News Enterprise

NEWS E NTERPRISE Claremont

Dodge Center

West Concord

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

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Ownership change at News Enterprise Bussler Publishing takes over the weekly newspaper Beginning with this week’s newspaper, The News Enterprise is under new ownership.

Bussler Publishing, Inc. has taken over operation of the Claremont-Dodge Center and West Concord weekly newspaper from Concord Publishing effective Nov. 1. Bussler Publishing also operates The

Times newspaper, a community weekly newspaper servicing all of Steele County and based in Blooming Prairie. Rick and Theresa Bussler, who live in Lakeville, own Bussler Publishing.

Terry Campbell, a lifelong resident of West Concord, has sold the News Enterprise after operating it for the past 11 years.

News Enterprise photo by Annie Anderson Rick Bussler is the new publisher of the News Enterprise. He and his wife Teri’s company, Bussler Publishing, Inc., took over ownership of the weekly newspaper last week from Terry Campbell.

Campbell will still be involved with the newspaper, as he will work part-time in advertising sales.

“We are thrilled to take over this fine community newspaper,” said Rick Bussler, who is publisher and president of Bussler Publishing. “Having this newspaper works well in our strategic plan of being an important community news source throughout Steele and Dodge counties.”

Bussler has owned and operated The Times since 2009. During the past three years, he has led the newspaper in expanding to a countywide paper, doubling its circulation and improving the overall quality of the paper. The Times has also won numerous state and national awards during Bussler’s tenure.

As for his plans with the News Enterprise, Bussler hopes to build on the solid foundation Campbell has developed for the past decade and make the paper even stronger.

For the first time in the history of the newspaper, Bussler is adding process four-color beginning this week. Readers will enjoy full color on six pages in the newspaper, including the front and back pages of each section as well as two additional pages throughout the paper. Many photographs will now be in full color.

A Spooktacular Halloween Eve (Above) Bruce Rosenau, participates in the haunted house at Concord Hardware in West Concord. Rosenau spent Halloween night spooking out trick and treaters throughout the night.

(Right) Coy, 1, and his sister Autumn Froyum, 3, of West Concord, team up as they go trick and treating.

See page 6A for more Halloween photos News Enterprise photos

by Annie Anderson

NEWS ENTERPRISE Continued on Page 3A

Company brings quality engineering to West Concord

By LOGAN BERNSTEIN Staff Writer Steve Shae recently brought his design engineering expertise to town and now has taken over a vacant building in West Concord.

Shae’s company, Innovation

By Design (IBD), has moved into the former veterinary clinic building at 220 W. 1st St. The West Concord resident has accrued over 18 years of experience in the engineering field

over the years and has worked in several different positions within his field including: test engineer, design engineer, project engineer, program manager, engineering manager and, now, small business owner. He has worked for Mustang Manufacturing, Slidell Manufacturing, Blount Manufacturing and Promachine Inc., which is a similar business to IBD. While working for Promachine, Shae mostly did finite stress analysis.

“The program basically breaks

a structure down into tiny little pieces on the computer and then we can put a load on it and the computer figures out how much stress is there,” he said. “Then we can see where we have areas where we need to give it some attention.”

After working in many different positions, and for several different companies over the years, Shae decided it was time to try something new. It was then that he opened IBD in Owatonna in 2006.

Shae has a degree in mechanical engineering and has been a certified licensed professional engineer since 2007. In working as a mechanical design engineer, he has seen and worked on many interesting projects. One of the first projects he ever worked after starting his own business was a release mechanism for an unusual machine.

ENGINEERING Continued on Page 3A

New Triton Teacher Spotlight

Stroh brings local face to classroom

By LOGAN BERNSTEIN Staff Writer

‘Holy cows...’

Editor’s Note: Every year Triton adds some new faces to the ranks of educators within its halls and every year, we go through and spotlight some of these new faces so that we can attempt to get to know them a little bit better.

Continuing the trend of hiring local faces, Triton High School’s new science teacher, Scott Stroh, is a native of Rochester and graduate from high school in Kasson. He attended college at the University of Wisconsin-

Madison where he initially studied engineering.

“I spent three years in their engineering program before I said, huh, I Stroh don’t think I want to be an engineer,” Stroh recalled. “So I switched into teaching.”

TEACHER SPOTLIGHT Continued on Page 3A

Commemorating Civil War Veterans

News Enterprise photo by Logan Bernstein West Concord residents got some excitement on Friday when several cows escaped from their enclosure and made a bid for freedom through town. Law enforcement and civilians eventually rounded up the cattle and herded them back through town and back across State Street.

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Seven Civil War veterans will have granite pavers dedicated and placed in their honor at the Dodge County Civil War Memorial in Wasioja on Veterans day, Sunday and Nov. 11 beginning at 2 p.m.

Re-enactors from the 3rd Minnesota will join the Dodge Center Legion color guard to perform the dedication. Abe Lincoln re-enactor dale Bas-

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tion from Rochester will be the guest speaker. Many others will be dressed in period clothing.

In case of inclement weather, the program will move to the historic church in Wasioja.

The Memorial is located in historic Seminary Park that is two miles north and three miles west of Mantorville. The event is free to the public.

OPINION

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Postmaster: Send address changes to: P.O. Box 8 West Concord, MN 55985 Phone: 507-527-2492 Fax: 507-527-8942 Web Site: STAFF PUBLISHER Rick Bussler bprick@frontier.com GENERAL MANAGER Annie Anderson bpannie@frontier.com STAFF WRITER Logan Bernstein nelogan@frontier.com ADVERTISING SALES Terry Campbell neterry@frontier.com ETHICS The News Enterprise staff strives to present the news in a fair and accurate manner. Please bring any grievances against the News Enterprise to the attention of the General Manager.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES Dodge, Steele & Goodhue Counties- $30 Elsewhere in Minnesota- $32 Out of state- $34 DEADLINES News and Advertising Friday at Noon LETTERS POLICY The opinions of our readers in the form of Letters to the Editor are a vital contribution to the healthy exchange of ideas on the News Enterprise opinion page.

All letters must be signed by the writer/writers and include a telephone number for verification purposes. Letters are accepted through personal delivery, by mail or by e-mail at concordpublishing@mediacombb.net.

Opinions expressed in letters to the editor do not necessarily represent the opinions of the News Enterprise and the editor reserves the right to edit letters when necessary.

The News Enterprise encourages readers to write letters to the editor as a means of communicating ideas and opinions with others, with a goal being to make the community better for all people.

OUR VISION To be regarded by our community and the greater Dodge County and our profession as one of the best small town community newspapers in the state.

MISSION STATEMENT IIn partnership with the community, we are dedicated to: • Producing an economically sound newspaper.

• Recording history of the community and its people.

• Ensuring the quality of life in West Concord and Dodge County.

One of the biggest changes readers are going to find with the News Enterprise this week is the addition of an opinion page complete with columns, cartoons, guest commentary, letters to the editor and yes, an editorial like the one you’re now reading.

For decades, many newspapers have prided themselves on the exchange of ideas and opinions through an opinion page or sometimes it’s called an editorial page. It’s often been said that one of the greatest benchmarks of a good newspaper is its opinion page.

And that’s where the News Enterprise hopes to improve on going forward.

New publisher Rick Bussler will be writing a column called Hot Pursuit. Staff writer Logan Bernstein will also be sharing a weekly column with readers as well. Beginning this week, we’ve added syndicated cartoonist Ed Fischer to the page to draw some humor to serious issues of the week.

We’d also like to encourage readers to write guest columns or letters-to-the-editor reflecting whatever is on their mind. Through this page, we hope to draw attention to important local, regional, state and even national issues.

Many larger newspapers, especially the dailies, venture into endorsing political candidates for elections like this year. While the News Enterprise likely won’t dabble in political endorsements, we may stray into sharing our thoughts and opinions from time to time on various races and what our political leaders are up to—or not up to.

Some weeks may be filled with material about serious issues, but other weeks may be light and humorous at times. Our primary mission is to engage readers and to provide them with thought provoking material to make informed decisions.

This page is not to be confused with other news pages. Readers generally turn to newspapers for unbiased factual reporting. That’s what we will do throughout the rest of this paper. But we want to offer a bit of our opinions at times and an opinion page allows us to do so.

Just as readers are entitled to their opinions, so are we. The editorial, which is what you’re presently reading, is the opinion of this newspaper. Editorials are our official stance on specific issues and can cover politics as well as social or cultural issues. Our editorials will most often not be signed because they reflect the opinion of the paper as a whole and not any one specific individual.

We also intend to be accountable to our readers.

If for some reason we screw up, we’ll be the first to admit it and move on. We want people to trust us as a credible news source. We may live in small towns, but that should not be an excuse for not being able to offer readers credibility.

As you’re enjoying this new page, please feel free to let us know what you think. After all, sharing an opinion is important part of our American democracy.

Changes in the fall air

Just as the seasons are changing before our eyes, there are also changes taking place with your local newspaper. This is my first publication as publisher of the News Enterprise.

