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cres A Focusing on Today’s Rural Environment
Friday, October 19, 2018 • Edition 15
Training hunters’ best friends
PHOTOS BY LAURA HINTZEN
Jim Massmann watches as Jasmine, his French Brittany Spaniel, goes after a live pigeon during a training exercise Oct. 8 at his home in Glenwood.
Dogs provide joy, reason to live for Massmann By LAURA HINTZEN Staff Writer GLENWOOD - When Jim Massmann bought his French Brittany Spaniel, he knew she was a good dog and thought other people might be looking for this kind of dog as well. “Everyone kept saying what a supreme dog she was, so that’s how I decided to start my own business, naming it “Birddog Supreme,” Massmann said. Birddog Supreme, established in 2016, is a source of two exceptional hunting dog breeds, including the French Brittany Spaniel and the Airedale Terrier. “Our French Brittanys are very prey driven, extremely loving and come from the finest hunting lines in the world,” Massmann said. “Our Airedales make excellent hunting dogs or family dogs.” Old timers from the area often stop by and chat with Massmann, reminiscing about the times they had Airedales as kids and how well-behaved the dogs were. Massmann’s breeding program focuses exclusively on quality–not quantity– with an emphasis on intelligence, trainability, lovingness and boldness. Not only does his breeding program focus on
those characteristics, but on training the dogs, too. A dog will benefit by completing a training program, at it encourages the animal to use its natural ability to retrieve, its prey drive, bird-finding talent and great nose. In addition to training and breeding dogs, Massmann works primarily with dogs belonging to other owners and that are boarded at Birddog Supreme. “People in general don’t understand dogs at all,” Massmann said. “There’s a lot of things that will make a dog owner’s life easier if they pay attention to details.” One of his biggest dog training tips is to never feed a dog out of a bowl, but rather out of a human hand or with a Kong toy. A Kong toy is a nontoxic, rubber toy with a hollow center. When it is stuffed with food, it provides dogs with a healthy outlet for their natural desire to chew or lick. “That will revolutionize the way your dogs look at you and think about you,” he said. “I’ll throw the Kong in the freezer and when the dog is ready to eat, they’ll spend six hours gnawing at the frozen chunk, burning up energy so they are naturally a calmer dog.” Massmann currently owns five dogs of each
This month in the
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Jim Massmann pauses for a photo with Jasmine, his French Brittany, during a training and retrieving session.
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‘Twas the night before the hunt Diane Leukam Column
11 Sisters in training Greenwald
20 Offal Wildlife Watching
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Cornfields of plenty Avon
16 Ringworm Wendy Womack Column
22 A learning experience Freeport
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Bringing the classroom outdoors New London
17 By the busload Alexandria
21 Country Cooking
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MASSMANN continued from front breed at his home in Glenwood, including Airedales Anna, Dory, Lion Hunter, Ziggy and Tigger, along with French Brittanys Nebo, Nemo, Nala, Niko and Jasmine. “If I can, I try to name all my dogs after cartoon characters because you can’t say a cartoon character in an angry voice very easily,” Massmann chuckled. Massmann has one Airedale that will only hunt wounded game like deer, pheasant and rabbit. He also has another dog that is capable of hunting for mushrooms. “All the training is different, but the concept of training never changes,” he said. When Massmann is out for a hunt, he will often bring along his French Brittanys because when released from their kennel, their mission is to find and locate birds. For him, it is the experience of walking across the field and having his dogs run fast away from him, and right when he thinks the dog is not going to come back, the dog loops around and quarters in front of him. “Your heart just skips a beat because it’s the coolest thing you’ve ever seen,” Massmann said. “Most people don’t get to experience that, but they could.” Whenever people bring their dogs to Massmann, they are looking for basic obedience training. “Before I take their dog, they need to commit to seeing me at least four times for a couple hours at a time, otherwise I am not their man,” Massmann said. He uses various tools for training and his most common practice is attaching a pigeon to
the end of a rope and seeing how well the response for each dog. His favorite dogs to work with are ones that are food-motivated. “If a dog is not motivated by food, they are typically not motivated by petting and love,” he said. “Most dogs love to be petted, because they know you deal out the food.” Though Massmann looks forward to every day working with his dogs, there are some days that he physically cannot be at his home to train them. In 1994, Massmann had a kidney and pancreas transplant and since then, there have been complications, which have often kept him hospitalized for a month at a time. “Since then, I’ve had 35 major surgeries for my kidney and pancreas because it stopped working at times,” Massmann said. “My mom gave me a kidney and I had four surgeries within two days and it never worked. Both the physical and psychological effects are devastating for a person. I had my mom’s kidney and I killed it, so it was hard on both of us.” Shortly after that, he received a pancreas and a kidney from a cadaver and the complications still continued. Since he is had so many surgeries, the scar tissue has lesions and when the lesions get in the way of the normal processes of the stomach, it will kink the stomach off, which will result in a blockage. “This has already happened four times this year and it’s life or death when it happens,” he said. From there he is rushed to
PHOTOS BY LAURA HINTZEN
Niko, a French Brittany Spaniel, goes up for a frisbee during a training exercise.
