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As the number of Catholic priests has declined in the St. Cloud Diocese, the Parishes on the Prairie Area Catholic Community – consisting of Sauk Centre, West Union, Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa – has known for months they would likely go from three priests to two. As of last weekend, the diocese made their official announcement: The Rev. Jeremy Theis would be reassigned to another ACC.
Consequently, the parishes will have to decrease their weekend Masses from 10 to seven; after a year, the diocese may require that number to decrease to six.
American flags flapped in the wind and bugle notes filled the air as community members gathered to honor fallen soldiers and first responders at Greenwood Cemetery in Sauk Centre on May 29. American Legion Post 67 member Scott Kowski led the event, beginning his speech with a reference to a local Vietnam War veteran that lost his life many years after serving.
“This year marks the 50th anniversary that the final com-
bat troops came home from the Vietnam War,” Kowski said. “On March 29th, 1973, the last American combat troops boarded a plane in Vietnam and returned home. One of the individuals on this plane was Master Sergeant Max J. Beilke, who was declared the ‘Last American Combat Soldier’ to leave Vietnam.”
After graduating from high school in Alexandria, Beilke served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars with the U.S. Army. He spent the decades after retiring as an advocate for veterans in Washington D.C.
“Although Beilke made it out of Vietnam alive, he would make the ultimate sacrifice almost 28.5 years later when he was killed in the terrorist attack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001,” Kowski said. “In tribute to Beilke, The V.A. the clinic in Alexandria, was renamed to the Max J. Beilke Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic on September 11, 2010.”
Several dozen spectators watched as Kowski read the names of local veterans, Legion auxiliary members and first responders that lost their lives within the past year.
door of the old beer garden shelter May 24 at the Stearns County Fairgrounds in Sauk Centre. The century-old building, which started as a carousel in the early 1900s, has gotten too expensive to repair and is being torn down.
The beer garden building at the Sauk Centre’s Stearns County Fairgrounds has provided a refreshing shelter for fairgoers over the decades. However, as the structure has deteriorated, the Stearns County Fair Association is forced to take the building down and reallocate the space.
“I fought for years to keep this, but I had to give in,” said Jackie Spoden-Bolz, Stearns County Fair manager.
Wood rot has gotten into much of the beer garden, helped along by the leaking steel roof. The structure’s center beam also has an ominous bend close to the ceiling apex, and there are plenty of cosmetic mars with the paint and other surfaces.
“The last 13 years of our lives have prepared us to grow more than we ever thought possible. This ride hasn’t been in vain, but rather an opportunity for us to learn more about ourselves and others. Use this knowledge and don’t let the future be scary. Let it be inviting.” Hailey Hokanson, graduating senior
e is be “Independence isn’t facing hardships alone. Independence is knowing your place as part of a team. An independent person prospers in a group and wins the day as soon as it starts. … After everything, you still may be scared about finally being independent, but I don’t think you have anything to worry about.”
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“What you remember most when you think back to your high school days will be your classmates and what they’ve meant to you. Many of you will move on from here and may never see some of these people again, but what you guys have is a lot of great memories.”
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Hailey Hokanson (above) and Ben Anderson (right) give their class representative speeches, refl on their class’ achievements and ambitions, during the May 27 graduation ceremony in the Margaret Shelby Theatre in Sauk Centre. Science teacher Mike Ellens gave the faculty response speech.
“You are all great people. Good luck in all of your future endeavors. I want to wish you the best; you will be missed, and don’t forget, once a Mainstreeter, always a Mainstreeter.”
Don Peschel, Sauk Centre Public Schools superintendent
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Sauk Centre Public Schools Superintendent Don Peschel welcomes students and visitors and recognizes the school board in his opening speech during the Sauk Centre High School graduation ceremony May 27 in the Margaret Shelby Theatre in Sauk Centre. This was Peschel’s first SCHS graduation as superintendent.
Sauk Centre High School graduate Jordan Hartmann (left) meets up with Tyler Johnson with the Stearns County Sheriff ’s Office after the graduation ceremony May 27 in the Sauk Centre Public Schools’ multi-purpose room in Sauk Centre. After the graduation ceremony, graduates and visitors gathered for a brief reception before the seniors’ graduation party.
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Attendees removed their caps while he concluded the event with a prayer that honored those that sacrificed their lives serving the nation.
“On this Memorial Day, we pray for those who courageously laid down their lives for the cause of freedom,” Kowski said. “May the examples of their sacrifice inspire in us the selfless love of your son, our lord Jesus Christ. Bless the families of our fallen troops, and fill their homes and their lives with your strength and
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: 2nd and 4th Saturday each month at 1 p.m. Located at Centre for Christ.
Little Sauk Legion Auxiliary Unit 417 Meeting:Second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m.at theLittle Sauk Legion. New members welcome. Western Stearns DFL: Meets every third Tues. of the month, 6 p.m. potluck, 6:30 p.m. mtg. Location may vary, so please call Mitch Manoski at 320-282-8312 for location. New members welcome!
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. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 12 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 Basics 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 320-241-3909.
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.
Repairing the building would have cost the Stearns County Fair around $150,000 to $200,000, so the board of directors decided it was time to take it down.
The structure started as a carousel. Spoden-Bolz is uncertain when it was built and installed, but she is checking with the Stearns History Museum in St. Cloud to see what information they might have. She has read stories about the Stearns County Fair being moved to the Stearns County Fairgrounds in 1903, but that does not add up with the number of years the fair has existed. Spoden-Bolz does estimate the building to be about 100 years old, and she was told it was originally in Albany.
“It’s been a beer garden for sure for about 40 years,” Spoden-Bolz said. “Before that, it was (for) horticulture, and I don’t know for how many years it was that. Jodie Deschene (on the Stearns County Fair Board of Directors), her mom is in her 90s, and she only remembers it being (used for) horticulture.”
Sauk Centre’s American Legion Post 67 will continue to hold their Stearns County
Fair beer garden out of the fairgrounds’ nearby Community Arts building, which will be renamed as the Activity Center. The demolition of the beer garden building also affords the Stearns County Fair the chance to rearrange itself. With the beer garden now operating out of the Activity Center, the senior citizens’ displays will be moved to the Community Connection building, and horticulture and home activities displays will go to the west side of the 4-H building. This move was also made because there has been a decline in fair hor-
For the Rev. Greg Paffel, pastor of the Parishes on the Prairie ACC, the changes being made to the ACC feel like undergoing a home renovation while still living in the house.
