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Volume 51 | Number 48

WednesdayApril 8, 2015

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TOKHEIM-CHRISTIANSON - Kelly Tokheim and Blake Christianson, together with their parents, Steve and Robin Tokheim of Swea City and Mark and Michelle Christianson of Manson, Iowa, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Kelly graduated from North Kossuth High School in 2008 and Allen College in 2012 with her Bachelor of Sci-ence Degree in Nursing. She is currently employed at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa as a nurse and is attending the University of Cincinnati to become a Family Nurse Practitioner. Blake graduated from Manson-Northwest Webster High School in 2006 and the University of Northern Iowa in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Movement and Exer-cise Science. He is currently employed at Coca-Cola in Mason City and attending North Iowa Area Com-munity College to become a Physical Therapist As-sistant. The couple currently resides in Clear Lake, Iowa. A June 20th, 2015 wedding is planned in Swea City. (Photo Courtesy of Seifried Portrait Design)

BEHRENS 60TH - Omar and Janet Behrens of Fair-mont will celebrate 60 years of marriage on Friday, April 17th. Congratulations will reach them at 1575 Meadowlark Lane, Fairmont, MN 56031.

CHEEVER-JENSEN - Katelyn Cheever and Ethan Jensen, both of Armstrong, Iowa, announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. Katelyn is the daughter of Marilyn and Neil Cheever of Armstrong and Ethan is the son of Dee and Steve Jensen of Ring-sted. Both Katelyn and Ethan graduated from Arm-strong-Ringsted High School and Iowa Lakes Com-munity College. Katelyn is a self-employed in-home child care provider and Ethan is employed by Ernie Williams as a Technician. The wedding will be held on Saturday, June 6th at St. John’s Catholic Church in Bancroft, Iowa. (Photo Courtesy of Seifried Portrait Design)

KNUDSON 85TH - Joyce Knudson will cel-ebrate turning 85 on Monday, April 13th. Her children would like to honor her with a card shower on her special day. Cards and special messages can be sent to her at: Joyce Knudson, 1000 N. Eisenhower Ave. #116, Mason City, IA 50401.

WEISBROD 90TH - Maurice Weisbrod will celebrate his 90th birthday on April 20th. To help celebrate this occasion, please send birthday wishes to: 503 2nd Street, Lone Rock, IA 50559.

Ain’t no foolin’ - Mike is “50” on the 8th. A sym-pathy party is being held for him on Saturday, April 11th from 6:50 to 8:50 p.m. at Everett Park, Fox Lake.

LUND 90TH - A fam-ily celebration will be held honoring Lillian Lund’s 90th birthday. She was born April 12th, 1925. Cards will reach her at 508 Water Street, Fairmont, MN 56031.

Open House Brid-al Shower for Melissa Luckhardt, bride-to-be of Braedy Lueth, will be held at Waverly Luther-an Church, 1333 220th Street, rural Trimont, on Saturday, April 11th, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., with a program at 10 a.m.

A Bridal Shower will be held on Sunday, April 19th for Rebecca Jasper, bride-to-be of Dalton Deling, at St. Paul’s Lu-theran Church in Fair-mont from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the lounge. All friends and relatives are invited. Rebecca and Dalton are registered at Target. Re-becca is the daughter of Stacy and Teresa Jasper of Alton, Iowa, and Dalton is the son of Randy and Car-men Deling of Fairmont.

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An open house bridal shower will be held for Morgan Wallace on Sat-urday, April 18th from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The event will be held at Zion Lu-theran Church, Fraser Township. Morgan is the bride-to-be of Brady Johnson. Morgan and Brady are registered at Target and Kohl’s.

Korean War Veterans Chapter 254 will meet at the Ranch Restaurant in Fairmont on Saturday, April 11th at 9 a.m. Martin County Veteran’s Service Officer Doug Landsteiner will be at the meeting. All Korean War Veterans are invited.

The East Chain United Methodist Church will host a Community Cof-fee Party from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 11th. They will be serving rolls, donuts, cof-fee, tea and juice. Free will offering.

The Spring Rum-mage and Bake Sale will be held at Martin Luther High School, Northrop on Thursday, April 9th from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday, April 10th, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 11th, 8 a.m. to noon. Dona-tions of spring and sum-mer clothing, household items and furniture will be taken beginning Mon-day, April 6th. For more information go to www.martinlutherhs.com or call the school at 507-436-5249.

On Tuesday, April 14th during the Noon Lunch with the Arts program, Red Rock Center for the Arts will feature pianist, Chelsea Hanson, a junior at MSU working towards a music degree in piano performance. The pro-gram will feature a variety of classical and easy lis-tening pieces, as well as her own pieces. Chelsea started playing the piano at the age of 6, and with great promise she began teaching others at the age of 17. Chelsea is the granddaughter of Marilyn and Ken Rusch of Fair-mont. Bring a sack lunch if desired, coffee provid-ed. No charge.

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April is Military Child Month. Martin County Beyond the Yellow Rib-bon will host two events for Children of Active Duty Military Families. The events will be Satur-day, April 11th, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., at the Martin County Historical Soci-

The Compassion-ate Friends of North Central Iowa will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, April 13th at 7:30 pm in the Algona Public Library at 210 N. Phillips St. in Algona. Enter by the south door and follow the signs to the meeting room. We are a support group for parents who have suf-fered the death a child

The Hospitality Com-mittee of First Congrega-tional UCC in Fairmont is proud to present “Mil-dred Brodt - Sharing her Story” as a member of the Women’s Army Corps during the early 1940’s, on Saturday, April 18th at 11:00 a.m. at the church.

The Prairie Star Quilt Guild will hold the fourth meeting of the year this Monday, April 13th, 2015, at the Fairmont Knights of Columbus Hall. This month features an all day class with guest teacher Pat Speth - the Nickel Quilt Lady. She has published a number of books, and is famous for creating beau-tiful quilts made from five-inch squares.

Mary Segar of the pro-gram committee is in charge of registration for the class. Class members will brown bag their lunch. There will be a combined membership meeting at 5:30 p.m. over a pot luck meal. After the meal, there will be a show-and-tell of class projects from the daytime class. There will be a report on the progress of the CADA (Committee Against Domestic Abuse) Quilt service project for this year.

Guild members are still finishing up quilts. Librarian Roxy Brum-mond will report on new magazines and books in the guild library. A report on the upcoming bus trip to the Kalona Quilt Fes-tival in two weeks will

Prairie Star Quiltersto meet in Fairmont

be given. The 3-D Chal-lenge will continue - a chance to finish up some of those projects hiding in the closet. There will be discussion about the September PSQG Quilt Show - “The Prairie Is My Garden” - on September 11-12, 2015 with featured quilter Nancy Paris. This will be followed by a sec-ond show-and-tell - al-ways a wonderful part of the meeting - for proj-ects completed this past month.

The Prairie Star Quilt Guild meets on the second Monday of each month at the Covenant Church at 901 Woodland Avenue in Fairmont. Each meeting consists of a brief wel-come, a short business meeting, show-and-tell, a quilt related program and a few minutes to talk with other quilters over lunch. There are daytime and nighttime meetings of the guild.

Membership is open to everyone who enjoys quilts or quilting - quilters of all skill levels are always welcome. For more infor-mation contact newslet-ter chair Deb Wallace at 507-436-5635.

Head Start Open House is Friday, April 17

Minnesota Valley Ac-tion Council will is hold-ing an open house in Fair-mont on Friday, April 17th to celebrate the “Week of the Young Child”.

The open house will be held at the Minnesota Val-ley Action Council’s Head Start program site (Lin-

coln School) from 1 to 3 p.m. on North Park Street in Room 103.

Head Start is currently taking applications for the 2015-2016 school year. To complete an application, call Jody at 238-1663 in Fairmont or Deb at 507-764-6955 in Sherburn.

“Life with Autism” workshop to be held on April 14

CTIC (Community Transition Interagency Committee) is holding a FREE workshop on “Life with Autism” Ado-lescense and Transition at the Fairmont Opera House on Tuesday, April 14th from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

The workshop is for parents, family mem-bers, teachers, social workers, daycare provid-ers, law enforcement, medical field, counsel-ors, community reha-bilitation providers and anyone who supports an individual with autism of all ages, targeting 10-21. The presenter will be Beth Pitchfor, who is a therapist/specialist from the Autism Society of Minnesota. (AuSM).

The free training will offer topics such as par-ent emotions, the im-pact of autism on ado-lescents, independence in daily living skills, pub-lic social skills, recipro-cal relationships, sexu-ality, privacy and safety, transitions into adult liv-ing and workplace is-sues, self-determination skills, behavior manage-ment, emotions, and services and resources to help families.

Registration deadline for this workshop is Fri-day, April 10th and you can register online at www.cormn.com “CTIC Autism Workshop Regis-tration” link or call Beth at 507-764-4612 ext. 4.

Red Rock Center hosts Annual Area High School Art Show

Each year, the Red Rock Center in Fairmont gives area students the oppor-tunity to shine in the An-nual Area High School Art Show taking place now through April 16th.

The show highlights the superior work that is cre-ated in our area schools. The art show features up to 12 selected high school students from Blue Earth, Fairmont, Granada-Hunt-ley-East Chain, Martin Luther, North Union and Truman. The show con-

cludes with a closing re-ception on Friday, April 17th at 11 a.m. Stop in and see the wide variety of art-work on display and vote for the People’s Choice award.

Gallery hours are Mon-day through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Thurs-day, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eve-nings and weekends by appointment. The show is made possible through a Martin County Youth Foundation grant.

Discovery Place Preschool Open House is Thursday

Discovery Place Pre-school Registration /Open House for the 2015-2016 school year is Thursday, April 9th, 2015 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Fairmont

Elementary School Pre-school Rooms.

If you would like more information please call the Fairmont Elementary School @ 235-6205

of any age and from any cause. We are a na-tional organization and more information can be found at www.Com-passionatefriends.org. For questions or more information call Cathy at 515-538-0572. In case of inclement weather please listen to KLGA Algona Radio 92.7FM for cancellations.

ety, 304 Blue Earth Ave, Fairmont.

The second event will be Sunday, April 12th, noon to 2 p.m., at the Bowlmor Lanes, 617 S. State St. Fairmont.

RSVP to mcbtyr@gmail if you will be attending.

Fairmont Area Schools is offering a free work-shop, Substitute Teach-ing 101, on Wednesday, April 15th, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Fairmont El-ementary School. Any-one who holds a Bach-elor’s degree may apply for a Short Call Substitute teaching license in Min-

nesota. This workshop will explain the easy process to apply for that license. Workshop par-ticipants will learn what is involved in a typical day of substitute teaching at the elementary and second-ary level. Pre-registration is required through CER by calling 507-235-3141.

The Welcome Sum-mer Festival Committee will serve a Taco Night fund-raising meal on Friday, April 17th at the Welcome Legion. On the menu: shredded beef soft-shell taco or shred-

ded beef nachos. Cost is $6 and kids 12 and under eat free with each paying adult. Funds will be used for the events to be held at the 125th Wel-come Summer Festival 2015.

There will be a brunch and program for a charge. Everyone is invited to church services Sunday, April 19th at 10:30 a.m. at First Congregational UCC in Fairmont as they honor Mildred and her service to our country.

Partners In Education is sponsoring the 22nd an-nual Variety Show on Sat-urday, April 11th, 7 p.m. at the Fairmont High School Performing Arts Center. This will be a showcase of music, speeches, and dancing, featuring stu-dents and adults from the Fairmont Area School Dis-trict. Emcees will be Mi-chelle Traetow and Kurt Isenberg. This is one of the fund-raisers which helps provide grants to all the schools in the district.

Prior to the show, the Junior High Jazz Band will welcome the audience with music in the com-mons area. The show will open with Jaime Blees singing the National An-them and Girl Scouts pre-senting the colors.