the hospital, trying to make it just one more day. But that day turns into weeks until the wounded area fully heals. But when he is out of the hospital bed, he is right back to working with and training his
dogs, which brings him the utmost joy in the world. “I love dogs and I love to watch them develop,” he said. “I have a gift and I am here to share it.”
My Little Doggie
| By Jim Massmann
I love my little doggie, He makes our house a home. He is my very dearest friend, I never feel alone. He makes me smile, he makes me laugh, He fills my heart with love. Did someone breed this pup? Or was he sent from heaven above? Their minds deal with scent, While our minds deal with sight. We will never understand their world, And that has always been our plight.
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When a dog perceives danger he will fight, flight, or sulk, We are making a mistake, when we handle them with bulk. We think we are so smart, because we can read a book, But a dog knows what’s in our heart with just a simple look. Dogs gather information on what their nose can smell, Oh, I wonder, what a world that must be, The pictures painted, that only they can tell.
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‘Twas the night before the hunt
is the season – deer hunting season, that is. And all across the land, hunters snuggle in their beds at night, falling asleep in anticipation of sweet dreams. As they drift off into a slumber, images of that big buck approaching their stand lull them into oblivion as they count the points on his Boone and Crockett rack. I made that up. More likely, they stay awake, too excited to sleep. They might be up late, making sure all their equipment is just right. The scope is sighted in. The hunting clothes don’t smell like laundry detergent. Their phone is charged. Because what would a hunt be these days without a phone. My husband, Don, and I were at a birthday party Sunday. With 19 grandchildren, that phrase probably sounds like a scratch on a record repeating itself over and over, but it is not; we are that fortunate. (And, I think I just dated myself.) Little 3-year-old Dottie was excited and wound up to be celebrating her birthday, and she needed
by Diane Leukam attention. She was as animated as they come, running around and jumping up and down to make sure Grandpa noticed her. Meanwhile, her daddy, Turner, had a story to tell. Now Turner is normally reserved, perfectly willing to let others have the floor, and this occasion was no different. With a smile and glowing eyes, a beard beginning to grow in anticipation of Movember, he told Don the story of his early-season hunt. One sentence at a time between outbursts from Dottie, Turner patiently explained how he had positioned his deer stand in just the right spot, where he felt this animal would appear. Giving a detailed description of how the animal approached along
the path he predicted, he readied his bow for the kill as the buck emerged from behind a Russian Olive tree. Somehow, I believe he actually took a photo of the deer in the process, but I could be wrong. Like I said, those cell phones come in handy. It was his first time out for bow hunting season and he returned home with his prize. At the mention of the Russian Olive tree, my mind paused to relish the scene. I could just visualize the beautiful, soft colors, one of my favorite combinations. That was my brief reverie. By then, Dottie was honed in on the story. Jumping up and down, she told Grandpa how there was “a reindeer in the garage!” Not afraid, she told all about it, barely able to get her words out in the excitement. On the side, Turner admitted Dottie was taken aback just a bit when she later saw the future European mount lying around the corner later on the lawn. He had put it there briefly, not thinking she would see it. It didn’t faze her too much.
