ZUMBROTA Fireworks light up the sky Saturday night, June 21, at the Covered Bridge Festival in Zumbrota.

Midwest Fabrication and Supply and Bank Of Zumbrota sponsored this years light show. See inside this
weeks issue for more on Covered Bridge Festival activities.
News-Record photo by Faye Haugen
Welcoming summer at the Covered Bridge Festival
By Karen Snyder
ORONOCO If Olmsted
County passes its proposed Sub-
surface Sewage Treatment Sys-
tem Ordinance (SSTS), Oronoco
wants an exemption.
The regulation would hurt
Oronoco homeowners who want
to sell their houses. The city doesnt
have a municipal sewer but is tak-
ing steps to remedy that lack.
Meanwhile, Oronoco residences
must rely on individual septic sys-
tems, many of them obsolete.
SSTS would ban the sale of
houses whose septic systems dont
pass inspection. A failed inspec-
tion would mean the owner must
repair the problems or replace the
system. A new septic costs $15,000
to $20,000.
Then, if and when the city does
build a wastewater treatment fa-
cility, each homeowner will have
to pay several thousand dollars
for hookup.
Though the county will grant
no exemption to Oronoco, the
Minnesota Pollution Control
Agency might. MPCA does con-
sider making exceptions in spe-
cial circumstances, City Engineer
Joe Palen told the Oronoco City
Council at its June 17 meeting.
He presented the draft of a let-
ter asking the MPCA to meet with
city officials who will explain their
extenuating situation. The coun-
cil approved the letter, and Vice
Mayor Skyler Breitenstein said
hed sign it and send it.
Well host the meeting, Palen
said. Well have a lively discus-
sion.
Regarding the wastewater fa-
cility plan Oronoco submitted two
months ago, MPCA has still not
responded. A lot depends on
MPCA coming up with funding
plans, said Palen. We cant af-
ford to do this on our own.
Council allows contractor
one more extension
Last October when the council
accepted Hartco Constructions
low bid to build a city shop,
Breitenstein pointed out the ex-
isting shops poor condition and
urged prompt replacement.
Eight months of delays followed.
Now Hartcos owner, councilor
Nathan Hartung, was assuring his
fellow council members that a fi-
nancial institution would issue the
required performance bond this
week. Hed have it by Friday, June
20, he promised, and on June 23
cement would be poured. Hes
hired extra crew, he said, so con-
struction can be completed with
dispatch.
This must be resolved by the
next city council meeting on June
30, Breitenstein told Hartung. If
it isnt, the council will cancel the
contract. The councilors agreed
3-0 (Hartung didnt vote) to allow
the delay.
Thats the final extension?
councilor Jayne Krause asked.
Yes, said Breitenstein.
Lake Shady project to get a boost
Seventy-five percent of the de-
sign plan to turn the former Lake
Shady into a recreation area has
been submitted to the DNR, Palen
told the council.
The big thing now is land ac-
quisition, he said. And because
Olmsted County is too busy to
help, the company he works for,
Stantec Consulting, will contact
the owners of the eight parcels
needed for the restoration project.
Gold Rush Days
Downtown Oronoco Gold Rush
Days 2014 the 42nd annual
will take place August 15-17.
Plans are progressing, reported
councilor Krause. The website
goldrushmn.com is up and run-
ning, musical duo Seeing Double
is set to entertain, Sue Whitney of
Junkmarket and Junkmarket Style
will present a vintage fashion show,
the Lions Club plans to have a
hospitality tent, and T-shirts and
postcards featuring designs by local
artist Shean Fritts will be sold.
Other business
The council voted unanimously
to:
Extend for six months the July
31 deadline for connecting to the
municipal water system. The ex-
tension applies only to residents
who have made, by the end of
June, a formal request for finan-
cial aid.
By Marilyn Anderson
ZUMBROTA June 6 marked
the 70th anniversary of D-Day and
the landing of Allied troops on
Normandy Beach in France. The
surviving soldiers and family
members of the Allied Forces re-
member the operation that began
the invasion of German-occupied
western Europe. The anniversary
was also remembered by a French
woman, as she recalled her first
meeting with a young American
soldier.
That soldier, Staff Sergeant
Dolph Bezoier of Minneapolis
(now of Zumbrota), had given
candy to the woman and her twin
brother at Grandcamp, France, in
August, 1944. In late May 2014,
Bezoier, now 90 years old, and
his wife Ursula received a card
from Ghislaine dArgenton send-
ing her thoughts to Minnesota
for the seventieth anniversary of
D-Day. Ghislaine was the girl
Bezoier first met at Grandcamp
seven decades ago.
First time at Normandy
The story of how two French
children and a soldier from Min-
nesota met began when Bezoier,
having completed his first year at
St. Olaf College, enlisted in the
Army at Fort Snelling in August
1942.
On June 7, 1944, the second
day of the invasion, Bezoier ar-
rived at Normandy Beach. He re-
mained in the area until late Au-
gust, primarily in Grandcamp. It
was there in mid-August that he
met the twins, a brother and sister
approximately ten years old. Since
Bezoier could speak some French,
the children spoke with him, in-
quiring about which villages had
been freed from German occupa-
tion. The children were particu-
larly interested in a village where
they believed their father was lo-
cated. The twins returned several
times, hoping for news that their
father would be coming home.
Though Bezoier did not have much
information to give them, he did
give the two youngsters candy.
Bezoier served for about six more
Encounters following D-Day Invasion
turn into friendship decades later
Dolph Bezoier enjoys the card he received from Ghislaine dArgenton,
sending her greetings on the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Bezoier first
met dArgenton in August, 1944 near Grandcamp, France. Ursula Bezoier
holds the commemorative wine bottle the couple received at the 50th
anniversary celebration of D-Day in 1994 in France. The flags of France,
the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom are painted on it.
Dolph Bezoier arrived on Normandy Beach on June 7, 1944 and remained in the area until late August. In
August, 1944, he met and conversed several times with 10-year-old twins he reconnected with during visits
to the area beginning in 1989 (the time of the above photo). From left to right are Bezoier, Ghislaine
dArgenton, her sister Luciane, and her twin brother Jol.
months following the end of the
war. Much of his time was spent
as a radio operator for the 9th Air
Force. His assignments took him
several places. One place was Paris.
There, he and two other men as-
cended the Eiffel Tower to set up
equipment for a communication
channel to London for planes.
Ten days after Bezoier returned
to Minnesota, he and Ursula mar-
ried. The two had met while at-
tending West High School in Min-
neapolis.
Return to Normandy
Now fast forward to 1989 when
the Bezoiers traveled to Normandy.
It would be the first of three visits
there for the couple.
While in the Grandcamp area
on their first trip, Bezoier won-
dered what the chances would be
that he could reconnect, or at least
learn about, the twins he met in
1944. At the citys offices they
found someone who helped them.
Soon, they were connected with
Ghislaine dArgenton and her twin
brother Jol. Sadly, they learned
that the twins father did not re-
turn home in 1944.
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After their initial meeting, the
Bezoiers spent more time with
Ghislaine and her husband,
Francois dArgenton, during their
trip to France on the 50th anniver-
sary of D-Day. The dArgentons
hosted the Bezoiers at their home
and toured them around the area.
On one of their visits they met the
twins sister Luciane. The Bezoiers
and Ghislaine have continued to
exchange yearly Christmas greet-
ings.
The most recent communica-
tion from Ghislaine, dated May
19, said, your advent in 1994 to
Grandcamp...we remember with
emotion. She went on to tell them
of the passing of Jol in February.
The note concluded, We assure
to you, dear friends, of amicable
and faithful attachment. Ghislaine.
Oronoco seeks exemption from ordinance
Give Cedar Woodlands and
River Park developers 30 days to
complete punch list items. Road-
work is excepted, but the devel-
opers must show proof theyll at-
tend to road items ASAP.
Clarify the procedure for ordi-
nance violations. The city will send
a maximum of three letters, one
every two weeks, and if no re-
sponse is forthcoming, a citation
and fine will follow two weeks
after the third letter.
Spend $900 for a water tank
inspection.
Oronoco resident Tom Novak
thanked the councilors for their
attempt to establish a municipal
sewer system. Novak said he sup-
ports the plan because it would
keep taxes low by bringing in busi-
nesses.
Vice Mayor Breitenstein touted
Oronocos Fourth of July celebra-
tion which might not be as big as
Rochesters, but its getting there.
And its way more fun.
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Amendment 23 of the United States Constitution
Passed by Congress June 16, 1960. Ratified March 29, 1961.
Section 1.
The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as
Congress may direct:
A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and
Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more
than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be
considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by
a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of
amendment.
Section 2.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Solar projects in Goodhue County
To the Editor:
In response to the June 18, 2014,
article, Is a solar power farm com-
ing to Goodhue/ I am writing in
regard to solar projects in Goodhue
County.
This article stated that the
Goodhue City Council met on June
11 with Wayne Gadient, Peter
Mastic (former sole owner of New
Era Wind Farm, LLC), and others
regarding two proposed solar
projects in Vasa and Goodhue
Townships with Renewable En-
ergy Systems Americas, Inc. (RES
Americas) out of Colorado.
We have Peter Mastic former
owner of the New Era Wind Farm,
LLC, whose application for this
wind farm was revoked by the
Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
last yearnow beating the ground
in Goodhue County trying to get
two, 150-acre plots okayed for 39
MW solar farms (total 78 MW).
Fifty MW is the criteria for regu-
lation by the MN PUC. So, by
creating two solar farms of less
than 50 MW each, he can bypass
the MN PUC and deal with just
Goodhue County.
The article said, It was stated
at this time they do not want to
involve the MN PUC, and, fur-
ther, There is some urgency to
get the project started... Isnt that
interesting?
In addition, Goodhue County
currently does not have a solar
ordinance despite the new State
of Minnesota mandate for solar
created in the spring of 2013
one year ago. So, now the county
must come up with some sort of
solar ordinance to cover those
projects proposed for less than 50
MW.
Similarly, Geronimo Energy,
who formerly was Geronimo Wind
and had signed landowners for a
wind project in Goodhue County,
has managed to convince the PUC
that they are the new wind and
have proposed 24-25 sites across
Minnesota for solar farms (Au-
rora Solar Project) with all these
sites lumped into one project of
100 MW, thereby bypassing town-
ship and county regulation. The
proposed Zumbrota site (2.5 MW)
is located on the west side of High-
way 52 just south of the cold stor-
age facilities and outside
Zumbrotas city limits but part of
Minneola Township. Geronimo
Energy has had both public and
private conversations with the City
of Zumbrota and, yet, has been
too busy to meet with the
Minneola Township Board. Isnt
that interesting?
Regarding the RES Americas
solar projects, the Goodhue City
Council has requested their city
attorney to follow up on and to
report to the next council meeting
on June 25, 6:30 p.m. at the city
council chambers in Goodhue.
The next monthly Minneola
Township Board meeting is July
8, 8 p.m., at Zumbrota City Hall.
Minneola Township Clerk Sarah
Pettit said she would contact
Geronimo Energy again to see if
they could come to this meeting.
Please contact her for more infor-
mation.
In e-mail conversations with the
Goodhue County Land Use Man-
agement, it is hoped the Goodhue
County Planning Advisory Com-
mission (PAC) will address a zon-
ing ordinance amendment for so-
lar at its July 21 meeting in Red
Wing.
Please take the time to attend
these meetings to learn more about
solar issues in our county.
Barbara A. Stussy
Zumbrota
From
Devils
Kitchen
By Jan David Fisher
Dummies and other fools
Now that I have become an
employer, I get a variety of emails
from the Department of Revenue.
One category is the press re-
leases. Lately several of the re-
leases have been about people who
have had a retail business and ob-
tained a permit to collect the state
sales tax. For whatever reason,
the people running the business
cant keep the various costs of doing
business separate and then turn in
the money to the state. The State
of Minnesota has several business
and employment taxes. It is a felony
to not pay the taxes, especially if
you have collected the tax.
Even if you have no employees
and you run your own operation
including selling the item that you
make taxable under the sales tax,
you need the permit. The rules
are simple. If you sell something,
add and collect the sales tax. Once
a month, send the tax money to
the Department of Revenue. Pay-
roll taxes have the same rules.
Compute the taxes and fees that
your employees owe. Pay them
the net check and once a month or
quarter send their taxes to the fed-
eral and state. The employer also
has to match the Social Security
and Medicare amounts. We also
have to pay unemployment insur-
ance fees to both the federal and
state governments.
It is tempting to believe that the
government will wait for its money.
But it doesnt like to wait and will
sooner or later come after you.
One of the problems of running a
business is trying to make a profit.
For instance, payroll has taxes that
you may not originally have con-
sidered. When you figure out the
taxes and how much you owe, the
amount can be staggering and
impossible to pay. The govern-
ment also has the ability to put
you in jail. Time after time, people
fail to keep the tax monies sepa-
rate and spend the money before
sending it in. It is a case of If I
dont think about it (tax money),
it will go away! It always seems
that it will be someone else who
will get caught and never me. What
the dummies fail to realize it that
sooner or later, they will caught.
It is too easy to suddenly find
yourself on the wrong side of the
tax laws and in trouble. It should
not take an accountant and a tax
lawyer to help you run a business.
They really cant help once you
have crossed the line. We need
some of the rules for small busi-
nesses to be simplified. Today,
the rules have become complex.
What seems like simple and
straightforward has over 5,000
pages of legal garbage evolving
into even more complex rules. As
employers, it is easy to forget that
you pay an employee a net check
and not the gross check. You also
have to add the matching taxes
and suddenly you realize that a
payroll is not cheap. A gross check
for $2,000 may yield a net check
of $1,500. The employers por-
tion of 6.2% (Social Security), the
1.42% (Medicare), and the 6%
(unemployment insurance)
($272.40) plus any benefits are
additional costs of payroll. Until
next week.
Community Calendar
COUNTY
Senior Dining
Reservations are required by
calling 24 hours ahead at each of
the nutrition sites.
In the Pine Island area, meals
are served at the Pine Island Se-
nior Center; Zumbrota area, Zum-
brota Towers.
June 26 - July 2
Thursday: Fruity chicken salad
on lettuce, tomato wedge, ginger-
bread/whipped topping
Friday: Grilled chicken breast
(alt: baked fish), baked potato,
coleslaw, dinner roll, Mandarin
orange dessert, salad alternate:
grilled chicken
Monday: Onion smothered beef
steak, mashed potatoes, carrots,
peach/cranberry sauce, mock whip
and chill, salad alternate: taco
Tuesday: Spaghetti/meat sauce,
garlic toast, tossed salad, pineapple
rings, cookie
Wednesday: Baked ham (alt:
beef steak), sweet potato, green
beans, dinner roll, strawberry
shortcake
If you have questions, call 356-
2228.
Seasons Hospice
Newly Bereaved Group, Thurs-
day, July 3, 6:30-8:30 p.m. a
group for anyone who has experi-
enced the death of a loved one
within the last four months.
All groups are held at the Cen-
ter for Grief Education and Sup-
port, Seasons Hospice, 1696
Greenview Dr. SW. Registration
is required two days prior to the
date of the event. For details: 507-
285-1930 or shbp@seasonshos
pice.org.
Olmsted County Parks
Wagon Ride at Root River Park,
Saturday, June 28, 10 a.m. - noon.
Enjoy a summer morning ride along
the Root River, taking in the sights
and sounds. Come early to have
the most time to explore!
Questions about Chester Woods,
call Celeste Lewis at 507-287-
2624. Questions about Oxbow
Park, call Clarissa Josselyn at 507-
775-2451.
GOODHUE
Community Library
The Goodhue School Library,
in conjunction with SELCO and
Goodhue County, is open to the
public Wednesday mornings from
9 a.m. - noon and Wednesday eve-
nings from 4-7 p.m. Story hour
for preschoolers is from 10-10:45
a.m. Action 100 conferencing can
be done during the morning hours.
The library is equipped with in-
ter-library loan service, which
means if the library does not have
a book you want, that book can be
there in two days.
Historical Society
The Goodhue Area Historical
Society is closed for the season
until June 1 when regular hours
resume. If you want to arrange a
visit in the meantime call Ardis
Henrichs, 651-923-4629; Marie
Strusz, 651-923-4302; Ray Mc-
Namara, 651-923-5117; or Roy
Buck, 651-923-4388. Visit good
hueareahistory.org for information
about the historical society.
ORONOCO
Area History Center
The Oronoco Area History Cen-
ter is open to visitors in the City
Building every second Saturday
from 10 a.m.-noon. Contact us at
OAHC, 54 Blakely Ct. NW or
call 507-367-4320. You may also
visit our web page at oronocoarea
history.org.
PINE ISLAND
Tops #1280
PI Tops #1280 meets every
Monday night at St. Paul Luth-
eran Church. Weigh-in is at 5:15
and meeting time is 6 p.m. Every-
one welcome. Questions call 356-
8596 or 356-8990.
Green Chili Keep the Bowl
On June 29 at 3 p.m. is Green
Chili Keep the Bowl. Susan
from Eclectic Gallery has made
handmade pottery bowls for you
to choose from. Rainbow Cafe will
fill it with green chili, which will
be served with corn tortillas. Prices
vary based on the bowl you choose
and the amount of chili you eat.
Call the Rainbow Cafe at 507-
356-2929 for reservations (re-
quired).
PI Senior Citizens Meeting
The Senior Citizens will meet
at noon on Wednesday, July 2, at
the handicapped accessible Senior
Center for their business meeting.
All community seniors 55 and over
are welcome.
Toastmasters Meeting
The Pine Island Toastmasters
meet at 6:30 a.m. Fridays at St.
Paul Lutheran Church. They do
not meet on holiday weekends:
Christmas, New Years, Easter,
Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor
Day or Thanksgiving.
Cancer Support Group
The group meets on Thursday,
June 26, at 9 a.m. at St. Paul
Lutheran Church.
History Center
The Pine Island Area History
Center is located at 314 North Main
Street. Open hours are Sunday from
1-3:30 p.m. and Mondays from 8-
11 a.m. or by appointment. To
contact the History Center please
call 507-356-2802 or 507-398-
5326 or visit www.pineisland
history.org.
ZUMBROTA
Moms in Prayer
Moms in Prayer meet on Mon-
days, 7 p.m. at Our Saviours
Church, 1549 East Avenue, Zum-
brota.
Zumbrota Towers Events
June 26 - July 2
Thursday: 10:15 a.m. Exercise
Library
The Zumbrota Public Library
is at 100 West Ave., Zumbrota,
507-732-5211. Hours are Mon.,
12-8; Tues. 10-6; Wed., Thurs.,
12-8; Fri., 10-5; and Sat., 9-3. Dur-
ing closed hours you can learn
more about the library at http://
www.zumbrota.info.
Legion Post 183
American Legion Post 183 meets
Thursday, June 26, at 6 p.m. at
Stary-Yerka VFW Post 5727.
VFW Meeting
The VFW meets Thursday, June
26, at 7:30 p.m. at Stary-Yerka
VFW Post 5727.
Woodturners
The Zumbro Valley Woodturn-
ers meet Thursday, June 26. Visit
www.zvwoodturners.com for de-
tails or call Bob Post or Bill
Beckman.
History Center
The Zumbrota History Center
has a new photo stand displaying
over 50 photographs of early Zum-
brota scenes. They have been en-
larged to 8 x 10 for easier view-
ing. New photos are being added
all the time. Also on display are
military memorabilia, including
Civil War items, different models
of telephones, Zumbrota telephone
books dating back to the 1900s,
and items of Zumbrota advertis-
ing. Museum hours are Saturdays,
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Other hours by ap-
pointment (732-7049).
