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German Day and Downtown Cookout Friday

Belle Plaine will be celebrating a bit of its German heritage Friday during German Day. Festivities will include the crowning of this year’s German Day queen and princess. Pictured above (from left) are last year’s German Days’ Queen Rebecca Schmitz, German Day queen candidates Gabrielle Malecha and Rebecca Schmitz, and German Days’ First Princess Heather Burmeister.

Activities galore will take place on Belle Plaine’s downtown streets this Friday evening as the community holds its 35th annual German Day festivities. First will be the Downtown Community Cookout starting at 5 p.m. Free food samples will be provided by a number of merchants. There will also be Food Vendors, Pony Rides and Face Painting for the kids, and more.

There will be a Kids’ Pedal Pull at 5 p.m. with registration beginning at 4:30 p.m. A Super Hero Fun Run begins at 6:45 p.m. At 6 p.m., the Queen Coronation will take place. This year’s candidates are – Gabrielle Malecha, daughter of Renee and Norman Malecha. – Rebecca Schmitz, daughter of Sheila and Chuck Schmitz. The reigning Miss German

Days royalty are Queen Caitlyn Schoon, First Princess Hannah Burmeister, and other Princesses Teresa Wentworth and Allison Hennes. Introduction of Bar-B-Q Days Royalty will also take place. A Sauerkraut Eating Contest open to all who want to enter will also be part of the evening’s festivities. The Johnny Holm Band will start performing on the street at 8 p.m.

German Day’s Queen Candidates Want to Share Their Heritage

Retiring Royal Court Said Year Representing Belle Plaine Has Been Great

The two young women seeking the honor of being Belle Plaine German Day’s queen both believe their heritage is worth sharing when they visit other communities. Friday (June 16), Gabrielle Malecha or Rebecca Schmitz will be crowned German Day’s queen. Knowing they both will be crowned either queen or first princess, the two young women are looking forward to the next year representing Belle Plaine at community festivals around the region. “I really like my German heritage. We celebrate it a lot,” Malecha said. “It has always interested me.” Schmitz said the experience of presenting Belle Plaine as a member of the German Day’s Royal Court will provide the opportunity to get to know Belle Plaine and other communities in the region better. The German Day’s court attends community festivals and parades in cities throughout the area during the summer and into the fall. “I’m very proud of my heritage,” Schmitz said. “I look forward to being able to share it.” Malecha is the daughter of Renee and Norman Malecha. She will be a senior at Belle Plaine High School and works at The Lutheran Home as a dietary aid. Malecha plans on attending

Luther College after graduating from high school. She is interested in choral and instrumental music and may pursue a career teaching music in school. Schmitz is the daughter of Sheila and Chuck Schmitz. She will also be a senior at Belle Plaine High School. Schmitz works as a waitress at Kingsway Retirement Living. She is interested in attending college in Duluth, Minn. and is considering St. Scholastica and the University of Minnesota, Duluth. Schmitz is interested in teaching history. Malecha and Schmitz enjoy the way German Day brings out Belle Plaine’s German heritage. They enjoy people getting together and enjoying the festival and its events. Malecha’s German relatives are on her mother’s side. Both her mother’s grandparents came here from Germany, she said. Schmitz’s great grandparents on both sides of the family came to the United States from Germany. The four women judging the two applicants for Miss German Day were impressed with both Malecha and Schmitz. The judges were Chris Weiers, LeAnn Brezina, Sarah Schilz, and Darla Nieson. They said the pair did a good job presenting themselves and their interests to the panel of judges. The judges asked the candidates about representing Belle Plaine and their participation in social activities. They also wanted to get a sense of the candidates’ leadership qualities, and their personality and sense of integrity.

A Great Year

Caitlyn Schoon and Hannah Burmeister are the retiring Miss German Days and first princess. Teresa Wentworth is the outgoing second princess and Allison Hennes is the third princess. Schoon and Burmeister met with Malecha and Schmitz Monday evening. They provided the candidates with some insight into how to handle the year to come, since it will be a busy year filled with visits to area communities and projects. Schoon and Burmeister recalled how the quartet worked together as a team, never concerned about differences in status between the queen and third princess. The girls worked together to arrange photos of the royal court and to have buttons made. They made selecting dresses a team effort and jointly handled transportation to area communities. “We all had the same amount of say,” Burmeister said. “Everything was divided equally,” Schoon said. The year representing Belle Plaine provided the four girls with an education on their hometown and area communities. They attended community festival parades in Henderson, Montgomery, Chaska, Le Sueur, Lonsdale, Carver, and New Prague. “No matter how hot you got or how sunburned you were, it was always fun,” Schoon said. “There are so many nice little towns I’d never seen before. It was a lot of fun.”

Back to State

Belle Plaine’s Ollie Heitkamp teaches students the finer points of carving wood at a class at the Ney Center near Henderson.

B.P.’s Heitkamp Trains Next Generation of Wood Carvers

by Teresa Konechne About 18 months ago, the Carving Club was formed at the Ney Nature Center, with Ollie Heitkamp at the helm. Bringing with him 40 years of woodworking and about as many years as a senior high school teacher of biology, physics and chemistry, he is a gold mine of information. His initial instruction last month began: “Before carving, you need to know about wood.” He teaches about growth rings and how deciduous trees have seasonal growth, while coniferous trees grow all year at different rates. These rings give wood both its visual and carving character.

The Belle Plaine High School baseball team won a return trip section championship. Belle Plaine returns to the state tourto the state baseball tournament this week at Dick Putz Field nament as the second-seeded team. Details on page 7. in St. Cloud. The Tigers defeated St. Peter Thursday for the

The bit between the rings tends to be weaker and can cause divots in softer woods when sanding, Heitkamp said. He brought blocks of different woods to illustrate weight, grain and hardness. His samples included white pine, butternut, basswood, American black walnut, American black cherry, and red cedar. Heitkamp said his stock of butternut was gathered 20 to 30 years ago, and it’s very hard to find now. Butternut grew in semi-wooded grazing and pasture lands. As farming practices changed, the fields of butternut were cleared. Which wood is chosen is based on what carvers want it to look like when it’s done, and how hard they want to work. Although he has a small toolbox of various chisels, knives, gouges, and other somewhat maniacal-looking pointed and curved metal instruments, he said one could get by with just two -- a flat ¾-inch chisel and a (locking) pocket knife... and a sharpening stone. “It’s not a sharp tool that cuts you; it’s a dull one from having to press harder,” he said. Demonstrating how to sharpen a chisel, he insisted it must be a wet stone, and the “wet” is often spit. When the angle is just right, the “liquid” squeezes out just ahead of the chisel, and then you move it in circles. One of his sharpening stones came from his grandfather who was a blacksmith in Belle Plaine. Beginners start with a mallard or wood duck. Carving becomes not only a study of techniques but of the intricacies and beauty of the subject itself. He spoke of five surfaces on the duck bill and that each has a nail on the tip of its bill.

‘Side Pocket’

In one illuminating bit of information, Heitkamp showed the “side pocket” on a duck. These are muscles on the side of the duck that it tucks its wings into when landing on water to protect them from getting wet. A video on “slow motion duck beating wings” was used to show this. His teachings flowed in bits and pieces, having to condense decades of knowledge acquired through practice and mistakes, into a little over an hour. The two newest members, Henderson boys Isaac (11) and Noah (10) Castor, got to choose between butternut ducks and basswood bluebirds or cardinals. Other members of the club come from as far away as Minneapolis. Tammy Ness from Heidelberg joined because she wanted something that made her slow down. “I only do it here. I wanted something that would take me away from home,” she said. “I feel lucky to be a part of it. Learning from Ollie is like being with a famous painter.” Heitkamp first carved while in high school in Belle Plaine. He saw an ad about carving mallards in an outdoor life magazine. He tried it and gifted those first two mallards to a cousin visiting from Florida in about 1948. Thirty years later, he received a letter from that cousin’s daughter who was wanted to find out what to do because her puppy had chewed one of

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the mallard heads. Hetikamp said he would fix it and did so by cutting off the head and replacing it. But he also thought he could do better than those first ones and began carving again. He hasn’t quit. He showed pieces where he utilized the wood grain as a visual element, and where a couple of former students, both artists, painted them for him. Learning this process inspired many questions in the boys, some outside the purview of carving, like “How do they get wooden ships inside bottles?” and “How often do you clean your tool box?” Heitkamp doesn’t mind. The club meets at the end of each month. Members can join any time at a cost of $15 per session. Contact the Ney Center if interested.

Belle Plaine Girl Scouts Honored Belle Plaine’s Thea Iverson and Elissa Moonen were recently honored by the Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valley Girl Scout Council during a June 4 ceremony in Owatonna, Minn. Iverson recently earned the Girl Scouts’ Gold Award for a robotics project she organized. Moonen earned the Girl Scouts’ silver award for a little library project she created on Court Street.

Return Trip a lot about the end goal of the season but focused more on doing well each pitch, inning and game, with multiple bigger checkpoints along the way, such as conference title and section title,” he said. “With that said, the boys have mentioned often in hopes of taking the next step from last season.” “We will try to focus on each game individually, but when there are only eight teams left out of 119 starting the playoffs, each one of those eight teams has hopes of playing at Target With temperatures in the mid-90s and the heat index around 100 degrees, 10-year-old Thomas Field and winning a title. We Weiland took a cool dip into the Belle Plaine Pool Saturday afternoon. He and Noelle Hoff, 6, need to focus on competing each pitch, playing smart and were at the pool with their mothers.

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doing the little things correctly; (June 8) or march home as the hopefully, that will lead us to section’s runner-up. where we want to be,” Schultz Belle Plaine scored the game’s said. opening run – the only one it ultimately needed – in the first Tigers 4, St. Peter 0 inning when Tyler O’Brien Belle Plaine enjoyed key hits walked and eventually scored and big defensive plays when on Brody Curtiss’s base hit. The the Tigers needed them most in Tigers iced the win with three Thursday’s section showdown, runs in the fifth frame. Jake a rematch the Saints wanted Mercado walked, swiped secafter Belle Plaine’s dramatic ond base and stole on O’Brien’s come-from-behind victory the base hit, to give the Tigers a 2-0 previous weekend. advantage. The Saints had defeated Le Carsen Ladd ripped a double Sueur-Henderson for the right to the wall to drive in O’Brien to face Belle Plaine. The week- with Belle Plaine’s third run. end win meant St. Peter had to After Curtiss reached base, beat the Tigers twice Thursday he and Ladd worked a doublesteal, with Ladd scoring to give the Tigers a 4-0 advantage and all the cushion they needed. Belle Plaine was secure throughout the day. Pitcher Nathan Herman held the Saints to only three hits as his defense kept the Saints from starting anything resembling a rally. In the fourth inning, BPHS catcher Jackson Stauffacher snuffed out a rally by throwing out a St. Peter runner trying to steal second base. In the sixth, center fielder Jon Schmidt tracked down a long fly ball at the wall, snuffing out the Saints’ last hopes of forcing a decisive second game for the section championship. “This was a fun game and more stressful than the previous game against St. Peter,” Schultz said. “The boys were excited and focused for the game and had a great mentality all game long. Everyone was ready to go and did their job when needed. This group has really done a good job of making sure they are always ready, whether it be to pinch hit, courtesy run or be ready in the bullpen. The guys are coming together as a team and hopefully can continue the fun next week in St. Cloud.”

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Scott County Closing CR 1 Monday for Overlay Project Weather permitting, Scott County is closing a span of County Road 1 in Blakeley Township for an overlay project beginning Monday (June 19). A 1.8-mile stretch of County Road 1 will be closed from Highway 169 into the village. The county will be milling old blacktop off the road and replacing it with new a bituminous surface. The county will detour traffic around the construction area on County Road 60 from its intersection with Highway 169 into Blakeley. The project is estimated to take three weeks to complete.

