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Wednesday, November 25, 2015 No. 47

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Pine Haven hosts expansion open house

By Nichole Lien
PINE ISLAND On Saturday,
November 21, Pine Haven Care
Center hosted a Dusty Shoes
Tour showcasing its expansion
project. Brian Hale and Wendell
Zwart gave tours during the day.
The Pine Haven Community addition will provide 34 resident
rooms to allow every resident to
have their own private space, as
well as two lounges, a chapel, dining room, an additional therapy
area to better accommodate shortterm rehabilitation and outpatient
therapy services, and enhanced
A photograph in the recent Dispatches magazine was of four East hospice suites with a family lounge
African students. The student wearing the Zumbrota-Mazeppa t-shirt is
Frank Alex. Ken Magnuson of Zumbrota first met Frank in 2013 during and meeting space.
Pine Haven Board Chair JoAnne
a visit to a school in a small Tanzanian village.

ZM t-shirt symbolizes
connection between
Tanzanian youth and
Zumbrota man
By Marilyn Anderson
ZUMBROTA While reading
the fall 2015 edition of Dispatches, the Overseas Adventure
Travel (OAT) quarterly magazine,
one particular story caught Ken
Magnusons eye. The Rest of the
Story Turning over a new leaf
for students in East Africa, focused on an area Magnuson had
visited in 2013. A picture accompanying the Dispatches article was
even more personal and meaningful for Magnuson. There, in a photo
of four students was 17-year-old
Frank Alex wearing a ZumbrotaMazeppa High School t-shirt.
Magnuson initially met Frank, a
young Maasai warrior, during a
visit to his tribal villages school
at the Tarangire area in northern
Tanzania. Seeing the picture of
Frank in the ZMHS t-shirt further
solidified their connection and now
two-year friendship.
Maasai village visit

Magnuson met Frank in the midst

of the two-week tour of Tanzania.
Each of the fifteen travelers spent
a day in the life of a Maasai
village. Besides learning some of
the tribes long-standing traditions,
Magnuson and others in his group,
visited Amboseli Primary School.
Classes, up through grade eight,
were held in three buildings. There,
Magnuson was paired with Frank,
then fifteen years old and in the
eighth grade.
Each student provided an overview of their educational program
and classes to their assigned traveling visitor. Frank told Magnuson
how students begin learning English in first grade. All of Franks
classes were taught in English after seventh grade with the exception of a Swahili class where students learn proper Swahili, similar to how an English class is taught

Judge-Dietz said the construction $350,000 fundraising campaign formation,

email
work is scheduled to be completed had been raised.
info@pinehavencommunity.org or
in January 2016. Prior to the open
To donate or receive further in- telephone 507-356-8304.
house, approximately 70% of the

Members of Pine Havens Fundraising Committee, Brian Hale (left) and Wendell Zwart, provided tours and
help answer questions during the open house (Fundraising Committee member Gene Rossow was absent).

in the United States. Frank showed

Magnuson some of his homework,
including mistakes he had made.
He also explained what he had
done incorrectly, and what he
learned from the errors.
During his visit at the school,
Magnuson noted that in contrast
to American schools, there were
no computers. Students had desks
and workbooks. A blackboard was
in the front of the rooms, and all
students were eager to learn.
Magnuson was also able to learn
about Franks family. Franks parents were poor farmers who
couldnt continue to support him
so he was sent to live with an uncle.
As a welder, manufacturing beautiful bed frames, the uncle, now
28 years old, has provided and
cared for Frank in addition to his
own family.
With education in rural areas
not provided beyond the eighth
grade, students wanting to continue their education must go to
boarding schools in larger towns,
costing beyond the meager income
of families such as Franks.
Magnusons meeting with Frank
had much more of an impact than
any person he had ever encountered on any of his other OAT
tours. With Franks hope of becoming an aeronautical engineer,
Magnuson has begun sponsoring
the young mans dream by financially supporting Franks education at a boarding school in the
Arusha area of northern Tanzania.

Pine Haven Care Center

Administrator Steve Ziller explains
the construction plans with tour
guests.

Acknowledging that he had

screwed up, the high school student promised to work harder. He
is very determined to get his education, explained Magnuson.
In the fall of 2014, Magnuson
decided to send some school supplies to Frank. After spending less
than $12 on supplies, he found it
would cost ten times that amount
to ship the package to Tanzania.
He contacted Grand Circle Foundation, the benevolent component
of OAT to see if there was a cheaper
way to send the package. Another
travel group was going to the area
after Christmas, and supplies could
go in suitcases with them.
With a local store going out of
business, Magnuson purchased
more supplies inexpensively to
send to Tanzania. He then made
one more shopping stop: the high
school to buy a Zumbrota-Mazeppa
t-shirt.
Upon seeing the picture of Frank
and three other students in the
Dispatches magazine, there was
no question that the school supplies and the t-shirt - had arrived
at the intended designation. Frank
was the student wearing the ZumT-shirt makes trip
Now seventeen years old and a brota-Mazeppa Cougars t-shirt.
high school sophomore, Frank is The future
Frank and Magnuson have been
excelling in his studies. With nearly
200 students in the sophomore able to arrange the means to comclass, Frank ranks fourth in the municate by telephone or email
class. However, he was ranked top occasionally. Franks uncles have
of the class the previous year. also participated in some of the
conversations, practicing their
English and providing additional
information about their lives.
With two years of high school
remaining, Frank is already thinking beyond - to college and his
goal of being an engineer. Knowing college will require more funding, Frank asked Magnuson, Will
you help me?
Magnuson has begun to explore
the possibility of scholarships in
the United States for the young
man he has befriended. As a University of Minnesota alumnus,
Magnuson began inquiring about
possible options there. He discovered that the fraternity he had participated in had a student from
Tanzania living in the new fraternity house on the St. Paul campus.
Further investigation led him to
the contact person in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The contact is from
with Frank Alex, 17, in Tanzania. Minnesota and a graduate of the

Ken Magnuson of Zumbrota meets

Magnuson has been helping sponsor Franks education.

This is the east entrance of Pine Haven Care Centers addition.

U of M Veterinary School. Now a

minister, the man has a visit planned
for the Arusha area where Frank
attends school. Who knows what
the future may bring to the tall,
lean, Tanzanian student?
OAT tours

Magnuson attributes his ongoing connection with Frank since

first meeting him to how OAT
tours are set up. Participants travel
in small groups of 10-16 people.
While the East African tour to
Tanzania includes visits to national
parks, the Serengeti plain and
Mount Kilimanjaro, travelers journey away from the frequently visited areas to spend time in small
villages, meeting the local residents. This segment, allows travelers to make personal connections as they visit villages, schools,
and homes where they have oneon-one interactions. Because of

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around the USA which was posted
online last week.
A caption for the photo reads,
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in 1869 and is one of the last covered bridges still standing in Min-

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its 25th annual Oratorical Contest
on Wednesday, December 2, at
3:15 p.m. in the Legion clubrooms
on 2nd St. SE across from the Pine
Island High School. Cash prizes
will be offered for the first three
places, with amounts depending
on the number of contestants.
The contest is open to students
in grades 9-12 in the Pine Island
area, and that includes
homeschoolers. The contestants
will be required to give an eight to
ten minute speech on the U.S.

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Now, when Magnuson reflects

back on previous tours, he becomes
emotional and wonders out loud,
How did I get put with Frank?
He tells of having gone to Peru on
a similar excursion and paired with

nesota. It crosses the Zumbro River

and is about 100 yards from its
original location in Covered Bridge
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Magnusons reflections

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the goal of the tour to travel off

the beaten path, Magnuson noted
that while accommodations are
not five-star hotels, the lodges are
clean and comfortable.
With the success of OAT tours
in focusing on cultural exchange,
the companys owners established
Grand Circle Foundation in 1992.
The foundation has since been a
way to give back to the world by
financially supporting the education of young people, including
building renovations and scholarships. A portion of the proceeds
of every travel adventure is donated to Grand Circle Foundation.

Constitution, focusing on the duties of the U.S. citizens. Three

judges will be ranking them, and
the audience is usually quite small.
The first place winner will qualify
to compete at the district level in
January and possibly win more
money. Pine Island students have
historically done very well at the
advanced levels.
The event is coordinated by Tom
Bollman, retired teacher at PIHS
and assisted by current teachers
Patrick Smith and Don McPhail.
Any of these men can be contacted
for more information.

a little boy. But it didnt have the

same impact on me.
When asked why he helps someone so far away, Magnuson responded, To me, it is like mission work. Just seeing the young
guy, with his big smile and so
friendly; knowing how bright he
was with no chance at all. I just
want to help.
Tanzania is one of the poorest
countries in the world. Tanzanias
diverse population was estimated
at 47.4 million (2014), composed
of several ethnic, linguistic, and
religious groups.
Magnuson also talked of the mix
of old and new traditions in the
village and throughout Tanzania.
While he saw a variety of churches
and religions, many Tanzanians
are Christians. However, tribal
traditions still play a role in religion. Education is an area that some
want to improve, including the
Maasai tribal chief for the area
Franks family lives (a region
smaller than Goodhue County).
The chief wants young people to
have the opportunity to be educated.
One of the most enlightening
parts of Magnusons visit to the
East African region was that the
people have nothing, but are happy.
They want the same happiness for
their families.

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

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Community Calendar .........
Obituaries ..........................
Opinions ............................
Sports ................................

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produce new topsoilthe thriving worms exhibit their warm

thankfulness.
For the muscles, sweat equity,
lifting, and hauling of slave labor
you Gardening Angels generously
supplymy Advil-soaked geriatric bones toast your continued
good health.
For the encouraging words, advice, compliments, and enthusiasm when Im drowning in sweat,
itching with heat rash, and seriously considering retirement you
are the uplifting wind beneath my
wings.
For the adoption of excess plant
materials from the garden to take
home, nurture, and grow in your
yard so I can try something new in
minethe overcrowded plants
appreciate your generous hospi-

tality.
For those who share treasures
from your gardens, or gift rare
plants to minemy grateful spouse
breathes a huge sigh of relief that
another Visa Card meltdown has
been averted.
For the readers of this column,
the publisher who prints it, and
the strangers who comment upon
it when we meet on the
streetthanks for allowing me to
share my favorite hobby and humor while keeping gainfully employed when not in the garden.
And for all, especially the Earths
Master Gardener, who bought into
the dream of a lifetime and invested heavily in it over the
decadesAmazing Grace breathes
a sincere, heartfelt THANK YOU!

Thanksgiving
As
The Worm
Turns
By Jeanne Truestedt

Sincere gratitude is hard to find

in todays society. Handwritten
thank you notes are even rarer.
But since Thanksgiving is just
around the corner, Id like to extend personal thanks to those who
have done so very much to make
the garden Amazing through
your Graciousness over the
years.
For the finely mulched leaves
(that take extra time, gas, bagging,
and then delivery in both fall and
spring) to blanket, protect, and

By Jan David Fisher

I am angry with/at NPR. The

in-depth coverage of the Paris
terrorists attack included an interview with a terrorist expert.
Later, I heard another interview
where the interviewer asked the
interviewee a question based on
the so-called expert as if the experts
opinion was a fully accepted fact.
No one questioned the interviewer.
What did the expert say? According to surveys of people about
these kinds of events, the victims
deserved to be wounded or killed!
The logic was that the French
people chose to ignore the Syrians and not accept them into
French society. Since they refused
to help or befriend the Syrians,
they got what they deserved. Further, the age group of the French
and the age group of the terrorists
was the same.

If you believe this BS, then you

need some lessons on world history. How many of you, dear readers, heard about the Beirut terrorist attack that occurred the day
before the Paris attack? No one
deserves to die in any war. Victims just happen to be in the wrong
place at the wrong time. Anyone
who tries to shift the blame of
killing from the killer to the killed
does not understand war.
Up until the beginning of the
20th century, war was often a spectator sport. That is, the civilian
population often got to watch the
battles without fear of being harmed
by either side. Gradually, the weapons of war increased their range
and scope. It became unsafe to be
a spectator. World War I introduced chlorine gas as weapon of
mass destruction. When it was
released, it killed every living thing
that breathed it in; men, women,
horses, dogs, etc. World War II
introduced the airplane bomber and
ended with the atomic bomb. Germany used rockets to attack Britain. Our B-25s and B-29s created

Together, lets plan a library

for the next hundred years
To the Editor:
In 2012, the Van Horn Public
Library Board commissioned a
community needs assessment in
regard to our current facility. A
number of issues with the current
library were identified.
We as a library board are dedi-

cated to providing a safe, welcoming space that offers computer

access for homework help, information gathering, and job searching. Our youth librarian plans story
hours for children in the very limited space in our lower level
childrens area. And yes, we still

Capitol
Comments
By Steve Drazkowski
MN Rep. District 21B

Recentlythe Minnesota Department of Revenue released the preliminary property tax levies set
by locally elected officials. The
news is not good for property
owners, as they show a $422 million property tax levy increase statewide a 5.35% increase.
Specifically, this statewide preliminary levy increase number
includes: $186 million in increased
levies projected by Minnesotas
schools - of which $92 million
was passed in K-12 levy referendums a 7.53% increase; $107
million in increased levies projected by cities a 5.24% increase;
and $105 million in increased levies
projected by counties a 3.73%
increase.
These are staggering figures
considering the hundreds of millions in new revenue invested in
our schools, Local Government
Aid (LGA), and county programs
over the past four years.
Last session, the Minnesota
House taxes bill made a significant effort to give taxpayers greater
control over their property taxes
through the Property Taxpayers

Victims are to blame

From
Devils
Kitchen

Ask local governments why

property taxes continue to rise

firestorms of death that wiped out

entire villages and towns in Germany. The two atomic bombs
dropped on Japan killed about the
same number of civilians as the
firestorms did in Germany.
Suddenly it was sad but inevitable to kill non-participants in any
battle. We have never truly forgiven ourselves. Never once have
I been told that the enemy civilians deserved to die because they
didnt stop their leaders or their
own background was too belligerent. Lately we have scaled back
our weapons to reduce the number of civilians killed. We havent
blamed the victims for being in
the way and, therefore, causing
their own deaths. In the past, we
have used civilians as a place to
hide and recover. Occasionally we
forget that, as we find the enemy
combatant hiding among the civilians. But we have never blamed
the victim for his own death when
we attack. If we accept this theory
of placing blame on the victim, To the Editor:
we will lose any sense of morality
Attending the Veterans Day
and honor. Until next week.
program at Pine Island High School
was a very moving experience.
Prior to that date, the elementary
school had hundreds of hand colored flag pictures (kindergarten)
to colorful drawn posters honoring veterans in their halls.
The high school program fea-

Empowerment Act. Under this

reverse referendum that empowers citizens, if in December it is
found that the certified property
tax levy for any city or county is
higher than it was during the previous year, taxpayers in that jurisdiction would have the right to
put the issue of their property tax
levy increase on the Election Day
ballot that following November.
If the local government convinces the public that the property
tax increase is justified and the
vote is in their favor, nothing
changes. The local governments
levy increase decision is sustained.
If the voters oppose the property
tax increase decision, the local levy
is reset to the amount that was
utilized by the local government
during the previous year.
Big government advocates will
counter that Minnesota should simply give local governments more
state subsidies which would, in
theory, eliminate the need to raise
anyones property taxes. This tactic
was utilized by an all Democraticled state government three years
ago, as $120 million was sent to
local governments for this purpose. Their plan failed Minnesotans.
According to the Certified 2015
Property Tax Levies analysis released by the Minnesota Department of Revenue, Minnesota
homeowners, business owners, and
farm owners are currently paying

$286 million more in additional

local property taxes when compared to 2014, which amounts to
a 3.4 percent increase - even after
the huge LGA and property tax
refund increases that the Democrats passed in 2013.
Its worth remembering that
these new property tax increase
numbers are preliminary. Once
citizens have weighed in, local
governments must set their final
2016 property tax levies by December 28.
If you are dissatisfied with rising property taxes, ask your locally elected officials why theyre
being increased. Dont simply
accept because were not getting
enough from the state as an answer. Why do they want more of
your money? Clearly some thought
went into the reason for the proposed increase, so find out some
specifics and determine for yourself whether local officials are
making the right call.
In 2016, The Minnesota House
will continue its push to pass the
Property Taxpayers Empowerment
Act into law. Handing hundreds
of millions more to local governments has not resulted in lowered
property tax rates, but empowering our citizens will.
State Representative Steve
Drazkowski (R-Mazeppa) is the
chairman of the Minnesota House
Property Tax and Local Government Finance Division.

Our youth are still patriotic

check out books, but the library of

the 21st century is really about
access to information. Our job is
to ensure that all citizens, regardless of age, gender, income, or
ability, have the same access to
that information, regardless of
format. For example, we have a
large selection of items in large
print and audiobook on CD format for senior citizens and/or individuals with deteriorating vision.
We envision a library that serves
as a community center a place
where we could host performances
and lectures, a space with comfortable chairs so that people can
relax and read, a space that is safe
and welcoming for all users, and
that provides room for public access computer stations, spaces for
children and teens, a wider variety of library materials, and an
appropriate staff work area.
In 1916, Pine Island looked
ahead and built a building to serve
citizens into the future. A hundred years later, we think its time
to think about what the library for
the next hundred years could be.
This discussion is less about a
building, and more about what we
want to support and promote in
the next hundred years. We invite
everyone in the community to stop
in for a tour of our current facility
and to ask our library director questions about how we provide services today, to look at the needs
assessment, and join with us in
envisioning a future of expanded
services, community gatherings,
and an investment in knowledge
that instills a lifelong love of learning. Together, lets plan a library
that will meet our communitys
needs for the next hundred years.
Library Board
Van Horn Public Library
Pine Island

tured a senior who completed basic training last summer and a

teacher who served in a war zone
previously. A lights-out video
on the wall plus a huge human
flag was very moving. The video
featured a President Reagan patriotic address. One-hundred plus
students in the bleachers created
the giant flag by holding large
sheets of blue, red, or white paper

in front of them. For not having

rehearsed it, it was very impressive. We senior citizens do not
have to worry about the generation of youth not carrying patriotic values. Thank you Pine Island students and staff for your
great program.
Don Buck
Zumbrota

Kittelson announces candidacy

for House of Representatives
GOODHUE On November 17,
Roger Kittelson of Goodhue announced his candidacy for the US
House of Representatives in
Minnesotas second congressional
district. He is seeking the endorsement of the Democratic Farmer
Labor party in his bid to fill the
current seat that is being vacated
by Congressman John Kline.
Kittelsons political background
includes two state internships and
one congressional internship when
he was a student at the University
of Minnesota. He was the Democratic Farmer Labor endorsed candidate in Goodhue County in 1982
running against incumbent Steve
Sviggum. Kittelson was the DFL
endorsed candidate in a run for
US Congress in Wisconsins sixth
congressional district in 2008.
During that race, he won a primary challenge by a fellow demo-

Roger Kittelson

crat.
His education includes a Masters Degree from the University
of Minnesota with emphasis in
agricultural economics and sta-

Military
Samuel Hanson graduates
from basic training
Army National Guard Pvt.
Samuel E. Hanson has graduated
from basic combat training at Fort
Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army
mission, history, tradition and core
values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in
basic combat skills, military weap-

ons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony,

marching, rifle marksmanship,
armed and unarmed combat, map
reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field
training exercises.
Hanson is the son of Laurie
Hanson of Wanamingo.

tistics, and a bachelor of science

with a double major in agricultural economics and political science, also from the University of
Minnesota. His professional career includes two years in rural
banking and 33 years in the dairy
industry, nine years with the USDA
and 24 years with various cooperative and private dairy companies.
Kittelson is the father of four
adult children and he has one grandchild.
During the past two months,
Kittelson has been meeting with
various Democratic Farmer Labor groups, labor representatives,
family business owners, and decided to get into the congressional
race due to his and their strong
interests in protecting our senior
citizens, urban and rural family
businesses, and workers from unfair trade deals. He also supports
a single payer health care system
to provide better health care at
lower costs to all of our residents.

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Obituaries

COTTAGE GROVE Daniel

A. Krier, 85, of Cottage Grove
died November 18, 2015 at United
Hospital in St. Paul.
Daniel was born on August 4,
1930, in LeMars, Iowa, to Alvis
and Marie (Kelleher) Krier. He
moved with his parents to Pine
Island at the age of three and graduated from Pine Island High School.
He married Marguerite L. Peloquin
on December 15, 1951, in
Ellsworth, Wisconsin. Daniel was
a 38-year employee of 3M and
retired in 1988. He and his wife
owned Welch Creamery Antiques
for many years. He loved wood-

working, fishing, and antiquing.

Daniel was preceded in death
by his parents; a son Kerry Krier;
a brother Thad; and two sisters,
Thelma and Shirley.
Daniel is survived by his wife,
Marguerite; children Paulette (Joe)
Fogarty of Stillwater, Jeffrey Krier
of St. Paul, and Veronica Nikki
(Gary) Haas of Hastings; twelve
grandchildren Gregory (Marnie)
Fogarty, Andrew (Kate) Haas,
Angela Weiland-Haas, Jennifer
Krier, Jamie Krier, Jeremy Krier,
Alvis Krier, Katherine Krier, Elizabeth Krier, Kelsie Krier, Daniel
Krier, and Josephina Krier; and
several great-grandchildren and six
honorary grandchildren, Andrew
(Kassie) NG, Paige NG, Jared NG,
Ashleigh (Derek) Maxson,
Courtney Davis and Melonie
Davis; along with many other relatives and friends.
The funeral service was held
Monday, November 23, at CaturiaSmidt Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 201 East Seventh
St. in Hastings, and it was officiated by Gordon Gathright. Interment took place at the Pine Island
Cemetery in Pine Island.
Casketbearers were Gregory
Fogarty, Andrew Haas, Jamie
Krier, Daniel Krier, Nicholas
Weiland, Mathias Weiland, and
Griffin Haas. Honorary bearers
were Dans granddaughters.

Willard Holm 1926-2015

GOODHUE Willard C. Holm,

age 89, passed away on Sunday,
November 15, 2015, at his home
in Goodhue.
Willard Carl Holm was born on
October 25, 1926, in Goodhue
Township, Goodhue County, to
Lars and Margaret (Luhman)
Holm. On April 19, 1946, he enlisted in the US Army and served
with the 49th Ordinance Medium
Maintenance Company stationed
in Sendai, Japan. While there, he
held the rank of sergeant, and was
lead forman in charge of fifteen
mechanics in the overhaul and
repair of all GMC equipment for
Northern Honshu. He was honorably discharged on September 19,
1947. On November 15, 1947, he
married Roberta Ann Gadient at
St. Columbkill Catholic Church
in Belle Creek Township, Goodhue
County. The couple resided in the
town of Goodhue, where Willie
used his sharp mechanical and
business skills to start, own, and
operate what would become Holm
Bros. Construction Company
(1953-2010). Willard started the
business with his brother, Wilfred
(Bob); later in partnership with
his sons Alan and then Willy. The
business began with a single piece
of road equipment and grew to
build over 700 miles of roads in
thirteen counties in Minnesota,
including the construction of Highway 58 from Goodhue through

Hay Creek, and the construction

of Highway 52 from Fountain
through Preston. Holm Bros.
Construction played a part in many
other local and civic volunteer
projects that benefitted the
Goodhue area.
Willie was a member of the
American Legion, the VFW, a lifetime member of the Elks Lodge,
the Goodhue Fire Department, a
charter member of the Goodhue
Lions Club, and a lifetime member of the Minnesota Contractor
and Engineers Society.
Willie especially enjoyed being a season ticket holder for both
the Minnesota Twins and Vikings.
He was an avid golfer and enjoyed
fishing and playing gin.
Willie is survived by his twelve
children: Alan A. (Catherine) of
Goodhue; Ann (Ned) Lance of
Rochester; Grace (John) Louks of
Hudson, Wisconsin; Karen (Bruce)
Albers of Goodhue; Barbara
(Larry) Lexvold of Goodhue; Susan (Tim) Macken of Rochester;
Therese Holm (Ed Lee) of New
York, New York; Julie (Lee)
Thompson of Red Wing; Willard
(Natalia) Holm Jr. of Zumbrota;
Sheila (Steve) Dicke of St. Paul;
David (Jodi) Holm of Hudson,
Wisconsin; Roberta (Tim)
Hazelroth of Lake Elmo; his brother
Wilfred Bob Holm of Red Wing;
his special companion Patricia
Rusch of Red Wing; 46 grandchildren; and 35 great-grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his
wife Roberta (2006), his sister
Mildred Deden and his brother
Walter Holm.
The funeral mass was held on
Thursday, November 19, at Holy
Trinity Catholic Church in
Goodhue with Reverend Randal
Kasel officiating. Burial was in
the St. Columbkill Cemetery.
Military honors will be provided
by the Bellechester American
Legion Post 598. Memorials are
preferred to Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Goodhue and the
Goodhue Historical Society.
Online condolences are welcome
at www.mackenfuneralhome.com.

raised four children. Linda worked

at United States Post Offices in
Goodhue, Red Wing, and Pine
Island. Lastly, she worked at the
post office in Lake City before
retiring in 2009. She was also an
Avon representative for many
years. She was an active member
of St. Johns Lutheran Church. She
enjoyed gardening, taking care of
her flowers, her pets, and most of
all her beautiful grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband,
Paul; four children, Cammy (Dave)
Kohutko of Lake City, Travis (Shannon) Betcher of Goodhue, Nicole
Betcher of Goodhue, and Scott
(Beth) Betcher of Lakeville; five
grandchildren, Madisen and Taylor Betcher, and Emelyn, Greyson,
and Oliver Betcher; two sisters,
Sandra Sandberg of Red Wing and
Diane (Dennis) Johnson of Cannon Falls; one uncle, Wilbert
Matthees of Red Wing; several
nieces and nephews; and extended
family and many friends. She is
preceded in death by her parents
and infant son.
A funeral service was held
Monday, November 23, at St.
Johns Lutheran Church, rural
Goodhue. Burial was in the church
cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to St. Johns
School. Online condolences may
be left for the family at
www.mahnfamilyfuneralhome.com.

ROCHESTER Beulah Ann

Oelkers Ahrens, age 88, died on
Sunday, November 15, 2015 at
the Golden Living Center West in
Rochester.
Beulah Ann Schumacher was
born on October 29, 1927, in
Chester Township, Wabasha
County, to Henry and Anna
(Lemmerman) Schumacher.
Beulah grew up on the farm and
attended school in Mazeppa. On
August 4, 1945, she married Arnold
Oelkers Sr. at St. Johns Lutheran
Church in Mazeppa. They lived
in rural Zumbrota on the family
farm and later moved to town.
Arnold passed away on April 14,
1978. On July 17, 1982, she married Walter Ahrens at Grace
Lutheran Church in rural Goodhue.
Over their twenty-two years of
marriage, they lived in Zumbrota
and Lake City. Walter passed away
in 2004. Beulah lived in Lake City
until 2010 when she relocated to
Golden Living Center West in
Rochester.
Beulah was a lifelong member
of Grace Lutheran Church in rural Goodhue.

Besides being a farm wife and

mother, Beulah worked at Zumco
and Rays Caf over the years.
She also worked as a cook at the
Zumbrota School, the job she said
she liked the best. When her health
allowed, Beulah loved to golf with
Walter and their friends. She also
enjoyed playing cards and traveling. She spent many hours on her
iPad reading Facebook and emails
from her family and friends,
Skyping, playing games and listening to her favorite music.
Beulah thrived at Golden Living Center and was known to take
the new residents under her wing.
She developed many wonderful,
loving friendships while there, not
only with other residents, but also
with families and the staff who
cared for her so lovingly.
Beulah is survived by her children, Arnold Jr. (Kathe) of
Waterford, Wisconsin, Steven
(Cindy) of Pine Island, David
(JoAnn) of Arcadia, Wisconsin,
and Carla (Jaime) MacLean of
Rochester; step-children, Vicky
(Terry) Boelter of Byron, Randy
(Vickie) Ahrens of Lake City and
Jean (Scot) Meyer of Lake City;
seventeen grandchildren; thirtyfive great-grandchildren; sistersin-law, Inez Brunner of Shakopee,
Marilyn Schumacher of Zumbrota;
and brother-in-law, Virgil Burfeind
of Red Wing.
Beulah was preceded in death
by her husbands, Arnold and
Walter; brothers, Walter, Alfred,
Levern, Lloyd and Henry; sisters,
Leona Weber, Mildred Lohman,
Norma Blastervold and Hazel
Burfeind; and her parents, Henry
and Annie Schumacher.
A funeral service was held on
Thursday, November 19, at Grace
Lutheran Church in rural Goodhue
with Pastor Jim Bourman officiating. Burial was in Zumbrota
Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Grace Lutheran Church.

PINE ISLAND Clara J. Henry,

age 93, of Pine Island, passed away
on Sunday, November 15, 2015,
at her home surrounded by family.
Clara Julia Sheppard was born
on July 30, 1922, to Joseph and
Laura Sheppard in Mantorville.
Clara graduated from Mantorville
High School in 1940. She married
John Thomas Henry on August
27, 1941 in Rochester. Clara and
Tom farmed in Cherry Grove
Township, Goodhue County. She
and Tom often went dancing in
the 1940s. Clara cared for Tom
when he was ill with emphysema
in the 1970s. After he passed in
1974, she sold the farm and moved
to Pine Island. Clara also worked
at Telex and Daytons from the
1960s to the 1990s. Clara met
Richard McGowan after she moved
to Pine Island; they traveled together, went dancing and married
on January 6, 1996. Clara believed
in being involved in the community. She served on the Pine Is-

Robert Bob Arlen Kruse, 83,

passed away peacefully on November 17 at the Ecumen Scenic
Shores Care Center in Two Harbors.
Born on November 6, 1932, in
Pine Island, Bob graduated from
Pine Island High School and the
Dunwoody Institute. Bob then
served in the United States Air
Force and was stationed in Alaska.
In 1954, Bob married the love of
his life, Gladys Constance
Connie (Olson). They were
blessed with two children, Roger
and Diane. Bobs grandchildren,
Mike and Katelyn, Mikes wife
Mariah, Katelyns son Quinn, as
well as the upcoming birth of Mike
and Mariahs twin sons were precious blessings in his life.
Bob spent much of his earlier

career in the auto body industry as

owner of RAK Body Shop in Pine
Island. He also worked successfully as an insurance adjustor. In
later years, Bob and Connie became property managers for several Twin Cities complexes before moving to Waterford Manor
in Brooklyn Center.
Bob was a faithful member of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and held several
positions, including teaching genealogy to church members at the
Family History Center. His faith
was immensely important to him.
Besides his parents, Rheinhold
and Bessie Mae Kruse, Bob is preceded in death by his beloved wife
Connie; his sister Betty (Pipho);
and brothers Richard and Orrin
Kruse.
He will be remembered with
great love by his son Roger Kruse
of Minneapolis; daughter Diane
Kruse of northern Wisconsin;
grandson Mike (Mariah) Johnson;
granddaughter Katelyn Johnson;
and great-grandson Quinn Johnson,
all of Silver Bay; sisters Janice
(Lyle) Yennie, Charlotte (Colin)
Glarner, Shirley (Jack) Kunz and
Patricia (Larry) Swee; as well as
nieces, nephews, and other loving relatives and dear friends.
A memorial service will be held
at the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints in Crystal on
December 5 at 1 p.m. Interment is
December 6 at 1 p.m. at the Pine
Island Cemetery.

SAN BERNARDINO, CA
Estella LaVone (Rachuy) Gertner
of San Bernardino, California, died
on Thursday, November 12, 2015.
She was born to Fredrick and
Amanda (Hochbaum) Rachuy on
September 26, 1923, at Westbrook.
Estella was baptized on October 14, 1923, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Rosehill Township,
Cottonwood County by Rev. August J. Wellnar. She was confirmed
on April 10, 1938 by Rev. Otto
Krueger at the same church.
She graduated from eighth grade
District 56 in July of 1937 in Cottonwood County.
She married Alfred F. Gertner
on December 10, 1941, at her parents home.
Alfred and Estella farmed together in Rosehill Township until
they moved to southern California in 1969.
Estellas favorite hobbies of
cooking, baking, cleaning, and
gardening/farming were useful as
she was a busy farm housewife
and mother of five children. In
California these hobbies were useful as she volunteered many hours
cooking for church activities and
feeding the homeless. Growing a
garden and maintaining her yard
continued to be a pleasure into
retirement. She worked in retail
clothing sales and for San Bernardino Unified School District in
the food service. After retiring she

spent endless hours doing embroidery and tying quilts.

She is survived by daughters
Geraldine (Robert) Thumann of
Zumbrota and Gaylene (William)
Swanson of San Bernardino, California; sons, Gordon (Crystal) of
Hesperia, California, and Glenn
of Apple Valley, California; ten
grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; sister-in-law Vera Rachuy
of Westbrook; and a host of relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by
her parents; her husband Alfred
who died on November 5, 1989;
an infant brother; brothers Elmer
and Melvin Rachuy, son Gerald;
grandson Kevin Thumann; daughter-in-law Elaine Gertner; and sister-in-law Vivian Rachuy.

land Methodist Council for many

years and was a member of the
American Legion Auxiliary. Clara
came from a close family of ten
children, and they often gathered
for holidays and birthdays. She
loved holidays and having her
children home. She decorated extensively for every holiday. After
Clara retired she made lots of banana bread and chocolate chip
cookies. She always wanted cookies ready for her two grandsons.
But the joy of her final years was
having a great-grandson; she
smiled every time she saw him or
a picture of him.
Clara is survived by her children, Carolyn Johnson, Richard
(Vonna) Henry, Bruce (Mary)
Henry and Cindy Henry; two
grandsons, Matthew (Liz Larson)
Johnson, and Ryan (Missy) Henry;
and one cherished great-grandson
William Henry.
Clara was preceded in death by
her parents; both husbands; four
sisters, Irene Streiff, Iris Scheisser,
Mavis Kienlen and Lois Salley;
five brothers, Herbert, Neil,
Howard, Floyd, and Marvin
Sheppard; and son-in-law Thomas
Johnson.
The memorial service will be
held on Wednesday, December 2,
2015, at United Methodist Church
in Pine Island with Pastor Carolyn
Westlake officiating. Following
the service the burial will be in the
Pine Island Cemetery. Visitation
will be for one hour prior to the
service at the church. Funeral arrangements are with Mahn Funeral
Home Mahler Chapel. Memorials are preferred to American
Diabetes Association or Pine Island United Methodist Church.

Gary Rehling 1945-2015

Robert A Kruse 1932-2015

Estella Gertner 1923-2015

Linda Betcher 1949-2015

GOODHUE Linda Jane

Betcher, 66, of Goodhue, died
Thursday, November 19, 2015 at
Seasons Hospice in Rochester.
She was born October 1, 1949,
in Red Wing to Alfred and Gertrude
(Matthees) Stemmann. She grew
up and attended St. Johns Lutheran
grade school then graduated from
Goodhue High School in 1967.
Following graduation she went on
to work for a few years at the S.B.
Foot Tannery. She was united in
marriage to Paul Betcher on April
17, 1971, at St. Johns Lutheran
Church in rural Goodhue. The
couple made their home in rural
Goodhue on her familys farm and

Clara Henry 1922-2015

Beulah Ahrens 1927-2015

Daniel Krier 1930-2015

PINE ISLAND Gary J.

