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There when it mattered Hamann recognized for response to life threaten ing health issue

heart function due to an electrical malfunction in the heart.

People lose consciousness and have no pulse. About 90% of people who experience cardiac arrest outside a hospital setting die; treatment must begin within minutes in order to survive.

Marthaler, who had suf-

BY NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER

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RICE – Nine months after experiencing sudden cardiac arrest, Brenda Marthaler is alive and doing well.

“I am doing very well; I’m on a very good inhaler,” said Marthaler, of Rice. “I’m doing very well, thank God.” In addition to the Almighty, Marthaler is grateful for the quick response of emergency responders. She especially thanks one man for being there when she was in a most dire need.

Rice Police Chief Ross Hamann was recognized at the July 15 city council meeting in Rice for the role he played in saving Marthaler’s life. Fred W. Segler, commander of the American Legion Hasso Briese Post No. 473, presented Hamann with a plaque on behalf of the Legion family for his efforts in saving Marthaler, a color guard and Auxiliary member.

“This was by no means all me,” Hamann said when accepting the award. “It took a huge team of our fire department, our rescue departments and the hospital. Everybody played a huge part in this, but I’ll accept it.

Thank you.”

According to the American Heart Association, sudden cardiac arrest is the abrupt loss of

PHOTO BY NATASHA BARBER

Rice Police Chief Ross Hamann, Brenda Marthaler and Fred. W. Segler, commander of American Legion Post No. 473, stand at city hall July 15 in Rice. Hamann was awarded a plaque by the Legion family for his part in saving the life of Marthaler, a Rice resident and Legion Auxiliary and color guard member.

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Samantha Hageman (front, from left), Summer Hagy, Jess Nolan, Chloe Stockinger, Meghan Bowen, Cole Bonovsky, Jeremiah Simmons, Alex Dusha and Creed Bonovsky; (back, from left) Jenny Lezer, John Inkster, Shayne Kusler, Kasey Cable, Jennifer Kenning, Steve Wagner, Cloanne Wegman, Jodi Gertken, Brianne Zulawski, Dr. David Tilstra, Troy Heck, Nicole Ruhoff, Dani Protivinsky, Mariah Schyma and Jenni Wald stand outside the Benton County Administration Building July 16 in Foley. The group attended a Benton County Board of Commissioners meeting and spoke in support of a revised tobacco licensing ordinance prohibiting the sale of tobacco to those under the age of 21; the ordinance passed unanimously.

Ninth county to pass measure of Commissioners passed an updated retail licensing ordinance Tuesday that will prohibit cusFOLEY – Benton County is tomers from purchasing tobacco, the newest community on board tobacco related devices, elecwith Tobacco 21. tronic delivery devices, nicotine The Benton County Board or lobelia delivery product until

BY NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER

PUBLIC NOTICES

age 21. The board passed the change unanimously July 16 at its meeting where a large crowd attended and spoke in support of the change.

The county received no communicated opposition – by phone, email, mail or in person – prior to the public hearing.

Following the approval, Ni-

• Mortgage Foreclosure - Weiss - pg. 9 • Mortgage Foreclosure- Johnson - pg. 9 • Mortgage Foreclosure - Payonk - pg. 8 • Benton County Ord. No. 475 - pg. 9 • Benton County Regular Meeting Minutes, July 2, 2019 - pg. 8

cole Ruhoff, public health supervisor at the county, said she was relieved with the outcome.

“I am very pleased with their leadership,” Ruhoff said of the board’s decision. “… I think this is a huge win for Benton County. Even though it isn’t

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• Sauk Rapids-Rice School Reg. Meeting Minutes, June 17, 2019 - pg. 8 • Sauk Rapids-Rice School Work Session - pg. 9 • Probate Notice - Maloney - pg. 8 • City of Rice Notice - pg. 9

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Boundary commission established

BY NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER

FOLEY – Property owners in the Sharon Place neighborhood of Watab Township should soon see resolve.

The Benton County Board of Commissioners established a boundary commission July 16 following a plea from residents and township supervisors to assist in property line disputes.

“Essentially what has happened over time is surveys have occurred from different monuments creating different measurements and property lines for the majority of properties in this area,” said Roxanne Achman, director of Benton County Department of Development.

“This is not a unique situation – it does happen in other areas of the county and in other counties throughout the state. In this particular instance, we’ve been hearing about issues for years. It’s finally come down to the residents asking the county to get involved and adjust these property lines.”

Eighty-five parcels are affected by the decision.

Achman said Jay Wittstock, county surveyor, will travel to the properties, meeting with property owners and listening to where property owners believe their property lines lie. The surveyor will also review deeds with the hope of consensus on boundaries. If there are disagreements, the boundary commission will review the information. If nothing is resolved, the conflict will advance to district court.

“Ultimately this will result in a plat that is decided upon and signed by a judge,” Achman said. “It will become platted property.”

The boundary commission will consist of Art Buhs, Gerry Feld, Scott Johnson, Dan Gottwalt and Joe Scapanski. Each committee member will receive a $100 per diem.

The Department of Development chose to not have a resident from the area be representative on the board as they believe there is too much conten-

tion in the area for one resident to represent the whole. They also omitted a representative from the township board due to the conflict of interest as Watab Township roadway right of way is also in question.

David Meyers, of Rinke Noonan, will be the attorney involved with the project. He informed Achman that in accordance with his past experience, not all property owners are likely to have disputes.

The project will begin immediately, and a neighborhood meeting is planned for 4:30-7 p.m.

July 30 at Watab Town Hall, 660 75th St. N.W., Sauk Rapids.

“We are trying to get this moving as quickly as possible because Little Rock (Lake) will be drawn down in August, and so that will make for ideal conditions for our surveyor to get out there and do that,” said Achman, referring to a property pin located in the submerged lake bed.

The costs will be tallied throughout the process and then assessed to the property owners across the board. The formulas for assessing property have yet to be determined.

“Typically, this is go-

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Eighty-five parcels in Watab Township will be reviewed following the establishment of a boundary commission by the Benton County Board of Commissioners July 16 in Foley. The committee has been formed to help with property line disputes in the Sharon Place neighborhood.

ing to cost significantly less than if each property owners would hire their own surveyor to do the work,” Achman said.

“It could be upwards of $20,000 if they did this on their own. We are hoping between $2,500 to $3,000 (per resident). That’s a ballpark number based on Meyers past experience.”

In other council news: - Approved changing the Department of Motor Vehicle service hours at Benton County offices to 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

- Approved a contract with Rapid Financial Solutions to provide debit cards with any remaining balances to inmates discharged from the Benton

County Sheriff’s Office.

The cards will eliminate time and management of checks as well as the risk of having the county’s bank account information distributed. The service will be provided at no cost. Rapid Financial Solutions has a relationship with Turn Key Corrections – the third party providing the county with the management of jail inmate money and purchases.

- Approved placement of radio equipment on a tower northeast of Duelm owned by the state of Minnesota. The equipment will provide backup to the sheriff’s office dispatch center. The county will reimburse the state $300 an-

nually for electricity costs consumed by the county equipment.

- Approved a professional services agreement with WSB and Associates Inc. for the consultant to perform bridge inspections on the county’s behalf. The public works department does not have a qualified bridge inspector on staff. The cost will be $34,800 for the completion of 100 bridge inspections and will include a county employee shadowing the bridge inspector to attain the required training to become a bridge team leader.

- Awarded a construction contract with Rice Contracting and Development Services Inc. for repairs to County Road 2 at a cost of $983,856.20 contingent upon the drawdown of Little Rock Lake, Harris Channel and the Sartell Pool of the Mississippi River proceeding Aug. 1. The bid was 2.27% under the engineer’s estimate.

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Life saving from front

Tobacco 21 from front covering our entire county, it is still sending the message that they really do want to reduce use and tobacco access.”

The ordinance will affect 13 establishments in rural Benton County and the cities of Rice and Gilman. Tobacco establishments in east St. Cloud, Sauk Rapids and Foley are licensed through their respective cities and will be allowed to continue selling products to customers 18 and older.

The ordinance will take effect Jan. 1, 2020.

Tobacco 21 is a national campaign aimed at raising the legal age to purchase tobacco and nicotine to 21. Through the change, it is hoped to reduce access to those seeking the products who are underage.

“Even though this is a licensing policy, it really is a health policy to safeguard our youth,” Ruhoff said at the public hearing.

According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, 90% of adult smokers began before the age of 18. Benton County has 4,300 adult cigarette smokers, according to the Minnesota Department of Health, and 1 in 6 deaths each year in the county are attributed to tobacco.

Ruhoff said local health departments are required to look at com-

PHOTO BY NATASHA BARBER

A plaque rests on a table July 15 at city hall in Rice. The American Legion Post No. 473 honored Rice Police Chief Ross Hamann publicly with the award at the Rice City Council meeting.

her dog outside. She rested on the doorstep, hoping someone would see her and offer help.

“I didn’t have my phone on me, and it was that bad,” Marthaler said.

After waiting with no sign of passersby, Marthaler crawled the second flight of stairs over a span of two hours. She located her phone and called 911.

Marthaler faintly told the dispatcher twice that she mercial tobacco reduction per the Statewide Health Improvement Partnership.

Benton County has been reviewing its ordinance for over two years. In April at a committee of the whole, two commissioners were interested in learning about Tobacco 21.

Benton County is the ninth county and 40th community in Minnesota to join the Tobacco 21 efforts. The St. Cloud City Council approved by 4-3 vote a similar ordinance in November 2017 which was later vetoed by St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis.

Ruhoff hopes area cities and counties follow Benton County’s lead.

“I do know Sherburne, Stearns and Wright counties are all currently having discussions with their boards, and jointly we certainly want to reproach the city of St. Cloud,” Ruhoff said. “… I think some of our St. Cloud centric cities, like Sauk Rapids and Waite Park, they certainly want to go as a group.

So, if St. Cloud wasn’t on board, they weren’t. We feel there is momentum now for bringing those discussions to our surrounding cities – talking to Sauk Rapids, talking to the city of Foley and then of course St. Cloud.”

The revised ordinance also addresses minimum price and packaging for cigars, promotions, signage, sampling, instructional programs, penalties and retailer proximity to schools.

could not breathe.

“That’s all I remember until I woke up two and a half days later in the hospital,” Marthaler said.

Hamann was the only Rice police officer on duty that afternoon. He responded to the scene.

“He saw me standing and mumbling something, and then I collapsed,” said Marthaler, of the account she was told of following her recovery.

Marthaler’s heart had stopped.

Correction

In the July 13 article “All ages help with clothing camp: Benton County 4-H hosts annual project day,” the date of the event was incorrectly stated. It took place June 19. A photo caption also misidentified a participant. It is included correctly below. The Sauk Rapids Herald staff regrets these errors.