Other performers will be Emily Kim presenting her Voice of Democracy

speech; Mrs. Forster’s 4th grade class performing “We Are All In This To-gether”; “We Are the Boys” song and dance; select group from the sixth grade choir singing, “Don’t Stop Believing”; “Muddy River” sung by Austin Becker and Sterlin Johnson; a cello ensemble and the full high school orchestra; Jordyn Strauser and Taylor Wolf performing a dance, “Rule the World”; Julie Fleming singing “LaVie En Rose”; a group of high school girls performing a lip sync to “High School Musical”; Austin Becker and Ben Hernes doing a duo in-terpretation, “Pom Pom Boys” and the Senior High Jazz Band will close the show.

Admission is by sug-gested donation for fam-ily, adults and students.

PIE presents variety show

Arc Family and Friends will meet in the George Room at the Fairmont Holiday Inn on Monday, April 13th at 6 p.m. This month we will discuss the Autism workshop that will be

held at the Opera House on April 14th from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 pm. Pre-reg-istration is due by Fri-day, April 10th. Call the Arc office at 507-235-8580 for further details.

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Getting YourGreen On!Dr. Scott Burtis, M.S., D.C., Burtis Chiropractic Center

Guest Columnist

Eating healthy is some-thing we all know we should do, and yet few of us achieve a great, healthy, balanced diet. Many of us are too busy, and along with that we are confused by the barrage of conflict-ing wisdom on how we should eat. High protein, paleo, vegan, Aitkins, are terms we all know (and some of us even under-stand one or two) and yet it is still hard to get our fam-ily the nutrition they need. There are some tried and true short cuts. A profes-sional grade multi-vitamin goes a long way in making up for the deficiencies in today’s American diet. Un-fortunately many of us just buy whatever looks the flashiest and is the cheap-est. Please remember that many of the most popular multi vitamins have been shown to have toxins and heavy metals in them, so if you are serious about multi-vitamins only buy quality!

Another short cut is buying green superfoods. These are specially for-mulated powders that give you all the benefits of getting multiple servings of fruits and vegetables without having to feel you and your kid’s plates full of broccoli, cauliflower, and spinach. Professional grade superfoods have phytonutrients, antioxi-dants, and some of the higher quality ones are fortified with probiotics and digestive enzymes to insure your body is get-ting the complete benefit. These dynamic blends supply your body with improved energy, me-tabolism, fat-burning, digestion, detoxification, immunity, repair, recov-ery, revitalization, and longevity.

If you are going to use

green superfoods make sure they are certified or-ganic. The one we use at Burtis Chiropractic is Dy-namic Greens by Nutrition Dynamics. It contains 15 Certified Organic Foods & 70 trace minerals, and has almost 50 different freeze-dried superfoods. It can boost immune function, and one very important quality is that it helps to balance your body’s acid-ity. A slight increase in acidity can decrease your body’s oxygen carrying capacity substantially. Many people use greens for that alone, including people with COPD, respi-ratory ailments, and espe-cially athletes looking for the edge in endurance.

Look for a green super-food that is Certified Or-ganic, and has no wheat or dairy to avoid sensitivity issues. Also avoid those with MSG and caffeine. These products should help you feel great with-out any additives. And remember to be careful of where you purchase any vitamin or supplement. A recent ruling by the attor-ney general of New York found that many of the big name vitamin stores are selling low quality prod-ucts, even products with no actual ingredients in them!!

DON’T forget about your gut! Digestion and de-toxification are extremely important in supporting your immunity and how your body functions and feels. These greens are loaded with enzymes, pro-biotics and fiber to keep things moving! Many fiber supplements are loaded with artificial ingredients that can actually do more damage on your gut. So if you are interested in fi-ber support alone, these greens are a much more

natural approach. Green superfoods are an im-portant part of detox pro-grams. They assist your body in cleansing internal digestive pathways as well as easing the burden on your kidney and liver that trying to eat large quanti-ties of produce can create. If you are using produce to try and get all these nu-trients remember to buy organic when you can and wash wash wash when you can’t!

Do take them for An-tioxidant Support. Anti-oxidants protect our cells against damage and in the toxic bubble we live in to-day, we need all the help we can get! Each scoop of these greens contains 9,000 ORAC units (mea-sure of total antioxidant power) which equates to the amount in 3 cups of blueberries!

Antioxidants, substanc-es that help prevent the damaging effects of oxida-tion on cells throughout your body, are plentiful in many foods, primarily fruits and vegetables. Be-cause there are beneficial interactions between an-tioxidants and other com-ponents of foods, health authorities say that getting antioxidants from food may offer health benefits superior to those taken in supplement form.

Antioxidants in your morning coffee or tea may help prevent heart dis-ease, according to the Har-vard Medical School Fam-ily Health Guide. A study published in the October 2012 issue of the “Interna-tional Journal of Biochem-istry and Cell Biology” found that polyphenol antioxidants in coffee and tea prevent oxidation of fats, a process that pro-motes widespread inflam-mation and can increase

risk of heart disease and diabetes. Lighter roasts of coffee can provide up to four times the antioxidant activity of tea, according to Drs. Roseane M. Santos and Darcy R. Lima, co-au-thors of the book “An Un-ashamed Defense of Cof-fee: 101 Reasons to Drink Coffee Without Guilt.” However, darker roasts may retain little to none of the antioxidants present in raw coffee beans.

There are significant immune system effects in green superfoods. Antioxi-dants in foods, including vitamins A, C and E, poly-phenols and certain min-erals, such as selenium boost immune function by quenching free radi-cals, highly-reactive com-pounds that are formed as byproducts of normal processes in the body or enter the body from the environment, according to Penn State University. By neutralizing these harmful compounds, antioxidants help prevent against some forms of cancer and can help bolster the immune system in the manage-ment of HIV infection. An

animal study published in the October 2012 issue of the journal “Carcinogen-esis” found that vitamin C increased activity of an important antioxidant en-zyme that helps prevent breast cancer.

Anti-Aging effects are present as well. Antioxi-dants in foods, such as such as vitamins E and C, may help delay the aging process and prevent or even reverse memory loss, according to a study pub-lished in the December 2008 issue of the journal “Age.” In the animal study, blueberry-rich diets im-proved the ability of brain cells to maintain long-term communication and establish strong connec-tions.

There are many ways to take advantage of Greens. You don’t have to use them only as a greens drink. Add a scoop to some plain Greek yogurt (replaces those artificial puddings/gelatins) or to your favor-ite, high-protein pancake recipe. These greens come in many different flavors and colors just in case you are color-sensitive. I high-

ly recommend the kiwi-strawberry. It turns food and beverages a bright red/pink color that is ex-tremely appealing to the eye of any beholder.

A typical serving size is a scoop of powder in eight ounces of juice or water. This is the equivalent of eating approximately 20 servings of fruits and veg-etables. There are even flavors like chocolate and expresso that go good in milk! There are Gluten-free flavors and formu-las just for kids as well. So until you can raise all your own organic fruits and vegetable, your own free range chickens and hogs, and your own grass fed beef and wild salmon, you’re are probably going to need help keeping your family’s health at its best. Chiropractic can help as-sure your nervous system is running smooth, and a healthy diet supplement-ed with a green superfood like dynamic Greens will give you the help you need to do your best for you and your family!

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The Fairmont Commu-nity Hospital Foundation’s annual meeting will be Tuesday, April 28th at the Holiday Inn in Fairmont. There is no charge to at-tend and the meeting in-cludes a free dinner. Social hour with a cash bar starts at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 6 p.m.

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FCH Foundation’s annual meeting is April 28thdation has accomplished and what the future holds; hear patients and staff share how projects and grants have enhanced your local hospital; for you to share ideas to improve your local hospital. Your opinion matters and we are listening.

There is a no charge din-ner to all who attend. The

menu incudes roast beef sirloin, chicken breast, gar-lic mashed potatoes, green bean almondine, lettuce salad, assorted salads and chocolates.

RSVP by Tuesday, April 14th to Kayla Caven at 507-236-3397 or kayla.aven12@gmail.com

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Crescent Taco Hot DishWhat a Beautiful Day! Another Easter and another birthday has passed

for me. I was born on Easter and this is the second time since then my birthday has fallen on Easter! My daughter Mary and her family came for dinner and my grown up north Grandson, Evan, came last night, spent the night and had Easter breakfast with us! Plus the sun was shining and it seemed like spring. What more could a birthday girl want?

Pa Lloyd suggested another recipe for me to share.

I used to make this often when our children were home, it sort of reminds me of a deep dish taco pizza. This one also warms up well. Just put it on a cookie sheet at 375 degrees for about 10-15 minutes.

Crescent Taco Hot Dish

1 tube crescent rolls1 pound hamburger1 small-med onion, chopped1- 8 oz tomato sauce1/2 pkg taco seasoning2 cups Doritos (crushed and divided)1 1/2 cups sour cream1 cup shredded cheddar or Mexican cheeseshredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, black olives

and taco sauce (optional) Preheat oven to 375 degrees; brown hamburger

and onions, drain. Add tomato sauce and taco sea-soning. Mix and simmer 10 minutes.

Separate tube of crescent rolls and press into bot-tom of greased 9x13 inch pan, sealing perforations. Sprinkle 1 cup crushed Doritos over crust, spoon meat mixture over chips. Top with sour cream, then sprinkle on shredded cheese then the remaining crushed Doritos on top. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Cut into squares.

You may serve this with the lettuce, tomatoes, black olives and taco sauce if desired. A meal in it-self. I hope you enjoy it!

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Speak up, put the phone downby Martin County

Deputy Chris Vasvick

A young mother of two, killed while on a bike ride with her kids. A teenager who was starting the first day of her senior year in high school, crashes and dies while sending a text. These are examples of how distracted driving has changed Minnesota lives in recent years. Starting April 13th, Martin County Sheriff’s Office, Fairmont Police Department, Tru-man Police Department and State Patrol will con-duct extra enforcement on Minnesota roads in an effort to reduce distracted driving.

Speak Up As part of the campaign,

Officer Mike Beletti is en-couraging anyone riding with a distracted driver to speak up and tell them to put the phone down. The result of distracted driv-ing can be devastating as it contributes to one in four crashes, 64 deaths and 234 serious injuries each year in Minnesota.

“We all must do our part to change the behaviors of drivers wanting to text and drive,” said Deputy Chris Vasvick. “Speak up, tell your friends and loved ones to put the phone

down before it’s too late.”Cause for Concern —

2014 Distracted Driving Minnesota Statistics (Pre-liminary):

• 47 deaths• 7,369 injuries•16,900 crashes

Distracted Driving — Nationwide Problem •Drivers in their 20s

make up 27 percent of the distracted drivers in fatal crashes (National High-way Traffic Safety Admin-istration).

•During daylight hours, approximately 666,000 drivers are using cell phones or electronic de-vices while driving (Na-tional Occupant Protec-tion Use Survey).

•Five seconds is the av-erage time your eyes are off the road while texting (Virginia Tech Transpor-tation Institute).

•A quarter of teens re-spond to a text message once or more every time they drive (University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute).

•Reaching for a phone, dialing or texting increas-es the risk of getting into a crash by three times (Vir-ginia Tech Transportation Institute).

Know the LawIn Minnesota, it is il-

legal for drivers to read,

compose or send texts and emails, and access the web while the vehicle is in motion or a part of traffic. That includes sitting at a stoplight or stop sign. It is also illegal for drivers with a permit or provisional driver’s license to use a cell phone while driving, except for emergencies to call 911.

If you injure or kill someone because of tex-ting and driving, you can face a felony charge of criminal vehicular opera-tion or homicide.

Martin County Law Enforcement Agencies underscores driver dis-tractions is not specific to a cell phone. It can also in-clude reaching for items, fiddling with radio/music/vehicle controls, eating/drinking, dealing with rowdy passengers, groom-ing and more.

