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Barnard back, bail set at $1.5m Alleged cult leader extradited from Brazil to face 59 counts of criminal sexual conduct in Pine County

BY MIKE GAINOR EDITOR@PINECITYMN.COM

After an international manhunt and a year in Brazilian prisons, self-proclaimed pastor and alleged sex offender Victor Barnard finally returned to Pine County on June 18 where he was immediately booked in Pine County Jail.

Barnard was charged in Pine County Court in April 2014 with 59 felony counts

of criminal sexual conduct for the alleged sexual abuse of teen and preteen girls in his care.

Bail for Barnard has been set at $1.5 million. Barnard remained in Pine County Jail at press time.

BARNARD IN COURT Barnard, 54, appeared thin and pale as he was led in shackles into his first hearing in Pine County Court on June 20.

Pine County Attorney Reese Frederickson argued that Barnard should be considered a flight risk due to his contacts in the United States and abroad.

He pointed out that many still follow Barnard, just as they did when he led the River Road Fellowship in Pine County.

“They believe he is the son of God,” Frederickson said. “His followers will basically do anything for him. They’re completely devoted.”

He expressed concerns that Barnard’s followers would post bail for him, then shield him and allow him to evade capture once again, and asked that bail be set at $3 million with conditions, $7 million without conditions.

Barnard’s attorney, David Risk, said his client is the leader of a church of 150 members.

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Pine City Ambassador candidates step up

BY MIKE GAINOR EDITOR@PINECITYMN.COM

Eight ambassador candidates and 10 junior candidates have come forward to seek the title of Pine City Ambassador – and perhaps become the next

Miss (or Little Miss) Pine City.

The candidates will participate in a bingo fundraiser on June 23 at 7 p.m. at Pine City High School, and the Pine City Ambassador Coronation will take place on Sunday, June 26

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“My goal in life is to help the world by volunteering in communities that need assistance,” Willert said.

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A crash just east of Grand Casino Hinckley sent two people to the hospital on the night of June 17.

The Minnesota State Patrol reports that at approximately 9:53 p.m. this past Friday, a Buick Enclave being driven by Kendra L. Anderson, 18, of Zimmerman, was heading eastbound on Highway 48.

At County Road 15, just east of Grand Casino Hinckley, the Buick went into the right turn lane and attempted a U-turn to go westbound on the highway.

An eastbound Nissan Altima being driven

by Julie A. Young-Garayt, 61 of Eagan, struck the driver’s side of the Buick while it was attempting the U-turn.

There were no passengers. Both drivers were sent to Essentia Hospital in Sandstone to treat their injuries. The drivers’ injuries were considered to be non-life threatening.

The Minnesota State Patrol reports that both drivers were wearing seatbelts, and alcohol was not a factor in the crash.

U-TURNS LEGAL? According to Minnesota law, it is legal to make a U-turn as long as the movement can be made safely and it does not interfere with or disrupt traffic. It is not legal to perform the maneuver where signs prohibit U-turns.

U-turns are also not permitted near hilltops or curves where the vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction within 1,000 feet.

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Truhaven Ranch helps abused horses find safe homes in Pine City area

BY MIKE GAINOR EDITOR@PINECITYMN.COM

A ranch in Winsted, Minnesota dedicated to rescuing horses – and creating better horse owners – is getting a lot of help from animal lovers in the Pine City area.

Candy Phillips, founder and executive director of nonprofit Truhaven Ranch, said she has made the two-hour drive to Pine City many times to visit horse trainer Kyle Swift off of Highway 70, and Donna Sandberg, who cares for horses, mules and other animals on her property in Pokegama Township.

“We’ve had animals that can’t even be handled, and put them up there in [Sandberg’s] pasture, and she gives them treats and loves them up a little bit, and then we bring them back and put them to work,” Phillips said. “She tames them. They get used to the fact that people are nice. She also has created a home for older horses that no longer have a place to go.”

“I have a senior citizen group,” Sandberg said. “They’re not going to be abused.”

Phillips said that very few animal owners are deliberately cruel, but too often a person will purchase an animal without knowing how to care for it.

“So many of the horses end up in rescues because people don’t know what they’re getting into,” she said. “It’s this cute, pretty little baby. Then we take it home. Well then, it grows up, and what do we do with it? We have no training, no background, no experience. So it ends up in the system somewhere, in a slaughter barn, unwanted. And some of them have some pretty major issues because they’re spoiled rotten. Others have just been neglected to the point where they’re starving. So a big basis of Truhaven Ranch is [owner] education.”

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“I could tell right from the beginning that he had some really serious problems,” Sandberg said. A mule expert put her in contact with Phillips, and Josie went down to Truhaven Ranch.

“Josie is still with Candy, and he is rideable,” Sandberg said.

“We use him to train other animals now,” Phillips said.

“He was terrorized so badly.

And now he’s really special.”

Sandberg donated some extra hay to the ranch, but she wanted to do more.

“She was like, ‘I’ve got some room. How can I help? Do you have any animals that need to come to pasture?’ So then Donna started taking some horses ... and did her tender loving care with them. And that just started a whole interaction that we’ve had going on ever since.”

“I figure that most people find a niche, something that’s important to them,” Sandberg said. “Some people are working for the cancer society ... or youth basketball. That’s my niche. I’m helping the animals.”

Sandberg is now one of more than 25 people statewide who take horses in from Truhaven Ranch and work with them at their own cost and expense.

Besides equine rescue, Truhaven Ranch also offers a full education program for adult and youth animal owners.

They also partner to provide animal therapy for troubled, disadvantaged, autistic and ADHD youth on a one-on-one basis.

Donna said that helping traumatized animals recover is its own reward.

“You see them blossoming,” she said.

“That’s exactly why we do it,” Phillips said. “It’s just watching that happen.”

Those interested in finding out more about Truhaven Ranch may visit www.truhavenranch.org or contact Phillips at 320-224-5454. Those

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has helped care for have come out of rescue situations in Pine County led by the Animal Humane Society.

“Rescues can come from anywhere,” she said. In some cases, the owners are elderly and no longer able to care for the animals, or they have lost jobs or are moving. Many times they will offer the animals to Minnesota Hoofed Animal Rescue, who will contact Phillips to help find new homes for the animals in pastures like Sandberg’s across the state.

In other cases, the animals are seized after investigation by law enforcement and the Animal Humane Society.

“Then they will call me,” Phillips said. “I get the call that there’s something in bad shape, there’s a bunch of dead horses and a few that are alive. Then we’ll help where we can. It’s a long, complicated process.”

Once the animals are medically examined, Phillips and the other horse trainers start the process of trying to help the horses recover from the trauma and abuse they have endured.

“Sometimes it’s a few days, and sometimes it’s a few years,” she said. “And some we can’t ever bring around – they’re just mentally gone so bad that we can’t ever bring them around and they’re a danger to themselves and humans.

I’ll keep trying as long as they show they’re making some sort of progress.”

When they feel a horse has become happy and whole again, it’s time to find them a new home.

“Those adopting the animals must sign a form saying they will not re-sell them,” Phillips said. “We’re looking for ‘forever homes’ for these animals.

People to be responsible for them until they pass.”

Sandberg said she met Phillips seven years ago after she bought a white mule named Josie at auction.

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Ruby’s Pantry 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, June 23, from 5 - 6:30 p.m. For information call 651-674-0009 or visit www.rubyspantry.org.

Mora’s Music in the Park The City of Mora’s Music In The Park summer concert series will feature Crazy Keys dueling pianos at a free concert at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 23 in the gazebo of Library Park in downtown Mora. For more information visit www.ci.mora. mn.us.

JUNE 23 & 26 ‘Meet the Candidates’ bingo and coronation On Thursday, June 23 the public is invited to a “Meet the Candidates” bingo fundraiser for the Pine City Ambassadors at 7 p.m. at Pine City High School.

The Ambassador Coronation will also take place at 7 p.m. at PCHS on Sunday, June 26. For more information find PineCityAmbassadors on Facebook or visit www.pinecitychamber. com or call 320-322-4040.

JUNE 23 - 27 St. Croix State Park St. Croix State Park welcomes the public to participate in a wide range of programs beginning Thursday, June 23 with a “Wildlife Ambassador Meet & Greet” at 8:30 a.m. Friday, June 24 programs include archery at 2 p.m. and a “Tools of the Trade, Logging Days” program at 6:30 p.m. Saturday’s programs include learning about animal tracks at 1 p.m., a 5-mile guided canoe trip on the St. Croix River at 2 p.m. and “Fishy Flyers” at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at 11 a.m. learn about the evolution of art in Ojibwe and Dakota cultures through bead weaving, and watch a nature film at 4 p.m.

Monday will once again feature a “Wildlife Ambassador Meet & Greet” at 11 a.m. Visit the website www.mndnr.gov/stcroix for specific times and presentations, or call 320-384-6615.

JUNE 24 The Jolly Zuks at Art in the Park

The Pine City Arts Council invites the community to enjoy the old time stylings of the Jolly Zuks at Art in The Park on Friday, June 24, 6:30 p.m., at Robinson Park in downtown Pine City. The Pine City Lions will serve German pulled pork beginning at 5:30 p.m. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy the free show. Call 320-629-2227 with any questions.

Enjoy an Italian progressive dinner in Rush City on Friday, June 24 to benefit A Place for You, the transitional shelter located in Pine City. The dinner begins at St. John’s Lutheran Church at 5:30 p.m. with salad, then lasagna at First Lutheran Church and dessert at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Tickets may be purchased at any of these churches; call 320-3583623, 320-358-4076 or 320-3584370.

JUNE 24 & 25 Arrowheads and Stone Tools Co-sponsored by the Minnesota Flint Knappers Guild, this annual two day event at the North West Company Fur Post, Pine City, showcases the craft of making spear points and arrowheads from rock. By shaping stone into sharp tools and projectiles, ancient people were able to hunt animals as big as mastodons. Watch as modern flint knappers from around the country demonstrate their skills on Friday, noon to 4 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., June 24 and 25. To learn more, call 320-629-6356 or email nwcfurpost@mnhs.org.

JUNE 25 Freedom Fest Pine City’s annual Freedom Fest celebration begins Saturday, June 25 with the triathlon at 8 a.m. at the City Beach/Westside Park. Meanwhile, the 4-H pancake breakfast is from 7:30 11 a.m. in the 4-H building at the Pine County Fairgrounds. Also at the fairgrounds are the Pine Cruiser Car Club Show, antique tractor show, and Stewards Car Club swap meet, all beginning at 9 a.m. Beer gardens and food vendors open at 9 a.m., children’s activities begin at 11 a.m., and the Pine City “Amazing Race” starts at 2 p.m. (advance registration required). The Pine City Fire Dept. waterball event is at 1 p.m. The Girl Scouts will host a flag disposal ceremony from 3-5 p.m., and a street dance featuring 5 ‘til Sunrise starts at 7 p.m. followed by fireworks at dusk. Other activities throughout the day include a money scramble at 12 p.m., prize drawings at 1 p.m. and much more.

Visit www.pincitychamber.com or call the Pine City Chamber of Commerce at 320-322-4040 for more information.

