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CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE
Asbestos removal first, then demolition
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The Wadena-Deer Creek High School was directly in the tornado’s path.
Photo by Rachelle Klemme
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The Kraus-Anderson Construction Company kept the exterior building intact, only commencing demolition after interior items were removed.
Photo by Dana Pavek/WDC Schools
Reprinted from the Oct. 16, 2010 Wadena Pioneer Journal Over the next several weeks, the public will notice a flurry of activity at Wadena-Deer Creek High School, which was destroyed by the June 17 tornado. Workers from Kraus-Anderson Construction Company are scouring classrooms during the week of Oct. 11, 2011, in an effort to retrieve items before demolition begins. Workers are also removing fluorescent bulbs, PCB ballasts in light fixtures, thermostats, refrigerants from cooling systems and petroleumbased products in the boiler room. Many of these items will be reused or recycled. Areas of asbestos have been located throughout the school, with the asbestos abatement to begin Oct. 18. Of the eight companies who bid on the demolition project, Rachel Contracting of St. Michael, Minn., was awarded the general demolition contract. They are in the process of acquiring the necessary per-
mits and licenses required by the state. Wadena-Deer Creek School District Business Manager Jerry Anderson said the public won’t see any visible demolition of the high school until early November. “From what Kraus-Anderson is telling us, there’s much to be done yet internally,” said Anderson, referring to the removal of items, asbestos and other hazardous materials. “It looks right now like the first week of November before the public will see the walls of the building start to come down.” Security personnel are currently on duty monitoring the site, which is potentially dangerous due to the instability of the structure. Anderson said the school continues to be mindful of the public’s safety. Meanwhile, the high school’s architect, Perkins+Will, held a second meeting with WDC staff for additional input on the design of the new high school.
Photo by Dana Pavek/WDC Schools
10.16.10 Kraus-Anderson workers re- 11.13.10 Ceiling tiles, insulation, damaged school furniture, supplies and more are in cover items from Wadena-Deer Creek High piles from Rachel Contracting, removing debris from the tornado-damaged high school. School on Wednesday, before demolition Areas of the deteriorating building are being shored up so asbestos removal can continue. begins. After asbestos and debris is cleared from the school, the walls will be demolished, most likely the middle of November.
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Photo by Brian Hansel
A big Rachel Contractors Caterpillar crawls into the Wadena-Deer Creek gymnasium after tearing down the west wall. Only 15-20 percent of the contents of the school could be salvaged before demolition work began. Many portions of the building were not considered safe after the June 17 tornado. The school district received an insurance settlement of nearly $41 million in October.
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Photo by Dana Pavek/WDC Schools
There were mixed emotions from different age groups as Rachel Contractors began taking down the WadenaDeer Creek High School. A Rachel Contractors employee estimated the demolition of the school will take 4-6 weeks, depending on the weather. The school was destroyed by a tornado that hit Wadena June 17. Work on a new school is scheduled to begin April 1, 2011. The new facility is expected to be ready for classes when the 2012-13 school year begins.
Bittersweet morning for those at Wadena-Deer Creek schools DANA PAVEK WDC Schools
Reprinted from the Nov. 15, 2010 Wadena Pioneer Journal Wadena-Deer Creek School members will remember Nov. 15 as a day of cheers and tears. At 8:30 a.m. that Monday, students, staff and community members gathered at the northwest corner of the former high school site for an informal program to commemorate the start of the school’s demolition. The school was destroyed by a tornado that hit Wadena on June 17. Groundbreaking on a new school is scheduled to begin April 2011. Superintendent Virginia Dahlstrom referred to the start of the demolition as a way to remember our past, but to now focus on the future of the school. School board member Peter Hayes echoed Dahlstrom’s remarks, saying the school board is looking forward to when the new school opens on the same site fall
2012. To WDC School District bookkeeper Joyce (Roggenkamp) Boyne, the school represented different phases throughout her lifetime. Boyne was a junior when the high school was built in 1965, graduating in 1967 with a class of 128 students. “My junior and senior year, I had many good memories of this school,” Boyne said. She and her husband, Bruce, raised two children who also graduated from Wadena. Another highlight for Boyne was after the November 2009 election, when the school referendum passed. “I remember all of us in the District Office sharing a group hug,” Boyne said. “We were so pleased it passed so we could continue providing our students with a quality education.” But perhaps the most profound memory for Boyne was on June 17, when she was in the school as the tornado hit.
