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Rock Creek man killed in crash BY MIKE GAINOR EDITOR@PINECITYMN.COM
A Rock Creek man was killed this past weekend when his motorcycle crashed off of Henriette Road west of Pine City. Clay Drevecky, 42, was last seen leaving the town of Henriette after midnight on Oct. 21, and told friends he was heading home to Rock Creek. He never arrived. The Pine County Sheriff’s Office reports that on Oct. 21 at 12:51 p.m. a deputy took a report from Drevecky’s family, who in-
formed them that he had been on his motorcycle, had not arrived home the previous night and now – nearly 12 hours later – had missed a family event. Pine County deputies and family members drove the route from Rock Creek to Henriette, but they were not able to locate Drevecky. Friends and family of Drevecky also began to comb the various roads and side roads Drevecky might have taken on his way home from Henriette. SEE CRASH, PAGE 14
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Cross-country teams take tops in Great River The Pine City Dragons cross-country teams both came out victorious last week during the Great River Conference meet on Oct. 17. Top row (l-r): Noah Miller, Austin Eckert, Jake Adams, Remington Steele, Tommy Ryan, Nate Webster and TJ Rank. Bottom (l-r): Lily Wilson, Alexis Thieman, Marin Foss, Ashli Webster, Grace Grubbs, Grace Langmade and Alaina Steele. See full story on P11.
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Deputies, firefighters and EMS responded to the site of the crash along Henriette Road on Oct. 22.
‘I wanted those people to have hope’ Seeking solutions to mental illness issues in Pine County BY AILENE CROUP NEWS@PINECITYMN.COM
Words like stigma, statistics like one in four adults has a mental illness and quotes like “Don’t let your struggle become your identity” (National Alliance on Mental Illness) were the backdrop of last week’s Community Mental Health Forum. Speakers from several of the area’s mental health providers showcased their services at the
forum held at Grand Casino Hinckley. Todd Kuikka and Keith Hopkins drove the message home that the taboo topic and stigma attached to anyone diagnosed with mental illness needs to be re-thought. “Just ask. Just get help,” Hopkins said. A 20-year veteran EMS, ambulance and fire service, Hopkins recently revealed the struggle and “darkness” that descended on him after he answered an emergency medical services (EMS) call to a pedestrian/train accident. His experience was the one that triggered his mind and body to shut
down. He was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Kuikka also suffers from PTSD. “I felt alone once that diagnosis was slapped on me,” he said. A 14-year military veteran, Kuikka was medically retired from the military after being wounded twice. He was an explosives ordinance – bomb squad – team leader and worked for the State Department Secret Service. He spent the last five years of duty bouncing between Iraq and Afghanistan. He was not happy about being forced to retire. “Military personnel identify
by their service and the job they do,” he said. “I wasn’t comfortable in the real world.” He had difficulty sleeping and was afraid to sleep “for fear of what I’d see in my sleep.” His wife Erika became his caregiver. She said her role as caregiver requires her being aware of PTSD triggers and sleeping issues. The couple has two girls ages 17 and 4. Finding a way to explain Todd’s reactions and illness are another part of her duties as a mom. Erika recommended a book about the military titled “Why SEE HOPE, PAGE 14
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Visitors unravel electrifying ‘Mystery at the Fur Post’ BY AMY DOEUN NEWS@PINECITYMN.COM
On Friday, Oct. 13 and Saturday, Oct. 14 the night was filled with the glow and smoke of many campfires at the North West Company Fur Post. Light from glass lanterns twinkled in the woods as history and mystery buffs searched for clues to a mystery from the past. For the past 10 years the North West Company Fur Post has hosted a “Mystery at the Fur Post” during the month of October. Emily Randa, a program manager at the Fur Post, has used a variety of themes from the past as inspiration for the event that has become a family tradition for many people. Past themes include Salem witches, Nancy Drew and a Voyageur fur trade mystery. This year the theme was based on the inventors Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla, and imagined them coming to Pine City to demonstrate their latest creations. The cast of characters included Edison, Tibby, an assistant to Tesla, Dolly, who was in love with Tesla, Fred, Tesla’s sister, Darcy, a financial back for Tesla, George, an assistant of Tesla and more.
These characters were stationed through the Fur Post grounds. After a brief introduction in which would-be mystery sleuths were told, “These industrious and ingenious men of our time [are here]. You are part of their journey. They will be teaching you about their successes, you can learn from their failures ... history is living, active and continues to inspire ... it paved the way.” But the theme of the evening seemed to be not only the men’s contributions to our lives through their various inventions, but the human aspect of history that can also often get messy. The actors were superb in the parts they played, especially when you considered that they did not have any set script, but rather a persona and an idea of what happened. They then interacted with the community, answering questions without giving away too much. Puzzles, riddles, codes and dead bodies (actors) all found their way into the evening. After two hours of visiting and searching and questioning, the big reveal brought it all to light. The complex story finally came out, leaving the audience anticipating next year.
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Young actors brought excitement and enthusiasm to their parts as they performed at the latest “Mystery at the Fur Post.”
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Local 4-Hers ride for State Fair ribbons Four 4-H youth from Pine County participated in the Minnesota 4-H State Horse show in September. This year, 683 youth from across the state participated in the annual event at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. The following youth were members of the Pine County delegation: Kacie Tchida, Skye Oquist, Doreena Phillips and Paige Wimmer. Kacie Tchida (above) competed in the assisted horse classes and placed 1st in both of her events. Skye Oquist competed in poles and the key race. In poles, she finished third and in the key race she finished 6th. Paige Wimmer (left) competed in jumping and placed 7th in her class. Doreena Phillips created a horse related exhibit and finished 4th in her class. To learn more about Minnesota 4-H Horse Project, contact 4-H Program Coordinator Heidi Vanderloop at 800-657-3813 and visit the website, https://z.umn.edu/4Hhorse. PHOTO PROVIDED
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A 55+ driver improvement course (refresher course) will take place on Thursday, Oct. 26 from 5 to 9 p.m., at Pine City Elementary School. Preregistration is required. For information or to register call 888-234-1294 or visit www.mnsafetycenter.org.
There will be Halloween turkey bingo at the Pine City VFW Hall on Saturday, Oct. 28 at 2 p.m., open to players of all ages. Proceeds benefit the VFW education scholarship and Pine City Cub Scouts.
Growing in Grace Chili Feed Zion Lutheran Church’s Chili Feed will be held Saturday, Oct. 28, 5 - 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the door, 410 Main St. S., Pine City. Proceeds go to Growing in Grace Preschool. For cost or other questions, call 320-629-3683.
Rep. Nolan mobile offices Members of U.S. Congressman Rick Nolan’s (MN-8) staff will be available to meet with constituents during a “Congress Comes to You” meeting on Thursday, Oct. 26 at the Pine City Senior Dining Site at 11 a.m., as well as at the Pine County Courthouse from 4 to 5 p.m. For additional dates/locations visit http://nolan.house.gov/congress-comesto-you-schedule.
ets are available in advance at the Legion or from S.A.L. members. Kids ages 5 and under eat free.
Medicare open enrollment counseling Medicare Open Enrollment began Oct. 15 and will end on Dec. 7. Senior LinkAge Line staff will be available to provide insurance counseling at Hinckley High School, 210 Main St., Hinckley on Thursday, Oct. 26, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. For additional dates, times or locations, or to schedule an appointment, call the Senior Linkage Line at 1-800-333-2433 or email amy. tvedt@cmcoa.org.
Shivery Stories, Monstrous Fun at the Rush City Public Library The Rush City Public Library welcomes kids ages 6-10 to the next Super Saturdays event, themed Shivery Stories and Monstrous Fun, on Saturday, Oct. 28 from 10:30-11:45 a.m. Super Saturdays are monthly events, each with a theme, featuring activities such as scavenger hunts, games, crafts, snacks and stories. Preregistration is required; call 320-358-3948 or stop in at the library.
Pirate & Princess Night On Thursday, Oct. 26 from 6-7:30 p.m., children ages 2-7 and their parents are invited to come in costume and enjoy a variety of “Pirate & Princess” activities and prizes, along with a snack, in the Pine City Elementary School multi-purpose room. Parents are free and must attend with their child. No preregistration is required. Call Pine City Early Childhood and Family Education at 320-6294030 with any questions.
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The Ruby’s Pantry food distribution is the fourth Thursday of each month at the Armory in Pine City. Registration begins at 4:30 p.m. and food distribution will take place Thursday, Oct. 26, from 5 - 6:30 p.m. For information call 651-674-0009 or visit www.rubyspantry.org.
Pine County History Museum dance The Pine County History Museum in Askov welcomes the public for their monthly music and dance with the Jolly Zuks from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28. The event features free dance lessons from noon to 1 p.m., followed by live music. For cost or more information, visit www. pinecountyhistorymuseum.org or call 320-838-1607.
OCT. 26 & 28 Howl-O-Ween at Crex Over 100 pumpkins need to be carved for Halloween happenings at Crex Meadows in Grantsburg, Wisconsin. Carving night is Thursday, Oct. 26 at Crex Meadows at 5 p.m. Pumpkins will be provided. Come back on Saturday, Oct. 28 for a fun, family event from 5-8 p.m. including a jack-o-lantern lit hike, crafts, treats, and a chance to learn about the wildlife found at Crex. For more information, visit www.crexmeadows.org.
A 55+ driver improvement course (first time course) will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 1 and 2, from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. both days, at Hinckley High School - Community Ed., 201 Main St., Hinckley. Preregistration is required. For information or to register call 888-234-1294 or visit www. mnsafetycenter.org. Those age 55 and older who complete the course qualify for a 10 percent discount on their auto insurance premiums for three years, according to Minnesota law. First time participants must complete the initial eight hours of training and a four hour refresher class every three years to maintain the discount.
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The Pine City Senior Center will hold a soup & sandwich luncheon and bake sale on Saturday, Oct. 28 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. All proceeds help pay for building maintenance and upkeep. For more information call Kathy Haug at 320-630-1359 or Cary Rootkie at 320-629-3414.
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OCT. 29 S.A.L. French Toast breakfast at the Pine City American Legion A French Toast breakfast to benefit the Sons of the American Legion will be served Sunday, Oct. 29 from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Pine City American Legion. French toast, eggs, sausage and beverages are included with the meal. Discounted tick-
A 55+ driver improvement course (refresher course) will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Pine City High School. Preregistration is required. For information or to register call 888-234-1294 or visit www.mnsafetycenter.org. Those age 55 and older who complete the course qualify for a 10 percent discount on their auto insurance premiums for three years, according to Minnesota law.