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Elizabeth Schneider (right) assists Olivia Gielen, of Sauk Rapids, with cutting fabric June 19 at First Presbyterian Church in Foley. The two participated in the Benton County 4-H Clothing Camp where members constructed pillows and improved their sewing skills.

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Scott Massman, and Bo and Nicole Wilke present their daughter Lindsay Massman in the marriage of Dustin Jarve the son of Dana Jarve and Brenda Jarve. The couple is getting married Sept. 1, 2019, at Living Waters Lutheran Church in Sauk Rapids by Pastor Todd Mattson.

Dustin is a mechanic at Thermo King in St. Cloud, and Lindsay is a marketing coordinator at Performance Foodservice in Rice and a board member on the Sauk Rapids Community Ambassador Organization.

They reside in Sauk Rapids with their two chocolate labs and kitties.

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Lindsay and Dustin are looking forward to the next chapter in their life and continuing to reside in Sauk Rapids as they grow their family.

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fered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – characterized by progressive breathlessness – was alone the day her heart failed.

Diagnosed with COPD nearly one year prior to that fateful day Oct. 19, 2018, Marthaler had been to urgent care and the emergency room multiple times.

“I was having trouble breathing three days before that, but breathing trouble was becoming pretty much a daily thing for me,” Marthaler said.

“I was still smoking at that time. That day I woke up, and I did have a cigarette, but I only took two puffs.”

Marthaler’s shallow breathing was too much.

“I was having a really hard time breathing,” she said. “I was just inhaling basically; I could hardly exhale.”

Although Marthaler’s timeline of the day is muddled, she remembers crawling her way up the stairs from the lower level of her bi-level home to the front door where she let

According to Marthaler, it took emergency responders four minutes to revive her from cardiac arrest. She was transported to the hospital where she was a patient for one week before being released.

Today, Marthaler and her doctors have found an inhaler medication that is controlling her COPD. For Hamann, it is a positive outcome to what he considers routine work.

“It’s so rare that we get an outcome like this where somebody does survive and thrives afterwards,” he said. “Most of the time when we end up doing CPR on someone, we hear the person just didn’t make it. So, it makes it that much more special when this happens.”

Marthaler is grateful Hamann responded so quickly.

“I have a lot of respect for him,” Marthaler said.

“I am thankful for him every day. He did have help, but he was the first on scene. A couple minutes could have been the difference of me dying or having brain damage. … If it would have been a minute or two later, I might not be here today. Those few minutes did more than he thinks.”

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Larkin resigns from position

BY NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER

RICE – The city of Rice is looking for a Rice Recreation Manager.

The Rice City Council accepted the resignation of Cassie Larkin and approved posting the position at its July 15 meeting.

Larkin has served as the Rice Recreation Manager since April 2017.

Larkin refused the city’s last at-will employee agreement which would have been effective July 1 through Dec. 31.

Larkin said in her letter of resignation that she felt the contract no longer met the needs of the tasks she was performing and a wage reduction was unfair and unjust.

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An oversight was discovered with the original work agreement and per attorney recommendation the city was advised the position must be paid by an hourly wage.

Multiple council work sessions took place over the last six months to find a solution. Larkin was offered $13 per hour (the same amount received by Rice volunteer firefighters, compost workers and election judges) and allowed to work no more than 40 hours per week or 58 hours per month without council approval. Stipends for cell phone use, park board attendance and use of a city owned laptop were also added to the agreement.

According to Larkin, the compensation was a significant pay cut from what she was previously being paid.

“I think it’s going to be very difficult for someone in the future to complete all of the tasks that Rice Recreation requires for the amount of money they are wishing to pay for this person,” Larkin said. “…

It’s not just summer ball or the warming house, its constant emails between programs, the district, the city. A lot of stuff happens behind the scenes that nobody really sees, and even when I wrote down my tasks, even when I was timed, they still didn’t

find importance in that. … My fear is that if they can’t find someone, this program will not survive.

I don’t know how they are going to do it. My hope is that they find an agreement, and the program continues to succeed in the future.”

Larkin said she will miss her time as manager.

“It’s a bummer,” she said. “I’m really super sad and bummed. I felt like I was backed into a corner, and I felt like I didn’t have any other choice. Believe me, if I could still be Rice Recreation director I would be, but it’s just where the situation ended.

I really enjoyed and had a passion for this program and the community of Rice.”

Mayor Brian Skroch said he was satisfied with offering the same work agreement that was offered to Larkin to the next employee but details will be discussed at hiring. He said he had three potential applicants inquire prior to Monday’s meeting.

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Students named to spring semester achievement lists INDIANOLA, Iowa – Cassidy King, of Rice, has been named to the president’s list at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa.

King, a graduate of Technical High School in St. Cloud, achieved a 4.0 grade point average to receive this honor.

MANKATO – Austin Bzdok, son of Jody Pilarski-Bzdok of Sauk Rapids, has been named to the dean’s list at Minnesota State University in Mankato.

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Education meetings as needed.

Applications will be accepted until 4 p.m. July 31.

The council does not plan to delay fall recreation programs as it plans to have someone in place before those dates. Questions can be directed to the city clerk in the interim.

In other council news: - Approved the hiring of Rebecca Paton, Aresnio Clinton and Adam Wippler to the Rice Fire Department.

- Approved up to $9,200 to be spent on a commercial lawn mower.

The equipment will be purchased from Arnies Log and Lawn in Rice.

- Approved a contract with Ethan Wester to create a revised website for the city of Rice at a cost of $2,700. The council wants to update its website for user-friendliness and to attain Americans with Disabilities Act compliance.

Wester will also train staff to update the site.

- Approved an expenditure of $1,400 for calcium chloride to be applied to the newly graded and graveled Sixth Avenue Northwest in order to maintain its life. Knife River Corp. will be dispersing the liquid.

- Approved three donations: a $1,000 donation from Great River Federal Credit Union to be used toward the firefighters’ picnic, a $300 donation from Bollig Inc. to be used to offset costs of law enforcement coverage of Rice Family Fun Day and a computer desk from Harriet Stephenson to be used by the Rice Police Department.

- A task order to create a master plan for water, sewer and streets was presented by Bollig Inc., the city’s engineering firm. The cost to complete the tasks is an estimated $65,000. No action was taken at this time.

The next council meeting will be at 7 p.m.

Aug. 5 at Rice City Hall in Rice.

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District looking to implement e-learning days

BY ANNA HINKEMEYER STAFF WRITER

SAUK RAPIDS – The Sauk Rapids-Rice School District is discussing how to handle winter weather and make up days after a cold and snowy 2018-19 season. E-learning days have become a topic of discussion.

Laura Mackenthun, director of technology for the district, presented her research to the board of education during the July 15 meeting. The board is considering the implementation of e-learning days and will bring the topic as an action item July 29 at a special meeting.

According to Minnesota State Statute 120A.414, a school district is allowed to offer online instruction provided by teachers for up to five canceled class days per school year that are due to inclement weather. E-learning days are counted as days and hours of instruction. The school must notify district residents of the e-learning program plan at the beginning of the school year and the plan must include accommodations for students without internet access and digital device technology, as well as for those students who have disabilities. Teachers must be available via

online and telephone during normal school hours to assist parents and students on e-learning days.

Mackenthun said most instructors at the district are prepared.

“I had the opportunity to work with teachers in all buildings around the district for the last two and a half months of school,” Mackenthun said. “The teachers at the high school are thrilled and more than ready to do this. Many of them already were doing this, especially for the (advanced placement) type classes because they needed to do it.”

Mackenthun said teachers at the middle schools are ready to implement the technology and those at the elementary schools are prepared to commit to the program.

Under the current proposal, the first weather cancellation would be waived. The second and third cancellation days would be built into the school calendar as make up days. Any further cancellations would be made up with e-learning days.

“We hope to implement the e-learning days into our calendar in this fashion to start,” said Aaron Sinclair, superintendent. “In the future, we may look at doing this for our second and third cancellations as well.”

E-learning days would be a substitute day of learning online rather than a classroom turning fully to an e-learning structure.

Mackenthun

said middle and high school students would have a folder within their Schoology accounts, the learning management system, where they could access coursework designated for e-learning days.

Elementary teachers advised a bingo-board type structure where students could pick from an assortment of class activities to be completed.

Attendance would be recorded through completed assignments and required per state statute.

In other school board news: - The district welcomed Brad Berghuis, director of buildings and grounds, for his first day July 15. Berghuis previously worked in the Wayzata School District as construction manager and replaces Greg Robbins.

- Sinclair recognized Mackenthun for her 27 years of service to the Sauk Rapids-Rice School District prior to her leaving July 19. Mackenthun began as a seventh grade language arts teacher.

“I have appreciated working with everyone in this district since day one,” Mackenthun said.

“This district has done amazing things for the kids that go here but also for the people that work here. People come here to stay for a long time.

Thank you for everything the district has done for me both personally and professionally over the years.”

- Approved the renewal of the lease con-

Applications for high school girls oratory competition due Aug. 1 $1,750 awarded to top three speeches ST. PAUL – Fifty high school girls will be selected to compete in a juried Minnesota oratory competition. The speech topic is “A Republic if you can keep it: Rising to Benjamin Franklin’s Challenge.” Applications are due Aug. 1.

The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Oct. 26 at the Minnesota State Capitol. A total of $1,750 will be awarded to the top three speeches.

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“We are thrilled to invite Minnesota girls to address such an important topic in the most beautifully restored Minnesota State Capitol,” said Deb Kaczmarek, a leader with

the Speaking Proudly organizing team, past president of Metro Republican Women, and high school speech coach and teacher. “Competing in this magnificent setting, exercising the freedom to speak up for our country, will be an experience these girls will remember the rest of their lives.”

Thirty-two judges consisting of speech teachers and well-known political and community leaders will take part in judging the speeches throughout the day. Competition schedule and rules, details about the application process and speech preparation tips can be found at http:// www.speakingproudly. org. Selection of competitors will be made by Aug. 31. Applications are received and identified only by a number assigned to the speech outline to allow judges to focus strict-

ly on the merits of the speech submission and eventually, its delivery. A deposit with each application is returned to the girl if she is not selected to compete or after she engages in the competition.

After two rounds of judging, all but three competitors will be eliminated. The final three speeches will be heard in the Capitol Rotunda between 3-3:30 p.m. after which the winning speakers will be announced.

The family members are welcome to attend this final round of speeches.

Metro Republican Women has provided quality education on Republican political issues for the past 36 years. It is part of the Minnesota Federation of Republican Women and National Federation of Republican Women.

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- Approved a contract with Roger Worner Associates Inc. for an organizational analysis study.

The analysis will provide direction to the district office on reorganization amongst positions and duties.

- Approved an increase in substitute teacher pay to $125 per day or $135 for retired SRR School District educators.