“We’re still a working and operating set of parishes and a school, but we’re trying to renovate it from within while still living in it,” Paffel said. “It’s kind of messy, and it’s going to take some time for the dust to settle and eventually unpack the boxes again, but when we have this figured out, it’ll be a fresh start for all six parishes.”
Theis will be reassigned to the St. Cloud Diocese’s Disciples of the Mission Area Catholic Community with the Rev. LeRoy Schik. Theis will be moving there June 28 and will minister to the churches of Brandon, Millerville, Parkers Prairie and Urbank, while Schik will manage the Battle Lake, Henning and Maine churches.
Theis has served the Sauk Centre parishes for a total of five years, as well as the parishes of Belgrade, Brooten, Elrosa and West Union as they joined with Sauk Centre in the Parishes on the Prairie ACC. While he will miss ministering to the area – especially Holy Family School in Sauk Centre – he is glad to have met so many people in his time here.
“It’s bittersweet,” Theis said. “It was a real treat to be able to add more people to my life I know and care for, and I’m excited about going where I’m going. It’ll be my first time outside of Stearns County as a priest.”
After Theis moves to the Disciples of the Mission
ACC, Paffel and the Rev. Mark Botzet will manage a seven-Mass schedule for the Parishes on the Prairie ACC. There will be three Saturday night Masses for St. Paul’s and Our Lady of the Angels churches in Sauk Centre and at Sts. Peter and Paul in Elrosa, and there will be four Sunday Masses among Sauk Centre’s churches as well as St. Alexius in West Union and St. Francis in Belgrade.
The Church of St. Donatus in Brooten will not have Saturday night or Sunday Masses, but they will remain within the ACC and have Wednesday and holy days of obligation Masses, along with funerals, weddings, baptisms, adoration and more.
As they prepare for their changes, Parishes on the Prairie have been consulting with Lighthouse, an organization that helps ACCs restructure for more efficiency and effectiveness in their work.
“They work with Catholic churches out of the Twin Cities, and they’ve borne a lot of good fruit,” Paffel said. “What we’ve asked them to do for us is to help us recreate an organizational chart to clarify the roles of communication and the structure of who supervises who and what’s getting supervised … and to help us do more with employee culture.”
Two of the principles Rev. Paffel sees as important to develop more in the ACC is a deeper dive into stewardship and more gratitude for the blessings they have. As part of that, they are looking at how they do teamwork between and within the parishes, helping each other accomplish more while duplicating
Bolz said. “It will all be taken up by rides.”
Spoden-Bolz believes the new location of the American Legion beer garden will give it more needed space.
“Because of the shape of (the old beer garden), I think it was difficult to put tables in and have people come in and out,” Spoden-Bolz said. “They’re thinking of an outdoor space on (the north) side.”
Although the fair board initially was interested in building a new beer garden shelter in place of the old one, those plans have not proceeded.
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ticulture, home activities and 4-H entries.
On a larger scale, because the beer garden’s underlying concrete slab is expected to remain where it is, the fair board plans to move the Herald Stage onto the site so the concrete would serve as a seating and dancing area. It is unclear, at this point, what direction the stage would face.
There are plans for the space the Herald Stage leaves behind.
“The carnival wants to put in a roller coaster,” Spoden-
less; the analogy Paffel has been using for this streamlining is that of draft horses.
“If you have a 2,000-pound draft horse, that horse can pull up to approximately 8,000 pounds on a wagon,” Paffel said. “If you have two draft horses pulling the same load, they pull more than 16,000; it’s closer to 24,000 pounds. When those two horses are trained to pull together so they’re working in unison, they can pull up to 32,000 pounds on a wagon, eight times their weight, which is phenomenal. That’s a wonderful image that, if we as six parishes begin to work together and learn how to serve and care for one another, I think we can be much more effective at sharing our Catholic faith and the love of Jesus Christ and the meaning of the Eucharist to our people.”
The Parishes on the Prairie priests will still be able to go on retreats and take vacation time, but it will likely mean some Masses may have to be canceled.
“Father Mark and I will do as many Masses as we can when somebody’s on vacation,” Paffel said. “We’re blessed to have Father Joe Korf and Father Jim Maderak to assist when they’re available.”
Paffel sees both challenges and opportunity in the way the roles of the clergy and laity are evolving in response to the limited number of priests. One of the ACC’s highest priorities is raising up laypeople to be leaders where they are able.
“When we do that, we will eventually find the church has more stability because the laypeople who are in leadership in parishes will not be reassigned by the bishop,” Paffel said. “Amongst the lay leaders, we’ll also
Demolition has begun on the old beer garden shelter; panels are already missing on the building’s east side. Some panels are being made into an American flag, which will be hung in the new beer garden space.
“Anyone who wants a piece of history can come take a piece, but they have to phone me first,” Spoden-Bolz said. “I don’t want anything falling on their heads.”
While Spoden-Bolz is sad to see the longstanding beer garden shelter get torn down, she also looks forward to the opportunities presented by the reallocated fairground space.
“It’s all going to be a lot of fun,” Spoden-Bolz said. “It’s for the best, and it gives people more things to do and see.”
have people who come from other places, because they have different expertise, able to share their gifts and ideas to help us grow as well.”
Paffel also believes the reorganization will help illuminate any potential parish voids in a new way.
“(There will be) a revival of the Holy Spirit where we’re going to be awakened again to realize who we are and what we’re about in a more true and significant way,” Paffel said.
Paffel and Theis are grateful for all of the friends who are supporting them and the parishes.
“It was an honor to be here,” Theis said. “The last three years were really good years, and I was blessed by my time here.”
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WEST UNION ST. ALEXIUS CATHOLIC CHURCH 11 Oak St. S 320-352-2563 parishesontheprairie.org/parishes
EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN 529 Main St. S 320-352-6882 goodsamaritansaukcentre.org
FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH 124 4th St. N 320-352-5356 faithbc.org
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FIRST UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 620 5th St. S 320-352-2030
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Budding business high schoolers, showcasing potential professions, circled a room May 17 at the Melrose City Center in Melrose, eager to share product ideas during a trade show.
