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Gunther Austin holds one of the plates carved for him in Trieste, Italy, Nov. 2 at his Fairway Pines apartment in Sauk Centre. Austin served in Italy from 1947-49 with his friend, Alan Thornbloom.

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Austin reflects on military service in late 1940s

Minnesota businesses are adjusting for the state’s new requirements for sick and safe time, and the city of Sauk Centre is no exception. During the Sauk Centre City Council’s Nov. 1 meeting at Sauk Centre City Hall, city administrator Vicki Willer updated the council on the soon-to-be-amended city personnel policy, based on recent state legislation effective Jan. 1, 2024. Under the legislation, employees who are not independent contractors and who work at least 80 hours a year for a Minnesota employer earn one hour of sick and safe time for every 30 hours worked and can earn a maximum of 48 hours per year unless the employer agrees to a higher amount.

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n his Fairway Pines apartment in Sauk Centre, Gunther Austin has several wooden plates with the insignia of the U.S. armed forces in Trieste, Italy. These plates were carved for him in Trieste, when Austin was stationed there from 1947-49. While he never engaged with the enemy, he is glad for the experience his service had teaching him self-reliance, especially as Veterans Day approaches Nov. 11. “I never saw any action, but I served,” Austin said. “I like (Veterans Day); it’s a nice day.” Austin was born and raised in Sauk Centre, mostly living with his grandparents who had hardware stores in Sauk Centre, Osakis and Long Prairie. While attending school, locally, he attributes much of his education to helping with these hardware stores, including his talent for salesmanship. He was also part of the National Guard and the State Guard, even though he was underaged for both. When the guards were deployed in January 1941, his mother made the commander discharge him.

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Phase two enters focus

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Crews work on the grounds around the in-progress early childhood addition to Sauk Centre Elementary School Nov. 7 in Sauk Centre. Scheduling is underway for the second phase of the Sauk Centre Public Schools renovation project, focusing on the middle and high schools.

School committee reviews project schedule

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“I love getting the reviews after people have been here,” Karen said. “They enjoy it as much as we were hoping they would.” The Brophys moved to their home north of Sauk Centre in the early 1980s, and the 1914 house they acquired had previously been used to store animals, so that was one of their first projects.

hat started as a 2020 COVID-19 project has turned into a source of income and a cozy getaway for Bob and Karen Brophy, north of Sauk Centre. Their one-bathroom studio cabin has seen consistent booking and positive ratings since it opened in August, Brophys page 3 and as the winter months approach, the Brophys hope their “playhouse in the woods” will bring PHOTO BY BEN SONNEK Bob and Karen Brophy bring the guest book out of in more people, not only for their benefit but their rental cabin Nov. 6 at their home north of Sauk also to promote the Sauk Centre area. Centre. The cabin has been available for booking since Aug. 2 and has been booked for 13 weekends straight.

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the schedule for the project’s second phase, covering the middle and high schools. The consulting The timeline for the second firm held a schedule alignment phase of the Sauk Centre Public Oct. 30 to create the initial coSchools renovation project is takordinated schedule; to condense ing shape. the schedule’s timeline, they plan Tony Heimke, with consultto decrease project durations and ing firm SitelogIQ, updated the increase the crossover of project school board on the status of the scope areas. A final schedule is schools’ renovation project Nov. pending, wherein all trades will 6 during the board’s committee meeting in the school media center. sign off with their commitments. The second phase has been The project’s first phase, covering divided into multiple areas, with the elementary school, has nearArea G including the district ofly completed, and with the main fice, media center, courtyard infill building’s interior finished, the focus is on the new early childhood and classrooms in the vicinity; addition. Roofing is expected to be Area H including the gym, fitness area, locker rooms, boiler room completed Tuesday, Nov. 14, and the elementary school’s final clean and corridors; Area J including the is set to occur over the 2023 winter break. SitelogIQ is also solidifying School board page 3

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Mikayla and Craig Curry, of Sauk Centre, are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, Amora Julianna Curry, at 1:08 p.m., Oct. 5, 2023, at CentraCare-Melrose Hospital in Melrose. She weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce and measured 20 inches long. Welcoming her home were big brothers Josh and Ethan and big sisters Everly and Allison. Grandparents are Julie and Mitch Critz, of Alexandria; and Bill and Darla Curry, of Pipestone. Great-grandparents are Curt and Sharron Bystol, of Ortonville.

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Brandon and Teri Voller, of Burtrum, are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, Everley Margaret Voller, Nov. 3, 2023, at CentraCare-Sauk Centre Hospital in Sauk Centre. She weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and measured 21 inches long. Welcoming her home were siblings Wesley, Brantley and Paisley. Grandparents are Dave and

Molitor brothers Chick and Jon could relate to a story master distiller Marlene Holmes shared with them Oct. 27 during the Sauk Centre Lions and Melrose Lions Fall Wine, Beer, Liquor and Cheese Tasting event at the Melrose American Legion in Melrose. Their grandfather, Alphonse Molitor, owned Chick’s Chicken Camp on Lake Sylvia, north Melrose, Everley Margaret Voller on land where it was said moonshine was made in the JoAnn Voller and Raymond and 1930s. Their father and mothRuth Bense, both of Burtrum. er, Don and Mary Ann Molitor ran Chick’s Roadside Tavern

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Cori Ainali (from left), Melrose Lion George Jensen, Sauk Centre Lion Bryan Olson, Nancy Peterson and Diane Muellner celebrate Peterson’s and Muellner’s wins during the beer pull Oct. 27 at the Melrose Lions and Sauk Centre Lions Fall Wine, Beer, Liquor and Cheese Tasting event at the Melrose American Legion in Melrose. The event was held from 6:30-9 p.m.

west of Melrose on Old Highway 52. Holmes was excited to be at the event, to share her distillery knowledge and