Tops Meeting
Zumbrota Tops #563 meets ev-
ery Monday night at Our Saviours
Lutheran Church. Weigh-in time
is changed to 5:30 p.m. and meet-
ing time to 6 p.m. Everyone wel-
come. Questions call 732-7459 or
732-4766.
Community Band Practice
The Zumbrota Community Band
practices on Monday nights at 7:30
p.m. in the Zumbrota-Mazeppa
High School music room. Volun-
teer musicians are welcome.
State Theatre
Michael Johnson and John Gorka
concert, Sat., June 28, 8 p.m. Tick-
ets available at 732-7616.
The State Theatre is at 96 East
4th Street in Zumbrota. For infor-
mation visit zaac.org.or call 507-
272-1129.
Crossings
Ann Tristani, Laura Weimert
exhibit, through June 30.
Making Pots that Work,
Wednesdays through July 30, 6:30-
9 p.m.
Brush and Bordeaux painting
class, Friday, June 27, 7-9 p.m.
Garden Party, Sat., June 28, 10
a.m. - 6 p.m. and Sun., June 29, 11
a.m. - 5 p.m.
Yoga, Tues., July 1, 6:30-7:30
p.m.
For more information go to
www. crossingsatcarnegie.com or
call 507-732-7616. Crossings is
at 320 E Ave.
We will be Closed
Friday, July 4
in observance of Independence Day.
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Obituaries
James Thomford 1928-2014
ZUMBROTA James A.
Thomford, age 85, of Zumbrota,
died on Wednesday, June 18, 2014
at the Pine Haven Care Center in
Pine Island.
He was born on July 14, 1928,
in Faribault, to Anard and Laura
(nee Quamme) Thomford. James
was baptized on August 13, 1928
and was confirmed on June 20,
1943 at Redeemer Lutheran
Church. He graduated from Zum-
brota High School. On July 11,
1953 he married Arline Yedke at
Christ Lutheran Church. They
farmed in the Zumbrota and Pine
Island area from 1956 until James
retired in 1991. Arline died on May
19, 1994. James was a member of
Christ Lutheran Church for over
61 years and held various offices.
He was active in the community
serving on the Zumbrota School
Board, Pine Island Elevator Board,
Pine Island Township Board, Pine
Island Toastmasters, and he was a
lifetime member of Pheasants
Forever in Pine Island. James en-
joyed woodworking, playing cards,
and gardening, and was passion-
ate about land and wildlife con-
servation. He also enjoyed spend-
ing time with his grandchildren
and great-grandchildren.
James is survived by his sons,
Peter (Ellen) Thomford of Sun
Prairie, Wisconsin, Paul Thomford
of Golden, Colorado, and Rever-
end Joel (Karen) of Chesaning,
Michigan; grandchildren, Erik
(Sarah), Sarah, Marcus (Riki),
Matthew (Ally), Ryan, Luke, Hans,
and Orie Thomford; great-grand-
children, Andrew, Ryan, Reggi,
and Louis; brothers, William
Thomford of Prescott, Wisconsin,
and Bucky (Rochelle) Thomford
of Zumbrota; nieces and nephews.
James was preceded in death
by his wife, Arline; and brother,
Don Thomford.
A funeral service was on Tues-
day, June 24, at Christ Lutheran
Church in Zumbrota with Pastor
Wayne Schoch officiating. Burial
was in the Zumbrota Cemetery.
Memorials are preferred to Christ
Lutheran Church.
Leona Borgschatz 1916-2014
WEST ST. PAUL Leona Irma
Borgschatz, 97, of West Saint Paul,
passed away peacefully on June
17, 2014.
She was born December 23, 1916
in Eden Township of Brown
County to Reverend Paul E. and
Eugenia Amelia (nee Luethe) Horn.
Leona graduated from Zumbrota
High School in 1935 and married
Elmer A. Borgschatz in 1938.
She is survived by daughters,
Mary Jean (Richard) Duquet, Eva
Jane (Bruce) Kafka, and Linda
Louise (Douglas) Franklin; son
Reverend James Paul (Janet)
Borgschatz; eleven grandchildren;
seventeen great-grandchildren; and
three great-great-grandchildren.
Leona loved her Lord, and lived
out her devotion as a loving and
devoted wife, mother, and grand-
mother who will be forever cher-
ished.
Funeral services were held Sat-
urday, June 21 at St. James
Lutheran Church in West Saint
Paul. Interment was in Zumbrota
Cemetery. Memorials to the church
or donors choice are preferred.
Manton Steberg 1915-2014
CANNON FALLS Manton
W. Steberg passed away peace-
fully on June 18, 2014 at the age
of 98. He was born July 14, 1915
at his parents home in Wanamingo
to John Alfred and Regina (nee
Greseth) Steberg. He was a life-
long resident of Zumbrota and most
recently resided at the Angels Care
Center in Cannon Falls.
Manton married Marion (Ander-
son) on June 21, 1942 at the First
English Lutheran Church in
Faribault. Manton started his ca-
reer at Moland Creamery until it
closed, and then he worked as a
buttermaker for 40 years from May
17, 1937 until September 23, 1977
for Farmers Co-op Butter &
Cheese, which became Zumbro
Valley Dairy Association and then
Mid-America during his employ-
ment. Manton wore out seven
wooden churns while working in
Zumbrota, and he did not take one
day of sick leave for 40 years.
Manton started playing drums
with bands around Zumbrota and
Mazeppa in 1942 and was play-
ing in 1947 at Art Haas Bar in
Goodhue. Manton played with the
original Art Fitch and the Polka
Dots band until 1950, including
performances at the Zumbrota
Theatre on Sundays over the ra-
dio. He continued to play the drums
with the Polka Dots for over 60
years, until July 3, 2008 when he
fell following a performance at
the fire station in Wanamingo.
The band celebrated 60 years with
Ray Sands as leader in October
2009 at Grandpas Event Center
in Cannon Falls. Manton and
Marion were able to attend this
event and greeted many friends.
Manton and Marion traveled to
Europe, including Kitzbhel, Aus-
tria, to perform with the Polka Dots
at the International Polka Fest in
1978, and he performed in
Scandinavia, including
Copenhagen, Oslo, and Bergen,
in 1982. The band performed
numerous jobs yearly in Minne-
sota, Wisconsin, and Iowa at most
of the popular ballrooms. They
were regularly televised. He also
performed with Ray Sandy Sands
for many nursing homes, and for
smaller celebrations, including the
Elks Club in Red Wing, etc. as a
combo in his later years. He cel-
ebrated his 90th birthday playing
with the band in the Zumbrota
shelter for a park performance.
Manton and Marion enjoyed
traveling to the Anderson family
reunions across the US and Canada
for over 25 years. Marion and
Manton enjoyed a long and healthy
retirement.
Manton is particularly remem-
bered by his granddaughters for
his sense of humor and ensuring
they always had plenty of ice cream.
Manton is survived by three
children, Garry (Edy Zibbel) of
Welch, Marvin of St. Paul, and
Julie (Michael) Hanson of Hoffman
Estates, Illinois; two grandchil-
dren, Michele Hanson and Brit
(John) Bending; and four great-
grandchildren, Abigail, Kirsten,
Connor, and Lucas. Manton was
a loving and caring husband, fa-
ther, brother, and grandfather.
Manton was preceded in death
by his wife and brothers and sis-
ters, including Mabel Syverson,
Alvin Steberg, Roy Steberg, Char-
lotte Berdella Lundy, Baby
Johnnie, Baby Johnny, Ida
Fredrickson, Evelyn (Olson)
Doerschner, Vernon Mike
Steberg, and Irene Blomberg.
A funeral service was held on
Saturday, June 21, at Mahn Fam-
ily Funeral Home Larson Chapel
in Zumbrota with Pastor David
Krinke officiating. Burial was in
Lands Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Helen Schranz 1925-2014
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
Helen Mae Schranz was born July
4, 1925 in Rochester and passed
June 12, 2014 in Colorado Springs,
Colorado.
Helen grew up in the West Con-
cord/Pine Island area. She was a
great mom, grandmother, GiGi,
and faithful friend to many. She
served her Avon group and wid-
owed friends. She loved to cook,
bake, visit on the phone and write
letters.
She is survived by her son, Randy
(Pati) Schranz; two grandchildren,
Layne (Rachel) Schranz of BHam,
Alabama; and Lisa (Jasen) Dill of
Colorado Springs, Colorado; and
four great-grandchildren, Ashlyn,
Devyn, Colton and Kyla Dee.
All the years of happy memo-
ries, of her wonderful laugh, and
great Norwegian treats will live
on in our hearts forever!
Memorial contributions in
Helens name may be made to the
Humane Society.
A visitation will be held from
10:30-11:30 a.m., Monday, June
30, at The Springs Funeral Ser-
vices, 3115 East Platte Avenue,
Colorado Springs, Colorado. The
funeral will be at 11:30 a.m. A
graveside service will be at 1 p.m.
on Monday, July 7, at Berne Cem-
etery, West Concord.
Norma Lueck 1922-2014
PINE ISLAND Norma O.
Lueck, 91, of Pine Island, died on
Sunday, June 15, 2014 at the Pine
Haven Care Center.
Norma Ovida Haugen was born
on September 2, 1922, in Roscoe
Township, Goodhue County, to
Carl and Ida (nee Berg) Haugen.
She was baptized and confirmed
at Lands Lutheran Church and at-
tended Bringgold country school.
Norma married Helmer Goplen
in March of 1941 and they later
divorced. She was a homemaker
and also worked at the Zumbrota
Community Hospital in Zumbrota.
Norma married Clarence Lueck
in November of 1971 and they
made their home in Rochester. She
worked at St. Marys Hospital for
eighteen years and retired in 1988.
Clarence passed away in January
of 1994. Norma moved to Pine
Island in 1995. She enjoyed work-
ing jigsaw puzzles, crocheting,
needlework, country sightseeing,
playing cards, and activities at Pine
Haven Care Center. Norma also
enjoyed being with family and
friends.
Norma is survived by her daugh-
ters, Lois (David) Paulson of
Aitkin, Mary (Richard) McDonald
of Rochester; sons, Dale Goplen,
and Marvin (Kathy) Goplen both
of Zumbrota and Steven (Marlene)
Goplen of Pine Island; grandchil-
dren, Keith (Jen) Paulson, Terry
(Lisa) Paulson, LeAnn (Mitchell)
Trom, Heidi Paulson, Greg (Darcy)
Goplen, Kim (Dennis) Miller,
Darrin Goplen, Anita (Roger)
Smith, Barbara Becker, John
Goplen and Nicholas (Melissa)
McDonald; 19 great-grandchil-
dren; three great-great-grandchil-
dren and sister, Mildred Littleton
of LaCenter, Washington.
Norma was preceded in death
by her husband, Clarence; son,
Dennis Goplen, grandsons, Ronald
Paulson, Michael McDonald;
brother, Kermit Haugen; sisters,
Alice Ronningen, Idella Rude,
Agnes Sorkil, and Charlotte
Ronningen.
A funeral service was held Thurs-
day, June 19, at Saint Paul Lutheran
Church in Pine Island with Rev-
erend John K. Hesford officiat-
ing. Burial was in Grandview
Memorial Gardens in Rochester.
Memorials are preferred to the Pine
Haven Care Center or Lands
Lutheran Church.
Avis Erlanson 1927-2014
WANAMINGO Avis R.
Erlanson, 86, of Wanamingo, died
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at the
Angels Care Center in Cannon
Falls.
Avis Roberta Kyllo was born
on December 19, 1927, in Goodhue
County to Elmer and Eleanor (nee
Brandli) Kyllo. She grew up on
the family farm and graduated from
Wanamingo High School in 1945.
On March 27, 1946, she married
Luvernon Vern Erlanson in
Wanamingo. They made their
home in several communities and
in 1996 they returned to
Wanamingo. Avis was a member
of Wanamingo Lutheran Church
where she was active in Bible study
and social events. She was also a
member of the Granny Basketball
team in Wanamingo. Avis espe-
cially enjoyed spending time with
her grandchildren.
Avis is survived by five chil-
dren; twelve grandchildren; ten
great-grandchildren; and seven
brothers and sisters.
Avis was preceded in death by
her parents; husband, Vern; son,
Mark; brothers, Palmer, Marvin
Pete, Walton, and Orion; sis-
ters, Florence Howie, Shirley
Schmitz, and an infant sister,
Marna.
A memorial service will be held
at 11 a.m. on June 28 at Wanamingo
Lutheran Church. Interment will
be in the church cemetery. Visita-
tion will be on June 27 from 4-7
p.m. at the Mahn Family Funeral
Home Larson Chapel in Zum-
brota. Memorials are preferred to
the American Heart Association
or Wanamingo Lutheran Church.
Odelia Majerus 1912-2014
BELLECHESTER Odelia
Majerus, 102, a longtime resident
of Bellechester, died June 20, 2014
at the Seminary Home in Red Wing.
She was born on June 9, 1912,
in rural Bellechester, and married
Wilfrid Majerus on October 19,
1933. Together, they operated
W.N. Majerus General Merchan-
dise in Bellechester for 44 years.
Odelia attended St. Marys
Catholic School in Bellechester
and the Northwest School of Ag-
riculture in St. Paul. She was a
member of St. Marys Catholic
Church, Catholic Daughters, and
the Parish Altar Society; and a
former member of the Sweet
Adelines Singing Group and the
Bellechester Mixers. She enjoyed
gardening, card games, crochet-
ing, and visiting with everyone.
She lived in Bellechester for 95
years.
Odelia is survived by daugh-
ters, Karen (Jim) Flick of Roches-
ter and Ruth (Ted) Treat of
Bloomington; sons, William (Mary
Jo) Majerus of St. Paul and Tho-
mas (Joleen) Majerus of Cottage
Grove; twelve grandchildren;
eleven great-grandchildren; sisters-
in law Verdelma Strauss of Red
Wing and Marge Strauss of Roch-
ester; and over 100 nieces and
nephews.
She was predeceased by hus-
band Wilfrid Majerus; parents
Steven and Elizabeth Strauss;
brothers Clarence and Vernon
Strauss; sister Monica (Strauss)
Majerus; and grandson Kevin
Flick.
A Mass of Christian Burial will
be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday,
June 25, at St. Marys Catholic
Church in Bellechester, preceded
by a visitation starting at 10 a.m.
Burial will be held in the church
cemetery. Memorials preferred to
the Bellechester Community Cen-
ter.
Births
FREDERICK
Justin and Heather (Wahlstrom)
Frederick and big sister Natalie of
West Concord are proud to an-
nounce the arrival of Madelyn
Geraldine Frederick, born
Saturday, May 17, 2014, at 4:31
p.m. at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
Madelyn weighed 6 pounds 8
ounces and was 19.75 inches long.
Grandparents are Bryce and
Brenda Frederick of Zumbrota and
Gary and Jeri Wahlstrom of
Hastings. Great-grandparents are
Ruth Shadow of Wasioja; Marieta
Frederick of Zumbrota; Charles
and Geraldine Wright of Hastings;
and Robert Wahlstrom, also of
Hastings.
MCBROOM
It is with great pleasure that Laura
and Jacob McBroom of Wana-
mingo announce the birth of their
son, Otis Wilfrid McBroom, on
May 24, 2014 at Rochester Meth-
odist Hospital. He weighed 7
pounds, 9 ounces, and was 20
inches long.
Aurelia, 7, and Violet, 2, wel-
comed their new brother home.
Grandparents are Dan and
Meredith McBroom of Mazeppa,
Lea Weber ofLake City, Mark
Liffrig of Pine Island, and Joe We-
ber of Mazeppa.
Great-grandparents are Wilfrid
and Helen Liffrig of Pine Island,
Judith Young, Mountainair, New
Mexico, Thomas and Marilyn
Daun, Princeton, and Lenore
McBroom of Deerwood.
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Churches
BELLECHESTER
ROLLING MEADOWS MENNONITE
CHURCH, Belvidere Town Hall, 2
miles north of Bellechester on County
2, Pastor Aaron Witmer, 651-923-
4240. Sundays: 10 a.m. Sunday
School; 11 a.m. Worship; 7 p.m. Hymn
Sing every fourth Sunday.
ST. MARYS CATHOLIC, Bellech-
ester, Father Paul Kubista. Sunday
mornings: 8:30 a.m. Mass. Tuesday
mornings: 8 a.m. Mass.
GOODHUE
HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC,
Goodhue, Father Paul Kubista. Sat-
urdays: 5:30 p.m. Mass. Monday,
Wednesday, Friday: 7:45 a.m. Mass.
ST. LUKE LUTHERAN, Goodhue,
651-923-4695, Pastor Regina Has-
sanally. Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Wor-
ship at Zion (3.5 miles northwest of
Goodhue). Sun., June 29: 9:30 a.m.
Communion and baptism.
ST. PETERS EV. LUTHERAN,
WELS, 702 Third Ave., Goodhue,
Randall L. Kuznicki, Pastor. Thurs.,
June 26-Sat., June 28: LWMS Na-
tional Convention at Dallas, Texas.
Sun., June 29: 8:15 a.m. Worship
with communion; 9:15 a.m. Bible
study; 10 a.m. LWMS Convention
ends.
MAZEPPA
ST. JOHNS EV. LUTHERAN,
Mazeppa, Alan Horn, Pastor. 843-
6211, home; 843-5302 work. Bible
class every Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Sun., June 29: 9:30 a.m. Worship.
ST. PETER & PAUL CATHOLIC,
Mazeppa. Weekends-Masses: Sun.:
10 a.m., Mazeppa, Fr. Joe Fogal.
UNITED METHODIST, Mazeppa,
David Neil, Pastor. Church: 843-4962;
home: 732-4291. Every Sunday: 9:30
a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m.
Worship.
ORONOCO
GRACE LUTHERAN, WELS, 45 1st
Avenue NE, Oronoco: 507-367-4329,
Pastor Ben Kempfert 507-367-4426.
Office hours: Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m.-
noon. Sundays: 9:30 a.m. Worship.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF
ORONOCO, 40 3rd Street SW., Rev.
Lisa Johnson office hours Mondays
1-4 p.m.; Office hours: Tuesdays and
Thursdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wed.,
June 25: 5-7 p.m. Food shelf is open;
6:30 p.m. Interchurch council meet-
ing. Sun., June 29: 9 a.m. Worship.
Mon., June 30: 7 p.m. Peace Camp
meeting in Zumbrota.
PINE ISLAND
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST
CHURCH, Pine Island, Tim Graham,
Pastor, 507-356-4306, www.corner
stonepi.org, ASL Interpretation avail-
able. Cornerstone Kids meet every
Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. Prayer meet-
ing is Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
GOOD NEWS EVANGELICAL FREE
CHURCH, 208 North Main, Pine Is-
land, Chris Paulson, Pastor, (507)
356-4834. Sundays: 9:15 a.m. Sun-
day School for children and adults;
10:30 a.m. Worship; 7 p.m. Youth
Group for grades 7-12. Wednesdays:
6 p.m. AWANA for grades K-6; 7:30
p.m. Bible study for all ages.
PINE ISLAND ASSEMBLY OF GOD,
520 So. Main St., Pine Island, 356-
8622, email: dashpole@bevcomm.
net, Rev. Dan Ashpole, Pastor. Sun-
days: 9:30 a.m. Adult Bible class and
Childrens Sunday School; 10:30 a.m.
Worship.
ST. MICHAELS CATHOLIC, 451 5th
Street SW, Pine Island, 356-4280,
Father Randal Kasel, Pastor; Satur-
day Mass 5 p.m.; Sunday Mass
10:30 a.m.; Confessions 4:15 p.m.
