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Riverland Community College President Adenuga Atewologun and Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs Mary Davenport are spearheading the college into the future, laying forth their goals for the twoyear school. Eric Johnson/AlbErt lEA tribunE
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By Jenae Hackensmith news@albertleatribune.com
iverland Community College hit its 75th anniversary in 2015, but nobody is slowing down. In fact, things are speeding up. Since Riverland released its strategic plan in the middle of 2014, leaders have been excited about the future. Vice President of Academic Affairs Mary Davenport said it is unusual for a new president to step in and start a project like this right away. But that’s what Adenuga Atewologun did after starting as president in July 2013. “The college was ready to go and the pace was set; the expectations were set, and I think that’s what’s making this strategic planning successful,” she said. Atewologun noted the five-year plan was not made solely by Riverland staff at it’s three locations in Austin, Albert Lea and Owatonna. Many people gave input, including faculty, students and community members. “We had town hall meetings, so we collected very detailed input from our three communities,” Atewologun said. Davenport said the plan has many goals, but overall it asks one main question: How can organizers elevate excellence as one of the older learning institutions in the region? One of the first things leaders did was identify a focus for each of the campuses. “We tried to leverage the strengths that are already existing so we’re not duplicating,” Davenport said. Austin’s east campus will be the liberal arts education village and precision agriculture center; Austin’s west campus will be the science and health center; the Albert Lea campus will be the transportation, green energy and industrial technologies center; and the Owatonna campus will be the allied health, business, information systems and micro-manufacturing center. “We realize that we cannot really duplicate, or replicate every equipment and facility in every one of these three campuses, so we decided we’re going to focus on the existing strengths in each of the three communities,” Atewologun said. Organizers hope to gain funding from the state over the next few years to escalate the excellence in each focus area. A second goal is to increase and maintain enrollment.
The focus for the Albert Lea campus moving ahead will be the transportation, green energy and industrial technologies center. sArAh stultz/AlbErt lEA tribunE
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“We want to maintain the students, and help them complete their goals because we want to be true to our mission, inspiring personal success to education,” he said. Leaders hope to make up 4 percent of Minnesota State College and Universities System total enrollment by 2020. In 2014, Riverland accounted for 2.4 percent of MnSCU’s enrollment, but it was 2.7 percent in 2010 and 3.4 percent in 2004. College leaders hope the focused campuses will help attract students, along with partnerships with business and industrial partners to help with funding and tools to reach student goals. Davenport pointed out one main thing businesses look for when coming to a town is the workforce that area has, and Riverland works to ensure its students leave with skills coveted by businesses. “We are looking at new programs and always want to hear from the employers in the area what their needs are,” Davenport said. Atewologun said those are only two of the many goals of the college’s strategic plan. Riverland has reached out to the local high schools to help them gain a better idea of the available resources. The college has also set other plans in motion, such as its partnerships with other universities. Riverland joined the Minnesota Alliance for Nursing Education to create opportunities for students to get a four-year degree at Riverland. “Now we’re expanding the opportunities for the students to complete the BS in nursing right here; they don’t even have to relocate,” Atewologun said. The college also has students who take classes through Metropolitan State University, and there is a partnership with Minnesota State University, Mankato to help Iowa students pay instate tuition instead of outof-state tuition. Davenport said many of the classes have a hands-on focus to help students get a better idea of what they career will be going into. One program even has students interested in teaching work with children at a local elementary school. “Students learn what it’s really like when they go on the job,” Davenport said. “They’ve had more of a taste of it from their classroom See RIVERLAND, Page A7
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Addressing challenges in mobility some PlAces Are better thAn others For wheelchAirs By colleen Harrison
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People forget what it’s like. That’s what St. John’s Lutheran Community and Knutson Place residents Gloria Lashbrook and Donna Ball said it feels like when they face the difficulties of entering a building or getting around town in their wheelchairs and with their walkers. Lashbrook, 71, has been in a wheelchair for about one year. She had both of her knees replaced, and after one became infected she’ll now need another operation. After having double pneumonia five times, she said she has to wait at least three months — during which she has to stay healthy — before she can have the surgery on her knee. She said in the year she has been using a wheelchair she has noticed a number of places that are extremely difficult or even impossible for her to get into or around in. The church at the Salvation Army is not wheelchair accessible due to it being up a flight of stairs, she said. She noted she has had a friend who has fallen a few times while trying to access the same church services. Lashbrook, originally from Oceanside, California, has lived in Albert Lea since 1997. She said a number of the banks she has used in town aren’t wheelchair accessible, including Home Federal and Wells Fargo. She likes to visit thrift shops and secondhand stores, but said a number of the ones in town are much too hard to get around in. She said the shops on Broadway like New to You and MaryGo-Round Shoppe either don’t have access or don’t have enough space in the stores for a wheelchair to move through easily enough.