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history and to visit with some of the 265 people who walked through the Legion. “I love this kind of venue. You’re face to face with the consumer, the person that will be pulling the product off of the shelf, and you are able to tell them who we are, how we do things and what we do,” she said. Holmes was in a booth with Winebow distributor Garrett Ryan, who works with Alyssa Klaphake of Spiritz Liquor in Melrose. Klaphake organized the 27 vendors for the tasting event. Holmes, a master distiller for five years, has been in the distilling business 33 years, 27 years with the Jim Beam company and six years with Milam & Greene. She does distilling of whiskey and some blending. “It’s something I love to do. I fell in love with it pretty much right off the bat,” she said. “I love talking to people about making whiskey. It’s a pretty unique business to be in, especially for a female … .” Holmes enjoys the whis-

key-making process. “It’s cool to make a product where I get off of work and I have my Milam & Greene T-shirt on and people in the grocery store will stop me in the parking lot and say, ‘That’s my whiskey. I love that whiskey,’” she said. “It’s a sense of pride knowing you’re making a great product.” She said making whiskey starts with using good products. “Like a chef in a kitchen. If a chef doesn’t have good spices and good foods to prepare dishes, they’re not going to serve a good meal,” she said. “It’s the same with whiskey. All the grains have to be quality grains, with good water sources and other things, based on time and temperature.” Following procedures and paying attention to details are important, she said. “It’s a tradition,” Holmes said. “People have been making whiskey for hundreds of years.”

Doris Jennissen (right, from front), Jackie Bauer and Angie Gamradt listen to Josh Scoffham, Wine Merchants representative, explain wine available for sampling during the Oct. 27 Melrose Lions and Sauk Centre Lions Fall Wine, Beer, Liquor and Cheese Tasting event at the Melrose American Legion in Melrose. There were 27 vendors offering samples.

Master distiller Marlene Holmes (left) visits with Jon (from right) and Chick Molitor while Alyssa Klaphake listens Oct. 27 during the Melrose Lions and Sauk Centre Lions Fall Wine, Beer, Liquor and Cheese Tasting event at the Melrose American Legion in Melrose. Holmes has been a whiskey distiller 33 years, the last five years as a master distiller.

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POLICE ACTIVITY Sauk Centre woman arrested for drug possession

officers with the Sauk Centre Police Department were dispatched for a welfare check at a residence on the 600 block SAUK CENTRE — A of Pine Street South in Sauk Sauk Centre woman was reCentre around 1:36 p.m., May cently arrested on a warrant 23. Law enforcement met for not appearing in court with the property landlord after being summoned for who reported he had arrived drug possession charges. at the residence to collect rent Jaimee Traylor Jaimee Nichole Traywhen he observed though the lor, 26, was booked into the Stearns residence’s window someone lying County Jail Oct. 31. Traylor is charged in the basement and not moving. The with fifth-degree drug possession, landlord was worried the individual which carries a maximum sentence of could be injured or deceased. $10,000 and five years in prison. After knocking on the residence Her omnibus hearing is Jan. 23, and announcing their presence, offi2024. cers entered. They located a bedroom According to a criminal complaint in the basement’s south end with a filed in Stearns County District Court, female — later identified as Traylor —

Monday, Oct. 30 05:22 hrs – Medical emergency on 200 block of 12th St. S 07:31 hrs – Welfare check on 100 block of Morningview Rd. 08:40 hrs – Problem with juvenile on 500 block of Birch St. S 08:58 hrs – Harassment on 800 block of Sinclair Lewis Ave. 09:29 hrs – Medical emergency on 300 block of Hwy. 71 13:42 hrs – Medical emergency on 800 block of Main St. S 13:50 hrs – Civil matter on 300 block of Oak St. S 16:33 hrs – Personal assist on 400 block of Elm St. N 16:45 hrs – Personal assist on 800 block of Pleasant St. 18:10 hrs – Civil matter on 800 block of Pleasant St. 18:53 hrs – Warrant on 300 block of Hwy. 71 N 23:45 hrs – Loud music complaint on 500 block of Grove Lake St. 2 extra patrol requests • 3 school patrols 7 traffic stops – 1 speed citation issued Tuesday, Oct. 31 02:42 hrs – Business assist on 300 block of Main St. S 10:17 hrs – Problem with juvenile on 200 block of 3rd St. N 13:56 hrs – Matter of information on 300 block of Pendergast St. 17:07 hrs – Dog complaint/barking on 500 block of Oak St. N 17:08 hrs – Medical emergency on 300 block of Hwy. 71 19:06 hrs – Stalled vehicle on Hwy. 28/Hwy. 71 19:28 hrs – Driving complaint on I-94, mile marker 133 22:15 hrs – Animal complaint on 800 block of Main St. N 3 extra patrol requests • 2 door checks 4 school patrols • 1 liquor license 3 traffic stops – verbal warnings issued

Stowell. — Approved the following appointments to Sick and safe time leave “How do we do a volunteer Sauk Centre Public Works: must be provided for the fireman’s sick time; do they Andrew Dirkes as a fulltime maintenance employee, employees’ use for when come in, sign in and go they are sick, when they home because they’re sick? Patrick Gonzales as a seasonal employee for the Sauk must care for a sick family We’ll work through it. … Centre Civic Arena and Sara member or if they or their I’m sure everybody in the Linow as a figure skating family member has experistate of Minnesota is wresinstructor at the Sauk Centre enced domestic abuse. tling with this right now.” Civic Arena. “We have a pretty robust The personnel policy — Approved a sick time policy for our update will be presented at $166,545.11 pay request to full-time employees,” Willer a future meeting, and there said. “What this does is will likely be some language Kuechle Underground for their work on the Authors expands what a family unit changes included in the Addition residential project. is so you can use it more, city’s labor agreements as — Approved a minor and it expands the ways you well. subdivision to the S. William can use it.” Earned sick and safe The legislation also time ordinances already ex- Property Management/Kelly requires the sick and safe ist in Bloomington, Duluth, Kerfeld property on the 700 block of Prospect Avenue, time be offered to part-time Minneapolis and St. Paul. allowing the twin home on employees — which, for Other city council news: the land to be split along its — Approved the adthe city, includes seasonal party wall. Both units have vancement of Sauk Centre workers, firefighters and Police Department part-time adequate off-street parking ambulance staff. and separate utility hookups, officer Lateshia Harden “We need to figure out although an easement will to a full-time position in how we’re going to implebe required where services the department, following ment that into our existcross the property. the resignation of Branton ing system,” Willer said. — Approved Small City Development Program loans for the rehabilitation of two rental properties, one belonging to Eric Hellermann and on the 500 block

