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The City Council has
set April 27th as the
City Wide Clean Up
day. Be sure to
look for information
about all the details
in the upcoming
Clean Up Day News-
letter.
This special edition
newsletter will tell
you how you can
recycle your old
fridge, where to
take your unwanted
junk, as well as how
you can
get rid of
the leaves
in your
y a r d
(provided
the snow
has actu-
ally melted by then.
Ha - ha!)
The special edition
newsletter will be
mailed out at the
end of March.
City Wide Clean Up Set for Sat., April 27
Special points of
interest:
March 5 Next Council
Meeting
March 10 Daylight Sav-
ing Time Begins
March 20 Spring Begins!
March 31 Easter
April 22 Earth Day
April 26 Arbor Day
Dog Licenses Due by April 30 All dog owners in
the city limits of
Royalton are re-
quired to have their
dog licensed by April
30th every year.
A current proof of
rabies vaccination is
needed in order for
the City to
issue a li-
cense and
dog tag. The
cost of the li-
censes are the
same as last
year: $7.50 if
the dog is spayed or
neu te red , and
$12.50 if they are
not.
When the City is-
sues the dog tag,
they will put the
dog’s name, ad-
dress, and the
owner’s phone num-
ber on the back.
This effort has
greatly reduced the
impounds per year.
According to City
Ordinance, the
Royalton Police De-
partment can, and
has, issued tickets
in the amount of
$30.00 besides the
cost of impound
fees of $25.00. You
will also be charged
double for the li-
cense fee plus
$10.00 per day for
boarding. One lost,
unlicensed dog can
easily cost an owner
$90.00.
Volume 12 Issue 2
March/April 2013
Royal Impersonators 4
City Wide Garage Sale 7
New Post Office Hours 8
Volleyball Tourney 9
Splash Park –Reality! 11
Library News 10
Garage Sale Form 12
Inside this issue:
Royalton City Newsletter
Royalton, MN
Hey George, City Wide Clean Up is the
last Saturday in April. Let’s get in the
basement and clean out that pile of
stuff you have in the corner.
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Happy March!
Recent snow storms make
spring seem far away, but
we know it won’t be long
until we’re talking about
warmer weather!
Technology can be very
interesting! Our city re-
cently learned that we
have a large difference
between the gallons of
water pumped from our
wells versus the gallons of
water billed to businesses
and residents. As a result
the council has hired a
company to help us locate
any leaks in water lines.
The work will be done this
spring and when leaks are
identified, the council will
let residents know of the
locations. This information
can also help guide road
projects for the city.
Fundraising for the splash
park is going well and it
needs your help. This
spring the bathroom/
mechanical room will be
built at the park and the
next big installation will be
the splash pad with spray
features. Committee mem-
bers have several fundrais-
ers planned in the next
several months and with
your help we can have the
splash pad built this year.
The Splash Park Volleyball
Tourney is March 9—Please
see page 10 for more info.
Then, April 7, there will be
a Breakfast Fundraiser,
watch for more details as
time gets closer. They are
continuing to do the ‘Green
Sneakers’ fundraiser as well
as the Meat Raffle at the
Legion Fish Fries.
Our Master Sidewalk and
Trails Plan is almost com-
plete and when it is done,
the public will be invited to
see the results and give
comment. Recently the plan
was used as a basis for a
Safe Routes to School grant
application where the school
and city identified gaps in
sidewalks leading to the ele-
mentary school. Not all side-
walks in the master plan are
part of the Safe Routes to
School grant, but hopefully
those identified will make it
safer and easier for children
to walk or bike to school.
If you have any questions
about the city, please do not
hesitate to contact me!
From the Mayor
Jed Anderson & the ODB Win at the Grammy’s!
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Social Hour begins at 11 am
with free beverages and a
chance to visit or play cards.
The meal will be served at
12:00 noon.
Anyone in the Royalton area
who would enjoy a meal fur-
nished and served by the
Royalton Lions is more than
welcome.
The Lions Club will be more
than willing to provide
transportation if needed, as
well as offer home deliver-
ies.
Jerry Goedderz will help you
out or answer any questions
you may have. He can be
reached at 584-5834.
The Royalton
Lions Club
will be host-
ing their
19th annual
Senior Citi-
zen Appre-
ciation Din-
ner on March 24th at the
Royalton American Legion.
Senior Citizen Appreciation Dinner on Palm Sunday
Ham Bingo After Appreciation Dinner
day at the American Le-
gion.
