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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.

Volume 12 Issue 2 Royalton City Newsletter

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!


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.


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”


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


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:


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.


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.


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

http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index/html

http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index/html


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

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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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