Boyne and custodian Terry Andrie moved from the District Office to an inner classroom to take shelter from the storm. “By the grace of God, we were OK,” Boyne said. WDC High School social studies teacher Brian Maki said, watching the demolition of the high school gymnasium brought tears to his eyes. “As the walls were coming down, I was thinking about all the good times I had in that school. I loved that school. It represented so much to me and to my colleagues and to our students,” said Maki, who is in his 18th year at WDC. “A lot of wonderful memories I won’t forget.” As the demolition crane tore at the walls of the gymnasium, students cheered at the incredible sight of the debris falling, resulting in a gaping hole and exposing the inside of the gymnasium that’s been vacant for nearly five months. As the hole became larger, the “Home of the WOLVERINES”
painted in bold blue and gold letters could be seen, perhaps a melancholy reminder that the gymnasium was once home to the school’s sporting and school events.
This monument was part of the original high school built in the early 1900s. It will be saved, and a new home will be found for this historic marker.
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Give it up for the gold and blue! To say the least, this has been a busy summer at WDC, and I am sure the frantic moves and shifting of school items will continue until all staff and students are settled into their new spaces in the next few months. Will the new high and middle school open on Sept. 4? Oh, yes. Will the new facility be complete? Not 100 percent. Is student enrollment up? Yes. Will WDC staff be ready to facilitate student learning? Absolutely. The 2012-2013 academic school year fall workshop for WDC staff begins Aug. 27. We will be welcoming the following new colleagues: Gena Sperling, grade four Doug Haas, health, physical education Howie Kangas, head football coach, education assistant Danielle Jetvig, health,
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physical education, DAPE Becky Wedde, technology support Angie Dertinger-Moats, kindergarten Katrina Wahlin, grade one A big thank you to all of you who volunteered extra time and energy during the past two
years. We are truly blessed to have had so many individuals step up to help with construction planning, classroom relocations and moving countless containers of books and other items from one location to another. The WDC community teamwork is amazing! The dedication date for the new school facility is Aug. 29, set to be followed by a short dedication program and tours of the school given by staff and students. A flag raising ceremony is also set for Sept. 4, the first day of school. A student ribbon cutting is to follow. As it should be, this is about our kids. As with past practice, I have no doubt the Wolverine tenacity will continue to
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A Braun Intertec employee works on soil borings west of the high school site on a chilly Photo by Dana Pavek/WDC Schools Monday afternoon. The soil borings 02.07.11 A mountain of crushed concrete continues to grow each week. When tempera- go down anywhere from 20 to 30 tures dip below zero, the hydraulics on crushing equipment do not work to capacity, so work feet. They will give the engineers the stops. However, according to Kraus-Anderson Project Superintendent Eric Domino, the crush- makeup of the soils for structural and civil engineering of the new school. ing crew was scheduled to be back Feb. 11 and work through the weekend.
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04.02.11 A view of the main entrance of the new school for grades 5-12 to be built on the same site as the former high school.
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Perkins+Will Architect Steven Miller shows interior and exterior designs of the new WadenaDeer Creek High School-Middle School at a Tuesday night school board meeting. Miller is expecting concrete work on the building to begin around May 1.
Reprinted from the April 2, 2011 Wadena Pioneer Journal The first ceremonial shovel of dirt for the new Wadena-Deer Creek school building will be turned over on May 6 at 3 p.m. The WDC school board plans to invite local and state government representatives to the ceremony, which will recognize the efforts of the community and school committees who helped make the project possible. The public is welcome to celebrate the kickoff of the new school facility for grades 5-12. Refreshments and a light meal will be served after the ceremony on the building site grounds. Construction on the new school is sched-
uled to begin in May, and the structure will be built on the same location of the former high school. The $38 million project is set to be completed by fall 2012. The former high school, built in 1965, was severely damaged by the June 17, 2010 tornado that ripped through Wadena and the surrounding area. The cost of the building project is being funded by insurance. The school is being considered a “highperformance school” by Perkins+Will, the school’s architect. High performance schools are specifically designed to create a healthy environment for learning and be environmentally friendly.