Rehling, 70, of Pine Island, passed
away suddenly on Saturday, November 21, 2015, at St. Marys
Hospital in Rochester surrounded
by family.
Gary Joseph Rehling was born
on January 5, 1945, to Joseph and
Ruth (nee Yerke) Rehling in Red
Wing. Garys father passed when
he was young. His mother remarried Roger Raudabaugh, and Gary
was raised by his mother and stepfather in Pine Island. After graduating high school Gary worked
for several farmers in the area and
the R&W Pallet Shop. Gary met
Karen Young, and they married
on July 12, 1975, at St. Joachims

Catholic Church in Plainview.

They lived and raised their two
children in Pine Island. Gary started
working for the Pine Island School
District in 1989 as part of the custodial staff. After retiring in 2009
he was a member of the Mens
Club at St. Michaels Catholic
Church. Gary enjoyed being with
family (especially his grandchildren), gardening, canning tomatoes, putzing in the yard, playing
cards, hunting, fishing, and visiting with friends and neighbors.
Gary is survived by his wife of
forty years, Karen; daughter,
Heather (Greg Fitzgerald) Albrecht
of Oronoco; son, Brad (Bethany
Newman) Rehling of Pine Island;
seven grandchildren, Ellie, Lucas,
Emma, Ted, Brayden, Blake, and
Bennett; two sisters, Nancy (Dick)
Houghton of Red Wing, and Sandy
(Dave) Clement of Wanamingo;
and many brothers and sister-inlaws from Karens family.
Gary was preceded in death by
his parents; step-father; an infant
brother; and one sister-in-law.
The funeral mass will be at 11
a.m. on Wednesday, November
25, 2015, at St. Michaels Church
in Pine Island with Father Randal
Kasel officiating. Visitation will
be held one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, donations
to the family will be made to local
charities.

College
University of Wisconsin
Green Bay

GREEN BAY, WI Ben

Lindberg of Pine Island was recently initiated into the Honor
Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the
nations oldest and most selective
collegiate honor society for all
academic disciplines.

ing in London during the fall semester.

Iowa State University

AMES, IA The College of

Agriculture and Life Sciences
awarded more than 1,500 scholarships to students for the 201516 academic year. Among those
receiving scholarships were
Wartburg College
HaleyHinrichs of Goodhue and
WAVERLY, IA Benjamin Danielle Paulson of Pine Island.
Bogard of Oronoco is one of six
students who will be featured at Concordia College
the Waterloo Center for the Arts
MOORHEAD Grace Murray
Cedar Valley Biennial Student Art of Zumbrota is among students
Exhibition opening December 1 singing in the 89th annual
and running through February 12. Concordia College Christmas
The exhibition, in the Law- Concert. The concerts are at the
Reddington Gallery, is free and Memorial Auditorium at 7 p.m.
open to the public. A reception on December 4; 2 and 7 p.m. on
will be on December 9 at 5:30 December 5; 2 p.m. on December
p.m.
6; and then the musicians head to
Minneapolis for concerts at OrCollege of St. Benedict
chestra Hall at 6 and 8:30 p.m. on
ST. JOSEPH Megan December 10.
Monosmith of Pine Island is study-

Global
Family
Chiropractic
"The Power That Made
The Body, Heals The Body"

Troy Higley, D.C.

Palmer Graduate

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Goodhue
Wanamingo

Zumbrota

Neighbors

Oronoco

Mazeppa

Pine Island

KW nominates Strand and Bauer

for Minnesota Teacher of the Year
By Alicia Hunt-Welch
WANAMINGO The culmination of American Education
Week, November 16-20, at
Kenyon-Wanamingo Schools was
the announcement of nominations
for Minnesota Teacher of the Year.
Elementary music teacher Jan
Strand was nominated by K-6 principal Katy Schuerman and high
school Spanish teacher Anna Bauer
was nominated by 7-12 principal
Matt Ryan.
Minnesota Teacher of the Year
is sponsored by Education Minnesota. Nominations were accepted
from October 1 to November 15.
The selection of Minnesota Teacher
of the Year will be announced May
15, 2016. The teacher selected for
Winners in the Pine Island Peace Poster Contest are, from left to right, first place winner Alexandra Larson, Minnesota will then become a
second place winner Grace Rucker, and third place winner Hailye Voracek. In back are Mike Haider, Lions candidate for National Teacher of
chairperson of the contest; and Nadeen Lunde, Pine Island Lions Club President.
the Year.

Alexandra Larson wins Peace

Poster Contest in Pine Island
PINE ISLAND On November 16 it was announced that
Alexandra Larson, an eighth grade
student at Pine Island School, has
taken the first step in the Lions
Club International Annual Peace
Poster Contest by winning the local competition sponsored by the
Pine Island Lions.
Larsons poster was among fourteen entries submitted at Pine Island and 400,000 entries worldwide in the contest. Lions Clubs
International is sponsoring the
contest to emphasize the importance of world peace to young
people everywhere.

The poster was selected for its

originality, artistic merit, and portrayal of the contest theme, Share
Peace. Pine Island Lions Club
President Nadeen Lunde was
impressed by the expression and
creativity of all of the students
who participated at Pine Island.
She said Our young people have
strong ideas about what peace
means to them. Im so proud that
we were able to provide them with
the opportunity to share their visions.
She continued, Our club is
cheering for Alexandra as her
poster advances in the competi-

tion. Larsons poster will advance

to face stiff competition through
the district, multiple district and
international rounds of competition if she is to be declared the
international grand prize winner.
At the District 5M1 level, a first,
second and third place winner and
eight honorable mention winners
will be selected.
Also at the local Pine Island level,
Grace Rucker, a seventh grade student, was selected as the second
place winner, and Hailye Voracek,
sixth grade, was chosen as third
place.

Eighth-grader Alexandra Larsons winning Peace Poster.

Pine Island will vote on new

ZED facility in December
By Alice Duschanek-Myers
PINE ISLAND At the Pine
Island School Board meeting on
November 12, Angie Heiden provided updates about the Zumbro
Education District. The seven
member school boards in Blooming Prairie, Byron, Hayfield,
Kasson-Mantorville, Pine Island,
Stewartville, and Triton must vote
on building a new facility and the
location of the new building in
December 2015.
The superintendents from these
districts met with ZED and agreed
that all they could bear to spend
collectively was $13.3 million.
ZED is requesting that the school
boards approve spending $13.3
million for a facility. All seven
boards must approve the request
to build it.
In October, ZED board member Matt Prigge told the Pine Island School Board that the Triton
district maxed out its lease levy
for the next ten years. As a result,
the six other districts would pay
more up front, and Triton would
pay more at the end of ten years
for the facility.
Angie Heiden said this has
changed. Triton has their portion
of the money. If they do not use a
lease levy, they will use their general fund.
She said that because of space
limits, two students from other ZED
schools were turned down for services. Pine Island has a lower level

of students enrolled there, so this

will not happen to a Pine Island
student now.
Superintendent Tammy BergBeniak said all the details will be

Jan Strand

Strand was hired by Kenyon

Public Schools in 1994 and started
her career teaching music as a longcall substitute at the elementary.
She worked for the district that
year and has been part of the KW
Elementary team ever since. Strand
is a graduate of St. Olaf College in
Northfield, and she completed her
masters of education at Winona
State University.
In the nomination form principal Schuerman said, Jan Strand
invests in people! She cheerfully
fulfills her duties as an exceptional

Jan Strand, left, and Anna Bauer were nominated by Kenyon-Wanamingo

School for Minnesota Teacher of the Year.

music teacher and even more importantly, proactively seeks opportunities to lighten the load of
other teachers. She connects with
students and quickly builds trust
and rapport which enriches their
entire school experience. Her relationships are rooted in mutual
respect and high expectations for
student behavior and achievement.
Her calm, fun-loving demeanor
makes the KW Elementary music
room an excellent place to be!
Anna Bauer

Bauer is a graduate of KenyonWanamingo High School. She

earned her bachelors degree in
Spanish and education from the
University of St. Thomas, and she
completed her masters in educa-

tion at St. Catherine University.

Bauer was hired by KW in 2007.
In the nomination form principal Ryan said, Mrs. Bauer is a
teacher that builds quality relationships with her students. She is
a teacher leader at KenyonWanamingo High School and is
well respected by her colleagues.
Mrs. Bauer not only provides an
excellent learning environment in
her classroom on a day-to-day basis, but has gone above and beyond to provide opportunities for
students that will stick with them
well beyond their years at KW!
Anna Bauer is deeply invested in
KW Schools and is a valuable asset to the district!

Trucks are not to park overnight

in Goodhue-owned lots
By R.D. Aaland
GOODHUE The subject of
parking vehicles in undesignated
public parking was discussed at
length at the Goodhue City Council meeting on November 18.
People are parking both in private
yards and in city-owned lots that
are not designated as public parking.
The council will be mailing a
letter to truck drivers who park on
city-owned property, like the area
across from city hall. These are
areas that cannot be used as longterm parking.
Three different homeowners
were also mentioned because they
have several vehicles parked on
their yard or near their house, which
does not follow guidelines established in Minnesota Basic Code
71.08. These property owners will
be notified of the violations by the
Goodhue Police Department and
then issued tickets for these violations. Legally, one ticket could be
issued each day while the owner
is in defiance of the law. Police
officer Scott Curtis said that he
had spoken to two of the
homeowners.

a carport was denied, because of

lack of information. He will be
asked to reapply with more detailed plan and a picture of what
he would like to do.
The council approved the 2016
Goodhue County State Building
Code Agreement for next year.
Walking trail

Ken Blattner addressed the council about keeping the walking trail
open all winter. It was decided that
the city would use their pick-up
with a blade to remove snow on
the trail. This winter will be a test
to see if this will be continued to
future winters. Blattner said he
would install snow fencing to areas that might need help to limit
New Goodhue Police Officer Scott snow blowing across the trail.
Curtis is working to get parking
violators yards up to code.

County Road 9. The lots could

cost over $40,000 each, which is a
large increase since 2003 when
Goodhue last added new
lots. Further pricing and discussion will be held at the meeting in
December.
Permits

Building permits were issued

to Robert Wright to build a handiAt the EDA meeting, new twin capped ramp to his home.
A request by Russ Duden to build
home lots were discussed along
Twin home lots

Voth recovering

Public Works Director Steve

Voth is on light duty while he is
recovering from surgery. He is
busy make sure Goodhue continues to run smoothly. Goodhue issued letters to three homeowners
who are delinquent on their water, sewer, and garbage bills. If
their bills are not paid by November 30, the bill will be included
with their 2016 taxes.
The meeting regularly scheduled for December 23 has been
canceled.

ready for the school board to consider in December. Heiden said

the ZED does not want to spend
more on an architectural plan until the facility is approved.

A Cornerstone
Christmas (with pie)
Concert and Pie Fellowship
at Cornerstone Baptist Church
857 Rolling View Lane SE, Pine Island

Thursday, December 3
7:00 p.m.

St. Johns School holds

Peace Poster Contest

Choral, Vocal and Instrumental music

followed by a
Gospel message for
Christmas!

GOODHUE Winners were named in the Peace Poster Contest sponsored

by the Goodhue Lions Club at St. Johns Lutheran School in rural
Goodhue. This years theme from the worlds largest service organizition
was Share Peace. From left to right: first place winner Elissa Lodermeier,
daughter of Rick and Katie Lodermeier; second place winner Ryan Voth,
son of Dave and Jill Voth; and third place winner Cassandra Hinsch,
daughter of Mike and Ann Hinsch. As a first place winner, Lodermeiers
poster has been sent to the next level of competition which will be in
early December in Rochester. All three of the winners will be invited to
a regular meeting of the Goodhue Lions Club in March of 2016 where
they will receive an award from the club.

Concert to be followed by a homemade

pie a la mode fellowship!
All Free. Everyone Welcome.

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Pine Island/Oronoco
Oronoco reminds residents to check
water temperatures in cold weather

Jacob and Tracy Barsness browse holiday gifts made by Pine Island High School students who are raising
funds for their Italy and Greece trip. PI students are, from left to right, Michael Quintero, Morgan Van
Houten, and Kelsie Krier.

PI Holiday Expo held Nov. 21

By Nichole Lien
PINE ISLAND The 7th annual Pine Island Holiday Expo was
held on Saturday, November 21,
at the Pine Island High School
gymnasium. Event co-planners
Sharon Stucky and Jeanne
Rasmussen reported that over 48
vendors were on site providing
something for everyone including home dcor, crafts, cosmet-

ics, doll clothing, health and

wellness, and more.
Stucky said, We like to offer
our participants and buyers to come
and shop without having to worry
about parking and traffic, and be
able to shop local with the largest
variety of vendors we can offer.
We do not offer more than one
vendor of a specific company,
however we never limit the number and types of homemade prod-

ucts, as individuals create individual and unique pieces. She

said that if there was a vendor that
a buyer was looking for but did
not see, let them know so they can
try and have that vendor participate next year.
For more information on Pine
Islands Holiday Expos, go to their
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By Alice Duschanek-Myers
ORONOCO On November 17,
the Oronoco City Council reviewed
the cold weather water procedure
for Oronoco residents. In cold
weather residents must check their
water temperature. If the temperature of water coming from the tap
is 40 degrees or lower, residents
must run their water.
In the cold weather water policy,
if a resident does not follow this
procedure the city is not responsible for any damage to residents
pipes. The council discussed sending out notifications to remind
residents.
Councilors said there should be
additional water usage at the residence if the procedure is followed.
Oronoco dam update

The Oronoco dam is scheduled

to be removed this winter. Tree
removal and cleanup are under way
in the Garden Park as part of the
restoration of the area.
Mayor Kevin McDermott recommended requesting to keep one
of the Tainter gates from the dam.
It will be stored and added to a
historic display that will be developed. The council approved his
request.
ePayments

The city council approved a trial

of making government office epayments available for residents
to pay fees and bills online. This
is a free service to the City of
Oronoco. All the fees are paid by
customers. The fee is under 3% or
a maximum fee of $1.50 for each
transaction.
Old city shop update

The city is discussing whether

to spend $20,000 for mold abatement, to replace the building for
$30,000, or to burn/demolish the
old city shop building.
Representatives of Americas
Best Cleaning & Restoration Services in Rochester attended the
meeting. City staff have been
moving items from the old shop
to the new shop. The Americas
Best representatives cautioned the
council about halting this practice, because there were very high
levels of several types of mold
Nicole Mentjes and Jen Wernau shop at Andres and Katie Gonzalezs jewelry table in the Pine Island High
School gym.

PI approves agreement with

Goodhue County Sheriffs Office
By Alice Duschanek-Myers
PINE ISLAND On November 17, the Pine Island City Council approved a three-year agreement with the Goodhue County
Sheriffs Office for law enforcement services from January 1, 2016,
until December 31, 2018.
In the new agreement the city
will pay the GCSO $302,474 in
2016, $308,524 in 2017, and
$314,694 in 2018. This includes a
2% increase each year. The costs
will be paid in equal monthly payments, beginning on January 1,
2016.
The GCSO patrols and provides
about 126 hours of law enforcement services weekly in Pine Island.
2016 preliminary budget

The council reviewed a preliminary summary of the 2016 budget. In the summary, the revenues
in the General Fund are projected
to total $2,258,706. Projected
General Fund expenditures total
$2,258,706.
In the 2015 approved budget
the citys taxable tax capacity was
$1,694,345. The levy totaled
$1,614,880. The tax rate was
95.31%. The property tax on a
$100,000 residence was $953.10;
and on a $350,000 commercial
property was $5,956.87.
If the budget is approved, the
tax levy will increase 16.26% in
2016. The citys taxable tax capacity (to be verified with assessors) is estimated to be $1,819,287.
The citys levy would total
$1,877,465. The estimated tax rate
will be 103.98%. The property tax
on a $100,000 residence could
increase to $1,031.98, an increase
of $78.88. The property tax on a
$350,000 commercial property
could increase to $6,449.87, an
increase of $492.99.
Highway 52/East Frontage Road
reassessment

Property owners Forward Alma

LLC objected to an assessment of
$277,867.78 for the Highway 52/
East Frontage Road improvements.
Forward Alma filed an appeal in
the Goodhue County District Court.
Two payments were made on the
special assessment, which were
deposited with the court.
A settlement was proposed on
October 20, 2015 and an agreement was signed by the City of
Pine Island and Forward Alma.
The city agreed to reassess the
property to conform to the agreement. The special assessment was
reduced to $40,000. The payments
to the court will be released and

Forward Alma will pay the balance of the assessment to Goodhue

County within 30 days of their
receipt of the councils adopted
reassessment resolution. A copy
of the reassessment will be sent to
Goodhue County Assessor.
Revision of Pine Island
loan programs

The council approved restructuring the Pine Island Micro-Loan

Program that is administered by
the EDA (Economic Development
Authority). The program was renamed the Microenterprise Development Loan Program. The micro-loan program was comprised
of funds that were not restricted
by state or federal restrictions. To
create a more efficient program,
the federally restricted funds from
the Pine Island Revolving Loan
Program will now be used to fund
the unrestricted Microenterprise
Development Loan Program.
The council approved keeping
the guidelines from the micro-loan
with some changes. The loan parameters were changed to a minimum of $1000 to a maximum of
$25,000 for the microenterprise
program. The $25,000 maximum
complies with state micro-loan
statutes. Borrowers must abide by
the federal low-moderate income
requirements for employees to
receive funding, because of restrictions on the federal funds included in the microenterprise loan
fund. A $50 application fee and a
1.5% origination fee for loans exceeding $5,000 were added to the
guidelines.
The council approved restructuring the current Pine Island Revolving Loan Fund. It was renamed
the Pine Island City-Wide Development Loan Program. Previously
the Revolving Loan program had
funds with federal restrictions.
These funds will now go into the
new Microenterprise Loan Fund.
The Pine Island Spruce-Up program funds will now be redirected
to the City-Wide Development
Loan Program with most of the
same guidelines. The loan parameters were changed to a minimum
of $5,000 and a maximum of
$75,000 for projects that dont
exceed $300,000 or 25% of total
investment for projects above
$300,000. The Pine Island CityWide Development Loan Fund will
not include federal funds that have
restrictions. A $50 application fee
and a 1.5% origination fee have
been added to the guidelines. The
EDAs recommendations require
that all applications must have the

equal opportunity statement.

The council approved revisions
to the original resolution adopted
on September 20, 2011for the
Spruce-Up Program. Along with
the revisions of all the loan programs, this program was approved
to be funded by the City-Wide
Development Loan Program. The
EDA administers these loan programs. The EDA recommended
that all guidelines of the SpruceUp Program are upheld with the
funds coming from the Pine Island City-Wide Development Loan
Program. The council approved
the EDAs recommendation.
Other business

Dana Fogarty was appointed to

serve on to the park board.
Street superintendent Todd
Robertson reported the waste water treatment plant could be receiving the Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency (MPCA) award
for compliance in 2015. Final paperwork is being submitted. The
parks are winterized. Plowing
equipment and other equipment
is being readied for winter. There
is a new drain in the city shop in
response to OSHA (Occupational
Safety and Health Administration)
requirements. The water main
under Bio-science Drive has been
covered with more fill to insulate
it against freezing. Additional repairs were made to gate valve boxes
there.
City administrator David Todd,
accounting clerk Carol Krueger,
Mayor Rod Steele, and Mayor protem Gerald Vettel were approved
as the current official signatories
for the City of Pine Island-Evergreen Place 4M Investment Fund.
The city must have access to the
monthly statements to reconcile
the accounts for the City of Pine
Island.
The council authorized the city
clerk to certify delinquent water/
sewer bills and miscellaneous
charges (like, mowing) to Goodhue
and Olmsted Counties for 2016
taxes. There were 23 Goodhue
County and 13 Olmsted County
delinquent water/sewer bills. Two
assessments were certified to
Olmsted County for mowing.
The council extended an application for a conditional use permit (CPU) for Lindsey Geier for
60 days for planning and zoning
to make a recommendation to the
council. Geier wants to open a small
family-run kennel business on her
property on County Road 11NW.
The council will consider the CUP
in December.

that are active in the old building.

They said the molds will be transferred to the new facility on everything that is moved if the appropriate processes for cleaning
are not followed first.
The council discussed the possibility of burning the building with
Fire Chief Dan Sundt. Sundt and
First Responders Director Jeff
Allhiser said there would need to
be a training opportunity, like rescue training, for the fire department to burn the building down.
If demolished, the materials can
be disposed of at landfill site.
No decision was made about
the old city shop at this time.
Personnel

Councilor Skyler Breitenstein

recommended shortening the time
intervals for employees to qualify
for increases in personal time off.
He said the goal is to increase and
recognize employee longevity. The
council approved changing the
intervals from ten and twenty years
to five and ten years. The council
is also continuing to investigate
options to offer health insurance
to employees.
Councilor Ryland Eichhorst said
the change is appropriate in a time
with more turnover and to improve
retention. Councilor Trish Sheilds
said she liked this idea.
The council discussed the need
for public works coverage on Fridays. Breitenstein said the coverage has become a necessity. It is
discussed with employees when
they are hired. He said it is important to have it in the policy manual.
Sheilds agreed. The council affirmed that it is in the policy. One
of the public works staff will work
the same hours as the city staff on
Fridays.
The council approved increasing the spending limit for Sandy
Jessen, Mayor Kevin McDermott,
and
Vice-Mayor
Skyler
Breitenstein from $500 to $1,000
for emergencies.
The 2015 payroll for councilors McDermott ($2,700),
Breitenstein ($2,400), Sheilds
($2,400), Beau Hanenberger
($2,400), and Ryland Eichhorst

($2,400) was approved. The council also approved increasing pay

for meetings from $48 to $60 beginning in January 2016.
Water meter for contractors

The council approved installing a locked water meter for billing on the west side of the city
hall/community center for construction contractors to use. Contractors have been taking free access to water around Oronoco
without permission. The meter will
be purchased and installed as soon
as possible. There will be at least
a $250 fine for using any other
city water source in Oronoco.
Other business

The council approved assessing nine delinquent water charges

that will be certified to Olmsted
County. The county will add a $25
fee to each of the property tax bills.
Two requests for deferments will
be considered.
Oronoco and Pine Island are
continuing discussions of a waste
water treatment facility. Eichhorst
updated the council about meetings about a regionalized facility
and possibilities for bonding.
An ordinance defining the allowable size of accessory buildings on residential properties was
recommended by Planning and
Zoning and approved by the city
council.
The council approved amendments to the city code regulating
solar energy collection systems
within the city limits.
Eleven building permits for
improvements and demolitions
were approved.
The 2016 Community and Economic Development Association
contract was approved. Minnesota Mayors Association dues ($30)
and League of Minnesota Cities
dues ($1,561) were approved.
Oronoco will receive a capital
credit refund check of $913.40 from
Peoples Energy Cooperative.
The council approved of public
works spending $5,000 for the tree
removal bid. The purchase of a
72 or 84 snow blade for the citys
Bobcat was approved.

Van Horn plans Little Free Libraries

By Alice Duschanek-Myers
PINE ISLAND In her report to
the Pine Island City Council on
November 17, librarian Morgan
Hansen said that the Van Horn Library is working on a plan to install
five Little Free Libraries in the Pine
Island and Oronoco area. The plan
is to have the mini-libraries constructed by area youth in shop classes,
as an Eagle/Boy Scout project, or in
a Community Education workshop.
Donations will be collected to purchase materials. The Little Free Libraries will be installed this spring
in parks and yards.
A Little Free Library is a community book exchange program.
Anyone can take a book, and replace it with another to share. The
goal of the program is,to promote
literacy and the love of reading by
building free book exchanges worldwide, and to build a sense of community as we share skills, creativity, and wisdom across generations.
The little exchange libraries became popular when Todd Bol in
Hudson, Wisconsin put a little red
schoolhouse full of books in his yard
as a tribute to his mother, a teacher
and book lover. He went on to found
the now global nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging communities to read. The take a book,
return a book community book
exchange received a literacy award
from the Library of Congress in 2015.

The original goal was to create

2,150 Little Libraries and surpass
the number of libraries founded by
Andrew Carnegie. In September
2015, there were more than 32,000
registered Little Free Library book
exchanges in all the 50 states and
over 70 countries around the world
that shared over one million books.
Other library news
The One Town One Title planning committee decided that the
theme of the librarys 2016 series
will be wilderness/survival stories.
They are working on selecting the
title and how to more intentionally
collaborate with Pine Island Schools.
This could require planning joint or
parallel programming.
Bill Sanborn resigned from the
library board. The board is accepting applications for a new board
member, and will vote on a candidate to recommend to the city council at the November library board
meeting.
The library has 150 signatures on
the petition of public support for a
new, larger facility to send to the
city council and mayor. The goal is
at least 500 signatures. There are
boxes to sign a paper copy of the
petition at City Hall, Better Brew,
and the library.
The library hosted a Halloween
scavenger hunt this year. Twenty
families attended.

Civil defense
Civil Defense Director Wayne
King reported that the Flood Control Committee is looking for more
areas that can take the fill from the
Zumbro River that will be removed
in their dredging project in 2016.
The committee will also get together
and construct some sandbag fillers.
He reported that Zwart Park is
under construction. A larger parking area is being developed for the
park. Sand was removed, and new
base materials were added. The old
cemetery gates were installed, and
dirt was added to stabilize the area
for side panels. Scott Zwart created
some emblems he is donating for
the park gates.
Sentence-to-Serve crews have
been cleaning along the river for
development of a road to get equipment into the area and clean out the
river. They will work as long as
weather permits.
King was able to get data from
the river monitors on the web at
http://www.weather.gov/arx/
pine_island_monitor. There is a userfriendly design. Two of the sensors
will be replaced next year.
The city emergency sirens were
tested and are functioning properly.
King is working with City Engineer Craig Britton to develop the
area coverage and cost definitions
for the Future Development Siren
fee.

Gold Rush donations benefit community

By Alice Duschanek-Myers
ORONOCO At the Oronoco City
Council meeting on November 17,
Skyler Breitenstein said, The Gold
Rush Committee approved $27,000
to $28,000 of donations to the community this year. This would not be
possible without all the volunteers
that worked on Gold Rush. Its truly a
real benefit to the community.
The 2015 Gold Rush distributions
are:
$8,500 City of Oronoco for 4th
of July fireworks and National Night
Out
$200 Flowers around town
$2,200 Garden Park cleanup for
the wooded park and establishing a
path
$500 Additional lighting on the
City of Oronoco sign
$2,500 Oronoco Food Shelf
$1,000 Oronoco Presbyterian
Church/ $250 for youth programs
$1,000 Grace Lutheran Church/
$250 for youth programs
$1,500 Pine Island Area Home
Services
$2,000 Oronoco Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) for Donald Baker,
pancake chef
$1,500 Oronoco Fire Department
for a winch
$2,000 Oronoco First Responders for a Stokes Basket and rope bag
$1,000 Oronoco VFW Auxiliary

$500 Oronoco History Center

$500 Oronoco Cemetery Association for fence
$500 Oronoco Senior Center
$100 Boy Scout Pack #69
$500 T-Ball Kids
$1,000 Civil Air Patrol
$500 Zumbro Watershed Partnership
Oronoco Fire Department
Chief Dan Sundt reported that the
fire department has the new fire truck.
They have been inspecting it, tightening things up, and installing equipment on it. Some items for the truck
are back-ordered and have not been
delivered. On November 24 it will go
to Schad-Tracy for the lettering and
body designs. The new hose is also
back-ordered. The department will
wait and not take hose from another
truck. It can be used to answer calls
for car accidents.
The fire department received a
$2,000 technology grant from IBM
from the Employee Community Service program. Sundt said, IBM is a
good community partner. The grant
will be used to add a laptop in the new
truck and other technology. He said
getting the truck has been an exciting
event for the department which has
waited to purchase a new truck for
years. Sundt has not received all the
bills for the truck to turn into the City
of Oronoco.

There were no fire runs in November. The council approved the fire
departments $4,885 payroll. In December Fire Department officers will
be elected.
First Responders
Director Jeff Allhiser reported that
the First Responders went on four
runs in the township and five runs in
the city.
Election of officers was held in
November to allow new officers time
with the experienced officers. The First
Responders elected Jeff Allhiser (director), Nate Winkles (assistant director), Toni Allhiser (secretary), and
Tim Winkles (training officer).
Allhiser said the responders would
receive some funds from the Byron
Snow Bears grass run. They would
like to purchase a Stokes Rescue Basket. The Gold Rush Committee approved funds for the rescue basket,
so the funds from the snow bears can
be used for something else.
The council approved the First
Responders $5,438 payroll.
Allhiser told the council that Pat
McGovern, Director of the Emergency
Operations Center (EOC), would like
to purchase two $600 scene lights that
could be used by other departments,
too. The fire department has purchased
some of these lights. There is $1,800
in the EOC budget. The council approved the purchase.

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Zumbrota
Zumbrota is becoming a destination for shopping and arts
By Marilyn Anderson
ZUMBROTA At a time when
many small towns across the state
and nation are struggling to maintain their shopping districts competing with larger cities, retail
chains, and large sporting and art
venues Zumbrota is holding its
own. In fact, several local business owners talk of patrons who
regularly come to Zumbrota from
a radius of 50 miles or more. A
recent visit by a textile artist brought
people from as far away as Texas
(See separate story in this weeks
issue).
The transformation from a town
known for having Minnesotas only
covered bridge to also being known
for its art venues and unique shops
has not happened overnight. During the past several years, several
downtown business owners have
met to organize events, including
Rock the Block and Shop the
Block, as a way to promote their
businesses and attract customers.
Now, several local business owners have organized formally to
continue to promote and grow
Zumbrotas business and art identity.

The Zumbrota Independent Business

Alliance was recently organized.
One of the first things they formally
did was create a logo.

support independent businesses.

Posters, signs, and flags are available to promote the day.
Community Development Director Dan King commented on
the town becoming a destination
for businesses and the arts. It is
great to see all the businesses work
together, he said. It is good to
have local shoppers, but those from
outside our community are also
needed. King said the arts have
an exponential impact to other
businesses. He described an upcoming event that will bring people
to the area. Zumbrotas Covered
Bridge is one of ten sites chosen

Zumbrota Independent
Business Alliance

members of the Zumbrota Independent Business Alliance gather at Luya on Wednesday, November
As over a dozen business own- Several
18, to discuss promotional events for the remainder of 2015. From eft to right, seated: Sandy Evans (All in
ers coordinated on these events, Stitches), Stacy Drenckhahn (Beelighted, Artify), Mike Brengman (Main Street Pharmacy), Marie Marvin
they sought a way to formally or- (Crossings at Carnegie); standing: Roxanne Bartsch (Wild Ginger Boutique), Connie Hawley (Luya), Kris
ganize. A seminar was held in May Ferguson (Phenomenal Woman), Bridget Rostad (Bridgets Caf), Chris Busby (Busbys Hardware & Furniture),
2014 in Zumbrota to learn about and Brenda Lerum (Flowers on Main).

the American Independent Business Alliance, or AMIBA. Wild

Ginger Boutique owner Roxanne
Bartsch said the representatives
presentation resonated with us
as to what the organization could
do for us. The local group agreed
several months ago to organize
under AMIBA. We felt AMIBA
fit with what we needed to help us
become a more formalized group,
Bartsch said.
AMIBA is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping communities become more self-supporting and fostering a culture that
values and supports independent
business and local entrepreneurs.
It also helps communities begin
to operate an independent business alliance of their own. As a
result, the local group now operates as the Zumbrota Independent
Business Alliance, or ZIBA. Their
logo was recently approved, and
the group continues to meet to share
ideas and plan promotional events.
Arts and more

Valerie McCarty, publicist at

Crossings at Carnegie, has been
watching what is happening in
Zumbrota. She said, Zumbrota
is beginning to burst as a center
for the arts, and cited the recent
opening of Artify on Main Street,
the expansion of the State The-

atre, and work of the Zumbrota

Area Arts Council (ZAAC) as all
contributing to the growth of arts
in the community. The newly organized ZIBA hopes to enhance
this success even further.
McCarty said Zumbrota has
turned into more of a destination
town. We offer something Rochester cant duplicate. People love
the service and quality that you
cant find in large towns and large
stores. She added that people from
other small towns are in awe of
what we have here.
Brigida Travo, who buys and
oversees the Crossings shop, said
that in addition to people from
Zumbrota, they are seeing more
who have appointments at Mayo
Clinic Rochester coming to Zumbrota as a day trip to shop, eat, and
enjoy.
Bartsch said Wild Ginger Boutique also easily draws customers
from a 50-mile radius, including
the south metro. She believes Zumbrota businesses are really lucky
to have the customer base they
do, partly because of Rochester
in our backyard.

Street. Since it was the last meeting in 2015, they also celebrated
their time together and accomplishments with a potluck.
As the group gathered after their
work day, members shared feedback they have received from customers recently. Chris Busby of
Busbys Hardware and Furniture
said, I hear a lot from customers
about how well we all work together. Shop and restaurant staff
tell customers what other businesses to visit while in town. Brenda
Lerum of Flowers on Main agreed.
Everyday I have people coming
in we have never seen before,
she said. We promote each other.
You dont compete; you support.
If I dont have something in my
store that a customer is looking
for, I send them to another such as
Main Street Pharmacy. I have had
a sales representative tell me You
should carry this. But I know the
line is carried by another local
business so I wont add it.
Connie Hawley of Luya shared
an email she had recently received.
Included was the comment, we
were in your shop last weekend,
ZIBA meeting
3 girls from Iowa. Anyway I am
Ten members of ZIBA met spreading the word about your
November 18 at Luya on Main store.

Much of the ZIBA meeting consisted of members sharing what

they are doing and what they are
planning to do to promote their
businesses and the town. They
talked of the success with the recent visit by textile artist Kaffe
Fassett. Stacy Drenckhahn of
Beelighted and Artify said an addition to Main Street was coming
soon. An eight-foot-tall gnome
with a covered bridge and
rosemaled Welcome will be
standing between her businesses.
She said it likely will become a
photo opportunity for visitors.
The importance of Small Business Saturday scheduled for November 28 was reviewed. Small
Business Saturday is described as
an American shopping holiday held
the Saturday after Thanksgiving
in the midst of two other holiday
shopping promotions featuring big
box retail and online shopping
Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Small Business Saturday, first observed November 27, 2010, encourages holiday shoppers to patronize businesses that are small
and local. The day was conceived
and promoted by American Express. Bartsch stressed the importance of people shopping local to

Internationally known textile artist

draws a crowd to Zumbrota
By Marilyn Anderson
ZUMBROTA On November
8 and 9, internationally renowned
textile artist Kaffe Fassett drew
people to Zumbrota from as far
away as Texas in what was one of
only eight stops on his American
tour. On November 8 at the State
Theatre, his lecture, Glorious
Color, was sold out weeks in advance. Thirty participants for a
class held the following day at All
in Stitches Quilt Shop were chosen from a drawing due to the number of people wishing to attend.
Kaffe Fassett was born in California and has resided in England
for several decades. His work,
which has a considerable following, is best known for his colorful
designs in the decorative arts.
Fassett has toured several countries, lecturing and giving workshops. His presentations highlight
works from his latest projects, including patchwork quilt, fabric;
and needlepoint, mosaic, painting and knitting designs.
As an author of more than thirty
books, Fassett concentrates on
teaching the color and design stages
of craftwork rather than the construction stage. In addition to books,
he has hosted television and radio
programs in England. Brandon
Mably, Fassetts studio manager,
accompanied him and participated
in the events. Mably has worked
closely with Fassett many years,
but also brings his own unique
style of design and color.
Sandy Evans, owner of All in
Stitches and coordinator for
Fassetts visit, said the 270 people
attending the lecture included
people from all over. It was amazing. They came from places such
as Texas, Michigan, Chicago, and
western states. Some people who
hadnt been able to get tickets for
the lecture or class came to Zumbrota anyway. One person traveled from Michigan just wanting to see the place.
Evans was worried whether
everything would be satisfactory
for Fassetts visit. The day he ar-

Solid waste
disposal still
being determined
By Tawny Michels
ZUMBROTA The Zumbrota
City Council meeting on Thursday, November 19, included a forty
minute presentation from Goodhue
County engineer Greg Isakson and
Minnesota Pollution Control
Agency (MPCA) solid waste representative Sig Scheurle. Both gave
a brief overview of the ongoing
discussion regarding all Goodhue
County solid waste being processed
in the Red Wing Facility.
The hope from Mayor Rich
Bauer was that Scheurle could
explain the legalities from MPCAs
perspective. Council decided to
table a decision until after the
Goodhue County meeting on
Monday, November 23, in the hope
that the Zumbrota Solid Waste
Committee will have enough information to choose which option
they will go with to process the
citys solid waste.
I would encourage you to get
behind the county and support their
efforts with this plan, Scheurle
said. It is in the best interest of
this county for one hundred percent of the waste to go through the
Bench Street Landfill.
The plan, which has been discussed over the past few months
at council meetings, would involve
sending all waste from Zumbrota,
and Goodhue County, to a facility
currently owned by the City of
Red Wing. Goodhue County has
been discussing this for many years
and has been weighing the benefits and concerns of an ordinance
mandating all solid waste be processed within the county.
Mayor Bauer made it known
that fees in this facility are significantly higher than area landfills. This drives up the price our
residents have to pay for solid waste
removal, he said. This was just
one of the concerns expressed by
council.
What is the environmental
impact of bringing everyones
waste to one location and burning
it, Sara Durhman asked. If all
waste in Goodhue County goes
there, that is a significant increase
than just burning the waste from
Red Wing alone.
Scheurle explained that the biggest environmental impact is pollution related to transporting all
the waste, but this was not factored into the decision on whether
this plan is a good idea or not.

