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Schei linger works toward creating the Avon Hills Folk School By LIZVOS Staff Writer
On a AVON comfortable summer afternoon, a breeze trickles through the leaves on 64 acres nestled in the heart of the Avon Hills. It's an ideal setting for anyone needing to collect their thoughts, find inspiration or experience
always something they dreamed of. Karen and Francis Schellinger purchased the acreage in 1969 and over time, they raised their family while building structures, traditions and a sense of community. Being raised on the property for much of his life, Chris Schellinger credits his parents with building those components that have thus influenced his life and his plans for the property. He doesn't live far from the land and stops by often to visit with his mom and work on projects around the property. All the while, keeping a goal SCHELLING ER
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Great Scots! Loxtercamps building Scottish Highland herd By DIANE LEUKAM Staff Writer
SAUK CENTRE - When you have a little boy who loves animals, what do you get him for his birthday? An animal, of course. And if you live on acreage in the country, that animal might be a little bigger than a cat or a dog. When Jake Loxtercamp turned 7, he received a gift from his father, Jerry Loxtercamp, and the gift had a name: Emily. Emily was a 2-year-old Scottish Highland heifer from Schon Boden Farms in Osceola, Wis., registered with the American Highland Cattle Association. Emily was pregnant with her first calf, and so began the building of a herd. Soon, the herd became a family project with Jerry and his girlfriend, Courtney Schroeder, Jake, now 13, Carmen, 11 and Luke, 9 Loxtercamp all taking part in the venture. "They all have ownership in the cattle, but Jake is the one that knows everything about
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Jerry Loxtercamp pets Bella, a Scottish Highland cow. Loxtercamp and his children raise highlanders west of Sauk Centre.
them. He knows the name of every animal," Jerry said. Currently, Jake owns nine animals, all from Emily's lineage; Carmen and Luke own three each, and Jerry and Courtney own the rest of the 71-head herd. The family operates on a simple system for ownership. Whoever owns the bull gets the bull calf and whoever owns the cow gets the heifer calf. And they have a lot of fun with the names of the animals born on the farm. "When Emily was pregnant there was a discussion that
if she had a bull, it would be turned into hamburger," Jerry said. "So Jake said 'we'll name it Hamburger,' and that's how the food theme got started." Following that logic, a heifer might be called "Cheeseburger" because it takes milk to make cheese. Each year there is a different theme for names, such as condiments, sauces or this year's theme, pork products. Benita, are "Mine LOXTERCAMP
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Chris Schellinger stands in the Sugar Shack on his family's property in the Avon Hills, which is used for making maple syrup and eventually will be used as an instructional space at the Avon Hills Folk School. The sheathing shown beyond the main timbers was pulled from a barn built in 1889 by Schellinger's grandfather.
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Scottish Highland cattle are a hearty breed originating, as their name indicates, in the highlands of Scottland. They are the oldest breed of registered cattle in the world, with the registry, or herd book, dating back to 1885.
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passed away in 2014, leaving behind an enormous legacy. When a friend or acquaintance would mention to Francis their plans to hire someone to build something, he would tell them they could do it themselves. The encouragement, Schellinger recalls, was always followed by Francis showing them exactly how they could accomplish the task at hand. Schellinger recalls his dad sharing an idea he had
for the land – saying that he envisioned it as a retreat. As times change and people’s lives speed up and worries pile high, Schellinger said that there is no better time to bring his dad’s vision into reality. “People can’t or won’t quit [their job] to experience something they really want to do,” he said. “But maybe they can take a break and come here.” Making his way from
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Friday, August 18, 2017 - Country Acres • Page 7 LOXTERCAMP continued from front Marshmallow and Salt,” Luke said, proudly showing the registration papers for Benita. “Benita was meant to be Carmen’s.” “He got her because she didn’t like anyone but him,” Jake said. “Mine are Bella, Shrimp and Spider Ham,” Carmen said. Highlanders tend to be quite docile. “We do have a couple of them you could walk right up to in the pasture and start brushing,” Jerry said. “They love to have their hair brushed.” “You can walk up and put your arm around them and they don’t care,” Jake said, about some of their most friendly animals. Courtney told a story of one of the cows walking up close behind Jerry and him suddenly spinning around to “scare” it, and tousle its hair. “You couldn’t do that with other breeds,” she said.
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The Loxtercamp family of Sauk Centre has a growing herd of 71 Scottish Highland Cattle. Pictured are (from left): Luke, Jerry, Carmen and Jake. Also involved in the operation is Jerry’s girlfriend, Courtney Schroeder.
