Man Who Guarded Franklin Roosevelt Lived in Zumbrota: Two From The Area Are State Champs

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Section A of Two Sections
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 No. 9
One Dollar
Man who guarded

Franklin Roosevelt
lived in Zumbrota
ZUMBROTA During the years
Addlyn (Addie) Schliep spent
growing up in Washington, D.C.
from 1939 to 1946, she knew her
father, George Rygmyr, worked
for the State Department. Most
days, he would leave their home
early in the morning and be back
around the time she and her two
brothers returned home from
school. But it wasnt until several
years later, that Schliep, who has
made Zumbrota her home since
1955, learned what her fathers
specific role was much of the time
that the Rygmyr family lived in
Washington. He guarded and assisted the President of the United
States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
News-Record photos by Faye Haugen
Two from the area are state champs
Rygmyrs early years
George Rygmyr was born in

1901 in the Forest City, Iowa, area.
By falsifying his age, he was able
to join the Army during World
War I at age 16. He lost the three
smaller fingers on each hand in
the war, possibly from discharging explosives.
After the war, Rygmyr returned
to Leland, Iowa, and attended
nearby Waldorf College. The depression hit the area hard and there
were few jobs. He helped farmers
when needed and drove the school
bus. He and Selma Albertson were
married in 1926 and the couple
had three children.
Move to Washington
Schliep described how the family

relocated to Washington, a move
that would lead to her father working for the only president elected
to four terms. In 1939, there was
an ad in the paper asking men of
strength and stature to apply for
the Special Police Force in Washington, D.C. Because of his missing fingers, and his mothers perfect penmanship, she wrote the
letter, she said.
Rygmyr went ahead of the family to Washington to find housing. His wife was left behind with
the three children Donne, age
12; Gene, 10; and Addie, 9 to
sell the house and then follow him.
Schliep speaks with admiration for
her mother, recalling how she
packed more than enough food
ST. PAUL Left: Kenyon-Wanamingo junior Ethan Cota raises his arm in
victory after winning the Class A 106 pound title at the state wrestling
meet Saturday in St. Paul. Cota finished the season with a 46-1 record
for the two-day train ride from and became the ninth Knight wrestler to win a state wrestling title.
Iowa to Washington and how they Right: Pine Island sophomore Noah Bauer becomes the third Panther
George Rygmyr
were put up in the ladies lounge

for the journey.
Initially, Rygmyr was assigned
to the State Department as a guard.
While there, he noticed a man taking pictures with a high-powered
camera and reported it. The man
was a spy. That was one incident
that he told us, Schliep recalled
from his early assignment.
It wasnt until after leaving
Washington that she learned her
father had been asked if he was
interested in applying for a job at
the White House. He applied and
that assignment, which began in
1940, was to assist and guard President Roosevelt. Schliep said he
was probably selected because he
was a large man who could lift the
president and also because he was
a WWI veteran. Her father also
had another skill. Despite the loss
of fingers, he was a perfect pistol
shot. I dont know if that was important for his job or no, but he
practiced, she said.
Telling the story
In Schlieps home, several photos are displayed together on a

wall. In addition to childhood photos of Addie and her late husband
Alden Schlieps four children are

photos that tell much about her
fathers life: in his WWI uniform;
in his police uniform outside of
the White House; and the Rygmyr
family photo taken during their
time in Washington in 1941. There
is also a framed copy of a 1973 St.
Paul Pioneer Press interview.
Rygmyr lived at an Inver Grove
care facility at the time and columnist Oliver Towne interviewed
George and Selma there. At the
time, Rygmyr was confined to a
wheelchair and had difficulty
speaking as a result a stroke. But
his wife and historical newspaper
articles provided information about
FDR and him. President Roosevelt
wanted a large man at either side
of him when he walked short distances in public. I was delegated
to help him...but in the White House
he often maneuvered in his wheelchair. He did not want people to
know how much he depended upon
it with his polio-damaged legs,
Rygmyr had said in an earlier interview.
Photos and videos of FDR in a
wheelchair are relatively rare de-
spite his publicly known paralysis. The press generally did not
photograph or film the presidents
difficulty moving on his own in
order to minimize his vulnerability while he was in public.
The White House Police Force
was created in 1922 to provide
police and security services to the
White House, including protection of the president, and Executive Office building. In 1930, it
became part of the United States
Secret Service. It was renamed
the Executive Protective Service
in 1970. In 1977, it became the
Uniformed Division of the Secret
Service.
Variety of duties
and historical events
Schliep said her father didnt

speak as much about his job in
Washington to her as he did to her
brothers who also became servicemen. Donne served in the Navy in
the Pacific; Gene joined the Army
and served in the occupation of
Japan and the Korean War.
Rygmyr regularly reported to
work at 6 a.m. to take the president to the pool to swim. A valet
wrestler to win a state title when he won in overtime at 113 pounds.

Bauer, ranked eighth in the Class A poll, pulled off a number of upsets
to win the gold medal and end the season with a 34-6 record. More
photos and stories are in this weeks News-Record.
was assigned to dress FDR and

help him get ready for the day.
My dads responsibility was to
not only wheel him, but when
Roosevelt should stand, to make
it look like he was standing on his
own, Schliep said.
Though his regular shift was to
be with the president weekdays,
Rygmyr worked some evenings
and traveled with him at times. As
a result, he accompanied FDR to
meetings with Congress and Cabinet members. Working with the
president for several years, Rygmyr
became very fond of FDR and
Eleanor, Schliep learned, and
found the president and first lady
to be so friendly, so calm.
As a guard for FDR during the
last five years of his presidency
and during WWII, Rygmyr was
present at the sides of American
and world leaders. In September
1940 Congress passed the BurkeWadsworth Act to initiate a military draft, the first peacetime draft
in American history. Two months
later, on October 29, 1940, Rygmyr
was present as Secretary of War
Henry Stimson reached into a large
bowl and drew the capsule holding the first draft number and
handed it to President Roosevelt
to be read. From a nearby podium,
the president announced the number drawn: 158. Rygmyr was standing near FDR and his wheelchair,
which was out of sight of most
people. Following the ceremony,
FDR gave him the capsule. One
of Rygmyrs grandsons now has
it in a display case.
While Rygmyr did not accompany FDR to his retreat in Warm
Springs, Georgia, he sometimes
went on other trips, including
abroad. He traveled to the Yalta
Conference in February 1945. The
conference, convened in the
Livadia Palace near Yalta in
Crimea, was the World War II
meeting of the heads of government of the United States, United
Kingdom, and Soviet Union for
the purpose of discussing Europes
post-war reorganization. Rygmyr
later told his son Gene that he enjoyed Churchill, but Stalin had eyes
like coal.
Following FDRs death
FDR passed away on April 12,

1945, in Warm Springs, just two
months after the Yalta Conference.
A White House funeral was held
two days later. Schliep remembers watching the procession
through the city. That was such a
sad day, she said. She knew her
father went to work that day, but
Addie Schliep of Zumbrota looks at the display of photos in her home. In the far right is a photo of the George Rygmyr family. With him, is his his teenage daughter was still unaddition to photos of her and Alden Schlieps children (Alden died in wife, Selma, and their three children, Addlyn (Addie); Donne, and Gene
aware of exactly what his work
1994) are pictures that tell much of her father, George Rygmyrs life. On (both sons are deceased). The photo was taken in 1941.
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Return visits
Schliep returned to Washington, D.C. with her brothers in the

early 1970s to visit the Brookline
area where they had lived. She
still corresponds with a junior high
school friend. Having attended high
school in Brookline through eleventh grade, she again returned to
the area when she attended the
classs 50th graduation reunion.
Schliep has read several books
about FDR in an effort to learn
more about the man her father
helped and protected from 1940
to 1945. She also wants her children, grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren to know the story
of George Rygmyr.
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Following FDRs death,
Rygmyrs work was as a guard in
the Special Police Force in the
State Department. In 1946, the
Rygmyr family left Washington,
D.C. as George was having difficulty with the damp climate and
with his hips. Addie completed
her last year of high school in Albert
Lea, where her dad did security
work with Wilson Packing Company.
Later years found Rygmyr employed by the State of Minnesota
at Stillwater Prison and as an investigator with the Department of
Welfare before he and his wife
moved to Zumbrota where he
joined the police force before retiring completely. He passed away
at the Zumbrota Community Home
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March 15 National Geographic

From
Devils
Kitchen
By Jan David Fisher
The latest issue of National

Geographic magazine has a lead
article entitled, The War on Science. The article includes such
topics as climate change, evolution, the moon landing, vaccinations, and genetically modified
food. It is mostly about the status
of each topic, showing both sides
of the question. It didnt really
cover the causes of the anti
groups.
Part of the problem comes from
the first scientists and part comes
from modern day ones. The first
modern scientists were Catholic priests. They were educated,
trained, and controlled by the
church. These men wrote their
findings and ideas down. Many of
these papers were then buried in
the archives. Sometimes a copy
would escape into the real, outer
world and cause a stir or two. Often the author would be given a
choice of recanting their writings
or face charges of heresy (a death
sentence). Some recanted and most
died or had life in prison. Almost
all of their findings were based on
observation and devising tools to

make the observations easier and
more precise. The result was that
knowledge moved forward and the
church stood fast. The church only
moved forward when the knowledge was well-proven and easily
bent to fit the churchs beliefs.
As the western world moved
into the Middle Ages, wealth and
wealthy people existed beyond and
outside of the church. This funded
learning opportunities and science
spread. It also meant that the scientists were not directly controlled
by the church. The printing press
changed the availability of knowledge. Todays modern scientists
are their own worst enemy. These
men and women are highly educated to the point of being full of
themselves. They have been
trained to write in styles that only
themselves and a few peers can
truly understand. I abhor this style.
I believe it is wrong and gives rise
to the anti- groups.
English review: Simple sentences, compound sentences, and
complex sentences. A simple sentence has a single subject, a single
verb, and a single object. For instance, writers have learned to use
simple, short sentences to build
actions and rise to a climax. While
you may argue about simple sentences and their constructs, Winston Churchill was a master at using
simple sentences and phrases. This

example shows the use of compound sentences. Almost every
comma could be replaced with a
period. As he spoke this, it probably sounded like periods. He
wrote, We shall fight in France,
we shall fight on the seas and
oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing
strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost
may be. We shall fight on the
beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the
fields and in the streets, we shall
fight in the hills; we shall never
surrender... From this sample,
you see that compound sentences
are phrases about the same topic.
The complex sentence must have
come about by charging writers
for periods. Two or more phrases
or sentences are joined together
but separated by semicolons (;).
Oftentimes the string of sentences
dont appear to be directly related.
Complex sentences are hard to read.
The science community believes
that papers must be written using
complex sentences so that only
those with PhDs in their common field could read and understand what was written. As for the
rest of us, too bad! Then they
wonder why we dont like them.
Until next week.
Internet has transformed

the way youth are exploited
To the Editor:
I appreciated reading Alicia
Hunt-Welchs article last week
addressing human trafficking in
Minnesota. The fact is that this
issue affects communities like
Zumbrota more often than we
would like to believe. The recent
events where teens went missing
or were found in your community, as well as the arrest of the
Rochester man on February 19 for
pimping girls online, only supports the assertion that this is a
problem that affects small- and
mid-sized communities through-
N&S9-1F
out the United States, including

Minnesota. As much as we would
like to believe the fantasy that only
Minneapolis, Milwaukee, and
Chicago have to deal with the problem, the reality today is that the
internet has transformed the way
our youth are being exploited.
Of particular interest to me was
Hunt-Welchs inclusion of GLBT
youth as a demographic at risk
specifically youth who are
pushout kids, those whose families have rejected their sexual orientation, or those for whom a rejection is implicitly implied. Dr.
Ric Curtis and Dr. Anthony Marcus
from the John Jay College of Criminal Law at the City University of
New York completed two studies
of adolescent prostitution within
the past decade. They were surprised by three findings:
1) They found an astonishing
absence of pimps in a population
widely believed to engage in such
behavior only through force, manipulation, and coercion.
2) Adolescents were pitched into
terrible life crises, involving alien-
Community Calendar
COUNTY
Senior Dining
Community Library
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 5-11
Thursday: Beef tips and gravy
over noodles, parslied carrots,
tossed salad, spring dessert
Friday: Hamburger gravy (alt:
baked fish), mashed potatoes, corn,
lettuce/salad dressing, craisin
oatmeal cookie
Monday: BBQ ribs, mashed
potatoes/margarine, peas and carrots, tossed salad, citrus fruit cup
Tuesday: Chili con carne, crackers, corn muffin, cottage cheese/
apricot, apple pie
Wednesday: Hot turkey on
bread, mashed potatoes/gravy,
buttered beets, pea/pickle/cheese
salad, banana
If you have questions, call 3562228.
The Goodhue School Library,

in conjunction with SELCO and
Goodhue County, is open to the
public Mondays and Wednesdays
from 3:30-7:30 p.m. The library
is equipped with inter-library loan
service, which means if the library
does not have a book you want,
that book can be there in two days.
Seasons Hospice
ation from the world of high school

and family, violent customers who
abused them, as well as exploitative police who were often perceived as the most dangerous agents
in their lives.
3) Nearly half of the victims
they encountered within the study
were in fact boys.
I think it is important to highlight that the prevailing narrative
depicts the problem as affecting
primarily girls taken advantage of
by predatory men. Although this
narrative serves to reflect a very
real and disturbing trend within
our country, it is not the full story.
That Alicia Hunt-Welch included
boys as a demographic of victims
within the article I feel more honestly reflects the actual state of
affairs with underage prostitution.
It shows me that full, honest, investigative journalism continues
to thrive and I deeply appreciated
reading such fine reportage.
Daniel D. Maurer
Co-author of Faraway: A
Suburban Boys Story as a
Victim of Sex Trafficking
Saint Paul
Coffee and Conversation,

Wednesday, March 11, 9-10 a.m.
A group for anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one.
Pet Loss Group, Wednesday,
March 11, 6:30-7:30 p.m. A group
for those who have lost a pet
through death.
Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Group, Thursday, March 12, 6:308 p.m. A group for those who have
lost a baby through miscarriage,
stillbirth, at the time of birth or
within the first month after birth.
All groups are held at the Center for Grief Education and Support, Seasons Hospice, 1696
Greenview Dr. SW. Registration
is required two days prior to the
date of the event. For details: 507285-1930 or shbp@seasonshos
pice.org.
Olmsted County Parks

Oxbow Park All About Owls,
Saturday, March 7, 11 a.m. Its
owl courtship time. Let us show
you whoo they are, where they
live and how they live in our natural world. Live birds will be displayed.
Questions about Chester Woods,
call Celeste Lewis at 507-2872624. Questions about Oxbow
Park, call Clarissa Josselyn at 507775-2451.
Winter, safety, and Zip Rail

To the Editor:
Its another frigid, windy, snowy
winter so its time to discuss winter, safety, and ZipRail.
The ZipRail hybrid Hwy 52
corridor maximizes existing
right-of-way and median where
possible using both ground-level
and elevated tracks (http://
olmstedcountymn.iqm2.com/Citizens/SplitView.aspx?Mode=V
ideo&MeetingID=1179&
Format=Agenda ~ 40-minute
mark); Hwy 56 is all new, groundlevel greenfield.
Lennart Kloows High-speed
train operation in winter climate
(http://www.gronataget.se/upload/
TR10_2011.pdf) brings up very
real and serious safety concerns
for example, ice and snow buildup on train undercarriages, wheel
wells, and braking systems. Imagine the accidents/deaths caused by
Correction
In last weeks article on Representative John Klines Star of the
North program, it was incorrectly
stated that 26 members of St. Paul
Lutheran Church and Minneola
Lutheran Church went to Baja
Mexico to do mission work. It was
66 members who went.
GOODHUE
a five pound block of ice dropping off a 200 mph train as it runs
over the top of Hwy 52, or a train
with brakes not working right. How
would snow smoke, that cloud
of light snow that fast moving
vehicles whip up, be mitigated to
prevent accidents along adjacent
roads? What about ice build-up
on the rails? It is bad enough at
ground level, but elevated rails
are certain to ice over fast.
The ZipRail Tier I EIS Construction Impacts section includes
safety. Considering the power of
Minnesota winters, I expect
MNDot will do the responsible
thing and make certain honest assessments of the operational impacts to the safety of drivers along
the proposed Hwy 56 and Hwy 52
corridors are included in the Tier
I EIS and the cost of preventative
and safety measures are in the
Service Development Plan cost
estimate.
If honest assessments cannot
show how our safety is ensured,
then ZipRail is NOT a, reliable
and safe high speed passenger rail
transportation alternative (Scoping
Decision Document, pg 6), and
therefore no build is the only logical option.
Heather Arndt
Hader
Historical Society
The Goodhue Area Historical
Society is closed for the season,
but anyone who wishes to arrange
a visit can call Ardis Henrichs,
651-923-4629; Marie Strusz, 651923-4302; Ray McNamara, 651923-5117; or Roy Buck, 651-9234388. The museum will reopen
with regular hours next spring. Visit
good hueareahistory.org for information.
MAZEPPA
Historical Society
The Mazeppa Area Historical
Society Museum is closed for the
season. For inquiries, contact Helen
Reiland, 507-250-6021; Jim Siems,
507-843-2201; or Diane Gilsdorf,
507-843-4013, or visit www.maz
eppahistoricalsociety.org
American Legion
Legion Post 588 and the
Mazeppa Veterans Honor Guard
meet on Wednesday, March 11,
at 7 and 7:30 p.m., respectively, at
the Mazeppa Legion.
Mazeppa Senior Citizens

The Mazeppa Senior Citizens
will meet on Friday, March 6, at
11:45 a.m. for lunch at the Mazeppa
Community Center. Serving committee is Zonda Befort and Lavern
Dammon.
not meet on holiday weekends:

Christmas, New Years, Easter,
Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor
Day or Thanksgiving.
History Center
The Pine Island Area History
Center will be open by appointment only during the months of
January and February. Please contact us through our website
www.pineislandhistory.org or by
calling 507-398-5326, 507-9934860 or 507-356-4778 to schedule your visit. Beginning in March
2015 the Pine Island Area History
Center will be open the first Sunday of each month from 1:00-3:30
p.m. and on all Monday
mornings from 8-11 a.m.
ZUMBROTA
Library
A book discussion for My
Antonia will be at 6:30 p.m. on
Monday, March 9.
The Zumbrota Public Library
is at 100 West Ave., Zumbrota,
507-732-5211. Hours are Mon.,
12-8; Tues. 10-6; Wed., Thurs.,
12-8; Fri., 10-5; and Sat., 9-3. During closed hours you can learn
more about the library at http://
www.zumbrota.info.
History Center
The Zumbrota History Center
has a photo stand displaying over
50 photographs of early Zumbrota
scenes. They have been enlarged
to 8 x 10 for easier viewing. New
photos are being added all the time.
Also on display are military memorabilia, including Civil War items,
different models of telephones,
Zumbrota telephone books dating
back to the 1900s, and items of
Zumbrota advertising. Museum
hours are Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Other hours by appointment (7327049).
Zumbrota Towers Events
ORONOCO
Area History Center
The Oronoco Area History Center is open to visitors in the City
Building every second Saturday
from 10 a.m.-noon. Contact us at
OAHC, 54 Blakely Ct. NW or
call 507-367-4320. You may also
visit our web page at oronocoarea
history.org.
March 5-11
Thursday: 10:15 a.m. Exercise
Saturday: 5:30 p.m. Pot Luck;
Bingo
Monday: 1:30 p.m. Cribbage;
500
Tuesday: 10:15 a.m. Exercise
Wednesday: 1:30 p.m. Euchre
Tops Meeting
Zumbrota Tops #563 meets every Monday night at Our Saviours

Lutheran Church. Weigh-in time
Blood Pressure Clinic
The clinic will be held at 12:30 is changed to 5:30 p.m. and meetp.m. on Wednesday, March 11, at ing time to 6 p.m. Everyone welthe Oronoco Community Center. come. Questions call 732-7459 or
732-4766.
PINE ISLAND
Community Band Practice
The Zumbrota Community Band

practices on Monday nights at 7:30
PI Tops #1280 meets every p.m. in the Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Monday night at St. Paul Luth- High School music room. Voluneran Church. Weigh-in is at 5:15 teer musicians are welcome.
and meeting time is 6 p.m. Everyone welcome. Questions call 356- State Theatre
4799 or 356-4700.
Quilter Sue Spargo lecture and
trunk show, Thursday, March 5, 7
Moms in Prayer
p.m. Tickets at 507-732-4101.
Free movie, Sweet Land, FriPine Island Moms in Prayer meet
Monday mornings from 8-9 a.m. day, March 6, 7 p.m. Rated PG.
Concert: Davina and the Vagain the library of the Good News
E-Free Church, 208 North Main bonds, Saturday, March 7, 7:30
(across from Kwik Trip). Enter p.m. Tickets at 507-732-7616.
The State Theatre is at 96 East
side door of the church and go
downstairs. Call 259-8012 or 356- 4th Street in Zumbrota. For information visit zaac.org.or call 5074800 for more information.
272-1129.
Tops #1280
Caregiver Support Group

