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Forever a Marine

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Denny Schnell talks about his time in Vietnam as a Marine, May 8 at his home south of Alexandria.

“I feel that I saved lives, as many lives as I could.” Denny Schnell By DIANE LEUKAM Staff Writer

ALEXANDRIA – Semper Fi. The Marine Corps motto is a Latin phrase meaning “Always faithful.” For Denny Schnell of Alexandria, those two words connect him with every other Marine around the world. “When you graduate and the first time you are called a Marine, it sends a chill down your spine that you will never forget,” Schnell said. “I will be buried as a Marine and I will love this country till the day I die.” Schnell was in a reflective mood May 8 at his home south of Alexandria. He talked about life, memories of his time in Vietnam, his Marine Corps buddy, Randy Fischer, having a deep love of his country, and what he wants to do next. At 63, he has been working hard his whole life and is thinking about slowing down and opening a new chapter in his life, one of service to veterans. He would

like to make a difference. Schnell has been in the agriculture business since he came home from the military. He and his wife, Pat, raised their two children, Shane and Tiffany, and now have four grandchildren. They own some land and have rented other land, which he let go of this year. Schnell operated a custom manure pumping business, which he sold last year, though he is retaining a steel shed-building business. Their small herd of registered Black Angus cattle was sold last week. Farming has been in his blood, but for him, it is time to move on. “I’m going to have an auction in July,” he said. “All my equipment will go and I plan on getting reunited with my boat. It hasn’t seen the water in years but that’s going to change.” Born and raised in Illinois, Schnell and his family moved to Minnesota when he was 14. The son of Don and Virginia Schnell, he worked on the farm along with two brothers and a sister. Life was not ideal.

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Denny Schnell (right) carries a radio on his back as he works in communications as a Marine in Vietnam in the early 70s. The helicopters are American Bell UH-1 Iroquois, or “Hueys,” and Schnell said the sound of them still gives him chills.

“I was not a good a kid,” he said. “I was 16 and I had a party when my parents were gone. It didn’t start out to be like that, but all of a sudden it was one of the biggest bashes…and oh my god, the house was trashed. I had no intention but that’s how it ended up. My dad punched me right in the face.” Looking back, he understands his parents’ frustration and anger. For Schnell, the results were life-changing.

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“I just left,” he said. “I figured they’d come looking for me but they never did. I just kept on going and the next thing you know I’m in the Marine Corps over in some foreign country and that’s how Denny Schnell the Marine came to be.” On his own at 16, Schnell got a job at a junkyard cutting parts off of cars.

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He lived in a lady’s barn nearby, until he got his first paycheck and moved out. Right after graduation from high school his friend, Randy, stopped by. “We got together to have a beer and he goes ‘Denny, let’s get the h--outta here, man. Let’s go in the Marine Corps.’ I go ‘there’s a war goin’ on man,’ He goes ‘I know, but let’s go, let’s just do this,’” Before long, Schnell was standing in his parents’ house with the recruiter. Being a minor, he needed his father’s signature to enlist. “My dad signed the paper and he laid $10 down on the table,” Schnell said. “He said ‘here you go’ and I said ‘I don’t want your money’ and I just left.” Being from Minnesota the two young men could decide between basic training in San Diego or Paris Island, N.C. They chose Paris Island because it had the reputation as being where the tough guys went, and the toughness of boot camp didn’t disappoint.

“It was kind of stupid because we could have went into anything, but if I was gonna learn how to kill I wanted to learn from the best,” Schnell said. “They beat the h--- out of us there.” Schnell’s eyes glowed remembering how Randy was larger than life, much loved by everyone. “Here’s the funny thing about boot camp,” he said. “The first thing they do is test you and see how stupid you are. Randy aced everything; they called him the scribe. He did all their bookwork, all their scheduling…he was in the drill sergeant’s office most of the time while we out burying sand fleas, right?” Schnell’s deep belly laugh filled the room remembering his friend, but his demeanor turned serious. At 18, he would be in Vietnam, taking part in a highly secret operation, the last two days of which were called Operation Frequent Wind. The U.S. military had been in the process of exiting Vietnam

