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David and Amy Andersen’s new home overlooks Fish Hook Lake. It has a two-car, attached garage and woodshop, along with a detached garage. (Photos by Shannon Geisen/Enterprise)
Fish Hook Lake home evokes timeless character By Shannon Geisen sgeisen@parkrapidsenterprise.com Dr. David and Amy Andersen moved into their new house in July, but it already feels like home. It may have helped that they lived on a neighboring Fish Hook Lake lot for 24 years. Plus, they are utterly satisfied with their finished lake home, designed with the help of Land’s End Development. At this point, they can’t think of they would’ve done differently. “I think we got it right,” Amy said. When the three-acre Eagle Point Drive lot came up for sale in December 2016, the Andersens purchased it knowing an older, smaller house would be torn down to make way for a larger one. The new home is roughly 4,000 square feet. An attached garage and woodshop add another 2,000 square feet. It all rests about 200 feet from Fish Hook Lake, a large, green lawn sloping to the beach. Construction began July 2017, with the Andersens moving in one year later. “We had an idea of what we wanted. We wanted a home that we could grow old in, so we didn’t want any stairs,” Amy explained. “Everything we did was with the thought we’re going to get old and need to be able to live in the home.” Amy also sought a natural, everlasting look.
The Andersens love to entertain. David built the pine dining room table, which seats 10. Amy likes the open floor plan so she can visit with guests while cooking dinner. “When we looked at designing, I didn’t want a home that screamed 2018. I wanted a home that was more classic, that you can come in in 10 years and say ‘OK,’” she said. There are a lot of design elements that are a clear indicator of the year it was built, she said. “I tried to stay away from that and went with more timeless features.” The Andersens incorporated red pine salvaged from their property for the living room’s main feature: a stone fireplace. The mantel is constructed from “a huge, beautiful Norway pine” that was struck by lightning. “We were told it would die. We didn’t want to cut it down, but
we did, then had a miller friend who has a portable saw cut it up for the mantel,” David said. The stones were set using recessed, black mortar joints. This style is repeated on the home’s exterior as well. “This, I thought, was really unique. I like not having the mortar and seeing the black underneath,” Amy said. “The guys that did this were amazing.” An entire wall of sliding glass doors open to a three-season, lake-side porch. The porch screens are also retractable, “so at night when the mosquitoes come out, we can just put the screens down,” Amy said. “It’s like having the outside inside.
It’s very nice.” They use the space for grilling and entertaining. David built the 10-foot-by-4foot dining room table, which seats 10. It’s made of reclaimed pine. He spent about six months on the project – cutting, planing and sanding. Lots of sanding. “That’s the biggest part,” he explained, in order to make a seamless and level table. A thin layer of bark trims the edge. “It makes it unique. It’s not just a board,” he said. The result is a heirloom, albeit hefty, piece of furniture. It took eight men to hoist the tabletop onto its legs. “It’s probably in the neighborhood of 500 pounds,” David said.
He also built a bench, plus two end tables for the living room. One of them doubles as a dog kennel for Skylar, their black Lab. A dentist by trade, David says woodworking is strictly a hobby. “Keeps me out of trouble,” he joked. “When we’re not building a house, I have something to tinker on.” Amy has already requested a coat rack for his next project. “He’s made a lot of stuff for me, which is fun,” she said. “For me, it’s neat. I can go out and buy stuff, but to have him make and us to design it together is really special.” A wine bar in the dining room includes pull-out coolers for pop and adult beverages. “We’re not having to run to the refrigerator; we built them right in,” Amy said. While the deck, windows and garage were a priority for David, Amy honed her attention on the kitchen. “I love to cook, so I wanted a very useable kitchen. I wanted lots of cabinets, so we have room to put everything in. The kitchen really was important,” she said. The center island features an induction glass top stove – an idea the Andersens discovered at a friend’s house. “There are a couple cool things about it. One, it won’t heat up without a pan, and you have a
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Designer finds healing in mini-camper redo By Shannon Geisen sgeisen@parkrapidsenterprise.com Theresa Otterness wants to tell her story. She is dealing with major depressive disorder, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. After trying to hide her struggles from family and friends, Otterness said she now wants to be open and honest in the hopes it will help someone else with depression. Depression is a chemical imbalance and an ongoing battle, Otterness explained. “Depression and burden – you can mesh those words into one – because that’s what we think,” she said. “Depression is a liar and a thief, but perception is reality, so if I perceive that I’m going to be a burden in everyone’s life, that’s my reality. My brain is lying to me. My brain is not working right because I’ve got chemicals dumping into it every time I go into that fight-or-flight mode, and it’s distorting my perception of things. It’s no way to go through life.” The past several years have been difficult ones, with Otterness facing divorce, neck and back surgery and a stress-related heart attack at the age of 46. Her poor health, in turn, forced her to quit a job she loves – interior design. Help – and hope – came from a psychoneuroplasticity center in Texas and a local support network. She learned breathing exercises, prayer/mindful-
Otterness said she’s excited about the DIY hacks she’s learned and accomplished on her camper. She plans to live and travel in it. “It’ll get me out hiking and in better shape,” she said. ness, daily affirmations, positive imagery, quiet meditation and other techniques related to sleep, exercise, diet and music to break her “ruminating loop,” an onslaught of Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs). “I need to work really hard and not believe that depression because it’s a liar.It steals your joy, your pride. It takes everything from you,” she said. To avoid isolation and loneliness, Otterness set a goal to contact a friend once a day and get out of the house at least once a week. Otterness said her dogs also “play a huge role in helping to manage my mental health.” Bentley, a pitbull/coon-
Theresa Otterness remodeled her Jayco Hummingbird camper to create her “oasis and safe place.” (Photos by Shannon Geisen/Enterprise) hound, is a rescue from the Headwaters Animal Shelter. Jax is an Australian shepherd/blue heeler mix. She found that nature, too, is healing. And that is why Otterness is embarking on her next adventure. She purchased and remodeled a Jayco Hummingbird camper. It will become her new home as she travels across the state and country. “I learned I want a better life. No one is going to give me that. I need to grab it,” she said. She wants to see ocean waves crash. She plans to visit her son in Utah. She wants to be surrounded by nature, saying she envisions an eagle, “because you can’t get any more free than that. My
goal is to soar in that camper.” Do-it-yourself camper “hacks” have allowed her to apply her interior design abilities. “I haven’t been able to run my business, but I found a small piece of my passion back because I’ve been able to decorate that camper,” she said. She discovered a Facebook group of Hummingbird owners and another called “Fabulous RVing Women.” Both groups offer technical guidance, inspirational stories, encouragement and DIY tricks. Many of the women are experiencing
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The kitchen houses hickory cabinets, a center island with a granite top, double-oven and soapstone countertops.