The group meets Monday, Crossings
March 9, at 1 p.m. at St. Paul
Tom McGregor and Michael
Lutheran Church. Respite is availSchmidt,
oil and encaustic wax
able upon request. Call Pine Ispaintings,
through March 25.
land Area Home Services at 356Wine
&
Watercolor with Dan
2999 for more information.
Wiemer, Fri., March 6, 7- 9 p.m.
Irresistible Surface Design, Sat.,
Blood Pressure Clinic
March 7, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Pottery Wheel Boot Camp, Sun.,
The clinic will be on Tuesday,
March 10, at 11 a.m. at the Pine March 8, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Yoga, Tues., March 10, 6:30Island City Centre.
7:30 p.m.
For more information go to
Toastmasters Meeting
www.
crossingsatcarnegie.com or
The Pine Island Toastmasters
meet at 6:30 a.m. Fridays at St. call 507-732-7616. Crossings is
Paul Lutheran Church. They do at 320 E Ave.
NEWS-RECORD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2015 PAGE 3A
County
How safe is your drinking water? Nitrate pollution rising in watershed wells
By Kevin Strauss
Zumbro Watershed Partnership
Minnesotans take it for granted
that when we turn on the faucet,
the water that comes out is safe to
drink. Residents of some small
southeastern Minnesota communities can no longer make that assumption. More often than not,
the culprit is nitrate pollution, a
fertilizer that crop producers apply to their fields each year.
According to Olmsted County
Water Resources Manager Terry
Lee, the natural or background
level of nitrate in well water is
less than the lab can detect, typically less than 0.2 ppm. Before
1970, nitrate pollution in area wells
was extremely rare. Nitrate levels
in wells vary by location and well
construction. Older, shallower
wells in agricultural areas are most
likely to have high nitrate levels.
While low nitrate levels might be
safe for adults, the Minnesota
Department of Health sets the safe
water limit at 10 ppm for nitrates
to protect infants and children.
Be water aware
So how do you find out if your

water is safe? If you live in a city,
your city water utility publishes
an annual water quality report. You
can find a link to your citys reports at the Environmental Working Group (EWG) National Drinking Water Database, http://
www.ewg.org/tap-water. If you
have your own well, you can get
your well tested by contacting the
Southeast Minnesota Water Analysis Laboratory at (507) 328-7495.
Nitrates in, nitrates out
The EWG database shows that

nitrate levels increase in groundwater as you move from west to
east across the Zumbro Watershed.
In Dodge County and the City of
Zumbrota, nitrates are at 0 parts
per million (ppm). In Rochester
they are at 0.13 ppm. In Plainview
they are at 2.85 ppm and in Kellogg
they are at 2.4 ppm. Not far to the
south in Lewiston, nitrate levels
reached 11 ppm, exceeding the
safe drinking water standards.
This isnt a huge surprise, given
how much nitrate fertilizer we use
in the 21st Century. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture
states that in 1964, the average
crop farmer in Minnesota spread
about 45 pounds of nitrogen per
acre to fertilize a corn crop. By
1970 it was 100 pounds per acre.
By 2004 it was 140 pounds per
acre.
Regional studies have shown
that nitrate levels in streams directly reflect the percent of the
watershed area in row crops (corn
and soybeans), said Lee.
A study of 100 sites found that
watersheds with more than 60
percent of their area in row crops
typically had stream nitrate levels

that exceeded 10 ppm. Since much
of the flow in streams is groundwater discharge, it isnt surprising that studies find a similar relationship with groundwater. Where
less than 40 percent of the land is
in row crops, wells usually dont
exceed the health standard for nitrates.
Most of southern and western
Minnesota has row cropland covering 40-60 percent of the landscape. In a recent Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
study, 17 percent of the wells tested
in southeast Minnesota exceeded
the health standard of 10 ppm of
nitrates.
The bad news is that the nitrate
problem isnt getting better. In fact
since the federal Clean Water Act
in 1972, most sources of river and
lake pollution in Minnesota are
on the decline. In the Minnesota
River, which has been studied more
extensively than the Zumbro, nitrates are one of only two pollutants that are on the rise. Recent
studies show a similar pattern in
the Zumbro River with a 38 percent increase in nitrates since 1976.
Most of these nitrates are leaking
into the river from polluted groundwater springs.
coming from a pipe, there would

be clear regulations and state and
federal agencies to address the
problem, but nitrates can come
from anywhere in the watershed
(all the land that drains to a river
or stream). Most of the nitrates
entering groundwater and surface
water are coming from unregulated farm fields. A 2014 study by
the MPCA found that 89 percent
of nitrates in surface water in southeast Minnesota come from farming activities, with 57 percent coming from groundwater under farm
fields, 23 percent from agricultural tile drainage, and 9 percent
from crop field runoff. According
to several studies, corn and soybean fields leak nitrates, with
corn using only about 60-70 percent of the nitrates applied to a
field.
The vast majority of farmers
dont want to see their nitrate fertilizer leaking into groundwater
or washing into streams. Many
farmers use Best Management
Practices (BMPs) like nitrogen
stabilizers, and spring-applied nitrogen to keep more of their fertilizer on the land where it can help
their crops grow.
Farmers shouldnt be doing any
fall application of nitrogen fertilWhat can we do
izer in this region of the state,
for cleaner water?
said Byron corn and soybean
If groundwater pollution was farmer Martin Larsen. The risk
of (nitrogen) loss is just too high

and especially with the tight crop
margins these days, it just doesnt
make sense.
Larsen, who also works as the
Olmsted County feedlot technician, sees animal manure as a
source of nitrogen fertilizer that is
less likely to leak into ground or
surface water, if it is stored and
applied correctly.
Because of its organic component, manure is slow to release its
nitrogen, said Larsen. The or-
ganic matter in manure helps build

soil health, and healthy soil does a
better job holding onto nutrients
and water. While manure had been
a significant source of pollution
in the past, new regulations starting in 2001 and the education efforts of county feedlot technicians
seem to be paying off in the region. Nevertheless, despite decades
of voluntary efforts by farmers,
nitrate levels continue to rise in
area wells, rivers, and streams.
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From Our Files

GOODHUE
WANAMINGO
20 Years Ago
March 1, 1995
February 27, 1975
BORN TO: Coach Bill and

Mathew Schafer and Jeremy Kathy Squires, a daughter, JesWalker recently received their sica Jane, on February 19.
Eagle Scout awards. *** Troop
50 Years Ago
76 scouts and leaders attending
February 25, 1965
Polar Camp February 10-12 were
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bork
Tim Knapp, Cory Berg, Michael visited with friends and relatives
Rath, Eric Kittelson, Ben in Grafton, Iowa, on Saturday and
McBroom, Dan McBroom, Stu Sunday. *** Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Ohr, Larry VanDeWalker, Jesse Zalky of Wykoff visited Sunday
Anderson, Aaron Haugen, and afternoon at the home of her
Trevor Prigge.
brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and
40 Years Ago
Mrs. Gust Myran. *** BORN TO:
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Poncelet, a

daughter, on February 20.
70 Years Ago
March 1, 1945
20 Years Ago
March 1, 1995
On February 15, Amy Matthees,

Karen Mehrkens, Justin Bangtson,
A devastating fire, the origin of and Aaron Groth were part of Mayo
which is not known, completely Clinics annual Celebration of
destroyed the farm home of Mrs. Research.
Lydia Bjugan early Friday morn40 Years Ago
ing. *** Mr. and Mrs. Art Lohman
February 27, 1975
of Goodhue visited Monday
Goodhue and Southland are coevening at the Edwin Goplen home. champions of the Wasioja Con*** Mrs. Bert Kempf and son Billy ference with 14-2 conference
of Faribault are visiting at the home records in basketball.
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
50 Years Ago
Hoven.
February 25, 1965
BORN TO: Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Gadient, a daughter, on February
18; Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Lexvold,
a son, James Kermit, on February
17; Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Schulz, a
daughter, Sarah Louise, on February 19. *** Mr. and Mrs. Emil
Groth will observed their 45th
wedding anniversary on February
28. *** Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn D.
Bien attended the Telephone Convention in St. Paul this week.
60 Years Ago
February 24, 1955
BORN TO: Mr. and Mrs. Jackie
McNamara, a daughter, on Sunday, February 20; Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Gorman, a daughter, on
February 20; Mr. and Mrs. James
Huneke, a son, on February 18.
*** Last Wednesday, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Thomfohr were dinner
guests at the Karl Tomfohr home
in Red Wing. *** The Martin
Kindseths entertained the George
W. Diercks family at dinner Sunday evening.
70 Years Ago
March 1, 1945
Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Schulz and
Fritzie were Sunday supper and
evening guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Allers and family. *** Mrs.
Wm. Hennings entertained the
birthday club at her home on
Wednesday. *** On Saturday
evening, Betty Byron was hostess
to a group of high school girls at a
toboggan party.
GOODHUE 1975 Goodhue wrestlers advancing to State are, from left

to right: Lyle Zemke (126 pounds), Mark Ryan (145), and Bruce Johnson
(167).
ZUMBROTA
WANAMINGO, 1965 The 1964-65 Bulldogs are, kneeling, from left to right: Dale Froyum, Dale Nerison,
Steven Johnson, Gaylan Myran, Harvey Aadahl, Grant Hoven, Ronnie Blakstad; standing: Coach Wayne
Erickson, Dean Hoven, Jon Syverson, Tom Foley, Gary Alme, Duane Friese, Robert Opfer, Dan Grimsrud, Paul
Tangen, and managers Reuben Berg and Mike Satren.
PINE ISLAND
20 Years Ago
March 1, 1995
Two local girls competed in the
Sport Karate Open Tournament
at the Radisson South Hotel in
Bloomington recently. They were
nine-year-old Jesse Phelps and
four-year-old Erica Schettl. Phelps
won first place. *** Cory Hermann,
son of Theresa and Dave Hermann,
was named Student of the Month.
*** Rebecca Swenson, a senior
from Oronoco, participated in the
January Term Abroad program at
Luther College. She traveled to
New Zealand.
30 Years Ago
February 27, 1985
On Thursday night, February
14, the Pine Island girls basketball team defeated Goodhue 6040, and in doing so they completed
a perfect 18-0 season. Kris Lehman
led the way with 13 points. ***
Gary Anderson, a student at the
University of Minnesota Mor-
ris, spent the weekend at home

with his parents, Ron and Mary
Anderson, to help celebrate the
birthday of his brother Scott. ***
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Raudabaugh
and Mrs. Marie Holst were Sunday afternoon visitors at the William Hess home in Goodhue.
two weeks with her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Curtis Weis.
50 Years Ago
February 25, 1965
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Day visited

his mother, Mrs. Lena Day, at
Dodge Center on Saturday. ***
Nancy Rehling of Minneapolis is
40 Years Ago
spending the week at her home
February 27, 1975
while her mother is hospitalized.
Senior Girl Scouts who helped *** Mrs. August Wobig spent the
plan a Song Fest at the high school weekend with her daughter, Mrs.
on February 15 were Karen Ander- Harold Johnson, in Zumbrota.
son, Kris Pearson, Debbie Hagre,
60 Years Ago
and Debbie Archer. *** The Van
February 24, 1955
Horn Public Library has remained
Mrs. Conrad Coen left Monday
outwardly unchanged through its morning for Newport, Rhode Is57 years of history, but many in- land, to join her husband who is
ternal changes have taken place, attending school. *** Mr. and Mrs.
including remodeling of the build- Don Tome and daughter of Mining, transfers of responsibility for neapolis were weekend guests of
conducting library business be- his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.H.
tween the library board and the Tome. *** Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Kling
school board, and recent mem- and sons of Austin spent the weekbership in SELCO. *** Mr. and end with his mother, Mrs. Wm.
Mrs. Peter Campbell returned to Kling, and at the Curtis Weis home.
London, England, after spending
10 Years Ago
February 16, 2005
40 Years Ago
February 12, 1975
50 Years Ago
February 11, 1965
Kaia Sand is the winner of the

District Spelling Bee held on
Monday at Zumbrota-Mazeppa
High School. Second place winner was Alyssa Finnesgard and
third place winner was Madison
Pettit. *** On Saturday about 300
people gathered at United Redeemer Lutheran Church to honor
five members of Zumbrota Boy
Scout Troop 59 for reaching the
Boy Scouts of Americas highest
rank of Eagle Scout. They were
Chad Edel, Chris Flaaen, Jonathon
Nelson, Kyle LaGosh and Andy
Wendroth.
On Sunday, Mr. and Mrs.

Donald Thompson and family of
St. Paul were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Thompson. ***
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Althoff and
Kristi of St. Paul spent the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Althoff. *** Adene Windhorst spent the weekend at the home
of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Windhorst. *** Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Letourneau of Minneapolis spent
Saturday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A.J. Biorn. *** Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Holst, and Mr. and Mrs.
Ken Reynolds and Chris were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Elgin in
Faribault on Sunday. *** Mr. and
Mrs. Veron Hansen and Iverna
Hoven and Mr. and Mrs. Luverne
Hoven of St. Paul were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene Lund.
Joe Megler and James Haskel

of St. Paul visited Saturday at the
homes of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Schlasner and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Peterson. The men, accompanied
by Gale Benson of Wanamingo,
enjoyed fox hunting in the Vasa
hills. *** Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hiebel
returned Sunday after spending
three weeks at Charlotte Harbor,
Florida, where the temperature was
between 70 and 80 degrees every
day. *** Sunday afternoon and
evening the home of Mrs. Wayne
Carlson was the scene of a birthday party honoring Janice Carlson on her first birthday. *** Adola
Charlson of Kenyon was a dinner
guest Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. C.F.
Marvin. *** Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Berg and daughter, Cynthia, of
Pine Island were Sunday afternoon
visitors at the Bennie Rude home.
20 Years Ago
February 15, 1995
The new Dairy Queen opened
for business on Friday morning.
The Dairy Queen is located at Highways 52 and 58. *** Jessica Hinrichs, Winona State University
freshman, is the recipient of a
Mentorship Scholarship. She is a
graduate of Zumbrota-Mazeppa
High School. *** Mayo
Foundations fifth Celebration of
Research program will be held
in Rochester. Students from Zumbrota-Mazeppa attending are Jenny
Fleming, Brad Prigge, Jeremy
Belanger, Jessica Schliep, and their
advisor Robert Sohn.
30 Years Ago
February 13, 1985
Mel Broin was a recent Sunday

evening supper guest at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. James Thomford.
*** The Zumbrota Senior Citizens met Tuesday afternoon for
their card party at the Towers. Three
tables of 500 were played. Prizes
were awarded to the following:
mens high Elmer Ebeling, mens
low Herbert Buchholtz. Ladies high
was Angeline Thompson and ladies low was Edna Schuur. Ed and
Idella Guenther were host and
hostess and served refreshments.
*** Robert and Lois Wellvang have
returned home after spending the
past 11 weeks visiting relatives in
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California and South Dakota. *** Mrs.
Gladys Friese of rural Zumbrota
was honored on her 80th birthday
on Sunday at an open house at
Christ Lutheran Church. Approxi- ZUMBROTA, 1985 Senior Debbie Ryan was named to the 1984-85
PINE ISLAND, 1985 Gymnasts advancing to State are, from left to right, Melinda Prescher, Jennifer Meyer, mately 125 friends and relatives Wasioja All-Conference Basketball Team. Ryan led the Tigers with a 9.2
points-per-game scoring average.
and Debbie Albrecht. Pine Island finished second out of eight teams in Region 1A competition on Saturday. attended.
Zumbrota/Mazeppa
Area Sports
ZM updated on hiring process Goodhues opens playoffs with a victory
for school resource officer
By Alice Duschanek-Myers
ZUMBROTA On February
23, Zumbrota Police Chief Patrick
Callahan updated the ZumbrotaMazeppa School Board about the
process of hiring a school resource
officer (SRO) for the 2015-16
school year.
The city would likely pay 25%
of the cost of a SRO, but the city
needs a letter from the school board
requesting the officer. School board
chair Pete Hinrichs said he would
write the letter to the city. Callahan
will give the school any of the
paperwork needed.
Callahan said it will take time
to complete an extensive background study and train a full-time
officer to work at the school. He is
uncertain of the costs until he knows
all that the school needs. Safe
School funds could be used and
the legislature might approve more
funding for school safety. For now
he said the best thing is to take the
police departments previous contract with the school for an SRO
and update the services and language with the school.
Vocational Construction House
The school board set a timeline

for the sale of the vocational
departments 2015 construction
project at 625 Golfview Avenue
in Zumbrota. The district will advertise to sell the house in the News-
Record, on the school website, and

in the district newsletter from February 25 to April 15. There will be
an open house on March 29 from
10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Bids will start
and be accepted in the
superintendents office in Mazeppa
until April 10.
Superintendent Tony Simons
reported that Cannon Falls and
Lake City would like to participate in the 2016 construction
project. The board agreed that these
students could participate if there
was space after ZM students registered. The ZM students would
come first under any circumstances.
Trapshooting letters
Sam Michels and Jay Sanborn

requested that the school board
reconsider allowing lettering for
trapshooting. They requested that
trapshooting become a sport.
The suggested requirements to
qualify for lettering included being a grade 9-12 student in the
district and abiding by the district
and Minnesota State High School
Clay Target League rules and conduct. The performance requirements are scoring 15 or more points
per round of competition at the
end of the season, not missing any
competition weeks, participating
in the state tournament, and participating on the team for three or
By Faye Haugen
GOODHUE The defending
West Section 1A and Section 1A
champion Goodhue girls basketball team opened tournament play
by crushing LeRoy-Ostrander in
Goodhue, Thursday evening.
The win advances the top-seeded
Wildcats into semifinal play on
Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Mayo Civic
Auditorium where they will face
fourth-seeded Blooming Prairie
(ranked 10th in Class A). A victory on Tuesday will move
more years. Michels said six seniors would qualify for letters this
year.
Last year 6,000 students participated in trapshooting in the state,
Michels said. This year 8,000 students are participating on 450
school teams. Some schools have
trapshooting as a school sport.
Some have it as a club sport.
Hinrichs said he wanted to talk
more with the committee before
the board made a decision on the
By Faye Haugen
request.
KENYON The second-seeded
Retirements
The school board approved the Kenyon-Wanamingo girls basketretirement of speech pathologist ball team kicked off the post-seaIngrid Freeman effective May 29, son with an easy 72-26 win over
2015. She has worked in the school seventh-seeded Cannon Falls in
Kenyon, Thursday. The Knights
district since 1980.
The board approved the retire- are the defending West Section
ment of paraprofessional Linda 1AA and Section 1AA champiLemmerman effective May 28, ons.
KW will face third-seeded Hay2015. She has worked in the disfield on Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Mayo
trict since 1990.
Other business
Civic Arena in Rochester. The
The school board approved:
Knights will advance to the Sat Sharla Gerken as Cougar Care urday championship game at 11
teaching assistant beginning on
March 2
Dawn Guse as high school student council advisor and junior
varsity basketball coach for the By Faye Haugen
second semester
ROCHESTER The fifth A lane change for Katie Lane seeded Pine Island girls basketfrom BS to BS+10
ball team gave fourth-seeded Lourdes all they could handle in
Tuesdays West Section 1AA quarterfinal game in Rochester.
The game was knotted at 20-20
at the half, but the Eagles hit 13 of
The board approved a 2015-16 23 free throws to PIs 7 of 12 to
school calendar with an after La- win the game at the line.
bor Day start. Simons said, You
can see what the Legislature is
going to do and go from there.
Graduation is scheduled for June
4, 2016.
By Faye Haugen
Important March Dates:
HAYFIELD The ZumbrotaMarch 4 Early release
Mazeppa girls basketball team saw
March 9 School board work their 2015 campaign come to and
session in Mazeppa at 7 p.m.
end on Thursday night when the
March 9 and 12 K-12 confer- sixth-seeded Cougars fell 73-42
ences from 4-8 p.m.
to the third-seeded Vikings in
March 19 and 26 Early child- Hayfield.
hood screening
We turned the ball over too
March 23 Regular school board many times, lamented Coach Scott
meeting in Mazeppa at 7 p.m.; Paukert of the 29 times ZM mishigh school choir solo ensemble handled the ball. Our goal was to
concert, ZMHS auditorium at 7 limit the points their top-two scorers
p.m.
got and we did. Unfortunately,
March 26 Third grade con- other players for Hayfield kept
cert, Mazeppa gym at 7 p.m.
March 30 Shelton Brass Band/
ZM concert, ZMHS at 7:30 p.m.
in Zumbrota
KW wins big over Cannon Falls
Elementary principals report
Principal Quinn Rasmussen attended the Minnesota Elementary

Principal conference. He reported
that many good ideas were shared
that he hopes to implement. He
mentioned, in particular, a discussion about preschool funding.
February is I Love to Read
Month. There have been related
activities in the school. The school
will celebrate Dr. Seusss birthday, March 3.
Elementary students completed

the Optional Local Purpose Assessment (OLPA) in reading and
math to practice for the MCAs.
He said the students did well on
the practice tests.
Other business
a.m. against eithere Dover-Eyota hitting four threes in the win. Mara
or Lourdes at Mayo Civic Audi- Quam added 12 points and Megan
torium.
Quam 10 for the 19-8 Knights.
The Knights had little trouble Kenyon-Wanamingo 72
knocking off the overmatched Cannon Falls 26
Bombers. KW held a 39-20 lead KW - Megan Quam 10, Brittney Flom 32, Mara
12, Emily Ashland 2, Megan Flom 6,
at the half, but they limited the Quam
Mariah Quam 3, Savannah Bleess 7
Bombers to just six points over
Scoring by halves
the final half of the contest.
Cannon Falls
20
6 = 26
39
33 = 72
The highlight of the game was Kenyon-Wanamingo
Brittney Flom scoring her 1,000th Free throws: KW - 3 of 5 for 60%; CF - 3 of 6
for 50%; Three-pointers: KW - Megan Flom
career point. The senior outscored (2),
Mara Quam (2), Brittney Flom (4) Mariah
the Bombers all by herself, net- Quam (1); CF - 1
ting a career high 32 points and
Pine Island gives Lourdes a battle
All ZM juniors will take ACT test April 28

By Alice Duschanek-Myers
ZUMBROTA On February
23, Zumbrota-Mazeppa High
School Principal Jeff Nolte reported that all junior students will
take the ACT test in the high school
on April 28. The students in grades
9, 10, and 12 will likely have alternative assignment outside the
school. Grades 7 and 8 students
will attend their classes at the
school.
The district is considering
weighted grading for more classes
that are already offered, but have
college rigor. Some classes could
be offered for high school or college credit. Changing some quarterly classes to semester classes
in the middle school is also being
considered.
Nolte recognized the students
in dance team jazz and kick and
on the wrestling team for their
success. The wrestlers who won
individual honors to continue to
state competition are Hayden
Stensland, Joey Majerus, Maverick Jackson, Freedom Hunt, Devin
Manzy, and Dillon Downes. Coach
Link Steffen and Assistant Coach
Mark Krier were named 1A Coach
and Assistant Coach of the Year.
Goodhue into the finals at 5 p.m. scored in the victory as Coach Josh
on Saturday at Mayo Civic Audi- Wieme was able to go to his retorium against either Southland serves early and often.
or Lyle/Pacelli (ranked ninth in Goodhue 66 - LeRoy-Ostrander 18
G - Shelby Hinsch 2, Taylor Larson 5, Sydney
Class A).
10, Maddy Miller 8, Michelle Hadler
Goodhue romped over the Car- Lodermeier
4, McKenzie Ryan 4, Megan Ryan 5, Emily
dinals, rolling up a 31-7 lead by Benrud 8, Haley Lexvold 3, Kalley Diercks 2,
the half. Things didnt get any better Keisha OReilly 2, Kate Stehr 2, Rachel Watson
for the visitors as they were out- 10
Scoring by halves
scored 35-11 over the last 18 min7
11 = 18
utes. Rachel Watson and Sydney LeRoy-Ostrander
31
35 = 66
Lodermeier each netted 10 points Goodhue
Free throws: G - 24 of 31 for 77%; LO - 12 of
to pace Goodhue in scoring. In 20 for 60%; Three-pointers: G -McKenzie
all, 12 of Goodhues 14 players Ryan (1), Megan Ryan (1); L) -0
Pine Islands play was a big team

improvement over the last time Pine Island 35 - Lourdes 41
- Summer Cavallaro 6, Emilie Rucker 2,
these two teams met, with Lour- PI
Eliza Warneke 4, Autumn Pin 1, Noelle Langworthy
des winning 64-29 on January 9. 15, Emilee Fredrickson 2, Madi Owen 2, Amanda
Noelle Langworthy pumped in Troester 3
15 points to lead PI in scoring.
Scoring by halves
20
15 = 35
The Panthers will graduate three Pine Island
20
21 = 41
senior starters in Noelle Langwor- Lourdes
throws: PI - 7 of 12 for 58%; L - 13 of 23
thy, Kaitlyn Champa, and Emilee Free
for 56%; Three-pointers: PI - Noelle Langworthy
Fredrickson from this years 8-19 (3), Amanda Troester (1); L - 2
Hayfield ends ZM basketball season
Teachers Rebecca Sjolander and