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EDITORIAL

Sources of gardening information

Where do you go if something is wrong with your plant or you are interested in obtaining more information about a tree, shrub, perennial or annual? For those who have computers and internet service,

BY LINDA G. an online search will provide TENNESON good and sometimes not so Green and good information. Websites Growing in with .edu on the end will give Benton County you research based information which has been proven to be accurate. In addition to searching the University of Minnesota Extension site, similar sites for our neighboring states will also contain detailed information. Consulting extension websites for states that have roughly the same climate as we do are best for information about outdoor plants. An extension website from any state is likely to have good information for houseplants, annuals and for plants that will grow in a wide variety of temperature ranges.

There are University of Minnesota Extension employees with horticultural degrees in each county to provide help. Benton County shares a horticulturist with Stearns and Morrison counties. Katie Drewitz’s office is in the Midtown Square building in St. Cloud, 320-255-6169, Ext. 1. Katie or a volunteer extension master gardener will call back with answers to questions left on the office voice mail. The state EMG telephone line is 612-3017590, where questions may be left on voice mail.

Information by email may be obtained by going online to http://www.extension.umn.edu/mastergardener/ask-master-gardener. There is a form for entering your name, email address and the details of your question. Then a volunteer EMG will get back to you. Pictures of the plant or problem may be attached to your request which will help in determining the answer.

A reference book, whether one you own or obtained from a library, will also be a good source.

If you prefer to ask your question in person, there are local and state sources of information. You may have an EMG in your neighborhood, or you may have someone who says they are a master gardener.

Anyone may use the master gardener title, and they may or may not be well educated. EMGs are part of the University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener program and have been educated and certified by the University Extension service. EMGs are required to take additional classes each year to maintain their knowledge level.

You may talk with an EMG in person at the Heritage Building during the Benton County Fair.

EMGs will be available to answer questions as well as maintain a vegetable information display. EMGs are not required to know everything, but they do know where to go to find answers to questions. If the EMG cannot answer your question, ask to leave your name and phone number, and they will get back to you with the answer. This same service will be available at the horticultural building during the Minnesota State Fair. The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska also has a Ask a Master Gardener desk with volunteers available from noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Linda G. Tenneson is a University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener and Tree Care Advisor.

Too much of a good thing “The serpent’s subtlest temptamy suspicions upon getting checked out, tions are not to pluck the fruit God and I have parasites and candida. They has forbidden, but to crave the fruit were giving me symptoms of cradle cap, He has given,” said Scott Hubbard fingernail ridges, joint pain, stomach pain at http://www.desiringGod.org. “We and a lowered immune system. Parasites have clenched our grip around the and candida crave sugar and so was I. good gifts of God, and slowly, even Sugar is a good thing – very good. imperceptibly, have become unable to Can I get an amen? But added sugar is let go.” dangerous. We need to be on guard and There goes my pendulum again, read labels to see what kind of sugars we stuck far over to one side. I could BY MERCY NYGAARD are taking in. Are they fructose, are they sense something was unbalanced as processed, and are they artificial? LikeLife by Faith I became short and snippy. I eagerly wise, we must be on guard with good swung open cupboards looking for things. Is my friend my excuse of fellowchocolate or anything sweet. I clung ship so I put down fellowship with God? to candied, sugary confections like a life source.

Are my kids’ activities my way of keeping them So, what is wrong with that? What are possible busy so they are not bored and stay out of trouble repercussions? and now we are too busy to spend time with God? Is The obvious repercussions of eating too much my marriage so good that it has filled my flesh with sugar is weight gain, blood sugar problems and po- pride that I turn up my nose to others struggling in tentially diabetes. The not so obvious is yeast over- their marriages? growth, inflammation and heart disease. The addicHubbard lists four ways we can be on guard tion is deceitful and happens over time, but before with good things. you know it, you are upset if you do not have it and Come awake to the danger. Satan may use good symptoms of illness appear. things as a distraction. Pay attention to your emoSmall sins, the kind no one obviously notices, tions which tell us what is happening in our hearts. are similar.

Gauge your spiritual desires to see if they have fallIn his “The good we can’t let go” article, Hub- en flat. And, occasionally ask, “What if God takes it bard writes, “The result is a domesticated disobedi- away?” ence, a nearby invisible idolatry, a respectable reWe can do these four things effectively only if bellion – a spell that can be broken only by heeding we have Jesus.

Jesus’s blunt command to be on your guard,” (Luke A.W. Tozer reminds us, “The best way to keep 12:15). the enemy out is to keep Christ in,” (Tozer on the Fear and worry are not what we are talking about Holy Spirit, 27). When Christ is in, the gifts of God here. We can see Jesus’s wisdom in commanding us will not compete with Him. to be on guard; aware, alert and not letting good If you know you are eating too much sugar, stop things control us. When the Corinthians told Paul, now. Do not wait until it has compromised your “All things are lawful for me,” he replied, “But I health. If you are you turning to numbness under will not be dominated by anything,” (1 Corinthians the guise of simple entertainment, lay it down now.

6:12). Our flesh will naturally try to enslave us to If you are controlling your children in the name of many things and surprisingly good things. Things responsibility, let go and let God. like marriage, kids’ activities, relaxation, beauty, God intended His good gifts to draw us back to friends, career and sugar.

Him – not to take over us.

I will be perfectly honest. I was able to confirm

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WHAT'S HAPPENING

Sunday, July 21, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Summerfest.

Parish festival hosted by the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Outdoor Mass with music by Slew Foot Band at 10 a.m. Roast pork dinner with mashed potatoes and gravy, coleslaw, corn and homemade pie from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Pedal tractor pull at 12:30 p.m., and food court, activities, music and more beginning at noon. Grand raffle at 5 p.m. Church of the Immaculate Conception, 145 Second Ave. N.E., Rice.

Sunday, July 21, 2-6 p.m. — Music in the Gardens and Butterfly Release. Featuring Dennis Warner and the D’s. Butterfly release is in collaboration with Quiet Oaks Hospice House. Butterflies can be purchased at https://www.quietoakshospicehouse.org/events/ butterfly. Munsinger Clemens Botanical Society, 1515 Riverside Drive S.E., St. Cloud.

Monday, July 22, and Tuesday, July 23, 5-9 p.m.

— 55+ Driver Improvement First Time Course.

Apollo High School, 1000 44th Ave. N., St. Cloud.

For more information or to register, visit http://www. mnsafetycenter.org or call 1-888-234-1294.

Monday, July 22, 12:30-6:30 p.m. — American Red Cross Blood Donations. Receive a 1 1/3 pound ground beef from Grand Champion Meats for a 1 pint donation. First Presbyterian Church, 306 Norway Drive, Foley.

Monday, July 22, 1-7 p.m. — American Red Cross Blood Donations. St. Michaels Church, 1036 County Road 4, St. Cloud.

Monday, July 22, 6 p.m. — Sauk Rapids City Council Meeting. Sauk Rapids Government Center, 250 Summit Ave. N., Sauk Rapids.

Tuesday, July 30, to Sunday, Aug. 4 — Benton County Fair. Benton County Fairgrounds, 1410 Third Ave. S., Sauk Rapids.

Tuesday, July 30, 4-6 p.m. — Rice Area Farmers Market. Hosted by the Rice Women of Today. Corner of Division Street North and West Main Street, Rice.

Wednesday, July 31, 5-7 p.m. — Tending for a Cause. Featuring celebrity bartender Jerry Carlson and the Little Rock Lake Association. One dollar of each pint sold and all tips benefit the drawdown of Little Rock Lake, Harris Channel and the Sartell Pool of the Mississippi River. Beaver Island Brewing Company, 216 Sixth Ave. S., St. Cloud.

Wednesday, July 31, 5-9 p.m. — Summertime by George. Featuring Collective Unconscious with opening act Sawyer’s Dream. Lake George, 1101 Seventh St. S., St. Cloud.

Thursday, Aug. 1, 7 p.m. — Sauk Rapids Legion Post No. 254 Monthly Meeting. Sauk Rapids VFW Post No. 6992, 901 N. Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids.

Thursday, Aug. 1, 5 p.m. — Rise Above Seizures Walk. Hosted by the Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota. Lake George, 1101 Seventh St. S., St. Cloud.

Visit https://www.efmn.org/walk for more information.

Thursday, Aug. 1, 3-6 p.m. — Sauk Rapids Market.

Coborn’s parking lot, 110 First St. S., Sauk Rapids.

Tuesday, July 23, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. — 55+ Driver Improvement Refresher Course. St. Cloud Life, 2409 Clearwater Road, St. Cloud. For more information or to register, visit http://www.mnsafetycenter.org or call 1-888-234-1294.

Thursday, Aug. 1, 6-7:30 p.m. — Police Activities League. For children ages 5-15. Hosted by the Rice Police Department, Foley Police Department and Benton County Sheriff’s Office. Children will participate in activities such as baseball, kickball, dodgeball and crafts. Westside Park, Fourth Avenue N.W., Rice.

Tuesday, July 23, 4-6 p.m. — Rice Area Farmers Market. Hosted by the Rice Women of Today. Corner of Division Street North and West Main Street, Rice.

Sunday, Aug. 4, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Flea Market.

Benton County Fairgrounds – pit area, 1410 Third Ave. S., Sauk Rapids.

Thursday, July 25, 1:30-3:30 p.m. — Gorecki Guest House 10 Years Anniversary Celebration. Enjoy refreshments, tours and a chance to win door prizes.

Since 2009, more than 28,500 guests have stayed in the home while their loved ones are cared for nearby.

Gorecki Guest House, 1309 Sixth Ave. N., St. Cloud.

Thursday, July 25, 3-6 p.m. — Sauk Rapids Market.

Coborn’s parking lot, 110 First St. S., Sauk Rapids.

Thursday, July 25, 6-7:30 p.m. — Police Activities League. For children ages 5-15. Hosted by the Rice Police Department, Foley Police Department and Benton County Sheriff’s Office. Children will participate in activities such as baseball, kickball, dodgeball and crafts. Westside Park, Fourth Avenue N.W., Rice.

Thursday, July 25, 7:30 p.m. — “Beautiful Vision: The essential songs of Van Morrison.” Featuring Mick Sterling. Paramount Center for the Arts, 913 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud. For tickets and information, visit https://www.paramountarts.org or call 320259-5463.

Friday, July 26, 1-4 p.m. — 29th Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act Celebration. Featuring Rebecca Lucero, Minnesota Department of Human Rights commissioner, deputy commissioner Claire Wilson and violinist and songwriter Gaelynn Lea. RSVPs are not required to attend. For more information or to request an accommodation contact Cindy Tarshish at cindyt@mcil-mn.org or 651-603-2015 by July 17. Anderson Center at Hamline University, 774 Snelling Ave. N., St. Paul.

