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Section A of Two Sections
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 No. 17
One Dollar
Jon Yusten awarded

Outstanding Ag
Teacher of the Year
ZUMBROTA The Minnesota
Association of Agriculture Educators (MAAE) has announced that
Jon Yusten, agriculture teacher at
Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School,
has been selected as the Minnesota Outstanding Agriculture
Teacher of the Year. Yusten is a
30-year veteran of agriculture education and has been at ZMHS for
the past 26 years. He will receive
the award at the MAAE Summer
Conference July 8 in Redwood
Falls. His application will now be
forwarded to national competition
through the National Association
of Ag Educators (NAAE).
Jon Yusten
With shovels in hand Pine Haven Care Center staff and special guests
dig in the dirt in celebration of the groundbreaking for the new addition
to the facility on April 23. The addition is scheduled for completion in
the spring of 2016. From left to right are JoAnne Judge-Dietz, Pine
Haven Board Chair; Jeremy Schoeppner, general contractor; Scott
Keister, WAI architect; Aaron Knutson, interim financier Ag Star; K aren

Doll, Pine Island EDA; Chuck Ackman, representing Senator Amy Klobuchar;
Colleen Landkamer, rural development state director of the USDA;
Wendell Zwart, Pine Haven Board of Directors; Mary Esterlen, Pine
Haven Resident Council; and Steve Ziller, Pine Haven Administrator.
Pine Haven breaks ground for new addition
ZM sent two to State Speech

LAKEVILLE Zumbrota-Mazeppa speech team members Dustin Haxton
and Maggie Mills competed with 312 other students at the State Speech
Contest on Friday, April 17, in Lakeville. The two earned their trip to
State in Byron on April 11 when Haxton placed first in Humorous
Interpretation and Mills third in Informative Speaking. At State, there
were thirteen categories with the top eight in each category advancing
to the final round. Although neither speaker made it to the finals, ZM
speech team leader Tom Ersland said, I know both enjoyed the day a
great deal and were happy to have had the experience...The example
set by these two along with seniors Maddie Schafer, Emily Smith, and
Dillon Downes will be missed next year.
By Audra DePestel
PINE ISLAND Pine Haven
Care Center residents, staff, and
board members were joined by
guests in celebrating the official
groundbreaking for the new addition on Thursday, April 23, 2015.
Pine Haven currently operates a
66-bed skilled nursing home. The
new addition will almost double
the size of the facility by adding
another 25,000 square feet to the
existing 27,000 square foot building.
Pine Haven Board Chair JoAnne
Judge-Dietz welcomed guests to
the ceremony. She was followed
by speakers Colleen Landkamer,
rural development state director
of the USDA; Chuck Ackman,
representing Senator Amy
Klobuchar; Karen Doll, Pine Island economic development authority director; and Brian Hale,
Pine Haven Board vice-president.
There was one common theme to
each of the speeches: the importance of growth within the community.
Pine Island swimming pool

input meeting is May 7
By Audra DePestel
PINE ISLAND A public meeting for the Pine Island swimming
pool will be held on May 7 at 7
p.m. at city hall. A representative
from USA Aquatics will be at the
meeting to highlight the proposed
construction and to answer questions from the community.
More community involvement
is needed to move forward with
plans for the new pool. Without a
plan in place to either bring the
original pool up to code or build a

new pool, the current pool would
be shut down.
The cost estimate just to bring
the existing pool up to code without adding any new amenities is
over $1.5 million. The cost to build
the proposed Family Aquatic Center is $2.8 million.
The current pool is close to 60
years old and doesnt meet the
new regulations. It has been allowed to stay open because it is
well-maintained and clean, but the
main reason is that a plan for a
new pool is in the works. Although
there is no threat to people who
use the current pool, there are countless items that do not meet code.
With the age of the pool and its
operating system, most of these
items require replacement, as there
is no possibility for repair. Some
of the main problems with the
current pool include:
Not one gallon of water that
runs into the overflow or the drains
is recycled.
Nothing at the pool is Americans with Disabilities Act compliant.
The copper expansion joints
are completely gone due to oxidization, resulting in constantly
leaking water.
The filtering system is at the
end of its lifespan.
The heater is outdated and in-
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The long-awaited building

project became a reality in early
April when heavy equipment
started moving ground. This was
a proud moment for board members past and present who have
spent the last ten years planning
the expansion and renovation of
the Pine Haven Community. The
board worked with WAI Continuum architects and the USDA
Rural Development offices for financing. Schoeppner Inc. of Rochester is the contractor for the project.
The new addition and remodel will
bring new technology, equipment,
services, and skills.
Pine Haven is expanding the
skilled nursing services to the new
building that is tentatively scheduled for completion by the spring
of 2016. The Neighborhood
building will offer 34 rooms designed for short-term rehabilitation care and long-term care and
will include private baths and showers. The addition will also provide a more modern home with an
environment where the residents
can express choice and practice
self-determination in meaningful
By Tawny Michels
ZUMBROTA The Zumbrota
Economic Development Authority (EDA) recently announced its
plans for a Commercial Building
Improvement Program that is designed to encourage local building and business owners to make
necessary improvements to buildings in commercial districts. After consulting the city council on
the matter, they have made some
changes to the plans. Dan King
reported these back to the council
at the April 16 meeting.
The program offers forgivable
Lincolns last day recounted

in free history talk
ZUMBROTA This year marks
the 150th anniversary of Abraham
Lincolns assassination. Walk
through the last day of the 16th
presidents life when presenter
John Grabko shares the dramatic
story in his talk, Lincolns Last
Day, on Thursday, April 30, at 7
p.m. at Crossings in Zumbrota.
The talk is free; free will offerings
accepted.
This story moves from his mundane duties and family responsibilities to critical issues of national
reconciliation and a last cabinet

meeting. Lincoln woke early on
the morning of April 14, 1865 a
fair and sunny spring day by all
accounts thinking of the future
and great things to come for the
country. Some of these hopes for
the future died with him just 24
hours later.
To reserve a seat, call 507-7327616 or stop in to Crossings at
320 East Avenue in Zumbrota. For
more information, visit www.
crossingsatcarnegie.com.
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in 1964. In 1970, an addition was

constructed, and in 1991 the kitchen
and dining areas were expanded.
In 1995, Evergreen Place opened,
offering an independent living
facility connected to Pine Haven.
Pine Haven Care Center is an independent and self-sustained cooperation that is not owned by the
City of Pine Island.
Although private financing is
secured to cover the cost of the
building, a fundraising campaign
is under way to raise $350,000 to
enhance the new space with amenities to provide a warm and homelike atmosphere. Those interested
in contributing to the funds can
contact Pine Haven at 507-3568304 or any of the board members.
Pine Haven Community is managed by Administrator Steven
Ziller and governed by a board of
directors: JoAnne Judge-Dietz
President, Brian Hale Vice President, Glen Hemann Treasurer,
Gene Rossow Secretary, Wendell
Zwart, Kerri Bjorkley-Campbell,
Theresa Buck, and Rod Steele.
Pine Haven Care Center opened
EDA makes changes to Commercial

Building Improvement Program
efficient.
The electrical system needs
updating, from fuses to circuit
breakers.
The new aquatic center would
include a zero depth entry splash
area, tot slide, one-meter diving
board, single drop slide, water
tower slides, climbing wall, deck
furnishings and umbrellas, new
bath houses, and a concession area.
Future plans also include adding
more aquatic classes, including
water aerobics and strength-building classes for a variety of age
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ways at every level of daily life.

There will be more convenient
outpatient rehab care, an expanded
wellness therapy program, increased focus on memory care,
and expanded hospice program.
A chapel, more common spaces,
lounges and activity spaces, a caf,
spa area, new offices, and an enclosed courtyard will also be constructed.
Pine Haven Administrator Steve
Ziller said he is looking forward
to what the new facility will bring
to the community. Along with the
expansion in general, the things
he is most excited about are the
private rooms, therapy rehab for
the community and residents, hospice rooms, and general space. He
said, We are thankful to all of
those who had the vision to build
Pine Haven in the first place and
appreciate all those involved who
have followed that same vision to
move forward with the times and
giving Pine Haven the support
needed to continue to grow and
serve the Pine Island community.
Offer Ends
Thursday,
April 30!
loans for building improvements

located within the citys commercial zoning districts. Funding is
made available specifically through
the City of Rochester sales tax
monies. Priority will be given to
projects which offer the greatest
overall exterior aesthetic impact,
foster preservation and maintenance of commercial building stock
and maximize owner investment,
the proposed order states.
The thought is that this will promote economic development in
various ways, including preservation and enhancement of the
citys rich architectural heritage,
enrichment of visual appeal and
vibrancy, and increasing the local
property tax base.
Per the proposed order put forth
by the EDA, The Commercial
Building Improvement Program
can be used for any necessary exterior or interior repairs/improvements, code violation corrections,
handicapped accessibility and
energy efficiency improvements.
Requirements are as follows, and
have been slightly altered based
upon city council recommendations:
The minimum amount of assistance per building is $1,000
The maximum amount of assistance per building is $10,000
The maximum percentage of
assistance per building is 50% of

the total project cost.
Applicants must own the property, or have the written consent
of the property owner.
Applicants must be current on
all taxes, loans, and utility payments.
Owners must submit a completed application to the EDA director, who will review the application to ensure eligibility of the
proposed project.
The program provides a forgivable or partially forgivable loan
of up to $10,000 over a ten year
period. Recipients will enter into
a repayment agreement with the
EDA which states the loan will be
deferred entirely after ten years if
the property is not sold or title
transferred. If the property is still
held by the applicant after ten years
a lien waiver will be provided to
the owner and the repayment obligation will be waived.
If the property is sold between
years 6-10 of the repayment, obligations are as follows: Year 6 =
80% of total obligation; Year 7 =
60%; Year 8 = 40%; Year 9 =
20%; Year 10 = 0%.
Upon signing of the repayment
agreement, the EDA will secure
a lien on the property which is
recorded with Goodhue County.
Those interested in more information should contact city hall.
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Another strike against a trailhead building

Publishers
Notebook
By Pete Grimsrud
Benefactors of the walk/bike trail

will likely be disappointed that
Bergs Towing and Repair has been
sold since Lonnie Bergs passing
to Matt and Jill Markham, who
plan to continue operating an auto
repair shop.
Trail enthusiasts are attempting to erect a trailhead on the adjacent old Kalass property along
the Zumbro River. The insurance
building was demolished to construct the new main street bridge,
and the land along the river from
Main Street to the Covered Bridge
was acquired by the city with assistance of trail benefactors.
Bergs is an eyesore to those
who would prefer a beautiful park

setting along the high side of the
river beside Caseys and city hall.
Many vehicles are now parked
there for repair or demolition after towing. Its a necessity for the
business that has claim to that location for many years.
People interested in a welcoming trailhead have lost an opportunity for what I believe would
have been a fair chance to acquire
private land for public use.
Ask any landlocked school or
church and theyll tell you how
patient and ready you have to be
when neighboring opportunities
arise. Goodhue Public Schools has
understood this in recent years,
and just purchased another neighboring property for expansion.
The City of Zumbrotas lack of
serious effort to purchase the site
suggests that it doesnt fully support the trailhead and expanding
its grounds.
Closing an established business

never seems like a good idea to
me, but its an interesting juxtaposition between the old and new.
The new is represented by aggressive merchants attempting to revitalize and rebrand downtown,
which includes improving Main
Street, the trail, and building a
welcoming trailhead; versus the
old established businesses attempting to make a living at what they
do and where theyre at.
Unless Markham is compensated
really well to relocate, this can be
added to the shortcomings of building a new trailhead along the river
at this time. Ive always been confused by the logic of constructing
a trailhead that would serve a short
trail that doesnt connect to the
state trail network. Its possible
that completing the trailhead will
show a commitment to the trail
that will initiate its completion,
but I doubt it.
My viewpoint on the Zip Rail

From
Devils
Kitchen
By Jan David Fisher
Facts and opinions often depend

on your viewpoint. The Star Wars
movies taught us this lesson. Darth
Vader killed Luke Skywalkers
father, Anakin Skywalker ...from
a certain point of view.... and yet,
Darth Vader was Lukes father.
In last weeks paper were two different articles about the Zip Rail.
One was another letter using simple
sentences to make a point. As I
read the letter, I thought, Take
out the Zip Rail and put in the
stadium. We still got a new stadium. The second was a report to
the Zumbrota City Council from
a person appointed to a formal
Minnesota City: $20,559
Our plan also provides $1.44 committee to provide input to the
billion for county roads and $60 Zip Rail construction people. I
million for township roads and submit to you, gentle reader, that
bridges.
Contrast our approach with the
unpopular Governor Dayton transportation proposal, which would
increase taxes and fees on Minnesotans by more $9 billion, including a measure that would cost the
price of a gallon of gasoline to
rise by a minimum of 16 cents.
The basic differences are this:
Governor Dayton wants to raise
By Jeanne Truestedt
taxes on Minnesotas drivers in
Although small is lightly esthe face of a projected $2 billion
over-collection of taxpayer dol- teemed in some circles, its better
when adding shade trees to ones
lars. We dont.
The governor wants to spend landscape design. The urge to go
billions more on light rail. We for instant tree isnt wise. One inch
oppose this because people in diameter tree trunks are easier to
Greater Minnesota are paying for handle, plant and water than larger
this want and not benefitting from ones for numerous reasons: root
damage, transplant shock, lost
it.
The governor wants to send more growth, and replacement costs. A
money to the MnDOT bureaucracy. two or three year guarantee isnt
We want to get more money di- worth much if one loses three searectly to communities by focus- sons of healthy growth, only to
replace it with another three-year
ing on local roads and bridges.
The governors solution to any investment of time. Saplings with
issue is to tax, tax, tax. With this one inch diameter trunks have
new approach, House Republican consistently outperformed trees of
are using some common sense, as two inches or more in this
well as available funds, to meet
our long-term road and bridge
needs.
Road and Bridge Act is good news for

small towns in southeast Minnesota
Capitol
Comments
By Steve Drazkowski
MN Rep. District 21B
With the bipartisan, Minnesota

House approval of the Road and
Bridge Act the major component of a new approach to funding
road and bridge needs in our state
the Minnesota House has shown
it will listen to the needs of Greater
Minnesota and act accordingly.
The overall plan would dedicate $7 billion to our road and
bridge needs without raising taxes.
Much of that comes from reallocating tax dollars that are already
being collected for transportation
related purposes and using that
revenue to improve our
infrastructure.Trunk highway and
general obligation bonds, general
funds, and the realignment of Minnesota Department of Transportation resources also would help
fund our road and bridge needs.
Included in this bill is a provision I chief-authored which would
provide state transportation funding for small cities in Minnesota.
This idea was presented to me by
the mayors of Alba and Minneiska,
and I was happy to act on their
behalf.
Today, cities with more than
5,000 residents are constitutionally provided state transportation
aid. My provision would allow
towns under 5,000 which impacts every city in our legislative
district to be treated equally.
To see how much aid your town
could receive under the Republican transportation approach, check
out these estimates compiled by
our non-partisan House research
staff:
Bellechester: $16,199
Pine Island: $86,186
Kenyon: $53,456
Wanamingo: $38,928
Zumbrota: $87,167
Cannon Falls: $101,197
West Concord: $29,088
Elgin: $35,339
Hammond: $15,606
Kellogg: $26,103
Mazeppa: $35,849
Minneiska: $15,688
Millville: $14,234
Plainview: $77,129
Wabasha: $68,832
Zumbro Falls: $19,484
St. Charles: $100,665
Elba: $19,316
Altura: $20,991
Stockton: $29,069
Goodview: $92,387
Rollingstone: $27,082
fessor David Lanegran, the author of the Minnesota on the Map

book, will discuss the importance
of maps in Minnesota history, as
well as how maps help us understand how past Minnesotans
viewed the North Star State.
Lanegrans talk begins at 2 p.m.
Minnesota on the Map is available for purchase at the History
Center and Lanegran will be available for book signings throughout the day.
For a kid-friendly, hands-on
mapping experience, sculpt your
very own map of Goodhue County
with help from ArtReach and His-
200 mph) travel from Boston to

NYC to Chicago, and NYC to
Miami. Add routes from Miami
to St. Louis to Chicago; DallasFort Worth to Kansas City to Chicago; LA to Dallas; LA to San
Francisco to Seattle; and Seattle
to Minneapolis. This will be a
rebirth of the rail industry in
America.
We like being spread out and
such things as more interstate roads
and railroads seem to shrink our
spaces. The fear of change is impacting our ability to deal with the
world. The Zip Rail will also relieve some of the fear of flying. It
is past time for us to get over the
Not invented here fear. Highspeed rail is standard in Japan and
Europe. We cant use it because
we didnt invent it. We invented
cars, airplanes, and the telephone
(Mr. Bell was actually Canadian).
It is time to get over our xenophobia and grow with the world instead of fighting it. Until next week.
gardenand at half the physical

and monetary costs.
The greatest damage done in
planting trees is root-related: dehydration, curling, and baking
while in the pots. It is easy to tip a
sapling upside down, remove the
pot, and examine the roots. If you
dont see white, growing roots not
twisted into a dense coil, youre
well on the way to having success. Try doing that to balled and
bur-lapped trees if you can. But
dont rest on your laurels until you
have those roots immediately
planted in the hole you dug before
you went shopping, watered well,
and stimulated with very diluted
Miracle Grow fertilizer. Then
youre entitled to the beer you
wanted upon unloading the tree.
As with most plants, patience is
required to fulfill the standard
expectations of growth: the first
year it appears to sleep, the second sees it start to creep, and the
third year finds it leaping into the

landscape. Since even healthy
plants need three years, imagine
the problems a root-damaged one.
The odds arent favorable nor cost
effective.
So try to curb the desire for instant anything in the garden and
accept the need for three years of
patience to achieve good growth
being sure to provide water, care,
and protection to those all-important roots. And while youre doing your best above ground, the
worms below (although only a fraction of your size) are taking their
turns at providing oxygen, nutrients, and minerals from down under. To reward their diligence and
hard work, put some oak leaves,
coffee grounds, or compost around
the base of the tree. Your worm
population will increase and multiply into an army of hard working gardeners, but you wont ever
have to pay them.
Big not better

As
The Worm
Turns
Zip Rail what are the benefits?
First Free Sunday to feature

Minnesota on the Map programs
RED WING Join the Goodhue
County Historical Society on May
3 for First Free Sunday. This
months theme celebrates the current lobby exhibit, Minnesota on
the Map. The exhibit leaves the
History Center on May 10, making First Free Sunday the perfect
opportunity to catch this great
collection of historic and modern
maps. The History Center (1166
Oak Street, Red Wing) will be open
from 1-5 p.m. and admission is
free.
Maps both past and present
help us better understand our state
and county. During the event Pro-
the second form of action will be

more effective.
I was discussing the letter and
others like it. I was asked, What
is the writer really writing about?
The answer has nothing to do with
the Zip Rail, the stadium, or the
wind farm. It is fear of change. I
am comfortable in my life and you
are going to change it.
The nay-sayers arent concerned
about crossing the tracks, or building overpasses or any other safety
issue. It is the fear of change and
the effect on their lives. After all,
if someone is killed crossing the
tracks or walking by the tracks, it
is their fault and unless I know the
person, who really cares? The same
fear of change had its impact on
the Goodhue County wind farm
project and the stadium.
The Zip Rail is bigger than just
Rochester to Minneapolis-St Paul
Airport. It is one part of a route
including Chicago. Even with the
second link of Chicago to Rochester, I can see high-speed (150 to
tory Center volunteers. Children

will receive molding clay to create their own Goodhue County
maps, and are encouraged to make
them their own with a variety of
decorations. Finally, test your
knowledge of state and local geography with map-themed brain
teasers. Free family fun doesnt
get any better than First Free Sunday.
Free admission on the first Sunday of each month is supported by
a grant from Xcel Energy. For
more information on this event or
the Goodhue County Historical
Society, visit www.goodhuecounty
history.org.
To the Editor:
After much thought and listening to the concerns ofpeople who
will be affected by the Zip Rail, I
have to wonderwhere is the
benefit to the people in Goodhue,
Dakota and Dodge Counties? Will
it add jobs? Will it bring tourism
to the areas affected? Will it help
the farmers whose crop land and
income will be taken? Will it add
to the scenery or make the area
somewhere you would like to move
to?
I was at the Kenyon meeting
when this all began. I wondered
why anyone would want this to go
through our beautiful countryside
and destroy our farms, our communities, and our way of life? We
live in the United States of America.
Can it be true that property can be

taken from the people for thegood
of a few? I have not heard much
backing from the people from the
area in which I live. As I drive
along Hwy 52 I look at the wonderful, peaceful countrysidewhereI
decided to live and raise a family.
Will this benefit me or my family?
As a taxpayer, I am concerned.
If this wondrous project fails,Im
sure well hear that it is too big to
let it fail (like the banks and the
auto industry) and my money will
go to keep Zip Rail afloat. My tax
dollars should be going toward
roads and bridges we need now,
that need repairing nownot in
2040for communities that are
hurting because we did not build
the bridges we needed built. I see
lawmakers spending a lot of time,
money, and effort on this when
there are so many more pressing
Free workshop on smoke-free

policies for area landlords
RED WING The Four Corners Partnership is hosting a free
workshop for area landlords. This
event will be held in Red Wing on
May 7 from 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. at
the Mayo Clinic Health System
Red Wing Professional and Community Center, 1407 West 4th
Street. The workshop will include
presentations by the director of
the Live Smoke Free program and
an attorney from the Public Health
Law Center at William Mitchell
College of Law.
This workshop is for property
managers and owners who are
considering a smoke-free policy

for their rental property. It is also
for those who already have a
smoke-free policy, but still have
questions, said Tom Wolff, tobacco grant coordinator for
Goodhue County Health and Human Services. This will be a great
opportunity for area landlords to
learn about the benefits of smokefree policies and get their questions answered by the experts.
The workshop will be presented
in a Lunch and Learn format.
There is no cost for the workshop
or for lunch. The workshop is open
to anyone who has an interest in

smoke-free housing policies, but
property managers and owners of
multi-unit buildings are especially
encouraged to attend. Registration
is required. To register, contact
Wolff at (651) 385-6142.
The Four Corners Partnership
is a project of the public health
departments in Dodge, Goodhue,
Rice, and Steele counties to reduce the harm tobacco causes. This
includes working with landlords
and tenants to increase smoke-free
housing. Learn more at www.
4cornerspartnership.org.
issues to be addressed. The elected

officials are using my tax dollar to
fight for,and against, the Zip Rail,
not the issues that the average
person with a job, making it from
paycheck to paycheck, is worried
about. So to add to the stress this
economy is forcing us to deal
with, we the people are fighting
for our way of life, our farms and
our communities.
Is this for the people of Minnesota or is it for the Worlds Fair
that will come and go? Or for Mayo
Clinic to expand and become even
more famous? What about the
average person? When will the
lawmakers look at us and decide
for the people, by the people, and
for our way of life? So I ask, please
look to the peopleto our needs,
to our concerns. To the voters and
average taxpayers, please hear our
voices and stand with us.
Jackie Grimes
Cannon Falls
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Area Sports
Goodhue
Goodhue School District

purchases a house
By R.D. Aaland
GOODHUE The Goodhue
School Board approved the purchase of the home at 301 N 4th
Street from John and Merri Ramboldt at its regular meeting on April
20. The agreed purchase price was
$155,000.
The board agreed to put the house
up for sale immediately with the
stipulation that the new owner
move the house to a new location.
The house was built by Doc Sawyer in 1920 and is in great shape.
The lot would open up an area
where the school could expand. If
the right buyer is not found in the
near future, the house can be rented
for one year and then be put up for
sale again.
Student report
Student Maggie Mills said that

representatives from FCCLA just
return
from
their
state
convention. The FFA was to have
their state convention April 2224 at the University of
Minnesota. Also on April 22, several students from Goodhue were
to put on the play Mary
Poppins. The varsity softball team
came in first at the Rushford-Peterson tournament.
High school principals report
Principal Mike Harvey reported

that Community Cleanup Day was
a success, as they worked around
the weather. It was really a tale of
two days: in the morning it was
not ideal and in the afternoon it
was great.
Activity Day is scheduled for
May 1.
Harvey said testing is under way
and so far Goodhue has had good
luck with the online system compared to other districts.
Prom is scheduled for May 7 in
2016, which will be the first Sat-
urday in May.
Eighth hour electives include
the following: Latin dance, study
hall, theater, coding, CADD/3-D
printing, robotics, math, and jazz.
Harvey would like to start workbased learning credits for
seniors. This class provides educational opportunities that extend
beyond the classroom. Students
record their daily work experiences,
research careers, and experience
on-the-job training. Students
would be involved in independent
research coordinated with their
employer.
Elementary principals report
Principal Mark Opsahl reported

that the student council was working smoothly in the elementary
school.
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments are proceeding. The third
grade finished the reading test on
April 20. The fourth through sixth
grades would finish their reading
tests by Friday, April 24. Math
assessment testing will take place
in the next few weeks.
Upcoming events include maturation class for the fifth grade on
May 6, the spring concert on May
7, story hour graduation on May
8, the final day to test (MCA) on
May 8, robotics on May 15, talent
show on May 20, track and field
events on May 26, and sixth grade
graduation/awards
on May
28. Class trips will be announced
on the schools website.
Superintendents report
Superintendent Mike Redmond

introduced the school board to his
report on the school, titled Small
School Big Ambitions. It began, Goodhue High School is a
smaller school in enrollment with
offerings and opportunities typically only found in much larger
schools. Under the leadership of

