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ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THIRD YEAR

BELLE PLAINE, MINNESOTA, MARCH 26, 2014

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The Belle Plaine Lions are leading a fund-raising campaign to pay for the construction of a restroom and ticket building. It is to be located at the entrance to the football-track complex across from Oak Crest Elementary School. Image courtesy Behr Design.

Lions Club Heads Campaign to Build Restrooms, Ticket Booth For School Stadium

It was a casualty of keeping costs under control when the Belle Plaine School District built the football-track complex in 2006. Now, a campaign to fund the construction of a building housing permanent restroom and ticket facilities is underway.

The chief promoter and fundraiser for the campaign, the Belle Plaine Lions Club, is on a fast track. It hopes any community organization or individuals with funds available to donate will contribute toward the building’s construction. The club’s goal is to complete the project this summer.

The plan is to build a 22-foot by 34-foot building at the entrance to the football-track complex on West Commerce Drive, across from Oak Crest Elementary. The building will serve the football-track complex as well as the tennis courts used by elementary and juniorsenior high students, community groups and residents year ‘round.

The $58,000 building will replace the temporary restroom facilities that serve fans when Belle Plaine hosts a football game, track meet or tennis match and allow the existing ticket booth be used solely for a concession stand. One of the re-

To Contribute:

Donations for the project can be submitted to State Bank of Belle Plaine (201 Main Street W., Belle Plaine, MN, 56011), CornerStone State Bank (406 Commerce Drive E., Belle Plaine, MN, 56011) or Belle Plaine Lions Club (P.O. Box 94, Belle Plaine, MN 56011). strooms will be open throughout the year for people using the nearby trails and tennis courts on the school campus.

Bob Denny, a member of the Lions Club, brought the idea for a permanent facility to the Belle Plaine School Board earlier this year after seeing the complex had only six porta-potties on site to serve up to 2,000 fans when Belle Plaine hosted Jordan at a football game last fall. At the time Denny sought and received the school board’s approval to begin working on replacing the temporary restrooms with a permanent solution, he said the porta-potties were hardly a source of community pride. Directors agreed.

They committed $15,000 to the project.

“The initial plans we had were to go with the porta-potties and hopefully building something at some time,” said Superintendent Kelly Smith. He said the Lions Club’s interest is accelerating the timeline slightly. “With the crowds we’ve been having at our football games, it’s an amenity we really need.”

Already there is support. The Belle Plaine Chamber of Commerce has committed $3,000 to the project. Denny said Minnesota Valley Electric committed $1,000 through its Operation Round-up.

“It’s something we’ve talked about,” Smith said. “I think it’s a project we need to find a way to get done.”

Local contractors will be used on the job, he said.

“Porta-potties are OK for construction sites,” Denny said.

“But this is something we want to put our best foot forward when we invite people into our community.”

The project will get a head start this spring when construction students begin assembling walls for the restrooms facility.

Archbishop John Nienstedt offered his blessing upon the new building after Mass Sunday morning. Nienstedt congratulated the congregation and Fr. Michael Kaluza for supporting the project.

Archbishop’s Blessing of OLP’s New Parish Life Center Highlights Day of Celebration

Our Lady of the Prairie Catholic Church and School’s new Parish Life Center welcomed one of its most important visitors Sunday when Archbishop John Nienstedt brought his blessing after Mass.

Following the 10 a.m. service, a large crowd filled the center’s gathering area for the archbishop’s blessing and an open house for the long-awaited building.

He congratulated the parish community and thanked Fr. Michael Kaluza, parish leaders and the church’s membership for their efforts in the commitment to and creation of the 13,000-square-foot building.

“It was a great celebration and we’re delighted to finally have

the building open,” Fr. Kaluza said.

Archbishop Nienstedt toured the facility before Mass. He was greeted on his way into Belle Plaine by an oversized welcome sign at Jim’s Apple Barn along Highway 169 just north of Belle Plaine.

The Parish Life Center has six classrooms, offices, an adoration chapel and office space in addition to the gathering area and adjacent coffee serving area. The six classrooms can be split into 12 to serve the religious educational needs of children and adults alike, he said.

The building has been in use for several weeks.

Monday (March 24), the old school building was closed and workers began removing asbestos from it in preparation of the razing of the building this summer. McGough Construction of St. Paul performed an assessment of the building there years ago, before OLP decided on building the new Parish Life Center.

“The foundation is crumbling.

It’s more of a liability than an asset,” he said.

The new building and demolition of the old school building represents an approximately $1.8 million project, Fr. Kaluza said.

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Lions Club

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Our Lady of the Prairie’s 13,000-square-foot Parish Life Center opened earlier this year. Sunday, the church hosted an open house to celebrate. The project includes abatement of the old school building.

Wagner Weighing Sales Tax Hike to Help Pay For B.P. Overpass

Belle Plaine’s representative on the Scott County Board says he’d rather not support a proThe main house was saved but much of the rest of Steve and Laurie Meger’s farm near Union posed local option ½-cent sales Hill resembled a battle ground following a major fire last Tuesday. tax increase. But if Belle Plaine wants an overpass of Highway 169 near County Road 3, the tax hike may be the best fundThe good news is that no hu- large shed and an unoccupied from Belle Plaine assisted at ing option. man life was lost and the fam- older house on the property. At the scene, including himself for Commissioner Joe Wagner of Sand Creek Township, and the ily’s home was not damaged. least several pigs and one calf other commissioners will conwere also lost.

Fire Destroys The bad news is that the propduct a public hearing on the erty surrounding Steve and Firefighters from almost a doz(continued on page 8) proposed tax increase Tuesday Laurie Meger’s farm home on en fire departments, including (April 1, 9:30 a.m.) at the Scott 270th Street West just north of New Prague and Belle Plaine, County Government Center in Union Hill “looks like a battle responded to the blaze, which Shakopee to take input from zone” following a fire last Tues- firefighters said spread rapidly. citizens on the advantages and day (March 18) that destroyed Belle Plaine Fire Chief Todd disadvantages of the proposal several structures, including a Otto said about 20 firefighters

Fire Destroys Buildings, Kills Livestock

and the potential impact the tax might have on funding for county road projects. The board

Sales Tax Hike

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Post-Prom Planning Meeting Next Monday Parents of Belle Plaine High School students who will be attending prom in May and are willing to volunteer some time for the post-prom party are asked to attend a planning meeting on Monday, March 31.

It will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the high school commons area.

Volunteer opportunities range

from helping decorate to assisting at the party itself to cleaning up afterwards.

The post-prom party “is a fun-filled, drug-free event with music, food, games and cash prizes.” The Belle Plaine PostProm Committee is in need of volunteers to make this night a success.

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Flanked by Fr. Michael Kaluza and Deacon Bob Raleigh (left) Archbishop John Nienstedt offered his blessing upon OLP’s new Parish Life Center. Members of the congregation filled the center’s gathering space. Tours of the new building and refreshments were available after the blessing.

Jump Rope for Heart Approximately 240 second- and third-graders from Chatfield and Oak Crest elementary schools in Belle Plaine took part in the annual Jump Rope for Heart last Wednesday at Oak Crest. Overall, second grade students raised a total of $4,612 for the American Heart Association. The total amount raised by third grade students was not available prior to Tuesday’s press time. A total of $6,334 was collected last year for the American Heart Association and $79,655.15 has been donated in the past 19 years at the Belle Plaine Elementary schools.

Archbishop John Nienstedt visited with OLP members Sunday.

Lions Club Heads Campaign to Build Restrooms (continued from page 1)

Phone-A-Thon Raffle Winner Caren Grotberg, second from left, was the winner of the Belle Plaine Dollars for Scholars Phone-A-Thon Raffle. She is the recipient of $250 in Belle Plaine Bucks that were donated by Dr. Todd Meeker, who is pictured next to Grotberg. Pictured at right are Dollars for Scholars co-chairs Bonnie Vinkemeier and Janene Meyer. The original pledges from the Phone-A-Thon weekend totaled $17,070. To date, $17,203 has been pledged. All proceeds go to scholarships for BPHS graduating seniors.

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The work will begin as soon as frost is out of the ground. “I think the weather will have something to say about that.

We’re really hoping our students can be involved in some way,� Smith said.

Organizers of the build effort are hoping the fund-raising and work will progress at a rate that most of it can be completed before the end of the school year and the final touches can be wrapped up before the end of the summer, Denny said. Ideally, the building will be ready for use when the Tigers host their first home football game in the fall. “This will be a project school kids can be proud of,� he said.

In addition to funding from community groups like the Lions, Knights of Columbus or the Rotary clubs, Denny hopes people will donate their time over the spring and summer and lend a helping hand. People doing what they can do, whether they are skilled laborers or not, he said, will truly make the effort a community project. “Volunteer labor will help keep costs down,� Denny said.

Any funds raised over $58,000 will go back into the community for worthwhile projects.

Dinner and Raffle Tickets on Sale for HD Fund-raiser Dinner and/or raffle tickets for the 14th annual local Huntington’s Disease Auction, Dinner and Entertainment are now on sale.

This year’s grand prize is $500 cash donated by Matt Saxe Chevrolet. Second- and thirdplace prizes are $150 and $100 in cash, with many more prizes to be given away.

The cost of a raffle ticket is $15. This year’s Huntington’s Disease Auction, Dinner and Entertainment event, sponsored by the Fahey and Stier families of Belle Plaine and the Minnesota Chapter of the Huntington’s

Spring Clothing Swap April 12 at OLP Church

The annual Belle Plaine Spring Community Clothing Swap will take place Saturday, April 12 from 8 a.m. to noon at Our Lady of the Prairie Catholic Church, 200 East Church Street.

The Clothing Swap is a great way to share with others in the community. You have the opportunity to donate clothing, volunteer together and shop for items of clothing for only $1 a bag. We are asking people to please go through your closets and consider sharing what you no longer need. The Swap The Ladies Auxiliary of the is open to all; individuals do VFW Department of Minne- not need to donate in order to sota is promoting the Marcella Arnold Nursing Scholarship Program designed to provide financial aid to eligible nursing students entering their final year of a RN or LPN program.

For rules and an application, call Connie Zurn of the Belle Plaine Ladies Auxiliary Post 6202 at 952-873-2342. The deadline to apply is April 1.

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Southern Valley Offers Support Groups for Women The Southern Valley Alliance for Battered Women, based in Belle Plaine, offers support for all area women in crisis or who have recently left a crisis situation.

The groups provide a safe and caring environment for women. The Alliance offers groups every Monday from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

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The cost of a dinner ticket is $25, which automatically places you in the raffle. Besides a buffet-style dinner, the evening will also feature live and silent auctions and entertainment by musical ventriloquist Kevin Doely.

Dinner and/or raffle tickets can be purchased by contacting Tracy Witt at 952-873-5516 or Joe and Linda Fahey at 952873-6583. Monetary or other donations are greatly appreciated for this event.

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All Proceeds from the Community Clothing Swap will go to the Belle Plaine Good Samaritan Fund, which helps individuals who are passing through our community and in need. Any items leftover after the Swap will be donated to Joseph’s Coat, a free store in St. Paul. The Swap is sponsored by the Our Lady of the Prairie Council of Catholic Women.

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Deaths

Johanna A. Carlson Johanna A. Carlson, 93, of Belle Plaine, passed away on March 18, 2014 at The Lutheran Home in Belle Plaine.

Funeral Service was at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 21 at Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in Belle Plaine. Rev. John Meyer officiated. Visitation was one hour prior to the service at church on Friday morning. Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery.

Johanna was born in Oak Park, IL on February 29, 1921 to LeRoy and Johanna (Rueb) Klenzendorf. She was baptized on March 20, 1921 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Oak Park. She was confirmed on Palm Sunday 1936 at St. John’s Lutheran in Bellwood, IL. She married Emil Carlson in St. Paul in 1941. They farmed near Belle Plaine until 1976 when they moved to town.

Johanna is survived by her children, Judith Sickmann of Glencoe, David Carlson of Belle Plaine, Richard (Nancy) Carlson of Jordan, Ted (Carol) Carlson of Starbuck, Janet Carlson of Belle Plaine, Joyce (Cliff) Hughes of Shakopee; 10 grandchildren; 14 greatgrandchildren; many nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents; husband; sister, Lorraine Garcia; son, Robert; grandson, Jeffrey Sickman; and brother, Paul Klensendorf.

Gary W. Anderson Gary W. Anderson, 65, of Belle Plaine, passed away on Thursday morning, March 20, 2014 at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale.

Mass of Christian Burial was on Tuesday, March 25 at 12 p.m. at Our Lady of the Prairie Catholic Church in Belle Plaine. Visitation was at the church from 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

Interment was in Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Belle Plaine. Fr. Michael Kaluza officiated the Mass.

Gary was born February 10, 1949 in New London, CT to Ardmoure and Ramona (Olson) Anderson. He grew up on the East Coast and moved to Hanska, Minnesota where he graduated from Hanska High School.

He married Rosanne Johnson on December 11, 1971 at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Belle Plaine.

Gary worked for many years as a general contractor, remodeling hotels and restaurants.

He was an engaging story teller, with a quick wit and great sense of humor. He cherished his family and his devoted wife of 42 years.

Gary is survived by his wife, Rosanne; children, Christine (Bruce) Skluzacek of Montgomery, James (Margaret) Anderson of Trophy Club, TX, Michael (Hanny) Anderson of St. Louis Park, John (Tosha) Anderson of Henderson and Laura Anderson of Mankato; grandchildren, Makayla, Landon, Luke, Connor and Evan Skluzacek, Ethan, Caleb and Elizabeth Anderson, Mateo and Marcelo Anderson and Sophia Anderson; sisters, Sharon (Howard) Finstad of Hanska and Linda (David) Larson of Hanska; nieces, nephews and

cousins.

He is preceded in death by his parents; stepfather, Leo Frederickson; and a brother.

BELLE PLAINE HERALD, BELLE PLAINE, MINNESOTA on May 18, 1996 at St. Joseph Church in Henderson. Darlene worked various jobs before her employment with Carver County in the Recorder’s Office.

Darlene is survived by her husband, Jerry Doyle; children, Bethany Sanders of St. Peter, Taylor and Kristopher Doyle of Henderson; mother, Della Sanders of Mankato; siblings; Larry (Rubing) Sanders of Montana, Ryan (Christina) Sanders of Madison Lake, Karen Sanders of Mankato.

Darlene is also survived by three nephews; 10 nieces and one great niece.

She is preceded in death by her father, Claude Sanders.

Mary Fahey Mary Fahey, 77, of Belle Plaine, passed away on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.

Mass of Christian Burial was at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, March 24 at Our Lady of the Prairie Catholic Church in Belle Plaine. Fr. Michael Kaluza officiated. Visitation was from 3-7 p.m. on Sunday at the Kolden Funeral Home in Belle Plaine and continued one hour prior to the Mass at church on Monday morning. Interment was in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Belle Plaine.

Mary was born in Faxon Township, Sibley County, on March 24, 1936 to James and Mary (Weldon) Bailey.

She married Eugene “Gene” Fahey on January 16, 1954 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Belle Plaine. After marriage, they lived in Minneapolis, Shakopee and Richfield before moving back to Belle Plaine in 1997.

Over the years, Mary waitressed in various cafes, as well as Nortel Company, Honeywell and Life Touch.

She loved spending time at their cabin in Danbury, WI and winters in Florence, AZ. Mary is survived by her children, Gene (Connie) Fahey of Belle Plaine, David (Betty) Fahey of Belle Plaine, Alan (Diane) Fahey of Belle Plaine, Gail (Bob) Adams of Zimmerman, Rick (Wendy) Fahey of Shakopee, Ginger (Ed) Gregory of Belle Plaine, Eddie (Diana) Fahey of Le Sueur and Patty (Randy) Seaver of Belle Plaine; 22 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; sisters, Helen Meyer of Modesto, CA, Shirley Aretz of Waconia and Josephine (Merle) Battcher of Arlington; and many nieces and nephews.

Mary is preceded in death by her parents; husband; sisters, Isabel Farrell, Irene Madden, Katherine Bigaouette, Rosemary Berger, Teresa Fritz and Betty Hammers; and brother, Dennis Bailey.

Church News

Our Lady of The Prairie Catholic Church - Belle Plaine Fr. Michael Kaluza 952-873-6564 Wednesday, March 26 8:00 am. Rosary 8:30 am. Mass 9:00 am – 10:00 p.m. Eucharistic Adoration Thursday, March 27 8:00 am. Rosary 8:30 am. Mass Friday, March 28 8:00 am. Rosary 8:30 am. Mass 9:00 am Stations of the Cross 7:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross Saturday, March 29 4:15 p.m. Mass Sunday, March 30 Fourth Sunday of Lent 8:00 am Mass 10:00 am Mass 11-1 p.m. Lenten DVD series Tuesday, April 01 8:00 am. Rosary 8:30 am. Mass 9:00 am – 11:00 p.m. Eucharistic Adoration Wednesday, April 02 8:00 am. Rosary 8:30 am. Mass 9:00 am – 10:00 p.m. Eucharistic Adoration

St. John Lutheran Church 148 S. Chestnut Street Belle Plaine, MN 56011 Pastor Mark Johnson sjlc@frontiernet.net 952-873-6492 Wednesday, March 26 5:15 Lenten Service George Herrmann, 79, of 6:00 Soup & Sandwich Belle Plaine, passed away 7:00 Guided Prayer Thursday, March 20, 2014 at 8:00 Worship Choir St. Gertrude’s Nursing Home in Thursday, March 27 Shakopee.

10:00 Bible Study Leaders Funeral service was at 11 a.m.

Saturday, March 29 on Tuesday, March 25 at St. 7:00 Weight Watchers John Lutheran Church in Belle Sunday, March 30 Plaine. Rev. Mark Johnson of- Holy Communion ficiated. Visitation was from 8:00 & 10:30 Worship 4-8 p.m. on Monday, March 24, 9:15 Sunday School with a 7:30 p.m. Veterans Ser- 8:30-12 Rotary Pancake vice and Firemen’s Service at Breakfast Kolden Funeral Home in Belle Tuesday, April 1 Plaine and also one hour prior 10:00 Cardinal Ridge to service time at church. Inter- 11:00 Lutheran Home ment was in Oakwood Cem- 1:00 Quilting & Kingsway etery in Belle Plaine.

7:00 Esther Circle George was born on SeptemWednesday, April 2 ber 10, 1934 to George and 5:15 Lenten Service Lydia (Koepp) Herrmann on a 6:00 Soup & Sandwich farm near Arlington. He gradu- 7:00 Guided Prayer ated from Belle Plaine High 8:00 Worship Choir School in 1953. He excelled in football, basketball, and base- St. John-Assumption Parish ball. He was a nine time let26523 200th Street ter winner and Homecoming Belle Plaine, MN 56011 King.

Father Sam He married Elizabeth “Liz” 507-248-3550 Haas on June 9, 1956 at St. Sundays: 10 a.m. Mass John Lutheran Church in Belle Plaine, (where he was also baptized and confirmed).

He entered the United States Army in 1957 serving in Germany. After his honorable disFounded 1882 by J.E. Townsend charge in 1959 he returned home where he worked as a C.Edward Townsend, Publisher & Editor signalman with Chicago Northwestern Railroad for 31 years.

After retiring from the railroad, he purchased an Oil Dis- The Belle Plaine Herald (USPS tribution Business (Herrmann 260730) is published every Oil) which he owned for 10 Wednesday at Belle Plaine, MN 113 years.

George was also a long time East Main, P.O. Box 7, Belle Plaine, member of the Belle Plaine Fire MN 56011. Periodicals postage paid Dept.He spent his later years putting his handyman skills to at the Belle Plaine Post Office. good use, helping his children build their homes.He also enjoyed golfing and making fishing memories with grandkids.

George is survived by his Legal Newspaper of Independent wife Liz; children, Dan (Anne) Herrmann of Belle Plaine and School District #716, City of Belle Kathy (Joe) Hartmann of Belle Plaine and Scott County.

