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Wednesday, March 25, 2015 No. 12

One Dollar

Zumbrota Community Trust

marks ten years of giving
By Marilyn Anderson
ZUMBROTA Since 2004, the
Zumbrota Community Trust (ZCT)
has served over 40 local agencies
by disbursing more than $400,000
to qualifying groups or individuals engaged in charitable activities. In doing so, the ZCT has helped
to meet the social, educational and
benevolent needs of the Zumbrota
area not just during the fall of
each year when the grants are
awarded but throughout the year
and beyond as the funds are put to
use by those receiving them.
Organizational roots and today

The Zumbrota Community

Foundation was formed in 1947
and served the areas charitable
purposes through 2003 when it
was dissolved. During that time,
the Foundation provided funding
for many local projects such as
the swimming pool, hospital, golf
course, and park. The Foundation
also managed money that had been
given in wills and bequests by individuals to benefit the community.
The ZCT was incorporated in
October 2004 and is a Minnesota
non-profit corporation. The Trust
maintains IRS Sec. 501c (3) status so all gifts to the Trust are tax
deductible.
The mission of the ZCT is to
establish, grant aid to, and promote activities, organizations, and
individuals whose purpose and
intent is to engage in projects of a
social, moral, educational and
benevolent nature to benefit the
citizens of Zumbrota, the Zumbrota-Mazeppa School District and
the four contiguous townships
(Zumbrota, Pine Island, Minneola,
and Roscoe). To accomplish these

goals, the trust will raise, manage, and disburse funds consistent with the regulations prescribed
by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and consistent
with Section 12 of the Zumbrota
Community Trust by-law.
The ZCT is governed by a board
of volunteer trustees from the
Zumbrota service area with each
member serving on one of its committees: executive, investment,
distribution/gifting, and audit.
Open meetings are conducted four
times each year: the third Thursdays of January, April, July and
October.
The annual grant application
period is July 15-September 15
each year, with grants awarded in
October or November. Application forms and additional information can be found under the
visitors/community links portion
of the City of Zumbrota website
at http://www.ci.zumbrota.mn.us/
Funding

ZCT recently developed an extensive brochure to help people

understand the many ways gifts
can be made to help fund the numerous grant requests received
each year or how to designate their
charitable programs of choice. The
brochures are available from local attorneys and financial advisors or by contacting the Trust at
zumbrotatrust@gmail.com or by
writing to the Zumbrota Community Trust at Box 226, Zumbrota,
MN 55992.
Donations, large and small, help
the mission and goals of ZCT. Local
citizens give in a variety of ways
including through the Combined
Charities drive, direct donations
to the Trust, or Give to the Max

Day in November. Others chose

to provide larger gifts by using a
donor-advised fund and allocating proceeds from their investments
or making gifts of stock or property for charitable programs.
An example of a large gift that
provided great momentum to the
ZCT occurred when Zumbrota
native Robert A. Langsdorf willed
a large portion of his estate to benefit the Zumbrota area. Though
Langsdorf could have willed his
estate to family or to the Los Angeles, California area where he
lived after Zumbrota, he chose to
go back to his roots. By creating a
trust fund that would benefit the
whole Zumbrota area including
places that touched him personally the Zumbrota-Mazeppa
School District, United Redeemer
Lutheran Church, Pine Haven Care
Center, and the Zumbrota Community Trust, hundreds of people
would benefit rather than a few.
ZCT works with Minnesota
Philanthropy Partners (MPP) to
provide information and services
for donors. MPP helps ZCT stay
up-to-date on new laws, expanded
giving options and fundraising
opportunities. MPP also manages
the funds for ZCT, as well as many
other non-profits across the state.
Paul Rockne, chairperson of the
Trusts Executive Committee,
explained that yearly distribution
of grants is based on a combination of donations received and investment returns. MPP uses a formula for large fund balances, such
as the Langsdorf Fund, to enable
the fund to pay out a relatively
stable amount each year.
See story on page 7A for specific examples of how grants are
being used.

Zumbro Education District

Art Show comes to Pine Island
PINE ISLAND Ten Pine Island
students will be featured in the
Zumbro Education District Art Show,
which will be on display in Pine
Island April 8-15 in the high school
library. Each student has a framed
two-dimensional artwork in the
annual exhibition. Each art teacher
in the ZED is allowed to choose five
superior student works of art that
then travel throughout the region.
In the top photo are, from left to
right (grade level in parentheses):
Abby Gushulak (12), Emma Vouk
(12), Mitch Leland (12), Laura
Cragoe (12), Tori Vouk (12).

In the photo to the right are, front

row: Madeline Johnston (3),
Brooklyn Radtke (5); back row:
Makena Hellendrung (5), Ben Pike
(3), Camille Chester (6).

Settlement conference date

set for ballot burning case
Photo submitted by Zumbro Watershed Partnership

This is a bold proposal and has some up-sides, but it also has some real consequences for landowners and
farmers, said Minnesota Senator Matt Schmit (center with microphone) at the Mazeppa Community Center
on March 13. From left to right are Representative Steve Drazkowski; John Jaschke, Executive Director of
the Minnesota Board of Water & Soil Resources; Schmit; Wayne Anderson, Minnesota Pollution Control
Agency; and Mike Muzzy, Olmsted County Natural Resource Conservation Service. Not pictured, but also on
the panel is Thom Petersen with the Minnesota Farmers Union.

INDEX
Communities Served:
Goodhue ............................
Pine Island/Oronoco ..........
Wanamingo ........................
Zumbrota/Mazeppa ...........

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Minnesota Buffer
Summit draws
crowd in Mazeppa
By Kevin Strauss
Zumbro Watershed Partnership
MAZEPPA Over 100 community members packed the
Mazeppa Community Center on
Friday, March 13, to hear what
Minnesota state officials, farm
organization staff, conservation
agency staff, and legislators had
to say about the new proposed Farm
Field Buffer Rule, proposed by
Governor Mark Dayton. The proposal would require a fifty-foot
perennial plant (grassed) buffer

between agricultural crop fields

and perennial waterways. While
there is already a fifty-foot buffer
required as part of the Minnesota
Shoreland Ordinance, enforcement
of that rule falls to county staff,
and a recent survey showed
spotty enforcement at best. The
proposed bill would have the Minnesota Department of Natural
Resources enforce the new buffer
rule.
Strong feelings, civil discussion

By Alicia Hunt-Welch
Wanamingo Township Supervisor Thomas Shane, 58, of rural
Zumbrota, returned to court March
13 on a felony charge for damaging ballots and a gross misdemeanor charge for knowingly exceeding his authority as a public
officer in an incident that occurred
last year. A settlement conference
has been set for April 24 in Goodhue
County District Court. If a settlement is not reached in the matter,
a trial date is scheduled for June 8.
Shane was elected to the
Wanamingo Township Board in
2012 for a term of three years. On
March 10, 2015, he was re-elected
as a Wanamingo Township supervisor.
Goodhue County authorities
began an investigation on March
21, 2014, after incumbent supervisor Rae Rusnak filed a state election law complaint after her lost
re-election bid. Rusnak told a
tive Steve Drazkowski (R) of
Mazeppa; Senator Matt Schmit (D)
of Red Wing; John Jaschke, Executive Director of the Minnesota
Board of Water & Soil Resources;
Thom Petersen, Minnesota Farmers Union; Wayne Anderson, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency;
and Mike Muzzy, Olmsted County
Natural Resource Conservation
Service.
Drazkowski acted as the host

Panelists included Representa- See MN BUFFER SUMMIT, page

county investigator in April that

she was present on March 11 at an
annual meeting in which votes were
canvassed. The complaint stated
that Rusnak left the town hall after hearing the township supervisor and election judge Len Feuling
say the law required that ballots
be kept. Shane took the ballots
home that evening and burned
them.
Township clerk Jessica Page also
filed an election law complaint,
claiming one of the men who
counted the votes said, The ballots should be destroyed as soon
as possible. Pages complaint said
Shane and Feuling handled the
ballots during the canvass. After
they counted the ballots, Shane
said the result was a landslide and
there was no reason for a re-count.
Page told authorities that Shane
then gathered the ballots and indicated he would burn them at home,
even after he was told that ballots
needed to be kept.
Shane told authorities on June
18 that he took unsecured ballots
home and burned them after being told to do so by James Foss, a
resident chosen to count votes in
the townships election. Shane said
he did not recall hearing anyone
at the meeting say the ballots
needed to be retained, and that he
had never been an election judge
and only did what he was asked to
do. He denied hearing anyone say
ballots required keeping, and ad-

mitted to burning them at home

on the night of the election. Feuling
told an investigator on July 2 that
he also did not hear anyone mention that the ballots needed to be
retained.
Minutes from the meeting noted
that Shane said he would take the
ballots home and burn them. Minutes also noted that the clerk said
the ballots needed to be kept in
the metal box.
According to state law, municipal and township clerks shall retain all election materials returned
to them after any election for at
least 22 months from the date of
that election. In 2012, Feuling
attended election judge training,
a course that covers the length of
time election materials must be
kept.
On October 10, 2014, Shane
made his first appearance in
Goodhue County District Court
for felony election day act mutilating ballots and gross misdemeanor misconduct of a public
officer. He entered a plea of not
guilty and a next court appearance was scheduled for March 13.
If convicted of the felony, Shane
faces a sentence of one year and
one day in jail. The misconduct
charge is punishable by up to a
year in jail, a $3,000 fine, or both.
The charge gross misdemeanor
charge for misconduct could bring
a sentence of one year in jail and a
$3,000 fine.

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Hillary Clinton
From
Devils
Kitchen
By Jan David Fisher

Would Hillary Clinton make a

good president of these United
States? In my opinion, the answer
is no. Here is why. It is not a Democrat versus Republican, or even
male versus female thing. My real
reason is that she takes shortcuts.
These shortcuts often bend our
laws, if not break them. She bypasses checks and balances. While
Mr. Obama may appear to be the
champion of this, I think he learned
it from her.
The latest shortcut was the use
of email while Secretary of State.
Since then, new laws have been
written and the shortcut done away
with. She kept one email account
on a private network server (gmail,
AOL, etc.). She mixed government and private emails on one
account. She also deleted 35,000

emails and still had 55,000 left.

Now the law requires that government emails be kept separate
from private emails and on separate government servers. We (the
people) still have the ability to
retrieve and recover all of the emails
from the history files of the private server. Remember the IranContra scandal hearings and the
books of email printouts recovered from the servers. Those
backup tapes havent gone away.
They are still needed for the successful operation of the internet.
Do you remember the medical
insurance and procedure conference she organized during Mr.
Clintons first term. While she did
it with his authority, he didnt have
the proper authority to give her.
She invited over one hundred
people to Washington, D.C. They
started showing up before anyone
in the government was aware that
they were coming. Security about
went crazy, and departments and
Congress were blindsided. The
Clintons had not followed established protocols, but simply in-

vited people. They took a major

shortcut and caused many problems. You would think she would
have learned by now.
We have an old business adage:
It is often better to do something
and apologize for doing it without
permission than to ask for permission and do nothing. The key
point being, you did something,
right or wrong!
This adage doesnt work well
for the government. When you are
the leader, who do you apologize
to? For starters, Congress, the
Supreme Court, and the people of
the USA. But can you, especially
if the action really is a matter of
national security?
How many other shortcuts has
she taken as either First Lady,
Secretary of State, or any other
position working for our government? We need leaders who follow established protocols. From
the beginning of his term as the
first president, George Washington was aware of protocols, making them, and following them. (But
then he was a little bit unsure of
what to do when.) Until next week.

Community Calendar
COUNTY
Senior Dining

Reservations are required by

calling 24 hours ahead at each of
the nutrition sites.
In the Pine Island area, meals
are served at the Pine Island Senior Center (356-2228); Zumbrota
area, Zumbrota Towers (7325086).
March 26-31
Thursday: Fruity chicken salad,
tomato wedges, gingerbread with
lemon sauce
Friday: Potato chowder, cheese
on rye, three-bean salad, cooks
choice cake
Monday: Onion smothered beef
steak, mashed potatoes/margarine,
carrots, peach/cranberry sauce,
mock whip n chill
Tuesday: Grilled chicken salad,
melon wedge, batter bun, rhubarb
cake
If you have questions, call 356humans arent too concerned with that growing medium needs to be 2228.
the details of what actually keeps enough to provide protection from
us enjoying life on this planet. But temperature extremes as well as Seasons Hospice
without the plant and animal king- drowning. Add some compost,
Newly Bereaved Group, Thursdoms wed be at the mercy of times decomposing grass clippings, oak day, April 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m. A
and seasons. We dont come with leaves, tea leaves or coffee grounds group for anyone who has experifur to protect us in winter, our and theyll be best friends for life. enced the death of a loved one
By Jeanne Truestedt
fragile skin would burn without But if you use a chemical dressing within the past four months.
By now youve probably ascer- covering in summer, and wed on this salad buffet, expect probAll groups are held at the Centained that my fascination with starve without foods already grow- lems. Grass clippings drenched in ter for Grief Education and Supworms is just short of obsession, ing here on earth. Thankfully there weed killer, garden refuse pow- port, Seasons Hospice, 1696
but thats not a bad thing. Worms is a very efficient support system dered in insecticides, and pesti- Greenview Dr. SW. Registration
are important because of their in- in place that can provide ideal grow- cides are as toxic to worms as they is required two days prior to the
credible ability to turn everyday ing conditions, nutrients, waste are to you. And should you want date of the event. For details: 507refuse into usable soil that sup- removal, and aeration just below outright mutiny, just take them 285-1930 or shbp@seasonshos
ports life. And Im convinced the the surface of the earth to keep fishing.
pice.org.
earths Master Gardener engi- everything growing without our
WARNING!
neered them to keep things going direct intervention. Should you
Unfortunately, worms dont like
despite mans presence on the wish to assume a more active role torrential rains anymore than we SWCD Meeting
The next scheduled meeting of
planet. When we took possession in sustaining growth upon the earth, do. So if you have a large worm
of our little piece of the planet perhaps youd like to take up the population, you will undoubtedly the Goodhue County Soil and
over forty years ago, and when study of vermiculture to learn more see them on your driveway, side- Water Conservation District Board
we leave it later on, the one thing about those legions of worms re- walk, or patio stones after a Min- of Supervisors will be on Tuesthat will continue to nurture and siding underfoot in your lawn or nesota gully-washer. To avoid los- day, March 31, at 9:30 a.m. at the
sustain what was done here will garden. For most of us, all we re- ing those stranded worms to sun Soil Conservation Office in
be those hard working, never tir- ally need to know is the basics of scald or dehydration, use your hose Goodhue.
ing, uncomplaining worms.
how to keep our worm colonies to quickly whisk them into the
The inevitable cycle of life and happy, healthy and hard working. grass or gardens nearby. The trick 55+ Driver Improvement
death is ongoing. Being a supeWorms have very few basic is to not drown them while doing
The Minnesota Highway Safety
rior creature capable of speech, needs: water, air, and friable soil so.
Center will offer a four-hour rereasoning, and social skills, we in which to grow. The depth of
fresher course (5:30-9:30 p.m.) on
April 21 at Kenyon-Wanamingo
Middle/High School (400 6th
Street, Kenyon). For more information or to register, visit
www.mnsafetycenter.org or call
1-888-234-1294.
To the Editor:
for it. We need to have our say in We dont have a Lone Ranger or
Residents of the counties be- the matter before our counties are Hop-along Cassidy to come to the
tween Rochester and the Twin disrupted.
rescue of our farms and small Used Book Sale
The Red Wing Library (225 East
Cities need to do what we can now
The issue of transporting a grow- towns.
Ave)
will hold its annual Used
to protects the Zip Rail before it is ing population is emphasized. What
This has huge ramifications maktoo late.
about feeding a growing popula- ing the wind project proposed a Book Sale on Saturday, March 28,
Zip Rail has investors to pay tion. Farmland is lost to all kinds few years ago small peanuts in 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the Foot Room.
the billions of dollars to construct of development at an alarming rate. comparison.
it and large populations in RochZip Rail is like the villain in a
Nancy Ellison Rideability Fundraiser
ester and the Twin Cities pushing melodrama or an old west movie.
Zumbrota
RideAbilitys annual meeting
and silent auction fundraiser is on
Sunday, March 29, from noon to
3 p.m. at the Clarion Inn in Rochester. A lunch will be served at 1
p.m. Rideability is a non-profit
that provides therapeutic horseback riding for disabled persons
Traveling with the Professionals!
and their families. For further details or to purchase tickets, call
Jeanie at 507-356-8154.

Worms, worms, worms

As
The Worm
Turns

Protest Zip Rail before it is too late

Glenn's Motorcoach Tours, Inc.

OPEN HOUSE

Brochures and information for all of 2015

will be available, along with our 2016
winter getaways. Our entire staff will be
on hand to answer any questions you
may have on your upcoming trip.
Reservations will be taken for anyone
interested in booking a tour.

Sign up today for your upcoming tour with

a paid deposit and receive a discount of
$5.00-$30.00 off per person!

We will have
drawings for $2,000
worth of gift certificates
and a four day trip
for two to
Branson, MO!

Blood Donation
The American Red Cross will
have blood donation opportunities at Goodhue High School (510
3rd Ave) on Wednesday, March
25, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. and at the
Wanamingo Community Center
(96 Main St) on Saturday, March
28, from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Visit
redcrossblood.org or call 1-800733-2767 for more information.

Olmsted County Parks

Enjoy free cookies, coffee and pop!