The proceeds of the bingo
Ham Bingo is at 2:00 pm
after the Senior Apprecia-
tion Dinner on Palm Sun-
go to the Royal-
ton Athletics
Program.
walked the red carpet at
the Grammy’s on Feb
10th with the Okee Dokee
Brothers. They won Best
Children’s Album of the
Year with “Can You Ca-
noe?”
Jed is the percussionist Jed Anderson, son of Jim
and Connie Anderson,
and backup singer for the
Okee Dokee Brothers.
They currently have
shows along the east
coast, but will be back in
Minnesota for the Rhythm
and Words Festival in
Burnsville in June.
Bill Harley with the Okee Dokee Bros.
Joe, Jed, and Justin on the Red Carpet.
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It all started in 1986 when
three ladies dressed up like
the Supremes for Halloween
and lip-synced one of the
group’s songs. They were
then asked to perform for
the Royalton American Le-
gion Christmas party and
that is when their “stardom”
took off.
On March 14, 1987 they did
a big benefit concert for St.
Jude’s Children’s Cancer Re-
search that was held at the
high school. This event
brought them even more
fame and more bookings for
even more events. They
went on to perform all over
the area every weekend for
over two years until they
decided to call it quits.
Although some of these
great people are no longer
with us we would like to say
thank you to all of the
“Royal Impersonators” for
the great memories and for
a time they put our home
town on the map.
In January Betty Devriendt
donated a copy of the Min-
nesota Direct Mailer news-
paper dated March 14,
1988. The front page has a
story about a time when a
group of twenty or so peo-
ple, all from Royalton, got
together and called them-
selves the “Royal Imper-
sonators.” By day these
people went about their
daily lives and every week-
end they transformed them-
selves into superstars.
There was Jonny Cash, June
Cater Cash, Dolly
Parton along with
Kenny Rogers,
George Jones and
Tammy Wynette,
P a t s y K l i n e ,
Loretta Lynn,
Wi l ly Ne lson,
Shelly West, Tom
T. Hall , Tina
Turner, Madonna,
Diana Ross and
the Supremes,
Cindy Lauper and
many other super
stars of the
1980’s.
The museum pays tribute to the “Royal Impersonators”
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Pictured: Rick Rudd from
Waste Management, Mayor
Andrea Lauer, and Splash
Park Co-Chair, Brenda
Weis-Pesta.
Rick Rudd from Waste
Management brought a
check for $1500.00 to be
donated to the Splash
Park.
Waste Management donate to Splash Park
who participated in the
last drawing!
Find the hidden canoe in
this newsletter, and have
a chance to win a bag of
prizes. Just put a note in
with your utility bill of
Doug Luepke’s name
was drawn out of the
many people who found
the canoe in the last
newsletter.
Thank you
to all
where the canoe is in this
newsletter (excluding the
City Logo and this article)
along with your name,
address and phone num-
ber and you will be put in
a drawing to win a prize.
The Winner Is …. Doug Luepke
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more individual and family
donations. To date, the
park project has brought in
monies from grants, service
clubs, businesses, various
fundraisers and individual
donations. See Table 1 for
a fund raising summary.
The park will have a perma-
nent “Wall of Honor” to dis-
play donor’s names, memo-
rials and gifts. See Table 2
for donor categories. This
memorial will be in a
prominent location at the
park and will be a tribute
to those whose monetary
donations made the park
a reality!
The park will have many
possibilities for future im-
provements. There will
be landscaping to do, a
parking lot to pave, play-
ground equipment to pur-
chase and install, a volley-
ball court to add, there is
even room for a wiffle ball
field! All of these features
along with a splash pad will
make this a premier park
destination.
This is an excellent time for
you to consider rallying
around our community and
committing some of your
resources to the park fund.
Memorials, family contribu-
tions, business donations,
etc are all welcome. The
park committee will be
glad to hear your propos-
als!
With your help, Royalton
can have a Splash Pad in
place by Platte River Day
2013.
For more information con-
tact City Hall, 584-5900,
Brenda Weiss-Pesta, 584-
7410 or Jerry Goedderz, 584
-5834.
The park in the Plat-
tewood Estates develop-
ment of northwest Royalton
is very close to gaining its
namesake feature! The
Splash Park already hosts a
shelter with picnic tables
that can seat 75 comforta-
bly. This spring, the shelter
will be completed and will
feature a fully equipped
serving kitchen with plenty
of electrical outlets, counter
space, a sink and a refrig-
erator. The shelter is per-
fect for hosting community/
family gatherings of all
kinds! All plumbing and
electricity is in place for the
shelter, bathrooms, and
splash pad utility room. The
bathrooms and utility build-
ing is fully funded and will
be built in early spring
2013.
