Sauk Centre Herald 04-20-2023

A forever bond

Money matters

SCPS reviews financial developments, donations

BY BEN SONNEK STAFF WRITER

As their building project approaches, Sauk Centre Public Schools is continuing to monitor their financial conditions.

Kowski, Tschida remember Owen, a fellow soldier, who loved to laugh

BY CAROL MOORMAN | STAFF WRITER

Kenny Tschida met Joshua “Josh” Owen when the two joined the Sauk Centre National Guard unit at the same time in 1997. Both were juniors in high school, Tschida in Sauk Centre and Owen in Albany. They attended basic training together in Fort Benning, Georgia, and from 2005-07 served a 22-month deployment to Iraq in the same company.

“If you heard his laugh, you knew it was him,” Tschida said. “Always smiling, always willing to do what needed to be done.”

That laugh has now gone silent.

Owen, an almost 12-year Pope County sheriff’s deputy, passed away April 15 following injuries received during an exchange of gunfire with a domestic assault suspect in Cyrus.

Fellow soldier Scott Kowski, of Sauk Centre, spent hours Sunday morning looking at photos of Owen during that same deployment.

Finally retired

Meyer resigns from longtime Riverview Manor maintenance position

BY BEN SONNEK STAFF WRITER

April is volunteer month, and Dave Meyer has always enjoyed keeping himself busy through volunteering and work. After his initial retirement 24 years ago, he still needed something to do, so he became the maintenance man for Riverview Manor in Sauk Centre.

Now 90, he has retired for real this time, although he is likely to continue being a familiar face as a church usher or fish fry volunteer.

Meyer moved to Sauk Centre in 1958. He started working for the Sauk Centre Veterans of Foreign Wars annual Lenten fish fries in the early 1960s, and he has continued to help with them through this year. As a former infantry clerk typist, he is a veteran himself. He was also a member of the Sauk Centre City Council, serving for two terms in the 1960s, and in those days, councilmembers were not paid.

“That was when we handled welfare in town,” Meyer said.

“The last year I was on was when welfare went to Stearns County. It should’ve stayed in town where it belonged.”

Meyer also served on the Sauk Centre Fire Department for 30 years, half of that time as the fire chief. He continues to volunteer today as an usher for Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in Sauk Centre.

When Meyer first came to

“In every one of them he had a smile on his face. He was just such an easygoing guy and always had a sense of humor,” Kowski said, pausing before adding, “This (his dying) stinks, but we will always have the time we spent together.”

They first met in 1998 also through the National Guard, serving the 2005-07 Iraq deployment together. That connection continued.

“Me being a Sauk Centre firefighter and Josh a Pope County deputy, our paths would overlap when responding to like fire calls, and we’d catch up with each other,” Kowski said. “We’d Snapchat back and forth all the time.”

Thinking about what happened to Owen, Kowski’s voice grows soft.

“This doesn’t happen in small towns,” he said. “You think you are immune to it, until it happens.”

In his report during the school board’s April 17 regular meeting in the school media center, Superintendent Don Peschel mentioned he would be traveling to St. Paul Monday, April 24, as there will be a bill on the house floor which would help the school’s upcoming renovation project recover the $176,000 it lost due to inflation. Although costs have been increasing, the state has not helped mitigate the effect it has had on schools.

Business manager Beth Heinze reported the $289,000 the school received in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds will not go toward summer school as originally planned; other funds have come in to fund that. Instead, the ESSER funds will be used to reduce class sizes through hiring teachers and adding school readiness sections. The funds could also be used for training and buying out the buses the school plans to replace.

EDA in Denmark

Sauk Centre, he worked for Sauk Centre Tire and Recapping, later owning it for a number of years.

In 1978, he managed the club at the Sauk Centre American Legion Post 67 for four years, and then he worked for the United States Postal Service and drove a rural route for 26 years. When he retired from the USPS, he made it three months before deciding he needed to find something else to do.

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Leach, Marthaler tour

Nature Energy biogas facilities

BY BEN SONNEK | STAFF WRITER

As members of the Sauk Centre Economic and Development Authority, Heidi Leach and Jean Marthaler are usually visiting areas in or around Sauk Centre. At the end of March, though, they traveled farther when Nature Energy, a Denmark-based energy company, flew them out to Denmark to tour their biogas facilities, one of which they are interested in placing in Sauk Centre.

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Pope County Deputy Josh Owen served with the sheriff ’s office close to 12 years and had built a bond with his K-9 officer Karma. He was also a military veteran.

PHOTO BY BEN SONNEK

The contingent of law enforcement vehicles is long as it escorts a hearse carrying the body of Pope County Deputy Josh Owen through Sauk Centre April 17. The flashing lights motorcade, which traveled down Interstate 94, was met in Sauk Centre by Pope County Sheriff ’s Department vehicles who provided an escort the remainder of the route to Glenwood.

PHOTO BY BEN SONNEK

Dave Meyer stops at Riverview Manor April 12 in Sauk Centre, the apartments where he worked as a maintenance man for 24 years. Meyer started working there in 1998 after retiring from the United States Postal Service.

PHOTO SUBMITTED Sauk Centre Economic and Development Authority members Jean Marthaler (left) and Heidi Leach visit a Nature Energy biogas plant March 29 in Holsted, Denmark. Nature Energy is interested in installing a biogas plant in Sauk Centre and flew Marthaler and Leach to Denmark to see their facilities.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Boone Jared Bromenshenkel

Blake and Kayla Bromenshenkel, of Sauk Centre, are happy to announce the birth of their son, Boone Jared Bromenshenkel, at 5:25 p.m., April 7, 2023, at CentraCare-St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud.

He weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and was 18.5 inches long.

Welcoming him home was big sister Keeva, 2.

Grandparents are Fritz and Sharon Didier, of Osakis; and

Taylor Josephine Housman

Chris and Jessica Housman, of Melrose, are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, Taylor Josephine Housman, at 7:38 a.m., April 13, 2023, at CentraCare-Melrose Hospital in Melrose.

She weighed 9 pounds and was 22 inches long.

Welcoming her home was big brother Brantley, 2.

Grandparents are Jan Werner, of Sauk Centre; James Housman, of Melrose; Keith

Knights donate $300

Boone Jared Bromenshenkel Wayne and Pat Bromenshenkel, of Sauk Centre.

Great-grandparents are Joe and Beth Niehaus, of Osakis.

Operation Round Up distributes to Sauk Centre organizations

MELROSE – Stearns Electric’s Operation Round UpProgram contributed $58,573 to 80 area organizations in March. Through the program, Stearns Electric Association gives its member-consumers the opportunity to give back to the community by rounding up their electric bill to the nearest dollar.

Mammen, of Melrose; and Sandy

of Orlando, Florida.

Congratulations on your retirement, Ron!

Str eeter Streeter

Why do you feel it’s important to be involved in school activities? I feel it is important because it gives you a sense of involvement and you get to spend time with friends.

Parents: Scott and Wendy Drobny.

Accomplishment: Is a senior member of the Sauk Centre track and field team.

What do you enjoy most about being on the track team? I enjoy getting to spend time with friends and being able to make great memories.

What is your favorite event to compete in? Why? My favorite event to compete in is pole vault because it is so different from all the other events. What other activities are you involved in at school? Other activities that I am involved in are Trapshooting, Cross Country and Student Council.

What is your favorite Streeter tradition? Why? My favorite tradition is one that we have started this year in Cross Country; we found an old folding chair at the beginning of the season and brought it to every meet and plan to continue it through the track season as well.

How do you try to make a difference at school? I try to make a difference by participating in student council, participating in sports and supporting the other sports through the student section at the games.

What teacher has impacted your education the most? Explain. There are several teachers that have taught me very important and impactful material, but I think I would have to say that Mr. Schreiner taught the most impactful material because economics can help me handle money in a smarter way.

What is something you’ve learned in class recently? I have learned about derivatives and u substitution.

Sauk Centre American Legion Club, Sauk Centre High School, Sauk Centre High School lock-in, Sauk Centre Lions-Fairy Lake Association and Sauk Centre Sno-Cleats, Inc., received funding in March 2023.

What is one item on your bucket list? If I had to choose something to put on my bucket list, going to North Dakota to hunt ducks geese would be near the top.

Proudly

HAVE A GREAT SEASON STREETERS!

PHOTO BY BEN SONNEK

Kate Kerin (from left) and Colleen Cianflone with Options for Women receive a $300 check from Sauk Centre Knights of Columbus members Dan Krousey and Dennis Boeckers April 13 at Options for Women in Sauk Centre. The donation was made as part of the Knights’ Aid and Support After Pregnancy program, started in July 2022.

Taylor Josephine Housman

Mammen,

EDA from front

“This is not a typical opportunity for most EDAs,” Leach said.

Leach has been a member of the EDA since 2019, while Marthaler has been a member since 2010.

“In 13 years, I’ve never seen anything like this,” Marthaler said.

The EDA initially met with Nature Energy representatives during their regular meeting Dec. 7, 2022. It was mostly an informal meeting to introduce Nature Energy to the area. In early March, they reached out again to offer a trip to tour their Denmark facilities at the end of the month.

Other Minnesota communities that had been contacted by Nature Energy for this opportunity included Freeport, Luverne, Paynesville, St. James and Winona County. Benson is already in the permitting stage with Nature Energy; the town used to have a turkey manure biofuel plant which was demolished in 2019.

Nature Energy is looking to establish a hub-and-spoke system of plants in the area.

“If they have one here, one in Freeport, one in Paynesville and one in Benson, that’s four within a one-hour drive from Sauk Centre, roughly,” Marthaler said. “Then, they can cross-utilize personnel, so their biochemist can cover four plants, which is probably more financially stable than trying to have one at each place.”

Leach and Marthaler flew out of Minnesota March 26, landing in Copenhagen, Denmark, the next day. Some Minnesota weather followed them there.

“It snowed the first night, and they don’t get snow very often,” Leach said.

The morning of March 28, they started their four-day agenda taking a bus to the Nature Energy headquarters in Odense, getting to see many of the country’s islands while on the way. They were given a presentation at the headquarters, telling them how 30% of Denmark’s energy is derived from biofuels and how they plan to be 100% dependent on natural energy resources within the next seven years.

Leach and Marthaler also met with Nature Energy’s research and development department and received a tour of the laboratory.

The next day, the group was scheduled to go to the Nature Energy Glansager facility, but because of a traffic accident on the highway, they made a last-minute switch and went to a different plant in Holsted.

How do we benefit?

Potential Sauk Centre biogas plant outlined

BY BEN SONNEK | STAFF WRITER

When Nature Energy invited Sauk Centre Economic and Development Authority members Heidi Leach and Jean Marthaler to their Denmark facilities, it was the third time they had brought American visitors for such a tour. However, if they find Sauk Centre to be good place to establish a biogas facility, they might send interested American parties to Sauk Centre instead of flying them to Denmark.

So, in Leach and Marthaler’s estimation, that would be one minor – but still significant – positive side effect of bringing a biogas plant to town.

“It’s a bit of a tourism boost,” Leach said.

The plant Nature Energy would establish in Sauk Centre would be essentially their base model, capable of providing enough natural gas for 15-18,000 homes. It would only take in cow manure but leave open the possibility of expansion as their technology develops.

Nature Energy would call on area construction companies to build the plant. On the city’s end, their responsibility would be to annex any facility land that would potentially fall outside of city limits, as well as incorporating the facility into the city’s power and utilities grid.

The plant would employ seven to 12 fulltime employees, some of whom would be drivers, and 50 to 60 on-call ad hoc service workers including electricians, plumbers and similar tradesmen.

