Sauk Centre Herald 03-16-2023

Lif e -w e lcoming Life-welcoming

emergency care

Three EMTs to receive Stork Award

BY BEN SONNEK | STAFF WRITER

When there is a life-threatening incident, odds are an emergency medical technician will soon be on the way to help – but other times, the incident is not so much life-threatening as it is life-welcoming. Such was the case for Sauk Centre Ambulance Service EMTs Richard White, Quint Swedenburg and Brian Zales, who will soon be receiving their Stork Award pins for assisting with an unexpected home birth in town.

“It’s the first time for the Sauk Centre Ambulance Service, in general, as far as Kathy (Struffert, SCAS director,) can remember,” Swedenburg said.

The three EMTs will be presented with a Stork Award pin at an upcoming Sauk Centre City Council meeting. Various SCAS crew members have received pins before, but these are usually given for saves, people who eventually walk out of the hospital and go home after the emergency.

“One of our other crew members told me

there’s EMS personnel who will go their entire career, however long they do it for, without ever delivering a child,” White said. “That’s an added thing for us, knowing we’re part of a very small group overall.”

The call came in around 2 a.m., Feb. 25. The EMTs met at the ambulance garage and confirmed they were being dispatched to a Sauk Centre home where a pregnant mother was 35 weeks along, about to give birth and feeling like she had to push. They collected their equipment, including a monitor to check the mother’s heart rate and oxygen level and an obstetrics kit with a diaper, scalpel, clamps and other items. The obstetrics kit is required gear for ambulance departments, but it often expires before it can be used.

White drove Zales and Swedenburg in the ambulance to the scene. They were met by the Sauk Centre Police Department who had provided early medical treatment and were able to introduce the EMTs to the family and the situation.

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Five crowned dairy prin ce es prince

A LIFE

wasting NOTHING

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Programmed for victory

Robotics team places high at regional competition

BY BEN SONNEK | STAFF WRITER

Sauk Centre High School’s robotics team, the Semiconductors, is one of the school’s newer programs, but they have already made history with their highest regional ranking at the Great Northern Regional competition, held by First Robotics Competition in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Out of 53 registered teams, Sauk Centre had the No. 4 robot overall with an 8-2 win-loss ratio; their alliance with Lac qui Parle Valley and Cass Lake teams also finished in third place.

“It was amazing,” said senior Mitchell Christen, the Semiconductors’ team captain and main driver. “This is the first time Sauk Centre robotics has made it to the playoffs, so that was a feat in itself.”

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PHOTO BY MARK KLAPHAKE

Five young ladies – Kalie Ritter (from left), of Avon; Lanna Walter, of Sauk Centre; Grace Woitalla, of Holdingford; Megan Ratk a, of Cold Spring; and Sophia Schiffler, of Albany – were crowned Stearns County Dairy Princesses at the banquet March 11 at the Freeport Community Center in Freeport. Ritter and Ratka were scholarship winners, and Ritter was named Miss Congeniality.

PHOTO BY BEN SONNEK Sauk Centre Ambulance Service emergency medical technicians –Richard White (from left), Brian Zales and Quint Swedenburg

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Members of the Sauk Centre robotics team – seniors Steven Schreifels (from left) and Mitchell Christen and program mentor Brian Riley – show off their robot and the objects it needed to organize March 13 in the robotics lab at Sauk Centre High School. The robot placed fourth overall in the Great Northern Regional competition March 8-11 in Grand Forks, North Dakota; the team’s alliance with the Lac qui Parle Valley and the Cass Lake teams also placed third.

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Margaret Samuelson celebrates her 105th birthday March 6 at Getty Street Assisted Living in Sauk Centre. She was born in Ontario, Canada, and moved to the Sauk Centre area in the early 1940s.

Samuelson celebrates 105th birthday

BY BEN SONNEK STAFF WRITER

Margaret Samuelson is getting ready for St. Patrick’s Day, but on March 6, she first celebrated a different milestone: turning 105. A resident of the Sauk Centre area for nearly her entire life, the centenarian has seen plenty of change over the years but remains a living testament to the value of wasting nothing and doing things the old-fashioned way.

Margaret was born Margaret Rodgers in Kindersley, Ontario, Canada, in 1918. Her father, Alfred Rodgers, moved to Minnesota with her when she was young. She initially lived in the Twin Cities, and some of her early jobs included working at the Shriners Hospital, as well as nannying for a Jewish family. She then moved to Brooten with her father before eventually settling in Sauk Centre in the early 1940s, where she worked at the Waldorf Café.

Margaret married Verner Samuelson in 1950 at Long Bridge Lutheran Church in Little Sauk. They were married more than 60 years and had four children together – Elaine Seidel, Vernette Johnson, Florence Helmbrecht and Donald Samuelson. The family worked on their dairy farm near Sauk Centre. Verner also served

as a deacon of Long Bridge Lutheran Church and was a chairman of the church’s cemetery board. In 1969, he worked as a custodian for the 3M plant in Alexandria.

“(Margaret) did farm chores, housework and (helping) family and children – and rented boats,” Helmbrecht said. “They rented boats on the Long Lake that’s by Lily Lake and the Fairy Lake chain of lakes. They were hard-working people. She’d milk cows, come in, make breakfast and do gardening; she loved to garden flowers.”

Proud of her Irish heritage, St. Patrick’s Day was a regular annual celebration in the Samuelson household.

