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BENTON AG Plus
Section B
Saturday, June 1, 2019
Same Local Coverage Since 1854.
Vol. 165, No. 8
11 2nd Ave. N., Unit 103, Sauk Rapids, Benton County, MN 56379
Audit receives an ‘A’ BergenKDV presents 2018 review BY NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER
SAUK RAPIDS – The city of Sauk Rapids received an unmodified opinion – the highest rating available – during the 2018 audit presentation May 28. Caroline Stutsman, of BerganKDV, briefed the Sauk Rapid City Council on the audit at a special meeting prior to the regular city council meeting. Stutsman said the opinion has not changed from years prior, and she was pleased with how prepared city staff was and how quickly questions were answered. Stutsman said Sauk Rapids would receive an A letter grade. “This is a great position to be in,” Hunstiger said. “I remember back in 2001, 2002, we had a lot of debt. We were doing a lot of remodeling downtown, a lot of construction. We’ve come a long ways.” Hunstiger thanked city finance director Jack Kahlhamer and staff for their efforts. Stutsman said both general fund revenues and expenditures increased in 2018, with the largest contributor in ex-
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Abby Trefla throws her hands in the air after commencement ceremonies in Halenbeck Hall May 28 in St. Cloud. Nearly 300 members of the Sauk Rapids-Rice High School class of 2019 participated in the graduation festivities.
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Over the moon for orchids Barney grows more than 200 plants in home, greenhouse BY ANNA HINKEMEYER | STAFF WRITER
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Deb Barney stands in her greenhouse May 21 at her home in Sauk Rapids. Barney has over 200 orchid plants throughout her home and in her greenhouse.
SAUK RAPIDS – Springtime is the season known for new life. Animals come out of hibernation, trees being producing their leaves and flowers are in bloom. Deb Barney, of Sauk Rapids, has a fondness for the latter of the list, particularly orchids. “It’s just a passion,” Barney said. “I started with three, and now I have over 200.” Barney’s love for orchids began in 1988 when her father-in-law was diagnosed with brain cancer. As they visited him at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, a coffee shop across the street caught their eye. “It smelt like heaven every time you walked in, but you could never figure out what the smell was,” Barney said. “One day we looked in the back room and on top of this cold cooler was a washtub with a Cattleya orchid. It was the biggest one I had ever seen, like 10 plants in one.” To this day, Cattleyas remain Barney’s favorite orchid, and she has several in her collection. She also enjoys the Masdevallia orchids for their quirkiness. Barney grows her orchids indoors. She has several plants in her
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PUBLIC NOTICES
• Mortgage Foreclosure - Jankowski - pg. 10 • Mortgage Foreclosure - Vogt - pg. 10 • City of Sauk Rapids Meeting Minutes, May 13 2019 - pg. 11 • Sauk Rapids IDS #47 Advertisement for Proposals - pg. 11 • Benton County Notice of Public Hearings - pg. 11 • City of Sauk Rapids Advertisement for Bids - pg. 11 • City of Rice Notice of Public Hearing - pg. 10
OBITUARIES • Dorothy H. Jurek