When Leach and Marthaler went to Denmark to tour the Nature Energy facilities, they arrived with the intent of finding out if there was some downside they were missing. They received numerous calls from area residents before they left, people who were intrigued by the idea and on board with it; some people also had questions, so the two brought those questions with them on the trip. However, Leach and Marthaler could hardly find any apparent issues in bringing a biogas plant to some fixes,” Leach said. “They had a breakdown of some of the technology on site, but they also utilized the fact they had a breakdown to do some routine maintenance. (Their) ‘smell test’ allowed us to see what it would smell like in the off chance they’re doing maintenance or have doors open to facilities that contain the smell.”

Leach and Marthaler, though, did not find the open facility to be off-putting. They didn’t smell anything until they were off the bus and in the parking lot.

“If you were 100 feet away from it, I don’t think you would’ve smelled it,” Marthaler said. “If you were offsite, you wouldn’t have smelled it; you had to be close enough. They’re very contained.”

At the plant, they learned how they use heat to kill the manure’s weed seeds and bacteria, and when they return the product to the farmer, it is weed seed-free and enhanced with nitrates, phosphates or whatever else they may need in their soil.

“Everything they did was very efficient,” Marthaler said. “They use the heat from the

Sauk Centre.

“When we met in December (2022), the guy said to us, ‘The only main downside I can think of would be the trucks on the roads,’” Marthaler said. “I thought, ‘That seems a little too good to be true.’ Now, after really researching and trying to find the downside, that’s the only thing I can find, and we’ve looked hard.”

As for the truck issue, Nature Energy does have concerns about the potentially increased truck traffic the plant could bring to Sauk Centre. In Denmark, they allow larger and heavier trucks, whereas Minnesota has road restrictions and seasonal conditions to contend with. Nature Energy is already working on ways to mitigate that concern.

“That wasn’t something we brought up to them,” Marthaler said. “The progressiveness and forethought they have in the way they do business was unlike anything I’ve seen in business, and I deal with a lot of businesses.”

Leach has also heard concerns about people who worry about a foreign-owned business taking root in Sauk Centre. However, Nature Energy is establishing a U.S. company called Nature Energy U.S., LLC, with headquarters in the Twin Cities. Should the Sauk Centre project move ahead, it would be about a two-year timeline from permitting to the end of construction, and the city would be assisting in the permitting process.

The City of Sauk Centre will be calling a special meeting in the near future to hear community feedback, particularly from area farmers. The date will likely be determined at their regular meeting at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 19, at Sauk Centre City Hall.

“My dad was on the city council for many years,” Marthaler said. “He believed in growing this city a certain way – keeping our hometown feel, keeping it positive with a high quality of living, yet finding the industry to bring in that can help us maintain that way of life.”

freshly dropped-off manure to heat up what was already there and kill off the seeds.”

Leach and Marthaler know in the Glansager facility they were originally going to see that day, they also extract carbon dioxide from the manure along with the natural gas, and the carbon dioxide then goes into carbonated beverages.

“They’re constantly refining what they can pull from this manure and still have a usable product to give back to the farmer,” Marthaler said.

The group later went to a dairy farm that is working on joining Nature Energy. They were shown the bedding straw the farm uses for cattle, which soaks up materials better than other bedding.

“To supply to Nature Energy, you need to be bedding with sand or straw,” Leach said. “If you bed with sand, you will need a sand separator.”

In the afternoon – after lunch at the 750-year-old Koldinghus Castle in Kolding – the group toured a hog farm to see its manure collection technology. “Hog manure is more liquid, so it takes a different pro-

cess than cow manure,” Leach said. “They’d be looking at cow manure in Minnesota, not the hog manure.”

On March 30, they visited Mansson Biogas, which adds organic digestate back into manure after the gas has been extracted so farmers can have custom fertilizers. Some of the digestate comes from vegetation and food scraps the plant receives.

“One thing they used that I thought was funny was molasses,” Marthaler said. “Over here, it’s not so much in abundance, but over there, they’ll use it as another additive.”

They later visited an 800cow dairy farm, which utilized a sand separator to extract manure.

“(Our guide) used his hands and picked up the sand,” Leach said. “You could put it on a beach. It was clean as could be, but it’s also useful to the farmer because it keeps them from needing truckloads of new bedding.”

The last day was the group’s fun day. They were driven back to Copenhagen to see the Nyhavn Canal, where Hans Christian Andersen lived for 20 years; the micronation of Freetown Christiania; the Church of Our Savior and the 400 steps up its spire; the changing of the guard at Amalienborg, the royal family’s residence; and Tivoli, the third oldest amusement park in the world, on their first day open that year. Leach and Marthaler stayed a few more days to take in the city before flying home April 4.

Before leaving, Leach and Marthaler also spent some of their off time asking local residents about Nature Energy’s operations.

“I was over there trying to find something wrong with this concept,” Marthaler said. “Unanimously, it was all positive feedback.”

Easter Egg Hunt: Saturday, April 22, 10 a.m.-noon. at the Eagle’s Healing Nest. Kids 3 and under, 10:15 a.m., 4-6 years old, 10:30 a.m., 7-9 years old, 10:45 a.m., 10-12 years old, 11 a.m.

Friends of the Library Monthly Meeting: Thursday, April 27, 4 p.m. in the basement of the library. Anyone interested in Friends of the Library is encouraged to attend.

Relay for Life of Western Stearns County: Friday, June 16, 2023. Our event will take place at the Stearns County Fairgrounds from 4 p.m.-midnight.

Youth ATV Safety Course: ATV Field Day Class Sunday, May 7, in Sauk Centre. Sponsored by the Sauk Centre Sno-Cleats. For information and registration call Chris Kerfeld at 320-766-7223.

Pins and Needles Quilters Monthly Meeting: Second Tuesday of the Month, 7-9 p.m. at the Sauk Centre Senior Center, 321 4th St. N. Goal is to promote the art of quilt making at all skill levels by discussion, lessons, and show and tell of your projects at our meetings. They welcome new members.

Catholic in Recovery/All Addictions Anonymous: Second and fourth Saturday each month at 1 p.m. Located at Centre for Christ.

DivorceCare: Support for those going through a separation and/or divorce, meeting every Thursday for 13 weeks at 6 p.m. beginning Thursday, Feb. 23. Located at Centre for Christ.

GriefShare: Offering support for those who have experienced the loss of a loved one. Meeting every Tuesday for 13 weeks at 6 p.m. beginning Feb. 21. Located at Centre for Christ.

Little Sauk Legion Auxiliary Unit 417 Meeting: Second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Little Sauk Legion. New members welcome.

Western Stearns DFL: Meets the third Tuesday of the month at the Silver Crest Apts. common room, 412 10th St. S., Sauk Centre at 6 p.m. pot luck, 6:30-8 p.m. meeting.

Mental Health Support Group: Fridays from 2-4 p.m. at the Palmer House. We welcome anyone who suffers with mental health issues. Any questions, please contact Richard at 320-260-4233.

Sauk Centre History Museum and Research Center: Museum hours are Sunday and Monday - closed, Tuesday 1-5 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday 1-5 p.m., Friday 12-4 p.m. Located in the Sinclair Lewis Library building at 430 Main Street. Any questions, call 320-351-8777.

Mental Health Crisis Line: 320-253-5555 or 800-635-8008. Crisis Response

Team for Benton, Sherburne, Stearns and Wright counties.

AA Meetings: Thursdays, 11 a.m. at United Church of Christ in Sauk Centre. For more information, call 320-429-1620. AA and Al-Anon 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays in Sauk Centre at United Church of Christ. Back to Basic Meeting, Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at Tutti Fruitti in Sauk Centre. For more information, call 218-240-1076. Wednesdays Big Book Meeting at 7 p.m., Civic Center, Melrose. For more information, call 320241-3909.

NA Meetings: Mondays, 7 p.m. at River of Life Church, Sauk Centre and Fridays at 11 a.m. at Eagle’s Healing Nest Chapel, Sauk Centre.

Alzheimer’s Support Group: The support group for people caring for someone with memory loss holds monthly meetings every fourth Thursday of the month 10-11:30 a.m. at Alternative Senior Care, 418 10th St. S., Sauk Centre. For more information, call 320-352-3350.

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Owen from front

According to the Pope County Sheriff’s Office, shortly before 7:30 p.m., April 15, officers from the Glenwood and Starbuck police departments and the Pope County deputies were dispatched to a Cyrus residence on a domestic call. At one point during the attempted arrest, there was an exchange of gunfire between officers and a man at the home. One Starbuck officer and two Pope County deputy sheriffs were struck by gunfire. The Starbuck officer was injured but was not hospitalized. One deputy was treated for injuries and released. Deputy Owen was transported to Glacial Ridge Hospital in Glenwood in critical condition and later passed away from his injuries.

The suspected shooter was also struck and killed during the exchange of gunfire.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the incident. Names of the other individuals involved have not been released.

Owen was a Pope County deputy for close to 12 years and had built a bond with his K-9 officer Karma.

Pope County Sheriff Tim Riley paid tribute to Owen April 16 during a press conference.

“Deputy Owen had a heart as big as his stature,” Riley said. “He loved his family, his brotherhood and his community.”

Owen, who died on his 44th birthday, is survived by a wife and son.

Tschida said he and Owen grew up through the ranks in the National Guard.

“You didn’t have to second guess what Josh would do,” Tschida said. “If he was told to do something, you knew it would be done and done right.”

One of the last times he and Owen talked, Owen said he was planning a deployment reunion this August.

Saturday night, Tschida saw a post on Facebook about the shooting in Cyrus and that a Pope County deputy had died, later learning it was Owen.

“It was hard to believe,” Tschida said. “I started contacting everyone we were deployed with.”

Kowski was at the Sauk Centre American Legion Saturday night when his son, Austin, who is in the final month of the law enforcement program at Alexandria Technical & Community College, where Owen also went to school, told him he received a text message that a Pope County deputy had been shot following a domestic call.

“I texted Josh right away and said, ‘Please tell me you aren’t working tonight,’ and I never got a response back,” Kowski said.

Austin told him a buddy of his was supposed to do a ridealong with Deputy Owen that night, but it was canceled. Then Kowski heard the deputy who died was a K-9 handler, and his wife, Shelly, told him about a Facebook posting, confirming what he had hoped was not true.

“Josh’s dad wrote, ‘He (Josh) was brought into this world on April 15, 1979, and he was taken from us on April 15, 2023,’” Kowski said.

Kowski went home and sat on the couch for hours, as it sunk in that his friend had died. The next morning, he went through deployment photos, which made him smile thinking about happier times, even during a war.

“All the time during our deployment, we never lost a soldier and we all came home, and then to have something like this happen is so disheartening,” Kowski said. “Until there is respect for law enforcement, it’s not gonna change.”

He called Owen a character. In the military, Kowski said Owen knew when to keep the mood light and when to be serious.

“He was genuine,” Kowski said. “That’s the reason he was in law enforcement. He was there to help people.”

After this, Kowski asked his son if he wanted to reconsider his law enforcement career choice, and he said no.

“It takes a special person to go into that profession,” he said.

Kowski spoke with Owen six days before he died, and they talked about getting together.

“Don’t take anything for granted, because it can be taken away from you sooner than you think,” Kowski said.

Kowski and Tschida will attend Owen’s funeral at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 22, at Minnewaska Area High School in Glenwood.

They watched the procession of law enforcement vehicles driving through Sauk Centre mid-morning April 17, escorting a hearse with a flag-draped casket with Owen’s body inside home to Glenwood, remembering a military brother they have a forever bond with.

“It really hits home,” Tschida said.

Kowski teared up behind his sunglasses.

“We’re bringing him home,” he said.

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Beauty as a sign

West, Mangione presentation draws crowd to Margaret Shelby Theatre

BY BEN SONNEK | STAFF WRITER

As promised, the audience at the Made for More event April 12 was not given a theology lecture. Instead, through the words of Christopher West, the music of Mike Mangione and slides of art, the packed seats of the Margaret Shelby Theatre in Sauk Centre – which included busloads from out of town – received a multisensory experience to drive home how the beauty of the world, especially that of the human person, is meant to point toward a divine reality.