Sauk Centre High School senior Nate Schirmers and junior Jay Neubert partnered up to start Extreme Pressure, a pressure washing business. Christopher Polipnick, a Sauk Centre junior, opened Polipnick Productions, a video production business. Classmate, Zach Klimek, “The Squeegee Shark,” was anxious to clean windows as the owner of The Squeegee Shark Window Washing Service. Dominick Terhaar, also a Sauk Centre junior, was ready to help customers with advertising needs as the owner of Terhaar’s Advertisement.
With a musically inclined family, Peyton Wiese, Albany Area High School senior, found the perfect business to start – Guitar and String Instrument Maintenance and Repair.
Natalee Hoffner, a
Melrose Area High School junior, is the owner and baker of Sweet Tooth Cupcakes, Cookies and More, while her classmate, Lily Wiechman, was promoting a healthy food option with Lily’s Protein Bites. Melrose junior Kevin Galicia opened a dog-related business, Kevin’s Dog Walking and Pet Sitting, and classmate Blaise Welle helped customers with lettering projects as the owner of MN Motorsport Graphics.
All 10 students are in the Western Stearns Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities program, offered to Albany, Melrose and Sauk Centre high school juniors and seniors.
This is the fourth year for the WSCEO program.
Students apply to be in the year-long school program, coordinator James Schreiner said. It teaches students the skills and value of starting their own business. They learn about operating a business from local business owners invested in the program who serve as mentors. Students visit businesses throughout the school year.
“It’s all about what they’ve learned from speakers and things they’ve heard from business owners,” Schreiner said.
Students came up with their business idea and developed a business plan, after meeting with people who
could assist them with what a plan looked like.
“They met with a bank lender to go through the whole work experience,” Schreiner said.
The trade show was an opportunity for business owners invested in the program, friends and family to check out the students’ new businesses.
Who knows, it may have led to window washing or pressure washing gigs, an advertising or video contract, a dog walking date, a letter making project, a solution to an instrument issue or tasting a sweet or healthy treat.
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Family and friendships are so important. Over the past several years, I’ve come to truly understand the depths of how true this statement is, and I’ve also realized that the quality of my relationships far outweigh the quantity.
Valuing quality over quantity is a large reason why I do not have social media. I do not have Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Pinterest, et cetera.
I did have social media in the early years; however, I found myself mindlessly scrolling through people’s pages, reels and such without ever actually making any connection with them at all. I knew the highlights of their lives but didn’t really know them or how they were doing. It was amazing how this actually affected my own mental health too. I had a lot of “friends” but felt no real personal connection to any of them.
So, I made the choice to go offline and have never looked back. I do not regret this choice for a single second and highly suggest it to anyone who asks me why I don’t have social media or I see struggling with connection or a skewed sense of themselves.
I now regularly schedule coffee dates, evening cocktails and get-togethers with those I enjoy spending time with most.
I was recently visiting with a friend who has been struggling with their life as a whole. They were sharing feelings of being both overwhelmed and underwhelmed with their marriage, children, family, friends and work.
Despite trying to be as present as possible in our conversation, I found myself thinking back to an all-too-familiar conversation I had just a few years prior between
myself and another friend. The parallels of my discontent back then were oh so similar to what I was hearing at the present moment from my friend.
All I could think of was, “Life is an amazingly beautiful and uncomplicated gift, but only if we let go and let it be. Ask yourself, what do you want? These were the words of wisdom I’d been given when I needed them most, just a few years ago. I now found myself being able to share the same wisdom with another dear friend.
Once I started viewing each day as the gift it was, my life became a lot less complicated. Now, that’s not to say I don’t still have my moments. However, I’ve come to realize life isn’t all rainbows and sunshine but that a dance in the rain is part of a life well lived too.
No one has a perfect life. That is normal.
I’ve traced a lot of what was weighing heavy on my heart, mind and soul back to possessions and relationships that were unnecessary or sometimes even not healthy. Once I was able to say definitively, “I want a healthy and hopefully happy husband, children, family, friends and self,” it was easier to weed out all the extra stress that was clouding my own happiness and contentment.
There are always going to be obligatory meetings, get-togethers and such, but overall, I was saying yes to a lot of engagements and people who really didn’t need my time as much as those I valued most in life. Saying yes to what matters most and letting go of the rest has been amazingly liberating to say the least.
So, my friends, I guess I’d like to ask you, “What do you want?”
Ever since I was five years old, my comfort movie has been “High School Musical 3.” Now, I know that sounds lame and cheesy, but it provides both a feeling of nostalgia while needing to grow up. The movie is set around a group of high schoolers who are going through their senior year. They navigate through post high school plans, prom, saying goodbye to their activities and eventually graduation.
Last Thursday, I sat down and watched the movie one last time before graduation, wondering if it would feel the same as when I’d watched it previous times. But, as I went through the movie, a mental checklist formed, marking off each plot point I had gone through in high school, but only one box was left empty: graduation.
Younger Hailey used to wish for the days where it would be my turn to experience all of these major steps, and after this past Friday, I’m able to say I have. I can officially say I am a graduate of Sauk Centre High School, something I never thought would actually happen. I never thought the bittersweet day would come, but when it did, it felt so surreal that I didn’t believe it was actually happening. I went through the motions of walking onto the stage, giving a speech, accepting my diploma and throwing my hat, but none of it felt real.
After asking around, it seems that my classmates felt the same way. It was a day we’d been aiming for throughout our entire lives, yet the emotional factor wasn’t hitting.
I remember one of my friends talking to me after the ceremony and saying, “Why aren’t I crying right now? It feels like I should be, but I’m not.” While the feeling wasn’t exactly as I was expecting it to be, it was a major life experience nonetheless. All of the years of school that built up to that point left me feeling both accomplished and proud of everything I had gone through. Looking back, it’s hard to believe my days of walking the halls of high school have come to a close, but I’m excited for the future. High school has shown me how to grow as an individual while building connections with others around me. With everything Sauk Centre has taught me, I feel ready to take on college … or at least more so than I was at the beginning of the year. This next chapter of my life started the second I walked off that stage, diploma in hand.