As someone who grew up during the Great Depression, Margaret knew not to

EMT from front

Swedenburg was the first one through the door. The mother was in a tub of water, and although the EMTs tried to persuade her, she was not willing to go to the hospital and wanted to have the baby there.

“This isn’t really how this works. Typically, we’ll package you up, put you on the cot and take you in, and you have the baby at the hospital,” Swedenburg said he told the mother. The contractions continued, so White started timing. It was the mother’s fifth child, so they were expecting a quick delivery. Sure enough, after about five minutes, the top of the baby’s head appeared. Minutes

waste anything.

“Everything was saved,” Helmbrecht said. “She’d never want to throw away a bag from a cereal box, because you can put bread in it. She saved a lot of things.”

The mindset also translated into Margaret’s baking.

“When she’d bake, she’d scrape out the whole container,” Helmbrecht said. “We’d wonder why she was doing that, and she said, ‘Because I paid for that too.’”

Water could not be wasted either. Johnson recalls their mother often saying, “Water is our precious resource.”

Margaret also enjoyed quilting, and she sewed all of her children’s clothes. Not much of a technology adopter, she kept to more old-fashioned methods.

after that, the baby boy was on his mother’s chest, and the EMTs were able to cut the umbilical cord.

“I took the baby then; he was my patient at that point,” Swedenburg said. “Mom had held the baby for a while … I showed the baby to the family and was getting a pulse. The baby was very active, crying from time to time – not overly crying but making his presence known in the world.”

At that point, the mother and baby were looking healthy, and the EMTs got them transported to the hospital to get checked out.

“It’s about as textbook as you can get with it being out in the field,” White said. “Any further textbook would be you’re with the OB team at the hospital.”

Not only is the Stork Award a first for the SCAS,

“She also made the best caramel rolls and lemon pie ever,” Helmbrecht said. The Samuelsons moved to Getty Street Assisted Living in Sauk Centre in 2014, and Verner passed away in 2015 at 95 years old.

While Margaret attributes her longevity to being a little Irish, Helmbrecht also believes her lifestyle had something to do with it – as well as the luck of the draw.

“She never smoked, she never drank,” Helmbrecht said. “If my dad had a beer, she’d maybe have a little bit.”

On Margaret’s 105th birthday, she received an extra gift – her area grandchildren visited her in the evening.

A special gift for a special lady.

but it is a first for the EMTs as well – each in his own way.

“It was the first time for me being around a birth in general,” White said. “It was a totally different kind of adrenaline rush than I’m used to getting on my calls, but it was exciting. Not being a father, not being around any births before –other than animals – it was pretty cool to actually see it, to be a part of it and be able to share something like that with people.”

For Swedenburg, it was the first time he had assisted with a birth while on call.

“I delivered my daughter in the birthing room, but I also helped a neighbor deliver her baby in a room prior to that,” he said.

Zales, formerly from Colorado, has been a paramedic for eight years and has assisted with births before while on calls, but this incident still was something new for him.

“I’ve been a part of two other ones, but this is the first time I’ve actually caught the baby,” he said.

For the EMTs, being part of a birth is one of the most exciting and beautiful things they can be a part of while on call, much different than the majority of calls where they have to bring someone back to life or keep them alive.

“I do it to be able to help people in the community who need help,” White said. “For me, that’s more than the pay or any type of recognition we get, just knowing we can help people when they’re at their lowest point … People like us are able to be there, to help.”

While the recognition for their actions is appreciated, the main reward for the EMTs is when their actions sustain a life – or, in this case, welcome one into the world.

“We go out there, do what we do and go

Zales said.

PHOTOS SUBMITTED

(Above) The Little World Changer Award recipients at Holy Family School in Sauk Centre – first graders Amity Gardner (front, from left) and Hadley Paulson and kindergarteners Ali VanHavermaet and Braelynn Breitbach; (middle, from left) Principal Lisa Otte, fourth grader Henry Hammond, third graders Leah Herickhoff and Wesley Chalich and second grader Hudson Wessel; and (back, from left) sixth graders Brynn Breitbach and Maggie Bromenshenkel, fifth graders Brianna LaVoi and Joseph Marthaler and fourth grader Emma Frank – receive their awards Feb. 24 at HFS. The character trait exemplified for the month of February was honesty. Not pictured is second grader Henry Homan.

(Right) Austin Moritz and Kadie Miller, fifth graders at Holy Family School in Sauk Centre, are announced as the winners of the fifth grade essay contest, part of the Little World Changers program, Feb. 24 at HFS in Sauk Centre. The essay themes were on honesty, the character trait for February.

Rock, paper, scissors, phew

First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes the baby in a baby carriage. Sound familiar? This blissful idea of life stops just short of late night feedings and dirty diapers, which is pretty genius if you ask me. Sometimes we need to be politely persuaded into some seasons of life because, if we focus on the unpleasantries, we may completely miss the best parts.

Parenting is a nerve-wracking season of life that certainly had me questioning if I could handle what was ahead. Don’t get me wrong, I still question my parenting abilities on a daily basis. However, I realize now, that is fairly common.

Each child brings their own style and flair to the game of family life, and that is truly joyous. Just like each child, mom and dad bring their own fun to the game as well. If you are queasy and the dirty details of life make you squeamish, this may be where you and I part for this week’s adventure, but if you thrive off all the gory details, let’s continue.

Shawn and I had our first child within a few years of marriage, and that came with a flood of emotions. We were over-the-moon excited; however, we were also nervous, exhausted and completely out of our comfort zones.