EveryoneWelcome!
Sunday, March 29 1:00-4:00 p.m.
WILLOW CREEK GOLF COURSE
1700 48th Street SW, Rochester
Located 1 mile west of Hwy. 63 South on 48th Street, Rochester, MN

S&S12-1a

Oxbow Park Childrens Zoo

Time, Saturday, March 28, 10 a.m.
We will start with a close-up look
at a few zoo critters (maybe well
even touch one), plus learn some
interesting facts about the wild
creatures that live in southern
Minnesota.
Questions about Chester Woods,
call Celeste Lewis at 507-2872624. Questions about Oxbow
Park, call Clarissa Josselyn at 507775-2451.

is at 100 West Ave., Zumbrota,

507-732-5211. Hours are Mon.,
12-8; Tues. 10-6; Wed., Thurs.,
Community Library
12-8; Fri., 10-5; and Sat., 9-3. DurThe Goodhue School Library, ing closed hours you can learn
in conjunction with SELCO and more about the library at http://
Goodhue County, is open to the www.zumbrota.info.
public Mondays and Wednesdays
from 3:30-7:30 p.m. The library History Center
is equipped with inter-library loan
The Zumbrota History Center
service, which means if the library has a photo stand displaying over
does not have a book you want, 50 photographs of early Zumbrota
that book can be there in two days. scenes. They have been enlarged
to 8 x 10 for easier viewing. New
Historical Society
photos are being added all the time.
The Goodhue Area Historical Also on display are military memoSociety is closed for the season, rabilia, including Civil War items,
but anyone who wishes to arrange different models of telephones,
a visit can call Ardis Henrichs, Zumbrota telephone books dating
651-923-4629; Marie Strusz, 651- back to the 1900s, and items of
923-4302; Ray McNamara, 651- Zumbrota advertising. Museum
923-5117; or Roy Buck, 651-923- hours are Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
4388. The museum will reopen Other hours by appointment (732with regular hours next spring. Visit 7049).
good hueareahistory.org for information.
Band Spaghetti Dinner
The Zumbrota Community Band
is hosting is 38th annual spaghetti
dinner on April 11 from 5:30-8:30
p.m. at Stary-Yerka VFW Post
Historical Society
The Mazeppa Area Historical 5727. The band will play throughSociety Museum is closed for the out the event. Proceeds from the
season. For inquiries, contact Helen event enable the band to employ a
Reiland, 507-250-6021; Jim Siems, director and perform a variety of
507-843-2201; or Diane Gilsdorf, concerts in Zumbrota and the sur507-843-4013, or visit www.maz rounding communities.
eppahistoricalsociety.org

GOODHUE

MAZEPPA

Legion Post 183

ORONOCO
Area History Center

The American Legion Post 183

meets Thursday, March 26, at 6
p.m. at Stary-Yerka VFW Post
5727.

The Oronoco Area History Center is open to visitors in the City VFW Meeting
Building every second Saturday
The VFW meets Thursday,
from 10 a.m.-noon. Contact us at March 26, at 7:30 p.m. at StaryOAHC, 54 Blakely Ct. NW or Yerka VFW Post 5727.
call 507-367-4320. You may also
visit our web page at oronocoarea Zumbro Valley Woodturners
history.org.
The Zumbro Valley Woodturners meet Thursday, March 26. Visit
www.zvwoodturners.com for details or call Bob Post or Bill
Beckman.
Tops #1280
PI Tops #1280 meets every
Monday night at St. Paul Luth- Zumbrota Towers Events
eran Church. Weigh-in is at 5:15
March 26-31
and meeting time is 6 p.m. EveryThursday: 10:15 a.m. Exercise
one welcome. Questions call 356Tuesday: 10:15 a.m. Exercise,
4799 or 356-4700.
500

PINE ISLAND

PI Senior Citizens Meeting Tops Meeting

The Senior Citizens will meet
on Wednesday, April 1, at noon at
the handicapped accessible Senior
Center for their business meeting.
All community seniors 55 and over
are welcome.

Cancer Support Group

Zumbrota Tops #563 meets every Monday night at Our Saviours

Lutheran Church. Weigh-in time
is changed to 5:30 p.m. and meeting time to 6 p.m. Everyone welcome. Questions call 732-7459 or
732-4766.

The group meets on Thursday, Community Band Practice

March 26, at 9 a.m. at St. Paul
The Zumbrota Community Band
Lutheran Church.
practices on Monday nights at 7:30
p.m. in the Zumbrota-Mazeppa
High School music room. VolunMoms in Prayer
Pine Island Moms in Prayer meet teer musicians are welcome.
Monday mornings from 8-9 a.m.
in the library of the Good News State Theatre
E-Free Church, 208 North Main
The Lego Movie (PG), Thurs(across from Kwik Trip). Enter day, March 26, 7 p.m. Doors open
side door of the church and go at 6:15 p.m.
downstairs. Call 259-8012 or 356Divas Through the Decades,
4800 for more information.
Sat., March 28, 7:30 p.m. Tickets
available at the door or call 7327616.
Toastmasters Meeting
The State Theatre is at 96 East
The Pine Island Toastmasters
meet at 6:30 a.m. Fridays at St. 4th Street in Zumbrota. For inforPaul Lutheran Church. They do mation visit zaac.org.or call 507not meet on holiday weekends: 272-1129.
Christmas, New Years, Easter,
Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor
Crossings
Day or Thanksgiving.
Poet-Artist Collaboration 14,
March 30-May 9. Reception and
History Center
The Pine Island Area History poetry reading, Sat., April 18, 6:30
Centers open hours are Mondays p.m.
Crossings is closed to the pubfrom 8-11 a.m. and the first Sunday of the month from 1-3:30 p.m. lic Thurs., March 26-Sat., March
We will be closed April 5 for Eas- 28, during Process Painting: Paintter. Please contact us through ing from Intuition class. Open at
pineislandhistory.org or by call- 6:30 p.m. Sat., March 28, for Diing 507-356-2802 (history center) vas Through the Decades concert.
or 507-398-5326 (director).
Yoga Spring Detox mini session, Tues., March 31, 6:30-8 p.m.
For more information go to
www. crossingsatcarnegie.com or
call 507-732-7616. Crossings is
Library
at 320 E Ave.
The Zumbrota Public Library

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Goodhue
Wanamingo

Neighbors

Zumbrota

Oronoco

Mazeppa

Pine Island

Dennis McCoy of Hastings shows off his woodwork at the Spring Expo in Goodhue on March 21.

Goodhue Spring Expo held March 21

Princesses of the KW Castle took fourth place at the Rube Goldberg competition at Minnesota State
University Mankato. From left to right are Megan Quam, Ellyn Beulke, Emma Perry, Mariah Quam, Makayla
Sokoloski. Not pictured: Erin Houglum.

Two KW teams compete at Rube

Goldberg competition in Mankato
By Alicia Hunt-Welch
KENYON Two teams from
the Kenyon-Wanamingo High
Schools advanced physics class,
advised by Darin Walling, went
to the annual Rube Goldberg competition on February 27 at Minnesota State University Mankato.
The team Princesses of the KW
Castle (Ellyn Beulke, Erin
Houglum, Emma Perry, Mariah
Quam, Megan Quam and Makayla
Sokoloski) finished fourth out of
at least twenty teams. The first
place team from Southland will
move on to the national contest in
Wisconsin in April.
The other KW team competing
was Team USA (Caleb Greseth,
Eric Hokanson, Clint Irrthum, Ben
Ringham, Drew Sathrum, Quinn
Traxler, Luke Votruba, and Tanner Warner). Despite having few
minor flaws when we had our
machine judged, Traxler said, Id
say it went pretty well.
The annual MSU Mankato
event offers a new challenge each
year. For the 2015 competition,

KWs Team USA members are, from left to right, sitting: Tanner Warner
and Caleb Greseth; standing: Clint Irrthum, Ben Ringham, Eric Hokanson,
Quinn Traxler and Luke Votruba.

teams from across the state constructed and demonstrated machines with the goal of erasing a
chalkboard. The task had to be
performed in a minimum of 20

ZM band will perform with

Sheldon Theater Brass Band
ZUMBROTA On Monday,
March 30, at 7:30 p.m. the Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School symphonic band will share the ZMHS
auditorium stage with the Sheldon
Theater Brass Band of Red Wing.
Doors will open at 7 p.m. and the
concert is free.
Under the direction of Mr. Jim
Kurschner, the Sheldon Theater
Brass Band, or STBB, is a British
style brass band featuring cornets,
alto horns, fluegelhorn, English
baritones, euphoniums, trombones,
tubas, and percussion. The STBB
is a member of the North American Brass Band Association, and
is recognized throughout the nation as one of the top brass bands

in North America. The band has

produced a number of CDs featuring traditional brass band literature as well as original commissioned works.
For the past two years the ZM
symphonic band has played host
to bands from Minnesota State
University Mankato and
Augsburg College. The purpose
of these performance interactions
is to show the students that playing doesnt have to end with your
high school graduation. The STBB
is another example of the kinds of
opportunities that may be available to our students as they grow
up and grow older.

steps and maximum of 75. The

students and their machines are
judged not only on successful
completion of the goal but also on
mechanical complexity, creativity, and showmanship.
This was the first time any of
these KW students had been to
the Rube Goldberg competition.
Traxler said the KW teams had a
good time. Megan Quam said, It
was cool seeing all of the other
groups projects compared to ours.
Ringham agreed and was also
impressed by the complexity of
the designs some schools came
up with. Houglum said, It was
really cool to see the progress of
our Rube Goldberg design from
our first one to our final one. It
turned out really well!
Rube Goldberg (1883-1970) was
a Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, sculptor, and author from San
Francisco, California, with a degree in engineering. He is best
known for his inventive contraptions that used a multitude of everyday things to make a simple
task extraordinarily complicated.

By R.D. Aaland
GOODHUE The Spring Expo
was held at the Goodhue Community Center on March 21. Food
was served by the Goodhue Lions
Club.
Vendors such as Natural Potions
Skincare came from as far away
as Norwood Young America to
sell their merchandise. Other skin
care products were available from
Unique Mascara and Pure Romance. Tastefully Simple offered
over 80 foods and gifts for every
occasion, while spices and oils were
available from Wildtree. Purses,
Tupperware, jewelry, mesh flowers, and childrens books were all
available from various sellers. If
you were looking for a special lamp,
then Treasures A Plenty had the
gift for you.
JoAnne Cluth of Laughing
Monkey Designs was one of three
vendors selling homemade
baskets. Two vendors, including
Sammy Albers of Goodhue, were
selling homemade clothes for
American Girl Dolls. Mary and
Dave Erickson of Daves
Woodshop of Red Wing were selling homemade wooden toys and
puzzles. There were four places
selling carved or painted signs and

Jill Hall and her daughter Hayley Ramboldt visit with the Easter Bunny
at the Spring Expo in Goodhue.

slogans, including Dennis McCoy used empty Jack Daniels bottles

and his wife Roxie from Hastings, amongst other things to make
who operate Denrox Scrolling. unique decorations.
Dawn White and Wendy von Wald

Pine Island

By Audra DePestel

PlHS celebrates Snow Fling

PINE ISLAND Pine Island High School celebrated Snow Fling March 16-21. Events included the crowning
of the 2015 Snow Fling Royalty, fun events, and dress-up themes. Activities started on Monday with American
Day and the crowning of Snow Fling Royalty, from left to right, front row (grade level in parentheses):
Shannon Pike (9), Taylor Schroder (12), Matt Kukson (12), and Noah Bauer (10); back row: Dane Loucks (9),
Jessica McNallan (11), Nicholas Cain (11), and Hope Benike (10). Tuesday was Tie Dye Day and the talent
show, Wednesday was Pajama Day and a game show, Thursday was Class Color Day and dodgeball, and
Friday was Nerdy Day with a Students Against Destructive Decisions presentation. The week concluded with
a Denim Dance on Saturday.

Sunday, April 5
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Pine Island teachers were the overall winners of the dodgeball tournament during Snow Fling. From left to
right, kneeling: Rob Mainhardt, Shawn Erickson, and Nicole Mentjes; back row: Michelle Ryan, Jen Wernau,
Nicole Rusch, Kate Susa, Don McPhail, Ross Fuchs, John Stapleton, Zak Hanegraaf, Craig Erickson, and
Rosario Mollo. Not pictured: Larissa Kabat.

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Goodhue

Pine Island/Oronoco

Dolores Ryan honored as a

World War II Rosie the Riveter

Oronoco Council denies variance

GOODHUE A special award

and membership in the American
Rosie the Riveter Association was
presented to Dolores Helen Ryan
by Goodhue Area Historical Society President Roy Buck at the
organizations annual meeting on
March 16. The award was created
in honor of the many women who
served in the munitions and other
military factories in World War
II. Its purpose is to preserve the
history and distinguished service
of working women, including volunteers, from the war years.
Ryans son Dan had read about
the award and the organization that
was soliciting names of women
who would qualify and suggested
she apply for the award. At the
annual meeting, Ryans daughter Ginger ONeil, a social studies teacher, gave a brief history of
the iconic Rosie the Riveter. She
said the popular song, Rosie the
Riveter and the Norman Rockwell
version of her pictured on the cover
of a 1943 issue of The Saturday
Evening Post solidified the name.
All of the women factory workers
were identified as a Rosie the
Riveter.
ONeil noted that when her
mother left in September of 1944,
factory work was unusual for
women. The culture began changing as women took on traditional
mens jobs and began to make an

Dolores Ryan receives the Rosie the Riveter award at the Goodhue
Area Historical Societys annual meeting on March 16. The award
recognizes her service as a factory worker during World War II. On the
left is her son Dan Ryan, who initiated receipt of the award from the
American Rosie the Riveter Association, and on the right is GAHS Board
President Roy Buck who presented the award.

impact on the economy, also changing hair and clothing styles, and
increasingly taking jobs outside
of the home.
Ryan and a another young
woman, finishing high school,
took a job in St. Cloud working on
the C-46 bomber. She said she
liked her work, but she preferred

wearing a dress rather than the

eventually common sight of
women in coveralls.
She left St. Cloud in April of
1945, returning to rural Goodhue
and eventually marrying Gerald
Ryan. The couple farmed there
for many years where they raised
a family of twelve children.

By Karen Snyder
ORONOCO The subject of
whether to grant a variance for
construction of a 23-foot-tall commercial machine shed in a residential neighborhood upstaged
other items at the March 17
Oronoco City Council meeting.
City ordinance limits the height
of accessory buildings to 16 feet,
but it wasnt just the sheds stature that disturbed some of the variance applicants neighbors in River
Park subdivision.
The shed would serve as a garage for the applicants business
lawn care and snow removal machinery. Commercial use such as
that violates River Parks covenant,
said three subdivision homeowners
who spoke during the council
meetings public forum.
A tool shed would be OK, but
no machine shed, said Stan
Elwood.
Its an investment thing, Brian
Johnson said. Will a 1,500-squarefoot shed affect property values?
Everyone else sticks to the rules.
Yes, they do, said Dave Bowman who cant even park his
camper in front of his house, at
least not for more than one day.
And its a nice camper, too.
All River Park residents are
aware of the covenant, Elwood
said, and all had agreed to it, including the one who wants a business garage sprawling on his lawn.
Regarding private covenants,
city attorney Fred Suhler said, the
city lacks authority to enforce them,
nor can it deny permits for projects
not illegal by city law. But if the
council approved the variance, one
or more River Park residents could
sue the violator of the covenant.
For cases like these, Suhler
added, its wise to have a
homeowners association. He urged
River Park residents to form one.
Later in the meeting when the
variance issue came up for the
councils consideration, councilor
Beau Hanenberger said the Plan-

ning and Zoning Committee had

discussed the matter, too, at its
March 12 meeting. Committee
members had received four letters in opposition, listened to several River Park residents (some
pro, most con), and then agreed
not to make a recommendation.
Theyd let the city council decide.
And so the council did. Councilor Skyler Breitenstein moved
to deny the variance. I dont think
a utility shed is consistent with R1
zoning, he said. His peers concurred, voting 5-0 to deny.
Public meeting scheduled
on Gold Rush ordinance

Dan Sundt urges you to call beforehand so the firefighters can

save a detector for you. To reserve one, phone 507-367-4440,
or visit oronocofire.com or the
departments Facebook page.
Fire department/
firstresponders to recruit

The council voted 5-0 to authorize the fire and first responders
departments to spend up to $500
($250 apiece) on their campaign
to enlist new members.
Potential recruits can find information and an application form
at oronocofire.com.
Other business

The Downtown Oronoco Gold

Rush Days Committee will hold a
public roundtable, a Q&A covering the proposed ordinance changes
and their effect on Gold Rush Days
vendors, whether on public or private property. The meeting is set
for 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, April
29, at the Oronoco Community
Center.
County still stonewalling
on road project

Olmsted County officials continue to disregard requests by

Oronoco to finish the 2013 road
project the county left undone.
Though the county claims its work
complete, the city points to a dozen
or so deficiencies, including roadside embankments, unlandscaped,
eroding and too steep to maintain;
deep, steep ditches and crumbling
shoulders.
Two months ago, Olmsted
County Commissioner Lou Ohly
promised that the county would
review the complaints. Now hes
unheard from.
As the county stonewalls, Mayor
Kevin McDermott refuses to quit:
Im not accepting this. Ill go as
high as I have to.
Free carbon monoxide alarms

The fire department will hold a

CO detector giveaway on Saturday, March 28. The event will take
place at the fire hall, starting at 10
a.m. If you cant make it, Fire Chief

Representatives from Oronoco

and Pine Island scheduled a March
24 meeting to discuss the feasibility of building a joint wastewater
treatment facility.
A springtime reminder from
Sundt: The National Weather Service will hold a Skywarn training
program at 6:30 p.m., March 31 at
the Rochester International Event
Center, 7333 Airport View Dr.
S.W. The public is invited to the
session which is free of charge.
For
more
info,
see
www.crh.noaa.gov/arx/
?n=skywarn_schedule.
Springtime item #2: The Parks
and Trails Committee seeks volunteers for cleanup day at Garden
Park, Saturday, April 25, starting
at 9 a.m.
Springtime item #3: Look for
garden plot rental information to
appear soon at the citys website.
By unanimous vote, the council approved expenditures of:
Up to $1,600 for four
firefighters to attend next months
2015 Fire Department Instructors
Conference in Indianapolis.
$12,150 for a new mower. (That
was the low bid, submitted by
Hilltop Repair and Services,
Stewartville, and includes tradein of the old mower.)
The council will hold its next
regular meeting at 7 p.m. April 21
at city hall.