“At 55 miles per hour, texting and driving is like traveling the length of a football field without look-ing up,” said Deputy Matt Owens. “Make the right choice before you get be-hind the wheel and put the phone down.”Make the Right Choice:

•Cell phones — Put the phone down, turn it off or place it out of reach.

•Music and other con-

trols — Pre-program radio stations and arrange mu-sic in an easy-to-access spot. Adjust mirrors and ventilation before travel-ing.

•Navigation — Map out the destination and enter the GPS route in advance.

•Eating and drinking — Avoid messy foods and secure drinks.

•Children — Teach children the importance of good behavior in a ve-hicle and model proper driving behavior.

•Passengers — Speak up to stop drivers from distracted driving behav-ior and offer to help with anything that takes the driver’s attention off the road.

Distracted driving edu-cation is a component Minnesota’s core traffic safety initiative, Toward Zero Deaths (TZD). A pri-mary vision of the TZD program is to create a safe driving culture in Minne-sota in which motorists support a goal of zero road fatalities by practicing and promoting safe and smart driving behavior. TZD fo-cuses on the application of four strategic areas to reduce crashes — educa-tion, enforcement, engi-neering and emergency trauma response.

Annual Mennonite Greenhouse Tour planned for May 2

The Chain of Lakes Gar-den Club has announced plans for its Annual Ed Hiley Mennonite Green-house Tour, which will take place this year on Sat-urday, May 2nd.

It will be an all-day trip, starting with a delicious Mennonite Breakfast in Osage, Iowa before con-tinuing on to Charles City, where the group will visit three Mennonite Green-houses.

The tour leaves the northwest corner of the

parking lot at WalMart in Fairmont at 6:45 a.m. on May 2nd and returns around 7 p.m. that eve-ning. Stops along the route will include Blue Earth, Al-bert Lea and Austin.

There is a fee for this trip. Deadline to register is April 22nd.

Tickets may be pur-chased at HyVee in Fair-mont or by contacting Joyce Simon at 507-238-4645.

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If you are looking for a great deal on wall art for your home, you need to check us out! We have art prints (framed and ready to hang) and they need new homes! The Martin County Library in Fair-mont is currently hosting an Art Print Silent Auc-tion. This auction runs

in two phases: from April 1st-17th and from April 20th-May 8th. Different prints will be sold during the two phases.

Stop by and see the beautiful art prints we have up for auction and place your bid!

Bid totals will be up-dated daily, so you can come back and check to see if you are still the top bidder! Minimum bid is $15.

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Five Lakes Centre Fairmont, MN April 11th 10am-5pm

Interlaken Heritage Days

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Saturday, April 11 • 6 p.m. • Auction at 8:30 p.m.St. John Vianney School Gym

Free Admission – Food & Beverages AvailableEveryone Welcome - Bid on meat packages,

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Sunday, April 123:00 p.m.

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∙EntertainmentBenson Family Singers

∙Flower Auction

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Thursday, April 9 • 4 p.m. - 8 p.m Friday, April 10 • 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

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HOT MEALSON WHEELS

Hot Meals on Wheels are Monday through Saturday for convalescents and persons who cannot purchase and

prepare adequate meals. Meals are prepared by Lakeview Methodist Healthcare and volunteers deliver in Fairmont between 11 a.m. and noon each day. This is a community

project and is non-profit and not government funded.For more info on Hot Meals on Wheels, contact

Linda Bach-Quade 507-235-3820.

SENIOR DINING WEEKLY MENUSenior Dining is served each weekday at 11:30 a.m. at Friendship Vil-

lage Monday thru Friday. Meals catered by Lakeview Methodist Healthcare. To

reserve your meal, call 238-1650 between 9 a.m. and noon the day before. All

area seniors welcome. LSS Senior Nutrition is made possible in part under the Federal Older American

Act through an award from the MN River Area Agency on Aging under an area plan approved by the MN Board

on Aging.APRIL 9 - 15

THURSDAY: Tator Tot Hotdish, peas and carrots, beet pickles, ice cream, din-ner roll, milk.FRIDAY: Lemon Pepper Fish, parslied potatoes, broc-coli, chocolate pudding, bread and butter, milk.MONDAY: Beef Stroga-noff, corn on the cob, bread and butter, Eclair, milk.TUESDAY: Chicken Fried Steak, mashed pota-toes, country gravy, winter mix veggies, bread and but-ter, bread pudding, milk.WEDNESDAY: Ham-burger, tri-tator, baked beans, angelfood cake, milk.

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THUR: Breakfast K-6: Ba-gel w/ cream cheese, strawberry banana yogurt, apple, milk. JR/HS: Fruit and Granola Yogurt Parfaits, Cocoa Puffs and yogurt, PB & J, peaches, OJ. Lunch K-6: Cheeseburger, ham and cheese sandwich, peas, celery sticks, orange wedges. JR/HS: Popcorn Chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, dinner roll, cranberry spinach salad, red pepper strips, orange wedges, cinnamon apple slices. FRI: Breakfast K-6: Cheeri-os Bar, cinnamon graham cracker, raisins, tangerine juice, milk. JR/HS: Sausage, Egg, Cheese Bagel, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, apple cinnamon muffin, PB & J, manda-rin oranges, grape juice. Lunch K-6: Toasted Cheese Sandwich, bagel/yogurt/string cheese, to-mato soup, carrots, mixed fruit. JR/HS: Pizza Sticks, carrots, broc-coli carrot ranch salad, celery sticks, apples, mixed fruit. MON: Breakfast K-6: Gold-en Grahams Bar, sunflower seeds, raisins, apple juice, milk. JR/HS: Pizza, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, blueberry muffin, PB & J, pears, apple juice. Lunch

K-6: Popcorn Chicken, dinner roll, chef salad, mashed potatoes, gravy, carrots, raisins. JR/HS: Na-chos, fixings, rice, mexican style black beans, red pepper strips, apples, peaches. TUES: Breakfast K-6: Trix Bar, goldfish, banana, apple juice, milk. JR/HS: Pancake on a stick, syrup, Cocoa Puffs, yogurt, PB & J, applesauce, OJ. Lunch K-6: Pizza Pasta Casserole, bread-stick, ham and cheese sandwich, carrots, broccoli florets, apple-sauce. JR/HS: Spaghetti, bread-stick, carrots, cucumbers and to-matoes, broccoli florets, orange wedges, applesauce.WED: Breakfast K-6: Co-coa Puffs Cereal Bar, goldfish, raisins, tangerine juice, milk. JR/HS: French Toast Sticks, syrup, Honey Nut Cheerios, string cheese, PB & J, raisins, apple juice. Lunch K-6: Hot Dog, cheese sandwich, peas, caesar romaine salad, pineapple tidbits. JR/HS: Cheesy Chicken Casserole, din-ner roll, peas, broccoli carrot ranch salad, carrots, grapes, pine-apple tidbits.

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APRIL 9 - 15THUR: Chicken Popcorn, mashed potatoes, gravy, dinner roll, red pepper strips, cinna-mon apple slices.FRI: Pizza Sticks, carrots, broccoli carrot ranch salad, apples.MON: Nachos, fixings, rice, mexican style black beans, apples.TUES: Spaghetti, breadstick, carrots, broccoli florets, or-anges.TUES: Cheesy Chicken Cas-serole, dinner roll, peas, carrots, pineapple.

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APRIL 9 - 15THUR: Breakfast: French toast sticks, syrup, applesauce, juice. Lunch: Scalloped potatoes and ham, garlic breadstick, spin-ach salad, mandarin orang-es.FRI: Breakfast: Break-fast Pizza, salas, fruit, juice. Lunch: Taco Meat, fixings, refried beans, corn, mixed fruit.MON: Breakfast: Ba-nana Bread, fruit, juice. Lunch: Chicken Nuggets, brown rice, cooked carrots, broccoli, celery, apple.TUES: Breakfast: Pan-cakes, blueberries, juice.Lunch: Hamburger, french fries, CA veggies, pears.WED: Breakfast: Ham, cheese, toast, fruit, juice.Lunch: Chili, PB sandwich, spinach salad, fresh veggies, applesauce.

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APRIL 9 - 15THUR: Hot Turkey, CA blend, pineapple, dessert, milk.FRI: Cheese Quesadilla, mixed fruit, peas, dessert, milk.MON: Popcorn Chicken, ranch fries, watermelon, bread, milk.TUES: BBQ Pork, pineap-ple, broccoli, cookie, milk.WED: Chicken Supreme Casserole, peas, peaches, bread, milk.

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By Stanley Olson, East Chain, MN

Editor Note: Last week we brought you Part One of Mr. Olson’s family histo-ry. This week we continue where our story left off last week.

After searching all these years, she decided her Swedish boyfriend must have been lost at sea or something else happened to him, because she was sure they would have made contact as they had planned where to meet in Chicago. Perhaps he found someone else along the way.

She realized that her life was going on. She wanted to make a name for herself and have a husband and family. Ellen had met a man named Andrew Lar-son back in Sweden and now had some correspon-dence with him. He men-

tioned he needed a wife and housekeeper. He had a farm and a decent house for that time.

Her cousins were very against her leaving. What about the Indian uprisings in Minnesota at that time? They said farm life was so tough in Minnesota. “Even if there isn’t even bread to eat in Minnesota, I will go,” replied Ellen. She had saved some money from her earnings for a ticket to Elmore, and she had enough money for a ticket back to Chicago if it didn’t work out.

Ellen was in her early thirties when she arrived at the Elmore train station in 1893. Andrew and Ellen talked for two hours and then decided to go across the street to the Lutheran church to ask the pastor to marry them. After their wedding, Ellen got up next

to Andrew on the wagon box which had two horses and rode off to begin her new life on a Minnesota farm about twenty miles away in the East Chain township of Martin Coun-ty.

It wasn’t an easy life, but Ellen didn’t mind be-ing out on the farm. They lived in a pretty good house. It was plain, but it was a regular house—not a sod house or log cabin. Ellen worked from sunrise to sunset. She baked all their bread, sewed all the family’s clothes, helped outdoors, raised chickens, and milked cows.

Andrew and Ellen first had a son, named Milton. It was in the third year of their marriage, when their son was about a year old and Ellen was expecting another child, that An-drew caught typhoid fever

Memories of Pioneer Ellen (Part 2 of 3)which was going through the country. He told Ellen, “When the baby arrives, name her Ruth.” Then Andrew died. The East Chain Lutheran Church history records that An-drew’s funeral was one of the church’s saddest events. During the burial rites, someone was kind enough to bring a chair for Ellen to sit on at the cemetery. So Ellen sat at the funeral with a baby in her arms and a baby on the way. On the ride home from the church, she drove two horses with the wagon with her baby son in the grain box. Years later, El-len’s daughter Edith said that her mother never got over it.

What was Ellen going to do? These were hard times on the farm for El-len, now widowed with her two children, Milton

and newly born Ruth. She had cows to milk, a crop in the field to harvest, and chickens to tend. The neighbors came to help off and on, but after awhile that didn’t go so well. She looked to her Bible for ad-vice, and the Bible said to contact the relatives. Her brother came to help for awhile, but she had no money and it didn’t work out. So she asked a distant relative from Wis-consin to come help. He stayed a few weeks, but re-alized it was hopeless.

Then she contacted this Swedish man from Wisconsin who had land two miles away from El-len’s that he had bought years ago. Thomas Acker-

son was a very large man: 300 pounds and six feet, three inches tall. Ellen was barely five feet tall and petite. He was very strong

and could carry two full cream cans at one time. He wasn’t very ambitious, but liked the fact that El-len worked from sunup to sundown. He had an alco-hol problem, but he was a good manager of his farm-ing with good business practices.

Part 3 will be printed in next week’s Photo Press.

