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A polarized triology

Publisher’s note: Last week, we shared a side-by-side comparison between what Journal writer Al Mathison wrote in the March 31, 1997 issue of the Fillmore County Journal, along with what Fillmore County Sheriff’s Department Captain John DeGeorge provided in his recent Supplemental Report -taking an in-depth look at who should have been charged in the double homicide of the Olson brothers in 1936. In last week’s issue, both pieces set the stage for the investigation, establishing possible motives and characters involved.

This week, we are publishing Al Mathison’s piece that appeared in the April 7, 1997 issue of the Fillmore County Journal, alongside Captain John DeGeorge’s case summary.

One story leads to the primary suspect of Clarence “Bosco” Bendickson, while the other leads to Elmer Erickson. We will have a third and final installment from Mathison and DeGeorge in the May 18, 2015 issue of the Fillmore County Journal.

Case summary At the scene of On December 2, 1936, Sheriff the crime Knute Inglebret was called at

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Fillmore Central graduate Army Sgt. First Class David Fink announced the draft pick for the Cleveland Browns in round 77 during the 2015 NFL draft.

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By Barb Jeffers and shortly thereafter his family After reading an email asking barb@fillmorecountyjournal.com moved to Caledonia. His par- if anyone from his command A graduate of Fillmore Cen- ents now live in Fairmont ,where would like to attend the NFL tral High School recently had Tony continues his ministerial Draft, Fink decided to put his the honor of announcing a draft work. name in “hoping I’d be one of pick in the NFL Draft which After graduation, Fink attend- the two selected,” he said. He was broadcast nationally. ed the University of Minnesota. found out a couple days later Army Sgt. First Class David Following 9/11, at the age of that he would be attending the Fink was selected to announce 19, Fink joined the Army and draft and “was pretty excited the pick in round 77 of the NFL has served three tours in Iraq about that opportunity alone,” draft which was held April 30 - and one tour in Afghanistan. he states.

May 2, 2015 at the Auditorium Sgt. First Class Fink has been In April, while back in Minn.

Theatre of Roosevelt University awarded a Purple Heart and a turkey hunting, Fink received a in Chicago, Ill. text message saying he was going Bronze Star.

Fink and his parents, Tony A combat engineer by trade, to be announcing a pick for the and Joleen, moved to Preston, Fink was selected for recruiting draft. He says “I didn’t initially Minn. when he was in seventh duty and currently works at an believe it” and said he “wanted grade. His father Tony was a Army recruiting center in Evan- to see proof when he got back to Methodist minister for churches ston, Ill. He lives in Highland work”, which he did by reading in both Preston and Lanesboro, Park, Ill. with his wife, Marci, the email he had received with Minn. and children Makenzie, almost confirmation.

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home by Will East who advised Sheriff Inglebret that he believed a murder had been committed at the Olson farm. Will East, along with his son, Roy and neighbors Friend Berning and his son, Darrell Berning had gone to the Olson farm that evening to do a welfare check after not seeing a light that is normally on all night, and seeing mail accumulated in the Olson mailbox.

Upon arriving at the Olson farm, the group of neighbors knocked on the door, then entered the residence. Upon making entry through the front door into the kitchen, the neighbors discovered the body of Sever Olson in the kitchen, they then returned to the Will East residence and called the Sheriff.

Sheriff Inglebret and Coroner Olaf Thompson responded to the farm, along with Will East and Friend Berning. Sheriff Inglebret recognized the body of Sever Olson in the pantry. Sheriff Inglebret did an initial search at the scene, both inside and outside of the residence, before deciding to return the next day.

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Part II of Who killed the Olson brothers?

By Al Mathison On Thursday morning, December 3, 1936, at 9 a.m. Captain Herman Vall and Agent Ethan Allen left the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension headquarters in St. Paul for Preston.

Sheriff Inglebret had notified the Bureau late the night before about the murder at the Olson farm and had requested the Bureau’s assistance in conducting the investigation. Vall was a veteran Bureau officer and for many years had been chief of detectives at the St. Paul police department. The sketchy details he had learned of the Olson case already led him to believe that the murderer was likely an acquaintance of the brothers. If the motive was robbery as the Sheriff had said, who else, but somebody whom the brothers could identify, would kill them in cold blood on such and isolated farm? The Sheriff had indicated that they had yet to locate the younger brother’s body, but said he was confident that it would be found once it was daylight.

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bret returned to the farm along with BCA Captain Herman Vall and continued the search of the scene, finding the body of Knute Olson near a haystack 300-500 feet east of the residence. Sheriff Inglebret reported finding $850 cash on the person of Knute (later clarified by Captain Vall to have been in a left inner pants pocket).

An autopsy and firearms examination showed that both victims died as a result of being shot with the same .32 caliber revolver. It was believed that Sever Olson was shot in the neck at a downward angle inside the house as he was sitting in a chair near the stove, then tried to make his way to a shotgun kept insides the pantry when he collapsed and died. A wallet or purse that Sever was thought to have kept on his person was not located during the search of his body or the residence. It was believed that Knute Olson was shot after opening the front door and walking into the house, then running east out of the house, finally collapsing near a haystack 300-500 feet east of the house where he was found dead face down, clutching a single gunshot wound to his abdomen.

It was later determined that the last time the victims were seen alive was approximately 1500 hours on Friday, November 27, 1936 by a farm worker hauling straw from the Olson farm.

Henry Nagle reported that at 1300 hours on Saturday, November 28, 1936, a green sedan with one male occupant drove into the Olson farm. Nagle stated that the driver had an overcoat turned up around his face as he drove into the Olson driveway. Nagle did not recognize the driver.

It was believed that the Olson far was used as a “jumping off point” into Iowa for bootleggers during prohibition, which ended approximately 3 years before the murders. It was reported that bootleggers would often spend the night at the Olson farm before traveling into Iowa, and that the Olson’s were known among bootleggers to carry large amounts of cash.

It was reported that the victims were robbed in 1928 by someone that they were drinking with. The brothers were reportedly drugged and after waking up discovered that they had been robbed.

A January 8, 1937 report from Agents Vall and Allen states that on December 5, 1936, Mel Rilling used a $20 bill to purchase a pair of dress gloves at S.B. Johnson store. The clerk, Tillman Morem, reported that Rilling became red in the face when Morem inspected the bill closer during the sale. Morem also stated that about a week prior, Mel Rilling had used a $20 bill to purchase a pair of “Ball” brand low, two buckle rubber overshoes, which were the same style and type that made the bloody foot prints at the Olson home. Writer could not find any mention of those footprints in the original investigative reports made by agents or deputies.

On January 29, 1937, agents and deputies responded to a residence near the Olson farm after receiving a call that Elmer Erickson had been at the Richard Jones farm “disturbing” them. It was reported that Erickson was interested in the Jones’ 19 year old daughter. Erickson promised to stay away from the Jones farm, but later that night deputies were called back to the Jones farm after someone pounded on their door then left. Agents and deputies followed footprints in the snow from the Jones farm to the Havlor Erickson farm, where they found Elmer Erickson in bed, then arrested him.

After questioning Elmer Erickson, agents became suspicious of his involvement in the murders.

Elmer admitted to owning a .32 caliber revolver that he admitted bringing with him to his uncle’s farm when he moved from Montana. Agents Nelson and Allen questioned Elmer Erickson at the jail about the gun, Elmer admitted to hiding it in a tree on his uncle’s farm, where is was found by agents. Elmer admitted that he had brought the gun with him from Montana to his uncles farm, where he had kept it for the last 2 years, but had hung the gun in the tree and left it there as recently as the last 3 or 4 weeks.

The revolver recovered at the Erickson farm, which Elmer Erickson admitted to owning, along with the bullets recovered from the victims and the scene of the murder, were examined

by Dr. John B. Dalton at the St. Paul Police headquarters. Dr. Dalton reports significant similarities between a test bullet fired from the revolver and the bullets recovered from the victim’s body and the crime scene, stating that there is 1 in 4,016 chance that the similar marks on the test fired bullet and the crime scene bullets would be coincidental. Dr. Dalton ends his report with the statement “Hence while the tests indicate the high probability that the above gun is the murder gun, it’s not air tight.”

On 08/18/2014, Writer spoke with Jamie Sipes form the St. Paul Crime Lab, requesting any information regarding the original firearms analysis report proved by Dr. Dalton on 01/31/1937. Sipes advised Writer that no information was available, and suggested that the Writer contact BCA Firearms Analyst Curt Moline.

Writer contacted Moline, who agreed to look at the St. Paul analysis report, which Writer emailed to him. Moline called Writer, advising him that he was not familiar with the terminology used in the 1937 report, and if asked his opinion, he would have to call the findings of the report “undetermined”.

A search of the Erickson farm in January of 1937 revealed a feed sack that Elmer admitted to putting his clothing into, but did not give a reasonable explanation why.

The sack contained an undershirt that had what appeared to be bloodstains near the collar. Elmer could not explain the bloodstains, stating that there must be some mistake. Agent Anletz took the undershirt to dr. W. P. Larson at

Monday, May 11, 2015 the University of Minnesota Millard Hall. Tests confirmed that the substance on the shirt was blood, agents later received a telephone call from Superintendent Passolt confirming the blood to be human On February 22, 1937, Captain Vall sent a letter to Superintendent Passolt dismissing Elmer Erickson as a suspect in the Olson murders, below is the text of that letter without grammar corrections: Preston Minn.

Feb. 22, 1937 M.C.Passolt I am sending to you by mail my mileage report for the month of Jan. 1937 which I think you will find correct this report was overlooked and delayed due to my illness.

We are still laboring and checking and doing everything possible. We have received many letters and Phone calls these are given immediate attention. I’ve spend considerable time with this man Elmer Erickson, who was picked up on an assault charge it was thought that the time of his arrest that he was connected with the double murder in the township of Bristol.

While talking to him I’ve studied and watched him closely there is nothing strange or mysterious about him, being a big man he wants to appear tough and be a big shot among friends and farmers in my opinion he is nothing But a Big Sap his most and daring act is that of window peeping and watching the girls when they undress he undoubtedly would commit rape if the opportunity offered, otherwise he is not dangerous he may be classed as a polite [not suitable for publication] according to my opinion he is very fond of such literature as “Sleeping Beauty” the magazine of sex relations, the popular medical magazine “Rasputin: the Holy Devil” these are his pet ideas of good reading as a moron, I would consider him dangerous to any community especially where there are young girls, as for any connection with the Olson murder, I say no, in the first place he has not got the courage nor the guts to pull a job of that kind like all men of his type he is a born coward.

We are not working on theories we are working on facts and evidence and that’s why I believe Elmer Erickson is not in any way connected with the Olson murder. Mr. Perkins, the County Atty. is a little skeptical about turning Erickson loose as he may return to his Uncle’s farm where he is not wanted. As yet I have not offered many suggestions but I believe that can be taken care of as I consider that a small matter he is till in jail awaiting the action of the County Atty.

It is the same old story “snow” everywhere last Saturday and Sunday Preston was completely snowed under. Two busses remained in town over night we are working and doing the best we can under the circumstances.

Respectfully “Old man Vall” ... to be continued

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As he arrived at the draft to announce on Friday, Fink states ,“I was naturally a little nervous right before I was set to go on, but not overly” and adds that staff with ESPN and the NFL network were very friendly and helpful.

Having served overseas, he says “I’ve been in stressful situations before and put it all in perspective and had fun with it” which helped ease any nerves he was feeling.

Fink announced the 77th pick of the NFL Draft for the Cleveland Browns who chose Duke Johnson from the University of Miami. Fink says “I was just happy to get a name I could easily pronounce,” and was pleased to be given the draft card to keep which NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell signed for him.

Fink was taken by surprise at the NFL Draft when he was interviewed by a reporter for the NFL. He was asked what the experience was like for him and asked about the awards and decorations he has received. When asked who his favorite NFL team is Fink responded “Skol! Vikings”

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and says “the place erupted mainly with boos - since it was full of Bears and Packers fans” and that moment “was one of my favorite parts of the night, to be honest,” he says.

When asked how the experience was, Fink says “the entire experience was simply amazing and surreal. I had so much fun with it and can hardly believe it happened” even days later.

Fink says, “I was incredibly proud to represent the Army I love so much. The Army has given me so many great opportunities and provided my family and myself with a great life” which he is grateful for, and adds “I was very proud to represent my family, friends and everyone back home” as well.

On a closing note, Fink says “I 100% appreciated the support I received from all of my friends and family back home and especially in the Preston-Harmony area. I consider myself extremely lucky to be offered the opportunity to have done that and hope to have represented my Army and my home well.”

Sgt. First Class Fink - you have represented yourself, your family, your Army, and your country well and we thank you.

Fillmore Central Schools will be participating in the Summer Food Service Program Fillmore Central Public Schools #2198 is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and meet nutritional standards established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Meals will be served Monday – Friday, June 2, 2015 – August 21, 2015 at Fillmore Central Elementary, 702 Chatfield St., Preston. The site will be closed July 20-24, 2015.

Breakfast hours: 8 a.m. - 9 a.m. Lunch hours: 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

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C ommentary Prejudice and hate. Do these words describe Christians?

By Stan Gudmundson Let’s go to the source of our Christian faith to answer that question.

Jesus said, “A new command I give you; Love one another. As I have loved you, so must you love one another.” Did Col. Stan you notice Gudmundson that Jesus uses the word “must”? Does that sound like there is a lot of wiggle room here for prejudice and hate? The fact is there isn’t any. At all.

Many who criticize Christians believe that we hate because our “technical-order” clearly says that homosexuality is wrong. That is incorrect. Reread our marching orders in the first paragraph. We are to love. But, we cannot ignore the Bible’s guidance any more than we can dismiss the directions Jesus gave us.

Moreover, we find a specific directive of what marriage is. Jesus said, “at the beginning, the Creator made them male and female and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

Making homosexual “marriage” legal in secular terms doesn’t change the definition of what a union of a man and woman is. It does destroy however, the very definition of the word “marriage” and it does so completely. Call it marriage if you like but it is now fiction.

Though some Protestant “faiths” seem to be trying to, the Christian world can’t change these things and the secular world can’t force us to change them either. They are what they are.

We have a clash between what and how the Bible tells us to believe and Editorial Cartoon

behave and the way the secular world wants us to believe and behave.

Christians are going to remain loyal to God’s word and not the world’s whims. Call us names, destroy our businesses, bully us about our Christian faith, and throw us in prison, whatever, our faith comes first. We live our faith all day long and every day. We don’t check our faith at the door when we leave our homes. It comes along with us.

It is what we are.

A critical question here concerns the priority of the constitution’s freedom of religion versus other “rights”.

Which is more important; which ranks higher? Does the guarantee of religious freedom override so-called “group rights” and other “rights” or is it the other way around?

Dorothy Sayers, a very bright English woman said long ago, “If you wish to preserve a free democracy, you base it – not on classes and categories, for this will land you in the totalitarian state, where no one may act or think except as the member of a category. You base it upon the individual…in fact, upon you and me.” It is very clear that the constitution is based on the rights of the smallest minority. That, being the individual. In other words, LGBT rights stop where my nose begins.

Additionally there is the practical question. Have there been times when LGBTers could not find another photographer, bakery, or caterer were one particular business to deny them of their desired services because of the religious beliefs of the business owners? Of course not. The fact is LGBTers may be “inconvenienced” but that doesn’t mean they can’t get what they need.

Businesses have the right to serve who they want. When Christian business owners refuse to photograph, make cakes, cater, or arrange flowers for a “homosexual wedding”

for example, they have that right.

In essence, this controversy is nothing more than LGBT harassment of people who won’t think, believe, and behave the way their “authorities” for such things want them to. It is also LGBT’s furious intolerance for others not enthusiastically embracing and adopting their radical agenda. Funny, these are the same people who constantly whine about tolerance. LBGTers are nothing but bullies harassing people for the “crime” of “wrong-thinking”.

Unfortunately, there is no way to make everyone happy. Along with many others, my faith is my number one priority irrespective of what the secular world insists on. We’re going to live it as best as we can.

The very idea that we must all think and all believe the same thing is not liberty. That’s what the communists and Nazis, among others, tried to make people do. What we face today has nothing to do with freedom. Insistence on group-think and behavior and compliance to an agenda we find wrong is nothing more and nothing less than a tyranny that puts us all in a straight-jacket of conformity.

Someone, somewhere will always have their noses out of joint for real or imagined slights or for being slightly inconvenienced. But liberty, by definition, allows for a wide variety of individual behaviors and beliefs. Liberty trumps political correctness.

You can violate what the constitution says and pass all the laws you want in an effort to make us think and behave the way you want us to.

Sorry, it won’t work. We will refuse.

And the constitution assures that we can refuse. Even if it didn’t, we would still refuse.

Again however, reread the first paragraph. Christianity has nothing to do with hate or prejudice. “Love one another”, it’s a “must”.

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Government this week •Monday, May 11, Whalan City Council, City Hall, 5 p.m.

•Monday, May 11, Spring Valley City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m.

•Monday, May 11, City of Rushford City Council, City Hall, 6:30 p.m.

•Monday, May 11, Chatfield City Council, City Hall, 7 p.m.

• Monday, May 11, Wykoff City Council, City Hall, 7 p.m.

•Monday, May 11, Houston City Council, City Hall, 7:30 p.m.

•Tuesday, May 12, Fillmore County Commissioners, Fillmore County Courthouse, 9 a.m.

•Tuesday, May 12, Harmony City Council, City Hall, 7 p.m.

•Wednesday, May 13, Canton City Council, City Hall, 7 p.m.

•Wednesday, May 13, Mabel City Council, City Hall, 7 p.m.

•Wednesday, May 13, Peterson City Council, City Hall, 7 p.m.

•Monday, May 18, RushfordPeterson School Board, Rushford Biology Room, 5:30 p.m.

•Monday, May 18, Preston City Council, Council Chambers, 6 p.m.

•Monday, May 18, Kingsland School Board, District Conference Room, 6:30 p.m.

•Monday, May 18, Chatfield School Board, High School Media Center, 7 p.m.

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Letter about 50 foot buffer zones along rivers and streams...

To the Editor, Greg Rendahl recently expressed his disappointment with my opposition to Governor Dayton’s idea requiring 50-foot buffer zones along rivers and streams. He thinks I’m catering to the interests of a few “greedy” farmers.

Readers should know that my phone has been ringing off the hook from farmers who are opposed to the 50-foot buffer proposal. These folks work hard to protect their land and nearby water because doing so ensures their economic livelihood, and they’re upset by the governor’s insinuation that they are nothing more than polluters.

Rendahl can surrender his land if he wants, but I have not spoken to an area farmer who thinks requiring a 50-foot buffer is a good idea.

There are other solutions besides the unconstitutional seizure of 125,000 acres of productive farmland, such as enforcing the current law requiring a 16.5-foot buffer along public ditches.

I have no problems with finding compromise on this issue, but 50 feet, as the governor might say, is a “non-starter”.

My vow to kill this proposal isn’t partisan nor is it mindless; I’m fighting on behalf of all of my district’s farmers – minus one - who are outraged that Governor Dayton has accused them of creating cesspools in Minn. and wants our state to conduct an illegal land grab as an unnecessary punishment.

Sincerely, State Representative Greg Davids Preston, MN

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C ommentary STANDING GUARD: Patriots among us part 3

By Jeff Erding Dale Wondrasch, Korea, US Army 1953-55 The source of some details and descriptions is “This Kind of War: The Classic Military History of the Korean War” by T.R. Fehrenbach No one in their right mind wanted to be in Korea, North or South, in 1955. Forty years of brutal occupation by cruel and heartless Japanese conquerors and a recent deadly military conflict had taken an unimaginable toll.

Perhaps an American from Jeff Erding the early 1800’s would not have been as appalled by conditions in Korea, but Army corporal Tom Bracht could not reconcile himself to the lack of flush toilets, the overwhelming stench of human excrement, (commonly used as fertilizer in all Asian countries) the shocking squalor and brutality experienced by the native peoples of Korea. Naked, homeless, starving children seemed to be everywhere. Amazingly, more experienced soldiers pointed out conditions were much improved from the period right after WWII, when disease and starvation were so rampant that the bodies of the dead, including women and children, were gathered up each morning and carted to a nearby location where they were disposed of in mass bulldozed graves with thousands of other recently perished individuals. This was not a situation unique to any particular Korean city: it was repeated on a daily basis in every major town on the entire Korean peninsula including Wonju, where Bracht was currently stationed with the rest of his outfit awaiting a much anticipated return to the U.S.A. As he walked down the street on his return to base, Bracht observed an elderly Korean women, apparently deaf, attempting to cross a busy street

at an unauthorized location. A Korean soldier who was on traffic control gave her an order to desist which went unheard, causing him to become angry.

He charged over to the old lady and knocked her to the ground with the butt of the machine gun slung over his shoulder, cursing her in Korean and kicking her mercilessly back toward the curb.

The dozens of passersby on the busy street just kept on walking as if nothing unusual had happened. 50 years of enslavement had desensitized them to savage treatment by men in uniform.

Corporal Bracht shook his head and breathed a silent prayer for the impending joyous event of his departure to come quickly.

Suddenly, something unusual caught his eye; a skinny stray dog, one of hundreds who roamed the streets until someone was quick or clever enough to catch them as fodder for the stew pot, was trotting toward him with a small rectangular object clamped in his teeth. Darned if it didn’t look like someone’s billfold! With a sharp cry and a wave of his arms, Bracht rushed the mangy creature, who yelped in terror, dropped his prize, and fled through the throngs of pedestrians. Bracht gingerly picked up the object, which was indeed a wallet. Wiping the dog saliva off on his pants cuff, Bracht opened the billfold.

All the money was predictably gone, but some other common items were still intact including a military I.D. The apparent owner of the wallet was none other than Radio Communications Specialist Corporal Dale Wondrasch, who had attended 20 weeks of Army radio communications and repair school with Bracht at Fort Monmouth, N. J. and was part of the group who had done their time and was soon scheduled for return stateside. Thanks to a Korean mutt and the efforts of Corporal Bracht, Dale got his wallet back, sans money, after being victimized by apparent pickpocket activity.

Born in 1932 a native of the Wykoff/Spring Valley area, Dale lived with his family on several area farms in the 30s and 40s.

Dale attended school in Wykoff, at the Forestville school, (now serving as Forestville Town Hall) St. Johns Parochial in Wykoff, and Wykoff Public, where he graduated at the age of 17 in 1950. A tragic wood cutting incident in March of that year resulted in the death of Dale’s father. Dale saw his dad alive for the last time while waiting for the school bus near the bridge at the bottom of Turner Hill, south of Wykoff. His dad was carrying an ax and crosscut saw, walking toward the neighboring Bacon farm to begin the yearly task of getting fuelwood up for the following winter.

After graduation, Dale worked as a farm laborer, an assistant butter maker, and at the Chick Hatchery on the south edge of Spring Valley prior to receiving his draft notice in January of 1953. He was soon mustered into the Army at Fort Sheridan, Ill. and attended Boot Camp at Camp Gordon, Ga. His superiors having detected an aptitude for electronics, Dale was shipped to N. J. for 20 weeks of Radio School. Successfully completing that training, he got two weeks leave and returned home in September in time to celebrate his 21st birthday. The respite from the clutches of Uncle Sam seemed all too short; Dale was soon ordered to report to Fort Lewis, Washington where he boarded the Troop Ship USNS General J. Gaffey, bound for Korea by way of Yokahama and Sasebo, Japan. Dale arrived in Pusan, Korea in the late Fall of 1953 as a member of the 22nd Signal Group, 59th Signal Company, 8th Army. Radio Teletype Specialist Private Wondrasch was soon sent via train to Yong Dong Po near the Hwacheon Reservoir and the 38th Parallel.

(Dale noted the ancient coal fired train locomotives turned everything black inside the cars with open windows, especially the faces of the passengers!)

The impact of Houston County public hearings

By Justin Zmyewski, District #2 Commissioner The year 2015 is the year of two historic decisions for the county board. On February 18, 2015 a public hearing was held fundamentally addressing the issue of frac sand Justin mining in Zmyewski Houston County. For nearly three hours the board of commissioners heard

testimony from person after person who called for a ban on frac sand mining. People from all walks of life, including a Catholic nun, voiced their opinion. When it was all said and done, over 90% of the people who spoke were in favor of a ban on frac sand mining in Houston County.

On March 3 the commissioners got their chance to vote on an ordinance that would essentially ban frac sand mining. The results of that vote are as follows: • District #1, Commissioner Storlie - No • District #2, Commissioner

Zmyewski – Yes • District #3, Commissioner Schuldt – No • District #4, Commissioner Walter – No • District #5, Commissioner Kjolme – Yes On April 14 the county board was presented with a proposal from the county highway department. The proposal is to build a county highway maintenance facility that would cost upwards of $6 million, which I believe would make it second to the new justice center (jail) for the most expensive building ever constructed by

Dale’s group was in charge of secure and secret communications during the tense time right after the Korean armistice was signed. Enemy troop and military movements were carefully monitored and the information was coded and sent to the allied military authorities in charge of aircraft and artillery. In case of any outbreak of hostilities, key targets could be identified and targeted by shelling and bombing. The communication headquarters was right on the edge of the demilitarized zone and was highly secured and guarded. The facility was also equipped with powerful “self destruct” explosive devices, to be deployed in case capture by the enemy was imminent. These devices were intended to destroy the facility and prevent the capture of top secret code machines; the operations people on site naturally would not escape alive. Needless to say, Dale was pleased when, after several months of top secret duty, he received orders to depart for Wonju, Inchon, and then for home via the Troop Ship USS Mann. Because the shallow harbor at Inchon would not accommodate a close approach of the ship, Dale and his fellow soldiers were transported out in LST’s and had to climb landing nets to get on board. When asked about the difficulty of that climb, Dale just laughed. “We were so glad to be going home, we could have jumped aboard from the LST if we had to!”

Dale arrived back in Seattle in the fall of 1955. To this day, he describes setting foot back on American soil as “The absolute happiest day of my life! I can’t begin to describe how wonderful it felt to be back. It was just the greatest feeling I ever experienced, and all of us felt the same way!”

(Many a returning service person has knelt down, thanked their creator, and kissed the ground upon returning to America. How many of us truly appreciate the beauty, prosperity, and freedom available here in the United States?)

Dale mustered out back at Fort Sheridan, but still was obligated to serve six years in

the Army Reserve. He was not called back to active duty, but Dale’s service to his country and fellow servicemen by no means ended in 1955. He worked at several different jobs as a civilian, including 16 seasons at the hatchery and many years for Land O’Lakes as a creamery employee and butter maker. He also used his previous training to install the first dial system for the Grand Meadow Telephone Company. In spite of his excellent record while on active duty, Dale’s greatest service to his fellow man may be as a volunteer in the local communities, and very few people can equal his accomplishments in that regard.