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Death

Thomas J. Breeggemann On June 6, 2017, Thomas J o h n Breeggemann, 79, of Elmwood, WI, formerly of Marystown, joined his wife, Patricia Jean Breeggemann (nee Williams) in their eternal dance. Tom’s life was honored with a visitation on June 11, from 3-7 p.m., at The Parish of Saints Joachim and Anne (Marystown). Additional services and a Mass of Christian Burial was held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Elmwood, WI. Tom was laid to rest at Farm Hill Cemetery, Elmwood WI. On September 28, 1937, Tom was welcomed by his parents Frank (Fritz) and Dorothy (Toots) at the Breeggemann homestead farm in Marystown MN. Tom was the second of nine children and grew up working on the farm with his family. He attended St Mary’s Catholic school and earned his 8th grade diploma. Tom’s faith was a constant in his life as he learned from his parents and passed it down to his children and grandchildren. Tom used the opportunity of field work to find time in prayer and would pray the rosary as he planted. Tom continued to farm with his family and enjoyed three great loves in his life; his wife, his cows and his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Tom’s passion from an early age and throughout his life was farming, specifically Registered Holsteins. Tom believed in the importance of choosing strong genetic lines and established Mellow-Brook Registered Holsteins in 1957 at the age of 20 to pursue those goals. Tom was very proud that his son Matthew and daughter Amy continue this quest and that his daughter Heather pursues this same goal with her Alpine Dairy Goats. Tom’s passion for farming included working to improve farming and he was active in NFO, MN Power, and Groundswell. Tom also proudly sponsored the Little Dairyman program at the Pierce County fair the last 10 years in his effort to encourage the love of dairy farming in children. Tom’s legacy on earth continues through his children, Amy (Dave) Bechel, Rebecca (Jude) Weix, Heather (Brian) Berg, Ken (Sara) Breeggemann, Connie (Jerid) Krueger, Paula Speith, Luke (Julie) Breeggemann, Matt (Tia Sampair) Breeggemann, Joe (Annette Kessler) Breeggemann; 34 grandchildren; six greatgrandchildren; siblings, Pat (Lee) Kness, Ruth Klehr, Mike (Emma) Breeggemann, Ann (Tom) Walerius, Rick (Linda) Breeggemann, Sherri Poppler, Cindy (Mark) Soller; sister-inlaw, Dellie Breeggemann; and many relatives and friends. He’s joined in heaven by his wife, Pat; grandson, Liam; parents, Fritz and Toots; brother, Bob; brothers-in-law, Don Klehr and Pete Poppler; and sister-in-law, Judy Breeggemann. Ballard-Sunder Funeral Homes handled the arrangements.

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St. John Ice Cream Social June 21 St John Lutheran Church in Belle Plaine invites the public to its annual ice cream social. It will take place in the Gathering Hall on Wednesday, June 21 serving from 3:30-7:30 p.m. The Gathering Hall is fully airconditioned and handicapped accessible.

The menu includes ice cream, delicious pies and cakes, BBQs, ham/cheese and egg salad sandwiches, chips, pickles, coffee and lemonade. Take out is available. The event is sponsored by St John Lutheran W-ELCA.

Cologne Hopes to Buy Land for Senior Housing Project Mayor: Marketplace Forcing Seniors Out of Town If the City of Cologne and the Klein family can reach an agreement on the price of property on the north side of Benton Lake, a small senior housing facility could become a reality. This week, the city council expects to learn whether its offer to the Klein family for land at 401 Benton Street W., including 2½ buildable acres on the north side of the lake, is accepted. The city initially offered $280,000 for the land, said Mayor Matt Lein. The list price is $350,000. The city recently discussed its plans and how much to offer the family in a closed session. The city wants to work with the Carver County Community Development Agency (CDA) to develop the property. If the city is unable to reach an agree-

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St. John Lutheran Church 148 S. Chestnut Street Belle Plaine, MN 56011 Pastor Mark Johnson Pastor Sarah Timian sjlc@frontiernet.net 952-873-6492 Wednesday, June 14 6 p.m. Worship 7 p.m. With Ease & Grace 7:30 Personnel Committee Thursday, June 15 Confirmation Camp 6:30 p.m. Church Council Friday, June 16 Confirmation Camp arriving home about 3 p.m. Saturday, June 17 7 a.m. Weight Watchers Sunday, June 18 Father’s Day 9 a.m. Worship Monday, June 19 8 Men’s Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Boy Scouts Wednesday, June 21 3:30 Ice Cream Social 6 p.m. Worship 7 p.m. With Ease & Grace

ment with the CDA, Cologne may turn to local developers, Lein said. The city’s plan is for senior housing. Cologne hopes to work with the Carver County Community Development Agency. The city envisions 10- to 12units in duplex-style housing. “We’ve got to start small, baby steps,” Lein said. Cologne recognizes the demand for senior housing. A Maxﬁeld Research study in First Presbyterian Church 2014 shows Cologne as hav219 W. Main Street, ing no rental housing primarBelle Plaine ily dedicated to senior citizens. 952-873-2966 County-wide, most senior www.fpcbelleplaine.org housing facilities have very low fpcbelleplaine@frontiernet. vacancy rates, according to the net 2014 Maxﬁeld study. Pastor Diane Goulson “We have nowhere for our 952.807.3292 Cell elderly residents to go, except WELCOME LEARN out of town,” Lein said. “They SERVE don’t want to leave, but the Inspirational Message Line marketplace is forcing them 952-583-3302 out because there’s nowhere (in Sunday, June 18th Cologne) to go.” Second Sunday After Pentecost 5:00 pm Worship Service Wed. – Mon., June 21-26 Pr. Diane on vacation

Minnesota Receives $25 Million in AmeriCorp Funding

AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling over $11 million to help pay for college or student loans. “AmeriCorps members represent the best of Minnesota— they see the challenges facing our communities and they face them with action, by getting to work to improve the lives of their neighbors and strengthen their communities across our state,” Klobuchar said. Most of the funding will go to inner-city schools. “Investing in these initiatives will have ripple effects throughout our state.” “In Minnesota, we understand the value of serving our communities and supporting our neighborhoods—and that’s exactly why AmeriCorps is so important,” Franken said. “Each and every day, Minnesotans who serve in AmeriCorps are bettering lives and improving conditions for people all over the state, which is why I’m so pleased to see this new injection of funding into a program that I ﬁght for every year.”

Senior Dining Seniors 60 years and older are invited to join us for Lunch at Belle Plaine 11:30 a.m. Monday-Friday. Herald For dining reservations please call 952-873-6311 three days prior between the 9 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. weekdays. A contribution of $3.75 is requested for each meal. Meals are served at 11:30 a.m. Cardinal Ridge Apartments CAP Agency Senior Dining

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West Union Lutheran Church 15820 Market Ave. Cologne, MN 55315 Church: 952-466-5678 westunion1@juno.com Pastor: Richard Braun Saturday, June 17 7:30 a.m. Men’s Group Sunday, June 18 9 a.m. Worship R: Shari Gerdes A: Syndey Kienholz Monday, June 19 10 a.m. Newsletter Articles Due

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River Rock Church Sunday Worship Service, Children’s Church & Nursery at Chatfield Elem. School, 330 S. Market St. / PO Box 184 Belle Plaine, MN 56011 riverrockchurch.com (952) 873-5453 email: staff@riverrockchurch.com Lead Pastor Rev. Chris Teien Associate Pastor Dan Jetto (*Please call for small groups locations) *330 S. Market St. **124 W. Main St. Saturday, June 17 8:00am Prayer Meeting** Sunday, June 18 9:40am Coffee, Food and Fellowship Time 10am Worship Service* Monday, June 19 7:00pm Men’s Bible Study Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church 500 West Church Street Belle Plaine, MN 56011 952-873-6545 Pastor Timothy Redfield www.trinitybelleplaine.org Thursday, June 15 7 p.m. Worship Service with Communion Sunday, June 18 8 a.m. Bible Study 9 a.m. Worship Service with Communion (Usher Team: 2/Video: Brandon Schmidt/Comm. Team 2) 10 a.m. Coffee Hour-TLCWM 10:30 a.m. Bible Study Tuesday, June 20 1 p.m. Knotters 6:30 p.m. TLCWM Meeting 7 p.m. Council Meeting Our Lady of The Prairie Catholic Church - Belle Plaine Fr. Brian Lynch 952-873-6564 St. Joseph Catholic Church 213 South 6th Street Henderson, MN 56044 507-248-3550 Saturdays: 5 p.m. Mass Sundays: 8 a.m. Mass & St. John-Assumption Parish 26523 200th Street Belle Plaine, MN 56011 Father Sam 507-248-3550 Sundays: 10 a.m. Mass

Redeemer Lutheran Church 14226 W. 280th Street, Henderson, Pr. Diane Goulson 507-665-2932 On Highway 19, 2 miles East of Highway 169 Wednesday, June 14th 9:00 am – 11:30 am VBS My Grandparents, God and Me 4:00 pm Dementia Presentation – Millpond Apts., NP Thursday, June 15th 9:00 am – 11:30 am VBS My Grandparents, God and Me Noon – 1:00 pm BP Dementia Awareness Alliance Saturday, June 17th 3:00 pm Fuhrman Wedding and Reception Sunday, June 18th 9:30 am Worship with VBS Program 10:30 am VBS Picnic and Root Beer Floats 11:30 am Worship with Communion: Millpond Apts., NP Tuesday, June 20th 10:00 am LS NH Worship with Communion 10:30 am Text Study 10:45 am Oak Terrace Worship with Communion Wed.,–Mon., June 21-26 Pastor Diane on vacation Zion Lutheran Church & School 14745 County Road 153 Cologne, MN 55322 952-466-3379 e-mail: leahjanzenzion@ gmail.com Pastor: Eric Zacharias Sunday, 18th Worship Service | 9:00 AM Holy Family Academy & Chapel Traditional Latin Mass 10679 182nd St., Belle Plaine, MN 56011 (952) 873-2582 or 873-6613 (coord.) Fr. Stephen Reid Sundays 2:15 p.m. Confessions 2:40 p.m. Rosary / 3 p.m. Mass Academy Mass - call for times St. Paul’s United Church of Christ 111 S. 6th Street, Henderson Pastor-Deb Meyer 507-248-3594 (Office) Sundays 9:30 Worship time

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The Internet has changed farm life for the better. Customers from all over can keep connected to farm sites and Facebook pages, and can join mailing lists to hear about special crops, prices, CSA lists, and more. Check the Belle How to save money and get Plaine Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market out on the freshest food possibleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Facebook and like our page for from the people who grow it. weekly updates throughout the 2017 season. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best to get there early But if you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it until later, what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll ďŹ nd is still â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Advice fresher than anything shipped Organizers of the weekly marto a supermarket, as most farm- ket will have a U of M Exteners pick produce the day of or sion Master Gardener on-site day before itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sold. In the case the ďŹ rst and third Wednesdays of perishable products, many to answer gardening, lawn care, bargains can be found at the and horticultural questions. end of the day. Food trucks will be on-site at Many farmers depend on Belle Plaineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Maryou to survive. ket, so why not bring the family Farmers count on the income down for a little shopping and from markets to get by. Nearly a bite to eat. What a great time all who participate in open to socialize with growers and markets run very small opera- vendors, as well as your fellow tions, and their proďŹ t margins community members. are slim. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s popular items toNot sure? Ask to taste before date have included rhubarb, buying. farm fresh eggs, jams and jelAlmost all farmers are happy lies, perennials, and a large asto provide a sample. sortment of baked goods. HandItâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not really about retail made crafts, jewelry, rugs, and sales. towels have also been popular Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about cultivating a rela- items. Vendors are welcome to tionship with people who are sell homemade or homegrown willing to spend a little bit more items at the farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; market, for something a whole lot bet- and new vendors are always ter. welcome. The weekly vendor You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get everything all rate is $5. the time. Miss a week and you miss a To offer the freshest, best-tast- lot. For more information, coning food at a reasonable price, tact Laurie Devine at 952-454you have to be patient with 1038. the farmers and their growing The Belle Plaine Historical cycles. There are seasons when Society sponsors the 2017 Belle certain produce isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t available. Plaine Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market. The Belle Plaine Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Marketâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2017 season is in full swing. The market runs Wednesdays, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. (rain or shine) through Oct. 11 at Court Square Park, 410 Cedar Street N.