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Activity at high school site
Reprinted from the April 12, 2011 Wadena Pioneer Journal Over the next two weeks, the public will notice heavy equipment working once again at the site of the former Wadena-Deer Creek High School. Rachel Contracting will be removing the remaining concrete foundation and footings that were left due to environmental testing. The school recently received clearance to remove the footings after there was no threat of environmental concerns from the state. A bulldozer and compactor will be using the majority of the crushed concrete and sand mixture to fill in the remaining hole from the boys’ and girls’ locker rooms. The remainPhoto by Dana Pavek/WDC Schools ing fill will be spread across the en- 04.12.11 A Rachel Contracting crew pushes and compacts crushed concrete and sand tire site to prepare the area for the into the hole left by the original gym on Tuesday. new school. Rachel Contracting will clean planned for 3 p.m. on May 6. was severely damaged by school for grades 5-12 will Built in 1965, the Wade- a EF4 tornado on June 17, begin this spring. up any debris on the site as well. A groundbreaking ceremony is na-Deer Creek High School 2010. Construction of a new
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Wadena-Deer Creek Superintendent Virginia Dahlstrom stopped to smile while digging in the dirt, where the next WDC secondary school will soon stand. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new school was held May 6.
WDC breaks ground on 5-12 school STEVE SCHULZ
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Reprinted from the May. 14, 2011 Wadena Pioneer Journal Less than a year after an EF4 tornado destroyed Wadena-Deer Creek High School, ground was broken May 9 to build a new school for grades 5-12. The school is set to open in September 2012. All of the 172 chairs that were set up for spectators were full, and dozens more stood in front of the site along Minnesota Highway 29, where the school will one day stand. WDC School Board Chairwoman Ann Pate credited the “cooperation and collaboration” of the school community with making the new school possible. U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar
said she was struck by the devastation she saw in the days after the tornado. She said the violent storm took the school building, many businesses and homes. “But it didn’t take this area’s resilience,” Klobuchar said. “It didn’t take this city’s spirit.” Congressman Chip Cravaack said the region’s response to the tornadoes showed character. “You refused to let this wear you down,” he said. “This truly was your defining moment. You rose to the occasion.” WDC High School Principal Tyler Church pointed to the ground where the new school will stand and said, “When this building is constructed, it’s going to be something we’re incredibly proud of.”
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05.06.11 U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, Wadena Mayor Wayne
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Photo by Dana Pavek/WDC Schools
The first round of bid openings for the construction of the new Wadena-Deer Creek School took place at WDC Elementary. At left, Kraus-Anderson Construction Senior Project Manager Chad Rettke announces each bid, as WDC Superintendent Virginia Dahlstrom and WDC Business Manager Jerry Anderson assist Rettke. More than 50 companies from Minnesota bid on concrete, structural steel, geothermal wells, site lighting, earthwork, asphalt paving, landscaping and utilities. Kraus-Anderson, the construction site manager, was to recommend the bids to the WDC School Board. The second round of bids for the remaining construction materials and labor were to take place in late June.
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Photo by Dana Pavek, WDC Schools
Standing where the new entrance to the Wadena-Deer Creek School will be on Monday were, from left: WDC School FEMA rep Bruce Boyne, WDC Superintendent Virginia Dahlstrom and KrausAnderson Project Supervisor Bill Born.
Photo by Dana Pavek/WDC Schools
06.20.11 Wadena-Deer Creek School Board members toured the construc-
tion site on June 27 to see firsthand the progress being made on the new grades 5-12 school. WDC Activities Director Norm Gallant, Dan Toedter, KrausAnderson Project Supervisor Bill Born, Ann Pate and Peter Hayes discuss the building project.