Schroder and Leland are PI

GAHS elects board members Lions Students of the Month
GOODHUE The 2015 Board of Directors of the Goodhue Area Historical Society is, from left to right, VicePresident David Betcher, President Roy Buck, Gary Diercks, Marie Strusz, Secretary Yvonne Raasch, Ardis
Henrichs, Treasurer Charles Voth, and Ray McNamara. Not pictured is Elroy Rusch. The GAHS held its 20th
annual meeting on Monday, March 16.

Activities director reports

on Goodhues winter sports
By R.D. Aaland
GOODHUE Activities Director Josh Wieme reported on
Goodhue Schools successful winter sports teams at the March 16
school board meeting. The dance
team competed at the varsity and
junior varsity level all season for
the first time. They showed positive results, with more than thirty
dancers participating. The wrestling team had two members (Bailee OReilly and Joel Gadient)
wrestling at the state tournament.
Gadient took sixth place overall,
and both had a great experience.
The girls basketball team had a
very positive season with 23 wins.
Wieme credited Lindsey Mace and
the seventh grade for getting the
most out of their year with a small
number of players. The boys basketball had many accomplishments
including HVL Blue Champion,
sub-section champion, and section runner-up to Rushford-Peterson (who won State last week).
Wieme also reported on coaching reviews which are taking place
this week and said that all spring
staffs are in place. He feels that a
lot of good things will happen with
the makeup of these staffs. Student
and Parent Surveys are in. The
surveys identify areas that are
working and what needs to be
improved.
Updated budget

Business Manager Dan

Schroeder reported on the updated
budget that covered the school year
through February, and he explained
some differences in the budgets

tive behavior slips is 45 disciplines

to 260 positive behavior slips. This
High School Principal Mike is almost a 6:1 ratio and the target
Harvey reported that ACT Test- of the program was 4:1.
ing for all juniors is scheduled for Elementary principals report
April 28. The test will take all
Elementary Principal Mark
morning to complete. This is the Opsahl reported that with the help
same day that is tentatively sched- of the Step-by-Step Volunteer
uled for Community Cleanup Day, Readers the school has had an inweather permitting. Cleanup could crease of 18% in how many stuoccur on an earlier date. Juniors dents are at their reading benchwill be given the option to help mark.
with Community Cleanup in the
Minnesota Comprehensive Asafternoon, or they may leave for sessments will began in midthe day once testing is complete. April. Mrs. Jacki Ebner and OpThe high school testing sched- sahl are currently working on comule is out. Actual testing times and pleting the 2015-18 technology
dates may change depending on plan that needs to be submitted to
how well the test goes for stu- the Department of Education by
dents and the testing infrastruc- August 1. This past Wednesday,
ture. Updated information can be they conducted a needs assessment
found on the high school testing survey with the staff members.
calendar on the schools
Opsahl will be finalizing forwebsite. The site team has spent mal observations this month with
some time exploring grading prac- all non-tenured and tenured staff
tices through reading and work- members. But walk-throughs will
shops. In the near future they will continue throughout the remainbe proposing some changes and der of the school year.
will share that in this article to get Superintendents report
people thinking about possibiliSuperintendent Mike Redmond
ties.
reported that as part of a continA group of parents approached ued effort to improve communiHarvey to survey the students to cation, the school has launched
see if they would be interested in #GoodhueSchool on Twitter. Anyan after-prom party or activity. one with a Twitter account can
The parents would be sponsoring access #GoodhueSchool by simthis separate from the school. To ply searching for it on Twitter.
date 23 students were interested Anyone with a Twitter account
in this offering and the parents are can share at #GoodhueSchool.
planning to move forward with it. Other business
His last comments were on PBIS
The board accepted the resig(Positive Behavior Intervention nation of science teacher Dr. Daniel
System). The high school ratio of Johnson, who has taught at
teacher discipline referrals to posi- Goodhue since 1980.
The board approved the hiring
of Scott Christianson as the interim varsity baseball coach.
The board approved two
fundraisers: one for the baseball
team to sell apparel and the other
for donations for the 2015 trip to
Washington D.C. A board containing 150 envelopes will be sold at
the auction this spring.
Math teacher Holly Haire was
given tenure. The last day of school
has been changed to May 29, due
to the lack of snow days used this
year. The last day for seniors will
be on May 22.
The Goodhue Lions Club donated $4,000 for the purchase of
choir gowns.
of the past two years.

High school principals report

By Don Buck
PINE ISLAND The Pine Island Lions Club recognized Taylor Schroder and Mitchell Leland
as the March Students of Month.
Taylor Schroeder

The English department faculty

(Larissa Kabat, Katherina Susa,
Angela Organ and Patrick Smith)
selected Taylor Schroder.
Ms. Kabat said: Taylor would
probably identify herself as a strong
math student, but the English department has chosen her because
of her contributions to the communication and language arts programs.
Beyond the four grade-level
required English classes, Taylor
challenged herself with two college-level English courses during
her junior year, speech and literature. Second semester of her senior year, she is taking an independent creative writing course
where she is developing character motivations, authentic dialogue,
and engaging plots. Outside of
school, Taylor is an avid reader
and is interested in cultivating a
writing hobby.
Furthermore, Taylor entered the
annual ZED creative writing contest this year and was awarded an
honorable mention. She submitted a prose piece based on the
prompt The Never Ending...
Finally, Taylor has also participated in two school musicals.
Her sophomore year she was in
the chorus in Anything Goes.
And her senior year, she played
Mother Swan and a chorus girl in
Honk. In both instances Taylor
showed leadership among the cast
members, as well as assisted with
other aspects of planning and staging the production including set
work and costumes.
In addition to all of Taylors
involvements, shes an excellent
role model for other students and
leads by example. PIHS is lucky
to have her as a part of the student
body.
Schroders activities include
softball, math league, National
Honor Society, student council,
FCCLA, band, jazz band, choir,
carolers, womens ensemble and
Art Scream. She also works two
weekend days at the nursing home.
Schroder has received the Star of

Taylor Schroder and Mitchell Leland are the Pine Island Lions March
Students of Month.

the North award. Other college

credit courses include Spanish 3
and 4, AP calculus and statistics,
which is the equivalent to a semester of college.
She enjoys reading, roller
blading, playing piano, horseback
riding, wood working, photography, camping, hiking and fishing.
She plans to attend the University
of Wisconsin-La Crosse and ultimately becoming a physical therapist. Taylor is the daughter of
Glenda and Bill Schroder.
Mitchell Leland

The music department is

madeconsisting of Barb Hoppe,
Joe Mish, and Doug Strandell. Mr.
Strandell says this about Leland:
He has been an outstanding
music student. He has been a member of both the orchestra and choral programs since fifth grade.
Mitchell plays violin in the orchestra and sings tenor i the concert choir.
In choir, Mitchell has been very
active throughout his years in Pine
Island. He auditioned and was selected as a member of the statewide ACDA Anacrusis Boys
Choir in eighth grade and the
ACDA 9-10 Honor Choir in tenth
grade. He has been active in carolers and has earned superior ratings at solo/ensemble contest as
both a soloist and as a member of
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very active in theater and has had

roles in dramas and musicals at
our school.
In orchestra, Mitchell is one
of our leaders. He has been an
active member of our jazz string
ensembles and a regular participant in solo/ensemble contest
where he has also earned superior
ratings on the violin. This past year,
Mitchell arranged a piece for the
high school orchestra and successfully conducted it at our concert
in December.
Mitchell has an infectious sense
of humor and an excellent attitude. He brings a passion and a
commitment for excellence to his
work as a musician and is looked
upon highly by his peers and instructors.
Leland is a member of the National Honor Society and the Art
Scream club. He has earned college credits in speech, literature,
and AP statistics and calculus
classes at Pine Island High School.
He is also interested in photography and other art mediums such
as ceramics and sculpture. He enjoys coffee with friends.
Mitchell plans to attend the
University of Minnesota and major in graphic design. His dream
job would to be a designer for user
interface or a magazine. He is the
son of Ann and Jeff Leland.

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Pine Island

By Audra DePestel

St. Patricks Day celebrated at Pine Haven

PINE ISLAND On Tuesday, March 17 residents at Pine Haven Care
Center celebrated St. Patricks Day with shamrock-shaped cookies and
traditional Irish folk songs, compliments of the Pine Ears singing group.
The residents and their families look forward to the St. Patricks Day
celebration at Pine Haven each year where they enjoy good cheer,

songs, novelty gifts, and sweet treats. From left to right are Pine Ears
members Ruby Gronseth, Shelly Shelstad, Dick Erwin, Janice Erwin,
Norm Pipho, Joan Krause, Margaret Banitt, Donna Berkmann, Joanne
Sanborn, Madelyn Shelstad, and Carol Moreland. Mary Anne Owen
accompanied the group on piano and Conrad Lechelt played the accordion.

PINE HAVEN POTPOURRI

PINE ISLAND The Pine Haven Auxiliary will meet in the activity room Wednesday April 22
at 1:30 p.m. They welcome new
members, a great way to become
involved in the lives of our residents!
Student volunteers Lexi Loats and Jack Williams assist with a roleResidents celebrating April
playing scene at Pine Island High School during the Date Safe educational
birthdays are: Doris Rawalt April
program presented by Neil Dennison from Victim Services.
18, James Schrantz 21, Thelma
Schall 23. The April Birthday Party
will be Monday, April 13, at 2

By Audra DePestel
PINE ISLAND Pine Island
High School held an assembly
featuring Neil Dennison of Victims Services of Rochester on
March 16. Dennison presented the
Date Safe Project, an educational
and entertaining program intended
to help teenagers make better
choices surrounding relationships
and intimacy.
The presentation was based on
the book May I Kiss You? A
Candid Look at Dating, Communication, Respect, & Sexual As-

sault Awareness by Michael J.

Domitrz, Founder of The Date Safe
Project. The materials are used by
public, private, and parochial
schools throughout the country.
Dennison used role-playing as
a teaching tool, with help from
student volunteers who portrayed
characters to show why asking first
and getting consent makes all the
difference. The program advised
students to intervene in potentially
dangerous situations with their
peers, especially when alcohol is

involved. The program also aimed

to give students a greater level of
respect for survivors of sexual
assault.
Dennison also presented an ageappropriate program for middle
school students with a wrap-up
classroom session on Tuesday,
March 17, for eighth-graders. He
provided school counselors with
resource brochures from Victim
Services for students who may have
questions, concerns, or who need
someone to contact for support.
Victim Services is located at the
Government Center in Rochester.
They have a 24-hour sexual assault crisis line that supports Dodge,
Fillmore, and Olmsted counties. By Alice Duschanek-Myers
PINE ISLAND The Pine IsContact 507-289-0636 or 1-877289-0636 or email victim.services land City Council approved the
development agreement to extend
@co.olmsted.mn.us.
water, sewer, and storm sewer to
the new PreK-4 school on March
17. The school board had approved
and signed the agreement on March
8:11 p.m. A vehicle was parked 12.
The estimated cost of the utility
on Hwy 52 near Cty 11. Two people
project is $962,956. The project
were walking across the lanes; one costs and any unforeseen overwas nearly hit. A deputy checked run costs will be paid 68.4% by
the area. The subjects were not the school district and 31.6% by
located.
the city (for upsizing the pipes).
9:16 p.m. Extra patrol was The school district will pay to comrequested near Fork Trl and 515th plete the alternative water loop
St in Roscoe Township. Vehicles for the new school.
In the agreement the SAC (Sewer
and ATVs were repeatedly drivAvailability Charge) and WAC
ing up to the property.
(Water Availability Charge) fees
February 25
5:14 p.m. A deer was hit by a will only be calculated on the ten
vehicle near Cty 11 and 170th Ave developed acres of the 40-acre
in Roscoe Township. A deer tag elementary school site. The SAC
fee is $54,015.10 and the WAC
was requested.
is $25,306.50.
5:39 p.m. A citation for seat feeCouncilor
Erik Diskerud asked,
belt violation and no proof of in- Will the citys costs ($414,080)
surance was issued near Cty 11 ever be recouped? City Clerk
and 170th Ave in Roscoe Town- Jon Eickhoff said that hook-up fees
ship.
and area costs with development
5:49 p.m. A deputy was asked will more that recoup the costs.
to check on the welfare of a perDiskerud questioned if SAC/
son on 5th St SW.
WAC fees could be charged on
6:13 p.m. A traffic stop was more of the school site if the disconducted near 8th St and Cty 3. trict decided to build a high school
9:03 p.m. Loud blasts were or another gym there in the future.
reported on 3rd St SW. At 9:27 Eickhoff said, We would not be
p.m. a subject was found parked able to do that. He said the agreenear 3rd Ave and 3rd St. The sound ment was a one-time thing similar
to commercial properties.
was fireworks.
School board chair John Champa
10:06 p.m. A citation for driv- said the new building is 103,000
ing after revocation and no insur- square feet. It requires the 40-acre
ance was issued near Main St N. site. The sports complex and new
11:27 p.m. A citation for ex- track will be there. There is some
pired registration and no proof of green space and the north side is
insurance was issued near Main water run-off drainage. A high
St and 6th St NW.
school and elementary school
would need a minimum of 80 acres

Pine Island approves development

agreement for utilities to new school

PINE ISLAND POLICE REPORT

By Alicia Hunt-Welch
1:42 a.m. A deputy observed
The following information was a male in the lot of CJ Auto Sales.
provided by the Goodhue County The male said he just got off work
Sheriffs Office.
and was on his way home and
February 21
stopped to look at cars. The deputy
7:04 p.m. An issue involving drove to the lot and all appeared
a subject with mental illness was fine.
reported on the 1200 block of 511th
4:32 a.m. A sedan was parked
St NW. The subject received as- near Sunnyside Ct NE and had
sistance.
been running for half an hour.
9:38 p.m. A deputy was asked Deputies spoke with the occupant
to remove a vehicle with two men who appeared to have been sleeprefusing to leave a property on 5th ing. He said he was making delivSt SW. The subjects said they were eries, got tired and pulled over.
waiting for a tow truck to remove The man was advised to move
an RV that was being stored on along.
the property. The RV was moved.
8:13 a.m. A 911 hang-up call
February 22
was received from the school.
2:44 p.m. A fender was in the School staff were spoken to and
roadway near Hwy 52 and 520th all was fine.
St in Pine Island Township.
9:48 a.m. A deputy was asked
3:54 p.m. A deputy was asked to provide a squad car escort for a
to remove an unwanted person from funeral from 3rd St SW.
2nd St SW.
12:23 p.m. A vehicle parked
February 23
for two weeks on Amanda Ct SW
1:10 p.m. A deputy checked was reported. The vehicle was on
on the welfare of a person on the private property and was not block1200 block of 511th St NW. The ing a fire hydrant.
elderly relative had left in a ve4:58 p.m. Harassment/threats
hicle. The subject was located in were reported on Ridgeway Ln
Chicago.
NE.
5:28 p.m. An alarm could be
6:07 p.m. An alarm was actiheard going off on Pine Ct NE. vated at Pine Island Bank. It was a
The homeowner took the smoke false alarm set off by cleaning staff.
alarms down to paint and one
7:05 p.m. An ongoing probstarted going off. The problem lem with vehicles driving through
would be addressed.
a hay field was reported on the
February 24
51400 block of 165th Ave in
Roscoe Township.

Micro-loan approved for Envirolastech, Inc.

By Alice Duschanek-Myers
PINE ISLAND The Pine Island Economic Development Authority recommended that the city
council approve $6,300 for
Envirolastech, Inc. from the Pine
Island EDA Micro Loan Program.
On March 17, the council approved
the loan for five years at 5% APR.
The principal and interest on the
loan will be delayed for twelve
months.
The company will use the loan
for production verification tests
and to demonstrate that standard
equipment can be used to produce
Envirolastech products. The testing will be done in a manufacturing facility and a validation testing lab at the University of Minnesota. The micro-loan funds will
be used to rent the lab and equipment facilities, purchase raw materials, and conduct testing to validate the structural capabilities of
the products. Potential investors
requested this information.
According to the EDA, with
investors the company plans to
build a 20,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Pine Island,
possibly at Elk Run. The facility
would be phased in. Envirolastech

plans to create thirteen full-time

and five part-time jobs. The phases
would include a materials recovery facility and a materials processing center.

for outside activities.