of Sinclair Lewis Avenue, the other belonging to Lindsay Bergmann and on the 100 block of Pine Street South. Both properties have two rental units each, and the owners are proposing a large amount of renovation. The original scopes for both projects — originally $34,068 for the Hellermann property and $51,855 for the Bergmann property — were reduced to $11,000 apiece, with the city’s participation in the cost being $7,700 for each one, with $4,400 as a loan that converts into a grant and $3,300 as a zero interest deferred loan. — Approved a gambling application for the Sauk Centre Sno-Cleats for a raffle March 24, 2024, at the Sno-Cleats Club House in Sauk Centre. — Approved the following donations: $142.70 from the Men’s Card Playing Group and $100 from Pamela Veeder, both for the Sauk Centre Senior Center. The next city council meeting will be 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 15, at Sauk Centre City Hall.

from front Austin graduated from high school in 1946. While the draft was not going on at the time, the Korean War was starting, and it looked like the draft would be returning. Draftees did not get to choose where they were deployed, but enlisted men did. “Alan Thornbloom was a classmate of mine. I talked him into going into the Army with me,” Austin said. “His mother about killed me, but I talked to her and said, ‘He’s got to go now because, if he doesn’t, he’s going to be in Korea.’ … She didn’t like it, but she let him go.” Austin and Thornbloom went to boot camp at Fort Dix, North Carolina, and they were deployed overseas on Christmas Eve 1946 to be stationed in the mountains outside Trieste. Austin worked in the captain’s mess hall on the ship and had a cabin in the fantail at the stern end, so he did not have to go below the decks to sleep. He was on a Victory ship, a cargo ship mass-produced in North American shipyards during World War II. “(It was) a tin can,” Austin said. “That was a wreck. They made those things 10 a day, I think.” Austin’s marksmanship skills came in handy when his ship went through the Strait of Gibraltar; he lost count of the number of sea mines he shot and exploded. The mines were non-magnetic and did not pose much of a threat to the ship, but it was still better to have them out of the way. When in Italy, Austin served as a rifleman, and he and Thornbloom were assigned to different companies — Company D for Austin and Company E for Thornbloom. They reunited through Thorn-

Thursday, Nov. 2 10:29 hrs – Motorist assist on 900 block of State Rd. 13:57 hrs – Agency assist on 300 block of Oak St. S 15:48 hrs – Civil matter on 300 block of Oak St. S 15:58 hrs – Suspicious activity on 900 block of Beechnut Ct. 20:41 hrs – Hit and run on 700 block of Beltline Rd. 23:49 hrs – Domestic in progress on 300 block of Hickman Dr. 2 extra patrol requests • 1 school patrol 5 traffic stops – 1 no MN driver’s license citation issued Friday, Nov. 3 08:54 hrs – Matter of information on 300 block of Hickman Dr. 16:03 hrs – Neighborhood dispute on 600 block of Pine St. S 17:00 hrs – Driving complaint on 100 block of Birch St. S 18:16 hrs – Child custody dispute on 300 block of Oak St. S 18:21 hrs – Suspicious vehicle on Lincoln St./Sinclair Lewis Ave. 18:53 hrs – Vandalism to vehicle on 1100 block of Fairlane Dr. 23:40 hrs – Suspicious vehicle on 000 block of Heritage Ln. 2 extra patrol requests • 1 gun permit 10 traffic stops – 1 driving after cancellation, 1 no proof of insurance and 1 speed citations issued Saturday, Nov. 4 01:01 hrs – Intoxicated disorderly person on 500 block of Sinclair Lewis Dr. 08:24 hrs – Agency assist on I-94, mile marker 128 10:55 hrs – No pay customer on 1000 block of Centre St. 11:14 hrs – Escort on 300 block of Maple St. 12:12 hrs – Child custody dispute on 300 block of Oak St. S 13:30 hrs – Problem with juvenile on 000 block of Rose Park SW 14:07 hrs – Medical emergency on 300 block of Hwy. 71 15:08 hrs – Dog complaint/barking on 500 block of Grove Lake St. 16:01 hrs – Verbal dispute on 900 block of Beechnut Ct. 19:22 hrs – Agency assist on I-94, mile marker 121 20:14 hrs – Gas leak on 000 block of 6th St. S 20:59 hrs – Driving complaint on 200 block of 12th St. S 21:45 hrs – Medical emergency on 900 block of Beechnut Ct. 23:37 hrs – Medical emergency on 800 block of Main St. N 2 extra patrol requests • 1 door check 14 traffic stops – 1 window tint and 1 no proof of insurance citations issued

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Gunther Austin (front) received an honor quilt from Norrine Stelter July 29 in the 4-H building at the Stearns County Fairgrounds in Sauk Centre. Growing up, Austin was a member of the National Guard and the State Guard, even though he was underaged.

bloom’s job in his company. “(Thornbloom) typed, so he was company clerk,” Austin said. “I said, ‘Now that you’ve got a little pull, pull me into E Company instead of D Company,’ so he did. … We were always together during the service.” While in Italy, Austin had noncommissioned officers schooling at Lido Island near Venice, so they would visit Venice often. “While I was there, they were having a little trouble with water,” Austin said. “We couldn’t drink it out of the tap. Coke was our main drink, and the mess hall had to boil the water before they used it. They had trouble with water all the time.”