The addition of the News Enterprise actually coincides with the third anniversary of my owning The Times newspaper of Blooming Prairie. I guess you could say I celebrated my anniversary in grand style by purchasing another newspaper. Perhaps, I’m a glutton for punishment by adding onto my already long list of responsibilities, but I really relish the idea of transforming this paper into one of the state’s best.

Ever since I got my start in the newspaper business, I have won many awards of excellence in the journalism field.

I have won many state and national awards for writing and photography over the years. In fact, I was the first publisher to ever bring home awards to The Times in Blooming Prairie two years ago. One thing you’ll fig-

ests. Now that you know I’m a police officer, you’re probably starting to see the parallels with the column name. As a police officer, I’m often called upon to be in hot pursuit. It may be a wild and crazy police chase as I’m trying to track down the bad guys. It could be rushing off to a domestic situation, car crash or medical emergency.

Cops are always in hot pursuit of something.

Newspapers are also in hot pursuit. We’re always trying to nail down information, facts and the truth. As a weekly newspaper, we’re also up against constant deadlines as we’re in hot pursuit of providing the community with a quality product.

By now, you’re probably wondering whatever led me into police work. It was actually my TV reporting job. I did many ride-alongs with police officers, state troopers and deputies. I also covered police and courts extensively throughout the region. I reported on several murder cases and murder trials.

As much as I love police work, I have to admit I love journalism even more. And that’s why I have ventured into buying newspapers, and most recently the News Enterprise.

I’m excited about the opportunity to publish your local newspaper. It will be a great adventure as I go in hot pursuit of producing one of the best small town newspapers in Minnesota.

The Pen is Mightier…

By LOGAN BERNSTEIN Staff Writer A wise man once said “when you’re finished changing, you’re finished”. That wise man was scientist, statesman and philosopher, Benjamin Franklin.

Readers may have noticed that we’ve been making many changes to the paper recently.

We’ve changed the layout, the content and the ownership of the paper, too. One thing that will not change, however, is our commitment to the readers in our area – West Concord,

Dodge Center and Claremont.

The News-Enterprise will still be bringing quality coverage of local news as well as feature stories about issues in the surrounding area.

One of the biggest changes to the paper has taken place at our office in West Concord. Former owner and editor/publisher, Terry Campbell, has moved on and will no longer be involved in the day-to-day operation of the business, though he will still be involved in advertising sales. What that means to you, the readers, is that you will no

longer have a long-familiar face at the newspaper office to which you can bring your news leads or your questions.

Though Terry will no longer be here, I will continue to work out of the West Concord office and will be responsible for a large portion of the articles we will be running each week.

Terry’s departure will have a profound impact on me because, ever since I began writing for this paper, he has been a source of leads and story ideas. Without his guidance and support, I will have to come up

Guest Column

• Claremont – By the City Shop • Dodge Center – north of the City Maintenance Shop • Hayfield – next to the County Shed, N of Hwy 30 on Center Street • Kasson/Mantorville – Gate C at the Recycling Center • West Concord – behind the liquor store • Ellington, Concord, Westfield and Vernon Township Halls.

There are so many ways to reduce waste by recycling, composting etc. RECYCLE – newspapers, magazines, junk mail, office paper, corrugated cardboard, folding cartons (like cereal boxes), tin, steel, and aluminum cans, glass bottles/jars,

and plastic bottles.

COMPOST – look into putting your compostable food waste into a home composter or if you have a large amounts of food waste, please check with the Transfer Station to see if delivering your food waste to the compost facility also located at the Dodge County Transfer Station – the cost if $45/ton instead of $185 a ton for garbage.

HHW – take all household hazardous waste with anything marked flammable, poisonous, or corrosive to the Olmsted Regional Hazardous Waste Facility at 305 Silver Creek Road NE, Rochester. There is no charge for Dodge County residents.

The Transfer Station also accepts other materials – some

with those ideas on my own – a challenging prospect, but one I look forward to. I will also be writing a weekly column in this space. This is where I will need to ask for those of you who read our paper for help.

I have not lived in this town nearly as long as many of you have and, thus, am not plugged in, so to speak, to the goings on in the county nearly as well as I would like to be. I would ask that community members with ideas for news articles, feature articles or even suggestions for this column, please don’t

hesitate to bring them to my attention. I am always looking for interesting ideas to use in the paper and will be eternally grateful for any help you, the readers, would be willing to give me.

Change is never an easy thing, but it is sometimes necessary and can be extremely beneficial, as Mr. Franklin once mentioned. As we continue to make changes and improve the paper I hope our readers will enjoy the adventure we’re on which we are now embarking as much as I will.

Mail Bag

Celebrate America Recycles Day

By MARK GAMM More than a celebration, America Recycles Day is the only nationally recognized day dedicated to the promotion of recycling programs in the United States. One day to inform and educate. One day to get our neighbors, friends and community leaders excited about what can be accomplished when we all work together. One day to make recycling bigger and better 365 days a year.

Most waste haulers have gone to a co-mingled system for collecting recyclables. There are also 10 recycling depots located around the county for those who do not have recycling services: • Berne – next to the church building

ure out about me very quickly is that I have a high standard for producing a quality newspaper.

I got my jump in the journalism world at an early age. I started working at my hometown newspaper, the Brownton Bulletin, in the 8th grade as a photographer. Brownton is a community the same size as West Concord located in the central part of Minnesota. By the time I graduated from high school, I was the assistant editor of the paper, doing writing, layout, photography and selling advertising.

After high school, I attended Mankato State University where I obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in mass communications. I continued to work in the newspaper business at small weeklies during college.

I ventured into broadcast journalism after college when I worked as a reporter/anchor for KAAL-TV in Austin in the early 90s. During my stint at KAAL, I often covered news around the region, including Dodge and Steele counties.

Most recently, I have been a police officer for the Lakeville Police Department. In addition to being a patrol officer, I have produced and anchored a monthly police cable show.

I plan to continue working in Lakeville, in addition to owning the newspapers.

Which brings me to the name of this column. “Hot Pursuit” became the name of this column as it ties together my life inter-

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Demolition debris - Brush and Leaves Clean Wood - Fluorescent Lamps Appliances - Used Oil and Filters Tires - Antifreeze Electronics - Sharps/Syringes Take the pledge and recycle.

Contact Dodge County Environmental Services if you have any questions. 507-635-6273 Mark Gamm is the environmental services director for Dodge County.

Teacher proud to help students Dear Editor: Nov. 12-16 will be marked as an observance of American Education Week.

Our tagline this year, "Great Public Schools: A Basic Right and Our Responsibility," highlights the importance of bringing together educators, parents, students, and communities in a unified effort to build great public schools.

Today's teachers do more than teach basic skills. They nurture and inspire children despite obstacles. They help students learn essential skills not always measured in testing, such as critical thinking, conflict resolution, cooperation, and problem solving, which help students throughout

life.

Parents, I invite you to visit your child's classroom and learn for yourself how you and the teacher can work together. If you do not have children, please consider visiting your nearest public school and see today's educators in action. Ask how you can contribute to a child's success. We'll be glad to advise.

Thank you for taking time to read this letter. I'm proud to make a difference in the lives of the students I teach at Triton Public School.

Jen Voxland Grade 5 Teacher Triton Public Schools

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Continued from A1 In order to facilitate the switchover to color, The News Enterprise will now be printed in Rochester by the Post Bulletin Co. The publication date of the paper will not change and still come out on Wednesday afternoons.

We have many exciting ideas to make this newspaper one of the best small town community weeklies in the state,” Bussler said. “This area deserves to have a classy-looking paper.”

Bussler also hopes to enhance the news coverage. “We want to cover every aspect of the three communities and the greater area throughout Dodge County and portions of Steele and Goodhue counties,” he said.

“Our focus will be hometown news that’s relevant to the communities we serve.”

Ann Anderson, who also serves as general manager of The Times, will manage the News Enterprise. She will be

responsible for coordinating the sales effort as well as managing the editorial side of the operation.

Logan Bernstein will be retained as a staff writer and continue to cover the communities as he has for the past five years.

Said Bussler: “This is an exciting venture for us to branch into the Claremont, Dodge Center and West Concord communities. We will give this an effort of 110 percent and then some.”

“I know every teacher must say this, but those ‘Ah ha’ moments when they go, oh that’s how it works,” said Stroh when asked what he enjoys most about teaching. “I enjoy the science and I enjoy trying to get other people excited about it.”

One of the challenges Stroh faces on a daily basis is in getting his students motivated and keeping them that way. He feels that it is especially difficult when teaching subjects like physics and chemistry – both challenging subjects – which the students may not be overly en-

thusiastic about in the first place.

He is enjoying his time at Triton thus far because the students, parents and staff are friendly and the “facilities are excellent.”

Stroh’s free time at the moment is almost completely devoted to his 5-year-old son. He is also a new homeowner, so his house keeps him busy when he does take a break from spending time with his family.

“That’s pretty much what takes up the majority of my time not spent at work,” Stroh said.