He is an active life member of local organizations as follows: • American Legion Stahl/Linnemeyer post 369, Wykoff • VFW, Spring Valley • Spring Valley Fire Department, active member 20 years • D.A.V., Spring Valley • Spring Valley Historical Society • The Friends of Forestville Since 1965, there has never been a time Dale has not served as an officer in some capacity in the American Legion and/ or VFW; whether it be as commander, trustee, quartermaster, or some other position of responsibility, Dale has always served. And that’s not all.

In 1958, he was a driving force in creating the tradition of providing a military color guard at the funerals of local veterans and at local sports events and parades. When I asked him how many funerals he has attended in that capacity, Dale was not able to provide a figure. If we use round numbers and say six a year for 50 years, that’s 300 funerals! (A heartfelt “thanks so much!” to all of you wonderful people who have donated your time to provide this service.)

Many thanks to Dale Wondrasch for his contributions to the local communities. It’s hard to find the words to express our gratitude, but please know your efforts and those of all the great Americans like you are sincerely appreciated!

May God bless you all until next time, Jeff

the county. I made a motion to conduct a public hearing regarding this proposed building project. In my mind it was a motion that carried logic and merit allowing the board of commissioners to be transparent by increasing community awareness while at the same time gaining the pulse of the community for a proposal of this magnitude. A magnitude of which I am opposed.

My motion failed due to lack of a second by any one of my fellow commissioners. On April 28 I motioned yet again to hold a public hearing. That motion was seconded by Commissioner Kjome.

That vote went as follows:

• District #1, Commissioner Storlie - No • District #2, Commissioner Zmyewski - Yes • District #3, Commissioner Schuldt - No • District #4, Commissioner Walter - No • District #5, Commissioner Kjome - Yes Motion failed 3-2.

The sentiment of the other commissioners was that a public hearing for this multimillion dollar building project was not necessary and they were elected to make these decisions without representation or input from the people.

All opinions expressed on these pages are those of the authors and not of the Fillmore County Journal.

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Monday, May 11, 2015

C ommentary One Moment, Please...

Let the festivities begin

By Jason Sethre Publisher Fillmore County Journal Cell: (507) 251-5297 jason@fillmorecountyjournal. com In today’s paper, you’ll notice several pages dedicated to the promotion of P r e s t o n’s Trout Days, Ru s h f o rd’s ExpoCulinaria and Jason Sethre W h a l a n’s Stand Still Parade.

This is an exciting time of year, because it gives each of these communities a reason to celebrate, and it brings people together to appreciate what each community has to offer.

It promotes our business communities, and all those involved in making these events worth attending year after year.

We are fortunate to have photo journalist Barb Jeffers making her rounds to each of

these events to capture photos of people having a good time. One of my favorite pictures from last year was from the Canton Day Off parade, which is included with my commentary this week. To me, this photo represents so many things that make our parades special. Canton Heating & Cooling, LLC is labeled on the side of his little Power Wheels truck, promoting the familyowned business. This little guy is a part of this family-owned business even at a young age.

And, he’s not alone. You’ll see many, many family members helping out in parades, because they are proud to be a part of a family-owned business. They are proud of the work they do in the community, and they are grateful for the support they receive from those in the community who enable them to make their livelihood possible. I may be reading into that photo more than most, but that’s what I see.

If you think about some-

thing as simple as a parade, there’s so much that goes into it that onlookers may not realize.

Streets have to be blocked off in coordination with local law enforcement. Parade entrants need to be contacted. Those parade entrants need to figure out what their float is going to look like, who from their team is going to help out at the parade, and what they are going to hand out to people watching the parade. It always seems to go like clockwork, with very few hiccups. But, it isn’t automatic.

There are always people behind the scenes doing their part to make things run smoothly.

Whether you attend one of these summertime festivities to see a live band, hang out at a beer tent, watch a parade, or participate in a golf tournament, it takes people to make it all come together.

When you see these volunteers, please thank them for helping out. Without their generous donation of ideas, time and energy, we would not have as many reasons to get together and celebrate in each of these communities.

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Ask a Trooper - 5.4.15 what? says: What about electric scooters? There is a grade school kid in harmony riding one on the side walks ! Going full speed. No helmet no lights. Just would like to know FountainFarmer says: what? you can direct your questions towards Sgt. Christianson at the address provided. I’m pretty sure he isn’t monitoring comments posted on these “Ask a Trooper” articles.

Letter about frac sand in the eyes of a child... hawkeye63 says: I think this is a little hysterical given this sand has been widely used in the area for 150 years with no known victims.

The silica monitoring devices were in place at the sand transfer station in Winona for 2 full years and the safe exposure level was never even approached, to say nothing of exceeded. Let’s all calm down and concentrate on common sense, responsible ways to mine, transport, and use the sand and all the other materials that we need to use or deliver.

LOLZ says: Do the corporations disclose the list of chemicals used in fracking? I didn’t think so. And why would that be? Oh, that’s right. Trade secrets. provided. I’m pretty sure he isn’t monitoring comments posted on these “Ask a Trooper” articles. hawkeye63 says: @lolz, You have unknowingly pointed out the real source of opposition to sand mining in Houston county; opposition to Fracking. Thanks for pointing that out! Where did the money come from for the full color anti fracking propaganda brochures?

Houston county residents are being bombarded with propaganda funded by outside left wing radical environmentalists.

Federal OSHA regulations, under hazardous communications requirements specify that any worker in any industry be made aware of exactly what materials and chemicals he/she is working with, what the exposure effects are, and how to protect the worker from harm. Companies cannot withhold that information. But thanks for making the point that the sand is not the problem; it’s the fracking. Good job.

The drug thing

Canton Heating & Cooling, LLC stole the show on a hot day with a little work truck and a cool driver in the Canton Day Off parade of 2014.

Photo by Barb Jeffers Letter about getting to know God personally...

To the Editor, One of the joys of my life is reading the Bible. As I daily open the scriptures, I find its words bring comfort, encouragement, guidance, and also correction. The Apostle Paul wrote: “All Scripture is Godbreathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (II Timothy 3:1617) While I especially enjoy reading the New Testament with its

focus on Jesus Christ, I also find reading the Old Testament to be valuable. Concerning these historical accounts, Paul wrote to the Romans: “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.”

(Romans 15:4) As I read the Old Testament, I recognize that it contains not only the history of Israel, but also many civil laws that were provided to the Jewish people as they came out of Egyptian slavery to provide a legal system to help govern them. I also recog-

nize that Jesus Christ fulfilled the Old Testament through His death on the cross - replacing the regular animalsacrifices required in the OT - and that persons today are called into a personal relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ.

I would encourage you to read the Bible - recognizing that it is the word of God. Allow God to speak to your heart and guide you as you get to know the Author (God) in a personal way through what He has written.

Pastor Mike Hopper Fillmore Free Methodist Church

Livin’ The Dream says: Working with alcoholics is way worse than marijuana users in my opinion. I remember back in the pre-Bush administration days when I managed a lot of people in an electronics manufacturing corporation that employed thousands of people worldwide. Several of the contracts we had were military. I have seen drunks go out and get a 4th DWI the same day they got their license back from the 3rd one. Then you have to jump through a bunch of hoops to get these drunks out on the “Huber Law” so they can work during the day and spend the night in the county jail. I would see these losers walk straight to the bar at lunchtime, just like they weren’t supposed to but we couldn’t say anything or the ancient union steward would have a conniption fit. So I would just laugh when these slobs would come back from their hour lunch talking sideways trying to hide the smell.

Just pathetic. They would always talk about how they would be “rich and famous someday” but were in the same rut that they could never get out of due to the booze. Every Monday morning they call in sick and then whine that their paychecks are small.

They have the most sick days and the most car troubles. They are always taking days off to go to court. I broke up several fistfights through the years when they would get too drunk and snitch on each other for sleeping in the warehouse or some other crybaby issue. Some days they would eat at white castle just so they could have “fart wars.” The “potheads” as you call them were the ones that came to work and got things done. Most of them were promoted to highly technical positions. I was one of them. Of course I didn’t use it while working, I could survive all day straight unlike the alcoholics.

LOLZ says: Boozers are losers.

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Monday, May 11, 2015

ExpoCulinaria – An experience of taste

By Kirsten Zoellner Rushford Peterson Valley’s 5th annual culinary event is slated for Saturday, May 16. Whether it’s the aromas or the atmosphere, the event draws a crowd each year, bringing a focus to both local establishments and flavors.

The last five years have seen the event shift from the historic Hoiland Mill to downtown Rushford to accommodate increasing vendors, musicians and attendees. While previous years have held chef challenges and judging, the event has also

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previously charged an admission.

This year, organizers are hoping to put a more street faire ambiance in the event, relying less on a performance and instead showcasing the talents of Valley restaurants and chefs.

Modeled after successful “pub crawls”, the multi-stop exploration of restaurant samples has been created by consultation with guest chefs, especially for ExpoCulinaria. Samples, coordinating with meals offered at the establishments, will feature local ingredients. “We’re creating a fun atmosphere for peo-

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ple to come and see what our restaurants have to offer,” say organizers. “Locals will get a different taste at each and out-oftowners will get a flavor for all the Rushford Peterson Valley has to offer and will want to come back.”

Beginning at 4 p.m., participants will register at the corner of Jessie Street and Mill Street (Highway 43) and pick up their passport to local flavors. Nine restaurants and establishments are participating and will be mapped out for attendees; Burdey’s Café, The Creamery Pizza & Ice Cream, Ferndale Country Club, Jessie Street Java, Norsland Lefse, Pam’s Off-Sale Liquor,

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Friday, May 15th • 4-9 pm ExpoCulinaria - an experience of taste - is set for May 16 in the Rushford Peterson Valley. With several exciting changes planned, the free event begins at 4 p.m. in Rushford. Pictured is 2014 ExpoCulinaria Chef Challenge winner Madeline Dubois.

Photo by Amber Torgerud Photography

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Shawnee’s Bar & Grill, Stumpy’s Restaurant & Bar, and Rushford Foods. The event runs until 8 p.m.

“The way it’s designed, not all the weight is on the restaurants to make it a success, but rather, it’s collaboration between the businesses and the community to support the event,” adds organizers. “You can get delectable samples at all, then stay for a meal or drink and take in the Valley.”

While the number of samples for the event has been doubled, organizers stress that attendees should come and register early, as samples will go quickly. Attendees who get samples at all designated locations on their passport will be eligible to cast a ballot for their favorite. The winning establishment will receive a traveling trophy and bragging rights for the year.

Along the way, various vendors and musicians will provide an additional feast for the eyes and ears. The local talent will be scattered throughout the city and includes musical entertainment by The Cat & Fiddle at Shawnee’s Bar & Grill from 4-8 p.m., guitarist Kerry Klungtvedt at The Creamery from 4-5 p.m., the CBB Jazz Combo at The Creamery beginning at 5:30 p.m., and The Myrtle Doves at Norsland Lefse from 4-5 p.m.

The event is hosted by Rushford Peterson Valley Chamber of Commerce and brought to you by generous local sponsors.

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By Karen Reisner Sheriff Tom Kaase and jail administrator Jamie Fenske guided the commissioners through the county jail facility after the May 5 county board meeting.

The Fillmore County Jail is about 50 years old and one of the two or three oldest county jails in the state of Minn. An addition was added onto the jail in 1995. Discussions concerning the jail and how best to deal with age issues have been ongoing for over a decade.

The current jail has 24 beds.

A separate holding area is designated for female prisoners. Kaase explained they are not equipped for disabled prisoners. Depending on the case, a disabled person

would even be housed at another facility outside the county or monitored at home.

Sentence to Serve (STS) inmates take care of the grounds.

Behind the facility there is a garden area that is to be cared for by inmates under supervision.

Fenske noted that the garden is funded by revenue raised in the canteen. The garden is in part for recreation and located outside the fenced in recreation area.

Kaase pointed to an old phone box in the hallway. Today phones are in the cells and are turned off or on by the jailer. Most calls are monitored with some exceptions, like conversations with an attorney.

Security cameras are located

Commissioners Harry Root, Randy Dahl, Marc Prestby, and Duane Bakke and Sherriff Tom Kaase in the room where the dispatcher fields incoming calls.

Photo by Karen Reisner

Monday, May 11, 2015 throughout the jail side of the building. Food is prepared in the kitchen, which is inspected annually. Supervised trustees prepare meals. Inmates do laundry and cleaning chores.

Commissioners were introduced to Carle Stevens, jail programmer. Programs include education and assistance in earning a GED, life enrichment, and spiritual and religious groups.

In a recent class, inmates were taught how to give CPR. Age is evident in the original building. Plumbing is cobbled together. Original sliding cell doors are missing, only the frame portion left, a relic of the past. The boiler, which may be original to the building, will be replaced after asbestos abatement.

The jail is a mix of old and new. Up to date electronic communication equipment is housed in the half century old building, protected in climate controlled rooms in the basement. Many of the offices are located in an area that used to be the garage before the addition was built.

Leroy Eickhoff, dispatcher, described how technology improvements are helping to determine the location a call is coming from when it is made with a cell phone, explaining that technology is moving so fast. Transfers of calls, routed through the state patrol, work much better than they use to.

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ple have discontinued service through their land line, but, assuming the service line is still connected to one’s home, a 911 call will still work on that land line.

Other business in brief • County street closures were approved for the 2015 Preston Trout Days. Also, the use of both the east and west courthouse parking lots was approved for Saturday, May 16.

• A resolution was approved to apply for an educational grant from Winneshiek County Solid Waste Agency. County coordinator Bobbie Vickerman explained it is an annual grant to be used for public education concerning recycling in an effort to reduce

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waste volume.

• Approval was given to make available county funds for loans to Greenleafton residents that need to make fixes before being connected to the Greenleafton Wastewater Treatment System.

Commissioner Duane Bakke said basements of individual houses have been inspected.

Some fixes will be necessary to have a separation of clean waste.

Residents with repair costs of $500 or more can get a loan at 3% interest. Residents are required to make these repairs.

Loans can be paid off with a check at any time or over five to ten years, depending on the amount borrowed, with their property taxes.

Communication cables extend from tower (not in picture) to jail building and fenced in recreation area in background. Commissioners Duane Bakke and Marc Prestby listen to Sheriff Tom Kaase explain the need for a fence around the communication cables from the tower to the building.

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DGA Spring Fling Pasture Walk, Thursday, May 21 Spring Fling Pasture Walk will be held Thursday, May 21, from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Bonnie and Vance Haugen’s Springside Farm, Canton, Minn. Topics will be forage budgeting, in addition to grass, legume, and weed identification. Onfarm examples are the winter rye and grazing corn with other strategies to extend the grazing

season.

Speakers Jim Paulson, UMExtension Grazing Specialist, Jake Overgaard, UM-Extension Ag, Steve Rischette, UMExtension, and Vance Haugen, UW-Extension, will show us how to identify these forages and discuss forage budgeting with Olaf Haugen, managing grazing farmer of Springside

Farm.

Beverage and food will be provided by Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship (DGA), an initiative to train a new generation in the dairy grazing business and to give retiring farmers options for passing on the farm. Bonnie, the DGA Minnesota Education Coordinator, will be available to answer questions about the

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Obituaries Emily Shaun Lunde Emily Shaun Lunde, age 45, passed away due to an accidental death on March 19, 2015, in Dallas, Tex. Emily is survived by her parents, Peter and Sue Lunde of Houston, Tex. and Preston, Minn.; her brother and sisterin-law, Scott and Karen Lunde of Salt Lake City, Utah; fiancé, Mark McNeill of Dallas; nieces, aunts, uncle, and cousins.

Emily graduated from CalState Northridge and later earned her Certified Project Manager Certificate. She held the position of Director, Technical Project Management for Epsilon, a commercial website development company in Dallas.

Graveside services and interment will be 11 a.m., Saturday, May 16, 2015, at Union Prairie Lutheran Cemetery in rural Lanesboro. Emily wished to be an organ donor and her generosity has given new life and hope to at least three families. Her heart lives on and her spirit will be long remembered. The family prefers memorials to the M D Anderson Children’s Hospital or the Alzheimer’s Association.

Faith Delaine Lingbeck Faith Delaine Lingbeck, 80, of Springfield, Mo., passed from this life Sunday, April 19, 2015 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Mo. She was born November 25, 1934, to

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Ogden and Lillian (Russell) Casterton in Canton, Minn. She grew up and attended school in Canton, graduating in June of 1952. Faith married Wayne Eugene Lingbeck in Harmony, Minn. on September 25, 1952. They resided in Canton until 1984, when they moved to Branson, Mo. After Wayne’s death in 1998, she moved to Springfield, Mo. Faith was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Lingbeck; her parents; and three brothers: Arland, Vernon, and Truman Casterton.

Faith is survived by a sister, ,Nelda Lingbeck (Darrell) of Tahlequah, Okla.; her children: Susan Kenyon (Neil), Lanesboro, Minn., David Lingbeck, Wisc., Teresa Lingbeck, Lanesboro, Minn., Marilyn Lortscher(Steve), Byron, Minn., Joanne Hagen (Gary), Albert Lea, Minn., Steven Lingbeck (Mary), Byron, Minn., Breck Lingbeck (Cindy), Hollister, Mo., and Daniel Lingbeck (Michelle), Springfield, Mo. Faith was blessed with 23 grandchildren; 37 greatgrandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

Visitation was held May 9, 2015 from 1 - 2 p.m. in Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home in Springfield, Mo. Services will be held May 16, 2015 at 11 a.m. at the Harmony Methodist Church in Harmony, Minn. Interment will take place in Elliota Cemetery near Canton, Minn.

Gaylord Harris Halverson Gaylord Harris Halverson

passed into the eternal care of our Lord on May 1, 2015. He was 75 years old.

He passed away at his home with his wife and children by his side.

Gaylord was born Gaylord Harris in Yucatan Halverson Valley near Houston, Minn. on April 20, 1940 to Gynther and Gladena (Hoff) Halverson. He grew up on the family farm with his two sisters, Harla and Renee. He was baptized and confirmed at the Stone Church in Houston. He walked to country school in Yucatan and attended there until the eighth grade.

He graduated from Houston High School in 1958. After graduation he went to technical school in La Crosse to study mechanics.

He was drafted into the U.S. Army in August of 1963. He married Mildred Onstad on December 28, 1963. They were stationed at Fort Sill, Okla. until his release from the Army in 1965. After his return from the Army, he was employed by Mobil in Caledonia and Four Square Coop in Spring Grove. In 1974 he purchased the school bus company from Ethel Morrison, which became Halverson Bus Service. He owned a charter bus and for 10 years transported many groups to many places. He was employed by Spring

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Grove Public Schools until 2004.

His love of children kept him in the driver’s seat through many generations of school children. He retired from bus driving after 48 years in September of 2014.

Gaylord never met a stranger.

He could be found chatting with anyone at any time in any place.

He loved to drive bus, especially if it involved hauling kids.

His hobbies included restoring old tractors, reading, and road trips. He loved to be in his shop working on a variety of projects, often involving a motor. His best times were with his family and friends.

He is survived by his treasured wife of 51 years, Milly; his children and grandchildren: daughter, Missy and Duron Bratland, Kaitlin, Claire, and Kelsey of Spring Grove, Minn., daughter, Michelle and Brian Haupts, Gabe, Garrison, Elliott and Annie of Des Moines, Iowa, and son, John and Jana Halverson, Julia and Joelle of Spring Grove, Minn. He is further survived by his sisters: Harla (John) Benson of Houston, Minn. and Renee (Mark) Kumpf of Ridgeway, Iowa; his in-laws: Charles (LaVonne) Onstad, Sharon (Jim) Johnson, and Jimmy (Audrey) Onstad; and brother of his heart, Ken (Karen) Levos. He is also survived by many special nieces and nephews, and his many treasured fellow bus drivers and friends.

He is preceded in death by his infant son, Greg Harris; his par-

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ents, Gynther and Gladena Halverson; step-father Alf Reierson; and his parents-in-law, Arnold and Rosalie Onstad and Betty Onstad.

Visitation for Gaylord was held Monday, May 4, 2015 from 4-7 p.m. in the Trinity Lutheran Church sanctuary. Funeral services took place Tuesday, May 5, at 11 a.m. at Trinity, with visitation an hour before the service.

Roble Funeral Home of Spring Grove assisted the family with arrangements.

John Dybvik John Dybvik, 68, of rural Harmony, Minn. passed away at his home on Tuesday, April 28, 2015.

John (Jackie) Dybvik was born on November 17, 1946, in Cresco, Iowa to Orval and Hazel (Lunn i n g d a h l John Dybvik ) Dybvik.

John passed away in his home on April 28, 2015. He was a 1964 graduate of Harmony High School. He went on to attend college at Winona State University and then joined the Army. After his tour of service in Germany, John returned to finish his college education, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts Degree in education. Initially, he pursued a career in indusSee OBITUARIES Page 12 

Fillmore County Church Directory Fillmore County Journal • Preston MN 507.765.2151 Perfect Glossy • Preston MN 507.251.5297 A rendahl Lutheran Church....……………………...Sundays - 10 : 30am Highway 30, Peterson, MN 55962 (507) 875 -2477 A ssembly Of God Church & Valley Christian Center..... Sundays - 10 : 00am 610 Territorial Rd, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-2101 Assumption Catholic Church.….....…Fri. - 8 : 30am & Sat. - 5 : 00pm 207 N May St, Canton, MN 55922 (507) 743-8320 Bethlehem Lutheran Church...…...……………....…Sundays - 9 : 00am 200 Kenilworth Ave S, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-3344 Calvary Baptist Church.…….……....…Sundays - 10 : 45am & 6 : 00pm 910 Winona St SE, Chatfield, MN 55923 (507) 867- 4686 Canton-Scotland Presby terian Church............……Sundays - 9 : 00am 104 W Fillmore Ave, Canton, MN 55922 (507) 743-2260 Chatf ield Lutheran Church………….....Sundays - 8 : 00am & 9 : 30am 304 Fillmore St SE, Chatfield, MN 55923 (507) 867- 4721 Chatf ield United Methodist Christ……....…………Sundays - 9 : 30am 124 Winona St SE, Chatfield, MN 55923 (507) 867-3529 Cherry Grove United Methodist...…………...……Sundays - 10 : 00am 18183 160th St, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (Cherry Grove) (507) 937-3177 Christ Lutheran Church...……………..…….....……Sundays - 9 : 00am 509 Kansas St NW, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765 -2161 Christian Science Ser vices.…………...…....………Sundays - 10 : 00am Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-2251 Destiny Life Church.............………………......…Sundays - 10 : 00am 104 West Jessie Street, Rushford MN 55971 (507) 429-1222 Elstad Lutheran Church...………………….......….Sundays - 10 : 30am 37784 Dogwood Rd, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-3769 Emmanuel Episcopal Church....……..……....……Sundays - 10 : 00am 217 W Jessie St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-2164 Faith United Methodist Church..….....................Sundays - 9 : 00am 617 Maple Ln, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-2830 Fillmore Free Methodist Church.......Sundays - 8 : 30am & 10 : 30am 19127 County 8, Wykoff, MN 55990 (Fillmore) (507) 352-5450 First Baptist Church....………........………Sundays - 10 : 30am & 6 : 00pm 701 Kasten Drive, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-2840

First Baptist Church-Preston.…………Sundays - 10 : 30am & 7: 00pm 108 Chatfield Ave NW, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765 - 4960 First English Lutheran Church.………...……..…..Sundays - 10 : 00am 217 W Grant St, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-2793 First Lutheran Church of Highland.................................Sundays - 9: 00am 22423 391st Ave, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-3318

First Presby terian Church..…………...………..….Sundays - 10 : 00am 110 S Mill St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-2854 Fountain Lutheran....…………....……………………Sundays - 9 : 00am Main Street, Fountain, MN 55935 (507) 268- 4413 Fountain United Methodist Church...…...…………Sundays - 8 : 30am Co. Rd. 8 and Cedar St., Fountain, MN 55935 (507) 268- 4456

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Garness Trinity Lutheran...……….………........…Sundays - 9 : 00am PO Box 88, Mabel, MN 55954 (507) 493-5905 Grace Lutheran Church..……………………....…..Sundays - 9 : 00am 365 Park St, Peterson, MN 55962 (507) 875 -2218 Greenf ield Lutheran Church..………………….....Sundays - 9 : 00am 235 Main Ave S, Harmony, MN 55939 (507) 886-3272 Greenleaf ton Reformed Church..…….………..…Sundays - 10 : 00am Highway 9, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765 -2546 Harmony United Methodist Church…................Sundays - 8 : 30am 60 Main Ave S, Harmony, MN 55939 (507) 886- 6851 Henry town Lutheran Church.…………………....Sundays - 10 : 30am PO Box 103, Harmony, MN 55939 (Henrytown) (507) 886-2425 Highland Chapel Seventh-Day Adventist..........Saturdays - 9 : 00am 217 W. Jessie St., Rushford (507) 993-8328 Highland Prairie Lutheran Church.……….......…....Sundays - 8 :30am 43267 Bowl Dr, Peterson, MN 55962 (507) 864-2731 Historic Lenora United Methodist Church (Special Occasions) Lenora, MN (Rural Canton) (507) 545 -2641 Immanuel Lutheran Church..……………..…....…Sundays - 9 : 30am 254 Main St S, Wykoff, MN 55990 (507) 352-2801 Lanesboro United Methodist Church..……….…Sundays - 10 : 30am 507 Parkway Ave S, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-2646 Looney Valley Lutheran Church.............................Sundays - 10 : 00am 2040 Looney Valley Road, Houston, MN 55943 (507) 896-3412

Mabel First Lutheran Church……………......……Sundays - 9 : 00am 202 N. Oak, P.O. Box 395, Mabel, MN 55954 (507) 493-5293 Mabel United Methodist Church..……………...…Sundays - 9 : 30am 111 W Newburg St, Mabel, MN 55954 (507) 493-5296 Nativity Catholic Church..Sun. (1 & 2) - 8 : 45am & (3 & 4) - 10 :30am 640 1st Ave SW, Harmony, MN 55939 (507) 886-2393 Newburg United Methodist Church 3.1 miles N. of Mabel on Hwy. 43; 2.2 miles W. on Co. Rd. 24 North Prairie Lutheran.………………...…………Sundays - 10 : 30am 35957 Highway 30, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 875 -2460 Our Savior’s Lutheran Church.…...Sundays - 8 : 00am & 10 : 30am 805 S Broadway St, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-7251 Pilot Mound Lutheran Church.………….……...........Sundays - 9 : 00am 8 miles N. of Lanesboro on 250 then 4 miles W. on Hwy 30 (507) 875 -2460

Pioneer Presby terian Church…………....…….…..Sundays - 8 : 30am 206 Fillmore St NE, Chatfield, MN 55923 (507) 867- 4037 Preston United Methodist Church ………..........Sundays - 10 : 30am 212 Saint Anthony St N, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765 -2503 R iver Of Life Regional Church 220 N Money Creek St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-2853 Root Prairie Lutheran Church …………...…..…Sundays - 10 : 30am County Rd 11, Fountain, MN 55935 (507) 268- 4455

Studio-A-Photography • Preston MN 507.251.6372 Visit Bluff Country • Preston MN 507.765.2151 Root River Church of the Brethren …….…..……...Sundays - 10 : 00am 23553 County Rd 20, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765-4772 Root River Community Church ………….….....…Sundays - 10 :30am 503 Nannestad Lane, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-7074 Rushford Lutheran Church ………..........……Sun. - 9 : 00am & 5 : 30pm 101 S Mill St., Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-7152

Saetersdal Lutheran Church.……………....….....Sundays - 10 : 30am 21447 Co. Rd. 30, Rural Harmony, MN Scheie Lutheran Church..…………………….…..…Sundays - 9 : 30am PO Box 88, Mabel, MN 55954 (507) 493-5680 St Columban Church.…..…………………...………Sundays - 9 : 30am 408 Preston St NW # 2, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765 -3886

St Ignatius Catholic Church.……………….........……Sundays - 10 : 30am 213 W Franklin St, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-7565

St John Lutheran Church.…………...……………...Sundays - 9 : 00am 241 Line St S, Wykoff, MN 55990 (507) 352-2296 St Joseph’s Catholic Church.……………….…...…Sundays - 10 : 30am 103 N Mill St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-2257 St Mark ’s Lutheran Church...…………....…………Sundays - 9 : 00am 104 E North St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-7111 St Mar y’s Catholic Church...…...............Sat. - 5 : 00pm, Sun. - 11: 00am 405 Twiford St SW, Chatfield, MN 55923 (507) 867-3148 St Matthew’s Episcopal Church..…...........……………Sundays - 9 : 30am 100 Fillmore St SE, Chatfield, MN 55923-1219 (507) 867-3707

St Matthew’s Lutheran Church..……………………Sundays - 9 : 00am Harmony, MN 55939 (Granger) (507) 772- 4474 St Olaf Catholic Church...........Sun. (1 & 2) - 10 :30am & (3 & 4) - 8 : 45am 114 N Locust, Mabel, MN 55954 (507) 493-5268

St Patrick ’s Church Hall ………………......…....…Sundays - 8 : 00am Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-2480 St Paul Lutheran Church.............Wed. - 7: 00pm, Sundays - 9 : 00am 128 Fillmore St SE, Chatfield, MN 55923 (507) 867- 4604 St Paul’s Lutheran Church...........................................Sundays - 8 :30am 215 N Miller St, Lime Springs, IA 52155 (563) 566-2389

Sumner Center United Methodist Church.…....…Sundays - 10 :30am 9 miles N. of Spring Valley on Co. Rd. 1 (507) 696-4197 Trinity Fellowship ELCA..…………………......….Sundays - 10 : 00am 110 S Mill St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-7211 Trinit y Evangelical Lutheran Church……….......……Sundays - 10 : 30am 204 South St, Ostrander, MN 55961 (507) 657-2203

Union Prairie Lutheran..……………………………Sundays - 9 : 00am Hwy 16, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-3363 Whalan Lutheran Church.............................................Sundays - 10:30am Lanesboro, MN 55949 (Whalan) (507) 467-2398 Wykof f United Methodist Church.…….………..…Sundays - 8 : 30am 236 Gold St S, Wykoff, MN 55990 (507) 202-2275

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Fillmore County master gardeners

By Monica Ortner This garden season is off and warming up. Fillmore County has nine volunteers ready and willing to help you find answers to your lawn, garden, and flower care questions. As Extension master gardeners, we have been trained through the University of Minnesota and continue to expand our knowledge for our community each year.