Reprinted from the July 23, 2011 Wadena Pioneer Journal Construction on the new Wadena-Deer Creek School started May 9 and work is proceeding on schedule, Kraus-Anderson Project Supervisor Bill Born said. By the end of this week, 85 percent of the footings was to be completed. Next week, the steel joists were to cut in preparation for the steel structure. Plans were to have the school completed by the first day of classes on Sept. 4, 2012. The WDC High School was severely damaged by an EF4 tornado June 17, 2010.
Photo by Dana Pavek/WDC Schools
06.27.11
Kraus-Anderson Project Supervisor Bill Born, left, points out where the gymnasiums will be in the new school site to WDC School Board member Peter Hayes.
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Drilling of geothermal wells at school construction site DANA PAVEK WDC Schools
The Steffl Drilling & Pump crew began drilling wells Tuesday for the geothermal system that will heat and cool the new Wadena-Deer Creek School. It will take the five-person crew about three months to drill the 200 wells needed to heat and cool the new school’s 174,500 square footage. The wells will be 306 feet deep, about 20 feet apart and located in the open area west of the school. Steffl Drilling & Pump crew foreman John Dahl said they typically can drill three wells a day with two drilling trucks. But due to the amount of rock they are hitting, they look to finish two wells a day. Dahl said they are drilling through gravel and rock the first 120 to 140 feet, using several carbide bits with 2,000 pounds of pressure to cut through the rocky layers. Once the wells are completed this fall, the school grounds will be used again for phy-ed classes and other school-related activities. There will be no visible signs of the wells above ground. A mechanical vault six feet underground will house the mechanical equipment for the well system. Inside the school, another set of computer-operated controls will be housed for the temperature control system.
How a geothermal system works Dahl said just a few feet underground, the earth remains at a nearly constant temperature of 50 to 70 degrees. Working with an underground earthloop system, a geothermal
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Steffl Drilling & Pump is drilling 200 wells for the school’s geothermal heating and cooling system. It will take them about three months to complete the project. The company is from Willmar, Minn.
heating and cooling system utilizes this nearly constant temperature to exchange energy between the school and the earth as needed for heating, cooling and hot water heating. In winter, fluid circulating inside the underground earthloop system absorbs heat from the earth and carries it to the school, where it is compressed to a higher temperature and used to heat classrooms, offices, as well as make hot water for kitchens and showers. In the summer, the system reverses and expels heat from the building to the cooler earth, thanks again to the loop system. The system is efficient in that it can be configured to provide hot water at nearly no additional operating cost.
While the geothermal system is expensive to install, WDC Schools will get a fast return and significant savings from the efficiency the heating and cooling system provides. Furthermore, there is less maintenance involved, and the system allows the school to free up space for classrooms. The life expectancy of a geothermal system is about 50 years.
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Kraus-Anderson Project Supervisor Bill Born said masonry crews will be back this week to do some additional concrete work. He said they are still on schedule for the steel erection to start the first
week of August. “Despite the state shutdown, we are still on track with our construction schedule,” Born said. He also asked that the public stay away from the construction site on the weekends and evenings, for safety reasons. During the week days, individuals are to report to the Kraus-Anderson trailer, located on the northeast corner of the construction site. Anyone who goes on the work site is required to wear a hard hat and safety vest, as well as proper clothing and footwear. “Our main concern is making sure everyone is safe on the site,” Born said.
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07.25.11 Masonry workers poured cement July 25 for a retaining/seat wall along the northwest corner of the new Wadena-Deer Creek School gymnasium. Also this week, Community Center Drive, which runs between the former Leaf River Ag facility and the school construction site, will be torn up to start dewatering the area to lower the water table. This will allow workers to install new sanitary sewer lines next week, said Bill Born, project supervisor for Kraus-Anderson Construction Company.
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A masonry crew lays block for the elevator shaft on Wednesday for Wadena-Deer Creek’s new school. The shaft will be 43 feet high and will take about a week to complete. The elevator will be located in the middle of the school and serve the two-story academic wing. Work continues on drilling of the 200 wells needed for the geothermal heating and cooling system west of the construction site. The public will also notice a backhoe excavating this week on Community Center Drive, where the installation of the school’s sanitary system has started. Later this week, steel will arrive to the site. Workers will be embedding this pre-cut steel into the masonry. In approximately two to three weeks, the structural steel will begin to be erected, with visible signs of the school’s walls starting to take shape. The school district did receive the above-ground building permit from the state, but the school is still waiting on a permit for the plumbing.