for some time, but needed it to be kept secret to prevent mass panic within the South Vietnamese people. It was now the final couple of days and they were under attack, with North Vietnamese pounding the area with fire. The scene was chaotic. Creating a half-circle of protection around Saigon, the Marines were charged with evacuating up to 250,000 South Vietnamese people who had been working with the U.S. government during the long and seemingly endless conflict. All those who remained were destined to be executed by the North Vietnamese if they failed to get out. Schnell had been stationed in Iwakuni, Japan. “If they [the military in Vietnam] needed something they couldn’t give us orders, but they would just say anyone want to volunteer to go get killed? They didn’t [actually] say that, but I wanted to fight for my country. So, there was a few of us, we went and we stayed. They would not let us out of there until the evacuation was com-

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Denny Schnell (left) and Randy Fischer are pictured the day they left for the Marines in 1973.

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Denny Schnell operates a TRC-75 van in Vietnam in the early 70s. Schnell said it had so much power that when the handset was keyed his hair would stand on end.

plete.” Volunteering was required because the U.S. could no longer bring in any troops. Schnell told the story of events that would leave him bitter for a very long time. South Vietnamese citizens were being loaded onto the U.S aircraft carriers, which were being filled the brim with people. In the process, something had to give. “Rather than use our aircraft to go pick up American personnel in that country, they just decided that we didn’t have time,” Schnell said. “So we shoved the helicopters, planes, whatever we could into the water to make room for more South Vietnamese.” Being in communications, Schnell was right in the middle of it. “I had a radio on my back,” he said. “I’m on the radio and there is American personnel in country in Vietnam trying to get the h--- out of there before it’s overrun, and I’m trying to get coordinations

and seeing if we can get these guys out of there and they finally just told me to…basically let ‘em die.” Later, Schnell would have a conversation with a captain who explained that they felt all American personnel had indeed been evacuated during the previous weeks and months, and that the North Vietnamese were the ones on the radio trying to lure them in country to destroy whatever aircraft they still could. Regardless of who they really were, Schnell still hears those voices every day. “I had personnel screaming on the radio, ‘Please come get us, this is our coordinates!’ and there was absolutely nothing I could do,” Schnell said. “It was a mess. But, we tried. If you were not right there in Saigon they just left you behind. The hardest thing was [thinking of] our American personnel in country trying to

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get out of there and nobody 10 years to where I realized cared. It’s all the price of nobody owed me nothing, I was just a regular old guy war.” There are many oth- and I had to get my s--together. er stories After a Schnell while I could tell told myabout his self, ‘you days in gotta let Vietnam. this go Stories and if you of body don’t it’s counts, going to mutilakill you.’ tions and So I let it calculago. It was tions of one of the tradeoffs hardest in Amerthings in ican lives my Iife.” lost vs. Many enemies of those killed. wounds T h e r e h a v e are many - Denny Schnell healed, things he but many just preremain. fers not be written about, because He has two rules for war. “Rule No. 1 is young they are just too ugly. “It was such a s---hole,” he men – not old men – are tsaid. “Human life was ab- going to die,” Schell said. solutely worth zero, and I “And rule No. 2 is you’re just felt sick. I felt that my never gonna change Rule country had deserted me. It No. 1. But, I had a job and was 30 years before I had I thought I was d---ed good anything at all to do with at it, and I feel that I saved my government, I was that lives, as many lives as I could.” disillusioned.” Through it all, He wanted nothing to do with benefits, or the VA, Schnell’s love for his counor anything. He just want- try runs a deep red, white and blue. He would like to ed to be left alone. “I got a real big chip share that love and is beon my shoulder after that,” ginning to see that it is OK he said. “It took me about to talk about his experienc-

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Marine. “All I know is being a Marine,” he said. “It’s ran my life. I can’t turn it off and I can’t make it go away, it’s just part of who I am. So when I die I hope they say ‘Denny was a good guy. He tried.’ I never wanted to hurt anybody even though I killed in my life.” He said it is hard being Denny Schnell, or any oth-

er veteran. What does he say when people thank him for his service? “At first I didn’t know what to say,” Schnell said. “It was gut-wrenching. I would do it again, even with all the heartache. I love this old lady and never ever want any harm to come to her. Now, I understand why people lose their lives because we go back

to Rule No. 1. That’s how I justify what happened to me, what happened to everybody else. We were willing to die for that flag. I would not change my life in one way, and I’ve had some trials and tribulations, but they all make you who you’re gonna be. So, when people say ‘thank you for your service’ I just say, ‘it was my pleasure.’”