A group of scientists has already
tested some applications and the
strength of the products. In some
of these previous tests the
About Envirolastech, Inc.
Envirolastech material got stronPaul Schmitt is the founder, ger in cold weather.
president, and majority owner of Wellhead Protection Plan
the company. Geno Wente is the
Justin Blum of the Minnesota
vice-president.
In
2012, Department of Health presented
Envirolastech won top honors for information about updating the
innovative clean technology in the Pine Island Wellhead Protection
Clean Technology & Renewable Plan to comply with the federal
Energy Division of the Minnesota Safe Drinking Water Protection
Cup competition.
Act. The plan must be updated
Schmitt has been working on every ten years. This update is for
fusing recycled plastics and ash part one of the state plan.
produced by landfills, fly ash, and
In the past, the city fit a requiregypsum into pellets to form com- ment of a population not exceedposite construction materials since ing 3,000, a qualification for conthe 1990s. The plastic compound sultation from the MDH for the
created through a thermo-process plan. The population has grown
can be used to replace wood and to 3,318 and the city must pay the
could outlive concrete. Some of expense to hire a consultant.
the materials that have been creBlum said because the city has
ated could have a lifespan of 200 a plan, it would only need to amend
years.
it. One change that must be inThe Envirolastech products are cluded is that the citys second
created from 95-100% recycled well is no longer for emergency
materials and are weather resis- use. It is in use full-time. The city
tant. The materials would offer an must look for sources that could
economical alternative for con- contaminate the water supply, like
struction materials and equipment unsealed wells. These wells must

Haven Care Centers St. Patricks Day celebration.

be identified and sealed. Blum said

it is also significant that there is so
much fractured rock in this area
of Minnesota.
Blum estimated that the cost of
hiring a consultant to update the
plan would be between $5,000 and
$10,000. Historic mappings
records could be used to locate
the old, unsealed wells. The MDH
has a grant program that reimburses
up to $10,000. The city could apply.
Tobacco ordinance update

The council discussed updating

the citys tobacco ordinance to
include e-cigarettes, e-juice, tobacco vapor products, and to prohibit Hookah bars in Pine Island.
Both Goodhue and Olmsted Counties have tobacco sales and youth
access ordinances in place that
correlate with the Minnesota and
U.S. Smoke-free Workplace Laws.
City attorney Bob Vose told the
council, You can do this with
changes in the existing code. He
suggested making the necessary
changes and bringing the codes
back to the council at the meeting
on April 21. The council directed
him to make the changes.

of land. He said, We would just

be able to add on to the new school
for 750 kids.
Diskerud voted against the resolution, authorizing the mayor and
city clerk to execute the utility
agreement.
The council authorized City
Attorney Bob Vose to accept the
easements for the water and sewer
utilities to the new school. Eickhoff
said the surveys were approved,
but the title work is in progress.
City engineers will review the land
descriptions in the document with
the city attorney. Vose will review the titles. The council approved the easements contingent
on acceptance by Vose.
City Engineer Neil Britton presented seven bids that were submitted for the water and sewer
extension project to the new school.
The council awarded the bid to
the lowest responsible bidder,
Heselton Construction, LLC, who
bid $917,000.40 for the project
and $252,905.15 for the alternate
(the water loop).
Other business

Mike Bubany of David Drown

Associates presented information
about the competitive negotiated
sale of $1,200,000 General Obligation and Improvement Bonds,
Series 2015A, for the 2015 Street
Project. The GO Bonds would be
paid over 15 years. The council
approved the sale. Bubany said
the city would need to do another
rating. He will sell the bonds in
Minneapolis on April 21 and announce the results to the council

that night.
City engineer Craig Britton presented two bids submitted for the
2015 Street Project. Schumacher
Construction bid $1.163 million
and Meyer Construction bid $1.586
million. The council awarded the
bid to Schumacher.
The council approved five consumption permits for the American Legion Saturday Night events.
The Legion will have a beer garden and live music at the Cheese
Factory. The city can only approve
ten consumption permits each year.
The public works departments
request to purchase a new snow
plow truck was approved. The city
will purchase a 2015 Mach truck
for $80,920 and equipment from
the truck from Universal Equipment for $71,216. Wayne King
said that it will take 90-120 days
to construct the truck. The truck
will then go to Universal to install
the equipment. It should be ready
to use in the fall.
The council approved a resolution in support of new state funding dedicated to the maintenance
of city streets. The resolution of
support will go to the state legislature.
Goodhue County approved a
request from the Cheese Fest Committee to close CSAH #11 east of
Main Street and detour traffic to
3rd Street NE and 3rd Avenue NE
from June 4-8 for the community
festival, set-up, and cleanup. The
city council also approved the request. The parade route on Main
Street will be closed on June 7.

Zwart to donate land for

river trail to Pine Island
By Alice Duschanek-Myers
PINE ISLAND At the Pine
Island City Council meeting on
March 17, Wendell Zwart expressed his desire to donate land
that he purchased from Beverly
Spriesterbach to the City of Pine
Island for green space.
He said, The land was for sale
so I bought it to donate to the city.
He would like there to be a river
walk on the land in the future.
The land is adjacent to Olmsted
County State Aid Highway #3 and
curves along the middle branch of
the Zumbro River to meet up with
8th Street SE.
Zwart is a member of the Island
Riders Saddle Club. He said he
had one reservation for the city:
that the city would perpetually
allow horses and a trail on the south
side of the river. The saddle club
would maintain a six to eight foot

wide trail with the branches cut to

allow safe passage for the horses
and riders.
Mayor Rod Steele thanked Zwart
for his donation. City attorney Bob
Vose was directed to manage the
legal transfer of the land. The council plans to formally accept the
land donation on April 21.

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Meeting Notice - Pine Island

Economic Development Authority
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

P-last wk. of month

Date Safe Project

presentation given
at Pine Island School

p.m. We will play Bingo and serve

special treats.
Spring is upon us and we are
looking forward to spending time
outdoors and getting out on the
bus. The Minnesota Twins are a
favorite for the residents to watch
on TV. Go Twins! Various music
entertainers will be here throughout the month. Many volunteers
and staff will lead us in different
activities. Let us know if you would
like an activity calendar, and we
can email, send via mail, or you
can stop in and pick one up.
On April 15 we will host our
annual Volunteer Banquet. This
years theme is, Volunteers: A
Work of Heart.
We welcome volunteers here at
Pine Haven. Positions are flexible, and its a great way to make
a difference in the lives of others. Residents Bob and Iris Minor are with an inflatable leprechaun at Pine

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Zumbrota/Mazeppa

DFA and City of Zumbrota

may soon end up in court
By Tawny Michels
ZUMBROTA Nearing the year
mark of conflict between the City
of Zumbrota and the Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) plant, the
dispute may now be entering the
courtroom. A five-page appeal was
filed with the Minnesota Court of
Appeals by DFA on March 4.
The dispute stems from multiple violations by the DFA plant
that occurred in mid-2014. DFA
was fined $90,000 for multiple
wastewater violations. They were
fined another $36,000 for more
violations last fall, though an appeal by DFA resulted in that fine
being cut in half.
DFA contends that the city council acted outside its authority on
January 22 when it unanimously
approved a $5 increase in fees and
fine schedule. Because (DFA) was
not notified of the proposed modi-

fication to the permit and did not

participate in the city council hearing that resulted in the decision to
increase the rates and penalties,
(DFAs) issues are raised for the
first time in this appeal, DFA wrote
in its appeal.
The city council says the new
fines bring the numbers closer to
the average of neighboring cities,
after having numerous compliance
issues with the Dairy Farmers of
America plant since 2009. Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
fines will increase from $4.50 to
$6 per unit of BOD.
The 2015 BOD fees will increase
from $15.25 to $20.25. The fee
will increase again in 2016 from
$20.25 to $25.25.
In response to inquiries for statements on the situation, DFA Senior Vice President of Corporate
Affairs Monica Massey said,

While we continue dialogue with

the City of Zumbrota, DFA filed
an appeal of the increase in wastewater discharge rates and the increased fine schedule the city approved. The appeal was filed in
order to preserve our rights going
forward, however, we continue
dialogue to resolve the matter
amicably,
Meanwhile, Ken Bayliss, a St.
Cloud attorney hired to represent
Zumbrota, is currently looking into
whether the appropriate venue for
the dispute is the appellate court
or Goodhue County District Court.
Bayliss expects the venue issue to
be resolved within a month, at
which point actual legal proceedings could begin.
The City of Zumbrota is currently not saying much in response
to the pending legal action. City
Administrator Neil Jensen directed
all inquiries to Bayliss.

Powerade 4 Schools Program raises

funds for Goodhue and ZM Schools
Viking Coca-Cola Bottling Company is directing a portion of its sales of Powerade and Powerade Zero back
to participating area high schools under a program called Powerade 4 Schools. Money is collected on
sales of these products and then divided to high schools based on the percentage of purchased beverages.
Goodhue School received $1,078.23 on March 19. To date, the school has received $4,946.38 through this
program. In the above photo, from left to right, are Viking Coca-Cola representative Bill Laqua, Madison
Schafer, Maggie Mills, Isaiah Hinsch, Jacob McNamara, Katie Hemenway, Sara Ringeisen, and Goodhue
Activities Director Josh Wieme.

Zumbrota Police calls were down in

2014 from the previous two years
By Tawny Michels
ZUMBROTA Police Chief
Patrick Callahan presented the
Zumbrota Police Departments
annual report for 2014 at the March
19 city council meeting. Total call
volume was down from the past
two years. In 2012, the number of
calls was 2,016, in 2013 it was
2,059, and in 2014 the number
was 1,852, which was due in part
to fewer traffic stops.
Callahan said he didnt want to
comment excessively on 2014 as
a whole since he was not in Zumbrota for most of it. He did, however, express his concern for specific criminal activity that has been
going on, including theft and fraud.
Next to traffic calls, theft and fraud
were the most prominent activities in 2014.
The Drug Task Force was called

upon for six warrants for methamphetamine searches and one

heroin search warrant in 2014.
These calls resulted in the arrest
of thirteen people on drug-related
charges. Callahan informed the
council of drug activity within the
past two weeks, which included a
suspected DUI traffic stop that
resulted in a felony drug charge
and a tip about narcotics that also
resulted in an arrest and felony
charges.
Other business

The council approved the sale,

per Chief Callahans suggestion,
of a red 2000 Chevrolet Suburban
that was impounded on a narcotics violation on September 11,
2014.
The councilors approved a request for Public Works Director
Mike Olson to seek bids on a

sealcoat project for later this year.

The estimated cost of the project
is $53,080. The project will include sealcoating 26,761 square
yards of city streets and 7,394
square yards of parking lots around
the city.
Darrell Leonard was seeking a
new tobacco license for the business he purchased called Leonards
Corner Shell. It will replace the
tobacco license currently held by
Matthees Midtown. The council
approved his request.
Stary-Yerka VFW Post 5727
sought approval to sell pull tabs in
The Guilty Goose. Council approved the request 4-0-1, with Sara
Durhman abstaining since she is
co-owner of the bar. They will
now need to submit an applica- Zumbrota-Mazeppa School received $1,088.90 in the Powerade 4 Schools Program on March 13 at Hub
Food Center in Zumbrota. From left to right are Sherie Majerus, Hub Food Center store manager; Joey
tion to the State of Minnesota.
Majerus, Alyssa Quam, Tara Matuska, Bill Laqua of Viking Coca-Cola, and Isaiah Stueber.

ZM SENIOR PROFILES
Movie: Titanic and Shes the
Man
TV Show: Bones
Song: Ghost by Ella
Henderson
If you won the lottery, what
would one of your first purchases
be? I would probably put it in a
CD at the bank, pull it out in about
ten years, and retire at age 30.
Describe yourself in one word:
Cant
College/career plans: Attend
the University of Wisconsin
Madison for management and
human resources and Spanish, and
land an excellent job in a large
company. Get married, raise a family, and live life to the absolute
fullest.

Favorite class or subject: Construction

Hobbies: Fishing, hunting, helping my dad restore his 1978 Camaro
Favorite...
Movie: American Sniper
TV Show: Duck Dynasty
Song: Field Party by The Lacs
If you won the lottery, what
would one of your first purchases
be? A new truck
College/career plans: College
for DNR

Name: Justine Weber

Parents: Rob and Janet Weber
Siblings: Erica and Alex Weber
High school activities: Soccer,
musicals, SADD, band, National
Honor Society, freshman mentor,
soccer coach, softball, golf
Favorite class or subject: Spanish with Paola and Mrs. Buchholz
Best high school memory:
Seeing Ms. Heitman absolutely
eat dirt in advanced biology right
Name: Christian Monsrud
after saying to the class, EveryParents: Zola Monsrud and
body look over here!
Scott Monsrud (deceased)
Hobbies: Singing, reading, playSiblings: Mackenzie
ing soccer, helping with theater
High school activities: Boys
productions, cooking, watching
basketball manager
movies, and spending time with
Favorite class or subject: Adfriends and family
vance biology with Ms. Heitmann
Person or persons you would
Name: Jamie Rowe
Best high school memory:
like to meet, living or dead? Jesus
Parents: Robert and Krista
Winning Powder Puff senior year
Favorite...
Rowe
Hobbies: Hunting, fishing, and
Book: Harry Potter series
Siblings: Dylon, 10

photography
Person or persons you would
like to meet, living or dead? Justin Moore, George Strait
Favorite...
Book: The Hunger Games
Movie: The Blind Side
TV Show: Chicago Fire
Song: Aint Worth the Whiskey Cole Swindell
If you won the lottery, what
would one of your first purchases
be? Brand new Chevy Silverado
lifted
Describe yourself in one word:
Friendly
College/career plans: Attend
Rochester Community and Technical College and become a paramedic. Career goal is to be a flight
medic on Mayo One.

Name: Lexi Moore

Parents: Jennifer and Brent

Moore
Siblings: Kyli
Favorite class or subject: Psychology
Hobbies: Dance
Person or persons you would
like to meet, living or dead? Travis
Wall and Sonya Tayeh
Favorite...
Book: Scarlet in the Snow
Movie: The Lion King and
Beauty and the Beast
TV Show: Greys Anatomy
Song: Just the Way You Are
Bruno Mars
If you won the lottery, what
would one of your first purchases
be? A nice car
Describe yourself in one word:
Caring
College/career plans: Become
a kindergarten teacher

4-H
Cherry Grove Busy Gophers

By Kate Rechtzigel
The March 8 meeting began at 7:01
p.m. and was very brief, as there were
no demonstrations. We discussed the
Livestock ID Night that the 4-H is going
to have for people who are showing
livestock this summer at the fair. We
were reminded of the Hog Roast which
is on April 26. Also, we were reminded
to turn in our ticket sales next month.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:10 p.m.
The next meeting will be at Dale on
April 12 at 7 p.m. As always, we welcome to new members. Meetings are
usually held at Dale Lutheran Church at
7 p.m. every first Sunday of the month,
unless otherwise noted.
Mazeppa Musketeers

By Brooklyn Radtke

The March meeting of the Mazeppa

Musketeers was called to order on March
8, 2015. At the beginning of the meeting we played a game called over-under.
The object of the game is to pass a ball
over your head to the person behind
you. They then pass it under their legs
to the person behind them. This pattern
continues to the end of the line, and
then the person at the end of the line
runs to the front. The winner of the
game is the first team to have the first
person back up in the front of the line.
During the meeting we discussed serving treats to the Legion and Honor Guard.
We also talked about Project Exploration Day.
At the end of the meeting we had a
photography demonstration by Jim Perrotti
and a demonstration by Gabbi Perrotti
on how to make pretty tissue paper
flowers. The Siems family brought a
yummy snack and beverage.
If you are interested in joining Mazeppa
Musketeers 4-H, you can come to our
Name: Connor Hegseth
next meeting on Sunday, April 12, at
Parents: Brad and Donna 6:30 p.m. at the Mazeppa Community
Center.
Hegseth

Siblings: Karissa and Jess

High school activities: Football, wrestling, baseball, FFA,
trapshooting
Favorite class or subject: Study
hall
Best high school memory:
Being with friends
Hobbies: Hunting, fishing,
snowmobiling
Favorite...
Movie: Friday Night Lights
TV Show: The Walking Dead
College/career plans: Attend
the University of Wisconsin Stout

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Girl Scouts donate Birthday Bags to food shelf

ZUMBROTA Zumbrota Girl Scouts wrapped up their food drive project
on Tuesday, March 17, by assembling twenty-seven Birthday Bags for
the local food shelf. From left to right, Alexadra Ebertowski, Olivia Epps,
Bobbie Rae Benson, Abby Clasemann, Olivia Amsbaugh, Grace Vierling,
Holly Donovan, and Billie Jean Emeline get ready to pack up the Birthday
Bags. The drive, which ran from March 4-10 at Hub Food Center,

produced the food for the bags. The bags contained cake mix, frosting,
plates and napkins, balloons, candles, toys, and small party favors so
that every kid could enjoy a birthday party. On March 3, Jan Horsman,
co-director at the food shelf, attended a meeting and talked to the girls
about how the food shelf runs and who they help. At the March 17
meeting, Maggie Eggerichs, another co-chair of the food shelf, picked
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Zumbrota/Mazeppa
MN BUFFER SUMMIT
Continued from front page

for the event and after panelists

gave a short statement about the
proposed bill, or the value of buffers, he opened the floor for questions from the community. While
many speakers had strong feelings about the proposed legislation, both panelists and audience
members maintained a civil tone
throughout the event.
Many farmers expressed concerns that this new buffer rule
would reduce crop acres in Minnesota. According to Jaschke, the
administration estimated that the
buffers would only reduce farmed
acres by 125,000 acres in the state.
That seems a small amount, given
that Minnesota farmers planted an
estimated 14,200,000 (14.2 million) acres of corn and soybeans
in 2014. That total includes a
700,000-acre increase in soybean
acres from 2013 to 2014. But some
audience members questioned the
administrations numbers, citing
a larger land use estimate from
farm organizations.
Other speakers stated that they
already had installed conservation
practices like grassed waterways
and terraces on their farms and
they worried that now, if those
grassed waterways were redefined
as perennial waters theyd have
to add a buffer to this existing
conservation practice. Jaschke said
that that wouldnt happen.