Principal Mike Harvey, currently
in his eighth year as principal, and
the direction of a dedicated staff
of teachers and support personnel, Goodhue High School is meeting the challenges of our modern
world and continuing to provide
vast array of learning opportunities to students. Redmond went
on to explain why Goodhue is doing
a good job of educating students,
both in the classroom and in extracurricular activities.
Personnel changes
The board approved a leave request for varsity head softball coach
Chris Irvin and made several softball coaching hires. The new interim varsity softball coach is
Robert Bitzan. Kelly Holmstadt
is the interim assistant softball
coach, and Kelly Hurlbut will be
the interim junior high softball
coach. Mark Opsahl was hired as
fields manager; he will coordinate
all field maintenance decisions.
Tammy Thomforde was hired as
News-Record photos by Faye Haugen
summer library supervisor and Jody Zumbrota-Mazeppas Isaiah Nolte almost gets knocked down by a St. Charles player in Mondays game in
Ayres as a temporary custodian. Zumbrota. Nolte made the tag on the force out at second.
Teachers Holly Haire and Tyler
Baker were given tenure approval.
And eighty hours of summer work
was added to Activities Director By Faye Haugen
Josh Wiemes schedule.
ZUMBROTA It has been
Other business
learning
on the job for the young
The board approved:
High school and elementary Zumbrota-Mazeppa baseball team
as the Cougars look for that first
summer education classes
Hiring a person to work with win of the season.
ZM dropped a pair of non-conspecial education
The transfer of $50,000 from ference games to St. Charles and
the Early Childhood Family Edu- New Richland-Hartland-Ellencation to the School Readiness dale-Geneva in play last week. The
program. This was brought on by Cougars will play at Goodhue on
how the State of Minnesota pays Thursday, at Byron on Friday and
at home on Monday against Pine
school districts.
The next board meeting will be Island. All games start at 5 p.m.
St. Charles
on May18.
Coach Chuck Ohm shuffled his
lineup on Monday when ZM hosted
St. Charles. Sore arms resulted in
some starting players sitting on
the bench.
The Saints earned an 8-1 win
over the struggling Cougars.
Caleb Hinrichs started on the
mound, throwing five innings with
Other business
The second payment to W. A. one strikeout, one walk and six Zumbrota-Mazeppas Caden Steffen takes a swing at the St. Charles
Kreofsky Construction Inc. is hits. Caden Steffen saw his first pitching in Mondays game in Zumbrota.
due. The city council agreed to action on the mound, striking out
pay the amount of $232,653.09 two, walking five and giving up
ZM traveled to New Richland went 2 for 2 with a double. Tyler
minus the additional charges of one hit over two innings.
on Tuesday and they played their Grudem (RBI) and Brady SchoeFreedom Hunt led ZM at the second straight game in very cold nfelder (RBI) both had a pair of
$13,481.33 until the charges are
plate going 3 for 3. Kevin Nor- and windy conditions.
hits.
explained.
The council approved a build- dquist and Steffen each had a single.
The Panthers used four ZM er- Zumbrota-Mazeppa 3
8
ing permit for Brad Schimek to Zumbrota-Mazeppa 1 - St. Charles
rors to fuel their 13-3, five-inning NRHEG 13
R H E
R H E
build a garage.
win.
ZM
01 101
3
7 4
St. Charles 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 8
9 2
The request by Nu-Telecom to ZM
Spencer DeFrang got his first NRHEG
3 0 10 0 x
13 10 0
1000000 1
5 2
IP K BB H R ER
IP K BB H R ER pitching start, striking out three Pitching
use the street in front of the tele- Pitching
ZM - DeFrang
2.1 3 0 5 7 4
- Hinrichs
5 1 1 8 6 5
phone office for customer appre- ZM
and
giving
up
five
hits
over
2.1
ZM - Steffen
1.2 3 2 5 5 5
ZM - Steffen
2 2 5 1 2 2
ciation day on June 25 was ap- St. Charles
innings. Caden Steffen completed NRHEG
5 4 3 7 3 3
7 6 3 5 1 1
proved.
1B: ZM Freedom Hunt (3), Kevin Nor- the last 1.2 innings with three strike- 1B: ZM Alex Nelson, Connor Hegseth,
Tyler Grudem (2), Brady Schoenfelder (2);
The next city council meeting dquist, Caden Steffen
outs, two walks and five hits.
NRHEG
will be on May 13 at 6:45 p.m.
At the plate, Connor Hegseth 2B: ZM Connor Hegseth
ZM still looking for that first victory
SunShare offers to save Goodhue

residents money on electric bills
By R.D. Aaland
GOODHUE The Goodhue
City Council heard from SunShare
representative Matthew Bowers
on April 22. SunShare, a developer of community solar gardens,
is looking to expand to Goodhue.
The Denver-based company has
plans to build large solar farms
near Randolph in Dakota County
whose output will be purchased
by Xcel Energy. Customers who
sign up as subscribers to SunShare
will be saving approximately ten
percent on their total electric bill.
Bowers said this is a way to enjoy
the benefits of solar energy without a structure on your roof or the
need to build on your property.
These projects, known as solar
gardens, are authorized as an option for Xcels 1.2 million Minnesota customers under a 2013 state
law. SunShare built some of the
first solar gardens in Xcels service region in Colorado. The City
of Goodhue will fill out the necessary papers to get further information for residents.
Third Street project on April 23

with Fitzgerald Excavating to see
what work is needed to finish the
project. Lastly, he reported that
the pool and bath house are progressing nicely. There were some
additional costs added for work
by WAK construction due to winter conditions. It amounted to
$13,481.33.
Water and sewer rates raised
Looking at the water expenses

and revenues for the past five years,
the City of Goodhue is now losing
$8,000 per year. After discussing
several options, it was decided to
increase the minimum water charge
from $17.33 per month to $20.15.
When looking at the sewer rates
for the past five years it was harder
to come up with a set increase due
to a large variance in costs from
year to year. After some discussion the council agreed to raise
the minimum sewer rates from
$16.67 per month to $22.50.
This amounts to a $9 per month
increase in the combined water
and sewer rates. The council deEngineers report
cided to look at the rates each year,
City engineer Andy Brandel so the increases may be kept at a
reported that the sewers will be minimum. The new rates will take
televised by the first of May. Also, effect on July 1, 2016.
there was a walk-through on the
GOODHUE SENIOR PROFILES
One resident attends Goodhue

Board of Appeals meeting
Name: Rachel Watson

Parents: Gary and Lynne Watson
Siblings: Julie, 29; Wayne, 27; Peter,
By R.D. Aaland
Ahrens.
and Tim 21
GOODHUE On April 22, the
Carl Bartesch was the only resi- 23;High
school activities: National Honor
residents of Goodhue were given dent at the meeting. Ahrens ex- Society, yearbook, cross country man-
an opportunity to question the

county on how their homes are
evaluated for tax purposes.
Goodhue County collects property taxes on over 28,000 parcels
each year. The amount of tax each
property pays is based on valuation and classification information collected by the countys licensed appraisers. At the Goodhue
City Hall on this Wednesday, the
county was represented by Denny
plained that certain buildings, such

as a building housing fertilizer,
are not taxable. The one building
in Goodhue that was in question
as to its value was the old bank
building. The value was lowered
to $38,000 because, as of January
2, it was gutted for reconstruction. The value will increase when
construction is finished, but for
tax purposes the value on January
2 is all that matters.
Man dies in
motorcycle accident
On April 18 at 10:12 p.m. a
motorcycle driven by Roy K.
Lindell, 53, Cannon Falls, was
northbound on County Road 7 near
Wheat Trail in Belle Creek Township when the motorcycle left the
road on a curve, struck a culvert
and appeared to have gone airborne, landing in a field. Both the
driver and his passenger were
ejected from the cycle.
Lindell was pronounced dead
at the scene; the passenger, Jill

Schmidgall, 46, of Cannon Falls
was transported by Zumbrota Ambulance to St. Marys Hospital in
Rochester.
Neither the driver or passenger
were wearing helmets. The
Goodhue County Sheriffs Office
was assisted at the scene by
Goodhue Police Department,
Goodhue First Responders, Zumbrota Ambulance, and the State
Patrol.
ager, basketball
Favorite class or subject: College psych
with Rehder
Best high school memory: Going to
State last year with basketball, and senior Powderpuff
Hobbies: Hanging out with friends/
family, Netflix, basketball
Person or persons you would like to
meet, living or dead? Aunt Karen, Aunt
Julie, J.R.R. Tolkien
Favorite...
Book: Divergent series
Movie: Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit,
The Breakfast Club
TV Show: The Vampire Diaries
Song: 1985 by Bowling for Soup
If you won the lottery, what would one
of your first purchases be? Plane ticket
to Australia or New Zealand
Describe yourself in one word: Caring
Name: Brittney Ryan
College/career plans: Attend UniverParents: Russ and Lori Ryan
sity of Wisconsin LaCrosse for either
Siblings: Brianna, 19; McKenzie, 16;
psychology or physical therapy. Graduate college, eventually get married, start Jenna, 11
High school activities: Basketball,
a family, and live a happy life.
volleyball, softball, 4-H, and FFA
Favorite class or subject: Graphic design
Favorite...
State with the basketball team last year
Book: The Hobbit
Hobbies: Playing sports, raising and
Movie: Ever After
showing Boer goats, reading, and spending
TV Show: One Tree Hill
Song: See You Again by Wiz Khalifa time with friends and family
and Charlie Puth
If you won the lottery, what would one meet, living or dead? Maya Moore, Jenof your first purchases be? Paying for nifer Lawrence, and my Uncle Steve
Favorite...
college
Book: The City of Bones series and
Describe yourself in one word: Outgoing
College/career plans: University of
Wisconsin Eau Claire for nursing
journalism
Hobbies: Reading and drawing
meet, living or dead? President Barack
Name: Shelby Hinsch
Parents: Dennis and Sarah Hinsch
Obama and Bruno Mars
Favorite...
Siblings: Cassy, Courtney, and Zach
Book: Id Tell You I Love You But
High school activities: National Honor
Then Id Have To Kill You series
Society, volleyball, basketball
Movie: The Help
Favorite class or subject: Accounting
TV Show: Awkward, American Horror
Story
State last year for basketball and being
Song: If You Could See Me Now
with my team
Hobbies: Basketball, volleyball, runThe Script
ning, going for walks, hanging out with
of your first purchases be? I would orgafriends and family, playing with Gus (my
nize and plan my sisters quincenera
puppy)
Describe yourself in one word: SpePerson or persons you would like to
Name: Leslie Davila
meet, living or dead? My Grandpa Ray
Parents: Irma Mendoza and Cayetano cial
College/career plans: Attend Univerbecause he died when I was younger Davila
sity of Texas Pan American and work
and I would love to know him better and
Siblings: Wendy Davila
hear different memories about my dad.
Favorite class or subject: English/ on getting my masters in psychology
the Divergent series

Movie: The Heat
TV Show: The Middle and Criminal
Minds
Song: Something in the Water by
Carrie Underwood and Leave the Night
On by Sam Hunt
of your first purchases be? A trip somewhere tropical for my whole family
Describe yourself in one word: Friendly
College/career plans: Attend the University of Wisconsin River Falls and
major in animal science
Name: Kayla Carlson

Parents: Grandparents Bruce and
Brenda Alms
Siblings: Katie Carlson, 21
High school activities: Chamber choir,
National Honor Society, Teens Needing
Teens, Knowledge Bowl
Favorite class or subject: Chemistry
Best high school memory: Dorian
Festival in Decorah, Iowa
Hobbies: Reading, playing piano and
(vaguely) other intruments, and I do some
writing
meet, living or dead? JK Rowling, John
Green, Hank Green
Favorite...
Book: The Fault In Our Stars, the
Harry Potter series
Movie: Frozen, Big Hero 6
TV Show: Sherlock, Teen Wolf
Song: I Love Science by Hank Green
and Seal Lullaby by Eric Whitacre
Describe yourself in one word: Unprecedented
College/career plans: Graduate from
St. .Olaf College, get into medical school,
become a doctor, get married, live a
happy and productive life.
Area Sports
PI boys first and KW girls second at Lake City
Eliza Warneke (PI) 52.01; 3. Corynne Dahl

By Faye Haugen
LAKE CITY Kenyon-Wana- (KW) 53.69; 4. Mikayla Pukal (PI) 55.24; 6.
Boyum (KW) 55.94; 3200-meter
mingo and Pine Island both had Juliana
run: 2. Jocasta Adelsman (PI) 12:15.14; 5.
good meets at the Lake City track Taylor Rasmussen (PI) 13.49.39
invitational on Thursday. The Field events
Pine Island boys won the six- High jump: 6. Emily Klingsporn (PI) 4;
team meet with the girls placing Triple jump: 1. Mara Quam (KW) 348; 5.
third. The Kenyon-Wanamingo Kassandra Keller (KW) 272.25; 6. Talia
(PI) 255.5; Long jump: 1. Mara
girls placed second and the boys Mentjes
Quam (KW) 177; 2. Tess Hokanson (KW)
fourth.
1411; 5. Madison House (PI) 1310; 6.
Girls
Morgan VanHouten (PI) 126; Pole vault:
Kenyon-Wanamingo had a 1. Leah Anderton (PI) 76; 4. Liza Shelquist
number of first place finishers, (PI) 7; 5. Isabella Wiggins (PI) 66; Dis3. Maddie Patterson (KW) 756
led by Mara Quam who won the cus:
Relays
100-meter hurdles, triple jump 4x800-meter relay: 3. Pine Island (Sara
and long jump. Tess Hokanson Schartau, Caitlin Schartau, Taylor Rasmuswon the 400-meter dash, and sen, Breanna Ihde) 11:56.73; 5. KenyonCorynne Dahl won the 100-meter Wanamingo (Kasey Dummer, Lauren Berg,
Siri Quam, Maddie Patterson) 11:32.03;
dash.
relay: 2. Kenyon-Wanamingo
Placing first for Pine Island 4x200-meter
(Kaela Horn, Megan Groth, Mara Quam, Tess
was Leah Anderton in the pole Hokanson) 1:56.7; 3. Pine Island (Madison
vault.
House, Breanna Ihde, Lexi Loats, Liza Shelquist)
Jocasta Adelsman ran per- 1:59.83; 4x100-meter relay: 2. Pine Issonal bests in both the 1600 and land (Cassidy Clementson, Madison House,
3200-meter runs, reported PI Lexi Loats, Liza Shelquist) 56.54; 4x400relay: 2. Pine Island (Sara Schartau,
coach Bill Frame of the Panther meter
Breanna Ihde, Eliza Warneke, Caitlin Scharfreshman who was second in both tau) 4:28.16; 5. Kenyon-Wanamingo (Kaitlyn
events.
Vold, Maddie Patterson, Kasey Dummer,
Lake City won the meet with Kassandra Keller) 4:50.6
168 points, with KW scoring 120 Boys
Pine Island and Lake City tied
points and PI, 99.
Lake City 168, Kenyon-Wanamingo 120, for first in the boys standings with
Pine Island 99, Lewiston-Altura 70, 147 points. The Knights scored
News-Record photos by Faye Haugen Wabasha-Kellogg 65, Triton 32
76 points.
Kenyon-Wanamingos Kaitlin Knott holds her position as Pine Island third baseman Haley Bauman fields an Track events
Placing first for PI were
100-meter
dash:
1.
Corynne
Dahl
(KW)
infield hit and throws to first in Thursdays game in Pine Island.
14.11; 4. Megan Groth (KW) 14.29; 5. Cassidy Mitchel Acker in the 800-meter
Clementson (PI) 14.34; 6. Kaela Horn (KW) run, Peyton Thein in the shot put,
14.41 100-meter hurdles: 1. Mara Quam Ben Farrell in the long jump, the
(KW) 16.25; 2. Juliana Boyum (KW) 17.97; 4x800-meter relay team of Jack
4. Kaitlyn Vold (KW) 18.81; 5. Mikayla Pukal
Kaitlin Knott, 2 for 3 and Brandi (PI) 18.81; 1600-meter run: 2. Jocasta Williams, Jason Hoerle, Jimmy
PINE ISLAND The Pine Is- had four RBI.
Adelsman (PI) 5:38.4; 400-meter dash: 1. Kroll, and Isaiah Ondler, the
land softball team kept their record
Schroder started on the mound, Remold with a triple.
Tess Hokanson (KW) 1:02.47; 3. Caitlin Schar- 4x200-meter relay team of Tristan
spotless with a 10-6 win over striking out three, walking one and Pine Island 10
tau (PI) 1:04.75; 4. Kassandra Keller (KW) Akason, Ben Farrell, Jason HoKenyon-Wanamingo
6
Kenyon-Wanamingo in Pine Is- giving up three hits over three in1:08.8; 6. Kendra Kundert (PI) 1:11.49; 800- erle and Kyle Groven, and the
R H E
land, Thursday.
nings for PI. Bridget Kennedy KW
0030201 6 6 meter run: 2. Sara Schartau (PI) 2:38.77; 4x400-meter relay team of Chris
The Panthers were able to string tossed the last four innings for the Pine Island 0 0 4 4 1 1 x 10 6 3. Lauren Berg (KW) 2:40.99; 5. Maddie
IP K BB H R ER Patterson (KW) 2:44.43; 200-meter dash: Frick, Tristan Akason, Isaiah Ontogether their six hits with three Panthers, striking out two, walk- Pitching
- Schroder
3 3 1 3 3 0
3. Tess Hokanson (KW) 28.27; 7. Madison dler and Jacob Higgins.
walks and a few KW errors to pull ing one and giving up three hits. PI
PI - Kennedy
4 2 1 3 3 1
Leading the Knights with first
House (PI) 29.78; 300-meter hurdles: 2.
out the HVL victory.
Shayla Berkner went the dis- KW - Berkner
7 4 3 6 10 4
Mya Polzer led PI at the plate tance on the mound for the Knights. 1B: PI Mya Polzer (2), Taylor Schroder,
going 2 for 3 with an RBI. Molly She struck out four, walked three Ashley Westlake, Haley Bauman; KW - Kaitlin
Knott (2); 2B: KW Brandi Remold; 3B: PI
Shelton had an RBI triple, and and gave up six hits in the loss.
Molly Shelton
Taylor Schroder and Haley BauOffensive leaders for KW were
By Faye Haugen
Kennedy tossed the last four inman each had a single. Bauman
PINE ISLAND In the cold nings with one strikeout, one walk
and wind that was Mondays and three hits.
weather, the Pine Island softball
The Panthers got singles from
team upped their overall record to Mya Polzer, Schroder, Ashley
6-0 with a 4-0 nonconference win Westlake and Haley Bauman.
at Jordan.
The Panthers will host topTaylor Schroder earned the ranked Class AA Kasson-Mantormound win when she struck out ville on Thursday at 5 p.m. PI will
one over three innings. Bridget play at Byron on Monday at 5 p.m.
PI earns an HVL win over KW
place finishes were Caleb Greseth in the 110-meter hurdles and

Mason Stevenson in the 300meter hurdles.
Pine Island 147, Lake City 147, Triton
80, Kenyon-Wanamingo 76, WabashaKellogg 54, Lewiston-Altura 48
Track events
100-meter dash: 3. Ben Farrell (PI) 11.7;
5. Devyn Stordahl (KW) 12.2; 110-meter
hurdles: 1. Caleb Greseth (KW) 16.58; 2.
Mason Stevenson (KW) 17.09; 4. Nicholas
Cain (PI) 18.99; 1600-meter run: 2. Ben
Bohn (KW) 4:57.89; 3. Logan Meurer (PI)
5:02.43; 4. Jimmy Kroll (PI) 5:17.91; 400meter dash: 2. Kyle Keller (KW) 53.28; 3.
Kyle Groven (PI) 54.89; 5. Ben Ringham
(KW) 57.08; 6. Samuel Yennie (PI) 56.96; 7.
Caleb Greseth (KW) 57.08; 800-meter run:
1. Mitchel Acker (PI) 2:00.89; 3. Eric Hokanson (KW) 2:10.78; 200-meter dash: 6.
Ben Ringham (KW) 24.93; 300-meter
hurdles: 1. Mason Stevenson (KW) 41.89;
4. Chris Frick (PI) 45.8; 5. Ryan Kelling (PI)
48.98; 6. Nicholas Cain (PI) 49.1; 3200meter run: 2. Jack Williams (PI) 10:21.32;
4. Logan Meurer (PI) 11:04.04
Field events
High jump: 4. Tristan Akason (PI) 5; Triple
jump: 6. Blane Burkhalter (PI) 347.5; Discus: 4. Ryan Kelling (PI) 1054; 7. Aaron
Grove (KW) 1003; Shot put: 1. Peyton
Thein (PI) 4311.5; 5. Caleb Greseth (KW)
374.5; ; Long jump: 1. Ben Farrell (PI)
21.5; 2. Chris Frick (PI) 192; Pole vault:
2. Broghen Kunz (PI) 9; 3. Brandon Haze
(PI) 9; 5. Mitchel Magnuson (PI) 86
Relays
4x800-meter relay: 1. Pine Island (Jack
Williams, Jason Hoerle, Jimmy Kroll, Isaiah
Ondler) 8:46.49; 3. Kenyon-Wanamingo (Eric
Hokanson, Sam Ringham, Ben Bohn, Micah
Grove) 8:58.93; 4. Zumbrota-Mazeppa 9:06.81;
4x200-meter relay: 1. Pine Island (Tristan
Akason, Ben Farrell, Jason Hoerle, Kyle Groven)
1:33.41; 4x100-meter relay: 3. KenyonWanamingo (Nathanael Bauernfeind, Devyn
Stordahl, Mason Stevenson, Kyle Keller) 46.73;
4. Pine Island (Pat Bogard, Michael Rabbit,
Jeremy Bryant, Zac Cain) 49.23 4x400meter relay: 1. Pine Island (Chris Frick,
Tristan Akason, Isaiah Ondler, Jacob Higgins) 3:44.88; 4. Kenyon-Wanamingo (Eric
Hokanson, Noah Rechtzigel, Aaron Grove,
Micah Grove) 3:55.22
Pine Island remains undefeated

and host Blooming Prairie on Tuesday at 5 p.m.
Pine Island 4 - Jodan 0
R H E
Pine Island 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4
4 Jordan
0000000 0
3 Pitching
IP K BB H R ER
PI - Schroder
3 1 0 0 0 0
PI - Kennedy
4 1 1 3 0 0
1B: PI Mya Polzer, Taylor Schorder, Ashley
Westlake, Haley Bauman
HVL BASEBALL LEADERS

Batting
Matt Huus, Pine Island
AB Avg.
7
15
12
8
12
6
8
8
14
29
24
17
27
14
22
17
Zach Hillman, Lourdes

Daniel Burriss, Lourdes
Kyle Nichols, KM
Logan Breuer, Goodhue
Bryce Hinrichsen, PI
Riley Augustine, Good.
Kevin Nordquist, ZM
Runs scored
Nick Hanson, Lourdes
Logan Breuer, Goodhue
Brendan Knoll, KM
Kevin Nordquist, ZM
Runs batted in
James Logan, Byron
Riley Augustine, Goodhue
Doubles
.500
.500
.500
.471
.444
.429
.364
.348
RS
12
12
11
8
6
RBI
9
9
6
2B
Kyle Nichols, KM
Homeruns
Stolen bases
Jonny Mracek, Byron
Pitching
Nick Hanson, Lourdes
Michael Monson, CF
Ryan Thompson, Byron
Matt Lien, Pine Island
Brady Schoenfelder, ZM
Brady Braaten, PI
Strikeouts
Evan Vick, Byron
Carter Dombeck, CF
Innings pitched
W
3
2
1
1
0
2
L
0
0
0
1
3
0
3
3B
1
SB
12
6
ERA
0.00
0.00
0.00
2.90
3.90
4.06
K
20
17
16
IP
20
Evan Vick, Byron

