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Molitor leads as youth face of Benton County 4-H Impacts being felt at highest level of state fair

BY JAKOB KOUNKEL STAFF WRITER

SAUK RAPIDS – While 4-H has had an indelible impact on Morgan Molitor, the 15-year-old believes she found a family instead of a youth development program. She continues to be a staple of 4-H youth leadership in Benton County.

Having hosted poultry classes in various counties where she taught other youth and families about raising show poultry, Molitor’s skills are in high demand.

Molitor, alongside her brother, Austin, 13, explained the breeds of poultry, how to show the animals and how to prepare them for county fairs. Many people enter the fair with the wrong kind of birds, forcing them home before competition begins, sometimes thwarting a year of labor.

Molitor started educating on show poultry to ensure nobody faces that fate.

Through her work with the Benton County 4-H club, Molitor has built trust among not only youth but also adult members. The adult members of the Benton

County Youth Council, around 100 people, voted to elect Molitor as a councilor a few years ago.

This year, she was elected vice president.

“They’re adults, so they’re a little intimidating,” Molitor said but mentioned that leading meetings has helped build confidence and garner meaningful results.

Molitor launched the movement in Benton County that allowed 4-H participants to show poultry and rabbits in premier showmanship – a conglomeration of the top two exhibitors in every species. Poultry

and rabbits were not eligible prior to Molitor advocating for the species’ market-worthiness, but her determination for inclusivity paid off.

“It was a difficult sell,” Molitor said. “My rationale was premier showmanship is for showing the importance of all market animals to our county. It took two years, but we finally got everyone on board.”

Now that she conquered the county level, Molitor redirected her sights at the state level. After qualifying and competing at the Minnesota State Fair twice, she began to take

note of the areas where the fair could improve.

In the same week Molitor came home from the state fair, she received an invitation to join the Minnesota Livestock Program Development Committee. With a little encouragement from her parents, Cory and Vicky Molitor, and after an arduous application process, she was chosen as one of

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(Above) Morgan Molitor (right) teaches a group of Benton County 4-H members proper show attire at a 4-H member’s house Feb. 8 in Sauk Rapids. Molitor believes in educating those interested in showing poultry in order to allow them a fair chance at competition.

(Right)Morgan Molitor holds one her most highly-awarded chickens in front of her family’s state-certified chicken barn Feb. 26 in Sauk Rapids. The 15-year-old serves Minnesota Livestock Project Development Committee for the Minnesota State Fair.

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ST. CLOUD – Combating stress, anxiety and depression on the farm can be daunting, frustrating and lonely said Emily Wilmes, University of Minnesota Extension Educator. She also said the stigma that often gets tied to mental illness is changing for the better.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed farmer suicide rate at 44.9 per 100,000 in its category of farmers, ranchers and other occupational managers. The highest average of any state in the nation is 25.2 per 100,000 citizens. A recent survey conducted by the University of Minnesota Extension found that 90% of farmers experienced occupational stress.

Now becoming clear that farmers are more likely to commit suicide than most professions and the general public, Wilmes said farmers and those around them are responsible for developing a routine to keep a healthy mind even if they may not feel they need it. Wilmes presented at the Central Minnesota Farm Show Feb. 26 in St. Cloud.

Wilmes is pushing a new narrative to fill the gap between the current unknowns and previously held myths and stigmas with mental health. She said research shows brains are developed through experience, and where people decide to live, learn, work and play affects mental health.

Fear, trauma and chronic stress negatively affect mental health, Wilmes said. And, trying to balance the uncontrollable with the controllable can cause farmers can lead to these adverse effects.

A farm and co-workers owner may have should practice their marketing active listening figured down by asking to the penny, questions and have everything attending fully to insured in case the conversation. of catastrophe After having a and have taken conversation, all the proactive, restate what expensive the issue is, steps possible paraphrase, Emily Wilmes to ensure high summarize and yields. But a then reframe the tweet from the executive issue in a different light. office announcing tariffs This process can help on exported goods or a focus the conversation to horrific weather pattern areas where progress can could foil their hard work be made. and profits.

When it comes to High interest rates, farmers and mental health, debt, commodity prices, getting the conversation weather, government started can be difficult regulations, livestock no matter how long the illness, crop yield, relationship has persisted. machinery malfunctions Even offering a simple and other stressors all acknowledgement of impact farmers’ mental someone’s suffering can health, Wilmes said. offer relief.