foot buffers on all public or protected waters in Minnesota. Public

waters include both perennial
(year-round) and some intermittent waterways. The proposed new
law would require fifty-foot buffers only on perennial waters.
So in some ways, the proposed
law would cover fewer waterways
than the existing law. According
to Jaschke, the proposed law would
not replace the existing Shoreland
Ordinance. Both laws would operate in parallel.
Farm groups question
timeline and farmer impacts

Were not here to debate buffers. We know the good that they
do, said Minnesota Farmers Union
Lobbyist Thom Petersen. But we
do oppose the bill in the form that
its written. We support the current laws that are going forward
now. According to Petersen, their
biggest concern is the fifty-foot
buffer requirement, since that could
reduce the acres available for farming. He also raised concerns about
the timing of the bill, stating that
there isnt much time in this legislative session to debate the bill
and the timeline to install the buffers
would be short as well.
According to the bill, the buffers would have to be in place by
September 1, 2016, but the maps
that would tell us where the buffers would need to be wouldnt be
available until April 1, 2016, said
Public vs. perennial waters
One part of the proposed legis- Petersen.
lation that led to some confusion Legislators weigh in
According to Drazkowski, the
was the definition of which waters would need buffers under the proposed buffer bill isnt going
new legislation. The current to be passed by the House in its
form.
One
of
Shoreland Ordinance requires fifty- current

Drazkowskis biggest concerns

about the bill was its impact on
property rights. It smells like a
property rights problem to me,
he said. The idea of buffers is
good and a lot of farmers use conservation practices like grassed
waterways, strip cropping, contours, and terraces, but those are
not forced upon them by the government.
Drazkowski encouraged the
Dayton administration to make any
future conservation programs voluntary, or provide financial incentives or lower taxes on buffer land
as part of any future legislation.
Senator Schmit expressed more
support for the bill, citing the need
for buffers to protect our water
quality in Minnesota, but he didnt
want to see the legislation move
too quickly.
I want to ask everyone to take
a deep breath, said Schmit. The
last thing that anyone wants to see
is to have this bill shoved down
our throats without a thorough
process of reaching out to stakeholders. This is a bold proposal
and it has some up-sides, but it
also has some consequences for
landowners and farmers.
Schmit thought that a new bipartisan Legislative Water Commission would be the perfect place
to discuss and improve this bill.
To learn more about the proposed legislation, visit http://
www.dnr. minnesota.gov/buffers/
index.html
The event was sponsored by the
Minnesota Farmers Union, SOM
Generators, and the Zumbro Watershed Partnership.

Examples of how the Zumbrota

Community Trust helps in local area
By Marilyn Anderson
ZUMBROTA Each fall for
the past ten years, the Zumbrota
Community Trust (ZCT) has
awarded grants to local organizations or individuals representing
a wide array of projects or needs
in the community. With more than
$400,000 distributed to over 40
different groups, many people have
benefitted from the generosity of
others. While some groups or organizations receive funds annually at donors request or due to
need, other grants are on a onetime basis for a specific project.
Here are just a few examples of
how recent grants are being used.
(See front page article on how the
Trust is organized and funded.)
Free family movies

The Zumbrota Area Arts Council and local Girl Scout Troop
#25240 collaborated on the grant
proposal that is bringing a series
of free family movies to
Zumbrotas State Theatre in 2015.
The first film, Nims Island, was
shown on Saturday, January 11.
Three additional movies are to be
selected by Troop #25240 and will
be shown later this year.
Co-leaders of the Junior Troop,
Allison Knott and Sarah Nelson,
first approached State Theatre
Director Ronda Anderson-Sand
over a year ago when the troop
was working on their Take Action Project. After the girls had
brainstormed ideas of community
projects, they met with AndersonSand to tour the theatre and discuss their interests. One of the ideas
the girls decided upon was to assist in programming a series of
free family movies to be shown at
the theatre. Since paying royalties to show the films is a major
expense, a grant to support the
project was submitted to the ZCT.
The $1200 grant award is being
used to support the series of four
family movies.
The troop did not stop there.
After careful research and planning, the girls chose Nims Island, a film inspired by the book
of the same name, to be the first
film shown in 2015. In order for
families to have their own copy
and read the book free of charge
as well as see the movie, they found
local sponsors to help fund the
purchase of 100 copies of the book.
Crossings scholarships

A wide array of summer camps

are offered for youth ages 3-18 at
Crossings at Carnegie. About 300

campers are again expected to

participate in one or more weeks
of the 26 programs offered during
the summer of 2015. Choices range
from Mixing Mud & Math to
Machine Sewing to Musical
Theatre The Sound of Music.
A full schedule can be found at
http://www.crossingsatcarnegie.
com/camps.html
Grants received from the ZCT
have allowed some children to
participate in programs that they
would not have been able to otherwise. While the grants help meet
the need and are greatly appreciated, the amount falls short of what
is awarded in total scholarships.
We dont want to turn kids down,
said Crossings owner Marie
Marvin. She said the camps give
students the ability to experience
the arts an area that is often one
of the first to be cut from school
curriculums due to budgeting restraints.
Records show that scholarships
in the amount of $3,613 helped 88
children attend camps in 2014 ($41
per child average). Even with
ZCTs generosity, funding fell
short of what was needed. Crossings was awarded a $2000 grant
in November 2014; up from $1000
awarded the previous year.
In summaries and records maintained following last years summer programming, parents reported
on the excitement of their children taking part in the camps.
Some were so impressed they
proudly posted photos on
Facebook, encouraging their
friends to sign their kids up for a
camp. The instructor really connected with my child, and I could
never have taught this at home,
are frequent comments, reported
Valerie McCarty of Crossings.
New lives are touched each year.
We welcome about 90 new campers annually; scholarship awardees
among them.

tions, fuel, mental health care, and

childrens dental care. Helping to
pay for a bus pass to allow a person to get to work is another example of help that has been provided. The goal is to assist local
citizens who may need money to
pay for items not covered by other
programs.
The program primarily focuses
on smaller dollar amount needs
that have been identified by one
of the participating programs for
a client or participant of that program. Typically Stabilize Families assists individuals and families in the area who need temporary assistance to stabilize an emergency situation. Participating programs include: Three Rivers Action Council, Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Early Childhood Family Education, Zumbrota Area Food Shelf,
Mayo Clinic-Zumbrota, Zumbrota
Ministerial Association and Covered Bridge Resources.
One component of Stabilize
Families has been the undertaking of the 20 Teeth Dental Program. This program brings a mobile dental clinic to Zumbrota or
Mazeppa each year and provides
dental care for children whose
parents are unable to fund it. This
has been a great success story,
helping as many as 75 children
with each clinic, said Fischer.
Fischer acknowledged that requests to the Ministerial Association Fund, like Stabilize Families,
have continued to grow in recent
years. Though some requests come
from the local police for transient
people to provide money for food,
gas or lodging, most of the need is
for helping local residents. The
need continues to grow most
definitely. We cant meet all requests. Or we may just give a portion of what is needed. Area
churches also contribute to help
meet the need, said Fischer.
In 2014, fifty-one families reMinisterial Association and
ceived assistance from Stabilize
Stabilize Families
Families or the Ministerial AssoPastor Jan Fischer has been in- ciation Fund, up from forty-two
volved with both the Zumbrota families the previous year.
Ministerial Association and Sta- Other grant recipients
bilize Families for several years.
The ZCT assists with many other
While both programs may over- local requests as they occur, inlap slightly in the population they cluding areas such as arts and enserve, recipients are typically iden- tertainment, environment, history,
tified differently.
education, and recreation.
Among the Trusts special
To name just a few of the many
projects has been Stabilize Fami- others receiving grants during the
lies, a program providing assis- past decade: Zumbrota Sesquicentance to local citizens lacking funds tennial, Three Rivers Community
to pay for such things as prescrip- Action Council, Roscoe School
Restoration, Zumbrota Area Historical Society, Zumbrota Community Band, Zumbrota Public
Library, Zumbrota Swimming
Pool, Packing for the Weekend
Backpack Fund, Zumbrota Skateboard Park, and Zumbrota Bike
Rodeo.
Each year, the ZCT makes the
donor-designated distributions
from the Robert A. Langsdorf estate gift to the Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Schools, United Redeemer
Lutheran Church, and Pine Haven Care Center. The Zumbrota
Community Trust has also been
instrumental in support of preserving, protecting and promoting
Zumbrotas Covered Bridge since
the Covered Bridge Society disbanded in 2004.

Three candidates in final round

of ZM superintendent interviews
By Alice Duschanek-Myers
ZUMBROTA- The ZumbrotaMazeppa School District has announced the three candidates selected for the final round of interviews for superintendent. The three
candidates and their interview days
are Annette Freiheit, March 24;

Beth Giese, March 25; and Gary

Anger, March 26. School Exec
Connect helped the district narrow down the search.
A community meeting will be
held with the candidate on each
day at 5:30 p.m. in the high school
media center in Zumbrota. All

community members attending

will have an opportunity to fill out
a feedback form for the school
board. At 7:15 p.m. the candidate
will be interviewed in the media
center for a final time. All of the
meetings are open to the public.

Mazeppa approves purchase of

secured drug drop container
By Alicia Hunt-Welch
MAZEPPA At the March 11
meeting, the Mazeppa City Council
discussed the possibility of obtaining a drug drop-off container,
funding sources and a location for
it. Councilman Derald Mitchell
said the Mazeppa Firefighters
Relief Association agreed to provide $250 for the purchase of a
drug drop-off container. Mayor
John Betcher said the Lions Club
donated $250. A drug dropbox is
estimated to cost $600-900. The
rest of the funds will likely be
donated.
Several communities have drug
drop-off locations and protocol for
deputies to pick up and dispose of
unused medication. The benefit
to this is that drugs are not in the
home to be misused or stolen for
consumption or sale. Medications
collected are usually incinerated.
A motion by Tom Marsh to approve the purchase of a secured
container carried 5-0.
Policing report

Wabasha County Deputy Keith

Fratzke presented the policing report for the month. During February, deputies responded to three
reports of suspicious activity, a
911 hang-up call, an activated
business alarm, a child custody
exchange, a domestic incident, a
medical call, a home check, and a
probation violation check. Fratzke
said that activity is increasing as
the weather warms up.
MFD report

Mazeppa Fire Chief Brandon

Goranson said the department responded to three medical calls in
the city, one in Mazeppa Township and two in Zumbrota Township. They also had a training tour
of Martech Services Company. The

MFD recently covered calls for

the Zumbro Falls Fire Department
during a funeral for one of their
members. In preparation for the
Highway 60 bridge work this summer, Goranson said he spoke to
ZFFD to see if they could respond
to calls on the east side of the bridge.
Response time for ZFFD would
be quicker than MFD using the
detour routes.
City hiring for positions

The hiring committee met to

decide on advertising in the newspapers for the city administrator/
clerk position. Advertising will
commence in the next few weeks.
The council would likely interview candidates in May.
In September 2014 Mazeppa
Planning and Zoning recommended an additional employee
be hired in the summer to assist
with ground work. P&Z put up
$1,500 for the position and the
city matched that amount. The
position is currently being advertised, and three applications have
already been received. The job is
paying $12 per hour and will be
for a ten-week period. Applications are due April 8. P&Z will
interview the candidates and make
a recommendation to the city for
hiring.
Requests for city records

City Administrator Duane

Hofschulte shared with the council an email he received requesting eight years of city budgets and
seven years of annual financial
reports. The request was purported
to come from the executive director of a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, California Common
Sense, of Mountain View CA. The
message requested the city sub-

mit records electronically and

waive any fees for providing the
data. City attorney Steve Erwin
said under the data practices act,
the city need only submit documents in their current form. For
Mazeppa this is on paper. Therefore, Hofschulte will respond that
the records could be provided in
paper copy and indicate the cost
of making such copies and postage for sending them to the address provided in California, and
inform them the other option is to
inspect them in person.
Erwin also said that Steve
Peplinski submitted another request to inspect city records. Erwin
responded with possible dates
available to do so and is waiting
for a response.
Other business

Liquor license renewals for 2015

were approved for the American
Legion, Leos Sports Bar, Mazeppa
Liquor Store, and WDs Bar &
Grill, pending all necessary paperwork and fees.
Hofschulte and the council discussed an easement request and
the legalities for the property. They
also discussed an inquiry from a
business about a possible new
construction business expansion.
Upcoming dates

The next regular council meeting will be Wednesday, April 8, at

6 p.m. in council chambers at city
hall.
The Board of Equalization meeting with county representatives
to dispute property tax valuations
will be Tuesday, April 14, at 5:30
p.m. at council chambers.
The annual Spring Cleanup Day
will be on Saturday, April 25, from
9-11 a.m.

SEMAC awards $4,000 grant

to Zumbrota Area Arts Council
On March 17, 2015, the Board
of Directors of the Southeastern
Minnesota Arts Council (SEMAC)
awarded 25 grants for a total of
$98,276 in funding to applicants
throughout southeastern Minnesota. This included twelve Individual Artist grants for $47,276,
one $3,000 Artists in Education
grant for K-12 programming, and
twelve General Operating Support
grants to arts organizations for

$48,000. Among those receiving

grants was the Zumbrota Area Arts
Council who received a $4,000
General Operating Support grant
for staffing and salaries.
SEMAC is the state arts boarddesignated granting authority for
local/regional arts producing and
sponsoring organizations. They
disburse funds allocated for this
purpose by the Minnesota State
Legislature. The SEMAC region

includes the counties of Dodge,

Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue,
Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice,
Steele, Wabasha, and Winona.
For information about the grant
application process, eligibility, or
grant writing assistance, contact
the SEMAC office at 2778 D Commerce Dr NW, Rochester, MN
55901 or call 507-281-4848. Information can also be found at
www.semac.org.

ZUMBROTA POLICE REPORT

February 18
7:27 a.m. Two drivers were warned
for dropping off their children in a bus
zone.
10:40 a.m. An officer walked through
the school.
4:11 p.m. A complaint was made of
a barking dog. The owner was contacted
and the dog was put inside.
4:24 p.m. An officer responded to a
medical assist.
February 19
6:17 a.m. A driver was warned for
speeding.
7:27 a.m. A driver was warned for
dropping off children in a bus zone.
10:52 a.m. An officer walked through
the school.
1:39 p.m. A male received a shock
from a wire on a truck.
February 19
3:13 p.m. An officer watched school
crosswalks after school let out.
9:22 p.m. The State Patrol reported
a vehicle stalled on the side of a road
with four-way lights on.
9:44 p.m. An officer responded to a
business alarm.
11:02 p.m. An officer responded to
a business alarm.
11:23 p.m. A female reported someone shooting at an electrical box outside.
February 20
1:10 a.m. An officer responded to a
business alarm.
7:27 a.m. An officer did school
patrol.
3:04 p.m. A telephone complaint of
a dispute between a female and her
boyfriend. She wanted the house key.
The male finally provided the key.
4:56 p.m. A dog was at large in an
area and it appeared to be aggressive.
February 21
11:30 a.m. A female requested an
officer to do a welfare check on her
daughter who was in a facility near Zumbrota. She was fearful that she was doing drugs and might overdose.
February 22
7:03 p.m. An assault occurred between neighbors. They had separated
upon an officers arrival. Disorderly conduct citations were issued.
February 23
6 p.m. An officer responded to a

medical assist.
February 24
2:42 a.m. An officer responded to a
business alarm.
8:12 a.m. A driver was warned for
speeding.
11 a.m. An officer did a school
walk- through.
2:29 p.m. A theft of tools was reported.
3:09 p.m. An officer watched school
traffic.
4:26 p.m. An officer responded to a
medical assist.
7:36 p.m. A dialysis patient was
dizzy, light-headed and found it hard to
breath.
February 25
7:22 a.m. An officer watched school
crosswalks.
8:14 p.m. An officer unlocked a
vehicle.
10:29 a.m. A driver was speeding
and flashinglights on coming drivers.
The driver was located and was talked
to about driving conduct.
11:32 p.m. A male reported two
cars racing and speeding.
February 26
7:26 a.m. A driver was warned for
dropping off children in a bus zone.
9:07 a.m. A child was refusing to
go to school. The child was a habitual
offender. An officer explained to the child
the repercussions of continuously not
going to school. The juvenile did end up
going.
10:53 a.m. A theft of headphones
from a locker was reported. They were
later found and they were returned to
owner.
Noon A driver was warned for speeding.
February 27
2:47 a.m. An officer assisted a
deputy with a traffic stop.
7:37 a.m. A driver was warned for
speeding.
7:44 a.m. A driver was warned for
dropping off children in a bus zone.
9:54 a.m. Theft from a home construction site was reported.
10:09 a.m. Theft of an LP heater
from a new construction site was reported.
1:19 p.m. ZM High School requested
a welfare check on a truant student.