Here in Minnesota, people love to hunt, and the opening weekend of the firearm deer hunting season could just as well be a state holiday. In fact, our state constitution says, “Hunting and fishing and the taking of game and fish are a valued part of our heritage that shall be forever preserved for the people and shall be managed by law and regulation for the public good.” I am mildly surprised that there is still a Governor’s Deer Hunting Opener that promotes the
hunting tradition. This year it is being held at Grand Casino Hinckley on Nov. 1. There will be seminars and demonstrations, vendor displays, raffles and auctions, live music, camaraderie and of course, stories. People have been telling stories of the hunt since mankind began to hunt. I am hoping to share your hunting story in our Nov. 16 issue with a Q&A, one from each county in our readership area. So, when you tag that trophy buck, please keep us in mind. Email
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Cornfields of plenty Norton’s journey from Bombay to Central Minnesota By DIANE LEUKAM Staff Writer
AVON – Patrick Norton has traveled down many country roads in Central Minnesota. A self-employed painter for more than 20 years, he figures he has painted about 350 homes in Minnesota, both interior and exterior. Many of his customers have been farmers, some of whose barns he has painted. During this time, he has gained the utmost respect for farmers and their way of life. He has found farmers to be hard-working, humble and giving. Perhaps the reason he most respects farmers, though, is for the food they grow. He is painfully aware of what it is like to go without. He remembers times when a single grain of rice fallen on the floor was to be scrambled for, by himself and other boys when he was living in an orphanage in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, a place of unrest and extreme poverty. That orphanage was founded by
an unknown Catholic nun. Norton’s journey from the streets of Bombay to the farm country of Central Minnesota is one of twists and turns. As a newborn infant in 1962, Norton was found on the streets after being abandoned by his mother, left to die in the squalor. A woman rescued him and brought him to a nursery. “Fifty-four years after she picked me up off the streets of India, I went to her canonization,” Norton said, speaking of none other than the woman now known as St. Teresa of Calcutta. “St. Mother Teresa put me in St. Joseph Nursery in Byculla, Bombay, India until the age of 7. Then they put me in the big boys’ orphanage called Our Lady’s Home.” Norton said they were very well cared for, though they lived in poverty, with no shoes and only one set of clothing. They often looked through dumpsters for toys, and it was on one such occasion that he found a photo of a house in the United States of America. Coming to the U.S. be-
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Patrick Norton stands by a cornfield this fall near his home in St. Joseph. For him, the cornfield symbolizes farmers and the importance of the work they do in producing food.
came a dream and a regular prayer for the boy. Norton’s life was about to change. Across the ocean, some 12,400 miles away, in Fairfield, Conn., Judge John H. Norton and his wife, Marjorie, watched a film about an orphanage in India, the very orphanage where Patrick was living. They decided to adopt two of the boys and at the age of 14, Patrick’s fate was
sealed. Soon, he was on an airplane to New York City, where he was met by his new family. John and Marjorie Norton had 14 children – nine of them biological, along with two adopted from India, two from Vietnam and one from Hong Kong. There began, for Patrick, a life filled with wonder. He remembers his father driving into the yard.
“He said, ‘Pat this is your house,’” Norton said. “It was the first time I slept in a bed, or with a pillow. I never wanted to get up.” Norton lived a good life with his new family, but eight years later, in 1984, his father passed away. Deeply distraught and unable to pull himself out of his depression, his
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sees that what comes with it is hard work. “I began to realize that the food we eat today doesn’t come that easy,” he said. “If [only] people knew exactly what these farmers put into getting food on the table. It takes me back to growing up in India, and how food was very scarce and we had to struggle.” One could say Norton’s life has been filled with people who have played vital roles in the paths he has followed.
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(right) Marjorie and Judge John Norton, of Fairfield, Conn., adopted their son, Patrick, from an orphanage in Bombay, India. The couple had nine children biologically, and adopted five more. John passed away in 1984, and Marjorie passed away Jan. 18, 2018, at the age of 99.