NOV. 8 Farm Business Transition workshop On Wednesday, Nov. 8, there will be farm business transition workshop at Sturgeon Lake City Hall from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for farmers planning retirement, as well as farmers preparing to take ownership of an existing farm. Tickets include “Map of My Kingdom,” a drama highlighting family dynamics of farm transition, a roundtable discussion and pulled pork meal. For more information, or to sign up, call 320-216-4220 or email caleb.anderson@co.pine. mn.us by Nov. 1.
Super Art Saturday at PCftA The public is invited to Super Art Saturday classes at Pine Center for the Arts, 265 5th St. SE, Pine City, on Saturday, Nov. 11. Create a fused glass ornament with Shawnda Schelinder from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., or paint a yoga mat with Kristin Webster from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. From 1 to 4 p.m. there will be autumn wine glass painting with instructor Charlene Herrick. For cost or to register, call 320-629-4924 or visit www.pinecenter.org.
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MONDAY 10/30 Celebrate Recovery: Pine City, Journey North Church, 6 p.m. AA: 7:30 p.m., Our Redeemer Lutheran Church TUESDAY 10/31 NA: 725 2nd Ave. SW, Pine City, 7 p.m., 320-279-3823, Carrie WEDNESDAY 11/1 Woodcarving club: Askov, 9 a.m. Pine Co. History Museum Al-Anon: 725 2nd Ave. SW, Pine City, 12 p.m., 612-387-6094, David Pine City Council: 6:30 p.m., Pine Government Ctr., Pine City Pine City Toastmasters: 7 p.m., Pine City VFW Hall AA: 8 p.m., Rock Creek Community Center
SENIOR DINING Oct. O t 30 - N Nov. 3 Monday: Hearty stew, french bread, seven layer salad, chocolate mousse Tuesday: Happy Halloween - Special of the day Wednesday: Pork roast, redskinned potatoes with gravy, peas and carrots, wheat bread, chocolate cream pie Thursday: Liver & onions or hamburger patty with gravy, whipped potatoes with gravy, broccoli, wheat bread, pumpkin bar Friday: Meatloaf, scalloped potatoes, stewed tomatoes, wheat bread, blonde brownie Cost is $4.00 for people over 60 and $7.50 for under 60. No preregistration needed, except for special events. Call the Pine City Senior Center at 320-629-3024 between 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
NOV. 16 MBC blood drive at PCHS There will be a Memorial Blood Centers blood drive on Thursday, Nov. 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Pine City High School. For more information or to sign up to donate, call 1-888-GIVE-BLD or visit www. MBC.org.
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Fall storytime in Rush City “Turkeys and Chickens and Ducklings, Oh My!” is the theme at 1 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 14 and 15 at Rush City Public Library’s fall preschool storytime for children ages 3-5 (siblings welcome). The kids will enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays and crafts to take home. In addition, “lapsit” storytime, for children birth to 24 months, will have a counting theme at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14. For more information drop by the library, call 320-358-3948 or visit http://ecrlib.org.
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THURSDAY 10/26 Pine City Council: 8 a.m., Pine Government Ctr., Pine City TOPS-Take Off Pounds Sensibly: Pine City Library Community Room, 4:30-5:30 p.m. NAMI peer support: Cambridge Medical Ctr., 6:30 p.m. Teen AA/NA: 6:30 p.m., Teen Focus Center, Rush City Pine County LGBT: 7 p.m. Hinckley City Hall Comm. Room
Library Lego Club in Hinckley Kids in grades 1-6 are invited to Lego Club at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14 at the Hinckley Public Library. The kids’ creations will be displayed in the library for one week. Legos will be supplied by the library, so leave personal Legos at home. For more information, call the library at 320-384-6351 (ask for the Hinckley branch), drop by the library, or visit www.ecrlib.org.
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Members of U.S. Congressman Rick Nolan’s (MN-8) staff will be available to meet with constituents during a “Congress Comes to You” meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 31 at the Hinckley Senior Dining Site at 11 a.m., as well as at Hinckley City Hall from 1 to 2 p.m. For additional dates/locations visit http://nolan.house.gov/congress-comesto-you-schedule.
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NOV. 9 - 12 The Pine City High School production of “Beauty and the Beast” will play for one weekend only, Nov. 9 - 13 at the Pine City High School Auditorium. In addition to Friday and Saturday 7 p.m. evening performances, and two 2 p.m. matinee performances both Saturday and Sunday, there will also be a free senior citizen breakfast and performance on Thursday, Nov. 9. Reservations are required for the free breakfast; call 320629-4030 or purchase tickets at PCHS, the elementary school or the Chamber of Commerce.
Halloween Spooktacular at the Hinckley Public Library On Saturday, Oct. 28 kids of all ages are invited to decorate pumpkins, hear spooky stories and win prizes in a costume contest from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Hinckley Public Library. Preregistration is required; call 320-384-6351 or stop in at the library.
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It’s scary how fast time flies
It’s been a remarkable early autumn season. I mean, have you seen those colors? All the factors came together to make the leaves absolutely pop into reds and golds and it’s only now that we’re seeing bare branches dominate the skyline. I’ve been taking pictures by the score, snapping away at sumac and maple and birch, at the drying corn stalks glowing golden in the afternoon sunshine and milkweeds opening spilling white down Editor’s and onto the fields. I can’t Soapbox help it. Like the old song says, it’s all too beautiful. Mike And our Vikings beat the Packers, are 5-2 and Gainor on top in the North. Like I said, it’s been a remarkable early autumn. We’ll see what happens as the weather gets colder and the injuries keep piling up. As a rule, we Vikings fans don’t tend to have great faith, but we live in hope. And now it’s Halloween already, which propels us right into the holiday season. It’s a bit too scary to think about Thanksgiving already, so let’s stay in the moment and enjoy everything Halloween brings. When you think about it, Halloween has got to be one of our oddest holidays. We celebrate the eve of All Saints Day – and the legend that the supernatural world is somehow closer to our own on that night – by carving faces into vegetables, having our costumed kids collect candy from strangers, getting dressed up in costumes ourselves to celebrate with friends, going on haunted hayrides, watching scary movies, and in general acting pretty weird. You know, most of our other holidays have at least a pretense of solemnity and purpose about them, even if they’re often just used as a chance to relax with friends and family. Halloween seems more about embracing the things we’re afraid of: the unknown, the wildness, the chaos. Of course, all that can be kind of fun too. A friend was telling me the other day how she and her friends celebrated one Halloween in Pine City several years back. This was actually around 1936 or so, and this group of pals got a little wild and went down to the pickle factory, and for a prank, rolled a bunch of empty pickle barrels out of the pickle factory and into the street. As teenage hijinks go, that one seems pretty goofy and innocent to me. And they got away with it too – the perfect crime. Well, I hope you and yours have a wonderful and not-too-scary holiday. Happy Halloween!
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Make healthcare affordable again To the Editor: Our president has been criticizing past Republican and Democratic administrations for using executive orders to advance their agendas. Meanwhile he issued two of his own last week in an effort to dismantle important provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Both are bad public policy. “Twitter Don” signed an executive order setting the stage for insurance companies to sell fly-by-night, bare bones health plans across state lines. These policies skirt the law, hurt elderly and low-income people, and aren’t required to cover essential services such as pre-existing conditions, emergency room visits, prescription drugs, birth control, hospitalization and preventative care. Moreover, these plans usually include huge deductibles that most people can’t afford. Our Congressman Rick Nolan was one of the first supporters of single payer healthcare way back in the 70s when he was first in Congress; he continues to support the nation going to a single payer healthcare system where everyone is covered, similar to Medicare and Medicaid. One of the problems with the Affordable Care Act is younger, healthier people are tempted to not take insurances and pay the penalty instead. By covering everyone serious illnesses are discovered earlier where the survival rate is much higher than say a stage four cancer. This preventive approach will save the system billions of dollars and hopefully the patient will have a better outcome to the illness. If President Trump’s plan goes through, primarily young people will take advantage of these scam plans that line the pockets of insurance company executives and leave them with little or no coverage. And as a result, the marketplace would require older, sicker people and people with pre-existing conditions to pay higher premiums – or forgo health insurance altogether. Then he followed with an announcement that he is discontinuing cost-sharing payments that have helped millions of working families buy health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Experts agree that this move will boost insurance costs by 15 to 20 percent for Americans who buy insurance on the private market – and prompt more insurers to stop selling private health insurance altogether. We need to work on expanding health care and making it affordable for working families. Congressman Nolan will keep fighting to make that happen, regardless of what
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To the Editor: Trump is right. The insurance companies are making huge profits. Representative Nolan has long advocated for removing for-profit insurance from health care. We have been conditioned to discuss “health insurance” instead of health care. What are you paying in premiums now? And how much of your care is being determined by your insurance provider? I have spoken to many Canadians about their health care. Their taxes may be higher but as they have told me, they prefer to pay the taxes and see everyone receive care rather than pay insurance premiums with only the fortunate covered. My sister in Canada was treated for ovarian cancer and her husband’s brother had a double lung transplant. Both of them are well and had next to nothing for out-of-pocket expense. On the other hand, an old friend here, in the U.S., nearly went bankrupt when his daughter got cancer. We spend a higher percentage of our GDP (more than 17 percent) on health care than all other industrialized countries (9-11 percent). At the same time more and more people here go without treatment. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure: when people can see a doctor for preventative care or when they start to feel unwell, of course it’s cheaper. We all benefit. Let’s join Representative Rick Nolan in pushing legislation for a single payee system, “Medicare for all.” Let’s ensure that we have good affordable health care regardless of income, pre-existing conditions or age. The Affordable Care Act provided some needed safeguards, but a single-payee program eliminates the need for these protections. Everyone is in, regardless of whether or not you have a pre-existing condition. Everyone can get the treatment they need without a healthcare issue resulting in serious financial trouble or even bankruptcy. America needs to do better, for all of us, and Congressman Nolan is fighting to get us there.