This being West’s first time in Sauk Centre, he was impressed with the volunteers who set up and ran the event, as well as the number of people who attended.

“The audience had a beautiful, open heart all night, very receptive to the message,” West said in post-presentation remarks to Star Publications. “That’s a gift and blessing to me as a presenter.”

A main overarching theme of West’s presentation was on how the human body is meant to make visible the interior reality of the soul, and the body is therefore not meant to be merely looked

at as something but seen as someone.

“We are not souls trapped in our bodies,” West said in his talk. “Our bodies are not something we have; we are our bodies inasmuch as our bodies and our souls are united and express together the mystery of what a human being is. … If we’re just looking, we rupture the body and the soul, and this is a major problem –because there’s a word for the rupture of body and soul.”

In telling his life story, West called his Catholic education’s take on passions the “starvation diet gospel,” wherein the passions are meant to be avoided and suppressed. That was what led him later in life to accept the “fast food gospel,” the world’s message that the passions are meant to be indulged. As a college freshman in 1988, though, he could see how the indulgent life cultivated pain, which he and his friends would try numbing with alcohol.

West then read Pope John Paul II’s reflections on the theology of the body, which explained the passions as an invitation to a heavenly wed-

Meyer from front

And so, in December 1998, he began working for Riverview Manor.

“That just happened to be available,” Meyer said.

“They needed a maintenance man there, so I got my boiler license and worked there.”

Meyer’s maintenance experience, until that point, had included four years of

agricultural education in Morris, learning much of mechanics and carpentry. For 24 years, Meyer worked from 6:30 a.m. to noon at Riverview Manor, approximately 120 hours per month. His day could involve anything – cleaning a vacated apartment, fixing a broken pipe or plugged toilet, repairing roof leaks,

School board from front

The board later approved a large number of donations, including the following for the Margaret Shelby Theatre’s sound and audio-visual systems: $100 from Carol Klaphake, $2,000 from the Centre Area Concert Association, $250 from Hoffman Plumbing, $1,000 from Joel and Emily Dunn, $2,500 from John Wiese Ford – a corrected number reported at a previous meeting – $150 from the Sauk Centre Ladies Acts of Random Kindness, $1,000 from the Sauk Centre Lions Club, $250 from the Little Sauk American Legion, $2,000 from Merle and Kathy Felling, $1,000 from the Sauk Centre Area Chamber of Commerce, $350 from Siw and Johnny Bieringer and $1,000 from the Wander family.

Other donations included $50 from Ag Tech Drainage, $100 from Blue Lake Plastics, $300 from BEAM Electric, $40 from Centre Auto and $300 from Joel Lee for the high school robotics program; $500 from CoBank Agricultural Credit Bank to the elementary school on behalf of Tiffany Scott; $500 from Dan Welle for high school basketball; $1,000 from Oscar Jacobson with the Little Sauk American Legion for the Angel Fund; $6,910 from the Sauk Centre Sno-Cleats for the public school archery

ding feast, showing people’s desire for the infiniteness of God.

“All of creation is designed by God to be fruitful and multiply, and we’re at the pinnacle of it,” West said. “We have something the birds, the bees, the flowers and the trees don’t have. We have freedom, and we can use our freedom to participate in that mystery of lifegiving love or we can reject it. … You are made for ecstasy in union with God forever.”

Identifying the priests and religious in the audience, West explained how their various forms of ministry fulfills the call to spousal union that ev-

Mike Mangione plays his first song during the Made for More event April 12 at the Margaret Shelby Theatre in Sauk Centre. A main theme of the presentation was how the body makes visible the interior reality of the soul.

cleaning or doing yard work.

“It was a job where you didn’t have hours where you had to be there,” Meyer said. “If something broke down in the middle of the night, you went. If they didn’t have heat, you went over there and made sure you got it fixed.”

With the job’s time frame, Meyer did not get to meet much with the Riverview Manor residents until later in the morning.

eryone has, as the priests are married to the church and the religious to Christ. The priest also opens the gates of heaven to all through the celebration of the Mass.

In conclusion, West attributed today’s confusion over sex and gender to a forgetfulness of the purpose of the body and its passions, along with the modern tendency and training to look at people without seeing them. He encouraged listeners to learn more about the Theology of the Body Institute, particularly by visiting tobforfree.com, and to remember that everyone is made for more.

“The things of this world are meant to point us (to heaven),” West said. “We are all enthralled, are we not, with the beauty of a sunrise? … The beauty of the sunrise is a sign that’s meant to point us to the coming of Christ, that he will come again, that there is a love, there is a reality that lasts forever.”

“They didn’t really move around until the mail came, and that’s about the time I was ready to go home,” Meyer said. When Meyer reached 90 years old, he figured he had better quit, so he resigned in March this year. From here on out, he mostly plans to take care of his home and its yard work, but otherwise, for once in a long time, he does not have much planned.

program; and $200 from the United Way of Central Minnesota for school supplies.

“It’s amazing support from our community,” Peschel said. “It’s so important to recognize them for their generosity. We’re very blessed and lucky to have them and to be a part of this community.”

The board also approved a $710,694 furniture quote from Premier Furniture and Equipment. This represents an increase from the school’s originally planned $650,000 cost, but it is expected to be covered by the building project’s contingency fund. The purchase of three propane buses from North Central Bus and Equipment for $398,069.31 was also approved, and the board will explore their options for either marketing the buses to be replaced or trading them in.

Toward the end of the meeting, the board approved the following change orders from Electrical Production Services: $28,368.88 for phase one of the building project and $16,680 for phase two. Other school board news:

– The elementary school is in the midst of their Star360 reading and math tests. Principal Amy Millard reported that the school is considering switching to FastBridge

tests in the future. Additionally, with the school renovation project beginning at the end of this school year, the elementary school does not have their usual space for their Bounce Back summer program; however, the high school has been willing to provide space, so they are exploring that option.

– Senior honors students Samantha Eekhoff, Hailey Hokanson, Nathan Lahr and Kayla Sayovitz will be honored during the Wednesday, April 26, students of excellence banquet.

– Laurie Fevig, Special Education executive director for the West Central Education District, reported their Melrose facility is expected to be ready in time for the beginning of the 2023-24 school year.

– With the weather expected to warm up at some point, the Sauk Centre Student Council is planning on releasing a dress code reminder video for students.

– The public school honored the late Deputy Joshua “Josh” Owen with a moment of silence April 17. Owen was a Pope County Sheriff’s deputy who passed away April 15 following injuries received during an exchange of gunfire with a domestic assault suspect in Cyrus.

– Approved hiring for the following new positions: physical education teacher, elementary teacher, secondary special education teacher,

Alternative Delivery of Specialized Instructional Services reading teacher, study skills middle school block staff member and secondary language arts teacher.

– Approved position changes for peer coach and study skills middle school block staff member Heidi Gustafson and for ADSIS reading teacher Jason McLellan.

– Approved the hiring of the following employees: secondary paraprofessional Blake Jacobs, secondary math teacher Alexa Lien, secondary special education teacher Becki Church, elementary special education teacher Tanya Belden, sixth grade teacher Autumn Senger, third grade teacher Reegan Nelson and physical education teacher Michael Knoblauch.

– Approved the termination of secondary paraprofessional Melissa Miller.

– Approved the resignation of elementary paraprofessional Carol Tabatt.

– Approved the retirements of secondary paraprofessionals Robert and Pam Bergman.

– Approved the child care leave of absence for elementary teacher Andelee Leukam.

The next school board regular meeting will be at 5:30 p.m., Monday, May 15.

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Christopher West begins his presentation April 12 at the Margaret Shelby Theatre in Sauk Centre. The presentation was West’s first visit to Sauk Centre.

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Josh Owen (front) loved to laugh, which is depicted with fellow soldier Benjamin Hatton while serving in Iraq during a 2005-07 deployment. Fellow soldier Scott Kowski called Owen a character who liked to help people.

the April 13 edition of the Sauk Centre Herald, it was incorrectly reported Robert Charles Thomas, Sr., the man arrested by the Todd County Sheriff’s Office on charges of conspiracy to commit murder, was from Sauk Centre. At the time of the paper’s printing, the information had been verified by the TCSO, but a later update clarified Thomas was from Grey Eagle.

Full benefit Fondness for aging family

A couple months ago, I received a health scare when doctors found a lump in my neck area and immediately scheduled me for a CT scan. Life, as I knew it up to that point, was put on pause.

As a self-diagnosed hypochondriac, I thought the worst of the worst. I stalked the internet and diagnosed myself with nine different terminal ailments, all in stage 11. Only severe hypochondriacs can be self-diagnosed as stage 11.

After a full week of life flashing before my eyes, the heaviness of the very real possibility I could be experiencing the beginning of the end anchoring in the deepest part of my gut, I was given the best news I could have received. I felt extremely lucky because I know so many people who have gone through a similar experience and received different news. People I know, people I love and people who are now gone.

At that point, at that moment, I decided I needed to change my life. And by that, I mean I needed to change my mindset.

For too long, I had been wondering about the past and worrying about the future. Very rarely was my mind ever in the now. Here I was, pushing a half-century, kids practically grown, staring down a silver wedding anniversary, and I was one phone call away from a life-changing diagnosis.

Let’s face it, we all are.

Even though the news was good, it was still life-changing because I knew I needed to make changes. Changes in lifestyle, diet and, most of all, mindset.

I recently read about the U.S. Navy Seals and a term they often use: full benefit.

The term doesn’t refer to their health insurance and whether or not they get dental and vision. It refers to adversity and their relentless pursuit of it.

The Navy Seals are the most highly-trained military team in the world. Every day is an unknown of physical and mental challenges that would make the common man cower in the corner and cry for his mommy.

You have to be a special person to be able to accomplish the things a Navy Seal accomplishes. It is for uncommon men with uncommon valor.

But you don’t have to be a physical specimen to adhere to their most basic trait – their willingness to confront adversity and their dedication to overcoming it knowing, in the end, it will

make them better. In essence, Navy Seals are trained to embrace the suck.

The full benefit is that every instance, good or bad, is to be a chance to improve one’s self. As one writer put it, imagine running into a frigidly cold surf, fully clothed and then rolling around in the sand on the beach and then being forced to climb a treacherous hill while wet and full of sand. Instead of running away from such an arduous task, the Seals attack it with vigor, knowing they will be better soldiers having been through the worst of worst conditions. Because they better themselves, they better their team.

Full benefit.

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I can’t imagine anyone wanting to run 26.2 miles because it feels great. But marathon runners do it because it is a challenge that will better them as a person. Mile 4, 7, 12, 19 and 24 might really suck. But the suck leads to a full benefit.

When we lose someone we love, the pain can be unbearable, but only because we had the full benefit of knowing and loving them.

The full benefit of a health scare? The opportunity for self-improvement.

Life, in itself, is an adventure, and sometimes we feel like we are climbing a steep, treacherous hill with sandy, wet clothes on and a backpack full of hockey pucks strapped to our shoulders. Deep down, we know we can do it. The question is are we willing to do it? Do we want to see what is on the other side of the hill? Are will willing to embrace the suck to get the full benefit?

It all comes down to mindset.

Sometimes it isn’t soggy clothes and a steep hill. It might be something as simple as going to the gym or going to church. We may not want to do it in the moment, but if we are of the right mindset, we know there is a full benefit if we do.

So the next time you are faced with a challenge or with adversity, instead of looking at the negatives of the situation, look at the positive.

Whatever obstacle is in front of you, know your human spirit is stronger than you think. The suck is always on the surface. We have to dig down deep into that human spirit to truly change our mindset and to challenge ourselves to overcome the adversity thrown our way.

When we do that, we can live our life to its full benefit.

Broadway production?