“I like to look through those shops,” she said. “I just can’t do it anymore.” Ball, 80, said that she considered most of the shops in downtown Albert Lea to either have little to no handicapped accessibility. Ball, an Albert Lea native, has been in a wheelchair for about a month and said she used a walker for nine years prior to that. She said Northbridge Mall could definitely use some improvements, saying that having two sets of doors that don’t automatically open makes it extremely difficult for people with walkers and wheelchairs. She recounted a number of times where she has found herself doing a kind of balancing act trying to hold a door open with one arm while keeping herself steady on her walker with the other, all while trying not to get stuck between the doors. The Perkins restaurant in town has a curb around the front entrance, Ball said, and to get to the entrance without a curb you’d have to go around to another side of the building. She said this wasn’t necessarily a big problem, but that when the weather isn’t the best it can become problematic. She also said that places like Applebee’s and the Elbow Room are difficult or impossible to enter and navigate through. When residents go out to eat, Ball said she generally finds herself having to factor in if they’re going someplace where she’ll be able to maneuver around in her wheelchair. Transportation in general is a major factor whenever Ball goes out. She said she canceled a sleep test in Austin because she would’ve had to pay $225 just for transportation alone. Both Lashbrook and Ball said that there are places
Gloria Lashbrook has been in a wheelchair for about a year. She has had both of her knees replaced, one of which got infected and will need another surgery. colleen hArrison/Albert leA tribune in town that do have decent access. Lashbrook said the library has good accessibility, as does the post office and the Taco King downtown. She said the courthouse does have wheelchair accessibility but that to use it she has to go around the the other side of the building from the front entrance, which can be a hassle. Ball said that, in general, most of the churches she has been to in town have great wheelchair accessibility. She also said that stores like Shopko, Walmart and other grocery stores have great accessibility — especially with the automatic doors that most have in place. She said residents have talked about going to other stores, but when accessibility is brought up it
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can be a deciding factor in which stores they decide to patronize. “If they have it, then they get all the business,” Ball said. Diane Wichmann, with the marketing and public relations staff at St. John’s, said that the local parks as well as the Freeborn County Fairgrounds are some other places that could use improvement. She said when she and other staff have taken residents to the Freeborn County Fair in the summer, pushing wheelchairs on grassy or gravel areas is next to impossible. While there are some paved roads going through the fairgrounds, she said that going from building to building in some spots proved difficult.
Donna Ball has been in a wheelchair for about a month, and was using a walker for nine years prior to that. Wichmann and Ball both wherever she needed to go, agreed that the hospital no matter the distance or the escorting service at Mayo weather. Clinic Health System was “It does seem like it’s beextremely nice, with Ball coming more of a trend,” saying that the times she Ball said about more places has gone there she has been providing greater accessigreeted at the curbside bility. “I think more people and escorted all the way to are thinking about it.”
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a look back at Some Friendly FaceS The Albert Lea Tribune began printing its Prairie Profiles series in 2006. At first, the stories were on Mondays, but within the year switched to Tuesdays and have been a regular feature of the publication since then. Each week, the profile allows readers to get to know a member of the community through staff-produced writing and photography.