TEACHER SPOTLIGHT Continued from A1

News Enterprise photo by Logan Bernstein Alex Huesman and Steve Shae of Innovation By Design stands in front of the old vet building which was ideal for the work IBD does. Plenty of room and plenty of room to expand the business in the future.

room to expand the business if necessary in the future.

Shae isn’t alone at IBD, either. He has one employee, Alex Huesman, who joined the company in 2011. Huesman has degrees in mechanical engineering and statistics and agricultural science.

IBD offers numerous services to those who hire them for consultation including, but not limited to: new product development, current product maintenance, engineering analysis, product performance enhancement, cost reduction and CAD modeling and drafting.

“Most of our clients are existing companies, so they’ll come to us for new ideas or product improvements,” Shae said.

“Or maybe they’ve got a product that works but they want to make it more economical to produce. We’ll do an analysis on it and see what we can do with materials and see where we can take cost out.”

In the past few years the company has worked on a diverse number of projects on many

“It was a large slingshot that fired rubber ducks across a field,” He explained. “It was used in the training of dogs.”

Though he began his career by working to help design a unique piece of equipment, Shae’s career continued to bring him unusual and unique opportunities.

IBD once helped in the design of a diamond wire saw assembly, which is used for deep sea cutting work on oil; pipelines and similar structures. The patent for the device is currently pending.

The move to West Concord made sense to Shae on many levels. It is near his home and the vet building became available, so Shae began exploring the option about nine months ago but the idea never gained traction at that time. After thinking about it, however, he realized he liked the idea and began exploring the option again. The building is ideal for the work IBD does. It has plenty of office space, room for a table at which to discuss issues with clients and a small attached garage in which to build and test prototypes. There is also

types of equipment, from skid steers and roll-cages, to micro tunnel boring machines and pallet rack jam clearing systems.

Though they don’t have a specialty, IBD doesn’t do work on buildings. They will, however, work on farm equipment, tractors and pretty much any other mechanical device that needs their services. Shae said that engineering is something that he has always wanted to do.

“I like working with my hands, working on anything I can hold in my hands,” he explained. “I was in the electrical field for a while, but I just liked the mechanical hands-on portion of it. I like the challenges. People come to you with a challenge and I like to be able to work with them anc come up with a resolution for it.”

More information about IBD and contact information for the company can be found by visiting the IBD website at www.ibdeng.com or by calling Shae at 507-456-6652.

Stroh then went on to graduate with a degree in physical science education from Winona State’s physics department. He also spent a semester teaching at Winona’s physics department before moving on to teaching high school and settling down closer to the area in which he grew up.

Though physics is his preferred field of science, Stroh enjoys them all. At Triton he teaches both physics classes and chemistry, so he must have a good understanding of both fields.

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in the News Enterprise Archives Claremont mayor. In city council races, Al Gilbert and Ryan Fay won in West Concord and Anita Kern and Dean Gray in Claremont. Elected to the Triton School Board were Chad Johnson, Byrce Kleinwort and Jon Streiff.

The West Concord Class of 1978 celebrated its 30th reunion at the Fisherman’s Inn. There were 18 class members in attendance.

2 Years Ago Nov. 3, 2010 Terry Campbell- Editor The Triton FFA Officer Team attended the Region 8 Fall Leadership Day in Rochester. Team members included: Michael Brual, Tom Crowson, Winston Athey, Kristina Remold, Marrissa Cummins and Jacob Gochnauer.

It has been a 142 year wait, but the Dodge County Civil War Memorial will be dedicated on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11. The granite monument is located on the old seminary grounds in Wasioja.

The undefeated and second seeded Triton Cobras opened Section 2AA Playoffs with a shutout victory over the Kenyon-Wanamingo Knights 37-0.

Triton statistically dominated the game throughout but the score at the end of the first half reflected the sloppy play of the Cobras and their inability to sustain drives.

(L) Despite a power outage early in the evening, the Boy Scouts’ annual haunted house saw a good turnout and plenty of scares.

(Below) A Local Boy Scout in a spooky mask waits to scare passersby at the Boy Scouts’ annual haunted house at the West Concord Historical Society.

7 Years Ago Nov. 2, 2005 Terry Campbell- Editor The News Enterprise has a new office. After five years in the old location, the newspaper has moved to a building next to the Post Office on Main Street.

The new office provides a more pleasant work environment for the staff in the recently remodeled building with more space.

Demolition has been set for Dec. 27 for the West Concord Hotel. Dodge County approved the firm of Kane and Johnson to complete the asbestos abatement and demolition of the old hotel property. The bids will be opened and awarded by the end of November.

The Triton Senior High School fall play, “Fools,” by Neil Simon is underway. Fools is a fable about a remote Russian village back in the early 1900s that suffers under a curse of stupidity.

4 Years Ago Nov. 5, 2008 Terry Campbell- Editor The Triton Cobras defeated W-E-M 27-10 to send them to the state football tournament for the third straight year. The game was decidedly in Triton’s favor, carried by the rushing attack of tailback Kevin Ramirez.

The 2008 Election results are in with Jeff McCool winning the West Concord Mayor’s race and Virginia Busch being elected

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Community Calendar November

• West Concord American Legion & Auxiliary Meeting Thursday, Nov. 8. at 6:30 p.m., Legion Hall.

• Veterans Day Observance: Free coffee & cookies to all veterans on Monday, Nov. 12, 6 a.m.-10 a.m. at the West Concord American Legion Hall.

• Mark on your calendar, Golden Gals! Golden Gals meeting on Nov. 9 at 5 p.m. at the same place. Had a great time, don't forget to come! Good seeing you all again. Thank you!

• Veterans Day: Monday, Nov. 12, West Concord City Hall and Public Library will be closed.

• West Concord City Council Meeting: Thursday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m., West Concord City Hall.

• Cardinal Club Meeting: Tuesday, Nov. 20, 7 p.m., West Concord City Hall.

• Thanksgiving Community Worship Service: Wednesday, Nov. 21, Hegre Lutheran Church, Services at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

• Thanksgiving: West Concord City Hall and Public Library will be closed Thursday, Nov. 22, Friday, Nov. 23 and Saturday, Nov. 24.

Weekly Reminders

• West Concord American Legion Meeting second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Post 295 Hall. All are welcome to come.

• Brush & Leaf Pick Up: Every Monday morning starting at 6:30 a.m.

• Library Reading Program: Every Tuesday at 10 a.m.

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Help for turbulent times on the farm Farmers are currently facing some of their biggest financial challenges in history. An uncertain economy, the historic drought and other factors are coming together to make challenges for farm families seem almost insurmountable at times.

A workshop, Managing Our Farms Through Turbulent Times, has been scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 15 to help farmers think through some of these issues. Hosted by the Southeast Minnesota Ag Alliance, and sponsored by many industry groups, the workshop will feature a financial expert and a mental health counselor.

Gary Sipiorski, a former bank president and loan officer now with Vita Plus, will speak about strategies to manage farm

operations in this turbulent financial environment. Sipiorski specializes in financial issues related to agriculture. Ted Matthews, a mental health counselor with Minnesota’s Farm Business Management Program, will address some of the mental health concerns he is seeing among farmers, including depression.

Small group sessions will allow further discussion about both of these topics.

The workshop is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Nov. 15 at the International Event Center near the Rochester airport. There is no cost to attend, but pre-registration is requested.

Register on-line at www.surveymonkey.com/s/AgAlliance2012 or call the Rochester Area Extension Office at 507-536-6310.

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Obituary Mildred Lucille Dengler, 96, West Concord Mildred Lucille Dengler, 96, of West Concord, died We d n e s d a y, Oct. 31, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester.

She was born May 22, 1916 in Olmsted County to William and Ethel (Butlin) Dallman.

Millie graduated from Rochester High School in 1934. She worked as a governess prior to marrying Leo Dengler on June 20, 1942 in Rochester. The

couple made their home in rural West Concord in 1948.

She was a homemaker and gardener, but her greatest joy was caring for her family. Millie loved travelling, puzzles, reading and animals. She was a member of Faith Community Church and was involved in Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life.

She is survived by four children, Martin (Ardis) Dengler of West Concord, Margaret (Ron) Finne of Kasson, Marilyn (Jeff) Jobs of Blaine, and Marcia (Ev) Jacobsen of Georgetown, Ky.;

10 grandchildren, 24 greatgrandchildren and one greatgreat-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Leo in 2002, and two brothers, Arthur and Ken. Funeral services were held Sunday, Nov. 4 at Faith Community Church with David Breederland officiating. Interment was at Oakwood Cemetery in Rochester. Memorials are preferred to Faith Community Church. Michaelson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Pastor’s Corner D o e s kindness ever surprise you?

On that cold night we made over 200 sandwiches and Hennessey b r o u g h t them to Union Station. We walked around seeking out the homeless so they could be fed without leaving their shelter.

I gave a sandwich to an old man with a grocery cart close to the walkway.

As I walked away, I turned around and saw a young child who was hiding in the shadows come forward slowly as the man offered him the sandwich.

Would I give away my only food if I had none?

On a busy toll road, a man was broken down by the side of the road. After stopping, we found out that he did not have a spare and needed a tire patched. We took the man and the leaky tire to a service station where it could be fixed.