School to feature ‘rain gardens’ Dana Pavek WDC Schools
Reprinted from the Aug. 20, 2011 Wadena Pioneer Journal When the new WadenaDeer Creek School is finished in fall 2012, students will be looking forward to rainy days to see how their “rain gardens” enrich the environment. WDC School is building 10 rain gardens of various sizes around the WDC campus grounds. Bill Born, project supervisor, KrausAnderson Construction, said a rain garden is a depression in the ground that’s designed to catch rain water and slow down and improve the quality of the storm water runoff. The rain gardens also provide a natural habitat for birds and butterflies. Most importantly, WDC decided to build the rain gardens as a way to make the school more environmentally friendly for students and the community. “Creating these rain gardens will help build environmental stewardship in our students,” said Kelly Shrode, WDC science teacher. The rain gardens will be incorporated
Photo by Dana Pavek/WDC Schools
08.10.11
Workers install the storm drainage pipes for the rain gardens this week at the WDC School construction site. The storm lines run about 6 to 10 feet below grade and will connect the 10 rain gardens located around the WDC campus.
into the school’s curriculum as an “outdoor classroom,” Shrode added. Landscaping of native plants, perennials, trees and shrubs will surround the edges of the rain gardens. The bottom 3 feet of the rain garden will be filled with washed rock, and
the next 30 inches will be a layer of washed sand and organic leaf compost. After a significant rainfall, the rain gardens will quickly soak up the moisture. If a large amount of rain does occur, the storm pipe system that’s being installed and connected to the rain gar-
dens will drain the excess to the pond on the northwest corner of the WDC campus. In addition to the rain gardens, plans are to include more “green” projects at WDC’s new school, such as a hightunnel greenhouse and community garden.
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Photos by Rachelle Klemme
As the skeleton of the new Wadena-Deer Creek High School takes shape, a crane lifts a red beam under a clear sky Sept. 7.
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09.12.11 Block walls and steel beams at the WDC secondary school job site give silent confirmation that work on the $38 million structure is proceeding at a good pace.
09.21.11
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The block walls are going up on the east side of the locker rooms this week at the Wadena-Deer Creek School construction site. The steel is being installed around and above the administrative office area, the building storm and sanitary underground is being installed at both the gymnasium and kitchen area, the underground electrical system has started at the main electrical room, and 188 of the 200 geothermal wells have been drilled.
Photo by Brian Hansel
09.12.11
Eric Brichacek, Dustin Hanninen and Justin Sweet of JohnsonNelson Masonry work on top of a reinforced scaffolding Monday afternoon at the new Wadena-Deer Creek secondary school.
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Construction continues DANA PAVEK WDC Schools
Reprinted from the Oct. 10, 2011 Wadena Pioneer Journal Every day, progress is made in building WadenaDeer Creek’s high-performance school. Thanks to beautiful weather and long days, the construction companies are moving ahead and on schedule. The goal is to have the school completely enclosed by winter, said Bill Born, project site manager for Kraus-Anderson Construction. So far, all is going well, he said. Here’s a rundown of what’s going on Oct. 4: • Community Center Drive and 5th Street road preparation is under way. • Forty percent of the concrete on the second floor academic wing is poured. • The west gymnasium wall is nearly completed up to joist bearing. • Music area roof steel is being installed. • Kitchen and academic area plumbing installation is under way, as well as the main electrical room.
10.08.11 Laying foundation block for the commons wall.
Photos by Dana Pavek/WDC Schools
• The exterior geothermal system is complete. Drilling of wells is finished on the west side of the school. The concrete is being poured this week for the second floor academic wing.
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The concrete that’s ground level at the bottom of this photo will support the walls of the gymnasium. To the right, will be the locker rooms and in the background are the academic wing (at left), the main entrance (middle) and the commons wall (at right).