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Lue Miller stands outside the Albert Lea Eagles Club at 205 W. William St. after 40 years of bartending in the club. Ryan Linde sits in his ‘62 Ford truck. The truck has a 360 Chevrolet engine, and Linde took first place with it on Aug. 3 at the Freeborn County Fair’s demolition derby. micAh bAder/Albert leA tribune micAh bAder/Albert leA tribune
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Albert Lea Artist Tom Mullen gained a love for black and white photography while working on his master’s degree.
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age: 73 Hometown: LaCrosse, Wisconsin. He moved to Albert Lea in 1969 to serve as the audiovisual director for Albert Lea Schools. art background: He has always had an interest in art. It was his favorite subject. His parents encouraged all six of their children to get involved in art, music, writing and drama — probably to keep them from fighting. By the time time he graduated from high school he decided to enroll in the new art major program offered by a local college. After graduating he
taught K-6 art in Plattville for four years and for one year in LaCrosse. He then earned a master’s degree in audiovisual media and served 25 years as the audiovisual director in Albert Lea. He finished his career in Albert Lea teaching art at Lakeview Elementary School. When teaching art, his favorite mediums were drawing, sketching, 3-D sculpture and painting. When working on his master’s degree he was introduced to a lab course in black and white photography. He was required to process his own film
and print his own photos. He thinks it was probably one of the most important classes he has ever taken. Mullen has used photography in his teaching and personal life and said it has evolved into his primary retirement hobby. He said he is not a professional photographer, and that photography is his hobby. His training and teaching of art easily transferred to photography. The basic elements of art — line, shape, form, color, texture — apply to photography as well as painting or sculpture. He thinks good photographs
are the result of slow walks, interesting objects and being aware of how light touches the subject. The best times usually occur early in the morning and late afternoon. He said it also helps to have a patient spouse. immediate family: Wife, Judy, and a son, Mike. Mike lives in Oregon, a wonderful place to take photos, said Mullen. Hobbies: Other hobbies include gardening, volunteering at the Albert Lea Art Center and his church, and having coffee downtown once in awhile. Why he likes art: Art is
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Delivering milk to homes around the city was once an interesting part of local life. The last name of this milk man is Hansen. When this photo was taken on East First Street is unknown. According to many milk men who reminisced about the past, the horse pulling the wagon knew the route and just where to stop so each delivery to a home could be made.
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Every community a century ago had a telephone exchange or switchboard where an operator would become the link between the person making the call and the number desired. This photo was taken in Emmons. The name of the operator is unknown.
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in 75th yr., riverland honors 75 PeoPle By Jenae hackensmith news@albertleatribune.com
After attending what would become Riverland Community College in the early 1970s, Don Leathers has never been far from the school. Leathers started at Austin State Junior College — which later became Riverland — and earned an Associate of Arts degree in 1972 before going on to major in English and humanities with a minor in journalism at the University of Minnesota. But he never forgot Riverland and his learning experiences and stayed involved with the college, taking part in the Hall of Fame Committee, the Riverland Athletics Booster’s Club, and the Riverland Alumni and Friends Committee. He is also a part-time umpire for college baseball games and used to referee for college basketball games. Now, Leathers is one of
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experience (than) from just a book or a lecture. They’re doing it.” Riverland isn’t only for students just out of high school. Atewologun said they hope to focus on reaching more populations, such as returning, place-bound adults. College leaders also hope to follow up with prospective students who looked but didn’t enroll at Riverland. Davenport said Riverland is a place for people to realize their dreams. “Just the nature of the community college is such that it really lets people see that they can dream of what they want to do, what they want to be, and it’s that gateway to get there,” she said. “There is a place to go and to learn, and whether it’s learning to learn, or learning for a job, that we’re here, and we’re here for the people,” she added.