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NEWSLINE Veterans can request identification card The Veterans Identification Card Act 2015 was enacted on July 20, 2015. The purpose of the Veteran Identification Card (VIC) is to serve as proof of service in the Armed Forces which can be used to obtain discounts on goods and services offered to veterans at private restaurants and businesses. The VIC does not qualify veterans for additional benefits administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and does not serve as proof for any benefits to which they may be entitled. Also, the VIC will not grant access to military posts or installations. The identification card is different from a Veteran Health Identification card or a DoD Uniformed Services or retiree ID card. VA will begin accepting applications for the VIC Nov. 1, 2017. Veterans who wish to obtain a card should log into Vets.gov to apply. If eligible, they will receive an ID card at no cost in the mail within three weeks. For more information go to www.vets.gov/#. This is the only way to apply for the VIC; a medical center or regional office will not be able to assist veterans in obtaining a card. Questions regarding the new VIC can be directed to the Vets.gov Help Desk: 1-855-574-7286/ TTY: 1-800-877-8339 Monday – Friday, 6 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Minnesota lawmakers support new wolf services U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Senator Al Franken, and Representatives Collin Peterson, Tim Walz, Rick Nolan and Tom Emmer applaud the announcement made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) that the agency will continue to provide wolf depredation services in Minnesota. APHIS also agreed to provide a funding
match with the state for 2018 so the services can continue into next year. The news arrives shortly after several members of the Minnesota delegation sent a letter to the USDA urging the Department to allocate resources so that essential wolf depredation services can be provided to constituents who need them. “We are pleased that the Department of Agriculture has moved quickly on our request and will continue to provide the funding necessary to assist Minnesotans who are having problems with wolves threatening their livestock,” the federal lawmakers said.
FirstLight recognized for protecting patients from flu FirstLight Health System was among 139 hospitals and nursing homes from around the state recognized by the Minnesota Department of Health for achieving high influenza vaccination rates among facility employees during the 2016-17 flu season. Four hundred-ninety vaccinated employees, representing 93 percent of staff, received influenza vaccinations during the past season of the Minnesota FluSafe program. The facility received a blue ribbon and certificate of achievement from Minnesota Commissioner of Health Edward Ehlinger for its efforts. “The health of our patients is our top priority,” said Cindy Teichroew, BSN, RN, CIC, Infection Prevention Practitioner, at FirstLight. “Participating in the FluSafe program helps us increase our employee influenza vaccination rates and prevent flu from spreading to our patients.”
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Voyageur statue rises over Pine City in 1992 10 Years Ago, 2007 Hinckley-Finlayson football fans were geared up for an upset last Wednesday night, but Pine City’s Adam Olson had other ideas. The freshman star took back the opening kickoff 73 yards for a touchdown. The 24-0 victory made the Dragons division champs. An overview of special eduYears cation-related services was Ago presented to the Pine City Donna School Board Heath by Unique Learners Manager Jeff Menigo and Marleen Zak of the St. Croix River Education District. Pine City Fire Chief Mark DuCharme said the fire department’s open house had to be scaled back this year due to rain, but firefighters and volunteers still served 240 free hot dogs and kids tried on fire suits and explored a fire truck. Betty Pitzen and Mary Ann Schwaab wanted to meet more people and have fun, so they decided to start up a Red Hat group. At their first meeting in 2004 the women chose the Magnificent Red Hatters as their club name, and they’ve been on the road to fun ever since. At the Oct. 16 Pine County Board Meeting, Skip Thompson and two other Sandstone residents brought petitions with hundreds of signatures protesting next year’s tax levy raise of five percent. Local residents may have noticed that there are new local numbers in the Pine City area that do not have the prefix 6-2-9. That’s because many providers offer different exchanges to new phone customers. Pine City and Hinckley actually have six prefixes available. From the Opinion page: “News articles and commentaries often describe America’s health care system as broken, sick, unjust or decaying. On that last point these accounts are largely mistaken. But that’s only because “decaying” sug-
A custom framing service, “Picture This,” keeps Peg Skalicky busy at her home in Beroun. Skalicky frames prints, needlework, photos, doilies, family heirlooms or anything that’s important enough for someone to want to keep and enjoy. From Pine City Pioneer Editor Cindy Rolain: “The majority, concerned and informed average citizens, remain silent, while single-issue ultra-conservatives, or super liberals, formulate the laws and policies of the land ... We really have no one to blame but ourselves, and it’s never going to change unless open-minded, concerned people who follow the issues and have opinions about them get involved in the political process.”
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Sheriff Martinco reported that crime in Pine County this past year was up 27 percent, which he said is similar to the statewide increase. The Halloween movie on Tuesday brought 475 youngsters to the Family Theater where they viewed “Jack the Giant Killer.” A mass feeding demonstration was held at the community room of the village hall, with 80 persons served lunch in four and one-half minutes. The purpose of the feeding was to see how many people could be served in an emergency in the shortest time possible. Army Reserve Specialist Four, Thomas A. Kraft, received the ninth annual St. Louis Post-Dispatch Outstanding Achievement Award for meeting exacting standards in all phases of his military job.
What started out as a 40-foot redwood log planted upright in Voyageur Park has emerged into a prominent Voyageur during the past two weeks, thanks to the talents of nationally-known chainsaw sculptor Dennis Roghair of Hinckley. A new 20-unit apartment complex, Halter Pines II, will be available in Pine City on Feb. 1. The new two-level apartment is a security building with a community room and laundry facilities on each floor.
The Bluebirds had their first meeting of the year and elected the following: Patsy Kay, president; Ann Hodge, treasurer; and Henrietta Boo, scribe. Mrs. E.L. Birkeland and Mrs. Otto Wiedemann entertained at a bridal shower for Mrs. Fred W. Holler on Sunday afternoon at the Birkeland home. In spite of the snow and wind, about 45 relatives and friends gathered to honor the new bride and
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Redwood sculpture revealed Internationally known chainsaw sculptor Dennis Roghair spent two weeks carving a 40-foot redwood log into the sentry of Pine City’s Voyageur Park.
gests that we once had a fundamentally good system. Not so. Ours has always been immensely uneven.” Student Achiever Holly Emslander is a third-grade daughter of Mark and Beth Emslander. She is very patient with her peers and is willing to help anyone. Tenth grader Nick Basta has a really good knowledge of the subject matter and current issues in his Intro to Law class. He is a very independent thinker who has strong opinions and expresses them very clearly. Erin Cahill, Sarah Borich, Ali Johnson and Shauna Jahnz were named Athletes of the
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On and after Nov. 2, 1917, there will be an increase in postage rates on first class mail, which includes letters and postal cards. On and after that date letters will require three cents in stamps instead of two cents as at present and postal cards will require two cents instead of one cent. George Bogue is carrying his left hand in a sling because of a carbunkle. Being an auto machinist it is quite proper that George should have a carbunkle and the left hand is undoubtedly the right hand to have it on. There was an insurrection at school last week. Mr. McAdam advised the senior class to sacrifice their long looked-for class rings or pin for a Liberty Bond. All were willing to help with the bond issue, but did not like the idea of paying out three or four dollars and have the school reap most of the benefit. When it came to a vote, 11 out of 28 were in favor of the bond. As a result, another class meeting was held at which time Mr. McAdam presided. This time the seniors were told, not advised, that they would have no class rings or other class remembrance, and if anyone was heard speaking about it that person would be asked to leave school for the rest of the year. He also said seniors must have caps and gowns for graduation.
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On Friday evening of last week, the ladies of the M.E. church gave a button sewing and nail-driving social at the K.P. hall, although there was a small attendance, a good time was had by all who attended. In the nail driving contest three entered. Mrs. A.E. Webber succeeded in driving 50 nails in two minutes and received first prize, and Mrs. Reed drove 25 nails and received second prize. In the button sewing contest W.P. Gottry took first prize, sewing on three-and-a-half buttons, Eugene Barnum the second in getting on but one.
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Mini-trucks get green light in Pine County BY AILENE CROUP NEWS@PINECITYMN.COM
No permits are required in Pine County for the operation of minitrucks on county roads. A public hearing to get residents’ input was held Oct. 17, 2017, at the beginning of the regular board meeting. Approval of the mini-truck ordinance was anticipated after the hearing. Administrator David Minke opened the permit discussion back in July when he told the board there had been inquiries about whether permits were required. He informed the board that state statute allows local governments to control the operation of small work vehicles. Commissioners may not have realized the issues they would be creating, according to County Engineer Mark LeBrun. He said, “People don’t know if they’re driving on a county road.” LeBrun wondered if the board was approaching the issue in the “wrong way,” and suggested Pine County get together with other counties and have the state create legislation regarding control and permitting of mini-trucks. Sheriff Jeff Nelson, at a previous meeting, had expressed concern about the potential cost, the additional work for his department, purchase of equipment necessary to produce a permit, plus enforcement of the regulation. Last week he told commissioners he had “reached out to other counties” about their ordinances and there were several things in Pine County’s proposed ordinance which need “to be looked at.” He encouraged the board to delay their vote on the ordinance until it could be reviewed. The board asked him to give details about his concerns. Under the application portion of the ordinance it states that the permit will be provided by the sheriff’s office and displayed on the back of the minitruck. Nelson said the sheriff’s office could issue the permit and number and it would be the owner’s responsibility to purchase the numbers and code to display on the vehicle, similar to boat permits. He learned through feedback from his investigation that very few people are using the mini-trucks. They got a permit and never renewed it. Some people make their own license plates or stickers with the numbers
and put them on the fenders or in the front or back of the vehicle. County resident Dave Mulvaney said he’d had a mini-truck for more than 10 years and it has been licensed by the state. Nelson and County Attorney Reese Frederickson said mini-trucks are not governed by state statute. The mini-truck issue is bigger than Pine County, said Commissioner Steve Hallan, and they should bring it to the Association of Minnesota Counties (AMC). If the ordinance passed, the permit would only be for Pine County roads but the user would most likely be traveling on city roads, too. He said there were probably under 20 minitrucks in the Pine City area. “I recommend we ponder this,” Hallan said. Commissioner Steve Chaffee asked Nelson if he was going to get more information for the board. The Sheriff said he hadn’t planned on it but would distribute the information he had already received. Hallan directed the staff to get information from AMC and see if they have plans to address mini-truck regulations. Chairman Matt Ludwig continued the mini-truck public hearing to the Dec. 19, 2017, regular board meeting.
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CONTRACT FOR JAIL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES Jail Administrator Rod Williamson said the jail had lost their mental health provider in June. The county is currently transporting mental health prisoners to Cambridge Allina Hospital. Transporting officers and treatment becomes “quite expensive,” he told the board. Williamson said the county’s previous mental health provider had charged $200 per hour and hadn’t raised that fee in many years. He researched mental health providers Nystrom & Associates, who are being used by other counties, and recommended the board approved hiring them for mental health services and psychotropic medication management. They charge $251.69 per hour. There would be a minimum charge of two hours when they are called “whether we need them for a half hour or two hours,” Williamson told the board. Their services would be needed for two hours, twice a month and that may be “a little light.” The board unanimously approved
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Talented landscape and portrait painter Todd Clercx, who lives in Wyoming, Minnesota, poses near a picture of his father (in full-on Vikings fan garb) at the opening of his show at Pine Center for the Arts. Clercx’s art will continue to be on display at Pine Center for the Arts through the first week of November.