I’m not sure if you’ve noticed this too, but there seems to be a huge draw to make everything in our lives a Broadway production. At the risk of sounding like my father, back in my day, weddings and maybe a milestone anniversary party or a baby shower were among the list of acceptable celebrations in life to throw a spectacle of a party.

However, it seems the tides have changed. I’m certain I am not the only one who is having trouble swimming through the undertow. I won’t make a Broadway production of this transition and say anyone is drowning, but the lifeguards may want to stay on alert.

As if there are not enough stress-filled times in our lives already, now it almost appears we are creating more just for the sake of not offending someone or to keep up with the Joneses.

I’m not sure when things changed, or if it’s always been this way, but when did it become necessary to receive praise and accolades just for living your life?

I am not saying to start excluding people or to judge anyone for the choices they’ve made. After all, this is the United States of America, and part of the draw to live here is everyone is free to make their own choices. However, that also means that, if I don’t

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like a choice you’ve made, I have the right to not praise you for it, and that’s OK. As long as we aren’t disrespectful to anyone’s choices, why does it matter?

If I am not a pharmacist, I am not qualified to step behind a pharmacy counter and fill a prescription. If I am not a brewmaster, I am not qualified to brew anything someone may want to consume. If I am not a surgeon, I am not qualified to perform a surgery.

However, if I am a pharmacist, brewmaster, surgeon or you name the area of expertise, I most likely take pride in my work and what I do.

I should use my expertise to better the world with my God-given talents.

What I should not do is use my expertise to make a platform to celebrate anyone or anything that honestly doesn’t pertain to me or my talents. Let everyone make their own choices and live their own lives.

If a toddler – or adult – is throwing a temper tantrum do we feed into their attention seeking, or do we leave them to it until they realize it’s wasted energy?

Let’s just say staying in my own lane is preferable while driving a vehicle. Life really isn’t any different.

Wall talkers

The nickname “Wall Talker” is often given to someone who participates in the high school activity known as speech. This may seem rather odd, but there is a logical explanation for it. Before a speaker competes at a speech competition, they’ll typically stand in front of a random wall in the hallway of the school they are competing in and recite their speech to it.

When I was at my first speech meet in seventh grade and a senior told me to do this, I felt like an absolute idiot. It felt extremely awkward and embarrassing to say an entire 10-minute speech to a brick wall. However, when I said my speech to a wall for the last time ever this past Saturday, it didn’t feel awkward anymore. It felt natural and way less embarrassing than I had initially thought.

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had the privilege of participating in. Since joining, I have met some of my best friends and biggest mentors while getting dragged into other areas of the fine arts such as one act and musical. I’ve learned how to work hard, compete and, most importantly, grow as a person. Oftentimes, fine arts activities, especially speech, don’t get a lot of credit for how difficult competing actually is. Having the bravery to stand up in front of an entire room of people and recite a 10-minute speech without messing up or missing a beat is one of the most challenging things I’ve ever done. I’ve tried countless sports and played in hundreds of games in my life, but nothing compares to the stress and adrenaline rush I feel while waiting to speak at a speech meet.

With May approaching, my mind wanders to my aunt, Marie Wiener, of Sauk Centre, who was born May 19, 1922, and passed away May 22, 2016, just a few days after she turned 94.

Marie was a spunky woman who loved to cook, bake and garden. She enjoyed being a foster grandma and, of course, raising her and husband Sylvester’s five children. Her apartment was filled with photos of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, proof she had a fondness in her heart for them also.

The morning Dad died unexpectedly, I drove to Sauk Centre to pick Marie up and take her to the Melrose hospital to see Dad, even though he had passed away by that time. She told me how grateful she was to me for taking her to see her younger brother. It’s the least I could do. She was the oldest and lone living sibling of Casper and Mary Moorman’s six children. I can’t imagine what it feels like to be the only sibling remaining in a family and am thankful I, hopefully, won’t have to deal with that anytime soon.

After that, Mom and I would make frequent trips to Sauk Centre to visit Marie in her apartment and, later in life, at St. Michael’s Nursing Home. No matter the location, Marie was a gracious hostess.

We would also visit Mom’s sister, Marcella “Sally” Radermacher, in her Sauk Centre home, sitting around her small drop-leaf table in her kitchen area – which usually held an offering of food – and chat for hours, but never long enough for Sally. Over the years, I purchased homemade rugs Sally made and gave them as wedding gifts.

It was hard for Sally to accept her move to Fairway Pines in Sauk Centre, so much so that she would often walk back and forth to her former home.

Mom had to remind me that Sally preferred to be called by her baptismal name Marcella, but I often reverted back to Sally. Sally was 99 when she passed away Feb. 9, 2022, but she always acted much younger than her years. She would have turned 100 five months later on July 19, but I’m sure she was happy to celebrate it in heaven with her husband, Norman, and other family, including many of her younger 11 Kemper siblings. Sally was the oldest of Joseph and Bernadine Kemper’s children and proud of that. She loved to go fishing with Norman, and even later in life, when it wasn’t so easy to climb in and out of the boat, she was still determined to catch and, I imagine, clean those fish.

Then, there was my aunt and godmother, Loretta Didier, who lived in rural West Union with husband Shorty. She passed away Jan. 24, 2021, at the age of 97, a few weeks after her Jan. 9 birthday. Loretta was short in stature but strong in will. Not much got by her, and she stood her ground on many occasions. I can still see her butchering chickens. In my mind, I can picture the photo of Aunt Loretta in their farmyard standing by a truck where my brothers, Mark and Tom, were displaying a deer they shot. I recall one time I was helping her put her real Christmas tree up in their farmhouse living room, and it wouldn’t stand straight, so Loretta hooked a sting from the top of the tree to the top shade rod so the tree stood straight. It took us a few times, but it did the trick and, as far as I know, it stood for the whole Christmas season.

It was always – and still is – a treat visiting with my aunts and uncles, most of whom are now gone. It was like a breath of fresh air listening to their stories and advice.

May is Older Americans Month, a good reminder to spend time with aging relatives and friends. But then again, there is never a bad time. My aged aunts are proof of that.

Remember victims’ rights

By Barb Dinkel Goodrich, Hands of Hope Resource Center, Long Prairie

Every year, millions of people’s lives are impacted by crime. Victimization and its aftermath may be one of the most difficult periods in a person’s life – and victims’ families, friends and communities often face their own challenges as well.

When I joined speech six years ago as an inexperienced seventh grader, I never would’ve imagined the impact it would have on my life. My ability for public speaking has only grown since joining, and it’s one of the most influential activities I’ve ever

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Unfortunately, this past Saturday, the years of healthy nerves came to an end. After competing in the final round of sections, I felt surprisingly calm. I had never felt calm after performing a speech before, but this time I did. I told myself I had done the best I could have possibly done and the results would speak for themselves. But, as my name was announced in fourth place, one placement short of state, I couldn’t process it. The thought of my speech career being over was overwhelming and heartbreaking, but I was proud – proud of myself for making it that close, proud of the seventh grader who had given this random activity a chance, but most of all, proud of my best friend standing next to me, getting the blue medal placed around her neck, a sign that her speech career would end at the state tournament. Getting to share this activity with her has truly been the highlight of my speech career, and I wouldn’t have wanted to stand on that stage with anyone else.

After wiping my tears, I looked at my younger teammates who still have many more years ahead of them and smiled, knowing they, too, would do amazing things in the coming years. While my time as a wall talker is over, it’s truly been one to remember and one I will treasure for many years to come.

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Since 1981, National Crime Victims’ Rights Week has been celebrated every year in April. Prior to this date, crime victims had no rights, access to crime victim compensation or services to help rebuild their lives. They were often excluded from courtrooms, treated as an afterthought by the criminal justice system and denied an opportunity to speak at sentencing. Yet, through decades of advocacy and hard work, we have come a long way. Today, all states have enacted crime victims’ rights laws and established crime victim compensation funds.

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week 2023 (April 23-29) honors and celebrates the achievements made since 1981 in securing rights, protections and services for victims and their families. This year’s theme – “Survivor Voices: Elevate. Engage. Effect Change.” – calls upon communities to amplify the voices of survivors and commit to creating an environment where survivors have the confidence that they will be heard, believed, and supported.

If you are a victim of crime or would like additional information regarding victim rights, contact Hands of Hope Resource Center at 320-732-2319.

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Third quarter honor roll students named

The following Sauk Centre Secondary School students have achieved a grade point average of 3.0 to 3.666 in the third quarter to be on the “B” honor roll:

7th grade

Baya Ahrens, Ryan Anderson, Victor Anderson, Monroe Angulo, Elizabeth Beissel, Ethan Bromenshenkel, Riley Brown, Blayde Frank, Andrew Friedrichs, Henry Froemming, Connor Kane, Benjamin Klaphake, Mayleigh Krick, Garrett Leagjeld, David Ledezma, Jackson Lieser, Jonathan Marbelt Diaz, Chase Marty, Benny Merten, Hailey Meyer, Tyler Meyer, Lisette Mondragon Becerra, Emma Nelson, Isabella Obrzut, Graham Radjenovich, Gideon Rode, Emmit Ruegemer, Analise Saltmarsh, Livja Sebek, Brylee Seidel, Addison Sjogren, Ethan Terhaar, Tanner Terhaar, Luke Wanderscheid, Eli Warring, Michael Wiegers.

8th grade

Lucas Ahrens, Gunner Beilke, Megan Broich, Amelia Brunko, Aiden Felling, Leyton Fuchs, Aaron Gomez, Brianna Hansen, Alex Helgeson, Joseph Hoeschen, Isaac Hokanson, Avery Imdieke, Katie Karl, Jaden Lahr, Vincent Marthaler, LeAnna Middendorf, Mylee Middendorf, Morgan Nelson, John Olmscheid, Yareli Raya, Gabrial Ritter, Riley Schmitz, Makenzey Stutzman, Lily Sunderman, Wyatt Turner, Ace Twedt.

9th grade

Zoey Anderson, Bronson

Angulo, Xochilt Arriaza Martinez, Makenna Bailey, Aiden Borgmann, Ashley Dreger, Bryce Fiedler, David Gilmore, Kiley Jones, Isabelle Kampsen, Jackson Kerfeld, Keely Klein, Austin Leonard, Austin Marthaler, Gabriel Middendorf, Alivia Nathe, Carter Nelson, Caleb Primus, Kierra Ritter, TyAisa Schwartz, Daeson Seidel, Colton Volkman, Daisy Zimmermann.

10th grade

Logan Anderson, Yahir Botello-Ramirez, Hunter Broich, Matthew Brunko,

Dennis N. Rykken

Dennis N. Rykken, 81, of Sauk Centre, passed away from complications of a stroke April 13, 2023, at the St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m., Tuesday, April 25, at First Lutheran Church in Sauk Centre with the Rev. Rebecca Thomas officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date.

Visitation will be 9:3011 a.m., Tuesday, prior to the service at First Lutheran Church.

Dennis Neal Rykken was born May 21, 1941, in Willmar, Minnesota, to Hartley and Stella (Peterson) Rykken. Dennis was united in marriage to Barbara Lausen Sept. 1, 1962, in Sacred Heart, Minnesota. He graduated

Violet V. (Luepke)

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Violet V. (Luepke)

Hansen, 99, of Sauk Centre, formerly of Morgan, passed away peacefully and surrounded by her family April 17, 2023, at the CentraCare Care Center in Sauk Centre.

A funeral service will be at 11 a.m., Friday, April 21, at Zion Lutheran Church in Sauk Centre with the Rev. Marty Porter officiating. Interment will be at 11 a.m., Monday, April 24, at Bethany Lutheran Cemetery near Morgan. Visitation will be 10-11 a.m., Friday, at the church.