The Splash Pad will be the
next building project in the
park. This $90,000 feature
is over half funded and re-
quires your help, as a com-
munity member, to get it
fully funded. Finance com-
mittee members have re-
cently begun a drive to get
Splash Park: Soon a Reality!
City-Land & Park fund $115,000.00
Fundraisers $17,000.00
Royalton Lions Shelter 49,700.00
Service Clubs $6,500.00
Business Donations $22,420.00
Grants $22,000.00
Families & Individuals $9,500.00
Total Raised $242,120.00
$250 Bronze
$500 Silver
$1,000 Gold
$5,000 Platinum
$10,000 Diamond
Table 1 Donations to Date
Table 2 Donors Wall of Honor
Bicycling on the Road - Traffic Skills 101
Traffic Skills 101
(TS101) gives cyclists the
confidence they need to
ride safely and legally in
traffic or on the trail.
Through TS101, students
learn bicycling basics, how
to drive your bike, and en-
joying the ride. We recom-
mended this class for
adults and children above
age fourteen. This nine-
hour curriculum is fast-
paced, both in classroom
and with hands-on skills
April 26, 2013: 5 p.m. to
8:30 p.m. Classroom in-
struction and parking lot
practice
April 27, 2013: 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. Classroom and
parking lot skills practice.
Registration fee: $35.00
Class Limit: 18.
Minimum Class size: 5.
Register by April 11, 2013
with Community Ed 320-
584-4253.
training. It prepares cy-
clists for a full understand-
ing of vehicular cycling.
Bring your bicycle and
weather-appropriate riding
gear. Helmets must be
worn.
LCI-Certified Instructors:
Judy Jones-Region Five
Development Commission,
Natalie Gille-Bike Alliance
of Minnesota, and Bob Ha-
mann-Staples, MN.
Dates:
Page 7 Volume 12 Issue 2 Royalton City Newsletter
Royalton Elementary School
Art Gallery at City Hall
Pictured from left:
Cal Ollman, Marcus
Hayes, Brooke Wen-
ner, Hannah Krueger,
Logan Pesta and
Kaden Holm.
Mrs. Stephanie Stang's
First Grade class used oil
pastels and watercolors to
create winter cardinals for
the gallery at Royalton
City Hall.
ATV Seats Still Available
the Royalton Sportsmen’s
Club. Please check with Tim
or Scarlett Feiler for times
All Terrain Vehicles class has
3 seats left in the class.
This class is offered through
and availability. 320-584-
5110.
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opening fishing weekend.
Ads are free to anyone
who lives inside the City
limits and is only $8.00
for those that don’t.
Each ad will list your ad-
dress and up to 12 words
describing what you have
for sale.
The listing will be num-
bered and put on a map
that will get published in
the next City Newsletter
to go out in the Morrison
County Record May 4th.
The City Newsletter gets
delivered to approxi-
mately 1280 homes in
and around Royalton.
The deadline to submit an
ad is Noon, Wednesday,
April 24 at City Hall. The
registration form can be
found on the back page of
this newsletter. The
forms can also be picked
up at City Hall. Or on the
web at
www.RoyaltonMn.com
The City Wide
Garage Sale
was started
back in the
late 1990’s
by the Royal-
ton Women Of Today.
Since then that local
chapter of Women of To-
day has disbanded, how-
ever, the Garage Sale is
still an ongoing event
supported through the
City.
This year it is scheduled
for May 11, which is
City Wide Garage Sale - May 11
Post Office Has New Hours
are:
Monday – Friday 9:45am
to 3:45 pm
Saturday 8:15 - 10:00am
Due to budget cuts, the
Royalton post office has
new hours as of February
11th.
The new window hours
To reach the post office,
you can call 320-584-
5775. Polly Stish will be
glad to help you out.
Calling All Local Artists ….Art In The Park!!!
from 10 am to 3 pm at Me-
morial Park. There is no
fee to set up your booth or
space to display your work.
If you have any questions
The Royalton
W o m e n ’ s
Study Club is
s p o n s o r i n g
“Art In The Park” June 15th
or are interested in reserv-
ing a space, please call
Carol Cassman at
320-584-5726.
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are not qualified to provide
that ass istance. GRRL
branches will make the tax
forms available to the public
as soon as they are received.
The official online source of
IRS tax products is the IRS
forms and publications re-
source page at www.irs.gov/
formspubs/index/html.