Textile artist Kaffe Fassetts lecture and class on November 9-10 drew people to Zumbrota several other
states. On Monday, November 10, Fassett taught thirty students in the All in Stitches event room.

rived, Fassett wanted to visit the

State Theatre. Evans said, He
plopped down in a chair (in the
seating area.) He looked around
the theatre and said he loved the
colors and the patina of things that
are older. Fassett also told Evans
that in England people arent so
quick to tear down and get rid of
old buildings.
At the end of his stay Evans
told him about the Art on Main
event and fundraising for the theatre expansion. She said,He
opened his billfold and handed me
some cash and asked that it be put
towards the fundraising. He said
more towns should be doing things
like this.

ing the Zumbrota Independent

Business Alliance (ZIBA) meeting November 18 (see separate
article this week), business owners Marie Marvin of Crossings and
Roxanne Bartsch of Wild Ginger
Boutique described long checkout lines of buyers. Kris Ferguson
at Phenomenal Woman was just
slammed with the volume of customers.
Brenda Lerum of Flowers on
Main said she had a customer selecting project paper with a Wildcat theme and colors. Lerum commented on the success of the
Goodhue Wildcat football team
this fall, and the customer replied
that she was from Texas and didnt
Impact on local businesses
know about that team. The
Several businesses had Sunday womans daughter attends a school
hours to accommodate people com- with a Wildcat mascot and the same
ing for the Fassetts lecture. Dur- school colors of purple and white.

Evans described how events such

as the recent Fassett visit are becoming the way to draw customers to a venue or businesses. Shoppers are always looking for new
ways and new experiences, she
said. A fashion show held at the
State Theatre earlier this year also
drew a crowd to Zumbrota. Evans
said another marketing technique
is Shop Hops, with buses bringing shoppers to a certain type of
shop in four to six towns. However, Shop Hops result in 50 people
stopping in a town for only about
an hour.
Bartsch said she sees Zumbrota
having a great energy. Im really
happy with what has happened to
our town. With events and themes,
it gives everyone something to do
to promote and organize around.

to be part of this years Explore

MN statewide Scavenger Hunt
Checkpoint MN. A temporary
Checkpoint MN sign will be installed for participants visiting the
sites. Visitors then snap a photo
of themselves and the sign to submit for eligibility for prizes. Explore MN is the states travel and
tourism agency. The event takes
place in December and January.
Although the present local business and arts community is drawing a growing customer and visitor base, the importance of continuing to succeed was stressed.
Bartsch said, We are looking for
someone to join us. There is the
opportunity for more unique shops
to complement those already in
town.
An informational meeting for
businesses that are interested in
joining ZIBA will be held early in
2016. Questions can also be directed to Roxanne Bartsch at Wild
Ginger. Businesses do not need to
be located in the downtown area
to join.

4-H
Aspelund Ever-Readies

By Billy Henslin
The Aspelund Ever-Readies 4H club met on November 9. The
meeting was held at the Aspelund
Church. Thirty-nine members were
in attendance.
We worked on our service
project which was making fleece
blankets for the children at the
Ronald McDonald House in Rochester. Members also turned in their
completed 4-H records.
Our next meeting will be held
on Sunday, December 6, at 3 p.m.
at Heritage Hill in Wanamingo.
We will be caroling and playing
Bingo with the residents. We also
we will be collecting toys for the
Toys for Tots collection.

The other concern, as was made

evident by a citizens opinion on
lead and mercury from the incinerator, is the total air emissions,
he said. He went on to explain that
while lead and mercury are likely
to be emitted into the air from the
incinerator, it will not be to the
degree that has been expressed.
He assured council that as far as
MPCA knows at this time, it is
completely safe to use the location.
Isakson gave a brief explanation of Goodhue Countys back
and forth debates on going this
route. He made it clear that one of
the reasons they finally agreed to
the idea is because they took the
old incinerator usage out of the
equation.
The overall plan is to get rid of
the old landfill, although Scheurle
did say that there will still be a
need for landfills. They will just
be a lot cleaner due to this new
plan to separate hazardous material and burn it to ash and using
other areas as a source of electricity through boilers with the Xcel
Energy facility.
Other business

Council was given the new sewer

and water budget plan and asked
to review it before the December
3 public hearing and December
17 budget and levy recertification.
The council approved:
The contracts with Advanced
Disposal and Gibson Sanitation.
An ordinance amending city
code section 51.06, to allow for
two commercial licenses in the
city rather than one.
The renewals of 2016 tobacco
sales licenses to area businesses.
It passed 4-0-1, with Guilty Goose
co-owner Sara Durhman abstaining.
The plan to certify delinquent
utility bills to 2016 taxes, with the
stipulation that those with delinquent bills have until the end of
the year to go to city hall and pay
the bill.
A request from Police Chief
Patrick Callahan to sell a forfeited
vehicle that the Zumbrota Police
Department obtained for $1,450.
A request from Callahan to
pursue the reduction in redemption period on tax-forfeited property. The property at 225 Mill Street
has been the cause of numerous
911 calls and the neighbors have
started to complain. If approved
for the reduction, the city could
take over the property in five weeks,
rather than having to wait until
May of 2017.
Council set a public hearing for
the 2016 fee schedule. The hearing will take place December 17
at 6:05 p.m.

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Zumbrota

Wanamingo

Christmas Tour of
Homes is December 5

KW Middle School Students of the Month named

ZUMBROTA The Zumbrota

Area Historical Society is hosting
its sixteenth annual Christmas Tour
of Homes on Saturday, December 5, from 12:30-4 p.m. Four
homes are featured and will be
decorated for the holidays. They
are the homes of Dick and Yvonne
Myran, 470 West 3rd Street; Pete
and Karolin Lex, 839 Golfview
Avenue; Lori Hinz, 1108 West 4th
Street; and Matt and Laura Schliep,
41766 190th Ave. The Schliep and
Hinz homes are featured in this
weeks issue.
The History Museum, located
at 55 East 3rd Street, will be open
from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. for the
public and tour attendees to see an

exhibit of The Lost Art of Hand

Work Vintage Linens, Lace, and
Quilts.
Tickets for the tour will be sold
at Main Street Pharmacy through
December 4. Patrons who purchase their tickets by December 4
will have their names placed in a
drawing for a chance to win a $25
gift certificate to Main Street Pharmacy. On the day of the tour, tickets
can be purchased at any of the
homes on the tour, the United
Redeemer Christmas luncheon, or
the History Museum. As has been
custom in the past, attendees will
remove their shoes while touring
the homes; bags will be provided.

By Alicia Hunt-Welch
KENYON On November 13,
Kenyon-Wanamingo Middle
School students who were selected
by their teachers as Students of
the Month for October were honored at a breakfast and recognition ceremony. The students and
their families were invited to attend. Grades 7-12 principal Matt
Ryan said the event is new this
year and is part of the Positive
Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) program.
For the past couple years PBIS
was used in the elementary school.
The program is now moving into
the middle school setting. Students
were chosen for their qualities displayed at school such as work ethic;
being responsible, respectful, and
safe; showing kindness to others;
and adding to the positive environment at KW.
September Students of the Month

Lori Hinz
1108 West 4th Street
In 1938, Lee and Clarence tiful garden, and raised three chilGerken rented the Ole Olson farm, dren there.
and that included living in the little
The Westlakes purchased the
house, as it was called because home and updated the spacious
of the big house next door. The kitchen with new cabinets and
place was considered to be in the flooring, and updated the porch
country before Highway 52 was with flooring and windows. The
built.
home has a mission-look wood
When Gary Gerken and his two trim, and a colonnade separates
sisters were still young, he remem- the living room and dining room.
bers being happy when his par- This house may seem small, but it
ents bought the Olson farm and has big house features.
moved into the big house. The
Lori Hinz purchased her home
Watts family, relatives of the about five years ago. Her favorite
Olsons, bought the little house. room is the porch. A special feaThey in turn sold it to a Crawford ture of the home is her mothers
family. Around this time, running collection of wooden houses all
water and sewer were installed and along the top rail in the kitchen
the front porch was enclosed to and dining area. Hinz will have
enlarge the house. The Tuve fam- her home decorated for the holiily bought the house, installed an days with a beautiful tree in the
attached garage, maintained a beau- porch as you enter the home.

Matt and Laura Schliep

41766 190th Avenue
Matt and Laura Schliep pur- kitchen turning into what is now
chased this farm-house and out- the dining room.
buildings in 2004 from Matts
The yard surrounding the house
grandparents, Herb and Mildred is very spacious and decorated to
Schliep. Also living here is their adorn this beautiful farm setting
15-year-old daughter Ryle, who with large cottonwoods. With a
is a freshman at Zumbrota- flair for decorating, Laura has exMazeppa High School. Being built pressed a country-living theme
in the 1920, this home has had a throughout the home to give it that
number of owners.
old-time, cozy feel. Her extensive
Various structural changes have Christmas decorations will likebeen made to the home, but it still wise give that same warm ambiretains its original quaintness. ance of country living.
Remaining original to the home is
For those of you who missed
the woodwork, some of the doors, the News-Record article about
the pantry, bathroom, kitchen cabi- surrounding early communities,
nets, and the hardwood floors up- the Schlieps will have on display
stairs. Structural changes include pictures and articles about White
converting the back porch into the Willow. This small community was
master bedroom, moving the on County Road 6 about one mile
kitchen to a room that was once a from their home. The old school
spare room with a small corner house, which was converted into
powder room, and the previous a home dwelling, is still there and
can be seen from their property.

In October, a recognition was

held for students honored for September. The teachers names are
on the left and grade levels are in
parentheses:
Nicole Boyum Daniel
Lawrence (5), Natalie Lankford
(5)
Rachel Cline Alex Vold (6),
Rachel Nesseth (6)
Cheryl Dahl Alex Lee (5),
Sophia Poquett (5)
Shane Eggerstedt Alissa
Traurig (5), Armani Tucker (7)
Heidi Hanson Tyler Haasnoot
(7), Cody Gross (8)
Jeffery Kuball Gaidge Blanck
(7), Summer Brewer (8)
Mandi Kyllo Abby Degroot
(6), Elliot Olson (6)
Laura McAnally Seth Kyllo
(7), Esmeralda Arevalo (8)
Lisa Nelson Aisha Ramirez
(7)
Sarah Ohm Madison Greseth
(7), Kaia Johnson (8)
Blair Reynolds Bryanna
Schmitt (6), John Smith (6)
Stephanie Schumacher Clay
Stevenson (7), Isabelle Patterson
(8)
Kirby VanDeWalker Grace
Vierling (5), Joel Helland (5)
Jeff Wibben Sierra Belcher
(7), Xander Blauer (8)

Photos by Alicia Hunt-Welch

KW seventh and eighth grade Students of the Month for October with some of the teachers who selected
them are, from left to right, front row: Graant Courson, Chris Makowiecki, Madison Thompson, Xitlalic
Mendoza, Elizabeth Ramirez, Brianna Ryan; middle row: Michael Harty, Taylor Zylstra, Daniel Benrud,
Arlette Becerril, Mrs. Heidi Hanson, Mrs. Stacy Quam; back row: Mrs. Claire Larson, Mr. Jeff Wibben, Mrs.
Sarah Ohm, Cera Crouse, Julianna Boyum, Reese Wallaker, Mr. Kuball. Not pictured: Luke Berg, DaiMond
Sykes, and Alan Clouse.

KW fifth and sixth grade Students of the Month for October with some of the teachers who selected them are,
from left to right, front row: Lucas Brezina, Ashley Rechtzigel, Peyton Cole, Alan Grimmel, Nicoli Mork,
Alexus Holley; middle row: Onyka Lopez, Serenity Marquardt, Josi Quam, Neveah Gresseth, Gage Thompson,
James DeWitt; back row: Ms. Mandi Kyllo, Joshua Schmidt, Adrianna Kruse, Mali Crouse, Mrs. Rachel Cline,
Mrs. Nicole Boyum and Mrs. Stephanie Schumacher.

ZM High School names fall ROAR Award recipients

ZUMBROTA Zumbrota-Mazeppa ROAR Award (Respect Optimism Appropriateness Responsibility) recipients for the fall were named on
November 19. From left to right (grade level in parentheses) are Scarlet Weber (10), Miles Klotz (11), Hayden Stensland (9), Amaya Huneke (9),
Alison Hunstad (8), Luke Schoch (12), Breana Haag (12), Jacob Bennett (10), Hailey Grudem (7), Soren Helleyer (7), and Grayson Thede (8). Not
pictured: Bethany Renken (11).

Zumbrota Shop the Block held Nov. 20-21

By Tawny Michels

ZUMBROTA Sisters Rachel and Lisa Ecker wait for Phenomenal Women
employee Cindy Ramirez to ring up their purchase during Zumbrota
Shop the Block, held November 20-21.
Chris Busby stands by one of the many trees displayed inside Busbys
Furniture and Hardware during Shop the Block.

Wild Ginger employee Debb Gorman wraps gifts during Shop the Block.
I have the best job, she said. I find wrapping gifts very relaxing.

Inga Jentsch and Nathan Brengman welcomed guests at Main Street

Pharmacys Holiday Open House that was held during Shop the Block.
Cookies, coffee, free calendars, and a drawing were available for
patrons.

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Goodhue

Wanamingo

Goodhue Lioness Tour of Homes is Dec. 5

GOODHUE The Goodhue
Lionesses are having their annual
Tour of Homes on December 5
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The proceeds are used to help fund various projects in and around the
Goodhue community.
This year the lineup includes a
very charming little home in
Goodhue that has been totally remodeled and updated; from there

the tour will take us out of town a

bit. It will include a home in the
historic ghost town of Belvidere
Mills. Located on the former Art
Diercks farm, the home is now
owned by their daughter Donna
Qualle. In Belvidere Mills you will
see the former general store still
standing, along with remnants of
a creamery from the past, but not
visible from the road. Also featured are the homes of Dave Pud

and Deb Gnotke and Rich and

Peggy Mehrkens. They are also
located in a beautiful hill and valley area of Belvidere Township.
Along the way you will cross the

Wells Creek and see a barn decorated with a unique barn quilt. Since
this may be an unfamiliar area to
many, a map will be available for
your convenience.

Kenyon-Wanamingo High School secretary Holli Gudknecht, left, and

elementary school media center paraprofessional Roxy Rolstad were
named KW Staff Members of the Year.

Gudknecht and Rolstad

honored at KW School on
American Education Week
Dave and Deb Gnotke
34680 240th Ave
The Dave and Deb Gnotke home rage and deck were added. The
is located on the original Christ only remodeling to the home has
Alms property. Debs father, been the addition of a four-season
Melfred Dahling, purchased the porch with a fireplace and a new
farm in the mid-1960s. It was rented maintenance free deck, added in
to several people until Pud and 2012.
Deb moved there in 1973 from
As their nest became empty, one
their first home in Lake City. They bedroom on the walkout end of
purchased an acreage from Debs the lower level became Debs fadad and built their home in the fall vorite roomher sewing and quiltof 1981. John Matthees Construc- ing studio! You will find her work
tion was the builder. The house scattered throughout the house. A
was started in September, and they visit in the summer would display
moved in in November after do- another one of Debs favorite hobing a lot of work themselves at bies, flower beds and gardens. Dave
night while the kids were asleep. has a full-time retirement job of
An empty fuel oil barrel prompted mowing their three acres of lawn
the early move-in as they did not and working in his man cave
want to fill it again!
shed. They also raise roosters in
Their home is a two-bedroom the summer which they freeze for
walkout rambler with open living yummy winter suppers.
space facing the west. The baseTheir small home in the counment was finished throughout the try was the perfect place to raise
winter, with an additional two their two children, Heather and
bedrooms, bath, and family room. Ross, and they are glad when they
An open stairway adds to the feel return with the four grandchildren,
of openness in the house. In the especially at Christmas time.
summer of 1982 an attached ga-

Donna and Jay Qualle

34273 Wells Creek Trail
Donna Diercks Qualle grew up years to come.
in this house. Qualles grandfaQualle remembers growing up
ther, John Diercks, purchased the in this house. Her mother always
property in 1904. Her father, liked the Christmas season the best
Arthur, purchased it from his and they had a tree decorated with
mother and raised his family there. glass ornaments and many cookThe current house was built in 1949 ies. Visitors could not leave withafter a fire destroyed the old one out having some rosettes and other
in 1948. Donna purchased the assorted cookies, a tradition she
house and 45 acres of the original still carries on today. Each year
homestead in 1990. At one time Qualle and a group of her friends
there was a general store, black- gather in their shop, heated with
smith shop and a flour mill on this wood, and fry up batches of roproperty. After a number of years settes. Any visitors who show up
being used as a weekend retreat, on cooking day go home with a
Qualle moved home in 2009. full bag.
Many hours were spent in restoHer past houses were decorated
ration, cutting back the tree growth with old and new furnishings and
around the buildings, making trails interesting finds from sales. At
through the woods, and designing Christmas, each room is decorated
the many gardens that surround with a theme in mind from a lifethe house. It is labor of love and a time of collecting ornaments, glasswork in progress. Qualle and her ware and china. This year the outhusband Jay had their wedding in side was a nature inspired design.
the existing barn last year and hope We hope you come and leave into have many parties in it in the spired!

By Alicia Hunt-Welch
WANAMINGO In celebration of American Education Week,
November 16-20, KenyonWanamingo Principals Matt Ryan
and Katy Schuerman recognized
high school secretary Holli
Gudknecht and elementary school
media center paraprofessional
Roxy Rolstad as KW Staff Members of the Year.
Holli Gudknecht

Gudknecht started working for

KW Schools in November of 2001.
Principal Ryan said, She is beginning her 15th year, and over
the course of her time at KW she
has become a critically important
member of the KW staff.
Gudknecht has worked with four
high school principals and three
superintendents during her time
at KW. Ryan said, Through these
transitions and changes at KW High
School, Holli has been a key factor in maintaining stable and consistent support for students, parents, teachers, and administrators.
Ryan continued, Holli plays
such an important and valuable
role in our success as a high school.
She is so knowledgeable about
everything that takes place in the
building, from the master schedule to supporting individual student and teacher needs. She has
become a go-to person for me as
Ive made this transition to the
high school principal position and
I feel fortunate to have her expertise to rely on. Holli is a hardworker who values the positive
relationships she has with students.
Roxy Rolstad

Richard and Peggy Mehrkens

35549 Wells Creek Trail
Richard and Peggy Mehrkens try with some Amish furniture to
purchased the farmstead from add to the charm. Special feaMaynard and Donna Vieths in tures of this property are the Wells
1987. Although the original two- Creek meandering through, quite
story house was destroyed by fire close to the old barn, and being
in 1976, you will be amazed to see tucked neatly between the hills.
the original barn, built in the late The view in autumn has to be spec1800s, still standing today.
tacular! Come see this house and
A country style rambler with a enjoy the beauty of late fall and
walkout basement replaces the old early winter.
house. The dcor is mostly coun-

In 2009, Rolstad was hired as a

bus driver for the district.
Schuerman said, Just two years
ago, she was also hired by KW to
run the media center. She brings
Kyle Poncelet Elia Phernetton
106 N. 5th St.
This charming single family wood floors on the main level and
home was built in 1950. Travis a wood burning fireplace. The
and Lana Huemann and family house has three bedrooms and two
purchased it in 2014; they stripped baths, one of which was added
it and the entire family spent many with the remodeling. The new
hours on a total remodel. Kyle owners were able to choose some
Poncelet and Elia Phernetton pur- of the finishing touches, such as
chased the home about a year ago, window treatments and cabinet
in 2014. It still has much of the hardware.
original charm, including hard-

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Goodhue FCCLA drive

collects 860 pounds of food
GOODHUE Did you know
that one in ten households in Minnesota struggle with hunger daily?
Fourteen percent of homes in
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ester has sponsored a student food

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student food drive is an effort conducted by high schools in the Channel One service area to collect and
donate food to their area food
shelves. This is the fifth year that
Goodhue FCCLA has coordinated
these efforts within Goodhue Public School.
This years efforts were led by
senior Taylor Larson, who worked
with chapter members and school
staff. In addition to a classroom
competition, special days were
held. For example, Monday was

Cheesy Day, Tuesday was Soup

Day, Wednesday was Italian Day,
Thursday was Can Day, and Friday was People for Peanut Butter
Day.
First grade students led the collection with 143 pounds. In the
high school, seniors collected 160
pounds of food. On October 26,
the FCCLA chapter participated
in We Scare Hunger and collected 150 pounds. All told, the
school collected 860 pounds of
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American Education Week

Schuerman said American Education Week is a perfect time to

celebrate all the hard work and
dedication each staff member and
teacher puts forth for the students.
In a message to all staff on November 20, she said, KW students are lucky to have such creative, energetic teachers and staff
helping them learn each day!
Ryan thanked all teachers and
staff members for what they do on
a day-to-day basis for each student and the district in general.
Providing a quality education for
our students takes the talents and
energy of many, many people and
is truly a team effort, he said.
With a new administration in
place, Superintendent Jeff Pesta
said KW Schools is emphasizing the contribution of all staff
members during American Education Week. In addition to submitting nominations for Minnesota Teacher of the Year and a
Staff Member of the Year from
each school site, Pesta said a special focus will be placed on teacher
appreciation each spring.

EDA recognizes
Maple Island for
local commitment
By Alicia Hunt-Welch
WANAMINGO The City of
Wanamingo and the Economic
Development Authority recently
recognized Maple Island, Inc. for
its significant contributions to the
community. At the EDA meeting
on November 16, city administrator Michael Boulton shared highlights with directors of the EDA
for the selection.
Maple Island has put nearly $30
million into the Wanamingo facility in the past two years: $13
million into a building expansion
and $16 into equipment upgrades.
The company has also committed
to hiring about fifteen more fulltime employees. Maple Island has
been in Wanamingo for decades.
The official ceremony honoring Maple Island and other business throughout the county was
held on October 7 at the Goodhue

County EDA Summit. Each community was able to recognize one

business. In our area, Kenyon selected Kenyon Ag, Pine Island
honored Total Farming, and Zumbrota the News-Record. Representatives from each city and the businesses were publicly recognized
at the summit with certificates of
appreciation.
Boulton said another topic of
discussion at the summit included
county roads, workforce housing,
workforce analysis, broadband
connectivity, and regional growth.
Berquam ends term on EDA

The board accepted the resignation of Jennifer Berquam as an

EDA director. She is serving on
the board as a representative of
the city council but is moving out
of town and will no longer be eligible to serve on the council or
EDA. She said, Ill miss the town
and miss everyone.
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7:00 p.m. and the business meeting to follow at 8:00 p.m., on
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1. To receive reports from the Board of Directors and
management covering the business of the Cooperative for
the previous fiscal year; and
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boundless energy and creativity

to her work at school, both in the
media center and on her bus.
Schuerman described Rolstad
as, masterful at creating excitement in the media center and getting students interested in books.
She develops personal relationships with every child and happily adds extra responsibilities to
her day to help increase student
success. From dressing up as a
favorite book character to hosting
camping parties to celebrating reading success with students, Roxy
uses a growth mindset to make
the elementary media center a great
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Churches
ROLLING MEADOWS MENNONITE
CHURCH, Belvidere Town Hall, 2
miles north of Bellechester on County
2, Pastor Aaron Witmer, 651-9234240. Sundays: 10 a.m. Sunday
School; 11 a.m. Worship; 7 p.m. Hymn
Sing every fourth Sunday.
ST. MARYS CATHOLIC, Bellechester, Father Paul Kubista. Sunday
mornings: 8:30 a.m. Mass. Tuesday
and Thursday mornings: 8 a.m. Mass.

GOODHUE
HOLY
TRINITY
CATHOLIC,
Goodhue, Father Paul Kubista. Mass
times: Monday and Wednesday, 8
a.m. at Holy Trinity; Tuesday and
Thursday, 8 a.m. at St. Mary; Saturday, 5:30 p.m. At Holy Trinity; Sunday, 8:30 a.m. St. Mary and 10:30
a.m. St. Columbkill.
ST. LUKE LUTHERAN, Goodhue,
651-923-4695, Pastor Regina Hassanally. Secretary hours: Monday and
Thursday: 5:15-8:15 p.m.; Tuesday
and Wednesday: 9:15 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Sun., Nov. 29: 9:30 a.m. Worship.
Wed., Dec. 2: 6:30 p.m. Confirmation class.
ST. PETERS EV. LUTHERAN,
WELS, 702 Third Ave., Goodhue,
Randall L. Kuznicki, Pastor.

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.

a.m. Worship; Wednesdays: 6 p.m.

AWANA for grades K-6; 7:30 p.m.
Bible study for all ages.
PINE ISLAND ASSEMBLY OF GOD,
520 So. Main St., Pine Island, 3568622, email: dashpole@bevcomm.
net, Rev. Dan Ashpole, Pastor. Sundays: 9:30 a.m. Adult Bible class and
Childrens Sunday School; 10:30 a.m.
Worship.
CHURCH OF ST. MICHAEL CATHOLIC, 451 5th Street SW, Pine Island,
356-4280, Father Randal Kasel, Pastor. http://www.stpaul stmichael.com
Saturday Mass 5 p.m.; Sunday Mass
10:30 a.m.; Confessions 4:15 p.m.
Saturday; Daily Mass Wednesday
8:30 a.m. and Friday 8:30 a.m.; Confessions 8 a.m. Office Hours Tuesday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-5
p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-noon. Mass at
Pine Haven Care Center is the first
Wednesday of the month at 11 a.m.
ST. PAUL LUTHERAN, ELCA, 214
3rd St. S.W., Box 708, Pine Island,
Audrey Lukasak, interim senior pastor, and Kip A. Groettum, associate
pastor. Email: saint paulpi@yahoo
.com; Web site: www.saintpa1ulpi.org.
Wed., Nov. 25: 7 p.m. Worship with
communion. Thurs.-Fri., Nov. 26-27:
Office closed. Sat., Nov. 28: 9 a.m.
Christmas decorating; 5:30 p.m.
Worship with communion. Sun., Nov.
29: 8:15 a.m. Worship with communion; 9:30 a.m. Fellowship; Sunday
School; Handbells; 10:30 a.m. Worship with communion; Sunday School.
Tues., Dec. 1: 8:30 a.m. Quilting; 9
a.m. Staff meeting; Noon Elizabeth/
Lydia circle potluck; 1:30 p.m. Bible
study; 7 p.m. Adult ed meeting. Wed.,
Dec. 2: 3:30 p.m. 7-8th grade confirmation; 6 p.m. Adult ed class; 6:30
p.m. Youth ed meeting; 7 p.m. Chancel choir; 7:45 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.

LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CHURCH,

a Wesleyan church, 179 W. 3rd St.,
Zumbrota, lighthousecommunityzum
@yahoo.com, Janet Fischer, Pastor.
Office: 732-5074. Sun., Nov. 29:
10:45 a.m. Worship; Luke 1:5-38;
Decorating the church following; Bring
a dish to pass and your own beverage.
NEW RIVER ASSEMBLY OF GOD,
290 South Main Street, Zumbrota.
507-732-5156. Pastor Gary Basinski. Service times: Saturday, 6 p.m.
www.NewRiverZumbrota.com.
OUR SAVIOURS LUTHERAN AFLC
Eric Westlake, Pastor, 1549 East Avenue, Zumbrota, 732-5449, church
office. Website: oslczumbrota.org.
Office hours: Tues., Wed., and Fri.,
8 a.m.-noon. Wed., Nov. 25: 7 p.m.
Worship. Sat., Nov. 28: 7 a.m. Mens
prayer breakfast; 7 p.m. Youth open
gym. Sun., Nov. 29: 8:30 a.m. Prayer
time; 9 a.m. Sunday School; 10:15
a.m. Worship; 6 p.m. Christmas concert orchestra/choir practice; 7 p.m.
50+ Bible study. Mon., Nov. 30: 7
p.m. Moms in prayer. Wed., Dec. 2:
9 a.m. Womens Bible study; 3:30
p.m. WINGS; Junior youth group; 6
p.m. Youth group; 7 p.m. Bible study.
CHURCH OF ST. PAUL CATHOLIC,
749 Main St. South, Zumbrota, 7325324, email stpauls@hcinet.net Pastor Father Randal Kasel, pastor. Office hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.noon and 1-5 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m.noon. http://www.stpaulstmichaelcom.
Mass Schedule: Sunday, 8:30 a.m.;
Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.
Mass at Zumbrota Care Center is
the second Thursday of the month
at 9:15 a.m.
UNITED REDEEMER LUTHERAN,
560 W. 3rd St., Zumbrota, 732-7303,
Pastor Marggi Sippola and Youth Director Cindy Wilson. Wed., Nov. 25:
1:30 p.m. WELCA coffee at Care
Center. Thurs., Nov. 26: 7 p.m. Food
shelf open. Sun., Nov. 29: 9:30 a.m.
Worship. Wed., Dec. 2: 8 a.m. Ruth
circle; 6:45 p.m. Confirmation class;
7 p.m. Choir rehearsal.

WANAMINGO

ORONOCO
GRACE LUTHERAN, WELS, 45 1st
Avenue NE, Oronoco: 507-367-4329,
Pastor Ben Kempfert 507-367-4426.
Office hours: Tuesday-Friday, 8-11
a.m. Website: www.graceLutheran
Oronoco.com. Follow us on Facebook. Wed., Nov. 25: 7 p.m. Worship. Sun., Nov. 29: 8:45 a.m. Catechism; 10 a.m. Communion worship; 11 a.m. Adult Bible study.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF
ORONOCO, 40 3rd Street SW., Rev.
Lisa Johnson office hours Mondays
1-4 p.m.; Office hours: Tuesdays and
Thursdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wed., Nov.
25: 5-7 p.m. Food shelf open. Sun.,
Nov. 29: 11 a.m. Worship.

PINE ISLAND
CORNERSTONE
BAPTIST
CHURCH, Pine Island, Tim Graham,
Pastor, 507-356-4306, www.corner
stonepi.org, ASL Interpretation available. Sun., 9:30 a.m. Sunday School;
10:30 a.m. Worship; 6 p.m. Worship
(most Sundays) Wed., 7 p.m. Prayer
service; Cornerstone Club. Wed.,
Nov. 25: 3:30 p.m. Pine Haven Care
Center Celebration of Life Service.
Thurs., Nov. 26: 7 p.m. Christmas
decorating.
GOOD NEWS EVANGELICAL FREE
CHURCH, 208 North Main, Pine Island, Eric Johnson, Pastor, (507) 3564834. Email: gnefc@goodnewsefc.
org. Website: www.goodnewsefc.org.
Sundays: 9:15 a.m. Adult Bible class
and childrens Sunday school; 10:30

Advent concert
at Emmanuel
ASPELUND Emmanuel and
Hauge Churches will join to present
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, an Advent concert, on
Sunday, November 29. The concert will be held at Emmanuel
Lutheran Church in Aspelund, at
42957 County Road 1, northwest
of Wanamingo. The program will
begin at 3 p.m. and include songs,
hymns, and the Spoken Word. A
light supper will follow. All are
welcome to attend.

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., Nov. 25: 7 p.m. Worship. Sun.,
Nov. 29: 10:30 a.m. Worship; Choir
practice. Mon., Nov. 30: 8:30 a.m.
Quilting.
WANAMINGO LUTHERAN ELCA,
Wanamingo, MN 55983, Christopher
Culuris, Pastor. Office hours Thursdays 1-3 p.m., 507-824-2410. on
vacation. Pastor Luther Matheson can
be reached at 789-5261 or 789-6770.
Wed., Nov. 25: 7 p.m. Worship at
Trinity. Sun., Nov. 29: 9 a.m. Worship; 10 a.m. Sunday School.

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., Nov. 25: 1 p.m. Nursing Home worship; 7:30 p.m. Worship. Thurs., Nov. 26: 10 a.m. Worship. Sun., Nov. 29: 8 and 10:30
a.m. Worship; 9:15 a.m. Sunday
School; 9:30 a.m. Bible study. Tues.,
Dec. 1: 7:15 p.m. SPO. Wed., Dec.
2: 10 a.m. Chapel; 10:30 a.m. Bible
study; 3:15 p.m. Junior choir; 3:30
p.m. Confirmation class; 6 p.m. Bell
choir; 7 p.m. Choir.
FAMILY WORSHIP CHURCH Weekly
worship services: 81 West 5th Street,
Zumbrota, 507-732-7438, www.fwc
1.org. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Galatians.
Wednesday: 7 p.m. Bible study,
prayer, and counseling provided only
by request.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,
UCC, 455 East Avenue, Zumbrota;
Rev. Lisa Johnson. Secretarys office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays
10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sun., Nov. 29: 9 a.m.
Worship.