Jill Ziebell and six of their fourth
grade students demonstrated their
use of Chrome Books for classwork
to the school board. They demonstrated lessons in reading and
mathematics and using Nearpod,
Padlet, Google Docs, and Quizlet.
The board thanked the teachers
and students.
The school board approved policies for open meetings and closed
meetings; public participation in
school board meetings and complaints about persons at school
board meetings and data privacy
considerations; development,
adoption, and implementation of
policies; public and private personnel data; family and medical
leave; harassment and violence;
tobacco-free environment; gifts to SCHOOL BOARD WORK SESSION
employees and school board mem- ZUMBROTA-MAZEPPA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 2805
bers; school weapons; student disMONDAY, MARCH 9, 2015
cipline; internet acceptable use
ALTERNATE DATE MARCH 10,
and safety; hazing prohibition;
2015 IN CASE OF
school district curriculum and inINCLEMENT WEATHER
struction goals; curriculum devel7:00 P.M.
opment; graduation requirements;
ZM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
student transportation safety; criROOM 121
sis management; and health and
MAZEPPA, MN
I. Agenda Items:
safety.
a. Update from School Exec Connect
February 16-20 was School
b. Trap Shoot Team Lettering
Board Recognition Week. Superc. Update on SRO Officer
intendent Tony Simons addressed
d. Update on the Budget Process
the board, saying, Thank you for
e. 2015-16 School Calendar Legiswhat you do each and every day, lative Update
for the students and residents of
f. Teacher Development and Evaluathe district.
tion
ZM ISD 2805
Will Opshal
places third in
state hoop
shoot
competition
Haley Dykes who had to sit out

hitting outside shots.
ZM trailed 39-16 at the half, the season with a knee injury.
and although they played better Zumbrota-Mazeppa 42 - Hayfield 73
- Natalie Majerus 5, Alyssa Quam 15,
offense in the second half, they ZM
Rachel Mensink 1, Tara Matuska 1, Christopherson
were unable to gain any ground 2, Enger 1, Taylor Blakstad 2, Miranda Mollenhauer
on the Vikings.
4, Lauren Miller 11
Scoring by halves
Alyssa Quam netted 15 points
16
26 = 42
in her last high school game. Lau- Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Hayfield
39
34 = 73
ren Miller added 11 points.
Free throws: ZM - 7 of 12 for 58%; H - 7 of 15
The Cougars end the season with for 47%; Field goals: ZM - 17 of 38 for 44%;
a 7-17 record. ZM will graduate Rebounds: ZM - 19; Turnovers: ZM - 29;
three players in starters Alyssa Three-pointers: ZM - Natalie Majerus (1); H
Quam and Rachel Mensink, and - 0
2015 West 1.Section

1A Girls Basketball
Goodhue
Tuesday, Feb. 24
L-O
9. MSAD
4. Blooming Prairie Blooming

Prairie
Thursday, Feb. 26
5. Randolph
Saturday, March 7
5 p.m. at
Mayo Auditorium
2. Lyle/Pacelli
Lyle/Pacelli
Tuesday, March 3
7:30 p.m.
Mayo Civic
Auditorium
10. Glenville- 3. Southland

Emmons
Southland
Thursday, Feb. 26
6. Grand Meadow
2015 West Section 1AA Girls Basketball

1. Dover-Eyota
Thursday, Feb. 26
8. Triton
4. Lourdes
ZUMBROTA POLICE REPORT

9:27 a.m. Rochester State Patrol
reported semis were speeding and passing
on the shoulder and boxing in another
vehicle.
7:47 p.m. A female reported that
her husband was acting strange.
January 23
1:41 a.m. An officer assisted a
deputy with checking on a vehicle.
2:14 a.m. A driver was warned for
crossing the center line and having no
headlights on.
9:11 a.m. An accident was reported
by the Zumbrota exit on northbound
Highway 52.
6:56 p.m. A driver was given a
verbal warning for speeding.
verbal warning for driving conduct and
not stopping for a stop sign.
7:57 p.m. An officer observed the
closing of a store.
verbal warning for failure to yield right of
way.
January 24
2:06 p.m. Witnesses stopped at
the office to report an assault at the
Covered Bridge Park.
verbal warning for having a headlight
out. The driver stated that he had hit a
deer and would get the light fixed the
next day.
8:26 p.m. A driver was warned for
speeding.
verbal warning for speeding and current
tabs not displayed.
verbal warning for having a headlight
out.
Tuesday, March 3
6 p.m.
Mayo Civic
Auditorium
7. Bethlehem
Thursday, Feb. 26
Academy
BA
Tuesday, Feb. 24
ZM9-1F
January 16
female who was having a panic attack.
12:01 a.m. A male with a bleeding
10:05 p.m. An officer stood by
leg was transported by ambulance.
while a female removed her belongings.
7:48 a.m. An officer watched school January 19
crossings.
7:39 a.m. An officer watched school
7:54 a.m. A driver was warned for crosswalks.
having expired registration.
8:08 a.m. A driver was warned for
8:09 a.m. A driver was warned for parking in a no parking zone.
driving through the elementary school
8:35 a.m. A male reported that he
parking lot during closed hours.
had received a counterfeit $20 bill.
8:33 a.m. A male reported that a
11:11 a.m. The Zumbrota Towers
package that had been delivered by UPS reported a verbal argument. A male was
was taken from his desk.
upset about a donated item that was not
10:35 a.m. An officer responded to being used appropriately. The officer
a fire call.
advised that the yelling and screaming
3:24 p.m. An officer assisted a was not the proper way to deal with the
deputy with a vehicle search. Drug items frustration.
were found and an adult female was
11:45 a.m. A male had cut his leg.
taken into custody and taken to the It was bleeding and he is taking a blood
office for further testing.
thinner.
3:28 p.m. An officer unlocked a
5:40 p.m. A female was supposed
vehicle.
to have a meeting at the library but
10:14 p.m. An assault occurred at nobody was there and her key that she
East Park involving several juveniles.
was given wouldnt work and was stuck
January 17
in the door. The officer was able to get
12:07 a.m. A driver was warned for the key out of the lock and went back
speeding.
with some spray and got the lock to run
8:26 a.m. An officer responded to a smoothly.
business alarm.
10:15 a.m. An officer stood by a strange man was in the house and her
while a female picked up her dog and husband was speaking to him. The feother misc. items. Several items were male was upstairs with the children and
left behind and acknowledged as junk she thinks he may be intoxicated or on
that she did not want.
drugs.
12:38 p.m. An officer assisted with January 20
getting three calves back into a pasture.
12:53 p.m. Zumbrota Bearing &
January 18
Gear reported a lost dog. The dog was
1:59 a.m. An officer responded to a brought to the Zumbrota Vet Clinic.
medical assist.
4:22 p.m. A report was made of
11:46 a.m. An officer responded to debris on a roadway.
a medical assist.
12:15 a.m. An officer did a welfare her neighbors St. Bernard was in her
check.
yard.
2:47 p.m. An officer assisted a
9:51 p.m. A male reported hearing
deputy with a drug test.
a shotgun going off behind his residence.
4:27 p.m. A female reported that a January 21
person was at her home demanding
7:39 a.m. An officer did a school
money for a roofing job that was done patrol.
five years earlier. She was advised not
7:10 p.m. An officer responded to a
to answer the door for him and call 911. business alarm.
7:44 p.m. An officer assisted with a January 22
Goodhue
Thursday, Feb. 26
8. LeRoy-Ostrander
Thursday, Feb. 26
5. Pine Island
2. Kenyon-Wanamingo
Will Opsahl
HUTCHINSON Will Opsahl of Goodhue took third place

in state competition on February 14 at the Elks Hoop Shoot
competition in Hutchinson.
Opsahl won the Goodhue
competition with 15 free throws.
He hit 22 free throws at the Red
Wing competition and sank 20
free throws at the district competition in Coon Rapids. At state,
Opsahl hit 20 free throws to place
third.
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Take Highway 58 South through Zumbrota,
cross Highway 52 and watch for signs.
N&S7-3a
Thursday, Feb. 26
7. Cannon Falls
3. Hayfield
Dover-Eyota
Tuesday, March 3, 6 p.m.
Mayo Civic Arena
Lourdes
Saturday, March 7, 11 a.m.
at Mayo Civic Auditorium
Kenyon-Wanamingo
Tuesday, March 3,
7:30 p.m.
Mayo Civic Arena
Hayfield
Thursday, Feb. 26
6. Zumbrota-Mazeppa
GCSO to hold Sheriffs

Citizens Academy
The Goodhue County Sheriffs
Office will again be offering its
Sheriffs Citizens Academy. The
goal of this Academy is to give
the citizens of Goodhue County
insight into the operation of the
sheriffs office. Citizens Academy
attendees will gain a working
knowledge of the sheriffs office;
its personnel, policies, and procedures. It consists of eight classes
held once a week for three hours
per session. The instruction is
comprehensive, covering a different area of the sheriffs office each
session. Deputies, supervisors, and
other personnel with particular
expertise in different sections of
the sheriffs office will conduct
each instructional block.
The Citizens Academy offers
candid and open discussions on
the operation of the sheriffs office and members of the class are
encouraged to ask questions. It is
felt that the academy creates an
opportunity for citizen/law enforcement interaction and cooperation.

The academy is free of charge
and will take place over eight evenings. The first seven weeks will
be on Tuesdays, March 17 through
April 28, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30
p.m., in Red Wing. The eighth
session will be held Thursday, May
14, from 6-9 p.m. in Pine Island.
The academy is open to any resident of Goodhue County 18 years
of age and older.
If you feel you would like to be
a part of a cooperative effort between the sheriffs office and the
community you may obtain more
information and an application on
the homepage of the Goodhue
County
website
www.co.goodhue.mn.us; at the
Goodhue County Sheriffs Office
in Red Wing; or by contacting the
sheriffs office administration at
651-267-2614. Applications must
be submitted by March 9.
Congratulations
Zumbrota-Mazeppa Wrestling Team
Section 1A Champion - State Class A Second Place
Freedom Hunt (top), Joey Majerus and Hayden Voxland are in awe when Seth Tupper earns a fall against
Minneota in the Class A wrestling finals on Thursday afternoon. The pin gave ZM a chance at a state title.
Members of the State Class A runner-up Zumbrota-Mazeppa wrestling

team are, from left, front row: Manager Emily Krohn, Jacob Bennett,
Noah Prodzinski is congratulated by his teammates after earning a third period fall against West Central
Area/Ashby/Evansville in the opening Class A State Duals match on Thursday in St. Paul.
Luke Tupper, Hayden Stensland, Joey Majerus, Spencer DeFrang, Sam

Nordquist and manager Caitlyn Heitman; second row: Coach Grant
Kyllo, Hayden Voxland, Devin Manzy, Tyler Soltau, Jacob Lawrence,
Maverick Jackson and Noah Prodzinski; back row: Coach Tony Brown,
Coach Mark Krier, Coach Seth Beyer, Head Coach Link Steffen, Dillon
Downes, Caden Steffen, Connor Hegseth, Freedom Hunt, Seth Tupper,
Jarrett Haglund, Evan Block, Coach Tony Stensland and Coach Chase
Steffen.
ZMs Dillon Downes, Noah Prodzinski, Evan Block and Coach Tony
Stensland pay close attention to the action on the mat against Frazee.
Connor Hegseth congratulates Joey Majerus after the ZM senior earns

a fall in overtime against Frazee on Thursday.
Seth Tupper is pretty excited about earning a come-from-behind fall

over Minneota in the Class A State finals.
ZMS Devin Manzy has West Central Area/Ashby/Evansvilles Royal
Crow on his back at 152 pounds in Thursdays first match. Manzy
earned a 5-1 decision.
News-Record photos by Faye Haugen ZMs Dillon Downes puts West Central Area/Ashby/Evansvilles Koel
Seiferts shoulders to the mat for a second period fall.
ZMs Hayden Stensland works on the shoulders of Blaine Beaty of

Frazee in Thursdays Class A semifinals. Stensland earned a 3-0 decision.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa fan Tim Voth

lets his feelings be known during
the Cougars match with Frazee. Coach Link Steffen talks to his Cougar wrestling team after their 34-18 win over West Central Area/Ashby/
Evansville on Thursday at the State Class A Wrestling Tournament.
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Boys Basketball
PI falls in the final minutes to Lourdes
News-Record photo by Faye Haugen
Goodhues Ben Opsahl goes inbetween the Randolph defense for a shot in Tuesdays West Section 1A
semifinal game at Mayo Civic Auditorium in Rochester.
Goodhue to face RP for section title

By Faye Haugen
GOODHUE With a pair of
easy wins, the Goodhue boys basketball team won their second
straight West Section 1A title on
Saturday. The Wildcats (23-7) now
advance to the Section 1A championship game on Thursday at 8
p.m. at Mayo Civic Arena on Rochester where they will take on number one ranked Rushford-Peterson (28-1), with the winner advancing to next weeks Class A
State Tournament.
Randolph
Top-seeded Goodhue rolled to
an easy 54-43 win over fourthseeded Randolph in the West Section 1A semifinals in Rochester
on Tuesday.
Goodhues constant full-court
pressure defense caused the Rockets fits as the Cats raced to a 33-14
lead by the half. The Rockets had
a better offensive showing in the
second half, but Goodhue advanced

to the finals with a 21-point win.
Jacob McNamara had a big game
with a team-high 16 points and 11
rebounds. Sam McNamara and
Tyler Schumacher each added 12
points and Riley Augustine and
Ryan Alpers added nine points
each.
Goodhue 64 - Randolph 43
G - Jacob McNamara 16, Tyler Schumacher
12, Riley Augustine 9, Ryan Alpers 9, Sam
McNamara 12, Jacob Pasch 1, Ben Opsahl 6,
Wilson Jonas 2
Scoring by halves
Randolph
14
29 = 43
Goodhue
33
31 = 64
Free throws: G - 13 of 22 for 59%; R - 5 of 11
for 45%; Field goals: G - 22 of 45 for 48%; R
- 17 of 56 for 30%; Rebounds: G - 34 (Jacob
McNamara 11); R - 25; Turnovers: G - 17; R
- 15; Three-pointers: G - Sam McNamara
(3), Tyler Schumacher (1), Ryan Alpers (1),
Ben Opsahl (1), Riley Augustine (1); R - 4
Blooming Prairie
The Wildcats won the West
Section 1A title on Saturday when
they dispatched second-seeded

Blooming Prairie, 58-42. Goodhue
topped the Blossoms in regular
season play 62-52 just two weeks
ago.
The Cats got off to a modest
start, up just 20-16 at the half, but
they were able to open up some
room by outscoring BP 28-26 for
the 16-point win.
Tyler Schumacher led the Wildcats with 17 points, with Jacob
McNamara adding 11.
By Faye Haugen
ROCHESTER The Pine Island boys basketball team came
oh-so-close to pulling off a big
upset in the West Section 1AA
playoffs on Tuesday. The fourthseeded Panthers had top-seeded
Lourdes on the ropes heading into
the final minutes, but too many
turnovers resulted in PI coming
up short, 48-45.
Lourdes took a slim 28-24 lead
into the break, but the Panthers
came out of the locker room and
fought back, taking a 40-34 lead
with 8:50 to play when Ben Farrell hit a layup.
The Eagles made it a one-point
game with 6:50 to play, but the
Panthers retook a 45-39 lead when
Mitchel Acker made a steal, passing the ball to Broc Finstuen for
the six-point edge with 4:43 to
play. But those were the last points
that Pine Island would score in
the contest.
Lourdes made it a one-point
game just a little over a minute
later when Luke Thornton was
called for goaltending. The Panther coaches argued the call, but it
stood with PI up a slender 45-44.
A PI turnover with 1:08 led to
Lourdes taking a 46-45 lead. With
just five fouls whistled against
them, the Panthers had to use precious seconds to get the Eagles to
the free throw line. But Pine Island caught a beak when a Lourdes inbounds pass sailed out of
bounds, giving PI the ball on their
side of the court with 18 seconds
to play. But the Panthers also made
a bad pass resulting in the ball
going right to a Lourdes player
who was immediately fouled.
Carter Greguson hit both free
throws with seven seconds to play
for the 48-45 final score.
The Panthers held a 32-16 rebounding edge and shot 49% from
the field to the Eagles 38%, but
PI had 19 turnovers to Lourdes
Pine Islands Luke Thornton snares one of his nine rebounds against
Lourdes in Tuesdays West Section 1AA semifinal game in Rochester.
six.
Broc Finstuen led PI with 14
points and seven rebounds. Luke
Thornton had nine points and nine
rebounds.
The Panthers finish the season
with a 16-12 record. They will
graduate six seniors, four of them
starters, in Matt Smith, Matt Kukson, Mikael Sloane, Ben Farrell,
Chris Frick, and Luke Thornton.
Pine Island 45 - Lourdes 48

PI - Matt Kukson 8, Mitchel Acker 3, Ben
Farrell 6, Broc Finstuen 14, Luke Thornton 9,
Matt Smith 5
Scoring by halves
Pine Island
24
21 = 45
Lourdes
28
20 = 48
Free throws: PI - 7 of 10 for 70%; L - 10 of 18
for 56%; Field goals: PI - 18 of 37 for 49%; L
- 17 of 45 for 38%; Rebounds: PI - 32; L - 16;
Turnovers: PI - 19; L - 6; Three-pointers: PI
- Mitchel Acker (1), Matt Smith (1); L - 6
Goodhue 58 - Blooming Prairie 42

G - Jacob McNamara 11, Tyler Schumacher
17, Riley Augustine 8, Jacob Pasch 9, Ben
Opsahl 6, Ryan Alpers 3, Calvin Peterson 2,
Sam McNamara 2
Scoring by halves
Blooming Prairie
16
26 - 42
Goodhue
20
38 = 58
Free throws: G - 15 of 19 for 78%; BP - 17 of
25 for 66%; Field goals: G - 19 of 42 for 45%;
BP - 12 of 44 for 27%; Rebounds: G - 27; BP
- 25; Turnovers: G - 9; BP - 9; Three-pointers:
G - Jacob Pasch (3), Tyler Schumacher (1),
Ryan Alpers (1); BP - 1
Pine Islands Mitchel Acker floats in for a shot against Lourdes in Tuesdays West Section 1AA semifinal game
at Mayo Civic Arena.
STANDINGS
HVL Boys Basketball
Conf Overall
Blue
Division
W
L
W L
Goodhues Jacob McNamara gets fouled when going for a rebound in Tuesdays game in Rochester.
Goodhue
13 3
23 7
Pine Island
9 7
16 12
Hayfield
6 10 10 16
Triton
5 11 10 17
Kenyon-Wanamingo 2 14 6 21
By Faye Haugen
looked back, holding a 31-25 edge Connor Sviggum, Ben Ringham Zumbrota-Mazeppa 0 16 1 23
MAPLE RIVER Top-seeded over the last 18 minutes.
and Clint Irrthum.
Gold Division
Conf
Overall
Maple River ended the KenyonGavin Roosen paced the Knights Kenyon-Wanamingo 40
Lake City
14 2
23 4
Maple River 60
Wanamingo boys basketball seawith 15 points.
Lourdes
11 5
19 9
KW
Eddie
Matul
4,
Gavin
Roosen
15,
Calvin
son on Tuesday in Maple River in
The Knights end the season with Steberg 2, Ethen Benda 5, Eric Hokanson 5, Byron
11 5
14 13
the South Section 2AA quarterfi- a 6-21 record. KW will say goodbye Clint Irrthum 1, Connor Sviggum 6, Devyn Kasson-Mantorville 10 6 15 13
nals.
to eight seniors in Kwazi Spen- Stordahl 2
Stewartville
10 6
13 12
The Eagles jumped out to a 29- cer, Eddie Matul, Tanner Warner,
Scoring by halves
Cannon Falls
5 11 10 18
Maple River ends KWs season

15 lead at the half and they never
Tuesday, March 3
West Section 1A girls basketball, Goodhue vs. Blooming Prairie at Mayo Civic
Auditorium, 6 p.m.
West Section 1AA girls basketball, Kenyon-Wanamingo vs. Hayfield at Mayo Civic
Arena, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 5
Section 1A boys basketball, Goodhue vs. Rushford-Peterson at Mayo Civic Arena, 8
p.m.
Saturday, March 7
West Section 1A girls basketball finals at Mayo Civic Auditorium, 5 p.m.
West Section 1AA girls basketball finals at Mayo Civic Auditorium, 11 a.m.
GOODHUE VOLLEYBALL
Same old, same old
just have to get pumped for the

real action!
Bonnie OReilly is the latest
Woman of the Week. She singlehandedly led the Out of Towners
in a third game rally for a needed
win.
We were down, like 40
points, and I like, saw that this
was a chance to try my elusive
spit ball serve. It worked. And I
forced an overtime, and then let
my teammates feed me so we
could win. Gosh, darn, Im aweHarvest League
some!
2-25-15
If you say so, Bonnie! We
Friedrichs 2 vs. 2 Jims Barbershop; arent going to argue, because
Bye 0 vs. 4 Schaefers Heating; Prigges
Mel and Joe both tell us, Dont
Flooring 1 vs. 3 PI Pool & Pins
Top team game: Schaefers Heating 1145 make Bonnie mad!
By Ed Stern
Volleyball Commissioner
15
25 = 40
Devyn Stordahl, Eric Hokanson, Kenyon-Wanamingo
GOODHUE Nothing new
Maple River
29
31 = 60
happened this week in Goodhue
womens volleyball. Well, unless you consider that MisFits
Top team game: Maple Island 1228
Top individual: Phil Lien 289
Top team game: Friedrichs 1055
Top team series: Kiffmeyer Motorsports won their first game of the year!
They are now 1-26, and are peakTop team series: Jims Barbershop 3036
3512
ing just in time to make a late
Classic League
Top bowler game: Rick Kunz 243
Top bowler game: Jerry Morrow 300
2-17-15
season run in the playoffs. They
Top bowler series: Rick Kunz 644
Top bowler series: Jeff Kiffmeyer 787
MJB Farms 0 vs. 7 Groth Implement;
have clinched fifth place, and now
PI POOL & PINS
Island League
2-9-15
Owens Locker 20 vs. Kittelson Heating
& Plumbing 10; Comstock Farm 5.5 vs.
Majerus & Tiarks 24.5; Producers Hybrids
12 vs. D&M Dairy 18; DMC Plumbing
20.5 vs. Oertli & Pleschourt 9.5
Top team series: Majerus & Tiarks 3444
Top team game: DMC Plumbing 1189
Top individual series: Jason Kes 715
Top individual: Jerry Morrow 276
AREA SPORTS SCHEDULE
Commercial League
2-12-15
Bluff Valley Campground 0 vs. 7 Kiffmeyer
Motorsports; Terry Buck Construction 5
vs. 2 Nelson Family Services; Stus Proshop
7 vs. 0 Maple Island; Ellefson Trucking 5
vs. 0 Bye
Classic League
Top team game: Kiffmeyer Motorsports
2-10-15
1241
Leos Sports Bar 0 vs. 7 Hinrichs Plumbing Top team series: Kiffmeyer Motorsports
& Pump; AR Auto Care 0 vs. 7 Groth 3575
Implement; Eberhart Construction 3 vs. Top bowler game: Jeff Kiffmeyer 278
4 MJB Farms
Top bowler series: Darik Rude 740
Top team game: Hinrichs Plumbing &
Pump 1191
Island League
Top team series: Hinrichs Plumbing & 2-16-15
Pump 3438
D&M Dairy 15 vs. Majerus & Tiarks 15;
Top bowler game: Ron Nelson 250
Owens Locke4r 11 vs. DMC Plumbing
19; Comstock Farm 6.5 vs. Oertli &
Pleschourt 23.5; Producers Hybrids 20
Harvest League
vs. Kittelson Heating & Plumbing 10
2-11-15
Top team series: Oertli & Pleschourt
Prigges Flooring 4 vs. 0 Bye; Schaefers 3492
Heating 0 vs. 4 Jims Barbershop; PI Top team game: Producers Hybrids 1251
Pool & Pins 1 vs. 3 Friedrichs
Top individual series: Phil Lien 780
Hinrichs Plumbing & Pump 5 vs. 2 Eberhart