Plaine; grandchildren, Wyatt, Vivian, Walker Herrmann and SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Jake Hartmann; sister-in-law, Anne Herrmann; and nieces $26 Per year in Minnesota and nephews. $30 Per year out-of-state He is preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Harold, Louis 75¢ Single copy and Ervie; grandson, Connor Hartmann in 2002.

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Darlene R. Doyle Darlene R. Doyle, 53, of Henderson passed away on Friday, March 21, 2014 at Mayo Health Systems in Mankato after a short illness with cancer.

Mass of Christian Burial will be on Thursday, March 27 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Anne’s Church in Le Sueur. Visitation will be at the Kolden Funeral Home in Le Sueur on Wednesday from 4-8 p.m. and on Thursday morning at the funeral home from 8 a.m. until 10:15 a.m.

Following a lunch at St. Anne’s School, burial will be in St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Henderson.

Fr. Sam Pierz and Fr. George Grafsky will officiate the Mass and services.

Darlene was born on December 16, 1960 in Bemidji to Claude and Della (Foster) Sanders. She grew up in the Mankato, Madison Lake and Elysian area and graduated from Waterville-MorristownElysian High School. She attended South Central College in Mankato.

She married Jerome Doyle

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Zion Lutheran Church & School 14745 County Road 153 Cologne, MN 55322 952-466-3379 e-mail: brendathompsonzion@ gmail.com Pastor: Eric Zacharias Wednesday, March 26th 3:30 & 7 p.m. Lenten Service/ Holy Family Academy & Communion Chapel 4:30 p.m. Supper hosted by Traditional Latin Mass Youth/Evangelism 10679 182nd St., Friday, March 28th Belle Plaine, MN 56011 (952) 873-2582 or 873-6613 8:10 a.m. Chapel Sunday, March 30th (coord.)

8:30 a.m. Bible Study Fr. Christopher Leith 8:45 a.m. Sunday school for famiSundays lies 2:15 p.m. Confessions 2:40 p.m. Rosary / 3 p.m. 9:30 a.m. Worship 7 p.m. TC^2 Mass Academy Mass - call for times 7:30 p.m. Bible Study Tuesday, April 1st Redeemer Lutheran Church 6:30 p.m. Lutheranism 101 Wednesday, April 2nd 14226 W. 280th Street, 3:30 & 7 p.m. Lenten Service Henderson, 4:30 p.m. Lenten Supper Pr. Diane Goulson 507-665-2932 On Highway 19, 2 miles East Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church 500 West Church Street of Highway 169 Belle Plaine, MN 56011 Wednesday, March 26 952-873-6545 5:30 p.m. Lenten Supper Pastor John H. Meyer 7 p.m. Lenten Worship: How the www.trinitybelleplaine.org Gospel Changes Us Wednesday, March 26 Sunday, March 30 No School - Spring Break 8:30 a.m. Education Hour 9:30 am Worship with 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Lenten Supper (Taco bar hosted by Outreach) Communion 7 p.m. Midweek Lenten Service (Usher Team 2) First Presbyterian Church 8 p.m. Senior Choir 219 W. Main Street, Belle Thursday, March 27 Plaine No School - Spring Break 952-873-2966 6 p.m. Men’s Choir Practice Pastor Don Genereux Friday, March 28 www.fpcbelleplaine.org fpcbelleplaine@frontiernet. No School - Spring Break Martin Luther College Fine Arts net Fair Welcome-Learn-Serve Sunday, March 30 Inspirational Message Line 8 a.m. Adult Bible Study 952-583-3302 9 a.m. Worship Service with Wednesday, March 26th 1:00 pm Bible Study Communion (Usher Team 3/ Video: Schuette) &Visitations 10 a.m. Coffee Hour (Hosted by Sunday, March 30th 9:00 am Worship Service & S.S. LWMS) 10:30 a.m. Bible Study and Mon.-Fri., March 31-April 4 Sunday School FPC serves Meals on Wheels 5:30 p.m. Open Gym Volleyball Wednesday, April 2nd 1:00 pm Bible Study & 7 p.m. Open Gym Basketball Monday, March 31 Visitations 7 p.m. Men’s Bible Study at Kingsway River Rock Church of the 7:30 p.m. Ladies’ Fitness Hour C&MA Tuesday, April 1 PO Box 184, 7 p.m. Trinity Knotters Belle Plaine, MN 56011 Wednesday, April 2 www.riverrockchurch.com 3:20 p.m.

Faculty Bible Study info@riverrockchurch.com Lenten Worship at Chatfield Elem. 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Supper (Hosted by Pork Chop @ 330 S. Market Street Committee) Ministry Center: 6 p.m. Midweek Catechism 124 W. Main Street, BP 7 p.m. Midweek Lenten Service (952) 873-5453 (Usher Team 4) Men’s Choir Lead Pastor Chris Teien Associate Pastor Dan Jetto Sings 8 p.m. Senior Choir * denotes 330 S. Market ** denotes 124 W. Main St. East Union Lutheran Church Wednesday, Mar 26 15180 Cty. Rd. 40 No Evening Programs - Spring Carver, MN 55315 Break 952-448-3450 Thursday, Mar 27 Sundays 6:30 PM Women’s Bible Study 9 a.m.

Worship (Holy Sunday, Mar 30 Communion on the 1st, 3rd, & 10-11:15 AM Worship Svc* 3:30-5:00 PM Bible Quizzing 5th Sundays) 10 a.m. Fellowship Time & SS Practice** Monday, March 31 7-8:30 PM Men’s Acts 29 Bible Study at 124 W Main St. 6:30-8:00 PM Women’s Bible Senior Dining Study Seniors 60 years and older are Wednesday, April 2 invited to join us for Lunch at 6:30-7:40 PM Kids Bible Adv 11:30 a.m. Monday-Friday.

Club & Jr High Youth Group* For dining reservations please 7–8:30 PM Sr High Youth call 952-873-6311 three days Group** St. Joseph Catholic Church 213 South 6th Street Henderson, MN 56044 507-248-3550 Weekday Mass: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8:30 a.m.

Saturday Mass: 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Mass: 8:00 a.m.

West Union Lutheran Church 15820 Market Ave. Cologne, MN 55315 Church: 952-466-5678 westunion1@juno.com Pastor: Wolfgang Laudert Wednesday, March 26 6 p.m. Lenten Meal 7 p.m. Lenten Service 8 p.m. Choir Saturday, March 29 7:30 a.m. Men’s Group Sunday, March 30 9 a.m. Worship/Youth 10 a.m.Sunday School R: Youth Tuesday, April 1 7:30 p.m. Women of Faith Wednesday, April 2 6 p.m. Lenten Meal/Youth/ Walking Tacos 7 p.m. Lente Service 8 p.m. Choir St. Paul’s United Church of Christ 111 S. 6th Street, Henderson Pastor-Deb Meyer 507-248-3594 (Office) Wednesday, March 26 6 p.m. Lenten Supper 7 p.m. Lent Service Fri.-Sat., March 28-29 Confirmation Retreat in Mpls Sunday, March 30 10 a.m. Worship 9 a.m. Sunday School Confirmation Oratory of St. Thomas the Apostle - Jessenland Father Sam Perez 507-248-3550 Thursdays: Mass at 5 p.m.

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Rotary Pancake Breakfast to Benefit B.P. Food Shelf Sunday, March 30, the Belle Plaine Rotary Club will host a pancake breakfast to assist with ongoing mortgage payments for the food shelf building on North Meridian Street.

The benefit will be held at St.

John Lutheran Church in Belle Plaine, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The Southern Dakota-Scott County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans will provide supplemental funding for this event.

Grant to Historical Society Will Fund Conference Attendance The Scott County Historical Society received a Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage (Legacy) Scholarship Grant for $1,010 to support registration for two SCHS staffers to attend the American Association of State and Local History (AASLH) conference in St. Paul this September.

Over the past 10 years, Scott County has experienced significant changes in its demographics. It has grown considerably in population and become more ethnically diverse. Currently, the society has a strong base of support from longtime residents and is making efforts to engage its growing diversity.

By attending the American Association of State and Local History conference, SCHS staff will be in a position to increase their knowledge base and learn

strategies for developing successful partnerships and collaborations that will make the organization stronger and better able to serve its communities.

The skills learned at the conference will increase our ability to develop connections between the society and new, current and future residents and visitors. By attending the AASLH conference, SCHS staff will be exposed to a host of new ideas and best practices from colleagues at the national level.

Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage (Legacy) Grants are made possible by the Minnesota Legislature from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund created with passage of the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution in November 2008.

Ney Nature Center Holding Seventh Annual Spring Fling The Ney Nature Center is Check the club’s Web site holding its Seventh Annual -- www.neycenter.org -- for a Spring Fling Benefit Dinner & listing with photos of auction Fund-raiser April 12 at the Car- and raffle items as they become ibou Gun Club in Le Sueur. available.

The guest speaker at the ben- They will again be presenting efit is Al Batt, a writer, speaker, special awards – outstanding storyteller, humorist and birder. volunteer, outstanding friend Batt writes four weekly hu- and president’s award. The mor and nature columns for deadline for reservations is many newspapers including March 31. Contact Becky for several in our area, and does additional information – info@ a show three times per week neycenter.org -- or call 507about nature on a number of ra- 248-3474. dio stations. The Caribou Gun The Ney Nature Center is Club and its banquet hall are at located within a 446-acre Le 30649 380th Street in Le Sueur. Sueur County Park, east of The club’s staff has planned a Henderson on the bluffs of the & Landscape Professionals special menu and the commit-Lawncare Minnesota River. The park is tee is assembling lots of unique open daily to the public for hikdonations for their silent and ing, bird watching, snowshoe13 years of skiing. live auctions and raffle. ing and cross-country Satisfied InsuranceCustomers!

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This past week, I ran into an article on diabetes. Tuesday, March 25, was the American Diabetes Alert Day. It is a day set aside to encourage you to learn about diabetes and what role diabetes may play in your life. Almost everybody knows or is related to, somebody dealing with diabetes in one of its many forms. Educating yourself may have lifelong value for you.

It is time to do some reading. We can offer you books and articles in newspapers and magazines.

On the internet stations, we can send you to URL: http://www. diabetes.org/are-you-at-risk/ alert-day/ to get more information and many links to associated information. I looked over the site and found many interesting things that I had not heard before. There is even a link to “Diabetes Myths� located under the “Diabetes Basics� link. Not only is it good to have information, it is very good to have correct and up-to-date information to go by. Take some time to do some reading. Help a friend or relative to the information that you find. We will gladly help you. All you need to do is ask.

The other side of gathering this knowledge is to talk it over with a doctor. Be sure that you understand what you have read.

Be certain that you know how it pertains to you.

I want to ask everybody to take extra care in coming and going from the library. In this season of thawing and refreezing, the opportunity to rapidly develop slippery spots is quite high. The city makes a very good effort to keep things safe but it is difficult to be everywhere, all of the time. Things can change in minutes. Do your part and take your time to come and go carefully.

We want all of your travels to be good ones.

As part of Craft Month, on Friday, March 28 from 11-12:30, which is spring break from school, we are offering a “Sock Monkey� craft day. You must know how to sew by hand. This program is for kids and adults.

Sponsored by the Belle Plaine Friends of the Library. Please register for this class. Call the library 952-873-6767.

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Throughout the interim, senators traveled through their districts to speak with families and businesses about the results of the 2013 session and the current 2014 session. The meetings gave us an opportunity to hear and see what effects our decisions in Saint Paul have in our home communities. It is this relationship between legislators and constituents, and the ability to respond to concerns, which makes good government.

With these conversations in mind, I was happy to see the Senate Tax Bill that reverses the business to business taxes passed last session, and fixes the “Donut Hole� which hurt rural medium sized schools, much like those found in Senate District 20.

As of April 1, 2014, this legislation will repeal the Electronic and Commercial Equipment Repair and Maintenance (including farm equipment) Sales Tax, the Warehousing Tax and the Telecommunications Tax. The legislation will also increase the estate tax threshold from $1 million to $5 million, eliminate

the gift tax enacted l a s t year, and increase funding for and extend t h e Angel Investment Program.

For families, the bill gets rid of the marriage penalty and expands the Working Family Tax Credit to reach 16,000 new Minnesotans. The marriage penalty change will mean couples in Minnesota will save an average of $115 starting next year. This is targeted middleclass tax relief, as more than 80 percent of those eligible have an annual household income under $100,000.

Another concern this legislation fixes is the disparity in education funding. The Legislature’s 2013 Tax Bill created a “donut hole� in funding options for schools in rural Min-

nesota. This change put schools that were not quite big enough (over 2,000 students) and not quite small enough (under 296 students) at a funding disadvantage. Through language in the tax bill, every school will now be treated equally by giving all schools the option of using Location Equity Revenue, no matter how big or small they are.

The Tax Bill also increases our state reserves, or “rainy day� fund. Thankfully we have a budget surplus and continue to see positive job growth and improved business numbers. With that said, we have also seen volatile swings in the state’s economy in past years and we need to budget responsibly to prepare ourselves for future downturns in the economy.

This legislation will benefit schools, businesses and families across the state. Perhaps more importantly, this bill represents a government that listens and responds to its constituents. I will continue to have an open dialogue and I encourage anyone interested to contact my office with any legislative concern.

Legislative Update from Kelby Woodard The first committee deadline is today, and my Democrat colleagues continue to introduce a plethora of bills to increase taxes and red tape for Minnesota families and businesses. Here is a quick rundown of some of the latest developments at the Capitol.

Taxes Taxes are the hot topic in St. Paul with April 15th fast approaching for Minnesota’s taxpayers. The House passed a bill to repeal last session’s new business-to-business taxes and provide federal tax conformity.

The Senate however, continued to drag their feet on returning money to the taxpayer and simplifying returns.

Following a rare public shaming of his fellow Democrats by Governor Dayton earlier this week, the Senate passed their own tax bill in committee that included additional refunds to hardworking Minnesota taxpayers and a repeal of the three harmful B2B taxes passed last year. The Governor’s press conference and my response were reported on KSTP and can be found here.

As a reminder, our state currently enjoys a $1.2 billion surplus which my Republican colleagues and I believe should be returned to taxpayers through this tax bill.

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After increasing government spending by $6,000 for every family of four in the last session, it is past time to provide Minnesotans with true tax relief.

MNsure With another deadline fast approaching for government mandated health insurance, there are still an abundance of problems with MNsure. The IRS can charge a penalty to anyone without insurance by the March 31st deadline, and this is a serious concern as thousands of Minnesotans continue to struggle to get insured through the ineffective and bureaucratic mess that is MNsure.

The MNsure Board met last week to discuss their latest enrollment numbers and how they plan to fund themselves going forward. With numbers far below even their lowest expectations, I am concerned that premiums will rise and that MNsure will return to the legislature next year asking for more money on top of the $150 million taxpayers have already

spent to build the exchange.

Taxes on private plans are how MNsure planned to fund themselves after 2015. With the newest numbers showing only 33,680 enrollments are “in process� for commercial plans (individual and small business) as of March 8th, there is no way they can fiscally sustain themselves going forward. This is more than 80 percent below their original lowest expectations when MNsure was created.

Legislation with Local Impact Two bills I authored with Senator Dahle on behalf of constituents have been introduced in the House.

The first bill, HF 2753, increases the operating payment rate for nursing homes in Le Sueur County. This bill will rectify mistakes in disparities between urban and rural payments and provide some much needed relief for our local nursing homes.

The second bill, HF 2434, allows a few homes in Helena Township to connect to the city of New Prague sewer system.

There is no cost to the state and the township and city have both approved the arrangement.

Both HF 2753 and HF 2434 have bipartisan support, and I am hopeful they will move through quickly this session and be signed into law.

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It cost $9,866 to operate the borough that year, plus $4,000 for debt retirement. Municipal indebtedness was $23,850 plus $19,000 assessments against properties for sewer and water.

Chevrolet touring cars were priced at $495 f.o.b. factory.

The enclosed cars ranged from $640 to $795.

Reuben Millberg of East Union purchased a garage business at Brunswick, Minn.

Frank Bachmeyer, who had been mayor of Carver village for so long that he would have been lost without the job, had a narrow squeeze in the spring election. He won over A.T. Arneson 111 to 108.

120 Years Ago (1894)

John Meierbachtol and Lee Stuewe almost wrestled to two draws as neither man could get Townspeople were advertising the other arm to touch the table after two agonizing three-minute arm-wrestling bouts dur- the sale of onion sets, maple ing competitions at the Red Door Bar on March 22, 1984. Meierbachtol was finally given the sugar and maple syrup.

A.C. Carmichael, the Le Sueur judge’s nod for having come the closest to winning. photographer, rented the photo A total of 50 Belle Plaine area blocked shots a game) and Jody Peter Kleven, observed her gallery over the J.F. Kilduff residents participated in the Schmitz (8.8 points per game). 90th birthday with many rela- store and started business here.

The borough election was a March 20 Democratic Farmer- Sharon Meger got honorable tives and friends.

Labor (DFL) and Independent mention.

Quite a number from this quiet affair. William Fitzgerald Republican (I-R) party precinct The Tiger girls’ track and community were at Henderson was elected mayor, John Schlcaucuses that week to discuss field team got the 1984 season to attend the funeral of Henry iz Sr. councilman and Jacob Schmitt assessor without opissue resolutions and elect del- off to a fast start as it won five Eibs. He was 75 years old. egates for the upcoming county events at the MRC Indoor Meet It cost just $31,229 to operate position. H.B. Conlon and J.P. convention. Nineteen DFLers in Mankato to place a close the borough that year. The as- Sisterman were the winners for from the city of Belle Plaine second to powerful Norwood sessed valuation was $613,713. the justice jobs. met at the junior high school, Young America. Laurie Wolp- The population was 1,706.

It cost the borough of Belle with Tim O’Laughlin being the ern won the 400-meter dash Plaine only $1,780 to function group’s convenor. O’Laughlin and long jump, and was a memfor a year, plus $1,400 paid for 90 Years Ago was elected precinct chairman ber of the winning 1,600-meter bridge bonds. The chief source and Jim and Mary Daly were relay. Pam Farrar won the 160 (1924) of income was from saloon elected vice chairmen. There dash and tied for first in the 55 It looked like a lively borough licenses, which amounted to were nine people who attended dash. election – 11 names were on the $3,000. the city of Belle Plaine I-R cauballot. cus at the Civic Center. No one 60 Years Ago After spending the winter with attended the Blakeley DFL cautheir son in Kansas City, Dr. (1954) cus, which was to be held at the and Mrs. F.J. von Bohland rejunior high.

Robert Thurber, 52, suffered turned to Belle Plaine.

Area Separated, The Belle Plaine City Council fatal injuries while working on Mildred Engfer and Frank held a public hearing to provide a building at the Orville Kahle McDevitt, winners of this Divorce Support residents with an opportunity to farm. He was prying loose a area’s high school declamaMeeting April 1 voice their opinions about the joist and fell head-first. While tion contest, went to Austin council’s request for proposals the fall was only 8 feet, he land- to participate in the regional The next area Separated and concerning the proposed cable ed on his head on the wooden contest. Mildred ranked fifth Divorce Support Group meetTV franchise for Belle Plaine. floor. in the girls’ division and Frank ing will take place Tuesday, No one turned out for the hear- Mrs. John Stifter, member of took third among the boys. The April 1 from 7-8:30 p.m. at ing except two possible bidders the well-known Schwingler winners were from Austin and St. Wenceslaus Church (lower for the franchise. The council family of St. Lawrence, died. level), 215 East Main Street in Faribault. approved the request for pro- Mrs. Matt Langenfelf of WaNew Prague.

Mr. and Mrs. John Sharkey, posals and companies now had tertown, S.D., nee Leona NeisCome and experience good six weeks to send in proposals. en of this community, was elat- Frank and Margaret returned from California, where they support as you move through Scott County Attorney Kath- ed over the arrival of her 50th had been spending the winter. this time in your life. People of leen Morris stated that school grandchild. all faiths are welcome.

E.J. Schlingman was transteachers must make an extra Loren Blume replaced the old Call Deacon Bob at 952-758effort to listen to children in turbine pump at the Belle Plaine ferred from Fairmont back to 0463 or Mary at 952-873-6781 Belle Plaine to take over as railorder to eventually help those creamery with a new 10 h.p. for more information. who are victims of sexual submersible pump that would road section foreman.