Showing a mental “I’ve been worried health chart, Wilmes about you. Can we detailed a grid with four talk about what you’re quadrants ranging from experiencing? If not, optimal health status to who are you comfortable poor mental health status. talking to?” Wilmes said, She said most people are in as a possible conversation quadrant one or two with starter. no mental illness but with “I am someone who the potential to be severely cares and wants to listen. stressed and languishing. What do you want me to The third quadrant is know about how you’re the worst state to be in: feeling?” Wilmes said.

Farmers are under severe Wilmes reminded stress, have a clearly listeners that it is OK not to defined mental illness and be OK, bad days happen, are not seeking help. This nobody is alone, and it is group is the most likely to OK to ask for help before take drastic action. citing a list of resources, Identifying signs noting that no other state of stress starts by in the country has a rural recognizing the categories farm helpline, much less that stressors fall into. two.

Physical, emotional, Ted Matthews is one behavioral, cognitive of those resources. He can and self-worth are all be reached at 320-266categories where signs of 2390. Monica McConkey stress can have various is the other, and she can be impacts.

Headaches, reached at 218-280-7785. eating problems, sadness, The Minnesota Farm and depression, increased Rural Helpline is 833-600drinking and drug use, 2670. Online resources isolation, memory loss can be found at https:// and feeling like a failure www.mnfarmstress.com are a few examples of the or https://z.umn.edu/ diverse toll poor mental ruralstress. The National health can take.

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Daylight saving time: Who’s to blame?

People do not like their clocks changed without having a say in the matter. Yet once again, we will be forced to turn our clocks ahead one hour March 8 only to be turned back in the fall.

Benjamin Franklin and farmers are the ones most often blamed for the yearly ritual. But, it was not Ben. He was not a fan of the sun waking him up at 6 a.m., so he wrote an essay that suggested there could be huge savings if people changed their sleep schedules so they would not need to buy so many candles. Contrary to popular opinion, he did not propose changing the clocks.

A n o t h e r misconception is daylight saving time is for farmers. Supposedly, the extra hour of daylight allows farmers to get more done. Maybe before

electricity an internal a time. But in the fall, caused higher demand was worth $200 to $400 a n d clock that asking a cow to hold for air-conditioning, million. During that batteries tells them onto her milk for an extra more than offsetting same time, the United that was when it is hour not only frustrates the gains from reduced States barbecue industry true, but time for the cow but can actually lighting. increased profits by $150 in today’s m i l k i n g . cause health problems.

So, if daylight saving million. Maybe that is the w o r l d , Cows do not Supposedly, the real time does not benefit reason daylight saving nobody gets like changes reason for daylight saving farmers, make for happier time has been stretched out of doing in their daily time is to save energy. cows or save electricity, from six months to seven c h o r e s s c h e d u l e , With more daylight, we who wins? Apparently, months to now eight. because and it can spend less on electricity it is the retailers and the So, if you are one it is too BY ROGER STROM i m p a c t for lighting. However, recreation business that of those who like things dark, cold, how much there have been several gain the most. People the way they are do The Business of Farming milk wet or hot. they studies that show the shop more when it is not blame Uncle Ben, Historians produce. In clock changes have had lighter at night. And, they the power company or tell us farmers were the spring, when clocks the opposite effect. The stay outside longer doing farmers. The real culprits actually the ones most are moved ahead, some folks with the National fun stuff. Past studies are those darn shoppers opposed to daylight farmers will slowly ease Bureau of Economic by the golf industry and golfers. saving time when it the girls into an earlier Research found that the estimated an extra month … just sayin’. was first implemented schedule a half-hour at warmer hour of daylight of daylight saving time in 1918. They had a powerful lobbing force that fought tooth and nail against messing with the clock.

Most farmers would NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE prefer we leave our time THE RIGHT TO 100307110009143509 pieces alone. Especially TAXES, IF ANY, PAID Stat. §580.07.

LENDER OR BROKER BY MORTGAGEE: TIME AND DATE TO dairy farmers who have VERIFICATION OF THE MORTGAGE $109,690.23 VACATE PROPERTY: If to deal with cows that DEBT AND IDENTITY AND STATED That prior to the the real estate is an ownermay not know how to OF THE ORIGINAL ORIGINATOR WITHIN THE ON MORTGAGE: Everett commencement single-family of this occupied, tell time but do have CREDITOR TIME PROVIDED BY Financial, Inc. D/B/A dwelling, unless otherwise

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MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Everett Financial, Inc. D/B/A Supreme Lending.

DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded April 6, 2018 Benton County Recorder, Document No. 428665.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC. Dated January 14, 2020 Recorded February 7, 2020, as Document No. 441194.