Saturday, July 27, 10 a.m. — Little Rock Lake Association Annual Picnic and Meeting. Annual meeting and elections, drawdown information and silent auction. Chicken lunch served at noon. Paid member-

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Wednesday, July 31, 2-7 p.m. — American Red Cross Blood Donations. St. Stephen Catholic Church Annex, 103 Central Ave. S., St. Stephen.

Monday, July 22, 7 p.m. — Foley School Board Meeting. Foley Intermediate School media center, 840 Norman Ave. N., Foley.

Wednesday, July 24, 5-9 p.m. — Summertime by George. Featuring Blimp and SFO. Lake George, Seventh Street South, St. Cloud.

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ship includes two lunch tickets and one raffle ticket per family. Benton Beach Campground, 96 125th St. N.W., Rice.

Sauk Rapids Police Department activity July 9 1615 hrs: Officers responded to a call of a suspicious male in the hallway of an apartment building on the 100 block of 15th Street Court. Male said he was waiting for a friend who lived in the building, and officers advised him to wait outside.

July 13 0812 hrs: Officers contacted a male on the 1100 block of Second Avenue North who said he was receiving phone calls from an unknown number, stating his father owed the caller money and was going to find them. Officers advised to ignore future phone calls and call 911 if someone showed up at the residence.

July 14 1803 hrs: Officers spoke with staff at Coborn’s who wished to trespass a male parked in the parking lot playing music loud. Officers served the notice, and the male said he would not be coming back to the property.

Incidents: 28 traffic stops, 20 suspicious, 18 assists, 14 various calls, 12 medical, 12 welfare checks, 10 alarms, 10 property, 10 animals, 9 child, 7 thefts, 6 civil, 5 ordinances, 4 domestics, 4 driving, 3 assaults, 3 911, 3 missing persons, 3 disturbances, 3 human services reports, 3 harassments, 3 warrants, 3 vehicles, 2 traffic hazards, 2 unwanted, 2 fireworks, 2 open doors, 2 extra patrol and 2 permits.

Rice Police Department activity July 12 2243 hrs: Officers were dispatched to the 400 block of Main Street West for a back door alarm going off at Westside Liquor. Officers cleared the inside of the building and keyholder said he would contact the alarm company to check alarm connection to the back door.

Incidents: 10 various calls, 3 assists, 3 suspicious, 2 traffic stops, 2 thefts and 2 medical.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

BENTON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES THE RIGHT TO VERIFIRESIDENTIAL MORT- by the Sheriff of said county MORTGAGOR(S) REJULY 2, 2019 LEASED FROM FINANThe Benton County Board of Commissioners met in CATION OF THE DEBT GAGE SERVICER: M&T as follows: DATE AND TIME OF CIAL OBLIGATION ON regular session on July 2, 2019 in the Benton County Board AND IDENTITY OF THE Bank CREDITOR MORTGAGED PROPER- SALE: September 10, 2019 MORTGAGE:None Room in Foley, MN with Commissioners Spencer Buerkle, ORIGINAL “THE TIME ALLOWED Jake Bauerly, Ed Popp and Steve Heinen present and Com- WITHIN THE TIME PRO- TY ADDRESS: 764 13th at 10:00 AM

BY LAW FOR REDEMPmissioner Warren Peschl absent (excused). Call to order by VIDED BY LAW IS NOT Avenue North, Foley, MN PLACE OF SALE: Benton County Sheriff’s TION BY THE MORTChair Bauerly was at 9:00 AM followed by the Pledge of Al- AFFECTED BY THIS AC- 56329 legiance to the flag.

TION. TAX PARCEL I.D. #: Office, 581 Highway 23 GAGOR, THE MORTPopp/Buerkle unanimous to approve the agenda as writ- NOTICE IS HEREBY 13.00826.00 Northeast Foley, MN GAGOR’S PERSONAL ten.

GIVEN, that default has oc- LEGAL DESCRIPTION to pay the debt then secured REPRESENTATIVES OR No one was present to speak under Open Forum. curred in conditions of the OF PROPERTY: by said Mortgage, and tax- ASSIGNS, MAY BE REConsent Agenda item #5 was “pulled” for further discus- following described mort- Lot 4, Block 2, Eastview es, if any, on said premises, DUCED TO FIVE WEEKS sion. Buerkle/Heinen unanimous to approve the remaining gage: Meadows Two, Benton and the costs and disburse- IF A JUDICIAL ORDER Consent Agenda: 1) approve the Regular Meeting Minutes DATE OF MORTGAGE: County, Minnesota. ments, including attorneys’ IS ENTERED UNDER of June 18, 2019 as written; 2) accept and file Committee September 29, 2008 COUNTY IN WHICH fees allowed by law subject MINNESOTA STATUTES, of the Whole Minutes of June 5, 2019 as written; 3) accept MORTGAGOR: Jason M PROPERTY IS LOCATED: to redemption within six (6) SECTION 582.032, DEand file Administrator’s Report/Monthly Financial Report as Payonk and Danielle M Benton months from the date of said TERMINING, AMONG presented; 4) accept and file Benton County’s 2019 Notice of Payonk, husband and wife.

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL sale by the mortgagor(s), OTHER THINGS, THAT Pay Equity Compliance; 6) approve revised County Fiscal MORTGAGED Policies to permit the Highway Department to obtain a credit MORTGAGEE: Wells Far- AMOUNT OF MORT- their personal representa- THE GAGE: $160,000.00 tives or assigns unless re- PREMISES ARE IMcard; 7) approve 2:00 AM Liquor License Renewal for Jack go Bank, N.A. & Jim’s Inc., 11025 Duelm Road NE, Foley; and 8) approve DATE AND PLACE OF AMOUNT DUE AND duced to Five (5) weeks un- PROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF MNLARS Grant Application for the Department of Motor Ve- RECORDING: Recorded CLAIMED TO BE DUE der MN Stat. §580.07.

September 30, 2008 Benton AS OF DATE OF NO- TIME AND DATE TO LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, hicles, and authorize the Chair to sign.

INCLUDING VACATE PROPERTY: If ARE NOT PROPERTY Regarding Consent Agenda item #5 (Revised Resolution County Recorder, Docu- TICE, TAXES, IF ANY, PAID the real estate is an owner- USED IN AGRICULTURto Adopt a Local Option Sales Tax for Transportation), Bau- ment No. A360480.

OF BY MORTGAGEE: occupied, single-family AL PRODUCTION, AND erly stated his desire to note that the listing of projects does ASSIGNMENTS not establish a prioritization of projects; rather, the projects MORTGAGE: Assigned $158,927.01 dwelling, unless otherwise ARE ABANDONED.” may be completed in any order as determined by the County to: M&T Bank. Dated That prior to the com- provided by law, the date Dated: June 27, 2019 Board. Popp requested that Project #36 in the Resolution be April 18, 2019 Recorded mencement of this mort- on or before which the M&T Bank amended to state “CR 55, 95th Street to Rice”. Heinen/Popp April 18, 2019, as Docu- gage foreclosure proceed- mortgagor(s) must vacate Mortgagee/Assignee of unanimous to approve Resolution 2019-#24 with the amend- ment No. 435207. ing Mortgagee/Assignee of the property if the mortgage Mortgagee ments as noted, adopting a Local Option Sales Tax for Trans- TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgagee complied with is not reinstated under sec- USSET, WEINGARDEN portation, and authorize the Chair to sign.

NONE all notice requirements as tion 580.30 or the property AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P. Board members reported on recent meetings they attend- T R A N S A C T I O N required by statute; That is not redeemed under sec- Attorneys for Mortgagee/ ed on behalf of the county.

AGENT’S MORTGAGE no action or proceeding has tion 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on Assignee of Mortgagee Bob Cornelius, Human Services Director, requested IDENTIFICATION NUM- been instituted at law or oth- March 10, 2020, unless that 4500 Park Glen Road #300 unpaid medical leave for an employee not yet eligible for FMLA. He noted that the employee was hired as a temporary BER ON MORTGAGE: erwise to recover the debt date falls on a weekend or Minneapolis, MN 55416 secured by said mortgage, legal holiday, in which case (952) 925-6888 employee in August 2018 and moved to permanent status in NONE it is the next weekday, and 37 - 19-005592 FC November 2018. Buerkle/Heinen unanimous to approve the LENDER OR BROKER or any part thereof; AND MORTGAGE ORIG- PURSUANT to the power unless the redemption peri- THIS IS A COMMUNIrequest for unpaid medical leave for up to six weeks.

The Regular County Board meeting was recessed at 9:20 INATOR STATED ON of sale contained in said od is reduced to 5 weeks un- CATION FROM A DEBT MORTGAGE: Wells Fargo mortgage, the above de- der MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 COLLECTOR. AM to conduct a Human Services Board meeting. scribed property will be sold or 582.032.

R27-6B The Regular County Board meeting was reconvened at 9:29 Bank, N.A. AM. Popp/Heinen unanimous to set Committees of the Whole: July 12, Public Works Issues/DMV Issues; August 12, 13 and SAUK RAPIDS-RICE INDEPENDENT 19, Budget Presentations. of Education of Sauk Rapids-Rice ISD 47 authorizes SuSCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 47 Chair Bauerly adjourned the meeting at 9:32 AM. perintendent Sinclair and Director of Human Resources REGULAR SEMI-MONTHLY BOARD MEETING A. Jake Bauerly, Chair and Administrative Services White to make personnel deMonday, June 17, 2019 Benton County Board of Commissioners A semi-monthly meeting of the Sauk Rapids-Rice ISD cisions in accordance with Board and District developed ATTEST: 47 Board of Education was called to order by Vice Chair parameters to ensure that student, staff and district needs Montgomery Headley Solarz Monday, June 17, 2019, at seven o’clock p.m. in the are met for the start of the 2019 – 2020 school year.”

Benton County Administrator APPROVAL OF STUDENT ACTIVITY REPORT R-29-1B District Office Board Room.

PROBATE NOTICE STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF BENTON SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION Court File No: 05-PR-19-1193 NOTICE AND ORDER OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Kathleen P. Maloney, Decedent.

It is Ordered and Notice is given that on August 26, 2019, at 8:00 a.m., a hearing will be held in this Court at 615 MN HWY-23, Foley, Minnesota 56329, Minnesota, for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the Will of the Decedent dated, September 9, 2011, and (“Will”), and for the appointment of William C. Redd, II, whose address is 1221 San Roman Ct., Chesapeake, VA 23322 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 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 524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the Personal Representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.

A charitable beneficiary may request notice of the probate proceedings be given to the Attorney General pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 501B.41, subdivision 5.