NAMI free workshop The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Minnesota (NAMI) will hold a free, sixhour interactive workshop that provides families and individuals with information on mental illnesses, practical coping strategies, and hope for recovery. The workshop will be held in Hinckley’s community room,

106 1st St. SE, on Saturday, June 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For information or to register, call 651645-2948 or go to namihelps.org.

at a free concert at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 30 in the gazebo of Library Park in downtown Mora. For more information visit www.ci.mora.mn.us.

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Solid Rock in the Park As part of Pine City’s Freedom Fest celebration, “Solid Rock in the Park,” a free, outdoor musical event will take place Sunday, June 26 at Robinson Park, Pine City, 1-6 p.m. A variety of musical acts will perform throughout the day including Steve Duede, Mike & The Vibes, Tru-Serva, Dawna Johnson, Marah & the Mainsail, Joe Q and Render. For details visit http://tinyurl.com/srevent2016 or call the Chamber of Commerce at 320-322-4040.

The Whitesidewalls at Art in the Park The Pine City Arts Council invites the community to rock out with the Whitesidewalls at Art in The Park on Friday, July 1, 6:30 p.m., at Robinson Park in downtown Pine City. Zion Lutheran Church will serve hot dogs and apple pie beginning at 5:30 p.m. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy the free show. Call 320-629-2227 with any questions.

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S.A.L. pork chop dinner A grilled pork chop dinner to benefit the Sons of the American Legion scholarship will be served Sunday, June 26 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Pine City American Legion. Potato salad, baked beans and rolls are included with either a one- or twopork chop meal. Call 320-6292021 for tickets or information.

Kids Crafts at Mille Lacs Kids ages 6 and up are invited to Mille Lacs Indian Museum on Saturday, July 2 between 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. to learn how to decorate an Ojibwe-style shoulder bag. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided. For activity cost, admission or more information, call 320-532-3632 or email: millelacs@mnhs.org.

‘Big Splash at the Pool’ “Big Splash at the Pool” will take place Sunday, June 26, noon to 4 p.m. at the Rush City Aquatic Center. There will be carnival games, food, a dunk tank, a Lucky Duck Race and more. To purchase a duck, call Karen Carlson at 320-358-3366 or Paula Bengtson at 320-3583435. Tickets are also available at the pool and Rush City city hall.

JUNE 27 Red Cross blood drive An American Red Cross blood drive will be held on Monday, June 27 at Rush City High School from 1 to 7 p.m. For an appointment to donate call the American Red Cross at 800-7332767 or visit redcrossblood.org.

‘Walk, roll, swim and get fit’ with We R Able We R Able invites the public to the SCRED building in Rush City at 5:45 p.m. on Monday, June 27 to take part in some fitness and health puzzles, enjoy a light snack and beverage, and then walk or roll to the pool a couple of blocks away for the water aerobics class from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. There is a modest fee to attend. Additional dates for this program are July 22, 25 and Aug. 8. For more information or to register call 320-358-1211.

JUNE 30 Holy Rocka Rollaz at Mora’s Music in the Park The City of Mora’s Music In The Park summer concert series will feature the Holy Rocka Rollaz, a ‘50s rock & roll band,

JULY 8 & 9 Hinckley’s annual Corn & Clover Carnival Hinckley’s annual Corn & Clover Carnival celebrates 105 years on Friday and Saturday, July 8 and 9. There will be rides, food stands, a beer garden and more. On opening day at 1 p.m. there is a sidewalk chalk art contest and at 5 p.m. is the Little Miss Hinckley Pageant followed by the Kiddie Parade, and Miss Hinckley Pageant at 7 p.m. A street dance with The Squires is at 9 p.m. The big parade is on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Also on Saturday are classic cars and tractors, a pancake breakfast, kids’ activities and more. The “Hinckley Idol” talent show is at 8 p.m. Visit www.hinckleychamber.com or call 320-3847837 for a full schedule of times and events.

‘Camping with Crex’ Bring the whole family to Crex Meadows in Grantsburg, Wisconsin on Friday and Saturday, July 8 and 9 to enjoy a mini vacation of camping fun beginning at 6 p.m. Set up a tent at the rest area on the north end of the property. Prepare meals over the fire, hike trails, pick wild edibles, set small mammal traps, learn geocaching and outdoor survival tips, all while enjoying evening wildlife programs. Dinner, breakfast and snacks will be provided. This event is for those ages 8 and above, is limited to five families, and registration is required; call 715-463-2739 or visit www. crexmeadows.org.

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MEETINGS THURSDAY 6/23 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 SUNDAY 6/26 AA (Big Book study): Evangelical Free Church, 7 p.m.

MONDAY 6/27 Celebrate Recovery: Pine City, Journey North Church, 6 p.m.

Pine City Yellow Ribbon: Pine City American Legion, 7 p.m.

AA: 7:30 p.m., Our Redeemer Lutheran Church WEDNESDAY 6/29 Woodcarving club: Askov, 9 a.m. Pine Co. History Museum 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 THURSDAY 6/30 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.

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SENIOR DINING June 27 - July 1 Monday: Breaded fried chicken, whipped potatoes with gravy, vegetable medley, wheat bread, mandarin oranges Tuesday: Swiss steak, onion roasted potatoes, beets, wheat bread, lemon chiffon Wednesday: Shepard’s pie, crunchy romaine salad, wheat dinner roll, apple crisp Thursday: Pork roast, red skinned potatoes with gravy, peas and carrots, wheat bread, fruit cocktail Friday: Baked chicken breast and bun with lettuce and tomato, calico beans, cucumber salad, Jello poke cake 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.

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The big storm The most frightening childhood memory I have occurred when I was about 12 years old.

The morning had dawned calm and clear but by late afternoon my father noticed that something was stirring on the western horizon. It was colored by a thin line of gray. Later there was more gray and a rising wind.

Our family had just sat down to supper in our home a few miles east of Pine City when there was a sudden bolt of followed by a deafenMemories lightning ing clap of thunder and a fierce wind. My father jumped up to of look out the window. He said Pine City the sky was a gray-green and trees were bowed and some Mary branches broken. We were in for a bad storm.

Andersen The rising shriek of the wind seemed exciting and scary at the same time. My little sisters began to cry as the wind howled around our house and made it creak like we’d never heard before. We huddled together in a corner away from the windows that rattled from the wind and driving rain. There was no place to go for refuge, no closets, no bathtubs, nothing.

We were totally vulnerable. The entrance to the small cellar was on the outside of the house and we couldn’t possibly reach it safely.

My mother suggested we all kneel and pray together, so we all knelt down on the kitchen floor. It was a relief to do something. We prayed until the storm let up. I’d never prayed so hard.

When all became an eerie quiet, we went out to inspect the damage.

Several of the outbuildings were in shambles and debris cluttered the yard. Some of the smaller trees had been uprooted. Shingles had been ripped from the roof of our house and lay strewn throughout the area. It was a real mess.

My father asked that we all pitch in to clean it up in the next few days.

We were all very thankful that, in spite of the damage, no one had been hurt and our house was still intact.

Now many, many years have passed since that big storm, but it was a day in my life that I can never forget.

‘Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.’

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Legislators are frustrated?

To the Editor: Seriously, the legislators are frustrated? Not as frustrated as the citizens are becoming. We send them to St. Paul to get the job done and they fail. If it had only been one failure once in a while we might be able to understand. However, it’s now a habit for them to be called back for a special session to “complete” the work they were supposed to get taken care of when they were in regular session.

I for one have had it and I am one of a growing chorus of people saying enough. I’m tired of the governor and legislature not getting the job we hired them to do done, and then blame the other party for the reason it didn’t get done. I’m tired of legislative lack of action until the last few hours of the session. Don’t you get your important work done first? If I failed to get my work done I would be fired and looking for a new job.

It’s time to toss the whole lot out and bring in a new crew. I bet the new crew would quickly learn to get the job done or we will hire someone to replace them too.

Remember that when you sit in the election booth this fall and vote the incumbents out of office and bring in fresh blood. I’m not talking just my legislative representatives in the house and senate, I am talking statewide. They all need to be removed and unless we remove them they will be rewarded by our stupidity to allow this to continue.

The legislature has failed us; it’s time to use a broom and sweep them out of office.

John Birrenbach Pine City

Enough is enough To the Editor: In the wake of the worst mass shooting/hate crime in U.S. history, presidential candidate Donald Trump has set a meeting to go hat in hand to the NRA (gun industry lobby group, devoted to helping gun manufacturers sell more guns) to ask permission to support common sense gun control regulations without losing

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their campaign contributions. I find that very unseemly. The NRA is not an elected body and for candidates and legislators to be so afraid of them that they have to ask permission to do what the vast majority of Americans sees as necessary is not democracy in action. It is cowardice and such a lack of integrity as to be immoral.

This is especially glaring when, as of July 2015, 85 percent of Americans (88 percent Democrats, 79 percent GOP) favor expanded background checks, and 79 percent GOP and 81 percent Democrats favor laws preventing the mentally ill from buying guns. Also, 70 percent of Americans want a federal database to track gun sales and 57 percent of Americans favor an assault weapons ban. The survey was conducted by the Pew Research Center.

Since the latest carnage, I’m guessing that more people would like to see an assault weapons ban and common sense gun regulation. So, why have Republican lawmakers refused to act? Campaign cash is why.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan were among the biggest recipients of pro-gun campaign windfalls in the last election. The gun manufacturing industry through the NRA gives out bundles of cash to let things go as they are. It’s time to hold these cowardly legislators accountable for their refusal to do what they can to protect the people.

From 2013-2016, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, gun regulation advocates have doled out $6,064,977. Pro-gun advocates, including the NRA, handed out $41,572,480 to Republican lawmakers. So, how does it feel as an American to know that despite what the vast majority of Americans want, that campaign cash has ensured that nothing gets done?

And, the most egregious lack of action is Republicans refusing to stop people on the “No fly” and “Terror watch” lists from buying war weapons. They talk about protecting us from terrorism, but are all talk and no action.

Enough is enough. Vote the bums out.

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Protect seniors against financial exploitation MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

In conjunction with World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15, the Minnesota Department of Commerce is urging Minnesotans to help safeguard the state’s seniors by keeping a watchful eye for signs of financial exploitation and promptly reporting possible abuse to the appropriate officials.

“Elder abuse comes in many forms,” said Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman. “In addition to physical maltreatment, it includes financial fraud and abuse. The threat of senior financial exploitation is expected to grow as the senior population itself grows. In Minnesota, the number of people age 65 and over will double between 2010 and 2030.”

With the aging of the population, elder financial abuse is on the rise as scam artists target seniors who may be isolated and seek to separate them from their life savings.

According to the Investor Protection Trust, one out of every five persons over the age of 65 has been victimized by a financial swindle.

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Rothman pointed to a recent case of senior financial abuse investigated by the Commerce Fraud Bureau. Sean Meadows,

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We need as many eyes and ears as possible listening and watching for signs of elder financial exploitation.’

Mike Rothman Minnesota Commerce Commissioner an Eden Prairie financial adviser, was sentenced last year to 25 years in prison for investment fraud.