When we returned him to his car so he could travel on his way, he stopped for a moment.

He seemed confused. Why had strangers stopped to help him?

Smiling and waving good-bye we called out, “May God bless you.� He smiled and a look of recognition passed his face.

Ah! Ha! God! “May God bless you too!� “Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because

you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward� (Mark 9:41). Jesus makes it very clear to us.

Kindness is the thing, and even a cup of water will do. But it is not just the thought that counts.

The action and intention are important as well. Am I giving freely, seeing in the other the flash of the face of Jesus?

May we continue to be kind to one another and demonstrate by even the simplest action that we belong to Christ.

Sister Sarah Hennessey Pastoral Associate, Sacred Heart Church Owatonna

Area Church Schedule Faith Community Church West Concord David Breederland, Pastor Services held at 305 State St. North, West Concord Worship Services 9:30 a.m.

Church Connect (Sunday School & Adult Fellowship) 10:45 a.m.

AWANA Clubs are for children ages kindergarten through 6th grade. MS-1 is for 7th & 8th grade.

Both clubs meet on Wednesdays from 6:45-8 p.m., Sept.12 - April.

St. Francis de Sales Church, Claremont Father Will Thompson St. John Baptist de la Salle, Dodge Center Father Will Thompson

0DULH $. $QGHUVRQ Sunday Worship at 10:30 a.m.; Holy Communion offered 2nd & 4th Sundays; Children’s Sermon on 1st & 3rd Sundays.

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST Dodge Center Seventh Day Adventist Pastor Tim Bently Services each Saturday: Sabbath School at 9:15 a.m.; Worship Service at 11 a.m.

Trinity Lutheran West Concord Pastor Chris Brekke

&HQWUDO %DSWLVW &KXUFK ‡ .DVVRQ Daron Call 634-4200 Meets in KM Intermediate School West Entrance. Worship 10:30 a.m.; Wed. Night 7 p.m.

CHURCH OF CHRIST Concord Church of Christ, 2OG &RQFRUG ‡ 3DVWRU 7LP 6PLWK Worship 10:30 a.m.

Praise Fellowship Church Pastor Roger Langworthy, 374-6400 Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.; Wednesday Youth 7 p.m. at Club IOU

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST First Congregational United Church of Christ, Dodge Center Pastor Jean L. Boese Sundays - 10:30 a.m.

Worship and Sunday School

Dodge Center 7th Day Baptist Pastor Dale E. Rood Sabbath Praise Time 9:30 a.m.

11:30 a.m. Sabbath School

Zwingli United Church of Christ, West Concord Pastor Victor Jortack 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship

First Presbyterian Kasson Worship 10 a.m.

EPISCOPAL St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, .DVVRQ Rev. Justin Chapman Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship Service

First Presbyterian Church of Claremont Worship 9:30 a.m.

Communion First Sunday. of month Assembly of God Dodge Center Sunday: Worship service and Children’s Church at 10 a.m., Worship service at 7 p.m.

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LUTHERAN Bible Lutheran Church, Dodge Center Pastor Norman C. Hoffeld Sunday: Worship 10:30 a.m.

Hegre Lutheran Church Worship 10:30 a.m.; Sunday School 9:15 a.m.

Peace Lutheran Church (LCMS) 421 2nd St. W., Claremont &KXUFK ‡ Pastor Daniel M. Provost Cell Ph. 507-440-3147 Worship Services: Sunday at 9 a.m. ‡ %LEOH 6WXG\ 6XQGD\ DW D P St. John’s Lutheran Church Claremont 3DVWRU .HLWK 0H\HU Holy Communion offered 2nd & 4th Sundays; Children’s sermon on 1st and 3rd Sundays 6XQGD\ 6FKRRO DQG &RQÀ UPDWLRQ class held from 9-10 a.m.; Contemporary Service held Saturday Evening at 6 p.m.

Our Savior Evangelical Lutheran Church, .DVVRQ Pastor Dean A. Gunn, Sunday 9 a.m. Service METHODIST Dodge Center United Methodist www.dcumc.com Pastor David Westlake, Morning Worship 8:45 a.m.

West Concord United Methodist Church Pastor David Westlake Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.; Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

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Cody Lang, 6, is on Halloween patrol gathering candy with his dad Chris Lang.

Father and son, Ben and Haevan Quimby, 9, explore a haunted house during Halloween night while Bruce Rosenau is in character.

Victor Salazar, 6, and Mia Macias, 2, celebrates Halloween filling up with candy.

Delia Burt, 4, of Dodge Center, goes trick and treating with her grandma Mary.

Halloween gone bad, Kayla Shaw, 16, shows her Halloween spirit as a surgeon.

On Halloween night, Katie Rosenau, 15, stirs up an “eye ball� potion for haunted house guests.

Sisters (L) Lisa Rosenau and Lori Armstron, greets Halloween Hall Ha llow oween guests as th they e enter into the haunted Concord house at C onco on cord rd Hardware Hardw wa in West Concord.

Concord Hardware, manager, Dennis Engelhart, greets the trick and treaters as they venture into the haunted house Halloween night. Engelhart and his staff along with family members, worked their creativity in coming up with a successful event.

A West Concord resident displays their Halloween spirit by lighting up their house in bright festive colors.

Halloween Owl, Scarlett Boyum, 2 1/2, daughter of Amanda and Glen Boyum, enjoys trick and treating with th h her family.

(L) - Wyatt Rauk dresses up as Pokeman while Autumn Rauk dress up as a witch, 6, and friends vampire Jayce Leonardo, 6, and Kailey Ellingson, a cat, 9, dresses up in their favorite costumes.

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Jesse Rosenau, spooks Halloween goers as they come through the Concord Hardware Haunted House. What a success he was!

Greyson Overholt, 5, and Serenity Overholt, 9, of West Concord, stop by Concord Hardward to trick and treat after checking out the haunted house.

Photos by Annie Anderson

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2012

NEWS ENTERPRISE

Kindergarten Spotlight

By BRAEDON DOSTAL

High school comedy performs stageless

Student Writer

Student Writer On Saturday night, Oct. 27, the Triton Cobras took on the Caledonia Warriors. The Warriors beat the Cobras 53 to 0.

Don Henderson, the head coach for the Cobras, said “I knew it was going to be a tough game going into it.”

With the Warriors strong offense and well played defense, the Cobras with their young defensive backs could not play man to man defense to give the

Senior Spotlight Student Writer Daulton Peña is a senior at Triton High school. He has a brother named Diego, 9.

Peña enjoys playing video games, hanging out with friends, and going to movies with friends in his free time. He Peña is involved in basketball.

Peña future plans are to attend a university and he plans on majoring in engineering.

He does not know where he is going to attend college specifically yet.

Peña said what he’s going to miss about high school is his friends, basketball, and all the fun memories with his classmates inside school and also outside of school. Peña has enjoyed high school and all the teachers, but he said his favorite teacher is Mr. VanBeek.

Peña currently works at Dairy Queen as a cook.

Advice that he gives to under classmen is to always stay positive, get your homework done, always work hard, and study.

Peña recorded Harmony Henderson’s benefit for his senior project. “I really wanted to do something different” He said. “I thought this would be a great thing to do”.

Peña started working on his senior project about three weeks ago and he plans on finishing in late January.

Playoffs come to an end

By BRANDON THOMPSON

Emma Bradford is a kindergartener in Mrs. Bradford’s class.

Her parents are Tara and Mike Bradford. She also has two siblings, Morgan and Owen.

Emma, 6, likes to watch princess movBradford ies. Her favorite princess is Cinderella.

When Emma grows up she wants to be an artist.

By MATT BERMA

School Briefs

pass rush a better opportunity to get a few sacks on the quarterback.

Henderson explained that fumbling the ball too much when running the ball and on punt returns where some of the mistakes that were made.

The Warriors have a wellbuilt, solid offense which made it hard for the Cobras to stop them.

The Triton football team ended their season with a record of 7-3-0.

Ireland music is created Submitted photo Alfred Hitchcock suspense-spoof are Ryan Peterson, Gavin Johnson, J.P. Keller, Amber Miosi, Jacob Knutson, and Amanda Groll.

By MARCUS JANNINGS

cused of murder. Jacob Knutson said, “the thing I like best about the play is that I get to learn a bunch of new accents.”

Due to construction the actors have had to practice in the school library every day from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.. Their set this year is simple and doesn’t have many props.

That is one of the reasons

Mr. Jensen is the instructor for the band HVL program.

The students went to Winona Cotter on Nov. 5 to perform with other bands. They are going to be playing five pieces.

The pieces that were played was Music Flourish

By SARA BUCHER Student Writer Triton High School will be performing their fall play the Nov. 7, 8, 9, and 10. It will be held in West Concord at the Faith Community Church.

The play is called 39 Steps and is set in Europe and is a comedy about a man being ac-

why Mr. Schreiber, the play director, chose this play, because we do not have a stage this year. When asked what his favorite part about being in the play was, Matthew Kramer said, Having a sense of camaraderie with my castmates.”