Belle Plaine Library 125 W Main St 952-873-6767 website: www.scottlib.org Library Hours: *NEW* Tue. & Fri.:10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed. & Thur.: 1-8 p.m. Saturday: Closed Special Events 6/26: Smalltown Eclectic & MELSA present Loud at the Library! Where: Belle Plaine Public Library, 125 West Main Street When: June 26th, 6 - 8pm Who: Open to all ages & abilities - spread the word! Contact: Maria Ricke at mariaricke@gmail.com to reserve a space. Tables provided. Artwork can be propped against walls and book shelves. Bring your own easels for larger displays. OPEN MIC Interested in performing? Arrive at 6pm to sign-up. Keyboard available. Professional sound system. This project is funded with money from Minnesotaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund. June 7-9 Friends of the Library Book Sale Come to the library to buy new and used donated books. All proceeds go to the Friends of the Library. CHILDRENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PROGRAMS Spotlight Storytimes: Come enjoy stories and activities with a different special guest reader every week! Every Friday from 10:30-11 beginning Friday June 16th. 6/16: Live sheeps/lambs 6/23: To be announced 6/30: Georgine Gansen â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Letter Pâ&#x20AC;? 7/7: Belle Plaine Police 7/14: Zoee the Pig 7/21: Scott County Mounted Patrol 7/28: Unicorn Storytime with Lulu the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unicornâ&#x20AC;? 8/4: To be announced 8/11: Local teacher Joe Ploetz transported to an area hospital. The week of June 5-11, Belle Thursdays from 2-3 p.m. Plaine police responded to the Friday, June 9 Crafty Science/Arty Smarty: following selected calls: A person on the 1200 block Starting June 22nd and going of Schoolhouse Drive called through August 10th for medical help at 2:47 p.m. A Best for ages 6-11. Explore and Monday, June 5 A boy stopped by police at woman was transported to an make different art every week at this drop-in program â&#x20AC;&#x201C; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll 12:51 a.m. near the intersection area hospital. learn make pop art, wire sculpSaturday, June 10 of North Elm and East Main ture, a Picasso mask, and more! streets was cited for a curfew A person on the 100 block of Thursday June 15th at 2 pm violation. A parent picked up Robert Circle called for medi- Summer Library Kickoff: the boy at the police station. cal help at 6:39 p.m. A woman Snake Discovery: Slither into A person on the 800 block of was transported to an area hos- the world of reptiles by touching, holding, and even feeding West Prairie Street reported at pital. 9:52 a.m. the theft of $475 in A property-damage crash on some scaly critters at this fun cash. Police are investigating. the 1000 block of East Enter- program! prise Drive was reported at Wednesday June 21st 2-3 p.m. Tuesday, June 6 4H Lego Robotics: Join the A Belle Plaine man, 18, re- 11:29 p.m. University of Minnesota Scott portedly crashed into vehicles A New Prague man, 26, was County 4-H Lego Team at the on the 300 block of South Me- stopped after he reportedly ran Scott County Libraries for a fun ridian Street at 1:21 a.m. Police a stop sign at the intersection FREE one hour hands-on demo determined the man was under of East Main and South Wal- of WeDo Lego Robotics. Youth the inďŹ&#x201A;uence of something other nut streets at 8:34 p.m. He was will be able to learn more about than alcohol. He was cited for cited for driving after license the project and practice their property damage and charged revocation. coding skills. This is open to all Scott County youth. No regiswith possession of a controlled Sunday, June 11 substance, possession of mari- An inebriated Belle Plaine tration required. Funded by the juana and underage possession man, 20 was found at 3:59 Metropolitan Library Service of liquor. a.m. passed out on the side of Agency (MELSA). Friday June 23rd 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, June 7 the road near the intersection Green Screen Photo Booth: A Gaylord man was stopped of East Commerce Drive and Drop in to get a unique green near the intersection of East South Meridian Street. The am- screen photo taken. You can Main and North Linden streets bulance crew assessed by an choose the background and we at 9:42 a.m. He was cited for ambulance crew and left in the will email you a copy of the phonot having his children wearing care of his mom. to to print and share as you like. seatbelts. TEEN PROGRAMS Thursday June 15th 4-5 p.m. A person on the 600 block Haunted Escape Room: Ages of West Main Street called for 12 & up. The library is haunted medical help at 1:23 p.m. A (of course!) and you are â&#x20AC;&#x153;lockedâ&#x20AC;? man was transported to an area in a room with only one way hospital. The week of June 5-11, Belle outâ&#x20AC;Śyou must search for secret Two boys stopped on the 500 Plaine ďŹ reďŹ ghters responded to compartments, ďŹ nd hidden clues, block of East Orchard Street at the following selected calls: and solve puzzles to plot your es2:57 p.m. for riding dirt bikes cape before the spirits claim your in a city park. Having been presoul. The clock is ticking and you viously warned for the offense, Thursday, June 8 only have ONE HOUR, so teamthe boys were cited. FireďŹ ghters responded at 3 p.m. work is essential! to a call for mutual aid from the NEW ON THE SHELF Easy Thursday, June 8 A Belle Plaine woman, 31, in Cologne Fire Department. 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A veteran Sibley County sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deputy is charged with a felony count of drug possession and two counts of trespassing. Jason David Ruehling, a 17year veteran of the sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ofďŹ ce, is charged with possession of controlled substances, a felony, and two counts of misdemeanor trespassing. He was arrested June 8. June 12, he was released from custody under conditions that include no possession or use of controlled substances and random testing. He is due back in Sibley County District Court July 21 for an omnibus hearing. Ruehling, 44, was arrested Thursday (June 8) when he was seen in the sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ofďŹ ce despite being ordered to stay away from the ofďŹ ce after being placed on paid administrative leave. The criminal complaint says a fellow deputy saw Ruehling in the ofďŹ ce and followed him outside the building. The deputy followed Ruehling as he walked away from the ofďŹ ce on the opposite side of the block. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I saw some items in Ruehlingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hands but was unable to tell what they were. It seemed to me Ruehling was trying to evade the camera system at the sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ofďŹ ce,â&#x20AC;? said Deputy Rodney Drexler, in the criminal complaint against Reuhling. Drexler was directed to follow Ruehling. The criminal complaint says Drexler had to maintain a high rate of speed to keep up with Ruehling. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I noted for Ruehling to be this far ahead of me he would have had to be traveling at a higher rate of speed. I believed Ruehling was trying to evade me,â&#x20AC;? Drexler wrote in the complaint. He had to drive at 70 mph to catch up to Ruehling. Drexler was eventually directed to perform a trafďŹ c stop.

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tion medications (pills),â&#x20AC;? Drexel wrote in the criminal complaint. The evidence from the truck was placed into evidence. Deputies are checking to determine if the medication Ruehling allegedly took from the ofďŹ ce came from the evidence room, from the prescription medication drop-off box at the sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ofďŹ ce or from some other source. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking at all sources,â&#x20AC;? said Sheriff Bruce Ponath. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All we know is that the pill bottle for the medications didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have his name on them.â&#x20AC;? Ruehlingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney, Anthony Nerud, could not be reached for comment on the charges against his client.

Man Charged With Drug Possession After Multi-Car Crash Although the ďŹ fth-degree drug possession is a more serious charge a Belle Plaine man faces, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the alleged careless driving that attracted policeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unwanted attention and his arrest. Doyle Brandon Schultz is charged with a ďŹ fth-degree possession of a controlled substance, a felony, and careless driving. He will be back in court June 23 for an omnibus hearing. Schultz was released on bail Thursday (June 8) after a bail was conditionally set at $500 (cash) or $3,000 bond. The conditions include no possession or use of a controlled substance and random testing. Police received a call early last Tuesday morning (June 6,

1:21 a.m.) that a car Schultz was driving had hit and damaged three vehicles on the 300 block of South Meridian Street. The car had been stopped further down the road, according to the criminal complaint, and Schultz had exited the vehicle. The criminal charge says witnesses saw him throw something on the ground behind a tree. Police found a plastic bag containing Xanax pills, a glass pipe and a marijuana grinder. Police identiďŹ ed Schultz, 18, as the driver of the vehicle. The criminal complaint says he admitted hitting the three vehicles and admitted throwing the items behind a tree.

Woman Charged With Financial Exploitation of B.P. Resident Charge Says She Took Just Over $6,000 From B.P. Woman

A Shakopee woman is charged with two counts of felony ďŹ nancial exploitation of a vulnerable adult. The victim of the alleged crime is a resident of The Lutheran Home in Belle Plaine. Betty Ann Bellamy is summoned to Scott County District Court to face the two felony counts. One of the counts is for purportedly violating Bellamyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ duciary responsibility to the victim. The second count is for allegedly taking property for her beneďŹ t. Bellamy is due in Scott County District Court July 17 for a ďŹ rst appearance on the two counts. According to the criminal complaint, Bellamy, 55, has power of attorney for a woman living at The Lutheran Home in Belle Plaine. The woman is considered a vulnerable adult suffering with cerebral palsy and other physical ailments. Her income is limited to Social Security beneďŹ ts. After her rent and monthly expenses are deducted, the woman has about $90 left for discretionary spending. The woman has been living at The Lutheran Home since Jan. You need it now more than ever

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28, 2016. She canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use her legs to walk and uses at EZ-Stand to transfer from her wheelchair to a bed or to use the restroom. She also needs the assistance of one or two staff in the transfer from her wheelchair to anther piece of furniture. She also takes medication that requires the assistance of Lutheran Home staff. According to the criminal complaint, Bellamy allegedly used her access to the womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s income for her own personal use, money intended to pay the cost of her living at The Lutheran Home. She has allegedly misused $6,044.81 as of May 31. The alleged theft has resulted in the woman having a pastdue balance with The Lutheran Home in excess of $5,000. Police were notiďŹ ed of the missing money back in February. A Scott County adult protection worker called police and informed them of the numerous unauthorized transactions from the womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s account. The criminal charge states between June 2, 2016 and Oct. 19, 2016, Bellamy allegedly made 58 withdrawals from the womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s account totaling $3,362.81. Bellamy also allegedly wrote a check for $800 from the womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s account payable to herself. She also allegedly wrote

a check for $350 for cash. The criminal charge says Bellamy also used $552 from the womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s account to pay her own rent in Belle Plaine and used the account to withdraw $100 while at a casino. She also withdrew $200 from the account via an ATM and also withdrew $100 from the account at a casino. The criminal complaint says Bellamy used the money for groceries and gasoline. She also used money from the account for a down payment on a storage locker containing the womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal items, items that included a set of leg braces reportedly worth $2,000 and valuable jewelry. Because Bellamy did not repay the balance of the money owed for the storage locker, the contents were sold at auction for $63. The criminal complaint says the woman doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe Bellamy would knowingly steal from her. Bellamy told police she knows she owes both the woman and The Lutheran Home money, but admits she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a plan how to repay the debts. Bellamy is currently unemployed. Her apartment rent in Shakopee is $1,515. She receives about $2,500 each month to care for her ďŹ ve grandchildren.

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Ruehling said he was going to the Gaylord Game Protective League (GPL). After placing Ruehling under arrest, a small plastic bag of what Drexler believes is prescription medication was found in Ruehlingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pocket, the complaint states. The pills were labeled as Clonazepam 1 mg. A search of the pickup truck Ruehling was driving produced an orange bag that was inside a plastic container. Inside the orange bag, there was a prescription bottle. It contained medication labeled Alprazolam 0.25 mg tablet and Lorazepam 0.5 mg tablet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inside the prescription bottle there was four white round prescription medications (pills) and seven white oval prescrip-