Meadows stole more than $13 million from at least 100 clients with a Ponzi scheme that promised high rates of return on their investments. Instead of investing the clients’ hard-earned retirement savings, he used their money to bankroll his own extravagant lifestyle, including gambling in Las Vegas.

“Many older Minnesotans are vulnerable due to social isolation and distance from family and other support networks,” said

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To help fight this problem, the Commerce Department suggests watching for the following suspicious behaviors that may indicate potential exploitation: • Has a new person entered the senior’s life and shown an excessive interest in their finances or accounts? Does the senior display unexplained excitement over a financial windfall or prize check and reluctance to discuss details?

• Has a senior moved away from existing relationships and toward new associations with other “friends” or strangers?

• Are you unable to speak directly with the senior despite repeated attempts at contact?

If you suspect financial exploitation, contact the Minnesota Commerce Department at 651-539-1600 or 800-657-3602 (Greater Minnesota). Suspected maltreatment should be reported to the Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting Center at 844-880-1574, which is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

If you have a question or concern about a possible fraud or scam, contact the Commerce Department Consumer Services Center by email at consumer.protection@state.mn.us or by phone at 651-539-1600 or 800-657-3602 (Greater Minnesota).

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Pine City was gearing up for the Freedom Fest that will be taking place on June 24. All events were being held at the Pine City fairgrounds followed by fireworks at dusk.

A resident on Highway 61, Hinckley, reported someone killed all their goats and left the gate open where the horses were.

Super America in Pine City reported a man took a hot dog without paying. The person was arrested on an outstanding Hennepin County warrant.

Grand Casino Security reported a fight in a room of the hotel. Several Years deputies and a State Trooper respondAgo ed. Suspect ran into the woods behind the casino. Ambulance paged for the Donna victim. Unable to locate suspect.

The Cross Lake Association will Heath sponsor its annual boat parade on Sunday, July 2 at noon. Patriotic decorating is preferred but boaters may choose any theme they desire. Prizes will be awarded for the best in the parade.

Boy Scout Troop 188 of Pine City recently completed its annual spring river cleanup. About 500 pounds of junk was pulled from the public access near the dam and 150 pounds from the upper Snake River including four tires and one car battery.

Complementing the new plantings at Riversedge Townhomes are two benches. The landscaping along Main Street was paid for by the city with funds raised by selling bonding capacity to other cities.

Banners featuring Pine City’s voyageur will go up on the city’s main thoroughfares this summer. The Pine City Chamber of Commerce has committed over $2,000 to the project but more is needed to pay for about 60 banners.

Warren Dufresne, Pokegama Township, is a pioneer in developing a new field crop, hybrid poplar. In 1994 Dufresne was looking for something to plant in a field near his Rock Creek Mini-Storage at I-35 and County Road 70 and came upon the idea of hybrid poplar. Once planted and established there is little for the farmer to do but watch his crop grow until it can be harvested to be sold to paper mills and other industries.

Pine Citian James Barnes was crowned heavyweight boxing champ at Grand Casino’s Warriors Tough Tournament. He went 3-0, taking home the belt and the $1,000 purse.

25 Years Ago, 1991 The Pine City School District has reached a point where it needs a policy to regulate business advertising within schools, the school board was informed.

“More and more people are approaching us on doing it,” said Superintendent Joe Hobson. “It’ll continue to grow.” According to Hobson, two alternatives include allowing no advertising to go home with students whatsoever, or to permit some, based on circumstances and criteria to be determined.

North Bound Sporting Goods recently had a visit from the Pine City Ambassadors. Owners Augie and LeAnn Bergstrom and their daughters Meckensie and Michelle were congratulated on their new business.

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fired a pitch toward home during the Legion team’s consolation round game against Mora. After giving up three early hits, Mikyska struck out 11 batters. Pine City won the game 12-5. It later defeated Spooner, Wisconsin for the consolation trophy.

Spending summers with his grandparents inspired Don Shiffman to choose carpentry as a career and woodworking as a hobby that eventually evolved into a full-time job. Part of his enjoyment is being able to design his own crafts. He takes considerable pride in his fish pole rack. He has over 92 items in his product line and usually adds two new ones annually.

Karen Althoff, Susan Bever, Scott Kruse and Jolene Pangerl were among the 1,195 students participating in spring commencement ceremonies at St. Cloud State University.

Friends of Fr. Edward Foster from Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and other parishes he has served were on hand to help him celebrate his 40th anniversary to the priesthood. The Jubilee Mass was held at Our Lady of Lourdes church in Pine River and was followed by a buffet reception.

50 Years Ago, 1966 The fire department held a special election at which time Ben Novak was elected fire chief to fill the unexpired term of Joseph Holetz who is moving to the state of Washington.

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Wendell and Eli Huber built a diving tower at the bathing beach last Sunday. The boys are great bathing enthusiasts and bought the lumber and did the work themselves. The tower was a big addition to the bathing sports and is in continuous use.

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last fall to find out what kind of wish she desired, then took over the logistics to make it happen.

If you could have one wish, what would it be? A trip to Disneyland? To meet Carrie Underwood? To climb the Eiffel Tower?

LeeErin Hill knows the dilemma. She was given the opportunity last fall to make a wish through Wishes & More, a Twin Cities-based wish-granting organization that provides “extraordinary experiences” to children suffering from terminal or life-threatening conditions.

Hill had no desire to globe trot or star gaze. She knew what she wanted – a bedroom makeover. She had been sleeping on a mattress on the floor with limited accessories and storage space in a small house west of Grasston.

Her simple request was for a new bedroom set, closet organizer, closet door, bedding and newly painted walls with an overall rustic, outdoors look.

“I’m a country lover,” Hill said. “I’ve always been a girl that doesn’t mind getting dirty.”

PARTNERING MAKES A WISH COME TRUE When it was determined that a bedroom makeover was in the cards, Wishes & More contacted Gracie’s Room, a Minneapolis nonprofit specializing in creating “rooms for healing” for children with life-threatening illnesses.

The budget for the redo was set at around $5,000 with each organization taking on half the cost.

Martina Willegalle, an interior designer volunteering her time with Gracie’s Room, contacted Hill and got the lowdown on her wants and needs for the room, and the two exchanged photos and Pinterest pages of ideas. That part of the process took around six months, taking into account ups and downs with Hill’s illness.

Last week a team from Gracie’s Room took over Hill’s orange-walled bedroom, emptied it, painted and decorated it in secret for three days until the Friday, May 20 reveal.

SEEKING A ROOM FOR RECOVERY A room redo was high on Hill’s list as she seeks a relaxing refuge to help in her fight against epilepsy.

On July 31, 2014, she experienced a major seizure – something that had never happened before. The family sought answers from Children’s Hospital and a 30-day stay at Mayo Clinic, but even the top neurologists at both facilities have not been able to determine the cause of her ongoing seizures.

Hill is currently taking eight different kinds of seizure medications three times a day, but still struggles with seizures, headaches and continuous facial and palate twitching that affects her speech.

During a stay at St. Paul Children’s Hospital last year, according to LeeErin’s mom Lisa, specialists from Child Life, staff who help young patients deal with their hospital stay, heard about Hill and contacted Wishes & More, who then reached out to the family.

Al and Kim Garber, volunteer coordinators with Wishes & More who live in Isanti, were assigned to Hill’s case since she lives within their jurisdiction.

They met with LeeErin, her mom and three siblings

REVEALING A RUSTIC RETREAT A photographer waited behind the closed door to capture Hill’s first impression of her new space. Hill didn’t disappoint – she covered her mouth, let out some oohs and aahs and started to cry. “Oh, goodness gracious – I love it so much!” she said.

Hill’s mom cried too. “It’s the best room in the house,” she said, laughing.

The team from Gracie’s Room had painted the walls a soft gray-blue, added a rustic log bed with a new Sleep Number mattress, wall-mounted flat-screen TV, new Keurig coffeemaker loaded with supplies, and closet storage components covered by a sliding barnstyle door. A new dresser, chair and vanity with plenty of northern and rustic accessories rounded out the renovation.

The reno was a hit with Hill’s siblings. Her brother made himself comfortable on the bed and offered to move in and pay rent.

“I can hide in your closet,” said her little sister, “and when you go to sleep I can come snuggle with you.”

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With the state record fish program now accepting applications for catch-and-release muskie, flathead catfish and lake sturgeon, anglers with a potentially record-setting catch are encouraged to quickly measure and take a picture of the fish before releasing it. Allowing state records to be set via catch-and-release presents an opportunity to recognize Minnesota’s outstanding fishing opportunities for these species while also formally honoring the skill of anglers who catch and release a trophy muskie, flathead or sturgeon. For guidelines, visit www.mndnr. gov/recordfish. ~ Henry Drewes, DNR regional fisheries manager

‘Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I won’t feel so thankful then.’

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Kay explores beauty of nature in show at Pine Center for the Arts Stop by the Pine Center for the Arts (265 5th Street SE) to check out the natural world captured in the vibrant photographs of John Alexander Kay. Kay, a Rush City resident, prints his work on paper, glass and metal, and his photographs have been featured in various publications and displayed in the rotunda of the Mall of America. Drop in on Thursday from 3-6 p.m., Fridays from 4-7 p.m., and Saturdays from 9 a.m. -noon. Kay’s work will be on display at the Art Center through July 2.

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The flow of John Trigas’ life has always been influenced by the flow of rivers. The Pine City artist, photographer and musician was born in St. Paul, steps from the Mississippi River. Later he attended the University of Minnesota, on the banks of the Mississippi River. Trigas’ jobs out of college were on the river flats in St. Paul, and then on the shore in Northeast Minneapolis. Trigas and his family eventually settled in the Pine City area in 1987.

“I enjoyed my life on Snake River,” Trigas said. “I was an assistant scout leader with Pine City Troop 188. We were constantly canoeing and camping on the Snake River, and cleaning up Snake River. I also enjoy my life on Cross Lake, because that’s the lake that connects to St. Croix, which connects to the Mississippi, which connects to the Gulf. Looking at that beach I knew that if I wanted to, I could go anywhere I wanted.

“Pine City was a great place to raise my children,” Trigas added. “Excellent schools, great teachers, great mentors for my children. I draw a lot of inspiration from Pine City. I was always very proud of my town.”

Trigas’ family owned JT Parkside restaurant in Pine City, a horse breeding farm, and he also ran a graphic design, commercial photography and copywriting business. Ten years ago, he left the creative world to work in the financial industry. At that time he stopped painting and playing music altogether.

“I was in banking for 10 years and that was enough for me,” Trigas said, laughing. “It was soul-killing.

Banking was a necessity. It was a paycheck and it was the healthcare. I was stagnant and lost. And now my children are all grown up, so they have their own healthcare, and I have my freedom to do what I love. I had to put away my art because I was busy traveling for my work, and I was busy with the restaurant and

the farm.”

After leaving the corporate world, once again Trigas heard the familiar call of the river, and followed the Mississippi down to New Orleans. His current exhibition – an ongoing art project titled “The River” – is currently on display at The Old School Arts Center in Sandstone through Aug. 13, and features paintings and photographs from New Orleans. He plans to add other cities and towns as he works his way up and down the river, generating art along its shores.