Four local men took examiabuse. Morris and four other throw 135 gallons of water per nations for the office of Belle individuals investigating the minute.

Plaine postmaster. sexual abuse of children in Scott County spoke to approxi- William F. Griffin, native of Pat Murphy was back after mately 70 Belle Plaine teachers St. John’s parish, Sibley Coun- spending much of the winter Better Breather and administrators that Monday ty, died at his home in St. Paul. with his brother, Dennis, and morning at Belle Plaine Junior He was 75 years old. the Callahan boys at Morris- Support Group Lois Bromaghim, student town, S.D. High School.

Meetings Alverna Laabs, 52, of Belle nurse, returned from the hospi- Harry Ahlers, son of Fred AhlPlaine, was struck by a car tal in Hibbing and was intern- ers, formerly of Blakeley, was The new American Lung Asthat Thursday afternoon while ing at a St. Paul hospital. married in Minneapolis to Mil- sociation of Minnesota’s Better crossing Meridian Street at Ten filed for borough offices. dred Thompson.

Breathers Club Support Group the main intersection of down- Three of our present officials Local baseball fans met and at St. Francis Regional Medical town. She was taken to Queen were back on the ballot with voted for an all hometown tal- Center meets the first Tuesday of Peace Hospital, where she no opposition – Clarence Petter ent team for the coming season. of each month from 1-2:30 p.m. remained for four days suffer- for mayor, R.J. Effertz for trea- F.J. Connolly was named presi- It’s held in the St. Francis Coning from a blow to the back of surer and Emil C. Karnitz for dent of the organization, F.J. ference Area. her head and hip injuries. She assessor. Justice Phil Hartman Keup manager and Clyde Bris- The Better Breathers Club is a had been shopping at Elsie’s also filed again, but he had as tol assistant manager. A com- support group for people with Klothes Patch just before the an opponent Frances Schuman. mittee was named to promote chronic lung disease and their Seeking two council vacancies accident. organization of a league. families, friends and support Mrs. Henry (Lorraine) Nagel, were Matt Gansen, Reinhard The 4-year-old son of Mr. persons.

Schlueter, Edwin Bahr, August 66, of rural Belle Plaine, passed and Mrs. Emil Freter died and The purpose of the club is to away March 27 at Fairview F. Kahle and Clyde Bristol. the funeral was held from St. offer patient-centered, commuSouthdale Hospital, Edina. Mrs. Mrs. Mayme Emma Otto, nee John’s Lutheran Church. nity-based educational opporNagel was born Dec. 3, 1917 Langele, a lifetime resident of The final day of March brought tunities and support to persons the Belle Plaine community, to Edward Helget and Theresa the heaviest snowfall in years. with chronic lung disease - esNiedecker at Sleepy Eye. She passed away unexpectedly at Train service was curtailed for pecially COPD but also asthma, married Henry Nagel on April the Gaylord hospital. She was hours and there was no motor idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis 13, 1935 at Le Sueur and lived 65 years old. travel for days. When coun- (IPF), lung cancer and other they on their Blakeley Town- Mrs. Valentine Lenz, sister of try folks were able to come to chronic lung diseases.

Math Pint Sr., and daughter of ship farm. town, they came with horse and For more information, call Belle Plaine’s Kevin Wolpern, the late Mr. and Mrs. John Pint, bobsled.

952-428-2377. a senior forward, was named to died at her home in Ellsworth. the All-Minnesota River Con- Pvt. Kenneth L. Anderson was ference boys’ basketball team reported to be in an Army hosafter averaging 17 points and pital at Ft. Hood, Texas, follownine rebounds per game that ing a head-on collision. He sufseason. Teammate Bill Fogarty fered a broken arm and severe cuts and bruises. received honorable mention.

Three members of the MRC Tommy O’Connell, son of Mr. champion BPHS girls’ bas- and Mrs. Jack O’Connell, was ketball team were named all- home from the hospital, where conference. Included were he had been under treatment for Sandi Schmidt (14 points and polio.

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The goal of the RS Fiber Cooperative is to connect every home and business in the project area to a future proof fiber optic network.

When the fiber network is constructed there will be new opportunities for our children to learn, our senior citizens to live in their homes longer, our businesses to reach out to customers, our farmers to innovate and our governments to provide more efficient services to their constituents. And that’s with the software applications we have today. Tomorrow’s innovation promises even greater benefit, but only if your home or business is connected to a fiber optic network.

Unfortunately the RS Fiber Cooperative network cannot be built without a certain element of risk. But if we want to change our lives for the better we need to be willing to “have some skin in the game.�

The 10 cities in the project area (Brownton, Buffalo Lake, Fairfax, Gaylord, Gibbon, Green Isle, Lafayette, New Auburn, Stewart and Winthrop) have asked the boards of supervisors of 21 townships in the project area (17 in Sibley County and four in Renville County) to partner with them and provide a $15 million economic development loan to the RS Fiber Cooperative to help them attract additional financing to build and operate the fiber network.

There is risk in the project but, in my opinion, that risk is not just small, it is miniscule when compared to the tremendous benefit the fiber network can bring to our area.

I would ask all of you to take a few moments and learn more about the RS Fiber Cooperative project. Go to the Web site at www.rsfiber.coop for more information or to submit a pledge card. Or check us out on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ rsfiber.

Attend one of the public meetings about the project. Ask questions. State your opinions.

Whether you are for or against the project, you should be part of the conversation.

I have a saying on a wall in my office that I look at every day.

It says that change cannot be made without inconvenience, even when that change is from worse to better.

We have an opportunity to make our lives, and the lives of our children and grandchildren, better but it can’t happen without the inconvenience of putting ourselves at some degree of risk.

Respectfully, Mark Erickson

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St. Thomas Easter Sunday morning at 9 a.m. is the next scheduled mass at St. Thomas with Father James Burns.

Masses are scheduled at St. Anne’s in Le Sueur with Father George Grafsky officiating at 5:15 p.m. on Saturdays, and 8 and 10:30 a.m. on Sundays with Father George Grafsky officiating. At St. Anne’s, Sunday, March 30, the 10:30 a.m. mass is for Travis Reak, to commemorate his 25th birthday.

Mass was held at St. Thomas on March 23, with Father Burns officiating and Marvin Halloran serving. The Liturgy was read by Jim Oak. The sermon was on “The Greatest Love There Is�. Gifts were taken up by Kevin Halloran, James, Barb and Andy Oak. Assisting Father as Eucharistic Ministers were Debbie O’Connell and Jim Walker. Mary Schwartz accompanied the St. Thomas Choir.

Many went from 9 a.m. mass at St. Thomas to the 7th Annual Roman Barten Memorial Breakfast at the New Prague KC Hall, where proceeds from the event went to Braden Flicek, a brave, 7 year-old lad, whose smile melts hearts. He’s having a tough time lately, and he likes John Deere tractors! This writer was 7 yearsold when she learned how to drive a 1941 B John Deere in 1956. Still a favorite. Braden is a nephew of Brandon and Gina O’Connell and Garin O’Connell’s first cousin.

Guests at the Kenny and Debbie O’Connell home this weekend were Matt and Carla Stafford of Buffalo, Minnesota.

Annie’s folks.

Paisley Birdsell was born March 15 to Jason and Hillary Engel Birdsell of Montgomery in Northfield. Grandparents are Jim and Cindy Turek, and proud great-grandparents are Tom and Rita Thornton of Montgomery.

St. Thomas folks are on the

go. Our choir director Marie Retka is on a cruise with her family. “Doc�, Pat O’Connell, has returned home after visiting his Mom, Sharon, in Mesa Arizona and his sisters, Shannon and Debra in Fountain Hills, about 35 minutes away. He spent St. Patrick’s Day with friends at O’Sullivan’s in the Rustler’s Roast. Doc found the huge and fast slide there quite amusing and entertaining. Rita was not home alone, she enjoyed spending time with Roger and Eileen Reak at Stone Lake, Wisconsin.

Tommy Shaughnessy now resides at Kingsway in Belle Plaine.

Mary Jean Halloran flew to Panama City Beach and enjoyed an 8 day stay with her sister, Judy Gliczinski, before accompaning on the drive home, touring plantations and other sites along the way. Jim enjoyed being home.

Bruce and Cathy Halloran, Marge Cemenski, and Vangie Burns were among crowd at the Mall in Le Sueur for the Retail Business Expo, Friday evening.

Rosemary Burns, Norma May, John and Martha May, Bruce and Betty Olson, Pat and Kay Burns joined other family members at the fish fry at St. Anne’s School in Le Sueur, Friday evening. Kevin, Maria, Bruce and Cathy Halloran also enjoyed the tasty meal and friendly folks.

Anna Burns, Roman and Marie Stumpf’s granddaughter, was recently crowned Miss St Patrick of the Irish American Club of Southern Minnesota Britta Rudeen, a niece of Alice Retka’s, and Britta’s friend Libby Hauser, back from spring break, were first timers at the Eyeball this last Wednesday.

St. Thomas Sportsmen gathered for cards, dice games and chatter at Andy Oak’s shed, Saturday night. Jim and Mary Jean Halloran, Todd and Peggy Sullivan, Davie Connelly, John and Diane Tye, Marc Tye and

his fiancÊ, Brett and Tammy Simon, Kenny and Debbie O’Connell, James, Andy and Barb Oak, Chuck, Jason, Jerry and Catherine Retka, Bill Meger, and Doug and Sarah Pfarr were among the partiers.

They quit after Barb took all their money. “Poor sports� laughed Barb. Potluck lunch was served and a good time was had by all.

Jim and Mary Walker spent Saturday afternoon celebrating their adorable granddaughter, Julia Anderson’s 1st birthday, daughter of Matt and Lindsay Hansen Anderson, and granddaughter of Matt and Ann Walker Hansen. On Sunday, they attended Mass at St. Thomas. Following mass, Mary attended the dinner for Most Holy Redeemer’s Stuebenville’s mission trip. The tables were decorated by different ladies and everyone of the tables were beautifully done up. There was also many great raffle prizes and entertainment.

Fantastic afternoon. Mary recomends everyone wanting a wonderful time to plan on going next March. Between Jim and Mary’s families they are celebrating 10 birthdays this month between children and grandchildren.

Sam and Becky Eustis Boelter are the proud parents of Rilynn Jean Boelter, born March 20, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. She weighed 9 pounds, 4 ounces is 21 inches long, has red hair, and her Daddy’s eyes. Paternal grandparents are Tim and Mary Jo Burns Boelter and greatgrandmothers are Vangie Burns and Mary Alice Boelter.

Thank you to Margaret Pexa, “Margie� of New Prague, who sent a picture of Joe Pexa, Sr and this writer dancing at Dale Pexa’s final barn dance, a few years ago.

Greetings to St. Thomas News readers, Marge Mathias Antony, a wonderful lady, greetings to Genevieve and Carl, dancer partners at Brewsters in Veseli on Sunday, happy, friendly folks.

Have a great week, folks.

Union Hill

Birth Announcement Justin and Tanya (Marschall) Graber of Belle Plaine are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Katum Louise Graber, who was born on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 1:45 a.m. at St. Francis Medical Center in Shakopee. She weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and was 20 3/4 inches long. Proud grandparents are Rick and Michelle Marschall and Betsy Graber, all of Shakopee. Great-grandparents are Lolly Marschall of Shakopee and Bette Vojacek of Hibbing. Katum was welcomed home by her proud big sister, Kinley Ann.

St. John’s Catholic Church St. Scholastica Church Father John Berger, Deacon Bob Wagner and Father Kevin Clinton Saturday Mass at 8:15 p.m. at St. John’s Servers: Joseph & Trenton Huebl Sunday Mass, 8 a.m. at St. Scholastica Servers: Jeremy Buszmann and Joe Schoenecker 10 a.m. at St. John’s Servers: The Solheid sisters: Alexis, Kaylynn, Danielle and Brenna Stations of the Cross here at St. John’s Wednesday 6:30 p.m. ***** We pray and wish for Father Kevin Clinton a full recovery as he undergoes treatments for his illness.

Many of the ‘Kmart family and friends Camping Group’ attended the wake and funeral of Mickenzy Rae Segler

100 East Main St., Belle Plaine, MN 56011

this past weekend in Jordan.

Mickenzy was tragically killed in a car accident last week.

Her parents, grandparents, and aunt and uncle are all friends of the close-knit camping group. Mickenzy was a senior at Jordan High School and was very active in school and in the community. Mickenzy was a donor and with her generosity she helped 60 people with her gift of life. Our sympathies to the families of Mickenzy Rae. Humor Corner: A husband took his wife dancing. They saw a man on the dance floor living it up - breakdancing, moonwalking, the works. “See that guy?� the wife asked, “He proposed to me 25 years ago, but I turned him down.� The husband replied, “looks like he’s still celebrating.�

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Rep. Michael Beard of Shakopee Says He’s Served Long Enough A veteran Scott County state lawmaker recently announced he would not seek re-election in the fall.

Rep. Michael Beard, R-Shakopee, has represented Shakopee since 2002. He is the lead Republican on the House Energy Policy, Transportation Policy and Ways and Means committees. “My service would not have

been at all possible without the faithful and sacrificial support of my wife, Karen. She put her life on hold so that I could represent the needs and priorities of our district. Now it’s my turn to return the favor so she can fulfill her highest calling— to be an amazing grandma to a bunch of wonderful grandkids,� he said in a prepared statement.

Two years ago, Beard contem-

plated stepping aside but decided to see re-election because Sen. Claire Robling, R-Jordan, had just announced she would not run again. Beard didn’t want Shakopee to be without veteran leadership in the legislature.

Jay Whiting a DFLer and former city councilor, recently won endorsement to seek Beard’s spot in the House of Representative.

Former B.P. City Administrator Gets Extension in Mayer Former Belle Plaine City Administrator Luayn Murphy was recently granted a three-year extension to her contract as Mayer’s city administrator.

But the council’s March 17 decision to extend Murphy’s employment in the Carver County city wasn’t as easy as Murphy and her supporters had hoped. Her current contract runs through May 9, 2014.

A week earlier, a vote to extend Murphy’s contract failed by a 2-2 vote after a councilor said there were residents who had complaints about how Murphy did her job, the Waconia Patriot recently reported.

But after the council’s personnel committee met and recommended approval, the full council voted 4-1 in favor of a three-year extension for Mur-

phy.

Councilor Tice McPaddenStieve described Murphy as “completely professional� while Mayor acknowledged that Murphy is overworked.

Murphy has served as Mayer’s city administrator since August of 2004. She was Belle Plaine’s city administrator from January of 2002 through September of 2003.

Carver County Eyeing Small Bridge Projects in B.P. Area This Summer Carver County is planning two small bridge projects in the Belle Plaine area this summer.

The first bridge project is over Carver Creek along County Road 43 in Dahlgren Township north of the city of Carver. The project needs to be done by July 4 so County Road 43 can serve

as a detour for County Road 40 during the second bridge project later in the summer.

The second project is will replace a bridge on County Road 40 over Bevens Creek in San Francisco Township. It will begin after July 4 and be complet-

ed in time for the fall harvest, said Lyndon Robjent, Carver County engineer.

The County Road 40 project relies on state bonding money, funding that won’t be available without legislative approval, Robjent said.

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Le Sueur County Fair Eyeing Monster Trucks, Saturday, March 29 New Attractions in 2014 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

A monster truck show featuring two or three trucks the first year and possibly more in years to come is one of the new attractions the Le Sueur County Fair Board and Le Center City Council are considering as tools to attract more visitors.

Nancy Stauff, a member of the county fair board, recently reported to the city council new events are being considered for the fair’s four-day run this summer (Aug.14-17). If $2,000 can be raised, two or three trucks could perform, possibly after the demolition derby, the Le Center Leader recently reported. If successful, additional monster trucks could be invited.

Councilors seemed supportive of the proposal.

The fair board is also asking

Belle Plaine Sportsman’s Club Raffle Winners Gary Botzek $100 ––––––––––––––– Wanda Overline $75 ––––––––––––––– Irene Plonski $50 ––––––––––––––– Justin Koepp $25 ––––––––––––––– Ray Sutherland $25 ––––––––––––––– Rick Suihel $10 ––––––––––––––– Charlotte Sandeen $10

for additional space on the ball field’s outfield to expand displays. Last year’s display on Native American artifacts was popular, Stauff told the council.

The board is also considering a classic car show as an additional attraction at the fair.

St. Scholastica Church, Heidelberg • Hand made crafts • Home baked goods •Home based businesses • Raffle • Lunch

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Sun., March 30, 2014 • 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

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Adults $8.00 Children 10 & under $5.00 Pre-School & under FREE

Proceeds will go to sponsor Dollars for Scholars and other American Legion Programs

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Nelson Ladd • Community Services Director 130 S. Willow St., Belle Plaine • www.belleplaine.k12.mn.us Office Hours: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Phone 873-2411 Pre-registration is needed for all programs and activities team are asked to attend this meeting.

Tuesday, April 1 Baseball - 7:00 pm Thursday, April 3 Softball - 7:00 pm High School Room 207 Discussion items will include: Determination of team numbers, season schedule, playoff schedule, rules review and establish dates for team selection and equipment handout, etc For further information please call Community Services at 952873-2411 LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL Little League Softball is the first formal softball program for girls 9-12 (grades 3-6) years old. The 3rd & 4th grade league uses both players and coaches as pitchers and the 5th & 6th grade uses just player pitchers. The player-pitchers are introduced to softball pitching fundamentals. Little League Softball attempts to continue the development of softball players, continuing the basic structure and the skills needed to enjoy success. The emphasis is on fun rather than competition in this program. Both divisions will do some local traveling. Parents are responsible for child’s transportation. Coaches are volunteer parents. DATE: Mondays & Wednesdays, May-July TIME: 6:30 pm GRADES: 3-6 LOCATION: 3rd & 4th - Oak Crest Fields 5th & 6th - Meadow Park COST: $60.00 DEADLINE: April 12 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL Little League Baseball is designed to continue the development of young baseball players. The 3rd & 4th grade league uses pitching machines and the 5th & 6th grade league uses players as pitchers. Although advanced skills and strategies will be introduced, the primary focus is still to have fun. All players are requested to wear gray pants. Most sporting goods stores carry these. Coaches are volunteer parents.

The older division will do some local traveling. Parents are responsible for child’s transportation.DATE: Tuesdays & Thursdays, May-July TIME: 6:30 pm GRADES: 3-6 LOCATION: Chatfield Rec Fields COST: $60.00 DEADLINE: April 12 T-BALL & SQUIRTS T-ball is a low-organized game designed for youth skill development. Learn the basic fundamentals of baseball/softball.

In this program the emphasis is on fun rather than competition. In Squirts, the basic structure of the game will be introduced as well as the skill of hitting a coach pitched ball. We will have 1-2 coach meetings prior to the start of the program and coaching resources will be provided. Coaches are volunteer parents. WILL NOT MEET JULY 2nd AND 3rd T-BALL AGE: 5-6 year old Boys and Girls DATES: Tues & Thurs, June 10-July 17 TIME: 6:30-7:30 pm LOCATION: Oak Crest Rec Fields COST: $35.00 DEADLINE: May 9 SQUIRTS AGE: 7-8 year old Boys and Girls DATES: Mon & Wed, June 9-July 16 TIME: 6:30-8:00 pm LOCATION: Chatfield Rec Fields COST: $35.00 DEADLINE: May 9 AWESOME ART CAMP Come celebrate spring with an explosion of color. In this fun camp

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YOGA Kids YogaKids classes help kids connect mind and body to experience a natural state of fitness, fun and feeling great.

