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Harmony discusses musician carving project By Jade Sexton jade@fillmorecountyjournal.com
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Jim Hoiness honored as Minnesota’s Outstanding Grocer of the Year By K irsten Zoellner
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There are 1,100 stores affiliated with the Minnesota Grocer’s Association (MGA) with more than 200 retail members and more than 100 distributors and manufacturers. Still, few may have been surprised at Rush Foods, Inc. co-owner Jim Hoiness’ recent award as Minnesota’s Outstanding Grocer of 2013, except perhaps Jim himself. “I think it’s a wonderful honor to receive. It was unexpected,” said Hoiness humbly. Hoiness, his wife Gayle, and
son Brad, a co-owner of Rush Food, Inc., were in Brainerd, Minn. on July 28, at the MGA Annual Conference, to receive the award. “This award is presented annually to a grocer who has successfully developed a company and is respected by industry peers,” said MGA in a press release. “Additionally, the recipient must demonstrate contributions to the industry in the areas of government affairs, community service, and involvement in the MGA.” The event was also attended by over 400 of Hoiness’ peers. “This award for Jim is well
deserved recognition for his contribution to the grocery industry and his dedication to the communities we serve,” says Brad Hoiness. “Serving customers in clean, well maintained stores with friendly employees remains at the heart of Jim’s passion for the business. This award is also shared by more than 100 current associates and hundreds of people who have been employed by Rush Foods, Inc. during Jim’s 40 years in the business.” Several local business people wrote letters of recommendation
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Harmony, Minn. resident and owner of Slim’s Woodshed, Stan Maroushek, approached the council a couple of months ago regarding a vision he had for a project to help bring people into town. The statues would be placed in a path throughout the town for a “walking tour” to help bring people to town and get them to see other parts of the town off Main Street. Maroushek has applied for and received a grant to build one of the statues, and the city has received grant money for two more. There is already one statue located outside of Andrew Batstone’s accounting office. The locations that Maroushek chose for the statues included the Cancer Memorial Park, the IGA, Harmony Town Hall, and the Visitor’s Center. The city had previously handed the issue over to the
Arts Board. The Arts Board decided that the city’s statues should be placed at the Visitor’s Center and the Cancer Park. Maroushek was not in agreement with this, so the issue came back to the city council. Chris Giesen of the Economic Development Authority (EDA) spoke to the council on behalf of Maroushek. He explained that Maroushek would prefer the Visitor’s Center statue be the last one to be placed. “We need people to walk through town and see the beautiful town we have,” said Maroushek. He added when people see the town they may decide to open a business there. The Arts Board and the City both had concerns about vandalism, as the statues at the See HARMONY Page 8
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Sheriff Jensen visits Wykoff to propose new agreement By Jackie Horsman jackie@fillmorecountyjournal.com
The Wykoff City Council heard from Sheriff Jensen at their August 12 meeting. The Sheriff addressed the council with a need for a new Law Enforcement Agreement that would be updated and contain the proper civil liability language. The current contract with the city was formed in 1992. Sheriff Jensen acknowledged that the new contract would also force back to table negotiations for cost
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and patrol hours. Currently, the Law Enforcement Agreement costs the city of Wykoff $24,000 a year and states that the Fillmore County Sheriff’s Department will provide 4.5 total hours of patrol daily. Sheriff Jensen noted the cost to the city is roughly a third of what the actual cost is currently to employ such services. A new contract would most likely cost actual expense for a deputy’s time which Jensen See WYKOFF Page 13 Dirty
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