Saturday; Daily Mass Wednesday
8:30 a.m. and Friday 8:30 a.m.; Con-
fessions 8 a.m. Office Hours Tues-
day-Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-5
p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
ST. PAUL LUTHERAN, ELCA, 214
3rd St. S.W., Box 708, Pine Island,
John Torris Lohre, Senior Pastor; Kip
A. Groettum, Associate Pastor. Email:
saintpaulpi@yahoo.com; Web site:
www.saintpaulpi.org. Fri., June 27:
6 p.m. Wedding rehearsal. Sat., June
28: 3 p.m. Gullickson-Eyre wedding;
5:30 p.m. Worship with communion.
Sun., June 29: 8:15 and 10 a.m.
Worship with communion; 9:30 a.m.
Fellowship. Tues., July 1: 9 a.m.
Staff meeting; 1:30 p.m. Bible study;
Elizabeth circle at City Centre; 7 p.m.
Adult ed meeting. Wed., July 2: 12:30
p.m. Lydia circle picnic; 6 p.m. Youth
board.
UNITED METHODIST, 200 Main St.
North, PO Box 8, Pine Island, Caro-
lyn Westlake, Pastor; Office hours:
Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-2:15 p.m.;
Web address: www.piumc.org; email:
piumc@bevcomm.net Wed., June 29:
9-11:30 a.m. Better Brew hours.
WANAMINGO
NEW LIFE CHURCH, Wanamingo,
Pastor Patrick McBride, 507-824-
3019. New Life Church meets at 10
a.m. at 525 Beverly Street, Wana-
mingo. Free nursery for infants
through age three; Sunday School
for all ages beginning at 9 a.m. Small
Group Bible Studies Sunday evenings
at 7 p.m.
TRINITY LUTHERAN, Wanamingo,
Christopher Culuris, Pastor 507-824-
2155. Wed., June 25: 9 a.m. Volun-
teers help with newsletter. Sun., June
29: 9 a.m. Worship followed by fel-
lowship coffee.
WANAMINGO LUTHERAN ELCA,
Wanamingo, MN 55983, Christopher
Culuris, Pastor. Office hours Thurs-
days 1-3 p.m., 507-824-2410. Thurs.,
June 26: Noon Newsletter deadline.
Sun., June 29: 9 a.m. Worship at
Trinity.
ZUMBROTA
CHRIST EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH
and School, WELS, 223 East 5th
Street, Zumbrota, Office 732-5421.
Wayne Schoch, Pastor, 732-4089;
School, Daniel Kell, Principal, 732-
5367. Fri., June 27: 6 p.m. Luther
League movie night. Sun., June 29:
8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship. Mon.,
June 30: 7 p.m. Worship.
FAMILY WORSHIP CHURCH Weekly
worship services: 81 West 5th Street,
Zumbrota, 507-732-7438, www.fwc
1.org. Sunday: 9:30 a.m.; Eccle-
siastes, Wednesday 7 p.m., Bible
School classes and seminars
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,
UCC, 455 East Avenue, Zumbrota;
Rev. Lisa Johnson office hours Tues-
days 8-11 a.m. at Bridgets. Secr-
etarys office hours: Tuesdays and
Thursdays 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sun., June
29: 11 a.m. Worship. Mon., June
30: 7 p.m. Peace Camp orientation.
LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CHURCH,
a Wesleyan church, 179 W. 3rd St.,
Zumbrota, lighthousecommunityzum
@yahoo.com, Janet Fischer, Pastor.
Office: 732-5074. Thurs., June 26:
6:30 p.m. Bible study at church. Sun.,
June 29: 10:45 a.m. Worship with
communion. 1 Corinthians 11:23-25.
NEW RIVER ASSEMBLY OF GOD,
290 South Main Street, Zumbrota.
507-398-2604. Pastor Gary Basin-
ski. Service times: Saturday, 7 p.m.
www.NewRiverZumbrota.com.
OUR SAVIOURS LUTHERAN AFLC
Eric Westlake and Tim Banks, Pas-
tors, 1549 East Avenue, Zumbrota,
732-5449, church office. Website:
oslczumbrota.org. Office hours: Tues.,
Wed., and Fri., 8 a.m.-noon. Wed.,
June 25: 7 p.m. Bible study. Thurs.,
June 26: 7 p.m. Backyard adult fel-
lowship. Fri., June 27: Deacon meet-
ing with Pastor Brandt at Lohmanns.
Sat., June 28: 7 a.m. Mens prayer
breakfast; Meetings with Pastor
Brandt. Sun., June 29: 8:30 a.m.
Prayer time; 9 a.m. Worship. Wed.,
July 2: 12:30 p.m. Junior youth group
go to water park; 6 p.m. Youth group;
7 p.m. Bible study.
CHURCH OF ST. PAUL, 749 Main
St. South, Zumbrota, 732-5324, email
stpauls@hcinet.net Pastor Father
Randal Kasel, pastor. Hours: Tues-
day, Wednesday, Thursday, 7:30
a.m.-3:30 p.m., Friday 7:30-11:30
a.m. http://stpaulzm.com. Mass
Schedule: Sunday, 8:30 a.m.; Tues-
day and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. Mass
at the nursing home is the second
Tuesday of the month at 9:15 a.m.
UNITED REDEEMER LUTHERAN,
560 W. 3rd St., Zumbrota, 732-7303,
Susan Vikstrom, pastor; Cindy Wil-
son Youth director. Sat., June 28: 4
p.m. Berg-Pederson wedding. Sun.,
June 29: 8 a.m. Outdoor worship;
9:30 a.m. Indoor worship and bap-
tism. Wed., July 2: 8 a.m. Ruth circle.
RURAL
EMMANUEL LUTHERAN, Aspelund,
Martin Horn, Pastor. Wed., June
25: 7:30 p.m. Bible study and prayer
at Hauge.
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH, Ner-
strand, Don Kloster pastor, (507) 334-
2822. Sundays: 9 a.m. Worship; 10:15
a.m. Coffee hour; 10:30 a.m. Sun-
day School; Confirmation class.
GRACE & ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN
CHURCHES, Rural Goodhue, County
4 Blvd., Pastor Justin Gosch. Grace:
Sundays: 10 a.m. Worship. Commun-
ion is held on second and last Sun-
day of each month. St. Johns: Sun-
days: 8:30 a.m. Worship. Commun-
ion is held on the second and last
Sunday of each month. St. Johns:
Summer worship will be at 8:30 a.m.
Grace: Summer worship will be at
10 a.m. Communion is held on the
second and last Sunday of the month.
Wednesday, 7 p.m. Worship with com-
munion every Wednesday before the
second and last Sunday.
HAUGE LUTHERAN, Rural Kenyon,
Martin Horn, Pastoral. Wed., June
25: 7:30 p.m. Bible study and prayer.
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH,
Hay Creek (LCMS), 24686 Old Church
Road. Pastor Lowell Sorenson, 651-
388-4577. Sundays: 9 a.m. Sunday
School; Bible class; 9:45 a.m. Fel-
lowship time; 10 a.m. Worship.
LANDS LUTHERAN, 16640 Highway.
60 Blvd., Zumbrota, MN 55992-5105.
Zumbrota. Text study; 7 p.m. Spiri-
tual guidance. Wed., June 25: 9 a.m.
Coffee and conversation; 6 p.m.
Confirmands/mentors Honkers game.
Meet at church to carpool. Thurs.,
June 26: 10:30 a.m. Newsletter col-
lation. Sun., June 29: 8:30 a.m. park
worship; 9:30 a.m. Pancakes-youth.
Sun.-Wed., June 29-July 2: 6 p.m.
Vacation Bible School. Tues., July
1: 11 a.m. Text study. Wed., July 2:
9 a.m. Coffee and conversation; 7
p.m. Youth group.
MINNEOLA LUTHERAN, 13628
County 50 Blvd. Wed., June 25: 4
p.m. Habitat for Humanity group
meeting at 407 Green Street, Red
Wing. Sun., June 29: 9:30 a.m.
Worship; Honor day; Brunch potluck
following. Bring a dish to pass; 6
p.m. VBS at Lands Park.
ST. COLUMBKILL CATHOLIC,
36483 County. 47 Blvd., Belle Creek,
Father Paul Kubista. Sundays: 10:30
a.m. Mass.
ST. JOHNS EV. LUTHERAN, Bear
Valley, Alan Horn, Pastor. 843-6211,
home; 843-5302 work. Bible Class
is every Wednesday at 6 p.m. in
Mazeppa.
ST. JOHNS EV. LUTHERAN, WELS,
Minneola Township, County Road 7,
rural Zumbrota, Randall Kuznicki,
Pastor. Thurs., June 26-Sat., June
28: LWMS National Convention at
Dallas, Texas. Sun., June 29: 10:30
a.m. Worship with communion; 10
a.m. LWMS Convention ends.
ST. PETER LUTHERAN, The Luth-
eran Church Missouri Synod, Bel-
videre, 28961 365th St., Goodhue,
MN 55027-8515, Dr. Scott T. Fiege,
Pastor. Sun., June 29: 10:30 a.m.
Worship.
STORDAHL LUTHERAN, ELCA, Ru-
ral Zumbrota. Church: (507) 732-5711,
Kathy Lowery, Pastor, Home 507-
271-5711. Sun., June 29: 9:30 a.m.
Worship. Tues., July 1: 11 a.m. Text
study.
URLAND LUTHERAN 6940 County
9 Blvd., Cannon Falls, MN 55009.
Church: 507-263-5544; Pastor David
Hurtt, Interim. Wed., June 25: 6 a.m.
Mens Bible study. Sun., June 29:
9:30 a.m. Communion worship. Tues.,
July 1: 6:30 p.m. Fall Festival com-
mittee. Wed., July 2: 6 a.m. Mens
Bible study.
WANGEN PRAIRIE LUTHERAN,
LCMC 34289 County 24 Blvd., Can-
non Falls, Curtis Fox, Pastor, 507-
663-9060; Linda Flom, Visitation Min-
ister, 263-5613. Sundays 9 a.m.
Worship. Thursdays 9:30 a.m. Bible
study; 7 p.m. Blue grass jam.
ZWINGLl UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST, 23148 County Highway 24,
West Concord (Berne), 507/527-2622.
Rev. Victor Jortack, Pastor.
Graduates honored at Lands Lutheran Church
ZUMBROTA Zumbrota-
Mazeppa, Kenyon-Wanamingo,
and Pine Island graduates were
honored on Sunday morning, May
18, at Lands Lutheran Church, ru-
ral Zumbrota.
Scholarships were presented to
the following students accepted
2014 high school graduates receiving quilts from the Women of Lands Church, front row, left to right:
Hayden Anderson, Zachery Knutson, Megan Warneke, Cennedy Gunhus, Whitney Blakstad, Paige Nichols;
back row: Jacob Ugland, Ryan Bennett, Alyssa Stehr, Jamie Warneke, Danielle Blakstad, and Pastor David
Krinke.
at the following schools: Ryan
Bennett, South Dakota State Uni-
versity in Brookings, South Da-
kota; Danielle Blakstad, Argosy
University in Eagan; Whitney
Ellefson, Aveda Institute in Min-
neapolis; Cennedy Gunhus,
Viterbo University in La Crosse,
Wisconsin; Zach Knutson, Uni-
versity of Wisconsin-River Falls;
Paige Nichols, Winona State Uni-
versity; Jacob Ugland, South Da-
kota State University; Jamie
Warneke, St. Cloud University;
Megan Warneke, Minnesota State
University, Moorhead.
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Engaged
POST-GROTH
Anna Post and Aaron Groth of
Leavenworth, Kansas, announce
their engagement.
The bride-to-be is a 2008 gradu-
ate of Zumbrota-Mazeppa High
School and is currently a child
and youth program assistant at Fort
Leavenworth Child Development
Center. She is the daughter of Dale
and Barb Post of Zumbrota.
The groom-to-be is a 2010 gradu-
ate of Leavenworth High School
and is a sales store checker at Fort
Leavenworth Commissary and a
member of the Kansas Air Force
National Guard.
The wedding will be held on
June 28, 2014, at St. Johns
Lutheran Church in Goodhue.
College
Luther College
DECORAH, IA Lance
Schwering of Bellechester was
named to the spring semester deans
list.
Bemidji State University
BEMIDJI Trevor Beniak of
Mazeppa was named to the spring
semester deans list.
St. Cloud State University
ST. CLOUD Kayla Sneller of
Zumbrota received the $1,000
Diana and Robert Carter Scholar-
ship for First Year Business Stu-
dents.
St. Cloud Technical and
Community College
ST. CLOUD Casey Buck of
Goodhue graduated with an asso-
ciate of applied science degree in
carpentry.
Drake University
DES MOINES, IA Kyle
Drehmel of Goodhue was named
to the presidents list (4.0 GPA)
for the spring semester.
Iowa State University
AMES, IA Named to the deans
list for the spring semester were
Jevin Rosburg of Mazeppa, Megan
Breider and Samuel Weigel of
Oronoco, Madeline Baartman of
Pine Island, and Kari Boyum of
Wanamingo.
North Dakota State University
FARGO, ND Among students
graduating in the spring were Bryce
DeGuise of Oronoco, bachelor of
science in civil engineering; Jenna
Saunders of Pine Island, bachelor
of science in biochemistry and
molecular biology; and Karla Ryan
of Goodhue, a bachelor of science
animal science.
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Area Sports
Attending the Goodhue football camp that was held for first through third-graders last week in Goodhue are, from left, front row: Hayden Holm,
Sean Matthees, Caden Lodermeier, Tayven Geiger, Taite Goodman, Lucas Erickson, Michael Roschen, Colin OConnor, Jack Carlson, Tristan
Madelkow, Maison Poston, Jed Ryan, Austin Clemens and Jacob Ryan; back row: Caleb Dicke, Henry Caswell, Tanner Smith, Austin Arendt,
Lincoln Ryan, Eli Ryan, Sam Tipton, Caden Berg, Gavin Schafer, Carsyn OReilly, Cole Jenson, Caden OReilly and Carter Lindholm.
Attending the Goodhue football camp that was held for fourth through sixth-graders last week in Goodhue are, from left, front row: Ethan Breuer,
Ryan Bortz, Jake Callstrom, Lucas Bortz, Torii Opsahl, Ryan Voth, Derek Evenson, Calvin Benrud, Carson Roschen, Kameron Zetah, Jack
Goodman, Dylan Schafer, Justin Buck, Alex Vieths and Ethan Strickland; back row: Cameron Mandelkow, Ethan Matthees, Kade Altendorf, Cody
Lohman, Alex Nelson, Logan Vogel, Tyson Christensen, Izaak Duden, Ryley Christianson, Will Opsahl, Adam Poncelet, Ian Miller, John Collins,
Maddox OReilly, Baxter OReilly and Sam Peterson.
Attending the Goodhue football camp that was held for seventh and eighth-graders last week in Goodhue are, from left, front row: Logan
Doerhoefer, Bryce Hammerschmidt, Jay Dicke, Eli Hall, Kyle Voth, Brady Gadient, Chris Poncelet, Brayden Hinsch, Matt Betcher, Kaleb OReilly,
Carson Benda, Seth Hinsch and Kelby OReilly; back row: Dawson Evenson, Nick Hinsch, Brandon Gullerud, Justin Thomforde, Ethan Schafer,
Cameron Stern, Carter Danielson, Sam Opsahl, Kyle Schoenfelder, Connor OReilly and Cody OReilly.
Goodhue football camps draw over 80 first through eighth-graders
Attending the Goodhue girls basketball camp that was held for sixth through eighth-graders last week in
Goodhue are, from left, front row: Abby Majerus, Katheryn Evans, Arianna Thomforde, Allison Alms, Torri
Rheder, Natalie Huemann, Hannah Gadient, Madee Benda, Bailey Alms and Cassandra Hinsch; back row:
Emmah Jennings, Kate Opsahl, Elise Tipcke, Makayla Holt, Lexie Lodermeier, Brooklyn Meyer, Jada Voth and
Megan Ringeisen.
Attending the Goodhue girls basketball camp that was held for third through fifth-graders last week in
Goodhue are, from left, front row: Olivia Ryan, Julia Carlson, Teagan Hinsch, Elle Peterson, Alesa Schafer,
Elizabeth Gadient and Abi Jablonski; middle row: Jessica Hinsch, Abby Opsahl, Calie Dorn, Tori Miller, Jacey
Majerus, Brooke Ryan and Brianna Fitzgerald; back row: Jenna Ryan, Anika Schafer, Brooke Buck, Joslyn
Carlson, Laurel Jacobson, Darby Miller and Liv Veiseth.
Attending the Goodhue girls basketball camp that was held for freshmen through seniors last week in
Goodhue are, from left, front row: Megan Ryan and Haley Lexvold; middle row: Dani Hove, Haley Evans, Emily
Benrud, Kennedy Buck, Sydney Lodermeier, Maddy Lodermeier, Katie Pearson, Kjersten Veiseth and Mariah
Tipcke; back row: Maddy Miller, Kaitlin Buck, Kate Stehr, Brittney Ryan, Shelby Hinsch, Rachel Watson,
Michelle Hadler, Mikayla Peterson and McKenzie Ryan.
Goodhue girls basketball camp is well attended
Zumbrota Tigers win three of five
By Faye Haugen
ZUMBROTA The Zumbrota
Tigers have won three of their last
five games to move to 7-7.
The Tigers will continue their
Twin Rivers League schedule when
they play at Stewartville on
Wednesday (7:30 p.m.) at Kasson
on Sunday (2 p.m.) and host league
leading Owatonna on Sunday at 2
p.m. in Zumbrota.
Hayfield
The Zumbrota Tigers improved
to 7-6 when they managed a 9-4
win over the Hayfield Heat in
Zumbrota on Sunday, June 15.
Up 3-2 after the first inning, the
Tigers increased their lead to 7-3
by the end of the third inning. They
tacked on another two runs in the
fourth inning.
Cody Lodermeier earned the
mound win when he struck out
eight, walked three and gave up
eight hits over seven innings. AJ
Yusten earned the save, tossing
two innings of relief with two
strikeouts and one walk. Four Ti-
ger players each had two hits.
Yusten, Sean Wingfield (RBI), Lo-
dermeier (double, five RBI), and
Justin Cole (two RBI) led the Ti-
gers at the plate.
Zumbrota Tigers 9 - Hayfield Heat 4
R H E
Heat 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 2
Tigers 3 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 x 9 10 2
Pitching IP K BB H R ER
Z - Lodermeier 7 8 3 8 4 2
Z - Yusten 2 2 1 0 0 0
ZT: AJ Yusten, 2 for 3; Eric Swiggum, 1 for 2;
Sean Wingfield, 2 for 4, 1 RBI; Cody Loder-
meier, 2 for 4, double, 5 RBI; Josh Shirley, 1
for 3, RBI; Justin Cole, 2 for 4, 2 RBI
Waseca
The fell 4-3 at Waseca on
Wednesday evening. Cody Loder-
meier took the mound loss when
he struck out five, walked two and
gave up eight hits over seven in-
nings. Noah Grove tossed two in-
nings of relief with two walks.
Justin Cole led the offense go-
ing 2 for 3 with an RBI.
Zumbrota Tigers 3 - Waseca 4
R H E
Tigers 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 3
Waseca 4 8 1
Pitching IP K BB H R ER
Z - Yusten 7 5 2 8 4 2
Z - Grove 1 0 2 0 0 0
ZT: Zach VanOstrand 1 for 5; AJ Yusten 1 for
5; Eric Swiggum 2 for 4; Cody Lodermeier, 1
for 3; Josh Shirley, 1 for 3, RBI; Justin Cole,
2 for 3, RBI
Tri County - game one
The Tigers earned a 16-15 win
over Tri County in a high scoring
game in Zumbrota on Saturday.