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Sunday, Nov. 5 03:31 hrs – Agency assist on 100 block of Emerald Ave. SW 07:02 hrs – Agency assist on Co. Rd. 192/465th Ave. 08:07 hrs – Neighborhood dispute on 600 block of Birch St. S 09:59 hrs – Agency assist on 37000 block of Co. Rd. 173 13:03 hrs – Dog complaint/barking on 200 block of Oak St. S 15:22 hrs – Welfare check on 500 block of Lake St. 15:31 hrs – Problem with juvenile on 200 block of 12th St. S 16:04 hrs – Assault on 1100 block of Fairlane Dr. 16:37 hrs – Matter of information in Sauk Centre 16:54 hrs – Found property on 1100 block of Main St. S 20:05 hrs – Paper service on 100 block of Sinclair Lewis Ave. 20:41 hrs – Warrant on 900 block of 2nd St. S 1 extra patrol request 6 traffic stops – 1 no proof of insurance and 1 unregistered motor vehicle citations issued

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The company’s main focus was Trieste, a port city with the Adriatic Sea to the west and neighbored by what was then Yugoslavia. “(Yugoslavia) wanted Trieste because of the airport and seaport,” Austin said. “Other than that, it was solid rock. It was the only seaport on that side of Italy.” One time, Austin and Thornbloom went to a Red Cross dance hall where they met a couple of girls, and they took them to the opera house in Trieste. “They didn’t tell their mothers they were going with us until their mothers talked to them about it, and that was the end of that,” Austin said. “They were nice-looking girls

too, but their mothers wouldn’t let them go with us GIs.” Austin also met Pope Pius XII at an audience in Rome March 25, 1947. He still has the card with the pope’s profile on it, received at the meeting. Austin remained in the service for about two and a half years, a year and a half of which were at Trieste. When he returned, he received his degree in mortuary science from the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis and partnered in a mortuary business with a friend, but Austin left after he ended up paying for most of the business’ costs. He only made enough money to pay back the $500 loan his grandmother gave him, and he continued his education at St. Cloud State University, going to work as a salesman for casket companies nationwide. “I did that for about 12 years,” Austin said. “I was a (heck) of a salesman. I could sell Frigidaires to the Eskimos, so I made decent money selling on the road.” Austin married and had two sons. He kept in touch with Thornbloom, who worked out of Aitkin delivering artificial insemination equipment to veterinarians, among other jobs. Through his casket-selling travels, he stayed with Thornbloom one or two nights. “He and I had been together for all of our lives, except he died about 10 years ago,” Austin said. “He had married and got a piece of land from his wife’s mother and father, and he built a log cabin.” While he did not serve in an active combat area, Austin credits his time in the military for teaching him how to take care of himself. “It helped me a lot, the training I got in the service,” Austin said. “I was good at judging things that were going to happen (and) stayed away from a lot of trouble. I got close to a lot of trouble too, but never got deep.”

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Wednesday, Nov. 1 11:15 hrs – Problem with juvenile on 900 block of State Rd. 11:28 hrs – Welfare check on 500 block of Oak St. N 13:27 hrs – Problem with juvenile on 900 block of State Rd. 15:13 hrs – Suspicious activity on 100 block of 12th St. S 23:47 hrs – Agency assist on I-94, mile marker 128 1 extra patrol request • 3 school patrols 1 traffic stop – 1 no MN driver’s license citation issued

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lying on the bed, not moving. Officers believed the female was deceased, as she did not wake up after being shouted at several times, but the woman awoke after her foot was shook. Officers observed drug paraphernalia near the woman. Law enforcement obtained a warrant to search the residence, and allegedly located 2 grams of methamphetamine in the room and less than 1 gram of fentanyl within Traylor’s purse, according to the complaint. Charges were filed in the case Sept. 1. Traylor was previously convicted of a fifth-degree controlled substance crime in March 2021 in the Sibley County District Court.

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I’ll admit it: I’m not much of a sports ers who plan to winter in Florida: If you go to watcher. The pastime never really stuck with these games, it is imperative you take pictures me. It wasn’t hard to learn the mechanics of and let me know of your attendance so I can football, and one would think my automotive interview you for a story in early March. That’s inclinations would guide me toward NASCAR, the only way I’ll be able to cover this. but I never got invested in the former and it Still, why does a spectacle like the Floriwas hard to be interested in the latter when the da Man Games attract such interest in the first cars looked generally similar and literally just place? In my opinion, it is because they come drove in circles. On the plus side, I’ve probably the closest to proving G.K. Chesterton wrong; saved a small fortune by never accumulating in his essay “Don’t,” he writes, “…the man Ultra Sonnek cable and streaming subscriptions. who thinks he is a chicken does not try to look by Ben Sonnek However, there’s finally a competition through the man who thinks he is glass. … which threatens to make me want to watch TV madmen can never meet. It is the only thing they for once: the Florida Man Games. cannot do. They can talk, they can inspire, they can fight, Anyone with internet access has likely heard tales of they can found religions, but they cannot meet. Maniacs the legendary Florida Man, born from innumerable nacan never be the majority for the simple reason they can tional headlines: “Florida man threw live gator in Wendy’s never be even a minority. If two madmen had ever agreed drive-thru window,” “Florida man tries to evade arrest by on something, they might have conquered the world.” cartwheeling away from cops,” “Florida man posing as From my perspective, though, the Florida Man Games officer pulls over off-duty sheriff’s deputy” and more. I represents a meeting of the madmen, agreeing with each once saw one along the lines of “Florida man parks Smart other through the simple virtue of being unconventional Car in dining room so hurricane will not blow it away.” Floridians. They represent an ungovernable might which, While there is no specific individual Florida man who is in an age where everything you do is under some faceconnected to all of these instances, the moniker has come less, humorless bureaucracy’s thumb, is inspiring and to symbolize a sort of chaotic, American trickster figure even enviable to anyone who can look past the laughs. for the world to laugh at — and maybe secretly admire. With Veterans Day coming up, let us not forget the quote Now, though, it appears the region is ready to capiattributed to a German general in World War II: “The talize on that mythos with the first Florida Man Games, reason the American Army does so well in wartime is that scheduled for Feb. 24, 2024, at Francis Field in St. Augus- war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a tine, Florida. The event has a website, which I find mildly daily basis.” Then, there’s another quote from an anonydisappointing; as a casual scholar of all things Florida mous American serviceman: “If we don’t know what we Man, it would have been more fitting for the competition are doing, the enemy certainly can’t anticipate our future to have been announced with a sky-writing airplane. The actions.” That sounds like Florida Man thinking in its website also appears to have used AI-generated art for its nutty nutshell. graphics which, as I have explained in a previous column However, while Florida itself tends to steal the spotand many unsolicited rants, is a big no-no for me. Never- light, I’d wager there’s a little of the Florida Man spirit theless, the website makes up for its deficits by laying out in every one of our 50 states, and it needs to be identified the lineup of challenges, including but not limited to the and counted. The Florida Man Games must not stop with following: Florida; let them be followed by the Minnesota Man — An “Evading arrest obstacle course,” where partic- Games, featuring snowmobile antics and extreme ice fishipants run through an obstacle course while being chased ing. Let the North Dakota Man be named as the one who by actual police officers; can see and identify the state’s 53 counties by standing — A “Category five cash grab,” which seems to be in McClusky and turning in a circle. The California Man one of those cash-filled wind tunnel booths they have at shall emerge from a tent city. Then, when every state’s incasinos; sane male specimen has been chosen, they shall all battle — “Beer belly Florida sumo,” which is exactly what it out to determine which of them will become the next it sounds like; president of the United States. — A mullet contest. Trust me, when next year’s elections roll around, you To any and all Sauk-Centre-residing Herald subscrib- all will be begging for this system.