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The center island is deeper than normal to allow for drawers on both sides. Amy loves that her induction glass cooktop faces the dining area so she can visit while she cooks.
A dormer-style window above the kitchen is notable, along with high ceilings.
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certain kind of pan. As soon as you take the pan off, it automatically shuts down and you can put your hand on it immediately, which is not the norm with glass,” Amy explained, adding that she’s notorious for putting food on the table and forgetting to turn the burner off. The island also allows her to visit with guests while she cooks. “One of the things I didn’t like about our old house is my stove – you always had your back to
A customized cabinet was built into the kitchen for Amy’s KitchenAid.
company,” she said. The cooktop’s fan retracts. “We didn’t want anything obstructing the view,” Amy said. The island is deeper than usual “because we wanted cabinets on both sides,” she noted. Kitchenware that she doesn’t use very often is stored on the far side. Her KitchenAid has its own customized cabinet. With a few quick movements, it is upright, plugged in and ready for use. “I
Lake. “It’s a pretty great view. I kind of have to pinch myself every morning when I wake and love to cook and bake,” Amy the home lend an open, airy this is what I see when I open said. feeling. All, except the base- my eyes,” Amy said. She keeps her kitchen count- ment, are stained a dark walnut. The bedroom and dining room ers tidy and free by storing the The wooden floor is distressed windows of the original home coffee maker, toaster, blend- “just because we have a dog, so I faced the road, not the lovely er and other equipment in the didn’t want a sheen. This way, if blue water, she recalled. neighboring pantry. “It’s nice to we get a scratch it just looks like “I don’t know what they were have a place to tuck it all away,” it belongs,” Amy said. thinking,” she said of the buildshe said. The master and guest bed- ers. “It just was goofy. That was The tall ceilings throughout rooms look out onto Fish Hook one of the things we knew – the rooms that we spend the most time in will face the lake.” view. I kind of have to pinch myself every morning when I
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The Andersens salvaged a Norway pine from their property to create the stone fireplace’s mantlel.
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An adjoining master bath is wide enough for a wheelchair, if one of them should need it in their old age. “There are no glass shower doors anywhere in the house,” Amy said. “I just said, ‘I’m never cleaning another shower door.’” All the flooring and shower tiles feature all-natural stone. Land’s End designer, Renae Balmer, created a master closet that perfectly suited the size of
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The master bedroom adjoins a bath and closet while overlooking Fish Hook Lake.
All the sliding glass doors can recede, creating a large, open-air space perfect for summer entertaining. A woodworker, David built the end tables.
the Andersens’ wardrobe. “She took all that and designed this based on what we had,” Amy said. The washer and dryer are cleverly installed in the master closet. “Smartest thing we did,” Amy said. “It’s only the two of us, so I do laundry. I sit and fold everything. As I fold it, I put it away in drawers or hang it up. We’re like, ‘This is just a no-brainer.’” Avid outdoors people, a mud room and attic above the twocar garage offer storage space for their outdoor gear. Amy
likes to bike, cross-country ski, golf and run. David is a hunter, angler and skier. His woodshop is attached to the garage. Two guest bedrooms and Amy’s office space and exercise room are housed in the basement. Double queen-sized bunks in the basement are popular with visiting kids. One bedroom suite has its own bathroom. The second spare bedroom has an attached,
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“I know how important color is around you,” said Otterness, an interior designer by trade. “You have to surround yourself with color that makes you happy.” Otterness used peel-and-stick wallpaper on her camper walls white to lighten and brighten the small space. The wallpaper is available in every imaginable style, like blue, faux paneling seen in the background.
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Follow city guidelines when planting trees Help is available for those deciding what kind of tree to plant in the Park Rapids area. The city offers a tree technical manual, maintained by the Urban Forestry Committee. City forester and certified tree inspector Stephanie Pazdernik said the manual regulates tree plantings at construction sites. “Homeowners can plant a lot more choices,” she said.
What to plant
Minnesota DNR’s Park Rapids forestry office advised sticking with trees native to the state. While the city’s tree manual discourages planting conifers, Witkin said that applies mainly to boulevards “because they can get pretty big and they can block views” for road traffic. “But we plant an awful lot of them in the forests around here,” he added. What homeowners get from a conifer, Witkin said, “is more shade versus a tree that loses its leaves in the winter.” He said red pine, white pine, jack pine and white spruce are the four top species the local DNR plants. As for non-conifer yard trees, Witkin recommended oaks, maples and hackberries. “Elms are nice trees,” he added. “There are some new varieties that are resistant to Dutch elm disease.”