Dated: July 08, 2019 /s/ Michael S. Jesse Judge of District Court Dated: July 08, 2019 Jennifer Siemers Court Administrator Deputy Attorney for Petitioner John H. Wenker Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A. 1740 West St. Germain Street Saint Cloud, MN 56302 Attorney License No. 232385 Telephone: (320) 251-1414 FAX: (320) 251-1415 Email: jwenker@quinlivan. com R-28-2B

ROLL CALL Members present included Braun, Butkowski, Hauck, Holthaus, Loidolt, Morse, and Solarz. Board Chair Butkowski joined the meeting remotely. Others present were Superintendent Sinclair, Director of Business Services Johnson, and Director of Teaching and Learning Bushman.

Board Vice Chair Solarz reported to the Board and others in attendance that Chair Butkowski was joining the meeting interactively, via technology with an audio and visual link from Starbucks located at 7955 N. Kings Hwy, Unit D, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572 at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, June 17, 2019, and as prescribed by Minnesota Statute 13D.02, Subd 1., 2., 4., 5., and 13D.04, would participate fully in the Board Meeting. Board Vice Chair Solarz officiated the meeting onsite.

APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA A motion was made by Braun, seconded by Morse and unanimously carried to approve the meeting’s “Agenda” as amended.

CONSENT AGENDA A motion was made by Morse, seconded by Braun and unanimously carried to approve the meeting’s “Consent Agenda.”

ACTION ADDENDUM APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS AGREEMENT A motion was made by Braun, seconded Holthaus and unanimously carried to approve the Agreement for Bradley Berghuis as the District’s Director of Buildings and Grounds, which is effective July 15, 2019 through June 30, 2022 in accordance with the individual At Will Employee Agreement provided. This position will support the District’s facilities, grounds, and property, as well as staff and students with district-related buildings and grounds functions. Bradley replaces Greg Robbins.

APPROVAL OF THE SAUK RAPIDS-RICE VARSITY GIRLS’ BASKETBALL COACH A motion was made by Morse, seconded by Hauck and unanimously carried to approve Jon Roesch as the Varsity Girls’ Basketball Coach, effective November 11, 2019 through approximately March 1, 2020, at a salary schedule placement of 12.0% of BA+15, Step 12.0 Jon replaces Megan Foley. This is in addition to Jon’s current duties as a SRRHS math teacher for 1.0 FTE. APPROVAL OF PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATION A motion was made by Morse, seconded by Braun and unanimously carried to adopt the following authorization as it has in the past to meet staffing needs and deadlines for the start of the 2019 – 2020 school year: “The local Board

A motion was made by Braun, seconded by Holthaus and unanimously carried to approve the Student Activity Report, which is required by the State of Minnesota and details Student Activity accounts not under Board of Education control.

APPROVAL OF THE 2018 – 2019 REVISED BUDGET AND PRLIMINARY 2019 – 2020 ORIGINAL BUDGET A motion was made by Braun, seconded by Holthaus an unanimously carried to approve the 2018 – 2019 Revised Budget and the 2019 – 2020 Original Budget.

APPROVAL OF FOOD SERVICE PRICES FOR THE 2019 – 2020 SCHOOL YEAR A motion was made by Hauck, seconded by Holthaus and unanimously carried to approve food service prices for the 2019 – 2020 school year. Director of Business Services Johnson recommended a $0.10 change in elementary and secondary paid lunch prices for the 2019 – 2020 school year. In addition, adult breakfast will cost $2.35 and adult lunch will cost $3.95 for the 2019 – 2020 school year.

PUBLIC INPUT There was no public input at 7:42 p.m.

ADOPTION OF THE DONATION RESOLUTION A motion was made by Braun, seconded by Morse and unanimously carried to adopt Donation Resolution as Superintendent Sinclair and Director of Business Services Johnson request the Board adopt the Donation Resolution.

ADOPTION OF PROPOSED POLICIES A motion was made by Holthaus, seconded by Morse and unanimously carried to adopt the following policies.

• #524 (Internet Acceptable Use and Safety Policy) is a “recommended policy” and will replace current policy #524 (Internet Acceptable Use and Safety Policy).

• #721 (Uniform Grant Guidance Policy Regarding Federal Revenue Sources) is a “recommended policy” and will replace current policy #721 (Uniform Grant Guidance Policy Regarding Federal Revenue Sources).

ADOPTION OF PROPOSED POLICY 534 A motion was made by Holthaus, seconded by Braun and unanimously carried to adopt the following policy.

• #534 (Unpaid Meal Charge and Debt Collection) is a “mandatory policy” and will replace current policy #534 (Unpaid Meal Charge and Debt Collection).

ADJOURNMENT With no further business appearing before the Board, a motion was made by Morse, seconded by Braun and unanimously carried to adjourn the meeting at 7:57 p.m.

Respectfully submitted, Lisa J. Braun, Board of Education Clerk Sauk Rapids-Rice ISD 47 R-29-1B

PUBLIC NOTICES

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED

BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: J a n u a r y 12, 2007 MORTGAGOR: Brian Weiss and Denise Weiss, husband and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Equity Mtg Group Inc dba Equity Mtg Fin. DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded April 16, 2007 Benton County Recorder, Document No. A347483.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: M&T Bank. Dated January 21, 2015 Recorded February 17, 2015, as Document No. 407980.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE I D E N T I F I C AT I O N NUMBER ON M O R T G A G E : 100050300005580668 LENDER OR BROKER

AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Equity Mtg Group Inc dba Equity Mtg Fin. RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: M&T Bank M O RT G A G E D PROPERTY ADDRESS: 26 Portage Trail, Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 190322200 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 4, Block 2, and a 1/21st interest in Outlots A, B, and C, Mississippi Landing, Benton County, Minnesota.

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Benton O R I G I N A L PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $127,000.00 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID

BY MORTGAGEE: $152,193.71 That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/ Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;

PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: August 22, 2019 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: Benton County Sheriff’s Office, 581 Highway 23 Northeast Foley, MN to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owneroccupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on February 24, 2020, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE:None “THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION

BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S P E R S O N A L R E P R E S E N T AT I V E S OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.” Dated: June 20, 2019 M&T Bank Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P. Attorneys for Mortgagee/ Assignee of Mortgagee 4500 Park Glen Road #300 Minneapolis, MN 55416 (952) 925-6888 37 - 19-005405 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. R-26-6B

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED

BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: April 14, 2006 MORTGAGOR: Melissa A Harne, a single woman and Lauren M Johnson, a single man, joint tenants.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for First Mortgage Solutions it successors and assigns.

DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded April 20, 2006 Benton County Recorder, Document No. A337104.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: U.S. Bank National Association.

Dated July 15, 2010 Recorded July 21, 2010, as Document No. A375479.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE I D E N T I F I C AT I O N NUMBER ON M O R T G A G E : 100021268000484283 LENDER OR BROKER

AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: First Mortgage Solutions RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: U.S. Bank National Association M O RT G A G E D PROPERTY ADDRESS: 209 6th Avenue North, Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 190091000 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot Three (3), Block Twenty-Four (24), WOOD, RUSSELL & GILMAN’S ADDITION to the City of Sauk Rapids, according to the plat and survey thereof on file and of record in the office of the County Recorder in and for Benton County, Minnesota. Abstract Property COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Benton O R I G I N A L PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $125,660.00 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID

BY MORTGAGEE: $132,108.52 That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/ Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; That no action or proceeding has been

instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: August 22, 2019 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: Benton County Sheriff’s Office, 581 Highway 23 Northeast Foley, MN to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owneroccupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on February 24, 2020, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks

under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

M O RT G A G O R ( S ) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE:None “THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION

BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S P E R S O N A L R E P R E S E N T AT I V E S OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.” Dated: June 19, 2019 U.S. Bank National Association Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P. Attorneys for Mortgagee/ Assignee of Mortgagee 4500 Park Glen Road #300 Minneapolis, MN 55416 (952) 925-6888 19 - 19-005137 FC THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. R-26-6B

BENTON COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 475 ADOPTION OF THE BENTON COUNTY RETAIL LICENSING ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, the Benton County Tobacco Committee instituted proceedings to amend the Benton County Retail Licensing Ordinance 298, amended by Ordinance 406; and, WHEREAS, a Committee of the Whole was held to discuss proposed changes on April 8th 2019; and, WHEREAS, on June 25, 2019 and June29, 2019, Notice of Public Hearing and intent to amend Benton County Ordinance at the Benton County Board Meeting was published in the official newspaper of the county; and, WHEREAS, on July 16, 2019, the Benton County Board of Commissioners held a public hearing and approved the proposed ordinance amendments; and, NOW PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY VESTED

BY Minn. Stat. § 144.391, THE BENTON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ORDAINS: The ordinance adopted is too lengthy to be published in its entirety. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection at the Benton County Human Services Department.

The following is a summary of Ordinance #475, amending Ordinance 298, amended by Ordinance 406: The Retail Licensing Ordinance relates to the sale, possession, and use of tobacco, tobacco-related devices, electronic delivery devices, and nicotine or lobelia delivery products in the county and to reduce the illegal sale, possession and use of such items to and by minors.

The approved amendment includes the following: 1. Updated definitions; 2. Increased distance between retailers and schools from 300 feet to 500 feet; 3. Prohibiting sampling of tobacco products; 4. Required instructional programs for retailers and their employees; 5. Establishing packaging requirements for cigars and a minimum price of $2.60 for a cigar and ; 6. Prohibiting price promotions; 7. Updated compliance checks and inspections and penalty provisions; 8. Required signage of legal age of purchase: and 9. Changing the minimum sales age from 18 years of age to 21 years of age.

Approved and adopted by the Benton County Board of Commissioners this 16th day of July in the year of 2019.

Effective date is January 1, 2020.

The official copy of the ordinance is available for examination during regular office hours at the Benton County Auditor Treasurer’s Office at the Government Center, 531 Dewey St, Foley, MN 56329, The full document may also be viewed on Benton County’s website www.co.benton. mn.us.

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CITY OF RICE NOTICE

City of Rice is now accepting applications Rice Recreation Program Manager.

Hours as needed to organize recreation opportunities for youth/adults year-round.

This is a flexible hourly position at $13.00 per hour not to exceed $750.00 per month.

Reports to the Rice City Council. Contact Rice City Hall for more details or full job description is available on cityofrice.com.

Apply for this position at the Rice City Hall between the hours of 7 am and 6 pm Monday, Tuesday - Thursday 8 am – 4 pm .

Applications will be accepted until 4pm on July 31st, 2019.

R-29-1B

SAUK RAPIDS-RICE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 47 WORK SESSION Monday, June 17, 2019

A Work Session of the Sauk Rapids-Rice ISD 47 Board of Education was called to order by Vice Chair Solarz on Monday, June 17, 2019, at 5:30 p.m. in the District Office Curriculum Center.