Thrivent Asset Management wins2015 Lipper Fund Award

Thrivent Asset Man-agement has been hon-ored with a prestigious Lipper Fund Award for Best Mixed-Assets Small Fund Family.

The award recognizes the performance of six mutual funds managed by Thrivent Asset Man-agement. All four of the Thrivent Asset Allocation funds, as well as the Thri-vent Balanced Income Plus Fund and Thrivent Diversified Income Plus Fund, are part of the cat-egory for which Thrivent received the award , an-

nounced March 31st. The award recognizes Thrivent for its consistently strong three-year risk-adjusted performance (as of No-vember 30th, 2014) rela-tive to its peers and based on Lipper’s performance-based methodology, in the Mixed-Asset Lipper cat-egory.

Since they were launched nearly ten years ago, the asset allocation funds have become some of Thrivent Asset Manage-ment’s most successful offerings and have helped shareholders meet their

retirement and other fi-nancial goals.

Thrivent Asset Man-agement was honored at an awards gala in New York City on March 31st.

This is Thrivent Asset Management’s sixth Lip-per award since 2008. For more information, you can visit Thrivent.com/Lipper.

Thrivent Financial is represented in the local area by Scott Fuhrman and Gary Oliver. Their of-fice is at 301 Downtown Plaza Suite 3 in Fairmont.

Fox Lake 4-H had their March meeting on March 20th, 2015 at Trinity Lu-theran Church, Welcome.

The meeting was called to order and the Flag Pledges were said. Roll call was each person’s favor-ite thing about the Lake Crystal Rec Center. The Secretary’s and Treasurer’s reports where presented, approved and seconded by the members in atten-dance. Old Business was discussed and approved.

New business was pre-

4-Hsented. Several members attended BLU and shared some of their experienc-es. Fox Lake 4-H will host the federation meeting on March 30th. Mem-bers who attend Shooting Sports have the opportuni-ty to help with building of birdhouses at the mall on Saturday. The time spent helping will count toward Wildlife hours. Ditch walk-ing was discussed. We will begin on Sunday, April 12th at 1:00 pm before the regular meeting. New Business was discussed and approved.

Additional items brought up were: On-line registration is now open to enroll in 4-H for the up-

coming year. If you have not registered, please do so. Certificates and Discs were handed out. The meeting was adjourned.

After the meeting, each family demonstrated a snack item to prepare. The snacks were shared with all the members present. Games and activities and activities were also avail-able to participate in.

The next meeting will begin at 1:00 pm at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Welcome. Please re-member to dress for ditch walking.

Respectfully submitted by Fox Lake 4-H

Reporters Ayanna and Kaiden Boerner

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Lifewith Autism

Tuesday,April 14

6:30-8:30pm

Fairmont Opera HouseAdolescence

& TransitionTopics: Who Should Attend:We’re offering FREE training on topics such as:• parent emotions• impact of autism on adolescents• independence in daily living skills• public social skills• reciprocal relationships• sexuality• privacy and safety• transitions into adult living • as well as workplace issues,self-determination skills, behaviormanagement, emotions, andservices and resources to helpyour family.

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Mayo Clinic Health System Q&AThe past year has been

challenging on many fronts, but it’s also encour-aging to see the progress the medical center is mak-ing. The ever-changing, complex health care envi-ronment coupled with na-tional provider shortages has required some rural health care facilities to make drastic changes and, in some cases, even close their doors.

At Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont, we’ve been able to adjust to re-main viable and keep quali-ty care close to home. We’re part of a strong system and are 100 percent committed to the community. Mayo Clinic wants to be in Fair-mont and plans to be here indefinitely — because this community deserves great health care. We’ve learned a lot from the past and are confident our strategy mov-ing forward will ensure stability and sustainability. However, we need the on-going support of this won-derful community to make positive change possible.

Q. Will Mayo Clinic Health System begin of-fering hospice and pallia-tive care services in Fair-mont?

A. Yes. Local hospice and palliative care services will be available later this year. Recruitment is un-derway to fill medical and support staff positions. Pa-tients will have local access to palliative care services, which enables those facing serious illness to live better lives. The increased avail-ability of these services ful-fills a significant need for southern Minnesota and northern Iowa. Being a part of Mayo Clinic offers op-portunities for increased resources to local commu-nities, such as Fairmont. In addition to the operating resources provided by the region, local benefactors have contributed to the

successful planning and future implementation of a new, local hospice and palliative care model. We’ll share more information as details are finalized in the coming months.

Q. Does the medical center offer free blood pressure screenings?

A. Yes. We offer a free blood pressure clinic ev-ery Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. in the Cardiac Rehabilitation room near the Harvest Café. Know-ing your blood pressure numbers is important to understand if you’re at risk of certain health complica-tions. If you’re interested in a blood pressure screen-ing, enter through the south hospital entrance.

Q. How does Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont collect patient feedback and what hap-pens to it?

A. Mayo Clinic Health System highly values pa-tient feedback, and we use patient comments to help us improve how we de-liver care and operate as a medical center. We collect feedback through direct conversations with patients or through surveys that are randomly mailed to pa-tients. In both cases, we track and record the feed-back through a web-based tool. Our follow-up process could include a direct call by Patient Experience, the manager or even the pro-vider to the patient, family member or visitor for fur-ther clarification. Our goal is to follow up on an issue within five to seven days, and we continue to work until the issue is resolved. Also, our employees enjoy the many positive, support-ive comments they receive on a regular basis.

Q. How is the medical center involved in Project 1590?

A. Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont was

one of the first organiza-tions to provide financial support to the project. In addition, feedback boxes were placed around the medical center to encour-age input from our employ-ees who commute from up to 60 miles away and utilize our community for many of their shopping and entertainment needs. Ru-fus Rodriguez, M.D., also serves on the Project 1590 board, and Bob Bartingale, Administration, served on the steering committee. We look forward to providing continued support to the fi-nal projects as identified by the community.

Q. Are there any staff-ing updates?

A. Yes. Since last fall, we have further developed our Hospitalist program and re-cruited the following hospi-talist providers:

-Thoyaja Koritala, M.B.B.S.

-Emily Fett, nurse prac-titioner

-Connie Ebach, nurse practitioner

-Binta Tambedou, nurse practitioner (starting later this month)

We have also recruited Erika Hurley, physician as-sistant, Orthopedics, Nir-mala Narashima, M.D., Family Medicine and Anna Kitzmann, M.D., Ophthal-mology. We’re also recruit-ing Family Medicine and specialty providers.

Regretfully, we report that Brent Griffin, M.D., Family Medicine, will be leaving in June. We wish Dr. Griffin the best in his future pursuits and thank him for his two-and-a-half years of service.

-Marie Morris, M.D., Medical Director

-Bob Bartingale, Admin-istrator

Please contact Bob Bartingale at 507-238-5070 or bartingale.robert@mayo.edu with any questions.

Ask A Trooper:“Whiskey” plates by Sgt. Troy Christianson,Minnesota State Patrol

Question: Could you explain the significance of the W on license plates?

Answer: I believe Minnesota started us-ing “whiskey” or “spe-cial registration” plates back in the mid- to late 1990’s. They are com-monly called “whiskey” plates because they start with the letter “W” which is followed by a second letter and 4 numerals. The purpose of the plates is to alert law enforce-ment and the public that either the person driving the vehicle or someone that had driven the ve-hicle was guilty of an “en-hanced” DWI violation.

Plates may be issued for a variety of DWI of-fenses, including:

- A second DWI viola-tion within 10 years.

- A DWI violation

while having an alcohol concentration of twice the legal limit (.16 or more).

- A DWI violation while having a child under the age of 16 in the vehicle if the child is more than 36 months younger than the offender.

- A violation by a per-son whose driver’s license or driving privileges have been canceled under Min-nesota Statute section 171.04 , Canceled Inimical to Public Safety (Multiple DWI violations).

Special registration plates will be on the car at least one year from the date of incident. It is im-portant to note that in some cases, special regis-tration plates must be dis-played for longer than one year due to multiple DWI offenses or other driving without license violations.

A person found guilty

of a gross misdemeanor DWI offense requiring this special registration may also be liable for up to a $3,000 fine and/or one year in jail.

In 2013, 25,719 mo-torists were arrested for DWI in Minnesota and one out of seven drivers had a DWI violation on their record. Everyone has a role in keeping our roads safe — and that means never get-ting behind the wheel impaired, always plan for a safe ride home be-fore you party, and make sure your friends don’t risk drinking and driv-ing.

If you have any ques-tions concerning traffic related laws or issues in Minnesota send your questions to Sgt. Troy Christianson – Minne-sota State Patrol at 2900 48th Street NW, Roch-ester MN 55901-5848. (Or reach him at, Troy.Christianson@state.mn.us Twitter: MSP-PIO_SOUTH

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Success Academy is a joint project involving Ki-wanis Early Risers and the Uptown Kiwanis. Once a month during the school year, Kiwanians meet with 7th grade students who may need help with their school progress. Some specific skills, such as organization, study habits and preparing for tests are included in our conversations. The Early Risers club provides lunch. About 12 mentors are working with students this year. In the picture above, Fair-mont Area Schools Counselor and Advisor for the students, Jennifer Schwieger, and Loren Dunham, discuss a Success Academy presentation for a recent noon time meeting with mentors and mentees.

going rivalry with a pesky pocket gopher in our road ditch. It had already made a couple dirt mounds right by our driveway and I was determined to get him this year. When we came back home later Saturday af-ternoon, it was a nice day out, so we decided to put out our patio furniture and

do some spring cleaning around the place. I decid-ed to check my trap and was surprised to find that it had done the job and the pesky culprit was finally nabbed. I had Karis take a picture as proof and am happy to report that our lawn is pocket gopher-free (for now)!

Be Alert!It’s Dry Out There!

Saturday night proved to be an adventure for us. Around 8:30 p.m., Karis happened to look out our kitchen window and the eastern sky was like one big glowing fire. We could see some of the flames from our place, so I was sure that one of our neighbor’s hog barns had

Jeff’s Jottings

Wow! I never knew that an April Fools joke

would stir up so much talk as my “resignation” did last week! My sister Larissa and my parents – who all were “fooled” by my col-umn – contacted me right away Wednesday then at church Thursday night, I got everything from “great job!” to “don’t ever give me a scare like that again!” from a number of people. The comments contin-ued to come in through this past weekend – so, for someone who never really pulls April Fools jokes, I guess I pulled one off “big-time” this year! I am stay-ing put here at the Photo Press and the search really is on to find a successor to Kathi at the Fairmont Op-era House.

Potaotes = InGopher = Out

It was a great weekend for Easter and Karis and I were able to accom-plish quite a bit around the Hagen Farmstead last weekend. On Saturday we planned to travel to Moun-tain Lake to spend the day with Karis’ parents and sister’s family. I wanted to get the potatoes planted in the garden before we left, so I was out tilling up the ground by 7 a.m. and Karis helped me plant the pota-toes in short order. Then I had to set a trap for my on-

exploded, so we had to hop in her car to see what the big fire was all about. We started driving east and realized it wasn’t a hog building or any farm buildings on fire, but actu-ally a huge grass fire. It was located about 3 ½ miles east of our place and an old lake bottom was com-pletely on fire, just west of Pierce Lake, southwest of Fairmont. With all the wind, the fire was spread-ing rapidly through the tall grass and trees – luck-ily it did not spread to any buildings and no one had to be evacuated. A total of five fire departments responded to the fire and were on the scene until the early hours of Easter morning. About sixty acres of grassland (including some in the wildlife man-agement area) burned and a number of trees also were burned in the fire. Some of the fire trucks had to return again on Sunday afternoon to extinguish some trees that had re-ig-nited. It is so extremely dry that we need to be aware of the dangers of burn-ing in changing environ-ments. Hopefully we get some much-needed mois-ture this week.