Brady Braaten, PI
16
10.3
STANDINGS
HVL Baseball
Blue Division
Hayfield
Pine Island
Kenyon-Wanamingo
Triton
Goodhue
Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Gold Division
Rochester Lourdes
Byron
Kasson-Mantorville
Cannon Falls
Stewartville
Lake City
Conf. Overall
W L W L
7 1 7
1
3 3 4
5
2 4 4
4
1 7 1
8
1 9 2
10
0 6 0
8
W L W L
9 0 9
0
6 1 7
1
4 3 4
3
3 2 4
3
3 3 3
3
3 5 4
7
SECTION 1A TRACK LEADERS

Kenyon-Wanamingos Makayla Sokoloski takes a long stride to try and beat the throw to first base as Pine
Islands Ashley Westlake waits for the throw in Thursdays game in Pine Island.
Goodhue evens overall record at 6-6

By Faye Haugen
GOODHUE The Goodhue
softball team played three games
last week, winning one to even
their overall record at 6-6. The
Wildcats are 1-4 in HVL play.
Goodhue will host secondranked Class AA ZumbrotaMazeppa at 5 p.m. on Friday, and
Lourdes on Monday at 4:30 p.m.
Byron
The Wildcats fell 7-2 at Byron
on Monday in very cold and windy
conditions. The Bears did most of
their damage in the fifth inning
when they scored five times.
Lexi Kennedy struck out five,
walked three, and gave up nine
hits in the mound loss.
Bailey Gullerud had two of
Goodhues four hits, with Kate
Lexvold and Katie Pearson each
earning a single.
Goodhue 2 - Byron 7
R
Goodhue
0001100 2
Byron
010150x 7
Pitching
IP K BB H
G - Kennedy
6 5 3 9
Byron
7 6 5 4
1B: G Bailey Gullerud (2), Kate
Katie Pearson
H E
4 3
8 3
R ER
7 4
2 1
Lexvold,
Cannon Falls
Coach Bitzan was not happy
with his teams play at Cannon
Falls on Tuesday. The Bombers
took advantage of three Wildcat
errors on their way to a 7-5 win.
Cannon Falls did most of their
damage in the second inning when

they scored four times. The Bombers also benefited from some great
defensive plays that took a number of hits away from the visitors.
Goodhue made it a game in the
top of the seventh when Bailey
Kreisler hit a two-run homerun to
draw the score to 7-5. Goodhue
left the tying run on base when the
game ended with a fielders choice.
In all, Goodhue stranded nine runners on the base paths.
Lexi Kennedy struck out two,
walked three and gave up 11 hits.
Bailey Gullerud led the offense
going 3 for 4 with a double and
two RBI. Kennedy had two hits,
Kreisler had a two-RBI homerun,
and Kate Lexvold and Brittney
Ryan each singled.
Goodhue 5 - Cannon Falls 7
R H E
Goodhue
1000202 5 8 3
Cannon Falls 0 4 1 0 1 1 x 7 11 1
Pitching
IP K BB H R ER
G - Kennedy
6 2 3 11 7 6
Cannon Falls
7 1 6 8 5 5
1B: G Kate Lexvold, Lexi Kennedy (2),
Bailey Gullerud (2), Brittney Ryan; 2B: G
Bailey Gullerud; HR: G Bailey Kreisler
Bethlehem Academy
Goodhue opened the Fillmore
Central tournament with a 5-3 loss
to Bethlehem Academy.
Lexi Kennedy went the distance
on the mound, walking one and
giving up 10 hits.
Goodhue also had 10 hits in the
loss, led by Kate Lexvold, 4 for 4

with a double and two RBI, and
Britt Ryan had a pair of hits, one a
double.
Goodhue 3 - Bethlehem Academy 5
R H E
Goodhue
0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 10 0
Bethlehem Ac. 0 0 0 1 3 1 x 5 10 0
Pitching
IP K BB H R ER
G - Kennedy
6 0 1 10 5 5
BA
7 2 0 10 3 3
1B: G Kate Lexvold (3), Bailey Kreisler,
Lexi Kennedy, Bailey Gullerud, Britt Ryan.
Kate Stehr; 2B: G Kate Lexvold, Britt Ryan
Lake City
The Wildcats closed out the tournament with a 12-1 five-inning
win over Lake City.
Katie Pearson earned the mound
win when she struck out one and
gave up seven hits.
Emily Benrud had a big game
at the plate going 3 for 3 with
three RBI. Kate Lexvold was 2
for 3 with a double, Pearson was 2
for 4 with a double and two RBI,
Kate Stehr had a pair of singles,
and Bailey Kreisler had a solo
homerun.
Goodhue 12 - Lake City 1
R H E
Goodhue
22530
12 13 1
Lake City
10000
1 7 1
Pitching
IP K BB H R ER
G - Pearson
5 1 0 7 1 1
Lake City
5 1 2 13 12 1B: G Katie Pearson, Kate Lexvold, Lexi
Kennedy, Autumn Lindblom, Brit Ryan, Emily
Benrud (3), Kate Stehr (2); 2B: G Katie
Pearson, Kate Lexvold; HR: G Bailey Kreisler
Girls
100-meter dash: Morgan Shindeler, PEM,
12.74; Anna Sweet, Rushford-Peterson, 12.92
200-meter dash: Morgan Shindeler, PEM,
26.68; Sydney Bentsen, GMLOKS, 27,58
400-meter dash: Chole Holtz, PEM, 61.11;
Tess Hokanson, Kenyon-Wanamingo 61.66
800-meter run: McKenzie Kirtz, GMLOKS
1600-meter run: McKenzie Kirtz, GMLOKS,
2:27.9; Taylor Kreitinger, Byron, 2:28
3200-meter run: Kiera Olson, Lanesboro/
Fillmore Central, 5:23.14; Sierra Stucky, PEM,
12:15.68
100-meter hurdles: Mara Quam, KenyonWanamingo, 15.86; Emma Weatherly, Byron, 16.68
300-meter hurdles: Samantha Siskow,
GMLOKS, 49.94; Ellie Sholing, WabashaKellogg, 50.09
Shot put: Maddie Lindhart, ZumbrotaMazeppa, 436; Taylor Hagen, Blooming
Prairie, 387
Discus: Maddie Lindhart, Zumbrota-Mazeppa,
1336; Olivia Haug, Lanesboro/Fillmore
Central, 11111
Long jump: Ashley Agrimson, Rushford-Peterson/Houston, 178; Mara Quam, KenyonWanamingo, 1610.5
Triple jump: Mara Quam, Kenyon-Wanamingo, 346.75; Jordyn Glynn, GMLOKS,
33.7
High jump: Sarah Holtz, Lyle/Pacelli, 53;
Chole Holtz, PEM, 52
Pole vault: Hannah Coleman, Byron, 10;
Jordan Honken, Rushford-Peterson/Houston 96
4x100-meter relay: PEM, 51.47; Rushford-Peterson/Houston 53.25
4x200-meter relay: PEM, 1:49.19; LaCrescent, 1:50.14
4x400-meter relay: GMLOKS, 4:15.59;
PEM, 4:18.81
4x800-meter relay: GMLOKS 10:18.48;
Lanesboro/Fillmore Central 10:25.9; Pine
Island 10:38.82
Boys
100-meter dash: Isaiah Jacobson, Stewartville 11.31; Brandon Ching, PEM, 11.51;
Kyle Groven, Pine Island, 11.52
when they crushed Triton, 19-0

on Thursday in Zumbrota. The
Cougars kept up their hot hitting
streak, pounding out 18 hits, 10
for extra bases. Leading the offense were Alyssa Quam, 4 for 4
with two homeruns and six RBI;
Rachel Mensink, 2 for 4 with a
homerun and two RBI; Tara Matuska, 2 for 3 with a double, a
triple and three RBI; Taylor Mort,
3 for 3 with a double, a triple, a

homerun and five RBI; and Morgan Olson 3 for 4 with a triple.
As a team, the Cougars have hit
20 homeruns through nine games.
Alyssa Quam leads the team with
five hits over the fence.
Olson was also tough on the
mound, striking out eight and allowing one hit.
Besides playing at Kasson on
Monday, the Cougars will host
son/Houston, 467; Preston Hanson, Medford, ,46 4.5

Discus: Matt Culhane, Rushford-Peterson/
Houston 156/10; Shane Curtis, Stewartville,
1504
Long jump: Dalten Fox, PEM, 226.5; Noah
Carlson, Rushford-Peterson/Houston, 2111.5
Triple jump: Noah Carlson, Rushford-Peterson/Houston, 457; Dalten Fox, PEM, 447
High jump: Riley Mickow, PEM, 62; Nelson Finne, PEM, 510
Pole vault: Frank Cerar, PEM, 116, Lucas Scruggs, Stewartville, 116
4x100-meter relay: Stewartville, 45.09;
PEM, 45.50
4x200-meter relay: PEM, 1:32.99; Pine
Island, 1:33.52
4x400-meter relay: Pine Island 3:30.22;
Lourdes 3:35.07
4x800-meter relay: Lourdes 8:30.67; Pine
Island 8:39.12
AREA HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE
Thursday, April 30
Goodhue baseball, Zumbrota-Mazeppa at Goodhue, 5 p.m.
Goodhue softball at Stewartville, 4:30 p.m.
Kenyon-Wanamingo baseball, Hayfield at Wanamingo, 5 p.m.
Kenyon-Wanamingo track at Lake City, 4:15 p.m.
Kenyon-Wanamingo golf at Zumbrota, 3 p.m.
Kenyon-Wanamingo softball at Lake City, 5 p.m.
Pine Island baseball, Triton at Pine Island, 5 p.m.
Pine Island softball, Kasson-Mantorville at Pine Island, 5 p.m.
Pine Island golf, Lourdes and Lake City at Pine Island, 3 p.m.
Pine Island track at Byron, 4:30 p.m.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa baseball at Goodhue, 5 p.m.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa softball, Cannon Falls at Zumbrota, 5 p.m.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa golf, KW and Hayfield at Zumbrota, 3 p.m.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa track at Lake city, 4:15 p.m.
Friday, May 1
Zumbrota-Mazeppa baseball at Byron, 5 p.m.
Saturday, May 2
Kenyon-Wanamingo softball at Wabasha, 11 a.m.
Monday, May 4
Goodhue baseball, Hayfield at Goodhue, 4 p.m.
Goodhue softball, Lourdes at Goodhue, 4:30 p.m.
Cannon Falls on Friday at 5 p.m.
Kenyon-Wanamingo baseball at Dodge Center, 5 p.m.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa 19 - Triton 0
R H E
Kenyon-Wanamingo golf at Dodge Center, 1:30 p.m.
Triton
00000
0
1 6
Pine Island baseball at Zumbrota, 5 p.m.
ZM
6553x
19 19 3
Pitching
IP K BB H R ER Pine Island softball at Byron, 5 p.m.
ZM - Olson
5 8 0 1 0 0
Zumbrota-Mazeppa baseball, Pine Island at Zumbrota, 5 p.m.
Triton
4 3 1 19 19 15 Zumbrota-Mazeppa softball at Kasson, 5 p.m.
1B: ZM Alyssa Quam (2), Rachel Mensink,
Laura Drackley, Jackie Matuska (2), Morgan Zumbrota-Mazeppa golf at Byron, 3 p.m.
Olson (2); 2B: ZM Tara Matuska, Laura
Tuesday, May 5
Drackley, Taylor Mort; 3B: ZM Tara Matuska, Taylor Mort, Morgan Olson; HR: ZM True Team track meet at Dodge Center, 3 p.m.
Alyssa Quam (2), Rachel Mensink, Taylor Pine Island baseball at Cannon Falls, 5 p.m.
Mort
Pine Island softball, Blooming Prairie at Pine Island, 5 p.m.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa ranked second

By Faye Haugen
ZUMBROTA The first softball rankings of the season were
released last week and the HVLs
Kasson-Mantorville and Zumbrota-Mazeppa are ranked one and
two respectivley in the Class AA
poll. Those two teams will square
off on Monday when ZM heads to
Kasson for a 5 p.m. contest.
ZM upped their record to 9-0
200-meter dash: Kyle Groven, Pine Island,

50.82; Noah Carlson, Rushford-Peterson/
Houston, 22.98
400-meter dash: Kyle Groven, Pine Island,
50.82; Noah Carlson, Rushford-Peterson/
Houston, 51.25
800-meter run: Dakota Streit, Lourdes,
2:02.54; Isaiah Ondler, Pine Island, 2:07.61
Jack Williams, Pine Island, 2:07.7
1600-meter run: Alex Ille, Blooming Prairie, 4:41; Mat Steiger, LaCrescent, 4:44.43
3200-meter run: Zach Emery, LaCrescent,
9:49.32; Alec Ille, Blooming Prairie, 10:08.01
110-meter hurdles: Riley Mickow, PEM,
15.85; Caleb Greseth, Kenyon-Wanamingo,
15.16.21; Mason Stevenson, Kenyon-Wanamingo 16.89
300-meter hurdles: Mason Stevenson,
Kenyon-Wanamingo, 41.45; Riley Mickow,
PEM, 42.18
Shot put: Seth Schnieder, Rushford-Peter-
NEWS-RECORD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2015 PAGE 5A
Baseball
ZM baseball field to be
named Frank J. Aunan Field
Goodhues Loan Breuer dives back to first base on a pick-off attempt in Saturdays game in Goodhue. Pine
Islands Braden Aakre was ready for the tag out, but the umpire called Breuer safe in the HVL doubleheader.
Goodhue and Pine Island

split HVL doubleheader
PINE ISLAND Pine Island
and Goodhue split an HVL
doubeheader baseball game in
Goodhue, Saturday. For Goodhue,
it was their first HVL victory of
the season.
Game One
Trailing 6-3 heading into the
bottom of the seventh inning in
the opening game, Goodhue rallied to score four times to nip the
Panthers 7-6.
Goodhue did an excellent job
of coming back to win this one,
said PI coach Craig Anderson. We
had numerous opportunities to
possibly put this game away, but
we stranded quite a few runners
and made some base running mistakes to take us out of some big
rallies.
With one out, Goodhue saw
Nathan Altendorf single, Jacob
Pasch hit by a pitch, a single by
Jordan Ronningen, Nicholas Thomforde hit by a pitch, a sacrifice
bunt by Jack Gadient and a single
by Logan Breuer to end the game.
Three Goodhue pitchers saw
action on the mound. Riley Augustine tossed two innings with
two walks and seven hits. Breuer
came on to throw three innings
with four strikeouts, one walk and
one hit. Jack Gadient closed out
the last inning with three hits.
Jacob Navratil got his first varsity start for PI. He struck out four,
walked two and gave up 12 hits
over 6.1 innings,. Brady Braaten

closed out the game, giving up
one hit.
Leading Goodhue at the plate
were: Breuer, 4 for 5 with a double
and an RBI; Jordan Ronningen, 3
for 4; and Sam Kyllo, 2 for 3.
Pacing the PI offense were:
Tucker Hanson, 2 for 4 with a
triple and an RBI; DJ Titus, 2 for
3 with an RBI; and Braden Aakre,
2 for 4 with an RBI.
Goodhue 7- Pine Island 6
R H E
Pine Island 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 6 11 3
Goodhue
0 0 1 1 0 1 4 7 13 2
Pitching
IP K BB H R ER
G - Augustine
2 0 2 7 3 3
G - Breuer
3 4 1 1 0 0
G - Gadient
1 0 0 3 1 1
PI - Navratil
6.1 4 2 12 7 6
PI - Braaten
.1 0 0 1 0 0
1B: PI Matt Huus, Brady Braaten, Braden
Aakre (2), Matt Lien, DJ Titus (2), Derek
Rucker, Aaron Gillard; G - Logan Breuer
(3), Sam Kyllo (2), Nathan Altendorf,

Jordan Ronningen (3), Nicholas Thomforde, Jack Gadient; 2B: G - Logan Breuer;
3B: PI Tucker Hanson
Game Two
The Panthers rallied to beat the
Wildcats 3-2 in the second game.
Goodhue led 2-1 before PI scored
two in the bottom of the sixth inning. Noah Koening got our winning rally started in the sixth with
a pinch hit double, said Coach
Anderson. I was really impressed
by Goodhue today. They swing
the bats well and, overall, played
good defense. We still need to clean
some things up if we are going to
be a factor in the conference and

sub-section that last half of the
season.
Brady Braaten started on the
mound for PI, throwing three innings with one strikeout, one walk
and four hits. Bryce Hinrichsen
closed out the last four innings
with three walks and three hits.
Bryce entered the game and
shutout Goodhue over the last four
innings. With Goodhue threatening in the top of the seventh, Bryce
induced a 6-4-3 double play with
bases loaded to end the game,
pointed out Coach Anderson.
Sam Kyllo tossed four innings
for Goodhue with thee strikeouts
and three hits. Nathan Altendorf
struck out two and gave up three
hits in two innings of mound work.
Pacing PI at the plate were Hinrichsen, 2 for 3 with an RBI; and
doubles by Koening and Colton
Pike (RBI). Taylor Buck, Sam
Kyllo, Altendorf (RBI) and Nicholas Thomforde all had two hits for
Goodhue.
Pine Island 3 - Goodhue 2
R H E
Goodhue
0020000 2 7 1
Pine Island 0 1 0 0 0 2 x 3 6 2
Pitching
IP K BB H R ER
PI - Braaten
3 1 1 4 2 0
PI - Hinrichsen
4 0 3 3 0 0
G - Kyllo
4 3 0 3 1 1
G - Altendorf
2 2 0 3 2 0
1B: PI Bryce Hinrichsen (2), Braden Aakre,
Aaron Gillard; G - Taylor Buck (2), Sam Kyllo
(2), Nathan Altendorf (2), Nicholas Thomforde (2); 2B: PI Colton Pike, Noah Koening
Goodhues Taylor Buck gloves the ball as Pine Islands Brady Braaten slides into second base in Saturdays
game in Goodhue.
Kenyon-Wanamingo wins big at Randolph

By Faye Haugen
WANAMINGO The KenyonWanamingo baseball team won
big at Randolph on Monday, but
they dropped a narrow loss at
Stewartville Thursday. The
Knights sport a 4-4 overall record.
Kenyon-Wanamingo will host
Hayfield on Thursday at 5 p.m.
and they will play at Dodge Center on Monday at 5 p.m.
Randolph
The Knights needed seven innings, but they did earn a 12-2
win at Randolph in the cold and
wind on Monday.
Connor Sviggum tossed an excellent game, striking out 11, walking seven and giving up two hits.
Pacing the KW offense were
Drew Sathrum, 3 for 4 with a double
and three RBI, Ethan Benda, 2 for
3 with a homerun and three RBI,
and Jared Clawiter, 2 for 3 with
two RBI.
Kenyon-Wanamingo 12 - Randolph 2
R H E
KW
4 3 0 0 1 1 3 12 13 3
Randolph
0002000 2 2 2
Pitching
IP K BB H R ER
KW - Sviggum
7 11 7 2 2 0
1B: KW Jared Clawiter (2), Drew Sathrum
(2), Ethan Benda; 2B: KW Drew Sathrum;
HR: KW Ethan Benda
Stewartville
The Knights fell 6-4 at Stewartville
on Thursday when the Tigers rallied for four runs in the bottom of
the sixth inning.
Gavin Roosen went the distance
on the mound and suffered the loss
when he struck out four, walked
three and gave up nine hits.
Luke Rechtzigel and Jake Whipple
both had a pair of hits for the Knights,
with Jared Clawiter adding a single. Pitching

Kenyon-Wanamingo 4 - Stewartville 6
R H E
KW
2000200 4 7 2
Stewartville 0 0 2 0 0 4 x 6 9 1
IP K BB H R ER
KW - Roosen
6 4 3 9 6 4
Stewartville
7 1 3 7 4 3
1B: KW Jared Clawiter, Luke Rechtzigel
(2), Jake Whipple (2)
PI Pioneers open the

season on Saturday
By Faye Haugen
Pioneer baseball schedule
PINE ISLAND The Pine Is- May 2 Plum City, 1 p.m.
land Pioneers will kick off their May 9 Elmwood, 4 p.m.
17 at Spring Valley, Wisc. 1 p.m.
wood bat season on Saturday when May
May 22 at Red Wing, 7:30 p.m.
they host Plum City at 1 p.m. on May 27 at Austin, 7:30 p.m.
the high school field.
May 30 at Plum City, 1 p.m.
The Pioneers have scheduled 31 May 31 Waseca, 2 p.m.
3 at Cannon Falls, 7:30 p.m.
games through July before the Twin June
June 5 at Stewartville, 7:30 p.m.
River League playoffs begin.
June 6 Cheese Fest Tournament
Ken Enerson will manage the June 10 at Owatonna, 7:30 p.m.
31-man roster that includes play- June 13 Tri County, 2 p.m.
14 PEM, 2 p.m.
ers from Pine Island, Byron, Roch- June
June 20 at Cannon Falls, 10 a.m,
ester and Zumbrota. Assistat June 21 at Cannon Falls
coaches will be Sam Jensch, Brian June 24 at Winona, 7:30 p.m.
Sorum, Dan Drazen and Johnny June 26 at Ellsworth, 7:30 p.m.
27 at Kasson, 2 p.m.
Mangouras. Merle and Colleen June
June 28 Roadrunners, 2 p.m.
Sorum will remain as field man- July 1 Wanamingo, 6 p.m.
ager.
July 8
Zumbrota, 6 p.m.
Players on the roster include, July 11 at Hampton, 2 p.m.
July 12 Stewartville, 2 p.m.
from Pine Island:Brian Sorum, Dan July
15 at Rochester, 7:30 p.m.
Razan, Jesse Donahue, Colton July 18 Randolph, 2 p.m.
Sinning, Luke Schmidt,, Adam July 19 Winona, 2 p.m.
Pleschourt, Ben Bauer, Jared Lo- July 22 at Plainview, 7:30 p.m.
24 at Dundas, 7:30 p.m.
hmeyer, Jordan Pin, Ben Warneke, July
July 25 Ellsworth, 2 p.m.
Charlie Arendts, Jared Rudlong, July 26 at Lewiston, 2 p.m.
Jake Scharpen, Matt Lien, Aaron July 29 St. Paul Hops, 6 p.m.
Gillard and Brady Braaten; By- Home games in BOLD
ron: Jamey Strand, Mitchell Enerson, Nic Enerson, Jonny Mracek, Sammen; Rochester: Sam Jensch,
Evan Vick, Noah Schutte, Bryce Brad Russell, Justin Streiff and
Schutte, Colin Anderson and Matt Matt Serr; and Zumbrota: Erik
Ferguson.
By Faye Haugen
ZUMBROTA Frank Aunan
cannot remember a time when he
has not been involved in baseball.
As a lad growing up in Duluth
there was always a pickup game
to be played. He then played four
years of high school baseball before joining the Navy for four years.
He kept busy while stationed overseas, playing on his ships team
while stationed in Japan.
We played a lot of fastpitch
softball because it took less of an
area to play on, but we would get
in some baseball, said Aunan.
When he completed his service
tour he attended college and got
his teaching degree, taking a position in Wanamingo in the fall of
1968. He was the Bulldog assistant baseball coach in the spring
of 1969. Aunan than took an elementary teaching position in Zumbrota in 1969, beginning a long
tenure of coaching and teaching
hundreds of Zumbrota and
Mazeppa students through 41
years.
Aunan will be honored on Monday, May 4 when ZumbrotaMazeppa takes on Pine Island in
HVL baseball at 5 p.m. The field
that he has coached on for so many
years will be named Frank J, Aunan
Field.
I had no idea, remarked Aunan
of the naming of the field in his
honor. I was really surprised when
Jon (Yusten) told me about it.
Aunan became the assistant
baseball coach at Zumbrota in the
spring of 1970, taking over the
head coaching position when Carl
Potratz stepped down in 1974. A
year later, the Tigers advanced to
the Region 1 tournament, falling
to Southland in their first game.
Besides coaching the high school
team, Aunan also coached Little
League, Senior Babe Ruth, American Legion and Zumbrota town
team baseball until he retired from
teaching in 2000.
I would have stayed on longer,
but the way my retirement and
Social Security worked, it was time
to get out, pointed out Aunan of
leaving teaching and coaching.
Just because he retired doesnt
mean that he has left baseball behind. Since 1970, Aunan has done
nearly all of the baseball field
Frank Aunan, a long time Zumbrota-Mazeppa baseball coach, will have

the Zumbrota-Mazeppa baseball field named in his honor on May 4.
maintenance, dragging and preparing the fields for games.