Four pitchers, Kevin Niebuhr,
Zach VanOstrand, Eric Swiggum
and AJ Yusten combined to strike
out nine, walk 11 and give up 12
hits.
Zumbrota was productive at the
plate, led by Swiggum, 4 for 5
with three doubles, a homerun and
six RBI. Yusten was 4 for 5 with a
double, and VanOstrand, Sean
Wingfield (two RBI), Josh Shir-
ley and Jacob Ugland (double, four
RBI) all had two hits
Zumbrota Tigers 16 - Tri County 15
R H E
Tremor 15 12 2
Tigers 7 0 4 0 4 1 16 18 0
Pitching IP K BB H R ER
Z - Niebuhr 3 5 4 6 7 1
Z - Z. VanOstrand 3 1 1 4 2 2
Z - Swiggum .1 1 5 1 6 6
Z - Yusten .2 2 1 1 0 0
ZT: Zach VanOstrand, 2 for 4, RBI; AJ Yus-
ten, 4 for 5, double; Eric Swiggum, 4 for 5, 3
doubles, homerun, 6 RBI; Sean Wingfield, 2
for 5, 2 RBI; Cody Lodermeier, 1 for 4,
double; Josh Shirley, 2 for 3; Jacob Ugland,
2 for 3, double, 4 RBI; Ryan Paukert, 1 for 2,
RBI
Tri County - game two
The nightcap was much closer
with the Tigers earning a 3-0 win
behind the one-hit pitching per-
formance of Noah Grove who
struck out two and walked four in
the win.
AJ Yusten had a big game at the
plate going 3 for 4 with three
doubles and an RBI. Eric Swig-
gum was 3 for 4 with an RBI.
Grove was 2 for 3.
Zumbrota Tigers 3 - Tri County 0
R H E
Tigers 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 13 2
Tremor 0 11 2
Pitching IP K BB H R ER
Z - Grove 7 2 4 1 0 0
ZT: Zach VanOstrand, 1 for 4; AJ Yusten, 3
for 4, 3 doubles, RBI; Eric Swiggum, 3 for 4,
RBI; Sean Wingfield, 1 for 4, double, RBI;
Cody Lodermeier, 1 for 3; Josh Shirley, 1 for
4; Kevin Niebuhr 1 for 4, double; Noah Grove,
2 for 3
Hayfield
The Tigers fell 3-1 in Hayfield
on Sunday. Cody Lodermeier
struck out five, walked seven and
gave up seven hits over eight in-
nings.
Justin Cole led the offense go-
ing 2 for 3.
Zumbrota Tigers 1 - Hayfield Heat 3
R H E
Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
Heat 3 7 1
Pitching IP K BB H R ER
ZM - Lodermeier 8 5 7 7 3 3
ZT: AJ Yusten, 2 for 4; Sean Wingfield, 1 for
3, 1 RBI; Josh Shirley, 1 for 4, RBI; Justin
Cole, 2 for 3
By Coach Chuck Ohm
ZUMBROTA On June 9 the
Zumbrota-Mazeppa American
Legion baseball team played at
Wanamingo, fighting hard but
coming up short in a 5-1 loss to
a very good team.
Brady Schoenfelder pitched a
great game with just one rough
inning. That inning came in the
third when KW scored three runs
on three hits and one error.
The Cougars got their lone run
in the sixth inning when Schoe-
nfelder drove Ugland home with
a single.
Lourdes
On June 11 the Cougars trav-
eled to Mayo Field to take on
Lourdes. Defensively the Cou-
gars got off to a slow start giv-
ing up three runs in the bottom
of the third. But they bounced
back with two runs in the sec-
ond inning before Lourdes struck
again with two runs in the bot-
tom of the third.
Michael Wicks went the first
five innings on the mound for
the Cougars and Caleb Hinrichs
pitched a perfect sixth inning.
Alex Nelson was the only Cou-
gar hitter collecting a hit.
PEM
On Wednesday, June 18 the
Cougars played host to Plainview-
Elgin-Millville. ZM didnt put
together a very well played game
defensively as they gave PEM
ZM American Legion looking for first win
five outs in a couple innings by
committing six errors for the
game.
Alex Nelson pitched a good
five innings, but, again, the er-
rors behind him really hurt. Nel-
son gave up only two hits, walked
four and struck out six. Connor
Hegseth pitched the final two in-
nings giving up two runs, none
earned, walking two and strik-
ing out two.
At the plate Cody Hinrichs,
Freedom Hunt, Tyler Grudem and
Caden Steffen each collected a
hit, while Connor Hegseth added
a double.
This puts the Cougars record
to start the season at 0-4.
The June 19 game with Ran-
dolph has been postponed to
Tuesday, July 15.
By Coach Craig Anderson
PINE ISLAND The Pine
Island Gold Babe Ruth baseball
team traveled to Goodhue on
Monday, June 16 and won the
opener 18-6, before having the
second game suspended after
three innings with Goodhue lead-
ing 3-2.
In the opener, Braden Aakre
went the distance, as he gave up
five hits, walked five, and struck
out three. On offense, the team
had three hitters with two hits,
Brady Braaten went 2 for 2 with
a double, Jacob Navratil was 2
for 4 with a double and a triple
and two RBI, and Broc Finstuen
went 2 for 3 with two RBI. Derek
Rucker was 1 for2 with four RBI,
Drew Lohmeyer was 1 for 2 with
two RBI, Derek Fall had two RBI,
while Tucker Strande had an RBI.
Braden Aakre was 1 for 3 and
scored 3 runs.
PI Gold wins two of three
Zumbrota-Mazeppa
After being rained out on
Thursday, the Gold traveled to
Zumbrota-Mazeppa on Friday,
June 19 and won the opener 5-0,
but dropped the nightcap 16-7.
Brady Braaten pitched the
opener, as he scattered three hits,
walked one, and struck out six.
The Gold benefited from seven
walks, as they only had two hits.
Noah Bauer went 1 for 1 with an
RBI, while Broc Finstuen went
1 for 2 with an RBI.
In the nightcap, the Cougars
pounded out 16 hits in putting
together a pair of eight-run in-
nings.
Derek Rucker, Braden Aakre,
and Broc Finstuen had PIs only
hits.
The Gold will play PI Ma-
roon on Thursday, and then host
Byron on Monday,with a double-
header starting at 12:30 pm.
By Coach Craig Anderson
PINE ISLAND The Pine
Island Twilight baseball team
traveled to St. Charles on Mon-
day, June 16 and had their game
suspended in the top of the fourth
inning with PI leading 1-0. This
game will be finished when St.
Pine Island Twilight team moves to 5-0
Charles comes to Pine Island on
July 15.
In the games that were com-
pleted, PI hosted Dover-Eyota on
Tuesday, July 17, and won 10-1
and on Saturday, July 20, PI trav-
eled to Dover-Eyota for a double-
header, winning the opener 12-0
and the second game 4-1.
The team will take a 5-0 record
into their next game on Friday,
June 27, when they host Roch-
ester Century for a 6 p.m. game.
Century will return to Pine Is-
land for another game on Tues-
day, July 1 at 6 p.m.
St. Charles
PI led 1-0 in the top of the
fourth inning when lightning
stopped play. Jeric Christiansons
RBI single had the team in front,
and the Panthers had runners on
second and third as the game was
suspended. Austin Sinning threw
one-hit ball through three shut
out innings.
Dover-Eyota
With flood waters creeping
towards the field, the team had a
dominating 10-1 victory over the
visitors from Dover-Eyota. Jeric
Christianson picked up the win
by going the first six innings.
He gave up one run and one hit,
walked three, hit two batters, and
struck out seven. Matt Huus
worked a perfect seventh inning
in relief for PI.
Twilighters played errorless
defense, with Derek Rucker
throwing out one attempted base
stealer, and the team turned a
nice 6-4-3 double-play.
On offense, Braden Aakre
went 3 for 4 with an RBI, Aus-
tin Sinning drilled a pair of
doubles and had three RBI, while
Derek Rucker went 2 for 3 with
a double and an RBI. Jeric Chris-
tianson had a double, while Noah
Bauer and Brady Braaten each
had a single.
Dover-Eyota - game one
In the opener of the double-
header, Matt Lien and Matt Huus
combined for a one-hit shutout.
Lien picked up the victory, as he
gave up no hits, walked one, and
struck out two. Huus completed
the shutout, as he gave up one
hit, walked one, and struck out
five.
Aaron Gillard had a two-run
triple, Bryce Hinrichsen went 2
for 3, and Drew Lohmeyer went
1 for 2 with two RBI to lead the
offense. Other Panthers who had
hits were Matt Huus, Matt Lien,
Braden Aakre, and Austin Sin-
ning.
Dover-Eyota - game two
PI had to come from behind
in game two, as Dover-Eyota took
advantage of an error to score
their only run of the day, and
they took a 1-0 lead into the fourth
inning.
Austin Sinning shut down the
Eagle attack on one hit and he
gave up the unearned run, walked
one, and struck out seven.
PI only managed five hits, with
Matt Huus, Matt Lien, Aaron
Gillard, and Braden Aakre each
getting one hit and scoring one
run. PI got an RBI groundout
from Bryce Hinrichsen for their
only RBI, as they took advan-
tage of DE miscues to score their
other runs.
Umpire Jon Springer
recovers from car accident
ZUMBROTA Jon Springer,
a well known area softball and
baseball umpire, was seriously
injured in a car accident on June
13. The Zumbrota resident was
on his way to Jordan for the Class
A baseball tournament when he
was involved in an accident near
Randolph. Springer broke a num-
ber of ribs and suffered other
injuries that needed surgery last
week. He is seeing visitors and
is expected to return home soon
to recover.
Volleyball teams needed for
Mazeppa Daze tournaments
MAZEPPA Volleyball teams
are needed for Mazeppa Daze on
July 12 and 13.
The womens tournament will
be held Saturday, July 13 with a
co-ed tournament set for Sun-
day, July 13.
Contact Angela Heitmann at
angieh@zmsch.k12.mn.us to sign
up or for more information.
NEWS-RECORD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2014 PAGE 5A

Area Sports
By Audra DePestel
PINE ISLAND - The 10
th
Annual 5K Ribbon Run/
Walk was held on Saturday,
June 7 in Pine Island. Over
250 people participated in this
years event which raised $5300
to benefit breast cancer research.
In celebrating the 10th anni-
versary, everyone was encour-
aged to dress in crazy, clever pink
costumes. Breast cancer survi-
vors were also encouraged to
register for free. Participating
survivors who were recognized
and given a pink carnation in-
cluded: Nancy Parish, Connie
10th Annual Pine Island Ribbon Walk/Run raises $5,300
Participating cancer survivors who were recognized at the 10th annual
Pine Island Ribbon Run are, from left : Nancy Parish, Connie Bogard,
Dammann places first
in Goodhue Udder Run
GOODHUE Carston Damm-
ann finished first in the Goodhue
Udder Run on Saturday, June 14,
with a time of 28:54. The times of
the rest of the runners were as fol-
lows:
1. Carson Dammann 28.54
2. Paul Agenten 31.15
3. Eric Schnaith 33.44
4. Dustin Jarshaw 34:05
5. Jeremy Keller 34:35
6. Jack Rol 34:42
7. Derek Alpers 34:44
8. Kevin Prodzinski 34:57
9. Tom Dammann 35:00
10. Mark Opsahl 35:03
11. Sara Ryan 35:10
12. Morgan Dammann 35:24
13. Jenny Benda 35:41
14. Gena Gadient 26:06
15. Matt Brunoehler 36:40
16. Jared Dicke 36:42
17. Ryan Gorman 37:12
18. Lucas Bortz 37:52
19. Nicole Hinsch 37:53
20. Wendie Christianson 38:09
21. Jilian Ryan 38:10
22. John Alpers 38:37
23. John Possehl 39:09
24. Cassie Voth 39:22
25. Molly Gadient 29:26
26. Phillip Dech 39:27
27. Joel Kassen 39:30
28. Jay Dicke 39:48
29. Teresa Gadient 39:57
30. CJ Hahn 40:42
31. Julie Dammann 40:48
32. Ryan Bortz 41:43
33. Curtis Anderson 41:46
34. Makae OReilley 41:52
35. Jacey Majerus 41:54
36. Jody Johnson 42:43
37. Richard Gorman 42:53
38. Chris Poncelet 43:30
39. Alex Nelson 43:35
40. Emily Benrud 44:17
41. Diane Mann 44:23
42. Karyn Edelbach 44:31
43. Mary Poncelet 44:36
44. Roger Kittelson 46:48
45. Phil Burfeind 47:10
46. Blake Carlson 47:54
47. John Mann 48:07
48. Tim Greenslade 48:08
49. Ian Miller 48:13
50. Ethan Matthees 48:18
51. Sara Brown 48:32
52. Nicole Rockne 48:54
53. Mary Erhardt 49:08
54. John Collins 49:25
55. Paige Dietz 49:37
56. Michelle Hove 49:45
57. Rachel Mehrkens 49:51
58. Hailey Mehrkens 49:51
59. Abigail Brinkman 51:14
60. Carson Roschen 51:47
61. Haley Evans 52:31
62. Morgan Roschen 52:32
63. Lori Lundstrom 52:52
64. Millie Hahn 55:07
65. Cody Ryan 55:14
66. Joslyn Carlson 56:40
67. Jenna Ryan 56:42
68. Anika Schafer 56:43
69. Tom Gorman 57:27
70. Wayne Hahn 1:00.28
Jessie Morgan, Judy Zwart, Janet Otis, Mary Ritchie, and Dawn Rew.
Jacks hang on to beat the Pioneers
By Faye Haugen
WANAMINGO The Wana-
mingo Jacks were able to hang on
to beat the Pine Island Pioneers in
Twin Rivers League play on
Wednesday in Wanamingo.
The Jacks led 10-1 in the sixth
inning when the Pioneers started
to play catch up, narrowing the
score to 10-8 before the final out
of the game.
The Jacks used a solo home run
by Peter Sviggum and a two-run
shot by Aaron Holmes to power
their offense.
Brady Anfinson earned the win
for Wanamingo on the mound. Erik
Ferguson suffered the mound loss
for Pine Island.
Wanamingo will play at Dun-
das on Wednesday evening (7:30
p.m.), host Plainview-Elgin-
Millville on Saturday (2 p.m.) and
Tri County on Sunday (2 p.m.)
The Jacks are at Waseca on July
2.
The Pioneers will face Twin
Rivers League leading Owatonna
in Owatonna on Wednesday at 7:30
p.m. Winona will play in Pine Is-
land on Saturday (2 p.m.) and Stew-
artville/Racine will face the Pio-
neers in Pine Island on Sunday at
2 p.m. PI will head to Hayfield on
July 2.
News-Record photos by Faye Haugen
Wanamingo Jacks first baseman Aaron Holmes stretches for the throw to first as Pine Island Pioneer Brad
Russell heads back to the base on a double-play in Wednesdays game. Russell was called out at first even
though it appears that Holmes was off the base when making the catch.
Pioneers third baseman Nic Enerson and shortstop Ben Brandt collide when they both go for an infield pop-
up in Wednesdays game in Wanamingo.
The first three finishers at the Goodhue Udder Run on June 14 are, from
left, Paul Agenten, second; Carston Dammann, first; and Eric Schnaith,
third.
Udder Run co-ordinator Ben Raasch races his children to the finish line
on June 14.
Athlete Yr.
Byron
Nate Levy 12
Caledonia/Spring Grove
Josef Pettit 12
Cannon Falls
Hunter Blakeslee 12
Brock Peterson 12
Dover-Eyota
Zach Heaser 12
Kasson-Mantorville
Jayden Prigge 12
Nic Bauer 12
Kyle Nichols 11
LaCrescent
Kaleb Kaiser 12
Hunter McCallson 12
Lake City
John Brown 12
Reid Lundell 12
Plainview-Elgin-Millville
Thomas Miller 12
Pine Island
Ben Warneke 12
Rochester Lourdes
Nick Hanson 11
Zach Hillman 11
St. Charles
Derek McCready 10
Winona Cotter
Josh Forest 11
Player of the Year
Jayden Prigge - Kasson-Mantorville
Coach of the Year
Broc Threinen - Kasson-Mantorville
2014 All Section 1AA
Baseball Team
Wednesday, June 25
Pine Island Pioneers at Owatonna, 7:30 p.m.
Wanamingo Jacks at Dundas, 7:30 p.m.
Zumbrota Tigers at Stewartville, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 28
Pine Island Pioneers, Winona at Pine Island, 2 p.m.
Wanamingo Jacks, PEM at Wanamingo, 2 p.m.
Zumbrota Tigers at Kasson, 2 p.m.
Sunday, June 29
Pine Island Pioneers, Stewartville/Racine at Pine Island, 2 p.m.
Wanamingo Jacks, Tri County at Wanamingo, 2 p.m.
Zumbrota Tigers, Owatonna at Zumbrota, 2 p.m.
Monday, June 30
Pine Island Pioneers at Hayfield, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 2
Pine Island Pioneers at Rochester Roadrunners, 7:30 p.m.
Wanamingo Jacks at Waseca, 7:30 p.m.
AMATEUR BASEBALL SCHEDULE
Twin Rivers League Baseball
W L W%
Owatonna Aces 13 1 .928
Waseca Braves 13 1 .928
Stewartville/Racine Sharks 9 4 .652
Winona Chiefs 9 5 .615
Pine Island Pioneers 7 5 .583
Zumbrota Tigers 7 6 .538
Wanamingo Jacks 7 6 .461
Hayfield Heat 5 6 .455
Rochester Roadrunners 4 7 .364
Kasson Coyotes 2 9 .182
Plainview-Elgin-Millville Bucks 2 10 .166
Tri County Tremor 0 13 .000
Zumbro Valley Womens Softball
W L
Brew Crew/Zumbrota VFW 5 0
Leos Sports Bar/Bergs Towing 5 0
Roy N Als 3 1
B&N Construction/Mahn Funeral 3 2
Grover Auto 3 2
Majerus Garage 2 3
WDs/Gen X Farms 2 3
Hot Boxers 1 4
Gunners Grill/Moto Proz 0 5
Pine Island Lumber 0 4
Results of June 14
WDs/Gen X Farms 7 - Majerus Garage 7
Grover Auto 13 - Gunners Grill/Moto Proz 0
Leos Sports Bar/Bergs Towing 16 - B&N
Construction/Mahn Funeral 6
Roy N Als vs. Pine Island Lumber - rain
Brew Crew/Zumbrota VFW 7 - Hot Boxers 4
Schedule for Wednesday, June 25
Pine Island Lumber at Majerus Garage in
Goodhue
WDs/Gen X Farms at Hot Boxers in Mazeppa
Grover Auto at B&N Construction/Mahn Funeral
STANDINGS
Southern Minny fastpitch softball
16 and under Emerald W L W%
Winona WinStars 8 0 1.00
Austin 6 2 .750
Owatonna VFW 3 3 .500
Zumbrota-Mazeppa Sting 3 5 .375
Dover-Eyota 1 5 .167
Rochester Mirage 1 7 .125
Schedule for Wednesday, June 25
Zumbrota-Mazeppa at Austin
All games 6 p.m.