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Dragons end regular season with back-to-back wins BY JESSE LOGAN SPORTS@PINECITYMN.COM
The regular season ended on a high note for Pine City’s football team. The squad now enters the playoffs having won backto-back games for the first time since 2014. The Dragons own a 3-5 record after using several trick plays to help key another road victory on Wednesday, Oct. 18. Although the game wouldn’t be decided until the final few seconds, Pine City did enough to earn a third win.
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PINE CITY 15, CROSBY-IRONTON 8 The Dragons scored a touchdown on their opening drive and a second touchdown late in the third quarter which proved to be the difference. On just the second play from scrimmage, Pine City called a trick play that had quarterback Nick Hansmann on the receiving end of a throw from sophomore Konnor Jusczak. The 38yard gain built some early momentum on a drive that would ultimately be capped off by an 11-yard touchdown run from sophomore Tryston West. “It’s nice momentum going into the playoffs,” Dragons coach Jared Polzine said of the win. “Kids have worked hard and now they’re seeing the benefits of staying with it, getting some wins coming our way. Tryston was able to find the endzone on that jet. He made a nice read, stepped inside a block and then bounced it outside. He was excited about that; he’s scored a lot of touchdowns at the other levels of the program but to get his first varsity TD, it was great.” The Dragons spent some additional practice time working on special teams in the days leading up to the game, specifically on plays involving kicks. Pine City’s Jan Zahradka made the extra point to give the Dragons an early 7-0 lead. Later, the Dragons would miss a 28-yard field goal and were stopped short on a fake punt attempt, but it was clear that the coaches were pulling out all of the stops in an effort to get a win. “Jan has a pretty good leg,” Polzine noted. “We made the extra point in the first quarter so
we tried the field goal there in the second and it bounced off of the left upright; it was close. We had some wrinkles that you want to show as you enter playoffs. Make the playoff opponent practice those on a short week. Now Brooklyn Center is having to practice stopping fake punts and trick plays. They have to do their due-diligence, and maybe it takes them away from preparing from what we really do best. As the season progresses, you’ve got your base stuff ironed out so you can add in wrinkles like that.” Down 8-7 as the third quarter neared an end, the Dragons came up with their biggest wrinkle of the night. A halfback pass thrown by Jake Lunceford to Clay Logan worked to perfection. Lunceford had thrown a touchdown earlier in the season, but this ball was a much better throw. Logan set up his defender as he feigned a block, and beat the defense deep. The 32-yard score would prove to be the difference in the game, and after a successful two-point conversion, the Dragons led 15-8. “He had time,” Polzine said of Lunceford. “He sold the run fake and we had good blocking on the edge. He made a nice throw, and Clay made a nice grab and got his first touchdown too. Everyone was excited.” Despite the slim margin on the scoreboard, Pine City controlled the action for most of the night. The Dragons outgained the Rangers 280150 in the contest, and more than a third of all of the Rangers yards came on one play in the middle of the third quarter. The Rangers quarterback eluded a wave of Dragons defenders and found an open receiver down the seam for a long touchdown pass. Other than that, Pine City was pretty tight defensively all night and forced one turnover as Jusczak had an interception. “We gave up the one long play, but you take away that, they had less than 100 yards,” noted Polzine. “Their QB had been pretty successful coming in, but our defensive backs have really played well since the Mora game. They played well in the Moose game
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and here again against Crosby. Jusczak read that play perfectly. He basically ran the route that the WR was going to run. We kept the quarterback in the pocket and Jonah Bergstrom was key on that interception too, just applying the pressure. We kept the QB in the pocket all night and that’s a credit to our ends.” The Rangers lost outstanding quarterback Noah Gindorff to graduation last year, and lacked the dominant element they had with him in uniform. Even so, Pine City was unable to put the game away until Crosby-Ironton’s final drive of the night. The Rangers drove the ball into Dragons territory with under a minute to play and had several long throws toward the endzone. Thankfully none was successful, but the drama was enough to keep everyone on the edge of their seats. “It was a heckuva deal,” Polzine said of the final sequence of events. “We thought we had an interception and we had our offense heading out for the victory formation, then a mystery flag and they called holding on us to give them another shot. They have another deep pass and somehow only four seconds go off the clock, a little homecooking on the clock operator there, but we did a good job and we didn’t give up the big play. It was a big win. Its tough when you lose a bunch of close games, you get dejected, but when you win some close games it gives you that extra boost, it’s a huge confidence builder.” The Dragons didn’t have much time to celebrate as an opening round playoff matchup against Brooklyn Center was scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 24, Pine City’s third road game in an 11day span. “We talked about being road warriors heading into the Moose game knowing that we would probably have to travel for three weeks in a row,” said Polzine. “I thought we’d come out ready and we did. We’ll be ready on Tuesday night.” Full coverage of the Dragons matchup against the Centaurs in next week’s Pioneer.
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Cross-country runs off with GRC championship BY JESSE LOGAN SPORTS@PINECITYMN.COM
Running in the Great River Conference Cross-Country Meet on Tuesday, Oct. 17, Pine City’s athletes again dominated the action. Both the boys and girls teams came away as Conference Champions, making it eight straight titles for the girls and five straight for the boys. Pine City looks ready for the postseason. “We had a beautiful, sunny day and our kids ran well,” noted Dragons head coach Jared Clementson. “We had the overall race winners in each of the varsity and JV races. Our JV girls and boys teams also won their races. The junior high girls and boys teams each placed second. I am very proud of the team as a whole. The one downside was the course was still a little wet and squishy from the rain earlier in the week causing the times to be a little slower than normal.” In girls action, Pine City won with 19 points, besting Hinckley-Finlayson by 46 points. By placing in the top-ten, Pine City had five girls earn All-Conference honors. The Dragons had two others earn All-Conference Honorable Mention. Alaina Steele became the fourth Dragons girl ever to become the Conference Champion as she ran all by herself from the start of the race and finished over a minute ahead of any other runner in a time of 21:19. Ashli Webster, last year’s GRC Champion, placed second in a time of 23:28. One of the most impressive races of the day came from Alexis Thieman who posted one of her best times to date, placing third in 22:45. Grace Grubbs (23:03) came in fi fth just behind Mille Lacs’ top runner and in front of H i nck ley-F i n l ayson’s top runner. Lily Wilson (23:14) placed eighth and earned All-Conference
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Alaina Steele leading the conference race. Steele continued with this lead and was the GRC Conference winner on Oct. 17.
honors along with Steele, Webster, Thieman, and Grubbs. Seniors Marin Foss (23:53) and Grace Langmade (24:41) placed 13th and 14th to take the last two Honorable Mention places. “Some of our girls have seen some injuries and obstacles this season but they continue to be strong as a team,” added Clementson. “I am very proud of their determination to do their best regardless of the circumstances. Alaina Steele has had an amazing season and has a chance of qualifying for the State meet if she can race like she did at the conference meet.” The Dragons boys team won with a total of 38 points, besting second place Rush City by 14 points. Pine City’s top three boys earned All-Conference honors, while a fourth runner earned Honorable Mention. Tommy Ryan become the eighth boy in school history to become the Conference Champion, beating East Central’s Craig Feist by four seconds in a time of 17:53. Nate Webster (18:08) ran with Ryan and Feist for most of the race and ended up third. TJ Rank (18:46) finished strong in
one of his best races ever to claim ninth. All three earned All-Conference honors by placing in the top 10. Austin Eckert (18:49) was right behind Rank but ended up 11th to earn an Honorable Mention honor. Jake Adams (19:43) and Noah Miller (19:44) raced each other to the fi nish to place 14th and 15th. Senior Remington Steele (20:16) was placed 19th. “Our boys have been solid and should do well in the section but are up against some very tough competition,” added Clementson. “Tommy Ryan has a decent shot at qualifying for the State meet if he can race like he did at the conference meet.” In JV action, Pine City’s boys JV had the fi rst eight finishers in JV race. Charlie Emmons (20:08) led the boys JV race from start to finish and won by 11 seconds. Koleman Lind (20:19) followed close behind Emmons to take second. Senior Joseph Root (21:00) saved his best race for his last race as a Dragon coming in third. Parker Sell, Derek Clementson, Peyton Smetana, Josh Rike, and Justin Stolp finished fourth through eighth and the Dragons JV boys won with a perfect score of 15 points.
In the girls JV race, Kaylee Prihoda ran a great race and won in a time of 24:30. Allison Cavallin (24:54), Leah Westerman (26:00), and Aaleaha Thieman (26:00) placed second, third and fourth respectively. Seniors Kaitlyn Ballou, Ava Tallarico and Janae Johnson finished their last race in seventh, ninth and tenth in the JV race. Pine City’s girls JV also won with a perfect score of 15. The Section 5A meet is up next for the Dragons and will be held on Thursday, Oct. 26 at the Mora golf course. The girls race begins at 4 p.m. and the boys run at 4:45 p.m. The top two teams at the section meet qualify for the State Meet which will be held on Saturday, Nov. 4th in Northfield at the St. Olaf campus. The top eight individuals (after taking out the individuals who also qualify as a team) will also advance. (right) Austin Eckert and TJ Rank running the conference cross-country meet last week during a beautiful fall day. KRIS CLEMENTSON
Dragons fall to Bombers (left) The Pine City Dragons volleyball team played Braham at home on Oct. 17. Despite their excellent play on the court, and after tying at two sets apiece, they were defeated by the Bombers in the fifth set. Look for more volleyball results in next week’s Pioneer.
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The girls now own eight straight conference titles and five straight for the boys.