Craft Fairs, Benefits, Music, Food and...

CEyLON DAyS!Before I go this week,

there are a number of ac-tivities taking place in the coming week. On Satur-day, April 11th, Interlaken Heritage Days will have a vendor/craft fair at Five Lakes Centre in Fairmont from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and there will also be a benefit

for Dalton Fuller, son of Mike Fuller, at the Graet-tinger American Legion in Graettinger, Iowa start-ing at 5 p.m. There will be a bake sale, meal, si-lent auction, 50/50 raffle and dance to help raise funds for Dalton’s medi-cal treatments. Of course, the community of Ceylon will be abuzz all day Sat-urday for the annual Com-munity Day auction. On Sunday, April 12th, there will be a benefit for Cindy (Olson) Verschelde of Tri-mont at the Legion Hall in Trimont from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. They will be serv-ing a chicken dinner and there will be a silent auc-tion. East Chain Lutheran will be having a church basement luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church. At 2pm Sunday, there will be a benefit con-cert by Glenn Henricksen and friends at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Dun-nell. Seating is limited, so get there early! Then at 3pm Sunday afternoon, the Fairmont Zone of Lu-theran Laymen’s League will have their Spring Rally Banquet at Martin Luther High School in Northrop. There will be a Turkey Dinner, entertainment by the Benson Family Sing-ers and a flower auction. There is a cost to attend.

Have a great week!

Drive safely – visit a shut-in or family mem-ber – Eat, Play, Shop

Local – Do a Rain Dance!

- Jeff

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Kiwanis International is celebrating its 100th Anniversary in 2015 and in observance of this event, we are spotlighting Fairmont area’s two Kiwanis Clubs and their members.

L A R R Y M A D A YLarry Maday joined Kiwanis

in December 2012.Larry was born and raised in

Fairmont, MN and graduated from Fairmont High School in 1996. He attended Worthing-ton Junior College and gradu-ated from Mankato State College with a B.S. Degree in Education

and earned his Master’s Degree fROM Southwest State University. He has taught school in St. Clair, MN, Mapleton, MN and in Fairmont, MN, retiring in 2010. He and his wife, Donna, have been married forty-five years and have two children, Daniel and Sara. He and his family own and operate Harvest Star Gardens, where they raise and sell garden produce locally. He is a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and has served on the Fairmont Township Board for thirty – five years. He works part-time at Lakeview Funeral Home. Larry enjoys following the Twins and Vikings as well as spending time working on old cars and trucks and attending car shows.

Larry serves on the Board of Directors for Early Risers Kiwanis Club and participates in the Pancake Fund Raisers, Koats for Kids, Kids Against Hunger, Ditch Pick-up, Bingo at Lakeview Methodist Home and delivers Meals on Wheels.

S U C C E S S A C A D E M Y

Early Risers Kiwanis meets every Wednesday at 6:30 a.m. at The Ranch Restaurant.Uptown Kiwanis meets every other Tuesday at noon at Tami’s on the Ave.For more information or to become a member, contact: Uptown Club President Louise Hen-dricks, 235-3090; Early Risers Club President Mike Katzenmeyer, 235-9534.

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers, dedicated to improving the world, one child and one community at a time.

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St. John’s Lutheran Church of Sherburn was awarded a $600 grant from Aid Association for Lutherans to help the congregation celebrate its 100th anniversary. AAL had identified 359 Luther-an congregations in the United States which were eligible for the special an-niversary grant.

* * *Bob Van Note of Fair-

mont bowled his first ever 300 game, at the Bowlmor Lanes in Fairmont. The last 300 game was record-ed by Steve Mau in 1984. Close to 100 people wit-nessed the event as it was Men’s City League night.

WEEK OF APRIL 11, 1965

Annabel Webb and Elizabeth Woodward, KSUM radio personalities and the radio station were hosting the state conven-tion of North Star Chapter of American Women in

Van Note, bowling for Kentucky Fried Chicken, said he wasn’t nervous un-til the last ball, but asked his brother how many were watching, as he kept his back to the crowd. His brother, replied, “You don’t want to know.” Van Note, employed by the Bowlmor, had been bowl-ing for 23 years.

* * * The 1990 New Car Show

at the Fair Mall Shopping Center, featured new cars from five Fairmont new car dealers: Park Motor Co., Militello Motors, Hawkins Chevrolet, Sheppard Mo-tors and Reco Motors.

* * * All beekeepers who

had hives in Martin Coun-ty were asked to sub-mit a map showing the location(s) of their hives

Radio and Television.* * *

Financial Secretary Al Menke of the Fairmont Band Boosters reported the Boosters’ drive for $16,000 to send the band on an eastern trip in June, had reach nearly the half-way mark, with $7,400.55 on hand. The Boosters had committed themselves to raise funds for a band trip every third year, with-out help from any school district funds. Each band member was assessed $40 toward the total, and many of them had not yet sent in their share.

* * * Mr. and Mrs. Charles

King, caterers at the Inter-laken Golf Club, had pur-chased the Oaks Inn from Jerry McShane.

to the Martin County Ag-ricultural Inspector. A list was being compiled and would be given to com-mercial chemical applica-tors in the county to use as a reference when spray-ing chemicals in an ef-fort to reduce damages to bees. Due to the expected grasshopper population, there may be a larger than normal amount of insec-ticides sprayed.

Wil B and Kev Marcus are classically trained vio-la and violin players who first met playing in the high school orchestra in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. After graduating college, they worked with several different acts before re-turning to their roots. They

have been seen playing their music for everybody from the troops in Iraq, to Broadway, to performing at the Presidential Inaugu-ral Ball in Washington D.C. in 2013. That evening’s performers included Black Violin, Usher, Katy Perry, Stevie Wonder, Smokie Robinson, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Foxx, and Marc Anthony. Black Violin covers songs like “Stay With Me” by Sam Smith, “Locked Outta Heaven” by Bruno Mars, and “Beat It” by Michael Jackson in a unique acous-tic MASHUP!! Wilner “Wil B” Baptist and Kevin “Kev

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Jackson student wins D.C. tripFederated Rural Elec-

tric, Jackson, salutes the winners in its 2015 Youth Tour Contest.

Winning the grand prize was Jacey Ed-lin, Jackson; she won Federated’s free trip to Washington, D.C. June 13th-18th. Edlin is the daughter of Carl and Ju-lie Edlin. She is a sopho-more at Jackson County Central High School. She will be among 1,500 teenagers from across the country participat-ing in Youth Tour, which is sponsored by electric cooperatives. Edlin will tour the D.C. memorials and sites, witness Con-gress in session, visit with legislators and enjoy an evening dinner theater, while learning about co-operatives.

Second and third place awards of $150 and $100 were awarded to Jessica Christoffer and Nathan Regier. Christ-

offer received second place. She is the daugh-ter of Dean and Andrea Christoffer, Round Lake. She is a freshman attend-ing Jackson County Cen-tral High School. Regier is a sophomore attend-ing Mountain Lake Pub-lic School. He is the son of John and Amy Regier. The other finalist was Steven Bulfer, Fairmont. He is a junior at Fairmont High School and the son of Patrick Bulfer.

Each applicant com-pleted an application and an essay on an en-ergy-related topic. Four students entered the contest. The applicants also received a $20 gift certificate to Amazon.com.

Federated, a local Touchstone Energy part-ner, is a cooperative that provides electric ser-vice to 5,000 members in Jackson and Martin Counties.

Seated: Jacey Edlin, Jackson, won Federated’s free trip to Washington, D.C in the youth Tour Contest. Inset photo: Second place and $150 was awarded to Jessica Christoffer, Round Lake. Stand-ing: Nathan Regier of Mountain Lake and Steven Bulfer, Fairmont.

Black Violin at the Opera HouseMarcus” Sylvester who go by the name of Black Violin are a welcome rev-elation for their ability to meld highbrow and pop-culture, “Brandenburg” and “Breakdown,” into a single genre-busting act.

Black Violin will be coming to the Fairmont Opera House on Saturday, April 18th at 7:30 p.m.

Since starting a decade ago Black Violin has per-formed an average of 200 shows a year in 49 states and 36 countries as far away as Dubai, Prague and South Africa, while ap-pearing at official NFL cel-ebrations for three Super Bowls and last year’s U.S. Open in Forest Hills with Jordin Sparks. Individually and together, Black Violin has collaborated with the likes of P. Diddy, Kanye West, 50 Cent, Tom Petty, Aerosmith, Aretha Frank-lin and The Eagles. Kev ap-peared on the Meek Mill cut “Maybach Curtains” with John Legend, Rick Ross and Nas. Wil and Kev also scored an episode of CSI: New York, adapting the finale of Puccini’s Ma-dame Butterfly for an on-screen murder. “It’s now time to spread the word about Black Violin,” insists Kev. “The groundswell is just beginning.”

Members of the Martin County West Great Expec-tations class stopped by Temperance Lake Ridge As-sisted Living facility in Sherburn last week. Students helped the residents fill Easter Eggs and visited with those who attended.

Heaven’s Table Food Shelf would like to thank the Truman FFA group for their generous dona-tion of $2,000. Pictured above are a few of their members presenting the check. We appreciate the group’s fund-raising efforts as well as their gar-dening skills. Vegetables have been made avail-able throughout the summer months to provide the food shelf clients with a fresh choice of product for healthy eating. Keep up your good works. We truly appreciate your eye toward the local needs of your neighbors.

Members of the Martin County Area Foundation presented a check for $3,000 to the Sherburn Cen-tennial Playground Committee. The committee was raising funds for pre-school playground equipment. MCAF offered to match dollar for dollar the amount raised by the community during December, up to $3,000. The fund-raising goal was met and now the committee is raising money for playground equip-ment for older children.

Grinnell Mutual Rein-surance Company seeks submissions for projects across the Midwest that will improve local fair-grounds. Grinnell Mu-tual is offering Fairground Facelift grants totaling $3,500 to three county fair-grounds in order to make a lasting impact for the fairground and the people who use it.

“The fairground is a gathering place for the people living in commu-nities across the Midwest,” said Grinnell Mutual Di-rector of Advertising and Community Relations Barb Baker. “Many fair-grounds show signs of how well they are used. The Fairground Facelift is Grin-nell Mutual’s way of rec-ognizing the impact local fairgrounds have on their communities.”

Grinnell Mutual will accept project submis-sions on its Front Porch Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/Grin-nellMutualFrontPorch,

through Thursday, May 7th. Projects must include (or affiliate with) a county fairground.

“People living and working in rural areas know the needs of their lo-cal fairgrounds,” said Bak-er. “Their votes on Grinnell Mutual’s Facebook page will decide which projects will receive Fairground Facelift grants.”

Grinnell Mutual will an-nounce finalists Monday, May 18, and any Facebook fan can vote daily on proj-ect finalists to help choose the projects that will re-ceive grants. Voting ends Wednesday, June 3rd, 2:59 p.m. CT. The three finalists with the most votes will re-ceive $2,000, $1,000, and $500, respectively.

To learn more about The Fairground Facelift, visit Grinnell Mutual’s Front Porch Facebook page, www.facebook.com/GrinnellMutualFront-Porch, or grinnellmutual.com.

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Mark E. Fujan will of-fer a free 55 Alive/De-fensive Driving course on Tuesday, April 14th at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Fairmont.

The 55 Alive class will start at 4:30 p.m., tax tips start at 4 p.m. Pre-regis-

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istered you do not need to call, unless you can not attend, as no-shows will be assessed a fee. Seating is limited. Call 235-5573 to register.

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Martin Luther High School re-leases 3rd quarter honor roll

The following students have earned through aca-demic achievement, Hon-or Roll status (3.0) for the 3rd Quarter of the 2014-2015 school year at Mar-tin Luther High School, Northrop.