Construction; Leos SportsBar 5 vs. 2
AR Auto Care
Top team game: Groth Implement 1272
Top team series: Groth Implement 3553
Top bowler game: Jerry Morrow 267
Top bowler series: Jerry Morrow 715
Harvest League
2-18-15
PI Pool & Pins 3 vs. 1 Schaefers Heating;
Prigges Flooring 3 vs. 1 Friedrichs; Jims
Barbershop 3 vs. 0 Bye
Top team game: Friedrichs 1131
Top team series: Prigges Flooring 3114
Top bowler game: Tim Paulson 239
Top bowler series: Tim Paulson 641
Island League
2-23-15
Comstock Farm 9 vs. Producers Hybrids
21; Oertli & Pleschourt 15 vs. Kittelson
Heating & Plumbing 15; D&M Dairy 18
vs. Owens Locker 12; Majerus & Tiarks
6 vs. DMC Plumbing 24
Top team series: DMC Plumbing 3542
Top team game: DMC Plumbing 1233
Top individual series: Brandon Pederson
702
Top individual game: Bruce Nickell 279
Classic League
2-24-15
Hinrich Plumbing & Pump 5 vs. 2 AR
Auto Care; Leos Sportsbar 5 vs. 2 MJB
Farms; Groth Implement 7 vs. 0 Eberhart
Commercial League
Construction
2-19-15
Top team game: Leos Sportsbar 1265
Bye 0 vs. 5 Terry Buck Construction; Top team series: Leos Sportsbar 3363
Kiffmeyer Motorsports 5 vs. 2 Stus Top bowler game: Jamie Warner 279
Proshop; Ellefson Trucking 7 vs. 0 Bluff Top bowler series: Rick Kunz 686
Valley Campground; Nelson Family
Services 4 vs. 3 Maple Island
Top team series: Schaefers Heating 3164

Top bowler game: Rick Kunz 256
Top bowler series: Jerry Morrow 709
Commercial League
2-26-15
Kiffmeyer Motorsports 0 vs. 7 Bluff Valley
Campground; Nelson Family Services 2
vs. 5 Ellefson Trucking; Bye 0 vs. 7
Kif fmeyer Motorsports; Terry Buck
Construction 2 vs. 5 Stus Proshop
Top team game: Stus Proshop 1181
Top team series: Stus Proshop 3512
Top bowler game: Andy Rude 300; Darik
Rude 300
Goodhue Volleyball
Danis
Dars FRIENDS
Stacys
Out of Towners
MisFits
W
27
17
15
14
1
L
3
13
12
13
26
PA
416
514
459
473
616
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Wrestling
Goodhues Joel Gadient and Bailee
OReilly gain state meet experience
By Faye Haugen
ST. PAUL One of two
Goodhue wrestlers brought home
a medal from the 2015 Class A
State Meet held over the weekend at the Xcel Energy Center in
St. Paul.
Junior Joel Gadient placed
sixth at 126 pounds and sophomore Bailee OReilly (at 152
pounds) wrestled just one match
before being eliminated in the
78th annual Minnesota State
Wrestling Tournament.
Gadient, ranked 10th, opened
the tournament with a 10-7 decision over Cordell Peterson of New
Richland-Ellendale-Geneva, but
he lost a 9-4 decision to Austin
Anderly of LeSueur-Henderson,
the second-ranked wrestler at that
News-Record photos by Faye Haugen weight. Dropped into wrestleGoodhues Bailee OReilly and Park Rapids Areas Justin Davis scramble for control in the opening match at backs, Gadient assured himself
152 pounds in the Class A State Tournament on Friday in St. Paul.
a medal when he pinned Hunter
Sumer of Millacs, and earned a
3-1 decision over fourth-ranked
Byron Byer of Frazee. A pair of
By Faye Haugen
ST. PAUL Although he closed
out his wrestling career with a loss,
Zumbrota-Mazeppas Joey MaHVL Wrestling
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tling books as, arguably, the best
Kasson-Mantorville 10 0 21 1
ever.
Kenyon-Wanamingo 9
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The ZM senior won his fifth
Zumbrota-Mazeppa 8
2 30 7
individual medal at the 2015 State
Stewartville
7
3 18 7
Class A Tournament on Saturday,
Byron
6
4 14 11
placing fourth at 120 pounds. That
Goodhue
5
5 15 9
medal joins the third place medLake City
4
6 10 11
als he won as an eighth-grader in
Pine Island
2
8 4 12
2011, as a freshman in 2012, and
Hayfield
2
8 3 12
Triton
1
9 8 15
as a junior in 2014. He placed fourth
Cannon Falls
1
9 3 20
as a sophomore. He was also captain of this years State Class A
runner-up team.
at 132 pounds, senior Freedom
I dont know if well ever see
Hunt (31-16) at 145 pounds, and
anyone that will challenge Joeys
junior Devin Manzy (36-9) at 160
accomplishments, said Coach
pounds, all took part in their first
Link Steffen. He is a five-time
state individual meet with none of
state medalist, placing no lower
them placing.
than fourth, and he ends his career
Freedom really turned his seawith a school record 213 career
son around this year. The 13 or 14
wins. We all wanted him to win Zumbrota-Mazeppas Joey Majerus closed out a stellar high school losses he had were not a reflection
that state title, but it just didnt wrestling career at the State Class A Meet when he placed fourth at 129 of what he did this season. He was
pounds, earning his fifth state individual wrestling medal. He ends his
happen.
more mature and really developed
high school mat career with a 213-24 record.
Ranked second in Class A at
the leadership we wanted out of
Downes ends the season with a him. He treated every wrestler in
120 pounds, Majerus opened Fri- up short in their bid for an indi39-9 record and a career win-loss the room the same, and a lot of the
day individual action with a first- vidual medal.
Senior Dillon Downes, wres- record of 135-55, good for third kids really looked up to him. He
period fall over Angela Zamarripa
of St. James. But the ZM senior tling in the state meet for the third place in career wins at Zumbrota- treated everyone with respect and
was upset in the quarterfinals by time, came up a win short of ad- Mazeppa.
he was one of the key reasons that
Dillon may have not had the we got where we did as a team this
Brandon Ortman of Pierz by an 8- vancing to the medal round.
Downes opened the tournament title as one of our captains, but he season. He was a hard worker and
7 decision. Dropped into wrestlebacks, Majerus won three straight against top-ranked Zach Carlson was a true leader in the wrestling never complained, praised Coach
decisions to move into the third- of Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg, room all season for us, remarked Steffen.
place match where he faced a fa- suffering a 7-0 loss. Downes fol- Coach Steffen. Dillon was in a
Hayden, Maverick and Devin
miliar foe, Jared Goldsmith of lowed Carlson through wrestle- very tough bracket with a lot of will all get another chance to come
backs, earning a 3-1 decision over good wrestlers. He had a tough back here next year. The experiChatfield.
Majerus beat Goldsmith for the ninth-ranked Sheldon Rasmussen draw in his opening match.
ence they gained this year as indiFreshman Hayden Stensland viduals and with the team will pay
Section 1A title a week ago by a of ACGC on Friday evening. He
6-4 decision, but Goldsmith, also saw his season come to and end (32-15) at 113 pounds, sopho- off in the future, pointed out Coach
a senior, turned the tables on Ma- when he lost a 6-4 decision to more Maverick Jackson (38-11) Steffen.
jerus and earned an 8-3 decision. Dalton Elliot of Lake CrystalFive other Cougar wrestlers also Welcome Memorial on Saturday
qualified for State, but all came morning.
ZMs Joey Majerus wins fifth state medal
STANDINGS
Goodhues Joel Gadient hangs on to the arm of Minneotas Kyle Hennen

in wrestlebacks at 126 pounds on Saturday. Gadient fell by a 5-1
decision to Hennen to drop into the fifth-place match.
decision losses to ninth-ranked

Kyle Hennen of Minneota and
Brendon Coyer of Osakis ended
Gadients season at 30-6 with a
sixth-place medal.
OReillys first appearance in
the Class A Meet was very short
when he opened with a 5-1 loss

to ninth-ranked Justin David of
Park Rapids Area. David was
beaten in quarterfinal action,
knocking OReilly out of the tournament. The Cat sophomore ends
the season with a 29-10 record.
West Central Area/Ashby/Evansvilles Jake Larkin pushes on ZumbrotaMazeppas Freedom Hunts head gear during team competition on
Thursday.
State Class A Wrestling results

Code (wrestler, school, grade, record, ranking, placing)
106
Ethan Cota (Kenyon-Wanamingo, 11, 46-1, ranked first) placed first. He won by
technical fall, 16-0, 2:00, over Justin Mattocks (Prairie Valley, 10, 30-12); pinned Jeron
Mason (Medford, 8th, 37-6, ranked ninth, placed fourth) 56 seconds; won 5-0 over
Andrew Mussen (Blackduck/Cass Lake/Bena, 12, 39-5, ranked third, placed third);
and won 15-1 over Jake Nohre (West Central Area/Ashby/Evansville, 10th, 38-5,
ranked second, placed second).
113
Noah Bauer (Pine Island, 10th, 34-6, ranked eighth) placed first. He won 9-3 over
Ben Johnson (United North Central, 10th, 24-13); won 3-1 over Brock Buysse (Minneota, 12th, 39-4, ranked second, placed third); won 6-0 over Rylan Molinaro (AtwaterCosmos-Grove City, 10th, 40-6, ranked fourth, placed fourth); and won 8-6 in overtime
over Tanner Pasvogel (Sibley East, 10th, 21-2, ranked third, placed second)
Hayden Stensland (Zumbrota-Mazeppa, 9th, 32-15) did not place. He lost 6-0 to
Tanner Pavogel; and lost 2-0 to Willie Neine (Fertile-Beltrami, 11th, 35-4, ranked third,
placed second)
120
Joey Majerus (Zumbrota-Mazeppa, 12th, 47-3, ranked second) placed fourth. He
pinned Angel Zamarripa (St. James, 12th, 8-8), 1:29; lost 8-7 to Brandon Ortman
(Piera, 10th, 36-5, sixth place); won 10-4 over AJ Schmidt (Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City,
12th, 21-18); won 9-1 over Anthony Kern (Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale, 12th, 17-6, ranked
10th); won 6-0 over Brandon LaBorde (Lake Crystal-Welcome Memorial, 12th, 36-6,
ranked seventh, placed fifth); and lost 8-3 to Jared Goldsmith (Chatfield, 12th, 43-4,
ranked first, placed third)
126
Joel Gadient (Goodhue, 11th, 30-6, ranked 10th) placed sixth. He won 10-7 over
Cordell Peterson (New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva, 11th, 31-7) lost 9-4 to
Austin Anderly (LeSueur-Henderson, 12th, 41-2, ranked second, placed second);
pinned Hunter Sumer (Mille Lacs, 11th, 19-17), 4:03; won 3-1 over Byron Byer (Frazee,
12th, 40-4, ranked fourth); lost 5-1 to Kyle Hennen (Minneota, 11th, 27-6, ranked
ninth, third place); and lost 7-1 to Brendon Coyer (Osakis, 11th, 34-7, ranked third,
fifth place)
132
Maverick Jackson (Zumbrota-Mazeppa, 10th, 38-11) did not place. He lost 9-2 to
Zach Scott (Holdingford, 12th, 39-6, ranked fifth)
145
Freedom Hunt (Zumbrota-Mazeppa, 12, 31-16, ranked 10th at 152) did not place. He
lost 9-4 to Nick Borchet (Mille Lacs, 41-2, ranked fourth, fourth place)
152
Bailee OReilly (Goodhue, 10th, 29-10) did not place. He lost 5-1 to Justin David
(Park Rapids Area, 10th, 39-6, ranked ninth, fourth place)
160
Ted Androli (Kenyon-Wanamingo, 11th, 43-5, ranked second) placed third. He won 71 over Ethan Kimber (Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale, 10th, 31-6, ranked sixth); lost 5-2 to
Paden Moore (Jackson County Central, 12th, 43-1, ranked first, placed first); pinned
Matthew Slater (Adrian, 11th, 16-7), 2:20; pinned Cameron Lundeen (Red Lake County
Central, 12th, 35-9, ranked ninth), 4:44; won 6-2 over Royal Crow (West Central Area/
Ashby/Evansville, 12th, 37-8, ranked eighth, sixth place); and won 10-0 over Noah
Landrus (Aitkin, 11th, 37-5, ranked fourth, placed fourth)
Devin Manzy (Zumbrota-Mazeppa, 11th, 36-9, ranked 10th at 170) did not place. He
lost 5-2 to Nicholas Esping (Minnesota, 12th, 42-4, ranked third, placed fifth)
170
Drew Sathrum (Kenyon-Wanamingo, 12th, 39-5, ranked third) did not place. He lost
3-2 in triple overtime to Gabe Thom (St. Claire/Mankato Loyola, 12th, 31-10, placed
second); and was pinned in overtime by Jesse Slater (Adrian, 12th, 39-9, ranked fifth,
fifth place), 5:47
Dillon Downes (Zumbrota-Mazeppa, 12th, 39-9 record) did not place. He lost 7-0 to
Zach Carlson (Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg, 12th, 45-1, ranked first, third place); won
3-1 over Sheldon Rasmussen (Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, 12th, 35-9, ranked ninth);
and lost 6-4 to Dalton Elliot (Lake Crystal-Welcome Memorial, 12, 28-6, sixth place)
182
Bailey Paquin (Kenyon-Wanamingo, 12th, 33-15) did not place. He was pinned by
Keegan Moore (Jackson County Central, 44-0, ranked first, placed first), 24 seconds;
won 3-2 over Kyle Lang (Royalton-Upsala, 11th, 18-2, ranked sixth); and lost 4-1 in
triple overtime to Ben Steffel (BOLD, 12th, 36-4, ranked eighth, fourth place)
220
Luke Rechtzigel (Kenyon-Wanamingo, 11th, 32-12) did not place. He lost 10-2 to
Todd Erickson (New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva, 38-5, ranked second, placed
third); and lost 4-2 in triple overtime to Tyler Oberg (Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton, 11th, 307, ranked ninth)
Kenyon-Wanamingos Luke Rechtzigel bumps heads with New RichlandHartland-Ellendale-Genevas Todd Erickson in his opening match at 220
pounds.
Kenyon-Wanamingos Bailey Paquin ties up with Ben Steffel of BOLD in

Saturday mornings wrestlebacks at 182 pounds in the Class A state
meet.
Kenyon-Wanamingos Ted Androli switches on Noah Landrus of Aitkin in

Kenyon-Wanamingos Drew Sathrum rolls with Jesse Slater of Adrian in their third-place match at 160 pounds. Androli won 10-0 to earn his
second state wrestling medal after placing sixth last year.
wrestlebacks on Saturday morning at the State Class A Tournament.
Wrestling
ZM comes up a point short for the
Class A State Dual Meet Title
By Faye Haugen
ST. PAUL The ZumbrotaMazeppa wrestling team did everything they wanted to do expect
win the State Class A Dual Meet
title and in that they came up just
a point short to top-seeded and
top-ranked Minneota on Thursday in St. Paul at the Xcel Energy
Center.
Anytime you wrestle for a state
championship, you have to be
happy about that, said Coach Link
Steffen. Overall, Im very grateful for how the kids wrestled. In
any match you can look back and
think of where you could have
saved a point or scored another
point. To be honest, Im still going over that in my head. But then
I think of how well we wrestled.
They did a great job, he praised.
The Cougars opened state tournament action with wins over West
Central Area/Ashby/Evansville
and Frazee to roll into the finals.
West Central Area/Ashby/
Evansville
The third-seeded and thirdranked Cougars opened tournament action on Thursday morning, defeating eight-ranked West
Central Area/Ashby/Evansville 3418.
The match stayed close through
138 pounds. ZM got a decision by
Spencer DeFrang to open the match
with Joey Majerus earning a fall
at 120 pounds and Maverick Jackson, a decision at 132 pounds.
The Cougars opened up some
breathing room winning the next
five matches to take a 34-9 lead
the Knights were unable to overcome. Decisions by Freedom Hunt
and Devin Manzy, a major decision by Caden Steffen at 152, and
falls from Dillon Downes (170)
and Noah Prodzinski (195) led the
way for ZM. The Knights did win
the last three weights, but they
could get no closer than 16 points.
They were tough riders and they
liked to work a lot of pinning combinations. I thought Hayden Stensland set the tone when he lost a 20 decision to a kid that ended up
wrestling for a state title (Jake
Nohre). Even though he lost, he
gave us some momentum by keeping it a 2-0 decision, pointed out
Coach Steffen. Joey Majerus got
us rolling with a pin at 120, and I
thought Devin Manzy came
through with a big win. He was
down by a point and he scored
four points in the last five seconds
to beat a kid that placed in the
tournament.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa 34
West Central Area/Ashby/Evansville 18
106 - Spencer DeFrang won 9-6 over Drake
Swanson; 113 - Hayden Stensland lost 2-0 to
Jake Nohre; 120 - Joey Majerus pinned Hunter
Mickelsen, 55 seconds; 126 - Sam Nordquist
lost 5-2 to Levi Larkin; 132 - Maverick Jackson
won 4-2 over Keaton Long; 138 - Jacob Bennett
lost 10-7 to Tyler Onstad; 145 - Freedom Hunt
won 5-2 over Jake Larkin; 152 - Caden Steffen
won 11-1 over Kyle Mickelsen; 160 - Devin
Manzy won 5-1 over Royal Crow; 170 - Dillon
Downes pinned Koel Seifert, 3:16; 182 - Noah
Prodzinski pinned Blake Amundson, 4:45; 195
- Seth Tupper lost 9-3 to Hunter Fick; 220 Evan Block lost 5-4 to Anthony Miller; 285 Connor Hegseth lost 1-0 to Sid Lamtath
Frazee
Second-seeded and secondranked Frazee waited for the Cougars in the Class A semifinals on
Thursday afternoon. Frazee earned
a 32-23 win over 11th-ranked Pierz
Three Zumbrota-Mazeppa wrestlers, from left, Joey Majerus, Maverick

Jackson and Caden Steffen were named to the Class A All Tournament
Wrestling team.
in the quarterfinals.
We tried not to chase Frazee to
counter their aggressiveness, remarked Coach Steffen. Joey
Majerus really set the tone of this
match, coming back in overtime
to beat a kid that won the state title
at 120 pounds (Tanner Reetz).
Frazee never really recovered after that. Joeys pin really took the
wind out of their sails. he added.
ZM led early on a decision by
Hayden Stensland at 113 pounds,
and a pin by Majerus in overtime
against the fourth-ranked Reetz
that pumped up the Cougar fans
who filled the stands. Maverick
Jackson upped ZMs lead to 12-7
with a decision at 132.
The Hornets took their only lead
in the match with a pair of decisions at 138 and 145 pounds, but
Caden Steffen put ZM ahead for
good with a fall at 152 pounds.
His pin was followed by a narrow
1-0 decision by Devin Manzy at
160, and a pin by Dillon Downes
at 170 for a 27-13 lead. Seth Tupper came through with one of his
patented headlocks for a pin to
give ZM enough of a lead to pull
off the 33-25 upset.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa 33 - Frazee 25
106 - Spencer DeFrang lost 7-3 to Tanner
Schermerhorn; 113 - Hayden Stensland won
3-0 over Blaine Beaty; 120 - Joey Majerus
pinned Tanner Reetz in overtime, 6:50; 126 Sam Nordquist lost 9-0 to Ethan Byer; 132 Maverick Jackson won 7-4 over Byron Byer;
138 - Jacob Bennett lost 8-2 to Grant Jepson;
145 - Freedom Hunt lost 5-0 to Austin Skillings;
152 - Caden Steffen pinned Isaac Schermerhorn,
3:15; 160 - Devin Manzy won 1-0 over Tanner
Bachmann; 170 - Dillon Downes pinned Calvin
Streeper, 1:21; 182 - Noah Prodzinski lost 20 to Jonah Lange; 195 - Seth Tupper pinned
Alex Splonskowski, 43 seconds; 220 - Connor
Hegseth lost 3-1 to Tanner Tapper; 285 - Evan
Block was pinned by Garrett Malstrom, 1:19
Minneota
The Class A championship
match was much closer than anyone thought it would be, as ZM
came up just short 31-30 to topranked and number one-seeded
Minneota.
The Vikings were loaded with
good matmen with nine qualifying for the individual tournament
and eight of them ranked in the
top 10 in Class A.
They wrestle a very defensive
Zumbrota-Mazeppas Maverick Jackson works at turning Minneotas

Henry Pesch over for back points in Thursdays Class A championship
match.
style and they work the edge of

the mat. They like to slow the match
down and then really come at you
the last minute to 30 seconds in a
period. We were able to fend them
off and wrestle a great match,
pointed out Coach Steffen.
Minneota got off to a 7-0 start,
but Joey Majerus gained four points
back with a major decision at 120
pounds. The Vikings upped their
lead to 21-9 through 145 pounds
with Maverick Jacksons technical fall the only ZM points in that
run.
Caden Steffen came through
with a narrow 6-5 decision at 152
pounds to make the score 21-12.
Dillon Downes got the Cougar fans
back into the action with a fall in
just 15 seconds at 170 pounds,
followed by a Noah Prodzinski
decision at 182 to close the gap to
25-21.
Minneota got a fall at 195 when
the Cougars started to shift wrestlers around for a 31-21 lead. Trailing 4-1 at 220 pounds, Seth Tupper came through with a headlock
to earn a stunning second period
fall to close the score to 31-27.
Caden earned a big win over a
wrestler that placed in State, and
Seth came up with a huge pin that
gave us a chance. That is what
high school sports is all about,
said Coach Steffen.
Both teams knew what needed
to be done in the final match. ZMs
Evan Block needed to win the
match by four or more points for
the Cougars to win the State Class
A title. Minneotas Trent Esping
needed to avoid giving up any extra
points.
Block earned the 3-0 decision,
as Esping did a good job of stopping Block from earning more than
a reversal and an escape. ZM fans
were looking for stalling calls, but
only one was called and Minneota
won their first State Class A title,
31-30.
Evan beat a very good kid who
knew his role and what he had to
do to give Minneota the win. Evan
gave it all he had and it wasnt
from a lack of effort, stressed
Coach Steffen. Like I said, you
can go over the whole match and
find places to score points or not
give up points. We just came up a
point short of being state champs.
At the beginning of the season
ZM was ranked 13th in the lean
and mean standings. We worked
a lot with our captains, Joey Majerus, Freedom Hunt and Evan
Block, about leadership and goals.
With their hard work, we were
able to turn things around early in
the season and those seniors, all
of them, led the team very well.
The team believed in each other
and the older guys worked with
the younger guys to show them
how. For a coach to see that, that
is what we work for, concluded
Coach Steffen.
The Cougars will graduate seven
seniors in Joey Majerus, Freedom
Hunt, Dillon Downes, Noah Prodzinski, Seth Tupper, Evan Block
and Connor Hegseth.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa 30 - Minneota 31
106 - Spencer DeFrang lost 8-0 to Austin
DeVlaeminck; 113 - Hayden Stensland lost 71 to Brock Buysse; 120 - Joey Majerus won 142 over Brendan Reiss; 126 - Sam Nordquist
lost by technical fall to Kyle Hennen, 15-0,
4:44; 132 - Maverick Jackson won by technical
fall over Henry Pesch, 19-3; 138 - Jacob
Bennett was pinned by Bryce Bruner, 1:13;145
- Freedom Hunt lost 2-1 to Alex Engler; 152 Caden Steffen won 6-5 over Leo Buysse; 160
- Devin Manzy lost 9-0 to Nicholas Esping; 170
- Dillon Downes pinned Thomas Hering, 15
seconds; 182 - Noah Prodzinski won 9-6 over
Alex Bueltel; 195 - Jarrett Haglund was pinned
by Cole Hennen, 1:20; 220 - Seth Tupper
pinned Nathan Bueltel, 2:52; 285 - Evan
Block won 3-0 over Trent Esping
Both Sibley Easts Tanner Pasvogel and Pine Islands Noah Bauer look to see how much time is left on the
third period clock when Bauer tied the match to send it into overtime. Bauer, a sophomore, got a takedown
five seconds into overtime to become PIs third state champion by winning the Class A title at 113 pounds.
PIs Noah Bauer wins 113-pound title