ROLL CALL Members present included Braun, Hauck, Holthaus, Loidolt, Morse, and Solarz. Others present were Superintendent Sinclair, Director of Teaching and Learning Bushman, and Director of Business Services Johnson.

AGENDA APPROVAL A motion was made by Hauck, seconded by Braun and unanimously carried to approve the meeting’s “Agenda”.

ICS Update Representatives of ICS Consulting provided an update to Board members and District Administration regarding the District’s Open House/Ice Cream Socials and provided detail regarding options to address items identified in the process.

ADJOURNMENT With no further Work Session topics appearing before the Board, a motion was made by Solarz to adjourn the meeting at 6:45 p.m.

Respectfully submitted, Lisa J. Braun, Board of Education Clerk Sauk Rapids-Rice ISD 47 R-29-1B

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Sauk Rapids resident retains title ST. CLOUD – In honor of fan appreciation night July 7, Granite City Speedway hosted a Flagman Invitational race where select drivers from various classes raced against defending Flagman Invitational champ, WISSOTA Hornet driver TJ Inderieden.

Inderieden held off drivers Devin Fouquette, Ashley Mehrwerth, Shane Sabraski, Jordan Henkemeyer, Don Eischens, Dave Mass, Joseph Wilbur and Clayton Wagamon in the six lap shootout to claim the title once again.

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TJ Inderieden, of Sauk Rapids, celebrates after winning the Flagman Invitational race at Granite City Speedway July 7 in Sauk Rapids. Inderieden, who was defending his title, has raced in the hornet class at Granite City Speedway for four years.

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The white-hot Cleveland Indians have been on an absolute tear lately, and because of their extended hot streak, they have rapidly whittled their deficit in the American League Central division standings from 11.5 games to five games. However,

by ANDY THAYER Sports Columnist despite the resurgence in Cleveland, this is no time for Twins fans to panic.

Since June 1, the Indians have posted a ridiculous 25-11 record. Over a full season, that is a 113-win pace. However, the Indians only have a +32 run differential on the season and that is certainly not indicative of a team that is presently winning at a rate on par with the 1998 Yankees. All signs point to the Indians coming back to Earth sometime soon.

Meanwhile, even though it feels like they are mired in some sort of awful slump, the Twins have gone 19-17 since June 1. While that is a bit of a step back from the gangbusters 39-18 pace they set back in April and May, it still represents a respectable 86-win pace when projected over a full season.

Because the Indians have significantly cut into the division lead, it feels like the Twins are scuffling and our Minnesota sports fan ‘the sky is falling’ defense mechanism is being understandably activated. Relax.

The Twins have the fourth-best record and third-best run differential (+120) in all of baseball and are still in good shape.

The next week is going to be challenging for the Twins. Their next seven games are against the A’s and Yankees, two of the hottest teams in baseball not from the southern shore of Lake Erie. Meanwhile, the Indians’ next 12 games are against bottom feeders like Detroit, Kansas City and Toronto. Things could get hairy in the standings over the next week or two, but there is still a lot of baseball left to be played this season, and things are going to get much easier for the Twins soon. I am telling you now – do not overreact to what happens in the next handful of games.

Despite their challenging slate of upcoming games over the next week or so, the Twins have the second-easiest remaining schedule in baseball with lots of games against their woeful division opponents in Kansas City (34-62), Chicago (42-49) and Detroit (29-61). The Indians fattened up their record by dominating these teams and soon it will be the Twins’ turn. Once the calendar hits August and September, those rebuilding teams are going to get even worse.

They are going to trade away some of their better veteran players over the next couple of weeks leading up to the trade deadline July 31, and the Twins are going to face lineups littered with prospects and alsorans on a daily basis. If the Twins are truly a playoffcaliber team, which I believe they are, they are going to methodically pound those teams over the next couple months.

I understand it is frustrating to watch an 11.5 game division lead evaporate over a six-week stretch.

I simply wanted to clarify that it is not happening because the Twins are collapsing. The Indians are historically hot right now, and when you look at the players in their lineup beyond Francisco Lindor and Carlos Santana, you get the feeling they are going to crash back to Earth sooner rather than later. If the Twins can continue to play above .500 baseball while they ride out this tough part of the schedule over the next couple of weeks, they are going to win the American League Central division regardless of how hot Cleveland might be.

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Mass masters super stock special Drives to front from seventh start ST. CLOUD – The Granite City Speedway welcomed the FastLane Motorsports Northland Super Stock Series to Sauk Rapids on a hot July 14. The event saw Dave Mass defend his home turf and go to victory lane in the super stocks, while JT Johnson was victorious in the modifieds, Keith Thell in the mod fours, Corey Mehrwerth in the hornets and Mark ‘Bud’ Martini in the midwest modifieds.

The WISSOTA super stock feature was the headliner event and saw 41 competitors cut down to 25, who started the 30lap main event.

A pair of Wisconsin drivers, Rich Bishop and Nick Oreskovich, paced the field to the green, but it was the two drivers who started in the fourth row who would charge to the front and finish first and second.

Mass, who started seventh, and Kevin Burdick, who started eighth, raced their way to the front of the field and snuck by Oreskovich to claim the top two spots.

Oreskovich held strong for third, while Tim Johnson and 10th starting Dexton Koch placed fourth and fifth, respectively, rounding out the top five finishers in the main event.

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Cody Krueth sat on the front row for the WISSOTA hornet main event, but similar to the super stocks, a driver who did not start on the front row went to victory lane after the 15-lap event was over. Corey Mehrwerth, who started sixth, worked his way to the front and held off last week’s winner Nate Servaty for his second victory of the weekend. Joe Wilber, Stanoch and Tate Niehaus finished in the top five, respectively.

The WISSOTA mod fours had Dean Larson and Justin Pogones sharing the front row for their 15-lap main event and saw Justin Pogones jump out front early before Keith Thell came knocking on his door. Justin Pogones and Keith Thell raced hard for the lead for several laps until Keith Thell got and raced to his second consecutive GCS victory in the process.

Justin Pogones came home a solid third with Dustin Holtquist, Jamie Flickinger and Larson rounding out the top five.

In the WISSOTA midwest modified main event, Martini, whose car broke while leading the feature last week, made sure the same fate did not fall upon him this week as he started on the pole and went on to lead every lap en route to the victory. Martini jumped to the lead from the outset and ran off from last week’s winner Zach Benson, fellow front row starter Kyle Thell, Travis Schulte and Tom Gill, who each came home with top five finishes on the night, all chasing Martini to the checkered flag.

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Modifieds Feature (15 laps): 1.

89JR-J.T. Johnson [1], 2.

2C-Cain [5], 3. 2-Czech [4], 4. 46-Oestreich [3], 5.

26-Gierke [2], 6. 97-Peter Loecken [6], 7. 27-Tony Proell [7], 8. 96-Taton Hansen [9], 9. 3-Brandon Linquist, [11], 10. 34-Scott Engholm [8] and 11. US-Jonathan Olmscheid [10].

Heat 1 (8 laps): 1.

46-Oestreich [2], 2. 2C-Cain [5], 3. 89JR-J.T. Johnson [4], 4. 2-Czech [7], 5. 26-Gierke [3], 6. 97-Loecken [11], 7.

27-Proell [9], 8. 34-Engholm [10], 9. 96-Hansen [8], 10. US-Olmscheid [1] and 11. (DNF) 3-Linquist [6].

Midwest modifieds Feature (15 laps): 1.

4Q2-Martini [1], 2. 17BBenson [4], 3. 00-Kyle Thell [2], 4. 11-Schulte [5], 5. 20Gill [6], 6. 1JR-Tim Johnson [8], 7. 112-Brennan Gave [3], 8. 29-Andy Mayavski [7], 9. (DNF) 7-Brandon Mehrwerth [11], 10. (DNF) 17-Ashley Mehrwerth [10], 11. (DNF) 29K-Linquist [9] and (DNS) 21-Mike Dickey.

Heat 1 (8 laps): 1. 00Kyle Thell [2], 2. 11-Schulte [1], 3. 17B-Benson [3], 4.

112-Gave [5], 5. 4Q2-Martini [10], 6. 20-Gill [4], 7.

29-Mayavski [6], 8. 1JRTim Johnson [8], 9. 29KLinquist [12], 10. 21-Mike Dickey [11], 11. (DNF) 17-Ashley Mehrwerth [7] and 12. (DNF) 7-Brandon Mehrwerth [9].

Mod fours Feature (15 laps): 1. 00T-Keith Thell [5], 2.

01-Justin Pogones [2], 3. 5H-Holtquist [4], 4.

16-Flickinger [3], 5. 37-Larson [1] and 6. 04-Tommy Pogones [6].

Heat 1 (8 laps): 1. 00TKeith Thell, [4], 2. 01-Justin Pogones, [1], 3. 16-Flickinger [2], 4. 5H-Holtquist [3], 5. 37-Larson [5] and 6.

04-Tommy Pogones [6].

Hornets Feature 1 (15 laps): 1.

27-Corey Mehrwerth [6], 2. 99-Servaty [4], 3. 0KWilber [3], 4. 12-Stanoch [1], 5. 71-Niehaus [7], 6. 7HKrueth [2], 7. 29-Braiden Benjamin [8], 8. 3-Thomas Inderieden [9], 9. (DNF) 14-Justin Schelitzche [5].

Heat 1 (8 laps): 1.

12-Stanoch [2], 2. 0K-Wil-

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Cain edged Czech for the runner up spot with Oestreich outrunning Ryan Gierke for fourth as the checkered flag flew.

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99-Servaty [5], 6. 27-Corey Mehrwerth [7], 7. 71-Niehaus [6], 8. 29-Benjamin [9] and 9. 3-Inderieden [8].

Super Stocks Feature A (30 laps):1.

2-Mass [7], 2. 30-Burdick [8], 3. 21F-Nick Oreskovich [2], 4. 1JR-Tim Johnson [4], 5. 78K-Koch [10], 6. 24WChris Wark [11], 7. 77-Scott Lawrence [6], 8. 51JR-McFadden [24], 9. 12K-Duane ‘D.J.’ Keeler [14], 10. 33-Austin Niemeyer [12], 11. 515Chad Fouquette [22], 12.

10-Bishop [1], 13. 1E-Eric Olson [20], 14. 70X-Kurt Becken [18], 15. 24-Andy Grymala [21], 16. 21C-Patrick Beeksma [9], 17. 26Kyle Copp [19], 18. 1X-Don Muzzy [15], 19. 12-David Dosh [17], 20. 30S-Dan Severson [13], 21. 21T-Dale Tomes [23], 22. (DNF) 69John Adams [16], 23. (DNF) 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer [3], 24. (DNF) 27D-Matt Deragon [5] and 25. (DNF) 9-Ronnie Malecki [25].