75 Riverland alumni to be featured in the college’s 75th anniversary Alumni Connections project. Many careers were represented in featuring the 75 former students: teachers, a farmer, a real estate agent, a photographer, a Mayo Clinic Health Systems researcher, an accountant, a former president at US Bank in Austin and many more. Retired Riverland Theater Director Jerry Girton helped lead the project and was excited about the many careers represented, yet he said this is a small representation of the many people who have attended Riverland. “It’s amazing,” Girton said. “There are thousands that have done every bit as well as these,” he added. Though it was tough to decide who to feature, Marijo Alexander, another organizer for the project, said each person stood out in
his or her own way. She noted that the success of so many students shows what kind of college Riverland has been for the last 75 years, and she believes it will continue for the next 75. “It proves that we’re a community college; we serve the community,” she said. “And (the students) maybe go away from Austin for a while, but they come back.” Leathers came back and became a teacher in Glenville for 34 years. He retired in 2010 and now lives with his wife, Marsha, in Austin. Leathers recalled good experiences with classes at Riverland, where he enjoyed learning from and chatting with many professors. “The teachers were really good,” he said. “I can just about remember every teacher I had.” He recalled professors Bill Ruppert and Jerome Carlson for their great lectures, unique senses of
Jerry Girton, retired theater director at Riverland Community College, is co-organizing the Alumni Connections project with Riverland employee Marijo Alexander. Jenae HackenSmitH/albert lea tribune
humor and intelligence in their fields. “The classes were small, the teachers were good — they challenged you,” Leathers said. “It was a good precursor to going to
the university.” Leathers said Riverland has many administrators who are invested in helping students meet their future goals. “It’s a positive place,”
Leathers said. “It’s a good place for kids to go and find out who you are, get acclimated to college life and move on, whether it’s to the workforce or a fouryear college.”
Riverland through the years 1940: Austin Junior College opens on the third floor of Austin High School Sept. 3 with 138 freshmen and a faculty of five full-time and four parttime instructors. The school is formed as part of the public school system, with Reuben Meland serving as dean and later president. Tuition was $4 per semester hour credit. 1951: The Austin Area Vocational-Technical School was established in the annex of Austin High School as a part of the public school system. 1964: Austin Junior College officially becomes a part of the state system of junior colleges. 1966: Austin Junior College changes name to Austin State Junior College and moves to the current east campus. 1968: On Nov. 4, The State Board of Education formally approves the formation of Albert Lea Area Vocational-Technical School, with Wayne Broecker as the director. 1971: Austin State Junior College Owatonna Extension Center begins classes at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 20, 1971. 1972: Austin Area Vocational-Technical School changes name to Austin Area Vocational-Technical Institute. The new technical school is completed that March. That same year, the school moves to what is now Riverland’s west campus. 1976: The Austin Community College Foundation forms; it later becomes the Riverland Foundation. 1985: Owatonna Higher Education Center opens as a way to create a seamless link between education, work and the community. 1991: Minnesota Riverland Technical College forms July 1 and consists of the Austin, Faribault and Rochester campuses and the Owatonna Technical Training Center. 1992: Austin Community College receives $7.2 million for an expansion that includes the current main entrance and 33,000-square-foot library and renovations to bring the current building up to date for handicap accessibility and safety codes. 1996: Riverland Community College is established July 1. The move merges Austin Community College, South Central Technical College-Albert Lea, and Riverland Technical College locations in Austin and Owatonna. 2002: The first day of classes are held at Owatonna College & University Center on Jan. 14. While Riverland is the host institution and hosts classes at the center, Concordia University, St. Paul; Minnesota State University, Mankato; Southwest State University; University of St. Thomas; and South Central Technical College also offer classes. 2008: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities acquires Owatonna College and University Center, with Gov. Tim Pawlenty signing it as part of the bonding bill in April. The sale is finalized Dec. 31. Atewologun noted the staff’s involvement in getting Riverland more publicity through joining outside groups. He pointed out Davenport’s involvement with Vision 2020. But it’s
not just the staff who are involved. He said many of the public events they attend include alumni from Riverland. “Perhaps that’s the greatest accomplishment, we
don’t sing that song loud and clear enough, but we produce some imminent alumni,” he said. The signs of growth are clear, as the college has produced more and more alumni
by increasing its reach. Atewologun noted the college started with 138 graduates, and it now serves about 5,000 students in three large communities, which he said has added to the economic
vitality of the area. “(We) meet the needs of the child, the parents, the grandparents, the greatgrandparents, because we are accessible and affordable,” he said.