Each YogaKids class is comprehensive, age appropriate, theme-based, and integrates movements, poses, music, and non-competitive games in the unique YogaKids method. Classes close with guided visualization and deep relaxation, leaving kids calm and centered. SESSION 3: Wednesdays, March 5-19 SESSION 4: Wednesdays, April 2-23 SESSION 5: Wednesdays, May 7-28 GRADES/TIME: Age 4 2nd Grade 6:00-6:45 pm 3rd Grade6th Grade 7:00-7:45 pm LOCATION: Oak Crest Gym INSTRUCTOR: Laura Nelson COST: $32.00 per session ($24.00 for Session 3) Belle Plaine Community Spring Youth Fair Learn how your child can get involved in sports, arts and other after-school/ summer activities. Belle Plaine High School April 12, 2014 9am-12noon Sr. Citizens Card Club Meets at Cardinal Ridge Wednesdays from 1-3 p.m. to play Euchre & 500.

Treats follow. Join & have a great time.

Contact Margaret Lawson (952) 8732239.

TAE KWON DO This is the Korean martial art of Tae Kwon Do. Students will learn self defense, self control, history, sparring and techniques needed to test in the beginning level of Tae Kwon Do. Advanced students will continue on at their own pace. Students attending class in BP are also welcome to train at other Kroells Karate Club locations at no additional cost. SESSION 2: Wednesdays, Feb. 19-April 2 (No Class March 26) SESSION 3: Wednesdays, April 9-May 14 TIME: 6:30–7:30 pm AGES: 5 years old and up LOCATION: Chatfield Elem. Activity Room COST: $36.00/session INSTRUCTOR: Linda Kroells ZUMBA!! AEROBICS Zumba, it’s the hottest aerobic fitness craze, that’s all about dancing, partystyle, to exhilarating music. A Zumba class is a full hour of continuous dancing to Latin and international socialdance music. It provides a high level of aerobic exercise and is structured according to the same principles as interval training, alternating between fast and slow musical selections. But unlike most fitness classes, Zumba involves virtually no talking. You’re having so much fun dancing around that you don’t realize you’re exercising.

Come join the party. SESSION 2: Mondays, Feb. 24-March 31 SESSION 3: Mondays, April 14-May 19 TIME: 6:30-7:30 pm LOCATION: Oak Crest, Gym INSTRUCTOR: Kris Ann Kraus COST: $35.00 per session Little League Baseball & Softball Coaches Organizational Meeting All parents interested in coaching their sons or daughters (grades 3-6)

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we’ll try everything from sculpting cute birds in their nest to using chalk pastels to draw a fun fox. We’ll even make a colorful duct tape bag to carry your stuff! We’ll have a blast creating lots of awesome art. For more info on Abrakadoodle, the leader in children’s art programming, go to www. abrakadoodle.com. GRADES: K-5 DATE: Wednesdays, April 16–May 7 TIME: 3:15-4:15 pm LOCATION: Chatfield, PS Room 1 INSTRUCTOR: Abrakadoodle Staff COST: $50.00 CLAY SLAB HOUSE (Back by popular demand!)

Using our slab roller and a milk carton, students will learn to create a house out of clay. Use your imagination to add extra details to your house. Then add the finishing touches by adding color using a variety of glazes. If you have taken this class before you are welcome to design your own blueprints for your house. GRADES: 3 - 6 DATES: April 7, 8, 9 & 14 TIME: 3:15-4:30 pm LOCATION: Oak Crest Elem, Art Room INSTRUCTOR: Robin Banks COST: $30.00 LEGO X: ENGINETICS CHALLENGE Build a unique racer, a winch and ramp system and balance beam. Then use what you’ve learned to design and build your own catapult, merrygo-round and more. Students will build multiple projects, connect them to an engine and use their projects to investigate basic engineering concepts.

This is an all new curriculum that will thoroughly challenge beginners and experienced LEGO builders. Please visit Youth Enrichment League.com for more information. GRADES: 1-5 DATE: Thursdays, April 3-24 TIME: 3:15-4:15 pm LOCATION: Chatfield Elem Computer Lab INSTRUCTOR: Youth Enrich- ment League COST: $34.00 YOUTH SOCCER PROGRAM The Youth Soccer Program is for boys and girls in Kindergarten (8U) - 4th grade. Children will learn the fundamentals of dribbling, passing, receiving and scoring. Emphasis on teamwork & fundamentals. This 4 week program will consist of a weekday practice for the K-2 program along with Saturday games. Practice and games will be held on Saturday mornings only for 3rd and 4th graders (10U). ADULT VOLUNTEER COACHES NEEDED DATES: 8U: Thursdays, May 1-2 8U/10U: Saturdays, May 3 - 31 (No Program May 15 & 24) TIMES: 8U: Thursdays 6:30-7:30 pm * K: Saturdays 9-10 am * 1st: Sturdays 10-11 am * 2nd: Saturdays 11-12 noon 10U Girls: Saturdays 9-10:30 am 10U Boys: Saturdays 10:30-12 noon LOCATION: Athletic Complex, Football Practice Field COST: $30.00 (includes t-shirt)

K-6 School Menu

Parents Welcome Everyday

LUNCH

Wednesday, March 26 through Friday, March 28 Spring Break - No School Monday, March 31 Mac-n-Cheese, Deli Sandwich OR: Chicken Nuggets, Mac-n-Cheese, Peas, Baby Carrots, Green Pepper Strips, Fresh Fruit, Canned Fruit

Graduating from the University of St. Thomas from Belle Plaine were Robert M. Schmitt, BSEE, Electrical Engineering, and Sibel S. Dikmen, BS, Neuroscience.

Making the Dean’s List from Belle Plaine at the University of Minnesota Duluth is Jennifer Bauer, SO, Education and Human Service Pro, Integr Elem and Spec Ed.

American Legion Auxiliary News

by Diane Otto, Unit #144 Secretary The Belle Plaine American Legion Auxiliary met on March 13.

The scholarship applications and the Americanism Essays have been sent to the Department of Minnesota.

Our annual spring brunch will be Sunday, March 30 at the Belle Plaine Vets Club. We will be serving from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

This is open to the public. The proceeds are used to benefit veterans programs and also to fund the two scholarships that we sponsor through Dollars for Scholars.

Our next meeting is Thursday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m. Lunch hostesses for April are Marlys Koepp, Mary Sons, Eileen Otto, Carol Schultz and Laurie Behnke. Hope to see you there!

Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Group Meets April 1 Beyond the Yellow Ribbon South of the River will meet on Tuesday, April 1 in the lower level of the Prior Lake VFW Club from 7-8:15 p.m.

All meetings are open to the public and we welcome your participation as well as ability to volunteer. The mission of the group is to support all service members – active, inactive and retired.

For more information, call 952440-5011 or visit www.btyrsouthoftheriver.org.

Scholarship Deadline April 5 Beyond the Yellow Ribbon South of the River is awarding two $500 scholarships to two deserving individuals, one a graduating high school senior and one a returning student residing in Scott County.

The applicant must be a dependent of a member of the military (active, reserve, retired), or an individual who is currently serving, or is a former service member, or has a delayed enlistment and resides in Scott County. The application form and information can be found at www.btyrsouthoftheriver.org.

Jordan Schools May Join 1-to-1 Tech. Movement Count the Jordan School District as being among the growing number of school districts to stick its toe in the waters of providing a computer to each of its students.

The school district sees a day when each student has a district-supplied iPad or Chromebook. The school board recently OK’d spending $52,000 this spring on a pilot program to give teachers interested in expanding their use of technology – four teachers in each building, the so-called early adopters selected through by application – to test out iPads and Chromebooks in their classrooms.

The district’s plan is that the early adopters will be proficient with the devices that they can train their colleagues on ways to incorporate into daily les-

sons, the Jordan Independent recently reported. That training will help the school decide which device, if any, is best suited for Jordan classrooms.

Carol Lagergren, the curriculum director the Jordan School District shares with the Belle Plaine School District, said the ideal scenario is that the devices will ultimately help students become better critical thinkers rather than simply helping them improve test scores.

Next year, the district will give all the remaining teachers iPads and Chromebooks, a $126,500 technology investment. The school board would likely make a decision on where to go with a 1-to-1 technology investment at the end of the 2014-15 school year.

By Dr. Kelly Smith

As the Minnesota Legislature begins the home stretch of the 2014 session, I thought it might be appropriate to provide an update on key legislative bills that will directly impact public schools in Minnesota and the Belle Plaine Schools in particular.

With approximately one month remaining in the session before a desired adjournment prior to the Easter holiday, here are the updates on some key legislative issues: Anti-Bullying Bill: The Anti-Bullying Bill has had a great deal of media coverage this session as the opposing sides have both argued passionately for what they believe the bill should be and what they believe the bill can provide to Minnesota school children. The bill has undergone significant revision from its original format and is now set for passage by both bodies and for signature by the Governor. The definition of bullying was modified to present a more stringent and defensible definition to guide all schools when dealing with this issue. Another significant change in the bill is that the Commissioner of Education may no longer penalize school districts financially by withholding state aid. I believe that the changes to this bill have helped strengthen the bill and have provided clearer guidance to all school districts. It is expected that this bill will pass this session.

School Facilities & Financing: In an earlier column I wrote about the need to address equalization for debt service in a similar manner to equalization for operating levies. Equalization provides state aid to districts with less property wealth in order to better balance the financial burden required by property taxpayers when paying for school facility projects regardless of which district you may be in. At this time, it does not appear that additional changes will be made to assist in the area of debt service equalization, but the arguments have been made for the need for this funding and this issue will be brought up once again in the 2015 legislative session. Debt service equalization reform will be a very important piece of legislation to communities such as Belle Plaine that do not have a great deal of commercial property available to aid in the payment of school facility debt service.

Omnibus Supplemental Budget Bills – Since this is an “off year” for funding for schools, there is normally not a great amount of expectation for additional funding for school districts to come out of the session. However, this year both the House and the Senate will have Omnibus Supplemental Budget Bills with spending targets ranging from $75 million in the House to approximately $50 million in the Senate. While no clear picture of what this funding will be for, it is evident that some funding will go to make all reduced price meals in the State to be free. There is further discussion about the possibility of additional funding for early learning scholarships, an increase in English Language Learners formula and additional funding for telecommunications access. The House and the Senate are both expected to announce their proposals this week and then we will see what can be agreed upon in conference committee between the two bodies.

As always, if you have any questions about school matters, please feel free to call me at 873-2400, contact me via email at ksmith@belleplaine.k12.mn.us, via Twitter @BPTiger716 or check our website at www.belleplaine.k12.mn.us. Go Tigers!

After Shakopee Schools Voters Say No, Work Begins on Plan B If Shakopee’s $89 million bond referendum failed, which it did March 11, the school district indicated it would be back again in the general election with a similar request. The district is now formulating Plan B to avoid a repeat in November.

The need for Plan B is based on a failed referendum headlined by a $78 million second high school.

The district is assembling a school board-approved 60-person “Guiding Coalition Team”

to create a proposal the district and students want and voters will approve, the Shakopee Valley News recently reported.

Superintendent Rod Thompson wants opponents and supporters of the failed referendum on the team. He wants the committee to collect and vet a wide spectrum of possible solutions to a looming enrollment tidal wave expected to overwhelm the senior high school the district opened in 2007.

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Wagner Weighing Sales Tax Hike Le Sueur Looking for Help to Help Pay For B.P. Overpass Increasing City Housing Starts (continued from page 1) is not expecting to take a vote on the proposed ½-cent local option sales tax.

Commissioners are considering the proposed tax as another potential source of revenue that will remain here. Funding for road projects in the county, like Belle Plaine’s proposed overpass of Highway 169 just south of County Road 3 (Meridian Street), hasn’t been able to keep pace with demand. Wagner has campaigned for re-election claiming he will support funding for an overpass.

The latest funding plan uses county, city and some state money to complete a project worth around $4.5 million.

With funding, the project could be completed by 2016.

“I’m sorry, but there isn’t enough money available through the (property tax) levy and we haven’t been able to get it through the state,” Wagner said. “If we want projects done, we’ll have to come up with another way to get the money.”

Non-residents Will Pay, Too

One of the biggest arguments in favor of the proposed tax is that it will also be paid by people coming into Scott County and doing business at the entertainment venues. The local-option tax is expected to generate about $6 million annually, said Gary Shelton, Scott County’s administrator.

Several years ago, the county discussed a proposed ticket tax with the owners of the county’s entertainment venues as a vehicle to fund road project. The proposal was never enacted.

“We have all these people who come into our county for our entertainment. Shouldn’t some of them help pay for our roads?” Commissioner David Menden of Shakopee said earlier this month.

Besides a disdain for tax hikes and the political damage they can do to a candidate for reelection, Wagner is concerned the bulk of the money will go toward projects in the county’s

larger cities -- Shakopee, Savage or Prior Lake. A list of possible projects revenue from the proposed local-option tax could fund contains a bevy of work in the county’s three most populated cities.

The proposal is for the ½-cent sales tax increase to be targeted at specific projects. When the revenue to pay for the project is raised, the tax goes away or shifted to another project.

“Oddly enough, people have a hard time believing that. They think (temporary) taxes never seem to go away,” Wagner said.

Another concern is how the projects the proposed ½-cent will fund will be scheduled.

Wagner wants the projects identified and committed to before a final vote on the tax is taken. “Nobody likes tax increases, no matter how small,” he said. “If we’re going to be sticking our political necks out, I think that’s fair.”

The list of possible projects includes $750,000 for the County Road 3 overpass of Highway 169 in Belle Plaine. Wagner is concerned the county appears to have replaced the $750,000 it previously budgeted for the overpass with proceeds from a possible sales tax hike. He expects the final list will have something all the commissioners can use as justification to voters for supporting a tax increase.

The proposed projects might include roundabouts at the junctions of Highway 13 and County Road 8, county roads 8 and 91, county roads 2 and 15, County Road 27 and Connelly Parkway in Savage and pavement rehabilitation projects on county roads 78, 27 and 2.

Other projects the additional revenue could fund include an interchange at the junction of county roads 212 and 87, reconstruction of the intersection of County Road 10 and Xeon Avenue, reconstruction of the intersection of county roads 14 and 69, an interchange at the intersection of Highway 169 and County Road 78/Highway

What’s Happening

• Belle Plaine Run Club, an informal running club for participants who desire to run, socialize, and motivate. For more information and times, call (952) 486-1903.

• School Board Meetings at Junior High Library ~ 2nd Monday of each month: meetings are scheduled as a work session; 4th Monday of each month: Regular business meetings for the board, Finance starts at 5:30 p.m. and regular at 6 p.m. For more information or if a holiday interferes, call (952) 873-2400 or go online at www.belleplaine.k12.mn.us • Southern Valley Alliance for Battered Women now has free on-site childcare available during weekly evening and daytime women's support groups.

If you or someone you know is or has been a victim of domestic violence, please call SVA at (952) 873-4214 for more information regarding the times and locations of the groups.

• Senior Citizens Meet Wednesdays & Fridays Cards are played at 1 p.m. at Cardinal Ridge Apts.

Mondays: Mom's/Women's Prayer Group: Meeting from 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Call Amy for details and location (952) 484-9100.

Tuesdays: Wednesdays: BP Rotary at 12 noon at Kingway Retirement Living (Ratzkeller Room) Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Sundays: AA Closed Meetings on Wednesday and Friday at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 7 p.m. Also, NA Meeting open on Tuesday at 7 p.m. and Al Anon Wednesday nights 8 p.m.

Thursdays: Belle Plaine Knitting Group meets at Kingsway Living Center from 6-7:30 p.m. in the Fireside Room or in the Art Gallery. Open to all ages and skill levels. Knitters and crocheters welcome.

Sundays: BINGO at the Vet's Club. Starting at 7:30 p.m. Public welcome.

1st and 3rd Wednesday of each Month: Support Groups for Families meet at the Valley Green Workforce Center in Shakopee at 6:30 p.m. and is for families who have a relative with a mental illness. The group is led by trained facilitators who also have a familyThe member with mental illness. The support groups help families develop better coping skills and find strength Minnesota through sharing experiences. For information, call (952) 890-1669.

1st Tuesday of the Month: Belle Plaine Lions/Board of Directors meet at Borough Bowl in Belle Plaine, at 6:30 p.m.

• Area Separated & Divorce Support Group from 7-8:30 p.m. at St. Wenceslaus Church, lower level, in New Prague. Call Deacon Bob Wagner (952) 758-0463 or Mary (952) 873-6781 for more information.

1st and 3rd Tuesday of each Month: Area Separated and Divorce Support Group meets at St. Wenceslaus Church, lower Display Adlevel, New Prague 7-8:30 p.m. Call Mary (952) 873-6781 for more information.

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41. Another possible project includes reconstruction of the intersection of county roads 8 and 23.

Funds could also be used for transit express service.

CTIB

Fueling the county’s consideration of a local-option sales tax is a state transportation bill that, if approved and signed into law, would require Scott and Carver counties join the Counties Transit Improvement Board (CTIB), a board that already includes metro area counties and an existing ¼ cent sales tax for transit.

If the bill becomes law, Scott and Carver counties would become CTIB members and require businesses to charge an additional 1 cent sales tax for CTIB. The counties are concerned they won’t receive an equal share of the tax money back in transit services.

Scott County, Wagner said, wants to keep more money for transportation projects in the county.

If the state transportation bill passes, Scott County commissioners could still enact the additional tax until the transportation bill is effective, Shelton said earlier this month.

Agency (MHFA) for assistance promoting Le Sueur as a destination for potential homeowners. The agency bills itself as being interested in helping communities grow through connections to schools, social networks, affordable housing, and healthy places.

EDA Commissioner Ruth Vortherms asked if tax-increment financing could be used as a tool to spur residential development by lowering the price of new housing. Spinler, who also served on the EDA, believes the cost of housing is not a primary issue.

units in the four-year span.

Le Sueur County recently approached the city’s EDA asking if it would be interested in purchasing 29 tax-forfeited properties in Cedar Ridge Trail subdivision. The county held an auction on the forfeited lots Dec. 30. It received no bids.

Le Sueur City Councilor Joe Spinler said the city should look in the mirror to figure out why housing in Le Sueur has remained stagnant the past decade and why it is growing in neighboring communities.

The EDA may look to the Minnesota Housing Finance

New Prague Eyes Former Armory for City’s Rec. Needs

The New Prague City Council recently began addressing the city’s recreational facilities needs by directing city staff to begin work on the former armory building.

The council also discussed the state of the city’s municipal pool and Memorial Park baseball field. Both are under consideration for improvements.

The council directed staff to begin discussions with the federal government on regaining con-

1995. City staff reports the armory itself is in poor condition.

The last group to use it was a choir, but it opted against renewing its use agreement several years ago.

Planning Director Ken Ondich said the land is something to look at with a pool-planning firm. The council had previously discussed a water park if the city council opted against a major investment in renovations to the municipal pool.

trol of the armory and 2.7 acres on which it rests along South Lexington Avenue.

The city and federal government entered a 99-year lease for the property in 1958. The federal government told the city it would have to have state lawmakers pass enabling legislation to regain possession of the land, the New Prague Times recently reported.

The last price the city received for the land was $143,000 in

Fire Destroys SCHS Summer Internships Buildings, The Scott County Historical torical Society, 235 Fuller St. Society is seeking energetic South, Shakopee, MN 55379.

Kills Livestock interns for summer 2014 to Or e-mail them to: kklehr@ (continued from page 1) about 5 1/2 hours. Otto said it’s the biggest fire he’s been to so far this year.

The fire was reported at about 4:30 p.m., and according to Scott County Dispatch, the call was for a “shed fire with other buildings nearby.” According to investigators, the fire may have started from a heat lamp in the shed.

By the time firefighters arrived, the blaze had spread to several other buildings, including a barn.

Otto said the buildings that were destroyed were quite close to each other, while the main house was more isolated.

New Prague Fire Chief Jerry Novak said there were 13 tanker trucks making continuous trips to New Prague and Belle Plaine for additional water.

Firefighters remained on the scene for much of the night hosing down hot spots and making sure other buildings were safe.

Some were even back on the scene Wednesday morning.

No one from the Meger family commented publicly about the fire or their losses, opting instead to “let more time pass by in order to process things.”

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In the past six years, Le Sueur has seen only six new singlefamily houses built. That lags behind nearby communities.

From 2008 to 2012, Belle Plaine saw 42 single-family houses built, the Le Sueur News-Herald recently reported.