Violet (Luepke) Hansen was born March 5, 1924, on a farm by Courtland, Minnesota, to Herman and Frieda (Rautenberg) Luepke. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in New Ulm. She was the fourth of five children. Violet attended

Hunter Dickinson, Skyley Frank, Amber Groetsch, Troy Hansen, Landon Ilgen, Victoria Jennissen, Ryland Johnson, Emma Klaphake, Mason Miller, Ashley Quijano Mota, Jayden Randall, Yesliany Rivera Robles, Taylor Roberts, Melvin Roering, Kalli Schirmers, Parker Sorenson, Pyper Vogt.

11th grade Zachary Bick, Christopher Boyer, Claire Bushard, Devon Cervantes, Devin CrawfordKlinnert, Ashley Dold, Benjamin Eekhoff, Rykin Engle, Nevaeh Hartmann, Nolan Kampsen, Kyanne Kortan, Ariston Kraft, Abigail Masog, Vicente MejiaGonzalez, Ethan Middendorf, Keegan Middendorf, Elizabeth Mielke, Ethan Nathe, Caitlynn Obrzut, Francesca Rivers, Alexander Tate, Jennifer Vasquez-Garcia, Lanna Walter. 12th grade Riley Becker, Owen Christians, Jake Cline, Jesus Cruz, Hunter Danielson, Sixtine Deraymaeker, Jenna GapinskiVogt, Ashley Hansen, Aaron Kerfeld, Hayley Klockenga, Simon Marthaler, Spencer Marthaler, Nathan Schirmers, Steven Schreifels, Matthew Warring, Carter Ziemer. The following secondary school students have achieved a grade point average of 3.667 to 4.00 in the third quarter to be on the “A” honor roll: 7th grade Abigail Anderson-Nyhus, Jolene Bieringer, Kiera Bjork, Janixia Cervantes, Olivia Christen, Molly Cossette, Paige Determan, Sawyer Deters, Alexander Drevlow, Treivyn Graves, Livia Jennissen, Gemma Kleinschmidt, Kendra Kortan, Eden Kuhlmann, Kaylin Leonard, Hunter Leslie, Nicole Mellgren, Jackson Messer, Aidin Middendorf, Megan Miller, Dilan Montanez, Sidney Moritz, Kaiya Nelson, Leah Peters, Corey Ronning, Sylvie Schirmers, Lauren Sebek, Brynlee Seidel, Aliya Shoutz, Landon Thieschafer, Nora Thieschafer, Eli Yarke.

8th grade Matilda Ahrens, Makenna

Barthel, Drake Bass, Kendall

Bennett, Kasen Berscheit, Kyle

Blonigen, Silas Borgerding, Peyton Borgmann, Addison

Bromenshenkel, Kali

Bromenshenkel, Jace Chalich, Alani Chavez Andrade, Kenna

Crider, Clara Deters, Landen

Dold, Cassidy Drobny, Alexis

Engle, Anna Feltman, Benjamin

Friedrichs, Katie Gregory, Samantha Gregory, Hayden

Groetsch, Mason Klaphake, Brody Laven, Lily Leach, Karen Lieser, Grant Linscheid, Avi Losey, Gabrielle Marthaler, Jenna Messer, Jackson Moritz, Brady Parish, Evan Peterson, Hayleigh Primus, Aubree

Randall, Lucia Rieland, Jenna

Riley, Jaycob Rodriguez, Nicholas Sabrowsky, Nadia

Stadsvold, Kahlen Suelflow, Brooke Sunderman, Zhou

Tasic, Alyssa Tegels, Nora

Thompson, Alexander

Trierweiler, Logan Wiehoff, Aidenn Rienn Woeste, Aiden

Wolbeck, Dawson Wolbeck. 9th grade

Lindyn Anderson, Brooke

Bromenshenkel, Teagan

Bromenshenkel, Leah Brunko, Reid Burkey, Landon Buysse, Noah Christen, Keegan

Christians, Jacob Drevlow,

Katyla Engle, Carly Gruenes, Josiah Hart, Elizabeth

Herickhoff, Maizlyn Jennissen, Brayden Johnson, Taylor

Kostreba, Anna Lin, Summer

Magnuson, Olivia Marsh, Jay

McLellan, Abigail Middendorf, Brianna Middendorf, Corbin Middendorf, Emma

Miller, Abigail Mohs, Zaron

Olmschenk, Anastasia

Polipnick, Emily Schmiesing, Nya Thieschafer, Megan

Uphoff, Gabrielle Volkmann, Julia Wehrman, Matthew

Zenzen

10th grade

Damian Ahrens, Noble Ahrens, Sevrin Anderson, Vivian

Andreasen, Sophia Arends, Faith Bennett-Brueggemeier, Addison Bick, Noah

Borgerding, Elijah Duchene, Logan Frank, Alexandra Goerdt, Blake Groetsch, Chad Herickhoff, Miriam Ibarra

OBITUARIES

Dennis N. Rykken from Augsburg University with a Bachelor’s Degree in sociology and minors in psychology and economics. He went on to earn his Master of Social Work from the University of Hawaii in 1968. Dennis started his social work career in Mankato before moving to Sauk Centre in

Mejia, Ethan Isenbart, Evelyn Juarez Valencia, Sara Kittelson, Sienna Klaphake, Cierra Kortan, Connor Krupa, Jacob Lahr, Brooke Larson, Zoey Leslie, Katlyn Mader, Linda Martinez, Grace Mynczywor, Enara Nelson, Adam Neubert, Emily Obrzut, Jimena Orozco, Annica Ostendorf, Bryce Parish Lydia Peterson, Jennifer RayaBarrera, Ellen Rick, Trevor Roelike, Jerricka Roering, Jeric Schloegl, Madelyn Schuster, Neal Stadsvold, Sarah Trebus Ashton Trisko, Haddie Walter Jacob Wanderscheid, Emily Wojtanowitz, Evan Zales.

11th grade Violet Anderson, Emily Bromenshenkel, Jessica Cline, Avery Crider, Andrew Drevlow, Lauren Feltman, Ava Friedrichs, Alexis Groetsch, Dylan Gruenes, Karli Gustafson, Austin Helgeson Addison Hoffman, April Klaphake, Zach Klimek, Kiara Klinkhammer, Isabelle Kolbo, Victoria Marthaler, Owen J Messer, Luke Middendorf Serena Middendorf, Sophia Mueller, Maria NavarreteRuiz, Benjamin Nelson, Jay Neubert, Jorja Novak, Zander Olmschenk, Emily Peters Christopher Polipnick, Eduardo Raya-Barrera, Avery Rieland, Brooke Rieland, Ethan Riley, Mackenzie Ritter, Jacob Robischon, Stella Schirmers Raya Sebek, Lisa Straninger Nina Thieschafer, Henry Wendland.

12th grade Martina Acciari, Benjamin Anderson, Josie Anderson Reese Blondin, Mitchell Christen, Jarod Drobny, Samantha Eekhoff, Elijah Fletcher, Hailey Hokanson, Brandon Kampsen, Ava Kerfeld, Nathaniel Lahr Jillian Lieser, Kate McKeown, Elizabeth Morton, Adrian Neubert, Kyle Sayovitz, Eve Schoenberg, Carter Schuster Derick Sorenson, Hailey Thompson, Maia Volkmann.

1974 to work at the Minnesota Correctional Facility as a program director. Dennis retired from MCF-Sauk Centre as the assistant superintendent when the facility closed. Upon retiring from state service, he continued to work for SEH for three years as a business development municipal utilities consultant. Dennis served as a board member for the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Commission for seven years, Sauk Centre Public Utilities Commission for 27 years – 16 of those years as the commission’s chair – and the Sauk Centre City Council for many years, serving as mayor of Sauk Centre on three separate occasions.

Dennis loved traveling, camping and going on cruises

and raising a family, besides working at various parttime jobs. When her kids were grown, she worked as a receptionist for many years at the Morgan Veterinary office.

with his wife, Barb. Anyone who knew “Dennie,” knew he loved visiting and going out for a meal with family. Telling stories and jokes came easy to him. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Barbara Rykken, of Sauk Centre; children Maile (Michael) Lambrecht of Sauk Rapids and Jay (Sarah) Rykken of St. Joseph; grandchildren Jacob, Jadrien, Brennen, Mia and Addison; sisters Donna (Jim) Lessman and Diane Hite. Dennis was preceded in death by his parents, Hartley and Stella Rykken; and grandson Alex Rykken.

Arrangements were made with Patton-Schad Funeral and Cremation Services, of Sauk Centre.

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Violet V. (Luepke) Hansen

the Lutheran school in New Ulm through the eighth grade but had to quit to help on the farm when her mother became ill. She loved to go to dances, and that is where she met her future husband, Leonard Hansen. They married in 1942 and lived on a farm near Morgan. She was a busy farm wife with cooking, gardening

Violet and Leonard had three children, Judy, Carol and Dale. It had always bothered Violet that she hadn’t gone to high school, so when her children were all in school, she took a fouryear correspondence course, graduating in two years.

After Leonard passed away in 2007, she continued to live and work on the farm until she was 92 years of age. She then moved to a house on the Rainbow Lodge property by Sauk Centre. She loved to help out at the restaurant there until the age of 97 when she moved into the CentraCare Nursing Home.

Survivors include her daughters, Judy (Pete) Panitzke

of Sauk Centre and Carol (Ken) Podratz of Granite Falls; son Dale (Karen) Hansen of Morgan; eight grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren; sister Lucille Johnson; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Violet was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard; parents; granddaughter Amy Panitzke; father and motherin-law Alfred and Minnie Hansen; brothers Wilbert and Melvin (Mae) Luepke; sister Lorine (Carl) Wiese; brotherin-law Sydney Johnson; and sister-in-law Ruth (Harold) Kalk.

Our family feels so thankful that God blessed us with the gift of a wonderful mom and grandma.

Arrangements were made with Patton-Schad Funeral and Cremation Services, of Sauk Centre. H-16-1B

Important Information Regarding Property Assessments

This may affect your 2024 property taxes.

The Board of Appeal and Equalization for Kandota Township will meet on Thursday, April 27th, 2023 at 9:00 am at the Kandota Townhall. The purpose of this meeting is to determine whether property in the jurisdiction has been properly valued by the assessor.

If you believe the value or classification of your property is incorrect, please contact your assessor’s office to discuss your concerns. If you disagree with the valuation or classification after discussing it with your assessor, you may appear before the local board of appeal and equalization. The board will review your assessments and may make corrrections as needed. Generally, you must appeal to the local board before appealing to the County Board of Appeal and Equalization.

You must make an appointment to appear before the board of appeal and equalization. For appointments, contact the Todd County Assessor’s office at: (320) 732-4431. H-16-1B

CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME

Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333

ASSUMED NAME: Redhead Creamery and Spirits.

PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS: 31535 463rd Avenue, Brooten, MN 56316 USA.

NAMEHOLDER(S): Redhead Creamery LLC, 31535 463rd Avenue, Brooten, MN 56316 USA.

By typing my name, I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the applicable chapter of Minnesota Statutes. I understand that by signing this document

I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.

/s/ Lucas Sjostrom 04/16/2023 H-16-2B

CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME

Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333

ASSUMED NAME: Redhead Creamery Spirits.

PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS: 31535 463rd Avenue, Brooten, MN 56316 USA.

NAMEHOLDER(S): Redhead Creamery LLC, 31535 463rd Avenue, Brooten, MN 56316 USA.

By typing my name, I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the applicable chapter of Minnesota Statutes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.

/s/ Lucas Sjostrom 04/16/2023 H-16-2B

CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333

ASSUMED NAME: New Tread.

PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS: 420 Huskie Drive, PO Box 129, Albany, MN 56307 USA.

NAMEHOLDER(S): BB Wheels, LLC, 420 Huskie Drive, PO Box 129, Albany, MN 56307 USA and KimSha, Inc., 420 Huskie Drive, PO Box 129, Albany, MN 56307 USA.