Other planting hints
According to the tree manual, trees should not be planted: ► Closer to a curb or sidewalk than two feet for small trees or three feet for medium or large trees, without special approval by the city. ► Within 35 feet of a street corner (measured from the curb). ► Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant. ► Under or within 15
feet of an overhead wire. ► Within 15 feet on either side of a sanitary sewer line or water main. When planted, trees should have a trunk measuring at least 1-1/4 inches across at six inches above the ground. Spacing between trees should be at least 15 feet for small trees, 25 feet for medium trees and 35 feet for large trees, unless an exception is approved by the city.
Branches overhanging traffic areas should have a clearance of 13 feet above the street and eight feet above the sidewalk. Trees in an unsafe condition or that are by nature injurious to utility improvements may be ordered removed. For more information, call Park Rapids City Hall at 732-3163 or DNR Forestry at 732-3309.
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According to the city’s tree manual, trees planted in Park Rapids should meet U.S. Department of Agriculture hardiness guidelines. The Park Rapids area has a hardiness rating of 3, meaning trees should be able to withstand low temperatures between -30 and -40 degrees. Recommended small trees, standing less than 20 feet high when fully grown, include varieties of serviceberry, crabapple, plum or cherry and Japanese tree lilac. However, the manual advises against planting fruit-bearing trees along streets and sidewalks. For medium-sized trees (20 to 40 feet high when mature), the manual suggests American hophornbeam, Ohio buckeye, alder, toba or snowberry hawthorn and Prairie Gem pear. Listed large species, which grow to more than 40 feet in height, include red maple, sugar maple, common hackberry, black ash, green ash, bur oak, red oak, American linden, littleleaf linden, American elm, hybrid elm and honey locust. “Anything hybrid works great,” Pazdernik said, suggesting that homeowners ask tree experts at a nursery about the latest hybrids.. Brad Witkin with the
Trees not recommended by the manual due to their poor success rate in Park Rapids include silver maple, boxelder, sumac, willow, cottonwood, sweet birch, river birch and paper birch. Pazdernik said trees on the “not recommended” list tend to be fast-growing, short-lived and lack a strong structural system, making them susceptible to storm damage. In addition, she noted that some of them have specific soil requirements, attract pests, produce mess and debris, bear “mean” thorns or are generally “high-maintenance” trees. She also hinted that an evergreen species to avoid may be the “Fat Albert” Colorado spruce because it is not native to the area. Witkin agreed that tree species that are not native to Minnesota should be avoided. “If you get trees whose genetics are from Colorado or wherever, they may be used to a longer or shorter growing season,” he said. “They end up, many times, being stressed because they’re not used to our growing conditions, and then they’re more susceptible to insects and diseases.” Witkin said the DNR also discourages planting ash trees “because of the insect that’s moving its way across the country, the emerald ash borer.”
What not to plant
The manual prohibits planting all varieties of conifer near a street or sidewalk. Also to be avoided in Park Rapids are invasive, non-native trees, including common or European buckthorn, glossy or alder buckthorn, Amur maple, Norway maple, Japanese barberry, Russian olive and Siberian elm.
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Fall Home Improvement Rehabbing a piece of history Guest-room-sized cabin once housed homestead family By Robin Fish rfish@parkrapidsenterprise. com “Don’t worry. I’m not taking you out into the woods to kill you,” said local realtor Justin Clack. “This is just the end of the road.” Clack was about to give a tour of the 126-year-old cabin he had moved from a century farm in Wadena County and rehabbed as a guesthouse on his secluded property in Straight River Township. “We’ve got about 36 acres here,” he said. “There are no neighbors. This is what we like, at the end of the road, all the privacy in the world.” The road curves past a farmer’s field and enters a wood that extends almost to the Wadena County line. Tucked in a clearing near the east end of Justin and Shari Clack’s property is the 2,600 square-foot log home they designed and built with contractor Roy Schwartz of Menahga. Across the yard is a tiny, one-room cabin built from the surviving logs of the original farmhouse built in 1892 by one of northern Wadena County’s earliest homesteaders. “It was falling apart,” said Justin. “I had been driving by it for 20 years, and I kept seeing it getting worse and worse as time went on. I always thought I should call the person who owned it and
Finishing touches are nearly complete on a historic log cabin that Justin and Shari Clack moved from northern Wadena County to their property in Straight River Township. (Robin Fish/Enterprise) ask them if they wanted to sell it, so I could save it. One day, I did.” In 2016, Clack approached Harlin and Judy Maaninga of Menah-
ga, descendants of Finn- land approximately five ish immigrants Lars and miles south of Hubbard. Maria Pulju. Their grand“There is still a barn out children are among the there that is built from seventh generation of the CABIN: Page D2 family still farming the
Justin and Shari Clack continue to add decorative touches to the restored cabin, which will likely serve as an extra guest bedroom near their modern three-bedroom log home. (Robin Fish/Enterprise)