The play this year is directed

by Mr. Schreiber and Ms. Sandager.

FFA food shelf stocking

By KRISTINA REMOLD Student Writer Triton FFA chapter has decided to donate $1000 from their corn drive total to the food shelf.

Sunshine Foods has decided to give five percent off on the total price. The chapter will then stock the shelves at the food shelf.

Those members who were involved in the corn drive have decided that the total pounds of food will be added

onto the student council food drive total.

The student body is competing against eleven different schools to get the most pounds of food per person out of the school. The school that wins gets $750 for their school to use for student activities.

Middle school book fair gearing up for the holidays Triton Middle School Book Fair is upon us again. It will begin on Nov. 12, and will end on Nov. 16 at the end of the school day. We will be open later on conference night Nov. 13 until 8 p.m.

The book fair will be in the gym that evening for the parents convenience. Parents are welcome to come during the school day and purchase books.

During the school day the book fair will be in the middle

school library. The hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The students always get excited about the book fair. They are all a big help. They help set the fair up, help people at the register, straightening up the books, and when its time to take the fair down, they are there for that too. They all know how important the fair is to bettering our education and our book choices in the library. 50% of the proceeds goes to buying new books for

our library. The more we sell, the more books we can purchase.

Christmas and other occasions are coming up, a book is a great gift. We will be selling children, young adult, and adult books and a lot more.

We are optimistic for a successful book fair. The new books will give many students years of reading pleasure, and they will look good in our new library opening fall 2013.

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Student Writer

for Wind, Inglesina, Rhythm Dance, Perthshire Majesty, and Ireland: of Legend and Lore.

All of the kids really like the “Ireland” piece because they enjoy playing it.

The one main goal Jensen has is that the kids have a great experience.

Winter athletics start up

By KATE BLAISDELL Student Writer Triton High School’s winter sports are starting to begin.

Student athletes have already started to prepare for their seasons.

Girls’ and boys’ basketball, wrestling, and dance will start practicing in a couple of weeks.

Braedon Dostal, junior basketball player said, “Every day after school we play five on five pick-up games”.

Girls’ basketball captains’ practice has already started.

Wrestling captains’ practice has also started and their season starts on Nov. 19.

Good Luck to all winter sports players!

School gets makeover

By EVANS SCHAFFER Student Writer Triton Public Schools is undergoing construction; building many new additions.

The general contractor on the job is Merrimac Construction with subcontractors including local Thiemann Construction Incorporated.

Construction began on June 4, of last year.

Construction additions in-

clude a new gymnasium, a new weight room, more elementary classrooms, an expanded auditorium, a new shop, and new choir and band rooms.

Construction is expected to be completed by the first day of school in 2013. The auditorium is expected to be completed by January 1, 2013 so it can be used to host this year’s one act competition.

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Fair cracks record revenue, goes over $1 million mark

By RICK BUSSLER Publisher For the first time in its history, the Steele County Free Fair went over the $1 million mark in gross revenue.

Members of the Steele County Agricultural Society learned at their annual meeting Thursday night at the community center on the fairgrounds that the fair’s revenue hit an all-time high of $1,082,000 for the past year.

“That’s a big milestone for us.

We had a good year,” said Jim Gleason, manager of the fair.

“The carnival was our biggest growth area this year,” he said, noting the carnival saw a 28 percent jump in sales at this year’s fair. The carnival revenue ended up at $150,963. It was the first time for Gold Star Amusements at the Steele Fair.

The previous record was es-

tablished in 2011 when the fair brought in $938,000. During the past 20 years, the fair has nearly tripled its revenue. In 1992, the fair’s revenue totaled $363,560.

During the meeting, members also elected new directors for the coming year. Sandy Jirele and Mike Hamilton were elected to three year terms while Brent Svendy will be filling the remainder of Elmer Reseland’s three year term. Reseland was elected to the board position last year, but died in August. There are two years remaining on the term.

In addition to the new board members, there were also three directors re-elected for threeyear terms. They include: Paul Arnfelt, Dan Deml and Roger Noble. Bill Hartle stepped down from the board after five years and did not run for re-election.

The fair experienced record

Luck lands former mayor a big cash prize W e s t Concord’s Casey’s General Store recently sold a winning scratchoff ticket worth a whopping $30,000.

Who was Boe the lucky winner?

It was former mayor, and longtime city council member, Burt

attendance this year of 321,926 people. Beer sales totaled 55,453 beer cups. The number of commercial exhibits also set an all-time record this year.

Concession rental was just over $280,000 with about 525 stands and booths at the fair.

The fair will continue moving forward with its Build the Barns project. The board hopes to build a new livestock facility after the completion of next year’s fair. The project is expected to cost around $500,000.

As a way of funding the barn project, the fair will hold a Barn Bash again at the end of June.

There will also be a smaller fundraising dinner at Hy-Vee in Owatonna in March.

Area hog farmer fined by MPCA Craig Benedix of rural Dodge County recently agreed to pay a penalty to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) for allowing hog manure to discharge to waters of the state.

Benedix owns and operates a 3,000-head swine finishing facility in rural Mantorville, northwest of Rochester. In October 2011, he pumped manure from one of his storage pits to an adjacent field of standing corn. The manure flowed from the field to a grassed waterway and eventually to waters in the Zumbro River drainage area.

Dodge County and MPCA staff investigated after a citizen complained that a local creek was discolored, foaming and smelled like manure. The county and state agency confirmed the presence of manure in Benedix’s grassed waterway and an adjacent intermittent stream that is a tributary of the creek. (Intermittent streams

cease flowing at times due to low precipitation and other factors.)

Benedix told investigators he pumped manure from the pit because the manure level had reached the floor slats of the swine barn above. He was not on site during the pumping, although he did notice the manure flowing from the field to the grassed waterway upon his return. The soils under the grassed waterway are classified as having groundwater at or near the surface, meaning the discharge had the potential to pollute the groundwater.

The discharge violated several state statutes, rules and conditions of Benedix’s feedlot permit, including creating a nuisance condition from discharges to waters, failing to store manure properly, failing to report the discharge of manure to a water resource, and failing to prevent, mitigate and clean up the discharge.

Under the agreement with the

MPCA, Benedix agreed to pay a $14,000 penalty. The agreement, known as a stipulation agreement, is one of the tools the agency uses to achieve compliance with environmental laws.

When calculating penalties, the MPCA takes into account how seriously the violation affected the environment, whether it was a first-time or repeat violation, and how promptly the violation was reported to appropriate authorities.

The MPCA is the state agency responsible for regulating feedlots in Minnesota. The MPCA regulates the collection, transportation, storage, processing and disposal of animal manure and livestock-processing activities, and provides assistance to counties and the livestock industry.

For more information about the MPCA’s feedlot program, visit the agency’s Feedlot.

The scales of justice could bankrupt you!

Boe. When asked if he has any big plans for the money, Boe said that he “just put it in the bank.”

He rationalized that it’s best to stash it in the bank because you can’t plan to spend money if you didn’t know you were going to have it in the first place.

Boe also commented that, though he only plays one scratchoff per day, he must be on a lucky streak.

“The next one I bought the following day was good for $30,” he said.

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Blotter Spotlight: Found from area police reports: Loose Goats. On Oct. 26, goats escaped from the junk yard in Dodge Center and were creating a traffic hazard on North St. at 4:10 p.m.

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Area rescuers train at windmill farm Emergency rescue workers from around Dodge County got a safety lesson involving windmills at a training drill Oct. 27 near Dodge Center.

Fire, police and ambulance crews gathered on the windmill farm south of Dodge Center for a safety drill sponsored by Vestas, which is the company that operates and maintains the wind turbines at the farm.

Vestas employees set up a scenario at one of the windmill towers simulating an employee injured in the tower, according to Sheriff Jim Jensen. As part of the drill, 911 was called by a Vestas employee in the tower and the injured person was lowered to the bottom of the tower by a harness and winch system that is part of Vestas safety equipment.

Rescue crews from Hayfield and Dodge Center fire departments along with ambulances from both communities responded to the scene.

The Dodge County Emergency

Area Warrants Police in Dodge County want the following individuals as they have active warrants for their arrest: Kelly Marie AbdelkarimHussien- Apprehension Order Patrick Oliver Adair- Contempt of Court Luis Rodrigo Alonso-EstradaProbation Violation Joshua Jacob Archer- Probation Violation Carlos Fernando AscencioJimenez- Contempt of Court John Matthew Bandy- Theft Jesus Salvador Barajas-Ortega- Contempt of Court Thomas Duane Bartz- Probation Violation Raudel Bonilla- Contempt/ Traffic Adrian Cota Bostamante- Failure to Appear Sayam Bounmy- Contempt/ Open Bottle Sarah Lynn Breiter- Contempt/ Failure to Appear Richard Lee David BrownContempt of Court Nicole L. Pecour CampbellContempt of Court Jorge Alberto Campos-Quintero- Probation Violation Ismael Carbajal- Probation Violation Javier Carreon Zapata- Contempt of Court Noe Arnoldo Cavazos- Probation Violation Hector Cayetano-Salas- Failure to Appear Alberto Cazares- Terroristic Threats

Area Police Blotter Dodge County Sheriff The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office handled 322 complaints for the week of Oct. 17 – 24. Some of them include: Oct. 17 Evacuation. Hayfield Fire Department and the Sheriff’s Department evacuated homes in Hayfield for a gas leak at 11:41 a.m.