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WDC School awarded FEMA funds for storm shelter gym DANA PAVEK WDC Schools
Reprinted from the Nov. 12, 2011 Wadena Pioneer Journal Wadena-Deer Creek Public School learned this week they were successful in securing a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help fund a storm shelter/safe room gymnasium. WDC will receive $950,000 in FEMA funding for the safe room construction. The safe room will be 6,500 square feet and will be attached to the north side of the gymnasium at the new middle/high school. The facility will be constructed according to FEMA guidelines, which require the safe room to be designed to withstand winds up to 275 miles per hour. The facility will be a multi-use building, serving as an additional gymnasium at the new school, which will be used by the students and community for physical education, athletic events and community events. FEMA is assisting WDC in its recovery from the June 17, 2010 tornado. Bruce Boyne is the school’s FEMA representative. He has helped WDC secure FEMA funds for the new middle/high school and now the safe room. Boyne explained it was William Hirte, FEMA Public Assistance Officer, who suggested WDC apply for a federal grant to provide a safe room for students and staff at the new middle/ high school. WDC Superintendent Virginia Dahlstrom contacted James Russell, Photo by Rachelle Klemme
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With decent weather at the end of November, construction crews were able to keep working on the new WadenaDeer Creek high school building.
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FEMA representative for WDC Schools Bruce Boyne, left, and WDC Superintendent Dahlstrom worked with FEMA on securing the federal grant needed to help fund the Storm Shelter.
state hazard mitigation officer, for assistance for a grant. The application process started with FEMA in January 2011. Boyne said the hazard mitigation safe room application process is very thorough. He spent hours researching and compiling data. He said FEMA reviews information on cost of the safe room, populations to be served by the proposed safe room, a complete study of the safe room location, and then uses the data Boyne provided to determine if the Safe Room project is feasible and costeffective. “James Russell guided us through the entire application process over the last 10 months, and his assistance was invalu-
able to the Wadena-Deer Creek Public School’s success in obtaining the FEMA grant,” Boyne said. If a weather-related event occurs and the Wadena County Dispatcher’s Office sounds the warning sirens, dispatchers will be able to unlock and turn on the safe room interior and exterior lighting electronically from the dispatcher’s office. “This will enable the safe room to be a safe room not only for students and staff present at the school but also make it a community safe room available should a severe weather event occur day or night, year-round,” Boyne said. Plans are to have law enforcement and school staff report to the safe room when it is opened electronically, to assure proper procedures are followed. Once the safe room is completed and operational, the community will be provided additional information on procedures. “Should the safe room ever be needed to provide shelter to students, staff and community members, the value will immediately become apparent,” Boyne said. “The advantage of a multi-purpose structure really makes the safe room a valuable addition to the entire community, even though it may never be used to save lives. There is also comfort knowing it is there.” Plans are to begin construction early in the spring of 2012, with a completion date of August 2012. Visit WDC’s school website at www. wdc2155.k12.mn.us to view the safe room floor plans.
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WDC school is progressing projecting vertically from the edge of the roof. • Steel-stud framing has started on the second-floor classrooms. • All underground plumbing is completed. • Both underground and overhead electrical conduit are being installed. • The building will be temporary enclosed this week. About 33 percent of the building is now being heated to 50 degrees. • Special inspections are ongoing. WDC has passed all inspections so far. Visit www.wdc2155.k12. mn.us for updates.