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mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/ Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 7, 2020 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: Benton County Sheriff’s Office, 581 Highway 23 Northeast Foley, MN to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys’ 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 unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN

provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on October 7, 2020, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

M O RT G A G O R ( S ) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE:None “THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION

BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S P E R S O N A L R E P R E S E N T AT I V E S OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.” Dated: February 11, 2020 Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P. Attorneys for Mortgagee/ Assignee of Mortgagee 4500 Park Glen Road #300 Minneapolis, MN 55416 (952) 925-6888 37 - 20-001478 FC THIS IS A C O M M U N I C AT I O N FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. R-8-6B

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NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO M O R T G A G E D power of sale contained in RELEASED FROM VERIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY ADDRESS: said mortgage, the above FINANCIAL OBLIGATION DEBT AND IDENTITY 3251 Orchard Avenue described property will be ON MORTGAGE:None OF THE ORIGINAL Northeast, Sauk Rapids, MN sold by the Sheriff of said “THE TIME ALLOWED BY CREDITOR WITHIN THE 56379 county as follows: LAW FOR REDEMPTION TIME PROVIDED BY TAX PARCEL I.D. #: DATE AND TIME OF BY THE MORTGAGOR, LAW IS NOT AFFECTED 190426000 SALE: April 14, 2020 at THE MORTGAGOR’S

BY THIS ACTION. LEGAL DESCRIPTION 10:00 AM P E R S O N A L NOTICE IS HEREBY OF PROPERTY: PLACE OF SALE: R E P R E S E N T AT I V E S GIVEN, that default has LOT SIX (6), BLOCK Benton County Sheriff’s OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE occurred in conditions of TWO (2), FAIRVIEW Office, 581 Highway 23 REDUCED TO FIVE the following described FARM, ACCORDING TO Northeast Foley, MN WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL mortgage: THE PLAT AND SURVEY to pay the debt then secured ORDER IS ENTERED DATE OF THEREOF ON FILE AND by said Mortgage, and taxes, UNDER MINNESOTA MORTGAGE: J a n u a r y OF RECORD IN THE if any, on said premises, and STATUTES, SECTION 27, 2006 OFFICE OF THE COUNTY the costs and disbursements, 582.032, DETERMINING, MORTGAGOR: Nathan RECORDER IN AND including attorneys’ fees AMONG OTHER J Knutson, a single adult.

FOR BENTON COUNTY, allowed by law subject to THINGS, THAT THE M O R T G A G E E : MINNESOTA. redemption within six (6) MORTGAGED PREMISES Bankvista.

COUNTY IN WHICH months from the date of said ARE IMPROVED DATE AND PLACE OF PROPERTY IS LOCATED: sale by the mortgagor(s), WITH A RESIDENTIAL RECORDING: Recorded Benton their personal representatives DWELLING OF LESS February 9, 2006 Benton O R I G I N A L or assigns unless reduced to THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE County Recorder, Document PRINCIPAL AMOUNT Five (5) weeks under MN NOT PROPERTY USED No. A335339.

OF MORTGAGE: Stat. §580.07.

IN AGRICULTURAL ASSIGNMENTS OF $130,700.00 TIME AND DATE TO PRODUCTION, AND ARE MORTGAGE: Assigned to: AMOUNT DUE VACATE PROPERTY: If ABANDONED.” Minnesota Housing Finance AND CLAIMED TO BE the real estate is an ownerDated: February 12, 2020 Agency. Dated January 27, DUE AS OF DATE OF occupied, single-family Minnesota Housing Finance 2006 Recorded February NOTICE, INCLUDING dwelling, unless otherwise Agency 9, 2006, as Document No. TAXES, IF ANY, PAID provided by law, the date Mortgagee/Assignee of A335340.

BY MORTGAGEE: on or before which the Mortgagee T R A N S A C T I O N $135,757.79 mortgagor(s) must vacate the USSET, WEINGARDEN AGENT: NONE That prior to the property if the mortgage is AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P. T R A N S A C T I O N commencement of this not reinstated under section Attorneys for Mortgagee/ AGENT’S MORTGAGE mortgage foreclosure 580.30 or the property is Assignee of Mortgagee I D E N T I F I C A T I O N proceeding Mortgagee/ not redeemed under section 4500 Park Glen Road #300 NUMBER ON Assignee of Mortgagee 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on Minneapolis, MN 55416 MORTGAGE: NONE complied with all notice October 14, 2020, unless that (952) 925-6888 LENDER OR BROKER requirements as required date falls on a weekend or 135 - 19-009541 FC AND MORTGAGE by statute; That no action legal holiday, in which case THIS IS A ORIGINATOR STATED ON or proceeding has been it is the next weekday, and C O M M U N I C A T I O N MORTGAGE: Bankvista instituted at law or otherwise unless the redemption period FROM A DEBT R E S I D E N T I A L to recover the debt secured is reduced to 5 weeks under COLLECTOR. MORTGAGE SERVICER: by said mortgage, or any part MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or R-8-6B U.S. Bank National thereof; 582.032.