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Bringing the classroom outdoors Molenaar instills discovery, observation of monarchs in students By KATELYN ASFELD Staff Writer
NEW LONDON – At a café in New London, amongst walls of books and tables, Laura Molenaar sat with her laptop open and a cup of coffee in hand, eager to share her experience and involvement in the research, education and conservation of the monarch butterfly. After 35 years of teaching, Molenaar retired from New London-Spicer School this year. During her time as a teacher, she spent 22 years educating students on everything about the monarch butterfly. “When I first started teaching inquiry-driven science, I saw that the students were very engaged and they asked for more,” she said. Her interest in the monarch butterfly started when a student brought a chrysalis in for the class to see.
“Observing the monarch caterpillar go through the process of metamorphosis was magical,” she said. “I became so fascinated with it and I wanted to learn more,” she said. The opportunity to do so came when she heard of a free workshop available for teachers through the University of Minnesota Monarch Lab. After participating in the workshop, she brought back what she learned and incorporated it into her fourth-grade, and later fifth-grade science lessons. “The first curriculum I used was the Monarch Lab’s Monarchs in the Classroom,” she said. “It incorporated everything about monarchs, from egg to adult and also migration and conservation.” Molenaar found she could do more with her students beyond the indoor classroom. The University of Minnesota created a program called the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project (MLMP) where citizens
across North America can volunteer to monitor activities of the monarch, collect data and submit it online to the MLMP to be used in their research. The research collected helps scientists better understand monarch distribution and abundance during breeding season, migratory patterns, diseases and food availability for larvae and butterflies. “The MLMP is so great because it allows citizens to be involved in real scientific research,” Molenaar said. “They don’t have to be someone who has a degree in ecology or biology to participate. They just go through instructions from the MLMP and can begin monitoring.” Molenaar realized she needed a place for her students to make their observations, collect data and conduct research. She found the school had a piece of vacant land next to
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through the ranks in haidong goemdo (the way of the sword), a Korean form of sword discipline. “It goes back a long GREENWALD – The Tim and Marianne Luck- way,” said Gretchen, the en farm lies between Gre- oldest of the two. “It [the discipline] enenwald and joyed a resurSpring Hill. gence in the Like many 1970s.” area farms, it So far, has served as neither has a place to raise “Most of worked with children, along the masters real swords. As with various students, they animals such [of haidong with mokas pigs, dogs goemdo] have work gums, which and horses. The a Taekwondo are wooden farm has propractice swords duced crops, background; that look simanimals, ball players, teach- the belts, ranks ilar to the katana sword ers, singers and and terms of Japan. The actors. It is also are similar to Koreans were the home of two inspired by the aspiring sword Taekwondo.” Japanese sword masters. - Gretchen discipline and Sisters the sword used Gretchen, 29 Lucken is similar to the and Naomi, Japanese kata18 Lucken are working toward the dis- na sword (the type usually tinction. Since last Decem- seen in samurai movies). Gretchen, a postal ember, they have been moving
ployee by day, became intrigued with the discipline about two years ago while PHOTOS SUBMITTED attending a comicon, which Naomi (left) and Gretchen Lucken are studying haidong goemdo, a Korean form of sword discipline. is a convention for fans of comics, science fiction, fantasy literature and film in Bloomington. One of the entertainments was a Korean sword routine demonstration by the White Tiger martial art group. “They did a demonstration and then invited people up to do the basic moves,” said Gretchen. “They gave us dowels [to use]. After the demonstration, the master asked if I was interested.” Gretchen, who had taken fencing classes in college, was interested, but then found out the closest school was in Rogers. “That was too far to drive to,” she said of attending weekly lessons. About a year later, Gretchen and Naomi, a senior at Melrose Area High School, attended a similar convention in St. Cloud. The same group gave demonstrations and again asked for volunteers.
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By the busload Children, families enjoy fall activities on Healds’ farm By KATELYN ASFELD Staff Writer
ALEXANDRIA – In the months of September and October, school buses full of children consistently pull into the driveway of Country Blossom Farm in Alexandria. As the bus doors open, they spill out, disperse and eagerly explore their surroundings. In their autumn jackets, they climb the straw mountain, or jump on the giant jumping pillow. Screams of joy and laughter can be heard through the rows of apple trees on the property. Troy and Tracy Heald, owners of the farm, are hard at work year-round managing their business and welcoming customers. Busloads of children from schools as far as two hours away visit the farm and participate in the games and activities they have to offer. “If the weather is nice, it is a zoo here on the weekends,” Troy said. With a large variety of activities on the farm, there is something for everyone to enjoy.