5:26 p.m. Eagan Police Department faxed a crime stopper tip that they
had received.
6:54 p.m. An officer assisted the
State Patrol with a semi that was turning
around and got stuck just off of Highway
52.
11:52 p.m. A driver was given a
written warning for expired drivers license and speeding.
February 28
12:23 a.m. A male fled on foot from
a crash scene and an officer. A K9 dog
tracked him back to the Guilty Goose.
10:52 a.m. An officer unlocked a
vehicle.
1:39 p.m. A driver was warned for
speeding.
1:53 p.m. Rochester State Patrol
reported a vehicle that was stalled in a
median. A father and three small children were walking south bound.
3:44 p.m. A dog was found. The
dog had city tags and was returned to
the owner.
4:53 p.m. A two-vehicle accident
was reported with only one minor injury.
5:12 p.m. A driver was warned for
an equipment violation, and cited for
failure to provide insurance.
10:47 p.m. A driver was warned for
speeding and obstructed plate.
10:52 p.m. A driver was given a
warning for having a side headlamp out.
11:22 p.m. A driver was given a
warning for expired drivers licence, and
obstructed plate. A passenger drove.

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Goodhue County Dairy Princess Banquet is March 28

ZUMBROTA The 2015
Goodhue County Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA)
and Dairy Princess Banquet will
be on Saturday, March 28, at StaryYerka VFW Post 5727 in Zumbrota. Serving begins at 7:30 p.m.
and the program begins at 8:30
p.m. Candidates for princess this
year are Mayra Monjaraz-Olmos
of Goodhue; and Juliann Keller,
Maggie Mills, and Samantha
Keller, all of Lake City. The following are answers that the candidates provided on a questionnaire.
Tell us about your family and your
familys dairy farm.

J. KELLER I am 17 years old

and attend Lake City High School.
My sponsor is Brad Huneke Hoof
Trimming. My parents are Ted and
Lora Keller. I am the third oldest
and I have four brothers and four
sisters: Nick, Samantha, Jeremy,
Catherine Allison, Elizabeth,
Zackary, and Daniel. Their ages
range from twenty down to six
years old. I live and work on the
Keller Dairy Farm, a 200-cow
Holstein dairy farm. We milk cows
twice a day in our milking parlor.
We have about 400 acres, and we

raise our replacement heifers and

steers.
S. KELLER I am 19 years old
and my parents are Ted and Lora
Keller. I am the second oldest of
nine children. (See her sisters
response above for more.) I attend the University of Wisconsin
Stout and my sponser is Gerkens
Feed and Grain.
MILLS I am 18 years old and
I attend Goodhue High School.
My sponsor is DHIA Arden
Vangsness. My parents are Kent
and Deborah Mills and I have two
older sisters, Abby (22) and Libby
(20). My family owns a 280-Holstein dairy cow farm located outside of Lake City.
MONJAREZ I am eighteen
years old and a senior at Goodhue
High School. My sponsor is
Burfeind Dairy in Goodhue. I have
four sisters, Lauriana, Myrian,
Chris, and Naidalynne, and my
parents are Bernardo and Cenorina.
I work for Burfeind Dairy in
Goodhue where they milk roughly
255 Holstein cows.

twice a day, before and after school.

The milking chores consist of
rounding up the cattle, loading the
parlor, dipping and stripping cows,
putting on milkers, post-dipping
the cows, and washing up equipment when the milking is completed. I also help feed the newborn calves.
S. KELLER I help with milking in the morning and afternoon
when I am home and available to
milk. When I am helping with
milking I help load the cows into
the parlor. I prep the cows before
they are milked and put on milkers. After milking is done, I help
wash up the parlor.
MILLS On my familys farm,
it is my duty to help with the daily
calf chores. This involves caring
for the calves by providing them
with feed and water, comfort, and
health needs. I feel that this is an
especially important job on the
farm because the heifer calves are
the future of our dairy herd. I personally love seeing the calves grow
up into milking cows and then when
Do you help with chores; if so, what they calve, caring for the next genare your responsibilities?
eration of calves.
J. KELLER I help by milking
MONJAREZ I am responsible

Obituaries
and took care of her grandparents,
other relatives and many children.
She drove the van for special needs
children in Cambridge. Merry and
Wayne owned and operated a convenience store in Isanti, the Phillips
66 station, for a few years. In 2009,
they moved back to Goodhue and
she began working at a nursing
home. This was a big part of her
life and she enjoyed it very much.
She worked in the activities department. She loved all the residents! Another part of her life is
that she became a grandmother
one year ago to Isla. This was a
dream come true to her and she
enjoyed every moment of being a
grandma to Peanut. She recently
RAY Garry William Blakstad,
moved to Kalispell, Montana.
Besides her family activities Merry 75, passed away on March 8, 2015,
loved her animals and enjoyed
doing crafts.
She is survived by her husband,
Wayne of Kalispell, Montana;
daughter, Lea (Burak) Metin of
San Jose, California; son, Ross
(Sara) Dankers of Kalispell, Montana; granddaughter, Isla Dankers;
sister, Lynn (Arlen) Diercks of
Red Wing; two brothers, Mark
(Sara) Rapp of Princeton, Mike
(Gwen) Rapp of Cambridge; and
many other relatives and friends.
A memorial service was held
Saturday, March 21, at St. Johns
Lutheran Church in Goodhue.

Robert Wellvang 1923-2015

Erwin Scheffler 1924-2015

CANNON FALLS Erwin A.

Scheffler, 90, of rural Cannon Falls,
died on Wednesday, March 18,
2015, at St. Marys Hospital in
Rochester.
Erwin Alfred Scheffler was born
on June 4, 1924, on his parents
farm in the Poplar Grove area of
Pine Island Township, Goodhue
County, to Henry E. and Amalia
L. (nee Hendel) Scheffler. Erwin
was baptized at St. Peters Evangelical Lutheran Church in Poplar Grove. He grew up on the family farm and attended country
school in Poplar Grove until 1937
when his family moved to a farm
just north of Zumbrota. Erwin was
confirmed at Christ Lutheran
Church in Zumbrota. He graduated from Zumbrota High School
in 1942. On August 11, 1950 he
married Betty Lou Windhorst at
Christ Lutheran Church in Zumbrota. Erwin farmed his entire life,

first in Poplar Grove and later in

Leon Township near Hader. Erwin
enjoyed listening and dancing to
polka music and attending all family gatherings along with doing
ancestry research and talking to
relatives about his research. Erwin
was a member of Minneola
Lutheran Church.
Erwin is survived by his three
daughters, Connie Ronningen of
Pine Island, Linda Scheffler of
Rochester, Diane (Dale) Olson of
Zumbrota; one son, Wes (Maureen)
Scheffler of Cannon Falls; seven
grandchildren,
Mariahn
Ronningen, Mandy (Allen) Reese,
Derek (Terin) Olson, Darin Olson, Danielle (Adam) Waters,
Craig (Kristina) Scheffler and
Kelsey Scheffler; great-grandchildren, Corey Ronningen, Autumn
and Lee Reese, Skylar, Cayden,
Trace and Vanessa Olson, Drake
Mason and Jada Waters, Ethan and
Ella Scheffler; step-great-granddaughter, Amber Reese; sister-inlaw, Jane Scheffler of Red Wing;
and many nieces and nephews.
Erwin was preceded in death
by his wife of 56 years, Betty;
son-in-law, Daryle Ronningen;
grandson, Matthew Ronningen;
one brother, Karl Scheffler; and
one sister, Dorothy Kvam.
The funeral service was held on
Saturday, March 21, at Minneola
Lutheran Church in rural Zumbrota with Reverend Hannah
Bergstrom de Leon officiating.
Burial was in Zumbrota Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to
Minneola Lutheran Church or
American Cancer Society.

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for milking cows on the week- As we were walking through, a

ends and checking for the health cow came up behind us and mooed.
of them each day.
I got scared and we took off runDo you have an embarrassing or ning. My friend ran inside the barn
interesting farm or dairy experience and I followed. I placed one foot
you would like to share with us?
in the wrong part of the cow yard
J. KELLER When I was in and fell, flat on my back right into
eighth grade, I had a friend come manure! This was so embarrassover to my house for a sleepover. ing because Im looked at as a
She wanted a tour around the farm tough farm girl and now I was
so I decided to take her through covered with manure from the back
the sheds, the calf barns, and fi- of my head all the way down to
nally took her through the cow my feet.
yard. The cow yard is where our
S. KELLER My most embardry cows and heifers are housed. rassing moment working on my
familys farm happened when I
was in seventh grade. My dad told
me to bring the cow that recently
had her calf up to the parlor. I
didnt realize at first that it was
Toby, one of the buckiest cows in
the herd. When I got in the pen to
at St. Lukes Hospital in Duluth. bring her up, she started chasing
Garry grew up and went to school me out of the pen. We decided to
in Wanamingo. He is the son of name the calf Buckaroo after she
Alvin and Myrtle (Rolland) chased me, and I have been super
careful around young cows ever
Blakstad.
He also lived in Zumbrota and since.
MILLS While doing my outRochester before retiring. He then
moved to Ray where he was cur- side chores, I am often caught singing or dancing while I work. I have
rently living.
He loved hunting, fishing, spend- been spotted multiple times in miding time with family and friends song by our milk haulers, custom
and, of course, telling stories of chopper guys, and milkers. Who
says work cant be fun?
his adventures.
MONJAREZ An interesting
He is survived by his daughter
Jamie (Randy) Gunhus, Sioux fact about my work is that I love
Falls, South Dakota; granddaughter to sing to the cows while Im milkWhitney (Justin Biers) Gunhus of ing.
Rochester; brothers Roger (Lou), What is your favorite dairy product
Duane (Pat), Gale, Ronnie (Patti); and why?
J. KELLER My favorite dairy
sister JoAnn (Neil) Hoven; and
product is a wholesome glass of
many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held fresh milk. It is nutritious and hits
the spot after a hard days work. I
at a later date.
love fresh milk because I can dunk
in my freshly homemade chocolate chip cookies.
S. KELLER Milk is my fariage, they lived in Decorah, Iowa,
and Zumbrota. Before retirement, vorite dairy product because it can
Robert was employed at Demuth go well with almost anything. It is
Co. in Zumbrota. He and his wife a great way to get nine essential
traveled extensively, all over the nutrients in just one serving. Ever
United States, Canada, and Eu- since I was little I have always
rope. They enjoyed visiting rela- enjoyed a cold glass of farm-fresh
tives in Norway on several trips. milk.
MILLS Chocolate milk is by
In his spare time Robert was a
handyman and could fix most any- far my favorite dairy product. It is
thing. He was a skilled wood- a quick nutritious breakfast that I
worker, and created furniture and enjoy almost every day. Chocomany craft articles with a Norwe- late milk has the power to replengian flavor. Robert and his family ish the energy that is lost after a
were lifelong members of the workout and is available everyLutheran Church. For many years, where.
MONJAREZ My favorite
they were members of United
Redeemer Lutheran Church in dairy product would have to be
whole milk. This is because it is
Zumbrota.
Robert was preceded in death very nutritious and delicious.
by his wife, Lois, on February 22, What extracurricular activities have
2015; his parents, Albert and you been involved in?
J. KELLER I was on the Lake
Pauline (Mogaard) Wellvang;
brothers Palmer, Paul, and Harold; City High School National Honor
Society, FFA, Key Club, Teen
and sisters Alberta and Martha.
He is survived by daughter Leadership program, We Act, and
Wanda (Gary) Johnson of I was a teaching assistant in the
Spearfish, South Dakota; brother family and consumer science dePhillip Wellvang of Rochester; and partment. I also enjoyed playing
sister Beatrice (Leo) Berg of the clarinet and saxophone in concert band, jazz band, pep band,
Alexander, Arkansas.
A memorial service is planned marching band, and solo ensemble.
on May 16 at United Redeemer I have participated in tennis, basketball, track and field, and dance.
Lutheran Church in Zumbrota.
Tennis is my sport of choice in
which I have lettered, been a captain, and I have also received the
MaryAnn is survived by her Academic All State Award. I am
seven children, Phyllis (Freddy) a member of the Gilford Golden
Groth of Zumbrota, Roger (Lorna) Gophers 4-H Club and our church
Hinck of Lake City, Joanne youth group. These organizations
Lafferty of Apple Valley, Sharon have taught me how to work hard,
(Tim) Alexander of Victoria, given me leadership roles, and
Darlene (Tom) Anway of Park taught me to be proactive.
City, Utah, Mary Freiburg of Lake
S. KELLER At the UniverCity, and Lisa (Loren) Jacob of sity of Wisconsin Stout I am a
Lake City; seventeen grandchil- member of the Stout Typographidren; ten great-grandchildren; two
brothers; three sisters; and many
nieces and nephews.
MaryAnn was preceded in death
by husband, Alfred; son, Delbert;
grandson, Steve Groth; three brothers; and three sisters.
A funeral service was on Saturday, March 21, at St. Johns
Lutheran Church in Lake City with
Reverend John Berg officiating.
Burial was at St. Johns Cemetery.
Memorials are preferred to the
American Heart Association or the
American Diabetes Association.
Online condolences can be sent to
www.mahnfamilyfuneralhome.com.

Garry Blakstad

Merry Dankers 1965-2015

KALISPELL, MT Merry
Dankers died at a friends home
in Isanti on March 16, 2015, at the
age of 49 years.
Merry Bell Dankers was born
August 1, 1965, in St. Paul to James
and Patricia (Powell) Rapp. She
was raised in Ogilvie and graduated from Ogilvie High School in
1983. Merry married Wayne
Dankers on October 23, 1987, in
Goodhue. They made their home
in Goodhue for four years before
moving to Bradford in rural Cambridge.
Merry was an excellent caregiver

Goodhue County Dairy Princess candidates are Juliann Keller, Samantha Keller, Maggie Mills, and Mayra
Monjaraz-Olmos.

NObit2-E.O.W.

MESA, AZ Robert Edgar

Wellvang, 91, of Mesa, Arizona,
died on March 12, 2015.
Robert was born in rural Zumbrota on August 7, 1923. He attended District 95 school and
served in the Army in World War
II, including service at the Battle
of the Bulge in Bastogne, Belgium.
In 1947 he married Lois Harriet
Lee. During their 67 years of mar-

Mary Ann Hinck 1926-2015

LAKE CITY MaryAnn Hinck,

89, of Lake City, passed away
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at
the Lake City Care Center, surrounded by loved ones.
She was born on January 31,
1926, to Reinhart and Helen
Miller. She grew up and went to
school in Belvidere, and then
started working on the family
farm. On March 5, 1943 she married Alfred Hinck at St Johns
Lutheran Church in Lake City. In
1947, they moved off of Alfreds
family farm to their own farm. They
retired in 1997, but continued to
live on the farm until March of
2011 when they moved to Lake
City. MaryAnn was a member of
St. Johns Lutheran Church. She
enjoyed spending time with family and friends and playing cards.

cal Society, a small printing business on campus. I am also a part of

Honors College, UW-Stout Photo
Club, and the Newman Campus
Ministry. I am also serving on the
UW-Stout Career Conference
Executive Committee. At Lake
City High School I was involved
in FFA, the FFA dairy judging
team, National Honor Society,
concert band, marching band,
speech team, first robotics, cross
country, and track and field. I was
also a member of the Gilford
Golden Gophers 4-H Club and was
on the 4-H dairy judging and dairy
quiz bowl teams.
MILLS I am involved in FFA,
student council, class office, speech
team, and cross country, and I am
a student school board member
and wrestling statistician. Outside
of school, I am a part of 4-H,
Farmamerica Youth Board of
Advisors, Goodhue County Junior Fair Board, and Im a Vacation Bible School teacher. I also
attended conferences such as National 4-H Dairy Conference, the
Minnesota Farmers Union
Womens Conference, and the
Minnesota Ag Ambassador Institute.
MONJAREZ Some of the extracurricular activities Ive been
involved with are senior high band,
cross country, and Goodhue FFA.
Why would you like to be a dairy
princess?

J. KELLER I want to share

the importance of dairy products
to others by using my experiences
and knowledge about the dairy
industry. I would love to meet many
different people in the community and explain the significance
of the dairy industry. I think that it
is important to become a strong
advocate for the dairy industry
because some people in the community may not realize how important it is in our lives.
S. KELLER I would like to be
a Goodhue County Dairy Princess
because I am passionate about the
dairy community. We need to
spread the numerous ways dairy
farm families are working hard to
get a wholesome nutritious product out to their communities. People
need to know that milk, cheese,
and yogurt are some of the freshest most nutritious foods that families can buy. Milk, cheese, and
yogurt are a good way to get nine
essential nutrients, and dairy is
also a local product supporting our
community. I want to make a difference by advocating for the dairy
farmers and the dairy community.
MILLS I would be honored to
serve as a Goodhue County Dairy
Princess representing our strong
dairy community. I especially enjoy sharing our farm stories with
the consumers and answering their
questions about the dairy industry. If chosen as a princess, my
main focus will be encouraging
consumers to have their three servings of dairy every day. An avenue I can use in expressing my
passion for cheese and the many
flavors of yogurt is how easily
they can be incorporated into
anyones meal plan.
MONJAREZ I would like to
be a dairy princess because I have
always loved cows and dairy products. I also think that I am the way
I am because I was taught by my
job to be responsible and have
affected the decisions that I have
made so far.