St. Peter saw 30 single-family houses and 131 multi-family

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The week of March 17-23, Belle Plaine police responded to the following selected calls: Monday, March 17 A woman on the 700 block of Maple Circle called for medical help at 6:18 a.m.

Police assisted troopers with a personal-injury crash on the 21700 block of Highway 169 reported at 7:58 a.m.

A burglary at a business on the 700 block of East Enterprise Drive was reported at 9:50 a.m.

An undisclosed amount of cash was stolen from a register.

A person at a business on the 300 block of South Walnut Street reported at 9:55 p.m. a burglary. An undisclosed amount of loose change was taken.

A woman on the 200 block of West State Street reported at 12:38 a.m. an attempted fraud via the mail.

The driver of a vehicle stopped near the intersection of South Hickory Boulevard and East Main Street at 1:56 p.m. was cited for driving with a suspended license.

A fight at a dwelling on the 900 block of South Chestnut Street was reported at 5:03 p.m.

Tuesday, March 18 A person on the 600 block of West Main Street called for medical help at 8:53 a.m. An elderly woman was transported to an area hospital.

A woman on the 900 block of Cobblestone Lane reported at 3:43 p.m. an attempted case of fraud via the telephone.

A man on the 100 block of West Main Street reported the theft of a pickup truck at 9:40 p.m. A man was later found with the truck and arrested.

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The driver of a vehicle stopped at 10:24 p.m. near the intersection of East Enterprise Drive and South Meridian Street was cited for driving without insurance.

Friday, March 21 After performing a random license check, the driver of a vehicle stopped on the 900 block of South Elm Street at 2:55 p.m. was cited for driving with an expired driver’s license.

At 7:59 p.m., a woman on the 900 block of East Main Street asked police to unlock a vehicle.

Saturday, March 22 A man on the 800 block of Green Acre Court reported at 1:53 a.m. a burglary. The alleged burglar was found in Chanhassen and arrested possessing stolen checks and a credit card and 3½ grams of methamphetamines.

A woman on the 300 block of South Walnut Street at 10:05 a.m. asked police to unlock a vehicle.

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Legal Notices BELLE PLAINE CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE 14-01, REPEALING AND REPLACING SECTION 1107.20 SIGNS, OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE On Monday, March 17, 2014 the City Council of the City of Belle Plaine approved Ordinance 14-01, Repealing and Replacing Section 1107.20 Signs, of the Zoning Ordinance is available for review and/ or photocopying during regular office hours at the City of Belle Plaine, 218 North Meridian Street, Belle Plaine, MN 56011; Phone 952-873-5553.

THE CITY OF BELLE PLAINE DOES ORDAIN THE CITY CODE BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BELLE PLAINE DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Section 1107.20.

Subd. 1. Purpose and Intent.

Subd. 2. Substitution Clause.

Subd. 3. Severability.

Subd. 4. Definitions.

Subd. 5. Non-Conforming Signs.

Subd. 6. Permit Required.

Subd. 7. Construction Standards.

Subd. 8. Sign Maintenance.

Subd. 9. Variance.

Subd. 10. General Provisions Applicable to All Districts.

Subd. 11. District Regulations.

Section 2. This ordinance shall be effective upon adoption and publication in accordance with applicable law.

Adopted this 17th day of March, 2014.

ATTEST: Mike Pingalore, Mayor Dawn Meyer, Interim City Administrator Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on March, 26, 2014.

BELLE PLAINE CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE 14-02, REPEALING AND REPLACING CHAPTER 4, PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROTECTION, IN ITS ENTIRETY, AND MODIFYING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 3, CHAPTER 6 AND CHAPTER 11 PERTAINING TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROTECTION On Monday, March 17, 2014 the City Council of the City of Belle Plaine approved Ordinance 14-02, Repealing and Replacing Chapter 4, Public Health and Protection, in its Entirety, and Modifying Certain Sections of Chapter 3, Chapter 6 and Chapter 11 Pertaining to Public Health and Protection, is available for review and/or photocopying during regular office hours at the City of Belle Plaine, 218 North Meridian Street, Belle Plaine, MN 56011; Phone 952-873-5553.

THE CITY OF BELLE PLAINE DOES ORDAIN THE CITY CODE BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BELLE PLAINE DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. SECTION 400.00 NUISANCES, OFFENSES, AND RESTRICTIONS. 400.01 Public Nuisance Defined.

400.02 Public Nuisance Affecting Health.

400.03 Public Nuisances Affecting Peace and Safety.

400.04 Obstructions of a Public Street, Sidewalk or other Public Property as a Nuisance 400.05 Litter and Refuse as a Nuisance.

400.06 Diseased or Unsound Trees as a Nuisance.

400.07 Buildings and Structures as a Nuisance.

400.08 Light Nuisances.

400.09 Abatement.

400.10 Recovery of Cost.

Section 2. SECTION 313.000, REFUSE HAULERS, 313.05 COLLECTION VEHICLES. Section 3. SECTION 601.00 ASSESSABLE CURRENT SERVICES, is hereby repealed in its entirety and replaced with the following: 601.01 Definitions 601.03 Removal or Elimination of Public Nuisances 601.04 Repair of Sidewalks and Alleys.

601.05 Street Maintenance, Tree Care.

601.06 Installation and Repair of Water Service Lines.

601.07 Personal Liability.

601.08 Assessment.

Section 4. SECTION 1107.01, PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, SUBD. 8. REFUSE is hereby repealed in its entirety.

Section 5. This ordinance shall be effective upon adoption and publication in accordance with applicable law.

Adopted this 17th day of March, 2014.

ATTEST: Mike Pingalore, Mayor Dawn Meyer, Interim City Administrator Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on March, 26, 2014.

BELLE PLAINE CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE 14-03, AN INTERIM ORDINANCE TEMPORARILY ENACTING A MORATORIUM ON ESTABLISHMENT OF TOBACCO RELATED PRODUCTS STORE On Monday, March 17, 2014 the City Council of the City of Belle Plaine approved Ordinance 14-03, An Interim Ordinance Temporarily Enacting a Moratorium on Establishment of Tobacco Related Products Shops, is available for review and/or photocopying during regular office hours at the City of Belle Plaine, 218 North Meridian Street, Belle Plaine, MN 56011; Phone 952-873-5553.

THE CITY OF BELLE PLAINE DOES ORDAIN THE CITY CODE BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BELLE PLAINE DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. SECTION 1. PROHIBITIONS. The Interim Ordinance provides that applications for a tobacco license, building permit or zoning approval for a tobacco related products shop will not be processed or approved by the City.

For purposes of this Ordinance, “tobacco related products shop” is defined as a retail establishment in which more than 50 percent of the gross floor space is devoted to the sale of loose tobacco, plants, or herbs and cigars, cigarettes, pipes and other smoking devices for burning tobacco and related smoking accessories including ecigarettes and similar products or devices, or the sampling of such products or use of such devices.

SECTION 2. PURPOSE. The moratorium allows the City to conduct studies to address issues concerning establishment of tobacco related products shops and the sampling of products in such shops.

SECTION 3. ENFORCEMENT. SECTION 4. SEPARABILITY. SECTION 5. DURATION. Shall be in effect until the date of adoption of new official controls or until March 17, 2015, whichever comes first.

SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. Effective upon adoption and publication.

Section 2. This ordinance shall be effective upon adoption and publication in accordance with applicable law.

Adopted this 17th day of March, 2014.

ATTEST: Mike Pingalore, Mayor Dawn Meyer, Interim City Administrator Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on March, 26, 2014.

CITY OF BELLE PLAINE ORDINANCE 14-04 AMENDING THE CITY CODE BY ADDING LANGUAGE TO CHAPTER 3, SECTION 304.00, REGULATING THE SALE OF TOBACCO-RELATED PRODUCTS, RELATING TO THE LICENSING OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BELLE PLAINE DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Section 304.02, DEFINITIONS, is hereby amended as follows: TOBACCO RELATED PRODUCT – means any substance or item containing tobacco leaf, or any substance or item intended for use with electronic cigarettes or similar devices regardless of whether containing tobacco leaf, including, but not limited to, juices or oils, cigarettes, cigars, cheroots, stogies, perique, granulated, plug cut, crimpt cut, ready, rubbed and other smoking tobacco; snuff, snuff flower, Cavendish, plug and twist tobacco; fine cut and other chewing tobaccos; and other kinds of forms of tobacco, prepared in such manner as to be suitable for chewing, sniffing, vaping, or smoking in a pipe; rolling paper or other tobacco-related devices.

TOBACCO RELATED DEVICE- mean any tobacco related product as well as a pipe, rolling paper, or other device, including without limitation electronic cigarettes or similar devices, which are used, or can be used, for the chewing, sniffing, smoking or vaping of any tobacco related product.

Section 2. Section 304.03, LICENSE REQUIRED, is hereby amended as follows: Subd. 1. Application. An application for a license to sell tobacco, tobacco related products, or tobacco related devices shall be made on a form provided by the City. The application shall include, but is not limited to requiring the full name of the applicant, the applicant’s residential and business address and telephone numbers, the name of the proposed license holder, and the business location for which the license is sought. The completed application along with the application fee shall be submitted to the City Administrator or his designee for approval. If the City Administrator determines that an application is incomplete, he or she shall return the application to the applicant with notice of the deficiencies.

Section 3. Section 304.05, PRO-

HIBITED SALES, is hereby amended as follows: Subd. 1. Prohibited Sales. No person shall sell, offer for sale, give away, furnish, or otherwise deliver any tobacco, tobacco related product, or tobacco-related device: A. To any person under the age of eighteen (18) years.

B. By means of any type of vending machine.

C. By means of self-service merchandising or any means whereby the customer may have access to such items without having to request for the item from the license holder, their agents or employees.

All tobacco-related products shall be stored behind a counter or other area not freely accessible to customers.

D. By any other means, or to any other person, prohibited by Federal, State or other local law, ordinance provision, or other regulation.

Section 4. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its publication.

Passed and duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Belle Plaine this 17th day of March, 2014.

ATTEST: Mike Pingalore, Mayor Dawn Meyer, Interim City Administrator Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on March, 26, 2014.

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 30 - 13-008426 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. Published in the Belle Herald on Wednesdays, January 29 and February 5, 12, 19, 26 and March 5, 2014.

NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes 580.07, the foregoing foreclosure sale is postponed until April 24, 2014, at 10:00 AM at the Sheriff of Scott County, Civil Unit, 301 South Fuller Street, Shakopee, MN, in said county and state.

Dated: March 20, 2014 JPMorgan Chase 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 30-13-008426 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. Published in the Belle Herald on Wednesday, March 26, 2014.

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: December 3, 2012 MORTGAGOR: Beau A. George, single man.

MORTGAGEE: Frandsen Bank & Trust.

DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded December 17, 2012 Scott County Recorder, Document No. A923713.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. Dated December 3, 2012 Recorded December 17, 2012, as Document No. A923714.

TRANSACTION AGENT: NONE TRANSACTION AGENT'S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: NONE LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Frandsen Bank & Trust RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 701 Frontier Drive, Belle Plaine, MN 56011 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 200610440 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 1, Block 4, Heritage Acres Second Addition, Scott County, Minnesota COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Scott ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $132,550.00 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $133,838.09 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: March 20, 2014 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 September 22, 2014, 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: January 16, 2014 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National

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: March 10, 2004 MORTGAGOR: Jason J. King and Heather A. King, husband and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded March 23, 2004 Scott County Recorder, Document No. A 649330.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. Dated August 24, 2012 Recorded September 14, 2012, as Document No. A 915192.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. TRANSACTION AGENT'S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: 100053700000176494 LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corporation RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 10286 Oakhill Court, Elko, MN 55020 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 230330350 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 6, Block 4, Windrose 1st Addition COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Scott ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $256,000.00 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $253,652.61 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: January 30, 2014 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 July 30, 2014 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: November 26, 2013

wednesday, march 26, 2014 JPMorgan Chase 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 30 - 13-008117 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. Published in the Belle Herald on Wednesdays, December 11, 18, Tuesdays, December 24 and 31, 2013 and Wednesdays, January 8 and 15, 2014.

NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes 580.07, the foregoing foreclosure sale is postponed until March 20, 2014 at 10:00 AM at the Sheriff of Scott County, Civil Unit, 301 South Fuller Street, Shakopee, MN, in said county and state.

Dated: January 30, 2014 JPMorgan Chase 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 30 - 13-008117 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesday, February 5, 2014.

NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes 580.07, the foregoing foreclosure sale is postponed until May 1, 2014, at 10:00 AM at the Sheriff of Scott County, Civil Unit, 301 South Fuller Street, Shakopee, MN, in said county and state.

Dated: March 20, 2014 JPMorgan Chase 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 30-13-008117 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesday, March 26, 2014.

CARVER COUNTY TOWNSHIP ASSOCIATION (ON BEHALF OF THE TOWNSHPS OF BENTON, CAMDEN, DAHLGREN, HANCOCK, HOLLYWOOD, LAKETOWN, SAN FRANCISCO, WACONIA, WATERTOWN, AND YOUNG AMERICA) NOTICE OF INTENT TO CONSIDER ISSUANCE OF CABLE FRANCHISE(S) Notice is hereby given that it is the intent of the Townships, acting cooperatively thru the Carver County Township Association, to consider issuance of a franchise or franchises authorizing operation of a system to provide cable service in the Townships. This notice is given in accordance with Minnesota law. Any person seeking to provide cable service must submit an application. Copies of the official application instructions are available upon request at Laketown Township Hall.

1. Applications in response to this Notice must be mailed or delivered to Robert J.V. Vose, Esq., Kennedy & Graven, 470 US Bank Plaza, 200 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402 by 4:00 p.m., Monday April 21, 2014.

2. Applications must be in writing, notarized, and consistent with the application instructions.

3. Each application shall be submitted along with an application fee of $15000.00 in the form of a certified check made payable to the Carver County Township Association.

4. Applicants are requested to be present at a public hearing before the Association and representatives of the affected Townships beginning at 7:00 p.m. on April 23, 2014, at The American Legion, 233 Olive Street South, Waconia, MN 55387.

5. The minimum system design and services to be offered will be evaluated. The desired design includes a system serving the Townships within a reasonable time and based on a reasonable service area/line extension proposal; capable of delivering in excess of 100 video programmed channels with the potential for increasing channels; providing a public, educational and governmental access channel and reasonable support for use of such channel, and; providing connections and free services to the Township Halls. Desired operations and services include: reasonable rates; a mix, level and quality of programs and services comparable to other systems, and; customer service and system maintenance plans to ensure the provision of the high quality services to the subscriber.

6. Factors that will be considered in evaluating applications and making determinations are as follows: a. The completeness of applications; b.The proposed system design and the programs and services to be offered; c.The time for construction, initial service area(s) and line extension proposal; d. The legal, technical, and financial qualifications of the applicant; e. Other factors deemed relevant.

7. Submission of a conforming application does not entitle any applicant to grant of a franchise. The Association and Townships expressly reserve all rights in this regard.

8. Any applicant(s) selected must accept any Franchise granted by a Township within a reasonable time.

Applicants will be required to reimburse any expenses not covered by

the application fee.

9. Any questions concerning applications should be directed to Robert J.V. Vose, Esq., telephone (612)3379275; e-mail: rvose@kennedy-graven.com Date: March 14, 2014.

Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, March 19 and 26, 2014.

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: May 17, 2004 MORTGAGOR: Joseph Hedrick and Rena E Hedrick, husband and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc..

DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded August 9, 2004 Scott County Recorder, Document No. A667219.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-3 Asset-Backed Notes.

Dated January 9, 2014 Recorded January 17, 2014, as Document No. A952687.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. TRANSACTION AGENT'S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: 100176104042629309 LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., a California Corporation RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2202 Groveland Way, Shakopee, MN 55379 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 272630280 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 4, Block 3, Pheasant Run First Addition, Scott County, State of Minnesota.

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Scott ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $221,250.00 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $195,287.85 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: April 17, 2014 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 October 17, 2014, 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: February 10, 2014 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee 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 - 13-008251 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. Published in the Belle Herald on Wednesdays, February 19, 26 and March 5, 12, 19 and 26, 2014.

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(continued from previous page) STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF SCOTT DISTRICT COURT FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court File No. 70-PR-14-3251 notice of and order for hearing on petition for determination of descent In Re: Estate of Larry Balvance Decedent Carol Balvance has filed a Petition for Determination of Descent. It is Ordered that on April 2, 2014 at 9:00 a.m., a hearing will be held in this Court at the Scott County Government Center, Shakopee, Minnesota, on the petition.

The petition represents that the descent died more than three (3) years ago leaving property in Minnesota.

The petition requests the Court to determine the descent of such property and assign the property to the persons entitled.

Any objection to the petition must be raised at the hearing or filed with the Court prior to the hearing. If the petition is proper and no objections are filed or raised, the petition will be granted.

Notice shall be given by publishing the Notice and Order as provided by law and by mailing a copy of this Notice and Order to each interested person by United States mail at least 14 days before the time set for the hearing.

Dated: March 11, 2014 Filed in Scott County Courts March 11, 2014 By the Court: Michael A. Fahey Judge of District Court Delores A. Beussman Deputy Court Administrator Brekke, Clyborne & Ribich, L.L.C. Barbara J. Weckman Brekke, Attorney # 0349434 287 Marschall Road, Suite 201 Shakopee, MN 55379 (952) 402-9410 Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, March 19 and 26, 2014.

Notice of Public Hearing To Authorize a County Sales Tax You are hereby notified that a public hearing will be held by the Scott County Board of Commissioners in the County Board Room of the Scott County Government Center, 200 Fourth Avenue West, Shakopee, Minnesota on: April 1, 2014 at 9:30 a.m.

PURPOSE OF HEARING: To receive public comments on the imposition of a County sales tax with the proceeds dedicated to specific transportation projects or improvements within Scott County.

If you would like to be heard in reference to this matter, you should attend this meeting. Oral and written comments will be accepted by the Public Works Director/County Engineer. For more information, contact Scott County Physical Development Department at 952-4968346.

Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, March 19 and 26, 2014.

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: April 10, 2014 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 October 10, 2014, 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: January 30, 2014 U.S. 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 19 - 14-001151 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. Published in the Belle Herald on Wednesdays, February 19, 26 and March 5, 12, 19 and 26, 2014.

Important Information Regarding Assessment and Classification of Property This may affect your 2015 property taxes.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Appeal and Equalization for St. Lawrence Township in Scott County, Minnesota, shall meet. on Thursday, April 17, 2014 at 7:00 o’clock p.m. at the Office of the Clerk in said Township, 7500 Old Highway 169 Blvd., Jordan, MN 55352. The purpose of this meeting is to determine whether taxable property in the jurisdiction has been properly valued and classified by the assessor, and to determine whether corrections need to be made.

If you believe the value or classification of your property is incorrect, please contact your assessor’s office to discuss your concerns. If you are still not satisfied with the valuation or classification after discussing it with your assessor, you may appear before the local board of appeal and equalization. The board shall review the valuation, classification, or both if necessary, and shall correct it as needed. Generally, an appearance before your local board of appeal and equalization is required by law before an appeal can be taken to the county board of appeal and equalization.

Ramona Bischof Clerk of the Township of St. Lawrence Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, March 26 and April 2, 2014.

BELLE PLAINE HERALD, BELLE PLAINE, MINNESOTA 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 representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.

Dated: March 4, 3014 Filed in Scott County Courts March 4, 2014 By: Heather M, Kendall Registrar By; Phil Bird Deputy Court Administrator Attorney for Personal Representative James A. Terwedo James A. Terwedo & Associates, P.A. 115 South Broadway, Suite 100 Jordan, MN 55352 Attorney License No.: 016513X Telephone: (952) 492-2800 Fax: (952) 492-2806 Email: jim@terwedolaw.com Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, March 26 and April 2, 2014.

STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF SCOTT DISTRICT COURT FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court File No. 70-PR-14-4103 Notice of informal appointment of co-personal representatives and notice to creditors In Re: Estate of Ralph Anthony Stemig, a/k/a Ralph A. Stemig a/k/a Ralph Stemig Decedent.