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Sense of mission takes Cinquanta from Pine County to India BY AILENE CROUP NEWS@PINECITYMN.COM
Northern India and Friesland, Minnesota have something in common – Leanna Cinquanta. Three hundred million people inhabit northern India across an area about the size of Minnesota. She has lived in both places. Cinquanta, a motivational speaker, founder and director of Tell Asia Ministries, Inc., returned last week to East Central Minnesota to ask for support. No, Cinquanta is not an Indian name. The petite, 95-pound American is of mixed heritage including Italian. Her Mediterranean coloring, dark hair and olive skin have served her well for the past 20 years. When she dons a sari she is able to “pass” as an Indian and move about the country without the government’s negative attention as she serves the poorest of the poor in the villages where she brings education, Christ’s word and most of all – hope. “The Indian government wants to kick me out.” She could be called a missionary, a visionary, a minister or an educator. Cinquanta does it all. Her mission began with a call to serve. As a college student, her life had a different direction. She was headed toward a career as an equestrian, trainer and competitor. This was no hobby. Cinquanta was a six-state champion rider. Her father recognized her gift and built an arena for her in Friesland. Friesland is a small community half way between Hinckley and Sandstone, two small towns in East Central Minnesota. She spent her youth unencumbered by luxury, and considers herself fortunate to have been home schooled as a child. “I grew up camping out,” she explained. Home was a 12-foot travel trailer which took her nomadic family always to their next home. She explained how they would live in a shack in the summer on the property her parents had purchased, as they built the home they would soon inhabit. During that time, she learned to live without electricity and running water for long stretches of time. She didn’t know it at the time but this would be an experience she would draw on when she moved half way around the world to the impoverished villages of India. Leanna Cinquanta described herself as a rebellious, bratty 15-year-old. “I decided I was atheist. I have a great life. I can’t see God, can’t feel Him. I had a very happy life without him. She had only been to church twice – one wedding, one funeral. Her father told her, “The Bible was written by men not God and the pastors just want your money.” Then her mother started attending church regularly and Cinquanta went, too. She would sit in church and throw spit balls. She didn’t understand why the pastor didn’t get mad at her. He said, “I’m praying for you.” She challenged God. “God,
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if you’re real show yourself to me.” She was saved from freezing to death which she now calls a miracle on a ski hill in Grand Rapids. March 28, 1986, is a date she won’t forget. It was 5 a.m. when she woke from a sound sleep. “I was a teenager. I just wanted to go back to sleep.” A light was shining into her bedroom. “All of a sudden there was an audible voice from across the room that said there was someone in the guest bed. A man’s voice. I looked at the guest bed and there was someone in the bed, asleep.” Terrified, she watched the guest bed opposite hers as she crawled to the end of hers, preparing to escape. She can’t explain why she crawled back into bed. It wasn’t very long before the person in the guest bed sat up on the side of the bed. “Soon I saw Him. I knew it was Jesus. I was allowed to see him as he would have been on the cross,” Cinquanta said. His body was bloody, nail holes in his hands and his body looked tortured. “I knew he suffered this just for me. I wasn’t scared any more,” she said. She felt weak and fell on her face repenting. “He leaned over, put His hand on my shoulder. I looked up into His face.” Cinquanta repeated the words He said. “My child don’t cry.” She said His voice sounded like a father’s with no condemnation.
She cried herself to sleep. When she woke up in the morning she couldn’t tell the story. For eight months she was silent about what had happened. Every time she began to tell the story, she’d weep uncontrollably. Her teachers and youth pastor noticed a change and she revealed what happened that early morning in March. Her life changed. Her family would build eight homes in her lifetime plus the arena. However, the arena would never fulfill its purpose. Cinquanta considers her father, who has passed away, an aeronautical genius. He invented the first man-powered, flapping wing aircraft, which she saw lift off the ground several times. He taught her how to fly in 1989. The call to God’s service would overshadow her equestrian career plan and send her half way around the world. The plan always included serving God in some manner. “I’m sending you to the unreached nations, to an idolatrous nation,” was the message from God. “I thought that it was some bad pizza,” said Cinquanta, smiling, putting her audience at ease. She called her father and told him to quit building the arena because she was going to India. She left a will where her mother would find it, not her father because she knew it would break his heart. Her father cried as he put her on a plane. Everyone asked if she knew what she was getting into.
India is a poverty-stricken nation with villages where children are raised to work in the fields, where doctors are not allowed to tell a woman the gender of her unborn child. They fear the mother will abort the child if it is female. Families must provide a dowry for their daughters to give to their prospective husbands and it is often everything they own. The average income for a family in India is $600 to $700 per year. If a family has boys and girls, only the boys will be educated. They can’t afford to educate the girls only to have to pay someone to marry them. Often “recruiters” go to a girl’s family to buy her for as little as $15. They tell her parents she will be babysitting. She is then sold as a sex slave in the larger cities such as Bombay, Dehli or Kanpur. Sometimes girls are kidnapped when they go into the fields alone to go to the bathroom. Sex traffickers masquerading as matchmakers tell the families they will pay them for their daughters. One girl is worth $2,000 to a brothel in India. Northern India is known as the “poisonous hub of sex trafficking,” according to Cinquanta. It has 35 percent of global human sex trafficking and 45 percent of global slavery. Cinquanta was going to educate the girls so they could get jobs and give them God’s word through the Bible. “When you’re born into the caste system, the only way to get out is education,” she said. The government could educate the lower class children. But, then there would be no slaves. The children working in the fields are given just enough to subsist so they can never get ahead. She knew she would have to train leaders from the area so they would invest themselves in the mission’s direction and take over her work. And so her journey began as she attempted to find a native who would trust her and listen. She didn’t speak Hindi, the language of most northern Indians, but she learned. In her early search for those open to conversion to Christ, she was welcomed into Indian homes. The Indians “wanted” to treat her well. She told the story of being honored with a rare treat in one of the homes she visited. “Imagine you’re making $300 a year and you buy a box of cereal for $3.” They took the open box of corn flakes off the top of the refrigerator. It had been opened long ago and was doled out sparingly as a treat for their children. Indians don’t eat with their guests. They sat Cinquanta down and placed the box of cereal in front of her along with a container of scalding milk, a bowl and the one spoon they owned. She opened the box and eight cockroaches jumped out. So as not to offend her host, she poured the cereal and scalding milk into a bowl and ate it. “I have eaten a lot worse than that.” In answer to what she misses, Cinquanta said, “In village I would like to be able to reach for a cold, sterile drink.” The village wells are open and not very clean. Often, cat-
tle graze around the open water supply. She did get used to the bacteria and her body calmed down but it still stressed her physically causing her thyroid to die. She will take medication for it the rest of her life. “For 20 years, I have not had a cold,” she said, explaining her super resistance as God’s grace and/or maybe there’s something scientific, too. After being away from India on speaking tours, she said, “I have to get my booster swig of village water.” She will suffer with a short bout of fever for which she gets antibiotics and then she’s able to live with the impure water. Cinquanta kept her left hand in her lap, but was very “vocal” with her right hand, as she answered the question about the biggest challenge she met when she arrived in India. “Having to go to the bathroom with no toilet paper,” was her answer. She explained that a person’s left hand is literally used to wipe after going to the bathroom and then it is washed. There is always water but not always soap. The right hand is reserved for things like eating, and there is some skill to eating because it is all done with the fingers. The left hand is always in the lap and never on the table. There is reward in all the hardship. Twenty years after founding Tell Asia Ministries in a country which is 80 percent Hindu, 18 percent Muslim and two percent Christian, 3,000 Christian leaders are being trained per year and 100,000 people are “coming to Christ” each year. Two thousand churches are planted yearly. They continue the work though there is much persecution of Christians. She and the leaders she searched for early in her ministry, have trained the police to rescue girls from brothels and have established “safe homes” for them which require 24-hour guards. “Sometimes we’re able to get the brothel owners prosecuted,” she bragged with satisfaction. They have established 110 informal education centers where 40,000 children learn English. This alone can raise them to middle class giving them opportunities for jobs that will bring them out of poverty. She has also established Blue Haven School which is a self-sustaining accredited school. Cinquanta believes education is key. The children learn and know they have a future other than one in slavery and sex trafficking. For more information about Tell Asia Ministries. Inc visit tellasia.org. Email inquiries to info@tellasia.org To learn more about Leanna Cinquanta’s journey and mission to the toughest part of India, her book “Treasures in Dark Places” is a first hand account of what she has and will face bringing education and the Word of God to northern India.
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is Dad So Mad.” She has taken lessons from the book, explaining to their young daughter when dad is coping with PTSD, that he has “fire in his belly.” Her role as caregiver also has her reminding Todd that it’s probably time to go to bed, or a suggestion of not watching a movie because of its content, or simply reminding him to take his medications. Todd saw his entire family “being drug through that mess.” His concern was finding the right care and the right tools to deal with his mental health disorder. “I knew the stigma attached. I couldn’t be that threat to society,” he said, explaining the denial. Kuikka, who is now an Outreach Associate with Wellness in the Woods, Inc., said he used many community resources to identify his behavior and the impact it had on his family. The resources helped him focus on the steps toward wellness. He developed a support group with his pastor, mother and battle buddy to name a few. He began realizing he was not alone and there were others who got to a “stable point.” It helped him to know it was “okay not to be okay” and that there was a way back. Hopkins also identified with his job. “EMS was a way of life for me. It all came crashing to an end July 2015.” He answered a call to
a train/pedestrian accident. He couldn’t unsee the trauma. Instead, his mind began superimposing his family’s faces on those of that victim and the victims of all tragic accidents he’d been called to in his career. His body and thought processes began to shut down. He began stuttering. He sought help and was diagnosed with PTSD. “I had a real hard time dealing with that label – mental illness,” he said. Hopkins had cared for many mental health patients. He knew, “When you deal with them you don’t have the right words.” He began collecting a support system of family, friends and his wife Joe, who also became his most important caregiver and supporter. Hopkins explained that some EMS workers began experiencing PTSD after their first call to an accident. He worked 20 years before the toll was revealed. “There were a lot of dark, dark days. I keep saying it could always be worse. I’m still alive. I’m lucky. “This whole process has been an absolutely humbling experience. You find out you’re human like everyone else.” Brianna Michaels, who oversees the emergency medical services for Grand Casino, said the topic of mental illness was too taboo to talk about. The Creative Bridge
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Group was initiated from several serious issues she’d dealt with at the casino. “We have a very diverse
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Drevecky’s family and friends began to plan for a group walk and search along the roadsides between Rock Creek and Henriette in the hope of finding some sign of their friend and loved one. The walk was planned for the next morning – Sunday, Oct. 22. On Oct. 22 at approximately 9:30 a.m., the Pine County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a pilot flying the area. The pilot reported what appeared to be a crashed motorcycle and body off the roadway near Henriette Road and Bayside Loop, just east of Pokegama Creek. Deputies, firefighters and an ambulance responded to area described by the pilot. In the tall grass at the crash scene, on the south side of Henriette Road, the first responders found both Drevecky and his motorcycle. Drevecky was pronounced deceased and his family was notified. According to the Pine County Sheriff’s Office, the accident remains under investigation by the Pine County law enforcement as well as the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office.