By typing my name, I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the applicable chapter of Minnesota Statutes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath. /s/ Kent R. Gustafson 04/04/2023

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NOTICE IS HEREBY

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

Date: March 21, 2023

YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT:

1. Default has occurred in the conditions of the Mortgage dated September 24, 2019, executed by Richard E. Holm and Suzanne M. Holm, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to Liberty Bank Minnesota, as Mortgagee, and filed for record October 18, 2019, as Document No. A1555060, in the Office of the County Recorder of Stearns County, Minnesota. The land described in the Mortgage is not registered land.

2. The Mortgage has not been assigned.

3. The original principal amount secured by the Mortgage was $124,000.00.

4. No action or proceeding at law is now pending to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage, or any part thereof.

5. The holder of the Mortgage has complied with all conditions precedent to acceleration of the debt secured by the Mortgage and foreclosure of the Mortgage, and all notice and other requirements of

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

DATE OF MORTGAGE: April 27, 2007

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $66,000.00

MORTGAGOR(S): Patricia A Lemke, a single person MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Advisor`s Mortgage, LLC, its successors and assigns DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING:

Recorded: May 7, 2007 Stearns County Recorder

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 and disbursements allowed by

NOTICE OF

applicable statutes.

6. At the date of this Notice the amount due on the Mortgage, and taxes, if any, paid by the holder of the Mortgage is $118,072.32.

7. Pursuant to the power of sale in the Mortgage, the Mortgage will be foreclosed, and the land located in Stearns County, Minnesota, described as follows: Lot 2, Block 3, Pond View Ridge Four, Stearns County, Minnesota will be sold by the County Sheriff of Stearns County, Minnesota, at public auction on May 11, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., at the Stearns County Sheriff’s Department, located at 807 Courthouse Square, St. Cloud, Minnesota.

8. To the best of Mortgagee’s information, the property being foreclosed has a property address of 1511 Dale Street East, St. Joseph, Minnesota 56374, and has tax parcel identification number 84.53790.0114.

9. The time allowed by law

law, subject to redemption by the mortgagor, his personal representative or assigns within six (6) months from date of sale.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, 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 November 18, 2023. THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES 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

for redemption by Mortgagors or Mortgagors’ personal representatives or assigns is six (6) months after the date of sale.

10. The property must be vacated by 11:59 p.m. on November 12, 2023, provided the Mortgagors have not reinstated the Mortgage under Minnesota Statutes, Section 580.30 or redeemed the property under Minnesota Statutes, Section 580.23. If the foregoing date is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, then the date to vacate is the next business day at 11:59 p.m.

11. THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGORS, THE MORTGAGORS’ PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES 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

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

And assigned to: Firstkey Mortgage, LLC

Dated: January 8, 2021

Recorded: January 27, 2021 Stearns County Recorder

Document Number: A1592635

And assigned to: Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2019-4, U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee

Dated: February 11, 2021

Recorded: January 12, 2023 Stearns County Recorder Document Number: A1647387 Transaction Agent: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. Transaction Agent Mortgage Identification Number: 100199600000148649

USED IN AGRICULTURAL

PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 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 Dated this 13th day of March, 2023. VERMILLION STATE BANK, Mortgagee Jennifer G. Lurken GISLASON & HUNTER LLP Attorneys for Vermillion State Bank Eide Bailly Center, Suite 500 111 South 2nd Street Mankato, MN 56001 Phone: 507-387-1115 Fax: 507-387-4413

ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. LIBERTY BANK MINNESOTA /s/ Benjamin B. Bohnsack (#0319399) Rinke Noonan Suite 300 US Bank Plaza

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CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333

ASSUMED NAME: WheelSetGo.

PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS: 420 Huskie Drive, PO Box 129, Albany, MN 56307 USA.

NAMEHOLDER(S): BB Wheels, LLC, 420 Huskie Drive, PO Box 129, Albany, MN 56307 USA and KimSha, Inc., 420 Huskie Drive, PO Box 129, Albany, MN 56307 USA.

By typing my name, I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the applicable chapter of Minnesota Statutes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath. /s/ Kent R. Gustafson 04/04/2023 H-15-2B

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

DATE OF MORTGAGE: June 2, 2014

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF

Document Number: 1226621

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: And assigned to: CitiMortgage, Inc.

Dated: September 29, 2012

Recorded: October 1, 2012 Stearns County Recorder Document Number: A1380096 And assigned to: Federal National Mortgage Association

Dated: June 15, 2016

Recorded: June 15, 2016 Stearns County Recorder Document Number: A1470580

And assigned to: U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee for Towd Point Master Funding Trust 2019-PM9

Dated: November 25, 2019

Recorded: November 26, 2019 Stearns County Recorder Document Number: A1557922

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE

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 to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and disbursements, including attorney 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.

Lender/Broker/Mortgage Originator: Advisor`s Mortgage, LLC

Residential Mortgage Servicer: Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Stearns Property Address: 152 35th Ave N, Saint Cloud, MN 56303 Tax Parcel ID Number: 82.46261.0000

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 28, Block 7, Cottage Place, an Addition to St. Cloud, Stearns County, MN

AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE

AS OF DATE OF NOTICE: $71,213.69

THAT all pre-foreclosure requirements have been complied with; that no action or proceeding has been instituted

FORECLOSURE SALE

If the Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or the property is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on October 20, 2023, or the next business day if October 20, 2023 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

Mortgagor(s) released from financial obligation: NONE THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT.

ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE 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. THE TIME ALLOWED BY

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:

May 31, 2023 at 10:00 AM

PLACE OF SALE: County

Sheriff`s office, Law Enforcement Center, 807 Courthouse Square, St. Cloud, Minnesota to pay the debt secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, on said premises and the costs and disbursements, including attorney 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.

If the Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or the property is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on December 1, 2023, or the next business day if December 1, 2023 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

Mortgagor(s) released from financial obligation: NONE THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT

LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES 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: February 22, 2023

MORTGAGEE: Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC Wilford, Geske & Cook, P.A. Attorneys for Mortgagee 7616 Currell Boulevard, Suite 200 Woodbury, MN 55125 (651) 209-3300

PURPOSE. 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. THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES 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: April 8, 2023

MORTGAGEE: Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2019-4, U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee Wilford, Geske & Cook, P.A. Attorneys for Mortgagee 7616 Currell Boulevard, Suite 200 Woodbury, MN 55125 (651) 209-3300

File Number: 051996-F1 H-15-6B

File Number: 052468-F1

NOTICE OF

POSTPONEMENT OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

The above referenced sale scheduled for April 20, 2023 at 10:00 AM has been postponed to May 23, 2023 at 10:00 AM in the Stearns County Sheriff’s office, Law Enforcement Center, 807 Courthouse Square, St. Cloud, Minnesota in said County and State.

DATED: April 13, 2023 ASSIGNEE OF MORTGAGEE: Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC Wilford, Geske & Cook, P.A. Attorneys for Mortgagee 7616 Currell Boulevard, Suite 200 Woodbury, MN 55125 (651) 209-3300

Third quarter Wall of Fame students selected

The following Sauk Centre Secondary School students were recognized through the Wall of Fame which is a part of the Renaissance Program. Students who have been recognized for their extraordinary efforts by the faculty for the third quarter are:

Ag/Technology: Daisy Zimmermann, grade 9, student of Michael & Lori Zimmermann; Henry Froemming, grade 7, student of Crystal Froemming and Chad

Froemming

English: Madelyn Schuster, grade 10, student of Jeff & Kim Schuster; Logan Wiehoff, grade 8, student of Phil & Ashley Brinegar

Mathematics: Sienna Klaphake, grade 10, student of Paul & Traci Klaphake; Silas Borgerding, grade 8, student of Joe & Andrea

Borgerding

Science: Xochilt

Arriaza Martinez, grade 9, student of Damaris Martinez Calderon and Jose Arriaza; Katie Gregory, grade 8, student of Allan & Angela Gregory

Band/Choir/Art: Miriam Ibarra Mejia grade 10, student of Josefina

Mejia; Mylee Middendorf, grade 8, student of Kevin & Laurie Middendorf

Health/Phy Ed: Mason Miller, grade 10, student of Michael & Jennifer Miller;

Ben Friedrichs, grade 8, student of Brian Friedrichs and Danielle Lachelt

Foreign Language: Damian Ahrens, grade 10, student of Steven & Kimberly Ahrens

Social Studies: Neal Stadsvold, grade 10, student of Ryan & Meghan Stadsvold; Megan Miller grade 7, student of Gabe & Arica Miller Family and Consumer

WAY BACK WHEN

100 years ago • April 19, 1923

Herald installs new typesetting machine

The Sauk Centre Herald has completed its installation of a Model C Intertype Line Casting machine, the last word in typesetting efficiency. The Model A Intertype machine carried one magazine, but the new Model C with a side magazine carries four magazines; with the old machine, it was necessary to change magazines every time the size or face of the type needed changing, but the new machine can handle four different type sizes, and seven different faces can be handled by the turning of a lever. The new machine also has an electric metal pot. This new equipment places the Herald at the front of every other county weekly in the state, and anyone interested in the marvel of mechanical ingenuity is welcome to visit and see it in operation.

Sauk Centre man arrested for domestic assault, threats

SAUK CENTRE TOWNSHIP – A Sauk Centre man has been arrested for domestic assault and threats of violence.

Brian Joseph Lemley, 43, of Sauk Centre, is charged with one felony count of domestic assault and one felony count of threats of violence with reckless disregard of the risk. The charges carry a maximum combined sentence of 10 years in prison and/or a $20,000 fine. His next court appearance will be at 1:30 p.m., July 5, at the Stearns County Courthouse in St. Cloud.

According to a criminal complaint filed in Stearns County District Court and a report from the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office, around 1:40 p.m., April 13, law enforcement took a report of an incident at a residence on the 40000 block of Sauk Lake Road in Sauk Centre Township. An adult reported Lemley was destroying property at the residence, threatening him and talking to himself. The adult alleged Lemley had flipped over the residence’s new TV, had taken a chunk out of a counter with a hatchet and, while only a few feet away, pointed a 10-inch knife with a bone handle at the adult and stated if anything happened to the dog, Lemley would peel him out of his skin. The adult stated he did not feel safe returning to the residence.

Upon arriving at the residence, law enforcement observed an individual believed to be Lemley in the garage before he closed the door. All doors to the residence were locked, and Lemley did not respond to commands to exit the residence. The Stearns/Benton SWAT team was deployed to the scene. They contacted Lemley by breaking a window and deploying a phone into the residence. Lemley exited the residence through the broken window and was placed under arrest around 7:23 p.m., and during transport, he asked to be let out of the car and said he would never do drugs again.

In addition to the domestic assault and threats of violence charges, Lemley is also being held on a Department of Corrections warrant for domestic assault.

Agencies involved included the SCSO, the Sauk Centre Police Department, Minnesota State Patrol and the Sauk Centre Ambulance Service.

Science: Arlene Bigalk, grade 11, student of Jacinta Langseth and Karl Bigalk; Makenna Barthel, grade 8, student of Nick & Beth Barthel.

50 years ago • April 19, 1973

Civil disturbance training conducted in Sauk Centre

The local National Guard unit – Company C, First Battalion, 136th Infantry – conducted civil disturbance training April 14, the objective being to improve the unit’s performance and coordination with other law enforcement personnel in the conduct of civil disturbance operations. The training also tested and evaluated the skills of medical personnel. Morning training consisted of riot baton and pugil stick usage, as well as formations used in riot conditions, and the afternoon portion involved three mock civil disturbance situations that had to be solved by local law enforcement and guardians; the situations ranged from the gathering of a peaceful, unmoving assembly to a violent crowd looting and burning vehicles. Participating organizations included the Sauk Centre Police Department, the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office, Minnesota Highway Patrol, the Minnesota Para-Rescue Team and medical personnel from Headquarters Company, located in St. Cloud.