Swanson service
A memorial service for Violet
C. Swanson (1912-2015) will be
on Saturday, April 11, at 2 p.m. at
Wanamingo Lutheran Church with
Pastor Chris Culuris officiating.
Inurnment will be in the church
cemetery. Visitation will be on
Saturday one hour prior to the service at the church. A full obituary
previously ran in the News-Record.

Five generations gather

ZUMBROTA Over the Christmas holiday five generations met at Arline
A. Nodlands apartment at the Zumbrota Towers. From left to right are
Darlene (Nodland) Poole of Gibbon, Arline A. Nodland, Kirstin Poole of
Burnsville, and Jesse Winger of Sheboggan, Wisconsin. With them are
twin girls Sophia and Olivia Winger.

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Wanamingo

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., March 25: 7 p.m. Worship.
Sun., March 29: 8:30 a.m. Sunday
School; 9:30 a.m. Worship with communion.
ST. PETERS EV. LUTHERAN,
WELS, 702 Third Ave., Goodhue,
Randall L. Kuznicki, Pastor. Wed.,
March 25: 8:30 a.m. Quilting with
Bible study; 3:30 p.m. Confirmation
class; 7 p.m. Worship with fellowship following. Fri., March 27: 7:308:30 a.m. Free coffee Friday at
church. Sun., March 29: 9:15 a.m.
Sunday School; 10:15 a.m. Worship
with communion. Tues., March 31:
1-4 p.m. Pastors office hours; 6:15
p.m. Hymn sing at Zumbrota Care
Center.

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., March
25: IHN week; 9 a.m. Better Brew
hours; 5:45 p.m. Meal; 6 p.m.
Childrens worship; Confirmation;
Adult study; 7 p.m. Worship. Thurs.,
March 26: IHN week; 4 p.m. Disciple. Fri., March 27: IHN week. Sun.,
March 29: 8:30 a.m. Fellowship; 9
am. Worship; IHN week. Mon., March
30: IHN week. Tues., March 31: IHN
week; 7 p.m. Advanced disciple.
Wed., April 1: 9 a.m. Better Brew
hours; 6:30 p.m. Confirmation.

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., March 25: 6 p.m. Supper; 7
p.m. Worship. Sun., March 29: 9
a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m.
Worship; 6 p.m. 1st communion class.
Mon., March 30: 8:30 a.m. Quilting.
Wed., April 1: 2 p.m. Heritage Hill
communion.
WANAMINGO LUTHERAN ELCA,
Wanamingo, MN 55983, Christopher
Culuris, Pastor. Office hours Thursdays 1-3 p.m., 507-824-2410. Wed.,
March 25: 6 p.m. Supper at Trinity;
7 p.m. Worship at Trinity. Sun., March
29: 9 a.m. Worship; 10 a.m. Sunday
School; 6 p.m. 1st communion class
at Trinity.

MAZEPPA

ZUMBROTA

ST. JOHNS EV. LUTHERAN,

Mazeppa, Alan Horn, Pastor. 8436211, home; 843-5302 work. Bible
class every Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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., March 25: 10:30 a.m.
Bible study; 1 p.m. Nursing Home
service; 3:15 p.m. Junior choir; 3:30
p.m. Confirmation class; 5 p.m. Supper; 6:30 p.m. Worship; 7 p.m. Adult
Choir. Sun., March 29: 8 and 10:30
a.m. Worship; 9:15 am. Sunday
School; 9:30 a.m. Bible study. Mon.,
March 30: 7 p.m. Bible study. Wed.,
April 1: 10:30 a.m.. Bible study; 3:15
p.m. Junior choir; 3:30 p.m. Confirmation class; 6 p.m. Bell choir; 7
p.m. Adult choir.

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. Sundays: 8:45 a.m. Bible study;
Sunday School; 10 a.m. Worship.
Website: www.gracelutheranoronoco
.come. Follow us on facebook.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF
ORONOCO, 40 3rd Street SW., Rev.
Lisa Johnson office hours Mondays
1-4 p.m.; Office hours: Tuesdays and
Thursdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wed.,
March 25: 5-7 p.m. Food shelf open.
Thurs., March 26: 6:30 p.m. Prayer
class meets. Sun., March 29: 11 am.
Worship.

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., March 25: 6 p.m. Book study;
Dinner; 7 p.m. Worship; 8 p.m. Chancel choir; 8:45 p.m. Praise team.
Thurs., March 26: 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Senior quilt tying; 6:30 p.m. 5th grade
1st communion class and seder meal;
Building/grounds meeting. Sat.,
March 28: 5:30 p.m. Worship with
communion. Sun., March 29: 8:15
a.m. Worship with communion; 9:30
a.m. Fellowship; Sunday School;
Handbells; 10:30 a.m. Worship with
communion; Sunday School. Tues.,
March 31: 8:30 a.m. Staff meeting;
1:30 p.m. Bible study. Wed., April
1: 1:30 p.m. Lydia circle; 6:30 p.m.
Youth ed meeting; 7 p.m Chancel
choir; 8 p.m. Praise team.

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. Wed., March
25: 6 p.m. Supper; 7 p.m. Worship
at St. Johns.
HAUGE LUTHERAN, Rural Kenyon,
Martin Horn, Pastor. Wed., March
25: 3:15 p.m. Overcomers; 5 p.m.
2nd year confirmation at Emmanuel;
6 p.m. Supper at Emmanuel; 6:15
p.m. 1st year confirmation at Emmanuel; 6:30 p.m. Choir at Emmanuel; 7:30 p.m. Worship at Emmanuel. Sun., March 29: 9 a.m. Worship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday School; 3
p.m. Concert followed by supper.
Wed., April 1: 3:15 p.m. Overcomers.
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.

Interim superintendent appointed

By Alicia Hunt-Welch
WANAMINGO On March 17,
the Kenyon-Wanamingo Board of
Education announced that Dr. Jeff
Pesta was appointed to serve as
interim superintendent through
June 30, 2015. Pesta was hired on

January 5 of this year to fill the

role of interim principal for grades
7-12. He will serve in both roles
in the short term while the district
continues their hiring process for
a permanent superintendent.
The first round of superinten-

dent candidate interviews were held

on March 19 and 20 at KW Elementary School. The school
boards goal is to have a new superintendent named by April 1,
with that individual to assume his/
her duties on July 1.

KW ELEMENTARY STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

By Alicia Hunt-Welch
WANAMINGO Each week
staff members at KenyonWanamingo Elementary School
(grades K-4) acknowledge students
displaying the following expectations: Be Responsible, Be Respectful, and Be Safe. The following is
a list of KW teachers by grade and
the Students of the Week they selected for the weeks of February
27 and March 13, respectively.
With one exception, no students
were selected for March 6 as it
was a short week:

Ramirez, N/A
Mrs. Deb Hinrichs Devon
Mrs. Tanya Short Ellis Grant, Kreisler, Isaac Hedeen
Third grade
Samantha Grose
Mrs. Val Ashland Ryan Ranc,
Mrs. Krista Swanson Avery
Cavan McGuire
Stark, Abigail Siems
First grade
Mrs. Shelly Froehling Lucas
Mrs. Katie Benbrooks Elsie Heckman, Lucas Heckman
Braaten, Analise Olson
Mr. Jake Wieme N/A, Matea
Mr. Tony Donkers Myles Lee
Fourth grade
Thompson, Owen Caron
Mrs. Cody Anstedt Gage ThMrs. Cathy Stark Brennan
ompson, Emma Paulson, and Lydia
Flotterud, Noah Schaefer
Second grade
Schaefer
Mrs. Mary Gail Anderson
Mr. Kevin Anderson Vanessa
Mariah Grieger, Ava Beardsley Schmidt, Mason Carlson
Mrs. Renee Hildebrandt Reed
Ms. Rhonda Thesing Evelyn
Kindergarten
Scheffler, Brayden Rasmussen
Mrs. Heidi Haugen Abygail Sommer, Tanner Hedee

LANDS LUTHERAN, 16640 Highway.

60 Blvd., Zumbrota, MN 55992-5105.
Zumbrota. Wed., March 25: 7:15 a.m.
Youth Bible study at Bridgets; 9 a.m.
and 7:15 p.m. Worship; 5:30 p.m.
Supper; 6 p.m. Youth group; 7:15
p.m. Confirmation. Thurs., March 26:
10:30 a.m. Newsletter collation; 7 p.m.
Praise practice. Sat., March 28: 8
a.m. Doodle Bible study. Sun., March
29: 7:30 a.m. Praise practice; 8:30
a.m. Praise worship; 9:30 a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Worship.
Tues., March 31: 11 a.m. Text study.
Wed., April 1: 7:15 a.m. Youth Bible
study at Bridgets.
MINNEOLA LUTHERAN, 13628
County 50 Blvd. Rev. Hannah Bergstrom de Leon, Pastor. Wed., March
25: 6 p.m. Soup; Study; Worship.
Sun., March 29: 9:15 a.m. Sunday
School; 10:30 a.m. Worship.
ST. COLUMBKILL CATHOLIC,
36483 County. 47 Blvd., Belle Creek,
Father Paul Kubista. Sundays: 10:30
a.m. Mass.

Palm Sunday concert at Hauge

KENYON Hauge and Emmanuel Lutheran Churches will present The Power of the Cross, a Palm Sunday
concert of hymns, songs, and scripture at Hauge Lutheran Church in Kenyon on Sunday, March 29, at 3 p.m.
ST. JOHNS EV. LUTHERAN, Bear The womens ensemble from the Association Free Lutheran Bible School college of Plymouth will sing along
Valley, Alan Horn, Pastor. 843-6211, with the parish choir of Hauge and Emmanuel. 2013 Kenyon-Wanamingo High School graduate Katie Strand
home; 843-5302 work. Bible Class is a member of the ensemble. Everyone is invited to attend the program and a light supper will be offered
is every Wednesday at 6 p.m. in after the concert. Hauge Lutheran Church is a handicap accessible building and is located on the corner of
Third and Bullis Streets in Kenyon. Ensemble members are, from left to right, front row: Ednay Andrade, Abby
FAMILY WORSHIP CHURCH Weekly Mazeppa.
Smith, Sarah Ballmann, Caro Gutierrez, and Sarah Bellefy; back row: Katie Strand, Abigail Johnson, Jenaya
worship services: 81 West 5th Street,
Crestik, Perry Staffan, and Sarah Erickson.
Zumbrota, 507-732-7438, www.fwc ST. JOHNS EV. LUTHERAN, WELS,
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. Thurs., March 26:
6:30 p.m. Prayer class. Sun., March
29: 9 a.m. Worship.
LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CHURCH,
a Wesleyan church, 179 W. 3rd St.,
Zumbrota, lighthousecommunityzum
@yahoo.com, Janet Fischer, Pastor.
Office: 732-5074. Thurs., March 26:
6:30 p.m. Bible study at church. Sun.,
March 29: 10:45 a.m. Worship; Luke
19:28-24.
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., March 25: 9 a.m.
Womens Bible study; 3:30 p.m. Junior
youth group; WINGS; 5:45 p.m. Meal;
6:30 p.m. Worship; 7:30 p.m. Youth
group. Sat., March 28: 7 a.m. Mens
prayer breakfast; 7 p.m. 7-12 grade
open gym. Sun., March 29: 8:30 a.m.
Prayer time; 9 a.m. Sunday School;
10:15 a.m. Worship; 7 p.m. 50+ study
groups. Mon., March 30: 7 p.m.
Moms in prayer. Wed., April 1: 9
a.m. Womens Bible study; 12:45 p.m.
Early release; 6 p.m. Youth group.
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., March
25: 7:15 a.m. CBC; 3:30 p.m. 1st
communion class; 5:30 p.m. Supper;
6:30 p.m. Worship; 7 p.m. Choir rehearsal; Jubilee bells practice.

RURAL
EMMANUEL LUTHERAN, Aspelund,
Martin Horn, Pastor. Wed., March
25: 3:15 p.m. Overcomers; 5 p.m.
2nd year confirmation; 6 p.m. Supper; 6:15 p.m. 1st year confirmation;
6:30 p.m. Choir; 7:30 p.m. Worship.
Sat., March 28: 8 a.m. FBI Bible
study at church. Sun., March 29:
9:30 a.m. Sunday School; 10:45 a..m.
Worship; 3 p.m. Concert at Hauge
followed by supper. Wed., April 1:
3:15 p.m. Overcomers.

Minneola Township, County Road 7,

rural Zumbrota, Randall Kuznicki,
Pastor. Wed., March 25: 8 p.m.
Worship. Fri., March 27: 7:30-8:30
a.m. Free coffee Friday at St. Peters.
Sun., March 29: 8:30 a.m. Worship;
9:30 a.m. Bible study. Tues., March
31: 1-4 p.m. Pastors office hours;
6:15 p.m. Hymn sing at Zumbrota
Care Center.
ST. PETER LUTHERAN, The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Belvidere, 28961 365th St., Goodhue,
MN 55027-8515, Dr. Scott T. Fiege,
Pastor. Sun., March 29: 9:30 a.m.
Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Worship.

STORDAHL LUTHERAN, ELCA, Rural Zumbrota. Church: (507) 732-5711,

Kathy Lowery, Pastor, Home 507271-5711. Wed., March 25: 5:30 p.m.
Supper; 6:30 p.m. Worship. Sun.,
March 29: 9 a.m. Confirmation; 9:30
a.m. Choir; 10:30 a.m. Worship.
Tues., March 31: 11 a.m. Text study.
Wed., April 1: 6:30 p.m. Council
meeting.
URLAND LUTHERAN 6940 County
9 Blvd., Cannon Falls, MN 55009.
Church: 507-263-5544; Pastor David
Hurtt, Interim. Wed., March 25: 6
a.m. Mens Bible study; 6 p.m. Supper; 7 p.m. Worship. Sun., March
29: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School; Youth
forum; 9-10:15 a.m. Youth sponsored
breakfast. Wed., March 25: 6 a.m.
Mens Bible study.
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.
ZWINGLl UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST, 23148 County Highway 24,
West Concord (Berne), 507/527-2622.
Rev. Victor Jortack, Pastor.

College

WANAMINGO POLICE REPORT

By Alicia Hunt-Welch
proof of insurance was issued near
The following information was 460th St and Hwy 57 in Minneola
provided by the Goodhue County Township.
Sheriffs Office.
11:59 a.m. A female on Main
March 6
St reported an unknown male was
8:42 a.m. Criminal damage to sleeping in her car. The intoxiproperty was reported near Cty cated male was taken to the detox
30 and Hwy 57.
unit.
10:55 a.m. A speeding ticket
1:15 p.m. A credit card was
was issued near Cty 1 and Cty 8 in found on Main St. The owner was
Wanamingo Township.
contacted.
10:58 a.m. Medical help was
6:47 p.m. A business owner
requested in Hader.
on Main St had questions about
8:37 p.m. A fatal accident was the smell of marijuana from an
reported near 445th St and Hwy apartment behind the business. A
52 in Minneola Township. The deputy advised the person to speak
State Patrol handled the incident. with the building owner and call
March 7
authorities when it happens again.
12:23 a.m. A speeding ticket March 11
was issued near Hwy 60 and 145th
7:55 a.m. SEMA Equipment
Ave in Minneola Township.
on Hwy 60 recorded video of a
9:52 a.m. Coyote hunters were truck on their property two nights
reported trespassing on private land in a row. The picture and infornear 460th St and 135th Ave in mation was forwarded to patrols.
Minneola Township. A deputy
5:32 p.m. Family complaints
spoke with all involved.
were reported on 1st Ave.
6:31 p.m. A suicide threat was
8:05 p.m. A citation for exreported on the 11700 block of
415th St in Wanamingo Township. The threat was unfounded.
8:14 p.m. A citation for noise
ordinance violation loud vehicle,
and possession of drug paraphernalia and a small amount of marijuana was issued near Beverly St
and Main St.
10:30 p.m. A citation for possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, and
failure to change the address on a
drivers license was issued near
Hwy 60 and Hwy 57.

pired registration was issued near

Hwy 60 and Hwy 57.
March 12

2:41 a.m. A traffic stop occurred near Beverly St and Main

St. A warning was issued.
12:35 p.m. A deputy was requested to check on the welfare of
a person on High Ave. The subject was fine.
5:13 p.m. Home checks were
requested on the 41900 block of
97th Ave in Wanamingo Township.
11:05 p.m. A vehicle was
parked in a field approach near
415th St and Hwy 57 in
Wanamingo Township.
March 13

7:37 a.m. An employee arrived at Fulton Fabrication on Mill

St and heard someone running
away from the building by the back
door. A bike was sitting by the
back door. Nothing appeared to
be missing.

March 8

1:30 a.m. A vehicle was running near 2nd St W and 1st Ave.
The female occupant was fine.
4:49 p.m. A death by natural
causes was reported on 2nd Ave.
March 10

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1:05
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Area Sports

FYI

Mark Opshal earns

state coaching honors

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

By Faye Haugen
fotofaye@yahoo.com

Pine Islands Ben Farrell to play in

football All Star game
Ben Farrell, a senior at Pine Island has been selected to play in the
Minnesota Football Coaches Association
All Star game on June 27 at St. Cloud
State University. Farrell is the fifth player
in school history selected to play and
the second in as many years. Ben
Warneke, now a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, was selected to play last season.
KWs Brittney Flom to play in All
Star Basketball game
Brittney Flom, a senior at KenyonWanamingo, was selected to play in the
Minnesota State Girls Basketball Coaches
Association All Star Game, Saturday,
April 11 at Carleton College in Northfield with games at 1 and 3 p.m.
Other area players selected for the
games are Blooming Prairies Madison
Worke and Taylor Hagen, Dover-Eyotas
Brandi Blattner and Kasson-Mantorvilles
Cori Kennedy.
Fiero left off Goodhue scoring list
In last weeks article on Tyler Schumacher making Goodhues 1,000-point
scoring list, I left Sue Fiero off the list
by mistake. Fiero is 10th on the list
with 1,190 points. She graduated in
1996 and played on Goodhue third-place
team that season.