14 and under Teal W L T W%
Triton Venom 9 1 0 .900
Byron 7 1 0 .875
NRHEG 5 3 0 .625
Pine Island Strikes 6 4 0 .600
Red Wing 3 3 0 .500
Southland Blue 3 3 0 .500
Stewartville 3 5 0 .375
Waseca 2 4 0 .333
Kasson-Mantorville Storm 1 3 0 .250
Albert Lea 1 7 0 .125
Cannon Falls Blizzard 0 6 0 .000
Schedule for Wednesday, June 25
Pine Island has a bye
14 and under Topaz W L T W%
Winona Blue 7 0 0 1.00
Rochester Royals 6 0 0 1.00
Winona Orange 9 1 0 .900
Zumbrota-Mazeppa Sting 4 2 0 .667
Pine Island Strikes 5 3 0 .625
Rochester Xtreme 4 6 0 .400
Athlete Yr.
Blooming Prairie
Ryan Doerhoefer 12
Sam Swenson 11
Goodhue
Alex Thomforde 12
Hayfield
Cole Kruger 12
John Stackhouse 12
Drew Streightiff 12
Kenyon-Wanamingo
Alex Roosen 12
Drew Sathrum 11
Jake Whipple 10
Lyle/Pacelli
Jordan Hart 11
Daniel Bollingberg 10
Randolph
Cody Pirkl 12
Austin Moorhouse 12
Drew Weidner 11
Nate Overby 10
Southland
Trent Reinartz 12
Ike Kloekner 12
Taylor Schwartz 12
Luke Anderson 12
Section 1A Coach of the Year
Brian Baum, Chatfield
All West Section
1A Baseball Team
Bogard, Jessie Morgan, Judy
Zwart, Janet Otis, Mary Ritchie,
and Dawn Rew.
Local Scouts helped out at
the event with the flags for the
National Anthem, which was sung
by James Schroder, Adam Sha-
nahan, Caleb Toft, Paul Kohner,
Tommy Palof and Doug Strandell.
The Scouts also ran the water
stations.
Beth Kohner, organizer/com-
mittee member, said that the help
from many volunteers and the
support from sponsors is what
makes the event work so well
and continue to succeed. Special
recognition was also given to
runners/walkers who have par-
ticipated all 10 years. Each one
received a pin.
This years t-shirts were de-
signed by Michael Swearington,
a graphic arts student at St. Johns
University. Everyone had a
choice of black or pink. The
saying on the shirts said: LIFE-
a race worth running. There are
still shirts and sweatshirts avail-
able contact Beth Kohner if in-
terested in purchasing one at 507-
356-8553.
Complete results and pictures
are posted on the new website
designed by Trevor Distad at
pineislandribbonrun.com
Age group winners:
20-29Male champion
Travis Beniak 16:23
Female champion
Adeline Angst 22:54
10 and under
George Gustafson 27:02
Brooklyn Horton 28:31
11- 15
Brennan Gustafson 18:26
Olivia Theide 31:46
16-19
Zach Dietz 17:19
Margaret Anderson 27:32
20-29
Brian Brown 18:35
Laura Jacobson 23:36
30-39
Josh Thieman 19:15
Stephanie Loegering 23:42
40-49
Wayne Dickie 18:33
Jayne Shelquist 24:09
50-59
Mike Pfenning 21:43
Linda OConnor 29:04
60 and over
John Mann 31:03
Diane Mann 27:49
in Zumbrota
Gunners Grill/Moto Proz at Leos Sports
Bar/Bergs Towing in Mazeppa
Roy N Als at Brew Crew in Zumbrota
All games at 7 p.m.
Rochester Wolves 3 5 0 .375
Austin White 2 4 0 .333
Kasson-Mantorville Lazers 1 5 0 .167
Rochester Ice 1 4 0 .200
Austin Red 1 9 0 .100
Rochester Eagles 0 4 0 .000
Schedule for Wednesday, June 25
Zumbrota-Mazeppa at Austin
Rochester Eagles at Pine Island
All games 6 p.m.
12 and under Cyan W L T W%
Zumbrota-Mazeppa Blue 7 0 1 .938
Medford 7 1 0 .875
Red Wing Black 6 4 0 .600
Cannon Falls Blazers 5 4 1 .550
Zumbrota-Mazeppa Silver 4 4 0 .500
Pine Island Strikes Maroon 4 5 1 .450
Randolph Rockets 4 5 1 .450
Pine Island Strikes Gold 1 7 0 .125
Goodhue 0 8 0 .000
Schedule for Thursday, June 26
Pine Island Gold at Goodhue
Pine Island Maroon at Medford
ZM Silver at ZM Blue
All games 6 p.m.
12 and under Jade W L T W%
Rochester Tigers 10 0 0 1.00
Chatfield Fireballs 8 0 0 1.00
Winona Orange 8 2 0 .800
Dover-Eyota Storm 4 4 0 .500
Red Wing Purple 3 5 2 .400
Winona Blue 2 6 2 .300
Rochester Lynx 2 6 0 .250
Owatonna VFW 1 7 0 .125
Pine Island Strikes 0 8 0 .000
Schedule for Thursday, June 26
Owatonna at Pine Island
All games 6 p.m.
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Section B of NEWS-RECORD Wednesday, June 25, 2014 No. 26
Oronoco
Wanamingo Pine Island
Zumbrota
Mazeppa
Goodhue
Neighbors
By Heidi Magnuson
ZUMBROTA Heading west
out of Zumbrota on Highway 60
Boulevard, travelers encounter the
stately steeple of Lands Lutheran
Church. Drawing closer, the scene
grows less appealing, as layers of
peeling paint and worn cedar
shingles come into view. Its hard
to see a church icon fall into such
disrepair. Why was the steeple let
go? More importantly, what plans,
if any, are in place to renovate it?
Built and completed in 1912 as
part of the Norwegian Lutheran
congregations second church
building, the 90-foot steeple first
pointed heavenward the same year
the Titanic sank, Woodrow Wil-
son beat both William Howard Taft
and Theodore Roosevelt for the
U.S. Presidency, and Julia Gor-
don Lowe brought together 18 girls
to hold the first-ever Girl Scout
meeting. Mail addressed to the
church bore a first-class postage
stamp costing two cents.
Lands steeple, like many oth-
ers in America, reflects Gothic
church architecture borrowed from
Europe. Other features include
altars, crosses, crucifixes, stained
glass windows, and pointed arches.
During the Protestant Reforma-
tion in the 16th century, many
Catholic churches became
Lutheran churches. Like Martin
Luther, these congregations never
questioned the use of Christian
symbols, and so kept the existing
architecture in place.
Zumbrotan Charles L. Grover
served as the architect of the Lands
church building. Plans for the
square sanctuary included a chan-
cel, or altar area, at one corner and
the entrance to the church at the
opposite corner. The steeple sits
atop the original entrance to Lands.
Other local churches share a simi-
lar designincluding ELCA con-
gregations United Redeemer,
Stordahl, and Holdenand for
good reason. Grover designed them
and many other churches in the
area, as well as Zumbrotas Na-
tional Guard Armory (now the
Armory Apartments), State The-
atre, and the stone entrance to the
fairgrounds. His father Barker and
brother James also hired him to
design and build a garage, as their
livery stable business had evolved
into a car dealership. Grover Auto
Company still sells new and used
horseless carriages.
The steeple has been scraped
and painted many times over the
years. It required painting to pre-
serve the original wood of the bel-
fry and cedar shakes on the roof
sections. The job invited risk.
According to Lands member Lester
Greseth, sometime between 1964
and 1984, one painteraccess-
ing the steeple via a wood seat
suspended from ropesfell while
working. Pastor Alton Larson,
serving Lands at the time, found
him on the ground, unhurt. Some
questioned the painters state be-
fore his plunge. Many credit the
Almighty for his miraculous land-
ing. Whatever the circumstances,
the story pointed to the dangers of
working on the steeple.
A short way into the new mil-
lennium, Lands committed to
making the church building ac-
cessible to people with disabili-
ties. In 2002, the congregation
voted to take out a loan to finance
a new expansion. It included an
elevator exiting into a new wel-
come center on the main floor and
a new narthex on the floor above.
Ten years later, the congregation
paid off the loanand promptly
shifted attention to other projects.
True to form, the 100-year-old
steeple begged yet another paint
job.
As before, the original cedar
shakes had swelled and shrunk in
the weather, causing the paint to
peel prematurely. Finding some-
one to do the repainting had be-
come more difficult. The painters
safety remained a concern. With
better building materials now on
the market, the focus switched from
repainting to renovating. In 2013,
the congregation voted to plow
ahead with the project as well as
update the inside of the Lands sanc-
tuary.
A team of members researched
options for the steeple. To pre-
serve its appearance and Norwe-
gian heritage, they opted to re-
place one type of shake with an-
other. According to team member
Keith Knutson, they settled on the
Enviroshake roofing product, a
composite shake made from 95%
recycled and reclaimed materials
including natural wood fibers that
lend the look and feel of real wood.
Composite shakes resist heat, wind
and moisture, all of which make
cedar shingles rot, crack, and peel.
Composite shakes withstand hail,
flying debris, and wind speeds up
to 180 mph. Mold, mildew and
insects find no foothold, and ul-
traviolet inhibitors keep the shakes
from discoloring.
The team decided to have the
open belfry clad with aluminum.
The floor will be covered with
durable rubber to eliminate the need
for painting. That left one more
decision to be made regarding the
renovation: what to place on top
of the steeple.
Betty Bailey, church historian
at Lands, recalls reading minutes
from congregational meetings held
in the early years to discuss the
churchs design. Sides were drawn
as to how to top the new steeple.
Some wanted nothing at all to keep
expenses down. Others wanted a
faith-based symbol that doubled
as a lightning rod. In the end, the
congregation voted to install a
weather vane. Sadly, the original
weather vane disappeared some-
time in the 1990s. Many believe it
blew off in a storm. No trace was
ever found.
Renovation of the steeple re-
newed interest in reproducing the
weather vane. At best, old photos
showed only a fuzzy image at the
top of the steeple. No detail could
be discerned. Then a chance con-
versation led to a new discovery.
A wedding photo of Mary and
Denny Veiseth taken in 1992 shows
a close-up of the steeple superim-
posed over the ceremony inside
the church. Atop the steeple sits
the simplest of weather vanesa
slender arrow mounted on an up-
right rod. The cash-strapped Nor-
wegian congregation of 1912
managed to marry thrift and sym-
bolism, as the weather vane also
bore the shape of a cross. A cross
barely discernable from the ground,
given the height of the steeple.
This posed a dilemma. What
could be done to retain the look
and heritage of the original steeple
and yet be easily seen by the na-
ked eye? The ingenious solution
traces back to Norway. The Nidaros
Cathedral in Trondheim (also
known as Nidaros) was built by
the Roman Catholic Church in
1070. It remained Catholic until
the Protestant Reformation in 1537.
At that time, the Lutheran Church
took over the Gothic-style church
building, which thereafter served
as the cathedral of the Lutheran
bishops of Trondheim. Many re-
gard it as the birthplace of the
Lutheran Church in Norwaythe
very denomination of Lands
founding members. A replica of
the more substantial cross topping
the Nicaros steeple was chosen
for the steeple of Lands Church.
Krause Konstruction of Coon
Valley, Wisconsin, has been hired
to handle renovation of the steeple.
The company has specialized in
exterior building repair and main-
tenance of churches and similar
buildings for over 40 years. A long
list of past clients confirms the
fitting words at the top of the
companys website homepage:
We Do Steeples. Lands takes
confidence in their experience and
track record.
Work is slated to begin July 1.
Travelers on Highway 60 can soon
witness the renovation firsthand.
Lands steeple will once again point
heavenward in good repair, from
a distance and up close.
The Lands 125th Anniversary
CommitteeBetty Bailey, Gretha
Loken, and the late Gaylord
Hovenproduced the 1867-1992
history of Lands Congregation,
which provided historical infor-
mation for this article.
G-I-JANES firearm
training offered in July
By Alicia Hunt-Welch
The gun clubs of Wanamingo
and Zumbrota will be offering fire-
arms training courses in July. G-
I- JANES provides world-class
firearms instruction for all defen-
sive disciplines and all skill lev-
els. Several courses are being of-
fered, from one hour up to eight
hours of instruction. The classes
are open to both men and women.
Classes will be offered July 12-
20. Register by July 1.
G-I-JANES, out of Pahrump,
Nevada, is a veteran owned and
operated business. These firearms
classes are for both new gun han-
dlers and experienced shooters.
Classes include:
A one-hour private instruc-
tion with a focus on either funda-
mentals or tactical tune-up
A two-hour basic handgun,
rifle, or shotgun class
Four-hour classes for handgun,
rifle, or shotgun for basic, inter-
mediate, or advanced gun handlers
Four-hour move and shoot and
tactics courses for advanced shoot-
ers
Four-hour classes for mixed
martial arts/self-defense, basic
knife fighting, and courses for in-
dividuals with physical disabili-
ties
An eight-hour home invasion
course for emergency planning
A two-hour safety class for
children ages 4-10
Instructors Jenny Parzik-Benda
and Corey Isaacs bring over 17
years of experience as firearms
instructors with them to classes.
Lorraine Froyum of Froyum
Enterprises in Wanamingo met
Parzik-Benda while taking a class
in Nevada. Froyum Enterprises
encourages the community takes
advantage of these educational
opportunities, whether its for a
gun owner or a novice interested
in the basics of shooting a fire-
arm. For more information or to
register, visit www.G-I-
JANES.com or call Froyum En-
terprises at 507-824-2372.
Tractor Pull held at Dankers farm
Alex Tentis of Elgin, with his Farmall M, went for a first place finish in the 5,500 Farmstock class.
By R.D. Aaland
GOODHUE The Goodhue
Volksfest Tractor Pull was held
on Saturday, June 14, a cool, windy
day. The temperatures were push-
ing sixty and the humidity was
even higher; there was a threat of
thunderstorms. Nevertheless, trac-
tor owners from all over south-
eastern Minnesota showed up at
Bruce Dankerss farm to compete.
There are four classes of trac-
tors: Farmstock, Improved
Farmstock, After Chores, and
Pickup. Each class has several
weights and/or age divisions.
Southeast Area Tractor Pullers
(SEATP) sanctioned this event.
Farmstock must be stock equipped
with PTO, hydraulics, air clean-
ers, front and rear rims, wheel types,
widths and diameters. No strip-
ing of parts is allowed. Factory
covers for removable parts are
required. Improved Farmstock is
designated for competitive pull-
ers with near stock tractors. After
Chores and Pickup classes are for
serious pullers only. Fifty-seven
pulls were made before the events
were rained-out. The following
are the results of Saturdays ac-
tion:
4,500 Farmstock, 3 in the class
First Walker Kennedy of
Goodhue on an Oliver 77
Second Mark Noble of West
Concord on an Oliver 77
Third Andrew Kenning of
Racine on a Minneapolis Moline
Z
4,500 Improved Farm, 2 in the class
First Mark Noble of West
Concord on an Oliver 77
Second Nick Fox of Red Wing
on a John Deere A
4,500 Sportsman, 1 in the class
No placement because the only
one in the class was disqualified
for breaking speed limit.
5,000 Farmstock, 6 in the class
First Alex Tentis of Elgin on a
Farmall M
Second Mark Noble of West
Concord on an Oliver 77
Third Walker Kennedy of
Goodhue on an Oliver 77
5,500 Farmstock, 11 in the class
First Alex Tentis of Elgin on a
Farmall M
Second Andrew Mandelkow
of Vasa on a Minneapolis Moline
U
Third Tony Ross of Goodhue
on a Farmall M
5,500 Improved Farm, 2 in the class
First John Rechtzigel of
Kenyon on a Farmall M
Second Mark Noble of West
Concord on an Oliver 88
5,500 Sportsman, 2 in the class
First Travis Klindworth of
Goodhue on a Minneapolis Moline
UB
The other puller was disquali-
fied for breaking the speed limit
5,800 Street Stock Trucks, 5 in
the class
First Brianna Poncelet of
Goodhue in a Jeep
Second Jesse Ferguson of Lake
City in a Ford
Third Gary VB of Brownsdale
in a Ford
6,500 Farmstock, 8 in the class
First John Rechtzigel of
Kenyon on a Farmall M
Second Alex Tentis of Elgin
on a Farmall M
Third Mark Noble of West
Concord on an Oliver 88
6,500 Sportsman, 3 in the class
First Nick Doherty of Racine
on a Farmall 400
Second Nick Fox of Red Wing
on a John Deere A
Third Travis Klindworth of
Goodhue on a Minneapolis Moline
UB
7,500 Farmstock, 7 in the class
First Nick Doherty of Racine
on a Farmall 460
Second Alex Tentis of Elgin
on a Farmall M
Third Carl Larish of Kenyon
on a Case 800
8,500 Farmstock, 5 in the class
First Aaron Scripture of
Goodhue on a Farmall 560
Second Carl Larish of Kenyon
on a Case 800
Third Nick Doherty of Racine
on a Farmall 460
8,500 Improved Farm, 2 in the class
First Mike Tix of Hampton on
a John Deere 4020
The other puller was disquali-
fied for not being able to make
weight.
10,500 After Chores, 1 in the class
First Paul Tentis of Elgin on
an International 1466
By Audra DePestel
PINE ISLAND Longtime resi-
dents Don and Barb Vang were
named 2014 Grand Marshals for
the 77th annual Pine Island Cheese
Festival celebration, June 6-8. It
was so much fun; we had such a
good time waving during the pa-
rade and seeing everybody, Barb
said.
The Vangs are originally from
Mabel. They both graduated from
Mable High School and married
in 1962. They attended Winona
State University where they gradu-
ated with degrees in education on
a lucky Friday, June 13, 1969, and
that same year moved to Pine Is-
land. Barb taught primary educa-
tion at Pine Island School for 33
years and Don taught business
education at Kasson for 33 years.
The Vangs have two grown chil-
dren, Dave and Dena, both Pine
Island High School graduates, and
six grandchildren, three of whom
also graduated from Pine Island.
The Vangs have been involved
in the Pine Island community for
many years. They enjoy socializ-
ing and volunteering when they
can. Don has been an active mem-
ber of the Lions Club for 34 years.
He also was a member of the Jay-
cees for many years. Barb still
substitute teaches at Pine Island
School on occasion. The Vangs
continue to stay very active in their
local church and are advocates for
the Interfaith Hospitality Network,
where they both volunteer their
Barb and Don Vang were honored to be chosen as this years Pine Island
Cheese Fest Grand Marshals and enjoyed taking part in the festivities.
time.
During their spare time the Vangs
like to relax at their camping site,
spend time with their children,
grandchildren and friends, socialize
at Better Brew Coffeehouse, travel,
and go to dinner theaters. Barb
enjoys quilting, reading and play-
ing cards. Don keeps busy with
odd jobs and enjoys making wood
furniture.
Don and Barb Vang were the
Cheese Festival Grand Marshals
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Story of a steeple
Photo by Tanya Cordes
The familiar steeple of Lands Lutheran Church shows signs of wear,
again, in 2014.
Walker Kennedy of Goodhue starts his Oliver 77 down the course for a
first place finish in the 4,500 Farmstock class.
Construction workers pose on the frame of Lands Lutheran Churchs
future belfry in 1912. Photo from the church archives.

News-Record photo by Faye Haugen
Kate Wieme of Zumbrota is one of hundreds of children who took part in
the games that were offered by Our Saviours Lutheran Church at the
Covered Bridge Park in Zumbrota on Saturday.
News-Record photo by Faye Haugen
Zumbrota native Gus Bradley, now head coach of the Jacksonville
Jaguars in the NFL, was the Grand Marshal of the Covered Bridge
Festival parade on Saturday evening. He is joined on the parade route by
his mother Gloria Bradley.
News-Record photo by Faye Haugen
Members of the Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School marching band keep
their eyes straight and their rows lined up while marching in the Covered
Bridge Festival Parade on Saturday.