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BELLE PLAINE HERALD, BELLE PLAINE, MINNESOTA

Thirty Years Ago This Week

Russ and Dora Slack could almost pass as the models for the 7-1/2 foot chainsaw sculpture that replaced an old elm tree in their backyard. Ray Murphy and Hal MacIntosh designed the wooden pioneer couple and their dog. A familiar old landmark, the Episcopal Church of the TransďŹ guration at the corner of Church Street and Highway 25 in Belle Plaine, was getting a fresh new look. The Scott County Historical Society planned to sponsor a Paint and Fix-Up Day on Saturday, June 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or whenever the work was done. Plans included painting the exterior of the building and cleaning the inside of the 117year-old church building. Lowell Schmitz and Rich Koenig had already nailed down cedar shingles on the north side of the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roof and planned to paint and remount the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cross, which had been knocked over during a storm. The BPHS Class of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;67 was planning a very unique 20-year reunion for Saturday, June 20. Class members were recreating the prom, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wonderland by Night,â&#x20AC;? they had hosted as juniors in 1966 by rebuilding a 12 by 40 foot castle with a drawbridge and using the original mirror ball as decorations. Alumni and their guests were encouraged to wear prom attire from the sixties. The body of Jeffrey Allen Sickmann, 21, of Arlington was recovered from the Minnesota River near Jordan by Scott County Water Patrol ofďŹ cers on Monday, June 15. Sickmann was the grandson of Emil and Johanna Carlson of Belle Plaine. In a plea bargain arrangement, Robert and Herman Gennrich of rural Cologne pleaded guilty to charges of criminal damage to property following a jury trail Tuesday, June 16, at the Carver County Courthouse in Chaska. The Gennrichs had received statewide attention since their February 2 attempt to prevent creditors from repossessing farm equipment, livestock and grain from their farm near Cologne. The city council chambers were ďŹ lled to capacity and overďŹ&#x201A;owed into the hallways Monday, June 15, as public hearings

were held on ten proposed improvement projects. With the marathon meeting lasting from 7 p.m. to 12:45 a.m., many items of business were postponed and only a one-block section of Forest Street between Eagle and Grove streets was approved for blacktop, curb and gutter. The remaining nine projects were tabled, with some to be reďŹ ned and reconsidered, while others appeared to be dead for a few years. Belle Plaine residents said the improvements were too costly, with estimates ranging from $23.51 to $78.15 per foot. Greg Rappe of Belle Plaine was charged with ďŹ rst-degree arson by the Scott County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department in connection with the May 19 ďŹ re at the Borough Bowl. The speed limit for only 700 miles of rural highways, including interstates 35, 90 and 94 in southern, northern and central Minnesota, was increased to 65 miles per hour on Wednesday, June 17. Governor Rudy Perpich signed an executive order May 21 directing the speed limit change on just one half of one percent of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roadways. Commissioner of Public Safety, Paul, Tschida, emphasized the 55 mph speed limit will remain in effect for most Minnesota highways for the foreseeable future. At the Russ and Dora Slack farm east of Belle Plaine, a very large, old elm tree was transformed with chainsaws into a 7Â˝-foot sculpture by Ray â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wild Mountain Manâ&#x20AC;? Murphy and Hal â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chainsaw Manâ&#x20AC;? MacIntosh. The sculpture took 45 hours to complete and featured a farmer in overalls holding a pitchfork in one hand and his wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hand in his other. The farm wife was wearing a bonnet and a shawl over her long dress. Also included in the wooden work of art was a dog that looked like a mutt. Jeff Bruder, son of Tom and Pat Bruder, was named to the 1987 Minnesota River Conference All-Conference Baseball Team. Bruder was the leading

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hitter and pitcher for the Tigers. He hit .397 and had 17 RBI in 14 conference games as a senior and won three games, pitching 49 innings while striking out 50 batters. Honorable mention went to Jim Buesgens, a senior and son of Merlyn and Renee Buesgens. Two of the three D & R Sportsmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pool teams went to Las Vegas for the Valley National Eight Ball Association International Tournament May 17-23. Kathy Skolte placed ninth in the singles tournament and received $75 in cash winnings. D & Râ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Team 1 tied for 13th place out of 96 womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teams and received $150 in prize money. The Belle Plaine Fire Department put out a grass and brush ďŹ re on the Edwin Boehne farm southeast of town on Monday, June 15, even though they were given the wrong address from the dispatcher and part of a township road, known as ChatďŹ eld Drive, had been closed due to a washout. According to the Belle Plaine Police Report, three juvenile boys found a personal checkbook on the 100 block of West Main Street on Saturday, June 13, and turned it over to police. The owner was notiďŹ ed and offered a reward to the boys in recognition for their honesty and character; however, the police department did not know the boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; names and hoped to reach them through this column.

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Oscar Brahee, prominent West Union farmer, was fatally injured when he fell off his tractor and was run over by a hay baler. He was 72 years old. Ann Ramstead, 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ramstead and a member of the Busy Beavers 4-H Club, was among the 800 young people attending the 4-H junior leadership conference at the University farm.

More than 150 women attended the cooking school sponsored by Minnesota Valley Natural Gas Company. Belle Plaine High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graduating class of 1916 held a reunion at St. Paul House in Shakopee. Four members of the class of seven attended: Kathryn Engfer, Belle Plaine; Mrs. Hazel Smith Schmidt, Jordan; Mrs. Loretta Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor Roehls, Lakeville; and Mr. Lillian Pendy Galvin, Waverly. Joseph Kulishek, the only surviving man in the class, was unable to attend. Two deceased graduates of that year were Bea Walsh Fahey and Frank White. Lester J. Tesch of Blakeley, a sophomore in the college of agriculture, forestry and home economics at the University of Minnesota, was one of six graduates to receive scholarships of $300 from the Northwest Feed Manufacturers Association for the 1957-58 school year. Mr. and Mrs. Emil E. Schultz celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with an open house at the St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lutheran Church parlor. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schaefer celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with an open house at Grace Lutheran Church, LeSueur. Margaret Albrecht, daughter of Mrs. Alfred Albrecht, was received as a novice in the Benedictine order at the College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph. Belle Plaineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s post ofďŹ ce was scheduled to move from its quarters on the ground ďŹ&#x201A;oor of the Masonic Hall to Noble Lockremâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s building north of the theater. The post ofďŹ ce had operated in the Masonic building for almost 40 years. William Devine, who had been a patient at University Hospital for eight months, returned home to continue his convalesence. He had been hospitalized since he suffered a terriďŹ c mauling from an enraged bull. Brendan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, received his bachelor of science degree in dentistry at the University of Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Ryberg of Bloomington took a week-long trip on the Minnesota River photographing historical sites for the Minnesota Historical Society. They started at the source of the river in Big Stone Lake. It took them seven days to complete their 330 mile cruise. Mary Therese Engfer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Engfer, became the bride of George Joseph Gondreau, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nels Gondreau of Henderson. Moreen Moriarty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice E. Moriarty, became the bride of Francis Clarke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Clarke, Wells. Mary Jane Bowser, former Assumption girl, won her wings as a stewardess with Northwest Airlines. She is the daughter of Mrs. Fern Bowser. Edith Roeder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Roeder, Kohler, Wisconsin, became the bride of Jack Leary Doheny, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Doheny, Des Plaines, Illinois, formerly of Belle Plaine. Many relatives and friends helped Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Reichs celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary. Elected at the annual meeting of the School County Fair Board were Edward F. Smith, Belle Plaine, president; H.H. Berg, vice president; R.J. Joachim, secretary; and H.G. Strait, treasurer. The Norwood Fire Department celebrated its golden anniversary.

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The body of the Constitution further states: Article Vl â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial ofďŹ cers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or afďŹ rmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualiďŹ cation to any ofďŹ ce or public trust under the United States.â&#x20AC;? Again, the believer and atheist are treated as equals. The oath of ofďŹ ce of The President on down:. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do solemnly swear (or afďŹ rm) that I will faithfully execute the ofďŹ ce of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United Statesâ&#x20AC;?. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;so help me godâ&#x20AC;? is not part of the Constitution and again the Constitution treats the believer and atheist as equals. But in this case religious citizens have imposed a conformance test of demanding the adlib of â&#x20AC;&#x153;So help me god.â&#x20AC;? and hand on the bible as a method of weeding out the atheists or non conformists. The Founders believed in Secular government made up of citizens for all walks of life that could get elected under the rules set forth in the Constitution. With the addition of The Bill of Rights this document became one of the most revolution Constitutions in world history and has stood the test of time.. Why? because it attempts to remove religious authority from governess while establishing maximum religious freedoms and individual freedoms. Sincerely Steve Petersen Shoreview, MN

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Legion baseball was orga- Jordan, and agents captured nized in Belle Plaine that sum- two 100-gallon stills in Carver mer. Wayne Hagerman agreed County. to manage the local club. Edwin Stier started erection of a complete set of new farm 90 Years Ago buildings on half of the former Belle Plaine was getting band John Drager farm. concerts on the street every Joe E. Schmitt was engaged Wednesday night. in constructing a cobblestone Mrs. Uinshner, nee Sadie wall along the front of Sacred Diers, died at her home in St. Heart Cemetery, replacing an Paul and her burial was in that old fence. city. At St. Thomas Church took John Tracy, 71, father of Mrs. place the marriage of Miss Eugene Sullivan, died in St. Frances Boeckman to Ralph Paul, and a large number from Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell, and they established south of town attended the fu- their home on the groomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farm neral. southeast of St. Thomas. Louise Fred Schultz, 27, who Nearly a dozen West Union was born in Belle Plaine, died families drove to Brainerd to at the home of his parents in attend the wedding of Anna Jessenland. Burial was in Oak- Mattson of that community to wood Cemetery. Nannard Anderson. The couRev. Chr. Heuer, who had a ple made their home at West church at Menno, S. D., was Union. back for a visit with his daughter and old parish friends in 120 Years Ago Blakeley township. J. H. Johnson, our well-known The Feider, Blau, Hahn, Rihl, miller, left on a trip to visit his and Statton relationship had a old home in Sweden. reunion at the home of Mayor Archbishop Ireland came to John Feider. There was music conďŹ rm classes at St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and dancing. and Assumption. At the latChris Peterfeldt, aged uncle of ter parish, the class numbered William Reinke, died in St. Paul ďŹ fty. and Mr. Reinke had the remains Our livestock buyers were brought here for funeral servic- shipping three carloads of hogs es at Oakwood Cemetery. a week. J. C. Morrison and Tom Belle Plaine Creamery held its Baldwin were doing most of the annual picnic, featuring many buying. events. The horseshoe throw- Judge Cadwell was holding ing team of John Jackson and special court terms in each James Wilson beat all chal- county to issue naturalization lengers. Fred Otto won the cow papers. There were 35 applicalling contest. cants in Scott County. Efforts to enforce the prohi- Edward Kane, who was atbition law furnished much of tending high school in Minnethe news. Federal agents took apolis, was home for the sumover a large distillery south of mer vacation.

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Nineteen fans of Princeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Purple Rainâ&#x20AC;? visited Henderson Friday as part of a tour of all the spots in the classic film.

Belle Plaine first baseman Jared Miller lunged at a St. Peter base runner to make a tag in the fifth inning of the Tigersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 4-0 section championship win over St. Peter Thursday.

BPHS catcher Jackson Stauffacher threw out a St. Peter runner trying to steal second base in the fourth inning of Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game. The throw snuffed out a Saintsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rally.

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For the first time in as long as Belle Plaine High School has been playing baseball, the Tigers can call themselves twotime section champions, thanks to a 4-0 win over St. Peter in the section championship game Thursday. The win advances Belle Plaine to the Class AA State Tournament tomorrow (June 15) at Dick Putz Field in St. Cloud. The No. 2-seeded Tigers (20-2 overall) will face the Marshall School of Duluth (18-5 overall). Minnehaha Academy, the team that beat the Tigers in last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s state title tilt, is the tournamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 1 seed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will be fun to see a new team and the challenge that brings. The only team we have played this year in the state tournament is No. 1 seed Minnehaha Academy and we beat them, 3-2, in the championship of our tournament we hosted in early April,â&#x20AC;? said BPHS coach Pat Schultz. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are excited

about the way we are playing right now and the boys are excited to get back up to St. Cloud. We have been taking very good at-bats of late, and that will be a big key as we face the best teams and pitchers next week. We have multiple pitchers who have been throwing the ball very well, and we honestly have numerous pitchers we trust can come into the game at any point and be effective. Our defense has been improving all year and will need to continue to be strong if we hope to make a run in St. Cloud.â&#x20AC;? If Belle Plaine defeats Marshall, the Tigers will face the winner of New London-Spicer (18-5 overall) vs. No. 3-seeded Pierz (24-2 overall). The tournamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s semifinals will be played Friday at Dick Putz Field. The state championship game will be played Monday (June 19, 1 p.m.) at Target Field. The consolation bracket games will be played Friday (June 16, 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.) at Joe Faber Field in St. Cloud. The consolation championship will be played Friday at 3 p.m. followed by the tournamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third

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Prince Fans Visit Henderson, Site of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Purple Rainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

A group of 19 Prince fans from around the world arrived in Henderson Friday (June 9) to visit the areas where parts of Princeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s iconic film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Purple Rainâ&#x20AC;? were shot in 1983. The tour group was brought together by Maple Grove photographer Kristin Kokkila who reached out to the City of Henderson to organize the event. City officials put Kokkila in touch with Joel King who worked for Prince on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Graffiti Bridgeâ&#x20AC;? and several music videos as a cameraman. King met the group at Toodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sweet Treats for ice cream. He led them on a short tour of Henderson before taking them down to the Minnesota River and pointing out a railroad trestle and several other landmarks that can be spotted in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Purple Rain.â&#x20AC;?