By Faye Haugen
ST. PAUL How happy was
Pine Islands Noah Bauer after
beating Sibley Easts Tanner
Pasvogel 8-6 in overtime to win
the State Class A 113 pound title?
He ran up into the stands, hugging
and shaking hands with the over
50 Panther fans who attended the
finals on Saturday at the Xcel
Energy Center in St. Paul.
Panther fans filled three rows
of seats at the finals, and they were
on their feet when Bauer became
the third Pine Island wrestler to
win a state title. Bauer, a sophomore, joins Ben Meyer (1996 at
heavyweight) and Chris McPhail
(2005 at 189 pounds) as PIs state
wrestling champions.
Im not that surprised, said
PI coach Dwight Gingerich of
Bauer winning the title. He has
that potential. He went to state
and beat the second, third and
fourth-ranked wrestlers at 113

pounds. Noah is a true state champion.
Bauer, ranked eighth in the last
Class A poll, came into the state
meet with a 30-6 record. He opened
with a win over Ben Johnson of
United North Central, followed
by a 3-1 decision in the quarterfinals over Brock Buysse of Minneota (ranked second at 113), a 60 win over Rylan Molinaro of
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City
(ranked fourth) in the semifinals.
Bauer advanced to the finals where
he squared off against Pasvogel
(ranked third).
Bauer trailed 4-0 after the first
period and was down 5-4 after the
second period. When the dust
cleared in the third period, the score
was knotted 6-6. Over the first
three periods Bauer did not force
the action, but in overtime he was
quick to go after Pasvogel, earn-
ing a takedown five seconds into

overtime for an 8-5 decision and a
state title.
Noah is one of the hardest
workers in our wrestling room and
hell take on anyone, remarked
Coach Gingerich. When he has
confidence, he can do anything
and have fun doing it. Everybody
loves him. He is just such a great
guy.
Bauer set his goal of winning a
state title at the beginning of the
season. He told us that he was
going to win state this year. We
knew he had a lot of work to do to
realize that goal. His winning a
state title is good for him, for our
program and for our school.
This is Bauers second trip to
State. He was one-and-done in his
first trip last year at 106 pounds.
He ends the season with a 34-6
record.
Ethan Cota wins KWs ninth title

By Faye Haugen
ST. PAUL It was no surprise
that Kenyon-Wanamingos Ethan
Cota won the 106-pound Class A
title on Saturday evening at the
Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
Cota has been ranked number one
since November.
He still had to go out there and
make it happen, said KW coach
Matt Ryan. Ethan wrestled a very
good tournament. It was fun sitting in the championship match
and not have a heart-wrenching
close match that comes down to
the last few seconds. Ethan just
went out there and did what he
has been doing all season.
The KW junior breezed through
his weight class, opening with a
technical fall, followed by a fall,
and a 5-0 decision to move into
the championship where he earned
a 15-1 major decision over second-ranked Jake Nohre of West
Central Area/Ashby/Evansville.
Cota ends the season with a 461 record. He joins Ben Johnson
(1996 at 119 pounds), Nathan
Lexvold (2008 at 135 pounds),
Drew Lexvold (2009 at 125 pounds
and 2010 at 130 pounds), Mitchel
Lexvold (2011 at 119 pounds and
2012 at 120 pounds), and Oakley
McLain (2011 at 125 pounds and
2012 at 126 pounds).
Junior Ted Androli won five of
the six matches he wrestled in his
second straight state tournament

appearance to place third. Androli
placed sixth a year ago at 132
pounds. This year he came into
the state meet at 160 pounds ranked
second.
Ted also had a good tournament. He just happened to draw
one of the best wrestlers in the
state in his second match. That
kid (Paden Moore of Jackson
County Central) went on to win
the state title, pointed out Coach
Ryan.
Androli beat wrestlers ranked
fourth, sixth, eighth and ninth on
his way to his third-place finish.
He ends the year with a 43-5 record.
Both Ethan and Ted work really hard with extra practice and
extra weight lifting. Both of the
medals they earned are well deserved, said Coach Ryan.
Three other KW wrestlers came
up short of their goal of earning a
medal.
Bailey Paquin had a good tournament, coming up one win short
of earning a medal.
Bailey was seeded fourth in
our section and he was one win
away from earning a medal at State.
He wrapped up his career on a
high note, remarked Coach Ryan
of Paquin who ends the season
with a 33-15 record.
Drew Sathrum had some tough
draw, and tough finishes in his
third State Meet appearance. He

lost his opening match in triple
overtime and then was pinned in
overtime in his second match.
We felt good about Drews
chances at earning a medal this
year. But he was in one of those
weight classes where eight to 10
of the kids were very close in skills.
You could wrestle all of those
matches again and come out with
totally different results. It just didnt
work out for Drew this time, he
added. Sathrum ends the season
with a 39-5 record.
Luke Rechtzigel knew that if
he wanted to wrestle at the state
meet, he had to jump up two weight
classes to make it happen. A natural 182 pounder, Rechtzigel made
the jump to 220 pounds at the section meet. It paid off with a second-place finish and a trip to state.
But giving up all that weight caught
up to the KW junior at State.
Weighting in at 184 pounds (by
drinking some water), Rechtzigel
faced two wrestlers who were
nearly 40 pounds heavier when it
came time to go on the mat on
Friday.
He could have sat home or he
could wrestle at State. He made
that choice and it paid off. This
experience will help Luke next
year. This is something he can build
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a 32-12 record.
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points in the Class A championship match on Saturday. Cota, a junior, earned a 15-1 decision to become KWs
ninth state champion.
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Section B of NEWS-RECORD
Oronoco
Mazeppa
Pine Island
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 No. 9
Debate over KW Community Ed budget gets heated

By Alicia Hunt-Welch
KENYON Debate became
heated at the February 23 KenyonWanamingo School Board meeting. The points of contention were
the 2015-16 KW Kids child care
program budget and a proposal to
keep the community education
program from using more money
from the school districts general
fund. When the dust had settled,
the board accepted the community education budget proposal,
as well as the summer programs
and an increase in rates for the
KW Kids program.
(Publishers note: Due to the
clarity and order of the motions
passed, there is question as to
whether accepting Smiths original motion negated the previous
two motions. Superintendent Evert
is working to confirm the
parlimentary procedure.)
For several years KW Community Education has been running
at a deficit, requiring the school
district to transfer money to offset
losses. In December, Superintendent Jeff Evert estimated the program would be $103,650 in debt
this fiscal year, and the school board
approved a transfer of $100,000
to the community education fund
from the general fund.
KWCE Advisory Board member Jackie Traurig presented an
overview of steps taken to downsize
the KW Kids budget. Traurig said
that taken into consideration were
the 2014-15 and 2015-16 budgets,
the results of a parent needs survey, and advice from Minnesota
Community Education Association advisor Bob Meyer who was
brought in last year to audit the
program. Traurig said the following was the proposal of the KWCE
Board:
Restore longer KW Kids hours,
from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Summer daycare rates will
increase to $27 per day, $5 for
morning care, $7 for after school
until 4:30 p.m., and $9.50 for after school to 6 p.m. care.
Early release day care fee would
be set at $24, and the snow day
late start fee would be $9.50.
School board member Debb
Paquin said the community education subcommittee spent a lot
of time making the budget more
financially stable. After months
of discussion, she said the board
needs to make a decision on the
KW Kids budget so community
education can move forward.
With the above rates calculated
and an estimated number of participants determined, KW Community Education Director Kris
Kincaid presented a forecasted
budget for 2015-16. She sought
budget advice from many professionals, including district business
manager Kathy Flikke.
Board member Greg Dotson
pointed out an error in one calculation. It was unclear if the error
affected the other calculations.
Marilyn Syverson said she appreciated all the work that went
into the proposal but said the
districts finances need to be
watched closely.
Karla Bauer said board members need to be confident in the
information and the numbers, and
that as board members they accept responsibility for the outcome.
Bauer said she was not confident
in the numbers provided to them,
adding that in only three of the
past fourteen years the KW Kids
program broke even or made
money.
Superintendent Evert said, We
are in a competitive system We
are competing with other daycares
and preschools around us. He

noted that families were going to
other districts and years ago the
school board had decided to support community ed being competitive and agreed to cover any
losses. KW Kids opened at two
sites and programs were expanded.
Dotson again referred to the
calculation error. And Jennifer
Smith said Bauers comments focused on losses from previous
years. Smith said that discussions
were off point and implored them
to focus on the budget in front of
them. Smith suggested that Kincaid
be allowed to finish her presentation.
Kincaid noted that several
changes were made to the budget
but said she would do what the
school board directed her to do.
After hearing all the information and the new budget proposal,
Bauer said, I still have questions.
Paquin said subcommittees
spend a great deal of time reviewing issues and coming up with
solutions. She reminded the board
that this committee did just that
and made a recommendation to
approve this budget. We just need
to tweak it to make it a viable
program, Paquin said.
Smith motioned to accept the
2015-16 community education
budget proposal, and Paquin seconded. Bauer said she wasnt finished discussing it. Smith said a
motion and second were made and
discussion could follow. Syverson
asked, Whos running this meeting? Board chair Doug Kyllo said
a motion and second were on the
floor. From there, extensive discussion continued.
Bauer said that over the years a
significant amount of the districts
money had been spent on the families that community ed serves, and
that the district is not a babysitting

service and funds should be spent
on educational programs.
Dotson suggested raising prices
to $28 per day instead of the proposed $27. Paquin said the committee believed that raising rates
over that of local providers would
cause families to go elsewhere.
Bauer said not to forget that students bus into the KW School
District every day, so to fall back
on the well lose students argument is one sided.
Kincaid said she followed nearly
all recommendations suggested for
cuts to the program. Bauer argued
that the program auditor suggested
only operating one site and that
recommendation was not followed.
Kincaid said in her experience
parents will not make the com-
mute to only use one site and will

instead go elsewhere. Dotson said,
Then they can take their toys,
and go play in the street.
Traurig, a parent, took offense
to Dotsons comment and said if
she cannot trust in the judgment
of the school board, then she will
take her children elsewhere, and
in the future she would not support a levy referendum for KW.
Paquin said Kincaid needs a
decision from the board in order
to advertise and make plans for
summer. Paquin amended the
motion to approve the portion of
the proposal for summer 2015. This
was seconded by Smith.
Jeremy Lerfald asked why there
was a change in hours. Kincaid
said it was believed to work better
for parents work schedules, re-
sulting in more enrollment.

Dotson noted that if they increased the daycare rate from $27
to $28 per day, it would produce
more income. Dotson amended the
motion to increase to $28 per day,
with the motion seconded by Bauer.
With several motions on the
table, Kyllo called for a vote. On
Dotsons motion to increase the
daycare rate, the vote was 5-1-1,
with Paquin opposed and Smith
abstaining. On Paquins motion
to approve the summer 2015 programs, the vote was 5-2, with
Syverson and Bauer opposed.
Smiths original motion to accept
the proposal carried 5-2, with
Syverson and Bauer opposed.
The next regular school board
meeting is scheduled for March
23 at 7 p.m. in Wanamingo.
Pine Island
The KT Crazies gather together before taking the plunge for a good cause on February 14. From left to right
are Sandy Struckman, Rachel Loats, Kari Henderson, Amy Closner, Becky Brogan, Kari Heckman, and
Amanda Voeltz.
Pine Island Kwik Trip employees

Minnesota buffer strip summit take the Polar Plunge challenge
Mazeppa
to be held in Mazeppa
MAZEPPA Buffer strips have
been part of Minnesota drainage
laws since 1959. Because these
rules have not been uniformly
enforced, this last January Governor Mark Dayton asked the Minnesota Department of Natural
Resources to strengthen and take
over enforcement of the law to
provide consistent enforcement
throughout the state. Changes to
the law are being proposed, with
penalties from enforcement being
looked at to fund the program.
As a result, the local soil health
group, Soil Organic Matter
(S.O.M.) Generators, is hosting
several sessions on Friday, March
13, at the Mazeppa Community
Center to spur discussion on the
governors proposal, as well as
discussion on current and future
soil conservation practices and how
they are affecting the land.
The afternoon session will begin at 1 p.m. with a presentation
by local Mazeppa photographer,
Brenda Wiech. Wiech said that

her presentation titled, Zumbro
Crossings, was born out of a deep
conviction to be a caretaker of the
land that has and continues to shape
her existence in the Zumbro River
watershed. These fine art landscape photographs increase awareness of a vanishing agriculturalsupported society that is also faced
with increased floods and soil conservation issues. The intensity of
light and color generates a mood
in the face of adversity and brings
attention to landscapes that typically get missed. It is a timeless
juxtaposition addressing a fragile
environment where time does not
stand still.
Beginning at 2 p.m., there will
be presentations on Regenerative
Agriculture Management and how
these practices can renew the soil.
Regeneration has the ability to cure
all environmental problems coming from croplands by restoring
natural tilth. Such soils have al-
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will present Rivers, Farms, and
Floods: A Human History of the
Zumbro River. The Zumbro River
provided mill power, drinking
water, and waste disposal when
American settlers arrived in the
1800s. Back then, the Zumbro was
a slow, curving, and relatively clean
river with few floods and almost
no erosion. Learn how things
changed and what we can do for a
cleaner, safer Zumbro River.
Individuals are invited to return
to the Community Center at 6 p.m.
to continue the dialogue. At 7
p.m. an open forum on the new
Minnesota Buffer Strip Initiative
will begin. The forum will be
chaired by hometown State Representative Steve Drazkowski.
Panel members will consist of state
regulatory personnel, as well as
several local state legislators.
Refreshments will be served in
the afternoon and individuals are
invited to look at the displays and
become part of the conversation.
Following each presentation there
will be time for questions and comments.
It is hoped that the dialogue will
generate new possibilities of soil
conservation methods and answer
the question: has anything changed
after 55 years? For instance back
in 1959 the worlds population was
just under three billion people. Back
then there was considerable land,
especially in South America, that
had not yet been developed for
farming. Today, the worlds population will exceed 7.3 billion and
there is little new arable land left
to be developed. The world instead is losing millions of acres
each year to desertification. Experts working for the United Nations predict the earths population at the end of this century to
reach 11 billion people with global temperatures rising 6 degrees
Celsius or about 11 degrees Fahrenheit, which will result in the loss
of the earths permanent ice, and
desertification to most of the
worlds semiarid growing regions.
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to these challenges and feed civilization whatever the size or difficulty. However, this will require
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will also require public policy focused on the future not the past.
Come and be part of the discussion.
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ROCHESTER Each year, the
Polar Plunge challenges thousands
of brave jumpers at numerous locations around the state to get involved in supporting Special Olympics Minnesota by taking the
plunge. Seven brave employees
from Kwik Trip in Pine Island
stepped up to the challenge. Pine
Island Kwik Trip raised close to
$1,200 during the two-week
fundraiser, which started at the
end of November. That was more
than any of the other Minnesota
Kwik Trips, including the one in
Zumbrota, and defeating them was
the main goal of the Pine Island
employees.
It was that goal that triggered
Pine Island Kwik Trip employee
Penny Wiseman to challenge her
long-time co-worker Sandy
Struckman to take the plunge if

the store raised $1,000. Struckman
agreed to the challenge, since it
was for a good cause, and since
the donations had stalled at about
$600. She thought the odds were
in her favor. But to Struckmans
surprise that very day the amount
of donations increased another
$200 and soon after that their goal
was met, and then some.
Struckman said she wasnt sure
if people donated to the challenge
because they wanted to support
the cause or just wanted to see if
she would really do it. Either way,
she said it was a win-win, and she
stuck to her word.
On Valentines Day, February
14, with temperatures in the lower
single digits and the wind chill at
about a negative 25, Struckman
was joined by six other co-work-
ers and together the KT Crazies

jumped in the freezing cold water
at Foster Arend Beach in Rochester. Struckman said her mind was
worried more than anything else,
but it turned out not to be as bad as
she thought, other than the water
was a little deeper than she anticipated. I was glad they had a tent
to warm up in and get changed. It
was great; I didnt know they would
have that, she said.
All funds raised go toward programming and events for more than
8,000 athletes statewide. This year,
856 plungers raised more than
$211,000 at the Rochester Plunge.
The fundraiser is sponsored by the
Rochester/Olmsted County Law
Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics and the proceeds
benefit: Special Olympics Minnesota and Special Olympics.
Goodhue
Goodhue gives for goats

GOODHUE As part of the
unit on community service, the
family life class at Goodhue School
decided to work on a project that
would help the school earn tickets
to We Day next fall. We Day is a
statewide celebration of service,
where schools send representatives
who have completed a community service project.
The class worked with a group
called Free the Children. This group
is associated with We Create
Change, which partners with the
We Day organization. The mission of Free the Children is to help
young people achieve their fullest potential as agents of change.
Through projects young people are
empowered to realize they can
change the world.
Class members raised money
to buy goats for families living in
poverty in third world countries.
Since there are many uses for goats,
families are able to get a sense of
hope to get their feet on the ground.
Each goat that will be given to a
family costs the organization fifty
dollars.
In the elementary school, cans
were put in each classroom to collect change. Mrs. Gadients fifth
grade class won a root beer float
party. In the high school, students
could buy a root beer float. The
one dollar charge was put in a jar
with a teachers name on it. The
teacher who collected the most
money then kissed a goat at an all
school assembly on February 23.
The lucky winners were Mr.
Weime and Ms. Lahti. The class
also collected donations from the
businesses downtown
Teacher Josh Weime was voted by Goodhue students to kiss the goat at
a February 23 assembly. Through fundraising efforts of the family life
class, enough money was raised to purchase nineteen goats for families
living in poverty in third world countries.
Through all of these efforts, a school was able to donate ninelittle over $950 was collected. Since teen goats.
each goat costs fifty dollars, the
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Obituaries
Elaine Berg 1936-2015
Violet Swanson 1912-2015
ZUMBROTA Violet Swanson

died peacefully with her family
around her on February 22, 2015,
at Zumbrota Health Services at
the age of 102.
Violet C. Swanson was born on
May 25, 1912, in Goodhue County
to Ferdinand E. Jackson and
Susanna (Egtvedt) Jackson. She
graduated from Wanamingo High
School in 1930. On December 26,
1935, she married Stanley K.
Swanson in Red Wing. She and
Stan lived most of their lives in
and around Wanamingo. In 1964,
they moved into Wanamingo. Violet worked for many years at various business and industry locations in the area. Following Stans
death in 1981, she provided daycare
in her home and loved all of her
daycare kids. In 2000, she moved
to Minneapolis to live with her
daughter and son-in-law Sue and

Chuck Lunde. In September 2010,
at the age of 98, she moved to the
Zumbrota Health Services.
Violet is survived by two sons,
Gary (Sylvia) Swanson of Rochester and Kraig (Jackie) Swanson
of Zumbro Falls; daughter Sue
(Chuck) Lunde of Minneapolis;
grandsons, Thomas (Susan)
Swanson, John (Andrea) Swanson,
Scott (Tracie) Lunde; granddaughters, Jinah Lunde, Jennifer
Swanson, and Mary Haller
Schumacher; great-grandchildren,
Matthew, Sarah, Aaron, Katelyn,
Jackson, and Violet Swanson,
Austin Lunde, Cali Braun, Jacob
Berna, and Christopher, Nicholas, Melissa, Ben and Andi Haller;
and four great-great-grandchildren;
numerous nieces and nephews; and
sister-in-law, Janet Jackson.
She was preceded in death by
her husband; parents; brothers,
Clarence, Leighton and Wallace
Jackson; and sisters, Delphine
Merseth, Berdella Lundgren and
Gwendolyn Goudy; and grandson,
Ron Haller.
The memorial service 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. Memorials in
lieu of flowers are preferred to
Wanamingo Lutheran Church.
Rosie Hinrichs 1932-2015
Marvin E Schultz 1934-2015
PINE ISLAND Marvin

Schultz, 80, of Pine Island and
formerly of Mazeppa, passed away
on February 26, 2015 at Pine Haven Community in Pine Island.
Marvin Eugene Schultz was born
on December 23, 1934, in Glasgow
Township, Wabasha County, to
Frank and Pearl (Fetzer) Schultz.
He grew up attending rural
Wabasha County Schools and at-
MAZEPPA Elaine B. Berg,

78, of Mazeppa, died on Sunday,
February 22, 2015 at the Mayo
Clinic Hospital Rochester, St.
Marys Campus in Rochester.
Elaine Beverly Sable was born
on November 10, 1936 in
Owatonna to Fred and Irene (nee
Wiesjhan) Sable. She grew up in
New Richland and graduated from
New Richland High School in
1954. On June 9, 1955 she married her high school sweetheart,
Louis Skeeter Berg in New
Richland. They lived in New
Richland until moving to Mazeppa
in 1960. Elaine worked as a cook
at the Zumbrota Hospital for over
thirty years, was part-owner of the
Coffee Cup Caf in Mazeppa for

thirteen years and also worked parttime at the Mazeppa Post Office.
Elaine enjoyed jigsaw puzzles,
Christmas cookie baking with her
family, golf cart rides around
Mazeppa, having her grandchildren and great-grandchildren stop
by her house after school, along
with family gatherings and daily
visits from her family. Elaine was
an avid Minnesota Twins fan and
was a member of St. Johns
Lutheran Church and its ladies aid.
Elaine is survived by her husband, Louis Skeeter; children,
Denise (Bob) Poncelet of Mazeppa,
Dennis (Colleen) Berg of Mazeppa,
DeAnn (Mike) Horsman of
Mazeppa, Debbie (Dan) Dettmer
of Zumbro Falls, Delane (Jon)
Liffrig of Mazeppa and Daryl Berg
of Mazeppa; fifteen grandchildren;
twenty great-grandchildren; sister, Doris (Duane) Klein of
Mazeppa; brother, Harold (Linda)
Sable of West Concord and many
nieces and nephews.
Elaine was preceded in death
by her son, Dean; grandson, Trevor
Dettmer; and her parents, Fred and
Irene Sable.
A funeral service was on
Wednesday, February 25, at St.
Johns Lutheran Church in
Mazeppa with Pastor Alan Horn
officiating. Burial was in Mazeppa
Cemetery.
tended Mazeppa High School.