GOODHUE Goodhue assistant boys basketball coach, Mark

Opsahl was nominated and earned
the honor of Assistant Coach of
the Year in the state of Minnesota. Opsahl was one of five assistant coaches selected by the
Minnesota Basketball Coaches
Association.
Opsahl, a Goodhue native and
elementary principal at Goodhue
school, has coached the last 14
years for the Wildcats. Over the
past two seasons, the Goodhue
boys junior varsity basketball
teams rolled to a 50-5 record.
There are over 1,000 assistant
coaches in the State of MinThe Pine Island gymnastics team recently held their year-end banquet with awards and letterwinners
announced for the 2014-2015 season. Award winners are, from left: Coaches Award: Cora Heiden; Junior nesota and for Mark to be seHigh Move Valuable: Jenna Locke; Varsity Most Improved: Brittney Arndt; and Varsity Most Valuable: Brynn lected is quite an honor, said
Olson. Missing from the photo is Hannah Bond, Junior Varsity Most Improved. Letterwinners this year are: head coach Matt Halverson. Our
four-time letterwinner, sophomore Brittney Arndt; two-time letterwinners: senior Kendra Euler, eighth- success is a big part of what he
grader Robin Talbot, eighth-grader Bailey Kuball; and first-year letterwinners: freshman Brynn Olson, does.
seventh-grader Cora Heiden, seventh-grader Megan Leland and seventh-grader Rachel Schultz. The Panthers
Opsahl also helps out with the
were also a Silver Academic Award winner with a team grade point average of 3.75. Brittney Arndt and Brynn Goodhue Elementary School basOlson were both named to the Southeast Gymnastics All Conference team and to the All Section 1A team. ketball program. Two years ago
Olson also earned All State Honorable Mention on the vault, beam, floor and all around.
he started a Saturday morning
basketball league for elementary
students. He is also involved in
coaching the eighth grade girls

Pine Island gymnastics team holds awards banquet

Mark Opsahl of Goodhue was named

one of five Minnesota State Assistant
Coached of the Year by t he
Minnesota Basketball Coaches
Association.

basketball team and the fourth

grade boys basketball team, summer baseball, and he plays in a
basketball league. Two years ago,
he restarted the Wildcat cross
country program.

Lauren Miller crushes ZMs

blocking record
In her first year of varsity play, Lauren Miller crushed the Zumbrota-Mazeppa
basketball record for blocks in a season and in a career. The 61 freshmen made 109 blocks this season, breaking the single season record of 45 set
by Annalisa Frank in 2003-04, and the
career record of 88 set by Aira Ryan
from 1995-1999.

PI POOL & PINS

Commercial League
3-7-15
Kiffmeyer Motorsports 3 vs. 4 Ellefson
Trucking; Maple Island 0 vs. 7 Terry
Buck Construction; Nelson Family Services
0 vs. 7 Stus Proshop; Bye 0 vs. 7 Bluff
Valley Campground
Top team game: Kiffmeyer Motorsports
1215
Top team series: Stus Proshop 3460
Top bowler game: Bruce Pederson 279
Top bowler series: Rick Kunz 714
Island League
3-9-15
DMC Plumbing 21 vs. D&M Dairy 9;
Kittelson Heating & Plumbing 20 vs.
Comstock Farm 10; Owens Locker 28
vs. Majerus & Tiarks 2; Oertli & Pleschourt
14 vs. Producers Hybrids 16
Top team series: Owens Locker 3551
Top team game: DMC Plumbing 1271
Top individual series: Brandon Pederson
693
Top individual game: Ron Nelson 279
Classic League
3-10-15
Eberhart Construction 5 vs. 2 MJB Farms;
Hinrichs Plumbing & Pump 5 vs. 2 Leos
Sportsbar; Groth Implement 7 vs. 0 AR
Auto Care
Top team game: Hinrichs Plumbing &
Pump 1184
Top team series: Hinrichs Plumbing &
Pump 3423
Top bowler game: Ron Nelson 288
Top bowler series: Jamie Warner 669
Commercial League
3-12-15
Nelson Family Services 7 vs. 0 Bye;
Stus Proshop 7 vs. 0 Bluff Valley
Campground; Kiffmeyer Motorsports 7
vs. 0 Maple Island; Ellefson Trucking 2
vs. 5 Terry Buck Construction
Top team game: Stus Proshop 1274
Top team series: Stus Proshop 3495
Top bowler game: Jerry Morrow 278
Top bowler series: Bruce Pederson 738
Island League
3-16-15
Oertli & Pleschourt 15 vs. Owens Locker
15; Majerus & Tiarks 12 vs. Producers
Hybrids 18; DMC Plumbing 23 vs.
Comstock Farm 7; Kittelson Heating &
Plumbing 4 vs. D&M Dairy 26
Top team series: Owens Locker 3486
Top team game: Owens Locker 1238
Top individual series: Greg Bakken 756
Top individual: Greg Bakken 297
Classic League
3-17-15
Hinrichs Plumbing & Pump 7 vs. 0 Groth
Implement; AR Auto Care 4 vs. 3 MJB
Farms; Eberhart Construction 7 vs. 0
Leos Sportsbar
Top team game: Eberhart Construction
1286
Top team series: Eberhart Construction
3504
Top bowler game: Darik Rude 275
Top bowler series: Darik Rude 734
Harvest League
3-18-15
Friedrichs 3 vs. 1 Prigges Flooring; Bye
0 vs. 4 Jims Barbershop; Schaefers
Heating 1 vs. 3 PI Pool & Pins
Top team game: PI Pool & Pins 1118
Top team series: PI Pool & Pins 3155
Top bowler game: Dan Berschinger 241
Top bowler series: Jerry Morrow 643
Commercial League
3-19-15
Ellefson Trucking 7 vs. 0 Stus Proshop;

Zumbrota-Mazeppa eighth grade

girls end with a 25-1 record
PI seventh-graders place third in state tournament
The Pine Island seventh-grade boys traveling basketball team took third place at the MYAS Winter State
Basketball tournament in the 2A bracket at Prior Lake High School on March 14 and 15. The 2A bracket
contained 16 teams and was a double-elimination tournament. Pine Island was seeded 14th and won four
games. They lost only one game to the second seeded team. Pine Island finished their successful season with
n 11-3 record. Members of the team are, from left, front row: Dylan Holzer, Max Owen, Carter OReilly and
Jordan Befort; back row: Owen Allen, Connor Bailey, Cole Groven, Carter Drazan and Dylan Las.

The Zumbrota-Mazeppa eighth grade girls basketball had a very successful

season finishing with a 25-1 record. The Cougars won the Goodhue
Invitational Tournament, the Zumbrota-Mazeppa Invitational tournament
(going 4-0). Their only loss of the season was to Hayfield. Teams through
the season that they defeated included Goodhue, Kenyon-Wanamingo,
Triton, Kasson-Mantorville, Dover-Eyota, St. Charles, Byron, Lourdes
and Hayfield in their second meeting. Members of the Cougar squad
are, from left, front row: Carly Fredrickson, Hannah Mensink, Megan
Johnson, Celina Sheda and Morgan Goodman; back row: Makayla Arendt,
Kyra Nichols, Coach Ron Gabrielson, Natalye Quam and Makaela Kirkpatrick.

2015 Zumbrota-Mazeppa Girls Basketball Statistics

2FM 2FA %
3M 3A % FTM FTA % RB R/G PF BS A
TO S
P
P/G
Lyndsey Quam
9
36 25 22 86 25 3
13 23 55 2.3 36 41 2
89 13 87 3.6
Natalie Majerus
10 38 26 7 24 29 6
20 30 24 1.1 22 2
9
37 11 47 2.2
Alyssa Quam
26 104 25 39 144 27 32 39 82 127 5.8 50 2
65 88 41 201 9.1
Brianna Albers
0
2
0
0 0
0
3
6
50 3
0.2 0
0
0
1
0
3
0.2
Rachel Mensink
17 50 34 9 40 22 18 25 72 42 1.8 38 0
44 77 18 79 3.3
Tara Matuska
13 24 54 9 20 45 7
20 35 54 2.7 48 2
14 30 17 60 3.0
A. Christopherson
1
2
50 0 0
0
0
0
0 0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0.7
Brandi Blakstad
0
3
0
0 0
0
0
0
0 3
1.0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Madisen Enger
0
0
0
0 0
0
2
4
50 0
0
0
0
0
3
1
2
0.7
Hailey Dykes
6
11 54 0 0
0
1
2
50 7
7.0 2
0
0
3
0
13 13.0
Laura Drackley
19 50 38 6 36 16 24 43 55 47 2.0 21 0
26 47 13 80 3.3
Taylor Blakstad
22 54 40 0 1
0
4
13 30 54 2.2 34 0
14 37 13 48 2.0
Miranda Mollenhauer 48 101 47 0 0
0
21 32 67 146 6.1 53 10 34 49 23 117 4.9
Lauren Miller
120 263 45 0 0
0
40 73 54 146 6.1 62 109 10 72 4
280 11.7
ZM totals
291 738 39 92 351 26 161 289 55 708 29.5 366 127 257 539 155 1019 42.5
KEY: 2FM - two-point field goals made; 2FA - two-point field goals attempted; % - percentage; 3M - three-point field goals made; 3A
- three-point field goals attempted; FTM - free throws made; FTA - free throws attempted; RB - rebounds; R/G rebounds per game;
PF personal fouls; BS - blocked shots; A - assists; TO - turnovers; S - steals; P - points scored; P/G - points per game
Letterwinners (years lettered): seniors: Hailey Dykes (3), Alyssa Quam (3), Rachel Mensink (2); juniors: Laura Drackley;
sophomores: Brianna Albers, Taylor Blakstad, Natalie Majerus, Tara Matuska and Miranda Mollenhauer; freshmen: Lauren Miller
and Lyndsey Quam
HVL All Conference: Lauren Miller; HVL All Conference Honorable Mention: Alyssa Quam; Most Valuable Player: Alyssa
Quam; Honorary Captains: Hailey Dykes, Alyssa Quam and Rachel Mensink; Ms. Hustle: Taylor Blakstad; Most Improved:
Natalie Majerus; Secretary of Defense: Lauren Miller; Unsung Hero: Hailey Dykes; Record: 7-17
New ZM girls baseball records: Most blocked shots, season: Lauren Miller, 109 (Annalisa Frank, 2003-04, 45); Free throw %,
season: Alyssa Quam, 82% (Christina Gill, 2001-02, 81%); Most blocked shots, career: Lauren Miller, 2015-2019, 109 (Aira Ryan,
1995--1998, 88);

2015 Goodhue Girls Basketball Statistics

2FM 2FA % 3M 3A % FTM FTA % RB R/G PF BS A
TO S
P
P/G
Haley Lexvold
21 61
34 0 6
0
16 36 44 52 2.2 58 2
39 46 57 58 2.4
Megan Ryan
17 61
27 25 84 29 8
23 34 42 1.4 40 2
36 36 19 117 4.0
Maddy Miller
32 99
32 4 8
50 41 78 52 51 1.8 50 4
25 34 54 117 4.0
McKenzie Ryan
20 56
35 24 55 43 20 31 64 48 1.7 43 1
14 25 28 132 4.6
Emily Benrud
12 23
52 0 0
0
13 20 65 21 3.0 8
3
3
5
18 37 5.3
Michelle Hadler
16 61
26 18 42 42 20 35 57 45 1.6 14 0
47 62 30 106 3.8
Kalley Diercks
2
12
16 0 1
0
4
10 40 7
0.6 7
0
0
4
6
8
0.7
Sydney Lodermeier 82 241 34 34 85 40 119 173 68 151 5.2 68 42 60 55 47 385 13.3
Taylor Larson
63 154 40 2 28 7
45 80 56 104 3.6 51 5
38 44 50 177 6.1
Keisha OReilly
2
9
22 0 0
0
0
0
0 8
0.6 7
0
4
5
3
4
0.3
Kate Stehr
4
9
44 1 3
33 1
1
100 4
0.4 0
0
0
5
0
12 1.1
Rachel Watson
40 88
45 0 0
0
25 39 64 78 2.7 61 2
20 27 27 105 3.6
Shelby Hinsch
121 275 44 34 101 33 79 125 63 163 5.6 68 17 44 45 53 423 14.6
Brittney Ryan
5
18
27 1 2
50 7
8
87 19 1.1 4
1
8
3
2
20 1.1
Goodhue totals
438 1203 36 143 417 34 399 661 60 793 27.3 480 79 338 397 395 1704 58.8
KEY: 2FM - two-point field goals made; 2FA - two-point field goals attempted; % - percentage; 3M - three-point field goals made; 3A
- three-point field goals attempted; FTM - free throws made; FTA - free throws attempted; RB - rebounds; R/G rebounds per game;
PF personal fouls; BS - blocked shots; A - assists; TO - turnovers; S - steals; P - points scored; P/G - points per game
Letterwinners: seniors: Rachel Watson, Shelby Hinsch and Brittney Ryan; juniors: Michelle Hadler, Kalley Diercks, Taylor Larson,
Keisha OReilly and Kate Stehr; sophomores: Haley Lexvold, Megan Ryan, Maddie Miller and McKenzie Ryan; freshman: Sydney
Lodermeier
HVL All Conference: Shelby Hinsch (second time) and Sydney Lodermeier; Academic All State: Rachel Watson; Class A All
State First Team: Shelby Hinsch; Record: 23-6

Bye 0 vs. 7 Maple Island; Bluff Valley

Campground 2 vs. 5 Terry Buck
Construction; Kiffmeyer Motorsports 7
vs. 0 Nelson Family Services
Top team game: Terry Buck Construction
1163
Top team series: Kiffmeyer Motorsports
3329
Top bowler game: Tiffany Kiffmeyer and
Andy Rude 255
Top bowler series: Bruce Pederson 692

Registrations now open for

Crossings summer camps
ZUMBROTA From sculpting
in clay or metal to knitting and sewing to robotics, Crossings offers a
world of arts experiences through
its summer camps. Children from

age 3 through high schoolers can

choose from a wide range of topics,
including creating and drawing an
avatar, making bowls on a pottery
wheel or printmaking, or even per-

AREA SPORTS SCHEDULE

Monday, March 30
Goodhue softball at Lake City, 5 p.m.
Tuesday, March 31
Kenyon-Wanamingo softball, Cannon Falls at Wanamingo, 5 p.m.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa softball, Hayfield at Zumbrota, 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 2
Goodhue baseball at Lake City, 5 p.m.
Kenyon-Wanamingo baseball, Kasson-Mantorville at Wanamingo, 5 p.m.
Kenyon-Wanamingo softball at Kasson, 5 p.m.
Pine Island baseball, Byron at Pine Island, 5 p.m.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa baseball, Cannon Falls at Zumbrota, 5 p.m.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa softball at Stewartville, 5 p.m.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa track at Plainview, 4:30 p.m.

ZM track team waffle feed

is set for this Saturday
ZUMBROTA The annual
waffle feed sponsored by the
Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School
track teams will be held this Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at
United Redeemer Lutheran
Church in Zumbrota.
All proceeds go to the Zum-

Mathison earns honors

at Monmouth College
MAZEPPA

Andrew
Mathison, son of Mazeppa native Cory Mathison and his wife
Lynn, and grandson of Sharon
and David Mathison of Mazeppa
received Player of the Week honors for his play on the Monmouth

College basketball team.

Mathison, an honor student
from Houghton, Iowa, is a junior at Monmouth. He made the
first team all conference squad
for the Midwest Conference in
NCAA Division III.

forming magic or musical theater.

Camps begin June 22 and are five
days to two weeks long. Many camps
are half-day that may be combined
with another camp to build a fullday experience. Crossings will help
connect parents interested in sharing transportation of children to and
from camp.
Many popular camps from past
years are offered again this summer, including Run with Scissors:
Textiles, Pottery Wheel, Improv and
Performance Magic camps, as well
as Messy Munchkin camp. New this
year are Machines Behaving Badly
(build battle robots), The Thrill of
Printmaking, Faces in Clay and From

Selfie to Avatar: Sketching Your

Alter Ego.
Visit www.crossingsatcarnegie.
com for details about individual camp
experiences, dates and prices and
our well-qualified instructors, and
to register online. Or, call or email
us to request a brochure.
Scholarships available through the
generosity of Zumbrota Community Trust.
Crossings is located at 320 East
Avenue in Zumbrota. For questions
call (507) 732-7616 or visit our
website at www.crossingsat
carnegie.com. Email us to request a
2015 Summer Camps brochure at:
publicity@crossingsatcarnegie.com.

Join us Saturday Mornings

for the Spring Coaches Show

brota-Mazeppa Track Booster

Club for added equipment.
Dads Belgian Waffles will be
serving up the all-you-can eat
breakfast that also includes sausages, milk and juice. Tickets are
available from all track team
members and at the door.

Download the free

RADIO PUP App
and listen to games
on your mobile device.