We volunteer in a variety of ways: seed trials, community gardens, school garden projects, written articles, club and group presentations, as well as time at the county fair each year. We will be at the Fillmore County Fair July 21-25, from 2-6 p.m. each day. Stop by our booth near the open class horticulture exhibits and we will help find answers to your garden questions.

If your group, organization, or class has an interest in any topic related to horticulture, consider having an Extension master gardener in as a resource person.

Many have presentations ready to present. Below are the contact information and the area of specialty for the Fillmore County master gardeners. These are the master gardeners available to assist you with your gardening questions: Elsa Bye, (507) 765-2410, vegetables, wild flowers, and small fruits.

Judy Lacey, (507) 867-4485

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Rushford snags lucky break in airport funding

councilor Vern Bunke, as well

By Kirsten Zoellner “Sometimes money just falls as Administrator Sarvi. “We from the sky.” That was the were impressed,” noted Bunke. response of Rushford City “We’re glad to have you.”

Administrator Steve Sarvi in Hailing from the Grand response to a proposed transfer Meadow/Dexter area, Huse has agreement of Federal Airport an extensive background workEntitlement Funds resulting in ing in agricultural communi$83,334 earmarked to benefit ties. He completed his degree the municipal airport’s ongoing in Criminal Justice at RCTC in projects. “It sounded too good June 2014, having begun at the age of 17 through Post-Secondto be true,” added Sarvi.

The Federal Aviation Admin- ary Enrollment Option. Huse istration (FAA) funds had been served as a volunteer member designated for Springfield, Min- of the Rushford Police Departnesota’s airport, but U.S. Code ment Reserves since July 2013 provides “that a sponsor of an and as a part-time officer since airport may make an agreement March. He has also worked as a This year we recognize two of our extension master gardeners for with the Secretary of Trans- part-time for the Preston Police their milestone achievements. Judy Lacey has been involved with portation waving the sponsor’s Department and as a part-time the EMG for 30 years and LaVerne Paulson for 10 years. claim to any part of the amount Fillmore County Jailer.

Photo submitted apportioned if the Secretary of “I believe he’ll make an excelTransportation agrees to make lent employee and a fine addior (507) 696-1240, flowers 3202, mlortner@hotmail.com, the waived amount available tion to our police department,” for grant for another public-use stated Police Chief Adam Eide. (indoor & outdoor), and veg- vegetable gardening and fruits. etable gardening.

Shelly Skendelien, (507) 346- airport in the same state.” In “He will continue to learn and Lori Slindee, (507) 886-2214, 7112, shellyskindelien@hot- short, the 2015 funds available grow as an office and will conlslindee@hotmail.com, herbs, mail.com, invasives, trees, and to Springfield are being made tinue to provide us with consisavailable to Rushford now. tent, professional service.” trees, and perennials. shrubs.

LaVerne Paulson, (507) Beverly Sandlin, (507) 922- The funds will be paid back Additional personnel changes 765-4409 or (507) 251-5240, 0083, bcfossillady@gmail.com, through the transfer of similar for the city, approved unanilcpaulson_7@hotmail.com, perennial flowers, landscaping, FAA Entitlement Funds, from mously, included an increase Rushford to Springfield, in fis- for the Public Works Departannuals and perennials. and water gardens ment’s Curt Courrier. Advanced Sandy Sullivan, (507) 867 A brochure with the Fillmore cal year 2018. from the previous position of

The city of Rushford has des3082, vegetables, tree fruits, County Master Gardeners con“Worker 1” to “Worker 2”, ignated the funds for its new and small fruits tact information is available at effective April 21, Courrier has aircraft fueling system.

The Pam Freet, (507) 922-4141, the Extension Office, 902 Housobtained three licensures with project is to be funded federfreethead@yahoo.com, vegeta- ton Street NW, Preston. Phone the Minnesota Department of ally 90%, 10% by the state, ble gardening and perennials.

(507)765-3896.

Health and Minnesota Polluand 10% by the city.

The only Monica Ortner, (507) 937downside to the transfer, as tion Control Agency; a Class D ed his career into federal crop mony, Minn., as well as one noted by Sarvi, is that it will Water, Class D Wastewater, and OBITUARIES insurance adjustment, most hour prior to services at the limit the city’s ability to do a Commercial Driver’s License.

Continued from Page 11 recently with Great American church. Funeral services were airport projects in fiscal 2018. Additionally, Courrier has trial arts education and taught Insurance. John was a skilled held on Monday, May 4, 2015 at There are no other planned secured a Certified Pool Operahigh school in Oregon, Wisc., but designer and craftsman. He took 2 p.m. at the Greenfield Luther- projects for the airport at this tor’s License. was drawn back to his roots and pride in his work and was always an Church in Harmony, Minn. time, although construction “Curt has shown he wishes returned home to farm with his sensitive to the needs of others. Burial took place in Greenfield of a maintenance building has to grow in the job and it is evibeen tentatively discussed as dent he takes pride in his job parents soon after the birth of his John was a trusted friend to Cemetery in Harmony. the airport’s needs continue to and community,” said Public son, Jed. He raised Jed and second many. grow. “It’s a win,” added Sarvi. Works Director Jeff Copley in a John W. Darrah child, Nola on the family farm John is survived by his family where he was passionate about of Julie Andera; Jed and Trisha John W. Darrah, age 61, of “Money like this is becoming memo. “Because he has met the Dybvik and their children: Tif- Granger, Minn. died Thursday, available and we can do projects requirements as outlined in the family, farming and community.

John’s faith journey began in fany, Mackenzie, and Brynlie of April 30, 2015 at his home in sooner.” The council passed the job descriptions, I recommend he be advanced.” agreement unanimously. the Greenfield Lutheran Church. Ventura, Calif.; Nola and David Granger.

The next regularly scheduled

The council also approved the He served his church in vari- Wradislavsky and their children: John was born July 3, 1953 in council meeting is Monday, full-time hire of current partous capacities: church president, Garrett and Leighton of Bloom- Cresco, Iowa to Murl and Irene May 11, at 6:30 p.m., at city time police officer David Huse. council member, cemetery board ing Prairie, Minn.; and Kelsey ( M u n s o n ) hall. The public is encouraged The position was declared open member, and spearheaded the Andera of West Des Moines, Darrah. He to attend.

April 13.

Huse indicated his Iowa. Along with his immediate g r a d u a t e d church’s endowment fund. interest during the time it was In 1993, Julie and Kelsey Ande- family, he is survived by siblings: from Harposted internally, per bargainCall today ra were welcomed into his family Sharyl and Harlan Haugen mony High ing unit contracts. He is fully circle. He enjoyed Julie’s shared and Connie and Leland Hovey; School and to receive licensed, trained, and already passion in the farming operation nephews: David, Dan, and Dean worked as a your paper familiar with the area. and together, the rearing of Kelsey. Haugen; nieces: Dawn Kucera farm hand today!

Huse was interviewed by Throughout the next years, John and Erin Ludwig; and several in Fillmore 765-2151 John W. Mayor Chris Hallum and C ou nt y. gathered in more family with add- great-nieces and nephews.

Darrah ing his son-in-law and daughter- John is preceded in death by Since 1983 in-law and delighted in his grand- his parents, Orval and Hazel; he has worked on the Bob Biel children and their accomplish- infant brother, Daryl; and neph- farm. He enjoyed hunting, bowlew, Christopher Hovey. ing and golf. ments.

John was a hard working indi- Friends called from 2-5 p.m. John is survived by three sisvidual and enjoyed all aspects of on Sunday, May 3 at the Lind- ters: Mary Gunhus of Cresco, soil stewardship. He later expand- strom Funeral Home in Har- Iowa, Linda Newman of Aus507-346-7381 tin, Minn. and Janice Weber of www.svseniorliving.com Story City, Iowa; and nieces and Domestic shorthair Housing with Services • Care Center • Home Health • Therapy Cat • Female • Young nephews. He was preceded in Bramble is spayed, up to date death by his parents, a brother, with shots, good with kids, good Thomas Darrah and a nephew, with dogs, and good with cats.

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FRIDAY, May 15 City Wide Garage Sales, Maps available at City Hall & the Tourism Office •Noon-On Trout Days Golf Kickoff, Preston Golf & Country Club Food, Drink & Golf Specials •5:00pm Preston Ambulance Service Fund raiser Steak Dinner, Preston Emergency Service Building •8:30pm-Close “Luke & Bob Texas”, Preston Servicemen’s Club SATURDAY, May 16 City Wide Garage Sales •7:00-10:30am Lions Club Pancake Breakfast, Preston United Methodist Church •9:00am Beer Tent and Bloody Mary Bar at The Servicemen’s Club •9:00am Kids’ Fishing Event, Camp Creek in Maust pasture. Must be accompanied by an adult & must bring own equipment & bait, Ages 12 & under •9:00am Co-Ed Volleyball Tournament, City Park below Swimming Pool - $30 per team- For entry info contact hiddencreekfarmjn@hotmail.com •9:00am Falcon 5K Run/Walk, Sponsored by FC Booster Club Preston Trailhead, Info available at www.troutdays.com •9:00am-3:00pm Relay for Life Booth, In front of JuliaClaire Repeat Boutique, Main St. •10:00am Chicken Bar-B-Que, Preston Servicemen’s Club •10:00am-5:00pm Adult Fishing Contest, $10 Entry Fee, Register May15-17 at National Trout Center - www.nationaltroutcenter.org, First Prize $200 •11am-Just for Kix Performance •11:00am-3:00pm 25th Annual Car/Street Rod Show, Downtown Main Street Registration 8:00-11:00am, For entry contact Dick Petsch at 507-765-2559 or rpetsch@centurytel.com •11:00am-3:00pm Vendor Expo, City Hall •11:00am-4:00pm Preston Area Art Council Gyotaku Japanese Fish Printing T-shirts, National Trout Center

•Noon-On Preston Firemen’s Pork Burgers & Beer Garden, Preston Fire Hall •12pm-12:45pm Quirstorff’s Little Bita Everything Ranch Exotic Animal Show •12:45pm-3pm Quirstorff’s Little Bita Everything Ranch Exotic Petting Zoo •1pm-3pm Bingo at The Preston Servicemen’s Club - inside •1pm Beanbag Tournament at The Preston Servicemen’s Club - outside

•4:00pm TROUT DAYS GRAND PARADE - DOWNTOWN

•5:00-7:00pm Kids’ Tractor Pedal Pull, Fillmore Street Sponsored by local Ag Businesses •8:30pm-12:30am Street Dance “Trouble Shooter” & Beer Garden Preston Servicemen’s Club $10 admission •DUSK FIREWORKS - Sponsored by City of Preston/Preston Fire Dept.

SUNDAY, May 17 •10:00am PACC Annual Golf Tournament, Preston Golf & Country Club For entry info call Sarah at 507-421-8911 •10:00am 9-Hole Fishing Contest, All Ages - Free Entry, Register May16-18 at National Trout Center •11:00am 12th Annual Trout Days Tractor Pull at the Fillmore County Fairgrounds Free Admission, For registration contact Dave at 507-421-4787

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May is mental health month. Let’s make sure all Chatfield Heritage Preservation kids have the mental health care they need.

Commission and Economic services are available for chilpropriate, and expensive, care.

By Lucinda Jesson Minn. Department of Human At the Department of Human dren receiving mental health Development Authority Services, we are working to fix case management, and provides Services Commissioner temporary care for children in announce historic downtown We all want kids to grow this. For example: up healthy and strong. From Currently, most of Minn. does a family’s home, foster home or scrapes and bruises to ear infec- not have enough Mobile Mental facility. We hope to in the future facade improvement grants tions and strep throat, we want Health Crisis Response Teams, have statewide coverage. to make sure that when the need arises, our children receive the right care at the right time.

Mental health is no different.

During Mental Health Awareness Month in May, we need to ask: are we doing this? Are kids in need getting the right mental health services at the right time?

Mental illness among children means serious changes in the way children typically learn, behave, or handle their emotions, and may fall along a “continuum” from mild to severe. That’s why mental health services in Minn. are on a continuum from individual therapy to residential treatment to hospitalization.

Yet mental health services in the state are unevenly available, resulting in serious gaps that may leave kids without services or forced to use inappropriate services, such as hospitalization when a house visit from a mobile team would be more effective, or juvenile detention for lack of a mental health bed.

The result? Often times inap-

where psychiatric teams drive to homes or other sites outside the traditional clinical setting to resolve crisis situations, perform assessments, and link people to needed services. These teams are less expensive than hospital services and less traumatic for children and families. We are working toward 24/7 statewide coverage and a single statewide phone number.

A service that doesn’t exist at all in Minn. is Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities for children. Currently, highly aggressive and self-injurious children are being turned away from mental health services due to lack of room, staffing, or resources. Many end up in treatment programs in other states, far from their families.

We desperately need to establish extended-stay hospital psychiatric beds for youth in need of intensive services on a longer term basis.

What happens when a family needs time to regroup? Currently, 33 counties receive grants to offer respite services. Respite

One new and exciting approach is School-Based Diversion. This is a pilot project designed to end the school to prison pipeline by offering schools an alternative making referrals to the juvenile justice system. We are seeking to pilot the model in three schools. We expect a small investment will reap big rewards.

All these efforts cost money but also bring savings. Take the last example of School Based Diversion. The pilot project costs the state $322,000 over three years, while a single confined Minn. youth costs $287/day or over $100,000/year. Indeed, the more intensive the services, the more expensive they are.

Using our resources wisely is reason to make sure we have the right services available at the right time and prevent the need for those services when possible. More importantly, a strong mental health system across the state is critical for the well-being of the children, it’s important for families and loved ones, and it’s important for our future.

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CHATFIELD, MN- In conjunction with Preservation Month, the Chatfield Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) and the Economic Development Authority have established a façade improvement grant program for Chatfield’s historic downtown commercial district. Downtown commercial properties meeting the eligibility criteria will qualify for up to $2,500 without a match requirement or up to $10,000 with a $7,500 match.

Eligible project items include permanent improvements that enhance the appearance of Chatfield’s historic downtown and the general character of the building such as tuck pointing, restoration of doors and windows, replacement of decorative features, and the removal of non-historic features.

In a collaborative partnership, the Chatfield HPC will review individual applications for historic appropriateness and the EDA will administer and promote the program. The program is funded with $30,000

from the EDA’s “development fund” which is a part of the Rochester Half-Cent Sales Tax extension in which Chatfield received $297,543.84.

“The city wanted to support noticeable improvements in our core historic downtown,” said Chatfield Mayor Russell Smith.

“We hope that this small incentive will accomplish some great improvements” he continued.

Anyone interest in the program should contact the Chatfield EDA at (507) 8673810. The application materials are located on the EDA page of the city’s website: www. ci.chatfield.mn.us.

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Journal Writing Project:

Memories in the making

By Alexis Jorgensen Growing up is inevitable. Everyone goes through it. If you think about it, we are all really just in the process of dying. Every second that you are alive, you are dying. That is why each and every moment must be savored for what it truly is; a memory. Whether you’re studyAlexis ing for a test, Jorgensen going on vacation, trying out a new food, or even brushing your teeth, you are making some sort of memory.

Live in the moment and cherish every moment you have, because before you know it you’re another year older and you have no idea where the time went.

Now that graduation is quickly approaching and my high school career is ending, I have been looking back on my memories so far in life. Memories as far back as two years old and breaking my collar bone, losing my first tooth, learning to ride a bike, owning my first hamster (and losing it), attending Girl Scout meetings at the church, going to my first school dance, dissecting worms in science, and all the memories of my life are amazing. At the time of all these events, I had no idea that they would turn out to be some of my favorite memories. Everyone has goals. For some people, their goal is to open their own business, for others their goal is to marry the

love of their life. My goal at the end of my life is to look back and have absolutely no regrets. I want to live out every possible moment of my life so that when I’m 100 years old, I can look back and have millions of memories. Each moment of your life is a precious section of time that you’ll never get back. Every now and again I catch myself saying things like “I wish this week would be over already.” When people say things like this they are practically wishing their life away. Each second of your life is what makes you who you are, and when people wish away their life they are also wishing away all the possible memories. Life isn’t always as peachy and perfect as movies make it out to be. The boy doesn’t always get the girl, and the good guy doesn’t always beat the bad guy, but that’s the beauty of life. Life is unpredictable. Think of life as a rollercoaster. Without a few bumps, turns, twists, and lows, you would never get to experience the highs, excitements, joys, and thrills in life.

Long story short, live life in the moment. Be happy. Have fun. And as my senior quote says, “Life isn’t measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” Make memories in life and you can look back and truly have no regrets.

Alexis Jorgensen is a student at Lanesboro High School. She is one of five area students participating in the Journal Writing Project, now in its sixteenth year.

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The Eide family feels the love

By Barb Jeffers In the Monday, May 4, 2015 edition of the Fillmore County Journal we shared the story of Caleb Eide and the Candlelight Vigil held in his honor in Chatfield, Minn. on April 26, 2015 Caleb’s family has taken him out of state for treatment but have seen photographs from the Candlelight Vigil and have a message for the many people supporting and praying for Caleb in his fight with leukemia since being diagnosed on February 6, 2014.

Caleb’s mom, Crystal, wants everyone to know “how grateful we are to everyone cheering on Caleb” while he battles the disease harder than ever.

Gary Eide, Caleb’s grandfather, says “Crystal and all of us are so overwhelmed with all of the support that all the people of Fillmore County has shown us” during this difficult time and adds, “we are so thankful that we live in a community that is so caring and giving.

God bless them all.”

Most importantly, God bless Caleb.

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Corrections to last week’s Country Coffee Talk: 7 tablespoons of flour was omitted from the filling part of the recipe. See below for correct recipe.

Rhubarb Custard Bars

Crust: 2 cups flour, ¼ cup sugar, 1 cup cold butter Combine flour & sugar; cut in butter until resembles coarse crumbs & press into greased 9x13 pan; bake for 10 minutes.

Filling: 7 tablespoons flour, 2 cups sugar, 1 cup whipping cream, 3 eggs, beaten, 5 cups finely chopped rhubarb.

Combine sugar & flour in bowl; whisk in cream & eggs; stir in rhubarb & pour over cooled crust; bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until set. Cool.

Topping: 6 oz cream cheese, softened, ½ cup sugar, ½ teaspoon vanilla, 1 cup whipping cream, whipped.

Beat cream cheese, sugar & vanilla until smooth; fold in whipped cream. Spread over top, cover & chill. Store in the refrigerator Yield: 3 dozen Come join us for a great time of fun and fellowship!

Cowboy Church Musicians Concert/Jam

Sunday May 17, 2015 • 3:00pm at the Fountain Community Center in Fountain, MN. Sponsored by Fountain United Methodist Church.

Featuring: Country, Bluegrass and Gospel Music performed by many talented cowboy church musicians. A free will offering will be taken, with a portion of the proceeds and all donations of nonperishable food going to the Fillmore County Food Shelf.

Refreshments will be sold by the Fountain United Methodist Women.

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For the many cards, calls, flowers, food, and visits, I feel truly blessed. Pastor Karla, you are so appreciated and loved for being there so many times. To the Harmony Healthcare and Physical Therapy - you got me going again with your caring and dedication. A special Thank You to my family and especially Dick You are my rock.

God’s blessings to each of you, Marge Fuller

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Peterson ~ Schmitt Kaitlyn Peterson and Lucas Schmitt are pleased to announce their engagement and upcoming wedding on June 27, 2015.

Kaitlyn is from Peterson, Minn.

Her parents are Jon and Lori Peterson of Peterson, Minn. Lucas is from Hawkeye, Iowa. His parents are Steve and Connie Schmitt of Hawkeye, Iowa.

Kaitlyn, a 2011 graduate of Rushford-Peterson High School, is a 2013 graduate of NICC-Calmar with a degree in dairy science.

She is employed at Decorah Sales Commission. Lucas is a 2011 graduate of North Fayette High School in West Union, Iowa and a 2013 graduate of NICC-Calmar with a degree in dairy science. Lucas farms with his family near Hawkeye.

A wedding is planned for June 27, 2015 in Decorah, Iowa.

Quinnell ~ Yohe Shelley Quinnell and Shane Yohe, both of Rochester, Minn., are pleased to announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.

Shelley’s parents are Steve and Lori Quinnell of Rochester, Minn. Shane is the son of Jim & Lynnette Yohe and the late Deb Yohe of Houston, Minn.

Shelley is a research study coordinator in the Hematology Cancer Center department at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

Shane is an automotive technician at Swee’s Automotive in Rochester, Minn.

A wedding is planned for June 6, 2015 at Zumbro Lutheran Church in Rochester, Minn.

Birth Announcement Aunyx Saje Holst Aunyx Saje Holst was born March 16, 2015 to Jeremiah and Sasha Holst of Lanesboro, Minn. Aunyx weighed 7 lb 5 oz, and measured 20 inches. She was welcomed home by her sister, Lux and brother, Knox. Grandparents are Glenn and Colette Holst and Jeffrey and Julie Norby, all of Lanesboro, Minn. and Pamela Flattum, Pine Island, Minn.

Great-grandparents are Darrel and Karen Flattum, Rochester, Minn., Paula Norby, Lanesboro, Minn. and Gladys Holst, Austin, Minn.

Thank you to the Preston American Legion and Mr. Les Puffett for delivering new flags for the Fillmore Central Elementary classrooms. The American Legion generously donates flags to the school for display in our classrooms, office and gymnasiums. Fillmore Central Schools would like to extend a huge thank you to them for their service and for spreading patriotism in our schools!

Happy Golden Birthday Kathryn on May 15th!

By Kathy Little “Harmony” according to the dictionary means “peaceable or friendly relations”. To teens in the 1960s, “Harmony” meant Harmony, Minn., the “date night capital” of Fillmore County!

That’s because it had a drive-in root beer stand, a theater, and a roller rink that turned into a dance hall every Wednesday night during the summer months. It couldn’t get any better than that.

Preston had a bowling alley and a swimming pool, and Lanesboro had a great park. Harmony’s only competition for “young lovers” was Spring Valley with a drive-in root beer stand and an outdoor movie theater.

Summer record hops were the most fun because you didn’t have to have a date; just a posse. My girlfriends and I would find a driver and then each one of us would chip in a quarter for gas and away we would go. The record hop only cost a dollar so it was “good clean fun” as long as you didn’t spend any time in a car in the back parking lot which only had one street light.

Some people took “breaks” during the record hop and returned with smeared lipstick, messy hair and satisfied smiles. I was never one of them. My friends and I were “good girls”. We knew that some people smoked, drank, and did “heaven knows what” during those breaks. We were above all of that. It could have been that we were never asked to take a “break” in one of those parked cars!

But back to the dance. It was NOT a sock hop. We wore shoes.

Good grief this was a floor tough enough to withstand roller skates!

Only in schools ruled by the janitorial staff did people have to take off their shoes so they wouldn’t scuff the gym floor. We rock and rolled to tunes like “Wake up, Little Susie” by Ricky Nelson, “It’s My Party and I’ll Cry If I Want To” by Leslie Gore, and “The Twist” by Chubbie Checker.

Everyone knew how to dance from watching Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand” or they faked it. Anyone could improvise doing “The Swim”!

The man who owned the roller rink maintained order, played the tunes, and even tried to help out “wallflowers” and “shy guys” by announcing the ‘”flashlight dance”. Lights were dimmed, steady couples danced to a slow tune and he, with flashlight in hand”, would point the flashlight at a guy and a girl; and they were suppose to dance together. It was more like an order because everyone wanted to stay on his good side. It was exciting and scary and soooo much fun. (Better than playing flashlight tag!) The true rebel boys quickly caught on and fled outside as soon as the lights dimmed, and they saw a flashlight in his hand.!)