Marvin served his country in the
US Army from July 25, 1956, to
July 24, 1959. He married Irene
Cichy in 1964 in the Twin Cities.
Marvin lived in the Twin Cities
for many years where he was a
punch press operator for Gross
Givens Mf. Co. and Meldrums
Mfg. Co. In 2002 he moved to the
Mazeppa area. Marvin was a member of the Bethlehem United Methodist Church in Hammond.
Marvin is survived by his daughter, Brenda Schultz of Mazeppa;
one grandson, Dustin A. Noyer;
and a great-grandchild, Anastasia
Hester; his twin brother, Martin
Schultz of Mazeppa, and another
brother, Walter (Irene) Schultz of
Rochester; one sister, Evelyn
(Charles) Weick of Mazeppa; and
his dog, Otis.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, four sisters, three brothers, and his wife, Irene on February 18, 2002.
A guest register may be signed
online at www.schleicherfuneral
homes.com.
Roszika Rosie Hinrichs, 82,

of Goodhue, died on Wednesday,
February 25, 2015 at the Pine
Haven Care Center.
Roszika Elizabeth Carlson was
born on March 16, 1932, in
Goodhue to Elmer and Helga (nee
Karlson) Carlson. Rosie grew up
on the family farm, attended country school, and graduated from
Goodhue High School. She graduated from St. Cloud Teachers College after two years and taught in
a country school for a few years.
On June 14, 1953, she married
Robert H. Hinrichs at St. Luke
Lutheran Church in Goodhue. They
farmed in rural Goodhue. Rosie
was a member of St. Luke Lutheran
Church, where she served as financial secretary for over forty
years. Rosie enjoyed gardening,
cooking, raising flowers, reading,
attending her grandchildrens
school events, and feeding, watch-
ing, and reading about birds.

Rosie is survived by her husband, Robert; children, Steve (Jean
OReilly) Hinrichs of Rogers,
DiAnn Hinrichs of Goodhue, Barb
(Tom) Webster of Zumbrota, and
Cindy (Chuck) Siems of Zumbro
Falls; grandchildren, Kate, Bob,
and Ann Hinrichs, Erika (Adam)
Bradseth, Amanda (Tim) Ryan,
and Greg, Matt, Ben and Andy
Siems; great-grandsons, Hudson
Bradseth and Ivan Ryan; and sister, Izzie Hernlem.
her parents, Elmer and Helga
Carlson; and brother, Elmer
Carlson.
The funeral service was held on
Monday, March 2, at St. Luke
Lutheran Church in Goodhue with
Reverend David Krinke officiating. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery. The family suggests memorials to St. Luke Lutheran
Church.
Lois Wellvang 1927-2015

ary 22, 2015.
Lois was born on November 23,
1927 in Callender, Iowa. She graduated from Red Wing High School
in 1945.
She was a lifetime member of
Vesterheim (Decorah, Iowa), and
the Sons of Norway and was longtime member of United Redeemer
Lutheran Church in Zumbrota.
Lois is survived by her husband,
Robert; daughter, Wanda (Gary)
Johnson; and a sister, Elizabeth
Johnson of Harleysville, Pennsylvania.
her parents, J. Harold Lee and FloMESA, AZ Lois Harriet rence (Shurson) Lee; and a brother,
Wellvang, 87, of Mesa, Arizona, John.
A memorial service is planned
passed away on Sunday, Februin Zumbrota later this year.
Gerald Haugen 1945-2015
PINE ISLAND Gerald

Haugen, 69, of Pine Island, died
unexpectedly at CJ Auto near Pine
Island on Thursday February 26,
2015.
Gerald Allen Haugen was born
December 21, 1945, in Red
Wing. Raised near Pine Island, he
was a graduate of Pine Island High
School. He married Lois Schuck
on March 1, 1969. Jerry worked
at the Pine Island farmers elevator, farmed, and then worked 25

years for Land O Lakes. Throughout his life he also hauled milk
part-time and helped at a number
of farming jobs. He had been at
Durst Brothers for the past nine
years and recently had been helping out at CJ Auto. He enjoyed
going to stock car races, having
coffee with his friends, and all
matters related to farming.
He is survived by his wife, Lois
Haugen of Pine Island; three daughters, Karla Haugen, Kirby (Jason)
Chilson, and Kari (Brandon)
Henderson, all of Pine Island; a
son, Kevin (Christa) Haugen, also
of Pine Island; six grandchildren,
Chase, Chelsey, Zoey, and Mya
Haugen, and Abby and Blake
Henderson. He was preceded in
death by his parents, Kermit and
Arline Haugen.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 3, at Saint Paul
Lutheran Church in Pine Island
with the Reverend Kip Groettum
officiating. Burial followed at Pine
Island Cemetery. Online tributes
may be written at www.mahn
familyfuneralhome.com.
CCARL meeting on
Zip Rail is March 5
KENYON Citizens Concerned
About Rail Line (CCARL) will
meet Thursday, March 5 at 5 p.m.
at Schweichs Hotel, Bar and Restaurant, 632 2nd Street, Kenyon.
CCARL is a coalition (and
FaceBook page) of cities, towns,
townships, school districts, emergency and rescue workers, farmers, businesses, and home owners
who live in the communities that
will be impacted by the proposed
Zip Rail high speed train from the
Twin Cities to Rochester. The
group was formed to improve communication, share information, and

work with elected officials to save
Minnesota tax dollars, county taxbase and land values, and communities.
The group has begun regular
meetings on the 1st Thursday of
every month at 5 p.m. New members are always welcome.
If interested, please contact Nora
Felton atnora4goodhuecounty
@gmail.com.
Sesquicentennial Farm
applications are due April 1
Minnesota Farm Bureaus Sesquicentennial Farm program will
honor Minnesota families who
have owned their farms for at least
150 years. Since the Sesquicentennial Farm program began in
2008, over 200 farms have been
recognized. The Sesquicentennial
Farm program recognizes family
farms according to the following
qualifications:
1) The farm must be at least
150 years old this year (2015) according to the abstract of title, land
patent, original deed, county land
records, court file in registration
proceedings, or other authentic land
records. Please do not send originals or copies of records.
2) Your family must have owned
the farm for 150 years or more.
Family is defined as parents,
grandparents, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, first
cousins, and direct in-laws (father, mother, brother, sister, daughter, son-in-law).
3) Continuous residence on the
farm is not required, but ownership must be continuous.
4) The farm should consist of
50 or more acres and currently be
involved in agricultural production.
A commemorative certificate
signed by Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation President Kevin

Paap, Minnesota Department of
Agriculture Commissioner Dave
Frederickson, and Governor Mark
Dayton will be awarded to qualifying families, along with an outdoor sign signifying Sesquicentennial Farm recognition.
Applications are available by
writing Sesquicentennial Farms,
Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation, P.O. Box 64370, St. Paul,
MN
55164;
emailing
info@fbmn.org; or calling 651768-2100. Applications are also
available at www.fbmn.org. Deadline for application is April 1. Previously recognized families should
not reapply.
Century Farms are not automatically recognized as Sesquicentennial Farms. Families must apply
to receive Sesquicentennial Farm
recognition. County Farm Bureaus
are encouraged to work with county
agriculture societies and county
fair boards on local recognition of
recipients. Recipients will be announced at the beginning of June.
To see a list of previously recognized Sesquicentennial Farms
in Minnesota, visit fbmn.org/pages/
century-and-sesquicentennialfarm.
Looking for Dodge County

Dairy Princess candidates
The Dodge County American
Dairy Association is looking for
young women to serve as Dodge
County Dairy Princesses for 2015.
The young women will serve as
public relations spokespersons for
the dairy industry.
To be eligible, girls must be
seniors in high school or older,
and be daughters of dairy farmers, daughters of employees of dairy
farms, or employed by dairy farms
themselves.
Princesses will be expected to
participate in the statewide dairy
promotion training event in May,
where they will learn communication skills to help them be effective spokespersons for the dairy
industry. They may also choose

to participate in the Princess Kay
of the Milky Way competition,
which will be held during the training event. The twelve finalists for
Princess Kay will be selected during the weekend. Princess Kay is
the statewide dairy industry ambassador who is crowned at the
Minnesota State Fair.
Any young women interested
in being a dairy princess should
contact Karen Naatz, Dodge
County Dairy Princess Coordinator, at (507) 440-2382 by March
6.
The Dodge County ADAs annual dairy princess banquet will
be held in April.
You're retired.
Your money isn't.
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Churches
BELLECHESTER
ROLLING MEADOWS MENNONITE
CHURCH, Belvidere Town Hall, 2
miles north of Bellechester on County
2, Pastor Aaron Witmer, 651-9234240. 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
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 4: 7 p.m. Worship. Sun.,
March 8: 8:30 a.m. Sunday School;
9:30 a.m. Worship with communion
and pre-K-2nd grade sing.
ST. PETERS EV. LUTHERAN,
WELS, 702 Third Ave., Goodhue,
Randall L. Kuznicki, Pastor. Wed.,
March 4: 8:30 a.m. Quilting and Bible
study; 3:45 p.m. Confirmation class;
7 p.m. Worship with fellowship following. Sat., March 7: 9 a.m. Church
ministry workshop at Trinity Lutheran
Church in Belle Plaine. Sun., March
8: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School; 10:15
a.m. Worship with communion. Mon.,
March 9: 9:15 a.m. Pastors and
teachers SMARTAP conference at
St. Johns Lutheran in Red Wing.
Tues., March 10: 1-4 p.m. Pastors
office hours; 7:30 p.m. Church council
meeting at church.
MAZEPPA
ST. JOHNS EV. LUTHERAN,
Mazeppa, Alan Horn, Pastor. 8436211, home; 843-5302 work. Bible
class every Wednesday at 7 p.m.
ST. PETER & PAUL CATHOLIC,
Mazeppa. Weekends-Masses: Sun.:
10 a.m., Mazeppa, Fr. Joe Fogal.
UNITED METHODIST, Mazeppa,
David Neil, Pastor. Church: 843-4962;
home: 732-4291. Every Sunday: 9:30
a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m.
Worship.
ORONOCO
GRACE LUTHERAN, WELS, 45 1st
Avenue NE, Oronoco: 507-367-4329,
Pastor Ben Kempfert 507-367-4426.
Office hours: Tuesday-Friday, 8-11
a.m. 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.
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. Sun.,
10:30 a.m. Worship, Ephesians 2:810. 6 p.m. Worship most Sundays.
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.
ST. MICHAELS CATHOLIC, 451 5th
Street SW, Pine Island, 356-4280,
Father Randal Kasel, Pastor; 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.-1 p.m.

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN, ELCA, 214
3rd St. S.W., Box 708, Pine Island,
Pastor Kip A. Groettum, Associate
Pastor.
Email:
saint
paulpi@yahoo.com; Web site:
www.saintpa1ulpi.org Wed., March
4: 1:30 p.m. Lydia circle; 3:30 p.m.
7-8 grade confirmation field trip; 6
p.m. Book study; Dinner; 6:30 p.m.
Youth ed meeting; 7 p.m. Worship;
8 p.m. Chancel choir; 8:45 p.m. Praise
team. Thurs., March 5: 6:30 p.m.
5th grade 1st communion class. Sat.,
March 7: 5:30 p.m. Worship with
potluck following. Sun., March 8: 8:15
a.m. Worship; 9:30 a.m. Adult forum; Fellowship; Sunday School;
Handbells; 10:30 a.m. Worship; Sunday School. Mon., March 9: Newsletter deadline. Tues., March 10: 8:30
a.m. Quilting; Staff meeting; 1:30 p.m.
Bible study. Wed., March 11: 9 a.m.
Study group; 3:30 p.m. Grades 7-8
confirmation field trip; 6 p.m. Book
study; Dinner; 7 p.m. Worship; 8 p.m.
Chancel choir; 8:45 p.m. Praise team.
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
4: 9 a.m. Better Brew hours; 6 p.m.
Confirmation; 7 p.m. Worship. Thurs.,
March 5: 11 a.m. Ministerial; 4 p.m.
Disciple. Sat., March 7: 8:30 a.m.
Quilters. Sun., March 8: 8:30 a.m.
Coffee fellowship; 9 a.m. Worship;
10 a.m. Coffee hour fellowship and
mens ice cream party; 10:15 a.m.
Sunday School. Mon., March 9: 9
a.m. River Valley District meeting 7
p.m. SPRC. Tues., March 10: 6:30
p.m. IHN training; 7 p.m. Advanced
disciple. Wed., March 11: 9 a.m. Better Brew hours; 5:45 p.m. Meal and
children worship; 6 p.m. Confirmation; 7 p.m. Worship.
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 4: 2 p.m. Heritage Hill
communion. 6 p.m. Supper at Wanamingo Lutheran; 7 p.m. Worship at
Wanamingo Lutheran. Thurs., March
5: 10 a.m. WELCA Bible study leaders. Sun., March 8: 9 a.m. Sunday
School; 10:30 a.m. Worship; 7 p.m.
Youth group. Mon., March 9: 8:30
a.m. Quilting. Tues., March 10: 9:30
a.m. Circle hosted by Jean Borgschatz. Wed., March 11: 2 p.m. Circle
hosted by Phyllis Carlson; 6 p.m.
Supper; Boards meet; Planning council meet; 7 p.m. Worship.
WANAMINGO LUTHERAN ELCA,
Wanamingo, MN 55983, Christopher
Culuris, Pastor. Office hours Thursdays 1-3 p.m., 507-824-2410. Wed.,
March 4: 6 p.m. Supper; 7 p.m.
Worship. Sun., March 8: 9 a.m.
Worship; 10 a.m. Sunday School; 7
p.m. Youth group at Trinity. Tues.,
March 10: 7 p.m. Prayer shawl meeting. Wed., March 11: 6 p.m. Supper
at Trinity; 7 p.m. Worship at Trinity.
ZUMBROTA
CHRIST EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH
and School, WELS, 223 East 5th
Street, Zumbrota, Office 732-5421.
Wayne Schoch, Pastor, 732-4089;
School, Daniel Kell, Principal, 7325367. Wed., March 4: 10:30 a.m.
Bible study; 3:15 p.m. Junior choir;
3:30 p.m. Confirmation class; 5 p.m.
Supper; 6:30 p.m. Worship; 7:30 p.m.
Adult choir. Sun., March 8: 8 and
10:30 a.m. Worship with communion; 9:15 a.m. Sunday School; 9:30
a.m. Bible study. Mon., March 9: 7
p.m. Bible study. Tues., March 10:
6 p.m. Bell choir; Youth discipleship
board; 7 p.m. Outreach board. Wed.,
March 11: 10:30 a.m. Bible study; 1
p.m. Nursing Home communion; 3:15
p.m. Junior choir; 3:30 p.m. Confirmation class; 5 p.m. Supper; 6:30
p.m. Worship; 7:30 p.m. Adult choir.
FAMILY WORSHIP CHURCH Weekly
worship services: 81 West 5th Street,
Zumbrota, 507-732-7438, www.fwc
1.org. Sunday: 9:30 a.m- Corinthians.
Wednesdays 7 p.m. Interactive Bible
studies, prayer, and counseling.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,
UCC, 455 East Avenue, Zumbrota;
Rev. Lisa Johnson. Secretarys office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CHURCH,

a Wesleyan church, 179 W. 3rd St.,
Zumbrota, lighthousecommunityzum
@yahoo.com, Janet Fischer, Pastor.
Office: 732-5074. Thurs., March 5:
6:30 p.m. Small group study at church.
Sun., March 8: 10:45 a.m. Worship;
John 2:1-12.
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 and Tim Banks, Pastors, 1549 East Avenue, Zumbrota,
732-5449, church office. Website:
oslczumbrota.org. Office hours: Tues.,
Wed., and Fri., 8 a.m.-noon. Wed.,
March 4: 9 a.m. Womens Bible study;
12:45 p.m. Early release; 5:45 p.m.
Meal; 6:30 p.m. Worship; 7:30 p.m.
Youth group. Thurs., March 5: 1 p.m.
Womens Bible study. Sat., March
7: 7 a.m. Mens prayer breakfast; 712 grade open gym. Sun., March 8:
8:30 a.m. Prayer time; 9 a.m. Sunday School; 10:15 a.m. Worship with
praise team meeting following. Wed.,
March 11: 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.
CHURCH OF ST. PAUL, 749 Main
St. South, Zumbrota, 732-5324, 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:/
/stpaulzm.com. Mass Schedule: Sunday, 8:30 a.m.; Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. Mass at the nursing
home is the second Tuesday of the
month at 9:15 a.m.
UNITED REDEEMER LUTHERAN,
560 W. 3rd St., Zumbrota, 732-7303,
Rev. Dick Jorgensen and Youth Director Cindy Wilson. Wed., March 4:
7:15 a.m. CBC; 8 a.m. Ruth circle;
5:30 p.m. Supper; 6:30 p.m. Worship; 7 p.m. Choir rehearsal; 7 p.m.
Jubilee bells practice. Thurs., March
5: 8 a.m. WIC. Sun., March 8: 8 and
10:30 a.m. Worship; 9:15 a.m. 5th
grade communion classes; PACE;
Sunday School; 4:30 p.m. Social ministry meals. Mon.-Wed., March 911: Visit Care Center. Wed., March
11: 7:15 a.m. CBC; 5:30 p.m. Supper; 6:30 p.m. Worship; 7 p.m. Choir
rehearsal; Jubilee bells practice; Property management.
RURAL
EMMANUEL LUTHERAN, Aspelund,
Martin Horn, Pastor. Wed., March
4: 3:15 p.m. Overcomers; 5 p.m. 2nd
year confirmation at Hauge; 6 p.m.
Supper at Hauge; 6:15 p.m. 1st year
confirmation at Hauge; 6:30 p.m. Choir
at Hauge; 7:30 p.m. Worship at
Hauge. Fri., March 6: 9 a.m.
Womens prayer. Sun., March 8: 9
a.m. Worship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday
School; 5:45 p.m. Youth group at
Hauge; 7 p.m. Pastor Aadahl preaching. Mon., March 9: 9 a.m. WMF
quilting day; 1:30 p.m. Hannah circle
at church; 7 p.m. Pastor Aadahl
preaching; 8 p.m. Church council
meeting. Tues., March 10: 9 a.m.
WMF quilting day; Noon potluck lunch;
1:30 p.m. WMF business meeting; 7
p.m. Pastor Aadahl preaching. Wed.,
March 11: 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.
Pastor Aadhahl preaching.
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
4: 6 p.m. Supper; 7 p.m. Worship at
Grace. Wed., March 11: 6 p.m. Supper; 7 p.m. Worship at St. Johns.
Emmanuel; 6:15 p.m. 1st year confirmation at Emmanuel; 6:30 p.m.

Choir at Emmanuel; 7:30 p.m. Pastor Aadahl preaching at Emmanuel.
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH,
Hay Creek (LCMS), 24686 Old Church
Road. Pastor Lowell Sorenson, 651388-4577. Sundays: 9 a.m. Sunday
School; Bible class; 9:45 a.m. Fellowship time; 10 a.m. Worship.
LANDS LUTHERAN, 16640 Highway.
60 Blvd., Zumbrota, MN 55992-5105.
Zumbrota. Wed., March 4: 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. Thurs.,
March 5: 7 p.m. Praise practice. Sat.,
March 7: 8 a.m. Stewardship meeting. Sun., March 8: 7:30 a.m. Praise
practice; 8:30 a.m. Praise worship;
9;30 a.m. Sunday School; 10 a.m.
Choir rehearsal; 10:30 a.m. Worship;
7 p.m. Peer ministry at Ashleys.
Tues., March 10: 11 a.m. Text study;
3:30 p.m. First communion chalice
making at Crossings; 7 p.m. Council
meets. Wed., March 11: 7:15 a.m.
Youth Bible study at Bridgets; 9 a.m.
Worship; 5:30 p.m. Supper; 6 p.m.
Youth group; 7:15 p.m. Worship;
Confirmation.
MINNEOLA LUTHERAN, 13628
County 50 Blvd. Rev. Hannah
Bergstrom de Leon, Pastor. Wed.,
March 4: 9:30 a.m. Womens Bible
study; 6 p.m. Supper followed by study
and worship. Sat., March 7: 4 p.m.
Family ski night. Meet at church at 3
p.m. Sun., March 8: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Worship with
communion; 11:30 a.m. Stewardship
board meeting.
ST. COLUMBKILL CATHOLIC,
36483 County. 47 Blvd., Belle Creek,
Father Paul Kubista. Sundays: 10:30
a.m. Mass.
ST. JOHNS EV. LUTHERAN, Bear
Valley, Alan Horn, Pastor. 843-6211,
home; 843-5302 work. Bible Class
is every Wednesday at 6 p.m. in
Mazeppa.
4-H
ST. JOHNS EV. LUTHERAN, WELS,

Minneola Township, County Road 7,
rural Zumbrota, Randall Kuznicki,
Pastor. Wed., March 4: 8 p.m. Worship. Sat., March 7: 9 a.m. Church
ministry workshop at Trinity Lutheran
Church in Belle Plaine. Sun., March
8: 8:30 a.m. Worship; 9:30 a.m. Bible
study.. Mon., March 9: 9:15 a.m.
Pastors and teachers SMARTAP conference at St. Johns Lutheran in Red
Wing. Tues., March 10: 1-4 p.m.
Pastors office hours.
ST. PETER LUTHERAN, The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Bel-
College
St. Cloud Technical and
Community College
ST. CLOUD Andrew Lechelt

of Pine Island was named to the
presidents list (4.0 GPA) for the
fall semester.
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE,
WI
Mackenzie Prentice of Oronoco

was named to the fall semester
deans list.
Minnesota State College
Southeast Technical
WINONA Jeremy Adams of

Goodhue and Mary SpindlerWojcik of Zumbrota were named
to the presidents list (3.5 GPA or
above) for the fall semester.
University of Wisconsin Stout
MENOMONIE, WI Students
earning the chancellors award (3.5
GPA or higher) for the fall semester were Samantha Keller of
Goodhue, Carissa Darcy and Ian
Ziemba of Mazeppa, Anna
Haggerty and Kacie Schull of
Oronoco, and Kara Swenson of
Zumbrota.
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
videre, 28961 365th St., Goodhue,