RURAL
EMMANUEL LUTHERAN, Aspelund,
Martin Horn, Pastor. Sun., Nov. 29:
9 a.m. Worship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday
School; 3 p.m. Choir concert followed
by supper. Wed., Dec. 2: 3:15 p.m.
Overcomers; 5:15 p.m. 1st year confirmation at Hauge; 6:15 p.m. 2nd
year confirmation; 6:30 p.m. Choir;
7:30 p.m. Bible study and prayer.
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., Vacancy Pastor Jim Bourman. Grace: Sundays, 10:30 a.m.
Worship; Wednesdays 7 p.m. Worship. Communion on the second and
last Sunday of the month and on
Wednesdays following the second and
last Sunday of the month. St. Johns:
Sundays 9 a.m. Worship. Communion on the second and last Sunday
of the month.
HAUGE LUTHERAN, Rural Kenyon,
Martin Horn, Pastor. Sun., Nov. 29:
10 a.m. Coffee time; 10:45 a.m.
Worship; 3 p.m. Choir concert followed by supper. Wed., Dec. 2: 3:15
p.m. Overcomers; 5:15 p.m. 1st year
confirmation; 6:15 p.m. 2nd year confirmation at Emmanuel; 6:30 p.m.
Choir at Emmanuel; 7:30 p.m. Bible
study and prayer at Emmanuel.
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH,
Hay Creek (LCMS), 24686 Old Church
Road. Pastor Lowell Sorenson, 651388-4577. Sundays: 9 a.m. Sunday
School; Bible class; 9;45 a.m. Fellowship time; 10 a.m. Worship.
LANDS LUTHERAN, 16640 Highway.
60 Blvd., Zumbrota, MN 55992-5105.
Zumbrota. Pastor: David Krinke. Youth
and family facilitator: Ashley Corbett.
Wed., Nov. 25: 7:15 a.m. Breakfast
at Bridgets; 9 a.m. Coffee and conversation; 10:30 a.m. Newsletter collation; 7:15 p.m. Worship with communion at Minneola Lutheran. Sun.,
Nov. 29: 7:30 a.m. Praise practice;
8:30 a.m. Praise worship; 9:30 a.m.
Sunday School; 9:45 a.m. Choir practice; 10:30 a.m. Worship. Tues., Dec.

THE CHURCH CORNER

MINNEOLA LUTHERAN, 13628

County 50 Blvd. Rev. Hannah Bergstrom de Leon, Pastor. 9 a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Worship.
Wed., Nov. 25: 7:15 p.m. Worship
at Lands Lutheran Church with pie
rewards following.
ST. COLUMBKILL CATHOLIC,
36483 County. 47 Blvd., Belle Creek,
Father Paul Kubista. Sundays: 10:30
a.m. Mass.
ST. JOHNS EV. LUTHERAN, Bear
Valley, Alan Horn, Pastor. 843-6211,
home; 843-5302 work. Bible Class
is every Wednesday at 6 p.m. in
Mazeppa.

ST. JOHNS EV. LUTHERAN, WELS,

Minneola Township, County Road 7,
rural Zumbrota, Randall Kuznicki,
Pastor.
ST. PETER LUTHERAN, The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Belvidere, 28961 365th St., Goodhue,
MN 55027. Wed., Nov. 25: 8 p.m.
Worship with pie and coffee following. Sun., Nov. 29: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Worship.
STORDAHL LUTHERAN, ELCA, Rural Zumbrota. Church: (507) 732-5711,
Kathy Lowery, Pastor, Home 507271-5711. Wed., Nov. 25: 7 p.m.
Worship followed by pie fellowship.
Sun., Nov. 29: 10:30 a.m. Worship.
Tues., Dec. 1: 11 a.m. Text study.
Wed., Dec. 2: 6:30 p.m. Church council meeting.

URLAND LUTHERAN 6940 County

9 Blvd., Cannon Falls, MN 55009.
Church: 507-263-5544; Pastor Andrew Yackle. Sun., Nov. 29: 10:30
a.m. Polka worship with Ray Sands
followed by dinner with freewill offering. Tues., Dec. 1: 6 a.m. Mens Bible
study. Wed., Dec. 2: 6:30 p.m. Affirmation/mentor night; 7:30 p.m. Praise
and worship practice.
WANGEN PRAIRIE LUTHERAN,
LCMC 34289 County 24 Blvd., Cannon Falls, Curtis Fox, Pastor, 507663-9060; Linda Flom, Visitation Minister, 263-5613. Sundays 9 a.m.
Worship. Thursdays 9:30 a.m. Bible
study; 7 p.m. Blue grass jam.
ZWINGLl UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST, 23148 County Highway 24,
West Concord (Berne), 507/527-2622.
Rev. Victor Jortack, Pastor.

Community Calendar
COUNTY
Senior Dining
Reservations are required by
calling 24 hours ahead at each of
the nutrition sites.
In the Pine Island area, meals
are served at the Pine Island Senior Center (356-2228); Zumbrota
area, Zumbrota Towers (7325086).
November 26 - December 2
Thursday: Closed.
Friday: Closed.
Monday: Minnesota hotdish,
tossed salad, pickle, batter bun,
pineapple/pear/peach cup
Tuesday: Onion-smothered
beef steak (alt: liver and onions),
baked potatoes, cauliflower/broccoli blend, orange wedges, banana
cake
Wednesday: Ham balls (alt:
salisbury steak), sweet potatoes,
green beans, fresh fruit

Seasons Hospice
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 Winter Adaptations, Saturday, November 28, 11
a.m. Learn how the zoo animals
survive the winter.
Questions about Chester Woods,
call Celeste Lewis at 507-2872624. Questions about Oxbow
Park, call Clarissa Josselyn at 507775-2451.

GOODHUE
Community Library
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.

ter is open to visitors in the City

Building every second Saturday
from 10 a.m.-noon and open by
appointment. Contact us at OAHC,
54 Blakely Ct. NW or call 507367-4320. You may also visit our
web page at oronocoarea
history.org and find us on
Facebook.

PINE ISLAND
Tops #1280
PI Tops #1280 meets every
Monday night at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Weigh-in is at 5:15
and meeting time is 6 p.m. Everyone welcome. Questions call 3564799 or 356-4700.

The Goodhue Area Historical

Society is closed for the season,
but visitors are welcome by appointment. To arrange a visit, contact Ardis Henrichs, 651-9234629; Marie Strusz, 651-923-4302;
Ray McNamara, 651-923-5117;
or Roy Buck, 651-923-4388.

MAZEPPA
Historical Society
The Mazeppa Area Historical
Society Museum is closed for the
season. Available by appointment.
Call Helen Reiland, 507-250-6021;
Jim Siems, 507-696-3506; or Diane
Gilsdorf, 507-843-4013, or visit
www.mazeppahistoricalsociety.org.

Area History Center

tee reports; and future meeting

dates. Anyone wishing to speak
to the board may do so at the beginning of the meeting. Prior to
the regular meeting, at 6:30 p.m.
the annual truth-in-taxation meeting will be held. Both meetings
are open to the public.

ZUMBROTA
Library
The Zumbrota Public Library
is at 100 West Ave., Zumbrota,
507-732-5211. Hours are Mon.,
12-8; Tues. 10-6; Wed., Thurs.,
12-8; Fri., 10-5; and Sat., 9-3. During closed hours you can learn
more about the library at http://
www.zumbrota.info.

PI Senior Citizens Meeting

The Senior Citizens will meet Moms In Prayer

on Wednesday, December 2, at
Zumbrota-Mazeppa Moms in
noon at the handicapped acces- Prayer meets on Monday nights
sible Senior Center for their busi- at 7 p.m. at Our Saviours Lutheran
ness meeting. All community se- Church.
niors 55 and over are welcome.

History Center
Moms in Prayer

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
Toastmasters Meeting
Zumbrota advertising. Museum
The Pine Island Toastmasters hours are Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
meet at 6:30 a.m. Fridays at St. Other hours by appointment (732Paul Lutheran Church. They do 7049).
not meet on holiday weekends:
Christmas, New Years, Easter,
Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Zumbrota Towers Events
November 26-30
Day or Thanksgiving.
Thursday:10:15 a.m. Exercise
Monday: 1:30 p.m. 500; CribHistory Center
bage
The Pine Island Area History
Centers open hours are Mondays
from 8-11 a.m. and the first Sun- Tops Meeting
day of the month from 1-3:30 p.m.
Zumbrota Tops #563 meets evPlease contact us through ery Monday night at Our Saviours
pineislandhistory.org or by call- Lutheran Church. Weigh-in time
ing 507-356-2802 (history center) is changed to 5 p.m. and meeting
or 507-398-5326 (director).
time to 5:30 p.m. Everyone welcome. Questions call 732-7459 or
732-5396.
Pine Island Moms in Prayer meet
Thursday mornings from 8-9 a.m.
in the library of the Good News
E-Free Church, 208 North Main
(across from Kwik Trip). Enter
side door of the church and go
downstairs. Call 259-8012 or 3564800 for more information.

WANAMINGO

Senior Citizens Luncheon

Historical Society

ORONOCO

Thanksgiving
By Gary Basinski
New River Assembly of God
These next six weeks or so, our
holiday season is huge for a number of different reasons. So many
business owners will either succeed and be open for another year
or fail and have to close. Broken
family members will have a chance
at having face-to-face conversations that could bring reconciliation. So many things and what
seems like so little time. Every
year, it flies by and we ask ourselves where did the time go? What
did we really do? Did we even do
anything at all?
This year I want to encourage
people to do something meaningful. Not just another activity or
another trip to the in-laws. Those
are great, but really make the most
out of the time that we have. As
we see our world being more and
more torn apart, it should remind
us to slow down and take inventory over what is truly important
in this life of ours.

1: 11 a.m. Text study; 6 p.m. Executive meeting. Wed., Dec. 2: 7:15 a.m.
Breakfast at Bridgets; 9 a.m. Coffee
and conversation; 6:15 p.m. Worship;
Confirmation; 7 p.m. Youth group.

The Wanamingo Senior Citizens

Luncheon is Friday, December 4,
11:30 a.m. at the Wanamingo
Community Room. Reservations
are due by November 30. Call
Judith Winchester at 507-2025552.

Community Band Practice

The Zumbrota Community Band
practices on Monday nights at 7:30
p.m. in the Zumbrota-Mazeppa
High School music room. Volunteer musicians are welcome.

State Theatre
The State Theatre is at 96 East

KW School Board Meeting 4th Street in Zumbrota. For inforThe next regular KenyonWanamingo School Board meeting will be on Monday, November 30, at 7 p.m. in the elementary
media center in Wanamingo. Items
on the agenda include: school board
policy revisions; Worlds Best
Workforce strategic planning summary; certification of levy for 2015
payable in 2016; activity fundraiser
requests; acceptance of donations;
personnel; teacher seniority list;
fire alarm system at the middle/
high school; MREA membership;
administrative reports; community
education; finances; student enrollment; school board commit-

mation visit zaac.org.or call 507732-5210.

Crossings
Missy Hagen, Amy Cass exhibit,
through Nov. 28. Reception Fri.,
Nov. 27, 6-7:15 p.m.
Fabulous Armadillos present
Lucky Sevens, Fri., Nov. 27,
7:30 p.m. at the State Theatre
Michael Johnson, Sat., Nov. 28,
7:30 p.m.
Crossings is located at 320 East
Avenue. Visit www.crossings@
carnegie.com or call 507-7327616.

The Oronoco Area History CenFor me, as a pastor and follower

of Jesus Christ, my relationship
with Jesus always comes to the
forefront of my mind. This doesnt
mean that it comes out in practice,
but rather that I do my best to do
so. Thanksgiving is NOT just about
eating turkey or the Packers destroying the Bears or even playing games with the family. It should
point us to more than just the here
and the now. My relationship with
Jesus is bigger than just the present
circumstances, its a forever deal.
I know that I serve a God who
loves me so much that he sent his
son to die for me so that he could
call me one of his children!
We even in read in Gal. 4 that
we are considered heirs to throne.
Can you imagine, us being heirs
to the God who created the universe!? It is amazing to even think
about and it gives me the faith and
confidence that I can do even more
and see more of God moving in
our area.

I want to encourage everyone

that there is a God who cares and
loves you. And if we are honest,
in our culture religion is getting a
bad rep. And caught up in that is
Jesus, too. But he is watching what
is taking place, and is hurting along
with you. He hates evil and even
created a place for it called hell,
where one day he will take over
and send Satan there for good. Jesus
hates the evil we see; do not throw
Jesus away with what we see on
TV. He loves and cares about you
and everyone, and there is no better time to re-evaluate your life
than during this upcoming holiday season.
Find someone to talk to, find a
good church to go to. One that is
going to focus on Jesus Christ,
and begin to make him the center
of your life.
God Bless, and as always if you
have questions, comments, or concerns you can email me at
gary.nragz@gmail.com.

PINE HAVEN POTPOURRI

PINE ISLAND Pine Haven
birthdays for the month of December are Betty Wittlief December 1, Dorothy Hassler 2, David
Goff 6, and Darsa Fiek 7. The
December birthday party will be
hosted by the Pine Ears on Monday, December14, at 2 p.m.
The resident Christmas party will
be held Wednesday, December 23,
at 2 p.m. in the dining room. Santa
will make a visit, refreshments will
be served, and residents will open
gifts from the giving tree. Stop in
if you would like to support the
giving tree and purchase a gift for
a resident. Names will be available after December 1 and will be
located at the nurses station along
with directions for the giving tree.
You can also pick up names at the
Better Brew Coffee House after
December 1.
Christmas Eve Day at 10:30 a.m.

Cowboy Jim will sing Christmas

tunes.
On Christmas Day at 2 p.m. Jerry
Hatfield will entertain. Many carolers and community members will
entertain the residents throughout
the month. The residents love the
festive season and the community
involvement!
We will be taking evening Christmas light tours as weather permits.
We will ring in the New Year

on December 31 at 2 p.m. with a

Bingo party.
We welcome new volunteers
who would like to share their time
or talents. Stop in for a volunteer
application, and well give you a
tour. If you would like to receive
a copy of our activity calendar we
can mail or e-mail you one. Our
phone number is 356-8304 ex 27
or e-mail activity@pinehaven
community.org.

Meeting Notice - Pine Island

Economic Development Authority
Regular meetings of the Pine Island EDA are
held the first Wednesday of each month
at 5 p.m. at the EDA Office,
106 2nd St. SW, Pine Island

Questions? Call 507-356-8103

P-last wk. of month

BELLECHESTER

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Area Sports

Pine Island

House and Trogstad-Isaacson are PI

Students of the Month for November
By Don Buck
PINE ISLAND The Pine Island Lions Club have honored
Madison House and Bailey
Trogstad-Isaacson as November
Students of the Month.
Madison House

House was chosen by Jennifer

Wernau as the outstanding Spanish student for the following reasons:
I have had the pleasure of teaching Madison for the past three years
in Spanish. Ive known her even
longer as her soccer coach. I can
assure you that Madison has what
it takes to be successful in whatever career she chooses.
Madison is one of the hardest
working students Ive had in the
classroom. She participates fully
and enthusiastically in class and
is genuinely excited to learn new
things about the Spanish language
and culture. In our class we create
a lot of stories and the students are
the actors for the stories. Madison
always volunteers to be a character and brings an element of fun
and creativity to our stories. She
puts her time into all of the projects
she creates for class and always
does high quality work.
An example of her quality work
is an assignment called a soul
selfie that the students recently
completed. The idea from another
educator, Kevin Honeycutt, was
that people spend a lot of time
these days taking selfies of themselves and how they look on the
outside and instead should be taking selfies of who they are on
the inside. So the Spanish 4 students created soul selfies which
were 25-30 second videos of themselves talking in Spanish about
who they are as a person and who
they want to be. All in Spanish,
Madison talked about how she
wants to travel and explore other
cultures, that she wants to help
people, and that shes generally a
happy person. She mentions that
life can be difficult sometimes,
but a small act of kindness can
make someones day better.
Madison is extremely involved
in school in many different activities such as student council, soccer, and cheerleading. If she ever
misses class for an activity, she
always gets her work ahead of time
and makes sure she has everything
covered from the class she missed.
Maddys personality will take
her far in life. She always has a
smile on her face, and her positive
attitude is infectious to others. She
is accepting of all people and makes
everyone feel included. When it
comes time to choose partners for
an activity, she is the first to vol-

work, she has also taken on a leadership role in the department as

editor of the school yearbook. She
has shown great initiative in planning and managing the yearbook
staff, and shows a lot of enthusiasm in creating a quality publication. In addition, Bailey is an active member of the school drama
program, had a lead in this years Named Most Valuable at the annual Zumbrota-Mazeppa football banquet
fall play Fools, and was an in- in early November are, from left, Jacob Bennett, offense; Caden
valuable asset in organizing and Steffen, defense; and Zach Sanborn, special teams.
motivating the cast and crew of
our fall production.
In addition to English 9-012,
3/31/10.3; Isaiah Nolte 1/01/10; Vincent
ZM
Opp
she has taken media and produc- First downs
Levi 1/0/0
109
140
tion, intro to literature and essenKickoff returns: ZM - Jacob Bennett 14
by rushing
51
94
returns for 293 yards, 20.9 average; Zach
tials of speaking and listening. She
by passing
41
38
Sanborn 12/203/16.9; Caden Steffen 5/76/
by penalty
17
8
will have earned 12 college cred15.2; Maverick Jackson 3/54/18.0; Jacob
Rushing plays
304
357
its by years end.
Lawrence 3/26/8.7; Landon Rauen 2/13/
yards
808
1607
Baileys activities include cul- Rushing
6.5; Corey Dahl 1/6/6
Passing attempts
172
124
ture club, Art Scream, National Passing completions
ZM defensive statistics
86
59
T AT S I FR
Honor Society, yearbook, Panther
passing yards
880
880
Landon Rauen
45 49 0 2 1
interceptions
9
3
Crew leader, SADD, all-school
Caden Steffen
47 36 3 0 1
touchdowns
6
13
play, golf team, and speech team.
Robby Pollitt
29 34 0 0 0
Total
offense
1688
2487
She has lettered in speech team
Maverick Jackson
31 28 1 1 0
42/345 54/535
and golf, and received an excel- Penalties/yds
Jacob Bennett
31 25 0 0 0
Fumbles/lost
11/5 lent and superior award at the HVL
Bailey Berg
23 35 0 0 0
Scoring
Alex Nelson
25 30 2 0 0
Conference Art Show. She enjoys ZM
122
Devin Manzy
24 24 1 0 0
258
writing stories and books, sketch- Opponents
Zach Sanborn
25 13 0 0 1
Individual statistics
ing, collecting minerals, and readKevin Nordquist
16 12 0 0 0
Passing:
ZM
Isaiah
Stueber,
83
of
159
for
ing. Bailey lives in Rochester and 860 yards, 8 interceptions, 6 touchdowns; Adam Krage
14 17 0 0 0
has attended Pine Island School Caden Steffen, 3 of 13 for 20 yards, 1 interception Jarrett Haglund
10 19 0 0 1
since the eighth grade. After col- Rushing: ZM - Jacob Bennett, 84 rushes for Corey Dahl
9 4 0 0 0
3 6 0 0 0
lege, Bailey sees herself as a field 312 yards/ 3.7 average; Maverick Jackson Vincent Levi
4 3 0 0 0
biologist and author. She is the 73/286/3.9; Caden Steffen 40/211/5.3; Jacob Hayden Voxland
Webster
3 4 0 0 0
daughter of Janet and Mark Lawrence 12/24/2.0; Robvon Jackson 3/12/ Colton
3 4 0 0 0
4.0; Landon Rauen 8/12/1.5; Corey Dahl 7/ Nathan Horsch
Trogstad-Isaacson.
3 3 0 0 0
12/1.7; Colton Webster 3/11/3.7; Robby Pollitt Jacob Lawrence

2015 ZM football statistics

Madison House, left, and Bailey Trogstad-Isaacson are November Students

of the Month at Pine Island High School.

unteer to work with someone who

may not have a partner.
Houses school activities include
soccer, track, student council, National Honor Society, Panther Crew
leader, FCCLA, cheerleading,
Knowledge Bowl, Math league,
pep band, and jazz band. She has
been all-conference as a junior in
track and as a senior in soccer and
band. Madison was the homecoming queen this year. House has
been an honor student and lettered
academically the past three years.
She loves playing sports, spending time with friends and family,

and painting. She will have earned

about 20 college credits by June.
House plans to attend the University of WisconsinMadison
with an emphasis on math or premed. She is the daughter of Candi
and Chris House.
Bailey Trogstad-Isaacson

The language arts department

made up of Kate Laack, Angela
Organ, Larissa Kabat, and Patrick
Smith has chosen Bailey TrogstadIsaacson as their outstanding senior. Ms. Laack states:
Not only has Bailey grown as
an English student in her course

Dr. Niki Groeschl joins OMC Pine Island

By Alicia Hunt-Welch
PINE ISLAND As of August
31, Niki Groeschl is the new physician seeing patients at Olmsted
Medical Center in Pine Island.
Groeschl said, Doctoring in a
small town is really exciting because you have the opportunity to
deal with medical problems right
there and then, as opposed to sending them down the hall to a specialist. So far her experience at
the Pine Island clinic has been
overwhelmingly positive. There
is a great mix of people who work
at the clinic, and we have fun
working together, Groeschl said.
I love the patient population.
Everyone is so friendly and inviting.
Born in Lexington, Kentucky,
her family moved around much
due to her dads job. But she spent
most of her childhood in Oshkosh,
Wisconsin. As a kid she wanted
to be an artist or a teacher. I was
in high school when I realized I
wanted to be a doctor, she said.
After graduating from Oshkosh

Dr. Niki Groeschl

West High School, she headed to

the University of Minnesota Twin
Cities for her undergrad studies.
I had a great mentor when I
was growing up, Groeschl said.
He was a family doctor that was
a good family friend. There are no
physicians in my family, so it was

really nice to have someone to

look up to and help guide me along
the way.
She attended the Medical College of Wisconsin and completed
her residency work at Columbia
St. Marys Family Medicine in
2015. She said, There were moments in medical school I considered other specialties, but I always
found myself coming back to family medicine. I love taking care of
families and I love the variety.
You never know who or whats
going to walk through the door!
Groeschl accepted the position
as a family medicine physician
with OMC in March and began
working for the provider on August 31. Her husband, Ryan, is a
hepatopancreobiliary (liver-pancreas) surgery fellow at Mayo. As
far as her personal life, Dr. Niki
said, We have a daughter, Blaise,
who is 20 months old. She is tons
of fun. We like to travel, hang out
with friends and family, and explore the world through the eyes
of our toddler.

County
Helping to keep rivers and streams clean
By Kevin Strauss
Zumbro Watershed Partnership
Sometimes issues like river
pollution can seem too big for
any individual to address, but according to many local officials,
small behavior changes by both
urban and rural residents can lead
to big changes in how clean the
water is in the Zumbro River.
A 2013 survey of Zumbro Watershed residents found that most
respondents thought that only
people living on or near the river
could have an impact on river pollution. But according to city and
county officials, nothing could be
further from the truth.
I tell people that we all have
waterfront property because in
cities with curb and gutter, runoff
from lawns and parking lots flows
into area rivers, lakes, and streams,
often without treatment said Rochester stormwater educator Megan
Moeller.
According to Moeller, some
people think that water that runs
down the storm sewer gets cleaned
up at a citys waste water treatment plant. But that isnt the case.
Sanitary and storm sewers are separate, with storm sewer water potentially flowing directly to area
waterways.
In rural areas, farmland management has a bigger impact on
runoff, erosion, and river pollution. Almost 90 percent of the nitrate pollution in southeastern
Minnesota rivers comes from agricultural sources, including drainage tile water. So everyone has a
role in keeping our rivers clean
and safe.

can carry sediment and pollution

directly into the Zumbro River,
its important to keep roads, parking lots, and sidewalks clean.
Sweep up or rake up leaves and
grass. While leaves and grass are
natural the storm water drainage system can concentrate these
natural fertilizers, leading to river
pollution and suffocation of fish
and aquatic insects.
Pick up dog and pet waste.
Again, scat is natural, but the large
number of pets and the large volume of their waste can add dangerous bacteria and nutrients to
the Zumbro River.
Use the car wash, rather than

washing your car on your driveway. While we all like having a

clean car, washing your car on
your driveway means that soapy
water washes into the gutter and
into the Zumbro River.
Rural clean water practices

Generally speaking, according

to Soil and Water Conservation
staff, keeping soil covered is one
of the best ways to prevent erosion and polluted runoff from farm
fields.
Keep crop residue on the field.
A tan or yellow field with generous crop residue absorbs rainfall
and keeps soil on the field. Fall
tilled fields with visible black soil

is in danger of eroding in strong

fall or spring rainstorms. County
Soil and Water Conservation staff
recommend that farmers leave an
average of 30 percent crop residue cover on fields after harvest.
Use cover crops or no-till farming techniques to allow fields to
absorb more rainfall and to protect soil from erosion. By keeping
living roots in farm fields by using cover crops, farmers can help
trap nitrate fertilizer in the field
over the winter.
While no one landowner or one
practice can solve all our river
pollution problems, by each of us
doing a little, we can all do a lot.

2/7/3.5; Spencer DeFrang 2/4/2.0; Kevin

Nordquist 1/3/3.0; Derek Stehr 1/2/2.0; Devin
Manzy 2/1/.5; Isaiah Nolte 2/-16/-8.0; Isaiah
Stueber 72/-73/-1.2
Receiving: ZM - Zach Sanborn, 18 receptions
for 274 yards, 15.2 yard average; Kevin Nordquist
21/188/9.0; Bailey Berg 17/175/10.3; Alex
Nelson 8/75/9.4; Adam Krage 7/62/8.9;
Maverick Jackson 8/49/6.1; Jacob Bennett
4/38/9.5; Isaiah Nolte 2.10/5.0; Alex Guse
1/9/9.0;
Punting: ZM - Isaiah Nolte, 30 for 757 yards,
25.2 average; Tyler Grudem 5/67/13.4
Kickoffs: ZM - Zack Sanborn, 23 for 765,
33.3 average; Tyler Grudem 4/168/42.0
Punt returns: ZM - Caden Steffen, 7 returns
for 59 yards, 8.4 average; Maverick Jackson

2015 Goodhue
volleyball statistics
AS K B S D
Megan Ryan
0 0 0 0 27
Haley Lexvold
0 8 0 2 342
Michelle Hadler
27 29 2 565 232
Mariah Tipcke
0 1 0 3 6
Maddy Miller
23 106 15 8 86
Mikayla Peterson 0 3 3 0 1
McKenzie Ryan
9 38 0 1 143
Taylor Larson
14 102 35 3 63
Rachel Opsahl
18 34 1 0 114
Cass Ramthun
4 10 1 2 51
Sydney Lodermeier 28 163 43 4 83
Kate Stehr
28 98 3 1 215
totals
151 593 103 589 1363
Key - AS - ace serve; K - kill; B - blocks; S sets; D - digs
HVL All Conference: Michelle Hadler and
Taylor Larson
HVL All Conference, Honorable Mention: Kate Stehr and Sydney Lodermeier
HVL Academic: Michelle Hadler, Taylor Larson, Cass Ramthun and Kate Stehr
Letterwinners: Seniors: Michelle Hadler,
Kate Stehr, Cass Ramthun and Taylor Larson; juniors: Megan Ryan, Haley Lexvold,
Maddy Miller, McKenzie Ryan, Rachel Opsahl; Sophomore: Sydney Lodermeier

2015 Pine Island

volleyball statistics
K A D B
A
Megan Quintero
55 5 33 17 14
Steph Norte
103 2 136 10 24
Nicole Fall
0 25 1
0
0
Eliza Warneke
199 10 176 70 17
Malea Klein
14 0 9
2
1
Olivia Theide
6 0 7
6
8
Madi Owen
128 26 140 33 31
Amanda Troestr
153 9 159 13 24
Madaline Sorum
2 440 70 7
12
Sydney Andrist
0 96 4
0
0
Jordan Brehmer
0 1 127 0
0
Avroi Kundert
28 0 47 2
8
Kendra Kundert
9 0 15 0
1
Key - K - kill; S - sets; D - digs; B - blocks;
AS - ace serve
HVL All Conference: Eliza Wanrke
HVL All Conference, Honorable Mention: Steph Nore, Madi Owen and Amanda
Troester
Academic Silver Team Award: Pine Island Panthers
Letterwinners: Seniors: Steph Norte,

Madaline Sorum, Madi Owen, Amanda

Troester and Olivia Thiede; juniors: Eliza
Warneke and Malea Klein; sophomore:
Nicole Fall; and freshmen: Megan Quintero,
Sydney Andrist, Avroi Kundert, Kendra
Kundert and Jordan Brehmer

Ben Klapperich
2 1 0 0 0
Wyatt Freiheit
1 2 0 0 0
Spencer DeFrang
1 1 0 0 0
Cooper Utley
1 1 0 0 0
Sid Subramaniam
0 2 0 0 0
Isaiah Nolte
1 0 0 0 0
Robvon Jackson
1 0 0 0 0
Mitchel Dahl
0 1 0 0 0
Luke Schoch
0 1 0 0 0
HVL All Conference: Robby Pollitt and
Jacob Bennett
HVL All Conference, Honorable Mention: Maverick Jackson
2015 Captains: Zach Sanborn, Bailey Berg,
Alex Nelson, Robby Pollitt
Unsung Hero: Alex Nelson
Practice Player of the Year: Caden Steffen
Most Valuable Offense: Jacob Bennett
Most Valuable Defense: Caden Steffen
Most Valuable Special Teams: Zach Sanborn
Most Improved: Hayden Voxland
Nate Chalberg Award: Bailey Berg
Paul Thompson Award: Robby Pollitt
Coaches Award: Luke Schoch

HVL All Conference

Volleyball Team
First Team
Yr Position
Byron
Emma Nelson
12
hitter
Cannon Falls
Katie Noble
12
hitter
Hailey Huseth
12
setter
Goodhue
Taylor Larson
12
hitter
Hayfield
Savanna Cordie
12
hitter
Kasson-Mantorville
Samantha McMillin 12
hitter
Kenyon-Wanamingo
Mara Quam
11
hitter
Megan Flom
11
hitter
Mia Peterson
11
setter
Lourdes
Gabby Williams
12
hitter
Stewartville
Jenna Willenborg
12
hitter
Emily Brandstad
12
hitter
Karissa Kime
12
setter
Second Team
Byron
Kayla Richardson
12
hitter
Cannon Falls
Tatum Pickar
10
libero
Goodhue
Michelle Hadler
12
setter
Hayfield
Maggie Streighhtiff
10
setter
Kasson-Mantorville
Lilly Braun
12
setter
Peyton Suess
9
hitter
Kenyon-Wanamingo
Kasey Dummer
11
libero
Lake City
Madi Green
12
hitter
Pine Island
Eliza Warneke
11
hitter
Stewartville
Tara Rogers
12
hitter
Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Breana Haag
12
hitter
Player

2014 Zumbrota-Mazeppa
volleyball award winners

By Faye Haugen
ZUMBROTA Awards and
letters were handed out to Zumbrota-Mazeppa volleyball players last week. The Cougars had
a 5-18 record for the 2015 season.
Letterwinners are seniors Bella
Wagner,
Breana Haag and Laura
ZUMBROTA Zumbrota-Mazeppa Primary School ROAR Award (Respect Optimism Appropriateness Responsibility)
Urban clean water practices
winners for the week of November 16 are, front row: Brayden Bork, Zaynah Paider, Tadam Kahl, Keira Drackley, Abby Anderson, and
Since city storm water systems Rolland, Ryley Stutz, Ryan Plank, and Quinten Staab; back row: Hunter Johnson, Lydia Hatleli, Anders Taylor Nelson; juniors Tara
Matuska, Natalie Majerus and
Hellyer, Nolan Rude,Gordon Kimber, and Sophia Henderson.

ROAR Award winners named for Nov. 16

Miranda Mollenhauer; sophomore

Lyndsey Quam, and freshman Aspen Brubaker.
Awards were presented to:
Co-Most Valuable: Breana Haag
Co-Most Valuable: Tara Matuska
Defensive Player of the Year: Bella
Wagner
Spirit Award: Abby Anderson
Rookie of the Year: Miranda Mollenhauer
Most Improved: Lauren Miller
HVL All Conference: Breana Haag

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Members of the 2015-2016 Zumbrota-Mazeppa boys basketball team are, from left, front row: Isaiah Stueber, Noah Erickson, Alex Nelson, Jacob
Niebuhr and Landon Rauen; back row: Zach Sanborn, Robvon Jackson, Kevin Nordquist, Isaiah Nolte and Alex Guse.

Goodhue will also play a trio

of boy-girls doubleheaders against
Kenyon-Wanamingo, Southland
and Lyle/Pacelli.

Goodhue returns a veteran squad to the court

City, and they played for the Section 1A title, losing to eventual
State Class A champion RushfordPeterson.
Jacob McNamara was named
HVL All Conference a season ago
when he averaged 11 points per
game and five rebounds a game.
Pasch netted 6 ppg, Peterson 6 ppg
and Sam McNamara 5 ppg.
We would like to be in the
top half of the HVL Blue Division and in the top half of West
Section 1A. We have a good core
of players coming back, but also

some inexperienced juniors that will

have to become accustomed to the
varsity level quickly to add depth
to out team, remarked Coach Halverson.
Goodhue will open their 201520-16 campaign on Friday when
they host Bethlehem Academy. The
Cats will play at Kasson on Tuesday.
The Wildcats will play a number of Section 1A team in non-conference play, including last years
state champion in Rushford-Peterson in Goodhue on December 11.

1-0 heading into their second game

on Tuesday against Lourdes in
Zumbrota.
The Cougars return six letterwinners in seniors: Noah Erickson, Zach Sanborn, and Alex Nelson; and juniors: Isaiah Stueber,
Alex Guse and Landon Rauen.
Non-letterwinners working hard

for court time are juniors: Kevin

Nordquist and Corey Dahl; and
sophomores: Jacob Niebuhr, Isaiah
Nolte and Robvon Jackson.
The Knights lost five seniors
to gradation in Jacob Forrey (HVL
All Conference), Jerrell Guider,
Paul Dahlen, Nathan Debner and
Steef Gonzales. Forrey, Guider,

and Debner were all starters.

With no real size in the middle,
ZM will play more uptempo this
season. Sanborn, Nelson, Guse and
Niebuhr all stand 63, but they
are the tallest players ZM will court.
Goodhue won the HVL Blue
Division last season with Lake City
winning the Gold. The Tigers started

the season ranked in the top 10 in

Class AA. Caledonia placed second in Class AA last season, and
the Warriors will be tough again
in post-season competition.
Letterwinners
Noah Erickson
Zach Sanborn
Alex Nelson
Landon Rauen
Isaiah Stueber
Alex Guse
Non-letterwinners
Jacob Niebuhr
Isaiah Nolte
Kevin Nordquist
Robvon Jackson
Corey Dahl

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Ht
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61
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By Faye Haugen
ZUMBROTA When the Zumbrota-Mazeppa boys basketball
team opened the season with a win
at Dover-Eyota on Friday, the
Cougars equaled their win record
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pion team are seniors: Sam McNamara, Jacob Pasch, Aaron Austin, Calvin Peterson, Justyn Lind,
Ryan Alpers, Sam Kyllo and Wilson Jonas; and juniors: Ben Opsahl and Jacob McNamara
Non-letterwinners Coach Matt
Halverson can draw from are juniors: Taylor Buck, Nicholas Thomforde, Julio Parra, Lucas Thomforde, Noah Hinsch, Dallas Jacobson and Cooper Davidson.
Goodhue became battled tested
when they advanced to the HVL
title game, where they lost to Lake

ZM looks to build on opening season win

By Faye Haugen
GOODHUE With 10 letterwinners back from last years 283 team, the Goodhue boys basketball team will be ready for another tough HVL schedule this
winter.
The Wildcats graduated just
three players in Tyler Schumacher,
Riley Augustine and Isaiah Hinsch, but both Schumacher and
Augustine led the Cats in scoring
the past two seasons.
Letterwinners back from last
years HVL Blue Division cham-

Ht Position
64 center
62 forward
511 guard
511 guars
63 center
511 guard
6
forward
511 forward
61 guard
63 center
Ht Position
57 guard
57 guard
510 guard
57 guard
56 guard
57 guard
61 forward

Members of the 2015-2016 Goodhue boys basketball team are, from left, front row: Taylor Buck, Nicholas Thomforde, Sam McNamara, Julio Parra,
Cooper Davidson, Noah Hinsch and Lucas Thomforde; back row: Justyn Lind, Ryan Alpers, Sam Kyllo, Aaron Austin, Jacob McNamara, Ben Opsahl,
Jacob Pasch and Wilson Jonas. Missing from the photo are Dallas Jacobson and Calvin Peterson.