News-Record photo by Faye Haugen
JT and the Gunslingers provide music at the street dance at the Zumbrota
VFW on Saturday evening. Zumbrota native Jerad Thompson is the lead
singer for the group.
News-Record photo by David Grimsrud
The Zumbrota Fire Department sponsored a car and tractor show
Saturday during the Covered Bridge Festival. Winning first place in the
1959 and older category was this 1915 Model T Town Car owned by
John Praus of Owatonna.
Weather cooperates for Zumbrotas Covered Bridge Festival
News-Record photo by David Grimsrud
Jeff Solberg of Zumbrota exhibits his handcrafted wood bowls at Art in
East Park on Saturday.
News-Record photo by Marilyn Anderson
Early morning shoppers find good selections and good buys early Saturday
morning at the Zumbrota Public Library, with several people completing
large purchases by 8:30 a.m. Many of the books were donated by
patrons of the library. Mike Downes of Zumbro Falls is an avid reader,
and he is ready to carry his two bags of purchases to his car while James
Hill, library director, assists the next customer.
News-Record photo by Marilyn Anderson
Though rain cancelled the planned activities for Rock the Block
Thursday evening in downtown Zumbrota, Friday evening was perfect
for the Old Fashioned Car Hop at the United Redeemer Lutheran Church
parking lot. Burgers, hot dogs, root beer floats, popcorn and sno-cones
were the popular items offered on the menu. After a few taste tests of
her sno-cone, four-year-old Bailey Redfield was ready to take a bigger
bite of the cold treat.
News-Record photo by Marilyn Anderson
Diane Wojtkiewicz of Preston purchases hosta plants from Don Flotterud
at the Street Market. The plants were a fundraiser for Cannon Falls and
Zumbrota area 4-H clubs.
News-Record photo by David Grimsrud
Among the many displays at Art in East Park were the mosaic designs by
Dan and Cindy Wilson of Zumbrota.
News-Record photo by Marilyn Anderson
Zumbrota Chemical Health Initiative (CHI) conducted a bake sale Saturday
morning outside of City Hall with proceeds going toward the CHI Scholarship
Fund. Alycia Farrell of Wanamingo is pleased with her purchase from
Tara Chapa of Zumbrota, CHI Administrative Assistant.
News-Record photo by Marilyn Anderson
Terry Erredge of Zumbrota is first in line at 7:30 a.m. for the 9:00 start
time to purchase three of the 100 limited edition Red Wing stoneware
items from Cindy Thompson. This years piece was an egg separator. A
bid of $186 by Fred Eberhart won the one-of-a-kind lamp.
News-Record by Marilyn Anderson
With music of the 50s and 60s playing in the background, ten-year-old
Sheridan Wilson, right, gives six-year-old Alexis Huneke two thumbs up
for her success with a hula hoop.
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By Marilyn Anderson
ZUMBROTA The Classic Car
and Tractor Show and luncheon
had a new location this year. The
annual event, sponsored by the
Zumbrota Fire Department, relo-
cated from the fire hall on Jeffer-
son Drive to West Avenue between
Third and Fourth Streets.
According to Mike Boraas, ad-
ministrative fire chief, the move
was made to be closer to other
festivities and more convenient
for event attendees.
Thirty-one cars and tractors were
lined up on display on the street
and vacant lot for the good turn-
out. Three judges determined the
winners for the various classes,
and the fire fighters also selected
their favorite.
The 1915 Ford Town Car, owned
by John Praus, was the Firemens
Results of Covered Bridge Festival
Classic Car & Tractor Show announced
News-Record photo by David Grimsrud
At the car and tractor show, the Zumbrota Fire Department awarded
first place in the 1960 to current category to this 1976 Corvette
Stingray owned by Bill Borgschatz of Pine Island. News-Record photo by Faye Haugen
The kittens at the 4-H petting zoo at the Covered Bridge Park were much
loved by the many children who came by to check out the animals. Paige
Evers of Grand Junction, Colorado, takes good care of this kitten.
News-Record photo by Marilyn Anderson
The Annie Lawler Band performed for visitors in the gazebo for Art in East Park on Saturday morning. The
Zumbrota Area Arts Council organizes Art in East Park and Music in the Park each year. Preparations are also
well underway for the 9th annual Zumbro River Art Splash that will be held Saturday, September 20.
News-Record photo by Marilyn Anderson
Despite clouds and occasional raindrops, the Community Band Festival continued throughout Sunday
afternoon at the East Park band shell to wrap up the 2014 Covered Bridge Music & Arts Festival. Among the
opening set, the Zumbrota Community Band performed The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Meanwhile, the
Rochester Flute Choir was setting up on a portable stage nearby, preparing for their songs to follow next. The
afternoon concluded at 5 p.m. with a Mass Band Concert of the four large bands that participated.
News-Record photo by Marilyn Anderson
The Zumbrota Quilt Group Show was held at First Congregational
Church. Over twenty quilts were displayed on the pews of the church.
The Peoples Choice Award was Simple Pleasures. It was pieced by
Janet Stark and quilted by Peggys Custom Quilting. All in Stitches
helped sponsor the event.
Choice and also first place in the
1959 and older category selected
by the judges. Praus said he drove
the car from Hader to the Zum-
brota event via Wanamingo. Top
speed for the car is approximately
40 mph.
Results of the 2014 Zumbrota
Fire Department Car and Tractor
show
Autos - 1959 and older
First place - 1915 Ford Town Car -
owner John Praus
Second place - 1952 Chevy Pickup -
owner Al Vandewalker
Third place - 1955 Chevy DelRay -
owner Steve Grote
Autos - 1960 to present
First place - 1976 Chevy Corvette -
owner Bill Borgschatz
Second place - 1965 Impala SS -
owner Eddie Bremer
Third Place - 1966 Ford Fairlane -
owners Tony and Julie Huneke
Firemens Choice - 1915 Ford Town
Car - owner John Praus
and 1952 Chevy Pickup - owner Al
Vandewalker
Tractors
First place - 1938 UDLX Moline -
owner Dennis Matthi
Second place - 1954 Allis Chalmers
WD45 - owner Larry Holst
Third place - 1948 Farmall H - owner
Ken Peterman
ZUMBROTA POLICE REPORT
May 13
1:02 a.m. A driver was warned for
parking in the Covered Bridge park after
hours.
1:44 a.m. A male reported that a
female had an ex-convict in her car and
he was passed out and the male wanted
him out of the car.
1:28 p.m. Hub Food Center re-
ported receiving two bad checks.
11:28 p.m. A driver was warned for
no rear bumper or rear plate on vehicle.
May 14
10:31 p.m. Dogs had opened a
front door. The home owner, who had
been out at the time, was waiting for
backup to search the home.
May 15
2:17 a.m. A driver was warned for
having a headlight out.
May 16
12:01 p.m. SuperAmerica reported
a gas drive-off of $35.
6:41 p.m. An accident between a
car and semi with no injuries was re-
ported.
10:05 p.m. A male reported that he
believed a driver was intoxicated and
was all over the road.
May 17
1:56 a.m. A driver was warned for
having a headlight out.
10:39 a.m. Zumbrota Ambulance
reported a one-vehicle crash. The driver
was out of the vehicle but may have
minor injuries. The driver attempted to
leave the scene.
12:44 p.m. An officer assisted a
deputy with a blood draw.
3:54 p.m. A driver was warned for
speeding.
4:13 p.m. Rochester State Patrol
reported a driving complaint of a vehicle
that was northbound on Highway 52
and was all over the road.
6:42 p.m. A driver was warned for
speeding.
May 18
12:11 a.m. An officer assisted a
deputy with a traffic stop. The driver was
arrested for DUI and the passenger was
taken to a home in town.
2:25 a.m. A driver was stopped for
speeding.
3:46 p.m. Ace Hardware reported
that a dog was in a vehicle with the
windows up. The current temperature
was 72 degrees. An officer located the
vehicle and the windows were cracked
open a half inch. The owner returned to
the vehicle while the officer was inside
the store.
2:21 p.m. A female reported hav-
ing problems with her ex-husband.
3:40-5:10 p.m. Five drivers were
warned for not having their headlights
on when it was raining.
5:22 p.m. A driver was warned for
no front license plates and speeding.
5:35 p.m. A driver was warned for
having no headlights on while it was
raining and obstruction of view.
5:42 p.m. a driver was warned for
having no headlights on in the rain.
6 p.m. A driver was warned for
having an equipment violation.
6:24 p.m. A driver was warned for
improper seatbelt.
6:41 p.m. A driver was warned for
having no headlights on in the rain.
7:01 p.m. A driver was warned for
having no headlights on in the rain.
7:49 p.m. Zumbrota Motel reported
that a vehicle was parked in the lot with
a broken drivers window. The officer
spoke with the manager and he stated
that the vehicle had been there for a
week and no one knows who it belongs
to. The officer advised them of towing
options since it was on private property.
9:32 p.m. An officer unlocked a
vehicle.
May 20
2:55 a.m. A female reported that
males were ringing her doorbell and
running off. They were also putting items
in her yard.
9:07 a.m. A driver was backing out
of an alley and watching for other traffic
and backed into a parked vehicle.
11:13 a.m. An officer was asked to
go to the Care Center to speak to a
party. City hall received a call from a
resident stating that a female had fallen
and hurt the back of her head and she
couldnt get through to 911. She stated
that someone threw an ice pack at her
on the bed.
3:26 p.m. An officer unlocked a
vehicle.
4:18 p.m. Bank of Zumbrota re-
ported that someone stole a trimmer.
4:19 p.m. Sugar Loaf Bus Com-
pany reported a stop arm violation.
4:44 p.m. A Beagle was found and
taken to the vet clinic.
7:10 p.m. A driver was warned for
failure to signal.
9:12 p.m. A male was having weak-
ness and diarrhea and having difficulty
breathing.
11:28 p.m. Two parties were ad-
vised to move out of the park as it was
after hours.
May 21
1:19 p.m. A report was made of a
semi rolling into a power pole and knocking
it down. There were live wires on the
ground.
6:24 p.m. A driver was cited for no
seat belt.
6:28 p.m. A report was made of a
dog at large. Three neighbors complained
about the dog while the officer was there.
The owner was cited for at large dog and
a city code violation.
6:48-7:39 p.m. Four drivers were
warned or cited for speeding.
7:46 p.m. A driver was cited for
speeding and the passenger was cited
for no insurance and child car seat vio-
lation and arrested on a Dakota County
warrant.
10:13 p.m. A male reported that
two males were pounding on his win-
dows and blowing an air horn. He tracked
the males to the area of Hub Food Cen-
ter.
WANAMINGO POLICE REPORT
By Alicia Hunt-Welch
June 6
9:12 a.m. A speeding ticket
was issued near Hwy 57 and 460th
St in Minneola Township.
2:28 p.m. A deputy delivered
an emergency message on the
11500 block of Cty 1 in
Wanamingo Township.
3:41 p.m. A gas drive-off theft
was reported at Cenex. A deputy
located the vehicle. A credit card
mistake was said to have occurred
and the driver went back to take
care of it.
7:22 p.m. Mower County re-
quested that a deputy check a resi-
dence on Railway St for a vehicle
involved in a road rage incident.
Wanamingo was checked several
times. The vehicle was not seen.
11:28 p.m. A deputy assisted
the State Patrol with a driving com-
plaint near Hader.
June 7
9:19 a.m. An alarm was acti-
vated at Vertical Limit. It was a
false alarm.
5:45 p.m. A person on Main
St reported losing a blue Apple 5c
iPhone.
June 8
8:55 p.m. People were reported
yelling and shouting at a residence
on 4th St E for about five hours. A
deputy could see children playing
ball and hula hoop in the yard.
The activity appeared to be a nor-
mal family gathering. No action
was taken.
9:36 p.m. A neighbor on 4th
St E had an alarm going off and
was harassing the complainant.
June 9
10:18 a.m. A stray black lab
with a neon orange collar was re-
ported on the 12400 block of Hwy
60 in Minneola Township. It was
picked up and taken to the Kenyon
Vet Clinic.
2:46 p.m. SEMA Equipment
reported a fraudulent rental agree-
ment. A report was given to the
county attorney to review for
charges.
4:26 p.m. A home alarm was
activated on Mingo View Dr. It
was a false alarm.
June 10
3:23 p.m. Trespassing involv-
ing a neighbor mowing was re-
ported on 4th St E.
8:04 p.m. A wallet was miss-
ing from a home on Main St.
9:12 p.m. A deputy was asked
to locate a 16-year-old who left a
residence on Main St. A deputy
located the male and he was re-
turned home.
June 11
1:58 p.m. A civil issue was
reported on the 44600 block of
Cty 1 in Wanamingo Township.
3:36 p.m. A disturbance in-
volving neighbors was reported
on High Ave.
4:30 p.m. A dog went after a
male walking his dog on 2nd Ave.
7:37 p.m. A man was arrested
near Nelson Dr and 5th St E on
two warrants: one for failure to
appear in court on an expired reg-
istration and no insurance and no
drivers license charge; and the
other for failure to appear on a
theft and receiving stolen prop-
erty charge.
9:32 p.m. A deputy attended
to a civil matter on the 44600 block
of Cty 1 in Wanamingo Town-
ship.
June 12
3:20 p.m. Two suspicious
males attempting to sell cleaning
products were reported on the
46400 block of 70th Ave in Cherry
Grove Township. A neighbor said
one of the males was selling plati-
num insurance. The vehicles had
driven by six times in two days.
6:28 p.m. A female black lab
without a collar or tags was sitting
at a residence on the 10900 block
of Cty 30 in Wanamingo Town-
ship.
June 13
8:48 a.m. A suspicious male
selling cleaning supplies was re-
ported on the 48100 block of 80th
Ave in Cherry Grove Township.
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DNR QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Q: What is being done to stop
the spread of emerald ash borer in
Minnesota?
A: Cities with known infesta-
tions are taking infested trees down
and grinding the wood for use as
biofuel. The Minnesota Depart-
ment of Agriculture has released
stingless wasps that eat ash borer
eggs and larvae. The agency also
traps ash borer with guidance from
the U.S. Forest Service.
The University of Minnesota is
researching cold tolerance among
both emerald ash borer and their
parasitoids (wasps), and also ex-
ploring forest management options
to maintain forest health and func-
tion after ash trees die. The DNR
is working to prepare cities and
townships to deal with emerald
ash borer once it arrives in their
communities.
The combination of these meth-
ods has kept ash borer population
numbers relatively low in Minne-
sota and has successfully slowed
the rate of spread within the state.
Susan Burks, DNR invasive
species program coordinator
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From Our Files
20 Years Ago
June 22, 1994
Lifeguards at the Goodhue
swimming pool are Maaria Reese,
Jenni Banitt, Missy Majerus, Tanya
Krueger, Sara Stenlund, Brooke
Schulz, Dave Diercks, Dee Albers,
Kristy Jennings, and Stefanie
Lodermeier. *** Kristin Otto of
Goodhue and Gerald Perrotti of
Bellechester have been named to
the deans list at Winona State
University for the spring quarter.
40 Years Ago
June 27, 1974
Guy Schafer was named to the
winter quarter deans list at St.
Cloud State College.
50 Years Ago
June 25, 1964
BORN TO: Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie
Miller, a daughter, on June 16;
Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Huneke, a son,
on June 19. *** Mr. and Mrs. Ri-
chard Busby and family and Mrs.
Anton Benda were Sunday evening
guests in the Cyril Benda home.
*** Mr. and Mrs. Martin Majerus
attended the Toy Show in Minne-
apolis on Wednesday of last week.
60 Years Ago
June 24, 1954
Mr. and Mrs. Burnette Buck and
children visited relatives and
friends in Minneapolis on Sun-
day. *** Mrs. John Olson of Red
Wing was a guest in the E.N. Ol-
son home on Sunday. *** Mrs.
Charles Peterson of Red Wing was
a Monday guest at the W.H.
Hennings home.
70 Years Ago
GOODHUE
June 22, 1944
BORN TO: Mr. and Mrs. Gor-
don Matthees, a daughter, on June
15; Mr. and Mrs. Dean Growder,
a daughter, on June 16. *** Jane
Buchholtz of Red Wing is spend-
ing a few days with the Wilfred
OReilly family. *** Mrs. Arnie
Johnson and children of Red Wing
are spending this week at the Albert
Johnson home.
20 Years Ago
June 22, 1994
Agnes and Eugene Tutewohl
entertained diners at the senior
nutrition site last Friday. *** On
June 4, Philip and Pauline Deraas
attended the wedding of Anne
Kelsy and Paul Weltha at Metro-
politan United Methodist Church
in Alton, Illinois.
40 Years Ago
June 27, 1974
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Syverson
were Sunday supper guests at the
Warren Fandry home in Hastings.
*** Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Fredrickson were supper guests
June 21 at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford Fox. *** Linda
Benson and Dianne Overby were
named to the winter quarter deans
list at St. Cloud State College.
50 Years Ago
June 25, 1964
Mrs. Darrell Nesseth, Mrs.
Norman Schaefer, and Mrs. Harold
Bjugan visited Monday with Mrs.
Harland Bjugan at Rake, Iowa.
*** Mrs. B.C. Moe had guests at
her home Wednesday afternoon
in observance of her birthday an-
niversary, which occurred the pre-
WANAMINGO
vious day. *** Mr. and Mrs.
Wallace Hilling of South St. Paul
were Fathers Day visitors at the
P.H. Hilling home.
70 Years Ago
June 29, 1944
Miss Melva Ostgarden was a
visitor on Sunday at the Alvin Smith
home. *** Mrs. A.M. Romo, Mrs.
Harold Lemley, and Mrs. Julius
Fredrickson and daughter JoAnn
were visitors in Rochester on
Wednesday. *** Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Vang of Zumbrota were
Sunday afternoon visitors at the
Herman Opsahl home.
20 Years Ago
June 22, 1994
Evan Reed has been named a
presidential scholar by the National
Science Scholars Program for con-
gressional district one. *** The
feed mill of the Pine Island Farm-
ers Elevator has earned the Land
OLakes Dedication Quality
award for ten continuous years of
quality performance.
30 Years Ago
June 27, 1984
Rehearsals are well under way
for the Pine Island Summer The-
atre production of the musical Lil
Abner. The director is Gene
Rucker, who is the director of
employee relations for the Roch-
ester School District. *** Pine
Island residents can now get local
TV service since Bob Albrecht
has opened The TV Service Cen-
ter. *** Craig Anderson was named
to the deans list for the spring
semester at Valparaiso University.
40 Years Ago
June 27, 1974
Mary Jo Smith was named to
the deans list for the winter quar-
ter at St. Cloud State College. ***
Mrs. Wes Fowlers and girls of
Byron, Mrs. Lorrie Finstuen, Mrs.
Calvin Peterson, and Julie Peter-
son were Friday afternoon guests
at the Gil Hofstad home. ***
Debbie Jackson spent a few days
with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and
Mrs. John McKay.
50 Years Ago
June 25, 1964
Halvor Peterson was severely
injured in a hay baler accident
Wednesday evening while work-
ing with Walter Boyum on the
latters farm. Peterson broke sev-
eral ribs, has a crushed lung, and
is bleeding internally. He is said
to be holding his own. *** Mrs.
Larry Collins and baby have been
spending several days with Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Collins while Larry
is with the National Guard in
Alaska. *** Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
PINE ISLAND
Christianson and family of Min-
neapolis were Sunday evening
visitors at the Harold West home.
60 Years Ago
June 24, 1954
BORN TO: Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Ward, a daughter, on June 16; Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Marquardt, a
daughter, Cynthia, on June 23. ***
Mr. and Mrs. Louie Brossard and
family of Rochester visited his
mother, Mrs. L.V. Brossard, on
Sunday evening. *** Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Studier of Hutchinson visited
at the Lutheran parsonage on Sun-
day.
