honor,” he said.
“The act of being in the honor guard has probably been one of the most rewarding things I’ve done with my life.” Donahue and Goett said they’ve been thanked many times by family and friends of the veterans whose funerals they’ve served, and
that they’ve been stopped on the street and thanked for the tribute as well. Both men said that at times they’ve been emotional themselves during a service, especially when it has been for someone they knew, and that the playing of taps is always
Albert Lea American Legion members attend a funeral in January. very meaningful to them. Both Goett and Donahue said that, for them, paying tribute to veterans is what they’re supposed to do. ‘It’s an honor they have coming,” Donahue said. “Each veteran deserves
this honor.” “I took my oath of being in the military very seriously,” Goett said. “Being a veteran, it’s with you always. It’s an opportunity for me and for us to pay that respect.”
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The Rotary Club of Albert Lea meets at noon every Wednesday at Wedgewood Cove Golf Club. PROVIDED
Rotary Club ofAlbert Lea How many members: 30 President this year: Kelly Goskeson Date of origin: May 1, 1922 Meeting times: Noon on Wednesdays at Wedgewood Cove Golf Club
Projects the club leads:
Rotary is an international service club whose stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and to advance goodwill and peace around the world. Rotary’s motto is “Service
above self,” and the club helps people in Albert Lea, in the rest of Minnesota, around the county and all over the world. One of the local club’s primary objectives is to promote and support projects related to youth literacy. The club recently raised funds for a Little Free Library at each of the elementary schools in Freeborn County. For a number of years, the club has provided a book to each child at Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea at their annual wellness visit, and it donates funds to the Friends of the Albert Lea Public Library
for the purchase of children’s books. In addition to literacy projects, the club provides scholarships to graduating high school seniors, helps maintain Eastgate Park, serves lunch on Tuesdays at Semcac Senior Dining and provides peanut butter at The Rock. Its recent large project was the sponsorship of the Albert Lea Dog Park. Over the years, the Albert Lea Rotary Club has hosted many international exchange students and has also sent several students abroad as well. Rotary’s international exchange program is an opportunity for students to
be immersed in another culture and truly become global citizens. Rotary also has opportunities for adults to travel abroad though group study exchange teams that travel to another country and share vocational information with the representatives of their respective professions in that country. Over the years, the local club has participated in a number of national and global projects. Annually, it hels support the District 5960 Fast for Hope initiative that seeks to work with the local community of El Corozo, Nicaragua, to build capacity and help create a
replicable and sustainable model to address extreme poverty in the developing world. Albert Lea Rotary was also very involved in helping establish a clinic in India, which has since received United Nations funding and other grants to immunize and treat people for tuberculosis and leprosy. Rotary’s primary focus internationally is the Polio Plus program, which was established in 1985 with the goal of eradicating polio globally. Since its inception, polio cases have decreased by 99 percent, and currently only three countries
remain endemic. The Albert Lea Rotary Club continues to help support the work of this program by donating to the cause and by spreading awareness of the program. Rotary needs more willing hands, more caring hearts and more bright minds to move the work forward! Anyone interested in joining the Albert Lea Rotary Club would be welcomed to help on the projects listed, along with many others. Contact a Rotary member, email AlbertLeaRotary@gmail. com or stop by a meeting at noon Wednesdays at Wedgewood Cove for additional information.
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Albert Lea Noon Kiwanis Club members meet at noon every Monday at the Albert Lea American Legion Club. PROVIDED
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• Albert Lea Duathlon How many members: 56 American Legion Club breakfast Lakes Triathlon • Reading Oasis Room at • Kiwanis peanut sales President this year: Kim • Donations for area causes • Disc golf sponsor Brookside Education Center • Kiwanis car wash Nelson Projects the club leads: • April Sorensen Memo• Highway cleanup Date of origin: Aug. 19, • Bringing up Grades Projects the club supports: rial Half Marathon How to join: • Park cleanup 1922 program • Bell-ringing for the Sal• Scholarships Contact through club • Pastors Day Meeting times: Noon • Children and families vation Army • Boy and Girl Scouts website at albertleakiwanis. every Monday at the • Kiwanis annual pancake Christmas shopping • Land Between the • Albert Lea Family Y org or any club member.