Students are listed in alphabetical order ac-cording to quarterly grade point average:

9th grade:Marissa Steinhaus*Tristan Taylor*Maddie Johnson*James Schrunk*Macy Quinn*Ethan Jordi*Alexandra SchuderReece RiegelSidney VisherKatelyn Garrison

10th grade:Isaac Creech*Carter Wille*Deborah Watt*Rachel Nemanic*Renae WallaceLindsey MilesSadia ZafarHanna Geistfeld11th grade:Rachel Krome*Matthew Trueblood*Jakub Goldschmidt12th grade:Rebekah Rusert*Anna Meyer*Brian Nemanic*Tyler Wiederhoeft*Kailey Michels*Colton GreinerAlex WeiheKayley Shoen* - denotes Honor Roll

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STOLEN BASE – Cardinal Parker Monson slides into second as the Huskies catcher’s throw sails wide. The Cards won game two 5-1 over the JCC. Courtesy fairmontsports.com

PICTURE PERFECT DELIVERy – Cardinal pitcher Matt Lytle delivers a strike to home plate. The Cardinals defeated Jackson County Central 4-1 in game one of a doubleheader played last Thursday at Herb Wolf Field in Fairmont. Courtesy Greg Abel Photography.

SINGLE CONTACT – Cardinals Jack Waletich strokes a single up the middle as Cardinal on deck batter Spencer Chirpich and teammates Tyler Tennyson and Matt Lytle look on. Courtesy fair-montsports.com

The Minnesota State High School Trapshooting League began its season on April 1st.

Shooters from Blue Earth, Granada-Huntley-East Chain and Fairmont combined to form one team. This team, consist-ing of 69 kids, will be called the Fairmont Area Team.

Because of the large number of shooters, the team will be placed in the 5A class.

Fairmont Area TeamTrapshooting League results

April 1st results1. Bryan Grotte, 47x502. Andrew Moeller, 45x503. Ethan Lubenow, 45x504. Ben Timmerman, 43x505. Ryan Busche, 43x506. Jackson Utermarck, 42x507. Jack Nimz, 42x508. Joseph Schavey, 42x509. Corey Bulfer, 41x5010. Colton Cunning, 41x5011. Nickolas Segar, 41x5012. Caleb Johnson, 41x5013. Dustin Meyer, 41x5014. Austin Philipp, 41x5015. Jacob Bocock, 41x50Macy Hanson was the lucky winner of the door

prize book, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle at the Family Fun Fair held recently in Fair-mont. The book was given away by the City of Lakes Garden Club. The club’s booth featured “Uggly Bug-glies” where the children made accordion-folded caterpillars and learned how bugs work in the gar-den pollinating plants.

Dancin’ Plus students and staff recently attended the Winter Dance Olympus Workshop in Blooming-ton, Minnesota. They studied tap, ballet, hip hop, musical theatre and lyrical. Instructors included Emmy nominated choreographer Gregg Russel; Zac Hammer, cast member of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular and assistant choreographer on season 9 and 10 of “So you Think you Can Dance”, Kristin Daniel. It was a wonderful day of learning and feel-ing inspired. Attending the workshop (pictured l to r): Jozie Hoefker, Jackie Frerichs, Ms. Tammy Armstrong (studio owner), Aurora Teskey and Laura Christians (assistant instructors).

Interlaken Heritage Days Committee is now accepting parade partici-pants applications, until May 15th. Applications are being accepted from busi-nesses, churches, clubs, organizations and indi-viduals wishing to partici-pate in the 2015 Interlaken Heritage Days Parade on Saturday, June 13 at 6 p.m.

Lineup will begin at 5 p.m. Tow vehicles are en-couraged to decorate and are open to any and all

IHD Committee seeksparade participants

types of vehicles. We en-courage the use of classic cars and vintage tractors.

Candy and other items will be allowed only if handed out. No throwing. This is the safety and pro-tection of parade specta-tors and participants.

If interested contact Bev Korolewski at 507-848-6381 or Corey Walter at 5097-353-0375 for more informatiom or to obtain an application.

By AN EyELASH – above: Cardinals first baseman Kale Fritz stretches out to grab the throw to nip a Huskie runner at first base.

POP OUT – right: Cardinal second base-man Eli Green makes a catch on a short infield fly ball.

Courtesy Greg Abel Photography

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Morgan Marushin, a junior finance ma-jor from Fairmont, is a Member of the Student Investment Group and Management Associa-tion at Southwest Minne-sota State University for

the 2014-2015 academic year.

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The Dairy Freeze will look a lot different this summer. Lots of remod-eling and a new inside to go along with outside updates have been in progress for the spring opening.

New kitchen and prep areas were done on the inside and some new items and treats are planned for the sea-son, according to Dave Hanson along with his

Dairy Freeze gets a Makeoverdaughter Cherry who runs the Dairy Freeze. Also, the parking lot has been re-done.

One of the new items will be gourmet hotdogs as well as other favorites, taco in a bag and all the ice cream treats.

Dairy Freeze plans to open on Friday, April 17th at 3:30 p.m.

An upscale Dairy Freeze II, the house be-hind the Dairy Freeze, will

serve sandwiches and soups along with a vari-ety of hard ice creams. Gone are all the trees behind the house and it has opened up a view of Gomsrud Park, which can be viewed from the bay window and an outside patio. When Dairy Freeze closes in the fall, Dairy Freeze II will open, closing in the spring when the original “Freeze” re-opens.

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Memorial Mass for John A. “Oscar” Hendricks, 70, of Fairmont, was held Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 at St. John Vianney Catho-lic Church in Fairmont. Private family burial will take place at a later date. John died Sunday, March 29th, 2015 at his home in Fairmont.

John Arthur “Oscar” Hendricks was born No-vember 29th, 1944 to Ed-ward and Eileen (Driscoll) Hendricks. He attended St. John Vianney Catholic School and later Fairmont High School.

On January 13th, 1968 he was united in marriage to Diane Elaine Nawrocki at Holy Family Catholic Church in East Chain. This union was blessed with one son, Brian.

John began working at Poly Films in Fairmont in 1968; over the next 36 years the company changed names many times, and in 2004 he retired from Tyco Plastics. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. John and Diane enjoyed many summer vacations together at Happiness Re-

Marjorie L.Donnelly, 90

Funeral service for Mar-jorie L. Donnelly, 90, of Fairmont, was held Satur-day, April 4th, 2015 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fairmont. Burial followed in Lakeside Cemetery in Fairmont. Marjorie passed away Monday, March 30th, 2015 at the Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Marjorie Lucille Don-

nelly was born on June 23rd, 1924 in Hanover, Iowa, the daughter of Ed-ward and Ida (Grieme) Miller. Marj grew up in Alta, Iowa where she played saxophone and was a cheerleader. She was also the church pianist. She graduated from Alta High School in 1942.

After high school she attended business school in Omaha where she met Louis Donnelly. They were united in marriage on Au-gust 2nd, 1947 in Omaha. In 1949, they moved to Mankato, Minnesota and in 1956 they purchased the Sirloin House and moved to Fairmont. They owned and operated the Sirloin House for many years until Lou’s passing in 1991.

Marj enjoyed golfing and playing bridge. She served on the board of the Fairmont Community Hospital and volunteered for many organizations in-cluding the Opera House, Fairmont Community Hospital, Meals on Wheels and played piano for the residents of the Lakev-iew Methodist Healthcare Center.

She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fairmont and active in the LWML. She also en-joyed being involved with the “Rockerettes” dance line performing at the Op-era House as well as other community functions. Marj liked to root for her Minnesota sports teams, the Twins, Vikings and Timberwolves.

Those who will cherish her memory include six sons, Steve Donnelly and his wife, Michi, of Fair-mont, Bruce Donnelly and his wife, Connie, of Fair-mont, Gregg Donnelly and his wife, Jan, of Delano, Minensota, Kevin Donnel-

Margaret E.Krugler, 81

Memorial Service for Margaret E. Krugler, 81, of Fairmont, was held Mon-day, April 6th, 2015, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fairmont with inurnment at a later date. Margaret passed away on Wednes-day, April 1st, 2015, at the Lutz Wing of Mayo Clinic Health System in Fair-mont after a hospital stay in Rochester. Lakeview Fu-neral Home and Crema-tion Service in Fairmont was in charge of arrange-ments.

Margaret Edna (Grewe) Krugler was born on May

Betty Cordes, 89

Funeral service for Betty Cordes, 89, of Bemi-dji, Minnesota, formerly of Granada, was held Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Fairmont. Burial followed in Lakeside Cem-etery in Fairmont. Betty passed away on Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 at the Bemidji Hospital.

Betty was born on Janu-ary 8th, 1926 in LeMars, Iowa, to Arthur and Lillian (Kolander) Nelson. She was baptized in Le Mars on May 23rd, 1926. The family lived in several locations while she was growing up. During World War II, Betty moved, with her family, to Portland, Oregon where she worked in the ship-yards delivering mail on a scooter.

Betty Jane Nelson and Howard G. Cordes were married at St. Paul’s Lu-theran Church in Blue Earth on September 10th, 1945. In 1947, they pur-chased a farm near Grana-da where they lived and farmed for 58 years. For 28 of those years, she also worked in a factory in Fair-mont that packaged frozen foods. She and Howard contributed many hours of

sort on Ten Mile Lake near Hackensack, Minnesota. He will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him.

Those left to cherish his memory is his wife, Diane Hendricks of Fairmont; son, Brian Hendricks and his wife, Louise of Fair-mont; grandson, Aaron Hendricks; many nieces and nephews; other ex-tended family and friends.

John was preceded in death by his parents, Edward and Eileen Hen-dricks; and his father and mother-in-law, Phil and Fern Nawrocki.

The family requests me-morials be given in John’s name to the Saint John Vi-anney School Endowment Fund or the Martin County Conservation Club.

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ly and his wife, Eileen, of Fairmont, Scott Donnelly and his wife, Gayleen, of Fairmont, Tom Donnelly and Kandi Menne, of Fair-mont; 13 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Ruth Miller, Ann Casey and Lilly Don-nelly; brothers-in-law, Bernie Rehnstrom and Jim Donnelly; many nieces and nephews, other rela-tives and friends.

Marj was preceded in death by her parents; hus-band, Lou; granddaughter, Shannon Donnelly; sister, Delores Rehnstrom and brother, Maurice Miller.

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30th, 1933, in Chicago, Il-linois. She was the daugh-ter of Elmer and Mary (Hren) Grewe. Margaret was baptized and later was confirmed at Emmaus Lu-theran Church in Chicago. She graduated from Austin High School in Chicago before furthering her edu-cation at Northern Illinois University and later earn-ing her Master’s Degree at the University of Nebraska.

On June 1st, 1957, Mar-garet was united in mar-riage to Arnold Krugler at Emmaus Lutheran Church in Chicago. The couple re-sided in various locations in Nebraska and Illinois. This union was blessed with two children, Kathy and Karl. Margaret and Arnold shared over thirty-seven years together be-fore Arnold passed away in 1994. Margaret later retired and moved to Fairmont in 1996 to be near her family after teaching special edu-cation for over thirty years.

Margaret was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fairmont where she was active with the Clara Cir-cle. She also volunteered at the Mayo Clinic Health System information desk as well as being a mem-ber of the Salvation Army Auxiliary, RSVP and CBS in Fairmont. Margaret also was a volunteer teacher at St. Paul Lutheran School in Fairmont and Sherburn Elementary School.

During her free time, she enjoyed making crafts and watercolor paint-ing. Margaret most loved spending time with her family and especially her grandchildren. Margaret moved to Temperance Lake Ridge in September of 2014.

Left to cherish her mem-ory include her daughter, Kathy Gratz and her hus-band, David, of Fairmont; grandchildren, Benjamin Gratz and Briana Gratz of Fairmont; brother, Ronald Grewe of Sarasota, Florida; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Along with her parents, Margaret was preceded in death by her son, Karl; and husband, Arnold.