Letterwinners
Yr
Aaron Austin
12
Calvin Peterson
12
Jacob Pasch
12
Ryan Alpers
12
Sam Kyllo
12
Sam McNamara
12
Wilson Jonas
12
Justyn Lind
12
Ben Opsahl
11
Jacob McNamara 11
Non-letterwinners Yr
Taylor Buck
11
Nicholas Thomforde 11
Julio Parra
11
Cooper Davidson
11
Noah Hinsch
11
Lucas Thomforde 11
Dallas Jacobson
11

Cougar boys basketball schedule

Nov. 20 at Eyota
Dec. 1 Lourdes
Dec. 8 at Dodge Center
Dec. 11 Pine Island
Dec. 15 at Kenyon
Dec. 18 Hayfield
Dec. 22 at Goodhue
Dec. 28 at Winona, 6 p.m.
Dec. 29 at Winona
Jan. 7
at Bethlehem Academy
Jan. 8
at Kasson
Jan. 12 Byron
Jan. 15 at Cannon Falls
Jan. 19 at Lake City
Jan. 22 Stewartville
Jan. 26 Triton
Jan. 29 at Hayfield
Feb. 2
Kenyon-Wanamingo
Feb. 4
at St. Charles
Feb. 5
at Pine Island
Feb. 9
at Lewiston
Feb. 12 Goodhue
Feb. 15 at Plainview
Home games in BOLD. Junior varsity
games at 6 p.m unless noted

Wildcat boys basketball schedule

Nov. 27 Bethlehem Academy
Dec. 1 at Kasson
Dec. 4 Byron
Dec. 8 at Hayfield
Dec. 10 at Dodge Center
Dec. 11 Rushford-Peterson
Dec. 15 Pine Island
Dec. 18 Kenyon-Wanamingo, 6 p.m.
Dec. 22 Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Dec. 28 at Grand Meadow
Dec. 29 at Grand Meadow
Jan. 5
Randolph
Jan. 8
at Cannon Falls
Jan. 9
Southland
Jan. 12 at Lake City
Jan. 15 Lourdes
Jan. 16 at Lyle/Pacelli, 3 p.m.
Jan. 19 Stewartville
Jan. 21 Hayfield
Jan. 26 at Eyota
Jan. 29 at Kenyon
Feb. 2
at Pine Island
Feb. 4
at Blooming Prairie
Feb. 5
Triton
Feb. 9
at Wabasha
Feb. 12 at Zumbrota
Home games in BOLD. Junior varsity
games at 6 p.m unless noted

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season with a knee injury. Quam

was an HVL All Conference selection and ZMs leading scorer.
ZM will build around eight letterwinners in senior Laura Drack-

Yr
12
11
11
11
11
11
10
10
Yr
10
10
9

Ht Position
53 guard
54 guard
56 forward
52 guard
54 guard
58 forward
61 center
58 guard
Ht Position
59 forward
55 guard
59 center

team.
ZM graduated three seniors from
last season in Rachel Mensink,
Alyssa Quam and Hailey Dykes.
Dykes sat out nearly the entire

Letterwinners
Laura Drackley
Brianna Albers
Taylor Blakstad
Natalie Majerus
Tara Matuska
Miranda Mollenhauer
Lauren Miller
Lyndsey Quam`
Non-letterwinners
Brandi Blakstad
Ashli Christopherson
Makayla Arendt

By Faye Haugen
ZUMBROTA With just one
senior back from last years 7-17
squad, the Zumbrota-Mazeppa girls
basketball team will court a young

urday evening and play at Lake

City on Monday.
We need to develop a ball
handler and cut down on our
turnovers, said Coach Paukert
whose team averaged 22 turnovers a game last season.

Wildcat girls basketball schedule

Nov. 27 at Red Wing, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 28 at Red Wing, 2 p.m.
Dec. 4 at Hayfield
Dec. 5 at Hopkins, 1 p.m.
Dec. 6 Blooming Prairie
Dec. 10 Triton
Dec. 15 at Pine Island
Dec. 18 Kenyon-Wanamingo
Dec. 22 at Zumbrota
Dec. 29 at Rochester, 1 p.m.
Dec. 30 at Rochester, 2 p.m.
Jan. 8
Cannon Falls
Jan. 9
Southland, 1:30 p.m.
Jan. 12 Lake City
Jan. 15 at Rochester Lourdes
Jan. 16 at Lyle/Pacelli, 1:30 p.m.
Jan. 19 at Stewartville
Jan. 22 Kasson-Mantorville
Jan. 29 at Kenyon
Feb. 4
Hayfield
Feb. 5
at Dodge Center
Feb. 6
Dover-Eyota
Feb. 9
Wabasha-Kellogg
Feb. 12 Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Feb. 16 Pine Island
Feb. 18 at Byron
Home games in BOLD. Junior varsity
games at 6 p.m unless noted

With just one senior, ZM will court a young squad

Cougar girls basketball schedule

Nov. 27 at Eyota, 6 p.m.
Nov. 28 at Eyota, 6 p.m.
Nov. 30 at Lake City
Dec. 8 Triton
Dec. 11 at Pine Island
Dec. 15 Kenyon-Wanamingo
Dec. 18 at Hayfield
Dec. 22 Goodhue
Jan. 5
Hayfield
Jan. 7
Bethlehem Academy
Jan. 8
Kasson-Mantorville
Jan. 17 at Byron
Jan. 14 Cannon Falls
Jan. 19 Lake City
Jan. 21 at Stewartville
Jan. 25 Dover-Eyota
Jan. 26 at Dodge Center
Feb. 2
at Kenyon
Feb. 4
St. Charles
Feb. 5
Pine Island
Feb. 9
Lewiston-Altura
Feb. 12 at Goodhue
Feb. 16 at Rochester Lourdes
Feb. 18 at Byron
Home games in BOLD. Junior varsity
games at 6 p.m unless noted

Members of the 2015-2016 Zumbrota-Mazeppa girls basketball team are, from left, front row: Hannah Mensink,
Natalie Majerus, Laura Drackley, Skyler Jacobson and Ashli Christopherson; second row: Debbie Czech, Brianna
Albers, Natalye Quam, Taylor Blakstad, Tara Matuska, Morgan Goodman and Megan Johnson; third row: Makayla
Arendt, Brandi Blakstad, Kyra Nichols, Summer Gruhlke, Carley Fredrickson and Madi Enger; back row: Miranda
Mollenhauer, Lyndsey Quam, Lauren Miller, Anna Tarpels and Ali Hunstad.

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ley (3 points per game); juniors:

Natalie Majerus (2 ppg), Briana
Albers (1 ppg), Tara Matuska (3
ppg), Taylor Blakstad (2 ppg), and
Miranda Mollenhauer (5 ppg); and
sophomore Lauren Miller (12 ppg).
Miller (an all conference selection) led ZM in rebounds (6.1 per
game) and set individual and career records with 105 blocked shots
last season.
Non-letterwinners expecting to
contribute are sophomores Brandi
Blakstad and Ashli Christopherson; and freshman Mikayla Arendt.
Weve got to stay healthy,
stressed Coach Scott Paukert. We
have a good inside presence with
Lauren Miller, but we do not have
a consistent shooter from the outside. Different players will shoot
well at times, but not consistently.
We are a work in progress.
The HVL Blue Division will
be loaded with good teams once
again. Kenyon-Wanamingo won
the division title, with Goodhue
and Hayfield close behind. All
three should be in contention once
again. Kasson-Mantorville went
undefeated in the Gold Division
at 16-0.
Section 1AA champ DoverEyota returns two of their top four
players. Kenyon-Wanamingo
could also be in the hunt.
The Cougars will open their
season on Friday when they play
Minnehaha Academy at the Dover-Eyota Invitational at 6 p.m.
ZM will return to Eyota on Sat-

Goodhue will return to Red Wing

for a 2 p.m. game on Saturday.
Goodhue will open HVL play on
Members of the 2015-2016 Goodhue girls basketball team are, from left, front row: Elise Tipcke, Kate Opsahl, Sam Bartholome, Lexie Lodermeier, Friday, December 4 when they travel
Brooklyn Meyer and Myrian Monjaraz-Olmos; second row: Maddy Lodermeier, Kjersten Veiseth, Megan Ryan, Abby Jonsgaard, Kate Stehr, Emily Benrud, to Hayfield.
Michele Hadler, Maddy Miller, McKenzie Ryan, Kalley Diercks, Kait Buck, Mariah Tipcke and Katie Pearson; back row: Haley Lexvold, Haley Evans,
This Goodhue team is hungry.
Kennedy Buck, Taylor Larson, Autumn Lindblom, Sydney Lodermeier, Mikayla Peterson and Keisha OReilly. Missing from the photo is Mekaylla Holt. They fell short of their goals of winning the HVL last season and the
section title. They have a little bit of
an edge this season, concluded
By Faye Haugen
ago.
the Cats in scoring last season with back of Kenyon-Wanamingo in Coach Wieme.
GOODHUE With 11 letterReturning letterwinners include 16 points a game.
Yr Ht Position
the HVL Blue Division standings Letterwinners
winners and four starters back from seniors: Michelle Hadler, Kalley
12 56 guard
Sydney Lodermeier, an HVL last season, and Coach Wieme Michelle Hadler
last years 23-6 squad, the Goodhue Diercks, Taylor Larson, Keisha All Conference selection last sea- looks for the Knights along with Kalley Diercks
12 555 forward
12 58 forward
girls should be a contender for the OReilly and Kate Stehr; juniors: son, is the leading scorer back at Hayfield to be tough competition. Taylor Larson
12 58 forward
HVL Blue Division, West Section Haley Lexvold, Megan Ryan, 14 ppg. Larson netted 6 ppg. Coach Lyle/Pacelli ended Goodhues Keisha OReilly
12 56 forward
1A and Section 1A titles this sea- Maddy Miller, and McKenzie Wieme rotated a number of play- season last year in the West Sec- Kate Stehr
Haley Lexvold
11 54 guard
son. The Wildcats have size, depth Ryan; and sophomores: Emily ers into his lineup last season, and tion 1A finals.
Megan Ryan
11 55 guard
and speed that will make them a Benrud and Sydney Lodermeier. eight of them are back with anThey are still the team to beat, Maddy Miller
11 58 forward
favorite against any team they face
Non-letterwinners working hard other year of experience.
said Coach Wieme of the Athlet- Emily Benrud
10 56 guard
this season.
are juniors Mikayla Peterson and
We know we have to defend ics. They return three very good Sydney Lodermeier 10 511 forward
The big difference between this Kait Buck, sophomore Mariah inside, but we do have some height. players. On the other side of the Non-letterwinners Yr Ht Position
year and last is that we have a lot Tipcke, and freshman Lexie Lo- We have some quick guards. They section, Rushford-Peterson returns Mikayla Peterson
11 510 center
Kait Buck
11 59 forward
of returning letterwinners with a dermeier.
are short, but they are quick. We their lineup from last year.
10 57 guard
lot of playing experience, said
Goodhue graduated three play- also have a lot of depth. We can
The Wildcats will open their sea- Mariah Tipcke
9
61 center
Coach Josh Wieme. They show ers in Shelby Hinsch, Rachel Wat- play eight players a lot of the time, son on Friday when they take part Lexie Lodermeier
a lot of confidence when they prac- son and Brittney Ryan. Hinsch, an pointed out Coach Wieme.
in the Red Wing Invitation begintice and they lacked that a year HVL All Conference selection, led
The Wildcats finished a game ning at 3:30 p.m. against River Falls.

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tis, Sydney Melson, Reiss Musty,

Baxter OReilly, Jake Peterson and
Gabe Rehder.
The Wildcats graduated four
wrestlers from last years team in
Jacob Gilsdorf, Logan Breuer,
Chuck Dahling and Jordan Ronningen.
Of the eight letterwinners back,
five of them placed in the state or
section tournament. Joel Gadient
(30-6) placed first at 126 pounds
in the section meet and made his
second trip to the state meet where
he placed sixth. Bailee OReilly
(29-10) was second in the section

meet at 152 pounds and advanced

to the state meet for the first time.
Kelby OReilly (32-7) was third
at section at 138, Kaleb OReilly
(23-15) was third at sections at
145 , and John Altendorf (106)
was fifth at 106 pounds at the
section meet.
Both Joel Gadient (fifth at 138)
and Bailee OReilly (sixth at 160)
start the season ranked in the top
10 in Class A.
Kasson-Mantorville (ranked
second in Class AA), KenyonWanamingo (ranked second in
Class A) and Zumbrota-Mazeppa

ZM wants to build off last seasons success

Non-letterwinners who will be

counted on to contribute are senior Brad Marking; sophomores:
Garrett Huneke, Chase Hinsch,
Sven Otterness and Casey Ryan;
freshmen: Matthew Kuznicki,
Brayden Hinsch, Shane Vsevich,
Connor Jacobson, Juan ChavezMoyer and Kodee OReilly; eighthgraders: Cole Melson, Christian
Chavez-Moyer, Conor OReilly,
Kyle Schoenfelder and Nicholas
Hinsch; and seventh-graders: Ryley Christianson, Bannen Donovan, Logan Ferguson, Dakota Heitman, Ricky Husband, Logan Lan-

Members of the 2015-2016 Zumbrota-Mazeppa wrestling team are, from left, front row: Charlie Gehrke, Cole Poncelet, Aaron Turk, Luke Tupper, Hayden Stensland, Ashton Macht, Michael
Vath, Dylan VanCanneyt, Michael Majerus, Luke Krier and John Poulin; second row: Jack Smothers, Isaiah Jurrens, Zach Bredehoft, Spencer DeFrang, Jacob Bennett, Caden Steffen, Connor
Heitman, Richard Gehrke, Max Smothers, Sam Nordquist, Nathan Haltom, Kevin Majerus and Tanner Mancilman; back row: Luke Dahlen, Devin Manzy, Fletcher Bengtson, Jack Haglund,
Jarrett Haglund, Kayson Morseth, Ryan Horsch, Hayden Voxland, Maverick Jackson, Jacob Lawrence, Tyler Soltau and Pedro Martin. Missing from the photo are: Evan Groby, Ethan Kovars,
Ben Roberts, Andrew Bennett and Beau Jurrens.
Cougar wrestling schedule

By Faye Haugen
GOODHUE Right now there
are more questions than answers
for the Goodhue wrestling team.
The Wildcats have 30 wrestlers
in the practice room, but only 10
are upper-classmen (10th grade or
higher).
Goodhue returns seven letterwinners from last years 15-9 dualmeet team in seniors: Joel Gadient
and Casey Deneen; juniors: John
Altendorf and Bailee OReilly;
sophomore Joel Gadient; and freshmen: Kaleb OReilly and Kelby
OReilly.

Goodhue varsity lacks numbers as the season begins

Letterwinners
Yr Wt Record
Joel Gadient
12 126 30-6
Casey Deneen
12 180 John Altendorf
11 106 20-6
Bailee OReilly
11 170 29-10
Joel Breuer
10 140 3-22
Kaleb OReilly
9
170 23-15
Kelby OReilly
9
170 32-7
Non-letterwinners
Senior: Brad Marking
Sophomores: Garrett Huneke, Chase Hinsch,
Sven Otterness and Casey Ryan
Freshmen: Matthew Kuznicki, Brayden Hinsch,
Shane Vsevich, Connor Jacobson, Juan ChavezMoyer and Kodee OReilly
Eighth-graders: Cole Melson, Christian ChavezMoyer, Conor OReilly, Kyle Schoenfelder and
Nicholas Hinsch
Seventh-graders: Ryley Christianson, Bannen
Donovan, Logan Ferguson, Dakota Heitman, Ricky
Husband, Logan Lantis, Sydney Melson, Reiss
Musty, Baxter OReilly, Jake Peterson and Gabe
Rehder

Members of the 2015-2016 Goodhue wrestling team are, from left, front row: Seth Hinsch, Juan Chavez-Moyer, Chase Hinsch, Baxter OReilly and
Joel Breuer; middle row: Garrett Huneke, Kodee OReilly, John Altendorf, Brayden Hinsch, Casey Deneen and Connor Jacobson; back row: Kelby
OReilly, Bailee OReilly, Joel Gadient, Nicholas Hinsch, Brad Marking, Kaleb OReilly and Travis Gadient. Missing from the pho to are: Conor OReilly,
Kyle Schoenfelder, Shane Vosevich, and Sven Otterness.

(ranked third in Class A) are the

HVL favorites as the season begins.
ZM and Dover-Eyota (ranked11th in Class A) should contend
for the Section 1A title. Perennial
favorite Kenyon-Wanamingo was
moved to Section 2A with section
realignment. The Wildcats could be
a threat if they can fill out a roster,
but right now they lack numbers
from 106 to heavyweight.
The Cats will open the season
on Saturday, December 5 when they
take part in the Washington Technology Invitational beginning at 9
a.m. Goodhue will not host a home
meet until Thursday, January 14
when Triton comes to Goodhue.

Wildcat wrestling schedule

Dec. 5 at Washington Magnet, 9 a.m.
Dec. 10 at Hayfield, 5 p.m.
Dec. 12 at Kasson, 10 a.m.
Dec. 17 at Mazeppa, 5 p.m.
Dec. 18 at Chisago Lakes, 4 p.m.
Jan. 12 at Plainview, 10 a.m.
Jan. 12 at Eyota, 6 p.m.
Jan. 14 Triton
Jan. 16 at Rogers, 10 a.m.
Jan. 22 at Stewartville
Jan. 28 Cannon Falls/Lake City, 5 p.m.
Jan. 30 at Armstrong, 10 a.m.
Feb. 2 Kasson-Mantorville
Feb. 4 at Byron
Home matches BOLD. Junior varsity
matches begin at 6 p.m. unless noted

By Faye Haugen
ZUMBROTA After having a
great post-season run that resulted
in a second place finish in the
State Class A tournament, the Zumbrota-Mazeppa wrestling team
wants to build on that success.
The Cougars have 10 letterwinners back from last years 30-7
dual meet team with six of them
placing in the Section 1A tournament and three who wrestled in
the State Class A individual tournament.
Letterwinners back are senior:
Devin Manzy (36-9, second at section at 160, state meet participant);
juniors: Maverick Jackson (38-11,
second at sections at 132, state
meet participant), and Jacob
Lawrence; sophomores: Spencer
DeFrang (34-9, third at sections
at 106), Jarrett Haglund, Sam Nor-

dquist (19-22), Caden Steffen (328, third at section at 152) and Hayden Stensland (32-15, second at
113, state meet qualifier), and Hayden Voxland; and freshman Jacob
Bennett (24-14, fifth at 138 pound).
Non-letterwinners fighting for
mat time are, junior: Pedro Martin; sophomores: Aaron Turk, Matt
Moreno, Connor Heitman, Max
Smothers, Fletcher Bengston,
Dylon VanCanneyt, Nate McCarty,
Luke Tupper, Richard Gehrke and
Luke Dahlen; freshmen: Zach Bredehoft, Ryan Horsch, Tyler Soltaue,
Ben Roberts, Kayson Morseth,
Isaiah Jurren and Matt Postians;
eighth-graders: Andrew Bennett,
Charlie Gehrke, Luke Krier, Kevin
Majerus, Michael Majerus, Cole
Poncelet, John Poulin and Jack
Haglund; and seventh-graders:
Evan Groby, Nathan Haltom, Beau

Jurrens, Ethan Kovars, Ashton

Macht, Tanner Mancilman and
Jack Smothers
Despite graduating eight veteran seniors in Joey Majerus, Dillon Downes, Evan Block, Freedom Hunt, Noah Prodzinski, Connor Hegseth, Nick Vath and Seth
Tupper, the Cougars start the season ranked third. State champion
Minneota is ranked first with
Kenyon-Wanamingo second.
While ZM should field a strong
lineup from 106 to 180, the Cougars graduated most of their upper weight wrestlers and will be
unproven as the season begins.
The HVL will be loaded with
good teams. Kasson-Mantorville
(ranked second in Class AA),
Kenyon-Wanamingo, Stewartville
and the Cougars should all battle
for the title. KM was first last sea-

son followed by KW and ZM .

The Cougars are the favorite in
Section 1AA with Dover-Eyota second. Kenyon-Wanamingo was
moved to Section 2A for post-season competition, taking away an
always anticipated matchup.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa will open
their season on Tuesday when they
travel to Dover-Eyota to take on
the 11th-ranked Eagles. The Cougars first home match in Mazeppa
is set for Friday, December 4 when
Lake City comes to town.
Letterwinners
Devin Manzy
Maverick Jackson
Jacob Lawrence
Spencer DeFrang
Hayden Stensland
Sam Nordquist
Hayden Voxland
Caden Steffen
Jarrett Haglund
Jacob Bennett

Yr
12
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
10
9

Record
36-9
38-11
34-9
32-15
19-22
32-8
24-14

Dec. 1 at Eyota
Dec. 4 Lake City
Dec. 5 at Glencoe, 9 a.m.
Dec. 17 Pine Island/Goodhue, 5 p.m.
Dec. 18 Plainview-Elgin-Millville
Jan. 7 at Cannon Falls, 5 p.m.
Jan. 8 at Quad County, 5 p.m.
Jan. 9 at Wabasso, 9 a.m.
Jan. 14 at Byron, 5 p.m.
Jan. 16 Zumbrota, 9 a.m.
Jan. 21 at Hayfield, 5 p.m.
Jan. 23 at Bloomington Kennedy, 8 a.m.
Jan. 29 Kenyon-Wanamingo
Feb. 4 at Kasson
Home matches BOLD in Mazeppa. JV
matches begin at 6 p.m. unless noted
Non-letterwinners
Junior: Pedro Martin
Sophomores: Aaron Turk, Matt Moreno, Connor Heitman, Max Smothers, Fletcher Bengston, Dylon VanCanneyt, Nate McCarty, Luke
Tupper, Richard Gehrke and Luke Dahlen
Freshmen: Zach Bredehoft, Ryan Horsch, Tyler
Soltaue, Ben Roberts, Kayson Morseth, Isaiah
Jurren and Matt Postians
Eighth-graders: Andrew Bennett, Charlie Gehrke, Luke Krier, Kevin Majerus, Michael Majerus, Cole Poncelet, John Poulin and Jack
Haglund
Seventh-graders: Evan Groby, Nathan Haltom,
Beau Jurrens, Ethan Kovars, Ashton Macht,
Tanner Mancilman and Jack Smothers

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Good Luck Cougars!

Coach Stumm looks for 18 girls to

dance varsity in high kick with nine
on the jazz team. That will change
as the season goes on depending
on how our routines change, how
girls progress in their skills and injuries
In HVL competition, KassonMantorville, Byron and Cannon
Falls will be tough at the conference meet on January 22 in Cannon Falls.
A number of teams will set their
sights on the Cougars in section
competition. St. Charles (second)
and Wabasha-Kellogg and Dover-

We have the Latest and Greatest

Coach Jess Ferguson has 10 letterwinners returning from a team

that placed fifth in the Section 1A
high kick meet. The Wildcats
graduated six longtime dance seniors in Alyssa Herman, Cheyennea Binondo, Haley Hinrichs, Jerica
Staehli, Katherine Grigoleit and
Mindy Strusz.
Returning letterwinners are seniors: Chelsea Voth and Laura
Ringeisen; juniors: Amalia Oien,
Krista Gadient, Rachel Opsahl and
Sydney Kurtti; sophomores: Abby

Doerhoefer and Macey Larson;

and eighth-grader: Kori Diercks.
Non-letterwinners working had
in practice are, juniors: Alisa Clemens, Anna Kohlnhofer, Bethany
Plutowski and Lexie Bortz; sophomores: Catherine Fox, Millie Hahn
and Morgan Roschen; freshmen:
Jada Voth, Alyssa Wiering and
Megan Ringeisen; eighth-graders:
Alexis Ferguson, Becca Alpers,
Caitlin Holmes, Hannah Dahlstrom
and Regan OConnor; and seventhgrader: Erynn Schumacher.

Right now we have nine returning letterwinners and 17 new

varsity team members, said
Coach Jess Ferguson. We will
start out dancing as many girls as
we can. Many of them are still
learning, but our goal is to get as
many girls as possible onto the
floor. This is a learning year with
so many new numbers. But we
will have an additional coach
which will help.
Coach Ferguson pointed out
that the Wildcats are aiming to

Go Wildcats!

New Wheel
Alignment System

By Faye Haugen
GOODHUE The Goodhue
dance team continues to grow. So
much so this year that the Wildcats will have to skip their first
scheduled meet because they lack
enough uniforms for the team.
Goodhue saw their program
expand from 30 dancers last year
to 42 this season.
The new uniforms should be in
stock before the Wildcats take part
in the Zumbrota-Mazeppa Invitational on Saturday, December 12.

Letterwinners
Seniors: Chelsea Voth and Laura Ringeisen
Juniors: Amalia Oien, Krista Gadient,
Rachel Opsahl and Sydney Kurtti
Sophomores: Abby Doerhoefer and Macey
Larson
Eighth-grader: Kori Diercks
Non-letterwinners
Juniors: Alisa Clemens, Anna Kohlnhofer,
Bethany Plutowski and Lexie Bortz
Sophomores: Catherine Fox, Millie Hahn
and Morgan Roschen
Freshmen: Jada Voth, Alyssa Wiering
and Megan Ringeisen
Eighth-graders: Alexis Ferguson, Becca
Alpers, Caitlin Holmes, Hannah Dahlstrom and Regan OConnor
Seventh-grader: Erynn Schumacher

lee Magnuson, Haley Grudem, Elle

Jensen, Anna Lowrie, and Devon
Miller.
ZM lost four seniors to graduation in Emma Gunhus, Kennedy
Mueller, Maddie Lindhart, and
Olivia Gadient.
Again, we have a group of very
talented and motivated girls ready
to work hard to achieve their goals
of making it to State in both routines, remarked Coach Jen Stumm.
We continue to work on improving our technique and getting better than we were the day before.
With 34 girls on the roster,

Members of the 2015-2016 Goodhue dance team are, from left, front row: Alexis Ferguson, Meagan Ringeisen, Chelsea Voth, Katie Hemenway and Erynn
Schumacher; second row: Alisa Clemens, Anna Kohlnhofer,, Reagan OConnor, Jada Voth, Rebecca Alpers, Kori Diercks, Catherine Fox and Caitlin KarpasHolmes; third row: Emily Doerhoefer, Rachel Opsahl,, Lexie Bortz, Alyssa Wiering, Morgan Roschen, Abby Doehoefer, Laura Ringeisen, Anna Cardell and
Amalia Oien; back row: Brekah Baker, Krista Gadient, Bethany Plutowski, Macey Larson, Sydney Kurtti, Hannah Dahlstrom and Cass Ramthun. Missing
from the photo is Millie Hahn.

Goodhue dance program continues to grow

lyn Hinchley and Katie Lawler;

sophomores: Corie Deraas, Maddie Lawler and Nikki Bryant; and
freshmen: Halle Kruse and Myfanwy Postians.
Non-letterwinners working hard
for court time are, juniors: Anna
Haugen and Kerrie Post; sophomores: Nikki Bryant and Lexi
Macht; freshman: Brianna Dose;
eighth-graders: Abby Voss, Ishvari Garcia, Alyssa Mancilman,
Kristine Moore, Kallie Olson, Jennifer Maharaj, Morgan Berg, Madeline Fitzgibbons, Jenna Stene and
Sam Walker; seventh-graders: Ten-

By Faye Haugen
ZUMBROTA Since 2007, the
Zumbrota-Mazeppa dance team has
qualified for the State Class A
dance meet, and the Cougars are
setting their sights on making 10
straight trips to the Target Center
in February.
Fourteen letterwinners are back
from last years Section 1A champion jazz and high kick teams.
Returning letterwinners are, seniors: Breana Haag, Grace Myran, Katie Grudem, Rachel Tschann
and Sophie Holm; juniors: Amanda
Edstrom, Bethany Renken, Kait-

Letterwinners
Seniors: Breana Haag, Grace Myran, Katie
Grudem, Rachel Tschann and Sophie Holm
Juniors: Amanda Edstrom, Bethany Renken, Kaitlyn Hinchley and Katie Lawler
Sophomores: Corie Deraas, Maddie Lawler
and Nikki Bryant
Freshmen: Halle Kruse and Myfanwy Postians
Non-letterwinners
Abby Voss- 8, Ishvari Garcia - 8, Tenlee
Magnuson - 7, Haley Grudem - 7, Alyssa
Mancilman - 8, Nikki Bryant - 10, Kristine
Moore - 8, Elle Jensen - 7, Anna Lowrie 7, Brianna Dose - 9, Kallie Olson - 8,
Jennifer Maharaj - 8, Devon Miller - 7,
Morgan Berg - 8, Madeline Fitzgibbons 8, Jenna Stene - 8, Lexi Macht - 10, Sam
Walker - 8, Anna Haugen - 11 Kerrie Post
- 11

keep improving and taking that

final step by placing in the top
four at the Section 1A meet and
advancing to State in high kick.
Kasson-Mantorville, Byron
and Cannon Falls will be the favorites in HVL competition.
In Section 1A, ZumbrotaMazeppa won both the jazz and
high kick titles last years. St.
Charles, Dover-Eyota and Wabasha-Kellogg all advanced to
State in high kick last year, but
do not count out Lake City as a
contender. Goodhue is hoping to
join that elite group.
The girls are working hard
and they bring a ton of energy to
practice. They are ready to learn
and that is half the battle, pointed
out Coach Ferguson, who added,
We want to get better and attain our goals this season.

ZM seeks their 10th straight trip to State

Eyota (tied for third) will try to

move up the ladder in high kick
competition. Lake City was
shocked when they failed to advance to State last year, and Coach
Stumm expects the Tigers to com
back strong this season.
St. Charles was second and
Dover-Eyota third behind the Cougars in jazz competition last year
at the second meet.
We show a lot of promise this
season and we have great leadership. Many of these girls have been
on the varsity team five or six
years, pointed out Coach Stumm.
All of the girls are focused on
the same end goal and that is to
return to State for the 10th straight
year. They are all working hard
to get there.
The ZM dance teams will also
be performing during Cougar boys
basketball games on December 1
and 11, at ZM wrestling on December 18 and at Cougar girls
basketball games on January 18
and 25 and February 4.

Wildcat dance schedule

Goodhue
at Zumbrota, noon
Goodhue
at Lake City, 11 a.m.
at Plainview, 5 p.m.
Goodhue
at Rochester Century, noon
Goodhue
Goodhue, noon
HVL at Cannon Falls, 7:15 p.m.
Section 1A at Eyota, noon

Dec. 8
Dec. 12
Dec. 15
Dec. 19
Dec. 29
Jan. 5
Jan. 9
Jan. 5
Jan. 16
Jan. 22
Jan. 23

Members of the 2015-2016 Zumbrota-Mazeppa dance team are, from left, front row: Katie Grudem, Breana Haag, Rachel Tschann, Sophie Holm and
Grace Myran; second row: Maddie Lawler, Katie Lawler, Abby Voss, Ishvari Garcia, Tenlee Magnuson and Haley Grudem; third row: Amanda Edstrom,
Corie Deraas, Alyssa Mancilman, Nikki Bryant, Bethany Renken, Kristine Moore and Elle Jensen; fourth row: Anna Lowrie, Brianna Dose, Kallie Olson,
Kaitlyn Hinchley, Jennifer Maharaji, Devon Miller and Morgan Berg; back row Halle Kruse, Madeline Fitzgibbons, Jenna Stene, Lexi Macht, Sam Walker,
Anna Haugen and Kerrie Post. Missing from the photo are: Myfanwy Postians and managers Calley Gunhus and Breanna Kreps.

Cougar dance schedule

Zumbrota, noon
at Lake City, 11 a.m.
at Winona, noon
at Granite Falls, noon
HVL at Cannon Falls, 7:15 p.m.
at Eyota, noon
Section 1A at Eyota, noon

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and should help fill the open starting position.

KW won the HVL Blue Division last season with a 14-2 record,
with Goodhue a game back at 131. Look for another battle between
the Knights and Wildcats this season. Kasson-Mantorville was the
Gold Division champ, and the KoMets are expected to be strong again
this season.
Dover-Eyota returns three of their
top five from last years championship team, and the Eagles are the

tney Flom (four-time letterwinner)

and Emily Ashland (three-time letterwinner. Flom netted 13 points
per game and Quam 12 ppg. Both
were HVL All Conference selection.
KW will build around another
all conference selection in junior
Mara Quam who led the Knights
in scoring with 19 ppg. Bleess is
another returning starter averaging 7 ppg. Dummer (4 ppg), Megan
Flom and Hokanson all saw extended playing time last season

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are seniors: Courtney Houglum,

Kaitlin Knott, Siri Quam, Kayla
Knott and Sarah Sahl juniors: Kasey Dummer, Savannah Bleess,
Mara Quam and Megan Flom; and
sophomore Tess Hokanson.
Non-letterwinners out are junior Natalie Hildebrandt; and sophomores: Corynne Dahl, Maddie
McCauley, Sydney Way and Brynn
Gillard.
The Knights lost three veteran
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PI gymnastics numbers are bolstered by nine seventh-graders

By Faye Haugen
KENYON The KenyonWanamingo girls basketball teams
quest to return to the State Class
AA tournament was stopped in the
West Section 1AA finals last March
by Dover-Eyota. The Eagles went
on to win the Class AA title.
With 10 letterwinners and five
of their top eight players back from
last years 20-9 team, the Knights
should make a strong showing in
the post-season in 2016.
Returning monogram winners

Letterwinners
Courtney Houglum
Kaitlin Knott
Siri Quam
Kayla Knott
Sarah Sahl
Kasey Dummer
Mara Quam
Savannah Bleess
Megan Flom
Tess Hokanson
Non-letterwinners
Natalie Hildebrandt
Corynne Dahl
Maddie McCauley
Sydney Way
Brynn Gillard

KW will reload for another good season

Panther gymnastics schedule

Nov. 28 at Austin
Dec. 3 at LaCrescent, 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 5 at Byron, 12:30 p.m.
Dec. 15 at Byron, 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 22 LaCrescent, 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 8
Byron, 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 9
at New Prague, 11 a.m.
Jan. 14 at Caledonia, 6 p.m.
Jan. 22 Kasson-Mantorville, 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 23 at Breck, 11 a.m.
Jan. 29 Stewartville, 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 4
at Byron, 6 p.m.
Home matches in BOLD

Members of the 2015-2016 Kenyon-Wanamingo girls basketball team are, from left, front row: Riley Dummer, Kasey Dummer, Natalie Hildebrandt, Brynn
Gillard, Siri Quam, Kaitlin Knott, and Shelby Clawiter; middle row: Madi Luebke, Kaitlyn Vold, Kassandra Keller, Tess Hokanson, Sydney Way, Mara Quam,
Lauren Berg, Shera Clawiter, and Brandi Remold; back row: Corynne Dahl, Savannah Bleess, Morgan Burow, Megan Flom, Sarah Sahl, Kayla Knott, and
Maddie McCauley

favorite to repeat in both West

Section 1AA and Section 1AA.
The Knights will open play on
Friday when they take part in the
Hamline University Invitational in
St. Paul, beginning at 10:30 a.m.
against Stillwater. Kenyon-Wanamingo returns for their second game
of the tournament against DeLaSalle on Saturday at 4 p.m. The
Knight home opener is set for Tuesday when Byron comes to town to
start the HVL season.