ZUMBROTA
10 Years Ago
June 16, 2004
Charlie Buck was chosen as
Grand Marshal of Zumbrotas
Covered Bridge Festival Parade.
*** Jon Mensing graduated June
10 from Harvard Universitys John
F. Kennedy School of Government
with a masters degree in public
policy. *** The Read-to-Me
Reader of the Week is Kimberly
Johnson. *** The Reader of the
Week is Brady Hinrichs.
20 Years Ago
June 15, 1994
Two-year-old Jack Edwards was
chosen this weeks Read-to-Me
participant at the Carnegie Library.
Whitney Baethke was chosen as
Reader of the Week. *** Ernie,
Rosie, and Robert Luhman, and
Maria Ebert, all of Zumbrota,
Kenneth and Sharon Ebert of Can-
non Falls, Rose and Angela We-
ber and Jerry and Anne Schrere of
Wanamingo, and Tom and Joy
Abraham and Sarah Burson of
Rochester attended the graduation
and farewell reception for Mat-
thew Lunn at the home of his
mother in Anoka. He leaves June
20 for a tour duty with the U.S.
Marines in San Diego, Califor-
nia.
30 Years Ago
June 20, 1984
Adolph Grimms children,
grandchildren and great-grandchil-
dren had a birthday party for him
on Sunday at the Orvin Skovbroten
home. He was 80 years old on
June 18. *** Mr. and Mrs. Jeff
Perra and Kelly and Mrs. John
Perra of Zumbrota, Mr. and Mrs.
John Almli, Maria and Brynn, Dr.
Joseph Perra, Jerry and Jim Perra
of Minneapolis attended an ONeill
reunion and church centennial at
Beardsley over the weekend. ***
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Behrens and
Louis Cepican of Bettendorf, Iowa,
were last weekend visitors of Irene
Quast. *** Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Greseth of Zumbrota were hon-
ored on their 45th wedding anni-
versary on Sunday at Grace Luth-
eran Church in rural Goodhue.
40 Years Ago
June 20, 1974
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Anderson
and Bradley of Evanston, Illinois,
are visiting this week at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ven
Maas. *** Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Wogsland of Menomonee Falls,
Wisconsin, and Mrs. Alice Quittem
were dinner gusts at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Arley Hinrichs on
Monday. *** Former Zumbrota
Schools superintendent and Mrs.
Melvin Jensen spent the weekend
with Mrs. Iverna Hoven. ***Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Nelson were happy
to have their daughter, Kathy, home
from Minneapolis for the week-
end. *** Mr. and Mrs. Orville
Rockvan were Monday overnight
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Lyle Bestful of Northwod, Iowa.
*** Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Trelstad
and Mr. and Mrs. James Trelstad
of Shakopee were Fathers Day
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Peterman, Jr.
50 Years Ago
June 18, 1964
Miss Kathy Lohmann left
Wednesday for Minneapolis for
two days of orientation at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota before leav-
ing for Washington D.C. where
she will represent Goodhue County
at the Maryland-Minnesota 4-H
exchange program. *** Mark and
Mike Monson enjoyed the week-
end cruising on the Mississippi
River at Lake City with their grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Monson. *** Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Raasch returned home Saturday
from a two-week vacation and a
visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Luther List in Circleville, Ohio.
*** Mr. and Mrs. Roger Carlson
of Rochester entertained at din-
ner on Sunday her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Friese in honor
of their wedding anniversary and
the birthday of Mrs. Friese. ***
On Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Nygren and children were dinner
guests at the home of Mrs. Arnold
Koolman in Bloomington.
PINE ISLAND, 1964 Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stussy were honored on their
50th wedding anniversary Sunday afternoon at the First Congregational
Church in Mantorville.
ZUMBROTA, 1964 The Collinge coal elevator, built in 1914, will soon
be a thing of the past. Workmen are dismantling the lower framework
of the structure; thus, lowering it. The remodeled building will serve as
a bulk fertilizer warehouse for A.E. Collinge & Son. From left to right
are A.E. Collinge Jr. and A.E. Collinge III.
GOODHUE, 1964 Don Carter, left, retires this month as executive vice-
president of Goodhue State Bank, having served this community for 16-
1/2 years. Alvin Dicke, right, cashier at the bank, has been named an
executive officer.
WANAMINGO, 1974 Former pastors of Trinity Lutheran Church gathered during the golden anniversary
celebrations last weekend. From left to right, front row: Ralph Okland, Ingolf Kronstad, and Jerry Stroud;
back row: Jack Bredfeldt, Martin Thompson, and Sherman Coltvet (present pastor).
PINE ISLAND POLICE REPORT
June 3
12:05 a.m. An open door re-
ported at the auction place on Main
St. The owner was working late.
2:48 a.m. A complaint said
someone was trying to get into the
house on 1st Ave SW. No one was
found outside or in the area.
9:34 a.m. A man was arrested
near 1st Ave NE and Center St E
on a warrant from Benton County
for failure to appear on a check
forgery charge.
12:31 p.m. Roscoe Township
reported that a bridge guard rail
was damaged by a vehicle. Dam-
age was valued at $900.
5:03 p.m. A citation for pos-
session of a small amount of mari-
juana was issued near Cty 11 and
North Pine Dr.
5:24 p.m. Neighbor kids have
been reported driving fast on the
49900 block of 170th Ave in
Roscoe Township. A parent was
advised of the complaint.
7:52 p.m. A suicide threat was
reported on 1st Ave SE. The sub-
ject said statements were made
only to get attention.
8:50 p.m. Scott County re-
quested that deputies check a resi-
dence on 5th St SW for a run-
away. The non-custodial parent
did not live at the residence any
longer.
10:23 p.m. Loud music and
kids were reported in a parking lot
on 6th St SW. A deputy checked
the area. No loud noise or music
was heard.
10:37 p.m. A deputy checked
on a vehicle that had pulled over
near Cty 27 and 176th Ave in
Roscoe Township. The driver was
texting.
June 4
2:39 a.m. A car on Main St
appeared to have smoke coming
from the engine. A deputy did not
notice a problem.
2:46 a.m. A deputy checked a
business on Main St. No prob-
lems were found and the site was
clear.
11:10 a.m. A deputy attended
to civil matters on 6th St NW.
11:32 a.m. A barking dog was
reported on Rodeo Dr SE. No one
was home. A deputy left a card for
them to call.
3:20 p.m. A deputy checked
on the welfare of an individual on
5th St SW. The person was fine.
4:09 p.m. A dog was left in a
truck by E-BEE Embroidery, then
escaped through a window and
was running loose. The owner was
spoken to and would not leave the
dog in the car again.
6:39 p.m. Medical help was
requested near 500th St and Hwy
52 in Pine Island Township.
June 5
2:57 a.m. A complainant on
6th St NW reported two people in
their yard. Theyve had problems
in the past with air soft pellets
being shot at the house. A deputy
checked the area but no one was
located.
June 6
4:26 a.m. A verbal domestic
incident was reported on 6th St
NW. The parties were separated
for evening.
11:25 a.m. Medical help was
requested on 1st Ave SE.
11:32 a.m. Farm machinery
went down the street by the school
and clipped a parked vehicle.
1:08 p.m. A black lab with
orange collar was running loose
near Dc Ct SE. The dog ran off
and was not located.
County
Cannon Valley Fairbooks
now available
CANNON FALLS Cannon
Valley Fair handbooks, free to all,
are now available in area business
places for the 99th annual fair July
1-4 in Cannon Falls.
The book includes a complete
list of whats happening and when
at the fair and a list of premiums
offered for exhibitors. Also in-
cluded is entry information for the
Ayrshire and Holstein dairy shows,
horse show, youth jackpot beef
show and lamb show, 4-H and FFA.
In Cannon Falls, fairbooks can
be found at Ag Partners, Frontier
Ag & Turf, Vasa Spring Garden
Ins., Caseys, Althoff Hardware,
the Chamber of Commerce, Simon
Arena, Cannon Agri Center, Hi
Quality Bakery and the Cannon
Falls Beacon, as well as the four
banks. Out-county, books are in
banks and ag businesses.
Open Exhibit entry day at the
fair is Tuesday, July 1. Crescent
City Amusement rides will open
at 1 p.m. on July 2 and continue
daily through July 4. Grandstand
entertainment includes a truck and
tractor pull on July 2, demolition
derby on July 3 and harness horse
racing on July 4
Also planned are 4-H and FFA
sheep, dairy, goat, beef and horse
shows, minnow races, wool spin-
ning workshop, Siberian Huskies
sled dog demonstration, Half Pint
Magic Show, wood workshop,
Cock-A-Doodle Zoo, kid power
pedal tractor pull, Ms. Jaz-ee the
clown, Robotic puppets, Ray Sands
Band and local bands.
Harness horse racing returns for
the afternoon of Friday, July 4, at
2 p.m. The parade will be at 11:30
a.m., on July 4. The traditional
fireworks display will highlight
the celebration at dusk on July 4.
A complete schedule of events
as well as entry information are in
the fair handbook.
A complete fair schedule can
also be found on the internet at
www.cannonvalleyfair.org.
Felton is running for
county commissioner
Nora Bryson Felton has an-
nounced her candidacy for Dis-
trict 2 Goodhue County Commis-
sioner. Felton is running against
five other candidates in the Au-
gust 12 primary that will deter-
mine which two will move for-
ward to the November 4 election.
Felton grew up on her familys
farm in rural Alden where her folks
taught her the value of integrity,
hard work, education, teamwork,
and compassion. She learned to
care for the land that life was pre-
cious, to develop and use her God-
given talents, to be responsible,
and that every choice has conse-
quences.
In 4-H and FFA, Felton learned
planning, organizational, and lead-
ership skills. They, along with
her faith, instilled in her a deep
appreciation for those who have
fought and died for our freedoms
and the need to give back to the
community.
Felton worked her way through
collegeat Bailey Hall, the Vet-
erinary Isolation Labs, the Uni-
versity of Minnesota Hospital and
Clinics Molecular Genetics Dept.,
the StarTribune, the Rice County
Extension Office, and the old Met
Center. After studying abroad in
Europe and Russia, she graduated
with a double major (animal sci-
ence and agricultural journalism)
and a double minor (agricultural
economics and international agri-
culture) from the University of
Minnesota in 1987 and went to
work for Green Giant as a field
representative. There she com-
pletely rewrote their vegetable
contracts and traveled to Uruguay
and Argentina as their represen-
tative to the Minnesota Depart-
ment of Agricultures Ag-in-the-
Classroom program.
Nora and her husband Doug have
spent almost 20 years together.
They couple are a voice for rural
America, giving back to the com-
munity, and trying to build a vi-
able farming operation that can
be passed on to their children. I
am in this race for them and for
children throughout Goodhue
County, Felton explained. I want
them to enjoy the same freedoms
and opportunities Ive had in a
prosperous, strong, honorable
America. Im asking for your help
in this endeavor. If you dont vote
for me in the August 12 primary,
you wont get to vote for me in
November.
Nora Bryson Felton has announced
her candidacy for District 2 Goodhue
County Commissioner.
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Pine Island
PINE ISLAND Mia Wittlief
is Van Horn Public Librarys
Reader of the Week for the week
of June 16.
Wittlief is 5-1/2 years old and
the daughter of Robin and Luke
Wittlief of Oronoco. She has a
brother Matthew who is 12 years
old.
Her favorite book is Dog
Magic because by reading it she
found out she isnt really afraid of
dogs!
In school she likes to read, and
in the summer when shes not read-
ing shes organizing sleepovers
and jumping on her trampoline.
She really likes people. You can
tell when you meet her because,
more often than not, she gives you
a big, big smile!
READER OF
THE WEEK
Superintendent Berg-Beniak earns
pay-for-performance increase
By Alice Duschanek-Myers
PINE ISLAND On June 16
the Pine Island School Board ap-
proved a 1.5% pay-for-perfor-
mance increase for Superintendent
Tammy Berg-Beniak on her evalu-
ation of the first year of her two-
year contract.
Chair John Champa said the
evaluation included the district
focus areas of high student achieve-
ment, collaboration and commu-
nication, effective and efficient
operations, and an overall sum-
mary.
In all areas her ability to be open
and positive, respectful, profes-
sional, transparent with informa-
tion, and to lead were noted. The
school board mentioned having a
high degree of confidence in her
management of the budget.
A number of staff recognized
her as an outstanding leader with
a get it done attitude and high
work ethic. The board and staff
credited her with improving com-
munication and the environment
in the school and improving com-
munication and the relationship
with the community.
School board recognitions
The school board recognized the
following athletes who competed
at the state track and field meet:
Boys 4x800m Isaiah Ondler,
Mitchel Acker, Jason Hoerle, and
Logan Meurer (sixth place)
Boys 4x400m Mitchel Acker,
Jason Hoerle, Ben Farrell, and Kyle
Groven (fourth place)
200m dash Ben Farrell (sixth
place)
400m dash Kyle Groven (sev-
enth place)
800m run Mitchel Acker
(third place)
Girls 4x400m Caitlin
Schartau, Sara Schartau, Brittney
Arndt, and Laura Torgeson (sixth
place)
100m hurdles Eliza Warneke
(second place)
300m hurdles Eliza Warneke
(second place)
Mitchel Acker in the 800m,
Kyle Groven in the 400m and the
4x400m, and Eliza Warneke in
the 100m and 300m hurdles set
new school records.
The board also recognized base-
ball player Ben Warneke, who set
a new school record of seven triples
this season.
The board accepted with thanks
a $330 donation from the PIAAA
Foundation for the National
FCCLA Conference.
Bond management proposal
Steve Pumper of PMA Finan-
cial Network Inc. presented a pro-
posal to manage the proceeds from
the districts bond sale for the con-
struction projects. He briefly pre-
sented some options to maximize
the funds from the bonds by in-
vesting and earning some inter-
est, while keeping funds available
to pay the bills for the construc-
tion.
PMA has worked with Minne-
sota schools for 28 years. Pumper
said PMA provides similar ser-
vices to Springsted Incorporated.
They provide advice on invest-
ments and reports, and they handle
IRS audit questions. The board
voted to become a member of the
PMA Group earlier in the year.
PMA administers MNTrust, the
joint powers agreement for a com-
prehensive investment and cash
management program for Minne-
sota school districts that was
founded by the Albert Lea and
Farmington School Districts.
The school board will take ac-
tion on the PMA proposal at the
meeting on July 10.
Other business
The school board approved up-
dated policies for administrator
code of ethics, employee right to
know, license status, mandated
reporting of child neglect, and
health and safety.
The Zumbro Education District
(ZED) presented three funding
options to the seven member school
districts (Blooming Prairie, Byron,
Hayfield, Kasson-Mantorville,
Pine Island, Stewartville, and Tri-
ton). The districts must agree on
an option in order to use only levy
dollars. The Pine Island School
Board wants to honor their prom-
ise to residents and does not want
to increase any spending from
operating expenses.
District 21 Senator Matt Schmit
visited the school board meeting
to provide a legislative update.
By Alice Duschanek-Myers
PINE ISLAND On June 17
the Pine Island City Council ap-
proved the sale of general obliga-
tion street reconstruction and im-
provement bonds to construct the
roundabout from CSAH #11 to
the east city limits of Pine Island
and extend the Highway 52 East
Frontage Road.
The actual cost of the construc-
tion is $2,206,605. Cost of engi-
neering and acquisition of right-
of-ways is $898,907, and the cost
of contingencies is $220,661. To-
tal cost of the project is $3,326,173.
Mike Bubany of David Drown
Associates presented recommen-
dations for the competitive sale of
$2,315,000 of GO bonds to be paid
off over 30 years for the project.
Pine Island will use $640,000 from
TIF District No.2; $349,000 of sales
tax revenues received from the City
of Rochester; and $98,000 from
utility funds to contribute
$1,087,000 of cash for the project.
About $434,000 will be specially
assessed to the benefitting prop-
erties.
Bubany recommended making
the bonds callable any time after
February 1, 2022, offering up to a
1.25% discount allowance, updat-
ing the Citys Standard & Poors
rating, and using full disclosure
to attract investors.
City Clerk Jon Eickhoff said Pine
Islands rating was recently up-
graded to an AA-. Bubany said
this could change depending on
what was evaluated by Standard
& Poors at the time of the rating.
The council plans to award the
sale of the issued GO street recon-
struction and improvement bonds
on July 15 and close on the bond
sale by July 28.
Crossover refunding bonds
The city council approved the
issue of $1,600,000 of registered
general obligation bonds to be used
to refinance the outstanding ma-
turities of the GO street recon-
struction and improvement bonds.
Jon Eickhoff said this would
allow the city to borrow to pay on
the street improvement bonds af-
ter a while at a lower interest rate.
This would save the taxpayers
money.
Eickhoff and Mayor Rod Steele
were authorized to approve the
sale and sign an agreement for
crossover refunding bonds to save
the taxpayers at least $100,000.
Economic development loan
The EDA recommended approv-
ing a micro-loan in the amount of
$10,300 at 4.5%APR for five years
for Mayor Charles Rod Steele.
The funds will be used to repair
and remodel the interior and exte-
rior of Steeles commercial build-
ing at 106 South Main Street. The
improvements include a handi-
capped accessible restroom and
ramp at the south entrance into
the building.
Steele stepped down from the
council table for this decision.
Mayor pro tem Jerry Vettel took
Steeles seat as mayor.
The council approved the loan
for Steele. The EDA commented
that the improvements fit the in-
tended use of the loan program,
which is to assist businesses to
make updates to their buildings
and keep the businesses vital and
intact.
Alternative energy production
Jon Eickhoff reported that he
has been approached by three com-
panies interested in alternative solar
energy production. He has attended
meetings with Geronimo Energy
of Minneapolis. Geronimo has
some renewable energy purchase
agreements with Xcel Energy for
some of its projects. The company
has also had an interest in devel-
oping wind energy production fa-
cilities.
Eickhoff said, There is currently
no zoning (within the Pine Island
city limits) for production scale
renewable energy.
City attorney Bob Vose said,
You do not have a zoning district
that allows commercial renewable
energy productiononly produc-
tion for a particular site, like a
home or business, not to produce
commercially.
The council discussed the ef-
fect a solar facility would have on
other development in the area of
its location and the tax base.
Vose recommended having
Planning and Zoning study the
options regarding commercial re-
newable energy production.
Councilor Randy Bates said, I
think we should hear them out and
investigate.
Senator Matt Schmit
District 21 Senator Matt Schmit
visited the city council with an
update on the legislative session
and goals for the future.
He stressed his interest in in-
vesting in bridge and infrastruc-
ture repairs in southeast Minne-
sota. This part of the state has more
bridges than any other part of the
state. He said it is important to
support economic development
and high-speed internet every-
where in the state.
Schmit said, Pine Island is
poised for growth. Especially with
the new school building. He rec-
ognized the residents for their ef-
fort in making the high school more
beneficial for the students. He said,
Pine Island is positioned perfectly
for the Destination Medical Cen-
ter.
The council asked him to assist
the city to get a definitive plan
from MnDOT for the future north
interchange.
Other business
The city council approved the
2013 city audit. The general fund
balance was 28%. The citys goal
is 35%.
Councilor Erik Diskerud re-
quested the two-hour parking be
removed in Pine Island, because
it is unwelcoming. The council
Zumbrota
This weeks Readers of the Week
at Zumbrota Public Library are
Job and Audrey Walters, children
of Claire Walters of Wanamingo.
They like to read Little Blue
Truck with their mom.