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This photo of George Boyum was taken in his family’s tailor shop on West Clark Street on Feb. 28, 1977, the last day of business. This was also one of the last of the city’s tailor shops. Tailors once made clothing to fit from the raw fabric materials. Now tailoring focuses more on making clothing alterations. Photo courtesy Freeborn county historicAl museum
The S.O. Severson Blacksmith Shop was at 109 S. Newton Ave. in 1913. The forge isn’t really visible. However, the anvil, an essential item of equipment for blacksmiths, is visible. Also dominating the scene in his shop are a multitude of horseshoes created by Severson and some of the tools he used in his occupation.
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When amateur boxing was golden in A.L.
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If someone mentions the sport of professional boxing — also called prize fighting — most people would probably say they have never followed any type of boxing and have had very little or actually no past interest in it. Some of us from the “older generation” may have a passing memory of a few high-energy and popular world boxing champions like Muhammad Ali, Joe Lewis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Ken Norton and Archie Moore, just to name a few. These fighters were in a time where professional boxing was said to be in an era of fighting perfection, beauty and artistic. All these former professional boxers were mostly motivated by prize money, fame and fortune. The promoters arranged the fight schedules, controlled the gate and the spectators would bet on the fight result. Often professional boxing was then associated with the “mob,” fixed fights and shady characters. Presently, professional boxing is suffering from lack of high-caliber fights and doesn’t have a high appeal like it used to do with the emergence of mixed martial arts fighting on TV and many other amateur and professional sports options. There is also another category of boxing called “amateur boxing” which currently can be found at the collegiate level, Olympic Games and local levels. Basically, amateur boxing is governed by a different set of rules and regulations from professional boxing and has no prize money connected with the results. The boxing coaches, trainers and any helpers are all volunteers and most receive no pay. Probably unknown to most Albert Lea area residents, about 40 years ago a by-gone era of amateur boxing was “golden,” referring to the Golden Gloves Boxing Club that existed in Albert Lea from about 1972 to 1979. The local club was started by the late Jesse Jimenez in 1972, who was a licensed coach by the Golden Glove Association of America with about nine fighters ranging from 7 to 20 years old. Jimenez financed the startup of the local Albert Lea Golden Glove Boxing Club basically at his own expense and a determination to keep Golden Gloves boxing active and alive in the area. The Albert Lea Golden Glove Boxing Club provided big local entertainment events for many years and captured the interests of the boxers, trainers, managers and area spectators. Jimenez has a storied history in his own career of amateur boxing. He started boxing at about the age of 8 with the Easton Golden Glove Boxing Club. Jimenez boxed throughout his teenage years and continued to excel in his amateur boxing career when he joined the United States Air force in
Albert Lea Deputy Fire Chief Jeffery Laskowske stands in front of one of the fire trucks at the fire station. Laskowske started with the city Oct. 6. Sarah Stultz/albert lea tribune
Brynn Harms, an assistant girls’ basketball coach at AldenConger, sits on a chair on the court after the Knights’ 59-42 win against Schaeffer Academy. micah bader/albert lea tribune
John Abrego holds an original boxing robe used in the 1970s for the Albert Lea Golden Glove Boxing Club provided by the local Albert Lea VFW. Provided 1954 at 19, winning many boxing matches in the 152pound (welter weight) division. His last amateur fight was in 1957 in the Air Force at 22 in West Palm Beach, Florida. The top years for the Albert Lea club were from 1977 to 1979. Even though most boxing matches were in the local vicinity, the Albert Lea club traveled many miles to boxing matches in Wisconsin and Michigan and to regional and Minnesota state tournaments, usually held from December through March. The local club closed after 1979 because of lack of interest in the new generation of kids and other area boxing area clubs closing up. Nationally, Golden Glove boxing is still flourishing. The Albert Lea Tribune gave excellent coverage of the Albert Lea Golden Glove club in the years it was active with sports writer Tom Kuamme covering the results in his “Sports Scope” articles. Historically, Golden Glove boxing began in 1923 with the first clubs in New York and Chicago. The national Golden Glove Boxing Club was formed to help youth and promote amateur competition for boxing tournaments with a sole material award of a “tiny golden glove” metal going to the winners, thus the name Golden Glove. Golden Glove boxing has no connection with high