Trigas finds inspiration from other artists, photographers, musicians, dancers, actors.

“It’s amazing all the artists that are hidden everywhere,” he said. “You don’t have to go far to find good art and good music. A lot of the people that I meet on the road are from other places.

“I’ve always been a musician. I play Greek bouzouki, clarinet, guitar, I play the sax, harmonica, the keyboard, I dabble in violin. My songs are more specific to a mood,” Trigas explained, “I was at a bar and a girl smiled and she had fangs. So I wrote that story into a song, called ‘she had fangs.’ I hear sound and I find out who they are.”

Trigas also likes photography, painting and multi-media. “I just have so many interests. It’s hard for me to just pick one and let all the rest of that go. And if you go back to even my college days, they wanted me to pick a major. And I said I want to pick my own individualized studies program, which was a lot of work to come up with the curriculum and have that approved.

I majored in commercial art, studio art and business.

From the get-go I was doing multiple things.”

For Trigas, the river had carried him back to rediscovering who he was.

“I found my old self,” Trigas replied, “I was trying to answer what would make me happy. And the answer was visiting with people, and creating from that, and then sharing that.”

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June’s Weed of the Month is glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus). Glossy buckthorn is a highly invasive large shrub or small tree native to Europe and Asia. It threatens riparian, wetland and upland forest areas. Glossy buckthorn forms dense stands that crowds out and completely displaces understory habitats.

Glossy buckthorn forms multiple stems as a young plant that develop into a single trunk as it matures.

The main stem can be up to 10 inches in diameter, and the cut stem is orange in the center. The leaves are alternate along the branches and do not produce terminal thorns like common buckthorn. The leaves are oval, glossy, toothless, and have veins that radiate outward from a central mid-vein. Glossy buckthorn flowers from May to July, and the berries transition from green to red to dark purple.

Though a threat to Minnesota’s forests, glossy buckthorn can also invade a variety of upland landscapes and urban regions. By forming dense stands, it prevents the natural regeneration of forest tree and shrub species. Ripened berries drop directly beneath the plants, and are consumed by birds that then spread

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Management of glossy buckthorn requires a multi-year commitment.

A management plan that emphasizes native species restoration will help prevent new populations from developing.

Uprooting small diameter plants can be effective on smaller stands.

Reducing soil disturbance is important to prevent new glossy buckthorn seedlings and other invasive plants from emerging.

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2015-16 second semester Dragon Academic Awards Pine City Elementary recently awarded the Dragon Academic Awards to 254 students in grades four through six for their high achievement or exemplary effort during the second half of the school year.

Awards were presented to students for maintaining an A average during third and/or fourth quarter, most overall academic improvement during the second half of the school year, citizenship, most effort, high creative abilities in written expression, and outstanding music skills.

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BARNARD: In Pine County Jail after extradition conversation with the young woman, Barnard convinced her to stay.

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“I object to the use of the word ‘cult,’” Risk said. “My client is a minister.”

Risk noted that there were no criminal charges against Barnard when he left the United States for Brazil in 2012.

Barnard was arrested in Brazil in February of 2015.

“He spent well over a year in Brazilian prisons,” Risk said.

“Physically, it took quite a toll on him. His health has suffered.”

Risk also argued that some of the charges against Barnard could be past the statute of limitations.

“These allegations are of issues that have happened between seven and 15 years ago,” Risk said. He asked that bail be set at $50,000 with conditions, $3 million without conditions. “[Barnard] has very few resources and has already suffered significantly,” Risk said.

Judge James Reuter set conditional bail at $1.5 million and unconditional bail at $3 million, and placed conditions that included GPS monitoring, confiscation of his passport and no contact with the victims.

SHEPHERD’S CAMP As reported previously in the Pioneer, in 2000 Barnard took over a large camp site near Finlayson, where he installed a church he called River Road Fellowship and brought in followers from across the United States.

The camp had multiple pieces of land connected with it.

One particular section was called “Shepherd’s Camp.”

In July 2000, Barnard set up a group of young females at Shepherd’s Camp who were referred to as “Alamoth” or “the Maidens Group.” One girl – who would later witness against Barnard – was invited to join Alamoth and live at Shepherd’s Camp. She and her father thought that this was a summer camp and she decided to go. She was 13. She would stay in Shepherd’s Camp for the next eight years.

Nine other females, ages 1224, also moved to Shepherd’s Camp that July. Barnard began giving sermons about the Maidens Group giving themselves to God, remaining unmarried and being a privileged, honored group.

“Alamoth” means virgin, and Barnard taught them that he represented Jesus Christ to them.

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Barnard had previously moved out of the house he shared with his wife and children into a home referred to as the Lodge on the Shepherd’s Camp property. He told the congregation he was dedicating himself to God. IN THE LODGE The young woman told a Pine County investigator that she was still 13 when Barnard had her come to the Lodge alone. Barnard repeatedly preached to her that he represented “Christ in the flesh,” and that it was normal for Barnard to have sex with her because it was in God’s Word.

She told Barnard she did not want to. She said she cried and felt weird. But she felt that she had to do what Barnard said.

And for the next eight years she would continue to have sex with Barnard from one to three times a month.

She said the other girls in Alamoth were also called to the Lodge to see Barnard but they never discussed what happened there. Barnard had told her many times not to tell anyone about having sex with him, including her parents and any authorities.

She said Barnard would get very angry if he felt people were going against what he wanted. She said Barnard would hit her when he was angry and sometimes it left bruises. He would also yell at her and make her feel very small and afraid.

In 2001, Barnard had a meeting with her and her parents.

Barnard told her parents he might have sex with their daughter. At that time he was already having sex with her, but he did not say that. The girl then believed her parents knew and were okay with Barnard’s behavior.

She tried to leave when she was 15 because she thought she might want to marry someday. With anger, in a public sermon, and in private

CHARGES, MANHUNT AND ARREST When some adult members began questioning his actions, including accusations that he had been having sexual relations with married women in the church, Barnard moved his family and the church to the state of Washington. A number of his followers, including Maidens, left with him in 2009.

A young woman who had been Barnard’s victim first reported her story to the Pine County Sheriff’s Office in 2012, and the investigation began. A second witness also came forward with a similar story of being repeatedly sexually abused as a teen by Barnard.

Once charges were filed against Barnard in 2014, it set off a national and international manhunt, but attempts to find and arrest him in Washington state – where he and his followers moved in 2009 – came up empty.

The hunt for Barnard intensified in November 2014 when the U.S. Marshals Service added him to its 15 Most Wanted fugitive list and offered a $25,000 reward. At that time, the U.S. Marshals reported that Barnard may have left the country.

RETURN TO PINE COUNTY Barnard was arrested in Brazil on Feb. 27, 2015.

Through the Brazilian court system he at first fought attempts to extradite him back to the United States. At that time, Frederickson said that extradition may take up to three years.

According to Brazilian news reports, Barnard was placed in the intensive care unit of a regional hospital on Nov. 13, 2015 after a suicide attempt. Following that incident, Barnard began to negotiate terms of extradition, leading to his return to Pine County on June 18.

In a statement, Pine County Sheriff Jeff Nelson thanked the U.S. Marshals, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. State Department and Brazilian prosecutors for their work leading to Barnard’s arrest and extradition.

“The return of Barnard marks the end of the extradition process and starts the prosecution phase of the complaint,” Nelson said. “The Sheriff’s Office looks forward to working with the Pine County Attorney’s Office to ensure a fair prosecution as we seek justice for the victims.”

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The 2015-16 class of Pine City Ambassadors took part in the North Branch Midsummer parade on June 19. The new Pine City Ambassadors will be crowned on July 26 at the Pine City High School Auditorium.

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• Alicia Freeman, daughter of Amy and Derek Freeman, is involved in many high school and community activities and also works as a waitress and cook. She hopes to become a registered nurse to specialize in oncology.

“I want to help the patients make their cancer journey successful and as painless as possible,” Freeman said. “If I can just make a difference for one of my patients to have a better life, that would be awesome.”

• Jacqueline Crawford, daughter of David and Rosa Crawford, describes herself as ambitious, outgoing, compassionate, and friendly, and is actively involved in choir, volleyball, dance line, and National Honor Society.

“My ambition in life is to pursue a career helping others, helping the community, challenging myself to be the best that I can be and living an exciting and happy life,” Crawford said.

• Taylor Campbell, daughter of Ann and Chris Campbell, has lived in Pine City her entire life. She is involved with Lil’ Dragons Daycare and the Pine City band program while holding down a job at Rock Creek Pit Stop.

“I have a small family that I hold a lot of love and gratitude for,” Campbell said. “My goals for the future are having a job in the medical field, traveling around the world, helping make a positive impact on the world and living a happy life.”

• Emmyrae Kuzel, daughter of Jeff and Lynette Kuzel, said dance has been her lifelong sport, and that she has been dancing since she was six. She enjoys traveling, camping, golfing and going out on the boat with her family.

“My career goal is to pursue a degree in the medical field and have the ability to help others,” Kuzel said. “I would describe myself as a caring, kind, spiritual, and an outgoing person who has big dreams for my future.”

• Katherine Rike, daughter of Glen and Brenda Rike, said she is very athletic, and uses sports like basketball, volleyball, and softball to relieve stress and relax. She has enjoyed helping youth soccer with field painting and equipment, helping in her church nursery and volunteering in the community. “[Pine City] is a small, beautiful and interesting town that can pull together in hard times,” Rike said. She said her own greatest strength is not giving up when told she can’t do something.

• Taylor Kline, daughter of Don and Sue Kline, is actively involved with piano, trombone, choir, theater and golf. She also takes part in her youth group, National Honor Society and LEO Club. She describes herself as an outgoing but composed person, and great with kids and the elderly.

“I would be honored to represent a town as great as Pine City is,” Kline said. “I love that in Pine City, everybody knows everybody.

Pine City is a wonderful place to call home.”

• Melissa Whittaker, daughter of Darrin and Jessica Whittaker, said she loves the outdoors and being busy throughout the day. She said she also enjoys participating in track, soccer, helping the environment, running the Evergreen Club, and volunteering.

“Don’t wait for someone else to change the world,” Whittaker said. She said her goals include making change to the environment, people and businesses around her.

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Responding to the growing number of people choosing to represent themselves in court proceedings, Minnesota’s Tenth Judicial District is expanding nocost, self-help legal services in Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec and Pine counties.

Staff have begun offering weekly walk-in hours at the Pine County Courthouse.

“As we see more and more people trying to navigate our legal system without an attorney, we have been exploring new ways to provide resources to these individuals to help them capably seek justice through our courts,” said Tenth Judicial District Administrator, Michael Moriarity. “The self-help center in Anoka County has proven so successful and popular that we quickly identified the need to offer this assistance in even more communities. We hope many more people will be able to take advantage of this important resource.”