Woodcarving is tribute to Lake Belle Taine couple’s Nordic ancestry By Shannon Geisen The dragon head was inspired by a serving sgeisen@parkrapidsenterprise.com bowl owned by the Haalands that looks like a Viking longship. When Carlyle and Mary Haaland of Nevis “I copied the dragon, though not exactly,” realized they had to remove four Norway pines Anderson said. from their yard, they decided to save one for a During the Viking Age, from roughly 800 A.D. unique purpose: to honor their Nordic heritage. to 1066, dragon heads often protruded from the For that, they commissioned local woodcarvbow of Viking sea vessels. er Glenn Anderson, who is known for crafting “The intent, apparently, was to banish from ornate kubbestols, a traditional Scandinavian the ship’s path any forces that were threatenchair made from a log. ing to their voyage,” Carlyle explained. The Haalands asked Anderson to create someThe Haalands collaborated with Anderson to thing he had never done before – an eight-foot conceive the final design. They used “Norwework of art bearing four distinctive, Nordic-ingian Wood: A Tradition of Building” by Jerri spired panels and topped with an imposing, Holan as a reference. 30-inch dragon head. “Getting the designs correct and making sure “They are all modeled on something in they fit on the panel” were a challenge, AnderNorway,” Carlyle explained. “They represent son said. architectural form that reached back before First, he stripped the bark from the red pine the Middle Ages and became common in many last fall, then let it dry over the winter. buildings in rural areas.” With historic photographs as a guide, AnderCarlyle is half Swedish, half Norwegian, while son drew the design on a large scale, then Mary is mostly Norwegian. sketched it freehand onto the log. “We thought, at first, we’d do a typical Working five or six hours a day, it took Northwoods carving. Our daughter said, ‘If you approximately one month for Anderson to do that, well, when you die I’ll cut it out,’” Carcomplete the carvings. He could carve about lyle recalled, chuckling. “So I said, ‘What about three feet each day. a Nordic carving?’ She said, ‘All right.’” “It was a challenge, but once I got going it The decorative pole largely celebrates Mary’s was pleasant,” he said. paternal grandparents who, like many of Min“It was amazing how he worked. The whole nesota’s early settlers, hailed from the Numedneighborhood came and watched him,” Carlyle al region of Norway, Carlyle said. Numedal is said. a valley and a traditional district in eastern Red pine is a little harder to carve than Norway. basswood, Anderson noted. Power tools were The ornamental carving “is also a tribute to required, but “you always finish with a hand the many Norwegian immigrants who helped to chisel,” he added. develop the state, whether they worked the land The panels are clearly separated by grooves, or logged the forests of northern Minnesota,” which should prevent the carvings from splithe said. ting due to temperature changes, Anderson Mary’s grandparents homesteaded in rural explained. “It’s been sealed several times,” he Sacred Heart, Minn., located in the west-censaid. tral part of the state. To prevent moisture from soaking in, AnderThe back panel, while “very plain,” is very son used treated material as a cap. typical of corner posts on Norway’s historic The ornamental carving stands before what buildings, Carlyle said. “This particular carving would be called a “stua” in Norway – a garage Carlyle and Mary Haaland, at left, commissioned local woodcarver is modeled on one from a storehouse in the with a loft. Glenn Anderson to create 8-foot, Nordic-inspired panels for their Telemark area.” “A stua is basically a two-story storehouse, The other three panels are based on carvings Lake Belle Taine home. Anderson is joined by his wife, Audrey. The which in the summertime could be used for in the Numedal area. One was “influenced by a two couples are friends. (Photos by Shannon Geisen/Enterprise) guests to sleep,” Carlyle said. carving surrounding the door of a storehouse in The Haalands designed their “stua” based The acanthus leaf motif dominates the central panel. Rollag, Numedal,” Carlyle said. on a lodge in Lutsen. “We tried to make this thing as The center panel mimics a carving on one of the The vine-like decoration originated in the Mediterraoldest buildings in Norway. Originally built in Uvdal, nean but took a stronghold in Norway and became part Nordic as possible,” he said. They selected natural tones for their stua’s exteriNumedal, the building is now exhibited in the Norsk of its folk art identity. or, in order to blend in with northern Minnesota lake Another panel was shaped after carving on a storeFolkemuseum (Norwegian Museum of Cultural History) in Oslo. Mary’s paternal grandmother came from house door in Nore, Numedal, where Mary’s paternal NORDIC: Page D8 grandfather was born. this locale, he noted.
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Before its restoration, the cabin stood on the Harlin and Judy Maaninga farm, five miles south of Hubbard, where it was built in the 1870s by Harlin’s great-greatgrandfather Lars Pulju, one of the first homesteaders in northern Wadena County. (Submitted photo)
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logs, too,” said Clack. “But they sold me the house because it had been deteriorating. The top floor had completely rotted off, and the roof was gone, so all that stood was the four walls. There was one corner at the back that had rotted, too.”
Putting it together
Rebuilding the cabin was not quite as simple as stacking the logs in their original order. Many of the notches at the corners, where the logs fit together, needed to be recut to remove rotten wood. This shortened the logs a bit, leaving larger openings for the door and windows. “We augered 12 holes, 72 inches deep, and filled them with concrete for footings,” Clack added. “We built the floor about three feet above the ground and used five-by-six green-treated timbers as pillars. I built it up high enough to where, if anybody ever wanted to move it, a flatbed trailer could be put underneath it and it would be easy to move.” This was done partly to replace the bottom row of logs all the way around the cabin, which had rotted away. “It just sat in the dirt,” he said. “I think it may have had a dirt floor in it all this time.”