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service as members of Im-manuel Lutheran Church in Fairmont.

Betty loved to garden and to preserve what she raised by canning or freez-ing. She was a great cook and is remembered by her children and grandchil-dren for the great feasts that she prepared for all the holidays. Her hobbies included knitting, crochet-ing and ceramics. She en-joyed reading and spend-ing as much time as she could watching her grand-children and great grand-children grow up.

She is survived by chil-dren Margaret (Earl) Mc-Nea of Bemidji, Minnesota, Sharon Edinger of Burns-ville, Minnesota and Susan (Dennis Scheppmann) of Chanhassen, Minnesota; 7 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Betty was preceded in death by her husband Howard, her parents, her brother DeWain (Elaine) Nelson, Albert Lea and two great grandsons, Samuel Morrell and Andre Lareau.

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507-236-4109962 70th St. ¤ Sherburn, MN

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The experts in residential and commercial cleaning. 27 years in service!

Services Include:Carpet & Furniture • Fire & Smoke Cleanup

• Entrance Rugs • Janitorial Service • Tile Floors

Carpet Service(507) 235-3765 • Fairmont, MN

cleanritecs@frontiernet.net

914 North State Street

Fairmont, MN

Mon-Fri:7:30-5:30

Sat:7:30-1:00www.olsonrental.com

Small Engine Service & RepairPressure Washer Sales & Service

238-1393Pick-Up andDelivery (Fairmont Area)

ResidentialBuilding Contractor

Roofing SpecialistCall for free estimate

Phone : (507) 399-9570

Benjamin Rosa

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MN DOLI License #20639548

and

“Fairmont’s Newest Furniture Store”

Furniture • Bedding • Much More206 N State Street • Fairmont, MN

(507) 235-9257Hours: M 9-7; T-F 9-5; Sat. 10-3

Denney’sHome Furnishings

Fairmont, MN • Lic# BC639690

(515) 320-449350

Year Warranty

Specializing in Roo ng,Asphalt & Steel Shingles

Chuck’sRoofi ng & Siding

Demolition/Shinglers: Full - $350 (up to 35 sq.)Solid Waste/Garbage: Full - $325 (10 cu. yards)

$

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FarmlandTree ServiceTREE TRIMMING, GROVE WORK, REMOVALS,

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SCOTT • 507-236-3951 • 507-764-4879Of ce: 311 Delana Street, Sherburn, MN

Still serving the area after 30 years.Some handyman work available.

Goodbye Winter. Hello Golf.lf.

Spring GolfSpecial

18 holes with cart Through April 30th

For Only….

Through Ap

FFFooor On

$30ril 30th

nly….

Tee Times required and can be made 7 days in advance. Call 238.1693 TODAY!!Y!!

Building PadsHog and CattleManure PitsBasementsGrain Bin Systems

Tile Repair, Inlets,Outlets

WaterlinesHydrantsSewer, Water

Services

Sand, Gravel, Rock, Clay, Black Dirt

EXCAVATION

SERVICES

AGGREGATES

Tile MainsDitch CleaningGrove RemovalGradingDemolition

Metal CulvertsTruckingTractor BackhoeSkid LoaderConcrete Recycling

start by contacting us.

Get your projects scheduled for 2015

• Pruning • Removals • Cabling/Bracing • Tree Risk Assessment• Stump Grinding • 24 Hour Emergency Storm Damage Service • Planting

23 YearsProfessional Experience

RANDY L. NELSON ISA Certi ed Arborist(507) 236-2824

FreeEstimatesInsured

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Happy to deliver to our area farmers:• DEF • Premium Diesel & Gas

Tankwagon Service

We also have totes for DEF along with 500-2000 gallon skid tanks. Ask about our 1000 gallon portable fuel trailer.

Mike or Staci Looft:515-272-4366 (store) 515-320-1692 (cell)

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To the Editor:The Salvation Army

of Fairmont would like to thank everyone who helped collect food on Scouting for Food day. With the volunteers’ help, over 1,325 pounds of food was collected. Many people in our community will receive help because of the generosity of those who volunteered. Your gift is greatly appreciated! Again, thank you so very much for assisting those in need.

Major JoAnn Hixenbaugh

Corps Officer

***Letter to the Editor:The Fairmont chapter

of the American Associa-tion of University Women would like to thank Sena-tor Julie Rosen for her re-cent leadership on issues that matter to women and to rural Minnesota. She has taken a visible role in assuring access to dental care for all people throughout our state.

She and her colleague, Senator Kathy Sheran, have also played leader-ship roles in the “purple caucus”, an attempt to work in a bi-partisan man-ner on issues of greatest importance to Minneso-tans, one being education fairness.

AAUW is a national or-ganization that advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, educa-tion, philanthropy and re-search. Senator Rosen has met with the local chapter and with individual mem-bers many times. We ap-preciate her service.

Jean Burkhardt on be-half of local AAUW group

***Letter to the Editor:Martin County Conser-

vation Club held another successful Birdhouse SEminar on March 21st with the kids building 50 wren houses and 60 nest-ing shelves. This concludes another winter’s effort by club members to cut out and paint parts from sal-vaged building material. While preparation takes time, it was all worth it to see so many club mem-bers held so many young-sters assemble habitat for songbirds. We got extra help from the 4-H shoot-ing sports members.

Our house materials were donated by many lo-cal landowners and con-tractors over the years. This year’s donors were Hertzke Construction and Gordy Luckow. Mc-Donald’s donated orange drink. The Five Lakes Cen-tre Director and staff have

provided us with space and tables for many years.

Thanks to all who helped!

Jim Grotte and Steve Maurice

***To the Editor:Our Traverse des Sioux

library system is offering a wonderful treat to us in southern Minnesota. Next week, in two locations, we will be able to hear the Okee Dokee Broth-ers. These musicians are Grammy award nomi-nated, and winners in the category of best children’s music album. Their style is bluegrass and folk and for the whole family to enjoy- kind of like John Denver singing around the camp-fire.

These fellows grew up in Denver and have been friends since early child-hood. They now call Min-nesota their home, and we are fortunate to have them perform for us in St. James, on the 13th, and then at the Fairmont Opera House on the 17th. This is open to the public, no admission, thanks to Traverse des Sioux library system.

You can get more in-formation about these musicians at their website “okeedokee.org”, and hear music and watch clips from their travels down the Mississippi River and the Appalachian Trail. “Can You Canoe” is the Missis-sippi River adventure al-bum. They took a month long canoe trip from the beginning of the river to St. Louis. From that came the inspiration for the songs on the album.

One month of hiking on the Appalachian Trail inspired the music for their next adventure al-bum called “Through the Woods”.

I encourage you to spend one of those eve-nings with your kids and family listening to truly family friendly music. At the same time it can show our support for our library system and bringing qual-ity entertainment to our families. I know we’ll be in the audience at the Opera House- hope to see you there.

Alison WagnerCeylon

It’s unfortunate but true: The elderly popu-lation is targeted for fi-nancial abuse or exploi-tation. In fact, by some estimates, this type of targeted abuse results in billions of dollars in loss-es each year. If you have elderly parents, what signs should you watch for to determine their vulnerability? And what can you do to help pro-tect your parents from being victimized?

In regard to the first question — signs of vul-nerability — the most important thing to watch for is your parents’ men-tal state. As you know, many people go through their entire lives with their faculties intact — but even if this is the case with your parents, you still may want to be on guard against them fall-ing prey to unscrupulous operators. And if you have noticed your par-ents becoming forgetful, confused, overly agitated or showing any other signs of possibly dimin-ished mental capacity, you may want to be par-ticularly vigilant for the

Protect Seniors from Financial Abuseappearance of financial ir-regularities.

If you don’t think your parents are, as yet, victims of fraud or abuse, you can take steps to help protect them. Most importantly, maintain constant com-munication with them and be aware of what’s go-ing on in their lives. Also, consider the following ac-tions:

• Advise parents on precautionary measures. Suggest to your parents that they take several com-mon-sense steps to avoid financial scams. For ex-ample, urge them to never give personal informa-tion over the phone or in response to emails. Since these types of requests are the most common meth-ods used to perpetrate scams, encourage your parents to put all such solicitations — as well as requests for money — in the “trash” folder. Also, ask your parents to remove paper mail promptly from their mailbox — resource-ful identity thieves have been known to steal mail and extract key pieces of personal information from financial statements

or correspondence from Social Security. And if your parents don’t already have a paper shredder, present one to them as a gift — and show them how to use it to delete old statements, credit card offers and simi-lar documents.

• Check for legal docu-ments. Your parents, like everyone, should have a will and a durable power of attorney. These docu-ments will enable some-one they trust implicitly to handle their finances if they can’t. Discussing these types of issues with your parents may not be easy — but it’s certainly important.

• Review parents’ situ-ation regularly. Many par-ents are not comfortable sharing the specifics of their financial situation with their adult children. Yet, as much as you can, try to periodically review your parents’ insurance, banking and investment statements. These meet-ings give you good op-portunities to look for irregularities or suspi-cious activities, such as significant changes in their spending patterns,

unusual cash withdraw-als or transfers from their bank accounts, or sud-den transfers of assets to a relative or someone outside the family.

• Know the profes-sionals. Your parents may not be totally at ease involving you with their financial and tax advisors. However, us-ing your discretion, see if you can accompany your parents when they meet with their advisors. If these people are legiti-mate professionals, they will not object to your interest in your parents’ affairs — in fact, they should welcome it.

Your parents have done a lot for you. You can help repay them by doing your part to help protect them from threats to their financial security.

Edward Jones, its em-ployees and financial ad-visors cannot provide tax or legal advice. You should consult your attorney or qualified tax advisor re-garding your situation.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

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PRIVATE LISTING: THE ROBERT MALO BUILDING SITE. Located on Blacktop 22 or 85th Street, 3.5 miles SE of Sherburn, MN. Beautiful large home, later ma-chine sheds, been in the family many years. PRICE REDUCED!

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Dar Hall, 327-0535 • Dustyn & Leah Hartung, 236-7629Larry Bremer, 236-4175 • Wm LeDuc, 995-9311

Saturday, June 6th - MAURICE & HILDA MITCHELL ESTATES - Antique Horse & Livestock Equipment, House-hold & Antique Auction. Sale to be located at Westbrook, MN. Pike, Wedel, Kahlers & Hartung

Thursday, July 9th - KENNETH KAHLER-Large IH Retirement Farm Equipment Auction. Sale to be held at 79860 360th Street, Lewisville, MN. Kahlers, Hartung, Wedel, Pike & Hall

Tuesday, July 14th, 10:30 a.m. - TERRY & KAY PROEHL-Very nice Retirement Farm Equipment Auction. Sale to be held at 56894 115th Street, Mapleton, MN. Kahlers, Hartung, Wedel & Pike.

Saturday, July 18th, Forenoon - Dan Pike & Associates Large Machinery, Construction & Vehicle Consignment in Comfrey, MN. Dan Pike & Associates

Saturday, August 8th - SWANSON-Retirement Farm Equipment Auction. Sale to be held at 43863 760th Street, Lake eld, MN. Dan Pike & Associates

Th e City of Ceylon has developed a Wellhead Protection Plan for its drinking water supply wells. Consistent with the Minnesota Wellhead Protection Rule (part 4720.5350, subpart 4), a Public Hearing will be held on Tuesday, April 14th, 2015, at 6:00 PM at the City Offi ce located at 301 Main Street W, Cey-lon, Minnesota to discuss comments provided from local units of government and solicit comments from the public.

A copy of the Wellhead Protection Plan is available at city hall for review. Questions may be directed to Jim Plumhoff , City of Ceylon, 507-632-4653.