Knight girls basketball schedule

Nov. 27 at Hamline University
Nov. 28 at Hamline University
Dec. 1 Byron
Dec. 4 at Rushford
Dec. 8 Pine Island
Dec. 11 Hayfield
Dec. 15 at Zumbrota
Dec. 18 at Goodhue
Dec. 22 Triton
Dec. 29 at Hayfield, 6 p.m.
Dec. 30 at Hayfield, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 5
at New Richland
Jan. 9
at Hayfield, 1 p.m.
Jan. 12 at Cannon Falls
Jan. 14 at Blooming Prairie
Jan. 15 at Lake City
Jan. 22 Lourdes
Jan. 26 at Pine Island
Jan. 29 Goodhue
Feb. 2
Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Feb. 9
WEM
Feb. 2
at Dodge Center
Feb. 16 Stewartville
Feb. 19 at Kasson
Home games in BOLD. Junior varsity
games at 6 p.m unless noted

By Faye Haugen
PINE ISLAND The Pine Island gymnastics team was very
young last year with just one senior on the squad in Kendra Euler. The Panthers did not have any
juniors on the roster and just two
sophomores.
The PI gymnastics team is a
year older, but they are still a young
team with nearly half of the squad
made up of seventh-graders.
Eight letterwinners return from
last years team that placed sec-

ond in the Southeast Gymnastics

Conference standings with a 6-2
mark. Byron took team honors with
a perfect 8-0 record.
Letterwinners back are juniors:
Brittney Arndt and Brooke
Schaefer; sophomore Brynn Olson;
freshmen: Robin Talbot and Bailey
Kuball; and eighth-graders: Cora
Heiden, Megan Leland and Rachel
Schutz.
Providing depth and making for
a competitive practice room are
non-letterwinners, sophomore Isa-

bella Wiggins; freshmen: Jenna

Locke and Malia Kundert; and
seventh-graders: Eliza Goplen,
Camille Chester, Jaci Newman,
Sawyer Gorman, Brynn Burkhalter, Lacy McClain, Mikenna Fogarty, Julia Ableitner and Alexis
Matzke.
Olson was a State Class A qualifier last year in both the vault and
all around. She placed 28th in the
vault and 29th all around.
All but one of the seventhgraders coming into the program

have some experience through team

gymnastics or through taking rec
classes or camps. We have a lot of
competition in the room with most
of the girls able to do all of the
events, said Coach Chris Templeton. Right now we are still working on getting the girls in gymnastics shape. Once we get them to the
level we want them well start to
see their skill level increase. By
the second half of the season the
girls will be learning new skills.
Right now we are easing them into

the new season.

The Panther skipper looks for
Byron as the team to beat in conference action, with Austin the favorite in Section 1A.
They are both four times champions, and until we beat them or
someone else does, they are the
favorite in conference and in section competition, remarked Coach
Templeton who thinks his Panthers can give Byron a test.
The Panthers will open their
season on Thursday, December 3
when they travel to LaCrescent
for a 6:30 p.m. meet.
Letterwinners
Juniors: Brittney Arndt and Brook Schaefer
Sophomore: Brynn Olson
Freshmen: Robin Talbot and Bailey Kuball
Eighth-graders: Cora Heiden, Megan Leland
and Rachel Schutz
Non-letterwinners
Sophomore: Isabella Wiggins
Freshmen: Jenna Locke and Malia Kundert
Seventh-graders: Eliza Goplen, Camille Chester, Jaci Newman, Sawyer Gorman, Brynn
Burkhalter, Lacy McClain, Mikenna Fogarty,
Julia Ableitner and Alexis Matzke

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tions last winter at 106 pounds with

a 13-6 record. Turner also placed
fourth in the section meet with a
23-14 record at 145 pounds. Aarsvold earned a fith-place medal at
the section meet with a 25-11 mark.
Goplen (5-16), Kunz (5-11), Swarthout and Riley (7-26) all saw varsity action last season.
The Panthers will compete in the
always tough HVL conference that
has three ranked teams as the season begins. Kenyon-Wanamingo is
ranked second in Class A and Zum-

son Fallon and Cade Predmore;

and eighth-grader Bryden Burkhalter.
Pine Island graduated just one
matmen from last years team in
Colton Pike.
Leading the way for the Panthers is Bauer who surprised many
by winning the Class A state title
at 113 pounds. The Section 1A
champion had a 34-6 record. Bauer
is ranked second at 126 pounds as
the season begins.
Williams placed fourth at sec-

With no seniors on the squad,

seven juniors will anchor the Panther team.
Letterwinners back are juniors:
Jack Williams, Noah Bauer, Trevor
Turner, Noah Koenig and Alex
Aarsvold; sophomores: Evan
Goplen, Brogan Kunz, Matt Riley
and Connor Swarthout.
Non-letterwinners expected to
help fill open weights are juniors:
Ryan Kelling and Jeremy Bryant;
sophomores: Tanner Bates and
Shanter Kimble; freshmen: Daw-

By Faye Haugen
PINE ISLAND For many
years Don McPhail was the head
coach of the Pine Island wrestling
team. Over the past several years,
McPahil moved down and coaches
the junior high and junior varsity
teams, but he takes over the head
coaching position again this year,
replacing Dwight Gingrich.
The Panthers have just 15 wrestlers on their roster, but Coach
McPhail inherits nine letterwinners
from last years 4-12 dual-meet
record team.

Letterwinners
Yr Record
Jack Williams
11 13-6
Noah Bauer
11 34-6
Trevor Turner
11 23-14
Noah Koenig
11 10-20
Alex Aarsvold
11 25-11
Evan Goplen
10 5-16
Brogan Kunz
10 5-11
Connor Swarthout
10 20-10
Matt Riley
10 7-26
Non-letterwinners
Juniors: Jeremy Bryant and Ryan Kelling
Sophomores: Tanner Bates and Shanter Kimble
Frehsmen: Dawson Fallon and Cade
Predmore
Eighth-grader: Brayden Burkhalter

A very familiar coach takes over at PI

Members of the 2015-2016 wrestling team are, from left, front row: Gavin Tilford, Riley Weis, Mason Pike, Oliver Vargus, Daniel Krier, Gabe Beck,
Kaleb Walters and Brayden Burkhalter; middle row: Noah Bauer, Tanner Bates, Broghen Kunz, Connor Swarthout, Evan Goplen, Matt Riley and Dawson
Fallon; back row: Noah Koenig, Cade Predmore, Jack Williams, Alex Aarsvold and Ryan Kelling. Missing from the photo are Trevor Turner, Jeremy
Bryant and Shanter Kimball.

brota-Mazeppa is ranked third.

Last years HVL champion,
Kasson-Mantorville, is ranked
second in Class AA.
ZM and Dover-Eyota (ranked
11th in Class A are the Section
1A favorites. During section realignment, the High School
League shifted Kenyon-Wanamingo to Section 2A.
Pine Island will open their
2015-2016 campaign on Saturday when they take part in the
John Marshall Invitational beginning at 10 a.m. The first home
meet for Pine Island will be on
Thursday, December 3 when they
host an HVL double dual with
Cannon Falls and Stewartville.

Panther wrestling schedule

Nov. 28 at John Marshall, 10 a.m.
Dec. 3 KM/Stewartville, 5 p.m.
Dec. 12 at Kasson, 10 a.m.
Dec. 17 at Mazeppa, 5 p.m.
Dec. 19 at Eagan, 10 a.m.
Jan. 7 Byron
Jan. 9 at Cannon Falls, 10 a.m.
Jan. 14 at Lake City, 5 p.m.
Jan. 16 at Lake Crystal, 10 a.m.
Jan. 22 at Cannon Falls
Jan. 28 at Dodge Center
Jan. 30 Pine Island, 10 a.m.
Feb. 4 Hayfield
Home matches in BOLD. Junior
varsity matches begin at 6 p.m.
unless noted

KW boys go 1-1 at Triton Invitational

By Faye Haugen
KENYON The KenyonWanamingo boys basketball team
kicked off the 2015-2016 season
with a split at the Triton Invitational over the weekend.
The Knights dropped the opener
to Blooming Prairie, but they
bounced back to defeat Schaefer
Academy.
KW will play at Stewartville on
Tuesday.
Blooming Prairie
We let this one slip away, said
Coach Kirby VanDeWalker of a
49-47 season-opening loss to
Blooming Prairie on Friday. We
had a breakaway layup and missed
it. We were forced to foul and
they hit a pair of free throws to
win the game, he added.
KW trailed 30-24 at the break,
but they rallied to make it a game
in the second half before coming
up a basket short.
Gavin Roosen pumped in 22
points to lead KW in scoring.
Kenyon-Wanamingo 47
Blooming Prairie 49
KW - Blake Jacobson 6, Gavin Roosen
22, Jack Buelke 2, Ethan Benda 6, Calvin
Steberg 6, Ryan Pelkey 5

Scoring by halves
Kenyon-Wanamingo 24 23 = 47
Blooming Prairie
30 19 = 49

Schaefer Academy
In a ragged game in Dodge Center on Saturday, the Knights pulled
out a 67-55 win over Schaefer
Academy.
In a back and forth game, KW
trailed early before outscoring the
Lions 15-6 to take the lead, only
to see Schaefer Academy take a
35-32 lead into the break.
The Knights got off to another
slow start in the second half, but
full-court pressure result in KW
taking the lead and holding onto
it.
KW could have buried the Lions at the free throw line, but they
hit just 24 of 42 at the line, including just 9 of 20 over the last two
minutes in the 67-55 win.
Gavin Roosen paced the Knights
with 20 points and six rebounds.
No other individual scoring information was available.
Kenyon-Wanamingo 67
Schaefer Academy 55
KW - Gavin Roosen 20
Scoring by halves
Kenyon-Wanamingo 32 35 = 67
Schaefer Academy
35 20 = 55
Free throws: KW - 24 of 42 for 57%;

News-Record photo by Faye Haugen

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The Knights opened the season
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KW proved in both games that
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Letterwinners
Ethan Benda
Jake Alme
Ryan Pelkey
Calvin Steberg
Gavin Roosen
Non-letterwinner
Blake Jacobson
Zach Baumgartner
Logan DeWitz
Austin Evert
James Schultz
Mitchell Boyum
Sam Ringham
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knocked her out of three games,
followed by a knee injury that kept
her benched for 13 games. Summer Cavallaro netted 9 ppg.
Eliza was a bright spot for us
in our scrimmage on Saturday. We
missed her last year when she was
out with her injuries, said Coach
Miller of the athletic junior. We
are still looking at a lot of players
and making adjustments. We are
not totally sure who is going to
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By Faye Haugen
PINE ISLAND The Pine Island girls basketball team returns
the bulk of their lineup from a
team that finished 8-19 a year ago.
Eight letterwinners and three
starters return to Coach Scott
Millers program.
Letterwinners back are seniors:
Madi Owen, Amanda Troester and
Summer Cavallaro; juniors: Eliza
Warneke, Mikayla Radtke and Leah
Anderton; and sophomores: Autumn Pin, and Emilie Rucker.
Non-letterwinners who will see
playing time are, juniors: Haley
Bauman and Tora Vikhaug; sophomores: Jocasta Adelsman, Josselyn Lindahl, Sydney Cavallaro and
Julieanne OReilly; and eighthgrader Brooke Sinning.
The Panthers graduated three
players in Noelle Langworthy,
Kaitlyn Champa and Emilee Fre-

Roosen; and sophomore Calvin

Steberg. Roosen led KW in scoring last season at 12 points per
game as a starter. He earned HVL
All Conference honors. Benda
came off the bench to net 5 ppg.
Non-letterwinners Coach VanDeWalker is familiar with are
senior Blake Jacobson; juniors:
Zach Baumgartner, Mitchell
Boyum, Logan DeWitz, Austin
Evert, and James Schultz; and
sophomores: Jack Beulke, and Sam

Schaefer.
Kirby VanDeWalker, a long
time assistant coach, initially turned
down the job, but the position reopened a few weeks ago, he took
the opportunity. It must be Gods
way of telling me I should have
taken it in the first place, said
Coach VanDeWalker.
Returning letterwinners for the
Knights from last years 6-21 team
are seniors Ethan Benda, Jake Alme
and Ryan Pelkey; junior Gavin

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Neva Voeltz, Summer Cavallaro, Regan Bushman, Mikayla Radtke, Eliza Warneke, Emilie Rucker, Leah Anderton, Julianne OReilly, Jocasta Adelsman
and Bailey Kennedy. Missing from the photo are Josselyn Lindahl and Hanna Bulau.

Pine Island returns eight letterwinners

By Faye Haugen
KENYON With the graduation of eight seniors, four of them
starters, and with a new coach at
the helm, the Kenyon-Wanamingo
boys basketball team will have a
new look this winter.
Gone from the Knights are seniors Kwazi Spencer, Eddie Matul,
Tanner Warner, Devyn Stordahl,
Eric Hokanson, Connor Sviggum,
Ben Ringham and Clint Irrthum,
along with head coach Mat

New coach and new players mark KW

Members of the 2015-2016 Kenyon-Wanamingo boys basketball team are, from left, front row: Blake Jacobson, Logan DeWitz, Jack Beulke, Mitchell
Boyum, James Schultz and Sam Ringham; back row: Ethan Benda, Gavin Roosen, Jake Alme, Ryan Pelkey, Calvin Steberg, Zach Baumgartner and Austin
Evert.

are not afraid to take a shot.

Goodhue is the favorite in the
HVL Blue Division this season
with Lake City tabbed to repeat
as the Gold Division champion.
The Section 1AA tournament
will be seeded from 1-16 this season instead of a west and east section. Lake City and Caledonia, both
ranked in the Class AA standings,
are considered the teams to beat
in post-season play.
The Knights will open HVL
play on Tuesday when they travel
to Stewartville. KWs home opener
is set for Friday, December 4
against Kasson-Mantorville.

Knight boys basketball schedule

Nov. 20 at Dodge Center, 6 p.m.
Nov. 20 at Dodge Center, 1 p.m.
Dec. 1 at Stewartville
Dec. 4 Kasson-Mantorville
Dec. 7 NRHEG
Dec. 8 at Pine Island
Dec. 15 Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Dec. 18 at Goodhue
Dec. 22 at Dodge Center
Dec. 29 at Hayfield, 6 p.m.
Dec. 30 at Hayfield, 6 p.m.
Jan. 5
at Rochester Lourdes
Jan. 8
at Byron
Jan. 12 Cannon Falls
Jan. 14 Blooming Prairie
Jan. 15 Lake City
Jan. 21 at LeSueur
Jan. 26 Pine Island
Jan. 29 Goodhue
Feb. 1
at St. Peter
Feb. 2
at Zumbrota
Feb. 5
Hayfield
Feb. 9
at Waterville
Feb. 12 Triton
Feb. 16 at Medford
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about the same as last year. We
may be a little faster, but we will
not be as deep coming off the
bench, pointed out the PI skipper, who added, We will try to
get more playing minutes for as
many players as possible early in
the season to see where we are at.
But we must stay healthy.
Kenyon-Wanamingo placed fist
and Goodhue second in the HVL
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Post-season play will look much
different as there will be no west
or east divisions. All 16 teams will
be seeded top to bottom.
It will be different, but it should
be better balanced. At the end of
the tournament, we should have the
top two teams in the section playing for the title, remarked Coach
Miller.
The Panthers will open the season on Monday when they travel
to Lewiston. PIs first home game
is set for Friday, December 11 when
Zumbrota-Mazeppa comes to town.
Letterwinners
Madi Owen
Amanda Troester
Summer Cavallaro
Eliza Warneke
Mikayla Radtke
Leah Anderton
Autumn Pin
Emilie Rucker

Yr
12
12
12
11
11
11
10
10

Ht
Position
57 guard
58 guard
59 forward
511 forward
510 center
510 center
55 guard
59 forward

Panther girls basketball schedule

Nov. 30 at Lewiston
Dec. 4 at Dodge Center
Dec. 8 at Kenyon
Dec. 11 Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Dec. 15 Goodhue
Dec. 17 at St. Charles
Dec. 19 at Caledonia
Dec. 22 at Hayfield
Dec. 29 at West Lutheran
Dec. 30 at West Lutheran
Jan. 4
Chatfield
Jan. 5
at LeRoy
Jan. 8
Stewartville
Jan. 12 at Kasson
Jan. 15 Byron
Jan. 16 Kingsland, 4 p.m.
Jan. 19 at Cannon Falls
Jan. 21 at Lake City
Jan. 22 at Lewiston
Jan. 16 Kenyon-Wanamingo
Jan. 29 Triton
Feb. 1
Minnehaha Academy
Jan. 5
at Zumbrota
Feb. 12 at Simley
Feb. 12 Hayfield
Feb. 16 at Goodhue
Feb. 19 Lourdes
Home games in BOLD. Junior varsity
games at 6 p.m unless noted
Non-letterwinners
Haley Bauman
Tora Vikhaug
Jocasta Adelsman
Josselyn Lindahl
Sydney Cavallaro
Julieanne OReilly
Brooke Sinning

Yr
11
11
10
10
10
10
8

Ht
58
56
57
56
54
58
57

Position
forward
forward
guard
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together. But Im happy with where

we are at right now.
Coach McNamara looks for the
Panthers to push the ball up the
court. We are pretty quick and
we can run. Out outside shooting
should be better than last year,
but we are not as big as we were
last year, pointed out the PI skipper.
Luke Thornton (66) was a
force for PI the last few seasons,
clogging up the middle. Luke did
a good job of protecting the middle
for us on defense. We should play
better perimeter defense, but we
will not have that size under the
basket, pointed out Coach McNamara, whose tallest player is

63 guard Broc Finstuen.

Goodhue won the HVL Blue
Division last season with a 13-3
record and are the favorite again
this year. PI was second in the Blue
with a 9-7 mark. Goodhue fell to
Lake City in the HVL championship game. Lake City is the favorite in the Gold Division and in Section 1AA. The Tigers, ranked ninth
in Class AA, and Caledonia, ranked
fifth, are the favorites in post season play.
Section 1AA will seed teams 116 this winter instead of playing a
west and east section.
That should make things a lot
more interesting, said Coach McNamara. We just hope to be able

Letterwinners
Matt Lien
Garrett Cobb
Bryce Hinrichsen
Kyle Groven
Broc Finstuen
Non-letterwinner
Derek Fall
Camden Heepke
Kaleb Kautz
Drew Lohmeyer
Brady Braaten
William Larson
Braden Aakre
Sean McDonough
Josh Milbrandt
Derek Rucker
Joe Bauer

Yr
12
12
12
12
11
Yr
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
10

Ht
62
6
6
58
63
Ht
510
510
511
511
6
62
510
62
61
511
56

Position
guard
guard
guard
guard
guard
Position
guard
guard
forward
guard
forward
forward
guard
forward
forward
guard
guard

Aakre, Sean McDonough, Josh Milbrandt and Derek Rucker; and

sophomore Joe Bauer.
The Panthers graduated the bulk
of their scoring in Matt Smith, Matt
Kukson, Mikael Sloane, Ben Farrell, Chris Frick and Luke Thornton.
PI will also be without senior
Mitchel Acker (10 ppg) who suffered a football injury and is out
for the season.
We have six to eight juniors
who are fighting for minutes, and
right now Im not sure who will
be starting, pointed out Coach Jim
McNamara. We could easily play
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and his Knights to battle for the

HVL title. KW lost to the KoMets
by one point for the HVL title and
fell one-point short to ZM for the
section title. We want to turn that
around this season, stated Coach
Members of the 2015-2016 Kenyon-Wanamingo wrestling team are, from left, front row: Armani Tucker, Owen Hilke, Tyler Craig, Bray Olson, Alex Ryan.
Johnson, Danny VanEpps, Isaiah McKinley, Carter Quam, Owen Scheffler and Clay Stevenson; second row: Cole Johnson, Bradley Kish, Dylan Craig,
The Knights will open their seaSeth Brossard, Nathan Bauer, Jeron Matson, Jared Clawiter, Ethan Cota, Sam Androli, Daniel Kish and Hunter Burow; back row: Ben Bohn, Matthew son on Thursday, December 3 at
Houglum, Peyton Hilke, Tyler Ryan, Ted Androli, Seth Donkers, Luke Rechtzigel, Jaeden Sokoloski, Kaya Lindell, Logan Quam and Austin Jackson.
Cannon Falls. The first home meet
Missing from the photo are Matt Bauer and Riley Donkers.
for KW will be on Thursday, December 17 when they host Hayfield.
Letterwinners
Yr
Record
moved to a different section.
By Faye Haugen
at section at 126, 30-13), Peyton
We have high expectations this Luke Rechtzigel
12
32-12
Its a bit of a shakeup for us, Hilke (6-12), and Dylan Craig season. It will take us a bit to bal- Ted Androli
KENYON The last four years
12
43-5
in post-season action have been a but maybe we can get the monkey (fourth at section at 138, 24-19), ance out the team (weight-wise), Seth Donkers
12
32-11
12
nightmare for the Kenyon-Wana- off our backs, said Coach Matt and Jaeden Sokoloski; freshmen: but Im as excited about this team Austin Jackson
12
13-25
mingo wrestling team. The Knights Ryan. We just havent been able Tyler Ryan (fifth at section at 113, as any that Ive coached in a long Riley Donkers
Clawiter
12
37-6
have reached the Section 1A fi- to get out of Rochester because 32-11), Seth Brossard and Kaya time, remarked Coach Ryan. We Jared
Ethan Cota
12
46-1
nals all four years only to end up there are so many good teams in Lindell.
do not know a lot about the teams Matt Bauer
12
in second place. That will not hap- Section 1A.
Non-letterwinners working hard in our new section, but maybe that Ben Bohn
12
KW opens the season ranked for mat time are sophomores: is a good thing. Weve scheduled Bradley Kish
11
30-13
pen this year.
11
6-12
In section realignment by the second in Class A. Defending state Daniel Kish, Logan Quam and Cole some non-conference duals against Peyton Hilke
11
24-19
High School League, the Knights champion Minneota is ranked first, Johnson; freshmen: Sam Androli, some of those teams this year, but Dylan Craig
Jaeden Sokoloski
11
were shifted from Section 1A to with ZM ranked third.
Hunter Burow Nathan Bauer, Seth I honestly do not know a lot about Matt Houglum
11
Section 2A. KW will no longer
The Knights are loaded with Brossard and Jeron Matson; eighth- them.
Tyler Ryan
9
32-11
have to battle Zumbrota-Mazeppa, talent with 15 letterwinners on the grader: Owen Scheffler; and sevSix Knights start the season Kaya Lindell
9
Dover-Eyota or Chatfield for a trip roster. Returning letterwinners are enth-graders: Tyler Craig, Owen ranked in the top 10 in Class A. Non-letterwinners
to State. Their post-season foes seniors: Ethan Cota (state champ Hilke, Alec Johnson, Isaiah McK- Jeron Matson (106) and Ethan Cota Sophomores: Daniel Kish, Logan Quam, Cole
now include Blooming Prairie, Blue at 106, 46-1), Ted Androli (third inley, Logan Meyers, Jacob Mor- (113) both are ranked first. Ted Johnson
Freshmen: Sam Androli, Hunter Burow Nathan
Earth Area (ranked 13th), Med- place at state at 160, 43-5), Luke gan, Bray Olson, Carter Quam, Androli (170) is ranked second, Bauer, Seth Brossard, Jeron Matson
ford, NRHEG, Lake Crystal-Wel- Rechtzigel (state qualifier at 220, Clay Stevenson, Armani Tucker Luke Rechtzigel (220) is ranked Eighth-grader: Owen Scheffler
come Memorial (ranked 18th), 32-12), Seth Donkers (32-11, third and Danny Van Epps
fourth, Jared Clawiter (120) is Seventh-graders: Tyler Craig, Owen Hilke, Alec
Maple River, and United South at section at 285), Austin Jackson,
Kenyon-Wanamingo graduated ranked seventh, and Seth Donkers Johnson, Isaiah McKinley, Logan Meyers, Jacob Morgan, Bray Olson, Carter Quam, Clay
Central. Jackson County Central Riley Donkers (13-25), and Jared just two seniors from last years (285) is ranked ninth.
won the Section 2A title a year Clawiter (third at section at 120, 28-6 squad in state qualifiers Drew
Coach Ryan looks for Kasson- Stevenson, Armani Tucker and Danny Van Epps
ago, but like the Knights, were 37-6); juniors: Bradley Kish (third Sathrum and Bailey Paquin.
Mantorville, Zumbrota-Mazeppa

KW wants to break out of the bridesmaid role

By Faye Haugen
PINE ISLAND With just two
returning starters and five letterwinners back from last years 1612 team, the Pine Island boys basketball team has plenty of positions open.
Seniors Matt Lien (3 points
per game), Bryce Hinrichsen (3
ppg), Kyle Groven (1 ppg) and
Garrett Cobb (1 ppg); and sophomore Broc Finstuen (HVL All
Conference, 18 ppg) will anchor
the Panthers this winter.
Non-letterwinners expected to
fill the open positions are juniors:
Derek Fall, Camden Heepke, Kaleb
Kautz, Drew Lohmeyer, Brady
Braaten, William Larson, Braden

Pine Island has plenty of open positions

to compete against the top teams

this season.
The Panthers will play their first
three games at home. They opened
the season on Tuesday against Minnesota Transitions. Minneapolis
Roosevelt comes to PI on Saturday, and Lake City will play the
Panthers on Tuesday.

Members of the 2015-2016 Pine Island boys basketball team are, from left, front row: Juwaun Guider, Noah Kuball, Joe Bauer, Jacob Olson, Michael
Horkey, Keegan Majerus, Kyle Groven, Rahiem Jackson and Alex Wildeman; middle row: Drew Lohmeyer, Dane Loucks, Kaleb Kautz, Derek Rucker,
Garrett Cobb, Ben Larson, Camden Heepke, Michael Rabbitt, Alex Pahl and Braden Aakre; back row: Bryce Hinrichsen, Reed Johnson, Keagan Bailey,
Matt Lien, Broc Finstuen, Brady Braaten, Will Larson, Derek Fall and Josh Milbrandt.

Knight wrestling schedule

Dec. 3 at Cannon Falls
Dec. 5 at Chisago Lakes, 9:30 a.m.
Dec. 10 at Hayfield, 5 p.m.
Dec. 17 Triton
Dec. 19 Kenyon, 10 a.m.
Jan. 1 at Rochester
Jan. 2 at Rochester
Jan. 7 Stewartville
Jan. 8 at Bemidji, 9:30 a.m.
Jan. 9 at Bemidji, 9:30 a.m.
Jan. 14 at Lake City, 5 p.m.
Jan. 16 at Minnehaha Academy, 9 a.m.
Jan. 21 Byron/KM, 5 p.m.
Jan. 29 at Mazeppa
Jan. 30 at Cannon Falls, 10 a.m.
Fen 5
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Home matches BOLD. Junior varsity
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Panther boys basketball schedule

Nov. 24 Minnesota Transitions
Nov. 28 Minneapolis Roosevelt
Dec. 1 Lake City
Dec. 4 at Rochester Lourdes
Dec. 8 Kenyon-Wanamingo
Dec. 11 at Zumbrota
Dec. 15 at Goodhue
Dec. 18 Triton
Dec. 22 Hayfield
Dec. 29 at St. Charles, 6 p.m.
Dec. 30 at St. Charles, 6 p.m.
Jan. 4
Chatfield
Jan. 8
at Stewartville
Jan. 12 Kasson-Mantorville
Jan. 15 at Byron
Jan. 16 Kingsland
Jan. 19 Cannon Falls
Jan. 21 Dover-Eyota
Jan. 22 Lewiston-Altura
Jan. 26 at Kenyon
Jan. 28 at Dodge Center
Feb. 2
Goodhue
Feb. 5
Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Feb. 6
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Feb. 12 at Hayfield
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Dodge County girls move record to 4-1

By Faye Haugen
KASSON The Dodge County girls
hockey team moved their early season record
to 4-1 with a pair of wins.
Ranked 14th in the Class AA poll, the
Wildcats topped Bloomington Jefferson and
Holy Family Catholic.
Dodge County will play in the Holy Angels Invitational on Friday and Saturday
Holy Family
The Wildcats needed overtime to beat
Holy Family Catholic on Friday in Kasson.
DC went up 2-0 in the second period.
Amber Miller scored the first goal off as-

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Top team game: Leos Sportsbar 1189
Top team series: Leos Sportsbar 3475
Top bowler game: Shelby Deno 257
Top bowler series: Daren Mitchell 675
Harvest League
11-11-15
PI Pool & Pins 3 vs. 1 Jims Barbershop; Fredrichs
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Top team game: Jims Barbershop 1097
Top team series: PI Pool & Pins 3092
Top bowler game: Ben Koehler 223
Top bowler series: Mark Pearson 579
Commercial League
11-12-15
Nelson Family Services 5 vs. 2 Oronoco Online
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Top team series: Bluff Valley Campground 3381
Top bowler game: Wayne Nelson 247
Top bowler series: Darik Rude 664

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sists by Katie Robinson and Tiegan Petersen.

Bella Wagner netted a short-handed goal
off an assist by Robinson.
Holy Family scored a pair of goals to tie
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assist by Molly Shelton to give DC the lead.
But a late goal by Holy Family sent the
game into overtime.
In overtime, Shelton got the game winner
off assists from Robinson and Wagner.
The Wildcats outshot the visitors 32-16,
with Gabby Suhr making 13 saves between
the pipes.

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Leonards Corner Shell 5 vs. 2 Eberhart Construction;
Gars Repair 0 vs. 7 MJB Farms; Route 60 Plumbing,
Heating, Cooling 7 vs. 0 Leos Sportsbar
Top team game: Eberhart Construction 1114
Top team series: Route 60 Plumbing, Heating, Cooling
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Top bowler game: Darik Rude 276
Top bowler series: Darik Rude 717

Bloomington Jefferson
Molly Shelton scored a hat trick in
Saturdays 3-2 win over Bloomington
Jefferson in Kasson.
The Pine Island senior scored on a power

Zumbrota-Mazeppa 59
Dover-Eyota 51
ZM - Noah Erickson 3, Landon Rauen 1, Isaiah Nolte
10, Zach Sanborn 2, Isaiah Stueber 15, Alex Nelson 9,
Alex Guse 19
Scoring by halves
Zumbrota-Mazeppa
17 42 = 59
Dover-Eyota
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Free throws: ZM - 29 of 46 for 69%; DE - 11 of 21 for
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First Period
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DC: Goal by Molly Shelton; assist by Barret Boyer
Second Period
DC: Goal by Molly Shelton; assist by Elly Strunk
BJ: Goal by Lucienne Bianchi
BJ: Goal by Hannah Currin; assist by Kendal Fasching
DC shots on goal: 36
Saves: Gabby Suhr, 13

By Faye Haugen
ZUMBROTA The good news is that the
Zumbrota-Mazeppa boys basketball team
opened the season with a win at Dover-Eyota,
Friday. That victory equals all of their wins
last season.
The Cougars won 59-51 despite hitting
just 29 of 46 free throws in a ragged game.
ZM trailed 19-17 at the half, but they turned
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the Eagles 42-32 for the victory.
Alex Guse netted a game-high 19 points to
pace ZM, with Isaiah Stueber adding 15 and
Isaiah Nolte 10. Alex Nelson cleared the glass
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The Cougars will play their home opener
on Tuesday when they host Lourdes.

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Bluff Valley Campground 0 vs. 7 Stus Proshop; Bye
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Jefferson did come back to score twice in
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DC outshot the Ponys 36-35 with Gabby
Suhr making 13 saves.

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Dodge County 0 2 1 1 = 4
Holy Family
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Second Period
DC: Goal by Amber Miller; assists by Katie Robinson
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DC: Short-handed goal by Bella Wagner; assist by
Katie Robinson
Third Period
HF: Goal by Megan Menzuber; assist by Ashley Rakos
HF: Goal by Megan Menzuber; assist by Molly Garin
DC: Short-handed goal by Bella Wagner; assist by
Molly Shelton
HF: Goal by Chole McEnelly
Overtime
DC: Short-handed goal by Molly Shelton; assists by
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DC shots on goal: 32
Saves: Gabby Suhr, 13

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Dodge County girls move record to 4-1

By Faye Haugen
KASSON The Dodge County girls
hockey team moved their early season record
to 4-1 with a pair of wins.
Ranked 14th in the Class AA poll, the
Wildcats topped Bloomington Jefferson and
Holy Family Catholic.
Dodge County will play in the Holy Angels Invitational on Friday and Saturday
Holy Family
The Wildcats needed overtime to beat
Holy Family Catholic on Friday in Kasson.
DC went up 2-0 in the second period.
Amber Miller scored the first goal off as-

PI POOL & PINS

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11-10-15
Gars Repair 7 vs. 0 MJB Farms; Leonards Corner
Shell 0 vs. 7 Leos Sportsbar; Eberhart Construction
5 vs. 2 Route 60 Plumbing, Heating, Cooling
Top team game: Leos Sportsbar 1189
Top team series: Leos Sportsbar 3475
Top bowler game: Shelby Deno 257
Top bowler series: Daren Mitchell 675
Harvest League
11-11-15
PI Pool & Pins 3 vs. 1 Jims Barbershop; Fredrichs
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Heating
Top team game: Jims Barbershop 1097
Top team series: PI Pool & Pins 3092
Top bowler game: Ben Koehler 223
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Top bowler game: Wayne Nelson 247
Top bowler series: Darik Rude 664

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sists by Katie Robinson and Tiegan Petersen.

Bella Wagner netted a short-handed goal
off an assist by Robinson.
Holy Family scored a pair of goals to tie
up the score before Wagner scored her second short-handed goal of the game off an
assist by Molly Shelton to give DC the lead.
But a late goal by Holy Family sent the
game into overtime.
In overtime, Shelton got the game winner
off assists from Robinson and Wagner.
The Wildcats outshot the visitors 32-16,
with Gabby Suhr making 13 saves between
the pipes.

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11-17-15
Leonards Corner Shell 5 vs. 2 Eberhart Construction;
Gars Repair 0 vs. 7 MJB Farms; Route 60 Plumbing,
Heating, Cooling 7 vs. 0 Leos Sportsbar
Top team game: Eberhart Construction 1114
Top team series: Route 60 Plumbing, Heating, Cooling
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Top bowler game: Darik Rude 276
Top bowler series: Darik Rude 717

Bloomington Jefferson
Molly Shelton scored a hat trick in
Saturdays 3-2 win over Bloomington
Jefferson in Kasson.
The Pine Island senior scored on a power

Zumbrota-Mazeppa 59
Dover-Eyota 51
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together. But Im happy with where

we are at right now.
Coach McNamara looks for the
Panthers to push the ball up the
court. We are pretty quick and
we can run. Out outside shooting
should be better than last year,
but we are not as big as we were
last year, pointed out the PI skipper.
Luke Thornton (66) was a
force for PI the last few seasons,
clogging up the middle. Luke did
a good job of protecting the middle
for us on defense. We should play
better perimeter defense, but we
will not have that size under the
basket, pointed out Coach McNamara, whose tallest player is

63 guard Broc Finstuen.