A season of thanks When November rolls around, it has me I am hoping you will earmark part of your thinking about all the things I am thankful holiday spending to be spent right here because for. My mind often drifts back to the saying, your gift keeps on giving. For every $100 spent you’ve probably read it somewhere too, about locally, $68 of that stays here. Watch our Facewhat if the only things you woke up with were book page for different ways to engage leading the things you thanked God for yesterday. Beup to our Holiday Kick Off. yond our immediate responses to that question Our Holiday Kick Off is Nov. 25, and we — where our minds wander to our families, are bringing back the Love for Local Passport our friends, roof over our head, health and so stamp cards for your chance to win one of two forth — does your mind go to your community, prize packages valued over $1,200 each. You Chamber Chat your surroundings, your job and the convewill see the Elf on the Shelf Scavenger Hunt by Stacie Michels niences we often overlook? President/Executive roll out, as well as the window decorating I am thankful for the entrepreneurs who Director Sauk Centre contest and the You’ve Been Elfed promotion have chosen to make Sauk Centre home for where we run around paying for a portion of Area Chamber of their businesses. I am thankful for the jobs your purchase when we find you in a local Commerce created, a great quality of life and amenities we business. We want to reward and thank you for enjoy that are missing in some small communities, from supporting Small Business Season. In addition, there will our beautiful parks and the crew who keep them clean and be an ornament decorating contest open to the public and in working order, along with our public works departbusinesses. Watch our eBlast and Facebook page for more ment who may not be as excited about the coming snowy details. If you don’t get our eBlast emails and would like season as those of us looking to get out our sleds, but they to, please email saukcentrechamber@gmail.com to get put in the long hours to keep our streets clear and clean. signed up. I’m incredibly thankful for our police department and This past month, we welcomed two more members: emergency responders who keep us safe and those who Jimmy’s Pizza of Sauk Centre and Blended Youth and respond when we have a crisis. Family Services, LLC. We look forward to supporting When you stop to think about the services we have you and invite our community to do the same. at our fingertips — from a top-notch hospital, schools Let’s mosey back to the original question: If all you and arts, and we have more housing going up too — we woke up with today were the things you thanked God for sometimes need a gentle reminder to really slow down yesterday, what would that look like? But the bigger quesand acknowledge the good things going on around us. It’s tion is, now that you’ve made it to the end of this article, easy to whine or complain, but it creates more energy and would what you wake up with tomorrow look different excitement if you take a moment to focus on the positive, as a result of a few seeds of gratefulness planted today? and it honestly takes less effort. So, take a moment now to Support local, make it a mindset and let’s be thankful for ponder and sit with your thoughts for a bit, what convethe businesses and community we live in. niences and aspects of our community are you thankful for? Nov. 1 kicked off a global marketing effort along with thousands of chambers, where we hope to encourage and educate people on the importance of supporting local businesses. Small Business Season has launched, and I hope you will tune into our social media platforms for announcements and opportunities to engage in the conversation and show your support. Globally, we recognize the importance of shopping small or supporting our local businesses, and that it is more important than just a single day or season. I have used the phrase in the past about it being a mindset; it’s about supporting not just a business but our neighbors and friends. It’s about protecting our community and showing thanks for the amenities we sometimes take for granted.

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Football is normally not part of my Sunday morning activities, but I did tune in to watch the Nov. 5 Chiefs vs. Dolphins game. Our national anthem was sung by a young woman in the United States military and the German anthem was also performed. The game was in Frankfurt, Germany. Many times throughout the Random Reflections Part II game, as the cameras panned the by Diane Leukam crowd of enthusiastic German fans, I looked at the faces that could conceivably stand in for any game held here in Stearns County. Their features were the same as a large number of our families, friends and neighbors. Some might be our relatives. I’ve never seen a group of 50,000 Germans in one place. To me, it was a bit otherworldly as my thoughts turned to Hitler’s Germany of WWII. Who are these fresh-faced fanatics, really? What was their role in the Nazis’ murder of 6 million Jewish people? The answer: nothing. Anyone who was 20 years old during the war would now be in their late 90s. The vast majority of Sunday’s crowd was not born yet when, according to information on the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, “On Jan. 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany by German President Paul von Hindenburg. Hitler was the leader of the Nazi Party … the National Socialist German Workers’ Party.” My mother was born in 1933. As a child here in America when Hitler was a dictator, she also had nothing to do with the Holocaust. Neither did you or I, no matter the proportion of German blood that runs through our veins. The current war between Israel and Gaza has a lot of people talking around the dinner tables and bars in Stearns County. Most of us admit the deeper issues of the Middle East are confusing, yet at the same time, most people — including me — support the Jewish people. Members of Hamas filmed themselves as they tortured, raped, dismembered, burned alive and carried out other unthinkable acts against innocent civilians, including babies. Like the saying goes, when they tell you who they are, believe them. They did that. Oct. 7 is Israel’s Sept. 11. They lost more than 1,400 people that day, which would have been the equivalent of more than 40,000 souls here, based on our population in 2001. I found it interesting to hear the buzz in the last couple days about former President Barack Obama speaking on the podcast, Pod Save America, about what happened Oct. 7. “If you want to solve the problem, you have to take in the whole truth, and you then have to admit nobody’s hands are clean — that all of us are complicit to some degree.” Uh, no thanks. I had nothing to do with it. While we’re at it, I never owned slaves either, nor do I own the idea that I am inherently racist because of the color of my skin. In fact, the assumption itself sounds racist to me. How about we start encouraging people to own their own actions? I highly respect a man named Thomas Sowell and, in my opinion, he is blessed with an extra dose of common sense. He’s 93 now, and this well-known conservative has written dozens of books on economics, race, politics and social issues. He said this back in 2016: “Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible for what they themselves are doing today?” I read “Kansas City Chiefs return to Germany 33 years later,” a story about Sunday’s NFL game on the Deutsch Welle website. DW is the public-funded German news organization that covers a multitude of international news stories. The last time the Chiefs played in Germany was August 1990. The game was to take place in Frankfurt but was moved to Berlin because history was unfolding. The Berlin Wall was opened to allow people from East and West Germany to pass through as East Germany’s communist leadership was ousted from power. To quote the Nov. 2, 2023, story in DW regarding the 1990 game: “Cheerleaders, tailgating and the Beach Boys being played on the tannoy (speaker) system offered a chance to sample American life, especially for those who, just months before, had been on the other side of the Iron Curtain.” American life. The good, the bad and the ugly. There’s nowhere else I’d rather be. Thank you, veterans. You have made this way of life possible, and may your contributions to our nation never be squandered. You have my deepest appreciation on Veterans Day and always.