A complete schedule of walk-in hours – along with information on self-help services available online, by email, and over the phone – are provided below: The self-help center will be open weekly at the Pine County Courthouse (Court Admin.) at 635 Northridge Drive NW, Pine City, MN 55063 on Mondays from 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Tenth Judicial District staff are also available to provide assistance over the phone and by email to residents.

• Subject to staff availability, self-help center phone service hours are Monday through Thursday between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. by calling 763-279-4325.

• Self-represented litigants can also submit questions to self-help center staff via email at 10CourtHelp@courts.state. mn.us. Normal response time for email questions is expected to be two to three business days.

Self-help center staff are able to provide instructions on how to complete court forms; review filled-out forms for completeness; help self-represented litigants locate free or low cost legal services and programs; and provide information about court process, practice and procedure.

Self-represented litigants can seek help filling out court forms related to a wide variety of court proceedings, including: civil actions; conciliation court matters; criminal expungement; divorce, child support, custody and family law; landlord and tenant law; name changes; and much more.

While self-help center staff are not able to directly provide legal advice, strategy or research, they will be able to connect visitors with services that offer legal advice and guidance.

For more information on resources available to self-represented litigants in Minnesota, visit www.mncourts.gov/ selfhelp or call 651-259-3888.

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The Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) 2016 County Committee Elections begin soon. FSA county committees are a direct link between the farm community and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

FSA county committees operate within official federal regulations so that local input is provided on federal programs such as: • Income safety-net loans and payments, including setting county average yields for commodities • Conservation programs • Incentive, indemnity and disaster payments for some commodities • Emergency programs • Payment eligibility The nomination period began June 15 and runs through Aug. 1. You can nominate yourself or anyone of legal voting age who participates or cooperates in an FSA program.

Nomination forms and other information can be found at www.fsa.usda.gov/ elections. Forms must be postmarked by close of business Aug. 1.

Nine Salmonella cases linked to newly hatched poultry

Nine people in Minnesota have become ill after handling baby chicks or other newly hatched poultry, such as ducks, turkeys or pheasants, prompting a warning from health officials to wash hands and take other precautions after handling young poultry.

Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) investigators have linked nine cases of Salmonella infections to baby chicks or other newly hatched poultry purchased from multiple feed stores in Minnesota. The cases are associated with a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella infections, or salmonellosis, being investigated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The ill Minnesotans ranged in age from two months to 66 years. The cases occurred from late April through mid-June 2016. Eight of the nine cases purchased newly hatched poultry this spring.

Salmonella is a type of bacteria carried in the intestines of animals that can be shed into the environment in their feces. Chicks, ducklings and other poultry are recognized sources of Salmonella infection, especially for children. Birds may shed Salmonella even when they appear healthy, and even a bird that looks clean can still have enough germs on feathers or feet to make a person sick.

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Gunval Warren Heins was born on June 1, 2016 at FirstLight Health System. He weighed nine pounds, 11 ounces and was 22 inches long. His parents are Dustin and Caley Heins of Ogilvie. Gunval is welcomed by brother Maxton, 5. His grandparents are Cathy Lundberg of Blaine, Randee Heins of Ogilvie and Diane (Bill) Garceau of Foley.

Rayann Claudia Altman was born on May 31, 2016 at FirstLight Health System. She weighed six pounds, seven ounces and was 19 inches long. Her parents are Chad and Colleen Altman of Mora. Rayann is welcomed by sisters Amber, 16, and Ashlynn, 15. Her grandparents are Jo Ann Robison of Siren, Wisconsin and Audrey Gardner of Dogwood City, Texas. Great-grandpa is Claude Schmidt of Pequot Lakes.

COLLEGE Dean’s lists The University of Wisconsin-River Falls spring semester dean’s list has been released. The following local students earned a grade point average of at least 3.5 on a scale of 4.0: Braham residents Krystal Coleman and Jenna Kolke; Brook Park resident Taylor Norby; Hinckley resident Court-

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Wendy Bock and Shaun Hollenkamp of Pine City have been named to the Minnesota State University Moorhead dean’s list in recognition of academic achievement spring semester 2016. Students must maintain a 3.25 or higher grade point aver-

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Julia Beth Christianson of Pine City has been named to the dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse for the spring semester of the 2015-16 academic year. To be eligible, students must have earned a 3.5 semester grade point average and have carried 12 credits.

Jordan, Derek, Don, Shary, Jim, MaryAnn and Elsie

PINE COUNTY SHERIFF’S BLOTTER June 13 - 19 Theft, burglary, vandalism June 13, 12:23 p.m., report of property damage, Pokegama Lake Rd., Royalton Twp. June 13, 3:06 p.m., report of fraud, 10th St., Pine City south.

June 14, 12:30 p.m., report of fraud, Lily Rd., Pine City Twp. east.

June 15, 12:09 p.m., report of vehicle theft/attempt, Rail Spur Dr., Pokegama Twp. east.

June 15, 12:37 p.m., report of theft, Brook Park Rd., Brook Park Twp. June 15, 2:07 p.m., report of theft, 580th St., Rock Creek east.

June 16, 5:56 p.m., report of theft, Main St., Pine City south.

June 17, 9:41 a.m., report of driveoffs, 13th St., Pine City south.

June 18, 12:37 a.m., report of property damage, Northern Rd., Pine City Twp. west.

June 18, 1:15 p.m., report of theft, Johnson Ave., Pine City south.

June 18, 11:23 p.m., report of theft, 10th St., Pine City north.

June 19, 5:44 a.m., report of property damage, St. Croix Rd./Government Rd., Pine City Twp. west.

June 19, 5:32 p.m., report of property damage, Hillside Ave./Main St., Pine City south.

June 19, 6:47 p.m., report of theft, Evergreen Sq., Pine City south.

Miscellaneous June 13, 11:59 p.m., report of disturbance, River Way, Pine City Twp. east.

June 14, 10:48 a.m., report of harassment, Main St., Pine City south.

June 15, 7:32 p.m., report of disturbance, Wildflower Rd., Pine City Twp. west.

June 15, 10:20 p.m., report of threats, 550th St., Rock Creek west.

June 16, 3:38 p.m., report of neighbor trouble, Pokegama Lake Rd., Pokeg-

ama Twp. west.

June 16, 7:37 p.m., report of harassment, 2nd Ave., Pine City south.

June 17, 7:43 p.m., report of suspicious activity, 13th St., Pine City south.

June 18, 12:00 a.m., report of shooting, Evergreen Ct., Hinckley east.

June 18, 3:36 a.m., report of suspicious activity, 13th St., Pine City south.

June 18, 7:29 a.m., report of unwanted person, Island Resort Rd., Pokegama Twp. west.

June 19, 12:34 a.m., report of loud party, Homestead Rd., Pokegama Twp. east.

June 19, 12:58 p.m., report of animal disturbance, Ravine Rd., Pine City Twp. east.

June 19, 7:43 p.m., report of drunk, 13th St., Pine City south.

June 19, 7:53 p.m., report of line/pole probs, Aubrecht Shores Dr., Pokegama Twp. east.

June 19, 11:08 p.m., report of neighbor trouble, Homestead Rd., Pokegama Twp. east.

Fires and accidents June 13, 8:20 p.m., report of miscellaneous fire, State Hwy. 70, Royalton Twp. June 17, 5:52 p.m., report of personal injury, I-35, Pokegama Twp. east.

June 18, 12:25 a.m., report of ATV/ snowm accid/road, Linden Tree Rd., Pokegama Twp. west.

Jail roster June 13, James Phillip Cowan, awaiting trial/court, hold for other agency, domestic abuse no contact order...; probable cause, remand-RPR, govtfalse name or DOB- fictitious... trespassing- business...; remand-bail, Pine County warrant, theft- take/ use/transfer movable ... Released June 17.

June 13, Robert Daniel Robinson,

hold for other agency, prohib f/poss pistol- possess/use... weapon- possineligible convicted... Released June 14.

June 14, Christopher Michael Labarre, under sentence, traffic- DUI3rd degree- alcohol conc over...

June 14, Daniel Lawrence Matrious, awaiting trial/court, remand-bail, drugs- 3rd degree- poss... 5th degreeposs... 5th degree- poss/procure/ control su...

June 14, Cory Edward Pohl, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, remand-bail, assault- domestic assault- misd. Released June 17.

June 14, Dale Thomas Pedersen, warrant, Pine County warrant, remand-bail, remand-RPR, disorderly conduct- offensive/ abus... Released June 16.

June 14, Douglas James Mischke, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, remand-bail, kidnap- false imprisonment- intenti... criminal sexual conduct- 1st degree- female- penet or contact... Released June 15.

June 14, Shawn Samuel St John, warrant, Pine County warrant, remand-RPR, drugs- 5th degree- possess schedule... Released June 15.

June 14, Stanley Moua, hold for other agency, theft- take/use/transfer movable ... Released June 14.

June 15, Travis Ely Swanson, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, theftaggregated within 6 months. Released June 16.

June 15, Dustin Douglas Fore, warrant, Pine County warrant, remand-bail, theft- take/use/transfer movable... Released June 16.

June 15, Jennifer Marie Lacey, awaiting trial/court, Pine County warrant, drugs- 5th degree- possess schedule...; remand-bail, probable cause, drugs- 5th degree- poss... Released June 17.

June 15, Heather Dawn Johnson, warrant, remand-bail, traffic- DUI- 3rd

degree... alcohol conc over...

June 15, Daniel Joseph Kenney, awaiting trial/court, hold for other agency, drugs- 5th degree- poss/procure/control su...; remand-bail, driver’s licenses- use false name/DOB. June 15, Terry Allen Krueger, under sentence, drugs- 5th degree- poss/ procure/control su...

June 15, Tony Joe Souja, awaiting trial/court, hold for other agency, failure to appear- chgd/convicted of...; remand-bail, govt- false name to police officer-G... traffic- driving after cancellation.

June 16, Todd Wayne Dietzmann, awaiting trial/court, hold for other agency, drugs- 5th degree- saleschedule IV...; probable cause, fugitive from justice from other st...; remand-bail, vehicle- theft- $1001 or greater- F...; traffic- motor vehicle registration...

June 17, Amy Marie Freund, Pine County warrant, drugs- 5th degreepossess schedule 1...

June 17, Erin Patrick Fuller, Pine County warrant, drugs- 5th degree- possess scheduled 1...

June 17, Ryan Dean Richardson, probation/parole violation, remand-bail, under sentence, assaultdomestic assault- GM. June 18, Victor Arden Barnard, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, criminal sexual conduct- 1st degpenet...3rd degree- clergy, 1st degree-female- penet or contact.

June 18, Gabriella Alexis Bellanger, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, assault- 2nd degree- dangerous weapon ...; drugs- 5th degree- poss...

June 18, Dylan Adrian Day, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, assault2nd degree- dangerous weapon ...; drugs- 5th degree- poss...

June 18, Joseph Michael Dunkley, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, assault- 2nd degree- dangerous weapon ...; drugs- 5th degree- poss...

June 18, Cory Lyn Fiebing, Pine County warrant, theft- take/use/transfer movable pro...

June 18, Anthony Jon Olen, awaiting trial/court, probable cause,, govtobstruct legal process- interfe...; criminal damage property- 4th degree; traffic- DUI- 2nd degree driving... 3rd degree- alcohol conc over...

