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Convenience is key for Events By Barb Jeffers barb@fillmorecountyjournal.com
Anyone who has a large family knows the feeling when a holiday or another occasion approaches and there is always that first question - who will host the party? Events, a new business is Harmony, Minn., has got you covered. Few people have homes big enough to comfortably provide accommodation for a very large group. You can now rent the space at Events right on the main street of Harmony for your upcoming special occasion. No longer will you have to stress about cleaning your house right down to the very last cobweb just so your friends and family can mess it up again! Owners Curt and Brenda LaFleur found themselves in the same tight situation that your family may be in when either of
Abby Hopp, member of the Root River Rabbits 4-H Club, has lived and loved 4-H since early childhood, and now that passion is taking her to the National Dairy Judging Competition. “This year I exhibited a Holstein-Grade Senior 2-year-old at the MN State Fair for 4-H. I also took a Holstein-Grade Winter Calf, Holstein-Grade Winter Yearling, and a market barrow to the Minnesota State Fair for FFA,” states Hopp. She also had the chance to compete in the Minnesota Dairy Judging Competition, where she placed eleventh overall and was selected to judge with three other individuals on the Minnesota Composite Team. This team is
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composed of the top four individuals not already on a team. The team will travel to Louisville, Ky., November 4-7, 2016 to compete at the National Dairy Judging Competition. The competition is November 6, with the Awards Ceremony to be held November 7. Hopp, daughter of Doug and Heather Hopp of Chatfield, Minn., joined 4-H at five-yearsold when she was in kindergarten. “I have been very active in many aspects of the 4-H organization” states Abby. “Beginning at the club level, I served as club secretary, treasurer, and president, as well as took part in many community service projects,” she says. But, that was only the beginning for this eager young woman, as she notes, “I took this to the
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Photo submitted next level and have served the Fillmore County 4-H Federation as vice president, secretary and treasurer,” which was a very educational experience. “I have been active in the dairy project, showing at the county and state levels for many years. I was active on the dairy judging and dairy quiz bowl teams,” and adds, “I have also shown swine at the county and state levels and brought countless non-livestock projects to the county and state fairs,” where she was able to showcase her talents. Her knowledge was expanded further, as Hopp states, “I was also active in the County Ambassadors, and on the Food Stand, Jr. Fairboard, Fundraiser, Executive, Auction, Extension, Dairy PDC, and the Constitutional By-Laws
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Abby Hopp and her Holstein at the 2016 Minnesota State Fair.
their large families got together. “We figured other people must be like us” and could use a place for family get-togethers and other big gatherings. The former Klip Joint building on the south end of main street was for sale and, “It was kind of out of the blue,” says Brenda, but they decided to purchase the building from the City of Harmony. Curt, who does carpentry work, says purchasing and remodeling the building is an investment for the couple that they feel is a good one. The top floor houses an apartment which they have rented. Once the building belonged to them in November 2015, the couple began remodeling the main floor. A wall was removed to “open
By R ich Wicks rich@fillmorecountyjournal.com
The Kingsland School Board met October 17 in regular session, with all members present: Doug Plaehn, Deb Larson, Kristin Beck, Troy Asher, Gwen Howard and Ann Oeltjen, along with Superintendent John McDonald. The board unanimously approved the consent agenda items, including first and second readings of a number of policies, and two resignations (Heather Glaser and Elizabeth Connor). The board then OK’d the hiring of Elaine Boone as full-time custodian (Howard and Beck abstained). Next, the board heard public thanks given by Superintendent McDonald. He acknowledged Sharon Schmidt, Anna Krahn, Leah Stier,
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Ashlee Falck, Ann Priebe, Sarah Milnar and Justin Milnar for volunteering their help recently with the hearing and vision screenings. He also thanked the Salvation Army for their annual donation of $800 to the school milk program. The board also heard an update on FFA activities from three FFA students. McDonald informed the board that Kingsland participates in high school wrestling through the GMLOKS cooperative. But because Kingsland only has one high school wrestler, and because GMLOKS is placed in a competitive class based on overall enrollment of all the schools within the cooperative, it is not making sense for Kingsland to contin-
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