MN 55027-8515, Dr. Scott T. Fiege,
Pastor.
STORDAHL LUTHERAN, ELCA, Rural Zumbrota. Church: (507) 732-5711,
Kathy Lowery, Pastor, Home 507271-5711. Wed., March 4: 5:30 p.m.
Supper; 6:30 p.m. Worship. Sun.,
March 8: 9 a.m. Confirmation; 10:30
a.m. Worship. Tues., March 10: 11
a.m. Text study. Wed., March 11:
5:30 p.m. Supper; 6:30 p.m. Worship.
URLAND LUTHERAN 6940 County
9 Blvd., Cannon Falls, MN 55009.
Church: 507-263-5544; Pastor David
Hurtt, Interim. Wed., March 4: 6 a.m.
Mens Bible study; 6 p.m. Supper; 7
p.m. Worship; 8 p.m. Praise and
worship practice. Sun., March 8: 9:15
a.m. Sunday School; Youth forum;
10:30 a.m. Communion worship.
Wed., March 11: 6 a.m. Mens Bible
study; 1 p.m. WELCA Bible study at
Twin Rivers; 6 p.m. Supper; 7 p.m.
Worship; 8 p.m. Praise and worship
practice.
WANGEN PRAIRIE LUTHERAN,
LCMC 34289 County 24 Blvd., Cannon Falls, Curtis Fox, Pastor, 507663-9060; Linda Flom, Visitation Minister, 263-5613. Sundays 9 a.m.
Worship. Thursdays 9:30 a.m. Bible
study; 7 p.m. Blue grass jam.
ZWINGLl UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST, 23148 County Highway 24,
West Concord (Berne), 507/527-2622.
Rev. Victor Jortack, Pastor.
Drivers: Company CDL-A

Excellent Pay + Incentives,
$2,500 Sign-on Bonus,
Regional and long haul routes.
CDL-A + 1 yr. experience required.
507-696-7784
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Better Hearing Aid

Centers
EAU CLAIRE, WI Sara

Burfeind of Goodhue (BSN, nursTERRY CARLSON,
ing and health sciences, nursing)
30 Years Experience
Cherry Grove Busy Gophers
and Tym Hanson of Pine Island State Certified Hearing Consultant
By Kate Rechtzigel
(BA, arts and sciences, English)
651-258-4471 or
The Pattersons house looked graduated at commencement ex1-800-348-4471
like a gorgeous mansion to us when ercises on December 20.
Sales & Service of All
the Cherry Grove Busy Gophers
Models of Hearing Aids
4-H club arrived on Sunday, Feb- St. Marys University
Batteries
ruary 1. Markus and I were so
WINONA Caitlyn Strusz of
FREE Hearing Tests
thrilled that we didnt know where Goodhue was named to the first
FREE House Calls
to go until Isabelle Patterson gave semester deans list.
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us a tour of the house and where
we would be spending the majority of our time.
Not long after we showed up,
others showed up, as well, bringing goodies for the game and showing their best sporting faces, getting ready for what almost everyone thought would be the second
Last year Count Desmond of Mobile, AlaSuper Bowl win for the Seahawks.
bama swallowed seven swords.
Sadly, they were disappointed, as
the Patriots won the game instead.
The blades, coated with ammonia window
Those of us who didnt watch
the game had many things to do.
cleaner, were between 23 and 26 inches long.
There was pool game going on
But there's a more pleasurable and profitable
among Markus, Kira, Jack, Emily,
and Maddie. Cody was practicing
exercise than that. The Bible says, "Take the
his wrestling skills. There were
sword of the Spirit - which is the Word of
prizes for those who could guess
the scores of each of the quarters.
God."
Krista Quam won the first quarter
prize of Reeses Pieces, Katie
Take it as your power for conflict, your
Fitzgerald won the second and third
preservative from evil, your premium for vicquarter prizes of yet more candy,
and Markus won the final prize of
tory.
Reeses and a Seahawk football.
Our Lord took it and with it He defeated the
We had a semi-meeting at halftime during which we talked about
devil. So will you.
the Hog Roast, which we are required to sell tickets for and work
Practice swallowing swords, but make it the
at. The Hog Roast is in April, and
sword of the Spirit, which is the Bible.
those who want tickets should talk
with a 4-Her.
The next meeting will be held
the first Sunday in March at Dale
Lutheran Church at 7 p.m. Those
Wanamingo, MN
interested in joining should show
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up and talk to Ann Fitzgerald.
Seeds of Hope
B&N Construction
Belle Creek Peppy Peppers

HAUGE LUTHERAN, Rural Kenyon,
Martin Horn, Pastor. Wed., March
4: 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. Sun.,
10:45 a.m. Worship; 5:45 p.m. Youth
group. Mon., March 9: 9:30 a.m.
Rachel circle at Judy Houglums; 7
p.m. Pastor Aadahl preaching at
Emmanuel. Tues., March 10: 7 p.m.
Pastor Aadahl preaching at Emmanuel. Wed., March 11: 3:15 p.m. Overcomers; 5 p.m. 2nd year confirmation at Emmanuel; 6 p.m. Supper at
By Elissa Lodermeier
The Belle Creek Peppy Peppers
4-H Club celebrated Valentines
Day with a special party at the
Goodhue Community Center on
February 15. Senior citizens
from the area were all invited. The
meeting was called to order by
President Nathan Altendorf.
John Altendorf did a demonstration on parliamentary procedure. Nathan Altendorf did a demonstration on bow and arrow.
All the guests and 4-H members played a Famous Person
trivia game. Everyone played
Bingo and the winners got donated
prizes that the 4-H members
brought. To finish the party, we
had a potluck.
The Peppy Peppers are selling
fruit and Hog Roast tickets. If
anyone is interested, please contact Casey Veiseth.
Pie Auction raises $3,000 for missions

PINE ISLAND The annual Pie Auction at United Methodist Church was held on February 22. Pies of all
varieties were donated and auctioned off to benefit missions projects. Al Trelstad won the bidding war for a
shaving cream pie and the privilege of putting the pie in the face of Pastor Carolyn Westlake. He passed the
honor along to Carolyns daughter Ashley, at left receiving the pie from Brian Weiss. At right she delivers the
winning throw to her mother. The auction raised a total of $3,000.
Goodhue
Baker demonstrates 3D printing
for Goodhue School Board
By R.D. Aaland
GOODHUE Industrial arts
instructor Tyler Baker was at the
February 23 Goodhue School
Board meeting to give a demonstration on the MakerBot
Replicator 2, a 3D printer.
3D printing (or additive manufacturing) is a process used to make
a three-dimensional object. Successive layers of material are laid
down under computer control.
These objects can be of almost
any shape or geometry, and are
produced from a 3D model or other
electronic data source.
The Replicator takes a roll of
plastic wire and melts it into the
form designed on a computer program. As Baker was describing
the machine, it was printing a fivelink plastic chain. He explained
that the members of the super mile- Goodhue industrial arts instructor Tyler Baker explains how the MakerBot
2 3D printer works at the school board meeting on February
age team used the printer to de- Replicator
23.
sign their cars frames.
Baker said the Replicator cost
less to maintain than he originally
believed. So far he has used the
original roll of plastic and is working on his second roll. Each roll
cost approximately $50.
Expenditures and
enrollment decrease
Changes occurring since the

approval of the preliminary budget were discussed. One big change
was in student enrollment, which
has decreased from 651 students
in August 2014 to 636 students at
end of January 2015. The net result is approximately $90,000 less
revenue from the state.
Also, a health insurance premium increase of approximately
$41,000 for this school year has
caused the Health and Safety budget to be unbalanced. A look at
School Readiness (Community
Education pre-school) shows there
is a continued pattern of expenditures being larger than
revenues. There is a planned preschool tuition increase which will
not solve the problem, but it will
improve it some.
This is the car body model made by the MakeBot Replicator 2 that will
be used to make a super mileage vehicle. It took about two and a half
hours to replicate.
Elementary principals report
The elementary principals report covered the spelling bee, which

was won by Chris Poncelet who
then finished third at the regional
competition in Rochester.
Also discussed was OLPA (OnLine Practice Assessment), which
grades 3-6 students were busy taking this past week. This is a warmup assessment for the MCA-III
test in April. Students and the tech
staff got a chance to practice creating tests, delivering the assessment and working with all of the
tools students have to help support them with the assessment.
February is I Love To Read
Goodhue sewer and

water bills will increase
By R.D. Aaland
GOODHUE At the Goodhue
City Council February 25 meeting, Arland Voth addressed the
council concerning the proposed
increase in sewer and water
bills. He said that even a $10 a
month increase could create a hardship for some residents.
There are a number of things
have entered into the need to raise
the rates, including the state-ordered changes in the handling of
waste at the water treatment plan
and new, improved water meters.
The city will come to a decision
on the amount of the raise in April.
Fire department by-laws
Goodhue Fire Chief Mike

Kehren addressed the council to
change the wording in the fire and
rescue
departments
bylaws. According to the State of
Minnesota, the fire department
cannot require its members to live
in a particular city such as Goodhue,
so the city council adjusted the
by-laws to read, fire department
response time to three minutes.
The council also accepted the
26-person roster for training of
fire department personnel. The

council approved the cost of $80
to send the chief to the annual EMS
(Emergency Medical Services)
meeting in Rochester.
Sanitation update
Month and the library made an

effort to make it special.
The trip to Eagle Bluff was a
success and a special thanks went
to Mr. Bitzan and Mr. Schofield
for organizing this trip once again
and for taking time away from
their own families.
GOODHUE SENIOR PROFILES

Describe yourself in one word:
Compassionate
College/career plans: I plan to
attend South Dakota State University to major in agriculture communications, have a career involving advocating for agriculture,
marry a farmer version of Prince
Charming, and raise a family somewhere in Goodhue County.
Name: Ray Tipcke

Parents: Dan and Dawn Tipcke
Siblings: Rachel, Ryan, Ross
High school activities: FFA
Favorite class or subject: Construction
Hobbies: Helping around the
family farm, trucking, four-wheeling, snowmobiling
Person or persons you would
like to meet, living or dead? My
Grandpa Bruce
Favorite...
Movie: Liar Liar
TV Show: Burn Notice
Song: Talledega by Eric
Church
If you won the lottery, what
would one of your first purchases
be? A house.
Easygoing
go to Dakota County Technical
College for heavy construction
mechanic and get a two-year degree.
High school principals report
High School Principal Mike

Harvey said the school is continuing to look into adding robotics to
its extracurricular offerings. In the
next newsletter they will include
a request for local resources in
regard to robotics.
Eighth period is in the final assignment of activities for the spring.
Based on student interest and academic need these are the top activities that may be offered: coding, robotics, CADD/3D printing,
jazz band, Latin dance, theatre,
math, and study hall.
Six high school teachers and
Harvey attended a Dr. Thomas
Guskey conference on grading and
assessments last week. This is part
of their goal to look at how they
address grading at the high school
level.
This year the consignment auction for the trip to Washington
D.C. is being coordinated through
the Goodhue Education Foundation. Questions on the auction can
be directed to Kevin Altendorf or
a member of the Foundation.
Harvey said, This group will do
a nice job promoting the auction
and this is a great foundation event.
City attorney Richard Gorman

reported that the city now has a
signed contract with Gibson Sanitation to handle garbage pickup
through December 31, 2018. He
also reported that he had been in
contact with the Red Wing Recycling Center, and they will be at
the next Goodhue City Council
Personnel changes
meeting.
Letters of retirement were reOther business
The council appointed Kerry ceived from Nancy McCleary (high
Bien, John Adams, and Richard school English), Nancy Conway
Gorman to form a committee to (sixth grade), and Lori McNamara
look into the annexation of land (special education Title One), all
near the Ag Partners fertilizer effective on June 4, 2015. These
teachers have over 100 years
plant. They accepted a $4,158.96 three
of teaching experience between
sewer line repair change order for them, with 97 spent in Goodhue.
the pool and they approved the The school board thanked them
first pay application of $81,090.35 for their service to the school and
to WA Kreofsky Construction.
community. Brian Schafer added
City clerk Lori Agre reported that he was in eighth grade when
that the swimming pool fund has McNamara and McCleary began
now received $62,352.21 in do- teaching in Goodhue.
nations.
Eric Schofield resigned as varsity baseball coach and Sara Thompson was granted family medical leave starting on March 23 until
the end of this school year. Suzanne
Flaska was hire as a custodian,
Tammy Thomforde was hired as
a paraprofessional, Jessica
Ferguson was hired as the adaptive bowling coach and Joe
Hammerschmidt was hired as the
junior high baseball coach.
Name: Maggie Mills

Parents: Kent and Deborah
Mills
Siblings: Abby (22), Libby (20)
High school activities: FFA,
student council, class officer, student school board member, speech
team, yearbook, cross country, and
wrestling statistician
Favorite class or subject: Animal science and journalism
Best high school memory:
Being a part of our new cross country team and my senior year homecoming.
Hobbies: I enjoy showing cattle,
skiing, running, ice skating, working on my farm, kayaking, and
watching movies.
like to meet, living or dead:
Kathrine Switzer and Blake Lively
Favorite...
Book: The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
Movie: Tangled
TV Show: Greys Anatomy
Song: Island In The Sun by
Weezer
be? A calf barn
Outgoing
College/career plans: I plan on
attending the University of Minnesota to major in animal science
dairy production and possibly
minor in mass communications.
Name: Madison Schafer

Parents: Brandon and Monica
Siblings: Kendrah, Max, and
Kenny Schafer
High school activities: FFA,
Teens Needing Teens, National
Honor Society, chamber choir,
speech team, cross country,
Belvidere 4-H, varsity wrestling
statistician, senior class president,
student council, yearbook committee, 2014 Miss Goodhue Court
Favorite class or subject: Any
class in the ag department
Getting second in State FFA Livestock Judging and earning a trip
to Kansas City.
Hobbies: I enjoy running, showing cattle and sheep, working on
my familys farm and at Oink
Outings with the Minnesota Pork
Board, going on Chinese food and
coffee outings with friends, and
spending quality time with those I
love.
like to meet, living or dead: Jesus,
Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs), and Paul
Harvey (So God Made a Farmer)
Favorite...
Book: The Hunger Games series
Movie: Safe Haven
TV show: The Amazing Race
Song: I Dont Dance by Lee
Brice and Hall of Fame by The
Script
be? I would pay off all of my college and then buy a new Ford truck.
Modern-day troubador
Beth Wood comes to Crossings
ZUMBROTA Beth Wood is a
modern-day troubador who believes in the power of song. Her
exceptional musicianship, crafty
songwriting, and commanding
stage presence have been winning
over American audiences for 16
years. Beths music is soulful, organic, intelligent, barefoot, highenergy communication of joy. She
performs Thursday, February 26,
at 7 p.m.
Picture a home-body with an
ever-present wanderlust, an introvert with a passion for performing, a creative free-spirit with
enough discipline to rework her
dream year after year, calloused
little hands and a big pile of curly
hairand youve got Wood.
Wood, who has released nine
solo albums and a collaboration
project, began her musical journey in Lubbock, a high plains Texas
town with a uniquely rich musical
heritage that includes Buddy Holly,
Natalie and Lloyd Maines, Mac
Davis, and Joe Ely to name a few.
When she wasnt dodging tornadoes and dust storms, Wood was
studying classical piano, violin,
harp, and voice and contemplating the greatness of her dads record
collection. With big dreams of
Student report
The student report was issued

by Maggie Mills. She said that it
was National FFA Week and several activities were planned at the
high school, including a goat sale,
milk-gulping contest, guess the
number of kennel contest, and a
dress-up day. The school is now
Sydney Lodermeier, left, and Mindy Strusz were named Goodhue Students supporting their wrestling and
of the Month for January.
basketball teams as they head
through tournament season.
January Students of the

Month at Goodhue School
GOODHUE Goodhue students
Sydney Lodermeier and Mindy
Strusz were named Students of
the Month for January.
Lodermeier, the daughter of Dan
and Jessica Lodermeier, was chosen as the junior high student. She
is a ninth-grader involved in volleyball, basketball, band, choir,
and 4-H. A subject she does well
in is accelerated geometry. Her
greatest influences are her parents,
siblings, and friends. Lodermeier
said, Whether its in sports, school,
or anything at all, theyre always
there to help. Her biggest accomplishment in junior high so far was

going to State in basketball last
year.
Strusz, a senior and the daughter of Lee and Stacy Strusz, represents the high school. Her most
positive influences are her parents. She enjoys American literature and is involved with the varsity dance team, Knowledge Bowl,
yearbook, band, and 4-H. Struszs
biggest accomplishment in high
school so far is the All State Academic Senior Award for dance.
becoming a musician, Beth left

west Texas to study voice and piano at Brevard College in North
Carolina. A detour from her classical studies led her to Austin,
where she picked up a degree in
literature and a guitar. Wood began writing her own songs and
quickly discovered a feeling of
musical freedom that she has been
hooked on ever since. Sixteen
years, thousands of shows, nine
albums, three cars, and numerous
awards later, she has never looked
back.
Wood has been featured on
OPBs Artbeat and on Troubadour, TX, a nationally syndicated documentary-style singersongwriter reality television series airing in almost 40 million
households and 140 U.S. markets.
In May, 2013, she launched her
Song of the Month Club, an innovative way to engage fans and offer a steady stream of new work
recorded in her adopted hometown
of Eugene, Ore. with rising star
producer and singer-songwriter
Tyler Fortier producing. Wood has
immersed herself in the northwest
music scene, including working
on staff with the Sisters Folk Festival and Americana Song Academy for three years as an instructor and host of the Sunday Community Celebration.
To reserve tickets, visit
www.crossingsatcarnegie.com,
stop in to Crossings at 320 East
Avenue in Zumbrota or call 507732-7616.
Welcome
Services
For You
Your LOCAL greeting service
Other business
The board approved fundraisers

for the Washington D.C. trip. This
included the consignment auction
and a plant sale.
Several policy notes were reviewed and marked as first or second readings.
A donation was accepted from
Capital SafetyUSA for the LEGO
League in the amount of $500.
The revised rental fees for the
community education program
were approved.
The purchases of a new kiln for
$3,449 for the art department and
a new ice machine for $2374 for
athletics were also approved.
Name: Holly Husband

Parents: Tom and Leann Husband
Siblings: Haley (25), Hillary
(23), Ross (21), Philip (14), Ricky
(11)
High school activities: Knowledge Bowl, Envirothon, National
Honor Society, dance team manager
Favorite class or subject: Science
Senior year homecoming
Hobbies: Reading, Netflix, being outside, being with friends and
family
Favorite...
Favorite Book: Harry Potter &
Percy Jackson series
Favorite Movie: Lord of the
Rings and Hobbit series
TV Show: The Office and How
I Met Your Mother
Song: Drops of Jupiter by
Train
be? Clothes
Ambitious
College/career plans: Major in
biology at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities
We Are Here!
Goodhue FCCLA attends

Legislative Shadow Day
GOODHUE From left to right, Ana Lesly Jimenez, Brekah Baker,
Tiffanie Anderson of the Goodhue FCCLA attend Legislative Shadow
Day at the State Capitol on February 26. The day began with a training
for all students on proper etiquette when shadowing, and how to promote
the FCCLA organization and family consumer sciences. From there they
met with their legislator to complete a three-hour shadowing experience.
Anderson shadowed Senator Karin Housley, Baker shadowed Senator
Tom Saxhaug, and Jimenez shadowed Representative Sondra Erickson.
This day is an opportunity for students to learn about leadership and
civic engagement. It also serves as a means of promoting vocational
student organizations such as FCCLA.
We provide in-home
welcome visits to new
local residents.
Is your business
represented with us?
Join your business neighbors
in the Zumbrota/Mazeppa,
Goodhue Welcome Packet
Call 651-923-4916
or Toll Free 1-888-923-4916
Kathy & Chuck Bristol
Bringing newcomers,
businesses & community
together since 1946 N3-tfc
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Wanamingo
KW School Music on Sunday is March 8
KENYON Student and adult
musicians and vocalists will take
the stage on March 8 from 2-4
p.m. to perform at the fifth annual
Music on Sunday event at the
Kenyon-Wanamingo School auditorium. A free will offering will
be accepted at this fundraiser for
the KW Education Foundation
(KWEF).
Music on Sunday will feature
some of the following musical
ensembles and soloists:
The Kenyon-Wanamingo jazz
band
Taylor Helland and Ben Bohn

guitar/cajon duet
Saxophone quartet Emily
Ashland, Megan Groth, Sidney
Warner, Alissa Johnson, performing Bohemian Rhapsody by
Queen
Sidney Warner baritone saxophone, Fusion
Flute quartet Rosie Breimhurst,
Ella Lee, Sarah Benrud, Emily
Pliscott, Pachelbels Canon in D
McKenna Weyandt and Katie
Doehling, clarinet/flute duet
Taylor Meeks, Marimba Rag-
time
Corissa and Cass Kern bass
clarinet/baritone duet
KW Band Dirctor Claire Larson, French Horn
Justice Boger, vocal solo
Sarah Benrud, vocal solo
Rosie Breimhurst and Megan
Quam, vocal duet
Ryan Pelkey and Allison
Timbeross, vocal duet
KW Vocal Director Steph
Schumacher and her husband
Aaron, vocal duet
In addition, members KW
speech team Melanie Knealing,

Isabelle Finholm and MaKayla
Sokoloski will share an oral performance.
The KWEF was formed in 1998
as a non-profit to support and aid
the district by helping to fund programs and needs not covered by
the school district budget. Since
its inception, the KWEF has provided over $150,000 in educational
supplies and needs to the schools.
Music on Sunday is one of the
organizations primary fundraising
events.
Wanamingo Fire Department vintage

snowmobile ride and chili cook-off is March 7
WANAMINGO The annual
Vintage Snowmobile Ride and
Chili Cook-Off will be hosted by
the Wanamingo Firefighter Relief Association on Saturday,
March 7. Doors to the Wanamingo
Fire Station will open at 9 a.m. for
contestants to enter into the sled
show, with judging to begin at 11
a.m. At 12:15 p.m., snowmobilers
will suit up for a twelve-mile trail
ride, with a short stop for refresh-
ments and socializing before returning to the fire hall. Awards

will be presented in the snowmobile classes following the chili
cook-off.
Those not going on the ride can
take advantage of the warmth of
the fire station and some hot chili.
The WFD will start serving their
specialty house chili at 11 a.m.
Competition will heat things up at
3 p.m. when the Firefighters Chili
Cook-Off gets underway. Those
who purchase an all-you-can-eat

chili ticket will have the opportunity to vote on their favorite chili.
Winners and awards will be presented in the afternoon.
Other activities include a snowmobile raffle, with the top prize
of a 1975 Arctic Cat El Tigre. The
popular bean bag tournament will
start at 4:30 p.m.
The Wanamingo Firefighers
Relief Association charitable activities, such as the Vintage Snow-
mobile Ride and Chili Cook-Off,

raise funds to provide supplemental
insurance and pension benefits to
volunteer firemen, in addition to
raising funds to help offset the
cost of running the department.
The WFRA also supports the
Wanamingo 4th of July fireworks
display.
For more information, visit
www.wanamingofd.org or call
Carl Majerus at 507-202-5590.
Cole Axelson was selected to the Minnesota Band Directors Association
6-8 Grade Honor Band.
WANAMINGO POLICE REPORT