We used to have just the one
field with baseball at one end and
softball at the other. That softball
field made it tough for our outfielders to play the ball sometimes,
he pointed out.
Through the years, a new softball field and junior varsity field
were built in Zumbrota, and when
Mazeppa and Zumbrota paired in
the 1980s, the field in Mazeppa
was also put into play. Aunan still
prepares all of those fields for play
which keeps him very busy every
spring.
Andy Aunan (Class of 1983),
Tony Aunan (1987) and Joe Aunan
(1997) all played baseball for their
father in high school. As a grandfather, Frank also gets to watch
his grandsons play. Robert Aunan
(Tonys son) is a freshman outfielder at McHenry Junior College in Illinois. Andys boys, Juan
(fifth grade) and AJ (kindergarten) play baseball as well as hockey.
In Andys senior year of high
school, he was selected to play in
the Minnesota Senior All Star game
and Frank was named one of the
coaches for the outstate team, along
with Wasecas Tink Larson. In
2010, Aunan was elected to the
Minnesota High School Baseball
Coaches Hall of Fame.
Many changes have happened
over the past 45 years, including a
watering system added to the baseball field. Aunan also has seen a
change in the athletes.
You would always see a bunch
of kids in a pickup game at the
school or on a big yard around

town years ago. You do not see
that anymore. There are just too
many things for kids to be doing,
Aunan remarked, adding, You
also do not see a lot of coaches
staying a lot of years anymore. A
lot of them step away because they
want to spend more time with their
kids. And I understand that. If you
coach the right way, it takes more
than just the hours you spend at
school.
Longtime assistant baseball
coach Jon Yusten pushed for the
field to be named for Aunan, clearing it with Zumbrota-Mazeppa
school board members.
Anytime you need something,
Frank is there to do it. He has
coached for decades at every level
and he still goes to all of the baseball clinics. It is about time this
field was dedicated for all of his
hard work, said Coach Yusten.
He has been my mentor for the
past 26 years and it will be nice
that this field will carry his name
forever.
Ive had a number of assistance coaches over the years, but I
really have to thank Jon Yusten.
He has been a top assistant in the
program since 1988, not only to
me, but to Mike Matuska and
Chuck Ohm, remarked Aunan.
For now, the ZumbrotaMazeppa fields will continue to
have that polished look before
teams step up to the plate. As
long as I can continue to drive
school bus and am healthy enough,
Ill continue working on the field.
said Aunan who said it really is a
labor of love.
Pine Island drops a pair of games

By Faye Haugen
PINE ISLAND Despite the
cold and windy weather last week,
the Pine Island baseball team
played four games, winning one
of the four.
The Panthers will host Triton
on Thursday, and play at Zumbrota on Monday and Cannon Falls
on Tuesday. All three games begin at 5 p.m.
Prescott
In a non-conference game in Pine
Island on Monday, the Panthers
came up short 9-2 to Prescott in
non-conference action.
Prescott played great defense
today as they took away several
hits from us with fine defensive
plays, said Coach Craig Anderson. While they took away from
potential hits, we struggled with
our defense as we made six errors
to fuel their offense with six unearned runs. Matt Huus and Colton Pike pitched much better than
the score indicates. Prescott is 9-0
on the season and is ranked in the
top 10 in Wisconsin, so you cannot give a team like that extra bats.
Huus struck out two, walked
one and gave up six hits over five
innings. Pike struck out one, walked
one and gave up two hits over two
innings.
PI had just four singles, one each
by Huus, Garrett Cobb, Pike and
Braden Aakre
Cannon Falls
The Panthers lost a narrow 2-1
game at Cannon Falls, Thursday.
Matt Lien had a no-hitter
through 5.2 innings, but Cannon
Falls came up with their only two
hits of the game, we made a defensive error, and they were able
to score both of their runs, lamented Coach Anderson.
Huus struck out eight and walked
seven in the mound loss.
PI had just four hits, a pair of
singles each by Braden and Aakre
Aaron Gillard.
Pine Island 2 - Prescott 9
Pine Island 1 - Cannon Falls 2

R H E
Cannon Falls 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
2 1
Pine Island 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 3
Pitching
IP K BB H R ER
PI - Lien
7 8 7 2 2 1
Cannon Falls
7 4 1 4 1 1
1B: PI Aaron Gillard (2), Braden Aakre (2)
R
Prescott
0034002 9
Pine Island 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Pitching
IP K BB H
PI - Huus
5 2 1 6
PI - Pike
2 1 1 2
Prescott
4 1 3 3
1B: PI Matt Huus, Garrett Cobb,
Aakre, Colton Pike
H E
8 0
4 6
R ER
7 3
2 2
2 2
Braden
Goodhue nine earn first win

By Faye Haugen
GOODHUE Each and every
game this season the young
Goodhue baseball team has shown
improvement. The Wildcats won
their first game of the season when
they earned a split in a Wisconsin
tournament last weekend.
Goodhue will host ZumbrotaMazeppa on Thursday at 5 p.m.,
and Hayfield at 4 p.m. on Monday.
Shell Lake
Goodhue earned their first win
of the season when they topped
Shell Lake 16-7.
Riley Augustine earned the
mound win when he struck out
nine, walked six and gave up three
hits over 5.1 innings. Logan Breuer
tossed 1.2 innings of relief with
three strikeouts and one walk.
Offensive leaders for Goodhue
were Breuer, 3 for 4 with a double
and two RBI, Nathan Altendorf, 2
for 5 with two RBI, Augustine, 2
for 5 with a double and two RBI,
Jacob Pasch, 3 for 4 with an RBI
and Jack Gadient, 2 for 4 with a
double and two RBI.
the loss. He threw 3.2 innings with

two walks and two hits.
Logan Breuer, Kyllo and Jack
Gadient all had two hits.
Thomforde, and a RBI sacrifice

by Taylor Buck. But Byron got
their game-winner in the bottom
of the seventh on a single and
Goodhue 4 - Ithaca 5
double.
R H E
Kyllo threw five innings with
Ithaca
0022001 5
6 0
two strikeouts, two walks and six
Goodhue
1000300 4
8 1
Pitching
IP K BB H R ER hits. Riley Augustine tossed the
G - Kyllo
3.1 4 4 4 4 4
last two innings and was tagged
G - Schumacher 3.2 0 2 2 1 1
with the loss when he struck out
Ithaca
7 11 1 8 4 4
1B: G Logan Breuer (2), Riley Augustine, one, walked one and gave up two
Sam Kyllo (2), Jacob Pasch, Jack Gadient (2) hits.
Logan Breuer led the offense
Byron
On a cold windy Monday, with a double and a single. Taylor
Goodhue returned to HVL play, Buck had a pair of hits and an
RBI.
falling 3-2 at Byron.
We played a solid defensive Goodhue 2 - Byron 3
R H E
game and had good pitching, but Goodhue
0000002 2
7 0
we left seven guys on base and Byron
0000201 3
8 4
five were in scoring position, said Pitching
IP K BB H R ER
G - Kyllo
5 2 2 5 2 2
Coach Scott Christianson.
- Augustine
2 1 1 2 1 1
Goodhue knotted the score at GByron
7 9 0 7 2 0
2-2 in the top of the seventh on 1B: G Logan Breuer (2), Taylor Buck,
singles by Sam Kyllo, Jacob Pasch, Jacob Pasch, Nicholas Thomforde, Tyler SchuJordan Ronningen and Nicholas macher, Jordan Ronningen
PI POOL & PINS
Classic League
4-14-15
R H E
AR Auto Care 3276 vs. 3177 Leos
Goodhue
007154
16 13 1
Sportsbar; Hinrichs Plumbing & Pump
Shell Lake
300040
7
3 7
Pitching
IP K BB H R ER 3217 vs. 3001 Groth Implement; Eberhart
Construction 3218 vs. 3214 MJB Farms
G - Augustine
5.1 9 6 3 7 5
G - Breuer
1.2 3 1 0 0 0
Top team game: Leos Sportsbar 1156
Shell Lake
6 5 2 13 16 Top team series: AR Auto Care 3276
1B: G Casey Ryan, Logan Breuer (2), Top bowler game: Darik Rude 264
Nathan Altendorf (2), Riley Augustine, Taylor
Schumacher, Jacob Pasch (2), Jack Gadient; Top bowler series: Darik Rude 707
Goodhue 16 - Shell Lake 7
2B: G Logan Breuer, Riley Augustine, Jack

Gadient
Ithaca
Goodhue came up short 5-4 to
Ithaca in their other game. Sam
Kyllo tossed 3.1 innings with four
strikeouts, four walks and four hits.
Tyler Schumacher was tagged with
Harvest League
4-15-15
Friedrichs 2761 vs. Bye; Prigges Flooring
2980 vs. 2923 PI Pool & Pins; Jims
Barbershp 2956 vs. 3002 Schaefers
Heating
Top team game: Schaefers Heating 1061

Top team series: Schaefers Heating 3002
Top bowler game: Chris Winchester 252
Top bowler series: Ben Koehler 636
Commercial League
4-16-15
Terry Buck Construction 3105 vs. 3129
Bluff Valley Campground; Stus Proshop
3248 vs. 3248 Maple Island; Kiffmeyer
Motorsports 3061 vs. 3152 Nelson Family
Services; Ellefson Trucking 3060 vs. Bye
Top team game: Stus Proshop 1131
Top team series: Stus Proshop, Maple
Island 3248
Top bowler game: Bob Archer 258
Top bowler series: Rick Kunz 666
Golf
son 88; Jacob Dahlen 87; Andy Pike 96
Pine Island 378: Matt Smith 89; Keanan
Peterson-Rucker 98; Kaleb Kautz 96; Cole
VanHouten 95
Kenyon-Wanamingo 436: Luke Votruba
111, Kyle Knott 102, Zach Baumgartner 106,
Jay Wallaker 117
Houston 494: Justin Kripps 131, Josh Gatzlaff
113, Dakota Stampka 119, Dustin Stampka
131
LaCrescent 501: Grant Nutter 100, Alex
Kerska 152, Alex Ferrier 106, Caleb Limberg
143
Medalist: Brady Borkowski, Lewiston-Altura
76
Girls
Lourdes won the girls title with
a low score of 385. ZumbrotaMazeppa placed second just six
strokes back at 391. KenyonWanamingo placed ninth with a
score of 466, and Pine Island
Kenyon-Wanamingos Maddie McCauley was not happy with her first shot of the day at the Zumbrota- fielded an incomplete team with
just three golfers taking part.
Mazeppa Invitational on Thursday in Zumbrota.
Emily Krohn fired an 89 to
lead Zumbrota-Mazeppa. She
placed fourth overall. Kari Thoreson shot a 96, Emma Schnieders
carded a 92, and, in her first varsity action, Hannah Keach carded
a 114.
By Faye Haugen
Maddie McCauley led
ZUMBROTA Last years
Kenyon-Wanamingo with a score
inaugural Zumbrota-Mazeppa
of 112. She was followed by
Golf Invitational was held is less
Emily Rechtzigel, 114, Sabrina
than optimal conditions with rain,
Eggert, 110, and Mariah Peterwind and cold temperatures. And
son, 108.
while Thursdays ZM meet was
Emily Fried led the way for
still a little chilly at the ZumPine Island with a score of 115.
brota Golf Club, the 10 teams
She was followed by Arlena
that took part played under brilSchmidt, 123, and Bailey
liant blue skies.
Trogstad-Isaacson, 131.
Boys
Wynter Berger of Lourdes
Cannon Falls won the boys
earned medalist honors with a
title with a low four-man total
79 on the par 69, 18-hole course.
Lourdes 385: Wynter Berger 79, Madeline
of 334 strokes. The Bombers were
Pacel 81, Josie Hansen 103, Kathryn Heimer
followed by Kasson-Mantorville,
122
339, Lewiston-Altura, 354 and
Zumbrota-Mazeppa 391: Emily Krohn 89,
Zumbrota-Mazeppa, 354. Pine
Kari Thoreson 96, Emma Schnieders 92,
Island tallied 378 strokes to
Hannah Keach 114
placed seventh, and KenyonStewartville 392: Kayla Olsen 89, Ahna
Wanamingo was eighth with 436
Boe 91, Jordyn Danielson 105, Cece Gray
stokes.
107
Joey OGorman led the CouLaCrescent 394: Alex Nutter 94, Anna
Tollefson 102, Mikayla Michale 106, Emily
gars with a low score of 83. He
Shepardson 102
was closely followed by Noah
Triton 418: Gretchen Keller 91, Shelby
Erickson, 84, Alex Hunstad, 91,
Maloney 101, Taylor Abbott 105, Carli Krukand Sid Subramanian, 96. Also
erberg 121
playing for ZM were: Corbin
Kasson-Mantorville 437: Camille Snyder
Avery, 98, and Isaiah St. Mar101.. Gretchen Johnson 113, Kendall Alexander
tin, 126.
114, Emma Brumfield 109
Matt Smith carded a score of
Byron 451: Grace Hillemeiser 105, Citori
89 to lead the Panthers. He was
Gowlland 104, Kelsey Engebose 124, Tatum
Lussier 118
joined by Cole VanHouten, 95,
Cannon Falls 455: Maddie Moskal 108,
Kaleb Kautz, 96, and Keanan
Maddie Adel 110, Taran Pickar 117, Chole
Peterson-Rucker, 98. Also playJohnson 120
ing for the Panthers was Hayden
Kenyon-Wanamingo 466: Mariah PeterLarson, 100.
son 121, Emily Rechtzigel 114, Maddie McKyle Knott led the Knights
Pine Islands Matt Smith takes his second swing on the sixth hole at the
Cauley 112, Sabrina Eggert 119
over the 18-hole course with a
Lewiston-Altura 495: Brittney Starks 95, Zumbrota Golf Club on Thursday.
score of 102. He was followed
Lexi Reps 101, Brianna Kelly 136, Holly
by Jay Baumgartner, 106, Luke
McElmury 163
Houston incomplete: Kassandra Kitching
Votruba, 111, and Jay Wallaker,
154, Laura Pelowski 142
117.
Pine Island incomplete: Emily Fried 115,
Brady Borkowski of LewistonArlena Schmidt 123, Bailey Trogstad-IsaacAltura took medalist honors with
son 131
a seven-over-par 76 in the 18Medalist: Wynter Berger, Lourdes, 79
hole tournament.
Better weather this year at the

Zumbrota-Mazeppa Golf Invitational
Cannon Falls 334: Matt Moskal 81, Jonah

Callister 81, Addison Bahr 65, Cole Zimmerman 87
Kasson-Mantorville 339: Tyler Christianson 83, Max Blaisdell 85; Keagan Kochie
78; Grant Badger 93
Lewiston-Altura 354: Brady Borkowski 76,
Thomas Hennessy 88, Tyler Blazer 90, Jake
Zumbrota-Mazeppas Joey OGorman chips up to the fourth green in

Thursdays Zumbrota-Mazeppa Invitational.
Baer 100
Zumbrota-Mazeppa 354: Joey OGorman
83; Noah Erickson 84; Alex Hunstad 91; Sid
Subramaniam 96
Stewartville 358: Moses Hettinger 87; Mitch

McGuire 91; Jacob Struif 89; Nick Lechtenberg
91
Hayfield 360: Brady Becker 89, Aaron Ander-
Pine Islands Baiely Trogstad-Isaacson lines up her putt on the 18th

green at Zumbrota, Thursday.
Kenyon-Wanamingos Zach Baumgartner taps in his putt on the eighth

hole during the Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Golf Invitational, Thursday.
STANDINGS
HVL Baseball
Blue Division
Hayfield
Pine Island
Kenyon-Wanamingo
Triton
Goodhue
Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Gold Division
Rochester Lourdes
Byron
Kasson-Mantorville
Cannon Falls
Stewartville
Lake City
Zumbrota-Mazeppas Emma Schnieders follows through on her chip at the first green at the Zumbrota-Golf
Club, Thursday.
Conf. Overall
W L W L
7 1 7
1
3 3 4
5
2 4 4
4
1 7 1
8
1 9 2
10
0 6 0
8
W L W L
9 0 9
0
6 1 7
1
4 3 4
3
3 2 4
3
3 3 3
3
3 5 4
7
Pine Island boys

second in home meet
By Faye Haugen
PINE ISLAND The Pine
Island boys golf team hosted
Lourdes and Stewartville on Saturday at the Pine Island Golf
Course with the Panthers placing second. Lourdes won the meet
with a low score of 324 followed
by the Panthers, 360, and Stewartville, 372.
Peter Alexander of Lourdes
earned medalist honors with a
77.
Matt Smith paced the Panthers
with an 85 (43-42). He was followed by Jake Barr, 88 (45-43),
Keanan Peterson-Rucker, 91 (4546) and Kaleb Kautz, 96 (47-
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Baseball on Power96 Cannon Falls at Randolph, Friday, May 1, 4:45
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49). Also playing for the Panthers were Cole VanHouten, 97

(51-48) and Dylan Wisman, 105
(51-54).
The Panthers will return to action on Thursday when they host
Lourdes and Lake City at 3 p.m.
Lourdes 324: Peter Alexander 40-37=77;
Luke Alexander 41-40=81; Peter Thayer 4240=82; Jack Thayer 42-42=84
Pine Island 360: Matt Smith 43-42=85;
Jake Barr 45-43=88; Keanan Peterson-Rucker
45-46=91; Kaleb Kautz 47-49=96
Stewartville 372: David Rysted 43-48=91;
Carter Jannsen 50-47=97; Nick Lechtenberg
45-45=90; David Capelle 47-47=94
Medalist: Peter Alexander., Lourdes 77
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Section B of NEWS-RECORD
Oronoco
Mazeppa
Pine Island
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 No. 17
Goodhue FCCLA students attending the state conference in Bloomington are, front row: Sara Post, Ana Lesly
Jimenez, Elyse Hove, Caitlin Karpas-Holmes, and Rebecca Alpers; back row: Taylor Larson, Kjersten Veiseth,
Brekah Baker, Sydney Kurtti, Tiffanie Anderson, Kailynn Lind, Mackenzie Luhman, Taylor Earp, and Peyton
Bork.
Photos by Alicia Hunt-Welch
Shayla Berkner and Robert Woodward, left, make their way along the boardwalk as Ellyn Beulke and Brice
Eggert are announced during KW Grand March.
Goodhue and Pine Island FCCLA KW Prom was On The Boardwalk

attend State Conference
BLOOMINGTON Lights,
Camera, Action was the theme
for the 2015 State FCCLA Conference April 16-18 in
Bloomington. Fifteen FCCLA
members from Goodhue and thirtythree from Pine Island attended.
While at the conference, they were
able to compete in STAR events,
listen to motivational speakers, and
receive leadership training. In addition, they were involved in service activities and were able to
meet other FCCLA members from
across the state.
The conference began with
members being part of The Eddie
Experience. Eddie Slowikowski
is the only speaker who can make
a person laugh, cry, dance and learn
all in one speech. Speakers featured on Friday included Morris
Morrison, who shared his message about motivation, and Matt
Logan who let students know that
no text or email or anything on a
cell phone is worth dying for. His
daughter was killed on the first
day of her senior year at Byron
High School, when she ran into
the back end of a bus while texting.
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Newman, former Twins utility
infielder who has two World Series rings.
On Saturday, members listened
to Holly Hoffman. Hoffman is from
South Dakota and was the last
woman standing on season 21 of
the CBS hit reality show Survivor Nicaragua. An alumni of
FCCLA, she shared the message
of how to focus on your inner
strength.
Goodhue members did well in
the STAR event competition. Six
of the nine events received national call-backs. This means they
were the top event in their room,
and were able to present again for
a chance to advance to nationals.
Members receiving call-backs
were: Kjersten Veiseth, Rebecca
Alpers, Sara Post, Caitlin KarpasHolmes, Kailynn Lind, Elyse Hove,
Taylor Earp, and Sydney Kurtti.
Earning a trip to the national meeting that will be held in Washington D.C. this July were Taylor Larson and Brekah Baker. Silver
medalists were Peyton Bork and
Mackenzie Luhman. Receiving a
bronze medal was Ana Lesly
Jimenez.
Pine Island senior students were
also successful during the STAR
competition. Receiving silver
medals were Mel Heeren and Taylor Schroder in Chapter Service
Display; Keanan Peterson-Rucker,
Amanda Troester, and Madison
House in Taking Care of Yourself; and Emily Kaul, Sarah Bronk,
and Alyssa Bronk in Taking Care
of Yourself. Gold medals were
earned by Amanda Keller and
Kendra Euler in Peace and Har-
By Alicia Hunt-Welch
benches, a lighthouse, a cotton March, the prom dinner and dance
KENYON The 2015 Kenyon- candy stand, a kissing booth, car- were held at the Owatonna CounWanamingo School Prom was held nival games and more.
try Club. The after-prom party was
on April 25, with the theme On
Students Dylan Craig and Kelsey held at the YMCA in Rochester.
The Boardwalk. For Grand March Noah served as masters of cerThis year Shannon Johnson and
mony. National advancer alternates the KWHS gymnasium was set emonies and announced the Lisa Nelson served as prom comincluded: Kristi Clark in Career up as an east coast boardwalk, with couples as they walked along the mittee advisors.
Investigation; Matt Kukson, Matt shore side shops, crashing waves, boardwalk. Following Grand
Lien, and Matt Huus in Illustrated
Talk; and Ali Woodward and Issy
Sorenson in Chapter in Review
portfolio. National advancers included: Jeremy Clark, DJ Titus,
and Sean McDonough in Sports
Nutrition; Julianne OReilly, Lizzie
Nelson and Noelle Koenig in Interpersonal Communication;
Allison Hogstad, Abby Schimek,
and Morgan Martincek in Focus
on Children; and Brooke Salfer
and Stephanie Norte in National
Programs in Action.
Pine Island Middle school members were also successful in STAR
events. National advancers are
Lauren Monosmith, Rachel
Schultz, Taylor House in Advocacy; and Talia Mentjes, Emma
Ann Oberg, Jessica Newman in
Food Innovations. Gabbie Tilford
and Bailey Kuball were alternates
in the Food Innovations category.
Pine Islands Julianne OReilly
and Amanda Hildenbrand com- Among the girls at the KW Grand March are Brittney Flom, Ellyn Beulke, Emily Ashland, Mariah Quam, Erin
pleted their tenure as Region 1 Houglum, Erin Gudknecht, Shayla Berkner, and Mara Johnson.
President and Vice President by
running the elections during the
Region 1 meeting on Thursday
evening. Ella Fletcher from the
Pine Island Middle school chapter was elected the Region 1 Junior High Council. She will serve
with three other region officers to
plan activities for the 2015-16 year.
Goodhues Tiffanie Anderson
completed her term as the State
Officer Representative to the Board
of Directors. Brekah Baker was
installed as a State Officer. She
will serve as the Vice President of
Resource and Development for the
2015-16 school year.
Lining up for Grand March at KW School are, from left to right, Ryan Pelkey, Allison TImbeross, Andy Ranc,
Megan Groth, Bethany Renken, and John Bubba Nelson.
National advancers from Pine Island senior FCCLA chapter are, front row: Stephanie Norte, Brooke Salfer,
Abby Schimek, and Noelle Koenig; back row: Jeremy Clark, Sean McDonough, DJ Titus, Morgan Martincek,
Allison Hogstad, and Julianne OReilly. Not pictured: Lizzi Nelson.
From left to right are Quinn Traxler, Connor Sviggum, Eddie Matul, Devon Sordahl, Ethan Benda, and Seth
Donkers at the KW Grand March.
National advancers and region officer from Pine Island Middle School are, front row: Ella Fletcher, Taylor
Schultz, Taylor House, Lauren Monosmith, and Gabbie Tilford; second row: Emma Ann Oberg, Talia Mentjes, Alexa Christenson and Carter Leininger stop for photos
and Bailey Kuball. Not pictured: Jessica Newman.
Kendall Johnson is escorted by Calvin Steberg.
in front of the cotton candy stand.
PAGE 2B NEWS-RECORD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2015
Oronoco
Obituaries
Steven DeFrang 1974-2015
ZUMBROTA Steven E.
DeFrang, 40, of Zumbrota, died
Thursday, April 23, 2015, at St.
Marys Hospital in Rochester.
Steve was born August 20, 1974,
to James and Rita (Ring) DeFrang
in Zumbrota. He graduated from
Zumbrota High School in 1993.
Duaine Copley 1933-2015
On September 25, 1999, he married Jessica Finnesgard in