“We try to have a new activity here every year,” Troy said. “The newest activity we have is bazooka ball and it is really popular.” Bazooka ball is an interactive game with 2-inch soft foam balls and a variety of targets to shoot at. But, that is not all the farm has to offer. A straw mountain, corn pit, woodland walk, seven-acre corn maze, pedal car track, farm wagon rides and a jumping pillow are also located on the property, along with swings and slides. “We try to keep activities simple,” Troy said. “Just simple, outdoor fun.” The outdoor activities the Healds provide are just one of the many things they do on their farm. On the 100-some acres, the Healds grow 8,000 apple trees, consisting of 12 varieties. Along with the apples, they grow pumpkins, raspberries, gourds, squash, aronia berries, honey berries, rhubarb and five acres of youpick strawberries. A portion of the fruit is sold fresh while the rest is made into jams, jellies, pies and snacks, which are
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Troy and Tracy Heald own Country Blossom Farm out of Alexandria. The farm offers a variety of attractions for children and families, in addition to fresh fall produce, baked goods and home décor for sale in their gift shop.
sold in the farm’s bakery inside their gift shop. “Our baked goods are becoming very popular,” Troy said. “There’s always someone in the kitchen preparing and baking.” So popular, in fact, that the business began baking sweets and pies for weddings, parties, holidays and other large events. “The bakery has become a year-round thing,” Troy said. The business also hosts corporate events and offers school tours. With all of the people coming
in and out of the grounds, there is always activity and liveliness during the short season the farm is open. The farm is in its fourth season and has been very successful. Ten years ago, Troy and Tracy would
have never thought their was a child. “I always thought it business would become as busy as it is now with 50 would be fun to do,” he employees and hundreds of said. visitors each season. He kept that dream Establishing roots Troy dreamt of having HEALD an apple orchard since he continued on page 18
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The family lived in Alexandria since 2005 and after searching fervently for a piece of land to buy and build their orchard, they finally found the perfect place. In 2010, they planted their first apple trees and in 2014 they moved to the farm. “It was scary when we first started,” Troy said. “We put so much time and money into the trees and the land and we wondered if it was worth the invest-
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After planting trees, it was a waiting game for the Healds. “You have to wait three to four years before getting anything out of the trees,” Troy said. While waiting for the trees to come into fruition, the couple worked on expanding the orchard, building the kitchen, gift shop and setting up children’s activities. “We copied what a lot of other farms did for children’s activities,” Troy said. “We try to put our own spin on it though.” When the Healds be-
came established and ready for business, they opened their doors in 2015, holding their breath and crossing their fingers, optimistic for people to visit. “We wondered if there would be anyone who would show up,” Troy said. “It was kind of scary at first, not knowing if people will come. We wondered if all that hard work would pay off.” Their hard work did, indeed, pay off and now, the Healds are busier than ever. “The farm kind of took over our lives,” Troy said
with a chuckle. Managing employees, planning tours and events, baking, stocking shelves in the gift shop, manning the store, harvesting and processing the fruits and keeping the shop and grounds in shipshape are just a few of the tasks that occupy the Healds’ lives. “Most days, we really enjoy it,” Troy said. “During the season, it can be really hectic and stressful, but it’s worth seeing the enjoyment people get out of it.”
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COUNTRY COOKING
Beef Stew (Crock Pot) • 2 packages beef soup bones or other similar type beef chunks • 2 Tbsp. dry onion • 1 cup water • 1/2 cup barley
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1/2 to 1 can sliced carrots 1-1/2 Tbsp. beef stew seasoning 1 small can tomato paste 2 whole peeled tomatoes
Cook soup bones or beef chunks in crock pot on high for about 4 hours, then remove bones. Add remaining ingredients and cook until done. Skim grease off top.