Pine City officials report that sometime on the night of Oct. 19, the 6th Avenue SE overlook onto Cross Lake received serious damage, breaking apart one of the pylons holding the Pine City logo. The damage may have been deliberately caused by vandals, or the pylon may have unintentionally been struck by a vehicle. Anyone who may have information connected to this incident is asked to contact City Hall at 320-629-2575.
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Clay Drevecky C l a y “Samsquanch” Drevecky was born Jan. 3, 1975, in Rush City to Terry and Jean (Stanton) Drevecky. Clay graduated from Pine City High School in 1993. Following graduation he enjoyed a career of well drilling and in trucking, both local and most recently, long haul until his death. Clay loved to derby, hunt, fish and ride his motorcycle. Clay passed away the early morning of Oct. 21, 2017, as a result of a motorcycle accident. Clay is survived by his parents Terry and Jean, his sister Katie (Gary) Soule, ex-wife and best friend Kristie, her parents Karl and Bonnie, children Emma (grandchild to be Landon), Morgan and Terry, many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephew, great niece and nephews. A visitation will be held at Swanson Funeral Chapel in Pine City on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, from 5-8 p.m. and a life remembrance and luncheon at Froggy’s Bar and Grill in Pine City on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, starting at 11 a.m.
James Dennison Jr. James Dennison Jr. of West Rock Creek, formerly of Mora, passed away Sunday in Lindstrom at the age of 93. Jim is survived by his son Kenneth (Pamela) Dennison of Lindstrom, four grandchildren and one great- grandson. He is preceded in death by his wife Bernice. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, with a time of visitation and reviewal Thursday evening, 5-8 p.m., all at the Swanson Chapel in Pine City. www.FuneralAndCremationService.com; 320-6293120.
Ruth Siegler (Vorpahl) Ruth Siegler (Vorpahl), formerly of Pine City, died on Sept. 18, 2017, at the age of 80 in Las Vegas, Nevada after suffering a stroke and heart attack. She is preceded in death by her father Forrest Vorpahl and mother Hattie (Haynes) Vorpahl. She is survived by husband Leonard Siegler of Parhump, Nevada, children Mark Eveland, Patricia Logue Benge, Kimberly (Colsrud) Scheider, brother David Vorpahl, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Raymond C. Mead Raymond C. Mead passed away in his home Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. He is survived by family and many friends in the Pine City community. He was 54 years old. Full obituary and funeral arrangements are forthcoming.
Crittenden Alex James Crittenden was born on Oct. 2, 2017, at FirstLight Health System. He weighed five pounds, 10 ounces and was 18-3/4 inches long. His parents are Cody James Wagner and Kimberly Rae Crittenden of Hinckley. Alex is welcomed home by siblings Cecilia, 16, Julian, 15, Kallan, 6, and Bryan, 6. His grandparents are Jay and Pam Crittenden, Peggy O’Neil and Brian Farage.
Corbin Wyatt Lyle Corbin was born on Oct. 3, 2017, at FirstLight Health System. He weighed eight pounds, 15 ounces and was 20-1/4 inches long. His parents are Scott Corbin and Jenna Bloom of Pine City. Wyatt is welcomed by grandparents Les Bloom and Wendy Bloom, Shane Corbin and Carmen Corbin, all of Pine City.
Ruse Mariana Elaine Ruse was born on Oct. 3, 2017, at FirstLight Health System. She weighed seven pounds, 9.8 ounces and was 19-3/4 inches long. Her parents are Auston Ruse and Charlotte Joiner of Mora. Mariana is welcomed home by siblings Makailyn, 10, and Maddox, 19 months. Her grandparents are Jim and Kim Sawatzky of Mora, David and Kim Joiner of Colorado, and Donna Betts of Mora.
Lombardo Rocco Silas Lombardo was born on Oct. 3, 2017, at FirstLight Health System. He weighed seven pounds, 12 ounces and was 20 inches long. His parents are Andrea and Joel Lombardo of Isle. Rocco is welcomed by grandparents Stan and Peggy Miller, Tim and Holly Lombardo.
WORSHIP GUIDE
Church of Christ
Grasston Baptist Church
815 7th St. SW, Pine City 10 a.m. Bible Study 11 a.m. Worship Service 4 p.m. Evening Service Wednesday, 7 p.m. Bible Study. Contact: Greg Douvier 320-420-1302
402 N. Oak St. Grasston, MN 55030 www.grasstonbaptist.org info@grasstonbaptisit.org 320.396.2645 Worship Service 9:30am Sunday School 10:45am
Hands for Pine City
Dale Evangelical Free Church
Outreach Church Meeting at Pine City Library Community Room, 300 5th St. SE P.O. Box 164 Sunday NIGHTS 5-6PM Pastors Julie & Brad Samuelson 320-496-3009 Hands4PC@gmail.com Facebook fan page: Hands for Pine City Existing to be the hands of Jesus to Pine City
45268 Brunswick Rd, Harris, MN 763-689-5817 Pastor/Teacher Dr. Harvey Martin Sunday School, all ages 9:00 am Sunday Service 10:25 am www.daleefc.com Awana, Wed. 6:30-8:00pm Youth, Wed. 6:30-8:00pm
First Presbyterian Church 405 Main St. S., Pine City 320-629-3592 Rev. Rob Spahr www.firstprespinecity.org 10:00 a.m. Sunday School-all ages, No Sunday School-June-August 10:30 a.m. Worship Celebration Wednesday @ 6:15 p.m. Youth Group
Henriette Community Church
Grace Baptist Church
Hinckley Seventh Day Adventist
1 mile Southwest of Pine City on Fairway Road (next to I-35) 320-629-1374 Pastor Tim W. Stratton 10:00 a.m. Sunday School for all ages. 11:00 a.m. Preaching Service, 6:00 p.m. Evening Service. 7:30 p.m. Wed. Bible study, 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Master Clubs for children ages 4 to 6th grade.
550 1st St. NE, Hinckley 320-384-6167 Pastor: Carlos Rodriguez Services, Saturday, 11 a.m. Fellowship lunch 1st and 3rd Saturday following services.
(Free Methodist) One mile North of Henriette on HWY 107 • 320-679-4875 Pastor Marvin Miller Sunday School, 9:00a.m.; Sunday morning Worship, 10:15 a.m.
Hope Lutheran Church Grasston Dean Oelfke, Pastor 320-396-3925 hopelutherangrasston.org
Sunday Worship Service 11am Holy Communion first and third Saturdays and festival days.
Sunday Mornings: Life Class 9 a.m., Worship Service 10 a.m.
Pomroy Chapel
2700 320th Ave., Brook Park A NON-DENOMINATIONAL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP For Special events &/or group studies call: 320-679-3925 Sunday Services: 9:30 a.m. Prayer 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Fellowship following Worship
Living Water Fellowship
Hustletown Community Church Non-denominational 17945 Blue Jay Ln. Pastor Bruce Thompson 320-225-9231 Sunday School, 10:15 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m.
Open Arms Church of God
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church 535 8th St. SW, Pine City 320-629-2935 Monsignor Alek Suchan www.icchurchpinecitymn.org office@icchurcpinecitymn.org Mass: Saturday 5 pm, Sunday 10 am, Confession: Saturday 4-4:30pm, Sunday 9:15-9:45am
Journey North Church Current location: 840 Main St S, behind A&W. Pastor Tim Adams 320-629-6111 Sunday Services: 9 & 10:30 a.m. Nursery, toddlers and KidVenture programs during both services. www.JourneyNorthChurch.com
Living Hope Christian Center Pastor Jeremy Langmade Assembly of God 11914 Fairway Rd. SW, Pine City ¾ mile West of I-35 on Pokegama Lake Road 320-629-6136 Livinghopepinecity@gmail.com
915 W. 8th St. Rush City, MN Sunday Service 10:00 a.m. Call 320-358-3818 for weekly Bible studies and youth activities.
406 Pine St., Grasston, MN 320-396-3373 Pastor Gene Sherrod Spirit Filled Worship Sunday Worship 10 a.m. Children’s ministry
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
South Pine Baptist Church
825 Golf Ave SW, Pine City 320-629-2985 Pastor Fred Hanson Sunday services: 8 and 9:30 a.m. Coffee and fellowship between services Sunday school is at 9:30 Sundays. Thursday Service: 5:30 p.m.
Meeting at Pine City Library Community Room 300 5th St SE, Pine City, MN Pastor Dennis Eng 320-336-9292 Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Bible study at 7p.m. (Call for location) www.southpinebaptist.org
320-629-2935 19390 Ave, Beroun, MN Monsignor Alek Suchan Sunday Mass 8:00 a.m.
Pine City Evangelical Free Church 625 Golf Ave SW Pastor Joel Preston Sunday Service 10:00 a.m. Sunday School (all ages) 9:15 a.m. Nursery (infant-3yrs) all morning Wednesdays: AWANA (Sept-Apr) 6 p.m.; Frontline (Youth Group), Jr & Sr High 6:00 p.m. Phone: 320-629-2584 Email: office@pcefc.com, www.pcefc.com
Zion Lutheran Church 410 Main St. S, Pine City Worship 9 a.m. Wednesday Service 7 p.m. Growing in Grace Preschool Mon-Wed- Fri a.m. Pastor Glen Kleppe 320-629-3683
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THANK YOU Peterson 80th birthday
Marquardt 90th birthday party Please join us to celebrate Martha Marquardt’s 90th birthday on Sunday, Nov. 5, noon to 3 p.m., at the Pine City VFW. Your presence is your gift.
T h e children of Amos (Red) Peterson invite you to help them c elebr at e Red turning 80 on Saturday, Oct. 28 They will be having a twopart party for him, starting at 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Aaron and Char’s place. The second part starts at 8:30 p.m. at Vannelli’s Landing, 13646 Muffies Lane, Grasston. Vannelli’s Landing has Karaoke starting about 9 p.m. and a Halloween costume contest at 10 p.m. Come dressed up in your favorite Halloween costume and enter the contest.