Oct. 18 Narcotics. Deputies responded to a civil dispute in Dodge Center at 8:16 a.m. One subject was arrested for disorderly, possession of Paraphernalia, Marijuana and Prescription Drugs. He was transported to the Steele County Jail.

Bad Check. At 2:08 p.m., a Hayfield resident reported receiving a bad check in the amount of $700.

Vandalism. Deputies received a report at 7:41 p.m., that a shed used by the baseball league in Dodge Center had been broken into and vandalized.

Oct. 20 Vandalism. A small explosive detonated in a Kasson mailbox at 12 p.m. There was minor damage.

Oct. 22 Lost Animals. A Dodge Center reported his cows missing at 12:44 p.m. The two cows, a Jersey and a Holstein, had been gone for the past

Photo submitted Firefighters and ambulance crews from Dodge Center and Hayfield gathered around the wind turbine on the wind farm located south of Dodge Center Oct. 27. The rescuers, along with the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office, conducted a special training to rescue a person injured while working on the turbine.

Manager and the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office also took part in the simulation.

After the drill was completed, a debriefing was held to answer questions and concerns about the safety exercise.

“The safety drill was conducted to demonstrate to the responders Vestas safety equipment and safety procedures so they would be accustomed to the location of the wind mills and the equipment that Vestas

employees use,” Sheriff Jensen said.

Vestas will hold regular drills in the future to provide ongoing training with area fire departments, ambulances and sheriff’s deputies.

two weeks. Investigations are pending.

Oct. 23 Vandalism. A Blooming Prairie resident reported that his neighbor cut down and destroyed trees at his residence on 730th St. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office handled 214 complaints the week of Oct. 24 – 31. Some of them include: Oct. 24 Ambulance Run. At 6:27 a.m., paramedics and deputies responded to a Kasson residence after an 18-month-old child was having a seizure.

Evacuation. A gas line was hit by a trencher in the 200 block of 2nd St. in Claremont at 11:19 a.m. The line was actively blowing and there was a strong smell of gas. Homes in the vicinity were evacuated. Deputies, Claremont Fire Dept. and MN Energy responded to the gas leak.

Accident. Dodge Center paramedics and fire rescue and deputies responded to a two-vehicle crash in Dodge Center at 3:52 p.m. The only injury was a cut hand. A citation was issued for inattentive driving.

Animal Abuse. Two animals were found abandoned in a Dodge Center home at 4:21 p.m. One animal was transported to K-M Regional Veterinary Hospital.

Oct. 26 Narcotics. At 9:17 a.m., a Triton High School student was charged with possession of controlled substance and prescription drugs and possession with intent to distribute.

Deputies transported two juveniles involved with the narcotics to Many Rivers Juvenile Detention Center.

Oct. 27 DWI. Deputies stopped a motor vehicle at 1:21 a.m. in Claremont.

The driver was arrested for fourthdegree DWI and was released to a responsible party.

Oct. 29 Suspicious Activity. A Hayfield resident reported suspicious activity at 9:11 a.m. A chair and garbage can were tipped over and found a Frisbee and rocks in the yard.

Burglary. At 1:46 p.m., a Mantorville resident reported that an air conditioner was stolen from his or her apartment.

Traffic Hazard. A truck became stuck in a ditch while trying to back into a field drive in Hayfield at 9:15 p.m. Deputies and MN State Patrol assisted in towing the truck out.

Oct. 30 Vandalism. A report of a phone cable being cut and damaged overnight in Claremont was received at 8:25 a.m.

Environment Dumping. At 12:23 p.m., a vehicle dumped bags of garbage and tires at an intersection in Hayfield. Investigations are pending.

Oct. 31 Environment. A small spill of hydraulic oil in Dodge Center was reported at 1:12 a.m.

12:32 a.m. The adult driver was arrested for DWI. Drugs. Deputies responded to the 3000 block of Dane Road at 3:14 a.m. after a report of drug activity.

An adult was arrested at the scene.

Fraud. An incident of fraud was reported in the 13900 block of County Road 3 at 12:58 p.m.

Warrant. Deputies took a report of warrant activity at the detention center at 9:10 p.m.

Oct. 20 DWI. At 3:08 a.m., a vehicle was stopped on Interstate 35 at Mile Marker 56. Deputy arrested the adult driver for drunken driving.

Injury Crash. Paramedics and deputies responded to a crash involving injuries at 50th St. NW and 52nd Ave. NW at 3:21 p.m.

Shoplifting. A citizen reported shoplifting in the 6700 block of Frontage Road W. at 8:16 p.m.

Oct. 21 DWIs. Deputies made two DWI arrests throughout the day including at County Rd. 180 and Havana Road at 1:12 a.m. and at 38th St. SE and 44th Ave. SE at 5:27 a.m.

Animal Bite. Deputies received a report of an animal bite in the 14300 block of 42nd Ave. SW at 12:08 p.m.

Criminal Sex Conduct. Deputies began an investigation of criminal sexual conduct in the 200 block of 7th Ave. W. at 8:14 p.m.

Oct. 23 DWI. A motorist was arrested for drunken driving in the 500 block of Morning Dr. SE at 1:45 a.m.

Warrant. At 2:56 p.m., deputies arrested an adult for an outstanding warrant in the 100 block of Main St. E. Child Protection. A child protection report was taken in the 200 block of Pearl St. E. at 4:15 p.m.

Oct. 24 Intoxicated Driving. Deputy pulled a motor vehicle over in the 3700 block of Lemond Road at 7:49 a.m. The driver was found to be intoxicated and was arrested.

Oct. 25 Thefts. Two theft reports were received during the day including in the 15600 block of 19th Ave. SE at 9:40 a.m. and in the 14300 block of 72nd Ave. SW at 2:28 p.m.

Traffic Stop. Deputies made a traffic stop at 62nd Ave. NW and Crane Creek Road at 2:07 p.m. A citation was issued to the driver.

Property Damage. Deputies received a report of vandalism in the 400 block of 1st Ave. SE at 3:04 p.m.

Restraining Order. At 5:55 p.m., a restraining order violation was reported in the 15500 block of County Rd. 3.

Oct. 27 Restraining Order. A citizen reported a restraining order violation in the 4100 block of 66th St. NW at 5:35 p.m.

Oct. 28 Harassment. Deputy took report of harassing communication in the 10100 block of 38th St. SW at 2:26 a.m.

Crash. Deputies responded to a motor vehicle accident resulting in property damage in the 4100 block of County Rd. 45 S. at 5:52 a.m.

Drugs. At 1:04 p.m., deputies received a report of drug activity in

the 1900 block of 48th St. SW. Oct. 29 Theft. A theft from a vehicle was reported in the 300 block of 5th Ave. W. at 10:59 a.m.

Oct. 30 Theft. Deputy took report of a theft in the 6700 block of 48th St. W. at 1:29 p.m.

Nov. 1 DWI. At 2:09 a.m., a vehicle was pulled over at 64th Ave. SE and Havana Rd. Deputy arrested the adult driver for driving while intoxicated.

Probation Violation. A probation violation was reported at 6:03 p.m. in the 600 block of 36th St. NE.

Steele County Sheriff Oct. 19 Drunken Driving. Deputy pulled a motor vehicle over in the 400 block of Central Ave. W. at

Area Court News Dodge County The following misdemeanors and petty misdemeanors were heard in Dodge County District Court the week of Oct. 15 – 21: Dodge County Sheriff’s Office Mojica A. Arias, 24, Kenyon, speeding, $140; Todd M. Beaver, 53, Hayfield, speeding, $180; Brent C. Bulow, 33, Mantorville, speeding, $220; Jeffrey K. Freeburg, 40, Hayfield, speeding, $140; Devin S. Garrison, 19, Rochester, obstructing legal process, possession of Paraphernalia and minor consumption, $230, no alcohol or controlled substance use, and 1 year of unsupervised probation; Peter W. Gjemse, 42, Cleveland, speeding, $140; Terry A. Goodwill, 51, Kasson, revoked license, $280; Chad M. Hanson, 36, Owatonna, speeding, $220; Ann F. McNeilus, 30, Rochester, speeding, $140; Jeremy K. Posey, 33, Claremont, burning prohibited materials, $280; Lindsey K. Powers, 19, Rochester, minor consumption, $180; Christopher L. Rand, 20, Rochester, minor consumption, $180; Collin M. Vanzuilen, 23, West Concord, speeding, $140.

Kasson Police Department Christina F. Hansen, 40, Mantorville, speeding, $130; Randy C. Zelinske, 59, Mantorville, seat belt, $105.

MN State Patrol Rochester Mara J. Bakkedahl, 23, Hayfield, speeding, $140; Siobhan A. Sullivan, 19, Chesapeake, VA, speeding, $130.