Notice is given that an Application for Informal Appointment of Co-Personal Representatives was filed with the Registrar. The Registrar accepted the application and appointed Paul J. Maxa, whose address is 6715 11th Avenue South, Richfield, Minnesota 55423, and Kenneth L. Lucas, whose address is 20030 Twin Oaks Circle, Jordan, Minnesota 55352 to serve as the co-personal representative of the decedent’s estate.

Any heir or other intersted person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the co-personal representatives. Any objection to the appointment of the co-personal representatives 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 co-personal representatives have the full power to administer the estate, including, after thirty (30) days from the issuance of letters of general administration, 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 co-personal representatives or to the Court within four (4) months after the date of this notice or the claims will be barred.

Dated: March 13, 3014 Filed in Scott County Courts March 13, 2014 By: Heather M, Kendall Registrar By; Phil Bird Court Administrator Deputy Wornson, Goggins, Zard, Neisen, Morris & King, PC Christopher A. Neisen MN# 212246 119 East Main Street New Prague, MN 56071 Telephone: (952) 758-4161 Facsimile: (952) 758-4085 e-mail: cneisen@lawyersnp.com Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, March 26 and April 2, 2014.

Brekke, Clyborne & Ribich, LLC 287 Marschall Road, Suite 201 Shakopee, MN 55379 Attorney License No: 0349434 Telephone: (952) 402-9410 Fax: (952) 402-8417 Email: bbrekke@bcrlawyers.com Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, March 26 and April 2, 2014.

STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF SCOTT DISTRICT COURT Probate Division FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court File No. 70-PR-14-4130 Notice of informal probate of will and appointment of personal representative and notice to creditors Estate of Jay Christopher Substad, Decedent Notice is given that an application for informal probate of the Decedent’s will dated February 18, 2008, has been filed with the Registrar. The application has been granted.

Notice is also given that the Registrar has informally appointed Susan Beth Substad, whose address is: Susan Beth Substad, 23955 Beard Ave. So., Lakeville, MN 55044 as personal representative 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 representative.

Unless objections are filed with the Court (pursuant to Minn. Stat. 524.3607) 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 probate of the will or appointment of the Personal Representative 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 representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.

A charitable beneficiary may request notice of the probate proceedings be given to the Attorney General pursuant to Minn. Stat. 501B.41, subd. 5.

Dated: March 19, 2014 Filed in Scott County Courts March 19, 2014 By: Heather M. Kendall Registrar Delores A. Beussman Deputy Court Administrator Attorney for Applicant David Olson Olson Law Office P.O. Box 240417 Apple Valley, MN 55124 Attorney License No.: 0221478 Telephone: 952-953-0093 Fax: 1-866-882-4280 Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, March 26 and April 2, 2014.

COUNTY HIGHWAY PROJECT Bids Close April 15, 2014 Jordan, Minnesota

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the Office of the County Engineer of Scott County, 600 Country Trail East, Jordan, Minnesota 55352, until 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 for construction of the following: Scott County 2014-SC BITUMINOUS SEAL COAT NOTICE OF MORTGAGE County Project 2014-SC. Major FORECLOSURE SALE items are approximately as folTHE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION lows: OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR Base Bid: WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED 109,139 gallons of bituminous

BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY material for seal coat, THIS ACTION. STATE OF MINNESOTA 71,529 gallons of bituminous NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that COUNTY OF SCOTT material for fog seal, default has occurred in conditions of FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT 397,381 square yards of seal coat the following described mortgage: DISTRICT COURT aggregate, DATE OF MORTGAGE: September Probate Division And associated striping.

26, 2005 Court File No. 70-PR-14-4132 Alternate Bid 1 (for Townships): MORTGAGOR: Kazuhiro Uechi Notice and order of and Naoko Uechi, Husband and 15,770 gallons of bituminous hearing on petition for Wife. formal adjudication of material for seal coat (CRS-2P).

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage intestacy, Alternate Bid 2 (for Townships): Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. determination of 15,770 gallons of bituminous as nominee for Custom Mortgage, its heirship, appointment of material for seal coat (CRS-2) successors and assigns. personal representative The Contract will be awarded DATE AND PLACE OF and notice to creditors to the lowest responsible bidder.

RECORDING: Recorded October Estate of: Proposals, plans and specifications 24, 2005 Scott County Recorder, Michael Wayne Mediger, Document No. A 717567. may be examined at the office of a/k/a Michael W. Mediger ASSIGNMENTS OF STATE OF MINNESOTA the County Highway Engineer at Decedent.

MORTGAGE: COUNTY OF SCOTT It is Ordered and Notice is given 600 Country Trail East, Jordan, Assigned to: U.S. Bank National FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT that on April 16, 2014, at 9:00 a.m., MN 55352.

Association.

Dated August 15, DISTRICT COURT a hearing will be held in this Court at SEE THE STATE WEBSITE 2013 Recorded August 26, 2013, as Probate division 200 Fourth Avenue West, Shakopee, (https://eadvert.dot.state.mn.us) Document No. A 944152.

Court File No. 70-PR-14-3019 Minnesota, for the adjudication of FOR ALL OF OUR PROJECT TRANSACTION AGENT: Notice of probate of intestacy and determination of heirMortgage Electronic Registration will and appointment of ship of the Decedent, and for the ap- LETTINGS. SIGN UP WITH ConneX ON Systems, Inc. personal pointment of Alice Mediger, whose TRANSACTION AGENT'S representative and address is 221 N. Ash Street, Belle THE COUNTY EGRAM WEBMORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION notice to creditors (https://egram.co.scott.

Plaine, MN, 56011 as Personal Rep- SITE NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: Estate of resentative of the Estate of the Dece- mn.us) TO DOWNLOAD PRO100021268000309548 Jane Mildred Blair, dent in an Unsupervised administra- POSAL AND PLANS AT NO LENDER OR BROKER AND a/k/a Mildred Jane Blair tion. Any objections to the petition CHARGE. MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR Decedent. must be filed with the Court prior to Bids must be accompanied by a STATED ON MORTGAGE: Custom Notice is given that on application or raised at the hearing. If proper and Mortgage for informal probate of the Decedent’s if no objections are filed or raised, certified check made payable to the RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE Will, dated July 14, 2011, (“Will”), the Personal Representative will be Scott County Treasurer, or a corSERVICER: U.S. Bank Home has been filed with the Registrar. The appointed with full power to admin- porate surety bond made in favor Mortgage, a division of U.S. Bank application has been granted. ister the Estate, including the power of Scott County, for at least five National Association Notice is also given that the Regis- to collect all assets, to pay all legal percent (5%) of the amount of the MORTGAGED PROPERTY trar has informally appointed Marc debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to bid.

ADDRESS: 9257 124th Circle, David Blair, whose address is 7875 sell real and personal property, and to The County Board of CommisSavage, MN 55378 West 195th Street, Jordan, MN, do all necessary acts for the Estate. sioners reserves the right to acTAX PARCEL I.D. #: 262130190 55352, as personal representative of Notice is also given that (subject LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF the Estate of the Decedent. Any heir, to Minn. Stat. 524.3-801) all credi- cept or reject any or all bids and to PROPERTY: Lot 11, Block 2, devisee or other interested person tors having claims against the Estate waive any defects therein.

Dated March 14, 2014 Covington Ponds Second Addition, may be entitled to appointment as are required to present the claims Scott County, Minnesota personal representative or may object to the Personal Representative or to Scott County Auditor/Treasurer COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY to the appointment of the personal the Court Administrator within four Courthouse IS LOCATED: Scott representative. Unless objections months after the date of this Notice 200 4th Avenue West ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL are filed with the Court (pursuant to or the claims will be barred.

Shakopee, MN 55379 AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: Minn. Stat. 524.3-607) and the Court Dated: March 19, 2014 Mitchell J. Rasmussen $208,000.00 otherwise orders, the personal repreFiled in Scott County Courts March Scott County Engineer AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED sentative has full power to adminis- 19, 2014 Physical Development TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF ter the Estate, including, after thirty By the court 600 Country Trail East NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, days from the issuance of letters, the Michael A. Fahey IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: power to sell, encumber, lease, or Jordan, MN 55352 Judge of District Court $213,060.37 distribute real estate.

Published in the Belle Plaine HerDelores A. Beussman That prior to the commencement of Any objections to the probate of the Deputy Court Administrator ald on Wednesdays, March 19, 26 this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Will or appointment of the Personal Attorney for Petitioner and April 2, 2014.

Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee Representative must be filed with this

Barbara J. Weckman Brekke

PAGE eleven STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF SCOTT DISTRICT COURT FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court File No. 70-CV-14-2553 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE In the Matter of the Petition of U.S. Bank National Association, in relation to Certificate of Title No. 47128 issued for land in the County of Scott and State of Minnesota and legally described as follows: Lots Twenty-one (21) and TwentyTwo (22), Block Eight-six (86), of the Borough of Belle Plaine, Scott County, Minnesota TO: Carrie J. Munn Upon receiving and filing the Report of Examiner of Titles in the above-entitled matter, IT IS ORDERED, that you, and all persons interested, appear before this Court on April 15, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. in the Scott County Government Center, 200 Fourth Avenue West, City of Shakopee, County of Scott, State of Minnesota, and then, or as soon thereafter as the above-entitled matter can be heard, show cause, if any there be, why this Court should not enter an Order as follows: That the Registrar of Titles, upon the filing with him of a certified copy of this Order, shall cancel Certificate of Title No. 47128 and enter a new certificate of title for the land therein described in favor of U.S. Bank National Association, subject to any of the rights incumbrances which may be subsisting, specified in Section 8271 of said Chapter, and to minerals and mineral rights reserved for the State of Minnesota as proved in Section 10, Chapter 386, Laws of 1935, but free from all memorials now appearing on the present Certificate of Title, the last of which is Document T224650, and free from the memorial of this Order.

Attendance is required only by those who wish to object to the entry of the above-described Order.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that this Order be served: (a) at least 14 days prior to such hearing upon the above-named parties residing in this State in the manner provided by law for the service of Summons in a civil action; (b) it shall be served at least 14 days before the hearing upon each of the above-named non-residents by sending a copy of this Order to the non-resident’s post office address, by registered or certified mail, return receipt; (c) except as provided in Paragraph (d) below, it shall be served upon each of the above-named parties who cannot be found by three weeks publication and by sending a copy of this Order at least 14 days prior to the hearing by first class mail to the last known address of such party and by sending another copy of this Order at least 14 days prior to the hearing by first class mail to the address of such party as stated on the Certificate of Title if an address is so stated, which service shall be deemed complete 21 days after the first publication; and (d) upon a dissolved, withdrawn or revoked business entity governed by Minn. Stat. Chp. 302A, 303, 317A, 322A, 322B or 323 in the manner provided by Minn. Stat. Section 5.25.

Approved: Dated: February 25, 2014 By: Honorary Judge Rex D. Stacey Judge of District Court Approved as to form this 23rd day of February, 2014 By: Bryce D. Huemoeller Examiner of Titles USSET, WEINGARDEN & LIEBO P.L.L.P By; Adam Soczynski, #0264805 Attorney for Petitioner 4500 Park Glen Road, Suite 300 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416 (952) 925-3644 Telephone (952) 925-5879 Facsimile Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, March 19, 26 and April 2, 2014.

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: August 16, 2013 MORTGAGOR: Yvette L Danz, an unmarried woman and Michael B Kinney, an unmarried man.

MORTGAGEE: Fifth Third Mortgage Company.

DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded August 22, 2013 Scott County Recorder, Document No. A943910.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: NONE TRANSACTION AGENT: NONE TRANSACTION AGENT'S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: NONE LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Fifth Third Mortgage Company RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Fifth Third Bank MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 13378 Yosemite Avenue South, Savage, MN 55378 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 260840030 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot Three (3), Block One (1), Turner's First Addition, according to the recorded plat there-

of, Scott County, Minnesota.

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Scott ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $159,497.00 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $163,918.12 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: April 17, 2014 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 October 17, 2014, 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: February 14, 2014 Fifth Third Mortgage Company 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 67 - 14-001474 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. Published in the Belle Herald on Wednesdays, February 26 and March 5, 12, 19, 26 and April 2, 2014.

State of Minnesota County of Scott District Court Judicial District: 1st Court File Number: 70-CV-14-4474 Case Type: Name Change Notice of hearing by publication (minor name change) minn. stat. 259.10 In the Matter of the Application of: Maria Loreto Fernandez On Behalf of: Cassandra Raygoza To: Carlos Alberto Raygoza Pinedo (Name of parent to be notified) Last known address: Mexico An Application for Name Change has been filed by Maria Loreto Fernandez for a change of name for the minor child Cassandra Raygoza to Cassandra Fernandez. A hearing on this Application will be held at 200 Fourth Ave. West, Shakopee, MN 55379 on 4-17-14, at 9:00 a.m.

You may obtain a copy of the Application for Name Change from Scott County Gov’t. Center, 200 Fourth Ave. W., Shakopee, MN 55379.

If you do not appear at the scheduled hearing, the Petitioner’s Application for a Name Change for the minor child may be granted.

Dated: 3-19-14 Filed in Scott County Courts March 19, 2014 By: Heather M. Kendall Court Administrator By: Linda Guimmond Deputy Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, March 26 and April 2 and 9, 2014.

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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: November 11, 2009 MORTGAGOR: Adam L. Aeschliman, a single person.

MORTGAGEE: Homeservices Lending, LLC Series A DBA Homeservices Lending.

DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Filed January 15, 2010, Scott County Registrar of Titles, Document No. T 200738 and Re-recorded on March 29, 2010, Document No. T 201897 on Certificate of Title No. 46838.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Dated November 10, 2009 Filed January 15, 2010, as Document No. T200739, as Corrected by Corrective Assignment, Recorded May 21, 2010, Document No. T202785. And thereafter assigned to: U.S. Bank N.A. Dated November 10, 2009 Filed January 15, 2010, as Document No. T200740. And thereafter assigned to: Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. Dated April 26, 2010 Filed May 21, 2010, as Document No. T202786. And thereafter assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Dated December 10, 2010, Filed January 7, 2011, as Document No. T207139.

And thereafter assigned to: US Bank, National Association. Dated December 10, 2010 Filed January 7, 2011, as Document No. T207140.

Said Mortgage being upon Registered Land.

TRANSACTION AGENT: NONE TRANSACTION AGENT'S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: NONE LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Homeservices Lending, LLC Series A DBA Homeservices Lending RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: U.S. Bank Home Mortgage, a division of U.S. Bank National Association MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 486 Minnesota Street South, Shakopee, MN 55379 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 270970180 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 6, Block 3, Macey Second Addition, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the Office of the Registrar of titles, Scott County, Minnesota.

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Scott ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $124,699.00 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $132,272.07 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: April 17, 2014 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 October 17, 2014, 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: February 12, 2014 U.S. 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 19 - 13-003676 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. Published in the Belle Herald on Wednesdays, March 5, 12, 19, 26 and April 2 and 9, 2014.

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: April 25, 2005 MORTGAGOR: Charles D Breems and Julane C Breems, husband and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Argent Mortgage Company, LLC. DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Filed May 16, 2005, Scott County Registrar of Titles, Document No. T167005 on Certificate of Title No. 43420.0.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee, in trust for the registered holders of Park Place Securities, Inc., Asset-Backed PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005WCW2. Dated June 7, 2012 Filed June 19, 2012, as Document No. T216183.

Said Mortgage being upon Registered Land.

TRANSACTION AGENT: NONE TRANSACTION AGENT'S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: NONE LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Argent Mortgage Company, LLC RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 853 Minnesota Street South, Shakopee, MN 55379 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 270080460 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot Nineteen (19), Except the north Twenty-five (25) feet thereof; all of Lot Twenty (20); Block Three Hundred Twelve (312), Wermerskirchen's Addition, Shakopee, Scott County, State of Minnesota.

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Scott ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $218,700.00 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $342,077.83 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: May 8, 2014 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 November 10, 2014, 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: March 4, 2014 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee 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 - 14-001434 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. Published in the Belle Herald on Wednesdays, March 12, 19, 26 and April 2, 9 and 16, 2014.

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That default has occurred in the conditions of the mortgage dated April 21, 2006, executed by Daryl J. Dice and Vicki L. Dice, husband and wife, as mortgagors, to TCF National Bank, a national banking association, as mortgagee, recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Scott County, Minnesota, on May 2, 2006, as Document No. A 737083, which mortgage conveyed and mortgaged

the following described property, situated in the County of Scott and State of Minnesota, which property has a street address of 8940 West 137th Street, Savage, Minnesota 55378, and tax identification number 262840080: Lot 8, Block 1, Hamilton Hills 3rd Addition. Together with all hereditaments and appurtenances belonging thereto.

That the original principal amount secured by said mortgage was $165,300.00; that there has been compliance with any condition precedent to acceleration of the debt secured by said mortgage and foreclosure of said mortgage required by said mortgage, any note secured thereby, or any statute; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt remaining secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that there is claimed to be due upon said mortgage and is due thereon at the date of this notice, the sum of $160,018.26 in principal and interest.

That by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the said mortgage will be foreclosed by the sale of the above described premises with appurtenances, which said sale will be made by the Sheriff of Scott County, Minnesota, at the Sheriff’s office in the Law Enforcement Center, 301 Fuller Street South, Shakopee, Minnesota, on May 6, 2014, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., at public auction to the highest bidder, to pay the amount then due on said mortgage, together with the costs of foreclosure, including attorneys’ fees as allowed by law, in accordance with the provisions of said mortgage. The time allowed by law for redemption by the mortgagors, their personal representatives or assigns, is six (6) months from the date of said sale.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: NONE THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES 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. 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 November 6, 2014, unless the foreclosure is postponed pursuant to Minn. Stat. §580.07, or the redemption period is reduced to five (5) weeks under Minn. Stat. §582.032.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT BY A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DATED: March 19, 2014 TCF National Bank FOLEY & MANSFIELD, P.L.L.P. By: Karl K. Heinzerling Atty. No. 142475 Attorneys for Mortgagee 250 Marquette Avenue, Suite 1200 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, March 19, 26 and April 2, 9, 16 and 23, 2014.

NOTICE OF CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION LIEN FORECLOSURE SALE WHEREAS, default has been made in the terms and conditions of the Declaration of Condominium of Shenandoah Place C.I.C. No. 1071 (henceforth the Declaration) dated February 25, 1999 and recorded in the Office of the Registrar of Titles in and for Scott County, Minnesota on May 3, 1999 as Document No. T103551 as amended which said Declaration covers the following described property situated in the County of Scott and State of Minnesota, to-wit: Unit 53, Common Interest Community No. 1071, Condominiums of Shenandoah Place, Scott County, Minnesota, according to the plat thereof on file or of record with the Office of the Scott Registrar of Titles.

(This is Torrens Property, Certificate of Title No. 38043.)

Street address: 2373 Flamingo Drive, Shakopee, MN 55379 PID # 272720530 WHEREAS, pursuant to said Declaration, there is claimed to be due and owing as of the date of this Notice by Patty J. Halligan f/n/a Patty J. Vavorsky as unit owner, to Condominiums of Shenandoah Place Homeowners Association, the principal amount of Two Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-eight Dollars and 92/100 ($2,958.92) for condominium assessments through March, 2014 interest and past due attorney fees; and no action being now pending at law or otherwise to recover said debt or any part thereof, and; WHEREAS, pursuant to said Declaration, and the statute in such case made and provided, said debt creates a lien upon said premises in favor of Condominiums of Shenandoah Homeowners Association.

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale created by statute, said lien will be foreclosed by the sale of said premises with the hereditaments and appurtenances, which said sale will be made by the Sheriff of Scott County, Minnesota at the Scott County Government Center, Civil Division, 301 South Fuller Street, in the City of Shakopee in said County on May 22, 2014 at 10:00 a.m., at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, to pay the amount then due for said condominium assessments, together with the costs of foreclosure, including attorney’s fees as allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by the unit owner, her personal representatives or assigns, is six (6) months from the date of said sale.

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 unit owners must vacate the property if the lien is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on November 22, 2014. If the foregoing date is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, then the date to vacate the property is the next business day at 11:59 p.m.