If I’m being honest, high school was nothing like the Disney Channel movie I watched as a child. My expectations continuously moved up and down during the past four years, but eventually, I learned to enjoy the journey. High school left its mark on me, and I hope I’ve done the same for Sauk Centre as I walked out the door for the final time as a student. As a now proud Streeter alumni, I’m excited to see where my lessons from high school will take me. “High School Musical 3” was the blueprint, but Sauk Centre High School set the basic foundation for what hopes to be a successful next chapter of my life.
It will be heating up outside this week. Out come the wash tubs, right? What’s a wash tub, you ask?
Mom used a wringer washing machine years ago to wash clothes, including two wash tubs, which the clothes ended up in as part of the double wringing out clothes process. On hot summer days, those wash tubs were used as a swimming pool – for one. We’d haul each wash tub up from the basement out onto the lawn and fill each with water from the garden hose. Since it was cold water, we’d add warm water from the faucets inside the house to make sure the water was not too cold. And then we’d take turns sitting in a tub to cool off. There wasn’t extra money to buy items like a small plastic pool for us to sit in and cool off on those hot summer days. Like many people in that time, Dad’s hard-earned money went for necessities. And repairing the wringer washing machine was a necessity. Mondays were always wash day, and with five children in the Moorman family, Mom washed many loads each Monday, hanging the clothes outside on the washline, even on winter days. I wonder how many times she walked up and down those basement steps during the 60 years she lived there. In later years, we worried about her falling, so my brothers moved the washing machine (by then it was an automatic machine and dryer) upstairs.
But like many independent people of that generation, she still went down those wooden steps into the basement, hopefully holding on to the railings Dad made. After all, it was where the canned vegetables, soups and jars of sauce and pickles were located. One Monday morning, I received a phone call from Mom. “I fell and there’s blood on the floor,” she said. I rushed home and there Mom sat on a chair around the kitchen table, blood on the floor in front of her. She admitted to tripping over a rug near the kitchen door, falling and landing face-down on the floor, causing her nose to bleed. The bleeding stopped by the time I got there and she said she was fine and there was no need to go the doctor. Imagine that. I took that rug, which had been there for years so we didn’t drag dirt or mud into the house, and tossed it down the steps into the basement. Guess what? When I returned after work to check on Mom, that rug was right back upstairs in its place of prominence.
Independent and determined, that was Mom, especially later in life.
The wringer washing machine also had its place of prominence in the basement, just south of the cistern, which held rain water. The two wash tubs sat on a wooden stand side-by-side right next to the white washing machine.
As the oldest child in the family, I occasionally had to help Mom with the wash, and each time, she had to remind me how it worked. Sunday nights, Mom sorted the clothes into piles of whites, darks, sheets and towels, making sure there was nothing left in the pockets, like handkerchiefs or money. That was before Kleenex, and any money found was kept by the finder. Washing began early the next morning, and it was a day-long job that ended with ironing the clean clothes. Once the wash and rinse cycles were done, each piece of clothes was put through the ringer by hand, going from one wash tub to the other. Mom swore a wringer washing machine got the clothes cleaner than an automatic, even if it was more work. So much so, that when her machine broke down, a part had to be found for Dad to fix it. Then, parts became obsolete, and Mom’s wringer machine was replaced with an automatic washing machine. She still hung most of the clothes on the clothesline, but in later years, she even broke down and used a dryer.
The wash tubs remained in the basement for years; so long, in fact, they had holes in the bottom and became rusted.
I may not be a wash tub wannabe, but I am thankful for the memories.
Missy Traeger
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James A. Jungers
James A. “Jim” Jungers, 80, of Sauk Centre, passed away May 26, 2023, at the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit in St. Cloud.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held Wednesday, May 31, at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in Sauk Centre with the Rev. Greg Paffel officiating. Interment was in St. Paul’s Cemetery in Sauk Centre.
James Allen Jungers was born Jan. 9, 1943, in Hospers, Iowa, to Richard and Laura (Johannes) Jungers. He spent his working career at the
James A. Jungers Sauk Centre Bakery, Grain Belt Distributing, Beuning Agriculture and, prior to his retirement, at Centre Jobbing. Jim was a member of St.
Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre where he served as an usher and was a member of the Knights of Columbus. Jim earned his pilot’s license and was a member of the Sauk Centre Flying Club. He loved flying with a friend to the Minnesota Gopher football games held in other states. Jim was also known to be a Mr. Fixit and a wonderful storyteller. He loved to ride around town on his white scooter, wearing his Newsboy hat, and was also an avid reader.
Survivors include his brothers and sisters Pat (Tom) Trutna, Joyce Jungers, Connie
(Ken) Blank-Meier, Mary Jungers and Dick Jungers, all of Sauk Centre, and Dave (Donna) Jungers of Sherwood, Michigan; and many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
Jim was preceded in death by his parents Rich in 1973 and Laura in 1996; brothers Lee in 1956, Phil in 1998 and Keith in 2017; brotherin-law Jim Blank in 1996; and nephew Ricky Jungers in 2017.
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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 fourth quarter of the 2022/2023 school year are:
Ag/Technology: Mitchell Christen, grade 12, student of Glen & Becki Christen; Logan Klein, grade 7, student of Kate Lieser and Keith Klein
English: Elizabeth Morton grade 12, student of Gordon & Brenda Morton; Lisette Mondragon Becerra, grade 7, student of Miguel Angel Mondragon & Maria Hortencia Mon-
dragon Mathematics: Evelyn Juarez grade 10, student of Angel Juarez-Orozco & Maribel Valencia Avalos; Janixia Cervantes, grade 7, student of Roberto & Nancy Cervantes
Science: Avery Rieland, grade 11, student of Josh & Kadee Rieland; Sawyer Deters, grade 7, student of Shane & Amanda Deters
Band/Choir/Art: Luke Middendorf, grade 11, student of Randy & Nancy Middendorf; Jolene Bieringer, grade 7, student of John & Siw Bieringer
Health/Phy Ed: Evan Wallin, grade 12, student of Corey Wallin &
100 years ago • May 31, 1923
Waldorf Café fire extinguished, 42-year-old apple tree in bloom
The Sauk Centre Fire Department responded to Waldorf Café Tuesday afternoon when a fire broke out under their kitchen range. The fire was quickly extinguished, resulting in minimal damage; the floor was immediately repaired, and the proprietors had a double asbestos fire board installed under the range to prevent another conflagration.