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Artifacts of farming, mining and hunting are among the vintage items decorating the cabin’s front porch. (Robin Fish/ Enterprise) For the new flooring, Clack bought 15 tamarack logs from Jon Cordahl of Dorset and had them milled into boards with tongue-and-groove joints and kilndried by Roger Wilson of Ponsford. “Tamarack is a really rot-resistant wood,” said Clack. “It’s a swamp tree. They grow in lowland.” The flooring is a good fit for the cabin, which was also made of tamarack wood, harvested from the land it was originally built on. “So, they took all of those out of a swamp,” Clack said. “They’re probably one of the best logs to use for a log cabin from what everybody has told me. Just the job of hewing all those logs out of a round log, and then getting them in that rectangular shape with an axe and an adze – it’s just amazing how much work that would take. To get those straight enough to be able to stack them, and get the corners right, it’s just a huge task. Pioneers were hard workers, for sure.” He knows exactly how much work it was. “It took me about two months from the time I started working on the logs to where I had the walls all stacked, to where it was ready to have a roof put on,” said Clack. He described a process that often required him to lift a log, one end at a time, try to fit it in place, then take it
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The original residents of the Clacks’ cabins stand outside the structure as it originally appeared, with Finnish-style vertical wood siding and an added vestibule. Lars Pulju (then spelled Bulju) and his wife Maria (nee Ruona) came to America in 1885 and built the house in 1892. With them is Lars’s nephew, whom he adopted when the boy’s parents died in Finland. Their small homestead farm eventually grew to more than 1,000 acres and was recognized as a century farm at the 1992 Wadena County Fair. Currently owned by the Maaninga family of Menahga, the land is being farmed by a seventh-generation family member. (Submitted photo) 001477539r1
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Justin and his son, Aaron, went out to the Maaninga farm and tagged the logs. Then Shari and Justin stripped off the lath and plaster lining the inside walls of the cabin. “In the early 1900s, logs were kind of out of favor,” said Justin. “Many structures were plastered over to hide them. We took out thousands of nails. It took a long time to rip all that stuff out.” Once that was done, the Clacks scraped away the daubing and chinking from the gaps between the logs – a mortar-like sealant that traditionally contained clay, sand, lime, mud, ash and, in the Pulju cabin’s case, animal hair and other debris. “Then we were able to start disassembling it,” said Clack. “We took it down one log at a time and moved it over to where our house is.” The Maaninga family asked to keep one log that had the name LARS BULJU carved on it. (Pulju was spelled with a “B” at that time.) “They said that he had done that when he built it,” said Clack. “So, they kept it for a fireplace mantel. I made a new log to match that one, and we did an onion paper etching. So, we’re going to carve that into the log. It will probably be the last thing we do.”
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down again to adjust the corner notch before lifting it up again.
Built like a tank
“After the structure was re-stacked, Bob Fletcher and Sons built a timber-framed roof system on the cabin with long overhangs,” Clack said, noting that the roof turned out fancier than he initially planned. “I was going to put regular rafters on it,” he said, “and then we ended up doing this timber frame. It was a huge project. We had a crane come in and do that top beam because it’s about 18 inches tall and weighed several thousand pounds.” The gable ends at the front and back of the cabin were sided with ship lath. Acknowledging that the timber frame is “built like a tank,” and with wide overhangs protecting those weathered old tamarack logs from the elements, Clack said, “It should last for 200 more years without any problems.” Replacing the section where the logs had rotted away at the back of the cabin is a newly constructed fireplace corner, with cedar siding on the outside and a wood-burning stove on the inside. Lining the walls behind the stove are pieces of slate stone that were individually cut by Craig Glessing from 12-by-20 sheets. Clack said, “I bet you it took me a month and a half just to do all the chinking between the logs. It doesn’t seem like it would take that long. But you use these huge caulking guns, and you go along, there’s foam in behind there, and you put it in there and you have to get it all spread in those joints. It’s a major rigmarole.”
Most of the decor in the cabin has a vintage look, except the futon and the electric lighting. The table was made with wood from the original cabin’s window trim. The Clacks are having a stained glass window made for the opening below the bearskin, originally an outlet for the old stove. The opening next to the woodpile will be fitted with a door to load firewood from outdoors. (Robin Fish/Enterprise) The Clacks replaced a corner of the original structure where the logs had rotted with a wood-burning stove with a slate stone corner. (Robin Fish/ Enterprise)
added. The lightly built steps alongside the porch are temporary. Clack is currently cutting timbers for a much more substantial flight of front steps. He also plans to add a door for the entrance to a crawl-space under the cabin, another for a hatchway at the back of the cabin for passing firewood through to the stove, and a stained-glass Finishing touches Though the house does not have run- window for the hole high on the back ning water, it is wired for electricity and wall where the cabin’s original stovepipe has overhead lights. Modern doors and went out. Meantime, Clack wants to leave the windows finished the structure. “We took some of the original window roof timbers, replacement logs, flooring trim and made some tables from it,” said and cedar siding untreated. He noted Clack. “We’re trying to sort of decorate it that even the cabin’s original logs are with all really old stuff. There’s a futon browner on the inside than on the outin there, which of course is newer, but side, due to being covered up by lath and most of the decorations are old stuff.” Some finishing touches remain to be CABIN: Page D5
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“Mammoth Yellow Quill” is an excellent cultivar for northern perennial gardens. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service
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“Mammoth Lavender” belongs to a mum series developed by the University of Minnesota with increased vigor and improved hardiness. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service
Mum’s the word: Fall favorite can be perennial, even up here
Potted moms sold in fall are meant to be seasonal decorations and aren’t usually the varieties recommended for northern perennial gardens. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service truly perennials, but we must choose wisely, selecting varieties that bloom within our length of season and are winter-hardy for zones 3 and 4. Most potted mums sold for temporary seasonal decoration aren’t varieties meant to be winter-hardy in our perennial gardens. Sometimes they’ll survive if planted, often they don’t.