June 18, Justin Lee Pavek, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, probable cause, drugs- 5th degree- poss/ procure/control su...; govt- obstruct legal process- interfe...

June 18, Cleotis Eugene Scottmarek, awaiting trial/court, hold for other agency- robbery-simple; probable cause, assault- 2nd degree- dangerous weapon...; drugs- 5th degreeposs/procure/control su...

June 18, Cassandra Lynn St Germaine, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, assault- 2nd degreedangerous weapon...; drugs- 5th degree- poss...

June 18, Javier Juan Valtierra, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, assault- 2nd degree- dangerous weapon...; drugs- 5th degree- poss...

June 18, Chad Elmer Fiebing, awaiting trial/court, remand-bail, traffic- driving after revocation, stolen property- receive- other property$2... trespass- public lands- damages- GM; probable cause, stolen property- poss- unknown property- $25... drugs- 5th degree- poss/procure/ control...; Pine County warrant, burglary- 2nd degree- res- forced- unknown...thefttake/use/transfer movable... criminal damage to property- 3rd degree- $501 to $1000... Released June 18.

June 19, Anson Robert Mattkins, awaiting trial/court, probable cause, traffic- DUI- 2nd degree- alcohol conc over... Released June 19.

There have been 954 admissions to the Pine County Jail in 2016.

OBITUARIES

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berty of Harris, Danial Lewis of San Francisco, California, Kelly (Nick) Anderson of Pine City, Tim (Julie) Bowers of Cumming, Georgia, Trisha (Casey) Crandall of Phoenix, Arizona, Travis (Sarah) Bowers of Woodbury; great-grandchildren: Aidan, Ethan, EllieMae, Carter, McKenzie, Christian, Coleson, Charlotte, Ella, Olivia, Mariah, Savannah, Aliyah, Sophia, Olivia, Wyatt, Baby Anderson; sisters: Anna Mae “Honey” Tobin of Newport, Washington, Maggie Spangler of Viola, Idaho; brother Jerry Price of Sheridan, Wyoming; sisters-in-law: Beatrice (Don) Steely of Rush City, Bernice (Bob) Hanson of Forest Lake; many other relatives and friends.

She is preceded in death by her husband Edward, parents Alfred and Blanche (Massengale) Price, granddaughters Jaclyn White and Katie Lewis, seven brothers and sisters, daughter-in-law Pamela White.

Pastor Tim Adams will officiate a Celebration of Life for Mary at 4 p.m., Thursday, June 23, 2016. A time of visitation is planned for 2-4 p.m. prior to the service, all at Journey North Church, Pine City. A private family interment will take place at Wyoming United Methodist Cemetery at a later date.

Funeral arrangements for Mary Lou White are entrusted to the Funeral and Cremation Service – Swanson Chapel, Pine City; www.funeralandcremationservice.com.

Mary Lou White p passed away Wednesd day, June 15, 2016 at her h home in Pine City at the a of 88. age Mary was a collector o warm sunny smiles. of I was evident that she It h had a deep love for the p people around her.

Mary firmly believed t the quote, “Those who b bring sunshine into the l lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.” (J.M. Barrie) Mary was a collector of sewing notions and quilting projects. She spent many hours pouring love and praying into every tiny stitch of her latest creation. She was seldom seen without a needle in her hand.

Mary was a collector of “Family and Friends.” She had a certain way about her, that let you know, if you were in ‘her presence,’ you felt ‘loved, and appreciated.’ She adored her Journey North Church Family, and her Westchester Village Family.

She cherished time spent with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Each year, during the summer months, Mary left for the state of Washington and spent time with her siblings. She always seemed to have the biggest of smiles in the photos she shared with her sisters.

Mary remained active right up until the end, at age 88 and still driving, her neighbors talk of recent trips out for ice cream. Sunday mornings were spent greeting people to Journey North Church at the “Welcome Desk;” her love for Jesus shined brightly... making sure once more, that visitors knew that someone cared.

Mary is someone who will be deeply missed and fondly remembered. Mary lived her verse... “a merry heart is good like medicine” (Proverbs 17:22). Mary is finally “HOME,” rejoicing at the feet of Jesus.

Mary is survived by her son Barry (Terry) White of Pine City, daughter Renee (Mark) Shermer of Pine City; grandchildren: Eric (Erin) White of Rush City, Carrie (Jim) Stumne of Wyoming, Shannon (Ron) Hu-

James J. Felger James Joseph Felge of Hinckley passed er a away at the age of 73 y years, 11 months, and 14 d days on June 11, 2016.

Jim was a master b baker who learned his t trade by working at the s side of his parents, Theo odore and Stacy Felge at Stacy’s Pastry in er Sandstone. Jim was born in St. Paul and moved with his parents to Willow River and then to Sandstone to open the bakery business. Jim and his mother ran the bakery after the death of his father. Jim married

Lois Osterhus in January of 1983. They built and ran Jeffrey’s Bakery in Hinckley for fourteen years. Jim never gave up baking after retirement. He sold bakery items through his business, Jim’s Specialties.

Jim will be greatly missed by his best friend, Lois; their son, Jeffrey of Naples, Florida; his three step sons, Paul Osterhus of Sandstone, Matthew (Aimee) Osterhus of Boston, Massachusetts, Christopher (Emily) Osterhus of Stacy; four step granddaughters, Ava, Cora, Ella and Finley; his three brothers, Tom (Deanna) of Mora, Gary (Pam) of Hedgeville, West Virginia, Kenneth (Maria) of Buffalo, New York; sister-in-law, Arlene of Brownsville, Texas; his aunt, Rose Peterson of St. Paul; Lois’ sister, Barbara (Gale) Torstenson of Dawson, Minnesota; Lois’ brothers, Harold Bonnin of Sandstone, David (Betty) Bonnin of Giese, Minnesota, Chuck (Geveyn) Bonnin of Key West, Florida; and many nieces, nephews, and friends. Jim was preceded in death by his parents and his half-brother, Theodore Jr. of Brownsville, Texas.

There will be a memorial service to celebrate Jim’s life on Saturday morning, July 30, 2016. The time and place will be announced by his family in July. The family hopes that you will be able to join them.

Arrangements by Tatting-Methven Funeral Home of Hinckley; www.methvenfuneralhome.com.

Gerald W. Healy Gerald William Healy died on June 19, 2016, in Cambridge, Minnesota, at the age of 88. He had suffered from Parkinson’s disease for the past three years. He was a leap year baby, born Feb. 29, 1928, in River Falls, Wisconsin, the youngest of Glen and Martha Healy’s five children. Jer attended the University of Wisconsin at River Falls for two years before transferring to Sioux Falls College, where he met Mildred Jucht.

They were married on Aug. 17, 1950.

Jer taught high school English in Sinai and Alcester, South Dakota, before taking a job in the English Department at Bethel College in St. Paul where he also coached basketball. He earned an M.A. from the University of South Dakota and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. After retiring from Bethel in 1986, he and Millie established a retreat center, Lindisfarne, SEE OBITUARIES, PAGE 18

WORSHIP GUIDE www.grasstonbaptist.org info@grasstonbaptisit.org 320.396.2645 Worship Service 9:30am Sunday School 10:45am

Church of Christ 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

Hands for Pine City Outreach Church Meeting at Pine City Library Community Room, 300 5th St. SE 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

Dale Evangelical Free Church 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

Henriette Community Church

First Presbyterian Church 405 Main St. S., Pine City 320-629-3592 Rev. Rob Spahr www.firstprespinecity.org 9:15 a.m. Sunday School-all ages, 10:30 a.m. Worship Celebration Wednesday @ 6:15 p.m. Youth Group

Grace Baptist Church 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.

Grasston Baptist Church 402 N. Oak St. Grasston, MN 55030

(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.

Hinckley Seventh Day Adventist 550 1st St. NE, Hinckley 320-384-6167 Pastor: Carlos Rodriguez Services, Saturday, 11 a.m.

Fellowship lunch 1st and 3rd Saturday following services.

Hope Lutheran Church Grasston Jim Sodergren, Pastor 320-396-3925 hopelutherangrasston.org Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship Service; 10:30 a.m. Sunday School; Holy Communion first and third Sundays and festival days.

Hustletown Community Church

Living Water Fellowship

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church

Non-denominational 17945 Blue Jay Ln. Pastor Bruce Thompson 320-225-9231 Sunday School, 10:15 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m.

915 W. 8th St. Rush City, MN Sunday Service 10:00 a.m.

Call 320-358-3818 for weekly Bible studies and youth activities.

320-629-2935 19390 Ave, Beroun, MN Monsignor Alek Suchan Sunday Mass 8:00 a.m.

Open Arms Church of God

South Pine Baptist Church formerly Trinity Baptist Fellowship

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

406 Pine St., Grasston, MN 320-396-3373 Pastor Gene Sherrod Spirit Filled Worship Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

Children’s ministry

Our Redeemer Lutheran Church 825 Golf Ave SW, Pine City 320-629-2985, www.orlcpc.com Worship Schedule VBS: Aug. 8-12, 9-11:30 a.m.

Coffee time at 10 a.m.

Sunday School Pre-6th grade at 9:30 a.m.

Thursday Service: 5:30 p.m.

Pine City Evangelical Free Church

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 Sunday Mornings: Life Class 9 a.m., Worship Service 10 a.m.

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

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.com

Trinity Episcopal Church 305 First St. NE, Box 204 Hinckley, MN 55037 320-245-0537 All Sunday services at 10:00 a.m.

No services on any 5th Sunday

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

Pomroy Chapel A Non-denominational Fellowship 2700 320th Ave., Brook Park 320-679-3925 Sunday: 9:30am Prayer 10 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. Worship Service

The businesses below invite you to attend the house of worship of your choice.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS To Creditors and Claimants of City Title, Inc.: Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 302A, City Title, Inc. (the “Corporation”) hereby gives you notice as follows: 1. The Corporation is in the process of dissolving pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 302A; 2. The Corporation has filed a Notice of Intent to Dissolve with the Minnesota Secretary of State; 3. The date of filing the Notice of Intent to Dissolve was May 23, 2016; 4. Written claims against the Corporation may be presented in care of Linda Boss, President, City Title, Inc, 2247 Hendon Ave, St. Paul, MN 55108; and 5. All claims must be received by the Corporation within ninety (90) days after the date this notice was first published pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 302A.727, Subd. 2(e).

Published in the Pine City Pioneer on June 2, 9, 16 and 23, 2016 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Rock Creek City Council shall hold a public hearing on Thursday July 7, 2016 at 7 PM at the Rock Creek City Center to discuss Brandon and Dorothy Karas’ application for a preliminary and final re-plat within the Rock Prairie subdivision.

The land is described as follows: Lots 1-4, 6 & 7 Block 1 and Lots 2-7 Block 2, 12 lots in total – combining into one Outlot A. All interested persons are invited to attend and be heard on this matter. Letters are also welcome.

The City Council shall hold their regular meeting immediately following the public hearing.