Day-Breakers Kiwanis Club
How many members: 26 President this year: Matt Twedt Date of origin: June 4, 1976 Meeting times: 7 a.m. every Friday at Country Inn and Suites (meeting/ conference room).
Albert Lea Noon and Golden K-1 Kiwanis Clubs): Club members read and distribute books to children who are preschool to kindergarten age. The books are provided through funding from the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation. • Oasis Reading Library: Projects the club leads: The library is at Brookside • Reading literacy proj- Education Center and is availect (in association with the able for children birth to age 8
and their parents. The library was made possible by a grant from Scholastic Books and SMIF and by donations from the Albert Lea Day-Breakers, Noon and Golden K-1 Kiwanis clubs. The club will provide ongoing volunteer and financial report. • Co-sponsorship of the Albert Lea Aktion Club, a
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The Albert Lea Lions Club meets at noon on Thursdays at Wedgewood Cove Golf Club. PROVIDED
Albert Lea Lions Club How many members: 45 President this year: Tammy Krowiorz Date of origin: Celebrated 50 years in 2016 Meeting times: Noon Thursdays at Wedgewood Cove Golf Club.
Projects the club leads: Lions Bingo at the Freeborn County Fair, Lions eyeglass collection boxes (various spots around town), upkeep of the general store in the village at the Freeborn County Historical Museum, sponsor
local child(ren) for Diabetes Camp, provide every thirdgrade student in District 241 with a dictionary, give out several scholarships a year for local graduating seniors and one to a current Riverland student.
Projects the club supports: Salvation Army Angel Tree program, local food shelves, regular donations to Albert Lea Family Y, Freeborn County Historical Museum, Albert Lea Public Library. It
donates to many other local programs like the splash pad, Little Free Library and more. It also donates regularly to the Minnesota Lions Eye Bank and Lions Club International Foundation.
How to join: Come to a meeting any Thursday at noon and check the club out. You can also contact Tammy Krowiorz at 3734680 or 402-5213 for more information.
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with Christmas gifts for donated to: children ages 2 to 14). • The Albert Lea splash pad project • The Tiger Fund Projects the club supports: • Annually awards a $1,000 • District 241 Reading scholarship to two Albert Lea Program High School graduates. • Ecumenical Food Pantry • Annual tuition support • Red Cross Disaster for a student in Knysna, Services South Africa. • The Children’s Li• In the past year, has brary at the Albert Lea
Public Library • Newspapers in Education sponsored by the Albert Lea Tribune • Albert Lea elementary schools for classroom needs • Albert Lea Youth Bowling League • Kiwanis International Foundation • The Eliminate Project
(a Kiwanis International project to eliminate maternal neonatal tetanus worldwide). • MN-DAK District Kiwanis Foundation • Youth Fund Drive at the Albert Lea Family Y • Destination Imagination team from the Albert Lea Schools
• Freeborn County Bike-a-Thon • Alden-Conger SuperMileage Team
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Kiwanis Club for individuals with developmental disabilities. • Annual support of Operation Christmas Child sponsored by Samaritan’s Purse (donation of shoeboxes filled
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Cloverleaf Lions members gather at their meeting earlier this month. From left, seated, are Tom Wentzler, Bob Miller, Lyle Hinz, Bill Bowman and Merlyn Andersen. Standing, from left, are Tom Ferleman, Lee Wiese, long-term care liaison, Curt Clarambeau, owner of Curt’s Pharmacy, Edward Hubbard and Tom Schleck. Wiese and Clarambeau were the guest speakers. The topic was benefits of locally owned businesses in a community. PROVIDED
Cloverleaf Lions How many members: 21 President this year: Edward Hubbard, president; Jason Hoiseth, vice president Date of origin: 1973 Meeting times: 6 p.m. the first and third Tuesdays of each month, social at 5:15 p.m. Location: the American Legion Projects the club leads:
Each fall, the Cloverleaf Lions Club gives rides and a luncheon to seniors in the community to see fall colors and visit areas in the community that might interest them. These individuals may be shut-ins, residents of elder care, etc. After the ride, there is a luncheon for the group.