Of course, a record hop was nothing compared to “THE BIG DANCE”, also known as the Spring Prom! Before the true fun of prom could begin ( buying a dress and shoes and making a hair appointment), a girl had to convince a guy to ask her to go to the dance. Yes, you could always go with a group of friends, but my mother did not think I needed a formal, new shoes and a hair appointment just to go

casually to prom with friends.

No, I needed a real date. Not having a steady, I looked over the crop of junior boys; weeding out those who had a steady or those who had questionable grooming habits. A boy who didn’t bathe or brush his teeth regularly didn’t make the cut. I needed a cute, smart boy who was perhaps a bit on the shy side who would find a perky redhead delightful.

I made my choice and moved in for the kill, I mean invitation.

Not wanting to scare him off, I started asking innocent questions about homework while giggling at everything he said. Then I casually hung around his locker before and after school. I must have been too subtle because this took about a week. Time was of the essence because I needed to go to Rochester to shop for a dress and shoes, make a hair appointment and brag to all my girl friends about my date.

All turned out well. The junior prom was fun, and the senior prom was even better! In fact, my prom partner was so delighted with a perky redhead that we eventually got married. Harmony is a “good thing” in a marriage. It means that compromise is sometimes necessary. My husband loves Mexican food, the hotter the better! I on the other hand can not stand “hot”. So when I shop for salsa, I buy mild, and he adds tobasco sauce by the tablespoon. Jim would prefer to eat Mexican every day. In order to accommodate his tastes, I serve this often!

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• 4 small boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1 lb.)

• 1/2 cup thick and chunky salsa • 1/4 cup sour cream • 1/2 cup crushed tortilla chips • 1/2 cup Mexican style cheese Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place chicken on foil lined baking sheet. Slice 3 cuts on top of each chicken breast with sharp knife.

This helps topping stay put. Top each breast evenly with salsa, sour cream, and tortilla chips. Bake 20 minutes. Remove from oven; sprinkle with cheese Bake an additional 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Makes 4 servings. Ole!

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Herman Vall was an enormous man and a tireless investigator.

Wearing his customary uniform of white shirt, black vest, suspenders, and string tie, topped off with a black fedora, he looked the part of a Hollywood character actor, the one that always plays the small town sheriff. When asked sixty years later about Captain Vall, a former neighbor of the Olsons still remembered the size of Vall’s hands. “His fingers must have been two inches around,” the man recalled.

The investigators arrived at the Sheriff’s office in Preston shortly after noon where Inglebret had been waiting for them since mid morning. Inglebret told the agents that he, along with his deputy, Alfred Morem, had gone back to the Olson farm at dawn. After a short search, they located the body of Knute, lying about 500 feet from the house, near the timothy stacks. Before returning to Preston to await the agents, Inglebret instructed his deputy to make sure that nothing was touched or removed from the scene, as curious neighbors were already arriving at the farm.

By the time that Captain Vall, Agent Allen and the Sheriff arrived at the farm, there were so many vehicles in the yard that it was difficult to find a place to park. Well over 100 people were gathered near the house. Among the neighbors and relatives were writers from the local newspapers, as well as photographers and reporters from Winona and Rochester. Vall was livid, “This is a crime scene, not a county fair!” he shouted.

Inglebret pointed out Deputy Morem, who was standing with the coroner, Olaf Thompson over by the hay stacks. “You’ll find Knute over there,” he said.

Knute’s frozen body was lying face down in the snow with his arms clutched in front of him, holding his stomach. Vall and Morem turned the body over and Vall knelt down and searched the clothing. He found that Knute

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was wearing three pair of overalls and two jackets and a dirty gray Scot’s cap. The cap was pulled down over the head with the visor to one side. He was wearing a mitten on his left hand, but his right hand was bare. There was a hole, less than one half inch in diameter, n the jacket about two inches below the heart.

“It looks like a .32 caliber,” Vall said.

From Knute’s pockets, Vall pulled out a pocket knife and a watch. Then, feeling something under the overall he used the pocketknife to cut away the material land he found an envelope that was sewed to the innermost overall. Opening it, Vall counted out $850 in the old larger sized currency. He handed the items to the coroner and stood silently looking over the lay of the land.

“It appears that Knute was running southeast instead of the road.”

Vall said. “Who lives over there?”

He pointed in the direction of a barn and house, visible about a mile away across the fields.

“They call that the ‘Big Farm’.”

Deputy Morem replied. “They just had an auction there last Saturday. They use the Olson place here, as a shortcut to get over there sometimes.”

“Then it’s possible that somebody drove through his yard on Saturday on their way to the auction. I want you to start asking around and find out who might have been over there.” Vall told Morem.

He turned and walked toward the house, where he found Sheriff Inglebret on the porch talking to a man who he introduced as William Olson, a brother of the dead men. Vall shook hands with him and then looking down, pointed to a red smear on the porch steps.

“That looks like blood and we might be able to take a print to determine the shoe type,” he told the Sheriff. “We must keep everybody away from this house in order to preserve the evidence.”

Upon entering the kitchen, Vall immediately saw the awful sight of Sever Olson lying in the pantry doorway. Because of the condi-

tion of the body, it was not readily apparent if Sever had bene shot or stabbed. Vall noted that Sever was wearing ordinary trousers, a shirt, vest, and a jersey jacket. He had house slippers on his feet. Vall picked up the 12 gauge shot gun that was leaning against the wall and found that it was loaded with one shell. There were two empty shells on the shelf beside the gun.

Vall surveyed the kitchen and saw that an oil lamp was on a shelf near the stove. It occurred to him that the lamp would likely have been placed on the kitchen table if the brothers had last been alive at night. Behind the stove hung a wind-up “eight day clock”, which was still ticking. In the window still next to the stove was a loaf pan of bread dough. The dough had risen over the sides of pan and had collapsed in the middle. On the kitchen table were a few dirty dishes, newspapers, and a butcher knife. There was no blood on the knife and Vall could see no rags with which the knife may be been wiped. One of the kitchen chairs sat upright near the stove and Vall found blood stains on its lower right leg. He found further blood stains on the oven door directly behind the chair. The other kitchen chair was overturned as if Sever had tripped over it, when he lunged for the shotgun behind the pantry door.

Off the kitchen on the other side was a large room, probably once the parlor. Now it appeared to be used as a storeroom of small farm equipment and discarded beer bottles. An empty pan was on the floor, apparently where the brothers had fed the house cats. Vall claimed the steps to the upstairs where he found two bedrooms, sparsely furnished. In each room was an old wooden bed and broken down dresser. The bedding was mussed up on both beds and consisted of old blankets. There was no carpet on the floor, and no pictures on the wall. A window had been broken in one room and the hold was stuffed with rags.

Back outside Vall ordered Agent Allen to start dusting the kitchen for fingerprints. He asked Ingle-

The FCJ reaches over 13,000 households each week. bret to start interviewing the neighbors . When had they last seen the brothers? Who did the brothers associate with? Had the brothers been nervous lately?

“We’ve go tot tear up these porch boards, too,” Vall said.

“We’ll send them tot the lab for blood type and boot prints. Plus, we need to do a thorough search of the barn and other buildings.”

**** In a report that Captain Vall filed a few days later to M.C. Passolt, Superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, he wrote: “By reconstruction of the crime as to how it may have happened, we have come to this conclusion. Some man whom Knute and Sever knew entered the Olson home in the afternoon of Saturday, November 28, 1936.

This man finding Sever alone and sitting near the stove, walked over to where Sever sat on and on the pretence of going into the pantry, the man suddenly turned and fired point blank at Sever’s head, but because of nervousness or fear he lost control of his aim and his bullet passed through the left side of Sever’s neck, possibly cutting an artery. It is suspected that he then took the reddish colored billfold from Sever’s person which contained money and papers.

The amount is unknown. It is believed a considerable amount of money was taken, possibly around $2,000. It is also believed that they were $20 dollar bills.

Just at this psychological moment in walked Knute, who had been outside doing chores. The murderer demanded Knute’s money.

Knute took off his right hand canvas glove and reached into his pocket and handed the murderer his small pocket purse. The murderer then shot at Knute’s breast. Knute realized that he had been shot, made for the door and ran southeast toward the timothy stacks, where he fell. After running about 500 feet from the house Knute became exhausted fro the gunshot wound, falling against the hay stack. He then rolled over on his face and stomach, in which position he was

Rushford Village continues support of trail development

By Kirsten Zoellner Vern Bunke, head of Bluff Tracks, is continuing efforts to see development of an expansive all- trail system in the Rushford Peterson Valley. Presenting an update to the Rushford Village Council, Tuesday, May 5, Bunke noted that approximately 500 miles of trails could easily fit within the Valley and surrounding bluffs, without having an impact on those who reside here. Bluff Tracks is asking for renewed support from municipalities and townships in the Valley area as it pushes forward with plans.

“Are you aware of how much land,” asked Bunke, referencing the miles of state land within the Village. The Village itself is 33 square miles, surrounding the cities of Rushford and Peterson, and a large portion of it includes the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood Forest, the

most of any other municipality in the state. The Department of Natural Resources lists the land as among the best in the state for birdwatching, motorized trail riding, horseback riding, and mountain biking.

New trails could easily connect to smaller, existing trail systems. “The trail system could blossom the way the snowmobile trails did. It would have a regional impact on every little town around here.”

“Yes, you want to see economic impact in the valley and added tourism,” stated Bunke.

“We have a huge advantage. You could bring in 10 horseback riders and 50 ATV riders for a weekend to the Valley and you wouldn’t even notice them.

The only time you’d notice is when they’re at the gas station, restaurants, and hotel. That’s the beauty of the woods. The topography would hide them,

and they would not be a huge disruption to our lives in the Valley.”

Trail development is still early.

Bluff Tracks is seeking 501c3 status so grant opportunities may be taken advantage of. Bunke estimates that the current cost of hard-surface trail development in the state is upwards of $1.2 million per mile. However, the organization doesn’t anticipate the need for any city funding. “We don’t need that much money to build trails in these woods. Over five years, we could develop trails at a minute fraction of that cost. But, it takes the cooperation of municipalities,” stressed Bunke.

Trails are typically on both state and private lands. In order to develop the trails, agreements would have to be made. Some parallel trail usage could be seen, but not usage of existing hard surface trails. “When visited,

they haven’t said no,” added Bunke. “They said show us your plans.”

“You have to convince landowners,” noted Mayor Gordon Johnson. “We don’t want to be making promises.” Johnson also noted a concern for impacts of erosion. Methods of controlling erosion, called “hardening”, are involved in trail development and are a primary concern for Bluff Tracks. The organization would like to see trails in the timber as much as possible, to help control speeds. Trails would stay away from agricultural lands and fenced areas wherever possible.

“We’d like people to experience the area without worry,” noted Bunke. “If private land owners and the state are not amenable to the trail system, we’d have to look for another route,” noted Bunke. “We’ve encountered very few problems

found. He had not been searched, as all his pockets were intact and the $850 was found on his person. The murderer then felt. We are of the opinion that was a one man job. Our reason for such belief is this. That he was known to the Olson brothers and for the reason he committed and the double murder. Several theories have been advanced, but we are positive that the murderer was well acquainted with the Olson brothers. He undoubtedly had been waiting until Knute had left the house before committing his assault upon Sever. There was absolutely no reason for killing these defenseless men, as the money could have been taken from them in several other ways and Sever had told of his willingness to give up money if they didn’t hurt him in case of robbery, having so remarked to one Robert Perry, a resident of the neighborhood.” **** In the December 10, 1936 Mabel Record the headline read “Brothers buried in the same grave” and went on to report: “A shivering crowd saw the bodies of Sever and Knute Olson, aged, murdered farmers, lowered in to the same grave in the Saetersdsal Lutheran churchyard Sunday afternoon. The similar coffins, carried from the church, were covered with flowers which blew with the drifting snow that swept over the double grave. Despite the bad weather and drifted roads, the church was nearly filled.”

Captain Vall, Agent Allen, Sheriff Inglebret and Deputy Morem attended the funeral of the Olson brothers. After the service they talked with neighbors and relatives but were not able to learn anything that could assist them in solving the case. Nevertheless, Vall remained confident, telling a newspaper reporter that they were investigating all evidence and leads and that a sizable reward for the apprehension of the murderer was soon to be offered. next week......a menagerie of suspects and I think that bodes well for the future of trails. There are nine really nice lookouts on the rim of this valley that give you a different perspective,” he continued.

“It’s beautiful. It’s inspiring.”

The council, while not voting, gave its continued support of preliminary trail development plans.

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A great, great honor for descendent of Whalan

By Barb Jeffers The world famous Whalan Stand Still parade will take place on Saturday, May 16, 2015 in Whalan, Minn., bringing a special guest to town.

Grand marshal for the 2015 Stand Still parade will be Katharine (Bell) Redmond, the greatgreat-granddaughter of David Wheelehan, Sr., who donated the land that became the town of Whalan.

Wheelehan and his wife Ellen (McCarthy) lived in the town of Cloyne, Ireland, and had eight children.

They immigrated to the United States, leaving Ireland in 1850 and boarding the ship Lockwood.

Traveling with eight children, five sons and three daughters, ages 1 - 17, which must have been a monumental feat, they arrived in the United States on May 28, 1851.

Settling in the area now known as Whalan, Minn., in 1854, Wheelehan dedicated himself to hard work and amassed a large amount of land with Ellen working right beside him.

According to Redmond, the story is that David, Sr. “had five dollars in his pocket, but with great determination and energy he amassed 1800 acres” of land. In 1870 his land value was $10,000 and his personal value was $1,900, which was a great deal of money at the time.

When the railroad wanted to come through and showed an interest in some of his land, Wheelehan was offered $7,000 cash for 1/8 of his 1800 acres.

Initially, he rejected the offer, but later the land was parceled out.

In 1876, Whalan was incorporated as a village, with Wheelehan donating the land to the town in a wonderful show of generosity that was part of Wheelehan’s character, according to Redmond.

Wheelehan also helped his friends and neighbors to begin farms of their own and made sure his children had land for their personal homesteads.

“History has it that D.J. Cameron built the first home in Whalan in 1868 and I have documentation that John Whelan (eldest son of David, Sr.) sold lots to D.J. Cameron before 1868,” states Redmond.

Redmond states that “the Wheelehan men deeded ‘lots’ to others after Whalan was incorporated but the land was given to the railroad with the provision a depot would be placed at that section of rail line,” and at the same time, in 1876, “land was given by the Wheelehan family to plot the village - and those planners that did so, plotted the village in the shape of a Greek Cross - almost equi-distant arms of the cross,” she explains.

Redmond guesses the name

Wheelehan made a transition to “Whelan” with the children of David, Sr. around 1880, and eventually one family member started using the spelling “Whalan”, which she believes could have been because census takers have spelled it thus. She also has old newspaper clippings and obituaries in which the last name “Whalan” is spelled with two a’ s when referring to members of the family.

Redmond says “there is lots of history in this little village!” and she has always enjoyed family and family history. Another interesting note about the descendents of David and Ellen Wheelehan is that all of the families have named at least one child David and one child Ellen, which shows the great sense of pride the family has for their forebears.

Redmond states she is “very excited” about being grand marshal of the stand still parade saying “it makes me proud for them to be honored” in this way.

She is also looking forward to being back in the Fillmore County area, saying “I get to come home” as she grew up in Lanesboro, Minn. Redmond is the daughter of Ted Bell, who married Rose Horihan Bell, and she remembers them talking about the history of Whalan.

She also remembers going to her grandmother’s house on top of the hill in Whalan by the park when she was young. Redmond’s paternal grandmother was Mary Margaret Whelan, the daughter of David Wheelehan/Whelan, Jr. and his wife Johanna (Scanlan) Whelan.

Redmond says “my gram was my pal” and she has fond memories of her grandmother, her grandmother’s house, and of Whalan. During the last years of her life Mary Margaret lived in what is now the Historic Scanlon House B & B in Lanesboro, where guests can stay in “Grandma Bells Room” named in her honor.

Many area residents may remember John Whalan as he remained living in Whalan his whole life and may have continued residing in the Whelan family house on the hill after Mary Margaret and her family moved to Lanesboro.

Redmond has visited her grandmother’s former home on the hill numerous times over the years, saying “something drew us to the house” so they had to visit. Two years ago, while visiting the area, they stopped at the home and talked with the current owner who gave Redmond a couple nails and wire insulator’s from the house for keepsakes.

Redmond is the middle of five children, including Greg Bell - Madison, Wisc., Dan Bell - Rochester, Minn., Katharine

(Bell) Redmond - Pueblo, Colo., Brian Bell - Naperville, Ill., and Mary (Bell) Neuman - New Hope, Minn.

Redmond states that her brother Greg is also planning on attending the Whalan Stand Still Parade which will bring more of David and Ellen Wheelehan’s family back to town. At that time, Greg will present to the Whalan Museum a family heirloom, a “bridge chisel” with the initials “D.W.” on the handle; given to him by his father, Ted Bell. The chisel belonged to David Wheelehan from 1809 in Ireland until 1892 when he died in Whalan.

Along with being asked to be grand marshal, Redmond has found a couple of Whelan third cousins through Ancestry.com and met them two years ago when she was in this area for her high school reunion. Her new found family members are Kathy Bond of Byron, Minn. and Norleen Cooke of Preston, Minn. Redmond says it is “amazing” that she found these members of the family and can share with them this celebration of their ancestors.

Redmond notes that both her parents loved family history and genealogy, which is probably where she gets her passion for it as well, saying she is impressed with the strength her ancestors and others carried so many years ago.

The day of the stand still parade will be a joyous one as Redmond says “I love the area” just as her great-great-grandparents did and she will surely feel their presence beside her throughout the day.

One additional interesting note about Whalan, Minn. is the fact that “because the village of Whalan is named for the family,

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it is the only town in the United States with that name!” says Redmond.

The Stand Still parade will begin, and by that I mean the spectators will start to walk up and down the parade route, at 11 a.m. and will disassemble at Noon on May 16.

Main Stage musical guests will be the Rutabaga Brothers from 12 - 1:30 p.m. and the CBB Jazz Combo will take the stage from 2 - 3 p.m. Additional entertainment includes the Wild Goose Chase Cloggers, CBB Jazz Combo, LaCrosse Coulee Chordsmen, Lanesboro High School Pep Band, Arnold/Bradley Band, and more.

Kids and parents alike will enjoy the petting zoo with baby animals and there will be games for people of every age including the Duck Pluck from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. One highlight of the day will be the Pie Eating Contest which begins at 1:30 p.m.

If you would rather eat without competition there will be an array of tasty options, beginning with McWhalan sandwiches at 9 a.m. and fresh made lefse being rolled out all day long.

Many interesting items will line both sides of the Root River Bike Trail in Whalan as artisans, crafters, and others will have unique and handmade items for sale.

You can also spend some time with the demonstrators that will be on hand all day - you never know you may just learn something or find a new interest.

For additional information and schedule of events visit www. standstillparade.org.

Chairpersons of the 2015 Whalan Stand Still parade are Joan and Ernie Johnson, who have been working hard to ensure everyone who attends the parade will have a great time - hopefully a great-great-time!

A tin-type photograph of David Wheelehan, Sr. and his wife Ellen.

Photo submitted

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Lanesboro makes zoning change to allow short-term rentals

By Hannah Wingert The Lanesboro City Council met on May 4, 2015 at 5:30 pm.

All city council members were present.

The minutes from the April 6, 2015 meeting were reviewed and approved.

A public hearing was opened to discuss the zoning change request for the 200 block of Ashburn Street from R-1 to R-3, which will allow for short-term rentals in addition to the currently allowed long-term. Lanesboro resident Kate O’Neary presented her concerns about the zoning change to the council. She believes that allowing owners to rent out their properties short-term will discourage long-term renters and future residents of Lanesboro. O’Neary pointed out that she grew up in rentals and is very much pro-rental, but doesn’t feel that short-term rentals are a viable way to grow a community. Mayor Robin Krom thanked her for her remarks. City administrator David Todd noted that the city received positive feedback about the zoning change from two of the residents that will be affected. There were no further comments or discussion so the public hearing was closed.

Sandy Kiel introduced the Chamber of Commerce’s new Director of Business, Shirley Molter. Molter has lived in Lanesboro for three years and is excited about her new position on the Chamber.

The Lanesboro Community Committee has been working on getting flower baskets to hang in Lanesboro for beautification.

There have been issues in the past with finding people to water the baskets everyday. They would like to purchase baskets that could be replanted each year instead of the disposable ones that have been used in past years. This would save money after the upfront cost is covered, and the baskets shouldn’t have to be watered more than every other day. The cost for 26 baskets is $998, and a request was made that the city cover half of the cost. After this year, the costs will be very low as the baskets will be reused and replanted. Council member Tom Smith thought that the price was a little high and asked to see the baskets. A motion to pay half of the $998 was passed with a three to two vote.

Riverside on the Root owner, Mike Charlebois updated the council on the Bloody Mary law that was recently passed in Minn., allowing restaurant owners and craft breweries to start selling liquor at 8 a.m. on Sundays, along with 66 ounce beer growlers. He asked for a letter from the city allowing him to make the change to his business.

Charlebois also asked for help to fill in the storm sewer under his deck. Several years ago, the sewer failed and separated from See ZONING CHANGE Page 26 

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By Paul Trende In baseball, the term ‘rally caps’ is an oft used adage employed by a trailing team. Clubs turn their hats whichever-way, looking for a reversal of The Trende fortune.

Report After suffering back-toback losses without scoring a run, Chatfield rallied for a 4-0 Paul Trende week. The Gopher bats came alive (16 hits) versus FCL, while the Falcons were also up to the task (11 hits). A back-and-forth contest had the Gophers leading 7-6 after six.

A 4-run seventh (three with two outs) propelled Chatfield to the 11-6 win. Riley Ahern (3-4, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R), Drew Hurley (3-4, 2B, 2 RBI), Ethan Woltz (3-5, RBI), Carter Duxbury (2-5, 2 R, 2 SB), and Aaron Paulson (2-4, RBI, R) led the charge.

FCL was paced by Sam Rustad (3-3, RBI, R), Gatlin Woellert (2-4, 2 R), Nick Mensink (2-4, RBI), and Sam Peters (1-3, 2 RBI). Chatfield then took on Lewiston-Altura, winners of five straight (5-3). Paulson tossed six scoreless innings (2 H, 3 BB, 3 K, Win). The Cardinals put runners on second and third in the seventh, but Hurley secured the save. The Gophers prevailed 3-0. Connor Demorest (2-3, R), Woltz (2-4), and Duxbury (2-4) had a pair of hits. Hurley and Tristan Aguiar drove in runs. A night later, versus C-SG

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the main line. It needs to be filled in with rock and cement. At the request of the council, Charlesbois will acquire some prices for the project and present them to the council at a later date.

Lanesboro street supervisor Andy Drake brought up his concerns for long-term street maintenance. Currently, there are two streets and one alley that need to be addressed. The city will have to employ an engineer for the project. “We need to start setting goals so we’re not always playing catch up.” stated Mayor Krom.

Mayor Krom read the library report. Circulation for April was 2187 and remaining stable. The Friends of the Library donated $1000 for lighting the Paint by Number mural.

Theresa Coleman gave a report of the April 20, 2015 Public Utilities Commission meeting. They are thinking of doing a “roundup” program on the utility bills, with proceeds going to the new ambulance shed and will make a

(7-3), the Gophers got a couple in the first. The Warriors took the lead 3-2 mid-fifth. Duxbury authored a 2-run triple to put Chatfield back in the lead 5-3. With it 5-4 in the seventh, C-SG loaded the bases.

Duxbury made a juggling catch on a liner to secure the victory.

Aguiar got the win (5 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 5 BB, 5 K). Woltz (2-4, RBI, R, 2 SB) and C-Dux (1-3, 3B, 2 RBI) led the offense.

The game featured 11 errors and only two earned runs. The Gophers then beat St. Charles 12-2 in five. Dan Narveson (1-2, 4 RBI), Duxbury (2-3, RBI, 3 R) and T.J. Moechnig (1-2, 2 RBI) led the way. Ahern (5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 3 K) picked up the win. Chatfield’s record is 8-3 in league and overall. They lead the TRC West over Southland (5-3, 6-4), D-E (3-3-1, 4-4-1), and W-K (7-5, 7-7). Woltz (.470) and Duxbury (.467) led the attack.

The One-Run Triangle High-caliber softball teams Chatfield, FCL, and SG-C went round-robin. All three games were decided by a run.

FCL and SG-C re-matched last year’s 14-inning pitcher’s dual between All-State hurlers Morgan Malley and Samantha Bratland (won 1-0 by the later). The former got twofold redemption. Things were knotted 0-0 until the bottom of the seventh. Kaitlynn Aug reached on an error, Tayah Barnes an infield hit, and Haley Polin a bunt hit. After an out, Malley stared down Bratland face-toface. She drew a game-winning walk-off walk for the 1-0 FCL win. Malley’s one-hitter (7 IP, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K, Win, 1-3, RBI) bested Bratland (6 2/3 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 14 K). A night later, #7 FCL travelled to #6 Chatfield

for a match-up of 2014 Sectional Final Four squads. Gopher senior centerfielder Kirsten Keefe authored the games two most important plays. She tripled and then scored (on a Sydney Gould ground-out) in the second. In the fifth, with it still 1-0, Falcon Haley Polin hit a shot to the right-centerfield gap. Keefe covered a lot of ground to thwart a sure lead-off extra base hit. FCL got a runner to second in the seventh, but no further. Chatfield won 1-0. Thirty four of 39 outs were made in the field. Senior hurlers Malley (6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, Loss) and Brook Irish (7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 0 K, Win) combined for just five strikeouts. Irish (3-0) racked up her third straight completegame shut-out. Keefe (1-3, 3B, R, ROE) and Aug (1-1, BB, Sac) were the only hitters to reach twice. Chatfield then trekked to Spring Grove to face Bratland. A Maddy Larrabee solo home run in the sixth tied the game 1-1. In the seventh, Chatfield added two more to lead 3-1. The Lions then got three in their seventh including a walk-off sacrifice fly by McKenzie Denstad for the 4-3 victory. Larrabee (1-3, HR, RBI, R), Gould (1-3, RB), and Keefe (1-3, R) led the Gopher effort.

A Monday in Mabel What transpires in Mabel on a spring night is only for Cougarites to know. On a late April Monday, M-C entertained Houston in baseball and softball. The girl’s game was about hitting and running.

The teams combined for eleven extra base hits. Houston jumped out 6-1 after 1 ½ innings. M-C closed to down 9-8 after four.

A four-run Hurricane seventh put things away. The final was

decision at their next meeting.

Council member Jason Resseman inquired about an incentives program for new construction in Lanesboro. Coleman pointed out that hook-up fees in Lanesboro are already very low, and that the incentives are built in. As an EDA member, Resseman noted that it would be beneficial to be able to publicize incentives. Coleman agreed to bring the matter up for discussion at the next utilities meeting.

The Lanesboro Golf Course submitted a request for detachment from Lanesboro Utilities in lieu of drilling their own well.