Sandra Pangerl City Clerk Administrator City of Rock Creek PO Box 229 Rock Creek, MN 55067 (320) 629-2736 Published in the Pine City Pioneer on June 23, 2016 STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF PINE IN DISTRICT COURT TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

PROBATE DIVISION §524.3-502#9 §524.3-801#6 Court File No. 58-PR-16-44 In Re: Estate of THOMAS W. CHADWICK, Deceased.

ORDER AND NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE IN UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND CREDITORS: Notice by publication is hereby given that on the 2nd day of August, 2016, at 9:00 a.m., a hearing will be held in the above named Court at Pine City, Minnesota, for the probate of an instrument purporting to be the Will of the above named decedent dated April 14, 2016, and for the appointment of Teresa L. Broderick whose address is 8541 Russell Avenue South, Bloomington, MN 55431 as personal representative of the estate of the above named decedent in unsupervised administration. That, if proper, and no objections are filed, said personal representative will be appointed to administer the estate, to collect all assets, pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, and sell real and personal property, and do all necessary acts for the estate. Upon completion of the administration, the representative shall file a final account for the allowance and shall distribute the estate to the persons thereunto entitled as ordered by the Court, and close the estate.

Notice is further given that ALL CREDITORS having claims against said estate are required to present the same to said personal representative or to the Court Administrator within four (4) months after the date of this notice or said claims will be barred.

Dated: 6/8/16 James T Reuter: By: Kim Nelson/ deputy Judge of District Court Nelson, Kim M. (Pine Court Admin)

2016.06.08 10:15:37-05'00' (Court Seal) LU ANN BLEGEN, Court Administrator

By Lu Ann Blegen: By: Kim Nelson/deputy Deputy Court Administrator Nelson, Kim M. (Pine Court Admin) 2016.06.08 10:15:51-05'00' Filed - State of Minnesota Pine County District Court Court Administrator Nelson, Kim M. (Pine Court Admin) 2016.06.08 10:16:05 -05'00' Charles A. Seuntjens, #0348843 PEMBERTON, SORLIE, RUFER & KERSHNER, P.L.L.P. Attorneys for Petitioner 903 Washington Avenue, PO Box 1409 Detroit Lakes, Minnesota 56501 Telephone: (218) 847-4858 Email: c.seuntjens@pemlaw.com Published in the Pine City Pioneer on June 16 and 23, 2016 STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF PINE TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION Court File No. 58-PR-16-46 Estate of Katharina Marten, Decedent NOTICE AND ORDER OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY, DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP, APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS It is Ordered and Notice is given that on August 2, 2016, at 9:00 a.m., a hearing will be held in this Court at 635 Northridge Drive NW, Pine City, Minnesota, for the adjudication of intestacy and determination of heirship of the Decedent, and for the appointment of Irmgard B. Ericson, whose address is 17750 Edgewater Rd. NE, Pine City, MN, 55063 as Personal Representative of the Estate of the Decedent in an UNSUPERVISED administration.

Any objections to the petition must be filed with the Court prior to or

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raised at the hearing. If proper and if no objections are filed or raised, the Personal Representative will be appointed with full power to administer the Estate, including the power to collect all assets, to pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to sell real and personal property, and to do all necessary acts for the Estate.

Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3801) 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.

BY THE COURT Dated: June 7, 2016 (COURT SEAL) /s/ James T. Reuter (signed by deputy) Judge of District Court Sarah Spencer (Pine Court Administration) 2016.06.07 11:54:12-05’00’ Dated: June 7, 2016 /s/ Lu Ann Blegen (signed by deputy) Court Administrator Sarah Spencer (Pine Court Administration) 2016.06.07 11:54:49-05’00’ Filed - State of Minnesota Pine County District Court Court Administrator Spencer, Sarah (Pine Court Administration) 2016.06.07 11:55:09-05’00’ Attorney for Petitioner Chelsie Troth Ledin, Hofstad, Troth & Fleming, Ltd. 539 Main Street S. Pine City, MN, 55063 Attorney License No: 0395709 Telephone: (320) 629 -7 537 FAX: (320) 629-2479 Emai|: chelsiet@ledinandhofstad. com Published in the Pine City Pioneer on June 16 and 23, 2016 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT

AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That default has occurred in the conditions of the Mortgage dated February 18, 2014 executed by Victoria F. Orand and Cory D Orand, as mortgagor, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Cason Home Loans, as mortgagee, recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Pine County, Minnesota, on February 20, 2014 as Document Number 513222, which was subsequently assigned to J.P. Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp. by an assignment of mortgage that was recorded on April 29, 2016 as Document Number A526342 which mortgage conveyed and mortgaged the following described property situated in the county of Pine and State of Minnesota, which property has a street address of 606 1st Avenue Brook Park, MN 55007, and Tax Identification Number 355019000: Lots One (1), Two (2), and Three (3), Block five (5), Kelsey’s First Addition to the Townsite of Brook Park, together with that part of the vacated alley accrued there to by reason of the vacation thereof, Pine County Minnesota.

That the original principal amount secured by said mortgage was $87,720.00; that there has been compliance with any condition precedent to acceleration of the debt secured by said mortgage and foreclosure of said mortgage required by said mortgage, any note secured thereby, or any statute; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt remaining secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof, that there is claimed to be due upon said mortgage and is due thereon at the date of this notice, the sum of $88,376.57.

That by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the said mortgage will be foreclosed by the sale of the above described premises with appurtenances, which said sale will be made by the Sheriff of Pine County, Minnesota, at the

Pine County Sheriff’s Office, 635 Northridge Dr. NW, Pine City, MN 55063, on July 21, 2016 at 10:00 o’clock a.m., at public auction to the highest bidder, to pay the amount then due on said mortgage, together with the costs of foreclosure, including attorney’s fees as allowed by law, in accordance with the provisions of said mortgage. The time allowed by law for redemption by the mortgagors, their personal representatives, or assigns is six (6) months from the date of said sale.

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. If the mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the mortgagor must vacate the property by 11:59 p.m. on January 21, 2017 unless the foreclosure is postponed pursuant to Minn.

Stat. §580.07, or the redemption period is reduced to five (5) weeks under Minn. Stat. §582.032.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT BY A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Nicholas P. Edwards Shelton, Harrison & Pinson, PLLC Attorney for Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC 701 Highlander Blvd., Suite 270 Arlington, TX 76015 P 817.522.7550 F 817.375.2006 Published in the Pine City Pioneer on May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16 and 23, 2016

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Linda M. Kalb

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near Pine City. After their second retirement in 1999, they sold that property and moved to Cambridge, Minnesota.

Jer had a long association with Trout Lake Camp, serving on the permanent staff during several summers in the 1950s and at retreats for many years thereafter. He was a frequent guest speaker at churches throughout the upper Midwest.

Jer loved poetry, basketball, golf, the Mills Brothers, traditional hymns, oyster stew and pie. He hated long sermons, grammatical errors, table games and ice hockey.

Jer was preceded in death by his four siblings: Marsha Gleiter, Jack Healy, June Easton and Jim Healy.

He is survived by his wife, Millie; sons David (Nancy), Paul (Marlys) and Will (Julie), and daughter, Elizabeth; grandchildren: Ben (Atsuko), Matt (Joanna), Nina (Red), Sam (Aubrey), Nelia (Neil), Juliet (Rich), and Jenny; and nine great-grandchildren: Kellen, Caleb, Lily, Ian, Grace, Nathan, Adam, Kenta and Kyler.

The family is grateful to the staff at GracePointe West, where Jer lived for the past two years. A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 25, at 2 p.m., at Benson Great Hall on the campus of Bethel University.

Memorials are preferred to Children’s Shelter of Cebu.

Arrangements are under the care of Carlson-Lillemoen Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Cambridge. Online condolences can be shared at www.carlsonlillemoen.com.

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Linda Marie was b born on July 31, 1952, i in Minneapolis, the d daughter of Joseph and M Marianne (McDermott) C Caldwell.

She attended O Osseo High School and g graduated in 1970. Lind furthered her eduda c cation at the University o Minnesota receiving of h her X-Ray Technician Degree in 1973 and moved to Alexandria where she got a job at the Douglas County Hospital.

On Nov. 29, 1975, Linda married Rudolph Kalb in the Twin Cities. After their marriage they continued to live in Alexandria where they raised their two children, Brian and Jennifer. For many years Linda worked as an X-Ray Technician and eventually became the Director of Radiology in 2003 for DCH and later CDI. She retired in 2009.

Linda will be remembered as a person who was there for her family and friends, guiding them and giving advice. She was a very patient person who took the time to build people up, lead them and help them find their way. She was known for standing up for what she believed in and what was right.

Linda loved quilting, fishing, camping, traveling to national and state parks and playing with her grandchildren.

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Linda passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. She is survived by her husband, Rudy; son, Brian (Mandy Mikel) Kalb of Starbuck; daughter, Jennifer (John Adams) Kalb of Zimmerman; grandchildren: Jayden, Jazmyn, Jett, Juliet, Devin and Hunter; father, Joseph Caldwell of St. Michael; brothers: Brian Caldwell of Buffalo, Minnesota, Joe (Debbie Strong) Caldwell of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; niece, Krystal Caldwell.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Marianne; brother, Michael.

Mass of Christian Burial was held on Monday, June 20, 2016, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Alexandria.

Burial will be at the Birchwood Cemetery in Pine City.

Arrangements are with the Anderson Funeral Home; www.andersonfuneral.net.

Brandon Purdy Brandon Purdy died t tragically Thursday, J June 9, 2016 in Duluth as a result of a motorcycle a accident at the age of 23.

Brandon is survived b his mother Michelle by P Purdy (John Gerner) of P Pine City, father Mark P Purdy of Pilot Point, Texa sisters Jackie (Tom) as, H Hegge of Pine City, Jodi Gerner of Mora, brothers Jason Gerner of Pine City, Justin Gerner of Pine City, grandparents Betty Purdy, Annette (Bob) Lindstrom, Rose (Don) Gerner, all of Pine City, many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Jack Allen officiated the memorial service for Brandon Purdy on Friday, June 17, 2016 at the Pine City Evangelical Free Church Lighthouse. Music was provided by Becky Allen. Interment will take place at Roselawn Cemetery in St. Paul.

The family would like to thank everyone who came to celebrate Brandon’s life at the memorial services on Friday in Pine City and Saturday in Duluth.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the Funeral and Cremation Service of Pine City, Swanson Chapel; www.funeralandcremationservice.com.

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NOW HIRING: Food Service Team Members Apply in person at Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pine City, MN Kentucky Fried Chicken 1280 Hillside Ave SW, Pine City, MN

Driver tractor trailer for petroleum/propane Class A cdl with tank and hazmat endorsement. Home daily. 4 on 2 off schedule.

Trucks based in Pine City. Tim 651-7556435

Join our Growing Team!

Must be experienced, compassionate, dependable, HHA/CNA Short, Long Shifts and Overnight shifts available.

Cambridge, Chisago, Pine City, Milaca, North Branch and surrounding areas.