As days turned into weeks and weeks into months, Shawn and I started to realize that sharing duties 50-50 just wasn’t going to cut it for us. So, we devised a plan like none other we’d seen before. We played rock, paper, scissors every day.

Whenever there was a diaper to be changed, there was a game of rock, paper, scissors to follow. You see, if we played a game, there wasn’t an argument over who changed the last smelly one. And, if you lost and ended up changing just a wet one, then you felt like you kind of won too.

Sometimes, if Shawn or I had lost several times in a row, the other would have pity and offer to change the baby’s diaper, or we’d play best two out of three. Finding a little fun and joy in an otherwise monotonous task certainly helped us to find joy in almost everything we did. There are enough challenges as newlyweds, new parents and even those seasoned in most of life’s adventures.

Next time you find life a bit hard, maybe try a quick game. I cannot tell you how many times our games of rock, paper, scissors were followed by a sigh of relief. Phew, I didn’t have to change that one. Life’s unpleasantries can still bring fun if you let them.

PIO program for parent inmates

Hello, Sauk Centre Herald readers. Happy spring. I think we are in spring.

This month, I am going to touch on a program we offer within our jail to inmates that is part of our overall programming unit. This program is called Parenting Inside Out and is a voluntary program inmates may enroll in to develop skills to better engage with and to better parent their children, both while in custody and once they are released from our facility.

The PIO program is grant-based and paid for through the Minnesota Department of Health in collaboration with other counties. The program is grounded in adult learning theory and is taught by staff within our jail who have completed the trainer’s course. Throughout the course, a parenting coach and the inmate learner collaborate on goal setting and developing strategies for reaching those goals. This instructional design focuses on problem-centered, real-life adult roles as they relate to day-to-day life.

The course addresses the unique challenges facing parents involved in the criminal justice system, their co-par-

ents and their children in a classroom setting. The coaches lead the students through parent management skills to help them develop a parenting plan specific to their individual family needs.

Currently, 32 states are using this course and model to teach. The course consists of 24 hours of instruction through 12 separate lessons taught twice weekly in our jail. It takes approximately six weeks to graduate from the program. Our facility has had 50 inmates enroll or participate and has had 18 graduates since beginning in the fall of 2021.

The PIO program is the highest rated parenting program for incarcerated and criminal justice involved parents based on the National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and Practices. The hope is that inmates who go through the course will better their lives and the lives of their families and develop the skills to better parent their children. Through this, we hope to reduce recidivism and provide inmates and their children with a positive outlook on life.

Clearing our mind is a needed necessity

Peace and quiet. We all need it. After work, I enjoy coming home, sitting on my couch and sipping slowly on a glass of wine as I watch the birds out of my patio window.

As I’m writing this column, a few hours before sunrise Tuesday morning, I’m sitting on that same couch, with just my thoughts rolling around in my mind. There are no distractions – including the sounds of the radio or the television, unlike when I’m in my office where the radio is always on, usually tuned in to KASM Radio. I’ve even turned my cell phone ringtone down. Occasionally, I will hear a vehicle driving by and a clicking sound, knowing my heat has just kicked in. The humming from the refrigerator is a minor but needed distraction for my food to stay cold.

Clearing our minds of unnecessary thoughts is a needed necessity for a restful night of sleep. Sometimes, that is hard to do. Often, while I’m trying to sleep, I have a million thoughts (well, not really that many) running through my mind. It might be thinking about questions to ask during an interview the following day or ideas for a photo I have to take. I have a notepad and pen on my nightstand, so I can write down ideas since my memory isn’t what it used to be.

On this evening, before I did fall asleep, my pre-sleep thoughts included if I remembered to put an item in The Star Post calendar. While these are all occupational hazards, there are other times when my mind filters through family thoughts, and sometimes they are exciting thoughts, like when I’m told I’m a new great-aunt or when I’m planning, in my mind, what I will serve for Easter morning brunch. Then, there are the times when my mind is racing because I just returned home from watching an exciting basketball game or covering an eventful city council meeting.

Sooner or later, I do fall asleep and wake up mostly refreshed.

The body needs the replenishing benefits of sleep to function properly and restore itself.

Gone are my days when I could live on just a few

hours of sleep. In my younger years, I could go out with friends until the wee hours of the morning and wake up a few hours later ready to roll – usually.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, how much sleep a person needs changes as they age. An infant, age 4-12 months, needs 12-16 hours per 24 hours, including naps; a toddler, age 1-2 years, needs 11-14 hours per 24 hours, including naps; school age children, age 6-12, need 9-12 hours per 24 hours; teens, age 13-18, need 8-10 hours per 24 hours; adults, age 18-60, need 7 or more hours per 24 hours; and my age group, 65 and older, need 7-8 hours per 24 hours.

The following are tips the CDC listed to improve sleep health:

– Be consistent. Go to bed at the same time each night and get up at the same time each morning, including on weekends.

– Make sure your bedroom is quiet, dark, relaxing and at a comfortable temperature.

– Remove electronic devices, such as televisions, computers and smart phones, from the bedroom. Turn off electronic devices at least 30 minutes before bedtime.

– Avoid large meals, caffeine and alcohol before bedtime.

– Limit exposure to bright light in the evenings.

– Exercise. Being physically active during the day can help you fall asleep more easily at night.

