Leader july 10

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WED., JULY 10, 2013 • VOLUME 80 • NO. 47 • 2 SECTIONS

Leslie Peterson crowned Miss Balsam Lake 2013 Currents section

Big turnout at Siren’s Freedom Five race

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Fate of Polk County’s homecare program comes before county supervisors July 16

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WEEKEND WATCH

Court upholds Polk action to stop Kraemer from opening mine near Dresser PAGE 4

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Rapid rally Polk County boat accident victim is on a record pace to recover his independence by Gary King Leader editor ST. PAUL, Minn. - A 25-year-old Minnesota man is on the fast track to recovery after losing both of his feet in a boating accident on Balsam Lake, June 16. Mark Mann of Maple Grove told redrockonair.com that his recovery and rehabilitation at Regions Hospital in St. Paul has been “remarkable� and that his strong athletic conditioning prior to the accident likely played a factor in his getting out of the hospital in two weeks - a time frame doctors have told him is unheard of in a medical case such as his. Mann came close to dying, losing 12 units of blood after he fell off a stand-up jet ski and was run over by a boat, the propeller hitting and mangling his legs from the shins down. “I asked the doctor how many units of blood a person of my size has and he said roughly 15 - so I had lost two-thirds of the blood in my body or more - it’s a miracle that I’m here today.� Mann said he, along with family and friends, had gathered on Father’s Day to enjoy a day of boating and relaxation. He said his sister and some of her friends were on the family boat,

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LIVES LIVED Lewis John Byerly Ivy Naomi Lynn Spohn &DURO $QĂ€QVRQ Whitaker Harry H. Madsen Luella Marie Luedtke Johanna Theresa Gravier Patricia Ann Johnson Lillian Jeanette Christensen Kenneth “Kenâ€? Nordin Alice E. Hutton Jasmine Rae Belisle Einar R. Anderson See Obits, pages 18-19B

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