Bellechester. Steve was a horse
trainer for many years and enjoyed
hunting, the outdoors, and spending time with his children.
He is survived by his wife, Jessica; two sons, Spencer and Braylen
DeFrang of Zumbrota; two daughters, Ella and Aubrey Defrang of
Zumbrota; parents James and Rita
DeFrang of Zumbrota; one sister,
Michelle (Brent) McNallan of
Plainview; and two brothers,
Daniel (Anne) DeFrang of New
Port and Brian (Tami) DeFrang
of Eyota. He is preceded in death
by his grandparents.
A funeral mass was held on
Tuesday, April 28, at St. Pauls
Catholic Church in Zumbrota with
Father Randal Kasel officiating.
Burial was in Zumbrota Cemetery.
To share a special memory or conZUMBROTA Duaine Copley,
dolence, please visit www. 82, of Zumbrota, died at his home
ranfranzandvinefh.com.
surrounded by his family on Monday April 20, 2015.
Duaine Leonard Copley was
born on January 3, 1933, in
volunteer different times during Kellogg, the son of George Edher tenure. She was an advocate ward and Esther Rosetta (Koelmel)
for blood donation. Beverly was a Copley. He attended school in
member of Minneola Lutheran Kellogg before entering the Army
National Guard in 1949, serving
Church.
Beverly is survived by her eight his country in Korea in 1950. He
children, Leanne (Don) Tangen was honorably discharged on July
of Sartell, Susan (Paul) Haugen 13, 1957. Duaine married Ivadell
of Lutsen, Greg (Paula) Blakstad Eberhart in February 1953 and they
of Zumbrota, Steven Blakstad of later divorced. He then entered
Zumbrota, Randi (Monty) Schaefer the United States Navy on August
of Wanamingo, Janelle (Dave) 5, 1958 and served in Cuba until
his honorable discharge on DeOBrien of Zumbrota, Amy (Rich cember 4, 1962. Duaine married
Bauer) Redfield of Zumbrota and Diane Joyce Henning on October
Vicky (Tylar) Hines of 2, 1965. He worked as a union
Wanamingo; sixteen grandchil- master finishing carpenter and later
dren, Kelly (Robin) Tangen, was the gambling manager and
Michael (Tiffany) Tangen, bar manager at the VFW in ZumStephanie (Brent) Ruegemer, brota for several years. He also
Anthony, Zachary and Malachi served as the VFW Post #5727
Haugen, Blake, Peyton and Owen
Hilke, Jean Schaefer, Holly (Coty)
Stoppel, Chalsie (PJ) Poncelet,
Brittany (Josh) Arndt, Jennifer
(Max) Jeanson, Corey and Sean
Blakstad; twelve great-grandchildren, Casey and Samantha Tangen,
Drew and Kyleigh Tangen, Cru
and Kameryn Ruegemer, Maxim
Haugen, Lexi and Mia Blakstad,
Mason Stoppel, Tanner Poncelet
and Clint Jeanson; one sister,
Sharon (Don) Baechler of New
Haven, Connecticut; and sisterin-law, Mary Borst of Bark River,
Michigan.
She was preceded in death by
her parents; husband Harold on
February 19, 2004; one brother,
Gordon Borst; and a great-grandDOVER Mildred Hovel, 99,
son, Tucker Arndt.
passed away on April 24, 2015, at
A memorial service was held her granddaughters home in Doon Friday, April 24, at Minneola ver. She was a resident of RochLutheran Church in Minneola ester for over 70 years.
Mildred Ruth Mulholland was
Township, Goodhue County with
Pastor Hannah Bergstrom de Leon born on October 12, 1915, in
officiating. Burial was in the Wabasha County to George and
Minneola Lutheran Cemetery. Minnie (Poole) Mulholland. She
Honorary pallbearers were attended the Red Bridge School
in Wabasha County. On NovemBeverlys grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in ber 14, 1934, she married Harold
Beverlys name are appreciated Hovel at the Woodville Chapel
to the Zumbrota Area Ambulance parsonage in rural Mazeppa where
she was raised. While Mildred only
Association, Zumbrota and had one son, many considered her
Wanamingo Fire Departments or their mother and many more conMinneola Lutheran Church. Online sidered her their grandmother.
condolences can be offered at Mildred had unconditional love
mahnfamilyfuneralhome.com.
and hospitality. Her home was
always open and many have stayed
with her and Harold over the years.
Mildred worked as a nanny for
vices in Wanamingo. LaVonne also
several
years for different doctors
redesigned clothing for residents families.
She and Harold were
in wheelchairs, and knitted and active in the lives of their nieces,
sold Norwegian sweaters. She nephews, and grandchildren. She
enjoyed knitting, sewing, spend- referred to her name meaning of
ing time with her grandchildren Mildred as mild counselor and
and great grandchildren, and was every day she experienced the love
an avid Minnesota Twins fan. She of her savior and lived out her
was a life member of Trinity mission of bestowing the love to
Lutheran Church where she was others through her smile, a touch
the first to be baptized.
of her hand, prayer, conversation,
LaVonne is survived by three and with a sweet treat and a cup of
daughters, Jackie (Tom) Auseth coffee. She loved nature, and enof Wanamingo, Becky (Kerry) joyed picnics and camping. Harold
Jones of Elkton, Maryland, and was a construction foreman so he
Sara (Marlin) Rude of Zumbrota; had to take his vacation in late
eight grandchildren, Christine (Jon) fall/winter. That did not stop
Houglum, Jen (Joe) Sharp, Dan Mildred from packing up the car
(Erika) Jones, Darik (Minde) Rude, with her grandchildren and headAndy (Krystle) Rude, Kelsey (Ty) ing up north. Cass Lake was a
Schulz, Nick (Lynn) Auseth, and favorite destination, as was the
North Shore and Itasca. This was
Amy (Jason) Raths; twelve great- true camping, sleeping in a cangrandchildren, Erin, and Matthew vas tent and cooking over a
Houglum, Nolan, Norah, Joel, and Coleman stove. She loved to enNathan Rude, Joshua Sharp, tertain, having guests over for dinAshley (Travis) Bestul, Shelby and ner and hosting small Bible studBailey Auseth, and Lucas and ies in her home. Mildred lived with
Brenden Raths.
Judy, her granddaughter in DoShe was preceded in death by ver, for the past two years.
her husband, Joel, who died March
Survivors include her nine grand10, 2012; her parents, Fred and children, Robert (Carman) Irelan
Anna; her brother, Arvid Haller; of Rochester, Jane (James) Ryan
and her sisters, Ruth Satren and of West Palm Beach, Florida, Linda
(Margarito) Lopez of Mantorville,
Vi Gonstad.
A memorial service is sched- Judy Teed of Dover, James Klassen
uled for Thursday, April 30, at 11 of Summerfield, Florida, Jeffrey
a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church (Kim) Klassen of Kasson, Jeffrey
in Wanamingo with Pastor Chris- Hovel of Richfield, Bonnie (Terry)
topher Culuris officiating. Burial Haukom of Inver Grove Heights,
will be in Trinity Cemetery. The and Timothy (Sara) Hovel of
visitation is scheduled for Wednes- Oronoco; twenty-three great
grandchildren; twenty-six greatday, April 29, from 4-7 p.m. at the great-grandchildren; and one greatMahn Family Funeral Home great-great grandchild.
Larson Chapel in Zumbrota, and
Mildred was preceded in death
on Thursday one hour prior to the by her parents, spouse, son Dale
service at the church. Friends may Hovel, grandson Benjamin Hovel,
share a memory at www.mahn great-granddaughter Amy Klassen,
familyfuneralhome.com.
brothers Lee, Claude, and Donald
Beverly Blakstad 1928-2015
FARIBAULT Beverly Ann

Blakstad, 86, of Faribault, passed
away on Sunday, April 19, 2015
at her home.
Beverly Ann Borst was born on
May 28, 1928, in Rock
Elm,Wisconsin, the daughter of
Glen and Annabelle (Hovde) Borst.
She attended school in the St. Paul
area and graduated from Hill
Murray High School in St. Paul.
She went to work in downtown
St. Paul at the First National Bank.
She married Harold Blakstad in
St. Paul and the couple made their
home in the Zumbrota area and
started farming in Minneola Township. After many years of raising
her children, she started working
at the Municipal Liquor Store in
Zumbrota.
She enjoyed attending the annual sister/brother Christmas bake
of her children, Labor Day vacation at Lake Koronis in Paynesville,
the Harry Golf Classic, playing
cards, bird watching and spending time with her grandchildren.
She was a member of the Zumbrota Ladies Auxiliary #5727. She
began her membership under her
husband, Harold Blakstad in 1956
and held the following titles: president, secretary, treasurer. She also
served as Chairperson for Cancer
Aid and Research. She served as a
Oronoco City Council

discusses river
restoration project
By Karen Snyder
ORONOCO The Oronoco City
Council tackled an April 21 meeting agenda that came with an information packet 124 pages long
a volume worthy of the Rochester City Council, observed Oronoco
city attorney Fred Suhler. Thirtysix pages involved a contract proposal in which Oronoco and
Olmsted County would share the
costs of the venture described in
the plans title, Dam Removal
and Zumbro River Restoration
Project.
The DNR will provide $3.5
million (an estimated 90 percent
of the estimated price tag) and is
in a hurry. Olmsted County Commissioner Matt Flynn told the council, The DNR sent a letter telling
us to finish Lake Shady. We have
to decide what to do.
Under the proposed agreement,
Olmsted County and Oronoco
would share 60 percent (county)
and 40 percent (city) in paying
whatever costs exceed the states
contribution.
Flynn provided high and low
estimates. The sunnier outlook
shows the citys bill at $83,824
and the countys $125,736. The
gloomier view puts the costs at
$169,035 and $247,553. The
county has offered to lend the
money to Oronoco, interest free,
payable over several years.
But the county has also nullified its estimates by not allowing
a cap on them.
If the city doesnt sign the contract, the dam will still get torn
down, with its owner, Olmsted
County, responsible for the bill.
Mulholland, and sisters Maude
By the time you read this, the
Rienow, Hazel Mulholland, and city-county contract may be a done
Lulu and Gladys in infancy.
deal. It was on the agenda of a
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. special council meeting April 27.
on Wednesday, April 29, at Destiny Church (3240 40th Ave NW)
in Rochester. Visitation will be
one hour prior to the service at the
church. Burial will be at Grandview
Memorial Gardens.
Mildred Hovel 1915-2015
Dorothy Bjorngaard 1924-2015
ZUMBROTA Dorothy
LaVonne Bjorngaard, 91, of
Zumbrota and formerly of
Wanamingo, died Saturday, April
25, 2015 at the Zumbrota Health
Services where she had resided
for the past two years.
Dorothy LaVonne Haller was
born January 12, 1924, in
Wanamingo to Fred and Anna
(Swee) Haller. She graduated from
Wanamingo High School in 1942
and then attended the Minneapolis Beauty School. She worked as
a beautician in Kenyon before her
marriage to Joel Bjorngaard on
September 2, 1944 at Trinity
Lutheran Church in Wanamingo.
They made their home in Red Wing
where she was a beautician. In
1947 the couple moved back to
Wanamingo. LaVonne was a beautician in Mantorville for many years
before opening her own beauty
shop, The Magic Mirror, in
Wanamingo where she also perfected the 80s mens haircuts. After
selling the beauty shop and retiring, she worked at Riverview Ser-
Commander twice over the years

and later worked at Treasure Island Casino, selling pulltabs.
Duaine is survived by his wife
of 49 years, Diane of Zumbrota;
his children, Fred (Renee) Copley
of Lakeville, Steve (Donna) Copley
of Eyota, Jeff (Wendy Ebner)
Copley of Rushford, Robyn Parker
of Zumbrota, Wendy (Keith)
Hoven of Zumbrota, Todd Copley
of Maple Grove, Aaron Copley of
Zumbrota; twenty-one grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren;
sisters, Donna Mae (Randy)
Wiseman of Southbury, Connecticut, Darlene Nelson of Nelson,
Wisconsin, Rosetta Borgschatz of
Zumbrota, Marcine (Virgil)
Luhman of Mazeppa, Mary
Herrold of Apache Junction, Arizona, Charlotte (Doug) Mercer of
Pine River; and brothers, Viryle
(Carol) Copley of Zumbrota, and
Rocky (Michelle) Copley of
Nelson, Wisconsin.
He was preceded in death by
his parents; three sisters; four brothers; and daughter-in-law Vicki
Copley.
A celebration of Duaines life
was held Monday April 27, at
United Redeemer Lutheran Church
of Zumbrota with Pastor Richard
Jorgensen officiating. Pallbearers were Duaines children. Burial
was in the Zumbrota Cemetery.
Military rites were performed by
Zumbrota American Legion Post
#183, Zumbrota VFW Post #5727,
Mazeppa Legion Post #588,
Mazeppa Veterans Honor Guard,
and the Wanamingo Veterans
Honor Guard.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in
Duaines name are appreciated to
the American Cancer Society or a
charity of your choice. Online
condolences may be created at
mahnfamilyfuneralhome.com.
Another chorus of the

road project blues
Olmsted County maintains its

refusal to fix the hazards its roadwork created. County officials did
discuss the matter and got a chance
to see photographs of eroding ditch
slopes and road shoulders and
excessively steep ditch and boulevard slopes, but denied responsibility.
This issue was also on the April
27 special meeting agenda.
Gold Rush roundtable reminder
The Oronoco Gold Rush Days

Committee will hold a public
meeting to talk about proposed
ordinance changes, their effect on
Gold Rush Days vendors, and their
enforcement. The session is set
for 6:30 p.m., April 29, at Oronoco
Community Center.
Anyone for disc golf?
The first, and only, hole at

Cowden Parks disc golf course
will soon be followed by a second
hole/goal. And a third. The council agreed 5-0 to spend $200 on
the course. Then well see, said
councilor Trish Shields. If it goes
well, well create more holes.
Other business
By unanimous vote, the council approved expenditures of:

Up to $7,500 this year for roadwork, on sealcoating, and shouldering
Up to $2,800 for desks and file
cabinets for the administrative
offices at city hall (the items are
used, in good condition, and half
the price of new)
$2,400 to low bidder Water
Tower Clean and Coat of Lodi,
Wisconsin, for water tower inspection and cleaning.
Also unanimously, the council
granted an off-sale liquor license
to Oronoco Gas N Go.
The Oronoco City Council will
hold its next regular meeting at 7
p.m. on May 19 at city hall.
PINE ISLAND SENIOR PROFILE
Births
ROSCHEN
Callie and Derek Roschen of
Goodhue are happy to announce
the birth of their son, Eli Jon, born
March 24, 2015, at Rochester
Methodist Hospital. He was 8
pounds, 11 ounces, and 21-3/4
inches long.
His siblings are Luke, 7; Owen,
5; and Jay, 2. Grandparents are
Jon and Pat Roschen, and Dennis
and Sheila Gadient, all of Goodhue.
Great-grandparents are Leo and
Maxine Ryan of Goodhue, Berdell
Gadient of Goodhue, and Lloyd
and Marlene Roschen of Lake City.
Name: Bethel Hilleshiem

Parents: Tad Hilleshiem and
Jenny Hilleshiem
Siblings: Phillip and Isaiah
Favorite class or subject: Child
development
Best high school memory:
Taking home the mechanical baby
Hobbies: Collecting ScoobyDoo and Superman memorabilia
Person or persons you would
like to meet, living or dead: John
Schneider, Viggo Mortensen, and
Sean Bean.
Favorite...
Book: Pants on Fire and Flight
29 Down
Movie: Lord of the Rings and
The Mummy
TV show: Law and Order SVU
and Criminal Minds
Song: Make Me Wanna and
Trailer Hitch
If you won the lottery, what
would one of your first purchases
be? A General Lee (the orange
charger from the Dukes of Hazzard)
and all the Scooby-Doo movies.
Describe yourself in one word:
Friendly
College/career plans: Daycare
provider
College
Iowa State University
AMES, IA Jenna Petersen of

Pine Island ranks in the top two
percent of students in the College
of Human Sciences.
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PANNING
Addison Ann Panning was born
to Katie and Ryan Panning of Apple
Valley on February 19, 2015. She
was 5 pounds, 10 ounces, and 191/4 inches long.
She joins sister Scarlett Panning.
Grandparents are Paul and Amy
Zimmerman of Mazeppa, Dan and
Bonnie Reese of Goodhue, and
Dale and Nancy Panning of
Albertville. Great-grandparents are
Rose Poncelet of Mazeppa, Tom
and Linda Lemmerman of
Mazeppa, Donald and Lila Reese
of Goodhue, Loraine Zimmerman
of Zumbrota, and Werner and
Evelyn Panning of Aitkin.
NEWS-RECORD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2015 PAGE 3B
Community Calendar
Churches
BELLECHESTER
ROLLING MEADOWS MENNONITE
CHURCH, Belvidere Town Hall, 2
miles north of Bellechester on County
2, Pastor Aaron Witmer, 651-9234240. Sundays: 10 a.m. Sunday
School; 11 a.m. Worship; 7 p.m. Hymn
Sing every fourth Sunday.
ST. MARYS CATHOLIC, Bellechester, Father Paul Kubista. Sunday
mornings: 8:30 a.m. Mass. Tuesday
and Thursday mornings: 8 a.m. Mass.
GOODHUE
HOLY
TRINITY
CATHOLIC,
Goodhue, Father Paul Kubista. Mass
times: Monday and Wednesday, 8
a.m. at Holy Trinity; Tuesday and
Thursday, 8 a.m. at St. Mary; Saturday, 5:30 p.m. At Holy Trinity; Sunday, 8:30 a.m. St. Mary and 10:30
a.m. St. Columbkill.
ST. LUKE LUTHERAN, Goodhue,
651-923-4695, Pastor Regina Hassanally. Secretary hours: Monday and
Thursday: 5:15-8:15 p.m.; Tuesday
and Wednesday: 9:15 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Wed., April 29: 5:30 p.m. Confirmation pictures and rehearsal for eighth
graders. Sun., May 3: 8:30 a.m.
Sunday School; 9:30 a.m. Worship
with communion; 11 a.m. Confirmation service.
ST. PETERS EV. LUTHERAN,
WELS, 702 Third Ave., Goodhue,
Randall L. Kuznicki, Pastor. Wed.,
April 29: 8:30 a.m. Quilting with Bible
study. Sun., May 3: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School; 10:15 a.m. Worship;
Synod Sunday. Tues., May 5: 1-4
p.m. Pastors office hours.
MAZEPPA
ST. JOHNS EV. LUTHERAN,
Mazeppa, Alan Horn, Pastor. 8436211, home; 843-5302 work. Bible
class every Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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, 8-11
a.m. Website: www.grace Lutheran
Oronoco .come. Follow us on facebook. Sundays: 8:45 a.m. Sunday
School; Bible study; 10 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.
PINE ISLAND
CORNERSTONE
BAPTIST
CHURCH, Pine Island, Tim Graham,
Pastor, 507-356-4306, www.corner
stonepi.org, ASL Interpretation available. Sun., 9:30 a.m. Sunday School;
10:30 a.m. Worship; 6 p.m. Worship
(most Sundays) Wed., 7 p.m. Prayer
service; Cornerstone Club.
GOOD NEWS EVANGELICAL FREE
CHURCH, 208 North Main, Pine Island, Chris Paulson, Pastor, (507)
356-4834. Sundays: 9:15 a.m. Sunday 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, 3568622, email: dashpole@bevcomm.
net, Rev. Dan Ashpole, Pastor. Sundays: 9:30 a.m. Adult Bible class and
Childrens Sunday School; 10:30 a.m.
Worship.
CHURCH OF ST. MICHAEL CATHOLIC, 451 5th Street SW, Pine Island,
356-4280, Father Randal Kasel, Pastor. http://www.stpaul stmichael.com
Saturday 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.; Confessions 8 a.m. Office Hours Tuesday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-5
p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-noon. Mass at
Pine Haven Care Center is the first
Wednesday of the month at 11 a.m.
ST. PAUL LUTHERAN, ELCA, 214
3rd St. S.W., Box 708, Pine Island,
Audrey Lukasak, interim senior pastor, and Kip A. Groettum, associate
pastor. Email: saint paulpi@yahoo
.com; Web site: www.saintpa1ulpi.org
Wed., April 29: 3:30 p.m. 7-8 grade
confirmation; 6 p.m. Adult ed class;
6:15 p.m. Chancel choir potluck/rehearsal. Thurs., April 30: 9 a.m. and
7 p.m. Senior quilt tying. Sat., May
2: 5:30 p.m. Worship with communion followed with a potluck. Sun.,
May 3: 8:15 a.m. Worship with communion; 9:30 a.m. Fellowship; Sunday School; Handbells; 10 a.m. Youth
choir; 10:30 a.m. Worship with com-
munion; Sunday School; 11:30 a.m.

Sunday School volunteer luncheon.
Tues., May 5: 8:30 a.m. Quilting;
Staff meeting; 1:30 p.m. Bible study
Elizabeth circle at City Centre; 7 p.m.
Adult ed meeting. Wed., May 6: 1:30
p.m. Lydia circle; 3:30 p.m. 7-8 grade
confirmation; 6 p.m. Adult ed class;
6:30 p.m. Youth ed meeting; 7 p.m.
Praise team.
p.m. Choir rehearsal. Sun., May 3: 8

and 10:30 A.M. worship with bells;
9:15 A.M. PACE. Mon, May 4: 2 p.m.
Food shelf open. Wed., May 6: 7:15
a.m. CBC; 8 a.m. Ruth circle; 6 p.m.
WELCA meeting; 6:45 p.m. Confirmation class.
UNITED METHODIST, 200 Main St.