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• 3 slices bacon, cut into 1/4-inch squares • 1 butternut squash, peeled and cubed • 1 tsp. thyme
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Soup bones • 2 cups celery, chopped Water to cover • 1 cup barley 1 tsp. onion powder • 1 package frozen carrots and peas 1 tsp. black pepper • 1 to 2 cans tomato paste 2 onions, chopped Cook soup bones in water, with onion powder and black pepper, until meat falls off the bones. Strain and put liquid back in pot. Take the bones and meat out. Cut the meat into smaller pieces and put back into the broth. Add onions, celery and barley and cook for about 40 minutes. Add frozen carrots and peas and tomato paste and cook for another 20 or so minutes.
Sweet Potato Skillet Tex Mex Style • • • • • •
1-1/2 pounds sweet potatoes, cubed 1 small onion, chopped 2 large garlic cloves, minced 1 Tbsp. coconut or avocado oil 2 large red bell peppers, diced 14-ounce can low sodium black beans, drained and rinsed • 1 cup corn (frozen or canned) • 14-ounce can diced tomatoes, low sodium • 1 Tbsp. cumin, divided
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1/2 Tbsp. taco seasoning 3/4 tsp. salt, divided Juice of 1/2 lime 1 cup (4 ounces) Tex Mex cheese, shredded 2 medium avocados, diced 2 green onions, chopped 1/3 cup cilantro, chopped Greek yogurt and salsa, for garnish (optional)
Preheat large deep skillet on medium heat and swirl oil to coat. Add sweet potatoes, 1/2 Tbsp. cumin, 1/2 tsp. salt and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add onion, garlic, bell pepper and cook for another 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add black beans, corn, diced tomatoes, the remaining 1/2 Tbsp. cumin and 1/4 tsp. salt, taco seasoning and pepper; then stir. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and cook for 15 minutes or until potatoes are soft. Turn off heat. Add avocado, green onion, cilantro and lime juice and stir. Sprinkle with cheese, cover and let stand until cheese has melted. Serve hot with Greek yogurt and salsa if desired. Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to three days. You could add some ground turkey, diced chicken breast or tofu for extra protein. Cook it in the skillet first and then proceed with the recipe. Use less salt if your canned beans or tomatoes are not low sodium.
• 1 mango, peeled and cubed • Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 5 minutes. Add squash and thyme; cook and stir until squash begins to brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Add mango; cook and stir until heated through, about 5 minutes. Original recipe yields 2 servings. Note: Recipe directions are for original size.
Breakfast Oatmeal Cupcakes To Go • 5 cups mixture of rolled oats, • 2-1/3 cups water steel cut oats (quick), flax seeds, • 1/4 cup + 1 Tbsp. coconut or sunflower seeds, raisins and vegetable oil chopped nuts • 2-1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract • 2-1/2 cups over-ripe mashed • 4 tsp. cinnamon banana (5 or 6), (can substitute applesauce) Preheat oven to 380 degrees and line 24-25 cupcake tins. In a large mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients and stir very well. In a separate bowl, combine and stir all wet ingredients (including banana). Mix wet into dry, then spoon into the cupcake liners and bake for 21 minutes. (I also like to then broil for 1-2 minutes, but that is optional. If you let them cool overnight, they will no longer stick to the liners.) These oatmeal cakes can be eaten right away, or they can be frozen and reheated for an instant breakfast on a busy day.
Beef Stew Seasoning • • • • •
2 tsp. dried oregano 1 Tbsp. dried basil 1 tsp. dried rosemary 1 Tbsp. dried parsley 1 Tbsp. salt
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2 Tbsp. black pepper 2 Tbsp. paprika 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper 1 Tbsp. celery seed 2 Tbsp. onion powder
Mix all ingredients together. When making stew, use 1-1/2 to 2 Tbsp. of this mixture per pound of stew meat.