I have been overwhelmed by the kindness shown to me since I was awarded the “Outstanding Citizen of the Year.” Thank you to everyone who sent flowers and cards and called me, to those who attended the reception and to those who congratulated me when I was out and about. A special thanks goes to Candy, Judy, Heidi, Becky, Robert, Elisa, Carl and Mike, all of whom were involved in the process. After we were married, Bayliss and I lived in three other cities before we came back home to retire in Pine City. There is no comparison. It seems to me that the people here care about each other as if we are all members of one big family. I love Pine City. I am very grateful to the man on the train who told my dad that Pine City needed a doctor when my parents were on their honeymoon. I will be here forever (with a large part of the time being spent in Birchwood Cemetery, of course.) Margery Stratte Swanson
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PINE COUNTY SHERIFF’S BLOTTER Oct. 16 - 22 Theft, burglary, vandalism Oct. 16, 9:05 p.m., report of vehicle prowl/entry, 4th St., Pine City south. Oct. 17, 8:57 a.m., report of theft, Lily Ave., Rock Creek east. Oct. 17, 4:13 p.m., report of property damage/hit and run, 1st Ave./Main St., Pine City north. Oct. 18, 12:03 a.m., report of fraud, Westchester Dr., Pine City north. Oct. 18, 4:27 p.m., report of damage to property, Maplewood Ln., Pine City south. Oct. 19, 2:57 a.m., report of vehicle exterior damage, 2nd St., Pine City south. Oct. 19, 2:32 p.m., report of fraud, Beroun Crossing Rd., Pokegama Twp. east. Oct. 20, 1:25 p.m., report of damage to property, 6th Ave., Pine City south. Oct. 20, 3:03 p.m., report of theft, Main St., Pine City south. Oct. 21, 12:47 p.m., report of theft, 8th St., Pine City south. Oct. 21, 4:39 p.m., report of property damage, Pokegama Lake Rd., Pokegama Twp. west. Oct. 22, 6:56 a.m., report of property damage w/animal, I-35, Pokegama Twp. east. Oct. 22, 12:05 p.m., report of property damage, Hillside Ave./13th St., Pine City south. Oct. 22, 4:44 p.m., report of shoplifter, Evergreen Sq., Pine City south. Oct. 22, 7:47 p.m., report of property damage, State Hwy. 70/Forest Blvd., Rock Creek west.
Miscellaneous Oct. 16, 11:12 a.m., report of animal disturbance, 6th Ave., Pine City south. Oct. 16, 5:21 p.m., report of suspicious activity, Island
Resort Rd., Pokegama Twp. west. Oct. 17, 1:54 p.m., report of disturbance, 8th St., Pine City north. Oct. 17, 11:04 p.m., report of disturbance, Birchview Rd., Pokegama Twp. west. Oct. 18, 9:28 a.m., report of threats, 550th St., Rock Creek west. Oct. 18, 4:43 p.m., report of neighbor trouble, Highwood Shores Rd., Pokegama Twp. west. Oct. 18, 8:28 p.m., report of unwanted person, Johnson Ave., Pine City south. Oct. 19, 10:11 a.m., report of customer trouble, Meadow Creek Ln., Pokegama Twp. east. Oct. 19, 10:49 p.m., report of disturbance, 2nd Ave., Pine City south. Oct. 20, 6:00 p.m., report of ATV patrol, Henriette Rd./ Brook Park Rd., Pokegama Twp. west. Oct. 21, 12:58 p.m., report of missing adult person, State Hwy. 70, Rock Creek west. Oct. 22, 8:37 p.m., report of drunk, Main St., Pine City south.
Fires and accidents Oct. 19, 2:59 p.m., report of fire outside, Woodview Ln./ White Oak Rd., Pokegama Twp. east.
Jail roster Oct. 16, Thomas Joseph Colton, awaiting trial/court, remand-bail, drugs- 5th degree- poss/procure/control su... Oct. 16, Monica Kathleen Humphrey, warrant, remand-hold, traffic- DUI 1st degree, 2nd degree- alcohol conc over...; criminal vehicular operation- subs... bodi... Oct. 16, Gregory Paul Larsen, awaiting trial/court, remand-bail, traffic- DWI- 4th degree drive while impaired,
DUI of alcohol, open bottle law drinking an... DWI- refuse to submit to... Oct. 16, Roger Mark Robertson, awaiting trial/court, remand-bail, traffic- driving after revocation, theft- take/ drive motor vehicle- no...; drugs- 5th degree- poss/procure/control su... Oct. 16, Shanise Rae St. John, warrant, remand-hold, traffic- driving after revocation; govt- smuggle- contraband into prison; drugs- possession of drug paraphernalia, poss/ sale hypo syringe/needle, 5th degree- possess schedu... Oct. 16, Terrah Ann Jensen, awaiting trial/court, remand-bail, probable cause, traffic- driver’s license- driving after cancellation- inimical to public safety; theft- take/ drive motor vehicle- no... Released Oct. 19. Oct. 16, Anthony Valon Graham, Pine County warrant, remand-RPR, assault- 5th degree- inflict or attempt bod... Released Oct. 17. Oct. 17, Aaron Reuben Day, warrant, hold for other agency, burglary- 1st degree- dwelling- occupied...; remand-hold, drugs- 5th degree- possess schedu... Oct. 17, David Paul Barkley, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, remand-RPR, trafficinsurance- uninsured vehic... DUI- 3rd degree- alcohol conc over... driving after suspension. Released Oct. 19. Oct. 17, Richard Ward Edwards, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, remand-bail, drugs- 5th degree- poss... Released Oct. 19. Oct. 17, Patrick Keith Osgood, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, remand-bail, domestic assault- by strangulati... Released Oct. 19. Oct. 17, Joseph Bernard Tessier, awaiting trial/court, remand-bail, probable cause, govt- OFP violation- misd. Released Oct. 19. Oct. 17, Peter Francis Vitale
Jr., remand-hold, traffic- DUI4th degree- cont subst...; Pine County warrant, traffic- DUI4th degree- schedule 1 or 2, driving after revocation. Released Oct. 19. Oct. 17, Daniel Robert Grunwald, Pine County warrant, remand-bail, drugs- 5th degree- poss... Released Oct. 18. Oct. 17, John Benjamin Shabaiash, Pine County warrant, remand-RPR, check forgery- offer/possess w/ int...; traffic- driver’s licensedriving after cancellation- inimical to public safety. Released Oct. 18. Oct. 17, Jordan David Smith, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, traffic- DUI- 4th degree .08 or more in...; drugs- 5th degree- poss... Released Oct. 18. Oct. 18, Julian Jeffery Adelman, awaiting trial/court, remand-bail, drugs- 5th degree- possess schedu... Oct. 18, Darrell Thomas Mitchell, under sentence, domestic abuse no contact order- v... Oct. 18, Jacklynn Marie Blaszczyk, awaiting trial/ court, probable cause, drugs5th degree- poss/procure/ control; under sentence, assault- domestic assault- GM; Pine County warrant, assaultdomestic assault- GM, 2nd degree- dangerous weaponother... remand-RPR, fleeing a police officer, govt- false name or DOB- fictitious, thefttake/use/transfer movable... Released Oct. 20. Oct. 18, Nicholas Alan Dagel, probation/parole violation, traffic- DUI- 2nd degree- alcohol conc over... Released Oct. 19. Oct. 18, Patricia Ann Erickson, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, traffic- DWI- 4th degree drive while impaired, drivers’ licenses- driving restric... Released Oct. 19. Oct. 18, Travis Ely Swanson, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, drugs- 5th degreepossess sche...; weapon-
poss- dangerous weapon or subs... Released Oct. 19. Oct. 19, Christopher Michael Giampolo, warrant, remand-RPR, theft- theft of services- $251 to $50... find and appropriate lost pro...; remand-bail, govt- contempt of court Fe...; remand-hold, drugs- 5th degree- possess schedu...; disorderly conductoffensive/abusiv...; govtsmuggle- contraband into prison. Oct. 19, Jordan Anton Rarick, under sentence, criminal sexual conduct- 3rd degree- vic...; forgery- counterfeiting of currency... Oct. 19, Duke Lloyd Roseland, warrant, remand-hold, trafficDUI- 3rd degree- alcohol conc over... Oct. 19, Dylan Adrian Day, under sentence, drugs- 5th degree- poss... 3rd degree- poss50+ units... Released Oct. 23. Oct. 19, Douglas Mitchell Krueger, warrant, under sentence, family offense- child neglect-GM, Pine County warrant, child endangerment, liquor- underage consumption 18-21. Released Oct. 22. Oct. 19, Luke Allen Coquyt, hold for other agency, disarming a peace officer- take de...; drugs- 3rd degree- poss... Released Oct. 20. Oct. 19, Cory James Leith, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, remand-RPR, liquorunderage consumption 1821; assault- terrorist threats reckless... domestic assaultmisd... Released Oct. 20. Oct. 19, Steven Glenn Dunsmore, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, traffic- DWI4th degree drive while impaired. Released Oct. 19. Oct. 20, Justin Owen Parsons, under sentence, traffic- DUI2nd degree- alcohol conc over... 4th degree, .08 or more in 2... Oct. 20, Kristi Mccol Peel, Pine County warrant, drugs- 5th degree- poss- marijuana. Oct. 20, Robert James Thur-
ston, Pine County warrant, issue dishonored check- offense- Fe... theft- take/use/ transfer movable pro... Oct. 20, Devon James Geisler, under sentence. Released Oct. 20. Oct. 20, Novotny Rose Mitthun, hold for other agency, probation violation-Fe... Released Oct. 20. Oct. 21, Joshua Dane Hemmingson, awaiting trial/ court, probable cause, drugs5th degree- poss/procure/ control su...; hold for other agency, probation violation-fe... Oct. 21, Zachery Allen Larsen, warrant, probation/parole violation, criminal sexual conduct- 1st degree- femalepenet or contact...; Pine County warrant, drugs- 5th degree- possess schedu... Oct. 21, Kristi Kay Sellwood, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, traffic- DUI of alcohol, 3rd degree driving... 4th degree .08 or more in... Released Oct. 22. Oct. 22, Jason Robert Benson, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, traffic- DUI- 3rd degree driving wh... alcohol conc over... Oct. 22, Buster Brown Dunkley, warrant, probation/parole violation, disorderly conduct- offensive/abusiv... Oct. 22, Richard Alan Huhta, Pine County warrant, thefttake/use/transfer movable pro... Oct. 22, Wesley John William Premo, warrant, hold for other agency, drugs- poss/sale hypo syringe/needle, 5th degree- possess schedu...; Pine County warrant, theft- $500 or less- M... take/use/transfer movable pro...; driver’s license- driving without a...; trespassing- business.
There have been 2,032 admissions to the Pine County Jail in 2017.