The musical group, Sestri,
will be appearing in concert at
the Royal-
ton Li-
brary on
Saturday,
March 9 at
7 : 0 0p m.
S e s t r i
(“Sisters”
in Bulgar-
ian), is the brainchild of musi-
cal director Celo V’ec at St.
Francis Music Center in Little
Falls. This group of women is
devoted to the study and per-
formance of women’s Slavic
folk music. Sestri performs a
wide variety of eastern Euro-
pean music as well as music
from some of the former So-
viet republics. This local
group of women
is having a great
time performing
this astounding,
exotic music and
is excited to
share this music
with the commu-
nity.
On Thursday, March 14
author Eric Bergeson will be
at the library for an author
talk. The presentation will
begin at 3:00pm. Eric is the
author of five books. He
writes a weekly column
called Down on the Farm
which is published in 22
newspapers in Minnesota and
North Dakota. For the past
two years Eric has been the
co-host and writer for A Little
Garden on the Prairie, a ca-
ble television show about
northern gardening seen in
the Dakotas as well as west-
ern Minnesota. Over the
past several years Eric
Bergeson has spoken to hun-
dreds of groups.
The Winter Reading Program
has come to an end, the days
are getting longer and fish
fries are being held in the
county. All these signal that
spring is on its way. One of
the harbingers of spring is
the tax deadline. Folks have
been coming into the library
to pick up federal and state
tax forms. The library has
received the Minnesota Tax
booklets but there has been
a delay in getting some of
the federal booklets and
forms. The production of
the 1040 booklets has been
impacted by the American
Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.
As a courtesy, branches of
the Great River Regional Li-
brary system distribute the
state and federal tax forms.
Libraries are not obliged to
provide tax forms and GRRL
has discussed discontinuing
the service because it is time
-consuming and costly. The
public often ask staff to pro-
vide assistance on which
forms to use or even on how
to fill them in, but librarians
Spring Happenings At the Library
Sestri
Eric Bergeson
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CO - ED VOLLEYBALL
FUNDRAISER TOURNAMENT
[All proceeds go to the ROYALTON SPLASH PARK]
WHO: Co-Ed Volleyball teams of 6 (no more than 3 guys, but may have
more girls than guys; limit of 12 teams; guaranteed at least 2 games)
DATE: Saturday March 9th 2013
WHERE: Royalton High School South Gym
TIME: 10:00 am—? (Will text or email each captain start times)
ENTRY FEE: $90 (50% payout)
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: Tuesday, March 5th
No concessions on site.
Any questions call or text Carla 320-260-6490
REG
ISTRATIO
N F
ORM
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by the University of Minne-
sota’s Department of For-
est Resources. The Univer-
sity then analyzed the data
and assembled the results
for us to use as a manage-
ment tool
In conjunction with the
tree inventory, a gravel
bed tree nursery was built.
In the spring we place 15
bare root trees in the
gravel bed and then in the
fall, removed them from
the bed and planted the
trees throughout the com-
2012 was a great
year for Royalton
and its trees.
The City applied for
and received a grant from
the DNR for nine ball and
burlap trees which were
planted by volunteers at the
Elementary School play-
ground.
We also completed a 2-
year study of trees in our
community. A total of
1,703 trees were invento-
ried in 27 city blocks with
technical support provided
munity. Placing the trees in
the gravel bed over the
summer allows the roots to
develop, thereby increasing
the survivability of the
trees.
Look for us again this year
working on our next gravel
bed planting, or out caring
for our urban forest. If you
would be interested in help-
ing out our volunteer Tree
Board, please feel free to
contact Michelle or Carol at
City Hall. They will point
you in the right direction.
News From the Tree Board
Library Cont’
Wednesday, April 10 from
6:30 to 7:30pm for a con-
cert. Paul Imholte has
earned the title of Musical
Stringman because he brings
nearly a dozen string instru-
ments to every
performance
from the ham-
mered dulci-
mer to the
auto harp, gui-
A story time will be held at
the library on Wednesday,
April 3 from 4:15 to 5:15.
This story time is for children
ages 6-11 years of age. Pre-
registration for this event will
begin on March 11. Come
to the library and cele-
brate Spring with stories
and a craft.
Paul Imholte will return
to the Royalton Library on
tar, violin, harmonica and
more. Paul’s repertoire
blends country, Celtic melo-
dies, humorous songs and
treasured ballads.
Paul Imholte
Royalton Library Hours
Monday 2-6
Wednesday 2-8
Thursday 10-1
2-6
Saturday 10-1
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