After much discussion, the request was voted on. Mayor Krom and council members Tom Smith and Tom Dybing abstained from voting, as they had conflicts of interest. The request was denied by the two voting members, but the motion failed for lack of a quorum.

The parking committee requested that an ordinance be put in place allowing two hour parking in downtown Lanesboro to combat the parking issues. All of the busi-

ness owners who were present at the committee meeting supported the ordinance. Smith questioned how well that ordinance could be enforced, and Resseman noted that ticketing tourists for parking violations would give Lanesboro a negative connotation. It was decided to put up signs notifying motorists that free all-day parking is available at Bass Pond in hopes of easing congestion downtown. A letter will be sent to business owners asking them and their employees not to park on the main streets.

A motion was passed allowing the zone change request for Ashburn Street from R-1 to R-3.

Sarah and Blaine York submitted a request for a chicken permit.

They have met and complied with all conditions allowing the permit.

The request was approved.

The Iron Horse Outfitters has applied for a lodging license. A motion to approve the license was passed contingent on passing state inspection.

The meeting was adjourned and the next meeting will be held June 1, 2015 at 5:30 p.m.

16-9. Amber Chapel (4-5, two 3B’s, 2 RBI, 5 R), Alexa Horihan (4-5, 2B, 3B, 4 RBI, 3 R), and Cortney Johnston (4-4, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R) had huge days at the plate. Nicole Rogich (2-4) also had 3 RBI’s. Johnston recorded the win (7 IP, 9 R, 8 ER, 3 BB) with the rare 10-hit, 12-strikeout game. M-C was led by Hannah Nolte (3-3, 2B, inside-the-park HR, 2 RBI, 4 R). Lexi Thorson (2-2, 2B, 2 RBI, R) also had a pair of hits. The Cougars are 2-6. On the baseball diamond, a couple Hurricane errors helped M-C put three on the board in the second. An inning later, they put up three more, two courtesy of a 2-run double by eighth grader Kailer McCabe. Houston got two in the fifth, the first an inside-the-park home run from pinch-hitter Dustin McNamer. M-C prevailed 6-2.

McCabe (2-3, 2B, 2 RBI) and Bryce Michels (2-3, 2 R, RBI) led M-C. Weston Whalen (4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K) got the win. Taylor Johnston (1-4, 2B) accounted for the other Houston run.

Hot Shots RPH hosted its second track meet. Noah Carlson won three events (400, Long Jump, Triple Jump) for the third time this year. He has yet to lose an L-Jump a T-Jump competition (12 for 12). LFCMC’s Olivia Haug (Shot, Disc), and Chatfield’s Maddy Kammer (200, 400) and Chase Salerno (110 & 300 hurdles) each won two events.

The RPH boys dominated the shot and discus events, finishing 1-2-3 and 1-2.

GMLOKS track and field hosted a meet. The girls took first and the boys second. It’s the girls’ fourth win in five tries.

All four girls relay teams finished first or second. FC girl’s

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golf grabbed four wins on the week. Grace Miller medaled at each meet. They are 8-1.

Lanesboro’s boys nipped FC’s by one shot. Both Burro golf squads are 4-1. R-P’s boys then got revenge on FC for an earlier loss. They are 5-2. Kingsland boy’s golf grabbed a couple wins. They are 5-2. Burro Isaac Bierman and Chatfield’s Paige Isensee each medaled twice on the week. Morgan Malley hit two home runs and struck out a season-high 15 to lead FCL past D-E. She pitched her sixth complete-game shut-out on the back-end of a doubleheader with L-A. Kaitlynn Aug was 5 for 7 with 5 RBI. She batted .571 on the week. The Falcons are 8-2, 10-2 overall.

They trail Cotter (9-0, 10-2) and are tied with C-SG (8-2, 9-4) in the TRC East. Malley is 10-2 with a .644 ERA and 112 K’s. Chatfield softball (8-4) leads St. Charles (7-4) and W-K (6-4, 7-4) in the West. GMLOK softball got home runs from Gretchen Corson and Jamie Stevens in beating La Crescent.

Courtney Fate went 4 for 4 as they beat L-A. GMLOK is 3-5, 4-5. Houston’s Dustin McNamer recorded his second home run of the year in a losing effort.

Kailer McCabe had three extra base hits including an insidethe-park home run as M-C beat G-E. Baseball 4-27 GMLOK 2, W-K 8 (G: Reece Eickhoff 2-3, R, RBI; Josh Shorter 2-3; Blake Olson 2-4; Sean Lohuis 1-3, 2B, R) 4-28 G-E 7, M-C 18 [5] (M-C: K. McCabe 4-4, two 3B, insidethe-park HR, 2 RBI, 3 R; Drew Wyffels 2-4, two 2B, 3 RBI; Michael Selness 2-2, two 2B, See SPORTS Page 27 

Grace Miller FC Golf

Fillmore Central girls golf, after a big win over Caledonia, is now 9-1. The defending Section champs Falcons are led by freshman Grace Miller, who has medaled in all but one meet (three times the week of April 27th). Her 44 stroke average is about seven better than last year. She’s one of the top players in the state in Class A. Photo by Paul Trende

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2 RBI; Talon Peterson 2-2, 2 RBI, R) St. Charles 13, R-P 2 [5] (R-P: Mason McManimonMyers 2-3, R; Zack Ansell 1-2, RBI) GMLOK 0, La Crescent 10 [6] (LC: Austin DeBoer 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 K, Win) 4-29 M-C 3, Lyle Pacelli 13; M-C 10, L/P 4 (Cougars are 4-2) 4-30 R-P 6, W-K 10 (R-P: M. McManimon-Myers 3-4, 2 R, 2 SB; Z. Ansell 2-2, 2 R; Dawson Dahl 2-4, 3B, 2 RBI, R) L-A 15, GMLOK 5 [6] (G: Zach Myhre 3-4, 3B, 3 RBI; Bl. Olson 2-3, 2B, RBI, R; J. Shorter 2-4. Bulldogs are 1-8) FCL 1, D-E 11 [6] (FCL: Collin Scott 1-2, 2B, R) 5-1 L/P 9, Houston 5 (H: D. McNamer 1-3, HR (2), 3 RBI; Jeremiah Johnson 1-2, RBI, R. Canes are 0-8) FCL 0, L-A 18 [5] (FCL: S. Rustad 1-2, 2B); FCL 5, L-A 8 (FCL: C. Scott 1-3, 3B, 2 RBI; Kiel Larson 1-2, 2B, R, RBI) R-P 1, Cotter 4 (RP: Ben Ansell 2-3, RBI; Nathan Sarvi 6 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, Loss. Trojans are 1-8, 2-9) 5-2 Schaeffer 1, FCL 11 [5) (FCL: Riley Means 2-3, two 2B, 3 RBI, R; N. Mensink 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI, R; G. Woellert 1-3, 2 RBI, R; C. Scott 1-2, RBI, 2 R 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 5 K,

Win. Falcons are 1-8, 2-8) Softball 4-27 GMLOK 2, W-K 15 [5] (G: Courtney Schmidt 2-2, R; C. Fate 1-1, RBI) 4-28 La Crescent 4, GMLOK 14 [6] (G: G. Corson 4-4, HR, RBI, 3 R; Rio Landers 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R; J. Stevens 2-5, HR, 2 RBI, R, Win; Jessi Lohuis 3-4, 2 RBI, R; Gracie Schmidt 2-3, 3 RBI, 2 R; C. Fate 2-4, 2 RBI, R) Houston 2, D-E 9 (H: N. Rogich 2-3, 3B, RBI; A. Chapel 2-4, 2 R; C. Johnston 1-3, 2B, R. Eagles put it away with 4-run sixth) R-P 3, St. Charles 9 (R-P: Lauren Hadley 3-4, 2B, RBI) 4-29 Chatfield 13, L-A 2 [6] (C: Hailee Stock 3-4, 2B, 3 RBI; K. Keefe 2-3, 2 RBI, 2 R; M. Larrabee 2-4, 2 R, 3 SB; Megan LaPlante 2-4, RBI, R; Alexis Chase 6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, Win) 4-30 D-E 0, FC/L 7 (FCL: M. Malley 2-3, 2 HR (3), 2 RBI, 2 R, 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 15 K, Win; K. Aug 2-3, R) GMLOK 7, L-A 2 (G: C. Fate 4-4, RBI; R. Landers 3-4, 2 RBI, R; C. Schmidt 3-4, RBI, R; G. Schmidt 3-4, RBI, 2 R) W-K 15, R-P 1 [5] (R-P: L. Hadley 1-2, R; Alli Oian 1-2, RBI; Brooke Johnson 1-3, 2B) 5-1 L-A 3, FCL 13 [5] (FCL: K. Aug 2-3, 2 RBI, R; Shelby Ebner 2-3, RBI, 3 R; M. Mal-

Chatfield’s Megan LaPlante Photo by Paul Trende

Houston’s Becca Lee and M-C’s Lexi Thorson Photo by Paul Trende

ley 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 11 K, Win; Steph Erickson 2-4, RBI, R; Megan Hendrickson 2-4, 2 R. Falcons scored nine runs with two out in fifth); L-A 0, FCL 10 (FC: K. Aug 3-4, two 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R; S. Ebner 2-3, RBI, 2 R; M. Malley 3B, RBI, R, 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 9 K, Win (9-2)) LP 4, Houston 14 [6] (H: Maya Upton 1-4, 3 RBI, 3 R; A. Chapel 1-4, 2 RBI, 3 R; A. Horihan 1-3, 2 RBI, R. ‘Canes are 4-5) St. Charles 9, Chatfield 6 (C: M. Larrabee 2-4, 3B, RBI, R; K. Keefe 2-3, 2 R; Janessa Erding 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI) Cotter 18, R-P 2 [5] (R-P: Savannah Skalet 2-3, 2B, R); C 21, R-P 1 [5] (R-P: Tatyanna Bronk 1-2, RBI. R-P is 0-11, 0-13) Golf 4-27 (G) D-E Inc., Chatfield 239 (C: P. Isensee 44*); (B) D-E 212, Southland 219, C 218 (C: Chris Hanson 48. S: Brandon Bergene 46*. D-E: Dalton Nelson 48. At Chatfield GC) (B) GMLO 205, Lanesboro 180 (L: Jonathan Bierman/I. Bierman 43’s*, Adam Sutter 45. G: Tyler Sloan/Dylan Jech 45’s); (G) GMLO Inc., L 228 (L: Hope Knepper 50, Alexis Jorgensen 52. At Lanesboro GC) 4-28 (G) L-A 230, Crestwood 216, FC 180 (FC: G. Miller 41*, Katie Tammel 42); (B) L-A 162, C 175, FC 165 (FC: Jordan Miller 37*, Delton Sauer 41. L-A: Brady Borkowski/Tyler Blazer 38. C: Jordan Voves 38. At Harmony GC); (B) R-P 179, Caledonia 177 (R-P: Hayden Stensgard 41*, Charlie Krambeer 43. C: Symon Ely 41*); (G) R-P 310, C 205 (B) Lake City Invite (Lanesboro finished sixth and Houston seventh (of 7). Burro Isaac Bierman finished tied for 15th) 4-30 (B) FC 181, Lanesboro 180 (L: I. Bierman 41*, J. Bierman 43, A. Sutter 44. FC: J. Miller 44); (G) FC 208, L 235 (FC: G. Miller 45*, Laura Donney 52. L: H. Knepper 52. At Lanesboro GC) (G) St. Charles 222, Chatfield 225 (C: P. Isensee 43*. SC: Calle Fisher 47); (B) SC 200, C 218 (C: Levi Roline 43*, C. Hanson 49.

SC: Quinn Roessler 48, Alan Spaeth 49. At Chatfield GC) (B) Kingsland 194, Southland 210 (K: Simon Broadwater 44, Nick Niemeyer 48. S: B. Bergene 43*); (G) K Inc., S Inc. (K: Brianna Hindt 54. At Cedar River GC) 5-1 (B) FC 179, Caledonia 187, R-P 172 (R-P: Kyle Weidemann 40*, C. Krambeer 41, Alex Vix 42. FC: J. Miller

40*); (G) C 197, FC 203, R-P 292 (FC: G. Miller 46*, K. Tammel 51. C: Rebeckah Schoeder 46*. FC did not compete against Caledonia) (B) Kingsland 204, D-E 209 (K: N. Niemeyer 48, S. Broadwater 49. D-E: Dalton Nelson 46*); (G) K Inc., D-E Inc. (K: B. Hindt 59. At St. Charles GC) (G) Chatfield 268, PEM 237 (C: P. Isensee 46*); (B) C 257, PEM 186 (C: C. Hanson 49. PEM: Garrett Chick 39, Carson Root 46. At Piper Hills GC) (G) Lake City Invite (Lanesboro competed. Madeline Snyder was top Burro (104). Top score was 77) Track and Field 4-28 GMLOKS Invite (The host girls took first (154.5) over Stewartville (151), the boys second to Stewie (of six teams).

1st’s: Lacey Schwartz (100), Katelyn Luthe (100-H), McKenzie Kirtz (1,600), Jordyn Glynn (Triple Jump), Dominiq Bouska (Shot Put), the girl’s 4x100 (Corbyn Bendtsen, Kaitlyn Kirtz, Luthe, Schwartz) & 4x200 (Luthe, Sydney Bendtsen, Samantha Siskow, K. Kirtz) teams, the boys 4x400 (Josh Bradley, Tristan Harrison, Maxwell Tapp, Cody Krahn).

2nd’s: Buchholtz (400), S. Bendtsen (Long Jump), M. Tapp (400), Adam Koenigs (300-H), Peter Torkelson (800 & 1,600), the girls 4x400 (S. Bendtsen, Buchholtz, Emily

Hovden, M. Kirtz) & 4x800 (Andrea Mettler, M. Kirtz, Buchholtz, Glynn) teams, the boys 4x200 (Michael Bauer, Tapp, Krahn, Harrison). K. Kirtz (100, T-Jump), Hovden (400), and Glynn (800)) RPH Invite #2 (RPH, LFCMC, and Chatfield competed amidst five other teams.

RPH 1st’s: Anna Sweet (100), Jordan Honken (Pole Vault), the girls 4x100 (Ashley Agrimson, Jessilyn Knutson, Kenzie Ness, Sweet), N. Carlson (200, L-Jump, T-Jump), Sam Schneider (Shot), & Matt Culhane (Discus). LFCMC 1st’s: Emily Snyder (800), Bailey Ruen (1,600), Kiera Olson (3,200), O. Haug (Shot, Discus), Treyten Chiglo (P-Vault), the girls 4x400 (Kendyl Bennett, Alyssa Gathje, B. Ruen, Broadwater) & 4x800 (Gathje, Olson, Snyder, L. Ruen) teams. Chat 1st’s: M. Kammer (200, 400) & C. Salerno (110-H, 300-H). RPH 2nd’s: Megan Holien (100-H), Elizabeth Loken (Shot, Discus), Micah Schutte (T-Jump), Blake Lawston (Shot), & Trevor Lundberg (Disc). LFCMC 2nd’s: Kenzie Broadwater (400, L-Jump), Leah Ruen (3,200), Michaela Brazee (P-Vault), Brady Dutton (3,200), & Alex Reed (P-Vault). Chat 2nd’s: Erickson (100) & Kammer (H-Jump). Sweet (200), Agrimson (H-Jump), Erickson (L- Jump), & Culhane (Shot) added thirds)

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Spring Valley “junk ordinance” being enforced

By Rich Wicks The Spring Valley City Council met in regular session on April 27, with all members present. Minutes of the previous meeting, and April accounts payable, were approved. A citizen, Paul Mittelstadt, addressed the council about the city’s “junk ordinance”, asking, “Are you going to put some bite in this finally, or just going to let it pass?” He said there are unlicensed vehicles that have been eyesores for years, and he hopes the city will get them removed. Mayor Struzyk explained that years ago, this was handled through the courts, which took longer and often didn’t get results, but he said, “Now we’re the judge and jury, right here” and he added that if property owners do not take action in response to the letters being sent out, the city will take the

appropriate actions and will add the cost to the assessments of the applicable property owners accordingly.

According to Police Chief Tim Rasmussen, “There were 27 letters that were sent out; there’s a lot of vehicles on that list.”

Mike Buhany (of David Brown Associates) addressed the council regarding the refunding options for the city’s 2008 bond. Buhany explained that the bond isn’t eligible for refunding until February 2016, but “crossover refunding” could happen now. He summarized the process, and it’s advantages and disadvantages. He cautioned that a worst-case scenario would cost the city about $10,000, and with nothing to show for it. He said the main reason to do it would be, “Simply to lock in rates…nobody knows if rates will

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go up or down.” He also explained a second option, with less risk, and slightly less savings. He said if the council votes for the second option, the city would have until June 1 to change their decision. Overall, the first option could save the city about $62,000 (unless rates change), and the second option would save the city about $52,000. Buhany noted that, “It depends on your risk tolerance,” and he named several cities in southeast Minn. who had gone through similar refunding recently. Council member Jeff Vehrenkamp advised, “I’d be more inclined to lock in the savings now” (by choosing the second option, and locking in the $52,000 savings). The council voted unanimously to refund the bond using the second option.

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Eileen and Sue addressed the council regarding equipment and supplies belonging to the Association, which they are requesting to remove from the facility. City Administrator Deb Zimmer and council member Bill Bires will look over the receipts and documentation, and will then follow up with the Ambulance Association about the items. Because this will take some time, the council voted to give the association an additional 30 days to remove their property, with the new deadline being May 30.

Zimmer gave council members a handout regarding City Code Chapter 5, and explained the wording is out of date. She asked members to read through it and give her any feedback about corrections or updates to the wording that are needed. In Department Head reports, Jenny Simon noted that the exterior of the library has areas where the stucco is starting to fall off, and she is noting

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the areas that need repair. Fire Chief Troy Lange summarized that “It’s been a pretty quiet month on our front.”

Zimmer explained a letter that Waste Management will be sending out to citizens who were overcharged.

This was due to some customers mistakenly being charged for carts instead of bags. The letter will explain the credit that will show up on their bills to correct the error. Todd Jones said that Waste Management wants to get away from using bags, and go to carts instead. He added that there’s a smaller size available, and senior citizens can get a discount on them.

Zimmer informed the council that there’s a request for the city to set up a PayPal account specifically for donations to the Almonzo race. The council voted to set this up. The meeting adjourned about 6:30 p.m. The next regular meeting of the Council will be Monday, May 11 at 6 p.m.

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Preston’s 2014 audit

By Karen Reisner Pam Ristau, CPA, summarized her examination of Preston’s 2014 financial accounts at the May 4 city council meeting. As auditor she issued an unqualified opinion to the city for its 2014 financial statements, saying everything is in order.

Many capital improvements were made in 2014. The North Industrial Park area was annexed into the city. Not all associated construction projects were completed by the end of 2014. The Twenty14 project included improvements to the Fire Hall area, and portions of River, Main, Houston, Franklin, Washington, Preston, North, Spring, and Winona Streets and the South Hill area.

The Twenty-14 project was financed with $4.15 million of general obligation bonds. The city council authorized $640,000 in general obligation utility revenue and tax increment financing bonds. Two new TIF districts were

authorized, one for the Preston Dairy and Farm relocation and one for the North Industrial Park area, including Bluff Country Manufacturing and other possible future businesses.

Four businesses within the city utilized the city’s revolving loan fund. In 2014 the loan limit was raised to $25,000 from $15,000.

City administrator Joe Hoffman explained the picture will be clearer in the 2015 audit, as there was a large number of capital projects in 2014. He said there still is grant money coming in from the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).

There was some discussion about how much grant money will still come in. The audit report had been made available just before the meeting. Hoffman said staff will look through the audit materials before the next meeting. The council will consider acceptance of the 2014 audit at the next meeting.

Monday, May 11, 2015 F&M Bank alley improvement Dan Christianson, F & M Bank, requested that the city share the cost of improvements made to an alley (180 feet) that was paved last fall. He had addressed the council last fall about the needed work on bank property and the alley, when the city’s assessment policy for alley improvements was treated the same as for city streets (60% city, 40% assessed).

Christianson went ahead and had the work done on the alley since Rochester Sand and Gravel was ready to do other paving work on bank property. Both sides of the alley are bank owned.

The city has approved a new policy for alleys, separate from the policy for streets, since this work was completed. The new policy requires a property owner to petition or make a formal request for the improvement. All property owners abutting the alley on a block will be assessed, paying 100% of the cost of the improvement.

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Christianson explained that the total cost to pave the alley was $4,544. Councilman Charles Sparks made a motion to pay 60 percent ($2,726) because the new policy was not in affect at the time the alley was paved. The motion was approved with councilman Robert Maust voting against.

Other business in brief •Police Chief Matt Schultz recommended the hire of Tim Melver to fill an open police officer position. The opening had been posted for the city’s 11 part-time police officers. Two applied for the position. Hoffman said Melver has the confidence of the police chief and is a strong candidate who owns a home in the community. The hire of Melver was approved with councilman David Collett voting no. Collett suggested it may be better to offer the position to someone who lives outside the area.

• Jim Bakken, Public Works, requested approval to purchase a commercial pressure washer. The city’s only pressure washer is old

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and needs to be replaced. Bakken noted pool cleaning will start next week. The council approved the purchase from Northern Tool at a total cost of about $1,500. It is requested that the cost be split between the city, utility, and park board.

• Approval was given to replace a catch basin at the corner of Cottage Grove Avenue and Elizabeth Street. An estimate was provided from A-1 Excavating to replace the catch basin at a cost of $2,900. Replacement of the curb is estimated to cost $750.

• City street closures for Trout Days (May 16) were approved.

• The week of May 17-23 was proclaimed to be Emergency Medical Services Week.

• Cara Langstrom was hired as library assistant as recommended by the library director and board.

• Gregory Carlson and Jessica Hershberger were approved for hire as tourism center workers, 12 hours per week each, as recommended by tourism director Sarah Wangen.

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Recycling 101

By LaVerne C. Paulson Recycling Education Coordinator Several times each week, I re c e i v e e-mails having to do with a variety of recycling information.

LaVerne C. Thank goodPaulson ness they come by way of the internet and not printed or we would be losing quite a few more trees each year. Frequently, messages comes from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) or the Recycling Association of Minnesota (RAM) that contain recycling news that is pertinent to Fillmore County.

A recent message from the MPCA contained information that I think you will find interesting and informative. Many of

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you have asked me how much stuff is brought to the recycling center from Fillmore County households and businesses. My answer is usually, “a lot”. The information I will share with you today is not the weight of the recyclables, but the percentages by weight that has been averaged from numbers across the entire state. Are you confused yet? Trust me, the next few paragraphs should make this a bit clearer.

Let’s start with corrugated cardboard. Cardboard accounts for thirteen percent of what is brought to the Recycling Center. Besides cardboard, you have the boxboard such as cereal boxes and the like, the usual junk mail, hard cover books, magazines, empty paper towel rolls, and catalogs, telephone books, and paperback books.

This is known as mixed paper and makes up twenty-eight percent of the pile. The other type of paper is, of course, newsprint and that makes up thirty per-

Fillmore County police reports Chatfield Police Department Nathan John McGill, 32, Chatfield, Minn.; 10/24/2014, Domestic AssaultMisdemeanor-Intentionally Inflicts/ Attempts to Inflict Bodily Harm on Another, Fine $1,000 (stay $700 until 4/20/2016), Total Fees $515. Local Confinement – 90 days (stay 72 for one year). Credit for time served: one day. Serve as: work release and weekends (if eligible). The defendant is to make arrangements to serve the jail time with the Jail Administrator (must complete the jail time by July 1, 2015).

Supervised probation for one year – Conditions: Sign Probation Agreement, Follow all Conditions set forth in the Probation Agreement, Contact your probation officer as directed, Tell probation officer within 72 hours if charged with any new crime, if change address, employment, or telephone number, and/or if have contact with law enforcement, Sign releases of information as directed, Remain law-abiding, Follow all State and Federal criminal laws, Domestic abuse counseling/treatment as directed by Court Services, Take medications in the prescribed dosage and frequency as directed, Individual Therapy - defendant attend therapy appointments as deemed appropriate by his therapist and/or Court Services, No possession of alcohol or drugs as directed, No alcohol/controlled substance use as directed, Submit to Chemical Testing as directed, Do not enter bars or liquor stores as directed, No assault, aggressive, intimidating, stalking, or threatening behavior while on probation. Cooperate with the search of person, residence, vehicle, workplace, property, and things as directed by probation officer, No use or possession of firearms or dangerous

weapons, Comply with Firearms Transfer Order (dated February 24), Defendant may have supervised contact with the victim (C.J.M.) as ordered by Social Services and/or family court so long as defendant complies with any and all recommendations of Social Services and does not use any form of physical discipline on his children.

Fillmore County Sheriff’s Department Benjamin Allen Boley, 35, Grand Meadow, Minn.; 3/24/2015, Driving After Revocation, Fine $200, Total Fees $290.

Kelsey Jean Challand, 22, Morrison, Ill.; 3/15/2015, Speeding (65/55), Fine $40, Total Fees $130.

Natasha Marie Curtis, 29, Lime Springs, Iowa; 4/17/2015, Compose, Read or Send Electronic Message in Motion or Traffic, Fine $50, Total Fees $140.

William Merton Douglas, 45, Owatonna, Minn.; 1/9/2015, Damage to Property - 4th Degree - Intentional Damage - Other Circumstances, Fine $1,000 (stay $950 until 4/21/2016), Total Fees $140. Local Confinement – 90 days (stay 90 days). Conditions (4/21/2015): Restitution reserved for 60 days.

Thomas John Flage, 21, New Richmond, Wisc.; 3/22/2015, Speeding (65/55), Fine $40, Total Fees $130.

Karly May Flood, 22, Canton, Minn.; 3/25/2015, Speeding (72/55), Fine $60, Total Fees $150.

William Pierce Gibson IV, 28, St. Paul, Minn.; 4/11/2015, Speeding (65/55), Fine $40, Total Fees $130.

Loren Robert Groves, 23, Preston, Minn.; 3/24/2015, Speeding (69/55), Fine $50, Total Fees $140.

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cent. For you who are keeping track, paper is seventy-one percent, by weight.

Glass food and beverage containers total nineteen percent.

Brown, green, and clear beverage bottles make up quite a bit of this group. Some of the glass jars that are recyclable once contained spaghetti sauce, dill pickles, sauerkraut, pickled okra, jams, jellies, peanut butter, pickled herring, olives, pickled pig’s feet and an anchovy or two, comprise the rest of the glass found here. Canning jars, window panes, table ware, and ceramics are not recyclable.

Mixed plastics account for five percent of the weight. They take up a lot of room, but don’t weigh too much. Here you have water bottles, soda bottles, ice cream pails, and all the rest of the number one and two plastics. Margarine containers, some ice cream container covers, yogurt containers, and cottage cheese containers still do not belong here.

Tied for last place with mixed plastics is metal. There are two kinds. Aluminum makes up a mere two percent. Not only is aluminum quite light weight, but a lot of our aluminum is donated or sold elsewhere. The other metal is the steel/tin can and its lid, as well as the metal caps from the glass jars and bottles. These cans account for three percent, making the total for metal five percent.