When I have trouble falling asleep, I think back to a few tips I learned while watching a television program, including deep breathing and meditation. If the latter includes reciting the rosary, I’ve done that, and guess what, it works because I often don’t remember saying the last few decades.

It’s 2:30 a.m., Tuesday, and I’d better get back to bed for a few hours. I should have a restful rest of the night because I won’t have a column rolling around in my mind – unless something else pops into it.

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In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, Star Publications’ inter-company newsletter for this month featured several Irish factoids. Being a good journalist, I sent them past my fact-checker for all things Irish: my wife, Maggie. I soon was able to share with my fellow team members the correct spelling of shamrock in Irish, seamróg; a more accurate take on Irish fairies; and the true origins of the word leprechaun.

I’m Irish by adoption. There might be some Emerald Isle in my half of the family tree, but it pales in comparison to the German-Italian genes. I know, the Germans and Irish aren’t famous for getting along. I remember one story from the German half of my family, where my grandfather – or maybe it was my great-grandfather – was out in the field, planting one of his first crops of potatoes. All the while, some neighboring Irish farmers were leaning on the fence, just watching him.

After the planting, the area was hit with a wet spring spell, and the crop rotted. It would’ve been nice if a more experienced potato farmer could’ve said something to my ancestor, but hey, that’s the learning process for you.

Anyway, I don’t have much Irish in my lineage, but Maggie certainly does. If her maiden name, McCabe, and her red hair wasn’t enough of a giveaway, then maybe her ability to sing in Gaelic and speak some of the language would convince you. Her mother, Kathy, is a Tobin, also an established Irish family. The McCabe home in Texas still has a plaque with both families’ coats of arms, each including a banner with the family’s motto. For the McCabes, it’s “Aut vincere aut mori,” and for the Tobins, it’s “Noli me tangere.” For those of you out there who aren’t Latin scholars, those mottos respectively translate into “Either Conquer or Die” and “Touch Me Not.”

That latter motto must have made courtship awkward for generations of suitors for Tobin family members, and I’m sure my grandmother-in-law, Ann Tobin, has bales of stories to verify that claim. I’m also happy to report the tradition didn’t stop with me. Both branches of Maggie’s family originated in Ireland, of course – the McCabes from County Cavan and the Tobins from County Kilkenny; Ann Tobin’s mother was also from County Mayo. They all immigrated to this continent for a variety of reasons, including the opportunity America afforded and the infamous Irish Potato Famine. I suspect, though, that most of the McCabes and McCabe-adjacent families were kicked out of Ireland for singing too loudly in the front pews of church. You might not know what I’m talking about, dear reader, but the McCabes definitely do.

It’s also worth mentioning another branch of the family, and I’m not saying who, fled to America for a possible loose affiliation with the infamous IRA. I’m not too concerned about that. After all, I’ve never been given a concrete reason for why my mother’s side of the family left Sicily to generally settle in mob-famous cities like New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, and at this point, I don’t want to ask. At least nobody ordered a hit on me during my semester in Italy.

So, how does it feel to be adopted Irish? Pretty good, honestly. Granted, when it comes to cultural culinary inclination, the Italians have my heart and tongue by a long shot. Italian scenery is nothing to be lightly dismissed either, but that said, Ireland has a different beauty I find just as captivating. Maggie and I went there on our honeymoon, and the country places high on my list of places I’d like to live if I get sick of America – the Aran Islands in particular. The people are also friendly to everybody (with the likely exception of the English), so staying at vacation rentals around the island was a treat in itself. It’s an experience I recommend to anyone, Irish or not. The prime reason I find myself fortunate to be Irish by adoption, though, is the ability to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day during Lent. Even my German half is down for that.

By Missy Traeger

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Truma M. Rasmusen

Truma M. Rasmusen, 93, of Sauk Centre, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, March 9, 2023, at the Galeon Community Memorial Home in Osakis.

A funeral service was held March 14 at Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Sauk Centre with the Rev. Rebecca Thomas officiating. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery in Sauk Centre. Truma Minick was born May 11, 1929, in Welcome, Minnesota, to Ralph and Laura (Fisher) Minick. Truma grew up in Welcome and Fairmont, where she went to school.

After completing through the ninth grade, she stayed home to care for her mother. Truma met Merlin Rasmusen roller

Truma M. Rasmusen skating at Diamond Point when she was 17. The couple married June 5, 1948, at Osakis Lutheran Church in Osakis. The couple have called Sauk Centre their home for over 72 years where they raised their family. Truma worked at Swift and Company for 10 years and

later at Vocational Biographies for 23 years. She was a member of First Lutheran Church in Sauk Centre, Paul F. Donart VFW Post 2853 Auxiliary and the Sauk Centre Senior Citizens. Truma enjoyed camping, working crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, embroidering, knitting, reading and watching “Wheel of Fortune.” She also enjoyed traveling, taking many motorcycle trips for years, hunting out west in Montana and watching her grandchildren’s sporting events.

Survivors include her children, Larry (Diane) Rasmusen of Sauk Centre, Carol Kleinschmidt of Sauk Centre and Julie (Tim) Schoeck of Osakis; grandchildren

WAY BACK WHEN

100 years ago • March 15, 1923

This week’s high school notes

The sixth grade has at last purchased a new pencil sharpener.

Civics pupils beware; Mrs. Richards is going to administer a test soon to see how much you learned while she was gone for a week in Minneapolis. The seniors have also commenced work on their class play under Mrs. Richards’ supervision.