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NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO $52,152.00 VERIFICATION OF THE AMOUNT DUE DEBT AND IDENTITY AND CLAIMED TO BE OF THE ORIGINAL DUE AS OF DATE OF CREDITOR WITHIN THE NOTICE, INCLUDING TIME PROVIDED BY LAW TAXES, IF ANY, PAID IS NOT AFFECTED BY BY MORTGAGEE: THIS ACTION. $30,057.06 NOTICE IS HEREBY That prior to the GIVEN, that default has commencement of this occurred in conditions of mortgage foreclosure the following described proceeding Mortgagee/ mortgage: Assignee of Mortgagee DATE OF complied with all notice MORTGAGE: October 3, requirements as required 2016 by statute; That no action MORTGAGOR: Sarah or proceeding has been P. Leonard, unmarried. instituted at law or otherwise MORTGAGEE: U.S. to recover the debt secured Bank National Association. by said mortgage, or any part DATE AND PLACE OF thereof; RECORDING: Recorded PURSUANT to the October 25, 2016 Benton power of sale contained in County Recorder, Document said mortgage, the above No. 419070. described property will be ASSIGNMENTS OF sold by the Sheriff of said MORTGAGE: NONE county as follows: TRANSACTION DATE AND TIME OF AGENT: NONE SALE: April 30, 2020 at T R A N S A C T I O N 10:00 AM AGENT’S MORTGAGE PLACE OF SALE: I D E N T I F I C A T I O N Benton County Sheriff’s NUMBER ON Office, 581 Highway 23 MORTGAGE: NONE Northeast Foley, MN LENDER OR BROKER to pay the debt then secured AND MORTGAGE by said Mortgage, and taxes, ORIGINATOR STATED ON if any, on said premises, and MORTGAGE: U.S. Bank the costs and disbursements, National Association including attorneys’ fees R E S I D E N T I A L allowed by law subject to MORTGAGE SERVICER: redemption within twelve U.S. Bank National (12) months from the date of Association said sale by the mortgagor(s), M O R T G A G E D their personal representatives PROPERTY ADDRESS: or assigns unless reduced to 6780 Town Hall Road Five (5) weeks under MN Northeast, Sauk Rapids, MN Stat. §580.07.

56379 TIME AND DATE TO TAX PARCEL I.D. #: VACATE PROPERTY: If 070048700 and 070048600 the real estate is an ownerLEGAL DESCRIPTION occupied, single-family OF PROPERTY: dwelling, unless otherwise SITUATED IN provided by law, the date BENTON COUNTY, on or before which the MINNESOTA, DESCRIBED mortgagor(s) must vacate the AS FOLLOWS: LOTS property if the mortgage is 1 AND 2, BLOCK 1, not reinstated under section MOLITOR ESTATES, 580.30 or the property is BENTON COUNTY, not redeemed under section MINNESOTA. 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on April SUBJECT TO ALL 30, 2021, unless that date E A S E M E N T S , falls on a weekend or legal C O V E N A N T S , holiday, in which case it is the C O N D I T I O N S , next weekday, and unless the RESERVATIONS, LEASES redemption period is reduced AND RESTRICTIONS OF to 5 weeks under MN Stat.

RECORD, ALL LEGAL Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

HIGHWAYS, ALL RIGHTS M O R T G A G O R ( S ) OF WAY, ALL ZONING, RELEASED FROM BUILDING AND OTHER FINANCIAL OBLIGATION LAWS, ORDINANCES ON MORTGAGE:None AND REGULATIONS, ALL Dated: February 26, 2020 RIGHTS OF TENANTS IN U.S. Bank National POSSESSION, AND ALL Association REAL ESTATE TAXES Mortgagee/Assignee of AND ASSESSMENTS NOT Mortgagee YET DUE AND PAYABLE. USSET, WEINGARDEN BEING THE SAME AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P. PROPERTY CONVEYED Attorneys for Mortgagee/

BY DEED RECORDED Assignee of Mortgagee IN DOCUMENT NO. 4500 Park Glen Road #300 371537, OF THE BENTON Minneapolis, MN 55416 COUNTY, MINNESOTA (952) 925-6888 RECORDS. 17 - 19-008241 FC COUNTY IN WHICH THIS IS A PROPERTY IS LOCATED: C O M M U N I C A T I O N Benton FROM A DEBT O R I G I N A L COLLECTOR. PRINCIPAL AMOUNT R-10-6B OF MORTGAGE:

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