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Mums have long been the queen of fall-blooming perennials. A North Dakota State University (then Agricultural College)
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growing season, according to the university. The program has since released 76 mum cultivars for planting in Hardiness Zones 3 and 4, although some have become unavailable heirlooms. In 1977, Minnesota researchers discovered the genetic “cushion” habit of mums, having dome shapes with flowers completely covering the outside plant surface, instead of blooms only at the tops of upright plants, like previous types. The cushion habit quickly became the world’s standard for mum growth, as the University of Minnesota released the “Minn” series of cushion mums including Minnautumn, Minnyellow, Minnruby and others that remain good perennial garden choices even today. In 1990, university breeders inspecting fields of seedlings observed some with unprecedented size, vigor and increased winter hardiness, which became the Mammoth Mum series. Their habit is termed “shrub cushion” and the plants can eventually become a flowering dome-shape, 3 to 4 feet high and wide. There are six steps to achieving the most perennial mum success: 1. Choose varieties bred for our zones 3 and 4, such as the Minnesota cultivars.
2. Plant in spring from starter plants purchased from garden centers. Mums survive best if given the entire growing season to establish before winter. 3. Locate in full sun in a spot that typically receives plentiful winter snow cover. Avoid open, windswept areas. 4. Fertilize generously in spring and early summer, but stop by July 4 to allow plants to toughen before fall. 5. Leave tops intact over winter, which has repeatedly been shown vital for mum winter survival. Prune off tops in early spring as new growth emerges from soil. 6. Cover with 12 inches of straw or wood product mulch in Novem-
ber after soil freezes. Wet leaves or grass clippings can become too soggy, smothering mums. Mum roots are shallow and easily damaged by alternate freezing and thawing of soil, but mulch applied after the soil freezes keeps roots comfortably and consistently frozen until mulch removal in early April. For a complete list of adapted mum cultivars introduced by UMN, including the “Minn” and “Mammoth” series, visit https://mnhardy. umn.edu/varieties/flowers/chrysanthemums and click on each of the four growth habit categories near the bottom. Don Kinzler, a lifelong gardener, worked as an NDSU Extension horticulturist and owned Kinzler’s Greenhouse in Fargo. Readers can reach him at forumgrowingtogether@hotmail.com.
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By Don Kinzler Forum News Service What’s the best part about the spritely colored potted mums sold in late summer at every national chain, hardware store and garden center? Yes, they beautify front steps and porches cheerfully, but they also keep Halloween decorations at bay for a few weeks, so jack-o’-lanterns and black cat decor don’t appear in early September, which rushes the season a bit. Potted mums, short for chrysanthemums, extend our flowering season, and many are still blooming when our first snowfall arrives, as most mums tolerate a little frost. Potted mums sold in late summer are usually considered non-permanent seasonal decorations to be left in their pots, or planted in the landscape for temporary instant color. Potted chrysanthemums are heavy drinkers and might require daily watering, or at least daily monitoring. If mums are allowed to wilt when in full bud or bloom, flowering is quickly diminished. Wouldn’t it be nice if mums, with their brilliant fall color, could be planted in our perennial flower beds and grow year after year, instead of just in seasonal pots? Well, they can. Chrysanthemums are
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plaster for so many years. Now that the plaster dust has been scraped away, he expects it all to weather to a consistent look. “In two or three years, the whole thing should look old and gray,” he said. “That’s the plan, anyway. You see how that fascia board is starting to turn gray? That was brand new wood last year. So, it should eventually all gray in.”
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Ship lath at the gable-ends and new cedar siding, replacing a corner of the original cabin that had deteriorated beyond repair, were left untreated so that they will weather to the same gray as the original logs. Adding a crawlspace door below the window is one of the last remaining things to do in the restoration project. (Robin Fish/Enterprise)
The high ceiling, wood stove join with the weathered wall timbers and the mostly antique decor to create a cozy, warm, peaceful atmosphere, with plenty of light coming in through the windows on both side walls. “It’s nice and quiet inside there,” said Clack. “Even when it’s raining. There’s insulation up in that roof, sandwiched in there. When it’s raining, you can barely hear it.”
Saturday, September 29, 2018 D5 Acknowledging that the cabin is essentially an extra bedroom alongside his three-bedroom, twobath log home, Clack said, “We’ve had people suggest that we rent it out, but I’m not interested in doing that. I’d just rather let friends and family stay, if they want to stay in there.” He is not alone in his satisfaction with the cabin’s rehabilitation. “I’ve
always seen this sitting there and thought, ‘Somebody ought to preserve that,’” he said. “So, it was nice to be able to get it from that family. They’ve come over and seen it a couple of times, and they’re pretty impressed with it. They’re happy that it was saved.” The cabin’s new look is more rustic than Lars Pulju’s
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We do flatwork. We mix our own concrete. You save money! We mix our own concrete. You money! We mix our own concrete. You save save money! Pole Buildings • Garages • Aprons • Sidewalks
CONSTRUCTION, INC. PO BOX 73 NEVIS, MN 56467
NEW HOMES • ADDITIONS REMODELING POLE BARNS • METAL STORAGE SHEDS CONCRETE • MASONRY
BRENT LINDOW (218)255-5394 MATT LINDOW (218)255-0870 License #6956
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• General Contractor • New Construction • Remodeling
Bruce Beckley
Construction
G artner-Johnson Since 1992
Construction & Design
Master Craftsman • General Contractor
603 Central Avenue North, Park Rapids, MN 56470
LIC#113291 • Akeley, MN
bernieg@unitelc.com www.gartnerjohnson.com
218-252-2794
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218-732-4932
Lic. #BC001898
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
Quality Craftsmanship For All Your Building Needs Free Estimates • Insured • Licensed Eric Munson • Owner-Contractor • License #BC707083
218-237-2425 www.emconincmn.com
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Residential-Commercial Custom Homes • Additions Water Damage Repair Remodels • Garages • Decks Cabin Renovations
Contractors CONTRACTORS
(218) 224-2203 • Cell: (218) 252-0686 www.actioncontractingwalkermn.com
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LEVI HOLSAPPLE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
MN. LIC# 716054
INSURED
License #BC20639514
5764 COUNTY RD 83 NW • AKELEY, MN 56433
LOREN HED
(218) 652-2590 (218) 820-4991 (218) 652-0590
218-732-8073
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LARRY MAY - GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Cell: 218-255-2114
CELL
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DRYER VENT CLEANING ELECTRICAL
JASON’S DRYER VENT CLEANING
Hansen’s Electric
AVENSON ELECTRIC
$ 9 FOR 8 YOU CAN PREVENT YOUR 15,000 Dryer fires each year.