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Reprinted from the Dec.10, 2011 Wadena Pioneer Journal Here’s an update on the construction at Wadena-Deer Creek secondary school: • We are pouring cement for locker room floors this week, as well as pouring the academic wing the week of Dec. 12. • Exterior brick has started on the north end of the academic wing. • Roof parapets and roofing is ongoing over the academic wing. A parapet is a low wall
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Bob Tubandt is a 1961 graduate of Wadena-Deer Creek High School, and is the current owner of Lyle’s Shoes. Tubandt started as a part-time trainee at Lyle’s a year before graduating and is now in his 52nd year at the store. “You can see in one of my senior pictures that I’m sewing shoes at the store,” Tubandt said. He fondly remembers his time at WDC, and he got along well with classmates. Tubandt added that there were many good teachers, as well as a good wrestling program. He was involved in wrestling when the program started in 1959 and wrestled in the lower
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weight classes throughout high school. Tubandt also boxed in the community while attending high school. “I joined boxing in ‘59 as well,” Tubandt said. “I boxed for eight years and then became a coach.” When he thinks of attendSee TUBANDT on PAGE 27
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A walk down memory lane CARA NEWBERRY
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Dave Quincer is a 1983 WDC graduate and a lifelong resident of Wadena. He currently manages the Cozy Theater, and has done so since 1992. Quincer began working at the theater while he was still in high school, helping with the drive-thru theater when it was in operation as well. While at WDC, Quincer was involved in basketball, wrestling, golf, drama, band and choir. “The day of the tornado, I was out at the golf course,” Quincer said. “It was very emotional.” Additionally, Quincer said his uncle, Phil, was actually in the school building itself for an all-school reunion when the tornado struck. “They told everyone that was there to go into the old locker rooms in the basement for shelter,” Quincer said. “The red convertible that was totaled in front of the school afterwards was a car he drove here for the June Jubilee.” Quincer remembers varsity games and wrestling matches at the elementary school gym, plays in Memorial Auditorium
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and performing in half-time shows for sporting events. “I remember riding my bike to driver’s training when I was 16,” Quincer said with a smile. He added that he met his wife at WDC High School. “It wasn’t so much the building itself that held a lot of worth, but it was the people, my classmates and the memories made there,” Quincer said. Quincer has seen the inside of the new building, as he helped unload boxes there for the upcoming school year. “It’s a very nice facility,” he said. “I’m very excited; it’s got a lot of improvements, compared to the prior building.” Quincer has two sons who will be attending the new school, and his wife will be teaching fifth grade elementary classes.
TUBANDT CONTINUED FROM PAGE 26 ing school at WDC, Tubandt recalls a particular friend. “Johnny Sundby was a good buddy of mine in school,” Tubandt said. “He’s the owner of J&B Western Store in Pillager now.” Additionally, Tubandt gives much credit to Superintendent Virginia Dahlstrom for all of her hard work in preparation for the new WDC building. “It looks like a very nice school,” he said. “I hope it builds enrollment back up to where it should be.”
Nikki Dykhoff thinks back CARA NEWBERRY
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Nikki (Kneisl) Dykhoff is a 2006 WDC High School graduate. She attended college in Fergus Falls for two years and returned to Wadena’s Minnesota State Community and Technical College for a degree in massage therapy. Dykhoff now works full time as a massage therapist at Glamour Full Service Salon. Dykhoff said she enjoyed the cooking and physical education classes WDC offered. She also remembers certain interesting aspects of life at the old WDC building. “The lunches were actually pretty good,” Dykhoff said. “There was always a huge variety.” Spirit Days, which was when Dykhoff and her sister wore suits made of duct tape, were another fond memory at the high school. Dykhoff said she also liked many of the teachers, adding that they all had some kind of influence on her. Sports were also a positive part of her life. “I was in a few different sports, like volleyball, basketball and softball,” Dykhoff said. One specific memory re-
Nikki Dykhoff
garding the old school building also came to Dykhoff’s mind. “The old locker rooms always creeped the other girls and I out throughout high school,” Dykhoff laughed. “They were always very dark and seemed to smell funny….” Dykhoff is very excited to see the new building, and will be attending the upcoming opening ceremony Aug. 29. “I hope it brings in more students and families with children,” Dykhoff said. “A rise in enrollment would be great. It would be nice for businesses and owners, like myself, as well.” Dykhoff is also excited to see the building’s new gymnasium, considering she will be spending a considerable amount of time there as this upcoming school year’s assistant volleyball coach.