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PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE The Pine County Agricultural Society will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday November 8th at 7:00 p.m. at the Fair Grounds in Pine City. The annual report will be presented and an election to the board will be held. The following members terms are up in 2017; Mark Emslander, Kevin Hinze, Jim Sward, Scott Wimmer, Dick Doenz, and Ed Pangerl. Published in the Pine City Pioneer on Oct. 19 and 26, 2017 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: February 6, 2006 MORTGAGOR: Edward R Davies Jr., a single man. MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for America’s Wholesale Lender its successors and assigns. DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded March 9, 2006 Pine County Recorder, Document No. 453170. ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.. Dated March 7, 2008 Recorded March 17, 2008, as Document No. A471138. And thereafter assigned to: BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP. Dated April 1, 2010 Recorded April 9, 2010, as Document No. A486833. And thereafter assigned to: Green Tree Servicing LLC now known as Ditech Financial LLC. Dated July 12, 2013 Recorded July 29, 2013, as Document No. A-509439. TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: 100015700064058866 LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: America’s Wholesale Lender RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Ditech Financial LLC f/k/a Green Tree Servicing LLC MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 206 1st Street Southwest, Hinckley, MN 55037 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 405220000 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lots 9 & 10, Block 142, Town of Hinckley according to the plat and survey thereof on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for Pine County, Minnesota COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Pine ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $79,000.00 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $82,999.47 That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: December 14, 2017 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: D e t e n t i o n Center, 635 Northridge Drive NW, Pine City MN 55063 to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07. TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on June 14, 2018 unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032. MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None “THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS,
MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.” Dated: October 16, 2017 Ditech Financial LLC f/k/a 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 - 17-006046 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. Published in the Pine City Pioneer on Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2017 STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF PINE TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION Court File No. 58-PR-17-90 Estate of Eugene Joseph Smetana, also known as Eugene J. Smetana, also known as Eugene Smetana, Decedent. NOTICE OF INFORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is given that an application for informal probate of the Decedent’s Will, dated February 20, 2007, (“Will”), has been filed with the Registrar. The application has been granted. Notice is also given that the Registrar has informally appointed Gary Eugene Smetana, whose address is 1020 8th Street SW, Pine City, Minnesota 55063, as personal representative of the Estate of the Decedent. 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. Unless objections are filed with the Court (pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3-607) and the Court otherwise orders, the personal representative has full power to administer the Estate, including, after 30 days from the date of issuance of letters, the power to sell, encumber, lease or distribute real estate. Any objections to the probate of the Will or appointment of the Personal Representative must be filed with this Court and will be heard by the Court after the filing of an appropriate petition and proper notice of hearing. Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the personal representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred. Dated: LU ANN BLEGEN Registrar Pine Court Administrator 2017.10.20 14:00:16-05’00’ Dated: LU ANN BLEGEN Court Administrator Pine Court Administrator 2017.10.20 14:00:31-05’00’ Filed in Tenth Judicial District Court Nelson, Kim (Pine Court Administration) Oct 20 2017 2:02 PM Attorney for Personal Representative Kevin A. Hofstad Ledin, Hofstad, Troth & Fleming, Ltd. 539 Main Street S. Pine City, MN, 55063 Attorney License No: 012445X Telephone: (320) 629-7537 FAX: (320) 629-2479 Email: kevinh@ledinandhofstad. com Published in the Pine City Pioneer on Oct. 26 and Nov. 2, 2017 STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF PINE DISTRICT COURT TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court File No. 58-PR-17-85 In Re: Estate of Fern V. Mettling a/k/a Fern Virginia Mettling, Decedent. NOTICE OF AND ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR FORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS It is Ordered and Notice is given that on November 14th, 2017, at 10:00 AM a hearing will be held in this Court at Pine County Courthouse, 635 Northridge Drive NW, Pine City, MN 55063, on a petition for the
formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the Decedent’s Will dated November 8, 2013, and for the appointment of Steven Mettling, whose address is 6332 307th Ave NE, North Branch, MN 55056 as personal representative of the Decedent’s estate in an unsupervised administration. 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 personal representative will be appointed with the full power to administer the Decedent’s estate, including the power to collect all assets; pay all legal debts, claims, taxes, and expenses; sell real and personal property; and do all necessary acts for the Decedent’s estate. 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. BY THE COURT Dated: MARTIN, KRISTA (Judge) Judge of District Court 2017.10.10 10:49:57-05’00’ Dated: OLSON, ELIZABETH Court Administrator/Deputy Oct 10, 2017 Filed in Tenth Judicial District Court Olson, Elizabeth (Pine Court Administration) Oct 10, 2017, 11:07 AM LINDBERG LAW OFFICE, P.A. Grant W. Lindberg, #347644 100 Buchanan St. N., Suite 2 Telephone: (763) 689-6896 Facsimile: (763) 689-6819 e-mail: grant@lindberglawoffice.com ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER Published in the Pine City Pioneer on Oct. 26 and Nov. 2, 2017 STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF PINE TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT Court File No. 58-PR-17-88 PROBATE DIVISION Estate of Doreen Ann Hoffman, also known as Doreen Hoffman, Decedent. NOTICE OF INFORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS (INTESTATE) Notice is given that an application for informal appointment of personal representative has been filed with the Registrar. No will has been presented for probate. The application has been granted. Notice is also given that the Registrar has informally appointed Wendy McGuirk, whose address is 16405 Beroun Crossing Road, Brook Park, MN, 55007 as personal representative of the Estate of the Decedent. Any heir or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the personal representative. Unless objections are filed with the Court (pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3-607) and the Court otherwise orders, the personal representative has full power to administer the Estate including, after 30 days from the date of issuance of letters, the power to sell, encumber, lease or distribute real estate. Any objections to the appointment of the Personal Representative must be filed with this Court and will be heard by the Court after the filing of an appropriate petition and proper notice of hearing. Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the personal representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred. Dated: LU ANN BLEGEN Registrar Pine Court Administrator 2017.10.17 11:42:14-05’00’ Dated: LU ANN BLEGEN Court Administrator Pine Court Administrator 2017.10.17 11:42:31-05’00’ Filed in Tenth Judicial District Court Nelson, Kim (Pine Court Administration) Oct 17 12:39 PM Attorney for Personal Representative Chelsie Troth Ledin, Hofstad, Troth & Fleming, Ltd. 539 Main Street S. Pine City, MN, 55007 Attorney License No: 0395709 Telephone: (320) 629-7537 FAX: (320) 629-2479 Email: chelsiet@ledinandhofstad. com Published in the Pine City Pioneer on Oct. 26 and Nov. 2, 2017
Minnesota Starwatch November welcomes the winter sky BY DEANE MORRISON
In November the Milky Way arches high across the mid-evening sky from east to west. At its eastern end, winter constellations Orion, the hunter; the Gemini twins; Taurus, the bull; and Auriga, the charioteer enter the sky. At its western end, the Summer Triangle of bright stars wheels toward the horizon. Face north to see scraggly Perseus just to the right of M-shaped Cassiopeia. Below them the Little Dipper hangs from its anchor—Polaris, the North Star—and the Big Dipper hugs the horizon. Look high in the south to see the Great Square of Pegasus above the somewhat dim Circlet of Pisces. Immediately northeast of the Great Square is a faint oval smudge; this is the Andromeda Galaxy, the Milky Way’s nearest large neighbor. Binoculars—and a good star chart—will help you find it. Early in the evening, a sparkling multicolored star comes out somewhat low in the northeast. This is Capella, the “little goat,” the brightest star in Auriga and the sixth brightest in all the night sky. At just over 42 light-years away, Capella—also called the Goat Star— is fairly close. It appears as a single star, but it comprises a pair of aging yellow stars that are significantly bigger and brighter than the sun but orbit each other closer than the Earth orbits the sun. Capella often appears multicolored, twinkling both red and green. This happens when it’s low in the sky and we see it through a thick swath of Earth’s atmosphere that refracts its light like a prism, an effect most easily seen with bright stars. See if you can make out a small, elongated isosceles triangle of stars near the Goat Star; these are called “the kids.” In the morning sky, Mars is a red-
dish dot low in the east-southeast before dawn. On the 14th it appears between a waning moon above and the bright star Spica, in Virgo, below. All month long, Venus smolders in the sun’s foreglow. On the 13th Jupiter, charging up from the horizon, sweeps to the right of Venus, coming within a moon’s width. The king of planets is climbing as Earth catches up to it in the orbital race, while the queen is dropping en route to disappearing behind the sun. On the 16th a lovely sliver of moon appears above the two planets. The full hunter’s moon shines the night of the 3rd-4th. Between midnight and dawn on the mornings of the 17th and 18th, no moon interferes with the peak of the Leonid meteor shower. Some 20 meteors per hour may fly from the head of Leo, the lion, which clears the eastern horizon by midnight. Bundle up, find an open space, lie back on a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy the show. The University of Minnesota offers public viewings of the night sky at its Duluth and Twin Cities campuses. For more information and viewing schedules, see: Duluth, Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium: www.d.umn.edu/ planet Twin Cities, Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics: www.astro.umn. edu/outreach/pubnight Check out the astronomy programs at the University of Minnesota’s Bell Museum ExploraDome: http://www.bellmuseum.umn. edu/exploradome Find U of M astronomers and links to the world of astronomy at http://www.astro.umn.edu
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Where in the world is the Pioneer? (above) Al Berghammer recently visited Santa Claus at North Pole, Alaska along with some family members and his favorite hometown paper. He even sat on Santa’s lap.
(right top) Ann McKinnon took her Pine City Pioneer along for the ride on a road trip to Arizona where they stopped at Pinetop Brewing Company. Ann said, “The beautiful scenery and great local beer made me miss Three Twenty Brewing and my Snake River paradise.”
(right bottom) Noelle Roubinek and Bette Christensen from Pine City along with Luther Christensen took a trip to the Scandinavian countries. This picture is taken on the way to Sognefjord in Norway. It’s the longest and highest fjord in Norway.
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Pine City gets into the Halloween spirit (above) A homeowner on 8th Avenue SW pulls out all the stops for their Halloween display, including creepy lights, zombies coming out of the window, and a red-eyed dragon spreading its wings. (left) This exotic and spooky-looking arthropod is a real spider, spotted at a backyard along Airwaves Road in Pine City. The Golden Argiope, also known as the corn spider or yellow garden spider, is common in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The females have the distinctive yellow and black markings seen here, and may grow to over an inch in length. These spiders may bite if disturbed or harassed, but their venom is mostly harmless to humans – comparable to a bee sting with redness and swelling.