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Friday, August 18, 2017 - Country Acres • Page 9 at one point, so I redid that years ago and learned my lesson to plan things out better.” Moving along, one will see the Garden Cottage, the outside of which is decorated with birdhouses, benches, plants, headboards to support clematis, peonies and daylilies. The cottage is used as Biggar’s potting shed, a crafting workshop and a
place to display collections and supplies. There she designs and creates mixed media art – a hobby that Biggar started eight years ago. There are items such as stepping stones, birdhouses and mosaic birdbaths to incorporate throughout the gardens. Those gardens have developed as the years have gone by.
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In the backyard of Pat and Kevin Biggar’s home in Alexandria, there are several gardens including a shade garden, herb garden and sun garden.
Biggars’ home, wondering where the gardens were since there wasn’t anything out front – it was all tucked behind their home. However, once they stepped into the backyard, they were greeted by a vision of country beauty. With a backdrop of lush cornfields, numerous gardens were a scenic view for each visitor. “The number one question was ‘How do you
keep the deer and rabbits out,’” Biggar said. “We’ve never had an issue with deer or rabbits. We see them, but they don’t touch my plants and that’s OK with me.” “I like to go with different textures, foliage and height for each garden,” Biggar said. “Not everything blooms BIGGAR continued on page 10
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Pat Biggar has a fence filled with her own craftwork in her sun garden behind her home in Alexandria.
“I didn’t really have a theme in mind,” Biggar said. “I just planted what I liked and tried to make it somewhat of a country feel by adding some of my craftwork.” Earlier in July, the Biggars were part of the Douglas County Master Gardeners’ Tour of Gardens, when an estimated 350 guests arrived at their home. Guests were amazed when they arrived at the
Page 10 • Country Acres - Friday, August 18, 2017 BIGGAR continued from page 9
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The Garden Cottage is home to a collection of garden materials. Pat Biggar enjoys working in her gardens to wind down after a full work day while.
at the same time. Perennials bloom maybe 2-4 weeks at a time and then they’re done.” Each fall, Biggar cuts back the plants, so what comes up in the spring is fresh. “We also do our own compost and put leaves down in the fall and that creates a natural mulch too, which keeps the ground moist and conserves moisture for the plants,” Biggar said. Looking back now, Biggar wishes she would have made her gardens smaller as she frequently experiences chronic pain, Fibromyalgia and bulging discs in her neck which can make gardening hard to do. Just recently, Biggar experienced
Beautiful flowers line the exterior wall of the Garden Cottage, which Biggar uses for a potting shed, a crafting workshop and a place to display collections and supplies.
another setback, learning she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Looking ahead, Biggar will continue her gardening and craftwork and is planning on adding another sign to her indoor sign collection made of old hardware pieces. This sign will feature the word “trust,” as a friendly reminder that everything is going to be alright. “Right now I have to trust God with this whole cancer issue,” Biggar said. “I will continue gardening because being able to see the beauty of God’s creation is something that I take pride in – knowing that I planned this and it worked out is a great feeling.”
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Michael Oldfield (right) was born with muscular dystrophy, but through equineassisted therapy, Oldfield vastly improved his mobility and life expectancy. This experience led to Oldfield becoming a therapeutic instructor who has practiced equine-assisted therapy for 30 years.
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WARD SPRINGS – Dale VanHavermaet is more than just a handyman; he is a creative genius who can wear many different hats when it comes to projects. Dale dabbles in electrical, welding, woodworking and much more, but what draws attention from his neighbors are his authentic hand-made cannon and octagon-shaped gazebo. Dale and his wife, Marlene, turned their 8-acre plot of land from a field to a comfortable home. As the years went on, they added to their landscaping projects. Building a cannon “My friend, Rick Powers, made a bowling ball cannon and as he shot it off, I started to think about how I was going to make mine,” Dale said Thus, the idea to create a cannon became a reality for Dale. Before any construction began, Dale researched different designs and the logistics online. Then, he started
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sketching blueprints of each part. “At first I created a cardboard, wood model as a road map,” Dale said. “I had one piece of wood to work with for my stock, so trial-and-error was not in my best interest.” Before Dale could start carving the stock with his Bridgeport machine (a high-