North, PO Box 8, Pine Island, Carolyn Westlake, Pastor; Office hours:
Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-2:15 p.m.;
Web address: www.piumc.org; email:
piumc@bevcomm.net. Wed., April
29: 9 a.m. Better Brew hours; 6 p.m.
Confirmation. Thurs., April 30: 4 p.m.
Disciple. Sun., May 3: 8:30 a.m.
Fellowship; 9 a.m. Worship and blue
jean Sunday with coffee hour following; 10:15 a.m. Sunday School. Tues.,
May 5: 10:30 a.m. Communion at
Evergreen; 7 p.m. Trustee meeting;
Advanced disciple. Wed., May 6: 9
a.m. Better Brew hours; 6 p.m. Confirmation.
EMMANUEL LUTHERAN, Aspelund,

Martin Horn, Pastor. Wed., April 29:
3:15 p.m. Overcomers; 5 p.m. 2nd
year confirmation at Hauge; 6:15 p.m.
1st year confirmation at Hauge; 6:30
p.m. Choir at Hauge; 7:30 p.m. Bible
study and prayer at Hauge. Fri., May
1: 9 a.m. Womens prayer. Sun., May
3: 9 a.m. Worship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday School; 5:45 p.m. Youth group
at Hauge. Wed., May 6: 5 p.m. 2nd
year confirmation at Hauge; 6:15 p.m.
1st year confirmation; 6:30 p.m. Choir;
7:30 p.m. Bible study and prayer.
WANAMINGO
NEW LIFE CHURCH, Wanamingo,
Pastor Patrick McBride, 507-8243019. New Life Church meets at 10
a.m. at 525 Beverly Street, Wanamingo. 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 507-8242155; www.TrinityWanamingo.org.
Wed., April 29: 4:30 p.m. Confirmation. Thurs., April 30: 7 p.m. Habitat for Humanity presentation.
WANAMINGO LUTHERAN ELCA,
Wanamingo, MN 55983, Christopher
Culuris, Pastor. Office hours Thursdays 1-3 p.m., 507-824-2410. Wed.,
April 29: 4:30 p.m. Confirmation at
Trinity. Thurs., April 30: 7 p.m. Habitat for Humanity Presentation at Trinity. Sun., May 3: 9 a.m. Worship
with communion. Wed., May 6: 4:30
p.m. Confirmation class 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, 7325367. Wed., April 29: 10 a.m.
Chapel; 10:30 a.m. Bible study; 3:30
p.m. Confirmation class; 1 and 7 p.m.
CLS annual spring play. Sun., May
3: 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship; 9:15
a.m. Sunday School; 9:30 a.m. Bible
study. Tues., May 5: 5-8 grade softball day; 7 p.m. SPO meeting. Wed.,
May 6: 10 a.m. Chapel; 10:30 a.m.
Bible study; 3:30 p.m. Confirmation
class.
FAMILY WORSHIP CHURCH Weekly
worship services: 81 West 5th Street,
Zumbrota, 507-732-7438, www.fwc
1.org. Sunday: 9:30 a.m- Corinthians.
Wednesdays 7 p.m. Interactive Bible
studies, prayer, and counseling.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,
UCC, 455 East Avenue, Zumbrota;
Rev. Lisa Johnson. Secretarys office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CHURCH,
a Wesleyan church, 179 W. 3rd St.,
Zumbrota, lighthousecommunityzum
@yahoo.com, Janet Fischer, Pastor.
Office: 732-5074. Thurs., April 30:
6:30 p.m. Bible study at church. Sun.,
May 3: 10:45 a.m. Worship; Jeremiah
29:8-14.
NEW RIVER ASSEMBLY OF GOD,
290 South Main Street, Zumbrota.
507-398-2604. Pastor Gary Basinski. Service times: Saturday, 7 p.m.
www.NewRiverZumbrota.com.
OUR SAVIOURS LUTHERAN AFLC
Eric Westlake, Pastor, 1549 East Avenue, Zumbrota, 732-5449, church
office. Website: oslczumbrota.org.
Office hours: Tues., Wed., and Fri.,
8 a.m.-noon. Wed., April 29: 9 a.m.
Womens Bible study; 3:30 p.m.
WINGS; Junior youth group; 6 p.m.
Youth group; 7 p.m. Bible study. Sat.,
May 2: 7 a.m. Mens prayer breakfast. Sun., May 3: 8 a.m. Prayer time;
9 a.m. Sunday School; 10:15 a.m.
Worship; 7 p.m. 50+ Bible study.
Mon., May 4: 7 p.m. Church council
meeting; Moms in prayer. Wed., May
6: 9 a.m. Womens Bible study; 12:45
p.m. Early release; 6 p.m. Youth
group; 7 p.m. Bible study.
CHURCH OF ST. PAUL CATHOLIC,
749 Main St. South, Zumbrota, 7325324, email stpauls@hcinet.net Pastor Father Randal Kasel, pastor. Office hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.noon and 1-5 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m.noon. http://www.stpaulstmichaelcom.
Mass Schedule: Sunday, 8:30 a.m.;
Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.
Mass at Zumbrota Care Center is
the second Thursday of the month
at 9:15 a.m.
UNITED REDEEMER LUTHERAN,
560 W. 3rd St., Zumbrota, 732-7303,
Rev. Dick Jorgensen and Youth Director Cindy Wilson. Wed., April 29:
7:15 a.m. CBC; 6:30 p.m. Bells practice; 6:45 p.m. Confirmation class; 7
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RURAL
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH, Nerstrand, Don Kloster pastor, (507) 3342822. Sundays: 9 a.m. Worship; 10:15
a.m. Coffee hour; 10:30 a.m. Sunday School; Confirmation class.
GRACE & ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN
CHURCHES, Rural Goodhue, County
4 Blvd., Pastor Justin Gosch. Grace:
Sundays: 9 a.m. Worship; 10:15
Sunday School. Communion on the
second and last Sunday of each
month. St. Johns: Sundays: 9:15 a.m.
Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Worship.
Communion on the second and last
Sunday of each month.
HAUGE LUTHERAN, Rural Kenyon,
Martin Horn, Pastor. Wed., April 29:
3:15 p.m. Overcomers; 5 p.m. 2nd
year confirmation; 6:15 p.m. 1st year
confirmation; 6:30 p.m. Choir; 7:30
p.m. Bible study and prayer. Sun.,
May 3: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School;
10:45 a.m. Worship; 5:45 p.m. Youth
group. Wed., May 6: 5 p.m. 2nd year
confirmation; 6:15 p.m. 1st year confirmation at Emmanuel; 6:30 p.m.
Choir at Emmanuel; 7:30 p.m. Bible
study and prayer at Emmanuel.
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH,
Hay Creek (LCMS), 24686 Old Church
Road. Pastor Lowell Sorenson, 651388-4577. Sundays: 9 a.m. Sunday
School; Bible class; 9:45 a.m. Fellowship time; 10 a.m. Worship.
LANDS LUTHERAN, 16640 Highway.
60 Blvd., Zumbrota, MN 55992-5105.
Zumbrota. Wed., April 29: 7:15 a.m.
Youth Bible study at Bridgets; 9 a.m.
Coffee and conversation; 6:15 p.m.
Confirmation; Worship; 7 p.m. Youth
group. Thurs., April 30: 7 p.m. Praise
practice. Sat., May 2: 8 a.m. Stewardship meeting; Youth make freezer
meals. Sun., May 3: 7:30 a.m. Praise
practice; 8:30 a.m. Praise worship
with communion; 9:30 a.m. Sunday
School; 10:30 a.m. Worship with communion. Mon., May 4: 6:30 p.m.
Worship committee meets. Tues.,
May 5: 11 a.m. Text study; 6 p.m.
Executive meets. Wed., May 6: 7:15
a.m. Youth Bible study at Bridgets;
9 a.m. Coffee and conversation; 6:15
p.m. Confirmation; Worship; 7 p.m.
Youth group.
MINNEOLA LUTHERAN, 13628
County 50 Blvd. Rev. Hannah Bergstrom de Leon, Pastor. Sun., May
3: 8 a.m. Youth board meeting; 9
a.m. Stewardship board meeting; 9:15
a.m. Sunday School; 9:30 a.m. Confirmation informational meeting; 10:30
a.m. Worship; 11:30 a.m. Congregational meeting.
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. Sun., May 3: 8:30 a.m. Worship; Synod Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Bible
study. Tues., May 5: 1-4 p.m. Pastors
office hours.
ST. PETER LUTHERAN, The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Belvidere, 28961 365th St., Goodhue,
MN 55027-8515, Dr. Scott T. Fiege,
Pastor. Sun., May 3: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Worship with
communion and confirmation.
STORDAHL LUTHERAN, ELCA, Rural Zumbrota. Church: (507) 732-5711,
Kathy Lowery, Pastor, Home 507271-5711. Sun., May 3: 9 a.m. Confirmation; 9:30 a.m. Choir; 10:30 a.m.
Worship with communion. Tues., May
5: 11 a.m. Text study. Wed., May 6:
6:30 p.m. Church council meeting.
URLAND LUTHERAN 6940 County
9 Blvd., Cannon Falls, MN 55009.
Church: 507-263-5544; Pastor David
Hurtt, Interim. Wed., April 29: 7 a.m.
Mens Bible study; 6:30 p.m. Affirmation class; 7:30 p.m. Praise and
worship practice. Sat., May 2: 10
a.m. Council retreat. Sun., May 3:
9:15 a.m. Sunday School; Youth forum; 10:30 a.m. Communion worship
followed by blessing table for Aaron
Sachs and Sara Klemetsrud. Mon.,
May 4: 7 p.m. Peace circle. Wed.,
May 6: 7 a.m. Mens Bible study; 1
p.m. WELCA Bible study at Twin
Rivers; 6:30 p.m. Affirmation class;
7:30 p.m. Praise and worship practice.
WANGEN PRAIRIE LUTHERAN,
LCMC 34289 County 24 Blvd., Cannon Falls, Curtis Fox, Pastor, 507663-9060; Linda Flom, Visitation Minister, 263-5613. Sundays 9 a.m.
Worship. Thursdays 9:30 a.m. Bible
study; 7 p.m. Blue grass jam.
public Mondays and Wednesdays Day or Thanksgiving.

from 3:30-7:30 p.m. The library
is equipped with inter-library loan History Center
Senior Dining
service, which means if the library
The Pine Island Area History
Reservations are required by does not have a book you want, Centers open hours are Mondays
calling 24 hours ahead at each of that book can be there in two days. from 8-11 a.m. and the first Sunthe nutrition sites.
day of the month from 1-3:30 p.m.
In the Pine Island area, meals Historical Society
Please contact us through
are served at the Pine Island SeThe Goodhue Area Historical pineislandhistory.org or by callnior Center (356-2228); Zumbrota Society is closed for the season, ing 507-356-2802 (history center)
area, Zumbrota Towers (732- but anyone who wishes to arrange or 507-398-5326 (director).
5086).
a visit can call Ardis Henrichs,
April 29-30
651-923-4629; Marie Strusz, 651Thursday: Tater tot casserole, 923-4302; Ray McNamara, 651coleslaw, wheat dinner roll, lemon 923-5117; or Roy Buck, 651-923bar
4388. The museum will reopen Library
Friday: Roast pork, mashed with regular hours next spring. Visit
The Zumbrota Public Library
potatoes/gravy, spinach/lemon, good hueareahistory.org for infor- is at 100 West Ave., Zumbrota,
applesauce, banana
507-732-5211. Hours are Mon.,
mation.
If you have questions, call 35612-8; Tues. 10-6; Wed., Thurs.,
2228.
12-8; Fri., 10-5; and Sat., 9-3. During closed hours you can learn
Seasons Hospice
more about the library at http://
All groups are held at the Cen- Historical Society
www.zumbrota.info.
ter for Grief Education and SupThe Mazeppa Area Historical
port, Seasons Hospice, 1696 Society Museum is closed for the History Center
Greenview Dr. SW. Registration season. For inquiries, contact Helen
The Zumbrota History Center
is required two days prior to the Reiland, 507-250-6021; Jim Siems, has a photo stand displaying over
date of the event. For details: 507- 507-843-2201; or Diane Gilsdorf, 50 photographs of early Zumbrota
285-1930 or shbp@seasonshos 507-843-4013, or visit www.maz scenes. They have been enlarged
pice.org.
eppahistoricalsociety.org.
to 8 x 10 for easier viewing. New
photos are being added all the time.
CCARL Meeting
Mazeppa Senior Citizens Also on display are military memoThe Mazeppa Area Senior Citi- rabilia, including Civil War items,
on Zip Rail
zens
will meet on May 1 at 11:45 different models of telephones,
Citizens Concerned About Rail
a.m.
for
a potluck luncheon at the Zumbrota telephone books dating
Line (CCARL) is a group that has
Mazeppa
Community Center. back to the 1900s, and items of
been tracking down documents to
Serving
committee
is anyone who Zumbrota advertising. Museum
see what Zip Rail is, who it will
hours are Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
can
help.
serve, how it will affect commuOther hours by appointment (732nities, and what it will cost. Those
7049).
interested in the group can attend
a meeting on Thursday, May 7, 6Zumbrota Towers Events
8 p.m. at St. Marks Lutheran Area History Center
April 30 May 6
Church, 28595 Randolph Blvd,
The
Oronoco
Area
History
CenThursday:
10:15 a.m. Exercise
Randolph. The group has begun
Saturday: 5:30 p.m. Potluck
regular meetings on the first Thurs- ter is open to visitors in the City
day of every month at 6 p.m. For Building every second Saturday Bingo
Tuesday: 10:15 a.m. Exercise;
more information contact Nora from 10 a.m.-noon. Contact us at
OAHC,
54
Blakely
Ct.
NW
or
1:30
p.m. 500
Felton at nora4goodhuecounty@
gmail.com or visit the groups call 507-367-4320. You may also
visit our web page at oronocoarea
Facebook page.
Tops Meeting
history.org.
Zumbrota Tops #563 meets every Monday night at Our Saviours
Disarming of America
Lutheran Church. Weigh-in time
Author and veteran KrisAnne
is changed to 5:30 p.m. and meetHall will present the program The
ing time to 6 p.m. Everyone welTops
#1280
Disarming of America on May
PI Tops #1280 meets every come. Questions call 732-7459 or
7, 7 p.m., at the Eagles Club, 917
15th Ave SE, Rochester. Hosted Monday night at St. Paul Luth- 732-4766.
by the Rochester Tea Party Patri- eran Church. Weigh-in is at 5:15
and meeting time is 6 p.m. Every- ZAAC
ots.
one welcome. Questions call 356The Zumbrota Area Arts Coun4799 or 356-4700.
cil meets on Monday, May 4, at 7
Olmsted County Parks
p.m. at the Zumbrota Public LiOxbow Park Feed the Bear,
brary.
Saturday, May 2, 10 a.m. Our resi- Moms in Prayer
Pine Island Moms in Prayer meet
dent black bear is awake and hungry! Join us as we share some natu- Monday mornings from 8-9 a.m. Woodturners
ral history facts about black bears in the library of the Good News
The Zumbro Valley Woodturnand tempt her with a variety of E-Free Church, 208 North Main ers meet Thursday, April 30. Visit
(across
from
Kwik
Trip).
Enter
foods.
www.zvwoodturners.com for deRoot River Park Spring Wild- side door of the church and go tails or call Bob Post or Bill
downstairs.
Call
259-8012
or
356flower Hike, Saturday, May 2, 1
Beckman.
p.m. Meet at the parking lot kiosk 4800 for more information.
for a leisurely hike through Olmsted
Community Band Practice
Countys newest park. Bring your PI Senior Citizens
The Zumbrota Community Band
wildflower ID book if you have
The Senior Citizens will meet practices on Monday nights at 7:30
one.
on Wednesday, May 6, at noon at
Questions about Chester Woods, the handicapped accessible Senior p.m. in the Zumbrota-Mazeppa
call Celeste Lewis at 507-287- Center for their business meeting. High School music room. Volun2624. Questions about Oxbow All community seniors 55 and over teer musicians are welcome.
Park, call Clarissa Josselyn at 507- are welcome.
State Theatre
775-2451.
Storyhill: A Hiatus Tour, Fri.,
Toastmasters Meeting
May 1, 7:30 p.m. Call 732-7616
The Pine Island Toastmasters for tickets.
meet at 6:30 a.m. Fridays at St.
Stadium Rock with The FabuPaul Lutheran Church. They do lous Armadillos, Sat., May 2, 7:30
Community Library
The Goodhue School Library, not meet on holiday weekends: p.m. Call 732-7616 for tickets.
in conjunction with SELCO and Christmas, New Years, Easter,
The State Theatre is at 96 East
Goodhue County, is open to the Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor 4th Street in Zumbrota. For information visit zaac.org.or call 507272-1129.
COUNTY
ZUMBROTA
MAZEPPA
ORONOCO
PINE ISLAND
GOODHUE
Zumbrota to participate
in National Day of Prayer
ZUMBROTA As part of the
2015 National Day of Prayer, residents of Zumbrota will be gathering for prayer along with millions
of Christians across the country
to pray for their nation, their state
and their city. Zumbrotas gathering will be held at the Zumbrota
Covered Bridge Park on Thursday, May 7, at 7 p.m. This informal prayer gathering is open to
everyone, regardless of church
affiliation. While the prayer time
will be facilitated to allow anyone
to pray whats in their hearts, those
not feeling comfortable to pray
aloud are also encouraged to join
silently in prayer.
This prayer gathering is being
organized by PRAY Zumbrota, a
prayer initiative that was birthed
out of Operation Jericho, a community prayer event held in Zumbrota last November. PRAY Zumbrota is led by a team of Zumbrota
residents: Jeff and Julie Bremer,
Wendy Schuster, Pat and JoAnne
Cluth, and Jerry and Joann Richter. The vision of this prayer initiative is to see hope, healing, revival and transformation come to
the Zumbrota community through
a spirit of unity and power in Jesus
Christ. Prayer meetings are planned

to continue on the first Thursday
of every month, following the
National Day of Prayer.
This years National Day of
Prayer marks the 64th year since
it was officially established by
Congress. The National Day of
Prayer tradition actually predates
the founding of the United States
of America, as evidenced by the
Continental Congress proclamation in 1775 setting aside a day of
prayer. In 1952, Congress established an annual day of prayer and,
in 1988, that law was amended,
designating the National Day of
Prayer as the first Thursday in May.
In light of the circumstances our
nation currently faces, it seems
appropriate that the theme for 2015
is, Lord, Hear Our Cry. With a
huge wave of prayer flowing from
one coast to the other, Gods people
will stand together to seek His face
for such a time as this.
For further information and details about the Zumbrota prayer
gathering(s)
go
to
www.facebook.com/
PrayZumbrota.MN or send an
email to prayzumbrota@gmail.
com.
Crossings
Poet-Artist Collaboration 14,
through May 9.
Introduction to Creative Photography, Weds., April 29, 6:308:30 p.m.
Lincolns Last Day, Free History Night with John Grabko,
Thurs., April 30, 7 p.m.
Sip & String Art, Fri., May 1, 7
p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Cheryl Wheeler with Kenny
White, Sun., May 3, 7 p.m.
Yoga, Tues., May 5, 6:30 p.m.
to 7:30 p.m.
For more information go to
www. crossingsatcarnegie.com or
call 507-732-7616. Crossings is
at 320 E Ave.
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Zumbrota/Mazeppa
Walstad performs at Lebanon Water Festival

By Marilyn Anderson
ZUMBROTA Over the years,
20-year-old Austin Walstad of
Zumbrota has set a series of goals
related to his passion and skill as a
water skier. His most recent goal
has been to perform internationally. In September of 2014,
Walstads latest dream came true.
However, he was to go to a country that he had not anticipated.
Walstad was among a team of
Americans selected to spend two
weeks in Lebanon and participate
in the countrys annual water festival.
Walstad began water skiing at
the age of four. He had a decade of
experience with the SkiDox Water Ski Team (previously the Rochester Water Ski Team) by the time
he was a high school junior. But
he set his sights to perform for
larger crowds. In the summer of
2014 he reached that goal when
he joined the Tommy Bartlett Show
in the Wisconsin Dells.
It was through connections of
the shows director, Jeremy
Armstrong, that the Americans
were invited for the September
trip. Armstrong had taken teams
internationally several times before, including to Lebanon.
Armstrong was acquainted with
Simon Khoury, co-founder of the
Lebanon Water Festival. Khoury
had been a world water ski champion and worked with professional
water ski programs in the United
States a number of years ago.
Shows on the Mediterranean Sea
Lebanon Water Festival 2014

marked the third season for the
eight-week festival, which took
place at several sites along the
countrys Mediterranean coast.
Events offered the public a mix of
lessons, competitions, and shows
that included underwater diving,
sailing, surfing, kite boarding,
water skiing and other water-related sports and activities.
The fourteen Americans selected
for the 2014 trip represented several states and included both male
and female performers, a boat

driver, and an announcer, making
it one of the largest professional
groups in attendance. Event organizers specifically requested the
type of performers they wanted.
Walstads specialty is barefoot
skiing and he has also performed
as Aqua T. Clown at the Dells.
While about half of the performers were from the Bartlett show,
Walstad had not met or performed
with six members of the assembled
team. Much of their time together
was spent training, leading up to
the shows that were scheduled near
the end of their visit in the country.
After training along the Mediterranean coast near the city of
Tyre, the team put on three shows.
For some, performing in Lebanon
has become a yearly tradition. For
others, like Walstad, it was his
first time performing along the
seacoast and it was quite different
than doing shows on Minnesota
and Wisconsin lakes. The waves
were huge! he said. Tides were
also a new experience. The performances were opened by the
countrys minister of tourism who
also met with the team at the shows
conclusion. An estimated 4000 to
5000 people were on and off shore Much of the time for members of the American water ski team was including this site of a previous conflict overlooking the city of Tyre.
spent training when they traveled to the Lebanon Water Festival 2014 From left to right are Eric Stener, Sam Coenen, Austin Walstad, Jeremy
watching each performance.
Visiting Lebanon
in September. However, they did get the chance to do some touring
Armstrong, Travis Voisard, and Joe Sawaska.
Lebanon, located in western

Asia, is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea on the west for 140
miles. The country shares its border to the north and east with Syria
for 233 miles and to the south with
Israel for 49 miles.
Recommendations for travel to
Lebanon by Americans in the
months since the September water festival concluded have
changed. In a travel warning, last
updated November 26, 2014, the
Department of State urges U.S.
citizens to avoid travel to Lebanon because of ongoing safety and
security concerns due to the
spillover of violence from the war
in Syria escalating.
Travel and arrangements for
Walstad and the other team members were handled by festival organizers. They flew from Chicago
to Beirut and returned home via
Paris. Lebanese escorts were provided whenever they traveled in
the country. Walstad acknowledged knowing very little about
the country before he arrived.
However, upon his arrival, he felt
as if you are the most wanted
person. With very few Americans in the country, it was difficult to not stand out. While at the
time of their visit, Lebanon was
considered a safe zone, it seemed
sketchy. The rules they followed
were simple: Always have someone with you; be ready and on
was told by Lebanese he spoke

with, that they didnt have a government. An example he was told
was although police make traffic
stops and write tickets, an offender
could later tear up the ticket without any consequence.
Travel between cities was done
with an escort or police accompanying them in the car. Checkpoints
were passed as they traveled between the cities of Beirut and Tyre.
Despite any possible concerns,
the team was able to relax and
find things to enjoy. Besides being able to perform in another country, a day spent parasailing was a
highlight for Walstad. Time was
also spent visiting the countrys
grottos or natural caves.
With many people being bilingual, communication wasnt a
problem. Arabic is the national
language, but a translator was on
hand at the water shows, with their
announcer describing the program,
followed by the translator in Arabic.
When asked about the food,
Walstad was quick to reply, a lot
of hummus....and spinach and
rice, all things he hasnt missed
since his return home.
Though visiting Lebanon was a
your toes; dont bring up the subject of America.

As timing would have it, U.S.
airstrikes on Syria began on September 24, 2014, in the midst of
their visit. Television stations
streamed the breaking news U.S.
strikes Syria. Acknowledging
they were American was avoided.
Though their stay was along the
coast, the country is small, only
55 miles at its widest point, making Syria close regardless of where
a person might be. Lebanon has
several mountainous regions including mountains running along
the Lebanese/Syrian border.
Walstad said two ISIS members
were captured along the border
during their stay in Lebanon. While
at a restaurant near the mountainous region, it made Walstad think,
If we would have gone to the
next mountain, we would have been
able to see Syria. We were that
close.
Government and culture
Lebanon is a parliamentary
democratic republic which implements a special system known as
confessionalism. This system attempts to fairly represent the 18
recognized religious groups in the
government. However, Walstad
Austin Walstad is caught clowning

around with Aqua T. Clown in the
Mediterranean Sea off the shore
of Lebanon.
very new experience, and in a dangerous region of the world, reflecting back six months later,
Walstad would consider returning if a similar opportunity arose
again.
In the meantime, Walstad will
complete his current classes at
Rochester Community and Technical College before switching his
focus to water skiing on May 14
when he starts his summer season
with the Tommy Bartlett Show.
The Fabulous Armadillos turn it up with

Stadium Rock at the State Theatre
ZUMBROTA The Fabulous
Armadillos, a talent-packed band
that wows audiences with their
themed cover concerts, bring a stadium-sized show to the State Theatre with Stadium Rock, on Saturday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m.
Crossings invited the band back
after successful shows performing Motown hits and, combined
MAZEPPA Korean War veteran Walter Schultz and his wife Irene donated a book entitled Korea Reborn, with Collective Unconscious, payA Grateful Nation to the Zumbrota-Mazeppa Elementary School library recently. Mrs. Husbyns fourth grade ing tribute to the Eagles and the
class was attending media class as the book was presented. Front row, from left to right: Julitza Morales Doobie Brothers.
Fernandez, Egan Ladewig, Khanh Duy Nguyen, Noah Mulholland, Logan White, and Michael Arendt; middle
After playing to nearly 17,000
Schultzes donate book to ZMES library
row: Taylar Richardson, Luis Gomez, Avery Brown, Caryn Miklas, Dylon Rowe, Brooklynn Finstuen, Cecelia
Kimber, Makayla Rodriguez, and Drew Earles; back row: Olivia Amsbaug, Joey Schreyer, Ryan Lexvold,
Walter Schultz, Kyle Stensland, Kelsey Holst, and Torey Stencel. The Schultzes are formerly of Mazeppa and
currently live in Rochester. Irene is a former employee of the school district.
people at St. Clouds Summertime By George Festival in 2014,

the Fabulous Armadillos are bringing this show to the intimate, 270seat theater setting of the State
Theater. It has quickly become
their most requested return show
from among 35 themes in their
nine-year history.
Audiences will hear songs from
bands like Journey, REO
Speedwagon, Styx, Boston,
Fleetwood Mac, Aerosmith,
Queen and many more. In fact,
A musical story hour

with Midori and SEMYO
ZUMBROTA World renowned violinist Midori, along

with the talented young musicians
of the Southeastern Minnesota
Youth Orchestra, will be presenting a special program at the Zumbrota Public Library on Saturday,
May 9 at 1 p.m. The program will
include performances by Midori
and SEMYO, a special story read
aloud by Midori herself, and
Midoris personal account of her
musical career which includes attending Julliard School of Music
at age 11. This project was funded
in part or in whole with money
from Minnesotas Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
The Zumbrota Public Library
Tim Mack gave a presentation on road safety involving farm equipment to Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School is located at 100 West Avenue.
ag students on April 8. Door prize winners with Mack are, from left to right, Austin Hall, Sam Nelson, Alec For more information visit
Binondo, Bruce Warneke, Aspen Brubaker, and National Moline.
www.zumbrota.info or call the library at 507-732-5211.
Midori
Tim Mack gives presentation

on farm equipment road safety
ZUMBROTA On April 8, Tim
Mack from the Zumbrota Area
Ambulance gave a presentation
on roadway safety for farm equipment to agriculture students at
Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School.
The presentation was developed
in partnership with Goodhue
County Farm Bureau, the Zum-
brota Area Ambulance, and the