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THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: August 27, 2007 MORTGAGOR: Katie J. Scheff, a single person. MORTGAGEE: Wells Federal Bank, FSB. DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded August 28, 2007 Martin County Recorder, Document No. 2007R-390868. ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. Dated August 27, 2007 Recorded August 28, 2007, as Document No. 2007R-390869.

TRANSACTION AGENT: NONE TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: NONE LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Wells Federal Bank, FSB RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: U.S. Bank National Association MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 229 South Hampton Street, Fairmont, MN 56031 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 232570190 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot Eleven (11), of Block One (1), First Extension of Ward’s Central Addition to the City of Fairmont, save and except the East Twenty-fi ve (25) feet of the aforesaid Lot Eleven (11), according to the map or plat thereof on fi le and of record in the offi ce of the register of deeds in and for said county and state COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Martin ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $71,000.00 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $66,332.38 That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: May 8, 2015 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: Lobby of Martin County Security Building, 201 Lake Ave. Fairmont, MNto pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on November 9, 2015 unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE:None“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”

Dated: February 26, 2015

Minnesota Housing Finance AgencyMortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee

USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-6888135 - 15-002050 FC

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

WARRANTY DEEDSCory A. Meyer to Donald D. Oechsle, Pt. SE¼NE¼,

8-102-30Doug Hall, Ramona Ann Hall, Marie Elaine Pufpaff,

Donna Thill, Timothy Nicholas Thill to Susan M. Duerk-sen, Traves A. Duerksen, Lot 4, Exc. W.10’, Block 2, Mary Alice-Majors Manor Addn.

Redi Haul Trailers, Inc. to Margaret Gochanour, Todd Gochanour, Lots 5, 6, 7, Exc. N. 305’, Block 2, Jahns 3rd Addn.

John M. Ufer, Katelyn Ufer to Julie R. Ufer, Mark C. Ufer, Pt. SW¼NW¼, 21-104-31

Julie R. Ufer, Mark C. Ufer to John M. Ufer, Katelyn Ufer, Pt. NE¼NW¼ w/easement, 28-104-31

QUIT CLAIM DEEDSJohn E. Zaharia, Teresa Zaharia to John E. Zaharia, Te-

resa Zaharia, Lots 5 and 6, Block 2, Grafs Addn., Truman

Carolyn M. Bauman, Lloyd A. Bauman to David D. Burk, Kristin J. Burk, Lot 4, Block 1, Skoogs Subd.

Carolyn M. Bauman, Lloyd A. Bauman to David D. Burk, Kristin J. Burk, Lots 17, 18, 19, Block 1, Lair Subd. in Sec. 18-102-30

Charlotte Y. Schmidtke, John Schmidtke to Brooke Lauren Schmidtke, Cindy Schmidtke, Douglas J. Schmidtke, Logan Douglas Schmidtke, Nathan Douglas Schmidtke, Laura Lee Teveldal, Pt. Und. 1/3 int. Life Es-tate, NE¼ 26-101-32

E Gene Cross, Ione F. Cross to E Gene Cross, Ione F. Cross, Pt. E½SW¼, Pt. S½SE¼, 27-102-33

CONTRACT FOR DEEDSJoy Rowan Pollock, Lorin W. Pollock to Charles F.

Christensen, Debra D. Jensen, Pt. Govt. Lot 1, NE¼, 20-102-30

March 31 - Betty J. Cordes, 89, Bemidji, Minnesota(formerly of Granada). Lakeview Funeral Home

April 1 - Margaret E. Krugler, 81, Fairmont.Lakeview Funeral Home

April 2 - Dewaine L. Gilbertson, 86, Welcome.Lakeview Funeral Home

April 5 - Wayne L. Barber, 89, Sherburn.Kramer Funeral Home

In Memoriam One year Ago This Week March 31 - John M. Petterborg, 60, Fairmont

(formerly of St. James) April 4 - Ervin B. Sturm, 90, Fairmont April 5 - Donald C. Fellersen, 73, FairmontApril 7 - Betta M. Christensen, 88, Fairmont

Arlys E. Malo to Kevin M. Sukalski, Susan J. Sukalski, Lot 5, Block 1, Belle Vue Acres 2nd Addn.

TRUSTEE DEEDSMichael J. Byrne, Trustee, Michael J. Byrne Revocable

Trust to Lisa G. Quade, Neil P. Quade, Lot 11, Block 2, Oak Tree Addn.

Merville W. Steen, Lavonne Steen Disclaimer Trust, Lavonne A. Steen Trust to Merville W. Steen, Trustee, Pt.S½NE¼, 8-102-33

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Work site located between Trimont and TrumanHugoson Pork is seeking an enthusiastic and hard-working individual for a position in a rewarding team atmosphere as a farrowing lead and other FT/PT positions in multiple locations. Daily responsibilities including managing and directing the dai-ly operation of a farrowing department including maintaining farrowing targets, individual sow and piglet care, feeding, daily farrowings, piglet health and vaccination program, nutrition, and record keeping. One year’s experience in farrowing depart-ment required. Hugoson Pork off ers competitive wages and a complete benefi ts package including paid time off and holidays, retirement plan, medical insurance, life insurance, long and short term disability insurance, potential for advancement and more! For more information or an application, contact: Linda @ 507-773-4571 x 1 or email linda@hugosonpork.com

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Th e Truman Public Schools is accepting applications for Teacher Substitutes and Paraprofessional substitutes for the rest of 2014-2015 school term. Th e form is avail-able to be picked up at the district offi ce during normal school hours or it can be faxed or emailed to you. Contact Shirley Rohman at rohmans@truman.k12.mn.us or call 507-776-2111. If you have any questions please call Prin-cipal Mark Nass at 507-776-2111.

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10 ApartmentsFor Rent

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Perhaps they realize that by the time they have warmed, their ride is ready. Their ride being a thermal. The turkey vulture is one of the most skilled birds at gliding. They are able to fly with few wingbeats because they ride on ther-mals. Thermals are batch-es of rising, warm air.

“Are all caterpillars plant eaters?” No. The harvester butterfly female lays eggs in the colonies of woolly aphids, scale insects or

treehoppers because the butterfly’s caterpillars are carnivorous on these in-sects.

“Is there a simple way to lessen the number of birds hitting my window?” Install a window feeder on the glass.

“Why is the duck called a bufflehead?” Buffle-heads are small black and white ducks that nest in tree cavities from Quebec to Alaska. They are named buffleheads — “buffalo heads” — because the male’s head looks large and out of proportion to his body.

“How did nuthatches get their name?” They got the name from their habit of cramming nuts and

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By Al Batt

“How are you doing?” I ask.

“Everything is nearly copacetic. I’m living the dream. I haven’t done a thing all day and I’ve been not doing it since noon. The Shingle Women are repairing my roof. Those ladies took every cent I had for the job, but I’d have been up a tree without a paddle if I hadn’t replaced s o m e shingles. The roof leaked so much that I never could finish a bowl of soup. I fig-ured it’d rain constantly while they worked.

“Pop reshingled his house during the drought. When he was hit on the head with a raindrop, two buckets of sand had to be thrown in his face to revive him. My alarm clock stopped working. It couldn’t take a lick-ing and keep on ticking. Mark Twain said that the greatest of all inventors is named Accident. I was about to buy a new clock when I discovered that my bank account was so empty, that if I yelled into my checkbook, it took the echo eight hours to re-turn. I don’t need an alarm clock. When I go to bed, I shout ‘Wake up!’ at my checkbook and I know that I’ll rise to my own wake-up call eight hours later.”

Our Town, our natureRobins sang a cappella

in the yard. The major movement of robin migra-tion is timed to follow the 37-degree isotherm, a line on a weather map showing where the average daily temperature is 37 degrees.

I listened to the robins. Helen Isabel Moorhouse wrote, “And I think if you listen closely in the sweet glad days of spring. With the song of the brook, the breeze, and the birds, you can hear the flowers sing.”

House sparrows

THE JUNCOS will be leaving us soon. Photo by Al Batt

My neighbor Crandall stops bychirped jauntily. These birds are much too inter-esting to be unvalued.

A friend retired. Now he has the time to take a cup of coffee onto his deck and listen to the cardinal’s morning song. That’s a delightful benefit of retire-ment that is seldom men-tioned.

I spotted a pair of mal-lards in a road ditch. A drake has the tightly curled tail feathers, but it’s the hen that quacks.

A woman from Min-netonka told me that she had grown up in a family that had a crow. The bird pecked holes in cigarettes so that smokers couldn’t draw smoke. It was a health-conscious crow.

In “Our Town,” Thorn-ton Wilder wrote, “Oh, earth, you’re too wonder-ful for anybody to realize you.”

That’s probably true, but I’m giving it a shot.

Q-and-A“What are my chances

of finding a four-leaf clo-ver in my lawn?” If a lawn service has been active, the chances might be nil. White clover usually has three leaflets per leaf, but occasionally there is a mutation that grows four. This four-leaf clover, some-times called a shamrock, is thought to be a good luck charm because of its rarity. It’s estimated that the chances of finding a four-leaf clover are one in 10,000.

The origin of the super-stition dates back as far as the Biblical story of Adam and Eve. When Eve was cast out of the Garden of Eden, she took a four-leaf clover with her to remind her of the lushness of par-adise. Since then, it has become a symbol of good luck and good fortune. If you find one, mark the spot because more four-leaf clovers are likely to ap-pear on that plant.

“Why do I see turkey vultures perched with their wings outspread?” It’s be-cause you’re looking at them. I wish all questions were that easy to answer.

acorns into tree bark, then pecking them with their bill to hatch out the meat from inside.

Nature lessons The seeds of bloodroot

are collected and spread by ants through a process called myrmecochory. The ants take the seeds to their nests, eat some attached structures and discard the seeds. Bloodroot gets its name from its sap, which was used by Native Ameri-cans as body paint and dye. Bloodroot has ants in its plants.

Charles Bonaparte, nephew of Napoleon, named the Cooper’s hawk in 1828 to honor William Cooper, a naturalist known

for his dedica-tion to science.

The Canadi-an Geographic thinks it’s time for Canada to have a nation-al bird. Forty species are candidates for the title and people are vot-ing. The top contenders in-clude Canada goose, gray jay (Canada jay), snowy owl, black-capped chickadee and the state bird of Minnesota, common loon.

Our national bird, the bald eagle, isn’t on the list. The Canada warbler is, but isn’t garnering many votes.

Oology is the branch of ornithology that studies bird eggs.

Soccer nets provide challenges for raptors in urban areas. The Rap-tor Center admits several great horned owls annu-ally after entrapment in those nets.

Thanks for stopping by

“Do something wonder-ful, people may imitate it.”- Albert Schweitzer

“Laughter is an instant vacation.” - Milton Berle

DO GOOD.© Al Batt 2015

A total of 20 students were confirmed in their faith at St. John’s Lu-theran Church in Sher-burn on Palm Sunday. Pictured (front row-l to r): Lexie Steele, Tiara Kennedy, Alyssa Wil-liamson, Zachary Ring-nell, Madison Klima, Jayda Rowen, Carson Kahler. (middle row-l to r): TeJay Luhmann, Nicholas Beseke, Chris-tian Hugget, Austin Harris, Sierra Johnson, Dawson Weber, Hannah Bliesmer. (back row-l to r): Daryl Hoewisch (DyE), Elliot Chase, Jae-dan Harlow, Tristan Lange, Nicholas Potthoff, Aaron Knight, Patrick Bettin, Rev. Steve Wilson.

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Five Lakes Centre Events

The Easter Bunny made his yearly visit to the Five Lakes Centre. He posed for photos and handed out treats. Greta, pictured above, decided to nap.

Five Lakes Centre also played host to the Race Car Show. Drivers such as Joey Lium (Sport Modified, above) shined up and showed off their cars to all the race fans.