All but three of the 18 sixth grade pupils who were absent for the past few weeks have returned.

The telephone exchange was visited by Miss Gallagher’s general science class on Tuesday and by the physics class, under Miss Willoughby’s supervision, on Wednesday.

Almer Crickmer received a bronze medal from the Underwood Typewriter Company as a reward for writing 40 words a minute on test material given in February.

50 years ago • March 15, 1973

St. Patrick’s Day celebrations planned

Sauk Centre’s retail merchants are planning a lively day on Saturday, March 17, in honor of St. Patrick. The 200-pound Paddy’s Pig – bathed, groomed and resplendent in a green ribbon – will be on display in the First National Bank lot, and he is expected to gain another 50 pounds before he is given away in an April 9 drawing. Green beer will be available at the downtown bars all day and evening, and a public address system will direct shoppers and visitors to bargains and free refreshments at various downtown businesses. Irishmen, Germans, Norwegians and residents of all nationalities will team up for a 2 p.m. tug-of-war on Sinclair Lewis Avenue; the Poles promise not to bend to the strength of the Irishmen, and chairman Dennis Krik has promised the rope will have sufficient strength to stay together, because it broke last year.

25 years ago • March 17, 1998

SRWD administrator testifies on Sauk Centre dam project

Bob Mostad, Sauk River Watershed District administrator, recently testified at the Minnesota State Capitol before the House Environmental, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance Division in favor of a bill to provide $300,000 to renovate the Sauk Centre dam. Mostad told committee members the Army Corps of Engineers and the

Cards OF THANKS

Thank you

Community Legacies Foundation would like to thank the Sauk Centre Community for their monetary support in the Combined Fund Drive. Your generosity helps us continue the work of part of our mission: to participate in, support and organize events that encourage community pride, civic involvement and shared memories. We do this in several ways. For over 10 years we have funded Christmas in the Park and continue to work toward adding and replacing lights and figurines in the park, supporting Artify Sauk Centre and the Michels Tree Memorial. Thank you for your continued support. Pamela Borgmann, president, Community Legacies Foundation, Inc. H-11-1B

Thank you

The family of Cody Schuur would like to thank the Sauk Centre class of 2010 for the

angel and memorial after Cody’s

Ryan Kleinschmidt, Jamie Kleinschmidt, Shawn Rasmusen, Sam Rasmusen, Angela Joos, Adam Saulsbury and Kali Schoeck; 19 greatgrandchildren and nine greatgreat-grandchildren with one on the way; and sister Florene Larson of Fairmont.

Truma was preceded in death her husband, Merlin Rasmusen, April 13, 2022; parents; brother Donald (Peggy) Minick; son-in-law Rick Kleinschmidt; sister-inlaw Ilene Nett; and brothersin-law Richard Larson and Harvey Hempeck. Arrangements were made with Patton-Schad Funeral & Cremation Services of Sauk Centre. H-11-1B

Department of Natural Resources had both indicated the dam needs to be replaced; the present dam was built in 1935, and in a worst-case scenario, the dam could fail if it is not widened with a berm constructed on the north side and power-operated stop gates installed to replace the stop logs. The committee unanimously voted to add the funding into its bill.

10 years ago • March 14, 2013

Molitor crowned a Stearns County Dairy Princess

Trisha Molitor from Sauk Centre was one of the seven Stearns County Dairy Princesses crowned Saturday in Melrose.She now has a chance to represent the state as Princess Kay of the Milky Way. Molitor, the daughter of Kathy and Al Molitor, grew up on a 320-acre farm where her family of five milks 90 cows and raises steers. She graduated from Sauk Centre High School in 2012 and is currently a crop and weed science major, an agribusiness minor and a Dairy Club member at North Dakota State University. She decided to vie for the dairy princess crown because she is pursuing a career in the industry.

Public NOTICES

STATE OF MINNESOTA

STEARNS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT

SEVENTH JUDICIAL

DISTRICT Court File No: 73-PR-23-349

Case Type: Informal Probate

Notice of Informal Appointment of Personal Representative and Notice to Creditors (Without a Will)

In re the Estate of David Hagen, Deceased TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND CREDITORS:

Notice is hereby given that an application for informal appointment of personal representative has been filed with the Probate Registrar. No will has been presented for probate. The application has been granted.

PROBATE NOTICE Personal Representative of the Estate of the Decedent. Any heir, devisee or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as Personal Representative, or may object to the appointment of the Personal Representative. Unless objections are filed pursuant to Minn Stat. § 524.3-607, and the court otherwise orders, the Personal Representative has full power to administer the Estate, including, after 30 days from the date of issuance of letters, the power to sell, encumber, lease or distribute real estate. Notice is also given that, subject to Minn. Stat. § 524.3801, all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the Personal Representative or to the Court Administrator within four (4) months after the date of this Notice, or the claims will be barred.

Notice is also given that the Probate Registrar has informally appointed the following: Julie Hagen, 617 16th Avenue North, Sartell, MN 56377 as

/s/ George A. Lock Probate Registrar Date: 3rd March 2023

/s/ George A. Lock Court Administrator H-10-2B

Sauk Centre Elementary School

March 20-24

Monday: Chicken nuggets, vegetable and cold sandwich.

Tuesday: Cheeseburger, vegetable and cold sandwich.

Wednesday: Mac-n-cheese, vegetable and cold sandwich.