There you have it. It all adds up to one hundred percent. I am not saying these numbers are exact, but they should be relatively close. We have quite an array of recyclable material, and are always looking for more good stuff.

Most of the residents of Fillmore County that live in our villages, town, and cities have curbside recycling. They don’t have to come to the recycling center with their materials unless it is to donate clothing for the Salvation Army, add a tire or two to the pile, drop

off an appliance, or deposit unwanted metal into the large metal container. People in the rural communities may either deposit their recyclables in one of our rural containers or bring their materials to the center here in Preston. The amount of rural recyclables seems to be growing and that is a good thing.

Some day, when you are in Preston, you may want to stop by the recycling center and check out the place where recyclables are temporarily stored before they are sent to Rochester and beyond. If I am in the office, I will even give you a tour of the facility. The cost of the tour is well within your budget....free....and takes five to ten minutes. Sifting through the materials is not allowed.

Coffee, cookies, and milk will not be served. However, there will be a copy of the most recent Fillmore County Single Sort Recycling Guide available if you would like one.

Sergei Andrew Hanka, 20, Duluth, Minn.; 4/6/2015, Speeding (71/55), Fine $60, Total Fees $150.

Mitchell Andreas Heide, 18, Fountain, Minn.; 3/6/2015, Exhibition Driving, Fine $40, Total Fees $130.

Tricia Lynn Kingsley, 31, Minneapolis, Minn.; 3/25/2015, Speeding (74/55), Fine $60, Total Fees $150.

Dixie Lynne Martinez, 52, Waukon, Iowa; 3/8/2015, Speeding (70/55), Fine $60, Total Fees $150.

Randy Robert Renard, 50, Cottage Grove, Minn.; 4/11/2015, Speeding (65/55), Fine $40, Total Fees $130.

Scott McKaig Ross, 55, Garrison, Minn.; 2/16/2015, Speeding (65/55), Fine $40, Total Fees $130.

Michael John Schmidt, 48, Woodbury, Minn.; 4/3/2015, Speeding (65/55), Fine $40, Total Fees $130.

Ciara Fawn Schmitz, 23, Rochester, Minn.; 4/6/2015, Unlawful Passing – Against Signs, Fine $50, Total Fees $140.

Gabriella Schuchhardt, 24, Postville, Iowa; 3/21/2015, Driving Without a Valid License or Vehicle Class/Type; Multiple Licenses Prohibited, Fine $100, Total Fees $190. 3/21/2015, Speeding (50/40), Fine $40.

Casey May Varpness, 42, Rochester, Minn.; 3/17/2015, Speeding (65/55), Fine $40, Total Fees $130.

Nicole Leigh Zwart, 38, Spring Valley, Minn.; Driving After Cancellation, Fine $200, Total Fees $290.

MN State Patrol – Rochester Benjamin Rowen Goldsmith, 28, Chatfield, Minn.; 3/20/2015, Seat Belt Required - Driver and Passengers Must Use, Fine $25, Total Fees $115.

Preston Police Department Joshua Brian Kimball, 23, Lanesboro, Minn.; 8/17/2014, Fleeing a Peace Officer in a Motor Vehicle, Fine $3,000 (stay $2,100 until 4/20/2017), Total Fees $990. Local Confinement – 365 days (stay 350 days for two years). Credit for time served: three days. Serve as: work release. Jail time to be completed by June 1 2015, to run concurrent with Court File #23-CR-14-369).

Supervised probation for two years – Conditions (4/20/2015): Sign Probation Agreement, Follow all Conditions set forth in the Probation Agreement, Contact probation officer as directed, Sign releases of information as directed, Remain law-abiding, Follow all State

and Federal criminal laws, Tell probation officer within 72 hours if charged with any new crime, if change address, employment, or telephone number, and/or if have contact with law enforcement, Educational assessment/program as directed by Court Services, Write letter of apology to Officer Dahly and submit said letter to Court Services within 10 days for review, No alcohol/ controlled substance use as directed

by Court Services, No possession of alcohol or drugs as directed, Submit to Chemical Testing as directed, Do not enter bars or liquor stores as directed, Cooperate with the search of person, residence, vehicle, workplace, property, and things as directed by probation officer, No assault, aggressive, intimidating, or threatening behavior or engage in any behavior that would cause someone to feel fear while on probation, No use or possession of firearms or dangerous weapons, Maintain employment and residence as directed and approved by Court Services, The Court so orders and makes the recommendation that the Commissioner of Public Safety issue a limited license under Minn. Statute 171.30 to defendant for the second half of the mandatory one-year revocation period as specified in Minn. Statute 171.174, provided that the defendant has not violated any of the terms and conditions of his sentencing order.

Rushford Police Department Mariah Kelsey Iverson, 21, Kellogg, Minn.; 3/29/2015, Speeding (60/45), Fine $60, Total Fees $150.

Kevin Jeffrey Kurschner, 29, Rushford, Minn.; 12/27/2014, DWI - Operate

Motor Vehicle - Alcohol Concentration 0.08 Within Two Hours, Fine $3,000 (stay $2,000 until 4/14/2018), Total Fees $1,105. Local Confinement – 365 days (stay 275 days for three years).

Credit for time served: five days. The defendant is to report to jail no later than May 15, 2015, and must give the Fillmore County Jail at least seven days notice. Supervised probation for three years – Conditions (4/14/2015): Remain law abiding, No alcohol use, No driving violations, Complete alcohol assessment.

Joshua Lee Pederson, 21, Peterson, Minn.; 2/8/2015, Unregistered Vehicle - Certificate Revoked, Fine $300, Total Fees $390. 2/8/2015, Driver Must Carry Proof of Insurance when Operating Vehicle, Fine $200.

Beth Louise Schueler, 51, Peterson, Minn.; 7/24/2014, Driving After Suspension, Fine $1,000 (stay $700 until 4/20/2016), Total Fees $465. Local Confinement – 90 days (stay 90 days for one year). Supervised probation for one year – Conditions (4/21/2015): Remain law-abiding, No same or similar, Sign Probation Agreement, Follow all instructions of probation, Sign releases of information as directed, Contact your probation officer as directed, Submit to Chemical Testing, Submit to Random Searches, No alcohol/controlled substance use, No possession of alcohol or drugs, Do not enter bars or liquor stores, No driving without insurance and have valid license to drive, Complete Chemical Assessment and follow all recommendations (complete within 30 days from 4/21/2015).

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Springtime is good time for Ask a Trooper Fillmore County District Court On May 1, 2015, Chris Antho- order for protection issued by a judge farmers to sign up for MnDOT’s By Sgt. Troy Christianson ny Vruno, 28, of Blooming Prai- or referee, within ten years of the Minnesota State Patrol rie, Minn., appeared before District first of two or more previous qualistanding corn row program

Question: Can you talk Court Judge Matthew J. Opat. Vruno fied domestic violence-related offense ROCHESTER, MN – The Minnesota Department of Transportation is interested in talking with southeastern Minn. farmers who are willing to leave a minimum of six rows of corn stalks standing through the winter to earn payment and help reduce the amount of snow blowing onto roads.

Springtime is a good time for farmers to connect with MnDOT to learn about the program and determine if it works for them and if they are in a location where MnDOT needs snow protection. Additionally, MnDOT can help coordinate with farmers to look at programs that assist in planting pollinator vegetation, which provides benefits to pollinators and complements the results of standing corn rows.

The standing corn rows are part of a MnDOT program started about 15 years ago that pays farmers to leave corn stalks up in the winter. The corn rows break the wind’s force, causing the snow to collect around the corn rows instead of drifting onto the roads. The rows improve driver visibility, road surface conditions and lower costs of road maintenance.

Payments are based on a per acre basis using a University of Minnesota calculator tool to determine fair compensation that factors in yield, production costs and inconvenience factors.

MnDOT is looking for fields on the north and west sides of state highways and interstates where drifting is a problem.

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ing corn rows improve driver visibility during “white out” conditions and improve road surface conditions. This assists MnDOT in keeping the roads safer for the traveling public and saves money, especially in fuel costs.

“Standing corn rows help improve driver visibility, reduce accidents and reduce the need for snow plowing,” said Shannon Wait, coordinator of MnDOT District 6 program in Rochester.

“Snow fences also decrease the potential of ice forming on the pavement.”

Effective corn rows need to be about 200 feet from the highway centerline. Agreements generally require that farmers leave from six to 16 rows of corn in various arrangements until the end of March. Farmers may coordinate with nonprofit groups, such as 4-H or Future Farmers of America, to hand pick the corn to salvage the crop as long as the corn stalks are left in good condition. Farm operators decide whether they want a non-profit organization to handpick their corn and they coordinate with them.

The standing corn program is a one-year program. Anyone living in Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha or Winona County who is interested in the programs may contact Shannon Wait at MnDOT at (507) 2867681 or visit www.dot.state. mn.us/environment/livingsnowfence for more information.

about motorcycle safety?

Answer: With spring upon us and motorcycles once again sharing the highways, this is a great time to provide motorcycle crash facts and safety tips.

Troy H. In MinChristianson nesota, over half of motorcycle crashes are single vehicle crashes. Motorcycle use is at an all-time high and the two primary factors involved when they crash are “driver inexperience” and “speed”.

One main reason that motorcyclists are killed in crashes is because the motorcycle itself provides virtually no protection.

The occupant protection built in to our passenger cars protects us greatly, but cannot be incorporated within a motorcycle.

Nationwide, 80% of reported motorcycle crashes result in injury or death; a comparable figure for automobiles is only 20%.

Nationwide, 25% of motorcycle operators killed in crashes are not licensed or are improperly licensed to operate a motorcycle.

Approximately half of all fatal single-vehicle motorcycle crashes involved alcohol. Driving a motorcycle requires more skill and coordination than driving most other vehicles and impairment, even at lower levels, diminishes judgment and motor skills greatly.

It is not advisable to buy a motorcycle you cannot push or pull upright by yourself. A motorcycle must be the right fit for the person and the style of the cycle should fit the user.

Because serious head injury is common among fatally injured motorcyclists, helmet use is important. Helmets are about 37% effective in preventing motorcycle deaths and about 67% effective in preventing brain injuries.

All motorists are reminded to safely “share the road” with motorcycles and to be extra alert to help keep motorcyclists safe.

Motorcyclists are reminded to make themselves visible to other motorists.

For more information on motorcycles, crash facts, training course, and research go to: http:// www.nhtsa.gov/Safety/Motorcycles.

If you have any questions concerning traffic related laws or issues in Minnesota send your questions to Sgt. Troy Christianson – Minnesota State Patrol at 2900 48th Street NW, Rochester Minn. 55901-5848. (Or reach him at Troy.Christianson@state. mn.us) Twitter: MSPPIO_ SOUTH

is charged is Domestic Abuse – Violate Order of Protection, a felony with a maximum criminal penalty of five years imprisonment, a $14,000 fine, or both. On or about February 24, 2015, within Fillmore County, the defendant allegedly violated an

convictions or adjudications of delinquency, to wit; the defendant has a prior conviction on September 12, 2011, for Domestic Assault by Strangulation in Steele County, and a previous conviction on June 3, 2011, for Domestic Assault in Steele County.

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10-12 Hayracks of antiques & HouseHold 500+ Lots of vintage toys, trucks and farm toys from 1930’s - 1990’s, including All American Toy Co., Keystone, Buddy L. Ride Toys, Tonka, Structo, Nylint, construction equipment and trucks. Farm toys including Allis, J.D., I.H., Hubley Ford, Trucscale, tractors & farm equipment. Pedal fire truck and riding toys. AUCTION OF THE SEASON!

For more info contact auction company www.springvalleysales.com or auctionsgo.com

SaLe arrangeD anD conDUcteD By SPring vaLLey SaLeS coMPany aUctioneerS: Dick Schwade Lic. 23-10018, 507-346-2183 or 7834, Cell 507-251-7313; Tom Jasper 50-113, 507-251-7654; Kevin Grabau 23-91, 507-951-1478 ringMan: Bob Root, Roger Becker cLerk: Spring Valley Sales - Fax 507-346-2163.

annoUnceMentS Day of take PreceDence over any aDvertiSeD or Pre-PrinteD MateriaL aLL of tHe aBove MercHanDiSe iS SeLLing aS iS, wHere iS, witH no warranty. terMS: caSH or gooD cHeck Day of SaLe. notHing to Be reMoveD UntiL SettLeD for. not reSPonSiBLe for acciDentS or MercHanDiSe after SoLD. PLeaSe Bring ProPer iDentification.

accePting Major creDit carDS. • SaLeS tax cHargeD wHere aPPLicaBLe.

TONY MONTGOMERY REALTY AND AUCTION CO.

ONLINE BANKRUPTCY LIQUIDATION

AUCTION Sat., May 9 through

Tues., May 19, 2015

6 p.m.

Note: This is tremendous offering of quality items that need to be liquidated through public auction. This 10-day event will give you an opportunity to purchase like new items.

Go to: www.tmracompany.com ExcEptioNal offEriNg Shop - truck - forklift tractor - hyd. lift - WoodWorkiNg - guNS 2004 freightliner truck M2 cat c7 engine at/ac air brakes, new batteries, gVW 26,000 lbs., excellent goodyear rubber w/ rear tommy lift cargo box (must see, very clean) – Jd 2320 hSt MfWd diesel tractor 781 act. hours w/Jd 200 cx loader and bucket, also w/Jd 54 (54”) on ramp belly mower – like new 11,000 lb. electric hyd. hoist 2 posts #tp11kac d3 – 12’ x 7’ ball hitch steel trailer w/wooden floor and ramps – Mitsubishi #2fBc30 36V 5500 lbs. forklift w/charger & triple mast – industrial air 60 gal./155 psi 2 cylinder air compressor (like new) – coats rim clamp x series 50x – af-1 tire changer (very good) – coats 1025 Solid State direct drive computer balancer (like new) – lincoln ac 225 arc welder (very good) – Bearing, large assort. of air tools, sockets, wrenches, etc. – large quantity of name brand tools to include Bosch, Milwaukee, craftsman, porter cable, Black & decker, pittsburgh – Master force 10-drawer double tool chest – other tool chests – central 20-ton press – oil reservoirs – parts cleaners – delta unisaw table saw w/51” Biesemeyer guide system – rigid #14000 radial band saw – delta #ap400 dust collector system – rigid drum sander stand – rigid jointer/planer/sander/miter saw – craftsman 1¾ hp router (like new) – craftsman router table center and enclosure kit (in box) – performax 16-32 plus drum sander – GUNS: remington 7mm w/leupold scope – Smith & Wesson 9mm pistol – Benelli shotgun – knight muzzle loader – remington 870, 20 gauge w/ both barrels and scope – taurus 22 cal. pistol – Numerous shells, bullets and like loading accessories – Barska spotting scope for tripod – collector model race cars to include Jarett and more – Ertl Jd restoration collector toy tractor 4020 and accessories (in box) – collector delaval #518 cream separator on stand – toro snowblower. MaNy MorE itEMS. NotE: again this is a 10-day online auction.

Go to: www.tmracompany.com opEN houSES: at location - 540 North Wabasha, plainview, MN (tMra office building) Sat. May 9, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 16, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

TMRA

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MN Lic. #79-06 WI Lic. #639-052 www.tmracompany.com Plainview, MN • Tony: 507-259-7502 • Brad: 507-421-0232

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS TUES., MAY 12

WED., MAY 13

•Rushford Food Shelf, 9-10:30am, 12:30-4pm, Tenborg Bldg., 113 E. Jessie St., Rushford.* •Preston Food Shelf, 9am-noon, 1-6pm, 515 Washington St. NW, Preston.* •Arthritis Foundation senior exercise, 10:3011am. Harmony Community Center. Free will donations accepted. (507)288-6944 for info.* •Knit it Together, 3:30-4:30pm, Preston Public Library. Knitting for all levels.* •Bluff Country Toastmasters, 5:30pm, Spring Valley Public Library.* •VFW Mens’sAuxiliary meeting, 7pm, Spring Valley VFW Hall.

•Chatfield AA meets, 7:30pm, Pio­neer Presbyterian Church, 206 Fillmore St., Chatfield.* •AA Closed Meeting, 8pm, Presbyterian Church, Mill St., Rushford.*

•Spring Valley Area Foodshelf, 2-4pm, 102 E. Jefferson, Spring Valley.* •Arthritis Foundation senior exercise, 3-3:30 pm, Coffee Street Fitness, 102 Coffee St., Lanesboro. Free will donations 102 E. Jefferson, Spring Valley.* •VFW Post & Ladies Auxiliary meeting, 7pm, Spring Valley VFW Hall.

THURS., MAY 14 •Free Senior Coffee and homemade dessert, 9am, Clara House.* •Rushford Food Shelf, 9am-11:30 am, 12:30-4 pm, Tenborg Bldg., 113 E Jessie St., Rushford.* •Preston Food Shelf, 9am-noon, 1-4pm, 515 Washington St NW, Preston.* •Arthritis Foundation senior exercise, 10:3011am. Mabel Fire Hall, 325 W. Prairie Ave. Free will donations accepted. (507) 288-6944 for info.*

•Story Hour, 11am, Harmony Public Library.

No school, no story hour.* •Mabel Food Shelf, 5-7pm, First Lutheran Church, upstairs of education wing, 202 N. Oak, Mabel. * •Chatfield Brass Band rehearsal, 7pm, Chatfield Elementary Band Room. New members welcome. Call (507) 867-3315 or email bcdnarv@aol.com.* •AA Class “Road’s Journey”, 8pm, 301 E Franklin St., Spring Valley (a yellow house).*

FRI., MAY 15 •Preston Farmer’s Market, 11am til sold out (or 5pm). Preston bike trail head.* •Chatfield NA meeting, 7:30pm, Pioneer Presbyterian Church, 206 Fillmore St., Chatfield.* •Bluff Country Gathering concert, 8pm, Lanesboro Community Center.

SAT., MAY 16

SUN., MAY 17

•St. Johns Food Shelf, 9-10:30am, St. Johns Lutheran Church, 241 Line St. S, Wykoff.

•Spring Valley Area Foodshelf, 9-11am, 102 E. Jefferson, Spring Valley.* •Bluff Country ATV Club meeting, 10am, Stumpy’s, Rushford.

•Mabel Food Shelf, 10-noon, First Lutheran Church, 202 N. Oak, Mabel.

•Whalan Stand Still Parade, 11am-12pm, plus all day activities.

•Lanesboro AA Group, 8pm, Bethlehem Lutheran Church. For more info, (507) 2511771 or (507) 765-2518.* •Bluff Country Gathering Barn Dance, 8pm, Lanesboro Community Center.

•Fountain AA closed meeting, 7:30pm, Fountain Lutheran Church, S. Main St. & Hwy 52.*

MON., MAY 18 •Arthritis Foundation senior exercise, 10:3011am. Mabel Fire Hall, 325 W. Prairie Ave. Free will donations accepted. (507)288-6944 for info.* •Public Blood Pressure Clinic, 1-3pm, Fillmore County Public Health, 902 Houston St. NW, Ste. 2, Preston.* •Arthritis Foundation senior exercise, 3-3:30pm, Coffee Street Fitness, 102 Coffee St., Lanesboro. Free will donations accepted. (507) 288-6944 for info.*

Professional Guide

•Arthritis Foundation senior exercise, 10:3011am. Harmony Community Center. Free will donations accepted. (507) 288-6944 for info.*

accountants

Dental

MAJOR & COMPANY TAX PREPARATION, ACCOUNTING & PAYROLL SERVICES ENROLLED AGENTS 409 Spring Ave., Preston, MN 55965 • 507-765-4444

RON SCHREIER, EA

•

TIM MCLAUGHLIN, EA

RUSHFORD D E N TA L

C L I N I C

MeDical

Gary M. Marcoux, D.D.S. 208 S. Elm Street Rushford, MN

(507) 864-7773

• Family Dental Care • Cosmetic Dentistry/Whitening • New Patients Always Welcome

Pamela Ristau, CPA

Personalized service to accommodate your needs.

Accounting, Auditing, Tax Preparation 209 ST. ANTHONY STREET, PRESTON, MN 55965 pam@pamristaucpa.com • 507-765-2180

Teri Klaehn CPA,

LLC

Tax, Payroll and Accounting Services

Quickbooks ProAdvisor

802 Memorial Drive • 507.346.7373

125 St. Paul St., Preston, MN 55965 507-765-3696 - Teri@tklaehncpa.com

assisteD living Park Lane Estates Assisted Living 111 Fillmore Place SE Preston, MN 55965 507-765-9986

Hours: M/W/Th/F, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM T 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM

insurance F&M INSURANCE SERVICES

Raymond Krueger, DO Michele Lunaas, APRN, CNP Roxie Tienter, APRN, CNP

www.olmstedmedicalcenter.org

“Where Life Begins Again” cnation@goldenhorizons.org

counseling Paul Broken, MA; Luke Mattheisen, LPC; Alan Rodgers, LICSW Psychotherapy, psychiatry, case management, adult rehab mental health services

8am - 4:30pm, Mon-Fri • 1-800-422-0161 • 65 Main Ave. N, Harmony www.zvhc.org

VICTIM SERVICES

- a service of DFO Community Corrections.

real estate Over 2,500 acres sold in the past year!

Sexual Assault Program ~ Victim/Witness Assistance Program All services are free & confidenital

Advocacy,information&assistanceforvictim/survivorsofsexualassualt •Specializing in hunting land, farm land, hobby farms & rural properties &otherfelonycrimes.Community&professionaleducation&consulta- •Small town work ethic backed by nationwide marketing tion. Located in the Fillmore County Court House - Preston, MN •Local expertise, born and raised in southeastern MN

MON-FRI 765-2805 OR CALL 24 HR CRISIS LINE TOLL-FREE 1-877-289-0636

Available for Your

Business!

Chad Garteski, Agent/Land Specialist

Cell: 507.269.2742 • Email: Chad@WeissChoice.com www.WeissChoice.com

MINNESOTA LAND IS IN DEMAND

SPECIALIZING IN HUNTING LAND, RURAL ESTATES, FARMLAND, RECREATIONAL PROPERTIES AND AUCTIONS. WE ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING LISTINGS IN YOUR AREA. Bob Stalberger | Agent, Land Specialist | (507) 884-4717

W HITETA IL PROPERTIES.C OM

WHITETAIL PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE, LLC. DBA Whitetail Properties | State of Nebraska, DBA WHITETAIL TROPHY PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE LLC. | Dan Perez, Broker - Licensed in IL, IA, KS, KY,MO, NE, & OK Jeff Evans, Broker - Licensed in GA, IL, MN & TN | Wes McConnell, Broker - Licensed in IL & WI | John Boyken, Broker - Licensed in IN | Joey Bellington, Broker - Licensed in TX

FirearMs training Check out the class schedule online and sign up today!

(507) 259-5568 or info@triggertimefirearms.com www.triggertimefirearms.com

Claim Your Spot todaY!

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Monday, May 11, 2015

Classifieds

Call 507-765-2151 or 800-599-0481 (in 507 area code) FAX 507-765-2468 or e-mail: news@fillmorecountyjournal.com

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Professional service Guide basement WaterprooFing

eleCtriCian

septiC pumping

Commercial, residential & Farm

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Cleaning

ServiceMASTER of Chatfield

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ConstruCtion

meldaHl ConstruCtion inC. peterson, mn 55962 • 507-875-2496 We Carry • dryers • grain bins for drying & storage

& Tear Down , Millwright, Grain Legs, Auger, and Conveyor Construction, Concrete Construction.

30ton, 136 ft boomtruck service

yyC CKK

Flooring

propane gas

Discount FFllooring Discount ooring Distributing Co.

THE FIRST BIN DESIGNED FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

The Best Brands in the Industry at the Lowest Prices

motors & motor repair ristau Farm serviCe eleCtriC motor repair sHop

507.765.3873-lanesboro,Mn • 507.932.4560-st. charles, Mn

50-100 new/rebuilt motors on hand at all times

auTHoriZed baldor dealer

PLUMBING & HEATING

For ALL your building and remodeling needs.

Lic. #008744PJ

Lic. #7046

al larson & sons BRUMM’S

Many Years of Experience MN CONTRACTORS LIC. #20382343

Free

estimates

GeT your

business exPosure!

Craig Stortz #PL07718

• New Homes • Remodeling • Air Conditioning

308 St. Anthony St., Preston Heating, LLC Calls welcomed any time!

• Furnace New Construction • Remodeling • Drain Cleaning

507-765-2405 Sewer Camera • Furnaces

Plumbing & Heating, LLC

STORTZ SATELLITE

Canton, MN

Nick Stortz #PL07719

Toll Free 866-862-5397 Bus 507-743-8486 Cell 507-259-1454

Diamond Shelter Rushmore Buildings DAN SERFLING

timber

Meighen Forest Products, LLC Buyers of standing timber, timber management

Blake Meighen 507-259-8000

meighenforestproducts@gmail.com

Timber --- our most renewable resource

trailer sales Denny’s Trailer Sales & Service All modeles include horse, stock & flat bed

Air Conditioning • Drain Cleaning Underground Locating & Excavation

Check out on-line inventory! www.dennystrailersales.com

42607 174th St. | Mabel, MN

Office: 507-493-5507 Josh: 507-251-1896 Tony: 507-251-9212 Licensed & Insured

new Construction • remodeling • sewer Camera New Construction • Remodeling Furnaces • air Conditioning • drain Cleaning Sewer Camera • Furnaces underground locating & excavation Air Conditioning • Drain Cleaning Underground Locating & Excavation

THis sPace is available

25988 County 14 Preston, MN 55965 Ph/Fax 507-765-2537 Cell 507-951-0731

www.diamondshelters.com dan@diamondshelters.com

plumbing & Heating Plumbing &

BRUMM’S

Power Limited Licensed

Serving the Tri-State area Residential & Commercial Accounts for Direct TV & Dishnet.

Cable - Phone - Internet - Wiring

• Insured • Septic systems • New Construction • Remodeling

Heating & Cooling, llC

563.380.9525 (Mike) 507.206.0452 (Rick)

satellite serviCes

507-493-5282 • Free Estimates

• new Construction • remodeling • insured • Free estimates • licensed 507-743-8325 see us For allYour Heating & Cooling needs randy newman - 507-421-2536 - geosystems

insulated Concrete Homes, Foundations, decorative Concrete, driveways, patios, sidewalks, stained Concrete, stamped Concrete, Concrete steps and Concrete sealing

serving soutHern mn sinCe 1954

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MIDWEST ICF CONSTRUCTION LLC

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plumbing

Lic. #008399PJ

• MARTY HUNGERHOLT, 507-467-2203 • RANDY HARMON, 507-467-2410 • RICHARD NEPSTAD, 507-765-3621

PROPANE SERVICE INSTALLATION DELIVERY

• Aacer •Homerwood •Hallmark Floors • Somerset •Real Wood Floors •From The Forest

Dave Swenson Don Tollefsrud Matt Swenson

HungerHolt CarpentrY

kruegel gas serviCe

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-Fans -Heaters -roof vents -Floors (and more!)