ZM FFA Alumni. Door prizes were
funded by the the Minnesota Farm
Bureau Foundation.
The presentation covered the
basic requirements for transporting farm equipment on Minnesota
roads as outlined by Minnesota
statutes. These include speed limits for farm equipment, lighting
requirements, slow-moving vehicle emblem use, and hitching

requirements. Also discussed was
watching out for traffic, seat belt
use, and distracted driving.
The presentation has been given
to ag students at several area high
schools. This is the second year
that the above-mentioned groups
have sponsored this class.
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audiences will hear Queens Bohemian Rhapsody in its entirety,

with no pre-recorded tracks something Queen themselves never did
live! The Dillos deliver a dose of
fun and rock and roll with the timeless music that these great bands
first brought to stadiums across
the country and through the years.
Each Armadillos concert involves the core five-member band
and special guests suited to the
theme. The core band includes
keyboardist Greg Gary D.
Armstrong, who toured worldwide
with Bobby Vee and GB Leighton
for 15 years; guitarist Paul Stretch
Diethelm, who toured worldwide
with Jonny Lang and opened for
The Stones, Aerosmith, Sting and
many others; bassist Mike Zeleny;
Billy Scherer, the amazing singer
Eagles tribute audiences heard sing
Desperado and New Kid In
Town; and Jay ODonnell on
drums.
Reservations are strongly recommended. To reserve tickets, visit
www.crossingsatcarnegie.com,
call 507-732-7616 or stop in to
Crossings at 320 East Avenue in
Zumbrota.
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Zumbrota/Mazeppa
ZM School holds
mock drunk driving
crash prior to prom
By Tawny Michels
ZUMBROTA The Students
Against Destructive Decisions
(SADD) Chapter at ZumbrotaMazeppa High School held its
annual mock drunk driving crash
on Friday, April 24, prior to the
2015 Prom on Saturday, April 25.
The students put this together
every year, along with an assembly, to warn students of the costs
of drinking and driving. This is
especially important prior to the
prom as more students tend to take
part in drinking during this time.
The mock crash was attended
by students in grades 9-12. The
Goodhue County Highway Patrol,
Zumbrota Police Department,
Zumbrota Area Ambulance, and

the Zumbrota Fire Department
were on hand to take part in the
scenario, which featured ZM students Kathryn Hodgman, Anne
Wilson, Paul Dahlen, Sid
Subramaniam,
and
Noah
Prodzinski as the victims in the
crash. After the scenario was complete, State Trooper Derek
Schneider was asked to explain
what the drunk driver was charged
with and the consequences of causing the accident, which involved
one mock casualty.
A mock eulogy was then held
for the student, known only as
Kelly, who passed away as a result of the accident.
Photos by Tawny Michels
Zumbrota-Mazeppa Prom was April 25

Country Nights was the theme of the Zumbrota-Mazeppa Prom on Saturday, April 25. From left to right are seniors Kevin Nordquist, Hailey
Dykes, Brandon Billman, Rose Bridley, Kaitlyn Sommerfield, Joey Majerus, Nathan Debner, and Emily Issendorf.
Noah Prodzinski, the drunk driver in the mock crash scenario, is handcuffed
and placed under arrest by State Trooper Derek Schneider.
Jacob Forrey escorts Caitlyn Heitman in ZM Prom Grand March.
Isaiah Steuber and Emma Gunhus are in their final Prom Grand March
ZM Student Kathryn Hodgman cries hysterically after being removed

from one of the vehicles in the mock crash presentation on April 23.
ZUMBROTA POLICE REPORT

April 5
1:10 a.m. A driver was stopped for
having a cracked windshield.
1:23 a.m. A driver was given a
warning for improper registration and
equipment violations.
1:52 a.m. A driver failed to signal
and was warned for conduct.
1:57 a.m. An officer assisted a
deputy on a drug DWI stop.
2:51 a.m. A driver was given a
warning for failure to signal left turn and
right signal not functioning properly.
4:38 p.m. An officer responded to a
medical assist.
5:05 p.m. An officer responded to a
medical assist at Zumbrota Towers.
5:56 p.m. A female was having
suicidal thoughts and was transported
to St. Marys for evaluation.
6:40 p.m. A patient at Zumbrota
Health Center was trying to use the
phone and called 911 by mistake.
7:50 p.m. A female reported that
her husband had recently been discharged
from the hospital and was unable to
walk and was having difficulty with breathing.
10:21 p.m. A male reported that he
was weak and could not get up from his
chair.
10:48 p.m. A dialysis patient needed
to get to the ER. He had a feeling of
heavy weight on his chest.

April 6
1:57 a.m. A female reported that
she was northbound on Highway 52 and
was being followed by a car driving down
the middle of the road and swerving
from shoulder to shoulder.
1:07 p.m. Three Rivers called 911
and hung up. A female said she called
the wrong number
April 7
5:52 a.m. An officer responded to a
business alarm at Subway.
7:27 a.m. An officer watched school
crosswalks.
3:02 p.m. Kwik Trip turned in some
found property.
3:31 p.m. A driver was all over the
road and driving very erratically.
6:10 p.m. A female stated that her
mother went to the clinic and had an
EKG. The clinic called her and told her
to go to the hospital as soon as possible.
April 8
deputy with a traffic stop.
12:32 p.m. A stray dog was brought
to the vet clinic.
2:30 p.m. A barking dog complaint
was reported.
8:13 p.m. A female fell and was
having back pain, arm pain and had hit
Moyer selected to Honor Choir

Kyle Moyer of ZumbrotaMazeppa Elementary School has
been selected into the Minnesota
American Choral Directors Association 4-5-6 State Boys Honor
Choir. The 4-5-6 Boys and Girls
Honor choirs will be rehearsing
on Saturday, May 2, with a concert at 5:30 p.m. at St. Andrews
Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi.
Moyer is in the fourth grade at
ZM and is the son of Karen and
Don Moyer. He is taught under
the direction of Aaron Schumacher
and Susan Peterson.
The guest conductor of the choir
is Mark Johnson from the Minnesota Boy Choir. Johnson holds a
degree in music education from
St. Olaf College, and he taught
junior high choral music for six
years before becoming full-time
director for the Boy Choir.
Kyle Moyer
Aaron Bianchi escorts Whitney Ellefson.

her head.
9:23 p.m. Zumbrota Nursing Home
asked for an urgent transport to Red
Wing.
April 9
deputy with a search warrant.
1:20 p.m. A person appeared to be
overdosing at Caseys.
April 10
deputy with a traffic stop.
7:50 a.m. An officer assisted with a
Goodhue County drug task force.
3:02 p.m. An officer watched the
school crosswalks.
3:27 p.m. ZMHS advised the department that a male student and a
female accompanying him left the school
and they believed that they were high.
The vehicle was boxed in by school buses.
The female said that she had used marijuana earlier and there were drugs in
the vehicle. The driver admitted that the
items were hers. The driver was mailed
a citation for possession of a small amount
of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
4:51 p.m. Someone had placed
roof shingles and styrofoam in the cardboard recycling bin.
6:17 p.m. A male called the office
and reported he had locked himself out
of his home and needed a phone number for a locksmith.
8:37 p.m. A female reported that
her husband was very ill with cancer
and needed to go to St. Marys.
10:36 p.m. A female called and
wanted her ex-boyfriend removed as he
had been drinking.
April 11
12:40 a.m. An RV attempted to
park in the campground but it was too
muddy.
9:58 a.m. A driver was warned for
speeding.
10:05 a.m. A deriver was warned
for stop sign violation.
10:09 a.m. An officer assisted with
a funeral escort from Christ Lutheran.
11:56 a.m. A vehicle drove around
a squad car with lights on blocking traffic for a funeral escort.
1:38 p.m. A male reported a dog
running loose in the neighborhood. He
Jerrell Guider escorts Emma Schneiders.
Katy Gerleman, Elizabeth Sonnenberg, Haley Nelson, Celeste Bergum, and Cody Tabor have fun before
boarding the bus to the dinner and dance portion of ZM Prom 2015.
had captured it but was unable to locate
the owner. The dog was taken to the vet
clinic.
4:01-5:23 p.m. Eight drivers were
pulled over for speeding.
5:33 p.m. A driver was cited for
speeding and the passenger was arrested for possession of 5th degree controlled substance and other drug charges.
The vehicle was towed by Bergs.
9:14 p.m. A driver was warned for
speeding on Main Street.
10:20 p.m. A vehicle was stopped
for blue lights to front in fog lights. The
vehicle was searched and marijuana and
drug paraphernalia were found.
10:22 p.m. Wabasha County reported a domestic with the male taking
off. K9 found the male in a back shed.
He was arrested for domestic assault
and interfering with 911.
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marching band, solo ensemble, freshmen mentor
Favorite class or subject: Chemistry
with Mrs. Post
Best high school memory: My whole
senior year
Hobbies: Sleeping, hanging out with
friends, work
meet, living or dead? Bill Gates, Andy
Samberg, Eddie Murphy
Favorite...
Book: Incarceron
Movie: I Am Legend, Hot Rod
TV Show: The Walking Dead
Song: Southern Air by Yellow Card
of your first purchases be? An island
Name: Emily Krohn
Describe yourself in one word: Swagg
Parents: Tim and Beth Krohn
College/career plans: Attend a fourSiblings: Spencer
year college studying economics and
High school activities: Golf, wrestling see where it takes me
manager, yearbook, and choir
Favorite class or subject: Personal
finance
State wrestling and powderpuff
Hobbies: Golf, baking, shopping
meet, living or dead? Dave Franco, G
Eazy, Rihanna
Favorite...
Book: The Hunger Games
Movie: The Lion King
TV Show: Modern Family
Song: FourFiveSeconds, Chains
of your first purchases be? Go on a trip
to the Bahamas
Describe yourself in one word: Clumsy
College/career plans: Go to college
and major in business management
Name: Elizabeth Sonnenberg
Parents: Mother Patty Risley; grandparents Bonnie Moore and Wayne Moore
Siblings: Jordan and Alean Sonnenberg
High school activities: Choir, orchestra
Favorite class or subject: Sociology,
history
Best high school memory: Going on
the choir trip to Omaha, Nebraska
Hobbies: Drawing, painting, playing
music, writing
meet, living or dead? J.K. Rowling
Favorite...
Book: Perks of Being a Wallflower
Movie: Gone Girl
TV Show: Greys Anatomy
Song: 3 Little Birds Bob Marley
Name: Dillon Downes
Parents: Sean and Shanon Downes
Siblings: Brenna, 19; Bridget, 12; and of your first purchases be? Share with
people in need
Emily, 13
Describe yourself in one word: ReliHigh school activities: Soccer, FFA,
able
track, wrestling, speech team, SADD,
College/career plans: Pediatric psyLEGO robotics, choir, guys group, mixed
chiatrist. CNA for now
group, solo ensemble
Favorite class or subject: Choir
Best high school memory: Trips out
of state for choir, FFA, and marching
band
Hobbies: Read, hunt, listen to music
meet, living or dead? Bruce Lee
Favorite...
Book: Cassandra Claire Shadowhunter
series
Movie: Gladiator
TV Show: Suits
Song: Snow by the Red Hot Chili
Peppers and Believe by Forthangel
of your first purchases be? 1972 Satellite Sebring Plus
Describe yourself in one word: Industrious
College/career plans: College for aerospace engineering, career with airplane
industry or NASA
Name: Jacob Dahl
Parents: Mike and Lori Dahl
Siblings: Sam, Corey, and Mitchell
High school activities: Track and field
Favorite class or subject: Construction
Best high school memory: Track
Hobbies: Fishing
meet, living or dead? Marshall Mathers,
Bill Gates
Favorite...
Book: The Hobbit
Movie: Step Brothers, American Sniper
TV Show: Lost, How I Met Your Mother
Song: Lose Yourself, We Own It
of your first purchases be? A new truck
Describe yourself in one word: Loyal
College/career plans: Vermillion Community College
Name: Matt Lyon
Parents: Marc and Cindy Lyon
Siblings: Josh and Michael
High school activities: Track
Favorite class or subject: Construction
Best high school memory: Falling off
the stilts at construction
Hobbies: Collect model tractors and
working on our steam engine
Favorite...
Movie: American Sniper
Song: American Kid by Kenny
Chesney
of your first purchases be? A Corvette
Stingray, old and new
Describe yourself in one word: Nice
College/career plans: Go to NDSCS
Name: Caitlyn Heitman
to be a John Deere tech.
Parents: Dustin Heitman, Danielle
Heitman
Siblings: Cody, 19; Conner, 15
High school activities: Soccer, softball, dance team, wrestling manager,
dancing at the dance studio, senior class
committee, Cougar Crazies, yearbook,
band
Favorite class or subject: Advanced
biology with Heitmann or yearbook with
Prod
Best high school memory: Prom, powder puff, and State dance team and
wrestling
Hobbies: Spending time with family
and friends, working at the pool or nursing home, rollerblading, being outside,
tubing, fishing, shopping
meet, living or dead? Dylan OBrien,
Jennifer Lawrence, Dr. Jackson Avery
Name: Mark Yeakel
from Greys Anatomy
Parents: Peter and Leila Yeakel
Favorite...
Siblings: John, 23; Eric, 19; Lana, 13
Book: The Longest Ride, When Will
High school activities: National Honor
Society, jazz band, soccer, baseball, the Heaven Begin
Movie: The Last Song, When the Game
basketball statistician, symphonic band,
meet, living or dead? George Washington, Alan Jackson, Jesus

Favorite...
Book: Inheritance (Eragon series), Lord
of the Rings
Movie: Grumpy Old Men, Lord of the
Rings
TV Show: Moonshiners, Dukes of
Hazzard
Song: 8th of November by Big and
Rich, and Where Were You When The
World Stopped Turning? by Alan Jackson
of your first purchases be? Farmland
Describe yourself in one word: Consistent
College/career plans: Study animal
science or another ag field, then come
back and farm.
Stands Tall
TV Show: One Tree Hill, Greys Anatomy
Song: Anything country or Niykee
Heaton
of your first purchases be? I would travel
the world, making sure to hit up South
Africa and Australia
Describe yourself in one word: Adventurous
College/career plans: Major in nursing and travel as much as possible before settling down and starting a family
with my future husband.
Name: Brady Hinrichs

Parents: Daniel, Linda Hinrichs
Siblings: Connor, 24
High school activities: 4-H, band, cross
country, National Honor Society
Favorite class or subject: Psychology
with Mr. Raasch
Best high school memory: Building
the construction house
Hobbies: Raising poultry, building and
fixing things, spending time outdoors,
and being on the farm
meet, living or dead? Johnny Cash
Favorite...
TV Show: This Old House and The
Waltons
Song: Crash My Party Luke Bryan
of your first purchases be? Buy a farm
Describe yourself in one word: Ambitious
College/career plans: Get a business
degree to start my own construction
business and raise poultry in my free
time
Name: Lindsey Thompson

Parents: Galen and Brenda Thompson
Siblings: Amanda, 21
High school activities: Dance team,
track, cross country manager
Favorite class or subject: Sociology
with Mr. Raasch
Best high school memory: Powderpuff
senior year
Hobbies: Fishing, running, spending
time with friends
meet, living or dead? Miranda Lambert,
Ryan Dungey
Favorite...
Book: The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
Movie: Tangled, The Notebook
TV Show: The Bachelor, Dr. Phil
Song: Blank Spaces by Taylor Swift
of your first purchases be? Build my
dream house
College/career plans: Go to Rochester Community and Technical College
for nursing, get a job somewhere, and
live happily ever after.
Name: Alyssa Quam

Parents: Brad and Jamie Quam
Siblings: Tyler, 20; Lyndsey, 15; Natalye,
13
High school activities: Volleyball, basketball, softball, band, Senior Class Committee, Cougar Crazies
Favorite class or subject: Creative foods
with Ms. Thum
Best high school memory: Junior and
senior Powderpuff
Hobbies: Tubing, snowmobiling, hanging with friends, sports
meet, living or dead? Luke Bryan
Favorite...
Book: The Last Song
Movie: Safe Haven
TV Show: One Tree Hill
Song: Uptown Funk
of your first purchases be? Vacation to
Hawaii
Describe yourself in one word: Creative
College/career plans: Go to Minnesota State University Mankato, get
married, have a family, and live happily
ever after.
Name: Connor Sviggum

Parents: Dick and Ann Sviggum
Siblings: Colin
High school activities: Basketball,
baseball, football
Favorite class or subject: Criminal
justice
Best high school memory: The Bridge
with buddies
Hobbies: Hunting, fishing
meet, living or dead? Pete Rose, Peyton
Manning, Liam Neeson
Favorite...
Book: The Hunger Games
Movie: Braveheart
Song: Ladies Love Country Boys by
Trace Adkins
of your first purchases be? 7.3L Ford
Diesel
Name: Autumn Story
Describe yourself in one word: SoParents: Tom and Nancy Story
ciable
Siblings: Cammie, 32; Andrew, 28;
College/career plans: Go to college,
Amanda,
25
then take over the farm
High school activities: Student council, SADD, prom committee, Knowledge
Bowl
Favorite class or subject: Child development
Best high school memory: When Ryan
ran into Van Eppss wall in study hall
and broke it
Hobbies: Hanging out with friends,
watching Netflix
meet, living or dead? Channing Tatum
Favorite...
Book: The Best of Me by Nicholas
Sparks
Movie: 21 Jump Street
TV Show: Castle, One Tree Hill
Song: L.A. Love by Fergie
of your first purchases be? College tuition
Name: Devyn Stordahl
Parents: Jeff and Kathy Stordahl
Siblings: Kelsey
and become an elementary school teacher
High school activities: Football, basketball, track
Favorite class or subject: Rudys classes
Best high school memory: Football!
meet, living or dead? Teddy Bridgewater
Favorite...
Movie: Spring Breakers
Song: Chilling In The Backwoods
of your first purchases be? Camaro
Describe yourself in one word: Me
and become a physical therapist
Name: Drew Sathrum

Parents: Bubba and Sherry Sathrum
Siblings: Mitch
High school activities: Football, baseball, wrestling, National Honor Society,
Knowledge Bowl
Favorite class or subject: Advanced
physics
Best high school memory: Playing
sports and being with friends
Hobbies: Playing baseball, gaming,
hanging out with friends
Name: Mason Sanders
meet, living or dead? Derek Jeter, Ozzie
Parents: Lynne, Bruce
Smith, Clayton Kershaw
Siblings: Grace, Jon
Favorite...
High school activities: Robotics
Book: The Big Field by Mike Lupica
Favorite class or subject: Art
Movie: The Dark Knight
Best high school memory: Every day
TV Show: The Office
Hobbies: Welding, art, pinstriping,
Song: Forever by Drake
airbrushing, auto mechanics, auto restoration
meet, living or dead? Dimebag Darrell,
Albert Einstein
Favorite...
Movie: Forrest Gump
Song: Sleight of Hand by Parkway
Drive, No Pity For A Coward by Suicide Silence
of your first purchases be? Investments
Describe yourself in one word: Weird
College/career plans: Welding/art
school for tattooing

of your first purchases be? Put lights on
the baseball field
Describe yourself in one word: Mullet
College/career plans: Go to college,
play baseball, then be a physical therapist
Name: Makayla Sokoloski

Parents: Julie and Jeff Sokoloski
Siblings: Jaeden, 16; Katy, 20; Mathilde,
17
High school activities: Softball, National Honor Society, Knowledge Bowl,
theatre, speech, choir
Favorite class or subject: Math or
chemistry
Best high school memory: Having a
foreign exchange student my junior year
and being able to have all these memories with my Danish twin sister.
Hobbies: Softball, reading, sleeping,
Netflix
meet, living or dead? Pope Francis, Sally
Ride, and Jennie Finch
Favorite...
Book: I Will Plant You A Lilac Tree
Movie: Epic
TV Show: Jake and the Neverland
Pirates
Song: Drown by Bring Me To the
Horizon
of your first purchases be? College tuition
Describe yourself in one word: Awkward
College/career plans: Attend a fouryear college and get a degree in engineering, then go back for a masters in
aerospace engineering. Get a job at NASA
and colonize Mars!
Name: Ben Ringham

Parents: Candace and Robert Ringham
Siblings: Sam
High school activities: Basketball, track
and field, National Honor Society
Favorite class or subject: Math
Best high school memory: Winning
beefcake senior year at homecoming
Hobbies: Wakeboarding, skiing, ballin,
swimming, jetskiing, gaming, golf
meet, living or dead? Katy Perry, Kyrie
Irving, Carrie Underwood
Favorite...
Book: Sports Illustrated
Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean
Song: Leave the Night On by Sam
Hunt
of your first purchases be? Matte black
Audi R8
Describe yourself in one word: Chill
College/career plans: Pre-med or sports
science
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Parents: Troy Rechtzigel, Kathleen Ryan
Siblings: Kate, 15; Markus, 14
High school activities: Track and field,
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Favorite class or subject: Anything
with Uncle Rudy
Best high school memory: The day
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Pine Island
Pine Island will request that the
county reconstruct CSAH 27
By Alice Duschanek-Myers
PINE ISLAND On April 21,
the Pine Island City Council approved a resolution of request for
Goodhue County to reconstruct
County State-Aid Highway 27
within the Pine Island city limits.
City clerk Jon Eickhoff said that
last year the county helped reconstruct CSAH 11 across US Highway 52. Goodhue County plans to
continue working on CSAH 11.
In 2017, Olmsted County plans
to extend CSAH 5 to US Highway 52. At that time, Goodhue
Countys next project would be
CSAH 27. There have been water
main breaks there in the past and
the southwest part of town is the
next area for the citys street reconstruction projects.
Eickhoff said, If the county does
CSAH 27, the city only funds sewer
and water replacement and some
storm sewer. The other costs are
for the county, including curb and
gutter.
In the resolution, the city is requesting Goodhue County defer
more planned work on CSAH 11
and reconstruct CSAH 27 due to
its condition. The city will fix the
potholes on CSAH 11 this summer if the county agrees.
G.O. improvement bond sale
Mike Bubany of David Drown