Thursday: Hamburger hotdish vegetable and cold sandwich.

Friday: No school.

Sauk Centre Secondary School

March 20-24

Monday: Beefy nacho, vegetable and mini corn dog.

Tuesday: Chili, crackers, vegetable and chicken patty on bun.

Wednesday: Corn dog, vegetable and cheeseburger.

Thursday: Hamburger hotdish, vegetable and chicken nuggets.

Friday: No school.

Holy Family School

March 20-24

Monday: Pulled pork with gravy on a bun, jojo potatoes, green beans and fruit sauce.

Tuesday: Texas straw hats, fruit sauce, carrot sticks and dessert.

Wednesday: BBQ chicken, baked potato, green beans and fruit sauce.

Thursday: Meatloaf, scalloped potatoes, corn and fruit sauce.

Friday: No school.

Youth hockey teams take talents to regions

It has been a long time since Prairie Centre youth hockey has experienced the wave of late-season success.

For the first time in over 15 years, the Prairie Centre Bantam B and PeeWee B rosters represented area communities at Minnesota Hockey’s regional tournaments.

Dynamic hooper reaches a dream

Kortan becomes latest Streeter to reach 1,000 points

BY EVAN MICHEALSON Michealson’s Minutes

The Bantam squad performed admirably at the 2023 Minnesota Hockey Bantam B West Region Tournament March 3-4 at Moorhead Sports Center in Moorhead, beginning with a high-scoring affair in the first round versus Minneapolis. The North Stars fell behind 3-1 and struggled to keep up from there, suffering a tough 7-4 loss that sent them to the elimination bracket.

There, Prairie Centre once again met resistance, as Moorhead Black held the North Stars off the scoreboard until the 3:49 mark of the third period on a shot from Leyton Fuchs, who tallied a team-high three goals during the tournament. Prairie Centre lost 5-1, ending its season.

Over two hours away, another Prairie Centre team sought to extend its season as long as it could, as the PeeWees got underway with its 2023 Minnesota Hockey PeeWee B West Region Tournament appearance March 3 at Benson Civic Center in Benson. Like its region-qualifying Bantam counterparts, the North Stars PeeWee B team could not find a win in round one.

After trailing 4-2 following two periods of game time, Prairie Centre sent the game to overtime with a three-goal third period, but opponent Osseo/Maple Grove found the game-winner in extra time. Despite the loss, Eli Warring shined in the spotlight, recording a hat trick.

The PeeWees lost another tight contest in the elimination bracket, as Elk River defeated Prairie Centre 4-3 March 4 behind a four-goal opening period.

In other area sports news:

-Maesyn Thiesen and the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs are your 2023 NCAA Central Region champions and will attend the NCAA Elite Eight for the first time in its history.

The Bulldogs, owners of a 21-1 record in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play, were met with adversity unlike almost anything it had seen this season. The Missouri Southern State Lions were dominating UMD in the regional final March 13, leading by as many as 20 points, before comfortably controlling a 72-61 lead with only 2:07 on the clock.

The Sauk Centre native Thiesen played a huge role in the historic rally, hitting a 3-pointer to cut MSSU’s advantage to eight points before splashing in another three-ball to make it 75-72. UMD held the Lions off the scoreboard when it mattered, outscoring their out-of-state opponent 50-31 in the final two quarters.

Before that improbable result, the Bulldogs defeated Minnesota State University, Mankato 8670 in the regional semifinals March 11 and pushed past Southern Nazarene 66-50 March 10. Thiesen reached double-digit scoring in both games, piling up 12 and 10 points, respectively.

-Thiesen was not the only former Streeter performing on the big stage, as junior swimmer Kali Sayovitz got in the pool to take part in the 2023 CSCAA National Invitational Championship March 9-11 at Elkhart Health and Aquatics in Elkhart, Indiana, representing the Purdue Boilermakers.

Sayovitz placed 48th in the 100-yard freestyle preliminaries, hitting the wall at a stellar 51.28 seconds. She also raced to a 1:50.76 mark in the 200 freestyle, good for 35th.

-As March progresses, so too does the Midwest Volleyball 16s team and their setter, Sara Kittelson

The talented roster gained valuable experience at the Minnesota North Spring Classic March 12 in Superior, Wisconsin, going 2-1 in pool play. Their wins were impressive and convincing, as MWP powered through Bemidji 25-8, 25-12 and defeated host MN North 25-19, 25-11. Northern Attack did manage to get the best of the 16s, however, taking them down in two close sets, 22-25, 21-25.

Rosemount’s Hammerhead team handed MWP a 17-25, 23-25 first-round Gold Bracket loss, the end of a productive tournament appearance.

Across the border in Duluth, the MWP 17s Gold squad, which includes Mackenzie Ritter Isie Kolbo, Brooke Rieland and Raya Sebek, achieved top honors, taking home the Minnesota North Spring Classic 17U Tournament championship March 12.

BY EVAN MICHEALSON STAFF WRITER

Cierra Kortan is not one for setting low-bar goals.

When she met with Sauk Centre girls basketball head coach Scott Bergman at the end of the 2021-22 season to discuss future goals, the then-freshman told him she wanted to reach 1,000 points by the end of her sophomore season.

Such a statement comes not from overconfidence, but a desire to succeed that has followed the star athlete since she was young. Kortan set out and accomplished that goal March 4, eclipsing the 1,000-point mark on a 3-pointer versus Eden Valley-Watkins the following game, a 62-45 Section 6AA quarterfinals win.