With 210 feet of hose!

We’re #1 in the #2 Business Pumping & Agitating

For Fast Courteous Service • Call 507-352-6790

507-467-2348 507-251-9510 Cell

Hours: Mon.Hours: - Sat. Mon. Sat. 7 am - 7 -pm; 7 am - 7 pm; NO SUNDAY SALES NO SUNDAY edge of of Granger) 25510 County Rd. 30 • Granger, MN 55939 • (West (1/4 Mile West Granger) SALES 25510 County Rd. 30 • Granger, MN 55939 • (1/4 Mile West of Granger)

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CONSTRUCTION SERVICES: GRAIN BIN CONSTRUCTION

Rustic Rustic White Oak White Oak Plank Plank $1.00 $1.00 sq. sq. ft. ft.

ProfessionalInstallation Installation Or Or Do Do It Professional It Yourself!

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Professional Cleaning ~ Carpet, Furniture, Floors, Furnace Duct Cleaning, Fire & Water Damage, Janitorial Service.

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THANK YOU

PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

Good Earth Village would like to express our gratitude to the Spring Valley and Wykoff fire departments and to the Fillmore County Sheriffs department for your quick response to the grass fire which claimed two of our maintenance vehicles on May 2. We are truly blessed to have such a dedicated group of first responders in our area. Because of your passion for helping others, damage was kept to a minimum and summer programs will start on schedule. You are great examples of what it means to be a community. We would also like to thank all our many friends that contacted us with prayers and concern. t11-0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Orval Amdahl 1919-2015 We would like to express our deepest appreciation for the many acts of kindness from relatives, neighbors, and friends extended to our family in memory of Orval. A simple thank you can’t began to express how we feel for all the memorials, the beautiful flowers and plants, food, cards, and the wonderful stories about Orval that were shared with us.

These kind acts and words of comfort helped us through a very difficult time.

We want to thank the members of each Filmore County American Legion and VFW Post that attended the service.

Orval was proud to be a Marine and a veteran. He felt it a honor and privilege to know so many men and women who served in the military to protect our country and way of life.

Thank you to Pastor Kerry Eversole for all his help and caring.

Thank you to the members of the church who served the lunch following the service.

Thank you to the doctors and nurses at Mayo Rochester for the wonderful care Orval received over the years and at the time of his death.

Our dad was a man of extraordinary kindness and caring which he brought to his personal and professional life. We miss him, but we realize that our family was blessed to have him in our lives for so many years. We celebrate his wonderful life and we know he is at peace.

God’s blessing Marie Amdahl, Ron, Jim, Karyl and our families

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STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF FILLMORE DISTRICT COURT THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT Probate division Court File No. 23-PR-15-299 In Re: Estate of Carole B Wendlandt, also known as Carole Bertha Tangen Wendlandt; Carole Bertha Wendlandt, Decedent.

NOTICE of informal probate of will and informal appointment of personal representative and notice to creditors Notice is given that an Application for Informal Probate of Will and Informal Appointment of Personal Representative was filed with the Registrar, along with a Will dated July 22, 2004. The Registrar accepted the application and appointed Amy Lage, whose address is 610 Frankville Road, Postville, Iowa 52162, to serve as the personal representative of the decedent’s estate.

Any heir, devisee or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the personal representative. Any objection to the appointment of the personal representative must be filed with the Court, and any properly filed objection will be heard by the Court after notice is provided to interested persons of the date of hearing on the objection.

Unless objections are filed, and unless the Court orders otherwise, the personal representative has the full power to administer the estate, including, after thirty (30) days from the issuance of letters testamentary, the power to sell, encumber, lease, or distribute any interested 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 decent’s estate are required to present the claims to the personal representative or to the Court within four (4) months after the date of this notice or the claims will be barred.

Dated: 4/21/15 /s/ James D. Attwood Registrar James D. Attwood Court Administrator Attorney for Personal Representative Gregory M. Schieber (MN# 0395855) Richard A. Nethercut, PA 32 Main Avenue North PO Box 657 Harmony Minnesota 55939-0657 Telephone: (507) 886-6131 Fax: (507) 886-2711 Publish 4, 11

STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF FILLMORE DISTRICT COURT THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court File No. 23-PR-15-284 In Re: Estate of Patricia Ann Anderson, Decedent.

NOTICE of informal appointment of personal representative and notice to creditors Notice is given that an Application for Informal Appointment of Personal Representative was filed with the Registrar. The Registrar accepted the application and appointed Daniel M. Christianson, whose address is 100 St. Anthony Street N, Preston, MN 55965, to serve as the personal representative of the decedent’s estate.

Any heir or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the personal representative. Any objection to the appointment of the personal representative must be filed with the Court, and any properly filed objection will be heard by the Court after notice is provided to interested persons of the date of hearing on the objection.

Unless objections are filed, and unless the Court orders otherwise, the personal representative has the full power to administer the estate, including, after thirty (30) days from the issuance of letters of general administration, the power to sell, encumber, lease or distribute any interest in real estate owned by the decent.

Notice is further given that, subject to Minn. Stat. § 524.3-801, all creditors having claims against the decedent’s estate are required to present the claims to the personal representative or to the Court within four (4) months after the date of this notice or the claims will be barred.

Dated: 4/22/15 /s/ James D. Attwood Registrar James D. Attwood Court Administrator Attorney for Personal Representative Steven Corson (Atty. #18995) Corson Law Offices, LLC 117 St. Paul St. SW PO Box 65 Preston, Minnesota 55965 Telephone: (507) 765-2121 Fax: (507) 765-2122 Publish 4, 11

STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF FILLMORE DISTRICT COURT THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court File No. 23-PR-15-308 In Re: Estate of Pamela Sue Burns, also known as Pamela Sue Miller, Decedent.

NOTICE OF informal appointment of personal representative and notice to creditors Notice is given that an Application for Informal Appointment of Personal Representative was filed with the Registrar. The Registrar accepted the application and appointed William Miller, whose address is 8 Kivell Dr. NE, Chatfield, Minnesota 55923, to serve as the personal representative of the decedent’s estate.

Any heir or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the personal representative. Any objection to the appointment of the personal representative must be filed with the Court, and any properly filed objection will be heard by the Court after notice is provided to interested persons of the date of hearing on the objection.

Unless objections are filed, and unless the Court orders otherwise, the personal representative has the full power to administer the estate, including, after thirty (30) days from the issuance of letters 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 personal representative or to the Court within four (4) months after the date of this notice or the claims will be barred.

Dated: 4/24/15 /s/ James D. Attwood Registrar James D. Attwood Court Administrator

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A big thank you to the Preston Ambulance and Fire department for your quick response and care I received after my accident.

Irene Aarre t11-x ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A great many thanks to the Chatfield ambulance and fire department during the time of my accident. A special thank you to Kristi Allen who stopped and helped me until the ambulance arrived.

Thank you to Pastor Karla Kirkeby for your visit. I also want to thank my family and friends for their help and support, cards, calls, visits, gifts, and prayers that I recieved folling the accident. I am very thankful for all the kindness shown from everyone.

Judy Kujath t11-o City of whalan public hearing The City of Whalan will host a Public Hearing regarding a zoning ordinance on May 11, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. at the Whalan Town Hall. Contact Lolly with any questions at 507-251-6699.

Lolly Melander Clerk, City of Whalan Publish 4,11 GENERAL NOTICE FOR FORESTVILLE TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS TO CONTOL OR ERADICATE NOXIOUS WEEDS Notice is hereby given that all persons in Forestville Township in Fillmore County, Minnesota shall control or eradicate all noxious weeds on land thy own, occupy, or are required to maintain. Control or eradication may be accomplished by any lawful method. Failure to comply with the general notice may mean that an individual notice will be issued. The Local Weed Inspectors are township supervisors.

Connie Morger Clerk, Forestville Township Publish 4, 11

STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF FILLMORE DISTRICT COURT THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court File No. 23-PR-15-256 In Re: Estate of Larry Anderson, also known as Larry Gene Anderson, Decedent.

NOTICE OF and order for hearing on petition for determination of descent Daniel Christianson has filed a Petition for Determination of Descent.

It is Ordered that on June 3, 2015, at 8:30 a.m., a hearing will be held in this Court at the Fillmore County Courthouse, Preston, Minnesota, on the petition.

The petition represents that the decendent died more than three (3) years ago leaving property in Minnesota. The petition requests the Court probate the decent’s Will, determine the decent of such property and assign the property to the persons entitled.

Any objections 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 this Notice and Order as proveded 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: 4/9/15 /s/ Matthew J. Opat Judge of District Court Attorney for Personal Representative Steven Corson (Atty. #18995) Corson Law Offices, LLC 117 St. Paul St. SW PO Box 65 Preston, Minnesota 55965 Telephone: (507) 765-2121 Fax: (507) 765-2122 Publish 4, 11 FORESTVILLE TOWNSHIP MEETING DATES FOR 2015-2016

The Forestville Township Board meetings will be held on the third Tuesday of each month, starting at 7:30 p.m., at the Town Hall. The Board of Audit will be held on the second Tuesday of February, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. at the Town Hall. Zoning & Planning meetings will be held May 13 and October 13, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Town Hall.

Connie Morger Clerk, Forestville Township Publish 4, 11

NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes 580.07, the foregoing foreclosure sale is postponed until May 21, 2015 at 10:00 AM at the Fillmore County Courthouse, Main Lobby, Preston, MN, in said county and state.

Dated: April 29, 2015. /s/ Green Tree Servicing LLC 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 8 - 14-008603 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. Publish 11 NOTICE OF BID FOR GASOLINE The Rushford-Peterson School District #239 will be taking bids for the purchase of gasoline to be purchased at the pumps in Rushford during the 2015-2016 school year.

Suppliers who are interested must submit their bid on the bid form available from the Superintendent’s office. Please call 507-864-7785 ext. 1106 to request a copy.

Bids will be accepted until 3:00 p.m.

Monday, June 8, 2015. Bids are to be sent to: Mr. Charles Ehler Superintendent of Schools P. O. Box 627 Rushford, MN 55971 The Board reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

Julie Koop, Clerk R-P School Board Publish 11,18

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Attorney for Personal Representative Jennifer A. Gumbel (MN# 387724) Springer & Gumbel, P.A. 22 SE 2nd St. PO Box 455 Chatfield, Minnesota 55923 Telephone: (507) 867-4080 Facsimile: (507) 867-0152 Publish 4, 11 bristol township notice Effective 2015, Bristol Township Board Meetings will be held at 6 p.m. on the 2nd Monday of each month. For any questions, contact Eunice Biel (507) 251-7614.

Eunice Biel Bristol Township Clerk Publish 4,11

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AUCTION CALENDAR

Sat., May. 9 at 9am DST - Fillmore County Consignment Auction. Auction held at Hershberger Metal 13702 -371st ave, Canton, MN. For more information contact 507-481-8112.

Notice in the Journal.

Sun., May. 17 at 9am - Vintage Toy, Antique, Household Auction. Sale held at Spring Valley Sales Auction Bldg, 412 East Park St., Spring Valley, MN. For more information contact Spring Valley Sales at www.springvalleysales.com or 507-346-2183. Notice in the Journal.

ONLINE AUCTIONS Sun., May. 10 at 5:30pm - DARR online auction.

5 bidding days. For more info and complete listing DARR Auctions & Realty 800-852-0010 or www.darrauctions.com. Partial listing in the Journal May. 9 -19 at 6pm - Tony Montgomery Realty and auction co. online auction. 10 bidding days.

For more info and complete listing. 507-2597502 or www.tmracompany.com. Partial listing in the Journal To list your Auction 507-765-2151

PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF BID FOR milk The Rushford-Peterson Independent School District #239 of Rushford, Minnesota, will receive sealed bids for half pints of milk for the 2015-16 school year.

Milk is to be delivered twice weekly to the Rushford-Peterson High School Building in Rushford, MN and the Rushford-Peterson Middle School Building in Peterson, MN. Bid price must include delivery costs.

Bids will be accepted until 3:00 p.m.

Monday, June 8, 2015. Bids are to be sent to: Mr. Charles Ehler Superintendent of Schools P. O. Box 627 Rushford, MN 55971 The Board reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

Julie Koop, Clerk R-P School Board Publish 11,18

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FARM

FOR RENT

FOR RENT

Nice 2BR apt. in Preston, $350/mo + util. Scott 765-3600. r8tfn- o Large lot in New Horizon Trailer Park in Preston. Available Immediately.

765-2131 or 1-800-770-0347. r10/5tfno

Apartment for rent in Lanesboro. Lovely 1 bedroom apartment on Parkway. Kitchen appliances and laundry. Appliances included, $440 per month includes utilites. No pets or smoking. Available June 1. 651-492-9620 r4,11-x

Need to store snowmobiles, a classic car, or a boat? Space is available for rent in a building located in Preston. Call 507-251-5297. r28tfn- x

For Rent in Preston: Spacious 1 bdrm apartment $325/month. 2 bdrm apartment $400/month. (507) 765-4521 or (507) 272-9889. r11,18-o

OFFICE SPACE with conference room for rent in historic downtown Preston, MN, with enough room for 6 to 8 employees. Cost $385/month, includes standard utilities. Common area break room and bathroom facilities. Call 507-251-5297. r30tfn- x

Lanesboro - One bedroom home, Large Lot, Direct Access to River, $650.

No smoking or pets. Utilites not included.

Available now. (248)689-4117 r11-x

AG EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTATION. Need your large equipment transported? Give us a call.

Dealer transfers, auction purchases, tractors, combines, hay/straw, oversize/ overweight, etc. Fully insured PARKER SPECIALIZED, Long Prairie, MN Jason/Josh 320-815-8484 (MCN)

Scenic View TownhomeS • Spacious 2 & 3 bedrooms • Attached garages included • Beautiful area • Starting at $505 Income restrictions apply.

507-864-7880 • Rushford, MN www.paramark.us

Production Sale: Sunnyslope Angus will be selling 55 bulls and 29 heifers at the Lanesboro Sales Commission on Monday, June 1st at 1 PM. The bulls are semen tested and scanned with ultrasound. These cattle excel in a number of wide ranging traits designed with the cattleman in mind. Call for a performance catalog at 507/467-3701 or 507/676-7763. Be sure and visit our website at www.ssangus.com. f11,18-o

For rent in Harmony, small two bedroom house, $450/mo, $450 deposit, no pets, references required. Call Kingsley Mercantile - 507-886-2323 r20tfn-o` Rental Property Lanesboro House 3 bedroom, 1 1/2 baths, 1 stall garage. Rent month to month $800/ month. Call Jacki at 507-467-2936 r20tfn-o

FILLMORE COUNTY JOURNAL

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

GREEN GABLES INN. Housekeepingweekend & every other weekend. Desk person as needed. Starting in May. Contact Jackie at 507-467-2936. h20tfno

Spring Valley Senior Living is looking for Part-Time help in the Dietary department. Every other weekend worked required. To apply send application to Spring Valley Senior Living- Attn: HR, 800 Memorial Dr, Spring Valley, MN 55975, or e-mail hr@svseniorliving.com.

EOE h11,18-o

The Branding Iron is looking for part-time bussers. Duties include clearing and setting tables and taking care of salad bar. Must be at least 16 years of age. Call Steve at 507-7653388. h4,11-o Brumm’s Plumbing and Heating, LLC has a full-time position available. HVAC/plumbing experience a plus but not required. 507-493-5507 h,4,11-o Now hiring: Work outdoors at a fun shop. Assist customers with bicycles, tube rentals, and other dutites. Students welcome. Also need drivers to work with customers and equipment. Call 507-4672943 for application or mail resume to Little River General Store, PO Box 317, Lanesboro, MN 55949. h4,11,18,25-0

Are yOu AT LeAST 55 yeArS Or BeTTer, hAnDiCAppeD Or DiSABLeD? Lakewood Apartments located in beautiful downtown Chatfield, Mn

• Rent based on income (30%) • Clean, safe, quiet and friendly environment • Off-street Parking and on-site laundry • Heat paid • Pets welcome

• Community Room with Big Screen TV and Kitchen • Elevator • Spacious 1 Bedroom Apartments with appliances • Close to City Library, Churches, Downtown and Medical Center

If thIs Is what you’re lookIng for, look no further.

507-867-4791 or just come and visit us at Lakewood Apartments, 420 Bench Street, Chatfield, MN 55923

For rent Office space for rent in downtown Preston. Beautiful view, conference room, lunch room and bathroom facilities. Spacious with 470 square feet. $385/mo.

Call 507-251-5297 for details.

Fillmore Central Scholarship Foundation

The Fillmore Central Scholarship Foundation is a locally supported, non-profit, tax-exempt organization.

Operated by a volunteer committee, our purpose is to provide scholarships to graduates of Fillmore Central High School.

How can you help?

In you are interested in becoming an active volunteer, making a contribution or establishing a scholarship please contact: Fillmore Central Scholarship Foundation %Joyce Hellickson 23997 County 14, Preston, MN 55965

FOR SALE For Sale: Australian Outrider Crossover Saddle, nearly new, $425; Abetta Cushioned 16 “ Trail Saddle, quarterhorse bars, excellent condition, $350; and King Endurance Saddle w/o horn, 16”, full quarterhorse bars, very good condition, $225. Ph. 507 867-1654. s4,11-x Steel Buildings Must Go 1-60’X101’, 1-75’X125’, 1-103’X250’. May split. Call Today and Save Thousands!!! 1-800-4115866 s11-o Pianos, Digital Pianos, Rodgers Church Organs - New, Used, Sales & Service - Call DEWEY KRUGER MUSIC, Northwood, Iowa, 800-933-5830, deweykrugermusic.com s11,18,25-x

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

BILL’S GUN SHOP. Buy, sell, trade, and repair. We are your local MUCK BOOT dealer. Hours: 7pm-10pm M-F, Saturday 8am-5pm, Sunday by appointment. 1 1/4 miles south of Carimona, 19708 Kava Rd, Preston. 507-765-2762 s10eow- o

CENTRAL BOILER OUTDOOR WOOD FURNACE. Safe, Clean, Efficient, WOOD HEAT. 25 year warranty available. Theobald Heating Solutions 507-533-4523. (C143)-tfn

TRAILER SALES & SERVICE, Inc. 507-886-4600

70 4th Street NW • Harmony MN

ironsidetrailersales.net 1 block West of Kwik Trip next to Solberg Welding

We are pleased to announce we now sell & service Boss & Snowdogg Snow Plows.

We have a selection of new and used trailers and we are an authorized dealer for Wilson, Kiefer Industrial, Road King, Alum Line, and Pacesetter trailers. We also provide service work when your trailer needs a tune up.

For Sale: AKC Lab Puppies Black & Yellow. Shots, dews & wormed.

Great family & hunting dogs. See both parents. Excellent disposition. Don’t miss x out! Call 507-391-3388. s11,18,25For Sale: Black Angus cows bred to Black Angus, Char & Hereford bulls. Western origin, various ages from 2nd calf & up calving now. Call 507450-3009 s11-0 Trailer Sale & Repairs!! 6’X12’ V-nose ramp door $2,750; 7’X10’ (TRIKE) V-nose ramp door $2,990.00; 14’ 14,000# Dump trailer with tarp $6,757.00; 102”X25’+5’ 24,000# gooseneck with 3 ramps & spare $8,657.00; 5’X8’ solid side utility $986.00 120 trailers in-stock! 515-972-4554 Information & prices:www.FortDodgeTrailerWorld. com (MCN) SAFE STEP WALK-IN TUB: Alert for Seniors. Bathroom falls can be fatal.

Approved by Arthritis Foundation.

Therapeutic Jets. Less than 4 Inch Step-In. Wide Door. Anti-Slip Floors.

American Made. Installation Included.

Call 800-985-0685 for $750 Off (MCN) Butcher hogs for sale. No drugs. $.50 per pound. Call 507-458-3617 s4,11-o

See us for all your trailer sale and service needs!

EZ-GO & Yamaha GOlf Carts SaleS & Service New & USed Ivan Vreeman

Owned by Dennis Solberg of Solberg Welding 507-886-4602

harmony Golf Carts

507-273-6928

Spring Valley Senior Living is hiring full-time and part-time CNA’s for day and evening shift. Every other weekend worked required. Shift and weekend pay differentials offered. To apply send application to Spring Valley Senior Living; Attn: HR, 800 Memorial Drive, Spring Valley, MN 55975, or email hr@ svseniorliving.com. EOE h11,18-o Spring Valley Senior Living is hiring for Maintenance Technicians. Part time positions available. Qualified applicants must have a MN Boilers License.

To apply send resume to hr@svseniorliving.com. EOE” h11,18-o Riverside on the Root is now hiring Cooks, bartender/server and dish/prep for the 2015 season through October.

Please send resume to rro@acegroup.cc or stop at the Riverside for application.

(507) 467-3663. h11,18-o

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The Fillmore County Journal is expanding, which means we need another

grAPhiC dESigNEr versed in Adobe Creative Suite programs. Starting with a flexible schedule with opportunities for growth into a full-time position. This job will be the right fit for someone with great attention to detail, positive customer relations skills and a flair for design. Candidates with experience in web design a plus.

Please send a letter of interest and design samples to Editor, Fillmore County Journal, P.O. Box 496, Preston, MN, 55965 or email to jason@fillmorecountyjournal.com. www.fillmorecountyjournal.com

$2500 Sign-On BOnuS

RNs & LPNs

New Graduates & Retirees Encouraged to Apply

Chosen Valley Care Center has an exciting opportunity for RNs and LPNs to join our team. We have full-time, part-time, and on-call in-house pool positions available at this time. We offer 12 hour shifts, every 3rd weekend, and every 3rd holiday. Full-time employees are eligible for benefits.

• Blue Cross Blue Shield with 100% coverage on Preventative Care.

• Health Partners Dental Plan • Life & Accidental Death & Disability • 401K Matching Retirement Plan • Generous, Flexible PTO • Tuition Reimbursement • Supplemental Insurance Benefits through AFLAC Please send an application or resume to Attn: Director of Nursing, Chosen Valley Care Center, 1102 Liberty St. SE, Chatfield, MN 55923 or e-mail cm2@chosenvalleyseniorliving.com (EOE/AA)

Chosen Valley Care Center, InC. A Senior Living Community

Good Shepherd Lutheran ServiceS

has current openings for experienced, mature and caring individuals

housekeeping/Laundry aide • Full-Time Days cook • Part-Time Days (every other weekend/holiday) nursing assistant • Part-Time Evenings nurses • Evening or Night Shift Bremmer Suites assisted Living aide • Part-Time (must be 18 years of age or older)

• Convenient and close to home and school • Quality and caring staff, loving residents, rewarding work • Child care on-site with employee discount • Flexible scheduling, shift differential, no mandatory over-time or shift rotation • Wages based on education and experience • On-site Fitness Center For more information contact Kelly at GSLS, PO Box 747, Rushford, MN or call 507-864-7714. Or visit our website at www.goodshep-rushford.org to fill out an application.

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EMPLOYMENT Root River Outfitters is hiring Cashiers and drivers for the 2015 season.

Please send resume to rro@acegroup.cc or call (507) 467-3400 to talk to Mike Charlebois. Must be 18 years of age to drive. h11,18-o

Monday, May 11, 2015

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT

Historic Scanlon House Bed & Breakfast Inn is seeking part-time housekeepers, starting immediately.

Experience preferred, but not necessary.

Includes weekends. Call 507-467-2158 or 507-273-1003. h11,tfn

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: Seeking school psychologist or intern in northeastern South Dakota for 2015-2016 year. Open until filled. For more info visit www.northeastcoop.org or call 605/7833607 MCAN

Help Wanted-Drivers CDL TRUCK DRIVERS Join our 5/2 fleet! Weekly home time. $1,100 per week average.

Call 800/867-8172 for details. EEOE/ AAP www.drive4marten.com MCAN

CDL Drivers needed to haul livestock, home on weekends. Great Benefit Package for Full-Time Drivers! www. lynchlivestock.com or call Angie @ 563776-3051 for more information. EOE (MCN)

Good Shepherd Lutheran ServiceS

has current openings for experienced, mature and caring individuals

nursing assistant Full-Time Evening Shift

$1000 SiGn-on BonuS • Convenient and close to home and school • Quality and caring staff, loving residents, rewarding work • Child care on-site with employee discount • Flexible scheduling, shift differential, no mandatory over-time or shift rotation • Wages based on education and experience • On-site Fitness Center For more information contact Kelly at GSLS, PO Box 747, Rushford, MN or call 507-864-7714. Or visit our website at www.goodshep-rushford.org to fill out an application.

Equal Opportunity Employer and Provider

Green Lea senior LivinG is LookinG for speciaL peopLe who want to make a difference. must be caring, compassionate, and a team player.

part-time rn/Lpn Bonus Pay on weekends and shift differential.

Contact Joyce or Suzy or stop by for an application.

"Applicants will receive consideration without discrimination because of race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, religion, marital status, sexual orientation and status with regard to public assistance, military/veterans status or any other legally protected characteristic."

Green Lea senior Living

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NURSING ASSISTANTS

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Chosen Valley Care Center is looking for individuals who are compassionate, energetic, hardworking and reliable to join our health care team. We currently have full-time and part-time positions available. We are willing to train the right applicant. We offer excellent benefits to employees working full-time. •Blue Cross Blue Shield with 100% coverage on preventative care •Health Partners Dental Plan •Life & Accidental Death and Disability •Generous, Flexible PTO •401K Matching Retirement Plan •Tuition Reimbursement •Supplemental Insurance Benefits through AFLAC Applications should be forwarded to: Chosen Valley Care Center, Attn: Director of Nursing, 1102 Liberty St. SE, Chatfield, MN 55923 or applications may be downloaded at www.chosenvalleyseniorliving.com (EOE/AA)

Chosen Valley Care Center, InC. A Senior Living Community

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DRIVER TRAINEES Paid CDL Training! Become a new driver for Stevens Transport! No experience needed! Earn $800 per week! Stevens will cover all costs! 888/528-8864 drive4stevens.com MCAN NOW HIRING Company OTR drivers. $2,000 sign on bonus, flexible home time, extensive benefits. Call now! Hibb’s & Co. 763/389-0610 MCAN LINSMEIER TRUCKING A MN based company is now hiring Owner/Operators to pull hopper bottom in the upper Midwest. Home weekends. Call 320/3826644 MCAN

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Bartender/ Cook for

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563-735-5775

Help Wanted

Dietary

Department is looking for a Dietary aide/Cook! part-time, including every other weekend

For more information contact Shelly Dolley at 507-886-6544 ext: 105

Gundersen Harmony Care Center

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RN/LPN/TMA

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CNA

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GuNdeRseN HARMoNy CARe CeNTeR 815 Main Ave. S. Harmony, MN 55939

Light and heavy - duty mechanic.

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Great Performance is rewarded. $9.50/hour. Excellent Vacation Pkg., Paid 8hr. for Holidays, Medical & Dental available. If you are looking for a company that you can grow with, this is a great opportunity!!!