tech machine that cuts various materials), it had to dry out. The stock is the large piece of lumber that supports both wheels and the barrel of the cannon. “I had a lot of fun making the cheeks of the cannon,” said Dale of the two pieces of wood on either side of the barrel. “I used my Bridgeport to carve the wood and my lathe
to cut the metal that lines different parts of the cannon.” While making the barrel of the cannon, Dale became more creative. “I welded two barrels together and milled out the breach port (the powder intake),” Dale said. “I calculated the length and weight of the cannon. Everything was going as planned, but I forgot
to account for the additional weight that would be added from the bell flare (the curved end of a cannon).” Dale improvised and added a lead weight to the other end of the cannon to offset the tilt. “My son, Lance, and I had to make a second bell, because we blew up the first one,” Dale said. “We smoothed out the aluminum bell with my lathe.” The challenging part was attaching the bell flare to the barrel. “I set a burner near the bottom of the barrel and slowly brought up the temperature so when I welded the bell onto the barrel it would not crack,” he said. “I also had to slowly drop the temperature of the cannon to prevent cracking.” The entire cannon project took two winters to complete and several hundred hours of labor. But, each part of Dale’s cannon is intricate, down to the brass eagle he made in his high school shop class that is mounted onto the front of the cannon. “If Dale needed a tool to construct his cannon and didn’t have one accessible, he just made it from his own equipment,” said Marlene. The couple hauls the cannon over to their neighbor’s field when they want to
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the summer months and sealed it so I launch a bowling ball. “I unscrew the cascable at the end could work on it while the snow fell.” However, before Dale could start of the barrel and insert a handmade gunpowder-filled cartridge, made out his wood-working project, he reof tin foil, into the breech,” Dale said. searched and blueprinted his plan. “I had to decide what shape, size “I stick a friction fuse into the top of the breech to ignite the cannon … and and details I wanted in the gazebo,” he said. “The challenging part was boom.” making sure all of the The bowling ball angles matched up shoots 600-700 yards on the blueprints so I outward. didn’t have to re-do “The first time we anything.” fired the cannon, we After building the didn’t know what the white oak, rough strange whistling was, sawed framed gazebo, but we figured it out,” the creative inventor Marlene said. “The encased the open spacholes in the ball were es in-between the roof whistling.” and the lower wall Great gazebo panels with screens. The VanHaver“I built a fireplace inmaets continued their side the gazebo, but the landscaping project outer windows didn’t with a 20 by 20 gaze- Dale VanHavermaet ventilate the smoke as bo. well as I thought they “Dale built a walkwould,” he said. “Afbridge, that our son named ‘The bridge to nowhere’ so we ter talking with a friend of mine, he could go to our fire pit that was out in advised me to install a fan.” Dale then designed a fan that exthe woods,” Marlene said. “We loved sitting out there with the family and tended from above the fire up and out friends, but the mosquitoes were terri- of the structure. Metal brackets faceted to the walls of the gazebo secure ble.” While at the Mayo Clinic in Roch- the fan. “We call the fireplace ‘Sputnik’ ester, Dale saw a gazebo that gave him because it looks like a satellite (a the idea to build his own. “It took me about two years from start to finish to complete the gazebo,” Dale said. “I worked on it as a winter VANHAVERMAET and night project. I built the outside in continued on page 19
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(Top left) Two pieces of metal are welded together to create the barrel of the cannon. It is big enough to fire a bowling bowl from the opening. (Top right) The breech port (the powder intake) to fit the breech screw on Dale’s lathe machine, is milled. PHOTO BY LAURA HINTZEN
(Right) The cannon is constructed using ideas through research and blueprints of previously-built cannons.
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The satisfaction of fostering Olson, Dresow care for humane society animals By ELIZABETH BETHKE Staff Writer ST. CLOUD – As Sherry Olson and Al Dresow open their shed door, the sound of whimpers and yelping carry from the back corner. Six little bundles of black and yellow fur jump up onto the sides of the wooden fencing to greet their foster parents. On their 40 acres of land, Olson and Dresow foster animals for Tri-County Humane Society (TCHS) in St. Cloud. Their latest adventure was fostering six 3-weekold Labrador and pit bull mix puppies. “The pups were abandoned by their mother. They were so little and dependant,” Olson said. “The six pups came from a litter of 12; the others were in two different foster care homes.” The pups, two females and four males – Jefferson, Pinkley, Posey, Franko, Wladislaw and Jiminez – were named after characters in a 1967 American
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Sherry Olson and Al Dresow hold six Labrador/Pit bull puppies on June 28. The couple fosters animals for the St. Cloud TriCounty Humane Society on their property near St. Cloud.