LICENSED, BONDED & INSURED MN LIC#EA006419
Residential•Commercial•Farm
218-732-3818
218-252-9350
HOME FROM BECOMING ONE OF THESE STATISTICS!
LANCE HANSEN 218-255-0293
RANDY AVENSON
lancehansen@live.com •New Construction•Remodel •Bucket Truck•Trenching Services •Steffes Heating Systems
Licensed • Bonded & Insured MN Lic. EA700072
randyavenson@msn.com www.parkrapidselectric.com
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JASON DOLL jason.doll@hotmail.com • 218-255-7672
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ELECTRICAL
EXCAVATING • Septic Installation • Excavation • Sitework • Design • City Sewer & Water Tie-In
Electrical Contractor Residential - Commercial
Remodels Electrical Design Service Work Outdoor Lighting Cabin Checks Freeze Alarm Installations & Monitoring
(218) 255-2600
(218) 732-3340 (218) 252-3340
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We also offer services unique to lake home owners
Serving Park Rapids Lakes Area and Central MN
••SEPTIC SEPTIC SEWER ••SEPTIC • SEWER • SEWER • SEWER • WATER • WATER WATER ••WATER LOT ••LOT LOT ••LOT CLEARING CLEARING CLEARING CLEARING
Fully Licensed, Bonded & Fully Licensed, Bonded & Insured Insured Fully Licensed, Bonded & Fully Licensed, Bonded &Insured Insured Site Evaluation & Design Site Evaluation & Design Site Evaluation & Design
Site Evaluation & Design
Dave Dave Dave (218) 732-8889 (218) 732-8889 Dave (218) 732-8889
• Building Sites • Basements • Roads • Dozer Work • Septic Systems • City Water & Sewer
Septic Pumping, Septic Systems, Steam Frozen Sewer Lines, Basements, Roads, Gravel, Black Dirt, Backhoe & Bobcat, Building Demolition, Sewer Line Camera Inspections
Office: 218-573-3452
Cell Cell Cell
Cell 57125 CTY. HWY. 40, MENAHGA 57125 CTY. HWY. 40, MENAHGA (218) 732-8889 255-1215 57125 CTY. HWY. 40,(218) MENAHGA (218) 255-1215 (218) 255-1215 (218) 255-1215
57125 CTY. HWY. 40, MENAHGA
Racer Construction, Inc. Jody Yliniemi- owner
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Estimates Estimates Estimates Estimates
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Jody’s Cell: 218-252-2120 Josh’s Cell: 218-252-2003
26299 Eagle Bay Ave., Osage, MN 56570
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THELEN’S EXCAVATING INC.
Licensed, Bonded & Insured
Travel” • SEPTIC Will Travel” WillWill Travel”
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GARAGE DOOR
Licensed, Insured & Bonded
218-255-2653
rapidscabinservice@gmail.com www.rapidscabinservice.com
EXCAVATING Tractor “Have“Have Tractor “Have Tractor
Andrew Burton
732-0015 • thelensexcavating@gmail.com www.thelensexcavating.com
GLASS
OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
When you think garage doors, think Warner! Residential • Commercial Farm
VISIT OUR SHOWROOM AT
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Sales • Service • Installation Parts & Repairs for All Models
1008 Park Ave. South, Park Rapids • 218-237-7180
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Rapids Cabin Service, LLC
“Have Tractor
613 Central Avenue N Park Rapids, MN 56470 www.hansenselectric.com
• Insulated unit replacement • Mirrors • Windows • Table tops • Screen repair • Glass ~ Clear, Colored, Patterned • Shower Doors ~ Heavy Glass & Framed • Commercial Store Fronts, Doors, Windows ~ Exterior & Interior • Commercial Door Closers
Call for an appointment (218) 732-8417 Craig Rittgers Park Rapids, MN www.craigsglass.com
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• Auto Glass Repair & Replacement • Commercial Doors & Storefronts • Insulated Unites • Shower Glass • Fireplace Glass • Patio Door Glass • Screens • Custom Mirrors • Specialty Glass• Heavy Equipment Glass & MORE!
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•KITCHEN SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS •CLEAN AGENT SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS •FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS •FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
We can help you bring your vision to life!
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RESIDENTIAL - COMMERCIAL Wood - Carpet - Tile - Vinyl And More!
TOLL FREE 866-829-5969 •FAX 218-824-2322
• HOME • AUTO • COMMERCIAL • SAFES • KEYS BY CODE
Josh Sindt
(218) 443-2175 ● Brainerd ● Bemidji ● Moorhead ● Park Rapids
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(218) 224-2252 • (218) 556-4064 • Toll Free (877) 260-4064
www.northwoodsspecialties.com
32915 MEADOW VIEW DR. LAPORTE, MN 56484
LOG HOME RESTORATION MASONRY LOG HOME RESTORATION & DECKS
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BURLINGAME
• Old-Fashioned Authentic Chinking • Hand Tooled • Weatherized Tight Seal
MASONRY
RESTORING STAINING POWER WASHING
NORTHERN SIDE OF CLASS
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PLUMBING & HEATING
Thank You to my Customers For 2018
Booking for 2019
Terry Burlingame 732-7590 • 218-255-3603
~ 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE & CRAFTSMANSHIP ~
218-751-6210
FREE ESTIMATES
Stonework, Fireplaces, Block & Brick Laying
Preserve & Restore Your Log Home or Wood Finishing
Cosmetically Appealing!