projects are: Spring breakfast, Radio Days, ring toss at the Freeborn County Fair.
Projects the club supports: The club locally supports the Salvation Army, Red Cross, The Rock, Hospice Walk, ARC, youth scholarships and many other local projects. State, nationally and The primary fundraising internationally, Clover
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Couple renovates building for several uses By the numbers
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WELLS — An advertisement in a local paper, a window display showcasing new merchandise, a big sign announcing a promotional sale — there are many tactics businesses use to bring customers in the front door. Some offer less traditional ideas. When Bill and Pat Schuster found themselves with a property to market, they decided to lure people into the facility with something the town didn’t have — a coffee shop. By selling memberships, the business owners allow area residents the opportunity to enjoy the atmosphere, and the owners have a way to promote their facility. “With the membership they get as many coffees as they want, they can have as many pastries as they want,” Bill Schuster said. “They can stay and play games. They can hang out and use the high-speed internet. So the membership offers a service, but the primary reason to get them in here is to look at the space.”
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13 Units in Albert Lea the Schusters own through their company The Bean features a conference room and an area dedicated to a pop-up business. The whole ground floor can be rented out if one chooses to host an event at the establishment. The rental schedule is flexible to allow customers to use spaces for half a day, all day or all week in some circumstances. They also get to pro- Pat and Bill Schuster opened The Bean at 135 S. Broadway in Wells in December. KELLY WASSENBERG/ALBERT LEA TRIBUNE mote other businesses in the community. The rolls come from the bakery photos on the wall are by whose husband makes the See BUILDING, Page A10 and pastries they carry across the corner, and the local artist Darcie Sime, frames for her work. They
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also have other decor items in the club that are sold on consignment. As an additional option, business owners can rent the pop-up business area of the store. By renting this section of the store, sellers receive 100 percent of the sales from their merchandise. “We’re kind of making decisions as we go and playing everything by ear — finding out what works and what doesn’t,” Bill Schuster admitted. The Bean offers a wide
variety of coffee and tea drinks including lattes and expressos. The coffee is sourced from around the world and freshly roasted on site to ensure the quality of the coffee doesn’t start to deteriorate before it is brewed. Members are allowed to help themselves or have a barista make their beverage for them. While the Schusters are new to this type of a venture, they do have a background in real estate. The couple recently moved back to the United States following almost 30 years of missionary work in Guatemala and Australia. Although they loved
Australia, Bill Schuster said they believed the Lord was leading them to make a change. “We’d been pastoring in that church for over 20 years and it was time to raise up other leaders to do what we were doing,” he said. They returned to the area to be closer to their family and to provide additional oversight of their real estate business that includes 13 different units in Albert Lea through their limited-liability company, House and Home Rentals. In fall 2015, Bill Schuster saw The Bean’s location had come on the market. He liked it and felt the price
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was right, but he didn’t know what he’d do with it. He waited too long and someone else bought the property. “So I prayed and I said, ‘Lord if it’s meant to be ours, it will be on the market again,’ and it wasn’t 90 days before it was on the market again,” Bill Schuster recalled. After remodeling the upstairs apartment, he and his wife worked on the lower level of the building, which officially opened in December. The couple plans to have the conference room finished by March and is looking at the possibility
Club members can relax at The Bean by reading, playing games or watching the big-screen television, all while enjoying the club’s high-speed internet. KELLY WASSENBERG/ALBERT LEA TRIBUNE
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