Life Hacks By Missy Traeger How to use common, everyday items to help with household problems. Get rid of fruit flies by filling a bowl with apple cider vinegar and a bit of soap. The vinegar will attract the flies and the soap will kill them.

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khising of St. Cloud, Dianne Store which he owned and (Roger) Petersen of St. operated for 10 years. He Cloud, Mike Berscheid of then farmed full time until Edward J. “Ed” Ber1987 when he retired. Ed and St. Cloud and Bill (Suzanne) scheid, 98, of Sauk Centre, Berscheid of Elk River; Rosalie continued living on formerly of Grey Eagle, nine grandchildren and 13 the farm until 2007 before passed away surrounded by great-grandchildren; and moving to Sauk Centre. his family Oct. 31, 2023, at Ed enjoyed playing cards, sister-in-law Pat Berscheid of the VA Medical Center in St. Grey Eagle. cribbage, fishing, hunting, Cloud. Edward was preceded gardening, tending to his apA Memorial Mass of ple trees and taking care of his in death by his parents; wife Christian Burial was held dogs. One of Ed’s biggest joys Rosalie Berscheid Nov. 17, Nov. 7 at St. Joseph’s Catholic 2017; and brothers and sisters was taking his grandchildren Church in Grey Eagle with Donald Berscheid, Dorothy around the farm, showing Edward J. “Ed” Berscheid the Rev. Ronald Dockendorf them the fruits of his labor. He Jacobs, Lorene Bitz, Arnold officiating. Military honors High School and served in the was a member of St. Joseph’s Berscheid, Clarence Berwere provided by the Little scheid and Julian Berscheid. Catholic Church in Grey EaU.S. Navy, stationed on the Sauk Legion. Inurnment was Arrangements were made USS Lexington during World gle and American Legion Post in St. Bernard’s Cemetery in with Patton-Schad Funeral & 417 of Little Sauk. War II. After the military, he Ward Springs. Cremation Services of Grey Survivors include his married Rosalie Ahrens Sept. Edward Joseph Berscheid 19, 1950, at St. Paul’s Catho- children Susan (Paul) DierEagle. H-45-1B was born Sept. 13, 1925, in lic Church in Sauk Centre. Ed Grey Eagle, to Nicholas and worked in construction in the “Our Country is in Mourning, A Veteran Died Today.” Mae (Pluth) Berscheid. He Twin Cities for 16 years. He graduated from Grey Eagle purchased the Ward Springs

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Bradley Allen Weishair, 86, a longtime resident of Sauk Centre, went on to his heavenly home Oct. 31, 2023. Brad was born in Mildred and grew up on a farm in rural Long Prairie. He graduated from Long Prairie High School in 1955. He served in the Marines Corps for four years, spending time in Lebanon and Okinawa. In 1960, Bradley married the love of his life, Chermaine (Cherry) Robinson. Brad’s job as a claim adjuster took them to Fridley, Alexandria, Duluth, Bloomintgton, Sauk Centre and Grand

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Rapids, Michigan. He was an avid gardener and shared the bounty of his produce with many. He also enjoyed fishing, hunting,

camping and cutting wood. Brad was a loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather and is survived by his wife Chermaine (Cherry) Weishair; his children Scott (Kim) Weishair, Jennifer (Geoffrey) Flynn and Michael (Maureen) Weishair; grandchildren Andrea (Adam) Gress, Steven (Arian) Weishair, Adam Weishair, Natasha Flynn, Clayton Flynn, Mikala Weishair, Catherine Weishair and Bradley Weishair; sister Patricia