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A learning experience Roelike finds 40 years on Oak Township Board insightful
By CAROL MOORMAN life, raised on a farm south of Freeport. When his stepStaff Writer father decided to retire from the farm in 1973, RoFREEPORT – Robert elike, who was working as Roelike’s goal in life was a bookkeeper in St. Cloud, to be a farmer – and a farm- was interested in taking it er he was – and always will over. His stepfather chose be, even in retirement. to build a house on the That experience led farm. him down a road he never “He was having a envisioned he would take, hassle getting a permit to but today he is glad he did. build a house,” Roelike For almost 40 years, said. “I’m thinking, ‘My Roelike was on the Oak gosh, he’s been on the farm Township Board, first as all his life and can’t build the treasurer and then as a house here.’ I wanted to the clerk, which he retired learn where this was comfrom earlier this year. Roe- ing from, why people can’t like and his wife Arleen’s build a house on their own son Tom is now the board farm,” clerk. Roelike’s interest in From Roelike’s first township regulations is day on the township board what prompted him to beto his last, it has been a come a board member. learning experience. A few years later, Roe“There is so much to like heard there were openlearn, but I kinda enjoyed ings on the Oak Township that,” Roelike said. “Over Board. In 1978, he became the years things would be treasurer, a good fit for him going along smoothly and since he was a bookkeeper, then out of nowhere, some and in the 1980s, after the crazy thing would come clerk retired, Roelike filled up.” that position. Roelike has lived in The board consists of Oak Township most of his three supervisors, the gov-
erning voice, who vote on issues; a treasurer, who takes care of financial issues; and a clerk, who performs administration duties. All are voted in by township residents. At one time, Roelike was on three boards – in addition to the Oak Township Board, he served one term on the Sacred Heart School Board in Freeport and 20 years on the Freeport Creamery Board. When he and Arleen purchased the Pump N Pantry in Freeport, he resigned from the creamery board but stayed on the township board. Oak Township meetings are held the first Monday of each month at the town hall, built in the mid-1920s, east of New Munich. As township clerk, Roelike was responsible for preparation and maintenance of township records and supervision of elections that included attending election meetings and training their township election judges. After the
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Robert Roelike holds the plaque he was presented with Sept. 3 for 40 years on the Oak Township Board, most of those years spent as the clerk.
tions in a township, and each section is one-mile square,” said Roelike. In the early 2000s it was voted on at the annual township meeting to begin blacktopping roads, and $35,000 was levied yearly for that. “Blacktopping was very expensive,” said Roelike.
Zoning issues used to consume much of the board’s time, especially when spot development started popping up, and there were more ag project requests. In the early 1970s, Oak Township became one
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of the first townships to adopt a zoning ordinance. In early 2000, Oak Township formed a joint agreement with Stearns County to help township supervisors administer the zoning ordinance. Roelike, who studied the ordinance, saw advantages to having regulations so things did not get out of hand as the board worked to protect ag land. “The ordinance was a good thing,” Roelike said. “It kept a lot of things in control. It was hard for people to understand at a time when we thought we were getting all these regulations shoved down our throats, but when you get involved on the town board you understand it. Like with odors, tractors working late at night, regulations worked through that.” He adds, “Now with things like wind farms and solar farms, the townships don’t have much say-so because it’s monitored by the county.” He said the board dealt with challenging and trying times. “We tried to treat everybody fair, with the issues they had and tried to get it right,” said Roelike. “Residents are not aware of how a township board is regulated by government rules and t
guidelines, and we followed them closely.” He admits to a few sleepless nights after he would come home from a meeting, lying awake thinking about township issues. “That’s the kind of board member you want,” he said. “They put their heart into it.” Last fall, after dealing with a health issue, 77-year-old Roelike figured it was time to resign from his township clerk position. He approached his son, Tom, about taking over the job. “I mentioned it to him and then I tried talking him out of it,” Roelike said, laughing. “But he went ahead anyway.” Robert and Arleen still live on the farm. Tom lives across the road in the house Robert’s parents built in 1973. Their son, Mark, and his family built a new house on the farm this summer. Roelike enjoys pheasant and deer hunting. Looking back, it is hard for him to believe he has been on the board for 40 years. “The years go by,” Roelike said. “It was quite an experience.”
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Robert Roelike holds a plaque given to him during a Sept. 3 Oak Township meeting when he was honored for his 40 years of service on the board. Pictured are (from left) treasurer Rick Goebel; supervisor, Pete Welle who is also the chair; clerk Tom Roelike; retired clerk Robert Roelike; and supervisors Dale Overman and Craig Viere.
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