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Lifetime friends Denny Schnell (left) and Randy Fischer are pictured at a fishing lodge in Ontario shortly before Fischer died unexpectedly in November 2013 at the age of 57. The two joined the Marines together after they graduated from high school.

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“Human life was absolutely worth zero, and I just felt sick. I felt that my country had deserted me.”

es fighting for her. “I love this country and I always have,” he said. “I could be bitter but I’m not. I just love this country. I can’t tell you how much that I love her. I think maybe I could go talk to people and make a difference. Talk to a group of people and tell them why they should love our flag and why this is the country that it is. The bravery that some of these guys have done in the name of this country and for our flag, if that doesn’t send shivers down your spine there’s something wrong.” This Memorial Day, like every other year, Schnell will message or call his fellow veterans to keep in touch and thank them for everything. It is always a hard day, remembering lost comrades and voices of the past, but the bond is strong. He will remember lifetime friend and fellow Marine, Randy, who passed away unexpectedly in November 2013 at the age of 57. And, when it comes time for Schnell to go, he will be ready. “I don’t fear death at all, it does not affect me,” he said. “If I die tomorrow I got no regrets. Zero. I did everything I wanted to do and either you like me or you hate me, one of the two.” He will be buried as a

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I had the privilege of speaking with Schnell about his military experience, something he has not done much in the past. For anyone to fight in a war takes courage, and for a veteran to be willing to share those times with others also takes courage, just in another form. If the opportunity ever surfaces for you to hear a veteran speak, I would encourage you to take it. Another veteran willing to share in this pre-Memorial Day issue is Rick Cross of Sauk Centre. Cross is the Minnesota Sixth District American Legion director. He, too, served in Vietnam and now, would like to see a younger generation of veterans join the American Legion, for input on ways to improve the organization in years to come. In Cold Spring, Luke Salzer raises miniature cattle for the little guy. Little as in his son, Gavin, who he wanted to see grow up with the opportunities he himself had growing up on the farm. He also sells his animals on a small scale to states as far as Oregon and Illinois. Farming and family are the operative words for Kadejan out of Glenwood. Together, they have been providing birds for upscale restaurants for several decades. This large family works together, from hatching chicks, to raising the birds to processing the meat. As it says in the story, they are a “family flock with plenty of pluck!” June is almost here and Tammy Frericks of Albany is thrilled to be off and running on a new venture. This will be her family’s

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Cattle for the little guy experience growing up. He was ready to take on raising cattle, but on a smaller scale – and that meant the cattle would be smaller too. Miniature cattle have many draws for a hobby farmer – they require less

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COLD SPRING – Luke Salzer grew up on a dairy farm near Cold Spring and wanted to give his son, Gavin, a similar

space and less feed, they are easier to handle and do not require elaborate fencing. Miniature cows stand 34 to 44 inches and weigh from around 700 pounds. In 2011, Salzer purchased a few miniature

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perimenting with breeding. “I mixed Lowlines and Belted Galloways and for a splash of color would add a little Hereford,” Salzer said. “It’s a good mix. People are calling that a Red Panda – it’s really growing in popularity.” However, his operation has not always been as diverse. He began with only Lowline cattle, one of the most common miniature breeds. “They’re easy, docile and good on just grass,” Salzer said. “They’re very easy maintenance-wise.” The maintenance is truly simple, and the cows are pastured in the summer and eat a grass hay through the winter. “They finish out really well,” Salzer said. “They don’t need corn – they do fine on the grass.” Another benefit of the smaller cattle is the amount of meat. “When we butcher, they still give you a PHOTO BY DANA SABOLIK decent amount of meat, Luke and Gavin Salzer feed a there’s less Lowline miniature cow on May 3 because few extra calves one year and sold them, and it sort of took off from there. I’ve sold some as far as Oregon and Illinois.” Other people who own miniatures do so for various reasons. Some people are looking for the size, some want to start their own herd or mix in genetics to an existing herd. Salzer currently has eight cows on his farm with a diversified collection of breeds. “There’s some Lowlines and Belted Galloways, the red ones are Herefords and when I breed them together there’s some color in the calves, which is fun,” Salzer said. “That’s how I get the red and white ones. People really like the color so I try to keep that going.” The eight cows in his herd were all expecting calves this spring, and a few have already calved. One of Salzer’s niches is ex-