and dairy. Pearl worked as a cook at Safari South, Pool and Pub, Bethesda and at the Detlefs Center in Spicer. After Gerald’s death in 2013, Pearl moved into Spicer. Pearl was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Atwater. She was also active at the Detlefs Senior Center in Spicer, where she started the mahjong group. She enjoyed sewing, baking, cooking and Pearl E. Schroeder playing cards with her friends. firmed at Harrison CommuShe was very social and made nity Presbyterian Church and new friends wherever she graduated from Atwater High went, including many during School. She married Gerald her short time at Bethesda. Schroeder March 24, 1956. In Pearl had a special love for 1963, Gerald and Pearl purher grandchildren and always chased a farm on Sperry Lake, stayed connected to them. where they farmed agriculture She is survived by her children, Tammy Schroeder (Mike McHugh) of Villard, Terri (Ozzie) Osborn of AbC E L E B R AT I O N O F L I F E erdeen, South Dakota, Brent (Jayne) Schroeder of Hayward, Wisconsin, Michelle James J. Felling (James) Hentges of Sauk (Mr. Lucky) Centre and Annette Schroeder There will be a Celebration of Life for James J. Felling “Mr. Lucky” from 3-6 p.m., Barbara Kay Tabatt Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, at Barbara Kay Tabatt, 56, Diamond Point in Sauk Centre. passed away peacefully in her Sadly, Jim passed away home in Albany, surrounded May 27, 2023. Parents were by her loved ones, after a Clarence and Martha (Walz) courageous, 6-year battle with James J. Felling Felling. H-45-1P cancer. Barbara was born Oct. 3, 1967, in Sauk Centre, to DonJoin Us in Worship ald and Bernice (Boogaard) Messer. She lived in St. Cloud for 15 years before moving to Albany in 1998. She married BELGRADE BROOTEN David Tabatt May 4, 2002, ST. FRANCIS DE SALES ST. DONATUS at St. Paul’s Church in Sauk CATHOLIC CHURCH CATHOLIC CHURCH Centre. Barb worked for 541 Martin Ave. | PO Box 69 301 Eastern Ave. Electrolux for 32 years as a 320-254-8218 320-254-8218 Quality Auditor, retiring July parishesontheprairie.org/parishes parishesontheprairie.org/parishes 15, 2019. Barbara was a people ELROSA WEST UNION person and was loved by everyone who knew her. STS. PETER AND PAUL ST. ALEXIUS She enjoyed camping with CATHOLIC CHURCH CATHOLIC CHURCH family and friends, riding 302 State St. 11 Oak St. S four-wheelers, gardening, 320-254-8218 320-352-2563 singing karaoke with her famparishesontheprairie.org/parishes parishesontheprairie.org/parishes ily, playing cards and board games, hanging out with her SAUK CENTRE pets Lucy and Mids, cooking and trying new recipes and EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS spending time with her nieces GOOD SAMARITAN CATHOLIC CHURCH and nephews. 529 Main St. S Ash St. and 7th St. Barbara is survived by 320-352-6882 320-352-2196 her husband David Tabatt and goodsamaritansaukcentre.org parishesontheprairie.org/parishes their son Cody Tabatt; her parents Donald and Bernice FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH ST. PAUL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH (Boogaard) Messer; Her 124 4th St. N 304 Sinclair Lewis Ave. 320-352-5356 320-352-2196

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of Atwater; 10 grandchildren Alissa (Ash) DeBoer, Miriah (Mike) Cassidy, Zachary Osborn, Damon (Ashley) Schroeder, Grady Schroeder, Bryce (Jessica) Hentges, Erika Hentges (Bradley Walker), Anna (Samuel) Uphus, Luke Anfinson and Megan (Derek) Noor; and 12 great-grandchildren Arivia, Annika, Ayla, Molly, Gayge, Norah, Ozzy Jo, Brennen, Leo, Wyatt, Addi and Kyler. Also surviving are two sisters Charlotte (Bernard) Gratz of Atwater and Liz (Greg) Melges of Spicer; and numerous other family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Gerald; two sisters Joanne Hegstrom and Doris Gronli; four brothers Donald, Fred, David, and Bill Hegstrom; and an infant granddaughter. Arrangements are with Harvey Anderson Funeral Home in Willmar. H-45-1B

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PUBLIC NOTICES W AY B A C K W H E N 100 years ago • Nov. 8, 1923 Sauk Centre man attacked in St. Paul Hugh Wallace, son of the Herald editor, was walking on Wabasha Street in St. Paul between Eighth Street and Ninth Street Monday evening when he was slugged and robbed of between $30 and $35. Wallace did not know he was approaching danger nor does he know how many attacked him; when he regained consciousness, he was lying in a doorway, badly cut about the face and head. After making it to the St. Francis Hotel, he was taken to the St. Paul City Hospital, where his injuries were treated and the most serious one, a cut above his right eye, was determined to be an indicator he was hit with a blunt instrument of some kind. Although Wallace is still weak from blood loss, he expects to be able to return to Sauk Centre Friday evening. 50 years ago • Nov. 8, 1973 Forgery suspects arrested in Sauk Centre Three people — two from Minneapolis and one from Milaca — were arrested at the Red Carpet Lounge in Sauk Centre last Tuesday for attempting to cash a forged State of Minnesota check. They presented the check in the amount of $183.57 to Don Bromen, employed at the Red Carpet Lounge, who was suspicious of the check, and the proprietor, Vern Schmidt, called local police; the suspects offered no resistance when patrolman Ken Guinn and highway trooper Lloyd Achter arrived. When examined, their car was found to contain a considerable amount of merchandise which they had obtained in the area. The three were booked into Stearns County Jail, and they may be related to several State of Minnesota checks forged in the Twin Cities area during the last two months.

CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Minnesota Statutes 25 years ago • Nov. 11, 1998 Chapter 333 City siren will no longer blow at 10 p.m. ASSUMED NAME: i-Implant Dentistry. Sauk Centre’s whistle will no longer blow at 10 PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS: 1101 2nd St. South, p.m. nightly, as the Sauk Centre City Council voted to Suite 210, Sartell, MN 56377 USA. NAMEHOLDER(S): Artistic Smile Dental Center, PLLC, cease the practice after multiple citizens submitted letters 1101 2nd St. South, Suite 210, Sartell, MN 56377 USA. against it. Sauk Centre Police Department chief George By typing my name, I, the undersigned, certify that I am signTrierweiler pointed out the siren was blown at 10 p.m. to ing this document as the person whose signature is required, or remind children under 18 of the curfew and as a mainteas agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who nance measure for the new equipment, although a mainhas authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in tenance expert stated blowing the siren daily at noon and both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required every first Wednesday of the month will be enough to fields, and that the information in this document is true and cormaintain it. Mayor Paul Theisen also asked if the length of rect and in compliance with the applicable chapter of Minnesota time the whistle blew could be cut down from 35 seconds Statutes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to 10. to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath. /s/ Saad Bassas, Manager 10 years ago • Nov. 7, 2013 11/03/2023 ElmerZ to open in Sauk Centre H-45-2B The building formerly known as Gerard’s Dining and

Banquet Facility has new owners, and they are planning on reopening the space as the ElmerZ Restaurant, Bar and Event Center by mid-December. Chris and Sarah Zimmer CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME are part-owners with Chris’ parents, Kevin and Joan ZimMinnesota Statutes mer, along with Chris’ sister and her husband, Jenn and Chapter 333 Matt Shaw, and they named the venue after Kevin’s father, ASSUMED NAME: Walker Kluver Ventures. Elmer Zimmer, who passed away in 1977. According to PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IS: 18406 Ada Dr., Chris, not much will change about the restaurant initially; Sauk Centre, MN 56378 United States. NAMEHOLDER(S): Steve Kluver, 18406 Ada Dr., Sauk it will operate mainly as a restaurant and sports bar while Centre, MN 56378 United States; Susan Kluver, 18406 Ada Dr., offering a banquet facility for larger groups.