Associates presented the council
with the details of five bids for the
sale of $1.2 million of general
obligation bonds to fund the street
projects this summer. He reported
that Pine Islands updated Standard and Poors rating is AAStable.
We expected three to five bids,
so five is very good. Pine Island
is an attractive city to invest in,
he said.
He recommended awarding the
sale to the best bidder, United
Bankers Bank (UBB), a partner
of the Pine Island Bank. [Pine
Island Banks] involvement helped
drive the sale, he said.
May 6 is the closing date for the
bond sale. UBB must make a 2%
good faith deposit with the City of
Pine Island. The city will repay
the loan over fifteen years at 2.4%
interest for a total repayment value EDA microloan program to be used

of $1,454,323.
for working capital. The council
Level 3 sex offenders
approved the loan for five years at
The council discussed a pos- 6%APR.
sible ordinance to restrict convicted
The council approved:
Level 3 sex offenders from living
A dance permit for the Pine
where children congregate. Though Island Sports Bar for June 5 at the
plans have changed, a Level 3 of- creamery building
fender had considered moving to
A gambling permit for the
Pine Island. The council will in- American Legion Auxiliary for
vestigate ordinances from other bingo on June 6, June 7, and Occities on regulating sex offenders. tober 24
Mayor Rod Steele said that hav A gambling permit for Pine
ing an offender in a community Island Area Home Services for a
impacts property values. Jon raffle on August 20
Eickhoff said when the areas pro A gambling permit for St.
hibited for a sex offender are con- Michael Catholic Church for a
sidered, there are currently only raffle on September 27
about six places where an offender
The council approved amendcould reside in Pine Island.
ing the tobacco ordinance that is
Pine Island Cemetery
in line with Olmsted County. City
The Cemetery Board got a quote Attorney Bob Vose added language
for materials to replace siding, that was not in the code to reguwindows, and doors on the garage late e-cigarettes, e-juice, and hooat the cemetery. The board plans kah bars. Hookah bars are now
to volunteer work on the building restricted from the city. In the curthemselves or with Sentence-To- rent code the city can deny toServe workers during the summer. bacco licenses because of locaThe council approved their request tion and other factors.
to use cemetery funds on hand
The council authorized investiand get a $4,100 transfer from the gating the purchase and recondicity in 2016 which would be tioning of a sanitary sewer jetter/
worked into the 2016 budget.
vacuum truck. A used truck for
Fire department
another town could cost about
The council accepted Adam $165,000. A new truck costs
Thompson, Adam Fretty, and Sam $450,000. Currently, the city must
Lenz as probationary firefighters pay other cities or services to clean
with the Pine Island Fire Depart- out sewerlines. If a truck is purment. The council also approved chased, a four-year cycle would
signing a contract for firefighters be developed to maintain all areas
and law enforcement to utilize the of Pine Island.
facilities at the Regional Public
The council is discussing a fuSafety Training Center in Roch- ture frontage road on the west side
ester. There will be no charge for of US Highway 52. MnDOT plans
the departments at this point. In to eliminate the on-ramps to US
the fall a charge could be added 52 at Goodhue CSAH 11 if a serfor small fire departments. The vice road is constructed. The councouncil plans to reconsider the cil is questioning how residents
contract at that time.
could access US 52 without these
Other business
ramps. Another consideration is
The council officially accepted that a service road would benefit
the land donation for green space development of the property on
from Wendell Zwart. The land will the west side of US 52.
be used as a river trail and horse
trail along the river.
The EDA Board of Commissioners recommended that the
council approve a $9,300 loan to
KAATS Gymnastics, Inc. from the
By Alice Duschanek-Myers
PINE ISLAND On April 21,
the Pine Island City Council discussed the future and options for
the community swimming pool.
Mayor Rod Steele introduced the
dialogue in response to the Park/
Swimming Pool Committees request for direction.
He said, The pool was deferred
because of public interest in the
referendum for the new school.
The committee investigated options for the pool in 2012 and ap-
Members of Pine Island seventh-grader Adam Kunzs family who served in the military visited Wayne Dickies
military heroes class on April 17. From left to right are Jeremy Tri, Bob Tri Jr., Kunz, and Bob Tri Sr.
Kunzs military family members

visit seventh grade class
PINE ISLAND On Friday,
April 17, Wayne Dickies seventh
grade military heroes class had
three special guests who are family of student Adam Kunz: his uncle
Jeremy Tri, his grandfather Bob
Tri Jr., and his great-grandfather
Bob Tri Sr.
Bob Tri Jr., 66, is a Zumbrota
area resident who served in the
military but not in a war. His father, 89-year-old Bob Tri Sr. was
drafted into World War II in 1944.
He attained the rank of sergeant.
His experience led him from a base
in Kansas to Japan and the Philippines. Bob Sr. was a paratrooper.
He told of his seven jumps out of
a plane and how they lined up and
jumped out of the plane. He said
the most exciting jump was the
first and that the landing could be
rough, especially if you landed on
a building like one of his fellow
soldiers did. His was among the
first units in after the A-bomb was

dropped
and
Japans
surrender. One of his initial responsibilities was to process surrendering Japanese soldiers and
weapons. He was honorably discharged in 1947 and returned to
the Zumbrota area where he has
lived since. He passed around some
of the many medals he earned
during World War II.
Jeremy Tri is 40 years old and
lives in Burnsville. He joined the
military for college and experience. He has attained the rank of
major and has supervised several
hundred troops while serving two
tours of duty in Iraq. He was one
of the last Americans to leave Iraq
and earned a Bronze Star and also
a Purple Heart for being injured
on duty. Jeremy brought in samples
of sand from Iraq and Afghanistan. He said the homes there are
made of clay and dirt and a few

times a year there are sandstorms
which are the equivalent of blizzards in Minnesota during the
winter months. His pictures showed
very clearly why you could not
see further than the end of your
arm during these events. The sand
is very hard on the equipment, but
Jeremy said the military mechanics have adapted nicely over the
years to keeping equipment running smoothly. He also had some
money from the government of
Saddam Hussein in Iraq. It is not
worth anything today except maybe
as a collectors item.
Interestingly, all of the Tri family members were part of the same
military unit which served our
country. At the end of the class
students were able to participate
in a question and answer session
with each of the guests.
Council discusses future of the PI pool

proved an aquatic center.
The options are to update the
old pool to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act (estimated to be $100,000), improve
the old pool ($160,000), or build a
new pool ($2.5 million).
Councilor Jason Johnson said,
I would like to see the costs to
taxpayersa table maybe.
City clerk Jon Eickhoff said the
jets leaked coming into the pool.
The jets were fixed since the pool
closed last year. The repair cost
less than the water bill.
Councilor Joel Knox said, Most

of the water loss is from the deck.
It is not recycled.
Councilor Erik Diskerud said,
I think we should set goals for
the next five years, and down the
line fundraise for a new pool.
Knox estimated that the recycling system costs $160,000. The
filter system costs $135,000. Pipes
and drains cost $65,000.
Diskerud suggested a referendum to let the residents decide
whether to bring the pool up to

code or build one of two design
options for a new pool.
Councilor Jerry Vettel said,
There is a loss of $30,000 each
year in whole to operate the current pool. Steele said, The loss
of the swimming pool would be a
quality of life issue.
The council agreed to direct the
committee to get updated costs
and present the council the current options for the pool.
PINE HAVEN POTPOURRI
Jennifer Jesseph is wearing the dress that she wore at the Studs,
Struts, and Stilletos event in Rochester.
Pine Island team

constructs a wild fashion
ROCHESTER Jennifer
Jesseph strutted down the runway
of the second annual Studs, Struts,
and Stilletos presented by the
Rochester Area Builders Inc. at
the Mayo Civic Auditorium on
April 23. Jesseph and Greg and
Cheryl Finnegan of Pine Island
collaborated on the entry called
Dreams of Springs for the event,
which benefited Habitat for Humanity.
All of the designs showcased
were inspired by, and partially
created from, materials used in
the building industry. Cheryl said,
We got our inspiration from a
trip to the hardware store to find
the materials we wanted to use.
By the end of our venture, we decided that our creation looked like
a prom dress for Xena Warrior
Princess. The design team used
air filters for the skirt trimmed
with needle felted flowers and silver, blue, and purple duct tape.
Greg heat molded the bodice to fit

Jessephs curves. Jesseph crocheted the necklace and fascinator
hat from wire and the fingerless
gloves from nylon rope. The stylish platform shoes actually rested
on 2 x 4 platforms. Other materials included a pebbled bath mat,
paint roller brushes, paint chips,
drawer pull earrings, a canvas drop
cloth, nylon line, electrical connections, compress-ion rings, a
faucet handle buckle, embroidery
thread and paint. Jessephs corsage was made of a necessary construction material money. A
whole box of the air filters was
donated.
We worked very hard, even
shedding a little bit of blood, but
we had a lot of fun, according to
Cheryl. Our final product threw
us into a fit of giggles.
The team is already searching
for inspiration for next year.
chips contest, piatas, cupcake

decorating, a taco bar for residents
and staff, and dress-up days.
In May, the Pine Haven Auxiliary will host its annual Ladies
Day Tea. This event is a favorite
of our ladies who reside here.
The Pine Haven Auxiliary will
meet in the activity room at Pine
Haven Community Wednesday,
May 27 at 1:30 p.m. Please join
them. New members are always
welcome!
Expect many other entertainers
and events to take place throughout the month. You may request a
calendar by calling Pine Haven
Community at 356-8304 or e-mail
usactivity@pinehavencomm
unity.org.
PI Bank donates to Sharing Shelves

PINE ISLAND Jeanette McNee, Pine Island Banks new accounts
representative, hands a $210 check payable to the Pine Island Sharing
Shelves to Andrew Bogard, member of the New Haven Sodbusters 4-H
Club, on April 2. Bank employees donated $105 and Pine Island Bank
matched that for a total of $210.
Meeting Notice - Pine Island

Economic Development Authority
PI Student of the
Month is Duku Digga
By Don Buck
PINE ISLAND The Pine Island Lions Club has honored Duku
Digga as the April Student of the
Month. The social studies department made up of John Stapleton,
Tony Brown, and Don McPhail
said this about Digga: Duku is
very inquisitive and asks great
questions. This makes the class
more interesting for the other students. His participation is always
at a high level. Duku especially
loves U.S. history and geography
and reads about it all the time. He
also reached state level competition in the Geography Bee in fifth,
sixth, and eighth grade.
Classes completed by him include sociology, economics, constitutional issues, cultural geography, U.S. history, world history,
and government. Digga has lettered in football two years. His
Knowledge Bowl team ranked first
out of 53 Southeastern Minnesota
high school teams. He is a member of concert choir, the carolers,
and orchestra.
Digga enjoys reading history and
Regular meetings of the Pine Island EDA are

held the first Wednesday of each month
at 5 p.m. at the EDA Office,
106 2nd St. SW, Pine Island
Questions? Call 507-356-8103
WATER MAIN FLUSHING

ANNOUNCEMENT
The City of Pine Island would like to inform the residents that it
is again time for the water main flushing. This is part of the Water
Works overall water main maintenance program, which helps us
meet the commitment of providing you the best drinking water
possible.
The flushing will begin on Monday, May 4 and

continue through Friday, May 8, 2015 or until done.
You may experience a temporary decrease in water pressure and
temporary occurrences of discolored water when the hydrants are
being flushed in your area. If you notice any discoloration, please
refrain from using the water for a short time, especially your hot
water. Check to make sure the water is clear before beginning any
laundry.
We appreciate your patience and your comments. If you would like
additional information about this program, or any other waterrelated issue, please contact:
Duku Digga
geography, spending time with

friends, and church activities. He
plans to attend Provience College
in Elgin, Illinois. His dream job is
to be assigned to an American consulate embassy. He is the son of
Beatrice Digga.
Pine Island Public Works

at 507-356-4390 or
Pine Island City Hall at 507-356-4591
P&S17-2a
P-last wk. of month
This year, National Nursing

Home Week will be celebrated
May 10-16. Pine Haven Care Center has many events/dress-up days
planned throughout the week. This
years theme is Bring on the Fiesta.
May 11 at 2 p.m. will be the
May birthday party hosted by Grace
Lutheran Church of Oronoco. Performing at the birthday celebration will be the Madonna Singers.
Residents celebrating their birthdays are Mary Esterlen May 6,
Donald Lohrbach 9, Clarence
Mehrkens 13, Mary Jane Sanborn
19, and Joan Wobig 23. Other
events this week include a visit
from Quarry Hill Nature Center, a
build the highest tower of tortilla
Wanamingo
Wanamingo City Council tours

sewer plant, prepares for work
WANAMINGO At the April
13 regular meeting, the
Wanamingo City Council discussed and approved several repair and replacement projects.
Following the meeting, Mayor
Ryan Holmes, councilors Jennifer Berquam, Todd Kyllo, Jamie
Majerus and Larry VanDeWalker,
and city clerk Jean Rugg were given
a tour of the downtown well house
under the water tower by city
maintenance staff Monty Schaefer
and Brad Kennedy. Following this
the group went to the waste water
treatment plant for a tour of the
facility led by licensed operator had increased significantly.

Rich Turri.
Quotes to replace the sewer plant
Rubber roofing needs
blower house roof and conduct
replacement at the plant
repairs to the bar screen/sampler
The roofs on the citys struc- building roof were obtained from
tures were inspected by city engi- Schwickerts Tecta America
neer Brandon Theobald and city ($12,289) and from Merit Buildstaff in February. Large sections ing Enclosure Systems ($12,562).
of the rubber roofing at the waste
A motion by Jennifer Berquam
water treatment plant needed to to accept the bid from Schwickerts
be repaired, with the roof on the with a 15-year warranty carried
blower building in the worst shape. 5-0.
In 2007 the roofs were replaced Park shelter roof to be replaced
but appeared to have been done
Replacing the roof on the
below standard and/or incorrectly screened shelter at Riverside Park
applied. From last year to this has been on the capital improvespring, the damage to the roofs ment plan, with work to be done
this year. Two quotes were obtained, one from Gary Floan for
$4,145 and the other from Jason
Bauer Construction LLC for
$4,274.16. It was noted that Bauer
offered to decrease the rate if city
staff provided assistance during
the project.
A motion to accept Bauers quote

and approve his hiring for the job
carried. The timeline for work was
not indicated.
Public Works update
Schaefer said that during the last

month he and Kennedy trimmed
trees, obtained a new carbon monoxide detector, took aluminium
cans to the recycling center, swept
the streets, changed the oil in the
skid loader and dump truck and
replaced faded stop signs in town.
Kennedy also completed the requirements to be a licensed pool
operator.
Permits approved
Building permits were approved

for Maple Island for a warehouse
and manufacturing addition;
Springcroft apartments for remodel
of three apartments; and Jeremiah
Flotterud for re-siding and porch
addition.
KW cheerleader Megan Groth gives Aidan Majerus a festive new look at
the Kenyon-Wanamingo Education Foundation Family Carnival on April
10.
KW Family Carnival
was April 10
WANAMINGO The annual
Family Carnival was held at
Kenyon-Wanamingo Elementary
School on April 10. Each year the
KW Education Foundation hosts
the carnival as a way to bring families together while raising funds
for the organization. This was the
ninth year of the carnival and
Sandra Vold, this years organizer,
said the carnival drew a good
crowd.
Directors serving on the KW
Education Foundation Board
turned out to assist as needed, including Jim Fontaine, Debb
Paquin, Jen Vold, Ladonna
Holmes, Rhana Olson, Cathay
Hoven, Mary Lazaretti, Cathy
Stark, teacher Lisa Nelson, and
Monty
Schaefer,
left,
shares
information
with
Ryan
Holmes
and
Jamie
Photos by Alicia Hunt-Welch
Waste water treatment operator Rick Turri, right, explains the process Majerus about testing and monitoring to maintain productive levels of staff member Roxy Rolstad.
High school students in the KW
of the digesters to Larry VanDeWalker and Jennifer Berquam.
working organisms and acceptable post treatment water clarity.
WANAMINGO POLICE REPORT

April 5
3:26 a.m. A citation for drivThe following information was
provided by the Goodhue County ing after revocation was issued
near Hader.
Sheriffs Office.
3:22 p.m. A speeding ticket
April 3
11:15 a.m. Family complaints was issued near Hwy 52 and 135th
were reported on 2nd Ave.
Ave in Minneola Township.
11:16 a.m. A metal cylinder April 6
8:30 a.m. A deputy attended
with bolts was in the roadway near
the 39300 block of Cty 11 in Roscoe to civil matters on Hillcrest Manor
Ave.
Township.
6:47 p.m. A deputy followed
April 4
1:37 a.m. A group of people from up on a junk ordinance violation
the bar were reported messing with a on 3rd St W.
7:02 p.m. A male was slumped
vehicle on Main St. A deputy was
over in a vehicle in a parking lot
unable to locate the individuals.
7:46 a.m. A speeding ticket was on 3rd Ave. The man said he was
issued near Hwy 52 and 145th Ave okay, just resting in between travWay in Minneola Township.
els for work.
8:25 p.m. Criminal damage to
7:49 p.m. A citation for drivproperty was reported on Hill Crest ing after revocation was issued on
Manor Ave. No damage was found. 3rd Ave. The driver was arrested
on a warrant for probation violation.

8:51 p.m. A deputy assisted
Rosemount police by checking a
residence on 4th St E for a vehicle
involved in a gas drive-off. The
registered owner of the vehicle
was found and advised to contact
the gas station in Rosemount.
Lakeville police with a search

warrant on Beverly St.
5:06 p.m. A deputy attended
to civil matters on the 12000 block
of 400th St in Minneola Township.
7:49 p.m. A vehicle was in the
ditch near Hader.
8:19 p.m. A deputy was asked
April 7
to check on a person on 1st Ave.
3:12 a.m. A deputy checked on a The subject was fine.
vehicle that had pulled over near Hader.
The driver was checking on a child in
the vehicle.
8:14 p.m. A woman was arrested
near Hwy 60 and 2nd Ave for driving
under the influence of a controlled
substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of a small
amount of marijuana.
April 9
12:09 p.m. Deputies assisted
to turn off the alarm.

11:46 p.m. Suspicious activity
was reported on the 16600 block of
Hwy 60 and Minneola Township.
April 13
5:19 a.m. An alarm was activated
at Hometown Wine & Spirits on 3rd
Ave. It was a false alarm.
6:59 p.m. The fire department
was cleaning a ditch and found a bag
with a drivers license and credit cards.
8:53 p.m. A man who was wanted
April 11
12:58 a.m. An open storage con- on two warrants for probation violatainer was found at SEMA Equip- tions was arrested on Main St.
ment on Hwy 60 in Wanamingo Town- April 14
9:41 a.m. Several newer bikes
ship. A deputy closed the container
and checked the property. All doors were in the entry of an apartment
building on 3rd Ave and it was
were secure.
10:32 a.m. An alarm was coming not known who they belonged to.
from the grain bins on Main St. The No bikes had been reported stolen
alarm had been sounding for a couple in the area. Photos of each were
hours. A deputy found an employee taken.
April 15
1:13 a.m. A speeding ticket was
National Honor Society and advisor Rich Kincaid assisted with setup, take down, concessions, and
running the games. The KW cheerleaders provided face painting and
colored hair spray styles for the
carnival goers. Brave souls volunteering to sit on the seat of the
dunk tank were Kenyon Police
Chief Lee Sjolander, elementary
teachers Jake Weime and Tony
Donkers, and high school students
Ely Bushman and Bailey Paquin.
Dawn Brossard brought animals
for a childrens petting zoo. The
Wanamingo Lions Club also assisted by making and working the
cotton candy concessions.
Vold said Aquatic Pets of
Northfield donated over 100 goldfish for prizes. Jim Fontaine also
donated prize items. In addition,
raffle baskets and baked goods were
donated by staff, students, and
community members for drawings
and the cake walk.
The KWEF was formed in 1998
as a non-profit to support and aid
the district by helping to fund programs and needs not covered by
the school district budget. Since
its inception, it has provided over
$150,000 in educational supplies
and needs to the schools. Teachers can apply for project/equipment funding by submitting an
application. The Family Carnival
is a primary source of income for
the KWEF.
Anyone who wants to make a
donation to the KWEF may contact Treasurer Jim Fontaine or the
school.
issued near Hwy 60 and 3rd Ave.
2:11 p.m. Damage was reported
to a field on 10600 block of 505th St
in Cherry Grove Township. Mudding
trucks were believed to be the culprit.
Extra patrol was requested.
KW Elementary School students who are on their way to reading one

million words before the end of the school year are, from left to right,
Josie Flom, Bailey Leininger, Brody Parks, and Sophia Poquette.
Photo by Alicia Hunt-Welch
Captain Bree: Scourge of the Sea will be performed on Saturday, May

2 at 7 p.m. in the Kenyon-Wanamingo School auditorium in Kenyon. Cast
and crew are, from left to right, front row: Lucas Brezina, Hunter Jones,
Gavin Sommers, Evan Lewis, Elliot Olson, and Adrien Lucas; middle row:
Amber Olson, Josh Bauernfeind, Clay Stevenson, Sophie Kyllo, Alec
Nesseth, Kurt Breimhurst, and Luke Alme; and back row: Rachel Nesseth,
Ally Stein, Arin Kyllo, Madi Gresseth, Shelby Noah, Megan Bakken, Belle
Patterson, Elaina Krings, Celia Woock, Sydney Heidemann, Aisha Ramirez,

Carrie Doehling, Haley Turner, Sydney Poquette, Hannah Peters, Kayla
Landry, Sydney Sundin, and Abby DeGroot. Not pictured are Gretchen
Anderson, Katie Van Epps, Daniel Van Epps, Sierra Belcher, Sierra
Tonnar, Kensie Clemons, Logan Thompson, Tommy Sturgis, Maxwell
Feasel, John Smith, Emma Berquam, Cera Crouse, Bradley Archer, and
Cass Kern.
KW play Captain Bree: Scourge of

the Sea will be presented May 2
KENYON A swashbuckling
comedy is about to storm the stage
of the Kenyon-Wanamingo
auditorum! This years middle
school play, Captain Bree:
Scourge of the Sea, tells the funny
and suspenseful tale of a ship captain, his rogue crew, a handful of
prisoners, and some ambitious lady
pirates. A public performance will
be on Saturday, May 2 at 7 p.m. in
Kenyon. Everyone is invited and
there is no charge. Grades 5-8 stu-
dents will also give a special advance performance on Friday, May

1, during the school day.
Middle school reading teacher
Laura McAnally is the director.
She said, We have 34 actors and
13 set/lights/sound crew. Its a large
cast again but they are so much
fun!
The crew of Captain Jennings
jumps ship, leaving him to tend to
his prisoners and Fergus, a sailor
who cant swim. The captain and
Fergus must protect the wealthy
passengers from a pirate attack.

Captain Bree and her lady pirates
demand gold in exchange for the
lives of Madam Prescot, her
nephew Samuel, and her niece
Julia. Samuel is masquerading as
a girl to avoid walking the plank
and becoming fish food. Young
Julia has a strong desire to join the
lady pirates, much to the disapproval of her aunt. While waiting
for a response from the British,
the pirates educate Julia in the ways
of pirating. A British fleet arrives

and is set on hanging the pirates
for their dastardly deeds and punishing Captain Jennings for not
fighting. The surprise ending is
not to be missed!
The crew has been working hard
on the costume and set design for
the production. McAnally said,
Weve have tons of help from
Mr. Thompsons classes creating
some cool set pieces. We even
have a plank!
KW Accelerated
Readers awarded
WANAMINGO Elementary
school students participating in the
Kenyon-Wanamingo Accelerated
Reader program were awarded on
April 22. Having read over 750,000
words, Brody Parks and Sophia
Poquette are on their way to becoming reading millionaires.
Upon successful completion of
a book, students take a computerized test on the books content.
Those who pass the test get credit
for the number of words in the
book. Recognition is given for
achieving various word levels.
Awards were given for levels attained by the end of March.
Other award levels reached:
500,000 words Josie Flom and
Bailey Leininger
400,000 Erin Christenson.
300,000 Isabella Chmelik,
Mason Mensing, Alexis Sturgis,
and Madrox Wagner.
250,000 Joseph Mills.
200,000 Cooper Brandon,
Neveah Greseth, Madison
Stenbakken, and Gage Thompson.

100,000 Vanessa Bartel,
Sydney Belcher, Gunnar Blakstad,
Eivind Brogger, Kyle Brogger,
Logan Carroll, Jonathan Cortes,
Lydia
Flotterud,
Hanna
Gudknecht, Leigha Jacobson,
Gunner Kennedy, Matea Lee, Julia
Patterson, Norah Rechtzigel,
Rachel Ryan, Dominic Schaefer,
Reed Sommer, and MacKenzie
Sturgis.
50,000 Ross Aldorfer, Reganne
Androli, Jayce Barron, Brady
Bauer, Heaven Brewer, Jordan
Blowers, Jaeda Butterfield, Koby
Glende-Keppers, Sidney Majerus,
Matthew Pearson, Kya Schmitt,
Joseph Sevareid, Skylar Stevens,
Gage Thompson, Taya Veal, Jack
Veirling, Noah Wallaker, Kadan
Wood, and Lillianna Wood.
Sophia Culuris, Josie Flom,
Brody Parks, Ben Short, and Sophia
Poquette earned free Dairy Queen
Blizzard certificates, and 43 students earned free book awards.

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ZM

Section A of Two Sections

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 No. 17

Jon Yusten awarded

Keister, WAI architect; Aaron Knutson, interim financier Ag Star; K aren

Pine Haven breaks ground for new addition

ZM sent two to State Speech

Pine Island swimming pool

original pool up to code or build a

The long-awaited building

Lincolns last day recounted

reconciliation and a last cabinet

15% CASH BACK

15% Off Sale $22,087

15% Off Sale $32,942

15% Off Sale $37,009

in 1964. In 1970, an addition was

Pine Haven Care Center opened

EDA makes changes to Commercial

ways at every level of daily life.

loans for building improvements

assistance per building is 50% of

PAGE 2A NEWS-RECORD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2015

Another strike against a trailhead building

Benefactors of the walk/bike trail

who would prefer a beautiful park

Closing an established business

My viewpoint on the Zip Rail

Facts and opinions often depend

Road and Bridge Act is good news for

With the bipartisan, Minnesota

fessor David Lanegran, the author of the Minnesota on the Map

200 mph) travel from Boston to

gardenand at half the physical

third year finds it leaping into the

Big not better

Zip Rail what are the benefits?

First Free Sunday to feature

the second form of action will be

tory Center volunteers. Children

Can it be true that property can be

Free workshop on smoke-free

considering a smoke-free policy

to anyone who has an interest in

issues to be addressed. The elected

Payment Center for

NEWS-RECORD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2015 PAGE 3A

Goodhue School District

Student Maggie Mills said that

Principal Mike Harvey reported

Principal Mark Opsahl reported

Superintendent Mike Redmond

schools. Under the leadership of

ZM still looking for that first victory

SunShare offers to save Goodhue

Third Street project on April 23

Looking at the water expenses

GOODHUE SENIOR PROFILES

One resident attends Goodhue

Name: Rachel Watson

an opportunity to question the

plained that certain buildings, such