PAINTING
COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL • REMODELING
24-Hour Emergency Service Licensed, Bonded & Insured Joe & Heather Samuelson, Owners
Residential & Commercial Sales, Installation & Service
License #PC644589 EPA #0271657197100
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218-237-WARM (9276) • 218-564-4708 Fax: 218-237-9277 • Email: samlan@arvig.net 1602 Commerce Ave., Park Rapids
218-732-0026 WWW.ULVINPLUMBING.COM
Tim Ulvin
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Cabin Opening and Closing
License# PM63832 Licensed, Bonded, Insured
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ROOFING
STORAGE
Integrity Roofing, LLC Honesty & Quality Second to None!
Contact us for all of your construction needs! FREE ESTIMATES • INSURED
JUSTIN MEIER
Park Rapids
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TRASH REMOVAL
Dorset Storage Center
KOUNTRY TILE & STONE
For ALL Your Storage Needs
“Tile Is Forever!” BOB JOHNSON We Install•Ceramic Tile•Slate•Marble•Limestone• Granite, etc.
Boat, Bulk & Self Storage
20582 County 7 • Park Rapids, MN 56470 Phone: 218-732-5108 dorsetstoragecenter.com store@dorsetstoragecenter.com
Professional Service • Commercial/Residential – Insured Setting Tile for Over 30 years
218-255-2882
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TILE
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WATER PERSONIFICATION WINDOW TREATMENT The Best Purification For Your Business Why Choose PureWater Technology Of The North? We call it refreshment made easy. The water is filtered and fresh every time, while the machine eliminates the hassle of removing and replacing jugs.
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Park Rapids, Detroit Lakes & Surrounding Areas
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218-844-7052
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Prepare your home now for the winter heating season heating system: ► Change your furnace filter regularly. Check your filter every month, especially during times of heavy use. If the filter looks dirty after a month, change it. At a minimum, change the filter every three months. A dirty filter will slow down air flow and make the system work harder, wasting energy. ► Tune up your heating equipment yearly. Just as a tune-up for your car can improve gas mileage, an annual tune-up of your heating system can improve efficiency and comfort. Schedule a tuneup now before the peak heating season arrives. ► Install a programmable or smart thermo-
stat. Both thermostats are helpful for people who are regularly away from home during the week or for long periods of time. They allow users to change the temperature of the home based on the time of day and whether they are at home or asleep. ► Seal your heating and cooling ducts. Ducts that move air to and from a forced air furnace, central air conditioner, or heat pump are often big energy wasters. Sealing and insulating ducts can improve the efficiency of your heating and cooling system by 20 percent or more. ► Consider installing Energy Star-qualified equipment. If your heating
system is not performing efficiently or is old and needs upgrading, have it evaluated by an HVAC contractor and consider replacing it with a unit that has earned the Energy Star label. It is better to plan ahead to replace an old furnace or boiler instead of waiting for it to fail in mid-winter. For more information, see Energy Star’s “Guide to Energy Efficient Heating & Cooling.” Also, check out the Home Heating and Home Cooling sections of the Home Energy Guide, a Minnesota Commerce Department publication.
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Now is the time to make sure your home heating system is working properly – before cold weather starts to hit and heating technicians are all booked up with work. Energy Star, the official program that certifies energy-efficient products and practices, says dirt and neglect are the top causes of heating system inefficiency and failure. Furnaces and boilers, the two most common ways to heat homes, should be inspected and adjusted on an annual basis. The Minnesota Commerce Department and Energy Star offer these tips to prepare for winter by ensuring the efficiency and safety of your home
Congratulations to Dr. David & Amy on your home!
Open by Appointment call 218.732.9782 16 Miles North of Park Rapids on Hwy. 71
The dragon’s head, mounted at the top, is based upon a Viking longship. Dragons were thought to protect the marine vessel and so graced the prow.
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Store is closed for season. Irrigation shut down time.
Each of the four panels is unique and represent a region of Norway important to Mary Haaland’s paternal grandparents.
NORDIC
“As a summertime person, since my grandfather bought it in ‘41. I think I’ve From Page D1 been here every summer since, except once I was in the Army,” Carlyle said. Gazing at the Nordic totem, Carlyle country. said, “That should stand there for a “If you look closely at a Norway pine, you’ll find dark red and light gray,” he number of years. I’ll keep treating it; make sure it’s in good shape. Glenn did said. The Haalands have lived on Lake Belle good work here.” “I enjoy doing it. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t Taine for about 20 years as permanent do it,” Anderson said. residents.
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“It was just a shame to see it just falling apart,” he said. “Another few years From Page D5 out there, there would have been nothing left of it. But it was a much bigger project original farmhouse, which (according to than I ever thought it was going to be. It a Maaninga family photo) was sided in took my free time for about two years, the Finnish style of the day, with wood- working on it evenings and weekends.” en boards running vertically. But it’s He added, “Yeah, it turned out way a great improvement on the decaying better than I ever thought it would, sitwreck Clack used to drive by every day. ting out there.”
Call us today!
Eric Munson • Owner-Contractor • License #BC707083
218-237-2425 www.emconincmn.com
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Spirit Lake Lumber Bring us your building plans and we’ll give you a free estimate! Service only a small town lumber yard can deliver. Quality materials, an experienced staff and outstanding service are what you can expect. Ask about FREE delivery!
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