King said he was surprised when several of the women jumped into the river in nearly the exact location where Apollonia Kotero entered the water, which is referenced as Lake Minnetonka in the film. Kokkila started organizing and attending events like this when she was added to a private group on Facebook meant for Prince fans shortly after his death. Kokkila began collecting messages from fans around the world, hand writing them and then hanging them on the fence at Paisley Park. After placing the notes, Kokkila would take a picture and send it to the noteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s author. Kokkila had the idea to do this because her brother died in a motorcycle accident in California in 2012 and she was un-

County Historical Society Opens New Exhibit on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Great Warâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

The Scott County Historical Society is opening its newest exhibit, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Great War in Scott Countyâ&#x20AC;? Thursday, June 22, 7 p.m. This exhibit marks the 100th anniversary of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entry into World War I. Visitors to the societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s museum can explore the warâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impact on Scott County through stories of those who served abroad and those who aided the effort from home. At 7 p.m., guest presenter Iric Nathanson will discuss his book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;World War I Minneso-

ta.â&#x20AC;? Light refreshments will be served. Admission is free with society membership or $4 for adults, and $2 for students who are not society members. For more information, visit the societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Web site at www. scottcountyhistory.org or e-mail Stephanie Herrick at sherrick@ scottcountyhistory.org or call 952-445-0378. The Scott County Historical Society is located at 235 Fuller Street S. in Shakopee, three blocks south of the intersection of County Road 101 and Fuller Street.

able to travel there. She began sending notes and other items to friends who lived there. She said they would send her pictures and videos in return. She wanted to do the same thing for Prince fans who would not otherwise have the chance to say goodbye, she said. Members of the Facebook group had organized several other events throughout the week, such as attending concerts of performers who had worked with Prince and spending time in venues Prince had been known to frequent. The group also held a candlight vigil and a fund-raiser. Kokilla said she had heard about Henderson â&#x20AC;&#x153;through word of mouth.â&#x20AC;?

Scott County Road 9 in Jordan to Close This Week for Bridge Work

Scott County Highway 9 (Quaker Avenue) into Carver County will be closed for bridge repairs over the Minnesota River starting tomorrow (June 15) for three or four weeks. Repairs to Bridge No. 70532 on Scott County Road 9 and Carver County Road 11 include a new deck surface on the bridge and replacement of the fence. The detour from Jordan will be Highway 169 to Highway 41 to Carver County Road 61 to Carver County Road 11 and reverse heading south.

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Union Hill by: Edna Weiers St. John’s Catholic Church St. Scholastica Church Father Dave and Deacon Bob Saturday Mass at 8:15 p.m. at St. Scholastica Servers: Samantha and Julia Kubes Sunday Mass at 8 a.m. at St. Scholastica Servers: Steven and Megan Odenthal Sunday Mass, 10 a.m. at St. John Servers: Carter, Hailey and Maddie Tupy and Abby Knutson Wednesday evening Mass 5 p.m. at St. John – A memorial Mass for Agnes Pint Topil Our Father Dave Barrett celebrated 20 years of his priesthood Sunday at the 10:30 Mass at St. Wenceslaus. Joining Father at the Mass were Father Kevin Clinton, Father Roger Hessian and Father Dave’s classmate at the seminary, Father Don. Music for the Mass was by Steve Skluzacek on trumpet who accompanied Debbie Gregor and also a soloist. It was beautiful. A wonderful lunch was served by the ladies of the CCW parishes.

We wish Father Dave many years with us at St. John and St. Scholastica. Next Sunday is the annual Corpus Christi celebration at St. John’s after the 10 a.m. Mass with benediction at the outdoor altars. Matt Pint of Aurora, CO formerly of Union Hill passed away on Tuesday, June 6, 2017. He is survived by brothers; sisters; wife; and two sons. We extend our sympathy to the family. Fran Barten had a house full of guests over the weekend. All her children except Steve from Richmond, Virginia gathered at the family farm to celebrate the lives of loved ones whom are dearly missed. They joined together in prayer at the 10 a.m. Mass at St. John to pray for the soul of their father, Roman, who passed away 11 years ago and to remember little baby Amy Cibuzar who went to heaven three years ago. Of course, the celebration included turning 75 chickens into meat and planting pumpkins. Humor Corner: Ole claims he’s a real go getter. Lena has a steady job in town and at quitting time, Ole will go getter!

Annual Henderson Tractor Ride Celebrates 16 Years The 16th Annual Henderson Tractor Ride is set for Saturday, June 24, and will again make its way through Belle Plaine. The ride will begin at 8:45 a.m., leaving from the Le Sueur County Pioneer Power show grounds. Classic and collector tractors of all colors will travel north and east through St. Thomas and to Union Hill for a pit stop at Union Hill Bar. The riders will then head north and west through Belle Plaine and Blakeley and on to Jessenland, arriving for a grand parade down Henderson’s Main Street at 1:30 p.m.

Tuma’s Move Leaves New Prague City Council With Vacancy The resignation of a New Prague city councilor has the city planning a special election this fall. Councilor Jenna Tuma recently resigned from the council effective June 5. She is moving out of New Prague to Minneapolis to be closer to her job. She was appointed to a fouryear term in September of 2015 and won election in 2016, the New Prague Times recently re-

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Legal Notices STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF SCOTT FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT probate division Court File No. 70-PR-17-10041 NOTICE and order of hearing on petition for formal adjudication of intestacy, determination of heirship, APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William B. Jennings, a/k/a William Bayley Jennings, Decedent

It is Ordered and Notice is given that on June 29, 2017 at 9:00 a.m., a hearing will be held in this Court at 200 Fourth Avenue West, Shakopee, Minnesota, for the adjudication of intestacy and determination of heirship of the Decedent, and for the appointment of Carol E. Jennings, whose address is 1808 East Lone Rider Way, Oro Valley, AZ, 85755 as Personal Representative of the Estate of the Decedent in an unsupervised administration. Any objections to the petition must be filed with the Court prior to or raised a the hearing. If proper and if no objections are filed or raised, the Personal Representative will be appointed with full power to administer the Estate, including the power to collect all assets, to pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to sell real and personal property, and to do all necessary acts for the Estate. Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the Personal Representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred. Dated: June 2, 2017 By The Court Diane M. Hanson, Judge of District Court Phil Bird, Deputy Court Administrator Attorneys for Petitioner Matthew J. Schaap, Attorney I.D. 323421 Anna M. W. Gunderson, Attorney I.D. 0397483 Dougherty, Molenda, Solfest, Hills & Bauer P.A. 14985 Glazier Avenue, Suite 525 Apple Valley, MN, 55124 Telephone: (952) 953-8816 Fax: (952) 432-3780 Email: mschaap@dmshb.com Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, June 7 and 14, 2017.

STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF SCOTT FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION Court File No. 70-PR-17-9294 NOTICE OF INFORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF CO-PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary Rose Geronime, also known as Mary R. Geronime and Mary Geronime, Decedent Notice is given that an application for informal probate of the Decedent’s Will, dated July 2, 2010, (“Will”), has been filed with the Registrar. The application has been granted. Notice is also given that the Registrar has informally appointed Richard Allen Farrier and LeAnn Farrier, whose address is 14998 123rd Street, Little Falls, MN, 56345, as co-personal representatives of the Estate of the Decedent. Any heir, devisee or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the co-personal representatives. Unless objections are filed with the Court (pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3-607) and the Court otherwise orders, the co-personal representatives have full power to administer the Estate, including, after 30 days from the date of issuance of letters, the power to sell, encumber, lease or distribute real estate. Any objections to the probate of the Will or appointment of the Co-Personal Representatives must be filed with this Court and will be heard by the Court after the filing of an appropriate petition and proper notice of hearing. Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the co-personal representatives or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred. Dated: May 24, 2017 Vicki L. Carlson, Registrar Phil Bird, Deputy Court Administrator Attorney for Personal Representative Allison J. Gontarek Huemoeller & Gontarek PLC 16670 Franklin Trail, Suite 210 Prior Lake, MN, 55372 Attorney License No: 0303276 Telephone: (952) 447-2131 FAX: (952) 447-5628 Email: hg@priorlakelaw.com Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, June 7 and 14, 2017.

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PAGE ten STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF SCOTT DISTRICT COURT FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court File No. 70-PR-17-10011 NOTICE OF INFORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND informal APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS In Re: Estate of Susanne Covington, Decedent

Notice is given that an Application for Informal Probate of Will and Informal Appointment of Personal Representative was filed with the Registrar, along with a Will dated October 11, 2006. The Registrar accepted the application and informally appointed Kelly Stavedahl, whose address is 5961 Waterford Ct., Shakopee, MN 55379, to serve as the personal representative of the Decedent's estate. Any heir, devisee or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the personal representative. Any objection to the appointment of the personal representative must be filed with the Court, and any properly filed objection will be heard by the Court after notice is provided to interested persons of the date of hearing on the objection. Unless objections are filed, and unless the Court orders otherwise, the personal representative has the full power to administer the estate, including, after thirty 30 days from the date of issuance of letters testamentary, the power to sell, encumber, lease, or distribute any interest in real estate owned by the Decedent. Notice is further given that, subject to Minn. Stat. 524.3-801, all creditors having claims against the Decedent's estate are required to present the claims to the personal representative or to the Court within four (4) months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred. Dated: June 1, 2017 Vicki L. Carlson, Registrar Phil Bird, Deputy Court Administrator Brekke, Clyborne & Ribich, L.L.C. Barbara J. Weckman Brekke MN Attorney No. 0349434 287 Marschall Road, Suite 201 Shakopee, MN 55379 Telephone: (952) 402-9410 Facsimile: (952) 402-9417 e-mail: bbrekke@bcrlawyers.com Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, June 7 and 14, 2017.

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: November 29, 2006 MORTGAGOR: Steven W. Robbins and Kelly A. Robbins, husband and wife. MORTGAGEE: National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank. DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded November 29, 2006 Scott County Recorder, Document No. A 758098. ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: National City Mortgage Co. , a subsidiary of National City Bank. Dated August 13, 2007 Recorded November 4, 2013, as Document No. A948525. And thereafter assigned to: PNC Bank, National Association. Dated November 11, 2013 Recorded November 26, 2013, as Document No. A949822. TRANSACTION AGENT: NONE TRANSACTION AGENT'S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: NONE LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2916 South Shore Drive, Prior Lake, MN 55372 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 110050100 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lots 12 and 13, Plainview Heights COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Scott ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $999,950.00 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $1,297,715.31 That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: July 13, 2017 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff of Scott County, Civil Unit, 301 South Fuller Street, Shakopee, MN to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys' fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat.

§580.07. TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on January 16, 2018, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032. MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None "THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR'S PERSONAL R E P R E S E N TAT I V E S OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED." Dated: May 3, 2017 PNC Bank, National Association Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P. Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee 4500 Park Glen Road #300 Minneapolis, MN 55416 (952) 925-6888 38 - 17-003258 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, May 17, 24 and 31 and June 7, 14 and 21, 2017.

STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF SCOTT DISTRICT COURT FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT PROBATE DIVISION Court File No.: 70-PR-17-9650 In Re: Estate of MICHAEL DUANE BARTH aka Michael D. Barth aka Michael Barth aka Mike Barth Decedent. NOTICE OF INFORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND INFORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is given that an Application for Informal Probate of Will and Informal Appointment of Personal Representative was filed with the Registrar, along with a Will dated July 25, 2016. The Registrar accepted the application and informally appointed Jeffrey R. Barth, whose address is 7181 West 192nd Avenue, Eden Prairie, MN 55346, to serve as the personal representative of the Decedent's estate. Any heir, devisee or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the personal representative. Any objection to the appointment of the personal representative must be filed with the Court, and any properly filed objection will be heard by the Court after notice is provided to interested persons of the date of hearing on the objection. Unless objections are filed, and unless the Court orders otherwise, the personal representative has the full power to administer the estate, including, after thirty (30) days from the issuance of letters testamentary, the power to sell, encumber, lease, or distribute any interest in real estate owned by the Decedent. Notice is further given that, subject to Minn. Stat. § 524.3-801, all creditors having claims against the Decedent's estate are required to present the claims to the personal

representative or to the Court within four (4) months after the date of this notice or the claims will be barred. Dated: 6/1/17 Filed in Scott County Courts June 1, 2017 Vicky L. Carlson, Registrar Phil Bird, Deputy Court Administrator Adelle Hansen, Attorney at Law MN# 0388703 7455 France Avenue South, Ste 372 Edina, MN 55435 Telephone: 612-462-2945 e-mail: aah.attorneyatlaw@gmail. com ATTORNEY FOR Jeffrey R. Barth Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, June 14 and 21, 2017.

STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF SCOTT DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court File No.: 70-PR-17-10397 NOTICE OF INFORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS (intestate) Estate of Lee Howard Urness Decedent. Notice is given that an application for informal appointment of personal representative has been filed with the registrar. No will has been presented for probate. The application has been granted. Notice is also given that the Registrar has informally appointed Lisa Christine Sitzmann and Matthew Howard Urness, whose address is: 204 Firewatch Drive, Jordan, MN 55352 and 2970 Hawk Ridge Rd., Prior Lake, MN 55372 as personal representatives of the Estate of the Decedent. Any heir, devisee or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the personal representatives. Unless objections are filed with the Court (pursuant to Minn. Stat. 524.3-607) and the Court otherwise orders, the personal representative has full power to administer the Estate including, after 30 days from the date of issuance of letters, the power to sell, encumber, lease or distribute real estate. Any objections to the appointment of the Personal Representatives must be filed with this Court and will be heard by the Court after the filing of an appropriate petition and proper notice of hearing. Notice is also given that (subject to Minn. Stat. § 524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the personal representatives or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred. Dated: 6/7/17 Filed in Scott County Courts June 7, 2017 Vicky L. Carlson, Registrar Phil Bird, Deputy Court Administrator Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, June 14 and 21, 2017.

STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF SCOTT FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT probate division Court File No. 70-PR-17-10364 NOTICE and order of hearing on petition for formal adjudication of intestacy, determination of heirship, APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Angela M. Gartner, Decedent

It is Ordered and Notice is given that on July 18, 2017, at 9:00 Am, a hearing will be held in this Court at JC 115, 200 Fourth Avenue West, Shakopee, MN, Minnesota, for the adjudication of intestacy and determination of heirship of the Decedent, and for the appointment of Marie I. Gartner, whose address is 108 1st Avenue SW, P.O. Box 181, Mapleton, MN, 56065 as Personal Representative of the Estate of the Decedent in an unsupervised administration. Any objections to the petition must be filed with the Court prior to or raised at the hearing. If proper and if no objections are filed or raised, the Personal Representative will be appointed with full power to administer the Estate, including the power to collect all assets, to pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to sell real and personal property, and to do all necessary acts for the Estate. Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the Personal Representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred. Dated: June 6, 2017 By the Court Colleen G. King, Judge of District Court Phil Bird, Deputy Court Administrator Attorney for Petitioner Steven H. Fink Farrish Johnson Law Office Chtd. 1907 Excel Drive Mankato, MN, 56001 Attorney License No: 0175328 Telephone: (507) 625-2525 Fax: (507) 625-4394 Email: sfink@farrishlaw.com Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, June 14 and 21, 2017.

Notice of Sale Public Sale to occur June 30, 2017 at 10AM of 1994 Goldwing SE with trike kit, Belle Plaine Motorsports 908 E Main, Belle Plaine, Mn 952-873-4500

Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, June 14, 21 and 28, 2017.

COUNTY HIGHWAY PROJECT Bids Close, July 5, 2017 Jordan, Minnesota

Participation Trust c/o Caliber Home Loans, Inc. Assignment dated: 8/1/2014 Assignment recorded: 8/8/2014 Assignment recording information: A963086 Assignee: U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF8 Master Participation Trust Assignment dated: 10/30/2015 Assignment recorded: 11/10/2015 Assignment recording information: A991297 All in the records of the County Recorder in and for Scott County, Minnesota. TAX PARCEL I.D. NO.: 27-303015-0 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: LOT 4, BLOCK 2, PHEASANT RUN FOURTH ADDITION, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Abstract Property STREET ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 2342 Ponds Way, Shakopee, MN 55379 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Scott LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR: Household Industrial Finance Company RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Caliber Home Loans THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE: $452,989.02 AS OF 06/01/2017. THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure notice and acceleration requirements of said mortgage, and/or applicable statutes. Pursuant to the power of sale contained in said Mortgage, the Mortgage will be foreclosed, and the mortgaged premises will be sold by the Sheriff of Scott County, Minnesota at public auction as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: 07/18/2017 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: Scott County Sheriff’s Office, 301 Fuller Street South, Shakopee, MN 55379 to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actually paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and disbursements allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said Mortgagor(s) or Mortgagor’s personal representatives or assigns is 6 Months from the date of sale. TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the mortgagor must vacate the mortgaged property by 11:59 p.m. on 01/18/2018, or the next business day if 01/18/2018 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None. THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL R E P R E S E N TAT I V E S OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. Publication to begin the week of: 05/24/2017 - 05/31/2017 U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF8 Master Participation Trust, Mortgagee/Mortgage Assignee The Sayer Law Group, P.C., By Brian G. Sayer, Attorney for Mortgagee/Mortgage Assignee 925 E 4th St., Waterloo, IA 50703 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, May 24 and 31 and June 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2017.

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NOTICE OF BID FOR SALE OF BUILDING(S) FOR REMOVAL FROM PROPERTY BY HOUSE MOVER - Sealed written bids for the sale and removal of houses will be accepted until a deadline of 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, July 5, 2017, by Anthony J. Winiecki, County Engineer Transportation Services Division, Scott County, 600 Country Trail East, Jordan, Minnesota 55352 for and on the behalf of the Board of Commissioners of said County. A sealed bid may be submitted for the sale and removal of any or all four buildings. The houses are described as follows: CP 42-17 House A A single-family house built circa 1972, with an above grade finished area of approximately 1,072 square feet with 3 bedrooms & 1.75 bathrooms; attached two (2) stall garage. The building described above is located in Prior Lake, Minnesota at a street address of 14025 Rutgers St NE, Prior Lake, Minnesota. House B A single-family house built circa 1971, with an above grade finished area of approximately 1,212 square feet with 3 bedrooms & 1.75 bathrooms; attached two (2) stall garage. The building described above is located in Prior Lake, Minnesota at a street address of 6797 140th St NE, Prior Lake, Minnesota. House C A rambler-style, single-family house, built circa 1971, with an above grade finished area of approximately 970 square feet with 4 bedrooms & 1.75 bathrooms; attached two (2) stall garage. The building described above is located in Prior Lake, Minnesota at a street address of 6815 140th St NE, Prior Lake, Minnesota. House D A single-family house, built circa 1984, with an above grade finished area of approximately 1,004 square feet with 3 bedrooms & 1.75 bathrooms; tuck under (2) stall garage. The building described above is located in Prior Lake, Minnesota at a street address of 14010 Commerce Ave NE, Prior Lake, Minnesota. The Contract for each building will be awarded to the highest responsible bidder. Bidders can bid on any or on all four. The County will consider the best value in the event a bidder bids on all four. Proposals, plans and specifications may be examined at the office of the County Highway Engineer at 600 Country Trail East, Jordan, MN 55352. SIGN UP WITH ConneX ON THE COUNTY EGRAM WEBSITE (https://egram.co.scott.mn.us) TO DOWNLOAD PROPOSAL AND PLANS AT NO CHARGE. Bids must be sealed, identified on the envelope, and accompanied by a Bidder’s Bond or Certified Check in the amount of $500.00 made payable to the Scott County Treasurer; one envelope for each building. The County Board of Commissioners reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids and to waive any irregularities thereof.

Dated June 2, 2017

Scott County Auditor/Treasurer Anthony J. Winiecki Courthouse Scott County County Engineer 200 4th Avenue West Physical Development Department Shakopee, MN 55379 600 Country Trail East Jordan, MN 55352 Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, June 7, 14 and 21, 2017.

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(continued from previous page) NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: September 30, 2008 MORTGAGOR: Nathaniel J. McDonald, a single person and Kathleen A. Barnstead, a single person. MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.. DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded October 23, 2008 Scott County Recorder, Document No. A810906. ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Bank of America, N.A. successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP. Dated September 22, 2011 Recorded October 11, 2011, as Document No. A889150. TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. TRANSACTION AGENT'S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: 100257100030078790 LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: MidCountry Bank, Federal Savings Bank RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Bank of America, N.A. MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 4932 W 126th St, Savage, MN 55378 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 260080080 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 3 and the East 26 feet of Lot 4, Block 3, Paukner's Addition to Savage, Scott County, Minnesota COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Scott ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $156,536.00 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $148,794.11 That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: July 27, 2017 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff of Scott County, Civil Unit, 301 South Fuller Street, Shakopee, MN to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys' fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07. TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on January 29, 2018 unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032. MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None "THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR'S PERSONAL R E P R E S E N TAT I V E S OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED." Dated: May 24, 2017 Bank of America, N.A. Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P. Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee 4500 Park Glen Road #300 Minneapolis, MN 55416 (952) 925-6888 18 - 17-002549 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, May 31 and June 7, 14, 21, 28 and July 5, 2017.

DATE OF MORTGAGE: June 13, 2013 MORTGAGOR: Mark L. Liesener and Lois L. Liesener, husband and wife. MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded June 21, 2013 Scott County Recorder, Document No. A939090. ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: CitiMortgage Inc. Dated November 29, 2016 Recorded December 5, 2016, as Document No. A1015872. TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. TRANSACTION AGENT'S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: 100011511235521995 LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: CitiBank, N.A RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: CitiMortgage, Inc. MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 8679 Sunset Court, Shakopee, MN 55379 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 271460050 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 5, Block 1, Horizon Heights 4th Addition COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Scott ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $390,500.00 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $389,054.28 That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: July 27, 2017 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff of Scott County, Civil Unit, 301 South Fuller Street, Shakopee, MN to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys' fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07. TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on January 29, 2018 unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032. MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None "THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR'S PERSONAL R E P R E S E N TAT I V E S OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED." Dated: May 23, 2017 CitiMortgage, Inc. Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P. Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee 4500 Park Glen Road #300 Minneapolis, MN 55416 (952) 925-6888 10 - 17-003425 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, May 31 and June 7, 14, 21, 28 and July 5, 2017.

BELLE PLAINE HERALD, BELLE PLAINE, MINNESOTA Minnesota. TAX PARCEL I.D. NO.: 20-001711-0 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lots 1 and 2, Block 122, Belle Plaine, Scott County, Minnesota. Abstract Property STREET ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 125 Cedar St, Belle Plaine, MN 56011 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Scott LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR: Beneficial Loan and Thrift Co. RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Caliber Home Loans, Inc. THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE: $370,414.00 AS OF 06/23/2017. THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure notice and acceleration requirements of said mortgage, and/or applicable statutes. Pursuant to the power of sale contained in said Mortgage, the Mortgage will be foreclosed, and the mortgaged premises will be sold by the Sheriff of Scott County, Minnesota at public auction as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: 8/03/2017 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: Scott County Sheriff’s Office, 301 Fuller Street South, Shakopee, MN 55379 to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actually paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and disbursements allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said Mortgagor(s) or Mortgagor’s personal representatives or assigns is 6 Months from the date of sale. TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the mortgagor must vacate the mortgaged property by 11:59 p.m. on 02/03/2018, or the next business day if 02/03/2018 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None. THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL R E P R E S E N TAT I V E S OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. Publication to begin the week of: 06/12/2017 - 06/16/2017 U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF8 Master Participation Trust, Mortgagee/Mortgage Assignee The Sayer Law Group, P.C., By Brian G. Sayer, Attorney for Mortgagee/Mortgage Assignee 925 E 4th St., Waterloo, IA 50703 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, June 14, 21, 28 and July 5, 12 and 19, 2017.