February 5
8:18 a.m. A vehicle was on its
The following information was
provided by the Goodhue County side in the ditch near Cty 11 and
Cty 1 in Cherry Grove Township.
Sheriffs Office.
February 4
The driver was fine and headed
12:56 a.m. A speeding ticket home.
was issued near Hwy 52 and Cty
7:11 p.m. A man on 3rd Ave
50 in Wanamingo Township.
was locked out of his apartment
1:06 a.m. A speeding ticket and unable to reach the manager.
was issued near Hwy 52 and Cty The fire chief had a master key for
50 in Wanamingo Township.
the building and opened the door.
10:51 a.m. A deputy checked February 6
7:20 a.m. A stray black lab
on the welfare of a person on 3rd
Ave. The subject was having a with no collar was on Hillcrest
Manor Ave. A deputy checked the
medical issue.
12:49 p.m. A residential panic area. The dog was not located.
3:37 p.m. A speeding ticket
alarm was activated on 2nd St E.
A deputy contacted the residence. was issued near Hwy 52 and Cty
Young kids were hitting the alarm. 50 in Minneola Township.
KW superintendent
search update
WANAMINGO February 27
was the last date applications were
to be submitted for the KenyonWanamingo School superintendent
position. As of 4:30 p.m. that day,
fifteen applications had been submitted. The school could not publicly disclose who those applicants
were, however, information was

being shared with KW School
Board members when received and
they would review submitted applications on March 3.
The first round of interviews is
scheduled for March 19 and 20;
the second round for March 25
and 26.
5:54 p.m. A deputy advised a

male on 3rd Ave that his license
was revoked.
9:54 p.m. Cab lights were on
in a truck at Dole Explosives on
3rd Ave. The area was checked
and appeared to be fine. The business was notified.
4:37 p.m. Medical help was

requested on 3rd Ave.
February 10
Axelson selected to
state honor band
8:23 a.m. A home alarm was

activated on the 42300 block of
60th Ave in Wanamingo TownBy Alicia Hunt-Welch
ship. It was a false alarm.
KENYON Cole Axelson has
8:52 p.m. A deputy checked
February 7
on the welfare of a person on 5th been selected to participate in the
3:27 p.m. A deputy checked St E. Everything was okay.
Minnesota Band Directors Assoon a vehicle near Hwy 52 and 415th February 11
ciation (MBDA) 6-8 Grade Honor
1:08 a.m. A deputy provided Band for the 2014-15 school year.
St in Minneola Township. The
vehicle ran out of gas. Help was lights and directions for a semi Axelson, an eighth-grader at
with no lights near Hwy 52 and Kenyon-Wanamingo Middle
coming.
5:22 p.m. Cenex reported a Cty 50 in Minneola Township. School, was one of 78 students
gas drive-off theft of $24.90. The Help was on the way.
2:06 a.m. A deputy assisted selected from 227 who auditioned
subject tried to pay with a Montana check. The wrong license plate with a vehicle that went in the for a position in the group. KW
Band Director Claire Larson said,
number was provided resulting in ditch near Hader.
12:41 p.m. Medical help was Cole is one of four tuba players
no suspect at this time.
5:30 p.m. A swerving vehicle requested on Hill Ave.
chosen for this ensemble. Axelson
7:28 p.m. A fight between two is the first band member from KW
was reported near Hwy 52 and
415th St in Minneola Township. juveniles on the bus was reported chosen for this honor.
A citation was issued for no proof on the 45300 block of 135th Ave
Axelson and fellow KWMS
in Minneola Township.
of insurance.
band
member Cole Flom, a sev8:09 p.m. A citation for no
9:53 p.m. An accident occurred
enth
grade
trumpet player, both
near Hader. The State Patrol insurance was issued near Main
auditioned
for
a position in the
and 5th St W.
handled the incident.
9:52 p.m. Home checks were MBDA Honor Band on Decem11:44 p.m. A deputy assisted
ber 5. Larson said both students
the Zumbrota Police with a traffic requested on High Ave.
have done some great work in the
stop near Hwy 60 and 165th Ave February 12
6:49 p.m. A possible fire was band this year.
in Minneola Township.
reported near 4th St E and 2nd
February 9
The students selected will have
4:52 a.m. An accident was Ave. No fire was found.
the opportunity to work with some
10:09 p.m. A speeding ticket
reported near Hwy 52 and Cty 50
of the finest music educators in
in Minneola Township. The State was issued near Hwy 60 and Cty 1
the state as their section coaches,
in Cherry Grove Township.
Patrol handled the incident.
and will be conducted by DeAnn
Klun. The students will rehearse

with Klun on April 25, before performing in concert at 2 p.m. on
April 26 in the Alexandria Area
High School auditorium.
MBDA is a professional organization of band directors representing band programs of all grade
levels from throughout the state
of Minnesota. The mission of
MBDA is to assist in the development of band directors and band
programs in schools, colleges and
communities throughout Minnesota.
Axelson was also nominated for
the University of Minnesota
Duluth Honors Band and was selected to participate. He participated in the all-day event in Duluth
on March 3. The group was directed by Dan Eaton, also a tuba
player. Larson said Axelson is a
neat kid, super hard working,
and an incredible musician and
student, adding that it is gratifying to see KW students who excel
in academics, activities, and arts.
KW Elementary School
names Students of the Week
WANAMINGO Each week
staff members at KenyonWanamingo Elementary School
(grades K-4) recognizes one student in each class displaying the
following expectations: Be Responsible, Be Respectful, and Be
Safe. In addition, a staff member
Kenyon-Wanamingo Elementary School readers Ben Short, Sophia Culuris, Bailey Leininger, and Ashley and teacher are also selected for
Rechtzigel earn free Dairy Queen Blizzard certificates for their progress in the Accelerated Reader program. the weekly honor. The following
Short and Rechtzigel have read over one million words since the beginning of the school year, earning them is a list of KW teachers by grade
and the students they selected as
the distinction of AR Millionaires.
Students of the Week for the weeks
of February 6, 13, and 20, respectively:
Rechtzigel and Short are the first

KWES AR Millionaires of the year
WANAMINGO On February
18, Kenyon-Wanamingo Elementary School presented awards to
students for attaining word levels
in the Accelerated Reader program
as of the end of January. Two students, Ashley Rechtzigel and Ben
Short, have read over one million
words since the beginning of the
school year and have earned the
title of AR Millionaires.
Upon successful completion of
a book, students in the program
take a computerized test on the
books content. Students passing
the test get credit for the number
of words in the book. Recognition
is given at various levels in the
program.
This is the second time
Rechtzigel has earned the AR
Millionaire title. The fourth-grader
made it her goal to be a Millionaire two years in a row. The classic Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott ODell and the cat fantasy series Warriors by Erin
Hunter are Rechtzigels favorite
reads because they have many
animals in the stories. The student in Ms. Cody Anstedts class
also had some advice for young
readers: You should read something you are interested in and have
fun reading. A good comfy loca-
tion is also one of her tips. I like

reading at my house in the living
room because it is so warm in
there, she said. Rechtzigel has
set her sights on reading two million words before the end of the
school year.
Ben Short said it felt amazing to find out he was a first time
AR Millionaire, and he said many
of his friends want to follow in his
footsteps. Just keep reading is
his advice to other kids pursuing
the goal. Short likes to read after
school and for a half-hour before
bedtime. The third-grader in Ms.
Val Ashlands class said his favorite books are in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by
Rick Riordan. I like the characters and the action, Short said.
His goal now is to reach two million words before the end of the
school year. Since he is working
his way through the seven-book
Harry Potter series by J.K.
Rowling, chances are high he will
accomplish that goal.
In addition to recognition received during the all-school assembly, KWES AR coordinator
Roxy Rolstad took the reading
millionaires to lunch at Dairy
Queen and to tour the Covered
Bridge in Zumbrota.
Other students reaching word
Kindergarten
Mrs. Heidi Haugen Gunner

Calstrom, N/A, Gwendolyn Clouse
Mrs. Tanya Short N/A, N/A,
levels were:
Sophia Mork
400,000 words Josie Flom,
Mrs. Krista Swanson Daniel
Bailey Leininger
Sandberg, Macy Schaefer, Oliver
300,000 words Josi Quam
Bauer
250,000 words - Madrox Wagner First grade
200,000 words Isabella
Mrs. Katie Benbrooks N/A,
Chemilk
N/A, Cody Harwood
100,000 words Dillon Bartel,
Mr. Tony Donkers Emilie
Cooper Brandon, Erin Christenson, Jarvis, Evan Kruse, Ashton PeterAddison Flom, Trent Foss, Nevaeh son
Greseth, Gunner Kennedy, Joe
Mrs. Cathy Stark Isabella
Mills, Brody Parks, Sophia Greseth, Nathan Vogelgesang,
Poquette, and Colton Steberg
Riley Allers
50,000 words Vanessa Bartel, Second grade
Mrs. Mary Gail Anderson
Gunnar Blakstad, Logan Carroll,
Czech,
Destiny
Colten Clark, William Czech, William
Evelyn Eichinger, Gavin Johnson, Marquardt, Destiny Torres
Mrs. Renee Hildebrandt Evey
Mason Mensing, Sara Metcalf,
Julia Patterson, Rachel Ryan, Wendt-Pierzyna, Owen Craig,
Dominic Schaefer and MacKenzie Rowan Brandon
Sturgis
Dairy Queen Blizzard certificates were presented to Rechtzigel,
Short, Sophia Culuris and Bailey
Leininger for their reading accomplishments. A free book was earned
by Vanessa Bartel, Gunnar
David G. Rapp
Blakstad, Kyle Brogger, Isabella
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Zumbrota
Davina & the Vagabonds

bring modern take on blues
and jazz to State Theatre
ZUMBROTA A high-energy
quintet whose lead vocalist has
been likened to Adele, Bessie
Smith, Etta James and Amy
Winehouse, Davina & the Vagabonds bring their fresh-but-retro
sound to the State Theatre stage
on Saturday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m.
The show is sponsored by Crossings.
Davina Sowers and the Vagabonds have created a stir on the
national blues scene with their highenergy live shows, sharp-dressed
professionalism, and Sowers commanding stage presence. With influences ranging from Fats Domino
and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
to Aretha Franklin and Tom Waits,
the band is converting audiences
one show at a time, from Vancouver
to Miami and across Europe. The
bands Black Cloud, was named
one of the 10 best releases of the
year by the Minneapolis Star &
Tribune for 2011. In 2012 the band
performed in 21 states and six
countries in Europe.
So much more than just a blues
act, DATVs shows are filled with
New Orleans charm, Memphis soul
swagger, dark theatrical moments

that evoke Kurt Weill, and tender
gospel passages. Davina has been
compared to Etta James, Amy
Winehouse, Janis Joplin, Billie
Holiday and Betty Boop, but comparisons dont suffice: Sowers is
a true original.
Something unique to this blues
project is the instrumentation. This
rollicking quintet is held together
by Sowers keyboard playing, with
acoustic bass, drums, and a spicy
trumpet and trombone horn section. The groups focused, clean
sound and emphasis on acoustic
instruments is novel to both blues
and jazz worlds, and sets the show
closer to New Orleans than to
Chicago. This has set the Vagabonds apart at blues festivals in
Thunder Bay, Ontario; Sighisoara,
Romania; Sierre, Switzerland;
Kemi, Finland; and 2012s New
Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
To reserve tickets, visit
www.crossingsatcarnegie.com,
stop in to Crossings at 320 East
Avenue in Zumbrota or call 507732-7616.
Pine Island/Oronoco
PINE ISLAND SENIOR PROFILES
friends, playing sports
like to meet, living or dead: My
great-grandma, Jennifer Lawrence,
and Robin Williams
Favorite...
Book: Happy Ever After
Movie: The Final Season
TV show: Last Man Standing
Song: Springsteen by Eric
Church
be? Buy a cabin on Cross Lake.
Competitive
College/career plans: Go to
college, be a phy ed teacher in a
small town, and live in the counParticipants in the Southeast Service Cooperatives (SSC) Walking Sherri Citterman, Dorothy Walston, Chere Sellers, Traci Bauer, Sue
try with my family.
Challenge from the first place team in Pine Island are, front row, from Flotterud, and Becky Collins; back row: Samantha Leibold, Kortney
Name: Mikayla Goodman

Parents: Jason and Shelly
Goodman
Siblings: Michael and Maddie
Favorite class or subject: English
When Sarah fell off her desk.
Hobbies: Going fishing and
hanging out with friends and family.
like to meet, living or dead: James
Patterson and Nicholas Sparks
Favorite...
Book: Green Eggs and Ham
Movie: The Notebook
TV show: Melissa and Joey
Song: Barbie Girl
Name: Kira Ziegler
Parents: Fred and Sonja Ziegler
be? A custom made house
Siblings: Kyle Ziegler, 14
High school activities: Band,
Different
MLC, One Act Play, Culture Club,
College/career plans: To be- Art SCREAM
come a nurse
Favorite class or subject: English or Music
Music trip to New York City
Hobbies: Reading, writing,
downhill skiing, horseback riding
like to meet, living or dead: Maisie
Williams, Daniel Radcliff, Oscar
Wilde
Favorite...
Book: The Harry Potter series
by JK Rowling, Good Omens by
Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Movie: Pacific Rim, Spirited
Away
TV show: Marvels Agent
Carter, Parks and Recreation
Name: Rhianne Thomas
would
one of your first purchases
Parents: Willie Thomas and
be? A house, theoretically, but food
Kimberly Adams
Siblings: Hailey, Destiny, more realistically
Khyala, and Cody.
Kira
High school activities: FFA
College/career plans: Attend
Favorite class or subject: paintthe
University of Minnesota
ing
Best high school memory: Lis- Duluth for an undecided major in
tening to Turn Down For What the liberal arts.
in English class after a test.
Hobbies: Drawing, painting,
dancing, and writing.
like to meet, living or dead: Somo,
Selena Gomez, and John Cena
Favorite...
Book: Immortal Instruments and
the Vampire Academy
Movie: Pride and the Prejudice
and the Duchess
TV show: Vampire Diaries and
Fairy Tale
Song: Ride by Somo and His
Daughter by Molly Kate Kestner
be? A house.
Name: Laura Cragoe
Outgoing
Parents: Alex and Sherry
Cragoe
Siblings: Andrea Cragoe (older
sister)
High school activities: Soccer,
track, National Honor Society,
FCCLA, Art Scream, Culture Club,
math league, Roots and Shoots
(Environmental Club), SADD, and
4H
Favorite class or subject: I like
any math class (other than stats),
and I also like chemistry.
Best high school memory: It
would either have to be finally
beating Lourdes in the section
quarterfinal soccer game my junior year (the first time we had ever
won against them), or the journey
to the state tournament with our
basketball team sophomore year.
Name: Emily Kaul
I say the journey to state because
Parents: Joy and Brian Kaul
it was not just about being there, it
Siblings: Jacob and Mitchell
High school activities: Track was about all the games and pracand Field, National Honor Soci- tices that led up to it. It was so
ety, Band, 4-H, FCCLA, Art cool seeing the community comScream, Soccer, Pep band, Pan- ing together to support our team.
Hobbies: I love being active
ther Crew Leader
Favorite class or subject: Phy and doing things like soccer, basketball, softball, and running. I
ed or history
Best high school memory: also really enjoy painting, drawWinning Ultimate Frisbee junior ing/sketching, camping, reading,
sleeping, drinking coffee, and petyear
Hobbies: Hanging out with ting my cats.
like to meet, living or dead:
Johann Adam Birkenstock (the
Global
Family
Chiropractic
"The Power That Made

The Body, Heals The Body"
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Picnic Table Rental
Special Events Reunions Graduations
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left to right: Kari Nichols, Rikka Dick, Jessica Konik, Nancy Matzek,
Nicole Mentjes, and Missy Prange; middle row: Polly Ness, Jackie
Walter, Liz Boehmke, Beth Kohner, Carmen Garness, Abbie Broich,
Aeikens, Lynn Wiederanders, Kristi Wietecha, Kahla Jourdan, Catherine

Eayrs, Candy Finley, Kelly Barker, Jane Erickson, Lisa Daak, Matt Petersen,
Michelle Roberts, Peter Johnson, and Liz Wetzel.
Winning teams announced in Walking Challenge

Winning teams have been announced in the Southeast Service
Cooperatives (SSC) Walking
Challenge, in which nearly 800
members from 24 member organizations competed. 16 southeastern Minnesota school districts and
eight city and county members
participated in two separate stepsbased challenges. The Pine Island
team took first place. The remaining teams are listed in the order of
their ranking: Kingsland, Lake
wonderful maker of Birkenstocks),
Franklin Knowlton (my grandfather that I never got the chance to
meet), and Edward Christopher
Sheeran
Favorite...
Book: Enders Game by Orson
Scott Card and the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth
Movie: How to Train Your
Dragon and RED
TV show: The Big Bang Theory
Songs: Any song written by
Rend Collective or Ed Sheeran
be? Logically, I would pay for
my college education. Otherwise,
I would probably buy a few cats!
Zazzy
College/career plans: For the
past few years, I have really been
interested in architecture and interior design. I also really enjoy
chemistry and math, so I am hoping to explore these professions
more next year at a university. I
am still in the process of choosing
a college, but as of now, my plan
is to get into a professional architecture program at North Dakota
State University or the University
of Minnesota.
City, Hiawatha Valley Education

District, Lewiston-Altura, DoverEyota, Plainview-Elgin-Millville,
Mabel-Canton,St. Charles, Grand
Meadow, LeRoy-Ostrander,
Southland, Rochester, Stewartville,
Caledonia, and Cannon Falls.
Pine Island Wellness Coordinator Kahla Jourdan said, Our
walkers have sent me quite a few
notes thanking us for the program
and inspiring them to keep moving in the dark month of January.
They were eagerly anticipating the

update each week to hear our place
in the standings, and many of them
told me how they spent extra time
walking that last week to help us
with the final push to victory!
Wellness co-coordinator Kortney
Aeikens added, We had our endof-challenge celebration before the
results were in and people were
excited and asking how we did.
Comments like This was great,
and Way to go, were heard. Ive
gotten several emails from excited

participants and committee members that are ready to go next year!
The contest, which ran from
January 1 to February 2, was based
on the number of steps walked by
participating members. A trophy,
and an article in SSCs newsletter, The Cooperative Connection,
will be awarded to Pine Island
School. Certificates will be presented to all teams who participated.
February Panther Lunch Award winners

PINE ISLAND February Pine Island
Elementary School Panther Lunch
Award winners were treated to a
special lunch on Friday, February
27. Above are grades 2-4 winners,
from left to right: Lane Stapleton,
Zach Barker, and Sienna Renk. A t
the right are K-1 winners Mason
Hyde and Chayse Budensiek. Each
month teachers at the school
nominate one student from their
grade level to receive the award.
The awards go to students who have
been role models for respectful
behavior. Students have lunch with
the principal at a special decorated
table in the cafeteria and receive a
small prize. Parents are emailed a
letter of congratulations and a
picture of the lunch.
James Kroll of Oronoco among

poets selected for publication
Name: Ashley Westlake
Parents: Carolyn and Dave
Westlake
Siblings: Franklin (15) Joshua
(6)
High school activities: Orchestra, music listening contest, oneact play, all-school musical, Culture Club, Art S.C.R.E.A.M., National Honor Society
Favorite class or subject: Orchestra
Best high school memory: The
entire trip to New York for the
music trip
Hobbies: Playing my instrument, listening to music, watching Netflix, and playing Sims 4
like to meet, living or dead): Jennifer Lawrence, Florence Welch,
Chris Evan
Favorite...
Book: Goose Girl by Shannon
Hale, Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
Movie: Lord of the Rings trilogy
TV show: New Girl, Agent
Carter,
Song: Breath of Life Florence & the Machine, Shatter Me
Lindsey Stirling
be? College
Spectacular
attend the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire and major in secondary education with emphasis
on social studies while continuing to follow my passion in music.
ROCHESTER Poets from

across Southeastern Minnesota
have been selected to have their
work professionally printed in
a poetry anthology. Southeastern
Libraries Cooperating (SELCO)
hosts two poetry competitions, one
for adults and one for young writers. Reagen Thalacker, SELCO
regional librarian, said Poets
ranged in age from 14 to 93 this
year, and we feel privileged that
so many chose to share their works
with us and that we in turn can
share them with a wider
audience. Among the poets whose
work was selected for the anthology was James Kroll of Oronoco.
SELCO and all member libraries invited residents who live in
the eleven-county SELCO region
to submit original poetry to be
considered for the 2015 Poetic
Strokes & Word Flow regional

anthology. Entries were submitted in late fall 2014. After the initial deadline, two panels of judges,
made up of published poets, literary scholars, and educators were
convened for each poetry section.
The panels reviewed all entries
through a blind evaluation process in each competition and helped
to determine the final selections
for the anthology.
Poetic Strokes, the regional competition for adults ages 19 and up,
allow poets to submit a maximum
of two poems. Word Flow is in its
third year as the regional competition for youth poets ages 14-18
and limits poets to a single submission. Krolls entry was in this
category.
A total of 286 poems from 219
unique poets representing 40 com-
munities from all 11 counties in

the SELCO region were
entered. Of those, 55 poems were
selected for final inclusion in the
anthology.
Copies of the anthology will be
distributed in late March, just before National Poetry Month in
April. Poets whose poems are selected for the anthology will receive five copies. A single copy is
sent to each person who submitted poem(s) for consideration. In
addition, copies are sent to all
SELCO area legislators and the
Governor. Copies of this anthology plus all previous volumes can
be found at your local library.
A Poetry Bash will be held as a
capstone piece to this project on
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at the
Rochester Civic Theatre. More
information will be released at a
later date.
HOME SERVICES HAPPENINGS

PINE ISLAND Pine Island
Area Home Services serves the
Pine Island and Oronoco areas and
provides the following services
and events during the month of
March. Unless otherwise noted,
all occur at the Pine Island Senior
Center located at 109 3rd St. SW.
Services are available to adults 65
and older.
Shopping Trips: Walmart trips
scheduled on Thursday March 12,
at noon, and Tuesday March 24,
at 11 a.m., with lunch. Limited
seating/ reservation required.
Foot Care Clinic: By appointment only at the City Centre on
Wednesday, March 18. In-home
services are available for those who
have difficulty leaving home.
Exercise Classes: Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. Class incorporates gentle strength and
balance training, stretching and

fun. You can join this ongoing
class at any time and exercises
start at your ability. Weights are
provided for optional use.
Aerobics exercise classes: Fridays from 10:0010:45 a.m.
Blood Pressure Clinics: 11 a.m.,
second and fourth Tuesdays at City
Center in Pine Island, and 11 a.m.
on the first Wednesday at the Pine
Island Senior Center. There will
be no blood pressure checks at
Oronoco Community Center until April. Unable to leave home?
Call PIAHS to schedule an in-home
blood pressure check.
Upcoming Events:
Senior Forum: Thursday, March
26, noon, Dr. McBeath
Coffee with a Cop: The Goodhue
County Sheriffs Office will be
presenting on March 25 at 9:30
a.m. with their K-9 unit

Natonal Senior Health & Fitness Day is May 27
For more information or if you
are in need of assistance, please
contact our office. Check us out
and like us on Facebook. Phone:
507-356-2999. Office hours: MTh 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
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Section A of Two Sections

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 No. 9

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