schools or college athletics but is a program unto itself. After a few years, Golden Glove boxing expanded to Minnesota and was open to all non-professional fighters 16 years old and over and to U.S. citizens. There were eight weight divisions from flyweight to heavyweight. Fights consisted of three, two-minuterounds with headgear. The local Golden Glove fighters hopefully would win regional events usually held in Mankato and move then on to the Upper Midwest Tournament in Minneapolis with the winners moving onto Chicago and eventually to New York. Besides the Golden Glove club in Albert Lea, some other local clubs were in Austin, Mankato, Fairmont and Wells-Easton. The Golden Glove boxing clubs don’t promote fame or fortune for the boxers. They just fight for pride and a little “Golden Glove” metal. In addition, the men running the Golden Glove clubs are role models for the young men, teaching discipline, competitiveness, lessons of life and lastly about winning and losing. Jimenez also had many assistant coaches over the years with Vern W. Rasmussen, Harold Kenny and Lonny Broitzman to name a few. The Albert Lea Golden Glove Boxing club held its practices in the basement of the now Marion Ross Performing
Arts Center with the actual fighting matches done in the “ring” of the former Albert Lea Armory on Washington Street. Funding for the club relied on local sponsors with some being the Knights of Columbus, VFW and the Eagles Club, contributing money, equipment and traveling expenses, which then got their club names on the boxer’s robes. A few local Golden Glove fighters were Rick Kinney, Tony Fisher, Rick Broitzman, John Abergo, David Lynch and Clint Newton. David Lynch was the National Amateur GG champion in the middle weight class (165 pounds) in Greensboro, North Carolina ,in June 1979. The boxing ring used by the Albert Lea Golden Boxing Club was originally purchased from Vern Gagne, who at that time was a professional wrestler and promoter in the Twin Cities area. The ring was also often rented to other area Golden Glove clubs to cover the local club expenses. At one time the ring was rented by Muhammad Ali Productions for a professional fight promotion in Minneapolis with legendary Howard Cossel announcing the fights. John Abrego, the son-inlaw of Jimenez, who boxed for the club in the 1970s, still has the original boxing ring in storage and is planning to start up a new Albert Lea Golden Glove boxing club sometime in 2016.
Discovering opinions through door knocking By Sarah Stultz
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Some people call it the key to winning an election; others call it a good way to meet people. Whatever the case may be, newly elected District 27A Rep. Peggy Bennett and Freeborn County Sheriff Kurt Freitag said they learned many opinions from door knocking leading up to the Nov. 4 general election. “By and large everyone was supportive of me or open to hear me out,” Freitag said. “I like talking with people and giving them my ideas, things I want to do differently, things I accomplished in my Army days.” He recalled one night he went out door knocking with District 27A Rep. Peggy Bennett talks with a neighbor at his door earlier this month. Bennett said she enjoys talking with people and wishes more people would have been home See KnocKing, Page a10 last fall when she campaigned for office. Sarah Stultz/albert lea tribune
Stan Thompson stands on the basketball court at Albert Lea High School after the Tigers hosted Kasson-Mantorville. Thompson is an assistant coach for the varsity boys’ basketball team. micah bader/albert lea tribune
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his wife, cheryl, in the time leading up to the election. He said he spent the entire evening talking with an elderly woman. He said during his time door knocking, he heard some common themes. “People want to either know their sheriff, or they want to know who their sheriff is,” Freitag said. “They want to have access to their sheriff, and another thing they want is to have a sheriff who is engaged in the community. “They just want services to be increased, made more efficient. overall, they just want a more active sheriff’s office.” Freitag said some people talked about the Freeborn county jail and how they want the sheriff to continue to run that as if it were a business. With President Barack obama’s new immigration policy that went into effect in the beginning of the year, he said counties are seeing a decrease in the number of
immigration and customs Enforcement detainees they are holding. To counter that, Freitag said he has been in contact with the Minnesota Department of corrections, which he heard has an influx of prisoners. “They’re looking to unload some low to medium classifications into county facilities,” he said. He’d like to see about 20 Doc prison inmates being held at the Freeborn county jail. Since he’s been elected sheriff, Freitag said he has enjoyed running into people when he’s out and about — even when he stops for his morning coffee at Kwik Trip. Bennett, who defeated incumbent DFL Rep. Shannon Savick of Wells said during her time door knocking, she heard consistent themes from residents. The top concern was jobs. She said people want more and better-paying jobs in the area. Bennett said though there are jobs in the area, many of those jobs require skills that the workforce
Deputy Kurt Freitag celebrates Nov. 4 at Wedgewood Cove after winning the Freeborn County sheriff election against incumbent Bob Kindler. colleen HArrison/Albert leA tribune does not have. She said she would like to make sure people are aware of these jobs and find a way for them to learn the skills to work in them.