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A walk down memory lane Jordan Irish takes a look into her past at WDC CARA NEWBERRY
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Jordan Irish graduated from WDC High School in 2008. She then attended Minnesota State Community and Technical College, first for early childhood and development, then graduated with a degree in cosmetology. Irish started work at Orton BP her junior year and continued there until acquiring her current position as assistant manager at Family Dollar. In high school, she was involved in choir, volleyball and drama. “I wasn’t the best at speeches, so Mr. Patterson suggested
I join the fall play. He always made learning fun,” Irish laughed. “For some reason, I was always cast as the flirtatious character….” Irish recalls the sun roof and breakfast in the commons area of the old school, where she spent a lot of time. “I often went early to school to see teachers and classmates before school started,” Irish said. She also remembers getting chased down the halls by classmates, playing hacky sack with friends, getting kicked out of English class for various reasons and conducting pranks throughout high school.
“Mr. Klawitter hated the color pink, so I wore it every day for a week,” Irish said. She was also a spokesperson at the PEP rally for the Special Olympics at WDC her senior year. “We got to get the kids pumped while wearing old cheerleaders’ sweaters from years ago,” she said. In her sophomore year, Irish met Gov. Pawlenty’s assistant, who had grown up in Wadena, and learned the Bill of Rights from Mr. Grendahl in a government history class. “I’m very excited about the new school, and even a little jealous,” Irish said with
a smile. “It will be nice for the school to have new books and equipment. Although, I’m disappointed there isn’t a pool, since I heard talk about that.” Irish also hopes the new facility will bring in more students.
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As construction for the Wadena-Deer Creek School comes to a close, it’s easy to tell many students, staff members and community patrons are grateful for the opportunity to start fresh. A tornado may have destroyed the old school when it ripped through Wadena in June 2010, but the new facility has given many people hope for a promising future in education for the community. But folks from around the area aren’t the only ones who see the new building as a blessing. Some who have spent time putting up the school are moved by the growth and positivity it represents. “Working with all those people was very refreshing, to see their positive attitude and to see how quickly this city has been rebuilt,” said James Howarth, one of the six main architects who helped design the new school. Howarth strolled around outside the school Aug. 16, an Android tablet planted firmly in is hands. He was using the device to perform inspections on the property and send specs back to the Perkins+Will architecture office in Minneapolis. Sporting jeans and a University of Minnesota cardigan, Howarth perhaps didn’t look the part of one of the top minds behind the WDC School. But his modest composure didn’t hide the reality that he and his team have brought considerable healing to Wadena and surrounding communities. “I think everything that is finished is looking real good,” he said as he stood outside the school’s front entrance, a smile on his face. Howarth’s team, which he
said is made up of 20-30 designing professionals, specializes in building schools like the one in Wadena. And while the Wadena project may be old-hat for this professional, it’s meant wonders for those who stand to benefit from it. All in all, Howarth said he has enjoyed working on the school, adding that the facility couldn’t have been possible without the workers on site day in and day out. Just a few yards away from where Howarth was working, Bill Goetze moved about the school’s parking lot, painting handicap spaces. Goetze contracts with Tri-City Paving out of Little Falls. Along with his fellow workers, Goetze said he spent 15 hours painting parking lines and other outdoor sections Aug. 13. Also, he has sometimes had to work in the dark to make project deadlines. But all the hard work is worth it to him. “Kids are the most important thing, as far as our future,” Goetze said. Goetze also said he was deeply saddened to hear of the destruction caused by the 2010 tornado. But he is thankful disaster has led to a stronger sense of camaraderie in the area. “The biggest positive I can say is that it builds a community together,” he said. In a different part of the parking lot, away from Goetze, fellow worker C.J. Welliver measured out a drop-off lane outside the school. She too has been inspired by positivity that has surrounded the new school, and she is excited about the progress that has been made. “When I saw the rubble from the school, it freaked me out because that could have been my kid’s school,” she
Bill Goetze, a contractor working through Tri-City Paving of Little Falls, paints handicap spots in the Wadena-Deer Creek School parking lot Aug. 16.
said. Welliver, who also works with Tri-City Paving, added that the new school is “gorgeous,” and although parts of the building might not be completed by the Aug. 29 opening ceremony, people will be able to enjoy features of a safe, state-of-the-art facility. Bill Born, project superintendent for the school’s construction, summed up the feelings of many of the contractors and other site workers who have poured so much care into the new school when he walked through the building’s nearly completed entrance Aug. 13. “The district really put together a great team to build the project,” he said. “The project
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