The following cases were heard in Dodge County District Court the week of Oct. 22 with Judge Joseph F. Wieners presiding: Isaac A. Fjerstad, 24, Mantorville, previously appeared and was convicted of felony receiving stolen property. He was sentenced to $130, 3 days in county jail, no alcohol or controlled substance use, maintain employment, 20 hours of community service and 5 years of supervised probation.

Amy N. Packman, 35, Kasson, previously appeared and was convicted felony possession of Marijuana. Packman was sentenced to $125, no alcohol or controlled sub-

Steele County

Dodge Center woman sentenced in corn heist An elderly Austin man has pleaded not guilty to felony charges in connection with a alleged heist involving 14,000 bushels of corn from a Blooming Prairie farmer.

Arnold Edward Schwamm, 74, entered the plea on Oct. 15 to felony charges of theft and conspiracy to commit theft in Steele County District Court. The court has set a settlement conference for April 2013.

Schwamm is accused of planning to heist 14,000 bushels of corn in February from Vavra Farms in Blooming Prairie where he worked. An informant contacted police about the planned theft. Officers conducted a stake out at Vavra’s site on the edge of town and arrested Schwamm after he allegedly loaded more than 500 bushels into a semi.

stance use, do not enter liquor establishments, chemical dependency treatment, psychological treatment, maintain employment, 40 hours of community service and 5 years of supervised probation.

The following misdemeanors and petty misdemeanors were heard in Dodge County District Court the week of Oct. 22 – 29: Dodge County Sheriff’s Office Steven M. Demmer, 53, Hayfield, speeding, $120; Kenneth W. Durst, 69, Mantorville, speeding, $220; Heather A. Frederick, 31, West Concord, speeding, $140; Katie A. Lovejoy, 24, Dodge Center, disorderly conduct, $175 and 1 year of unsupervised probation; Kevin C. Mickow, 25, Kasson, DWI, $1010, 30 days in county jail, no alcohol or controlled substance use, do not enter liquor establishments, chemical assessment and 2 years of supervised probation; Glen D. Moravec, 47, Faribault, left turn violation, $130 and 6 months of unsupervised probation; David M. O’Brien, 28, Owatonna, speeding, $120; Amy N. Packman, 35, Kasson, theft, $613.16, no alcohol or controlled substance use, do not enter liquor establishments, psychological treatment, maintain employment and 5 years of supervised probation; Lucas L. Roggeman, 33, speeding, $140; William A. Saugen, 51, Pine Island, speeding, $220; Gary G. Stahl, 43, Kasson, seat belt, $105.

Kasson Police Jostin M. Andrist, 32, Byron, revoked license and no insurance, $480; Katelyn M. Kruger, 23, Dodge Center, no insurance, $280; Roger A. Swenson, 73, Wanamingo, seat belt, $105; Aaron J. Thompson, 39, Kasson, speeding, $120; Kristi J. Tottingham, 20, Kasson, seat belt, $105.

MN Dept. of Natural Resources Cory L. Rasmussen, 34, Hayfield, trespassing, $180.

MN State Patrol Rochester Michael P. Berg, 36, Kenyon, speeding, $120; Trisha C. Brambrink, 24, Hayfield, speeding, $130; Matthew R. Clock, 27, Hayfield, vehicle weight violation, $280; Tara C. Cratchy, 32, Rochester, speeding, $120; Michael W. Gebhardt, 56, Waltham, vehicle registration violation, $180; Amanda L. Halverson, 32, Owatonna, speeding, $120; Corey C. Hinsch, 22, Rochester, seat belt, $105; Jacqueline L. Hoehn, 21, Kasson, speeding, $130; Gilma I. Jones, 86, Owatonna, failure to yield, $130; Kevin C. Musolf, 49, Dodge Center, vehicle weight violation, $880; Randall S. Wilkie, 50, Ellendale, speeding, $130.

West Concord Police Douglas E. Dauffenbach, 42, Owatonna, speeding, $120.

According to police, Schwamm reportedly told the informant he would steal the corn when the owner was out of town. The informant said Schwamm didn’t think the owner would notice 14,000 missing bushels because it would appear the corn had dried and shrunk in the bin.

A second person, Jeana Faye Anderson, 51, Dodge Center, was also arrested in connection with the theft. She pleaded guilty in March and was sentenced on Sept. 24. Anderson received five years supervised probation, 120 days in jail and fined $50.

The two are accused of a plot in which they were planning to steal more than $80,000 in corn.

The plan prompted the conspiracy to commit theft charge against Schwamm.

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Jacalyn Sticha

Slow down you’re moving too fast QUESTION: Why does State Patrol waste time writing speeding tickets when they could chase down more aggressive drivers like people who blow stop signs, cut you off or drive impaired?

You are not alone in the way you perceive speeding violations, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s [NHTSA] website states that research is showing that the public erroneously believe that speeding is not a great risk to safety or is not as serious as other traffic violations. Looking at crashes in Minnesota last year the most cited factors were, in order of frequency: inattentive or distracted driving, fail to yield, and illegal or Speed is force and energy, thus trauma to our tissue and the more speed you have the more damage to the body.

At higher speeds, the greater the potential is for losing control of the vehicle and not regaining it. The driver traveling at high speeds is often also driving aggressively: abrupt lane changes, following too close and impatient with others.

The occupant protection built into a vehicle, seatbelt, structural engineering, airbags, padded dashes and bolster and windshields to mention a few, are all incredibly effective.

They are designed to displace, disperse or absorb as much force as possible before it gets to your body. But the faster you go the less effective they are at doing this.

Speed shatters life, slow down and arrive alive without a costly citation.

Sgt. Jacalyn Sticha MN State Patrol

LEGALS

B4 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2012

NEWS ENTERPRISE Foreclosure NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE 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. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: August 6, 2004 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $84,523.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Dawnalyn K. Steinman, a single person MORTGAGEE: Wells Fargo Bank, NA LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON THE MORTGAGE: Wells Fargo Bank, NA SERVICER: Wells Fargo Bank, NA DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Filed August 11, 2004, Dodge County Recorder, as Document Number A154963 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 14, Block 6, Ayar's 2nd Addition to the City of Dodge Center PROPERTY ADDRESS: 18 4Th Avenue Ne, Dodge Center, MN 55927 PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 22.102.0670 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dodge THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $81,222.60 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; 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: November 27, 2012, 11:00am PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff's Main Office, Dodge County Courthouse, 22 East Sixth St., Mantorville, MN 55955 to pay the debt 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 6 months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s) the personal representatives or assigns.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property, if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23, is 11:59 p.m. on May 28, 2013.

"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 5 UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. Dated: September 20, 2012 Wells Fargo Bank, NA Mortgagee SHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLP BY______________________ Lawrence P. Zielke - 152559 Diane F. Mach - 273788 Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778 Ronald W. Spencer - 0104061 Stephanie O. Nelson - 0388918 Randolph W. Dawdy - 2160X Gary J. Evers - 0134764 Attorneys for Mortgagee 12550 West Frontage Road, Ste. 200 Burnsville, MN 55337 (952) 831-4060 PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS OFFICE IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT AND DOES NOT IMPLY THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT MONEY FROM

ANYONE WHO HAS DISCHARGED THE DEBT UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 10-3, 10-10,10-17 10-24, 10-31,11-7

Foreclosure NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE 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. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: September 26, 2008 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $112,551.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Joan Keener, a single person MORTGAGEE: Wells Fargo Bank, NA LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON THE MORTGAGE: Wells Fargo Bank, NA SERVICER: Wells Fargo Bank, NA DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Filed October 23, 2008, Dodge County Recorder, as Document Number A179398 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 21, Block 5, South Fork Second Subdivision, Common Interest Community Number 13, in the City of Kasson PROPERTY ADDRESS: 46 4Th Ave Se, Kasson, MN 55944 PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 24.573.5021 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dodge THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $110,570.19 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; 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: December 13, 2012, 11:00am PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Main Office, Dodge County Courthouse, 22 East Sixth St., Mantorville, MN 55955 to pay the debt 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 6 months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s) the personal representatives or assigns.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property, if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23, is 11:59 p.m. on June 13, 2013.

“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 5 UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. Dated: October 11, 2012 Wells Fargo Bank, NA M o r t g a g e e SHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLP BY_____________________ Lawrence P. Zielke - 152559 Diane F. Mach - 273788 Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778 Ronald W. Spencer - 0104061 Stephanie O. Nelson - 0388918 Randolph W. Dawdy - 2160X Gary J. Evers - 0134764 Attorneys for Mortgagee 12550 West Frontage Road, Ste. 200 Burnsville, MN 55337 (952) 831-4060 PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS OFFICE IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-

POSE. THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT AND DOES NOT IMPLY THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT MONEY FROM ANYONE WHO HAS DISCHARGED THE DEBT UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 10-24, 10-31, 11-7 11-14, 11-21, 11-28

Foreclosure NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE 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. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: October 24, 2003 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $142,500.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Mark A. Head and Gina M. Head, husband and wife MORTGAGEE: Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON THE MORTGAGE: Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. SERVICER: Wells Fargo Bank, NA DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Filed October 29, 2003, Dodge County Recorder, as Document Number A149090 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot Ten (10), Block One (1), McNeilus Third Subdivision PROPERTY ADDRESS: 203 10Th Ave Nw, Dodge Center, MN 55927 PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 22.429.0110 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dodge THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $127,412.98 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; 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: December 13, 2012, 11:00am PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Main Office, Dodge County Courthouse, 22 East Sixth St., Mantorville, MN 55955 to pay the debt 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 6 months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s) the personal representatives or assigns.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property, if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23, is 11:59 p.m. on June 13, 2013.