Goodhue won the HVL Blue
Division last season with a 13-3
record and are the favorite again
this year. PI was second in the Blue
with a 9-7 mark. Goodhue fell to
Lake City in the HVL championship game. Lake City is the favorite in the Gold Division and in Section 1AA. The Tigers, ranked ninth
in Class AA, and Caledonia, ranked
fifth, are the favorites in post season play.
Section 1AA will seed teams 116 this winter instead of playing a
west and east section.
That should make things a lot
more interesting, said Coach McNamara. We just hope to be able

Letterwinners
Matt Lien
Garrett Cobb
Bryce Hinrichsen
Kyle Groven
Broc Finstuen
Non-letterwinner
Derek Fall
Camden Heepke
Kaleb Kautz
Drew Lohmeyer
Brady Braaten
William Larson
Braden Aakre
Sean McDonough
Josh Milbrandt
Derek Rucker
Joe Bauer

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11
10

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56

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guard
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guard
forward
forward
guard
forward
forward
guard
guard

Aakre, Sean McDonough, Josh Milbrandt and Derek Rucker; and

sophomore Joe Bauer.
The Panthers graduated the bulk
of their scoring in Matt Smith, Matt
Kukson, Mikael Sloane, Ben Farrell, Chris Frick and Luke Thornton.
PI will also be without senior
Mitchel Acker (10 ppg) who suffered a football injury and is out
for the season.
We have six to eight juniors
who are fighting for minutes, and
right now Im not sure who will
be starting, pointed out Coach Jim
McNamara. We could easily play
10 to 12 guys during our first few
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and his Knights to battle for the

HVL title. KW lost to the KoMets
by one point for the HVL title and
fell one-point short to ZM for the
section title. We want to turn that
around this season, stated Coach
Members of the 2015-2016 Kenyon-Wanamingo wrestling team are, from left, front row: Armani Tucker, Owen Hilke, Tyler Craig, Bray Olson, Alex Ryan.
Johnson, Danny VanEpps, Isaiah McKinley, Carter Quam, Owen Scheffler and Clay Stevenson; second row: Cole Johnson, Bradley Kish, Dylan Craig,
The Knights will open their seaSeth Brossard, Nathan Bauer, Jeron Matson, Jared Clawiter, Ethan Cota, Sam Androli, Daniel Kish and Hunter Burow; back row: Ben Bohn, Matthew son on Thursday, December 3 at
Houglum, Peyton Hilke, Tyler Ryan, Ted Androli, Seth Donkers, Luke Rechtzigel, Jaeden Sokoloski, Kaya Lindell, Logan Quam and Austin Jackson.
Cannon Falls. The first home meet
Missing from the photo are Matt Bauer and Riley Donkers.
for KW will be on Thursday, December 17 when they host Hayfield.
Letterwinners
Yr
Record
moved to a different section.
By Faye Haugen
at section at 126, 30-13), Peyton
We have high expectations this Luke Rechtzigel
12
32-12
Its a bit of a shakeup for us, Hilke (6-12), and Dylan Craig season. It will take us a bit to bal- Ted Androli
KENYON The last four years
12
43-5
in post-season action have been a but maybe we can get the monkey (fourth at section at 138, 24-19), ance out the team (weight-wise), Seth Donkers
12
32-11
12
nightmare for the Kenyon-Wana- off our backs, said Coach Matt and Jaeden Sokoloski; freshmen: but Im as excited about this team Austin Jackson
12
13-25
mingo wrestling team. The Knights Ryan. We just havent been able Tyler Ryan (fifth at section at 113, as any that Ive coached in a long Riley Donkers
Clawiter
12
37-6
have reached the Section 1A fi- to get out of Rochester because 32-11), Seth Brossard and Kaya time, remarked Coach Ryan. We Jared
Ethan Cota
12
46-1
nals all four years only to end up there are so many good teams in Lindell.
do not know a lot about the teams Matt Bauer
12
in second place. That will not hap- Section 1A.
Non-letterwinners working hard in our new section, but maybe that Ben Bohn
12
KW opens the season ranked for mat time are sophomores: is a good thing. Weve scheduled Bradley Kish
11
30-13
pen this year.
11
6-12
In section realignment by the second in Class A. Defending state Daniel Kish, Logan Quam and Cole some non-conference duals against Peyton Hilke
11
24-19
High School League, the Knights champion Minneota is ranked first, Johnson; freshmen: Sam Androli, some of those teams this year, but Dylan Craig
Jaeden Sokoloski
11
were shifted from Section 1A to with ZM ranked third.
Hunter Burow Nathan Bauer, Seth I honestly do not know a lot about Matt Houglum
11
Section 2A. KW will no longer
The Knights are loaded with Brossard and Jeron Matson; eighth- them.
Tyler Ryan
9
32-11
have to battle Zumbrota-Mazeppa, talent with 15 letterwinners on the grader: Owen Scheffler; and sevSix Knights start the season Kaya Lindell
9
Dover-Eyota or Chatfield for a trip roster. Returning letterwinners are enth-graders: Tyler Craig, Owen ranked in the top 10 in Class A. Non-letterwinners
to State. Their post-season foes seniors: Ethan Cota (state champ Hilke, Alec Johnson, Isaiah McK- Jeron Matson (106) and Ethan Cota Sophomores: Daniel Kish, Logan Quam, Cole
now include Blooming Prairie, Blue at 106, 46-1), Ted Androli (third inley, Logan Meyers, Jacob Mor- (113) both are ranked first. Ted Johnson
Freshmen: Sam Androli, Hunter Burow Nathan
Earth Area (ranked 13th), Med- place at state at 160, 43-5), Luke gan, Bray Olson, Carter Quam, Androli (170) is ranked second, Bauer, Seth Brossard, Jeron Matson
ford, NRHEG, Lake Crystal-Wel- Rechtzigel (state qualifier at 220, Clay Stevenson, Armani Tucker Luke Rechtzigel (220) is ranked Eighth-grader: Owen Scheffler
come Memorial (ranked 18th), 32-12), Seth Donkers (32-11, third and Danny Van Epps
fourth, Jared Clawiter (120) is Seventh-graders: Tyler Craig, Owen Hilke, Alec
Maple River, and United South at section at 285), Austin Jackson,
Kenyon-Wanamingo graduated ranked seventh, and Seth Donkers Johnson, Isaiah McKinley, Logan Meyers, Jacob Morgan, Bray Olson, Carter Quam, Clay
Central. Jackson County Central Riley Donkers (13-25), and Jared just two seniors from last years (285) is ranked ninth.
won the Section 2A title a year Clawiter (third at section at 120, 28-6 squad in state qualifiers Drew
Coach Ryan looks for Kasson- Stevenson, Armani Tucker and Danny Van Epps
ago, but like the Knights, were 37-6); juniors: Bradley Kish (third Sathrum and Bailey Paquin.
Mantorville, Zumbrota-Mazeppa

KW wants to break out of the bridesmaid role

By Faye Haugen
PINE ISLAND With just two
returning starters and five letterwinners back from last years 1612 team, the Pine Island boys basketball team has plenty of positions open.
Seniors Matt Lien (3 points
per game), Bryce Hinrichsen (3
ppg), Kyle Groven (1 ppg) and
Garrett Cobb (1 ppg); and sophomore Broc Finstuen (HVL All
Conference, 18 ppg) will anchor
the Panthers this winter.
Non-letterwinners expected to
fill the open positions are juniors:
Derek Fall, Camden Heepke, Kaleb
Kautz, Drew Lohmeyer, Brady
Braaten, William Larson, Braden

Pine Island has plenty of open positions

to compete against the top teams

this season.
The Panthers will play their first
three games at home. They opened
the season on Tuesday against Minnesota Transitions. Minneapolis
Roosevelt comes to PI on Saturday, and Lake City will play the
Panthers on Tuesday.

Members of the 2015-2016 Pine Island boys basketball team are, from left, front row: Juwaun Guider, Noah Kuball, Joe Bauer, Jacob Olson, Michael
Horkey, Keegan Majerus, Kyle Groven, Rahiem Jackson and Alex Wildeman; middle row: Drew Lohmeyer, Dane Loucks, Kaleb Kautz, Derek Rucker,
Garrett Cobb, Ben Larson, Camden Heepke, Michael Rabbitt, Alex Pahl and Braden Aakre; back row: Bryce Hinrichsen, Reed Johnson, Keagan Bailey,
Matt Lien, Broc Finstuen, Brady Braaten, Will Larson, Derek Fall and Josh Milbrandt.

Knight wrestling schedule

Dec. 3 at Cannon Falls
Dec. 5 at Chisago Lakes, 9:30 a.m.
Dec. 10 at Hayfield, 5 p.m.
Dec. 17 Triton
Dec. 19 Kenyon, 10 a.m.
Jan. 1 at Rochester
Jan. 2 at Rochester
Jan. 7 Stewartville
Jan. 8 at Bemidji, 9:30 a.m.
Jan. 9 at Bemidji, 9:30 a.m.
Jan. 14 at Lake City, 5 p.m.
Jan. 16 at Minnehaha Academy, 9 a.m.
Jan. 21 Byron/KM, 5 p.m.
Jan. 29 at Mazeppa
Jan. 30 at Cannon Falls, 10 a.m.
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Panther boys basketball schedule

Nov. 24 Minnesota Transitions
Nov. 28 Minneapolis Roosevelt
Dec. 1 Lake City
Dec. 4 at Rochester Lourdes
Dec. 8 Kenyon-Wanamingo
Dec. 11 at Zumbrota
Dec. 15 at Goodhue
Dec. 18 Triton
Dec. 22 Hayfield
Dec. 29 at St. Charles, 6 p.m.
Dec. 30 at St. Charles, 6 p.m.
Jan. 4
Chatfield
Jan. 8
at Stewartville
Jan. 12 Kasson-Mantorville
Jan. 15 at Byron
Jan. 16 Kingsland
Jan. 19 Cannon Falls
Jan. 21 Dover-Eyota
Jan. 22 Lewiston-Altura
Jan. 26 at Kenyon
Jan. 28 at Dodge Center
Feb. 2
Goodhue
Feb. 5
Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Feb. 6
at Bethlehem Academy
Feb. 12 at Hayfield
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Ringham.
The Knights opened the season
last weekend, earning a split at the
Triton Invitational. KW let the
opener slip away to Blooming Prairie
49-47, but they earned a 67-55 win
over Schaefer Academy on Saturday.
KW proved in both games that
they are not afraid to play an uptempo pace, as they pushed the ball
up the court whenever they could.
The Knights also proved that they

Letterwinners
Ethan Benda
Jake Alme
Ryan Pelkey
Calvin Steberg
Gavin Roosen
Non-letterwinner
Blake Jacobson
Zach Baumgartner
Logan DeWitz
Austin Evert
James Schultz
Mitchell Boyum
Sam Ringham
Jack Buelke

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11
11
Yr
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11
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511 guard
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the season when a concussion
knocked her out of three games,
followed by a knee injury that kept
her benched for 13 games. Summer Cavallaro netted 9 ppg.
Eliza was a bright spot for us
in our scrimmage on Saturday. We
missed her last year when she was
out with her injuries, said Coach
Miller of the athletic junior. We
are still looking at a lot of players
and making adjustments. We are
not totally sure who is going to
play where, but we should be a
better team than last year.
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PINE ISLAND The Pine Island girls basketball team returns
the bulk of their lineup from a
team that finished 8-19 a year ago.
Eight letterwinners and three
starters return to Coach Scott
Millers program.
Letterwinners back are seniors:
Madi Owen, Amanda Troester and
Summer Cavallaro; juniors: Eliza
Warneke, Mikayla Radtke and Leah
Anderton; and sophomores: Autumn Pin, and Emilie Rucker.
Non-letterwinners who will see
playing time are, juniors: Haley
Bauman and Tora Vikhaug; sophomores: Jocasta Adelsman, Josselyn Lindahl, Sydney Cavallaro and
Julieanne OReilly; and eighthgrader Brooke Sinning.
The Panthers graduated three
players in Noelle Langworthy,
Kaitlyn Champa and Emilee Fre-

Roosen; and sophomore Calvin

Steberg. Roosen led KW in scoring last season at 12 points per
game as a starter. He earned HVL
All Conference honors. Benda
came off the bench to net 5 ppg.
Non-letterwinners Coach VanDeWalker is familiar with are
senior Blake Jacobson; juniors:
Zach Baumgartner, Mitchell
Boyum, Logan DeWitz, Austin
Evert, and James Schultz; and
sophomores: Jack Beulke, and Sam

Schaefer.
Kirby VanDeWalker, a long
time assistant coach, initially turned
down the job, but the position reopened a few weeks ago, he took
the opportunity. It must be Gods
way of telling me I should have
taken it in the first place, said
Coach VanDeWalker.
Returning letterwinners for the
Knights from last years 6-21 team
are seniors Ethan Benda, Jake Alme
and Ryan Pelkey; junior Gavin

Members of the 2015-2016 Pine Island girls basketball team are, from left, front row: Autumn Pin, Avri Kundert, Madalyne Miskowiec, Tora Vikhaug,
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Neva Voeltz, Summer Cavallaro, Regan Bushman, Mikayla Radtke, Eliza Warneke, Emilie Rucker, Leah Anderton, Julianne OReilly, Jocasta Adelsman
and Bailey Kennedy. Missing from the photo are Josselyn Lindahl and Hanna Bulau.

Pine Island returns eight letterwinners

By Faye Haugen
KENYON With the graduation of eight seniors, four of them
starters, and with a new coach at
the helm, the Kenyon-Wanamingo
boys basketball team will have a
new look this winter.
Gone from the Knights are seniors Kwazi Spencer, Eddie Matul,
Tanner Warner, Devyn Stordahl,
Eric Hokanson, Connor Sviggum,
Ben Ringham and Clint Irrthum,
along with head coach Mat

New coach and new players mark KW

Members of the 2015-2016 Kenyon-Wanamingo boys basketball team are, from left, front row: Blake Jacobson, Logan DeWitz, Jack Beulke, Mitchell
Boyum, James Schultz and Sam Ringham; back row: Ethan Benda, Gavin Roosen, Jake Alme, Ryan Pelkey, Calvin Steberg, Zach Baumgartner and Austin
Evert.

are not afraid to take a shot.

Goodhue is the favorite in the
HVL Blue Division this season
with Lake City tabbed to repeat
as the Gold Division champion.
The Section 1AA tournament
will be seeded from 1-16 this season instead of a west and east section. Lake City and Caledonia, both
ranked in the Class AA standings,
are considered the teams to beat
in post-season play.
The Knights will open HVL
play on Tuesday when they travel
to Stewartville. KWs home opener
is set for Friday, December 4
against Kasson-Mantorville.

Knight boys basketball schedule

Nov. 20 at Dodge Center, 6 p.m.
Nov. 20 at Dodge Center, 1 p.m.
Dec. 1 at Stewartville
Dec. 4 Kasson-Mantorville
Dec. 7 NRHEG
Dec. 8 at Pine Island
Dec. 15 Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Dec. 18 at Goodhue
Dec. 22 at Dodge Center
Dec. 29 at Hayfield, 6 p.m.
Dec. 30 at Hayfield, 6 p.m.
Jan. 5
at Rochester Lourdes
Jan. 8
at Byron
Jan. 12 Cannon Falls
Jan. 14 Blooming Prairie
Jan. 15 Lake City
Jan. 21 at LeSueur
Jan. 26 Pine Island
Jan. 29 Goodhue
Feb. 1
at St. Peter
Feb. 2
at Zumbrota
Feb. 5
Hayfield
Feb. 9
at Waterville
Feb. 12 Triton
Feb. 16 at Medford
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Warneke is the tallest player
on the team at 511. Our size is
about the same as last year. We
may be a little faster, but we will
not be as deep coming off the
bench, pointed out the PI skipper, who added, We will try to
get more playing minutes for as
many players as possible early in
the season to see where we are at.
But we must stay healthy.
Kenyon-Wanamingo placed fist
and Goodhue second in the HVL
Blue Division standings with Kasson-Mantorville the top team in
the HVL Gold Division. Coach
Miller looks for KW and Goodhue
again to be the teams to beat, but
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Post-season play will look much
different as there will be no west
or east divisions. All 16 teams will
be seeded top to bottom.
It will be different, but it should
be better balanced. At the end of
the tournament, we should have the
top two teams in the section playing for the title, remarked Coach
Miller.
The Panthers will open the season on Monday when they travel
to Lewiston. PIs first home game
is set for Friday, December 11 when
Zumbrota-Mazeppa comes to town.
Letterwinners
Madi Owen
Amanda Troester
Summer Cavallaro
Eliza Warneke
Mikayla Radtke
Leah Anderton
Autumn Pin
Emilie Rucker

Yr
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12
12
11
11
11
10
10

Ht
Position
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58 guard
59 forward
511 forward
510 center
510 center
55 guard
59 forward

Panther girls basketball schedule

Nov. 30 at Lewiston
Dec. 4 at Dodge Center
Dec. 8 at Kenyon
Dec. 11 Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Dec. 15 Goodhue
Dec. 17 at St. Charles
Dec. 19 at Caledonia
Dec. 22 at Hayfield
Dec. 29 at West Lutheran
Dec. 30 at West Lutheran
Jan. 4
Chatfield
Jan. 5
at LeRoy
Jan. 8
Stewartville
Jan. 12 at Kasson
Jan. 15 Byron
Jan. 16 Kingsland, 4 p.m.
Jan. 19 at Cannon Falls
Jan. 21 at Lake City
Jan. 22 at Lewiston
Jan. 16 Kenyon-Wanamingo
Jan. 29 Triton
Feb. 1
Minnehaha Academy
Jan. 5
at Zumbrota
Feb. 12 at Simley
Feb. 12 Hayfield
Feb. 16 at Goodhue
Feb. 19 Lourdes
Home games in BOLD. Junior varsity
games at 6 p.m unless noted
Non-letterwinners
Haley Bauman
Tora Vikhaug
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tions last winter at 106 pounds with

a 13-6 record. Turner also placed
fourth in the section meet with a
23-14 record at 145 pounds. Aarsvold earned a fith-place medal at
the section meet with a 25-11 mark.
Goplen (5-16), Kunz (5-11), Swarthout and Riley (7-26) all saw varsity action last season.
The Panthers will compete in the
always tough HVL conference that
has three ranked teams as the season begins. Kenyon-Wanamingo is
ranked second in Class A and Zum-

son Fallon and Cade Predmore;

and eighth-grader Bryden Burkhalter.
Pine Island graduated just one
matmen from last years team in
Colton Pike.
Leading the way for the Panthers is Bauer who surprised many
by winning the Class A state title
at 113 pounds. The Section 1A
champion had a 34-6 record. Bauer
is ranked second at 126 pounds as
the season begins.
Williams placed fourth at sec-

With no seniors on the squad,

seven juniors will anchor the Panther team.
Letterwinners back are juniors:
Jack Williams, Noah Bauer, Trevor
Turner, Noah Koenig and Alex
Aarsvold; sophomores: Evan
Goplen, Brogan Kunz, Matt Riley
and Connor Swarthout.
Non-letterwinners expected to
help fill open weights are juniors:
Ryan Kelling and Jeremy Bryant;
sophomores: Tanner Bates and
Shanter Kimble; freshmen: Daw-

By Faye Haugen
PINE ISLAND For many
years Don McPhail was the head
coach of the Pine Island wrestling
team. Over the past several years,
McPahil moved down and coaches
the junior high and junior varsity
teams, but he takes over the head
coaching position again this year,
replacing Dwight Gingrich.
The Panthers have just 15 wrestlers on their roster, but Coach
McPhail inherits nine letterwinners
from last years 4-12 dual-meet
record team.

Letterwinners
Yr Record
Jack Williams
11 13-6
Noah Bauer
11 34-6
Trevor Turner
11 23-14
Noah Koenig
11 10-20
Alex Aarsvold
11 25-11
Evan Goplen
10 5-16
Brogan Kunz
10 5-11
Connor Swarthout
10 20-10
Matt Riley
10 7-26
Non-letterwinners
Juniors: Jeremy Bryant and Ryan Kelling
Sophomores: Tanner Bates and Shanter Kimble
Frehsmen: Dawson Fallon and Cade
Predmore
Eighth-grader: Brayden Burkhalter

A very familiar coach takes over at PI

Members of the 2015-2016 wrestling team are, from left, front row: Gavin Tilford, Riley Weis, Mason Pike, Oliver Vargus, Daniel Krier, Gabe Beck,
Kaleb Walters and Brayden Burkhalter; middle row: Noah Bauer, Tanner Bates, Broghen Kunz, Connor Swarthout, Evan Goplen, Matt Riley and Dawson
Fallon; back row: Noah Koenig, Cade Predmore, Jack Williams, Alex Aarsvold and Ryan Kelling. Missing from the photo are Trevor Turner, Jeremy
Bryant and Shanter Kimball.

brota-Mazeppa is ranked third.

Last years HVL champion,
Kasson-Mantorville, is ranked
second in Class AA.
ZM and Dover-Eyota (ranked
11th in Class A are the Section
1A favorites. During section realignment, the High School
League shifted Kenyon-Wanamingo to Section 2A.
Pine Island will open their
2015-2016 campaign on Saturday when they take part in the
John Marshall Invitational beginning at 10 a.m. The first home
meet for Pine Island will be on
Thursday, December 3 when they
host an HVL double dual with
Cannon Falls and Stewartville.

Panther wrestling schedule

Nov. 28 at John Marshall, 10 a.m.
Dec. 3 KM/Stewartville, 5 p.m.
Dec. 12 at Kasson, 10 a.m.
Dec. 17 at Mazeppa, 5 p.m.
Dec. 19 at Eagan, 10 a.m.
Jan. 7 Byron
Jan. 9 at Cannon Falls, 10 a.m.
Jan. 14 at Lake City, 5 p.m.
Jan. 16 at Lake Crystal, 10 a.m.
Jan. 22 at Cannon Falls
Jan. 28 at Dodge Center
Jan. 30 Pine Island, 10 a.m.
Feb. 4 Hayfield
Home matches in BOLD. Junior
varsity matches begin at 6 p.m.
unless noted

KW boys go 1-1 at Triton Invitational

By Faye Haugen
KENYON The KenyonWanamingo boys basketball team
kicked off the 2015-2016 season
with a split at the Triton Invitational over the weekend.
The Knights dropped the opener
to Blooming Prairie, but they
bounced back to defeat Schaefer
Academy.
KW will play at Stewartville on
Tuesday.
Blooming Prairie
We let this one slip away, said
Coach Kirby VanDeWalker of a
49-47 season-opening loss to
Blooming Prairie on Friday. We
had a breakaway layup and missed
it. We were forced to foul and
they hit a pair of free throws to
win the game, he added.
KW trailed 30-24 at the break,
but they rallied to make it a game
in the second half before coming
up a basket short.
Gavin Roosen pumped in 22
points to lead KW in scoring.
Kenyon-Wanamingo 47
Blooming Prairie 49
KW - Blake Jacobson 6, Gavin Roosen
22, Jack Buelke 2, Ethan Benda 6, Calvin
Steberg 6, Ryan Pelkey 5

Scoring by halves
Kenyon-Wanamingo 24 23 = 47
Blooming Prairie
30 19 = 49

Schaefer Academy
In a ragged game in Dodge Center on Saturday, the Knights pulled
out a 67-55 win over Schaefer
Academy.
In a back and forth game, KW
trailed early before outscoring the
Lions 15-6 to take the lead, only
to see Schaefer Academy take a
35-32 lead into the break.
The Knights got off to another
slow start in the second half, but
full-court pressure result in KW
taking the lead and holding onto
it.
KW could have buried the Lions at the free throw line, but they
hit just 24 of 42 at the line, including just 9 of 20 over the last two
minutes in the 67-55 win.
Gavin Roosen paced the Knights
with 20 points and six rebounds.
No other individual scoring information was available.
Kenyon-Wanamingo 67
Schaefer Academy 55
KW - Gavin Roosen 20
Scoring by halves
Kenyon-Wanamingo 32 35 = 67
Schaefer Academy
35 20 = 55
Free throws: KW - 24 of 42 for 57%;

News-Record photo by Faye Haugen

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and should help fill the open starting position.

KW won the HVL Blue Division last season with a 14-2 record,
with Goodhue a game back at 131. Look for another battle between
the Knights and Wildcats this season. Kasson-Mantorville was the
Gold Division champ, and the KoMets are expected to be strong again
this season.
Dover-Eyota returns three of their
top five from last years championship team, and the Eagles are the

tney Flom (four-time letterwinner)

and Emily Ashland (three-time letterwinner. Flom netted 13 points
per game and Quam 12 ppg. Both
were HVL All Conference selection.
KW will build around another
all conference selection in junior
Mara Quam who led the Knights
in scoring with 19 ppg. Bleess is
another returning starter averaging 7 ppg. Dummer (4 ppg), Megan
Flom and Hokanson all saw extended playing time last season

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are seniors: Courtney Houglum,

Kaitlin Knott, Siri Quam, Kayla
Knott and Sarah Sahl juniors: Kasey Dummer, Savannah Bleess,
Mara Quam and Megan Flom; and
sophomore Tess Hokanson.
Non-letterwinners out are junior Natalie Hildebrandt; and sophomores: Corynne Dahl, Maddie
McCauley, Sydney Way and Brynn
Gillard.
The Knights lost three veteran
players to graduation in Megan
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Burkhalter, Lacy McClain, Mikenna Fogarty, Julia Ableitner and Alexis Matzke; back row: Megan Leland, Cora Heiden, Robin Talbot, Bailey Kuball, Brynn
Olson, Brook Schaefer, Brittney Arndt, Isabella Wiggins, Jenna Locke, Malia Kundert and Rachel Schutz.

PI gymnastics numbers are bolstered by nine seventh-graders

By Faye Haugen
KENYON The KenyonWanamingo girls basketball teams
quest to return to the State Class
AA tournament was stopped in the
West Section 1AA finals last March
by Dover-Eyota. The Eagles went
on to win the Class AA title.
With 10 letterwinners and five
of their top eight players back from
last years 20-9 team, the Knights
should make a strong showing in
the post-season in 2016.
Returning monogram winners

Letterwinners
Courtney Houglum
Kaitlin Knott
Siri Quam
Kayla Knott
Sarah Sahl
Kasey Dummer
Mara Quam
Savannah Bleess
Megan Flom
Tess Hokanson
Non-letterwinners
Natalie Hildebrandt
Corynne Dahl
Maddie McCauley
Sydney Way
Brynn Gillard

KW will reload for another good season

Panther gymnastics schedule

Nov. 28 at Austin
Dec. 3 at LaCrescent, 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 5 at Byron, 12:30 p.m.
Dec. 15 at Byron, 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 22 LaCrescent, 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 8
Byron, 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 9
at New Prague, 11 a.m.
Jan. 14 at Caledonia, 6 p.m.
Jan. 22 Kasson-Mantorville, 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 23 at Breck, 11 a.m.
Jan. 29 Stewartville, 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 4
at Byron, 6 p.m.
Home matches in BOLD

Members of the 2015-2016 Kenyon-Wanamingo girls basketball team are, from left, front row: Riley Dummer, Kasey Dummer, Natalie Hildebrandt, Brynn
Gillard, Siri Quam, Kaitlin Knott, and Shelby Clawiter; middle row: Madi Luebke, Kaitlyn Vold, Kassandra Keller, Tess Hokanson, Sydney Way, Mara Quam,
Lauren Berg, Shera Clawiter, and Brandi Remold; back row: Corynne Dahl, Savannah Bleess, Morgan Burow, Megan Flom, Sarah Sahl, Kayla Knott, and
Maddie McCauley

favorite to repeat in both West

Section 1AA and Section 1AA.
The Knights will open play on
Friday when they take part in the
Hamline University Invitational in
St. Paul, beginning at 10:30 a.m.
against Stillwater. Kenyon-Wanamingo returns for their second game
of the tournament against DeLaSalle on Saturday at 4 p.m. The
Knight home opener is set for Tuesday when Byron comes to town to
start the HVL season.

Knight girls basketball schedule

Nov. 27 at Hamline University
Nov. 28 at Hamline University
Dec. 1 Byron
Dec. 4 at Rushford
Dec. 8 Pine Island
Dec. 11 Hayfield
Dec. 15 at Zumbrota
Dec. 18 at Goodhue
Dec. 22 Triton
Dec. 29 at Hayfield, 6 p.m.
Dec. 30 at Hayfield, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 5
at New Richland
Jan. 9
at Hayfield, 1 p.m.
Jan. 12 at Cannon Falls
Jan. 14 at Blooming Prairie
Jan. 15 at Lake City
Jan. 22 Lourdes
Jan. 26 at Pine Island
Jan. 29 Goodhue
Feb. 2
Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Feb. 9
WEM
Feb. 2
at Dodge Center
Feb. 16 Stewartville
Feb. 19 at Kasson
Home games in BOLD. Junior varsity
games at 6 p.m unless noted

By Faye Haugen
PINE ISLAND The Pine Island gymnastics team was very
young last year with just one senior on the squad in Kendra Euler. The Panthers did not have any
juniors on the roster and just two
sophomores.
The PI gymnastics team is a
year older, but they are still a young
team with nearly half of the squad
made up of seventh-graders.
Eight letterwinners return from
last years team that placed sec-

ond in the Southeast Gymnastics

Conference standings with a 6-2
mark. Byron took team honors with
a perfect 8-0 record.
Letterwinners back are juniors:
Brittney Arndt and Brooke
Schaefer; sophomore Brynn Olson;
freshmen: Robin Talbot and Bailey
Kuball; and eighth-graders: Cora
Heiden, Megan Leland and Rachel
Schutz.
Providing depth and making for
a competitive practice room are
non-letterwinners, sophomore Isa-

bella Wiggins; freshmen: Jenna

Locke and Malia Kundert; and
seventh-graders: Eliza Goplen,
Camille Chester, Jaci Newman,
Sawyer Gorman, Brynn Burkhalter, Lacy McClain, Mikenna Fogarty, Julia Ableitner and Alexis
Matzke.
Olson was a State Class A qualifier last year in both the vault and
all around. She placed 28th in the
vault and 29th all around.
All but one of the seventhgraders coming into the program

have some experience through team

gymnastics or through taking rec
classes or camps. We have a lot of
competition in the room with most
of the girls able to do all of the
events, said Coach Chris Templeton. Right now we are still working on getting the girls in gymnastics shape. Once we get them to the
level we want them well start to
see their skill level increase. By
the second half of the season the
girls will be learning new skills.
Right now we are easing them into

the new season.

The Panther skipper looks for
Byron as the team to beat in conference action, with Austin the favorite in Section 1A.
They are both four times champions, and until we beat them or
someone else does, they are the
favorite in conference and in section competition, remarked Coach
Templeton who thinks his Panthers can give Byron a test.
The Panthers will open their
season on Thursday, December 3
when they travel to LaCrescent
for a 6:30 p.m. meet.
Letterwinners
Juniors: Brittney Arndt and Brook Schaefer
Sophomore: Brynn Olson
Freshmen: Robin Talbot and Bailey Kuball
Eighth-graders: Cora Heiden, Megan Leland
and Rachel Schutz
Non-letterwinners
Sophomore: Isabella Wiggins
Freshmen: Jenna Locke and Malia Kundert
Seventh-graders: Eliza Goplen, Camille Chester, Jaci Newman, Sawyer Gorman, Brynn
Burkhalter, Lacy McClain, Mikenna Fogarty,
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Good Luck Cougars!

Coach Stumm looks for 18 girls to

dance varsity in high kick with nine
on the jazz team. That will change
as the season goes on depending
on how our routines change, how
girls progress in their skills and injuries
In HVL competition, KassonMantorville, Byron and Cannon
Falls will be tough at the conference meet on January 22 in Cannon Falls.
A number of teams will set their
sights on the Cougars in section
competition. St. Charles (second)
and Wabasha-Kellogg and Dover-

We have the Latest and Greatest

Coach Jess Ferguson has 10 letterwinners returning from a team

that placed fifth in the Section 1A
high kick meet. The Wildcats
graduated six longtime dance seniors in Alyssa Herman, Cheyennea Binondo, Haley Hinrichs, Jerica
Staehli, Katherine Grigoleit and
Mindy Strusz.
Returning letterwinners are seniors: Chelsea Voth and Laura
Ringeisen; juniors: Amalia Oien,
Krista Gadient, Rachel Opsahl and
Sydney Kurtti; sophomores: Abby

Doerhoefer and Macey Larson;

and eighth-grader: Kori Diercks.
Non-letterwinners working had
in practice are, juniors: Alisa Clemens, Anna Kohlnhofer, Bethany
Plutowski and Lexie Bortz; sophomores: Catherine Fox, Millie Hahn
and Morgan Roschen; freshmen:
Jada Voth, Alyssa Wiering and
Megan Ringeisen; eighth-graders:
Alexis Ferguson, Becca Alpers,
Caitlin Holmes, Hannah Dahlstrom
and Regan OConnor; and seventhgrader: Erynn Schumacher.

Right now we have nine returning letterwinners and 17 new

varsity team members, said
Coach Jess Ferguson. We will
start out dancing as many girls as
we can. Many of them are still
learning, but our goal is to get as
many girls as possible onto the
floor. This is a learning year with
so many new numbers. But we
will have an additional coach
which will help.
Coach Ferguson pointed out
that the Wildcats are aiming to

Go Wildcats!

New Wheel
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By Faye Haugen
GOODHUE The Goodhue
dance team continues to grow. So
much so this year that the Wildcats will have to skip their first
scheduled meet because they lack
enough uniforms for the team.
Goodhue saw their program
expand from 30 dancers last year
to 42 this season.
The new uniforms should be in
stock before the Wildcats take part
in the Zumbrota-Mazeppa Invitational on Saturday, December 12.

Letterwinners
Seniors: Chelsea Voth and Laura Ringeisen
Juniors: Amalia Oien, Krista Gadient,
Rachel Opsahl and Sydney Kurtti
Sophomores: Abby Doerhoefer and Macey
Larson
Eighth-grader: Kori Diercks
Non-letterwinners
Juniors: Alisa Clemens, Anna Kohlnhofer,
Bethany Plutowski and Lexie Bortz
Sophomores: Catherine Fox, Millie Hahn
and Morgan Roschen
Freshmen: Jada Voth, Alyssa Wiering
and Megan Ringeisen
Eighth-graders: Alexis Ferguson, Becca
Alpers, Caitlin Holmes, Hannah Dahlstrom and Regan OConnor
Seventh-grader: Erynn Schumacher

lee Magnuson, Haley Grudem, Elle

Jensen, Anna Lowrie, and Devon
Miller.
ZM lost four seniors to graduation in Emma Gunhus, Kennedy
Mueller, Maddie Lindhart, and
Olivia Gadient.
Again, we have a group of very
talented and motivated girls ready
to work hard to achieve their goals
of making it to State in both routines, remarked Coach Jen Stumm.
We continue to work on improving our technique and getting better than we were the day before.
With 34 girls on the roster,

Members of the 2015-2016 Goodhue dance team are, from left, front row: Alexis Ferguson, Meagan Ringeisen, Chelsea Voth, Katie Hemenway and Erynn
Schumacher; second row: Alisa Clemens, Anna Kohlnhofer,, Reagan OConnor, Jada Voth, Rebecca Alpers, Kori Diercks, Catherine Fox and Caitlin KarpasHolmes; third row: Emily Doerhoefer, Rachel Opsahl,, Lexie Bortz, Alyssa Wiering, Morgan Roschen, Abby Doehoefer, Laura Ringeisen, Anna Cardell and
Amalia Oien; back row: Brekah Baker, Krista Gadient, Bethany Plutowski, Macey Larson, Sydney Kurtti, Hannah Dahlstrom and Cass Ramthun. Missing
from the photo is Millie Hahn.