Call M-F 10am-4pm for details 763-552-4043 EXCESS BAGGAGE WEIGHING YOU DOWN? Placing a classified ad is an easy and affordable way to advertise your unwanted items to hundreds of potential buyers. Contact us today and start turning the stuff you don’t want into something you do want: CASH! Advertiser 320-629-6771 or www.pinecitymn.com

154 EMPLOYMENT Now Hiring Part-time bus drivers $13.06/hour. Garage is in Sandstone. You must be 21 years old.

Apply at aeoaess.aeoa.org/ careers. If your application is accepted, Arrowhead Transit will provide and pay for the training you need to obtain your professional commercial driver's license (CDL).

PT Line Cook Needed Approx. 30 hours per week. $10 per hour. Apply at the Floppy Crappie Lakeside Pub. Fclpub1@gmail.com or call Sheri 651-2109006 Wanted-Laborer On pole-shed construction, no exper. necessary, long hours, heavy lifting, able to do heights. Call 9am-8pm 320-629-3204 or email lspetersonconst@ gmail.com

362 MISC. Electric Range: Like new $250, Exersizer: Like new $200, TV: 19in $25.

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Minnesota Grown Strawberries Pick your own or pre-picked OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

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Dew Fresh Produce 404 375th Ave. Stanchfield, MN 55080

763•689•2282 Free Working gas stove and refrigerator, couches, beds, TV, and assorted furniture.

Pick-up Only. Call Bruce 651-246-3426

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366 GUNS ORIGINAL SUMMER

DULUTH GUN SHOW Guns, Knives, Ammo, Coins & Related

DECC (North Pioneer Hall), 350 Harbor Drive

Sat., June 25 • 9-5 Sun., June 26 • 9-3 Adults $5 Under 12 Free w/adult Info: 218-724-8387 or 218-348-1825

369 WANTED Work Wanted – (Girl Friday) Bookkeeping, Letter writing, Party planning, Decorating, Painting,House/Yard/ Garden work, Simple tasks, Dog sitting and care. Call Cindy Jones soon at 320-703-9185

401 AUCTION CALENDAR Saturday, June 25, 9:30 a.m.- Summer Consignment Auction.

2 miles north of Braham on Hwy.107, east 5 miles on Hwy.70 or from I-35 & Hwy.70 go west 3 miles on Hwy.70, watch for auction arrows. Tractors, Livestock, construction, hay, farm and shop equipment, cars, trucks & trailers, ATVs, lawnmowers, boats, building supplies and materials.

Auctioneer Cullen Bartz, Lic.#30-48. Heidelberger Farm Equipment LLC, 320-6291122, www.Heidelber gerLLC.com

404 GARAGE SALES Moving Sale on Pokegema Lake.

Everything must go.

Saturday June 25th 8am-6pm. 19041 Highwood Shores Road, Pine City Multi-Family Sale Kids bikes, scooters, games/DVD's, strollers, clothes, housewares. 640 4th St SE Pine City. Sat. June 25th & Wed. 29th.

7am-3pm

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Call 320-629-6771 or go to www.pinecitymn.com - click on Classifieds place an ad!

404 GARAGE SALES Estate Sale – 16150 Edgewater Rd., Pine City-North of town off Airport Rd.-watch for signs. Friday and Saturday, July 1st and 2nd8am-5pm; Sunday, July 3rd 8am-noon. HH items, dishes, cookware, etc. men's items, dressers, clothes, 1999 Crestline boat w/trailer$7500, boat lift $4000 or best offer, 2014 Chevy 1500 pick-up, 11,000 miles, fully loaded - $34,000.

Sale set up in garage and house. Offers welcome. Everything must go!

406 SALES Buy & Sell Old Records Vinyl, LPs 45s,Cassettes,stereos CDs Go Johnny Go 4775 Banning Av White Bear Lake M-F 1-8 Sat 10-4 612-735-1643

452 RENTALS RESIDENTIAL Pine City: 2 BR apartment, $775/mo. Laundry on site, smoke free, no pets 651-757-8078

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Maintenance Generalist, Cambridge/Mora.

PHASE is seeking an experienced Maintenance Generalist. This person is responsible for performing general building and vehicle maintenance, and ensuring the upkeep and safe operations of all Industries Division Campuses of PHASE (locations are in Cambridge and Mora).

Duties: 1) General building maintenance, to include janitorial duties such as floor waxing, carpet cleaning, etc.

2) Securing and maintaining contracts as needed for repair and development that cannot be accomplished within the company.

3) General vehicle maintenance (prevention, monitoring, reporting and assistance with vehicles) under the supervision of the Transportation Manager.

Should have experience in both areas, handy and safety focused. Can office out of either location. Will divide time between locations as needed.

Email résumé to jlamere@pinehab.org or mail to P.O Box 126 Sandstone, MN 55072 EOE/AA

ATTENTION COLLEGE STUDENTS! PROVIDE CARE, INC. is currently hiring F.T. & P.T. direct care staff for our Adult Foster Care Homes in North Branch, Wyoming, Cambridge, Pine City & Center City. $100 SIGN-ON BONUS! (After 6 months of employment).

Please visit: www.providecare.com for more details on specific job openings and to complete an online application.

IMPERIAL PLASTICS, INC.

Would you love to help children grow their reading or math skills and succeed in school?

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Maintenance Technician

If your answer is yes, you can be trained to serve as a tutor with Minnesota Reading Corps or Minnesota Math Corps at Pine City Elementary. Whether you want to explore a career in education, re-enter the workforce, or give back to your community, you can be a child’s hero as a tutor. Last year, Minnesota Reading Corps and Minnesota Math Corps provided direct services to more than 35,000 children in more than 900 sites across the state.

To learn how you can join the Super Hero team of Minnesota Reading Corps or Minnesota Math Corps tutors, visit MinnesotaReadingCorps.org or MinnesotaMathCorps.org.

Questions? Contact recruitment@servemnaction.org or 866-859-2825.

1st Shift

1 Year exp. with Mechanics/ Electrical on Injection Molding machines preferred. Must be able to troubleshoot both electrical and mechanical. Offers competitive pay and beneÀts.

Apply in person.

1020 E. Maple Ave., Mora email: tim.joy@imperialplastics.com or fax resumes to 320-679-6699

Applicants MUST apply via the Reading Corps or Math Corps website.

EMPLOYMENT COACH SUPPORTIVE EMPLOYMENT

ATTENTION GRADUATES IMMEDIATE OPENINGS

12.87/HR

Dungarvin is seeking an Employment Coach to assist with activities that support individuals through their transition from initial job interest and search, through their development of the skills necessary for ongoing employment.

Entry Level Machine Operators Assemblers General Laborers 1st, 2nd, or 3rd shifts available $9.00-$11.60 Contact Masterson Staffing Today Pine City 1-320-629-4732 220 4th Ave SE, Pine City, MN 55063 pinecity@mastersonstaffing.com

Help individuals realize their talents and dreams while earning personal pride along the way.

We offer great benefits, 401(k), paid time off, mileage reimbursement, and additional company perks!

OTR Drivers Wanted

Apply online at www.dungarvin.com Req No., 15-0419 The Classifieds The Classifieds The Classifieds Call 320-679-2661 or 320-629-6771 to place your ad.

Early Head Start/Head Start (0-5) Health Services Coordinator The Health Services Coordinator is responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating the Health and Nutrition Service Areas for the Early Head Start/Head Start (EHS/HS) Program. The Health Services Coordinator must follow the Lakes and Pines mission and EHS/HS Program Performance Standards while serving each enrolled child. This staff is responsible for coordinating Health/Nutrition services with all other EHS/HS Service Areas and the community as a whole. Requirements include experience working with families with young children, a Health background (Public Health Nurse [PHN], Registered Nurse [RN], Licensed Practical Nurse [LPN]) with public health or administrative experience. Training and experience in public health nursing, health education, maternal and child health or health administration may be considered. A Bachelor’s degree in a related field with appropriate experience may be considered. Valid driver’s license required for business travel. This is a full time position including competitive salary with full benefits.

LINCARE LEADING NATIONAL

RESPIRATORY COMPANY SEEKS reach 18,000 HEALTHCARE SPECIALIST Responsibilities: Disease management homes programs, clinical evaluations, equipment each week set up and education. Be the Dr.’s eyes in the

To place an ad call 320-629-6771 or go to www.pinecitymn.com

home setting. RN, LPN, RRT, CRT licensed as applicable. Great personalities with strong work ethic needed. Competitive salary, benefits and career paths. Drug-free work place. EOE Send resume’s to Attn: Center Manager manders4@lincare.com

1700 Maple Avenue East, Mora, MN 55051-1227; (320) 679-1800 x138 or www.lakesandpines.org.

Reasonable accommodations made upon request. Minorities, women, people with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply.

Application deadline is 4:30 p.m. on Friday July 8, 2016.

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Department Administrative Assistant Full-time

DRIVER WANTED: CDL plus clean driving record and current health card preferred. Will train the right person. Kanabec County area trash routes.

Full health and vacation benefits available.

Apply in person at 225 E George St., Ogilvie, MN 56358. 320-272-4692

Do you want to love your job?

For information, job description, and application contact

Lakes and Pines C.A.C., Inc., an Equal Opportunity Employer,

D&N Trucking is looking for FT OTR drivers with 2 years verifiable exp., 23 years of age and a satisfactory MVR. We have FL and West runs, 8-10 days out with 3-4 days off; Midwest Runs, 3-4 days out and 2-3 days off and part-time available.

Benefits, Paid Vacation, and Bonus available.

Please call Chad at 763-389-4816 or 800-247-3851. www.dntruck.com

We are currently hiring for: Program Counselors Case Managers Program Managers

Apply online: PinnacleServices.org/careers Or give us a call 612-977-3119

Administrative Assistant to supervise department support staff, oversee maintenance of data tracking mechanisms and assist the Department Director with program reports. Applicants must: be a high school graduate (or GED recipient) in addition to having a minimum of three (3) years experience working as an administrative assistant or similar post-secondary training; have extensive experience using Microsoft Office; be able to maintain confidences and communicate at a high level; possess supervisory abilities; be capable of public speaking; have awareness of social service programs and be able to work directly with the public; be organized, able to multi-task and have experience with accounting procedures; and have the ability to build relationships and work with people of different cultures and backgrounds. Experience in anti-poverty programming or with a private non-profit preferred.

Full-time position, 5 days wk, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Salary range $16.62 – 17.50, depending on qualifications; full benefits.

Applications are available online at www.lakesandpines.org.

Deadline 4 p.m. on Thurs., June 30, 2016.

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Having high-flying fun at the Rush City Fly-in/Drive-in The annual Rush City Regional Airport Fly-in/Drive-in was a popular event Sunday, June 12. In addition to plane and helicopter demonstrations and rides there was a classic car and tractor show, remote control airplanes and an aircraft flight simulator, not to mention food and fun for all ages.

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Life Link Helicopter can get a patient from Mora to HCMC in 17 minutes.

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This Huey helicopter was made in 1962 and flew actual tours in Vietnam.

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On top of the world in Mexico The Leibel family – and their favorite paper – got away from it all in January 2016 to the Mayapan Mayan Ruins in Yucatan, Mexico.

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