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Gavin Salzer plays with a young Red Panda calf. This unique breed is a mix of Lowline, Hereford and Belted Galloway miniature cattle.

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Luke Salzer gives his mini cows a treat on May 3 at his home near Cold Spring. Salzer is pictured with a Lowline cow (front) and Belted Galloway. He experiments with the genetics for the cattle and occasionally likes to add color with a Hereford miniature.

guy to see calves being born,” Salzer said. “He has a lot of fun with them and names them all. He likes playing with them, feeding them, giving them treats, and, he loves checking for new calves.

He also is eager to help with chores and all the necessary work with the cows.” SALZER LZER continuedd on page 7

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Salzer said the meat is satisfactory also. “I can’t tell a difference meat-wise,” he said. “They taste great.” All in all, it comes back to his son. “I wanted the little

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GLENWOOD – It began with a customer’s question in 1990. Pete Thorfinnson, with his custom poultry and fowl processing business called Pope County Poultry Processing, was selling pheasants to white tablecloth restaurants in the Twin Cities when a customer asked if he could get some freerange hen. “Sure!” Thorfinnson replied. “What is a freerange hen?” However, Thorfinsonn figured it out quickly, and he started wholesaling free-range, no growth stimulant, antibiotic-free and air-chilled chicken in 1992. The business operated as West Central Game Birds until 1995, when they received their grant of inspection from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), changed their name to Kadejan Inc. and moved to their current Glenwood location in 2007. The company has

always been family owned and operated, family members helping to hatch, feed, raise and process the chickens. When Weston Gienger married Thorfinnson’s daughter Jayme, he married into the company name – literally. Kadejan is an acronym for the Thorfinnsons’ children in 1995: Katelyn and Karl form the “Ka”, Derek is the “de”, Jayme is the “ja” and Nicole makes the “n”. “We have a big family company,” Gienger said. “Some of our growers are family members too. It’s a pretty tight-knit operation, and we have a lot of fun with each other.” Kadejan’s processing building and hatchery are in Glenwood, but they work with three other local farms to raise the chickens in a non-cramped environment. These farmers are also connected by family; for instance, one of the owners of ARE Farms in Pope County is Thorfinnson’s brother-in-law, and Thorfinnson’s son Derek and his family live and

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been big for us, something we’ve been doing since the beginning,” Gienger said. “With water chilling, you’re adding water-weight, so you’re adding water-money and you can make a better profit off it. The advantage of air chilling is that it’s a better quality product. For the person cooking it, you

don’t get a lot of water bleed-out. It holds flavor a lot better, it’s tastier and it doesn’t shrink as much in the pan.” After the chilling, the chicken is cut, trimmed and packaged by hand according to the customers’ needs. They are then shipped to the customers within a day of processing.

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Page 12 • Country Acres - Friday, May 17, 2019 KADEJAN continued from page 11 with our customers, not trying to outpace them. It’s been a good business model for us because it’s been very sustainable.” As another source of business, the headquarters and processing building also houses the Kadejan Market, a small retail storefront of about 700 square feet of floor space. The market was started in 2007, and Kadejan sells some of its chicken from there, as

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Alexandria | Douglas County Is the fishing steady through the summer? Again, weather is a big thing for us so during those nice stable warm stretches in June and July when thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of people around you get pretty busy but if you get three days of thunderstorms it kind of goes the other way. But then, people tend to come in and have time to mill around and do a little more shopping. You might have fewer people but they stay longer and maybe spend a little more. If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice out theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in a hurry to get to the lake and they just grab their minnows and worms and out the door they go.