war film, “The Dirty Dozen.” When the couple commits to fostering animals, they care for them for at least two weeks. “The pups were so entertaining. It was funny to
watch them rough-house with each other, but it was mostly fun and games, and naps. Animals are good for the soul,” Olson said. “The one yellow pup was always the first to the food bowl
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They take in animals three to four times a year. “Twenty-nine animals went back to the humane society,” Olson said. “We ended up keeping two cats, Spike and Sapphire, because they were deemed barn cats. They have fewer restrictions here in our stable than in a house, which suits them.” Animals that Olson and Dresow have fostered are returned to the humane society for adoption. The couple does not usually foster during winter, but this past February, they took in a litter of five puppies because the humane society was under quarantine due to a dog with health precautions. “We took in the pups to keep them healthy,” Olson said. “We turned on the heat in the shed and kept them warm and socialized until the puppies were able to return safely to TCHS.” Over the years, the couple has taken in and fostered many animals, ranging from a female dog and her seven pups to a single mature cat with health problems. “We fostered siblings, Fudgepop and Lollipop for a while – both elderly dogs with medical concerns,” Olson said. “They were sweet dogs surrendered by people who could not take care of them any longer. They were eventually adopted together – a happy ending.” Olson and Dresow manage their fostering responsibilities
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Al Dresow rubs his horse, Spirit, behind the ear on July 3. Al grew up on a dairy farm and now he and Sherry live in the country fostering animals and riding their horses for the Mounted Reserve.
with ease. They feed the animals milk supplements, administer de-wormers or other treatment when needed, and interact with them for social stimulation. With the young pups, the couple cleaned their pen four times a day. They exercise older dogs four times a day. “Our country neighbors know us and know that we foster,” Olson said. “They come over and help socialize the puppies and drop off newspaper; we go through a lot of that.” Olson and Dresow’s country lifestyle provides these foster animals with an abundance of land. They have a wildlife pond in the back and a man-made pond
in the front of their home. “We throw the frisbee for the dogs to give them some healthy exercise,” Dresow said. “The dogs often run on our 30-foot horse lunge line, or in our big shed, retrieving balls and sticks.” Olson’s responsibilities do not stop with fostering. The retired probation and patrol officer for Stearns County also volunteers at the humane society in the surgery unit. “I work as an assistant once per week. I do simple things like clipping animal toenails, cleaning their ears, micro-chipping and shaving and sanitizing them for surgery,” Olson said.
“It is a big motivator to promote and support neutering and spaying when I see situations like the orphaned pups we had. So many unwanted animals are born. It is rewarding to be a part of preventing that.” The passionate volunteer added that humane societies and shelters transfer animals depending on the breed and location. Animals stay an average of 10 days at the humane society Dresow and Olson work with. “Having pups, kittens, cats and dogs for foster care is a clear realization of all the animals that need homes,” Olson said. “That motivated me to also volunteer at TCHS working as a surgery assistant.” The couple believes that caring for animals is a responsibility given to all mankind. “The Bible says that God gave man dominion over all living creatures,” Olson said. “We should all be concerned about the welfare of animals.” The couple also chooses to foster animals because with their busy schedules, they do not feel they could give a dog the time and attention it deserves from an owner. “Foster care fills that doggy void,” Olson said. Dresow agreed. “One thing about foster care is that you find out what it would be like to have a dog full time – it is a huge commitment and a long-term deal. With foster care, you don’t have that year-after-year responsibility,” he said. When it comes time for the couple to return the animals, it can be tough. “Every time I return them, there are
tears. I get really attached because we have bonded with each other,” Olson said. “The hardest part of fostering is having to bring them back, but we focus on the big picture. Fostering is beneficial for both the animals and the humane society.” The couple’s love for animals stems from their youth. Olson lived on the outskirts of town and owned her first horse at the age of 11. Dresow grew up on a dairy farm. “On the farm, we cared for our livestock and developed relationships with some of the cows and steers. I think my love for animals stems from that. We took good care of the animals not only because it was our livelihood, but because it was the right thing to do,” Dresow said. Fostering animals has given Olson and Dresow the opportunity to care for animals in need, so they can be adopted by people who care for animals as much as they do. “We enjoy watching the humane society website and tracking the animals that we fostered as they get adopted, knowing that someone will give them a good home,” Dresow said. Olson agreed. “There is something special that develops between people and animals. Pets all have specific gifts to bring to a family,” she said. “Knowing that we’re making the animals’ lives better is the most rewarding part of fostering. Shelters are always in need of volunteers, and by helping animals you get back more than you give.”
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Best Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake 2 cups flour 1/4 cup sugar 1 Tbsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 cup butter 2/3 to 3/4 cup milk Additional sugar 6 cups fresh strawberries 1/4 cup sugar Slightly sweetened real whipped cream
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10 pounds of asparagus; wash and trim.
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Fresh Strawberry Pie 1 cup crushed strawberries 3 Tbsp. cornstarch 1 cup sugar 1 Tbsp. lemon juice 1 baked pie shell 2 cups fresh strawberries
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