READERS OF
THE WEEK
Additions to
ZM Honor Roll
ZUMBROTA Students who
should be added to the Zumbrota-
Mazeppa Middle School Honor
Roll were Spencer DeFrang and
Lauren Miller, A Honor Roll; and
Dylan Mollenhauer, B Honor Roll.
Inga Jentsch, tenth grade, should
be added to the ZM High School
A Honor Roll.
Correction
ZUMBROTA In the article
on Lois Lerfald in the June 18,
2014, issue the man in the photo
with Lerfald is Bruce Matthees,
not Steve Matthees.
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Pine Island High School music
department requests more space
By Alice Duschanek-Myers
PINE ISLAND Choir Direc-
tor Doug Strandell reported for
the music department at the June
16 Pine Island School Board meet-
ing. The department currently uses
two rooms. One remains set up
for band. And choir and orchestra
share the second room, with in-
structors spending 150 minutes
weekly to facilitate the switch for
orchestra or choir. The music de-
partment recommended creating
a third music room with the re-
modeling of the building.
One possibility would be to
change the stage space in the ma-
roon gym into a third music room.
This would provide a designated
space for instruction and practice
for students and free up instructor
time. Voters approved adding a
new 600-seat auditorium along
with the improvements to the ex-
isting building that will develop a
campus for middle and high school
students.
The school board included ex-
panding the music department on
the list of priorities to consider in
the remodeling plans. They will
discuss costs and options with the
project architect.
Calendar changes
The school board approved ad-
justing the 2014-15 school calen-
dar to accommodate starting con-
struction on the buildings. The last
day of school for students was
changed to May 22, 2015. Gradu-
ation was changed to Sunday, May
24, 2015 at 2 p.m.
Adjusting the 2015-16 school
calendar was tabled at this time.
However, there could be changes
at a later date.
There will be only one school
board meeting next month on July
10 at 6 p.m. The board plans to
award the construction bid for the
new PreK-4 building at this meet-
ing.
K-8 principals report
Principal Cindy Hansen reported
that the administrators and Pine
Island Education Association
(PIEA) worked together to create
a more streamlined teacher evalu-
ation than the state model used in
their pilot project. The evaluation
process is intended to be transpar-
ent and fair to classroom teachers
who are on the frontline with stu-
dents. The school board reviewed
and approved the new teacher
evaluation document.
Hansen participated in a Min-
nesota Department of Education
team writing curriculum to train
observers and evaluators. She was
the only principal in the group.
She said she learned much about
trends in teacher evaluations in
other parts of the state and nation
from the national experts.
Next year will be year three of
the implementation of the Posi-
tive Behavioral Interventions and
Supports (PBIS) program in the
district, which will include focus
on involvement from parents and
the community.
On the last day of school stu-
dents celebrated at an assembly
and dance party. The students
earned 24,745 Panther Prides dur-
ing the school year.
The eighth grade celebrated next
years advancement to high school.
Hansen thanked April Bailey for
speaking at their celebration.
PINE HAVEN POTPOURRI
PINE ISLAND The Pine Ha-
ven Auxiliary Pie and Ice Cream
Social will be July 9 at 7 p.m. at
Pine Haven.
St. Paul Lutheran Church will
host the July Birthday Party on
July 14 at 2 p.m. in the dining
room, Residents celebrating July
birthdays are: Hazel Hengesteg
July 1, Dale Peterson 4, John Feil
5, Fred Kreinheder 7, Alice Jones
9, Gene Gullickson 15, Bea Fri-
ary 21, Rolland Weis 24, Si Hassler
30.
We are enjoying the summer
and the chance to be outside. Fish-
ing, bonfires and a tractor pull are
just some of the activities on the
agenda.
We are looking for a collection
or display for the month of Au-
gust for our display case. It is put
in the first part of August and taken
out at the end of the month, and
the residents love seeing the dif-
ferent displays. If you are inter-
ested please call Char Tewalt at
356-8304.
We also have volunteer posi-
tions available to fit all schedules,
even to just sit outside and visit
with residents. They love to be
outdoors! Call or e-mail at the
number below if interested. We
are looking for a volunteer to help
a resident write his life history.
For all our activity events you can
request a calendar by calling Pine
Haven Community at 356-8304
or e-mail us activity
@pinehavencommunity.org.
Pine Island approves GO street bond
sale for frontage roads projects
reviewed the history and process
of establishing the parking limits.
The limits were set for customers
to have access to the businesses.
The council will review the actual
past survey results and talk with
business owners.
Steve Oelkers of Public Works
reported that the municipal pool
failed inspection because of its age
and no more improvements are
possible. The inspector told him
they hoped for plans for a new
swimming pool next year. He is
investigating repairing the front
steps of the Van Horn Library.
Land OLakes requested the
waste treatment plant accept high-
strength waste from the plant.
Eickhoff said it is currently not
being accepted and the city is in-
vestigating a fair equitable charge
for the service.
City Engineer Neil Britton re-
ported that tree clearing has started
for the CSAH#11 roundabout
and East Frontage Road project.
There will be construction meet-
ings at the Bushman house every
Thursday at 9 a.m.
A resident of Kimberly Court
requested the city develop a main-
tenance plan for his area. He said
the streets need maintenance.
Councilor Jerry Vettel recom-
mended that the council schedule
a retreat to discuss future plans
and projects.
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Economic Development Authority
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held the first Wednesday of each month
at 5 p.m. at the EDA Office,
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Goodhue
Tractor and farm safety
class held June 4-6
Students participating in the tractor and farm safety course at Goodhue High School are, front row, from left
to right: Garrett Huneke, Seth Hinsch, Chase Hinsch, Mitchell Hemenway, Wyatt Freiheit, Dylan Wocjik,
Nathan Ohnstad, and Sam Hanson; back row: Samuel Hinsch, Brayden Hinsch, Jay Dicke, Justin Thomforde,
and John Possehl.
GOODHUE Thirteen students
participated in a tractor and farm
safety training course conducted
by Lee Thompson, agriculture
education instructor at Goodhue
High School, from June 4-6. Upon
the successful completion of the
course, the students receive a cer-
tificate, which exempts them from
the federal regulations for child
labor in hazardous occupations in
agriculture. The purpose of the
Fair Labor Standards Act is to pro-
hibit the employment of children
under 16 without special permis-
sion in occupations declared par-
ticularly hazardous by the Secre-
tary of Labor. Among other things,
this includes operating a tractor
of over 20 PTO horsepower.
The classroom portion of the
course consisted of units dealing
with:
1) reducing the odds of acci-
dent occurrence;
2) understanding instruments
and controls on tractors;
3) the operators manual and
how to use it;
4) the use of hand signals;
5) maintenance and safety checks
on farm machinery and around the
farmstead;
6) tractor overturns and extra
riders;
7) tractor safety on the farm and
on public roads;
8) PTO and hydraulic safety;
9) safe use of jumper cables;
10) safe use of pesticides;
11) farm machinery accident
situations and how to avoid them;
12) safe storage and handling
of grain including grain bin, grain
wagon, and auger safety;
13) airborne hazards such as
hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide,
ammonia, and methane (manure
pit gases), nitrogen dioxide (silo
gas), fungi from moldy hay, and
nuisance dust;
14) electrical safety on the farm.
After covering all of the units
mentioned, the students took a
written 100 question test on June
9. They needed to earn a score of
80% or better to pass.
The students also put their driv-
ing skills to the test. They had to
demonstrate their ability to drive
forward, make sharp turns, and
back equipment through a course
that allowed about two feet on ei-
ther side of the attached manure
spreader. Their driving score was
based on the number of times they
hit a course markers as well as
other safe operating procedures.
Lodermeiers Inc. provided the
equipment for the students driv-
ing experiences.
In addition to receiving the cer-
tificate, the students came away
from the class with a better appre-
ciation for the continual need for
keeping a safe attitude. They de-
veloped a respect for the power
and capabilities of the machines
they deal with, and they are better
educated in the areas of farm safety.
The students know what hazards
exist and what to do if they are
presented with a hazardous situa-
tion. They also learned how to
avoid and/or eliminate a hazard
on the farm. The students were
reminded that a safe operator with
a good attitude is the best insur-
ance against an accident.
Matt Schmit visits with
Goodhue School Board
By R.D. Aaland
GOODHUE On June 16, State
Senator Matt Schmit addressed the
Goodhue School Board. He was
there to report on the past year of
the Minnesota legislature.
He told the board how the legis-
lature this year used 44% of a $1.2
billion surplus for tax cuts and
will use the rest to improve
Minnesotas fiscal outlook. The
two major education bills men-
tioned by Schmit were: 1) Safe
Schools, a bill that defined lan-
guage in the bullying law; and 2)
all-day, every-day kindergarten for
all students to enhance literacy and
math skills.
Board member Ann Buck was
worried that the bills wording was
too vague. The senator said it was
a compromise bill and the word-
ing would be determined by each
school district.
High School Principal Mike
Harvey said that he was concerned
that the Minnesota Comprehen-
sive Assessments (MCAs) were
not compatible with Chromebooks
and I-Pods. It appears that schools
may have to keep several com-
puters which will be used only for
the MCAs. So far, the Minnesota
Department of Education does not
want to adapt. Schmit said he will
look into correcting this.
Cash receipts
Business Manager Sue Johnson
reported on the new cash receipts
spreadsheet that was collab-
oratively developed with Region
V. They will be doing the test run
on June receipts to make sure ev-
erything will import into the fi-
nance system smoothly. The data
will be searchable by receipt, cus-
tomer name, check number or
purpose of payment, adding a layer
of accountability to the cash con-
trol system. Importing of the data
directly into the finance system
will also be a positive addition to
the cash control procedure.
Region V presents a year-end
preparation session that will pro-
vide information on changes from
the Minnesota Department of Edu-
cation, the legislature and other
governmental units. This meeting
is always informative and provides
a lengthy to do list following
the session. 2014 Fiscal Year End
Audit is tentatively scheduled for
the week of September 8.
Superintendents report
Superintendent Michael
Redmond requested that the school
board possibly increase operating
revenue from the current $500 per
pupil to $724 per pupil, which is
the limit set by the state. The board
will make their decision by their
August meeting.
He also suggested stopping the
monthly district-wide newsletter
and replacing it with newsletters
to be sent out in July, December
and March. These letters would
be sent through the mail and recap
recent events and profile upcom-
ing events.
The reasons for this change are
to save money and because of the
success of the parent and student
emails as well as the website.
Principals reports
Elementary Principal Mark
Opsahl said summer classes were
in session for nearly forty students.
He also reported on the Break
Through Coach training session
that he had attended. There is some
change of rooms happening, with
the elementary computer lab be-
ing moved to the media center and
Activity Director Josh Wieme
moving to the main office.
Principal Mike Harvey said that
seventh and eighth grade language
arts and social studies teachers have
met with representatives from
American Reading to finalize cur-
riculum alignment and the pur-
chase of resources for the blended
language arts and social studies
curriculum. Also, this fall the use
of Chromebooks will be expanded
to junior and senior classes.
Activity fee policy
Josh Wieme asked the board to
approve a policy regarding activ-
ity fees for students who qualify
for free and reduced lunch or other
hardship cases. A recent polling
of Hiawatha Valley League schools
revealed that three schools (includ-
ing Goodhue) work it out when
a family requests assistance with
their fee. The other nine schools
either waive the fee for everyone
who is free or reduce it in half for
reduced lunch.
He suggested a policy at
Goodhue where students who
qualify for free lunches get their
activity fees waived and students
who qualify for reduced lunches
get their activity fees halved.
Exceptions can still be made for
hardship cases that arise. He also
asked the board to approve the
Goodhue Social Media Rules and
to have them handed out with the
student handbooks. And finally,
he asked for a one year trial to
have seventh and eighth grade
spring sports moved from eighth
hour to after school. The board
approved all four requests.
Personnel
Several personnel issues were
finalized.
A new master agreement was
reach with the schools principals
after several months of negotiat-
ing.
Goodhue became the last school
to approve the Goodhue County
Education District joint powers
agreement which allows the build-
ing of a new school in Red Wing
for special education.
The board accepted the resig-
nations of Peter Dodds, language
arts teacher; and Kjirsten Biers,
kindergarten teacher.
The board approved the hiring
of Rachel Lahti as a language arts
teacher and Andrea Flinner as el-
ementary music teacher.
Also hired were prom advisors
Jessica Holst and Kelly Holmstadt.
They plan on having the prom lo-
cated at only three sites. Next
years prom will be at Mount
Frontenac and the other two sites
will be Mississippi National Golf
Club in Red Wing and Lake Pepin
Golf Course in Lake City.
Other business
The board approved:
The milk bid from Hastings
Dairy and the bread bid from Pan
O Gold
A five-year lease with Metro
Sales for ink and copiers
The Elementary Handbook,
7-8 Handbook, and 9-12 Hand-
book as amended
Maggie Mills as the student
representative to the school board
for the 2014-15 school year
A dance team fundraiser
Redmond was given the author-
ity to offer bids to replace win-
dows in the school. Those bids
must be in by July 10, 2014.
Lunch prices will increase by
ten cents this fall.
The next school board meeting
will be on July 21 at Goodhue
High School.
Goodhue School Board
weighing new funding options
Submitted by Mike Redmond
Goodhue School Superintendent
GOODHUE The past two
Minnesota legislative sessions have
seen the implementation of new
funding options designed to pro-
vide greater equity between the
levy-rich districts primarily in
the large metro areas and the levy-
poor: districts often found outstate.
These new funding options in-
clude the ability for a school board
to access up to $724 in operating
revenue without the need for voter
approval and a new three-tiered
system of equalizing state aid for
this operating revenue.
Much more of the revenue com-
ing to districts in the first two tiers
(up to $760 per pupil) of this three-
tiered system now comes from state
aid rather than from local taxes.
The amount of state aid drops sig-
nificantly in the third tier for op-
erating revenue (above $760 per
pupil).
As mentioned in the previous
paragraph, a school board can now
access up to $724 in operating levy
revenue without voter approval.
While new to Minnesota, this is
found in other states. The $724 is
made up of a $300 board approved
levy and $424 of Local Optional
Revenue. Interestingly, a school
district must decide to opt in to
the $300 board-approved levy, but
must decide to opt out of the Lo-
cal Optional Revenue.
The goal of this new school board
authority is to keep the operating
revenue ceiling the same;this keeps
levy-rich districts from adding
additional operating revenue, while
raising the operating revenue floor,
giving levy-poor districts the ability
to close the gap between their op-
erating revenue and that of the
levy rich districts. These pieces
of legislation have been strongly
supported by the Minnesota Ru-
ral Education Association on be-
half of smaller and mid-size school
districts in greater Minnesota.
Whether or not to take advan-
tage of the new opportunity to
access $724 in operating revenue
without voter approval is some-
thing the Goodhue School Board
will likely decide at its August 18
meeting. Currently, the school
district collects $500 per pupil in
its voter approved operating levy.
Should the school district decide
to take advantage of its new levy
authority, the total generated for
the district will be $724 per pupil,
as much of the new operating rev-
enue will replace the revenue gen-
erated by the current operating levy.
In other words, in essence there
will be an additional $224 per pupil
added to the current $500 in oper-
ating revenue, bringing the total
to $724 per pupil.
There are a number of consid-
erations that will go into the mak-
ing of this board decision. The
Goodhue School Finance Com-
mittee met on June 4 with discus-
sion of these considerations be-
ing the sole agenda item.
One important consideration is
the impact on local taxpayers. For
example, these new forms of op-
erating revenue (board-approved
levy and Local Optional Revenue)
are part of the system of Revenue
Market Value, and thus farms are
taxed on the value of the home,
garage/building ,and one acre of
land, and not the entire value of
the land. The increase in property
taxes for a typical homeowner is
shown below:
Referendum Market Value;
Monthly increase in taxes; An-
nual increase in taxes
$100,000; $4.18; $50.16
$150,000; $6.27; $75.25
$200,000; $8.36; $100.33
$300,000; $12.54; $150.49
$500,000; $20.90; $250.82
$800,000; $33.44; $401.31
Another important consideration
is the impact of the additional levy
revenue on the school district. On
the learning side of the equation,
this revenue will help the district
meet some challenges in continu-
ing to improve the high quality of
education and to meet the goals in
the districts new strategic plan.
For example, as part of a new state
law the Goodhue School is imple-
menting an innovative and more
comprehensive system of teacher
evaluation next school year. The
school is also continuing the imple-
mentation of the American Read-
ing literacy program in grades K-
8. When this program is fully up
and running it will boost the learn-
ing and literacy of students for
many years to come. In addition,
the school is also continuing to
offer a comprehensive education
while adapting and adjusting to
make the school even more suc-
cessful in the modern world. On
the financial side of the equation,
the levy revenue will allow the
school district to more realistically
target its goal of achieving and
sustaining a twenty percent fund
balance. Currently, the fund bal-
ance resides between eight and
nine percent. A fund balance of
twenty percent is strongly recom-
mended as a means of ensuring a
financially stable school district.
The Goodhue School Board will
be discussing possible operating
levy actions as an informational
item on the agenda of the July 21
school board meeting. The board
invites comments and information
from members of the community
on this issue at the meeting on
July 21. Anyone wishing to ad-
dress the board on this matter must
arrive at the Goodhue School to
sign up prior to the 7:30 p.m. meet-
ing start time.
The Goodhue School Board and
Superintendent Mike Redmond
also welcome comments and
thoughts on this issue at times other
than the formal board meeting.
Mike Redmond can be reached
by phone at 651-923-4447 or by
email at mredmond@goodhue.
k12.mn.us . School Board mem-
ber email contact information can
be found on the boards website at
www.goodhue.k12.mn.us under
the drop down District. This drop
down will bring a user to School
Board and then School Board
Website.
The school board will likely take
action on this issue at the August
18 board meeting.
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By Andrew Bogard
On a warm summer night, the
New Haven Sodbusters 4-H Club
held its June 9 meeting at the Is-
land Riders Saddle Club grounds.
The meetings theme celebrated
fathers, with roll call asking mem-
bers, What is the best thing about
your father? In addition, Dads
favorite meal was the menu theme
for the potluck dinner.
Flag pledges were led by the
McNallan and Culbertson fami-
lies. Life Lessons through 4-H
was a presentation given by Annie
Culbertson, youth leader. Bobby
Forehand presented an illustrative
talk titled, Where does hail come
from? Next came a creative dem-
onstration by Hope Forehand on
using a Wonderloom to make a
Rainbow Fishtale. Joy Kaul dis-
cussed the clubs participation in
summer 4-H softball and the New
Haven Township ditch cleanup
service project. Fun treats were
awarded to members for finding
specific items found during the
cleanup process like an old shoe
or the most garbage. Other com-
munity service projects were re-
capped including the Pine Island
Ribbon Walk/Run during PI
Cheese Fest and the bottled water
cases the club members donated,
Adopt-a-Highway ditch cleanup,
and the fleece blanket project for
hospitalized children at Mayo
Clinics St. Marys Hospital.
Plans for the summer activity
were decided upon, with mem-
bers agreeing to go swimming at
the Kasson Aquatic Center in
August. Members were reminded
of getting their 4-H Olmsted
County Fair registrations into the
extension office. The fair is sched-
uled for July 21-27. The club will
be entering a historian book, Com-
munity Pride Poster, and a 4-H
banner.
The next meeting is scheduled
for Monday, July 14 at the Dou-
glas Trailhead City Park in Pine
Island with a meeting and ice cream
social. Lastly, eleven 4-H Project
in the Park day camps have been
scheduled, with two in Pine Is-
land at the Douglas Trailhead Park
on Thursday, June 26, and Tues-
day, July 15.
If you have questions about 4-
H and/or other day camps in
Olmsted County call 507-328-
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