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Students Keyla Botello Ramirez (front, from left), Isla Dezeeuw, Kaylea Schmalzriedt, Bennett Ahrens, Olivia Reynolds, Enzo Groseclose, Katya Johnson and Loki Ironi; (middle, from left) Olivia Schmitz, Danny Muellner, Fabian Martinez, Zoey Jensen, Avory Perez Juarez and Nevaeh Raden; and (back, from left) Monty Tegels, Maya Beckler, Daisy Merten, Brayden Kerfeld, Graham Wielenberg and Otto Neal wear their Forward Team T-shirts Nov. 3 at Sauk Centre Public Schools in Sauk Centre. The school’s Forward Team program gives students the opportunity to earn a Streeter T-shirt through promoting a positive culture, exceptional leadership and representation of the core values of safety, responsibility and respect.

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Drevlow, Linscheid carry progress into state meet Sauk Centre cross-country athletes finish in top 35 BY EVAN MICHEALSON STAFF WRITER

Jacob Drevlow did not quite know what the 2023 Class A Minnesota State High School League Cross-Country State Tournament would hold, but one thing was certain for the Sauk Centre Streeters sophomore: he was not going to repeat last year’s run. While the 2022 state meet was a big learning experience and an exciting opportunity, the then-freshman found himself starting slower than many others and unable to get around a large pack of runners he knew he was capable of being faster than. Drevlow applied his growth as a runner Nov. 4, finishing 28th out of 160 competitors with a time of 16 minutes and 51.8 seconds at Les Bolstad Golf Course in Falcon Heights. “I’m happy with how it went,” said Drevlow, who earned sixth at the Section 6A Championships Oct. 26. “It would have been nice to PR, but the conditions were tough for that. Overall, I think I ran a good race.” Drevlow was not the only Streeter representing the program at the state competition, as Tori Linscheid was making her state debut as a first-time varsity runner, a rare feat for anyone to achieve, let alone a seventh grader. She showed from the start of the race to the finish she belonged at that level of cross-country running, reaching the finish line in 32nd with a new personal record of 20:02.6, nearly five seconds faster than her 20:07

race to qualify for state a In the end, Linscheid week earlier. finished higher than she “I am excited that I got expected, securing an enterthe chance to compete at taining, well-fitting ending state and feel accomplished to a season straight out of a to have finished the season fantasy. there,” Linscheid said. “I had no idea at the bePreparation proved to be ginning of the season I could pivotal for the Sauk Centre be fast enough to go to state runners in their quest to finish at the end of the season,” she the fall campaign strong. said. They ran the course the day Both Drevlow and before the state meet arrived, Linscheid received support getting a feel for what Les despite the long distance Bolstad Golf Course offered between Falcon Heights and as a running locale. It was a Sauk Centre. Each starting different change of pace for member of the boys and girls Drevlow, whose 2022 state Streeters squads made their PHOTOS BY MIKE KOSIK appearance came at St. Olaf way to the course to cheer on Tori Linscheid (left) and Jacob Drevlow convene after their Class A Minnesota State High School College in Northfield. their teammates. League Cross-Country State Tournament experience Nov. 4 at Les Bolstad Golf Course in Falcon “It was slippery that day, “I could hear them over Heights. Both runners finished in the top 35 of a 160-runner field. so I knew I’d need to put everyone else,” Drevlow said. on longer spikes before the “They were there the whole race,” he said. “They actually time, no matter what. It was still got covered in mud. I nice that the whole team was just visualized the course and there.” knew I had to start faster… I With another chapter of sped up for the first mile and Sauk Centre cross-country went from there.” coming to completion, the Linscheid, however, had attention now shifts to how no previous experiences at both the boys and girls teams the state level to draw off of can improve or evolve in and entered the big day with the offseason. The Streeter understandable nerves. It was boys will once again vie true that she was dropping for a shot at achieving state time at every event she partic- qualification as an entire ipated in throughout the fall team in 2024, while the Sauk and stepped up for her team Centre girls aim to build off at every invitational and meet a promising 2023 that saw along the way. But against the several young runners emerge top runners from each Class as bonafide long-distance A section, how would that talents. translate? “I’m really going to “I was very nervous focus on getting miles in and going into the race,” she increasing it next summer said. “I felt pretty ready, but to build up and be ready for I knew that there would be the beginning of the season,” tough competition. I credit Drevlow said. my coaches for helping me physically and mentally. I also credit my teammates for continuing to practice with WELL me the last week and hyping PHOTO BY MIKE KOSIK DRILLING me up for the race.”

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Streeter SCOREBOARD 20 YEARS AGO After trailing 22-6 at halftime, the Sauk Centre Streeters football team made a comeback against the Litchfield Dragons in a thrilling matchup. The Streeters tied the game at 22 in the fourth quarter on a Jake Uphus touchdown before Litchfield eventually picked up a 34-22 win.

Tori Linscheid pushes ahead in the Class A Minnesota State High School League Cross-Country State Tournament Nov. 4 at Les Bolstad Golf Course in Falcon Heights. The seventh grader overcame nerves to earn 32nd out of 160 competitors.

Quote of the week Sauk Centre senior libero Raya Sebek on the volleyball team’s memorable section semifinals match: “I’ve always said losing tough is better than winning easy, and our game against Pequot proves that. My only regret is we couldn’t pull it off in the end. But really, that was the best game we’ve played all season.”

Jacob Drevlow closes in on the finish line at the Class A Minnesota State High School League Cross-Country State Tournament Nov. 4 at Les Bolstad Golf Course in Falcon Heights. Drevlow completed his second-consecutive state run with a time of 16 minutes, 51.8 seconds.

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