“It’s cool to see some of my goals and dreams coming true,” Kortan said. “I’ve dreamed of getting 1,000 points ever since I was a little kid.”

Kortan picked up a basketball and began playing purely out of the curiosity to try something new, and the game has given the Sauk Centre talent joy ever since. She latched onto any possible threads of motivators and role models within the sport as possible and im-

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GIVEN that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: June 2, 2014

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL

AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE:

$80,101.00

MORTGAGOR(S): James R Proell, an unmarried adult MORTGAGEE: Mortgage

Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Central Minnesota Credit Union, its successors and assigns

DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING:

Recorded: June 10, 2014 Stearns County Recorder

Document Number: A1422646 ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: And assigned to: Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC

Dated: March 2, 2020

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GIVEN, that default has occurred in the conditions of that certain mortgage, dated the 26th day of November, 2021, executed by Paul G. Kleven, as mortgagor, to Vermillion State Bank, as mortgagee, filed for record in the office of the County Recorder in and for the County of Stearns, and State of Minnesota, on the 28th day of December 2021, at 12:16 o’clock p.m., and recorded as Document No. A1622762

That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that there has been compliance with all notice provisions and conditions precedent as required by law; and that the mortgagee or assignee has elected to declare the entire sum secured by the note and mortgage to be immediately due and payable as provided in the note and mortgage;

That the original or maximum principal amount secured by the mortgage was Forty-five Thousand and No/100 DOLLARS ($45,000.00); That there is due and

proved from there.

“When I was little, I looked up to Maesyn Thiesen,” Kortan said. “I did her camps and went to watch her everywhere. I actually went to UMD (University of Minnesota-Duluth) to watch her play.”

While she adapted several elements of other people’s skillsets to her game, there are not many players quite like Kortan, who can pull up and knock down threes from a range most players would not even attempt shots from.

“After literally hours shooting on the Dr. Dish, my range became bigger and I knew I could shoot from farther if I kept working on my shot,” she said.

After starting her competitive basketball career in the third grade, the high-potential ball-handler surged through Sauk Centre’s youth programs and contributed at the varsity level as an eighth grader. When her freshman season came around, she was a member of the starting five. While playing so early has its natural challenges, Kortan embraced the opportunity and let the game come to her.

“I wasn’t going to try and overplay it with the older girls,” she said. “Finding your role is so important. I wasn’t trying to do too much, but (instead) do things for the team.”

A promising freshman campaign ceded to another major chance to grow

during the summer, as Kortan played for the North Tartan 15U Elite AAU squad, receiving a shot to perform alongside and against top-level high school players.

“I feel like playing AAU helps me a lot with the competitiveness, knowing what to do in certain situations,” Kortan said. “Since last season, I’ve grown a lot more and learned a lot more about the game.”

Much of her productivity still comes from beyond the arc, but Kortan’s drives to the net also became more physical, yet fluid as her decisiveness and confidence rose into her sophomore season, the 2022-23 winter campaign. She often rose to the occasion later in the games, a product of playing in high-stakes competitions. The Streeters made it to the Section 6AA finals in her freshman season, and the multi-sport phenom also served as a key contributor for Sauk Centre’s first state title in volleyball in 2021.

“I’m used to playing in that atmosphere and now, I just really like it,” Kortan said.

This past season also presented Kortan with another learning experience: taking charge as a leader. With forwards Tory Jennissen and Jenna Gapinski-Vogt suffering untimely injuries that put them out weeks during the regular season, the impactful playmaker was suddenly facing

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Originator: Central Minnesota Credit Union Residential Mortgage Servicer: Nationstar Mortgage LLC COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Stearns Property Address: 724 Birch St S, Sauk Centre, MN 56378 Tax Parcel ID Number: 94.58868.0000 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 6, Block 16, Robbins and Mendenhall`s Addition to the City of Sauk Centre, Stearns County, MN AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE: $69,707.10

THAT all pre-foreclosure requirements have been complied with; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that this is registered property; 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: April 20, 2023 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: County Sheriff`s office, Law Enforcement Center, 807

Courthouse Square, St. Cloud, Minnesota

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claimed to be due on the mortgage, including interest to date hereof, the sum of Fortyfive Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty and 01/100 DOLLARS ($45,760.01);

And that pursuant to the power of sale therein contained, said mortgage will be foreclosed and the tract of land lying and being in the County of Stearns, State of Minnesota, described as follows, to-wit: Lot 11, Block 27, Townsite of Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota The real property’s street address is: 101 Pine St. S., Sauk Centre, MN 56378. The real property’s identification number is: 94.59250.0000. Transaction agent: N/A. Transaction agent’s Mortgage identification number: N/A. Mortgage originator: Vermillion State Bank. will be sold by the sheriff of said county at public auction on the 18th day of May, 2023, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., at Stearns County Law Enforcement Center, 807 Courthouse Square in the City of St. Cloud in said county and state, to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage on said premises and the costs

box-and-one defenses on the regular while trying to keep her team’s spirits high through uneven stretches of play.

“I think after Jenna and Tory got hurt, I realized I had to step up and be more of a leader,” Kortan said.

Even as her efficiency plummeted and the Streeters dropped out of the West Central Conference championship race, the team’s prospects remained fruitful in part because of Kortan finding her stride in the closing stages. She posted 22 or more points in six consecutive games, including a 34-point performance in the first round of the Section 6AA Girls Basketball Tournament March 2.