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What is your most popular bait? In the winter time itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all minnows. In the summer time early in the season like for the opener itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely predominantly minnows because that works better for walleyes and cold water. As the water warms up these other baits start working better. It switches to leaches in late May and June and then it turns to nightcrawlers. It kind of all just falls into place.

How are you involved in the fishing industry? My wife, Denise, is the third generation here at Christopherson Bait. Her grandfather, Will Christopherson, starting selling bait back in 1934 down on Main Street and they were in Osakis for a while. [The second generation] is her dad, Allen Christopherson. We have been on this location since 1948.

What do you like to fish for? Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got really great bass fishing in our area and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I enjoy. But, walleye fishing is good and of course thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s muskies and pan fishing and all of them can be good in the area from time to time, so we cater to all of those people.

How many people do you expect for opening weekend? It is weather dependent but certainly Are you a fisherman? Yeah, when I can. I used to several hundred. Sometimes we can barely keep up fish a lot and now business and life is busy so not with everybody that works for us and other openers as much. thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s snowflakes in the air and the wind is blowing 30 and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not such a big deal. It just depends.

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How many lakes are in the Douglas County area? For sure there are 50 good fishing lakes close to Alexandria and so it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter what direction you go thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more lakes. So Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got customers fishing on a couple hundred different lakes easily. What reasons do people have for going fishing? There are many reasons to go fishing. It might be for the challenge; I like that fishing changes constantly so about the time you think youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got the fish figured out something changes and you have to start all over again. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like solving a new puzzle every single day that you go. A lot of people go for the peace and quiet and the solitude. For me thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really big deal nowadays, just to decompress and de-load from all the electronics and the machines and get back to a more peaceful place. I think a lot of people go fishing for that. Other people go for competition. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of tournaments and weekly fishing leagues. There is the camaraderie that goes along with that, to get together with a group of friends every week and see who can catch the biggest fish for bragging rights. There is that social aspect too, and you see a lot of grandpas taking their grandkids out and passing on something they have enjoyed their whole lives to the next generation. What do you think about when you are out on the lake? I try to think about as little as possible and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difficult because there is always something that you think you should be doing. The trick is to go fishing and not think too much. I try to just think about where might I find that big one and how am I going to coax him into biting and for me at least, to try to clear my mind so I can come back refreshed and recharged and ready to go back to the modern life.

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For love of veterans, families Vietnam experience leads Cross to serve as district Legion director By DANNA SABOLIK Staff Writer

SAUK CENTRE – In the past 11 months, Rick Cross has put 15,000 miles on his pickup truck. He has been traveling all over Central Minnesota, from Kimball and north to the Canadian border, to meet with local Legions on behalf of Minnesota’s sixth district Legion. A proud Legionnaire, Cross is a veteran of the Army, having served in Vietnam from August 1969 to December 1970. He was drafted, after spending a little over a year after high school working in downtown Minneapolis. “I hadn’t decided what I was going to do yet,” Cross said. “I guess my decision was made for me.” Cross prepared to leave and enjoyed his last few days on American soil. Before he knew it he was through basic training and on a plane to Vietnam. “The first thing I noticed about Vietnam was

that it was super hot and smelled really bad,” he said. Cross served for a year in Vietnam, in the second battalion, 16th infantry headquarters company on a recon platoon. He spent his time surveying the jungle and looking for signs of the enemy. In his time there, he worked his way through the ranks and finished his active duty as an E-5 officer. The leadership he learned overseas and subsequently in 28 years in the service has translated well into his life today, as he serves Minnesota as the sixth district’s Legion director. “This is all for the veteran,” Cross said. “Everything we do is to benefit veterans and veterans’ families.” Although Cross sees great purpose in his current position, he did not join the Legion when he first retired from the Army. It took until he moved to Sauk Centre in 2003 to join the Legion in Melrose,

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where a few friends were members. From there, he accepted leadership positions at the local level. One meeting when he was absent, his buddies signed him up to be a chairman at the district level.