Old apple trees are not a common sight, but the Sauk Centre property of Mrs. Joseph Capser has a 42-year-old Siberian crab tree still blooming and producing fruit. The tree stands about 17 feet high and has a main trunk circumference of 40 inches. The apples have been exhibited twice at the Minnesota State Fair, winning first place each time.
50 years ago • May 31, 1973
Princess Kay candidates selected, Sauk Centre creamery to skim milk
Beverly Sunderman, sponsored by Sauk Centre’s J.C. Penny store, was chosen as the local Princess Kay of the Milky Way candidate May 24 at the Hi Ho Café in Sauk Centre. Marilyn Hinnenkamp, sponsored by Bushey Drug and Ben Franklin stores, was the second-place winner, while Kathleen Meyer, sponsored by First State Bank, took third. All three girls will compete in the county Princess Kay Contest at Sauk Centre City Hall June 13.
Due to the heavy demand for 2% and skim milk, Sauk Centre Co-op Creamery Association directors approved an expansion into skimming Grade A milk. The skimmed milk will be sent to bottling plants in Minneapolis, while the cream will go to Browerville to be churned into butter. The creamery’s new facilities should be ready for operation by Sept. 1.
Sauk Centre students on Ridgewater College dean’s lists
WILLMAR – Ridgewater College would like to acknowledge those students earning recognition on the dean’s lists for the 2023 spring semester. The list includes the following Sauk Centre students: SummerSkye Fletcher, Lynette Ostendorf, Amada Petermeier, Shaylynn Wichryk and Ryan Wolbeck. To be included on the Dean’s list, a student must maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, be enrolled in at least nine credits and meet certain other criteria.
Schreifels admitted to NDSU with distinction
FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA – Steven Schreifels, son of Kevin and Christy Schreifels of Sauk Centre, has been admitted to North Dakota State University “With Distinction,” meaning NDSU is acknowledging him as an honor student. He will enter NDSU in fall 2023 and plans to major in computer science.
Erin Wallin; Corey Ronning, grade 7, student of Candy Marthaler and Troy Ronning
Foreign Language: Jeric Schloegl, grade 10, student of Nikki Schloegl
Social Studies: Carter Ziemer, grade 12, student of Todd Ziemer & Krista Ziemer; Hayden Groetsch grade 8, student of Joshua & Stacy Groetsch
Family and Consumer Science: Grace Mynczywor, grade 10, student of Mike & Lori Mynczywor; Sidney Moritz, grade 7, student of Charles & Nicole Moritz.
25 years ago • June 2, 1998
Sauk Centre grads seek religious vocations, trail construction is ahead of schedule Sauk Centre High School will graduate 128 seniors on Friday. Among their numbers will be two who are heading for religious vocations – Angela Judes as a nun and Justin Halbersma as a pastor in the Reformed Church of America
According to counselor Bryce Zieman, with only 20% of jobs requiring four-year college degrees, more students are choosing vocational tech or two-year colleges. Thanks to a mild winter and good spring working conditions, construction on the Lake Wobegon Trail is ahead of schedule. Paving of the trail is expected to be completed around June 15, and officials are warning the public to stay off the path until its completion. The asphalt will need at least 48 hours to set before any bicycles, rollerblades or anyone can use it.
10 years ago • May 30, 2013
SCES has increased iPad usage
Initially, iPads were used in Sauk Centre Elementary School as a tool to aid students in special education classrooms, but over the last four years, they have since blossomed into a major component of SCES teaching, with 90 iPads split up into three mobile carts for everyday use Beginning in the fall, the school will also bring in 36 laptop-style Google Chromebooks because of their larger keyboards, promoting typing skills when they’re in use. According to elementary principal Karen Maschler, teachers have access to over 240 educational applications through their iPads.
Thank you
Joe and I are having a hard time finding the right words to say thank you, because saying “Thank you” doesn’t even come close to what our hearts are feeling. We never knew how caring, loving and supportive this community really is. Our daughter Brandy put this together, and I can honestly say I don’t think she even realized the magnitude of her own idea. We thank each and every one who donated, who called, who offered a hug when they didn’t even know that we inside really needed it, to the cards to the Facebook messages to all who put their time and effort into Joe and me for this benefit. Thank you. And, to all of our kids, each of you helped all in your own ways, and we can honestly say we are so proud to be your parents. And Brandy, thank you for your countless hours and your heart that was put into this. We have the very best kids and community anyone could ask for. We still have a long road ahead of us, but we know we have all of you beside us and praying we will conquer this mountain. We serve an AMAZING God, and he is working in Joe every day to heal him. We take it all at God’s speed. We love you all, Joe and April Messer
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As inmate capacity issues and an aging jail plague Stearns County, administrators are considering solutions with projected expenditures upward of $300 million.
During a St. Cloud Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs meeting May 17, Stearns County Administrator Michael Williams discussed project history and potential paths forward for a new and improved county jail and justice center.
“I was the (St. Cloud) city administrator and worked with Mayor (Dave) Kleis for many years,” Williams said. … “During that time, we built a lot of stuff: the police station, fire station, the YMCA, the library. We added on to the convention center, parking ramps, bridges, all kinds of stuff. But none of those compare in cost to what this is going to cost.”
As Williams put it, the current Stearns County Jail built in 1986 “has outlived its life in every way you can imagine.” The building initially contained 97 beds, requiring additional beds to meet demand within a decade. Despite several improvements, increasing the current bed count to 151, Stearns County spends more than $500,000 annually on housing excess inmates at other facilities.
During the presentation, Williams projected inmate bed demand to increase from 190 to 270 by 2040. Similarly, he expected the required number of courtrooms to increase to 13 from 10 by 2040.
Williams presented several options for the justice center to remain downtown or relocate to an alternative site he called the Greenfield location. Each of the plans offered was accompanied by advantages and drawbacks ranging from transportation inefficiencies to dramatic changes in the project timeline.
The maximum projected project cost discussed during the presentation was $305 million for a one-story downtown facility that
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:
DATE OF MORTGAGE: March 16, 2018
ORIGINAL
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE:
$154,700.00
MORTGAGOR(S): Thomas J
Salzer a single person
MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Primelending, a Plainscapital Company, its successors and assigns
current
since 1986. Due to the aging facility
are considering plans for a new
required the acquisition of the current post office site and nine private properties. No matter the location, Williams said room for future expansion would be considered due to the projected increase in bed demand.