“It means all my hard work is starting to pay off and I’m starting to see what I’ll get out of it if I put in the work,” she said.

Ultimately, while point totals are a fond reminder of what harnessing skills can do, Kortan also has never made it past the Section 6AA championship and wants Sauk Centre to represent the section once more in the Minnesota State High School League Class AA Girls Basketball Tournament.

“We know we’re a successful program, and that helps push us to want to go to state,” Kortan said. “We all want to work toward one goal.”

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ends in somberness

Sauk Centre girls hoops fall behind late Albany rally

BY EVAN MICHEALSON STAFF WRITER

With a little over nine minutes left in the Section 6AA Girls Basketball Tournament championship game, the two-time defending Albany Huskies called a timeout.

On the other side, the Sauk Centre Streeters were in the midst of a defining moment of their season. Their defense was mustering an unparalleled effort to hold the Huskies to 34 points over the first 27 minutes of the contest, and their playmakers were hitting their shots, giving the second-seeded Streeters a 4134 lead and a chance to knock off the current top dog.

Unfortunately, the Huskies returned from the break with more bite, executing a 15-0 run to end the game and advancing to the 2023 Minnesota State High School League Class AA Girls Basketball State Tournament with a 49-41 victory March 10 at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud.

“This one is going to take a bit to get over,” said Scott Bergman, head coach. “We invested so much into this season and our girls really bought in. That makes it more fun, and also makes it harder when it ends.”

Sauk Centre, with a battered lineup, embraced its underdog status and controlled the lead for much of the game. Initially, the Streeters jumped out to a 13-7 advantage, with senior Torry Kerfeld hitting a flashy reverse layup, Cierra Kortan knocking down big shots and the Sauk Centre defense swarming the basketball.

“We were able to get the ball inside and finish,” Bergman said. “We were getting points inside and out, and whenever you can spread it around, it makes it more difficult to defend.”

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The Huskies pulled to within one with a 5-0 surge, but two quick baskets gave Sauk Centre reestablished control. While Albany always

lurked within multiple possessions, the Streeters were determined to stay ahead, applying lockdown defense against Huskie forwards Alyssa Sand and Kylan Gerads and taking away Albany’s vaunted offense down low.

“Our gameplan was, they do most of their damage inside versus out, so we wanted to limit their drives to the basket and limit their transition points and points off offensive rebounds,” Bergman said. “I think in all of those areas, we were effective.”

Ultimately, Sauk Centre entered the halftime break up by four points, an encouraging position against the state’s second-ranked squad. And when sophomores Tory Jennissen and Kortan made back-to-back shots midway through the second half to lead by seven, the Streeters were riding high and had the Huskies on the back foot.

“The one thing we asked our girls to do is leave every-

thing out on the court, and that’s exactly what they did,” Bergman said.

These shots for Sauk Centre, sadly, stopped falling after that. Despite many open looks and accurate shots, several looks rolled out at the rim as the lack of shooting success became contagious. With their outside game going cold, the Huskies prevented Jennissen and fellow forward Jenna Gapinski-Vogt from winning the game in the paint, and this slowed the Streeters down enough for Albany to come back.

“We’ve had difficulty scoring the ball this season, so we worked on things we thought would be effective to put points on the board,” Bergman said. “It worked for the first three-fourths of the game. That last fourth, the ball stopped going in. They just got the momentum and continued on.”

The season-ending performance saw Kortan score

13 points, including three 3-pointers, while Jennissen posted 11 points and five boards.

“Both Cierra and Tory had nice offensive games and offensive seasons and Maddy Schuster had a tremendous defensive season, so it’s nice to get those three back for the next couple of years,” Bergman said. While that trio focuses on the road ahead, an eventful, emotional journey for Sauk Centre’s seniors came to an end. Gapinski-Vogt, Kerfeld and Heidi Lieser represented the Streeters when it came time to grab the team’s second-place trophy, and it was a difficult, tearful goodbye for upperclassmen who exemplified everything good about Sauk Centre girls basketball.

“You can always tell how much it means to those girls on how they react when the realization that their season and career is over,” Bergman said. “You could tell how much it hurt and meant to them. How they conducted themselves on a daily basis I think was huge. We were very blessed to have three seniors that were tremendous leaders.”

The Streeters end another winter season with a lot to be excited about, wrapping up the campaign with a 21-9 overall record, including a 10-2 mark in Section 6AA and an 8-4 resume in West Central Conference play.

“The final thing I told them was how proud the coaching staff was of them, how they played, not only that day, but all year,” Bergman said. “I’m really proud of how they represented themselves, our school and our community. That’s always something important to us.”

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Kortan 13 points (3A), Jennissen 11 (5R), Kerfeld 7 (4A), Gapinski-Vogt 5 (7R, 3A), Schuster 3 and Lieser 2 (6R).

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Sauk Centre senior Heidi Lieser (right)

Alyssa Sand as Jenna Gapinski-Vogt looks on March 10 at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud. Lieser and GapinskiVogt played in their final game for the Streeters, who lost to the Huskies 49-41 in the Section 6AA Girls Basketball Tournament championship.

Sauk Centre sophomore Tory Jennissen (left) grabs the ball away from Albany’s Alyssa Sand during the Section 6AA Girls Basketball Tournament championship March 10 at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud. Jennissen compiled 11 points and five rebounds in a 49-41 loss.

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