Drug Testing & Background screen required APPly in Person AT CMG 3707 Commercial Dr. SW Rochester, 55902 Or call 507-923-4955 We look forward to meeting you!

Mediacom is Hiring!

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Broadband InstallerPaid Technician Full -Time Employment!

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Our Installers get to work with the latest in broadband technology that provides cable, internet, phone, and home security services. With our training, you learn to install, troubleshoot and resolve service problems. Must have high school diploma or GED, (Preston & Southeast Minnesota Areas) a valid driver’s license, good driving record and ability to use a ladder and lift up to 70 Our getpaid to work with the latest broadbandalong technology that providesvehicle cable, lbs. Installers We provide training, tools andinequipment with the company internet, and home security services. our training, youorlearn to install, and coverphone, all costs associated with the vehicle. With This is NOT seasonal contract work. troubleshoot and resolve service problems. Must have high school diploma or GED, We hire FULL TIME EMPLOYEES... a valid driver’s goodand driving record andwww.mediacomcable.com/careers ability to use a ladder and lift up to 70 To view a fulllicense, description to apply, visit: lbs. We provide training, toolsinand equipment alongphone with the company vehicle Apply paid online & call Barb HR for an immediate interview and cover all costs associated with the vehicle. This is NOT seasonal or contract work. ph: 507-837-4893 We hire FULL TIME EMPLOYEES...

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FILLMORE COUNTY JOURNAL

Monday, May 11, 2015

GARAGE SALES

GARAGE SALES

WANTED

WANTED

Large Moving Garage Sale.

Household items, furniture, pictures, lamps, apple collection, records, VCR, speakers, books, toys, antiques, tools, fishing equipment, paint and supplies, and much more. Solands 409 Main St. SW, Preston. Friday May 15 and Saturday May 16 8-5. s11-x

May 15th from 8:00-5:30 and May 16th from 8:00-1:00. Multi-family garage sale, household items, baby clothes, bee hives and many miscellaneous items. 412 Cottage Grove Ave. SE Preston g11-o

WANTED; Farms, Cropland, Hunting Land. Wisconsin Minnesota Real Estate.

Call now to get it sold 715-301-0203, or 411farm@gmail.com. w3tfn-o

CASH for sealed, unexpired DIABETIC TEST STRIPS or STOP SMOKING PRODUCTS! Make money and help others! Top prices, free shipping, 24 hr payments and friendly service! Call 1-888-440-4001 or TestStripSearch.com (MCN)

8th Annual Oasis Church Rummage & Bake Sale Friday May 8, 8:00 a.m. and Sat. May 9th, 9:00 a.m. Oasis Church, 1815 38th St. NW, Rochester. 289-8596 Furniture, household items, toys, kids clothing, tools, books, jewelry, sports equipment, collectable treasures and more! Renee Clark Cell Phone 507-2088587 g4,11-x Living Estate Sale of Lois Hemmingsen: 296 Euclid, Alden, MN, Thurs., May 14, 12Noon-4PM, Fri. & Sat., May 15 & 16, 10AM-4PM & Sun., May 17, 10AM-2PM. Antiques, Vintage, Collectibles, Shabby Chic, Cast Iron, Copper, Enamelware, Glassware, Furniture, Washer, Dryer, Stove, Fridge, Holiday, Lamps, Pottery, Toys, Red Wing, Much More. Conducted by Viking Estate Sales 507-369-5351 g11-x

Sandy Marzolf: 124 Crown Hill Road; Friday, May 15 from 9-5 and Saturday, May 16 from 7:30-??.

Name brand clothing & shoes; household items, books and many miscellaneous items. g11-o Multi-family garage sale: juniors, misses, mens, and womens plus size quality clothing, coats, bedding, pillows, lamps, seasonal, poker tabletop, papasan chair, and tons of misc. Friday, May 15, 11-6, Saturday, May 16, 8-4. Wojtkiewicz, 408 E. Fillmore St., Preston (across from the fairgrounds) g11-x May 15th from 8:00-5:30 and May 16th from 8:00-1:00. Multi-family garage sale, household items, baby clothes, bee hives and many miscellaneous items. 412 Cottage Grove Ave. SE Preston g11-o

Wanted: Cars, trucks, buses, and semi trailers, running or not. Serving SE MN and northern IA. Luke Junge, Preston, MN. Call 507-259-4556. w30tfno

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95.5 Acres with Estate Home & Guest House - 34617 County Road 12, Lanesboro. Welcome to Finnridge, an exceptional property offering soaring views over the surrounding valley, oak savannah, grasslands, and farms. It features a hilltop executive level home, a separate 1800’s built guest house, wood shop, pole barn, greenhouse, gardens and more. $1,350,000

NEW ARRIVAL - 2015 Century 16x80, great three bedroom floor plan, two baths, 2x6 walls, Energy Star windows, for only $49,900 including delivery, set, concrete piers, skirting, and central air.

CENTURY HOMES OF OSKALOOSA 1-877-241-3621 (MCN) We BUY used Manufactured Homes, Single and Double Wides. Call 641-6722344 (IOWA ONLY) (MCN)

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Exceptional Bluff-Top Lanesboro Home with Acreage - 100 Hidden Valley Dr. Stunning 58.65 acres of woodlands and restored prairie overlooking Lanesboro and the Root River Valley. Custom designer-built 4 BR/4BA home.

2700+ finished sq. ft. $650,000

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ART, CRAFT, FLEA MARKET & HOME BASED BUSINESS EXHIBITORS WANTED for July 3-4, 2015 Freedom Fest Celebration, at Bandshell Community Park in Austin, MN. Space fees: $50/day or two days for only $75. Deadline to register is June 15th! Contact the Austin Chamber of Commerce for more information and to reserve your space; 507-437-4561, or visit us online at www.austincoc.com. w27,4,11-x

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2700+ square foot home with rental unit upstairs. Beautiful natural woodwork, open stairway, sliding pocket doors and some stained glass windows. two stall garage that could hold 4 cars. tHeRe IS A 6% BUYeRS pReMIUM ADDeD to tHe SALe pRICe! Being sold “as is” “where is” w/no contingencies. Buyer must do due diligence regarding any financing/inspections. Successful bidder will sign purchase agreement w/$2500 nonrefundable earnest money (pending clear title). Real Estate Taxes Prorated.

Once you register you are confirming that you have read and understand all the terms of the sale. Seller retains the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

RuShfORd 507 N high St $175,000

3 BR, 2 BA, 2 - 2 Car Garages Large Corner Lot

4 BR, 2 BA, 4 Car Garage Large Lot 150 x 200

PETERSON 127 Prospect St $79,000

MABEL (NEWBuRG) 14615 421st Ave $69,900

112 oak Street Se, Preston: Four bedroom, 1 bath,

1-1/2 story, with large lot and large four season porch.

Newer furnace. 2-car garage, Greenhouse and garden space. $30,000. MLS 4061861

3 BR, 2 BA, Garage Well Maintained Home

Preston: Walkout lot that could be split. .96 acres. $15,000. MLS 40861862

2 BR, 3 BA Home with Unique Store Front

RichaRd Milne

BRokeR, GRi, aBR

Home 507-765-2172 Cell: 507-951-3672 Fax: 507-765-5308 Email: rmilne@centurytel.net MLS #4050051

Brian Severts Realtor/Associate Broker Edina Realty 612-819-0229 952-915-6860

Jeff Darr Cell 715-495-6948 jeff@darrauctions.com

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QUALITY BUILT TWIN HOME

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ONliNe & live AuctiONs

RENOVATED WALKOUT RANCH

8.7 ACRE HOBBY FARM CLOSE IN!

GREAT INVESTMENT FOR OWNER OCCUPANT NEW LISTING

#4060464

• 2 Bedrooms • 2 baths • 2 Car Garage • 1993 • Main floor living • Finished lower level • Deck • Energy efficient •, Steel siding • Newer roof • Conveniently located • No association dues

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

2005 TOWNHOME WITH FINISHED LOWER LEVEL

TIM DANIELSON

ELCOR Realty Co.

$245,000 360 ORCHARD RIDGE RD NW, CHATFIELD #4060675

SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015

• 4 Bedrooms • 3 Baths • Walkout • 3 Season porch • Open layout • Sunroom • Paneled doors • Fireplace • Quality built • Master suite • Southern Exposure • Abundance of storage • View • Finished 2 car garage

CATTLE/HORSE/HUNTING

77 ACRE FARM NEW PRICE

$329,900 31310 GAELIC ROAD, LANESBORO #4058134

• 4 Bedroom • 2 Bath • Upgraded foundation • New roof • Vinyl siding • Good well & septic • Numerous outbuildings for multipurpose • 2 ponds • Fenced pasture • Excellent hunting

#4061664

• 4 Bedrooms w/3 on main level • 2 Remodeled baths • Modernized kitchen w/new cabinets & granite tops • New flooring throughout • 2,464 sq. ft. • Steel siding • Covered deck • 0.31 Acre lot • Fenced in backyard PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP SHOWS!

$199,900

212 6TH ST SW, CHATFIELD

• 3 Bedroom • 2 Bath • 2 Story • Close to town • Newer roof • furnace • water heater & water softener • Loafing shed • 3 car garage (960 sq. ft.) • Nice views • Zoned Agriculture • Close to Root River & Mill Creek

#4062121

• 4 Bedroom/2 Bath • 1996 • 2152 sqft • 0.36 Acres • Separate Entries, Electric & Laundry Areas • Main Level has No Steps & Great View • Lower Level Walkout • Zone Heating/Cooling • Open Layout • Steel Siding • Great Location

BEAUTIFUL FOUR-SQUARE LOADED WITH CHARACTER

DOVER-EYOTA OR CHATFIELD SCHOOLS 3 ACRES

NEW LISTING

$169,900 702 5TH AVE SE, STEWARTVILLE #4062372

NEW LISTING

105 CHATFIELD ST S, DOVER

• 3 Bedroom • 3 Bath • 2 Car garage • 2,470 sq. ft.

• Updated kitchen & baths • paneled doors • Newer furnace • Finished lower level • Deck • Steel siding • New windows and roof • Storage shed • Hardwood under carpet • Nicely landscaped

LOTS AND ACREAGES FOR SALE

CHATFIELD – APPROVED BUILDING SITE (37.01 acres) along a hard surface road only 12 miles Southeast of Rochester. This parcel is heavily wooded and sits high on the hill overlooking the Root River valley. Excellent hunting! #4050564 $189,900 $149,900.

FOUNTAIN – Large level lot (132’ FINGERSON & DONAHOE FIRST SUBDIVISION - CHATFIELD x 300’) on the corner of a dead end street in an established ONLY 5 LOTS neighborhood. $19,900 $16,900 REMAINING RACINE – Lyman’s Second Sub- • $37,900 - $42,900 OUT LOT B division. Located in newer devel- • 0.31 acres - 0.51 acres opment on cul-de-sac street with • Covenant Controlled AMC O DR . SE city utilities, choice of builder and • Close to Elementary covenant controlled. Hurry only 3 School lots available. Prices starting at • Close to Golf Course $19,900.

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$169,900 #4062411

• 4 Bedrooms • 2 Baths • 1200 sq. ft. Garage • 3,468 sq. ft. • 2 Lots • Hardwood floors • Original woodwork • Built-ins • Gas fireplace • Finished attic • Updated kitchen & baths • Drive a little & save a lot • Just move-in

HILLSIDE DR. SE

E-mail: homes@timdanielson.com www.timdanielson.com 272 Main St. North Chatfield MN 55923 Ph: 867-9100 Cell: 259-9110

511 SUMMIT ST NE, CHATFIELD

$189,900 811 ROOT RIVER ST. SW, CHATFIELD #4062402

NE SE

• 2 plus bedroom • Garage • Newer windows • Steel siding • Wood floors • Newer furnace • Updated electric service • Large lot • Close to School • Great starter or investment opportunity

501 WINONA ST SE, CHATFIELD

DUPLEX

NEW LISTING

$169,900

EGA L LA

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$169,900

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620 UNION ST NE , CHATFIELD

$54,900

10512 55TH ST SE, EYOTA

$129,900 #4059306

• 3 Bedroom • Attached garage • Private setting • Steel siding • Deck • 15 minutes to Rochester • Fenced pasture w/creek • Good well & septic (2005) • Pole shed (26’x27’) • Move-in-Condition

TOWNHOME LOTS CHATFIELD ORCHARD RIDGE LOTS – BANK OWNED 2 Walkout townhome lots with private backyards. This upscale neighborhood is on a paved dead end road with city utilities. Only $20,000/each.

SOLD 255 CAROLANN ST NW, EYOTA

LD • 4 BedroomsSO • 2 Baths • 2 Car Garage • 2 Decks

418 ORCHARD RIDGE RD NW, CHATFIELD

LD• 3 Baths • Walkout • SO • 3 Bedrooms • Study 514 PLEASANT ST SW, CHATFIELD • 4 Bedroom Bath • Walkout • 0.88 acre SO• 3LD

313 TWIFORD ST SW, CHATFIELD LD 2 Baths, 2 Car Garage • New SO• LD SO • 2 Bedrooms • Den • Full basement • Patio • 3+ Bedrooms

508 JEREMIAH ST SE, PRESTON 416 GROVE ST LD NE , CHATFIELD

118 BARTLETT ST WEST, WYKOFF

LD SO SO • Den • 0.34 Acres • 1874 sqft • 3 Bedroom • 2 Bath • Open Layout • 0.25 acre • 2 Bedroom 385 HARRISON ST, LEWISTON

SO• 2LD • 3 Bedroom bath • Original woodwork 416 ORCHARD RIDGE RD LD NW, CHATFIELD SO

• 3 Bedrooms • Study • 3 Baths • Walkout •

242 SILVER ST S,LD WYKOFF SO

• 2 Bedroom • 2 Bath, Ranch • 0.25 acre lot •

213 CLIFF ST NE, CHATFIELD LD

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• 4 Bedrooms with 3 on Main • 3 Baths • 1987

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Brenda Sheldon, ABR, GRI

Charming Cape Cod Style 3 bdrm home.

Numerous updates including new roof on house & garage 2012, updated windows, vinyl siding, Brazilian cherry floors, hardwood floors, wood fireplace, formal dining, updated kitchen with newer appliances and unfinished basement waiting your finishing touches! Located on large 1/2 acre lot near school.

1020 S. BrOAdWAY, SprINg VAlleY $114,900

Cute ‘’Cape Cod’’ style home. Updates include newer shingles, cement drive, electrical updates to house, garage & storage shed, laminate floors, & updated paint colors. Hardwood floors throughout main level in excellent condition.

Upper level includes bedroom & sitting room area. Garage has new door, insulated & electrical. Lower level ready for your finishing touches. 3 bdrms & 1 full bath!

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435 Main Ave. S, HARMONy Bigger than it looks! 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home with many updates.

Large living room with spacious dining and kitchen.

Main floor bedroom, bath and laundry. Good sized 2 car garage plus storage shed. $89,900 140 1st Ave. SE, HARMONy

330 1st Ave. SE, HARMONy Affordable and move in ready! This is one of the nicest little properties you will find. Roomy & bright this home has a main floor bedroom, eat in kitchen, and full bathroom with double closets. Inviting 3 season porch. $33,500

Spacious 1 1/2 story 4 bedroom home. Roof, windows, furnace & C/A 2011. Main floor bathroom & bedrooms.

Upstairs has 2 large bedrooms with large closets, plus generous sitting area. 2 car det garage. $97,900

235 Center St. E, HARMONy

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704 kEniLworth AvE, LAnEsboro 3 bedrooms • 2 baths • Douglas Fir floors • Archways • Open living and dining room • d/o • 2 car garage • Enclosed porch • Block exterior

$129,900 320 AvE. b nE, chAtFiELd 4 bedrooms • 2 baths • Main floor master • Main floor laundry • New flooring • New windows • Vinyl siding • Fenced yard • Storage shed • Patio • Garage 509 pArk st. sE., chAtFiELd

Ranch home • 3 bedrooms • 2 baths • Steel siding • Large private fenced yard • 2 decks • Walk-out • 2 storage sheds • New roof • New sewer line • Newer furnace • Updated electrical box

$194,500

107 sprucE st. sE, FountAin

Newer home • 3 baths • 4 bedroom• Wood floors • Master bath • 6-panel doors • Heated 3 car garage • Large deck • Large bedroom • Vaulted ceilings • Kitchen nook & bar • Maintenance free siding • Dead end street • Backs up to the park

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Backs up to greenspace and creek. $72,900

241 2nd Ave. SE, SPRING GROvE

100 Coffee St., LANESBORO

EASy tO KEEP, JUSt ENJOy!! 3 bdrm twinhome, with bright and spacious open floor plan. Master bdrm with w/i closet, plenty of room for guest and office space. Att. garage, plus storage room. $110,000

Super location, updated building, priced to sell.

CALL Today!! Only $58,900

526 1st st., FountAin

809 ridgE rd., prEston

.46/acre lot $227,500

Gorgeous wood throughout home • 3 bedrooms • 2 baths • Kitchen w/ in-floor heat • Living room • Dining room • Family room w/fireplace • Wet bar • Rec room • Heated garage • Office • Large patio • Basketball court • Storage shed • Invisible fencing • New roof and windows

are looking for a get-a-way or a permanent stay, this property has many advantages!

3 bedrm 2 bath, vaulted ceilings, 2 car att garage, and the ability to have it your way!

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102 W Hwy 52, CANtON

Affordable & Enjoyable! Move in condition! 2 bedroom home with many updates. Partially finished basement includes family room and den.

Att insulated 2 car garage plus det garage.

Wrap around deck & yard space. $74,900

LOTS FOR SALE - MABEL

$435,000

4 bedrooms • New roof • Newer 101 wEst viEw dr., LAnEsboro

plumbing • Updated electrical

• New kitchen cabinets and 2 acres • 5 bedrooms • 4 baths • Backs up to woods • counters • Main floor laundry • 2 car garage • Deck Master bath • 2 w/in closets • Living room w/fireplace • Formal dining room • Large family room • Open $99,900 kitchen and dining area • Covered deck • W/out to 308 cEdAr st., patio • 2 car attached garage • 2 car heated detached garage • Finished loft area FountAin

1) 3.82 acre lot with woods, creek, w/o, great views of Nolan Valley. Ideal for cabin or permanent home with privacy, scenery, and wildlife. $54,900 2) 3.96 acre lot with woods, creek, w/o, great views of Nolan Valley. Ideal for cabin or permanent home with privacy, scenery, and wildlife. $56,900 $155,000

19405 stAtE highwAy 80, wykoFF

2.5 acres • Blacktop road • 4 bedrooms on main floor • Main floor laundry • Remodeled kitchen • New carpet • Freshly painted • Lower level is sheetrocked for family room and 2 dens • 720 sq ft garage • Enclosed breezeway • Large deck

$199,500

310 MApLE dr., LAnEsboro 1-level living • Large ranch • 3 bedrooms • 3 baths • Master bath •Walk-in closet • In-floor heat in house and garage • Maple kitchen cabinets • Main floor laundry • Open living and dining and kitchen • Deck

Large ranch • 3 bedrooms on main floor • Main floor laundry • Large yard • Wood floors • New windows 604 rivEr st., chAtFiELd

LOtS! Harmony’s INceNTIVe! newest subdivision, with country views and city utilities at an affordable price. No building permit fees or connection fees in 2015! Harmony is a super place to live, offering the quality lifestyle of a small town, with a thriving business district, clinic & healthcare facilities. Get $5,000+ Cash back/EDA incentive.

401 Hillcrest St. E,

Character throughout • 4 bedrooms • 2 baths • Wood 545 3rd AvE., nw, Large ranch • 4 bedrooms • floors under carpet • Large living room • Formal dining • hArMony Large lot • Open floor plan • Main floor master • D/O • New windows • High ceilings • New flooring • Main floor laundry • Master bath • W/in 880 sq.ft. garage • 1.1 acres • Large yard 3 acres • 18’ vaulted Montana Pine ceiling • Maple closet • Security system • Covered deck kitchen cabinets • Cedar wood floors • In-floor heat through-out house garage • Surround sound $169,900 • Security system • Brick wall fireplace • Sun room $229,900 15 3rd AvE sw, hArMony w/fireplace • Screened-in porch • Paneled doors • 920 grAnd st. sE, Pantry • Main floor laundry/mudroom • Master bath Large ranch • 5 bedrooms • 5 baths • Main floor laundry chAtFiELd • Large kitchen • Formal living and dining room • Newer • Storage shed • Close to state bike trail 1 level ranch (Appro 3600 sq ft) 5 bedrooms • 2 baths window • Newer roof • Remodeled baths • 2 rental units $99,500 • Open floor plan • Ideal for entertaining • Handicapped w/separate entrances and parking • 2 furnaces • 2 c/a • access • Formal living • Dining room • Sun room •Family Great opportunity to own and rent 403 hiLLcrEst st. E, room • Kitchen island • Rec room • Fireplace w/brick LAnEsboro ! and built-in bookshelves • 2-car heated garage • 1 car D CE 200 hiLLsidE AvE., REDU detached garage • 6/10 acre • Hot tub LAnEsboro

Townhouse • Maintenance free living • Ideal for weekend $299,500 $379,900

2 Acres in city limits • getaway • Sun porch • 2 car attached garage • Deer 4 large bedrooms • 3 baths • Sauna • Main floor laundry • 32337 JunipEr rd., Formal living and dining • Open floor plan • Wood floors • in backyard Large family room • Rec room • Wet bar • Updated kitchen chAtFiELd • Walk-out • Deck • Patio • Covered porch • 25x52 shop w/ $318,000 6.22 acres • 7 bedrooms • 3 baths • 4800 Sq.ft • 2 family heat and air • 12x52 building • 14x20 garden shed w/cement rooms • Rec room • Fireplace • Living room • Formal floor • 2+ heated attached garage • New roof, furnace, air and dining room • Large deck • Large private patio • 2 water heater • Mature trees • Wildlife • Great views • Private laundry rooms • Master bath • W/in closet • 4 car garage • Heated shop • Great location $89,900 920 MAin st., chAtFiELd 200 Ashburn st. E, LAnEsboro

Fantastic 4 bedroom 3 bath home. Open staircase, vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors, & main floor laundry. Open concept dining and living areas. Master with en suite walk-in closet.

LL finished. Enjoy the deck and backyard.

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109 Spruce St., FOUNtAIN

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Excellent location on Main Ave in the heart N of Harmony. This commercial space offers two units plus bathroom, barber & beauty shops side by side. Would make a super office space or boutique. New metal roof in 2013. $59,500 INg

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Absolutely stunning executive home with incredible design.

Formal living and dining areas, kitchen w/wrap around center island & breakfast nook overlooking the beautifully landscaped back yard and patio area. Master bedorom w/jetted tub & dressing area with many built in drawers. Lower level family room, separate laundry area, lowest level entertainment room and workshop with workbench. Beautifully landscaped yard, brick accent on house, cement pavers for patio area and cement basketball court. Move in ready!

304 W Fillmore St., PREStON Open & bright with natural flow, high ceilings, open staircase & original woodwork.

3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths plus LL walk out basement with family room & storage. Huge 3 season front porch pus side deck with retractable awning! $107,500

1120 Matthew St. SW, PREStON Expansive views to enjoy from sunrise to sunset! Vaulted living room, hardwood floors & fireplace. LL walk out, family room, office & wine cellar. Heated garage plus shed & storage building. res

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IDEAL LOCATION on US Hwy 52 and Main Ave N, Harmony.

This property offers great visibility for your business. Call for showing! $49,900

Loaded with character

• Wood floors • Original

woodwork • Newer roof • $98,900 Updated electrical box • New plumbing • 2.7 acres • City limits • Private • Wooded • 3 bedrooms • 2 baths • Vinyl siding • W/o lower level • Gorgeous setting Large open dining room • Living room • Open kitchen w/pantry • Located along the scenic bluffs • Close to trail • Close to river • Walking distance to downtown

12.43 acres • Woods • Tillable • Pasture • 4 bedrooms (3 on main) • 2 baths • Main floor laundry •Master bath • Vaulted ceilings • Open floor plan •Large deck • 20x36 horse shed • 26x36 machine shed • 2 deer stands • Large yard • Edge of city limits

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107 ZEnith st., LAnEsboro

35064 242nd st., LAnEsboro

1015 Ridge Rd. S, PREStON

101 ceNTeNNIAl ST. e., WYKOFF $195,000

Kelsey Bergey Real Estate Agent remax@harmonytel.net Office 507-886-4221

Peaceful setting nestled in the valley with open views.

House sits on a 4-5 acre parcel with woods and open lawn. Nice garage with concrete floor, wired, and lean has 2 stalls. 3 bedroom home with new septic(2014) and private well. Balance of land lays across the road and is pasture with spring fed creek, mature trees and fenced. 27.76 Acres $112,000

Move in ready 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home.

Open floor plan, hardwood floors. Finished basement. 32 x 60 shed. Barn with 4 box stalls, electric & water.

$139,900

$295,000

If you are looking for a home to expand with this is the house for you! 4 bdrms, 2 baths, walk up attic waiting to be finished off and basement in excellent condition w/workbenches, new windows, sump basket, 2 elec panels & high efficiency furnace & c/a. Main floor laundry, eat in kitchen & formal dining room & living room w/stained glass window. Located on large corner with mature trees.

11587 Deer Rd., MABEL

Centrally located Brick building has been beautifully redone. Original tin ceiling and wood floors. Doors, windows, CA, wiring, and lighting, roof all updated.

Cell 507-259-5454 Website: www.toddhadoff.com E-mail: homes@toddhadoff.com

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Beautiful stucco 1 1/4 story home. Hardwood floors, arched doorways, bay window, French Doors, newer neutral carpet, 2 full baths & 3 bedrooms. Knock down ceilings, 2 decks and updated electrical. Great location in established neighborhood. You’ll love the oversized 2 car garage that is insulated and has electricity to it & blacktop drive. The extra large lot allows for a nice back yard.

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1920’s craftsman style 3 bedroom 1 1/2 bath home. Charming details. Well maintained.

Mainfloor laundry and bath, mainfloor bedroom potential. Full basement offers room for storage and work space. Det. 1 car garage. Nice yard. $68,500

550 Main Ave. N, HARMONy Move right in! Starting up or slowing down this home offers main floor laundry bedroom and full bath! Second floor bedroom with den. No backyard neighbors! 2 car detached garage.

Take a look at this affordable home today! $53,900

206 MAIN ST. S., WYKOFF $59,900

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Excellent location! Walking distance to swimming pool & south park. 3 bedroom 2 bath ranch style home. Lower level completely finished with large M. bedroom & walk-in & separate closets, 3/4 bath w/shower, storage room w/built in shelving, workshop area, family room, dining room w/hdwd floors, separate main floor laundry, fenced yard w/raised garden bed & patio area. Perm siding w/brick accent!

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Homestead property owners are reminded of the August 15th deadline for filing form M-1PR for the regular property tax refund with income requirements. You must attach a photocopy of your tax statement with your application form.

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