Concerning project funding, Williams said the money could root from sales tax, property tax or a combination of the two. Estimated sales tax rates for the project reached as high as 0.375% over a 30-year term.
Utilizing sales tax, Williams said, would require approval from the Legislature. Once approved, the sales tax requires voter approval at a general election within two years.
“One of the main reasons why we feel like a sales tax makes sense is about 50% of the people that go through our system are not from Stearns County,” Williams said. “They have an address outside Stearns County.”
In short, sales tax stems from more than just Stearns County residents. Because the facility houses a significant number of inmates from beyond county lines, Williams said relying on more than simply property taxes on county residents could make more sense.
When asked about the
potential timeline going forward with the project, Williams said that if design decisions can be made this year, the design phase and land acquisition happening concurrently would take about 18 months.
“We won’t see any construction for at least two years, and it probably won’t
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:
July 11, 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 January 11, 2024, or the next business day if January 11, 2024, falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.
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 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,
be complete for another twoand-a-half to three years after that, so we are probably six years out,” Williams said. “If we chose to try to stay downtown, take the post office and all of that, we think that is going to take even longer for the land acquisition and literally an act of Congress.”
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: May 17, 2023
MORTGAGEE: U.S. Bank National Association Wilford, Geske & Cook, P.A. Attorneys for Mortgagee 7616 Currell Boulevard, Suite 200 Woodbury, MN 55125 (651) 209-3300 File Number: 050446-F3 H-21-6B
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:
DATE OF MORTGAGE: July
13, 2020
ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE:
$191,369.00
MORTGAGOR(S): Drake Mudrow, a single man
MORTGAGEE: Mortgage
Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Broker Solutions, Inc. dba New American
Funding, its successors and assigns
DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING:
Recorded: July 28, 2020, Stearns County Recorder
Document Number: A1575562
LOAN MODIFICATION:
Dated: February 20, 2021
Recorded: March 1, 2021
Document Number: A1595476
ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: And assigned to: U.S. Bank
National Association
Dated: November 23, 2020
Recorded: November 25, 2020, Stearns County Recorder
Document Number: A1586886
Transaction Agent: Mortgage
Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. Transaction Agent Mortgage Identification Number: 1003763-0300354802-3
Lender/Broker/Mortgage
Originator: Broker Solutions, Inc. dba New American Funding Residential Mortgage Servicer:
U.S. Bank National Association COUNTY IN WHICH
PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Stearns Property Address: 413 5th Ave S, Sartell, MN 56377 Tax Parcel ID Number: 92.57074.0354
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 2, Block 4, Sartell Heights South Plat Two, Stearns County, Minnesota
AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE
AS OF DATE OF NOTICE:
$232,617.49
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:
July 18, 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 January 18, 2024, or the next business day if January 18, 2024, 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 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:
AMENDMENT TO ASSUMED NAME Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333
1. List the exact assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted: Home Instead #503
2. Principal Place of Business: 406 Great Oak Drive, Waite Park, MN 56387.
3. List a Mailing Address if you cannot receive mail at the principal place of business address:
4. List the name and complete street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name, OR if an entity, provide the legal corporate, LLC, or Limited Partnership name and registered office address: Selfless Senior Care, Inc., 80 So 8th ST. Suite 900, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
5. This certificate is an amendment of Certificate of Assumed Name File Number: 1030273200028 originally filed on: 08/30/2018 Under the name: Home Instead Senior Care #503.
6. 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/ Rockford R. Chrastil 05/12/2023 Rockford R. Chrastil, Attorney for Selfless Senior Care, Inc
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Entering this season, the sentiment toward the Minnesota Twins from their fanbase seemed to be one of cautious optimism.
The Sauk Centre Titans could not solve J.D. Hennen May 27.
BY EVAN MICHEALSON Michealson’s MinutesThe team had resigned All-Star and Gold Glove shortstop Carlos Correa to a six-year contract, acquired Pablo Lopez to bolster an already-improving starting pitching staff and picked up several valuable free agents in strong defensive catcher Christian Vazquez, home-run threat and capable outfielder Joey Gallo, shortstop Kyle Farmer and reserve outfielder Michael A. Taylor. While the wheels fell off late in the season for Minnesota in a 78-84 campaign, the Twins now possessed the pitching staff and roster talent capable for competing for the top of the AL Central.
Through a third of the 2023 season, the Twins have managed to scrape their way to the top of the division, but are only two games above .500 at 2826. Sure, it is better than being somewhere below first in the worst division in baseball to this point, but for reference, Minnesota was 31-23 after 54 games a year ago.
This slight regression has several root causes. While the Twins have found themselves with the league’s second-lowest ERA at 3.44, hitting has been a very, very imperfect art for the team. While Minnesota has barrels up balls at the fifth-highest rate in baseball, this power-driven lineup also swings and misses…a lot. In fact, the Twins have struck out more than any team in baseball at 548. Additionally, Minnesota is 24th out of 30 teams in hits and batting average, 21st in on-base percentage and 19th in OPS (on-base plus slugging). The squad desperately misses Luis Arraez, who went to the Marlins for the aforementioned Lopez.
What really stands out amongst the hitting woes is the overall lack of production in clutch situations, specifically with the bases loaded. The Twins have had 46 at-bats with the bases juiced in 2023 and have found a hit in five of them, good for a putrid .109 batting average, and have yet to even grind out an extra-base hit in those situations. It is hard to win games when you do not take advantage of scoring opportunities.
Also, while Minnesota’s pitching has been a strong suit, the bullpen has struggled to maintain close leads and only have a few pitchers that could be deemed reliable. Fireballer Jhoan Duran has thrown his way to a 1.27 ERA and seven saves, 2022 trade acquisition
Jorge Lopez has been mostly solid with a 3.52 ERA and .221 opponent batting average and recent call-up Brock Stewart has been a pleasant surprise with a 1.20 ERA in 15 appearances. However, Griffin Jax has six losses by himself this season through late-game struggles, and fellow relievers Jovani Moran and Emilio Pagan tend to allow baserunners in bunches.
If the Twins have any hope of making this season special, they need to address their all-or-nothing hitting approach and find some more middle-relief options, before it is too late.
Come January, Sauk Centre High School will usher in another rich and decorated class into the Sauk Centre
Athletics Hall of Fame.