Scott County Board Proceedings BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF SCOTT MAY 16, 2017 (1) The Board of Commissioners, in and for the County of Scott, Minnesota, met in the Courthouse Board Room in the City of Shakopee, Minnesota, and convened at 9:00 a.m., with the following members present: Commissioner Beard, presiding, Commissioner Weckman Brekke, Commissioner Wolf, and Commissioner Beer. Commissioner Ulrich was absent. (2) Agenda: On a motion by Commissioner Weckman Brekke, seconded by Commissioner Beer, the Agenda was approved as presented. (3) Minutes: On a motion by Commissioner Wolf, seconded by Commissioner Weckman Brekke, the Minutes of May 2, 2017 were approved. (4) New Employee Welcome: New employees introduced themselves. (5) Consent Agenda: On a motion by Commissioner Weckman Brekke, seconded by Commissioner Wolf, the following actions were approved on a vote of four ayes with Commissioner Ulrich absent. All resolutions are available in the office of the County Administrator and are made a part of this record by reference. A. Approve the Application for a Charitable Gambling Permit for German Days Inc. for an event to be held at the Scott County Fairgrounds in St. Lawrence Township on July 26 through July 30, 2017. B. Approve the request for an Interim Use Permit (PL#2017-07) for Mark Wangerin, applicant, to operate a home extended business for the operation of an excavation business located in Section 24 of Spring Lake Township, zoned RR-1, Rural Residential Reserve District. This action is in accordance with Chapters 3, 8, and 33 of Scott County Zoning Ordinance No. 3 based on the criteria listed for approval. C. Amend the Interim Use Permit issued to Sibley Aggregates Mines (PL#2017-021) to open, operate, and market aggregate from a 67 acres site located within a 173.9 acre parcel of land in Blakeley Township. D. Approve the request for rezoning of the James Prokes property in Section 22 in Helena Township to split the homestead off on a smaller

parcel. This action is in accordance with Chapters 2, 6, 31, and 70 of Scott County Zoning Ordinance No. 3 based on the criteria listed for approval. E. Adopt Resolution No. 2017071; Authorizing Entering Into an Amended Agreement With the Minnesota Department of Agriculture to Operate a Septic Loan Program. F. Adopt Resolution No. 2017075; Amending the Revised Parking Plan and Policy and Rescinding Resolution No. 2014-012. G. Adopt Resolution No. 2017069; Appointing Kristin Lage as an Investment Officer of Scott County. H. Adopt Resolution No. 2017-070; Authorizing a Contract Increase to the Construction Contract With Chard Tiling and Excavating, Inc. for the County Highway 16 Reconstruction Project. I. Adopt Resolution No. 2017073; Requesting Funding From the Minnesota Department of Transportation Through the Municipal Agreement Program. J. Approve the record of disbursements and approve the claims made to Scott County from April 1, 2017 through April 30, 2017 in the sum of $7,750,576.20. K. Approve the out-of-state travel requests for elected officials Michael Beard and Jon Ulrich to travel to Washington D.C. May 22-23, 2017. L. Set a hearing date of June 15, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at the Blakeley Town Hall to consider the revocation of the County Highway 60 frontage road and to consider turnback of County Highway 1 in Blakeley Township. The motion carried on a vote of four ayes with Commissioner Ulrich absent. M. Approve the appointment of Rita Weaver of Commissioner District 2, representing the Credit River Watershed, to the Scott Watershed Management Organization Planning Commission for a term effective May 16, 2017 through December 31, 2018. N. Adopt Resolution No. 2017068; Authorizing the Submittal and Acceptance of the Minnesota Trail Assistance Grant Program Application for Scott County SnoTrails, Inc. for the 2017-2018 Snow Season. O. Adopt Resolution No. 2017074; Authorizing Entering Into a Cooperative Agreement With the City of Prior Lake for the Closure of Kensington Avenue at County Highway 42. P. Adopt Resolution No. 2017-076; Adopting the Computing Device Policy and Rescinding Resolution No. 2004-089. Q. Adopt Resolution No. 2017077; Adopting the Code of Conduct Policy and Rescinding Resolution Nos. 2010-07; 97072; 2003-121; 87025; 2003-23; 2011-073; 2014117; 99041; 97156; 89033; 2011219; 2013-157; 2012-040; 97109; 2003-019; 2010-123; and 2003-084. R. Adopt Resolution No. 2017079; Adopting the Amended Motor Pool Vehicle Use and Mileage Reimbursement Policy and Rescinding Resolution No. 95055. S. Separation of employment for Debra Haefner, FT Corrections Officer, Sheriff’s Office, effective

PAGE ELEVEN 05/31/17. Separation of employment for Jonathan Petersen, FT Corrections Officer, Sheriff’s Office, effective 05/14/17. Separation of employment for Jane StevensSchlosser, FT Therapist, Health and Human Services Division, effective 05/26/17. Separation of employment for Derek Davis, FT Probationary Corrections Officer, Sheriff’s Office, effective 05/13/17. Separation of employment for Jordan Rynish, FT Probationary Graduate Engineer, Transportation Services Division, effective 05/05/17. Separation of employment for Anthony Rozema, Intermittent (34% FTE) Facility Probation Officer-Unclassified, Health and Human Services Division, effective 05/18/17. Separation of employment for Elizabeth Heckel, Intermittent (34% FTE) Library AideUnclassified, Community Services Division, effective 05/14/17. FT Probationary employment for Jeremy Schussler, Inspector, Community Services Division, effective 05/08/17. FT Probationary employment for Dustin Kruger, Project Manager, Community Services Division, effective 05/08/17. FT Probationary employment for Nickole Cody, Financial Assistance Specialist, Health and Human Services Division, effective 05/08/17. FT Temporary employment for Jacob Beuch, Program Delivery Seasonal, Community Services Division, effective 05/08/17. FT Temporary employment for Adam Glisczinski, Program Delivery Seasonal, Transportation Services Division, effective 05/15/17. FT Temporary employment for Emily Vinkemeier, Program Delivery Seasonal, Transportation Services Division, effective 05/15/17. FT Temporary employment for Tyler Kobilarcsik, Program Delivery Seasonal, Transportation Services Division, effective 05/22/17. FT Temporary employment for Brendan Zangs, Program Delivery Seasonal, Transportation Services Division, effective 05/30/17. FT Temporary employment for Niles Case, Program Delivery Seasonal, Transportation Services Division, effective 06/12/17. FT Temporary employment for Charlie Lannon, Program Delivery Seasonal, Transportation Services Division, effective 05/15/17. FT Temporary employment for Ryan Schmitt, Program Delivery Seasonal, Transportation Services Division, effective 05/11/17. PT Temporary (50% FTE) employment for Katelyn Weierke, Field Probation Officer-Unclassified, Health and Human Services Division, effective 05/04/17. PT Temporary (50% FTE) employment for Tara Rother, Field Probation Officer-Unclassified, Health and Human Services Division, effective 05/02/17. Promotion for Jamie Sundt, FT Social Worker I to FT Probationary Social Work Case Manager, Health and Human Services Division, effective 06/19/17. The recognition of the following individuals as volunteers which will enable them to be covered for liability insurance purposes in accordance with the insurance contracts currently in force with Scott County: Gary Flick, Lisa Moshfeghi, Faith Schroeder, and James Ulrich. (6) Stewardship: Ensuring the

Responsible and Stable Investment of Taxpayer Dollars and Communicating its Value to the Public: Chair Beard recessed the meeting at 9:15 a.m. to conduct a closed attorney/client session to brief the County Board on the Mildred Sponsel Testamentary Trust Litigation and reconvened the meeting at 10:30 a.m. (7) Customer Service: Creating a Customer Experience That is Respectful, Responsive and Solution-Oriented: A. Commissioner Wolf moved, seconded by Commissioner Weckman Brekke to adopt Resolution No. 2017-078; Proclaiming May 14-20, 2017 as Peace Officers’ Week in Scott County. A copy of the resolution is available in the office of the County Administrator and is made a part of this record by reference. The motion carried on a vote of four ayes with Commissioner Ulrich absent. B. Commissioner Weckman Brekke moved, seconded by Commissioner Wolf to adopt Resolution No. 2017067; Proclaiming May 21-27, 2017 as Emergency Medical Services Week in Scott County. A copy of the resolution is available in the office of the County Administrator and is made a part of this record by reference. The motion carried on a vote of four ayes with Commissioner Ulrich absent. C. Commissioner Wolf moved, seconded by Commissioner Beer to adopt Resolution No. 2017-072; Proclaiming May 21-27, 2017 as National Public Works Week in Scott County. A copy of the resolution is available in the office of the County Administrator and is made a part of this record by reference. The motion carried on a vote of four ayes with Commissioner Ulrich absent. (8) Partnership: Aligning Existing Resources, Volunteers and Programs to Achieve Shared Goals: Commissioner Beer moved, seconded by Commissioner Wolf to receive the report on the AdoptA-Highway Program. The motion carried on a vote of four ayes with Commissioner Ulrich absent. Chair Beard recessed the meeting at 11:01 a.m. and reconvened at 11:10 a.m. (9) Innovation: Exploring and Adopting New Technologies and Processes With the Goal of Improving Service and Reducing the Long Term Cost of Service Delivery: The County Board participated in the Scott County Delivers panel discussion regarding crossover youth. On a motion by Commissioner Beer, seconded by Commissioner Wolf, the meeting adjourned at 12:15 p.m. Michael L. Beard, Chair Gary L. Shelton, County Administrator, Clerk of the Board Debra K. Brazil, Deputy Clerk to the Board This is a summary of the Board proceedings (M.S. 375.12). The full text is available at www.co.scott. mn.us (which can be accessed at any public library), and in the office of the County Administrator. Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesday, June 14, 2017.

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Golf Teams End Season at Sectional Despite the improvement players enjoyed over the course of the season, the Belle Plaine High School golf teams and its players were unable to advance to state level competition (June 5-6). The BPHS boys ďŹ nished fourth overall with a 714 (350364) score over the two days at New Prague Golf Club. Cole Haller led Belle Plaine with a 165 (87-78). Justin Stauffacher carded a 166 (80-86) and Jake Pingalore had a 187 (89-

98). Alex Meger ďŹ nished with a 196 (94-102) and Nick Morrison had a 207 (103-104). John Franck rounded out the BPHS team with a 241 (123-118). Blue Earth (658), St. Peter (663) and Albert Lea (699) ďŹ nished ahead of the Tigers in the team competition. The Belle Plaine girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; team ďŹ nished ďŹ fth in the team competition with a team score of 532. The Tigers didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t qualify to advance to the second day of competition.

Lily Vinkemeier ďŹ nished with an 18-hole score of 116, the Tigersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; best score of the day. Caitlin Preusser posted at 122 and Olivia Schatz ďŹ nished at 136. Teresa Wentworth ďŹ nished with a 158. Jordan posted the top team score at 354 on the ďŹ rst day, 369 the second day. St. Peter was second at 375-384. Le Sueur-Henderson ďŹ nished third at 386-375 and Albert Lea was fourth at 396-396.

BPHS Trap Shooting Team Taking One Last Shot at State After ďŹ nishing seventh in its conference, the Belle Plaine High School trap shooting team is hoping it will have enough good fortune to qualify for the Minnesota State High School League tournament this week in Alexandria. The Tigers will compete in an event known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Championships,â&#x20AC;? a nine-day tournament billed as the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest tournament for high school

teams. Belle Plaine will be shooting tomorrow (June 15). The Tigers need to ďŹ nish in the top four teams of the 40 teams in their class to qualify for the MSHSL competition June 24 at the Minneapolis Gun Club in Credit River Township, said BPHS coach Jack Schuneman. Belle Plaine has previously qualiďŹ ed its team and individuals via competition at The Championships.

The Tigers ďŹ nished with 13,371Â˝ points. Apple Valley topped the conference with 26,856Â˝ points. Crosslake, Coon Rapids, Lake City, Orono, and Dover-Eyota high schools ďŹ nished between Apple Valley and Belle Plaine during the ďŹ ve weeks of conference competition. The Tigers ďŹ nished in front of Faribault Bethlehem Academy.

Belle Plaine Graduate Wins Ridgeview Health Care Award Belle Plaine High School graduate Kellen Bergs is one of 16 area students who have won a $2,000 health care scholarship for students interested in a health-care related career from Ridgeview Foundation. Besides Bergs, the recipients include Emma Panning of Central High School (NYA), Laura Price of Chanhassen High School, Erica Quintero-Ponce of Chaska High School, Katherine Schleif of Delano High School, Stephanie Hoffmann of Holy Trinity High School, Gabriell Bayerl of Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, Jamie DeBruyckere of Lester Prairie High School, Lucy Koch of Mayer Lutheran High School, Elliot Forst of Minnetonka High School, Ryann Beyer Mound of Westonka High School, Betsy Surver of Orono High School, Cassidy McGillick of South-

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dia, and check out the Tiger Facebook page. The Tiger Train opened tournament play with a crisp 6-0 win over the Milroy Irish Friday night. Belle Plaineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s luck ran out against Chan Saturday evening and got ďŹ&#x201A;attened, 15-0, thanks in large part to a 10-run, four-homer fourth inning. On the year, the locals are 3-7 (1-3 RVL). The Tigers were originally scheduled to play at Le Sueur Friday night, but that game has been moved to Saturday (June 17) at noon, still in Le Sueur. On Sunday, the Tigers will wrap up the weekend with a 4 p.m. battle at Henderson.