25 years ago • April 21, 1998

Sauk Centre street improvement projects exceed $1 million

At their last meeting, the Sauk Centre City Council approved 1998 street improvement projects, totaling over $1,157,600. Their scope covers 12th Street from Beltline Road to Heartland Service Road, Ash Street from Sinclair Lewis Avenue to the north dead end, Third Street North Oak Hill Heights, Highway 71 south of Interstate 94, Morningview Road, Morningview Drive, O’Hartigan addition, Second Street South from Fairy Lake Road to Minette Road, Fairlane Drive from 12th Street to 10th Street and the Pleasant Hills, Plat III, 10-lot development; they will also add 300 feet of road east to the Public Utilities Water Treatment Plant. A copy of the proposed improvements was sent to Minnesota Department of Transportation officials.

10 years ago • April 18, 2013

Budget cuts spare much of secondary staff

Tuesday night’s Sauk Centre Public Schools board meeting lasted nearly five hours as the board members hammered out cuts to the budget, ultimately trimming $289,580. The cuts bring significant changes to some areas of the school while reducing the proposed cuts to secondary staff by 75%, sparing many teachers including computer communications department teacher Dana Boschee. The biggest cuts to the budget included $79,300 from elementary teacher attrition, $49,400 from counseling and $22,260 in an administrative restructure and cut.

Public NOTICES

MELROSE TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF ANNUAL ROAD TOUR

The Melrose Township Board of Supervisors will conduct the annual Township Road Tour on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Departure time

will be at 8:30 a.m. from the Town Hall. Any changes in date or time will be posted on the bulletin board at the Town Hall.

CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333

ASSUMED NAME: Sign Design.

PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS: 522 Sinclair Lewis Ave, Sauk Centre, MN 56378 USA. NAMEHOLDER(S): Star Publications, LLC, 522 Sinclair Lewis Ave, Sauk Centre, MN 56378 USA.

By typing my name, I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the applicable chapter of Minnesota Statutes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.

Joyce Frericks 04/10/2023

Thank you

The family of Ray Sunderman would like to extend their sincere gratitude to everyone who sent cards, donations, flowers and gifts during Ray’s brief illness and subsequent passing. We would also like to thank the staff at CentraCare in Sauk Centre and St. Cloud for the compassionate care they gave Ray.

Also, thank you to the staff of Patton-Schad Funeral Home, the clergy and members of St. Paul’s Church and those who provided the fine lunch. You made the celebration of Ray’s life special.

Irene Sunderman

Deb (Gene) Fondow

Barb (Todd) Gapinski

Bob Sunderman

Public NOTICES

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that default has occurred in the conditions of the following

described mortgage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE:

January 9, 2006

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL

AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE:

$128,000.00

MORTGAGOR(S): Lavaine D Davids, a single woman

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Suntrust Mortgage, Inc., its successors and assigns

DATE AND PLACE OF

RECORDING:

Recorded: January 18, 2006

Stearns County Recorder

Document Number: 1182605

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: And assigned to: JPMorgan

Chase Bank, National Association

Dated: April 3, 2014

Recorded: April 8, 2014 Stearns

County Recorder

Document Number: A1419196

And assigned to: Nationstar

Mortgage LLC

Dated: June 24, 2022

Recorded: June 30, 2022

Stearns County Recorder

Document Number: A1635710

Transaction Agent: Mortgage

Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.

Transaction Agent Mortgage Identification Number: 100010401442354540

Lender/Broker/Mortgage

Originator: Suntrust Mortgage, Inc.

Residential Mortgage Servicer:

Nationstar Mortgage LLC

COUNTY IN WHICH

PROPERTY IS LOCATED:

Stearns

Property Address: 18644 367th Street, Avon, MN 56310

Tax Parcel ID Number:

03.01412.0000

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot Sixteen (16), Block One (1) of Lazy Lagoon, Stearns County, Minnesota AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE

AS OF DATE OF NOTICE:

$98,843.15

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:

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Coming off of an historic season, Metcalf aims higher

Boys track and field looking to return to glory

BY JAKOB KOUNKEL | STAFF WRITER

Last year, the Sauk Centre Streeters boys track and field team capped an historic season by earning a spot among the most elite company in the state as a 2022 Minnesota State True Team qualifier. In the school’s history, no track and field team had ever

fied for the event.

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Off the back of a successful season, the Streeters are using the positive momentum as a catalyst – not only to recapture their glory from last season, but to improve upon it. Boys track and field head coach Jim Metcalf believes his team is poised to repeat and revamp.

“We should definitely be contenders for that top spot in the conference,” Metcalf said. “We would definitely like to make it to (True Team State) again and place in the top five. I think we have that kind of talent.”

The talent Metcalf is referencing includes, maybe most notably, Brandon Kampsen, a senior who solidified himself as the state’s No. 1 cross-country runner in his class this past fall. As a junior, he placed second and third at last year’s Minnesota State High School track and field state meet in running events. Kampsen committed to South Dakota State University, a Division I school, to compete in college.

“He’s one of the better runners in the state of Minnesota,” Metcalf said. “Brandon has been one of our leaders.”

However, during the True Team State meet, Kampsen and two other major contributors to the Streeters track and field team were out with illnesses and an injury. Metcalf said those uncontrollable factors were part of the reason why the team did not finish as high as it would have liked in that tournament.

The silver lining of last year’s unfortunate circumstances, however, is that the Streeters track and field athletes are competing with a chip on their shoulders. Metcalf said, when he was an athlete, that he competed with that same drive – a chip on his shoulder and with something to prove. He said it is a motivating factor for this year’s athletes.

Thrower and long-jumper Corey McCoy is another Streeters track and field senior that Metcalf said will help round out point-earning potential, as well as what he called the hurdling crew of Spencer Marthaler, Aaron Kerfeld and Ben Anderson. The triple-jump-trio of Nathan Lahr, Jeric Schloegl and Ben Anderson, who Metcalf said were tough competition last year, will again be a force to be reckoned with.

Another big-time contributor this year will be Rayden Weber, a junior who worked his way into the MSHSL state meet last year as a sophomore. Weber surprised his coaches

last year by making the state meet. This year, expectations are high for the stand-out junior, partly because of Weber’s performance last year and partly because of the work he has been putting in since.

Metcalf is one of the early-morning weight room supervisors at the school, and he saw Weber in the weight room religiously. It was a work ethic that Metcalf hopes will set an example for other athletes as they come up through the Streeters system.

Work ethic is key to this year’s high expectations. To repeat an historic season and improve upon it, the boys will have to replicate the intense effort offered last year – and improve upon it. Metcalf said he talked to his team about what it will take to reach their lofty goals.

“We made it last year, and we can make it again this year,” Metcalf told his team. “But, we’re not going to make it by resting on our laurels just from making it there last year.”

It is going to take dedicated effort across the board, he said.

“If we continue to work hard, we can get there again and we have a pretty good chance of placing pretty high,” Metcalf said. “We just have to stay healthy and keep working hard.”

Streeter girls returning to varsity competition

Golfers looking to build after year of JV meets

BY TOM FENTON STAFF WRITER

It would be difficult to find someone more entrenched in the Sauk Centre girls golf program than Olivia Fuchs. The 2011 Sauk Centre High School graduate was a five-year varsity player for the Streeters before playing three years collegiately at Minnesota State-Moorhead.

Now in her fourth season as Sauk Centre head coach, Fuchs is eager to see how much her team improves af-

ter a year of playing in strictly junior varsity meets.

“We are very ready to make the step up to varsity,” Fuchs said. “Last year was a nice building year for us for the girls to build some confidence. We’re excited to be back in competition to see how we fare. We’re looking to get them interested in the sport and hope to keep them coming back.”

With a roster dominated by seventh and eighth-graders a year ago, the Streeters chose to gain experience at the junior varsity level. With the addition of two juniors along with two freshmen, an eighthand seventh-grader, Sauk Centre will be competing with the best the West Central Conference offers.

Junior Lauren Feltman is back with the program after not playing a year ago. She played as a freshman and Fuchs expects her to be a top player along with freshman Brooke Bromenshenkel.

“It will be good to have both of them back and watching them build their games,” Fuchs said. “They’ve both been showing improvement

even with our limited time outside.”

Freshman Anastasia Polipnick and junior April Klaphake are expected to round out the top four. Polipnick has varsity experience while Klaphake is in her first year with the program. Also expected to contribute are eighth grader Nora Thompson and seventh grader Sylvie Schirmers.

The Streeters are scheduled for their first competition Tuesday, April 25, for a pair of nine-hole WCC meets. They will play at Pomme De Terre Golf Course in Morris at noon before traveling north to Elbow Lake to play Tipsinah Mounds Golf Course.

The Sauk Centre Invitational is scheduled for noon Wednesday, April 26, at Greystone Golf Club. The Streeters also will be competing in an invitational Monday, May 1, at Blackberry Ridge Golf Course in Sartell, which also hosts the section meet.

“I think the biggest thing for this team will be keeping a positive attitude and to be ready for any challenge that comes their way,” Fuchs said. “I think all of the girls get along really well and the climate of this team is good. Everyone has a place on the team and they all work well together.”

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There are 14 seniors (front, from left) Carter Schuster, Kyle Sayovitz, Brandon Kampsen, Ben Anderson, Spencer Marthaler and Derick Sorenson; (back, from left) Reese Blondin, Jarod Drobny, Samuel Scott, Aaron Kerfeld, Nathan Lahr, Corey McCoy and Owen Christians on the Sauk Centre Track and Field Team. Sauk Centre hosts their invitational April 27. Not pictured John Williams.

Streeters start season with DH loss to Thunderhawks

A late rally fell short in game two of the Sauk Centre Mainstreeter baseball squad’s season opening doubleheader Tuesday against Montevideo.

After falling 2-0 in game one, the Mainstreeters were down 5-0 in the second game before rallying to make it 5-4, but eventually losing 7-6.

“Montevideo has a good ball club,” said Streeters head coach Bryan Zollman. “We faced some good pitching, and it was our first game outside so it took us awhile to get the bats going.”

It took them 11 innings to score their first run.

Eli Fletcher singled and advanced to third on a double by Hunter Danielson. Fletcher scored on a wild pitch to make it a 5-1 game, but Danielson was stranded on third base.

In the fifth inning Hunter Broich, Logan Frank and Zac Bick reached via hit by a pitch and walk to load the bases with nobody out. Fletcher plated two runs with a single and Danielson plated another with a single to make it 5-4.

But the Thunderhawks scored two more in the sixth for a 7-4 lead.

Sauk rallied in the top of the seventh. With two outs Fletcher singled for his third hit of the game and scored on a triple by Danielson,

his fourth hit of the contest.

Danielson scored on a hit by Evan Zales to make it 7-6.

Zales advanced to third on a wild pitch, but the game ended on a strikeout, sending the Streeters packing with an 0-2 record to start the season.

“We battled back and that was good to see,” said Zollman. “We had some good at bats in that second game and gave ourselves

a chance. Despite the outcome, it was good to finally get outside and get the season started.”

Danielson started on the mound for the Streeters and pitched six and two-thirds innings allowing four earned runs on six hits. He struck out one and walked four. He was 4-for-4 at the plate with three RBI. Fletcher

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was 3-for-4 with three runs scored.

“Hunter pitched well, we just had a couple bad innings defensively that hurt us,” said Zollman. Matt Warring pitched game one and went all seven innings, allowing one earned run on seven hits and striking out seven. He did not walk a batter. He retired the final 13 batters he faced.

“Once Matt settled in he was lights out,” said Zollman. “He had good command of the zone and was mixing pitches very well. Unfortunately we just couldn’t get the bats going.” The Streeters struck out 12 times against righthanded hurler Brady Snell, the reigning conference MVP, who scattered four hits in the contest.

Sauk Centre is slated to play Albany Thursday in Sauk Centre before traveling to Minnewaska next Tuesday for a conference doubleheader, weather permitting.