Feature B1 (10 laps): 1. 24-Grymala [2], 2. 21TTomes [1], 3. 99-Shawn Fernkes [3], 4. 9-Malecki [4], 5. 41-Tommy Patton [8], 6. 4K-Larry Both [7], 7.

19A-Annika Hammitt [6], 8.

(DNF) F15-Devin Fouquette [9], 9. (DNF) 32H-Matthew Hammitt [10], 10. (DNF) 11-Tucker Quinn [5] and (DNS) 66-Jacob Knapper.

Feature B2 (10 laps): 1.

515-Chad Fouquette [2], 2.

51JR-McFadden [1], 3. 22XVincent Zirbes [6], 4. 6FMatt Fester [9], 5. 4A-Allan Cleveland [7], 6. (DNF) 33NNick Schipke [5], 7. (DNF) 32J-Jon Hammitt [4], 8.

(DNF) 27-Jared Zimpel [3], (DNS) 13-Patrick Heikkinen and (DNS) X-Shawn Wageman.

Heat 1 (10 laps): 1.

1JR-Tim Johnson [5], 2.

11A-Henkemeyer [7], 3.

21C-Beeksma [10], 4. 30SSeverson [2], 5. 12-Dosh [4], 6. 21T-Tomes [3], 7.

(DNF) 4A-Cleveland [1], 8. (DNF) 41-Patton [8], 9.

(DNF) 13-Heikkinen [11], 10. (DNF) 6F-Fester [6] and 11. (DNF) X-Wageman [9].

Heat 2 (10 laps): 1.

30-Burdick [7], 2. 27D-Deragon [1], 3. 78K-Koch [9], 4. 12K-Keeler [3], 5. 70XBecken [4], 6. 51JR-McFadden [10], 7. 99-Fernkes [5], 8. 32J-Jon Hammitt [2], 9.

19A-Annika Hammitt [8] and 10. (DNF) 32H-Matthew Hammitt [6].

Heat 3 (10 laps): 1.

2-Mass [4], 2. 21F-Oreskovich [8], 3. 24W-Wark [2], 4.

1X-Muzzy [1], 5. 26-Copp [6], 6. 24-Grymala [5], 7.

27-Zimpel [7], 8. 11-Quinn [10], 9. 22X-Zirbes [9] and 10. 4K-Both [3].

Heat 4 (10 laps): 1.

10-Bishop [7], 2. 77-Lawrence [9], 3. 33-Niemeyer [5], 4. 69-Adams [1], 5. 1E Olson [4], 6. 515-Chad Fouquette [10], 7. 9-Malecki [2], 8. 33N-Schipke [6], 9. (DNF) F15-Devin Fouquette [3] and (DNS) 66-Jacob Knapper.

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Cyclones drop two Three games remain in regular season The Sauk Rapids Cyclones had a difficult week on the field as they hosted two games.

The team played July 14 against the Moorhead Brewers and lost 12-0. They also played July 17 against the Cold Spring Springers and lost 13-3.

The Clones will be back in action Sunday, July 21 as they play a doubleheader against the Clearwater River Cats to wrap up the regular season. Games will take place at 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. in Clearwater.

Cold Spring 13, Sauk Rapids 3 The Cyclones had a hard time moving around the Springers defense July 17, losing 133. Tyler Hemker pushed out a hit in the bottom of the second to bring Scott Geiger home. Bjorn Hanson and Mitch Loegering also had hits.

The Springers pulled ahead of the Clones in a high-scoring fourth inning and ran away with the game.

Sauk Rapids pulled off two more runs in the bottom of the seventh from Bryan Freytes and Hanson before the game ended with the 10-run rule in the Springers favor.

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Mitch Loegering attempts tagging out a Cold Spring runner July 17 in Sauk Rapids.

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started the game on the mound, and Alex Kreiling stepped in for relief in the top of the fourth. Loegering came up for the next pitching change in the sixth, and Luis Massa closed the game in the seventh.

Combined, Sauk Rapids pitchers struck out five batters.

Moorhead 12, Sauk Rapids 0 The Cyclones hosted the Moorhead Brewers July 14 at Bob Cross Park in Sauk Rapids.

Unfortunately, the Brewers blew passed the Cyclones in a 12-0 shutout in seven innings.

“We struggled getting hits,” said Paul Schlangen, head coach. “We could have scored more

runs and played better defensively, too.”

The Cyclones fell behind early in the game, giving up seven runs in the first inning and three in the second. Offensively, the Clones scraped up only four hits.

David Kroger was the starting pitcher, but Brendan Ehlers relieved him in the second and closed the game.

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Post 254 hits to victory over Foley Sluggers improve to 10-4

BY ANNA HINKEMEYER | STAFF WRITER

The Sauk Rapids Legion Post 254 baseball team snapped out of its short losing streak July 16 as they traveled to Foley for the final regular season game and brought home a 4-3 win.

The win comes after two consecutive losses – falling 13-5 to the Waite Park Silver Stars July 11 and losing 5-0 to the St. Cloud Chutes July 15.

Post 254 will begin sub-section playoffs Sunday, July 21. Opponents, times and locations were yet to be determined at Sauk Rapids Herald press time.

Sauk Rapids 4, Foley 3 Post 254 pushed ahead early in the game July 16, earning two runs in the top of the first inning. The first run, scored by Cole Fuecker, was on a wild pitch. Andrew Wollak sent a fly ball to right field on the next pitch to bring Tyler Hemker home from third.

Sauk Rapids extended its lead in the third as Trygve Hanson grounded out to left field to bring Reid Lunser home from second.

Foley narrowed the scoring gap as they scored one run each in the third and fourth innings, but the Post 254 defense held Foley at 3-2. Brady Pesta swung out a ground ball to left field in the top of the fifth to score Brandon Bokelman. Sauk Rapids led 4-2.

Despite Foley putting up one run in the bottom of the sixth, Post 254 held out and earned the win.

Tyler Hemker had a solid game at the plate, earning hits in three of four at-bats. Fuecker and Pesta each went 2-3 at the plate.

Fuecker pitched the game in its entirety, earning five strikeouts and giving up six hits.

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Landon Lunser watches the ball fly after connecting with a pitch July 16 in Foley. Sauk Rapids defeated Foley 4-3 in the matchup.

Cole Fuecker fires a pitch toward home plate July 16 in Foley. Fuecker earned five strikeouts during the game.

Waite Park 13, Sauk Rapids 5 Post 254 took a 3-1 lead in the top of the second inning July 11 against the Waite Park Silver Stars in St. Cloud.

Fuecker hit a grounder to center to score Neeser from third and Tyler Hemker from second. Wollak followed with a line drive to score Pesta from third to round out the scoring for the inning.

That was the end of Post 254’s cohesiveness.

The Silver Stars took advantage of Post 254’s loose defense and two errors to score nine runs in the bottom of the third. Waite Park followed with a run in the fourth, setting the score at 11-3 before Post 254 had a chance to score again in the top of the sixth.

Bokelman hit a hard grounder to third, and Wollak took advantage of an error to cross home plate. Two plays later, Connor Hemker hit a grounder to shortstop to bring Derek Durant home.

Pesta and Durant each went .500 at the plate against the Silver Stars and scored one run against them, but Post 254 scrambled for hits overall, hitting eight to Waite Park’s 13.

Pitching was a struggle for Sauk Rapids as they circulated through three pitchers with only two strikeouts.

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through Boston

Lorentz completes renowned marathon, plans for more

BY ANNA HINKEMEYER STAFF WRITER

SAUK RAPIDS – Brooke Lorentz is always on the move, chasing after her next medal or shirt.

“That’s really why I do this,” Lorentz said. “I love collecting the shirts and medals from the races.”

Lorentz, a 2016 graduate of Sauk Rapids-Rice High School, has been an avid runner since 2012, participating in 5K and 10K races. She competed on the Storm track and field team during her senior year at SRRHS. After her freshman year of college, her passion for running deepened with every mile.

“I would run these races for fun and would get personal records every time,” Lorentz said. “I moved into running marathons, and I want to keep going.”

Lorentz ran the most memorable race of her life April 15 as she participated in the Boston Marathon. Lorentz finished the race is 3 hours, 29 minutes and 11 seconds.

“There is nothing compared to Boston,” Lorentz said. “It was cool to have so many fans watching and cheering you on, but the best is crossing the finish line with the thoughts of, ‘Oh my gosh, I did it. I completed the Boston

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Brooke Lorentz showcases her race medals July 3 in Sauk Rapids. Lorentz is most proud of her medal from the 2019 Boston Marathon, which she ran April 15.

Marathon.’ I wouldn’t trade that experience.”

Lorentz qualified for the Boston Marathon after running the Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon May 12, 2018, earning the qualifying time of 3:29.32.

“I enjoyed the race,” Lorentz said. “It was a nice course and a bit of a smaller race. I was happy I qualified for Bos-

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The humidity helped Lorentz prepare for the Boston Marathon as well as did the Florida temperatures.

“Running in 50- to 60-degree weather and cloudy is great, so running in spring and fall is enjoyable,” Lorentz said.

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Now that Lorentz has accomplished running the Boston Marathon, her next goal is to complete the other five of the Abbott World Marathon Majors – Tokyo, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City. She plans to run in the Chicago Marathon in October 2020 and

wants another chance in Boston in either 2020 or 2021.

“When I think about Boston, it wasn’t a goal of mine initially,” Lorentz said. “It became a goal later on, but it was mainly because of my mom. It has been her goal for a long time, and I stole it from her.

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“We could have been Angus breeders, Red Angus breeders or Charolais breeders, but we chose this path,” Giess said. “We could have taken the mainstream path, but we chose to take an unrecognized breed of cattle and make them successful, and people have benefitted from what we have left behind.”

Giess has built his ranch and name on South Devon cattle – a lesser known English beef breed with a gentle disposition and noted longevity and efficiency.

Giess was named to the Minnesota Livestock Breeders’ Association 2019 Hall of Fame March 14 in St. Paul.

The MLBA Hall of Fame began in 1934, honoring individuals who have elevated the livestock industry in Minnesota. Giess’s reaction was of surprise and modesty.

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Dar Giess, who owns DLCC Ranch with his wife Lynn, stands inside his home July 2 in rural Pierz. Giess was inducted into the Minnesota Livestock Breeders’ Association Hall of Fame March 14 for his contributions to the state’s livestock industry.

who I really respect and who have made significant contributions to the cattle industry.”

Yet, Giess has left his own imprint on the industry.

Giess and his wife, Lynn, own DLCC Ranch – a 700-acre operation in rural Pierz with a South Devon and South Devon composite herd of 500 head.

They grow 60 acres of corn for silage and the remainder of the land is used for hay and pasture.

They also rent land to sustain their herd.