Tigers 6, Milroy 0 The Milroy Irish made the ďŹ nal weekend of the Class C state tournament last season,, and entered Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (June 9) game with an impressive 9-2 mark this year. For such moments Mitchel â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Fearâ&#x20AC;? Stier was born. The tall Tiger righty might have been partly frightened to throw the ball over the plate, as he walked half a dozen batters in four-plus frames. Most importantly, however, he surrendered just one hit and no runs, before yielding to reliever Josh Terrio. The Tiger Train broke loose in the third with a ďŹ ve-spot, adding one more in the ďŹ fth inning for the ďŹ nal margin of victory. Terrio ďŹ nished the game to earn the save, and Bob Dolanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Irish ďŹ nished with just two hits. Aiden Ladd was one of three Tigers with a pair of hits, doubling and scoring twice while driving in a run. Pat Schultz had

two hits and a walk and Jonny Vinkemeier had two singles and a pair of stolen bases. Chanhassen 15, Tigers 0 Chanhassen entered the Tigertown Classic as the big ďŹ sh in a small pond, yet still blew away expectations by the end of the weekend. The Red Birds were the upstart Tigersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; reward for an impressive victory on Friday night. Wes Sarsland got the ball Saturday (June 10) and held his own, allowed one, three and one runs over the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ rst three frames. As Stier did the night before, the lanky lefty was also liberal with free passes, issuing four in his three innings of work. On the bright side, just two of the runs were earned. Chanhassenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Garrett Fischer led off the fourth inning with a long ball against Chase Emmers, and ďŹ ve batters later, Emmers gave way to Vinkemeier before recording an out. Fischer batted a second time in the fourth stanza and slugged his second â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and Chanhassenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fourth â&#x20AC;&#x201C; home run of the inning. It was one of the all-time assaults have ever witnessed, and videos of each tater trot are on Tiger Twitter if scary movies just arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t doing it for you anymore. Joe Pomije worked the ďŹ nal inning of this run-rule shortened game and held the Red Birds scoreless, automatically earning him Player of the Game honors. Just as they did to Milroy on Friday, the Tigers only had two hits -- a single each for Emmers and Ryan BremsethVining.

Library Reading Program Begins Soon, Features New Free Opportunities

Summer vacation, as well as summer slide, recently began for students in Belle Plaine. Both students and teachers look forward to summer vacation, but summer slide is something that everyone would like to avoid. Summer slide happens when students start losing the literacy skills they learned throughout the school year. To help avoid this slide, or at least slow it down, the Belle Plaine Public Library is offering a newlydesigned summer reading program for all children through age 18. Summer Spotlight, formerly known as Bookawocky, runs from mid-June through mid-August. During those nine weeks, students have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of free activities and attend fun, hour-long events scheduled throughout the week - Tuesdays through Fridays. The summer kick-off events at the Belle Plaine Public Library are scheduled for Thursday, June 15. Tomorrow afternoon at two oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock, children ages 3-11 will have the opportunity to touch, hold, and even feed some scaly critters during an animal program called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Snake, Rattle, and Rollâ&#x20AC;?. Later at 4 p.m., itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the teensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; turn to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;lockedâ&#x20AC;? in a room with only one way out. Students ages 12 and up will search for secret compartments, ďŹ nd hidden clues, and solve puzzles to plot their escape in an hour. Registration is required for this teen event. As usual, students are encouraged to keep track, either on paper or online, of the books theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve read or how much time theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve spent reading. Students, ages 6-18, who read 10 hours or 20 books and also complete their choice of ďŹ ve activities at the library will earn prizes, as well as entries into the drawing for a four-pack of tickets to the MN State Fair. Children under the age of six will have a different version.

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by Brett Kruschke This past weekend was all about the Tigertown Classic, the annual eight-team fundraiser tournament held for 19 consecutive years. A latebreaking curve ball was thrown when Marshall â&#x20AC;&#x201C; who has been coming to the tournament since its earliest days â&#x20AC;&#x201C; withdrew Friday afternoon because of a shortage of players after their high school team qualiďŹ ed for the state tournament. An allout effort was made via social media to ďŹ nd an eighth team, but it was not to be and Wells received a ďŹ rst-round bye Saturday. The tourneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other unexpected excitement came when uglylooking storms rolled through Tigertown Sunday morning. The ďŹ eld received a good soaking but absorbed it well, and just one game was cancelled â&#x20AC;&#x201C; thanks to agreeable parties â&#x20AC;&#x201C; on the consolation side of the bracket. When the clouds ďŹ nally parted, the River Valley Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chanhassen Red Birds completed a tournament tear as has never been seen before. The Red Birds out-scored their foes, 37-5, across three games â&#x20AC;&#x201C; spanning just 17 innings thanks to a pair of run-rule shortened contests â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to claim the championship. The title game was an 8-1 decision over the Cokato Kernels, in which Chanhassenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Connor Herd punched out a dozen batters across ďŹ ve innings. For a ďŹ nalized bracket with all the scores, visit bptigertown. com. You can also review the weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s action by going to Twitter.com/bptigertown/me-

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Events include art and science programs every Thursday afternoon throughout the summer. Arty Smarty and Crafty Science are programs for students, ages 6-11, who choose to drop in the library between 2 and 3 oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock to complete a creative art or science project. Four different events for teens, ages 12 and up, are scheduled for late Thursday afternoons as well, but registration is required for teen events. Every Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. will be story time for kids of all ages, including families, who will enjoy listening to stories read by local notables, such as a Belle Plaine policeman or a member of the Scott County Mounted Patrol. Also new this year are several mini-camps and art/writing workshops which require registration but offer a more in-depth and hands-on experience for kids & teens. In addition, book parties featuring Captain Underpants on June 27 and Dr. Seuss on August 8 include games and snacks, and two different versions of Bingo, for ages 0-8 and 9-18, will be available for the chance to win color-changing pencils. Details about Summer Spotlight can be accessed at www. scottlib.org online, by call-

ing the Belle Plaine Library at (952) 873-6767, or by stopping in for a visit with library staff. GREAT SUMMER READ DOWN The Scott County Library System has initiated a new program called the Great Summer Read Down, which began May 25 and continues until Thursday, August 31. Since it can be frustrating for youth to have their library cards blocked with over $10 in fees when they want to check out items, all youth (ages 0-18) will have the opportunity to reduce or â&#x20AC;&#x153;read downâ&#x20AC;? their fees this summer by reading (or being read to) in the library. After checking in with the librarian, youth will receive $2 off their fees for every 20 minutes they read print materials in the library - with no limit. Read Down may be applied to any charges on a youthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s card, except purchases, and may even be applied to youth material fees on an adult card, but it cannot be used for future charges. Reminder: During the summer months, the Belle Plaine Library is open Tuesdays from 10a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1-8 p.m.; and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Belle Plaineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s John Morrison has won a scholarship from the Genesis Scholarship Program. Morrison, along with seven other area students, will receive a $750 scholarship from Genesis Growing Solutions. Morrison, the son of Michelle and Terry Morrison, graduated from Belle Plaine High School and plans to attend South Dakota State University to pursue a degree in agriculture business. In high school, Morrison par-

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The Tigers’ 4-by-200-meter relay team of Selin Dikmen, Lizzy Schmid, Haley Leger, and Jaylen Struck-Schmitz took second in the finals Saturday at the state track meet. The team’s time Marcus Walsh crossed the finish line in third place as the Tigers’ 4-by-200-meter relay team was 1:45.50. finished in 1:31.38 at the state meet Saturday at Hamline University.

H.S. Track & Field

Tigers Bring Home Medals From State The Belle Plaine High School track and field teams wrapped up a successful season Saturday at the state Class A State Meet at Hamline University in St. Paul. The BPHS girls used their overall depth to finish second in the team standings with 40 points, eight behind Minneapolis Edison. The Tigers have finished among the top 10 teams each of the last four years, three times among the top five teams. “I am very proud of what they were able to accomplish this season, both as competitors and growing as individuals,” said Rich Foust, the BPHS girls’ head coach. Belle Plaine’s boys’ team finished 18th in the team standings with 14 points. PlainviewElgin-Millville topped the team standings with 58 points. The preliminary competition was Friday (June 9), and the finals were held Saturday. “All the boys ran their seasonbests in pretty much everything on Friday. Saturday went pretty well, too. We wish we could have placed higher, but we ran really well anyway. Others just upped their games, too,” said

BPHS boys’ coach Josh Otto. “The girls placed well in their individual events and had opportunities for a state championship title, but the competition is fierce at the state meet with very little difference between a champion and second or third place,” Foust said.

BPHS Girls

Saturday’s finals saw the Tigers finish second in the 4-by800 meter relays. The team of Emily Berger, McKenna Herrmann, Cassie Stolt, and Haley Leger finished in 9:41.42. Their seed time was 9:38.21. “Our third leg - Cassie Stolt -- was able to run a new personal-best time (2:25) to bring our relay into fourth place, right behind the leaders,” Foust said. “Our anchor leg, Haley Leger, then ran a tremendous race with the other three teams’ final runners. With 120 meters left, it became a sprint to the finish, with Leger moving up into second and almost first while running a new personal best 2:20. It was a great finish to the race and career of one of the best 800 runners in team history.” In the finals of 100-meter hurdles, Belle Plaine’s Selin Dik-

men finished second in 14.64 seconds. Jordan’s Jenna Kes won the event in 14.55 seconds. In the 100-meter hurdles prelims, Dikmen won her preliminary heat Friday in 15.27 seconds, a time slightly slower than her seed time of 14.71 seconds. She finished just .03 of a second behind Kes. “Selin Dikmen ran her final high school 100 hurdle race faster than the state record, but so did two other girls. After four years of racing in the hurdles and three years of placing at state, Dikmen graduates as B.P.’s most decorated hurdler,” Foust said. The finals of the 4-by-200meter relay saw Belle Plaine finish second. The quartet of Jaylen Struck-Schmitz, Haley Leger, Lizzy Schmidt and Dikmen finished in 1:46.55, just off their preliminary time of 1:44.45. The team won their preliminary heat setting a new BPHS record. Lizzy Schmidt finished fourth in the 400-meter dash finals Saturday with a time of 58.49 seconds. The winning time was 56.40 seconds. Schmidt finished second in her heat the previous day with a time of 58.31 seconds, the fourth fastest time in the two heats. In the finals of the 300-meter hurdles Saturday, Dikmen finished fourth with a time of 46.02 seconds. Her preliminary time Friday was 45.76 seconds. Belle Plaine’s Jaylen StruckSchmitz was disqualified for interference in the 300-meter hurdles finals after stumbling over the final hurdle. She crossed the line in fifth place, but her finish was not counted. Struck-Schmitz won her heat Friday in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 45.17 seconds. She entered the finals Saturday with the third fastest time from the preliminaries. Belle Plaine finished seventh in the 4-by-400 meter relay and didn’t make the finals. The team of Berger, Herrmann, Leger and Schmidt finished in 4:08.30 – about three seconds faster than their seed time.

of 43.85 seconds, a new school record, but still .16 of a second behind the winning team from Plainview-Elgin-Millville. Foley posted the fastest heat time in the 4-by-100 meter relay. Its time was 43.39 seconds. The Tigers took third in the 4-by-200 meter finals. The team of Mason Ponath, Max Ponath, Nate Loegering and Marcus Walsh finished in 1:31.38. They had won the preliminary heat in 1:30.60. Belle Plaine finished fifth in Saturday’s finals of the 4-by100 meter relays. Max Ponath, Nate Loegering, Mason Ponath and Marcus Walsh finished in 44.17 seconds. Foley won the event in 44.53 seconds. The 4-by-400 meter relay team of Mason Ponath, Kellen Bergs, Max Ponath and Nate Loegering finished ninth in the finals with a time of 3:32.39. They had finished third in their preliminary race Friday with a time of 3:28.46 – bettering their seed time by 1.03 seconds. Their time was the seventh best A strong start helped Mason Ponath and Belle Plaine’s boys’ heading into Saturday’s finals. 4-by-200 meter relay finish third Saturday at the state meet.

BPHS Boys

Belle Plaine took second in Belle Plaine eighth-grader Lizzie Schmidt came flying out of its 4-by-100 meter prelimithe blocks in the 400-meter dash Saturday at the state track nary heat Friday with a time BPHS’s 4-by-800-meter relay team of Haley Leger, Cassie Stolt, McKenna Herrmann, and meet. She finished fourth in 58.49 seconds. Emily Berger finished second in 9:41.42 at the state meet Saturday.

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Mason Ponath ran hard for the Tigers in the team’s 4-by-400 meter relay finals Saturday. The team finished ninth in 3:32.39.

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