She noted she heard many people talk about health care and how expensive it is for them. “People said they were actually paying more and
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was when she got to talk to people. She noted it was a little frustrating that probably only one out of 10 people were home or answered their doors.
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The Shell Rock River Watershed District was formed on June 25, 2003 by a citizen’s petition. The Watershed encompasses 246 square miles inside Freeborn County and includes Albert Lea and five other small towns. Water from the Shell
Rock River flows to the Cedar River in Iowa, into the Mississippi River, and ultimately ends up in the Gulf of Mexico. The Shell Rock River Watershed District has been busy applying for grants and executing
projects that benefit our area lakes and streams. These projects currently include the Goose Lake Fish Barrier, Wedge Creek Stream Restoration, and the Albert Lea Lake Dam and Fish Barrier Structure.
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Goose Lake Fish Barrier is located on the Green Lea Golf Course and was installed to prevent the upstream migration of Common Carp from Fountain Lake to Goose Lake. Construction started in October and with the exception of hooking up the electrical components and seeding the area, the project is complete. This is the districts fourth electric fish barrier in attempts to limit the amount of spawning waters for invasive species such as Common Carp. Albert Lea Lake Dam and Fish Barrier
Wedge creek is located NorthWest of Albert Lea and flows along Highway 13 into Fountain Lake. Restoration and habitat efforts have been made on two sections of Wedge Creek this past year. The Watershed District established a stream restoration program in 2010 that includes restoration and enhancement of instream, riparian, fish, and wildlife habitat in the SRRWD District.
before The top picture shows the The Albert Lea Lake Dam and Fish Barrier is located after (left d an (right side of the bank) at the outlet of Albert Lea Lake along County Road 19. picture m tto bo e side of the bank). Th This project removed the old, failing Albert Lea Lake th sides bo h wit t jec pro is a completed Dam and combined three complex projects into one. of the bank restored. These projects include a rock riffle dam, an electric fish barrier and a draw down structure. The rock riffle dam is at 80% construction, the fish barrier is at 20% construction, and the draw down structure is at 5% construction. The project is expected to be complete at the end of March. Funding for this project was made possible by Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council and DNR Dam Safety funds. Projects such as this are designed to protect, enhance, and restore habitat to Albert Lea Lake. Placing a Fish Barrier at this project site is important to protect the gateway to Albert Lea’s chain of lakes including Fountain Lake, White Lake, Goose Lake, and Pickerel Lake. In addition, this is the districts largest fish barrier and protects the largest watershed area from invasive fish species.
The goal of this stream restoration is to: • Reduce stream bank erosion and associated sedimentation • Reconnect streams to their floodplains • Reduce negative impacts from severe flooding • Increase natural reproduction of fish and other aquatic organisms • Stabilize stream banks with minimal maintenance • Help protect Fountain Lake from sediments and nutrients This project is at 95% completion with some spring maintenance anticipated.
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David Olson took this picture of Pikes Peak with Crystal Reservoir and Aspen trees in the foreground during a trip to visit his son in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This image initially ran in the Nov. 9 edition of the Tribune. Provided
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Celebrating 150 years of nourishing people in 2015
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