Dated: March 21, 2014 CONDOMINIUMS OF SHENANDOAH PLACE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FULLER, SEAVER, SWANSON & KELSCH, P.A. By: Timothy D. Fuller, 32694 12400 Portland Avenue South, Suite 132 Burnsville, MN 55337 (952) 890-0888 Attorneys for Condominiums of Shenandoah Place Homeowners Association Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, March 26 and April 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2014.

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STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF SCOTT FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT Probate Division Court File No. 70-PR-14-3020 Notice of informal appointment of personal representative and notice to creditors Estate of Betty Jane Gokey, 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 Jeanie Pearl Best, whose address is: 17097 Deerwood Lane, Jordan, MN, 55352 as personal representative of the Estate of the Decedent. Any heir or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the personal representative.

Unless objections are filed with the Court (pursuant to Minn. Stat. 524.3607) 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 Representative 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 representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.

Dated: March 11, 2014 Filed in Scott County Courts March 11, 2014 By: Heather M. Kendall Registrar Phil Bird Deputy Court Administrator Attorney for Personal Representative Christopher J. Perske The Law Office of Christopher J. Perske, LLC 115 South Broadway, Suite 100 Jordan, MN 55352 Attorney License No.: 0347164 Telephone: (952) 492-2800 Fax: (952) 492-2806 Email: christopher.perske@perskelaw.com Published in the Belle Plaine Herald on Wednesdays, March 26 and April 2, 2014.

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Scott County Board Proceedings BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF SCOTT MARCH 4, 2014 (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 9:30 a.m., with the following members present: Commissioner Wolf, presiding, Commissioner Wagner, Commissioner Menden, Commissioner Marschall, and Commissioner Ulrich.

(2) Amendments to the Agenda: Chair Wolf announced a request to set a public hearing is being added to the agenda. This item will be considered following the Consent Agenda.

(3) Minutes: On a motion by Commissioner Ulrich, seconded by Commissioner Wagner, the Minutes of February 18, 2014 were approved.

(4) Recognition of Interested Citizens: John Myser, resident of Mendota Heights, submitted to the record an Affidavit and copies of a Notice filed with Court Administration dated March 1, 2014.

(5) Introduction of New Employees: Employee Relations Director asked new employees present at today’s meeting as a part of their onboarding to introduce themselves to the Commissioners.

(6) Consent Agenda: On a motion by Commissioner Ulrich, seconded by Commissioner Wagner, the following actions were approved unanimously. All resolutions are available in the office of the County Administrator and are made a part of this record by reference.

A. Approve the Service Agreement with My Brothers’ Keeper effective January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2015 for group residential housing.

B. Adopt Resolution No. 2014027; Adopting a Minor Amendment for By the Yard, Inc. to the Scott County 2030 Comprehensive Plan Update.

C. Adopt Resolution No. 2014029; Authorizing the Scott County Highway Department to Accept a Bid for the Sale and Removal of a Split Entry Single-Family House.

D. Adopt Resolution No. 2014036; Authorizing Entering Into an Agreement With Accruent, LLC for the Purchase, Installation, and First Year Maintenance of Facilities Management Software for an Amount Not to Exceed $68,400.

E. Approve a Purchase Agreement with Stanley Convergent Security Solutions, Inc. to purchase materials and services for upgrading the Jail security electronic system.

F. Adopt Resolution No. 2014037; Acknowledging Receipt and Acceptance of Gifts to Scott County.

G. Approve and renew the Intergovernmental Agreement with the Federal Bureau of Prisons to provide work release, detention services, and electronic home monitoring for Bureau of Prisons inmates.

H. Adopt Resolution No. 2014028; Authorizing Entering Into a Cooperative Agreement With the City of Shakopee for Cost Participation for the County Highway 79 and Vierling Drive Mini-Roundabout Project.

I. Adopt Resolution No. 2014030; Authorizing Entering Into a Cooperative Agreement With the City of Shakopee for the Reconstruction of Minnesota Trunk Highway 101 and Scott County Highway 101 From Carver County Highway 61 in Chanhassen to the Minnesota River Bridge Approach in Shakopee.

J. Adopt Resolution No. 2014031; Authorizing Entering Into a Joint Powers Agreement With Carver County for the Reconstruction of Minnesota Trunk Highway 101 and Scott County Highway 101 From Carver County Highway 61 in Chanhassen to the Minnesota River Bridge Approach in Shakopee.

K. Commissioner Ulrich moved, seconded by Commissioner Wagner to adopt Resolution No. 2014038; Approving the Renewal of ZIX Corporation Encryption Services in the Amount of $66,560 for

a Five Year Period Payable in Annual Installments.

L. Adopt Resolution No. 2014033; Approving a Three-Year Agreement Between the County of Scott and AFSCME Council 5, Local 2440, Effective January 1, 2014 Through December 31, 2016 and Rescinding Resolution No. 2011247.

M. Adopt Resolution No. 2014034; Amending Appendices A, B, and C of the Three-Year Agreement Between the County of Scott and the Law Enforcement Labor Services, Inc.(Local 157) – Sheriff Essential Licensed Employee Unit, Effective January 1, 2014 Through December 31, 2016 and Rescinding Resolution No. 2013-257.

N. Adopt Resolution No. 2014035; Amending the 2014 Non-Bargaining Compensation Plan Policy and Merit Increase Matrix and Rescinding Resolution No. 2013-255.

O. FT Probationary employment for Nikka Buesgens, Child Care Assistance Specialist, Health and Human Services Division, effective 03/03/14. FT Probationary employment for Christine Nelson, 911 Dispatcher, Sheriff’s Office, effective 02/27/14. FT Probationary employment for Jenna Plekkenpol, Senior Legal Assistant, Attorney’s Office, effective 03/03/14. PT Probationary (50% FTE) employment for Grace Buck, Administrative Specialist, Health and Human Services Division, effective 03/05/14.

Intermittent (.5% FTE) employment for Julie Miller, Unclassified Driver, Community Services Division, effective 02/22/14. Intermittent (.5% FTE) employment for Stephen Anderson, Unclassified Driver, Community Services Division, effective 02/22/14. Intermittent (34% FTE) employment for Martha Murphy, Unclassified Office Aide, Health and Human Services Division, effective 03/04/14.

Change in employment status for Julie Miller, Intermittent (.5% FTE) Unclassified Driver to PT Probationary Driver (75% FTE), Community Services Division, effective 03/10/14. Change in employment status for Stephen Anderson, Intermittent (.5% FTE) Unclassified Driver to PT Probationary Driver (50% FTE), Community Services Division, effective 03/03/14.

(7) Assure Long-Term Fiscal Stability: Commissioner Menden moved, seconded by Commissioner Marschall to set a public hearing on April 1, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. in the Scott County Board Room. Motion carried unanimously.

(8) Develop Strong Public Partnerships A. Scott Soil and Water Conservation (SWCD) Director Troy Kuphal provided information on the 2013 Conservation Leader of the Year award. For 2013, Scott County was chosen for this award, which was presented to the Scott Watershed Management Organization Planning Commission at the annual Scott SWCD awards banquet. The Planning Commission’s Chair, Joe Adams and Jim Fitzsimmons, SWCD Manager presented the award to the Commissioners.

B. Commissioner Wagner moved, seconded by Commissioner Menden to adopt Resolution No. 2014032; Authorizing Entering Into an Agreement with Law Enforcement Technology Group for the Implementation of a Hosted Public Safety Information System. 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 unanimously.

C. Bill Caesar of the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District provided an annual update to the Commissioners including services provided in Scott County in 2013, plans for 2014, 2014 budget information, and public education and outreach efforts.

On a motion by Commissioner Marschall, seconded by Commissioner Wagner, the meeting adjourned at 11:00 a.m.

Thomas J. Wolf, Chair Gary L. Shelton, County Administrator, Clerk of the Board Tracy A. Cervenka, Acting 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.

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Cologne OKs UFC’s Request for Zoning Changes to Mill Site

Glad Days Committee Sets Festival for July 24-26

Arboretum to Present ‘Center of Gravity II’ Exhibit Gravity-defying balancedrock structures by Twin Cities artist Peter Juhl are the focus of a new photo exhibit at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.

“Center of Gravity II” opens Saturday, April 5 in the Restaurant Gallery of the Arboretum’s Visitor Center and continues through May 17.

Juhl has been creating and photographing these temporary rock structures for about two decades. Combining elements of performance art, sculpture and meditation, “rock star” Juhl arranges natural stones found on location - most often along the North Shore of Lake Superior.

He uses only shape, weight and friction to create a one-ofa-kind composition. No glue, magnets, or other artificial supports are used. The sculptures

may last a few minutes, or a few hours; with luck, long enough for a photograph.

“A good magic trick presents what we know to be a deception and makes us want to believe it’s real. A good balanced rock sculpture does the opposite: We know it’s real, but want to believe it’s a trick,” says Juhl.

“Though I try to create sculptures that look implausible, I also strive to elevate the stones in another sense, taking them from objects disregarded under our feet to essential elements in an organized and beautiful structure.

“My goal is to contrast the simple strength of these individual stones with the complexity and fragility of the work as a whole, which evokes a sense of serenity and comfortable tension.”

Visitors to Minneapolis’ Lake

Harriet are probably familiar with Juhl who can be seen balancing rocks near the concession stand in the summer. He also travels to Lake Superior every year to create and photograph his rock sculptures. This is his second photo exhibit at the Arboretum.

“Center of Gravity II,” comprising 34 photographs, opens Saturday, April 5, and continues through May 17 at the Arboretum.

Juhl will sign copies of his new “Center of Gravity” book on April 20 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. He will lead rockbalancing classes at the Arboretum on May 17, June 28 and Aug. 23. He will demonstrate his balancing skills April 5, 13, 26 and May 3. All demos will take place from 11 a.m. to noon, except for April 5, which is scheduled for 1-2 p.m.

Arboretum Earth Day Event April 22 In honor of Earth Day, April 22, the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum will host a “Protect the Pollinators!” program featuring the latest scientific research on a critical global issue – the decline in the pollinator population – and what concerned citizens can do to help preserve and protect the bees, butterflies and other vital pollinators.

The event will run from 1 to 5 p.m. on Monday, April 22, in the MacMillan Auditorium of the Arboretum’s Oswald Visitor Center. Registration fee of $15 for members and $25 for nonmembers includes Arboretum admission and a take-home, pollinator-safe plant. To regis-

ter, visit www.arboretum.umn. edu/2014EarthDay.aspx or call 952-443-1422.

Speakers will tackle such questions as: What is causing the decline in the pollinator population? Are insecticides part of the problem? How do I know the plants I buy are pollinator safe? What can I do to help butterflies and bees?

Here’s a schedule of speakers and topics: – “The Monarch Story: Responding to the Challenge of Declining Monarch Populations” with Karen Oberhauser, Ph.D., University of Minnesota Department of Entomology.

– “Earth Without Bees and

Most Flowering Plants, Apply Your Sunscreen,” Vera Krischek, PhD., associate professor, Dept. of Entomology.

– “Making Your Yard Irresistible to Butterflies and Pollinators in Zone 4,” Julia Bohnen, Arboretum educator and acclaimed horticulturalist.

– “The Pollination of Native Plants,” Heather Holm, author, landscape designer and consultant specializing in native plant landscapes and restorations.

She will also sign copies of her book “Pollinators of Native Plants.”

For details and to register, visit www.arboretum.umn. edu/2014EarthDay.aspx or call 952-443-1422.

Chaska May Approve Hunting on Former Township Lands Chaska city councilors may approve a request to hunt on land that was once a part of Chaska Township.

In November, Randy Lano and Jim Holasek asked the council to consider permitting them to hunt on land the city annexed from the township in 2005.

Hunting is prohibited within city limits.

But at a recent workshop, the council discussed approving an ordinance permitting hunting on undeveloped land formerly in Chaska Township, an area located near the intersection of

County Road 140 and Highway 212 in southwestern Chaska.

The council is considering permitting hunting through the discharge of shotguns -- .00 size shot or smaller -- on land 40 acres or larger no closer than 500 feet to existing structures or roadways, the Chaska Herald recently reported. No hunting would be permitted on developed parcels.

Councilors noted the shot size requirement effectively limits hunting to birds and not deer.

Bow hunting on the land is OK during the whitetail deer sea-

son.

Hunters would have to apply annually for a $25 permit. The police department would issue the permit. They must carry their permit and photo ID while hunting and can only hunt during hours approved by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

The city will hold a neighborhood meeting with residents in the former township. The council will consider formal adoption of the proposed ordinance next month.

Hunting is not permitted within the Belle Plaine city limits.

Continuing its support of United Farmers Cooperative’s (UFC) plans for the Cologne Mill, the city council recently approved the coop’s request for rezoning and taller limits for the heights of buildings on the property.

The unanimous approvals will help UFC move forward with the renovations UFC wants to make to the coop in downtown Cologne. Along with requirements on setbacks, lot width, the most conspicuous will be the new 160 feet limit for the conveyer equipment atop the elevator. The current limit is 140 feet.

The approvals are in line with the city council’s previously stated support for the UFC’s planned improvements at the mill site and the new jobs the cooperative plans to bring to Cologne.

But the city council’s support ends with any plans that include razing the historic antique shop currently on the UFC property.

Mayor Matt Lein and councilors have informed UFC they want the building preserved.

UFC has studied the possibility of relocating the building.

“It is still theirs,” City Administrator John Hendel said at the March 17 meeting.

The mill is on Mill Avenue, just east of Paul Avenue South.

UFC’s plans include installing a new scale on Mill Avenue to the north side of the property, behind the antique store. The location of the new scale is intended to move trucks away from residential neighbors, diminish their impact on Highway 284 and provide for a more

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The annual community festival is slated for July 24-26.

Representing the Glad Days Committee, Betsy Pysick reported the lumberjacks will be back again this year along with other popular events like the 5K run, the kids run and the teen dance. The committee is aiming to move the teen dance to City

Square Park from Lions Park, a move to centralize the festival’s most popular and well-attended events, Pysick said. Planning for a womens’ softball tournament is also ongoing.

Along with staffing and labor, the committee is also seeking an increased financial contribution from the city to provide citizens attending the festivities a larger tent. The committee is looking for a 40-by-60 or a 30-by-75 foot tent, both costing over $1,000 for the weekend.

The city currently pays for a 30-by-50.

“We’re kind of out-growing the tent,” she said, pointing to growing attendance among community members.

The council made no commitments to the request but promised it would discuss the requests at upcoming meetings.

In other action at the March 17 meeting, the Cologne City Council: • Paid bills totaling $43,411.36.

• Heard a report on upcoming county issues from Commissioner Jim Ische of Hancock Township. His district includes Cologne.

• Amended the fee schedule for renting portions of the Cologne Community Center.

• Passed a resolution involving wages for security personnel.

• Granted a request for a onsale liquor license (3.2 percent) from the Cologne Hollanders amateur baseball club. The license is good from April 1 through Oct. 1.

• Approved the sale of excess equipment – a 1975 Ford truck and tank for $475 and a 1989 pickup truck for $250 -- to the highest bidder.

• Inspected the city’s new pubic works vehicle and its equipment.

Sibley East Task Force Sets Framework for Valuing Amenities As it begins its work assessing the state of facilities within the Sibley East School District, a 23-person task force is asking plenty of questions with the hope their work will help generate answers in the weeks to come.

The questions address the quality of education within the existing facilities, potential crowding since the district closed its school in Green Isle and sold it to the city for $1, the impact facilities have on drawing new students and demographics of Arlington and Gaylord, the district’s two largest cities.

A study of existing facilities conducted before the failed 2011 $40 million bond referendum indicated fixing shortcomings would cost between $14 and $16 million, The Gaylord Hub recently reported.

The task force’s objectives include maintaining a building in Arlington and Gaylord, formulate a plan for buildings if they are vacated, maintain reasonable class sizes, and re-

Redeemer Lutheran to Hold Pancake and Sausage Supper The Redeemer Lutheran Church Men’s All You Can Eat Pancake and Sausage Supper will be held Sunday, April 6 at the church, which is located

efficient flow of traffic through the mill site.

UFC’s plans include building a new warehouse, break rooms, lunchrooms and training rooms next to the historical house (used as an office) on the site.

Plans also include improvements to the interior of the historic house.

In February, Jeff Nielsen, UFC’s general manager and chief executive officer, told the city council the co-op is planning a $3 million expansion with a budget of $4.5 million to make it happen. The first of the two phases is slated for this year and next. Along with the cosmetic improvements intended to enhance the appearance of an area Nielsen described as “blighted,” UFC plans to increase the workforce to 20 employees.

Many of the new jobs will be full-time positions including nutritionists and equine specialists earning livable wages,he said.

UFC’s plans call for the electric lines to run along Highway 284 before reaching the site.

The council is unenthusiastic with the idea of power lines running along Highway 284 through downtown Cologne.

Nielsen said the relocation of power lines is important because it will allow semi traffic to move around the mill site.

Currently, power poles in the interior of the property limit traffic.

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It will take place from 4-6 p.m. Freewill donations will be accepted.

view programs previously cut or not offered. The group will also consider the importance of curb appeal of buildings, keep facilities functional and practical, maintain community pride and avoid and don’t dwell on mistakes of the past.

Upcoming meetings will include data on enrollment in Sibley East Schools, class sizes, programs eliminated, programs worthy of consideration, space utilization and performance statistics. The task force will

establish priorities from the criteria discussed during meetings, the newspaper reported.

The task force includes Superintendent Jim Amsden, Green Isle Mayor Dale ZumBerge, Arlington Mayor Jim Kreft, Chatfield Elementary School Principal Kim DeWitte, a resident of the Sibley East School District and former employee, and Gaylord City Administrator Kevin McCann. The task force will meet six times between March 4 and May 20.

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A Belle Plaine man recently released from prison was back in trouble last week for allegedly taking someone else’s truck out for a spin.

Bradley Scott Christensen was charged with three felony counts involving the theft of a pickup truck from Robert Savage, his former step-father, last Tuesday (March 18). He was released on a $50,000 bond three days later. Monday (March 21), he made his first court appearance in Scott County District Court to face the charges.

According to the criminal complaint, police were dispatched to the 100 block of West Main Street Tuesday at approximately 9:40 p.m. after Savage’s wife reported his Ford F-150 pickup truck was

reported missing. He told police Christiansen, 23, stole the truck. He said the truck is worth about $10,000.

Savage claimed Christiansen was living with him the past two weeks since his release from prison after serving time for drug and burglary crimes.

Savage told police Christiansen took the spare keys to the truck and, according to the charges, that Christiansen did not have permission to be driving the truck.

Police found the truck with Christiansen in it a short time later. The charges state Christian confirmed Savage’s statement. Christian told police, according to the charges, “he just drove the truck around for 30 to 45 minutes.”

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Carver County Parks Hosting Syrup Tapping Open House Carver County Parks is hosting its annual maple syrup open house, offering guests a chance to not only taste real maple syrup but learn about the historic steps in the syrup-making process.

Carver County Parks staff hopes to begin collecting sap and producing maple syrup in late-March at Baylor Regional Park in Norwood Young America, and will continue to do so through early April.

There are so many variables playing into the spring syrup run and avid commercial and personal collectors are hopeful for the weeks of spring ahead.

The parks department is offering its annual maple syrup open house Saturday, March 29, 10a.m. to noon, at the park. Baylor Regional Park is 3½ miles north

of Norwood Young America on the east side of County Road 33 at 10775 County Road 33.

At the open house, park staff and volunteers will show the maple syrup process, from collection of sap and tapping of the tree to the syrup finishing process. Free samples of maple syrup are available as long as the supply allows.

Staff from the Carver County Historical Society will be hosting unique educational activities and programs.

Carver County Libraries will also have a librarian on-site to read and tell stories about the long history of syrup making.

These activities will take place indoors at the Community Room located in the Baylor Park Historic Barn.

When visiting the park for a maple syrup tour, dress properly for weather and site conditions.

It is a 1-mile hike on snowy/ muddy trails to the sugar bush.

The annual maple syrup open house is free to all participants, but parking is either a $5 daily or $24 annual parking permit for entrance into the park.