“It was good to finally get a couple games under our belt,” said Zollman. “We know what we have to do to be successful and will continue working on getting better as the season progresses.”

Streeter boys set to open season Tuesday

BY TOM FENTON | STAFF WRITER

There are no grandiose expectations for a Sauk Centre boys golf team that placed eighth in the West Central Conference last season. That said, head coach Tait Midthun expects a much-improved 2023 campaign with all but one player from 2022 returning.

A group of five juniors and a freshman are back for this season for the Streeters, including Ethan Riley and Brayden Johnson – who each saw rounds as the No. 1 player a year ago.

“We’re heading into a season with a group of kids that have a full year under their belts, so it’s nice to have the familiarity,” said Midthun, who has coached the boys’ program since 2016. “I tell the kids to be great and be humble. It doesn’t necessarily mean we’ll be the top dogs, but we’re focusing on being the best individuals we can be. Hopefully, that will add up to more team success.”

With Riley and Johnson the likely owners of the top two positions, a group of four juniors will be vying for the remaining four spots. That group includes Zach Klimek, Dylan Gruenes, Nolan Kampsen and Chris Polipnick. Each of them saw varsity action a year ago.

“They pretty much traded spots for most of the year, and I expect much of the same this season,” Midthun said. “It’s nice to know we have a bunch of kids who have the ability to step up at some point.”

Like most area teams, outdoor practice time has been nearly non-existent. That means the Streeters will have to hone their games in competition.

Sauk Centre is scheduled to open the season Tuesday, April 25, with a pair of nine-hole WCC meets. They will play at Tipsinah Mounds Golf Course in Elbow Lake at noon before traveling south to play at Pomme De Terre Golf Club in Morris.

The Streeters will host an invitational starting at noon Wednesday, April 26, at Greystone Golf Club. The pre-section meet is set for Wednesday, May 17, at Blackberry Ridge Golf Course in Sartell. That course also will host the section meet. The Streeters placed 14th in the 16-team section meet in 2022.

“Many of these kids have been in other sports, and I think that helps with the mental game,” Midthun said. “I think the mental aspect translates to other sports.”

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Streeters track and field looking for consistency

Girls working for everyday improvement

BY JAKOB KOUNKEL STAFF WRITER

What coaches describe as a team with high energy and a solid cast of well-rounded athletes, the Sauk Centre girls track and field team is looking to improve their standing from last year and make a run at one of the top spots in the conference this year.

The team’s goal is simple to illustrate but demanding to employ: Get better every single day.

Jim Metcalf, who is the official head coach for the Streeters boys track and field team but works with the girls in practice every day, said the girls team is hungry for success and willing to work to get there.

“The big thing is to keep improving,” Metcalf said. “We have a lot of good athletes this year. We haven’t had any of them in the state meet for a while, but they’re pretty solid all the way around.”

The biggest improvement for the girls team this year, Metcalf said, is that

they will be competitive at every meet. Last year, the girls finished the season without a win, and they usually finished in the middle of the pack. This season will be a different story – one defined by grit, work ethic and consistency.

Leading the way on those elements are runners, and sisters, junior Nina Thieschafer and freshman Nya Thieschafer. They are both excellent sprinters and long-distance runners who will contribute significantly to the team’s point spread this year. Not only are the sisters

dedicated to their craft on the track, but they are also regulars in the school’s gym. They have spent countless hours in the weight room in the off-season, and their efforts have been rewarded on the track.

Sprinters Stella Schirmers and Madelyn Schuster, a junior and sophomore, respectively, are also looking to bolster the team’s point total in competition this season.

“We’re expecting good things out of them,” Metcalf said, referencing the Thieschafer sisters and Schirm-

ers and Schuster.

Metcalf said Schirmers and Schuster are going to be tough competition this year as two of the team’s elite sprinters. He said they will have the opportunity to compete with any team on any stage. But it is not just on the track where the team is expecting to succeed.

In the field events, Metcalf said the long jumpers are looking significantly improved thus far in practice, and throwers Carmen Loxtercamp and Claire Bushard, juniors, and senior Alicia Jennissen, are a force to be reckoned with.

“They should be contending for those top spots,” Metcalf said.

When it all comes together, with a strong and well-rounded group of girls, Metcalf said the girls should be consistently placing in the top three and four spots at meets this season – a notable improvement from last year.

“Really, all you can ask of any athlete is just to do their best,” Metcalf said. “What you want to see is them improving throughout the season. If they can do that meet-by-meet, you can’t really ask for anything more.”

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Senior Hunter Danielson fires a pitch to a Montevideo batter during the second game of their doubleheader April 18 in Sauk Centre. Danielson allowed six hits and four earned runs in 6 2/3 innings.

Senior third basemen Matthew Warring waits for a throw at third base in the second game of the Streeters doubleheader April 18 with Montevideo. The Streeters play a doubleheader at Minnewaska April 25.

Junior first basemen Keegan Middendorf brings in a throw during the first game of Sauk Centre’s doubleheader with Montevideo April 18 in Sauk Centre. The Streeters lost two tight games, 2-0 and 7-6.

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Hailey Thompson (from left), Samantha Eekhoff and Alicia Jennissen are the lone seniors on the Sauk Centre Girls Track and Field Team. The team is scheduled to have a meet April 20 at ACGC.

Infield development key for softball team

Streeters ready to battle conference foes

BY MARK KLAPHAKE STAFF WRITER

When Head Coach TJ Schmiesing sent out his infield for the 2023 softball team season opener against Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City April 13 there were a lot of new faces and inexperience at many positions.

In fact, only one, third baseman Lydia Green-Brueggemeier, is a returning starter.

Perhaps the most notable absence from last year’s team that won 18 games is pitcher Maddie Nelson. Nelson had toed the rubber for many years for the Streeters.

Filling her void will be determined and hard-working Hailey Hokanson. Hokanson collected a couple of varsity wins last year for Sauk Centre and has the knack for throwing strikes and letting her defense help her.

“She works so hard at making herself better. She has done a lot of this on her own, getting better as a pitcher even though she didn’t get many chances (in past seasons),” Schmiesing said. “Just that work ethic and the time she puts in to be better at her craft. I don’t know if she had visions of being a pitcher, but I think she saw the future and saw there was a need there after Maddie graduated.”

Also graduating a year ago were first baseman Brenna Bick, second basemen Ella Froseth and shortstop Lisa Weir.

“There are a lot of questions to answer; no doubt about that,” Schmiesing said.

Hoping to fill some of the voids around the diamond include sophomore first basemen Sienna Klaphake, junior second basemen Isie Kolbo and junior shortstop Lanna Walter, who caught last year.

“She’s (Walter) such a good field general. Being a catcher, she’s used to it. With her playing short, I think ev-

erything will connect a lot faster. She’s going to be able to be that general on the infield side. Where we’re inexperienced, she’s going to make people feel at ease and a little more comfortable,” Schmiesing said.

Schmiesing said Kate McKeown might see some action at shortstop as well. The outfield had much less turnover from a year ago. McKeown will be back in leftfield and junior Emily Peters in center. Haddie Walter will play rightfield.

Although they have so many players at new spots, defensive efficiency and not giving extra outs will be paramount for this year’s squad.

“We’ve got a lot of good athletes. It’s just getting experience inside the game of softball. I like a lot of things about this, but it will be a process where we struggle a bit at times. These girls are really positive and understand that we are replacing a great group of seniors and that the growing pains are sometimes going to

be difficult,” Schmiesing said.

Because of the cold and late spring the outdoor repetitions that players need to get comfortable at certain positions has been lacking.

“We haven’t been outside much, and, of course, it’s different doing things in the gym. If things aren’t kind of clicking, we might have to do some switching around. It’s not like the cupboards are empty. We have some quality kids to put out there,” Schmiesing said.

Senior Lindsay Bailey will handle the catching duties when Walter is at shortstop. She will also see some time in the outfield.

Offensively, Schmiesing feels the team has some firepower, especially with the trio of Walter, McKeown and Hokanson.

“The top of the lineup has got to produce for us to be successful – if we’ve got girls on, they have to come through,” Schmiesing said.

When girls do reach base, many will have the green light to steal and cause havoc on the base paths.

“Our speed will be one of our strengths – no doubt about that,” Schmiesing said. “Top to bottom, when we get on base, we will be moving.”

Giving the girls quality depth will be outfielders Addy Hoffman and Nadia Stadsvold, infielder Nevaeh Hartmann and pitcher Jenna Riley.

As in the past few years, Morris Area, will be the team to beat. They are the only conference team to finish above Sauk Centre in each of the last two seasons and handed the Streeters their lone two conference losses last season.

“Morris is in a class by itself,” Schmiesing said. “I

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know these girls would be really pleased if we beat Morris. I haven’t beat them, and this will be my ninth year of coaching.”

Sauk Centre will host Montevideo April 20 in a doubleheader. Then the Streeters travel to Osakis April 24 before hosting the talented Morris squad April 25.

Streeters lose season opener to ACGC ACGC 5, Sauk Centre 1

The pitchers were in complete control of the game until the Falcons scored three runs in the sixth inning and two in the seventh to take the win in their West Central Conference matchup April 14 in Sauk Centre. The Streeters scored their lone run in the bottom of the fourth inning on a perfectly executed bunt up the first baseline by McKeown who recorded an infield single and easily scored Walter from third. The ACGC bats warmed up in the later innings as they put three runs across in the sixth inning and two more in the seventh to claim the victory.

The Falcons outhit Sauk Centre 9-3.

McKeown, Hokanson and Kolbo earned hits for Sauk Centre. Hokanson was strong in her first outing of the season. She allowed nine hits and three earned runs.

“Hailey threw a great game. I couldn’t ask anything more out of her. Overall, defensively I thought we played pretty well. We could have done better at bat, but that was the first game of the year and, obviously, a whole new infield, so you’re going to have your hiccups,” Schmiesing said.

Melrose 15, Sauk Centre 3

The Lady Dutchmen broke open a tight game with a combined 12 runs in the fifth and sixth innings as they handed the Streeters a tough home loss April 18.

Sauk Centre trailed 3-2 heading into the fifth inning when the combination of Melrose hits and Streeter mishaps changed the tone of the game. Melrose scored four runs in the fifth inning and eight in the top of the sixth inning. The clobbered out 16 hits and feasted on five Sauk Centre errors.

“They hit the ball really well and when we had chances to make plays, we didn’t,” Schmiesing said. “We can’t give them any extra outs. That’s when your inexperience shows most, when you get runners on base. That’s where it hurts you.”

Hokanson, a righthander, allowed eight earned runs while walking one and striking out two batters. She had a terrific night at the plate though. Hokanson was 3-3 with two runs batted in. Kolbo, Walter, McKeown and Peters each had one base knock for Sauk Centre.

Softball SC lost to ACGC 5-1 SC lost to Melrose 15-3 SC JV lost to Melrose 12-4

Baseball SC lost to Montevideo 2-0 SC lost to Montevideo 7-6

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The Sauk Centre boys tennis team improved its record to 2-0 with a couple of victories over the past week. Their first win came April 15 as they defeated Montevideo 6-1, also fighting a strong wind and cool temperatures; Sauk Centre won all of the single matches and number two and three doubles. They then achieved a 5-2 win over Wadena-Deer Creek on April 16.

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Junior Lanna Walter steals second base during the softball team’s season opening home game against Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City April 14. Walter scored the Streeters lone run in their 5-1 loss to ACGC.

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Senior righthander Hailey Hokanson delivers a pitch to an ACGC batter during their contest April 14 in Sauk Centre. Hokanson allowed just three earned runs in the 5-1 loss.

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Third basemen Lydia Green-Brueggemeier throws a Melrose runner out at first during their West Central Conference matchup April 18 in Sauk Centre. Melrose triumphed 15-3.