Goodhue dance program continues to grow

lyn Hinchley and Katie Lawler;

sophomores: Corie Deraas, Maddie Lawler and Nikki Bryant; and
freshmen: Halle Kruse and Myfanwy Postians.
Non-letterwinners working hard
for court time are, juniors: Anna
Haugen and Kerrie Post; sophomores: Nikki Bryant and Lexi
Macht; freshman: Brianna Dose;
eighth-graders: Abby Voss, Ishvari Garcia, Alyssa Mancilman,
Kristine Moore, Kallie Olson, Jennifer Maharaj, Morgan Berg, Madeline Fitzgibbons, Jenna Stene and
Sam Walker; seventh-graders: Ten-

By Faye Haugen
ZUMBROTA Since 2007, the
Zumbrota-Mazeppa dance team has
qualified for the State Class A
dance meet, and the Cougars are
setting their sights on making 10
straight trips to the Target Center
in February.
Fourteen letterwinners are back
from last years Section 1A champion jazz and high kick teams.
Returning letterwinners are, seniors: Breana Haag, Grace Myran, Katie Grudem, Rachel Tschann
and Sophie Holm; juniors: Amanda
Edstrom, Bethany Renken, Kait-

Letterwinners
Seniors: Breana Haag, Grace Myran, Katie
Grudem, Rachel Tschann and Sophie Holm
Juniors: Amanda Edstrom, Bethany Renken, Kaitlyn Hinchley and Katie Lawler
Sophomores: Corie Deraas, Maddie Lawler
and Nikki Bryant
Freshmen: Halle Kruse and Myfanwy Postians
Non-letterwinners
Abby Voss- 8, Ishvari Garcia - 8, Tenlee
Magnuson - 7, Haley Grudem - 7, Alyssa
Mancilman - 8, Nikki Bryant - 10, Kristine
Moore - 8, Elle Jensen - 7, Anna Lowrie 7, Brianna Dose - 9, Kallie Olson - 8,
Jennifer Maharaj - 8, Devon Miller - 7,
Morgan Berg - 8, Madeline Fitzgibbons 8, Jenna Stene - 8, Lexi Macht - 10, Sam
Walker - 8, Anna Haugen - 11 Kerrie Post
- 11

keep improving and taking that

final step by placing in the top
four at the Section 1A meet and
advancing to State in high kick.
Kasson-Mantorville, Byron
and Cannon Falls will be the favorites in HVL competition.
In Section 1A, ZumbrotaMazeppa won both the jazz and
high kick titles last years. St.
Charles, Dover-Eyota and Wabasha-Kellogg all advanced to
State in high kick last year, but
do not count out Lake City as a
contender. Goodhue is hoping to
join that elite group.
The girls are working hard
and they bring a ton of energy to
practice. They are ready to learn
and that is half the battle, pointed
out Coach Ferguson, who added,
We want to get better and attain our goals this season.

ZM seeks their 10th straight trip to State

Eyota (tied for third) will try to

move up the ladder in high kick
competition. Lake City was
shocked when they failed to advance to State last year, and Coach
Stumm expects the Tigers to com
back strong this season.
St. Charles was second and
Dover-Eyota third behind the Cougars in jazz competition last year
at the second meet.
We show a lot of promise this
season and we have great leadership. Many of these girls have been
on the varsity team five or six
years, pointed out Coach Stumm.
All of the girls are focused on
the same end goal and that is to
return to State for the 10th straight
year. They are all working hard
to get there.
The ZM dance teams will also
be performing during Cougar boys
basketball games on December 1
and 11, at ZM wrestling on December 18 and at Cougar girls
basketball games on January 18
and 25 and February 4.

Wildcat dance schedule

Goodhue
at Zumbrota, noon
Goodhue
at Lake City, 11 a.m.
at Plainview, 5 p.m.
Goodhue
at Rochester Century, noon
Goodhue
Goodhue, noon
HVL at Cannon Falls, 7:15 p.m.
Section 1A at Eyota, noon

Dec. 8
Dec. 12
Dec. 15
Dec. 19
Dec. 29
Jan. 5
Jan. 9
Jan. 5
Jan. 16
Jan. 22
Jan. 23

Members of the 2015-2016 Zumbrota-Mazeppa dance team are, from left, front row: Katie Grudem, Breana Haag, Rachel Tschann, Sophie Holm and
Grace Myran; second row: Maddie Lawler, Katie Lawler, Abby Voss, Ishvari Garcia, Tenlee Magnuson and Haley Grudem; third row: Amanda Edstrom,
Corie Deraas, Alyssa Mancilman, Nikki Bryant, Bethany Renken, Kristine Moore and Elle Jensen; fourth row: Anna Lowrie, Brianna Dose, Kallie Olson,
Kaitlyn Hinchley, Jennifer Maharaji, Devon Miller and Morgan Berg; back row Halle Kruse, Madeline Fitzgibbons, Jenna Stene, Lexi Macht, Sam Walker,
Anna Haugen and Kerrie Post. Missing from the photo are: Myfanwy Postians and managers Calley Gunhus and Breanna Kreps.

Cougar dance schedule

Zumbrota, noon
at Lake City, 11 a.m.
at Winona, noon
at Granite Falls, noon
HVL at Cannon Falls, 7:15 p.m.
at Eyota, noon
Section 1A at Eyota, noon

Dec. 12
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Jan. 9
Jan. 16
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tis, Sydney Melson, Reiss Musty,

Baxter OReilly, Jake Peterson and
Gabe Rehder.
The Wildcats graduated four
wrestlers from last years team in
Jacob Gilsdorf, Logan Breuer,
Chuck Dahling and Jordan Ronningen.
Of the eight letterwinners back,
five of them placed in the state or
section tournament. Joel Gadient
(30-6) placed first at 126 pounds
in the section meet and made his
second trip to the state meet where
he placed sixth. Bailee OReilly
(29-10) was second in the section

meet at 152 pounds and advanced

to the state meet for the first time.
Kelby OReilly (32-7) was third
at section at 138, Kaleb OReilly
(23-15) was third at sections at
145 , and John Altendorf (106)
was fifth at 106 pounds at the
section meet.
Both Joel Gadient (fifth at 138)
and Bailee OReilly (sixth at 160)
start the season ranked in the top
10 in Class A.
Kasson-Mantorville (ranked
second in Class AA), KenyonWanamingo (ranked second in
Class A) and Zumbrota-Mazeppa

ZM wants to build off last seasons success

Non-letterwinners who will be

counted on to contribute are senior Brad Marking; sophomores:
Garrett Huneke, Chase Hinsch,
Sven Otterness and Casey Ryan;
freshmen: Matthew Kuznicki,
Brayden Hinsch, Shane Vsevich,
Connor Jacobson, Juan ChavezMoyer and Kodee OReilly; eighthgraders: Cole Melson, Christian
Chavez-Moyer, Conor OReilly,
Kyle Schoenfelder and Nicholas
Hinsch; and seventh-graders: Ryley Christianson, Bannen Donovan, Logan Ferguson, Dakota Heitman, Ricky Husband, Logan Lan-

Members of the 2015-2016 Zumbrota-Mazeppa wrestling team are, from left, front row: Charlie Gehrke, Cole Poncelet, Aaron Turk, Luke Tupper, Hayden Stensland, Ashton Macht, Michael
Vath, Dylan VanCanneyt, Michael Majerus, Luke Krier and John Poulin; second row: Jack Smothers, Isaiah Jurrens, Zach Bredehoft, Spencer DeFrang, Jacob Bennett, Caden Steffen, Connor
Heitman, Richard Gehrke, Max Smothers, Sam Nordquist, Nathan Haltom, Kevin Majerus and Tanner Mancilman; back row: Luke Dahlen, Devin Manzy, Fletcher Bengtson, Jack Haglund,
Jarrett Haglund, Kayson Morseth, Ryan Horsch, Hayden Voxland, Maverick Jackson, Jacob Lawrence, Tyler Soltau and Pedro Martin. Missing from the photo are: Evan Groby, Ethan Kovars,
Ben Roberts, Andrew Bennett and Beau Jurrens.
Cougar wrestling schedule

By Faye Haugen
GOODHUE Right now there
are more questions than answers
for the Goodhue wrestling team.
The Wildcats have 30 wrestlers
in the practice room, but only 10
are upper-classmen (10th grade or
higher).
Goodhue returns seven letterwinners from last years 15-9 dualmeet team in seniors: Joel Gadient
and Casey Deneen; juniors: John
Altendorf and Bailee OReilly;
sophomore Joel Gadient; and freshmen: Kaleb OReilly and Kelby
OReilly.

Goodhue varsity lacks numbers as the season begins

Letterwinners
Yr Wt Record
Joel Gadient
12 126 30-6
Casey Deneen
12 180 John Altendorf
11 106 20-6
Bailee OReilly
11 170 29-10
Joel Breuer
10 140 3-22
Kaleb OReilly
9
170 23-15
Kelby OReilly
9
170 32-7
Non-letterwinners
Senior: Brad Marking
Sophomores: Garrett Huneke, Chase Hinsch,
Sven Otterness and Casey Ryan
Freshmen: Matthew Kuznicki, Brayden Hinsch,
Shane Vsevich, Connor Jacobson, Juan ChavezMoyer and Kodee OReilly
Eighth-graders: Cole Melson, Christian ChavezMoyer, Conor OReilly, Kyle Schoenfelder and
Nicholas Hinsch
Seventh-graders: Ryley Christianson, Bannen
Donovan, Logan Ferguson, Dakota Heitman, Ricky
Husband, Logan Lantis, Sydney Melson, Reiss
Musty, Baxter OReilly, Jake Peterson and Gabe
Rehder

Members of the 2015-2016 Goodhue wrestling team are, from left, front row: Seth Hinsch, Juan Chavez-Moyer, Chase Hinsch, Baxter OReilly and
Joel Breuer; middle row: Garrett Huneke, Kodee OReilly, John Altendorf, Brayden Hinsch, Casey Deneen and Connor Jacobson; back row: Kelby
OReilly, Bailee OReilly, Joel Gadient, Nicholas Hinsch, Brad Marking, Kaleb OReilly and Travis Gadient. Missing from the pho to are: Conor OReilly,
Kyle Schoenfelder, Shane Vosevich, and Sven Otterness.

(ranked third in Class A) are the

HVL favorites as the season begins.
ZM and Dover-Eyota (ranked11th in Class A) should contend
for the Section 1A title. Perennial
favorite Kenyon-Wanamingo was
moved to Section 2A with section
realignment. The Wildcats could be
a threat if they can fill out a roster,
but right now they lack numbers
from 106 to heavyweight.
The Cats will open the season
on Saturday, December 5 when they
take part in the Washington Technology Invitational beginning at 9
a.m. Goodhue will not host a home
meet until Thursday, January 14
when Triton comes to Goodhue.

Wildcat wrestling schedule

Dec. 5 at Washington Magnet, 9 a.m.
Dec. 10 at Hayfield, 5 p.m.
Dec. 12 at Kasson, 10 a.m.
Dec. 17 at Mazeppa, 5 p.m.
Dec. 18 at Chisago Lakes, 4 p.m.
Jan. 12 at Plainview, 10 a.m.
Jan. 12 at Eyota, 6 p.m.
Jan. 14 Triton
Jan. 16 at Rogers, 10 a.m.
Jan. 22 at Stewartville
Jan. 28 Cannon Falls/Lake City, 5 p.m.
Jan. 30 at Armstrong, 10 a.m.
Feb. 2 Kasson-Mantorville
Feb. 4 at Byron
Home matches BOLD. Junior varsity
matches begin at 6 p.m. unless noted

By Faye Haugen
ZUMBROTA After having a
great post-season run that resulted
in a second place finish in the
State Class A tournament, the Zumbrota-Mazeppa wrestling team
wants to build on that success.
The Cougars have 10 letterwinners back from last years 30-7
dual meet team with six of them
placing in the Section 1A tournament and three who wrestled in
the State Class A individual tournament.
Letterwinners back are senior:
Devin Manzy (36-9, second at section at 160, state meet participant);
juniors: Maverick Jackson (38-11,
second at sections at 132, state
meet participant), and Jacob
Lawrence; sophomores: Spencer
DeFrang (34-9, third at sections
at 106), Jarrett Haglund, Sam Nor-

dquist (19-22), Caden Steffen (328, third at section at 152) and Hayden Stensland (32-15, second at
113, state meet qualifier), and Hayden Voxland; and freshman Jacob
Bennett (24-14, fifth at 138 pound).
Non-letterwinners fighting for
mat time are, junior: Pedro Martin; sophomores: Aaron Turk, Matt
Moreno, Connor Heitman, Max
Smothers, Fletcher Bengston,
Dylon VanCanneyt, Nate McCarty,
Luke Tupper, Richard Gehrke and
Luke Dahlen; freshmen: Zach Bredehoft, Ryan Horsch, Tyler Soltaue,
Ben Roberts, Kayson Morseth,
Isaiah Jurren and Matt Postians;
eighth-graders: Andrew Bennett,
Charlie Gehrke, Luke Krier, Kevin
Majerus, Michael Majerus, Cole
Poncelet, John Poulin and Jack
Haglund; and seventh-graders:
Evan Groby, Nathan Haltom, Beau

Jurrens, Ethan Kovars, Ashton

Macht, Tanner Mancilman and
Jack Smothers
Despite graduating eight veteran seniors in Joey Majerus, Dillon Downes, Evan Block, Freedom Hunt, Noah Prodzinski, Connor Hegseth, Nick Vath and Seth
Tupper, the Cougars start the season ranked third. State champion
Minneota is ranked first with
Kenyon-Wanamingo second.
While ZM should field a strong
lineup from 106 to 180, the Cougars graduated most of their upper weight wrestlers and will be
unproven as the season begins.
The HVL will be loaded with
good teams. Kasson-Mantorville
(ranked second in Class AA),
Kenyon-Wanamingo, Stewartville
and the Cougars should all battle
for the title. KM was first last sea-

son followed by KW and ZM .

The Cougars are the favorite in
Section 1AA with Dover-Eyota second. Kenyon-Wanamingo was
moved to Section 2A for post-season competition, taking away an
always anticipated matchup.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa will open
their season on Tuesday when they
travel to Dover-Eyota to take on
the 11th-ranked Eagles. The Cougars first home match in Mazeppa
is set for Friday, December 4 when
Lake City comes to town.
Letterwinners
Devin Manzy
Maverick Jackson
Jacob Lawrence
Spencer DeFrang
Hayden Stensland
Sam Nordquist
Hayden Voxland
Caden Steffen
Jarrett Haglund
Jacob Bennett

Yr
12
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
10
9

Record
36-9
38-11
34-9
32-15
19-22
32-8
24-14

Dec. 1 at Eyota
Dec. 4 Lake City
Dec. 5 at Glencoe, 9 a.m.
Dec. 17 Pine Island/Goodhue, 5 p.m.
Dec. 18 Plainview-Elgin-Millville
Jan. 7 at Cannon Falls, 5 p.m.
Jan. 8 at Quad County, 5 p.m.
Jan. 9 at Wabasso, 9 a.m.
Jan. 14 at Byron, 5 p.m.
Jan. 16 Zumbrota, 9 a.m.
Jan. 21 at Hayfield, 5 p.m.
Jan. 23 at Bloomington Kennedy, 8 a.m.
Jan. 29 Kenyon-Wanamingo
Feb. 4 at Kasson
Home matches BOLD in Mazeppa. JV
matches begin at 6 p.m. unless noted
Non-letterwinners
Junior: Pedro Martin
Sophomores: Aaron Turk, Matt Moreno, Connor Heitman, Max Smothers, Fletcher Bengston, Dylon VanCanneyt, Nate McCarty, Luke
Tupper, Richard Gehrke and Luke Dahlen
Freshmen: Zach Bredehoft, Ryan Horsch, Tyler
Soltaue, Ben Roberts, Kayson Morseth, Isaiah
Jurren and Matt Postians
Eighth-graders: Andrew Bennett, Charlie Gehrke, Luke Krier, Kevin Majerus, Michael Majerus, Cole Poncelet, John Poulin and Jack
Haglund
Seventh-graders: Evan Groby, Nathan Haltom,
Beau Jurrens, Ethan Kovars, Ashton Macht,
Tanner Mancilman and Jack Smothers

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season with a knee injury. Quam

was an HVL All Conference selection and ZMs leading scorer.
ZM will build around eight letterwinners in senior Laura Drack-

Yr
12
11
11
11
11
11
10
10
Yr
10
10
9

Ht Position
53 guard
54 guard
56 forward
52 guard
54 guard
58 forward
61 center
58 guard
Ht Position
59 forward
55 guard
59 center

team.
ZM graduated three seniors from
last season in Rachel Mensink,
Alyssa Quam and Hailey Dykes.
Dykes sat out nearly the entire

Letterwinners
Laura Drackley
Brianna Albers
Taylor Blakstad
Natalie Majerus
Tara Matuska
Miranda Mollenhauer
Lauren Miller
Lyndsey Quam`
Non-letterwinners
Brandi Blakstad
Ashli Christopherson
Makayla Arendt

By Faye Haugen
ZUMBROTA With just one
senior back from last years 7-17
squad, the Zumbrota-Mazeppa girls
basketball team will court a young

urday evening and play at Lake

City on Monday.
We need to develop a ball
handler and cut down on our
turnovers, said Coach Paukert
whose team averaged 22 turnovers a game last season.

Wildcat girls basketball schedule

Nov. 27 at Red Wing, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 28 at Red Wing, 2 p.m.
Dec. 4 at Hayfield
Dec. 5 at Hopkins, 1 p.m.
Dec. 6 Blooming Prairie
Dec. 10 Triton
Dec. 15 at Pine Island
Dec. 18 Kenyon-Wanamingo
Dec. 22 at Zumbrota
Dec. 29 at Rochester, 1 p.m.
Dec. 30 at Rochester, 2 p.m.
Jan. 8
Cannon Falls
Jan. 9
Southland, 1:30 p.m.
Jan. 12 Lake City
Jan. 15 at Rochester Lourdes
Jan. 16 at Lyle/Pacelli, 1:30 p.m.
Jan. 19 at Stewartville
Jan. 22 Kasson-Mantorville
Jan. 29 at Kenyon
Feb. 4
Hayfield
Feb. 5
at Dodge Center
Feb. 6
Dover-Eyota
Feb. 9
Wabasha-Kellogg
Feb. 12 Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Feb. 16 Pine Island
Feb. 18 at Byron
Home games in BOLD. Junior varsity
games at 6 p.m unless noted

With just one senior, ZM will court a young squad

Cougar girls basketball schedule

Nov. 27 at Eyota, 6 p.m.
Nov. 28 at Eyota, 6 p.m.
Nov. 30 at Lake City
Dec. 8 Triton
Dec. 11 at Pine Island
Dec. 15 Kenyon-Wanamingo
Dec. 18 at Hayfield
Dec. 22 Goodhue
Jan. 5
Hayfield
Jan. 7
Bethlehem Academy
Jan. 8
Kasson-Mantorville
Jan. 17 at Byron
Jan. 14 Cannon Falls
Jan. 19 Lake City
Jan. 21 at Stewartville
Jan. 25 Dover-Eyota
Jan. 26 at Dodge Center
Feb. 2
at Kenyon
Feb. 4
St. Charles
Feb. 5
Pine Island
Feb. 9
Lewiston-Altura
Feb. 12 at Goodhue
Feb. 16 at Rochester Lourdes
Feb. 18 at Byron
Home games in BOLD. Junior varsity
games at 6 p.m unless noted

Members of the 2015-2016 Zumbrota-Mazeppa girls basketball team are, from left, front row: Hannah Mensink,
Natalie Majerus, Laura Drackley, Skyler Jacobson and Ashli Christopherson; second row: Debbie Czech, Brianna
Albers, Natalye Quam, Taylor Blakstad, Tara Matuska, Morgan Goodman and Megan Johnson; third row: Makayla
Arendt, Brandi Blakstad, Kyra Nichols, Summer Gruhlke, Carley Fredrickson and Madi Enger; back row: Miranda
Mollenhauer, Lyndsey Quam, Lauren Miller, Anna Tarpels and Ali Hunstad.

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ley (3 points per game); juniors:

Natalie Majerus (2 ppg), Briana
Albers (1 ppg), Tara Matuska (3
ppg), Taylor Blakstad (2 ppg), and
Miranda Mollenhauer (5 ppg); and
sophomore Lauren Miller (12 ppg).
Miller (an all conference selection) led ZM in rebounds (6.1 per
game) and set individual and career records with 105 blocked shots
last season.
Non-letterwinners expecting to
contribute are sophomores Brandi
Blakstad and Ashli Christopherson; and freshman Mikayla Arendt.
Weve got to stay healthy,
stressed Coach Scott Paukert. We
have a good inside presence with
Lauren Miller, but we do not have
a consistent shooter from the outside. Different players will shoot
well at times, but not consistently.
We are a work in progress.
The HVL Blue Division will
be loaded with good teams once
again. Kenyon-Wanamingo won
the division title, with Goodhue
and Hayfield close behind. All
three should be in contention once
again. Kasson-Mantorville went
undefeated in the Gold Division
at 16-0.
Section 1AA champ DoverEyota returns two of their top four
players. Kenyon-Wanamingo
could also be in the hunt.
The Cougars will open their
season on Friday when they play
Minnehaha Academy at the Dover-Eyota Invitational at 6 p.m.
ZM will return to Eyota on Sat-

Goodhue will return to Red Wing

for a 2 p.m. game on Saturday.
Goodhue will open HVL play on
Members of the 2015-2016 Goodhue girls basketball team are, from left, front row: Elise Tipcke, Kate Opsahl, Sam Bartholome, Lexie Lodermeier, Friday, December 4 when they travel
Brooklyn Meyer and Myrian Monjaraz-Olmos; second row: Maddy Lodermeier, Kjersten Veiseth, Megan Ryan, Abby Jonsgaard, Kate Stehr, Emily Benrud, to Hayfield.
Michele Hadler, Maddy Miller, McKenzie Ryan, Kalley Diercks, Kait Buck, Mariah Tipcke and Katie Pearson; back row: Haley Lexvold, Haley Evans,
This Goodhue team is hungry.
Kennedy Buck, Taylor Larson, Autumn Lindblom, Sydney Lodermeier, Mikayla Peterson and Keisha OReilly. Missing from the photo is Mekaylla Holt. They fell short of their goals of winning the HVL last season and the
section title. They have a little bit of
an edge this season, concluded
By Faye Haugen
ago.
the Cats in scoring last season with back of Kenyon-Wanamingo in Coach Wieme.
GOODHUE With 11 letterReturning letterwinners include 16 points a game.
Yr Ht Position
the HVL Blue Division standings Letterwinners
winners and four starters back from seniors: Michelle Hadler, Kalley
12 56 guard
Sydney Lodermeier, an HVL last season, and Coach Wieme Michelle Hadler
last years 23-6 squad, the Goodhue Diercks, Taylor Larson, Keisha All Conference selection last sea- looks for the Knights along with Kalley Diercks
12 555 forward
12 58 forward
girls should be a contender for the OReilly and Kate Stehr; juniors: son, is the leading scorer back at Hayfield to be tough competition. Taylor Larson
12 58 forward
HVL Blue Division, West Section Haley Lexvold, Megan Ryan, 14 ppg. Larson netted 6 ppg. Coach Lyle/Pacelli ended Goodhues Keisha OReilly
12 56 forward
1A and Section 1A titles this sea- Maddy Miller, and McKenzie Wieme rotated a number of play- season last year in the West Sec- Kate Stehr
Haley Lexvold
11 54 guard
son. The Wildcats have size, depth Ryan; and sophomores: Emily ers into his lineup last season, and tion 1A finals.
Megan Ryan
11 55 guard
and speed that will make them a Benrud and Sydney Lodermeier. eight of them are back with anThey are still the team to beat, Maddy Miller
11 58 forward
favorite against any team they face
Non-letterwinners working hard other year of experience.
said Coach Wieme of the Athlet- Emily Benrud
10 56 guard
this season.
are juniors Mikayla Peterson and
We know we have to defend ics. They return three very good Sydney Lodermeier 10 511 forward
The big difference between this Kait Buck, sophomore Mariah inside, but we do have some height. players. On the other side of the Non-letterwinners Yr Ht Position
year and last is that we have a lot Tipcke, and freshman Lexie Lo- We have some quick guards. They section, Rushford-Peterson returns Mikayla Peterson
11 510 center
Kait Buck
11 59 forward
of returning letterwinners with a dermeier.
are short, but they are quick. We their lineup from last year.
10 57 guard
lot of playing experience, said
Goodhue graduated three play- also have a lot of depth. We can
The Wildcats will open their sea- Mariah Tipcke
9
61 center
Coach Josh Wieme. They show ers in Shelby Hinsch, Rachel Wat- play eight players a lot of the time, son on Friday when they take part Lexie Lodermeier
a lot of confidence when they prac- son and Brittney Ryan. Hinsch, an pointed out Coach Wieme.
in the Red Wing Invitation begintice and they lacked that a year HVL All Conference selection, led
The Wildcats finished a game ning at 3:30 p.m. against River Falls.

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Members of the 2015-2016 Zumbrota-Mazeppa boys basketball team are, from left, front row: Isaiah Stueber, Noah Erickson, Alex Nelson, Jacob
Niebuhr and Landon Rauen; back row: Zach Sanborn, Robvon Jackson, Kevin Nordquist, Isaiah Nolte and Alex Guse.

Goodhue will also play a trio

of boy-girls doubleheaders against
Kenyon-Wanamingo, Southland
and Lyle/Pacelli.

Goodhue returns a veteran squad to the court

City, and they played for the Section 1A title, losing to eventual
State Class A champion RushfordPeterson.
Jacob McNamara was named
HVL All Conference a season ago
when he averaged 11 points per
game and five rebounds a game.
Pasch netted 6 ppg, Peterson 6 ppg
and Sam McNamara 5 ppg.
We would like to be in the
top half of the HVL Blue Division and in the top half of West
Section 1A. We have a good core
of players coming back, but also

some inexperienced juniors that will

have to become accustomed to the
varsity level quickly to add depth
to out team, remarked Coach Halverson.
Goodhue will open their 201520-16 campaign on Friday when
they host Bethlehem Academy. The
Cats will play at Kasson on Tuesday.
The Wildcats will play a number of Section 1A team in non-conference play, including last years
state champion in Rushford-Peterson in Goodhue on December 11.

1-0 heading into their second game

on Tuesday against Lourdes in
Zumbrota.
The Cougars return six letterwinners in seniors: Noah Erickson, Zach Sanborn, and Alex Nelson; and juniors: Isaiah Stueber,
Alex Guse and Landon Rauen.
Non-letterwinners working hard

for court time are juniors: Kevin

Nordquist and Corey Dahl; and
sophomores: Jacob Niebuhr, Isaiah
Nolte and Robvon Jackson.
The Knights lost five seniors
to gradation in Jacob Forrey (HVL
All Conference), Jerrell Guider,
Paul Dahlen, Nathan Debner and
Steef Gonzales. Forrey, Guider,

and Debner were all starters.

With no real size in the middle,
ZM will play more uptempo this
season. Sanborn, Nelson, Guse and
Niebuhr all stand 63, but they
are the tallest players ZM will court.
Goodhue won the HVL Blue
Division last season with Lake City
winning the Gold. The Tigers started

the season ranked in the top 10 in

Class AA. Caledonia placed second in Class AA last season, and
the Warriors will be tough again
in post-season competition.
Letterwinners
Noah Erickson
Zach Sanborn
Alex Nelson
Landon Rauen
Isaiah Stueber
Alex Guse
Non-letterwinners
Jacob Niebuhr
Isaiah Nolte
Kevin Nordquist
Robvon Jackson
Corey Dahl

Yr
12
12
12
11
11
11
Yr
10
10
11
10
11

Ht
510
63
63
6
511
63
Ht
63
61
510
511
59

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Position
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Ryan Alpers, Sam Kyllo and Wilson Jonas; and juniors: Ben Opsahl and Jacob McNamara
Non-letterwinners Coach Matt
Halverson can draw from are juniors: Taylor Buck, Nicholas Thomforde, Julio Parra, Lucas Thomforde, Noah Hinsch, Dallas Jacobson and Cooper Davidson.
Goodhue became battled tested
when they advanced to the HVL
title game, where they lost to Lake

ZM looks to build on opening season win

By Faye Haugen
GOODHUE With 10 letterwinners back from last years 283 team, the Goodhue boys basketball team will be ready for another tough HVL schedule this
winter.
The Wildcats graduated just
three players in Tyler Schumacher,
Riley Augustine and Isaiah Hinsch, but both Schumacher and
Augustine led the Cats in scoring
the past two seasons.
Letterwinners back from last
years HVL Blue Division cham-

Ht Position
64 center
62 forward
511 guard
511 guars
63 center
511 guard
6
forward
511 forward
61 guard
63 center
Ht Position
57 guard
57 guard
510 guard
57 guard
56 guard
57 guard
61 forward

Members of the 2015-2016 Goodhue boys basketball team are, from left, front row: Taylor Buck, Nicholas Thomforde, Sam McNamara, Julio Parra,
Cooper Davidson, Noah Hinsch and Lucas Thomforde; back row: Justyn Lind, Ryan Alpers, Sam Kyllo, Aaron Austin, Jacob McNamara, Ben Opsahl,
Jacob Pasch and Wilson Jonas. Missing from the photo are Dallas Jacobson and Calvin Peterson.

Letterwinners
Yr
Aaron Austin
12
Calvin Peterson
12
Jacob Pasch
12
Ryan Alpers
12
Sam Kyllo
12
Sam McNamara
12
Wilson Jonas
12
Justyn Lind
12
Ben Opsahl
11
Jacob McNamara 11
Non-letterwinners Yr
Taylor Buck
11
Nicholas Thomforde 11
Julio Parra
11
Cooper Davidson
11
Noah Hinsch
11
Lucas Thomforde 11
Dallas Jacobson
11

Cougar boys basketball schedule

Nov. 20 at Eyota
Dec. 1 Lourdes
Dec. 8 at Dodge Center
Dec. 11 Pine Island
Dec. 15 at Kenyon
Dec. 18 Hayfield
Dec. 22 at Goodhue
Dec. 28 at Winona, 6 p.m.
Dec. 29 at Winona
Jan. 7
at Bethlehem Academy
Jan. 8
at Kasson
Jan. 12 Byron
Jan. 15 at Cannon Falls
Jan. 19 at Lake City
Jan. 22 Stewartville
Jan. 26 Triton
Jan. 29 at Hayfield
Feb. 2
Kenyon-Wanamingo
Feb. 4
at St. Charles
Feb. 5
at Pine Island
Feb. 9
at Lewiston
Feb. 12 Goodhue
Feb. 15 at Plainview
Home games in BOLD. Junior varsity
games at 6 p.m unless noted

Wildcat boys basketball schedule

Nov. 27 Bethlehem Academy
Dec. 1 at Kasson
Dec. 4 Byron
Dec. 8 at Hayfield
Dec. 10 at Dodge Center
Dec. 11 Rushford-Peterson
Dec. 15 Pine Island
Dec. 18 Kenyon-Wanamingo, 6 p.m.
Dec. 22 Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Dec. 28 at Grand Meadow
Dec. 29 at Grand Meadow
Jan. 5
Randolph
Jan. 8
at Cannon Falls
Jan. 9
Southland
Jan. 12 at Lake City
Jan. 15 Lourdes
Jan. 16 at Lyle/Pacelli, 3 p.m.
Jan. 19 Stewartville
Jan. 21 Hayfield
Jan. 26 at Eyota
Jan. 29 at Kenyon
Feb. 2
at Pine Island
Feb. 4
at Blooming Prairie
Feb. 5
Triton
Feb. 9
at Wabasha
Feb. 12 at Zumbrota
Home games in BOLD. Junior varsity
games at 6 p.m unless noted

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NEWSRECORD

WINTER SPORTS

on KDHL AM 920/Power 96 FM

Fall Sports Season Broadcasts

PREVIEW

Times listed are pregame.

Friday, November 27 ........ KW Girls BB at Hamline Invitational ..... KDHL 7:45 p.m.
Saturday, November 28.... KW Girls BB at Hamline Invitational ..... KDHL 3:45 p.m.
Thursday, December 3 ..... KW at Cannon Falls Wrestling ................ KDHL 6:45 p.m.
Friday, December 4 .......... KW at Rushford-Peterson Girls BB ........ KDHL 7:15 p.m.
Tuesday, December 8........ Blooming Prairie at Goodhue Girls BB ... KDHL 7:00 p.m.
Friday, December 11 ........ KW at Hayfield Girls BB ......................... KDHL 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, December 15 ...... ZM at KW Boys BB.................................. KDHL 7:00 p.m.
Friday, December 18 ........ KW at Goodhue Girls & Boys BB ......... KDHL 6 & 8 p.m.
Tuesday, December 22 ...... KW at Triton Boys BB ............................. KDHL 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, January 5........... Triton at Cannon Falls Boys BB .............. KDHL 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 7 ........ Faribault BA at ZM Girls BB .................. KDHL 7:00 p.m.
Friday, January 8 ............. Goodhue at Cannon Falls Boys BB .......... KDHL 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 14 ...... KW at Blooming Prairie Girls BB ........... KDHL 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, January 19......... KW at NREHG Girls BB ......................... KDHL 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, January 26......... Pine Island at KW Boys BB ..................... KDHL 7:00 p.m.
Friday, January 29 ........... Goodhue at KW Girls BB ........................ KDHL 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday, February 2......... KW at ZM Boys BB.................................. KDHL 7:00 p.m.
Friday, February 5 ........... KW at Hayfield Girls BB ......................... KDHL 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 9......... KW at WEM Boys BB.............................. KDHL 7:15 p.m.
Friday, February 12 ......... Triton at KW Boys BB ............................. KDHL 7:00 p.m.

2015-2016

Selling Fords the right way from 1961 to present!

Main Street and Highway 52, Pine Island 507-356-4155

*Purchases made through TD Retail Card Services (TDRCS) Yard Card: No interest will be assessed if you make on-time payments and pay off the balance before the promotional period ends. Making only minimum payments will not pay off the balance in time and larger payments will be
necessary. If you do not make timely payments and/or do not pay the balance in full by the expiration date, interest will be assessed from the purchase date at the standard APR, currently variable 28.99% for new accounts and variable 22.99% 28.99% for existing accounts. If your account
becomes delinquent, the offer may end and any deferred interest may be assessed. A Penalty APR of variable 29.99% may also be applied to your account. Minimum interest charge is $2. Offer may not be combined with other special financing offers. Prior purchases excluded and account must be
in good standing. Alternate finance plans may be available. Offer subject to credit approval on a Yard Card and Yard Card Plus credit card account. See store associate for more information.
*Purchases made through Synchrony Financial Get the Gear Card: Offer applies only to single-receipt qualifying purchases. No monthly interest will be charged on promo purchase balance and equal monthly payments are required equal to initial promotional purchase amount divided equally by
the number of months in promotion period until promo is paid in full. The equal monthly payment will be rounded to the next highest whole dollar and may be higher than the minimum payment that would be required if the purchase was a non-promotional purchase. Regular account terms apply to
non-promotional purchases. For new accounts: Purchase APR is 23.99%; Minimum Monthly interest Charge is $2. Existing cardholders should see their credit card agreement for their applicable terms. Subject to credit approval.

Good Luck
To All Area Sports Teams

Milo Peterson

Co.

Hwy. 56 N., Kenyon, MN 507-789-6113 www.milopetersonford.com

Sale Hours: Mon., Tues., Thurs. 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Wed. & Fri. 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. PARTS AND SERVICE NOW OPEN Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturdays 8 a.m.-4 p.m.