“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 5 UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. Dated: October 15, 2012 Wells Fargo Bank, NA successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. Mortgagee SHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLP BY______________________ Lawrence P. Zielke - 152559 Diane F. Mach - 273788 Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778 Ronald W. Spencer - 0104061 Stephanie O. Nelson - 0388918 Randolph W. Dawdy - 2160X Gary J. Evers - 0134764 Attorneys for Mortgagee 12550 West Frontage Road, Ste. 200 Burnsville, MN 55337

(952) 831-4060 PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS OFFICE IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT AND DOES NOT IMPLY THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT MONEY FROM ANYONE WHO HAS DISCHARGED THE DEBT UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 10-24, 10-31, 11-7 11-14, 11-21, 11-28

Foreclosure 12-084557

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE 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. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: April 28, 2006 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $136,000.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Jeremy J. Garbers and Aimee C. Garbers, husband and wife MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. MIN#: 1002238-0020555940-6 LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON THE MORTGAGE: Hometown Mortgage Services, Inc. SERVICER: Specialized Loan Servicing, LLC DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Filed May 4, 2006, Dodge County Recorder, as Document Number A165999 ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the certificateholders of CWABS, Inc., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-8; Dated: October 25, 2011 filed: November 8, 2011, recorded as document number A193868 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lots 7, 8, and 9, Block 1, Pederson's and Ottesen's PROPERTY ADDRESS: 205 2Nd St Se, Hayfield, MN 55940 PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 23.501.0080 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dodge

THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $151,351.59 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; 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: January 8, 2013 , 11:00am PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff's Main Office, Dodge County Courthouse, 22 East Sixth St., Mantorville, MN 55955 to pay the debt 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 6 months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s) the personal representatives or assigns.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, singlefamily dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property, if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23, is 11:59 p.m. on July 8, 2013.

"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 5 UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. Dated: November 1, 2012 The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the certificateholders of the CWABS, Inc., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-8 Assignee of Mortgagee SHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLP BY _______________________ Lawrence P. Zielke - 152559 Diane F. Mach - 273788 Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778 Ronald W. Spencer - 0104061 Stephanie O. Nelson - 0388918 Randolph W. Dawdy - 2160X Gary J. Evers - 0134764 Attorneys for Mortgagee 12550 West Frontage Road, Ste. 200 Burnsville, MN 55337 (952) 831-4060 PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS OFFICE IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. This NOTICE is required by the provisions of the Fair Debt Collection PRACTICES Act and does not imply that we are attempting to COLLECT money from anyone who has discharged the debt UNDER the Bankruptcy Laws of the United States.

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Commercial Property.This property has 3 buldings with a combined square footage of 28,000. BUILDING 1 was built in 2000.The 70' x 144' pole type construction has 12' sidewalls, 10,080 sq. ft., in floor heat, central air, shipping and receiving area, 3 offices, 2 bathrooms.

BUILDING 2 was built in 1969. The 69' x 122' pole type construction has 16 ft. sidewalls, cement floor, 2 overhead doors and a 26' x 72' lean to on the NE side.

Building 3 was built in 1928. The 60' x 128' building has 12 ft. sidewalls, cement floor with bins for holding lumber, insulated and heated area with a 1/2 bath and office area, currently has rental income. The buildings sit on one full city block with asphalt driveways and parking area. $425,000

300 2nd St., Hayfield From the updated kitchen with garden window, to the original woodwork, open stairway and full walk up attic, this home is one to put on your list to see.

Conveniently located close to the park and pool on a corner lot. $98,900

TIEGEN’S VALLEY VIEW, HAYFIELD • 1.38 - 1.6 Acre Lots • Country Living • Ready-to-build • Natural Gas, Utilities, Water and Sewer to lot line • Easy access to 2 blacktop roads • Hayfield School District • Recreation Area

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COUNTY OF DODGE Court File No. 20PR-12-938 NOTICE OF INFORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE OF CREDITORS Estate of BETTY ENGVALL AKA BETTY J. ENGVALL AKA BETTY JEAN ENGVALL, Decedent Notice is given that an application for informal probate of the Decedent’s will dated January 23, 2002, (“Willâ€?), has been ďŹ led with the Registrar. The application has been granted. Any objections may be ďŹ led with this Court and will be heard by the Court after proper of hearing.

Notice is also given that the Registrar has informally appointed James E. Engvall, whose address is: 16903 535th St., West Concord, MN 55985 as personal representative of the Estate of the Decedent. Any heir, devisee or other interested person may be entitled to appointed as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the personal representative.

Unless objections are ďŹ led with the Court (pursuant to Minn., Stat., 524.3-607) and the Court otherwise orders, the personal representative has full power to administer the Estate including, after 30 days from the date of issuance of letters, the power to sell, encumber, lease or distribute real estate.

Notice is also given that (subject to Minn. Stat. 524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the personal representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.

Date: 11/2/12

AFTER HARVEST AUCTION Located: Earl Hamilton Auction Company Off Interstate 90 at Dexter, MN exit #193 Then 1/4 mile east on Hwy 16

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ON LINE BIDDING AVAILABLE Nice selection of farm equipment including a 2011 JD 9870 STS combine, 846 sep. hrs.; other combines; HEADS: 2010 JD 612 C Chopping cr. head; 2005 Harvest Tec 4306 C 6r corn hd; 3 other Harvest Tec cr. hds; Cressoni 6r chopping cr. hd; other heads; TRACTORS: 1995 #7800 JD Tractor, MFD, 3300 hrs, ps; 1070 Case, D; IH 340; MF #304 w/ldr; B Farmall; EQUIP: #2410 JD Chisel plow, 26’; #735 IH 5x plow, var. width; Ag Systems tandem axle nurse tank, w/trf. pump; DK #1063 grain vac, 60’ alum pipe; DOZER-SCRAPER-FORK-LIFT; Reynolds #17C scraper, 17 yd.; JCB #930 forklift; Int. TD 9 dozer, d; #821 Icon scraper w/rear hookup; WAGONS: 2-DMI 400 bu. wagons, center dump; other wagons; TRUCKSTRAILERS-DUMP TRUCK-ALUM. END DUMP-PICKUPS-CARS-LIVESTOCK EQUIP; LARGE SELECTION GATES: Misc. toys; Fishing equip; Balers & Hay Equip; 4 wheeler; Portable Bldg’s; Lumber, etc; For complete list check web site:

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The many faucets of the water bottle

By MARY ANN HENRY Community Writer What do you think when you hear the words water bottle? I think most people now would most likely think of a the small bottle that’s filled with drinking water that we see being carried around by many people as well as being found on office desks and in homes. This is the kind of water bottle most people will think of when it comes to the words water bottle.

The water bottle that I’m thinking of, and writing about, is one that was around long before the one we now see. This water bottle is different in a lot of ways from the ones seen all over now. This water bottle was flat in shape and about 8 inches wide and 12 inches long with a stopper on one end and a button hole-type hook on the other end to hang it up by.

These water bottles were made of rubber and came in colors like black or red. They were

often referred to as the hot water bottle for the reason that they were most often used with hot water in them.

When this bottle was filled with water, whether it be hot or cold, it was used for the same thing: aches, pains and sprains.

It was used for things that young people and old alike had such as toothaches, earaches, sprains or just stiff muscles.

These were the bottles’ main use. There was a special bottle that was made for children

which was the Mickey Mouse design bottle. Almost all homes in the past had one of these water bottles and, if they didn’t, they wished they did with some homes having more than one.

On a cold winter night some people would place the bottle filled with hot water to warm their bed to keep their feet warm. This was back before electric blankets and mattress pads that many people, me included, enjoy now without a thought of crawling into a cold

bed.

Many things have changed over the years and things that were once so often used have become forgotten items. The water bottle that was referred to as the hot water bottle, which was once so popular, was replaced by the heating pad back in late 1940’s or early 1950’s in most homes.

The water bottle was classified as a home remedy to use for tooth, and ear aches sprains or just sore stiff muscles. I think,

though, that over the years, people have become more and more alert to seek medical care in health issues.

There was another use for the water bottle that I didn’t mention but I wouldn’t say it was saving the best for last and think most will agree. This other use was utilized an extra part that came with the water bottle that was attached for giving enemas.

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Local author Erica Vetsch inspired by visit to Dodge County museum N e w York Times bestselling author and Rochester resident Erica Vetsch is always looking for inspiration for her Vetsch next novel.

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