In addition to the open house, interested non-profit groups and schools are welcome to observe the processing of maple syrup on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. by appointment March 24– 28.

To find out more about maple syrup conditions, processing, directions to Baylor Park or to make a reservation, contact the Carver County Parks office at 952-466-5250.

Bald Eagles Migrating Back to State Bald eagles on spring migration back to Minnesota Bald eagles are migrating back to Minnesota and may be seen in large numbers across parts of the state over the next few weeks, according to the Department of Natural Resources.

“Ice is breaking up along the rivers, so it’s definitely time for folks to keep their eyes out,” said Lisa Gelvin-Innvaer, DNR regional nongame wildlife specialist. “It all depends on the weather. It’s typical to see eagles coming through our area in mid-to-late March, as waters begin to open up and snow melts.”

Only two states, Florida and Alaska, have greater nesting populations of bald eagles than Minnesota. In 2005, researchers estimated there are more than 1,300 active nests in Minnesota.

Fall migration typically occurs as lakes and rivers freeze over, since most eagles prefer a diet of fish. Bald eagle wintering grounds ideally contain open water, ample food, limited hu-

man disturbance and protective roosting sites.

Not all bald eagles migrate southward in the fall, GelvinInnvaer said. In southern Minnesota, it’s common for some eagle pairs to stay the winter, especially during milder winters.

“This winter we’ve had a lot more snow and cold temperatures than last year,” GelvinInnvaer said. “It makes carrion a bit harder for eagles to find.”

Bald eagles that stay local may begin courting and nesting as early as December or January.

Other bald eagles return to their breeding territories, as soon as a food source is available.

“Eagle migration hotspots are a bit of a moving target, so it’s hard to say where the eagles are right now,” Gelvin-Innvaer said. “In Minnesota, the biggest migrations tend to be along the Minnesota River corridor, the north shore of Lake Superior and around Lake Pepin in southeastern Minnesota.”

Adult bald eagles are easily identified by a white head and

tail contrasting with a dark brown body. Bald eagles attain full adult plumage in their fourth or fifth year. In flight, bald eagles are sometimes confused with turkey vultures. However, bald eagles have a tendency to soar on flat, board-like wings, while turkey vultures fly with their wings in a v-shape.

Bald eagles are an example of how they and many other wildlife species benefit directly from donations made to the nongame wildlife checkoff on Minnesota tax forms. Checkoff dollars fund research, surveys and education for more than 700 nongame wildlife species.

Each dollar donated is matched by funds from the Reinvest In Minnesota account.

The DNR’s nongame wildlife program is now streaming live video of a nesting pair of bald eagles on its website at www. webcams.dnr.state.mn.us/eagle. For additional information on bald eagles or where to view them, go to www.mndnr.gov/ birds/eagles/winter_wabasha. html or www.mndnr.gov/snapshots/birds/baldeagle.html.

Carver County Parks Has Summer Day Camps Opportunities for Youth Summer Day Camp experiences and skills can positively influence a young person’s life forever. What is your favorite summer camp memory? Making new friends, trying new activities and creating memories that stick with you for life are the things that make summer camp great. Carver County Parks Department and partnering agencies within the County have teamed up to offer some great summer camp opportunities for your kids and their

friends this summer.

Included are: Lake Minnewashta Outdoor Adventure Camp – June 17-16.

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Outdoor Rec-reators Youth Camp – July 8-10.

Youth Beginners Archery Camp – July 15-17.

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tational at the Belle Plaine Athletic Complex.

The BPHS girls’ and boys’ golf teams are scheduled to hit the links April 8 and 10, respectively, both against St. Peter in Belle Plaine.

Previews of this year’s BPHS spring sports teams will be published in next Wednesday’s Herald.

2014 BPHS Baseball Schedule Apr. 3 at New Ulm Apr. 7 vs. Mayer Lutheran Apr. 8 at St. Peter Apr. 10 at NYA Apr. 12 Belle Plaine Tourney Apr. 14 vs. W-M Apr. 17 vs. LS-H Apr. 21 vs. TCU Apr. 24 at Mayer Lutheran Apr. 28 vs. Jordan Jake Schultz was one of five Tigers to place in the top five in May 1 vs. NYA shot put Saturday at MSU Mankato.

May 5 at W-M May 8 at LS-H May 12 at Sibley East May 13 vs. Holy Family C. May 15 at TCU May 20 vs. Faribault BA May 22 Begin Section June 12-13 State Tourney Sibley East graduate Marshall to San Diego State.

Bjorklund scored 13 points in Bjorklund, a 6-8 senior for2014 BPHS Softball North Dakota State’s surprising ward, was named to the All80-75 victory over Oklahoma Summit League first team for Schedule in the Men’s NCAA Division I a second straight year this seaApr. 1 vs. Blue Earth Area Basketball Tournament’s round son. He averaged 13.4 points Apr. 4 at St. Peter of 64 last Thursday in Spo- and 4.3 rebounds per game.

Apr. 8 vs. Mayer Lutheran kane, Wash. It was the Bison’s Bjorklund’s sister, Tera, also Apr. 10 at NYA first NCAA Tournament win in a Sibley East graduate, helped Apr. 15 vs. W-M school history.

Apr. 17 vs. LS-H lead the University of Colorado Bjorklund had eight points in to four Women’s NCAA DiviApr. 22 vs. TCU the Bison’s second-round loss sion I Tournament appearances Apr. 24 at Mayer Lutheran from 2000-2004.

Apr. 26 at NRHEG Tourney Apr. 29 vs. Jordan May 1 vs. NYA May 6 at W-M May 7 at LS-H May 12 at TCU May 13 at Sibley East Winter has finally come to a in New Prague will host a preMay 16 at Glencoe-SL close, which means outdoor ac- sentation on preventing running May 20 Begin Section tivity will start ramping up once injuries on Wednesday, April 2, June 5-6 State Tourney again. One of the most popular from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at The outdoor activities is running. Fitness Center, 504 Sixth Ave. Whether it’s for fun or for com- NW. John Masberg, Mayo petition, running is an effective Clinic Health System in New form of exercise and can serve Prague physical therapy manas a great personal challenge. ager, will present on a variety Running, like all other forms of injury prevention and manof exercise, presents a risk for agement topics. injury, which can inhibit prog- “This presentation will provide Former Scott West wrestler and ress and personal goals. In fact, participants with knowledge of 2012 Jordan High School gradu- the average runner will sustain injury management, prevention ate Gabe Fogarty recently earned one running injury for every and treatments,” says Masberg.

All-America honors as a member 100 hours of running, per the “Ultimately, using this inforof the St. Cloud State University American Journal of Sports mation can help runners safely wrestling team.

Medicine. Fortunately, there achieve their training goals.”

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Fogarty Earns All-America Honors at St. Cloud State

Fogarty, a sophomore, went 3-2 in the 165-pound division to help lead St. Cloud State to a sixth-place team finish.

Fogarty was a 2011 state champion as a member of Scott West.

His brother, Andrew, won a state title as a junior earlier this month for Scott West.

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Le Center city councilors are offering 80 acres of land the city owns to Unimin, a mining company that extracts aggregate from several mines in the western portions of Le Sueur County.

The company is interested in the land at the junction of 400th Street and South Cordova Avenue, but not to mine. It is interested in purchasing the land to one day trade with a farmer for land elsewhere.

The city bought the 80 acres for $204,000 in 1998. Today, its value

has jumped from $2,550 to $6,256 per acre (or $500,500).

If it doesn’t buy land from a farmer, Unimin wants to acquire wetlands it could restore to meet its obligation for land restoration, the Le Center Leader recently reported.

If Unimin and the city can’t agree on a price, the city would consider selling it to another buyer. Councilors are also interested in seeing what the land would bring on the open market.

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H.S. Track and Field

Belle Plaine Boys and Girls Defend MRC Indoor Titles

by Dan Ruud Both the Belle Plaine High School boys’ and girls’ track and field teams successfully defended their Minnesota River Conference Indoor championships at Saturday’s meet at Myers Field House at Minnesota State University Mankato.

Every team in the conference except Watertown-Mayer was represented at the meet.

The Tigers, who like the rest of the teams on Saturday were without many of their athletes due to band trips and spring break vacations, will now focus on the outdoor season, which is scheduled to begin with the annual Belle Plaine Invitational April 3 at the Belle Plaine Athletic Complex, weather permitting.

Girls’ MRC Indoor Results Belle Plaine, which has dominated MRC foes at Myers Field House in recent years, continued to do so on Saturday as it recorded 162.50 points, well ahead of second-place Tri-City United’s 92. Jordan was a close third with 91, followed by Mayer Lutheran (86.50), Sibley East (84), Norwood Young America (81) and Le Sueur-Henderson (46).

First-place finishers individually for the Tigers were sophomore Jenna Gatz in the 400 dash (1:02.47), freshman Haley Leger in the 800 run (2:37.93), sophomore Dakota Poitra in the high jump (4-7) and sophomore Bridget Egan in the pole vault (8-0).

Also finishing first were the 4x200, 4x400 and 1,600 sprint medley relay teams. Members of those teams were Weldon, junior Rylee Pumper, sophomore Anna Donkhong and ju-

nior Katlyn Jeurissen (4x200); junior Cheyane Westin, Poitra, Gatz and junior Alesia Hastings (4x400); and Leger, Jeurissen, freshman Mariena Hayden and Westin (sprint medley).

Second places were earned by Gatz in the 400 dash (27.65), Donkhong in the 55 dash (7.88) and long jump (14-04), and sophomore Alissa Schultz in the 1,000 run (3:34.90).

Third places were picked up

by Pumper in the 55 dash (8.07) and Westin in the triple jump (30-07.75).

Le Sueur Henderson’s Kayla Stowell won three events, including the 55 dash (7.45), 200 dash (27.38) and long jump (14-10).

Boys’ MRC Indoor Results The Tigers racked up 192 points to outdistance Tri-City United (168) for its second consecutive MRC indoor title.

Rounding out the field were Jordan (92), Mayer Lutheran (69), Norwood Young America (49), Sibley East (47) and Le Sueur-Henderson (28).

(7.13) and sophomore Derek Belle Plaine’s Brady Johnson (front) competed in the 55-meter dash Saturday at MSU. Finishing first for Belle Plaine May in the 1,000 run (3:18.50). were senior Chris Holmbeck in the 200-meter dash (25.45), In relays, the Tigers took secsenior Dylan Olson in the 55 ond in the 4x400 and 4x800.

2014 BPHS Outdoor Track intermediate hurdles (8.75), and Field Schedule junior Brady Johnson in the Apr. 3 Belle Plaine Invite long jump (20-02), senior DaApr. 8 at LS-H vid Schabelski in the pole vault (11-06), senior Zach Bahr in the Apr. 12 at Cannon Falls triple jump (41-09) and senior Apr. 14 at St. Peter Josh Spellman in the shot put Apr. 15 at Jordan Apr. 22 at TCU (44-09.50).

Taking second were Bahr in Apr. 25 at Hamline Elite the 400 dash (58.42), freshman Apr. 29 at Glencoe-SL Nate Loegering in the 1,000 run May 1 at Mankato East (3:13.43), Olson in the 55 high May 6 at Faribault hurdles (8.74) and senior Alec May 15 MRC Meet at B.P. Otto in the shot put (44-05).

May 22 Subsection at G-SL Third-place points were earned May 31 Section at Mankato

by Holmbeck in the 55 dash June 6-7 State Meet/Hamline

BPHS Spring Sports Previews, Photos April 2 The Tigers’ Dakota Poitra, left, placed fourth in the 55-meter intermediate hurdles Saturday.

Spring Sports Teams Keeping Eye on Weather The Belle Plaine High School softball team is the first of the school’s spring sports teams to have an outdoor contest scheduled in 2014. That would be next Tuesday at home against Blue Earth Area.

But as we all know in these parts, spring sports schedules change as often as the weather, and unless a burst of very warm air blows in soon, that game is very much up in the air. In fact, the BPHS baseball team did not

Belle Plaine’s Cassandra Stolt and Sarah Harthan made a clean exchange during the 4x800-meter relay Saturday at MSU Mankato.

play its first game last year until April 25, weeks after their originally scheduled season opener.

Also hoping to get their seasons started next week are the Belle Plaine baseball and track and field teams. The Tiger nine is scheduled to begin play at New Ulm April 3, the same day the boys’ and girls’ track and field teams hope to squeeze in their annual Belle Plaine Invi-

Spring Sports

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The Tigers’ Dalton Friedrichs, right, placed fifth in the 55meter high hurdles Saturday at MSU Mankato.

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WEDNESDAY, March 26, 2014

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Tickets Available for Carver County Dairy Banquet in Cologne that support the continuation of dairying in Carver County.

It also marks the seventh year of our young dairy ambassador program and the 62nd year of crowning the lovely young ladies who will serve as Carver County’s Dairy Princesses. All five candidates will be equally crowned as 2014 Carver County Dairy Princesses as all are equally eligible to compete at the Minnesota Princess Training Workshop May 16-18 at St. Cloud State University.

While there, three of the five will have the opportunity to interview to become one of 12 Princess Kay of the Milky Way

Think Spring

City Cleanup Day April 26 Belle Plaine’s annual Recycle and Cleanup Day will take place Saturday, April 26 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Belle Plaine Police Department parking lot, 420 East Main Street.

The event, sponsored by the city of Belle Plaine and Belle Plaine Lions Club, gives residents of the city of Belle Plaine and the townships of Belle Plaine, Blakeley and St. Lawrence an opportunity to rid their homes of unwanted clutter during these spring cleaning days.

Recyclable items that will be accepted free of charge include glass, newspapers, scrap metal, aluminum, cardboard, plastic and bicycle frames (no tires). There is also a long list of fee items. For a complete list of items and fees, visit www. belleplainemn.com.

More information will be pub-

lished in upcoming editions of the Herald.

City-Wide Garage Sale April 25-26

Belle Plaine’s annual Spring City-Wide Garage Sale Days will take place Friday and Saturday (April 25-26).

If you are interested in having your sale listed on the map, send your name, list of sale items, address and $10 to Diane Skelly, 111 South Meridian Street, Belle Plaine, MN 56011.

The deadline to register is Friday, April 18.

Fliers advertising the sales will be posted in local businesses.

Maps will be available at www. belleplainemn.com.

For more information, contact Diane Skelley at 952-8732467.

finalists. The three that get that opportunity will be selected by a panel of judges at the judging luncheon, sponsored by the State Bank of Hamburg, and will be announced at the Dairy Day Dinner on April 5.

The master of ceremonies for the evening is Dennis Bjorklund, former Chaska High School ag. teacher and former FFA advisor to the ChaskaWaconia FFA chapter.

Social hour begins at 6:30 p.m. followed by dinner prepared by Hillcrest Catering at 7:15 pm.

The program begins at 8 p.m.

For advance sale tickets, call Barb Grimm, 952-657-2476.

blossoms, wildflowers and an indoor Spring Floral Tree in the Visitor Center round out this colorful rite of spring.

At the time of her death, Jekyll had designed over 400 gardens in Britain, Europe and a few in North America. Jekyll was also known for her prolific writing.

She penned over fifteen books, ranging from Wood and Garden and her most famous book Colour in the Flower Garden.

Classes inspired by Jekyll’s designs are offered at the Arboretum this spring and summer for novice to veteran gardeners.

Visitors have the opportunity to celebrate this color extravaganza in the tulip garden and discover their inner “green fashionista� by color-matching their clothes to the tulip display garden hues. Search out “photo op� sites and share your favorites (“selfies� encouraged!) on the Arboretum Facebook page.

The tulip display in 2014 is sponsored by Renata Winsor, longtime friend of the Arboretum.

A crew replaced and repaired an old sewer line from a house on the 100 block of South Walnut Street to the trunk sewer line Friday morning. The line -- an aging clay pipe -- collapsed under the yard and needed to be replaced before sanitary sewer service to the house could be restored.

Foster Pet Care Needed Volunteers are needed to provide temporary foster pet homes for puppies, cats, rabbits, kitten litters and dogs in Carver, Scott and Hennepin counties.

The Carver-Scott Humane Society is without a permanent shelter, so all abandoned pets are housed in foster care until permanent adoption occurs.

Once or twice a month the foster family comes with the pet to a public adoption day for three hours, held in Eden Prairie and Chaska. The Society provides medical care, food and litter.

Volunteers provide a safe, loving home for an average of three to six months. Once a month volunteers come with the pet to a public adoption day for three hours; usually held in Eden Prairie.

If you could help a needy pet by fostering or donating litter or unopened pet food, please call the Society at 368-3553, line 4. More information about the Society is also available at www.carverscoths.org.

‘Color Me Spring’ at Arboretum It’s hard to believe that spring is officially here, when we’re surrounded by a stubborn blanket of snow!

Need a little ray of hope? Time-travel ahead a month‌. to late April. Now imagine myriad splashes of bright yellow and white daffodils adorning garden patches and hillsides. On the heels of spring wildflowers, carpets of tulips appear – 37,000 in 1 0 3varieties – bursting in vivid color! Completing the color palette are 6,000 pansies, 1,100 hyacinths and 800 alliums.

The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum’s spring bloom display promises to be breathtakingly colorful this year! Landscape gardener Duane Otto has planned tulip and annual garden designs inspired by the genius of the late Gertrude Jekyll, the woman behind the acclaimed English cottage-garden style.

Jekyll immersed herself in radiant color and unconventional combinations, crossing boundaries and mixing bright, hotto-cool colors with her favorite grays and pastels. She is remembered for her outstanding designs and subtle, painterly approach to garden design.

Otto borrowed Jekyll’s colorblock design, dedicating equal portions of color for each spectrum when planning this year’s annual garden and tulip displays. “This time of year, we are starved for color. The intensity and brilliance of the light shining through the tulip petals will give off a sheen and glow,� said Otto. Visitors should be prepared for many “a-ha� moments as they stroll through the grounds. Lilacs, crabapple

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The “Color Me Spring� theme continues indoors with the Arboretum’s “Butterflies: Beauty in Flight� exhibit of live native butterflies in the Snyder Building’s MeyerDeats Conservatory, opening May 17 and continuing through Aug. 17.

In this exhibit, visitors will learn about butterflies native to Minnesota and watch them in action as they flit from flower to flower, performing the vital act of pollination.

The exhibit will feature common plants that help sustain these flying wonders.

Additional features include an “emergence cabinet� showing the insects in the pupa (chrysalis) stage as they transition into butterflies, as well as signage on their life cycle. Look for butterflyfriendly “pollinator plantings� in containers and gardens. Also planned are special butterfly releases (see details below) and Tamron Lenses will sponsor a butterfly photo “treasure hunt� with interpretive signage providing photo tips for capturing close-up butterfly images.

The exhibit entry fee will be $3 for ages 3 and up; free younger children. (Arboretum members will receive free onetime passes.) Arboretum gate admission applies.

Exhibit hours will be 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (last entry at 4:45 p.m.) and, due the nature of the exhibit, only a limited number of people will be allowed entry at a given time and no strollers please.

As a special feature, butterfly releases will occur outdoors at 10 a.m. on Saturdays, July 12, 19, 26 and Aug. 2, 9 and 16.

Visit www.mnarbonline.com or call 952-443-1411 to reserve butterflies for release.

Firefighters’ Fish Fry The Belle Plaine Fire Department held its annual fish fry Friday night at Chatfield Elementary School. The event drew hundreds to the school’s cafeteria. Firefighters, their families and volunteers helped with preparation and serving. Proceeds from the popular event help fund the purchase of equipment firefighters use on the job.

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The Carver County Dairy coronation will occur at the annual county dairy dinner Saturday, April 5 in Cologne.

The 62nd Annual Carver County Day will be held at the Cologne Community Center.

The highlight of the event is the honoring of the 2014 Carver County Dairy princesses.

The candidates are Lauren Manteuffel of Cologne, Krianna Boelke of Cologne, Christine Leonard of Young America, Jeni Haler of Norwood, and Madeline Beuning of Waconia.

This year marks our 62nd year of recognizing outstanding local dairy farmers, as well as, individuals and businesses