Wayne Hansmann, a 1982 graduate; Deb Hansmann-Peters, a 1985 graduate; Ethan Vogt, a 2004 graduate; Kali Peschel-Ott, a 2012 graduate; former coach Jerry Borgman; and distinguished alumni Pat DuBois will be inducted into the hall during a banquet at 7 p.m. Jan. 27 at Diamond Point in Sauk Centre.
The class will also be recognized during halftime of a Sauk Centre boys basketball game Jan. 26, when the school hosts a boys and girls basketball doubleheader.
Wayne Hansmann 1982 ............................Athlete
Deb Hansmann-Peters 1985 ............................Athlete
Ethan Vogt 2004 ............................Athlete
Kali Peschel-Ott 2012 ............................Athlete
Jerry Borgman .....................................Coach
Pat DuBois ............Distinguished Alumni
HOF Banquet at Diamond Point
Saturday, January 27
Social Hour 5:30 - 6:30
Meal 6:30
• Program 7:00
On Jan 26, Sauk Centre is hosting a Boy/Girl doubleheader basketball game vs. BBE. The girls game starts at 6:00 and the boys game at 7:30. The 2023 Class will be introduced at halftime of the boys game.
Hennen gave a revamped Carlos Cougars roster a major boost in a Resorters League contest in Carlos, striking out 20 Titans batters in eight shutout innings as the Cougars took down Sauk Centre 2-0.
“Their pitcher threw really well and we weren’t used to seeing that type of speed,” said Andrew Rousslange, Sauk Centre manager. “He was mixing it up well, changing height and location and he had some movement on it too. We didn’t step up like we should have, but it’s better to see that now than at the end of the year.”
Brian Beuning tallied the Titans’ only two hits in the game, but the game remained scoreless until the eighth inning, in part due to a dominant performance from Sauk Centre starter Dylan Haskamp. The former collegiate arm struck out nine Carlos hitters in eight innings of his own, relinquishing only a single earned run. While he did allow 10 hits, Haskamp constantly worked out of jams, ending troublesome innings with a K on four occasions.
“He got into some trouble but found a way out of it,” Rousslange said. “He threw well the entire game for us. It’s too bad we couldn’t pull it together for him.”
The eighth inning was a climactic one for both teams. Sauk Centre found
Shane Trattles makes good contact with the ball during the Titans matchup against Carlos May 27 in Sauk Centre. Carlos handed the Titans their first loss of the season. Trattles played third and pitched the final inning for Sauk Centre.
its best scoring opportunity during the frame, as Beuning led off the inning with a single before Haskamp walked and Doug Zimmel was hit by a pitch to load the bases with two outs. However, Hennen picked up strikeout No. 20 to end the threat.
After two Carlos batters reached on back-toback hits to begin the hosts’ half of the eighth, an error in the infield scored a pair of Cougar runs, leading to Sauk Centre’s first loss of the season.
“We’re pretty okay with what happened,” Rousslange said. “Not the 20 strikeouts, but we only lost 2-0. We’ll see them again in two weeks. We have that day circled on our calendars.”
Before that highly-anticipated rematch, however, the Titans will face the Greenwald Cubs in a seven-inning exhibition at 6 p.m. Friday, June 2, in Greenwald. Following up that appearance is the Farming Baseball Invitational June 9-11.
“Everybody looks forward to the tournament every year,” Rousslange said. “It’s the focal point in the year; how we do there is what we build off of for the rest of the year.”
After a long-winding conference meet schedule, late-season invitationals have proved to be challenging-yet-rewarding experiences for the Sauk Centre Streeters girls golf team.
The second Section 6AA invite of the week saw Sauk Centre compete at Wapicada Golf Club in Sauk Rapids May 30, as the Streeters took 10th out of 12 teams with a team score of 468.
“Wapicada proved difficult for our young team, but it was great to get out and practice before the section meet next week,” said Olivia Fuchs, head coach.
Pequot Lakes, with three competitors in the top four, won the competition.
Brooke Bromenshenkel paced Sauk Centre’s lineup in scoring. The freshmen totaled an 18hole tally of 106, battling to a 30th-place finish as three others compiled the same score.
“Brooke has continued to stay consistent and dedicated throughout the season,” Fuchs said. “She works hard to understand all of her clubs and how they can best be used for a successful shot at any distance.”
Fellow ninth grader Anastasia Polipnick became the second Streeter to register a score in the 66-golfer event, collecting a 115 to take 45th.
“Anastasia has consistently lowered her score throughout the season and she has learned what works for her,” Fuchs said. “She maintains a positive attitude but always has fun during competition, which boosts her confidence and allows her to stay confident.”
Confidence demonstrated by Polipnick has also been present across
Sauk Centre’s entire roster, as evidenced by the team’s overall performances. Junior Lauren Feltman came in at 122 for 50th place, eighth grader Nora Thompson continued her late-season surge with a 125 in 52nd place and junior April Klaphake and seventh grader Sylvie Schirmers also competed, finishing with a 61st-place 140 and a 66th-place 156, respectively.
“Sylvie has learned a lot this season and shown improvement throughout,” Fuchs said of Schirmers.
“She fits in well with the team and learns from their experience.”
Sauk Centre hopes to utilize their learning lessons when they travel to Blackberry Ridge Golf Club in Sartell for the first day of the Section 6AA Girls Golf Meet at 8 a.m. Monday, June 5.
“We’ve worked up to the section meet all season and I know the girls are capable of showing season-best scores, as long as they apply what they’ve learned and stay engaged
during the meet,” Fuchs said.
Koronis Hills Golf Club
The Streeters remained evenly-matched with their competition even outside of the conference, registering a fifth-place finish out of seven teams at Paynesville’s Bulldog Girls Invitational May 24 at Koronis Hills Golf Club in Paynesville.
Sauk Centre earned 214 team points in the event, which scored competitors in a 6-6-6 format; the first six holes were scored by best ball, the next six were a scramble and the final six were operated under the alternate shot format.
The Streeters sent five individuals, including two pairs, to the invitational. Polipnick and Thompson registered an 11th-place finish out of 22 groups with a score of 107, while Feltman and Klaphake snagged 18th with a 114. Also competing as an individual for Sauk Centre was Schirmers.