He served in that position and enjoyed it, so he took on a few more. He knew that if he was going to be the district director, he should do it sooner rather than later. “It’s been interesting,”

Cross said. “My schedule changes every week; I never have the same day twice. I’ve talked to so many dedicated people in the Legion, it’s really touching.” People tend to look to the government for vet-

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The Legion has an active presence in Minnesota, serving the American Legion’s pillars of Veterans, Defense, Youth, Americanism and Communities. In addition to the traditional Legion, there are sub-groups under the Legion which include Sons of the American Legion, American Legion Riders and the Minnesota Legion

Auxiliary. The Auxiliary is something Cross is passionate about. “I’m really pushing for membership on that one,” he said. “It includes all the facets of the Legion and brings them together.” Overall, Cross urges young veterans to get involved. “Just walk in or call

up a Legion, and they can bring you in that day if you’re in the correct dates for eligibility,” Cross said. Cross is thankful for all the experiences he has had this past year. For the upcoming year, though, he is looking forward to more calm, with hopes of spending time with his wife, Linda, exploring the country in their camper.

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(above) Cross photographed this camp in the Vietnamese jungle while on a recon mission with his platoon. He was part of a group responsible for surveying the forest and analyzing for signs of the enemy. (right) Cross photographed this fellow soldier receiving mail in Vietnam at camp, early 1970.

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From farm to table Frericks hopes to instill core values, fun for families at Strawberries Galore & More LLC. By LAURA HINTZEN Staff Writer

ALBANY – Ever since Tammy Frericks started picking strawberries, she knew that one day she wanted to open up her own u-pick strawberry business. A year-and-a-half ago, that dream came true when Steve and Tammy Frericks purchased 16 acres of land and built their new home just one mile south of Albany on County Road 10. The couple are parents to three children including twins Hailey and Kallie and a son, Bryce. “In years past, I picked strawberries at The Strawberry Patch in New Mu-

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Page 22 • Country Acres - Friday, May 17, 2019 FRERICKS continued from page 20 mind.” Frericks is new to the business, and has been educating herself by attending multiple fruit and vegetable conferences. She is learning various aspects of her trade and is also currently attending a program at Central Lakes College in Staples. One thing she has learned is a need for convenience in watering her plants. For the first year, they did not have an irrigation set up in the field, so there was a big water tank that had to be filled up. “Every day I would go out there and hand-water the plants after I’d get

off work from 3:30 until nearly 10 o’clock at night,” Frericks said. They have since added a drip irrigation system. Through it all, she has had the help of family and friends to kickstart her dream. Since the business is so new, it has been strictly volunteers helping out with various tasks, like making sure all of the weeds are picked out of the fields. So far, there has been plenty of help from her kids and husband, her friends and a couple relatives. Soon, the picking season will arrive and the

public will be showing up in the driveway. Frericks is hoping multiple generations will spend that time to connect with each other in the field. The Frericks would like to have a public picking schedule, working from 7 in the morning until noon which leaves the afternoon open to weed and get other duties accomplished. “I’d also like to open a couple nights of picking from 5 until 8 p.m, depending on what berries are

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Friday, May 17, 2019 - Country Acres • Page 23 FRERICKS continued from page 22 available,” she said. They ask that the public check their website or call to see if they are picking. Frericks is hoping for a good crop in this first season of picking. The biggest relief that the family has heard so far, was from Tammy’s farm business advisor who specializes in strawberry production. He stopped out last week and told them that the crop looks exceptional and that

she should be very pleased with the results, as in production and foliage, for the first production year. “Right then I thought it was my mom from up above doing something,” Frericks said. Some of the berries are taken back into the home where Frericks works her magic in the kitchen making an assortment of strawberry jams, toppings and spreads, to then be sold in her market alongside their

home. “I’m a huge canner – thanks to my mom,” she said. “My Aunt Liz taught me how to can and my mom was the type of person that would say, ‘What do you need to can?’ She made sure I had everything I had to succeed at it. We designed a separate canning kitchen when we built this house and I have already done so much canning in it.” Come fall, the straw-

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