The couple operates the ranch with their daughter, Leah, and their son, Lane, and soonto-be daughter-in-law Kate, of Manhattan, Kan. “We do everything,”

said Giess, president of the North American South Devon Association. “We clip the bulls ourselves. We advertise the bulls ourselves. We have a couple of friends who help us here or there, but we really don’t go outside of family for anything.”

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Because of the breed’s docile nature, handling of the herd has been an agreeable task for the couple.

“Lynn and I can lead up 120 pairs and put them in the corral,” Giess said. “… When I first moved here I was young, slim and trim, and a cowboy to boot. I could ride any horse and jump off hills in Colorado – I could cowboy. What I’ve always said about South Devon cows is they have made me a lazy cowboy because I just don’t need to cowboy anymore. They are easy. … If you want to have cows that handle well, work well in the chute and you can move or sort them on foot, these cattle are extremely amenable to work with.”

Giess, an Arnold, Kan., native, met Sauk Rapids-born Lynn at the Charolais Junior National Show in 1981; he was a judge at the showmanship competition where Lynn was showing cattle from her family’s farm. After marrying and living in Colorado for a time, the two moved to Minnesota and worked full time for her parents, Hollis and Lauretta Helgeson. Giess was purchasing feeder cattle for the Helgeson’s operation Oct. 1, 1986, when he bought his first South Devon from 101 Ranch in Little Falls.

“It looked like a good opportunity to buy some pretty good cows for a good price,” said Giess, who knew of a Colorado producer who used the breed at the time. “It just kind of clicked. … They were nice shaped cows, good footed and quiet cows. They weighed 1,285 pounds, and I paid $585 a piece for them.”

The following year, he bought more South Devons for the Helgeson operation, and Lynn and himself also began building their own herd.

They moved to Pierz in

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A red South Devon bull stands in a pasture July 2 at DLCC Ranch in rural Pierz. The 2,300 pound bull is used as a clean-up bull for the predominantly artificial insemination operation.

1996. Giess was attracted to the outcross from other cattle he had raised.

“I’ve always thought in this industry it takes different breeding and directions to get these cattle focused,” Giess said. “Even 30-40 years ago, they were telling us to crossbreed cattle. My mind set is a lot of the cattle in the country are getting too straight bred.”

The family’s red and black South Devon herd has grown in size over more than 30 years of ranching, but maintaining good genetics has been at the forefront of the operation all along.

A r t i f i c i a l insemination is used to provide consistent breeding. The family produces homozygous black and homozygous red cattle, and the herd is nearly 100% polled. The family keeps meticulous records of birth, weaning and yearling weights, and completes body condition scores on each animal. DLCC Ranch has also been collecting ultrasounds of ribeye, marbling and back fat for 17 years.

“We know what direction we are going for that final feedlot carcass quality,” Giess said.

Crossbreeding is important to Giess.

He said it can improve carcass merit, as well as temperament, longevity and the overall health of cattle by bringing out superior genetics found in the parental animals.

“You add so much more fertility, performance and health,” Giess said.

“Once you establish a three-way cross in a cow herd, the benefits and the money are available both to the guy who is raising the calf as well as the guy feeding. Plus, then you start to improve your carcasses for the final product for the consumer.

You might lose a little ground in quality grade, but you’re going to gain in carcass weight – and those guys are still getting paid by weight, so the bigger the carcass, the bigger the check.”

Giess is adamant about shying away from straight-breeding and often recommends those who have been purchasing his bulls switch to composite bulls when breeding back the youngstock.

So far, his philosophy has worked.

DLCC Ranch has captured more than 30 champion and reserve champion titles and 40 champion bull awards across the country, and they have sold to cattlemen in over 30 states, four Canadian provinces, and Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and Paraguay.

“We have bulls now that are grazing all the way to the Pacific Ocean, and we have bulls within 40 miles of the Atlantic Ocean and a lot of bulls in between, which is kind of a wild thing to think about,” Giess said.

Giess said in 1986 he saw an opportunity at the sales barn in Pierz, and given the South Devon’s unrecognized place in the beef industry, yet gentle nature, he believes others can answer the knock at the door, as well – a nod to his modesty as a cattleman and his belief in those ranchers to come.

“As far as opportunity goes, there is a lot of opportunity in this breed,” Giess said. “I think you can go out and buy 20 cows and be smart and do the right things early on.

Anybody can get in this business and sell.”

According to Giess, all they have to do is Red South Devon cow calf pairs graze in a pasture at choose their own path.

DLCC Ranch in rural Pierz July 2. In the summer breeding season, the Giess family separates their red and black cattle for homozygous breeding.

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ROYALTON – The Burggraffs’ farm has been in their family for four generations.

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and calves getting stuck in the mud in the spring, so we re-worked the slope of that and added a stack slab there, too, at the same time.”

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Ryan and Jennifer Burggraff ’s cattle eat hay in the feedlot July 12 on their farm in Royalton. The lot was re-sloped in 2017 to allow for drainage and a stack slab was installed, seen in the background.

Burggraffs from pg. 3B organic crops was not a difficult decision for the Burggraffs, and much of their management remained the same.

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rotation and figuring out optimal cultivation.”

The couple is proud to represent good stewardship in their county.

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“We definitely weren’t expecting it. We’re just small farmers trying to do the right thing with what we have and what’s accessible to us.”

Jennifer agreed.

“It’s cool to be recognized for the efforts we’ve been working on, and there’s a lot of other people doing good, too, so it’s neat they noticed us and the efforts we’ve invested in the farm,” she said. “We set out to improve our small part but it’s making a difference in a much bigger picture.”

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“(The county) asked us to register because we were already doing a lot of the stuff to qualify, and the organic practices helped, too,” he said.

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“(Going organic) was a good fit for our farm and a good fit for us,” Jennifer said.

Their location on the Mississippi River is another reason to be mindful of the runoff and water conservation.

“We pump water from the river to irrigate our crops,” Ryan said.

“Last year was the first year we did that, but it worked out nicely.”

In regards to soil conservation, the Burggraffs focused on cover crops.

“Cover crops are huge in organic,” Jennifer said. “They play a huge role in weed control by keeping weeds down between crops. When we till them under they add green matter to the soil.

(Cover crops are) one of those things where you don’t ease into; you jump into it.”

Two years ago, the Burggraffs were recognized for their efforts to maintain clean water by being named a Minnesota Water Quality Certified Farm through the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, similar to their conservation efforts now.

“We didn’t set out with this in mind, but we knew they weren’t hard practices to implement and it made sense to do them,” Jennifer said.

“It was really nice to be recognized.”

Ryan agreed.

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It seems many dairy farms are Calves in a barn cannot choose their interested in moving from individual environment, so it is important to ensure hutches to keeping all young calves under ventilation is consistent throughout the one roof. Although this has many benefits barn. This is a crucial detail for barns with from a labor standpoint, there can be some four or more rows of pens as conditions challenges when it comes to ventilation. can vary greatly between inside and With undeveloped immune systems, young outside rows. calves can fall victim to many environmental The person responsible for taking pathogens. Maintaining consistent airflow care of calves should be aware of the through their environment can help reduce variability in naturally ventilated barns the risk. Poor or improper ventilation can and manage for it daily. Research indicates lead to many problems, including respiratory BY EMILY WILMES curtains on naturally ventilated barns may disease, reduced feed intake and long-term need adjustment as often as seven to 10 University of effects such as reduced heat tolerance as a times per day. Maintaining consistency MN Extension cow. in ventilation will ensure calves have Some important features to keep calf barns well- a healthy environment to grow in and help avoid ventilated and keep the calves healthy are to ensure problems as they age. the air is clean, fresh and draft-free, build the barn Keeping baby calves in one barn has been a on the windward side of the farmstead, and maintain successful update for many dairy farms, and with the separation from mature animal housing units. right ventilation and facility design, it could be for your farm, too.

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New Heights Dairy began in 2006, and has since grown in size and completed a number of projects including building a sand lane in 2007 and the addition of a cross ventilated freestall barn in 2016. New Heights Dairy has multiple sites.

Cows at the Rice location are milked three times a day in a double-30 parallel parlor. The dairy uses a combination of growing their own forage as well as working with neighboring farms and utilizes technologies such as HarvXtra and shredlage in its forage production. An emphasis on forward momentum, productive cross breeding strategies and a marginbased approach to risk management helps New Heights Dairy

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Speakers for the day include Russ Fisher of Dairy Vision, Mitch Rosenfeld of New Heights Dairy, Nathan Drewitz and Joleen Hadrich of University of Minnesota Extension, Mark Rothschild and Brendan Dorais of Commodity and Ingredient Hedging, Shane Boettcher and Chris Sigurdson of Select Sires, Ryan Stuckmayer of New Heights Dairy, Gary Von Wahlde of Dairy Direct Sales and Service, Marcia Endres of University of Minnesota, Myron Czech of Pike Hills Dairy, Paul Anez of Anez Consulting, and Isaac Popp of Centra Sota Cooperative.

The field day includes lunch and is offered free of charge.

Registration is not required, but an RSVP is requested to help with the meal count. Questions and RSVPs can be directed to Emily Wilmes at krek0033@umn.edu or 320-255-6169, Ext. 3.

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farms in several states and on four continents, including locations in Saudi Arabia and China with plans to have 25 farms within five years.

But as great as it sounds, this method of farming is not without some serious drawbacks.

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AeroFarms employs 120 people in their facility, and one of the biggest issues they have to deal with is finding people who are qualified, especially growers who know aeroponics.

Stack farming may not work for growing corn, soybean and other field crops, but it works great for veggies and gives us another tool as we try to figure out how our farmers are going to feed 9 billion people by the year 2050. … just sayin’.

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In an old warehouse in Newark, N.J., there are thousands of trays stacked several stories high that are growing plants without sunlight or soil, producing up to 2 million pounds of food each year.

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by AeroFarms, a vertical farming company using an aeroponic growing system to grow carrots, cucumbers, potatoes and high-end baby greens in what is about to become the largest indoor vertical farm in the world.

The aeroponics process allows plants to grow with no soil, no sun, no fertilizer or pesticides while using a minimal amount of water.

Soil is replaced by spraying the roots with a nutrient rich mist, and the light is provided by an array of LEDs to mimic sunlight.

The process uses 95% less water, 40% less fertilizer and no pesticides compared to a traditional farm.

Every input and output is precisely recorded from sensors that monitor temperature, light, carbon dioxide, humidity, airflow and nutrients. The data is fed into artificial intelligence software that learns what is best for the plants and adjusts lighting, water and nutrient levels to meet the plants’ needs.

The plants get exactly the right nutrients in the right dose and at the right time, making the plants grow twice as fast as normal, reducing growing cycles from 30-45 days in the field to 12-16 days indoors.

From a crop-yield perspective, AeroFarms claims their method is 130 times more productive per square foot annually than a field farm. And because they are indoors, they can grow 365 days a year.

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