For a large chunk of their first-round Section 6AA playoff contest, the Sauk Centre Streeters were well within striking distance of the Pierz Pioneers.
The underdog 13-seeded Streeters were trailing 2-0 through four innings, failing to find a run themselves but keeping No. 4 Pierz from snowballing the game into a favorable position behind a spirited pitching performance from Matthew Warring.
However, a five-run fifth inning from the Pioneers signaled the end of Sauk Centre’s comeback hopes, as Pierz eliminated the Streeters from postseason play with a 9-0 victory May 30 at Hellie Field in Pierz.
“I thought Matt pitched well, certainly well enough to keep us in it through five,” said Bryan Zollman, head coach. “We just had a couple of minor miscues that sort of snowballed on us in the fifth and they took advantage.”
Warring started shaky in the playoff outing, allowing two runs in the first inning, but settled in nicely to reach the fifth inning without another blemish. On one occasion, he tracked down a pop fly in foul territory and whirled to third base to get an inning-ending force-out, stranding the bases loaded.
Sauk Centre received an early chance to tie the game. Senior Eli Fletcher hit a second-inning single, stole second and safely got himself out of a rundown on a fielder’s choice, leading to two Streeter runners standing in scoring position with one out. Sadly, the Streeters failed to get that run across.
“Their pitcher was tough, but we did have a couple of chances but once again just couldn’t get that big hit when we needed,” Zollman said. “They also played good defense, made some nice plays and didn’t commit an error. They just played an all-around better ballgame than us.”
Pierz single-season
RBIs leader Max Barclay fueled the hosts’ massive fifth inning with a tworun home run, and the Pioneers scored two more in the sixth inning to provide additional cushion.
The Streeters bowed out of the section playoffs with a final record of 10-11. Not to be forgotten amidst the saddening ending was the contributions
of Sauk Centre’s senior class. Warring batted .397 at the plate and scored a team-high 22 runs to go with 38 innings pitched and 31 strikeouts; Fletcher hit an impressive .411 with two home runs and 21 RBIs, pacing the team with 11 stolen bases and adding a 1.88 ERA on the mound; Hunter Danielson
accumulated a .400 batting average, 20 RBIs, 28 hits and 10 stolen bases and Eric Isenbart returned to the program after a threeyear absence to add 19 atbats and a critical dugout presence.
“We had a small but solid group of seniors,” Zollman said. “They were great leaders and we
couldn’t have asked for a better group of kids. They set the bar high for the next group of underclassmen coming up.”
Brandon-Evansville 10, Sauk Centre 1 Sauk Centre’s regular season ended in disappointing fashion, as the squad dropped a 10-1 loss to Brandon-Evansville
May 25 at Evansville Public School in Evansville.
The Streeters clinched
the No. 13 seed in the Section 6AA tournament with the defeat.
TUESDAY
TACOS ALL YOU CAN
30 Years Ago
The Sauk Centre boys tennis team won a convincing 4-1 game over Minnewaska in Minneapolis May 25, winning them the Section 6A Subsection II boys team tennis tournament. Aaron Wachlarowicz and Brian Rousslang earned wins in singles for Sauk Centre; number one doubles were carried by the Darin Rieland and Chris Blank team, while Josh Funk and Andy Wright were winners at number two doubles.
Quote of the Week Sauk Centre freshman girls golfer Brooke Bromenshenkel on the team’s comradery: “We all work very hard. It creates a very supportive and caring environment for when we each have our good and bad days.”
The Sauk Centre boys track and field team (front, from left) Gavin Klein, David Gilmore, Zander Kuhlmann, Bryce Parish, Parker Sorenson, Logan Wiehoff, Bryan Sanchez, Alex Helgeson, Alex Tate, Jackson Kerfeld and Jacob Lahr; (second, from left) Rayden Weber, Jeric Schloegl, Jacob Robischon, Zayden Meyer, Keegan Christians, Matthew Zenzen, Ben Nelson and Rykin Engle; (third, from left) Coach Kristen Determan, manager Ava Kerfeld, Sevrin Anderson, manager Maia Volkmann, Jacob Drevlow, Jay McLellan, Zander Olmschenk, manager Arlene Bigalk, Harry Dunn, Devin Crawford-Klinnert, Dominick Terhaar, Andrew Drevlow, Matthew Brunko, manager Emily Bromenshenkel and Coach Kellie Wehrman; (back, from left) Coach Jacob Backes, Jarod Drobny, Owen Christians, Coach Chuck Leen, Kyle Sayovitz, Corey McCoy, Aaron Kerfeld, Derick Sorenson, Ben Anderson, Brandon Kampsen, Nate Lahr, Sam Scott, Spencer Marthaler, Reese Blondin, manager Sydney Zollman, Carter Schuster, John Williams and Coach Jim Metcalf won the Subsection West competition May 23 in Maple Lake. Many competed in the section meet May 31 at St. John’s University. Not pictured Austin Helgeson and Yahir Botello and coaches Megan VanHavermaet and Renae VanBeck.
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The Sauk Centre Girls Track team (front, from left) Ava Friedrichs, Victoria Marthaler, Olivia Marsh, Rebecca Mondragon, Lixy Ambriz, Brooke Tidemann, Julia Wehrman, Serena Middendorf and Brooke Larson; (second, from left) Carmen Loxtercamp, Brianna Middendorf, Maddy Schuster, Alivia Nathe, Nya Thieschafer, Kalli Schirmers, Lindyn Anderson, Stella Schirmers, Enara Nelson and Pyper Vogt; (third, from left) Lisa Straninger, Alyssa Tegels, Claire Bushard, Michelle Straub, Avery Crider, Nina Thieschafer, Kiara Klinkhammer, Mackenzie Ritter, Raya Sebek, Abigail Mohs and Maizie Jennissen; (back, from left) manager Arlene Bigalk, Francesca Rivers, manager Sydney Zollman, manager Ava Kerfeld, Coach Jacob Backes, Coach Kristen Determan, Hailey Thompson, Coach Chuck Leen, Samantha Eekhoff, Alicia Jennissen, Coach Kellie Wehrman, Coach Jim Metcalf, Brooke Rieland, manager Maia Volkmann, Keely Klein and manager Emily Bromenshenkel placed sixth at the Subsection West meet May 23 in Maple Lake. Not pictured Maria Navarrete-Ruiz.